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[Galaxy S II General] willverduzco:
As per forum rules, please post in English. If you are not comfortable enough posting in English, you can feel free to post in Tagalog. However if you must do so, please also include a translated version of your text from a service such as Google Translate so that we may all partake in the discussion and learn from what you are saying. :)

Also, quit flaming each other. It is pointless, as nobody wins in internet arguments.
[Galaxy S II General] jetv1r:
yes sir, as you wish:)
[Galaxy S II General] blue4004:
Have you experienced your keyboard freezing on the screen (half of the screen is frozen)
[Galaxy S II General] kulot:
I installed Chainfire3D and installed the shaders that should make Riptide and Backbreaker Vengeance run on an SGS2. But when I play Backbreaker all the surroundings are grey except the player, everything's smooth including the other players movements, the environment's 3d but they're not colored the right way. When playing riptide, it's the other way around, it's the player that has no color. Any suggestions? TIA
[Galaxy S II General] timoti.sy:
Anyone experiencing force closes on games? Mine force closes on Angry Birds, Cut The Rope and other probably CPU/GPU intensive games. I'm not sure if it's because of the stock governor or something but I haven't rooted anything on my phone and have kept it updated through Kies. The problems was existent from the very first ROM on it until the latest update.

My cousin said he had the same problem before he rooted and had fixed it by just flashing another ROM with probably a custom kernel and SetCPU governing it.

Any thoughts on this?
[Galaxy S II General] haramizuki:
Has anyone here tried Paranoid Android ICS or JB? :) I can't wait for a somewhat a stable version of its JB version.

It's my first time using Paranoid ICS and I really like it. I haven't tried the stock kernel because I immediately flashed Dark Knight for multiboot purposes. 1st ROM is RR. ^^ I got 4hrs on Siyah 3.3.2 with RR 2.6 with Moderate-heavy use wifi on all the time on first cycle. I hope I can get the same or better with Paranoid+DK (conservative+noop). I so want to flash Siyah 3.4.1, but I need to test DK more. Uhg. I still think 18 cpu steps is better though.

Anyone got better battery with Siyah 3.4.1? :)
[Galaxy S II General] chucks462081:
Yeah I got paranoid 1.6a very nice,fast and stable. Just flash the from last nyt. I've been to pure pics rom
[Galaxy S II General] headshrinker139:
dead

Good afternoon fellas :cowboy: I am in a bit of a dilemma here. My Galaxy SII is dead. I tried a few things but it still wouldn't power on.

Some of the things I have tried:

-Download mode / recovery mode / power on (only black screen, no vibration nor any sign of life)

-Put on charger (No battery/charging icon. Nothing.)

-Swapped batteries (That other battery is charged all the way up. No go.)

-Removed micro SD / removed sim card / removed battery. Left it like that for three hours. I came back and still no miracle.

-Connected to a computer using usb wire. Nothing.

-Lightly banged it against a wooden frame, shake it up a bit. Of course it's no good.

I didn't do anything special that might have caused this. But would also like to post a list of some things I did differently before this happened:

-updated to the latest version of Titanium Backup. It worked alright.

-I inadvertently 'enabled' PowerAMP via Google Play (it shows status as 'Disabled' whenever an app is frozen using Titanium Backup. Instead of unfreezing it via TB, I enabled it via the Market, showed error. This is because I made purchase from PowerAMP site, not Google Play. Guess this is no big deal because I just got an error message but then it fixed it on its own and the music app functioned like normal. Plus un-install/restore it using TB just to make sure.

-Now the absolute one thing I have never done before: first time I did not charge the phone while I sleep. I woke up this morning and the first time I noticed is that the phone was so cold. Note: my room is so cold, thermostat is always turned all the way up. This is important because I found out other people had similar problems when phone gets too cold. Then again, others don't have this problem.

What will I do now? I hate for it to rot forever. Jig a savior? Or time to put it to rest? Like a human being, I want to preserve its life for as long as possible.

Help me!
[Galaxy S II General] saywhatt:
Have you tried using a jig to force it to download mode?
[Galaxy S II General] headshrinker139:
I don't have a jig. Does it mean it could [possibly] still be okay, just have to use a jig to check? I read about this "JTAG" thing but guess it isn't viable right now. Last resort is to take it somewhere around here for repair. I don't know these kind of stuff. Never had a device repaired before.

