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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JVDROID:
First of all, thank you very much for your patience!

1. Lets say if i go for

XXKG5

Firmware info

PDA:XXKG5

PHONE: XXKG5

Date: 27/07/2011

Android 2.3.4

OXA Poland: http://www.multiupload.com/W5EX7FO1YY

XXKG5 Stock Kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/VB3V2ZZ4GW

Password: intratech@XDA

This official release by samsung at poland;

AND

Once i plug my phone to KIES, will it receive the latest update? (for example XXKG6 in the future)

2. Or after that i have to use Odin to do updates manually?

Just a quick summary of my question, Will KIES recognize my phone as XXKG5, and treat him as a XXKG5, and provide updates (lets say official KG6) whenever it is available/possible?

Thanks once again!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blumpkin3:
Just another question.

Hey i have a question regarding the same issues talked about in this post, i didn't want to start a new thread cos this is soooo close to what i wanna know before i root my SGS2.

Should i root my current official Optus firmware (it's currently KE7) and make a backup before updating via Odin to KG6? (as i would like a backup of all the stock Optus apps and stuff in case i ever decide to revert and un-root my phone)

I'm planning on rooting my phone after updating to the latest firmware anyway to freeze the all the crapware that's hogging my battery (mainly Wi-Fi sharing).

Thanks and sorry if this is the wrong place to ask.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrxd:
Yes it should recognize it, the frankensteins are the only ones that won't be recognized in Kies.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrxd:
No worries.

You can make a backup if you wish, although intratech's official carrier firmware thread has the Optus KE7, KF3 and KG1 releases here. So you could always flash one of those back. In his other firmware thread here he has also uploaded the KF2 and KG1 CSC's (which just contain the Optus bloatware apps, apns etc.)

So what you could do is flash stock KG6 and then the Optus KG1 CSC and all the Optus apps will come back, if that is what you want.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JVDROID:
Thanks a lot man, i may go for XXKG5 and hopefully there will be an official update in the future via KIES.

I will keep you updated once it's finished!

Thanks once again!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JVDROID:
BTW,

I left a comment at this post:

[Q] KG5 to KG6

Originally Posted by JVDROID

Hi,

just wondering why would you like to do that (downgrade)?

As far as i know, KG5 is newer than KG6 (KG5 august, KG6 july). And KG5 should have finnish keyboard, KG6 doesnt.

Someone with more knowledge, please confirm.

by Henr1

Is he correct or did he misunderstood?

From the da vinci code u told me, KG6 should be the 6th released hence newer than the KG5 ?

Sry got confused here!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blumpkin3:
Thanks :) very much appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrxd:
It is confusing, and it's compounded because of the numbering related to official / leaked builds and regional releases .i.e. with KG1:

XX_OXA_KG1 was 2.3.4, while XW_MOT_KG1 was 2.3.3

Regardless, the OXA KG5 is 27/07/2011 not August as posted above. Maybe he is referring to a different build.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JVDROID:
Hi, i just flashed the XXKG5 into my phone, and once its all finished i connect to KIES and it says

THIS VERSION OF THE DEVICE CANNOT BE UPDATED.

current firmware version:

PDA:KG5 / PHONE:KG5 / CSC:KG5 (OPS)

any idea why the CSC remains 'CSC:KG5 (OPS)', OPS meaning OPTUS, any idea why?

PLUS, wierd case is that my homescreen becomes relatively laggy???

PLEASE HELP !!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrxd:
Weird, try flash the OXA CSC to get it recognized in KIES. As for the lag, what kernel are you using?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JVDROID:
hi,

do u mean:

Poland OXAKF2 CSC: http://www.multiupload.com/NQLM1S38AK

as the OXA CSC ?

if i flash that, will the 3 (reminder i am a 3 user) apn settings, mms gone?

or it will be just alright?

my kernel version is 2.6.35.7 - I9100XXKG5 - CL420550

se.infra@SEP-41 #2

i did NOT flash this:

XXKG5 Stock Kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/VB3V2ZZ4GW

Password: intratech@XDA

what i did flash is this ONLY:

XXKG5

Firmware info

PDA:XXKG5

PHONE: XXKG5

Date: 27/07/2011

Android 2.3.4

OXA Poland: http://www.multiupload.com/W5EX7FO1YY

as the guide mentioned there is no need to flash stock kernel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrxd:
Sorry for the tardiness, been busy!

