yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
I agree it is an important issue.

We know there is a shortage of the Exynos chips, hence why the Tegra 2 has been called in.

There's still a lot of speculation on this (see my reply to GamerOfFreedom below).

I agree there is a shortage of the Exynos chip (as mentioned above) but it's still not confirmed if the US & UK will be receiving said chip.

Here's a short message from GizzmoCrunch where we see a conflicting answer. Here Engadget are stating that they have "confirmed" with their own source that due to supply limitations, the Samsung Galaxy S2 will release with Tegra 2 chips.

If that means the US & UK will be the only one's receiving the Exynos it would certainly explain a lot.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erahk64:
The Tegra 2 version has model number GT-I9103 according to Anandtech.com but

Sweden gets GT-I9100 according to Samsung customer support in Sweden.

So that info seems to be wrong.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayrokid:
I can't exactly remember where I read it...but there is speculation that iPhone 5 might be using Exynos :S.....may be that's why samsung is holding on to as much of their own processor as possible.....seems like a BAD move.....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoopstah:
Price has gone up again at Handtec, now £599 for the 16GB model.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
That's more in line with the current pricing.

However, I would be very and I emphasize very cautious if 'pre-ordering' from Handtec.

They are known for debiting your credit card immediately, regardless as to when they expect stock.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sub69:
Well, after my order was "In Security Check" for a week, Unlocked Mobiles have taken the cash from me now.

I'm not sure that I should believe the 11th March date that they are showing on their site, but we'll see in a week.

At least I got my pre-order in early, when the price was still £514.98. Now that they've taken payment, they're obliged to deliver at that price, and I feel like I got a bit of a bargain...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoopstah:
'fraid not.

http://www.unlocked-mobiles.com/terms-conditions-i-5.html

Standard 'boilerplate' legal language that almost all UK online sites now have to ensure a get-out for exactly such cases as these. They still might honour the original price voluntarily though.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Which is why I use (and have done so for the past 20yrs) Clove Tech.

A 'Pre-Order' is simply that.

You give your card details, they take your pre-order and when stock comes in they notify you if you still want to go ahead with the purchase.

If not the transaction is simply cancelled and no monies have been exchanged..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sub69:
I wouldn't waste my time reading that. They can write quite literally anything they like into their standard contracts, but when it directly contradicts contract law, it's worthless.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoopstah:
Feel free not to read it, but you've agreed to it, and in many cases (including this one) it's sadly absolutely legal:

http://www.out-law.com/page-424

As I said, virtually every online retailer has text like that on their site -- the days of getting a £500 gadget for £5.00 due to a misprice are long gone due to terms like these, and the same thing means that the mere act of taking your money in no way compels this company to sell you the phone for that price. (Obviously they need to provide a full refund should they choose not to!)

This is an extremely well-explored area of contract law that comes up on a pretty much weekly basis on sites like moneysavingexpert and hotukdeals, and the view that you held is shared by a lot of people, but has no legal grounding when the time the contract is formed is clearly stated as not being when the money is taken.

Interestingly, the terms and conditions only appear to cover web purchases, which means if you phoned them up and they had accepted your order, they may have had to supply it at the original price. And of course, they still may choose to supply it for the original price anyway. Just don't waste your money on lawyers if they decide not to.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asad510:
Pre-order

even if you pre-order the funds are "locked" away. Doesnt matter your bank with either hold the funds or pay the retailer - you do not have access to your money

http://www.3rdpartyprocessors.com/creditcardpreauthorization.shtml

so not much difference if you order from any company that accepts pre-orders
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sub69:
@snoopstah: Excellent link, thanks for that.

A further interesting point: You are not directed to (or required to agree to) any Terms and Conditions during the checkout process at Unlocked Mobiles.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaX:
I've talked to Samsung Nordic, and they said that they expected the phone to be released in may.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajftl:
lol guess they loco !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverwolf0:
You know why there isn't a set date for release? Because Samsung is waiting for the iPhone 5 spec leaks so they won't be left behind again. :D

http://phandroid.com/2011/03/04/samsung-to-rethink-the-galaxy-tab-10-1s-cost-due-to-ipad-launch/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
In a way I can understand the argument of the i-Pad v Galaxy Tab 10.1".

Yet again we see Samsung trying to make their Tablet look the same as the i-Pad even to the extent in leaving out an external MicroSD card slot.

I don't know what they were thinking when they chose to do that.... I mean to say ~ 1080p recording and with no additional memory... it makes no sense!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parker22:
clove.co.uk... they increased the price:( now it`s £590.00 what`s going on there?!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
590 for the 32gb version.... thats the same price for the last few days...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parker22:
ooops, sorry. that`s correct...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
As Virussnake correctly points out, this has been their price for a week... I placed my pre-order last Monday and it was £590 +VAT.

