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[Galaxy S II General] big_bum:
Does anybody want to hear a story of how I tought I've f*cked up my EFS?

The story starts about 2 days ago. I went in the other side of the city with some business, thinking that the things that I was supposed to do wont take much time. After I've done my job there, I called a friend and talked with him. Job done, conversation done, looked at the clock and I see me standing in a situation where I had to be in the other side of the town in about 30 minutes. Got in the car and pulled out my S2. I tought that this is a good moment to test the GPS. Fired up Navigation, enabled GPS, bam, network crashed. WTH? Put the phone in Airplane Mode, put the phone out of the Airplane Mode, rebooted, nothing. I tought it must be a ROM issue.

After I've arrived at the second location, I've flashed a new kernel, a new ROM, still nothing. Reboot after reboot, kernel after kernel, modem after modem, xda page after xda page, I came across with a thread that described my simptoms: [GUIDE] Recover your IMEI in 9 steps. I went trough the thread, only a few of the simptoms were found. My IMEI was good, everything was OK except network signal.

So I removed the SIM from the phone and put it into another phone: no signal. I tried with 2 phones and still nada. I've put a SIM in my phone and voila, everything was OK again! I almost refused to think that my 8 years old SIM wasn't working anymore, but it was true :crying:

I went to my network carrier and got a brand new SIM. I'm going to keep the old one as memory.:D
[Galaxy S II General] Ichi_Bear:
I hear that they're bringing a Swype like function to SwiftKey 3 called Flow. I signed up for the beta ;)
[Galaxy S II General] ArmorD:
The thing is that I can't tell whether I like the fast and intuitive but 'stupid' keyboard or the ultra smart but slower keyboard.

Anyhow, SwiftKey team is making this new update(or completely separate paid app) that adds the Swype function into Swift. Eagerly waiting for that :)

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[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
I prefer Swype its nice.
[Galaxy S II General] anubius:
What do you guys think about the Galaxy Premier? I know it is still not clear what are the spec but just from pictures and leaked info it looks like much better device to upgrade then S3 and S3 mini. For me the most important is Amoloed screen. Must have.
[Galaxy S II General] amifiq:
Wow. Cool story!

I got an i9003. Do you?
[Galaxy S II General] digi_fort:
I too prefer Swype have been using it since i had this phone after my friend gave me a demo for it (i need a push sometimes). The only problem i have is for switching from Swype to others is i have to rebuild my native language library again from scratch :p I have both Swiftkey 3 and SlideIT purchased on the google fest but i don't use either because i personally think it's a tedious task to recreate the library again. That is all that holds me back if there is an app which allows me to share this i'll have no issues trying out new keyboards.
[Galaxy S II General] big_bum:
I only have an i9100 (Galaxy SII). It's my first Android phone. I've had only Nokia and Siemens for about 8-9 years and a Samsung in 2005. I was really dissapointed by Samsung and switched back to Siemens M55:D, but now I won't buy another phone if it isn't Samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] amifiq:
I read your post more than 5 times but still dont get it. What did make you diappointed by Samsung?

I got an i9003. Do you?
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Anyone thinking of selling their S2 for the Nexus 4?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
I am very temped but i don't want to loose my S2 too.
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Just had my S2 nearly 3 weeks. Seriously kinda tempted. How much do you reckon we can sell one for? 8.5/10 condition
[Galaxy S II General] Eclipse_Droid:
I'm tempted.... Think I'll have it on eBay pretty soon. They go for over 200 quid easily. 240 if it's in good condition ;)
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Nice! How much do you reckon secondhand Nexus 4's will be in a couple of weeks? At stones like CEX? Cause they offer you a higher price for the S2 and cash ;)
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
IDK because every phone have a different value in its country(dependent on its popularity)

If i find a good deal here for my 10 months old S2 i might get 18000 INR (250 euro)
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Yeah, around £200 same here :)

Thinking of selling my Desire S and Galaxy S2, get about £320ish quid hopefully. (£200 for S2, £120 for DS) and buy a Nexus 4 with £40 quid spare.

