Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
If we do not hit our goal we will be forced to close the site.

Current status: https://keepboardsalive.com/

Annual subs are best for most impact. If you are still undecided on going Ad Free - you can also donate using the Paypal Donate option. All contribution helps. Thank you.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.

Samsung Galaxy S II

1…122123125127128…153

Comments

  • #3722
    ShaneU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,072 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    Does anyone know where the setting to turn off the voice caller id is?

    I've googled it and "readout caller id" isn't an option.


  • #3723
    Coopaloop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭Coopaloop


    roarlad wrote: »
    Had this issue a while back here is the solution:



    got it here:
    http://www.vodafone.ie/helpsupport/phones/interactive/

    Thanks so much, got it up and running now :)


  • #3724
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,755 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    i am on cm9 nightly do i need to do a full wipe if i want to update to the latest nightly?


  • #3725
    ShaneU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,072 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    ShaneU wrote: »
    Does anyone know where the setting to turn off the voice caller id is?

    I've googled it and "readout caller id" isn't an option.
    found it, language and input > text to speech > driving mode off


  • #3726
    closeline
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭closeline


    I am currently on 2.3 Gingerbread. Should I update this and how do I do this. Any difficulties?


  • Advertisement
  • #3727
    ShaneU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,072 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    closeline wrote: »
    I am currently on 2.3 Gingerbread. Should I update this and how do I do this. Any difficulties?

    Yes, use kies http://www.samsung.com/ie/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP


  • #3728
    closeline
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭closeline


    ShaneU wrote: »
    closeline wrote: »
    I am currently on 2.3 Gingerbread. Should I update this and how do I do this. Any difficulties?

    Yes, use kies http://www.samsung.com/ie/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP

    Page couldn't be found unfortunately.


  • #3729
    Zagato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Zagato


    irishgeo wrote: »
    i am on cm9 nightly do i need to do a full wipe if i want to update to the latest nightly?

    No, just wipe the Dalvik, if you use ROM Manager, it'll give you an option for that.


  • #3730
    smilerf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭smilerf


    closeline wrote: »
    I am currently on 2.3 Gingerbread. Should I update this and how do I do this. Any difficulties?
    don't bother I'm having nothing but trouble with ics


  • #3731
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    smilerf wrote: »
    closeline wrote: »
    I am currently on 2.3 Gingerbread. Should I update this and how do I do this. Any difficulties?
    don't bother I'm having nothing but trouble with ics

    I'm not convinced I should have bothered either. Wifi connection seems more hit and miss as does the general 2g 3g connection. Not seeing any major battery or performance improvement tbh.


  • Advertisement
  • #3732
    smilerf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭smilerf


    dooferoaks wrote: »
    smilerf wrote: »
    closeline wrote: »
    I am currently on 2.3 Gingerbread. Should I update this and how do I do this. Any difficulties?
    don't bother I'm having nothing but trouble with ics

    I'm not convinced I should have bothered either. Wifi connection seems more hit and miss as does the general 2g 3g connection. Not seeing any major battery or performance improvement tbh.
    my battery has actually got worse ha ha. Oh well


  • #3733
    Justin10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭Justin10


    Looking to buy this second hand, seen a couple of them on Adverts with a plastic sealing over the box.

    When I bought the phone before from meteor it only had the black sticker to seal it.

    How come some of them had the box wrapped in plastic?


  • #3734
    RangeR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,258 ✭✭✭RangeR


    Rochey18 wrote: »
    How come some of them had the box wrapped in plastic?

    Anyone can shrink wrap anything, to give it the appearance of "not been touched".

    They don't come in shrink wrapped. They aren't sent out shrink wrapped. They have a small circular "security sticker" that advises you not to purchase if that seal is broken.


