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[Galaxy S II General] Rinoko72:
Read post 3, you've got 2 to choose from:

India ODDKE2 CSC or India ODDKF3 CSC

But which one works best for you, I got no idea, not living in India myself ;)

But because you want to flash a different CSC pack then what comes with the stock Fw, you might have to go for the "Frankenstein" Fw, even though you said in your first post that you did not want to.. :)

looks like Intratech posted while I was writing.. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
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[Galaxy S II General] Rinoko72:
LOL..! just go's to show, it's not what you say, but how you say..! :D
[Galaxy S II General] spoiltz:
Yes, it works on I9100.

Its, very easy, and you don't even get the yellow triangle at boot.

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Thanks mate, i'll try to flash default firmware csc.

So, will I be able to recieve future updates via KIES(after KK2?)?
[Galaxy S II General] Rinoko72:
I don't think so, KK2 is "official" only as a XW firmware, which I don't think your Kies is going to approve as the correct Rom for your region. ;)

But, I might be wrong....
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
You're right! :p

He will need to flashback the official Indian firmware to use Kies for updates afterwards if he wants to use Kies.
[Galaxy S II General] polly69:
Ive just flashed a stock 2.3.5 FW to my SGS2 but ive now decided i want to root it now ive read and read and think i have the idea but im struggling to find what i need, i need a insecure kernel that's suitable this is the FW ive used does anyone have a link i live in the UK.

GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKJ3_I9100XEUKH2_I9100XXKI3

when i get the inserure kernel do i just flash this same FW over the top of the insecure kernel to remove the exclamation mark at bootup. One last question ive ordered a USB jig when ive done this will it reset the counter.

Before i get moaned at ive read and read but theres that many different sources of information and nearly 700 posts on this thread alone it makes it impossible to read everything and you have to see that these phones are expensive and no one wants to brick there beloved phone so they have to be sure.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

The general consensus is once you've got the old bootloader flashed to the device it seems to do so.
[Galaxy S II General] mfpreach:
Could someone help me!?

I am trying to flash back to stock so I can send it away for warranty but when the phone boots it says 'logo_bmc.jpg' failed to draw.

I don't know how to get the logo back in the phone without rooting.

Any suggestions?

I am trying to flash back to factory BELL. I have flashed a custom kernel, gotten the yellow triangle and tried flashing back to stock Bell with your package but no dice, always the failed to draw message.

THanks.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Boot to recovery and do a factory reset from there after flashing the Bell firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] mfpreach:
I tried that a number of times with no result. Will try it again in a second.

I noticed that there is a custom firmware counter, is there any way to wipe that out without a jig? Otherwise they won't honor warranty service regardless, right?

Tried what you said, no dice.

Maybe your Bell official firmware is broke for some reason.

I have accidental warranty, it might fall in water.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Nothing wrong with the firmware.

Yes Jig will reset the counter.

Really strange issue, haven't seen it before.
[Galaxy S II General] mfpreach:
Yeah it is weird, because when I flashed the CF-Root image to see if it would get rid of that error, it did, but had yellow triangle of course.

Then when I flashed back factor image, I got the weird error.

Even when simply flashing the Bell kernel, same thing.

Really weird!
[Galaxy S II General] polly69:
cheers for the help.

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Any chance of the links to the right one as ive looked at chainfires thread and that is overwhelming loads of kernels and i dont want to brick my phone and how do i get the old bootloader or will the FW i have on now support that.
[Galaxy S II General] Rinoko72:
You have not done anything wrong, but because XWKK2 is not the official release for your region, Keis dose not recognise your Fw, even though you flashed the "Official" rom and not the Frankenstein version ;)
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
Hi Intratech. Can you extract CSC and modem please? FW is the same as Telia KK5? Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
It's the same package. I'll upload this later as currently I'm a bit busy.
[Galaxy S II General] mbevc1:
Thanks dude. appreciate it.
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
i am a newbie here and would like to ask some questions...

