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[Galaxy S II General] Warrimonk:
This combo worked for me too! used the OZS one. Too bad I don't have a SIM card lol (Touch pro 2 has carrier data built in). Looks like i gotta wait 1 more day
[Galaxy S II General] mayamo:
okay so everything works for me. rooted the phone, and it's unlocked.

now, i'm just wondering.. is the phone supposed to come with a micro sd card???
[Galaxy S II General] F0l3ert:
The method worked for me as well, but interestingly, it didn't force close before rebooting.
[Galaxy S II General] F0l3ert:
no extra micro-sd. it already has a built in 16gb storage, but you can always buy an micro-sd to increase that
[Galaxy S II General] EH15:
Anyone venture onto 2.3.4 yet or custom roms?
[Galaxy S II General] hansonator:
For those of you who have flashed a custom kernel, from what I have gathered from these forums is that has something to do with a flash counter. So if you need to return the phone, you first need to flash back to stock of course but also use a usb jig to reset the counter.

Edit: Also, congrats to all of you who got one today. :-)
[Galaxy S II General] mayamo:
oh okay, i wasn't sure because gsmarena said 8gb was included...
[Galaxy S II General] bossman74:
The last one I flashed is JP_XSG, and I haven't notice any difference between the two.
[Galaxy S II General] knowthenazz:
Thanks for the info bossman74!
[Galaxy S II General] bossman74:
That is correct, when in download mode, there is a counter that shows the amount of times it was flashed and if it's official or not.
[Galaxy S II General] Sugemchuge:
Beware I'm a complete noob and first time android user. I'm with Rogers but today I bought the sgs2 from Bell :)

Just to clarify, from what I've read, the steps to unlock this phone are:

1. Get the latest firmware which is XXKG2. Is this a good tutorial to do so? My phone kernal is KG2 but its running Android 2.3.3. Should I still get the new firmware?

2. Root phone using this tutorial using either CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.zip or CF-Root-SGS2_JP_XSG_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.zip. (Sidenote: is the Chainfire rooting guide the right one to follow cus you guys said something about the Chainfire method not working.)

3. Unlock via the Galaxy_S Unlock app by watching this guy do it

is this the right procedure?
[Galaxy S II General] Tri3Dent:
So if we need to return the phone,is there absolutely no way to go back to stock kernel? I understand we need the jig to reset the counter but how about the kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] Croak:
So I'm getting a consistent FC when trying to open Email (com.android.email) to my Exchange server. It appears to be syncing (I get email notifications and calender reminders) just can't open it to actually read mail.

Don't know if it's a kernel issue or just a GS2 issue, and I didn't set up my Exchange account until after I rooted/unlocked.
[Galaxy S II General] knowthenazz:
Hi,

Which CF-Root file are you using?

CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.zip or CF-Root-SGS2_JP_XSG_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.zip

Is the phone rebooting after the FCs?

If you're only getting FCs when you use the stock mail program, you might want to give K9 Mail a try. I've been using it for over a year, and it has a good set of configuration options, and I'm pretty sure there's Exchange support.

Please report back if you discover other apps that cause FCs though.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] bossman74:
Right now we do not have a stock kernel available, so for now, it's impossible to go back to stock once you flash one of CF kernel.

You're also correct for the counter, a USB jig is required to reset it.
[Galaxy S II General] pguarisma:
Chainfire posted this:

Getting rid of that pesky warning triangle during boot

It is definitely possible to remove that pesky warning triangle during boot when running a custom kernel, though you should be well aware that this method does NOT reset the custom kernel flash counter. The steps are not complicated, but they aren't easy either, so read well.

(1) Make sure you have CF-Root flashed (see the first post). You must have the "CWM Manager" app available.

(2) Make sure you have the same version of CF-Root extracted until you have the zImage file. (ZIP --> extract --> TAR --> extract --> zImage).

(3) Push the zImage file to /sdcard . It must still be called zImage !

(4) Find an original Samsung signed stock kernel (preferably from the same stock firmware you have, but it's not terribly important)

(5) Reboot into download mode (adb reboot download, or boot the device with home and volume-down pressed)

(6) Fire up ODIN, and flash the Samsung kernel

(7) Boot the device with the stock kernel. CWM Manager will still be available.

(8) Start CWM Manager, select Flash Kernel, and select the zImage from CF-Root you previously put on your SD-card. The kernel will flash and the device will reboot.

