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[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
New title for this thread?

Hi

PLS don't flame me for this ... but this thread was started 8th August 2011!

Since this thread is very active with daily replies, I think the title "Just got a new Orange UK update via Kies - enables Signal Boost" is very confusing :rolleyes:

Could OP consider changing title to something less confusing like "August 2011 - Orange UK update via Kies - enables Signal Boost"?

Just a proposal :)

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
I've added the missing files to the CWM flashable zip that was created by Ante0. No need for adb or root explorer any more, just flash the attached zip using CWM
[Galaxy S II General] Chris911t:
Excellent, thanks very much for doing that.

I've shoehorned the files into the right place the 'old way' but I'm wondering if it really works as intended due to the low-volume issues, so maybe I'll uninstall it and try your zip.

I had problems with another app (Polaris Office) that I installed by just pushing the files with adb into /system/app and /system/lib - until I used a .bat file someone had written that did it as a 2-step process, so perhaps there's a right way and a wrong way.
[Galaxy S II General] Methanoid:
Its great and works well.. just the bloody volume issue :(
[Galaxy S II General] cz.marcin:
Anybody who has low volume during phone call just turn Media Volume up and its loud than.

How to do it?

Go to the music player and play some music, use buttons on a side to raise volume to the max.

Works for me so it should work for You as well.
[Galaxy S II General] Methanoid:
Thanks, I wonder if we could use Tasker to Max the Media Vol on receipt of a call and return it to previous level at call end? I'm not a Tasker expert....
[Galaxy S II General] Chris911t:
This worked perfectly, thanks! :)

I'm not sure if this is a bit of silly design by Orange (since people who've just been playing their music at a sensible volume may then have a problem hearing phone calls) or if there's a way to make the volume related only to the physical volume button on the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] alonjankelewitz:
O used yo use this as it came on my phone. Great to get working on custom rooms. In regard to he above post. When I was using on my stock orange sgs2 I had no such problem. Just worked. Different media volume to call volume. The volume in call (while using signal boost) was changed with volume buttons so it can be done.
[Galaxy S II General] Chris911t:
I should probably clarify what I meant in my previous post.

I can change the volume using the physical volume button on the phone, but it didn't make it loud enough for me to hear very well (the person at the other end could hear me fine though). This part was explained in one of my earlier posts in this thread.

When I did that test the phone was quite new and I'd never listened to music, so the media volume would be at the default setting, presumably around the middle.

So I was about to give up on using Orange when I saw the post about the media player volume making a difference. I set it at maximum and tested it again with another call to my landline - this time it was fine.

So, as long as I remember to leave media volume high, it should be ok.

Did you ever notice any difference in calls after changing media volume?
[Galaxy S II General] alonjankelewitz:
No. When i first used it you could have media volume muted and still hear the other end of the call while using signal boost. If you were using signal boost, you could change the volume in call. The in call volume while usong signal boost was in fact in call volume, nothin to do.with the media volume. So im my experience, the media volume is new to me because previously i never had to do that on my stock orange rom. Hope that makes sense.
[Galaxy S II General] Methanoid:
Could Tasker be used to up volume for calls and back to what it started after?
[Galaxy S II General] alonjankelewitz:
Dont have a clue about that. Im hoping someone much more experienced that me will hook sh*t up. All i know is how it ran when i first got it on my stock orange S2

Anyone know what to do?

Ps. Big thanks to the guy/girl who uploaded this in the first place! I was missing it but hated the stock Orange theming etc.
[Galaxy S II General] alonjankelewitz:
Did you have luck with tasker?
[Galaxy S II General] Chris911t:
Thanks

Thanks for that. I looked up Tasker - it can automate lots of things - so it seems a possibility that it could, as you say, change the volume on exiting the media app.

I may well look into that as a possible solution for £3.95 - although I'm still hoping for a purely technical solution to get to the same software functionality as the stock rom has.

