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[Galaxy Tab S2 General] episode96:
It really is impressive. Looking forward for them to be released in the UK :)
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] ashyx:
Is kingroot working on these devices?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Edgrr000:
I've already tried all the one-click root methods, none work so far
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Edgrr000:
First full rundown, 8-inch LTE version, haven't gotten a new Sim so I just keep it on airplane mode with WiFi turned on.

Mainly did a lot of Web browsing

Some word document editing

2 episodes of Mr. Robot

Couple of YouTube videos.

Nothing heavy

Antutu score of 54143

Quite content with my purchase
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] clubtech:
Is the tablet stable for you? I purchased the exact same model and mine is crashing, freezing, rebooting constantly, without any apps installed. I am not sure if it's software or i got a lemon. I have the exact same model as you, SM-T715Y.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Edgrr000:
I've been using it for 3 days now without a single issue. You probably did get a lemon.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] juggamonkey:
Anyone up for porting tab s2 to s1??
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] shaushshaush:
Anyone knows how to create folders? Before you could hold down the icon and you have the option to create one, now that is no longer there. HELP *UPDATE* got it now
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jonlad1:
I'm close to buying the 9.7 version - anymore thoughts/findings on it? Battery life? Cheers!
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] crook80:
I hard the LTE version has an earpiece at the top whereas the WIFI version doesn't? Is this true and if so, might it be possible to rig it up to make more private calls than using speaker?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] clubtech:
It has an ear piece. You can make private calls.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] lu99ke:
The experience is rather different due to the change in ratio. Awesome for web browsing and working on (email excel word etc )... But not as good for watching video... If you use mainly for watching movies stay with the tab s... If you use for work a lot or for web browsing etc.... The move over :)
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] theoretically:
I switched from a tab s 8.4 to a tab s2 8.0 and don't regret it one bit. Although the specs on paper may not be much of an upgrade the tab s2 performs far better then my tab s 8.4
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] sw6lee:
What were you doing for 6 hours on??? Many reviews say you get about 6 hours screen on time with this device, but you still have 50!!! PERCENT Left! I don't have this device, but I'm considering it. Please let me know. Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] dutch_in_seattle:
I'm seeing the same thing. Sold my S2 8.4 on Craig's List and bought my S2 8.0 on Craig's List (effectively upgrading for $20). The S2 8.0 is performing way more smoothly than my S 8.4. And that's without any optimizations, such as disabling unnecessary applications and packages (using Package Disabler Pro). This is a great tablet!

--Ron
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] icemaker1982:
I just bought this tablet and I am really disappointed by the screen.

Do people actually like flashy and unatural colors ?

Even in 'Basic' mode the colors are oversaturated.

Now when it gets to shadow levels / black levels it is catastrophic.

Ok black are deep... but so deep that they are crushed. Watching a film with a lot of shadows is not a good experience. There is absolutely no details (Tested with serveral really high bit rate encoded 1080p video to be sure the problem is not the encoding).

I've done the lagom.nl black levels test on the tablet (not allowed to post the link to the image).

Everything under square 11 cannot be distinguished.

Oh and Netflix HD is not compatible with the tablet. You are limited to 480p.

-> returning it to Amazon tomorrow.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Rhala:
While saturation and colors may be something one likes and the other not, I agree on the Netflix HD point. It's actually really sad that newer tablets won't support this and it's a way bigger thing when your screen has already that high resolution... Don't think that other than buying a tab s from last year or a Google tablet which won't have expandable storage you will have any alternatives left in android, so settle for an apple device if you care about that Netflix, because it seems like Netflix doesn't really care that much about their mobile customers

Gesendet von meinem SM-T810 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] lu99ke:
I agree.... Watching movies is horrible.... I stay with my nexus 7 for that...much better experience. I think that Samsung changed the core function if the tablet when they changed the ratio... More geared toward working / reading / web consumption than video....that's why they have calibrated the screen more for these activities than watching video..
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Depressed T.Bear:
Well I'm using my S2 mainly for reading stuff for the University, watching movies on maxdome in full HD and surfing in the Web.