  • #3735
    rob w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭rob w


    Just wondering if anyone else has ever had this problem? I was using an app yesterday, “scramble with friends”, when the phone froze on me, I waited a few minutes and couldn’t close the app so I popped the battery out. Then when I put it back in and started up the phone again, I had instantly lost around 30% of the battery power. It’s not the first time I have noticed that happen after a restart either!! Really weird, would love to know what’s causing it??

    Ive attached a pic of the battery usage too!!


  • #3736
    Zagato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Zagato


    rob w wrote: »
    Just wondering if anyone else has ever had this problem? I was using an app yesterday, “scramble with friends”, when the phone froze on me, I waited a few minutes and couldn’t close the app so I popped the battery out. Then when I put it back in and started up the phone again, I had instantly lost around 30% of the battery power. It’s not the first time I have noticed that happen after a restart either!! Really weird, would love to know what’s causing it??

    Ive attached a pic of the battery usage too!!

    I imagine that it was the app you were using, while your phone was frozen I imagine the CPU and GPU were working full tilt, also the battery level is not as accurate as everyone believes (that's why it recalibrates itself every few weeks). In short this kind of thing has happened to me a few times, and I've always put it down to the app I was using misbehaving.

    Just so you know, you can long press the power button instead of doing a battery pull. You need to hold it down for 10s


  • #3737
    RangeR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,258 ✭✭✭RangeR


    Just got OpenVPN working on my ICS SGSII. Sweet.


  • #3738
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,068 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Since I added ICS to my GSII, my batter is AWFUL. I don't even get half a day. It shuts down randomly. Tonight for example, it shut down. I started it back and the battery had dropped to almost the bottom - that keeps happening.

    Same for my partners phone.


  • #3739
    totallegend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭totallegend


    Sully wrote: »
    Since I added ICS to my GSII, my batter is AWFUL. I don't even get half a day. It shuts down randomly. Tonight for example, it shut down. I started it back and the battery had dropped to almost the bottom - that keeps happening.

    Same for my partners phone.

    Same thing happened me, I just disabled a load of the new crap that ICS put onto the phone and seemed to do the trick. Not sure what network you're on, but I posted looking for advice on the Three forum:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056633172
    Some of the responses might help


  • #3740
    AntiRip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭AntiRip


    BenThere wrote: »
    AntiRip,

    Are you on the standard version of v1.8 with the standard Kernel? I'm on v1.4 so I shouldn't need to do a factory wipe, correct? Just flash the ROM, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache, re-boot and bob's your uncle you have the latest version with all your prior apps and settings retained????

    Do you need to flash the default Themes and Polaris office ZIP or does that come standard and only needs to be flashed if you've tried the black theme and want to revert to standard??

    Ben

    Just seen your post few pages back. Exactly just flash and bob's your uncle. There are themes on it alright but no Polaris so you will have to get that alright.

    I don't like the black themed Gmail that comes with it though, it's much too dark. Rathered the white one.


  • #3741
    AntiRip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭AntiRip


    Sully wrote: »
    Since I added ICS to my GSII, my batter is AWFUL. I don't even get half a day. It shuts down randomly. Tonight for example, it shut down. I started it back and the battery had dropped to almost the bottom - that keeps happening.

    Same for my partners phone.

    Same thing as myself. I have Resurrection Remix ICS 1.8 with Siyah v3.2b8 Kernel. My phone randomly shuts down, three times one day. I had 80% battery and when it rebooted I had 12%. But it's a false battery reading and should steadily go back up and rectify. But the battery isn't great at all.

    Give it a few days or a week or so though. Mine is improving and have had no reboot for the last couple of days.


  • Advertisement
  • #3742
    Cossax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Cossax


    AntiRip wrote: »
    Same thing as myself. I have Resurrection Remix ICS 1.8 with Siyah v3.2b8 Kernel. My phone randomly shuts down, three times one day. I had 80% battery and when it rebooted I had 12%. But it's a false battery reading and should steadily go back up and rectify. But the battery isn't great at all.

