Author Topic: The Samsung Galaxy S2 thread (Read 59810 times)

stevensr123 · « **Reply #80 on:** July 15, 2011, 10:28:29 am »

Quote from: momo22 on July 15, 2011, 10:27:18 am

Just got the Samsung S2 finding it hard to set up the internet, any advice?

What's the problem like?

are you trying to use WIFI or the actually 3g network?

momo22 · « **Reply #81 on:** July 15, 2011, 10:37:14 am »

Quote from: stevensr123 on July 15, 2011, 10:28:29 am

What's the problem like?

are you trying to use WIFI or the actually 3g network?

It works with my home internet, but I can't use the inbuilt internet on my phone.

ScouserAlec · « **Reply #82 on:** July 15, 2011, 12:33:59 pm »

£35 a month.

2000 Mins
5000 Texts
Unlimited Internet (Yes Unlimited, whihc I would highly reconmend for this phone)

3 network.

Over the moon with this phone, best phone out at the moment no doubt about it.

Beav · « **Reply #83 on:** July 15, 2011, 12:54:34 pm »

How do you find the 3 network mate? Where I live, the few people on it seem to have barely any signal.

ScouserAlec · « **Reply #84 on:** July 15, 2011, 01:52:46 pm »

Well I live in Liverpool and have no problems what so ever when it comes to calls and texts.

Internet on it is fantastic, super fast.

Beav · « **Reply #85 on:** July 24, 2011, 10:26:31 pm »

So I went out and got me one of these. T Mobile, 1200 mins, 500 texts, unlimited Internet (< fucking win)

I've switched from my much loved iPhone 3G S and the first thing I noticed was the sensitivity. I wouldn't call the Samsung unresponsive, far from it, but the iPhone just edges it in it's "feel" of the touch screen. I don't think any smart phone can get close to the iPhone, but the Samsung does a good job.

The AMOLED screen is astonishing. I downloaded a few hd wallpapers and was bowled over by how crystal clear and bright it was. Makes the iPhone look very dull and low quality.

The Internet is fast, real fast. Using just a strong signal, it can give the iPhone a run for its money using Wi-fi. With the Wi-fi it's only marginally slower than my computer using google chrome.

It's so light, it's actually strange at first holding it. The iPhone has a comforting weight to it, but the Samsung does away with that to give it a really crisp feel. Combine the low weight with that massive screen and it's a brilliant phone to whip out if you want to show off in the smart phone pissing contest.

It will take some getting used to, it feels much different to my iphone, and I'm only just starting to scratch the surface of what the phone can do, but early impressions are very, very good.

danwms · « **Reply #86 on:** July 25, 2011, 12:33:25 pm »

How can you possibly be saying that the iphone 3GS is more responsive than an SG2??

Beav · « **Reply #87 on:** July 25, 2011, 01:06:05 pm »

It feels more sensitive to the touch. Its hard to describe, you need just the slightest touch on the iPhone, the Samsung needs just that tiniest bit more. It's only very slight, but you can just tell.

Matt S · « **Reply #88 on:** July 25, 2011, 01:08:03 pm »

Quote from: Beav on July 25, 2011, 01:06:05 pm

It feels more sensitive to the touch. Its hard to describe, you need just the slightest touch on the iPhone, the Samsung needs just that tiniest bit more. It's only very slight, but you can just tell.

I went from iphone -> Galaxy S2 and didn't notice any difference in screen sensitivity to be honest. Maybe I'm not as sensitive to the difference but I can't notice one at all.

GBF · « **Reply #89 on:** July 25, 2011, 02:45:12 pm »

Quote from: Matt S on July 25, 2011, 01:08:03 pm

I went from iphone -> Galaxy S2 and didn't notice any difference in screen sensitivity to be honest. Maybe I'm not as sensitive to the difference but I can't notice one at all.

may be you have fat fingers and Beav has lady's fingers

Beav · « **Reply #90 on:** July 25, 2011, 02:53:30 pm »

Haha, maybe it is just me. I'm not saying it's a big issue, just something I noticed. It's a fantastic phone.

.adam · « **Reply #91 on:** July 25, 2011, 04:31:58 pm »

I bet Beav's missus loves his sensitive fingers.

.adam · « **Reply #92 on:** July 27, 2011, 11:06:15 am »

I'm sick of the terrible battery life on this thing. It's only 11:00AM and I'm on 60% battery life after a full-charge over night. I listened to five minutes of radio this morning, a half hour podcast on the way to work and browsed the net on 3G for maybe fifteen minutes.