i am from the philippines and currently using our regional fw which sucks (same as kies) and i have grown tired of waiting for updates...is it safe to flash the latest posted fw (kk2 2.3.6) from the netherlands to my phone? will it wipe all my apps and data? and is there a danger of bricking or losing my imei or those sorts of problems? thanks guys
[Galaxy S II General] Rinoko72:
Flashing KK2 should not be a problem, but KK5 is newer.. ;)

If you're using it in the states, you'll want the frankenstein version so that you can flash the CSC package for your region, at the same time as the Fw :)
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
sorry im an uber noob but frankenstein fw are packages where you can change csc and other files? couldnt it be done on the official one? like flashing modem/radio and csc? thanks again
[Galaxy S II General] Rinoko72:
You could I suppose, but the frankenstein fw have the old bootloader which lets you resett the binary counter with a jig as well.. ;)

I find doing it that way is a lot easier then some of the other options :)
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
does the official fw add to my counter?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
No, only custom firmware and kernels increase the counter.

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[Galaxy S II General] polly69:
Can i go back to a older FW or go back to the original 02 FW or better still the latest UK o2, my phones not rooted and it will be done with Odin, i was on 2.3.4 which was recognised by Kies but kept saying no updates where available all i want is to put my phone into kies to get a update and get a OTA updates but now im on 2.3.5 and kies doesn't support this FW please can someone point me in the direction of a FW that has a unlocked bootloader UK so i can reset the counter with a JIG and one that can be recognised by Kies and updated and get OTA updates. Please can someone provide links instead of pointing me to page one as not everyone knows everything and can pick from 100s of firmwares all i want is a simple answer and before im flamed ive read and read.
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Uhm.... can I just ask.. why the hell do you want to go back to updating with KIES? After you update, next one will be in a year or something.

Just stick to updating with ODIN.

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[Galaxy S II General] Rinoko72:
Right, If I understand you correctly, you want to go back to stock for your region so that Kies will update your phone?

The only way I can think of to do that is to find out which FW version is "stock" for NZ at the moment and flash that one...

How your going to find that out, I'm not quite sure, but when you do know the build version which you should be running, then you'll get help here flashing it ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Rinoko72:
You write your self that you want to flash a stock ROM for the Netherland, use it in NZ, then want Keis to update it as if it had the ROM for your region, which is not the Netherlands, ie XW ROMs..

that's not going to work now is it mate..?
[Galaxy S II General] penfold99:
Sorry if this had been answered already, but I can't find a search on the XDA app.

Does anyone know an app that can un-7z these files on the phone?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Androzip might work....

Why do you want to do that may I ask?

PS. The search is under the More tab in XDA app.
[Galaxy S II General] penfold99:
Andro-zip fails unfortunately, but thanks.

I want to do it because I use mobile Odin, and right now I have to un-7zip on my PC and then transfer the file over.
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
Download 7zip to PC.
[Galaxy S II General] ksantoshh:
Latest Winrar will unzip it.

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Mate , u can follow the link on page 1, firmware XWKK5, it the latest with android version 2.3.6 and works great !

http://www.multiupload.com/7FKGH0Y68X,

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Its put up in the first page of the thread mate.Intratech clearly mentions the firmware with old bootloader.For any reason you have updated the firmware with New boot loader, just flash the old bootloaded though odin tool.

Link : http://www.multiupload.com/LQQBRQVJUD

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Flash the the latest CF-Root kernel to get the CWM recovery. You mite be on the stanard android recovery.

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Hope you are rooted already.Take Backup of ur apps with titanium backup.just wipe data,partition cache and dalvik cache.flash the stock FW UHKI1 ( Link : http://www.multiupload.com/JPMBM0IKGX) and u shld be good to go.No need to flash the kernal separately
[Galaxy S II General] mbutandola:
Don't know if it's been posted but guys at samfirware have got a first leak of ICS for our galaxy s2. They won't share it for now and are keeping it until their new site is ready. If true, we could be getting it as early as next week. Would make a perfect Christmas present :)
[Galaxy S II General] mich0111:
Hi, I did it but nothing change. I tried also to unsinstall the update of Market and it's the same.

