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[Galaxy S II General] se7en214:
So has any of you guys updated to ICS already?
[Galaxy S II General] phatwin2004:
Ics for shw m250 k / s /

HERE IS LINK TO DOWNLOAD, HAVE FUN !

http://w.jkh.kr/gb4/bbs/board.php?bo_table=galaxy&sca=S2펌웨어

USE GOOGLE CHROME OR ANOTHER WEB BROWSING TO TRANLATE MOTHER LANGUAGE ! :D
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
Yes that would be the stock kernel EE31 for the M250L. There's also torrents for EE21 and EE05 rom in there but I can't seem to find kernels for them, or a stock rom for EE31. I guess you could just rip it from KIES?

I haven't been following much of what's going on since I just rooted and left it at that. Not sure what's going on with your Odin and superoneclick issues. It might be because the LG U+ S2 is completely different from the other models (makes sense, it runs on CDMA only). There's little to no information about what's going on with the M250L and i've been digging around for a bit.

There's this thread: http://matpclub.com/s/3225956

Apparently he can't find? a rooting/stock kernel and the two replies say to use the Tegrak kernel. I'm assuming it's to use as a replacement for the stock kernel? Can you root with the tegrak kernel? You can try I guess.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1101355

You'll most likely have to use superoneclick too. If that stock kernel won't wort then try the tegrak one.

Since you're fiddling around with the LG U+ model i'm assuming you're living in Korea. If you're able to i'd suggest dumping the LG U+ model (return it? :p) and go sign up with SKT/KTF. You can use their phones overseas (it's Triband, could be Quadband) and they'll have NFC (and T-Money) built in so you can get rid of that T-Money card or phone charm.
[Galaxy S II General] ad6785:
Thanks for the thread
[Galaxy S II General] se7en214:
Guys I need some help.

I tried to root M250L using guide from this website samsunggalaxys2review.org/root-your-samsung-galaxy-s2-heres-how

and in the end it seems that the phone was rooted successfully when a small notice pop up saying that this phone is rooted after I reboot my device.

But the problem is there is no service and the battery percentage doesn't show up. And one more thing is that after a while the screen won't turn up after i press the start button but the capacitive button lights up.

Any idea on how to unroot it?
[Galaxy S II General] se7en214:
Can it be solved if I flash it using the kernel here?

Added:

I found the previous screenshot of my phone info.

And after rooting
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
Most likely after rooting (did you flash a custom rom from here?) the firmware doesn't recognise the CDMA hardware. Flash the M250L specific firmware again and hard reset. You could try rooting with just a rooting kernel and flashing back an M250L kernel after you're done.
[Galaxy S II General] se7en214:
which version of firmware should I flash to?

Shouldn't i flash the kernel and not the firmware? as the firmware(2.33) is the same as before?

EDIT:

I think I get what you mean now, but seeing that my previous kernel version is EE05, can I flash using this HOME_M250L.EE31.1229_CL225236_REV02_user_low_ship.tar ?
[Galaxy S II General] se7en214:
Apparently it works. I flashed it using the EE31 firmware and now everything is in stock condition. :)
[Galaxy S II General] LimenSicari:
So you flashed from EE05 to EE31 and it's running fine with root?
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
Glad to hear that.

@LimenSicari:

Well there's an after root screenshot, so I guess it is?
[Galaxy S II General] ctos:
I am looking for a verified way to root my M250K but so far no luck. Anybody can give some lights?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II General] se7en214:
I tried to re-root it after that and it works fine!

After flashing the firmware from EE05 to EE31, I followed the rooting steps and at the end I flashed the kernel to EE31 kernel.

this is the final screenshot
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
@ctos:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14884069&postcount=46

Just flash any rooting kernel and run superoneclick, when it says it's rooted then flash your original kernel back. I have the same model so it should work for you.
[Galaxy S II General] se7en214:
Banking apps such as woori smart banking does not work after rooting :/
[Galaxy S II General] ctos:
Thanks a million, sticks02.
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
You're welcome.

Yeah there's this problem. Some apps detect that you're rooted and won't run. It's been happening a bit more lately, google's gotten in on it too with some of their movie download services.
[Galaxy S II General] joon82:
Need little help with my galaxy S2 M250K on T mobile network.

I flew in from korea yesterday with M250K.

Went to T mobile and bought sensation 4G.

