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[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] varsas:
I bought the ADW Launcher Ex in Google's promotion and it's pretty decent but I've gone back to TouchWiz since the lag isn't that bad imho.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] rosdol:
Changeing Launchers

Hi,

is there any way - if you switch to another Launcher - to pre-populate the new launcher windows form the old one, so you do not have to redo everything ?

thanks

Erik
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] sudec123:
Currently I have go launcher ex installed. Its a little better than the stock but could be better.

I also tried louncherpro, but since this is official not supported for TAB, the look was bad. The icons really small and apart from each other (low res.) Widgets were huge. The speed of the launcher was however amazing I would say. I didn't have any widgets however (i use it on my phone and its amazing).
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] dorksturhh:
alright i see, cool because before this, i tried adw/launcher pro/ and go launcher but it seemed as if TW was better. ill give ICS launcher a try but if thats still lagging, i guess my only option then is to root and rom it

what rom and kernal are you using, and is it stable with everything working?

thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] dorksturhh:
yeah there is, its called desktop copy or desktop mover, i forgot, it asks you when you install go launcher i believe
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] fishton:
I m using ADW Launcher Ex since first day I got my tab and really loves it. It s really quick and powerful !
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] pseudoheld:
right now im using the Overcome Rom with the Motley Kernel overclocked to 1.5ghz.

Its running smooth as could. No FCs or Reboots so far and i've been using it a lot these last few days.

As I said the ICS Roms are still Alpha, but incredibly stable for such an early developement state! They dont have Hardware acceleration which makes it kinda unusable if you want to watch video on the tab. but that will soon be added and then ICS will definately be the better option.

seriously there is no reason not to root and install a rom. its incredibly easy compared to some other devices i rooted so far and its nearly unbrickable so you don't really risk much ;)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] varsas:
Make sure to play with the settings; when I tried ADW I didn't think much of it till I removed all the animations and it was lightning quick.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
What launcher? Easy. ADWLauncher EX which is the one that has hardware acceleration built-in (not a single hiccup in months here).
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] jhwbg:
I would also recommend Adw.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] dorksturhh:
yeah! i just wanted to see what launcher would be smooth for the stock rom since everyone complains about it, but i couldnt stand it no more so i rooted it with overcome, im gonna try out motleys kernel with it now! thanks
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] clicka:
Also ADW.Ex here. The best so far...
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Stennan:
Stock launcher felt smoother for me at first because it had a slower transition between screens. After some tweaking and animations turned off ADW feels slightly better.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] suwandiapr:
Iam using adw launcher too..
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] got556:
Definitely ADW Launcher EX
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] zeekabal:
overclocking

Does overclocking drain the battery ?

thanks,
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] pseudoheld:
Not really the place to ask this but here goes anyhow.

Yeah it will drain your battery a bit more because higher clocking will need higher voltage.

That being said the tab spends most its time idling with way lower hz which of course use way less voltage.

So yeah you will drain a bit more but not that much. I'm really impressed with how long my battery is lasting on mine.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] dorksturhh:
alright so after rooting it and roming it,

IF YOU WANT SMOOTH, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED,

i have overcome's rom & motley's kernel

OC'd at 1.5ghz with ADW EX,

tw/stock launcher cant touch this..
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marseillesw:
Never mind...found it
[Galaxy S II General] manmad:
nice find!!! Ill wait for some more feedback untill i test this myself :p

So its samsung's fault that we have problems!
[Galaxy S II General] EQUANT:
I tested 3 different brand new phones and all had the issue. Does this mean that Samsung fails to correctly assemble all of it's phones?!
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Ye to some extent. They should have used more glue to be honest but then it would have made it impossible to replace the part if it should break.

I fixed mine this morning this way that's why I made this post because I couldn't find anything to really help me to get this resolved and this is definitely the fix for it.
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Think about it this way. Anything comes loose with vibration. Maybe the delivery company man handled the boxes a bit on delivery or the vibration on the phone itself while being shipped could have loosened it as well.

