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[EVO 4G General] BonkyMoon:
What are your camera settings? In particular, your ISO settings and metering settings. Also, in the settings when you go into "image adjustments" what is your "exposure" setting set to? By default it should be at 0. If it's at -1 or -2 you should change that. If it's at 0, try putting it +1 or +2 just to see what difference it makes.
[EVO 4G General] plmiller0905:
I'll give these a try...however I reset the camera settings to default and still the pics came out dark.
[EVO 4G General] plmiller0905:
Ok...just tried the settings. The pictures still came out dark. The Exposure setting was set to 0 before I changed it to +1 and +2. In addition when I reset the camera settings back to defaults, the exposure setting still stated custom for it ... As if I was still using customer settings even though I wasn't.

Does yours say " custom" underneath the exposure setting after you reset your camera setting back to default?
[EVO 4G General] Stuke00:
Have you tried the stock rom? If you are still within your 1 year warranty, or pay insurance then put the stock rom on the phone and take it to sprint
[EVO 4G General] BonkyMoon:
Yeah mine says custom even though my exposure settings haven't been messed with (all at 0). Try manually setting your ISO to something like 400 or 800. It increases noise but should help with low-light situations. Normally it's supposed to be on "auto", but if that's not working right then manually setting the ISO may help.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
Mine is 0003 and works fine, as those pics on the last page show.

Just a thought, copy your settings while on 2.2, then nandroid back to 2.3 and see if the settings differ at all
[EVO 4G General] plmiller0905:
When I got the phone last Thursday it was on 2.2. So after i rooted, I made a nandroid of the stock 2.2. nevertheless, I did revert back to 2.2 to test the camera. And the camera worked perfect. It's something with this update tha's borking the cameras. The camera also works fine on 2.3.3 AOSP roms like Evo-Decks.

Gave that a try...didn't work

I'll give this a try as well...reflashing my 2.2 backup now.
[EVO 4G General] plmiller0905:
Ok..just reverted back to my 2.2 backup to test the camera and it worked great. The pictures came out excellent. What I noticed is that on the 2.2 rom, in the dark when I click the camera button, a very dark image which you still can make out is displayed on the screen of the phone showing what you're about to take a picture of. Then the flash quickly triggers and snaps the picture.

On the 2.3 roms I press the camera button, the dark image that's basically whatever you're taking a picture of is not displayed...the Evo screen is just black. I snap the picture, the flash triggers but the end result is similar to the picture that's displayed on 2.2roms before the flash triggers.

It's kinda hard to explain...

I checked out the settings and they appeared to be correct.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
Sounds to me like the shutter timer isn't kicking in to hold the shutter open long enough to allow the flash to light the frame before it closes. Which I would assume is a setting, but I'm no photographer and all my settings are default.

Just a question, is your Flash set to automatic or always on?
[EVO 4G General] plmiller0905:
I tried with both the flash on and set to automatic...pictures come out dark with both.
[EVO 4G General] BonkyMoon:
I am a photographer, but unfortunately a cameraphone tends to not offer the sorts of settings that are usually expected of a proper camera, such as choosing a specific shutter speed for example.

From the example photo and a description of the behavior in 2.2 vs 2.3, it looks like the metering isn't working right, or possibly at all. As a result, the camera isn't properly slowing down the shutter to compensate for the lower lighting.

On a normal camera you could work around this by using a slower shutter with the flash and basically doing manual metering, but we don't have that level of control with the camera software on the evo.

As for why it's doing that, I have absolutely no idea.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
Out of curiosity, what 2.3 ROM are you running?

If not MIK's, maybe you can pull the camera apk out of the zip file for his ROM and push it to your phone.
[EVO 4G General] plmiller0905:
I've used every 2.3 Rom out right now...Fresh, Synergy, Viper and I'm currently running the newest MikG Rom and on everyone I get dark pictures
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
NTT DoCoMo SC-02C FAQ in progress, coming soon...

Q: What is the difference between the SC-02C and other Galaxy S II models?

A: The FM radio on the "international I9100" is missing, and in its place is an ISDB-T digital TV receiver. (Similar to but using a different broadcast protocol as the DMB receivers in the korean M250 models) The SC-02C does not have NFC capabilities, like all models except the M250.

