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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wimmus:
Hey guys,

I hope someone will know the answer to my problems, I'll try to keep this short. (English is not my first language so excuse me for any mistakes I make).

Around 2 months ago I couldn't connect to my wifi, I tried everything, but eventually I thought the only solution was to factory reset my Samsung Galaxy S2.

That turned out to be a stupid decision. I made a back up of my media files, so those were safe. But the option to make a back up of your contacts using google didn't work, so I lost all my contacts, whatsapp messages and text messages.

Factory resetting my phone was the solution to the wifi problem though, so I was happy with that. And in the mean time I've gotten a lot of my contacts back, so that's not that kind of a big issue to me anymore.

But now I have a new problem. My phone can't update it's firmware anymore. I've tried using the update function from the phone, but it says it can't connect to the server. And using KIES, it says that the phone can't be updated as well. Now it's running on 2.3.5 and I'd really like to get the new OS available. (This is problem #1).

Problem #2 is the fact that in the last few days my battery has been incredibly weak. Normally I could last 1,5 days to 2 days with a fully charged battery, but now it seems to only last about 4-6 hours. The phone seemed to be a lot warmer as well.

I've tried to find a solution for problem #1, and all I could find is that maybe the factory reset changed the settings of which country your phone is from (I'm from the Netherlands), and that this is the reason why I can't update my phone.

In the thread I found they were talking about using #1234# and checking the codes there, but when I use this my phone displays (translated) ''connection problem or wrong MMI-code''. So I can't check if the data changed after the factory reset.

What should I do next?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keyblayder:
Hello there mate.

Im not a dev or something but from different cases that i've seen with many GS2 phones i think i can help you ( i hope at least ). :)

First of all i think you can easily update with odin to the new ICS firmware Samsung has for GS2.( If you use windows 7 run as administirator )

You can find many tutorials on youtube of how to do that.

Remember to back up all of your data before updating because they will be erased.

After installing fresh ICS firmware (official 4.0.3) you will need to do a factory reset.

Now for your second problem i think it might be an app problem which requires power from your CPU and that's why your phone is overheating and the battery is draining that fast.

I would suggest after using an app to kill it via the task manager so it won't run at the background demanding dedication from the system.

If that doesn't work also try re-installing all of your apps.

Hope you find this kinda useful friend and solve your problems.Take care ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wimmus:
Thanks for the reply!

But before I upgrade with odin, don't I need to know the codes (representing where your phone is from etc.)?

I've found them under settings. They are:

Baseband: I9100XXKI4

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKJ3-CL647431 root@DELL82#2

Build number:GINGERBREAD.XWKJ3.

And how do I backup all my files? Especially contacts, text messages and whatsapp messages?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keyblayder:
No problem ! Im glad that you found my info somehow helpful!

Now as i said earlier im not that kind of expert so giving the current sittuation i don't really know. :( You should search on the internet for your firmware available for your country and also you can search at sammobile.com then go to firmwares then select the Smartphone option then Android and you should be good to choose the firmware and download it for your region/country. ( Terribly sorry for not giving a link but xda forums are saying that i need more than 10 posts to post a link.

So good luck with that one :good:

I never tried it myself but i've seen that people backup their contacts,texts and apps with KIES so you should give it a try :good:

Either than that,this is all i know and im really sorry if i can't help you any further as im new here too :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wimmus:
Alright thanks for the help.

I made a backup of my contacts, whatsapp messages and text messages on my SD card. I'm almost gonna start using Odin. (You don't need a rooted device in order for Odin to work, right?). And I also only got a .tar file from the downloaded package from Sammobile.com, is that all I need?

I'll post the results :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keyblayder:
Yes Odin will work with unrooted and rooted devices!

I don't know if that's the file, i would do a little search before updating about the files and remember to watch a video on youtube to help you with the process ! :)

Things to remember : If you are on windows vista/7 run Odin as administirator

After installing the firmware do a factory reset / clear cache

Good luck! I hope somebody more experienced than me will help you better than i did . :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wimmus:
Haha alright thanks for the help.