    Give it a few days or a week or so though. Mine is improving and have had no reboot for the last couple of days.

    Would you not flash 1.8.1 and the latest Siyah and see how it goes?


  • #3743
    AntiRip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭AntiRip


    Cossax wrote: »
    Would you not flash 1.8.1 and the latest Siyah and see how it goes?

    Will do thanks ;)


  • #3744
    danthefan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭danthefan


    Has anyone had an issue with the touchscreen on their SII going completely non responsive? The side button works and I can bring up the menu but I can't unlock the phone. The only thing to do seems to be take out the battery. Any solutions to this?


  • #3745
    Cossax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Cossax


    danthefan wrote: »
    Has anyone had an issue with the touchscreen on their SII going completely non responsive? The side button works and I can bring up the menu but I can't unlock the phone. The only thing to do seems to be take out the battery. Any solutions to this?

    My first reaction is that sounds like it's software/firmware related rather than hardware, what rom are you on?


  • #3746
    danthefan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭danthefan


    Cossax wrote: »
    My first reaction is that sounds like it's software/firmware related rather than hardware, what rom are you on?

    Just stock 4.0.3. Phone isn't rooted.


  • #3747
    Zagato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Zagato


    Might be worth bringing it back to the shop so


  • #3748
    pabloh999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 516 ✭✭✭pabloh999


    Im with stock meteor
    I updated via kies to ics, its rubbish.
    My s2 never gave me any trouble before now there is constant lags and crashes,
    smaller things like text on the internet is smaller and grainier making it very hard to read, clicking on links is difficult.
    Its a different phone for all the wrong reasons

    Is there any way to roll back to the previous firmware:confused:


  • #3749
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    pabloh999 wrote: »
    Im with stock meteor
    I updated via kies to ics, its rubbish.
    My s2 never gave me any trouble before now there is constant lags and crashes,
    smaller things like text on the internet is smaller and grainier making it very hard to read, clicking on links is difficult.
    Its a different phone for all the wrong reasons

    Is there any way to roll back to the previous firmware:confused:

    You could flash 2.3.x back with Odin, I don't use Kies so I'm not sure if you can do something with that.

    However...

    1) The random crashes etc would probably be sorted by a factory reset. You could back your photos, music, sms etc up with Kies, factory reset & then restore. When I upgraded to ICS I did a "fresh" install like this and had so such issues.

    2) You can increase the text size and / or default zoom in the browser settings to suit your taste.


  • #3750
    pabloh999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 516 ✭✭✭pabloh999


    Yea i might do a hard reset thanks.
    Shouldnt really have to, the phone was perfect before the update.

    Its still smooth enough but..
    Its the little things that are pissing me off!
    Now when on a webpage i cant click on phone numbers to directdial anymore
    The unlock swipe screen is crappy
    New android smiley faces are crappy
    Browser text is too small and horrible to read
    and the larger browser text size just doesnt sit on the page right, it throws the whole page off

    This just me? Or is anyone noticing this too

    Maybe its just the meteor update, its like it hasnt been thought through fully or something


  • Advertisement
  • #3751
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    pabloh999 wrote: »
    Yea i might do a hard reset thanks.
    Shouldnt really have to, the phone was perfect before the update.

    Its still smooth enough but..
    Its the little things that are pissing me off!
    Now when on a webpage i cant click on phone numbers to directdial anymore
    The unlock swipe screen is crappy
    New android smiley faces are crappy
    Browser text is too small and horrible to read
    and the larger browser text size just doesnt sit on the page right, it throws the whole page off

    This just me? Or is anyone noticing this too

    Maybe its just the meteor update, its like it hasnt been thought through fully or something

    Software updates can be complicated and I generally prefer fresh installs for major updates. All meteor probably did was to bundle some extra apps on what Samsung gave them.

    Can't help you with the crappy stuff but have you tried Chrome instead of the stock browser?


Advertisement