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newbiejim · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:02

Rumoured software fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353590&page=91

IvanDobskey · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:08

newbiejim said:
Rumoured software fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353590&page=91

Lets hope a software fix is possible. I so want to pull the trigger on one of these.

uvarvu · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:08

newbiejim said:
Rumoured software fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353590&page=91

I'm going to see how things pan out with this. I don't want to return my nexus but at the moment it's unusable for calls so until then I'll be using the SII.

muon · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:09

IvanDobskey said:
Lets hope a software fix is possible. I so want to pull the trigger on one of these.

How can a software fix be done? Unless the volume rocker is more complicated than just two buttons, I don't see how it can be done.

bhavv · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:10

Robbo said:
The Galaxy S II is actually quite a lot lighter. Maybe that would blow your mind!

But it doesnt have the same jesuzscreen!

IvanDobskey · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:11

anyon said:
How can a software fix be done? Unless the volume rocker is more complicated than just two buttons, I don't see how it can be done.

It most likely is a hardware issue but there may be a way of getting around it through software. Hopefully without compromising anything else!

chiggz · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:12

chiggz said:
Hmm.. computer runs on Linux so I need to connect the phone via the "camera" mode. Only shows around 1gb available - so I can't transfer all my music! Is that expected when connecting in camera mode? No windows PCs nearby to compare...

_Jimlad_ said:

you dont want to use camera mode do you?

Click to expand...

Nope, but it's the only option that appears under Ubuntu. The Media Device (MTP) option doesn't appear under Ubuntu... will search around

Robbo · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:13

That software fix info is extremely vague, but we'll all live in hope for the time being.

_Jimlad_ · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:13

uvarvu said:
I'm going to see how things pan out with this. I don't want to return my nexus but at the moment it's unusable for calls so until then I'll be using the SII.

is it? i thought once you were on a call the issue did not come into play?

uvarvu · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:14

bhavv said:
But it doesnt have the same jesuzscreen!

Actually I think the SII screen is better. I prefer the colour depth and there is no pixel dirt like on the Nexus.

muon · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:14

IvanDobskey said:
It most likely is a hardware issue but there may be a way of getting around it through software. Hopefully without compromising anything else!

How? You can't just be super clever and solve RF interference on something which has 2 states (volume + / -).

uvarvu · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:14

_Jimlad_ said:
is it? i thought once you were on a call the issue did not come into play?

Nah when I'm walking around the phone will sometimes switch onto 2G mode and then I stop hearing the other party. It's a real fight bringing the volume back up

Robbo · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:15

I'd also be interested to know how you could fix an RF shielding problem using a software patch. I just don't think it's possible.

Shimmy · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:15

anyon said:
How? You can't just be super clever and solve RF interference on something which has 2 states (volume + / -).

If we knew we'd likely come up with the fix ourselves.

IvanDobskey · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:16

Maybe they will lock the volume whilst the phone is in 2G mode

_Jimlad_ · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:16

uvarvu said:
Actually I think the SII screen is better. I prefer the colour depth and there is no pixel dirt like on the Nexus.

text and web is better on the nexus. colours and vibrancy is better on the s2

muon · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:17

Shimmy said:
If we knew we'd like come up with the fix ourselves.

That's another thing. The fact that with so many smart people already looking at this (some of the xda people) and not coming up with even a potential solution, doesn't bode well for Samsung/Google engineers.

IvanDobskey said:
Maybe they will lock the volume whilst the phone is in 2G mode

That's the only logical thing possible? But that's still faulty.

_Jimlad_ · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:19

i would imagine a software fix would some how disable the volume being controlled buy frequency, so you can in theory lock the ability to change it in the software, fixing the hardware problem if that makes sense.

muon · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:20

_Jimlad_ said:
i would imagine a software fix would some how disable the volume being controlled buy frequency, so you can in theory lock the ability to change it in the software, fixing the hardware problem if that makes sense.

Volume isn't being controlled by RF though. The normal signal is being interfered with. How do you then recover the true signal (when there are only 3 options, volume + - nothing)? The software only gets the incorrect signal.

The only other thing I can think of is putting some kind of delay in? So if the interference is causing the states to change at a high rate then, tell the software to ignore it? But from what is reported fault seems to cause it to act in the same way as holding volume down anyway.

edit:

maybe you meant what I said in second paragraph

Shimmy · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:22

anyon said:
That's another thing. The fact that with so many smart people already looking at this (some of the xda people) and not coming up with even a potential solution, doesn't bode well for Samsung/Google engineers.

Really? I'd wager we know bugger all compared to the people at Google/Samsung in this department.

The best we can do is make educated guesses as to what causes the problem and possible solutions.

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