Was wondering that as well, loved it, but there were limitations on it that could have been addressed.

Yeah, no more menu button in the future, but I find that its a good thing to have.

use kies, install it for the drivers only.
after that, remove kies from autostartup.
And connect to PC and use it as an external drive.

Well, if you're looking at timeline.

I got both the first batches of SGS and S2

SGS I got in June
S2 I got in May

But, there is a difference now, that during the SGS time, there was no 'competing product' from samsung. Only the NexusS came out slightly later in that period.

Now, we have the GN and the SGN appearing just a few months ago.

Samsung may not want to out a new device this soon, and a better refresh at the moment would be the Gtab range.

I never buy AP stuff if I can.

And why do they call it AP?
What's AP by the way?
Shouldn't it just be called grey set?

Mine is singapore set so I got it in may.
Warranty isn't an issue for me as I can just pop by service center.

But AP doesn't make sense as its used for cars as 'approved permit'. No idea why it got translated to handphones.

Should just call it grey import. :s
Because the Ori/AP thing is just misleading.

I mean I know the difference between Ori/AP, but I think its just misleading.

They should say something like official samsung warranty or local samsung warranty vs shop warranty or grey import.

Because tagging a phone 'ori' is like telling people there are counterfeit goods on the market that are sold as whatever phone they are.

This post has been edited by MYstombox: Jan 29 2012, 11:28 AM

Car different la, cos car got AP to import in, hp where got?

So why not call SP? hahaha.

Anyway, I always prefer to get non grey import stuff. Because you never know when the shop can just say "I service free, parts are payable" then by that time you just feel you got conned.

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Added on January 29, 2012, 11:35 amBtw, do you guys clean the kernel files before flashing kernels?
I recently had problems with the SGS where it wouldn't boot and randomly shut down when I flashed the CM7 kernel with some other compatible kernel.

Cleaning the kernel files solved it, and it works smoother now.

Never bothered with SGS2 because I only flashed from stock -> CF -> speedmod and never did anything else to it.

I am on 2.3.6 and typically no issues except at one or twice I had to reboot as the phone stopped responding. And this was over ~8 months of use. So I'd say that its probably some rogue program that I had on.

This post has been edited by MYstombox: Jan 29 2012, 11:35 AM

@SA6YEuro
Very likely u need to fix permissions as well to fix force closes

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Added on January 29, 2012, 12:17 pmYou need official region firmware + correct csc as well to initiate official firmware download via kies.

Just download the stock rom from xda or somewhere else and flash via ODIN

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Added on January 29, 2012, 12:18 pmThats why its better to buy warranty set locally.
If you are near thailand, u can buy either SME or thai set
if you are near singapore, u can buy SME or singapore set.

Whichever is convenient for you to get it serviced.

This post has been edited by MYstombox: Jan 29 2012, 12:18 PM

Tried googling?
Just find the same pic online and transfer it to phone and use it as wallpaper.
To be honest, wallpapers are usually the last on anyone's mind when it comes to dev. lol...

Get him to email you the wallpaper, it's somewhere on his internal SD card
should be able to find via es file explorer

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Added on January 29, 2012, 1:02 pmFlash to 2.3.6 that version is the quickest at the moment for stock rom.
And you need to wipe if it bootloops.

Enter recovery mode and perform wipe/factory reset

volume up + home + power

This post has been edited by MYstombox: Jan 29 2012, 01:03 PM

I find the 1650mA battery is enough for my use.
I personally do not like 3D images, I find my eyes very tired and strained after watching 3D.

I prefer 2D images, the 3D world around me is already causing me some headaches. hahahaha

This post has been edited by MYstombox: Jan 29 2012, 08:32 PM

They probably moved production of E4210 to the E4212 on the Gnote
and since the Gnex got the TI chip, they might as well order more for the 9100G.

Win-win

SPB shell 3d as the launcher?

Yeah, too much heat will just degrade the AMOLED screens, later got patches of washed out colours which will just suck.

Even if no IPS, I hope will have PLS panel
I don't like the low brightness performance of AMOLED, the uneven power distribution to cells creating patches.
burn outs etc is just too much a sacrifice. I rather have PLS and have higher chance of perfect panels.

Ya, because I looked at the 8.9 and 10.1 screens, at low brightness it is very comfortable on the eyes for indoor viewing.

Also because of the low brightness, there is no patchy greys.
Whereas on AMOLED greys will have streaking etc etc.

Also, I need to wake up very early, and when my phone alarm rings, the screen is so damn bright it burns my retinas. hahaha

Well, both the samsung used AMOLED and PLS are made by samsung and developed by samsung.

But it's sad that they won't have a PLS based one, and yes AMOLED would probably be used but we can still hope. lol

Probably not, probably its US or EU stocks with NFC support.

Oh, lol.
But NFC usage locally is still pretty much 0 commercially.