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[Galaxy S II General] louiemacni:
it is only now that i finally converted my M250S to I9100. But there is one problem, my s2(ICS 4.0.3 DXLP7) freeze when i open too many apps which i didnt encountered on my previous ICS(4.0.4 m250s). Could you give me link for JB OR WANAMLITE that is perfect for M250s converted to I9100? SAMMOBILE IS DOWN RIGHT NOW. SO PLEASE HELP HELP ME.
[Galaxy S II General] ahsan64:
Did you factory reset after converting..

If not just do factory reset and lags problem will gone.

Just follow this link and you will find jellybean link....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
[Galaxy S II General] DVDeus:
Has anyone a "problem" with ringtone/notification volume adjusting?

If I adjust one step up from Vibrate, the volume gets to almost 100%. If I adjust from second level down to the first one, it works like it should.

So if I am on vibrate (almost all the time when being out) and I want to change it to "office" volume, I have to press volume up two times and then volume down one time. And I do that a lot:)

Is this speaker levels possible to regulate within the audio settings in service menu?

Any tip is welcomed.
[Galaxy S II General] olyolyoly:
JB Roms

Hi,

Just wondering what are the recommended Jelly Bean roms that are currently out? Are people still getting lock screen and compass issues or poor signal or anything else? I flashed my shw-m250s to i9100 with Checkrom and Siyah Kernel awhile back and i'm running 2.3.6 and now looking to upgrade and wondering what is the best way to go about it?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II General] sabinx:
payment for battery kit

Hello. I want one battery for korean model SHW-M250s. How can I pay you?

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I'm interested in this battery kit. How can I pay? Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] dixielee:
Edge Only!!

Hi Guys,

I originally posted this in another Galaxy S2 thread here on XDA, but I have been advised to try and find an answer here.

So:

First let me explain, I am a relative noob to this technology, but am learning more as I research every day.

Anyway, I picked up a Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 online from a Hong Kong destributor, a month ago and I guess it is probably a variant of the Korean Model Version SHW-M250S!! I noticed when I first turned it on, that the installed firmware was Gingerbread 2.3.....!!.

After much reading, I experimented with a couple of Custom Rom's, but wasn't all that impressed, with the ones I had chosen........but I did notice, that with the original firmware, I was receiving a 3G signal.

Two days ago, I reflashed back to an official Gingerbread rom and checked for Software Update. OTA I was updated twice, firstly to Gingerbread 2.3.6 and then a second update to ICS 4.0.4. Here is the phone info now:

PDA: i9100 XWLPW

Phone: i9100 XXLQ6

CSC: i9100 XSALP6

Build: Wed Aug 22 22:34:22 KST 2012

Now, ever since the update and with Settings>Data Usage More>Mobile Networks>Use Packet Data ticked, I only see the Edge symbol!!! If I turn off the Packet Data, then I just get the four signal bars, nothing else.

I no longer see 3G, so I am thinking, maybe the Firmware installed now or part thereof, is incorrect or incompatable with my Telstra Next G sim card, or chopping and changing firmwares, has corrupted the phone.

I have enabled every Network Frequency on the phone and it is set to WCDMA/GSM Auto.

So, is there an Original Gingerbread Firmware I can flash, that is compatable with the Telstra NextG/3G network and currently working and is stable for Australia?

I would dearly like to return, to the original Gingerbread Firmware, that the Phone came with when I bought it. I have emailed the distributor and asked what Firmware, is installed on the Korean variants sold in Hong Kong, but I have received no replies!!

My problem now is, the further I read into flashing with different firmwares, the more confused I am becoming.

I thank you for your patience in reading this post.
[Galaxy S II General] legacysl:
Stock 4.1.2 on M250s

Hi guys, need some help if possible. My friend wanted me to root and install CWM on his phone which was running 4.1.2. So I downloaded Siyah v6.0 beta5 and flashed it via odin.

But what I initially failed to realise was his phone was a M250S which he had gotten from Korea and the phone went into a bootloop. Since my phone which is the i9100 and that looked the same it never occurred to me to check. So anyway with a lot of searching I found a link to a 4.1.2 stock rom for the M250* and flashed that back and right now things are hunky dory.

