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[Galaxy S II General] flogger:
Noise cancellation?

Are the stock Kernels ok? After root, put again the KE2 stock kernel that is on the first post, and I lost noise cancelation and noise cancelation menu....

Did this happened to anybody else??
[Galaxy S II General] xinfinityoO:
are you rooting KF1 ?? if so why are you sing the KE2 kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] Remcothebest:
Hi Intratech,

Is it possible to add XEN to the FrankenStein CSC?
[Galaxy S II General] turt:
Hi,

Has anyone safely flashed the Frankenstein KF1 with a XEU device and can anyone confirm the settings have not been lost?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] xinfinityoO:
it will be lost..wiped.. no other way ..so make backups
[Galaxy S II General] turt:
But why? If I have XEU CSC on my device and use the XEU repacked CSC version of KF1, why would it be lost?
[Galaxy S II General] Hrti:
From what I've read and heard in theory it shall not wipe your data. Nevertheless I'm still to hear one single comment about a successful upgrade that didn't cause a data wipe (the reason I'm still on KE7 myself). So just make backups to be sure. Your SD Card (or USB storage data) should be kept intact, but having a backup of everything won't kill you ;)
[Galaxy S II General] mdalacu:
I just updated to KF1 and ...full wipe :((
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Will do.

It will wipe the device

Just the way it is man.
[Galaxy S II General] walda:
what about flashing pda and radio one after another and no csc?

not in same step. maybe this avoids the wipe.

because every single pda fw till now didnt.

sent from my SGSII via T*patalk
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
If you want to experiment do it and report back.:)
[Galaxy S II General] hg3atintin:
Intratech could you add Nordic csc for the kf1?
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
NEE is included in the multiCSC package below it. Just substitute it for the included XEU csc in the firmware package.
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
If you have Sim Lock please look at these threads:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1064978

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1092451

About battery life, I upgraded my friend's branded phone to KE7 and that fixed the battery for him. I don't have KF1 already so I can't say how it is.
[Galaxy S II General] BenG7:
[Ignore please - as you said I should have read the whole of this guide before asking!]

Hi there,

I have got an I9100 French model (Bouygues telecom);

Firmware info:

- PDA:XWKE2

- PHONE: XXKDJ

- CSC: I9100BOGKD3

can anyone point me to the right insecure kernel to choose out of the list provided?

UK one? (i'm using English (UK English) as the default phone language

Thanks

BenG7
[Galaxy S II General] dedalum:
Hi, I'm trying to understand this but I don't want to have a nice piece of dead techonoly.

I'm coming from a Touch Hd which I changed thousands of roms but with this phone everyting is new.

I ask for your help, cause I have a Movistar (Spain) Galaxy s2 with ke2 and I want to update my phone but having it as close to stock as I can (at the moment).

Which kernel I have to flash? can I go back to stock, for example if I have to send it back to the sat for warranty issue?

all data my phone says is:

I9100BGKE3/I9100XECKE2/I9100BGKE1/I9100BGKE3

And product code:

GT-I9100LKAXEC

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] BenG7:
Dedalum -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
[Galaxy S II General] dedalum:
Well, as I can understad you linked me to the original kernel, thanks, but which one I have to flash to install the newest?

Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm newbie at android.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Do you want to remain with the firmware meant for your device by your carrier or do you want to debrand the device and use the latest available firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
XEN CSC now available so you can flash the Frankenstein firmware with it if you want.:)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Are you flashing the kernel because you want to root the phone? When you say update the phone do you mean use an unbranded firmware?

If you want to go back to stock just download the Telefonica Spain firmware from the carrier firmware thread and flash it, do a hard reset and you're back to stock.
[Galaxy S II General] stoney73:
This thread should really be stickied.

Thanks for maintaining this most handy thread intratech.
[Galaxy S II General] Pyrone89:
Thx, so Dutch version now available for this firmware or for all future firmwares?

I am wondering wether the CSC is a seperate file that never changes or whether it changes from firmware to firmware
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
You can use it for any package with 3 components. If it's updated I'll upload the updated package.:)
[Galaxy S II General] dedalum:
hi, well I'm having problems with my phone, battery drain, heating, and gps is very slow fixing satellites...

tell me, wich one is better to have unbranded or not.

which advantages I have with unbranding or keeping branded?

this only to fix my problems and I hope KE7 will do this.

but if this is a hardware problem, I want to send it to repair, and with the stock firmware, of course, do you catch me?

