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Competition for Galaxy S II users: what annoys you most?

Competition: how many times can you lock the screen with one hand without pressing the volume button!
Winner gets a 4-am wake-up call when the battery is recharged.
The second place gets an e-mail written by my pants when the screen-lock fails to turn on, following a headset call.
Third place will get a special mod that allows you to start your audiobook player with the headset button with the screen-lock on, and the screen off (a usefull feature when your hands are not free).
Just kidding, there is no such mod, the third place gets nothing.

What annoys me the most? Appart from pressing volume button while locking screen, its the fact that all my callers are complaining that they hear echo... going to exchange the phone today...
Non of the other things bothers me... I usually sleep very hard, so 4am wakeup tone that my phone is being fully charged cannot wake me up neither my girlfriend was complaining...

I had nothing to report as nothing annoyed me till today unless when I plugged my Headphone and made a call. The Volume in a call through the headphone at even maximum level is pathetically low.But that is not the case with Earpiece or Bluetooth headset.
Regards.

What I hate about the device?Well,I wanted to buy a Tegra 2 tablet.After buying the GS2 everything else seemed slow.

Noons and people with no life being able to make threads
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tolis626 said:
What I hate about the device?Well,I wanted to buy a Tegra 2 tablet.After buying the GS2 everything else seemed slow.
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I can't use my x10 anymore without being pissed
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1. I can live with 1,5 second delay when waking up phone, but home button lag is killing me. I know, this ks because of voice command "feature", but what about users like me who will never "talk" to their phones (unless being completely drunk)?
2. The famous game freezes. I bought this phone mainly for gaming, but they are simply freezing or crashing to home screen. On all (official) currently available firmware versions. Thanks to LitePro, now i can play with no problems.
I had few more very annoying problems, but thanks again to LitePro who ironed them out. Also i had to delete most of notification sounds. No need to explain why
I know, my first impresions with this phone wasn't very good and i said some bad words, but thanks to this great community - i love my SGS2 now
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Lol i have never heard this fully charged sound. *g*
But the batterie drain is really heavy. Maybe i buy an extended akku.
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gergohad said:
Competition: how many times can you lock the screen with one hand without pressing the volume button!
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Every single time (see attached).
The thing that annoys me most is the same thing that annoyed me about the HD2.... whining users that complain about utterly ridiculous things on xda, opening a new thread every time they come up with some vague idea of something their phone can't do. If you want a cup of tea, BUY A TEASMAID!!!

i never hit the volume button yet i use the physical lock button
Matter of handling I suppose .oO(you're not handling it right! xD)
What annoys me is the lack of 2.3.4 update (not that I need much from it, but it feels like they're not working on it as much as on the I9000) and the lack of proper source (everyone uses the binary kernel cause the source one isnt as stable even after padding)
oh and the reason why they've hidden hw accelerated disk encryption, or the lack thereof

The fact that Driving Mode randomly turns itself on, leading to excruciating embarrassment when an incoming text or email is read out at full volume in a public place.

the wifi sharing battery drain that starts randomnly...

Lazy gits that whine and ask about the yellow triangle without even searching the threads

The stock email app, which is the only free one which works with exchange doesn't request the keyboard to bring up the spelling suggestion list - so only the samsung keyboard works with this, or using perfect keyboard and having it turned on permanently.
The stock music app hasn't been thought out well enough in that it allows you to access music bypassing the library list. This of course means using the back button never returns you to this list and they never thought to put a link in the menu to get to the music library (such a simple fix!) - solved that with player pro though
Stock SMS app not allowing you to scroll up through the messages you are replying to whilst you are replying - of course handcent gets around that.
Touchwiz launcher - can't set a different home screen, folders created in the app drawer and then dragged onto one of the home screens are now 2 seperate folders, rather than a hard link - meaning you update one, and the other also needs updating.... Thanks to Go Launcher Ex this is no longer an issue.
Tbh hardware wise it's spot on - it's just that Samsung seem to have rushed the software out.

