yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Insurance scam? Lol, whatever there reasoning behind it, it shows us that it needs a good few hits to break easily! My phone has been dropped a few times and only a couple of dents on the bezel.
[Galaxy S II General] rkcj:
A well formed scientific piece. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Lonzo_SGS2_506:
Maaann I almost cried but it aint nuttin' but another reason of why the SGS2 is banginn' ... hehe I luv my Tonka toy!!!
[Galaxy S II General] runedrune:
I felt sick after watching the second video.
[Galaxy S II General] drspikes:
I agree. Watching it, I think it was probably stolen. Sad
[Galaxy S II General] rocky23:
ive seen more terrible videos than this but the bottom line is if u wanna break any thing u can nothing here is undestructable....ive seen really some phones giving scratches and minor cracks at a accident drop...so if ur phone has to break ,it will or ur too lucky...
[Galaxy S II General] tolis626:
I think that I just had a heart attack or stroke or something...:eek:
[Galaxy S II General] officiallyme:
even if stolen, why not use it or sell it?

anyhow, it would have been ok hadit ended before the road-part. he threw it pretty high on the rocky path. that was all the drop test anyone needed.

everything after that was a simple waste.

i was hoping they would have a car simply drive over it. but instead he throws it, again...

interesting, though extremely stupid and a huge waste of money and technology.
[Galaxy S II General] 4ltair:
After seeing this video, i'm even more proud of my SGS2. Cheap plastic my ***, the phone was thrown 5 meters in the air and then hit the asphalt and still worked, with minimal damage.

This phone is build tank style.
[Galaxy S II General] Yarox:
Has it occurred to you people that the phone was most probably stolen?
[Galaxy S II General] remorema:
jesus... I drop mine last week from about 1,5m with glass hiting flat on my kitchen floor and it urt me like a punch to the chin. gladly not a single scracth. but even so I took a couple of minutes to recover myself from the panic attack.

cant really imagine how people can do this without having any type of hesitation.

stolen , from ex boyfriend or whatever, I would never have the guts to do anything like this to a 600$ phone
[Galaxy S II General] rudolf895:
Huh someone talk about the Iphone again... I'll stick this video up your ibottom lol
[Galaxy S II General] PunkOz:
Don't you guys think call him a thief is a lil racist? Maybe he works with a carrier? I don't know but even if it was stolen I'm sure he wouldn't break it.. and at the end the girl doesnt say Galaxy S S.. She said Galaxy S2 (Galaxy S DOS in spanish)
[Galaxy S II General] frankimm:
Its great to know that S2 can withstand that much!

He had to go through a lot to break that thing.

Finally Samsung can give competition to Nokia in sturdy phones!
[Galaxy S II General] shr33kant:
This video is the reason I ordered a. 2000mah battery today instead of a new case :).

Sent from inside a black hole.
[Galaxy S II General] blueseeker:
Yup. Cheap plastic.
[Galaxy S II General] gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck:
But will it blend ?!
[Galaxy S II General] ivenoev:
That is the question! Lol :p
[Galaxy S II General] shonenman:
take the positive things guys.

our SGSII are not easily broken by being dropped at 5 meters or more, except being hit by a rock

:D:D:D
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
It blends the blender
[Galaxy S II General] krico:
It's like watching an animal being tortured.
[Galaxy S II General] lyriquidperfection:
Samsung dust, dont breathe this! :D
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Made my day!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] Inkness:
Would be nice to show the phone more often that throw it 3 times before showing it.. & wasting money..
[Galaxy S II General] Tom-Helge:
Another proof that the iPhone 4 / 4S is a piece of s*it .

iPhone 4 / 4S breaks by just squeezing a little to hard with your hand. And it goes into 10000000 pieces if you are unlucky to drop it on the asphalt.

Everytime some funny ass iPhone fanboy says that the iPhone 4 / 4S is out of good quality, i'm gonna show them both of those clips and ROFL at them.
[Galaxy S II General] logan_izer10:
This pains me to watch. I love my GSII. Still nice to know this thing is a beast though. Iphone's blow.
[Galaxy S II General] maksin01:
Same.. Interesting to know that the S2 isn't as flimsy as it appears to be. Thanks for sharing OP! :)
[Galaxy S II General] bazzag:
Another retarded 'torture' test:

Sledgehammer 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCTDXjbFzoY

Scratch Test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcgmnvdA5Y8

Water Test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNlscKPKx7Y

Sledgehammer 2 (:(): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl6q_sMTEO4
[Galaxy S II General] maksin01:
Wow that's just pure torture.. :( I feel sad when the S2 finally broke in the last video.
[Galaxy S II General] nocturnne:
Man there are some pretty retarded Apple fan boys in this world.