That OXA CSC looks right. If it does knock out your 3 settings, just re-add them in the APN settings, get em from ausdroid.

I'm not sure why you are experiencing lag though. Would a factory reset / wipe ruin your day? If you have your apps backed up with Titanium it shouldn't be too much hassle.

Did the OXA KG5 install do a factory reset? or did your apps all remain and it was only an update?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JVDROID:
no worries man thanks for concerning my question

But the OXA CSC is KF2 as listed

Poland OXAKF2 CSC: http://www.multiupload.com/NQLM1S38AK

Would it matter as im using XXKG5 and the csc is KF2?

Yeah i could try a factory reset though

The KG5 installation was just an update, my previous apps are still here, it did not have a factory reset
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrxd:
Try the KF2 OXA CSC, then see if Kies recognises it and hopefully says something like 'this device is up to date', or 'no updates at this time'. If it does great, then your only issue is the lag. You haven't installed any new apps since KG5 update?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JVDROID:
i flashed the OXA KF2 csc, and now KIES is saying

THIS VERSION OF THE DEVICE CANNOT BE UPDATED.

Current firmware version: PDA:KG5 / PHONE:KG5 / CSC:KF2 (OPS)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why the OPS is still there?????!!!!!!!!!!!

...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JVDROID:
dont bother it

i have aleady flashed XXKG6

the package includes PHONE MODEM and CSC

now my CSC is XEUKD1 no more (OPS)

but the case is im still having homescreen lag when i swipe around TOUCHWIZ homescreen.

launcher pro for me does not have this issue, but sometimes i really prefer TW as there is many fancy features and i kinda like how it looks.

i wonder why i had this sudden lag issue even before i flashed the XXKG5, when it was in stock KE7 and one day i placed quite a number of widget at the homescreen and from that time the lag stays on until now (still here even after 2 firmware updates + numbers of factory reset)

any idea?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JVDROID:
hi...

as posted above, im using XXKG6 now,

without a single non-stock app installed, my android OS is draining approx. 50% of the juice.

Geez, whats wrong wif my phone!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrxd:
When you flashed the CSC tar you put it in the CSC section of Odin, yeah? Very odd if not.

I use launcher pro as well. Not a big fan of Touch Wiz

Don't worry about Android OS drain. Its relative usage. Install betterbattery from here on XDA to figure what your battery is up to. In particular wake locks.

My phone could say 100% android os battery use and I wouldn't care so long as I was still getting 2-3 days our of it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JVDROID:
yes i did put in the CSC section.

But now i have flashed the XXKG6 which includes PDA PHONE and CSC, which means im using XEUKD1 now.

Do u think flashing XXKG6 stock kernel OR even back to OPS CSC would make a difference?

Or even need to root it like you did?

btw what is the betterbattery about? is that an application or?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrxd:
I think you answered your own question about the lag. Try cutting down on the widgets. I don't think touch wiz is very efficient.

Flashing CSC won't improve it. Betterbatterystats is just an app, lists which apps are chewing your battery most importantly lists wake locks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleeke:
Neeed help !!!!

hi guys ull properly hate me 4 doin this bringin up an old thread , but i got an issue i got a s2 two weeks ago on contract with optus and i decided 2 root the phone now my kernel ended wif xwkk2 i didnt find an exact one on xda so i went with a xwkj2 insecure i rooted the phone then uploaded a secure kernel 2 get rid of the triangle on start up , now i played around 4 a bit i coz iam not experianced wif android i wanna return the phone 2 stock standard like how i got it of optus i wanna put the same kernel and unroot it and hide my tracks as its a warranty claim . i done a factory hard rest thinkin it will go back 2 normal but nop and i lost all da optus stuff lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattyh77:
Go to Intratechs carrier branded topic and download from there a full ROM
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Given Multiupload is dead as a door nail, try Sammobile (search there).
[Android Themes] Sinistertensai:
Ok This idea came to me earlier today, sense 2.1 roms (Speedy ports) have a recently used apps bar in the notifications menu. Well I found a better use for it,

Instead of seeing the app you just closed why not display common everyday apps? e.g. phone, flashlight, facebook, twitter, camera. See that way you don't have to run around your UI to find what you want, It's simply a drag and drop away

The con is this.

