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[Galaxy S II General] lrcquest:
will boot looping occur if i flash the csc jpkg1 package? in the event that i do not flash the jpkg1 arabic csc, will i still be able to do *#272* imei# and change to XSG?

Also, i do not have a data connection (edge / 3g) & depend on wifi for data. So is flasing the jpkg1 csc that important.
[Galaxy S II General] spl83:
Are there no hints for me?
[Galaxy S II General] hkwildboy:
Are you sure about this? or is it just happening to the ZSKI3 firmware that Samsung has withrdrawn in Hong Kong?

If that's the case, i can tell you, i flashed ZSKI3 from Kies (not from ODIN). On the first day it was flashed, Kies recognised it as official. Starting from the day that Samsung withdrew it, it begins to show as non-official.

Therefore, i dont think it has anything to deal with Kies, it should depends on the database that Kies is linked to in determining what is and not official.
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
if done correctly no. not sure about that.

csc is not that important and you can still use the data service it just gives you the predefined setting of your carrier if you use wifi then no need for flashing csc.
[Galaxy S II General] lrcquest:
Is it necessary to have Admin previlages (windows 7) when flashing with Odin? Can it be successfully flashed on a User login with no previlages for installing new sw?

@ akbarhash

seeing your earlier post regarding the CSC, any specific reason to go for JPKH1 instead of JPKG1? Any performance / compatibility issues?

Which CSC should i use OJVKE4 or OJVKF3???
[Galaxy S II General] mmorisa:
Hi everybody, below are current configuration and battery life is good enough for me.

Push mail, twitter, facebook are all ON. GPS also ON.

Calls/sms/gtalk used at all time and weather updated every 3 hrs.

Just a quick note. I did a hard reset after installing the ROM by using the code entered in the phone dial-up screen. I forgot the code already but it is searchable here in this wonderful forum.

Regards,

Morisa

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
Is this stock ROM or custom? % in battery is already in stock? :)
[Galaxy S II General] mmorisa:
That battery percentage is flashed via CWM. Credit goes to "maxvanni" for the KI3 mod.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] xmfpdlemalnz@hotmail.com:
anyone using KI3 Poland version.

Is your camera sound on even when your device is on silent?
[Galaxy S II General] lrcquest:
Successfully done the upgrade. Will post the experience soon. Thanks for all the help.
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
One noobish question... is CWM or CF-Root increase my custom FW counter?
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
Hey, no specific reason i thought it was a new file so i decided to use it. Also was just experimenting. No csc does not have anything to do with performance etc just carrier specific settings like for 3g mms etc.

Regarding which csc to use try *#1234# now on your phone before flashing check the csc version, after flashing go for the version newer or even the same. No problem unless your carrier changed their settings which is not very likely
[Galaxy S II General] altltkrk:
I did but I cant find it
[Galaxy S II General] rayghost:
I've got the same problem. The first page is filled with apps and the other 6 are having open spaces. When I reposition the apps so all pages are free of gaps (now having 5 pages and one not fully filled) I use the save option and untill I reboot the phone everything stays in place. After reboot all my changes have disappeared and again I have 7 pages from which 6 with the same gaps as before.
[Galaxy S II General] richyy74:
I had the same problem once. My solution was to erase tw-launcher data and rebuild my homescreens. Since then all is well again.
[Galaxy S II General] alsafady89:
I live in canada and my provider is fido, since there is no csc specific for fido, which one whould i use??

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] 3waygeek:
I installed the Frankenstein non-wipe KI3 ROM Sunday morning. Everything seems to work fine except for Polaris Office. When I try to load or create an Excel spreadsheet (either .xls or .xlsx), I get a force close popup with the message:

The application Polaris Office (process com.infraware.polarisoffice) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again​

Polaris Office works with other file types (MS Word & PowerPoint) -- the problem is only with Excel. Any ideas on how to fix this?
[Galaxy S II General] mercuryblue:
intratech help me out

Hey bro,

I've downloaded the compressed file of INDIAN firmware. can you please tell me how to use it in odin. coz i'm not able to find .tar in your compressed package. sorry for newbie quest..

i'm having O2 branded S2 n I want it to unbrand it with Indian firmware...can you please help me out...
[Galaxy S II General] mmmmbeer:
I flashed the official XXKI3, rooted using cf root and then flashed the official kernel back in and reset my counter with the jig.

