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[Galaxy S II General] shawnaye:
Hey fellas, i'm looking to send my phone to Samsung for servicing, but obviously i cant let them see that i'm running ICS because it isnt out in Singapore yet.

so i've download DXLP7 in hope that i could flash my country's firmware before returning my phone.

Download both the kernel and the 7zip file that is 310mb in size.

opened the massive file to only find one tar file, so if i flash that via odin, my phone will completely return to stock?

as in a condition that the service centre wont suspect?

what about the kernel that i downloaded, do i have to flash that as well?

Much appreciate some help.

Regards,

Shawn.
[Galaxy S II General] shaq1907:
You can install this until Intratech's release:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1602579
[Galaxy S II General] pawmadsen:
i uploaded the XWLP9 to http://androidfirmwares.net

its not made by intratech, as i think he is busy with funeral stuff and work.

the file is the same as victorator made, except i repacked it with 7z instead of rar.
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
could someone please upload

IMEITracker.apk

and singin.apk

I messed up samsung dive

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Techno_Astra:
XWLP9 causes my contact app, dialer freeze and close. Uninstalled. Re-flashed LP8.
[Galaxy S II General] Barthlon:
Guys, I know that modems are firmware indepent, so you can flash a gb modem on ics and the other way around. But is this also valid for CSC? Can I flash an ics CSC on gb?

Ty :)
[Galaxy S II General] pawmadsen:
Sounds bad. I cant verify, as i have not flashed it.

And just for information, androidfirmware.net got approved by google ads and i am now showing some good ads that does not spam you like on skywanker.net, remember you can show your support by thanking me and intratech, its realy motivating if you do ;)
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
well, have the same situation...no special app since GB and battery is draining occasionally... that is very interesting not every time :(

fingers crossed for XWLP9 - what about this freeses mentioned here? any feedback from other guys?
[Galaxy S II General] azulgranas:
Please help me!

I installed CM9 nightly build following this instruction on CM9 thread:

"First time installing CyanogenMod 9 to your Galaxy S II, or coming from another ROM:

- READ FAQs: http://teamhacksung.org/wiki/index.p...sked_Questions

- Make sure you're running ICS bootloaders lower than LPH: Download (flash as PDA with odin or extract and $ sudo heimdall flash --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot Sbl.bin)

- make sure you're running a proper working CWM like the one from CM7

- Copy GApps and CM9 ZIPs to your internal SDCard

- Boot into Recovery

- Flash CM9 zip

- Flash GApps zip

- DO A DATA WIPE / FACTORY RESET (otherwise your calendar sync will not work)

- Reboot

- Don't restore Apps using Titanium Backup!"

But now whenever i flash a stock rom in this thread by intratech, i always have the bootlop problem. When odin reports succeed and the phone restarts after that. But it remains unchanged at logo "S". I must pull the battery. Then go to stock recovery wipe data/cache then the phone will boot normally with installing apps at start.

I think maybe it's because of the bootloader i've flashed in CM9 thread (the red text above). So can you send me the normal bootloader from samsung that i've had before.

I've done wipe data/wipe cache/ before flashing stock rom but always facing this problem.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
Solution for Dialler/Contacts force closing...

Back up your contacts first...

Do this after you Flash LP9

Menu > Settings > Applications. Select 'All' at the top.

Scroll down to Contacts and clear data.

Scroll down to Contacts Storage and clear data.

No more forced close issues. And if you use Google for back up all of them will be re-instated.

:)
[Galaxy S II General] pawmadsen:
You can find bootloaders at http://androidfirmwares.net under tools / misc
[Galaxy S II General] azulgranas:
Thank you. Will give it a try. But i don't understand too much about bootloader. Is it an element of a rom like pda, csc or modem.
[Galaxy S II General] Shadamehr:
DAMN - seeing exactly the same here...

As soon as I go into my dialler and try to dial the *#1234# code to check the CSC (just for one example use), the phone freezes as soon as I type the *

After a while I get asked if I want to close contacts (but can't anyway at that point)

Then a while later I get asked if I want to close TWLauncher - if I then say No, I can then close Contacts...

I'll try a Contacts wipe, but my real view is, if a none-wipe over-install of LP9 over LP8 causes this in Contacts, who knows what else it's likely to be causing issues with.

