yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] goldbergx:
If you are rooted, you can access the /efs folder on your mobile, delete its contents, and replace them with the contents from your backup folder, reboot and you should be good to go.

I don't know the file format your backup is in, but this is what you need to do - best thing would be to copy the backup file onto your PC and then extract its contents. There should be a folder called "EFS" or "EFS Backup or something like that. Check its contents and they should be similar to the one in the /efs folder in your phone.

Try this and let us know!
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
I played with it yesterday for an hour, my friend purchased it yesterday.

UI was awesome, for the first time I've seen a smoother OS than iOS. Just let the Dual Core support come and I am sold.

Intel is coming with their Android devices next year, so many options to ditch Crapsung now.

• http://www.gsmarena.com/intel_unvei...ield_reference_phone_and_tablet-news-3551.php
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
OMG!! OMG!! OMG!! OMG!! I was doing a full titanium backup since I wanted to install ICS Domination 1.6. So in middle of the backup the device soft rested (maybe because i game "kill app" when backuping) so after the soft reset i saw the notification bar and the network signal was barred (like the no entry traffic sign!) i quickly went to settings>abount phone>status and IMEI, wifi mac, and all were UNKNOWN! Man i got so scarred (even though i had taken EFS backup and the person few posts above had problems) I just restarted the phone and prayed to God to show mercy! Well I saw the network bars again! Phewww!! A big PHEWWW! All IMEI and stuffs were intact! Scarry moment of my life!

So...

1. Any idea why this happened? Was it because I saw the statu as soon as the phone booted? Why on earth the phone gave me a heart attack like that?!

2. Why does the phone have to soft reset when doing backup of user+system+data?? Is it because I told to kill apps if they are active?

I just pray to God that no one should loose their IMEI number! Aum!
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
Lucky you ;) I told few posts ago also,a titanium backup restore can also screw EFS very badly.So,guys keep EFS backup.

This should be you punchline

"If you are on XDA ,You ought to get your EFS Backed Up!!"
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Even Titanium Backup giving me a restart in middle but didn't got this IMEI number problem
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Yup yup..! Do take ALL kinds of possible backup. Never know which part of the code gets screwed.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
@ithehappy

The major point in Intel launching android is that, we can see loads of ports of windows XP and 7 . All Intel devices is going to launch with their x86 support, I'd bet it wont be battery friendly
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Well I guess then I saw the status screen a bit too fast as the phone was setting up itself :p But this titanium backup is keep on soft booting the phone while taking backup! :(

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@Bala

How is the CRISKELO v34? Feel its better than CheckROM?
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
don't let mobile sleep...Keep pressing somewhere on screen..that's how I did
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Tappy tappy tap! Will report back after backing up 380 apps.. mhm!

Edit: No.. it still soft reseted :(

Edit 2: The UNKNOW under IMEI and other related happened again when soft reset by titanium :( Reboot fixed it though.. But whats the issue??
[Galaxy S II General] mobfest:
Which custom Rom

I want to use a custom rom that tweaks overall performance and look and feel of my Galaxy S2. Please suggest me a stable rom that gets me every single feature working and making the phone fast. Please guys help me upgrade, I cant create a thread some members might get annoyed with it.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
It always has the attractive looks harsha, and lightning fast updates from the dev whenever a new rom gets released. The only thing i miss in that rom is build.prop tweaks(but anyway ill add it manually after installing it).
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
it is a titanium problem report to that dev
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Oh sounds good. I shall try it out one day :) Thanks..

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Yeah i will do that then!
[Galaxy S II General] radicalgel:
Man this efs **** is scary. I regularly take backups using the efs tool 1.2.6. Is this good enough or should I also do some alternative method of backup? I have root explorer, will it help to copy the contents of the efs folder to my pc?

@bala

U use Siyah right? Gokhan's thread that flashing Siyah auto backs up efs but I'm unable to find these backups. Can you help me out?

CheckROM v4
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
XP? Didn't think that. EOL is soon for XP, maybe they will bring something like Mobile XP.

I'll eagerly wait for Win 7 however.

