yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] fyre31:
you won't break anything 'cause all the major hardware parts on both i9100 and shw m250 are the same. the only differences i know of are the antenna on m250, the fm radio chip on the i9100 and the .5mm difference in thickness (1mm for m250l) between the two.
[Galaxy S II General] tommy_23:
My kernel version is M250K.EG26.1902. It will work to root with CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG6-v4.1-CWM4.tar ? What i wanted to do is to change my curent firmware with XXKG6 kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
install Kies ... this will install drivers so odin can recognize your phone

download Odin 1.85

download stock european firmware ....... you can easily find at www.Samfirmware.com

unzip the files you downloaded from samfirmware ..... you should have like 5files

on your pc .... open up task manager first... under processes kill anything kies running ( kiestray agent, kiesPDLR, etc) .... make sure kies is not running as it will conflict with Odin

open up Odin

load this up on Odin

CODE_I9100XXKG6_CL425236_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.m d5 <----- PDA

GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKG6.tar.md5 <----- CSC

KERNEL_I9100XXKG6_CL425236_REV02_user_low_ship.tar .md5 <---- DID NOT USE

MODEM_I9100XXKG6_REV_02_CL1044543.tar.md5 <----- modem

u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit <------ pit file

click start wait till it says PASS and it will automatically reboot your phone

after flashing with stock firmware ..... flash the CFroot kernel (pda in Odin) ... make sure re-partition is UNCHECKED.
[Galaxy S II General] arkadius41:
Helo guys ;) Im interested in your opinion about sound quality and loudness on your devices. As you could hear, there is great disappointment with this matter. Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
personally i think it's about the same as that of Galaxy S ......... hopefully the devs can come up with something like voodoo sound w/c for the galaxy S was a leap in loudness without sacrificing quality
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
Im happy with loudness as well^^ though i must admit this isbfirst phone of mine that has all the options other than just phone so i cant really compare
[Galaxy S II General] m444266:
it will work.. btw, the latest is now KH3... CWM4 simply means you will have ClockworkMod Recovery console along with the kernel. also it will be rooted.
[Galaxy S II General] susnoduadjii:
what the different between SII M250S / M250K / M250L ??

because i dont notice anything different in specs ?

thank you
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
Each one is for a different carrier. SK KT & LG.. I think sk and kt use different frequency than lg.
[Galaxy S II General] susnoduadjii:
i'm sorry little bit out of topic

1. are the korean phone n tablet (samsung n lg) can be use in my country especially 3g data ?

my country carrier simcard GSM Dual Band (900 & 1800) n 3G (2100)

2. i want buy galaxy tab 10.1 or 8.9, how many type there are in korean ? 16 gb?32gb?64gb? n how much cost for tab 10.1 or 8.9 unlocked ? is there any issue about newton ring defect on korean ver ?

3.i want buy gsii, how much cost for gsii unlocked ?

thx so much
[Galaxy S II General] AjaYrUlUez:
I love this phone works flawless....!!
[Galaxy S II General] j_e_d_i_m_a_s_t_e_r:
I was able to flash the KG6 firmware to my M250K SGS2... :)

whew. haha.

I hate the korean firmware (but i love korea though) just because of the 90 character limit.

Now im wondering what to do next..

Root or flash with lightning rom...

Hmmmm...

Anyway, all of my stuff are still intact... Some bloatware from the euro firmware are still here.. The Olleh startup is already gone.. Faster booting time..
[Galaxy S II General] j_e_d_i_m_a_s_t_e_r:
weeeeee..... from korean stock m250k to euro stock kg6 to lightning rom! :) now i can sleep.. hehe
[Galaxy S II General] tommy_23:
After i updated my M250K to KG6/KH3 the magnetic field sensor and Gyroscope doesn`t work properly. I`ve tried to calibrate them but stiil show me "abnormal megnetic field detected". Somebody has this problem?
[Galaxy S II General] sashpimp:
i jsut want to confirm so i have the m250s i want to knwo its never gonna connect to the 850 band and is there a way to make it coneect to it?? a hack of some sort or a hardwar fix?? so far its stuck on wcdma 1900 and it doesnt seem to move from there..

can anyone post me a link to the flashable modem uhkg4 so i can flash it with CWM striaght from the phone so i can test it??

so the combination i should use for the bands is pcs 1900 and wcdma1900 to have full coverage??

cause lately the coneection is very choppy

thanks ahead.
[Galaxy S II General] guzzle:
Can not open this page = http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1103399

:(
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
[Galaxy S II General] fung000oo:
Problem with the vibration

i have rooted my M250K to KG6, it got problem on vibration...

the vibration is so weak everytime when there is an incoming call, i miss every call... Is there anyone got the same problem?
[Galaxy S II General] andy_pandy:
Hi there.Where can I get a houseing for this phone (M250S)?I'm in Romania...:)I don't really care about the antenna, since it doesn't work here.Anyways...can't I just use a i9100 housing??

