yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Kakarot:
Cognition was/is my favorite rom for quite some time.... then I tried miui, I love the look/feel/drop tray... but the lack of bt is killing me, should I go back to old faithful and ass kickin ..... or try something new, if so... what and why! Thx
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
If you're in the market for a new ROM, try Check's Dark Knight Edition!
[Galaxy S II General] El Toro:
Great work, thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Kakarot:
Will do today, thx
[Galaxy S II General] ramblog:
Thanks for this List.

Have tried VillainROM but right now happy for almost a month with TheGingerMOD

Battery also seems to be much better compared to Samsung stock.
[Galaxy S II General] rinnego:
Really nice thread ! Keep up the good work !

Discovered CheckRom thanks to your post and flashed it yesterday night and being very happy with it so far !
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
Good to hear my thread has helped a few people!

Updates to the thread are incomming tonight, after I get home from work ;)
[Galaxy S II General] rastamouse:
thanks for the list very helpfull :)
[Galaxy S II General] ariaieboy:
Hi

I flashed my kernel by odin (cf-root xxkh3) then I run SuperOne Click.

But the software hult at step6.

When I disconnect my phone, I see that has not rootet!!!

Help me...

How can I root my phone and install su + busybox?
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
If you've flashed CF-Root, your phone is already rooted. You don't need to run SuperOne-Click.

Follow the guide in the CF-Root Forum.
[Galaxy S II General] Perperz:
Thank You Very Much!!!
[Galaxy S II General] ariaieboy:
Ok

Thanks.

I do it.

But I don't know what Rom is best.

Help me about what Rom is Best Rom?
[Galaxy S II General] defender359:
my favorite is : [ROM][KI4] Batista70 FOXHOUD EDITION 1.0 |23-09-2011|Jkay 10.1|+++More Fast+++ very good rom
[Galaxy S II General] V1TRU:
The Kernel version of Villain is wrong: it is reported 2.3.1 instead 2.1.3 ;)
[Galaxy S II General] dexstarbaby:
Thanks for the list of ROMs. Keep up your great work. Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
Fixed. Thanks for that!
[Galaxy S II General] BenEadir:
Guys,

I updated from Villain 1.4 to 3.0 and installed KE1 modem but I'm not that happy and would like to try whatever ROM will give me the best combination of the following:-

1. Has a tweak which prevents the battery full alarm from waking me and (more importantly) my wife at 4am every morning. - Weird first criteria I know but it really cracks me up and Villain has a built in tweak for stopping it.

2. Nice snappy performance

3. Long battery life

4. Bluetooth and all major functionality working.

I struggle to understand the differences between the various ROM's out there. They all have their followers and I'm sure all have their advantages and disadvantages. Has anyone compiled a matrix comparing each or scoring each against the rest?

If there isn't any alternative to trying each and seeing how I get on where would you suggest I start given the above criteria?

Also, which modem should I flash? How can anyone tell the difference from a simple list of numbers?

Ben
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
What part are you not happy with?

I'm currently running VillianROM 2.5.0 with various tweaks installed and its great.

You could try Batista70 FOXHOUND EDITION. From what I hear, its a pretty decent ROM. But to really find the one you like, you need to try them yourself.
[Galaxy S II General] shrubber83:
good guide!!! thank you!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] N78006:
+1 Great Guide!!! Thank you very much!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] spirol:
Excellent thread for flash-a-holics (like myself) :D

Btw, you'd forgot to include DarkyRom, http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?forums/rom-stable-releases.68/

Edit: XDA-link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1159920
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
Thanks for that!

Added! C:
[Galaxy S II General] kass3:
Thank you for the REFERENCE, I'm new here :)
[Galaxy S II General] PsychoGjost:
Thank you

Thank you so much for this thread, just got my SGS 2 after having the SGS so was a little lost on a few things.
[Galaxy S II General] jayerfernandes:
Would a list of sgs2 themes do this thread justice??
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
Probably doesn't belong in this thread... But I could make one perhaps.. If time permits.
[Galaxy S II General] mgmate:
Could you please update with KI4 modem?

Many Thanks,

MGMATE
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
I'll go hunting for it now.

