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[Galaxy S II General] minioligo:
Unable to send SMS

Hello,

I'm the owner of the SHW-M250K that I bought in Korea. Now I'm in the US and using service from T-Mobile.

Phone info:

Model number: SHW-M250K.

Android Version: 4.03

Baseband Version: M250K. UE12. 1613.KT

Kernel Version: 3.0.15-M250K.UE18.1730-CL577819 se.infra@SEP-102 #3.

Build Number: IML74K.IE18

Around 2 days ago, I updated my phone's firmware from Gingerbread to ICS using Samsung Kies (I did notice that someone posted earlier that you shouldn't after reading through this thread >< Oops). Afterwards, I lost the ability to send outgoing SMS texts. Every time I try, it just tells me "Message not sent" and the message itself turns grey and says "Failed". Receiving SMS texts works fine, and so does sending/receiving MMS texts as well. It's a real headache. :eek:

I've tried to check up on a number of things that I've read online. The Message Center number is correct. Also tried switching the input mode from Automatic to Unicode, but that didn't work. I checked the APN and everything is correct. I did read in a previous post that somebody had the same issues, but that was because their SIM card didn't recognize their local phone numbes. That's not the case with mine unfortunately because it does list my number.

I did try putting my SIM card into an old phone and I do have the ability to send texts through there.

I haven't factory reset my phone yet just because I view that as last resort. Anybody have any ideas how to solve this issue? I even got a new SIM card just to see if it would fix the problem...but no avail. Thanks so much for your help ^^ Also, advanced apologies for not being very technical-- I'm not very good at these technological things, but I'm willing to try.
[Galaxy S II General] mmmfreegoo:
Hi, I tried to root using Odin following your instructions, everything looked to go smoothly.

When the phone rebooted, the yellow triangle appeared at the initial boot sequence, but then it just comes up with the normal carrier (Olleh) screen, and everything is the same as before - no Superuser, and the phone is not rooted.

Any ideas?

There were no error messages in Odin as I said, it all seemed to work as it was supposed to, but I'm not rooted.

What could I be doing wrong?

Thanks again
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
You might want to convert your phone into an I9100. By converting it, it will function as the same as the international galaxy S2. You can check my instruction on page 104 and post #1035 :D If you don't like, I'm afraid that you need to try doing a factory reset and see how it goes.

Are you sure you downloaded and I9100 ROM? Put it in PDA? Once you flashed it, the Olleh thing should be gone by then. Also the tutorial I gave is only flashing the phone to I9100. I'll make a tutorial with rooting as well as everything you can do to your phone on Friday. :D
[Galaxy S II General] mmmfreegoo:
I'd really appreciate that - thanks for all your help so far
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
korean phones have an 80char limit for texting ......

flashing an i9100 rom solves this problem.

but recently i've been reading in the s3 threads ..... this limit is actually easily solved by editing a config file somewhere .... i guess you'd have to find it first.
[Galaxy S II General] sgs2withantenna:
According to the S3 thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30238715&postcount=370

You have to edit this file: /system/csc/feature.xml

<CscFeature_Message_SmsMaxByte>80

However I don't have this file on my phone.
[Galaxy S II General] parmeshtoyou:
shw-m250S upgradation

Hi,

after upgrading to i9100 is gyroscope working???

and what is the complete process to upgrade from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4????

Thanks in advance..
[Galaxy S II General] porkchopsammich:
Fresh off the boat, need some help!

I just moved to Korea to teach English and I purchased a used S II (M250S). Unfortunately, I purchased it from a guy who worked at Samsung and their security does not allow the camera to be used on the phone. Whenever I try to use it I get a message that says "security policy restricts use of camera".

I've gone to settings and done a soft reset of the device, but it did not work to fix my problem.

The phone is currently 'unlocked' so that I can use it with any provider in Korea and I'd like to keep it that way, but I NEED the camera to work! (It's the only 'walk-around' camera I've got while here.)

