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Galaxy s2 Charging very slow

asd8900 — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:52:12 GMT

Hi
My galaxy s2 is charging v slow ...... sometimes when i plugged in the charger the battery goes on decreasing instead of increasing ..... when i charge it while in off state it doesnt charge but sometimes it works good ........ now what to do plz help ..... it happened after i change my Rom from official JB to Omega rom ..... :(

Samsung s11

kkirving — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:21:14 GMT

Hi peolpe, hope someone can help, when making a call on my s11 a message comes up on the sreen android.com has stopped working. then my phone locks out and i have to take the battery out to restart. I have had this problem for a few weeks now, i was able to make calls but not since this morning, I can txt and I can use the internet.
apart from a phone reset to correct, i have read this could be an app problem but not sure,
look forward to hearing from you. cheers.

FM radio not playing in background?

Jenni Phillips — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:10:14 GMT

I'm not entirely technically minded, but from what I understand my S2 updated last week, so now it says it has android 4.1.2.

However, it now will not play the FM radio (using the original app that came with the phone) in the background - so I can't do anything else on the phone whilst listening to the radio. Prior to the update it would just play whilst I did other things on the phone. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Thanks

EDIT: did a factory reset and the problem resolved itself.

Help Odin fails to unroot galaxy s2 4.1.2

mo9999_01 — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:27:08 GMT

Odin failed to uroot my galaxay s2. According to Kies my version is PDA:LSS/PHONE:MS2/CSC:LS3(COA). I watched tutorials and followed them. still I can't get my phone to unroot

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Jelly Bean Slow :-(

Rixxardo — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:34:20 GMT

Looks like 4.1.2 is sluggish and slower than 4.0 ICS.... anyone experiencing this?
Maybe it requires more processing power (ie: S3/S4).....seriously thinking about downgrading to 4.0 :-(

Help! Hard reset needed - keyboard lock

kotara — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:01:55 GMT

How can I perform a reset with a frozen keyboard. I upgraded to 4.1.2 and used the accessibility menu to remove the annoying talking feature and now have a keyboard locked.

Have tried to reboot removing battery, and tried reset by pressing volume, start and home together, but nothing works.

Pressing a key gets a voice response but will not activate the key itself.

How can I reset and overcome the keyboard lock?

Jelly Bean 4.1.2 regularly powers off

k64 — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:28:12 GMT

Please see Andriod 4.1/4.2 Jelly Bean forum.

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logcat filter

AndersKv — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:55:47 GMT

Hello!

I'm trying to logcat an application in my Samsung galaxy S2, Android 4.1.2. But I get an immense load of information so I believe I have to filter it some way.
In command prompt I write: adb logcat
And it starts to pump out loglines. But I just want to see the log from one app. I've found out that there is this command
adb logcat [

my contact app crashed so all my contacts was erased

pablo hamra — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:40:26 GMT

I need to recover all my contacts!!!! Suddenly my contact app crashed and erase all my data from the contact tab. What I can do to recover my contacts list?

Another small update for Jelly Bean?

D-Caf — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:45:01 GMT

Just got another small update for Jelly Bean. Still at 4.1.2. Not sure what it added. I have an unlocked international currently running the Norway firmware.

Anyone else get the update? Anyone have any idea what it includes?

Build Number: JZ054K.I9100XWLSS
Baseband: I9100XXMS2

Galaxy S2 Wi-Fi freeze and crash

John2y — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:01:46 GMT

Hi
I'm having a huge trouble with my Samsung Galaxy S II and it is related to the Wi-Fi
When I turn on my phone, it puts the Wi-Fi automatically on, pops up a message says "process system is not responding" and reboots.
When I go to the menu and try to put the Wi-Fi off, it simply doesn't respond and when I go to the Settings -> Wi-Fi Direct Settings it crashes and returns to the home screen, when I try to go to the settings again, it just crashes the phone.
It will continually Reboot the phone until I make a Force Restart.

Any ideas of what it might be? I rarelly install Apps so I don't think it is a virus (but it might be...)

WiFi Connection Problem on Specific Spot

rax369 — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:12:22 GMT

Hi there,

I'm having a rare WiFi connection problem when trying to get connected to an specific wireless router. On this router other devices like smartphones, and laptops can establish connection w/out problem. The issue is specific on my cell.

The same cell gets connected to any other WiFi spot I try to connect.

What I have tried so far?

* Deleting that SSID, then adding it againg to the wifi networks
* Powering off the phone, and removing that battery for around 15 min (have read it sweeps dns cache)
* Wireless router already rebooted

I also tried to install some apps to locate the issue:

* Using "Fing" it helped to make some pings and traceroutes to some public sites (so is not a connectivity issue)
* Also tried "WiFi Fixer" didn't help @ all, actually it didn't find any problem

What apparently is happening is that URLs are not being resolved by the DNS servers (they are reachable already tried that) but not resolved. :-\

My phone specs:
Model: SGS2 International (GT-i9100)
Android: 4.0.4

Any ideas on how to solve this annoying issue ??? :'(

Gallery Issues

laney12186 — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:17:24 GMT

I did a search on this site and didn't find any answers so I'm hoping somebody can help me. I have a Galaxy s2 and recently I've noticed that the gallery app keeps opening in the background and draining my battery. I've had to force close it to get it to stop and that doesn't always work. I'm not going into the gallery at all on the days that this is happening but it's draining my battery regardless. Does anyone have a fix for this issue?

JB update

elyeh — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:38:45 GMT

Where can I find the down load for the Jelly Bean update?

Will the JB update for the Epic 4GT work on a regular Galaxy S2?
Is it the same update?

Jellybean Upgrade - DON'T DO IT

Derek63 — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:11:48 GMT

My advice is DON'T DO IT!!!!!

A couple of weeks ago i accepted a firmware update to Jellybean. I think i had Gingerbread before that and I regret it big time and I am very angry about it. I have rang Samsung and been to their service centre demanding to have it rolled back to Gingerbread and they said it can't be done because once you update to Jellybean it writes a piece of software on it that means you cannot roll it back to a previous software version.

The reasons i hate Jellybean are as follows:
1. Everything is now so much slower to respond. There is a lapse of a second or two before things open after you click on it.
2. How DUMB IS THIS? You now have to click on the ballon of the latest incoming message to get rid of the notification on your messages icon. Who is the ***** that thought that was a great idea?? Do a software update and now have to do an extra couple of clicks to do a basic thing like reading text message.
3. Doing a firmware update completely changes the personal layout you previously created. It is like having a new phone you have to get used to and learn all over again. I f-cken hate it. I lost a wallpaper i liked and can't find it again.
4. The Accuweather.com widget has changed in size (about twice the size) so i can't fit it on my home screen anymore and it used to show the min and max temp of the day and the current temp. Now you can't see the min and max temp of the current day, even when you click on the app to expand on the whole week.
5. Previous version had a Home button, not anymore!!

Firmware upgrades should come with a WARNING. They (Samsung) told me they give you these warnings in the Terms and Conditions. Well every app download comes with terms and conditions and it is something we are just conditioned to accept without reading them. I will strongly consider buying a different brand next time around.