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[Galaxy S II General] digi_fort:
Rooting with chainfire does not wipe data

Yes when you can install clean and simple ROM and other custom ROMs. Yes you can also switch to any kernel stock or custom. You can always depend on CWM for more :)

Here is the download link for stock kernel JPKJ2 (2.3.5)

http://www.multiupload.com/DUNKIR221F

Else you can simply pull out the zImage file from the firmware you downloaded for JPKJ2 and flash it via CWM.

The stock firmwares of 2.3.3 XWKE4 & XWKF3 have the problem called Android AOS bug. Due to which even in screen off mode the phone never actually goes to sleep but in an infinite loop until woken up. The solution is rooting and flashing a stock kernel like Siyah Kernel (would not advise you to root a recently bought phone until you get the hang of things) else upgrading the firmware version as the problem seems to reduce version up (not completely go away but reduce mind you). You can go to intratech's thread for the same

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

Updation process is fairly simple with the written instructions might i suggest XWKJ1 (2.3.5) as it seems to be the most stable firmware at the moment will also enhance stock features.
[Galaxy S II General] rc_k:
Hi which is a better way of rooting DoomLord's, Super One Click or Chainfire ?
[Galaxy S II General] digi_fort:
Chainfire cause it'll give you Busybox, CWM and SU and a yellow triangle (Pun Intended) :D
[Galaxy S II General] #illidan:
Ofcourse it will, unless you hit the format internal SD card option in cwm.
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
ohhoo common guys when will the Nexus 7 release in india
[Galaxy S II General] Ankit Tulsian:
Give me the money I will buy it for you.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
My one year anniversary on xda today:):beer:

Thanks to cm9 calendar notification:D
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Q: How did you change weather icon on lock screen?

Is it a mod something like this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1753286

B/w congrats and where's the party? :D

Sent from my Galaxy S2 powered by CM9
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Download and decompile beautiful widgets or a theme of beautiful widget which you like

Take the .png's of BW's theme and refer the zip in that thread(of which you posted link above) open its zip and look for the .png's and see the weather_0.png to weather_47.png and see which type of weather is in which .png number

Like weather_0.png is storm and weather_32.png is sunshine

rename your beautiful widget theme's .png file as stated above

replace the .png's in framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi
[Galaxy S II General] deathfrag:
I just switched to CM9 and is completely in love with it, but the only thing I'm missing is the Facebook contact sync that was earlier working on my Stock ROMS.

I know FB has stopped syncing phone numbers and emails through their official app, is there a workaround so that I can access my friends phone numbers.

Anyone? Please guide.
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
So, sahibunlimited, if I need to change battery/wifi/time icons in status bar, all I have to do is replace the respective png? No need to decompile and all?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Need to use hax sync

Haven't tested it without decompiling

Its very easy, here is the tool : http://apkmultitool.com/
[Galaxy S II General] heavens dragon:
nexus 7 will release in india around oct. asus has confirmed it they r waiting for some stock,once they have enough stock they will release but price is still unknow for india but im guessing it will be less then galaxy tab 2 7" model in india which sells for 19k
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
You sir u made my day .!!! Thanks a lot man :D i was dieing to hear this news .!
[Galaxy S II General] #illidan:
Unfortunately there isn't any work around. At best all you can do is sync your entire friends list along with their status & profile pictures.

Actually if all you want to do is replace the png files you can do it without having to decompile the file. All you need is 7zip or winzip which can open archived files, then navigate to the png you want to replace & delete them & then copying the png you want in the same folder all the while the file is still zipped. Just rename the png you want to replace correctly before pasting the file. I have been able to edit framework-res files on my phone itself.
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
FB sync no longer works(by default) in ICS and above. It used to it work in Sammy roms in GB.

I doubt if 3rd party applications sync contacts via their phone nos. HaxSync allows to sync status updates, friends list, bday and phone nos doesn't work

Sent from my Galaxy S2 powered by CM9
[Galaxy S II General] deathfrag:
I've heard that Hax Sync drains up your battery faster than anything else. Is there an alternative?
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
It's obvious any sync app will drain battery. Probably syncing only on wifi or changing sync interval might save some battery

Sent from my Galaxy S2 powered by CM9
[Galaxy S II General] Debadatta:
Can anyone give me a very good article on "How AMOLEDs work and why the screen burn is a hardware issue"?

