GSII - Changing my status "from love it" to "like it"

alandr · 02-21-2012, 04:47 PM

My WIFI, GPS and Bluetooth have been turned off for a few days now.
In addition, I went and turned off the bunch of apps by using force stop option.
Some of them like annoying AP app(Associated Press) for some reason keep turning it self on.
I think that my email app which is required by my work place is accessing Microsoft Webmail Server and I believe keep synchronizing emails calendars etc way to often.
often.
I'm not familiar with all SGC2 places yet since I'm new to this, but where should I go to change configuration on this?
I think when I set up my email account the first time everything got configured by default: like sync time and calendar options .
Could you guys please route me to the right place for that?
Many thanks

Entropy512 · 02-21-2012, 05:20 PM

I get great battery life with my GS2 - but other than compatibility testing and experiments, I never run UCKK6. UCKK6 is completely and totally broken when it comes to power management, especially wifi.

I9100 XWKL1 completely changes the phone compared to UCKK6, and XWLA4 seems to be even slightly better (too early to tell so far...)

There are now quite a few pre-ported firmwares based on KL1 and LA4 on XDA now, including my own.

mcl5000 · 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by badams1

So if you must use wifi...simply turn it off when your finished using it...

This thread is about not loving the phone anymore, and simply liking it. Not being able to use standard features of your cell phone without draining your battery certainly stands in the way of "loving it".

I'd go the rooting route, but it doesn't seem like anybody is willing to completely start from the beginning on their instructions. It's almost like you have to pull 3 or 4 threads together, hope you understand the terminology in all of them, and then execute them in the correct order. If you ask questions on the process, you get "read the threads about it".

konazxiii · 02-22-2012, 08:56 AM

Rooting, customizing and ROM flashing on Samsung Android phones are among the easiest of all smartphones. If you can't figure it out by reading a few threads trade it for an Apple and enjoy yourself. It's a great phone. Android isn't for everyone and at this point its obvious Android isn't for you. that doesn't make you bad or dumb. It is what it is. Do what makes you happy.

With that said, I too wish the battery on smartphones with bright crisp displays were better than it is, but I'd rather have a this phone hooked to a charger 4ish hours a day than G1 Razr that last 2-3 days.

1adonis1 · 02-22-2012, 09:49 AM

Another thing. I bought a external power charger and it chargers my battery completely. For some reason its lasting longer than charging via the included charger.

Sent from my Galaxy S II

alandr · 02-22-2012, 12:03 PM

"If you can't figure it out by reading a few threads trade it for an Apple and enjoy yourself. It's a great phone. Android isn't for everyone and at this point its obvious Android isn't for you. that doesn't make you bad or dumb. It is what it is. Do what makes you happy."

I have dumped my IPhone 4g after having it for past 2 years and got Sam Gal 2.
It was my second Iphone 4G unit in these 2 years.I went trough hell with dropped calls, being constantly in AT&T and Apple stores back and force for a month , using that useless Apple's "bumper" plastic frame and finally my IPhone was getting stuck every other day while me browsing internet.
I have to pull IPhone battery out a few times cause it was no other way to bring that phone to life,after dealing with these tiny screws in order to get to it.
So, based on all of the above I would disagree with your statement that's IPhone"It's a great phone"
Sam Gal 2 makes me happier, period.

mcl5000 · 02-22-2012, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by konazxiii

If you can't figure it out by reading a few threads trade it for an Apple and enjoy yourself. It's a great phone. Android isn't for everyone and at this point its obvious Android isn't for you. that doesn't make you bad or dumb. It is what it is. Do what makes you happy.

Haha...thanks for proving exactly what I'm talking about. I'll give you a pass considering you know nothing about me, but I can perform many computer-related tasks more complicated than rooting an Android. The difference is that if I screw up other things, I can just buy a $70 replacement motherboard or $100 replacement power supply when I have some extra cash.

I don't really feel like buying a $600 replacement phone the next day if I miss a crucial step somewhere along the process.

Also, keep in mind that I didn't start this thread. I'm very happy with my GS2 (for the most part), and I've recommended it to quite a few of my friends. I'd rather not trade it in for an Apple. Thanks for the advice, though.

aknbad23 · 02-22-2012, 04:56 PM

I too change my status from love it to like it. Too many random reboots and issues with being stuck in shutdown mode. I love all the freedom of android but miss the polish of iOS.

konazxiii · 02-22-2012, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by mcl5000

Haha...thanks for proving exactly what I'm talking about. I'll give you a pass considering you know nothing about me, but I can perform many computer-related tasks more complicated than rooting an Android. The difference is that if I screw up other things, I can just buy a $70 replacement motherboard or $100 replacement power supply when I have some extra cash.

I don't really feel like buying a $600 replacement phone the next day if I miss a crucial step somewhere along the process.

Also, keep in mind that I didn't start this thread. I'm very happy with my GS2 (for the most part), and I've recommended it to quite a few of my friends. I'd rather not trade it in for an Apple. Thanks for the advice, though.

Fair enough.

Keep in mind that Samsung Galaxy phones are pretty hard to perma-brick. Even then there are fixes cheaper than buying a replacement (see AdamOutler XDA). This is one of the attractive things about them to someone like me.

I never tried to flash a phone's firmware until I got a SGS Captivate, just over a year ago. Never in the 14ish months that I've owned it did I get stuck with anything worse than a bootloop...which, is easily solvable via Odin/Heimdal.

To be fair, I probably take for granted the ability to be confident with what I learned about the SGS1 into the SGS2, so I'll concede there...

surf1 · 02-22-2012, 05:14 PM

Another thing to consider is your carrier and area, if you in an area where you carrier has a weaker signal that will cause big drain on the battery from the radios trying to keep an lock on the signal. The update caused battery life issues as well. But my phone still last a bit longer then our 4S in daily use.

Just root your phone, and flash a custom Rom, search the i777 board on XDA and you'll see tons of ROM's with huge threads on comments. Pretty much all the main Rom's will have much better battery life.