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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DvTonder:
To find out how to contribute, I would suggest you pm AtinM or Codeworkx. You can also use the #cmsgs IRC chat.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
No status.

Developing isn't like licking ice-cream.

There's no "howto".
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
update: no update

and now?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
Hey CWx, I wasn't pressuring you for updates. I'm a Dev myself so forget the talk about licking ice-cream.

I want to contribute to CM7; With knowledge; With coding; With my time.

I'm just asking where should i start from: How can i setup a workbench with the required tools to build CM7? There could even be a virtual machine all set-up for that.

I don't understand why you should take me wrong instead of supporting new contributors...

Anyway, we're all here for the same. Could you shed some lights?

Cheers

Phk
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
Because you already failed at using google to get these informations.

That's one of the requirements.

wiki.cyanogenmod.com
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
Sorry for stealing you a couple of minutes. "WIKI" was the answer I was looking for.

Regards,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
There are instructions on howto setup your system:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II:_Compile_CyanogenMod_(Linux)

If you're owning a really powerfull machine, you can do it in a VM. Otherwise install linux native because in a VM it will take forever to do a build.

But like i've said, you should start compiling kernels for stock roms because our stuff is much to crazy for beginners.

opensource.samsung.com
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
That's it :)

Thanks a lot Codeworkx, i'll look into bulding my own kernel. I have a linux-only machine, so no need for VM.

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudolf895:
Just tied the latest built

this is the error i get

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/1584/20110812215418.jpg

Any idea on what went wrong?

Dont complain about the camera this was a basic phone camera(Galaxy 3 3.2MP)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cTrox:
Sorry for being a bit harsh in the Dev thread!

You should try redownloading the zip, and check the MD5 sum.

Just generated this from my zip: 608956560084924BD908F13BFE70A136
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudolf895:
Yes i did re-download the file, and it worked.

Thanks i just forgot to post that its solved ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mani0608:
I have the recent version of CM (#20) and i still face the issue with Bluetooth file receiving.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
woohoo, and it will be there for a lot more time!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] streetsurfer:
Have a question regarding Cyanogen firmware.

I was just checking my about phone and it says I9100XXKG1

Im assuming im still on baseband KG1 as opposed to the latest KG6?

Do i just use odin to flash just the baseband? Or I have to flash the original samsung update via KIES and then reflash CM7?

Been trying to find an answer on forums with not much luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudolf895:
Any one else having any issue with external sd?

It seems to work when i connect it to my pc, but it says this folder is empty when i try to explore it via FileManager.

Did any one face this issue, any work around ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudolf895:
you can update to Cm7 regardless on what samsung rom you are,

Just Flash this kernel via ODIN,

Get into recovery wipe data and cache and update to Cm7 from the latest built you downloaded to your sd card
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] streetsurfer:
I am already on cm7 build 20.

Just I keep read somewhere KG6 may have better battery than KE1.

So I want to see if I can just upgrade the baseband.

I used CF-root to get cm7 on.

I was also looking at the firmwares by chainfire and there are official ones zimage abd Frankenstein formats?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudolf895:
I think this should be in the first post

Does external SD card work with cm7?!

External SD card will get mounted as /mnt/emmc. This may not be visible to all apps. If you desperately need the contents visible to apps only looking in /mnt/sdcard, create an empty directory there and remount the /mnt/emmc there as well:

Using either the terminal emulator or adb shell:

su
mkdir -p /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
mount /dev/block/vold/179:9 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd

Note: This is only a temporary fix for when needed. It will cause issues when you try to use USB sharing later. Write the following to get things back to normal:

umount /mnt/sdcard/external_sd

Though External SD worked for me in the first built, dont know why it does not now.

Thanks to josteink from sgs1 for the information!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kulica:
You can go into Terminal Emulator and try this:

su

mount /mnt/emmc /mnt/sdcard/external_sd

It works for me, and iGo also finds maps and other files on SD card.

Another issue that I've encountered over the past few days. I have a screen of animation like older TV sets (I don't know if the phone comes with it, because I flashed it before putting in my SIM card), but when you press on the power button, sometimes the phone just shows screen off animation with active touch buttons (menu and back). So you have to go into a cycle until the screen becomes active with rotary menu unlock.

I don't know if this is a remnant of an older samsung mod or this is a known issue. Does anyone have an answer to this? :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudolf895:
Thanks for the sd card fix, it worked(wasn't mounted :D)

Anyways the Tv Off Animation is in custom gingerbread roms, not samsung Stock.