Thanks!!
[Galaxy S II General] steveohan:
I've had this problem ever since I first bought the phone...
[Galaxy S II General] susnoduadjii:
<>please help in a week i will buy<>
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
test your gyro .....

key in *#0*# in your dialpad ......

the gyro is more of "movement" of your phone i think ..... when you go to test menu .... click sensor it will get you to another menu

under gyroscope sensor it's hard to "see" if it is working well just by looking at the numbers changing ..... click graph instead

under graph it'll a straight line if your not moving your phone ....... tilt your phone forward ang back and you'll see green line going up ang down. tilt it sideways left and right .... you get the red line going up ang down

i'm not sure how to test the third axis ..... spinning ?
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
@susnoduadjii

i have m250s SGS2 it works 2G/3G/hsdpa
[Galaxy S II General] susnoduadjii:
oh... thanks alot

where are you from ?? are you from Ind :D
[Galaxy S II General] j_e_d_i_m_a_s_t_e_r:
m250k..

from stock to lightning to batista 3.7.1 plus speedfrey 3.0.. battery is good.. no problems with sound and gyro..
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
i'm from the phillippines
[Galaxy S II General] m444266:
Try SpeedFrey 2.2 instead.. :) check my benchamark for a better idea why.

from PH too and yes 2g/3g/hsdpa works. only that will not work is the TV and RADIO. but no worries since there is an app in the market called "Tunein" where you can listen to streaming radio if you're on data or wifi. they have our local radio channels so maybe there are channels for you country too. it automatically detects what's local for you.
[Galaxy S II General] mike_s_6:
I have used a jelly case for i9100 and it fit 95% so it was peeking out a bit... and now I have a flip case and it works fine. But then this one has an open front and it just hugs the sides...
[Galaxy S II General] andy_pandy:
Thanks.I still want a housing though.I have a scratch on my camera lens.

Anybody knows if I can fix that? The pictures are kinda' blurry.
[Galaxy S II General] WSimca:
Problem

I messed with the /system area and market is gone... Factory Reset doesn't restore market. Also, I want to try one of those roms. Which one is good? Links or instructions please. :o

Do I just reinstall [Root]HOME_M250S.EG14.1208_CL380592_REV02_user_low_ship? Well I'll just try.

Rooted.
[Galaxy S II General] intheb0x:
can someone extract the KOREAN versions keyboard apk for me??

i dont want the eu version, its way different i heard the korean version is the best.
[Galaxy S II General] j_e_d_i_m_a_s_t_e_r:
will do sir :)
[Galaxy S II General] j_e_d_i_m_a_s_t_e_r:
try downloading a 3rd party keyboard app in market and download the korean language pack as well :)
[Galaxy S II General] intheb0x:
thats not what im looking for, im looking for that asian keyboard for a little project im doing.

from what i understand the keyboard in the asian version is much better then the eu and similar because its not help back by patents and such like the one in the US and Eu.

so thats what im interested in playing with.

so if anyone please can extract the AxT9IME.apk or whatever its called from the korean or asian SGS2 i would really appreciate it.
[Galaxy S II General] davedfx:
I have a M250s in the Philippines and I can't get the GPS to lock on satellites. Anyone have the same problem? I tried 3 different Roms already.
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
M250s here phillipines als0 n0 pr0blems with the GPS l0cks 0n pretty fast .... accuracy is s0 s0

running criskel0R0m
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
Here you go. It's from m250k. I hope it helps.
[Galaxy S II General] limenless:
Can someone please point me in the direction of the latest M250L firmware, or a descent ROM that will work with the M250L?
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
This is the latest firmware atm.

http://matcl.com/index.php?document_srl=3710154

HOME_M250L.EG15.1045_CL384522_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.torrent

*(20.3KB)

You might have to login to matpclub to download the torrent file... Not sure if it will save all your data or not.
[Galaxy S II General] andy_pandy:
Can someone tell me what's the best rom for m250s? Fully working, with no gyro problems or anything.I'm currently on 2.3.3 GINGERBREAD.EE05.Also, I'm new to android, so a step-by-step(with pictures if possible) tutorial would be nice.Thanks!

