yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] TheMegastar:
Hi all SGS II Owners! Congrats on owning the best phone in the world right now :) I got mine the first day the shipment landed in Mumbai, ie, on the 3rd June. I have a few points to discuss here:

1. The phone is not connecting with Kies on my laptop via Bluetooth. It is connecting only via USB Cable. Why so?

2. The phone is not pairing with my Dell BH200 Bluetooth headset. It just doesn't find it when Bluetooth is turned on.....why so?

3. The Phone ringer is erratic when you use custom ringtones (mp3 files which you copied to the phone from the laptop). When I get a call, sometimes the phone rings and sometimes it doesn't. I'm sure that there is no problem with the hardware of the phone, but this is a software issue. Maybe the phone sometimes fails to load the mp3 files from the media folder (where I copied my mp3 songs) OR maybe some app installed on the phone is interfering with the ringer......any ideas?

4. Is there any firewall app which can block internet connections of apps which I don't wan't to get connected to the internet without my permission? The apps that I know of require Rooting. Is there an app for unrooted phones?

5. If we Root our phone, will we get future Updates from Samsung (via the phone internet and via Kies) or will they block future updates to our phone? And will the warranty become void if we root our phone???

6. I tried to root today, but when I connect the phone (in download mode) to the laptop via USB, Odin fails to show the connection (the box meant to turn yellow on connecting, does not do so). Any ideas why?

7. Can somebody who successfully rooted their phone with KE8 kernel, post a STEP BY STEP ROOTING GUIDE specially for all the INDIAN OWNERS OF SGS II???

Will appreciate if I get point wise answers to all my questions. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] AnDruid:
I see that you have gotten a response from Intratech himself on the other thread. Anyway I will try to answer some of the things (however they might not be better answers than those you already got over there):

1. I think Kies is not supposed to. I see a dialog which says Kies can not connect to Phones using Bluetooth, so the bluetooth functionality is for something else.

4. Firewall sounds like a reasonably big adminstrative change, can't imagine an app doing this without root. Though you can trying search harder (see youtube video below).

6. Did you had Kies *on* the computer to which you connected the phone? The drives found in Kies are necessary. Also you might have to quit Kies as I remember someone saying that Kies can interrupt Odin if both are running simultaneously.

7. Here you go for the rooting.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1126522

BTW I followed Chainfire's method for rooting, and I have not compared the two methods, so can't tell what might be the issue here. In any case, here is the thread by Chainfire:

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

However I cannot avoid giving you the quintessential XDA video for some of these questions, so here is the bonus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
[Galaxy S II General] jayesh:
Seriously mega.. people like you make me rage.You ever hear of something called a search button? Everything you asked is available here. I too have the same damn "INDIAN HANDSET" that you own and are managing quite fine.

Stop expecting handouts.
[Galaxy S II General] TheMegastar:
@Andruid: Thanks for trying to answer the points which you did. Still looking for answers for the rest of the issues.

@Jayesh: If you can't be helpful, don't be nasty. I can be nastier. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] AnDruid:
Where did you get them and how much did you pay? BTW some of the cases mentioned in this thread are very good looking indeed.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1056358
[Galaxy S II General] vinaymonu25:
please help me

guys i waited for this device since feb n when finaly got 1 i checked d screen issue by setting d brightness to minimum n sending a grey pic found on xda(www.fiddle.com) through bluetooth..i could see whitish banding from top to bottom on d 33%leftside of d screen i.e d right side is perfect bt d left 33% was lighter dan d rightside.i immediately returned d handset..im sure d pic doesnt hav any problem.

Can u guys tel me if u suffer 4m same problem ?

I jst wnt to knw if every indian handset has same issue...not able 2decide should i go 4another handset check it n buy or wait for d perfect screen batch 2arrive.

