Complete Guide to Extend & Improve Battery Life of Samsung Galaxy S2 Android Device

Samsung Galaxy S II is currently one of the best smartphone in the market which stand tall above most of the other competitor brand like Apple, BlackBerry, Nokia and it is believed to be on-par-with or better than Apple’s latest Phone 4S. Since it was last launch back in the June, Samsung Galaxy S2 has sold more than 10 million units worldwide and it is crown as one of the best Android smartphone to date. In term of the international recognition, Samsung’s GT-I9100 model has even won the title as “Phone of The Year’ by annual T3 award.

So everything seem to be perfect huh for Samsung Galaxy S II? Not really folks, one of the major complaint of Samsung Galaxy S2 is that the battery drain off too quickly. Yes, indeed Samsung Galaxy SII does has a bad battery life. I am experiencing the same problem too as I just got my brand new Samsung Galaxy S2 on last Thurs and one thing I did notice, the battery will get discharge too quickly when I using the device. And it has triggered me to do a lot of research on how I can possibly improve the battery life of my Samsung Galaxy S II.

Basically in this post, I will share with you all the research and study I have found so far that will be able to improve and extend the battery life of your Samsung device greatly. Checkout all the tweaks and hacks below on how to increase Samsung Galaxy S2 battery life.

Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100/ I9100G Hidden Tips ,Tricks and Secret Dialer Codes ~ How-to

So how far have you learned about your Samsung Galaxy S II I9100/ I9100G? Do you know that you can actually perform a lot of stunts for your SG2 by simply pinching an icon, swiping on the contact and access your phone’s detail and debugging mode by keying a special number in your phone dialer? You know some of it but not all of it? Nevermind, today we at 10Division going to unveil all the hidden tricks and tips for your Galaxy S II or Android device. Ready? Here we go…

WARNING:  THIS POST IS FOR RESEARCH AND LEISURE READING ONLY. YOU SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DONE TO YOUR SMARTPHONE! THE AUTHOR OF THIS BLOG WILL NOT BE LIABLE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THE LOST OR DAMAGE OF YOUR SMARTPHONE.

Samsung Galaxy S II I9100/ I9100G  Tips and Tricks

Home Screen Tips & Tricks for Samsung Galaxy S II

1. Pinch the Home screen to reveal thumbnails of your screens.
2. Click on the Dots on the Home screen to go to the respective screen.
3. Press and hold a Dot to turn it in to a slide bar and fast scroll between screens.
4. Press and Slide your finger left or right on top notification bar to adjust your screen brightness.
5. Long Press on empty screen to add widgets/ wallpapers etc.

Contacts Tips & Tricks for Samsung Galaxy S II

1. Left swipe on contact to message and right swipe to call.
2. On the right hand side click on alphabets to jump to corresponding contact.

Camera Tips & Tricks for Samsung Galaxy S II

1. If you open the camera app and long press just above the settings button ( menu > Edit Shortcut ) you can add two more settings of your choice besides the camera/video and flash shortcuts.
2. Just click anywhere on the screen to focus.

Screenshot Tips & Tricks for Samsung Galaxy S II

1. Hold the Home Button + Power Button and you will be able to get the instant Screenshot of your phone.

Home Button Tips for Samsung Galaxy S II

1. Hold and press long Home button to bring up Task Manager.
2. Double Tap Home Button to bring up Voice Commands and other options

Change Default Font Tips & Tricks for Samsung Galaxy S II

1. You can change your phone’s fonts, including default text on websites and apps by go through the following steps

Settings > Display > Screen Display > Font Style menu

Arrange Apps Tips & Tricks for Samsung Galaxy S II

1. You can rearrange all the folders and apps in your menu by go through

Menu > Edit

Keyboard Tips & Tricks for Samsung Galaxy S II

1. Swipe left or right on the keyboard to go to other characters/numbers quickly.
2. Settings on keyboard  gives you options of different keypad types including Handwriting.