Oh and...can I root it?
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
am using CriskeloROM ...... gyro works well 3 axis ! .... magnetic compass is a bit screwed up though
[Galaxy S II General] andy_pandy:
Anyone here that know chinese ? I want a housing for my m250s.I found it on taobao, but I don't know how to order...If anyone can help me..please send me a PM.Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] frozenpeas42:
Ok, I've just updated to android 2.3.4 on the M250K. I lost root in doing so.

Could someone just explain to me how to remain at the latest firmware and re-root my phone? I'm getting seriously confused with all the different terminology being thrown around!
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
check page 15. Look for the Root kernal of eg18 jn Sticks post. I used that one to have root and stay with latest updates. Hope that helps
[Galaxy S II General] frozenpeas42:
Thank you so much. That worked perfectly!
[Galaxy S II General] Tehessence2:
SHW-m250s

so i got the shw-m250s (skt) model in korea and brought it to canada....the signal for the phone is actually really bad and the "3g" appears as just g and the internet goes EXTREMELY slow. now what i read on this forum was that if i root it and install the i9100 model firmware on it......i can solve these problems....i have two questions for this. Firstly....why would this help give me better signal and such?....secondly...would i be able to change the firmware back to the shw-m250s one so that i can use the dmb and nfc feature in korea?...also...do i need to back up all my stuff i have presently before rooting?....additionally...im with rogers.
[Galaxy S II General] altltkrk:
I dont know how to delete post.....
[Galaxy S II General] altltkrk:
Hi, I currently use SHW-M250k(KT Olleh) You need to root your device and change the baseband version I use XXKG6(its on the i9100 official firmware thread on Freinkenstein section.) then you probably have to change APN too I hope this works for you. Im on fido Its not the best connectivity that i have with 3g but Edge is working perfectly and 3g works fine at outside But im still searching for other baseband version and APN for Fido too. :) good luck
[Galaxy S II General] Tehessence2:
IM just wondering, can i change it back to the korean firmware when i go to korea for the NFC and Dmb functions? and also rooting means i need to back up the phone, correct?
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
you can always go back ..... but you'll have to find stock korean firmware first or custom korean firmware ..... read back a few pages .... i matpclub.com forum i think and it's in korean language so it's kinda hard to understand unless you read korean.
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
sorry double post
[Galaxy S II General] Tehessence2:
Help.

Im just wodnering...i have the 250s, and i've tried a bunch of things so far....but how would iinstal the cognition rom...i tried the cf-root but when i go into recovery mode i get an error saying "failed to verify whole signature"....also, how would i be able to use sms on the 250s i heard it doesn't work on canadaian networks and do you know if the bell modem would work well?,,,,is there a way to make it work thanks in advanced.
[Galaxy S II General] CasseTrop:
I have a SHW-M250S i'm on Bell Canada, With a lot of different roms and radio I can't get any decent Data signal. I'm going to have to sell this phone. It's sucks it was amazing.

Unless someone has a solution for me ?
[Galaxy S II General] Ammu:
Sms

Hi I just got a 250S and it works great but i have one problem and that is when i want to send an sms here in Sweden i have to enter "name of sender" so i put in my phone number there and that works but i cant reply on any sms and if i try to install a 3:rd party sms app i cant send at all

does any one here know if there are some setting i can do ? or do i need to root it and try another kernel on it ?
[Galaxy S II General] CasseTrop:
I can send but can't receive packets.

Any ideas ?
[Galaxy S II General] specialnoob4mil:
flashing original firmwares

Hi all, I am super new to android OS. I have a korean shw-m205s. I moved back to Singapore recently and the 80 word limit for sms in korean version is really irritating. I am wondering if I can flash a original firmware for a Singapore Galaxy S2 build into my M250S. If I can, how am I going to do it?

Also, the battery on my phone is really bad. Can't last a day with normal usage. Lowest brightness is still too bright. Anything I can do about it? Any advise is greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
the sms problem most likely is because korean sms has different protocol as mentioned above it has an 80 char limit using standard sms app and 120 char limit using 3rd party sms app.... Flashing an i9100 firmware solved this problem for me.

