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[Galaxy S II General] Bivav:
CyanogenMod 12: Review and How To Install For Samsung Galaxy S2

Here is the process of installing CyanogenMod ROM on our legend phone!!

First see how it looks!!

https://youtu.be/jpBoqtQreB8

Then If you want to Install CM 12 then follow this process.

Condition 1 : If you have converted GT-I9100 JellyBean Installed then follow these steps:

1. Flash Custom Recovery KITKAT Compatible. [Very Important] using odin.

THEN

2. Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svHYITCoSW8 and download ROM and GAPPS from the description!!

3. Follow the video from 1:40 mins exactly.

Condition 2 : If you don't have GT-I9100 device then DON'T TRY TO FLASH CM11 OR CM12.

You can follow the posts above to install GT-I9100 and then only follow my steps!!

Cheers!!
[Galaxy S II General] sunyakram:
thanks dear

but i swap my phone with G3
[Galaxy S II General] amilapc:
Did you found a sollution for the proximity sensor proble. if you found .plz add it.

Did you found a sollution for the proximity sensor proble. if you found .plz add it.
[Galaxy S II General] shadi47pk:
Fix all sensor problems.......

HI, Guys

THIS FIX IS FOR THOSE WHO HAD KOREAN SGS2 RUNNING INTERNATIONAL FIRMWARE

AND THIS WORKED FOR ME SO IF THIS BRICKS YOUR PHONE I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE I TESTED IT MANY TIMES AND IT WORKED​

I had a SGS 2 shw-m250s (Korean). i just converted it into international GT-i9100. i installed the Car-phone warehouse Firmware. after installing i noticed that the compass and gyroscope is behaving very oddly the compass point north in wrong direction the north pole rotates with the rotation of the phone it doesn't stick to the magnetic north. The gyroscope was not functioning correctly. i searched a lot, downloaded several patches and mods but nothing help so i decided to go back to the original Korean firmware here all sensors and gyros working good so yesterday i found a trick and it worked flawlessly. So i decided to share with u all friends. All sensors compass working correctly..........so here we go...

IT WILL WORK ON ANY INTERNATIONAL FIRMWARE TESTED AND ALSO CUSTOM ROM LIKE KITKAT AND LOLLIPOP

Tools u needed Before we continue All of them are Attached Below...

1. Framaroot Aragorn Worked for me....

2. Root Explorer.

3. The Sensor files.

All of these files are given on attachment.

Proceedure.

i thing u know how to transfer files to your internal or external SD card..

1.then install the framaroot and choose aragorn it worked for me. then reboot your phone. If U are already Rooted Proceed to step 2

2.install root explorer... (LET IT HAD SUPER USER PERMISSIONS)

3.then go to (System/lib/Hw/)

4.copy all files from the attachment hw folder to the system ( (System/lib/Hw/)) folder replace all files.

5. dont forget to set permission (644) (rw-r-r)

6. reboot Your phone.

7. check sensors by dialing *#0*#

8. if still got proximity problem let me know because its hardware related its fix will be post soon.

Hit atleast thanks Button.

Download Link h t t p://www.4shared.com/zip/lOBByDs-ce/Sensor_fix.html (remove spaces)(there is no virus inside so i dont know why 4 shared)
[Galaxy S II General] arshanmugam:
Odin file needed

Hi, I tried to download the odin file from the above link but the file is no longer available.

Can you please share me the file again.

The actual problem for me is, I have downloaded the .tar file.

When i try to install, it failed in 'hidden.img' write.

Please help me to solve this.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] Cjdevilla:
hi mrchrisrueda.i have the same prblem on my shw-250k can i have the link how to fix it?thankyou so much!
[Galaxy S II General] Luka_the:
Sim card reader samsung shw m250s korean version s2

If someone have broken or defect Korean SGS2 (SHW M250S) and want to throw it, please send it to me, I just need sim card reader and I can't find it to replace, because until now, I didn't know that is too many different with European version SGS2

Thank you

luka_the@yahoo.com
[Galaxy S II General] mrangy:
m250k lineageos and GPS

Hi there,

I flashed lineageos 14.1 to my m250k. Almost everything works, but the battery drain is huge. I also installed twrp. What's really sad: the GPS isn't working, although I copied the original GPS files:

There is this file /system/lib/hw/gps.exynos4.vendor.so. I read that you are supposed to replace this one with the original one from the m250k firmware, which I did. But now logcat shows the following error, when enabling GPS and trying to use it:

libgps-shim: Failed to load real GPS HAL '/system/lib/hw/gps.exynos4.vendor.so': dlopen failed: cannot locate symbol "androidGetTid" referenced by "/system/lib/hw/gps.exynos4.vendor.so"...

Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?
[Galaxy S II General] Zakku:
Alright, so, I have the SHW-M250K. I need to get TWRP on it, somehow, in order to install the LineageOS build.

I have been following the instructions in this thread; however, the links are all dead, except for the ROM itself. I need TWRP to get it installed, but I have had no such luck finding the file, now that the link is dead.

To top things off, the PIT appears to be corrupt. How do I fix this, or does Odin just randomly give that error when it's actually a file that's incompatible. Is my PIT really corrupt?
[Galaxy S II General] Zakku:
I have searched extensively but I can't seem to find an answer.

My I'm using Odin to flash my SHW-M250K, but it always says the PIT file is corrupt.

I've let it get it and restart the phone. That one keeps saying it's corrupt and saying it needs to acquire a PIT file, looping the procedure

I've tried using a previous PIT, only for it to say it's corrupt

I've used different ones from forum attachments, and it still says the PIT is corrupt and then prompts to obtain one or asks if I want to let it get it from my phone

So, no matter what I do, I cannot seem to fix the corrupt PIT issue.
[Galaxy S II General] vdhero:
Did you try the Pit that has 1GB for system and 2/4/6/8gb for data? I tried that when I was using a M250S and it worked.
[Galaxy S II General] Zakku:
I think the S and K are drastically different. Iirc, these PIT files are about 4kb big, besides.
[Galaxy S II General] TriboDoP:
The pitfiles change the data partition to 2/4/6/8 gb (or whatever size you choose).

So they are not the sizes of the pitfile itself (which will be about the size you mentioned).

---------- Post added at 08:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:33 PM ----------

Hi again.

Did you already check the thread by Nevuly: (rom)( final)( 7.1.2 )(2017.10.08)U1)lineage os 14.1 unofficial build. Thread started on 1. May 2016
[Galaxy S II General] vdhero:
There are not much differences between the S and the K variant. Just different carrier
[Galaxy S II General] Zakku:
Yes, as mentioned above, I've followed the instructions on that thread. However, the links are mostly dead, so I can't get the TWRP file, and my PIT is corruption. So, I am stuck, anyway, and can't flash to LOS14.1.
[Galaxy S II General] TriboDoP:
Hi

What i would do: flash stock pitfile to solve this problem. And to have a usable device i would flash an older recovery (kitkat compatible) together with this stock pitfile and with this recovery i would flash a custom rom which doesn't need repitting like cm11 or cm12 (there should be threads for korean device).

And hopefully someone here has the proper twrp for flashing los 14 eventually.
[Galaxy S II General] Zakku:
Thanks for the advice. I would have have to admit I wouldn't know the specifics of how to do most of that. Would the PIT files attached to the thread not work as stock PIT files, in this case? The device is currently usable. It's just always saying the PIT is corrupt when I try to flash something new, using Odin. Even when trying to flash with stock PIT files. Basically, nothing is working, including flashing with the stock PITs, to solve the corrupt PIT issue. After that issue is resolved, all I need is the TWRP, which I think I found the other day.
[Galaxy S II General] MikiGry:
[MENTION=9433698]Zakku[/MENTION]

Mebay try another verison of Odin
[Galaxy S II General] azizbekrakhimov:
Мне нужна прошивка для shwm250s
[Galaxy S II General] Evie103818:
is there a samsung galaxy s2 korean m250s firmware that is in a .tar file (not a tar.md5 file)
[Galaxy S II General] WSimca:
Android App store

Google App store games restricted? No games showing. Alternatives?
[Galaxy S II General] fyre31:
because i like being able to understand what it says. i'm using litening atm, shouldn't that make the language english if it has something to do with the ROM?

i don't mean the phone's language i mean the download mode's language
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
use the market enabler app found in the market.. Works perfectly to show games ^^
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
Has anyone tried the market enabler with the new android market? It doesn't seem to work anymore
[Galaxy S II General] dmcyo:
who can tell me what's the different between M250K and M250S? I got M250S, can i flash M250K's ROM(including modem)?
[Galaxy S II General] metroidhntr:
the differences between M250S and the M250K models are.

SK Telecom rom -M250S

KT's ROM - M250K

There really isn't any big differences from what i see other then software, because I just purchased the M250K and when i Rooted it, it cause it to do a boot loop. Well in order to fix that issue you have to reinstall the original Rom on it. Well I accidentally installed the SK telecom rom and I see no differences. My phone works fine. Doesn't really matter to me because in a few hours I am going to be installing a custom rom anyways.
[Galaxy S II General] srr118:
Is this the latest shw-M250S firmware?