My question is can someone link me a CWM or even TWRP that will work on this device. I believe the rom I downloaded is rooted coz it has SuperSU already installed. Also what are the complications of converting this to a i9100. If not what are the good JB custom roms that can be installed on the M250.

Thanks for the help in advance
[Galaxy S II General] dixielee:
Hi,

Just as a matter of interest, would you mind pointing me in the direction of the stock rom you found.

Thank You.
[Galaxy S II General] legacysl:
Sure, just dont ask me how I found it cos in desperation I googled and googled and somehow came across this. :P

https://hotfile.com/dl/194281908/deb93f2/M250SKSJMB1_ROOT.ZIP.html
[Galaxy S II General] ashdrocker:
You better go to sam mobile and find stock rom and i9000 pit file. Use odin. Reflash. Update via kies. Ull have jb.. Wait for the root kernel.

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i9100 pit file........
[Galaxy S II General] dixielee:
Thank You.:good:
[Galaxy S II General] ccelis:
Hello, just a quick question.

I updated my SHW-M250S to I9100 recently but the I'm still on Gingerbread 2.3.5

My question is if I can update to a JellyBean I9100 official firmware (XWLS8) using Odin without a PIT file, or update through KIES? Is that possible or should I update to ICS using the instructions on page 104?
[Galaxy S II General] louiemacni:
yes, you can update it thru Odin. Just us this File h t t p://w w w .m ed iafire.c om/?8d3f1aakf1hscxz . There's no bug on it and it safe. I tried other JB official, but there's no luck. Just use the above JB.

Watch this video for the simple instruction h t t p://w w w .y o u tube.c om/watch?v=n7b_vJtMSMI

Just repair the links above, delete the (space) on the links
[Galaxy S II General] ccelis:
Thank you! I'll give it a try. Can I use Siyah kernel on this to root?
[Galaxy S II General] louiemacni:
use PhilZ-cwm6-XXLSJ-OXX-3.73-signed, just search the web. coz i cant post links as of now. That is why added (space) on my previous links. pls hit the thanks button, hehe

edit: use this file h t tp:// w w w.m ediafire.c o m/?kg4kare01h7hg6n
[Galaxy S II General] ccelis:
Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S II General] louiemacni:
just post your querry here, anyway it's weekend. I'm free, hehe
[Galaxy S II General] ccelis:
Hi louiemacni, just an update I successfully updated my M250S to Jelly Bean using the firmware you recommended (XXLSJ) and rooted with the PhilZ kernel. Everything seems to be stable, was also able to change LCD density with this kernel. I'm currently testing for battery life. Thanks again!
[Galaxy S II General] louiemacni:
This morning i flashed my s2 with new firmware, its working fine plus my apps installed on my previos version were restored.

What app did you use for the LCD density test?
[Galaxy S II General] ccelis:
Another update:

I reverted back to Gingerbread. The PhilZ kernel had the lockscreen freeze/wifi sleep bug. I tried other kernels (jeebo and siyah) but it caused my phone to overheat (cpu was at 1.2ghz all the time). I cannot live without root, so I decided to reflash GB then restore through CWM. If you have a solution please do share.

By the way I use build.prop editor from the play store to change lcd density.
[Galaxy S II General] louiemacni:
Try to erase your Catch and other Data or do factory Reset. Mine is working fine, no problem at all.
[Galaxy S II General] ccelis:
after trying out several flashing of kernels and firmwares, i finally figured out that the media scanner was causing the cpu to work continuously at 800mhz. Everything seems to be stable now and i'm currently using Omega v16.2 rom on my m250s.
[Galaxy S II General] louiemacni:
that's great!
[Galaxy S II General] appagom:
4.1.2

build JZO54K.M250SKSJMB1

Stock Korean kernel. Home-rolled rooted stock Korean rom.

As usual, I captured the rom by suspending kies (first the SHW-M250S process, then the main kies process) with sysinternals processexplorer instantly after decryption, right when it reboots the phone, and finding the ROM file in C:\users\username\AppData\Local\tempsomething... or something like that.

Unpacked the ROM, added supersu, flashed with odin with repartitioning this time since I just upgraded from ICS.

Somewhere in the thread I link to the depacking/repacking tools ( simg2img and mke_ext4fs ). I could share a linux shell script if anyone is interested.