First you need to download stock european firmware from samfirmware.com .... KH3 is latest i think ...... using Odin you can flash to european firmware .... just backread for the instructions.

custom, firmwares and kernels seem to improve battery life ..... but you'll need to be rooted to flash custom firmwares. To get rooted just follow the same instructions for i9100 rooting.

Our phones are very very similar to i9100 ..... most if not all custom firmwares for the i9100 runs just fine on our phones .... the main difference only is that if you flash to i9100 firmware .... NFC functionality and DMB TV is not included in i9100 roms .... and there is no FM radio in M250S .... so the FM radio app is useless to us.

Other than that i don't think there is any other difference ..... gyro works (earlier reported by someone as not working ) ..... although my magnetic compass seems messed up ( not sure as this may be firmware/software related rather than hardware difference )
[Galaxy S II General] Evo911:
Hey folks! Just got a SHW-M250K handset. Im having a bit of trouble with it. I've made a thread about it where I explain the problem in detail. You may post feedback there.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1252461

Btw this is a mighty useful thread!

Also, since we only have GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks here (I'm from Pakistan), so my EDGE is not working on current firmware (XXKH3), on top of problems described in above thread. Any clues, or solutions?
[Galaxy S II General] guzzle:
Try this=

I have solved it for my M250K.

Confirm your phone doesn't recognize "my phone number"

Settings -> About Phone -> Status -> My phone number

likely, it says "unknown". I dont think there is a way to change it in your phone so you need to put your SIM in another phone (such as iphone 3G/3GS, or older Sony Ericssons) and edit it there. For iphone 3GS, you can do this:

Goto Settings> Phone> Press My Number> Enter YOUR number> Press Save> Press Home

This will save to the SIM. When you put the SIM back in, you should be able to use it.

quote by m77m7

I 've had such a problem so I solved for this.

Sorry for my english.
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
A lot of SIM cards don´t have the number written in them, so just follow the instructions guzzle wrote and you should be good (worked perfect on my m250k). I did it and now I am using Handcent without any problems.
[Galaxy S II General] Evo911:
Guys I've flashed SHW-M250K with European stock firmware XXKH3, and rooted with CF root. But the flashing doesn't go smooth for some reaosn and always fails at the end of flashing factoryfs.img. I flashed the stock kernel for the firmware after that, and the European firmware started working.

Now, there are the following items within the .tar archive for XXKH3 that still need to be flashed over to the phone.

hidden.img

modem.bin

param.lfs

Sbl.bin

zImage

Can someone tell me how can I push these items onto the phone to complete the firmware update? EDGE and GPS aren't working on this firmware, and I think it will work after pushing these to the phone.

Anyone?

EDIT: How about I put each one in update.zip, and push them to the phone in reccovery? Would that work?
[Galaxy S II General] guzzle:
sms send fix

at my friends phone samsung gt-s3353 put in my sim card.

menu / contacts / options / settings / own numbers / edit

my numbers entering and save finished.

remove my sim card.

My m250k insert sim card.

settings / about phone / status / my phone number registred

sms send problem, solved.
[Galaxy S II General] Ammu:
Thanks that solved my problem :D
[Galaxy S II General] altltkrk:
Need Help with SHW-M250K

Hi guys I have a problem with SHW-M250K(korean KT version). I rooted and changed it to Bell firmware and My service provider is Fido. Everything works fine but I have a problem with 3g network. 3g works o...k...(not perfectly) outside. In side of my room(its on the second floor facing east near windows),3g sort of works in the other room(second floor facing west near windows) it only shows uploading arrow.... not downloading arrow so I do not have signal for 3g(can't call or take the call). again my phone is from Korea and I would like to use 3g on my phone, is there anyway to get 3g right on it?(maybe changing the hardware or go to Pacific mall to fix it etc) I'm currently using EDGE mode on KT(SHW-M250K firmware, I changed it back to use EDGE since Bell kernel and modem can't support EDGE) If you guys can help me I would really apprieciate it....
[Galaxy S II General] Tehessence2:
IM on rogers, and trying to find a way to get the data to work smoothly.....does anyone know what modem.bin file works best?

pmall doesn't help they are not experts at all once you start naming software stuff they dont even know what your talking about...
[Galaxy S II General] altltkrk:
I use XXKG6 modem.bin it works good or you can use UGKG2 Modem.bin which is Bell's baseband modem I think Bell's Baseband works good, but you also need CSC to make it better
[Galaxy S II General] Tehessence2:
and how would i do that? please explain...i've been trying for a month now and im really frustrated ..i mean the csc part, like what firmware kernel modem combination would work best?
[Galaxy S II General] dingdinngdong:
Hi guys, awesome thread..

