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[Galaxy S II General] kr1pt:
I installed ICS which has no mass storage avaliable...
[Galaxy S II General] XDA_Mod:
Hi there,

I'm new as you can see, it is my first post I was doing what the noob video said (I found it very very funny (claps)) and well direct to the problem.

I've SGS2 GT-I9100 with 4 menu buttons, NO 3 as I've seen in every single video on YOUTUBE, I want to get into DOWNLOAD mode but I'm pressing the HOME + volume down + turn off/block button and I'm just booting it normally.

AGAIN, it has 4 buttons on the bottom part of the phone (they seem like be part of the screen, and not phisical ones. if you guys can help me to get into DOWNLOAD mode with my phone so I can root it, would be great.

(solved from a guide about download mode that I saw when I was about to create the topic)

Understand I'm a noob
[Galaxy S II General] vkr15:
I had a similar problem with Kies--but was 4th time lucky and managed to update to KL1. So try again.

I would also recommend to re install the usb driver before you update--go to program files on your pc--Samsung--kies--usb driver for mobile phones. Re install. Make sure you have the latest update of kies software.

Hope this helps.

vkr15
[Galaxy S II General] edgenet:
Hi,

I have a question regarding the keyboard. I flashed Bzekes ICS-ROM and love it. The only thing is that I'm Norwegian, and would like a Norwegian keyboard and dictionary. Does anyone know if its possible to install/add this to the stock ICS-keyboard, or will I have to find one in the market? If so, which one is best?

To clarify, I want the menus etc to be english, its just impractical to type message without the dictionary and norwegian/scandinavian layout.

Thanks for any response! :)
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Try any of these, Swype, Go Keyboard and SwiftKey X.

Communicated using an SGS2 droid with XDA premium neurotransmitter while DJ'ing on the Enterprise.
[Galaxy S II General] edgenet:
As is customary, I tried the latter. Looks excellent, wonderful to setup and works properly good.

Thanks a million for a quick and helpful response! :)
[Galaxy S II General] celerysoft:
Its helpful, thx
[Galaxy S II General] droid_for_life:
N00b Question

Dear,

Thanks for such details information;

I m new to android: I have SGS2 with kernel version XWKE7

What I want

-> AOSP / Custom ROM (4.0.3) any available

What I have done

-> Rooted (Odin Method)

-> Titanium Backup .. Done

-> CWM Backup (Complete)

Question

Which Roms i can Flash with

for example... can i flash with following titles [ROM][XWLA4]

I am confused with Kernel version for flashing given in titles.

I am sorry, i have gone through some very lengthy guides on XDA which helped me so far but i m now confused for flashing.

Thanks to XDA Members/Guides for All the help so far.
[Galaxy S II General] Kaffee4Eck:
Kernel Version so i think are only required for stock rom with the name XX... XW... And and and... For custom roms with Android 2.3.x use Neak,Redpill,Siyah(My Fav)... For ICS 4.0.x use the Kernel from the archiv... Or try siyahs Beta Kernel for ICS

Only what u need is to flash a rom for ur Device I9100,I9100G and and and... XD there are so many roms..

If u have I9100 (international) try Checkrom Revo HD or Hyperdroid or RGUI NDT MIUI
[Galaxy S II General] ady_blade1978:
i need to know...

can anyone tell if i can delete the content of Android/data folder,whithout damage something,or i have to let all that stuff inside the folder.What are all things from there...
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Its a bit off topic asking that here but yeah that folder contains stored data by your Android apps. So if you delete it you might loose some in-game progress or settings for another app.

Logged using an SGS2 type droid while exploring CheckROM V6 quadrant on a research & rescue operation.......
[Galaxy S II General] ady_blade1978:
thank you

thank you for the answer geko95gek
[Galaxy S II General] tayandroid:
I just finished rooting my phone. But a caution logo appears during reboot process

How coul I remove it?
[Galaxy S II General] franki_667:
Search for triangle away in the market. It apparently resets ur counter also
[Galaxy S II General] gkoylu:
How to I remove VK--Translucent status bar from VK-custom rom
[Galaxy S II General] Aristotelis Nikolaou:
question about galaxy s 2

My phone keeps locking and unlocking by its self all the time? What am i supposed to do?
[Galaxy S II General] saywhatt:
hey guys, i'm a total noob on this galaxy s2 thing.. i just bought this phone an hour ago.. i was on galaxy s (sold it) and used to do flashes and custom roms and etc.. but i have a question, what firmware is the best for i9100? specifically the one with great battery and performance, by then i can flash it it would be great if you guys could help me out on this.. i've been reading looots of articles and found nothing -.- help?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Replied to you in the Philippines SGS2 thread.

