the only way you can tell it has carrier-specific firmware installed is by looking at the build number. Digitec oftentimes import stuff from O2 or T-Mobile Germany. Those phones don't look any different from unbranded versions but have a carrier-specific ID tag.
Mine from Digitec Zurich came with a mini technical booklet in Spanish. Strange, the first phone I've ever bought with no manuals or CD-ROM included. These days I don't think they're needed really.
Hearing quality can be the provider and not the phone? Have you tried in several places?
I read also read that online. I've not had problems with Orange with my previous phones over the past seven years. The Galaxy seems to sometimes be okay with calls but mostly not good.
I researched online and one the call is connected at the other end you can click on in call options to switch off noise cancelling. So every call you make , you have to wait for the person you're calling to say, "Hello", then ask them to hold on a second, deactivate it and then get back to the conversation. A bit of a pain as you can't permenantly deactivate noise cancelling. Maybe this will come as a firmware update.
(By the way this phone's text editor for replying on EF really sucks without a physical keyboard.)
Re: Samsung Galaxy S II i9100... new Android beast of a phone about to be released.
Dropped mine on the street taking it out of a trouser pocket and it fell face down. The screen is well and truly kaputt. Not insured. The device works and it rings and has message alerts but the display has many cracks and presents nothing. Managed to extract all the photos using USB and have a recent backup.
The fragility is very disappointing and unexpected. I was under the impression this grade of "Gorilla Glass" was more robust.
Currently useless as a phone. Spent an hour on support forums where folk have had similar misfortune. I can buy a replacement i9100 screen and digitizer from ebay for around GBP 80 (widely said to be very tricky for a first timer) or send it to some random UK repair person for about GBP 140 plus shipping and around 10 days.
Anyone have any experience of having a phone like this fixed in the Zurich area / Switzerland for an sensible price ?
sg
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Reason: detail on the self repair
Dropped mine on the street taking it out of a trouser pocket and it fell face down. The screen is well and truly kaputt. Not insured. The device works and it rings and has message alerts but the display has many cracks and presents nothing. Managed to extract all the photos using USB and have a recent backup.
The fragility is very disappointing and unexpected. I was under the impression this grade of "Gorilla Glass" was more robust.
Depends on how it falls, I guess. Also, one should be aware that Gorilla Glass is highly scratch-resistant - meaning that it's very hard glass. The harder glass gets, the easier it shatters.
Dropped mine on the street taking it out of a trouser pocket and it fell face down. The screen is well and truly kaputt. Not insured. The device works and it rings and has message alerts but the display has many cracks and presents nothing. Managed to extract all the photos using USB and have a recent backup.
The fragility is very disappointing and unexpected. I was under the impression this grade of "Gorilla Glass" was more robust.
Currently useless as a phone. Spent an hour on support forums where folk have had similar misfortune. I can buy a replacement i9100 screen and digitizer from ebay for around GBP 80 (widely said to be very tricky for a first timer) or send it to some random UK repair person for about GBP 140 plus shipping and around 10 days.
Anyone have any experience of having a phone like this fixed in the Zurich area / Switzerland for an sensible price ?
sg
Gorilla glass is meant to be more resistant against scratches and scrapes. If you drop it from waist-height, and the device falls straight onto the screen then of course that is going to cause it some serious stress depending on how it falls and what it hits. It's not bulletproof, and a screen is obviously wafer-thin to start with. Bit of common sense is needed methinks as to what to expect from heavy drops. Also, a case and screen protector are essential to start with.
Expansys has bad user feedback, Google some reviews and youll see what I mean.
I'll second that. I just ordered a phone through Expansys (not this one). They have a ".ch" website and CHF prices which makes them look like a Swiss retailer but they're not, which means the price quoted will not include the TVA and douane charges that you'll have to pay at the post office (figure on +20%). I was also billed in Euros instead of my quoted price in CHF. The phone arrived today, it was the wrong colour.
Re: Samsung Galaxy S II i9100... new Android beast of a phone about to be released.