I'm beginning to think that it's not going to happen though :(
[Galaxy S II General] alonjankelewitz:
If i was yo upload the stock rom somehow (i have it backed up on CWM, might someone be able to find out how it works?
[Galaxy S II General] sutty86:
Hi there thanks for.coming up with a solution

problem now.ive got is i hqve no sound from my handset
[Galaxy S II General] Chris911t:
I'm having a strange issue as well.

When I dial out everything works fine.

When people call me, I can hear them perfectly but they hear nothing at all - no static, nothing.

This only happens when the phone is using WiFi, when the house symbol is red (using G2 network) it's ok, only when it's through WiFi is there a problem.

And I just ordered an Orange SIM thinking this was working. HELP!
[Galaxy S II General] extrememonkey:
Does anyone know if this works on MIUI????
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
yes it works
[Galaxy S II General] 5aq1b:
first post guys :)

I've got an unbranded Galaxy S2 which was, until 30 mins ago, unrooted. I followed the above and everything seems ok. Took a few mins for the red house icon to turn green after activating signal boost. I've tested it with one phone call and everything seems ok. No volume issues either however I have had volume issues when using my hands free and that was prior to rooting...that's another story!

But...this is working for me and will be ideal for me when in my workplace which seems to be made of lead walls.
[Galaxy S II General] Chris911t:
That's how it looked to me too, when I made calls outwards everything was fine - until I received an incoming call and the person at the other end couldn't hear me. This was true after a few more calls - it became clear that the problem exists for all incoming calls and there's no problem with outgoing calls.

It would be really good if anyone can suggest anything that might fix this issue - could there be a file missing from what was posted?

Also - I can't uninstall the Signal Boost app, it just doesn't appear in the list. Presumably this is because I used adb to push the files over (before Joey posted the flashable zip).
[Galaxy S II General] 5aq1b:
Been in work for a few hours today where I have zero to one bar signal depending on where the phone is sitting and i've managed to send / receive SMS and make and receive phone calls without an issue. I've received a couple of phone calls and they've heard me fine.

Only issue I have is that about one out of 10 sms messages fail to send.
[Galaxy S II General] Chris911t:
5aq1b - thanks for letting me know, it sounds as if there's something wrong with my installation.

I may try using Joey's flashable zip - not sure if I need to remove the files I've pushed in via adb first though.

If anyone knows how best to use the flashable zip from where I am, it would be much appreciated. Basically, I have used the files pushed into the folders as described in the post:

http://adq.livejournal.com/118239.html

So, should I delete these files and then flash the zip, or can I just use it without deleting anything?
[Galaxy S II General] 5aq1b:
No worries. Basically I just followed the instructions I found on this thread and moved the files from the zip folder over to the phone via ES Explorer. Surprised it's working for me as i'm pretty much a novice at all things Android. I'd been meaning to root my phone for ages but this thread pretty much gave me the kick up the ass because I wanted this Signal Boost app.

Been at work today and again is working ok - another thing i've noticed though is that when on a phone call, the call volume just stays the same regardless of you moving the volume up and down. It's pretty loud so kinda annoying when you want to have a conversation at your desk!

I suggest you use the files in the zip. Remove everything you had tried before and just move the files within the zip over into the directories as described in the external link. Here are the directories for quickness:

libganril.so to /system/lib

libkineto.so to /system/lib

librilswitch.so to /system/lib

WiFi-Calling.apk to /system/app

libsec_ril.so to /system/lib

default.prop to /system

One thing though - the zip file doesn't contain "Wifi-Calling.apk". Instead it contains a file called "SignalBoost.apk". Nothing major - but move it into the system/app directory anyway
[Galaxy S II General] DJGibbon:
Has anyone tried this on an ICS ROM yet?
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
Works fine
[Galaxy S II General] markdj57:
I take it this is for Orange UK users only?
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
You are correct.
[Galaxy S II General] vdubmad5:
Hey everyone, i am currently attempting to get this to work on my ics rom, i copied all files as instructed with root explorer but all i get is a red house and my imei has vanished! No worry as i have a backup but does anyone know where i might be going wrong?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
Just to confirm you are on Orange aren't you?
[Galaxy S II General] vdubmad5:
Hi, yes i am on orange contract, the signalboost worked fine when stock, but i dont like stock lol! I also tried this on a gingerbread rom so no joy either, must be doing something wrong im sure! If i try to use the cwm zip i get an error with zip file message and aborted installation???
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
This post explains how to do it manually. I'd revert back to your working backup and then follow the steps below.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20803760&postcount=172
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] heyme:
Has anyone gotten Newsr to work on the NC. It seems to be one Android app most like Zite for the Ipad that I miss (as I can't get the IPad away from my 4-year-old). Or is there an Android app like Zite (not a big fan of pulse).

Thanks.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] boxcar8028:
"Newsr is optimized for the Honeycomb experience on Xoom and is only available on Android tablets running Honeycomb".
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] heyme:
Ya, I saw that, but was just hoping that as with netflix that someone was working some magic.

Thanks.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] ace7196:
Doesn't work like that. If it's meant for Honeycomb, and that is all it says, there are reasons...like it actually uses elements only found in 3.0+.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Wohee:
So as some of you know, the CM7 pre-beta has limited the max number of fingers registered on the screen to 2.

So here is how to change it to the max of 10 (really its just 8 :P )

1. Download the Multi-touch.zip

2. Un-zip it

3. Copy both folders to your internal or external sd, whichever u can access.

4. Open up root explorer

5. Go to /etc/touchpad/

6. Mount R/W (On top)

7. Open folder 21 and rename touchpad.cfg to touchpad.cfg.bak

8. Do the same in folder 22

9. Go to your internal/external sdcard folder open up your 21 folder and long-press on touchpad.cfg and select copy (or move, your choice)

10. Go to /etc/touchpad/21 and paste it there

11. Change Permissions to: (If you don't your touchscreen will be backwards and it gets annoying.

Owner: [X] [X] [_]
Group: [X] [_] [_]
Others: [X] [_] [_]

12. Repeat Steps 9, 10, 11 for folder 22 (except its in folder 22 and copy/move it to /etc/touchpad/22 :P just for those noobs who didn't know)

12. Reboot

I tried just editing the cm7 touchpad.cfg files but it just changed max limit form 2 to 1 (Fail.) so this is the only thing that worked for me.

Thanks to michael0619 for this great find.

and to Ronaldo_9 who made it work for 2.3.4 in a CWM form ( And hopefully for CM7, hehe :D )
[Atrix 4G Android Development] joe ferreira:
cm7 pre-beta work now supports 5 fingers. I do not know if this is in the current pre-beta2 release but you should all see it soon.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] BravoMotorola:
I flashed the multitouch.zip in cwm several weeks ago to support >2 multi touch. Why all of the unzipping and instruction? Download, flash in cwm. That's all that's is needed to be done.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] stevendeb25:
Agree that's all I use
[Atrix 4G Android Development] BravoMotorola:
Oh, and to make clear it is actually the 10_point_touch_2.3.4.zip that I flashed. I'm not sure where I got it, but I copied the dl link to wherever on these threads it was from.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] princeandy63:
I tried to apply this with the stock att build, deodexed and my touchscreen is backwards, the 21 & 22 folder have the correct permissions

Owner: [X] [X] [_]

Group: [X] [_] [_]

Others: [X] [_] [_]

but what is supposed to be for the 20 folder?

is it supposed to be this?

owner [_] [_] [_]

group [X] [X] [X]

others [X] [_] [X]

and what about the touchpad folder itself? My touchpad folder had all the permissions set for owner,group, and others
[Atrix 4G Android Development] BravoMotorola:
Flash the file I put in my post above. Was that post not clear enough or did you not read it?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] princeandy63:
I did read it and it still ended up backwards, anyways I'll flash the file again and post the results

Edit: its still backwards and I wiped the dalvik cache
[Atrix 4G Android Development] BravoMotorola:
Woah, that's really strange. Did you move the files over and then flash it? Or did you just flash the file first thing?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] princeandy63:
Moved over first, permissions > rebooted > backwards then flashed it, still backwards.

