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[Galaxy S II General] custm_made:
The GSII has been the best phone I've ever purchased. The first smartphone that bought was the original iPhone, then I got iPhone 3G. After not being satisfied with the lack luster OS and inability to customize the iPhone, I moved on to the HTC HD2. It was a great phone but considering that it was WinMo 6.5, it was a little too buggy for me. Then I bought the original Galaxy S after hearing excellent reviews about the phone. Also, I had found that Android was the OS that was right for me. As news surfaced about the GSII, I was anxious to buy. AS soon as it launched, I bought the phone and I must say that this has been the best phone that I've ever purchased!!! I've never had any problems or gripes about he phone. I can easily go a full day on one charge. Contrary to what most people say about the phone being made out of plastic, the plastic build gives the phone a nice sleek feel and feels very solid. This phone has tons of features that most phone don't offer. Also, the developer support for the phone has allowed user to truly maximize the performance of their phones!!! overall this phone is spectacular and caters to all of my need.

lastly just because the screen is made out of gorilla glass, it doesn't mean that it is impervious to scratches. What people must understand is that Gorilla glass is a lot stronger than your conventional glass, meaning that it is a lot more resistant to shatter when dropped or bent (to a certain degree). However strength does not mean that gorilla glass is the HARDEST substance on the planet. Metal is softer than glass so if you take a nail to a window, it won't scratch the window. However, some minerals such as rock/sand are harder than glass. take a sheet of sandpaper and wipe it across a window(not actually suggesting that one does this) and you will get all sorts of scratches on the window. So yes, it is possible to get scratches on gorilla glass but they won't be as prominent as they would be on untreated glass.
[Galaxy S II General] Reiding:
Data network.

Why must mobile data be activate to send mms.

Had before a Htc, did not have to use mobile data when sending mms.

The phone connected only to the mobile data when I send and received MMS
[Galaxy S II General] virus786:
Hi there, this is my first post on these forums. :D

I have only had this phone for two weeks, I moved from BlackBerry. After 11 months i found out and experimented with every last feature my 9780 had to offer, and I must say it was very good on the communications side of thing and my battery life was amazing. BUT everything else was so crap and slow I won't go back anytime soon to BlackBerry.

NOTE: My phone is still un-rooted!

Pros:

*Fast :cool:

*Beautiful screen with pure colors

*I have a white one and it is oh so beautiful, many people comment on how cool the white looks compared to the black

*Full HD video and very clear photos

*Bluetooth mouse support

*HDMI out

Cons:

*Battery life!!

*Battery life again!!

[ I got on average 1.5-2 days of use out of my 9780 Bold. I use my phones fairly heavily so I was spoiled with that kind of battery life (as I now realize). ]

*No built in firewall app (I'm on limited data)

*Cumbersome USB-to-PC connecting method

*No hardware camera key

*No LED for notifications (hey i come from a BlackBerry - can you blame me for missing this?? :o)

*Plastic cover got me worried the 1st day but a few youtube videos laid my mind to peace, it looks fairly resilient

So yeah, those are my Pros and cons.

I really want to root so that I can run DroidWall, underclock my CPU, freeze certain apps aka Samsung HUBS and run other root-only apps. I want to stay as stock as possible but be rooted (does that even make sense? :o). So can someone point me to the correct firmware for me?

Any tips / info / link would be appreciated :)

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] bahmonkeys:
I get 2 days minimum heavy usage. Normal usage i get 3 days. I can get up to 4 or 5 days if i am mean with the battery.

Honestly i don't see why you would stay stock! These results above are got on a modified Rom and kernel. Modified kernels and Roms demolish stock kernels and Roms in every way (Thanks to the developers here). Sock Roms are way too bloated. You will see a massive improvement if you get the balls to modify your phone YOURSELF.

Start here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA&feature=player_embedded

Read this:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1134290

Then this: Don't be lazy you can find all the stuff you want and or ever need here on this forum just SEARCH for it
[Galaxy S II General] Venekor:
The only problem I've had with it is Android is far from perfect. I prefer IOS for actually being a phone and the keyboard on IOS is much better. I like the freedom of Android but also it has less games on the store which I miss.