Really clueless why it just died. I've had it for 11 months now and this never happened before..

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Might have found the answer. It says:

-If your phone screen is always black, turn it on and if it stays completely black, then sorry, but NO USB jig will help you.

http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/v...0+usb+jig&event=Search+Ranking,Position,1-1,1

No luck today.
[Galaxy S II General] astrogambit78:
Thats sad mate. Maybe the question is: Did you flash something to your phone before it went dead? if yes, what is it?

if that is a Hard brick then JTAG is the only solution i can think of, but im not sure if its available here in PH.

You can convince samsung guys that it just went dead. Don't say its rooted and have custom ROM because it will void your warranty.

Hope you can find a solution mate goodluck :angel:

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JTAG Service in PH

Hello Guys,

after Reading headshrinker139's problem i tried searching and found this link. it says JTAG service. I don't know if this is Legit or a Joke but for people who Hardbricked their S2's you can check this out

http://cp.tipidpc.com/viewitem.php?iid=4482270

Desperate times call for desperate measures, right? so why not give it a shot. Goodluck:)
[Galaxy S II General] headshrinker139:
Yea, it's sad. I went crazy today. I did nothing else except those 3 things listed above. Flashed CM9 RC1 about five days ago and was working fine all along until this morning. Like I said, first time I didn't charge my phone overnight.. It was really cold when I touched it first thing in the morning. Now this is how it feels like waking up next to a dead body. :(
[Galaxy S II General] astrogambit78:
Hey mate i edited my posts above regarding JTAG.

well i'm not really sure if not charging your phone overnight was the cause of the brick. Maybe something on the ROM, i/m not really sure thou, have not used that ROM.

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USB OTG

Hello guys,

i don't know if this was posted before (apologies:() i also saw this post in Tipid PC selling USB OTG

http://www.tipidcp.com/viewitem.php?iid=4385233

@ headshrinker139

dude i saw your link regarding USB jig and its a bit expensive, look at the link i posted here and you can contact the same seller if he still sells USB Jig, he sells it for P150 only and you can pick it up from his place if you are in manila. if not pay xtra P50 for delivery in the next day. I bought my USB Jig from him:)

PS: Just want to clear a thing, i am not affiliated with the above seller, i just want to help a fellow in need. and the USB OTG was asked here posts back:angel:

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@ headshrinker139

Hey Dude, sorry for almost using the PH thread as a chat. But i think we are the two left awake.

i was asking some friends from XDA also (from different ROM thread) regarding possible reasons on your phone.

Dude how did you flash/Install the ROM, was it via Clockworkmod (CWM: Home+Power+Volume up buttons) or ROM Manager?:confused:

'cus Rom manager gives many problems to our phone.
[Galaxy S II General] headshrinker139:
Oh man, that JTAG guy lives in another planet! Too far :D Thanks, anyway. Well, it is worth mentioning I dropped the phone yesterday on a sidewalk on the way to the gym. I thought it was no big deal though because it happened @ around 6pm, as I was still able to use the phone till 3 in the morning. And yes, you are right- no way to hard brick the phone after it has been used for several days after the last flash.

I am currently reading a forum called askmefast.com regarding 'solutions' to this type of problem. There are some really silly/stupid ones like this one guy claiming this:

"I was having the exact same problem and figured the battery or phone was hopeless because I`ve seen so many negative comments and no solutions. BUT, I kept messing with it and eventually I removed the battery and plugged the charger into the phone WHILE THE BATTERY WAS STILL OUT. Once I put the battery in with current already flowing, somehow, the phone started right up and started charging normally. Not sure if it`ll work for every phone but somehow that did the trick for me and I`d been messing around with my phone all day with no luck."

And another guy who did this:

"Okay, mine was doing the same thing.. till i tryed chargeing it.. and i droped it from a 2 ft legde.... it is working now... Try that?"

Alright guys, I did what the first guy did - DIDN'T work. Then I dropped it 2 feet from the ground, face down! Couldn't stop laughing here. Seems like nothing is broken because I hear no moving parts inside, YET. Guess I'll stop now and buy me a JIG instead. :o

Thanks fellas. HAHAHA this is INSANE, what we do to get it working!:laugh:
[Galaxy S II General] astrogambit78:
Haha well those was some voodoo solutions... I'll add : "bro ipatawas mo kaya para malaman anu dahilan" okay joking aside.

well mate i hope USB jig will work, if not, communicate with the JTAG service.