I'm going on a lawsuit against Samsung :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] parag5566:
My SGS2 with RGUI ICS

I have recently updated my SGS2 with the latest update of RGUI ICS..... and let me tell you guys, its darn cool.....
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Do you think your lawsuit is gonna work against a bunch of lawyers and legal team of Sammy?

If Samsung service center declines replacing your screen even though it's within warranty period, please escalate your case to higher level. Check customer care contact info on Samsung website.

Posting on XDA or threatening that you'll go on a lawsuit is totally stupid and wouldn't help you in any way

Note: FYI, I don't work for Samsung nor I'm part of them :p

Sent from my Galaxy S2 powered by CM9
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Here read this. Someone had posted it here a few weeks ago. A very good read especially for our device http://webdevsys.com/galaxys2-screenBurn.htm

@rakesh, he was joking lol.

HR004
[Galaxy S II General] sdarshan10:
I have tried that but that also not helping...tried hard reset also...do you think Galaxy S2 repair can help in this matter from android market?
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
Hahaha keep dreaming .!!!
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
ya........100000000000% puuuuuuuuuurrrrreeeeee stock
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Android police article about Project Butter http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...roject-butter-how-it-works-and-what-it-added/

And Amazing Alex from developers of Andy Birds is out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.amazingalex.trial
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Amazing, just amazing!!

[YOUTUBE]1UhGM2us8eA[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II General] nelsonoski1972:
Hi friends

I have DDKL1 tar file and I want to extract DDKL1 modem from it and flash via mobile odin.(I am already rooted with cf-root kernel)

Any idea will be appreciated.

PS: I have downloaded KL1 modem from veyka's site but it contains only XWKL1 modem.
[Galaxy S II General] cooladityarai:
Hi every one I have a galaxy s2 which is about 9 months old. There are some serious scratches on the body of the device, so I was thinking to change the housing of the fone. My question is that is it possible to change the housing including the camera lens protection also?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Open .tar with winrar or 7zip and extract modem.bin

Flash via mobile odin

SC guys told be 990 for it
[Galaxy S II General] jim.j:
It's 850 bucks. Got the replacement this week..
[Galaxy S II General] cooladityarai:
SC guys told be 990 for it

Thanks guys......

It means service centre it can be done at

850 or 990 rs.... What about the camera lens protection , is it also can be replaced....?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Camera lens protection is attached to it
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Any JB hope for S2??
[Galaxy S II General] reddead66:
Fellow dead trigger players

I am not getting any cash when i perform money tasks at bank:confused:

Anyone got it working??
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
If the scratches are on the glossy part then just get your screen replaced. Tell them that you've some problem and ask them to replace the screen. Cosmetically it will be new and you can always make it faster once cm10 is released.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Yes

W.I.P.

Codeworkx says

Audio,camera,hwcomposer broken

EDIT : codeworkx's original post:
[Galaxy S II General] ImSherlocked:
Jelly Bean keyboard for ICS

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beansoft.bean_keyboard
[Galaxy S II General] aceian:
Does the working of usb otg depends on specific kernel or specific rom? ???
[Galaxy S II General] emceeb:
Can anyone suggest a transperent weather widget
[Galaxy S II General] emceeb:
The accuweather in most Roms is transparent but when I downloaded it.from the store what do u know damn not transperent
[Galaxy S II General] rajarshi10:
I know I'm being skeptical but will Google release a new nexus phone later this year?
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
Isn't that obvious?
[Galaxy S II General] rajarshi10:
It is? So I should wait for it or go for Galaxy Nexus?
[Galaxy S II General] mrcreativity:
The galaxy nexus isn't officially available in India.
[Galaxy S II General] qsaifoddin:
With stock u can use fat32 file system if want ntfs need custom kernel
[Galaxy S II General] playboypradeep:
Can anyone share apn settings for Vodafone Chennai. I am unable to receive the settings from Vodafone
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Why do you always ask questions for which we can't even imagine answers?
[Galaxy S II General] nitinvaid:
Let Me Think

yes google has contacted me and sad that he is releasing a new device

with quad core processor

2gb ram

64GB memory etc
[Galaxy S II General] tranceph0rmer:
Guys whaddya think the new OS after JB will be?