Can anyone help me to find a solution? I am willing to do a hard reset of the phone and then attempting to unlock the device again myself if that is what is necessary to ensure that it is fully functional.

Thanks to anyone who can help!

*Edit - I've read through many, many, many pages of this thread and I've come across a post on page 104 that has instructions for rooting the phone, installing a new rom etc.... In the post it says to download the PIT attachment but it only gives a QR code to do so, with my camera not working on my device it's impossible for me to download this. Is there another download location somewhere?*
[Galaxy S II General] Gigalisk:
Someone earlier was asking how to reflash to stock GGB on Korean S2 (SHW-M250* Family)...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1833868

Bottom post in the thread linked above has the link to the files (its in russian). Thats how i went back.

I do not suggest rooting and upgrading the Korean model to ICS, because it burned out my modem. And yes, i have read through SO much of the dev's posts on how to do it (thanks btw), but the fact is there is not enough support for the korean models...everyone is working on those GT-i9100 models.
[Galaxy S II General] steveohan:
yea i've checked. not sure what it is.

im using the cognition rom. i've even flashed the modem back to the kt one.

what modem are you on? im using ee17.1456
[Galaxy S II General] zorlak:
Hi guys,

Sorry for asking that here, I have been looking a bit everywhere without finding the proper answer, and as I don't want to make a big mistake.

Here is the situation. I bought a Korean SGS2 (SHW-M250K) that I flashed with the following ROM:

Baseband version: I9100XXKE4

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKE7-CL215725 root@DELL103 #2

Build number: GINGERBREAD.XWKE7

PDA: I9100XWKE7

PHONE: I9100XXKE4

CSC: I9100XEUKD1

My phone is rooted and it's working fine but I would like to take the opportunity of the new 2.3.4 firmware to give a try to the Cognitive ROM. The thing is that I am not quite clear with the install process. I have been trying to install CWM Recovery using ROM Manager, but when I reboot it always shows me a "signature verification failed" error that prevents me from backing up my current ROM and installing the Cognition ROM. Also it only propose the 4.0.0.2 version not the 4.0.0.5 ...

Also I have a lot of apps and data associated that I would like to keep...

What should I do at this stage? I would really like to do a complete backup of my current system as it's running fine and it has a lot of data in (I guess that would be a Nandroid backup) and I guess I'd need to do an app/data backup (using Titanium). I am a bit lost to say the least...

If someone can explain me how to solve my backup problems and flash the Cognition ROM in a step by step fashion, that would be really appreciated...

Thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S II General] Wapu:
I believe your confusing the two. The first picture is 'international call lock' from settings--> call settings. It prevents you from calling internationally from your biennial service provider (which some may do by mistake).

The other picture I assume is from your phone already being in roaming mode and it wants to know whether the number your dialing is korean or international.
[Galaxy S II General] senghy:
Samsung galaxy s2 shw-m250k

hi all guy, i have samsung galaxy s2 shw-m250k that buy from Korea and i use it in Cambodia, it has original TV and Radio but when i open TV, i cannot find the channel in my country(Cambodia).

so please help me to find the good solution for me.
[Galaxy S II General] Wapu:
Does cambodia broadcast DMB?
[Galaxy S II General] digitalH:
TV is only for korea
[Galaxy S II General] SamAce 2:
Hi, can you tell me how exactly you did? I think I bricked my phone. OMG! :eek:

Thanks in advance!

