yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] spoiltz:
I don't believe laptop screens usually cost half the cost of device.

I had to replace my VAIO laptop screen twice, and it cost just 4000, both the times.
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
Cool just 4k??My Macbookpro's hard disk crashed and f***king apple care asked 16K for 320GB harddrive.:eek: I got 500Gb harddrive from local shop..Same seagate model..for 3K and fixed it..The funny part is Apple's hard drive just has a small apple sticker..!!!

If my screen becomes faulty..i will be in lots of trouble..lolzz:p
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
My model is Vaio VPCCW13EG a long with display problem I have other too DVD Drive can't read disk and Sometimes Laptop switches all of sudden (Changed Fan it was broken) total 3 problem...I think it will cost 10-15k

EDIT: Screen cost just 4k? I don't believe because I have changed Base of laptop (Not screen base only keyboard side and battery side) they took 9k and LCD screen just 4k?
[Galaxy S II General] spoiltz:
Well, here in Nehru Place(Biggest Computer Market In India).

The problems you are telling will cost around 10k, only.
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Try this method to backup EFS folder and save one copy in mobile SD card, one in email, one in your computer and one more in GF mobile too just in case :p xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1068193

EFS is a folder located in root of the system folders. As per few people just copying and pasting will not work. So try the above method. You need to root by the way.

Good that you got your IMEI number back!
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
EFS backup...confusion!

Well I've to ask something here, I frankly have no idea about that EFS folder, now including you three of my friends now have lost their IMEI number, they have G-ACE, after flashing CM they are having this problem actually and usually they don't know about EFS backup. Now I am scared, I haven't taken any backup of mine too, so my query is can I take a backup now or is it possible as I've flashed this and that ROM? No way I am going to service center if that happens for me.

And that tool you mentioned, is it working properly and is it only for GS II?

TIA.
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
You have varieties of way to backup the efs dolder

i) GSII repair

ii)Hellcat's Ktool

iii)Siyah kernel also backs up

Or if you like to do it on your own..You can do this in terminal

su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/efs/efs.autobackup.img bs=4096

And yes you can take up backup now.
[Galaxy S II General] atulalvenkar:
The most important file on /efs is nv_data.bin, as per what i have seen this file is modified everytime you boot. So even if you don't flash ROM you can have issues with missing IMEI, very rarely but it can happen.

If you are rooted the best option is to image /efs using dd as mentioned in a post above and keep it in multiple locations so you don't use your IMEI.
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Only 10k :eek: ....
[Galaxy S II General] mrcreativity:
Just got my Amzer Rubberized Snap On Hard Case.

Its a two piece plastic hard case with a rubber finish.Makes the phone slightly thick but it feels great to hold. There is a slightly raised bezel on the front and back for the camera which will help in protecting the screen and the camera window.

The phone is covered all around except for the buttons with are exposed but again surrounded by raised edges. All the recesses for the various opening fit well.

I'd recommend it for anyone who doesn't like pouches and wants protection.
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Now is always good! Taking backup of everything possible is also good :) All you need is root access. I took the backup as per the link mentioned just above your post.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Thanks all.

The Terminal process seems very easy, in the mean time I was searching in YouTube and found this simple Root Explorer process, this is easy too I guess.

Glad to hear that I can take backup now, feeling relieved.

Swyping from my GT-I9100 via Tt
[Galaxy S II General] spoiltz:
YOU bought it online??

Can u provide links?
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Just wondering why so late mate? :) though only new people to XDA start taking the backup. I took like just before flashing my custom ROM for first time. Dint wanted to screw my first android. :p

By the way i don't know why, but simply copying the folder with root explore does not work as reported by few people. So I did the terminal method :)
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
Its not that simple man..the terminal command dumps the block of memory where efs is stored.That is it converts and copies the efs folder.And the bs=4096 (blocksize) helps in Drive-to-drive duplication.Just copying the efs folder though root explorer doesnt do the necessary compression and doesnt maintain the block size ..

Any one?Any comments...???
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Ignorance, pure ignorance.

Anyway, I've entered that command and now what do I need to do?

TIA.

Swyping from my GT-I9100 via Tt
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Oh alright so the terminal or adb can properly allocate the bs and create an image of the same. The same bs is maintained only in image and hence root explorer is not an option.

