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HTC One S - voice quality

For those who already have a One S, do you also have a contact noise in the background when you're talking to someone on the phone?
It gets louder if you turn up the volume and it is pretty annoying. Am I the only one having this problem?
What could be the reasons for this?

Rosinior said:
For those who already have a One S, do you also have a contact noise in the background when you're talking to someone on the phone?
It gets louder if you turn up the volume and it is pretty annoying. Am I the only one having this problem?
What could be the reasons for this?
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Did you check the review from the link here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24308267&postcount=6
No complaints from the guy who reviewed it there. How is the battery life on the device though? Any other complaints you got? I'm considering getting one soon.

jaywhy13 said:
Did you check the review from the link here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24308267&postcount=6
No complaints from the guy who reviewed it there. How is the battery life on the device though? Any other complaints you got? I'm considering getting one soon.
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In comparison to my hd2 it has a better battery life. I would say about 6-8 h online time. The only disturbing thing I found so far is the noise when calling someone.
The processor is devilishly good, everything is smooth and fast. Also it fits perfect in the hand, not too big and not too small either.

Rosinior said:
In comparison to my hd2 it has a better battery life. I would say about 6-8 h online time.
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What type of usage are you talking about where you are getting only 6-8 hours?

kaeruil said:
What type of usage are you talking about where you are getting only 6-8 hours?
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6-8 hours immense browsing with the phone. After that I have to recharge the battery, but not sure yet.
After 15 hours (about 30 mins using internet, most of this time in standby) I still got 75% of battery life.

I have 53% battery life after 24h not charging.
I used it for some surfing, sync, whatsapp, facebook and some other apps most time in wlan. 8h was completely standby, the rest was a mix of using and standby.
My first impression is, that the battery has an acceptable life.

That seems to be decent, though I do wonder how it'll be once it's all settled in, but back on topic. Do you still get that sound while using the headset or a bluetooth? Related to this, but is it just you or does the other person hear it, it might be the mic (or does the One S have a dual mic setup?) backfeeding or something like that.

Rosinior said:
For those who already have a One S, do you also have a contact noise in the background when you're talking to someone on the phone?
It gets louder if you turn up the volume and it is pretty annoying. Am I the only one having this problem?
What could be the reasons for this?
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I have this problem too. It also feels like there are sometimes kind of interruptions in the conversation.

Haven't had a call yet...if the issue is there I hope it is a software bug. That can be fixed easily. I also hope they will get rid of that ugly on screen menu button and bring the htc sense blur live wallpaper back!
And the flip clock should always flip and not occasionally.

I received my replacement one s due to call quality issues and the new one is even worse. everyone says i sound like im in a tin can as my voice is SUPER muffled. they can hear when i start and stop talking but the words just arent sharp enough to hear anything. wtf is going on with this phone?

This can be operator issue.

Yup I've had that too. I get it about every time that I call a new number. Completely muffled and can't hear other side. But that might just be me sincevI'm convinced that my phone is completely defective.
I've noticed that my phone lags in basic tasks that even my mytouch 4G handled smoothly. It'll even freeze halfway through a song quite often. Not sure what's going on but I've had major performance problems with my One S even after a full reboot.
My battery dies in about 10 hours of mostly being on standby. I go to school so I listen to music for about a total time of an hour and half throughout the day.
I turn my Internet off, wifi off and Google location services off and still the same result.
Battery settings says it's mostly using the screen even though it's off for about 85% of my use... Anyone else?
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using XDA

The only thing that I can't complain about would be data speeds. I got 16mbps down last Friday night in Los Angeles. Pretty awesome.
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using XDA