Please indians help me out 4m dis situation..suffering wid n82 since sold my s1 in feb
[Galaxy S II General] vinaymonu25:
apologies

dint wanted 2post it twice...its my n82 which is 2b blamed. Sorry for d double post
[Galaxy S II General] lakshmideepak.gaddipati:
1.kies on air in s2 will connect to pc using a wifi hotspot. Android phnes dsnt support connecting ovr bt..

3.i didnt experience that..i m using custom ringtones stored in sd card..where ur mp3 files stored?if in sd card move them to phone memory and give a try

4.use permission dog app to chk permissions

5.u cnt get kies updates once u rooted..kies will chk for cntry code to update..u cn tk a bckup of stock rom ..using that u can revert to stock version again to recieve kies updates..
[Galaxy S II General] lakshmideepak.gaddipati:
I ordered from zenus case.net.....i recommend zenus carbon nd casemate hard case...
[Galaxy S II General] TheMegastar:
@Lakshmideepak: Thanks for your reply.

2. Storing my mp3 files in the Media folder which is in the SDCard, I guess. The SGS 2 has an internal memory of just 2GB and SDCard memory of 11.5 GB. ( By the way, this means Samsung's claim of 16 GB internal memory is false). I have about 4GB of music on my phone, I can't possibly move that on internal memory.

4. Thanks, will check permission dog app.

5. So when I revert to the stock rom to get kies updates, will I lose the root access?
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Off Topic: Guys any one Going to buy Motorola Droid RAZR
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
How to use Navigation in India? When I click on navigation, it says that it is not available in India.
[Galaxy S II General] MaulikS:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16233751&postcount=884

Install the apk as you normally do.

U'll get three new icons for latitude,maps & places.You can now use these.Use the new maps icon,search for a location & navigate (PS: Don't search for a new navigation icon)

(You may not delete the original maps,etc. I let them stay there,just use the new icons )

Hope this helps....Enjoy
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
It says link not found. ??
[Galaxy S II General] MaulikS:
Check again.Its fine now.
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
Thanks pal. Also, what about offline nav? I come from Nokia, so you know.

I'm going out of my state today. I have an internet pack. Now can anyone tell me if I'll be charged for accessing net on roaming?

I'm not rooted, will dspmanager still work?
[Galaxy S II General] pankajkundalia:
Any one has any idea of Updates cming to india?????

Now sammy has made nexus Prime which means they already have experience of Icecream Sandwich.

can we keep some hope from sammy in india????????
[Galaxy S II General] jit_devil2:
hi guys got my s2 yesterday.coming from galaxy sl i9003.so got a little idea about flashing and all the basic stuff.

got a couple of questions

1.any recommendations on roms/firmwares i should be looking at.....

2.is the indian stock rom available at samfirmware?

found xwke8.but my phone came with xwkf3 which is listed as turkish in samfirmware.
[Galaxy S II General] digi_fort:
It depends on your choice of rom if you wanna root ?

XWKF3 is a multi region stock rom for india as well

for stock rom we here are using XXKI3 erich according to most of us is the most stable rom and is

2.3.5 :D
[Galaxy S II General] anil190185:
I am running leomar revolutio rom. Can some give me the CSC file for India and also how can it be flashed.
[Galaxy S II General] abbeysumit:
New firmware in SAMMOBILE

Hey Guys

Theres is a new ROM available in Samfirmware XXKI4 since yesterday..

Did anyone try that?

I am on XWKI8 so far very happy and satisfied with Indian CSC..
[Galaxy S II General] Style Icon:
How do you switch on the LED Flash? What is the LED flash?
[Galaxy S II General] digi_fort:
If i'm not wrong XXKI4 is 2.3.4 ? Well in that case ppl here are already on 2.3.5 Why downgrade ?
[Galaxy S II General] bhaskersaxena:
hello

i have Google maps 5.10.1 , stock, SGS2 bought in Oct 2011 (packed in Aug 2011).... so which one is latest?? 5.10.1 or 5.8.0?

and still i have a problem of non accuracy....my GPS shows me off by 350mtrs....(i am not on a road, infact i m on a hill top, clear sky above me)
[Galaxy S II General] sayem_unlimited:
Thanks a lot for clearing my mind.

ism not scared of rooting, just don't want to void my warranty of my newly bought phone. And I'm a new to android world, but eventually I'll do everything when I'm confident enough. so as for my 2nd question its not possible to backup all my data without rooting and XXKI3 stock version will not delete my data, right?????