Time to sleep now mate, will wake up early for work:) I hope you can get your phone fixed. :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed: hoping for the best. :) Good luck:angel:
[Galaxy S II General] headshrinker139:
Yes, yes bro- will find me a jig A S A P and would let everyone here know if it worked. Anyways, that's it for tonight. My S1 got broken a few days before it turned a year old. Now my S2 seems to follow the same path.

Appreciate your phones! I do now! :victory:
[Galaxy S II General] asrock37:
i got my s1 jtag last march at greenhills and it works - according to them there are only 3 who does the jtag 1 for htc lg and samsung.

Sent from my GT-I9100 using ASNET MIUI
[Galaxy S II General] zero_3:
I had my LG P500 JTAGged twice from repair shop here in QC. But I don't know if he does s2.
[Galaxy S II General] francis820:
Hope it works out mate! :good:
[Galaxy S II General] headshrinker139:
Really? How much did you pay for? My phone seem totally dead. Was yours giving any indication that it is still functioning?
[Galaxy S II General] asrock37:
i opened it and tried everything but nothing happened so i bring it starmall edsa and they told me only jtag can make my s1 alive so he told me to bring it to greenhills because they only jtag LG - the cost first offer 2k but because he cannot set the signal and i know to have bring my signal back i pay him 1500. i think you can ask them a little lower than that.

Sent from my SGS-GT-I9100 using ASNET ROM
[Galaxy S II General] headshrinker139:
You rock, Asrock! This is helpful info. So gonna try jig first then jtag. At least it's coming to light that my case isn't hopeless at all. I am looking for the official receipt but can't find it so having it repaired by the seller is probably not an option.

So far, I haven't had any form of withdrawal. Hopefully I still manage a few more days haha. :good:
[Galaxy S II General] astrogambit78:
Don't loose hope dude:)
[Galaxy S II General] KristianKenneth:
Hello everyone, I recently bought S2 and had been reading a lot. I want to upgrade but Kies is telling me that my firmware region is XEF which is france, is it okay to download Philippine firmware in Check Fus and flash it instead?
[Galaxy S II General] johnfranz29:
You can download firmware on sammobile.com and manually flash it via odin if you want Philippines... Goodluck mate :)

High On Android :D
[Galaxy S II General] KristianKenneth:
Help, I'm newbie in Samsung phones for I use Sony Xperia my entire life but I am not newbie in android languages.

So here's what I did. I recently bought S2 and it is in Gingerbread ROM

I flashed official ICS Rom, XEF based for my phone is shipped with XEF region (France)

I didn't root my ROM but I flashed Siyah kernel 3.4.1 via Odin succesfully,it rooted my phone and I am able to enter CWM

I downloaded VK ICS ROM and put it in SD Card, did full wipe, dalvik, flashed the ROM succesfully

but here's the problem, I get stuck in Siyah boot screen.

What am I doing wrong or did i miss something?

FIXED! :DD
[Galaxy S II General] saywhatt:
Hey, did you get this fixed already? You could start all over.. like flash from a new fw :p
[Galaxy S II General] haramizuki:
is fast dormancy supported by our networks here? :confused:

Sent from my JELLY BEANY PARANOID S2
[Galaxy S II General] legola:
Use xxlpx, xxlq5 or xxlq6 only if you are on ics. Cheers

This is meant for the one asking modems with good 3g connection.

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When you restoreusing tb, you must tick follow symbolic link

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No its not. For 2 hours of use your battery should last for 3 or more days. There might be rouge apps installed that wakes your phone. Use betterbatterystat. Sorry I can't point you to a link as I'm not using it coz my bat usually last for 3 days

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Its not carrier related. There are battery friendly modems. Like the onesenumerated above. Tried dxlpa, dxlp9 dxlpb all are asian modems but no joy. Since then I've used europian.