EDIT:

Nvm. Found the solution
[Galaxy S II General] andyhk888:
Wapu, thanks for the reply. Turning off international call lock fixed the first screenshot. How do I take the phone out of roaming mode? I'm using a local sim card so shouldn't be roaming.
[Galaxy S II General] Wapu:
T-Service -> T Roaming -> Roaming Auto Dial

More info at:

https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25902/~/zn50-roaming-auto-dial
[Galaxy S II General] andyhk888:
Hi Wapu thanks again for the reply and link, but I don't have T-Service ->T-Roaming -> Roaming Auto Dial on my phone. Under settings -> wireless and network ->mobile networks there's no option for roaming or turning off roaming auto dial. Is it in the settings or maybe an option in one of the Korean programs? One problem with using the roaming auto dialer on is I can't run any codes to check phone balance etc. or run codes to adjust settings on the gs ii.
[Galaxy S II General] Wapu:
T-service is an app. Usually comes pre-installed.
[Galaxy S II General] andyhk888:
Nice, does it come on the m250k? Can you take a screenshot of it? Most of the apps are in Korean on my phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Wapu:
T-service is an app provided from SK Telecom. I still have a galaxy s. Not sure they put out on the S2. They should have it (our something similar) providing this service.

Screen shots attached.
[Galaxy S II General] zorro18888:
If I were to get an S2 from Korea and root it for use outside of Korea, will it work?
[Galaxy S II General] holgalee:
Help with Korean translation on cases

Sorry, I know this is OT, but I'm in desperate need for translation help.

I'm keen on two leather cases but don't quite understand the details:

1. Anymode Ostrich Leather Case

--Is this real leather? I see mentions of PU and PC

--I read elsewhere (using Google translate) about anti-bacterial properties. Is it a chemical?

2. iRoo LN Series

--Is this real leather?

--Any more information about this case, as I can't find the Korean website for iRoo

I'm trying to join a mass order by this weekend, so if someone can tell me more about these two cases, I'll be most grateful. Also, is it a lot cheaper to purchase in Korea itself rather than using Gmarket? I can be reached by PM. Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] taivm:
Has anyone with a Korean SGS II with I9100 ROM having trouble flashing new firmwares?

ODIN can not flash my M250S with I9100 ROM KE7. It just freezes when trying to flash anything. It recognized my phone but some how can not push the file into the phone. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver but it still doesn't work.
[Galaxy S II General] Zanr Zij:
You can flash any other cwm firmwares. M250S/M250K can root under CF-Root method then you will have CWM.
[Galaxy S II General] Ptitkarl:
Hi there,

I'm french but I live in China.

I just bought a Galaxy SII but I am not sure it was a good idea:

-The box is an 250K one (Olleh)

-Behind the battery i can read 250S and the back of the phone is branded with the T of SKT

-The software inside is the i9100

-The battery has no indication about NFC

PDA:I9100ZSKF1

PHONE:I9100XXKE4

CSC:I9100OZSKE7

My phone works well but i can't use NFC and DMB-TV.

What should i do ? Go back to the shop ? Flash it back to 250K ?

Thanks for your help
[Galaxy S II General] taivm:
Yeah, I know that and I rooted my phone as well as flash I9100 KE7 firmware on it. The problem now is that some how ODIN stop being able to push the file to my phone while I was able to do that just fine a month ago. I tried flashing Chainfire kernel but still have the same result, ODIN just sit there trying to push the zImage file to my phone for 30 minutes. When I reboot the phone, everything is the same as before.
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
KT box, with SK back and a i9100 ROM with no NFC on the battery. Get it back to the shop, ASAP. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] ernestyung:
Does anyone suffer for the connection drop problem after flashing to i9100 ROM?

I have been using i9100 ROM (GS3 interface) for few months, everything is good except the connection is always dropped...sometimes I cannot call out and mobile data signal is lost....