Other than all of that the after sales support will be good I believe, right now that's all I care about ;)

Swyping from my GT-I9100 via Tt
[Galaxy S II General] Neo.:
Yes it should be enough! if you keep backups.

As far as Siyah kernel is concerned,

you can find it in /data/.siyah. copy efsbackup.tar.gz and efsdev-mmcblk0p1,img files to a safe location
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
No wonder its scray like the whole point from rooting the phone till you see that you loose your efs will flash back again in front of your eyes!

I used this method for efs backup if you wanna know: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1068193

EDIT: @Ravi

I re flashed the ROM as non wipe and the issue with titanium is solved. Got a hunch that it was the GPS one fix thing from the kitchen as it was for KI4 modem where as I had KL3.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Quote from siyah thread

"Automatic backup of efs partition. You will have the files in your sdcard as well as /data/.siyah directory. copy them to a safe location in case you may need them later."

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I copy the EFS folder to my system to a new folder "DO nOT Delete" weekly:D
[Galaxy S II General] Neo.:
Why is that required? Isn't one efs enough??
[Galaxy S II General] lakshmideepak.gaddipati:
omina.. looks cool but a battery less than 1500mAh..after using s2 i m looking at battery capacity for every mobile..
[Galaxy S II General] coolbuddyin:
Is it necessary to take backup of EFS folder at regular interval?? Or just once is not enough???
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Same here.. Dont want anyone even thinking of deleting it from system to clear space! :p

BTW, I gave you 200th thanks :D
[Galaxy S II General] lakshmideepak.gaddipati:
sriharsha efs problem :

are you having this problem still?

what kind of backed up image of efs taken by wicked rom? is it a. img file?
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Most probably enough, but it doesnt take more than a sec to copy it whenever i mount my cards in pc.

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Oh, yeah , just noted that!! Thanks harsha :) and to all. Hope i have much more fuel in me to serve more for this community in some way ;)
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Why this efs issue with S2? if u remember with I9003 n flashing custom rom never ever this kind of issue.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Personally i have never faced this EFS issue, i think some sort of event or activity is triggering the auto deletion of that folder for unkown reason :)
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
I also never faced this issue. But as u said regarding activity trigger, the Rom developers must have to focus on it. otherwise many people will lost their phone permanently.

off topic

Do u know an application for windows which can refresh a web page automatically
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
This app will do

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Browser-Tweak/Auto-Refresh.shtml
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
If you are using firefox there was an extension for it. Dont remember the name. Also there might be extensions in chrome too.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Thanks for the link will try soon
[Galaxy S II General] sriharsha_m:
The back up is in img format in a file efs.autobackup.img, I'm not able to flash this or extract this for the nvdata.bin file

Why not use screen always on for a while :)

As I said earlier, it's in img format

I've even lost count how many hundreds of times I flashed my HTC Desire, even Galaxy Spica, although Spica too had some issues, basically it's just fcked up Samsung support I guess.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Yes it is available in chrome n Firefox but I need for IE, anyway thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
Did Odia reply??
[Galaxy S II General] sriharsha_m:
Nope.

Have you found anyway to extract that img?
[Galaxy S II General] superfast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZzjt5zw9X0
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
Try this method to restore from .img

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
[Galaxy S II General] sriharsha_m:
I tried that tool in the morning, it's not loading my img file, there is no option to load it manually and the auto scan is not recognizing it either
[Galaxy S II General] superarnab:
Guys, Please lodge complaints against Samsung Electronics against not giving updates here : www.ccrc.in

I just did. Hope they can help now!
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-ga...ream-sandwich-without-breaking-a-sweat-video/

Huh :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Hmm!! damn! galaxy s didnt had any leak build or any such stuff but its running ICS smooth.. One heck of a phone!!

