yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Not really needed, but you should have enough power left for completing the flashing process.

If the battery is empty during the flashing, you could brick your phone.

Some flasher suggest to have about 50% left to be on the safe side.
[Galaxy S II General] Boat Traveller:
Thx for the quick answer !

And I want to flash a Siyah Kernel afterwards. Should I root with the CF root first ?

Or can I flash Siyah directly ?

BTW, your kernel test thread is great. It made me want to try the LPD rom.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
You can flash SiyahKernel directly - no need to flash CF-Root kernel first, as Siyah has everything included what you need.
[Galaxy S II General] Boat Traveller:
Although the rom file is a .7z, is there a way to flash it as a 2nd Rom with Recovery ?
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
No, install 7zip to PC to extract archive file and then flash ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I'll upload the Indian XWKE8 firmware shortly but it's actually an older firmware than XWKE7 so I don't see the fascination with it. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Your CSC is XEU.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
It would be fine but it's actually an older firmware build than XWKE7 despite the naming scheme. Be aware it's an Indian firmware so you will have INU CSC after flashing. I will repackage it as a Frankenstein firmware so you can use XEU CSC with it if you want. Be aware than KF1 will be released shortly for XEU devices and it's Android 2.3.4 so you may not want to flash as yet unless you like that kind of thing.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Using the stock firmware package and rooting it and freezing/deleting apps will not stop you getting official updates from KIES. You'll also find firmware in this thread as well to use with ODIN. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
LoLZ. After flashing the stock firmware do a hard reset and you're golden. The stock kernels all have that naming scheme and that doesn't mean that you're rooted.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Ok, off to shower and get some dinner. BBL to upload some firmwares.:)
[Galaxy S II General] total360:
OK, any ETA on the firmware, I know I said from the 10th, just wondering if anything more solid is about.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
To paraphrase what I was told: keep an eye out at the end of the week.:)
[Galaxy S II General] total360:
damn, travelling to Spain on Sunday, will have to do pop Odin on a flash drive and then download ROM from my parents.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Indian XWKE8 now available along with kernel. :)

Also before any questions, XWKE7 IS newer by a few hours.
[Galaxy S II General] total360:
Is the Kernel newer than the Hong Kong version?!
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
No, it's older.
[Galaxy S II General] total360:
OK matey, I've uploaded the KE8 Kernel to the mirror http://www.mediafire.com/?dxxgl0s2lpzlg if you want to start to notify people.
[Galaxy S II General] xinfinityoO:
Has anyone tried the hoongkong kernel

@Intratech.. have you tried it.. is it any better then the UK KE7.. any diffrences/changes or improvments..

Would you recommend flashing to the hongkong one ??

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] total360:
I'm finding the HK one slightly faster, and the battery drain is a little bit better :-) Roll on KF1 either tomorrow or Friday....
[Galaxy S II General] sewe:
Damn Intratech, you're doing a hell of a job here!

Good we have people like you here
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Cheers. Added mirror and acknowledgement to first post. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
It's the one that I'm using. I find it a bit zipper than the XEU version

I was getting great battery life to begin with but for sure it's zippier.

Cheers :)
[Galaxy S II General] xinfinityoO:
so i just flash the hongkong Kernel only over my rooted ke7 and it will work and it will still be rooted ?? Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
If you're already rooted then yes.
[Galaxy S II General] timberwolf60:
Sorry for slightly out topic here.

Come to rooting ICS ROM on S2. The easier way is using this method: 1) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719. From the first page this will root your phone by just using S2. Then you downloaded allianceOTA, extweats from play store and installed it. Siyah 3.3.2 kernel here: http://www.gokhanmoral.com/ on June 14 and copy to internal SD card.

2) run AllianceOTA , tapped option "Flash/install file from SD card" and choose siyah 3.3.2. Once completed you will have siyah kernel 3.3.2, superuser 3.0.7 and busybox 1.20.0

3) ExTweats was a powerful utilities for used with siyah kernel. I only used screen(touchmove sensitivity) and misc in extweats as shown:

The good point on misc is to remove root with auto install root checked. This will give you a clean and solid root after a reboot especially you wanted from cf root to siyah kernel.

Hope you enjoy.

