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Hey guys,
The Galaxy S2 is an extremely powerful (and very popular) smartphone in the market today - and since Samsung have sold a record number of these worldwide, figured its about to BOOM bigtime; particularly in Australia as prices start to fall and phone plans start to drop. Because of this, I wanted to provide other Aussie members on these forums with a HANDY point of reference, as a lot of guides & tutorials are for different models or have different specifications and require some tweaking. Use this thread as a guide, a starting point, or utilise this thread for other aussie general help.
Please help by posting what build you have on your SGS2, your speed test results in australia, modem type, network,etc...Your experiences, your advice, any input is appreciated. Ive only done the first 15 pages thus far:
Members and their SGS2's on the following networks:
VODAFONE
unrealtb
MealsOnWheels
anuj25
Jesmicael
akira888
infra4800
fuusuke
OPTUS
HeavySixEight
sm98
jwonga
robt772000
ausdrioder
sabamacx
jinx405
beaver2233
Sico69galaxy
mrxd
cheetah2k
TELSTRA
roosta
tjjensen23
bentothemaxx
zeitgeb3r
BennyT83
gunigugu
Plopz
shtumpa
irv777
extremeit79
maark11
YukiestRapier
alexeiw123
UNKNOWN:
380AU
jerome.d
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page 2: Optus/Telstra tips/tricks on FW: diable fast dormancy, GPS info etc
page 5: Full review of phone (photo/vid), usb drivers, oldin, complete phone service manual, letter codes
page 10:Specifics for rooted phone 3g hack
page 11: undervolting and saving battery life steps
...
Thanks guys
RoOSTA
From another forum:
The Samsung Galaxy S2 is a 3G quadband phone and will work basically on every single network in Australia as it supports every network band aussie carriers use. So it doesn't matter where you buy the phone from, it will work on Telstra unless you go buy the korean version or something.
Anybody who says it won't work is either naive, fooled, or plain ignorant. There has been cases where some staff at Telstra shops have told people that it won't work, that is total bull**** and **** that they give to make people wait for the phone on Telstra or some **** they themselves were feed with.
I myself use the S2 on Telstra and is getting HSPA+ speeds with no problem.
Usually Telstra release phones late cause they need to get a special version~~ now with the S2 they are saying they release it late cause of their test cycles and their so call "optimizations"
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Well, i got mine with an Optus $59 at the start of june, KE7 stock..
I Hated the amount of Optus rubbish on the phone (that i could'nt remove!) so i ended up here, reading everything i could for a few days, then rooted my stock rom from chainfire's post.
Since then, I've de-branded with the stock KF2 poland rom and rooted that. (Since Intratech put up the original stock roms for optus, i have my backup.)
Performance is great, coverage is great and everything runs well...
Has anyone updated from Kies to KF3? Was KF3 the Aus update?
Release UK imported. Bought it from Hantec
Works 100% with NextG. Also my mates got one and his works fine aswell. All settings out of Box except changed the APN for faster speeds .
Custom Rom (keeps switching between VR and Cognition)
No problems whatsoever
Vodafail customer here... Great fone. Rooted with lighting 1.5. Dun want to go to v2 as it changes the web browser as i quite like stock. Still on 2.3.3 tried 2.3.4 didnt notice a great change. Gonna wait for cm7... maybe 8! Question.... Just say i wanted to go back to vodafail rom etc.. So it would be like when i first got ot how would i do this?
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zetsubou7 said:
From another forum:
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Hey zetsu,
Yes my initial post did sound a little ditsy... But i have read additional articles of other software modifications Tesltra have in the works to make it a bit more unqiue - arguably, some would say really not that much difference or worth waiting for - but nevertheless I would much prefer an Aussie version of the phone and AC power without having to use a loose, dodgy international adapter to plug into an Aussie powerpoint.
I do (and did) understand this phone, whether its from Telstra or not, from anywhere around the world is quadband and works on the nextg 850mhz freq band.
Cheers.
unrealtb said:
Vodafail customer here... Great fone. Rooted with lighting 1.5. Dun want to go to v2 as it changes the web browser as i quite like stock. Still on 2.3.3 tried 2.3.4 didnt notice a great change. Gonna wait for cm7... maybe 8! Question.... Just say i wanted to go back to vodafail rom etc.. So it would be like when i first got ot how would i do this?
