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[Galaxy S II General] LBTaylor1984:
o yeah forgot to mention did this too. nothing is seeming to help KE7. I've calibrated the battery charging in OS and then in switched off aswell, and noted a charge of 4195mv. but it's draining very quickly.
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
Noticed that the incandescent white balance setting in the camera is now greenish in the centre of the frame. It wasn't there before the update. The other white balance settings are fine. Anyone notice this too?
[Galaxy S II General] wackyD:
Video player stopped working post update

Anyone else having this issue? The stock video player wont play videos that it could before. I have updated to KE7 and rooted.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Nope plays everything including 1080p .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] wackyD:
Ahhh ok, problem seems to have resolved by itself. Weird.
[Galaxy S II General] airwater9:
To everyone complaining on here about battery life issues...how about complaining to Samsung as they seem to be in the mood for writing new firmware at the moment so they actually fix the consumption issues...might be a better use of time than writing it on these pages.
[Galaxy S II General] shanedark:
Music Player Causing Reboot

Just flashed back to earlier firmware and problem has gone away .
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
Did you use odin to flash back to older firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] haasgo:
flashed and good! i get forced closes on the music player tho....
[Galaxy S II General] shanedark:
Had same problem with default music player causing reboot after a couple of tracks. Reverted to older firmware and problem seems to have gone away.
[Galaxy S II General] earthdome:
I'm thinking of reflashing back to older firmware. I ran quadrant and antutu benchmark, one time of each and my phone got really hot and the battery drops	4% after the run and another 3% in 10 minutes. I don't have this problem before.
[Galaxy S II General] haasgo:
wanted to switch to power amp pro anyways but still.....it doesnt just close the music player. my connection is gone as well for at least 15-20 seconds. it more or less looks like and does what it does after a reboot somehow. awkward....
[Galaxy S II General] justmeinit:
roll on another firmware update this one has been pants for me
[Galaxy S II General] pierrotee:
My KE7 battery life is fine....

Since the first firmware I've had greatly varying battery lengths day-to-day. On my very first discharge to zero then full charge I got 21 hours of pretty heavy usage. Then, as I added more widgets and things that were syncing in the background I saw battery life drop. I have to say it has only once not lasted me until I got home.

Still, KE7 seems to be the best for me so far. After KE7 update I got a full day, around 12 hours on a charge with heavy usage (I could elaborate on usage but it would bore you and me alike).

Last night I did a factory reset and as I reinstalled apps and widgets etc I was consciously checking that I turned off unnecessary syncing on apps that don't need it.

Today, after around an hours of unplugging I saw it had dropped to 97% and wifisharing was around 30% at 13 minutes. I used the 'Force Stop' function to freeze it and since then it stopped gaining time and it's % decreased accordingly.

Later in the day I saw it had started again and was at 14 minutes so I force stopped it again. Thing is, I didn't do anything that used wifi, let alone wifi sharing....

Still as you can see in my screenshots after nearly 13 hours I'm still on 29% battery. I plugged it in for about 3 minutes to get some photos off, which accounts for the small blip at the end.

At the end of the day I think we are all going to have different battery experiences depending on the apps we have installed, the sync frequencies, how many email accounts we have syncing, the launcher we use (I notice my battery life got MUCH better when I started using Launcher Pro Plus...) and any number of factors.

While I would never discourage discussions about battery life, I would encourage everyone to keep it in perspective and understand that just because they get **** battery life after an update, it doesn't mean that firmware is buggy. It might be something else.

Having said all that, I seriously hope they get to the bottom of the wifi-sharing issue that has been endemic since release of this phone, and the Android OS issue which I believe is actually a symptom of a bug in 2.3.3 and has been reported as fixed in 2.3.4 for Nexus S and Nexus One users.

COME ON SAMMY! BRING ON 2.3.4!!!
[Galaxy S II General] taimoor01:
help needed :)

Hi

I am on H3G UK. fone is unlocked but when it starts,shows 3 logo.

versions that latest Kies shows : PDA:KE1/PHONE:KD5 /CSC:KD4(H3G)

I haven't received any update as kies says no updates available.

Why am I not getting updates from it, and is this KE7 officially released? and if, how

can i upgrade mine to KE7? do i need to root it or something? Will anybody please

explain it to me.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] neildeadman:
Still no update for me...

