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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoNz0:
it is frustrating, samsung can sort it but no one else can, and i doubt they will do a 4.0.4 or 4.1 release officially for the S2 now.

i have been holding back for weeks expecting someone to figure out how to do it so its the same as the samsung rom.

obviously i was expecting a little to much.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
did u try ics sd binder from playstore
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoNz0:
no not yet, still on the stock ics rom as i am trying to decide what roms going to be best for me.

RR still has the camera bug and way to many others to list, it seems to go backwards! you cant update a lot of apps.

paranoidandroid seems a good choice, not that i care for tablet mode but i get the impression its quite stable.

after my last run in with RR and the sd card issues i went back to stock but now i need a rom that wont soft reboot when streaming to my new car stereo :(
[Galaxy S III General] AdamLange:
Hi Guys,

I need US sprint's US and AT&T US EFS folders dump. I would like to add support for this models to my simlock unlocker.

Preferably if your device is locked :)

Thanks!

Adam
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
I'm having a hard time finding a tutorial to unlock the root the GNex, Verizon version.

Everything I seem to search for leads me back to the toolkit which I rather not use, so if someone can point me towards another way to unlock the boot loader, root, and flash recovery, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
Adb reboot bootloader

Fastboot OEM unlock

This factory resets once done

Adb reboot bootloader

Fastboot flash recovery name of recovery.img

Boot into recovery flash custom rom or su.zip

Sent From My Sprint Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anton2009:
Try http://droidmodderx.com/galaxynexus/manually-unlock-and-root-the-galaxy-nexus-requires-adb.

All you really need to do is make sure you have all the proper pre-rooting tools. Then you boot into boot loader, type in "fastboot oem unlock" then follow some on screen instructions. Then you flash a temporary recovery, flash superuser or su.zip from that recovery, then delete a file to make it permanent recovery and you're set to flash roms/kernels/etc. Su.zip should be super easy to find too.

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Agh UBER beat me to it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
Uh...stickied above.

Or linked in my sig.

This is the manual way to do it, as requested.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
Oh wow, that easy?

And if I did miss something easily, sorry, been around the block so I know how annoying repetitive threads can be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
Yup but OEM unlock cleans the phone completely data and all so backup. Also take a look at the sticky the other person said for actual links and files.

Sent From My Sprint Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
I just got thrown off by all the toolkit links.

EDIT: Double post, sorry.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
I got familiar with fastboot because the Rezound needed it all too.

Sorry for all the multiple posts, my Tapatalk is freaking out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anton2009:
Is the file that I can't remember the name of not in /system anymore where you have to delete it in order to maintain your first recovery that you flashed (otherwise it'll bring it back to original recovery)? In other words, there's no such thing as a temporary recovery for the GNex?
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
I saw few from this galaxy s ii thread are moved to GALAXY S III.. :( .. is that worth to buy GALAXY S III???? Is that bcoz of powerful dev or POWERFULL device?

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[Galaxy S II General] ronhoover88:
They moved from:what:

What's the difference between galaxy s ii and a GALAXY S II:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
How come you conclude 'everyone'? A lot of people still are using the SII.

And NO, it's not worth upgrading. A Quad Core Android? A Ferrari engine in a Nano? Lol. I want Symbian back.
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
Huh sorry.. I made it correct.. now can u answer why :p

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[Galaxy S II General] ronhoover88:
Well, I ain't upgrading. S2 is good enough!!

The people who have the money and dont have anything else to spend on will buy it

As for the devs buying it they need a new challenge on the latest device

Only upgrade would be a HD screen who cares when its only a 4.8 inch screen

And then comes Quad core, I believe the dual core does enough tasks
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
How about the battery life..?