Some are saying Kandy Kane others are saying Key Lime Pie...
[Galaxy S II General] exynoss:
It is Key Lime Pie

---------- Post added at 12:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:43 PM ----------

When When When When When ???? I am eagerly waiting for new nexus.
[Galaxy S II General] Sun90:
soon soon soon !!!!!!!!, it will be shipped directly to u from Google;)
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
That too free of cost with android version 7.4.9
[Galaxy S II General] Sun90:
:laugh:,with Hex core + 8gb ram + 128gb memory i suppose:)
[Galaxy S II General] jim.j:
Of course, you should. Gnex is already a 7 month old device.

From what I read at different places, it probably will have Samsung’s Exynos 5250 dual-core Cortex-A15 processor, with Mali T-604 graphics clocked at up to 533mhz. The Mali 400 found in our Galaxy S II’s Exynos 4210 is clocked at 266mhz while the Galaxy S III and Exynos 4412 has the same Mali 400, and clocked higher. This old GPU still manages to beat almost all other GPUs and Mali T-604 will just blow everything away. It's 4 times faster than Mali 400 and consumes less power. Think about the resolution and graphics this could provide. Again, Exynos 5250, though dual core, is twice as faster as quad core Exynos 4412 and again consumes less power. So, whatever you get hands on the first device of this kind, buy it. It's worth a wait from Galaxy S II.
[Galaxy S II General] emceeb:
Read this damm funny post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1567547
[Galaxy S II General] Debadatta:
Filed a lawsuit and immediately they tell me to bring my device on Monday for display replacement.

L.O.L.
[Galaxy S II General] Ankit Tulsian:
Cool.It has to be done.
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
my fone is not booting !! help .. :crying:
[Galaxy S II General] jim.j:
What did you do?
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
i used geeko's values on siyah . . thn connected it to a charger !! thn fell asleep ... after i woke up .. tried to start my fone .. but it was dead !! :crying: not booting up .. pls. help !!
[Galaxy S II General] Debadatta:
Can you go into recovery or download? Does using a jig put you into download mode? Then reflash stock ROM
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
cant go into recovery or download .. i dont evn hve a jig !!
[Galaxy S II General] jim.j:
What happens when you plug the phone to charger?

Btw, do you remember if it was charging before you dozed off?
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
nothing !!
[Galaxy S II General] #illidan:
Do a battery pull, put the battery in again & charge for some time then boot directly into recovery & wipe ExTweaks settings. Geko95gek magic config is pretty stable so your phone shouldn't be messed up.
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
yeah .. i plugged t charger into my fone before i fell asleep !!

yes ... i hve plugged my fone into the charger now .. waiting for some miracle ... lets hope it boots !!
[Galaxy S II General] #illidan:
Can you see the charging animation, which normally appears when the phone is switched off & charging? You should be able to see it. If yes then just give it sometime & boot into recovery.
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
naa.. cant c anything as of now !!
[Galaxy S II General] #illidan:
Give it sometime. If it still doesn't work then just flash a stock samsung rom via Odin. I'm pretty that Odin will detect your phone. That always solves everything.
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
how can i flash anything if its not evn booting into recovery or download !!! :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] jim.j:
Exactly. I don't think it would without download mode. Correct me if I am wrong.

Just wait for a while. Keep it plugged in, see if it gets hot. If yes, after a while pull out the battery, try going to download then.
[Galaxy S II General] #illidan:
I'm trying to help you. ':mad:' doesn't entitle you to help from Samsung service center executives. Just give it some time. Once I just couldn't restart my phone no matter how many times I tried. I just left it plugged in & tried after 15 mins & viola, it was all good again. If you can't get into recovery then try download mode & do what I said. Else get a jig.
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
u knw my situation !! im sorry .. im just frustrated right now .. nothings happening !!
[Galaxy S II General] emceeb:
You can try to charge your battery by putting it in another s2 which of course will mean using someone else's s2. I had the same problem and that solved it for me. Charge for a while and put it back in your phone it shud go in download at least and then u can flash stock.
[Galaxy S II General] Ankit Tulsian:
If this doesn't work then I would suggest buy a jig.
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
yeah ... shud i go to a service center ?? wud they help me ??
[Galaxy S II General] Sun90:
well they would defnetly help u, may be they charge u for the same if the phone is not under warranty r they find out that the phone warranty is void in some way
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
i bought this fone last year in june ! :p so its not in warranty !!

