yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] 4qu4rius:
Samsung builds good phones with crap software, granted, but the thing they handle the worst is not SW itself (in y opinion) but HW/SW integration. using as many dirty/undocumented/non-standard trick they can so that their phone will only work "as per design" with their own ROM. The exemple above with keypad numbers not beeing understood correctly is a good exemple of a stupid regression that should never happen. (if it doesn't happen on samsung ICS roms then it's another dirty trick, if it does, then it's non-regression test that's been forgotten somewhere).

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(my2c)
[Galaxy S II General] ritawb:
Force too.. :(
[Galaxy S II General] DrunkFuX666:
Thats strange... i use the stock clock app on cm9 and iv had no such issues... i mean the alarm goes off and the screen is automatically on with the time, snooze option and Dismiss... iv never tried using the home button because i want to snooz not turn it off... cant risk pressing anything and dismissing it accidentally :-P

Maybe you need to turn on some option in the set alarm... iv definately never had to unlock the screen and then open the app to turn off the alarm...

Matter of fact once the alarm.is snoozed, in the notification bar there is a tab that shows the alarm is snoozed...

I don't know about any third party alarm app but with stock cm9 no need to unlock the screen..

Tho I loved the stock samsung alarms with the smart wake and all that... lots of options to customize with... wouldn't know how to get that now tho :-S

Sent from my Galaxy ICSII
[Galaxy S II General] codeworkx:
The best hardware of the world doesn't fix bad software.

Even if the Galaxy S III comes with a hexacore cpu and 16 gb of ram, doesn't make the phone good if the software is ****. ;-)

Some time ago everyone said the Galaxy S II is the best smartphone of the world.

Is it?

I still prefer the Galaxy Nexus, which has lower specs, over the Galaxy S II because the software is much cleaner and it makes much more fun to use it.
[Galaxy S II General] Archaic1881:
Might be correct, but you also have to agree that most users don't use their phones like you do. They only use original software, and thus don't know anything else. At work there are some people who have the galaxy s2 too, and they keep saying it's their best phone ever...

If we would not be in this flashing/modding universe we wouldn't know better, and probably would be buying the next galaxy too.
[Galaxy S II General] quorn23:
Codeworkx is the exchange/mail bug considered something "important"? It's a battery killer for business use. (Apart from that CM9 is running smooth here)
[Galaxy S II General] szimi71:
Just tap the snooze, or dismiss button!
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Bottom line is... Galaxy Nexus stock firmware is more fun to use than the Galaxy S2 stock firmware, which outweighs the S2s supposedly better hardware.
[Galaxy S II General] hugofunatsu:
Yes, I'm using stock kernel!
[Galaxy S II General] crofalcon:
I've got an issue with my accelerometer being quite a bit off, and I am having a really hard time finding a solution to calibrating it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
You are talking about Gyroscope and yes it is not perfect:

I see the USB charging thing was reverted with those notice but I didn't have an issue with it detecting incorrectly. Charging now via front ports on a Dell Optiplex 740 and it shows as "Charging (USB)" in About Phone - Status. Last night it showed as "AC" there when charging, seemed to charge faster too as it was at 6% when i fell asleep at 12:30 and by 2 it was 100%. Maybe i was still sleepy though, lol
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
You're probably using an old nightly which had the opensource sensor drivers. Considering you don't supply any other information (As there's almost 1 new version every day), we can just assume to know what your issue is.

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"Gyroscope" was rolled back a couple of nightlies ago because opensource drivers were causing too much havoc.
[Galaxy S II General] TheSniperFan:
Then again, you (as a developer) have different priorities. All the dirty hacks and improper programming doesn't bother the end user.

I had the chance to exchange my Galaxy S2 with a Galaxy Nexus, but I didn't because of the lack of a micro sd slot.

I think the Galaxy Nexus is the better phone though. It has a better screen and a notification LED. The S2 has a crappy DAC and overheating issues.
[Galaxy S II General] elektroinside:
There is no perfect hardware, as there is no perfect software, and will (almost sure, not for the next 100 years) never be. Hardware cannot be without software, and vice-versa. Because non of the two is perfect, in the end, everything is a collection of compromises, to make things work. Somebody or something will always suffer because of them, but it's a matter of the user's perspective which one deserves to suffer less or more. This makes things to be even more relative then they are.

