yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] l7ani:
actually my S2 cost me 840$ from first days of seals in UK
[Galaxy S II General] MrHome:
Not here. The price had been steadily dropping since the release of galaxy note in mid nov last year.
[Galaxy S II General] ste1164:
Would be nice if it was likebthst in the UK. It has just had a massive decline here.
[Galaxy S II General] krazykat:
LOL, where do u live where things increase in price. I would sell mine at your place and buy SGIII. Reversed economic rules. LOL
[Galaxy S II General] Kaze105:
Wow, I purchased mine around 1-2 month ago off ebay for 400 dollars. Prices written here makes it seem like I was lucky to get it at that price.
[Galaxy S II General] Kit:
Il trade you my white GS2 for your black one lol.. i regret getting white, dont like that when the screen is off the entire service is not black ;(
[Galaxy S II General] wesleyrpg:
I bought a SGS2 for around $779 on release date here in Oz, the general price here of it these days is $569 so the price has come down quite a bit!
[Galaxy S II General] :
ha if anyone wants my black s2 for 400 pounds i will gladly sell it. heck even if i was to get 300 i would be happy...i really do not know about around the world how much the prices go but here were i am from the price for the s2 has dipped a lot. still the top android phone but the value has decreased not increased...so to the OP topic of thread for myself is pointless...but hey if anyone wants my s2 for 400 by all means you can have it:D
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
Mine 2! :)
[Galaxy S II General] sanik90:
in my place, Malaysia, GT-I9100 price dropping slightly

this is last year, 2011

without carrier contract RM 2k = £415

12 month contract with carrier RM 1.7k = £350

this year, 2012

without carrier contract RM 1.6k = £330

12 month contract with carrier RM 1.2k = £248

available in black and white, sorry no pink yet :D
[Galaxy S II General] :
like i said. you can have my one fully rooted, ready for performance and great battery life..heck i throw a case for it as well:D

Whatever happens after a few months the value decreases. Yes that even includes the iphone even though still prices for that is still sky high. i know if i want i can sell my s2 for the minimum £250 -300 but i do not want to do that as i love my phone.:) maybe putting it on ebay could get me more as i have the GSM version
[Galaxy S II General] heavyweight80:
Just picked up a new SGS2 i9100 off Ebay for 450 a week ago.

Just shop around around.
[Galaxy S II General] MattP79:
Bought an SGSII with NFC and 32Gb of memory for just under 350GBP the other day on Ebay. I could have bought the 16Gb version with NFC for about 305GBP and the non-NFC version for under 300GBP. Used SGSII are selling for under 250GBP. I did have to laugh at the sellers of damaged SGSII trying to sell Buy-It-Now for 200GBP...
[Galaxy S II General] alphahere:
I purchased mine for 200 US dollars on craigslist. I offered 300 US dollars but she only wanted 200 because she was not happy with the phone because it did not work with the att network. When I tested the phone she was right it did not work at all on the att network. Whatever. Be careful what you buy on craigslist. Still makes a nice small tablet.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] Mezzi:
So where has the best deal on the i9100 now?
[Galaxy S II General] Mikuzzo82:
Here in italy if you buy it at the shop it's about 450 euros, i bought it in september thought ebay and paid for it 400 euros, in ebay you can find it right now at about the same price as before. when it first came out it was 599 euros in the shop.
[Galaxy S II General] riz244:
In Pakistan new is around $550-560 now a days. Which was around $520 few months back. Prices of used are gone up as well. :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] raftcomm:
The prices of the S2 sold here in New Zealand seems to be dropping as expected however. It still is a very popular phone however so i see heaps of it sold on the local auction sites. :)
[Galaxy S II General] hedgepigdaniel:
I think the price is going up because its not being made anymore - instead Samsung is making the i9100G (which is almost always sold here in Australia instead of the i9100). The few i9100 models on ebay probably attract a high price because of demand from people who want to install custom ROMs on them.
[Galaxy S II General] jerseykat1:
well lets hope this trend continues with the s3 comes out so i can get top dollar for my used white s2. keeping fingers crossed
[Galaxy S II General] Angel.CT:
I think the price increase in due to the demand the phone has experienced all around the world. I read that it has sold 10MM units until december and today I've read 20MM... don't know if the numbers are completely accurate but the trend is impressive.
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
I think you are just seeing the effects of all the inflation the fed has unleashed, just compare the prices against real money ie. gold and you will find the price to be quite stable.
[Galaxy S II General] tomtorre:
I love my S2 but

I am a technology junkie and for whatever reason, I must have the latest and hopefully the GREATEST for the Moment. Yeh, I drank the iPhone KoolAid for awhile but after the iPhone Death Grip disaster, I trashed the iPhone, went with a Nexus One then a S2 and never looked back - Very Anxious for a Pure Google Experience Phone but will suffer with a S3 until the Next Nexus hits the scene ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Waddle:
Hey guys,

I'm trying to make a theme for the unnamed rom, but I keep on getting stuck on one thing. I want to change the background of the quick settings panel in the status bar, but I can't find it in the apk. I'm using apk tool. Could someone please tell me how to change it?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hugo87:
I believe its called quickpanel_quick_ settings_backgroung.png in systemUI.apk. I just changed it myself recently.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Waddle:
Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] mituzora:
Good afternoon. I was just browsing XDA as I usually do after a class, but has anyone else have a problem with the styling script not working properly, therefore all of XDA looks very bland, and hard to navigate??