Is this a good plan or am i dreaming? :)
[Galaxy S II General] Eclipse_Droid:
Hard to say. I'm confused of what to do now. Part of me thinks I should hold off and hope/pray a 32gig version comes out in a month or 2.....
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Not to fussed about storage. I have a 32GB ipod touch for music, and a tablet with 24GB storage for my media, and I've only used half.

On my S2 my internal 16GB is practically empty apart from a few game data like gta, couple pics.

My 16GB sd card has like 8GB free. Should be enough for me. The question is, do i need it, or do i want it? :)

I needed the S2 over the DS for a larger screen and huge speed improvement.

What about the S2 to N4? :)

See my above post too please, is likely? :D
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Everything is better if you don't care about sdcard

Instant updates,screen,processor,development will be better,camera,etc
[Galaxy S II General] Eclipse_Droid:
That's exactly what I plan on doing. Great decision imo;)
[Galaxy S II General] ROG_ZX:
I'll sell my S2 and get the Nexus4. Original ROM (4.0.4) sucks and CM10 is sadly not usable as a daily driver. I like my S2 but the software...
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Where can i sell off both? :)
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
How much extra do you think you're gonna have to add?
[Galaxy S II General] Eclipse_Droid:
Ebay :D
[Galaxy S II General] ROG_ZX:
50-70€..

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] HANDSY:
Hi all, loads of chat about N4 and other new releases such as xperia t. However which phone is now most suited for rooting and custom rom support? For me being able to take the battery out of my S2 has helped me out of many soft brick situation's, but many phones now are sealed units. Interested in your thoughts and opinions.
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1736726

Anyone else reconsidering?
[Galaxy S II General] reddead66:
NFS MW working on our s2?:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] KidCarter93:
I'm gonna be downloading it later on. Hopefully it'll run smoothly like it does on the S3.

"My badboy megazord whip's got more features than iOS5"
[Galaxy S II General] cop3rth:
NFS MW works smoothly on our S2, i have and played it already :)
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
Yes out its working pretty nice
[Galaxy S II General] KidCarter93:
Can you do free roam mode like we could on the console version?
[Galaxy S II General] shaunnicho:
What's NFS MW?
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
Need for speed most wanted
[Galaxy S II General] KidCarter93:
Need For Speed : Most Wanted. Street racing game.
[Galaxy S II General] big_bum:
The Samsung phone I had then was a zhitty one. It was laggy and annoying. I wasnt talking about the S2.
[Galaxy S II General] cop3rth:
unfortunately there's no free roam :(
[Galaxy S II General] amifiq:
Oh.. haha.. I thought you say about s2.

I had a cheap nokia phone before. Used it for 2 years. Each time I search in contact list, it got lagged and after a long wait, it force close. One day, my dad gave me his Galaxy S and I never turn back.

When people say those kind of phone are lag-free and no bugs like androids, I know that they are totally wrong. :D

<3 android.

I got an i9003. Do you?
[Galaxy S II General] shaunnicho:
I'm on tapatalk and the clock is an hour fast. It's on British summertime and it should be a hour earlier now. Does anyone know how to fix it?
[Galaxy S II General] ArmorD:
Has Gokhan officially discontinued the development of Siyah now? I've been waiting for version 5 for a long time and would be so sad if he won't continue development anymore... :(

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[Galaxy S II General] nogo8888:
V5 was released few days ago and i had a copy of it, but when i checked their site it says "

Downloads: NOT RELEASED YET, STILL BEING TESTED"

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[Galaxy S II General] shaunnicho:
Is anyone else disappointed with the xda premium app? Its forever crashing and I can't remember the last update it had. Why oh why won't they implement a 'search in thread' button and a dark theme. I find myself using tapatalk all the time

Sent from my I9100 using the latest cm10 nightly
[Galaxy S II General] King_Rat:
Greetings all ^^

King_Rat = alias (it's almost my real name) :lol:

I'm Admin of small mobile ph forum :good:

Been modding (not a dev [of android anyhow]) mobile ph's since 2006/7

Claim to fame = only custom Moto Krzr K3 MP in existence :silly: <<<= will be on my tombstone in another 50 years :victory:

Running CM9 20121028 + FLUXI - just recently modded battery to CM7 Andy :)

Q: Is it just me or is GB still the best thing on S II?? I have a couple of nandroids for WIUI & CM7.2 both supercharged & nothing else (I've tried) comes close for smoothness...