Send from my GT I9100, XWLPW with Jkay theme V14 using Tapatalk2
[Galaxy S II General] Tungstwenty:
You can't flash it directly, but if you have the file on your phone and want to do it entirely without resorting to a computer, you can install e.g. this app from the market to unpack the 7f file and then Mobile ODIN to flash the contents of the .tar.md5 file that's within the archive.
[Galaxy S II General] DanDroidian:
No way we'll get 5.0 from Sammy?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
You mean 4.0.5? lol

Probably not for a while, CM9/AOSP will get there first.
[Galaxy S II General] DanDroidian:
I mean Jelly Bean. A lot can happen within a year from now. Unless, of course, the world DOES end in 2012.
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Yeah, it's rumored that Jelly Bean is going to be 4.0.5 not 5.0.
[Galaxy S II General] DanDroidian:
Oops, thx! Then i guess i do mean 4.0.5!
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
No way Jelly Bean will be 4.0.5 at least 4.1
[Galaxy S II General] DanDroidian:
Let's make guesses! I'll say 4.5 (although 5.0 would make the most sense).
[Galaxy S II General] crypticc:
Lol. No service. But feels like it. Couple of months in Singapore for work.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
OT: Welcome back ... or still traveling?
[Galaxy S II General] nanoronline:
Actually I have been wondering, if you flash for example a firmware released for Singapore to the phone via PC Odin. Will your phone now be able to update to newer firmware releases via Kies or OTA? Or you will have to do it via Odin again?
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Depending on the firmware you flash to your phone.

If it is an official / stock version (all parts: PDA, kernel, modem, CSC, etc.), which is already released by Samsung for your phone in your region, then yes.

Kies (and IMO OTA) will recognize it and will allow you to update future firmware releases.

You can check for the latest officially released firmware by using Check Fus Downloader => http://fus.nanzen.se/

It can also download the firmware directly from Samsung servers.

You will only have to decrypt the downloaded file on Advanced tab, then extract the zip file and flash the tar file with Odin.
[Galaxy S II General] Beanyness:
Guys, i want to flash to the LP3 firmware and i have CWM. So should i do a wipe data/factory reset first? Dont mind losing my data, but i've not used CWM before so wanted to make sure if its best to do this first before flashing?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
If you are not coming from Gingerbread, you don't need to wipe data/factory reset.

But if you want a "clean" start, then it's ok to wipe before flashing the new ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] Beanyness:
Cheers :) Wiped data and the flashing went perfect.
[Galaxy S II General] daz_2000:
Can someone advise as the most stable latest rom?

Im currently on a custom aokp rom, hydrog3n and have trouble with several apps not working and several features I want to come back to, like hdmi out etc.

Am I right in saying there are no samsung 4.0.4 roms out ? Also whats the best process, is it a case of flashing via odin or can I do through cwm?
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
I can recommend XWLPD as stable and battery freindly.

Some other users suggest XWLPG as very stable.

Your choice !

---------- Post added at 01:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:41 PM ----------

Looks like Android 4.1 has been the winner for Jelly Bean:
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
Yay. I win?

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] Mark67222:
Hi All, just tried flashing XEU rom twice to my S2 as I'm about to sell my phone due to upgrade to S3 and I'm getting boot loop.

I'm coming from CHECKROM Revo hd rom and wondered if this is causing the problem??

The XEU ROM I unzipped just had the one file so put this in to PDA:-

GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKF3_I9100XXKE7_I9100XEUKD1

Should I try downloading XEU rom again or should I try a different rom??

Any advice?

Thanks

Mark
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Have you done a factory reset (wipe data) before flashing?

Maybe there are some specific settings/changes from you previous custom ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] Slimboball:
go to recovery mode and do a factory reset and wipe cache

then reboot

ur phone shud b up and running after that

Sent from a Galaxy S2 far, far away.....
[Galaxy S II General] dazmancumbria:
Where can i find i9100PBVLP8 kernal ? Running orange firmware uk

Please :D
[Galaxy S II General] WhoIsJohnGalt1979:
CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XSA_LP8-v5.4-CWM5.zip

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399 :)
[Galaxy S II General] remorema:
hey mate how do I extract and repack a tar file to make a frankenstein of my own ?

tks,

remorema
[Galaxy S II General] davidwilson83:
CSC Package?

Hi Intratech,

I am currently using stock Australian unbranded firmware which is XWLP8 with a CSC or I9100XSALP4. I want to flash generic XWLPG firmware but I still want to retain the XSALP4 CSC. I was thinking of pulling it from the .tar file and flashing it through Odin. Would this work? Is there any other way of installing XWLPG with the CSC that I want?