Btw 5-0, a nice win, and rooneay with a spectacular one :D
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
Here you go.Extract this according o this post.Hellcat replied to the query i asked him for you

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20550541&postcount=9

Edit

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Harsha i tried it..It is working :) (If doesnt work try renaming efs.autobackup.img to efs.img and try)Try on your own.Not safe to give IMEI details to anyone over internet.That is why i havent asked you to send me.In worst case,if you still cannot extract do send me.
[Galaxy S II General] TheQuarterMile:
Is there no good pure ICS build for I9100??
[Galaxy S II General] TheQuarterMile:
This thing worked for some people..

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.helroz.GSII_Repair
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
I get confused as to which Harsha you are talking about hehe..
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
hehee..It sriharsha.. You are Harsha1 and he is Harsha2 ;)Like the naming convention?lolzz..Just kidding ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Hehe no ways! ;)

OT: Well guys my friends would like to but an phone on 30th December. Price range is around 18K. Please give your inputs as to which you think would be better :)

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II General] radicalgel:
Hey guys I just noticed kworker in BBS and it's causing major wakelocks. Anyone know what this is and how I can get rid of it? Also anyone using skyvi, beware. Ijusy checked BBS and skyvi had the highest wakelock counts. The weird thing is, I haven't used the app in months. Just deleted it.

@bala

I can't find the data/. Siyah folder. :( help!

CheckROM v4
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Samsung galaxy R. It is listed for upcoming ICS update by sammy.cost would be 21k
[Galaxy S II General] ryshah:
Need suggestions on a bluetooth handsfree / earpiece.

1. Displays caller name

2. Voice support - Dial / Accept / Reject / Announce

3. Pairs with 2 phones at the same time.

4. Easy to clip on.

5. Doesn't look stupid. :P

Help!
[Galaxy S II General] goldbergx:
umm, can you upload it somewhere please or pm it?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
At 18k I'd say Wave 3 is a good one.

Any query about BBS just ask in the BBS thread mate ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Swype

For Swype Lover new Beta Version 3.26 update Available go here and download

https://beta.swype.com/android/welcome/detailed/
[Galaxy S II General] jasraja:
Can also consider LG Optimux 2X. They have reduced the price in India recently and announced that they will release ICS for it.
[Galaxy S II General] lakshmideepak.gaddipati:
img converter

Try this way to extract what you are looking for i read it in some other forum not sure where..

1. u hv to download attached Convert_sgs2img.zip and linux_reader.zip

2. extract linux_reader.zip and install linux reader. It installs DiskInternals Linux Reader

3. extract convert_sgs2img.zip to get conver_sgs2img.exe . Place this exe and ur img files in a folder

4. go to command line and cd to the folder where you kept exe and img file

then type this

Convert_sgs2img.exe <existing image file name> <new image file name>

It may take some time to convert the img file

5. Open linuxreader and traverse to the folder and click drives which is in top left and click mount image . Select the new image file created and mount it.

6. Now it should open the image extract.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Thanks bro.

In case I wanna go back to Stable Swype, i.e- 3.25.91.324756.xxxx where could I get that?

And also how can I uninstall Swype? Will deleting the Swype.apk from Root Explorer remove it completely? And also there is a .odex file, should I delete it too?

Sorry for asking too many queries....
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
How about taking a titanium backup and then instal the latest beta. If you don't like it restore the older version with titanium.. That would work right?

OT: @kachrukamble, ithehappy and jasraja

Thanx for the valuable suggestion regarding phones for in and around 18k i.e. Samsung galaxy R, LG optimus 2X and wave 3. I will offer then to him and see what he says. Also I forgot, he wants Android.. He saw its beauty in my S2 :p Wave 3 is not Android right?
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
U will find detail info out there and yes u can uninstall beta too. You only have to create your account there. Enjoy
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Yes. Wave 3 is crapy bada. Galaxy r is copy of s2 only diff. Is super clear LCD
[Galaxy S II General] ano.cresent:
guys.... I hope you are participating in these contests ... http://goo.gl/EOtJQ
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Yes, bada.

But the one I used and this new 2.0 version has heaven and hell difference between them. Plus you'll get S-AMOLED. Check the GSMArena review.