So it looks like LP9 is gonna have to be a WIPE install after all...
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
Clear data for Contacts and Contacts Storage.
[Galaxy S II General] Shadamehr:
Yeah - already says in my original post "I can do a Contacts Wipe, but I worry that if it causes this in Contacts, what else might it be causing by not having doen a Wipe Flash..."

So I can do that...

I just worry that it's not the only problem I'm likely to be having by not having doen a Wipe Flash...
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
You could be right there. I've cleared contacts and contacts storage which got rid of the force close issues but I locked my phone, came back to it 10 mins later, and it was dead.
[Galaxy S II General] The Dogan:
I was running CM9 and had CWM installed as well. ICS has now been released for my phone (UK, unlocked [phones4u O2]) so I wanted to try the official one. After reverting to a backup I made before flashing CM9 but after I installed CWM I tried using ODIN to flash the XWKI4 firmware so I could upgrade to ICS using Kies. I've done everything exactly as the guide said to. It's been about 10-15 minutes. Neither ODIN or my phone has done anything.

Here's a screenshot of ODIN at the moment.

My phone is still on the downloading screen.

I noticed before doing all this that if you plug the USB Jig in then it says factory mode instead of ODIN mode. Does this mean I should have done something different?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] :
I did Cache clearing and Dalvik cache clearing, deleted all the data from phone, and contacts, deleted contacts...still the dialer forced closed by the (fault of) contacts...so still same error message.

Sometimes it's unbelievable...cannot be so tricky to release a working Phone firmware where the PHONE function is working....

Poor people that got this via Kies and connot downgrade any more....
[Galaxy S II General] BrandoHD:
Did you look at the top left of the Odin windows? It's not responding.

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[Galaxy S II General] The Dogan:
So should I just reset my phone and restart ODIN and try again?
[Galaxy S II General] :
I hate LB9 (and my addiction to flash always the newest one if applicable)

Due to the forced closes of the contacts I flashed back to LB8 and now I have FC of a process calles "android.process.acore"

Damn....
[Galaxy S II General] shahed26:
Switch of your phone, then pull the battery out, and then put it back in again, put your phone into the download mode and also restart your computer and then launch odin.

Most of the time restarting computer helps
[Galaxy S II General] hstruik:
Exactly the same thing here. Back to LP7.

Maybe because Mobile Odin keeps the original bootloader.
[Galaxy S II General] The Dogan:
It seems like ODIN just loves crashing.

Does anyone know if it's possible to flash the stock kernel with the heimdall suite the same way it says to flash CWM according to the Cyanogen Wiki? Here's a link.

I just want to be able to upgrade to the newest version using Kies.
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
Yea,

It seems LP9 has a huge bug with the Contacts that's causing FC issues. I gave it a 2nd chance and after clearing Contacts and Contacts Storage under Applications all seemed fine, but then my phone decided to shut itself down.

The last straw was when I realised SPB Shell 3D was beefing like crazy...

Back to a nice and stable LP8 thanks.

:)
[Galaxy S II General] The Dogan:
Well the good news is it successfully flashed. The phone booted up with out the yellow triangle exclamation mark (!). The phone seems pretty happy. However it still doesn't want to be updated by Kies :( I flashed the secure kernel as well.

I'm going to try updating using just the phone over wifi. This presumably won't work so I'll probably end up having a look at how to flash firmware using heimdall.

It looks like I'm able to create a Heimdall Firmware Package using the .tar.md5 file.

Just checked it out in a bit more detail and part of it mentions getting the PIT off your device which seems scary.
[Galaxy S II General] :
Did it work for you to flash back? SInce I downgraded from LP9 to LP8 I always have an error messager from android.process.acore....

Tried to flash already 3 times, did cache wipe (dalvik&normal) and even a fix of the permissions via the CWM....still no luck....grrr, could cry...work for nothing
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
uff, since random drains in LP8 I was tempted to flash LP9, but since all this bad feedbacks I will rather wait a little... maybe build date is earlier that LP8 and that's why FCs?... I thinks I saw somewhere 6th April,...LP8 is later than that?
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
It takes a bit of time but after reverting back to LP8 I had to locate to Applications > All, and clear Contacts, and clear Contacts Storage.

LP9 seems to screw this up!
[Galaxy S II General] :
So you redid the clearing of the contacts data again after flashing back to LP8. Including deleting all the contacts or only clear via applications>All>contacts?
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
Yep.

Settings > Applications > All.

Locate Contacts and Contacts Storage and clear the data for both.