My applications list is always empty.

I'm looking for another idea.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Michel
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Just another suggestion:

Titanium Backup Pro (pay version from the Market) has got a feature to fix market links.

Try this!

As I do not have the Pro version, I never used this action on myself.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S II General] GDF01:
Happened to me a few times before and all I did was download a new app (choose any free app) and got my list back. You can delete that app afterwards.
[Galaxy S II General] penfold99:
Thanks for your reply, but the question was specifically for the phone, not for a PC.
[Galaxy S II General] Michael2207:
I'm very sorry if this has been asked before, but I have the following problem.

I bought a SGS2 last week from a Dutch e-tailer. They sold me a Polish model. The info I'm getting when using *#1234# states the following:

PDA: I9100XXKI4

PHONE: I9100XXKI4

CSC: I9100OXAKI4

Is there a possibility to flash the Stock Dutch ROM?

I was thinking about this one: I9100XWKK2_I9100XENKJ1_I9100XXKI4_HOME.tar

Can I use this?

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Never mind. Just took the 'risk' at did it. And it works flawlessly. Only 'problem' is that I cannot use KIES to update the firmware, but I can still use Odin in combination with CheckFusDownloader.
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
AndroZip or ArchiDroid should bother work, download from the Market.
[Galaxy S II General] penfold99:
Ok, thanks, I tried both and neither coped, although I am fairly sure that ArchiDroid worked on the KK2 ROM.

AndroZip just created an empty file:

ArchiDroid says the compression method is not compatible:

Oh well, never mind, but thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] lrcquest:
U say that u have already ordered the jig. In thar case if u go back to stock and upgrade using kies it is bound to change the bootloader making it difficult. Best solution that can be suggested is that do a full wipe, choose the xwkk5 franken fw from post 3, choose the right csc if u must, then flash thru Odin. If u want root, the easiest method its to flash a custom kernel. I am using the speedmod kernel & its nice. In this way u can get to remove the yellow triangle easily.
[Galaxy S II General] Hilmesh:
using intratech XWKK5 shall i lose the ability to use the USB Jig? can you please advise? I have already bought the jig and it works great. i want to move to 2.3.6 but will wait for your confirmation.
[Galaxy S II General] mrcreativity:
Download and flash the Frankenstein XWKK5 firmware from the Intratech thread and you will be able to use the jig.
[Galaxy S II General] minhquan7884:
When have Frankenstein XWKL1 firmware? who has flash this then for me a comment?thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] patt2k:
Hey guys i wanted to ask a question i went back to stock from custom roms it removed the ROOT i am ok with that for now until ICS comes out.

It also flashed the stock recovery ( i must admit BATTERY IS AMAZING).

But then again i've done root right when i got the phone it was couple months ago and completely forgot how to root again is there any way to flash via odin rooted firmware and that is it ?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
You can either use Intratech's method described in 1st post of this thread. Or you can visit Chainfire's CF-Root and just flash a rooted kernel in ODIN and voila you're rooted.

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[Galaxy S II General] tiwas:
So...I need to download the KL1 modem in addition to the Frankenstein KK5?

Cheers!
[Galaxy S II General] tylerdurden83:
I've flashed the KL1 modem on top of my KI4 frankenstein, but ever since i did it, my phone randomly enters flight mode. Any suggestion about what I should do? Flash back the KI3 modem maybe?

Cheers all
[Galaxy S II General] freemini:
maybe use a newer firmware than KI4? KL1 modem is much newer than your current firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] mich0111:
I restored with Titanium Backup Pro and I wonder whether the trouble doesn't come from it.

What do you think?

