yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
Will cover that indepth. Will be doing a screen comparison with first and second gen AMOLED screens (HTC Desire, SGS1), and also iPhone 4.

I'm a LauncherPro user, so will also be using that in the review and comparing to TW.

I don't know anything more than you guys yet, will post anything I hear about release date/expected delivery of stock as I become aware of it.

This is going to be my new phone, I'm purchasing it from them, rather than being supplied it for review, so this won't be a review written after a days use like you'll see at lots of places. It will be my day to day phone, and I'll release the review in installments as I feel able to get a solid feel for the aspects I'm reporting on. The last part will probably be a couple of weeks down the line from release, and that will be the one that will be able to give much better feedback on things like battery life, performance under higher loads etc. If you guys have particular suggestions for some good stress tests for performance let me know.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kailkti:
Camera performance would be nice. eg. details, contrast, noise levels, features, how long it takes to process a picture, artifacts.

Camcorder also. Say look out for stuttering in videos, reproduction of frames.

As stated above, a thorough test of the phone's performance for lag or any inconveniences in performance.

Sound/Speaker quality and its volume levels.

UI/UX interface. Eg. is it polished like HTC sense, or as functional

I guess check for if all its features are working. Eg. wifi, GPS, NFC, MHL

A review of the battery life would be nice, however i think I already know the answer to that, since it only has 1650mAh/1500mAh

That's all i can think of for now.

Edit:

Also I noticed in the blog how clove wants users to discuss the price of the Galaxy S II. Just wondering, and understandable if you do not wish to answer, but, is the reason you wish to discuss is to also discuss with samsung the huge price for the galaxy s II so as to negotiate a price drop? Or is it simply for some healthy discussion?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
The review will be my first piece for the blog, so I have no inside information on the discussion of the price that is currently running, and the motivation behind it.

Currently testing out RMAA software on my PC, but looks like I should be able to give good objective feedback about sound quality.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
did you volunteer to review it? how come they chosen you? why will you do it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickliq:
Which 3G bands does it in fact have? Clove lists only 900/2100. Other sites list quad-band 3G. It's possible there's a Euro and International variant...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverwolf0:
How many SGS2 forums do you post to? Is that a valid question? :D

I want lots of 1080p video test runs. Try flinging it into the air with the red button flashing. Doubles as a drop test.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buttes:
Link to blog?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirmegaman:
I need to know whether it can RECORD CALLS (both incoming and outgoing, real-time without beeps). Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshptyltd:
1080p video performance in various light conditions. open up heaps of programs and see if the general phone performance is still smooth. thanks in advance

EDIT: If you can, find out what the deal is with the exynos/tegra 2 versions of the phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
I post to quite a few mobile sites :)

Did I miss any? :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lynx2k50:
Can you give us the link to the blog?

When will the review be availeble?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
omg just google ''clove blog''

i thought xda forum members... oh forget it...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lynx2k50:
Thanks for your nice reply
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
How is the music quality through headphones, I understood that it was crap with the LG O2X so I really want to know with this device :)
[HTC Incredible S] jazzywheelz:
I've had my Incredible S for 3 days now and I absolutely love it.

It's my first Android phone so I'm still learning my way around, but one thing I can't find anywhere is video calling. Can someone please tell me how i start a video call?
[HTC Incredible S] menov321:
Dont think its possible at the moment....the incredible S packs a front vga camera in preparation for android 2.3/3 as i believe google will roll out their next update with video calling as their new feature
[HTC Incredible S] dwj:
I downloaded the Skype app too but there doesnt seem to be an option for a cam on that either. Maybe that is dependant on the OS too as I'm sure I read somewhere that video calling was possible with Skype.
[HTC Incredible S] gudge:
No option for sending video on Skype for me either, but Video calling using Tango is great (except for some reason my send video is upside down !). Tango is great, and its cross platform.
[HTC Incredible S] jazzywheelz:
So Froyo doesn't support video calling? :(

I can't believe they shipped the phone knowing that one of its main features would be unusable.

