Use this tag if your issue is *specific* to any variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100).
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How to Screenshot Of the Screen on Samsung Galaxy S 2?
Since i have updated my phone by Android version 4.0.3 i am not able to take a screen shot of my phone, before i used to do it by pressing Home and Power button simultaneously.
Now if i am pressing ...
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How to disable double tap for page-home on Samsung Galaxy S2?
After wondering and getting annoyed by my phone sometimes just jumping to the beginning of a web Page, I finally found out that it's a new Feature of the internet browser. Double tapping on the top of ...
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How can I determine the latest released firmware for my Samsung device?
This problem eludes me. I have two Samsung Android devices, a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and a Galaxy S2. I keep'em up-to-date using the update option in the settings panel, however, I think I'm not always ...
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Rooting and updating to Official Updates
I have a S2. I want to root my phone to use the amazing apps out there Not to install custom roms. Can i still get access to the official updates from Samsung ?
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My Epic Touch 4G can only boot into Odin mode
Installed ClockworkMod via ROM Manager, selected reboot into recovery via manager and the phone only boots into "Android System Recovery" now. OK button doesn't work to select "reboot now", though ...
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What's in an update?
My Samsung Galaxy S2 just updated to version I9100XWKI4. Is there a place where I can see what's in that update? And in the ones before that?
All I could find was a blog post from a site that shows ...
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How can I sync all folders from an Exchange server (not just the Inbox)?
I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 2.3.4) and have set up the native email app to synchronize with an MS Exchange 2007 server. The problem I am noticing is that I'm only notified for a new email ...
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What does the blue 0 mean in the top right hand corner of my camera?
I have a Samsung Galaxy s II and recently a 0 in a white box has appeared in my camera on the right hand corner. Why is this? What does it mean? How do I get rid of it?
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Vibration stopped working on Galaxy S2
I can't work out why, but it seems the vibrate and haptic feedback functionality on my SGS2 stopped working recently. First time it failed it seemed to come back after a reboot, but it's since died ...
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How to backup my app data if my phone is not rooted? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Full Backup of non-rooted devices
I'm going to flash (format) my Samsung Galaxy S2 (both the external sd and internal sd) . My phone is not rooted. But there are some ...
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Why are my photographs not stored with GPS location?
I'm currently on vacation and used my Samsung Galaxy S 2 to take a couple hundred photographs.
I'm running the stable CyanogenMod 9 and have the Store Location option enabled in the Camera app. I ...
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Is it safe to restore the phone.apk from a stock Samsung ROM to CM9?
I was using the stock Samsung ROM on my Samsung S2 i9100. Changed over to Siyah Kernel and then made the leap to CyanogenMod 9.
Although I prefer and appreciate the myriad settings and usability of ...
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Load only small subset of messages
I have thousands upon thousands of text/picture messages on my Samsung Galaxy S 2, ice cream sandwich. When I go to open a conversation, the phone stops for a good 30 seconds, even after a fresh ...
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Galaxy S2 - Accessing Internal phone memory in Recovery Mode
How can i access to Internal Storage in Recovery mode using Android Debug Bridge (ADB.exe) ?
C:\Users\MohammadReza\Desktop\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
4F58000600000001 ...
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How do you find out what changes there are in new firmware?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 running ICS 4.0.3. It has desktop software with it called Kies for managing the phone and when I plugged it in today it told me that there was new firmware available:
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Repeated 'Force Close' and no signal - my device is unusable
I have an Android Galaxy S2, running CyanogenMod 7. I was normally using my phone, in a middle of using Waze while driving when suddenly I started getting 'Force Close' messages like this:
Sorry!
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How can I give my Samsung Galaxy S2, with ICS, a name?
When my Samsung Galaxy S2 ran on Gingerbread I had a unique Bluetooth name set on it to differentiate from members of my family when I wanted to receive files by Bluetooth from their devices. However, ...