I'm on O2 UK and Kies is telling me that I'm on the latest firmware:

PDA:KE2 / PHONE:KDJ / CSC:KE1 (O2U)

Is the firmware releases per operator (i.e. O2) so I have to wait for O2 to release it or is it a general one from Samsung for all SGS2's?

Battery life not good with the firmware I'm on... updated just over a week ago... wish I hadn't bothered!!

Any one on O2 got it yet?
[Galaxy S II General] darkalchemist:
I'm getting the music player problem too now. I am not impressed at this happening on a flagship device. Why were the software bugs not all ironed out before release. Samsung should've learned from the SGS. Love how Samsung add nice cool features to android but breaking basic ones like with the wifi draining and music playback is just stupid. Perhaps we should get an online petition together to show Samsung our displeasure. Thing is, most of this stuff can probably be fixed easily. Would be nice if we had a rep from Samsung on XDA, they'd probably get better bug reports from us than their testers and things would get fixed quicker.....
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
I'm on KE7, use the music player heavily, and haven't had any issues. Did you wipe the phone (including the SD card) and do a hard reset after the update? I always do that just because you don't know what's lurking where from an OS and app standpoint. My battery life has also improved dramatically and I'm stock with all the Samsung sync apps running in the background. I'm getting about 16 hours with moderate+ usage which is about what the G2X (2.2) got. Wi-Fi still takes a bigger toll than it did on my G2 and G2X but it's not as bad as the early ROMs.
[Galaxy S II General] darkalchemist:
Nope, I didn't hard reset. I'll consider it but it's a pain to do it every time I install a rom (given there's been 3 updates in the last 2 weeks....) I'm inclined to wait for the next rom release before doing a hard reset.
[Galaxy S II General] omrij:
Does FUS server is down?

I just got my SGS2 from clove, with KDC firmware

when I'm connecting it to kies i'm getting "This version of the device cannot be updated"

also I can't download with Check Fus Downloader
[Galaxy S II General] sharpey:
another update here??

http://blog.clove.co.uk/2011/05/25/...loveTechnologysBlog+(Clove+Technology's+Blog)
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
No, it's the same update from this topic.

Click on the link inn the blog and it will take you directly back to here.
[Galaxy S II General] davidoff08:
I think this is new not sure if i agree with the battery life though, if it is an old article..

Please beat me round the legs with a wet stick for not searching first

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2011/0...update-promises-better-battery-life-more-ram/
[Galaxy S II General] SaneQ:
You guys got any information when will it come to Scandinavia (NEE)?
[Galaxy S II General] lnoormohamed:
hi, guys just need something to be cleared up..... i have an o2 locked sgs2 and if i root it and load the stock rom on this device will i be able to recive stock OTA updates
[Galaxy S II General] omrij:
I for got to mention that my PC is XEU
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Unlikely as codes will no longer match O2 firmware on Kies .

OTA updates yet to work on SGS

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Moandal:
If, like me, you haven't debranded your O2 phone then there's no update for you yet. If you want to debrand your phone see here for instructions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1064894
[Galaxy S II General] darkalchemist:
Factory reset my phone and set it up again and music player still causes the phone to randomly soft reboot. Such simple functionality gone wrong is disappointing to say the least....
[Galaxy S II General] neildeadman:
Ah... right I see. Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
KE2 Is current O2 UK firmware on the server checked 6pm

jje
[Galaxy S II General] djwilliams100:
Just connected my phone after debranding 2 days ago and ive now got KE7 update. Is this brand new today as i checked 2 days a no update was there.
[Galaxy S II General] TheSopranos16:
I just got my phone today. It is unlocked and not branded but Kies is telling me KE2 is the latest firmware. Any thoughts? I'm in USA, does that matter? I got my phone imported from Expansys-USA.

EDIT: Just noticed my CSC is KE2 (XEO) Does that mean I am branded? Nothing comes up when I turn the phone on, just the generic Samsung boot screen....

EDIT2: I found a thread describing how to change your CSC. I changed mine to XEU and now Kies says "this version of the device cannot be updated" Does anyone know which CSC you need to get the update through Kies?
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
Still not coming through for me on kies.
[Galaxy S II General] skanj:
Hi guys,if I hard reset my phone will I go back to the original firmware. I'm currently on KE2.
[Galaxy S II General] prometeomail:
Notice that that article at electricpig mention fonearena as a source. But if you go to fonearena, you can find that they use as a source.... THIS THREAD!!! A circular reference :)
[Galaxy S II General] spyrale:
No, you will stay on KE2 without apps installed by you, cheers!

