yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
It's possible however I did a full wipe and used the non-wipe version as well. Still got the same FC using flash content.
[Galaxy S II General] filippoz:
after 7h 44min on KG2 I can say that I have 53% of my battery life left ...

I am really disappointed but will check the battery drain after few more charges.

GPS OK, EMAIL OK, GTALK OK, Camera OK, small lags on shutting screen off and turning it on again, wiz 4.0 works smother.
[Galaxy S II General] Devowa:
Thank you so much, man!

You just solved my issue.

We can flash any old CSC(of course, for your region' CSC) after flashing this firmware.

Backup app/data after flashing old CSC.

And then reflash newer CSC and restore.

But Isn't CSC related 3G signal configuration?

or it just include APN info and something?

If it's not our CSC problem just solved :D

like, find old one, and follow this method, or config APN by yourself.

Am I correct? right? right?

Best Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] mjeshurun:
Wish Samsung would just release the update already...
[Galaxy S II General] earthdome:
anyone gets force close for android.process.acore while trying to view the "logs"? it also happens when scrolling the tabs
[Galaxy S II General] shaq1907:
These files are extracted from non-wipe firmware:

boot.bin

cache.img

factoryfs.img

hidden.img

modem.bin

param.lfs

Sbl.bin

zImage

How can I flash these to the phone? Can you guide me?
[Galaxy S II General] hotsync100:
You don't have to unzip the ".tar" file. Flash it on PDA section.
[Galaxy S II General] TassaDarK:
nice! flashing it
[Galaxy S II General] bruflot:
I win.
[Galaxy S II General] AndreiLux:
What the hell is going on there Bruflot? :D
[Galaxy S II General] shaq1907:
Thanks a lot. It worked.
[Galaxy S II General] tasty_boy:
not in this section, but getting force close in somethings that i wasn't having in KG1...

hope people release some FIX to that...

so sad!
[Galaxy S II General] prozact:
Thanks! Checking it out now ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Limpperi:
new market doesn't work with KG2? i cant install anything from there.
[Galaxy S II General] victorwalter:
Good but I`ll wait for Cognition S2...
[Galaxy S II General] bricked_tab:
I just flashed the CSC file and all is good. So far just one fc on the browser. Phone functions alright so far.
[Galaxy S II General] LuffyPSP:
No crash whatsoever using a flash site on browser. first time accessing, the phone shutting down itself. after that it was fine. :D

but i 2 problems, i cannot connect to wifi and my email keep saying refreshing while it didnt.
[Galaxy S II General] Flash_Gordon:
OK....problem!

After Flashing using ODIN and the following setup.......

PDA : GT-I9100_OXA_I9100_XXKG2_I9100OXAKG2_I9100XXKG2.tar

PHONE : MODEM_I9100XXKG2_REV_02_CL1037208.tar.md5

CSC : GT-I9100-CSC-HOME-MULTI-OXAKG2.tar.md5

After it "passed" ODIN....upon reboot and any subsequent reboot it now gives the following message....

Sorry!

The application Email (process com.android.email) has stopped unexpectedly.

Please try again

Force Close

How can i fix this?

Any ideas?

Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] hotsync100:
Did you try clearing data and cache?
[Galaxy S II General] armanderli:
Is anybody havin'data problem...I cannt seem to connec nor send any mms...I've modified my APN and reset it multiply time still no luck...besides that,the build is incredible..
[Galaxy S II General] Flash_Gordon:
Hi,

How do I clear data and cache?
[Galaxy S II General] armanderli:
Look like I've resolved the issue...seems to be my provider messin' with me...
[Galaxy S II General] :
It works fine. No problems for me.
[Galaxy S II General] Urimagination:
Question looking to root my phone and update to this version or which ever version is the most stable, Currently on KE7 with bloatware.

Can this be done on my mac or a mac which has a windows bootcamp on it.

Not to game to do it on the bootcamp as i think some drives are missing and i dont want to stuff my phone up.

Thanks guys
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
Right now your best bet is to install kies on bootcamp and then use odin to root your phone.

There is some software out there called Heimdall which does work on a mac but I have not tested this on my MBA.

I would personally stick to bootcamp + odin as this has worked flawlessly for me.
[Galaxy S II General] Flash_Gordon:
OK....In the meantime, I re-flashed and re-rooted....and everything went 'fine' this time.

However, it totally wiped my phone...so had to re-install all apps...and re-setup the phone from scratch.