EDIT: I fixed it, I messed around with the permissions and set the 21 and 22 folder to

owner [_] [_] [_]

group [X] [X] [X]

others [X] [_] [X]

and then flashed the zip file and that fixed it

Thanks for trying to help
[Atrix 4G Android Development] BravoMotorola:
Glad you fixed it. Although I think if moving the files over form the op and then flashing the zip is what (somehow) messed you up.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
I, like many users it seems, are a little apprehensive about installing Cooked ROMS onto our phones because the HOW-TO's are rather generic.

Because our phones have been prone to SD card failures, I thought I'd extend this thread as a request to someone out there who has a CANADIAN SGS I9000M that has upgraded his/her phone to the new JVR (not darky's or any other custom one, just the leaked one from Samsung) to tell the rest of us apprehensive users just how you did it.

I understand these firmwares, at least JVQ or JVR are european versions so I guess we apprehensive users would also need to know about radio's and the whole like.

So to get started, has anyone out there on Bell Mobility's i9000m gone from the stock Froyo 2.2 KC1, to the new JVR or JVQ?

If so, can you please offer the rest of us first-timers a complete and thorough step by step on how you did it?

If this thread is redundant, can you please direct us to a thread that will give us a step by step for OUR phones, and not generic ones? I ask this because it seems that only ours has had the SD failure.

Thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GOTFrogqc:
I just used the guides and nothing happened, from what I undertand if you have a phone dated later than 1210 or 1012, not sure witch order they come in, you'll be fine to check just remove battery and the number should be there.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
Well my phone says "10.12" at the bottom left of the IMEI/SERIAL sticker under the battery.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mk_ln:
I went from KC1 to JVP, now on JVQ; JVR would be the same process:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102881

I was also wary of flashing anything other than stock Kies FW, but couldn't wait any longer for bell or samsung to release it over Kies. JVQ is siginificantly better than KC1 imo.

(the below was done after a backup)

The EXACT process I used to flash was:

1) get firmware from Ramad (from the link posted earlier) and place in a folder on your machine.

2) get odin 1.82 (there's also 1.7 and 1.3, but iirc, there was a suggestion to stay away from 1.7 b/c it was not as reliable as 1.3)

3) open odin and place PDA, Phone, and CSC files from Ramad's download in their respective 'slots'.

***note: I did not repartition, so I had only 'Auto Reboot' and 'F. Reset Time' checked

4) enter download mode in phone (vol down + home + power)

5) connect phone to computer via usb (there should be a dialog under 'Message' saying 'Added' and 'ID:COM' should have something there, as in Ramad's post)

6) flash files by clicking 'Start'

7) after flashing successfully, it will reboot the phone...disconnect phone.

Congrats! you're done!

1-7 is the flashing to JV*, but I did the below b/c I wanted the KC1 modem.

8) do same process as above but with only original KC1 modem file (the Phone one)...so PDA and CSC are left blank in odin

Note: you probably could have left the Phone file and flashed only PDA and CSC...perhaps even only the PDA file from JV*, but I selected all 3 first and, iirc, that is what is suggested if flashing for the first time from Froyo to GB.

Hope that helps. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
Thanks mk_ln...

Still learning so I hope these questions don't deter anyone from helping.

As far as I can see:

PIT Files

PIT files are only needed if you are repartitioning? Are there any advantages to repartitioning?

CSC Files

As far as I understand it, these are "Country Specific Settings"? I noticed you flashed this as well? Seeing as you are using Bell and I guess JVQ is European firmware, do you notice a problem?

Modem File

So if I leave the Modem file unchecked, it will keep the KC1 modem file thats already on my phone? Any adverse effects of doing that through ODIN?

