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[Galaxy S II General] TrustNoOne82:
hi everyone, i'm a new user ;)

Regarding this wipe thing, will I wipe everything from the phone if I install a XEU firmware (i.e.: the OFFICIAL 2.3.4 one) over my ITV (italian) KE2/7?

I'd like to install the european fw to have the updates sooner, but without wiping all my data...
[Galaxy S II General] Pyrone89:
Not according to some, according to the people who have actually done it, yes.

By the way, I think you mean 2.3.3 since 2.3.4 is not (yet) available
[Galaxy S II General] TrustNoOne82:
Of course, I meant generally installing a newer XEU firmware over a localized one.

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] painterceessie:
hoi,

you still can make your account,aanmelden.

then he put all your apps back.

mayby I can help you.
[Galaxy S II General] obionenairobi:
Painterceesie: I dont mind loosing all on my phone

Can you send a screenshot of your above settings in Odin?
[Galaxy S II General] painterceessie:
you just beat me Tael.
[Galaxy S II General] painterceessie:
look at Tael his post.

I did it this way too.
[Galaxy S II General] obionenairobi:
Thanks guys !
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
If you don't check that Re-partition then the device won't be wiped out, right?
[Galaxy S II General] nechmadi:
remove pit too in order to save your data
[Galaxy S II General] Hrti:
Will including the .pit and checking the "re-partition" box completely wipe the whole phone including the "sd card" (integrated 16GB USB storage)? Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
Why oh why can't people just help a guy out instead of being anal assholes with their little niggity responses. Would it have killed you to point him in the right direction??
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
Far too many people are too lazy to search the forums and it's not difficult to find the relevant section just takes a moment.
[Galaxy S II General] __NBH__:
I'm currently running:

PDA: XWKE7

Phone: XXKE4

CSC: XEUKD1

I want to use Odin to put the new KF1 on but I'm wary about losing settings and info. I used Odin to put KE7 on my phone and it worked fine but I have read some people are having problems so want to check before I do it. Will my phone lose info?
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
If you do the same as you did before then you should be ok ;)
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
As I said, would it have killed you?
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
No it wouldn't of killed me likewise it wouldn't of killed them to do a bit of research first in the threads which are clearly documented.

Anyway this is way OT.
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
Well next time maybe point a guy in the right direction. It wouldn't kill you as you said, its a nice thing to do, and it helps people. No need to be such a rule nazi. Jeez.
[Galaxy S II General] tuxStyle:
If they never search, they will always ask questions.

Questions that have been answered sometime countless times.

Seriously, is not that hard to use the search button or "<keywords> site:xdaforums.com" in google.
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
Well if you don't know the keywords it's kinda hard and even when you do know them you mostly get irrelevant results
[Galaxy S II General] stifmaister:
Agree...
[Galaxy S II General] psp888:
normally don't need to reset the phone, just update via kies.

I'm hoping GTalk video will work, make some use of the the front cam then
[Galaxy S II General] FPRobber:
You never have to wipe when updating a stock ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] DaFileFather:
If the battery and heating problem is solved by this "rumour"

than i will keep my SGS2. Than i am a happy user...

Otherwise it will go i guess... :(
[Galaxy S II General] Panosz:
Hii all

im a new to android phones (samsung galaxy s2)

and i have some questions the new uppdate that will come out will they fix the bug

thats freezes the phone when the phone is on sleep mode ?

i havent uppdated the phone yet

Thx
[Galaxy S II General] varunkumars:
First things first, how do we root this ?

If i were to install by odin do i have to wipe the cache and partition ??
[Galaxy S II General] AvRS:
Maybe this is the reason O2 have held off updating to ke7, we can only hope. I've recently been getting random reboots with ke2 so really want to update but get great battery so its swings and roundabouts I guess.
[Galaxy S II General] bakili:
I have SGS2 which was locked on 3G network.

I got it unlocked and updated/debranded using Odin.

Now i have latest firmware (i believe) PDA:KE7/PHONE:KE4/CSC:KD1(XEU)

Will I be able to update via Kies? Or do I need to use Odin again for manual update.
[Galaxy S II General] simacca:
I did the same as you, but was o2 branded. We should be able to update from Kies when it's available :)
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
Is this where the screen wont come back on with any buttons you press?