But one thing is for sure, good hardware with bad software will make the hardware difficult to use. And vice-versa.
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
[irony] sacrilege, my iphone is perfect in every way! [/irony]
[Galaxy S II General] crofalcon:
Is there a way to fix it? For example when I play Temple Run I have to hold my phone at quite a bit of an angle to be in the middle and if I put it straight up I move all the way left in game

Edit: also I just noticed I'm in the SGS2 forum instead od SGS -. -
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
*reads a few posts back*... Yep. That pretty much sums it up.
[Galaxy S II General] Byakuya88:
good hardware with good developers can make something special, like our galaxy S II....
[Galaxy S II General] Marcb:
That option is not shown to me once the alarm goes on... i have to unlock the phone, slide the taskbar down and open the alarm app. Then I get this screen...
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
Umm wasn't it still semi-broken which is why they were trying to use open source drivers instead (plus the added benefit of open source anyways)?

If there was a way to fix it, it would have been fixed - Generally that's your first and ONLY assumption with anything. Stuff it being figured out and tried but it's a process of trial and error.
[Galaxy S II General] FordT:
The usual way would be to call *#*#4636#*#* and enter SMSC. I wasn't able to do it that way (wouldn't remember it), and finally used an old mobile to set it on the SIM, put the SIM back into my S2 and now everything works.
[Galaxy S II General] rdrasovean:
Hello, I just installed CM9 nightly build 04.29 + Gapps 03.17 coming from CM7.1 (did full wipe/factory reset as indicated in the first post). Overall a great upgrade many thanks and congrats to the developers for their work. I haven't encountered any major problems so far, actually no minor either :D. The battery life is also good, maybe a little lower as it was on CM7.1.

There are some things that are bothering me and I would like to ask if you have a solution for them:

- the colour of the notification bar icons - can it be changed and how? The clock, the battery percent, the signal bars are cyan and look great, all the others (vibrate/silent status, wifi, alarm and the ones to the left - applications) are grey and very hard to see

- don't know if it's due to an application or the rom itself but when someone is calling me if I press a volume button or the power button to silence the ringtone the phone profile switches automatically to vibrate. Can this be changed? Or is it caused by my applications (I use Full Screen Caller ID, Touchpal Dialer, Widgetlocker)? I want to silence the ringtone when I press this button but not change the sound profile

I would really appreciate if someone has time to answer my two question. Once again many thanks to the developers for this great custom ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
Opensource > Samsung anyday. But even if it still doesn't work 100%, Samsung gives less erratic results. Ever since they rolled back, I don't have any issues...
[Galaxy S II General] elektroinside:
Seriously, do you really believe this?

P.S. I have used an iPhone 4s for a while, and made me feel stupid, limited and manipulated by all the marketing crap apple is pushing towards their users. I'm not insinuating anything, it's just the way it made me feel. Supposing iPhone is perfect, a perfect simple manipulating prison is still not good enough. But the more things get complicated, the more buggy those things will be, of course, in time, things will get better. So, here we are, trying to port a great software (originally) to a great hardware and talking about it :)
[Galaxy S II General] digeddydogg:
Seriously, relax your batty. He was joking.
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
Alarm Clock Plus from the market pops up over the lockscreen for me... It even gives you funky features like "Math problem to snooze" or "Flashlight". :P Try it out for kicks.

Whenever stock apps don't work, third party is always there to save the day!

***Edit*** Just tested stock alarm... Something's wrong with your phone. Mine pops up over lockscreen no problem! Scared the living daylights out of me too.
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Don't you use a security pattern / code? :-)
[Galaxy S II General] NOWE:
SMSC in PDSU format

Example:

SMS Centre: +491722270333 (Vodafone.de)

Convert on

this

site in PDSU format.

(enter SMSC, leave receiver and massage blank, Alphabet size 16?, Convert)

This is the output:

0791947122723033...

Fitst two figures is the "Length of the SMSC information"

07 = 7 octets > i.e. the following 14 figures

This numer has to be erntered:

>>> 0791947122723033 <<<

(First octet + the length of the SMSC information

1+7 = 8 octets > first 16 figures)

Dial: *#*#4636#*#*

Enter SMSC in PDSU format

Hit Update (left button, bad translation in German localization)

A restart may be required
[Galaxy S II General] codeworkx:
Doesn't bother the end user?