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[Galaxy S II General] Bl@ck:
S2 still has a lot of potential, I'll keep it for long, unless Google announces an interesting nexus device.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
though everyone didnt move its unavoidable and it will again happen with the release of new generation mobiles. s2 or s3 or s4, no exception.
[Galaxy S II General] marcellocord:
S III rocks. More performance and more battery than S II. Why NOT to upgrade? Only if you don't have enough money, because everyone wants to upgrade. It's always good to keep supported and updated things. S II is going to be DEAD for Samsung in a few months, just like S I. I don't doubt Samsung won't update S II to Jellybean, just like they didn't update S I to ICS.
[Galaxy S II General] ephraim:
The S1 came with Eclair then to Froyo and hen Gingerbread. So there is a chancr S2 will go from GB to ICS then JB (Not Justin Beiber. Lol).. But if samsung follows the 18month rule (forgot what it was called) and JB wont be released within a few months then there is a chance we won't get an upgrade (from the OEM anyway). If pocketnow is correct and JB is just a

point release (minor update from 4.0 ics to 4.1 and not 5.0) then maybe we will have a chance.
[Galaxy S II General] Kaze105:
Battery is nice, but I dont see any large reason of requiring more performance. SGS2 does everything I need done without problems. Obviously there are other upgrades and new things, but nothing to completely convince me to change to the SGS3.
[Galaxy S II General] mammenj:
I think this thread should be closed ! not related gs2
[Galaxy S II General] kikemotions:
I agree, but more battery results almost the same if you have more processor and bigger screen, plus i really like the SG2 design over the SG3.

I think I'll pass the 3 and wait for the 4. Or the next Sony Xperia S, because thats a sexy phone, and the only reason why i dont change my SG2 its because it has the same or less specs.

I was expecting more from the SG3. It just dont look classy like the 2. Looks more plastic.

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[Galaxy S II General] chintz24:
THis is the most noobish stuff I have heard in ages..

LOl
[Galaxy S II General] marcellocord:
Of course not. Can't I give my opinion? If you disagree, you can post here why. But just telling that it was noobish, just make your answer noobish. So shut up and stop being a noob.

PS: Some guy told me that the GS I has been upgrated twice. Sorry, I forgot this fact. Maybe Samsung won't forget the GSII in a few months, but after Jellybean. I'm sure Samsung will upgrate GS II to JB, it was no major update, it's mostly the project butter :P And since the nexus got upgraded, Samsung has no excuses to not upgrade.
[Galaxy S II General] pileot:
Really this is how i look at it: The S3 is the S2 with a slightly nicer screen, slightly nicer battery, slightly nicer version of android, Slightly more memory, and a few mild tweaks. Big deal! The S2 still kicks ass of any phone out there, its a workhorse that will be good for at least another year before its really outdated.

Faster processor? My processor is fast enough as it is!

More memory? I never run out of memory doing what i usually do!

Newer android version? Developers for the SGS2 are awesome! LOTS of development for the S2 and theres lots of ports from the S3 to be made, still lots of room to advance the S2 so no worries there.

The only way im going to the S3 is if i can sell my phone and buy the S3 for only $100 more. Thats my limit. If i can, why not. $100 for me for an upgrade every year or so? thats not too bad. But if it doesnt happen so what? I love my phone! it works well, its fast, it does everything i want and more!

Anyways, thats how i feel, and i know there are many otheres who feel the same way!
[Galaxy S II General] ephraim:
Yep. It was upgraded twice. SGS1 originally had eclair then upgraded to froyo and then gingerbread. They also have ics through cm9 so upgraded 2 times officially and once unofficially :)
[Galaxy S II General] android_isda_shit:
SGS2 id known as the android device with the most roms available, and i can tell you one thing,

if you want the sgs3 becouse of its os, SGS2 next update wont be 4.1 Jellly Bean,

it will be touchwiz ux from the sgs3, but for the performance, its a great device,

but they didnt solve neither battery or heat problems, and the device is very weak

and fragile
[Galaxy S II General] TechSilver13:
The s3 has double the memory...that's not a slight upgrade at all. Just wanted to point that out...I agree with the rest. Although the s3 is noticeably faster. I played with one at work today...it was impressive. At least it was a bigger upgrade than the iPhone 4 to the 4s. That's what made me get a gs2 in the first place...slow laggy 512 ram from the iPhone compared to a gig in the s2 and the s3 has 2gb and its very noticeable.
[Galaxy S II General] victorator:
I have the international S3 with 1 gig of ram and I can already feel the difference.

Before I actually got the phone in my hands I didn't think it was any different from S2. Oh how wrong was I. The S3 is a much better device in every aspect.