It's just perfect for me. I can read for hours without hurting my eyes and watching movies is really great in my opinion! I like the deep black and the vivid colors very much.

The problem with Netflix is nothing to blame the S2 for... I mean other services like maxdome and Amazone prime instant video can stream with full HD :)

Conclusion: For my needs, simply perfect! The only pain in the a#@&#*$ is the damned eFuse-Chip...
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Rm4n:
Hello.

I got my Tab S2 8' yesterday. I like it but I have two problems:

1. I am not getting the 5.1.2 update (model is T710)

2. The screen has some sort of ghosting when using apps with AMOLED mode like Reddit Sync. Unfortunately my HTC phone fails to capture it as clear as I can see it. For example, in the third video when I press the 3 dots to get the subreddit options, the whole are turns blue-purple'ish before becoming gray. Basically, when something with a quick animation appears over a previously black portion of the screen, the whole thing is purple than it gets to the original color. Same thing happens when the colored area dissapears: it leaves a purple "trail".

I'm sorry if I wasn't very clear with my explanations but I'd love it if someone could test and see if they get similar results. I never owned an AMOLED device before and I'm not sure if this is a characteristic of the device or a hardware failure. I'd also like to add that the effect gets less and less obvious if I increase the brightness.

Video #1; Video #2; Video #3
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] nrage23:
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There is no 5.1.2 update. The next update after 5.1.1 will be 6.0 or 6.0.1 at some point. Having used several Samsung tablets the update may be a long time coming. They do not update very fast.

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-T710

Your AMOLED issue may be the app. I have not used that app but I use several apps in black or dark mode and have seen no ghosting. Try something else with all black settings and see if it is still ghosting.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Rm4n:
I'm still on 5.0.2 and my tablet says it's software is up to date. EDIT: Looks like the update isn't available for my region yet. Sorry about that.

I've tried several Reddit apps that have AMOLED specific features (Slide for Reddit, Reddit is Fun, Flow for Reddit etc.). The purple "trail" happens in all of them, even when auto-rotating.

Have you checked the videos I've posted? I know they aren't very good at showing my issue but they're better than just words.

Thank you for the reply! :) I just don't want to end up with a defective device.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] xc rider:
Personally I love my s2. This is a personal opinion of course. I love the screen size. Its super fast and just overall perfect for me.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] gusoldier:
I do see the ghosting, but I also see that on my HTC M8 phone, maybe it's more noticable on the amoled? But I think all screens have that.

I don't see a purple trail.

I think using an amoled screen and a lcd screen together really plays with your eyes. As you maybe already read my post earlier in this thread, I was also negative about the screen (the color changing when tilting the device). But I guess the screen technologies are so different, that it's a love it or hate it, and it's about what you are used to more.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Rm4n:
Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. I suppose the ghosting isn't that much of a problem but the purple trail is a bit worrying.

I did read your opinion. Yes I have a Desire 820 and the difference is huge.

I am 90% certain I will keep the tablet. The purple trail isn't as obvious today. Maybe I'm getting used to it.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Rm4n:
http://www.thetechstorm.com/2013/05/purple-smearing-issue-found-on-samsung-galaxy-s4-display/ This is what I'm experiencing

And the effect is present while playing this video. Low brightness is requiered.

http://www.shutterstock.com/video/c...utm_campaign=VigLink&utm_source=27795&irgwc=1
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] le0.br4zuc4:
I came to this tablet from the tab S. I'm very happy with it. It is considerably faster, I love this screen size and ratio so in my eyes, it was a great upgrade
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] T_I:
The main reason for me to buy the Tab S2 was the unavailability of the S. The main interest for the S was because there is Cyanogenmod development for the S. [MENTION=6584695]CTXz[/MENTION] and I are solving this S2 drawback.

After having had a company i9100 with cm and having to depend on stock images for my private phone and tablet, I decided to have cm support as main criteria for the next, even if I have to develop myself. With this in mind, the S2 is a lot of fun. [emoji1] [emoji373] [emoji375] [emoji374]
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] T_I:
Dupe (Tapatalk going haywire)
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Rm4n:
That was part of my decission as well. I am really happy you guys are developing it because having alternatives is awesome. I will stay away from custom roms for a while because I need my warranty. But as soon as the warranty period will be over, I'll go full CM.

