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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fadilkarim:
hi, after reading that the international gs2 has gorilla glass and that the tmobile version doesn't, i was quite disappointed. i have no idea why they would take out the gorilla glass! so should i purchase a screen protector?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] camalus:
Its "tempered glass" but even gorilla glass scratches. I suggest yes using one. Some don't though. Personal opinion.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fadilkarim:
yeah i have a "anti smudge" screen protector, but it has the rainbow effect sometimes, and it reduces the nice glossy appearance of my phone...and I'm one of those people who can't stand putting anything on my phone haha. any suggestions for good quality screen protectors that aren't too expensive?:)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] camalus:
I use best skins ever on all my stuff. 12 android phones about 6 tablets few laptops. Works great and you would have to take a knife to my phone to scratch it. Plus they are quite inexpensive. Bestskinsever.com
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iLeopard:
While it may not be gorilla glass, it's still pretty resillient. As far as screen protectors go, if you usually keep your phone near keys, coins, etc then yes buy one. If not then you should be ok. I used to use screen protectors on all my devices but I stopped believing in them because I usually take good care of my devices either eay and the screen protectors took away the beauty from the device.

It really is just a matter of personal opinion.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fadilkarim:
thanks!I will check them out!

yeah, it really does take the beauty away from the device which is why I find myself constantly taking my case off and then feeling guilty and putting it on....its an endless cycle! so you don't think finger nails would be enough to scratch em?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] camalus:
A grain of sand can scratch the glass.

Yes it is scratch resilient.. but no where near scratch proof.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dirtyhamster73:
I was using ghost armor on my sgs2 until I bought the GNote and tried sgp ultra crystal ( or is it ultra clear? I forget) and loved it! You can't even tell I have something on my screen. So I took off my ghost armor on the sgs2 and tried the ultra crystal, in my opinion it's the best screen protector I have ever used, and I've tried a lot! If it wasn't for the cut out for the ffc you wouldn't be able to see it. No rainbow effect, no orange peel look, no finger prints, no screen distortion, just clear beautiful view, just like the naked screen. I also bought the oleophobic for the GNote, haven't tried it yet, but I can't find it for the sgs2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iLeopard:
You said it......scratch resistant, not scratch proof. And no fingernails wont ruin the display :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fadilkarim:
oh okay, i will definitely try that out for my phone, hopefully ill be satisfied with it :p

thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fadilkarim:
okay cool, so if my next screen protector doesn't work, my phones stayin bare naked;P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iLeopard:
Exposé those sexy curves! :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] MrKnitty:
Why should it matter? Protect your phone period... try not to be careless unless ur naturally clumsy
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
This site states we do have gorilla glass

http://samsung-cell-phone-manuals.blogspot.com/2011/09/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-t-mobile-manual.html?m=1

Also here

http://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_ii_t989-4129.php

Sent from the pink Unicorn from the Darkside. :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] unique77:
I second sgp screen protectors. Excellent and easy to apply. Just be wary of doing the matte option if your looking for anti glare... It will cause it to have a grainy look that is very annoying... Their normal protector is excellent.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] elesbb:
Not regarding screen protectors, but in the screen itself, it looks like there is a yellowish hue or tinting to all things which should be white. Any body got ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrturner89:
YES!

I found out the same thing, only after putting the phone in my pocket with my keys. The screen with scratch so I highly recommend that you put on a screen protector
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
I'm glad this thread hasn't gone retarded with a bunch of assumptions and stuff.

Gorilla glass is just a name. other tempered/reinforced glass can be designed the same way or even better but is not called "gorilla glass".

Like others have mentioned, the glass is pretty sturdy and can protect it from scratches from most day to day objects and items that you use. However, sand in your pocket or on the table can scratch the **** out of the glass because it is compiled by a lot of different minerals.. shoot there might be even diamond in it.