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Connect a portable USB modem (data card) with Samsung Galaxy S II
Is it possible to connect and use portable USB modems such as Reliance net connect, MTS, etc., using an OTG cable with Samsung Galaxy S II and use it?
I went through many forums and haven't got any ...
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Laptop doesn't get IP address when tethered via WiFi
I'm trying to get an internet connection from my laptop via my SGS2. The phone is rooted, and I've tried two different WiFi tethering apps. I don't have a tethering plan (they want to charge me more ...
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How to determine cause of boot halt in Samsung logo screen?
The apps kept crashing on my phone (even MIUI Home) so I shut it down using the long power press and selecting shut down/power off option.
When I powered it back on, it just stays stuck on the ...
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What's causing my phone to freeze?
I Have a Samsung Galaxy S2.
I had it for around 2 weeks, when it first turned itself off and wouldn't turn back on again. The keyboard would glitch and stop working. and apps like Facebook, or Google ...
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Is there a way to fix the sms notification in Galaxy S2, ICS
The SMS notification behavior is inconsistent on the Samsung Galaxy S2 after upgrading to 4.0.3 ICS. When receiving a text message, the phone does not make a sound or vibrate, regardless of the ...
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Have I completely lost my IMEI?
I'm stuck with the generic IMEI (004999010640000). I've tried a number of the various workarounds (GSII_Repair, manually deleting the /efs folder, flashing stock and trying both of those from stock, ...
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Set my phone contacts to sync to Google not Google to phone
I want to set my phone to pull contacts from my Google Contacts so that it uses google as a master.
I organised my contacts on Google Contacts page and when I synced my phone it messed everything up ...
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How can I undo the “Do Not Ask Again” for bluetooth contacts?
When I first connected my phone (Samsung Galaxy S II) to a bluetooth device, I was prompted that the device wanted to access my contacts.
I mistakenly clicked Do Not Ask Again but I want to undo ...
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Why has my Samsung Galaxy S2 become a data hog?
My father has a Samsung Galaxy S2 with the stock GB and un-rooted. The phone has been working flawlessly, but lately (since about 2-3 days) it began to use a crazy amount of data.
He normally uses ...
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Importing photos finds all image files, not just camera pictures
When trying to import photos from my Galaxy S2 in Windows, it tries to import all image files on the phone (including application data), not just those in DCIM.
The system is Android 4.0.3. The ...
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SGS2 running ICS 4.0.3 can't connect to home wifi
I have a Samsung Galaxy S II 9100. I had no problem connecting to wifi while it was running 2.3.4 or 2.3.6 official firmware. 2 days ago I upgraded to official 4.0.3 and now it connects to all other ...
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Prevent volume rocker from disabling silent mode
On my Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, everytime I bump the volume rocker the phone comes out of silent mode. I hate this. The only way I want my phone going into or coming out of silent mode with a hard button ...
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Samsung S2 not deleting sent emails on gmail
I have a samsung s2 all other parts of the Gmail is syncing. But in the sent items on my phone there are about 10 sent emails that are not on my online account (have deleted there) and when I try and ...
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Samsung Galaxy s2 Driver Problem
I updated Kies today and my Samsung Galaxy S2 phone doesnt connect to my pc via Debug Mode any more.
Below is the screen shot
When i uninstall that and try to reconnect i get an error saying ...
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Can the galaxy s2 be rooted without increasing the custom flash counter using adb?
Normally, rooting guides for the s2 involve flashing a kernel to the device to install busybox and su. This xda post suggests a method for doing so via adb (found approximately in the middle of the ...
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Do favorite Dropbox photos automatically download to my Android?
When I tried Dropbox on the iPad, whenever I Favorite a photo Dropbox will automatically download it and it will show up in the Photos app's gallery.
Is this the same behavior for Androids? I have a ...
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How to root my new Galaxy SII
I just bought my Galaxy SII. Can anyone here tell me how to root my phone with Lite'Ning?
