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[Galaxy S II General] androidloverzz123:
I wanted to know if installing ROMs wipe your device
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
It depends on the ROM.

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[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
What will factory reset do? Will it erase my data? The on my memory? It says it will delete data on my internal memory. Internal memory is the 2gb or the 11gb something one?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
It will delete your apps, settings, ROM. It will not touch the stuff you have on internal SD.

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[Galaxy S II General] rebecker:
Fully Charged Message

Do I really have to disconnect the charger when I hit 100%, per the message? I've always kept my phones plugged in when I am near the charger to insure 100% battery charge when I'm away from a charge opportunity.

-Bob-
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
You don't have to disconnect it, I like to keep my phone plugged in as well if I'm near a charger.

Although I have to say its not very good for battery to be kept at 4100-4200mV constantly.
[Galaxy S II General] vaxxx:
Nice post

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] ikaoivan:
Hi,

I have a little problem..when I on my phone go read my mail and when I wanna download some material in Word it doesn't want to download it..what is solution?
[Galaxy S II General] nahka:
I have problem when I'm trying boot to Clockwork recovery mode. But it gives me this error

-- Install from package...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

E: signature verification failed

I downloaded MIUI rom from ROM manager, then checked "wipe data, cache and reboot to recovery" and it gave me this error. So what to do?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
You haven't flashed the zImage from your Rooted kernel via CWM.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] nahka:
Neverheard of that... Could you give me some instructions to it?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
You just extract the zImage from your rooted kernel, you will get a zImage file when you extract the .tar file of your rooted kernel. Then copy it to your SD card, open CWM, Flash Kernel and select that file, Done.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] nahka:
Cant see the Flash Kernel option in CWM. Or do I do that in ODIN?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Oops. What are the options in CWM, isn't there anything related Kernel? NO, not in Odin.
[Galaxy S II General] nahka:
Nothing related to kernel :C
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
What version of CWM are you using?

What are the options there? Scroll Down, see all of them.
[Galaxy S II General] nahka:
Latest version v.4.3.3.0

And the only options there is

Flash CWM Recovery (Flashed latest recovery v4.0.1.5),

Reboot in Recovery,

Install Rom from SD card,

Download ROM,

Check for ROM Updates,

Install from QR Code,

Manage and Restore Backups,

Backup Current Rom,

Fix Permissions,

Partition SD Card,

Flash Alternative Recovery (greyed out)

All ClockworkMod Recoveries
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Weird. There is no Flash Update option too! I am talking about CWM, the software which automatically gets installed after rooting with Chainfire kernel, are you seeing the same software?
[Galaxy S II General] nahka:
I rooted With S2 root - Superoneclick root
[Galaxy S II General] dkimmortal:
thanks for the FAQ! didn't know about the brightness control upon long press of the notification bar :D

Noob Need: Idiot's guide to rooting

Main reason: I see huge battery save from some people, right now I am only getting 10~hours or so with barely using the phone :( Other than that I don't really see any reason for rooting (where can I read up on the advantages of rooting (yes NOOB question once again) ?

So first you have to change your kernel... (root) and then you can choose whatever custom rom you want? Is that how it works?

ANd if my phone breaks down...flashing with Odin KH3 has already voided my warranty :? Cause after that i read about how they count the number of flashes lol..noob.

USB Jig... Ill just buy it, if I can~ Noob way :D

Thanks for listening...please do reply :)
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
You know it all.

As long as you are on Official Stock firmware warranty is there. Yes, Jig will help you to reset the ROM counter.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] nahka:
lil' help?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
I have on idea about Super One click method. Why don't you root with Chainfire kernel? The process is very easy. You can read his thread.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] nahka:
Im gonna try that, if Superoneclick -root method, don't have any choice to fit the recovery problem. Thanks still! Im gonna root with CF-Root and then check if it works, if not then I will use your quide :D
[Galaxy S II General] zzkonzz:
Guys dont panic, rooting the sgs2 is heaps easier than most other phones out there.
[Galaxy S II General] zzkonzz:
I got my hands on my first ever android phones 6 weeks ago

motorola milestone 2, htc incredible s & Samsung gsg2. and after reading the forums on xda managed to root all 3 phones.

the gsg2 was by far the easiest and user friendly, In fact as a device and ease of customization it leaves the other 2 phones for dead.
[Galaxy S II General] hi5ive:
hi

im new to xda

and i currently have samsung s2

i wanna know whats the benefit of flashing ROM and root?

