Galaxy S II gets two software updates, some issues fixed

13 May, 2011
The Galaxy S II got two new updates before we could even order food after completing its own review. Hope we don't need to rewrite much. Anyway, we didn't know the phone had issues that needed fixing in the first...

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  • yogi
  • Pxr
  • 15 May 2011

SII is an awesome phone updates make it smoother and help with battery conservation.
looking forward to the S3 it can only get better maybe 3D

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    • Flow
    • v0X
    • 15 May 2011

    Gingerbread on the Galaxy Ace please

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      • AnonD-1470
      • vxA
      • 15 May 2011

      Hi all, hopefully someone can help me, When I try to upgrade via kies it comes up with the message "permission declined by i9100 administrator" can anyone help to get around this. My first android phone so not sure if I have to set something up. Thanks

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        • Anonymous
        • m86
        • 15 May 2011

        AnonD-8008, 14 May 2011Where do you live?? Finland has had the 2.3.3 update for SG... more2.3.3 seems cool but it is not yet bug-free.

        Laggy bootup animation, not shutdown sound anymore, battery draining (i'm among the lucky ppl getting it), small lags while deleting files and i'm using a sdhc class10 card... just to name a few.

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          • AnonD-8008
          • nST
          • 14 May 2011

          cythe, 14 May 2011Screw Samsung. Still no Gingerbread for Galaxy S. After a w... moreWhere do you live?? Finland has had the 2.3.3 update for SGS 1 for two weeks now,
          and its bug free.
          usualy we get everything last

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            • AnonD-8008
            • nST
            • 14 May 2011

            godder, 14 May 2011where is the update for galaxy s. the origenal from which s... moreTry to download it via KIES...Finland have had the update for two weeks now...

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              • AnonD-8008
              • nST
              • 14 May 2011

              sam, 14 May 2011In which country?In Finland
              but it seems that theres only few units out there., this week has been an preorderer week.
              got mine without preorder

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                • Anonymous
                • 3JH
                • 14 May 2011

                cythe, 14 May 2011Screw Samsung. Still no Gingerbread for Galaxy S. After a w... moreto be honest samsung didnt have to offer a free upgrade to froyo which they did so you cant complain really. its the same with all technology out with the old in with the new iam afraid. but renowned manufacturers like samsung will normally offer parts support for up to 10 years even though you are very unlikely to still have the same smartphone by then lol iam sure by 2021 2g coverage will be non existant.

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                  • HQS
                  • 3im
                  • 14 May 2011

                  Nise, 14 May 2011Still no fix for the HUGE idle drain bug in sgs2... Do you have it?

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                    • Kohiiou
                    • TCX
                    • 14 May 2011

                    Nise, 14 May 2011Still no fix for the HUGE idle drain bug in sgs2... No big battery drain on original rom for me, but I had it this morning after I updated it to ke2 using kies and rooting. This evening, I hard reset by booting while holding up and menu button method, deleted and hard reset, reboot, reinstalled apps, and no more battery drain. Been using it since 7pm til 1:30a with android os at 5% usage.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • m86
                      • 14 May 2011

                      Attn to GSMArena :

                      what about sound quality while recording video in noisy environment ?
                      (ie: music group/room, bar, concert, windy place, etc... ?)

                      I'm asking because i noticed that my 2 last samsung phones had such a problem you didn't mention (Tocco Ultra and Galaxy S) or didn't notice, a bit too much noise and the recorded sound is totally distorted/saturated.

                      And from my own experience, i didn't meet those problems with some other phones/brands.

                      If you experience that and you got any contact with samsung, please submit them that problem worthing really to be fixed, thank you.

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                        • Hey A$$
                        • nXP
                        • 14 May 2011

                        cythe, 14 May 2011Screw Samsung. Still no Gingerbread for Galaxy S. After a w... morei've got official gingerbread even before SGS II was in sale.
                        Stop telling lies on the forums about Samsung. Its not Samsung's fall that (i assumed you're from US..?) your crapy operators: att, sprint, verizon etc. don't want to update your phone!!

                        If you want updates get yourself a) nexus s b) international and unlocked models like the i9000

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                          • Yani
                          • 3pw
                          • 14 May 2011

                          They had a WiFi issue that needed fixing.
                          I think that two rogue wifi apps were draining the battery really fast.
                          But now with I9100XWKE2 someone said that after 3 hours with sync on he had a 1% battery drop... awsome! :D

                          @Yet Another Android:
                          SGS2 is still made of cheap platic.
                          I have a SGS and I can't say this is really a bad thing.

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                            • cythe
                            • u18
                            • 14 May 2011

                            Screw Samsung. Still no Gingerbread for Galaxy S. After a while they'll dump SGS II as well after launching SGS III

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                              • Nise
                              • nbu
                              • 14 May 2011

                              Still no fix for the HUGE idle drain bug in sgs2...

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 3ZQ
                                • 14 May 2011

                                I recommend you use the unofficial Odin method, Kies is evil and has caused quite a lot of problems for people.

                                Also make sure you only use your official cable that came with your phone, some guy was using his HTC Desire USB cable and ran into problems.

                                Weird, eh?

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                                  • sam
                                  • Trp
                                  • 14 May 2011

                                  AnonD-8008, 14 May 2011Got my Galaxy S 2 today for 460 euro... Was the last unit ... moreIn which country?

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                                    • Neil
                                    • mpY
                                    • 14 May 2011

                                    Has anybody performed this firmware update?
                                    And if yes, does it delete all user data on the phone in the process?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • pTi
                                      • 14 May 2011

                                      some issues fixed !!!!!!!!

                                      hahahahahhaaaaaahaaaaa

                                      go for atrix

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                                        • AnonD-8008
                                        • nmQ
                                        • 14 May 2011

                                        Got my Galaxy S 2 today for 460 euro...
                                        Was the last unit in few shops compined.
                                        i cant stop marveling the buety of this thing, the paggage is smaler just like the android it self.
                                        Just wow!!!!