I'm sure most active users on XDA take care of our devices and will be annoyed by the smallest scratches on the screen, so I would recommend a screen protector. It definitely helps prevent scratches and add an extra amount of "cushion" from small drops to prevent shattering your screen.

BTW I was fortunate enough to buy inexpensive screen protectors (like 5 for $4) on amazon and they turned out to be like the SGP ones. They were actually some of the best screen protectors I ever used, it felt identical to the glass. Just a thought if you decide to go the cheap route that there are some good and inexpensive generic ones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] elesbb:
I bought my phone off Cl. And it has a clear coat protector on it. Kinda old too, how long did shipping take? Plus can you pm the link of those screen protectors? The screen protectors I have are too small xP
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
I bought it from a seller and not one of those stores lol. You know how Amazon allows you too choose Sellers? Yeah i chose him because he was selling it for really cheap and located in California... Needed something quick. I thought i was going to use it temporarily and get a better one later on. I'm sticking with these 5 lol. I'll try to find the seller when im on a computer. Doubt he has more though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006EC5X6O/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00

i bought it from a guy name gadget armor and accessory but hes not selling this product anymore. You can try your luck its only 1.70 lol

oh and the screen protector came like next day or 2 for me. since it wasn't so far from me. I find that the screen protector where there is a cutout for the ffc is better than the one where its missing the entire top left corner lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] elesbb:
How easy was it to install? I have always done a wet lay method by misting the back of the screen protector with a extremely dilute soapy solution. Never had any issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
This is the plain sticky screen protectors, not the wet apply ones. They're fairly easy if you're use to it... If anything.... You have 5 chances lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] elesbb:
You have no idea how anal I am about my screen protectors -.- but I still do wet apply for sticky ones. Helps get rid of air bubbles
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DjNastyDevice:
Gorilla or tempered glass are both great. They have huge specific hardness so even metal objects can't scratch them. But there are lots of things with higher specific hardness than glass around you. Specially sand, dirt and sand dust. Dirt contains various minerals that are harder than any glass. If you use protective pouch to put your phone in and don't use screen protector or carry your phone in your soft pockets,you will sooner or later notice small scratches. There is no way you can keep your pockets or pouch dust free forever,unless you are very lucky...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] octavian90:
Hi, I'm on liquid smooth ICS and whenever I get SMS with smiley face, it converts it to android smileys.. I prefer just the straight up text.. How do I disable the auto convert? Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filthykid:
But why would you want to do that?

Unless the icons are made in such a way that they are not recognizable.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] octavian90:
They're ugly as death.
[Member-Found Deals] voluptuary:
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[Member-Found Deals] ECEXCURSION:
Looks like $149.99 on my end, not $49...
[Member-Found Deals] voluptuary:
Yep looks like they stopped even offering a line upgade for a family plan, they must not be able price match Radio Shack (who only offer the cheap upgrade on the main account line) so they just don't offer it now.
[Member-Found Deals] SiL3nTKiLL:
dam thats not a bad deal! showing this to my gf
[HTC Amaze 4G] broker32:
In my text messaging threads, I (as in Me) comes up in a little greyed out box.

I want to be able to set a picture for myself, but the HTC contact app won't let me.

I tried going into contacts>people>My profile>edit>camera button and selecting it, but once it's cropped, it reverts to cropping the picture again.

Any ideas on how to fix this?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] veener79:
I am trying to keep my internet usage under 3gig I like to stream music at work when I forget my MP3 player. Our work does have public Wifi for visitors. After about a minute of being connected I loose internet and my apps crash that need internet. To get anything back I have to reboot my phone.

I am running the Zeus Rom 6. I can not find a working link to the last version that came out. :(

I am wondering is there a reason I am having this issue with WIFI at work but not when I am at home or off corporate WIFI?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Clark Joseph Kent:
Is your wifi policy set to never, within the wifi options? Maybe work wifi has certain policy in place, is it pass-worded or open, maybe the wifi router needs to be refreshed.....

