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Mostly I am trying to see if this is an isolated issue with mine that might be fixed by rolling the dice again and re-flashing 2.1, but I'm sure people have interesting anecdotes to share as well.
For me, the ROM gave me severe overheating issues. Like, I would be in a heavily air conditioned room playing a video file, and after 20 minutes even though the outside doesn't feel exceptionally warm, running the internal temp monitor would show 98-100 degrees! This heated area was highly localized in the lower left corner, where according to ifixit the processor rests. Without air conditioning, even simply browsing the internet would cause it to eventually overheat.
To add to that, comparing 1.6 to 2.1 charging speed and general battery life seems to be much better after going back to 1.6. Whereas in 2.1 watching a 20-minute video could cut down my battery by 30 percent even in airplane mode, in 1.6 I lose maybe 5 percent in the same situation.
Of course even in 1.6 I am still having troubles with heat when I am in a hot environment, though I don't know if this is just the nature of running a modern smartphone in 29 degree C (84 F) weather. As an aside, has anybody had overheating issues in hot environments?
Several reasons include:
1 - Utterly crap, slow, useless & innaccurate keyboard
2 - Less icons fit on screen
3 - Only 5 home screen in which you cannot remove/add
4 - Wallpaper does not work properly, instead of filling one screen
it distorts and stretches onto all the other screens...
That's all I can think of now...
100*F after 20 minutes of video playback? That's absolutely normal. In fact it's kinda cool.
I'm back on 1.6 because:
No WMA support in stock or aftermarket players (RockPlayer did work, but that's no good for music)
I prefer the 1.6 keyboard
I like Dell's FB, Twitter and RSS widgets
I want my restricted market apps to be available
I do miss (from 2.1)
The eye-candy
Being able to charge in aeroplane mode (what is UP with that anyway?)
The dialer/contact app is great
Did I mention the eye-candy?
2.1 was very pretty and I am very much looking forward to it in an official ROM. IMHO though, it doesn't provide the functionality I need.
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100*F after 20 minutes of video playback? That's absolutely normal. In fact it's kinda cool.
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Seriously? I mean, what's the point in having a media tablet if it can't even finish a TV episode without an emergency shutdown? Is this normal for android smartphones in general, or is the streak just badly designed?
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Seriously? I mean, what's the point in having a media tablet if it can't even finish a TV episode without an emergency shutdown? Is this normal for android smartphones in general, or is the streak just badly designed?
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my guess is that the cpu throttling isnt fully implemented or that it doesnt support hardware decoding.
either way, i feel the 2.1 is pretty buggy, the facebook sync goes funny, the dell rss widget crashes every few hours, and a few more that i cant recall off the top of my head.
waiting eagerly for 2.2 to release.
I have to agree with the other posters...
- New icon spacing is terrible (what a waste of a big screen)
- Old keyboard was better
- Old recent programs menu was better
- Old camera UI was better
- Old desktop (with seperate rooms/wallpapers) was better
If the final OTA update is this bad I'm going to be sticking with 1.6 - and I'll be happy with it.
Updates are supposed to make things better, not worse.
kanej2006 said:
Several reasons include:
1 - Utterly crap, slow, useless & innaccurate keyboard
2 - Less icons fit on screen
3 - Only 5 home screen in which you cannot remove/add
4 - Wallpaper does not work properly, instead of filling one screen
it distorts and stretches onto all the other screens...
That's all I can think of now...
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Ok all of that is fixed by third party solutions. ADWlauncher rocks
Did anybody ever have trouble with videos in 2.1? I fixed my overheating issue, got it so that I could watch videos as much as I wanted in 1.6. So I went back to 2.1 thinking my biggest gripe was solved, but now, even at 30 degrees C (86 F), the thing restarts maybe ten minutes into a video.
Not sure whats behind this overheating, but i am running 2.1 since it was leaked without any issues, to be fair I have only watched about 30 mins of District 9 but ran fine.
I was really glad to see the back of 1.6, so many awesome apps were unavailable. As the other post mentioned most of the failures of the current 2.1 can be remedied with other istalls. ADW lets you set the ammount of columns and rows of icons, and up to 7 home pages, plus loads of other tweaks, themes and portrait mode.