I'm worried if this is only software problem or is a hardare prob, but I smell it's only softare.

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Remcothebest:
Thats quick!

Thanks :D
[Galaxy S II General] Hrti:
Just flashed KF1 Frankenstein package. Wiped everything beforehand as I'd like a fresh start after all. Will report back in a day or two when things have "settled in" ;) Now I'm off to the post office to pick up my USB jig to reset the counter :D Thanks so much for the thread and your hard work, Intratech!
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Well with branded firmware from your carrier, typically, updates are slower to get. With branded firmware on the device if it goes b0rk you can take it back directly to your carrier for a replacement under warranty. This isn't much of an issue since you can always reflash the carrier firmware to the device if it's available.

Generic firmware are updated faster, don't have carrier software slowing them down and most people prefer to use them. XWKE7 has fixed a lot of things and people seem to like it a lot so I would say flash XEU version.

That's not what SHE said. :p

:)
[Galaxy S II General] Maxi66:
Does that mean CSC can not be flashed seperately, I mean just as a single file without the other 2 components ? I'm asking because I have troubles with my keyboard under KF1 (QWERTY instead of QWERTZ). I have already tried to flash different CSC's but then the phone did not boot anymore.
[Galaxy S II General] Hrti:
If you feel brave you could try. No one has done this (at least no one has reported doing this) :)
[Galaxy S II General] Hrti:
My initial findings (just couldn't wait):

* Whites seem whiter (overall color rendition seems to be a tad more precise).

* Messaging app skins are gone for some reason

* Camera sounds are controlled by system volume slider

* Lockscreen is instant on after pressing menu or power button

Still restoring everything, but this is what I've found so far. Will have to comment on performance and battery life etc. later on, but I don't notice any difference in overall performance thus far except for the instant-on lockscreen which is really nice.
[Galaxy S II General] Krizp0:
Intratech, is it okay to use the CF-root for KF1 which is based on OJV on your Frankenstein XWKF1? I assume this is safe as the only difference is the CSC's...?

Also...

I also run this Frankenstein version of KF1, but I still experience the same wait when unlocking the device. The only times I don't have to wait is when it's charging, is fully charged, or I listen to music...
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I think it's the same kernel so should be OK.
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
Hey Intra, really tempted to flash this KF1, but I'm seeing all these reports of it being slower/laggy-er. Are you running it yet, and if so, what are your thoughts vs KE7/KE8?
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Yes I'm running it. At first it was a bit jerky but then it was also downloading all my apps, a lot of apps, and restoring my settings but then it settled down and it's been ok. Not any different from XWKE7, in my opinion, performance wise. They did tweak the colour profile a bit and it looks even better. I'm sure there are a few things I'm missing but can't remember any at present. I also think this isn't a final version firmware and also there will be an official firmware release in the near future.
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
The tweak on the color profile didn't change the gradient problem, did it ?
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I'll have to check.
[Galaxy S II General] Kostask11:
I'm using KE7...you people thing the update is worth it?plus will the wait for 2.3.4 be long?( sorry for noobish question)

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II General] Hrti:
Have to agree with you on this one. I really can't find any reason for the KF1 firmware being a finalized update. The only improvement IMO is the changed color profile. But then again the skins for the Messaging.apk are gone, and as we all know 1-1=0 :p Not even sure I'm glad I "upgraded", hehe. Any thoughts one the process of downgrading to KE7? Will it wipe all my newly restored data?
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
If you use the official KE7 with a single file it will be no wipe.
[Galaxy S II General] Hrti:
Will the baseband also be downgraded? If I decide to downgrade I'll use the XEUKE7 from the OP ;)

Edit: Hope I don't bother you with these noobish questions, but coming from the HTC camp the whole Samsung/Odin way of handling firmware is really different.
[Galaxy S II General] Eukanaba:
2.6.35.7-I9100XWKE8-CL214845_root@dell101 #2

Where do i get the stock kernel for this one?

The link in first post has no password?
[Galaxy S II General] vladleo:
Intratech when you say they tweaked the color profile you mean dynamic, standard, or movie?....or all of them are tweaked....my first impression with your KF1 is very positive i must say...performance is better even battery seems better...or maybe is just me or placebo:)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Yes if you downgrade everything will be downgraded to the firmware package you flashed. If you want you can just flash the XXKE7 modem with Odin after.