I won't recommend anyone an Android device in that budget ;)

Swyping from my GT-I9100 via Tt
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
no...............
[Galaxy S II General] ano.cresent:
Contest on AP

why wait then ... it's an international contest ...
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Because I saw that post just now..........Submitted my form
[Galaxy S II General] ano.cresent:
great .... keep visiting AP ... they have much more contests to come !!
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Thats true, but I always think that Bada os is a copy of some other oses, developed by sammy.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Just participated in androidpolice contest.. thanks for the info dude
[Galaxy S II General] ano.cresent:
welcome ... just sharing the joy :D
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Thanx! I posted my form to now.

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Lol @ Mr.Raviteja!! :D :D :D ROLF.. couldnt stop laughing :p
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
I visit that site daily.It is a BEST SITE!

@Harsha Raj lol
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
I smell someone from here gonna get that transformer thingy :D ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Hope it is me :p
[Galaxy S II General] ano.cresent:
Good Luck Every ONE !!!
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Then give me half of the transformer for wishing you luck .....:p
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Thanks and same to you

LOL......Sure but what I should do with other half?
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
You give the other half to me ;)
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
oh... poor ravi :p

Todays funny part

a guy said that he will fix the RIL part in ICS ,People started thanking him instantly, in his next post he said he was just kidding...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20575109&postcount=563
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Lol and then he says

Ppl are that crazy!
[Galaxy S II General] anishmg:
Chance to win Otterbox SGSII case

http://sammyhub.com/2011/12/21/galaxy-s-ii-i9100-otterbox-commuter-series-case-giveaway/
[Galaxy S II General] Link2Adi:
Supercurio has successfully tweaked Galaxy S II ang Galaxy Note for louder volume. And the best part is that he says " Distortion is very low even at the highest volume"

:D

Aren't you guys glad? :P

Cheers!!
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
thats great!! link pls

Just saw hhis twitter feed... finally we are getting something
[Galaxy S II General] Link2Adi:
But for that to work we need to have some lib modules on our kernel.

I guess am lucky as Hyperdroid's The Ultimate Kernel v2.3 already has those modules :)
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
I'm from Hyderabad.I am using airtel only with my SGS2..I am using Airtel from 2007 never had any problem with it and for internet sorry no Idea I am using RC 98 (around 2$) Recharge for mobile for internet.It gives 2GB and Vodafone gives kinda high speed with 3G more than Airtel in 3G not sure about Price of Internet...I would Suggest go the few Sim Providers sites and look for 3G net pack (you need to activate 3g 1st)
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Here you Go
[Galaxy S II General] kolachaitu:
Yepp, Airtel seems pretty good. I was in Hyderabad in June and I consistently got around 4-5 Mbps (Speedtest app). Also was on the RC 98 plan for 2GB data. I hope they're still running that promo during your travel time.
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Nice I get same speed like you My Recent speed (checked few mins back) it was Download 4579 Kbps (4.47 Mbps) and Upload 1007 Kbps (0.98 Mbps)
[Galaxy S II General] sajadkhan806:
frnds since i m unable to update my phone through kies, now i wanna flash it through odin, is there anyone who can help in this regard

can u plz tell me when i went to this page

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

which which files i m suppose to download

i mean under kf3,there is a file ''INU [INDIA]'' and ''XWKF3 Stock Kernel''

am i supposed to download both if yes then am i supposed to flash both.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
You just download the XWKF3 firmware of India,

http://www.multiupload.com/4QE1L97ZGF.

Add the .tar file to PDA section of Odin, and flash it.

Then after you root it, download the KF3 Stock kernel and flash it with Odin, PDA only again, to remove the Yellow triangle,

http://www.multiupload.com/27Q9LQEB94 (Extract the .exe, you will get a .tar)

Don't forget to flash the Zimage at the end from your rooted kernel via CWM.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
hey guys should i use this guid to to root my phone ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125414
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
You could use this too, easy.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
well thnx for the link n +1 for you mate

also do i need to back up anything before rooting ???
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
No, flashing a kernel won't wipe anything, so why backup? ;)
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
ohk mate thnx also can u reply to my pm
[Galaxy S II General] sajadkhan806:
thanks a lot bro u r really helpful. u helped me a lot through pm. bro now i m going for kg3 coz most of the indian experts r using this and r extremely happy with this now i have downloaded everything [ tar and kernel] but wat about ''csc'' wats that
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
If you are happy then stick with it, no problem.

