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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjtj4444:
Why do you want to flash a leaked non-official release the first thing you do if you're new to Android?

SGS2 is a great phone that gives a great experience out of the box, my suggestion is to update to latest official firmware for your region and then start to learn SGS2 and Android one step at a time.

There are tons of things to learn, it like learning a new language, it takes time. And starting with advanced stuff directly is asking for trouble.

Of course you're free to do as you want, but this is my recommendation.

The first step into the more advanced tweaking is to root the phone but I wouldn't hurry with that either.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JupiterdroidXDA:
I placed the low file in PDA, the modem in phone and csc in csc and then flashed, worked perfectly, that is the proper way to update I believe.... Don't do nothing with the pit file! Delete the pit, pit = danger;)

JD@XDA

Sent from my Samsung Galactic Crusader S II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pannik72:
Thanks.

Thanks for your replies.

The only reason I want to update to 2.3.4 is because of video chat with gtalk.

I bought my phone In Sweden and it is Updated with latest available official firmware.

I am owner of a Bada phone and an Archos IT5 (Android 1.6) so I am not completely new to android os.

But anyway thanks a lot for your help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tobiholz:
Hej Folks,

this may sound silly but I have some questions on updating the SGS2 firmware ;)

1) Where, except on XDA, can I find the official updates by Samsung?

2) Is there any warranty void flashing those?

3) Do I have to flash them one after another to gain all updates or can I just flash the latest one?

4) What is the latest official Update? I read on XDA something about 05.07 but I do not know the correct name right now.

5) How is it flashed? By Odin or via Kies? Or is it just a user preference?

6) Is there a warranty void getting root?

7) Would my SGS2 be rooted after flashing an update if had root on it before?

Sry for all those question. I come from my "old" HD2 and there i just didn't care about warranty and the danger to brick my phone ;)

so far

Tobias
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daleski75:
1) Where, except on XDA, can I find the official updates by Samsung?

kies if you want to stick to official updates for your country

2) Is there any warranty void flashing those?

no if they are official

3) Do I have to flash them one after another to gain all updates or can I just flash the latest one?

flash the latest one you don't need to go up in steps

4) What is the latest official Update? I read on XDA something about 05.07 but I do not know the correct name right now.

install kies and connect your phone and it will tell you if you are on the latest firmware

5) How is it flashed? By Odin or via Kies? Or is it just a user preference?

either but a lot of users myself included prefer odin (more stable)

6) Is there a warranty void getting root?

yes

7) Would my SGS2 be rooted after flashing an update if had root on it before?

no any stock firmware update will wipe root
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Custom kernel will give you an increase in the custom rom counter that needs setting to zero for warranty .

Samsung release a firmware its forwarded to the phone provider who test and eventually upload to Kies .

XDA pick the firmware up usually as soon as Samsung release it .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techjunkieza:
Thanks! That answered a few of my questions as well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kapollo:
2) Is there any warranty void flashing those?

no if they are official

In fact I guess yes (only if you don't use Kies and ROM which is not for your product code).

Some days ago I asked Official Samsung Support about flashing official ROM update on my phone. Their answer was that any change to the phone firmware done outside the Official Samsung Support Center (or acredited I guess) will void the warranty. This was a statement from Samsung Poland. So you might want to write/give them a call in your country for verification.

Other thing is that If you revert the phone to the conditions before flashing (e.g. counter, stock rom for given product code, etc.) they will have no way of telling. But then the reason for returning the phone for repair might very well prohibit such revert.

cheers
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
I've noticed that on my phone the available memory is usually somewhere around 90-110.. Is this normal?

Alot of other android phones with 512mb of ram seem to have like 200mb free all the time, why the difference?
[Vibrant General] brettanbutter:
Probably because the vibrant doesn't have 512mb of ram
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
You really don't have to worry about that, Android is built to take care of our RAM, multi-tasking.

So go ahead and uninstall that task killer. ;)
[Vibrant General] Willson24:
Maybe your phone have the Auto Memory Manager software
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
I prefer to just have the task killer... every once i na while when it gets really slow I just pop it open and close everything out and it works wonderful.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
Are you on CM7?
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
Yes I amm...
[Vibrant General] shreddintyres:
FYI that is plenty of ram, and completely normal, i normally have less ram available for use around 60mb, problem with killing tasks is that it can end up eating battery life as certain programs auto restart and while they are in ram they arent using any processing power, but when you kill them and they come back you end up unnecessarily eating power.

if you do it only occasionally to kill off rogue apps that dont like to go away after you have exited that is fine, but do not set to auto kill.

the reason for your lower ram availability is that tho the vibrant does have 512 mb of ram a good portion of it is dedicated to system functions only leaving around 300-350 MB for the user. unless you are leaving multiple games open you shouldnt have any issues with ram as previously stated due to the built in ram maintenance in android
[Vibrant General] younix258:
And ive heard that android works best when its ram ia being used up... strange huh?

Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.
[Vibrant General] Jasonhunterx:
Task killers are the best I manage memory my self an battery is better with it
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
yes. free ram is wasted ram.
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
Id rather have free memory for expansion if need be. i think of it like this. Would my pc run well if it only had 60mb free out of 512? Hell no
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
yes, if you were running linux. which is what android is.
[Vibrant General] degeneration:
Granted free ram is wasted but not enough free ram is why dungeon defenders barely works, the developers suggest 256mb ram and as hard as I try I couldn't free up 200mb even. But the 339mb or whatever isn't all that much to begin with.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
Dungeon Defenders works good on our phone. I played it for months. But it lags on larger map because it is really for dual core phones.
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
Dungeon Defenders is a dog on anything other than low graphics and single player. Start up multiplayer and the phone can't handle it for anything.

I really would like to be able to have more free memory. Right now i'm showing 32mb free and honestly to me that's just too little to have free at any one time.

Can someone remind me why our actual 512mb of ram is limited to 339mb? I thought our GPU also had independant memory or am I wrong? Out of everything samsung did.... a little bit more memory wouldn't have killed them.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
Are you having trouble with multitasking?
[Vibrant General] Dougfresh:
We do have 512 but the system requirements uses a good portion of it that's why you see 339.It automatically frees up more ram when it needs to.I wouldn't worry about it.I shortcuted "running services " on my home screen and sometimes kill of unnecessary apps.
[Vibrant General] :
Ive had to explain this a million times...android is not windows! You cant even compare how your phone works with how your pc works. Android is highly optimized for small footprint systems. It handles memory management far more efficiently than your desktop which almost doesnt need it due to large amounts of ram. A PC programer doesnt even need to take into account how much ram their process uses anymore (well, to a degree, unless it fills it all, which isnt good and usually doesnt happen) Dungeon Defenders also will easily run on our phone, when it opens, android will free the memory it needs for the app. Task killers are also a waste now since by android standards we have more than enough memory.

So to sum it all up

Android built to manage memory well, and for small footprint systems with lower amounts of ram

Desktop OS will use more ram as it has TONS of it and doesn't need to conserve battery, so it can have all kinds of processor and memory eating stuff running as it wants.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houseofkrazeesstl:
I am trying to prevent certain apps from automatically starting up without me requesting them to. For example, Shopkick, Amazon App Store, Pulse, to name a few. Can someone help me with this? I still want to use these I just don't want them running all the time (Shopkick esp since they activate the mic and record certain words/patterns to market to you).
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Get the app called Autostarts and selectr the ones you want to stop.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Root:
Easiest way to prevent this is to Back out of programs or use the exit button. If the app stil does't behave, notify the creator. All Android programs should permanently close if you use those methods.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houseofkrazeesstl:
That's not the issue, the big issue is them starting when I don't request it to start (i.i. Amazon App Store starts at random)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
Use any of the myriad of start-up process editor apps or freeze unwanted apps/services with Titanium backup.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Root:
Yes, it means sometime you didn't close it out properly. I've never had Amazon App store reopen because I always close it out right.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
At startup they load a piece into memory. If you check with Advanced Task Killer for Froyo you can see how many apps load into memory at bootup. If you load the task manager and clear memory you will see it closing apps that you had no idea were running. Amazon App store is one of them, Qik, Tango, Google Nav loads Maps, Telenav loads a similiar process.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Epicdriver:
LBE Safeguard,......you can shut em down, and bring em back when you want to use them.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrooklynsFinest:
Use autostarts... it works well
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hgoldner:
No, it doesn't on an HTC Droid Incredible. I have a problem where Music Beta (the Android app which supports Google Music Beta) autostarts whenever it senses a BT audio connection that isn't being used, sometimes right over other apps which *are* streaming BT.

I was looking for an app that would prevent it from automatically starting up, but Autostarts couldn't even see that event as a triggering event for the app. (And, no, it's not a function of the "headset" setting on the app.)

I am still searching for the app that will do that.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Isn't there a bluetooth function in Autostarts? I know there are a ton of settings. If not just get bloat freezer or paid Titanium and freeze it until you actually want to use it. If I use Pandora with my Bluetooth, the next time I use the Bluetooth a piece of Pandora is loaded into memory. If I freeze it for a connection or two it doesn't do it again.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjben:
I seem to recall that there are many self-starting apps. Things that want to collect data or monitor usage. I saw these when using one of the autostart apps to kill these. There were several apps that came up as self starters. Meaning that as many times as the autostart program would kill them, they would automatically restart themselves. Its true.

Sent from a secret underground bunker
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Homeuser66:
Is there a fix for this issue?