Thanks in advance for your help.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
If you are rooted, you can use Mobile Odin app to flash.

Have a look here => http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347899

In Mobile Odin, you can select the XWLPG ROM file (with "Open file"), then click on "Cache" and "Hidden" (which is both for CSC) and select "Clear" to prevent flashing the CSC of the new ROM (and to keep the current CSC).
[Galaxy S II General] davidwilson83:
Thanks so much for your advice mate, I really appreciate that!:D
[Galaxy S II General] Beowulf_pt:
So, once again, as anyone confirmed that the "Wifi-stuck" bug is gone in any of the recent 4.0.x ROM/kernels? I'm still waiting to upgrade from my LP7, but that is pretty much the only problem I have.
[Galaxy S II General] gaeilge:
Well, I'm using LPW and seems all the WiFi problems from previous ROMs are solved. I talked to many users using the same ROM and they all confirm that. The only problem which is being reported is some kind of bug in WiFi settings (it's about deep sleep behavior menu) when system is set to Polish language. Strange because it was released for Poland but the same time Polish users report that changing language to any other is solving this problem (you don't even have to touch your product code).
[Galaxy S II General] shaq1907:
It never happaned on LPG firmware for me (LPX modem).
[Galaxy S II General] sunseaker:
Error when extracting firmware

Anyone else get an error when trying to extract a Firmware file? I'm trying to extract GT-I9100_CPW_I9100XWLP7_I9100XXLPS_I9100CPWLP5.tar.md5 (the XWLP7 firmware with CPW CSC) but when I try extract the file I get the following error "0 There is no correct record at the end of the archive". I get this error with the XXLPW firmware too. The files appear to extract ok but I don't want to try flashing if there is a remote possibility that a file may be corrupt.

As a quick test, I tried flashing the firmware using Odin 1.85 it throws an error too. I don't have the exact error as I'm not at the PC any more but it seems to indicate that there is a problem with the firmware file.

Has this happened to anyone else?
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
You only have to extract the downloaded zip or 7z file.

Don not extract the tar or md5 file.

Just put the tar/md5 file into PDA section of Odin and flash.
[Galaxy S II General] sunseaker:
Thanks. I wanted to extract the files to use with Heimdall as I use Linux mostly. Anyway, I just I tried flashing that GT-I9100_CPW_I9100XWLP7_I9100XXLPS_I9100CPWLP5.tar.md5 file with Odin on a windows PC and get this error

I know my Odin works properly as I have just test flashed an older GB rom that I had on my PC with no problems.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Is there something wrong with the file name of the extracted tar/md5 file?

Seems to be a conversion/character set issue ... happens sometimes between different OS (Linux / Windows).

Try to download and extract the zip file with your Windows-PC, where you want to flash with Odin.
[Galaxy S II General] sunseaker:
Hmmm, good thought but still the same issue. I downloaded the file with windows as suggested and extracted within windows but still get the same error.

Just to let you know I am using windows in a virtual machine (Virtualbox) as I don't have any Windows PCs and haven't had this problem before.

---------- Post added at 05:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:32 PM ----------

OK, it looks like I sorted it. I placed the firmware file in the root directory (C:) of my virtual machine and now it seems to be flashing fine. Perhaps the path to my firmware file was too long.
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
GT-I9100

VNZ

I9100XWLPI

4.0.3

25.06.2012

08.06.2012

686447

has been released :) it has been a long time since last flash since i9300 has arrived and took all the attention :D
[Galaxy S II General] Warzywko1990:
Hey.

I've tried to find a proper answer for me in thread and called my mother to tell her she wasn't lying when she said i am special (like the video says). Anyway i bought a S2 for my GF the problem is it has a SimLock. So i've tried to root it so i can unlock the phone. I followed instruction, did everything like it says. Installed XXLPW (original was BVKL1). After every insecure kernel phone does not reboot. I get yellow triangle with "!" under Samsung Glalaxy S2 logo. So i can not proceed.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Tried flashing CF-Root kernel and then doing factory reset in recovery??
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
Try factory reset from recevoery menu...
[Galaxy S II General] Warzywko1990:
Installed CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_KI4-v4.4-CWM4 since was a closest one to mine. Did wipe data/factory restes. Nothig changed still triangle warning and nothing more (means system do not boot)

tried with XWKDD_insecure nothing too.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Flash the stock kernel first.

And after this was successful, then try to flash the CF-Root kernel again.

Maybe something messed up.

