Samsung Galaxy S II

Doodoo · 30-04-2013 9:07pm

ShaneU wrote: »

Anyone know anywhere other than amazon where I could get a replacement battery for this phone?

Myself and my mate both have s2's and both of us were having the problem of the battery not lasting the day and if we stayed on the internet for more than 5 mins the phone would shut down and when they were restarted the battery percentage would drop from 70 or 80% down to 3 or 4%.

I ended up buying two of these with free delivery for €29 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-1900mAh-Battery-GT-I9100-EB-F1A2GBU/dp/B00567Y7A6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1367355749&sr=1-1&keywords=anker+galaxy+s2

Its like having a new phone again as the battery easily lasts a day and a half as its a 1900mAh battery.

Birdsong · 30-04-2013 9:13pm

I have a Samsung Galaxy S2, and for the past few days, when ever I am out & about using the mobile data (3G ?) it keeps dropping. I have tried turning on & off again but even that doesn't work now. Internet works fine on wireless, but i do need it on mobile also.

Any thoughts, the use packet data & data roaming are both ticked

ShaneU · 01-05-2013 1:09am

gar wrote: »

agree using the volume up button.
- Connect the phone to the computer using the usb cable
- In Odin you should see an added message
- Click the PDA button and select the Siyah kernel file (.tar)
- check the “Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time” options
- Click start and dont touch anything!!!
- Wait until you see a pass on the screen in Odin before disconnecting the phone. Can take a few mins.
- You now have root

Got this far. Yellow triangle on bootup and phone turns itself off, pc doesn't recognise phone. great.

edit: Siyah Kernel doesn't work with Android 4.0

ShaneU · 01-05-2013 2:08am

Completely lost, if I download a kernel for jellybean, the phone won't turn on to install cm10.
If I install an ICS kernel, I can't install jellybean.

Doodoo · 01-05-2013 9:19am

ShaneU wrote: »

Completely lost, if I download a kernel for jellybean, the phone won't turn on to install cm10.
If I install an ICS kernel, I can't install jellybean.

I think you need to upgrade your phone to jellybean first and then root it with the jellybean kernel. I used this dummies guide when i first rooted my phone which also has a link to a 'how to' video -

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-international-all-things-root/482994-rooting-galaxy-s2-dummies-guide.html

gar · 01-05-2013 12:54pm

Doodoo wrote: »

I think you need to upgrade your phone to jellybean first and then root it with the jellybean kernel. I used this dummies guide when i first rooted my phone which also has a link to a 'how to' video -

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-international-all-things-root/482994-rooting-galaxy-s2-dummies-guide.html

My phone was on jelly bean when I did the rooting and loading the rom.
After odin loaded the kernel the phone rebooted and saw the yellow triangle and then it booted up normally.

If you turn off the phone and then turn it on by holding home, vol up and power does it boot into the siyah recovery?

(home, vol down and power is odin recovery mode)

The process i used is similar to
http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s2-gt-i9100-jelly-bean-android-4-1-14-1-2/

METROID · 09-05-2013 2:32pm

Does anybody know where and how much is the cheapest price to get the screen replaced on this phone? Thanks.

gar · 09-05-2013 3:10pm

there is a guy on adverts.ie and he sorted mine in about ten minutes!!
Cant think his name at the mo

Banjo String · 10-05-2013 8:35am

Sick of the phone freezing, and Swype not performing correct on jb, i flashed cyanogen last night.

This is not the first rom I've flashed, but its definitely got me stuck:mad:

Everything goes great until i flash gapps...... Then the phone won't start, keeps throwing me up messages like setup Wizard isn't working, but strangely it will work flawlessly if i flash the gapps zip.

I've cleared cache, dalvick cache, and factory reset etc after enabling zips from cwm (basically followed instructions to the letter)

Anyone any ideas?

Al Capwned · 10-05-2013 9:20am

Hey lads.

I have recently upgraded to JB, and for some reason I can no longer open any attachments from my gmail a/c.
Anyone any ideas what i can do? Worked fine beforehand!