On other note, Samsung looks like it's contending Nokia as the maker of brick phones. You just need to keep it away from sledgehammers and idiots.
[Galaxy S II General] PunkOz:
Uploaded the thread with your videos :) Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] vikas776:
i hug my phone very hard after watching these videos

I love u , u love me and we r complete :)
[Galaxy S II General] seiman07:
Autsch. That hurts my soul ;-)

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[Galaxy S II General] saikilee:
what a waste..
[Galaxy S II General] PunkOz:
I'll add more videos if i can find more :)
[Galaxy S II General] ccaian1:
Well the chrome isn't too durable, just put in exposed in my school bag for a few days and there are some VERY noticeable scrathes.

Guess I can't use that 20$ back casing I bought...
[Galaxy S II General] LiFeSII:
i agree
[Galaxy S II General] warh34d:
Why? I mean why? So much pain... People have been convicted for crimes against humanity for less!

A little piece of me just died inside..

Why???! :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
Why...cuz lets say u break ur phone but u have insurance, so what r u gonna do with it?? Test its durability and then give it to the insurance company for recycling :))
[Galaxy S II General] goamushroom:
Well breaking perfectly working stuff for fun will always be fun to some, and awfull to others, but that apart:

The Drop test was great.

Water Test is surprising.

Scratch Test is just awesome !!!

Thanks for sharing :)
[Galaxy S II General] shr33kant:
I guess in the end, no matter how many screen protectors or SGP cases you buy...if a sledgehammer is going to fall on your phone it's still going to break. Otherwise for normal day to day use our phones are pretty safe without most of the protection we've even bought for it :-D (Although I would think my Screen protector is the minimum protection you should have on it..)

As a side note...why isn't this thread full of iPhones being destroyed? I'd like to see some stupid tests breaking them in seconds so I can feel good about myself ^_^
[Galaxy S II General] CA3iR0:
They did it for t3h lulz :lol:

No, really, they did it for making the iPhone4/4S users even more angry :lol:
[Galaxy S II General] rockx0:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQtOS9kNqo&feature=related
[Galaxy S II General] luca_vivi:
impressive totally impressive
[Galaxy S II General] sohebq:
How come they can waste somewhat $500 like this? This is the worst way to waste money. Once asked from tennis star "Rafael Nadal" why you never broke a tennis racquet like other players. He replied, I can't waste money like this, There are some people in this world who can't even buy a pair of shoes.,,, THose who have money should respect it.
[Galaxy S II General] luca_vivi:
Yes i can't understand

Inviato dal mio GT-P7500 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] Silberpfeil3110:
I can't look this videos until the end. It's horrible. Everytime they throw it down or something on it, something inside of me breaks. It's so terrible no one could imagine, I am serious. :(
[Galaxy S II General] Tool-kit:
Oh my Goodness, the only punishment my phone goes through is flashing ROMS looking for the best one. Not this... I can't even afford to get a Test SGS2 for fun. *so hurt right now*
[Galaxy S II General] MafiaDroid:
S2 Rocks

I had already seen this video and the winner is...Samsung Galaxy S2 :D
[Galaxy S II General] knightslay2:
hmm they should try bashing some older HTC devices which we like bricks, unlike the One X.
[Galaxy S II General] jashy67:
Nothing to do with a classic test. Its just stupid attention whore kids looking for some "glory" on youtube. Retarded people :confused:
[Gen8 Android Development] devwithzachary:
Brand new ROM leaked from a friend working for ARCHOS.

Been working on it for a few weeks to optimise it and fix a few bugs ARCHOS forgot.

Still a work in progress flash at your own risk!!

Video of it running on my archos 101 here

Screen shots here

And finally the download links here
[Gen8 Android Development] athankar75:
It's working but it has some issues with wifi...
[Gen8 Android Development] minidou-77:
Thanks so awesome !

Any date for final ETA ?
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
I think in 2 weeks, however we will need some good devs to make that date, else I think it will be more like ten years.

BTW youtube playback isn't working any news on that?