CSC depends on region, keyboards, language, APN stuffs, so not that much important.

You are welcome always.

Regards.

Sent from GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] saffad:
Cool thanks! i'll keep a note of that, thats pretty good speed too and 2GB is more than enough for my stay. Going in 2 weeks..
[Galaxy S II General] rachitboom2:
Just ordered my NEW SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 to replace my old Galaxy S !!!

Ordered it online from Ebay, bought it for 30.4K with a Panasonic F3 12MP Digital Camera which i have already listed on ebay for selling

Currently its at Rs.3300 so as of right now i can say that I got GS2 for 27K

I just hope i get it asap and the free camera sells for atleast 5K...

On a more serious note, guys please tell me is there anything in particular that i need to check in the cell when i receive it ?

Or any other first day suggestions ?
[Galaxy S II General] chaitanya87:
Just ordered my NEW SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 to replace my old Galaxy S !!!

Check for any yellow or blue tint issues.

Use *#0*# on the keypad and select white.

If you see completely white then its fine. Otherwise you may have to return it.

See along the edges first.
[Galaxy S II General] rishap.shah:
How is the GadgetShieldz screen guard.

Is it available easily in india
[Galaxy S II General] shrishail87:
Hi guys,

I wanna know if somebody is using the transcend 32gb class 4 micros card.

And the performance of the same.

Cuz I am planning to buy one.

I wanna know if it is able to record and play 1080p videos without any lag.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] safepacket:
I was on HTC hero for last 16 months and still love my hero. I come from a world of Elelinux,Modaco's,villianroms etc..

I dont see elelinux roms for GS2 , Only name familiar for any body coming from htc hero family is villain ROM

Finally made a choice of litening ROM and flashed it

Did following

Litening ROM v5 / kernel- Ninphetamine 2.0.5

Installed gtalk+video(litening does not have it by default)

Fast dormancy disabled

Installed gmaps brut.all version (turn by turn voice based navigation unlocked)

Removed samsung bloatware (wiped touchwiz and now on LP)

Have not tried BLN yet although kernel has it.

This configuration works great much much much better than sammy's stock firmware.

Just wanted feedbacks on VillianROM's ? Has any body tried this for GS2? Villians are the best for hero's

I am not sure is there any thing better than Litening ROM at the moment ? If so please share your experiences and useful mod's ,

we have a great community of indian GS2 owners here lots of info on this thread nice :-) pleasure to be here.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
It will be just a matter of time before we can inject those lib files.. lets hope the stock sammy headsets can handle the "Louder" sound
[Galaxy S II General] Link2Adi:
Trust Supercurio.... :D

He will make sure that there is no problem on stock headsets. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
And this related?

blog.gsmarena.com/swype-incorporates-dragon-dictation-feature-still-stuck-in-the-beta-stage/
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Yea. Tried it and uninstalled. Couldn't find any difference with the Final release other than the Orange colour instead of Blue. Back to 3.25. Not worth trying IMO.
[Galaxy S II General] mrcreativity:
Anyone have any idea what's going on with this IMEI thing? I randomly loose network and IMEI when I reboot the phone. Re-rebooting (is that a word?) usually solves the problem.
[Galaxy S II General] sriharsha_m:
Thanks for the link chetan, I had renamed the file to efs.img too earlier, It didn't work.

Anyways I gave my phone in Samsung Service center, luckily my friend knew the manager there, so no hassles, they asked to come and pick up the phone tomorrow. Hoping for the best.

The first thing I'm gonna do is backup the damn efs folder :mad:

Thanks for all your help guys, but as I said I gave my phone in service center. I tried almost every method and nothing worked and I gave up.

It never restored after boot, for me.
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
No yaar..i was not asking you to focus on the rename part.I ust wanted you to try those commands.It worked for me.Anyways hope for the best..goodluck