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
someone should complain at them for not releasing changelog, its absolutely rude to change our firmware without even knowing what has changed....
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
Im currently doing a test with ke7. I'm getting horrible battery life and I thought it was a bad flash. So I did a fresh install, and only installed a few apps. Currently at 70% after 3 hours. With moderate use so far I'm currently losing 10% an hour. Also lost a bar of reception.

With ke2 I had excellent battery life with 3% an hr drop. Everyone's experience will vary.
[Galaxy S II General] Flowlance:
There's no message saying there's an update available when i start up kies and connect my phone. Does that mean the update isn't available in norway yet?
[Galaxy S II General] Zedith:
Don't think we got it yet here in Scandinavia :/

I'm in Denmark and no KE7 firmwareupdate..
[Galaxy S II General] stinkypete:
I'm suffering from battery issues since KE7 (90% to 35%) overnight. I'm sure the Samsung android team are well aware of these forums however if we all club together and contact them with our feedback I'm sure they will get it sorted

UNITED KINGDOM

Samsung mobile: 0845 MSAMSUNG (67267864)

Monday - Saturday: 9am - 6pm

Sunday: CLOSED
[Galaxy S II General] Flowlance:
We'll have to wait then D:

Is it normal that gaming drains the battery real quick? I was playing Medieval castle defence for about 40 minutes and it drained 27% of the battery.

The phone doesn't use much while idle though. Roughly 3% over night
[Galaxy S II General] Mustinky:
one of the changes of KE7 i have noticed, is that The phone can now connect to Adhock networks :D

there were problems with Adhock earlier ;)
[Galaxy S II General] madmack:
drop the kay
[Galaxy S II General] ascariss:
the update just popped up on Kies for me here in poland fyi
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
That should be XXKE4 if it's a Polish device. Already uploaded in the dev section. It's the newest available firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Has anyone noticed this from Device Magazine?

Again I am reading KE7 'supposedly' increases the battery performance.

This goes totally against what certain members are finding and reporting here.

Oh and the information also mentions the update can be done either by tapping “system updates” or connected via the Samsung Kies application.
[Galaxy S II General] artesea:
Problem is without official release notes we get posts on this forum saying "woo new firmware, so far battery life appears better", within minutes GSMArena post to say new firmware, fixes battery. Then other android sites copy this news over the next few days. Finally someone in this forum posts a link to one of the blog posts saying it must be true. Yet in this time users have had real experience of any changes, which often aren't the same as the original poster.
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
I know.... I was being sarcastic to the comments ~ hence why I used the word 'supposedly' and then backing it up by agreeing other users are finding the opposite in the update.

Like you, I have been here long enough to know when you don't get accurate information the whole world may look as if it is collapsing to everyone.
[Galaxy S II General] jonkrav:
Quick question for those on o2 I want to upgrade to KE7 but there is no update yet.

Can I flash using odin to KE7 from an o2 KE2 and not suffer any problems? I would rather wait then risk bricking the phone if that's not the case.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
You can, it will not show as an O2 device afterwards though.
[Galaxy S II General] um4rio:
I want to install the update on my UK Galaxy S2 as the auto brightness issue is really annoying me, BUT I don't want to lose the ability to root in the future (I am not rooted at the moment but I will root eventually when I get bored of the phone :))

So, will updating the firmware somehow 'lock' the bootloader, meaning that I would not be unable to root in the future? Or, is everything fine and this update just adds features? (rather than adding features AND and taking some away, such as the ability to root?)

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
No you root any time under current Firmware Gingerbread .

No features added just bug fixes .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] um4rio:
Oh so provided that we are still on gingerbread, we will still be able to root, since these samsung kies updates just include bug fixes?
[Galaxy S II General] jonkrav:
Cool thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Yes in Gingerbread unknown in next version IceCream .

Yes mostly bug fixes same as installing via Odin .