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Just check Intratech's carrier branded Rom thread and flash one from Vodafone Australia that matches what you had originally...
tjjensen23 said:
Release UK imported. Bought it from Hantec
Works 100% with NextG. Also my mates got one and his works fine aswell. All settings out of Box except changed the APN for faster speeds .
Custom Rom (keeps switching between VR and Cognition)
No problems whatsoever
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tjj, what APN settings did you use, the ausdriod.net one?
RoOSTA
I've got an Optus branded handset, running on Telstra. I get awesome speeds, have gotten over 10Mbps download speeds!
Using the telstra.wap APN, seems to work a bit better than the telstra.internet for me.
Bought from TeleChoice outright for $750 early June after haggling with the seller. Optus branded (AllPhone wasn't selling unbranded at the time).
Rooted it with ChainFire (In case I need to unroot and not lose the warranty, I bought USB Jig from EBAY in case I need to reset download counter).
Paid for Titanium Backup to freeze Optus bloatware (that was before IntraTech released the Optus Stock ROM).
Put on SIM Telstra $49/month Freedom Connect BYO 12 month plan.
I love it when H+ (HSPA+) lights up. My colleagues are jealous, because they're either on Optus, Voda or Virgin and they can only 3G, not H+.
I used ausdriod.net APN (telstra.internet). Getting around 10Mbps in CBD. I might try telstra.wap and see if it's any faster.
Bought accessories from ExportPrive (Korean based) :
Official Samsung spare battery AUD$25
Official Samsung Anymode Charging Dock for spare battery AUD$12
SGP Stenheil Ultra Oleophobic Anti-Fingerprints screen protector AUD$11
Transcend Micro SDHC Class 4 32GB AUD$63
Samsung official car dock AUD$50
Shipping $11
@zeit: 10mbps in philipines? Best i have been able to get, using speedtest.net andriod app (on SGS1) in Melbourne near CBD was 2.54mbps on a hsdpa connection, so thats pretty poor, should be higher...and i expect as lot more with Telstra on the SGS2.
@bentothemaxx: thanks for the advice, after my SIM is inserted into the phone, all relevant MMS/net APNs are set, defaults me to telstra.iph (telstra internet). Doing it now about 20 mins drive from Melbourne CBD, telstra.iph peaked at 1.79mbps. .internet settings peaked at 2.54 and .wap settings peaked at 2.24 with the lowest ping. Upload FAAR better with.internet settings, so may stick with that.
RoOSTA
Heyas, some sgs2 tips optus (and one telstra)
I'm with Optus (tpg) in melb, unlockedmobiles uk it's good
I've had H+ once driving through lillydale, rest of the time is 3G/H or gprs cause optus is well optus
Things to do/check/change (non .au based firmware)
unrooted
disable fast dormancy ( *#9900# then disable) (is it even needed to do on telstra?)
rooted
edit /etc/gps.conf and change NTP_SERVER to au.pool.ntp.org
*** may be optional in xxkg1 2.3.4 ***
disable fast dormancy ( *#9900# then disable)
in the city i got lots of wake ups with it enabled, further out it didn't do it
edit /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/nwk_info.db
open nwkinfo and add the dormancy info if it doesn't exist
KG1 has Optus dormancy off mtu 1500 in mine
open dormpolicy and you can change the lcdon/offfdtime.
KG1 has telstra, yes optus, vodafone eu, 3telstra, one.tel in there as 0 on 0 off
the carrier numbers are in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db
info from the /etc/nwk_info.xml
Code:
<!-- Australia -->
<DormPolicy plmn="50502"
nwkname="Telstra"
lcdonfdtime="0"
lcdofffdtime="0"
/>
<DormPolicy plmn="50503"
nwkname="YES OPTUS"
lcdonfdtime="0"
lcdofffdtime="0"
/>
<DormPolicy plmn="50506"
nwkname="Vodafone AU"
lcdonfdtime="0"
lcdofffdtime="0"
/>
<DormPolicy plmn="50508"
nwkname="3Telstra"
lcdonfdtime="0"
lcdofffdtime="0"
/>
<DormPolicy plmn="50501"
nwkname="One.Tel"
lcdonfdtime="0"
lcdofffdtime="0"
/>
Using Telstra? enable HD Voice (wide band amr)
dial *#197328640# (optional * at the end)
go into menu 5 audio
menu 7 wb-amr settings
then 1 to enable the wb-amr on your phone
telstra hd voice is wb-amr and will be annouced as working on the sgs2 when it's released on the 26th!
