yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] bluekarlo:
I'm using a tough case from case mate and I'm quite thankful because I think somehow it works as an shock absorber! Haha.
[Galaxy S II General] junkun13:
Thanks swiftden for the white batt!
[Galaxy S II General] crazyonins:
Hi guys!

Happy new year!!!!!!!

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Do you guys know if our sgs2 can handle usb otg for hdds? wouldn't there be some kind of power issue?
[Galaxy S II General] swiftden:
No prob! Enjoy! (feedback sir either tipidcp or sulit) =D

OT: 50mm or 85mm?? Nice lens hehe..

Cant find it sir..
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
White Extended 2000mah with Walnutt Blue Bumper.

Thanks swiftden! :-)
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
The bokeh is really creamy. Looks like an 85 or a 50 f 1.4
[Galaxy S II General] swiftden:
Youre welcome sir! Enjoy!
[Galaxy S II General] junkun13:
already gave you one in tcp :)

50mm ;)
[Galaxy S II General] im2good4u:
Guys question lng,meron bang app para gawing led notification ung menu n back buttons? Not planning on rooting my device yet.
[Galaxy S II General] elms327:
@ prinzhernan

since you are using the 2000mah extended batt, may we know what case you are using and what cases would fit well with extended batt on a sgs2?
[Galaxy S II General] bakes5981:
@elms327

i use the very same 2000 maH extended battery pack (1500php from my local supplier). Before I bought it, my concern really was the casing, too.

I have used (and will continue to use the same common BLACK JELLY CASE (50php - 150php depending on where you buy it) for two (2) reasons:

1. It's plastic and covers practically everything that is not already protected by Gorilla Glass . This means, it will (in my case, it has) protect from all the drops your phone will suffer from. I've dropped my SGS2 on hardwood, on tiles and on rough(!) concrete. I've no worries really because my phone is protected all around.

Unlike those mesh casings and the more expensive plastic cases, every side is covered. Other cases, in their goal to be as minimal and thin as possible, fail to protect the top and bottom edge of your phone, which is a very crucial misstep.

2. It's plastic and (almost) jelly-like, which means that it will quite satisfactorily follow the new form (read:flush backside) of the SGS2 with extended battery pack. At first you will notice a slight bulge on the casing (and it can be, to a certain extent, uncomfortable) but you will settle with it fine.
[Galaxy S II General] KaliKot:
600? You realize they got the unlock method here from XDA right? There's even an app in the market for unlocking

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Galaxy S II General] daimler1727:
This is good,... really, really good... Thanks for the heads up, sir. :)

Edit:

Good day, sirs. I am sure everyone here is familiar with the issues of the color tone of the SGS2. I wasn't really particular with that until I rooted my phone last year using "XWKDD_insecure.tar". After using that ROM (is that what it's called), the first thing that I noticed was the yellow triangle exclamation mark during booting. Next is the nice color I got and, yes, I so loved it! Even at 10% brightness, everything on the screen is very, very visible. Yesterday, I came across this DXKL3 and applied it. I was kinda upset when the old color tone came back. :(
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
I'm using a walnutt bumper, if not then bare with the leather case from Samsung. I don't like using jelly because I feel that the form is too drastically changed. I bought this phone for its looks and specs and I want to enjoy both and not hide its design.
[Galaxy S II General] pongster:
AFAIK, only BLN will allow that to work. That needs a rooted device and a custom kernel that supports BLN + a ROM that includes the correct liblights file.

Try NoLED from market for your notification needs... not like BLN, but better than nothing if you really want any type of visual notification.
[Galaxy S II General] blancer:
guys, i'm back to stock rom just for comparison purposes of different kinds of rom (for me, i think androidmeda is the best custom rom for the S2 followed by cyanogen). anyway, my question is, do any of you have a link on battery mods for odexed rom? yes, the one with the percentage level beside the battery icon. thanks in advance and happy new year!!
[Galaxy S II General] gtizon:
English please guys.

Swiftden, thanks for the Walnutt case and screen protector. Prinz, thanks for the batt! My SGS2 is complete!
[Galaxy S II General] swiftden:
Youre welcome sir!