XstreamaticX said:
Yup I've had that too. I get it about every time that I call a new number. Completely muffled and can't hear other side. But that might just be me sincevI'm convinced that my phone is completely defective.
I've noticed that my phone lags in basic tasks that even my mytouch 4G handled smoothly. It'll even freeze halfway through a song quite often. Not sure what's going on but I've had major performance problems with my One S even after a full reboot.
My battery dies in about 10 hours of mostly being on standby. I go to school so I listen to music for about a total time of an hour and half throughout the day.
I turn my Internet off, wifi off and Google location services off and still the same result.
Battery settings says it's mostly using the screen even though it's off for about 85% of my use... Anyone else?
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using XDA
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I migrated over from a mt4g as well. The call quality on that thing was perfect. You might want to try and do an exchange on your one s because mine doesnt hang on basic tasks and ive been really surprised by the battery life in comparison to my mt4g. With some moderate morning use (some games, surfing, app downloads) and then forgetting to charge it afterwards my phone lasts on stand by from 9pm to 1pm the next day with some charge still left over. it sorta lags a tiny bit but nothing to complain about. the only game ive really played on it is temple run and it seems to glitch in the beginning a few times by freezing and continuing the game but it sort of fixes itself? My screen, like yours, is apparently always the culprit for battery time even though i have it set to auto brightness and have it so it turns off in 30 seconds.
the call quality is what i can't handle. this phone is great but if i can't make a phone call whats the point!? i'll be getting my 3rd replacement on monday =/

3rd? Wow. I had about 17 exchanges on the mytouch 4G (no joke) and was hoping that I wouldn't have to go through any on this phone. Was there anything special that you did with the phone? (ie charge before 1st use?). I'll probably just tell Tmo about the call quality and lag for them to exchange it. I hate that they won't take battery probs seriously and ask you to do a factory reset.
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using XDA

XstreamaticX said:
3rd? Wow. I had about 17 exchanges on the mytouch 4G (no joke) and was hoping that I wouldn't have to go through any on this phone. Was there anything special that you did with the phone? (ie charge before 1st use?). I'll probably just tell Tmo about the call quality and lag for them to exchange it. I hate that they won't take battery probs seriously and ask you to do a factory reset.
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!! You sound like me. I lost count on how many returns I did on my mytouch4g. In fact... that's how I got my one s.
I b*tched and had so many returns they offered me whatever android I wanted (after threatening to cancel and not pay them sh*t and getting into an argument with their "customer loyalty" department when she tried to "upgrade" me by sending me a sidekick -_-) for free... so I waited until the release date of the one s and ordered it =3
Even though nothing too special must be done with these phones batteries I still let it get an entire charge before I started to play with it. The phone is perfect in every way and I honestly had no complaints until everyone I spoke to told me I sounded like I was muffled =/
My first phone - Everyone could hear me fine, i couldn't really hear them...everything was high pitched and muddy and buzzy sounding for me and it actually hurt my ears to talk to anyone
My second phone - The complete reverse. I can hear everyone fine but no one can hear me.
My third phone - I'll let you know... I'm stuck at work but I'll find out tonight.
(i still haven't sent any of my phones back in case todays phone is even worse.)
They don't take anything seriously -_- every time i call them I'm prepped for the argument because they never know wtf they're talking about. I always had to tell them "HEY...This is my 20th mytouch...CHECK MY ACCOUNT...(by then they just sit silently when they see i'm not lying)... i'm PRETTY SURE i know how to trouble shoot and reset my phone, no there isn't any water damage, so stop wasting my time and send me another phone so we can both get back to whatever the hell it was we were doing >_<" all of my rage.
EDIT:
Received my phone and the call quality isn't 100% but its SUCH an improvement from my other two devices. I'm keeping this one. It'll do. I can hear everyone (not as great as on my mytouch4g) fairly well without any muffled sounds and they can actually understand everything I'm saying. Finally! Definitely try and return your OneS.... i know it's a pain in the ass but it's worth it in the end =/

ToterPunkt said:
EDIT:
Received my phone and the call quality isn't 100% but its SUCH an improvement from my other two devices. I'm keeping this one. It'll do. I can hear everyone (not as great as on my mytouch4g) fairly well without any muffled sounds and they can actually understand everything I'm saying. Finally! Definitely try and return your OneS.... i know it's a pain in the ass but it's worth it in the end =/
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Haha yup I was offered a sidekick too! I will never know how in the world they find a sidekick a "comparable model" to the mytouch4g and not a Galaxy S 4g at least.
I called about an hour ago, they said my replacement will arrive on Wednesday. They charged me a $5 fee though. I'll definitely charge that one for at least 8 hours and hopefully get more than 4 hours of heavy use out of it.
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using XDA