I was super dissapointed with the new keyboard too, but the HTC multitouch keyboard is awesome and super fast with really good correction too, only thing that doesnt work yet is auto capitolisation as far as I know, and theres various skins to chose from.
For me there was also a noticable speed increase, this with proper multitouch meets my gaming needs with psx4droid. The dialer and contacts is a huge improvement, as is the stock gallery. Only thing with that is the proximity hangs sometimes and takes a while for the sceen to light up but thats pretty rare and I think that could be some app interfering...
I for one cant wait for the official 2.1 hopefully sligly ironed out release, this will nicely hold me over till froyo, which better be soon Dell!! Though I understand some people cant be bothered to tweak and play with it, just want it working out of the box. I guess coming from WM im used to that LOL..
Why are you happy and from which phone did you use prior to the SGS2?
Finally a phone I dont need to flash on a daily basis. Im one of the few lucky(according to xda) that have no issues or defects with my sgs2. My last couple devices were orginal sgs(vibrant) dell streak, Desire hd, Hd2, Moto atrix(poor excuse) and Lg G2x.
This device is the best ive ever owned and see no need to buy another device until the sgs3 comes out. Everything works out of the box and never any lag. It outperforms every device Ive tested it against including sensation.
Switched fr N1 for almost a mth, I've experienced an improvement under most of the aspects, the only thing I'm not satisfy w/ is the battery, the different to other GS2 owner is huge, I can hardly stand for 12 hrs and trying to use under voltage to solve it, hope it helps
Anyways, this is a very good smartphone and I like it much
I use an SGS2 now and then and it is a good unit. What the SGS1 should have been.
Before that I had teh SGS1 (a piece of #$t I was lucky to be able to return) that was laggy, buggy, lacking basic features (like a LED) and had major hardware design flaws (GPS was a joke). It was so crippled it could not be used out of the box, but would become decent after tuning (if you were willing to spend time with it).
I also have a Nokia E72, with the famous Symbian zombie-deathland OS. Ugly, unstylish but very reliable. In several ways, it is still great. Probably will keep it along with an SGS2... just in case.
Only problem with the SGS2 so far is the nasty pink hue in all photos and videos, but I have not updated above KE5 yet. And a pity it doesn't sound as good as the SGS1 on the 3.5mm jack with good audiophile gear.
Previous phones: HTC Touch Dual, HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch Pro2, HTC Desire.
It's hard to argue that any other phone on the market is better than the SGS2 right now. I mean, who's the competition?
Motorola Atrix
HTC Sensation
HTC Evo 3D
LG Optimus 2X
Seems to me the SGS2 has them all beat when it comes to specs, performance, formfactor, and display quality.
Battery life does appear to be sub-par but it's a compromise I'm more than willing to accept.
Previous Phones: HTC Touch Pro 2, Sony-Ericsson P990i
Well, I think I do not have to say anything about the previous phones compared to the S2 - it beats them all with ease.
The only two things Samsung should have made better/in another way:
Battery and heat dissipation. I would not had any problems if the phone would be some mm thicker and a little bit heavier for a more powerful battery and no (or even less) heat problems.
Well, but this is just my opinion...
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I just vannot put this phone down. : D
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I've come from a HTC wildfire and before that a T-mobile pulse and I love this phone. Everything about it is better than my last two phones.
The only problems are the battery life (which im hoping to fix by flashing KF2) and the fact I physicaly cannot use any other device now because they're all too small compared to this (seriously try picking up a 3.5inch device and it just looks small)
i came from an iphone 4 and am a real phone geek where i swap my phone regularly but i have to say im gonna stick with the s2 its easy, beautiful , certainly has the wow factor and its not locked down like ios ..... out of ten the s2 gets 11 just hope Samsung don't let us down by not updating the firmware regulary
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I came from an original Galaxy S which was the best phone in the world at the time. I love the SGS2. It's so much better in every way. Everything flies with the dual core processor. The screen size is great and there are subtle changes in the software which make a big difference such as the ability to assign your contacts to groups on the phone with out having to sign in to gmail via a browser.