Making the apks run in a list and then closing (background) constantly may effect you wanting to see your recently used apps (The one where you just long press home button and it displays) those apps the first 4 or so will be which ever default you have set up. any way I'm seeking some help with this I'm not new but nor am I marinated in sense feature modifying.

Any one interested?

also My current method an apk that opens and closes each app seems to cause issues (obviously) so I'm seeking help in doing the proper system edit to get this Modification up and running.

Original thread
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Step666:
As part of my guide, I'm writing up instructions on how to use the UOT Kitchen.

Anyway, I am but one man and I have real-world constraints on my time so if anyone else has successfully used it, can they please post here detailing which mods they used and how they manually installed the files - especially what permissions they needed to apply.

Thanks.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] QuentinCosta:
there you go with permissions for each of the files...

now the rest is trying... you wont brick you phone with the right permissions if you only use the kitchen.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Step666:
I know that's the permissions required for framework-res.apk, I had kind of guessed it would be the same for SystemUI.apk.

It was more the other files the Kitchen spits out - like the fonts (that could be it, I'm not sure).

As for not bricking my phone, I know that - I've spent most of the day trying to make the Kitchen work and having to re-flash my handset to recover it.

So I'm not worried, it's more the hassle of having to check it all myself - especially when there are some of the mods I'm not personally interested in.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] pato_bato:
I too learned my lesson. You learn from mistakes and I had to either go on safe mode or use seus to fix my arc to factory settings. What I do now to avoid semi-brick.

* Create a folder in sd..i named it kitchen.

* Copy what ever you made in UOT KITCHEN in that kitchen folder

* With root explorer..copy the folder KITCHEN from SD to your ROOT

* Open the Kitchen set your permission for each files you need. sample systemui.apk

* Move the file to the correct folder and Yes to overwrite.

* You can delete that copied KITCHEN in the root.

* Last step reboot

That's how, I do it now.

Just to add

If your not sure what permission the file needs to be. You can always check the original file permission first, before you edit your themed file permission.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] depulle87:
after I themed a bit with the UOT kitchen my volumebar is all strange and I can't fix it with the kitchen, does any one know how to mod this one manual ?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Mano1982:
Choose font also when cooking in kitchen, and after extracting your "kitchen theme", you will get a folder "fonts".. Don't need to try root explorer. Download "Font Changer" from Market (It's free) & choose fonts you downloaded.. :)
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Step666:
Thanks, I'll bear that in mind.

I need to over-haul my guide again - go away for a week and a load of new ways to root the Arc are invented :rolleyes:

I'll try and flesh out the UOT section at the same time.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] im_iceman:
Boot Animation.

You don't need to upload any files from your phone to UOT for bootanimation changes.

Select the BA you want and have UOT cook it for you.

Get the zip file and open it..

go into /system/media

copy and paste the embeded sanim.zip somewhere on your PC, outside of the kitchen ZIP.

Rename it to bootanimation.zip

copy that to your SD card

use root explorer copy from SD card to system/media

change permissions to rw-r--r--

All system files/ apps should be rw-r--r--
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] depulle87:
he guys I want to confirm here that the UOT zip can be aplied trough the new CWM all works perfectly fine its not so much fun but a lot easier you know
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] toots9900:
Pull-down Animation

Do you have any idea how to get the pull-down animation to show?It's in the SystemUI.apk that i made,but does not show.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Step666:
Sorry, exactly what animations are you referring to?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] majik8ball:
On the UOT kitchen you can select the option of having an animation for the background of the pull down status bar... c status bar mod

So far i've only gotten the android circle option to work, tesseract and the matrix have caused fc's and resulted in loss of status bar...

