Nope. No SENSE for Samsung. But there are some similar widgets from 3rd Party Launchers like ADW/LauncherPro though.

Crap now I'm unsure whether to wait for the 26 and get from SEP with 2 years warranty (and giving up my current pre order + lose RM50 deposit) or to just get it faster from the pre-order.

Sigh.

My thoughts exactly. Anybody want my pre-order slot from SunnyChai?

1 year? 2 year? Darnit SME, just make ALL YOUR DEVICES, whether or not sold from an SEP, come straight with a 2-year warranty darnit.

That said, gonna try my luck with an SEP pre-order through some help. If the slots are full (or my proxy is unwilling), lets just get the 1-year SME warranty one I've already pre-ordered. Sigh.

Hopefully this time the darned thing doesn't get stolen like my iP4 so that the warranty will be put to good use.

Just hang in there guys, after this week the discussion SHOULD steer back to USING the SGS2 rather then GETTING it lol.

Myself I can't wait to go and flash me some ROMs myself.

Well, do as I did back when I was the TS for the W810i thread and when I was active back in the Nokia 5800 thread. Every poor sod asking a redundant Q, just tell them 'Check Front Page!'.

Problem solved in one line, no repeated spoon feeding required. If they STILL don't get what they need, ONLY then do we help - or we introduce them to Uncle Google.

But if you guys thought this is bad, try hanging out in the iPhone subforum. I dunno maybe because the iPhone's simplicity attracts a larger sample of users, but try having threads locked EVERY FREAKING OTHER DAY due to piracy discussions.

And redundant Qs? A dime a dozen. People open ENTIRE THREADS to ask questions that ALREADY has stickied answers.

Not to bash them or to offend anyone - there are A LOT of good people in there really. It's just that if you think there are a lot of spoon feeders and lazy readers here, things aren't 1/10 as bad as over there lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 20 2011, 12:45 PM

Confirm AmBank can use with GC. I've used it fine a loooooooooooooooong time ago to buy some stuff lol.

Faster my phone come. It'll be sad if the skin + SP + Air Capsule + DC Mugen Case arrive first lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 20 2011, 04:12 PM

As long as it's either a Master or VISA it should be ok. Tryla, but make sure you already have some money inside. Like PayPal, GC might need to charge and refund a few bucks for card verification. I haven't done GC in a while tho, I might be wrong.

Try this for improved music quality:

http://tinyurl.com/62wxz9b

Needs a little bit of hacking though.

And I thought the SGS2 supports FLAC out of the box? And really, FLAC on mobile feels killer to me - the phone has a noisy output stream to begin with. I wonder if it can do line-out, though with the Yamaha chip inside, I wonder if even then it's gonna be good enough Audiophile-wise.

But really, it's an Android WITH USB-OTG. Someone gotta hack a digital out for this thing. I mean digital out + a decent proper portable DAC + AMP = BAM! Audiophiliac enjoyment!

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 20 2011, 05:01 PM

Some news for those wanting to use their SGS2 as a digital transport:



Taken from a long dead thread at XDA. Full of drama BTW because the SGS2 ended up with a Yamaha (read: crap) DAC vs the Wolfson on the SGS.

I hope I can live with the slight degradation of SQ. Coming from an iP4, man that thing was MADE for music lol. At least to my crappy ears anyway.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 20 2011, 05:20 PM

Interesting read over at XDA about mSD speeds, sorry if it has been posted before:

http://tinyurl.com/3hxpzn8

Summary, Class 10 cards are NOT always faster than Class 4 ones. Sounds outrageous eh? But the thread goes on with testing to prove how SOME Class 10 cards - while being noticeably faster for sequential writes and reads (read: media file transfers to and from the card) - they are HORRIBLY slow for random writes and reads (read: Apps and other OS performance related stuff).

Seems some of the companies cheated a bit - slowing down random write/read capabilities so that they could achieve Class 10 rating (which is solely based on sequential write/read speed).



Good stuff for those aiming to get some cards for their new baby Velociraptors. As for me, I'm gonna try living on the 8GB card I have left over until my pay comes in (OR my dad comes back from overseas with the 16GB Class 4 he stealthily stole from me 3 months ago).

Last I checked Low Yat still stocks them Class 4 32GB Sandisks, I hope they're still there...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 20 2011, 09:13 PM

Harsh, but very true.

Hahaha... Have you gotten your SGS2 yet mate? I wonder what wondrous craziness you're putting (or WILL put) it through lol.

I for one WILL NOT touch my CPU (except maybe some underclocking/undervolting if the battery life EVER gets on my nerves) after what happened to my N900 heh.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 20 2011, 10:19 PM

I was after all the first guy in Malaysia (as far as I know) to permanently brick his N900.

Anyhow, I guess I somehow fried my NAND/eMMC memory (and whatever else is close by to it on the mainboard). How that happened I have no idea really, but I guess I was undervolting my system a lil bit too far.

Plus the fact my unit had no real warranty...

Not planning to go so extreme on my soon to come baby though, and at 1.2Ghz, I really find no real practical reason to push the limit even further up lol. Down maybe, for battery saving reasons.

Still waiting for the VERY SLIGHT chance that I MIGHT get an SEP SME unit.

The 2 year warranty MIGHT do wonders for the resale value, provided I don't let it get stolen like my i4 lol.

But looking at the ones already happy with their SME sets, I is the sad.

No idea, but you'll prolly get better quality casings at a better price from eBay or something. Unless the shop has original Case-Mate cases for the SGS2 that is. What I do know they have would be the original leather pouch thing.

As for eBay cases, I know they have SGP (Quality) or DC Mugen (Cheap but good), take your pick. My first personal shipment of cases are coming - most of which I think will get sold off or something when I get my battery case later lol.

And I did a PreOrd from AMS as well. Let's see if they manage to cut me into the first shipment, which would be cool.

No idea mate. A few guys are selling SGP stuff over at Garage Sales. Case-Mate products (other then the iPhone 4 ones) not so sure.

Get the SGP Screen Protectors though, they are great as far as I've heard from my iPhone 4 days. Some even say it's as good as Power Support SPs (which I LOVE but is simply not available for anything other then an iPhone).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 21 2011, 12:08 AM

Here's a full comparison of all SGP SP products.



@gingerman2408: Yes I'm getting the official battery case. Yep it looks a tad funny but it should work fine, and IMHO battery cases is ALWAYS better then battery packs in terms of convenience of use. Main reason why I settled for the SGS2 actually, it's the ONLY Dual Core Android phone with a battery case made for it lol. And Exp? Well mate, it's about the price of a Morphie Juice Pack Air, so I have no qualms over here lol.

A shame PowerSkin doesn't have one for the SGS2 yet, THAT should be cheaper (albeit even more hideous). Well, I'll live with what I have lol.

Also, Try searching for "EPIKCASE" on ebay for the DC Mugen cases. That should help. Very good seller, I've gotten a whole bunch of stuff from the guy with no issues.

@tunasandwich: Esato AND Xperia blogs are - by definition - SE biased websites lol. Of course lar Arc wins. Try GSMArena for a better comparo.

From the reviews I've seen, Arc VS SGS2 camera is a toss up between resolution (SGS2) and low light noise control (Arc) IMHO. The Sensation doesn't even compare lol. Arc has good low light noise control because IINM it's using a backlit sensor like the one used in the iPong.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 21 2011, 01:27 AM

So very right. Really don't see people buying Android devices to leave stock. We of the robot army are modders all.

@Noobi3: Epic man, just epic.

Yes, very curious.