Sent from my beastly GT-I9100, running the latest CM9 Nightly and using ICS Inverted Tapatalk 2. Boooya!!
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Quick root question, id like the crt effect and was wondering,would i be able to root, sort out the crt part then un root straight away but keep the effect!?

Jet me know!

Jr

sent via this forum to your face
[Galaxy S II General] jojic88:
try out Resurrection http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1436854

;)
[Galaxy S II General] Zerostress:
think yes cuz the crt effect change/add files to the system partion but why you wanna unroot? you can remove the triangle on start and no people would see that the phone is rootet ;) only the cwm app is a little strange at this point ;)

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] Zerostress:
Check the Ressurection rom 1.9.1 if you wanna ICS ROM with absolutly awesome features ;) i love the ROM and the Kernel is atm Shiha the newest one but you can flash the fluuxi kernel which in the rom thread posted ;)

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] saywhatt:
Thanks guys ^^
[Galaxy S II General] iAnoop:
Is camera glass pron to scratches or it is scratch proof as screen??

some of you guys who are using galaxy s2 saying that they are using phone since one year and screen is scratch proof because it is Gorilla Glass.

I just want to know if camera glass also durable?:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Well, I have had the phone since June last year and faced no issues with the lens.

It's not as durable as the screen and it can scratch and crack so it's best to get a gelli case for the phone.

;)
[Galaxy S II General] a67q:
is there any way to make a screenshot on s2? i am on xxlpw firmware.

tnx
[Galaxy S II General] bojanmil:
Press in same time "volume down" and "power" buttons.
[Galaxy S II General] :
Hold the volume down + home button for more than 2 seconds.
[Galaxy S II General] plato79:
system partition

Is there any way to increase system partition size ( to install additional system software )
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
No, delete some stuff you're not using.
[Galaxy S II General] Milkman12:
How can I set up the lockscreen time without any other app?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Press down the power button till the menu comes up, then press the camera icon or screenshot... whichever you have.
[Galaxy S II General] jebuchanan:
Curious. I tested ICS LPD Rom and , using CWM I restored back to GB 2.3.6.

My kernel was xxkl1. Now it is xxlpw.

Haven't fully tested wife but everything seems to be running ok.

I am at a loss to explain the kernel change.

At least the yellow triangle issue didn't come back after removing it while on an ICS Rom.
[Galaxy S II General] jebuchanan:
Damn spell checker. I meant wifi, not wife. Apologies people.
[Galaxy S II General] jebuchanan:
Wish this app allowed edit. I think I meant modem/baseband. Not kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] :
You can download the XXKL1 modem here

Just download the modem and reflash it.
[Galaxy S II General] jebuchanan:
Thank you.

Done
[Galaxy S II General] IvanKurnia:
hi there, I'm from Galaxy W and S III Mini forum here, want to flash/upgrade my friend's phone to 4.1.2 stock..

I wanna ask,

- if we want to upgrade TO 4.1.2 FROM 2.3.6, do we need to change the bootloader?

- will the bootscreen shows the yellow triangle after flashing stock rom?

- currently, 4.1.2 haven't made yet for my country, so I decided to use the "NEE" (Nordic Countries ROM). will it safe or compatible for Indonesian ROM? because I heard that in some countries, the S II's hardware is different in some country, like in HK, use the Tegra 2, is the codename different? I mean different, not GT-I9100? but I believe the South East Asia version is using the international version of S II (GT-I9100) and using Exynos processor..

for baseband and region, I didn't too care, because we still can connect the internet by just changing the APN setting manually.

Anyway THANKS.. :)
[Galaxy S II General] bielefeldseineperle:
sorry wrong thread
[Galaxy S II General] floyd0815:
@pulser_g2

BIG THX for the "Any other cool tricks?" section!