I guess i'll have to wait for the Q2 update.

Out of curiosity, is there any way to access the front-facing camera just for taking photos etc?
[HTC Incredible S] dwj:
Yes, You can go into the camera app & click on settings. There is an option there to switch to front facing camera.
[HTC Incredible S] brenopoubel:
There's many programs to make video call.

Search on market for:

oovoo

fring

tango

yahoo messenger
[HTC Incredible S] paullu:
I just got my incredible s for a day and I download named tmboile qik app from market it can making video chat I just video chat with my friend working find but it need both have that app installed in the phone.
[HTC Incredible S] menov321:
Yeah sorry I meant officially on stock applications....not supported yet.....:)
[HTC Incredible S] doublecheese:
I also bought a HTC Incredible S apart from my DHD and HD7

According t my research HTC itself is coming soon with a new Video Chat application. I look forward to it !!!!!!!
[HTC Incredible S] Hawkysoft:
ok, soon i can get a new phone... thank god its about time... after a year of struggling with this hell of an device called the SE X10i o.0

now im lookin for a phone where the bootloader isnt that hard to crack xD

and came to the point of htc as many ppl told me to look at...

would you guys suggest me this phone, or should i wait a little longer for a different one?

and how is the life-time of the battery? (l0st.prophet posted that the battery lifetime is about 24hours, which sounds awesome, can more people confirm this please?)

tbh the speaker cant be worse than the one from the x10i so im not very worried about that xD

thanks in advanced for the reply's ^^
[HTC Incredible S] menov321:
Well it depends really ?.....what i mean is that currently no root has been found so you will have to make do with the current stock rom....this is a major down side for me as i prefer stock android....other than that ...great little phone ....battery life is good does last alot longer than xperia which i had about 8 months ago and is also better than my desire hd which i also currently have....also speakers not bad at all....better then desire hd again. All in all its a nice little phone ...just no root yet
[HTC Incredible S] xspyda:
Speakers better than the DHD? Really? Sounded tinny and low quality to me durung the demo I had with the device ...
[HTC Incredible S] Hawkysoft:
@menov, little? I though it would be the same size as the x10? Ty for replys
[HTC Incredible S] menov321:
little as in everything is little once you hold a desire hd lol....due to its 4.3 inch screen....but phones the same sort of size as the old desire.....dont think its as big as x10 though ....although most of the bulk of the x10 was from the frame.

As for speaker....it could be better ...but it is definitely a step or two up from desire HD as i did another test today and played two identical mp3 files ans you could here the incredible s alot more
[HTC Incredible S] menov321:
.....just a quick post to say that put them side by side just now and they are both pretty much same size just DHD is a bit harder to hold and text with one hand.

Also although the incredible s is not that much louder...the music seems to have more depth. just thought id mention it
[HTC Incredible S] menov321:
Look at later posts by me to see comparison images :)
[HTC Incredible S] Hawkysoft:
Thanks allot mate for all your efforts
[HTC Incredible S] xspyda:
Thanks, that's a good guide. I tried the IS against the DHD in store and although they are not THAT much different in size they certainly feel it!

I have to say, the IS does look incredibly classy there ... very tempting!

Any chance of a pic with the screens on btw, maybe displaying the same page or something?

If anyone has any sample images from the IS I would also be very interested to see those.
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
I just pre ordered a Inc S here in Denmark, and i should recieve it at the start of april.

I have a HTC HD2 with Android NAND now, so im looking forward to run original Android soon.

Hop that perm root its ready then and that there will be more accessories avalible in april.
[HTC Incredible S] vido.ardes:
I'm hopefully gonna be getting some help from an experianced dev on the rooting front, and I have contacted HTC about what accessories will be avalible and when (I personally want a car dock and desktop cradle) so I will post as soon as I get a reply
[HTC Incredible S] xspyda:
I am actually surprised that this phone hasn't been rooted already - even with the relatively short time it's been available.