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] devwithzachary:
Sorry about the bugs will get this fixed right away, my inside man says that archos will have a final release tomorrow...shame tomorrow never comes
[Gen8 Android Development] sublimejosh2000:
This April Fools joke was prob the meanest I have seen :( I got way too excited!
[Gen8 Android Development] devwithzachary:
haha yes I am very sorry :P certainly something we all wish would come true
[Gen8 Android Development] sublimejosh2000:
I'm thinking of selling my A101/G8-16G... wonder if anyone is looking to buy one. Has the Cinema Plug in and everything.
[Gen8 Android Development] devwithzachary:
yeah same tbh, going to be getting the galaxy note and really have no use for my archos anymore
[Gen8 Android Development] cajl:
Big April Fool !

very nice
[Gen8 Android Development] Bingoig11:
That is exactly what I think, since I got the Galaxy Note, I nearly don't use my 101IT anymore...
[Gen8 Android Development] bach0405:
Well,

I replaced my Archos 70IT by an 16 GB ainol aurora with an IPS screen for 150 €, quite the same as 70b IT (310 g and thickness < 10 mm) but a better screen. And I have a fully operative Android 4.0.

I am a little bit upset not to have ICS on gen8, but I understand that Archos is focused on the next generations.
[Gen8 Android Development] Reditus2:
SNIFF :'(

You made me all happy, then boom.....sad day :'(
[Gen8 Android Development] Saya:
Dam! 7th of April as I write this saw this thread didnt read the date and got rickrolled!:D Got excited should have known better:rolleyes:
[Gen8 Android Development] devwithzachary:
yup hopefuly a mod will close it soon ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killar_aka_arabu:
Hello to all

I have a question, but first i explaen what i doed.

i have a huawei u8180 device. there a porting of ics for this device (cm9 by subpsyke). i have installed it, but there not working home-key.

after 2 days i found miui v4 beta 7 for Huawei u8150, i have downloadet it and flashed to my phone. rom works, but very slow, but home-key works on this rom.

on my computer, i have opened zip files of this 2 roms (miui and ics), and i have copyed some files from system/bin and system/framwork from miui rom to ics rom.

after this i flashed it to my u8180. home-key worked, but after this wi-fi not working.

who can explain what i need to do and what files i need to put to the ics alpha 3 edited by me rom from ics alpha3 non-edited.

i hope someone will understand what i mean to do)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killar_aka_arabu:
77 views and no one answer(((
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p107r0:
you might want to provide more specific thread subject, then the number of accidental passerbys (such as myself) should drop dramatically
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halilgoecer:
You could try to copy only the keylayout in system/usr/keylayout to the ics rom.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killar_aka_arabu:
will try in 2 minutes)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killar_aka_arabu:
i copyed keylayout map, but not working

via Android Commander i copyed idc folder and keycharts. now working) thx for sugestion
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brangko:
HI, I just rooted my galaxy note N7000 using dr kernel method.

I downgrade my firmware from 2.3.6 to 2.3.5 rootable stock firmware, after that i got superuser and cwm,

then i update to new stock firmware which is N7000DXLC2-2.3.6

now my

baseband Version: N7000DXLC1

Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-N7000DXLC2-CL1039404

the point is, after i update to newer firmware, my CWM is missing but still got superuser and SuperSU.

can someone help me please??

(btw i readed a couple post before how to restore CWM, but i didn't found cf root kernel for LC2, which im sure needed to flash it via mobile odin)

THanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sp_setsuna:
I don't know for CWM but like you, I had both superuser and supersu after flashing.

After wiping data cache and dalvik, superuser was gone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brangko:
Ok i'll tried to wipe data cache and dalvik.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Download cf root kernel for lc1, extract zimage file n put on sd card

Now.select kernel tab on mobile Odin, point to zimage file n flash.

Thats it, you.will get cwm.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brangko:
thank you for the guide dr :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brangko:
i do as you said, flasih the kernel using zimage lc1, but after that my note restart everytime i turn on. what should i do??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
go to recovery(vol up+home+powr), wipe cache, wipe delvic cache
[Nexus S General] joncfc:
Hi chaps

I bought my nexus from CPW back in january and I think at the time it was running 2.3.1 and it wasnt getting any OTA updates. I manually upgraded to 2.3.6 but haven't had the OTA for 4.0.4. Has anyone else from over here had it? I ask as I wonder if I will get it as i bought the phone sim free and I am using a vodafone sim.

Cheers
[Nexus S General] volvo940seturbo:
I bought mine from cpw also in January, and mine came with 2.3.1 i think as well, I manually updated mine to 4.0.3 but have not had a notification to update to 4.0.4, no idea if I will either, but all the updates were done using the official files off here.
[Nexus S General] Warren_Orange:
Bought my NS from CPW on boxing day. Flashed manually to 4.0.3. and I'm totally at stock , no root.