Any kernel/ ROM recommendations after root?
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
I just checked over at matpclub.. And it does look like you do have the latest firmware^^
[Galaxy S II General] srr118:
thanks for your help Charon
[Galaxy S II General] nd54:
SGS2 Purchasing Advice

Hi all,

I'm an American living in Korea for another year for work and want to get a SGS2 that will work in the US when I go back (preferably on Sprint if possible since I'm still under contract).

Would buying a LG U+ version of the Galaxy II make this happen (since U+ and Sprint are both CDMA)?

Can I buy a SK version and somehow get it to work on Sprint next year? I would rather have a SK version since it gets the best signal from my workplace in Seoul and I use the Mobile Access Point function pretty heavily w/my current Galaxy I (which the wifey would get if I could manage the SGS2 :)

I'm also in Beijing currently for another week and would be open to getting a M250 on the "black market" as mentioned by some posters living in China (where did you get yours?)

Thanks for all your help and info.
[Galaxy S II General] ztig:
How do I register at matpclub? I tried to use google translate but I get an error at the registration page when I hit the "enrollment" button?

i am trying to get the stock EG26 kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
Second grey button top right of home page.

Fields are as follow:

1. ID

2. Password

3. Password repeat

4. Your full name

5. A nickname (not login id)

6.your email

7. Secret question for password reset

8. Your homepage

9. Your blog

10. Your birthdate

11. Not sure.. Maybe agree to terms or recieve mail from time to time

then click the first dark grey button.
[Galaxy S II General] dseo80:
Sprint or Verizon will not activate any non-branded phone on their network.

In order to use it in the US the best bet is to get the KT version and switch to ATT or Tmobile simcard - ATT has up to 4g. not sure about Tmobile
[Galaxy S II General] fyre31:
how much battery life do you guys get out of this phone? i'm running litening 5.0 on shw m250k and i'm lucky if i get 12 hours out of it. mostly use the phone for some text/calls, couple casual games, some wifi. i have brightness set to auto and BT/GPS off. maybe it's because i'm using this non-original 1800mah battery? is anyone else using the same setup?
[Galaxy S II General] ztig:
When I click the first dark grey button a popup window appears with two buttons - Cancel and OK. When I click OK a popup message with a short Korean message displays at the top left of the page briefly and then nothing happens.
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
The first grey button top right should be the login button.. When you click that there should be two fields that you must fill in login and padsword.. Maybe your browser doesnt support?
[Galaxy S II General] ztig:
I finally figured out the problem... my nickname is already taken. Registration complete! :)
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
Is anyone running a custom/stock ROM? How did you install it?

I have tried ROM manager premium but whenever I try to "Flash ClockwordMod Recovery" , I can only choose between Galaxy S i9000 and Galaxy S i9100 (MTD).
[Galaxy S II General] fyre31:
you can use i9100 roms on korean galaxy s2s. they're pretty much the same
[Galaxy S II General] kassy_ok:
can anyone confirm this ?
[Galaxy S II General] Sticks02:
Yes they work. I had to flash the first leaked i9100 ROM onto mine back in late April/Early May because I botched the rooting process.
[Galaxy S II General] fyre31:
I am using european KG6 stock rom on my m250k atm actually. no problems yet, except it has an FM radio app which is useless on our devices
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
Did you use ROM manager premium? when you "Flash ClockwordMod Recovery" , which one did you choose Galaxy S i9000 or Galaxy S i9000 (MTD)?
[Galaxy S II General] fyre31:
i suggest you use CFroot from the original android development section to install CM recovery since i don't think rom manager supports sgs2 yet. you shouldn't select any of those options since i9000 is a completely different device from sgs2 which is i9100. they might have the same CM recovery version and they might work on sgs2 but i won't try it if i were you. anyway the best way to flash an i9100 rom onto shw m250 is through odin. there's a guide somewhere on the dev section i mentioned above made by intratech that also has stock i9100 rom downloads which you can follow. be sure to follow every direction properly to avoid any problems
[Galaxy S II General] deng72572:
(it would help if you will provide a step by step procedure and all files and ROMS needed.

thanks)

i successfully flashed European ROM on my M250k but not sure if this will work on S and L.

please note that im not responsible if you brick your M250k but these things work for me.

download odin 1.85

download KG6 in european ROMS(latest) in samfirmwares.com

download drivers for your M250, install KIES.

open odin and make sure your M250 is connected then put everything in place (pit, phone, modem, csc) and tick re-partion, auto reboot, f.reset time then start.

when finished, you can now root and flash custom ROM the i9100 way.
[Galaxy S II General] m444266:
sharing

Hello all,

I would just like to share my successful ROM flashing. I have a M250S build.