intruda119 said:
Noons and people with no life being able to make threads
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I found a fix for you problem: don't read those threads and don't post replies...
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What annoys me the most? The fact that I bought this phone expecting a huge improvement on battery life compared to my old phones. I'm annoyed at myself for being this naive.

gergohad said:
I found a fix for you problem: don't read those threads and don't post replies...
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That doesn't fix the problem of the forums becoming diluted with repeated requests. You've just suggested ignoring the problem.

i am "annoyed that wifi-sharing" eats 15% of my battery (but i still make it trough the day without problems.
i never pressed the volume button while lokcing the phone and i have never ever heard a charged noise oO

johncmolyneux said:
That doesn't fix the problem of the forums becoming diluted with repeated requests. You've just suggested ignoring the problem.
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What requests? Nobody is requesting anything buddy. We're discussing things about the phone that annoy us. If you dont like this topic, try another one.
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What annoys me the most is that this phone is so nice,i can hardly seperate myself from it.
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Slide to wake or touch to wake?

Anybody have insight if this is possible on n4? Would be a downgrade if not possible. I am surprised touch to wake isn't on every phone by now. Bb10 phones are rumored to have it.
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Anybody have insight if this is possible on n4? Would be a downgrade if not possible. I am surprised touch to wake isn't on every phone by now. Bb10 phones are rumored to have it.
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I know what you're talking about, I have it on my sensation but it uses capacitive buttons to work and the nexus 4 uses on screen ones. I don't know if you could get out working without a hw mod
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I'm sure there are apps out there that do this. The biggest problem with what you want is that the screen/digitizer has to be active to achieve it. With the current unlock system Android, Apple, and Windows Phones have they save battery by making sure the screen is off. Can you imagine the phone always registering every touch? In my opinion it would be a downgrade to have that feature. But if you really want it then maybe look into this. http://lifehacker.com/5921321/smart...lay-on-or-off-when-you-wave-your-hand-over-it

Not interested in an app like that. Tried it a long time ago and it is terrible in real world use. Pgm nexus works awesome. Haven't seen any noticeable hit in battery life since Ive been using it. There are a few kernel I believe that you can use touch to wake, but nothing to my knowledge that has slide to wake/unlock. I rarely ever use my power button. So then lucky beneficiary of my phone soon will get a pristine nexus. USB ports hardly used also because of car and pogo dock and wireless data transfers.
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the developer of pgm says the n4 isn't sold in his country...a donation thread to help him get a phone would be cool

ceejay83 said:
the developer of pgm says the n4 isn't sold in his country...a donation thread to help him get a phone would be cool
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Would be more than happy to start a donate thread but I want my damn phone first. And I am sure everybody else does too. Then we can donate and wait.
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Funny Story

Do you guys remember when I asked you to help me decide between Nexus S and Galaxy S1? Well if you do remember my main reasoning for the exchange was that I hate the capacitative buttons from under the display? This morning at about 7amI was walking in my home town, playng some music on the smartphone and I notice this new shop for repairing phones just opened up and thats when it hit my, a great ideea! I go in and ask the cashier if I can talk to the guy that does the actual repairing, then I show him my phone. When he asks what is wrong with it I tell him that nothing is wrong and that I want to permanently remove the 4 buttons from under the display to save battery life and make it look loke Galaxy Nexus. The guy looks at the phone, a couple of times, then he asks me a couple of times why I wanna do this (it was morning and he probably thought he's not hearing me right), then he just told me that he usualy is asked to repayr not take out stuf. As I walked out of the shop I lookt back for a second and the guys inside had some stunned faces on, it was preety funny. So tonight I'm sayving all my data, apps and mp3 on my laptop and then tomorow I take the phone to the shop. I'll keep you posted on how battery life is after this moove. I will finally get rid of those stressful buttons