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] sumeshd:
jump @intratech @darky can we can our hands on it before..they also said tat d rom is lil bit slow but everythings working...even d video recording is working but a little buggy..
[Galaxy S II General] tylerdurden83:
KI4 is the latest without silly issues like the wpa supplicant issue of KK5, or without random questionable things, like KL1 being deodexed.
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
Actually KK2 would be the latest without the wpa_supplicant issue.
[Galaxy S II General] freemini:
I don't have any issues with KL1, battery is great and it's pretty fast. Even though it's development firmware, it works really well.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Hmm ... that would be a contra-productive repair action.

I have read some posts about similar issues after using Titanium Backup Pro's Market links features.

Just thought that these issues are already patched ... as it is a paid app.

Have you already tried to contact the developer(s)?
[Galaxy S II General] tylerdurden83:
True, but reading around this forum I've sees that KK2 is a pretty bashed fw that caused many users issues like fc and random reboots, plus iirc it has the uglier, bolder font. I know that it's possible to change fonts, just talking about the fw as is.
[Galaxy S II General] dan1431:
First, Thank You Intratech for your hard work and dedication to this forum!

Second, any chance you might have the TPAKI2 CSC?

Thanks,

Dan
[Galaxy S II General] mgmate:
I already have the Kk2 version, and I do not have any issues until now, none, zero. I have to downgrade from kk5, as this version have some minor issues that lead me to downgrade.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] iromek:
works like a charm! Thank you... now on Generic ROM (was on Vodafone poo poo ROM) and Rooted! Life is good. :D
[Galaxy S II General] silverwings2008:
Where can I get a copy of stock UK Vodafone ROM for warranty/return purposes?
[Galaxy S II General] artesea:
Need to wait for Vodafone to release a new firmware and for someone to grab it. That said Vodafone have sent out generic phones, so you could just insist that it came that way.
[Galaxy S II General] dazmancumbria:
hI Intratech

how do i un pack each part in to 3 tar. file so i can place them in Odin (pda+phone+csc) is there a guide....

cheeers
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1081239
[Galaxy S II General] dazmancumbria:
hi Intratech again,

Yeah dont have a any idea how to us linux , to exstract the files do you have a stock of any for the KE7 update you could may be post ??

Giving it one last bash before i smash the thing up and get a new one .....

daz
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Er, it's in the first post?? :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Great work mate, Samfirmware is still sleeping
[Galaxy S II General] vijayvasa:
Guys,

I have got the vodafone samsung UK , and firmware kernel says I900BUKE1, if someone can point out how to backup the firmware, I can do that.

And also Is it ok to proceed with the rooting using supercurio method ?

Regards

VJ
[Galaxy S II General] dazmancumbria:
i havent got a linux development environment !!!
[Galaxy S II General] dazmancumbria:
Can you wipe the the phone and start again ?
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Yes you can do a hard reset by typing this into the dialpad: *2767*3855#

It will also wipe your internal memory.
[Galaxy S II General] dazmancumbria:
Right typed in the number on the phone dialer , went to factory Format phone restart , entered phone code , went to recovery system wide data and facorty reset and wiped cache, rebooted......

Phone restarts warning triangle ect.... still the same firmware installed... put in to download mode . tried to install the KE7 update, takes about 3 mins phone reboots BUT still shows the same firmware as before.

All the informating is still on the phone even after a factory format ???

im unable to update or degrade the firmware.... :(

Even tried using the Jig that i brought to put it in to download mode then tried updating to KE7 that way ....

Must be a bad phone .........
[Galaxy S II General] vijayvasa:
Help needed at Step 10

Guys,

Please help. I have rooted using the instructions untill step 9 without any problems.

Am just a little confused with Step 10, which is 10.

10."Now you can flash the Stock kernel to get rid of the yellow triangle just like how we flashed the insecure kernel above.