As for the overall experience, I'm liking the tablet a lot. My previous tablet was an iPad mini and the only thing I'm missing is Alien Blue. I'm glad that the issues I had with the screen aren't necessarly hardware issues.

The official Samsung cover is awesome. I can recommend it 100%.

As for the movie watching part, I don't think people should say it's that bad. The iPad mini has the same display ratio and the black lines are a lot more obvious, yet they didn't use to bother me either. I am a bit scared about how "sensible" the whole AMOLED technology is with screen burn in and stuff like that.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] CTXz:
[MENTION=4557146]T_I[/MENTION] mind the spam. Your app is going crazy I guess.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] T_I:
I think I'll quit using tapatalk for replies, not the first time it messed up. Sorry for the spam.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] lu99ke:
Yeah I dumped Tapatalk a while ago... Just use xda premium 4 now ..
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] mparmpas122321:
Has anyone tried the silent gesture on the Wifi model? I cant get it to work. Although screenshot gesture works as supposed.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] ElCid43:
Well, I ended up getting a 9.7 and I love it! Just two things though.

First, there seems to be a bit of a slight bluish tint if I angle the tablet back slightly, not anything horrible but it's noticeable. Any thoughts?

Second, do you think I would be ok without a screen protector? I usually get them but might not with this one if you think I will be ok. It just sits on my nightstand when I am not reading comics.

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] workdowg:
Thanks, I hadn't noticed that. Now I can't unsee it...

All my tablets have been naked. I don't really see the point unless you are letting little children use it unsupervised.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] ksr007:
Battery life on OK5 firmware is amazing. And it can charging faster than OJ4. On OJ4 i needed 5 hours to fully charged but on OK5 i need only 3 hours.

Gửi từ SM-T815Y của tôi bằng cách sử dụng Tapatalk
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] argrr101:
I just got the 8 inch and I noticed the same problem with the screen...it'seems driving me crazy!
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] gabrymr:
Got 9.7" the tinge doesn't bother me and I don't see much of it unless at certain angle, maybe I just got used to similar thing on my note4
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] c_ardina_l:
Nobody here would have the order of the tab s2 updates so far would they?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] cap-shoot:
I paid less than 300 dollars for t810 9.7 bundled with cover. Happy camper. My first tablet.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] wingg:
Few days ago I went to local store to see t715 and have noticed that demo unit had a fatal issue for me->> on screen there where visible "ghost" shapes of burned icons which were on main home screen, mostly wisiały when I've used browser with empty page or went into settings....

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[Galaxy Tab S2 General] laureanop:
I've seen this. I think it has to do with the retail mode. It didn't give me the impression that it was amoled screen burn in
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] malimal:
Fingerprint reader is horrible for me. Almost to the point it not worth using.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] TheDKGunner:
For me it's perfect... Way better than on my s6 ?

Sendt fra min SM-G920F med Tapatalk
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] jazzmachine:
Interesting, it works pretty well IMO. No comparison to my Note 4! Despite that, I've been put off from using it much because one time when I really needed my Tab I couldn't get a read and had forgotten my backup password (since I hadn't had a failed print unlock in a long time...) Had to restore a nandroid :(
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] TheDKGunner:
Different build maybe? I'm on latest Canadian 5.1.1... ?

Sendt fra min SM-G920F med Tapatalk
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] baronmax:
Do you guys think they will upgrade the S2 to Marshmallow? That's basically what's keeping me from buying one at this point...well, that and my indecision between that and the Nexus 9.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] nolook:
yes it's supposed to get it I think by March...I upgraded from n9 and much prefer the s2. the better screen and more ram are my fav features...
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] laureanop:
If you're a Chrome browser user the N9 is a nightmare. If you're not then it's just an awful tablet. Never again buying a device with a Tegra chipset
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] baronmax:
I ended up getting the N9 (found it on sale for $250 for the 32gb version) and I immediately put PureNexus and ElementalX on it and it's running like a dream, no issues with Chrome, at all.