Q: How can I unlock the SC-02C?

A: The unlock used for other early Galaxy S II models will not work on the SC-02C. You can have the handset unlocked at your nearest DoCoMo shop for 3150 yen (tax-inclusive). This does not supposed to affect your monthly billing.

Q: Where can I find original SC-02C firmware if I need to return the handset for service?

A: There is not an official version of the OMKF2 firmware that the earliest released handsets came with, however you may obtain a copy of the first update, OMKG5, here.

Q: What is the current version firmware?

A: The final firmware version is OMMP7 (Android 4.0.3)

Q: What's the deal with tethering?

A: If you use tethering (i.e. mobile access point) you may find your monthly pakehodai charge has increased to 10,395 yen/mo. Its suspected that turning the built-in tether feature switches you invisibly to a different APN which generates an increase on the bill.

Q: How do I activate the Palette UI that Docomo is advertising?

A: Use the 'Home Switcher' application or clear the defaults for 'TwLauncher' in Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications.

Q: Can I use I9100 images (and custom ones) on the SC-02C (or vice-versa)?

A: To an extent yes, there are a couple issues:

1. The kernel/baseband must be for SC-02C or else you will lose GPS/One-Seg functionality. (You can generally flash these back after installing a custom image)

2. The SC-02C has a different partition layout, FACTORYFS is 100MB larger than I9100 and HIDDEN is 100MB smaller. The disk usage on the current OMxxx images does not exceed the size of the I9100 partition, however it is VERY close and the SC-02C's partition table was likely laid out different to allow for additional growth.
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
Got it now, factory standard firmware is:

PDA: SC02COMKF2

Phone: SC02COMKF2

CSC: SC02CDCMKF2

(Yes, those SC02C prefixes ARE correct, not GTI9100)

I'll see if I can extract original firmware from Kies tonight when I get home.

DoCoMo is bundling a 1GB microSD, and selling the charger seperately (I have 3 other micro-usb-charging phones so no big deal).

Oh, and I think the Palette stuff must have been removed at the last minute, I can't find any trace of it.
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
Kies firmware info:

SC02COMKF2/SC02CDCMKF2/SC02COMKF2/SC02COMKF2

ProductCode - SGH-N033LKNDCM

Yes, these ARE different than the usual format, I know.

They ARE correct though, direct cut & paste out of my Kies registry keys.

(DCM obviously DoCoMo and SC-02C is the japanese-market name for the handset, Galaxy S was SC-02B)
[Galaxy S II General] Lakitu:
The Palette UI is something you have to download from the market.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nttdocomo.app.paletteui&feature=search_result

I'm picking mine up on Sunday :D
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
Actually its NOT. I later found out how to activate it (there's an app called "home switcher" or something which lets you toggle back and forth between Palette and TW4). Its just as nasty as the promo videos make it out to be.

On other fronts, I rooted today. There don't appear to be any firmware images available on kies for the SC-02C so I had to take a leap of faith and try to root without a backup kernel to go back to. CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KF2-v4.0-CWM4.zip did work though. CF-Root kernel seems to lack support for the one-seg TV though.

The big downer - the nv_data.bin hashes for unlock keys are using a non-zero salt, which means an unlock will be hard to come by without foregoing handset subsidies.

I guess I keep my Galaxy Ace for use on overseas trips for the time being.
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
so.....

If I get the docomo SGS II can I put whatever ROMs on the phone that are available for vanilla USA SGS II?

The whole reason I have a vibrant here in Japan, instead of the docomo SGS, is because there are no ROMs available for the docomo phone (that I know of).

Please advise. I might go get one this week...
[Galaxy S II General] dejanet:
I'm so happy. DoCoMo called at 1845 to tell me I could pick up my SC-02c. Of-course by the time I got to the shop they were closed so I'm going to have to burn half a days leave today and try to beat the crowd. It was a surprise because when I pre-ordered they told me all of the first order were already sold so I guess they either got a bigger shipment than expected or there were some cancellations. I'm guessing that since CF-Root worked we will probably get a crack at some custom ROM's unlike the SC-02b.
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
Its probably obvious but I'd be very wary about flashing the baseband image on an SC-02C in Odin since DoCoMo are obviously doing something different in there as evidenced by the differences in unlock. CSC/PDA will probably be OK though.
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
CF-Root-SGS2_XW_ODD_KE8-v4.0-CWM4.tar got my SC-02C rooted.