I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2 for T-Mobile and I have the same issue.

I am using a start up cleaner app, start up manager, 1tap cleaner, TaskManager, Super Tool as well as My Data Manager apps to monitor my Phone. The data manager is showing me apps that are using my DATA when I don't want them running. Aside from uninstalling some apps, Some I can't, what can I do? I don't want them running unless I turn them on myself. My task Manager app shows me apps I never use that are running, such as, Social Hub,CK Zombies-a game I rarely use, My Account, Voice Command,Books, Maps and a few others.

Is what I want to do, run only what I want to run and not everything else, possible?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roguejam:
I've used Gemini App Manager to do this. Launch Under Menu->Settings->Expert Mode, click on the Filter. Go down to "Can Auto Run", and see what can auto-start. You can also filter by "Is Running" to see what is running now.

In Gemini, click on an app, and go down to "Config Autorun (root)". There you will see a list of when the app may autorun, and you can adjust accordingly.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Homeuser66:
Ok, I'll check this out...I failed to mention, I don't have my phone Rooted...yet...Not sure if I plan on it yet either. But will this work on a non-Rooted Phone?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roguejam:
Unfortunately, you need root access to be able to modify that about a program. That's the reason for the "Config Autorun (root)".
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Homeuser66:
Figures.....I haven't decided on doing this yet or not...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregrey:
I have a Samsung focus and did the mango update and now about 80% of my facebook contacts pictures (on the phone not the facebook app) do not show up on the phone. Anyone else have this issue or a way to fix it?

Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] world1970:
Did you try to refersh your facebook account?

Go Settings --> email + accounts --> Facebook - Sync
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epidemic215:
if you search all you contact will come up. If you want it to list all of your FB contracts in you phone you have to change the settings.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prjkthack:
Please post in the correct forum next time. Should have gone in Q&A.

As for your question, are you talking about contact photos for your contacts, or your Facebook contacts themselves not showing up.

If your contact photos aren't showing up, maybe your contacts need to be re-linked to their Facebook accounts. Check if they are linked.

If your Facebook contacts are not showing up at all, and you want them to be displayed in your People list, then you need to go into People settings and change the filter to display Facebook contacts (if you haven't already done so).
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregrey:
thanks for all the input. I am aware of all said above. I updated to Mango and this is a mango issue. All of my facebook contacts show up, the only issue is about 30-40% of them when i try to choose the facebook picture or my contact picture the facebook picture is missing. This is not a settings issue otherwise the other 60-70% would not work properly. Is there a way to delete the facebook account and redo it in mango? I have already tried to resync it many times but for many facebook contacts it shows a blank picture while others it does not. Attached is a screenshot showing only my facebook contacts, as you can see some of the pictures are missing. IS there any way to reset just facebook on Mango Beta?

Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mika1982:
well i got a worst problem, i have a htc hd2 with mango beta 1 with marketplace, everything is fully functional but "IM". I've tried everything even change languages for both windows live and facebook, but always says in set im status "cant connect to im".:(
[Atrix 4G General] kdooo:
Hey everyone,

This is mainly for the people who flashed eval-'s ORFR rom with the RAM fix for international users. You might have noticed that the lock animation is no longer there afterwards. It's not much help from myself but you can simply enable it by going to: Settings->Display>Animation and enabling all of them to be shown. Anywho, many thanks go out to eval- and stevendeb25, as well as every other Atrix developer working away, cheers!
[Atrix 4G General] slimslim:
Lol, didn't even know about them in froyo

Now my phone is suddenly cooler
[Atrix 4G General] ethantarheels123:
uh froyo? this is for gingerbread only.
[Atrix 4G General] IrshaadH:
OMG, it's so sexy!
[Atrix 4G General] slimslim:
It is in froyo as well, same under settings, display, animantions
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] allen400:
Hi!!!

I'm a little noob but can do Android 2.3.4 becouse Andread v5 stop i ''Sony Ericsson'' SonyBread 4.0 restarts.

I want a X10 mini pro full working ROM
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] galvic:
U didnt flash it right,

Firstly do a complete wipe then install sonybreadv3 after thats turn on the mobile,

Again goto recovery and install sonybreadv4 and this time Do Not Wipe!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] nicom.mt:
Which I use

Hello! I tried the Andread and it didn't work too. I use the MiniCM7 v 15.0 by slade87 and nobodyAtAll, but it's camera doesn't work good, so, when I want to use the mobile for call, send sms, and use it as a normal mobile phone, I have a backup of the original ROM saved. And, for use the android 2.3 again, I have it's backup.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] allen400:
Hi!

Ok! Thanks galvic but can you say me how to flash right?