Remember the Speaker needs to be completely sealed off from the internals of the phone and that's why you need the buffer so that the casing can keep it firmly pressed in place and sealed off from the internals.

Been on the phone a lot today and every person I ask tells me there is absolutely no echo.

And that coming from a 100% guaranteed echo for the last month
[Galaxy S II General] manmad:
so, anyone else tested this?
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
I would seem that ppl will probably do it and then not come back to post it worked because my "Thank You" count went up yet no replies

If your phone does this why not just do it? You have nothing to lose
[Galaxy S II General] blizzari:
Fixeeeed!!

OMG! It really worked thank you
[Galaxy S II General] AndyClough:
I have tried this and it still seems hit and miss.

The case i use is a CaseMate Tough, it still echoes with this case fitted. If I use my other case a CaseMate Slim, it still echoes to a degree but not as bad.

Definatley no echo with no case though.

On a side note and not a whinge, probably worth mentioning in your guide which way the buttons go around when they fall out when you take the back off ;)
[Galaxy S II General] gasss12:
hi toxic dust Thanks for your guide,i didn't apply the fix yet...i'm italian so it's alittle bit difficult for me to follow and understand every step.

Is it ok to use insulating tape (like black tape)??

And did i understand properly ...you have to cover with the tape the whole "C" area highlighted in red?

Thank you very much
[Galaxy S II General] Atlas1458:
Thanks, will try it.
[Galaxy S II General] guitarplayer16:
You sir, are a genius!

I don't have the echo problem (even with my Otterbox) but I will definitely keep this thread in mind if something comes up.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
I prefer not to use anything with glue on it. You could probably use insulating tape (black tape) but you have to remember there are heat distribution on the inside of your phone and it might stick now but with heat applied any glue a specially on tape like that becomes soft and might short your phone as glue becomes conductive when in a liquid form.

Thick paper wont conduct at all and heat has no effect on it hence the preferance to a solid piece of thick paper or cardboard.

I used a Business card and cut that to the size I needed. I'm sure you could find a Business card of some sorts lying around :)

Yes. You have cover the complete section marked as "C". You will see that the marked section is the complete speaker. Just make sure that the paper is properly sized and is on it directly because you need it to securely press the speaker in place.

Mine was echoing without a case so for me its a 100% fix :)

The buttons can actually go in any way round. It will just make your button a bit more stiff to press. If you want the button smooth it has little hinges. Those hinges have a little dent in them on the 1 side. Ensure that those dents show to the screen side.
[Galaxy S II General] manmad:
Mine alsof does it without a case. I think I'm going to try it in a few days!
[Galaxy S II General] dutchiek:
Thx toxicdust. Your solution worked perfectly!!!

I had this echo problem since I started using the Samsung Galaxy S2 with a Melkco case and was frustrated about it. Then I decided to buy a larger accupack (Samsung 2000 mAh type EB-K1A2E). This came with a separate backcover so I needed another case. The new flipcase (Samsung EF-C1A2B) is compatible with this larger accu. I hoped with this new (Samsung!) case the echo would have disappeared, but no, it was not! After reading about this echo problem in a different forums I stumbled on your solution. This was the first one that was likely to be a good solution and not some quirky workaround. So I started following your instructions and can now say the echo is completely gone! Wow man, thank you for this. Some extra details: It was easy to take the 7 screws out, but a little uncomfortable to open the back after that. Most easy is to simply use your fingernail in between the front and back of the housing on the side and go around. In my case the speaker seemed not as loose as in your case, so I didn't bother to try further to take it out. Only thing I did was checking the fixing of the two mics (seemed okay), pushed the speaker unit carefully in its housing (but did not seem to move though) and put a small piece of a business card on the speaker as you indicated. See the white piece in the picture below. I think I made it al little bit bigger then your 12 x 5 mm. The acoustical feedback loop has broken this way, so it is a perfect solution which only takes 10 minutes to do.
[Galaxy S II General] manmad:
I am convinced. I will try it tomorrow
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Ye I had the same thing. No matter where I googled there was absolutely no solution and decided to trouble shoot myself as I wont be waiting 21 days to get my phone back with "No fault Found" response from them in any ways. I also have the extended battery and that made me also use they Silicone case that makes it even worse :P

After seeing how rugged the SGS2 is in the drop test on SmartphoneEnvy.com I decided to not use a case anymore as a 5 foot drop directly on the screen barely scratched the casing and the screen got no damage at all.