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What vk version u flashed 5.2 or older ones. For vk 5.2 siyah 3.4.1 will not work. Use siyah 3.5.2. If the older vk the kernel u flashed should work.
[Galaxy S II General] jhetskie:
@TPAM

What modem do you use? I used stock LP7 but it only last for a day then I used LP9 it extend the battery life a day and a half then I tried LPA but it is the same as LP7. so can you recommend any european modem? thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II General] vincent47me:
best case for our s2? where can i buy it? thanks
[Galaxy S II General] haramizuki:
XXLQ5 uses too much cpu even on 2G mode and caused wakelocks for me so I'm back to DXLPA.

Sent from my JELLY BEANY PARANOID S2
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Search for nillkin s2 case.
[Galaxy S II General] KristianKenneth:
I am now running Siyah Kernel + MIUI. Anyone what is your current kernel settings in SetCPU? Maximum undervolt settings?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Check out my magicconfig thread (link is in my Sig).
[Galaxy S II General] elms327:
Looking for a case mate tough case. Where can we find/buy one?
[Galaxy S II General] asrock37:
i did not give attention on that but you give me an idea maybe we can check this why it takes so long - thanks for that

Sent from my SGS-GT-I9100 using ASNET ROM
[Galaxy S II General] astrogambit78:
Looking for the same too mate. Don't know if they have it @ Greenhills and i don't know if the case mate on sulit.com are original :)
[Galaxy S II General] genoboy:
Is there an official release of ics in the Philippines?

I'm still running on Gingerbread os...

and

Is it normal? the screen of my s2 turns on even when i am nt touching it or using it?

TIA
[Galaxy S II General] francis820:
There are 3 releases of ICS, depending on the telco you're using. Either you download it thru Kies or Odin.

Also, what you're experiencing is a wakelock. There may program/s that keep your screen awake even when you're not touching it. Though I'm not well versed how to find what those other programs are, other chaps here may help you with it... guys? :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] elms327:
Thanks mate...please let me know if they have it at greenhills. The one selling on sulit.com now sells case mate for s3 only.
[Galaxy S II General] themonyo:
Faryaab released his AOSP Android 4.1.1 JellyBean - Build 1 :D

I loved his F1GalaxyNexus rom and used it for over a month until I flash CM9 RC02

downloading it now and install it later :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S II General] genoboy:
Thanks..

My provider is Globe. i tried to plug my fone to update it using kies but it didnt upgrade and tried updating it thru wifi and is says "No Update available"

Wakelock, how do i trace tha app that makes my screen light up?
[Galaxy S II General] Flash05:
any issues you encountered? camera? i know radio doesn't work though.

camera is no longer listed in the not working.

http://teamhacksung.org/wiki/index.php/CyanogenMod9:GT-I9100:Nightly:Known_issues
[Galaxy S II General] themonyo:
no problem with camera :good: even 3rd party camera apps works fine

performance is smooth and fast (not buttery though)

though there are some occasional lags, it's really rare and I don't mind it at all

there are also some occasional FC, but it's quite rare also

:D
[Galaxy S II General] Flash05:
why is it not buttery? isnt it project butter is part of JB already? or unless it is not optimized that much yet that's why it's not smooth yet?
[Galaxy S II General] ephraim:
Hwcomposer is buggy and not fixed yet that's why it had lags sometimes.
[Galaxy S II General] Flash05:
what's hwcomposer? oh well might search google. too.
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
It's to do with OpenGL rendering.

https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/ICSwithSoftwareGL
[Galaxy S II General] Flash05:
ok got it. btw, i might jump into custom ROM. i think i can no longer wait for 4.0.4 :(

can you recommend a samsung-based rom (i want all features working, that's why)? i read a lot of good things about RR.

alternatively, just keep it stock and just change the kernel. i think Siyah is the top choice.
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
It's up to you.

Id go for the kernel change first, if you're happy with your current ROM that is.

I was never a fan of Samsung stock ROMS, so can't really recommend any. AOSP (CM9) is where its at. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Flash05:
^ actually i was never happy with the stock ROMs too. it is just that i want all features working. kaya next time it will be nexus, regardless if the hardware specs aren't top notch as s2/note.

ok, what kernel to begin with? siyah?

as much as possible i dont want to experiment that much. last time i did that was on spica. took so much time and could have been spent somewhere more productive even though i enjoyed it. like what i did to my desireZ. root and loaded a improved version sense ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
I had a Spica too, though I didin't bother to experiment too much on it since it was a crap phone anyways.

