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Does anybody experience the phone turning itself off periodically, it shuts down, reboots itself then awaits for you pin code

 

Mine does this the odd time but my friends new on is once a week; Mine has the latest firmware

 

Mine has done this a couple of times, also the annoying one is when you switch the phone off it doesn't actually switch off all the time.

 

I think I must have a faulty phone, I am going to try getting mine swapped.

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Liking this a lot, removing all the rubbish does seem to have improved my experience.

 

Have you also had trouble with Go SMS on it, dont think they have got it working correctly with ICS yet.

 

Go SMS is fine with me, I downloaded the latest update for it and it's been all good. What issues are you having?

 

Mine has done this a couple of times, also the annoying one is when you switch the phone off it doesn't actually switch off all the time.

 

I think I must have a faulty phone, I am going to try getting mine swapped.

 

 

I've seen mine reboot in my hands twice, not sure why it did it but I was opening and closing different apps at the time. I've never had it not turn off though. Definitely sounds like you have an iffy one bud. It's an expensive phone so I wouldn't settle for anything but perfection.

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I asked just incase it was possible that one of you guys went from Iphone to S2 only to realise that they would prefer an Iphone! Its not that far fetched of a possability is it...! :search:

 

If you have an iPhone and you are happy with it then I would honestly stick with what you know. I would only ever recommend the S2 to someone who doesn't like being restricted, people who are unhappy with iTunes and the restrictions that apple put in place are much better off with an Android phone. The S2 blows the iPhone out of the water in almost every respect but the iPhones build quality is untouchable, it also has the "I have an iPhone" prestige that some crave.

 

It's horses for courses really. For me the iphone is amazing as a piece of tech but the OS and the manufacturer ties make it a piece of useless tat for me.

 

The SG3 is going to be more of the same. It'll absolutely spank the iPhone5 in every area other than when it comes to build quality and "I have an iPhone".

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I got 3 recently (thanks to the free fiver ebay deal thing.

 

I'm over the moon with 2 of them.

 

1 is this... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Magic-Sticky-Pad-Anti-Slip-Mat-FOR-Phone-mp3-4-PDA-/290585305374?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43a83be11e

 

Amazingly these work absolutely fantastically. I actually have mine stuck to my steering wheel. This is great for sat-nav and general use but absolutely no good for charging or plugging into an AUX. When I want to charge my phone or listen to audio I have to put the pad on the vents which is quite ugly looking, but it still works flawlessly.

 

 

2 is this...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230748155059?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

 

I just got this one today and I love it. It grips absolutely solid on the windshield and holds the phone very firmly. It can be mounted anywhere on your window so as long as you have wires that can reach it, you can plug it into anything.

 

 

The 3rd one I got is one of those ones that plug into the cigar lighter and hold their stability based on that. It's fantastic in that it has the charger built in as well as an FM transmitter so that you can tune it into your radio. It all works fine but it just feels fidgity and cumbersome. It's also only ideal for certain cigar lighter locations etc so I wouldn't really recommend it.

 

HTH

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just got a samsung galaxy s2 yesterday my first mobile phone on contract from o2 had simm only deals before was paying £26 for simm only 600 mins unlimited net and unlimited texts have 2 iphone 3g phones and ipot touch but the iphone was running a bit slow and was forever charging between iphones listening to internet radio on works wi-fi

gone with the galaxy s2 pretty impressed with features.got it on 2 year contract 200mins and 250 o2-o2 numpers unlimited text and 500meg internet £21.50 pm

like the voice to text feature.dont weigh hardly anything like a weighty phone like the iphone.bought a screen protector for £2 and leather case £5 from car boot sale this morning.

how can i transfer all my contacts to a simm card on iphone as i dont fancy putting them all in one by one.

also the galaxy note looks good but would feel daft answering calls on it.

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just got a samsung galaxy s2 yesterday my first mobile phone on contract from o2 had simm only deals before was paying £26 for simm only 600 mins unlimited net and unlimited texts have 2 iphone 3g phones and ipot touch but the iphone was running a bit slow and was forever charging between iphones listening to internet radio on works wi-fi

gone with the galaxy s2 pretty impressed with features.got it on 2 year contract 200mins and 250 o2-o2 numpers unlimited text and 500meg internet £21.50 pm

like the voice to text feature.dont weigh hardly anything like a weighty phone like the iphone.bought a screen protector for £2 and leather case £5 from car boot sale this morning.

how can i transfer all my contacts to a simm card on iphone as i dont fancy putting them all in one by one.

also the galaxy note looks good but would feel daft answering calls on it.

 

If you have a gmail account you can backup your contacts from you Iphone through Itunes to your gmail account. Then Sync the S2 with gmail. Thats what I did, worked fine :)

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If you have a gmail account you can backup your contacts from you Iphone through Itunes to your gmail account. Then Sync the S2 with gmail. Thats what I did, worked fine :)

 

thanks just looking into it last night and signed up for gmail account.a lot easier to drag and drop your music than going through itunes.was looking at videos on utube seen a sim manager but u need to have jailbroken iphone.love the lead u can get to output the g2 to hdmi for tv and the direct wifi for file sharing.great phone with lots of settings to play with.

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