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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clivectmob:
First of all, welcome to android, and like you I came from the world of symbian too. I must say, it can be a bit confusing, all these new terms to get used to but here we go, ill try and clear it up for you with just what applies to the sgs2 for simplicity.

First of all get Odin 1.85, which you said you got anyway.

Now, go to SamFirmware.com, sign up, then navigate to the android firmwares, select the sgs2 from the list, scroll down to XXKH3 (latest and in my opinion the best stock firmware), and download it.

You also need to find an app called superoneclick, I use v1.65, its not the latest, but always works for me, search the forumss or Google it, you should find it easily.

Once all is downloaded and extracted to a folder assumingly on your desktop your ready to go.

First off, switch your phone off and boot it into download mode by holding volume down, home button and power on. You should arrive on a black screen with some writing on and a yellow triangle. Press the up button once, you are now in download.

Connect your phone to PC, and let it install any drivers, I can't reneger at this point if I needed to provide specific drivers as it was a long time ago, but you may need to search for some or look for another "how to" if you have problems.

Start Odin, and without altering any checkboxes, press the PDA button and navigate to your folder where you unzipped/rar'd the firmware and select the one with "code" in the title. Then press phone and select the file with "modem" in the title. Lastly press csc and select one of the two files with "csc " in the title. Make sure you have the correct files and forget about the ones left for now. When sure, press "start".

When complete, your phone will restart and you should have a brand new copy of XXKH3 on your phone, which will now be wiped by the way, so back up and stuff you have first.

Now, you need to find the thread on here that provides "insecure kernels " download and flash any insecure kernel using the method described above except only using the "PDA" button, this step enables you to do the rooting bit next.

Once booted back up again, ensure that "USB debugging" is enabled, and open up and run superoneclick, just press the "root" button and let it do its thing. Reboot back into download mode.

Now, last step is to flash back the stock secure kernel. Start up Odin again, and press "PDA" then select the file with "kernel" in the name from the original download from SamFirmware. Flash it, and once rebooted, you now have stock latest unbranded firmware with root.

If your unclear about anything, ask and ill try and help, please do be careful, as is always the way with these things, you can brick it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartY3:
hi, thanx for reply :)

good to talk to an ex symbian user, i used to admin symbian freak forum lol, think i still might have the highest post count lol, anyway, symbian is a dead os, but was much simpler to debrand and flash, specially when nokia brought out there online update tool, was just a case of changing product code to debrand,, before that i used jaf, still got my jaf flasher somewhere, and pkey..

anyway, back on topic. im still a little lost.. ive signed up at samfirmware but cant find any XXKH3, is this the one i need :>

samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9100.htm

is it the .pit file?

"Galaxy S II */*.PIT File:*DOWNLOAD (EXT4)"

probal not lol, cant find XXKH3 :(

thanx for help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sabeeh121:
ok well if u sscroll down or press ctrl + f and type xxkh3 it will take u there .. but i am also guna update my firmware for first time and heres the link for firmware in case.

hotfile.co m/dl/127188601/47c712c/I9100XXKH3.rar.html << as i am new member it would let me put link properly
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clivectmob:
Yes, that's the one, the file named I9100XXKH3, it'll most likely be zipped or rar'd. When you extract it it will be several tar.md5 files

I used to spend ages on symbian freak, I must say I think android is easier, only pain is you need different binaries for windows for all different oem's that run android to flash. It can get complicated if you flit from one brand to another like I do a lot.

It's a shame symbian didn't keep up, as I liked it, very functional, just cumbersome to use. Although I must say that belle looks nice, although very Android like.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Just go to this thread for firmwares and guide on how to flash the device: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
How to flash: Read the instructions that you find on various threads carefully! take your time, don't jump into it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVwiiSStuSQ

In case you mess up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvdC2Exxm0M

This guide here shows how to install clockwork mod on your device:

http://www.inspiredgeek.com/2011/06...cwm-recovery-for-samsung-galaxy-s2-ii-how-to/

And these instructions tell you how to install via Clockworkmod:

BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!!