I'm going to root it tonight and freeze all the crap that runs in the background which I suspect is slowly eating my battery (Wifi SHaring being one of the mian culprits). It looks relatively simple to do - will report back with findings.

ozzy-red · « **Reply #93 on:** July 27, 2011, 11:09:02 am »

Quote from: .adam on July 27, 2011, 11:06:15 am

I'm sick of the terrible battery life on this thing. It's only 11:00AM and I'm on 60% battery life after a full-charge over night. I listened to five minutes of radio this morning, a half hour podcast on the way to work and browsed the net on 3G for maybe fifteen minutes.

I'm going to root it tonight and freeze all the crap that runs in the background which I suspect is slowly eating my battery (Wifi SHaring being one of the mian culprits). It looks relatively simple to do - will report back with findings.

Cheers mate sounds good.
I'm sick of the battery too. Shits me.

.adam · « **Reply #94 on:** July 27, 2011, 11:59:45 am »

I've just installed Elixir which shows you all apps/processes running on your phone. No wonder my battery is shite, there is so much running in the background.

A lot are apps that I very rarely/never use so I've uninstalled them but some of them are system apps which I'll try freezing with Titanium Backup later tonight. I reckon after a week or so I'll be able to report if it gives a noticeable battery life increase.

Here's hoping.

Matt S · « **Reply #95 on:** July 27, 2011, 12:33:12 pm »

Juice defender helped mine, only use it when I have a long day travelling and stuff.

.adam · « **Reply #96 on:** July 27, 2011, 01:45:49 pm »

Quote from: Matt S on July 27, 2011, 12:33:12 pm

Juice defender helped mine, only use it when I have a long day travelling and stuff.

Aye, Matt. I've used JD before. I found that the main saving was from switching 3G/HSDPA off when I didn't need it which saved a fair amount of power. However, it pissed me off to no end when I needed to quickly Google something on my phone and had to wait for the data connection to boot up again.

Looking online, it seems that some success has been had by people rooting and freezing apps they don't need (AP Mobile and Amazon App Store just to touch on the "A's"). I'll give it a whirl tonight and let you know how it goes.

One thing that's plainly apparent to me though is as that as features of mobile phones become more and more advanced, the only restraining factor is battery life. I'm sure there are a few companies out there investing millions in to the 'next' technology and if they find it, I'm sure they'll make a mint.

.adam · « **Reply #97 on:** July 27, 2011, 04:32:15 pm »

So, I'm in work and had an hour to kill so thought I'd give it a go given that I can run it all on my work PC.

Turns out the PC application you need to run - ODIN - is not Windows 7 compatible. This is the only Windows machine I have easy access to. I need to think this through.

.adam · « **Reply #98 on:** July 27, 2011, 08:38:13 pm »

OK, so I've rooted using this guide:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

Have uninstalled every app that I rarely use and frozen any system apps that are chugging away in the background - I'll report back with any battery savings.

danwms · « **Reply #99 on:** July 28, 2011, 12:22:12 am »

Anyone upgraded to 2.3.4?

.adam · « **Reply #100 on:** July 28, 2011, 09:35:12 am »

Nope. Is that an OTA update or do you have to connect through Kies?

I'm going to give this rooted version of 2.3.3 a go for a week or so, see if that makes any difference to battery life.

.adam · « **Reply #101 on:** July 28, 2011, 10:43:40 am »

Dan, if you do install it, can you let me know what the battery usage stats are like? At the moment, Android OS is eating a lot of battery life - the update is supposedly set to fix this.

24 hours on from my complaint about battery life yesterday and after rooting and freezing all the crapware in the background, I'm on 76% at roughly the same time of day. A bit better but still not great. I froze a good proportion of the apps listed here on the website below if anyone is thinking of doing similar.

http://kholisanwari.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-sii-safe-to-remove-applications/

JC the Messiah · « **Reply #102 on:** July 28, 2011, 10:58:46 am »

There are a number of ways I extend the battery life on my phone:

Rooted with Cyanogen mod
Juice Defender Ultimate
Tasker (to automate settings such as automatically switching GPS on when I start the maps app, and switching it off when the app is closed, etc.)
Screen on 'automatic dim' setting

That and I generally have one or two spare batteries with me, try doing that with an iphone!

danwms · « **Reply #103 on:** July 28, 2011, 12:33:06 pm »

I have improved battery life by:

Using Juice Defender to turn of wifi etc when not in use.
Using Advanced Task manager to kill tasks every hour.
Used Titanium backup to freeze all the samsung crap that comes pre installed on the phone.

The battery life is actually fine now, i don't see it as an issue.