Also there was an option in samsung stock rom to turn off back light when inactive, in cm7 it should happen automatically after the power key is pressed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
The CRT animation issue is a known bug, just turn it off for the time being, in CM settings.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
your external sd is mounted at /mnt/emmc
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kammiz:
i have an sgs2 with nightly build #16. i hope i am in the right thread.

i know about the bluetooth audio issue and some other bt-issues not beeing solved yet, but it also seems my sgs2 isnt recognized as the same device when my car handsfree tries to reconnect. if i turn bluetooth off and on it resets the bluetooth name to sgh-i9100 and i when i try to reconnect after changing back to the correct name it connects but it is recognized as a new device with the exact same name as the one that is allready paired, so it is stored as a new device with the same name.

is this a known bug?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
Why should it be a bug? Just because it isn't like it was on a samsung rom?

If you flash CM, forget about everything you know from Samsung Roms.

It's a new device!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kammiz:
you dont understand what i meant. everytime it tries to pair with my handsfree, it seems the handsfree doesnt recognize it from last time. and if i turn bluetooth off and on the name resets. i know it differs from the samsung rom, but i dont think you meant it to be this way..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ovidescu_SGS2:
Hi,

I've looked very hard and couldn't find it:

is it any way to make the home button take a call and the power button to end a call? like it was on the original TouchWizz.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
your bluetooth device uses a unique mac adress. it's stored at /efs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veepee78:
hang

Hi

tried to install latest cm (cm_galaxys2_full-20.zip) few times:

-cognition 131 -> fac reset, cache clear -> install zip -> hangs to Galaxy S2 screen

-samfirmware KG5 -> same as above

cleared also dalvik cache, but no change.

So can't get it to boot. What am I doing wrong..?

btw, if I try to install cm again when it already has been installed, it goes to abort after showing list of device ids.

edit:

Got it working by installing latest lulz kernel, updated to latest cwm and installed zip again. First time installation took about 5s, second time something like half minute.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alyenator:
CM7 build 20

Just installed the rom, i'm unable to dowload any app form the anroid market using the s2 getting the same error " Unable to download please try again...."

and another error with Gtalk "Authentication error...gtalk failed to login. If this is a google apps account confirm that chat service is enabled for this account."

My wifi settings are correct and i'm able to use the browser so its not my internet connection.

Any one else facing a similar issue?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kammiz:
well i just wanted to share my problem..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] break1:
installed nightly 20,

changing between photo and videocamera lag present.. no autofocus in camera.. there's only one "HD" option so i dont know if i am recording on 720p or 1080p.

Then phone gets extremely hot which worries me little bit. other functions are working perfectly.

great work so far,

Any solution for the temperature issue??

Cheers,

b
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurrypie:
any way to enable swipe right/left to call/text in contact list?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DvTonder:
No. That is a feature of the Samsung dialer. It is not available in the CM7 dialer.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SS2006:
what happened with the sgs1 exactly?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sturlasnaer:
i noticed my phone changing the MAC address every time I toggled BT on and off. I was using sixaxis checker. I noticed that the remote did not register with the phone again until I changed the mac address for the sixaxis to connect to. Strange problem... But keep up your amazing work :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IIIPowerIII:
I'm using setcpu with a setting of 40'c. Over that my cpu goes back to 500-800mhz to let it cool down.

If the cpu stay at 1200 it won't have a chance to cool down :P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmmdotEnn:
hi, I am new to android and new to the forum. I have a bell galaxy s2 and in the process of trying to flashing cm7. For some reason every time I try I would end up having my phone frozen on startup at the galaxy s screen without doing anything. I have followed the cf root and flashed the cwm Rom onto it prior to flashing cm7. If anyone can help me out that would greatly appreicated.

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macdaddyau:
Did you do a wipe before flashing?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Boot into CWM

Wipe cache/data + dalvik cache

Flash CM7 zip

If it doesn't boot go into CWM again, wipe and flash again

Note, it will take upto 10min on first boot due to building caches
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N6666661:
I face the same 3g/3g+ speed issue with Orange in France:(

I have tested modem from KG3 to KG6 and I only can get 50kb/s!!!

I have tried with the stock rom and speed where normals : 1500kb/s

anyone have the same issue?

thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoktGrus:
I can confirm that samsung official var dock is trigging car home.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volapyk:
Hi,

I've been reading the development thread mostly, so forgive me if this has already been discussed.

This soundPool bug: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17623#makechanges is mentioned in the dev thread, but I didn't find a fix in the rest of the thread or changelogs.