Download the rom zip (don’t rename it!)

Put the downloaded zip file on your internal sdcard

Reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery (don’t do this from rom manager, it won’t work)

Select Install zip from sdcard

Select Browse for zip on sdcard

Select the zip file you put on your sdcard above

(Let if flash)

Reboot, Enjoy!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartY3:
yea, nokia made mistake with symbian.. it was a great os back in the day when it was open, like 2nd edition symbian where all system files could be accessed, then if i remember correctly the n80 was the first 3rd edition symbian device, which had a whole load of stupid security features stopping us power users / modders having access to system files.. this was the downfall of symbian i belive, but it was hacked eventually, but then the touch screen revoloution came about, and symbian just simply isnt an os that is usable on a touch only input device, like 5800 for example..

the whole theme that originated symbian to how it was, was the fact it could be very easily used in one hand, but touch screens killed that, and they tried to addapt but failed misserably imo.. now i hear nokia are going with windows 7 mobile, i dont know why they dont use android, well i do, cus its based on linux and easiliy hackable and moddable which for some reason nokia hates.. not sure what happened with the meegoo, or meamo os on the n900, i gave up on nokia after the 5800 and n8.. 5800 was a total failure, worst phone ive ever had, the n8 wasnt so bad, but so sluggish annd everything was so long winded, like simple tasks like changing ring tones had to go through 9000 menu pages, but thats symbian for you lol.. the camera on the n8 i still belive the best camera on any phone to date, just a shame the os the phone has..

one final question before i flash.. whats differnce beetween

GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKH3.tar.md5

GT-I9100-CSC-HOME-MULTI-OXAKH3.tar.md5

thanx for help guys :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17034008&postcount=342
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartY3:
So I need the one that wipes right? Id like a fresh install. completely fresh debranded firmware with nothing else. all my contacts and calendar are most important to me but there all on my Google account.

thanx for help. just need to be tottaly sure before I flash.

Also. I have bricked several Nokia symbian devices in my time. but was able to do a dead flash via usb. or if this failed then I would have to dead flash the device using jaf with fbus cable. now if something did go wrong and brick my s2 is it possible to revive via a usb dead flash as I don't have fbus cable for this device or know if such a thing even exists. I've been out the phone modding game for a long long time due to illness. still in recovery now. just wonder what options I have if something was bad to happen. as we all know flashing any device has some amount of risk.

thanx again guys. much appreciate the prompt replies.

Marty
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clivectmob:
One thing to be wary of, that is a certain death situation if you lose it, is to back up your /efs folder. It contains important information such as imei and more. Flashing normally doesn't touch that folder but it has been heard of for it to go corrupt when flashing. It's rare, but can happen. I have flashed mine dozens of times with no ill effects. There are instructions on this forum of how to do it, unfortunately I think you have to be rooted first in order to do it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Yes, it will be a fresh install. :)

You can also wipe it manually by booting in recovery mode (vol. up + home + power).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartY3:
Cool. so there is a Rom (read only memory) partition that can't be access only via recovery mode? and if something was to go wrong you can always boot into recovery mode and re install the stock factory firmware? if something was to go wrong. am I understanding you correctly? bit like the recovery options from a windows pc for example.

or am I completely off key here lol.

another quick question is about sp lock. I pretty sure my sgs2 is locked to t-mobile and if anything like symbian devices flashing firmware does nothing to the sp lock. is this the same with android devices. or more specifically the sgs2? I remember the Nokia bb5 phones was unlockable for many many years. as Im sure some of you remember the great dejan keljavic found a way to unlock bb5. that was years ago so Im guessing there is most likely even stronger algorithms for sp unlock? But that was Nokia and this is Samsung. so is sp unlock a possibility? not that its super important to me as Im on contract anyway but is nice to know if possible. is pointless Google unlock sgs2 as every website in the world claim they can do it via calculating code from imei lol. which are all scams.

thanx again for helping a droid noob lol. anything anyone need to know about symbian Im happy to help. more so on 2nd. 3rd and 5th edition symbian os. not so much on symbian^3 but still got n8 which runs this os so happy to help if an occasion should arise. which is doughtfull as I think android is the future.

