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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nickcaper:
me.. me .. i do.. i do lol

;)

Hello. I have great news for anyone that wants to use the Tmobile GalaxySII with a better prepaid service.

I bought the T989 new and then bought a Tmobile Sim card for about $15 from StraightTalk.com

I put the new sim in and changed the APN to StraightTalk apn. It works fabulous.

I get full 4g speeds all day 24/7 and the best thing is I get no throttle.

Tmobile turned me on with there prices but I didnt notice that they throttle there bandwidth to a stupid slow 2g speed after a certain bandwidth usage.

WHY would any company throttle the internet speed with the purpose to have a smart phone is fast internet? The speed went from 4g to 2g. Not 3g. We are talking 56k modem speed. This pissed me off so bad, I went with StraightTalk just 2 weeks after I activated the T989 with Tbobile using there prepaid. Well, not only is Tmobile prepaid $5 more than the StraightTalk service, But the Tmobile service, as I said is very inferior to StraightTalk.

No Im not a representative of either of these companies.

I did allot of research about using this phone with any sim I wanted and compared price vs performance of what I get for the money.

I can tell you that you will not find any prepaid service cheaper and with unlimited everything when using with the T989.

Ive compared ATT, Verizon, Virgin, Boost, Net10. All of um I could find. None were cheaper and none offered so much. I ended up sticking with Tmobile service cause of the speed they use vs ATT. I couldnt even use the phone with other services due to the technology they offered. Some services are not compatible with this particular Gs2 model. I suggest you use it with Tmobile towers to get the full performance of the internet. Tmobile uses a specific technology to get full internet speeds, which I think is better than ATT. .

I really wanted to stay with Tmobile, but I gotta tell ya, they sucked. MANY people complain about getting just edge speed when using the Tmobile prepaid service. No kidding! Its cause they purposely throttle the speed! Look at teh small print on there advertisements! They have a few different so called unlimited plans. The price goes stupid high to like $70 just to get full bandwidth speeds to decent usage. With StraightTalk its always full bandwidth and the kicker is that they use Tmobile towers! They dont throttle the speed at all. I dont get anything lower than 9mb down and 3.5 to 4 gb up.

Its $45 a month.Vs anywhere from 50 to $70 depending on the useage for internet you want.

Why did I choose this phone vs other cool phones ?

Well.

THIS phone , when properly setup with apps or a certain rom, can tether wirelessly to your laptop with NO additional tether charges ( which Tmobile charges I think $15 extra ). SO if you are in an area where you have no wifi and need to use your laptop for internet, do what I do. use the GS2 at a wireless router and get very fast internet speeds! Its no extra charge and a quick solution to no wifi.

Just remember to use the FOXFI appto do this no extra charge tethering. No special rom or hacks needed.

Check my other thread about the roms Ive used.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] yongh:
are u sure u get 4g ? on they website only say 3g
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dattack:
Is it possible to use the straighttalk via At and T? I have a tmobile phone but it has been blocked on their network (bought from craigslist) . I was wondering if it can be salvaged and used on at and t.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] shoobiedoobiiwhompwop:
does it have the proper at&t bands or an at&t radio from the equivalent phone ...

if so you choose at&t compatible when you get the sim/apn from their website
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Husam2011:
Yeah, say that to your account getting terminated next week. Congratulations.

StraightTalk has a cap of 2GBS!!!! it depends on your luck, but if u get more than 4GBS, you will be suspended in the upcoming days.. T-mobile's monthly4g plans are the only way to get 5GBs for only $30.....