XstreamaticX said:
Haha yup I was offered a sidekick too! I will never know how in the world they find a sidekick a "comparable model" to the mytouch4g and not a Galaxy S 4g at least.
I called about an hour ago, they said my replacement will arrive on Wednesday. They charged me a $5 fee though. I'll definitely charge that one for at least 8 hours and hopefully get more than 4 hours of heavy use out of it.
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using XDA
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My first one i had to foot the $5 too, but the other two it was more of a "you guys f*cked this up" type situation so they didn't bill me anymore for returns. Good luck =)

ToterPunkt said:
My first one i had to foot the $5 too, but the other two it was more of a "you guys f*cked this up" type situation so they didn't bill me anymore for returns. Good luck =)
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Well I got my replacement Wednesday. Charged it for 13 hours and still have insanely weak battery life. Apart from that, my phone rebooted once while on my pocket and being unused. Then it was lagging during browser use and rebooted again. I'm pretty ticked off considering my mytouch experience with T-Mobile and HTC. At this point I might just return the phone, reverse my upgrade and cancel in November when my contract is up and I could get a good black Friday deal on whatever new iPhone Apple offers by then.
-Rant Over-
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I have a normal quality whit stock rom. then i upgraded to maximushd and in call sound quality issues begin.
here is all i did, and no improvement until last step.
1. tried different radios. 1.13 and 1.15 and reflashing 1.20, no improvement
2. installed ElementalX 6.1 kernel and nothing
3. tried In-Call Quality Fix for Sense 5 here > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2482089
4. finally i tried flashing phone.apk from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46945481&postcount=1844
after 2 days, it seems the problem is solved.

[Q] Very Weak Vibration

I have i727r. When I got the phone the vibration for phone calls and notifications was pretty weak. It may just be me but it seems like its gotten even weaker since then. I often won't even feel it vibrating in my pocket. Is this everyones experience or did I get a dud that I should send in?

you can change the vibration intensity

rbk7 said:
I have i727r. When I got the phone the vibration for phone calls and notifications was pretty weak. It may just be me but it seems like its gotten even weaker since then. I often won't even feel it vibrating in my pocket. Is this everyones experience or did I get a dud that I should send in?
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Hit the thanks button by mistake. Oh well, guess I popped ur thanks cherry lol. Change intensity yes, but if it was weak to begin with it may be faulty, I highly suggest a warranty return

Ya I know I have it turned up all the way for both calls and notifications. But thanks for the suggestion. Strangely haptic feedback seems to feel stronger than call vibration. For a warranty return do you think they'll give me a new phone then and there or send it in for repairs?

rbk7 said:
Ya I know I have it turned up all the way for both calls and notifications. But thanks for the suggestion. Strangely haptic feedback seems to feel stronger than call vibration. For a warranty return do you think they'll give me a new phone then and there or send it in for repairs?
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Haptic feedback vibrations are strong? Can I make a suggestion and have u flash my efs fix from here?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
It may help, but I guarantee it won't hurt

From the day I got the phone, I always thought the vibration was pretty weak too. I always crank up the intensity in settings but it's still pretty soft. Haven't noticed any difference across various ROMs. I guess it's just a tradeoff between being able to really feel the vibrate but it being loud (like my old Blackjack) and making it a quieter vibrate but it being weak. Still bugs me a bit tho.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA

plwalsh88 said:
From the day I got the phone, I always thought the vibration was pretty weak too. I always crank up the intensity in settings but it's still pretty soft. Haven't noticed any difference across various ROMs. I guess it's just a tradeoff between being able to really feel the vibrate but it being loud (like my old Blackjack) and making it a quieter vibrate but it being weak. Still bugs me a bit tho.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA
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T989 has strong vibrations, but when I install an i727 kernel, it has weak vibrations, so yes, it is a bit soft, but I think you can overcrank the haptic feedback seetings in framework, so it has strong vibrations...
Speed is nothing more than just a word... a judgment ...

alphadog32 said:
T989 has strong vibrations, but when I install an i727 kernel, it has weak vibrations, so yes, it is a bit soft, but I think you can overcrank the haptic feedback seetings in framework, so it has strong vibrations...
Speed is nothing more than just a word... a judgment ...
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I figured there's gotta be a way. Would that increase the notification vibrate too though?

plwalsh88 said:
I figured there's gotta be a way. Would that increase the notification vibrate too though?
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You would just need to re-try until you get right settings.