Calendar Tips & Tricks for Samsung Galaxy S II

1. Pinch once in calendar App to display all the months of the year.

Samsung Galaxy S II I9100/ I9100G  Secret Dialer Codes

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No	Code	Function
1	#*#8377466#	S/W Version & H/W Version.
2	#*0227#	GPRS Switch.
3	#*0277#	GPRS Switch.
4	#*2027#	GPRS Switch.
5	#*2077#	GPRS Switch.
6	#*2252#	Current CAL.
7	#*2255#	Call Failed.
8	#*2256#	Calibration info? (For CMD set DEBUGAUTONOMY in cihard.opt)
9	#*22671#	AMR REC START.
10	#*22672#	Stop AMR REC. (File name: /a/multimedia/ sounds/voice list/ENGMODE.amr)

Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-i9100) – Shortcuts & Tips

Tips and stuff you won’t find in the manual, collected from the xda-developers forum, personal experimentation and other sources. Please use only tips you understand – if you don’t know what a factory reset means, you do not want to find out :)

Explanation

• “Pinch” means using 2 fingers to zoom in our out (Google this if you don’t know the word :)
• The buttons are depicted here:
  

User interface

• Scrolling:
  - Use two fingers to scroll until fingers are released.
  - Use three fingers to scroll fast until top/bottom.
• Phone wake up: Via home or power.
• Hold menu: Quick access Android search.
• Dobule click home: Quick access voice commands.
• Screenshot: Press home and power simultaneously. Screenshots are saved in/sdcard/ScreenCapture/

Home screen

• Multiple home screens: Touch the dots to switch directly to a screen or hold and drag left/right to scroll very fast.
• Changing shortcuts at the bottom: Click „Applications“ (bottom right), then menu, click „Edit“: Now change the three (left) icons via drag & drop. Afterwards click menu and choose „Save..“.
• Quick brightness change: Hold the notification bar (on the top) and drag left/right to modify brightness (if not set to auto).
• Pinch home screen to view all home screens and add/delete them.
• Pinch application screen to view all application screens and reoder them.
• Set background image for lock screen: When changing your desktop background image, there are two buttons, choose the right one (smaller area) and save. Now you‘ll be asked to use this image for the lockscreen too.

Android Apps

• E-Mail: Pinch in the overview list to fold/unfold by date.
• E-Mail: Click longer on a date (either the sent date or a date in the email text): Create a new calendar event for this date.
• Contacts: Drag left over a contact to send SMS, drag right to call
• Keypad: Use the letters on number keys to type a name, the triangle on the right shows how many matching contacts are found, clicking on it reveals them.
• Camera: Change shortcut buttons by clicking menu, “Edit”, then modify shortcut buttons via drag&drop.
• Camera: Pinch to zoom in/out.
• Browser: Pinch to view all tabs/windows.
• Browser: Go to “about:debug” via address bar. Now you have additional options when pressing the menu (at the bottom)
• Browser: Go to “about:useragent” via address bar. Now you can modify the user agent string.
• Video player: Drag left/right to Fast forward/Rewind
• Video player: Power locks/unlocks the screen
• Calendar: Pinch in month view to get an overview, swipe left/right to change the year.
• Easter egg from Google: Go to preferences, about phone, click some times on “Android Version” (try multiple times)

Forum link: Feature discoveries – xda-developers

Factory reset (Everything is deleted!)

Via these three ways:

• Turn phone off, press and hold: Volume Up + Home + Power. Use volume keys to navigate up/down, home key to execute.
• Via dialer: Enter *2767*3855#
• Menu: Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset.

Codes (enter via Keypad, the ones below work for me)

*#0*# LCD Screen test
*#06# Show IMEI Number
*#2222# HW Version
*#1234# Phone info
*#34971539# Camera Firmware
*#9900# Sysdump (Logfiles etc.)
*#0228# Battery diagnostics
*#7284# Phone utility
*#7353# Function testing
*#9090# Service Mode
*#*#197328640#*#* Service Mode Menu
*2767*3855# Factory Reset (not tested.. :)

Google Android Tips and Tools: Secret Code Android Phone (www.drmobiles.co.nz) Repair, Unlock