Telstra
Get TelstraOne app from Android Market. It will give u unmetered access to news, sports, weather, Bigpond, and billing. See
http://exchange.telstra.com.au/2011/07/13/new-app-bring-unmetered-content-to-next-g-androids
Yes, I get 10Mbps from my desk at 101 Collins St Melbourne CBD. From my other office at 525 Collins (Rialto), I only get about 5Mbps.
Maybe the cell network at 101 Collins isn't as congested. Weird, cuz there's prolly more yuppies at 101 than 525.
I get about 6Mbps from my apartment in Kew (Inner north east Melbourne).
@sm98 Good tip about that HD Voice.
I bought mine outright from Telechoice (an Optus reseller)
All I've done is flashed mine to the KE7 UK firmware to get rid of all the Optus bloatware on it, and now the latest XSA KF3
Pretty happy with the phone overall.
sm98 said:
disable fast dormancy ( *#9900# then disable)
in the city i got lots of wake ups with it enabled, further out it didn't do it
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Hmm, I have FD disabled via *#9900# but I still get wakeups occasionally. Interesting thing is that when I was on VillianROM 1.0 / KE2 I used to not get these wakeups even with FD disabled. They only started happening after installing KG1-based 2.3.4 android roms.
I also swear I'm getting crappier battery life with KG1 roms vs the old KE2 rom when 3G data is enabled. Currently experimenting with different modems to see which one gives better battery life
I have an Optus set on the 59 Optus plan.
I've flashed Litening and Cognition with no problems. It was great to get rid of the optus bloat and customise the phone with some themes too.
Also I've used the *#301279# to set the phone to only use the 3g network, along with the *#9900# to disable fast dormancy.
Cheers.
Hi guys,
Since this is a thread specially for Australians. I'm just wondering where's your SGS2 made in?
My first one says "Made in Korea"
Then I got one for my partner and it says "Made in China"
What are yours?
Cheers
I have a Korean made KE7 Optus version. At least it was an Optus version for about 1 hour after I got home and rooted it and put Cog 1.12 on it. 1.5ghz FTW.
I came from a Nexus One so I have had every rom ever on it. Even Ubuntu. But the SGS2 is amazing.
Good data speed on Optus. No dropouts yet.
zeitgeb3r said:
Telstra
Get TelstraOne app from Android Market. It will give u unmetered access to news, sports, weather, Bigpond, and billing. See
http://exchange.telstra.com.au/2011/07/13/new-app-bring-unmetered-content-to-next-g-androids
@sm98 Good tip about that HD Voice.
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New tests today peaked at 2.34 on the SGS1 phone. Though, as i am using Telecom NZ firmware on Froyo OS, the TelstraOne and Telstra usage apps have come in handy, thanks for that; never thought to look in the market, the most obvious place!
there sees to be .WAP / .IPH / .INTERNET apn settings for telstra. Is everyone using either one of these?
RoOSTA
I find the Korean made screen better than the Chinese made screen.
Even the battery cover, korean one clicks in more stiff and the chinese one is more loose and easier to open.
Hi everyone,
I have a UK version of Galaxy S II. My current firmware version is official KE7. The GPS was working fine when I was using it in Canada (always got a lock within seconds). However, recently i moved to taiwan and I can never get a lock whenever I turn on my GPS. Can anyone help me with this problem?
Thanks a bunch!!!!
RiceMaster said:
Hi everyone,
I have a UK version of Galaxy S II. My current firmware version is official KE7. The GPS was working fine when I was using it in Canada (always got a lock within seconds). However, recently i moved to taiwan and I can never get a lock whenever I turn on my GPS. Can anyone help me with this problem?
Thanks a bunch!!!!
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Use fasterfix from Market, and set NTP server to one that is closer to Taiwan.
You need to be rooted to do this.
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just wait, first fix on a new continent can take a while, like 15 minutes or so with decent GPS coverage. Especially if A-GPS is turned off (or struggling).
Try GPS Status on the market. You can reset and download AGPS data and it shows sats as it detects them. That said I agree on rooting and Faster Fix, I do this with every new phone/rom.
I'm on TMOUS and their Sensations had something called a SuplRootCert that was stored in /system/etc. Once I pushed that onto my phone and changed the gps.conf I was golden.
I would try to find out if you could do something similar, if Fasterfix doesn't work for you.
Sent from my HTC Sensation
you might want to take a look at this thread about google maps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227256
you guys are awesome. I shall give them a try!! Thanks a bunch!!