The Final Zeus is just that...OP is not supporting it, but here is the link if you want to flash the Final Zeus. Remember is it not supported but enough Zeus fans around would and could answer any question you might have.

It is a great tweak able ROM, meaning lots of tweaks in the settings and ROM itself.

Click Me

Follow the op/directions, that are still in place:

1: DOWNLOAD ZEUS

2: PLACE ON ROOT OF SDCARD

3: USE 3 FINGER COMBO(VOL UP, VOL DOWN, AND POWER)TO BOOT INTO CWM

4: DO A NANDROID BACKUP

5: WIPE DATA, CACHE, AND DALVIK CACHE

6: CHOOSE INSTALL FROM SDCARD

7: COOSE ZIP FROM SDCARD

8: CHOOSE ZEUS BUILD 5 UPDATE ZIP

9: CHOOSE YES

10: FLASH ZIP

11: REBOOT AND ENJOY

LET ROM FULLY BOOT UP AND MEDIA SCANNER RUN , LET ROM SETTLE FOR ABOUT 5 OR 10 MIN. GO AHEAD AND SET UP PHONE, ACCOUNTS, ECT...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1412957
[TouchPad General] ryan87500:
I have a touchpad with Honeycomb on it currently. I am trying to figure out where an apps saved data is stored. Is there a specific spot?

Thanks
[TouchPad General] ve6ay:
It depends on the app. Some store in /data, others on the sdcard, others in the cloud. You probably want to look into something like Titanium Backup to backup and restore your apps and data.
[TouchPad General] ryan87500:
Is there a way to edit the backup data file?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iguanad:
Since the OTA I can't get my screen to dim enough. Does screen filter save battery.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jahciple:
i use screendim and i noticed i do save battery.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] scuzzbag87:
Yea I always wondered this but can anyone be certain for sure
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jahciple:
why not try it yourself?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Nikorasu:
Try this app called LUX. It allows you to customise brightness.

The paid version allows dim below "0%".

You can set it to something like -40% in a dark room, and normal brightness when you're outside. Basically, it's like auto brightness which you can customise. This is so you don't have to on/off a screen filter app.

And yes lower brightness saves battery.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iolinux333:
LUX is awesome!!! TIP OF THE YEAR!!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Eun-Hjzjined:
Could we get a market link?

Can't seem to find it, just get light meters and cheap screen flashlights in search results.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Nikorasu:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en (paid)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux.free&hl=en (free)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] knives809:
Yep.

Check what is using your battery on your phone.

You will notice that screen mostly use up the power
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jahciple:
i just tried this app and it killed my battery faster than using screen dim because this program is constantly running on the background. what settings are you using on it?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Nevod:
I'm an author of a program named Custom Auto Brightness, currently it's not under-dimming automatically but it'll be added soon.

Meanwhile, could I ask some of you to test it? I'll provide apk if anyone agrees. The problem seems that PoverVR GPUs seem to have problems with screen shading like in Screen Filter and the like, I'd like to check if I were able to circumvent the problem or not.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Nikorasu:
Having something run in the background doesn't mean it's using a significant amount of phone's battery. The amount of battery saved from low brightness is much much more than the battery used for Lux to compute brightness level. Of course I did not test it, but it is common sense: as the display uses most of the battery. You can check your battery use in settings.

Lower brightness, longer battery. Lux doesn't even appear in battery use. My screebl app, which constantly uses CPU to check for orientation uses only 3% in battery use.

Download ES task manager to see what's running on startup, and look at what you do not use, it'll probably shock you. ;)

As for my settings in Lux, I set it to dynamic and so far my linked samples are:

Lux ----- Brightness

2 --------- -40%

25 -------- -25%

550 ------- 20%

20000 -----100%

Been using these settings for a couple of weeks, and no problems. I have also added picture viewers, camera apps, and video players to ignore/compatible list.