fone to theek kr denge ??
[Galaxy S II General] Sun90:
then they will charge u for sure to get it repaired and it will get repaired dont worry,

take it to the nearest Samsung service center and see
[Galaxy S II General] jbatavia:
Hey, I don't know if this has been asked before and I don't know where else to check. Does anyone else using their phones in India have trouble buying paid apps from the play store? We have three different bank cards in our house and none of them work. The transaction just doesn't go through.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
First get your battery checked in other S2 before samsung fools you by saying to replace your motherboard for it
[Galaxy S II General] iAnoop:
I didn't had any problem with icici credit credit card in buying angry bird space
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
Don't buy a jig, if you can't get in download mode normally then jig won't help you. It's not a Jtag or something. There's a pretty good chance that your battery might have fried up or something, try with another battery first. If nothing works at all, take out the battery, keep your phone aside for today. Try later tonight again, charge. If nothing happens at night also, SC it is then.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Maybe his motherboard is fried or battery is dead, jig or JTAG won't help.
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
You know motherboard and all don't fry easily but you might just be right. I've never tried and don't know if it helps a lot battery wise but 3-4 hours of screen on time is enough for me at least. His best deal is to try another battery, another charger, keep phone off for quite a few hours.

My friend since yesterday is having a problem too. He has stock GB 2.3.3(I9100) and his phone is discharging while charging! No root, nothing installed from the advanced world. Just a normal user, no knowledge of root. It shots a yellow exclamation mark by battery's side when switched off and charging.. Couldn't figure out what to do!
[Galaxy S II General] jim.j:
Keep the phone plugged in for charging and pull out the battery. Insert the battery after a couple of minute with the phone still plugged for charging. This sorted the same issue for me.
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
Okay. Will try and report. Thanks for the advice anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
so i hve taken out the battery ... ll wait for a hour or two !! thn ll try again !!
[Galaxy S II General] Rjev07:
^what's the status of your phone any good news.
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
naa .. its still not booting !! i think i hve to go to SC !! SAD :(
[Galaxy S II General] ImSherlocked:
Guys I'm on resurrection remix AOKP. My phone ringtone does not play in loop. It just plays once and phone goes silent after that! I could not find any setting related to it in sounds menu. Am I missing something?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
As said many times, DID YOU TRY TO REPLACE BATTERY?

If you don't want to spend 10k then try a different battery and see if phone doesn't boot, after that spend 10k on the motherboard
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
yeah .. i ll check it tom. wth t diff. battery !!

EDIT: thnx for t help evry1 !! appreciate it .. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Rjev07:
If you are using any custom ringtone of your own with .mp3 then change the format converting to default of that rom (.ogg)
[Galaxy S II General] drrkgupta:
Guys I am using the latest Russian 4.0.4 ROM. Flashed it with the help of Mobile Odin Pro.

I read somwhere that since I started using the Mobile Odin when I was on GB ROM the bootloader in my cell is still the same old GB one. Should I reflash the ROM using the PC Odin?? Or there is not much change using the old GB Bootloader. I beleive the bootloader only is responsible for booting the system. Do explain in detail.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
No need to flash new bootloaders

New in them would be only that USB jigs won't work and you shouldn't mess with bootloaders.
[Galaxy S II General] drrkgupta:
Would I be getting a better battery life with the new bootloader of ICS or it doesnot matter whether the bootloader is a new or old one?