I just love it when someone beats me to it. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Just noticed your correction..... :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mick71:
Oh snap, just read the the sgs2 will be available here in italy in june.

Disappointed, very disappointed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netnerd:
wtf! on samsung website, it listed the phone as 850/900/1900/2100 HSPA+

but on clove.co.uk, it listed as dual band 900/2100 hspa+ ??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bufodill:
Let's just hope that's only valid for the nordic market, and that we can get it quicker from other markets.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
The Clove site I'm looking at show it with frequencies 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

Their Blog shows GSM 850/900/1800/1900

HSPA+ 21 850/900/1900/2100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tennis11:
What are the benefits of the two chips that it might have? I heard Tehran is good for gaming and Exynos is faster overall?

Never live in the past but always learn from it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lhrrob:
Handtec changed the price from 575 to 599...

What a mess with this device. By April it will be 699 :mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netnerd:
all GSM phones have EDGE/GSM 850/900/1900/2100

but on thieir website it only shows 3G/HSPA 900/2100 only (on samsung website, it shows 3G/HSPA 850/900/1900/2100)
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] bramgg:
I was wondering if someone would be able to create an app for the popular program Spotnet. This is a Dutch usenet-reader which is an alternative for FTD Usenet Threads. This is the only thing that's missing that i can't check on my HD2 running Android. This would be my Alltime favorite app for mobile time wasting ;) ! I really hope somebody with the coding skills could help me out on this one, and I'm sure there are a lot of people who agree with me on this. Thanks in advance!:D
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Drazix:
If you add this Google Feed ( http://groups.google.com/group/free.pt/feed/rss_v2_0_topics.xml?num=50 )to your RSS reader, you almost have a mobile client ;)
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] bramgg:
thnx! only I wish it could be more like an app with a 'catalog' style like FTD or Spot-Net. Still hoping ;)
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Braakie:
Here is the source of OpenFTD, http://www.openftd.org/site/
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdb78:
Hi there,

the cover for the USB port of my HTC Dream /T-Mobile G1 became loose. The little plastic cable that holds it to the phone ripped but I still had it - I planned to glue the cover back to that plastic cable thing.

Unfortunately I lost that cover now. I was searching the web (including ebay) for replacement but even if I bought a complete housing they'd come without that little plastic cable holding the USB cover.

Does anybody know where to get replacement? By the way I would like to know where to get good (high quality) tools for opening the housing without breaking it.

I appreciate your help.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhkr234:
You would probably have to buy a broken phone and hope that the cover is still intact. While I managed to maintain that cover on mine, I did find it highly frustrating. Many people actually PREFERRED to rip it off. I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to replace it, since that cover really is quite redundant. You won't hurt anything by not having it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdb78:
Yes, you're right somehow, it is redundant. It looks a little ugly, though. Maybe someone can still point a way to that cover :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r4d14n7:
2 bricked G1's for sale on ebay for parts:

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-BRICKED-G1-PH...652?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20b72aa884
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdb78:
Thank's for the ebay link. I am already bidding on some broken phones on ebay.de. though. I though was hoping to find that cover as a sparepart somewhere.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhyolite24:
Try topicovers.com if you are still having problems. I bought some and now is a big fan of them. Good luck!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
You can refer to my answers over on MoDaCo ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Wow, you have made quite a novel here :D

Half of your questions are answered TBH in the forums, so you should serach next time.

Okay :P

1.Which ext do you need? It will be 3 or 4, but every ROM thread specifies what do you need for it.

2. Of course you need all ext partitions on the SD Card. Again, there are ROM threads which specifies the size of the partitions. But usually look slike this:

* A2SD - Fat + Ext3/4, 0.5-1.5GB recommended.

* D2WE - Fat + Ext3/4, 1-1.5GB recommended.

* D2EXT - Fat + Ext4 + Ext4 + Swap (fat+1GB+0.3GB+0.1GB)

Can differ tough.

3.About the Kernels.

Tou can mix, but AOSP ROM with AOSP Kernel, Sense with Sense kernel. It is a chance that it will work otherwise, but will be buggy or phone won't boot.

4.If the ROM has new RIL (Radio interface layer) preinstalled, it is recommended to use a newer radios. Altough 5.11 version should work on every ROM.

5. No it is not.

6. No problems should be - just do a full wipe (factory reset, wipe data, cache & dalvik).

7. Yeah, that is the latest version I know of.

Hope youll find the answers good enough :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maverick7777:
Thanks guys,

Just a bit confusing I would post to the author of the rom but at present haven't got enough posts.

