Factory Reset

If you purchased and got a Samsung Galaxy S II in hand you need this user manual for your device to help you navigate its features and getting to know it with a full access. This user manual is your guide to how properly handle you Samsung Galaxy S II, navigating messages, SMS, calling, email, browsing etc..
This also includes safety tips and troubleshooting instructions.


Here's the Samsung Galaxy S II User manual and quick start guides from the Samsung's website.
Samsung_Galaxy_S_II_GT-I9100_Quick Start Guide & User_Manual.pdf

If you are not satisfied and having problem on Samsung Galaxy S II speaker volume like its very low even you've already set to its maximum volume. Many users experiencing and been complaining about speaker volume like a very low on phone calls,earphone, headset and in the car using AUX.
This tips might help you solve the problem, give these a try just send us a feedback whether it works for you or not:

A) Enter service mode by typing below code on your dialer :
*#*#197328640#*#*
click the following:
[5] AUDIO
[1] NB (VOICE CALL)
Choose Handset, headset, Speaker (which ever you want higher volume)
[1] VOLUME
[1] SRC Speech RX Volume
Change default values and higher the values any number of your choosing, here is an example:
[0]0_lvl : 68
[1]1_lvl : 72
[2]2_lvl : 76
[3]3_lvl : 80
[4]4_lvl : 84
[5]5_lvl : 88 Higher these values to until hear volume improvement.



Can also edit the values from:
[2]DST I2S1 TX Volume
[3]SRC I2S1 RX Volume: 100
[4]DST Speech TX Volume: 94


This Samsung volume setting, worked for several people but sadly only worked 2 times for me and values keep resetting for me (doesn't mean for you, so give it a try) Also this is based on STOCK firmware.

B) the second thing you might to try is app called Volume+:
http://androidaudiohacks.com/home/vo...bread/download
This app guarantees it higher the volume without the need of touching its default settings, BUT huge drawback it highers everything: Headset, speaker and Bluetooth EXCEPT HANDSET which is the most important
(I also downloaded many volume increase apps, but Volume+ was the only one got the job done for everything but handset)

C) Lastly get GOOGLE VOICE app (create a GV account if you don't have one)
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result
just by installing Google and logging on, every time you make a call, your calls get forwarded through Google voice and volume levels become acceptable in ALL HANDSET, HEADSET, SPEAKER, BLUETOOTH (just like phone should of have been) (this what i personally use fix my volume issues)

If the above tips doesn't work for you,  the best way is to complain it to your Samsung Galaxy S II provider.

Here's  how to quickly change or adjust the LCD Screen display brightness on your Samsung Galaxy S II I9100, anytime you want that suit for your eyesight  preference.
Here's how you can adjust the screen brightness levels to your like.

1.  From Home Screen, go to Settings then Tap on Display

2.On the Brightness window, uncheck the Automatic brightness checkbox.



3. Return back to the Home Screen

4. At the top of the screen, by long pressing that notification bar for a second, then you can swipe it to the LEFT to Decrease and by swiping it to Right will Increase the screen brightness.

In that set up you can now manually adjust the screen brightness while reading text without going though the display settings again.

Gmail accounts on Samsung Galaxy S II I9100. Here's a simple guide if you want to add and or remove any network accounts on your Samsung Galaxy S II. This may help you remove old Email,Gmail, Facebook account or multiple accounts that you no longer use on  Samsung Galaxy S II.

Adding an account on Samsung Galaxy S II:

1. Open Settings, the tap on the Accounts & sync selection


2. Tap on Add account


3. Select the type of account to add (Microsoft Exchange, Facebook and Google are available by default)
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure your account (depending on account type, you will be asked to select what kind of data to sync to your device)
5. When complete, the account is added to the list in the Accounts & sync section and data will begin synchronizing to your device

Removing an account on Samsung Galaxy S II:

1. Open Settings, then tap on the Accounts & sync selection
2. Select the desire account you want to remove or delete
3. Then Tap Remove account



4. A pop-up message appear: Do you really want to remove this account? removing it will also delete all of its messages, contacts, and other data from phone.
proceed?

Just confirm that you want to remove the account by tapping on Remove account or tap on Cancel if you selected the wrong account
Remove account
5. Your account will now be deleted

The Samsung Galaxy S2 is a high-end Android device because of it's1.2 GHz dual-core System on a chip processor. It also features 1 GB of RAM, but sometimes it also experience some hang or frozen problem. It just sometimes freezes without no means, and this reportedly happens very rare. This may occurred due to the phones memory getting too, low like for example, running multiple applications,  scrolling down long texts or phone book that happens once in a while, etc.

Once your Samsung Galaxy S II is frozen it become unresponsive, the first thing you only have in mind is to restart the phone. You may either pull out the battery and insert it back again, or just by pressing the power button will also do.

This are just simple tips  on how to solve on a Hanged or Frozen Samsung Galaxy S II:

A.  You may need to reboot the phone by pressing the power button until the device turned OFF and reboot automatically.

B. Perform a factory data reset. This will restore back and reset the Galaxy S2 to its factory default settings.
1. Select Settings then Privacy
2. Select Factory Data Reset
3  Select Reset Phone
4. if the password is prompted just enter it then select Erase Everything to confirm.

C.  Hard reset the device by way of button combination- this can be useful if the procedures above doesn't fix the problem.  Just ensure to have a back up copy of all of your important data stored on the device for this will wipe and delete all of it.

-Press and hold the Volume Up and Home button
-Then press the Power button
-Release the Power button until the device Turns On.
-You will then see a window called "recovery menu" on your Galaxy S2.
The options is in there to, Wipe Data/Factory reset, Reboot. Just select Reset Factory. Then reboot.

If the above procedures like factory reset or hard reset doesn't fix the frozen problem.
Our next option for this is by restoring the device original stock-firmware. This will clean up and return the phone to its original factory fresh like the way you bought it brand new. A Samsung flasher tool called ODIN Multidownloader can do the job.  You can find some tips on how to restore back the device Firmware flashing or downloading procedure on Samsung Galaxy S2.

Sometimes there are severe hang or frozen problem that is due to hardware issue if the device suffered  wet or water damaged, heavily dropped and oxidation build ups inside the phones PCB board, and this problem can only be fix by hardware calibration. A mobile phone technician in a service center with a good soldering skills can only fix it.