I have SGS2 for about one month and it is the best phone I ever had. Not a single problem so far, everything works fast and perfect, battery life is great - battery lasts one day and a half on a heavy usage, which is better than 1 day with my previous HTC Desire. It is big step forward compared to my previous phone. I didn't root it yet, because everything is perfect out of a box.
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I have been a long time user of smart phones since the days of palm smart phones than to O2 devices than to Dopod and HTC..even tried a toshiba and acer phones..my last device was HTC Desire HD..
This is my first samsung phone..and i am really glad i made this switch..phone is simply amazing..does what ever i tell it to do and it does it perfectly..and now my wife is complaining becoz i often fall asleep with the phone in the hands.
About battery life..i know lots of people are complaining..but on my DHD..the way i trash the phone..battery will last 5 hours max..on this phone..still same trashing..i get about 11 to 12 hours..so for me no complains there.
Note: i never used apple products becoz i simply hate a device that tries to control me on how i can use the device.
Back to the topic..Hell yess i am absolutely satisfied
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Do we have BLN working on the SGS2 yet? Which kernel has it?
Do the custom roms take out the annoying fully charge sound notification?
Do custom roms make touchwiz reload faster? What about the unlock screen lag?
How many units (percent/batches??) are affected by the screen defect of the sgs2 wherein the left side is darker?
Why am I getting a lot of "battery issue" complaints whenever I google for problems on this phone? Is really serious or is that the fault of the user??
About the wake up and homescreen refresh lag, do you guys really believe that it's a problem on all phones or just how you set up the phone? Or rom or stock rom or kernel ???
I am still undecided if I am going to get this phone or the Nexus 3 which will probably have the same hardware as the SGS2 but better software.
I'm not entirely satisfied yet. I have some problems with the GPS. Searched the forums for some info regarding the GPS and found that most people are happy with it. Sure, if I stand under a clear sky, it finds almost instantly, 10-12 satellites and also locks them up. The problem is the ACCURACY and SPEED.
Accuracy (testing with GPS test):
I sometimes get down to 6 meters. But most of the time it's 10+ and up to 20, and sometimes jumps alot higher than that for no particular reason even when standing still. Yesterday I had my phone next to a HTC wildfire. My phone had 10 satellites and about 10-12 meters accuracy. The HTC had around 6 satellites only, with less signal (I had a few green, the HTC had only orange/yellow sats) but the HTC NEVER goes below 5 meters in accuracy. Most of the time it has 3 or 4 meters, values I never see even with less satellites. I've had a HTC Legend myself and I could have it in my pocket without it going over 5 meters in accuracy in the middle of the forest, which is needed when I'm running...
Speed:
Possible problem with GPS outsignal maybe? When I'm using ANY app for walking for example, the GPS with always show 3,6 km/h. Always a fixed value. When I use Copilot, the same version as i did with my old SGS, the speed will jump 3 km steps for example: 80 km/h, 83, 86 etc.
I guess I'm abit more picky with the GPS than most people. Specially since everyone seems to be so happy with it when it works pretty bad in my opinion.
Oh well it's alot better than SGS atleast.
I'm now using a sgs-II for two weeks and am happy with it.
My previous phones were the nexus one, motorola milestone. The milestone was buggy and big, not to mention locked down my Motorola. The nexus one was generally good except the buggy touch pannel, and during it was running 2.3.3 it was draining the battery very fast.
I had some problems with sgs-II and its gps (it saw satellites but did not lock even after 20 minutes) after changing the ntp server setting in gps.conf it locks in under 10 seconds. I believe that the reported accuracy is more true than other phones. My nexus one typically reported better accuracy but the position was jumping the same as the Sgs-II
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dropped it on concrete (car park) and watched it bounced on its sides and then finally slide some 1 metre flat on its screen...
All I had on it was a gs1 screen protector so the screen had some exposed areas but amazingly... no scratch on the screen or even on the metal rims around it. So I'm pretty happy with this phone =D
Also, the drop was so hard that the back plate came off but another thing I'm impressed with it is that the battery stayed in it. If this was my nokia, heck, battery, simcard, micro sd and just about any movable internals would've sprayed out.