I used Odin this afternoon, with succes! I updated to 4.0.3 (only using the .tar file) and after that I factory reset my phone.

Also, I managed to succesfully retain my text/whatsappp messages + contacts, so everything's fine.

I'm going to try out my phone for a couple of days and I'll report if anythings wrong with it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keyblayder:
Really glad that things went in the right direction for you :D

Just a quick thought now, our Samsung Galaxy S2 will get a new update to 4.0.4 which is reported to be far better than the current one and will be available on the upcoming weeks so be prepared to do another update ;)

But anyway you did a great job! :good:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MarkMRL:
... and using a custom Kernel makes things better? The phone works well on stock ICS but I feel it's quite sluggish and this is disappointing for a phone with a freaking 1.5Ghz Dual Core processor. It's almost as sluggish as ICS was on my old Xperia Ray (which I downgraded because the slugginess was unbearable). I did a full reset and repair of the phone with SUS but nothing changed at all when it comes to smoothness.

Since I have the yellow tinge (not so bad though, in fact I haven't gotten it replaced yet), I'm holding back in doing any sort of modification because I fear they might complain when I finally decide to get it repaired.

I really hate sluggish choppy interfaces and I'd like to know if there is any way to make this phone smoother. Otherwise I might get it replaced, and then sell it as new/just replaced for maximum profit (bought mine used for a good price but it had some scratches on it).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] maxld:
+1

I have the same feeling and I am also wondering is there any help after rooting or unlocking the phone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SnowOokami:
there's nothing yet, even if you rooted your phone you wouldn't be able to get rid of it. You COULD try Nova launcher which is a bit smoother than the stock Xperia Launcher (no root needed)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] maxld:
Problem is that I really like stock launcher (all widgets etc.). So there is no hope for now, shame.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
Sell it :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SnowOokami:
you could purge all sony stuff using Titanium backup or smth like that (root needed) and install this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1557091

:laugh:

but that's a hell of a job
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MarkMRL:
How disappointing. This phone is very powerful but it's so damn slow it makes me rage. Even the browser is nowhere near as smooth as the one on the Galaxy SII or even the Galaxy S.

I'm starting to get buyer's remorse even though I only paid 300€ for it.

If Sony doesn't get their **** together and make their crappy bloat ridden software more smooth than this (it's seriously utterly slow even compared to the iPhone3GS or even compared to my Ray Gingerbread stock with bloatware removed, I'd say it's almost as bad as Symbian), they are going to lose a ton of customers.

I mean, for ****'s sake, scrolling the app drawer noticeably stutters hard like moving a bunch of icons to the left is too much to handle for this phone. Even scrolling the settings menu is so crappy it's embarassing, it's almost as bad as on those early touchscreen phones like the Corby.

The browser is no more fluid than my Ray on Gingerbread. Both are horribly laggy on complex pages.

I know I'm sounding like a whiny user, but seriously, this is a flagship phone. The software itself is good but it needs some serious optimization, as it stands right now, I can only imagine an iphone user (or any other user who can't stand laggyness in user interfaces) cringing after trying the XS at a store for the first time.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krushhh:
I understand your problems, but i've got a rooted phone with KA09 ics rom, apex launcher, force gpu rendering on, windows animation scale off, transition scale 0,5x, dalvik.vm.heapsize=192m, and the phone is fast, no slugginess etc.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
Remove the bloat and use supercharger v6. CM9 for Xperia S will make a huge difference. My buddy has a galaxy nexus and it is only a bit smoother than my Xperia S even with JB. Not enough to make me complain. Use Chrome or Dolphin Engine Beta. Both of those are superior to the stock browser in ICS anyways.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bbvg:
Wow. First time I see someone complaining so much about performances... I (and all the people who have tried it) have no such problem.

Here are the first things you should try, IMHO :

- going in app settings (or task manager) and see which apps use the most cpu/ram. If you don't use them, close them. I use an auto taskkiller (but well configured ;-))

- in ICS, even without root, if you can't uninstall an app, you can always disable it in the apps settings. I did this to disable Facebook, Google + etc. since I don't use them. = disable all useless apps.