Marty
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
You use CWM to create a nandroid backup, then anytime you want to restore your default system, just restore it.

To flash .tar files you use Odin for Windows.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clivectmob:
Actually its very simple, there is an app you can download from the market that will find the code for you, called sgs2 unlock. You do need root first tho.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartY3:
hello again, still havent got round to messing around with my phone yet lol.. but im going to do it tomroow, i know some time has passed now, and im currently downloading I9100XWKK5 from samfirmware as its 2.3.6.. making the latest stock unbranded firmware for my device right?

thanx again guys

marty
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartY3:
can anyone confirm before i flash
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clivectmob:
I can tell you that mine is on XXKK5 in the UK, bought from phones4u about a week ago. Never modified in any way.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartY3:
XXKK5 is that not a branded firmware? cant find it on samfirmware at all..

also, could i download a 4.0.3 android version and flash it to my sgs2? I9100XXLP6 for example??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clivectmob:
Nope, generic unlocked.

Edit: Just noticed I was being a complete plum and looking at the baseband version, you are correct, XXKKA. Apologies.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartY3:
GT-N7000 is the galaxy note isnt it? mine is galaxy s2

this is all very confusing.. i currently have this.

which is a t-mobile branded version, but i know there is a android version 2.3.6 but keis tells me its up to date..

i also noticed there is a android version 4.0.3 on samfirmware. can i use that on my galaxy s2?

I9100XXLP6 is a 4.0.3 version..

i just want the best latest android version for my phone and then i try rooting it.. any suggestions..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clivectmob:
Just ignore me, I repied from an email and am active in both devices forums, got them mixed up *palms face*
[HTC Desire S] fasty:
This is one of the phone settings in my DS.

Can anyone explain exactly what it means ?

I know the basics of roamiing but this one is beyond me.

A google search on that phrase reveals nothing ;-(

- Thanks !
[HTC Desire S] Ninja 12:
It adds the international dial code to numbers in your contacts list when you're roaming .

Eg , if your phone is set up in Ireland , it adds +353 to the beginning of any dialed numbers when roaming .

It adds +44 to UK based phones when roaming.

It can be useful if you don't have your numbers saved with the internatiomal dial code .

Click on "home dialing" to see more options.

Hope this helps.
[HTC Desire S] fasty:
That's very useful to know for when I go on holiday.

Actually, I have set OUTLOOK to include +44 on all my numbers as "UK", so I probably won;t need to use the function - But at least I now now ;-)

- Steve
[HTC Sensation] soma900:
Try to unlock. Lots of things went wrong.

First the usb driver installed via installation of HTC Sync.

Open revolutionary and work on it, it stopped at "waiting for fastload".

So that I flushed a file - PG58IMG.zip, according to the noobproof post "method 2" here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1232107

It went wrong because I did not delete the file before rebooting. message: file error CRC.

While I use revolutionary to get into the bootloader again, I see this:

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

Hboot - 1.17.0011

RADIO-10.11.9007.27_M3

eMMC-boot

Jun 2 2011,22:31:39

Then I can not use any key combination to enter bootloader.

If I use the revolutionary to get the the bootloader screen, it does not respond to the vol. keys and power key. Have to pull off the battery.

The phone can still boot normally.

Whay should I do to get the clockwork recovery flushed in?

Appreciated!
[HTC Sensation] undercover:
First thing first, run RUU, then try revolutionary again, but READ THEIR HOW TO's!!!!! Again, read their HOW TO's!!!!!