It is good to know that you can flash other SGS2 kernels using Odin.

common requirements:

Kies - USB drivers. backup some info

Odin - for flashing kernels

CWM (ClockworkMOD)- for backup/restore/flashing ROMS. wiping data, factory reset

install Kies. have your phone connected and the drivers will automatically install.

VillainROM 2.4.2

1. get CF-root - look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEU_KE7-v4.0-CWM4.tar will work.

2. open Odin, connect phone, choose PDA, choose CF-ROOT...CWM4.tar

3. click start. wait. done. you have ROOT with CWM.

4. download villainrom .zip .. transfer to you device /.

5. Reboot to CWM Recovery console. turn off phone, hold volume up+home+power button

6. backup, wipe data, wipe cache.

7. install/flash from .zip .choose for villainrom zip. wait. done and done.

Lite'ning ROM v5

1. get CF-root - look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

2. download lite'ning 5 .tar

3. open Odin, connect, phone, choose Lite'ning ROM 5 .tar

4. Start. wait. Done

4.1 IF Boot LOOP. get KG6 CF-root - look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399. CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG6-v4.1-CWM4.tar

4.2 open Odin, connect phone, choose PDA, choose CF-ROOT...CWM4.tar

4.3 Start. wait. auto reboot. done and done.
[Galaxy S II General] MarkelsNSR:
Do you know if there is any CUSTOM ROM that can be flashed in a 250Ms and benefit from any specifics that european version does not have?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] MarkelsNSR:
I am using Ninphetamine 2.0.5 that is based in 2.6.35.11 kernel

of course in CRISKELO's custom rom v.10

Regards!
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
Does anyone know how to set up the missed call inbox *88 ? . I go into it and it asks me for a 4 number pass code that I dont haveㅠㅠ

edit* just tried the last four digits of my phone number... That was my default password O.O .. Horrible password.. So i changed it... I would suggest everyone do same if you havent already.
[Galaxy S II General] kassy_ok:
just installed Cognition_S2-131 using the first method, working like a charm !!!

thank you
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
need some help trying to flash my SGS2 M250S

just got this phone a few days ago ..... from what i can tell it's already rooted with something like tegrak kernel build 25 for M250S

fortunately i did a cwm backup before flashing Villainrom 2.4.2 .....

after factory reset ... wipe cache ... wipe dalvik cache .... flashing villainrom .....it just seems to get stuck at the villainrom bootscreen. what am i doing wrong ?

also getting to download mode .... i couldn't seem to get Odin to recognize the phone .... where can i download Kies ? i think i have kies mini in my computer installed and my old galaxy Vibrant could be recognized with it but not the SGS2.

download mode for me was home button+Vol down+power CWM is Vol up+home+power ..... weird

i just wanted to flash to see if 80char limit of SMS could be resolved .... i've tried handcent pansi GoSMS

thanks for any help.
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
this is what is shown in "about phone"

Model number

SHW-M250S

Firmware Version

2.3.3

Baseband Version

M250S.EE17.1453.ST

Kernel Version

2.6.35.7-Lulz-Kernel-Build-10-for-M250S-EE31

Build number

GINGERBREAD.EE31
[Galaxy S II General] WSimca:
Anyone else having gps problems? Can't get a location. :(

My friend's phone can connect in 2-3 second (not galaxy). Same location, in-building.

Rooted Latest Firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] WSimca:
Kies was a major pain in the ass. You need to install the USB driver, go into Samsung/Kies/USB Driver/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe

Make sure you do nothing while it is installing, restart computer.
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
i think i figured out why after flashing it got stuck at the villainrom bootscreen hehehehehe need to be more patient reading stuff hehehehe

seems tegrak kernel includes a lagfix and accdg to Ninphetamine-2.0.5 thread

can't seem to disable tegrak lagfix ..... no options for disabling in the app nor inside CWM advance menu =(

how to go back to stock ?
[Galaxy S II General] TriOx66:
First, Thanks to the folks who made the stock M250S/K ROMS available from matpclub. Being able to test with a few different stock ROMS was very useful. My brain might explode if I read Hangul and flash ROM's at the same time. ;)

I got a M250K about a month ago while visiting Korea. I'm on the Rogers network in Canada and the M250 stock won't give anything over basic GPRS and the phone roaming nagscreen is there. I tried a number of different modem.bin but found that South American I9100 modem.bin works the best.

