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[Galaxy S II General] gababagonist:
Hi I'm a new guy here but I happen to love this phone and the community around it. I'll try to compile everything for you that I've learned

By CWM I assume you mean clockwork mod recovery. I'm almost positive that that is bundled in with whatever kernel you install. As posted earlier in this thread, sakuramilk has a great kernel available at: github.com/sakuramilk/sc02c_wiki/wik but you can't use it because you can't flash with CWM.. yet.

Step by step:

First download a program called Heimdall here glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/

And use that to flash THIS gokhanmoral.com/public/files/siyahkernel/Siyah-v2.6.5-ntt.tar custom kernel that includes CWM.

Extract the zImage file from the .tar and flash to your device using Heimdall. (You need to boot your phone in download mode. Hold power + volume down + home until download mode shows up) plug in and flash.

Okay now you have Siyah kernel installed, awesome. That means you have CWM installed too. Reboot to CWM. (power + volume up + home) then BACK UP TO SD in case anything goes wrong.

Next we will flash sakuramilk's awesome kernel.

dl.dropbox.com/u/6581712/SC-02C/kernel/NIGHTLY/SC02C-20111225-NIGHTLY-SKRMLK-CM7.zip

Unzip that. Inside you will find a readme and another zip. Move the zip to SD card and use CWM to install that zip. You just flashed sakuramilk, pervert.

Okay now I like to install his custom ROM based off of cyanogenmod.

Download this dl.dropbox.com/u/6581712/SC-02C/ROM/cm-7-20111229-NIGHTLY-SC02C.zip

Unzip and move the resulting zip file to SD and flash using CWM. THEN Delete DATA and CACHE via CWM and then reboot and BING BANG BOW good to go. Baseband should be good! (Verify SC02COMKG5) and Modem should be good to go as well.

Any trouble let me know!

PS that's ^ not for ICS but for regular latest. ICS is buggy still.
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
Don't install recovery from the clockwork mod application from the market. I did that once and had to re-install the stock rom clearing all of the cache for everything and doing a factory reset to get back to a bootable state.

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maybe, I think only kernel changes effect that but could be wrong. If you order a jig for a couple bucks you can reset that though. My phone now thinks I am stock even though I am far from it.
[Galaxy S II General] Sharpen3d:
Can't help but notice that the github of sakuramilk not only has an experimental kernel for 4.0.3, but also a frigging dual boot kernel. I tried running the guide through google translate, but it was broken and I didn't trust my understanding of it (also, I'm illiterate).

Anyone care to simplify it for us gaijin?

https://github.com/sakuramilk/sc02c_wiki/wiki/DualbootGuide
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
I have not yet. What I may do is offer to buy an M250 ext battery cover from one of the guys that got mistakenly stuck with one, then if it does fit buy the I9100 kit which I have a source for.
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
thanks man...is heimdall different from odin?
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
Same idea but I have found using the command line version of heimdall to be very easy. There are no wrong buttons to push.

installing the kernel and baseband are as easy as running "heimdall flash --kernel zImage --modem modem.bin"
[Galaxy S II General] SlazsH:
Have you purchased a USB jig here in Japan? I was looking for it at Amazon.jp but couldn't find one there. My last resort would be through eBay but i guess it would take weeks for it to arrive from the US tho. I would make one but i have no idea where to buy transistors here in Japan. :)
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
I bought mine when I was state side but I found a sit in the UK that will ship for a few bucks. I'm on mobile now so I don't have the site but it was pretty easy to find.

If you happen to be near oimachi you can use mine but it is probably something you want to have since this won't be the only time you use it.

sent from my SC-02C
[Galaxy S II General] alexalex3:
Try yahoo auction Japan, I took from y.auct ;-)

Today I update KIES and I read that my sc-02c (Sc-02c stock, no root, with Docomo sim, legal unlocked from docomo) cannot upgrade fw with kies...it's not good.
[Galaxy S II General] SlazsH:
I manually updated to the leaked OMKL4 via odin - didnt add to the flash counter and no yellow triangle. So i guess this only happens with modified kernels and firmware.