On the whole it's still the best all rounder on sale today. It's so good that I have no reason to upgrade this year, they can upgrade to quad core CPUs but dual core is good enough. They can up the resolution and up the camera quality but what the GS2 is good enough.

They created the perfect hardware for two years.
[Galaxy S II General] vishpoison:
Know another point that might contradict your likeness for ios.. in IOS u can only download games from the istore.. so for all paid games you actually need to pay.. but in android .. u can install them from anywhere.. ;)

hope u understand wht i am getting at :)
[Galaxy S II General] gyagapen:
That is not good for developers, this is the reason why developers prefer ios, they earn more money!

in ios you can also get your applications from an alternative market or on the net, but you have to jailbreak.
[Galaxy S II General] bahmonkeys:
Android market is not as good as IOS market but in the future i do see Android market to surpass IOS market. Android is on a few platforms while IOS only has Apple LOL! Android has never been commercially advertised except through word of mouth. If 10 people downloads an app illegally (which i dont condone) and tell 10 people and half of them pay for it but tell another 10 people and half of those 10 people pay for it and so on. Who will make more money, the developer WHY? Because of word of mouth! Android would not be successful without word of mouth
[Galaxy S II General] Kopraasbotha:
I had an iPhone 3G and 4 and was part of the jailbreak community for about 4 years. I never once paid for any application but rather installed illegally cracked apps which I got from apptracker and other illegal software hosts. I then got introduced to Android after purchasing a GT-P7500. I instantly fell in love with the total freedom it gives the user thereof, especially all the custom ROM's available at your disposal.

I then got my hands on a GT-I9100 and started purchasing apps from the Market (even though applications can be installed from unsecured locations without any fuss). I now don't own one illegal application. They are all paid for (all 100 of them).

What I'm trying to say is: iOS is like a Russian bride. Everybody wants one. Pretty awesome in the beginning but worthless in the long run. Android is like the girl next door. Keep your eye on her and she'll become your partner for life.
[Galaxy S II General] Bade90:
Then i can suggest you CheckROM rom with N.E.A.K or Siyah Kernel.

Most of your cons. will be "fixed" with this combination of rom+kernel. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] gpatak:
My complains:

- short Battery life

- screen brightness in camera mode

- no fax call

- call recording
[Galaxy S II General] albsat:
I think I have somehow addressed my problems during last week:

1) I am improving or better I have resigned from the idea to type fast..

2) I got a 3200 MaH battery

3) I am using Miui ROM which has this option

4) Well using Agps I get the fix I need, but better then nothing...
[Galaxy S II General] Markbaja:
I only really have two small complaints. When I press contacts/logs button and make a call, you get phone screen right? Them during call, phone locks itself but stays on call screen. When phone hangs up, you want to use phone, so you unlock it and it's still in contacts/logs, not at home screen. That really annoys me. Second, is I bloody hate having a small contact picture on the dialer or when someone rings. I want to be able to increase that, and for the default ones, get rid of the stupid face silhouette. Even android shape like other phones would be better. Other then that, I love it. Yeah battery blah blah, but I use it for facebook, viber, twitter, so I carry a charger in my truck and I don't have a problem.

If anybody has any ideas of the above, I would greatly appreciate them. End rant :p
[Galaxy S II General] Markbaja:
Oh sorry, I just remembered when I pressed submit, my third REAL issue, and that is no pause in video recorder. It got really annoying when trying to make a "home" movie the other day:cool:
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
My only real issue with this phone is the closed source on driver code. If we had everything working and running on CM7 and CM9, this phone would be perfect for me.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
They will release source after ICS launch
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
They will release kernel sources only and won't release any driver sources(nexus gets drivers sources)
[Galaxy S II General] scaramonga:
Only battery life.

But I fixed that with CheckROM v6 and Siyah Kernel 2.6.12 :)
[Galaxy S II General] dubart:
I wish it has a status LED, camera button, better home button, shorter charging time.
[Galaxy S II General] buxz777:
xenon flash thats it really oh and maybe the optics of the 808 or n8
[Galaxy S II General] beston94:
Things that are missing and would be great if they were there:

1. LED light (for notifications)

2. better battery (like the one in motorola razr maxx or something like that)

3. 960 by 540 resolution.