Hope you can help with my problem.

Trying to get korean phones to work here in new zealand. I have an M250K and my gf has an M250S. Both are unlocked as far as i know. Mine works fine with a local sim card but the 250S refuses to work. Just sits on limited/emergency service.

Is there any reason this might happen other than her phone not being unlocked? Thats the only thing i can think of..

Is there a way to check if the phone is unlocked without being connected to a network?

cheers

edit...sorted this now but would still like to know how to check if phones unlocked.
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
my understanding is.. If u insert an unauthorised sim card... Maybe from a different carrier? Then if the phone is locked it when u boot it should ask for am unlock code... If it is unlocked then not... I helieve there is an app to find the unlock code in market ^^
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
also check if your phone still has the IMEI ...... under settings .... about phone .... phone status. recently there's been just a few people who's EFS folder seemed to have been corrupted and the first symptom is it won't recognize any simcards.

If that is the case you have a big problem as far as i know there is no solution to that.

but if not ..... then maybe it's just locked and needs unlocking ..... or you just need to flash to a different rom or kernel or modem version
[Galaxy S II General] dingdinngdong:
ok everything seems cool and working now..

now to root. ill be going back to korea soon so i dont want to root using the euro kernel. where on that matpclub site can i find something to let me root my 250k?

read the root guides in the forum but id rather use a korean kernel if possible. any ideas?
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
check page 15. Look for the Root kernal of eg18 jn Sticks post. I used that one to have root and stay with latest updates. Hope that helps^^
[Galaxy S II General] altltkrk:
Download the Bell's firmware and Root it. That should work
[Galaxy S II General] dingdinngdong:
wicked..thanks, all worked fine.

my next most pressing problem is that my dictionary doesnt work :mad: anyone got any ideas whats up with that? im getting an error message saying either the external sd has been removed or access to db has failed..does this mean the app was moved to external sd?

how can i get that app back and working again? there are millions of dictionaries on market but none as good. its pretty essential for me.
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
if your ok with this option.. I would reccomend a factory reset ^^ I think you can find the option in ur settings somewhere..but it will erase all data.. Kinda like starting frim scratch
[Galaxy S II General] antonyfl:
So I have a strange problem. I bent the sim-card door so now it no longer can work with a sim card on my shw-m250s. I brought it to canada. Is there any way to get it fixed here?
[Galaxy S II General] dingdinngdong:
I did a factory reset before i rooted and still no dice :/
[Galaxy S II General] altltkrk:
No one can solve this problem?
[Galaxy S II General] Aink:
could you please tell me how to add the phone number to the Sim card? using iphone 3GS?

I hope you can send me PM :)...thanks...

And is there someone live in Seoul that I can discuss with? I would likely to meet someone here to discuss about SHW M250K rather than I read page per page and also I couldn't understand :)...

thanks for help
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
Where in seoul are ya? what times are u free?^^
[Galaxy S II General] Aink:
My apartment is near the Gimpo airport, and working in Yeoksam.

I think I can meet anywhere (I hope it is not too far from the apartment) as long as still in SEOUL area, prefer to meet on weekend :), or weekdays after work time.

and Fyi, the *#0*# doesn't work and I can't found the IMEI.

The firmware version now 2.3.3

baseband version M250K.EE17.1456.KT

Kernel version 2.6.35.7-M250K.EE05.0315-CL186865

Build number GINGERBREAD.EE31

can someone shed me some light, what is wrong with my SHW-M250K?
[Galaxy S II General] SHW-M250K:
Got my M250K White the other day.

I'm completely new to the smartphone scene.

Firmware version

2.3.5

Baseband version

M250K.EI01.0951.KT

Kernel version

2.6.35.7-M250K.EI06.1614-CL556226

Build number

GINGERBREAD.EI06

Do I need to pay any special attention while rooting with regards to the firmware version?