**WARNING***
This posting is meant for leisure reading and academic research purpose only.  Alterning your Google Andriod smartphone might harm your phone or void any warranty!  Pleasek, do so be adviced!
This information is intended for experienced users. Not intended for basic users, hackers, or steal mobile phones. Please do not try any of the following methods if you are not familiar with mobile phone secret codes. Amateur-person will not be liable for the use or misuse of this information, including data loss or hardware damage. Thus, the risk is yours alone.
Here's the hidden secret code that can be used on the Google Android mobile phone, access to things that are not accessible by default.
Information about phone and battery
* # * # 4636 # * # *
This suggests the following four on-screen menu:
* Phone Information
* Battery information
* History of Batteries
* Usage Statistics
Reset the data such as origin
* # * # 7780 # * # *
This will remove the following:
* Google account settings are stored in your phone
* System and application data and settings
* Applications that were Download
and will NOT delete:
* Current software systems and application packages
* Card SD files such as photos, music files, etc.
Note: Once you give this code, you get a prompt on the screen asking you to click on the button "Reset Phone". So you get a chance to cancel your surgery.
Format the original manufacturer
* 2767 * 3855 #
Think before you give this code. This will delete all files and settings, including internal memory storage. This will also reinstall the phone's firmware.
Note: Once you give this code, there is no way to cancel the operation unless you remove the battery from the phone. So think twice before giving this code.
Information about camera phones
* # * # 34971539 # * # *
This code shows the four following menu:
* Update the firmware of the camera in the picture (Do not try this option)
* Update the camera firmware in the SD card
* Get the camera firmware version
* Get count of firmware updates
WARNING: Do not use the first option is declared, the camera phone will stop working and you will need to take your phone to a service / shop to reinstall the firmware of the camera.
This code can be used to change the "End Call / Power"
* # * # 7594 # * # *
This code can be used to change the "End Call / Power" action on your phone keypad. So the default, if you press the button for a moment, it will show a screen that asks you to select options from the Silent mode, and Turn off Airplane mode phone.
You can change the action using this code. You can activate this power directly from the button so you do not have to waste your time in choosing the option.
Open a screen where copy files
* # * # 273 283 * 255 * 663 282 *#*#*

Service mode log
* # * # 197328640 # * # *
You can run various tests and setting changes in service mode.
Test Code: WLAN, GPS and Bluetooth
* # * # 232339 # * # * - test WLAN
* # * # 526 # * # * - test WLAN
* # * # 528 # * # * - test WLAN (Use the "Menu" to launch a variety of test)
* # * # 232338 # * # * - Displays the MAC address of the WiFi
* # * # 1472365 # * # * - GPS test
* # * # 1575 # * # * - another test GPS.
* # * # 232331 # * # * - Bluetooth test
* # * # 232337 # * # - Displays the Bluetooth address
Launch GTalk Service Monitor
* # * # 8255 # * # *
Code to get the firmware version information:
* # * # 4986 * 2650468 # * # * - PDA, Phone, H / W, RFCallDate
* # * # 1234 # * # * - PDA and Phone
* # * # 1111 # * # * - FTA SW Version
* # * # 2222 # * # * - FTA HW Version
* # * # 44336 # * # * - PDA, Phone, CSC, Build Time, Changelist number.
The code to launch various Factory Tests:
* # * # 0283 # * # * - Loopback packet
* # * # 0 *#*#* - LCD test
* # * # 0673 # * # * or * # * # 0289 # * # * - Melody test
* # * # 0842 # * # * - Device tests (Vibration, and Backlight test)
* # * # 2663 # * # * - Touch screen version
* # * # 2664 # * # * - Touch screen test
* # * # 0588 # * # * - Proximity sensor test
* # * # 3264 # * # * - RAM version
All the above code has been tested on Google Android phones Samsung Galaxy i7500 should also function on the Google Android mobile phone before others.

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Samsung Launches Galaxy S LCD Smartphone ("Samsung Unlock", "Galaxy Unlock", repair, Auckland)

Samsung has launched Galaxy S LCD, its latest Android smartphone, in the Indian market. Also known as GT-I9003, this phone is based on Android 2.2 Froyo.

This smartphone from Samsung features a 4 inch WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) resolution touchscreen made of Gorilla glass, a 5 mega pixel auto focus camera at the back of the phone, 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU, 4 GB of inbuilt memory which can be expanded up to 32 GB with an SD card, a graphics card, HSPA and video telephony. In addition, it has GPRS, WiFi, Bluetooth and EDGE and comes with a 1650 mAh battery which will allow users to enjoy more than six hours of talktime even in 3G mode.

Want to know the price of Galaxy S LCD? This smartphone costs around Rs. 25,000. However, it is available at just Rs. 20,500 at Letsbuy.com, the company’s official online sales partner.

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