Dealer warranty is like the dealer itself give warranty if you pay some bucks and takes the responsibility of repairs and stuff which will save you from hassle of going to the manufacture. But then the dealers in ebay are in north India. You can't approach them that easily can you? :p

Its all explained here mate xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13566061

anyways here the quote. Do it step by step. Open in browser to see it properly. Oh type letter to letter exactly.
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
Hmm..i think have to buy Galaxy R for my GF..Arc S is too costly..28K...

And yes Rootexplorer cant always copy the efs block properly.. dd command is the best..Its called as the "Swiss Knife" of UNIX commands..And sometimes "Disk destroyer " lolz:D ..coz if you dont use it properly..it will ruin ur disk..if you are not careful about the "if" and "of" part
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
But you said she don't like samsung
[Galaxy S II General] atulalvenkar:
So true, giving if=/dev/zero and of=efs fs lol :p
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Well there is definitely something wrong with my phone, whenever I enter that command it Emulator I am getting an error all time, tried both RAW and Clean!
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
Hmm..she told me if she gets a nice and CUTE ;) :D case she will get that..SGP doesnt make cases for Galaxy R i guess.. :(

She said search for case and then she will get the phone...lol :D
[Galaxy S II General] spoiltz:
LoL!!! Girls!!!

Isn't there any htc phones in the range of 25000???

They look good, hardware as well as UI.

How much does htc sensation costs?
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
OT: I have seen most sites saying Laptop screen will be very costly or half of the laptop price......I might buy a new laptop (Still not sure need to do a lot talk about it) How about a Mac Laptop? Will I get it in less than 32k? (I think no)

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Why not GS2? Why R?....Try eBay you might GS2 at less price
[Galaxy S II General] spoiltz:
YOU CAN NOT GET A MAC LAPTOP IN 32K.

What is laptop's model number again?? PM me, i'll ask at some shops nearby tomorrow, for the replacement display.
[Galaxy S II General] mrcreativity:
http://www.ebay.in/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:IN:1123#ht_4854wt_1188

http://www.amzer.co.in/Amzer-Rubberized-Black-Snap-On-Crystal-Hard-Case-P91519.htm

http://www.letsbuy.com/amzer-rubber...case-for-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-gt-i9100-p-23102

http://lootspot.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-gt-i9100-amzer-rubberized-hard-case-black

I bought it from letsbuy. The picture may look different but it is the correct case.
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
Galaxy R is 19990 INR.GLAXY s2 is 29k RIGHT?Indian software companies dont pay much :D So Galaxy R

hehhe..:D BTW Sensation is 27K

Saw your mail.The porting of the theme can be best done by crysis.PM him about the thing.I think he has just the theme..

My macbook pro was 93K when i got it..around 1 and half years back..

Try making a folder "efs" in sdcard i.e. /sdcard/efs and then run the command..

BTW why dont you use the command i gave..it wont ever fail..guaranteed :D
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Ok Thanks...I will PM

Software companies don't pay much? :eek:...S2 is 26/7 k when I saw few days back on eBay.......93k? :eek: ....Saw a Mac desktop few days it's price is 99k Screen is HHHHUUUUUGGGGEEE (Keyboard,Mouse are sooo small)
[Galaxy S II General] spoiltz:
Samsung phones look ugly, even with a "cute" case. What happened of Arc S. It looks really good. You may get it in less, just try a bit harder. I'll also inform u, if i get any links for cheaper arc s

EDIT : Did u see this??

http://www.letsbuy.com/sony-ericsson--xperia-arc-s-black-p-30051
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Yes, that guide in OP said all but the line 'Create an EFS folder before you start' , lol.