Which is the best ROM / Kernel for Battery life. My battery doesnot doesnot last a day!
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
LOL no

Bootloader doesn't effect battery life in anyway

For rom, you have to explore and find it yourself
[Galaxy S II General] Sun90:
well bootloader in no way influence on ur batt life:)

and for best ROM / Kernel for batt life, please try out a cpl of them, both custom(AOSP & AOKP) as well as stock one from samsung and see, since usage of phone differ from person to person and the best ROM / Kernel for one may not be so for another;)
[Galaxy S II General] #illidan:
Some cards don't work. My debit card form IDBI bank didn't work. Used an ICICI credit card & it did.

The yellow exclamation mark comes when voltage is out of range mostly due to power fluctuations or faulty damaged wall socket.

First of all it need to be in Ogg format & then a loop pram has to be set to true in the files meta data. Don't remember the exact pram name. There are apps in the play store than can do it for you, try searching for cyclicdriod ringtone app or something like that.
[Galaxy S II General] TheQuarterMile:
You mean gold? Even its not working for me other then the twitter thing
[Galaxy S II General] Debadatta:
Guys, urgent. Is there any app to see the serial number of the motherboard and every part of my phone? I need it for legal purposes. I'm very close to suing Samsung.

EDIT: No one? :(
[Galaxy S II General] sam142000:
In ExTweaks app(for Siyah kernel) under info section a serial number is shown at the bottom!! I think that maybe the serial number of motherboard!!

You may also try 'bigg's hardware info' or 'Hardware and System info' from the play store!!
[Galaxy S II General] ankitjain*:
Guys, whenever I use gprs, I receive incoming calls after 3 or more tries, is CM9 giving problem? Help

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] stupidflanders1:
proximity sensor and screen brightness sensor

Hello mate,

I own a Galaxy s2 I9100 and have been flashing roms for some time now with success everytime..finally settled on the SLIM ICS 3.2 ROM after which i upgraded to the slim 4.0 version..thats when my problem of proximity sensor started..the phone would reboot when i placed or recvd a call 6-10 secs into the call..i tried flashing diff ROMS and KERNELS but to no avail...Im finally back on SLIM 3.2 where my proximity sensors and screen brightness sensors dont work but the phone doesnt reboot atleast..

since you mentioned that you changed your proximity sensor..did u have the same issue??if so was it hardware or software related..just want to confirm before i go abt getting it replaced..

PS: Hw much did it cost??
[Galaxy S II General] aziz981:
And the next one got a name too.. "Liquorice"
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Any news/speculation on Stock 4.0.4 ICS for India? No point in asking about JB :p

Sent from my Galaxy S2 powered by CM9
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Jelly Bean complete change log http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/

Well it's huge.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
and its out for i9100G :/

I cannot see the word "known issues"
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
Anyone using the nightly dated 10th July or after that, can you please install any barcode scanner app and try to scan a barcode for me? I can't see through the camera properly while trying to scan a barcode via Airdroid or any barcode app.

Will really appreciate any help.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Their is a fix in CM9 thread
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
Will search for it right now. If possible, can you hook me up the link?

TIA
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28642630#post28642630
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
Found it anyway! Thank though!
[Galaxy S II General] exynoss:
Why CM team release nightly on everyday ????.........is data/factory reset necessary to try those nightly on each day because u know how human nature is. U can not stop yourself to try the latest.

- It is possible to get those AOKP settings options in CM9.

- Where can i see change-log for each cm9 nightly??? because before try it is better to know what are the changes.
[Galaxy S II General] abhishek0704:
bought a new galaxy s2 today....freaking awesome phone..
[Galaxy S II General] Raven'sSight:
If it's a I9100 g then you just might get to taste jelly bean before any i9100...i think.... :(

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
It says "sent from my i9100"

0 issues on i9100G with cm10

TV out also works
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Tough to believe JB is on i9100G first instead of international i9100 :(
[Galaxy S II General] reevester:
Yes you can flash new Nightly and simply wipe cache and dalvik. Won't affect your apps/setup except for home screen icons/widgets. :)
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
They don't release it everyday, if it happens then the bot builds it!

1. No, it's not. AOKP stuff is too messed up. Try Slim ICS rom if you want both.

2. Search google for BBQdroid changelog. It will give you the changelog.

I make full wipe to prevent further embarrassment or regrets.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Have to wait for codeworkx to get bored by S3 and i9100G