If Heimdall actually worked to flash from command line in linux it would be a one step script, to root it, add or remove any other custom apps and flash. Sadly, heimdall keeps dissappointing for me, previously lots of corruption. The version that MIGHT fix the corruption gives non-sensical errors about partition names. So I just retar the rom and flash in windows.

By the way, probably already covered, but upgrading from ICS with kies gives a bunch of messages and even errors in korean even if set to english. It is explaining that a a reparitioning of internal storage is required and that it will backup the storage for you and restore after the update. If it errors out it it probably because you need at least 2GB free on the storage. You cannot procede the update without fixing that. If you capture the rom to flash it yourself you can do two things...

1) just do a real kies update after caputuring it. You can still flash your rooted version later.

or

2) backup your stuff yourself over usb and copy it back after repartitioning.

Update Note:

Once you learn to root it yourself, you never worry about who's custom kernel (I've made a few versions of those too, but it's far more complicated than just modding the ROM directly; the reason it's less popular for distributed solutions is because ROMS are huge and not near as easy to distribute as kernels) to wait for or what ROM it works with what rooted kernel, or what pit file you need first, and once you've done it once, you've done it a hundred times.
[Galaxy S II General] DVDeus:
@louiemacni

No need to post just to increase the number of posts.
[Galaxy S II General] louiemacni:
my apology sir..... i just replied, since i gave him instruction on how to update his phone to JB the day after.
[Galaxy S II General] appagom:
Simplest stock root

But I get carried away sometimes..

The simplest stock root is just go here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746794

skip to the bottom of the first post and get this:

Root_SuperSU.0.98-Busybox.1.20.2-signed.zip

put it on your external sd card (I renamed it update.zip but pretty sure that doesn't matter).

boot into recovery (vol up, home, plus power.. hold until robot appears) and use the install update from external storage option. (power button is select)

Choose the file and be done. It works in 4.1 at least. No flashing, no fuss.
[Galaxy S II General] BaCkkk:
guyz i have a question..can i install 19100 jellybean official rom on m250s just like we previously installed ics rom ????
[Galaxy S II General] ahsan64:
Yes you cAn..
[Galaxy S II General] appagom:
Pit changed from ics to jb in sk ROM. Others can say if that's true in international ROM too. Anyway he might want to partition with the latest i9100 pit as for an original conversion.
[Galaxy S II General] ccelis:
I used an i9100 pit file from gb then upgraded to JB xxlsj with no problems.
[Galaxy S II General] appagom:
Ok. I'm not shocked. What changed in stock SK is that we had one 512MB system partition before and now we have 1 1024MB system partition plus one 512MB hidden partition, with the space being robbed from internal storage.

i9100 already had two partitions, both 512 as I recall. While the new JB ROM on stock does go over 512 on system (six hundred something), there's still plenty of room left over on hidden. They probably squeezed it all in for i9100 and/or included less junk to avoid repartitioning and annoying customers. Did international ROMS ever have as much junk as korean ROMS?

Some of it isn't junk, like T-maps which is actually the best navigation service in Korea and maybe anywhere (navigating in Korea is harder than just about anywhere else and mistakes are costly). Koreans get SK contracts just to get T-maps (the only way you can get it as far as I know). It's like how apple tried to make their own maps, except SK's maps are great and definitely better than google without question. But a bunch of it like hoppin and nate seems to me like big fat junk or at best personal preference that should be installed by the user. Some of it is just stubs though to be fair.
[Galaxy S II General] smartbaby:
How can I update version Korean Galaxy SII M250S to Jelly Bean 4.1.2
[Galaxy S II General] appagom:
Assuming you mean stock korean ROMS... you didn't say otherwise and that's default, then

use samsung kies. I download it from here:

http://www.samsung.com/sec/support/pcApplication/KIES

Back when I had the S1 it seemed maybe better to get it from the Korean site. that might still be true for the Korean ROMS. I don't know. Just be safe and get it there.

If you choose english during install (it might be automatic from your OS settings) then it will mostly work in English.

There are still a few stray messages in korean during the upgrade. They explain that the upgrade requires a repartition and that you need 2GB free on your internal storage to continue . So make that happen (move pictures and videos off). Then follow the upgrade. It should backup and restore your internal storage before and and after repartitioning. For best results use a usb plug on the back of your computer. They are more reliable than front ones. Also use a thick stock usb cable This sounds like myth, but it's absolutely not.