I wish I could "build my own" tablet...snapdragon 810 or 820 processor, NVidia GPU, Super AMOLED screen, 64gb of memory with SD slot, 4GB RAM, 9.7" screen, 10000mah battery, stock android with easy updates and build images released like the Nexus series, front-facing speakers, 2560x1800 4:3 resolution, USB-C with quick-charge, matte screen, made of aluminum. Why can't someone make THAT?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] joemar66:
On T815

Someone can confirm if this is the proximity sensor? There are the functions...but about proximity sensor.....desert...Or I'm not able to do something? Regars
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] ivanox1972:
t715 has, screen switches of on phone call (as on any normal phone)...
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] joemar66:
I already installed the app " proximity sensor" from the store. Any sensor found.....
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] mac231us:
Proximity sensor exists and works on t715
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] ivanox1972:
Yes. Same here..
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] micu999:
Hi guys, finally i took 9.7 and from my POV of previous S1 10.5 user, this 4:3 aspect ratio isnt bothering me like i thought before. One thing that i concern is battery life, i already tweak the settings, disable unused apps and install greenify (donation package) to disable certain system apps that mostly draining the battery but i still got less than 5-ish hours of SOT. Well, im just playing with this tab for less than 24 hours anyway, any thoughts?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] ivanox1972:
About proximity sensor, exact info is on GSM arena spec sheet: 8.0 has 9.7 not...
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] joemar66:
Thanks Ivano....already know it....

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=9096&view=1&c=samsung_sm-t815y_galaxy_tab_s2_9.7_td-lte
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] lelemcmxc:
I bought the 8 inch version this week and I got this by my first charge:

wifi: always on

brightness: 15%

power saving: off

Bear in mind that I forgot to disable the location and turn off phone function from 100% to 80% of the residual charge and I initially downloaded all my apps after the startup.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] chong67:
The sound on the S2 sound so terrible and super tiny compare to my first gen Tab S. What is Samsung doing?
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] MegaMaciej:
Imo S. is doing selling bluetooth speakers. Since I have my JBL I do not know how could I live without external speaker.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] hasenbein1966:
The speakers are not the greatest ones, that's right; but you can root the tablet and install Viper4Android.

Then you can boost the volume a good deal and customize the sound, and then sound is fairly decent!
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] ivanox1972:
If rumors confirm in reality, tab s3 will be smallest upgrade in history: all same and mid range snapdragon 652 CPU (is it faster than a little old but premium Samsung Exynos 5433?)...
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] barth2:
I hadn't the S1 and I think the speakers are already lousy and tinny.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] DroidBois:
Loving it... had to upgrade after I encountered that dreaded screen flicker and crash issue on the S1 so Samsung replaced it with the S2 8 inch for me. Seems fine. Apparently there's some whining about the 8inch Pentile screen but I notice no 'artefacting'. I use this for photographic work so the Adobe RGB capable AMOLED Samsung screens are a must for me. I really prefer AMOLED. I don't notice any of this burn in issues like someone went hysterical about in the first few posts of this thread. OMG.

Does anyone know the true screen specs? I.e. colour bit depth and colour gamut. From what I understand it should be what 24 bit colour or something, with wide colour gamut support on the 'Photo' screen setting? I'm trying to work out what I can do with Lightroom Mobile on this.

Only downside is I notice Clash of Clans is blocky when zoomed out on this. Supercell with their billion dollar revenue stream ignored my report on this. Strange for such a profitable company as Supercell. Anyway....

Generally happy with it.

I won't be going to Apple in a hurry, if anything just for this screen and that Apple's attitude still annoys me.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] DroidBois:
Thanks!!! I'll give this a shot....

So does anyone know the colour bit-depth of this screen? I'm enjoying using Adobe Lightroom Mobile on this... It's the only photographic quality screen around as far as I know...
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] adithya2306:
Ordered th T815 online from amazon.in 2 days ago & Just received the tab today; and the 1st thing I did before installing any other software/tweaking system settings too much, is that I straight away installed Antutu benchmark & 3d bench, ran it & got a score of 55k (beat my heavily-tweaked OnePlus One which had a score of 53k, avg. score of 47k), which was pretty impressive. After that I updated the tab to the latest version official MM, rooted it, installed L Speed app & tweaked, installed Greenify & killed those useless background processes & ran the benchmark again. This time, to my surprise, the score went up to 58k (yay!). Now my tab's in the 28th position.