GBF · « **Reply #104 on:** August 1, 2011, 11:14:43 am »

anyone having problem to connect to server when trying to "check for update" ?

Chief. · « **Reply #105 on:** August 1, 2011, 11:21:54 am »

Why don't you just buy spare batteries? Charge them up so when your first one runs out, you can just switch over to the other one fully charged up.

CheshireDave · « **Reply #106 on:** August 8, 2011, 09:28:27 am »

Getting this phone tomorrow! Can't wait.

Had to pay £60 to stay on my contract though (£25 - 600min, ul text and ul internet). But I feel it's a small price to pay as this phone on a similar contract with Orange is no less than £40 a month.

Any must do's and don'ts when I first get it? Should I upgrade the software to a certain build? anything I can do to make the battery last longer? etc etc. Any advice would be great.

danwms · « **Reply #107 on:** August 8, 2011, 03:36:33 pm »

Had it for over a month now and can safly say I do not miss my iPhone.

G a r y · « **Reply #108 on:** August 8, 2011, 09:01:54 pm »

Well better than the iPhone. I've got both (for the time being - selling iPhone).

deeuk · « **Reply #109 on:** August 11, 2011, 02:56:59 pm »

Quote from: Yosser0_0 on July 10, 2011, 10:32:43 am

Never really crossed my mind to be honest.

deeuk what's your avatar? I recognise it for some strange reason, is it possible to see a close up?

It was from my very first game at anfield v arsenal, the first game after kenny resigned.

Someone at work has just got a Samsung G2, very tempted now, and good £25 p/m deals going too.

GBF · « **Reply #110 on:** August 11, 2011, 03:32:16 pm »

Quote from: deeuk on August 11, 2011, 02:56:59 pm

Someone at work has just got a Samsung G2, very tempted now, and good £25 p/m deals going too.

some have a couple of "free deals" too at the moment

G a r y · « **Reply #111 on:** August 11, 2011, 09:28:25 pm »

Bought out of my iPhone contract for £70. Got the S2 free and a contract that saves me £6 a month. Just sold my iPhone 3GS for £220.

Happy days.

momo22 · « **Reply #112 on:** August 12, 2011, 11:00:26 am »

My contract is 19.60 600 mins unlim texts 1gb and free calls to virgin.18 month contract, but get 4 months free

DM Red · « **Reply #113 on:** August 13, 2011, 12:50:13 am »

three have a 24 month contract option where you get the phone free. i went to get that and i didnt score high enough on their credit rating system.

i end up paying 180 for the phone on a 18 month contract. something dodgy there imo

Beav · « **Reply #114 on:** August 13, 2011, 06:30:06 pm »

Anyone installed any different icons or themes? Looking for some decent ones but there are a lot of programs on the market.

GBF · « **Reply #115 on:** August 19, 2011, 12:42:08 am »

any idea how to refresh the order of the apps in the menu? there are some screen that have space and the new ones werent placed in alphabetic order

CheshireDave · « **Reply #116 on:** August 19, 2011, 07:58:19 am »

Quote from: GBF on August 19, 2011, 12:42:08 am

any idea how to refresh the order of the apps in the menu? there are some screen that have space and the new ones werent placed in alphabetic order

Open the apps menu, click the menu kep (bottom left), click edit and then you can drag them about.

I think that's what you meant, sorry if it's not.

GBF · « **Reply #117 on:** August 19, 2011, 10:17:45 am »

Quote from: CheshireDave on August 19, 2011, 07:58:19 am

Open the apps menu, click the menu kep (bottom left), click edit and then you can drag them about.

I think that's what you meant, sorry if it's not.

thanks...did the work (manually though

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Yosser0_0 · « **Reply #118 on:** August 24, 2011, 05:23:19 pm »

SHIT !!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14652482

GBF · « **Reply #119 on:** August 24, 2011, 05:34:14 pm »

Quote

Dutch website Webwereld has extracted this information from Apple's subpoena, saying that the complaint filed extends over all Samsung's logistical affiliates responsible for distributing Samsung's products in 28 markets across Europe.

The file also includes a letter that Apple has helpfully drafted for Samsung, which demands a complete recall of stock from all European distributors and resellers.

As well as saying that Samsung will shoulder all costs, the letter drafted by Apple warns, "For the record we would like to mention the fact that by storing, offering and/or selling of the above mentioned Galaxy smartphones [and tablets], you commit infringement of the intellectual property rights of Apple Inc."

http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/apple-chases-europe-wide-samsung-galaxy-ban-994105

So, no more support for those who bought it then :/ Job & Apple are just another bunch of hypocrites