Samsung Galaxy S II

Dr.Winston O'Boogie · 30-08-2012 10:49PM

Having problems with the battery on this phone, when its fully charged, and I unplug the charger, the battery full icon remains. It also seems to be overheating the battery a lot, and its draining quicker.

The other day also I turned the phone off, and when I turned it on the phone would not come on, instead showing a battery icon with a thermometer beside it.

Any ideas? I have a few different batteries, and its the same issue so it makes me think it may be the phone and not the battery.

subway · 30-08-2012 11:58PM

Same issue as above , charge /data port.
It's covered under warranty or 40eu if you can't wait

01-09-2012 07:09AM

Right, if you haven't used Miui yet but you know how to get it, do it now... I was on cm and dual booted miui for a quick look. Love it.

It really is like havin a brand new awesome phone.. And the Music Player alone has be going out later to buy the biggest card I can find for the phone.

I got cmiui jb version. Might post screen shots.

Mc Love · 01-09-2012 07:56AM

A link might help?

01-09-2012 08:06AM

Should be here.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804619

Mc Love · 01-09-2012 01:50PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Should be here.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804619

Hmm - it said that it was installed, then RR started up, and I followed instructions on the thread to install.

Do I need CM before I can use it?

01-09-2012 03:55PM

I wiped data delvik cache nd when I installed from internal SD card through siyah clockwordmod, I got a miui installer.. like a gui. Xda is the place for questions, I can only report what worked for me unfortunately.

That was as a secondary ROM install..

Cossax · 01-09-2012 09:38PM

Mc Love wrote: »

Hmm - it said that it was installed, then RR started up, and I followed instructions on the thread to install.

Do I need CM before I can use it?

Are you dual-booting?

Cossax · 01-09-2012 09:55PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Should be here.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804619

Whoa, that's the i9100G forum you're in there, I dunno how well that'd play with the regular i9100.

Mc Love · 01-09-2012 10:15PM

Cossax wrote: »

Whoa, that's the i9100G forum you're in there, I dunno how well that'd play with the regular i9100.

Yeah I noticed that! Still on RR ICS

02-09-2012 02:39AM

Fek. Correct link... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704387

I googled cmiu jb xda, checked the version number matched on the rom and posted.. Forgot to check the most basic part. Sorry!

Kur4mA · 03-09-2012 12:10PM

I'm playing around with CMIUI now too and it is quite nice, but has a bit to go with jellybeans tbh. The music player is epic though. Does anyone know if it would be possible to take just the music app from CMIUI for use on other roms?

Mc Love · 03-09-2012 01:00PM

Nah I didnt like it at all and just updated to the last stable RR

03-09-2012 01:08PM

kyub wrote: »

I'm playing around with CMIUI now too and it is quite nice, but has a bit to go with jellybeans tbh. The music player is epic though. Does anyone know if it would be possible to take just the music app from CMIUI for use on other roms?

I've spent some time mixing skins and launcher plus pro and it looks great.. Music player is the best part, automatically downloading songs with lyrics straight to the library. Think you can get it on other ROMs. Read somewhere that you can install it as a zip from cwm.

Kur4mA · 03-09-2012 01:10PM

Got a linky with that? I'd rather go back to RR to be honest. I miss all of my customisation options but would love to keep the music player from CMIUI.

Kur4mA · 03-09-2012 03:50PM

Hmm, I've found the following apk's but they don't look quite the same as the CMIUI music app:

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/19628-miui-music-ics-themed/

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517441

**EDIT**

Never mind. It's not possible apparently. Here's a quote from the guy that created one of the above apps on XDA.

Originally Posted by ThilinaC View Post
is it possible to get latest player from miui 2.6.8 ?

You can't. It requires the MIUI framework now

dwaned · 05-09-2012 05:55PM

Just an update on my charging port... I opened the phone took the 'new' usb ribbon out and then refitted it.. closed up the phone, exactly the same! Nothing! Just my luck, bought a faulty new usb ribbon to replace my original usb ribbon! So today I opened the phone again, took out the new usb ribbon and put the old one back in.It's back to the old problem of charging but when I unplug the charger it gives me the message of over voltage or something... Will be bringing it to that shop in Dublin me thinks!! Will update further when I get to Dublin..

dwaned · 08-09-2012 10:51AM

Update... Got to that shop on Talbot street, thanks subway. They replaced the usb port with a new one, didn't work. Exact same as when I replaced mine, does nothing, not even register that you've plugged it in. Had to put the old one back in again!! They don't know what is wrong with it but may be a software problem. Thinking the same my self now, software or firmware.. Anyone any ideas?? gonna try over on XDA too..

Mr Jinx · 08-09-2012 04:07PM

just got the Galaxy s2, i want to be able to check delivery reports but not receive them or at least change the tone to a different one from the sms. Is this possible? All i want to do is check them manually if i want to.
Its very annoying to send a message and then you have to check if the message alert is a delivery report or a new sms.