One more: (sorry if it's already known, haven't found anything and I'm coming from an HTC Desire...)

If you long-press the homescreen-position-points (also in app-drawer) they become a scrollbar for fast and smooth scrolling!

Best regards!
[Galaxy S II General] turborider:
did anyone notice that Galaxy S2 comes with Touchwiz 3.0 and not Touchwiz 4.0? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14039927#post14039927 thats strange :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] delitero:
Any way to recalibrate the battery without having root?
[Galaxy S II General] nnik_1969:
I think that without root you can do nothing like that.
[Galaxy S II General] vampyren:
Thanks for the step by step :) i'm waiting for my SGII but i save these steps for when i get it. Just wondering if this activation is possible on OSX?
[Galaxy S II General] viva.fidel:
In the contacts app, what does the "Merge with google" button actually do? I'm scare of pressing it because I have 8 google contacts and 120 phone contacts and I prefer it that way.. but would still like to know what happens
[Galaxy S II General] Fensy:
Go to settings > Wireless and network > Wi-Fi Settings > Advanced > Wi-Fi sleep policy , then just change the setting there and you are all set :)
[Galaxy S II General] Adeiko:
It transfers the sim contacts to the google account, at least it did that to me.
[Galaxy S II General] willstay:
Double click to unlock screen?

Is there any app or settings that can not only power but unlock the screen as well by double clicking home button? (like in HTC Hero, double clicking Menu unlocks the screen).
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
I have WidgetLocker Lockscreen installed.

If you then chose to shut WidgetLocker down before powering off when you next press the Home button it will automatically wake the phone and take you directly to the last Home page you were on.
[Galaxy S II General] grayh0und:
Renaming the boot music file works, much better now. It always annoyed me, because it was so loud.
[Galaxy S II General] Flash_Gordon:
Turn Over does not Mute Incoming....

Anybody checked the settings and still found when turning the phone face down it still receives and does NOT mute incoming calls?

From the manual.....

Turn over: Set to mute incoming calls, alarms, music, and the FM radio by placing the device face down.

Edit: Or is it the actual act of "turning over" during incoming calls, that mutes the ring?
[Galaxy S II General] saveferris:
Your edit is correct when the phone starts ringing...if you then place the phone face down it mutes the ringtone or ultimately if your press the volume down button it does the exact same thing.
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
I'd like to note with the comment on NFC:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13760704#post13760704

As far as I know Korean phones are the ONLY models with NFC built into their hardware as opposed to just a passive thing on the SIM card, they also have the passive one on the SIM card anyway.

I'm assuming Samsung meant all models worldwide (OUTSIDE of Korea) which would mean the only way for NFC to get into S2's outside of Korea would be through a SIM card.

Notice how thick the M250L is, hahahaha
[Galaxy S II General] njay22:
NFC is coming to UK next month

http://www.3mobileshop.co.uk/blog/index.php/a-new-samsung-galaxy-s2-with-nfc-chip/
[Galaxy S II General] njay22:
one thing I REALLY miss in this phone is a missed call light indicator; also a light indicator to indicate level of charge and that phone is charging is missing

such a simple thing

also the loud speaker is not loud at all

and I have dropped the phone twice in a week; never dropped a smart phone ever before in my life!! The phone is really big and needs two hands for operations even for a giant like me
[Galaxy S II General] valdigre:
If you need both hands to operate the phone than you're not giant at all :P

I have medium hands and i have no problems with using the phone one hand, the trickiest part was taking it out of the pocket but the problem was solved by investing in a silicone cover.
[Galaxy S II General] poults:
Is there anyway that i can turn off the vibrate when i press the keys?
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Menu Settings/Sound/Feedback untick Haptic Feedback.
[Galaxy S II General] poults:
Thanks. I was searching for haptic feedback but didnt think it would be under sounds.
[Galaxy S II General] rantzzz:
Is the current method to root the phone in the "AND THERE WAS ROOT! Guide" thread specific only for Exynos handsets? Can it be applied to Tegra handsets?

Also in the future, when more custom roms are released, are these roms going to be processor specific? Like Exynos roms for exynos handsets, tegra for tegra?
[Galaxy S II General] luun:
Hello.

Dunno if this has been asked here yet.

Got my SGS2 yesterday and i feel that it is a bit "laggy" to be this dualcore phone.