My plan is to use My S2 and sell Sensation.

If I run speed test on Sensation, I get around 1mb down speed

But if I run on S2, I get only 2-30kbs.

Everything is working without touch setting(talk,txt,data)

but data is waaaay too slow.

I have full bar and have G next to my signal bar.
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
I'm assuming you're not going to use it back in Korea? Flash one of the Stock GS2 roms and see if that helps.

It also could be because of the phone not supporting T-Mo's 3G bands. Apparently Korean S2's aren't quad-band. What cell network bands are T-Mo on?
[Galaxy S II General] steveohan:
anyone else think the vibration is extremely weak on this phone?

i got my phone second hand last week and im not sure if its just me, or if there's a problem with the phone.

i can hardly feel the vibration!
[Galaxy S II General] LimenSicari:
I still haven't been able to root my M250L :( When I flash an insecure kernel SuperOneClick doesn't detect my phone.

When you installed the XWKDD_insecure.tar did you phone boot back into the OS, or did you perhaps use a different kernel to root?

When my phone reboots the screen alternates between the yellow exclamation screen and the purple LG U+ start up splash, and doesn't want to play nice with SuperOneClick.
[Galaxy S II General] LimenSicari:
Woot! I have root!

I didn't manage to solve the SuperOneClick issue, but I managed to get root by flashing Tegrak's M250L kernel :D
[Galaxy S II General] se7en214:
You can update to ICS using Kies actually. I think it's much safer.
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
hmm.i'll do research on that.

edit: just downloaded the UC08 firmware for the M250L. I'll do some more reading before I flash it.
[Galaxy S II General] phatwin2004:
reply

need to wipe data and cache , dalvik cache ! and run odin normal !
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
Specify the model of ur phone
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
Hi everyone ...

U all might know that ICS roll out has been started by samsung for Galaxy S2 .. Im a bit confused abt few things ...

I have a korean Galaxy S2 SHW-M250K .. on which i have flashed European GB 2.3.6 XXKL1 and rooted it also ...

Now in my about phone im having the MODEL: GT-i9100 ...

My question is .. If I unroot my phone and go back to stock XXKL1 .. Wud i get the notification from phone software updater for ICS??

if YES .. and i click yes to update to 4.0 ... Would that ICS work fine on my model ?? Because originally my model is SHW-M260K but its MASKED to GT-i9100 ???
[Galaxy S II General] phatwin2004:
YES, RUN BY Odin FOR SAFE

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FILE AND RUN BY ODIN FOR SAFE AND FAST! VERSION ICS OF KOREA IS SO GOOD !

http://w.jkh.kr/gb4/bbs/board.php?bo_table=galaxy&wr_id=256&sca=S2펌웨어
[Galaxy S II General] ernestyung:
Can give me any hint how to flash Korean m250S to EU i9100 ICS ROM?Need to root first?Do I need to redo partition?What is the required tools?Only ODIN and the ROM?

I knew that if flashing into Chinese ROM (Hong Kong ROM), I need to do re partition first....but how about to EU ROM?

Im new to Andorid....Don't understand much about flashing ROM...Hope you can give me a hand;)

Thank you
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
you can follow the standard ODIN procedure .. its safe to flash an EU i9100 ICS ROM on ur korean M250S ...

you dont need to root ...

you dont need to re-partition ...

Requied tools are

ODIN + ROM package + SAMSUNG USB DRIVERS installed on computer

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Download ODIN 1.85

download ROM package

make sure you have samsung usb drivers installed on computer ...

put your phone on recovery mode ... Factory Reset and Wipe cache

turn off ur phone then put ur phone into Download mode

open ODIN .. click PDA and browse the ROM ...

connect ur phone to PC .. ODIN IDCOM box will turn yellow ...

click start and BINGOO !!

ur on the ICS
[Galaxy S II General] ernestyung:
Which ROM did you install?Is there any chinese language?or just English and other European languages?

I followed your steps but failed in the end, please advise if I miss any step before flashing the EU ROM

Use ODIN 1.85 -->enter recovery mode -->Factory reset and wipe cache -->Turn off the phone and change to Download mode -->Open ODIN -->click PDA and browse the ROM -->START

Here is the ROM I tried.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1544487

I am looking for a ROM with Chinese interface on my M250S~

Thank you
[Galaxy S II General] sgs2withantenna:
I just upgraded my SHW-M250S to Android 4.0.3 (official ROM) via Kies yesterday. Everything went well, I didn't loose anything but now GO SMS Pro and Handcent sms are unable to send text messages. And the official Messaging app still has a limitation of 80 characters. Anyone knows how to solve this? Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
that was the only but very annoying reason i changed my firmware to i9100 firmware ...