First post, it has a password.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I meant the way the device display whites and lighter shades.
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
This is precisely what I'm thinking as well. Missing SMS themes, tiny little bugs here and there, I would not be surprised if the official release is KF2+ in the near future.

Thanks again. :)
[Galaxy S II General] dee163:
Frankenstein firmware installation

HEllo

Can someone clarify one matter with Frankenstein firmware.

Downloaded, extracted and notice the PDA,MODEM CSC files are separate and not in a .tar.

Do I select each file to its proper box in ODIN???
[Galaxy S II General] TAEL:
P.S: You can put out PIT file and don't use it, also clear the RE-PARTITION checkbox.
[Galaxy S II General] dee163:
Hey thank you for the quick reply.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Chilean UHKE2 now available.
[Galaxy S II General] flogger:
Noise Cancellation

Once again, I try to ask to anybody confirm me this. I already tried with KE2 and KE7, after flashing unsecure kernel and after it the secure again (for root and so on) we loose the noise cancelation menu inside the call progress screen. No menu and no symbol confirming the noise cancelation is active....

What's wrong?
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Dunno what you're doing mate but I still have it on mine after rooting and restoring the kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] flogger:
So strange.

What went wrong? Where can I possibly disabled it in the root process so that it disappeared??
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Did you have a custom rom installed at some point or have you frozen some Samsung applications?

edit: Probably best advice is to start over by doing a reflash and then a hard reset of the device.
[Galaxy S II General] flogger:
Nope. I had original ke2 DBT CSC. I installed insecure kernel and rooted. Back to stock kernel. Then changed CSC to TPH with *272#

Somewhere in the way i lost the noise reduction.

Now i put ke7 generic xeu and the funny thing is that it keeps tph csc when it wansnt supposed to. Anyway here I also expected to bring the noise reduction again and nothing...
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Ah, I see your issue. You will need to do a hard reset for the XEU CSC to install properly after flashing to XWKE7. This will wipe everything so backup whatever is stored on your internal storage that you want to keep. On your dialpad enter *2767*3855#. The phone will hard reset and then reboot itself so don't interrupt it.
[Galaxy S II General] Hrti:
After reflashing to XEUKE7 my CSC information says "Unknown" when typing *#1234#. Any clue on how to get it back, and is it possible without another full wipe? Thanks in advance.

Edit: After seeing the answer above I guess I'll be heading down the hard reset route myself ;)

Edit 2: Still no luck. Anyone got a clue?

Edit 3: Reflashed the whole shabang through Odin and CSC: XEUKD1 is back. What a chore :p
[Galaxy S II General] CandyAndy:
After flashing succesfully KF1 and then also rooting and it says succes I still cannot use titanium backup. Says that device not rooted. Strange. Any ideas what to do?
[Galaxy S II General] CandyAndy:
Also other findings with this newest update:

Phone and wifi signals both not as good as with KE7.

All these problems together combined and I go back to KE7.
[Galaxy S II General] traspler:
I've got some questions about CSC.

I'd love to flash the CSC that came with my phone (not the multiCSC package) but don't know exactly how.

Is it enough to download the official Samsung package for my region (Switzerland AUT) through FusDownloader and then extracting the hidden.img and cache.img, put them in a TAR and flash them or do I have to do something else? Or can I somehow back them up on my phone and create my own flashabe lzim from this backup?
[Galaxy S II General] steslatt:
Are the different versions of the firmware for specific regions? If so why is there only 1 version for kf1? Sorry but im fairly new to this. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Krizp0:
I had this problem once too, because of flashing KE7 with XEU CSC on top of my KE2 with nordic (NEE) CSC. Wipe didn't solve it. My solution was to flash the XEU individual CSC package :-) Now I'm using XEU daily and no problems with it (other than that you probably have to manually apply APNs).
[Galaxy S II General] AFK_Matrix:
Hi,

I have just noticed that for XXKE4 and ZSKF1 that the links for the firmware and kernel files are in .exe format?? Should these not be .zip?? Can we just change the .exe to .zip and it will work?
[Galaxy S II General] lsj_87:
the .exe format will auto extract all the file. there is no nit to change the file format.
[Galaxy S II General] BenG7:
This step is redundant, right?