- check your auto-update settings and see which apps update frequently (heavy cpu charge).

Finally, if you did all that, and don't have plenty of widgets, your phone may have a problem. Just for your display issues I'd send it back...

Good luck :-)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wing_zero8556:
Enable gpu rendering if you havent
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MarkMRL:
Whew.

I have the yellow tinted screen, so I'm not rooting it just now. I also don't have a micro sim yet so I haven't even started properly using the phone. I uninstalled every uninstallable bloatware and haven't installed anything else when I made my last post about poor performance.

I think such an expensive and not to mention flagship phone should grant top tier performance out of the box without having to mess with it so much.

This phone really doesn't live up to it's specs.

Yesterday I installed a couple of games I like, Wind Up Knight and Let's Golf 3, both start out very fluid, but after a while start running slower and slower. I really couldn't believe it when after playing for 10 minutes Wind Up Knight started running worse than it does on my Gingerbread Xperia Ray.

Not to mention, there is no excuse for the UI to be so freaking choppy. Again, my Gingerbread Ray was silky smooth out of the box and it still is after several months since I last formatted it.

I really like the looks and the UI of sony phones, but I was disappointed by ICS on the Ray, so I expected the flagship phone to run a lot better, but it runs just as bad. Sure, it's ok if you use your phone to do calls and messages, but when the phone has such poor performance in general despite being a freaking flagship dual core 1gb of ram phone, and has a tinted screen to top it all off, disappointment and buyer's remorse are inevitable.

I think I'll just get rid of it after I get the screen fixed, and then get the iPhone 5 when it comes out later this year. If I have to put up with terribly unoptimized software, painfully slow official updates, poor compatibility with apps, slow performance, choppy interface, slow browser that is also losing Flash support, games that don't run well and are just unoptimized iPhone ports for the most part, I'd rather give my money to Apple (which is a company I despise), at least their iPhones are fast, get updated (the freaking 3GS is getting iOS 6! While on the Android front most manufacturers are still scrambling to get ICS on SOME of their devices), have the best app, and don't require you tearing your hair out to get the phone work as it should.

I'm looking more and more into the iPhones lately, and the only downside compared to Android, is a more closed OS which doesn't allow for much personalization, but they seem to be much better in everything else. The price is steep but I think it might be worth it in the long run compared to these droids which drop in price so fast they are worth peanuts after less than a year. Sure, I can't install an alternate OS on the iPhone, but if my droid worked fine out of the box, I wouldn't have to bother with custom roms and kernels in the first place.

I'm sorry but that's just how I feel right now about this whole Android and Sony disappointment. Android is a great idea on paper but so far it didn't work out imo, and it's unfortunate that the only real alternative is Apple. Like I said, I'd gladly sacrifice some personalization options in exchange for smooth, functional, fast, optimized UI and apps.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krushhh:
Ow come on dude... :laugh:

just buy an apple and close this thread, please.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MarkMRL:
About the Apple, maybe I will. About closing this thread, I can't because I'm not a mod.

I'm glad you are happy with your XS. Maybe I have higher standars when it comes to quality.

Hopefully grass will be greener on the other side, if I really do get an iPhone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krushhh:
I know it will be greener, you already sound like a real apple user.. ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
I see the trolls learned some new trolling technique now.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SnowOokami:
well I'm not really complaining... but he's kinda right.

I must say my AOSP build on my 3 year old Desire Z is smoother than ICS on the SXS :eek: thought.. the DZ cannot handle as much apps as the SXS can, but still it's kinda stupid no?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MarkMRL:
I did this and it improved homescreen and menu scrolling. Not it's not 100% fluid but it's definitely a lot better than before. Using a LWP makes it lag again though, which is not cool (I really like the cosmic flow lwp).

I actually heard enabling this would make things worse so I left it disabled:

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/updated-adreno-220-ics-gpu-driver-speeds-up-2d-rendering/

Also, I was in a bad mood before, sorry if I sounded extremely unhappy about the XS. I'm just a bit disappointed because I had sky high expectations about this phone.