I am glad the solution actually works for more people and thank you for the picture. If you don't mind I will put it in my guide at the top for better illustration :)
[Galaxy S II General] manmad:
It worked! Thanks alot. Let's hope it stays fixed
[Galaxy S II General] vitsa:
Please read my post I have made the step by step instruction

Here the link below:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21795243&postcount=62
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Cool. Even though you used rubber its cool. At least it fix the problem :)

Regardless of what is used it needs to be about 0.5mm think. Also remember that you might have had something underneath the speaker keeping it lifted regardless of the amount of pressure you put on it that's why its recommended to clean the speaker and the housing
[Galaxy S II General] Tevion74:
Like a previous poster I didn't want cardboard in mine as it attracts and retains water so after a bit of thought got my old bike puncture repair kit out and cut a small piece of thin rubber from one of the patches. Have to say works a treat no problems what so ever now!
[Galaxy S II General] dancharlebois:
Thank you toxicdust. Worked like a charm!! I was getting ready to scrap my SII and go back to my good old Galaxy S.

Many thanks from all the people who no longer have to listen to their own voices echoing.
[Galaxy S II General] -=nezero=-:
If you are still having an issue with this and want to perm off noise reduction, please let me know in this post.

Trying to test the waters before spending too much time on a project that may be fixed.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] hendonrg:
The wife's phone has been having this problem. I finally got around to trying it and it worked great! no more damn echo.

Thanks for your post!
[Galaxy S II General] gadgetgeekster:
This works!!! Awesome!

I recently switched to AT&T and got the Samsung Rugby Smartphone. People that I spoke to on the phone were complaining they heard their own voices echoing back into their own handsets. I switched phones with a friend and made a test call to confirm this. The echo was horrible! I returned the phone to AT&T THREE TIMES and got it replaced all 3 times through the warranty. The 4th phone they finally agreed to let me switch to a different model phone. This time I got the Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket. I had the EXACT SAME ECHOING ISSUE! I found this fix online, was skeptical about opening the brand new phone, but got the job done following your directions. Put phone back together and made test call, and THE ECHOING WAS COMPLETELY GONE!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I would have had to change brands of phones at full retail price had this fix not worked! Even the people in the AT&T stores knew nothing about this fix!
[Galaxy S II General] vitsa:
Hello all, please update your phone first to Android 4. Many peoples think after they made something but not before. Read first few pages of this topic (not only first page), before you open yr phone. There is my complete step by step instruction some where in this topic - find and read it and all your questions will gone.
[Galaxy S II General] bepimp:
The fix works!

Just did it to my phone... it took less than 10 minutes and worked!

I had the echo problem for months and use the factory rom. Everyone complained about the echo, It never bothered me because I couldn't hear it. until I called to bid on a craigslist job the guy wouldn't even talk to me because of the echo hung up on me and I lost a potential job.

So Thanks a lot to the person who took the time to find out this fix!!!
[Galaxy S II General] struct:
Worked !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much guys, I have the Samsung 2 hd lte I757, and this worked, the mics are built into the board, so I never messed with them at all, I put piece of swaid leather on the speaker closed it nice and tight and good by echo! Unfortunately I broke one clip on case, but all is well still closed fine, so just be very careful taking it apart... I want to tell you guys i sent this phone into Samsung to repair the echo, and it came back and problem still existed, this was my only hope and it worked!
[Galaxy S II General] dadjan:
Works like a charm!

This worked perfectly, thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] bradxray:
echo echo echo.... lets get this resolved

I bought a Galaxy S ii from t-mobile 2012/09/07. It has the echo problem. It is really bad with the t-mobile D30 case, or any other case on it.

It is absolutely ridiculous that this phone has been on the market for over a year and Samsung is still pumping them out with the same problem.