Docomo posted on their site that the OMKL4 update will be pushed tomorrow, 10am onwards.

http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/support/utilization/product_update/list/sc02c/
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
I got my USB jig from ebay for $2, took a week frrom Hong Kong or somewhere therabouts. It works fine, but since Samsung patched the usb jig trick, you just need to flash the KF2 secondary bootloader which is found at the start of this thread. Post a reply if you want me to upload the file in a tar and a guide if you need. I found you can't update cos something to do with beta firmware makes the CSC "Unknown". Check for yourself, dial *#1234#
[Galaxy S II General] alexalex3:
Update complete, thanks for info ^_^
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
i perfectly did your procedure of flashing kernel and rom...

1. siyahkernel perfectly installed and works great.

2. flashed sakuramilk kernel you provided here...installed but a lot of bugs.but i thought that if i flashed the sakuramilk rom cm7,it will fiix it all.

3. after i flashed the awesome kernel and rom,first boot runs until adroid logo loading...then it loops,not even getting to that android logo...pull the battery off

and restart...bootloops for 15mins at bootscreen.restore the phone to backup and tried all over again...still the same thing happen.

3rd try after flashing the rom,i tried re-flashing custom kernel and modem.bin thru heimdall...still no luck and custom binary count is rising.

is there a good ROM for siyahkernel that supports openvpn just like cyanogenmod?

or can someone compile a tun.ko file module for siyahkernel?

i need it for openvpn...thanks XDA DEVS...
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
when you get stuck in boot loops try wiping the dalvik cache and system cache from recovery.

Personally for me the best combo I have in my signature.
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
i've done that,wiped dalvik and system cache...even the battery stats.still the same as before.

DlevROM...does it have tun.ko module for VPN?
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
You probably installed the wrong kernel you want the DCM/Docomo one, not the AOSP one or the dual boot one.

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This happened to me before. When going from Samsung firmware to CyanogenMod I had to wipe data/cache/dalvik for it to work. So backup your apps with TitaniumBackup or a similar app then goto CWM, wipe data and cache then reflash your cm zip and sakuramilk aosp kernel. After you can easily reinstall your apps with TB. Enjoy!
[Galaxy S II General] HazukiYada:
how to root after updated to 2.3.6?? =.=;
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
i've tried the dual boot sakuramilk kernel.i'm not sure what version of sakuramilk i've downloaded here provided at the post...i guess i'll try the other one.

i'll hit thanks button later...

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docomo version of nightly build sakuramilk kernel...after flashing and wiping cache...stuck at ntt docomo logo with the yello triangle.

try flashing the cm7 ROM for sc-02c then wiping dalvik cache...still stuck at ntt docomo logo after reboot...

anymore solutions?

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can i flash siyahkernel via CWM?
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
Not sure but it has everything but the kitchen sink . The dev is very active I'm sure he would add it if you ask.

sent from my SC-02C
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
success

i finaly got cyanogenmod working on my sc-02c...

just don't use sakuramilk kernel...siyahkernel is just fine.

steps?

1. flash siyahkernel via heimdall

2. backup via CWM

3. flash cm7 nightly build

4. flash siyahkernel again and stock baseband modem.bin via hemdall.

clear dalvik cache...reboot.

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tun.ko is kernel specific so let me get this right...

does SiyahKernel 2.6.6 have a tun.ko file for VPN support?

sorry. . .
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
flash the factoryfs from here using Odin/Heimdal.

(Or if its the same as the previous updates, OTA update doesn't remove root)
[Galaxy S II General] clement.km:
I've got a very stable combination without AOS bug with followings:

1. wipe data

2. flash stock OMKJ4 rom

3. flash SiyahKernel 2.6.6ntt, OMKL4 modem

4. flash old bootloader and JIG to remove yellow triangle

5. Use titanium backup to frozen DRM Content, DRM Content Launcher, DRM Protected Storage, Fota Client and SyncmIDS

it is the most stable i've tried and without FCs so far.
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
And your Wifi is working? WiFi does not work on Siyah kernel with KL4 for me.
[Galaxy S II General] clement.km:
Yes. from over 2x flash and trial, I found the OMKJ4 is the latest rom which the wifi works with Siyah 2.6.x (for my SC-02C)

you can update the latest modem i.e. OMKL4 for best signal reception.

Clement
[Galaxy S II General] gababagonist:
I linked to the AOSP Nightly Build Kernel. Everything worked for me I'm not sure why you're isn't working. Sorry :(

I really like Cyanogen Mod. But the Data will cut out and freeze whenever I lose reception and I have to force it into airplane mode and back out for it to regain reception.