If you don't mean stock ROM, but international and you're already on an i9100 ROM, then just flash a new i9100 ROM of your choice.
[Galaxy S II General] Nickjg11:
converted

was able to convert mine to i9100. can i flash i9100 roms just as if my unit is a i9100?
[Galaxy S II General] ahsan64:
Yes now you can flash all i9100 roms...
[Galaxy S II General] opusdeigner:
Hi!having problems with updating my korean i9100..is seems that it is incompatible with every 4.2.2 build that is out right now..does anyone having this problem?
[Galaxy S II General] lytrn:
thanks you. I up rom SHW-M250S.EL21 and attached file.file M250K_ext4.pit via Odin passed. but s2 restart continuous. not installed

i try up rom M250SKSJMB1, and intstalled successfull, but on screen have text CSC:Unknown,and more text PDA,Camera,TSP,TSK,HW...... can you guide i fix this error ? Thanks You

Sory,My English not good,
[Galaxy S II General] appagom:
I don't know about your errors (I can't understand the description of them anyway). But the post you referenced is old and I would say outdated. The JMB1 ROM has a new pit file so there's not much point reverting to an older ROM just to repartition it for JMB1 again anyway unless you just don't have the JMB1 ROM and want to upgrade to it via KIES.

If you have the JMB1 ROM then just get the pit file from it (somewhere there exists an untar utility for windows, I'm not even sure odin requires you to extract it from the rom).

It doesn't hurt to wipe in recovery after flashing and might solve bootloop issues. (Assuming the brick bug isn't an issue in JB which it seems like it's not)

If you want to get the JMB1 ROM see my post a few pages back about how to get it from KIES. It sounds like you have it though.

Since the JMB1 kies update DOES do a repartition, it's probably also possible to skip all of it and just force kies to update you straight from interanational to JMB1 (too late for that I guess). I recall seeing some hack around here to force kies to think you have whatever phone on whatever version you want. Of course you really do have a stock phone but before converting back, kies won't think so without the hack.

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Oh and this repartitioning will affect your internal storage. You should have backed up everything first of course.

It's worth pointing out, that there seems to be a tendancy for some to think that getting out of one situation or another requires different procedures. While sometimes there are easier ways out.. if you have DL mode, and a full ROM with factoryfs, hidden if needed, modem and kernel and pit, and you select the pit file in odin and select repartition, flash and wipe, then it doesn't matter what situation you were in before, now you've got that ROM. Not all ROMS have all that, but JMB1 does.
[Galaxy S II General] dineshdias:
M250s USB not recognized

Dear masters,

I got an M250s to put in sgs2 firmware. When the set in normal mode it get connected to the PC well. But when I try to connect it to Odin in download mode PC says "USB device not recognized".

If you have any idea about this issue, please advice me to solve. Your kind attention would be highly appreciated. Thanks.

P.S. : I updated this set to ics 4.0.3 (M250s stock firmware) with mobile odin but, no luck. still same.
[Galaxy S II General] ahsan64:
Did you install drivers???

If yes reinstall them again.. or just install samsung kies which includes all the drivers...
[Galaxy S II General] ccelis:
Try plugging your phone in a different usb port in your pc, it worked for me.
[Galaxy S II General] batzman:
My method

In case people may be interested, I converted my SHW-M250K to GT-I9100 using a good working method

As I cannot post outside links, you have to google for : "Download & Install Official XXLQ5 Android 4.0.4 ICS Firmware" and select the link leading to the KnowTechBetter website

This worked for me, I'm very happy !
[Galaxy S II General] Mastermind_hassan:
any mirror?
[Galaxy S II General] Mastermind_hassan:
Mb2 official JB for m250s

This is direct link to a custom rom called the DisasterMOD ROM V3 for m250s based on MB2 official jelly bean for korea

http://d-h.st/hvw
[Galaxy S II General] rtorres:
can anyone give me a direct link for jb rom or modded jb rom for shw-m250L? please please please.. I would really appreciate it.
[Galaxy S II General] appagom:
I have no direct link for jb 250L but If you are on an early stock ROM or can flash one... preferably not ics then look for my description a few pages back on how to make kies give you the ROM file.
[Galaxy S II General] dineshdias:
Yes friend. Tried every basic solution. And also tried in another computer. Yesterday I converted a set in the same model without any trouble. Only this set makes troubles to me. Is this a problem from the kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] ropiana:
Hi guys,

I would like to make sure if its okay to do.this.