If your backed up by Google all your contacts are re-instated straight away.
[Galaxy S II General] :
Seems you are my lifesaver....THANKS (Hope it keeps working ;-) )
[Galaxy S II General] hstruik:
Restored LP7 from nandroid backup, works fine.
[Galaxy S II General] mbutandola:
There is a huge warning on the first page of his thread that freaked me out lol
[Galaxy S II General] Techno_Astra:
After re-flashed back LP8 (from bad LP9), I had also that issue and solved with a full wipe factory reset:mad:

My mistake, being in a hurry to flash anything "new". I wait for the Intratech's stable firmwares:)
[Galaxy S II General] :
Remeniz' hint to clear contacts memory helped at my phone.
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
Ladies 'n Gents:

Been out of the loop for a bit, so I'm still on good ole GB. Phone runs great, but it looks like ICS is finally stable enough to try. Read through the first post to see if there were any GB to ICS tips, but didn't see any... so simple question: Can I just flash 'n go, or would you guys STRONGLY recommend a full wipe/factory reset?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Download LP8 Frankenstein available on the first page and you will not have to wipe anything. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
That's incredible!... even coming from GB 2.3.6?

Thanks for the quick response, cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] BrandoHD:
Best practice is to to do a full factory reset AFTER you flash ICS, the upgrade worked for me, but I still did the full reset, if you don't do it, no problem, but if you get issues, don't complain.

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[Galaxy S II General] GDF01:
If you want to avoid issues, I would definitely wipe.
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
Understood, but "best practice" for any ROM change is to do a full factory reset. I guess what I'm asking is... is one more likely to get issues from a GB to ICS non-wipe flash than GB to newer GB?

And, I've been on here long enough to know when & how to properly report an issue... vs the usual useless complaint-type drivel... no additional commentary required. Just trying to get a consensus here, thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
I would recommend a full wipe flashing from GB.
[Galaxy S II General] otester:
LPG any good?
[Galaxy S II General] Aspi914:
Australian ICS 4.0.3 Samsung Galaxy S II generic unbranded carrier-free

Ausdroid are reporting that the Android 4.0.3 update for the Australian generic (unbranded / carrier-free) Samsung Galaxy S II is getting pushed to Samsung Kies. Has anyone seen this and will this be uploaded to this forum as a ROM?

Thank you... :D

---------- Post added at 01:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:15 PM ----------

Done some further research and these are the details....

Product Code: GT-I9100LKJXSA

Latest firmware: I9100XWLP8/I9100XSALP4/I9100XXLPS/I9100XWLP8

Version: ICS 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich

Build Date: April 10, 2012

Release Date: April 23, 2012

Stock ROM/Firmware: GT-I9100_XSA_ICS_4.0.3_I9100XWLP8_I9100XSALP4_I9100XXLPS

There is a URL that was on the website of where the ROM is supposedly available (a hotfile address) but I choose not to download anything unless the address is via this thread...
[Galaxy S II General] BrandoHD:
Some people, not all, some, reported slowdowns and FCs when they went from gingerbread to ics without a reset, not saying this will be your experience, but remember, this is a jump from 2.3 to 4.0

Samsung Galaxy S II Tapatalk2
[Galaxy S II General] shawnaye:
anyone?
[Galaxy S II General] aceofclubs:
No don't have to. It's just the stock unrooted kernel.

----------------------

GTI9100 KK5
[Galaxy S II General] shawnaye:
so if i were to return my phone to samsung after flashing the dxlp7 package. they wouldnt be suspicious right?
[Galaxy S II General] aceofclubs:
I formatted internal SD to make sure all was off of it and factory reset before giving it over.

Basically clean internal SD, remove external SD, use Odin to flash stock then factory reset.

Don't think I've forgotten anything.

----------------------

GTI9100 KK5
[Galaxy S II General] Barthlon:
Does anyone know? :)
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
well, I think there is no need for this, FCs are usually side effect from some buggy app or even FW. I did it without wipe and it went fine ;)

Only thing you sould be careful about is that some apps have moved to hidden partition and you have to install them manually when doing upgrade from GB to ICS (swype, polaris,...).
[Galaxy S II General] Barthlon:
I have flashed a lot of different roms and I always did a complete and full wipe. Never encountered a FC in my life.

A lot of the times when people get FC's they did not do a full wipe. I think you can say NOTHING about the stability of a rom when you did not do a full wipe.