The latest version of Kies tells me my firmware is not official too.
[Galaxy S II General] mercuryblue:
help me :(

hey friends help me out please

I've downloaded the compressed file of INDIAN firmware. can you please tell me how to use it in odin. coz i'm not able to find .tar in your compressed package. sorry for newbie quest..

i'm having O2 branded S2 n I want it to unbrand it with Indian firmware...can you please help me out...
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
So just put the csc file in the csc place in Odin flash and you are done. Enjoy.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
Try *#1234# in the dialer see what your csc code is then try to find one with the same code in the csc part of the third post if this thread.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] Cladon:
You'll have to unpack the .exe file you have downloaded! After that you will see the .tar file! Just double click the .exe file and unpack it! :)
[Galaxy S II General] alsafady89:
it says unknown for my csc, anyways i bought it from europe way before it came to canada, so i want something that is made for canada,,, I am not sure what i should be getting...
[Galaxy S II General] mercuryblue:
I've already unpacked it and there is no such file with the .tar extension bro..it contains cache.img, boot.bin, param.lfs, factoryfs.img, hidden.img, modem.bin, sbl.bin and zImage
[Galaxy S II General] mmmmbeer:
When you run the exe you should get the tar file. If you then double click the tar file you will see the files you listed. You only need run the exe to get the tar file.
[Galaxy S II General] mmmmbeer:
If the file you downloaded is not an exe then it's a probably a tar file already you don't need to uncompress it further.
[Galaxy S II General] mercuryblue:
bro thats wat i'm telling ... i'm not getting the .tar file i'm getting the .zip file after double clicking the .exe file
[Galaxy S II General] mmmmbeer:
The zip file is the tar file man. When you get the zip file you put it into odin in the PDA section
[Galaxy S II General] Cladon:
After unpacking .exe file ... you should get .tar file and not .zip! Those files you are talking about are compressed in the .tar file which you don't have to unpack! Please double check the extension on the file you get after double clicking .exe file! I am sure it is a .tar file and not a .zip file!
[Galaxy S II General] mercuryblue:
bro thats wat i'm telling ... i'm not getting the .tar file i'm getting the .zip file after double clicking the .exe file

apart from that when i use the *#272*Device IMEI# i'm getting only 'ONE' CSC there..below it its just 2 tabs of command i.e. INSTALL and CANCEL. i mean i'm not getting the option to select the desire CSC.

What i want is I want to unbrand it n use it on indian csc

---------- Post added at 01:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:58 AM ----------

ohhhhh...OKKK bro.

let me put it in PDA section
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
Dude I am not that experienced, usually it gives a code like opjkg5 , maybe some one who knows bout this a little more can chime in.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] mmmmbeer:
As cladon says check the file extension. Winrar will make the file look like a zip file but it's not.

If its a csc file you are trying to flash put it in the csc section.
[Galaxy S II General] mercuryblue:
For MultiCSC packages you can change between csc by typing *#272*Device IMEI# into the dial pad and selecting the csc of your choice and press install. It will reset the device.

what this exactly means ?
[Galaxy S II General] mmmmbeer:
If your package has a multi csc then you can change csc by typing the code,select the csc you want, install it then hard reset the phone.this will wipe your phone so backup first.

If you don't have a multi csc then you will only see one csc when you type the code.
[Galaxy S II General] alsafady89:
guys i bought my phone from korea, but I live in canada, I want a csc that is for canada, my provider is fido and i live in ottawa ontario if that helps, which csc package should I get??

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
You're doing it wrong. I really don't know how to make it any simpler, all you have to do is double click the file and it will extract the tarball to whichever folder you chose.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I can't recall there ever being an XXKG7 firmware. :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
You may need to do a hard reset as you're changing firmware that differs from your device's sale's code.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Are you telling me you didn't know that a hard reset will do that? You really should read about stuff you do to your device if you don't know what it does before doing it. It has been mentioned on numerous occasions in this thread alone that a hard reset will wipe everything including whatever is on your internal SDCard. Sorry that you lost your data but coming from an IT profession I find it hard to understand how someone cannot have backup of data that they consider important.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I've had to engage my enigma machine to decode what you mean but sadly your post has b0rken it. If you are asking if the firmwares are deodexed then I will have to ask you if you've ever heard of a manufacturer releasing deodexed firmware? Considering the fact that I try to keep the firmwares as official as possible with limited changes where necessary, i.e. the bootloader, then I would have thought that the answer to your question is self-evident.