T-mobile sent me 2 refurb Galaxy S ii and both had the same problem.

I sent my original back to Samsung, they said they "replaced component", but the echo still exist.

I decided to ditch t-mobile, due to other issues, and started looking at the S iii with either Verizon or AT&T. But they also have various echo problems. It looks like it is related to the noise cancellation circuit associated with the duel microphone systems (most of the phones have that now).

Today 2012/11/30, I spent an hour on the phone with Samsung at 888-987-4357 talking to Jen, a manager in "Advanced Support". I tried as hard as I could to get some kind of a bug number or something so people with this problem could have a better chance of getting their phone fixed. But, no luck. They keep telling me that Samsung hasn't even admitted that this is a problem with the S ii or any other phone they have.

If you call them to get your phone fixed, be warned that they only put a small amount of vague information on the repair request ticket. I even put a piece of paper in the box with the phone to explain in detail what was happening. But they still didn't get it fixed. When I called them, all they said was on the ticket was "echo problem". Until we get a bug fix number or something it will be hit and miss on getting a phone repaired.

If you have a Samsung phone with the echo problem, do us all a favor. Call Samsung at 888-987-4357 and ask to speak to a manager. They are pretty good about letting you do that. Then explain that you see people complaining about this problem for over a year on various forums. Maybe eventually one of us can get thru to someone with a brain and get a definite answer from Samsung on what the problem really is. If you do, please let us know. Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] MuadDib_II:
Thank you very much,

It finally worked !!!

I tried with a card peace but it didn't work, and after open my phone 5-6 times I put some rubber (over the speaker, the mic's, etc...) and the echo is finally gone.

So thank you very much, amazing discovery and job to all involved in the fix
[Galaxy S II General] bogdan1980:
For me no echo on ics but i hear echo on 2.3.6 Android.
[Galaxy S II General] leviathan666999:
Thank you so much, it also worked for me...I used plastic the first time and there was significant improvement, but then I used foamy and it went completely away !!

Best regards.
[Galaxy S II General] Crazy Homeless Guy:
Thank you. This fixed my feedback problem. :good:

I also placed/packed small pieces of paper towel in the around the earphone plug to help shield against any cross feedback. This created a new problem of barely being able to hear someone who I am talking to with the earbud mic.

:eek:

I guess I need to open it back up and remove the paper towel and see if the feedback is there.
[Galaxy S II General] bradxray:
Easy way to fix echo

I found that all you need to do is insulate the lower mic. See the video

http://youtu.be/FkcxzmCPFWw
[Galaxy S II General] sagie:
My experience is that the problem stems from the upper mic (used for noise-cancellation), rather than the lower one.

If turning off "noise reduction" from the in-call menu stops the echo - the culprit is the upper mic, not the lower one, and it is the one that needs to be acoustically insulated.
[Galaxy S II General] bradxray:
I had good results from insulating either one, but several phones (not the SGS2) don't even have the upper mic but still have the echo problem. You do have to be careful how you insulate the upper mic. If you block the back of the speaker too much, you lose what little bass the speaker has. It will make your callers harder to understand.
[Galaxy S II General] Red Kite 1:
Galaxy S2

This has worked perfectly for me, thanks so much a very easy permanent fix.:highfive:
[Galaxy S II General] okabum:
thanks

Used on a galaxy note N7000 and works perfectly using noise reduction.
[Galaxy S II General] Wishmaster88:
Hello everyone, I take this opportunity to give you a good year.

Sorry for my english, my S2 also has the echo problem. I tried to run the guidance of toxicdust but the problem persists, what can I do?

The echo occurs only with the cover without no. Can you help me please.
[Galaxy S II General] Katavic:
Happy new year :)

I had the same echo problem, fixed it with replacing this part;

Dock Connector Charging Port

http://www.amazon.com/Connector-Cha...eplacement/dp/B0093FHMZE/ref=pd_sim_sbs_cps_1

My USB connector was faulty (because of moisture), my phone was always thinking it was charging and never going to deep sleep. When I replaced this board, echo problem was permanently fixed. There is mic at this board, so that mic was probably causing echo issue. It's fairly easy to replace it, there are tutorials on youtube

Best Regards :)
[Galaxy S II General] Wishmaster88:
I have run the guide of rubber and appears to have solved the problem. The only thing I wanted to know if it is normal that the audio of the calls you is lowered a bit?