Painful..... :(
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
As a quick test can you try playing some flash content in your browser if you don't mind and let me know if it FC's? (as you done a clean wipe and started from scratch)
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
This is what I've deduced regarding the browser bug. If plugins in your browser setting is set to always on it will FC while playing Flash content. If plugins are set to "on-demand" flash does not cause the browser to crash.
[Galaxy S II General] rheza02:
Since when you can release ROM on general subforum ?
[Galaxy S II General] zzz777:
tried to flash no wipe FW with odin and i've got "error" : no flash

need to be flashed from odin or CWM ?

FYI i didn't unzip tar file :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
Mine crashes with on-demand as well
[Galaxy S II General] leeboy22001:
Has anyone tried using kies to do a restore after	an upgrade to kg2 with wipe ?
[Galaxy S II General] well0549:
I had that as well. So i did a complete wipe and installed everything from scratch...

I used the procedure on I believe page 62 (or very near there)

I had a question about rooting and there is an answer that was helpful.

I combined this with the from downloaded from the frankenstein section....(first flashed that to have de CSC XEU (whatever that means))

Did a couple of reboots in between.

And now it's working flawlesly. (no FC on the mentioned flash website)

The reason my mail was broken had probably something to do with pure messenger widgets. They require root to be able to read mails from hotmail/exchange.

After I experimented with that i got the same message as you did.
[Galaxy S II General] shaq1907:
You should back up all settings and apps with Titanium BackUp.
[Galaxy S II General] Flash_Gordon:
Glad to be of use - after my 'painful' update ;)

No problems or errors with flash files on either stock browser...or Opera.....my usual browser....

Having said that...damn battery level went down quickly while installing my apps and re-setting up again....will monitor that closely.

Also, when going into email...the refresh seems to take a long time to finish....longer than previously anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] nil.shunya:
Yes yes. absolutely, the latest camera firmware may or may not be included on the firmware but generally it is there. So what is the point of difference between u and scot i dont understand? I think both of u are saying the same thing.

Any correction or update in my knowledge is welcome!
[Galaxy S II General] gr8member:
Did a clean install of KG2 yesterday night on my SGS2 using ODIN. Not sure if the software had the Indian version of the CSC, but installed the version anyway (Installed KG1 only a day ago) and re-installed all apps

a. Home button delay is noticeable. May be it has got to due with my comparison to iPhone :)

b. Lock screen swipe functionality is still not slick enough. I have to do a longer swipe to unlock and display the home screen.

c. The back key appears insensitive in most apps. Compared to KG1/factory install (2.3.3), it necessitates a sharper press to effect closure of the window/app.

d. Battery life - The phone is barely couple of days old and will have to wait till I calibrate the battery charge cycle. But in the past 10 hours I can see only a minimal drop in charge in an 3G network (Data plan is still 2G). I hope battery life is improved in this version and will share the screen shot in coming days.
[Galaxy S II General] Flash_Gordon:
Actually I did!

But as this was a different version 'update' (2.3.4)...I thought that retrieving any backups from the previous FW version would stuff up the later version update.

If you get my drift.....

Also, The FW was listed as 'non-wipe'......:confused:

Anyway...too late now....all done and updated....and now 70% through getting it back to how it was set-up previously.
[Galaxy S II General] Urimagination:
Thanks for that, Im just worried as im not sure if all the drivers for the phone were downloaded correctly when i plugged it in. Borrowed version of windows ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Lennyz1988:
You can just restore your apps + data, just not system apps.
[Galaxy S II General] wackyD:
Wow battery life is so much better with this update. AOS drawing much less power! Also, the earphone volume is louder!
[Galaxy S II General] feueri:
can i update stock xxkg1 to xxkg2 without flash player bug with odin? or does this bug happen to everyone..?
[Galaxy S II General] Galaxy s2:
Does anybody have any screen shots please
[Galaxy S II General] eRajesh:
Can someone upload only a CWM flashable version of the KG2 modem?
[Galaxy S II General] redzion:
For me it's working as should... very happy, rooted with cf-root, all good...
[Galaxy S II General] filippoz:
yesterday after 8hrs from downloading KG2 - 53%, today after 22hrs - 14%, so phone took 86% of the battery in 22hrs.

Will check again after second charge, apart of that no other issues with new soft, no FC or anything else.
[Galaxy S II General] liuwenaz:
I downloaded the XXKG2 for GS2, the Non-Wipe version. But when I extracted it, it contains GT-I9100_OXA_I9100_XXKG2_I9100OXAKG2_I9100XXKG2.tar. I don't know what to do. So, please help.