Nonetheless #24 in the bug thread claims the bug is fixed in current CM7 nightlys. Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks,

v
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panderiz:
On 2 different S2's I've had to install the zip from sd twice without reboot from manual recovery before it would work. Everytime it did a normal install with Rom Manager I would get signature and from manual it would say it worked (install took 5sec, way too short!) and then lock at boot. So wipe and install twice, second time should take a lot longer and you'll know it worked before reboot. Alternatively check version of recovery, I had my success with 4.0.1.5

GL
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kammiz:
there you go, this is what i am experiencing too :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razer(x):
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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arvz88:
Hi guys,

Two questions:

1) How do I change the option for the two touch keys? In stock roms you had the option to change how long they stay on, and also to turn them off. I suppose this functionality hasn't been added in yet

2) Is it just me or is ADW Launcher's app drawer really slow? At 1200mhz of course it's fine, but I usually underclock to 200-800 and with every other launcher I've used, the drawers have been as smooth as ever, but ADW is really choppy in terms of scrolling around and its drawer on drawer off animations
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoney73:
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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suicidalthoughts:
hi guys

Tried to install cm7 done everything stated in the INSTRUCTIONS Wipe data, cache etc. However I encountered a problem, " failed to verify whole file signature" I Googled the problem and read a few posts. I now am assuming that this is because I am running litening rom 5.0 which is incompatible with Rom manager. So.... I decided to install manually using cwm recovery, I then realised I do not have a stock rom backup and I dont know my original baseband, kernel, firmware versions and if I get boot loop I am stuck as it seems that u need to flash back to stock rom to solve that problem. Sorry for.long winded post. Appreciate any help/advice. Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jodelaplaya:
How is the battery life ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADropBear:
So which part of Nandroid do I restore after a first time installation of CM7? Or is the backup just a precautionary measure for when something goes wrong?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
I found ADW to be very laggy, ADW EX is a whole different world, or you can try launcher pro

Corrupt file, download again

As good as stock in my experience.

Backup is for in case you break your phone, no need to restore unless you want to roll back to the rom you had before.

You can also take a nandroid of CM and stock and go between them by restoring.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BurlaMatto:
It's good, better than stock (at least the last i tried, KE7)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suicidalthoughts:
@veyka

thanks for your response.

I get this msg when rebooting into CWM recovery

finding update package.....

opening update package.....

verifying update package....

E: failed to verify update package....

E: signature verification failed

installation aborted.

i rooted my phone by installing litening rom, and have since then installed ninphetamine 2.0.5 kernal and a boot animation, the file named update.zip on the root of my sd card i am assuming that is cwm update am not sure.

desperate for this ROM.

All information and advice i can find on this issue is for previous phones, does it still apply for S2. and does it matter that i am still on android version 2.3.4!

sorry for the questions, just do not want to knack the phone, i know the risks just want to get it right!

again thanks for any help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
Use this kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1118693 like described in the first post.

After flashing the kernel, flash CM7 via Recovery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suicidalthoughts:
thanks codeworkx. have flashed the kernel. 1 more question if its not too much trouble. do i now use rom manager to continue the process of flashing CM7 or wipe cache etc then flash cm7 manually through recovery. if this is as obvious as it looks from your post

"After flashing the kernel, flash CM7 via Recovery."

I will slap myself in the face for you! thanks for your help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Flash the kernel, then you can use rom manager, but it's probs easier just to download and put the cm zip in the internal sd card and flash and wipe via recovery, you don't need to rename just use flash zip rather than flash update.zip
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suicidalthoughts:
thanks for all the help given! installed and ready to go. im extremely happy......... but wait........ bluetooth doesnt work!!!

WHO CARES! IT WILL EVENTUALLY!!! THANKS FOR THIS! I LOVE IT ALREADY
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A$h x:
I flashed nightly 20 and am having issues with titanium backup and SMS backup & restore. Basically, i get FC's whenever I try and restore any of my user apps backups from both stock roms and villian rom - I know CM7 is based on on AOSP and the roms mentioned are both based on touch wiz, but I assumed that because titanium and SMS backup/restore are stand-alone apps, they would be compatible across all ROMS.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
You cant backup and restore any system data between stock and cm, even items normally safe, try a app called sms backup+ it will backup your sms and call log to your gmail account, has worked very well for moving between stock and cm, in both directions.

I have restored user app data.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A$h x:
I'm restoring USER apps bro, I know system apps+data is a no-go. Surely user apps are independent of the ROM, especially since you can install every single one of the apps on normally on a fresh flash of CM7.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Yes they should be, and they should restore, maybe grab logcat of the crash.

