Samsung Galaxy S II

eamondunphy · 22-06-2011 08:35PM

im not sure what to do. phones been unplugged for 9hrs so gar today, ive used the browser on the phone for only about 10mins today but have made a few calls and text and ive 72% left, in a way that sounds good to me.

but i know if i want heavy usage i wont get more than the 6-8 hours, im in two minds.

22-06-2011 08:43PM

Ye, with any usage i cant get much over 10 hours.

I dont feel like walking down, giving them my phone for a week and then getting it back with them saying its fine…. If only they would respond to the email and give me some reason to bring them the phone.

Eamondunphy - can you post up how long your screen has been on for? its in about phone, battery usage and click on the display. Thanks.

captain_boycott · 22-06-2011 08:56PM

having flashed to KE7 and then to Villain1.4 (thanks Thor!) , I am amazed, I just cannot run down the battery! How can software make such a difference to battery consumption?

I've played mp3 podcasts for about an hour, been on wifi for several hours, plus a few phone calls and periodic checks on email and google reader during the day...Started with a full charge at 7 this morning, still at over 40%.

Its like a different phone since I moved off the stock rom. (and I suspect I would squeeze another day of heavy use from the phone by disabling 3G/Wifi when not in use, and freezing the Samsung apps).

eamondunphy · 22-06-2011 08:58PM

the display has only been on for 1hr 55mins, ive not done much besides texts and calls today. only spent a few minutes this morning using the browser. ive used the phone less today than any other day since i got it.

in your battery usage, does it say "wifi sharing"?
ive never seen this but alot of people online who have battery problems say "wifi sharing" is eating alot of their battery. some people think ids a virus and others think its an app using it

22-06-2011 09:02PM

ye wifi sharing is a big problem - its only 3% today but it can be 10-15%.

Ye today ive used it the least - but still 65% after 6.57.

eamondunphy · 22-06-2011 09:18PM

i dont know if you've seen the review for the phone on techradar, but they mention the phone would need to be charged every day unless its used only for calls and texts, this has me thinking that my phone might be normal.

have you tried it for a day or two without any internet usage, if its still dying on the first day, you know you've defo got a faulty phone

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s2-930907/review?artc_pg=9

22-06-2011 09:23PM

I trust engadget more who said they got over 24 hours with push notifications on and 12 hours of actual usage.

So I dunno.

I could/should do a test with no wifi and just normal usage otherwise and see.

smcnena · 22-06-2011 09:46PM

After hearing all the good reports about flashing with custom rom on this thread, I am thinking of going for it myself. As this is my first android phone and being new to flashing custom rom's.
Is there anyone here who is on the 3 network that has gone through the process?
What settings do I need to remember after I flash the custom rom?
How do I know what version to flash with?

Baseband Version : I9100NEJKD5
Kernal: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKE1-CL181974 root@DELL103 #2
Build No: GINGERBREAD.XWKE1

captain_boycott · 22-06-2011 09:52PM

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Zagato · 22-06-2011 10:53PM

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Ah nice one, I'll look forward to hearing if it improves much.

I wont be paying for any app to freeze other apps, you can just rename the files after you have root iirc.

The phone is fantastic, most people are getting fantastic battery life tbh - a few people arent, as the rom definitely doesnt help.

twas 70c and it is pretty handy to be able to unfreeze a couple of apps it turns out I really do need!

Battery life is no at 35% after 15hrs -not terribly heavy use (no gaming today) but data on all day, wifi when at home, gmail + Push Exchange account + another email syncing every 15mins, Twitter and Facebook syncing every 15mins, and I have Talk,Viber and Whats App connected all the time (don't know if they use much battery though)

I'd say I would probably have been at 20-25% before changing the ROM and freezing the apps.

I haven't properly calibrated the battery yet -haven't checked how to do it tbh, but I did wipe the battery stats after flashing, I was at a random battery level at the time though

ferrigan101 · 22-06-2011 11:06PM

eamondunphy wrote: »

the display has only been on for 1hr 55mins, ive not done much besides texts and calls today. only spent a few minutes this morning using the browser. ive used the phone less today than any other day since i got it.

in your battery usage, does it say "wifi sharing"?
ive never seen this but alot of people online who have battery problems say "wifi sharing" is eating alot of their battery. some people think ids a virus and others think its an app using it

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

ye wifi sharing is a big problem - its only 3% today but it can be 10-15%.

Ye today ive used it the least - but still 65% after 6.57.

Was just wondering about this! My battery is fine at the minute with some medium usage getting about 20+ hours out of it. But that drops down to about 15 hours or less if I'm out and about and using twitter/internet/whatever.

Battery was 100% charged at 10 this morning and at 49% now, but haven't had any heavy usage today. Stats are;

Android Os 35%
Display 28%
Wi-Fi Sharing 11%
and a few other things making up the rest.

Was reading this and it seems to be a bug on the ke2 and ke7 firmwares, are you guys on either of them?

Will try freezing the Wi-Fi sharing thingy and see if it makes much of a difference.

Edit - Should've said I'm running
PDA : I9100XWKE7
PHONE : I9100XXKE4
CSC : I9100CPWKD1

22-06-2011 11:24PM

No I am on ke1, thats very high android usage too which may be a rogue app from what I remember.

I might flash this weekend, but I would need to give it a few hours unless I can borrow a windows laptop.

unklerosco · 22-06-2011 11:33PM

If u wanna keep the phone as stock as possible and increase battery try this (as mentioned earlier in the thread) (U'll need to root the phone first)

Using titanium backup ive frozen just the samsung hub apps and wifi sharing and Im getting nearly 48hours without charge from my battery on KE7, I cant complain at all

I've done it, I got 3 days on a single charge over the weekend... Easily getting 2 days per charge and I use the phone quite a bit as it's my work phone.. Tis great!!

ferrigan101 · 22-06-2011 11:40PM

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

No I am on ke1, thats very high android usage too which may be a rogue app from what I remember.