And finally, does this:

http://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=20799

Mean there is a new update coming?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] a4rocks:
Yes there is. I actually love how smooth it already is and if it improves even more, joy oh joy for me :) But only if I could show you my device and trust me the last thing you ever wanted would be an iPhone. It's just effing brilliant. And I had the 4S and my dad has S3 and I don't like them over my XS so it is saying something. Regarding updates, Sony is the best and your most faithful servant. I don't have anything to look forward to with an Apple update but with every Android update, there is this wonderful anticipation that can only be felt and not described.

Sent from my wonderful Xperia S
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wing_zero8556:
Everyone has their own opinions so if you feel its not smooth get a sgs3 its so damn smooth. I feel that its smooth cause I came from a x10, I thought that was smooth till I got this phone now I realize how laggy the x10 was

Thanks for posting the link, haven't been checking it so I didn't know there was a new update coming
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] richteralan:
Um, if you noticed, the new driver posted on May 9th. I highly doubt Sony incorporated the new driver into their first ICS release (452).

Also you can test it out yourself. Turn it on, run the benchmark; Turn it off, run the benchmark. Not that hard, right?

Again, with your expectations I suggest you buy an iPhone or GSIII, considering your expectation is mostly scrolling smoothness instead of .. other things.
[General Questions and Answers] thornb69:
Hello...Im want to ask how to fix my acer betouch e140 brick....someone help me..?

if i boot my smartphone startup logo of acer only appear what should i do to fix that..?

even a hard reset won't work on it...? pls reply on me...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechNoJerky:
hi guys, i am working on a rom( personal ) and i want a mirror of lewa 12.07.06 cuz official server is too slow. Can some1 give me a mediafire mirror?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banane7:
i have the rom ,but i could not visit the mediafire.sorry~
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechNoJerky:
Can you upload to 4shared???
[General Questions and Answers] michalurban:
Hi,

Im looking for an android phone with qwerty keyboard. I recently purchased Xperia Pro but it doesnt fullfill my expectations - what annoys me the most is the constant (and kinda slow) refresh of (any) launcher connected with sliding the keyboard out or in.

So, my next target is Motorola Pro+. Im a bit nervous of how is it unsupported and about the shape of the keyboard but apart from this I like the bar construction with qwerty front-facing keyboard and portrait screen (better for me than landscape).

But Im pretty much disappointed with the small number of android bar-style qwerty phones there is - ie. with acceptable screen size and resolution and performance.

Are there really no (say) bar-style qwerty android phones with 1GHz cpu and 3,5" 800x480 screen and some acceptable amount of internal memory, ICS compatible?

If there are, please, write me about it. Or write me about how great and cool the Morotola Pro Plus is, despite the GB version of android. ;)

EDIT: JUST WANT TO STRESS OUT I DONT WANT A SLIDER. IM LOOKING FOR A BAR-STYLE PHONE. OR, IF IT WAS A SLIDER, SOMETHING SLIDING DOWNWARDS, LIKE BB TORCH. THANKS.

Im looking for something like this:

http://www.celularesandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/motorola-pro-a.png
[General Questions and Answers] Ming Wu:
Samsung captive glide is a good keyboard phone. It has s 5mp camera and a 1.1 dual core prosesor.
[General Questions and Answers] michalurban:
Yeah, but its a slider, not a bar-style phone.

Im looking for something like this:

http://www.celularesandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/motorola-pro-a.png
[General Questions and Answers] benschhold:
Motorola Milestone 3 is a really great phone.
[General Questions and Answers] michalurban:
C'mon, I believe I specifically wrote I'm looking for a "bar-style" phone ... Not a slider! And IF I wanted a slider, then sliding down, something like a BB Torch.
[General Questions and Answers] michalurban:
Now I found something called Motorola XPRT. However, it looks like Motorola Pro Plus is better. Am I right?
[General Questions and Answers] Ming Wu:
What about galaxy y pro. It looks good. Don't know much about it but you can find out.
[General Questions and Answers] michalurban:
Thanks for your tip, Ill check it out!

