The ?Official? "My Galaxy SII (S2) absolutely SUCKS because ...." thread.

Puddin422 · Oct 3, 2011

kidsavior said:
Yeah I was surprised at the no headphones myself. I was actually discussing with my Wife on the way home how there was almost nothing in the box other than the phone.

And on another totally stupid note, the box was crappy too. The Captivate box was a NICE box. So nice I put it away and it was ready for me when I sold my Captivate. The SGS II box is kind of cheap.

Samsung Instinct - came with phone, wall charger, micro sd card, extra battery with its own charger

Samsung Epic - came with phone, wall charger, micro sd card, headphones (bad ass ones, I might add)

So from extremely overhyped phone to the next, they took away a spare battery and charger and gave you...headphones..

Now from Epic to SGS2 - they ditch the micro sd card AND the headphones! WTF

BigCiX · Oct 3, 2011

Bmxant said:
Just installed Speed Test and Quadrant and they vanished

Went back to install them and the new Marketplace appeared, how odd....

Edit: Also having problems loading pages on the Marketplace as well...

Edit2: Connection timed out "RETRY?" for the 5th time

WHOA, serious problems

32kb down, 368kb up, 262ms latency WTF

Red spot in the center of photos WTF
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Positives so far

3134 Quadrant

Awesome screen

Speed...

Check this out...

Notice the HSPA+ and 3 bars...

I usually get one to two bars. i think at&t sucks. I'm not on a GSII but still on the network.

randomtask16 · Oct 3, 2011

Mine sucks because it doesn't make me breakfast, and it burnt my steak when it made me dinner last night. That and it can't time travel, ugh!

Anyway, It's been great so far. Decent (Though not consistant) 3.5G speeds (H+) Great screen, light, durable. FM Radio came stock on mine (Euro version) and works wonderfully. Sounds great over 3.5mm aux input to car stereo. Though I don't have much bass so I can't compare in that dept.

HeroNtheShadow · Oct 4, 2011

Like the phone so far..... my only problem is that I can't seem to change my notification ringtone

. I go to settings>notification ringtone>pick a tone>then hit OK. But everytime I get a text it uses the 'Whistle' tone, it was set to that out of the box. Can anyone help? My phone ringer changes just fine. Its my first Android

Puddin422 · Oct 4, 2011

Weird. Try going into your music files, find that ringer, and tell it to set as notification. ??

drapacioli · Oct 4, 2011

HeroNtheShadow said:
Like the phone so far..... my only problem is that I can't seem to change my notification ringtone . I go to settings>notification ringtone>pick a tone>then hit OK. But everytime I get a text it uses the 'Whistle' tone, it was set to that out of the box. Can anyone help? My phone ringer changes just fine. Its my first Android

You need to go into your messaging app and adjust the settings from inside the app. From the main page of the messaging app press the menu key, then go to settings, scroll all the way down and the last option is "select ringtone." That will change your message ringtone. It's kind of stupid but whatever, I think it's an android thing not a samsung thing.

The "notification" ringtone sets things such as new email, alerts, and other general messages from the notification area.

HeroNtheShadow · Oct 4, 2011

drapacioli said:
You need to go into your messaging app and adjust the settings from inside the app. From the main page of the messaging app press the menu key, then go to settings, scroll all the way down and the last option is "select ringtone." That will change your message ringtone. It's kind of stupid but whatever, I think it's an android thing not a samsung thing.

The "notification" ringtone sets things such as new email, alerts, and other general messages from the notification area.

I could only click the "thanks" button once but, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! that whistle was getting annoying

DankNasty · Oct 4, 2011

Bmxant said:
My Samsung Galaxy SII sucks because it's not 4.5" like the Sprint and T-Mobile versions.

Get the infuse then.

drapacioli · Oct 4, 2011

I've just found out I can't use my component video cable from my galaxy s on my s2. It's digital output through usb only, which sucks because I only have analog inputs on my tv. I can't afford to pay for a $100 converter box now, how am I going to use my phone to watch movies on TV? X_x

I understand HDMI is the greatest thing since sliced bread but not everyone can afford a brand new 60" TV to replace theirs whenever a new standard comes out. My options were composite, component, VGA (Weird :thinking:

), analog DVI, and s-vid. They could have covered at least one...does it really cost that much more to add analog video out?

MisterEd · Oct 4, 2011

drapacioli said:
I've just found out I can't use my component video cable from my galaxy s on my s2. It's digital output through usb only, which sucks because I only have analog inputs on my tv. I can't afford to pay for a $100 converter box now, how am I going to use my phone to watch movies on TV? X_x

I understand HDMI is the greatest thing since sliced bread but not everyone can afford a brand new 60" TV to replace theirs whenever a new standard comes out. My options were composite, component, VGA (Weird ), analog DVI, and s-vid. They could have covered at least one...does it really cost that much more to add analog video out?

You obviously have an old set. HDMI has been "the standard" on HD TV's for well over 5 years. I just bought a 32" set for my bedroom for $279 that has THREE HDMI ports so you don't need a 60" set.