The first time I got this phone I thought the thing is so light and thin, I would have to take care of it like a baby. But man the incident made my day. (I bought proper screen protector and case the day before it though... just waiting on shipping, not gonna risk it =P)
Damn I sound like a promoter.
Back to the topic, I was kinda hoping that this phone would future proof me for a while... so not having NFC is a bit of a drawback in that department if that takes off. -1
+1 for replaceable battery =P I'm keeping an extra one around just in case (coming from an iphone 3gs)
+1 for dual core! being my first android phone it seems like I have been spared from the general laggy and buggyness of previous gen androids
At the moment I'm trying to make an app to globally control music via the volume rocker which is the only thing I missed from iphone (eg hold the volume down to get to next track) playerpro can do this but only from the lockscreen.
Other than that... I'm a very satisfied owner indeed.
Yes. M8800 pixon
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I simply love mine eheh
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All you say is pure bull$hit.This phone is a piece of crap.Yesterday I opened voice commands and told it to make me coffee.The coffee was BLACK while I want milk in it!And it was much sweeter than I want!I am really considering taking the phone back and buying that Buondi coffee machine.
Anyway,joking aside,it's one step forward than a device that would already be many steps forward than what is available today(other than the GS2 of course! ).Lagginess?Gone.Slow reactions?Gone.Bad performance?Gone.Battery issues?Gone if you take precautions(Simple as updating to KE7 and later with a wipe-factory reset).Incompatibility?Well,this one goes to Chainfire but gone too.Even with CF3D my Desire HD can't always keep up.
Am I satisfied?Hell yeah I am!
Oh,and about the coffee part,it's awesome there too.How?Overclock it,set it to performance governor and make a stress test.Flip the phone while the stress test is going and you can keep your coffee hot at all times!
Apologies ahead of time for the wall of text...
I got my wife the Prime for Christmas. It took her a couple of days to finally open it, as I gave her the choice of going with it or the iPad2. After a couple of days, she seems to like it and is slowly getting the hang of the OS.
I've played with it some. For the most part, it seems smooth. I've managed to make it glitch (lag) a time or two by going in and out of apps and even had the launcher itself FC on me forcing me to reboot.
That was while checking out Alice in Wonderland in MyBooks, which by the way, is not exactly usable. The page animations worked at first, then stopped, then the pages stopped turning altogether and the app FC'd. Not that I care or am surprised. I'm used to included software being half-baked.
Browser experience has been fine using stock and Opera. Dolphin doesn't seem to work as well on the TF201 as it does on my Atrix. Perfect experience? No. I have a $4,500 i7 2920-XM workstation with an SSD and 16gigs of RAM at work and even with it, the browsing experience (or OS experience in general) can lag/glitch from time to time. Nature of the beast.
I can't really comment on battery life. She took it off the charger Monday night at 100%. It hasn't been used steadily for more than 1-2 hours at a time. It's down to about 15% this morning. I can't really say how many hours of use she's gotten out of it but it doesn't seem to drain much overnight, even with Facebook, email and other notifactions. It felt like it was draining pretty quick when in use but I'll have to pay closer attention.
There's minor light bleed around the edges but I had to turn the lights off during boot up to notice. I haven't attempted to watch an entire movie in the dark with it to tell if it's something that will be bothersome. I'll tell you, I went through THREE Sony XBR2 LCDs a few years ago. They suffered from horrible "clouding" (blotchy white areas all over the panel) and light bleed in the corners. That was noticeable under normal use and since I primarily watched movies in pure darkness, it was bothersome. I don't think it's going to be an issue w/ the TF201 unless I'm being nitpicky.
WiFi seems OK. I have yet to compare it to the laptop, but compared to my Atrix (CM7) it's getting the same signal. It fluctuates some, even staying in the same spot, but it's never caused a problem.
