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[Galaxy S II General] shindatuin:
Using gsm only, yes it can maximize the signal strength.. and still using the EDGE network. Though I haven't tried using 3g calls of my phone

Yes u can.. I've been using the i9100 original battery of my m250s with no problems..
[Galaxy S II General] rh33dan:
Success

Managed to convert my girlfriend's M250S to I9100 thanks to kaizer216's guide on page 104 (#1035) :D I wish there was a way to do it for my old M250L.
[Galaxy S II General] opusdeigner:
Dorimanx is a very good kernel..flash the 9.14 one not the latest 9.16..9.16 has some bugs and dev needs to fix this for us..
[Galaxy S II General] bm_aries:
lock screen and power button option problem

can I solve this problem on my M250s (korean) ?

I tried the instructions given in the thread but it didn't work

please tell me if it is possible

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] DVDeus:
The problem still exists, so it is ROM related.. Btw, is there a setting within STweaks to speed up waking up phone when in deep sleep (when pressing home/power button)? It seems like CM kernel had a quicker response. Or is it a matter of governor?
[Galaxy S II General] shobhit gupta:
urgent help required !!!

hey plz help me,

i have sgs2﻿ shw-m205s. To install jelly bean i converted it to gt-i9100. then followed some given procedure to upgrade using odin.

it was done successfully, everything's working fine but now after upgrade i can not call using the phone as it says "not registered on network".

and not even registering manually saying "sorry unable to register" it has been this way since a week n i am not able to use my phone...

flashed it many time installed location specific firmware ..nothing helped... please help me in this.
[Galaxy S II General] shindatuin:
Try galaxsim unlock in playstore. Or flash another baseband
[Galaxy S II General] opusdeigner:
That is also a problem for new 4.2.2 build..only solution is flashing a new kernel to have faster response and tweaking Stweaks..Try changing to Hyper on governor and Row on IO..
[Galaxy S II General] DVDeus:
Hi, thanks for your reply. I already flashed to dorimanx 9.14 like you recommended and set governors. There are many ways to improve the settings of the kernel, but you need time and patience. For now I just love to have BLN(WW) back;)
[Galaxy S II General] shobhit gupta:
hey shindatuin, thanx fr replying . i tried it but it wont help as i dnt have the backup of original "ESF".. and now if i am creating ESF the backup dont work.

some more information i'd like to give is i upgraded directly from ginger bread to jelly bean if it helps....

and ya now i am definite that its my emei number that is gone wrong.
[Galaxy S II General] axel-529:
As far as i know if efs is damaged, there is a efs backup here in xda for our s2 that you can flash. It will make your imei generic but still working fine.. Just don't have the right link.
[Galaxy S II General] opusdeigner:
Hey!!try new Dorimanx 9.19...it might fix the problem with games because newest mali drivers have been included in the update..Im on 9.18 and might flash it tomorrow,im still testing Dori 9.18..update me if it fix the problem..
[Galaxy S II General] sinsa:
so whats the consensus on the best korean s2 setup for now?

i have a KT (olleh) SHW-M250K and will be using it on KT (olleh) korean networks.

phone details:

SHW-M250K

Android 4.1.2

baseband m250kkkjll1

kernel 3.0.31-987282

any advice which would be best to load up? i dont have a memory card so would prefer the odin route if possible.

biggest thing im after is having the phone running smooth and as fast as possible.

thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S II General] Kitschki:
can u speak korean? on the korean site called www.matcl.com, there is a custom rom for the s2 with which you can still have stock rom features (dmb, nfc, etc)
[Galaxy S II General] sinsa:
yep!

do you know if jailbreaking android devices stops the korean banking apps working?

i know it does on iphone/ios ㅠㅠ
[Galaxy S II General] IceRapture:
Yes it does. I rooted my girlfriend's phone as a surprise to help her save battery life, she couldn't use banking apps and a few other apps for a few days... she was pissed to say the least...

If anyone knows a way to patch these apps to not detect a rooted device, I would be interested in knowing how to do so.

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What is a generic imei? And would that mean I wouldn't be able to register my Korean phone on an American network? ...or better wording; what are the complications with having a generic imei?

Lastly, if I use the galaxsim unlock app or any unlock method, and restore my phone from the boot menu and/or fresh install of everything using Odin and a rom, would my device remain unlocked?