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what error are u getting ??

or at what stage u'r unable to proceed ...

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have u tried clearing cache and clearing data from the application settings ??

if its still nt working .. im afraid u have to have a WIPE
[Galaxy S II General] ernestyung:
I was at the stage that ODIN displayed FAILED...then my m250s displays something wrong when upgrading firmware...

Any help?:( I hate the sms limitation...only 80 characters can be typed....really wanna flash to other ROM
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
So, I downloaded this M250L_HOME_M250L.UC08.2331_CL226872_REV02_user_low_ship_source.jkh.tar.zip

I'll try to update through kies.

Here's the link to it

Click Here

Update:

So that was supposed to update my M250L, but here's what I gathered:

Using Odin:

It gave me

Using Kies:

Kies doesn't seem to be working in the Consumer preview of Win 8. Going to try in a windows 7 or xp machine tomorrow.
[Galaxy S II General] phatwin2004:
resolve

you can download file " root " if file not root failed ! m250k same !
[Galaxy S II General] sgs2withantenna:
I just tried deleting the data and cache but it's still the same, I can't send messages. :( I hope this is a bug in Go SMS and it will be fixed. Thanks anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] triumph61:
I have also flashed this version to an german 9100. All works, but i can´t send SMS. Now i am back to polnish Version.

If Odin fail. Change the name of Flashfile and delete .md5.
[Galaxy S II General] digz6666:
Extract zip file, inside there's tar.md5 file:

M250L_HOME_M250L.UC08.2331_CL226872_REV02_user_low_ship_source.jkh.tar.md5

Rename it to tar file and try flash with Odin:

M250L_HOME_M250L.UC08.2331_CL226872_REV02_user_low_ship_source.jkh.tar
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
in which country are you right now ?

if ur not in korea and have a Korean S2 .. i suggest u to flash ur phone to an EU firmware through ODIN and ROOT ( if u want )

i have a M250K also .. when i bought it, it had the korean FW 2.3.6 .. but due to some annoying things in that FW i had to switch ...

Flashing via ODIN is preferable by me .. coz u have the customization ... and u can have a CLEAN WIPE and then flash ..

im running CHECKROM v6 + NEAK 1.4.1x KERNEL .. and its running SMOOTH

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ODIN sometimes stucks and shows FAILED .. give it another try ...
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
Updated to 4.0.3

Except for the M250L...most M250L units that was tried to be upgraded to a EU rom, got bricked..

I just updated my M250L from 2.3.6(EL21) to Home.UC08. Though I think I should've installed the Rooted.UC08...

I will check.

Edit:

I downloaded the ROOT.UC08 from the same website, and flashed it through ODIN. I have root access now. SetCpu and Root Explorer works properly now.
[Galaxy S II General] se7en214:
So did anyone tried to root their newly updated SGS2?

is it rootable using superonelick?
[Galaxy S II General] muhammad.ali123:
I have updated my M250K to ICS UC08/UB23 using Kies.

But now i am unable to send SMS even from stock application.

I get "message not sent" when i send any sms.

I have done factory reset and also tried handcent but problem persists.

Is there some solution
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
Not with superoneclick but i rooted with CF-root and it was working good ...

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In which country are u in ryt now ?
[Galaxy S II General] zeke125:
Hi!

I'm posting here for a friend, he tried flashing his M250s with the official ICS for I9100, it shows failed on odin after the FACTORYFS. any ideas? thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] muhammad.ali123:
I am in Pakistan
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
remove the cable ... and connect again ...

give it another try .. sometimes ODIN stucks

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then my recommendation is .. dont update korean ICS .. flash the European ICS XXLPQ through ODIN ...
[Galaxy S II General] muhammad.ali123:
You cannot flash I9100 firmware using odin without repartition.

you have two choices

1- Get PIT file of I9100 and load poth PDA and PIT file , Repartition will be automatically checked. Now you can flash.

