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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpbl1976:
Watched it. It's still ugly. The presence of a hardware button really detracts from the design. It looks cheap and plasticky. I just don't understand the Samsung design ethos and its attachment to glossy/shiny/piano-gloss finishes. Even the way they simulate brushed metal makes it look like they're trying too hard. With the screen off it looks like a shrunken version of one of the cheap blu-ray players they bundle with new LED TVs.

It was fine for a brief period 3 years ago; these days it's just really tacky. To be sure, some people still find that stuff nice; usually, those are the sorts of people that appear as the customers in home-improvement shows.

As some have said tongue-in-cheek: "this is 2012."

If they needed to use plastic for heat dissipation or other technical considerations, they should have gone the way of HTC/Nokia and worked on a polycarbonate-type matte-finish material.

Meanwhile, the voice of the fellow narrating the video is quite annoying (it would've been preferable to have let Siri narrate it; that's how bad the voice-over is) and this whole "natural" design philosophy is at odds with the un-natural plasticky appearance of their offering. It doesn't even look that much like a natural pebble; pebbles while occasionally shiny have a short of dull-matte gloss as opposed to a shiny piano-gloss. In fact, some pebbles have a course, dry matte finish; I've never seen a brushed-metal finish on any pebble -- have any of you seen one?

I guess what I'm ultimately saying is that instead of moving forward with their designs, Samsung has moved backwards. Interestingly, Vlad Savov over at the Verge tweeted a link to a survey and it seems quite a few people find the S3 to be "meh."

Frankly, it's disappointing: Samsung is clearly the leader in the Android sphere and they have to know that this is the year Apple will come out with a new iPhone design. They needed to step-up if they wanted to go toe-to-toe with Apple. Instead, at least from a design perspective, they let HTC take the baton with the One X.

As I said, the ONLY true advantage the GSIII has over the GSII is the SoC it carries; Touchwiz is so here and there that it's as much an impediment as it is an improvement.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
if 8=8 then its called crap right??? people will never read or never learn.

s3 actually has a new kind of sensor which is not yet released!!!! for gods sake read before posting
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluefa1con:
i wont upgrade just because s2 can handle new apps and games for another year or 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pingu1984:
Not worth the upgrade from an S2. but seriously all this willy waving with cores and gpus and stuff has got to stop....

It's not like the SGS2 SoC is struggling to keep up these days I would say its barely being taxed at all.

Why don't they come up with some actually useful features that are tapping into this wasted power (Ubuntu for Android springs to mind).

And don't say that Siri clone they showed off is a useful feature.. it wasn't on the iphone either.... it works like so:

"I want to take a picture" *waits until next ice age when phone finally opens the camera app*

instead of:

*Taps the camera icon which instantly opens the camera*

This isn't a rant at Samsung but the whole industry in general.. it's time to actually start innovating with all these SoCs... but thinking of a innovative idea and developing it isn't as easy as going "Let's just stick two extra cores in it"

Ubuntu for Android the only example in recent times I've thought "Wow what a great idea"..... we need more of stuff like that.

Edit------

The ASUS Padfone is a step in right direction too.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinancetinkaya:
Don't forget the updates that are screwed up by Samsung.

Samsung's software updates are not as good as its hardwares
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Are you not able to make up your own mind? What useful information do you expect to get out of such a question?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceofclubs:
Not upgrading. Not until I can't do what I want to do with my SGS2.

SGS3 is too big and has nothing on offer to sway me to change to it.

The op will get it though.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XDA mark:
You can use Pop-Up play or how its called to play a video while texting.

You can listen to music, good quality sound thanks to Wolfson chip and supercurio's support.

You can take faster pictures.

You can play future quad core only games.

You can enter Galaxy S3 only clubs.

You can surf the web on an 4.8inch 720p screen.

;)

The S2 couldn't do anything MAJOR that the S1 couldn't. And yet you bought it. This is the same situation.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szczeslaw:
Oh my, so much b****ing about the phone, none of you have even had in their hands.

Looks is ok for me. Very ok even. But "de gustibus non est disputandum"...

Otherwise it looks like a very good phone, with a very good screen, SoC. No, it's not revolutionary, but these days almost nothing is. SGS2 also wasn't, when you compare it with SGS1.

It's a good step forward, and if it wans't for that i've switched to SGS2 from SGS1 only 2 months ago, i would buy it. But now... Well, my wife would've killed me if i said, that i want to change my phone ;)

I don't think it looks cheap. And i don't mind hardware buttons. This way you have more room on your screen, and for example for left-handed people (like me) it's better to have hardware home button, as you can use it to wake up the phone (using power button is not that easy, when you hold you phone in left hand ;) ). I almost never use power button (well, only when i need to reboot to recovery for flashing).