Also, I have tried disabling any ad-blocking software(AdBlock Plus, as it does sometimes block custom scripts) and it still didn't work. It usually works with adblock as well, but it's happened to me twice now.
[Vibrant General] adinis78:
Hello all I was wondering if there id a fix for gps in version 2.2, my gps takes forever to lock on, between 10+15 minutes and sometimes it doesn't at all. Please let me know if you need any other info that might be useful. Thanks.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
If you are not going to do the hardware hack, then the best you can do is fix your settings. See the link in my signature for the details. I get a lock in seconds with 9-10 birds and under 10feet.
[Vibrant General] adinis78:
Thanks for that ill try it and report, but for curiosity purposes whats the hardware hack? Is it any better than the link you are prividing or the same?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Hardware hack is dismantling the phone and gently prying the GPS antenna up slightly. It isn't hard but you can very easily snap it off with very little effort. Use the search and there is a thread and a video.
[Vibrant General] adinis78:
Fixed the settings and seems to be working now, thanks
[Vibrant General] ytj87:
Lucky that the settings helped. I needed the hardware mod, and a little more. I pried the contact up and put a small piece of folded paper under it to ensure continued solid contact. The GPS locks consistently fast now, though not always accurately.
[LG Optimus 2x] DrGreem:
Hello guys, i have a serius issue with my Optimus 2x.

I wanted to disable the led buttons brightness so i found the "LG 2X/Black/3D Notifications" app to disable the led lights (i set up the brightness to 0), but what i realized was is that it drains a lot of battery, A LOT!!! (29%) after 4 days of usage.

So i wanna ask you if you know any mod that i could flash on my rom to disable the led buttons light....

(My rom is CyanogenMod-7 - NIGHLTIES)

Thanks in advance :)
[LG Optimus 2x] tablighs:
I think the app your are using, other than being able to adjust led brightness, it also listens to notifications, which is actually its main feature. And this feature is what actually draining your battery.

Try this app called: touch key lights, this app is solely to adjust led brightness.

Cheers.
[LG Optimus 2x] DrGreem:
Wow great hope that will work, thanks man, cheers ;D
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GloWeX:
Hey. Im wondering which rom you would choose between the ICS alpha 3 build and the honeycomb RC1 build? I use my tab almost everyday for surfing the web and playing games. Right now im on the Alpha 3. Please tell me and also why you would take either one!

Best regards
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kvswim:
If you can get the wifi to work, ICS is the better route.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdiem:
I recommend sticking with the ICS. There are a lot more people interested in working on that right now than Honeycomb.

I have a Sprint tab, so we didn't get much attention for Honeycomb ports to begin with... not saying there weren't some very devoted people like Spacemoose, CDMA tabs just aren't as popular is all.

However, across the board, there seems to be a LOT of interest in ICS from all the custom rom DEV teams as well as Google. I think you'll see more updates for that over time, just like we all did for Gingerbread.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arsalan_qamar:
ICS one seems better..
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keninsgs2:
Let's look at the Android OS evolution:

Froyo -> Gingerbread -> Honeycomb -> IceCreamSandwich.

Naturally, the answer is there: ICS. :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxxM4yh3Mxxx:
+1 and now CM9 build1 is out
[Motorola Droid X2] weldawadyathink:
I am not experienced with log files, but, if you wanted to, you could sbf 2.3.4 and root with peet's motorola root tools and download voodoo ota root keeper. Its free on the market and you can use that to save your root. Once you have root saved, update. Then open that app and click restore root.
[Motorola Droid X2] Jubomime:
Just try Petes one click root.
[Motorola Droid X2] Travisdroidx2:
If you are trying to get to eclipse 2.3.5 then you will need to do it with Pete's on 2.3.4 and then rootkeeper and update. Then remove rootkeeper and the backup or else you wont be able to flash eclipse with rootkeeper on your phone. Zergrush is very easy but if that does not work for you you can use rootkeeper its free on market and works. Just not for eclipse.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] teddat:
Bestskinsever makes some great stuff but their galaxy nexus skin for the verizon version is non existent.

The gsm version initially was advertised on their site as works with the CDMA version. this is not the case. there's big gaps since the thickness of the phones are different.