KE 2 KE7 all GB 2.3.3

Bigger update would be 2.3.4 .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] eurodj:
How did you root your phone i just got mine yesterday and am desperate to root!!! I had a nexus one and then an Nexus S with CM7 on both so im no rookie!! So please send info on how to root
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
See this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1056334
[Galaxy S II General] cuker8:
Hi all,

I can confirm that factory reset (which i made by code *2767*3855#) did awesome increase to battery capacity. Went through kdd, ke1 and finally ke7 (also 3 days before reset) so i can compare it... Using this perfect device over a month, the battery was never so good as now :)
[Galaxy S II General] valdigre:
Don't know if this was mentioned, but this firmware has broken bluetooth handset support in Skype (whatever bluetooth profile it uses). In KE1 my Jabra Halo worked no problems with Skype, both handset microphone and speakers were working fine.

On KE7 however, only speakers are working and my handset's microphone is not operational... By default phone's microphone is active, so I have to speak directly to phone's microphone... Damn it!

Bluetooth headphones work no problem when having normal phone call, only problem with Skype :/
[Galaxy S II General] Damien Hede:
can you install samsung update after rooting?

I have rooted the S2 and downloaded an update from samsung but not installed it. What will happen if I install?
[Galaxy S II General] oxoconstantineoxo:
okay so... since kies doesnt show KE7 update for me. i wanted to install it via ODIN. but my phone isnt XEU (UK version) either. Its (SEK) UKRAINE.

What worries me... will ANYTHING happen if ill update to KE7?

My phone is UNbranded, no simplock, no root.

os version: 2.6.35.7-i9100XEKDB-Cl161513

so so? can i can i?

And whats more..

Can anyone who uses KE7 tell me if it support "POLISH LANGUAGE"?

(this is the rom i want to install http://www.multiupload.com/IBRBHDUDXI

found it on http://www.androidtotal.com/manually-download-install-xwke7-update-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-2/)
[Galaxy S II General] manuvaidya:
somebody pls post the download links for this latest update pls..... i think definitely there is some major improvement in battery life with this release i guess....

checkFUSDownloader is also not detecting & samfirmware is also sleeping. only a selected few countries have recieved this update AFAIK.

guys, pls share the links & let us have some fun too.... atlleast update.zip u share it with us....
[Galaxy S II General] otacon888:
So you were able to flash the rooted KD kernel but the superoneclick doesn't work...

Thanks for the info.
[Galaxy S II General] turborider:
yes i got that ready to install as soon i get an aswear why superoneclick doesent work
[Galaxy S II General] El Salvador:
Dude be patient, you will get it soon enough. It's just been released. So far, it's UK only I think?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Unbranded UK I think. The UK carrier phones don't appear to have gotten the update yet.
[Galaxy S II General] mobilemaduk:
Mines unbranded and Ive just finished installing update. If anyone can tell me where the files are I will upload them

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] mobilemaduk:
Music Hub Icon has changed!
[Galaxy S II General] dan13l:
Nothing for UK O2 yet, maybe I should flash an unbranded KE2 and then grab this...
[Galaxy S II General] TML1504:
WOW :D :D :D
[Galaxy S II General] Beefheart:
Perhaps if it was a 'fact' people wouldn't forget it. Apple are experts at taking other people's ideas, making them shiny and easy to use, then through a media love-fest and some clever advertising, making certain people believe they were the first to come up with the concept. And you seem to have fallen for it. I bet you think the iPod was the first MP3 player too..... ;)

As for the new firmware, I wish they would come up with some changelogs for these things.
[Galaxy S II General] hassan:
LOL :D:D:D
[Galaxy S II General] CandyAndy:
Finland check. Got the update through Kies now.

Lets see what has changed if any. I will not root immediatly. I want to see if battery life have improved like this.

