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[Q] Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE!!!

Dear All,
Less than 24 hours now, i join this network and i have read quite a number of posts. I bought myself this Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE (SHV-E120L) and to my utmost surprise, I cannot send sms. When sms comes it, it displayed the sms but with sender ID hidden. I cannot send and not reply. I thought of returning the Korean phone, but i was told that it was perhaps one of the best phones around. Encouraged by the reviews online, I have decided to keep the phone and take the other option, which brings me in here. I want to learn how to root the phone and get this Korean model to perform the task it is meant for both by the manufaturer and myself.
As experts, kindly direct me. It is important to note that prior to this phone, I had this ZTE Blade by San Francisco, which i successfully rooted to Gingerbread 2.3.6. With this experience, i think if adequatetly tutored, i can easily find my way through.
I sincerely thank you ahead of your response, first for the time, the opportunity for joining here and the response. Thank you.
OBA

oyeniyib said:
Dear All,
Less than 24 hours now, i join this network and i have read quite a number of posts. I bought myself this Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE (SHV-E120L) and to my utmost surprise, I cannot send sms. When sms comes it, it displayed the sms but with sender ID hidden. I cannot send and not reply. I thought of returning the Korean phone, but i was told that it was perhaps one of the best phones around. Encouraged by the reviews online, I have decided to keep the phone and take the other option, which brings me in here. I want to learn how to root the phone and get this Korean model to perform the task it is meant for both by the manufaturer and myself.
As experts, kindly direct me. It is important to note that prior to this phone, I had this ZTE Blade by San Francisco, which i successfully rooted to Gingerbread 2.3.6. With this experience, i think if adequatetly tutored, i can easily find my way through.
I sincerely thank you ahead of your response, first for the time, the opportunity for joining here and the response. Thank you.
OBA
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Try him,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1468998

This phone works very smooooth on jelly bean.

oyeniyib said:
Dear All,
Less than 24 hours now, i join this network and i have read quite a number of posts. I bought myself this Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE (SHV-E120L) and to my utmost surprise, I cannot send sms. When sms comes it, it displayed the sms but with sender ID hidden. I cannot send and not reply. I thought of returning the Korean phone, but i was told that it was perhaps one of the best phones around. Encouraged by the reviews online, I have decided to keep the phone and take the other option, which brings me in here. I want to learn how to root the phone and get this Korean model to perform the task it is meant for both by the manufaturer and myself.
As experts, kindly direct me. It is important to note that prior to this phone, I had this ZTE Blade by San Francisco, which i successfully rooted to Gingerbread 2.3.6. With this experience, i think if adequatetly tutored, i can easily find my way through.
I sincerely thank you ahead of your response, first for the time, the opportunity for joining here and the response. Thank you.
OBA
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I would say you try out the SVN ROM. I too am using it and this is the best and smoothest rom i have come across....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2354177

LG Singapore's reply

Here is the mail I sent to LG-Singapore for ICS :
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Received Date : 12/08/2012 12:59 52
The type of inquiry : Software/Hardware updates
Product/Model No. : GSM/LGP970
I had a good life before buying your p970 aka Optimus Black. Now I am feeling cheated by a global company (of course LG) who is not on keeping there its promises for software update. You guys have no idea about your customers who bought your product hoping upgrade like other global companies. In other clear words, issues are :
a.) ICS upgrade
b.) Lack of information from your side
c.) Ignoring customers mails about same.
I cant understand that what will be the problem with a brand like LG for ICS update for its flagship mobile when other companies are moving to jelly-bean, you guys are not even saying a single word for ICS yet. If you have not such qualified developers then release drivers for public so they can develop a rom their own, as they are tied with drivers limitation.
Seriously, if you cant upgrade your mobile then release all the drivers to public (e.g xda developers). They will sure develop one ICS for p970.
Is it wot you call "LIFE IS GOOD"? SURE NOT!
Thank you.
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And here is the reply :
13/08/2012
Thank you for contacting LG Electronics
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for choosing LG!
We understand you inquire about LG P970.
We are happy to assist you with it.
Kindly contact your local service centre for assistance
If you have any other inquiry, feel free to email us or contact LG helpdesk at 65120555 or visit our website @ http://www.lg.com/sg/
Thank you and have a nice day ahead!
We value you as our customer and your satisfaction is very important to us.
Again, thank you for choosing LG and we appreciate your business.
Kindly rate our email response upon receiving the email reply. Your feedback will help us to serve you better in future.
Respectfully,
LG Electronics Singapore
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Looks managed by some 9th-10th class student.
So disappointing