Haven't messed with ROMs yet. Haven't even had the phone for 2 hours. hahahaha
[Galaxy S II General] devilangellus:
Hi, i also root my S2 and now i cannot use the mobile tv application (oneseg).

It's my first android so i thought i did something wrong. seems i'm not alone ^^;

hope a CF rom will be available soon.
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
same boat. I don't care too much about it, but the TV broke when I installed the kernel with root.

Thinking about trying a ROM tonight.
[Galaxy S II General] dejanet:
You guys that have rooted already have you checked your gps mine can't find any satelites
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
i'm on cognitive 2 rom right now. be careful, it defaults to the mopera.net APN that WILL cost you more money. set your spmode.ne.jp APN and have fun...

about to test my GPS...
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
Sorry I forgot to mention the one-seg not working. I never use it so no big loss for me.

Any particular reason you used KE8 rather than KF2 to match the rest of the firmware already on the handset?

My GPS seems to work OK. I don't think it would be affected, since my guess is that'd go through the baseband.
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
warning, you loose your SC02C baseband if you flash the TK-ROM_v0_3_1.zip

Trying to revert to a backup now and factory reset. Hopefully I get it back. :-(
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
no dice. ****.
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
3G totally inoperative then? That's bad, why I tried to put the warning up earlier about being careful nothing touches baseband.
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
while on TK-ROm there are some button issues in CWM Recovery.

I'm trying litening now. Damn. 3 roms in one night on my first day owning the phone. lolz.
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
data is fine, but GPS is a no go. haven't tried messing with the server settings though. gpsd appears to be running fine. dunno if the drivers are different or not. i'm not so familiar with all these things.
[Galaxy S II General] dejanet:
I need to fix my signature the kernel in my sig is for my SC-02B not the SC-02C I did use the KF2 Kernel for rooting my Galaxy S II.
[Galaxy S II General] robotsapiens:
Ok... so tomorrow I will pass at the Docomo Shop and see what I can do... I will keep you guys posted on how it was!
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
Its on Market. Should be able to use your market-hack of choice and grab it.

Its pretty awful though.
[Galaxy S II General] dejanet:
Sad day for me I managed to fumble my phone while sitting on the veranda last night and now have a screen that looks like a spider web. Luckily I received my jig yesterday so I was able to clear out the flash counter. One less question to answer when I go to the Docomo shop this afternoon.
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
That sucks. I thought these had gorilla glass. How high was the fall?
[Galaxy S II General] robotsapiens:
Successfully Unlocked! (Paying)

I cannot believe! I went to Docomo Shop with the cell phone inside the box (even though I bought it on rakuten, the guy that sold me gave me all the original stuff) and I told her that I wanted to unlock.

They asked if I had a contract with NTT, and after I said "no" she just asked for some identification (Gaikokujin Toroku) and 3150 yen!

Something really good is that I have the nv_data.bin before unlocking, after unlocking and I also asked her if she could give me the password just in case smthg happens. She agreed!

Now I have to talk to Odia... I believe he can do something useful from this...

Next step, some new ROM! Any recommendations (battery consumption, specially)?
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
Can't give any recommendations since I am still waiting on my S2 but just make sure you apply the kernel listed here after the update so your TV and GPS work after.
[Galaxy S II General] dannieboiz:
I did a quick search on this thread but so nothing about unlocking this for US Carrier. Is it even possible to unlock this phone to use on ATT or TMobile?
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
I have my doubts. I did some cocktail-napkin math and figured that a typical GPU-assisted cracker doing 2 billion attempts a second (e.g. a radeon 5850 graphics card) would take on average about (10^59)/2 years to brute-force the (currently unknown) salt (the pre-SC-02C scheme used all zeroes, and its possible though that the new scheme uses a short salt in which case that time would be vastly reduced). Once that's done though the crack for the individual phone unlock keys would take the normal seconds-minutes that the current ones take.
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
The SC-02 is WCDMA band I/V/VI according to DoCoMo (FOMA is I/VI and the spec page says "3G（850MHz）を使用している国・地域でもご利用になれます。").