Have fun getting terminated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cbutt:
There's a big thread about this in the galaxy nexus forums. I own both devices so I hop back & forth between the 2. It is common knowledge that straight talk does not publish their data cap, but rather they kick you off the network. Streaming more than a couple of YouTube videos/day violates their terms of service. This being said, if straight talk is working out for you, good for you. It is a much cheaper alternative. Also, you mention a $5 more T-Mobile plan.... you do realize that the $50 tmo plan includes only 100mb at 4g speeds & then throttling... tmo does offer $60 unlimited talk/text & 2gb of 4g data...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] juntjoo:
I've got t mobile's $30 with 5GB & a bunch of texts, enough for Mr anyway, but only 100 minutes. But I don't talk much
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Madblaster6:
I got T-Mobile 5g for $20 on android prefered plan. I thought 5g was $25.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] juntjoo:
Couldn't find it. What are the details?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Madblaster6:
I just called they don't do it anymore.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] juntjoo:
Oh that sucks. Np tho, I still have 5gb for $30, which you can't get anywhere else.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] truongxlong:
i double checked it does have the proper at&t bands and radio. Tmobile galaxy s2 with att sim should be able to get 3g speeds. My biggest question is, does tmobile and ATT share blacklist. If they do this means phone will be blacklisted even after unlocked. If not then phone will be able to be used with ATT sim
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wilson pickett:
oh brother

jeez.i had a nokia e71 on straight talk a couple of years ago,the speed was fair,but it isn't even capable of hspa.

i went over the data limit one month,i got no warning,no throttle.

at the end of the month my account was banned.

i am on month 8 of tmobile's 5 gb 100 minute plan.i recommend it highly.

in fact i added a second account i like it so well.

i make calls over wifi using bobsled calling,does not count against your minutes,and has good sound quality.that has been my experience,i'll refrain from any disparaging comments.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] russiandivxclub:
I am on ATT with Unlimited $30 iPhone plan. My main is iPhone 4S yet I just love my T989 and sometimes I switch. Here is what I can say about data. IT is fast and it's 100% not EDGE yet I think for some reason it's not as fast as my 4S (data wise) If needed I can provide speedtest.net test results from same location with 4S and T989 and you'll see that T989 is slightly slower, I'd say I'll get solid 250KB/sec download and about 100KB/sec upload with T989 and about 340/150 with iPhone. Also in Games like Order and Chaos I see iPhone performs a bit better latency wise (now that kinda make no sense but oh well) So here is my 2 cents
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nickcaper:
100 minutes might be fine if you sit at home all day with a wifi connection but what about people on the go?

So far i havent been banned or blacklisted.

Ive tried the Tmobile service and its great but again, the throttle is what sux. WHY do they even bother doin that? Im sick of the greedy things these companies do to make money. Its suppose to be unlimited BUt, And you have a smart phone but cant fully use it unless..... its always some bull****.

As for Nokia, yea I got 3.5g all the time. Said it right there on the phone.

BTW. I cant wifi on the T989 cause I dont use Tmobile. Only Tmobile service enables wifi calling.

All they gotta do is take that throttle bull**** off and Ill go with them.

If Straight talk can do it and do it cheaper then why cant Tmobile do it?

There loss.

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Man that is some really slow speeds.

Rememeber, the T989 s meant to work with HSPA+ not LTE.

Using the T989 on anything other than Tmobile may yield slower speeds that you would usually get. The phone works with totally different frequency channels. Although you will get data it wont be as fast. The data frequency on the T989 is not compatible with the ATT data frequency. They arent the same. So people get slow speeds when using the T989 on ATT service. Tmobile uses 1900mhz for HSPA+ which is 4G. The 1900Mhz channel ATT uses only gives HSPA not HSPA+. HSPA is just 3G. In 2013 Tmobile will start using the 1700/2100mhz channels for LTE but your T989 will still only be setup for 1900Mhz HSPA+. ATT uses 1700/2100mhz channels for 4g. As you can see these 2 companies uses different channels to get 4g speeds.

So again, if you have a T989 Always always use a Tmobile sim card with StraighTalk or use Tmobile as your service. If you dont, the phone will not receive proper 1900Mhz data frequencies and wont get high internet speeds.