Good day guys ,
I've been reading around post and post regarding the vibration issues with the S2.
Now , I have transformed a SHW-M250S into a GT I9100 which from what I understand is the reason for loosing the vibration strength.
Unfortunately i couldn't find a specific post directly related to this issue , only hints every here and there , some regarding playing around with the vibrator file in the sys. folder , but i don't know if this were device specific or not.
My device is rooted and i'm running 2.3.5.
Is there anyone who managed to get a fix for this ? i.e. flashing a different Kernel , etc. ?
Thank you for your time !

I've also noticed the vibration has gotten weaker in the year I've had the phone now. I remember it being really strong, especially before I got a case protector (rubberized on the inside of the case)... Could be my fault though because I fried the charging port and installed a new part.
It seems now i hear the vibration more than I feel it, even when turned on maximum.

Do I have a faulty device?

This is my second s3... It's "updated" with baseband version I535VRLG1. I have not rooted because I don't want to risk ruining my chances of getting a new one if I have to...
Here are my current issues:
No Sim card error
Network Communication Issues (Connection will just drop randomly)
Keeps dropping 4g
Slow Speeds (4g as low as 1244 kbps down, 3g as low as 66 kbps down)
Slow GPS lock-on (Took 5-10 minutes at one point)
Some gaps between screen and bezel

If you can enumerate 6 things wrong with your phone then why are you asking us if it's defective? :laugh::laugh:
Get a new one man. None of that is normal as you imply by listing it all.

bobloblaw1 said:
If you can enumerate 6 things wrong with your phone then why are you asking us if it's defective? :laugh::laugh:
Get a new one man. None of that is normal as you imply by listing it all.
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Maybe because I'm sick in the head, as well as a quality engineer who finds faults in anything...
I just feel like an a-hole because I made a big stink over my first one because of a loose home button... Now this new device has more issues than the first.
I also do NOT want a refurbished device. I want new.

As long as you're in the 2 weeks period you'll get a new one.
Also, as funny as this sounds, all these problems can happen if your sim card is faulty.

Mine is also an "updated" device with all those stickers. No problems here. Return it if you're having trouble
Sent from my SCH-I535

Madcat81 said:
As long as you're in the 2 weeks period you'll get a new one.
Also, as funny as this sounds, all these problems can happen if your sim card is faulty.
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I got my phone on the 14th, but it's been less than 2 weeks since I got my replacement.... Does that count?
Maybe I should just try a new sim card first.

Madcat81 said:
As long as you're in the 2 weeks period you'll get a new one.
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That is not 100% true.
I had a defective Rezound (badly overheating and killing the 2750 battery in 1/2 day) & it was almost new.
They wanted me to accept a refurb & until I threatened to just take it back for a refund they absolutely refused to give me a new one....

OT: but do they even have refurb S3's yet??

jmorton10 said:
That is not 100% true.
I had a defective Rezound (badly overheating and killing the 2750 battery in 1/2 day) & it was almost new.
They wanted me to accept a refurb & until I threatened to just take it back for a refund they absolutely refused to give me a new one....
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So what ended up happening?
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OT: but do they even have refurb S3's yet??
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They might. It seems like there has been a lot of issues with this phone already...
I wonder if I should take it back to the store (different one than I already returned my first one at), or over the phone.

Kreeker said:
So what ended up happening?
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At that point, they gave in & sent me a new one in the box (I still have it)

Just called up, and they are sending me out a new ("certified") phone. Hoping this one fixes the issues, and is new....
All I did was list those exact issues up above, and he said well those are hardware issues and I'm going to have to send you a new one. I was ready for a big pain. Why can't the people in the stores be like this?

Quick Question

So im running CM7 i believe and it is rooted everything is good on my phone just a couple of quick questions about things that seem to be annoying me.
1. Does anyone else's phone seem to heat up pretty quickly with extended use? For example if i've got the screen on and I'm texting for like an hour straight it gets pretty warm to a hot sensation right on the metal part that holds the SIM card in and the SD card. The phone also heats up when its charging too, i'm assuming that is normal.
2. I have ADW Launcher and the Cyanogen Mod or whatever it's called. The issue is that when I'm playing music and get a text my audio will completely pause (but the song keeps going) and then keep going which tends to get annoying when I'm enjoying a part of the song and I miss it entirely because of a notification. I've tried to set it up so that it ducks the audio 4db but it doesn't seem to work for me. Does anyone know how to fix this?
3. Sometimes when I receive texts i can hear it through my speakers of my computer coming but my phone will never fully "receive" it so it sits in limbo forever. Does this happen to anyone else?
4. Battery problems, it seems to die a little quicker than i'd like. I've got it on the lowest brightness, no internet, no bluetooth, no gps, wifi usually on but when i'm not near a wifi hotspot i turn it off. Is there a solution to this?
Thanks for any help in advance