The phone currently uses I9100UHKG4 modem.bin which I got from a stock 2.3.4 ROM from samfirmware.com combined with the CognitionS2-115 ROM.

I used the CF-root method to install Cognition ROM, then used DarkyROM II to install the modem.bin.

With a matching kernel and modem, *#2263# can be used to access the quad band settings. Most of the time I've been just using WCDMA 1900(FDD II) along with the APN internet.com user: wapuser1 pass: wap . Changing the APN made a huge difference with H+ performance. This is noted in a Rogers tech bulletin on their 3.5G rocket stick.

The 3G/H+ reception is so-so, worse than the iPhone4 when inside a building. With a good H+ signal I've seen the M250 download and upload 50% faster than the iPhone4. Ping times are halved on the M250 also.

With ROM Manager Premium I've tested a couple CM7 nightlies. These are looking pretty good especially now that wifi works. Haven't had time to make the jump to CM7 so still I'm restoring back to Cog S2 for daily use.

Opps forgot to mention that I'm using PCS1900 for voice and sms, WCDMA 1900(FDD II) is for data. Rogers uses 850 mhz also but I've not had any luck getting WCDMA or GSM to work over 850.
[Galaxy S II General] Nasar123:
I have a rooted m250k and I have ROM manager premium

How did you use ROM manager to test the CM7 nightlies? I thought ROM manager didn´t support the sgs2, whenever I choose clockwordmod recovery i can only chose gaalxy s i9000.
[Galaxy S II General] fyre31:
make sure you have the latest version installed. rom manager does support sgs2 (there's an option for it now) but doesn't work if you have cfroot
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
just wanted to ask everyone here who've flashed to non korean stock firmwares ...... if by doing so .... this overcomes the sms 80-120 maximum characters limitation ?

i've noticed in the korean firmware ..... MMS.apk is named SEC-MMS.apk and also another program Secmms_interface.apk ..... while in i9100 roms it's just mms.apk and no sign of an Secmms_interface.apk

i've stock korean firmware rooted with tegrak lagfix ( can't seem to disable it =( ) .....

and texting is limited to 120characters max using 3rd party sms apps like handcent or GoSMS ..... while the stock messaging i think limits it to 80characters
[Galaxy S II General] fyre31:
i have 160 char limit on both 3rd party and stock
[Galaxy S II General] charon420:
I have the 250k with the latest stock firmware / software .the limit is 90 then after goes into mms mode 2048 limit..
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
thanks for the answer fyre31

although i'm a bit experienced in flashing phone as i've flashed my Galaxy S hundreds of times ...... i had just killed my Galaxy S a week or so ago hehehehehehe

just had this SGS2 barely a week ........ totally loving it's raw speed ..... the sms was the only thing bothering me.
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
thanks to the people on this thread !!!!

successfully flashed my Korean SGS2 M250S to european firmware i9100XXKG6 downloaded from http://www.samfirmware.com/mobile.htm

also flashed CF-Root v4.1 and now have CWM ..... now it's time for some custom rom fun !!!!

whew !!!! longest 5mins of my life hehehehehehe

the stock firmware files were just a bit confusing when it came to filenames

CODE_I9100XXKG6_CL425236_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5 <----- PDA

GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKG6.tar.md5 <----- CSC

KERNEL_I9100XXKG6_CL425236_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5 <---- I DID NOT USE IT

MODEM_I9100XXKG6_REV_02_CL1044543.tar.md5 <----- modem

u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit <------ pit file

resolved the sms maximum number of characters issue.
[Galaxy S II General] tediberus:
thankfully my first try flashing went thru smoothly ...... now after flashing everything seems fine on the phone. but my laptop won't connect properly now saying drivers were not installed. i really hate kies and not too fond of Odin either.

mostlikely need to re install samsung kies again.
[Galaxy S II General] tommy_23:
Can you help me please how to flash (every step) my M250K with european KG6?
[Galaxy S II General] m444266:
try looking here for CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG6-v4.1-CWM4.tar

get KG6 CF-root - look here http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1103399.

get Kies to install USB drivers etc

turn off phone, boot to download mode (volDOWN+home+power button)

open odin, plug phone, choose the KG6 kernel above.

Start. wait. done.
[Galaxy S II General] tommy_23:
It's that simple? I know that M250K hardware it is different than i9100. I am a noob and I don't want to broke something. :)