Tips n Tricks thread.

[SuperDolphin]

Whoops,In my other post i forgot to mention..
When you first open your gs2, Are there any certain tips i can do on it?
(If that makes sense..)

 

[xianb]

Press home and power button for 2 seconds and then relase to take a screen shot of any screen. The picture will be save in your gallery

Where can you exactly find the pics taken in the DCIM folder?? seems nothing there...... thanks

 

[ironass]

Where can you exactly find the pics taken in the DCIM folder?? seems nothing there...... thanks

Hello and welcome to Android Forums xianb!

Screenshots should be in...

/sdcard/Pictures/Screenshots

 

[Ijaz Ahmed]

Not sure if it has been posted before but in JB, when you open a single message from a message thread, you can zoom it just like a picture.

This works on. XXLSJ stock ROM.

 

[cyberbobsa]

Hi
Greetings every one.
In this thread, there is a link for SII manual, its not working any more.
Does anyone has a updated link, please post I t.
Thanks

 

[ironass]

Hi
Greetings every one.
In this thread, there is a link for SII manual, its not working any more.
Does anyone has a updated link, please post I t.
Thanks

Hello and welcome to Android Forums cyberbobsa!

Here is the revised link for downloading the User Manual.

 

[joandruma]

Did not work for me

 

[ironass]

Did not work for me

Link works for the European Samsung dowload. You will need to Google for your local Samsung support site.

 

[josebig]

Downloaded from SamMobile JB 4.1.2 for I9100G, no problems upgrading the phone. However, when I place the phone on Vibrate it acts as if on Mute. I have reselected the settings to always vibrate and have also selected vibrate for individual apps; still does not vibrate.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? Any tricks available?

Thanks!

 

[eddie0308]

ironass,
how do I reboot my S2 ? Is it simply a turn off then turn on...

Eddie

 

[ironass]

ironass,
how do I reboot my S2 ? Is it simply a turn off then turn on...

Eddie

Correct.

 

[GJTRUEFAITH]

Yes it is Hold the power button down till ya get the shut off options, you should get "restart"as the 3rd option

 

[Mark 42]

Advanced steps to take for Kies connection problems
Personally I think that all these problems we are having do not lie with the Kies software itself, but with Samsung's USB drivers for the device, as I've seen the Auto Play window disappear after a few minutes when not even opening the Kies software, thereby constant refreshing in Windows Device Manager occurs. I dread to think what would occur if this happened in the middle of performing a firmware upgrade!!

Just remember, plug+play your GS2 isn't. It's more like plug+pray!
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It shouldn't be like this.
It's a shame that such a nice phone is ruined by such poor support of the software required to use it.
Jelly bean has been horrible. I like the interfaces and the look & feel, but it is horribly slow, clunky, and full of bugs.

 

[wandrew]

If you simply cannot connect to Kies at all, then try the following:
1. Open up your dialer
2. Dial *#7284# This opens up the PhoneUtil menu

There are 2 sections:
UART
MODEM
PDA

USB
MODEM
PDA

3. Ensure PDA is selected for USB. If it already selected to PDA, try reselecting it by selecting Modem, then PDA.
4. Press the Back key
5. Retry Kies

You, sir, are both a scholar and a gentleman. I won't hear a bad word said against you.