When I sent this message at 10:30 this morning, there was nothing new on the Nexus thread that you refer to... And reading the updates, I do not see anything that says it has shipped yet. So I think my question still stands.
Re: Samsung Galaxy S II i9100... new Android beast of a phone about to be released.
OMG, just gave in, had to renew my Swisscom contract, wanted the Nokia 800 Lumia after playing with a Windows Mobile 7 but Swisscom couldn't guarantee I'd get one in the 3 month grace window to get a new phone so I just went for the Galaxy, damn this thing is fast, I mean really really fast.
InstallappDoneInstallAppDone no hesitation. Quadrant benchmark was so smooth my jaw dropped, I'm blown away by this so far, where so far means after 2 hours.
The video player plays all formats!! who hooo no need for RockPlayer anymore.
Again, wow.
The one niggle so far is that is has the sdcard mounted as sdcard_ex meaning a few apps haven't recognised their original data, trivial to copy the folders from external to internal SD though.
I'm going to miss the physical keyboard though
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Yup. Typing on this forum for example on the Galaxy S 2 is a real mightnare!
The space bar is too short. The swype method is funky but can also be a pain when it tries to be intuitive using things like addresses from your synched Gmail address book.
Sometimes it's quite frustrating. Having no physical keyboard and constantly having to delete what you just typed really www.hot.girlz.sucks.com. Whoops, see what mean? :-)
Yup. Typing on this forum for example on the Galaxy S 2 is a real mightnare!
The space bar is too short. The swype method is funky but can also be a pain when it tries to be intuitive using things like addresses from your synched Gmail address book.
Sometimes it's quite frustrating. Having no physical keyboard and constantly having to delete what you just typed really www.hot.girlz.sucks.com. Whoops, see what mean? :-)
Just get a different keyboard from the market then :-) There are several better ones around - like Gingerbread keyboard. I hate Samsung's stock keyboard
Peter
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S II i9100... new Android beast of a phone about to be released.
Considering that as of last week I was not able to get Sofware 2.3.4 in the Kies Market (Switzerland)...I wont be holding my breath that we get this before like 2014
Re: Samsung Galaxy S II i9100... new Android beast of a phone about to be released.
Still loving this phone but a couple of niggles.
A soft keyboard: obviously, given it has to be a soft keyboard I doubt there can be a soft keyboard than swype though, minor.
The AMOLED screen: this is red saturated on mine, skin tones just aren't right, moderate niggle. Also I didn't realise AMOLED were prone to burn-in which explains why Samsung removed the option to leave the screen on while charging, shame, I used to leave my Milestone on my desk constantly on, minor niggle.
That bloody bump at the bottom of the case, it looks nice but now the phone doesn't sit securely on my universal desk mount that has that silicon grippy fabric because the bump limits the contact between silicon and phone.
Love the USB hosting, I didn't realise that when I got it, being able to plug in USB sticks, mice and keyboards is great.
Rooting it was a waste of time, I rooted it to unlock it from Swisscom, turns out it wasn't locked to Swisscom, oops. Also loaded CyanogenMod 7 as a rom but went back to the Swisscom one.
I can't recommend enough SPB Shell 3D as the launcher; its a thing of beauty. 13chuffs is a bargain.
I was wondering if anyone else has noticed that from time to time that the Galaxy resets your ring tone and display brightness.settings back to default factory settings.
Happens every two weeks or so on mine.
I was wondering if anyone else has noticed that from time to time that the Galaxy resets your ring tone and display brightness.settings back to default factory settings.
Happens every two weeks or so on mine.
Can't say I have - have you tried checking whether there's a new firmware version out for yours? My wife's SGS II was acting up a lot (locking up, draining the battery, heating up like crazy) for a while, but that was all fixed after a FW upgrade
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Can't say I have - have you tried checking whether there's a new firmware version out for yours? My wife's SGS II was acting up a lot (locking up, draining the battery, heating up like crazy) for a while, but that was all fixed after a FW upgrade
No updates available according to the phone. I'm on 2.3.4.
It's no biggie, just annoying.
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