Samsung Galaxy S II

ScrubsfanChris · 18-06-2011 01:29PM

Anyone know of a good charging/sync dock for the S2?

Some of the ones on amazon have very mixed reviews.

dawidnowak2005 · 18-06-2011 02:11PM

got it replaced, happy days!!!

Ardent · 18-06-2011 07:27PM

Jesus, the contacts in the Messaging app is such fail!! Anyway to limit the list to Google phone contacts only - and exclude all the email addresses that ever sent me a message in Gmail???!!

Kenny Logins · 18-06-2011 07:38PM

Ardent wrote: »

Jesus, the contacts in the Messaging app is such fail!! Anyway to limit the list to Google phone contacts only - and exclude all the email addresses that ever sent me a message in Gmail???!!

Go here and edit your contacts -

https://www.google.com/contacts

fguinan · 18-06-2011 07:42PM

In contacts use the bottom left button to open a menu, select 'more' then 'display options' , the top option is 'Only display contacts with phone numbers'.7

Ardent · 18-06-2011 07:44PM

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Go here and edit your contacts -

https://www.google.com/contacts

The problem is that the messaging app shows "All Contacts" by default. That's the problem right there.

Ardent · 18-06-2011 07:45PM

fguinan wrote: »

In contacts use the bottom left button to open a menu, select 'more' then 'display options' , the top option is 'Only display contacts with phone numbers'.7

Yeah, did that, no joy. See above. The messaging app appears to use an independant contact system and grabs all contact data from google.

fguinan · 18-06-2011 07:50PM

Ah - I use chompSMS which only shows contacts with phone numbers by default!

18-06-2011 07:58PM

dawidnowak2005 wrote: »

got it replaced, happy days!!!

Did they ask any or many questions?

Mine would be sent back for bad (possibly) battery, so slightly different cases.

Irish Gunner · 19-06-2011 11:05AM

Seriously thinking of getting this phone, switching from Nokia N900. On o2 PAYG so may get it from them or online. Had a look at the phone and for a Android and Samsung noobie has similar menu options to itouch for widget scrolling. I know it does all the fantastic things but what is it like for simple things like text messaging, picture messaging, phone call quality etc?. Did not like the look of text messaging screen when trying it out is there another app to change this format? Also seen the online tests for sound but whats it like for listening to mp3's or the radio as would use this for the bus journey into work? I heard somewhere that you cannot put your own screensaver picture on this phone that correct?

dawidnowak2005 · 19-06-2011 11:32AM

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Did they ask any or many questions?

Mine would be sent back for bad (possibly) battery, so slightly different cases.

was very hard, bit of fight. im only lucky coz my phone was under 14 days old, not like i was think 3weeks old. if it older like 14 days old they will send it for repair not change for new one, im mean 3ie

dawidnowak2005 · 19-06-2011 11:46AM

and its look is common fault with this menu button, they told me its 4 samsung in this week with this fault lol

bd250110 · 19-06-2011 01:02PM

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Did not like the look of text messaging screen when trying it out is there another app to change this format? Also seen the online tests for sound but whats it like for listening to mp3's or the radio as would use this for the bus journey into work? I heard somewhere that you cannot put your own screensaver picture on this phone that correct?

What about the text look did you not like? Not sure if you can change from the IM style bubbles where you see both parts of the conversation, if that is what you mean.

Volume is a bit low on the phone, to be honest. In anything more than a moderately noisy environment you will probably struggle. Full volume on the SGS II equates to about half volume on my iPhone. I think there is an app you can get to help this, but I think you need to be rooted, so haven't so far.

Thor · 19-06-2011 01:06PM

Okay, I have flashed the phone with villian 1.2(Actually just upgraded to 1.4 aswell).

So far the results are amazing, The battery life has improved 5 fold.

I have had the phone on for over 11 hours, checking emails, Checking twitter, Downloading apps. normal usage. The phone still has 76% battery left.

Absolutely amazing rom and still gives better results on benchmarks aswell.

nxbyveromdwjpg · 19-06-2011 01:07PM

Ardent wrote: »

Yeah, did that, no joy. See above. The messaging app appears to use an independant contact system and grabs all contact data from google.

This is a pain in the arse alright, anyone knows a way to solve this please post

bd250110 wrote: »

Volume is a bit low on the phone, to be honest. In anything more than a moderately noisy environment you will probably struggle. Full volume on the SGS II equates to about half volume on my iPhone. I think there is an app you can get to help this, but I think you need to be rooted, so haven't so far.