I am pretty satisfied with this tab for this price range, with pretty decent features (especially 4g & voice calling), without any bottlenecks (most other tabs in this price range has some or the other weaknesses, but IMO this doesn't) :)
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Masteryates:
I'm now coming up to 2 months with my T715 and I'm also loving it. Its not the fastest piece of kit but the weight makes it a pleasure to use. I'm probably one of the few people who like Samsung's decision to go with an older SoC and small battery to reduce the weight. :angel:
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] myeepad:
Care to share what background processes you killed with Greenify? I want to have a faster Tab too.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Torrentula81:
Got 66528. I did remove a lot of preinstalled stuff with rom toolbox. About 190 items. Nothing changed beyond that.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] NikolaiRG:
Successfully bought, twrp-ed, rooted, backuped, bricked, restored, updated, re-twrp-ed, re-rooted and finally, re-routed OSMand and IGO map paths :)
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Khaled Tarawneh:
Where can i get it
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Masteryates:
I'm with you on the whole Kit Kat thing. Lollipop was crap from start to finish. Battery life wasn't great on KK but it was super stable and fast. In many ways I prefer KK to M and N. If there was a device that had KK, doze and security fixes I'd be all over it. :cool:
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Extreemator:
if you want to go oldfaг why not do it like a healthy person. honeycomb. that the only version that was good for tablets, and google still didn't reach that level, maybe in 5-7 years:cyclops:
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Masteryates:
My Android life started with ICS Extreemator. :crying:

You are right, it will be the middle of the next decade when they make Android good on Tablets. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] crook80:
This is interesting, would love to potentially use this as my primary phone if the top speaker does act like a phone earpiece. I suppose the phone app would need to be installed or somehow sideloaded if not there by default. I heard the T715 version for the US would probably not come with the phone earpiece which might only leave the international version which unfortunately doesn't have all the T-Mobile bands so not sure how it will perform.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] UpInTheAir:
Same difference between T700 WIFI and T705 LTD devices. ... so nothing really changed there
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] clubtech:
Another difference is that the LTE version has a vibration motor. WiFi only does not.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Tubgirl:
I most definitely will get the Tab S2 LTe version and also the Book Cover... does anyone know if the Tab S2 has a sensor that will turn on/off the screen when you open/close the Book Cover?

EDIT: Found the answer... it does turn the screen on/off when using the Book Cover...

https://youtu.be/sXaNBRNDhJw?t=250

Brgds...
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] barth2:
I heard the S2 uses a pentile screen. That's a real turn off for me.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] clubtech:
According to Google, so did the S1 models...

Screen looks great to me
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Tinderbox (UK):
The S1 8.4" uses Diamond PenTile, the S1 10.5" uses RGB S-Stripe.

http://anandtech.com/show/8197/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-review-105-84inch

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] ivanox1972:
I had both t700 and now t800. Bigger screen is really better_ colors are more real, viewing angles are better.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Tinderbox (UK):
The 8.4" pentile display was supposedly more energy efficient than the 10.5" RGB version, all of this could explain the reason for pentile being used on the S2 having a smaller battery they need to save power any way the can.

John.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] suzook:
i hate pentile....BUT....its completely unnoticeable on the 9.7....side by side next to my 10.5 no diff at all.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Tinderbox (UK):
Well as Apple worked out with retina, once the dpi is a certain level you cannot see the pixels anyway, I found an calculator you can make any display retina it just depends how far away it is from your eye`s

http://isthisretina.com/

john.
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] Tubgirl:
Ugh... are the speakers really as bad as this review suggests?

("...they couldn't be worse")

http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-tab-s2-initial-impressions-632447/
[Galaxy Tab S2 General] episode96:
I personally take hands-on and so-called reviews from the likes of AndroidAuthority with a huge grain of salt.