jerfy said:
So im running CM7 i believe and it is rooted everything is good on my phone just a couple of quick questions about things that seem to be annoying me.
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I'll try to answer them inline if I can....
jerfy said:
. Does anyone else's phone seem to heat up pretty quickly with extended use? For example if i've got the screen on and I'm texting for like an hour straight it gets pretty warm to a hot sensation right on the metal part that holds the SIM card in and the SD card. The phone also heats up when its charging too, i'm assuming that is normal.
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Overheating is pretty much the norm on the G2X. Perhaps there are other ways to deal with this, but one way for sure is to go to settings-->applictions-->development and click stay awake. This reduces the overheating while charging. If you get a lot of overheating it might be the battery.
jerfy said:
. I have ADW Launcher and the Cyanogen Mod or whatever it's called. The issue is that when I'm playing music and get a text my audio will completely pause (but the song keeps going) and then keep going which tends to get annoying when I'm enjoying a part of the song and I miss it entirely because of a notification. I've tried to set it up so that it ducks the audio 4db but it doesn't seem to work for me. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Use another music player: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrtstudio.AnotherMusicPlayer&hl=en
jerfy;297955263. Sometimes when I receive texts i can hear it through my speakers of my computer coming but my phone will never fully "receive" it so it sits in limbo forever. Does this happen to anyone else?[/quote said:
no help on this one sorry.
jerfy;297955264. Battery problems said:
Known g2x problem. I took the extreme solution and ordered an oversized battery from amazon(http://www.amazon.com/EZOPower-Exte...d=1344178238&sr=8-2&keywords=battery+g2x+3500) but you might want to just bring your charger with you....
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jerfy said:
So im running CM7 i believe and it is rooted everything is good on my phone just a couple of quick questions about things that seem to be annoying me.
1. Does anyone else's phone seem to heat up pretty quickly with extended use? For example if i've got the screen on and I'm texting for like an hour straight it gets pretty warm to a hot sensation right on the metal part that holds the SIM card in and the SD card. The phone also heats up when its charging too, i'm assuming that is normal.
2. I have ADW Launcher and the Cyanogen Mod or whatever it's called. The issue is that when I'm playing music and get a text my audio will completely pause (but the song keeps going) and then keep going which tends to get annoying when I'm enjoying a part of the song and I miss it entirely because of a notification. I've tried to set it up so that it ducks the audio 4db but it doesn't seem to work for me. Does anyone know how to fix this?
3. Sometimes when I receive texts i can hear it through my speakers of my computer coming but my phone will never fully "receive" it so it sits in limbo forever. Does this happen to anyone else?
4. Battery problems, it seems to die a little quicker than i'd like. I've got it on the lowest brightness, no internet, no bluetooth, no gps, wifi usually on but when i'm not near a wifi hotspot i turn it off. Is there a solution to this?
Thanks for any help in advance
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1. What kernel are you using?
2. Settings > Cyanogenmod Settings > Sound > Notification Focus?
3. Never heard of this...
4. Download this and check wakelocks and see what is running...

djvoleur said:
1. What kernel are you using?
2. Settings > Cyanogenmod Settings > Sound > Notification Focus?
3. Never heard of this...
4. Download this and check wakelocks and see what is running...
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Kernal is [email protected]
I've tried to notification duck but it doesn't work. It's on right now but when im watching a youtube video or something it still cuts the audio out completely but still plays it while i listen to my notification ring
Also, once a phone is unlocked it is unlocked for good right? Even if i put different ROMs and such? Cause i bought this phone 2 months ago unlocked with it rooted and flashed with this stuff. I'm asking because I'm scared that if i try putting a different ROM on it that won't be unlocked anymore. I don't know the unlock code or anything lol
Edit: And i know the G2X camera is bad so I'm wondering if there is a way to make it permantly increase the exposure to +1 or +2 instead of me having to change that every time i open the camera app or is that not possible?