They said they may not make a verizon version but also removed all mentions of this on their product page that it fits perfectly on the GSM but not on the CDMA.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
Hi on my galaxy s 2 no matter what rom im on it wont go in it just says WARNING camera failed?? Really need this to work
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yiannisthegreek:
Have you tried to clear the data from the camera app?

Go to Settings> Applications> Manage Applications> All> Camera and clear the app data and see if that helps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
Did everything id say ..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidkid311:
Have u frozen anything on your phone??? U ahvemt provided much info....

looks like an iphone but powered by android baby!!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
Nope froze noting.. flashed stock and still nothing
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Do you have CWM? If yes, then go to recovery mode, wipe cache. Then go to Advanced, wipe Dalvik Cache, ans then Fix Permissions.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
Did it nothing happened.. its saying unfortunately camera has stopped and sometimes its saying warning camera failed
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
Help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kimifender:
Hi, If you did A clean install wich means U did all the wipe of every thing from CWM, and as you said you even installed stock rom, then always facing problem.

I'm afraid your have a hardware failure my freind. somebody must have fallen it down by accident. Unless you bought it like that.

Here's one other thing to do :

Serach for a freind who has the same phone well worked, do a backup from recovery CWM, copy the backup file frome his phone to yours, then do a restore from cwm recovery mode. If it works, then it's Ok, if not, It might be a hardware failure.

I really hope your phone is fine :)

Good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
No one i no has a gs2 i brought a new camera for 20 euro to replace to see if it works
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kimifender:
What do you mean you brought a New caméra?

Did you replace the Samsung's one? By any Samsung repair service?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
No im waiting on a usb jig to take away my yellow triangle before i send it for repair could be waiting 2 weeks for the jig so i brought a new canera nodule for it instead of sending it off,that IF it works
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehdi afshar:
dude don't worry just change your rom or reinstall your stock rom it will be fix :cool:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
did u read first post its the same no matter what rom
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidkid311:
All the suggestions said usually work. Send of for repair. :)

looks like an iphone but powered by android baby!!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
ok :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kimifender:
I'm really sorry for U.

Good Luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpanhandle:
just download the original apk and install i had the same problem
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowofdarkness:
By chance are you using Siyah kernel 3.1rc6 That kernel has a problem that causes the camera to fail if you are do nothing except upgrade the kernel under no circumstances wipe ANY data since if you are on that kernel you can destroy the internal memory with a wipe that can't be fixed and needs a motherboard replacement.

If when you open the camera a popup says that the camera has failed I would check immediatly if you are on said kernel.

Edit: sorry I didn't notice someone bumped such a old post that couldn't have this problem since it is before its time.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nxb:
i'm having this same issue. i found that it must be a bad flex cable or connector inside the phone. if i tap hard right under the camera i can get it to fail or not fail without resetting anything in the camera app. thought it was software at first too.

have not opened the phone yet but i figure its either cold solders on the connector or loose connecotor or both. if you throw a piece of tape there inside the phone to press on it then it should fix it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrien.kimnara:
Dude,

how's is it going?

any progress after replacing your camera?

cause Im facing a same problem here. can't access the camera even do a factory reset,clear cache or clear data (on application settings). Im using stock ICS rom, no CWM and never root the phone before. How do I know this is a Hardware or software problem? please let me know if u have any tips to solve this. thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harelp:
Try :settings-apps-all-camera-clean dsta,reboot
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrien.kimnara:
already try it. won't solved the problems...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irvingh30:
How is that?

What do you mean you tried and it didn't solve the problem

you replaced the camera module and still has same issue :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SparkyMyles:
Follow up?

Hi Gavin, just wondering if the replacement camera worked for you?

I have the EXACT same problem with my i9100.. Do let me know ASAP if possible! I wouldn't mind ordering one of those replacements for myself if it works for you! Here's to hoping! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gavin-phelan:
Ive had several phones since this phone :P but yes it worked and was an easy fix
[HTC Sensation] tommer2:
Hi Guys, I flashed a beats lock ring ring and it worked well the it dissapeared! The stock ring is back. Sometimes though I can still see a little of the beats ring! I have now flashed a Superman lock ring and now I have half of Superman and half of the stock ring. How can I fix this? Thanks in advance. Thom :confused:
[HTC Sensation] k0zmic:
That's odd. Have you tried wiping the Dalvik Cache then re-flashing the add on you want?

Might work but not sure.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] amnazzal:
any one can tell me what is the recommended Android version for my HTC HD2 and whether NAND or SD ? coz i've tried the 2.3.7 version (SD) , but after i reboot my mob. it returned to WM 6.5 ..... neither the android launcher or Android folder did work
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kylew1212:
I would recommend Android nand over sd. I have built a competely stock MIUI rom, that uses the latest miui available. It is stable.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] YZ:
If someone gave me 1$ every time a person asked that, I would be rich haha :)

Do a little bit searching before posting please...