Try the Canada .zip from my thread. Should improve a lot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16953464#post16953464
Ok, just a disclaimer (I am well-aware of my n00b status here)... I spent quite a few hours already on this site and on the Android forums, and on Google searching for answers to this... Not to mention time at the AT&T store and chatting w/some other phone reps (including Samsung tech support and AT&T tech support)... And while I've made some progress, I still can't get any definitive answers here.
So... that being said, first (and big 'sigh' I'm sure to many) is that I'm using a South Korea Note - the SHV-E160S. I know this is the I717 forums, but before I get flamed and booted, let me explain...
Well, I am on AT&T. No problems with calls or texting (minus the annoying 80-character limit, but anyways)... However, I have a BIG problem with the LTE. I'm on the LTE data plan, however, I cannot access any data network other than GPRS. Yes, my pings take about 533ms. My download speeds are about 53kb/s. This sucks, quite a lot. Esp when compared to my fiance's Note, which side-by-side gets about 13mb/s on the LTE network.
So... Did some research, and got the run-around... Less all the crap I heard from AT&T reps... It seems that the antenna for my Note is set to LTE850/LTE1800, and the actual AT&T SGH-I717's antenna is set to LTE700/LTE1700/2100. My sources for this come from PDAdb.net (I'd hyperlink, but my post count is not high enough to do that, yet).
So... Here come the questions. First... Is the antenna frequency tuning something built-into the hardware, or is it something that can be tuned via software?
-If it's in the hardware, would it be possible to buy an AT&T-spec LTE antenna? Which antenna gets replaced (from what I understand, there are two, and I can't find a legit source that tells me which is which), and where could I buy such a thing?
-If it's in the software, what would I have to do to re-tune the antenna? My phone is rooted with the latest Gingerbread Tegrak kernel.
Lastly... Though there is a difference between the LTE antennas... I still cannot access any network other than GPRS. I should at least be able to access EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA and HSPA+ as well, but I can't.
If ALL else fails, I guess I could get a portable tethering device with a contract... But that'd be oh-so-annoying to have to carry around all the time, and I'd like to avoid that option as much as possible. I'm paying $30/mo for LTE service on my phone already!
Anyways... Any thoughts or advice would be very appreciated, and my apologies if anything here is out-of-place. Thanks in advance!
U have the international note. Doesn't have late chip in it. But ur note has better CPU then the att note. The international note CPU is not comparable with att lte chipset that's y Samsung use 2different CPU. Yes u should be able to get 3g. Reset your apn. And search around. To find the code to reset your apn. I forgot. Its something like *2260*
I had an international first, had to rest everything to get data. But after few days. I return it cos I prefer to have lte speed more then CPU speed. And I found out the u can just over clock att note to 1.85 instead of stock 1.5. So now I am very happy with my att note.
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Hmm I'm not sure if this method works with the International Note but it's worth a try. You need to get into ServiceMode. On your phone dialer keypad type *#2263# and choose 2 WCDMA Band Preference and select (6) WCDMA all.
Reply with your findings.
babymatteo said:
Hmm I'm not sure if this method works with the International Note but it's worth a try. You need to get into ServiceMode. On your phone dialer keypad type *#2263# and choose 2 WCDMA Band Preference and select (6) WCDMA all.
Reply with your findings.
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Thanks for the tip, but all I get is an error: "Connection problem or invalid MMI code."
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Maybe the issue is your kernal and/or radio? Isn't the Tegrak kernal Korean? Most likely your radio is also. That is probably your issue. The way I see it you have 3 choices: Live with it, Sell it and buy an I717 variant, Take the risk and at least flash the ATT Gingerbread radio.
home screen/ menu/ system settings/ more/ mobile networks/ access point names/ AT&T
Do all your entries match these? Write down your current ones before changing or take screen shots. You must use the menu key and save changes. Also make sure that is the APN checked after rebooting.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7298567918_306aaab920.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7236/7298567982_82c3b41861.jpg
chak29 said:
U have the international note. Doesn't have late chip in it. But ur note has better CPU then the att note. The international note CPU is not comparable with att lte chipset that's y Samsung use 2different CPU. Yes u should be able to get 3g. Reset your apn. And search around. To find the code to reset your apn. I forgot. Its something like *2260*
I had an international first, had to rest everything to get data. But after few days. I return it cos I prefer to have lte speed more then CPU speed. And I found out the u can just over clock att note to 1.85 instead of stock 1.5. So now I am very happy with my att note.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2
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he doesn't have the international note(n7000) he has the South Korea Note - the SHV-E160S (he says it in OP), which it has the same processor as ours but some minor diferences in other things.