I am certain that after my flash procedure I am not able to reproduce any of the FC's mentioned above.... :p
[Galaxy S II General] :
I'm actually using a CSC from GB (DREKI1) in ICS firmware(XWLP8), so at least this direction works.

But I figured out that there are difference by the way of flashing the CSC.

One specific:

1) When flashing complete package fro LP8 and afterwards flashing the CSC from DRE, then I still get the normal unbranded boot animation, and for data roaming option I can only switch on or off.

2) When flashing the DREKI1 CSC toghether with the LP8, then I get the 3AT branded boot animation, as well as the data roaming options ON/OFF/national only.

Nevertheless, both work ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] Barthlon:
Thank you. I guess the other way around will work as well. I'll look into the files a bit to spot the exact differences...
[Galaxy S II General] Shadamehr:
Hmmm - scary...

I did a FULL WIPE and Flash of LP9 in the end yesterday.

And right now, trying to send my partner a text, I pulled my phone out, pressed the home key to light it up, and nothing...

Tried the same with power, and nothing...

Eventually I worked out my phone was DEAD, and I had to power it on.

Oh great... that's not good! And this was from a full WIPE then flash..

So LP9 is ill, or one of the apps I use, doesn't like LP9 it would seem...

Not good to see its not just me...

---------- Post added at 11:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:21 AM ----------

AGREED - see my reply to OP where I say the same - that I'm seeing me pull out my phone to find it powered off (no battery issue, just powered off) when running LP9 after a full clean wipe install too!

GRRR

---------- Post added at 11:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:23 AM ----------

likewise here too
[Galaxy S II General] Aspi914:
pellajl

How is the Australian ROM going ?
[Galaxy S II General] pawmadsen:
i edited the LP9 link to say that it might be unstable, i am reading a lot of bad stuff from this rom, and it didnt come from intratech either..
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
it is supposed to be something with kernel bug in XWLP9...well have to wait for the next one :)
[Galaxy S II General] Royaless:
XWLP8 is damaged file...

Please fix it.
[Galaxy S II General] pawmadsen:
Are you using the lastest 7z tool?
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
Interesting, and thanks for the feedback. Guess I'll need to look into this hidden partition thing given I'm used to pushing the latest Swype beta to the data\apps directory.

Sounds like it wouldn't hurt to try without a wipe first, and if **** starts breaking, I'll go that route.

Thanks again for all the feedback, gents.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Just dropped in quickly to say that I'll never make XWLP9 available in any form on here due to it having a very critical bug. I was sent an email from "somebody" warning me to avoid it even before it was released on the server.

Also thanks Paw. I am indeed caught up with the funeral and family things.
[Galaxy S II General] GDF01:
Family is way more important than this... My condolences to to you.
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
Thanks for the confirmation Intratech.

We're all here for you man.
[Galaxy S II General] Tungstwenty:
Do you have enough information on whether the bug is in the kernel and therefore a non-issue for those using custom kernels? Seems to be running fine after I replaced the stock kernel with Siyah, no more SODs.
[Galaxy S II General] pawmadsen:
ill delete it from the site, so it wont get out more from us.
[Galaxy S II General] :
SOD is from Kernel i guess!

My condolences Intratech for your loss!
[Galaxy S II General] BrandoHD:
I'm growing very weary of Samsung lately, releasing kernel sources with serious bugs and now this LP9 issue.

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[Galaxy S II General] tmmv1:
---------- Post added at 02:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 AM ----------

Hi

Can someone give me a working link for the gingerbread firmware please for the uk, 02.

The links seem to be dead at the beginning of this topic. or is it just my thats having problems with the links.

I am trying to get my phone back to the stock rom that came with my s2

This was my origonal but now the links are dead

"XXKI3

Android 2.3.5

This original (unmodified) Wipe Package with new bootloader has: PDA: XXKI3| Modem/phone: XXKI3| CSC: OXAKI3

Download: http://www.multiupload.com/NJV6PR87Y3"
[Galaxy S II General] pawmadsen:
If the link goes to multiupload its not there any more. You have to either wait or settle with a newer version. Why would you not flash ics? Else a good GB is the LA4, best ICS is the LP8. You can always browse for a rom at http://androidfirmwares.net

I hope you find a solution.
[Galaxy S II General] woebetide:
You can find it on sammobile firmwares
[Galaxy S II General] lmedland:
Anyone else getting random reboots after flashing the KE7 update?