Some of you say, that screen is too big, and at the same time say that will wait for a next Nexus. Do you really think next Nexus will be smaller then S3? I don't think so.

And i wouldn't switch from Samsung to HTC now. I have had few HTC phones, and i prefer Samsung. Software is not really worse, and when it comes to updates i think it's even better (but i stopped buying HTC after Hero - just check Hero's update history, and you will know why...).

I hope some of the software features (like Smart Stay and camera features) can be ported to SII).

All in all i think it will be a very good phone - evolution in a right direction. And i'm sure, i prefer it over any of the HTC One series (not even thinking about an iPhone - somehow i prefer to be owner of my phone, but Apple keeps thinking, that users are only leasing them...).

Actually i think, that it could also be done with S2. We have a quite fast BSI CMOS sensor, so it should be doable, if interface between the camera and RAM/CPU is fast enough (and it should). So it would mean, that it's only a software limitation. But i'm only guessing, based on the sensor type that we have in S2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atifsh:
Pentile has been blown too much, have you ever seen galaxy s screen, pentile issue came after motto Atrix, and that screen was something different.

Now with 720 screen its too many pixels to cry for.

How many are actually crying for galaxy nexus screen.... None I suppose.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holyguyz:
Yes, it's 2012. Then...? Just to remind you, this is how digital camera glossary defines a megapixel (MP) and also as the resolution. What do you means "people like you"? Then you must be a genius or so called expert. Duh!

I doesn't means crap. Can't you read or understand? Same camera MP that means same resolution (referring camera only). About sensor, are you referring camera backside illuminated Sensor? This "Sensor" already on SGS2. Or you refering to another sensor called NFC technology. Click HERE, if you don't know this "new kind of sensor" NFC technology. You must be the person who should read properly before quote/reply for god sake! If you think you are expert, then tell me what the "new kind of sensor" in details. thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibb1982:
The S2 is the first phone I've had where I am actually happy to hold onto for more than a year, its been a year today and I'm not itching for a new phone.

The S3 does look cool and the features too sound good, wonder if these could be ported over?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insane6730:
I like its specs but look ugly...lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bsglan:
I love the pink spot. I am happy to see that Sammy didn't remove this wonderful feature in its new flagship.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceofclubs:
Didnt want to go to SGS2 from SGS either. My contract rolled over and the price was same with or without the handset so I got it. Stayed in the box for about a month till I forced myself to use it. Rest is history. Love the sgs2.

Im leaning towards a tf201 transformer prime and keeping my SGS2.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AkshayHegde:
Meh samsung does this to you everytime!

i started off with a galaxy pop then moved on to galaxy ace then to galaxy s2 and now the note! not to mention have a galaxy tab 10.1 with me after a while you lose ur appetite for phones :p:p:p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
No Way

No, first of all because I do not have that kind of money for a toy, while children are starving in many nations around the world. Secondly, it looks as if Samsung has just stuck the thing together from previous designs and increased spec ratings. If Samsung had made it out of Carbon Fibre, rounded the corners and in the round corners made it out of glass and it could have a blue glow coming from those glass corners that served as BLN sort of notification light. Then yes I would get one today but not as the phone looks now. Poor job Samsung, your phone should look futuristic and be tantalizing, not look like mass market crap that was just thrown together to get it out there.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
the so called sensor is not on the sgs2, again you fail in reading, here is the quote from anandtech
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syndragon:
I don´t think its worth it, for me at least.

This is my first smartphone, my last phone was a Motorola V3. I only buy new stuff when I think its a big step forward.

Theres nothing in S3 that my S2 does not do well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nokip:
First thought is that its too big. Gs2 is already stretching it. Second thought is that i prob wont need to upgrade. Third thought is i want it anyway.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holyguyz:
Again lastly, you are the person who failed at the very beginning.

Basically, both S2 and S3 having the same back-illuminated sensors (BSI).

At the very first, we all already know S2 come with back-illuminated sensors (BSI). You are the only person who are still dreaming there, my friend. I got my Galaxy S2 last year on the release date 10-May-2011 in UK.

If you are talking about the "front-facing camera BSI sensor" then it's another story. Please write in-detail next time. Eventually those information are not confirmed yet, unsured and unannounced from Samsung.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manpok:
galaxy s3 is not really attractive . the design is ugly, and also the spec is not really important for me.

galaxy s2 still have a great performance running on ICS, why i need to buy galaxy s3?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vee4410:
The only really big diff is the screen n processor n up till now my s2 never seemed slow n never ran out of ram, n i feel the s2 is perfect for me n how much more can u improve on perfection with the s3:D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maxim-SS-:
I read some promo info and photos, in one russian site. Don't even is it worth to buy. Price????? it's only a question of price, if it costs 600eur-800eur, no need to buy. i'm much happy with my current sgs2.