That being said, if it so important to watch stuff from your cell phone on your old TV you can get one of these:

For only $34.93 each when QTY 50+ purchased - HDMI to Component (YPbPr) & R/L Stereo Audio Converter | HDMI to Component (YPbPr) / VGA Converters

DankNasty · Oct 4, 2011

drapacioli said:
I've just found out I can't use my component video cable from my galaxy s on my s2. It's digital output through usb only, which sucks because I only have analog inputs on my tv. I can't afford to pay for a $100 converter box now, how am I going to use my phone to watch movies on TV? X_x

I understand HDMI is the greatest thing since sliced bread but not everyone can afford a brand new 60" TV to replace theirs whenever a new standard comes out. My options were composite, component, VGA (Weird ), analog DVI, and s-vid. They could have covered at least one...does it really cost that much more to add analog video out?

Lol you just got a new smartphone and this is a major concern for you.... get a bluray player or something.

drapacioli · Oct 5, 2011

MisterEd said:
You obviously have an old set. HDMI has been "the standard" on HD TV's for well over 5 years. I just bought a 32" set for my bedroom for $279 that has THREE HDMI ports so you don't need a 60" set.

That being said, if it so important to watch stuff from your cell phone on your old TV you can get one of these:

For only $34.93 each when QTY 50+ purchased - HDMI to Component (YPbPr) & R/L Stereo Audio Converter | HDMI to Component (YPbPr) / VGA Converters

Well I guess Mitsubishi didn't get the memo because my TV is less than 5 years old. That's what I get for not buying name brand I guess...And on another note I just bought a brand new 27" computer monitor and was absolutely shocked to find it didn't have an HDMI port either, so I'm still stuck with DVI.

And thanks for the link, the cheapest one I could find myself was $100

hubwub · Oct 5, 2011

The reason my Galaxy SII absolutely sucks because there are dead pixels on the lower left of my phone. I'm waiting till the AT&T store that I purchased it has more in stock to replace it. I'm just glad that I don't have to pay a restocking fee. Otherwise, this phone has been a blast.

atmasters · Oct 5, 2011

I love my Galaxy S2 and for GPS I have not had 1 problem with it. It loads quick and I find Google maps way better then Iphone's. The only complaint is I still have no update threw Bell Canada.

sircolby45 · Oct 5, 2011

drapacioli said:
And on another note I just bought a brand new 27" computer monitor and was absolutely shocked to find it didn't have an HDMI port either, so I'm still stuck with DVI.

And thanks for the link, the cheapest one I could find myself was $100

That is actually common. A DVI port is an HDMI port without the audio. A simple adapter will allow you to plug in the HDMI, but there won't be any audio.(Wouldn't do you any good if there was because your monitor probably doesn't have speakers.)

Bmxant · Oct 5, 2011

DankNasty said:
Get the infuse then.

Had it, hated it. Slow POS.

sircolby45 · Oct 6, 2011

Until the higher resolution screens come out a bigger screen is pointless IMO. The DPI on this one is fine, but I wouldn't want any lower.

acp · Oct 6, 2011

crunchygeek said:
Mine sucks because the video quality of Netflix, Hulu and YouTube suck compared to my iPhone 4. It also sucks because of the oversaturated colors. Reminds me of video streaming quality from 6-7 years ago.

Do you see wide screen with huge black bars on the top and bottom? Does it have full screen option?

Bmxant · Oct 6, 2011

Anyone have a faint white horizontal on theirs?

Puddin422 · Oct 7, 2011

drapacioli said:
Wired, specifically to a Bose stereo in my car through the aux jack. My captivate had nice rich sound though, I can't understand why it's so different. Shouldn't the sound quality be better? My phone is an iPod replacement, so proper audio quality is a big deal to me. I may take my phone back and see if I just got a dud audio jack or something, the sound seems to be coming more from the right than the left as well. I tried headphones and a new aux cable with no difference. I haven't heard anyone else complaining about the sound though so it may just be a bad jack or something.

Can anyone with a full range stereo confirm they have this issue as well?

Like I said, I have the same problem with my Epic if I use a wired connection to my truck (2010 F150 w SYNC. Factory head unit but everything else is aftermarket). If I bluetooth, no problem. Full bass. I will be picking up SGS2 today and will see if it does the same thing. I may try my ipod and see if it does the same thing.

Try bluetoothing it and see if you get bass and everything else as it should be.

cwoodard · Oct 7, 2011

All in all I love the phone. Having a great time playing with my first Android phone. Just switched from iPhone. Here are my two issues:

1) Wifi reception seems to be horrible. In my own house I have a poor signal and it keeps dropping! Had a much better signal on my iPhone

2) When using the phone in my car via my car's built-in Bluetooth, the person on the other end sounds so much more muffled/flat then my iPhone did. Wondering if I sound the same to others.

If anyone knows of any fixes for these, I'd appreciate hearing about them

acp · Oct 7, 2011

Streaming Video quality is much better than expected, camera shutter is slightly slower than I hoped coming from iPhone 4, no HBO Go!?!?!?, overall very awesome phone.

SysAdmNj · Oct 7, 2011

acp said:
Streaming Video quality is much better than expected, camera shutter is slightly slower than I hoped coming from iPhone 4, no HBO Go!?!?!?, overall very awesome phone.

What are you streaming?

Bmxant · Oct 7, 2011

I get 1-2 bars of wifi sitting next to the damn router.

I think I'm going to call it quits with this phone. I'm not receiving texts either...

Check out the screen on mine as well..

What's up with all the screen issues? - Page 2 - xda-developers

acp · Oct 7, 2011

Netflix. HBO Go does not work.

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