Anywayzzz

Don't even need to recommend, nand IS better than sd. It's more stable and has a better battery life.

Good Luck ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Encino_Bob:
NAND get my vote.

good luck
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] alx85:
I would recommend this NAND to you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1275119

It's normal that your device starts WM 6.5 after a reboot, when you had flashed any SD-Build. You have to start your Android in WM.

---------- Post added at 12:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:43 PM ----------

If you have problems with installing and flashing a NAND Android, this Guide may help you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11097380
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bernis71:
NAND is better
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tedy_ryan:
yup,.. i think nand is better than sd, i have try it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Vitaliqqq:
Try this one from tyween http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=933951

As for me it's more stable, than HyperDroid
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] retsam88:
nand is a way to go

typhoon is one of the best roms out there try 3.7.5 though(newest kernel is a bit unstable)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] domimatik:
Nand is better in battery drain as said above.

Try Dorimanx Rom's, their pretty fast and absolutely stable.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Ramontol:
totally agree with this one
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dt2595:
nand.

stable.

android native like with clk

not as much issues unless stated by dev

good luck

sent from my HTCHD2 running Haldrics Sense 3.0 rom v.2 & Marcs Kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] deedemarco31:
I am having trouble getting Odin flash to Pass. I am not new to the software, have done it many times on many different phones. I am using Odin 1.85 and placing SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane.tar in the PDA slot with only Re-Boot checked just as stated but it freezes everytime I get to system.img.ext4.

Hence I am soft bricked and stuck in download mode with the yellow triangle ! showing.

Anyone else having this issue or know of a way to fix?

Things I have tried:

Different Computer

Different USB Slot

Different USB Cable

Different .tar download links

Kies will not acknowledge the phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cdshepherd:
Just out of curiosity did you extract the 7zip?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] asoto88:
I'm having the same exact problem, followed the procedures and ODIN failed.

It says Firmware upgrade encountered an issue and KIES wont recognize it either

and i did extract the 7zip for the TAR file

Phone is just stuck now

Help please
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ckck543:
I was stuck there just a little while ago. Will it boot into the warning screen where you press volume up to continue to download mode or straight to the "please connect to kies" screen?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] asoto88:
Before it got stuck, it booted into the warning screen then i could continue into download mode

NOW, it just sits in "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] polish_pat:
change computer, if you can
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] asoto88:
got it to work

i used a older version of Odin, version 1.3

Worked perfect.

Thanks for your help guys
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] marvinb0108:
I'm having the same problem. I'm stuck at the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." Odin (both 1.3 and 1.85) hangs at system.img.ext4. Thanks in advance for any help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] HotelZambia:
Having the same problem, looking forward to some advice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cdshepherd:
What exactly is happening and what exactly have you tried?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] li7in6:
I'm having this problem as well.

I flashed to CM9 nightly and got it working beautifully before I realized I cannot access my Kies backup to retrieve my contacts and pictures.

Tried to return to stock and it hangs on <ID:0/003> system.img.ext4 with maybe 5% of the status bar complete.

I've attempted to re-download the rom as well as reinstalling the drivers. If I cancel the flash I'm able to reflash CWM using oden and use CWM to flash CM9 to get the phone functional again. This might help anyone with a bricked phone.

I've tried this several times, sometimes it will hang on recovery.img as well. Any help with this would be appreciated. I'll try downloading an older version of oden as recommended above and trying it that way. I'll also try a different computer.

Edit:

To add to this I was able to get Kies to recognize the phone at one point. I then tried to do a firmware recovery and it errors out saying there is an error with the device. Not sure if this means anything as Kies appears to be the crappiest software I've come across in a long time, It won't even detect my untouched Galaxy Tab 8.9 (SGH-i957) at all.

Edit2:

Just copied everything over to my laptop and tried again. Flashed without issue using odin 1.87 after installing kies. Problem appears to be a driver/connection problem on the computer end. Kinda weird as I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling drivers with no success on my desktop. Phone kept looping the ATT "Rethink Possible" boot animation. Had to go into the stock recovery and wipe partition and factory reset. Then it started up fine and is running with 2.3.5
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] cpufreak3:
Is there anyway to completely remove sense from the flyer?

Or a rom that is just stock honeycomb without sense?

I'm talking about everything, even the menus.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
Possible, but lots of work and not likely. No benefit to it,

The so called stock, AOSP ROM is a myth. There is no such thing. No functional ROM without the hardware vendors files and code that interface the hardware to the rest of the OS. What Google produces as Android runs on no actual device , none , nada. It's only the GUI and API. Leaving the kernel, and drivers and radio sections at a minimum to the hardware builders.