Do I use Odin?

What do I need to select? Leave the setting default? Choose PDA?

If I choose wrongly, I may brick my phone, right?
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
Use odin like you said and just use pda and do not click anything else but start.

don't forget to put your phone in download mode first.
[Galaxy S II General] shaq1907:
Use Odin to flash it on PDA section. Only choose Auto Reboot and F.Time Reset.
[Galaxy S II General] liuwenaz:
Thanks my friends, I will give a try.^^
[Galaxy S II General] liuwenaz:
Thanks bud, Did u do the non-wipe one? Got any bugs?
[Galaxy S II General] daleski75:
Did the non wipe only bug so far is flash content FC's the browser although others do not see this issue though.
[Galaxy S II General] Hrti:
Reverted to XXKF2 after experiencing two bugs:

*Flash content causes internet browser to crash.

*FM shortcuts show up on lock screen when FM app is not running

Other than that this version feels really polished and is very responsive. Looking forward to the official release :)
[Galaxy S II General] filippoz:
happened to me too, no idea how.
[Galaxy S II General] liuwenaz:
Dude, i know the way, use Titanium to uninstall flash player, and then download it from the market, it works fine for me.

try it.
[Galaxy S II General] scott.eden:
A Few Screen shots.
[Galaxy S II General] Swisha7:
happened to me as well but now it's no longer there
[Galaxy S II General] hurja:
worked for me too thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
well after a full days use yesterday and a charge last night, stock wipe version unrooted im currently upto 11 hrs 45 minutes on battery, phone has 86% remaining, thats with several calls and texts, 3g on and wifi for 1 hour, 40-60 minutes browsing.... and the android OS is at 29% using a total of 28 minutes cpu use....
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
I sometimes get the Noise Reduction option show up during some calls but sometimes it does not show up at all.

Sometimes when I check and its not there, then all of a sudden I check again and i see it appear.

BUG?

P.S, I did the NON Wipe version but WIPED all data and restored a few times since my EMail app was not working. I read afterwards of clearing data from Settings/applications.

Phone works better than KF3, battery life is close to 60% left, when on KF3 after work, it was 50%. Usage and configuration is the SAME. hours on battery.
[Galaxy S II General] well0549:
This rom is awesome..

Battery life is very good

WIFI is superfast

And Quadrant notes a nice 3541
[Galaxy S II General] :
so what is now the difference between GT-I9100-CSC-HOME-MULTI-OXAKG2.tar.md5 and GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKG2.tar.md5?

what's the impact if rom is flashed with GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKG2.tar.md5 instead of GT-I9100-CSC-HOME-MULTI-OXAKG2.tar.md5?
[Galaxy S II General] andresalonika:
When are we hopefully going to get an official 2.3.4 update through kies??
[Galaxy S II General] JupiterdroidXDA:
Tonight, about 22:25:35.25 seconds, Its coming exactly at this time, lol:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] skynetrulz:
heey.. guys.. need help.. am into serious trouble.. after d update as tld in post 1 .. everything was workin fine and fast.. but nw.. after switching off wifi.. d phone is not using 2G.. packet data is not being send/received .. Damn..! I live in India..! plz help me..!
[Galaxy S II General] kei_kusanagi:
Someone knows if this KG2 firmware is 2.3.4?:

Product Code: GT-I9100LKAPTR

HIDSWVER: I9100JHKG2/I9100PTRKG2/I9100JHKG2/I9100JHKG2

Modified: 2011-07-18
[Galaxy S II General] faris2001:
Does anyone know the release date of stock Arabic 2.3.4 firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
Press the power button til the menu appears and switch data off then back on again....
[Galaxy S II General] skynetrulz:
@ dan..

DId tat ... but still no luck.. vat should i do..?:(:(:(
[Galaxy S II General] Razer(x):
EDIT Nevermind
[Galaxy S II General] taikasotilas:
Is there any way to get Nordic keyboard to 2.3.4?
[Galaxy S II General] tasty_boy:
Today i was playing a game and then the game closes itself...it never happened before

with KG1...so flashing back and waiting a final release...

KG2 didn't like my phone...i think
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
Tried flight mode? Then back....

Check the access point is highlighted in settings
[Galaxy S II General] King Canute:
Swiftkey on market.
[Galaxy S II General] JupiterdroidXDA:
In about 20 minutes!