Ps I think animation pull down background causes our arc system to lag a little... just a little so be carefull... I will continure to test the other mods and report back to c if any others work

PSS step666 thanks for all your work in helpin getting our arc modded like a street racer... lol
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Step666:
Oh, yeah, I see now.

That option wasn't there last time I used the kitchen.

I would imagine any unnecessary animations would cause lag.

Also, the compatibility issues may be due to SE's use of the slightly unconventional 480x854 screen res but that's just wild speculation on my part.

How are you applying the mods?

Using the manual file-replacement method discussed in this thread or flashing the zip using CWM?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] majik8ball:
Wow step666 i never thought about the 480x854 resolution being the culprit for the fc's.. thats y u r the man, lol

Yes I have been using the manual file-replacement method and switching the permissions to get my themes to work because I have a locked bootloader, but sim unlocked... hopefully blagus can find a solution soon (he seems to be on the right track)
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Step666:
I'm not the man, I'm just thinking out loud...

It just struck me that the page in the kitchen were you mod your notification area specifically states 480x800 and while a fixed image would stretch ok, an animated one might now.

But that doesn't explain why some animations work and others don't.

I take it you're not getting any errors from the kitchen when it spits out your modded apks?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] majik8ball:
No errors or shft errors... everything cooks just fine but like i said i've tested three animations and only one works.. its just such a pain in the ass to keep building mods and waiting for them to cook and then applying them only to get fc's... but I will keep trying and report my results
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Step666:
Thanks, any feedback you can provide is very much appreciated.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] uyo_kun:
What META-INF for?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Step666:
Yeah, I don't know...
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Lord Takyon:
Not required if using the manual method, just discard.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] celine62:
Wholesale trade reboot in firmware 1.45 damage, or error of my possible part
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Step666:
What were you trying to do?

Because I've been able to use some of the theming options on .145 with no issues.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] celine62:
To change my icone of battery and icones quoted, but not you inquiètez not j 'ai of make an error I am going to begin again:)

Thanks
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] celine62:
Good morning

This works ^^ thank you
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] datagubben:
Can you/all share your cooking skills from the kitchen here in this thread with screenshots? I think it would be nice. :)

(I will also try and share later):rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] bassie112:
Just made a thread for my B&W skin :D. Maybe it's better to put them here.
[Defy General] edwardo_machino:
I have an 8GB card I've partitioned using a gparted livecd to have a 6.4 gig FAT32 and a 1 gig EXT3. S2E sees the EXT3 partition, and tells me how much space is there is on it when I press the "information" button. So it can see it.

Then I tick some boxes (usually just the top 3, Applications, Private Apps, and Application Data) and the "moving from /data to /sd-ext, Reboot is required!" notice appears under. I restart and check in with S2E again - it still says "moving from /data to /sd-ext, Reboot is required!" under all the boxes I checked. Nothing is ever moved to the card and it stays that way no matter how many times I reboot.

I have tried creating a fat32 partition at the end of the card first, then adding an EXT3 at the beginning. Also the reverse of that. Tried this scenario with no alignment, alignment to cylinders, and alignment to MB.

For awhile I was making a 32 MB swap partition also but I guess this not needed on CM7, so I stopped doing it. Would doing it through ADB be better? I tried that first but when I try to use "upgrade_fs" to convert EXT2 to EXT3 the shell informs me that I don't have the script and I can't find it anywhere online. Should I try with SDPARTED? Someone wrote it was deprecated.