Otherwise this phone is perfect and beyond!
[Galaxy S II General] aceofclubs:
What I find mind numbingly disappointing is all the different SGS2s with not even the same hardware specs etc. WTF

I9100/T/M/P/G etc

But....having said that my I9100 is awesome. Not disappointed at all.
[Galaxy S II General] Honchay:
I love everything about the galaxy s2 except the battery life... Would be excellent a greater battery life without changing the thickness.
[Galaxy S II General] luminus:
At the Op, what you call updates are not updates. Like you said its leaked roms.

For many the leaked roms are not usable for daily use.

Officially there has been no major updates, ICS none.

Thats my main concern about Samsung, almost one year old device and not even proper bugfixes or updates ( except from 2.3.4 to 2.3.5 or 2.3.6).
[Galaxy S II General] al_madd:
Gnex camera seems better than SGSII right??

Foe end user like us SGS II already perfect..unless you are dev..
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Absolutely right. 0 shutter lag with Gnex
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
But not picture quality wise...
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Picture quality:

Day mode: GSII wins

Dark Mode: Gnex wins

see the comparison

http://hemorrdroids.net/samsung-galaxy-nexus-vs-samsung-galaxy-sii-s2-camera-test/
[Galaxy S II General] infuse4g:
My phone is too fast. It makes me hurry. Lol
[Galaxy S II General] officiallyme:
wouldn't have thought i would ever say this when i bought it but "perfect phone"!

don't know why, but it just looks great and just feels great.

i like the light feel. what some say feels cheap, i think just feels light and that's pretty perfect.

i just works perfectly and has never let me down. ever.

weird, but i love it.
[Galaxy S II General] NickF13:
Galaxy S2 is the best phone I've ever had. Not many complaints, but an LED light for notifications would be nice, also I find the unlock screen a bit buggy when using the Pin unlock. When pressing some buttons with the pin unlock it doesn't always seem to register.

Apart from that pretty much no concerns, great screen, satisfactory camera and pretty speedy when using apps. The phone is also light and feels nice in the hand. I actually quite like the back of the S2, the textured plastic feels quite grippy and nice. I find when a phone has a metal back it feels very cold in the hand a lot of the time. I'm sure if people don't like the back of the phone they could just get a case for it anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] pacoguevara:
My only disappointment is that it can't make me breakfast in the morning.

:P

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] jjscorn:
I have! Battery life. What can i do to improve my lifetime baterry?

Now it last 7 hours. That's too short.

Tks
[Galaxy S II General] Fuzeless:
There are lots of minor things that make difference to the user experience which samsung always neglects. The biggest turn-off is Kies, its a pile of turd. But thanks to Kies I learned how to root and modify my phone. TW is horrible imo, whats the point of spending resources to reinvent the wheel, But only make it worse.

that a side,

With all the horsepower in this device, i just wish it run as smooth as the iphone.
[Galaxy S II General] Jahai:
My only disappointment is that I got a i9100G instead of i9100 and there basically isn't any development.. In the next days i'm trying to get a i9100 instead.
[Galaxy S II General] ZACQ8:
• No hardware key for camera – It really sucks, If I want to use camera I have to go through the software menu, no hot hardware key to start the camera!

1) Use the Checkrom with Jkay Mode, and enable Home button double click assign to Camera,

2) Download and flash update of new Camera Hack enabling vol key to use as trigger shutter.

Regards
[Galaxy S II General] deadbeat44:
Way way WAY better than my previous Nokia 5130. Lol!
[Galaxy S II General] blue265:
I love the phone but my only gripes would be the switch from 3G to H+. It adds some delay when browsing and waiting for 3G to turn to H+. Also, I cant take a picture while talking on the phone whereas my gf can while on her iphone. Not a big deal, but there have been a few times when I wanted to snap something quickly while on the phone. I haven't been able to find a hack or mod yet so not sure if its possible.