Edit: Done
[Galaxy S II General] :
you can find the tarball in intratech's official firmwares thread, use search :)

thanks a lot, was looking for a way to flash it through cwm just now!
[Galaxy S II General] spradling:
Cross post from:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1296968
[Galaxy S II General] cr0wnest:
Been lookin all over for KG5 modem in CWM flashable zip, and finally found it in this thread Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] majinbooo:
wow, thanks for the complete list.

used Ninphetamine 2.1.3 and Abyss 2.0 Kernels so far, cant really tell the difference. As long as they dont crash on me i like them both.

They did come with the Custom Roms i used
[Galaxy S II General] NightsSPIDER:
Batista 2.2 is out 10/10/2011
[Galaxy S II General] lbthomsen:
Tabular Overview

I have (mostly for my own consumption really) started putting this information (and everything else I can find about the Galaxy S2) in Wiki format. Feel free to help me keeping it up to date for the benefit of everybody.

The tabular list is here.
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
I've quoted you and put the link in the "Extras" post at the bottom of my list. Hope you don't mind! If you do, PM me and I'll remove it. Just thought it would be good to let everyone know about your work.
[Galaxy S II General] majinbooo:
sick sick list, awesome work! thanks a lot
[Galaxy S II General] yoplaboum:
Abyss kernel 2.4

http://www.aidep2p.com/v2/download.php?op=geninfo&did=1645
[Galaxy S II General] lbthomsen:
I don't mind the least bit and I sincerely hope someone will help updating that list.

Personally I have always found that a forum - such as this (even if this one is not a bad example) have an extremely low signal to noise ratio. It takes way too much digging to find precisely the information needed. In my personal opinion - wikies are actually better suited for providing information. A great example is this page: http://nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor which basically contains all information you'd ever need about hacking the Nook Color. I had been googling around for a android hacking wiki but didn't find any - so decided to throw one up. However, I do realize that if I am the only one editing it, it won't ever become anything but my own random notes (which is what it is right now). But with other users helping with the edits it could at least theoretically turn out to be a great source for information.

So - I appreciate that you added it to the list and I sincerely hope someone will pick up the idea and help adding and changing the wiki.

---------- Post added at 10:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:49 AM ----------

Originally I had configured the wiki to require registration before edit, but in the true wiki spirit I have now disabled that - so anybody can edit it. If that result in too much vandalism I'll just swap it back again.
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
Once again, I've quoted that and put it in the "Extras" post just so everyone can read it. Thanks for that! I hope people will contribute, I know I will.
[Galaxy S II General] NightsSPIDER:
hey guys!

batista 2.3 out today

and Swi7chblade i notice you dont have abyss kernel on the list

just to help grow this list as it has been so usefull :D
[Galaxy S II General] yoplaboum:
Changelog:

Updated kernel ver 1.0 ICS
Changes in ondemand governor:
Improved stability
Added fix WiFi
CPUfreq bugfix
Frame Off Point
Changed frequency wakeup governor SmartassV2
Added auto-calibration battery charging is complete
inserted auto-backup folder was added to EFS / data / .Abyss
Removed iowait-is-busy-tunable code
Added Samplig down factor tunable queues
Minimum sampling rate set to 10ms
Enabled fast start
Cpufreq: optimized (deleted some unnecessary loops)
Faster output from deep sleep
Increased performance
Optimized Jhash 3
Modified wireless: fixed memory leak in case of failure of dhd_bus_init
Modified TCP
SLUB: Order slub_max set to 0
Modified workqueue
EMMC put to sleep before the suspension
Modified ondemand governor
Modified driver vibration
Added low-power idle notifier
Other minor changes to improve compatibility
Updated to 5.0.2.6 Recovery CW
Input-hotplug tweaks pm
patch inserted CK2
included smooth scaling cpufreq
ARM optimized algorithm RWSEM
Updated some files based on 2.6.35.14
Fixed bug that brought to power on the screen frequency to 1536-600
Fixed wrap timers to 4,294 sec.
Added CleanCache
Added EXT4 file tweaks
Timer slack introduced cgroups subsystem (for less wakeups)
Hard-enabled Float
Adjust frequency based on events that take place with the second screen on / off
Adding RCU Classic
Introduced and improved macros for memory copy
MALI-400 GPU Disabled State Tracking
Removed Sync in workqueue wakelock
Faster access to cgroupfs
Modified some routines of management mmc
Fixed the problem with some governor in the management of the highest frequency.
All kernel functions Abyss

Download here
[Galaxy S II General] Ahres:
Modem from XWKJ1 ? please make update :)
[Galaxy S II General] fidorulz:
Would it be possible to add the release dates for the modems in the list?