(9) You will now notice you no longer have the warning triangle during boot, but you are actually running CF-Root with all it's goodies!

(10) In the future, if you only use the Flash Kernel option inside CWM Manager instead of ODIN, the triangle will not return, neither will your flash counter increase. But keep in mind, that CWM Manager can only handle a direct "zImage" if you are NOT running a kernel with full busybox support (this is currently needed for flashing kernels out of .TAR and .ZIP files)
[Galaxy S II General] Strand3d:
I see a lot of people bought the phone outright. What store did you guys buy it from? Did you only pay $599 + Tax or were there activation charges as well?

I tried going to a Canada Computers store today but they would only sell it on contract. Same with a Bell store.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Croak:
Reboot after the unlock only, been stable since, the only FC so far is the 100% repeatable Email one.

As for Touchdown, I'm not a fan. I'm actually a huge fan of the "stock" Samsung Exchange client, think it's one of the best, loved it on my SGS, does everything I need it to do, is clean, fast, handles folders well, even has GAL support. Just want it to work. :)
[Galaxy S II General] pguarisma:
Tried 5 times...

Went to Futureshop and they refused to sell me the phone without a 3 year contract. They said "The $599.99 price is just a reference so people know how much it costs with no contract and they are not tempted to buy it that way." :mad:

Went to Bell and they told me that if I go next week they are willing to sell it to me with no contract but for now they want to get as many people on the 3 year as possible.

Went to TBooth and they also refused to sell me the phone without a 3 year contract.

Went to Wireless Wave and they refused to sell it with no plan.

Went to Virgin and the guy there said he would sell it to me but with the minimum 30 day plan which costs $30. He would also charge me the $35 activation fee. So the phone would end up costing me $743.

So where exactly are these wonderfully flexible places in Toronto that will sell me the phone for $599.95 + tax and no more ?

Guess I'll end up buying via Amazon.ca or similar as it ends up being cheaper than phone+plans+activations...:(
[Galaxy S II General] Croak:
I got mine from Virgin on the SuperTab. Cost me $169.99 today, plus HST. One month at $40, and no activation fee. Cancelling in the morning, I'll owe $430 +HST + the $40+HST service, so under $720 with all taxes included. Cheaper than I could have gotten it from Newegg.ca after taxes (which was the cheapest, free shipping GS2)
[Galaxy S II General] Squishie:
Just got mine today from Bestbuy on contract. I'll probably wait for Chainfire to make an official i9100m root kernel before I go hog wild with it.

Ugh life without root really sucks y'know that?

Also would a USB Reset Jig work on the 'm' variant of the i9100?
[Galaxy S II General] robbiev80:
They said the same crap to my cousin. He called Bell client care and they said no Bell store has the right to refuse him if he chooses to buy it outright. They told him to tell the salesperson to call Client Care if they refused him again.

He bought the Galaxy S 2 today outright.
[Galaxy S II General] cybik:
Bought mine outright (I'm with Telus) using my dad's Bell Mobility account, saying "I manage the telecoms, that's gonna be his new phone and I'm assigning his current to my mom" (I love being account admin).

Also got a friend (who's on Bell Mobility) to buy it outright. The screen got him a hardon, or so he said (clearly - eugh).
[Galaxy S II General] robbiev80:
lmao :D

too funny
[Galaxy S II General] stoked:
Just picked up one off contract. Not a fan of Touchdown either, they need some UI designers. Stock Samsung Email client is quite impressive, coming from the HTC client. Has GAL lookup, search on server (HTC didn't), etc. Can't open EML attachments still though.
[Galaxy S II General] Tri3Dent:
Hey Croak, just wanted to let you know that I did the root procedure with the new kernel thing and my emails using Microsoft Exchange support were working flawlessly. No FCs. I was able to read emails from my corporate email account. Maybe you should do a hard-reset or something? Or maybe some application is interfering it.
[Galaxy S II General] real1st:
T-Booth in Bramalea City Centre.

I went there, no headaches. They sell it no problem.

599$.

real1st
[Galaxy S II General] real1st:
-- My experience with unlock code

In case anyone was curious, I had the misfortune of buying a code 5 seconds before it was posted that it could be done without it.

I used theunlock.ca. Received it. Only irratance was that they did not EMAIL me. Instead I waited and waited, only to wake up now and realize perhaps I had to keep checking their site.

Which was the case. In any event, it works. No more unlocking worries, one benefit is when I flash my phone in the future, I do not have to worry about redoing the code everytime.