I'm really torn between flashing rooted OMKL4 or leaving sakuramilk's cyanogen.

Hmm....

Is there a point to having siyah if the fs is rooted? I would image the stock docomo kernel would provide the best compatibility.
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
DlevROM works like a dream for me. CyanogenMod ran like crap for me. Lots of bugs like that and a bug that made the headphone volume way too low. Unusable for me since I ride the train three hours a day.

sent from my SC-02C
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
Yes, the kernel has many tweaks and will increase yoru battery life and/or performance depending on what governer you choose.

The stock kernel is crap.

There are 4 choices of kernels available I only recommend 2. Siyah and SakuraMilk.
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
Enjoying DlevRom now.with Siyahkernel 2.6.6...using this with VPN... Perfect and stable rom...thanks devs...
[Galaxy S II General] mrsamo:
Hey guys I know this is the Samsung Galaxy S II thread but I'm going to go buy the LTE version, though I need some help in communicating what I need to do to use it on softbank.

How do I say the following in Japanese:

At docomo:

1. I would like to unlock this phone please.

At softbank:

2. I would like to use this phone with softbank white plan.

- Do I need any additional information to enable GPS on my phone?

- Would there be a problem with SIM card compatibilty?

I won't be using LTE or 3G to surf the internet (only WIFI and GPS), I just want white plan to work.

I know this is kind of rushed and I really really should have asked a long time ago, it's just that I've been trying to decide between the LTE and the LG Optimus LTE and have decided to go with the nicer Galaxy screen and better online support.

Many thanks for your help!!
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
tun.ko

for anyone want a tun.ko working for sc-02c...here it is...just put it on

/lib/modules folder...

then open openvpn settings - menu then advance - set path for tun - type /lib/modules/SGSIItun.ko

happy helping around in a small way. . .
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
I think some docomo stock kernels have tun.ko built in. I was able to connect to a cisco ipsec vpn via vpnc widget without installing a module.
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
Just wanna share.co'z mine don't work without tun.ko....thanks boss.

I have a problem with radio app.whenever i launched it,the phone hangs.and i had to pull out the battery to turn it off.

I'm on siyahkernel 2.6.6 omkj4 baseband with dlevrom 3.1 Kl4 edition. TIA
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
Not surprising, since the SC-02C has no radio hardware (the space on the board is used for the TV tuner).
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
so i just have to uninstall the radio app i guess...thanks

is there an app that can play sopcast channel in my sc-02c?

i'm here in the philippines,i can't use the mobile tv app installed.
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
No more update?i wanna try other rom from the development thread...is there any other stable like DlevRom?
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
Anyone else get a paper "please upgrade to OMKL4" letter from DoCoMo?
[Galaxy S II General] rushter:
No letter - OTA works after Root - WiFi hotspot ?

Funny you should ask but, no.

I had my phone set to send me notification of updates OTA and I just decided that I had not looked in a few days so I went in and manually started it. It did not start on its own. Phone is still rooted after OTA update. Maybe others should go in and manually check for the OTA.

Another note: Docomo saw that I turned on their WiFi hotspot feature and nabbed me for 2600 Yen on my latest bill. Is there an app that will allow me to use as a WiFi hotspot without them knowing. I did not go over any download limits either - just turned on maybe 2 or 3 times and they picked up on it and billed me.

Thanks...

What does the OMKL4 update do for our SGSII?
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
I say but a different rom on it.

sent from my SC-02C
[Galaxy S II General] KurskS:
can anybody upload OMKL4 modem for me?:D Is it the latest one?:P

Sent from my brilliant Viper skinned Apple iPad 2 using the superior Tapatalk Premium
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
Yep. Apparently the KJ4 had an issue where the phone would report that it was in tethering mode and automatically charge the extra cost to your account. I use the hack anyway so I get tethering for free.
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
anyone tried criskelo rom on our sc-02c?