(Sorry, I have done a lot of research into this and I'm still not really knowledgeable about unlocking, but I need to figure it out soon because I travel to the usa every summer and winter, and it would be great if I didn't have to borrow and buy new phones every time...)

Like, I understand what the imei is (mostly, but I still don't get if its random numbers or if there is an order) and what it does, and changing it is illegal, so providing the EFS here is technically illegal because that chenges the imei? But doing so can unlock the phone too? and what are the consequences of changing it? Can an other country (usa) even tell if it has been changed? Where can I go to understand this?
[Galaxy S II General] Kitschki:
If u flash the tegrak kernel, u can use the tegrak app from the playstore to turn off root temporarily (you can turn it on again) so you can use bank apps. Btw, ill post the link of the rom later when im at my pc..

PS: matcl com/?m=bbs&bid=imbeded&uid=163486
[Galaxy S II General] opusdeigner:
New Dorimanx is out...now 8.20 and 9.20..already flashed it and booted..This might solve your problems with games freezing...

Change Log:

*Voku ported 3.0.78 update from main stream.

*Alucard updated and tuned the nightmare gov. (more options to tweak)

*I have ported update to kernel main build code and module code. from 3.10.y kernel.

*Include new Mali V3 drivers from CM10.1

Testing now...

1st Update:Soft reboot after loading system and apps...Less heat than 1st boot of 9.19..

2nd Update:2nd charge..having ramdom minor freezes,no UI crashes yet but reboot needed when major freeze occur..having trouble with settings on stweaks..I Think I need to do a different config on stweaks to match new dori setup..have 1 miss signal connection but solve by activating airplane mode and back again..on the good side,less battery drain than last versions..touchscreen more responsive..testing stages but if problem still persist might revert back to 9.14...later..
[Galaxy S II General] sgtkeroro:
Can I use WCDMA here in PH?
[Galaxy S II General] opusdeigner:
It will not work...
[Galaxy S II General] sgtkeroro:
Thanks for the reply :good: btw tried searching google for cheap hdmi and vga adapters, didn't know it was that expensive. Know where I could buy those adapters? In a place where its wallet friendly? :laugh:
[Galaxy S II General] Timokey:
Please Help me anyone!!

Guys i have used odin to get jb 4.1.2 for my s2 shw-m250k and when i did that i have this weird menu screen that is in my wallpaper and even when i pull down the notification bar it also is still their (look at the photo)!! Also their is no lock screen it just wont get activated at all, and the power botton if i press it, it shuts the phone off automatically it doesnt get a menu were it asks whether to restart shut off or get airplane mode. PLEASE SOME ONE HELP ME i have been trying to find a solution for quite a while now :(
[Galaxy S II General] opusdeigner:
Go to tipidcp or tipidpc..
[Galaxy S II General] Moof!:
Thankyou

:highfive: THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR THIS POST!! I've been working on this problem for hours! I have SHW-M250 L, and was stuck in the startup loop! I tried multiple ways and finally FINALLY came across your post, Sticks02 thankyouuuuuuu

Moof!
[Galaxy S II General] hole1none:
That's normal, even my shw-m250s has that, you need to use custom rom to get that info removed :/

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Can i stilll revert my converted shw-m250s back to its stock rom?

i only know that i need to use a .pit file for m250s/k

but what are the parameters?
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
I guess the ROM you have downloaded is a leaked one. You can also try using a different launcher. Try go launcher ex or nova launcher. l. As for the lockscreen, try this

:LOCKSCREEN AND POWER BUTTON ISSUES(Need to be Rooted):

For lockscreen and power options you can solve this prob by folllowing this

1. Using a root browser navigate to /efs/imei

2. Create file "keystr"

3. Open it as text and write "ON"

4. Set permissions to rwx rwx rwx

5. Reboot

You need to be rootedthough.

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Yep, you only need the pit file. As for parameter, what do you mean by that?
[Galaxy S II General] hole1none:
yep, thanks for that, i already have reverted it back..

but i forgot to do efs backup, so there is a watermark on my homescreen that looks like the one above..

can i update via kies to fix this?
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
Yep, you can use KIES to fix the problem as it is official. Or if you don't want to flash another ROM, you can try using a different launcher like nova and go ex.
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
I haven't used titanium however if all else fails...