2- Flash Korean firmware, Root using Superone click, Flash Some Kernal like Siryah,NEAK or Redpill using CF Flash tool. Now you have recovery and you can flash any rom via CWM recovery.

Personally I will prefer second option. Because in this option you can always come back to korean firmwar and you do not have any binary counter or yellow triangle
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
Download the official Rooted ICS from the link i posted in page 80.

or this:

KT

SKT

Or just view it here. http://w.jkh.kr/gb4/

If i'm not mistaken the M250s is KT. I'm not sure.
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
Yep just use the pre-rooted official ROM linked there, much easier if you're on your respective phone's Korean ROM. I'm on an i9100 custom ROM and just waiting for them to update. If you're already rooted then you should have CWM and flash through that.

S is SK, K is KT. L is nobody-should-be-using-one-hurrdurr LG. :p
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
Lmao ...... :D
[Galaxy S II General] jhicks991:
ICS on Korea M205s issue

I downloaded the 4.0.3 update to my Korean M250s phone through Kies right when the update came out.

Aside from flash being broken I have just one major issue with the update. The phone is painfully sluggish when scrolling through menus. I can't scroll through the picture gallery, the app drawer (vertical, using Go Launcher) or even through my kakao talk messages without it being choppy/jumpy. It used to be perfectly smooth under gingerbread. My phone is actually benchmarking a bit better before and there are no performance issues with intensive games etc... It doesn't seem to matter if I use touchwiz or any launcher. Pulling the SD card yields no results either. I figured going the official update route would give me the best results at this time.

I don't know anyone else with this phone who updated it yet to compare results to. Anyone else experiencing the same? It's hard to believe Samsung screwed up so badly, but I saw them do it to my SGS1 here in Korea before eventually fixing it after it was too late and I already upgraded.
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
I have a M250L, and I updated it to ICS using the official firmware but through ODIN. So far I haven't noticed your problems in mine. Though I noticed a very slight drop in performance.
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
Considering ICS is known to be buggy right now it'd be advisable to rollback to GB until Samsung address the battery and performance issues. :|
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
True. But ICS on my M250L lasted longer than when it was back on GB...
[Galaxy S II General] jhicks991:
re:

How would I rollback without losing any data? Can I do it through Kies?

I've actually noticed a nice little boost in battery life. I can live with no flash support until football season starts again... the menu scrolling is driving me nuts though.
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
i wud suggest to give one last chance ... backup ur phn accounts and apps

and do a factory reset / wipe cache
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
You can rollback. But I'm not sure if you can do it through kies. You can do it through ODIN though.

Just makes sure to backup everything.
[Galaxy S II General] Gerigo-Greece:
ROOTING

Ref 2. Superone Click does not work on top of Korean firmware. Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
If you want to root your Korean M250*, download the Rooted firmware from Here. Use google translate if you're not on a Chromium based browser.

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M250K ICS

Rooted KT Firmware

M250L ICS

Rooted LGU + Firmware

M250S ICS

Rooted SKT Firmware

Process:

From there you will get to download a file with the name

%5BROOT%5DM250L_HOME_M250L.UC08.2331_CL226872_REV02_user_low_ship_source.jkh.zip

Then Extract it to any folder.

Installing through ODIN:

1.Enter Odin mode on your phone.

(Turn off, press power while holding volume down and home buttons)

2.Select the extracted firmware File as the PDA file.

3. Press Start.

DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!
[Galaxy S II General] Gerigo-Greece:
Rooting SWH- M250S
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
Thats odd. You should be able to find an app, with the superuser logo. Its in in korean. Open it select The 2nd choice. After that you should be rooted. Its somewhere between the pages after successful installation of root.uc08.
[Galaxy S II General] Gerigo-Greece:
M250S

Thank you!! That did it. Without your help I probably would never have gone to ICS.
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
Glad to have Helped. You can install setcpu and other root needy apps.
[Galaxy S II General] sgs2withantenna:
Is it possible to export the original messaging app from a european i9100 rom and import it into a korean phone? So I wouldn't have the 80 characters limitation. (I don't wanna change my original korean rom.)

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
i am not sure. But i think your best alternative is go sms pro it has a 160 char limit.
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
lets give it a try ... im gonna backup messages app from titanium and will send u ... and u try it on ur korean FW
[Galaxy S II General] sgs2withantenna:
It doesn't work after the ICS update. It can't send sms. Neither can handcent sms. I already wrote an email to the go sms pro developer about this.