Maybe try installing apps from the market and restoring the data.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tnkoh22:
Hi guys,

I flashed nightly built 20 for the first time, coming from miui 1.8.5

Everything works fine, except Google automatically update new market, which caused FC every time open the market. Is this known issue, and how to fix this permanently? I have uninstalled updates but google keep auto update new market again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Try clearing data from the market app from settings/applications/manage applications, the new market is working well here.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tnkoh22:
I have cleared data but still facing FC. Now. I am using old market which works fine. Once it updates new market I will clear data again. If not working I will try to reflash rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeromiles:
Q: What are the known issues?

A: Issues that I can remember:

- Bluetooth Audio

- Video playback - some formats are not recognized, use an alternative app for video playback

- Camera - some modes don't work

- TVout

- FMRadio

- Issues when using the 2G/3G-Switch

- Volume issues (some report too high, others too low)

- Phone reboots when plugging in charger in off state. This is a feature, but since people keep asking I've put it here in case it is important to you - why this is important I will never understand, why do people turn their phone off when charging?! Use Quiet hours if you want it silent - and CM7 does not have the obnoxious "battery full" notification that stock has.

Maybe this has already been addressed but have these 'known' issues been fixed? important to me are bluetooth audio, video playback, camera.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petter244:
Hey everyone.

Im having a bit of en issue with som pictures not downloding correctly in the stock web browser (also world war), they just dont show up.

Anyone else having this issue?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Nope, this stuff will take take time to fix.

No etas but they are all high priority to the devs
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alyenator:
So no one facing issues with the app market and gtalk using build 20? ...For now i've switched back to build 16.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
Some User Apps are storing some Path in some config files.

For Example:

Stock: /mnt/sdcard/external_sd

CM7: /mnt/emmc

Do a Full Wipe and start clean.

We recommend to not restore anything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
If it's possible to get the changes in without breaking another device, then yes.

Otherwise no. I don't care about fmradio. It's outdated because of teh internet.

Livestreams 4tw!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Equinox102:
Hmm upgraded from Nightly 13 to Nightly 20 and my Android OS battery usage went from a usual 20% ish average to 70%. Managed to run my battery entirely flat in 6 hours with 1 hour of screen time. Battery life was at least twice as good (if not more) with nightly 13.

Has anyone else experienced this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
please install cpu spy and report here teh results
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoneMo:
another device.:confused:...i thought that it is development of cyanogemod designated just for SGS II..why should Samsung galaxy S II cyanogenmod break cyanogenmod for another device....so if i understand it...cyanogenmod is only one for all devices and is not developed separately for each device????

PS: why to use data plan instead of free FMradio ??...maybe it has some reason but ...say i dont want to make FMradio work because i have internet...strange reason for me
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
The code base is also the same for all devices.

If we're not able to merge device specific stuff cleanly in without breaking another device, it will not go in.

Why are u using

instead of

????????????????

There's a fancy thing called flatrate. Makes it possible to use internet on your phone the whole day for a fixed amount of money. wooohoooo.

FM Radio = i'm not able to decide what to hear, lack of good stations.

Welcome to 20th century!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoneMo:
but there are countries with bad data plans...like Czech Republic with casual 150MB FUP/6,6EUR....and max 500MB FUP/12,4EUR ....so FM please FM :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fihlvein:
I'm sure it will come eventually when issues that concern majority of people are taken care of. Just be prepared for waiting for quite a while, possibly.

If you really need the FM radio, tbere are really cheap external solutions to it. I'm sure e.g. DealExtreme has those with couple of bucks.

For me for example, FM radio is useless. Bluetooth on the other hand.... :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mani0608:
Any update on this guys...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoneMo:
well i just wanted to say that in some countries FMradio is not useless and cannot be substituted with internet
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
Did anyone got slight decolloration on low light values ?(it seems a little red)

It seems a hardware problem but i am not sure because it is almost not(read i didn't see it) and not recognizable in recovery or on boot up animation...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
@codeworkx

Any chance of settings tsp_threshold to 40? (To improve touch response when the phone is on charge, also fixed a problem with a type of screen protector, seems to have no downside, touchscreen behaves the same on and off charge)

credit@Hacre
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeworkx:
Flash a stock rom and be happy with your fmradio for now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] streetsurfer:
I asked this a while back. About 30 pages I think.

But is AOSP helper for juice defender working for anyone else?

It does say that its rom dependant on the installer tthough