First try taking out the battery for a minute the replace and turn on again. Ive read sometimes that fixes the odd problem here and there. If not you may have to reflash by using Odin. Find the user_low_ship file for associated with what you have and then boot into recovery mode and use that. Not sure, but you should be able to retain your data and apps that you previously had.. (not sure though)
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
If I use Odin to flash the file "[ROOT]HOME_M250K.EG18.1331_CL374700_REV02_user_low_ship. zip" that Sticks02 posted, would it keep my stuff and the root?
[Galaxy S II General] SamAce 2:
Yep. Korean version is not quad band.

Please pm the details if you want to sell your SGS2 Korean. I'm looking for one.
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
I did just that and it kept all my data and downloaded apps and the phone is rooted.^^
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
I unziped the file %5BROOT%5DHOME_M250K.EG18.1331_CL374700_REV02_user_low_ship and I got 2 new files [ROOT]HOME_M250K.EG18.1331_CL374700_REV02_user_low_ship and [ROOT]HOME_M250K.EG18.1331_CL374700_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5.

I ran Odin and flashed [ROOT]HOME_M250K.EG18.1331_CL374700_REV02_user_low_ship. But it didn´t work, the phone reboots gets to the Olleh screen and freezes.

What do I need to do to solve this?
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
Go into your file explorer's settings and turn off filename extension hiding. Make sure you flash the .tar (nothing else on the end) into PDA on Odin. Don't touch anything else.

If that still doesn't work i'm not sure what's wrong. You should hash check your .tar file with the .tar.md5 file to see if it downloaded completely. If it did, i'd just suggest reflashing the prerooted firmware. Press some buttons while it's stuck on the Olleh screen too, mine was stuck then it went to my lockscreen when I pressed the home button.

Still doesn't work? Flash stock EG18 and use the tegrak kernel to root, pretty sure that will work.

Oh btw:

Latest prerooted stock firmware for M250S.

http://matpclub.com/?document_srl=3685482

Follow the third link in that post. I should really consolidate all these files and link but I cbb. :p
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
Thanks a lot for the help, I will try it.

Will the latest prerooted stock firmware for M250S work in my m250k?

Update

I followed th link, downloaded M110S-Gingerbread-HOME-IMAGE-REV03-VE03-0050-USER.zip and unzipped and got the file M110S-Gingerbread-HOME-IMAGE-REV03-VE03-0050-USER.tar and M110S-Gingerbread-HOME-IMAGE-REV03-VE03-0050-USER.tar.md5

I ran Odin put the file M110S-Gingerbread-HOME-IMAGE-REV03-VE03-0050-USER.tar into PDA and tried flashing it but I got a Fail.
[Galaxy S II General] steveohan:
for anyone using the KT version...what radio/baseband are you using? can you run the speedtest app and post your results? im getting really slow speeds - between 1mbps to 3mbps.
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
Uh, your phone's model number is SHW-M250K. That one you downloaded is for the Galaxy S. Flash the firmware for M250K. The other ones will not work, or they might but they'll error, bug and force close things all the time.

About that, is anyone on the prerooted KT EG18 firmware having force close issues? =\
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
Where can I find the firmware for the m250k?
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15999044#post15999044
[Galaxy S II General] SamAce 2:
Please take some extra cautions when flashing your phone. Hard bricking your phone is the last thing you would opt.
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
I tried the megaupload but it seems to be blocked in China.

I am downloading the torrent but not a lot of peers

Thanks again for the help
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
I also have these 2 tar files:

HOME_M250K.EE19.2001_CL213937_REV02_user_low_ship.tar

HOME_M250K.EE05.0315_CL186865_REV02_user_low_ship.tar

Could I use one of these to fix it?
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
I dont see why not, but you wont have root. I would go with ee19.. But the root eg18 should be the perfect choice. Im so far having no issues and enjoying it well. (if you need any help getting the file i can upload it to my server if you pm me i can give you a link.. Very fast speeds in korea)
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
I downloaded the file:

HOME_M250K.EG18.1331_CL374700_REV02_user_low_ship.tar

I put the phone in download mode (didn´t connect to the PC)

opened Odin3 v1.85.exe

put the file in PDA

Connected the phone

Flashed the file

It said pass but I still got stuck on the olleh symbol.

tried restarting and nothing, just freezes.