rom can be foud here ="http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1168836"
[Galaxy S II General] gdflash:
Just ran the update. Last thing I need is erroneous tethering charges . I was kind of hoping it was the Ics update tho.
[Galaxy S II General] SlazsH:
Anyone tried a SiyahKernel that works well with OMKL4? maybe 2.6.9?
[Galaxy S II General] clement.km:
KJ4 rom with KL4 modem everything ok!
[Galaxy S II General] SlazsH:
Sorry, i meant KL4 rom with KL4 modem. Typo error, my bad. :)
[Galaxy S II General] KurskS:
Is there any other link without downloading the whole rom?:( I just need the modem... Im far away from PC and WIFI so I dun wanna spend money using 3G to download the whole romT_T

Sent from my brilliant Viper skinned Apple iPad 2 using the superior Tapatalk Premium
[Galaxy S II General] takoyaki17:
2.6.6 SiyahKernel works well.i'm using it now with DlevROM 3.1
[Galaxy S II General] clement.km:
for my case wifi dosent work woth KL4 rom
[Galaxy S II General] SlazsH:
Have you tried 2.6.9? If wifi works on kl4?
[Galaxy S II General] clement.km:
Nope. I stick into OMKJ4 rom and OMKL4 modem, and keep using the latest release of SiyahKernel for NTTdocomo version S2.
[Galaxy S II General] fatih0411:
where can i find this OMKL4_factoryfs_root.zip
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
You don't need it. Just flash the kernel in my signature it will auto add root. It is a much better kernel than the stock one anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] woshidsz:
How can I use miui rom on the OMKL4?
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
Can anyone recommend a good miui rom?
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
Use Galnet MIUI http://galnetmiui.co.uk

Last time I checked you needed to flash the version 1 before flashing the ics version 2.

Then you must flash either the NTT kernel from http://gokhanmoral.com

or the AOSP rom from https://github.com/sakuramilk/sc02c_wiki/wiki/Kernel I'm pretty sure the Gingerbread version works best for miui ics v2. This is the only case I would use this kernel on a ics rom though.
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
I thought gokhanmoral didn't support any ics roms.
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
The MIUI ICS only uses a few core files/frameworks, it is not really full ICS.

So when I tested it I used the GokhanMoral 2.3 one. Also my mate in Australia using the GT-i9100 stock phone used the GokhanMoral international kernel, all worked well.
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
Sweet ill check it out. How does it compare to cm7? Cm7 seams a bit buggy for my taste.
[Galaxy S II General] tokyoBB71:
Checking SPMODE email Automatically

Is anyone able to give me some tips on how to get spmode to check and download email automatically in the background after flashing a custom ROM. I downloaded the app no problem and have my APN set to spmode.ne.jp but am unable to add DoCoMo to the "Accounts and sync" section under Settings.

I apologize if this has already been answered but there are a lot of posts about spmode that don't address this particular issue.

Thanks,
[Galaxy S II General] R3wt3d:
no need

u just need to flash factoryfs.img with Heimdall and u're done if you have stock SC-02C.

install SuperUser.apk from marketplace and

adb shell

su -

Voila
[Galaxy S II General] devilangellus:
work like a charm

thanks again naka ;)

another thing, i thought that I will get more speed with 3G docomo.

I did some test with speedt test and depending on the place I got a maximum of 120kb/s.

Is it normal speed?

what your speed?
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
my speeds are much higher than that, what APN you using? I'm on spmode.ne.jp

How many bars you got?
[Galaxy S II General] devilangellus:
sorry i m a total newby in android smartphone.

what is APN (i supposed that it's not the camera lol)

edit:

oh got it access point mode: i was using spmode.ne.jp too and have 4 bar

edit2:

in the mobile network setting is it bette rto set only on 3G and no GSM?
[Galaxy S II General] dejanet:
I can't get this to work in odin I tried extracting the .gz file and then tar'd the result but it fails about 3/4's through on every attemp to flash.
[Galaxy S II General] chakugadokoro:
APN is access point name.

You can check it in this way.

Wireless and networks -> Mobile networks -> Access Point Names

edit:

oh, sorry. You've already got what it is.
[Galaxy S II General] R3wt3d:
use heimdall instead
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
for those that have rooted then reimaged the stock kernel, can you get into CWM? I can't seem to.