Thanks again for your support.
[Galaxy S II General] abbeysumit:
My Friend, I said it came yesterday and it is XXKI4( Based on 2.3.5) not XWKI4 (2.3.4)
[Galaxy S II General] rinkmink:
Guys which is the best call recordin software for our s2 ???

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] digi_fort:
My Bad ......

Off Topic:

ICS has a few cool features :

Disabling Apps: If you can’t uninstall an app, you can always disable it in ICS. Android 4.0 adds the ability to disable an app and it will never run and its launcher icon is gone until you re-enable it.

Support for Encryption in Phones: Full device encryption that was a part of Honeycomb is now available in phones.

Indic fonts (Devanagari, Bengali and Tamil) support in WebView and stock browser. No need to download other browsers just to view Hindi webpages.

and more ........

Source: http://androidos.in/2011/10/android-4-0-features-that-google-missed-to-mention-at-launch-event/

What i'm really curious to know how will we restore backups on ICS. I mean when i do a wipe flash all i do is restore backup to my backup pro but the deal here is this is a revolutionary OS which may have it's data structure etc changed ('cause it supports both tablets and phones) in that case i'll have to wait for a backward compatible app for the ICS to appear and restore ? Also will my running apps on GB be compatible with ICS meaning with the hardware acceleration and all ? It'll be a hell of a rework for Devs if you have to make additional changed for their apps to be ICS compatible ............ any thoughts ppl.
[Galaxy S II General] bhaskersaxena:
how to use Street View on Google Maps...have installed this, but can't find it...:(
[Galaxy S II General] digi_fort:
Street View i guess is not supported for india

http://maps.google.co.in/intl/en/help/maps/streetview/

----Edit----

Just checked again all you get is pictorial representations of land marks and not a complete street view. Just go into the maps mode on maps.google.com go to a location in india (I tried it for delhi) and drag the green guy which is on top of zoom in zoom out bar there'll appear blue dots just place circle below the guy on the dots and ......... baam you get the picture of the landmark. It's actually pretty cool can pretty useful ..................
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
It would have been more better if dual boot like win 98 and win 8 :p:p
[Galaxy S II General] fatbax:
IF anyone still on CM9 new nightly 0305 is out :)
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
He was know what he was compiling it was Samsung source code update 5 so he is not a god that he will know what issue will be caused by Samsung's source code update

NEAK is a super stable light and battery friendly kernel from months on gb and from a month on ics
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Carphone wearhouse UK listed simfree S3 for 500 euros

http://www.gsmarena.com/carphone_warehouse_preorder_galaxy_s_iii_get_a_free_tab_101-news-4206.php
[Galaxy S II General] burninghouse:
GUIDE PLs........

Is there any ics update released for india????
[Galaxy S II General] Lost Monk:
So that puts end to all the speculation about S3.

I am gonna go in market & look for the best price I can get for my S2. If its convincing enough, I will sell it asap and wait for a month to decide between S3/One X.

Its not that I hate my S2 or having wet dreams about grabbing S3. Its just that the resale price of S2 within 1yr will be poor and I dont want to miss the bus of JB if it fails to land on S2.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
@kachru

Finished your 400, Congrats :D
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
If you are planning to sell, finish it off very soon, once s3 reach the stores it won't go no more than 17 or 18
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Digi gonna buy SIII
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
What?
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
You dont know digi_fort? Member of this thread...........Me and him rooted same day
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Thanks bala,

now as Carphone UK listed 500 euro price for S3, its achievable!

Isan't it ?
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
I haven't seen him for a very long time:( where is he actually?