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Root is an option which will allow you Administrative access to the device, thus you will be able to modify the system files. It's a simple process and a must IMO.

On the other hand, Custom ROM's are a modified version of Stock ROM's, they remove the hindrances/bugs of a Stock ROM but at the same time they have their own glitch. So if you are not so crazy about them I'd advice you to stick with Stock ROM's.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] android_888:
Hi,

does anyone know how to download from browser some files such .doc or .xls files?I have installed on phone Office Suite but doesn't help..When I read my mail from GS2 and recieve something in .doc format it could not be downloaded like on computer..what is solution?
[Galaxy S II General] Chef_Tony:
there is an app on the market called "download all files", it will sort that out for you.
[Galaxy S II General] android_888:
Yeah,I tried..also app Download Buddy...same happens..when I click on document to download it starts but it takes hole age..and it downloads and downloads..but nothing happens..it it is size of 550 kB..it's impossible to download such long..I tried with Opera browser and it downloads in a moment..but still stay question how with stock browser..
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Use Opera, it downloads almost everything.
[Galaxy S II General] nmsraider:
yeah +1 if your unsure what you are doing i would read read and read all the answers are here in the forums, i personaly think it is a must but you have to be prepared for something to not be right as these custom roms are not fully tested and working releases, they are modified.... what works for for doesnt for another.
[Galaxy S II General] nobleskill:
Another solution that doesn't require root and seems to work on Galaxy "class" devices... heh couldn't resist ...

Have the toggle for vibration alert set to- well- vibrate from the notification drop down and it won't make a peep as its booting, shutting down ect. Works on ; i9000+i9100t and also my p1000. All running GB stock based custom ROMS.

Sent from my GT-I9100T
[Galaxy S II General] binhozao:
Hi.

Cant run Sprinkle at my GS2 + chainfire. Aplicatino closes after loading.

Since I cant post at CHF3D thread, im asking at here.

Any idea on how to fix that?
[Galaxy S II General] coolbuddyin:
Is there any appilication that allows complete back up to sd card or pc and restore the same including settings , call logs, messages etc on Unrooted Galaxy s2

most backup applications require root, anyone has knowledge of doing this backup thing without root
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Well for Call Logs, Contacts, SMS, Photos, Videos, Music etc Kies does the job fine.
[Galaxy S II General] Sheldon.mathews:
Exchange EMAIL HTML

Team,

Please can some one tell if SGS2 support html format for exchange emails like HTC Sensation
[Galaxy S II General] Dist4rbed:
Regarding memory on SGSII

Guys iam New to this forum and new to android i had apple iphone 4 32gb and now the SGSII.

My question is is there anyway to install apps on External memory card not (Sd card internel) not on the 16gb available on the device , it should be way to do this .

That is my only problem so far i learn fast .

Thanks in advance . :D
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Search in market as App2SD.
[Galaxy S II General] Dist4rbed:
I knew it am gonna get this answer search the android markt for app2sd .

If you read my post i wrote it specialy like this not (sd card internal memory )

External memory card the one you can mount it to the device and unmount it .

The one you can take it out of the device not the mass memory/storage !

So app2sd wont help
[Galaxy S II General] BrandoHD:
Never heard of anyone doing that, or wanting to do that....
[Galaxy S II General] sandeep10:
Why would you want to do that? Forsake fast internal memory for slower external SD card?
[Galaxy S II General] albert12:
Saving an email messgage on the phone?

