my phone always in pouch and I use too the Argos leather flip case. all my stuffs even more than a year is like day one condition close to perfect. I take very good care. all those who had bought my used one always amaze at the excellent condition. it is always placed on soft surface even in car I have lined my center dash inserts with soft leather to put my stuffs

fat32 format limits Max 4gb per file. is not phone problem.

If you just sign up a phone package without data you cannot receive/ send SMS. Some people want this way. If you have a data plan and you disable it you won't receive SMS. Most phone plan come with both but you said you don't want data at all

Prepaid ANY Telcom is standard phone+SMS all in

True but SMS is data and he doesn't want data on his phone

KIES updates is region specific. Released in UK does not mean it will be available immediately here. That is always Samsung's problems - we just got to wait, probably another month or more ; no one really knows
Actually, just flash yourself with Odin - the official leaks are already at XDA - check page 1 for the links . Download takes maybe 30 minutes, flashing 2 minutes, reboot another 5 mins and you have it on your phone

Normally newer firmwares terminology is named higher up on alphabets/or number. Naturally we would assumed firmware upgrades should be better but is again not necessary so. Sometimes upgrade could have more bugs !! For those who want to have the latest firmware - just upgrade and assess yourself
You can flash any firmware - does not mean Msian set must flash Msian firmware - you can flash Europe, Middel East, UK, HK etc - it will not spoil your phone. Similarly you can flash Europe phone modem if you wish to replace the Asian modem. You can have a rojak mix of say UK firmware and having an Asian phone modem. Mine even though on a cook rom, I change the kernel and the phone modem and did not follow the rom's cook recommendation

Warranty is VOID with unofficial firmware even if is official from other countries

This post has been edited by benny888: Jul 7 2011, 12:17 PM

HIGHLY recommende use K-9 Mail. - is free ; use it and you will never want to use the default email ( which is just too plain)

Features of K9 mail i like :

- set size of email download
- set time to refresh and download mail
- set mail storage location
- set association /sync with mail servers - keep on server or delete on server vice versa
- set various email accounts - can read email according to account or read all as one download
- set display ( eg fonts sizes ) for many categories
- set sent mail features with signature, bcc, etc
- plus many others too long to list here - go check it up yoursef
- Batch selection to manage email - selective deletion example

Is FREE ands NO ads interference

This post has been edited by benny888: Jul 7 2011, 12:26 PM

Emails downloaded remain on the phone. For K9 you can set it that it remains on phone if you have assigned it to be deleted on mail server from your computer. Usually most email clients on computer you can set once email downloaded - either delete from server immediate or let it saty on server for a period of time. These storage period on server is more controlled on company email servers
For the default email - I am not too sure whether it remains on phone when the mail is deleted from mail server

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Added on July 7, 2011, 2:04 pmIf there is a firmware update available, once you connect your phone to PC and on KIES - you will be prompted to update. If there is no update available, you will see nothing

This post has been edited by benny888: Jul 7 2011, 02:04 PM

One way to get it like a false " push" is to set the retrieve email time to every 5 minutes ?? But this method will drain your battery as every 5 minutes it will check your mailbox unlike real push which occur only when there is mail

Yes you are right. The moment i root it i no longer think about stock rom or warranty. I am always mentally prepared that i will not be able to claim if phone kaput. It is because of this i always dare to try if any new stuffs come up. I rarely go and ask around other users of any issues. Best test do yourself and assess it yourself. This is also reason i usually buy ap sets since usually cheaper but this sgsII ap is expensive vs final original release. Anyway i am different from many users as buying and test gadgets is my hobby

No lah. This is just poor english by the koreans. What they actually mean there is no update available yet. Any phone from any country can be updated. Take yours to UK now plug in uk simcard and you can update your firmware immediate. Infact no need go uk, if you have a UK sim card now can update here

Display at no 1 or 2 on battery usage is normal as this eats up most battery life. If you are in a well lit place eg office just slide down right to left and you will still have a good display. Actually i would say setting it to auto is not so good as i noticed the auto setting always higher than i usually need. So i prefet manual control

It is long posted in page 1 post#4 . The one you post is a recent third party hack of insecure kernel and he is just reposting original kernels obtained
elsewhere
I will post up this link too

This post has been edited by benny888: Jul 7 2011, 07:28 PM

Just browse locate your mp3 right click and on music option select as ringtone
If you go setting/sound when you select ringtone your selection will be shown in android system
i have posted this about a day or two back too

This post has been edited by benny888: Jul 7 2011, 07:28 PM

You mean cannot work ?? that is strange. I always use this method and it always work since my first Android

I am using Astro File Manager too ; if it is your own tones it shouldn't be greyout unless is protected DRM ??

This is a network thing. You have to check with your telco ,. I can quote you mine. You need to register with telco to have this activated. I remember paying RM 10 as one time service charge. Mine is Celcom postpaid and all calls divert/forward to my Digi prepaid or Digi postpaid, I need to pay Celcom 10 sen for every call divert irrespective of call time. AFAIK only postpaid accounts allow divert/forwarding

Let me illustrate how CWM works. Example your phone has rom ABC . Using CWM recovery you can do a full rom backup of ABC rom. You then decide to flash rom DEF - depending on rom, some will not need you to clean data/factory reset, some will. Assuming rom DEF wants you to do this step , after flashing you just get a clean rom - all your data/setting/app will be wipe clean. You CANNOT use CWM to restore - if you do so, you are just replacing your new rom back to rom ABC with all its original data

You should instead use Titanium Backup to backup all your apps/supporting apps data or you can use MyBackupPro which will also have a separate feature to backup your contacts, calendar, call log etc - you need root to have MBP backup your apps data or else it will not backup apk file only

This post has been edited by benny888: Jul 7 2011, 07:43 PM

I am always amazed at you guys wanting to watch a full length movie on your phone. It is even a torture for me watching it on my Galaxy Tab and previous iPad. Watching short video clips is still tolerable . Maybe I am getting too old for these