Just a further quick questions, what do they mean by swap? and also there are 3 files to download xj, au, and dev, why 3 files and which is the best.

thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
XJ, AU and DEV are 3 different builds by different authors so you'd need to check them all out

Here's a link to the MIUI-Dev website that you might wanna look at. It's quite quiet but obviously all MIUI

http://www.miui-dev.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?16-HTC-Desire-GSM
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maverick7777:
So EddyOS, I read somewhere on the modaco forum that you had miui installed at one point, if you had to put one on again which one would you use along with radio and kernel?.

I can see that you have loads of experience and i'll go with your recommendation I appreciate that it is a preference thing i mainly want something quickish, stable and cool looking (xj, au or dev?).

I like the miui because they look like an iphone but have an android feel so to speak so best of both worlds, im no iphone hater but it is over rated but icons look cool.

thanks

mav
[Nook Color General] acme2ajax:
Hi,

Just went thru the following thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=959461

It has a dual boot on the emmc...

Is it possible to have a dual boot on sd card.

i.e. stock rom on emmc and Nookie froyo + Honeycomb dual boot from sd card.

Just a thought......
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanctus Peregrinus:
I'm recently rooted with the paid version of rom manager but I can't get the rom list to update. Does anyone know if the Captivete version is still being supported?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sixstringsg:
Very few (if any) roms use rom manager at the moment due to differing cwm recoveries.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mengbo:
+1 for cappy you cannot find roms through the rom update in the rom manager. very limited.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanctus Peregrinus:
So do we just hunt and peck thru the dev forum or is there a different repository?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mengbo:
each dev team has the different way to handle its rom, some have their own websites, others may upload the rom into some public sharing servers.

you have to go to the dev threads to search for what you want.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sixstringsg:
In the dev forum search for [ROM] and most of them will all be there.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
So, as a developer, you have to upload your rom to the CWM repository, or add a link to the cwm repository to the rom?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
That is the just but with the captivate, because our roms use custom recoveries and lag fixes, putting roms onto tom manager is not a viable option
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanctus Peregrinus:
O.K. I really want to understand this. I thought rom manager and clockwork mod recovery were two different functions built into one piece of software. Why is rom management dependent on the specific recovery method you use?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Rom manager is for the most part a user interface for clock work recovery. To be honest I have stopped using rom manager all together. I just keep the update.zip for clockwork recovery on my sd.

Most if not all roms are now using custom recoveries that understand ext 4 which standard clockwork does not. So if you are on a custom rom, rom manager no longer communicates with the recovery on the rom and is itself for the most part useless

Other phones do not require the lag fix that sgs phones do. We use the lag fix to change the filing from rfs (laggy) to ext 4 (smooth). Rom manager/clockwork recovery do not account for our particular devices. so because of the special circumstances of samsung's decision to use rfs filing, we use custom recovery and lag fixes, which makes our roms not compatible with rom manager

I think.... ;p
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChokeD:
Well, thank you. This was a nice little informative post on the pros/cons of Rom Manager. I was one of the people that (as a noob) bought this app right off jump assuming by the description that I could actually recover with a backup created with it. Assuming that it made a (ROM) when in fact it does not. I however am also one of the unfortunate that have a JH7 1006-1012 that can't just recover like most. Mine is the dreaded 3 button and follow this long tutorial and download 8 sets of files, use odin ( a specific version) and if I'm lucky, (which I was) I could get back to stock. I have since put behind me the thought of STAYING on stock and am now getting flash happy (like it's crack or something :) I just can't wait till I run across that happy norm that makes me feel like I need to stay put for a while because of comfort, speed and agility.

+1 thanks to you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Purchased pro as well for the same reason.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanctus Peregrinus:
So the "backup" I created with "rom manager" will not restore me to my virgin settings, except for being rooted of course? Is that backup good for anything?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
If you flash stock but want to restore your settings and apps, or if you play around on stock and mess something up then restore is useful. If you are on a 2.2 rom and try to restore your stock backup you will run into issues, you could disable lag fix, flash stock kernel and modem then restore, but flashing stock is much easier
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanctus Peregrinus:
Thanks mcord. I see you helping us noobs all over the Q&A section so cheers to you! And a press on your thanks button. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JSS28:
mcord, I have a Canadian Version of the Captivate i896. I am running stock 2.2 Froyo and wanted to flash a ROM but had some questions so I am being careful. I also thought that ClockworkMod would allow me to Backup my current ROM and Restore it if required. Are you saying that this does not work with Froyo?

1. Since no one has created a stock i896 ROM that does not have the AT&T logo how can I backup my Stock ROM?

2. If I flash a custom recovery load a ROM and then want to Load back Stock Froyo from Rogers (Here in Canada) can I do this simply by using any i896 Eclair ROM? Will Kies be ok with a custom recovery?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Burstaholic:
I bought ROM Manager too, and then found out I didn't need it to either back up or to flash. Kind of a waste, but oh well.