Is it possible to save an incoming message to an predefined folder? If I select "options" on my phone I only have the choice to move the message to the waste bin or to an other account?
[Galaxy S II General] speculatrix:
Another question for the FAQ: when will Ice Cream Sandwich be available?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1249744

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] johsting:
What?? :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Really not a clever question but what the hell lol

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[Galaxy S II General] blazer17147:
Help my stock browser didn't work

Guys really need help, my stock browser stopped to work this morning,i don't know why,i just used my phone to shared wifi connection for 5 hours. After teethered,i shut it off and leave it charged all night long. Any suggestion how to fix it or uninstall and then install it again? Thank you for your kind help
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
That's weird, so what happens when you try to open the browser?

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[Galaxy S II General] DeHann:
Well, I just got my new SGS II and noticed that on both the stock Bell firmware (KG3) and the most recent KH3 that the messaging app stays open (as per the Program Monitor widget). I have searched without finding any result. Anyone else notice this and / or have a fix?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
I haven't had that issue.

If you want to can always kill it with something like super manager from the market. Although I wouldn't expect it to drain to much battery.

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[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
You should be able to kill running apps straight from Settings/Applications/Running Services.

Tap on a running item and select Stop.

Also there is Settings/Applications/Battery Usage

Again tap on an item and select Force Stop
[Galaxy S II General] jerome.d:
Where's TWlauncher?

I have problems with my apps ordering in the grid menu (they keep changing when I reboot). I wanted to try and wipe twlauncher data but I cannot find any app named "twlauncher" (I only have twWallPaperChooser).

Do any of you know what application corresponds to twlauncher in the app list?
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Go to Settings/Applications/Manage Applications and select the 'All' tab.

Scroll down and you will find TWLauncher showing.

If however you tried

Settings/Applications/Memory Usage

Again you are on the 'All tab.

Scroll down and TWLauncher will not show.
[Galaxy S II General] jerome.d:
I tried these, of course, but TWLauncher does not show.

I am on stock KH3 with CF-Root kernel (was the same on KG6). TWLauncher should be my launcher, isn't it?
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
That is strange.... I'm on a stock ROM and it shows on mine.

and yes, TWLauncher is your launcher.

I'll have another look when I have some more free time.
[Galaxy S II General] ikaoivan:
Hello,can anyone explain what is ''wake lock''?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
See here.

Basically you can keep the screen on or have the CPU running when in Standby mode.

i.e. You are playing a song but when the screen went off the song stopped playing.

Using a Wake-Lock you can keep the device on and turn the screen off.
[Galaxy S II General] esbakar:
is it safe to charge the hand-phone in on condition ?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Yes totally safe, saying that though it does seem to charge faster when its turned off.

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[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
As above mentions, it is totally safe.... Otherwise you wouldn't be able to use the phone for GPS navigation in a car (the phone needs to be on and with some form of charge, otherwise it would drain rather quickly).

The only effect you would notice is the battery working hotter than normal but still within tolerances.
[Galaxy S II General] DeHann:
I really recommend using TWLaucher 4.5 which is available from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1061883

Another suggestion is an application called AppZorter which sorts your applications.
[Galaxy S II General] jerome.d:
Thanks, I'll take a look at that. Anyway, I made several tests and things are quite strange.

I went to /data/data/com.sec.android.app.twlauncher/database/launcher.db, where the order of apps in the menu is stored, and I tried several things: rename this file as ".bak" (so that twlauncher shouldn't find it and shouldn't properly order my apps), leave it but add the "rw" permissions for everyone, etc etc.

Whatever I do, when I try to re-order my apps, launcher.db seems modified (if I trust the date of modification given by ESExplorer) but when I re-launch twlauncher (e.g. by changing the language setting), the apps in my menu re-appear in some order that seems to correspond to some old order (it is not alphabetical neither in the order of installation) and launcher.db is modified again.

I would like to avoid installing a third-party application just for this problem of ordering (I'd like to understand where it comes from) and I would like to avoid doing a factory reset (I tried to wipe cache and dalvik-cache, seems to do nothing...).
[Galaxy S II General] jerome.d:
I've spent one hour making a bunch of apps manipulations between the pages of my menu, and things are completely incomprehensible. Some apps seems to accept (after a twlauncher re-launch) to stay on some pages, whereas some apps refuse to stay on some pages!