Another tip to save battery which most already know: use setcpu to underclock your phone when screen is off to 300max/300min, or 600max/300min if you use your phone for music. Needs root though.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jahciple:
well i noticed after i wake up in the morning the battery has gone down so much more after i started using lux. i disabled it and everything was better. it probably used about 10% more battery in 6 hours.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Eun-Hjzjined:
I can say the same about battery drain. Been off full charge now for an hour, already down @ 78%.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] danam:
I use the brightness control from widgetsoid. I leave it set at 10% and my battery still hase 40% or more charge after all day and evening, even though I read on the train for about 1 1/2 hours and do moderate email ---huge difference from auto brightness setting. Tap the widget to go to auto brightness when outdoors (although, frankly, I go days without using it outdoors so this works great for me).
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mutha88:
Hi guys!

I just bought LG L5 II. It's still UNrooted, so I need a brightness control that doesn't require ROOT privileges. The reason is quite simple - the minimum brightness is too bright, when you're NOT outdoors (if you're outdoors, you better set the brightness on 40-60%). I'm posting here because it doesn't matter If I have Motorola or LG - the principle is the same - display is too bright.

I've installed Screen Filter. In this topic some of you lot are chatting about Lux app - is it better than Screen Filter? What's your opinion? Obviously I want to save some battery and to use my display at night or indoors (without causing pain to my feelings and emotions :D).

I will test Screen Filter for couple of days and see what's what. Hope some of you have tested it already and give me some tips. Cheers!

PS: Sorry for reviving this old thread mods, found it on Google, dunno if there is a newer one 'bout the same problem.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] lamepsycho:
I think Lux and other screen brightness modification apps use a transparent layer over the main ui and we actually darken and brighten that layer running over the Ui instead of setting a further down limit to the screen LCD power value. This might be the reason that using Lux or any other screen dimmer app consumes more battery~ the screen LCD uses same power and in addition an extra app is running in the background continuously . It is only the transparent layer that darkens to save your eyes in dark atmospheres~ LCD power consumption remains the same.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] GuccizBud:
^^ This right here is what I've been wondering for some time, because I suspect that at least some of those apps work that way, and is also likely imho what the OP was really asking. Yes, everyone knows the display is by far the largest drain on battery, and so lowering the brightness helps with that, so the question is does the app in question actually do that or does it simply provide a customizable overlay, as the poster above me speculates. Because if an app is doing the latter, not only will it not conserve battery it will actually drain it more, to a point, because the actual brightness is still the same (even if you don't "see" it) and the app itself is running all the time. Granted its consumption may be very low, but the point is that scenario certainly wouldn't SAVE any battery. And my guess is that within this group of apps that are the focus of this thread, some are simply overlays and some (the very technical ones) are the real deal, and it's a question of knowing which to pick. What I'd really love is for someone who is very technical in this area to see this thread and provide some definitive info.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] MhikeiMPC12:
This is partially right. If you have an LCD, you are just dimming your screen, not saving battery in the process. If you are using a LED screen, the app's will save battery since LED pixels can be individually lit. Using black or battery saving backgrounds will also help your battery life on LED screens. This is one of the reasons why LED screens are much more preferred than LCD.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swiftstrike763:
I backed up aokp milestone 5.1.1 and wiped cache and dalvik before installing milestone 5.2. That might have been a mistake but then I flashed gapps cus I had forgot to after flashing 5.2 but then decided to wipe everything and just restore my backup of milstone 5.1 I had (I backed it up using twrp) but when I click restore, there's nothing there. No package to choose. Any help?

Thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjben:
Can't restore a nAndroid from twrp. You need to reinstall the aokp first. Be sure to Unchecked "inject twrp" when doing so. Then reboot into cwm and restore your backup.