Sent from my Samsung Galactic Crusader S II
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
Yeah it's only been 2 days, but battery life on KG2 is a little worse than KG1 thus far (about 10-15%). No biggie just reporting my findings. Overall KG2 feels better and there are good improvements that have been made.
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
I was told 22 :p
[Galaxy S II General] huracaniki:
umm... after two days i had noticed that battery in standby mode is longer than previously (2.3.3)

I have flashed with odin to 2.3.4 clean kernel version, no root stock XXKG2

But youtube videos in Browser at 720p or 1080 not load correctly, the video begin but after 3 or 4 seconds stop and no never continues. at 480 works flawlessly. With 2.3.3 videos in 720p works like a charm.

ideas?

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] luismfr:
I´m having this strange problem using the music player: after a while (about 20 or 30 min) the music stop and i have to press play again to continue listening. anyone with similar problem?
[Galaxy S II General] jayesh:
Typing in English might help :P

Besides that check if your APN has been added. If not add it manually.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Well, if it only stops without auto reboot it is a great improvement form 2.3.3... :D
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
Installed 2.3.4 with odin and it was a pleasurable experience. Currently doing a data restore. Fingers crossed it works out.
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
Do you flip the phone? Because it's a feature of Samsung, when you flip the phone it mute sounds, to disable Settings -> Movements -> Flip (not sure about translation).
[Galaxy S II General] luismfr:
i also tought it could be the movement sensor, but yesterday the music was stopping even when the phone was charging standalone in the table.
[Galaxy S II General] zabihjan:
20 minutes is up.
[Galaxy S II General] Lightfunkyone:
sorry had to post this, Go sms Pro conflicted with stock player and forced reboot, binned Go sms Pro and all back to normal now ;-)

(may have been the update 2 weeks ago , never downloaded it since)
[Galaxy S II General] pbrown77:
Running Go sms Pro and have been updating as the updates come out and have not had this problem. Am running both the latest go sms pro and using stock player on 2.3.4 and all is well.
[Galaxy S II General] lipricci:
Hi, I flashed with this firmware and my phone was great.

Then I flashed Lite'ning and after that DarkyRom to see wich one I'd like more.

With both of them I was getting lag at stock browser so decide to go back to the state I was when flashed this firmware.

So I followed again the instruction to flash it with Odin. Now my phone is stuck in the flashing process, on a Hidden.img part. It has been like 10 minutes in this part and doesn't seem to be getting over.

Can anyone help me with that, please?? Should I disconnect it and try again?

Update: Got it! Just disconnected and tried again.
[Galaxy S II General] Lightfunkyone:
That issue was with 2.3.3 fw ( on mine anyway with KE7, not tried it on KF3), glad it's sorted on this one though.

I'm tempted to flash but I will see what the outcome is.
[Galaxy S II General] sohanlon07:
So what all features does 2.3.4 provide bar gtalk video and the battery issues resolution. Also, will future kies updates work ok? don't want to ahve to go through the process of losing data and stuff again. Have to restart angry birds which I'm raging about :(
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
For the guys having an issue with the CSC coming up as unknown after flashing the non-wipe package I have fixed the issue and here is the new link: http://www.multiupload.com/9SY9CKXAWB
[Galaxy S II General] mchu6am4:
Hi,

Is there a simple guide on how to install this for a newbie? My phone is not rooted and has the official firmware/rom.

Thanks, Ash
[Galaxy S II General] Galaxy s2:
Have a read through page 1 mate:D
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
I second this. I have a general understanding but am missing potential potholes which could prove unsuccessful.

1. Does it matter which kernel/firmware I have when upgrading to 2.3.4? I currently have KE2. So no problem going from KE2 to KG2?

2. I plan on rooting after so I would first download/flash the goods on page 1, then download/flash the insecure KG2 from Chainfire's thread, then download/flash the stock on page 1 again? Seems redundant....
[Galaxy S II General] victorwalter:
GSII was relesead at Brasil in June...

Just curious, has this release Portugues-Brasil language?

[]s
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
As a rule of thumb you want to match the kernel with the firmware. So if you're going to KG2, find the CF-Root KG2 kernel in the Chainfire thread in the development section.

To start with I would flash what's on page 1, flash the KG2 kernel from Chainfire and let that be for now. At the point, you'll be fully rooted. When you boot up you will notice a yellow triangle but since you are new to all of this take baby steps and asks lots of questions.
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
Also read this, it's a great guide and video to rooting your SGS2. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
Thanks. I found more detailed instructions here (http://droidangel.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-odin-flashinstall-upgrade.html)

So I guess my current kernel doesn't really matter? It's just what I'm upgrading to that has to match in order to root.

