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Samsung Galaxy S II discussion |
jj03
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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yep...recovery mode pretty much ensures that you can't brick your phone...one of the great things about android. |
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Caspa
Joined: Nov 28, 2001
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From: London, UK.
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Yeah, its proper difficult to brick a phone... Sammys are easy to work with as they don't have locked bootloaders so you can just whack an insecure kernel on them and away you go... Like jj03 said, with a custom recovery you've no worries, installing a custom ROM or mod etc, ALWAYS backup first so you can roll back if it goes tits up...
Irrespective of whether you want to install custom ROMs or mods, having root access opens up a load of useful apps from the market...
I'll be rooting my G-Nexus when I get it and that's just so I can use certain apps... Hoping there will be a permanent root method soon as I can definitely see me running out of juice, at least to start with!
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norbi_nw
Joined: Nov 27, 2006
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From: Romania, Timisoara
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Ok got my phone yesterday. So far I am happy with it despite the few little problems i noticed:
1. Mic volume a bit low
2. Headphones are mediocre and pop when I unplug them (little pop sound from earpice speaker)
3. Pink spot in camera (visible on grey objects)
4. Pink upper corners of picture when taking a pic with flash on, in low light (autofocus, and try to take a long range pic in dark room).
5. Little yellow tint on screen when low brightess (visible on grey background).
Also it takes 3 hours to charge from 10% to 100%. Is this normal?
EDIT: check out my blog from my signature for a quick tutorial of how I flashed and rooted my phone. Super easy
[ This Message was edited by: norbi_nw on 2011-11-18 06:30 ] http://norbinw.blogspot.com |
Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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nice blog norbi__nw
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jj03
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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3 hours to charge from 0 - 100 is correct... |
rikken
Joined: Feb 23, 2007
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From: Norway
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I bought a 1200 mah charger from Nokia and charging is done much faster 
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norbi_nw
Joined: Nov 27, 2006
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From: Romania, Timisoara
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what about 3:30?
That's about how long it takes for my S2. Standby (overnight) is ok, it consumes 2-3% in 12 hours.
But if I use the phone a bit, 30 minutes of wifi + 30 minutes of gaming, I lose ~20%-25%. Think I will get a bigger battery, let's say 2000mAh. Think it will charge for 4:30 hours then :/
My old X10 mini pro charged in 1:30 minutes from 0-100. And lasted about 4-5h of heavy use. (gaming and a bit of wifi).
Also plz check and tell me your charger specifications, maybe this guy whom I have got my phone from gave me a charger from a weaker Samsung model (by mistake).
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Bonovox
Joined: Apr 13, 2008
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I finally have coming next week after new stocks are in the 2,000mAh battery from Samsung.
Phone?? What phone?? |
jj03
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love wifi direct...sent a movie to my mates gs2...1.36 gig in size..took a minute to send. lovely stuff. |
Bonovox
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@norbi_nw I have none of them problems you mention on your post. What firmware do you have??
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daviep
Joined: Apr 04, 2005
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From: bonnie scotland
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have seen posts on other forums about the pink spot issue with 2.3.5 firmware on galaxy s2s-mines on 2.3.3 with no pink spots,upgraded my galaxy s to 2.3.5 and it now has the pink spot on camera.
was going to upgrade to 2.3.5 as it seems to have better battery usage but my s2 wont connect to kies so maybe its not such a bad thing as i use the camera a lot.
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Bonovox
Joined: Apr 13, 2008
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Well if it only happens when pointed at a grey or white background like paper then it's not such a big issue. I have not noticed it even when pointed at a grey sky
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rikken
Joined: Feb 23, 2007
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From: Norway
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The pink spot has decreased significantly after upgrading my phone to 2.3.5, can hardly notice it anymore
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Bonovox
Joined: Apr 13, 2008
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Well,if it is there on mine I have not spotted it(no pun there) & it has not affected any of my photos so far. I was also wearing my glasses 
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Marly
Joined: Jun 04, 2006
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From: Netherlands
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On 2011-11-20 15:43:00, Bonovox wrote:
Well if it only happens when pointed at a grey or white background like paper then it's not such a big issue. I have not noticed it even when pointed at a grey sky
It also depends on what kind of pictures you take, clouds and skies have several shades of grey and/or white, so one would probably hardly notice a light pink"ish" spot. My husband uses his N8 often to take a quick macro-picture of a document, for work. On a white paper you'd see such a pink spot much better, so for him it would've been a huge issue, he would've returned the phone immediately.
[ This Message was edited by: Marly on 2011-11-21 04:09 ] "America: please don’t be a Dumpfkopf" |
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