MaveriK Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Ah good, I managed to find a genuine vented cover thing (suppose to be genuine anyway!) on ebay for 8.99 delivered! Hopefully it's a good copy if it's not real! Do the back covers need to be vented then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I wish my HTC was, it gets a bit warm when I'm fiddling with it for any length of time ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I just tried 'waffle' and it was in my dictionary already. Not really sure what's going on with yours Charlotte. Thanks for looking anyway! It's like it has a weird mind of it's own sometimes. Apart from that I really do like it. Have you tried any of the photo apps yet? I have vignette which I love the effect of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Oh and Charlotte, waffle works for me too, I get Waffle, Baffle, Raffle on my predictive text! To which i've noticed holding the phone in landscape texting with predictive text covers the screen so you can't see what your writing! Oh I do find that annoying actually - especially if you're replying to an email or something and do a few returns - it's really hard to see what you've written! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Thanks for looking anyway! It's like it has a weird mind of it's own sometimes. Apart from that I really do like it. Have you tried any of the photo apps yet? I have vignette which I love the effect of. I had a little mess around with one, but it was only in order to crop a picture for MMS purposes. I'll have a look at Vignette Oh I do find that annoying actually - especially if you're replying to an email or something and do a few returns - it's really hard to see what you've written! I use Go SMS Pro rather than the standard SMS app (Which is absolutely terrible). It gets rid of a lot of the annoying buggy crappy things that tend to happen with it. It's also infinitely customiseable. I have mine fully customised (font's, colours, layout, notifications, etc) which took AGES to setup, but once done it's fantastic. It may sound like overkill but it's great to have seperate notifications for an SMS/MMS being sent, an SMS/MMS failing, an SMS/MMS being Delivered and an SMS/MMS arriving...... "It's Outta here" - American Voice (baseball) - Message Sent Successfully "Doh" - Homer Simpson - Message Sending Failed "Woohoo" - Homer Simpson - Message Delivered "Da Da" - My Little Girl - Message arrived I just checked and you can read a good portion of the SMS while typing in portrait. The suggested words don't overlap the box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kill1308 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Great phone the Galaxy S2.... I wish I still had my HTC Desire. I spilt a cup of coffee in it and the insurance company couldn't get me any Android based HTC or Samsung or even a cash settlement. Ended up being lumbered with an iPhone 4 which whilst it's not a bad device by any means and has some great features, it's most definitely not on par with Android in terms of flexibility and there's lots of things with it that are just plain annoying! I'm still bewildered as to why they gave me an iPhone4 as it ended up costing them a lot more than sourcing me an HTC or Samsung. Whilst you're on the subject of SMS... I used 'ChompSMS' on my Android device and found this much nicer than the standard utility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I use Go SMS Pro rather than the standard SMS app (Which is absolutely terrible). It gets rid of a lot of the annoying buggy crappy things that tend to happen with it. It's also infinitely customiseable. I have mine fully customised (font's, colours, layout, notifications, etc) which took AGES to setup, but once done it's fantastic. It may sound like overkill but it's great to have seperate notifications for an SMS/MMS being sent, an SMS/MMS failing, an SMS/MMS being Delivered and an SMS/MMS arriving...... "It's Outta here" - American Voice (baseball) - Message Sent Successfully "Doh" - Homer Simpson - Message Sending Failed "Woohoo" - Homer Simpson - Message Delivered "Da Da" - My Little Girl - Message arrived I just checked and you can read a good portion of the SMS while typing in portrait. The suggested words don't overlap the box Ooh excellent - I'll check that out thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaveriK Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Damn you all with your bright swanky doohickies. Got a month left on my old contract, current phone is a POS and the boss isnt in at all next week. Lead me from temptation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaveriK Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Ok, time has ticked on, i can order my phone next week. You have all had time to drop, damage or have issues with your new gadgets. Anyone having issues with them? Getting bored of charging it everyday? Anyone changed cases/protectors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 I'm actually charging my phone less now. I had it on all weekend, with the internet and bluetooth turned on, and it was still at 3/4 when I took it into work yesterday. It's normal for a battery to need broken in but the Galaxy took weeks rather than days. It's working fantastic for me now, still not looking back though I definitely made the right choice. Between the Sensation and the SII I don't think you could go wrong really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I'm in there with you Scott.. I still love my Galaxy S II and its still number 1 smart phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Was there some kind of law suit launched by Apple over the Galaxy? I seem to remember vaguely hearing