Hope flashing the stock kernel can fix it.
[Galaxy S II General] liamwli:
All those links are broke??!?!?!?!?!?!
[Galaxy S II General] -Grift-:
Not all i think
[Galaxy S II General] sageandonion:
Why doesn't intratech close this thread? He doent maintain it or update anymore now he's on the sgs3.
[Galaxy S II General] egps2:
I do miss the updates from intratech with the old bootloader already built in but I have been using this alternate thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1544487

Also here is sammobile:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/

If anyone know's intratech's plans please let us know :)
[Galaxy S II General] sageandonion:
I need the franky firmwares intra did. Miss them for my updates. :-(
[Galaxy S II General] dercncplaner:
Why!?!?

i have allways done it. My uncle have given it to a another man to flash the ICS (he used: i9100xxlpx, Kernal i9100xwlpg) and now allway when i try to flash other ROM i have this Problem (in attachment)

in 1: i wait and wait

in 2: it FAILED

who have an idea?

I am in Germany.

Sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy S II General] MeX_DK:
I think ROM and kernel must match versions or it will fail
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Sorry, can't open the attached pictures.

Check if USB Debugging is enabled, if yes, then disable it.

Are you using PC Odin or Mobile Odin app to flash?

What is the current kernel version, and what is the current build version (XWLPG)?

Is the phone rooted?

What ROM/kernel do you want to flash?

What bootloader do you have? (old GB, new GB or ICS)

Does the download mode work fine?

Have you checked that Kies is not running on your PC (and no Kies process) when trying to flash with Odin?

Sorry, more input => more help.
[Galaxy S II General] trooperjohn:
How to choose

I am running an orange branded gs2, but there are a few stock rooms to choose so how do I know which one I need, or can I use any just so long as it is the British orange?
[Galaxy S II General] sageandonion:
You can flash any stock, i have a branded orange gs2 and i really liked intratech's frankenstein lpf rom from his thread, it has uk csc and lpx modem which works really well. Always best to read tho;-)
[Galaxy S II General] trooperjohn:
Great info, thanks a lot mate, much appreciated :D
[Galaxy S II General] dercncplaner:
Thaaaanks .. it was a small :D kies-Process

it was hidden from my eye :cyclops:

now it works.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Anybody already flashed this:

GT-I9100 - Open Europe

PDA: I9100XXLQ5

CSC: I9100OXALQ5

Version: 4.0.4

Date: 2012-06-28

Regions: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

Found on SamMobile.

Not found with Check Fus Downloader ...
[Galaxy S II General] evansx6:
I downloaded and tried to flash with cwm.

It aborted.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Extract the zip file, and you will see 4 parts ROM:

Modem, CSC, PDA (biggest file) and pit

Then flash with Odin (or Mobile Odin app):

PDA file in PDA section

Modem file in PHONE section

CSC file in CSC section

I would first try to flash without pit.
[Galaxy S II General] evansx6:
Thanks.

Will try with Mobile Odin as dont have pc access right now.
[Galaxy S II General] reejmond:
Tried with pit and odin v3 but it is looping,
[Galaxy S II General] NullRef:
There is no need for the pit file
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
Flashed LQ5 via Mobile Odin, no issues (knock on wood).
[Galaxy S II General] ocmvteam:
SaneinOne: Did it wipe with mobile Odin? (I'm hoping it doesn't)

Also, are you or is anyone else seeding (torrent) LQ5?

How is it going? Any big changes?
[Galaxy S II General] reejmond:
With Mobile Odin only big md5 file 634 MB and flash ? or also modem file and csc file

Is 4.0.4. still rooted after mobile odin flashing
[Galaxy S II General] sageandonion:
Yep me. Used xeulp5 csc but trying out the lq5 modem. Some welcome changes an so far rock solid. :D
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
I personally used the Open file function, it loads all necessary files. As it is a 3 part ROM it's going to wipe, backup and deal with it people lmao. Mobile Odin maintains root which is convenient.
[Galaxy S II General] Astegal:
Will try to flash with mobile Odin pro. I'll make a backup just in case it goes wrong and to restore data from the wipe.
[Galaxy S II General] bdastoor:
Can someone confirm whether its wipe or non wipe please.
[Galaxy S II General] cammel:
It is wipe. It will delete everything, so make a backup

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] bernard134:
@Intratech, when will we see DXLPB ICS for Galaxy S2 with it separate kernel and modem up on your thread?
[Galaxy S II General] dikidera:
This guide helped me fix my softbricked SGS2, much better than the one in the sticky.