Happened to me too.

sent from a secret underground bunker
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
You can't restore nandroids made in clockwork mod in TWRP if you make a nandroid in twrp then you can. But cwm nandroids aren't compatible.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
He said he backed up using twrp. It seems it is not finding his backup on the sd card.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjben:
My mistake.

sent from a secret underground bunker
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonarchist:
I restored my CM9beta3-pre3 twrp Nandroid perfectly..............found it in the GooManager folder (obviously NOT clockworkmod / downloads folder) in the SD Card.........if you didn't create a GooManager, just keep looking, it's in there somewhere.
[General Questions and Answers] moparfreak426:
I am really wanting to dig right into android programming and i am following a video and i went to eclipse website and downloaded eclipse for windows 64 bit.... well i cant extract freaking eclipse!!!! please someone help?
[General Questions and Answers] moparfreak426:
attached files

Attached is the eclipse file i cannot unzip... anyone else have this issue? i went ahead and attached what i was going to unzip next havent tried it yet... been stuck on eclipse all day well nevermind guess too big to upload... just trying elcipse from eclipse website help?
[General Questions and Answers] him?:
I'm pretty sure that that when I installed eclipse I used WinRar, however 7zip or winzip should work, what kind of error are you getting when you try to extract the files?
[General Questions and Answers] mArtinko5MB:
have you downloaded it succesfully ?
[General Questions and Answers] moparfreak426:
still no success. I gave up on it... But want to get it! It says something like unkown file type or damaged.... I'm downloading it from eclipse.org eclipse basic... windows 64 bit.... I dont understand why it wont open...
[General Questions and Answers] moparfreak426:
Got everything downloaded now just can't add Android sdk to eclipse..... :/
[General Questions and Answers] gabriele.lanaro:
If it doesn't unzip eclipse it's probably because the file is corrupted, try re-downloading it
[General Questions and Answers] moparfreak426:
I got eclipse now.downloaded Android sdk but can't do the thing to plug Android sdk into eclipse. Says something is missing
[General Questions and Answers] programmin:
What error message do you get? Also make sure you have the appropriate Java version installed (At times I've noticed problems with apps linked to 32-bit libraries, opened with 64-bit Java or vice versa). Although I think it should have both installed in Windows 64-bit.
[General Questions and Answers] Faiz Malkani:
I don't mean to hijack the thread, but I have a similar thread. The error is either

1) org.eclipse.ui 3.6.2 error

(When using eclipse indigo)

2) org.wst.sse.core 0.0 error

(When using eclipse Helios)
[General Questions and Answers] moparfreak426:
I will have to look at error. Its after Tron to add it. Hit next next then your suppossedto hit accept and it don't.... And I really wanna get this lined out.been Tryin since..... Last week?
[General Questions and Answers] jasonhardy:
not sure if this is strictly related to the problem of the OP, but after I downloaded Eclispe it would not unzip correctly. It failed on about 14 files.

After looking around, i found it was a path length problem (Windows has a path length folders+filename restriction) and the Eclipse developers know this but still make their paths quite long, since ver 3.5 or something like that.

The way i got around it was very simple: move the zip file to your root folder (eg c:\) then unzip it. You won't have all the extra folders in the unzip path that doing it on the desktop, for example, would have.
[General Questions and Answers] dhale009:
Guys help me pls.

I only have a week to decide on what android ph0ne i have to buy. Thanks for the help,

criterias are.

1. Brand popularity

2. P 6,000 budget

3. Sensitivity will last for YEARS n0t just by 7m0nths only

4. Can be upgraded to higher android version

5. Capable of viewing, creatin, and editing d0cuments

6. Good screen for games

7. High MP camera

please guys!

Galaxy y is my 1st choice!
[General Questions and Answers] Tyran2099:
Galaxy note #handsdown
[General Questions and Answers] mArtinko5MB:
what about sgs 2 ? :)
[General Questions and Answers] bartoloandre98:
Sgs2

Sent from my SGS2 powered by cm9 love
[General Questions and Answers] Allanitomwesh:
Galaxy Note for gaming and document viewing. Real estate is real estate.5.3 inch screen superAMOLED
[General Questions and Answers] Allanitomwesh:
However,going by your budget, what you want is the ZTE Skate...or Huawei Honor.