Could it be the card? $15 dollars on ebay - I can't post the URL to the exact card I'm using due to forum restriction but it is listed as "8GB Micro SD Class 6 TF Flash SDHC"

EDIT: now the EXT3 partition disappears completely from time to time, according to S2E. I have set everything back to internal storage.
[Defy General] footloaf:
Maybe

Does the app need to see the 1st partition only? Alas, maybe the combo partition schema is the source of disappointment?
[Defy General] footloaf:
I reapportioned the partitions and everything on this end seems nice.
[Defy General] edwardo_machino:
What do you mean? Did you create them in certain order?
[Defy General] edwardo_machino:
On the CM7 thread, some people are complaining about SD card issues. Many say they have 8gb class 6 - this is what I have. I got mine from ebay. Sometimes now the phone hangs when accessing card, like for looking at gallery and taking photos.

Is it possible we just got ****ty counterfeit SD cards? Mine was ridiculously cheap.

I will test my card with that tool, forgot the name, and report back.
[Defy General] edwardo_machino:
Yes, so it turns out I had a bad SD-Card. Bad sectors everywhere.
[Defy General] edwardo_machino:
And now I have ten posts. This ten post limit is really stupid. Now I can finally post in the Defy CM7 thread, christ.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estroked:
Hi all...

I do not know what I did trying to root my tablet but now when I turn on the tablet, stay on Motorola Logo... Nothing else works..

Only three options:

Android Recovery

RSD Mode

Fast boot

I tried all of them But without success...

Please Help...!!!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrao:
What root method did you try...um guessing it was the one click root...

Try booting into Android recovery....use the volume down key to navigate to wipe user data...once done..select reboot...and you shoukd boot back normally....this will restore it back to factory settings...but you can always reinstall the apps you want from the market...let me know how it goes
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estroked:
I used Root my xoom, then reboot normal, ask for the initial android setup, I pressed skip, then installed another thing that reboot the tablet and start the problem... Stay on Motorola Logo.

On Android recovery options, shows:

Reboot system now

Apply update from usb device

wipe date/factory reset

wipe cache partition

if I chose wipe data/factory reset, the process complete but when reboot stay again on the logo...
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrao:
Hmmm...try this....

Depening on which version of the Xoom you have

1) download the official device software images from the motodev site MOTODEV > Products > Device Software

Copy the extracted files to the Platform tools folder in SDK

2) Reboot xoom into fastboot mode

3) Execute the following commands in adb

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

fastboot erase cache

this will reset your xoom to stock
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgie0242:
xoom

hi i follow the instruction and i have already the img. file but i dont know how to me work with adb commands...

Please
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrao:
Ok...you need to have adb on your pc or laptop ....preferred on the root drive... C:/ if its windows
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metwally:
Oh no

i was just thinking of rooting my xoom that i just received yesterday, its a wifi 3.0.1

Should i :)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
No reason not to just because someone else made a bit of a hash of it. However, it always helps if you do your homework and familiarize yourself with different rooting methods as well as adb and fastboot before getting started. You will also likely want to upgrade it to 3.1, but rooting first.

Follow this guide and your should be fine.

EDIT...My bad, that guide is for 3.1. You can do a search for 3.0.1 rooting guides, or update to 3.1 using this guide.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rizz1974:
Dont abuse this but if you take your xoom back to where you bought it and tell them it froze when you received the motorola update, they will send you a new one. Just say you received an update and it got stuck...they will most likely swap it out and send it to Motorola to be replaced. I bought it from Verizon and they exchanged it after running test. Do Not tell them you were trying to root you xoom.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okantomi:
Look, no need to do that...he can access fastboot.

Follow what rschenck advises and you wiill be ok.

@metwally, it's not that bad, and you will be happy once you have begun to customize your Xoom. There are some good guides in the development section. read them and try to avoid one click methods. For best results, get set-up with the android sdk, java sdk, moto drivers etc. on your computer, and have your Xoom plugged in to the charger. Have your usb cable. Get to know the feeliing of the volume buttons and power button so you can navigate as needed. Print out the instructions, follow them in order, take your time and breathe.

You will also need a microsd card to flash kernals and roms in the future.

I would recommend a small one (2-4GB) and format it in an android phone if you have one.

Just make sure to follow the instructions, and if you feel confused, ask if you are following the steps correctly.

Good Luck!