Here is another quick tip and trick for Samsung Galaxy S2 users who love to watch movie or video clips. Press Power button during video playback (work in built-in video player, does not work in YouTube) will lock the touchscreen, Menu, Home and Back keys. You can still adjust the volume while in lock mode.
How to restore stock firmware on Samsung Galaxy S II? That’s the question that you going to ask before install custom firmware. Or after installed custom firmware and need to send your Samsung Galaxy S2 for warranty service. You need to make sure that your Samsung Galaxy S2 can restore back to stock firmware just like it arrive at your hand in the very first time. Else Samsung Support might not accept your Samsung Galaxy S2 for warranty claim. But some said that Samsung Support do service Samsung Galaxy S2 with custom firmware. Anyway, there is a way to reinstall back stock firmware on Samsung Galaxy S2. Just follow below step by step video guide. No harm to return everything to stock, right? No question will be asked by Samsung Support then.
Prerequisites
After rooting Samsung Galaxy S II, a yellow triangle will show up at the bottom of Samsung Galaxy S2 Logo during boot up. The simplest way to remove yellow triangle on Samsung Galaxy S II ~ use micro USB Jig. However, USB Jig is not a common gadget that you can find in PC shop (I ordered mine from eBay). How to remove yellow triangle on Samsung Galaxy S2 without USB Jig? Check out below step by step video guide to find out. A long way to go but you can remove the sharp looking yellow triangle…
Prerequisites
In short, you need to have stock kernel of the firmware that you are using. Flash it with Odin after you rooted SGS2. The stock kernel will remove the yellow triangle. Then re-flash kernel from CF-Root using CWM Manager. This will bring back ClockworkMod Recovery.
Note – You need a CF-Root that matches your Samsung Galaxy S2 kernel version. And stock kernel that matches your firmware.
Samsung Galaxy S II had a poor battery life. Yes, Samsung Galaxy S2 battery life is bad if you don’t change anything and leave it as stock settings. But no worry, there is lot of tweaks and hacks to increase Samsung Galaxy S2 battery life. How to improve Samsung Galaxy S2 battery life? In short, disable those stuffs that you don’t use.
Do you know how many multi-touch points does your Android phone have? I know that my Android HTC HD2 has 2 multi-touch points only. Maybe it is due to the kernel or LCD sensor. Anyway, how many multi-touch points does my new Samsung Galaxy S II have? Let’s find out with MultiTouch Tester…