And yes, I did try yours, it also needs to have an efs folder in SD card ;)

Swyping from my GT-I9100 via Tt
[Galaxy S II General] Joe_Nalin:
Try Fommy, I've always found it cheaper for Amzer products (even cheaper than Amzer website)

http://www.fommy.co.in/Samsung/Amzer-Rubberized-Hot-Pink-Snap-On-Crystal-Hard-Case-P92113.htm

EDIT: Just found Black is out of stock, I remember someone mentioning about this before. Only blue is available now..
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Man

Buying arc s in 28000 is worst

And BTW arc and arc s are the same only arc s comes pre overclocked to 1.4 ghz while arc is clocked at 1.0 ghz

They also have same roms

Its just a marketing trick

So buy arc they are much cheaper

I got s2 in best offer in 27490

Mac are just overpriced

U can get dell in half price

And trust me dell service is the best in the world

U will get half specs in the price u can get a good gaming dell

I got a i5 4gb ram 500gb hdd 15.6 inch in 48k a year ago
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
One question. Dam serious one. Where did you learn all this? :eek: your background is computer science?

lol :D

By the way, here galaxy R is 21K and GS2 is 29K that too the GS2 is the G version.

Hey you finished taking the backup? I did not create the EFS folder in SD card anytime lol and it dint give me any error :p
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
@ravi- Why are you bothering to buy a high priced laptop? And even you do, just buy any cheap ones, a Netbook or stuffs, anything beyond 20k for a lappy is waste of money IMO.

And forget gaming in a laptop.

Basically I hate laptops so much, other than that you can carry it its good for nothing, still I have to use one, can't believe I spent 55k for this ............

Yes, yet to transfer to PC though.

So, the efs folder was created automatically in your case? Cool.

PS- Anyone using Go launcher here? Can you guys suggest some good themes for me? Colorful ones, way too much there in Market :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
55k :eek: ..Mine is 42k ......I will go for Mac only if they are 32k or below it.....I will not buy gaming laptops..I want a normal one.......I can buy Laptop only after 4-5 months...Spent sooo much last 2-6 months ...1st Brought Mobile and than Spent 9k on laptop than changed to D2H HD than Broken Hand...Total I spent = 144500/- Can't ask for new item soon
[Galaxy S II General] mrcreativity:
The black one is available on letsbuy and lootspot.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
If u thinking about overheating then i use a cooling pad which cools it like ice

But even if u use it for daily tasks then a laptop below 30k is waste(if its not i3 atleast)

My 1 year=PS3+500GB hdd+2 games worth 4000+Pulsar 220+Xperia x10(Once broken screen)+galaxy s2=30000+85000+23000+2500(screen replacement)+28000=168500
[Galaxy S II General] rajarshi10:
Someone please suggest me a good broadband plan for unlimited use under Rs. 1500 ??
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
I just PMed you a link for Themes
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
168500? At least you got all the items you need but not me..If my hand was not broken by now I would have been using New laptop......I think most of the new laptop coming with i3 at 30-33k example Dell..Saw a ad on eBay Dell laptop with i3 at 32k
[Galaxy S II General] Debadatta:
Lol. I had bought a Vaio Z series earlier worth 1.2 lacs :p

Then treatment worth 35 lacs :p

Then my GS2 :D

Then I bought an iMac and a desktop with AMD APU :D

Now I'm getting a Galaxy Nexus :D

Lol. After I wrote this, I feel like I'm insane :p
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
:eek: *Raviteja got Heart Attack* you got all that at the age of 17 :eek: ...I'm 10000% sure you're rich
[Galaxy S II General] spoiltz:
Aren't we going much OffTopic???

We might get a warning for this!!!
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
+1 I was typing that

Guys is it worth trying new ICS ROM?
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Since I have seen you are a bit lazy, its not worth flashing it :p
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
LOL.....Thanks....
[Galaxy S II General] rajarshi10:
Is CM9 worth a try ? I made a backup of my current stock roms with 20+ apps & NEAK kernel. Will I have everything by restoring back if I don't like CM? Please reply people. Some of you just reply to the usual ones. Newbies also need some help :D
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
I m using CM9 as daily driver

Its so smooth and i also don't have the crappy touchwiz

If u don't care about video cam and youtube/flash player go for it

P.S for video playback use MX video player as SW decoder mode
[Galaxy S II General] Debadatta:
Lol. And its got many bugs. Wait for a stable release. Its almost the same as GB ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] rajarshi10:
Any info about when a stable version is going to be released?
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
I want to try it but I need video playback and Youtube/flashplayer :(
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
I over writed the gps.config and man I must have backed it up manually because no auto backup was created. Can you post the original file please? Oh wait. I have CheckROM.zip I will get it from there :D

Yet to try the step 4. will report back later.
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Only samsung know it..... Maybe Sammobile know it.
[Galaxy S II General] mrcreativity:
Guys do i have to remove and reinsert my battery every time i change a kernel? or is discharging to 0% and then recharging to 100% enough?
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Why to do that? I never did that
[Galaxy S II General] Debadatta:
Probably by end of Jan. Or maybe first week of Feb if delayed.
[Galaxy S II General] rajarshi10:
Why do we have to discharge to 0 after changing a kernel? Is it necessary? :eek: :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Why? Well really don't know why would you do that.