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
How long are you waiting on the Olleh symbol splashscreen? For me it took a while to pass, around 3-5 minutes. You should restart your phone too, hold down the power button until it turns off, then turn it back on again.
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
I restarted it and waited a good 10 minutes.

still no getting past the olleh screen
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
Hmm that sounds quite odd. Im at a loss. How about instead of flashing with the home.file, try the [root]home file.

Actually it should have worked from the way you have described what you did.

Edit . I just thought of something.. The kies software... Is it running or have you closed it out when you use odin?
[Galaxy S II General] srr118:
You should probably re-flash.

Before you connect your phone to odin, open your PC task manager and end all Kies service/process.

This link might help with the Korean freq band info.

samsung.com/sec/consumer/mobile-phone/mobile-phone/skt/SHW-M250SLKSC/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=spec&fullspec=F
[Galaxy S II General] Timokey:
Kaizer i tried that and still no luck :(
[Galaxy S II General] hole1none:
I just reflashed it to get the rooted 4.0.4 then installed tsf shell, but the lockscreen is not working, i tried creating keystr but still with no luck, i remembered though that i put a 0777 permision ( as what they are telling) but still not working,

But i saw a post using terminal emulator, but my keyboard does not respond :/

Anyway thanks..
[Galaxy S II General] Timokey:
Hey man i have the same problem and its really pissing me off that i have no lock screen and a stupid menu is stuck to my wallpaper if you find a solution please tell for i have tried changing the keystr file and everything but still no luck.... So please dont give up on it and if you find a solution please please PM me or tell me.
[Galaxy S II General] moaflex:
no service after converting shw-m250k to I9100

how do i get my network back after converting shw-m250k to i9100

help:(
[Galaxy S II General] hole1none:
Try applying a custom rom and it should be fine....

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I dont know if the terminal thing works as the terminal app in my other s2 didnt work and i dont know how to tunnel adb :/ but worth giving a try. But i dont know where i found that.. just try google that
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
Not sure as well what's happening. I also have my m250k to the latest Korean JB ROM and I also don't get a lockscreen. It could be a problem from the ROM? I usually used I9100 ROM so I'm confused right now. :confused: I'll try to find out.
[Galaxy S II General] hole1none:
I think its not the rom, its the root that has problem, the problem is located in the efs folder, the keystr is missing...
[Galaxy S II General] axel-529:
If you are from philippines, i think there wikl be no problem since they cant block the generic imei made for korean version. And i think generic imei is not illegal in korea so no problem at all. You can still use your phone as normal galaxy s2.
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
I see. So that's the problem. Well, try this. Create a file on the efs/imei folder and name it "keystr". Click the file and it will ask you how do you want to open it. Open it as a text then type "on". Now, change the permissions. OR you can download the keystr I provided in this post then paste it in your efs/imei folder. Remember to change the permissions and add 'on' as a text. I hope this will fix your problem.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/89033719/keystr.rar
[Galaxy S II General] davegx:
Volume key not working

Thanks very much buddy..this really helped. :) but unfortunately my volume keys are not working. can you help me resolve this?
[Galaxy S II General] amritcha:
how to root s2 SHW-M250S

tired of searching the required file to root my samsung s2 SHW-M250S ...anyone plz help me to root it ..it;s in ics 4.0.4 :(
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
Have you tried factory resetting your phone? Wiping is recommended if you switched ROMs to avoid problems.

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You can try rooting it through the guide I made on this forum. Backtrack to page 119 of this forum.
[Galaxy S II General] amritcha:
Thankss alott for the help ..page 119 helped me alot
[Galaxy S II General] shindatuin:
I'm having that problem before, what I did is flashed back to stock korean 4.0.4 firmware (which is unsafe) then factory reset in the settings>privacy options>factory reset>format everything..

Got the mobile signal back then I convert my phone to gt i9100 with tje dxlp7 firmware of sammobile.. sometimes the problem still exist that's why I changed the kernel to siyah 5.0.1 (use the .tar and flash via pda mode in ODIN)

Then flash NEATROM LITE 4.6.1

For better battery performance.
[Galaxy S II General] shindatuin:
Hey guys! Just wanna share with you the xperia z lockscreen.