My phone is :

PDA: i9100xwke7

PHONE: I9100XXKE4

CSC: I9100XEUKD1
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
On your dialpad *2767*3855#

Reflash the whole firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Isn't EntelPCS product code GT-I9100LKLCHT?
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
If you can maybe try to reset the device.
[Galaxy S II General] lmedland:
Was thinking the same. I'll give it a go tomorrow evening!

Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Added Claro Chile firmware and kernel. I have not put the Chilean firmware on their own as they have slightly different build date than the other firmware.

So now we have Chilean EntelPCS, Movistar and Claro firmware covered.:)
[Galaxy S II General] BlackDragonFun:
Would you be able to provide a bit more detail on reflashing the whole firmware? Just want to be sure I am on the same level as I don't want to make things any worse than they are :)

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] matanc1:
Can anyone please explain to me what the difference is between the 3 download links there are for the XWKE7:

Generic XEU: http://www.multiupload.com/IBRBHDUDXI

MD5: F388DB98FC83861C2F22E607AE940DBB

Generic ITV (Italia): http://www.multiupload.com/7ZCG5A2LEI

MD5: F859E5FF47AC60931FC55A6E9F362D1C

CWP UK: http://www.multiupload.com/U1WNFZ88L0

MD5: A5A59AE6374C7FC814E8901B40F7C8AA

And what do the MD5 codes mean?

When you say firmware regarding android phones, it means device specific updates that fix bugs etc?
[Galaxy S II General] tomhoward:
I agree with matanc1, there should be more of an intro guide as to what these mean, and it should be stickied somewhere.
[Galaxy S II General] matanc1:
I've actually searched through google for "android rooting explained" and all sorts of guides like that.

It's very hard for me to do these things without actually understanding what I'm doing and understanding what all those numbers / codes mean. It would be great if there were a beginners guide somewhere.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Instead of flashing the kernel download the whole firmware and flash that.

They have different CSC. Flash the one with the CSC that matches the device you have.

As for MD5: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5

Firmware is the software, OS and customisations, that is installed on the device. Updated firmware may have newer software versions and bug fixes.

There is an explanation of the firmware component parts at the top of the first post. If you don't understand what rooting is then chances are you don't need to root your device.
[Galaxy S II General] BlackDragonFun:
I have flashed using the BOKE3 kernel supplied in the first post, as well as the kernel. Are these the ones you are referring to? Even with those, it gets stuck attempting to boot (displays Samsung logo and T-Mobile animation).

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] matanc1:
I've updated my firmware since my device would crash every once in a while. If this doesn't fix it what should I do?
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Flash the FIRMWARE not the kernel.

Do a hard reset.
[Galaxy S II General] firebird90:
Can I see the XEU at *#1234# screen when I do that or Do I get CSC: Unknown?
[Galaxy S II General] BlackDragonFun:
Sorry, I was meant to say I've tried flashing the firmware AND the kernel that is linked to in the original post.
[Galaxy S II General] hoezay:
Mine is XWKE8.Is there any way to extract the firmware off my phone ? ( no root )
[Galaxy S II General] BlackDragonFun:
Fixed my issue by going into recovery mode, factory resetting, and then clearing the cache :)
[Galaxy S II General] KristianEide:
Bad signal strength?

After flashing KE7, I've experienced some bad signal strength. When entering *#1234# i get the following:

PDA: I9100XWKE7

PHONE: I9100XXKE4

CSC: I9100OXXKE2

I've also rooted the phone after the guide on the first page, flashing original KE7 kernel afterwards.

I'm located in Norway, and the signal strength is on average: -103 dBm

Can anyone from Norway tell me their average strength?

What of PDA, PHONE and CSC ps crucial for the signal reception?
[Galaxy S II General] grapz:
On stock KE2, with NetCom provider and 3 bars I currently got -97 dBm. With 2 bars, -101 dBm.
[Galaxy S II General] Stephen88:
Request CSC

Hi guys can I request CSC XILP5?
[Galaxy S II General] darkfire_bg:
Hi guys! I have a major problem now. Im using XWLP8. And i've had no problems until i pluged the the usb to micro usb cable to my phone. After that i have trouble making calls. It seems my phone "hangs" when i try to dial someone. Eventually after 10 secs or 2 mins it starts making the call. But the delay is totally unnaceptable. Even after restart the problem remains. The only solution for me is to flash the kernel again. Any thoughts on this??