And if you look at the hands on videos s3 does looks nice
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
FB! ..........ya but not like s2
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Wguch site's hands on video?
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
I found this hands on video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZsRo4VLlFA

and this one for software review

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JLVhuv8qZI
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Tapatalk beta 2 still works?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Oh yeah

He told you by pm?

Why he isn't here?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Its time for you to do a google search for latest version:D
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
35300=500 euro

I wish it comes in more price in india:D

EDIT: 3 posts

EDIT2: Steals the 22000th post:D
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
lol, why this kolaveri, just had the downloaded apk of tapatalk and tried it for obvious reasons and it worked:D question is wont they disable beta version after they release stable one?
[Galaxy S II General] exynoss:
Kachru those are euros not dollars
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
whatever as per gadgetcheck's sources in flipkart, the s3 would be priced around 36k , so its kinda ok.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
First time today I see the OP is online
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Reason is S3...

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The thing is which color to choose? White one looking sexy for me:p
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Of course they disable the beta version Bala :D

So if you people given a chance to buy between HTC one X and Galaxy S III which one it would be?

I saw that HTC one X Has upper hand in screen, processor speed.. And anything else?

Also is the Tegra 3 better or exoyns? Also mail gpu in S3 is better right?
[Galaxy S II General] ronhoover88:
any day the s3 coz of the storage options...but the one x screen is amazing:)
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HTX One X? If mobile didn't start after flashing or stuck at boot screen all you can do is RUN TO SC....you can't take out battery
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Pebble blue for me :D

@ harsha

Take a look at sgs3 forums mate, s3 blows everything out of the water in benchmarks. Tegra 3 has bite the dust.

@ roonhover

The screen in HTC is the best for a HTC device so far. As per the reviews its not a match to amoled and personally I have handled note many times and can't figure out the pentile matrix problem with normal eyes, s3 is Much smaller than note, so it won't be a problem at alla
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
looks like someone is not on moov............I mean move :p
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Its taptalk beta
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
no on facebook

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But still it is TT.......................................................Damn being sick SUCKS :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
You can find pen tile sub pixels with microscope only.

With naked eye no problem at all
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Check PM.
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
My eyes are very sharp. I see what people normally don't :p
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Whoa.!! This kind of eyes wants Indian Government for border security :D
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
...Nice....
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Why that thing?!?!

No one can see it on low brightness atleast:D
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
:p :p Simply
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
then switch to 160 dpi or lesser :D
[Galaxy S II General] TheQuarterMile:
Will it be possible to port the eye scan to keep screen on feature from the SGS3? I is that hardware related?
[Galaxy S II General] safepacket:
Its called Smart Stay.. It uses front camera.. So yes logically its pretty much poratable to gs2 :D
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Thinking to buy Cut the rope and Cut the Rope: Experiments in amazon app store using the left balance in apps for android (right now have 3.98$ after buying it will be 2$).....But something is stopping me (Google)
[Galaxy S II General] safepacket:
S3 hardware review ..shows ports , charging points , battery etc.. Good to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF0Pdrbb_kA&feature=related
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Sgs3 camera has 720p recording lens, ours not capable of that, so may be portable but won't be that accurate
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
bala check pm
[Galaxy S II General] TheQuarterMile:
Is it possible to have the breathing effect of EX-tweaks with BLN Control Pro app? On latest Hydrogen ics rom with latest Siyah kernel..
[Galaxy S II General] bokil:
The front camera?
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Yes the front one has 720p @ 30 fps sgs3
[Galaxy S II General] qsaifoddin:
http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...-2gb-ram-true-hd/&category=classic&postPage=1
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Guys what widget is that in this video at 0:21 secs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG6TUbqn9rc and why no one ported Video Hub to GSII?
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
If the government would give me all the latest phone in the world

I might consider doing that :p

I didn't see that in first instance but I could later Mr. White :p remember I'm always on Tapatalk. You should have tried yellow :D

:p

I would love 160 DPI. But the only thing that is stopping me is that some of the apps just starts acting wired. I mean they would have graphically broken.