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ATT Data Guide

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Tmobile Data guide
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] llxxjinxxll:
I used to own a G2X for the tomobile network and now I have a galaxy s2, but the thing I remember going on in the g2x forums was that there was a hack to make it so that your phone wouldn't get throttled if you went over the cap limit on tmobiles network. I don't know if such a thing exists for our gs2 but if it doesn't might not hurt to ask the dev guys for help on this being a possibiltu for our phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] russiandivxclub:
Well in that case if possible explain this. Let's make this simple. There is EDGE that will give you like 10KB sec at most ....then there is 3G that will give you anything from lower 100kb to as high as 8Mbit / sec ( I get easy 8Mbit/sec on Brighton Beach 11235 ZIP CODE) now T989 is not EDGE it's simply too fast for that and you saying it does not have proper band for ATT 3G ..so what does is works on then ? Because in my understanding T989 by TMobile is ONLY SGS2 phone that support all carriers with 3G speeds. I may be wrong but all I know is this. It works not as good as iPhone on ATT but I can listen radio and make Skype calls with video and watch youtube movies when let's say other Tmobile phones and using edge I can hardly get email going with ATT SIM and forget about any multimedia.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nickcaper:
I think you are not fully educated on the cell phone technologies.

Cell phones have the capability to work on all old technologies. Or at least most old technologies. In other words, todays cell phones are backward compatible with Edge and 2G and even 3G. The Galaxy S2 is a 4g phone. NOT just 3G. but can work on 3G as well. It gets 4G by using the HSPA+ carrier. Others use LTE like your Iphone.

You should look at the chart again and made a study of it.

Your Iphone you have is manufactured to work with ATT. It has a special radio in it that is specifically setup to work with ATT 4G LTE which is any of the 3 channels in the chart for ATT. The 3 channels ATT uses to get 4G is 700mhz, 1700 and 2100Mhz. 4g goes way up to around 20+mb download. Your ATT iPhone also works on 3G but ATT's 3g channels are 850 and 1900mhz and use the HSPA carrier. NOT HSPA+ which Tmobile uses to get 4G. But Tmobile does some magic and uses the ATT HSPA channels and turns them into 4G by using HSPA+ !!!!

If you look at the TMobile chart you can see that its VERY beneficial to use there network and phones for 2 reasons. First, If you use Tmobile you will get very fast data speeds which many say is the fastest. Second reason is, that Tmobile uses a totally different set of channels to get that data speed PLUS allows you to use your ATT phone on there channels AND get 4G speeds that ATT would only yield 3G! Ill give you the big picture here. MOSt phones right now, that ATT user have are working in the 850mhz to 1900mhz range. That gives the ATT user a 3G speed and they will see around 2.1mb downloads at best. The really cool thing about Tmobile is that if you take your ATT phone and port it over to Tmobile, that same 1900mhz is now running at 4g speeds due to the HSPA+ technology Tmobile uses. And you didnt even have to do anything !!!

Many people have said that when porting over to Tmobile they get faster speeds. This is why.

The only time ATT will be the same speed as Tmobile is when you have an ATT phone like an Iphone 4 that runs on the LTE network. Of course there are other new phones that use the LTE technology on ATT but for most people right now, they are still using the 3G channels because they bought there phones a year or 2 ago and LTE was not out then.

If You are getting high speeds on your Iphone 4 and not on your GS2 then its due to one reason. Reception. The GS2 cant recieve LTE speeds which on paper says its way faster than Tmobile. As I said it can be upto 20+mb download. Many people dont get that but some do. HSPA+ will get 8mb with a very good signal and that is not a bad download at all. Its very good actually. Soon, in 2013 Tmobile will be upgrading to LTE so dont worry about speed. Tmobile will be way up there with ATT and while ATT still has the Iphone, Android is right there coming out with phones that smoke Iphone. Tmobile offers 4G speeds with 3G channels. Noone else does that. Its cause they want people to port over to there service.

I hope you can understand what Im saying now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] juntjoo:
what do you get with this $30 iPhone plan? didn't know at&t had an affordable plan
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jawmail:
I think that's for the data only?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] marksatterfield:
Do you know if the Galaxy Nexus has a better/more capable radio/network stack, one that is compatible with ATT & Tmo? I have the T989 w 4.0.4, not sure if I should return it for a Nexus before my return period is over.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cmdba:
Im using my Tmo T989 on Straight with AT&T and love it.. Tmo only has edge in my area.. makes no sense.

I get about 3-6mb down and 1.1mb up which is good enough for me since i work from home and use wifi a lot.

