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Help Help with something acting up on my galaxy

That sounds like the phantom key issue. It tends to pop up mostly in low signal areas. If you just bought your phone and it is still under warranty, I suggest returning it and having them replace it. Some S2's have a shielding problem that when the phone is transmitting at higher power to reach the tower, it tricks the digitizer into thinking you pressed the menu key. Are you in a low signal area? As a test, you could try turning on airplane mode then try working with the phone and typing text and see if the menu key acts up.
 
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Yep just live with it. My original S2 was a black pre-model and it was bad, to the point you could not use the phone. My new one is a late model white unit. It isn't as bad but still has the phantom click. So in reality they never really solved the issue, even the current models have the problem (my white one is only a couple months old). If you really want to solve it once and for all take it back and get another brand phone. Sorry. The S2 is a great hand held device but an "icky phone"... I turned my black one into an iPod or sPod if you like. Awesome music and video player plus if you get groovip you can make wifi calls with your google voice account. Just set it for airplane mode and turn on wifi.
 
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I don't have this issue even living in a poor signal area. Not all of the phone have it. The problem is when they do give you a replacement, I am sure they don't really test it properly to see if the replacement has the issue. Unfortunately most companies don't really do troubleshoot and repair anymore, they just up and swap out the entire device.
 
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