I did try supercharging 7Comp ICS - everything ended up FC-ing all over the place...

PS - I think a may have ORD's!!
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Same! Stopped using XDA app after a while in favour of tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
OMG PSP emulator on android!

[YOUTUBE]HJJZvTmG5n4[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II General] Dumbodupon:
absolutely agree! I found 'search in thread button' something necessarry as I am always searching for answers in order to not repeat de same question...:silly:
[Galaxy S II General] shaunnicho:
Surely it wouldn't be too hard it implement search in thread... then we wouldnt have all the flaming that goes on. The amount of people that attack noobs for not searching is unbelievable. But the search function on the xda app is All but useless. Ands telling someone to use the browser for the search on thread is negating having the Mobile app at all. I keep hoping for an update that will solve this in the app
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Went to a Comet store, as its closing down, loads of clearance on S2 accessories.

Saw a Belkin high quality screen protector RRP 10pounds for a fiver.

Case mate for a fiver, RRP 20quid.

Tempted. Should i get it or wait for the price to fall more? :)
[Galaxy S II General] shaunnicho:
I think they'll only get cheaper as our phone gets older. I don't use a screen protector cos I can never get one on without bubbles lol
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Yeah haha, got a cheap one on mine i got from ebay, with a few spares, but there are bad quality.

Was interested in this high quality antismudge and anitglare type, but a fiver still seems a bit much for a plastic film :D

Will wait a little longer i guess
[Galaxy S II General] ArmorD:
Agreed. Big time!

I'll probably buy Tapatalk app too because xda app is really sucky. It rarely shows images(a big deal in android community), it crashes, it's slow and buggy in general...

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[Galaxy S II General] ArmorD:
Guys, tell me some of your fav Theme Chooser themes. I've been looking for a solid one for like 8 months but I just don't find a better theme than stock! Well actually I'm using 'ICS Fixer' theme which doesn't make any radical differences, but fixes some ugly textures.

Anyway, I'm off for sleeping. Couple shots of scotch at night makes me sleepy. Night :)

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[Galaxy S II General] King_Rat:
All the themes I've tried on CM9 aren't up to par :confused: they change very little.

CM7 themes are much better :good:

If you're a real theme junkie the ultimate has to be MIUI :angel:

Almost everything is changed & you can mix & match to tweak a theme just the way you like it :D

PS - I'm using JB theme on CM9 ^^ just to be different :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] widita:
My father's SIM card was also stopped working while trying to receive an incoming call on his SGS2 (which hanged up).

It was an old SIM card though, ~11 years old.

One of his question was: Did his GS2 broke the SIM card or was that just a coincidence? any idea?

BTW, I have got a really horrible experience with EFS problem, all of a sudden my IMEI was gone, tried so many things and nothing worked (I haven't backed up my EFS),

I eventually just pulled my battery and let my phone have a rest the whole night while I have my sleep also...

And voila the next morning it got its IMEI back, what a miracle..... and then the first thing I did was to backup my EFS folder
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
I'm using a cheap screen protector from ebay and got tired of smudges and finger prints. It's pretty decent for its price and can't complain much but As of now I ordered SGP STEINHEIL Ultra Oleophobic Screen protector for first time from Ebay for 13.95$
[Galaxy S II General] King_Rat:
Who's running JB 4.1.2 leak??

The lock screen got laggy after being fine for several hours :confused:

The calendar app is even uglier than the gray statusbar :mad:

But I think I'm in love :victory:
[Galaxy S II General] cop3rth:
im using JB 4.1.2 leak and have the lockscreen lag for a while

but after i remove some bloatware the problem seems to vanished, been 1 day without lockscreen lag after removing them

(samsung stuff, music/game hub, press news, etc :)

Cheers~
[Galaxy S II General] shaunnicho:
Yeah I'm running it... Sammy did a good job and I reckon it'll be even better when the official release comes.
[Galaxy S II General] ImSherlocked:
Do we have a CWM flashable for this JB leak?
[Galaxy S II General] X8invisible:
Nice s2's OT:D

Sent from my heart™ using a Shadow
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Do a search on that 4.1.2 leak thread as I have seen someone posting a link.
[Galaxy S II General] Gutslit:
even S5 got release i will not sell my s2.. lol now lets get down to the business
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
S2+ rumours are surfacing... S2 resurrected again for 2013 with JB!
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
S2+ is S2 with 4.1.2 JB XXLSJ leak installed. I'm already using this new phone from Samsung :D
[Galaxy S II General] jacmeister:
olyloh6696 S2+ rumours are surfacing... S2 resurrected again for 2013 with JB!