Mc Love · 10-05-2013 9:50am

SamHall wrote: »

Sick of the phone freezing, and Swype not performing correct on jb, i flashed cyanogen last night.

This is not the first rom I've flashed, but its definitely got me stuck:mad:

Everything goes great until i flash gapps...... Then the phone won't start, keeps throwing me up messages like setup Wizard isn't working, but strangely it will work flawlessly if i flash the gapps zip.

I've cleared cache, dalvick cache, and factory reset etc after enabling zips from cwm (basically followed instructions to the letter)

Anyone any ideas?

That happened me before - make sure you are using the correct gapps!

Banjo String · 10-05-2013 11:26am

Mc Love wrote: »

That happened me before - make sure you are using the correct gapps!

I think it only give the one link on the site.

How does one check?

Mc Love · 10-05-2013 1:16pm

Usually when you are downloading from CyanogenMod they have a link to show the latest gapps, all you need to do is link the gapps to the version of CM you are using

RuggieBear · 11-05-2013 4:09pm

my unbranded s2 (xeu) has just updated to jb via kies

Al Capwned · 11-05-2013 4:53pm

Al Capwned wrote: »

Hey lads.

I have recently upgraded to JB, and for some reason I can no longer open any attachments from my gmail a/c.
Anyone any ideas what i can do? Worked fine beforehand!

Any ideas lads?

ShaneU · 11-05-2013 5:20pm

RuggieBear wrote: »

my unbranded s2 (xeu) has just updated to jb via kies

Yup stock jellybean firmware available now (I9100XWLSS) http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9100

Banjo String · 11-05-2013 6:34pm

Al Capwned wrote: »

Any ideas lads?

Hey all, I had the same problem and downloaded Google documents which (seems to) helped.

Dempsey · 11-05-2013 8:10pm

Al Capwned wrote: »

Any ideas lads?

Clear cache/Reinstall the app?

MAJJ · 12-05-2013 10:03pm

Updated firmware via kies and since then phone keeps using much more battery power. Goes from full to empty and off over a few hours and phone is hot like a heavy proces is running non stop.

Any thought appreciated, thanks

ED E · 12-05-2013 10:15pm

MAJJ wrote: »

Updated firmware via kies and since then phone keeps using much more battery power. Goes from full to empty and off over a few hours and phone is hot like a heavy proces is running non stop.

Any thought appreciated, thanks

Go into battery in settings, it should suggest whats most active(display is always #1).

Banjo String · 14-05-2013 9:26pm

Guys, flashed cyanogen10.1 on Saturday, in fairness it makes the phone feel like a brand new device (New lease of life for my aging model anyway)

Anyone else have issues with the phone establishing a GPS lock though?

Couldn't use sat nav feature via gmaps today, anyone aware of any known issues with this, any fixes etc?

Appreciate the help.

Zagato · 14-05-2013 9:42pm

SamHall wrote: »

Guys, flashed cyanogen10.1 on Saturday, in fairness it makes the phone feel like a brand new device (New lease of life for my aging model anyway)

Anyone else have issues with the phone establishing a GPS lock though?

Couldn't use sat nav feature via gmaps today, anyone aware of any known issues with this, any fixes etc?

Appreciate the help.

I have had this problem with one of the nightlies, but an updated one sorted it out, it's about a fortnight since I last update though, unless this issue has resurfaced

redscan · 14-05-2013 11:57pm

SamHall wrote: »

Guys, flashed cyanogen10.1 on Saturday, in fairness it makes the phone feel like a brand new device (New lease of life for my aging model anyway)

Anyone else have issues with the phone establishing a GPS lock though?

Couldn't use sat nav feature via gmaps today, anyone aware of any known issues with this, any fixes etc?

Appreciate the help.

I used this and it made the gps lock much quicker. Have a read of it. Looks complicated but the process was actually very simple. Make sure to backup though!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447599&highlight=agps+patch

Zagato · 15-05-2013 6:43am

There is an app made called Ulysse Gizmos which will tell you how many satelites and other sensor info. Might be useful to have on your phone if you are changing settings to chck if things are measurably improving

BopNiblets · 16-05-2013 1:23pm

Did anyone get the new Google Music app, the orange and white themed version?