May be it's much interesting new LG Optimus LTE2, with 2gb ram on board
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
Is english that hard to understand, atleast read the highlighted words again, both s2 and s3 are using BSI sensors, but the one in s3 is new and it is not used in s2 or any other devices.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galacticpunk:
if samsung announces an exchange offer for those whose S2 is under the warranty and want to exchange it with S3, like apple did for ipad 2.

then i would think of going for S3 else S2 still gets 4300 quadrant scores(4.0.3) in comparision of S3(score: 5239).

otherwise S4 will be my choice over S3.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
so you judge your mobile based on quadrant score? :eek:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galacticpunk:
correct :D

without rooting S2 on ics(4.0.3) u get 4300 score in comparision of S3(5339).

if S3's score would hav been above 10,000. then i would hav thought of buying it but i am not a freak like iphone geek. i would switch if only it showed 1000 or higher quadrant scores. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galacticpunk:
no not exactly :) . i see the overrall experience and if it is

necessary. for example portability,performance,battery life,user experience etc.

after comparing it i thought my S2 still passes these test especially the portability part. i dont want a phone whose size is just a little less than note. i cant walk on street with the stuff like that.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanroma:
I like s3 for the specs, but i don't like the design. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FourthRock:
so do I

by the way... this is not very user-friendly (it will take hours to get to the 10-posts mark)...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You are wrong my friend. SGS2 and SGS3 does not use the same sensor. They are both BSI 8MP modules, but not same.

SGS2 uses a Sony IMX105 or a Samsung S5K3H2YX sensor.

SGS3 uses Samsung S5C73M3 BSI sensor.

Also, there is difference in image quality.

Not to mention the SGS3 camera is much faster with upto 6fps in burst mode.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imperiale:
I know the specs aren't earth shattering, but I still want to get it so I can make all my iPhone-wielding friends even more jealous than they are of my SII. :D

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holyguyz:
Thanks pal. Appreciate for your detailed information. According to the pictures, S3 image is much more clearer than S2. In the moment, I'm happy with my current S2. Cheers!

Sent with my GT-I9100 from Heaven
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r11pp3r:
My contract runs out right before release so i will 100% be getting this phone. Cant wait
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xceqter:
as for now, will not buying s3. waiting till next year and see others improvement.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pancakes_Gio:
Nah, dont buy it if you already have sii
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibb1982:
I recently upgraded my S2 with Samsung's official 2000mah extended battery, I'm seriously happy now
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fishingfon:
I will not be buying s3, I dint think the specs are that far above my current phone (sgs2).

I don't like the design

I hate the ui.

I hate touchwiss.

And I don't think it is worth the extra money

I will wait and see what the nexus 4 looks like, I will not get another android phone Till a good one is released with:

At least 2gb of ram

12mp or higher camera

Abd 64gb of storage

Just my two cents worth

Cheers corey
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holyguyz:
Now i won't buy sgs3, because i have what i want in sgs2. Maybe someday when the price drop for sgs3. Or when it's ready for nfc.

Sent via my GT-I9100 from Heaven
[HTC Inspire 4G] keops22:
hi, I just bought a used htc inspire 4g, the guy how sold it to me told me that I just need it to do a hard rest and the phone will be good to go

I did the hard reset and the phone stays on th htc withe screen, a need to remove the batery for the phone to turn of

the phone does star up but its locked, i have the emei unlock code but wen I enter the code the phone says succssesfully unlock but wen the phone restarts its stays on the htc withe screen

I´ve been browsing arround and I thing it has a corrupt rom or something like that

I dont have the memory with any of the roms or anything like that

can I restore my phone to the original settings or how can I fix the problem?

thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Teichopsia:
Well, I'm at a loss but let's see where this goes until someone else who knows joins the thread :D

While the phone is off press and hold the volume down button and while holding it down press the power button.

Wanna see if you get a few options there or if it boots normally.

Sent from a dream.
[HTC Inspire 4G] keops22:
on the top of the phone with green leters it says

ACE PVT SHIP s-on RL

HBOOT- (some numbers)

MICRO- (some numbers)

eMMboot

(date)

HBOOT

and the options are

fast boot

recovery

factory reset

simlock image crc
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
OK, download the att ruu, and from that boot screen.(where it shows pvt son,hboot etc) plug in your phone to PC and run the orogram. Links to the ruu can be found in the sticky above(stuck in boot/white screen read this) you'll want the last section
[HTC Inspire 4G] keops22:
do I need to do the alternate-flashing or RUU?

how do I know withs one to download

the AT&T Inspire 4G - Froyo

or

AT&T Inspire 4G - Gingerbread

edit: I thing its the AT&T Inspire 4G - Gingerbread because the radio numbers,
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
Its the same. The alternate method is flashing the ruu. And use the gb one.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Teichopsia:
I didn't know about that one.