Thank you! Can you upload it somewhere? Do you have 4.0.3 FW btw?
[Galaxy S II General] Gerigo-Greece:
You can aslo download from market handcent sms . is is really good.
[Galaxy S II General] sgs2withantenna:
Please read my comment above. Go sms pro and handcent sms can not send text messages after ICS update. :(
[Galaxy S II General] Gerigo-Greece:
I have done the ICS upgrade with a rooted FW. The Handcent works for me. As I use it to send SMS in Greek.
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
Can you send SMS with over 80 chars?

Btw Vodafone gr here :)
[Galaxy S II General] Gerigo-Greece:
Yes! I am on Cosmote.gr
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
Its working on mine. M250L here. Using skyroam gmate to send messages.
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
pm ur email ... ill send u the .apk
[Galaxy S II General] sgs2withantenna:
I have received your mail, thank you! I tried to install wssomacp - Copy.apk but I could not. I guess it's because my phone is not rooted. I don't know how to root it or even if I want to root it. Thanks anyway!
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
are you on stock korean firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] sgs2withantenna:
Yes. .
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
Stock ics updated.through kies?

if Yes, try updating through odin for you to get the korean superuser app to root your phone.
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
Can u plz qoute him ur step by step post .. How to root the korean ICS
[Galaxy S II General] jvctan16:
Steps to Flash Official Korean ICS through ODIN

Download the appropriate Firmware for your phone model.

Open the page below and you will see a download link there.

M250K

Rooted KT Firmware

M250L

Rooted LGU+ Firmware

M250S

Rooted SKT Firmware

Download ODIN Here

Optional:

Download Samsung USB Drivers

The file you downloaded will be in a .tar file.

Don't extract it.

Run ODIN as administrator.

Now you will see this screen:

Click on PDA and select the file you have downloaded.

Turn OFF your phone.

Enter ODIN Mode (Press On while holding the VOLUME DOWN and MENU BUTTON)

(A Korean Text Warning will appear with an Exclamation triangle on the center bottom)

(Press the Volume Up to proceed to ODIN Mode)

Plug your phone to your pc.

You will see your ODIN interface change and will see that your phone is connected via 0:[COMXX]. Mine is on COM33

NOTE: If you are still on Gingerbread Firmware, you will see 0:[COMXX] and 1:[COMXX]. This is normal.

Make sure AUTO REBOOT is checked.

Press Start.

You will see the LOG on the lower left update.

Once Completed the phone will restart. Go through all the introductory settings.

Open your applications menu, and scroll through all the pages to find the app with SUPERUSER Logo;

The text is in Korean.

Open it and select the 2ND Option.

After that your phone is now rooted.

Note: If ODIN failed flashing, try using another USB PORT or another USB Cable. As much as possible use the Original Samsung Micro USB Cable.
[Galaxy S II General] zubairyasir:
Any Fix with the sms

Hey guys, Any fix for the 90 letters limit?

I tried European roms on my M250K, the lock screen and the power off button problems. I think Korean Ics is the best one out. If we can fix some minor problems with it, sure we have a great rom in hands..
[Galaxy S II General] Win Kewin:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Model M250L can not reboot again

Dear all,

I am from cambodia and i have problem with my samsung galaxy s2 M250L by using odin to update firmware failed... now i can not reboot machine again :o

Anyone can help me ? pls give me some ideas to recover machine.

Thank you
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
havent tested my self ... but people reported that handcent sms and go sms pro these apps solve the problem ...

i too have an M250K ... im testing custom roms these days on it and they are working fine .. even i tested the EU ICS as well XXLPQ + root ... and it was well ... i wonder why u got problems ...

and in the last .. users reported in this thread that Korean ICS is also buggy and laggy ... so i dont think it wud be a good idea to go for it ...
[Galaxy S II General] zubairyasir:
i Tried XXLPQ but not rooted, the lock screen never showed up and i i press the power button, it quickly shuts down without showing any options... that's why i changed back to Korean rom.

I think Korean roms give better display quality than other roms that i have tried. you should give it a try.

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What firmware did you try?
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
i will definitely .. but not until the sms issue gets resolved .. btw ive emailed u ... test it and let me know ...

if it works .. then we have a permanent solution