[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hagar76:
I have a SGS2 with Optus branding. Recently updated to 4.0.3.

Can anyone offer fixes or reasons why these issues exist? I am sure if I rooted and installed a ROM, a lot of these issues would be better(?)

Home Key:

Will only go to Page 4. If there is no page 4, it will go to the last desktop page from an app, or will stay on the current desktop page.

Brightness:

The 'brightness' setting randomly changes to a lower setting. I have have checked and rechecked these settings...

Settings > Dislay > General > Automatic Brightness = Unticked

Settings > Dislay > General > Auto adjust screen power = Unticked

Settings > Power Saving > System power saving mode = Unticked

Settings > Power Saving > Custom power saving mode = Unticked

I set Brightness to maximum. When I come to use the phone next, it has changed to half brightness (or less). This seems to be independant of the charge level before and after.

In some instances where the phone has gone to sleep and I wake it, the lock screen is dimmed. It will only go full brightness once I have entered the correct pin. Difficult in daylight of course!!

Contacts:

The 'Contacts' tab seems to have dissappeared after the update from the Phone app [ Keypad | *Contacts* | Logs | Favourites ]. I can select by Menu > Contacts. How do I get the tab back?

I currently have SIM, Phone and Google selcted for 'Contacts to display' and I have selected 'Merge with Google' but some contacts are still missing from SIM. None are saved to the phone. I'm not sure which is the best way here, other than knowing that the SIM has limited fields.

Bluetooth:

It will not automatically connect with my Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Headset. The same headset connects with my B2710 automatically (ie. authorised).

PC Mode:

When I have the phone connected to a PC USB, even if just for charging, the phone becomes difficult to use. Its response time to keypresses is extremely slow or non existant. This makes entering passwords/unlocking or swiping hard or near impossible at times.

Camera:

The 'Review - On/Off' option is no longer on the settings menu.

Google Maps/Navigation:

When I open Maps and click the search (magnifier) button and start entering, it will close this window (and keyboard) and return to the map up to 3 times, cancelling anything I have entered. Some said to me 'Be patient', but how do you know how long for, and thats rediculous. Google does not seem to have a program fault report system, only map report.

Once I have selected Transport or walking mode, it will automatically select that for the next several navs and I have to manually select car.

The GPS symbol won't appear in the notification bar until I open Maps. I believe it should start looking as soon as I switch it on.

If I haven't selected to 'Navigate' to a destination, the phone will sleep after the preset time, and when I wake and unlock, it has lost the GPS and has to find again before I can continue.

Drops GPS if I swap to another app. This means when I come back I have to wait an unknown amount of time for it to resync. This seems to be getting longer lately

Touchpal Curve Keyboard:

Seems to have lost the ability to detect beginning of sentences so won't automatically insert a capital.

No longer shows up predicted words. I have double checked all settiungs. All enabled.

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May have a few others but thats a good start :)

One last, warranty issue - I recently cracked the screen. I stopped an Optus shop kiosk and inquired about repair... $250. I commented "I assume if I got it fixed by a third party that would void the warranty of the phone?" The Kiosk attendant replied "Yes, and even if we do it that voids the warranty of the phone". I walked away thinking that can't be right. A call to Fair Trading referred me to the TIO. A call to the TIO referred me to Fair Trading :eek:. When I stated this to the TIO, they said "We can't categorically say that a repair to a damaged screen will affect the manufacturer's obligation to repair or not" OMG! :confused: