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[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
M250K New Kernal EG18

Was over at matpclup and found a new Kernal for the M250K. Not sure the exact details, but from I gather there are performance improvements. Can confirm flash with Odin works flawlessly. Also, can confirm losing root after flashing. Confirm keeping all files and no loss of data. Not exactly sure how to get root again, as when I rooted before, I used the stock releases. Thia is a Kernal Upgrade... Anyone know if I can reroot?

I have attached the upgrade, as you can get it from matpclub, but need a login and some korean knowledge to navigate oO

Theres also a very large torrent they are suggesting.. Not exactly sure what its for, (maybe full file system) called "HOME_M250K.EG18.1331_CL374700_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.torrent", which can be found on first google link. Can anyone let me know what this is for?

Let me know what you guys think^^

Forgot to mention, this Kernal was released July 23rd, 2011..
[Galaxy S II General] marthyaya:
It seems like you have SHW-M250S Korean model though it is odd that you cant see NFC mentioned on the battery. You can conform by checking a tiny antenna on top of model at extreme right side just beside head jack. You should have it for DMB purposes although DMB is specifically work in selected Chinese places. I have the same model mobile and currently living in china. Just go back to the shop and ask a replacement. If your phone is flashed with other country firmware you cant see NFC and DMB settings anyway. First make sure you got the original mobile and then check which firmware you got it. For any help catch me on twitter coz i rarely login this site. Twitter ID: @SidWitters :)
[Galaxy S II General] SamAce 2:
Anyone? I want to buy one :(
[Galaxy S II General] andyhk888:
This isn't a stock firmware right? Kernel upgrade means it still includes all the bloatware? Since you have an m250k any way you've found out to disable the roaming auto dial? Thx for the find and mirror.
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
firmware 2.3.4 surprise m250k

Hi. Yes it is the stock firmware it seems.. Actually I just realized after flashing with the zimage 8MB file I lost the ability to use NFC.. (when i tried to use my bus pass oO).. So I just now used the user_Low_ship file.. That fixed the problem.. Surprisingly it didnt wipe my programs or data.. But it did change my boot screen to the original (I had previously rooted b4 the upgrade to change that animation) so there may be other under the hood changes... I need to investigate when i have more time.. On a pleasant note my firmware is now 2.3.4...

Im sorry I dont know about the auto roam thing.. Since I live in Korea i never had to worry about that.. But I will investigate to see..

I just checked for bloatware.. It did add 3 other things to my apps.. Something called GalaxyChoice, GamerHub and something for KT.. But the latter i think was already there i just deleted it previously..
[Galaxy S II General] andyhk888:
Thanks for the info. So when you changed to the low ship file you didn't have root anymore right? Just use odin and flash or do you need root?

I'm still on the original factory firmware with bloatware on it.
[Galaxy S II General] mahua86:
hi, i'm using korea galaxy s2 m250s, and i have wrongly updated to 4.0.3 asia version. how can i format and root my phone?

thank you...
[Galaxy S II General] Kitschki:
Page 104
[Galaxy S II General] LIAM83:
hello friends who have pit file m250l lg+ plus maybe who know how read it without asansam dongle (samsung repair dongle)?
[Galaxy S II General] axel-529:
I think there's someone in xda that accidentally recovered his imei even without backup. Try to search it. Will help you in searching later of I have time.
[Galaxy S II General] foosaa:
Thanks Guys!

Thank you so much for the advices!

Before upgrading, installed a rooted version of the stock korean firmware (UH07) SKT version for my phone and took a backup of efs and ROM.

I converted my SHW-M250S (On Android 4.0.4) to I9100 using the PIT and Firmware using ODIN from the page 104.

Initially I flashed the leaked Indian firmware on 4.0.4 and got the debug information on the home screen, later I flashed the Indian 4.0.3 version using Odin which got rid of the debug message. Later installed the S2 Siyah_5.0.1 and installed / customized certain stuff. Happy with the stock + siyah kernel (root).

Only issue is the triangle during booting. But I really don't bother about it currently and did not want to try the CF TriangleAway app.

Other than that very snappy system..

Definitely a loving upgrade from Motorola Defy+ (though it's a favorite and survived Goa Seas! :D) I am falling in love with GS2 already!

Anything, please let me know! I'm happy to help!
[Galaxy S II General] shindatuin:
can u give me the link of m250s rooted UH07 and the siyah kernel

did u flash the siyah kernel first before converting to i9100?

or u flashed siyah lastly after converting to i9100???
[Galaxy S II General] jrummi:
does m250k work with tmobile or at&t usa networks for 3.5g?

I have a shw-m250k(says shw-m250k) or maybe its a shw-m250s (says kcc-cmm-sec-shwm250s), I'm not actually sure as both numbers are written on a label under the battery. They have some korean text next to them but I don't know what it says. The phone software was branded olleh before i flashed and back of case has an O.

I am trying to get it to work on either tmobile or at&t usa with 3.5g speeds. I tried to search to see if this is possible because of possible differences in bands but couldn't really find an answer. Is it possible to get these fast data speeds? I flashed new firmware with the instructions on page 112(i think post 1182). Phone is now using uk i9100 software and appears to start fine.

I tried the phone with at&t sim. calls are fine, data is slow and sometimes doesn't work. it shows h or e, or g. but kind of switches randomly when the phone is in one position.

under the batter on a label, directly above the barcode is 2 lines of #'s, first line has 8 digits and 2nd line has 7 digits. Is this the imei of the phone? when I type in *#06#, the number I get doesn't match with this # on the label.

thank you for any help!
[Galaxy S II General] shindatuin:
about the ROMS in S2

which is better:

cyanogenmod 10

omega 16.2

wanamlite
[Galaxy S II General] foosaa:
Siyah kernel is not compatible with M250S!! DO NOT FLASH IT!

Refer to the reply of my post by Many40!!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35108262&postcount=4582

I got the correct version of the rooted SKT stock from the site.(Google translated one.. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://w.jkh.kr/gb4/bbs/board.php%3Fbo_table%3Dgalaxy%26wr_id%3D322%26sca%3DS2%25ED%258E%258C%25EC%259B%25A8%25EC%2596%25B4&usg=ALkJrhiHITpSJnUb6HKLSAtkQ5AxDPWqUg)

Actual site: http://w.jkh.kr/gb4/bbs/board.php?bo_table=galaxy&wr_id=322&sca=S2%ED%8E%8C%EC%9B%A8%EC%96%B4

You have check and download the correct version of the firmware according to your phone model and installed version. More information can be got by *#1234#

The steps I followed are:

Installed the Rooted UH07 (Using ODIN. DON"T SELECT PIT FILE if you are already on Korean firmware) to take a back of the EFS folder (all three methods) to the external_sd card. (To preserve the IMEI in case of any issues.)

You could any methods for backing up of the efs, but for all, you have to be rooted. The idea of installing the above firmware was solely for this backup purpose! :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546

Or

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1068193

Installed Chainfire's app (link) for checking if the phone has got the Brickbug!! If yes, you have to be extra extra careful! Do not do wipe / factory reset of the phone if you are on ICS (i.e., if you are running any stock ICS version.). If the app says you are safe, than no issues!

Since I'm from India, flashed the Indian version of the ROM (4.0.3) since 4.0.4 is not official and was displaying a debug message on the screen always!

I flashed the I9100 4.0.3 firmware (which I downloaded from www.samfirmware.com) using ODIN v1.85 with correct PIT file (for I9100) provided on the page 104 of this thread. You have to following the steps provided in the page 104 and you should be safe! (most of the cases!).

Only after flashing 4.0.3, and after a successful booting, I flashed the S2 Siyah_5.0.1 (link and home page ) for root and for CWM recovery.

But you have to be extra careful in each of the steps especially when you use the PIT file (always select the correct PIT for the firmware that you are goin to flash) and if you have for a phone with BrickBug!!!
[Galaxy S II General] divyankgupta:
Vibration intensity issue

Hi

I am having M250S with me and i have converted it into I9100 by flashing MysticMagic Custom Rom (Android 4.0.4). Now the SMS restriction issue and korean apps are gone but still Vibration intensity is very low. I tried to modify the file under /sys/vibrator/pwm_val Through root explorer but i am unable to change its value.

Currently the value is set to 1 .I have changed the file permission also through Root explorer but still I am unable to change the value through text editor.Can someone please help me for this issue or has anyone found some other solution for the vibration intensity problem ? :(:(

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II General] jwrubi:
have you kept your IMEI after converting it to i9100?

because i have also followed that steps in page 119 (which is the same as page 104), i cannot keep my original imei after converting it to i9100 even if i backed up the original one.
[Galaxy S II General] foosaa:
Yup. My IMEI remained the same even after converting to I9100. Must be some specific handset issue with yourselves :(
[Galaxy S II General] chrisluffy25:
help.. tnx

good day!!

i have 2 samsung galaxy s2 anycall version, i want to convert the 80 character limit of sms to 160 + characters without using handcent or gosms, im very familiar in flashing (odin/heimdall mode) since im using samsung galaxy s1 anycall version currently running on gfan sp8..

what is the best combination rom and kernel for s2? any help will be appreciated, tia. :D:laugh:
[Galaxy S II General] divyankgupta:
You can Flash Mystic Magic ROM (Android 4.0.4) which is pretty stable and comes with TouchWiz 5 .I has Siyah kernel which is also pretty good.

S3 MODS ROM also works pretty well but it is Android 4.0.3. Otherwise You can flash Leaked Stock JellyBeans 4.1.2 ROM also along with I9100 pit if you want latest firmware. :)
[Galaxy S II General] chrisluffy25:
link please..

Sent from my SHW-M110S
[Galaxy S II General] divyankgupta:
You can find all the custom ROM at below location

http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyS2/roms

Leaked Android Jellybeans 4.1.2 Stock ROM at - http://stockroms.net/download/GalaxyS2/GT-i9100/4.1.2leak/i9100XXLSJrooted.tar?token=615238126

You need to flash this tar file via Odin along with I9100 pit if you are flashing on M250S/M250K
[Galaxy S II General] chrisluffy25:
along pit file? so the 250s becomes i9100?

but theres a lot of problems after the flashing of pit files.. right?

Sent from my SHW-M110S
[Galaxy S II General] shindatuin:
I guess stock roms 4.0.3 version + siyah kernel 5.0.1 is better than any custom roms

I scored 9817 on stock rom + siyah

When I used custom rom like omega v16.2 Jelly Bean. It goes to 6857

Same benchmark in wanamlite..

Wanna try CM 10.1 unofficially..

Hoping on 10k benchmark using default tweaks

Or else go back to stock rom + siyah kernel..much better

EDIT::

as what ive expected. 10154 benchmark on cm10.1 unofficial android 4.2.1

best rom on s2.

very smooth and responsive.

high battery duration.

waiting for nightly builds :)
[Galaxy S II General] foosaa:
+1 :good:
[Galaxy S II General] shindatuin:
i've flashed back to stock gt-i9100 ROM from OMEGA v16.2 and get the problem of endless boot at the logo of samsung galaxy SII

any idea how to fix this?

i've tried with and without using PIT file but still the problem exist.

flashing siyah kernel doesn't solve the problem also..

why i cant BOOT to i9100 rom?

maybe revert back to m250s stock ROM?? with PIT file in it = not a good idea (X)

EDIT:

i've finally solve the problem

just wanna share to those who wanna know.

flash GT-i9100 ROM

flash siyah kernel 5.0.1

reboot to recovery mode

factory reset/wipe data

wipe data partition

easy steps! LOL :D
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
To anyone who still needs help on converting their shw-m250s/k, please go back to page 119 then post#1182. I have made a very detailed instructions there including rooting and converting. Pit files are also included in the post. :D Or just click this http://goo.gl/kA66v and navigate to post 1182
[Galaxy S II General] WeBMaZTaH:
CWM flash or Odin flash? Thanks by the way.
[Galaxy S II General] ggs2:
I also have same problem, converted M250K to i9100, and IMEI is 004999010640000 .

.nv_data.bak is of sep 2011, but even if i restore it won't help

If i flash M250K firmware again, my changes to 004400152020002... that is the only difference :(

tried almost all possible solutions.. anyone any success??
[Galaxy S II General] jwrubi:
up for this one..

i still have not found the solution for keeping imei after conversion. :(
[Galaxy S II General] ggs2:
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[Galaxy S II General] dandroid c:
Help with sII M250

First post – sorry if its long, but I could use some help!

My first attempt at rooting, and kernel flashing, and I haven’t bricked the phone yet but I haven’t succeeded at all in doing what I needed to do!

I started with a Korean Galaxy sII. My basic goal was to remove the 80 character limit on sms, and eventually to be able to flash ROMs

Being a foolish novice I neither noted or backed up the original kernel. I tried to flash the Siyah kernel (tried many versions, they all led to boot loop), finally got the phone running again with the Tegrak kernel). (By the way it sounds like the Siyah kernel 2.6.6i would do everything I need done, but Odin cant find the file I download even if I do or do not unzip it (this file:

gokhanmoral Siyah Kernel v2.6.6i for M250K/S.

download and have a try. report here if you do find any problem.

So now I’m rooted, but can’t flash any ROMs (CWN kicks me into tegrak recovery and when I try and flash a ROM I get errors and it doesn’t complete).

Then I tried to convert the phone to I9001, and while it seemed to work (CWN now reads the phone as an I9001) it doesn’t seem to have changed anything.

Ideally I think I’d like to return to original state and start over having learned from my mistakes, but I don’t even know what my original kernel was!

Any tips on getting back to stock or how to flash new ROMs given my current situation would be most appreciated!

Currently my phone reads:

Model number: SHW-M250S

Android version: 4.0.4

Baseband version: M250S.UD18.1125.ST

Kernel version: 3.0.15-M250.UE21.0039-CL577819 se.infra@SEP-71 #3

Build number: IMM76D.UH07
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
When you converted your phone to I9100, did you include the I9100 pitfile when you flashed it? Based on your kernel, you haven't converted yet to I9100. You are still in m250. Just check this http://goo.gl/kA66v post #1182. If you only want to remove the 80 character limit, download go sms or handcent from playstore. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me here or pm me. :)
[Galaxy S II General] majestico:
Running 4.1.2 here with Omega 16.2 - XXLSJ. XXLS6 baseband.

Everything seems to work great except the compass is always pointing in the wrong direction. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II General] ngelay89:
Hi i am using M250K, 4.0.4 Rooted.

I would like to use sms to 160 and FM radio. And if i can, i want to convert to i9100. And which rom i have to download for i9100 at SAM website.

And can i use ICS or jelly bean when i am at i9100.

Thanks for your post and sorry for my bad English.:)
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
Once your phone is converted to I9100, your gyrometer and compass will not work the way you wanted them to be. I think this is caused by software issues. Even the photosphere will be hard to use. That's one of the cons if you convert your shw to I9100 other than the weak vibration.

You cannot use FM radio in shw. SHW variants have no FM's built-in but instead there is the DMB. So FM radio is a no. As for the sms character limit, you can download handcent or go sms pro from the play store.

For tutorials on converting your phone to I9100, check my post here: http://goo.gl/kA66v. It's post #1182. Yes, you can use the latest leaked jellybean rom. :D
[Galaxy S II General] ngelay89:
Thanks man now i am at GT-I9100. No problems. But FM still can't use.

Thanks Man.:):)
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
Sure. Click thanks if you feel like it. ;) Also there will never be a fix for the FM. Just like I stated earlier, there are no FM radios on SHW variants because Korea uses DMB.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid c:
Thank you Kaizer 216. I was using go sms for awhile, but its stopped working recently (thats a side issue, I wanted to try and root and flash etc anyway, the sms thing was just a good excuse). Can you advise me which I9100 file I shouold download from samware, as I do not see korea listed in the version)

Thanks again!
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
Any firmwares on SAMMOBILE would do. Just stay away from 4.0.4 ROMS. Better use the one where you are living right now. If you are in Korea, there is none for Korea. You can also go straight jellybean custom ROMS. :D
[Galaxy S II General] droid_s2:
Thank you for this wonderful info. Im also from the phils. Ill be converting my 250k to an i9100. Ill be using the leaked jb rom xxlsj as the pda file. Would that be ok?

Thanks for the link on how to convert the phone. This thread has a lot of pages and it would take me a week to find this post.
[Galaxy S II General] ngelay89:
Yes, i forget about FM. Thanks Man.

Now how can i capture screen shoot. And which ROM is best for now. And how can i flash a new ROM.

Thanks for your guide. :good::good::good:
[Galaxy S II General] ngelay89:
Hello Guys,

There is one apk that will remove a yellow warning sign from boot screen.

Install that apk and open.That will need Super SU request.

Tab Rest flash counter and choose continue. Done.

Now restart phone and there is no-more yellow warning sign.:D

(Don't use if there is no warning sign.)
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
You can use the leaked xxlsj. Just beware because it has the brick bug present. Using custom xxlsj ROM do not have this brick bug problem. 4.0.3 is the most stable ROM with no brick bug present as of the moment.

Take screenshot by holding [home+power] buttons. By ROM, you mean custom or the official one? You can flash one by using ODIN or CWM.

That application worked????? Have you tried it?
[Galaxy S II General] ngelay89:
I mean other Custom Rom Bro.

Yes, I tested that application, it is work for me. :)
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
I'll try that app later. Try Omega v16.2. It's a jellybean ROM. It runs great and smoothly.
[Galaxy S II General] JayXL14:
Hey guys there is someone on Craigslist trying to sell me a Shw-m250s and telling me that is a Galaxy S II and that it will work on AT&T. Is he right?

At the moment I just need to be able to make phone calls with it on AT&T but I am also curious if it will work with HSPA data. Let me know, thanks guys!

Also, will it be able to run any ROM that the i9100 can?

Thanks. From reading this thread it seems that I just have to flash some stuff from ODIN but I want to be 100% sure before buying.
[Galaxy S II General] ngelay89:
Ok Bro, Where i can download. If ok please share link bro.

:):):D
[Galaxy S II General] ggs2:
Rule of xda search before you post

And no rom is best

Go to i9100 android development and original android development thread there are hundred different rom's see what you like and use
[Galaxy S II General] HIGHTECENGINEER:
root
[Galaxy S II General] JayXL14:
Can anyone help with the question I had above? Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] hengsheng120:
my SHW-M250S (branded as i9100) has some compatibility problems with i9100 kernels. things like the vibration is weak, and the compass moving in the wrong direction (can be fixed with imported libakm.so) , and also when the m250s kernel & modem is flashed on top of a i9100 rom there may be a weak wifi signal, video not playing, and mojibake in logcat...

watch out for those things if you use i9100 roms

the originial roms for the M250S such as gingerbread EL21 should work fine for voice calls but it may have some inconveniences like 80 char sms, non working mms, and small dialer button
[Galaxy S II General] divyankgupta:
MODEM issue

Hi

I converted my M250 to I9100 international Galaxy S2.But it doesn't detect my sim. So i flashed original MODEM of M250S.Now the sim is getting detected but call waiting feature is not working.If i revert back to M250S firmware it works properly.Can someone suggest me which MODEM i should flash or is there any solution for this problem ? I can't work with 80 character sms issue present in Korean firmware. Thanks in Advance
[Galaxy S II General] Mastermind_hassan:
i am searching the internet for weeks but didnt find any solution for that gyroscope fix .. can u please explain me how to fix this thing ( that libakm.so thing)
[Galaxy S II General] Lion_Heart9x:
Same problem here, so can you give us the link to that libakm.so?
[Galaxy S II General] inchuk:
Imei and baseband missing of shw-m250k

hi po help po panu po maayos ung imei ko po at baseband ko po after ng convert ko po sa i9100 po..tnx po.:angel::angel:
[Galaxy S II General] hengsheng120:
For GINGERBREAD only, I got the instructions on an xda thread and pulled it myself from from the HOME_M250S.EL21.2010 stock rom at http://w.jkh.kr/gb4/bbs/board.php?bo_table=galaxy&wr_id=198

replace with M250S file: system/lib/libakm.so

rename and replace: sensors.SHW-M250S.so > system/lib/hw/sensors.GT-I9100.so

have it on my phone and i'll try to post it later

if you have other problems try using the siyah 2.6.13 korean kernel with a i9100 stock rom: http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...nmoral.com/?paged=8+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

for ics and jb use the korean ics rom's /system/lib/libakm.so and /system/lib/hw/sensor.default.so

ics (build starts with U) and gb roms (starts with E) can also be found here: http://main.develoid.com:81/samsung/Galaxy/Galaxy S2/순정펌/
[Galaxy S II General] mubeenshahid:
I have also gyroscope prob on m250s converted to cm10 i9100 rom

Sent from my Galaxy S2
[Galaxy S II General] Mastermind_hassan:
brother didnt get ur ics and jb point can u explain...
[Galaxy S II General] hengsheng120:
flash the original m250s stock roms and extract the files from the system save it on sd card and then replace them in i9100 rom for the same android version
[Galaxy S II General] Ikarias:
Maybe you guys will get mad at me, for getting lost in the enormity of posts and threads and lack of 'diy' on google, but i got a question.

my phone is pda M250K.UE18.1730 running 4.0.3, and i dont see any kernels n the website mentioned in the quoted post. i only need to root it, nothing special. (i just want to change the boot animation).

Are there any updates on this?
[Galaxy S II General] jwrubi:
can you help me? my friend's m250k converted to i9100 has signal problem. he losses signal often. he needs to reboot his phone everytime... is there any solution for this?
[Galaxy S II General] shindatuin:
change the BASEBAND..

try NELP2
[Galaxy S II General] David Jose de Jesus:
Error on flashing mobile

Hi, I`m new at XDA comunity, and I try to update my S2 with M250K korean version for a latin america (Argentine)) version SW.

During this process I get this error:

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I9100UHLPZ_I9100UHLPH_I9100AROLP5_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/003> Added!!

Someone can suporte me to understand the problem? and help me fix it.

BR

David