My Only issue is i CANT receive images via text.. i saw some iphone settings for it but hasnt helped me.. im on CM 10 Stable with latest radio.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TangoXray:
Can you confirm, specifically, which radio you are using? Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cmdba:
UVLI4.. also i definitely CANT receive text images.. texting is fine tho.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TangoXray:
Is that newer than UVMC6? I was under the impression that the latter was the newest radio that came with the JB update?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cmdba:
No i just noticed that the UVMC6 is out.. i will have to give that a go and see.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TangoXray:
Yeah same here, thanks again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tbrookins1:
I still Haven't been capped

I've got a AT&T S2 and T-mobile S2, both on straight talk. Last month I downloaded 2 movies of 4.8GBS and piece and didn't get capped. I've had both my S2's on straight talk for over a year never been capped.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nickcaper:
well i got away from straight talk. they ripped me off bad.

i went to t mobile.

no more retards answering the phone or stealing my dam money.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TangoXray:
Care to elaborate?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nickcaper:
Why?

They suck.

I spent allot of money just to get shafted. I actually recorded the entire phone calls

of them being so utterly stupid that I think Ill be posting it on youtube.

I highly highly recomend any body using straight talk to go somewhere else.

You might night have a problem now .. Just wait. It will happen and when it does you will be thinking about all the thousands of posts saying we warned. you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TangoXray:
Thanks for being so helpful. I'll be sticking to ST on all three of my phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nickcaper:
So what you want is for me to sit here for 30 min and tell you the whole story as to why Straight Talk sux?

I think All you gotta do is google and you will find plenty of stories.

I was just like you. Wanted to SAVE money. Is $15 worth it?

Nope.

When you call to try getting ANYTHING fixed, you will hit a brick wall. Them people have no english skills. They dont understand you. They repeat things to you like a robot 10 times cause they themselves cant figure out what the words mean.

They put you on hold to hope you hang up.

They send you to another extension.

Just do a google search on Straight Talk stole my money.

I promise you dude.

Its just a matter of time.... You will feel the burn just like thousands of others. Including me.

You really think if I liked them Id go and spend $15 more with somebody else?

I really want STraight Talk to be a good thing. But... They SUck...Period. ENd of story.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TangoXray:
Just got off the phone with Straight Talk for what appeared to be a double charge. Rep spoke fine enough English, pointed out there was no issue. About six months of service and no issues at all.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nickcaper:
So you came here to rave that straight Talk double charged you or raved cause they fix there own mistake ( rolls eyes )

confused...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TangoXray:
lol
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] tejkumarvusirikala:
6 new applications...( FULL )

1) Weather-forecast-widget-donate-v2.8.1

2) IPhone-Style-Folder-v1.7

3) Battery-Clock-Pro-v1.7

4) 80-Photo-Effects-v2.3

5) 3D-Flip-Clock-World-Weather-v0.71

ensure that your internet is off while installing..

here is the link...

Moderator removed Warez links and User has been Infracted.

Dont Forget to Press THANKS If I Helped You..:D:D:D
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] androidnandroid:
cool...nice list thanx bro
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] DQiB:
All these Apps are WAREZ

They are buyed apps

and its not allowed to post them here in XDA

Delete the Downloads or i write to the Mod !!!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryidon:
so I been looking around the webs looking for a way to put cynogenmod on my nook color. i found a good youtube video on it but its for the green dot nooks. and it seems I have a blue dot nook. So I'm wondering how I put cynogenmod on my nook... preferably without re partition my nook thanks.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MISRy:
The link in my sig will help put Mirage-Kang CM7.2 on eMMC. You don't *have* to re-partition if you don't want to but you might want to go over this, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1094371 to see how easy repartitioning is.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedinegotiator:
I have been looking for like an hour. My Galaxy is soft bricked and I need to flash a new firmware. All the unbricking tutorials say to flash the stock firmware via odin. Apparently I need a file called "P7510XABMN_P7510UEKMM_HOME.tar" All I need is some firmware to flash with odin. I dont even care if it is stock.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShannonPricePhoto:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/145473375/7dd41d4/P7510UEKMP_P7510XABKMP_XAB.zip.html
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misledz:
A little less ranting on the forums and a quick "Firmware" click on sammobile.com would have gotten you to where you would have spent less time ranting here.
[HTC One X] ShyamSasi:
Hello there!