I have only 2 homescreen's and switching between them even seems a bit jiggery.

On screen 1 i have just the clock and some some shortcuts, screen 2 i have the large original calender widget.

And when pressing the powerbutton to activate the unlock screen, when screne is off the homescreen apperas rly fast before the unlockscreen :/

Is this normal, or have i missed some tweak somewhere..

My firmware is KE2 and its the newest that i can see, here in Finland. I have not rooted my phone.

I watched i guess all the most popular SGS2 reviwes from youtube before i got this to replace my iPhone4, and SGS2 seemed so snappy on those videos.. but this my phone seems a tiny bit laggy compared to those.

Any ideas ?

Best Regards /Patrik.
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Patrik,

A phone as new as that and with so little running on it, it should be flying.

Try downloading the app Quadrant from the market and doing a speed test then come back with your figures.

Do the test at least three times to get a more accurate speed.
[Galaxy S II General] luun:
Thx for the quick reply.

I did run quadrant 4 times in a row; 3200, 3600, 3500 and 3700 was the scores. Free RAM while benchmarking was. about 400 of 800Mb
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Well, there's certainly nothing causing it to slow down there....

You could try installing Powertutor from the market.It will show you what applications are eating into the processor.

But..... I doubt if we are going to get to why the phone is being 'laggy' at the moment.

Further investigation I think is required.
[Galaxy S II General] luun:
Installed powertutor.

The two main CPU users are System and Wifi-sharing both use about 40%

Other apps are under 10%, kernel and live wallpaper, so nothing there

What about that wifi sharing, ive been reading that there might be some problems with that some bug ?

Im not even using WIFI or have it on. And still that wifi-sharing is using my CPU around 40%.. :/ Anyway to turn it off ?
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
If I remember correct the update from KE1 rectifies this.

Unfortunately I have not been following this story so can not comment accurately.

I do know it has been discussed on the forum.

I can't do it for you as I am out at the moment so don't have the time but try searching on xda-devs in the SGS2 section for wifi sharing and see what you get.

Regardless keep us informed.... I will be away now for several hours but will look back in to see if you have posted any further details.
[Galaxy S II General] Dark_Lord0122:
Thanks

Hello,

thanks for the FAQs its going to be really helpful to me as soon as i get my phone from handtec tomorrow :)

off topic :yay my first post on the forum xD
[Galaxy S II General] beverpower:
Slow phone

Well.. it's not slow compared to other phones. But compared with other GS II, it's a bit slow!

Tested Quadrant Standard 6 times in a row, and got as low as 2456. Best score was 2572!

Heard that some had problems with their micro SD-card, and that the phone was slower because of that. So i unmounted my card and started the phone without!

Quadrant "back to" almost 3200 (best score), but still a bit lower then others..

First of all!! Is the quadrant score, without the card, so low that something might be wrong?!

Second.. Do I have to change my SD-card, or is there something i could do? Got an 16GB Transcend class 6-card!
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Your card 'may' be defective.... Do you have another card (doesn't matter what memory size or Class it is) to test against your Transcend?
[Galaxy S II General] beverpower:
Got another card! Testing it out very soon..

Thanks for the quick reply, btw:)
[Galaxy S II General] beverpower:
Tested the phone with a sony 8GB-card, and the quadrant score was almost the same as the transcend card- both card was formated befor the "test"!

I got the highest score (3496) with the transcend card, newly formated..

But the ting is.. The phone became slower after about one and a half week! And in that period, the card wasn't used that much! Just transfered and watched a couple of .mkv files- thats it!

Guess I have to use the sony card for a while.. and se if it realy are the transcend's fault! Cause it seem to work just fine after a format and with the computers at home!

If you got any other advice, please do share;)
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Reading this I don't think it is the card or reader which is slowing down the phone.

What I did notice though from your post was you mention the phone started to slow down after a week and a half of using the device ~ This actually is quite normal. As you use your device you open things up, close things down, alter settings, add and delete new apps, add data, download data for the apps and so on..... All of this plays a big part in slowing the phone down.

The only time it should become a concern is when the phone becomes that slow it makes using the device cumbersome or difficult.

Updating the phone can improve the speed especially if some of the updates address known issues.