I flash it via se update service
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] allen400:
...and a link to dowload sonybread v3 becouse i cant find this theard
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] allen400:
no no thanks, everything works

Very thanks to gavlic!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firthaa01:
So im new to the rooting scene and i have rooted my sgs2 with many different roms and i must say that im enjoying the lightning rom the most.......as with every rom i check the changelog and always notice the term 'browser lag fixed' now im sure this term is very self explanetary so wheb im using the internet with these cystom roms, im finding it laggy like for 2 seconds it dsbt respobd and the pinch zoom function seems very laggy too.....ive just reverted to stock rom and the browser is oerfect......so what am i doing wrong or is there more room for a fix on the browser
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daleski75:
If you are running a 2.3.4 custom rom then unfortunately you will lose hardware acceleration and there is a thread on the dev forum discussing ways to fix it.

There is a fix for it included in cognito's rom I believe but it's using software not hardware acceleration.

Someone correct me if I am wrong.
[Xoom General] Bigmille:
Just a warning to all TalkMobile users to check their billing account as I got overcharged again with a bill of £360 for using 3gb out of my 5gb limit, and now unable to connect to the internet.

Please check your bill BEFORE the direct debit goes out.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MavericzeK:
So hi i am a noob so for the first 10 threads moderators have to move my post to the correct place :D

Now the problem. I rootet my phone so now i have to install my rom. I choose this one : HTC_Magic_Official_21_by_Roger

So when i want to go into the recovery menu cuz i want to do nandroid backup and then aaaaa recovery menu i showing for 1 or 2 seconds and then phone is restarting ; (

Can anyone help?

And ye i am a noob cuz i dont know how did i root my phone :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MavericzeK:
Aww cmon there is so many people and no one know the answer?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bladeas:
I have the same problem

Any ideas?
[Defy General] MooonWalker:
Hi,

it seems that i can not disable the slider lock screen via the

Security menu .

It seems that the option "none" does not works.

Any idea?

Thank you

br

Attila
[Defy General] qaqarox:
It's the same with froyo as well. Download nolock or mylock from the market. Nolock disables the incoming call slider as well.
[Galaxy 3 General] bizjoya:
I am a G3 user but finding lots of problem after upgrading it to froyo last week, battery problem, camera crashing etc. i am a moderate user. can anyone suggest me a good CUSTOM ROM to flash. I am using it in india. bettery and gps my main priority. plz reply.
[Galaxy 3 General] rudolf895:
You can try indroid v5 which would be coming within few days...

Tapatalked from my super smooth, ultra fast samsung galaxy s2.
[Galaxy 3 General] Azax:
I'm having an excellent run on kyrillos rom v5.7..

Sent From My GT-I5800 Cruzin Along 0n Kyrillos' Rom V5.7 Honeycomb Edition..
[Galaxy 3 General] bizjoya:
thanx masters. Will look forward to Indroid 5. And asusual hearing so many good about Kyrillos 6. But what If I want to go for a Stock ROM??
[Galaxy 3 General] devc0ol:
Indroid is good!!

Waiting for V5.0.
[Galaxy 3 General] kyrillos13:
Try Kyrillos' rom v6. I heard that its good. :D
[Galaxy 3 General] bizjoya:
How about XXJPM?? shud i go for that as until Indroid 5 comes out???
[Galaxy 3 General] bizjoya:
Master.. i already did that :D.. but somehow battery backup is a bit low.. found 5.7 most strongest from batt back point of view... any suggestion??
[Galaxy 3 General] V!KR@M:
Then use 5.7 kernel with v6. And if u find v5.7 gud, use the same:)

I wud recommend flash 5.7 and then flash fugumod ultra pre release frm here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1134369
[Galaxy 3 General] bizjoya:
thanks a lot vikram.. we need to flash it with ODIN as one package right??? tho GPS not working properly neither on v5.7 nor on v6.
[Galaxy 3 General] rudolf895:
use GPS Fix App

regardless what rom your in,it should work with this fix
[XPERIA X8 General] kucing13:
hi guys.im new....

im using Xperia X8 and recently ive update my phone to Rachts Floyo 1.0 .. My question is, is normal that i dont have Profile setting.. Usually u have it like

Wireless n networks

Call Setting

Cynogenmod setting

Sound

Profile <----

Display and so on...

mine loosing the Profile .

Sound

Display

What could have been wrong? appreciate your help.thanks
[Desire HD General] ToBe7:
Hello,

yesterday I rooted my Desire HD.

HBoot is now S-Off.

After I finished the flashing, and installed the LeeDroid, I saw that I didn't "Radio S-off" the phone.

This step wasn't mentioned in the manual.

My question now is, can I Radio S-off the phone with the oneclick tool while LeeDroid is installed or is this not possible?

Do I have any other chances to get the phone Radio S-off or do I have to install "Android" again and do this then?

Thank you in Advance.

ToBe7
[Desire HD General] Hawks556:
A search gave me this, you could also try?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1155427