To the OP, why do you have a korean Note when from your avatar you're in the US?, I'm sure there's your problem, that note is set to use bands in korea and not in US, so the data is going to be crap, and for you to attempt to swap out the antenna is risking braking the phone because you run a chance after swapping it, not working and not having a working phone anymore.
aj_vogtman said:
home screen/ menu/ more/ mobile networks/ access point names/ AT&T
Do all your entries match these? Write down your current ones before changing or take screen shots. You must use the menu key and save changes. Also make sure that is the APN checked after rebooting.
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I matched the APN settings of my fiancee's LTE Note first, and that did not work... It's pretty much exactly what you have posted. However, there are a couple things of note (bad pun, sorry). I do not have a 'APN enable/disable' or 'Bearer' field... However, everything else is set the same.
roloracer said:
To the OP, why do you have a korean Note when from your avatar you're in the US?, I'm sure there's your problem, that note is set to use bands in korea and not in US, so the data is going to be crap, and for you to attempt to swap out the antenna is risking braking the phone because you run a chance after swapping it, not working and not having a working phone anymore.
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I have a Korean Note because I was living in Korea for a while, and I just got back to the US last week.
As in my OP, I found that the LTE bands are different; however, I can't even get on any other data networks other than GPRS. I've tried some APNs for HSPA+, and the results are the same.
Swapping the antennas shouldn't be THAT big of a deal if I had to... I'm pretty mechanically inclined. Obviously, I need to know if it would provide the intended results or not first.
Pscheoverdrive said:
I have a Korean Note because I was living in Korea for a while, and I just got back to the US last week.
As in my OP, I found that the LTE bands are different; however, I can't even get on any other data networks other than GPRS. I've tried some APNs for HSPA+, and the results are the same.
Swapping the antennas shouldn't be THAT big of a deal if I had to... I'm pretty mechanically inclined. Obviously, I need to know if it would provide the intended results or not first.
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Thanks for the reply, was just wondering where you got a Korean note. hope you can figure it out and good luck.
Sent from my CM9 Note.
Recently bought a 920 from vodafone germany - unlocked - and I can't stand the volume cap: my music is too low!
I've tried the CV_GB 3003 variant but it only seem a bit better.
I've had an HTC 8x that had an incredibly high volume... don't hope for that much but at least a decent level.
Anyone tried any other roms? Does the dev edition 3002 have this volume cap?
Thanks!
ricep said:
Recently bought a 920 from vodafone germany - unlocked - and I can't stand the volume cap: my music is too low!
I've tried the CV_GB 3003 variant but it only seem a bit better.
I've had an HTC 8x that had an incredibly high volume... don't hope for that much but at least a decent level.
Anyone tried any other roms? Does the dev edition 3002 have this volume cap?
Thanks!
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All ROMs for countries that are members of the EU will have the volume capping since it's an EU law as far as I know.
I can't stand that cap either since I have some live concert bootlegs which are recorded at a much lower volume than "regular" purchased music. That stupid EU volume capping makes listening to those in a noisy environment like out on the street impossible
That's why I always re-flash all my phones to non-EU ROMs right after unboxing them xD
For the Lumia 920 I flashed mine (Germany CV) with the Singapore CV ROM right away and it deff has NO volume cap whatsoever now. I only had it at max volume once and just for a few seconds (just to try it out - of course you shouldn't listen too loudly regularly because it can really harm your ears!) and it is even so much louder than the HTC HD2 I had before (which of course was un-capped too).
I'm also totally in love with the audio quality of this phone - most of my music is ripped straight from CD to WMA Lossless and it really sounds amazing on the Lumia through my Sennheiser earplugs. Also a lot better than on my old phone.
Just flash the Singapore CV ROM and you'll be amazed how much power the phone's amp actually has when it's uncapped!
btw. when I increased the volume above a certain level for the first time (I think it was 20) it showed a warning that listening too loudly can damage your hearing - but this happened only when I increased the volume that high for the first time. Since then it did never show that warning again. But I'm curious what's the max value for volume you can set an EU capped device to? The max value for the uncapped Singapore CV ROM is 30 - I would really like to know how bad the capping on the EU devices is since I never even tried playing any music with the Germany CV ROM the phone originally came with xD
p.s. my phone is set to "English" language and "United States" country settings idk if switching it to an EU language and/or country settings would cause the capping to occur no matter of the ROM
Wow terrific response! Thanks!