I hope this isn't a sign that the devs are going to pass on this one - I'd like to see a LeeDroid rom for it and would be gutted to think it won't benefit from the support the Desire / DHD gets.
[HTC Incredible S] menov321:
Edited Pics as was causing crashes on some browsers due to image size...should be a post further on...showing pics
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
Bigger is better - but i still prefer the Incredibel S ;-)
[HTC Incredible S] xspyda:
Thanks for the pics menov321.

The one of all three really demo's the difference between the DHD And the other two. The colours of the IS make the DHD look terrible. Can we assume that all settings on each are as close as can be to each other and this is exactly the same image background loaded onto each.

If so that's quite some demonstration of the poor quality of the DHD screen!

I'd be interested to see comparison pics of the DHD and IS displaying a graphic heavy website and also a video file or something paused to show the blacks and the contrast. I realise that's a tall order though -maybe I should just get one! lol
[HTC Incredible S] menov321:
exactly the same image file used as just dropped the image onto each sd card of each phone ...and screen brightness is turned to full on all phones;)
[HTC Incredible S] menov321:
Again i removed images as were too big..
[HTC Incredible S] mccune:
@menov321

Would be nice if you could resize the images in your post. Or add them as attachment. Some of us are still using old mobile browsers you know :D
[HTC Incredible S] menov321:
hahah...ok :)

hope this is better ...:o
[HTC Incredible S] gigii:
Yes IS speakers is really better than DHD.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidAR:
Hi all,

I have a big problem. I have my old Nexus One that never I root or modify. Today, after more than 1 year of use and reading various root guides I decide root my phone. My phone are updated from Google to 2.3.3 and say that is version GRI40. After finish all process of root the phone boot perfect and run perfect. Later I install also the Recovery-RA to can make backups, etc.

After this the phone not boot any more... Keep frozen at main screen with the big "X" and the padlock at bottom.

I can´t use any more my phone... :( any ideas or help? I forget one step?

I can boot perfect and run the Recovery(*) mode with Recovery-RA and all these options of this application.

All help are welcome!

THANKS!

(*) Recovery version is: RA-Passion-v2.2.1
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbzfanatic:
Try flashing a new ROM, it sounds like it got corrupted when you installed RA. If you made a backup try restoring it, if not just do a factory reset and flash whatever ROM you pick.

Edit: You might also get more help if you ask in the Nexus forum.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidAR:
OK, thanks!. I make a nandroid backup, that is the first that I try restore, but this not work. Now I try download any other. You know if exist exactly the same 2.3.3 that I have unmodified on my phone before I install RA? Thanks again!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbzfanatic:
There might be, just search for "stock ROM" in the nexus forum.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidAR:
Thanks dbz!, I already use the GRI40_rooted_deodexed_busybox_apps2sd.zip that I found here and run again!!! :)

One more question: if I like on next update receive the update from Google that automatically update my phone like in the past before root, I can?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbzfanatic:
If you want to get an update from google you'll have to unroot. Usually when an update is released it isn't too long before a rooted version is released so just be patient.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
You don't have to unroot the phone to get and install the OTA's in the future.

But when you apply a stock update you will loose root.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] engandresr:
Hi everybody.

I found a topic with a app to boost sound.

It have a standard and a full version.

People said you should install the standard version, because the full one is too loud.

Case is that i can't find the thread anymore.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Hakim Rahman:
you check in -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=344533
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] engandresr:
It wasn't this ecxatly, but I must say it worked wonders!

Thank you very much!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ime021:
whats the name of the sound boost application that you have find...?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Sp1tfire:
I use HD Tweak for boosting sound and i am pretty pleased with it, sometimes it's even too loud for me if i set it at maximal level, causing ringtone distorsion or people around me hearing the person i talk to on the phone :p
[General Questions and Answers] LtBlkSolo:
Question I was trying to unroot my evo and forget to take my screen saver off and start the ruu find but the screen saver kick in and now I get a htc logo on a black screen with one icon in ea corner and when I try to go to recovery and I get

Supersonic EVT3 Ship S-OFF

HBOOT-2.10.0001

Touch Panel-Atmel224_16ab

Radio-2.15.00.11.19

oct 15 2010,12:07:00

RUU

Parsing...(download.zip)

1 Bootloader - Bypassed

2 microp - ok

3 radio_v2 - Fail-PU

4 Recovery - ok

5 Splash1 - ok

6 system - ok

7 tp

8 tp - Bypassed

9 userdata - ok

10 wimax - ok

11 boot - ok

Partition update fail!