If I open it this sometimes the artwork is all skewed, but if I rotate the screen, the artwork looks normal again, can someone else try it and see of they get the same?

It seems to be on random tracks on the same album with exactly the same artwork! (artwork is in the ID3 tag, not a folder.jpg)
Screenshots:
http://imgur.com/GeyxRd6
http://imgur.com/jL8OAyp

I really have to question their decision to make the artwork zoomed in and bounce from left to right too, whyyyyy?

croo · 16-05-2013 2:09pm

yeah I noticed the same. Though if you rotate back and forth is does seem to correct itself - or crash the music app! I think it's juts buggy software, it'll probably be corrected in a future update.

BopNiblets · 16-05-2013 2:20pm

I hope so!
The zooming in and bounce thing is quite annoying because now I can see all the lovely jpeg compression artifacts on the artwork of ~6500 songs that I couldn't see before in the previous version... THANKS GOOGLE! :pac:
Just when I thought I had it all perfect.

Banjo String · 17-05-2013 7:41am

redscan wrote: »

I used this and it made the gps lock much quicker. Have a read of it. Looks complicated but the process was actually very simple. Make sure to backup though!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447599&highlight=agps+patch

Worked perfectly.

I used the cwm zip, flashed it there. Took 5 mins tops.....

I can get around unfamiliar areas again

MAJJ · 01-06-2013 9:37am

MAJJ wrote: »

Updated firmware via kies and since then phone keeps using much more battery power. Goes from full to empty and off over a few hours and phone is hot like a heavy proces is running non stop.

Any thought appreciated, thanks

After borrowing another battery it seems my battery is at fault. Any suggestions for sourcing a new one?

gar · 01-06-2013 10:18am

MAJJ wrote: »

After borrowing another battery it seems my battery is at fault. Any suggestions for sourcing a new one?

Get an anker one from Amazon
Bigger battery and huge difference

shnburn · 01-06-2013 10:21am

MAJJ wrote: »

After borrowing another battery it seems my battery is at fault. Any suggestions for sourcing a new one?

I got a new offical samsung battery for only 6 inclidin post off ebay

_Puma_ · 01-06-2013 10:55am

Go for the official extended battery on amazon. It makes the back of the phone a bit bigger but worth it in my opinion. I got 4 days out of it when I first got it and tested it by doing a minimal amount of use of the phone. With normal use I'm usually getting up to 2 days.

Edit. Actually it was nearly 5 days. Knew I took a screenshot

ronano · 01-06-2013 10:23pm

shnburn wrote: »

I got a new offical samsung battery for only 6 inclidin post off ebay

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MAJJ · 02-06-2013 10:29pm

ronano wrote: »

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Hiya, can you edit that link please

El Inho · 02-06-2013 10:47pm

anyone know what the latest supported os is in the SII on meteor? looking to change mine up and bit.

Anyone have a good rooting guide? and just how real a risk is it?

ED E · 02-06-2013 10:49pm

MAJJ wrote: »

Hiya, can you edit that link please

I think he meant "link?"

kc56 · 15-06-2013 11:11pm

El Spearo wrote: »

anyone know what the latest supported os is in the SII on meteor? looking to change mine up and bit.

Anyone have a good rooting guide? and just how real a risk is it?

eMobile is pushing Jelly Bean 4.1.2 to the S2 at present. I presume the same applies to Meteor. Got mine over the air about a week or so ago.

vectra · 17-06-2013 9:28am

SamHall wrote: »

Guys, flashed cyanogen10.1 on Saturday, in fairness it makes the phone feel like a brand new device (New lease of life for my aging model anyway)

Anyone else have issues with the phone establishing a GPS lock though?

Couldn't use sat nav feature via gmaps today, anyone aware of any known issues with this, any fixes etc?

Appreciate the help.

Is it essential to have an sd card to flash or can this be done on its own storage space?

Zagato · 18-06-2013 6:01am

vectra wrote: »

Is it essential to have an sd card to flash or can this be done on its own storage space?