And it seems random: it's not only affecting the apps I installed, but also stock apps...
[Galaxy S II General] jujuburi:
Nice thread.
[Galaxy S II General] ozzalbatrozz:
Indeed!

And dont you just love the rule that you have to make 10 posts before posting in the forums you want? Thats absolutely not why I post this.
[Galaxy S II General] jdonk:
Villain questions?

Hi there, new to the forum, hopefully this is the right place for my questions.

I am running Villain Rom 2.4.2

XXKH3-Baseband

Ninphetamine 2.1.3

My question(s) are.

#1-I can still record video, just can't playback on phone anymore.

#2-When pressing the power button I still have the original menu, no options for recovery, reboot, download.

#3-When the screen turns off it has kind of an old CRT television effect. Screen collapses quickly, into a thin white, horizontal line before going black.

My wifes phone with Villain 2.3.0, Ninphetamine 2.0.5 and KG6 baseband exhibits none of these issues.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Joel.
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Probably would have been more helpful for you to ask these questions in the VillainROM thread.

Anyways, sounds like your have installed some tweak for the crt animation.

Video works fine here and the advanced power menu that your want is a separate mod you need to instal via vrtweaks app.

All in all, sounds like you haven't read the VillainROM thread at all... I suggest you do that after reading this. Unless you want people to start flaming you and saying that

you are a noob who should read more.

:)

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[Galaxy S II General] jdonk:
Thanks for the response, and yeah about 2 secs after I submitted I realized it should've been posted in the the VillainROM thread (started out as a video question, turned into something more, blah, blah, blah, wadda ya gonna do?)

As far as reading the VillainROM thread, I'm not gonna lie to you, I didn't read all 10,000 posts of the original, but I definitely spent some time there, its how I decided to go with that ROM in particular.

Good to know the "crt" thing is a tweak, its a neat effect. It's just kinda strange since I didn't install it, nor did I have the option too. My Villain tweaks app only shows the 2.4 options, crt and advanced power menu not being among them. Rest assured I will do some more research before I ask where to find those.....

And last but not least I am a total noob, last time I owned a cell phone was 97'. Thanks for going easy on me.
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Everything is in the VillainROM thread, even a list of all tweaks available currently for all recent VillainROM releases.

As well as a list of all attachments to the thread.

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[Galaxy S II General] jdonk:
Thanks again. You guys have an amazing site.
[Galaxy S II General] jujuburi:
Query about Launchers!

Hi, I have a query regarding third party launchers like ADW, Launcher Pro Plus, Go Launcher etc. The thing is I've tried all of them but how on earth does someone set a wallpaper with this? Whichever picture I select of whatever resolution they become dull, hazy, overstretched. I've searched this forum and also google and seen that this issue is very common! But I can't believe it. I mean is there no way, a simple way I mean with which I will be able to select and use a normal wallpaper just like default TW Launcher?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] kwokwchoy:
Well you can turn off wallpaper scrolling.
[Galaxy S II General] jujuburi:
That doesn't help!
[Galaxy S II General] wasiimabbas:
learned quite a bit , thnx
[Galaxy S II General] betaruce:
thinking of getting one

is there any difference between the white and black version (besides the color :p)
[Galaxy S II General] rigger123:
Hello,

I was just wondering, if i follow the procedure in the following thread to debrand my SG2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1064894 will i get the yellow triangle at startup?

I only want to debrand to install the latest firmware without having to wait for my carrier to 'tinker' with it, i would not be installing any custom roms, if this helps?

Thank you for your time!
[Galaxy S II General] fred_up:
You only get the yellow triangle when you flash a custom kernel. Just follow the instructions, reread them again, and you'll be fine.

This will just take away the branding and Samsung and the phone will think that your phone is a HTC Stock phone (but still SIM locked to your mobile operator).

This also does not Root the mobile and the Custom Kernel Counter does not increase (ie to return it back for warrenty all you need to do is flash back the branded ROM).
[Galaxy S II General] jerome.d:
Well, I finally manage to understand where the data of TWLauncher are. In "settings->application->manage" this launcher is called "Accueil" (it's in French... but even if I change the langage the name of the app stays "Accueil"...). I could wipe its data.