I'm using HTC One X and using Tegra Zone Android App but it's not refreshing its giving me an error "A data connection is required .." Refresh and Cancel. I'm connecting using WiFi I can access Play Store etc. no problem. I tried to activate Data connection on my phone still getting the same error. Reinstalled the application no go. I cleared the data still nothing.

Here is a screenshot of the error:

Not sure what to do. Any help is appreciated.

- Shyam.
[HTC One X] knightrocker:
I have the same problem :mad::confused::banghead: so I used the tegra zone desktop site :D:D:D:p:rolleyes:
[HTC One X] ShyamSasi:
Still like to know why is it acting like this .. Maybe doesn't work in India?
[HTC One X] fabler:
Same problem is with me. I am located in Gujarat.
[HTC One X] ArmedandDangerous:
Same for Malaysia. Doesn't want to load on 3g, but works on WiFi.
[Motorola Atrix 2] partie:
Can someone please post a link to

Android 2.3.5 ---- Blur_Version.55.11.16.MB865.ATT.en.US

Both links below are broken. Thanks....

3) Choose the FXZ file to download

Android 2.3.5 ---- Blur_Version.55.11.16.MB865.ATT.en.US

InlineFlashing_edison_5.5.175.16_cfc_p3_APBP_CID28 5.zip

http://www.fileserve.com/file/erjAuT...PBP_CID285.zip

or

www.multiupload.com/W3UH3W5LU0
[Motorola Atrix 2] partie:
Found this link:

http://www.4shared.com/zip/cZ7h1a_8/InlineFlashing_edison_5517516_.html
[Motorola Atrix 2] mlts22:
Tried that link... it is broken now as well, it seems. :(
[Motorola Atrix 2] mtnlion:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/edison/list.php
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pandasaurus:
The light coming from the 4 soft keys and the two physical home and end buttons is bugging the hell out of me. They hurt my eyes, especially when it's dark.

Is there some kind of script I can run to permanently turn them off? Preferably a zip file I can just flash in the recovery or something.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HowardZ:
Interesting that you want them turned off.

I want to know how to turn ON the soft key lights, because sometimes I press the wrong key (as I came from a Droid-X).
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidifyme:
Easy, if your rooted download gscript and run one of these scripts one for of is lightsout.sh one for one is lightson.sh

push them to your sdcard/gscript folder then load them in gscript and run from gscript

there is allso trackballon and trackballoff if you want to turn your trackball on or off for some reason. I will have the green and orange led up later

NOTE: if there is an error like the lights turn off after a bit then edit the gscript lightson.sh and remove the line that says sleep1.

NOTE#2: this may cause soft reboots were your phone will run the boot animation and restart the xserver of android shell blah blah. nothing to worry about doesnt hurt your phone
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pandasaurus:
First of all, thank you.

But I ran into some issues/have questions:

1) The lightsoff script works after I run it in gscript, but when I turn the screen off and back on again, the soft key lights turn right back on.

2) By the green and orange LEDs, do you mean the notification LED? Because if so, it's not necessary; I actually need those ones.

3) The green phone and red end/power lights still stay on.

4) I don't see a line that say "sleep1" in the lightson script.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doogald:
If you are running a CyanogenMod ROM, there is a control for the automatic backlight that also lets you set the light levels fot when the softkey backlights go on (which you can set to 0 to never come on.) I don't have a CM ROM installed at the moment, but it's in settings->CyanogenMod ROM settings somewhere. if you cannot find it, I can dig around.

[edit] I think it's in user interface->automatic backlight. That's where it was in CM6 (Froyo).
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pandasaurus:
Thank you! I found it after digging around the settings a bit.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gu5t3r:
on Arc S

while button-backlights are off value of

/sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness is 0

while its 0 change permissions to read only

they are disabled

I can also limit current to 150 in max_current which limits current and lights are dimmed if you want it running but not at max brightness...

added

to /system/etc/hw_config.sh

now they are set off on boot