AT&T is II/V so it should be usable in band V coverage.

T-Mobile is I/IV so it should be usable in band I coverage.

Neither of these would be ideal though because you'd be getting less than optimal band availability (you may find there are large areas where there is only coverage in one band).

The americas are a real red-headed stepchild as far as frequency bands go. Almost everywhere else in the world you can pretty much be guaranteed halfway decent coverage on UMTS-2100.
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
By looking at the radios it appears that it has the same radios as the i9100 which people have said works with AT&T but T-Mobile is a no go.
[Galaxy S II General] robotsapiens:
Talking about ROM... I could see lots of "flavors" out there (Lightning, Cognition, Villain, etc). These ROMs behave in our SC-02C exactly the same way they do in the i9100? What if we lose some important stuff, like dialing capability?

Right now I am using the stock kernel (from this thread) that I re-installed to get rid of the triangle. The first installation was CF-Root. Something funny... apparently I lost CWM recovery mode. Do you guys still have it?
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
CWM lives in the kernel partition, unlike the "classic" android recovery, so its expected it'll be lost on a kernel reflash.

Mike's combined kernel/baseband odin3 tarball should recover from any phone functionality loss, or you could roll your own baseband-only tarball pretty easily.
[Galaxy S II General] dannieboiz:
We put an ATT sim card in the phone and it didn't work. Is there a way to root and unlock the phone?
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
I've tried about every ROM posted in here on my SC02C and then reflashed the docomo baseband and kernel. Everything works except the TV but this is simply because of a lack of software, the drivers and 1seg device SHOULD be working just fine..... if we could just get the Japanese TV Tuner application to open :mad:

I do not have CWM Recovery when running the docomo kernel. I just throw another kernel on there if I need to, but usually use ODIN anyway. ODIN to Litening has been my "restore" then I CWM flash from there, then ODIN the Docomo stuff back...
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
FWIW, I came from a T-Mobile Vibrant (On docomo using mopera.net). I just got tired of the extra 4200 yen a month bills so I got a white listed IMEI....
[Galaxy S II General] nakagusukumike:
root = yes, read this thread.

unlock = yes, head to Docomo and pay 3000 yen or wait for this thread to get updated http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1143434
[Galaxy S II General] dejanet:
Less than a meter I was sitting down at the time. It apparently landed just right. I've dropped my Galaxy S and never had anything happen to it except for a few scratches on the case. So now I'm back on my SC-02b for ten days or so. It's soo slow.
[Galaxy S II General] zaphod777:
I can imagine but it can't be as bad as my HT-03A I get to pick up my SC-02C on Saturday so I am super excited.

For all of you guys that are running root with the custom kernel provided here. Is there any disadvantage to running it?
[Galaxy S II General] robotsapiens:
Guys, maybe it will sound like a stupid question, but I have been having problems trying to set up my APN to receive Smails or 3G Internet from Softbank. Any Softbank user out here?:eek:

I wonder if, besides the APN setting, there is any other program that we should install in order to access the internet. For Smail, I know we need S！メール　program, but I still cannot access after installing this one.:mad:

Just a wild guess here... maybe this "stock kernel" that I installed after rooting has the Docomo specific information and my cellphone is blind for Softbank? Would it be possible? If any other Softbank user had success on this issue, PLEASE, enlighten me!:p
[Galaxy S II General] R3wt3d:
Depending on what contract you have with softbank you will need to use

other APN's. Let me know the card color and if possible what contract u have to find correct info.

I recommend to use SMS and MMS in softbank. To use MMS you need to get MMS.apk from other softbank smartphones afaik.

Some info in english u might already have seen:

http://android.modaco.com/content/a...internet-mms-apk-for-softbank-users-in-japan/
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
The stock kernel only works with the stock rom. And this does not need a gps fix.

---------- Post added at 11:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:22 AM ----------

I have updated my rom to the latest cm base. Also updated a few apps inside.

You can view all changes and info in the readme.txt available in the shared folder.

It's on my Google Drive, the link can be found in my signature.