Where was that mentioned Oly ??
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Phonearena :)

Apparently hey might beef up the processor and increase the screen reunion, but the form factor will remain the same.
[Galaxy S II General] AayushDhuria:
Sammobile had this news too, it'll be released along with s4 at CES 2014
[Galaxy S II General] Eclipse_Droid:
2014:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
This JB update is taking so long to roll out.

I'm getting very itchy and tempted to root and install a custom JB ROM..

Is CM10 recommendable? Are there many bugs? Have they been fixed since the leak? (Files used from leak?)

Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] mhmoud2000:
Totally agreed with you
[Galaxy S II General] AayushDhuria:
2013, My bad.

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Oh duuude, still haven't tried CM10 or JB leak? I tried both, found CM10 to be smoother, no major bugs unless you want TV out n fm radio
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Wow really? No problems with RIL crashing or such? Could live with those 2 bugs...
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
I don't have ril crashes either...

Now the team is working on getting hwcomposer and gralloc from recently released Samsung sources to work
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Sweet! So Samsung has released the sources already? Or are these sources taken from the leak? Will the new fixes like the HW composer etc come directly in a nightly build, or without a full wipe?

I'm just wondering if it is worth me switching over to CM10 nightlies now, and I can keep my data when the Hw composer stuff is added etc.

Cheers
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Don't know yet because devs haven't said anything about it and also it seems to be W.I.P.

Here you can see several changes for SGS2 today : http://review.cyanogenmod.org/
[Galaxy S II General] Steria:
Can anyone help me with this issue I have with my S2 GT-i9100?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2025162
[Galaxy S II General] Jgjd691995:
What is samsung doing ?!?!?!?!? probably worshiping the s3 instead of the s2:(
[Galaxy S II General] ArmorD:
Never ask for eta! Oh wait :p

I'm also waiting for it but I'm waiting a custom dualbootable kernel to support the leak more than anything... Hopefully we'll see it soon

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[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
You'll get a custom kernel such as siyah,Dream etc which supports dual boot only when JB kernel sources is released by Samsung. For that to happen, the final JB f/w for S2 has to come out which will need another 2-3 months.

Also No offense to devs but CM10 on S2 is pointless because Project Butter is not working which is one of the main reasons to upgrade from ICS to JB. I can experience butter when I compare latest stable ICS 4.0.4 rom to leaked LSJ JB rom from Samsung. Rest of JB features is not used so much so rather have a custom sammy based rom such as NeatROM or Wanamlite etc.

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[Galaxy S II General] mckeowngoo:
Ok, hanging out, off topic thread.

I posted a dumb question thread on the SG2 Q&A forum.

Just wanted a bit of a laugh and banter with anyone who wanted to contribute.

Things were going alright, a few complimentary posts and good humorous replies.

Then someone saw fit to post that the dumb questions thread I posted should not have been posted in that forum and it should be moved to the off topic forum instead. This person was not a mod but saw fit to stick their nose in and give their opinion. I received a notification from a mod that the thread was indeed moved but for some unknown reason it was deleted instead.

My question is why has it come to this?

Are we not capable of a laugh and a bit of craic?

Why do people try to give it the big "I am", and post as if they're bloody mods, dictating who can post what and where, even though they're not mods or admins?

I was looking to have a laugh but has it come to this where people don't want to even post on this forum any more because of the tight posting restrictions imposed by a few members who think they can lay the law down. Yes, it may have been in the wrong thread but bloody hell, can we not have a bit of a laugh and point fun at ourselves?

For shame. :(

****Non of this is of any importance. Just chill the f**k out and relax****
[Galaxy S II General] *boy*racer*:
I remember having one of these when I was a lot youngerhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flashing-Santa-Mobile-Phone-Hat-3G-network-phones-/261129067863 . I now want another one but now it says only operates on 3g network. Does that mean you have to have mobile data on?