PDA File

Is this the Gingerbread portion? What I mean is, does anyone know if changes have been made to Modem and CSC files? Or are they carried forward each time?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
Also, if someone does do this procedure... how easy is it to undue? Meaning, if Samsung finally gets their heads out of their A$$ and gives us gingerbread, can we go back to stock?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GOTFrogqc:
Just do the same but with KC1 easy as pie. Also before installing you apps make sure your csc is not kor. Can't remember what code to ise for that but you can do it with nitrality
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
So can i just flash the PDA portion of JVQ or JVR? Leave Modem and CSC unchecked?

In other words... no pit, no repartition, no modem, no csc... just PDA.?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davanw:
I did the same as this, but somewhat saved a step. I downloaded JVQ and KC1 from samfirmware.com

Then at step 3, I selected the JVQ PDA and the JVQ CSC, but selected the KC1 Phone file. Then flashed with repartition checked.

*edit* I also put in the 512 pit file.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hansonator:
Got mine on release day last year. Dated 10/07 and have flashed numerous times including the current jvr. I do believe the bootloader update that came with jl2 fixed the dying sd issue. Happy flashing!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
Thanks for your help too... so the JVQ CSC file works ok for your i9000m even though "CSC" stands for "Country Specific Code" or so I've read?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davanw:
It's been working great, the phone has never been more stable. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
I downloaded JVQ and JVR from samfirmwares - and all of the files have a .tar extension.

However I downloaded the KC1 file from Ramad's thread, and all his files are coded as .tar.md5

any reason why? Is there a difference?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davanw:
You don't have to worry about the difference in file extensions. My experience was the same. Simply choose the .tar file for both your PDA (and CSC if desired). And choose the PHONE_XXKC1.tar.md5 for your Phone file. 512 pit and repartition and flash away. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
Ok so is there any difference if I download Ramad's files over the ones at samfirmware?

Do they contain bloatware or anything? And to all that have done this do we have all our radio bands with no issue? I hear some people losing 850 or something?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgsshedden:
reflashing kc1 will give you the modem with the 850 band irrespective of which version of GB you install

use Ramad's files or use samfirmware, install stock using odin and then flash kc1 either in odin or using the recovery option and a zip version available in a couple of places on xda and through perkas file stash

use a custom kernel and install a custom rom as per your preference: lots of choices

in the end, you can do a complete clean and reflash to stock if you ever want to get back to a pure "Bell" state

if and when Bell issue their promised update, it will be posted here and on samfirmware and if there's an updated modem and csc we can flash that too

imagine: life without Kies... lots have done it and are way happier and their phone's way better!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virusdunil:
So after reading these posts,wich modem can i try and is working for *****:eek:ohh sorry BELL instead of JL2 and KC1 ???:D:D:D

ive tried JV1 and JK3 just to see if they were working and its ok...not tested them for long time...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxbeanxx:
I flashed XXJVR (all 3 files+pit..repartitioned) and had no issues except for the modem missing the 850MHz band.

I also tried the "make any modem have 850MHz band" hack that you can find by searching the forum. It appeared to work, the modem would allow me to choose 850MHz, but whenever I was in an area with only 850MHz coverage, I would lose signal. Checking my wife's identical i9000 confirmed that hers was in 850MHz mode while mine was still in 1900 MHz mode.

So obviously I flashed back to KC1 modem and have had no issues since.

Also note that 2.3.4 doesn't yet have any known exploits so a simple one click root won't work. I hacked up my own kernel to provide me with root (since I am not fond of all the tweaks the other kernels offer) but ran into issues with low space on the /system partition. If you decide to go this route know that you'll have to remove some files from /system to gain root.

My plan is to flash back to Bell's gingerbread rom if they ever release it.

EDIT:

.tar.md5 files are just regular tar files with the md5 checksum appended to the end. When untarring them, tar just ignores the extra bytes, but odin can use the checksum to make sure there is no corruption of the archive.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virusdunil:
looks like KC1 is the best one so far ;)