That way people know which one is more new
[Galaxy S II General] BigBangHD:
Great job guys!
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
The modems are in order from Oldest at the top to newest at the bottom.

XWKJ1 Uses the XXKI3 Modem.

Thanks! C:
[Galaxy S II General] OrrPenn18:
@swi7chblade - please correct the Galnet MIUI Dev name to galnet and remove deli_gt as he just started the thread! :)
[Galaxy S II General] Jacky Mo:
Good information list :)
[Galaxy S II General] NoPancreas:
Excellent thread

Cheers swi7chblade
[Galaxy S II General] efehanzade:
sizce en iyi kernel hangisi ?
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
English translation please?

One of the forum rules is please post in English only.

Use a translator if you cant speak it at all.
[Galaxy S II General] franekz:
Great compilation~!!!!

Hi,

Thanks for such great compilation!!!!

;);):D:D

Peter
[Galaxy S II General] amazindm:
Great post thanks !!!
[Galaxy S II General] Netskyliner:
Hellcat Kernel

Wait for Hellcat Kernel 1.25

You will be able to choose the CWM version to run :)
[Galaxy S II General] Roukie:
I'm loving the CheckROM Revolution atm, probably the most stable one I've had in a long time (but I haven't tried CM7). I'm guessing it will be one of the frontrunners for getting a stable ICS.

What's everyone's guess as to which rom will do it first?
[Galaxy S II General] cielik:
Thanks for the thread, good stuff in one place, nice...

swiftkeyed from SGS2
[Galaxy S II General] kranti2064:
Excellent and thoughtful thread.. Rated you 5 stars.. This should be a sticky..!!!
[Galaxy S II General] Swi7chblade:
Thanks for that!

And it is a sticky c:
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
Thanks for this. The modem list only seems to be XX's but I'm in the ZT (Taiwan)area. I read another thread that someone tested many different modems in the UK and was able to discern different carrier modems strengths and weaknesses. I'm wondering if ALL of the worlds modems could be put here? It may be a Herculean task I'd love to help with.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1131950

Ooooops......found it
[Galaxy S II General] irajh:
Thank im getting used to android
[Galaxy S II General] crazykamui:
Thanks..^^

Very usuful.... Awsome

Big Thanks.. :):)
[Galaxy S II General] x7nofate:
does anyone from experts knows which roms from first page have got driver to run app "Sixaxis Controller" and capable to run app for phone call recorder without any problem?
[Galaxy S II General] leowjc:
Thanks, very helpful thread.
[Galaxy S II General] avi.laza:
very usefull thread ...I use Checkrom Rev HD 3.1.1

with speed mod kernel ( test 11 )

amazing battery life
[Galaxy S II General] wsatia:
Insanity mod has updated to CM56 already!
[Galaxy S II General] ::indie:::
New modem XXKL1

in case you want to add it to 5th post
[Galaxy S II General] Pineapple Express:
Big thank. I want to ask which Modem is the most suitable with Telstra in Australia?
[Galaxy S II General] fiden:
Big Thanks to you all collecting all modes in one thread! You ve done great work and made it very easy for me :)
[Galaxy S II General] doctorace92:
Very useful thread ....thanks for this
[Galaxy S II General] tenkaishy:
Very nice thread.nice job
[Galaxy S II General] Remenission:
LOLWUT

LOL you've labelled DarkyROM as outdated?

Go and actually READ their forums. They're releasing updates for the SGS and SGS2 on a frequent basis + having released an app that allows updating over wifi.
[Galaxy S II General] hydroxymoron:
Which kernel+rom is recommended if I want to format my internal and external sdcard to ext2 (ext3, ext4 also ok) so that phone will work as good as with fat32?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] BigMrB:
Neo just released a new rom - all his work is awesome - please add :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1403044
[Galaxy S II General] daim01:
new sensation rom is out as well. brilliant as always
[Galaxy S II General] darrez:
nice compilation...

Thanks so much for such great compilation...really helpful for newbie like me :)
[Galaxy S II General] HJ nan:
Yes Sir! Easily the most useful thread in the whole GSII subforum. Mods why u are no stickeing it? ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Dalfin:
True. Usefull compilation.
[Galaxy S II General] oneill2john:
Great thread, very useful to have all in one place.