I might flash this weekend, but I would need to give it a few hours unless I can borrow a windows laptop.

Yeah, will need to investigate further!

23-06-2011 08:39AM

bennyx_o wrote: »

I bought one on Vodafone bill pay from Carphone Warehouse and it's unlocked.

After picking one up through work.
Yep I can confirm they are unlocked through vodafone on bill pay.

Is it worth getting a generic rom to loose all the vodafone branded crap?

Zagato · 23-06-2011 09:08AM

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

No I am on ke1, thats very high android usage too which may be a rogue app from what I remember.

I might flash this weekend, but I would need to give it a few hours unless I can borrow a windows laptop.

If you can get a windows laptop, then you could always consider just doing the available update via kies which I was offered the other day (kies for mac won't allow you to upgrade the firmware)
I think it was KE2 (or maybe KE4)

At least that would keep it official

the varg · 23-06-2011 09:34AM

First time android user with the SGS2 & love it, but twice now I have gone to unlock it with the keypad & numbers 7,8,9 are missing! Only solution is to remove the battery and turn on again

Anyone out there have this problem?

K09 · 23-06-2011 12:10PM

Hi,

I am a beginner to the android phones and am planning on getting the Galaxy S2.

As a complete beginner I trawled through this thread and made a couple of notes that a new user may need to do...

Is the below correct and anything else that should be added to this list? Thanks!!

1/ Root Phone
And reasons to Root

2/ Update(Flash) Firmware to latest version - KE7 using Kies or Odin

3/ Use DoubleTwist to sync itunes music, photos etc

** ROM is the actual operating system? phone comes with Gingerbread. Am I correct on this? And KE7 is a version of Gingerbread??
Can change to other ROMS incl. VillianROM, cyanogenmod, etc. Is this the best way to boost battery life?

erie · 23-06-2011 12:30PM

K09 wrote: »

Hi,

I am a beginner to the android phones and am planning on getting the Galaxy S2.

As a complete beginner I trawled through this thread and made a couple of notes that a new user may need to do...

Is the below correct and anything else that should be added to this list? Thanks!!

1/ Root Phone
And reasons to Root

2/ Update(Flash) Firmware to latest version - KE7 using Kies or Odin

3/ Use DoubleTwist to sync itunes music, photos etc

** ROM is the actual operating system? phone comes with Gingerbread. Am I correct on this? And KE7 is a version of Gingerbread??
Can change to other ROMS incl. VillianROM, cyanogenmod, etc. Is this the best way to boost battery life?

flashed with villainrom 1.4 lite 2days ago... amazing battery life to say, thy use launcherpro to manage yr home screen brilliant and beautiful...

BenEadir · 23-06-2011 01:05PM

erie wrote: »

flashed with villainrom 1.4 lite 2days ago... amazing battery life to say, thy use launcherpro to manage yr home screen brilliant and beautiful...

Try Go Launcher. Free (from the market) and better IMHO. I've had both.

Ben

23-06-2011 03:29PM

Zagato wrote: »

If you can get a windows laptop, then you could always consider just doing the available update via kies which I was offered the other day (kies for mac won't allow you to upgrade the firmware)
I think it was KE2 (or maybe KE4)

At least that would keep it official

Ye kies for mac is pointless, if I was to borrow the laptop I would probably root it and block some apps and test that for a day and then flash a rom later.

gingerbread is the actual os and the roms (samsungs/vodafones/villanrom) are customised version on gingerbread (afaik).

K09 · 23-06-2011 03:34PM

BenEadir wrote: »

Try Go Launcher. Free (from the market) and better IMHO. I've had both.

Ben

Can you always return to the default Galaxy S2 one?

23-06-2011 03:36PM

If you download and user a launcher as an app from the market you can easily switch between the two and revert back to the stock one.

Marco85 · 23-06-2011 05:54PM

i am taken the plunge from my nokia 5310 and buying the galaxy s2 on meteor the weekend,this will be my first smartphone but am bit worried about buying it after following this thread the last few weeks. i wouldnt be the best techie around and all this talk of rooting this and flashing that and changen roms has me haven second thoughts. is all this stuff really essential or can i just fire away with it as it comes in the box?

23-06-2011 06:07PM

No, you dont have to.

Ive been using it for the last 2-3 weeks as is and its grand, that said I will eventually root and flash a different rom on it.

But its fine as is.

unklerosco · 23-06-2011 06:13PM

As conor says, it's fine out of the box.. my mate has one and hasn't done a thing to it and loves it..

Marco85 · 23-06-2011 06:19PM

so what do you exactly gain by flashing or rooting it?

bd250110 · 23-06-2011 06:36PM

Marco85 wrote: »

so what do you exactly gain by flashing or rooting it?

Bragging rights. Geek points.

23-06-2011 06:42PM

bd250110 wrote: »

Bragging rights. Geek points.

I have never got that, maybe I just dont have geeky friends? Ive never once said hey look my phone is rooted…

There are actual benefits, improved battery usually for one.
But that said it works fine out of the box, as do actual computers but that doesnt mean you cant tweak them and make them better...

tw0nk · 23-06-2011 09:47PM

I have the samsung galaxy s2, got in with three, does anyone else think its slow to refresh screen when screen is off?

Samsung Galaxy S II

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