We're here in a CM thread and i'm talking about our CM users.

Just a hint:

- DSP-Manager

- TV-Out

- FM-Radio

- Dialer tones

- Call volume

This bugs don't exist because we're lazy. They're existing because samsung doesn't follow standards.

Let's shorten this discussion.

If you wanna run AOSP based roms without bad bugs, don't buy a samsung phone. ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

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I'm surprised someone fell for it. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] Marcb:
no, regular unlock screen, AKA, "slide to unlock" :D
[Galaxy S II General] danfalcas:
HAHA, lol ! True samsung is a pain in the ass! But the CM9 Dev Team is awesome.

I really don't know how to start developing this and you have made this posible.

You're almost there!!! I remember that the last month you said that there were no fix for the full hd recording , and now we have it!!

:D

+123456352413346554532134543 thanks

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It works fine for me. Try reinstalling the rom!
[Galaxy S II General] digeddydogg:
The fact irony was put twice in the post makes the response even more retarded.

For a post to stick out as retarded in THIS thread is saying something.
[Galaxy S II General] darknessmessiah:
What option do we have nowadays? HTC? Can't think of any true competitor... and I think Samsung is holding the standards of hardware to come (exynos and amoled) :(

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He could try formatting the /system (on CWM=>mounts and storage) before installing the CM9... :)
[Galaxy S II General] Net.silb:
I beg to differ, if Samsung would release all their code: drivers etc. We would have a pretty damn close to perfect rom, thanks to the cm developers!
[Galaxy S II General] Marcb:
Surelly not Motorola! :D

For me the HTC One series is awesome... i'm looking forward to get a HTC One S...
[Galaxy S II General] jdonk:
Do you use any themes/mods?
[Galaxy S II General] TheSniperFan:
You seem to have misunderstood me. ;-)

I meant the Samsung ROM users. If Samsung would care about the AOSP/CM9 users, they wouldn't make this **** in first place.

Chances are good that my next phone won't be a Samsung one.

This one had way too many bad surprises. (audio quality, red camera, audio quality, overheating, audio quality, causes cm-devs headache and did I mention audio quality already?)

LG, HTC,... I'll see in future.
[Galaxy S II General] Marcb:
no mods or themes...

I'm gonna try re-install the nightly... If it's a bug only on my device, should be a minor glitch...

Thank you all!
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
LG is banned from my buying list for the rest of my life. Horrible phones, horrible support.
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
+1

LG makes some of the world's crappest phones on this planet.
[Galaxy S II General] codeworkx:
Samsung: gimme your money, FAST!!! We've awesome specs!

HTC: gimme your money, FAST!!! We've awesome specs!

LG: gimme your money, FAST!!! We've awesome specs!

Doesn't matter which one you'll buy.

Bloatware is everywhere. ;-)

Wait for the next Google Device.
[Galaxy S II General] rav4kar:
Also, give Nokia + WP8 a try once it's out! :D
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
.... *shudders*
[Galaxy S II General] Net.silb:
S3 Gonna come out in like 3 hours and everybody will say: "Holy **** it has a quad core processor and a bendy screen!"

They will forget to mention that it has android 4.0.3 gingerbread with TouchWiz that uses only one of the four cores! ;-)

I'm definitely sticking with your last line: Waiting for the Galaxy Nexus II with android 5.0.1 Jelly Bean!!! :D
[Galaxy S II General] digeddydogg:
I don't know why anyone would get anything other than a Google phone, when they are inevitably going to root it and put CM on it within hours.
[Galaxy S II General] waterloomotu:
Hey All, so I searched briefly through the thread because I've noticed that when I listen to music and receive a notification it drops the audio to 1%... kinda really annoying.

Does anyone know of a fix coming soon?
[Galaxy S II General] Logi_Ca1:
I have been hearing that the next google device will implement the BIG.little architecture. ie. 2 x Cortex A15 + 1 x Cortex A7.

Gonna be a beast man!
[Galaxy S II General] irish-sid:
While true, a lot of people like removable batteries and Sd slots. And with the specs of phones now a days it really doesn't matter a **** what phone you get, just get one with the features you like and put your fave rom on it.
[Galaxy S II General] TheSniperFan:
I don't give a flying **** about bloatware.