Should be updated more frequently though ;)
[Galaxy S II General] maxolina:
Thanks for the list
[Galaxy S II General] orion4000:
Thank you!

thank you so much for your work.. it helped me a lot to know about the Roms..
[Galaxy S II General] dotter2000:
Thanks for all this, found it very helpful for a noob, great work.
[Galaxy S II General] kanu1and:
found it :p
[Galaxy S II General] josepetit:
Nice info!! thanks
[Galaxy S II General] M7mads:
the best thread for Noobs lol :D

---------- Post added at 08:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:16 PM ----------

i am running CheckROM RevolutionHD first rom for me

any suggestion for better rom ??
[Galaxy S II General] HJ nan:
Could someone please update the thread? It is really helpful to the beginners...

Thanks in advance my good sirs
[Galaxy S II General] celerysoft:
Thanks for sharing.
[Galaxy S II General] netban:
Love this thread but my god does it need updating, I wish I could do it at leats once a month. It is bugging me :p
[Galaxy S II General] fidorulz:
Can the thread be updated with all the ICS kernels, modems and roms please?
[Galaxy S II General] shadowblade330:
Awesome thread, good list hopefully an update soon
[Galaxy S II General] saikilee:
many choices for me ~ thx
[Galaxy S II General] goamushroom:
Yeah, an update would be nice.

But regarding the modems as a "last resort" you can always find the Firmware you want in SamMobile.com and extract the Modem from it.
[Galaxy S II General] tkawa:
It's really nice to have so perfect collection. Thx for all :good:
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] RevosFTS:
So I just spent a long as time working on a bootanimation. I pushed through adb and it doesn't work... now I have almost two hundred png files that are useless and a bad attitude. Anybody have any tips on boot animation that I might have missed? The boot screen comes up black and wont show my animation at all. :(

Sent from my tbolt running ShiftTh3ory AOSP
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Tower1972:
is it installed in the right folder? I know on my Evo it was in a different one (system/customize), but make sure yours is named bootanimation.zip and its in your /system/media folder.

If that fails, go into your system/customize/CID folder and look in the default.xml file to see the path of where it goes :D
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] RevosFTS:
Yeah its in the right place I think I did something when I made it but I followed directions...

Sent from my tbolt running ShiftTh3ory AOSP
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] MONKY_1:
Old school method is

Data/local
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] onestoploser:
Yep. Data/local ftw.

Sent from my Liquid Thunderbread HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] RevosFTS:
Yeah but I am not thinking that's the problem. Any other animation works just not my custom one.

:(

Sent from my tbolt running ShiftTh3ory AOSP
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Corey@rabbit:
hopefully i might be able to shed some light on what you may of over looked. happened to me way back.

1. when you made the .zip did you compress it? or did you set it at no compression/storage?

2. open your bootanimation.zip and make sure it doesnt have an extra subfolder that doesnt belong. This usually happens when selecting the whole bootanimation folder and telling it to zip, instead of the 2 sub folders. (that make sense?)
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] RevosFTS:
OK so it works but now I get a weird white flash during the loop part

Sent from my tbolt running ShiftTh3ory AOSP
[HTC EVO 3D] Sanjuro_Makabe:
Hi,

Can Evo 3D purchased in Asia work with Fido Canada's 3G?

if not, can ROMs be flashed to change baseband frequency?

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] mustangboy88:
This is still in it's infancy and I will make more colors over time. I am new to theming so I am up for any advice or positive criticism.

Links are in the second post.

1. Download zip file.

2. Move zip file to root of SD card.

3. Reboot into recovery.

4. Wipe cache and Dalvik cache.

5. Flash zip file.

6. Reboot.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] mustangboy88:
Download Links:

Gray Carbon UPDATED

Dark Cyan Carbon UPDATED

Red Carbon UPDATED

Green Carbon UPDATED

Magenta Carbon UPDATED

Blue Carbon UPDATED

Cyan Carbon

Pink Carbon

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Paul627g:
Looks good ;)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jess813:
Does not work on the latest CM Recovery :(
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] mustangboy88:
Well that's awesome. I am not going to be home for a month either to do anything about it. What one did you want and I can link you the LatinIME file.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] mustangboy88:
Also are you using Theme Chooser? It won't let you replace the LatinIME.apk sometimes. I know for certain it won't work on MattedBlues or Crystal.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] james7dean:
I also had issues flashing via recovery all you need to do is extract LatinIME.apk from the zipped file and use-

adb push LatinIME.apk /system/app

Once finished you may have to change input method back to android keyboard these settings can be found by pressing on any input box.:D
[Ideos S7 General] wessling75:
So this is my second post, again my apologizes for posting here but I still cant post it in development because I am a noobe lol :D

First let me explain some history . . .for the last 2 months I have been trying to Root and install a custom recovery on the IDEOS s7 (Telstra/Australian), running Indo 2.2 . . .