Just flash the 'kernel cleaning script' prior to flashing, to be safe, even sometimes its not needed as well.

They said Q1, so we have to wait patiently till 31st March. I always bashed Samsung for not releasing firmwares in time, that was the fact, but now I am more than impressed with the way they are progressing towards it.

Swyping from my GT-I9100 via Tt
[Galaxy S II General] TheMegastar:
Ya, found the EFS folder and have kept a copy of it in my laptop. The GSII_Repair tool of helroz can also keep a backup of EFS with file extension .gz or something like that. Never flash without keeping a backup of the EFS.
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Well sometimes life teaches some stuffs in a hard but not in a damaging way :)

Done this and man the GPS fix was within a minute that too without data networks. Big thanx.to ithehappy for sharing it :)
[Galaxy S II General] TheMegastar:
Hi ithehappy, learn from my experience and immediately make a backup of your EFS folder, the way we people flash ROMs, you never know when we might need it again ;) The GSII_Repair Tool is meant specifically for the GS II phone only, hence the name. It can make backups also. I works perfectly....just make sure you are rooted and have a compatible version of Busybox installed, then follow the steps. That's it. :)
[Galaxy S II General] digi_fort:
Completing a battery cycle is recommended i.e. full charge to 100 and discharging to 0 for calibrating the battery and making your rom / kernel power usage smooth. Try and do this whenever you flash a new kernel or rom since kernel is responsible for providing power to the entire system.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
You're welcome. If the satellites are in position and sky is clear then this trick would work 3X faster than normal.

What's the point of a forum other than sharing informations with each other, sometimes we've to bear some torture though.

Yes, everyone should do it. I was scared after seeing my friends phone in service center, so decided to take the backup, now I am relieved.

OT: Just got this message from a friend, thought could share it,

Swyping from my GT-I9100 via Tt
[Galaxy S II General] digi_fort:
Afaik you flashed Siyah 2.6.6 so thee backup was already taken check for efs backup files in your sd card
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Flash Player for what?:D:D
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Mini AK-47? New Gun? :eek: ...I want to see how 24G works
[Galaxy S II General] rahuln:
I downloaded it. I guess you need US IP address as well.

I think the app is piece of ****. It keeps running in the background and caused heating of my phone. Also the phone rebooted few times, I guess due to heat.

Tapatalked.
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
To watch videos from yahoo (rarely)
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
Yup i am a computer science engineer.But not into coding.I am a Business Intelligence consultant..Android programming is just my hobby :D
[Galaxy S II General] jasraja:
Samsung has just released a game Samsung Slopester Snowboard in Samsung Apps. It's a so called 3D game (just 23 mb - what can one expect in that) which they say they have optimized for GS2. I played the game but didn't really get a hang of it. The good part is that there is a weekly challenge and the winner will get a premium samsung phone every week :)
[Galaxy S II General] emze:
for the Nth time, i have again flashed back to GB. i just want a stable ICS rom. it is simply great. but the issues like network not holding and heating issues are just not letting me use it :(
[Galaxy S II General] Raven'sSight:
i used CM9 for 15 days./ No issues except -cant take videos-

smooth,cool and awesome.

Getting back to GB tonight via Nandroid to download Dead Space :D

Can i flash the indian DKL1 modem on CheckRomHD V4??? or do i need to be on stock?
[Galaxy S II General] ImSherlocked:
My head was spinning after playing DeadSpace for 15 min... I must say I don't really enjoy playing these kinda game on phone. I go back to playing Unblock Me :P
[Galaxy S II General] Raven'sSight:
:D

Sort of same here. But i make it a point to finish a game. TinTin was amazing. Saw Dead Space in my friend's S2 and i was WoWed.