If so upgrading from KE2 to KE7 fixed this for me
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
Use search and you will find it ;)
[Galaxy S II General] DaFileFather:
CM is also working on the SGS2 now... so be patient all...

there will be enough updates in the coming month i guess... :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] jody2k:
Great! looking forward to this
[Galaxy S II General] stuclark:
If you've changed the phone's product code to XEU then you'll get the XEU update via Kies. Otherwise you'll need to wait for the 3 update to get released. (I think their product code is HKU, but could be wrong)

... 2.3.4 won't be an OTA update, it will be Kies (or Odin) only. Put simply, this is because Samsung haven't licensed the OTA software from Redbend, who run all the OTA processes.
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
Anyone knows if 2.3.4 will solve the banding on grading that the S2 suffers?

examples:

Charging batery logo

Angry birds v1.0 intro screen

This is so frustrating .... super amoled plus and this gradient quality :mad:

600€ for this IQ is nuts.

Do you guys also have this ? Or is my phone bad?
[Galaxy S II General] zoobzone:
I think that banding problem is with the app itself.

I don't get it on anything else on my S2 and I've just tested Angry Birds on the iPhone 4 and iPad, they both have the banding problem too but not as apparent.
[Galaxy S II General] mitchell.tamsett2:
My battery life is actually pretty good, however I hope they fix the lag between pressing a button and the screen waking up.
[Galaxy S II General] ginloin:
Sorry if I'm labouring this too heavily, but this is my first Android handset and consequently was my first time rooting a device, so I just wanna make sure I've got it totally right before I do anything in future. I have the same specs on a rooted phone. Stock firmware, just with some apps removed, etc. So if I simply update using Kies when it becomes available, does my device stay rooted, or do I need to root it again? And if I always stick with the stock ROM is there ever a time when an update might 'unroot' the device? Or can I just keep installing Kies updates and the phone will stay rooted?
[Galaxy S II General] Extreme184X:
Dam, so many individual bugs people have:

yellow tint issue

battery drain

freezes on sleep mode

Gps/wifi issues

button lag

you what missing in this list?

VOLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUME,

freakin volume so low. (I have a work around for this issue)

but still, i would love people hear me/hear them at a normal level without using some sort of trick.
[Galaxy S II General] destromas:
No, that banding is an actual software issue. But anyway, I read this news and the CM news too. It's been a great day to own an SGS2!
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
no yellow tint issue

no battery drain issue

no freezes in sleep mode (in fact my phone hasn't frozen completely that it required a reboot. Some applications do freeze and simple home button solves that)

no GPS issue

button lag isn't as bad as people describe it maximum of 2 sec
[Galaxy S II General] painterceessie:
amen 2 lol....:D
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
+1 Sometimes a search doesn't give you the right results.
[Galaxy S II General] Gustopher:
Getting the thread back on topic might help with the whole searching and relevance thing...?
[Galaxy S II General] N-C:
These things can be pointed out politely perhaps. Its nice to be nice!

;o)
[Galaxy S II General] krabman:
A word for you new guys just starting out. Even when you are not supposed to lose data sometimes you do, always have a backup before flashing. That backup should include anything you do not want to lose that exists on your phone. Highly recommend forking out for Ti backup. Only a few bucks and when you consider how long it takes to restore your phone when a wipe is required or just happens oopsie style you will be very glad you spent that money. Remember once you start flashing you will probably keep right on doing it because the next thing came out and you want it. The tools you need to make that painless are worth having.
[Galaxy S II General] keijames:
Since

Galaxy ACE new firmware OUT !

S5830XXKPH - Android 2.3.4

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14556260#poststop

So S2 new 2.3.4 ROM will be out soon.....

Which regional will release 1st ?
[Galaxy S II General] Pyrone89:
How do you come to that conclusion? As far as i can see the S2 seems to be the last getting it
[Galaxy S II General] Jabbypants:
You would have thought there premium product would get it first and the others after.
[Galaxy S II General] TAEL:
First come first serve, lol. :D
[Galaxy S II General] Manafa:
I think Ti requiring root? Am I right? So, it is not exactly for newbies or people like me, wich do not want to root their phones.
[Galaxy S II General] sunseaker:
Well hopefully they are working on fixing the other bugs at the same time and will release the 2.3.4 with the bug fixes included. But then again maybe not...
[Galaxy S II General] DoubleYou79:
I wouldn't do that if I was in their shoes. The premium product should get a premium fix ;-) So testing the update on others first and then release the fixed fix ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
They are just leaked builds, there is already a leaked build for the sgs2 too but samfirmware wants to test it further before they publish it
[Galaxy S II General] Pyrone89:
Just had a Twitter message from Samsung Mobile Netherlands that they are rolling out 2.3.3 for S1.