Nonetheless this was in fact no longer necessary. In my experiments to solve my problem of apps sorting, I stumbled upon the alternative launchers and I am now running Go Launcher Ex, which I find much more pleasant than TWLauncher (at least, in Go Launcher, you can modify the dock etc.).
[Galaxy S II General] betaruce:
so is the white version any improvement/modification compared to the black one?
[Galaxy S II General] L00n:
is everybody have the yellow spot on the screen?
[Galaxy S II General] rigger123:
Thanks for clearing that up, i have just one more question. After i perform the debranding will i then be able to uninstall odin from my PC and use Kies to update as normal? and finally which authentic samsung UK firmware should i use? is the one in the first post of the debranding thread up to date? Thanks for your patience! I guess we all had to start somewhere
[Galaxy S II General] vibben:
I now that you could change one of the hardware button to take a pictue in the camera app,.. but i cant find det guide. Could someone post it for me, or say what do I have to search on..?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] bojanmil:
MMS retrieve

Hi folks!

My previous phone was HTC Wildfire S (stock Android 2.3.3) and I was able to receive and send MMS with data connection turned off. Simply, when I send MMS phone automatically turn on data connection. Same, when somebody send MMS to me, Wildfire S automatically turn on data connection and retrieve MMS.

Now I am using Samsung Galaxy S2. I have to keep data connection always on if I want to send and receive MMS. I don't want data connection to be always on because I haven't flat data plan. I tried Quick Setting app. It change APN for internet and keeps data connection always on (do not modify MMS settings). At this way I can use MMS normaly, but my battery drain for just 8 hours!

Is there any solution or back to an HTC is better for me?

Thanks in advance good people!

Best regards and sorry for my bad english.
[Galaxy S II General] gaurav.kabra:
nice work collating such data...:)
[Galaxy S II General] anjarys:
not anymore
[Galaxy S II General] fred_up:
Yes you can, if you want to, uninstall Odin. I debranded from T-Mobile UK KE3 to Samsung KE7. Using Kies, the phone went to KF3.

I have not checked recently, but KF3 was the latest European version.

During these times I rooted and rerooted, because I needed root accesss. The reason I had to reroot was becasue the KF3 ROM flashed over my root access. If you don't need root access,t hen you don't need to root. You don't need root access to debrand.

---------- Post added at 02:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:22 PM ----------

You could always press and hold the Power button - this will give you the option to activate/deactiveate the data connection.
[Galaxy S II General] BNAS:
SGS II I9100 International Unlocked???

I have the SGS I running cognition 4.3. Love it but want to upgrade to the SGS II. I was looking into purchasing the SGS II I9100 International Unlocked, online. I am on ATT. Will it work fine just putting my SIM card in the new phone? Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] bojanmil:
But I can't know when will somebody send MMS to me. Whether an app can automatically activate/deactivate data connection when I want to send MMS???
[Galaxy S II General] mihaicp:
@bojanmil I don't have this problem...my phone automatically connects when it has to receive a mms. The same thing applies when i send mms. Maybe it's a setting you miss.
[Galaxy S II General] chapin1177:
I want to play music on my blutooth?

Can anyone please help.
[Galaxy S II General] bojanmil:
My phone also automatically connects when "Use packet data" is ticked (Settings->Wireless and network->Mobile networks). But I want MMS with this option unchecked. On HTC and LG phones it works! Friend of mine have LG Optimus 3D and MMS works normally with this option unticked. Simply, phone automatically activate/deactivate data connection when needed.
[Galaxy S II General] Perperz:
Thanks, very useful.
[Galaxy S II General] bojanmil:
Stock Android messaging application

Hi there!

I have Samsung Galaxy S2. I want to remove Samsung's application for SMS/MMS and want install native (stock) messaging application from Gingerbread. Is ti possible and how?

Also, how to remove TouchWiz from my SGS2?

Thanks in advance!

Best wishes!
[Galaxy S II General] defender359:
Use Root Explorer to remove what you do not need.