If you have no RUU available you'll have to mess about with ADB, which is not that easy for a newbee.

Google on how to install ADB and stuff, once it's running and working properly, you have to type

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot flash recovery recovery_name.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

But if your buttons still don't work, you won't be able to get into recovery.

Anyway, there are a lot of things you can do, i can sit here all night trying to write up different scenarios, but best thing for you to do is to start from scratch (RUU->REVO etc) AND READ HOW TO and don't rush when you do it.

P.S. Have you tried booting into bootloader by holding -vol button while pressing power button (after battery pull, as if you just shut it down, you might still have fast boot enabled)? Should really start from that.
[HTC Sensation] soma900:
Already tried many times. Either vol-down + power, or vol-up + power, the phone will start to sense. I can get into bootloader screen via revolutionary, but it does respond to menu change by holding the vol-up, or down and run by power button.

Unlocking the first time. Also new to android. used to be stick with win for years. Thanks Tinky1! I will try revolutionary again. Please stay with me.
[HTC Sensation] soma900:
New developemnt.

Try the revolutionary again. This time I put the cwm rocovery tools 5010 as a zip on the card beforehand. This time the Rev screen still shows "Communication with the phone interrupted unexpectedlly ......". But on the phone it now shows "Hboot - 1.17.1111". Then I unplug the USB, boot in rocovery. This time it responsed. Wait untill it says update completed, then restart phone into sense home screen.

I guess this time it is alright.
[HTC Sensation] soma900:
Yes. Now I can goto blue CWM recovery menu. The next figure out which rom to flush my phone. Thanks, Tinky1!
[HTC Sensation] piimp:
You should change title since u found solution

Sent by my feau gee
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nik3r:
Download Link

Download from my high speed server:

Undervolting tools (Windows only):

Mods, fixes and tools:

Old mods only up to #244:

Kernel source:

Frequently Answered Questions:

Recommended SetCPU settings (daily driver - EliteKernel only):

These settings implement my own "Final Fortress"(tm) philosphy of battery management. The speed will decrease progressively with battery discharge - basically this will make your battery last longer the longer you are not charging. The goal is to save that precious last drop of power you might need in a tight situation at the end of a long day. All that without sacrificing speed when you have plenty of charge left. You should not notice significant speed decrease until you hit the reserve @ 15%.

UV hint: If you've built your own stable undervolting table, you can maximize speed with no impact on battery by aligning the max frequencies to your specific voltage peaks. (example: if there are 3 different frequencies stable on the same voltage, always use only the fastest of the group)

~CHANGELOG:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dietotherhythm:
kewl thanks bud
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ultma75:
Isn't umaro an older kernel? Why not use a newer kernel. Just curious
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nik3r:
A month old kernel is not enough to justify one that is not tried and tested unless it offers something extraordinary. Besides it offers all features one could ever dream of. Smartass, greaselightning, undervolting, very granular OC steps and mainly great stability. If you have a better candidate I will gladly take a look :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ultma75:
I've used tiamat kernel it's pretty good and should have vipermod now so you can control voltage
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Mardenator:
If we can't flash the Gapps over the ROM, then how are we supposed to use it properly? Are they included in the ROM itself?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ultma75:
Probably prepacked already
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MrFrankfromCM:
Any type of screenshots?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] astriaos:
**** the haters. Bleeding edge is not always the best edge to have.

I'll check into this in the next day or two.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] miksa666:
This is really fast, so far no problems except market. I had to replace the new market with old one because it was force closing within 15 seconds whenever I opened it. Anyone else having similar issue with new market? I seem to have it on ILWT cm7 too.