Yes! My phone is active and ready to go..

real1st
[Galaxy S II General] real1st:
Question

I am fairly certain I already know the answer. I have experience with other phones but wanted to be sure. Is there any way to make an image of this current rom, without compromising it with a root. I know if I root it I can easily make a rom copy, but that would defeat the purpose of having a clean rom.

So if I root it, I have no way to go back to stock correct?

real1st
[Galaxy S II General] danielel:
Hello again everyone :)

the phone was launched yesterday at Bell an Virgin.(if nothing went wrong..)

so any of you already got it?

does the store have some stock left, or there were to many lines in the branches for any stock to be left?

also, is there any change in the preorder policy?

can I now when the phone launched pre-order it without a contract(online or by phone, I'll be in Canada for 4 days only so I can't pre order in branch..)

edit:

I noticed that Virgin/Bell won't sell the phone without a line. is it still valid now, and is it valid in all the Futureshop/Bestbuy/WirelessWave/etc.. ?

And thanks!!!
[Galaxy S II General] Sugemchuge:
I got mine at Wireless Wave off contract. No extra fees. No questions asked.

btw thanks for answering my questions guys. You guys at XDA are really helpful /s
[Galaxy S II General] aniteshj:
No store has the right to refuse you a sale outright, keep that in mind. Bell, Wireless Wave, even Best Buy and Future Shop. IT's against their terms with the carrier and they'd get in major **** if you escalated the issue far enough.

I know the Future Shop I am working at makes nothing off selling the phones outright so they tell the customers to leave - they can't do that but most people simply don't argue that or bring up customer care regulations.

Just press the issue and you can walk out with a phone no problem.
[Galaxy S II General] mayamo:
yeah I got mine from wireless wave too :D for 599.99+tax without any hassle :D

the guy kept on insisting i buy the 100$ down payment insurance plan on the phone, but i didn't..

i rooted/unlocked the phone right away, and there wasn't any problem. it's so smooth and fast! I love it!!
[Galaxy S II General] aniteshj:
Yea once you root the internal counter of the phone will always know you've flashed a different kernel HOWEVER when you restore your stock ROM and kernel it will be as clean as possible.
[Galaxy S II General] np231:
Hey,

Don't worry about stock, you will get one from somewhere. There are so many places that sell the device. So no need to pre-order it. I went to a best buy store and they had many left.

As far as getting it without contract.. like other people said go to wirelesswave or t-booth and they will give you one.

The phone is amazing by the way.
[Galaxy S II General] danielel:
Thank you for the quick and helpful reply!!!:):):)

I know the phone is amazing this is why I'm so nervous about getting it and afraid there will be no stock left.

my shopping day in Vancouver will be at the- 4 of august, and I already mapped dozens of shops in the area :D
[Galaxy S II General] robbiev80:
If you guys have flashed a new kernel or rom and now notice a yellow triangle when you boot up the phone then search for "Fix Download Mode USB Jig Galaxy 9100" on Ebay. It gets rid of that triangle and resets the flashing counter (which you can see in download mode).

Also, it looks like codeworkx (CM7 developer) has now added support for our phone for CM7 (if you want to try it). It's still in its early stages but I had it installed on my Galaxy S 1 and it was awesome.
[Galaxy S II General] bossman74:
So now you work at Futureshop, I thought you worked for Samsung? LOL

I knew you worked in a place like that and mooched a phone before it was released, that's why I was giving you some heat so you'd admit it ;)

In fact the counter can be reset easily with a USB jig they can be found on ebay for $6-7. Just like this happy mate here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YRPWU4waa4
[Galaxy S II General] aniteshj:
I'm a Samsung rep doing my repping at a Future Shop, is that being clear enough? For all intents at purposes I work at that Future shop selling these phones and soon the tablets.

I've had the phone for a long time because of that.

I'm still waiting for the jig, at this point I'd happily attempt a soldering attempt to remove the triangle.
[Galaxy S II General] auboy:
Hello,

Just got a Bell SGS 2 yesterday, planning to use it with Rogers.

Has anyone got any success in unlocking the device yet? If so, if you please so kindly, provide which method.

I have tried the App method and the Hash digits method, no luck.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] aniteshj:
Did you try downloading Galaxy_S unlock ?