Anyone has the same problem?Any solution,please?:crying:

Thank you
[Galaxy S II General] alexecus:
Hi... I wanted to reset my flash counter for several reasons (using Triangle Away).. However I tried to check whether our Korean Galaxy S II is compatible with the app... Anyone have tried using Triangle Away for M250X ?
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
It is not tested on our Korean galaxy s2. You might want to try and be the first to know if it works. :D but ofcourse remember the risk or you can directly ask chainfire
[Galaxy S II General] darkzorn:
@kaizer216

thank you very much for your detailed guide! I also came from the philippines and I was wondering what exact i9100 rom from samfirmware have you used to convert your phone and what version of siyah kernel are you using now? :D
[Galaxy S II General] alexecus:
Kaizer is a life saver... Many thanks for you...
[Galaxy S II General] tommy_23:
Can someone help me to tell where can i found the latest firmware for my m250k?
[Galaxy S II General] Niri.M:
Change log?

There was an update today of about 29 MB for my 250K device.

Apart from the improved browser, I did not notice much difference. Where can I find a change log for these things? Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] WeBMaZTaH:
Hi guys. Do you know any Custom ROMS that will work on my SHW-M250K aside from Litening ROM?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
I used the DXLP7 from sammobile since it is used by the Philippines but I'm using a custom rom right now. Refer to my signature. WanamLite ROM

Sure. Just doing what I can to help. Thank you :D

Get one here http://goo.gl/aR3k8 or just use KIES if you want to be officially updated.

I think Samsung does not release any official change log so I can't help you here. Sorry

All CUSTOM ROMS will work on our phone. I've used Wanamlite, Omega, ALliance, Litening, AOKP ROMS, AOSP ROMS, CM10, Cm9. All S2 custom ROMS are compatible as long as you are on an I9100 ROM and pit. :D
[Galaxy S II General] darkzorn:
I've successfully converted my phone to i9100 big thanks to your guide kaizer!

I'm currently on siyah kernel 4.1 and omega rom..

only issues i had was there was no lockscreen but i solved it when i back read the thread and found the keystr file thing.. but i can't somehow change the lockscreen wallpaper and sometimes when i unlock the screen the led flashlight on the camera turns on by itself (can be turned off by locking the device again).. not such a big issue though.. I'm loving the omega rom because of its great battery life.. I will also try wanamlite since omega has a lot of bloatwares..
[Galaxy S II General] jwrubi:
question: if i change my m250k rom to i9100, will the TV feature in the m250k still be available in the i9100?

is there a way i can keep the TV feature after flashing?
[Galaxy S II General] jwrubi:
Camera Crashes

plese help. my camera in m250k is not working. i flashed it using the previous post by kaizer. and just noticed my camera is not working. is there a way tofix this?
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
Ooops. I forgot to add the Lockscreen issue fix at my post. Sorry, my bad. I will edit my post later. After you flashed the ROM, did you do a full wipe? From factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvic cache? I don't have any problems with the lockscreen wallpaper but as for the led flash turning on is an issue on JKAY's Deluxe Settings. You could fix it by buying the app which I think costs around $5US. Try WanamLite. I'm getting much more battery life than Omega and I find wanam's ROM faster.

No, and I think there's no way to keep that feature.

Try going to settings>applications>all>camera and clear data. This could do the trick. If not, try to do a factory reset.
[Galaxy S II General] lezwire:
can anyone help me with this shw-m250s... the problem is... blank imei, baseband unknown...

with *#1234# this is what shows.......

PDA : M250S.UHO7.1652

PHONE: UNKNOWN

MOVINAND : NONE

BUILD INFO : Tue Aug 717:01:28 KST 2012

About Phone

model no SHW-m250s

Android Version

4.0.4

Baseband Version

Unknown

Kernel Version

3.0.15-M250S.UH07.1652-CL906886

se.infra@SEP-121 #3

i have already tried some solutions on this thread, but to no avail. it doesn't solve the problem.

so, anyone can help me with this? good day and thanks in advance........
[Galaxy S II General] alexecus:
@above As for blank IMEI... You could just restore from an EFS Backup using our Advance EFS Tool...