If you want to deodexed them yourself then someone has taken the trouble to create a thread with the tools and instructions to help you do this. I know it's very sneaky of them to write it down and then how dare they waste your time by expecting you to have a look around for it instead of responding directly to your post considering your importance to this world. I imagine you're busy fixing the world's financial situation, the famines in Africa and possibly the conflicts in the Middle East.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Won't wipe. I think this has been asked or done multiple times in this thread.
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
I lol'd....:p
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Kies being Kies. I see it's still as buggy as the Amazon rainforest.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Seriously? Have you taken a look at Odin? Do you see the section labelled "CSC"? What you do is this:

1. Identify which CSC you want to flash.

2. Look in the 3rd post of this thread to locate that CSC package and download it. I won't talk you through downloading it.

3. double-click the executable to extract the included tarball. Make sure you remember where you extract it.

4. Open Odin

5. Click on CSC in Odin

6. Browse to the tarball that you extracted

7. Select it

8. Turn off your phone

9. Put it into download mode. I won't tell you how

10. Connect the USB cable to the phone.

11. Once Odin says device connected press start.

12. Wait for it to complete

13. You are finished.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
There is nothing wrong with the file my friend. You seem to be the only one with a problem extracting it which I take to mean that the issue is at your end.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
If you want to use SuperOneClick then please sick to version 1.9.5.:)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
CF-Root will. Any modded or non-stock kernel will so this.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
No, there is no CSC for FIDO. If the stock firmware has data connectivity and you can receive your sms on FIDO then there is no need to flash the CSC.
[Galaxy S II General] mbutandola:
Guys,

Don't if it's been answered before.

I flashed the frankeinstein KI version and, after realising that I had the KOR CSC, flashed XEF with odin.

When I check the firmware version through *#1234# it confirms that my CSC is XEF. But when I use the *#272#imei# combo, only KOR is listed. Should XEF appear in the list?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
What's written in the box?
[Galaxy S II General] twosix:
How can I extract the baseband/modem from the FW, because I only want the baseband/modem.

Can I extract the modem.bin from the tarball and use odin to flash it to the phone?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] BrandoHD:
You need to invest in reading glasses.
[Galaxy S II General] crypticc:
Google all the version numbers together like ki1 ki3 kg5 and the rest you'll find a thread with all of them

Edit: spook > all
[Galaxy S II General] mbutandola:
It shows KOR
[Galaxy S II General] stephen2529:
Hi

Ive flashed this to my phone and had no problems at all. My girlfriends on the other hand crashes and plays up loads. Her phone has always been a bit buggy for some reason. Battery life is never as good as mine even when we are on the same firmware same app ect. Im thinking now that something isnt right and maybe a factory reset is in order. If we do this will it revert back to the stock firmware or keep the ki3 firmware? also is it worth re flashing it this time with the wipe version?

Any advice would be fantastic.

Steve
[Galaxy S II General] juraj.s:
after doing factory reset, you will stay on current FW (no revert back to stock)

and try flashing KI4 on that phone. for me it performs much better than KI3.

just let me know if it works for you.
[Galaxy S II General] Omega Frost:
Did you both wiped caches?
[Galaxy S II General] stephen2529:
No didnt I just flashed the non wipe version and left it like that. never had any trouble in the past. As I said mine works perfectly. Hers works just crashes now and then and acts strangely. Maybe shes loaded a dodgy app or something or like you say it dose need to be wiped for hers. shes had problems with it from day one really with the random reboots terrible battery ect. all the common problems that seem to be solved with firmware updates and that thankfully mine never had.