So this confirms that you will have to wait for 1 or more new firmwares to be released 'Odin' style before they wake up and push it through KIES.

Don't see the point of releasing an already old firmware which has known problems (KE7 is gonna be online soon I presume) while there is already a new stable firmware available.
[Galaxy S II General] aehmkei:
KE7/8/KF1 run great, no hurry for 2.3.4 - they better tkae timeto optimize it than to release it as soon as possible.
[Galaxy S II General] lsj_87:
any issue or fixes on kf1 ?
[Galaxy S II General] :
we don't even get KE7 here in austria. KE2 ist the latest firmware here for unbranded mobiles and this one has issues with battery drain. so nothing that is running great
[Galaxy S II General] skycamefalling:
That's not completely right. I've got KE7 some time ago naturally via Kies.
[Galaxy S II General] :
ok will check this. CSC: ATO?
[Galaxy S II General] hmm1967:
I have also got KE7 via KIES some time ago. But my CSC is KD1(XEU). Full version string: PDA:KE7/PHONE:KE4/CSC:KD1(XEU)

H.
[Galaxy S II General] skycamefalling:
Same for me, I never had ATO -seems to be a branded version with ATO.

Nevertheless, I flashed to Litening ROM a few days ago so the CSC is different now.
[Galaxy S II General] :
strange.

ATO is the austrian CSC. got this one from A1 but have no branding and no simlock
[Galaxy S II General] jackhol:
had the african csc flashed with the kf1 kernel first but added the xeu csc later works fine :)
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
I'm on o2 uk. Still no sign of ke7. Taking the piss a bit.
[Galaxy S II General] psp888:
Just debrand, thats what I did
[Galaxy S II General] CarpathianUK:
It's a bit mad, isn't it. I got an unbranded one with an Orange SIM from Phones4U and mine was KE7 out of the box.

I think it's the inconsistency across providers that annoys folks more than anything.

If everybody stepped forward together I'm sure people would worry about version numbers less.
[Galaxy S II General] obionenairobi:
Any feedback yet on the battery life with this FW?
[Galaxy S II General] Mystical:
My battery is cool! (at the end, it has a lot of those 'charge on the fly' actions
[Galaxy S II General] Channel Z:
Battery is still going strong here, and yes the on the fly charging started after 4 day's... :D

Still no 2.3.4 update via KIES... but its coming soon, I hope
[Galaxy S II General] obionenairobi:
I read on another thread that people do a factory reset after flashing.

Is this something that is required ?
[Galaxy S II General] nerotix:
Duuuude?! Hoessie dan?

How did u get that massive battery life? I had 2 days and I was stunned! You must be using some insane juistdefender profile or summit..? Tell me your secreeeet :D

Thx!
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
I am curious to see how much time the screen has been on for with a battery life of 4 days.

Back on topic wasn't it samfirmware who said that 2.3.4 will be out next month for our phones?

Maybe there is some truth to that.
[Galaxy S II General] Mystical:
Is there any non-root alternative for that? I don't want my counter to go up :)
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
If I may ask ... what counter ? :(
[Galaxy S II General] Motzemann:
Appologize for the question, what's the counter about? Might it only become a support problem or does it affect other things also?
[Galaxy S II General] nechmadi:
in download mode there's a counter that counts how many times you flashed things with odin
[Galaxy S II General] madpete:
Everytime you flash a custom kernel or rom, the phone logs it. When you reboot into download mode you'll see it, its so samsung can tell you to bugger off if you come to claim warranty.

I didnt know it was there until after I'd rooted the first time, waiting for someone really clever to work out how to reset it. :(
[Galaxy S II General] Channel Z:
Alles oke hier...

Standard stock firmware 2.3.3 via KIES.

And no stupid battery apps, juicedefenders or any other app that ( helps ) with those things.

Whatsapp and google on auto sync via network.

Only thing I do is, charge when phone is on, after charge phone off and then on.

Easy as pie :D

Got my phone 4 weeks ago, never had any problem what so ever.