Update fail

This is going on every time I run RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_rele ase_171253
[Atrix 4G General] aikiwoce:
Anyone else having problems with the volume when the phone is in the HD Dock? The volume will be fine one second, and then become almost inaudible the next. It mainly happens when I'm playing back music on the android interface while browsing with firefox.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bangbang023:
Is there any app that will allow the Atrix to do wifi tethering via infrastructure instead of ad-hoc? I may need the ability for a week when I move and wait for my new place's internet service to be activated and installed.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentdr8:
The built-in Mobile Hotspot that Froyo includes is infrastructure mode.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bangbang023:
Would the stock one get picked up by AT&T and I'd be charged for it?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentdr8:
Only if you haven't modified your APN settings. I think it won't work at all using the default APNs unless you have a tethering plan. Read up here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=980636
[EVO 4G General] LtBlkSolo:
Question I was trying to unroot my evo and forget to take my screen saver off and start the ruu find but the screen saver kick in and now I get a htc logo on a black screen with one icon in ea corner and when I try to go to recovery and I get

Supersonic EVT3 Ship S-OFF

HBOOT-2.10.0001

Touch Panel-Atmel224_16ab

Radio-2.15.00.11.19

oct 15 2010,12:07:00

RUU

Parsing...(download.zip)

1 Bootloader - Bypassed

2 microp - ok

3 radio_v2 - Fail-PU

4 Recovery - ok

5 Splash1 - ok

6 system - ok

7 tp

8 tp - Bypassed

9 userdata - ok

10 wimax - ok

11 boot - ok

Partition update fail!

Update fail

This is going on every time I run RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_rele ase_171253
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
Look at the RUU you're running, it is incredibly old, it's from before we even got Froyo. Try doing it with a current RUU. It looks like you also forgot to run the s-on tool. You need to run that as well to fully unroot.
[EVO 4G General] LtBlkSolo:
unroot evo

Were can I get the latest Ruu and Ill try like 2 diferent ones but it tell me that the romupdate cant not connect your android phone. Is only work when I run the old RUU ver and the stop.
[General Questions and Answers] LivetheRiceLife:
Hey all,

I've attempted to download MDJ's CM7 for my HD2 but I can't access the actual file yet because I don't have enough posts.

Are there any mirrors or can anyone help in any other way? :confused:

Thanks

This is the supposed download link, I wouldn't know since I have no access :mad: :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=877777
[General Questions and Answers] LivetheRiceLife:
If there are no mirrors then I guess I'll just have to post 10 times...
[General Questions and Answers] coldest~~~:
It's not just u..mdj 's roms are all deleted

Sent from HTC HD2 with Android
[General Questions and Answers] Matte11:
Why the roms has been deleted?
[General Questions and Answers] e_poole:
Sadly MDJ violated the Linux GPL and did not release his kernal to the public... lots of forums with this info
[General Questions and Answers] millia90:
You have to google search to find his builds now. In the meantime the Mods have moved all of his work to a private forum so us regular people have no access to them.

They say that there could be something malicious in the kernel or something that would relay personal information back to mdj (or someone else).

Use your own discretion in downloading the ROM. I use MDJ 2.6 and love it. Always been a huge MDJ fan.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] redplate:
Hi! I just noticed today that i can't receive .rar or .html files on my hd2 via bluetooth. i have to rename them to .txt.

so i think this is related to a specific file which stores these restrictions.

Is anybody able to help me here? I seem to remember this was working in some HTC Sense builds before.