pkb_always4u said:
Here is the mail I sent to LG-Singapore for ICS :
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Received Date : 12/08/2012 12:59 52
The type of inquiry : Software/Hardware updates
Product/Model No. : GSM/LGP970
I had a good life before buying your p970 aka Optimus Black. Now I am feeling cheated by a global company (of course LG) who is not on keeping there its promises for software update. You guys have no idea about your customers who bought your product hoping upgrade like other global companies. In other clear words, issues are :
a.) ICS upgrade
b.) Lack of information from your side
c.) Ignoring customers mails about same.
I cant understand that what will be the problem with a brand like LG for ICS update for its flagship mobile when other companies are moving to jelly-bean, you guys are not even saying a single word for ICS yet. If you have not such qualified developers then release drivers for public so they can develop a rom their own, as they are tied with drivers limitation.
Seriously, if you cant upgrade your mobile then release all the drivers to public (e.g xda developers). They will sure develop one ICS for p970.
Is it wot you call "LIFE IS GOOD"? SURE NOT!
Thank you.
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And here is the reply :
13/08/2012
Thank you for contacting LG Electronics
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for choosing LG!
We understand you inquire about LG P970.
We are happy to assist you with it.
Kindly contact your local service centre for assistance
If you have any other inquiry, feel free to email us or contact LG helpdesk at 65120555 or visit our website @ http://www.lg.com/sg/
Thank you and have a nice day ahead!
We value you as our customer and your satisfaction is very important to us.
Again, thank you for choosing LG and we appreciate your business.
Kindly rate our email response upon receiving the email reply. Your feedback will help us to serve you better in future.
Respectfully,
LG Electronics Singapore
Click here if you have more question
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Looks managed by some 9th-10th class student.
So disappointing
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The reason is because they dont really want 'their' Android to be open source. If they are good in services. We should have.drivers by now.
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda premium

It looks like a default no-reply answer.
If indeed they wrote that, it means they didn't read your email.
It's a shame for a nice phone to not be supported anymore, as i've seen, even g1 can have a working jelly bean on it so it's not about the ics not working properly on p970 specs, but lg refuses to support the customers..
Sent from my LG-P970 using Tapatalk 2

LG is cheap, they will slowly start to release ICS on only newer phones so they can make money. If they released drivers or ICS to this phone, they wouldn't make money....they know it's possible, they just refuse to, then they get people to buy new phones that have the next O/S. The entire Optimus line was promised gingerbread. I know the Optimus S got it, but the optimus V (an exact identical phone that uses the same motherboard) did not. Why? Because of money. Virgin Mobile discontinued the phone with new phones that come with GB. So VM and LG get money because of people who only run stock and want to go from froyo to GB. LG makes stuff as cheap as they can, that's why drivers (for PC) are outdated, or firmware is borked. LG does not care about customer support. Now the phone carriers may replace the phone, that's the only customer support you'll get.
Sent from my LG-LW690 using Tapatalk 2

So what did you end up rating their email response (or lack thereof)?

In conclusion, the service id bad.
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda premium

That auto response email...
Sent from my LG-P970 using Tapatalk 2

"Kindly rate our email response upon receiving the email reply. Your feedback will help us to serve you better in future."
Lol, rate an auto response? "Hm, yes I liked they way you didn't read my e-mail."
I'm going to contact LG locally and will see what they have to say.

Usually you should get link in body of email to rate the replay. So click it and rate it badly. Probably some lazy employee didnt even read your message. If you rate it badly he will probably dont get bonus or he will get fired. So win-win for us.

People stop crying like this! the original request to lg assistance is totally wrong. You cannot say that lg "doesn't respect their promises" because our optimus black is meant to be upgraded to ics at least at the end of september, so until that moment your complaints against them is nosense.
You could said it if you have an optimus 2x, so, read carefully the news and comunicates before spamming!