I will keep my S2 anyway, it's the best looking phone ever in my opinion.
[Galaxy S II General] randomseasons:
I aint moving, fellow. I am Asian and 4.3 inch is big enough for me, and I'm not a racer so I don't need to buy a Ferrari while I just want a jog
[Galaxy S II General] scayre32:
You want Symbian back?

Symbian was fine until they ported it to touch screen devices. Made my life hell for a year and a half. Bad Nokia! Bad!
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
He is a android hater and iOS lover

He means is that symbian is much better than android(so how bad android is in his mind)
[Galaxy S II General] al_madd:
Sgs3 is too expensive..especially for student like me..:rolleyes:

Damn..just browsing sgs3 forum..a lot of elite dev there..gokhan,netarchy hacre franco and others...

Have to find a way to get sgs3..haha
[Galaxy S II General] supercakefish:
PENTILE SCREEN! :eek:

SGS3 isn't big enough upgrade to justify my money when SGS2 does all I need it to.

Plus, I'm not sure I'm getting another Samsung phone after experiencing their abysmal firmware updating policy. We're still on a buggy, laggy version of 4.0.3 when SGS3 has had 4.0.4 since launch so they've obviously got Touchwiz working with it just fine but they're just can't be bothered to update us now we're officially 'outdated'. If Samsung refuse to upgrade to JB 4.1, when the Nexus with half the RAM, half the processor and much older system overall still gets the update, then it'll seal the deal - no more Samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] tosin01:
I havent moved to the SIII from my beauitful S2. I will be staying on it for a while. probably till the new nexus is released.
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
Now if we go for buying Galaxy nexus ... is that a good point of view..?

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[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
The Galaxy Nexus sells for 250$ used here now... Can buy it brand new for 350$ Canadian. I'd jump on that in a heartbeat if the GN had an SD slot. My 32GB MicroSD is full and my internal SD is loaded with apps, ROMs, mods and nandroid backups. :D So no way am I switching to anything without an SD slot.
[Galaxy S II General] hostilevader:
I would trade my S2 just for a GNex, not a GS3.

Sent while driving.

Ooo f**k!
[Galaxy S II General] Crescendo Xenomorph:
If Sammy give the Korean version of S3 (which got 4cores and 2GB RAM), I prolly buy it, but if not then well... The GPU is all the same unless they double everything like S1 vs S2 (double everything).
[Galaxy S II General] :
One question: did you ever needed 2GB of RAM? Certainly you never used all the 800~ MB of free RAM.

And all that I know is that the korean version is dual core. [the canadian is also dual core and 2gb].

I would prefer to buy the universal version, quadcore/1gb = i9300. Why? The most supported, Cyanogenmod, the best roms and kernels.
[Galaxy S II General] eseregin:
Hope SGS2 will have support of CM9, so latest Android we will probably have not from Sammy, but from Open Source.

When prices will reduce 30-40% i will buy SGS3, probably 6 months. May be 4.

Not earlier...
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
Yea I sold my s ii yesterday n I got galaxy nexus at lowest price... love it to core...
[Galaxy S II General] carlz0206:
Hope i wont be flamed for this just want to share....

Thinking between a gs3 or a Gnex now because later im gonna buy a phone coz my wife gonna use my s2. So a little bit undecided now... but leaning a bit with Gnex knowing it still is gonna get updated for a couple of years and also gs2 is still one of the best device now even theres alot of quadcore phones coming out but one thing i observed and 1 or the reason why im not that interested in getting the gs3 is that when the s3 was released almost all development or rom or developers moved or stopped thiere development for the gs2 and yes i appreciate and love CM devs for thier work not only for the gs2 but for all device they support but still it doesnt bring the best or the potential of our gs2 for the fact that some driver's or whatever its called is not opensource like for of gs2.aosp/aokp runs better and smoother and more batfriendly than that came from sammy but sammy base release has better camera and video or some other parts or apk which only works when you have sammy framework.and seeng now whats happening in the gs2 furom made me think maybe now there alot of development in the gs3 but what happens when the gs4 comes....which is i guess part of development or progress and yes this is how technology works,its the latest now but it wont be tomorrow....peace
[Galaxy S II General] Paradoxxx:
I might do the same too I'm afraid. Not that soon, but I'll do.