The only problem that I encountered on my M250 is that some custom Samsung based ROM (Neatrom to be specific) still does not resolve the lockscreen bug even if we put a keystr file... Another thing is that the home button does not work... I already tried all types of ROM for M250 and this is the only bugs unsolved... Any ideas..?
[Galaxy S II General] lezwire:
i have EFS Pro 1.8.6.... is this the same with your Advance EFS Tool?

do you mind sharing it with me?
[Galaxy S II General] alexecus:
Yeah.. It will do just fine...
[Galaxy S II General] divyankgupta:
converting M250S to international I9100 from Cynogenmod

Hello, I am having Korean Galaxy S2 M250S on which I flashed CynogenMod 9(Android 4.0.4) as i was irritated due to 80 character restriction in SMS. But now I want flash international Galaxy S2 I9100 Rom in it as I am not happy with cynogenMod ROM. I heard we can flash European I9100 firmware in it from samFirmware.com. Will it give any issues if I flash UK (o2) firmware in it? I don't want to brick my phone,Please guide me.
[Galaxy S II General] mubeenshahid:
No there are only gyroscope issues otherwise everything works fine.Yes u can flash any firm on it.Judt follow kaizers method on page 104 i think
[Galaxy S II General] jwrubi:
bussing

whenever i turn on the camera, there is this buzzing sound that i hear on the speaker. the camera still works but sometimes it crashes.

how can i solve this problem?

and i think the battery's life drains a little bit faster than before. just flashed it using kaizer's steps on the previous post.

i will try wanamlite if this will solve the battey llife.
[Galaxy S II General] kgp700:
Neok-ExyroidU-NICS Kernel v1.7b - Silky Smooth

Hi guys

I'm made kernel for Korean Galaxy S2(SHW-M250S, M250K) (Sorry.. not for M250L)

Neok-ExyroidU-NICS Kernel v1.7b - Silky Smooth

Only can use for Samsung official stock ICS 4.0.3/ 4.0.4 rom

Do not support AOSP or AOKP, CM ROMS

Auto Root(Super Su)/ CWM Recovery 6.0.1.2 (Thanks to Koush and Phil3759)

Major Concept - Silky Smooth

Kernel Change LOG

Base on SKT SHW- M250S UG26 Opensource (Update7) (ICS 4.0.4)

Prevent Super(Hard) Brick - MMC_CAP_ERASE Removed on EMMC Driver

KConfig.hz 300hz

CPU Voltage control (Thanks to Teamhacksung)

Ondemand optimization

Ondemand cpuidle detection

Improved Touch Sensitivity (Thanks to vitaji)

Mali GPU Undervolt & Overclock 4-Step (Control with ADB/Tegrak Overclock app) (Thanks to gokhanmoral)

Optimize CPU Clock Activity

Support Tegrak Overclock (Thanks for tegrak)

SmartassV2 Governor (Not yet tunned, Recommand ondemand)

AFTR & LPA IDLE Mode

Allow CPU-supported unaligned accesses

Add SIO IO Scheduler

Disabled useless debugs

cgroup_timer_slack by Kirill A. Shutemov, v10

Change Busfreq Threshold

Add Compile Optimization FLAG

Improve Performance, Smooth

Change Busfreq Threshold /Lock

Optimize Lowmemory killer

Add BFQ-v4 IO Schduler

Add Pegasusq Governor

Compiled by Linaro GCC4.5.4 2011.08

Initramfs base on Speedmod (thanks to hardcore)

- Default Mali GPU Clock Step Information

(100Mhz, 900000), (160Mhz, 950000), (200Mhz, 1000000), (267Mhz, 1000000) = (Clock, Voltage)

Do not move screen - Fix 100Mhz, Have little move on screen- Up to 160Mhz

Github - github.com/kgp700

Fixed some problem in SHW-M250S Kernel (1.7.1 ver)

FOR SHW-M250K KERNEL - Neok-ExyroidU-NICS-Kernel17-r21-SHW-M250K-KT.tar

FOR SHW-M250S KERNEL - Neok-ExyroidU-NICS-Kernel1.7.1-r1-SKT.tar
[Galaxy S II General] divyankgupta:
converting M250S to international I9100 from Cynogenmod

Thx a lot for your reply..I heard there are 2 problem after flashing the I9100 firmware on M250S

(1) Lock screen doesn't work and phone reboot option doesn't come up but these can be solved after rooting the phone i guess.