The thing is I get to 30 as well, but it sounds much lower than my wife's 8X (that comes from UK).
So I'm a little bit confused now, because I have installed the UK ROM but set it to Spain / Spanish (that's where I'm from), so the question is:
- Are the UK versions capped? Because, as I said, my wife's 8X sounds much louder even with beats off.
- Maybe the UK version is not capped, but when I change the region the cap comes back? My wife has also set its phone to Spain / Spanish and doesn't have the cap.
-What about the developer version? Anyone knows?
Maybe I'm gonna try your version as well to see what happens... wow reinstalling & customizing everythings makes me lazy...
One more time, thanks for your response
ricep said:
Wow terrific response! Thanks!
The thing is I get to 30 as well, but it sounds much lower than my wife's 8X (that comes from UK).
So I'm a little bit confused now, because I have installed the UK ROM but set it to Spain / Spanish (that's where I'm from), so the question is:
- Are the UK versions capped? Because, as I said, my wife's 8X sounds much louder even with beats off.
- Maybe the UK version is not capped, but when I change the region the cap comes back? My wife has also set its phone to Spain / Spanish and doesn't have the cap.
-What about the developer version? Anyone knows?
Maybe I'm gonna try your version as well to see what happens... wow reinstalling & customizing everythings makes me lazy...
One more time, thanks for your response
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I've got an unbranded GB CV and the volume maxes out at 30. Listening to music at that level is pretty loud and uncomfortable so I've got it set at 20.
Ok so apparently the maximum volume settings is 30 in all Lumia 920 ROMs but with 30 reflecting a different actual gain value depending on which ROM/capping is in place.
As I told you idk if changing the country/region settings does affect the volume capping too or if it depends on the ROM version only.
But why even bother? If you want the phone in Spanish just set it to some country in South America where Spanish is the official language and you should be good
Since I want my phone in English I just set it to the US and didn't even bother to try what happens when setting it to UK or Germany region settings. And I would recommend you to do the same but as I mentioned instead with some South American country which has Spanish as it's official language.
About your wife's phone:
Have you played the same song using the same headphones on both phones? These are factors that have a significant impact on the maximum volume as well.
And if you don't want to re-flash to a different ROM you might also just try to change the country/region settings and see if that has any effect even when not changing the ROM.
Hi dear community,
I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note 20 5G and wanted to check out, where I can see the different modes and if 5G networks are available.
Well, in fact that I'm a geek with frequencies and stuff, I was happily surprised, that actual phones show the operators and the mode. In Germany I've got 3 Operators (T-Mobile, Vodafone and o2) and we can see them each 3 times (e.g. o2 2G / o2 3G / o2 4G and so on) on actual phones. But with the new Galaxy Note 20 5G I can't I can only see the 3 without the modes.
Is it possible (perhaps with root, what I already wanted to perform) to change some settings in the build.prop or somewhere else, to activate that? Or do 5G phones don't have this feature anymore? The Device had Android 10 and I upgraded to 11. Still nothing. It was delivered with spanish Vodafone software (I still don't get it why) and even the update with the neutral software from Germany, didn't changed anything. Even the spanish Vodafone software and the welcome screen in spanish after resetting the phone didn't disappeared. I don't want to send this phone back, Can anyone help me please?
Please excuse my grammatical issues.
with googel controls now in effect slot of stuff that was once accomplished previously are now not. so I would likely is reason for no response, even though I am rooted on tmoble with 20 ultra (thanks dev team!) . I will be going back to using the 10+ because of this kinda stuff until scoped storage is hacked by a talented person.
as for your question, I am not sure exactly what your thoughts are, although I can only say that for tmoble pretty much always been it's a since 4g came out a scam to show only 4g,lte/hsp+ or whatever it is when the service is actually ¹g or 2g at best, here is a screenshot of the scam taken by myself showing 5G (LOL) when it in REALITY is so weak, my old KitKat s3 was faster. this kinda stuff happens all day long. t-mobiles ultra fast 5g network is actually a lie and is just enough speed it make browsing data work and designed to get to logged in to your wifi asap. because even with 10mbs download you actually have none when your upload is. 0.27 and according to their 'network specialists " I called that's within minimum the 5g range