Superoneclick (run as administrator) was hanging on "running psneuter" / "running gingerbreak" (tried both!) for ages, so I went looking for a solution (Google/XDA are my friends) and I read it was already rooted (autorooted) - maybe the original post should be edited to avoid confusion!

Still, a big thank YOU Intratech!
[Galaxy S II General] Hrti:
Got it fixed by reflashing XEUKE7 firmware through Odin and doing a hard reset afterwards. Now I'm back to KE7 firmware, KE4 modem and KD1 CSC. Even got to experience the power-down-bug yesterday, where the phone reboots itself after being shut off. Now I'm sticking with KE7 until the official 2.3.4 shows up ;) Really can't see KF1 being a finalized, official firmware :rolleyes:

Btw. my Tele2.no APNs showed up automatically, even when the CSC was unknown.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Did you read the first part of the first post? The answer is there. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
No, not really. Not everyone wants to run a modified Kernel so they still root and reflash the original kernel.

Loads of time when the situation you describe above occur is when Kies is running in the system tray and preventing the phone from communicating with the program.
[Galaxy S II General] flogger:
So now, with your advice, after the reset I got back the noise cancellation!

Anyway, I got other issue. While it was resetting it appeared on the screen while installing smthing "can't find csc package" or something like this.

The rom is ok and I can see it's CSC XEUDK1. But somehow it's still with TPH code. It's strange, Kies sees it like CSC XEUDK1 (TPH) - Firmware not supported.

My doubt is: wasn't the file with the full pda XWKE7 supposed to have inside the CSC package for XEUDK1 and change. For what I can tell I should now flash just the CSC with odin and after it, hard reset again. But where can I find the CSC package for XEUDK1 for XWKE7? in the first post there is XEUDE1 and not XEUDK1.

Once again, Intratech, thanks for all your help, I really apreciate it. Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Ok, now reflash the same XEU KE7 version and see if that fixes it. No need to reset.
[Galaxy S II General] flogger:
Now I got to see better the message while updating packages: "can't acess system\csc\XEU"

anyway, it did the trick I don't know how. When i turned Kies on it recognized everything ok!!

Now goint to re-root again and see if i don't loose noise cancelation.

Once again, thanks a lot mate. I was coming from HTC world and I'm very green in Samsung right now. Thanks once again!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
No worries, happy it's sorted now. :)
[Galaxy S II General] kartalgurhan:
just uninstall an reinstall the app. it should work.
[Galaxy S II General] CandyAndy:
Oh, jesus christ. here was so many user errors that I am ashamed to say anything about them..

Anyways, yes I can root, yes the connection is the same as before. Currently it seems that the same old tricks has to be done to keep battery consumption in an ok level. Although wifi-sharing is not there anymore for some reason but Android OS takes now 40% and Android system 7% so almost half of everything. Dunno if this is acceptable. I think the battery drain is quite not so bad as unrooted KE7 had. It is now quite okeyish. Far from good but not a disaster.
[Galaxy S II General] ediwitch:
firmware

do i need to remove the memory card and the SIM card from the phone before i update the firmware??
[Galaxy S II General] shanume:
no u just need is follow the first page with odin flash guide :D u dont need to remove anything in yours phone.
[Galaxy S II General] dbtomas:
Zip file demage

XWKE2 Stock Kernel:http://www.multiupload.com/4C47PNWFOH
[Galaxy S II General] kraized:
Can someone let me know which firmware is best to update to from KE7? My SGSII is on O2-UK but has been debranded. Is it worth updating to a newer version?
[Galaxy S II General] dazmancumbria:
Afternoon Intratech

Got replacement s2 this morning, want to double check what information i need to record, so i dont brick this one, it straight out of the box so do i need to update before i root ??

daz
[Galaxy S II General] Willie_Heckerslyke:
Hi all

Just got my new S2 rooted and running Villain 1.1 after coming from a HTC Desire.

Is there a copy of the original unmodified ROM that came with my phone in case I need to reflash back to it's original state for a warranty repair or something? (I know I'll need to get a jig to reset the counter also and hope the hidden one is found)

I saw on CF's thread that he'd provided some...but they only went up to KE2, mine was KE7.