When I buy a smartphone, it's rooted and has a custom-ROM installed within the first few hours. ;-)

I'll get a Nexus for sure, if it has a microSD slot or at least 32 gb of internal storage. Micro sd is better though.

GALAXY NEXUS Y U NO MICROSD???
[Galaxy S II General] elektroinside:
I usually don't answer to idiotic replies. But... as a matter of fact, he didn't. He opened and closed the ironic part of his reply, it's a coding thing, you can't understand. I'm surprised you, as chief retard detector of this thread, have such a limited knowledge base. It's ok, I really don't care. But, just to make (almost) sure you will get 2-bit smarter, I ignored that ironic part because I can, specially for you my friend, so you can do your retard detector job. Everybody has to justify their existence. Don't bother defending your honour, we already know you are doing a great job.
[Galaxy S II General] rav4kar:
I have similar problem, it drains on my work WiFi and not on my home WiFi, it turns out to be a dirty WiFi or Router config. issue.
[Galaxy S II General] gaz617:
Couldn't agree more, my G1 had community (xda) support right up until ICS even though many official upgrades never got past 1.6. This was only possible because it was a google device which the community could devote its considerable talents to without having to work around stupid oem implementations
[Galaxy S II General] thracemerin:
I have personally answered this question at least 3 times which means you didn't search very hard, but either way the problem is related to Samsung proprietary driver blobs and the fact that a non-stock ROM has limited control over them, the quick fix StevenHarperUK tried hit a road block which leaves him with a much more complicated solution of writing a working open source driver, given the difficulty of doing so, don't expect a fix soon. If you need a workaround just change your notifications to vibrate while listening to music.

Also, please search before asking the same question that has been answered a bunch, thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
tried a stock s2 at showroom and damn that ***** is slow in front on my CM9 beast
[Galaxy S II General] Byakuya88:
android 4.0.4 and there is no galaxy nexus II because if im not wrong LG will take care of the next nexus...
[Galaxy S II General] xbaeza:
I downloaded the latest firmware to update the camera but when running the application is closing. Doing it from the stock LP8 wanam.

Any ideas please?

Sorry for my bad English.
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
This isn't the camera thread, it's the CM9 thread. Nor is it the Wanam thread. Wrong forum. :D
[Galaxy S II General] xBlackDroid:
OMG... i think here was the CM9 Thread, No the S3
[Galaxy S II General] digeddydogg:
Wow. Defensive. If you could see my face, you would be able to see how much I don't give a ****.
[Galaxy S II General] xbaeza:
Actually the problem I have it with CM9 and firmware of the camera in the last nightlys.
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
No puedes actualizar con AOSP y CM9, necessito un Samsung ROM.

And there is no camera firmware in nightlies... ;) I suggest using a Gingerbread ROM if you wanna update the camera's firmware, but I really doubt it'll fix your issue.
[Galaxy S II General] codeworkx:
Next nightly build should have working dsp manager.
[Galaxy S II General] F0lan:
hi all

im not sure if ive come across a bug or not.

Im using the slide lock screen on my phone. However, I can drop down the status bar from the top without unlocking the phone, and can from there clikc the settings button. From here, i get into the setting, can do whatever, and then hit back to get to the main phone, bypassing the slide to unlock. I havent tried with any other lock screen, so i dont know if its an issue to all of them, but is this happening with anyone else?
[Galaxy S II General] xbaeza:
I made a backup of cm9 and I installed LP8 stock, but the application to update the firmware gives me force close.

ok, then try it from a rom gingerbread. Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
I'm sad. I created anger with a mere comment about an iphone :( *cries tears of blood*

OK ENOUGH! Let's get back to CM9 talk.

Issue with samsung stupidity: Put my phone on speakerphone while in my voicemail, dial my password, doesn't register keypress. Take off speakerphone, works. FAIL.
[Galaxy S II General] elektroinside:
I see. This is also the reason you answered. Yep, ignorance is a smart thing. But, let's not ruin this thread with all this childish theatre, not the right place to act as Jean Claude Van Damme, let's talk about CM9, what do you say my friend? Show us you don't give a ****.
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
About seeing the notification - it's a "feature" of ICS in that Slide to unlock isn't a security method. Anyone can slide to unlock if they found your phone. Slide to unlock is to prevent automatic dialling in your pocket or other accidental button actions if the phone was to wake in your pocket.