Or 3g as in sim service? :confused:

Sent from my Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Trying the new swiftkey flow Beta on my S2 and it's totally awesome :)

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[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Not really a fan of using third party keyboards, but I decided to install Jelly Bean 4.2 keyboard from the market, and I can say that it is fantastic, I love the gesture swiping, something I missed on HTC Sense on my Desire S. (Obviously I have swype on the stock ROM too, but it isn't very good to type with normally. I like to use a combination of both.)
[Galaxy S II General] drraptor:
Nothing beats Swype Beta (only if they add support for Urdu) :p
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
After trying swiftkey flow for couple of days, it surely ain't so good at prediction like swype but for a beta version, it's amazingly awesome.

The normal swiftkey is pretty good and flow has to match it's standards.

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[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Anyone using the jelly bean leak, does the default Samsung keyboard cone worth swype gestures built it?
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Yes!!

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[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
B/w I saw video of hands on the new HTC Butterfly and it looks badass :D

Seen the screen of OneX and felt it was better than the S3 so new HTC phone has a 5 inch screen and wish it was available here :D

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[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Anyone has any thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1? Going quite cheap here in the UK, will complement my S2 well, I think
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Why not Nexus 10?

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[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Price is my main factor. I'm looking for a 10" tablet under £200 and the Nexus 10 is £400...
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
You are paying extra since it's new and for that awesome screen (more pixels

Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is good device (Value for money) and only thing you might complain is proprietary charger and may be the screen if you have seen how Nexus 10 display compares to it.

In 10'' tablet category you have less good choices - Xoom2, Transformer series and may be ipad? (Ipad is 9.7'' though)

There are few more options from Acer, Toshiba but surely not same price as tab 2 10.1 and I wouldn't throw my money at them if I were you :)

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[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Thanks man. Yeah we already Java family iPad in the house, and I prefer Android anyway :p

Currently have a Galaxy Tab 7" original as my own t tablet, but would rather have a 10 incher.

Looked at a couple of other t tablets, but at my budget range, the Tab 2 looks to be my best option. Decent specs, official JB from Sammy with nature UX, and good dev support from CM etc,
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
I'm looking for a 7'' Android tablet (3G) with same budget as yours. Any suggestions?

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[Galaxy S II General] ChavitoArg:
There is no nexus 7 3g version?
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
There is a N7 32GB GSM variant available but over priced. Also I hate over hyped and under powered Nvidia Tegra 3 processor

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[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
I think the Nexus 7 3G is your best bet. Its an but higher than your budget however, but I think its the bet option.

The only other 3G tabs I can think of is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" which, however it is even more underpowered than the N7.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
I want to buy a 1tb external HDD

Confused between Seagate and WD

Also want a WiFi router

Which one do you all suggest(300m range and 300mbps transfer speed price in 60$)
[Galaxy S II General] nelsonoski1972:
Same here mate.

Got my Tab2 10.1 on 12/12/12 sale here in India for about $400.[Rs.24000]

I got it mainly for surfing internet,watching movies and for reading ebooks.

7 inches is really small for surfing internet and 10.1 hits the nail here.
[Galaxy S II General] AayushDhuria:
It was 19k on flipkart last time I checked.
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Thats Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 P3100(7 inch one) and he bought P5100 (10.1 inch one)
[Galaxy S II General] Volpones:
Hello guys,

other then talking about SGS2 ( which is the main subject here ), I rooted a TAB 2 7" for a friend and also installed CM build 5 on it >result > it's moving very fast on menu's and usual apps but on heavy games he got a lot of LAG ...

Just to be OT like others !

____________

______/Slim Bean 3.1

Dorimanx 7.29

XXLP6
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Is it CM9 /CM10 /CM 10.1? I'm guessing it's broken h/w composer which isn't using GPU while playing games or it could be the game itself?

I have had good luck with transcend external HDDs but among your options, I would suggest Seagate one. The new USB 3.0 1TB ones are freaking small and fit in your pocket :D Damn those old days

No idea about router though

Rather get TAB 2 any day over a N7. Tegra 3 Sucks and its overrated & overhyped.

I would have got a N7 if it didn't have Tegra 3 processor

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