(2) In case gyroscope doesn't Work then will device be able to sense orientation using accelerometer ??
[Galaxy S II General] alexecus:
Please do mention in the thread that Triangle Away works perfectly for our device... As long as you are using a supported kernel... Tried one myself using Siyah kernel and it works like a charm...
[Galaxy S II General] mubeenshahid:
Yes accelerometer works perfectly wih orientation.

And yes u can have lockscreen after rooting
[Galaxy S II General] divyankgupta:
Device boot fail while converting M250S to international I9100

I flashed I9100 firmware with the pit file as per the procedure mentioned by kaizers in my M250S but not device is stuck on boot screen.It is still going into download mode.I think this is because I flashed the I9100 firmware for qualcomm chipset.Can someone help me in finding out the proper I9100 firmware for M250S ?
[Galaxy S II General] Buratei:
what if you are looking to do this with a korea carrier

Hi,

I just registered so I could ask some questions before I pull the trigger on the SHW-M250K -> I9100 conversion. Everything kaizer wrote made clear sense and seems easy enough to do, while pros far outweigh cons in my case as I don't really care for DMB (forgot that even existed). The main draw is how easier rooting and subsequent siyah / checkrom installation will likely go once I switch to i9100 compared to the korean version.

The only problem is, I am not seeing the local carrier I am on (Koreal Telecom) anywhere on the sammobile site. Seeing how i9100 was never intended for the Korean market, I doubt there is a such thing out there in the first place. Now, how critical is it that you have ICS matching your proper locale (or the carrier for that matter) to ensure proper functioning of your phone? Am I just SOL, or should I hope and pray that a random 4.04 out of that lot would do the trick?

TIA, I am eager to work on this soon enough, want to play around with it over the weekend if possible at all...
[Galaxy S II General] lezwire:
i'm still with this problem..... any solution please.........

can anyone help me with this shw-m250s... the problem is... blank imei, baseband unknown...

with *#1234# this is what shows.......

PDA : M250S.UHO7.1652

PHONE: UNKNOWN

MOVINAND : NONE

BUILD INFO : Tue Aug 717:01:28 KST 2012

About Phone

model no SHW-m250s

Android Version

4.0.4

Baseband Version

Unknown

Kernel Version

3.0.15-M250S.UH07.1652-CL906886

se.infra@SEP-121 #3

i have already tried some solutions on this thread, but to no avail. it doesn't solve the problem. also, i've tried to convert it with i9100 but it didn't solve anyting.

so, anyone can help me with this? good day and thanks in advance........
[Galaxy S II General] erixsikumbang:
finnaly, my gs2 convert to i1900, big thx to kaizer, really help guided me all this times:good:

now i use siyah kenel 4.1.4, rooted, costum rom wanamlite

so far so good..

*so sorry for all mistype
[Galaxy S II General] luca3582:
jelly bean

SHW-M250K September 15, 2012 4.1.1 E250KKKALI E250KKKALI 57.4 MBse I'm not mistaken this is ota update galaxy s2 Korean ask a mod to confirm. would be the official announcement of jelly beans on s2
[Galaxy S II General] mmannanmasood:
I am using i9100 ics rom on my m250s but found many problems, like less battery timing,weak vibration. i want to flash m250s custom ics rom which have sms fixed and dialer fix. can any body give me the links of them and can share the screen shots of them. I will be very thankful to him.

and also recommend me the rooted kernels for it.
[Galaxy S II General] Sadsorry:
So what's about M250S. Can I use the same way?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] mmannanmasood:
isn't there anyone to help me???