From what I read your supposed to do Step 1, then Step 2; apparently the app crashes but your phone gets unlocked.
[Galaxy S II General] fryguy18:
root your phone a la here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

I downloaded the first one from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?763oohldbqoho (to flash with)

then the galaxy unlocker on the market by Herolz

I bought mine this morning and it is running buttery smooth (upgraded from htc magic)
[Galaxy S II General] donkeyhitman:
Couldn't you remove the yellow trangle using Chainfire's instruction on post #2 from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
[Galaxy S II General] aniteshj:
You can use a insecure kernel to be able to root then reflash a secure kernel to get rid of the triangle but internally the phone still records that.

Most people want to keep custom kernels for backups and all that so a JIG would reset that counter and remove the triangle anyways. For those worried about warranty work I assume.
[Galaxy S II General] Tom Slick:
I've successfully installed VillainROM 2.1 (Gingerbread 2.3.4) and then flashed this 2.3.4 KG2 kernel (CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.zip) and it's been running flawlessly so far.
[Galaxy S II General] auboy:
Did you buy your SGS 2 from Bell?
[Galaxy S II General] donkeyhitman:
So is it safe to conclude that I9100 and I9100M is one and the same?
[Galaxy S II General] robbiev80:
I want to have a phone with full busybox support. Also, if you read carefully, it says the counter won't increase. Does this mean if you've flashed a custom rom already before doing this and your counter is set to "1", will it reset it? No it does not. Which means, if you need to return the phone for some reason, they will know you've flashed custom roms on this phone before by simply going into download mode.

I'd much rather just turn off the phone, plug in the usb jig, wait a few seconds and reset/get rid of the triangle.
[Galaxy S II General] robbiev80:
Can you do a speedtest (with the speedtest app) and see if you still get 4g speeds? (if applicable) Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] donkeyhitman:
I'm aware of the counter issue. I was simply referring to the cosmetic change of removing the Yellow Triangle.
[Galaxy S II General] Tom Slick:
With Rogers, showing the "H+" icon, I've so far only been able to get a max download speed of 4.99 Mbps, and upload of 1.17 Mbps, with 136 ms ping.

Definitely not the best.
[Galaxy S II General] aniteshj:
Is there a hardware difference between the Infuse and S2 as far as radios go?

Because the Infuse shows the actual 4G symbol on Rogers network so I'm wondering whether that actually signifies higher speeds then Bell or if it is simply a cosmetic thing baked into the ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] savvacon:
for those that bought the phone what kind of battery life are you experiencing? I'm looking at switching from my Samsung captivate but I need something that will last as long as possible. The captivate has pretty crappy battery life.
[Galaxy S II General] Dsire:
Does anyone know what the stock Kernel version for the Bell Galaxy SII is? I have that dumb triangle now. I decided not to have root after already rooting. Forgot to write down the original kernel number to flash back... Thanks. I only needed root to unlock the phone really.
[Galaxy S II General] Electroz:
The default UGKG2 kernel is not available yet. No one has pulled it from their phone yet.
[Galaxy S II General] Canadian DJ:
how do you pull it? ill do it
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
Easier to wait till its on samsung server and get it from there.
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
It is just cosmetic for infuse as it does not have att lte radio (anyone can just replace icons in theme as well) so technically it's all h+ as advertised by Rogers but in reality we are all only getting h speeds. Nowhere near what this phone is capable of. H+ at 21 Mbps. Max I ever got was 9 with Hamilton server usually 3-5 just like i had with sgs original.
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
If triangle really bothers you, you can get single ( jig ) or just flash any euro kernel like ke7 or kg2 for 2.3.4.

You will lose m as in i9100M though and hope your phone does not die or need servicing before bell firmware shows up on servers.
[Galaxy S II General] rickytenzer:
I get 5.88 up and 2.55 down on Rogers.
[Galaxy S II General] RSD66:
Any guesses on how long it will take Samsung to get the Bell firmware and kernel up?

I'm assuming a factory Bell phone that gets corrupted will have no way to be restored as it just came out, so maybe they'll prioritize it a bit/
[Galaxy S II General] auboy:
For those who got the Bell version of the phone, anyone has time stamp issue with SMS?
[Galaxy S II General] Tom Slick:
I had the timestamp issue with my Virgin SGS2 (also had it before on my Desire using stock Android SMS app) but I just installed Handcent SMS and it's not an issue anymore.
[Galaxy S II General] knowthenazz:
Hi,

I just wanted to report that I own a Canadian Bell SGS2, Kernel version:

2.6.35.7-I9100MUGKG2-CL371789 dh130.yoo@SEP-48 #2

I have successfully installed:

CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4

And I unlocked it using Helroz's Galaxy_S Unlock. Fortunately for me it didn't force close before it rebooted.