The other options such as PIN and the rest don't allow the notifcation to drop down once secured as those are SECURITY features.
[Galaxy S II General] digeddydogg:
I'll clarify. I don't give a **** about you. I have a life that does not revolve around this forum and having the biggest balls in the thread. If you response is then why are you replying? I'll answer that now. Because I wanted you to know, that your opinions means nothing to me.
[Galaxy S II General] thracemerin:
Take it to PMs!
[Galaxy S II General] codeworkx:
TESTBUILD

62223e8fa23333a7cc6fad6b3a5257f0 update-cm-9-20120503-CODEWORKX-galaxys2-signed.zip

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4l85iz6ddnczzxf

Changes:

- dsp manager works now (probably only with cm9 stock kernel)

- some translations
[Galaxy S II General] sociojeje:
That's cool! People even buy flying alarm clock for that purpose!
[Galaxy S II General] evolutiontheory:
I modified framework-res.apk and pushed to system as I wanted to enable on screen navigation buttons.

But this caused me to loose all my account information. Only whatsapp is shown under accounts and sync now.

Any clues please?
[Galaxy S II General] brgroover:
you have to sleep with a clock app in foreground :P
[Galaxy S II General] Net.silb:
This might help you.

Even though it's from a March build it should work because it's compatible with 4.0.4

I would nandroid backup before I flash this...
[Galaxy S II General] Marcb:
LOL, might as well instal those alarms clocks that makes you solve math problems at 6:30am :D
[Galaxy S II General] MilesTEG1:
Sorry to ask that, but what is "dsp manager" ?
[Galaxy S II General] Net.silb:
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/features/dsp-equalizer

"Gives enhanced sound processing capabilities. A simple application called DSPManager is provided to adjust the new audio parameters such as bass boost, 5 band equalizer, virtual room effect for all system audio."

A simple search in Google would have done the trick.
[Galaxy S II General] MilesTEG1:
Thank You :)

So it's for having a better sound :)
[Galaxy S II General] Motogeek:
I prefer my GSII over Gnex because of you. Without CM9 and codeworkx, the Galaxy Nexus would be a better phone. I have had a G1, G2(magic), Nexus One and this is my first samsung. GSII has been the best phone i have ever owned since cm9 has been on it. It may be a headache for you to fix samsung's problems but your doing a great job and your work is appreciated. If you support the GSIII i will be buying one (so long as north america gets exynos and micro sd)

Thanks Man
[Galaxy S II General] Major_Sarcasm:
Codeworkx, are there developers who have stated they will be porting CM9 to the SGS3?
[Galaxy S II General] codeworkx:
Dunno.

But i can still get a free phone from xda because of the elite developer program.

Think i'll use it for the s3.

But trust me, if you wanna run a aosp based rom on your phone, buy a google phone!!!

That someone might work on the s3 is no guarantee for a working cm on it.

We'll see what samsung fuct up this time.
[Galaxy S II General] Major_Sarcasm:
I would have bought a GNex but for the lack of SD Card slot. The next G-phone is probably a while off ;)
[Galaxy S II General] ghassir:
Hi everybody;

The contents of this message is in my signature!

:D
[Galaxy S II General] rav4kar:
Put "TESTBUILD" in bold red letters !!
[Galaxy S II General] ghassir:
Iike this?
[Galaxy S II General] elektroinside:
WIFI

I'm having this issue with the WIFI connectivity. It constantly connects-reconnects for a random period of time, doesn't matter if it's a WEP, WPA or WPA2 encryption, reproduced with several routers or APs. It happens more frequently when the battery gets low, but it's not a pattern. After a while, it goes back to normal, no more dropouts, but then, after a few hours, sometimes minutes, it starts all over again. I tried the stock CM9 kernel, Siyah, NEAK, the same.

I have attached some logs with 2 consecutive dropouts. Is my phone going crazy or it's a known issue? I have found another post similar to this, but had no answer.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II General] douglatins:
Why cant i restore apps with Titanium? How else can i get all my 100 apps installed without taking ages to do so
[Galaxy S II General] confusedmuse:
Tried this? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25492879&postcount=28984
[Galaxy S II General] _Raziel666:
Couldn't hear any difference with DSPManager using my headphones. Don't know if it has to do with the program I'm using (PowerAMP). Will try later with stock Music app.