also im thinking of ditching the g2x all together for the samsung galaxy s2 do you guys think it is worth it? I don't know if the S2 has any problems as bad as this phone. It's going to cost me 100 dollars to upgrade to it in the end. Thoughts?? or maybe the samsung galaxy nexus

jerfy said:
also im thinking of ditching the g2x all together for the samsung galaxy s2 do you guys think it is worth it? I don't know if the S2 has any problems as bad as this phone. It's going to cost me 100 dollars to upgrade to it in the end. Thoughts?? or maybe the samsung galaxy nexus
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I was going to do the same when I have the money to buy a new sgs2

Dustin Bieber said:
I was going to do the same when I have the money to buy a new sgs2
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yeah i think im just going to get the nexus

jerfy said:
Also, once a phone is unlocked it is unlocked for good right? Even if i put different ROMs and such? Cause i bought this phone 2 months ago unlocked with it rooted and flashed with this stuff. I'm asking because I'm scared that if i try putting a different ROM on it that won't be unlocked anymore. I don't know the unlock code or anything lol
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If your phone was unlocked (not the same as rooted) it will stay that way. ROM away as you wish.
Unlocked = can use on any SIM based carrier
Rooted = means you can do whatever you want to your phone software-wise.

I myself have the heat problem but it was partially fixed when I decided to mess the overclocking and undervolting made available by custom kernels. To fully fix this problem with my phone overclocked to 1.4ghz and undervolted I took some aluminium foil layered a few pieces together and cut it to the size of the back. I added a bit of extra aluminium to where the sim is because it seems like that is where most of the heat comes from and now my phone becomes warm but not warm to the touch now that it can disparate heat faster.

Very nice idea but wouldn't the aluminium retain the heat to the battery causing it to overheat
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

I don't know but I have not had any problems with it so far and its been almost 3-4 months with this small mod.

I rooted a friend sgs2 for him. its through sprint. so far it doesn't seem very great semi laggy and I would not want 1. Sprint internet seems very slow as well. My g2x puts his sgs2 to shame. I did leave him on stock rom though so maybe it would be better if I souped it up
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Screen wakeup while proxi sensor covered

Since I got the phone, while in pocket, I reject/answer 80% of the calls. I was under the effect of "yay nexus is back, google finally gave us a cheapster" so didn't really got bothered. But days are passing by and it's getting quite annoying, so to the point, could anybody tell me why this phone wakes up the screen on incoming calls when the proximity sensor is covered (ie. in pocket?) (if it's "normal" to do so, then why?). Proxi switch is fine, it triggers during calls and shows activity on sensor testing apps and whatnot. Default calls screen and whatsapp incoming calls, (heck I can unlock the phone with the fingerprint reader in my pocket without taking it out, now explain that.) ... Cherry on top the "slide to answer" thingy is vertical, so yeah there is the problem (while sliding it out from the pocket, it answers or rejects the call). I'm considering throwing it out lol it's so annoying lately. Android 9 was the same? (I had 3 android one phones to fill the superexpensive 3 generation pixel gap) Was I living under a rock? Can anyone try it? Thanks for the helpful inputs in advance.

strapabiro said:
Since I got the phone, while in pocket, I reject/answer 80% of the calls. I was under the effect of "yay nexus is back, google finally gave us a cheapster" so didn't really got bothered. But days are passing by and it's getting quite annoying, so to the point, could anybody tell me why this phone wakes up the screen on incoming calls when the proximity sensor is covered (ie. in pocket?) (if it's "normal" to do so, then why?). Proxi switch is fine, it triggers during calls and shows activity on sensor testing apps and whatnot. Default calls screen and whatsapp incoming calls, (heck I can unlock the phone with the fingerprint reader in my pocket without taking it out, now explain that.) ... Cherry on top the "slide to answer" thingy is vertical, so yeah there is the problem (while sliding it out from the pocket, it answers or rejects the call). I'm considering throwing it out lol it's so annoying lately. Android 9 was the same? (I had 3 android one phones to fill the superexpensive 3 generation pixel gap) Was I living under a rock? Can anyone try it? Thanks for the helpful inputs in advance.
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There is no pocket mode on stock firmware. If you'd like to add one you can use Edxposed and the dark tricks module.
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As hard as I'm trying, I start to see it's nearly impossible to be completely satisfied with the stock android experience. I gave up rooting, flashing, modding long time ago. Ain't got time for that. This leaves one choice, a sad but with time will get used to it.