Again, only minor gripes and otherwise I love the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] siregorash:
Disappointment.

No LED Notification. BLN eats up too much battery.

Too short of a battery life for unroot devices.

Too low of RAM or can say, Bad RAM management.

Push notification not as powerful. BB > iPhone > S2

Screen eats too much battery. Meaning, I can't molest my phone too much. Another one would be, is it that the Dual Core Processor is also causing this battery problem?

Big shutter lag for camera but I love the picture quality.

Apps kept starting without user control. I don't mind if the app takes too much battery for boot up cause I don't even use them, or I seldom use them. I just don't want it to be up without my permission.

Not sure if it's a Rooted S2's Kernel or Radio issue. But I find that the change from 3G / H to H+ doesn't happen at times. My connection just hangs. I would need to reboot to get it working.

That's all I can think of for now.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
[Galaxy S II General] tango280581:
Battery is a bit disappointing and I don't like the heat it produces when playing HD games. Micro stutters and lag piss me off too but I think that's more about the aos.
[Galaxy S II General] hotdog2137:
GPS fixing on sats...

I would be totally satisfied if I can find a way to easily fix my gps on sats...hardly having time finding my location specially just insidde my car. if cannot find my location, then how can i use the maps, navigator, and same apps. any body know to solve this? thanks in advance!;)

---------- Post added at 04:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:44 PM ----------

with regards to your query about small contact picture, i found an app for that called "full screen caller id". check it out in apps market.
[Galaxy S II General] i1allz:
I got echo while phone calling --> hard-fixed with this method : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1441510
[Galaxy S II General] fintry:
Hi Guys,

I currently have an HTC Sensation XE which I really like.....................except the mobile phone signal. It's shockingly bad. So bad, that I am thinking of going for a Galaxy S2. Can someone (preferably from the UK) confirm that there are no such issues with the Galaxy S2. Really pointless having a mobile phone, if you can't use it as a phone because it doesn't pick up and hold a signal for long.

Really appreciate any response.
[Galaxy S II General] baboox:
Im disapointed with sound quality. My SGSI with voodoo sound was replacement for mp3 player, now i need to carry 2 devices in my pockets.
[Galaxy S II General] Jeegsawk:
Go for poweramp and even sgs2 can be a good mp3 player replacement. Of course not as good as sgs1 with voodoo but not bad anyway

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Not everything is perfect, so there are little things that I can live with. The only regret I have about this phone is the relatively low resolution... qHD would have been acceptable.
[Galaxy S II General] Freddan80:
My only disappointments with my SGS2 is the low resolution, this I can easily live with but the lack of support from big Sam towards the hacking community is a big disappointment even though they doesn't owe us anything it makes me wanna have another more hack-friendly phone. Last time I don't buy a phone not from the Nexus brand.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Be sure u r not buying i9100G

And buy i9100
[Galaxy S II General] Xbelt:
i really love this device. its fast ans smooth and good looking ;)
[Galaxy S II General] jacobrucia:
Yeah, i lost it from my hands...
[Galaxy S II General] vishpoison:
Facing a problem.. Whenevr my phone turns off due to low battery.. the next time it turns on, it says no sim inserted. I have to restart the phone a couple of times and toggle the airplane mode to get the network back. any suggestions to sort it out ??
[Galaxy S II General] Flatcap2010:
I've only had mine a couple of weeks. I came from an HTC HD2 and my only points are as follows...

Plastic back feels cheap, especially after the HD2 quality. I initially thought if I sit down and this is in my pocket it's a gonner. Easily solved by buying an aliminium backing off eBay for a fiver. Feels much better and with a gel case on too I'm happy now. The flash isn't great. Again, the HD2 has dual LED flashes so it was very good. The SG SII only has one LED so it's not great in the dark. No biggy really as I hardly use it in the dark to be honest. The CoPilot satnav software on my HD2 was brilliant. When I first got it I loved it so I bought a licence for it, only £24.95 which I was happy with. Loved it. Disappointed to find I can't use the same licence key to use the Android version. I appreciate they're different OS's but I've paid for a licence key for CoPilot Live v8, I'd expect to be able to transfer it. That's not the phones fault, it's CoPilot's fault, so unfair really. I've installed Navfree and it's got Google Navigation so I'll get by for now, lol.