That's what I love about this place. Everyday one learns something new and in general, everyone is helpful.

Sent from a dream.
[HTC Inspire 4G] keops22:
it didnt work! I did tha arternate mothod and the phone does the same!

do you have anymore ideas?

thanks!

its 2 am here im going to bed :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
Go to the HTC site, and in the support section download the GB update file (.exe). Boot into hboot (power + volume down) and then choose fastboot (you will see fastboot usb in red).

Then, let it work....that should flash the GB stock rom.

Just 1 piece of advice...NEVER INSTALL A FROYO RUU if your device was shipped with GB or you are not sure with what OS it came with....you will mess it further....:)
[HTC Inspire 4G] keops22:
a cant find the update file on the htc site! I´ve been browsing for a wile a y cant findet, can you sen me the like?

edit: find it! I think its the same .exe program from the post form marsdta, I will download it anyway and si if it fixes the problem
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
AIts the same as what I linked too earlier.

If ruu didn't work it doesn't look to good. You can try flashing the pd98img and maybe have better luck with that
[HTC Inspire 4G] keops22:
it dint work neither, it says unpdate successesfully but en the phone boots it stays on the htc withe screen and a need to remove the batery for the phone to boot but wen I enter the unlock code the phone reboots and stays on the with screen

i`ve noticed that it only stays on the withe screen wen the phone es rebooted but if I torn it of or remove the batery it will boot fine

anyone has anoter idea?
[HTC Inspire 4G] keops22:
can you link me a guide or were can i find ho to do that?
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
Sounds like the volume rocker might be broken
[HTC Inspire 4G] keops22:
can it be fixed?
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
I actually don't know how to....there are a couple of tutorials in the forum...

Anyway, I am not sure that is broken but might explain what is going on!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
The guide is also in what I linked earlier(stuck in boot etc) but it sounds like its a hardware issue
[HTC Inspire 4G] keops22:
I am going to try it out, and see if it works

I just hope its not a hardware issue!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] keops22:
It didn't wort! The phone does the same!

Thanks for your help, hope someone has another idea

edit: wen I was doing the pd98img update on the screen on my phone were all the files were being updated some files

didnt update, it said

(8) TP - bypassed

(9) TP - bypassed

(10) TP - bypassed

all the other ones updated fine

is that normal in the update process?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] eallan:
The logo in the notification bar is absolutely inexcusable. Can we remove it anyway yet?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mikelebz:
Not yet....but Harass AT&T and HTC about the locked bootloader....then we can remove it!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] VinceThePrince:
I was able to unlock my Rogers bootloader. Sucks that you guys have trouble with it, as there is a root method available already for the "XL". Hard to get anywhere sometimes with AT&T callin the shots.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tehdef:
Um. Vain much? It's not even that imposing.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] VinceThePrince:
Sorry, didn't mean to come off as vain. I just know myself to be a very impatient dude, so I know I would be quite upset myself if I was in the opposite position.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Suprasb:
I think he's referring to the OP.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mr. Sakkaro:
Not to mention there is no way to turn LTE off...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
Not the solution you want but get a battery notifier that displays the percentage, or something that does the same bit with the weather. The AT&T logo goes away when there's a notification.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] JamesR913:
if you use tasker you can make the notification invisible but it is still there. This would get rid of the art logo in the notification bar I think. I have tasker running all the time and when another notification comes in just goes one spot over so you know there is an invisible icon there
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] PattyWagon915:
Just get a weather app that puts a lil widget in the notification bar. Thats what Im going to do.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] chaosjh:
THE WORST THING ABOUT THIS PHONE IS A SOFTWARE LOGO?!

dude, to me these are the top worst things:

1. lack of memory, not a problem to me, but to others and can't be fixed

2. bootloader, hello!

3. all the idiots you know that will ask to play with your phone cause it's cool, at least this bugs the crap out of me...

edit: yeah, keep an active notification, easy fix for now.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrvirginia:
yeah unlocked bootloader will take care of everything. just gotta be a little patient :)

it's amazing hardware. software can always be messed with.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] eallan:
A bit vain I guess, don't act like appearance isn't a huge reason to buy this phone. Two ****ty at & t logos in an inch is ugly and pointless and ruins the idea of a notification bar.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] zonk7ate9:
I was wondering why I never saw that in pics with notifications... Anyway, I use a profile manager that puts a persistent notification in the bar, so that'll solve it for me.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] MWilt:
am I the only one thats not completely offended/repulsed by the AT&T logo? keep in mind I said "logo" not "business practices" or "making things unlock-able"
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
I could care less, I'm going to have a battery notifier anyway.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Red5:
Which one? I wouldnt mind having a little battery percentage in the corner.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] eallan:
They can put a logo on that's fine. What's the point of 2 within an inch of themselves.