My current About Phone info is showing I have the same kernel as originally, but my FW was 'GINGERBREAD-XWKE7'.....is the link I need in this section (quoted from Page 1) to give me what I want?

Thanks for any help

Edit: Think it might be Generic XEU: http://www.multiupload.com/IBRBHDUDXI but not 100%
[Galaxy S II General] nookcoloruser:
Small bit of advice. Thanks in advance.

Please advise.

I have successfully updated from KE2 to KF1 (not rooting - just firmware)

*#1234# is showing

PDA: I9100ZSKF1

Phone: I9100XXKE4

CSC: I9100OZSKE7

However 2 things I would like to know if you can help please.

1. MusicHub seems to have dissapeared (not a big deal but curious as to why?)

2. KIES now reports "this device can not be updated" in the firmware section.

Basically will (2) cause me issues with 2.3.4 when it's released ??

Can I flash an 'older' firmware KE7 for example over KF1 and will this then be seen in Kies, or do I have to go back to KE2 ?

Thank you for your response in advance, and I apologize if this has been answered earlier - I have read through half the pages (50+) but didn't spot the answer. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Stick to KE7 for now until the next official update is released.

Well backup your EFS folder. Maybe make a note of the current firmware details that you get when you input *#1234# in the dialpad. You don't need to update before rooting, just make sure that the kernel version you're putting back to get rid of the triangle is the same as the one that matches your firmware.

Yes XEU.

1. It's how the firmware came and it appears to be a BETA firmware.. It's not an official release that's why it's in the Frankenstein firmware section.

2. I did put a warning in big bold letters that this would happen in the first post. It's not a big deal, I will upload the updated firmware to flash using Odin.
[Galaxy S II General] nookcoloruser:
Many thanks for replying.

Sorry it was the

ZS

KF1 rather than the XWKF1 version I used as this was the last one

above

the Frakenstein warning so I assumed it was 'safe'. :) I did read the warning for the roms below it and stayed away from them.

Which would be safe to flash to if I want it to appear as normal in Kies, would I have to use a stock version now or would I be safe with the XEU KE7 stock rom.

______________

Think I've cracked the reason. Kies still reports my CSC as DBT, whereas it is different on my device now as I flashed the XEU. Would a hard reset correct it I wonder ? Or can I do the *#272*Device IMEI# to change it to XEU ?

:)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
In that case you need to do a hard reset and then flash the ZSKF1 firmware again and KIES will work.
[Galaxy S II General] nookcoloruser:
Thank you Intratech that is now working properly :) You are great :)
[Galaxy S II General] anuj25:
I have got a vodafone Australia sgs2

It's DUKF2
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Wrong thread but input *#1234# in dialpad and post the details exactly as they appear please.
[Galaxy S II General] anuj25:
Phone I9100TDUKF2

PDA I9100TDUKF2

CSC I9100TVAUKF2

BUILD DATE 4 JUNE 2011
[Galaxy S II General] Pyrone89:
KF4 is said to been released, hope that is a stable firmware and gets pushed to KIES soon
[Galaxy S II General] buzmay:
guys I really need your help, I use a branded swedish firmware, but it happened to be not the one of my provider, how do I go back to nomral, I mean how do I debrand it? Please help. I have tried flashing an unbranded firmware but nothing happens.

***FIXED****

I just ran the firmware, my mistake was that I was flashing the kernel only. Thanks anyway, and big thanks for all the firmwares available great job :)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
KF4 is on it's way, hold steady.:)

I'll do a Frankenstein version as well.
[Galaxy S II General] Goof757:
Appreciated as always Intratech. :)
[Galaxy S II General] kendragon:
What's new in kf4?
[Galaxy S II General] richardddd:
I flashed the KF1 stock Rom but now my keyboard input language is not there anymore and it's not visible in the list of available input languages :( the language I'm missing is Swedish :(
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Well it IS a firmware meant for Hong Kong and not Sweden.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Stock ZSKF4 now available
[Galaxy S II General] richardddd:
How can i fix that then? Is it possible? Sorry for being a noob :(
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Two things, either you can flash the official XWKE2 multiCSC (OXXKE2) firmware to stick to official firmware or you can flash the Frankenstein™ ZSKF4 (coming soon) firmware package using the multiCSC package instead of the XEU version included. All download in the first post.
[Galaxy S II General] hpe:
Intratech: this is still 2.3.3, right?