I think you should go for Siyah, then check out my MagicConfig for it.
[Galaxy S II General] Flash05:
^ ok. well during those days i think it was one of the best within the budget. i had so many tweaks applied there.

i'll try siyah and your config once my phone hangs/stops. im counting uptime see how it is made of. 59 days and counting
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
LOL! You're the first person to wait until their phone crashes before they improve it haha

Anyways Spica was sooo bad, didin't even have backlights on its buttons lol

For me it was a stepping stone up to a Desire HD. Still think that was the best Android I ever had.
[Galaxy S II General] ephraim:
Well, as they say, why fix something that isn't broken. :D just kidding :)
[Galaxy S II General] Flash05:
LOL. well, the reason being is that it is linux based. and it is supposed to be rock stable. and so far it is holding up (knock on wood). my spica took 2.5mos prior reboot.

and this SGS2, if haven't got the OTA perhaps i was able to reach or exceed 3mos+. either get FC/reboot or OTA 4.0.4 whichever comes first. tired of the waiting and the wifi toggle bug is so annoying.
[Galaxy S II General] genoboy:
This is what is says on the Kies program

"Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies"
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Then update via ODIN. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
desire was a great boon foe devt...still for dynamics s2 still is bar none
[Galaxy S II General] genoboy:
Tanx. My fone is not rooted.

How long will it take if i bring my fone to samsung service centre in GH?

Will all of my contacts and other fone contents be deleted after upgrading to ICS?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Contacts are synced with Google.

Your phone doesn't need to be rooted to flash via ODIN.
[Galaxy S II General] genoboy:
Ok thanks ill try to search it here in the forum.
[Galaxy S II General] ralfgm04:
Mga tol, tanong ko lang. bago lng kasi ako dito eh.

How do I flash roms? I want to update mine.

My Rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1726759

But I can't seem to flash it?

So I rebooted into the recovery,

though I can't seem to find the "flash the update" so instead I headed to install and installed the new update 1.95

pero it didn't installed.

How do I flash this? thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
You need to use the flash zip from sd card option.

Sent from my HTC One X
[Galaxy S II General] lovelac3:
noob question

guys im just new here in SGS2 does galaxy s2 have the same method of flashing with sgs2 hd LTE? (here is my unit: Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE)

btw mine has superuser already and i want to flash it to ics.. what's the best rom/kernel? can someone teach me please?? im a filipino as well..

thanks!!!

can someone posta link/instruction on what else to do? i just bought this last day.there are still korean apps and i want to delete them.

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pls. pm me/message me some helpful links on where to start.. thanks guys!!
[Galaxy S II General] asrock37:
Here i are the list http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1529173

Sent from my SGS-GT-I9100 using ASNET ROM
[Galaxy S II General] genoboy:
I got my fone updated to ics. Its nice. I am also using go launcher.
[Galaxy S II General] themonyo:
installed SuperNexus Rom by Faryaab :highfive:

already seen a couple of improvements based on his 1st JB rom released last week :victory:
[Galaxy S II General] saywhatt:
Speak in english so we won't be warned again by the forum mod :p you go to recovery, right? Wipe dalvik cache, choose install zip from sdcard (or wherever you placed your rom file), and then do the same with the google apps
[Galaxy S II General] lovelac3:
are they compatible with my samsung galaxys2 hd LTE? thanks!!
[Galaxy S II General] asrock37:
maybe yes but try first the cm9 if all sgs-s2 has one rom - i cant give you the i'm on mobile maybe tonight i give you the link.

Sent from my SGS-GT-I9100 using ASNET ROM
[Galaxy S II General] asrock37:
I think sir it is compatible, coz i have friend in zamboanga, he has also had the same with your unit and he is using my ASNET.
[Galaxy S II General] lovelac3:
thanks sir.. btw where do i start? i think my phone is already rooted since i already have superuser on it.. do i have to change my kernel to install this rom?
[Galaxy S II General] kelvs:
Guys I think my i9100 is hard bricked now. Any solutions? Are Samsung repair centers able to fix this? Or anywhere else?

Wasn't flashing anything at all (haven't flashed anything for several months) my phone just froze and I pressed the power button until it turned off. Then it turned on only until samsung logo. Was able to do download mode so I tried the soft brick recovery method and still nothing. Now my phone is dead and can't even charge. :(
[Galaxy S II General] asrock37:
Simple Instruction here sir first page second post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1605655