Also, which CSC should I use for North America? I see there are:

GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKG2.tar (according to above link)

GT-I9100-CSC-HOME-MULTI-OXAKG2.tar.md5 (according to page 1)

I also see a bunch from Intratech's thead (Frankensteins and whatnot)
[Galaxy S II General] akira888:
Have you guys noticed that the network speed is slower with this ROM?

I flashed using the single .tar file (non-wipe) version. I also got CF-Root KG2.

Before flash, I was on stock Vodafone Australia ROM (KF4).

Have you guys experienced the speed drop issue?

And also, my T9 predictive text is not working after the upgrade (i.e. no auto-sub, no option bar on top of the keyboard while typing, etc.).

I have done factory reset and wipe cache partition after the upgrade, but not yet wipe the delvik cache (BTW, what is it?). Should I do another clean wipe again like factory reset + wipe cache partition + wipe delvik cache?
[Galaxy S II General] owenhan:
Noob here. Can anyone confirm that it's fine to use this in Australia on Optus?

I did the wipe version following the instructions with Odin and everything seems fine I'm just worried by two things:

1. What's the significance of the CSC? I just used the one in the instructions and everything seems to work fine.

2. My browser bookmarks were still there, I thought flashing the firmware this way would remove every trace of what was on my phone?

Thanks :)

*Edit* I reflashed again but kept the usb cable plugged in and noticed MTP application was synchronizing, and that Kies Tray Application was an active process, pretty sure it was copying my bookmarks over which I had backed up on my PC. Unplugged mid-sync and there were no bookmarks on my phone.

**Edit** Also noticed that the CSC code it applied was KOR. So apparently I'm using a Korean CSC?
[Galaxy S II General] victorinoxs:
OMG, Samsung actually made the browser even WORSE. They got rid of those small dots at the bottom of pages view; there is no way to quickly jump between pages. Say if you have 9 pages open, and you want to jump from page 9 back to page 1, you'll need to swipe 8 times to get to the first page........:mad:
[Galaxy S II General] bruce258:
You can use 'windows' and select the tab. Its like previews
[Galaxy S II General] victorinoxs:
That's exactly what I was talking about. Sorry when I said "page view" I meant windows view. In any of the 2.3.3 builds, there are several dots at the bottom of windows preview page, you can simply tap on any of them to quickly jump to any window you want. In this 2.3.4 update, you can only swipe through each window, one at a time....You need to swipe 8 times to switch from window 9 to window 1.

--

edit:

well, I guess if you swipe fast enough, you can get through multiple windows by a single swipe, but still not as easy though...
[Galaxy S II General] nexcat:
hello;

mininote widget is not working after this update, any idea to solve this problem ?

regards.
[Galaxy S II General] Swisha7:
same here...
[Galaxy S II General] filippoz:
I have problems now with data transfer.

Rebooting phone, switching it off in the settings menu or by selecting option from the power button menu does not help. Turned into the 2G mode for 1h and then into auto mode, turn data on and it is running again. For me data transfer is essential, required more than the long battery life, I can live with in-car charger attached to my pocket :).
[Galaxy S II General] valdigre:
Try removing the widget from the screen and after deleting it, put it back on.
[Galaxy S II General] nexcat:
Tried that but not working again :(
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Clear the application data and see if that fixes the issue.
[Galaxy S II General] Universeal:
does anyone have this problem on camera when you put auto constrast and outdoor visibility to on the exit the camera and go back again they are switched back to off?
[Galaxy S II General] cribeiro:
Internet force close

I can confirm this problem; eg: try to see a movie from xvideos site. Internet will force close.
[Galaxy S II General] Universeal:
With default browser yes there is problems. I'm using opera and i do not have a problem.
[Galaxy S II General] :
this firmware causes high battery drain. once it leaves standby/sleep it will never come back to it.

tested it with battery monitor from 3c.

charged the battery to 100% leaved it in standby. phone uses -1mA. after doing a call and sending a sms. i checked the battery again 30m later. phone uses now values between -34mA and -123mA. in my eyes that is not normal.

there are still a lot of bugs in android 2.3.4 which causes high battery drain.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Many thanks :)
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Two hours browsing without interruption ate so far 46% of my battery. That's a lot of browsing, and that's a lot of battery. Better tham my laptop though :D