But nothing beats a Fruit Ninja/Where's My Water/Cut the Rope/BattleHomerun 3D :D for sheer fun
[Galaxy S II General] Lost Monk:
Guys I was using stock 2.3.3 on my Galaxy S2 uptill now.

I never rooted it or flashed to any mod and thanks to ****ty Kies, I was never able to upgrade the firmware.

I went through Intratech's thread sometime back & decided to flash to stock firmware.

I chose this package - ODDKL1 CSC (http://www.multiupload.com/01AAXN938F)

1. I did put my phone in download mode.

2. Started Odin & followed the instructions.

However the flashing is failing multiple times with error like below -

Too bad the phone is not even restarting & I am afraid I have bricked it :(

I also tried re-downloading the fw from multiupload/hotfile just in case if my particular download was corrupt & tried flashing again but no luck.

I am now downloading KL1 from sammobile i.e 336MBs, to see if that works

In meantime, if any of you experts have idea whats going wrong or how I can troubleshoot it; it will be of great help to me

Please reply, I am kinda noob :o

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
:eek:

Why are you flashing the same file in different sections? I guess that's the CSC file. PDA should go in to PDA section.

There is only one file you'll get after downloading KL1, put it under PDA section and flash it.

Keep in mind that PDA should be the largest file when you extract a downloaded ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] Lost Monk:
After extracting .7z, I got only 1 file - CSC_I9100ODDKL1.tar.md5

As mentioned by intratech, if there is only 1 .md5 file then it should go to all. Or have I misunderstood it ?

from - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278&highlight=all+threads+completed&page=150
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
You've downloaded the CSC file. Download the ROM, should be ~325 MB.
[Galaxy S II General] Lost Monk:
Yeah man, I am downloading it now from sammobile. (260mb download complete out of 325mb :p)

So there will be pda+phone files in this package, right?

Sorry if I am asking dumb questions but I am really worried if I have messed up the hardware :(

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Hussh!

Now on 2.3.6

I see no significant change, and I wasted my 3hrs on this! ROFL

Only Google voice search bug fixed, like I use it :mad:

Anyways thanks for your help ithehappy. Much appreciated :)
[Galaxy S II General] sam142000:
Try Modern Combat 3 or NOVA2. They are just awesome.

MC3=Call of Duty

NOVA2= HALO series
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Where's My Water is really a AWESOME game? I have brought it from amazon but never installed/Downloaded it
[Galaxy S II General] coolbuddyin:
I say its addictive,i completed all levels.

Its a very simple game

you get your time passed with it

just try it you will enjoy

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If you able to get into the download mode,then you need not to worry

just flash correct files in the odin

your phone will be fine

download KL1 From here

http://www.multiupload.com/7K8FL86IEQ

it is around 280mb and then extract with 7zip and then you get md5 archive

select this md5 archive in PDA of odin and flash

your phone should reboot

first tell whether your phone goes into download mode or not

Edit : it seems you got it right

i didnt subsequent posts of you

have a good day
[Galaxy S II General] krishca:
Root KL1

Hi, I am on KL1 and if I have to root which method is better chainfire or the first page of Intratech's stock ROM thread. Even though both look similar Intratech talks about flashing insecure kernel followed by KL1 kernel while chainfire talks about taking zImage file etc......
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Do you guys know about Undelete? It's a cool app check it out ROOTED USERS ONLY AND Game On also ROOTED USERS ONLY................avast! Mobile Security (Yes Anti-Virus...It got a best anti-theft solution of any app..... Rooted users ) is Better than TekTrak If you lost mobile?

@coolbuddyin Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
How do I increase the size of dock in go launcher? Is it even possible? *Size of dock icons*
[Galaxy S II General] rajarshi10:
The charging time from 60-90 is very quick in my I9100. But from 90 to 100 its almost 45mins to an hour. Is this normal?
[Galaxy S II General] coolbuddyin:
I'm on KL1 from intratech.

I did nandroid restores several time after flashing ics roms like KP8,LP2 etc

Now when i connect my phone to kies,it says csc is Korean (KOR), how to make it INU without factory reset

I flashed CSC File of KL1 from Intratech thread using Odin and Mobile Odin but no use,kies still believing my phone is non indian

is there anyway to get INU CSC without Factory reset?