Really you want to completely disable your capacitive buttons by opening it and screwing with its internals? :screwy: Why not just use a software solution like everybody else? There is a possibility that the repair guy screws with more than just the buttons, but then it will be to late. But on the other hand it's your phone and you can do what ever you want with it
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JerryPi said:
Really you want to completely disable your capacitive buttons by opening it and screwing with its internals? :screwy: Why not just use a software solution like everybody else? There is a possibility that the repair guy screws with more than just the buttons, but then it will be to late. But on the other hand it's your phone and you can do what ever you want with it
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In about two months I'll be upgrading so eaven if I dont want to sell my Nexus S it will be my second device, sotr of a mp3 player with cool features, but if all goes well I'll have a Galaxy Nexus or a Note at the beguining of the sommer, I would desassemble it myself but if to afrayd to

But have you even tried back light dimmer, coupled with a mod that completely disables the capacitive buttons? This is a software mod that can be reversed if you don't like it. If it gets opened and modified so that the buttons don't work it will probably be irreversible. I would never do something like that to my precious Nexus S, even if i would be upgrading in the near future
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JerryPi said:
But have you even tried back light dimmer, coupled with a mod that completely disables the capacitive buttons? This is a software mod that can be reversed if you don't like it. If it gets opened and modified so that the buttons don't work it will probably be irreversible. I would never do something like that to my precious Nexus S, even if i would be upgrading in the near future
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I've tryed but somehow it seames to work best on gingerbread or ICS, with JB it's a little more unstable, sometimes it works really well and sometimes it just keeps lighting up, it's creappy, it's bothering me....you have to understand that the only thing that I hate on this phone are the 4 buttons, it's like painting Mona Lisa with a big ugly mustache, it ruins it all for me

On the other hand, i find them very useful, they function like a warning beacon to when i receive a SMS or a notification.
And usualy, without the notifications, they are turned off.

Step 1. Flash any custom kernel, use nstools, disable BLN and BLD.
Step 2. If you're on a custom rom, go to hardware keys settings and set all button actions to "none"
I don't get this :/

ej8989 said:
Step 1. Flash any custom kernel, use nstools, disable BLN and BLD.
Step 2. If you're on a custom rom, go to hardware keys settings and set all button actions to "none"
I don't get this :/
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aaa ok, thanks, I didn't try this way

I made this some time ago, I really wanted the galaxy nexus look, but after some time, it gets pretty boring. I would advise you not to do any hardware mods on your phone, as people said before, its a pretty easy software mod.
This is compatible with 4.1/4.2, if you want to turn off backlights, use NSTools. If you wanna reverse it, reflash the rom.
Flash it with CWM

Serris said:
I made this some time ago, I really wanted the galaxy nexus look, but after some time, it gets pretty boring. I would advise you not to do any hardware mods on your phone, as people said before, its a pretty easy software mod.
This is compatible with 4.1/4.2, if you want to turn off backlights, use NSTools. If you wanna reverse it, reflash the rom.
Flash it with CWM
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Thank you
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lol

Fingerprint - Unlocking from Always On Screen

Does the fingerprint unlock require that you press the home button? From my understanding, you only needed to place your finger on the home button for it to unlock.

alexc1992 said:
Does the fingerprint unlock require that you press the home button? From my understanding, you only needed to place your finger on the home button for it to unlock.
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Always on acts as the screen was off, so yes, you have to press the home button first, but you can just leave it on the button after pressing and it will unlock straight away.

Or, you can activate the edge screen by swiping at the edge, when the edge screen comes up (AOD would disappear) , place your finger on the scanner, and the screen would unlock

I really hope samsung brings an update to just unlock the phone by placing the finger on the home button. No pressing and all. It feels so much better like that on iphone and nexus.

ethan3686 said:
I really hope samsung brings an update to just unlock the phone by placing the finger on the home button. No pressing and all. It feels so much better like that on iphone and nexus.
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it will then has huge battery drain

emprize said:
it will then has huge battery drain
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Well, if a hardware component is designed to be always-on, it will not drain the battery. For example, the edge swipe will not drain the battery although it keeps the touch controller on. On the LG G5 and Nexus 6P the fingerprint sensor is always-on and does not drain the battery.
However, if Samsung did not design their sensor to be always-on, then there is not much that can be done via a software update.

