Samsung Galaxy S II

Thor · 23-06-2011 09:56PM

tw0nk wrote: »

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

I believe it's because the phone goes into a kind of standby when the screen is off. When you re-activate the screen, It has to come out of standby aswell.

Not 100% but it makes sense. They do it to save on battery life.

tw0nk · 23-06-2011 10:00PM

i think your right, but other phones seem to do it much quicker

Q_Ball · 23-06-2011 10:41PM

Picked mine up today. The white in the market looks a bit...yellow...is that normal? It seems to be like that for all backgrounds that are white

Brian · 24-06-2011 12:32PM

Q_Ball wrote: »

Picked mine up today. The white in the market looks a bit...yellow...is that normal? It seems to be like that for all backgrounds that are white

At what brightness level?

Headshot · 24-06-2011 12:33PM

Thinking of returning my one to amazon, they wifi issues is starting to piss me off

lewis · 24-06-2011 01:16PM

Headshot wrote: »

Thinking of returning my one to amazon, they wifi issues is starting to piss me off

What`s happening to it?

Headshot · 24-06-2011 01:19PM

lewis wrote: »

What`s happening to it?

The wireless signal is just bad on it Lewis

ct5amr2ig1nfhp · 24-06-2011 01:23PM

Bye bye galaxy s, hello s2! Now to read the last 100 or so pages.

lewis · 24-06-2011 01:37PM

Headshot wrote: »

The wireless signal is just bad on it Lewis

Have you rooted it, if so have you tried a different modem?

Zagato · 24-06-2011 02:15PM

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

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).

Yeah, exactly. Pulser (of VillainROM fame) has a thread over at XDA with a list of apps that can be removed/uninstalled.

I'm just waiting until Nitrozk gets home from work to upload the Black Android Theme (VR version), want to see if the black minimalist approach saves some of the display battery consumption.

Q_Ball wrote: »

Picked mine up today. The white in the market looks a bit...yellow...is that normal? It seems to be like that for all backgrounds that are white

There was a lot of talk before of screens having a yellow area. There's a review of this issue here. TBH doesn't sound exactly like the problem you're having though

Headshot · 24-06-2011 02:27PM

lads I forgot my password for the samsung account on my s2, how do I retrieve it ?

Alligator Wine · 24-06-2011 04:05PM

Delighted with the phone so far. Bought it on contract from meteor. Was a bit nervous about doing it, but rooted it today andall went well. Running Go Launcher EX at the moment and it's a definite improvement on touchwiz.

Now I'd like to install Villianrom 1.4 but finding it all a bit confusing. Can anyone explain the steps in plain english what to do? I've read this: http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/content.php/309-VillainROM-1.4-for-SGS2-Released but not sure if I'm running XWKF1 CF-Root kernel or if I have to be...

At the moment my configuration is as follows.
Baseband: I9100XXKDJ
kernal version reads: 2.6.357-I9100XWKDD-CL161513
Build number: GINGERBREAD.XWKE2

Cheers

Q_Ball · 24-06-2011 09:52PM

Zagato wrote: »

Yeah, exactly. Pulser (of VillainROM fame) has a thread over at XDA with a list of apps that can be removed/uninstalled.

I'm just waiting until Nitrozk gets home from work to upload the Black Android Theme (VR version), want to see if the black minimalist approach saves some of the display battery consumption.

There was a lot of talk before of screens having a yellow area. There's a review of this issue here. TBH doesn't sound exactly like the problem you're having though

Cheers lads, turns out the automatic brightness level makes it all look a bit yellow. When I turned up the brightness it looked A LOT better

Now to get rid of all the vodafone ****e that came preinstalled

jimmycrackcorm · 24-06-2011 10:50PM

Headshot wrote: »

The wireless signal is just bad on it Lewis

Are you sure it's not just your wifi itself? I haven't noticed anything unusual but the most problematic issue with wifi is usually someone close by using a wifi router on the same channel.

Get Wifi Analyzer and look at the signal map.

Headshot · 24-06-2011 10:52PM

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Are you sure it's not just your wifi itself? I haven't noticed anything unusual but the most problematic issue with wifi is usually someone close by using a wifi router on the same channel.