Other than that, I think I'll keep this rom for awhile. Will see about battery life..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] javierdihu:
same market issue here, anyway the new market has never worked for me on cm7.

the rest is quite flawless, ill see how my battery does later and report back.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
That is an old issue and it had an easy fix. If I remember correctly all you had to do was change the language of the system to "English US" in Settings->Language&Keyboard. It happened to some people on CM based roms, not sure about other roms.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] javierdihu:
go it working right away. thanks for the tip!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] coszy:
Does any body have a quadrant score for this rom yet? just curious.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nik3r:
Quadrant is not the best way to determine anything else than gaming performance but just fyi I reached 3000 points at 1440MHz @ performance, didn't bother to try more.

EDIT: Curiosity got the better of me - 3591 points at 1.9GHz.

The market issue is weird, I am not EN-us myself and it never acted up. I can provide old Vending.apk in flashable form if you want.

As for the screenshots argument - its your regular CM7, nothing special visually except LP.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] pspmasterx:
AWESOME!

This is by far the SMOOTHEST, FASTEST, SEXIEST rom i have ever flashed and i have been lurking for a really long time. Thank you so much for this ROM.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kaijura:
Will try your rom.

would quake3 (kwaak3) timedemo benchmark be a decent way to test gains? I know it's mostly video but still, how to tell between roms?

Sometimes I want to be able to see an actual speed difference from the roms than just placebo effect but it seems hard to find the right benchmark..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nik3r:
Thanks :)

eagerly waiting for the next CM7 nightly to play some more with it but looks like the automatic compiler has some problems.

kaijura:

Graphic benchmarks will not tell you much about day to day performance.

You need to take storage and sdcard r/w speeds, governor's ability to scale the CPU properly and garbage collecting efficiency into account to tell the difference - they have all been tweaked for better experience in this ROM. Synthetic benchmarks just can't test all of that.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] trsanning:
I just checked and my flash did get updated to 11.

Guess I need to find an older one to flash.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] buxtahuda:
Brilliant! Haven't gotten to the ROM yet as my first download was corrupt/incomplete, but the UV guide is fantastic; I'm running ILWT at the moment and getting the table worked out for it, whatever its default kernel is. I've a couple of questions though:

Are all jumps between frequencies 19,200? Some frequencies for this kernel aren't listed (1507200 & 1574400) and I'm curious as to how I should set up a custom table for it.

I haven't looked at your .bat's yet, what actual file(s) does this change? Could I use this method on any ROM or only AOSP's?

You say not to jump in increments larger than 25 for easier troubleshooting; increments less than that are fine right, are we pretty much trying to find the exact lowest volt*age* we can run for each listed frequency?

Sorry if any or all of this is already covered, I barely had time to write this and I didn't see anything in the OP or others.

**Edit:

Ok, the missing frequencies are half-steps then with a difference of only 9,600. Just added as needed, going to create an entirely custom table after I've got all the voltages worked out proper. Other questions still stand, thanks for the clarification in advance.

***Edit:

The following is not separated as a comment with a "#," this affects my entered values doesn't it?

echo '+25' > ./vdd_levels
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gkenga:
i would like to see that custom table when your done :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nyflyguy:
For some reason I keep losing Internet access and forced to reboot to get it working again, but only for a little while. I even did a superwipe to no avail. I suppose it could be a hardware issue or something, but I hate to have to wipe again and try a different rom since I stopped restoring app data. I don't think it's the radio because it was working fine on the previous version of this rom. Does anyone have a solution for me? It really sucks having a smartphone with only occasional internet access and having to reboot all the time.

Edit: I forgot that I could simply backup my current rom and try a different one to see if that solves the problem, so I guess I will try that and post my results.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gkenga:
Thanks man
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] buxtahuda:
Sure thing. Just finished separating the different frequency jumps into 19,200 increments like Niker's, up to the 1574400 cap for ILWT's kernel. Put in generic voltages for all the in between frequencies I missed while using his default table and I'll start needling them down as soon as I've the time.

I had a look at the .bat's so no need to answer about that, though I'm still curious about that one line at the top of the voltages.txt and I still need to know if I should be taking this all the way down to the lowest operational voltage.