I am baffled though, as to how flashing a firmware did not wipe my phone apps,contacts, anything.
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
A single .tar file posted here will be, for the most part if not always, a non-wipe ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] petedaddi:
As anyone noticed a camera bug on lpq? When opening camera or Instagram no image is shown just a black screen but when picture is taken image shows up in gallery.

Sent from Galaxy S2 rocking Salman Rom
[Galaxy S II General] joaobarroso:
So what about LPI? its new.
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
it is working fine for me , no problems so far...maybe little less battery life...
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
Hi. Anybody experiencing occasional hot phone nad slow respondance? only reboot helps. It is really rare and there is not special pps on the phone. It is stock XWLPI. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Not for me.

Have you already wiped cache partiton (and Dalvik cache) in recovery?

Maybe you should check for a "strange" working app in BBS.
[Galaxy S II General] reejmond:
I'm back on XWLPF Frankenstein
[Galaxy S II General] WhoIsJohnGalt1979:
Pray, what is the objective of your post sir? Is almost like declaring "Yay I took a bath today":confused:
[Galaxy S II General] reejmond:
Sorry i will explain :laugh:

Due the leaked 4.0.4 i had a lot of problems.

After 2 days of testing i was not very happy ... strange bugs..:p

So i went back to 4.0.3. 'F'

Now there is a original 4.0.4 I9100XWLPM From Kies (russia) maybe i try again ;)
[Galaxy S II General] igos2:
Hello,

A friend of mine ask me to flash his S2 cause he is afraid from making a mistake somewhere, he don't want the latest up-to-date firmware, just something stable with a good battery life.

I suggested to flash an official gingerbread ROM, but I don't know wich one is the more stable. can you advice ?

I was using GB 2.3.6 kk5 on my own s2 but I don't know if it's the best GB official roms.
[Galaxy S II General] guedes_puc:
You should try XWLPG or XWLPD. They are both stable ICS official releases.
[Galaxy S II General] hirak99:
I heard 4.0.4 has contacts and phone together again. Is it true? If so, can it be copied for 4.0.3?
[Galaxy S II General] Gwystyl:
XXLPW has that also
[Galaxy S II General] ardabelati:
Correct me if i am wrong.

If i want to install the 4.04 i need to downgrade to GB first then to 4.04 to avoid bricking :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] MeX_DK:
Apparently you can flash the russian version directly without bricking. Only the "beta" 4.0.4 supposedly bricked your phone....
[Galaxy S II General] Beowulf_pt:
Seems the official 4.0.4 is now out.

Android: 4.0.4

Build date: July 5

Changelist: 837163

PDA: I9100XWLPM

MODEM: I9100XXLQ6

CSC: I9100OXELP8
[Galaxy S II General] SONIVIPUL:
i was trying to install 4.2 and when i went into recovery and tried to wipe data for a clean install my phone stuck there and reboot after some time. than i tried to format cache, system and data and cashe and system happened but again on data it got stuck. now i cannot install anything and i am in recovery mode only. need help.
[Galaxy S II General] sageandonion:
Go into download mode and flash stock rom with odin.
[Galaxy S II General] sageandonion:
There was only problems with cfroot kernal or cwm wiping. If you kept it stock and rooted the other way, no problem. :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
Yes I have already tried that...no change...but this does not happen very often so it is very hard to pin the problem.... BBS? Thanks.

Maybe i will try the new russian 4.0.4 :D is it non-wipe? anybody already tried it out?
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
BBS = BetterBatteryStats app => http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
[Galaxy S II General] igos2:
Hi,

Thanks for the replay.

He want a GB, not ICS, do you know what's the most stable official release of GB ?
[Galaxy S II General] guedes_puc:
That would probably be XWLA4, i remember many people were in that ROM. I personally liked UHLB2, but I'm from Brazil so it just made sense to me at the time.

But I insist, I'd flash ICS for any of my friends even if they asked specifically for GB. XWLPG had no problems at all for me and great battery life.

Hit the thank button if I helped.
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
Hi everyone! :)

just tried XWLPM and for now it looks great :D contacts is back in phone menu ! ;) now percentage is build in, and 4.0.4 is very smooth. Will see how battery life is. oh, and it is non-wipe ;)
[Galaxy S II General] MeX_DK:
Im just waiting on CF-Root before upgrading myself. ANd then I will upgrade to a modified version with the NEE CSC