I'm pretty sure it can be done on its own storage space, as this is treated like an internal sd card. It is nice to have an actual SD card in case their were any problems.

In answer to the post you quoted, download faster fix from the Play Store, and change the GPS server to Europe or the UK

kingtiger · 18-06-2013 11:19am

vectra wrote: »

Is it essential to have an sd card to flash or can this be done on its own storage space?

yeah I have done it countless times on different droids, never had any problems

vectra · 10-07-2013 6:21pm

Zagato wrote: »

I'm pretty sure it can be done on its own storage space, as this is treated like an internal sd card. It is nice to have an actual SD card in case their were any problems.

In answer to the post you quoted, download faster fix from the Play Store, and change the GPS server to Europe or the UK

kingtiger wrote: »

yeah I have done it countless times on different droids, never had any problems

Flashed it last Sunday.
Absolutely brilliant.
No problems in doing so,

No sd card only internal memory.

Normally on Jelly Bean if I charge it and let it lie idle it might last anywhere from 6 hours to 1 day and the battery would be dead.

Charged it fully last sunday morning,
Flashed it and it is lying idle since. Just checked now and it has 47% battery left.

Should have done this sooner.

Thanks for the heads up.

15-07-2013 5:24pm

All, does anyone know if I root my phone and put the latest sam firmware on it or if I flash a new rom, will my Ulster Bank app work?
Also anyone recommend a good rom to flash which you are currently using.

Doodoo · 15-07-2013 8:07pm

Deleted User wrote: »

All, does anyone know if I root my phone and put the latest sam firmware on it or if I flash a new rom, will my Ulster Bank app work?
Also anyone recommend a good rom to flash which you are currently using.

Yes it will, i have it on mine

16-07-2013 12:30am

Well, I took the plunge and rooted my phone and installed latest CyanogenMod with Android 4.2.2.
Took a couple of hours with backing up etc but no problems at all. Was sweating thinking I would brick the phone or something.
Was really surprised when all my apps automatically downloaded and most had no data loss.
UB worked no problem. Am delighted. Hope the battery life improves now.

Beefy78 · 19-07-2013 8:57am

My S2 has been dying the last few weeks. It doesn't seem to understand how much space is on my SD card, the GPS works one day in three and the battery is now almost useless. Literally a day or two into having these problems I got my first message to say that I was due an upgrade. Now I'm not one for conspiracies but....

On another note, I hate Opera now since it updated to the latest version and un-installed it this morning. Is there a recommended alternative to the stock browser?

Top Dog · 19-07-2013 1:50pm

Beefy78 wrote: »

On another note, I hate Opera now since it updated to the latest version and un-installed it this morning. Is there a recommended alternative to the stock browser?

I don't know if its recommended, but I've been using Dolphin Browser practically since I first got my S2. Find it handy enough to use.

19-07-2013 1:56pm

Beefy78 wrote: »

My S2 has been dying the last few weeks. It doesn't seem to understand how much space is on my SD card, the GPS works one day in three and the battery is now almost useless. Literally a day or two into having these problems I got my first message to say that I was due an upgrade. Now I'm not one for conspiracies but....

On another note, I hate Opera now since it updated to the latest version and un-installed it this morning. Is there a recommended alternative to the stock browser?

You may as well root the sgs2 and flash CyanogenMod with Android 4.2.2 Its like having a new phone and the SGS2 is well worth holding onto.
If anything goes wrong, take the upgrade. But rooting a flashing the new ROM is very easy.

Beefy78 · 19-07-2013 2:11pm

Actually that's not a bad idea. Little to lose in rooting it at this stage. Cheers.

Top Dog · 19-07-2013 3:26pm

Which particular version of CyanogenMod are people using these days? Any links?

Been a while since I last flashed a new ROM on mine, and its getting a bit sluggish of late so might be time for something fresher

Al Capwned · 19-07-2013 3:51pm

Having serious problems with charging my model lately lads. Seems to work fine off the USB cable on laptop or in car etc, but the mains charger keeps hopping between on and off every second or so.
Beginning to piss me off now tbh, anyone got any ideas as to what the problem would be?

Samsung Galaxy S II

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