EDIT: Ok, its got lower resolution than Pro+, so it /PP/ is still my probable future phone ...
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
The only thing I can think of is the Samsung Galaxy Chat, with ICS. However, it has a very low res screen (320x240) and its only 3 inches diagonal. But its biggest selling point is ICS.

It has a single core 850 MHz processor and 4 GB of internal storage.
[General Questions and Answers] michalurban:
Yeah, youre right about the ICS being the biggest selling point - Id be afraid of the speed of the system though. And the resolution clearly sucks ... :cyclops:

Looks like Im ending with the Motorola Pro Plus, back to gingerbread ... :D
[General Questions and Answers] michalurban:
Just bumped into this - Samsung Galaxy M Pro B8700. Better-than-****ty resolution, 1GHz CPU ... looks worth checking ...
[General Questions and Answers] sfra:
Got Pro Plus and it's a great device. As I went through other similar devices (qwerty, android, touch screen), this one offers the most (processor, higher resolution) :victory:
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Souron29:
Androget Pro: good download manager

Battery widget monitor pro : all essential details about ur battery

BlueDun : uses bluetooth channel to tether ur phn with other devices(bluetooth tethering)

Button savior : its not 5 star app. but it shud be. Don't want to use hardware keys much? Don't have onscreen buttons or status bar buttons.. This is ur best friend then.

Calculator++: best calculator... Can perform most mathematical operations

Lidroid toolbox: previously 5 *.. General backup nd restore function(data too), startup manager nd some unique features..

Mybackup pro : as the name suggests can backup restore apps nd data, link to market etc

RAM manager pro: can change ur ram usge to make ur phone a gaming phone or a heavy multitasking phone

Root explorer : all functionalities like root view, rar nd zip decompression, and etc

Rom toolbox pro: does everything your Android can do. Even the free version is great.

Solid explorer : currently in beta stage. Good looks nd awesome functionalities.

Titanium backup pro : same as Mybackup pro

Titanium tweaker: its a kernel tweaked with many features.. Caution: only for advanced users

Zarchiver:I have been using this zip/rar app quite a while and believe me its the best of its kind. It extracts all kinds of compressed files pwd protected or not. It compresses in zip, gzip,bzip2, tar, 7zip. There are different level of compression available.

If u know of some good five star apps plz do tell :D
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] gabriel1997:
thanx, i was looking for this
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Souron29:
Welcome.. U can always hit the thanx button. Sorry for being greedy..:D:D;)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] gabriel1997:
i already do that ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Souron29:
Anyone can add to the list... Just let me know
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] psychoo118:
Hi!

I don't know why and how but I think the battery of my phone died. My phone is about 1 year old. It is fully charged then I remove the charger and then I start using my phone for about 15 minutes. After it the phone turns off with the reason battery is down. I plug in the charger(phone off) and it starts charging from 60-70 % and after about 30 minutes it says "Fully charged". Then it starts from the beginning. I tried flashing other ROMs, wiping battery stats... I think the detection of how much the battery is charged went wrong.. So if you guys could tell me another way which can maybe help i would appreciate it.. :) or the last chance is taking it back to service.

Thanks in advance!

psychoo118
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Ace King 34:
I think you must buy a new battery as the same thing happened with my friend and he bought a new battery and the problem was solved.

otherwise check if your battery has any leakage

if it has leakage then replace the battery immediately with a new one.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] virajjjj:
Same here man. Me too facing this problem

PROUD TO BE "ACE"TEEMED

, AND ALSO YES HIT "thanks" IF I WAS OF ANY USE TO YOU....... :-\
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] virajjjj:
Goin to buy new battery tommorrow

PROUD TO BE "ACE"TEEMED

, AND ALSO YES HIT "thanks" IF I WAS OF ANY USE TO YOU....... :-\
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] psychoo118:
Thanks for your reply! :) Don't you know maybe if guarantee covered the battery change? :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Josue_Josuesito:
The battery is old

Buy other

Or try calibrating