Flashing straight with CWM and backup/restore with TiBu works great.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] EVOIXGSR:
I'm looking for a free, easy to use music player that will let me create a playlist by selecting the contents of an entire folder. Any suggestions?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] madnav:
not sure about that, but about creating playlists easily...

Install winamp (both phone and pc)

1.move your music on pc if not there already

2.create playlist on pc with content on pc

3.Enable sync and include playlists to sync.

Profit!

winamp and system music player share same playlists.

I use winamp for managing music and Samsung music app for playing music on phone.

Much easier and you dont have to worry about crating playlists after every ROM change. It inly creates playlists on 1st sync after ROM change since all the music is already stored as per winamp's method on your phone :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r4d14n7:
I've tried all kinds of combinations of ROMs on my T-Mobile G1 using 2708+ radios and kernels and can't find anything that goes longer than about 8 hours idling in my pocket. I just want to downgrade from 2708+ radio/0013d SPL back to 23.02 radio with Danger SPL so I can have my 36 hour battery life back. I've searched for a way to do this safely and can't really find many details.

Can I just fastboot flash the 23.02 radio, then the DangerSPL? Or should I flash the orange-1.58.73.2.nbh? Which radio and SPL versions does this include?

I used to be a pro at all this flashing stuff but I've been out of the game for several months. Thanks for any help you guys can give me.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhkr234:
Are you sure that its the ROMs? Because ezgingerbread lasts for a VERY long time on mine, or the tmobile magic 32B rom (also packaged by ezterry).

Are you still using the original battery? If you are, you are certainly experiencing reduced life on it by now -- they only last so long. If you inspect it, a dead giveaway would be having any amount of BULGE to the battery. This would indicate that it is definitely shot. Check amazon, you can get TWO 1400 mAh (stock physically, larger capacity) batteries for $5.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elltg:
Maybe you are having the battery drain? I found it on the two 2708 kernels i originally saw.

After you use the usb port for anything reboot. I found that fixed my issue as i only really use it to charge. I like the setup i have now too much for it to be need to be fixed.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elltg:
From driodbasement about the 2708 kernel:

"Known Issues:

-At sleep, you may not get all the way down to 122, although this is what has been specified. This is being investigated.

-For builds lower then Froyo (i.e. Eclair), when USB is plugged in, vold will SIGSEV.

-After unplugging from USB, please reboot to prevent excessive battery drain."

Found droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=1563

Hope that helps.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r4d14n7:
Thanks for all the detailed replies. I love this site. Had a couple kids recently so I don't have the kind of time to troll these forums like I once used to.

Thank you very much. This is exactly what I was planning on doing but needed a little reassurance since I've been out of the game.

Well, here's the full deal. I love running Froyo, and it's super fast to begin with but always slows way down after about a week. Even after clearing all caches. The only thing that will speed it up again is wiping everything. I really hate doing this every single week so I figured maybe I'll go back down to donut since the speed never diminishes for me. Also, I'm getting the "Cell Standby" battery drain with every rom. Even if I reboot, toggle airplane mode on and off, keep data on or off, etc. Just been a frustrating time switching between roms and having everything turn to crap. Yes, I still have the original battery and it is not bulged. I'm sure it's not performing like it used to, but for it to change from 24 hours moderate use to 8 hours zero use instantly doesn't sound like a toasted battery.

I'd like to try your setup before I downgrade. What rom/radio/spl/kernel are you running?

Definitely having a battery drain, even after doing the reboot after charging from any source. Cell Standby is always #1 by a large margain. Used to be Display. Found a couple fixes with google searches to reboot or toggle airplane mode on and off to reset the connection but nothing seems to work. So happy to finally be eligible for a full upgrade next month.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InquisitiveG:
Which ezgingerbread build are you using? Also, what /kernal/radio/spl/recovery?

Were you having any of the excess battery drain issues before you went to ezgingerbread?

Thanks for any help or guidance you can provide!
[Windows Mobile Themes] jsmccabe78:
For details and downloads please visit: HERE.

Cheers.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Infinite76:
Anyone having issues with it? I have to fiddle with mine so it can charge or connect with PC. I am debating on living with it or getting a replacement unit :(

Sent from my beautiful mind
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lockback:
Mines been fine, I haven't had charging issues or data connection issues. I've used several different cables too.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Don_Perrignon:
Yes and no.

Charges fine always. But, wiggle it the wrong way and it disconnects from the PC sometimes. But, again, it always still charges.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebolawookie:
I don't get any of the mount notifications I used to. No icons or ability to mount my card via USB. Either with internal storage or my SD card. Anyone having this issue or have a fix. Using nightly 40 of cm7 and used stock and invisiblek 37 kernels.