Get Wifi Analyzer and look at the signal map.

posters on the android forums are having the same problem

Iv it packed up and going back to amazon

thank god I bought it from amazon too

OneWayBet · 24-06-2011 11:13PM

Headshot wrote: »

The wireless signal is just bad on it Lewis

Coming from an N900 the S2 far exceeded my expectations in many aspects but the wifi signal is truly appalling, my home wifi coverage has decreased from 100% of my house to about 50%.

dots104 · 25-06-2011 12:01AM

just got a gs2 today and i am really please with it so far. just seen a app on the phone called zapatag and was just wondering what it was. does the phone have nfc or do you need a separate sticker for it.

Kenny Logins · 25-06-2011 08:47AM

Picked one up on adverts yesterday, was a nice bonus to find it was already rooted and running Lite'ning ROM.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274

Joneser · 25-06-2011 09:38AM

Hey all, I'm getting on of these this week but not sure whether to switch to bill pay or stay pay as you go (i'm with vodafone). My main question is does using the internet, like fb, emails etc. use up much credit? I'm thinking about going for the €45/month plan. Any opinions? And apologies if this is in the wrong thread.

lewis · 25-06-2011 09:39AM

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Picked one up on adverts yesterday, was a nice bonus to find it was already rooted and running Lite'ning ROM.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274

How much?
Do you know the reason why the person was selling it?

gbob · 25-06-2011 09:46AM

Joneser wrote: »

Hey all, I'm getting on of these this week but not sure whether to switch to bill pay or stay pay as you go (i'm with vodafone). My main question is does using the internet, like fb, emails etc. use up much credit? I'm thinking about going for the €45/month plan. Any opinions? And apologies if this is in the wrong thread.

€40 a month on 3 including unlimited data and phone free.. 24 month contract.

Joneser · 25-06-2011 10:40AM

gbob wrote: »

€40 a month on 3 including unlimited data and phone free.. 24 month contract.

Wow that's an amazing deal, do u know if u have to pay anything up front? If not i'll get it while i'm in town today haha, otherwise i'll have to wait til pay day on tuesday :P

gbob · 25-06-2011 11:00AM

Joneser wrote: »

Wow that's an amazing deal, do u know if u have to pay anything up front? If not i'll get it while i'm in town today haha, otherwise i'll have to wait til pay day on tuesday :P

Nothing up front.. i got one last week.

Kenny Logins · 25-06-2011 12:19PM

lewis wrote: »

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Picked one up on adverts yesterday, was a nice bonus to find it was already rooted and running Lite'ning ROM.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274

How much?
Do you know the reason why the person was selling it?

€420. Seller's O/H wanted an iPhone instead.

TBH it was only a few quid less than porting to Vodafone PAYG online via Fatcheese (€436.50ish) but I couldn't wait until Tuesday. :-P

Kenny Logins · 25-06-2011 01:18PM

Joneser wrote: »

Hey all, I'm getting on of these this week but not sure whether to switch to bill pay or stay pay as you go (i'm with vodafone). My main question is does using the internet, like fb, emails etc. use up much credit? I'm thinking about going for the €45/month plan. Any opinions? And apologies if this is in the wrong thread.

Port to Meteor online via Fatcheese.ie - €249 and €30 pm (200/200/1gig) for 12 months, and get a €40 rebate.

That's a grand total of €569 for a whole year of calls, texts and data including a new SGS2.

25-06-2011 03:26PM

Probably a bad unit, my wifi works all over my house and accross the street in another house.

Kenny Logins wrote: »

€420. Seller's O/H wanted an iPhone instead.

You jammy dodger - nice, I paid 59 euro more for technically less.

Kenny Logins · 26-06-2011 04:19PM

Has anyone installed Villainrom and found the browser very slow in scrolling?

Thor · 26-06-2011 04:20PM

Just tried Onlive viewer and it works perfectly on the Samsung Galaxy S2. For those who don't know what Onlive is.

It's a way to play games without the need of high end graphics cards, It's only in a america but works fine over here aswell.

The onlive viewer only allows you to view other people playing but my guess is that soon we will be able to play the games.

Anyone who wants to try it out, Can download it from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138194

10th post down!!

Thor · 26-06-2011 04:20PM

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Has anyone installed Villainrom and found the browser very slow in scrolling?

Download VRtweaks from the villainrom site, There is a fix for sluggish browser!!

paddypowder · 26-06-2011 04:27PM

was i wrong to dl the firmware upgrade for the cam?

i thought the pic was better b4

Samsung Galaxy S II

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