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[Galaxy S II General] superleeds27:
Im tempted too. Plus the ban on the Nexus in USA Might drop the prices over here
[Galaxy S II General] tameracingdriver:
I actually did the GS2 to Nexus swap but the Nexus I bought was broken, so I'm still with the S2.

If you want the AOSP experience, for me, its the only way to go, as although you can get it on the GS2, it is fraught with bugs and difficulties.

That said, I don't think the GS2 running TW with a few well chosen mods is such a bad platform.
[Galaxy S II General] republicano:
s2 will be great with jb, i dont want a quad because i think software needs to be improved before i buy better hardware,i dont want a bigger heavier phone, minus the case,the s2 survived many drops,ive seen a few s3s with cracked glass and its put me off

im tempted to get a google phone for better support
[Galaxy S II General] Kaustubh.:
Yeah and plus as the price decreases there will be more s2s sold i.e more development
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
Ban of galaxy nexus will increase demand on the price of nexus... I'm sure second and unsold mobile will cost more bcoz of no new nexus mobiles
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
I will most likely upgrade to an A15 one x, that is if I don't get that pad300 I've had my eyes on....

Who cares about cortex a9?? We want exynos5!!!
[Galaxy S II General] IronMit:
i'm waiting for the galaxy NOTE 2
[Galaxy S II General] carlz0206:
when will it be released?i went out today looking for a 32gb gsm gnex,been to alot of stores and a couple of mall but apparently it was never been released:( just found out when i searched the web...
[Galaxy S II General] Nikueltrasgu:
Wow, if you're rich enough to spend 600+ bucks on a phone because you are too lazy to charge your phone each day then...
[Galaxy S II General] shoulderbrah:
upgrade

i will upgrade and tell you my experience!

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totally agree:o:good:
[Galaxy S II General] aRc.:
The S3 did not survive stage 2 of the drop test. S2 survived all 4 and still barely a scratch. That decided it for me, that and the S3 feels far too big to hold compared to the S2.

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[Galaxy S II General] saffant:
Are ppl that desperate for an "AOSP" experience to give up your faster processor, better camera, better video camera, lighter and slimmer physique and MicroSD support?

EDIT: Referring to those who replaced their S2s with a Gnex.
[Galaxy S II General] metallious:
S3 is a big glossy piece of ****. waiting for the note 2, hopefully it won't be glossy... :p
[Galaxy S II General] ali madan:
Waiting for not 2 as well....

But I heard that note 2's design is going to be similiar to the s3's. I hope not because I drop my phone atleast once or twice a day so I need a solid phone that can can handle all of these falls :silly:
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
I agree with you , it will be released just similar to s3 design... and it might have 2gb Ram.. hope it will beat s3 with its awesome new chipset which described my rumors... donno if its true... :) ;) hehe
[Galaxy S II General] screamworks:
Personally, I won't be buying another non-Nexus device. Don't get me wrong, Samsung's line are by far the best of the lot, but the experience of needing to wait ~four months for an update Nexus devices get immediately (GB to ICS) was horrendous. I'll be keeping my S II until June next year, when most likely I'll buy a Windows Phone 8 handset, because the platform is coming along really well -- it'll go well with my then-purchased Surface tablet. Still, I've ordered my Nexus 7, and depending on what Android 5.0 brings to the table, the next Nexus phone may very well win me over yet.
[Galaxy S II General] handcremedeluxe:
I'll keep my SII till the S IV or a new Nexus device will be released. Since my phone performs well in every aspect (browsing, gaming and maybe watching some hd movies), I need more than a S III which might be twice(?) as fast. If I buy a new phone it needs to be much much better than the SII.