ethan3686 said:
I really hope samsung brings an update to just unlock the phone by placing the finger on the home button. No pressing and all. It feels so much better like that on iphone and nexus.
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They, won't. That is how their phones work, by design.
I prefer it that way, but I can understand that you can't please everyone.
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JasonJoel said:
They, won't. That is how their phones work, by design. I prefer it that way, but I can understand that you can't please everyone.
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Well, how about a simple setting to switch between the two modes. If the hardware is designed for always-on, it can surely work when pressing the home button first.

Yes, but when they add options/toggles all over the place then a bunch of people complain that it is too bloated or complicated... They can't win either way.
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JasonJoel said:
Yes, but when they add options/toggles all over the place then a bunch of people complain that it is too bloated or complicated... They can't win either way.
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I do know I'm reviving a severely old thread but honestly can't give two ****s. If you're here to complain about it being revived go ***** and moan to the mods.
Anyways. Glad we got that out of that way.
Here's the flaw in that logic.
1. Most people like extra features. I.e. literally ****ing everyone on xda
2. Even if bull**** did arise (which it wouldn't) they could just move it to developer options. That **** on there is basically all useless anyways.
And 3. It's not "adding options and toggles all over the place". It's 1. Signle. Toggle. Honestly I couldn't care if they had a toggle for that or not but it just pissed me off that you were so keen on shutting this idea down and op didn't even respond to you. Dickhole.
Edit: P.s. excuse my french.

Zoruda said:
I do know I'm reviving a severely old thread but honestly can't give two ****s. If you're here to complain about it being revived go ***** and moan to the mods.
Anyways. Glad we got that out of that way.
Here's the flaw in that logic.
1. Most people like extra features. I.e. literally ****ing everyone on xda
2. Even if bull**** did arise (which it wouldn't) they could just move it to developer options. That **** on there is basically all useless anyways.
And 3. It's not "adding options and toggles all over the place". It's 1. Signle. Toggle. Honestly I couldn't care if they had a toggle for that or not but it just pissed me off that you were so keen on shutting this idea down and op didn't even respond to you. Dickhole.
Edit: P.s. excuse my french.
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First, name calling is childish, and often a sign of low intelligence. That might not be true of you, but that is how it comes across in writing.
To comment on your points:
1. Most people on XDA, yes, which is a super small minority of all users. It has been shown many times that average consumers (the overall majority by almost 10:1) want products simpler.
2. I agree that a good way to handle additional options would be to shove them in a separate developer or advanced settings area.
3. Noted. That's your opinion, and you're entitled to it. Just don't assume your opinion matches what the majority of the overall population want.
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That's not an opinion. That's a fact. It's 1 toggle. Just one. It's not like they're opening another section in the settings. Just one toggle. And if they want simpler phones they can go to iPhone. That's what iPhone is for. The technologically uninclined. OP is just talking about one single toggle that will let you choose between one option or another. It's not even that hard to code in. I highly doubt that not almost everyone wants more settings. More settings is great! You can make your phone your phone! You can have it do exactly what you want. Whether it be consuming extra power for a fingerprint scanner or conserving it. Hell put it in the toggles for powersaving so when they turn power saving on the fingerprint turns off until it's clicked. Literally so many ways you could go about this. You could make it so the scanner is on between 8am and 10pm but off at night. You could make it so if the phone hasn't been touched within an hour the scanner turns off. There's no reason not to have extra features. Unless you're super old. Then I think you'd want less features. That's what easy mode is for. (oh and apple is for that too. That's why so many old lady's have iPhones and so many old men have Android's. I would guess at least)
Edit: I also only called you a dickhole because I was pissed that you shot this dude's idea down until he gave up. You were just being a dickhole to him. So that's why I said that.

Why the hate for Bixby?