Id love to get it fixed for her as shes getting a bit downhearted with the whole thing.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
For the person sending PMs insisting that the mini-paper widget doesn't work and that widgets aren't resizing here is proof that you're doing it wrong:

[YOUTUBE]zC4JP9CnO7o?hd=1[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II General] mitko76:
exactly what I've done.

i am with fw ki4, but flashed the modem from kf3.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Russian XWKI4 firmware now available with old bootloader.

edit: 3 Network UK H3GKI1 and Russian OXEKI1 CSC packages now available.
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
Thanks for the 2.3.5 - if anything it "fixed" my AOS bug - I'm testing it out today to see battery life but so far looking good.

100% charge - 33min phone call = 97% after that! Played around and did some 3G speed testing and other tests and went to bed (11:30pm) with 89%. Woke up at 7am this morning with 87%. So now after a few more calls - i'm sitting at 80% at 9:19am. 12hrs on battery (yes 7hrs of those were sleeping but still!)
[Galaxy S II General] mbutandola:
Any answer to that please?
[Galaxy S II General] stickerbob:
UG - North America

I can see the UG North America in the Letter codes, but cannot find the download for it. I have searched the entire download area for this with no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113928

edit: The American mutants of the Galaxy S2 shouldn't be flashed with these firmwares.
[Galaxy S II General] gc3:
still waiting for the "official" non-frankenstein version for UK unbranded to show up on the primary list
[Galaxy S II General] wstephen:
The exe

Thank you for confirming that to me, Intratech.

I did not install 7-zip, but double clicking smaller files such as the kernal and csc they still decompress well without 7-zip installed. But on the ZSKI3 which is 531MB (compressed to 275MB), the popup applet reports two errors. So, I installed 7-zip (ver 9.22 - not from sourceforge) and don't know why I was getting the same errors.

After you confirmed I am the only one...I unstalled the 9.22, downloaded and installed version 9.20 directly from sourceforge, and BINGO!

If you were not sounding this firm I would not have tested another XXKI3 to confirm the poblem was really from my end. It's my luck you replied, and you've also replied to a lot of users as well. You have my thumb up for doing that.

So, for those who have been using WINRAR - you must install 7-zip from sourceforge, otherwise...you are not getting the firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
:) :) :p
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Glad you figure out the solution my friend. :)
[Galaxy S II General] lynott:
Just install Total Commander and you are set :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] markmcg:
I'm looking for 2.3.5 official unbranded firmware for my Galaxy S2 is:

Baseband version: I9100XXKE7

Build number: GINGERBREAD.XWKF3

What one do I download?
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Look for the XXKI3 in the second post then.
[Galaxy S II General] cablesguy:
Is there a faster link to XXKH3? Thx
[Galaxy S II General] gc3:
another noob question here....

...so XXKI3 XEO which is only listed for Poland will work fine and in English for me? So I shouldn't wait for XWKI3 XEU UK version?

...updated// okay so i found another post somewhere that says XXKI3 is default Polski but includes English. So I just need to make sure I know where the setting to change (i.e., language and keyboard) is to be found in the settings sub-menus after I flash it, since...uh...I don't read Polish...and probably wouldn't be able to find it except through trial and error...
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
If you're device is English and you flash the it then it will remain in English.:)
[Galaxy S II General] gc3:
...the light goes on in the dim recesses of my mind:cool:
[Galaxy S II General] joelteixeira:
Guys, just curious. A friend of mine told me that SGS2 almost double it's performance on KI3. He stated that is like another phone.

I'm on CM7 right now and I'm not willing to flash it just to try. So, could someone please confirm or my friend is suffering placebo effect?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
Unless he changed the internal chips that is not possible. Its good but not that good.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] joelteixeira:
Good to know, maybe he was using drugs. :-)

Thanks akbarhash.
[Galaxy S II General] mguel:
agree mine is still the same phone with KI3. It's a good ROM, yesterday I was surprised by the battery life, but it's a very subjective observation and maybe other factors where in play. The changes overall are subtle (maybe a direct jump from KDx or KEx or so to KI3 would make the improvements more obvious, but still I have never thought somone switched the phone in my back)
[Galaxy S II General] aalna:
north american KG2 SGS2 to XXKI3 kernal?

my SGS2 is already rooted, can i flash the XXKI3 kernal...either the frankenstein or XEO (poland) kernal so i can update to firmware XXKI3?

i ask because when i initially rooted my phone to unlock, the initial kernal mattered when I wanted to update firmware...

but if i understand the methodology, i would be replacing the kernal entirely, thereby permitting me to update to new firmware?

and so my UGKG2 SGS2 would essentially be updated to 2.3.5 without damaging my phone?

sorry if it's confusing, just trying to make sure i dont do anything incorrectly.

thanks all! so far your work looks great!
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
Flash the entire Frankenstein KI3 ROM, not just the kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] ortaliz:
noob question

Hi! noob question here...