I mean, it's more than a year after its release and I still don't know anybody who has a phone that's as good or better than mine (even if they have a s2 ;D)

Some people may buy the SIII, but there are still many devs who do great work for the SII. Therefore, waiting another years is no problem for me :D
[Galaxy S II General] saywhatt:
Still keeping my s2 cause it kicks butt. It's good enough for me. It's just a smartphone people, not a computer. Although s3 has some awesome tweaks, the question is.. do we reeeeally need it? Cause personally, my s2 specs has served me good. :p i dont find it important to upgrade to s3 cause it's trending. There are a lot of awesome devs in the s2 world.. :p
[Galaxy S II General] Nick Fury:
Im getting my Galaxy S3 soon. Not on contract though im just gunna buy it straight out lol. But should i keep my s2 or sell it afterwards
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
Sale :p
[Galaxy S II General] gaspernemec:
Well if I had sgs2 i wouldnt move eighter, but i still have sgs1, so yeah it is worth upgrading for me
[Galaxy S II General] hillbeast:
Considering the screen on the S3 is not as bright, the case isn't built as well and the GPU is actually slower (yes it's clocked higher but the screen is larger and therefore doesn't score as well in real world applications), I won't be getting the S3. End of story.

I don't care what S3 users say, the S2 is still the best phone in the world. Quad core? Who cares. Those extra two cores are barely used. The third core sometimes comes to life in extreme situations, but that fourth one might as well just be a paperweight. The S2 is still a better phone. I'm waiting for the S4.
[Galaxy S II General] Nick Fury:
I think i will sell it then. Coz i know the S3 will cost me £500 brand new sim free. And i know i can sell my S2 for about £250 as its in mint condition. So at least im only really gunna be paying half the price of the S3 lol
[Galaxy S II General] Adrian.K:
Well... probably in the near future I will upgrade to SIII. Or maybe not?

Clearly SII is a great and powerful smartphone. But personally I always like to have the latest "stuff". Always state of the art. It's more like an obsession of some kind...lol. :laugh:

The only thing that has kept me from selling my SII (+my old nokia E7) and getting an SIII, believe me or not, it's the DESIGN.

I know Samsung claims the SIII is their most ergonomic device ever, but it just don't feel that way to me.

It's just too rounded... there is nothing that impresses me on the exterior of this device. Personally I think it's harder to handle compared to the SII. Probably I'm wrong... I mean you can get used to it after a while... but still somehow i like my SII better. Looks more "serious"! And then the SIII colours... I LIKE BLACK!

Really don't know what I'm gonna do.
[Galaxy S II General] 0semaj0:
The S3 is a popular device because of the marketing/media hype about it...at the same time, it is also a very polished product...attracting customers, of which includes many developers too...Its nice to see many S2 developers also developing for the S3...

Using CheckRom + SiyahKernel on my S3 and NEATRomLite + SpeedMod on my S2...all of which are made by well known developers...kudos to them all...

I do however, firmly believe that the availability of customisation of the S3 will surpass the S2, considering how new the product is in comparison to the number of quality developments...it is a fair assumption. The S3 is definitely a step up from the S2...I was fearful that I was going to be "not as impressed" as the S2 even for today is still a very nice phone...however as it turns out...I am very happy with the S3...in terms of speed...its absolutely fast...nearly 5.9K on QMark on stock core speed...
[Galaxy S II General] LooDnIzzA:
I still hope that devs will not forget S2 and that will exist till S4 is out :D For me its not worth going to S3 now from S2... at least for me.
[Galaxy S II General] danielsf:
I don't dispute the screen, the s2 is marginally brighter, but the s3 has noticeably less glare which really does help with out door performance, and I actually find when out side there is negligible differences. Sorry but I don't think your quite right, I have the s3 and s2. In really world performance playing games such as gta, the amazing spider man, modern combat 3 and nova 3, there is defiantly a higher frame rate for the s3. Especially in nova 3, the s2 lags to the point of being a horrible user experience whilst the s3 for most of the time has excellent frame rates (does have some slowdowns) with the same level of effects on both. Benchmarks like quadrant show the s3 to have a similar speed to the s2 in the gpu area. But I think that’s because the threshold levels are really high and it isn’t scaling the gpu frequencies sufficiently enough, for example I dropped the GPU up threshold from 90% to 30% (only to test with) and my gpu score went up a lot. It beat the s2's gpu overclocked to 400mhz with the same thresholds up. In nenamark I was getting 59FPS, which is much higher than my s2 overclocked to 400mhz. Overall, from my real world tests, the s3 is considerable better when it comes to gaming performance. :) Also where is your proof those cores aren't being used, looking at the hot-plugging setting on the stock Pegasusq Governor, I can say that they are probably being used quite a bit when loading an app or web page.