Sorry for my english :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] androidfixer7:
S II tracfone SGH-I777 upper microphone problem

Vitsa, i found your post about the Permanently Fix SGS2 Echo and Digital Noise Reduction, and i want to know if you can help me to detect some issues and problems that i have with this model, the Galaxy S II SGH-I777 sold by Straight Talk tracfone, they never update the cellphone.

Im from México, and i unlock the cellphone, to use it you to need to change the Stock Rom, a gingerbread 2.3.6 to an custom rom, you can find several AT&T SII SGH-I777 custom roms on the network. I was testing severals, all the cyanogen mods, in the nightly, experimental, stable version with different android versions, the touchwiz samsung custom roms, paranoid android, whatever. And i have the same problem, i can`t use the phone calls, i was thinking that i need to change the modem to find the correct files to use it in México.

But i have signal, i can call, i can receive calls and make them, but i can`t hear nothing and the people in the other side, they can`t hear me, i test Bluetooth headphones with mic, earphones, the internal speakers, but nothing change. At last, i tried to use the Digital Noise Reduction/Cancellation, and i think that i can resolve all the stuff if i use the samsung codes to enter to the ServiceMode Menu, i tried to select the audio options on the Main Menu, but surprisingly, the Audio Menu, it's inaccessible, or do not exist.

I was searching something about that, i some users said in their post that Samsung block the Audio Menu, but i don't nothing about that for real.

So, i wanna know if you fix in the past something similar to this problem. I was thinking that i need to replace the whole Earpiece Speaker Earphone Jack Flex Cable of the Samsung Galaxy S II I777. i don't know if It's is a software problem because i re-install the stock rom via odin, with the original modem, pit and kernel files. The audio files to configure the ServiceMode are installed i a different partition, or why can't re-install all the real options?

My question is, that if the Earphone Jack Flex Cable do not work properly, the Audio options in the ServiceMode it's been made affected by this issue or the stock rom comes with this limitations? How can i do my friend?
[Galaxy S II General] blackfire74:
So if many people says that echo problems is related to little microphone inside which is responsible for noise cancelling, how about cut it off permanently? I mean cut the flex cable conecting whole vibra-jack-speaker module with this mic.

I put come bussiness card inside like in tutorial but still have echo. I took off any case and use my phone naked 3ight now to check if this change anything. I think even if echo stops appearing without case, that noise cancelling mic is still responsible for that, so anyway cutting it off should remove problem once and for all.

Later I changed modem so I have hidden audio settings enabled, and I modified NR sensitivity to 0 (0x0 in hex), which means I don't have to turn off noise canceling, but its not working because it doesn't react to anything, so it seems like it's working but do nothing so there it's no echo, and I noticed much more clarity during call. Thou, still have business card on speaker inside but with cheap rubber s-line case
[Galaxy S II General] vitsa:
Yes you are right. but my housing is clean because i always use hard case wallet. but I will open again to make speaker little bit free to let the pressure go out. But problem really not in isolation of speaker! Because before I was trying to cover with rubber just speaker -it is not help. Then I isolate mics - and it get fine!

Specially under microphone there was no rubber isolation!
[Galaxy S II General] SirRafy:
Thanks sir you, are a genius your solution worked perfectly,I was frustrated and the solution which only takes 10 minutes to do.thany for you illustration:D
[Galaxy S II General] ramito1991:
Don't know why did not work for me. I've tried with 2 diferents Visa cards (expired) and a piece of carton (it's quite thick).

If anyone can help.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Are you sure you cleaned out the housing and the bottom of the speaker properly?

If there is residual dirt or anything that could elevate the speaker it wont seal properly and you the speaker sound will still be present in the phone. you need to make sure the speaker is completely isolated from the internals of the phone.