I have a Philippine SGS2 with a stock firmware of DXKI2 (2.3.3), this has the new bootloader already.

Can I just download and flash the XXKI3 found on the 1st page without having to update the bootloader to the old one?

Will that add to the counter?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
Yes you can flash the xxki3 package without changing the bootloader just go for the non-wipe ki3 (old bootloader version is better)...
[Galaxy S II General] aqualeris:
Looking to upgrade to 2.3.5 after reading all the rave reviews. Currently on LR 6.1 2.3.4 with speedmod 41 kernel.

Even after reading the steps I'm still a little confused.. Do I flash the frankenstein or the stock KI3? Is the XXKI3 for Poland one fine? And do I need to do a wipe?

Thank you so much!
[Galaxy S II General] Mitzidupree:
For those who are having problems with kies not detecting their S/W or giving them not official S/W, you might want to try the following, as it happened with me, and then got it to work.

I've first upgraded to XXKI3 Gingerbread 2.3.5, but then again, downgraded back to 2.3.3 JPKG2. Battery seemed to last longer on JPKG2, and lasted only five hours on XXKI3. Yes, just five hours.

Anyhow, after the downgrade, to JPKG2, phone kept on rebooting:

Step 1: Enter recovery mode and reset/wipe your device.

This should get your phone running again.

Connected to kies, with the following: S/W not official Samsung firmware...

Step 1: Enter download mode, run ODIN, and in PDA choose your stock Kernel that matches with your current firmware. Click "Start".

Phone will reboot, all back to normal. Run Kies, and ta-da, update freely.
[Galaxy S II General] av!:
I'll tell you guys a very simple method of getting Kies to work irrespective which firmware you are going.

Go to market and download SpoofFW. Follow the instructions in the applications and then when you connect to Kies it will work like a charm.
[Galaxy S II General] Edwrib:
Hi intratech, can you add this as non-wipe? :-D

ZTM = Brazil I9100UHKH3/I9100ZTMKH3

Or any other new for Brazil.
[Galaxy S II General] 3waygeek:
If you install the Frankenstein KI3, you don't need to do a full wipe. You may, however, have to clear data and cache for some applications (for me, Polaris Office required this after the upgrade; I couldn't load Excel spreadsheets until I cleared the app data).

The Poland version linked on page 1 of this thread should work just fine -- I installed it on Sunday, and aside from the aforementioned Polaris Office issue, I've had no problems. I also installed the CF-Root 4.1 package, then followed that with a install of just the stock XXKI3 kernel (to prevent the yellow triangle from appearing at boot).
[Galaxy S II General] mitko76:
I kind of agree with your friend..

with ki3 I acheaved 4800 on quadrant (sgs2 overclocked with tegraq to 1400mhz)

with any other rom my sgs (overclocked same way) acheaved max of 4200.

so 2.3.5 is faster than 2.3.4
[Galaxy S II General] VEDA2810:
installed the POLAND .. official version .. with old .. Bootloader I guess .. so far so .. good .. can anybody tell how do I come . to know that I have the old Bootloader running .. ??My jig will arrive Next month .. So before using it I want to check .. whether .. Im on the old bootloader or not .. is there a method ?
[Galaxy S II General] atifsh:
i know the type lol they are like media, will make any small thing huge !
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
Question - i'm using XXKI3 2.3.5 and since upgrading i've noticed that upon waking the phone, you get a quick glimpse of the last image shown before the lock screen was enabled. So say you were in a phone call and then hit end and then pressed the Power to turn off LCD/lock. Next time you press power button, you see that hang up screen for 0.5seconds before the lock screen info takes over.

Anyone else seeing that? (i searched :D)
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
+ 1

Same on my SGS2 running XXKI3.