No such issue on mine, volume is pretty high

19-06-2011 01:24PM

Does anyone with a custom rom know if you can make the volume go lower and higher?
As in the lowest on the radio imo is not low enough, and the highest is nowhere near high enough.

Same with the screen, the minimum brightness could do with being able to go lower for when you are using it in the dark.

Use handcent its a better app, and by default it only allows you to send to contacts actual phone number.

Wolflikeme · 19-06-2011 02:19PM

Thor wrote: »

Okay, I have flashed the phone with villian 1.2(Actually just upgraded to 1.4 aswell).

So far the results are amazing, The battery life has improved 5 fold.

I have had the phone on for over 11 hours, checking emails, Checking twitter, Downloading apps. normal usage. The phone still has 76% battery left.

Absolutely amazing rom and still gives better results on benchmarks aswell.

Nice one. Going to try this one now.

Had flashed with Lite'ning - was really good except the browser functionality was horrendous!!

Irish Gunner · 19-06-2011 02:36PM

bd250110 wrote: »

What about the text look did you not like? Not sure if you can change from the IM style bubbles where you see both parts of the conversation, if that is what you mean.

Volume is a bit low on the phone, to be honest. In anything more than a moderately noisy environment you will probably struggle. Full volume on the SGS II equates to about half volume on my iPhone. I think there is an app you can get to help this, but I think you need to be rooted, so haven't so far.

Yeah the bubbles maybe just not use to it just looked weird was wondering this was the only option? As a noobie is it simple to root the phone and do you get the PC cable in the box ?

elderlemon · 19-06-2011 03:41PM

there's an apk on xda called vrtweaks that has a fix for the browser. perfect now. In fact the latest version of this rom (1.4) includes vrtweaks I think.

Wolflikeme wrote: »

Nice one. Going to try this one now.

Had flashed with Lite'ning - was really good except the browser functionality was horrendous!!

elderlemon · 19-06-2011 03:42PM

Use go sms (or handcent). Much much better than the stock app and no root required.

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Yeah the bubbles maybe just not use to it just looked weird was wondering this was the only option? As a noobie is it simple to root the phone and do you get the PC cable in the box ?

Wolflikeme · 19-06-2011 03:45PM

elderlemon wrote: »

there's an apk on xda called vrtweaks that has a fix for the browser. perfect now. In fact the latest version of this rom (1.4) includes vrtweaks I think.

Cheers for that.

Stupid question:

I downloaded 1.4 and am trying to flash using Odin. I've extracted the files....but where's the .tar needed in order to actually flash it??

Rsaeire · 19-06-2011 05:30PM

Wolflikeme wrote: »

Cheers for that.

Stupid question:

I downloaded 1.4 and am trying to flash using Odin. I've extracted the files....but where's the .tar needed in order to actually flash it??

Have a read of this. You can do the install on the handset with CWM prior to boot.

gbob · 19-06-2011 05:50PM

Downloaded VillainRom 1.4 last night but haven't flashed yet, anyone tried it?

19-06-2011 06:11PM

just installing VR1.4 at the moment reviews so far seem safe enough

gbob · 19-06-2011 06:15PM

5500 wrote: »

just installing VR1.4 at the moment reviews so far seem safe enough

Really want to try it but im having absolutely no issues with rooted stock..
And as they say, if it ain't broke....

Rsaeire · 19-06-2011 07:06PM

I installed VillainRom 1.4 last night. The battery doesn't seem to be going down as much as before so I'm hoping I'll see a further improvement over the next few days of use. I'm also really loving the CRT lock animation.

Thor · 19-06-2011 07:07PM

Rsaeire wrote: »

I installed VillainRom 1.4 last night. The battery doesn't seem to be going down as much as before and I'm really loving the CRT lock animation. I'm hoping I'll see a further improvement over the next few days of use.

Make sure to do a battery calibration after the rom install. Will help in the next coming days.

daveccork · 19-06-2011 10:19PM

Re VillainRom 1.4 - what firmware were you guys on ? I am on KE7 but the link refers to XXKF2 - am i missing something?

Thor · 19-06-2011 10:32PM

daveccork wrote: »

Re VillainRom 1.4 - what firmware were you guys on ? I am on KE7 but the link refers to XXKF2 - am i missing something?

The Villain rom is based on firmware XXKF2. You are currently on KE7.

I was on KE7 before installing Villain 1.4

daveccork · 19-06-2011 10:44PM

great - thanks for quick response. did you do this?
"After installing, I recommend you flash the XXKF2 modem, which you can download from this link: http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/sh...ll=1#post42028

Samsung Galaxy S II

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