I'm going to flash the old rooted kernel (non-docomo) back and try a different ROM out. Then try to use the docomo kernel and baseband on cognitave.
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
tried a few roms, I can get the baseband to load, but not the kernel. So GPS won't work for me on any custom roms. yet. :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] oreofreak:
hey nak thanks. I was able to root my wife's phone. The gps works and i think one seg tv works also. i can't get a good signal right now. my cwm does not work also. The main reason i rooted my wife's phone i wanted to try to copy the phone dialer apk from my galaxy s2 i9100 and put it on her phone so we can video call each other. Is this even possibe without bricking her phone? I don't know why they would have the front facing camera this time but not offer that feature like my phone.
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
you should have very good signal if you are using the SC02C baseband. Yeah, no CWM is normal, or at least it seems so far....

In order to get CWM back on my phone to flash, I had to resort to ODINing a full OS on the phone (litening) and then dropping into CWM to install the OS that I wanted to via recovery mode.

As far as the dialer and getting that stuff to work, anything is possible if you use your fist.

Guess it's back to stock ROM for me for now, I gotta have GPS. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
update. i had a brain fart before and was flashing the wrong images.

you CAN run the SC02C kernel and baseband on custom roms.

partition 8 is the baseband

partition 5 is the kernel

I'm on Cognition right now but GPS isn't working. Think it might be on another partition, so I'm gonna try to flash the stock ones back...
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
nevermind, GPS is working. I guess it's in the kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] ManInCamo:
So whats the dummies guide to reestablish the proper baseband if I change ROMs? Is there a flashable file?
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
use dd and the .img file you need

mmcblk0p5.img is your kernel and GPS drivers

mmcblk0p8.img is your baseband/modem
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
I am actually pretty happy with the GPS when its working. Seems to get much better reception than any of my other android devices (Galaxy 5, Galaxy Ace, Ideos).

That being said the S2 still feels big in my hands. Its going to take some getting used to after the "perfect" form factor of the Ace.
[Galaxy S II General] ManInCamo:
It's been a while since I've played in ADB and even then it was limited experience. I finally had a chance to sit down at a computer and look this over again.

My understand is go into ADB, and run the following:

su -
cd /mnt/sdcard/
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 of=/mnt/sdcard/mmcblk0p8.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/mnt/sdcard/mmcblk0p5.img

Which will pull a factory copy onto my SDcard. Then, I can flash a new rom, and flash over the baseband and kernel adb code via:

su -
cd /mnt/sdcard/
dd if=./mmcblk0p5.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
dd if=./mmcblk0p8.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8

Is that correct?
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
I've been reading up on some of the stuff in the dev section, and I think we are at the point where I might be able to make up an odin-flashable SC02C stock+root KF2 image from all the bits we have in this thread so we can have a baseline image for when we screw up. No promises but I may start to play around this weekend. I'm not about to actually try flashing though until I make a usb jig in case I bugger it all up.
[Galaxy S II General] JinJapan:
Stock -> Rooted! + GPS + TV

The steps by Nakagusukumike in his post at the bottom of page 8 worked for my stock SC02C. THANKS!!! And thanks also to R3wt3d for providing the kernel.

For any uber-noobs out there (like me), in step 3 where it says "download mmcblk0p5 and put it on your sdcard on your phone", it doesn't just mean toss the file on your sd card. At least that didn't work in my case. I used ADB to "push" the file to the /sdcard/ folder on the phone. After that it was smooth sailing.

Thanks again!
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
yes, but I did it in a terminal application on the phone, not ADB. That should work though.
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
Why not use SakuraMilk's CM7 rom for SC-02C;

https://github.com/sakuramilk/sc02c_wiki/wiki/CustomROM

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These frameworks are only on the Docomo rom. You could try pulling the apks off the stock rom and installing them on yours. I don't like your chances. Also the spmode app requires root permissions, so it needs to be installed to /system
[Galaxy S II General] woshidsz:
How to use miui roms on the omkl4 2.3.6
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
Cool I will need to check that out. I am testing out a MIUI ROM right now to see how well it runs.
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
MIUI is a rom that replaces OMKL4 stock rom. You cannot have both unless you set your phone up to dual boot. This is likely too advanced for you to do.
[Galaxy S II General] woshidsz:
Thank you very much
[Galaxy S II General] gdflash:
Just flashed the Siyah v2.6.11 kernel, and now my wifi doesn't work. Going to try reflashing the stock modem.bin and see if that helps... Or is there something else I should try?
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
Make sure you installed the NTT version, also clearing your dalvik and system cache can't hurt.