I have changed the kernel back to 4.1.5 If you want 3.5.2 the NTT version can be found on my Dropbox.

With my next version, I will be doing some UI mods. I wion't change it too much, but I'm sure you'll agree it will look better.
[Galaxy S II General] ManInCamo:
Based on their previous question, I'm pretty sure they were asking how about to get GPS working with the latest CM10 build's standard kernel since using a custom kernel on newer CM10 builds results in a failed boot / boots to black screen.

That said, I have the same question.
[Galaxy S II General] wendac:
exactly. Or Simmon means the stock kernel can also get GPS work_?
[Galaxy S II General] JiroPrinz8:
Great, thanks for the info, i'll try the latest one then. :)
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
Only a kernel specially built for the sc02c will have working gps.

You can try ma34s' kernel, wait foe siyah to release a patch or get wjchen to compile the cm10 kernel with the patch. But you'll have to ask nicely.

Get ma34s' kernel https://github.com/ma34s/sc02c_wiki/wiki/Kernel. You'll want to try the aosp nightly one.
[Galaxy S II General] watsonmf:
I'm using Resurrection rom based off of cm 10 and aokp. GPS works, compass points the right direction and sp mail syncs (after running the patches from wchen and simmoF). it actually seems less buggy than cm9 nightlies. Plus you get the speed of JB.

Also, running siyah 4.1.5 with no problems.
[Galaxy S II General] ManInCamo:
Thanks however that frags CM10 as well, on my phone at least.
[Galaxy S II General] wjchen0:
Custom rom for SC-02C ： https://github.com/kbc-developers/release/wiki
[Galaxy S II General] rushter:
Is that SimmoF's ROM?
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
Nah. Its from sakuramilk. I can compile a cm10 if you wish. But in my testing it is not as stable. And I'm waiting for Samsung to drop jb in November to use the compatible files.

I can make one now if you like buy I can not guarantee stability as neither can he.

Also mine has the free tethering patch, among other things.

---------- Post added at 10:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:51 AM ----------

Just read the cm10 for gs2 thread.

It seems to be working well.

I'll build a cm10 this afternoon and leave it to you all to test.

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I just read the news about Docomo's winter lineup. All phones are Japanese keitai or Android smartphones. DoCoMo stated that they are also a software company and that software is a big part of their brand. Which is crap because if you look at the reviews of all their apps on Google play, they are rated low and given bad reviews. I wanted to get a windows phone 8, likely the Nokia 920, but Docomo will not release phoned where they cannot first customize the system. Which sucks even more, cos DoCoMo only adds bloat.

Guess I'll have to import one. The 920 is compatible with DoCoMo's 1700mhz lte and wcdma network. But not with 800mhz wcdma. Which kinda sucks.

Guess I'll have to switch to mopera. Which is OK, cos I can use my own mail app with them.
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
Can I apply this over top of the 0929 nightly without wiping? I had issues with GPS with that one btw.
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
Yeah, you can just out one over the other, still wipe ur caches please.
[Galaxy S II General] asoksevil:
Hey guys,

How can I root the phone so I can unlock it using Galaxy S Unlock?
[Galaxy S II General] evildave_666:
Flash appropriate Siyah kernel (v2 for gingerbread, v3/4 for ics).
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
Please try the latest version of my rom. There is a tweak on the notification bar so it looks like CM10. Also some apps are updated.

It's hosted on Google Drive and may take a small time to upload. The link is in my signature.

Enjoy.
[Galaxy S II General] wendac:
based on your suggestion, i now run the resurrection rom with siyah 4.1.5. but i experienced quite often freeze with black screen and I have to restart the phone. Did you often face the same problem??
[Galaxy S II General] rushter:
Quick question, if I want to update to your Rom without wiping it my Google Now will still be there correct? As it is viewed as a system app?

And if I want it gone, Google Now, that is, then I would have to do a wipe or remove it prior to your Rom install?

I have realized that I don't really use it as much as I thought I would and battery drain varies horribly even with all location services are off. In four hours today it lost almost 70% and better battery stats tells me nothing.
[Galaxy S II General] SimmoF:
My ROM over the top will remove all traces of Google now. I just updated the base to the latest cm nightly. You can get it now.