Still no OTA. I'm on Orange.
[Nexus S General] richstant:
I got my NS (i9023) simfree from play.com, came with 2.3, got various OTA updates to 2.3.7, got the OTA update to 4.0.3 in December, still waiting for OTA 4.0.4.

Don't really want to have to back everything up so I can root it in order to do the manual update process!
[Nexus S General] malarcy:
No for me - bought from CPW with 2.3.1 after 4.0.3 was pulled - manual update to 2.3.6 - no OTA. Running on TMOB.
[Nexus S General] kevsensei:
Nope I haven't got the OTA yet, i9023 sim free on virgin mobile and android version 4.0.3
[Nexus S General] st0nec01d:
Bought my simfree Nexus S from CFW, on boxing day.

Using my O2 simcard.

Manually updated to Android 4.0.3 using official stock files from XDA.

Thus far, no OTA. :-(
[Nexus S General] thegtfusion:
You could manually update to 4.0.4 too :D :D (thats what I did on my dads I9020T :D)
[Nexus S General] richstant:
Except that to do the manual update you have to root & unlock boot, and that requires wiping the device. I know you can backup & restore everything, but it's a lot of faff if the OTA is imminent anyway!
[Nexus S General] leerobson99:
No just download from the link rename to update.zip and flash through stock recovery.
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
You only have to unlock if you want to flash it with a 4.0.3 recovery. And you never have to root it to apply a OTA update. 2.3.6 stock recovery will apply the update just fine without unlocking.
[Nexus S General] richstant:
Incorrect - I already have 4.0.3, and under ICS you need root to do a manual update. If I had 2.3.6 then this would work. Under 4.0.3 it doesn't.

---------- Post added at 10:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:26 PM ----------

2.3.6 might work fine - but I have 4.0.3, which requires root to do a OTA update manually (see 'A NOTE ABOUT ANDROID 4.X OTAs' here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1445635 )
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
Not true. You need to unlock the bootloader and flash CWM recovery. There's a difference between root and unlocking the bootloader.
[Nexus S General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
yes, unlocking the boot loader is enough as you basically just need the cwm recovery.

But your data still gets wiped if you unlock the bootloader...even without root.
[Nexus S General] powerarmour:
If you are going to unlock the bootloader and wipe the user data/cache, you might as well flash the stock 4.0.4 image with fastboot, and you don't have to bother with CWM.
[Nexus S General] richstant:
Thanks, you're all correct, but as you say it still requires me to wipe & restore (which I wanted to avoid). I'm impatient, so I started to have a go at that but hit problems. I'll start a different thread to sort that out now!
[Nexus S General] sparks2005:
So no one has received the 4.0.4 update in the UK??
[Nexus S General] kevsensei:
Nope not from what I can see from this forum, hopefully we get it soon
[Nexus S General] joncfc:
But who sends the update? google or the mobile companys? And another question specifically to the CPW buyers, if we didn't get the OTA from 2.3.1 to 2.3.6, what makes you think we will get the update to 4.0.4?
[Nexus S General] davyu:
I would like to find out too. But just to throw in some hope, I got my 4.0.3 OTA from 2.3.6 back in December via wifi. I bought my simfree phone on best buy, and I'm using the giffgaff (which uses the O2) network.
[Nexus S General] gm`:
Nothing here I got unbranded i9023 had OTA back in December nothing since that
[Nexus S General] Monnyaa:
No OTA yet, I manually check a couple times a day though :P

I manually updated to 4.0.3, not rooted.
[Nexus S General] Lightning Count:
Guys, it was probably an early April fools joke by Google. I mean, it's not even been FOUR months yet! At least a few more (all) phones need to get the update before we'll get it.

If you're wondering, yes, this whole fiasco has made me bitter.
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
So just download it and install it. Google's rollouts always take several weeks.
[Nexus S General] richstant:
I'm fairly sure it comes from google. Regarding not getting 2.3.6 etc, I *think* that was because they halted all updates after december, not just the ICS updates. Certainly I bought mine sim free a while ago, and I got all the 2.3.x updates OTA, and also the 4.0.3 OTA. My friend bought his sim free after december, and he didn't get any of the 2.3.x updates OTA - he had to do a manual update to 2.3.6.

Either way, it seems from this thread that no-one in the UK has got 4.0.4 OTA yet - that includes my phone which previously has got OTA updates, so I presume it's just that google hasn't started on the UK yet.
[Nexus S General] ludovicien:
I bought my Nexus S at the CPW in January and sparked it up when I got to France. It was running 2.3.1 and no updates were available via the check method. In early March I went to the Netherlands and the first time I connected to a wifi network the 2.3.6 update popped up. I have no idea if this wss a coincidence.

