****The Official Samsung Galaxy S II Thread***

[Cryfreeman]

Nope is a wear mark, it stays there no matter what he cleans the screen with

 

[mrk]

Defect tbh on his phone!

 

[wesley]

my contract is up ready for upgrade, hooray!

what is the vibration is like? i'm deaf and rely on heavy vibration from phone to get my attention easily. htc desire is fab at vibrating (no i aint gay )

my gf has iphone 4, vibration is really pant. samsung GS2 is very thin phone, almost like iphone 4. so wondered if its same as iphone 4's vibration?

cheers

 

[Drake5]

Mine has from the start.

Ah I see. Home button just feels a little bit strange but it must be that I just need to get used to the feel of it.

Cheers

 

[rp2000]

I've just upgraded from KE7 to KF3 via Kies today.

The OTA update still shows no available updates.

Is there anywhere I can check when the newer KGx updates will be released OTA? Also is there any known issues with KG3? I just want to get rid of the bug on KE7 that starts the "WiFi Sharing" service/software which seems to eat a lot of my battery. Apart from that everything else works fine on KE7 although I am sure there are some under the hood optimisations on new firmwares that I could benefit from.

I might try and get Kies installed on a friend's machine. Not had any luck on my VMWare machines and the one W7 machine I have (a netbook) comes up with an installer error.


rp2000

 

[james.miller]

my contract is up ready for upgrade, hooray!

what is the vibration is like? i'm deaf and rely on heavy vibration from phone to get my attention easily. htc desire is fab at vibrating (no i aint gay )

my gf has iphone 4, vibration is really pant. samsung GS2 is very thin phone, almost like iphone 4. so wondered if its same as iphone 4's vibration?

cheers

it's a bit strange to be honest mate. In the pocket the vibration is pretty average. If its on something, a desk or a worktop, then it's very good... Your best bet is to have a play with one in a phone shop and see what you think, i reckon.

 

[james.miller]

my contract is up ready for upgrade, hooray!

what is the vibration is like? i'm deaf and rely on heavy vibration from phone to get my attention easily. htc desire is fab at vibrating (no i aint gay )

my gf has iphone 4, vibration is really pant. samsung GS2 is very thin phone, almost like iphone 4. so wondered if its same as iphone 4's vibration?

cheers

it's a bit strange to be honest mate. In the pocket the vibration is pretty average. If its on something, a desk or a worktop, then it's very good... Your best bet is to have a play with one in a phone shop and see what you think i reckon.

The OTA update still shows no available updates.

Is there anywhere I can check when the newer KGx updates will be released OTA? Also is there any known issues with KG3? I just want to get rid of the bug on KE7 that starts the "WiFi Sharing" service/software which seems to eat a lot of my battery. Apart from that everything else works fine on KE7 although I am sure there are some under the hood optimisations on new firmwares that I could benefit from.

I might try and get Kies installed on a friend's machine. Not had any luck on my VMWare machines and the one W7 machine I have (a netbook) comes up with an installer error.


rp2000

No, nobody knows when (if) the KG firmwares will be officially released. KG3 is possibly the last KGx release we'll see, if i'm guessing right. It could be that KH1 is the next official release.

Anyway, kies/ota isnt the best way of flashing the phone because of the general instability of the program (not something I've experiencing personally). If i were you, i'd get over to xda and grab odin and the stock kg3 release. Safer flashing than kies and no waiting around. the kg firmware fixes a lot of issues, im sure the wifi sharing bug was one of them. I know i dont suffer from it, anyway.

 

[Merlin5]

You can't cram more battery cells into the same area without increasing the size

They increased hard drives from 3MB to 2TB and the physical size got smaller. They should do it with batteries.

 

[rp2000]

No, nobody knows when (if) the KG firmwares will be officially released. KG3 is possibly the last KGx release we'll see, if i'm guessing right. It could be that KH1 is the next official release.

Anyway, kies/ota isnt the best way of flashing the phone because of the general instability of the program (not something I've experiencing personally). If i were you, i'd get over to xda and grab odin and the stock kg3 release. Safer flashing than kies and no waiting around. the kg firmware fixes a lot of issues, im sure the wifi sharing bug was one of them. I know i dont suffer from it, anyway.

Noob question: Does Odin flashing delete settings and files? I will try and see if Odin will install on my netbook. Does the phone have to connect to the machine in "Kies" mode?

Presumably the stock KG3 on XDA forums has just been taken off the Kies update server and is not modified in anyway? I just want a quick simple flash that will retain all my settings. On my old Nokia OTA did this, bit annoyed it is not as straightforward on this phone.


rp2000

 

[Robbo]

my contract is up ready for upgrade, hooray!

what is the vibration is like? i'm deaf and rely on heavy vibration from phone to get my attention easily. htc desire is fab at vibrating (no i aint gay )

my gf has iphone 4, vibration is really pant. samsung GS2 is very thin phone, almost like iphone 4. so wondered if its same as iphone 4's vibration?

cheers

There's nothing wrong with the vibration on either. The iPhone 4 vibration isn't 'pants' at all.

 

[Brabbinho]

Maybe for the OP's needs it is pants. He does say he has hearing difficulties

 

[BloomerzUK]

Recieved my official Samsung case today.. love the feel of it.. like a velety feel on the hand.. nice look to. Thanks for the unintentional heads up Khaan.

 

[Robbo]

Maybe for the OP's needs it is pants. He does say he has hearing difficulties

Either way, it's as strong as any other device I've encountered (more or less).

 

[unwashed potato!]

Either way, it's as strong as any other device I've encountered (more or less).

seems like a very inconsiderate reply. he obviously does encounter issues and is asking an understandable questions. do you even get what you're saying?

 

[Robbo]

What? He asked how strong the vibration is and I replied, how is that inconsiderate?

As far as I know, the vibrate function isn't designed for your ears...

 

[muttclugg]

Noob question: Does Odin flashing delete settings and files? I will try and see if Odin will install on my netbook. Does the phone have to connect to the machine in "Kies" mode?

Presumably the stock KG3 on XDA forums has just been taken off the Kies update server and is not modified in anyway? I just want a quick simple flash that will retain all my settings. On my old Nokia OTA did this, bit annoyed it is not as straightforward on this phone.


rp2000

I rooted mine last night using Odin and it doesn't remove any settings/files. I think installing some ROM's does though!

 

[rapid64k]

As far as I know, the vibrate function isn't designed for your ears...

Ouchie

 

[mOdO]

My wifi has stopped working all of a sudden. It tries to connect then disconnects. Im on litning rom 4.2. Any suggestions?

Edit: Just change encription type on the router to AES

 

[Grumps82]

My GS2 should be with me tomorrow. I cant wait.

On Vodafone I got the following (after 1hr on the phone as they kept transferring me to the wrong department)

Free GS2.
24 Month Contract.
£30 Per month.
600 Minutes.
Unlimited Texts.
500Mb.
*Free calls* to 0845,0870,0800 (not sure if this is good or just a ploy).
*Free* Saturday delivery.

Its my first proper phone, my last one was a Nokia N97 (which i sold to Mazuma after a day or two).

Just need to work out what case etc to get now.

 

[kona786]

Recieved my official Samsung case today.. love the feel of it.. like a velety feel on the hand.. nice look to. Thanks for the unintentional heads up Khaan.

Mesh case? A must for the SGSII.