FunkyGanja said:
So what did you end up rating their email response (or lack thereof)?
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Ofcourse rated them "very disappointing". But no LG for future.

capocorp said:
People stop crying like this! the original request to lg assistance is totally wrong. You cannot say that lg "doesn't respect their promises" because our optimus black is meant to be upgraded to ics at least at the end of september, so until that moment your complaints against them is nosense.
You could said it if you have an optimus 2x, so, read carefully the news and comunicates before spamming!
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Looks you have not read well LG Canada's statement about upgrade for OB. They said the earlier statement was just a general statement and not promise. And they are not upgrading OB to ICS.

Hi all,
LG Canada said that LG Optimus Black wont get ICS update. That was LG Canada! They have different methods there.
LG didn't say there wont release ICS to OB, so don't speculate that. I see many speculations here...
"LG never will release ICS", "LG wont update to ICS", etc... Are you working in LG to say that? I'm not saying that LG will release ICS, but I didn't see anywhere that LG will NOT release ICS.
Just wait and see... Speculations wont get us anywhere. A petition is different. But like I said, LG never said that they WONT release ICS.

pkb_always4u said:
Looks you have not read well LG Canada's statement about upgrade for OB. They said the earlier statement was just a general statement and not promise. And they are not upgrading OB to ICS.
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That was i was saying...read carefully bro
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda app-developers app

capocorp said:
People stop crying like this! the original request to lg assistance is totally wrong. You cannot say that lg "doesn't respect their promises" because our optimus black is meant to be upgraded to ics at least at the end of september, so until that moment your complaints against them is nosense.
You could said it if you have an optimus 2x, so, read carefully the news and comunicates before spamming!
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And also - when OB was released, it was said that it will get OS upgrade to GB. Everyone got GB and that should be it. So, LG has done everything they promised. The first statement about ICS upgrades was released so fast, that they even hadn`t no idea if the mentioned phones are capable of running smooth ICS. So i understand why LG are not releasing ICS upgrade.
And its part of TI fault that LG is taking so long.
P.S.
I`m to an OB user and I`m to not so happy about LG - not about not releasing the ICS upgrade, but I`m mad that there is no info from LG on the progress. Sony has updated almoust all of their Xperia line. LG should learn from them.

Any other phone model from LG already get the ICS?
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And it is not only about ICS, but its about support and information from a global brand. They should be more supportive and informative toward to their customers. There is key benefit for them being responsible.

Thread closed
There is an ICS discussion thread, this all belongs in there.

Why do carriers block features?

Sometimes the answer to this question is obvious. Verizon blocking google wallet was clearly so they could force people to use their own wallet app, whatever the hell it was. What I want to know is why on my AT&T Note 5 I don't have Auto Restart or Smart Manager. Both very useful features I would love to have, blocked by my carrier. How do either of these features effect AT&T? I'm sure there is plenty more blocked that I just don't know about.
Does anyone have any insight as to a logical reason a service provider would want to block stuff like this?
Here is a link to the video where I discovered these missing features:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPD8Aotsewg
Please excuse how boring the guy talking is.

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Mike: I would like to log a complaint about the Samsung Note 5 I purchased today from AT&T
Alain: Hello Mike!
Alain: I'd appreciate it if you could give me a detailed description of the problem to assist you better.
Mike: I bought this phone based on many features I read about online, my phone doesn't have these features. They are either disabled or not present.
Mike: The Smart Manager app used to manage RAM and apps on the phone is not on my Note 5.
Mike: There is no "Auto Restart" option under Backup and Reset menu.
Mike: I don't know why these options are missing, and I'm doubtful anyone can turn them on for me. But I just wanted to register my complaint that I'm pretty disappointed.
Alain: Just to confirm, where did you find that these features are available on the device?
Mike: When I type Samsung Smart Manager into Google, all the results are just other people complaining that this feature is missing as well.
Mike: Some guy on YouTube made a video of his Note 5 showing different features.
Alain: Thank you for the information.
Alain: I would like to inform you that the Smart Manager feature is available in T-Mobile Note 5 device.
Mike: I understand, I just want to complain that I find that disappointing and unfair.
Alain: Samsung only manufacture the devices and the devices are manufactured as per the Carrier requirements.
Alain: I can certainly understand your concern.
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Alain: Our developer team might take care of these features in the up coming updates.
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Definately 2 features i would like to be able to use. Another one thats always blocked is the download booster. Not sure if note 5 is suppose to have it but it combines your wifi spped and your data speed together. Its been blocked on the last couple phones i have used
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sand1303 said:
Definately 2 features i would like to be able to use. Another one thats always blocked is the download booster. Not sure if note 5 is suppose to have it but it combines your wifi spped and your data speed together. Its been blocked on the last couple phones i have used
Sent from my SM-N920P using XDA Free mobile app
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thats not entirely true. It only do it when you are downloading large file. For regular website, small download and streaming it doesnt work.