I even sent him one for his Tapatalk beta. He ain't checked it yet :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Yellow? ......Yellow Yellow Dirty fellow :p ..So didn't use it :p

oh he replied to mine :D :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] Debadatta:
I think Samsung India is putting TW Nature on our ICS ROM, thus the release is getting delayed. *rolls eyes with sarcasm* :p
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Nice Dream
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
replied ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
That video is about galaxy S3 and the widgets in there are galaxy S3 specific as I'm sure they won't put it on display with third party widgets.

Well let him come over here :p
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Actually 2 mp can easily do 720p but samsung have not implemented it in s2

It should be implemented in driver(of which we don't have sources and only samsung does have it)

1 megapixel= 1000000 pixels

2 megapixel= 2000000 pixels

720p = 1280x720= 921600 pixels

So even one megapixel can do 720p
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
LOL......You did it long ago and I replied again with something you want

I think it is 3rd party app.......See status bar it is showing S icon and that widget have same icon on top left side and some other thing as been downloaded from market (you can see the installed icon in status bar)

LOL.........
[Galaxy S II General] :
Galaxy s3 features are awesome....i hope someone ports them to our galaxy s2 :rolleyes::p
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
image capture need a frame per sec, video capture needs more frames per sec,so it depends on the speed and capability of the lens .:) not only with drivers part.

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yeah id did checked it, didnt download yet, :) thanks for that. i remember neolenskin1972 pmed for the same few weeks back(hope i spelled him right :P)
[Galaxy S II General] Debadatta:
Lol that was extreme sarcasm :p
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
OT:

how many people reserved their Sunday morning for Aamir's 'Satyamev Jayate'
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
ME ME ME
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Where is the S icon in the status bar?

pic.twitter.com/maCnhI0q

Well yes. But this is new version :)
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
oh I thought that is S but that was server check icon
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Yup. And the widget name is S Suggest which I think is Samsung Suggest.

Here is the direct image. God such a pain to upload image. The taptalk app in GB tells that it will resize before uploading. So had to find alternatives. No app for hot linking a image upload?
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
oh :( ....Back to GB why?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Because of Imminently Corrupt Service.

Swyping from my GT-I9100 via Tt 2
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
I'm on wifi testing phase. No time to test. Will be doing this weekend.

I'm starting to the hate the multi tasking in GB like anything. I'll have opened this thread in Tapatalk. The I get a message and go to messaging app and when I come back to taptalk from recent apps the Taptalk app STARTS again. Same thing happens with tweeter.

And the browser and opera won't show in the recent apps unless opened specifically. God GB. Gonna flash CheckROM now.
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
LOL :eek::D
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
What?

Oh ok
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
my dad needs a laptop .. n money is no matter !! can u all help me decide which is the best laptop in the world ?? macbook pro ?? asus ?? samsung ?? hp ?? dell ??
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
he is waiting for S3's Touchwiz port to S2:p
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Ignore
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
As I said even one megapixel camera can do 1280x720(720p) video and our processor can easily do 30FPS(FPS is dependent on processor as far as I know)
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Aaa haha.. When it happens it will be eye candy :)

On other note. Benchmarks mean nothing! http://blog.gsmarena.com/meizu-mx-q...ii/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter GS3 still owns right?
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
What is the difference between latest and old GApps? (CM9)
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
AFAIK latest means version updated..

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Mackbook

http://www.apple.com/in/macbookair/
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
ha ha, did you note the screen of htc ?? looks poor and washed out when comapring to other 2 mobiles ... LCD FTW :D:P
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
And they took the photo with Apple mobile (you can see it clearly in right screen) :p no wonder it came out bad :D
[Galaxy S II General] Ankit Tulsian:
In latest gapps there is no Gmail as its already available in play store
[Galaxy S II General] digi_fort:
Anyone planning on buying the

S3 ?

Tapatalked
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Most people!! but some will decide after price reveal!!
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
actually hes into shares and everything .. can u suggest any other ... not macbook !! 2nd best !!