PDA: KE2 / PHONE: KDJ / CSC: KE1 ( XEN )
[Galaxy S II General] TAEL:
You can reset it via JIG.
[Galaxy S II General] painterceessie:
The final countdown.:)
[Galaxy S II General] madpete:
Is there a thread on this man? Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] Channel Z:
Screen on time is 3 hours an 40 minutes...

Battery is now at 20% and time is almost 4 day's and 10 hours

Save to say, battery is ok...
[Galaxy S II General] TAEL:
Here it is: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1068522
[Galaxy S II General] madpete:
TAEL, many thanks mate. :D
[Galaxy S II General] painterceessie:
My phone is at the end off the day empty.

I use it the whole day for my work.

4 days and 10 hours standby you mean.

Je moet die s2 wel gebruiken man.:D
[Galaxy S II General] mark2222:
If samsung give out a free phone to modders then surely they can't complain too much anymore if someone flashes a modded rom or kernel? Maybe they'll remove the counter in the future.
[Galaxy S II General] madpete:
I wouldnt bank on it.

Still, I just ordered the jig that can sort out the problem, only £4 so well worth it.
[Galaxy S II General] RMXO:
Let me say daym, you one lucky bastard. Wish I could the same results as you. :D
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
He doesn't use his phone much look at his screen on (scherm aan), I think almost everybody complaining is using the phone 24/7 and/or using a task killer
[Galaxy S II General] Channel Z:
It's a phone, and I use it as a phone... and I play my music, use whatsapp, send messages, call people, check E-mail, check the store, google, etc,etc...

The thing is, lots of people complain about battery drain.

And they blame the firmware for most of the time,

Strange because my phone has stock firmware via KIES, and no problem what so ever.

Just wanted to show U, that when I use the phone on a normal base, it will do 4 day's easy...:)
[Galaxy S II General] jojo2peter:
Can someone tell me, what this "Telephonesignal" at Battery means?

Most of the time, it's just yellow... the guy who had his sgs2 4 days on, had a nearly complete green bar.

Is it the receipt/reception?
[Galaxy S II General] Channel Z:
Yes it's reception...

Green: great

Yellow: normal

Gray: no so good

Red: no reception at all
[Galaxy S II General] jojo2peter:
Does it mean, that 'the worse the reception, the higher the battery drain'?

When I'm using wifi, the battery lasts great, but with 3G/H/H+ etc. it drains a lot.

The signal is switching very often between 3G and H, but i don't think that it's worth mentioning.
[Galaxy S II General] Mystical:
Yes, it does. I live in a town and here I get red/faint yellow reception and get a lot of drain as it is trying hard to find a signal thus requiring more power. When I'm at school in the city, the bar is green and it doesn't take much power!
[Galaxy S II General] Channel Z:
Yes better signal is less drain...
[Galaxy S II General] jojo2peter:
Hm, but my signal bars are most of the time full oO....

Is there a way to fix that "searching for signals"?
[Galaxy S II General] Tinderbox (UK):
This post might be relevant.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1121196
[Galaxy S II General] jojo2peter:
I already found that thread, but i thought it was one of many... but now i read it, maybe it fixes it.

Does Vodafone use FastDormancy?

Here a screenshot... I said it's yellow, but what's the color differences between the graph and the bar (1 and 2) During the red point, i've been in the gym, there isn't any reception.

i hope, i can post another, improved screenshot tomorrow!
[Galaxy S II General] pahardie:
isn't that the battery graph? the green is above 20% yellow is 20% to 10% red is below 10% I assume you charged it hence it went back up to green
[Galaxy S II General] jojo2peter:
Yes, could be, but why is the signal yellow, when i have full reception?
[Galaxy S II General] Motzemann:
I have the same "problem" on Vodafone Germany. And I think they support fast dormancy as the switch between 3g and h+ is very fast.
[Galaxy S II General] jojo2peter:
Yes they do, i guess.

Deactivated fd yesterday, and android os had 29% then i activated in and now i have ~10%
[Galaxy S II General] Harvin Dhillon:
You do all know that the percentages are relative? Posing how many hours the phone was turned on and the percentage would be much more useful.
[Galaxy S II General] Danwms:
Hope this comes out soon.

My battery is shocking at the moment.
[Galaxy S II General] Danwms:
Anyone know if installing this when it eventually comes out will wipe the phone?