I'm now running on Telus, and all seems to be working well.

Thanks for everyone's help!
[Galaxy S II General] aniteshj:
I've averaged 6down and 3up on average, and I'm on Bell. Certainly much better then the iPhone or BB I've been using and honestly I rarely get on WiFi because general speed seems so fast compared to what I've used before.
[Galaxy S II General] cue_32:
i waited all day for my hook up from Bell to give me the unlock code... I just finally did this and it took all 2 MINUTES to complete and now I'm unlocked on Rogers.

Speedtest 6 down, barely 1 up.

Now to remove that pesky triangle.
[Galaxy S II General] ShallowJam:
My phone is an i9100M. What does the M mean?
[Galaxy S II General] chaoszero112:
It's just the Bell hardware variant, no changes.
[Galaxy S II General] peachpuff:
Hope it doesn't suffer the same issues as the i9000m did heh.
[Galaxy S II General] bossman74:
Glad you got it working, is it all you hoped for?

I love how fast it is, on my SGS, when I used to clicked on Handcent SMS, I'd have to wait 3-4 second (OMG the horror!!!) before I could type. Now it's instantaneous, no matter how many apps are running.
[Galaxy S II General] fryguy18:
It's a bell phone bought from wireless wave
[Galaxy S II General] knowthenazz:
See, when I used to use Handcent on my Milestone, quite often it would crash on start! I suspect it was because I had such limited free RAM (usually around 30-35MB free RAM at any time).

Definitely the biggest change for me has been zero lag, even when just turning the phone on from sleeping... it's really amazing.

Thanks for breaking ground for the rest of us bossman74.
[Galaxy S II General] aniteshj:
The phone is certainly carrying a lot of hype, not many people walked out with a phone because the Futureshop I'm at won't sell them off contract, hell they don't sell anything off contract.

A few bought on contract but I for the first time in a while was working for my pay, plenty of questions a demoing today.

Can't say I'm surprised, this phone is a blast to use.
[Galaxy S II General] cloneman1:
Anyone getting muffled call quality (for the other party?)
[Galaxy S II General] Sozzo:
hi, does any one with a rooted bell sgs2 able to post a copy of the stock email.apk from \system\app ?

I deleted mine in an attempt to keep email service from running to save battery and forgot to make a backup...thx
[Galaxy S II General] Squishie:
Major thanks to bossman74 for putting his phone on the line for the rest of us.

I'm fully rooted and ready to go!
[Galaxy S II General] firepinch:
Ok, I searched during a whole afternoon from noon to 5 pm for how to make a backup of our stock ROM and our stock Firmware (QUESTION #1). Mine is 2.6.35.7-I9100MUGKG2-CL371789 dh130.yoo@SEP-48 #2 as well.

Couldn't find any answers...

And I'm still confused about the kernel / firmware. I know that flashing the ROM means replacing EVERYTHING.

When you root the phone, it seems like you have many options. You could flash a whole new ROM or you can just flash the kernel.

Now I don't even know if flashing the kernel means the same thing than flashing the firmware. What is the difference between those? (QUESTION #2)

My brain is smoking, anyone can help me out?
[Galaxy S II General] lotacus:
I went to grab mine from the source and they wouldn't let me buy it out right. So I went to the bell store and they sold me one on the spot. You could argue that it's advertised for off contact pricing, and state a few laws. Pretty sure it's illegal to force someone in a contract.
[Galaxy S II General] RSD66:
I'm new here as well and this is what I've picked up.

Your phone has 3 components: the firmware/ROM, the kernel, and the modem.

The method of rooting requires flashing a modified kernel but you can retain your stock Bell firmware/ROM and modem

The stock ROM, kernel, modem for Bell's i9100M have not been released so no way to go back exists yet if you flash over them. For this reason I'm a bit hesitant to try out custom roms and leaked modems in case someone finds a critical difference between the i9100 and i9100M where I might want to return the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] firepinch:
This is for this reason why I asked the question of how to backup our existing ROM and Kernel... I would like to be reassured as well so that's why I'm looking for backing up my original ROM and kernel... Is that possible?
[Galaxy S II General] kevnb:
I used CF-Root-SGS2_XW_MOT_KG1-v4.1-CWM4 to root, phone is working great. Working on unlocking now as I still have a rogers sim card on a 6 gig/month plan.