Hope anyone can help me

Thanks in advance!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] redplate:
:D bump :o:D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] redplate:
there are for sure somebody out there who can help me :D someday he will come :D
[Xoom Accessories] Lars1967:
"That's all I got to say 'bout that".

-Forrest Gump
[Xoom Accessories] gigglebox:
Yeah, it seems like an obvious thing to do...

I was half tempted to take it apart in an effort to try to jimmy rig something to give me a USB out... Maybe I will at some point, but Im pretty sure that I'll wreck it.
[Android Apps and Games] lynseyw:
Just found this app and thought I would share. I wanted an app like BerryBuzz that I had on my old Blackberry (that is the only thing I missed about my blackberry ;) This app works great. Don't give up right away when it doesn't work right off the bat. Took me some time to figure out what needed to be checked etc in different apps to get it working properly and without double or no notification. I had my gmail, sms, missed call, and google voice all flashing appropriate colors and sounds including the reminders!!! I love it! The dev is awesome and responds to emails. Give it a try, its worth the buck. There is also a free version.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflow&feature=search_result
[Android Apps and Games] cugieo:
It's not working with LG Optimus 2x ROM FR17.
[Android Apps and Games] bat0nas:
Just purchased this app. Unfortunately I didn't read the forums before I purchased the app. LITE version would have been more than enough for me.

Right after installing I turned on LED notifications for all of my apps (skype, mail, twitter etc. etc.).

Didn't change any other settings. Just enabled LED notifications for my apps.

After 7 hours of sleep my battery went from 90% to 35%. And this is more than 60% down !!

- Has anybody experienced this?

- Should I enable just the most important notifications (like missed calls)?

- Could anybody provide a list of best settings and number of notifications to set?

- Maybe it's better to set to blink rather than always ON? Or maybe LED doesn't consume battery much at all?
[Android Apps and Games] bgbcolostate:
So I love this app BTW, but there is one request I have for a potential upgrade, able to change the led light on incoming calls. as well as making the incoming alternate all colors really quick!!!

Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mumbojumbo01:
What bloatware from this Samsung 4g have you deleted without issues?

I have gone ahead and deleted:

Accounts & Sync

Add to Home

Audio Postcard

Amazon

Kindle

Car Home

gogo

Inception

Y Finance CLock

Slcker

Visual Voicemail

Backup (I think this is the contacts backup thing)?

What else will you remove?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] flyinbird93:
I can't remember exactly anymore; however, besides the backup and sync apps you listed most of those I can confirm removing and being OK. I didn't remove things I did not know what they did, at least I thought--that's a whole different story with gtalk. Removing gtalk anymore doesn't seem to be so detrimental as it used to be back in the 1.6 days of android; it was, however, super hard to find the apk to reinstall which i found here. I reinstalled gtalk because I wanted to be able to easily chat with my daughter, that is the only reason I found I wanted to install it for.

Sitting on ~100megs internal storage atm with 74aps. I really think a custom rom and partion could get me more open space. Oh, and I only froze the wifi voice calling app. My home wifi isn't a strong enough signal to support it all the time--cheap router I suppose--but I never know when I may get a new router in the future that would support a good enough signal for it. Being that the app is frozen--meaning that it is semi-uninstalled--system still operates stably.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nwpro3:
I have removed These without issues

Doubletwist

Facebook

Layer

T-MTV

Media ahub

Go Go

Mini Diary

Buddies Now

Slacker
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Chamgea:
How is everyone removing these bloatware apps?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] flyinbird93:
Titanium backup, it's in the app store. I do believe you need to be rooted though to uninstall those apps as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Chamgea:
Ya you definitely need to be rooted. How is everyone getting rooted? I don't have ODIN, nor know how to use it, nor a windows OS.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] flyinbird93:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

Just hook your phone up with the drivers already installed and in usb debug mode from the menu... >menu > settings > applications > Development > usb debug mode. then just run the program and click "root" and it will take care of it for you :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] kuntri:
How do I add some of the bloatware apps back on to my device? Tried adb pouch from android commander and says I'm not rooted but I am after I checked with "root checker" any advice?