I haven't tested GPS. Something tells me it's not going to operate properly though It's low on my list of concerns and I'll use it as an excuse to return the thing to Gamestop in the next 15 days (for exchange only, which is irksome), but otherwise, I'm not too concerned. If it turns out to be hardware, I imagine an RMA will correct it. It would be cool to use the thing for GPS but I own an actual GPS and rarely use it. I would still prefer the device have its features work, of course.
Aside from the launcher FC and subsequent reboot and the occasional glitchiness/lag using the stock launcher and jumping through apps, the only other issue I've noticed happened this AM. I woke up to the room filled with light. The TF201 was on. I didn't wait long to see if it would go back to sleep so maybe it would have. However, when I got up to see what it was doing, I noticed it had rebooted. Hopefully that doesn't happen often and hopefully not while in use!
I'm confident that a lot of these issues can be fixed with firmware updates and hopefully those are pretty quick to release. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the device. Hopefully ICS will only make the experience better. And hopefully it will come soon so all of the speculation, etc can end! I know my Atrix went from all right to pretty frickin' awesome when I put CM7 on it.
I was talking to a friend at a bar a few months back when I got my skyrocket and he had a internation Samsung GS2. He was mentioning a lot of the stuff he had done to mod his phone since I was new to androids at the time. One that stuck out that I still remember is a Better autobrightness feature. He mentioned it checked the sensor a couple times a second and somehow used less battery then the factory setting because of the way it was processed or something. I'm wondering if anyone has heard of this and if its possible for us to get it on the Gnote
Better how? How often it adjusts, or do you find the screen generally too bright or dim?
There is "Lux".. which I tried on my Nexus S.. I had noticed that the app itself, checking the brightness so often, used up quite a bit of battery life itself.. kind of a double edged sword.
Also it eats up some more of your memory as well while running..
better as in checking more frequently, theres too many times where im indoors and it looks like its on max when im in a dark room, and takes to long to brighten up when i walk outside with my phone
I really don't recall dropping my evo 3d, maybe ive done it once or twice. But I am on Dirt Jelly Bean V 3.5.2 Rom and I have an extended battery (3500MHZ) Well occasionally , the touch screen can be un-responsive to icons / apps/ or settings that are more in the middle of the phone. Like if i go to settings and go something in the middle, it will highlight the above or below setting which is not what i wanted to chose. in order to select that setting, i have to rotate my phone to landscape and it will be clickable. Also occasionally i will get the possessed evo, where if you turn it on it will random click apps and on home screen randomly move left to right to left to right. i have to turn screen off and literally hit the phone to get it back to normal. Part of me says get a new phone but i am holding out til my upgrade in april
I had that happen quite recently (last week). It started off randomly doing something similar every now and then. Finally one day I had to keep turning off and on my phone just to be able to use the screen for about 5 seconds.
Conclusion: Bad screen.
I took mine into the Sprint store (i have the insurance). They took it right away and replaced the screen within 30 minutes. No charge to me, and it has been working like new since.
I would suggest backing up your rom and flashing to another to see if that helps (mine would press things while in touch recoveries, so i knew it was fubar). Try putting in the original battery because i have heard batteries can do weird things. But most likely you have a bad screen. There are videos on how to replace and i'm sure eBay has some for cheap.
Good luck
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I had that happen quite recently (last week). It started off randomly doing something similar every now and then. Finally one day I had to keep turning off and on my phone just to be able to use the screen for about 5 seconds.
Conclusion: Bad screen.
I took mine into the Sprint store (i have the insurance). They took it right away and replaced the screen within 30 minutes. No charge to me, and it has been working like new since.
I would suggest backing up your rom and flashing to another to see if that helps (mine would press things while in touch recoveries, so i knew it was fubar). Try putting in the original battery because i have heard batteries can do weird things. But most likely you have a bad screen. There are videos on how to replace and i'm sure eBay has some for cheap.
Good luck
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^^^ This is probably the case. It's a well documented problem with these phones, and one that I experience myself to a lesser degree. One thing NinjaPenguin didn't mention and is often overlooked is; make sure your screen is clean. I know it sounds silly, maybe even obvious, but a dirty screen can also cause phantom and misaligned button presses.