Chord_Hugo87 said:
thats not entirely true. It only do it when you are downloading large file. For regular website, small download and streaming it doesnt work.
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if that's the case i guess its not that big of a deal. i don't download large files to my phone so guess i wouldn't really benefit from it

Another lesser device gets the MM treatment.

Tab A has got its update, not even a flag ship device.
Still nowt for the Tab S.
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/05/18/samsung-galaxy-tab-a-receives-android-6-0-marshmallow-update/
Flagship means nothing to Samsung. :thumbdown:

Maybe I'm just in denial (feels like it to be honest), but I refuse to accept (for now at least) that we won't be getting MM. I must remain hopeful...:crying:

So does Samsung seem to release updates to the newest phone/tablets first and then work backwards with the oldest being last if at all.
John.

We will get it soon
Sent from my SM-T705 using Tapatalk

I have a Note 4 and the Tab S and I tell you these will be my last Samsung devices! No updates on supposed flagship devices is abysmal! Next phone will be a Nexus and probable their tablet too.

i recall seeing a chart somewhere,was that just bogus ?

There were a couple of unofficial photo/lists the first had the Tab S1 8.4" getting MM from April, the second photo showed NO Tab S1 models at getting updated to MM, these are now very old and should not be relied on.
I think the Tab S1 will get updated to MM in the next couple of months.
John.

By the time the Tab S gets MM the AOSP build will have matured enough for daily use

Nandr0idC0nsumer said:
By the time the Tab S gets MM the AOSP build will have matured enough for daily use
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However all Samsungs modifications and alterations will have completely fudged that up.

Nandr0idC0nsumer said:
By the time the Tab S gets MM the AOSP build will have matured enough for daily use
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However all Samsungs modifications and alterations will have completely fudged that up.

Look at the Tab Pro 8.4. It was released 11 months before Lollipop came out but never got Lollipop!

I have Tab A and Tab S , I was not expecting any update at all for Tab A!.Some one has to shake and wake sammy up and tell them they skipped few stops where they supposed to...

Contacted Samsung Support and only got this
Samsung Support said:
Dear [removed],
Thank you for contacting Samsung. With reference to your E-mail, I understand that you would like to know whether Samsung will release the Android Marshmallow update for your Tab S (model: SM-T700NTSAXAR). I can imagine how bothering and inconvenienced this would have been. Currently, there is no new update: Marshmallow available for your tablet model. We at technical support are not able to speculate the estimated time period of the update release and exact version of the update as it may lead to incorrect estimation of the update release information, also there is no official word available to state about the update availability . However, once any new update is released, it will be notified on the tablet in Apps > Settings > About device > Software Update. You can also check for the new Software update notification information on Samsung website under News section. I hope you understand. Please refer to the link below to access Samsung News website:
http://www.samsung.com/us/news/
The update time will be varied from model to model and location to location. I understand how important the update is for you. Usually, the updates will be released in batches. Once the new update is released for the batch to which your tablet belongs, then your tablet will also receive the update notification.
Also, I see that there is no test or app available from Samsung to test or run the battery function. I hope you understand.
If you have any questions, please get back to us. We will be glad to assist you.
If you would wish to reply via email, please click on the “Click here” link shown below in the Content Feedback section at the bottom of the email where it states, “If you have additional inquiries related to your original email, please click here”.
For Immediate assistance with a live agent,
you can chat with us
here
Samsung’s Social Media Team is available to assist with providing up-to-date information or answering
questions 24/7
Visit us on Facebook
Visit us on Twitter
For support by phone, you can reach us at 1-800-SAMSUNG
Thank you for being a Samsung Customer!
Samsung Online Support
Kind regards,
Madhavi
Email Support
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Nandr0idC0nsumer said:
Contacted Samsung Support and only got this
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Dang Dude You Got blurbed, lol