You've now rooted the phone and put back the stock kernel. High five!!! And the vodafone kernel used to be BUKE1.But now , thats changed to X"

Can anyone kindly clarify , if I need to flash KE1_orignal again, as the KE1_orginal seems to be referring to XWKE1. Please see the below pictures before and after versions and kindly let me know whether I should proceed further with step 10.

Help appreciated so that I can install some custom ROM's or original ROMs ?

Update: Yep, after flashing with KE1_orignal flash , its fine now with out any yellow triangle, Now all I need is a nice custom rom to go with it.

Regards

VJ
[Galaxy S II General] Shalafy:
First of all thank you! This guide is really awesome :)

Since I have already updated my phone with Kies to WKE7, I skipped first part about update with Odin (is it right?)

Then I was able to root my S2 but as soon as I proceed with:

"10. Now you can flash the Stock kernel to get rid of the yellow triangle just like how we flashed the insecure kernel above.

You've now rooted the phone and put back the stock kernel. High five!!!"

I used "I9100XWKE7_Kernel.tar" and I lost root... so I had to start over and this time instead of doing that passage and use that kernel I used a Jig. Now I don't have yellow warning but I don't know if is it the same thing or I missed something without reflashing WKE7 Stock Kernel... :(

Cheers

Shal
[Galaxy S II General] traspler:
Great thread, thank you :)

I've still got two questions:

When I flash an insecure Kernel to root, I won't loose my CSC stuff, right?

And is there a way to dump the CSC of my phone?

Thank you
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Formatting the phone will restore whatever firmware, including kernel, that's already on the device.

Do this step by step.

1. Flash xwke7 firmware.

2. Hard reset device using code above.

3. Root it using the guide.
[Galaxy S II General] rigosj:
I am very interested in the same file. My PCode: GT-I9100LKACOA is the same.

Can I have your help too on this?
[Galaxy S II General] dazmancumbria:
Followed your steps :( dont know what ive done but it just wont flash to

any other firmware.. Get another and try again !!! :D
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Will check when I'm home later and if it's available I'll upload it.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Panama TPAKI2 CSC package now available.
[Galaxy S II General] noonecanhide:
I have some issues with KK5 from this Thread (not the developement version with warning). Baseband is XXKI3, Kernel ist KK5 CF-Root CWM5.

Looks like the baseband crashes sometimes... two times now, when trying to send a sms... phone reports "message could not be sent" then 3g and data connection drops, with "selected operator not available". this can't be fixed with airplane mode, only with reboot...

any ideas ?
[Galaxy S II General] dan1431:
Thank You!

Dan
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
been using the kk5 franken fw...no problems so far...tested all com and connectivity without hitches so far...reading a lot of posts concerning it why am not experiencing those things...compared to my previous fw (dxki2) it seemed that this was much more better and my batt life got a little better as well...should i expect a problem? thanks guys...

btw...if i downgrade to ki4 is it the same process? i just flash it over my kk5 via odin? im not rooted btw...thanks
[Galaxy S II General] hirak99:
Frankenstein firmware

Pardon my ignorance, but could not find this anywhere...

What is a Frankenstein firmware? Why is it preferred/not preferred over the non-Frankenstein one?

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Does it mean a leaked (unofficial) firmware? Will there be the yellow triangle on booting if I use one?

Also the KK5 seems to be of much lower size (278mb only) compared to KK2! Why is that?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Don't expect a problem if you don't have one. It's not certain you will get one at all.

Yeah just flash the older firmware in ODIN, you might have to do a factory reset as well otherwise you might have instability issues.

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[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
nice...thanks...btw can i flash the latest baseband for this (i think its the kl1 modem from the last package)? via odin again i guess? cripes...downgrading needs a factory reset??? now not being rooted and not having TB stinks...thanks again!
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Rooting is very simple, either flash a cf-root kernel from Chainfire's thread or use Intratech's method described in the first post.

Modem thread can be found by clicking the modem I'm using in my sig.

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