Currently we have had KE1 (the stock ROM), KE2 & KE7.

Although KE7 is the latest it has been found that it causes issues especially in battery performance.

A lot of users who updated their phones to KE7 went back to KE2.

Also, Google reported on Twitter there is an issue with Android 2.3.2 in that battery consumption is high for dualcore CPU. Issue will be solved in 2.3.4. Affected all 2xcore.

Now I know this is not what you are asking but the point being is when we eventually get v2.3.4 it should address quite a few issues that Gingerbread is having, including how Android interacts with the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] beverpower:
Thank you for an informative post!

Got KE2, and will not rush to update to KE7 when it finaly come to my country!

My concern now, is the quadrant score. It has bin as low as 2467 (even lower, can't remeber), after about 10-11 days.

What will happend after several months?! Even lower scores?

I know of course that quadrant score isn't everything.. but it's an indication! And I don't like it when the phone gets slower and slower;)
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
You will notice the phone slows down further over a period of time (this will happen with any phone as it gets used over and over again) but not to the determent of it being unresponsive.

Once it gets to this stage it should not slow any further....

You then have a choice:-

1. Continue at the speed it operates knowing it should not get any slower.

2. Factory Reset to clear out all the files and other settings that are slowing the phone down.

I basically Factory Reset every so often, normally just before an update or periodically to keep the phone in prime working order.
[Galaxy S II General] Ayers976:
Could this get added to the front FAQ? Had I ran across this post 2 days ago, it would have saved me a lot of pain. Searches never really talked about the path that the SD card gets mounted onto. And apparently it varies between devices.

Maybe this is common knowledge for regular Android users...

Also can we add the hidden menu codes? esp the LCD testing

Thanks so much for all the information! Been lurking awhile since I decided to get the SGS2, and am so glad I did!
[Galaxy S II General] beWater:
had this weird problem last night, my screen didn't trun off for some unknown reasons.....

When I woke up this morning, my phone was next to me with the screen on and the message box "battery low" displayed. Firstly I thought it was just a coinstance (woke up at the same time battery low message box poped up), However the low battery life could not be explained because I had ~40% before I slept.

With curiosity, I checked the battery use status. The battery was clearly drained heavily during the sleep (part with the steep yellow and red lines), and my phone was fully awake during the whole period (indicated by the awake bar below the graph)...

Cannot confirm the cause and I will try to test again when my battery level is low again, but has anyone come across similar problems?:confused::confused:

Rooted UK version i9100, Firmware is KE7.:)

(P.S. with KE7, I do notice "Android system" and "Android OS" eating quite a lot of battery, they are usually the 2nd and 3rd place right after display)
[Galaxy S II General] surfbabe:
SMS conversation mode

Is there any way of changing the sms screen so it is not in conversation mode it drives me mad! Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] mrcd:
*bewater* is damaged screen try new replacement lcd!

helped its good to thanks me yes? :D
[Galaxy S II General] Julian1984:
Hi!

I would like to ask if it's possible to unlock (SimLock) the phone via software...

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] puremind:
We will need an app to reasign hard buttons as needed:

double tap home screen: call, GoSMS, unlock screen, Voice Commander

short press power button (currently goes back to home screen): call camera, take a picture

long press home screen (currently calls up task manager): call, GoSMS, Voice Commander

long press menu button (currently call up google search):....

long press return menu (currently does nothing):...

There are many possibilities, and an app to reassign buttons would be really beneficial
[Galaxy S II General] puremind:
Hi Patrick

I had the same with my phone, compared to my earlier HTC Touch HD2. My Touch HD2 running a custom android ROM felt more responsive, even down to the browser.

I installed Angelo 1.4 custom ROM on my phone, and even in Touch Wizz scrolling is now very smooth (and in Launcher Pro even a tad faster).

One thing to note is that some operations can cause slow downs in the first few hours of operation:

synchronizing large contact lists (but that's more true in HTC Sense I guess)

synchronizing apps (Google Market will download previously installed apps, this can cause lags)

indexing huge media galleries, especially on slower SD cards

One thing that I think the jernisness may be due is the slow database writes (low scores in quadrant), as this is the main factor changing between stock ROM and custom ROM for me.
[Galaxy S II General] snax001:
great FAQ, thanks