it seems thou that all the apps I froze in the previous build while rooted are still frozen. At least I cant find them anywhere..
[Galaxy S II General] mathieulh:
I grabbed the XEU version of the update and decrypted it, if anyone needs it.
[Galaxy S II General] madpete:
Well one change noted, the Orange sim / Phone force close on startup is fixed for me.
[Galaxy S II General] Jabbypants:
Nothing for me in the UK when I look on Kies it says this version of cannot be updated not sure why I am on KE2.
[Galaxy S II General] robart76:
Automatic brightness works a bit better (not that choppy)!
[Galaxy S II General] Jabbypants:
Would I have to flash a certain rom then to get this to work over Kies, I am on a unbranded/unlocked phone.
[Galaxy S II General] ahampstead:
10 minutes might be too early to tell.. but Android OS is using a lot less battery so far.
[Galaxy S II General] Jabbypants:
Mine just says this version cannot be updated.
[Galaxy S II General] saquib:
For those who cannot update, are you rooted or stock?
[Galaxy S II General] Jabbypants:
I am rooted and in the firmware part it says it cannot be updated.
[Galaxy S II General] dfi2k5:
I want it. Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Jabbypants:
Snap Ill take a it^^
[Galaxy S II General] darkoroje:
Can anybody point me to the rooting thread that contains KE7 stock kernel ? Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] mathieulh:
Uploading 30 minutes left
[Galaxy S II General] s3thh:
im on stock o2 uk (o2u) and no update so far.
[Galaxy S II General] valdigre:
I also have stock unbranded UK phone with KE1 and Kies does not show any updates... :/
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Just updating now :D
[Galaxy S II General] delorean_2k:
Got O2 PAYG phone a few days ago and flashed to KE2 UK unbranded and did the CSC change to XEU.

Just tried Kies and got offered KE7.

(EDIT: I didn't root)
[Galaxy S II General] valdigre:
I don't suppose they would only offer firmware upgrade for KE2 and not KE1 firmwares???
[Galaxy S II General] turborider:
ke7 stock kernel doesent work still waitting for another upload
[Galaxy S II General] kar111:
On O2U branded O2 and still no update... i am rooted btw on latest KE2
[Galaxy S II General] simonk83:
Regardless, it was the first implementation that was done well (extremely well), and caused the rapid escalation in smartphone technology to where we are right now.

Forget all that though, I forgot its cool to hate Apple. Silly me.
[Galaxy S II General] Jabbypants:
Any chance of leaving the apple talk out who gives a toss, this is a GS2 forum and this thread is about updates.
[Galaxy S II General] sunilkaura:
/\ /\ /\

+1
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
Just updating my stock GSII to KE7 and hope it fixes the battery life and also the screen not coming on when you leave it for a while.

And I agree leave all apple talk out of here ;)
[Galaxy S II General] simonk83:
Fair enough. I just despair at the lameness of people sometimes ;)
[Galaxy S II General] vimto25:
Is the ke7 kernel available to upload yet guys?
[Galaxy S II General] simonk83:
It's in the dev section, but not sure it's working just yet.
[Galaxy S II General] turborider:
it is mate http://nma.usk.bz/files/I9100XWKE7_StockKernel.tar ,can u try it and tell me if is working cause is not working with me got stuck on yellow ty
[Galaxy S II General] rovex:
There are plenty of reasons to hate Apple that goes beyond its products..

The update doesnt show for me either on an unlocked UK device, KE2 rooted. I guess its the rooting that does it, since Kies doesnt report my current firmware version. Id wait for an ODIN version anyway and for the Kernel to be available separately.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Dev forum.

KE7 Kernel is up and Odin Firmware package is uploading. :)
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
Thanks alot mate!
[Galaxy S II General] Jabbypants:
Its being uploaded and the kernel is there now.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II General] jonsmith709:
Updating mine as we speak, UK unlocked :)
[Galaxy S II General] valdigre:
Was everyone with stock UK phone and stock UK firmware offered update to KE7?

If yes, what previous firmware did you have, KE1 or KE2?

I have KE1 and Kies does not show any updates, I have downloaded the latest version of Kies from Samsung page and it did not change anything.
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
And for what it's worth I totally agree with your statement about a certain company who shall remain nameless :D
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
I was on KE2 before hand and updating to KE7 now
[Galaxy S II General] turborider:
is this KE7 mate
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
File inside is called I9100XWKE7_I9100XXKE4_I9100XEUKD1_HOME.tar so I guess it is.
[Galaxy S II General] Gustopher:
Utter, unadulterated drivel. I'd been using smart phones for years before Apple pinched the idea.

Apple took a great idea, claimed it as their own and made it dull but effective. WM and Android took the idea and made it interesting.

Facts? Pah!
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Updated, re rooted, flashed stock kernel. All working fine :D
[Galaxy S II General] rocketpaul:
notice any changes yet? or is it still too early to tell?
[Galaxy S II General] otacon888:
I was on stock KE2 and was offered the KE7 update via Kies.