I already converted my m250s to jellybean, using Xxls8.

I heard mmc error will be fixed in Jb,

but when i tried to used gotbrick app, it says it's DANGER..

Now Im in Jb, is it okay to wipe my phone?
[Galaxy S II General] rowdykumar786:
Help No Lock Screen??
[Galaxy S II General] axel-529:
What rom are you using?

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I have the same problem before with

alliance rom v6.1, what i did is i set

permission to keystr file to rwxrwxrwx

using root explorer.

So its... /efs/imei/keystr... then reboot.

Forgot to mention, you have to check

first if you have keystr on /efs/imei/

keystr. If you have none, you can create

using the root explorer by following this

(If YOU HAVE NO KEYSTR)

1. Go to /efs/imei/

2. Click menu and choose create file (or

something like that), name it as keystr

3. Once created, click and hold keystr

until menu pop up. Choose edit via text

editor.

4. Type "ON" without quotation mark.

5. Set permission to rwxrwxrwx

6. Then reboot.

If you have keystr under the said

location, then you just have to set the

permission then reboot.

Hit thanks if i helped.
[Galaxy S II General] IceRapture:
SHW-M250L on JB 4.1.2 root

Hello,

I have a SHW-M250L with the 4.1.2 JB Firmware upgrade.

I am eager to re-root my phone, though my searches on how to do so and where to download a kernel have yet to be fruitful...

Can anyone please assist me in finding a way to root my phone since the upgrade? Does a kernel/method not exist yet? :confused:

Thank you in advance!

More information about the phone;

Baseband Version: M250LKLJMA1

Build number: JZO54K.M250LKLJMB2
[Galaxy S II General] davidcsv:
Have you considered just flashing a pre-rooted stock rom image with Odin?
[Galaxy S II General] Signfang:
I installed Supersu zip file via stock recovery, and that gave me an easy root access.
[Galaxy S II General] IceRapture:
Yes! I have, and I've come to 2 issues concerning this approach. First is I have not found a rom that states it supports or is compatible with my model and current firmware, and second is I'm slightly incompetent of this method due to an experience of completely and irreparably bricking this same phone while attempting to install a rom via Odin on PC. (lucky I got the warranty and can fake a language barrier :D Samsung service center replaced the whole motherboard for free)

My previous method for rooting was through CF Auto Root for the older firmware version (UG28) and Odin, which I believe is doing exactly as you have said. As far as I am aware, there is currently no pre-rooted stock rom for my phone.

If a different rom will work, I am willing to try any rom, my main interest is in battery life since I use my phone for mainly music and pictures.

I've done many searches in XDA, Google and others, and have not found anything with the three terms "SHW-M250L" "4.1.2" and "Root" in the same post.

I have found this post < http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746794 > which sounds great and I mostly understand how to do it, but I have no evidence of this working on a Korean S2, let alone the LG U+ version...

The method I linked above, is how you successfully rooted your M250S?

(PS. Thank you both for the replies!)
[Galaxy S II General] absane:
My LGU+ M250L runs JB 4.1.2 and I got it rooted. You got to use the latest Tekgrak Kernel. The page is in Korean but you can find the link here:

pspmaster[dot]tistory[dot]com/118

The download link for the Odin flashable tar kernel is at the bottom of the post. Once you flash it, download the Tekgrak Kernel app from Google Play. Run that and then run the rooting app within the program. Now your M250L is rooted.

I have been using this Kernel for the last couple of weeks and it's been very stable.

I registered with XDA just to post this :)

Have fun :)
[Galaxy S II General] IceRapture:
Hello Absane, Thank you for your reply!

I looked into your link and the Tegrak method looks great!

Unfortunately, I noticed the build number for the M250L kernel download (MB1) doesn't mach the build number of my current firmware version (MB2), which makes me a bit cautious.

If you don't mind me asking and confirming; you rooted a SHW-M250L with the latest JB firmware that came out ~Feb 7th, with a pre-rooted kernel that did not match the build number, and everything is still stable?

If so, I'll try it in the next few minutes :)