Working on converted m250s (GT-i9100 4.1.2 only)

HERE's the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2189411

I'm on neatrom lite 4.6.1 rom
[Galaxy S II General] Mnemonique:
Hi Guys,

anyone knew of where we can buy replacement battery/ies for SHW-M250* ?
[Galaxy S II General] neobytz:
i9100 batteries is just the same as shw-m250s battery.
[Galaxy S II General] DVDeus:
Well, it is not the same, but it fits in.
[Galaxy S II General] bisfayi:
Convert Galaxy SII (SHW-M250S) to GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
You can use Jellybean ROM instead of ICS. Since that guide was made a year ago, JB was not still available for the S2. :victory:
[Galaxy S II General] mrangy:
M250K SMS Problem

Hi,

while travelling in SE Asia my phone broke. Therefore (not knowing how different phones from South Korea are) I purchased a S2 SHW-M250K (Olleh, Android 4.0.3, Kernel 3.0.15-M250K.UE18.1730-CL577819 se.infra@SEP-102 #3, Build number IML74K.UE18). Back in Germany I am not able to send SMS. I can receive SMS messages, but I cannot send.

I don't have much experiences with rooting phones or doing whatever lowlevel things with it (read somewhere about exchanging modems???). Now I tried to root, using a Tegrak-Kernel and it seems like that's ok - the Superuser App seems to be able to toggle in and out of Super User mode. But what now? I am still not sure, what I can do now or how with super user permissions. Do I need special apps for that?

Is it normal for a M250K to not being able to send SMS in Europe/Germany? Thinking about it, I couldn't send SMS in Laos or the Philippines either.

Someone wrote that this might be connected to my phone number not being stored on the SIM card. Is there a way to do this with the S2? I don't have another smartphone at hand and all people around me have I-Phones with these tiny SIM card slots where mine doesn't fit into. I do have a USB 3G stick - but is there software to write on the SIM card? I am pretty lost with all this ;)

Also since a couple weeks every day the phone is bugging me about an update, but I am not sure, if that's a good idea, since I read many people had problems with battery drainage afterwards. Will it be possible anyway, now that I installed the Tegrak Kernel?

Hopefully someone has an idea what to do.

Thanks,

Mr Angy
[Galaxy S II General] xman_here:
Market value drop of 6% of Samsung. Probably cos of low sales... Isn't this absurd because S-series and Note-Series have been on top!
[Galaxy S II General] shobhit gupta:
urgent help

I'd converted my shw-m250s to gt-i9100 model but it made my phones imei number corrupt.

I tried to repair it using some tools like k-tool , galaxsim unlock but they could not repair the imei, even the repair store said i need to revert it back to th shw-m250s model to get it corrected.

Couls anyone please tell me a way to revert my phone back to earlier model??

Please reply soon

Thanx in advance
[Galaxy S II General] hole1none:
Hey guys. Im getting really bored with cm9. Can you recommend any jb based custom rom that would work on converted s2? And please give me some steps on flashing..

Oh, and i see flashing samsung easier than xperia.. lol

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Corrupt imei? You mean the watermark on the homescreen?

To revert it back in m250s. You need the pit file and the stock rom of the korean s2 and flash it like how you flash it to generic s2..
[Galaxy S II General] Ahmad205:
hey brother i am from lahore too. i want to ask you that i am facing the same issue you faceed on m250s that is "not registering on network"

can you tell me how you solved it? please i have tried different roms but the problem presists.should i revert bak to origional m250s frimware? thanks in advance.

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my phone is not being recognized by odin in download mode.please help what should i do?
[Galaxy S II General] hole1none:
Try reinstalling your driver.. or if you have installed kies, you must remove it first so your odin could detect ur phone in dl mode
[Galaxy S II General] Ahmad205:
okay thanks it solved the not detecting issue.but my cell catch signals from only two of the local network sims and on rest it show not registered on network when i call.i check the imei and it is the fake 004....00000 one.please tell me what should i do?
[Galaxy S II General] louiemacni:
low signal after converting and having 4.1.2

my s2 was already converted to i9100 and have 4.1.2 xwlss jellybean as os, but my signal is too weak, could you please help me to fix it?
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
You can try flashing different MODEMS. Look for one at the general forums of S2 here in XDA. Also, note that I9100 and m250 variants are completely different. Most likely, they are using different radios/antennas thus might give you weak signal.

P.S. We are both from Philippines. I'm using the MODEM XXMS2. I get strong signals outside the house though inside is quite okay (average signal indoors is 3bars). Try flashing this MODEM and see if it works for you.