Ha! New app...Samsung DoubleTalk available at Samsung Support!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Samsung Support
Dear [removed],
Thank you for contacting Samsung. With reference to your E-mail, I understand that you would like to know whether Samsung will release the Android Marshmallow update for your Tab S (model: SM-T700NTSAXAR). I can imagine how bothering and inconvenienced this would have been. Currently, there is no new update: Marshmallow available for your tablet model. We at technical support are not able to speculate the estimated time period of the update release and exact version of the update as it may lead to incorrect estimation of the update release information, also there is no official word available to state about the update availability . However, once any new update is released, it will be notified on the tablet in Apps > Settings > About device > Software Update. You can also check for the new Software update notification information on Samsung website under News section. I hope you understand. Please refer to the link below to access Samsung News website:
http://www.samsung.com/us/news/
The update time will be varied from model to model and location to location. I understand how important the update is for you. Usually, the updates will be released in batches. Once the new update is released for the batch to which your tablet belongs, then your tablet will also receive the update notification.
Also, I see that there is no test or app available from Samsung to test or run the battery function. I hope you understand.
If you have any questions, please get back to us. We will be glad to assist you.
If you would wish to reply via email, please click on the “Click here” link shown below in the Content Feedback section at the bottom of the email where it states, “If you have additional inquiries related to your original email, please click here”.
For Immediate assistance with a live agent,
you can chat with us
here
Samsung’s Social Media Team is available to assist with providing up-to-date information or answering
questions 24/7
Visit us on Facebook
Visit us on Twitter
For support by phone, you can reach us at 1-800-SAMSUNG
Thank you for being a Samsung Customer!
Samsung Online Support
Kind regards,
Madhavi
Email Support
SAMSUNG Customer Support Center
Our Customer Support Team loves feedback! Share your thoughts on this response by completing the survey at the bottom of this page.
I got that from them when asking about 5.1 god knows how long ago (8 months?). The don't give a toss. Samsung Support does not exist. You might as well ask a man/woman on the street.

Galaxy S5 gets MM , fingers crossed .. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/05/t-mobile-rolls-out-marshmallow-for-galaxy-s5-handsets/

The Tab S was realeased 2-3 months after the S5 so Samsung cannot say it`s to old.
John.
The Mero said:
Galaxy S5 gets MM , fingers crossed .. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/05/t-mobile-rolls-out-marshmallow-for-galaxy-s5-handsets/
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If they don't release a mm update to a flagship device it will be a shame. But I think that they probably will release it. Just my opinion.

Tinderbox (UK) said:
The Tab S was realeased 2-3 months after the S5 so Samsung cannot say it`s to old.
John.
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Yea but Samsung doesn't care about how old these things are...
The Tab Pro 8.4 was released in Jan 2014, and never got lollipop that was released in Dec 2014... in other words, they stopped support after 11 MONTHS!

Android Nougat 7.0 options

Does anyone know whether the Mi Mix will get the Nougat update? And if not, whether it is possible to install a clean android version on there?
I have contacted Xiaomi in every country to see if anyone is able to give me a direct answer. I'll post it here, when i get one.

We havent launched "Yet"
Response from Xiaomi USA:
"Welcome to Xiaomi Customer Support!
We understand your excitement regarding our product and we heartily appreciate it. But we have not launched the particular product in your region yet so we are unable to provide you any kind of information regarding the same. We do not have any Official information regarding the launching date of the same. Hope you will understand.
Also I would like to inform you that we do not have any authorized partner in your region. We sell our products only from our official site in your region. For further updates, please visit our Official Website mi.com/en/. You may also visit our official forum which is en.miui.com .
Should you have any queries, feel free to write to us. We'll be glad to assist you further.
Thank you for being a valued customer. Have a great day.
Best Regards,
Anant
Xiaomi Customer Support"
Very interesting word usage - "we have not launched our product in your region YET"

http://en.miui.com/forum.php and https://xiaomi.eu/community/
For all your MIUI info

I too am eager to update to nougat.
I'm coming from 5 Samsung Note generations.
I need dual screen badly.

Any updates for nougat??
I badly need dual screen multitasking

CorruptedSanity said:
Any updates for nougat??
I badly need dual screen multitasking
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Supposedly mix will get nougat, when who knows.

Probably within a few months would not count on it sooner than that really.