strapabiro said:
As hard as I'm trying, I start to see it's nearly impossible to be completely satisfied with the stock android experience. I gave up rooting, flashing, modding long time ago. Ain't got time for that. This leaves one choice, a sad but with time will get used to it.
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Do all 3a do this? I am looking into buying one but don't want to deal with something like that. This is exactly the reason I decided not to buy Galaxy S10e - just try to Google "S10 proximity sensor". It was never officially acknowledged/fixed by Samsung and over the time people just seem to "get used to it" and stop talking about it.

I don't know mate, that's why I asked others to try it please, it's really getting on my nerves and funny thing is, these kind of problems are a hit or miss on warranty claims ... doesn't even worth to try ... and I don't want to take this to reddit either because it'll only get downvoted to a lower than hell level by biased fanboys not to mention the google product forums with the "platinum product experts" and their generic "try this and try that" answers.
So yeah I'm angry.

strapabiro said:
I don't know mate, that's why I asked others to try it please, it's really getting on my nerves and funny thing is, these kind of problems are a hit or miss on warranty claims ... doesn't even worth to try ... and I don't want to take this to reddit either because it'll only get downvoted to a lower than hell level by biased fanboys not to mention the google product forums with the "platinum product experts" and their generic "try this and try that" answers.
So yeah I'm angry.
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I never had issues, but probably I don't understand the issue yet, so I have a question: how do you know screen is waking up in pocket? For sure it's waking up if you move the device, i.e. take is off the table or turn it around. Are you sure screen switches on in the pocket and not while you are taking it out?

AndDiSa said:
I never had issues, but probably I don't understand the issue yet, so I have a question: how do you know screen is waking up in pocket? For sure it's waking up if you move the device, i.e. take is off the table or turn it around. Are you sure screen switches on in the pocket and not while you are taking it out?
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You can test by trying to unlock the device while covering the proximity sensor.
Without any mods it'll unlock.
But like that's the main benefit to a Google phone running stock firmware. It's a perfect base for mods.
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Skittles9823 said:
You can test by trying to unlock the device while covering the proximity sensor.
Without any mods it'll unlock.
But like that's the main benefit to a Google phone running stock firmware. It's a perfect base for mods.
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This ... Or cover like 80% of the screen, leave only a small bar uncovered on the lower part of the phone (usbc port side) and ask someone to call you. You'll see on the remaining uncovered part that the screen woke up which is hilarious. Honestly at this point I don't understand how a feature like this can be overlooked by r&d.
Sadly modding is no option for me, for safety and other reasons.
There is another thread about this in the 3a xl section, hope it doesn't count as duplicate.

strapabiro said:
Sadly modding is no option for me, for safety and other reasons.
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What reasons? This is a Google phone. You're allowed to unlock the bootloader and flash modified software without breaking warrantee.
If you have issues, it's easy to just flash the factory image back to completely stock and relock the bootloader.
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@strapabiro,
Have you tried this app?

Skittles9823 said:
What reasons? This is a Google phone. You're allowed to unlock the bootloader and flash modified software without breaking warrantee.
If you have issues, it's easy to just flash the factory image back to completely stock and relock the bootloader.
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You're shifting the subject, but the short answer is, imagine I never had an apple product in my life but I rather buy an iphone than start doing that But that's me and that's another topic like I said, thanks though.

strapabiro said:
You're shifting the subject, but the short answer is, imagine I never had an apple product in my life but I rather buy an iphone than start doing that But that's me and that's another topic like I said, thanks though.
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Fair argument.
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Today I had my phone in my coat pocket at an appointment for about an hour hanging on a coat rack not even being touched. When I came back to, the screen was on, on the lock screen, and if was pretty warm with battery down a good 25 percent. I'm wondering if what you're talking about here has something to do with this? I was confused why or what was going on with it. No unusual apps were in memory in developer settings.

kc6wke said:
@strapabiro,
Have you tried this app?
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I have found this "feature" annoying as well on my 3a XL. However I tired the app that you suggested and it seems to work fine. Thanks for providing a decent solution to the OPs question.