Im currently rooted, i don't mind having to redo that but I want to make sure everything gets backed up.
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
Itshouldn't. O2 need to get the finger out with these updates.
[Galaxy S II General] Danwms:
I don't think im going to wait for O2 to release it to be honest.

As soon as it appears in here ill probably install it with Odin.
[Galaxy S II General] SmilerOnline:
I think that Samsung should really be concentrating on improving kies

eg: fixing this problem that I sometimes see, where it doesn't detect your device and you have to restart your mobile before it will detect it...

and they really need to update the way that UI looks, they could easilly make it blend in with the W7 theme and it would look alot better, at the moment, it looks like something from the XP era... :S
[Galaxy S II General] iznee:
+1 on this..kies is the worse sync software i have ever used...tried it a couple of times and got fedup with it...hell even activesync for windows mobile was much better.
[Galaxy S II General] SmilerOnline:
I'm getting a bit bored of waiting for this 2.3.4 update now... I was just sticking to the stock rom so I could easily get first dibs on the new update from kies, but I'm getting so bored of waiting I'd rather just use a custom rom...
[Galaxy S II General] porkchop8:
Can i ask how you managed to have the awake match with the onscreen line? My awake is a constant line which i think is the cause of my battery drain. I am running stock KE7
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
It's not about 4 days or 5 days, it's about how long one has kept the screen on. If you put the the Phone in standby and make 5-10 mins call per day then it will go 4 days, may be more. Right now I am on 9%, from full charge, my Display is on for 4hr 52m 43s and it's 1d 15h since the charge. So with posting of Battery usage also it is needed to post the Display usage separately, otherwise it makes no sense.
[Galaxy S II General] mosec:
Do you guys think that 2.3.4 will improve battery life and to what extent?
[Galaxy S II General] linqiang110:
one week pass,still not come yet
[Galaxy S II General] blue265:
You are correct. I can go 2 days without a charge but my screen on time will always be about 4 hours. Once we get to the 4-5 hour range of screen on time, the battery will be dead and won't matter which rom we're on. Time between charges means nothing as everyone uses their phone different and the real telltale sign of good battery life will be screen display time.

Although some people are getting that android OS bug where awake and screen on don't match and they will have no hope of getting 4 days. For me, wifi on will kill the battery as Android OS bug takes hold. Even with wifi sharing frozen
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
I demand an apology from the OP! Demand it!!!
[Galaxy S II General] ilegend:
lol you can demand absolutely **** all

it was only a rumour you jackass.
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
Its clear that this moron does not understand sarcasm. I recomend you google it.
[Galaxy S II General] stoney73:
If you don't have anything constructive to say, get the :rolleyes:Eff out of this thread.

Seem to remember this being posted by someone lately.
[Galaxy S II General] Razer(x):
That's always a shame, a so powerful phone with an insufficient battery
[Galaxy S II General] psp888:
THe original poster is probably laughing at this 46 page thread from something he just made up.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Well I am confident that future firmware upgrade will fix the battery issue. But which is irritating for me is, I use a lot of Wi-Fi and it's the 2nd best thing to drain the battery after the Screen. But that Screen on time and Awake should be synchronized properly, it's a pity that some users are having problem with that. Samsung needs to act quickly here.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
Or hiding... lol
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
People, please play nice, do not use offensive language.

Although the thread was started as a rumor only, and the claimed one week time frame has come and gone, I am sure 2.3.4 WILL BE OUT one day. Just sit tight and wait. Let this thread just die peacefully.
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
Please, people stay calm ... but a thread rename is needed ;)
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
next week is always well next week so this could be a rolling date ;)
[Galaxy S II General] nookcoloruser:
I guess this is the same thing as the 'apple updates next tuesday' kind of rumors then ?
[Galaxy S II General] Tinderbox (UK):
Who wants 2.3.4 we want 2.4 ;) for proper dual core support.
[Galaxy S II General] jvidia:
Christmas ? :D
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
Christmas 2012 ;)
[Galaxy S II General] SmilerOnline:
I wouldn't mind if sammy could officially announce an ETA, even if they just said, its due in early july, at least we'd have a better idea about when we should start keeping our eyes open for the new firmware update...
[Galaxy S II General] walda:
2.3.4 was said to come june or july from samfirmware at the beginning of june in their forum.

sent from my SGSII via T*patalk