After finally getting my s7 rooted (see my other post) I found myself again having a "battle of wills" with my s7 trying to get a custom recovery on.

After trying all the suggestions I could find here and elsewhere (again thank you to everyone) the s7 still refused to co-operate.

After trying batch install scripts under windows, terminal emulators, Clockwork Mod and all sorts of voodoo magic nothing seemed to work.

it flat refused to install a recovery from windows7 or SD card :(

lol - I certainly can pick a fussy one . .

After 2 days . . . and faced with the daunting task of trying to force it to do it through terminal under Linux (I am a Linux Noobe too) I came across this apk - (opps I cant post links to . . 329772-app-recovery-manager-v036-beta)

I think it is made for specifically for ZTE devices but after installing it on the s7 . . selecting the CWM 2.5.1.8 by goodoane on the SD card and executing . . . :) (wow)

Without even rebooting the s7 . . .no bootloader, no complaints, no freezing . . the CWM 2.5.1.8 by goodoane is on and working :D

I have re-booted into recovery 3 times now just to convince myself I am not dreaming . . lol

After flashing the Apk (on the s7) does not see the recovery but the recovery is flashed and working.

Again I hope this is useful to someone out there because I can attest to how frustrating it can be reading everyone else's and being left arguing with my s7 :D lol

Just because I am a glutton for punishment I think I will now go install the FroyoFusion-R2 (Hybrid) . . . . maybe the s7 will "talk" to me now :D

Regards,

Andrew.
[Ideos S7 General] wessling75:
Ideos_S7_Froyo-v1.3-EXT4-SA.zip On and working like a dream so far :D

I hope my experience getting the s7 rooted and customized is help to someone else :)

Regards,

Andrew.
[Ideos S7 General] wessling75:
Joenilan's latest ROM is awesome :D

Can someone please pass on my thanks to him because I still cant post in Development.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DroidRevenge:
Someone knows how to intercept hw buttons events in a service, i mean without an activity?

10x
[Defy Android Development] vikrambharadwaj:
Hi,

After using MS2 (latest 1.0) I installed CM7 RC1.5 latest but unable to boot to CM7, After I see the CM7 logo the device proceeds to the google initial setup screen (where I have to touch the android logo to proceed) after which the device again hot reboots and I see the CM7 logo again and again. Any solution? Is it because MS2 uses defy+ sbf and kernel? Should I flash froyo again and root and install CM7?
[Defy Android Development] chab7:
Try wipe before, if not works try 2.2 froyo again and start from the beginning
[Defy Android Development] walter79:
You need to flash Froyo or after install CM7 this fixed.sbf http://www.multiupload.com/CZ13FDE9E0

it is a 179 kernel.
[Defy Android Development] vikrambharadwaj:
got it.. thanks.. :)
[Android Software Development] DroidRevenge:
Can someone know how intercept hw buttons events in a service not in an activity?

10x
[HTC Sensation] kiddkill:
Ok, so I bought this phone as a project, it will boot fine to the lock screen, but I think the digitizer is jacked, but I want to test other things just to make sure. For instance I try to go into recovery mode by holding vol down and power and get nothing. So i dont know if the button is bad or I am not doing something right. Or if fast boot could be the cause, I cant get to menu to see if it is on. Also is there a way to get debugging on without using the phone? I'm guessing no, but I could do alot more to the phone if it was on.

Anyways. Any advice, or suggestions?
[HTC Sensation] Solidus_n313:
pull the battery, put it back, then try to get into recovery, and w/o usb debug or root, its very difficult to do anything with it in its current state

EDIT* also, its the button is having problems, the nice thing is that you can actually access the button itself under the volume rocker, to see if its an actual button hardware issue
[HTC Sensation] kiddkill:
Nope, battery pull didn't work, still booted normally. blah.
[HTC Sensation] Solidus_n313:
check my last post edited with something that might help