On the positive side, super fast performance speed, large memory capacity, much more control over the camera e.g. ISO, white balance, focusing etc., tonnes more apps, no buffering on vids and youtube, slick operating, overall very, very happy with it.

Wish list? I wish the icons/widgets were tidier and neater. The HD2 with CHT and CHT Editor running on it was very neat. I liked the frames round the icons, like on the iPhone, just looks neater. The icons and widgets are all different sizes, it upsets my OCD - LOL!!

Daz. :)
[Galaxy S II General] crazyscow:
i love the phone, but i just hate that nobody can hear me when i call anybody. those stupid mics can't make up their mind.
[Galaxy S II General] bejay:
Copilot won't tell you, but the same reg code will work for both win mobile and android.

You need to de-authorise your HD2, download the android installer from the copilot site,

(I'm on my phone, so I don't have the link, I'll post it later, or do a search in the HD2 android forum) install and authorise as usual.

If you don't still have your HD2 you can contact Co pilot support and tell them you phone died, and you need to re-install. They will remove your old authorisation for you. Just tell them you have a win mobile 6.5 phone, not an android one or they won't help you.

Did this myself, so I know it works.

See this thread for details
[Galaxy S II General] fintry:
Really appreciate the update, much appreciated.
[Galaxy S II General] somepepeshit:
my first smart phone and boy was it worth the wait! battery life could be better but i dont mind charging at work through the day if need be :)
[Galaxy S II General] beston94:
Well other than the touch jizz being on it before, nothing else is bad :]
[Galaxy S II General] phamxp426:
I just came from a T989 T-Mobile Version of the Galaxy S2 and the only complaint that I have is that it feels a bit flimsy and the home button feels a little rattle-ly. But other than that, everything is nice! It's faster, looks better, isn't as plagued by the abnormal screen issues as much, and has much more development done for it!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] McDV:
Hi!

I would like to know if I can disable a device-driver within init.rc or something.

The reason is, that I would like to totally switch off the touchkey-buttons (the function and the backlight). They are not active in bootloader-mode, but switch on when the device is booting the kernel, so I guess they could be switched off by deleting or at least disabling the driver.

Any ideas on how to do that without having to recompile the whole kernel?

Thanks

McDV
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CompConfig:
Is there a ROM & Kernel that is stock out close to stock that had full BLN support added?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsela:
Hi,

I Root my Device with CF-Root with CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.zip.

I want to unroot it with the original kernel.

All the Link in other posts are broken. (multiupload)

My original kernel is:

Israel: I9100JHKG2-CL368578

Please assist

Thanks in advance

Hagay
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyssa1104:
Rule 1 backup before doing any mods to your handset...

Hold tight someone reading may be able to provide a link for you..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsela:
How can i backup before root?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcadam:
Take a look at the following thread, you should find it in there. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1221236
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsela:
I need only the kernel.

Please assist
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyssa1104:
Quite easy my friend there are files floating about and you download and keep the save... Like so many others...SIMPLE

Again if you have the rom to which you need said file if you know how to extract you could also do it this way...

Here a easy way.. Flash your stock rom once done you can backup said file to a save place and if you need root again you know what to do.. ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cloud2F:
if you want the original kernel...

download your firmware @ sammobile.com

extract it (extract all .tar files)

you'll find a "factoryfs.img". in the same folder there is a "zImage".

thats your kernel...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsela:
How can i flash it?

With odin?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcadam:
I give up :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyssa1104:
Just my point...

Dont get me wrong I dont mind helping others but when they cant gett off their butt and search and read....:mad:

OP all the help we have given you are in english please search and read or better still leave things alone to which you have no understanding..;)

---------- Post added at 05:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:36 PM ----------

Send me your fone so can flash your fone for you and also put a 32GB micro sd card in for you at no extra cost.;)

Where is your location?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cirian75:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/15/32gb-gsm-galaxy-nexus-canceled-google-hopes-you-really-like-str/

Not a good move Samsung/Google