I have not read anything on French forums about OTA updates to 4.0.4 from either 2.3.6 or 4.0.3.

--------

I9020 running 2.3.6
[Nexus S General] iglu:
I bought mine in CPW in the UK, but started the phone in Israel.

I got all OTA until 2.3.6 and manually updated to 4.0.3.

Still didn't get the 4.0.4 OTA.

Seems like they are taking their time in Google headquarters.

BTW why there's no manual OTA update file for stock recovery for this update and the update is only available for rooted devices ?
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
The update has been pushed out to specific carriers which hasn't included the UK yet. Most likely the carriers there have not approved it. And you can flash it without being rooted. It seems a lot of people are confused about the difference between being unlocked and being rooted. And ICS recovery doesn't work because of the way Google made changes to how recovery works with internal storage. It wasn't a direct attempt at stopping recovery from flashing OTA files.
[Nexus S General] wallytax:
Just received the update OTA. Phone is all stock and locked. Live in the Netherlands.
[Nexus S General] danox82:
As of 30 mins ago I received 4.04 OTA. I bought my Nexus S in the UK unlocked and am on O2.

I certainly hope there are battery performance improvements in 4.04 when compared to 4.03...here's hoping.
[Nexus S General] richstant:
I just got it too.
[Nexus S General] D00dDk:
i know its not UK, but i just got 4.0.4 in denmark, carrier is telenor
[Nexus S General] morrissey007:
in UK and no OTA either..

I'm in the uk, bought the phone sim free, and am on Vodafone.

I've regularly check for the update and daily use the *#*#checkin#*#* method and still no OTA 4.0.4 yet.

UPDATE!!

whoohoo, got it!

I used this method, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1575523

only thing I did different to the instructions was I had to do it a couple of times, then I rebooted the phone and it automatically started 4.0.4. downloading, off to play with my ICS now!!
[Nexus S General] davyu:
Did you guys get it from 2.3.6 or 4.0.3?
[Nexus S General] joncfc:
yeah i just tried it and its now downloading!

fill yer boots :)
[Nexus S General] morrissey007:
I was on stock, unrooted 2.3.6
[Nexus S General] kkh786:
Just got the update for 4.0.4 OTA.

Bought from CPW in December. Then manually upgraded to 4.0.3.

Feels very fast.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Monnyaa:
Just got the OTA. UK phone from 4.0.3 -> 4.0.4

Yay! Installing as I type.
[Nexus S General] murfi:
what country are you from?
[Nexus S General] davyu:
Rebooting as I type!

From stock 4.0.3 in UK.
[Nexus S General] pegasolabs:
Just a bit OT.

Just got the notification from stock 2.3.6 in Italy (i9023)
[Nexus S General] TubbyHamster:
Just to echo others, UK, Nexus S from CPW, currently being used on Giffgaff. Had updated manually to 4.0.3 previously and as of tonight received the OTA to 4.0.4. :)
[Nexus S General] zeb99:
Another UK user to get the update (about 90 mins ago). Phone was bought unlocked from CPW and I manually upgraded to 4.0.3 straight away.

I walked through the door, it picked up the wifi and very quickly offered me the update!
[Nexus S General] erotser:
Not in the UK but after perhaps a BILLION checkins and constant checks, I got the update! Downloading as I type this.

:D

[edit] grammar, I was too excited to type! So far the phone seems faster[/edit]
[Nexus S General] chicken-royal:
Nice to hear people in the UK are getting it now! Any of you use the clear framework data and/or *#*#checkin#*#* trick to get the OTA?

Still waiting here, 2.3.6 stock (got it from CPW, unlocked).
[Nexus S General] davyu:
I did, many times, reboot included.
[Nexus S General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
I feel stupid now that i spent the whole day yesterday to backup SD partition, unlock bootloader, install cmw, flash update, restore SD card partition....took me like a full day mainly because of that stupid slow USB connection between 500kb and 1.5 MB per second....
[Nexus S General] sonu27:
OMG are you serious? I've got the same from CPW and Giffgaff. :)

Did you automatically get it?
[Nexus S General] Warren_Orange:
Is anyone getting the OTA without the Google framework data wipe thingy me jig??
[Nexus S General] chicken-royal:
that's what I'm waiting to see too. don't want to wipe it and potentially have the issues with device missing on Google Play store. would rather wait and/or manually apply the update.

Just wanting to get an OTA update as I had to manually update to 2.3.6 ;)