something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Not sure, couldn't have been very big though as I'm sure that would be front page news knowing our media representatives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Hi, I just ordered one of these today, to replace my tired Iphone 3G 16GB that i've had for 3 years! There was a chap at JAE (not sure who he is on here) who was showing me his - very impressed so decided to get one Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Not sure, couldn't have been very big though as I'm sure that would be front page news knowing our media representatives It was in Europe. I'm sure I heard it on Radio 1 news last week though! http://androidcommunity.com/apple-opens-another-lawsuit-against-samsung-this-time-in-the-netherlands-20110818/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 It was in Europe. I'm sure I heard it on Radio 1 news last week though! http://androidcommunity.com/apple-opens-another-lawsuit-against-samsung-this-time-in-the-netherlands-20110818/ I know that's probably a little one sided but it almost sounds as if apple are just whining and clutching at straws. Will be good to hear what happens though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Yes apple ate trying to suie Samsung beacuse there new galaxy tablet "feels" and "looks" the same as the ipad2. They forgot to mention its only because the Galaxy tablet is so much better than the ipad2 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Which screen protectors/cases would you guys recommend. I'd like something that doesnt look naff and gives easy access to the phone.. Any ebay links? Cheers, Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 I havent bothered with one at all to be honest, gorilla glass makes it fairly good against scratches and by the time I'm fed up with the phone it'll be worth sod all anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Heres one for you guys - my contacts just will not sync with my gmail account (which is on google hosted apps). I've tried everything and it wont sync either way! The net is full of people with the same problem, but no answers. Is the only option to download a different contact manager? Failing that is there a good app for doing a backup of your contacts? Cheers, Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I've not read the entire thread Scott so forgive me if this has been mentioned before, but the 3g is woefully slow on the SII and its also alot more complicated to make sure its turned off, and data roaming for that matter. They need to add a couple of swipe buttons for 3g on/off and the same for the Roaming. Everything else is fantastic imo, it was a MASSIVE step up for me from my iPhone 3g and i dont regret getting it for a second. The second thing thats annoying is the predictive text, it doesnt have the same predictive algorythms as the iPhone wherein if you accidently press the wrong letter (next to the one you were supposed to press) because you have normal size fingers and not that of a pianist, then it doesnt predict what your actually meaning to type. These are the only 2 things i've found that the iPhone is superior over the S2, EVERYTHING else is much much better on the Galaxy....in fact its not even close. I actually felt bad giving my iPhone to my Gf because of how bad a phone it is, but she wanted it so she's happy. Some good tricks i've found with the S2 are 1.) Swipe left on a contact to take you straight to texting them, swipe right to call them. 2.) Hold down the "menu" button on the left to take you straight to "Google Search Engine" 3.) Hold down the lock button to allow you to turn on/off data roaming 4.) Press menu, then edit, then drag and drop to create new folders and pages. 5.) Put you finger on the screen number (1,2,3,4 etc depending on what screen your on obviously) to quickly scroll between screens. 6.) In "Voice Talk", you can send messages, make calls even navigate to places (make sure the GPS is on though) without having to touch the screen at all. For texting etc, speak "Hi Galaxy" and it will wake up and ask what you want to do, then either say "Message Scott" or "Call Scott" or "Navigate to London" etc and it will do it for you. Its actually very good and picks up what your saying really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 Try holding in the power button to turn the data off quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Try holding in the power button to turn the data off quickly You mean Number 3 on my list then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 You mean Number 3 on my list then Ahh is that what you meant, you confused me with the "roaming" part. However, how are you struggling to figure out a way to know if the data is turned off if you already know it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Ok, time has ticked on, i can order my phone next week. You have all had time to drop, damage or have issues with your new gadgets. Anyone having issues with them? Getting bored of charging it everyday? Anyone changed cases/protectors? Excellent choice I charge it either everyday or day and a half. I do use email and internet quite a lot...oh and sat nav app. This doesn't bother me in the slightest though. Ok...I'm on my 3rd case now. The first one was an impulse buy. It was cheap but very bendy and kept coming off the phone. This is because it preferred sticking to my trouser pocket. The second case was also cheap but mega slimline, which is in keeping with its dimensions. After 2 months it started to break. My 3rd choice is arriving in the post. Google Case Mate's "Barely there" model. Amazon do it for approx 13 golden coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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