Patsy fyre · 09-09-2012 06:53PM

Mr Jinx wrote: »

just got the Galaxy s2, i want to be able to check delivery reports but not receive them or at least change the tone to a different one from the sms. Is this possible? All i want to do is check them manually if i want to.
Its very annoying to send a message and then you have to check if the message alert is a delivery report or a new sms.

If you use Handcent app then if the message is delivered a green tick appears beside the message.

Patsy fyre · 09-09-2012 06:56PM

So I'm setting up the security on the phone. Want to use the pattern unlock but when I select it, it only works once then stops!
Anyone any ideas?

danthefan · 09-09-2012 11:27PM

Can anyone link to a completely beginner guide to putting some sort of custom firmware on my S2? I'd like to think I'm fairly tech savvy but just have no idea what the best ROM would be or anything like that.

piddif · 10-09-2012 08:39PM

Hi guys.

I'm running Vannilla Rootbox, jellybean with the dorimanz kernal. It'd really nice.

My question: what is a decent modem for this setup bearing in my my network provider is meteor?

Lads I'm clueless when it comes to radios/modems...are they even the same thing?

Thank you in advance

BopNiblets · 12-09-2012 05:29PM

danthefan wrote: »

Can anyone link to a completely beginner guide to putting some sort of custom firmware on my S2? I'd like to think I'm fairly tech savvy but just have no idea what the best ROM would be or anything like that.

ROMs come in a few categories:
Stock - Official Samsung ROM (with TouchWiz UI)
AOSP - basically Vanilla Android, nothing added from Samsung/HTC etc, Vanilla UI
AOKP - AOSP with Extras, 15 toggles, custom kernels etc.
CyanogenMod - Also AOSP with Extra features but used for a base of most custom ROMs
MIUI - Chinese ROM, looks completely different to Stock (also comes with English language)

I'm currently keeping an eye on this thread on XDA (click on the Show Content buttons), waiting for a JellyBean ROM with the hwcomposer working which is the "Project Butter" thing that eliminates lag in JellyBean.
I think Revolt or Resurrection Remix versions of JellyBean are decent looking.

If you currently have stock on your phone you can flash a kernel, called ClockWorkMod or CWM, this lets you update to ROMs much easier, you would need to download it to your SD card and then reboot your phone into Recovery mode, then download to your SD card and apply the mod through the recovery menu in a similar way (after wiping the cache and resetting stuff in the menu, it differs for some ROMs but generally a clean install is preferred).

opinion guy · 13-09-2012 07:45PM

I am thinking to get an S2 from Meteor pay as you go as it is the cheapest (€399) way of getting a new one I can find.

However - I've not interest in staying with meteor and would want to unlock it.
Anyone know would this be difficult ?
Also will there be alot of branding shlte on it ?

AlmightyCushion · 13-09-2012 07:47PM

opinion guy wrote: »

I am thinking to get an S2 from Meteor pay as you go as it is the cheapest (€399) way of getting a new one I can find.

However - I've not interest in staying with meteor and would want to unlock it.
Anyone know would this be difficult ?
Also will there be alot of branding shlte on it ?

You can unlock it using an app on the Google Play Store. It will probably be branding but installing a custom rom will sort that.

Lordfranto · 13-09-2012 07:49PM

opinion guy wrote: »

I am thinking to get an S2 from Meteor pay as you go as it is the cheapest (€399) way of getting a new one I can find.

However - I've not interest in staying with meteor and would want to unlock it.
Anyone know would this be difficult ?
Also will there be alot of branding shlte on it ?

unlocking should be simple enough i think Theres a free app that does it if not Theres a site an American one ive used costs about €7 and u ll get ur unlock code in minutes. as for bloatware and branding ****e yes loads but its the same with any network. u can root the phone and remove it tho.

Jarren · 13-09-2012 07:52PM

opinion guy wrote: »

I am thinking to get an S2 from Meteor pay as you go as it is the cheapest (€399) way of getting a new one I can find.

However - I've not interest in staying with meteor and would want to unlock it.
Anyone know would this be difficult ?
Also will there be alot of branding shlte on it ?

They come unlocked/Sim free

http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_8?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=samsung+galaxy+s2&sprefix=SAMSUNG+%2Caps%2C178

Lordfranto · 13-09-2012 07:53PM

while im here, im sure u all know bout the s2 rebooting itself for no reason at times. well i was speaking to a Samsung rep and she informed me that its an app conflict problem that causes it. i was waiting for her to tell me they were working on resolving tjis problem but no such luck. my phone is due upgrade shortly im stuck between a gs3 and a HTC one X, does anyone know if the s3 or the one X suffer with this reboot problem?

opinion guy · 13-09-2012 07:53PM

Jarren wrote: »

They come unlocked/Sim free

http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_8?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=samsung+galaxy+s2&sprefix=SAMSUNG+%2Caps%2C178

Will they deliver to Ireland ? My German sucks I wouldn't be sure what I'm doing

Samsung Galaxy S II

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