Baseband:I9100GDZKH5
Kernel: 2.6.35.7 root@DELL81 #2
Build: GINGERBREAD.JPKH8
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SuperOneClick freezes at “Running psneuter” while rooting. What can I do?
I tried to root my new Samsung Galaxy S II today using the instructions in the CF-Root thread and in the videos provided by this guy on YouTube.
I was nearly across the finish line, but when I click ...
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Galaxy S2 is possibly bricked. What can I do?
Background:
Browsing on Chrome, device suddenly freezes. Hold down power button to turn it off.
Turn it on again. "Galaxy S2 i9100T" logo keeps displaying nothing else happens. Tried rebooting ...
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my samsung galaxy 2 battery is draining to fast!
I have an Samsung Galaxy S2 GT i9100. I have had it for quite a time, but today I noticed something strange:
First my battery had not been charging while I was sleeping: when I woke up I had only ...
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Why does my Samsung Galaxy S2 have duplicate calendar events?
Why does my Samsung Galaxy S2 have duplicate calendar events? I am using Outlook calendar and have downloaded the Google calendar to allow it to sync. When I use the Samsung Kies Program to sync the ...
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How to properly play 720p/1080p media with subtitles through MHL (HDMI out)?
I own a Galaxy Note and got a MHL cable for watching movies on my Sony Bravia.
I'm having some problems for playing it nicelly.
With hardware decoding:
Only the stock samsung "Video Player" is able ...
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Calling causes freeze
I own a Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100, currently running Android 4.0.3 XWLP7, rooted. My problems however started even before rooting the phone.
The problem is that whenever I try to call someone, there is ...
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Bootlooped Samsung galaxy s2 t989D
I have the Samsung Galaxy S2 T989d and my phone is stuck in a bootloop with CyanogenMod. I want to get some pictures off of the internal SD before I wipe it and install the stock rom. I tried getting ...
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Retry System Update Not Working
I just bought a new Galaxy SII 4G Touch and was updating it to ICS and I lost connectivity while downloading the update. Now when I go to About Phone > Update Android, there is a button saying "Retry ...
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Unlock samsung galaxy s2 too many pattern attempts and failed to login in gmail account then reset [closed]
My samsung galaxy s2 is locked, after restart, I see following welcome screen only
Here was my fault :(
Exceed to many pattern attempts
Then system asked for associated google account and ...
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Disappearing Icons on Galaxy S2
On my Samsung Galaxy S2, sometimes all of the icons will disappear from the home screens except for the 4 built in icons (phone, messaging, web, applications). This sometimes happens at startup, and ...
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Marking an e-mail as unread pops a “new email” notification
My wife and I both have Samsung Galaxy S2 phones, and use the GMail app for reading and writing emails.
In that app, when I mark a read mail as "unread", it throws me back into the previous screen ...
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Galaxy S2 restarts
My Galaxy S2 restarts occassionally. In addition, it sometimes loses connection with my service provider (even when the signal strength is good). I just have to switch it off and back on again.
I ...
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Haptic feedback turns on only when I insert the jack… why?
My phone (Galaxy S II) is behaving in a rather strange way: haptive feedback seems not to work even when the battery is full, the "haptic feedback" checkbox is checked and the phone has been rebooted ...
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Galaxy S2 keeps periodically showing “Refreshing SIM data” toast
I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 running the stock Samsung ROM (no custom ROMs ever).
Of late, I notice that every few minutes, a toast pops up saying 'Refreshing SIM data'. If the screen had been ...
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Wiimote Working on Samsung Galaxy S II Without Root
I've been reading everywhere that the Wiimote doesn't work with Samsung Galaxy S II because of the bluetooth stack on the device which is not able to pair with the Wiimote.
Many claim that it's ...
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Can I remove all these garbage apps without rooting the phone? [duplicate]
I just got a Samsung Galaxy 2 from Docomo in Japan.
The only thing I don't like about it is that it came with about a million pre-installed apps, 99% of which are just garbage that clutter my ...