I own an echo, 2 Ghomes and a V20 with Google assistant, and I think there is major room for improvement on both systems. I'm pretty excited to try a new Ai.

Well you'll have a bit of a wait since it won't have voice enabled for a while.

The hate is probably due to Samsung preventing re-mapping of the button to something else and Bixby not being ready for prime time. I believe people like choices and the option to change whatever they want since its their phone.

Because we all know it's going to suck and be useless.

I've always went in with a don't diss it till you try it attitude and I will do the same for Bixby.
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DexterMorgan x said:
Because we all know it's going to suck and be useless.
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Like all AI is.
"Google Assistant is so great!!!"
No, MKBHD, it isn't.

It's the fact that we're forced to use it. Sure it can probably be disabled, but there's a physical hardware button dedicated to it. If you don't like it, that button is a total waste of space that could server a relevant purpose.

Am I the only person who dosent use Google assistant? What does it do that's so special I have never used it on any of my phones

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I dunno, Samsung has a ton of in home devices they could add Bixby to. I don't really see they having too much difficulty doing what google does, read apps or the first link from a web search.
Native smartthings support and Samsung SmartTVs. If they decide to release a Chromecast/FireTV streaming box. I think they will be late to the game, but have way more in home penetration.

mjs2011 said:
I've always went in with a don't diss it till you try it attitude and I will do the same for Bixby.
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I'm willing to try it, mainly since there's a physical button dedicated to it. However, like with all of these virtual assistants, I feel rather lukewarm about them all. Never really had a desire to try them, so kinda have to push myself to try Bixby.
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Am I the only person who dosent use Google assistant? What does it do that's so special I have never used it on any of my phones
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Nope. I've never used it either. I get why people like it, but... like you, it never seemed special, so I just never tried it.

mjs2011 said:
I've always went in with a don't diss it till you try it attitude and I will do the same for Bixby.
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I use it for controlling my Smartlights, my news briefing in the morning, long google searches and sending texts while i'm driving (It will read and reply to text/hangouts in Android auto)

Pretty sure it's the dedicated button to an app that no one it's going to use. They could have made it a power button instead

They hate it because Samsung put a dedicated button for people to use something they sunk a ton of money into, the hate really doesn't make sense. Competition is good and should be encouraged, we should be happy there are so many companies developing assistants for us to use even if some of us don't see their point.
Personally, I don't use Google Assistant or anything else. I don't see the point of talking to my phone when I have perfectly working fingers on my hands (I also don't drive.), but just because I don't use them doesn't mean I have to hate them.
That said, removing the ability to remap the button using an accessibility service was a **** move.

I would love to remap the stupid bixby button to a camera shutter function. And I dont mean launch the camera when pressed, I want the phone to take a picture when its pressed even if the screen is off. That would be an amazing rooted mod.

Yeah, that's what I want... A bunch of pictures of the inside of my pocket every time I accidentally hit that button. (That was sarcasm)
No thanks. I would hate that feature.
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choch69 said:
I would love to remap the stupid bixby button to a camera shutter function. And I dont mean launch the camera when pressed, I want the phone to take a picture when its pressed even if the screen is off. That would be an amazing rooted mod.
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Honestly I prefer the on screen shutter button. I've tried settings the volume buttons to take a picture but I always find it more stable to use the on screen buttons because it doesn't involve me pushing the phone.

Trancera said:
Pretty sure it's the dedicated button to an app that no one it's going to use. They could have made it a power button instead
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There already is a power button

geoff5093 said:
There already is a power button
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It wouldn't let me edit my post when I posted this, but I meant to say home button.

i dont use voice assistants. Makes me look retarded in public..

Havent use it so cant say if it sucks or not. But i do believe it will be more integrated then google. Its has translate and online image search built into the camera. Which is a good thing, i normally have to switch to the apps for these.
So ill have to see how it all goes and what it is like because i can knock it or not.
Same goes for the swipe up app screen (i know you can turn if off but ill try it for a while and see)