Anyway, I'll be getting a Galaxy Nexus later. Im gonna miss my S2!! My first smartphone!! But I'll still be selling accessories for the S2. =)
[Galaxy S II General] Tofeemint:
You could also check this thread for compatibility list and pics :D

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O.T.

How much and where are you buying? I saw it at widgetcity last december i think for 38k.

Now its 29.5k http://www.widgetcity.com.ph/product/mobile-phone/samsung-i9250-galaxy-nexus

>_<

Wow 2 days on siyah kernel and 3 days on cm9 but on a 2000mah battery, but i guess a day and a half for stock battery? Im gonna read up and try these lol

Source: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424420&page=2
[Galaxy S II General] swiftden:
Got it kay kimstore. 28.5k =)
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
Wow how is it? I'm hesitant on getting one because it's huge and only comes in black.
[Galaxy S II General] Tofeemint:
O.T.

Price fluctuated already and its now 28,600 at Kimstore and here as well lol

http://dbgadgets.multiply.com/photos/album/81#photo=106

Sir do you have a two black walnutt bumper case for SGS2?

Anyone here have tried the Sensation ROM & Siyah kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
swift were you selling your akiba 2nd hand? how much for that?

ps...this thread is getting more and more tcp hahaha...

another ps...can i flash a wipe older stock fw just in case i revert back to stock fw when ics comes out? newer fw by intra are getting more and more non-wipe-able these days...inputs guys...tenchu!
[Galaxy S II General] swiftden:
Hi everyone! Please PM me if you want to ask something. Thanks!!! =)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Galaxy S II General] swiftden:
Its not that huge LOL. Nexus is kinda slower. But ICS is nice! Mines a silver one. Kinda hard to look for a case right now in GH, actually i was not.able to find one. And they had to use galaxy note's screen protector so i can have one haha..

I miss.my galaxy S2! I miss touchwiz and all the little conveniece it gave me (eg. Brightness control at status bar, wcdma only option, specific setting widget, auto rotation control at the notification bar).

But overall, im loving my nexus. Well i kinda have to haha..

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
I know what you mean. When I was on cyanogen I missed those little comforts. And also the video player that could literally play anything.
[Galaxy S II General] bluekarlo:
I just want to confirm, we can use Odin for flashing modems right? And since the file has modem on its filename I have to put it in the modem option?

First time flashing a modem XD
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
are you rooted? if so just download the zip modem package and install it via CWM (in recovery)

if not, download the .tar or md5 file and place it on pda...try mo unzip ung para sa cwm package via 7zip baka tar file...thats it

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oppsss my bad...nice nexxus...
[Galaxy S II General] trixnix:
Nice! :)

TAPATALKED
[Galaxy S II General] blancer:
guys, i'm planning to update my firmware. i'll download the official firmware from intratech's thread named DXKL3. is this the latest for our region? will i lose root? thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] ryn888:
Mga bro ask lang. Where to buy hdmi cable for galaxy s2 in manila? May nakatry na ba sa cdr king? How much?
[Galaxy S II General] pongster:
Got mine at CDRKing... Works well with my Mac to 40in LCD setup... :) Got it for 350. 5meters. Service there still sucks though. :D

The MHL adapter I bought from redisol on TPC... Waiting for the items now to test. Also got an OTG cable from redisol.
[Galaxy S II General] ryn888:
Dude but the cable you said amounting to 350is not for s2 i saw it at cdr king. I mean the tip of the cable. Yeah cdr king service is really suck...

Sent from TAPAKING using Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] -- X10B --:
You need MHL hdmi for your problem. Got mine from a sulit seller.
[Galaxy S II General] shakra00:
Hey guys, I have a question.

Is it normal when your screen is locked then you press the home button to power up the screen then nothing will happen then when you press it again it will show the lockscreen?

Although its not happening always, just sometimes Im still woried.

Is it happening to you also sometimes? Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
Yes this is normal, don't worry.
[Galaxy S II General] pongster:
Which is why I mentioned getting the MHL cable as well in my post. You need the MHL adapter. I got mine earlier and it works. (on my ROM and Kernel of course)
[Galaxy S II General] sicnarf816:
guys have you tried bench-marking your device?
[Galaxy S II General] shakra00:
Whenever Im in a forum, there are times that when i click the next page, the loading bar on top is like not moving at all but when I cancel it and refresh, it will now load quickly.

help please ?
[Galaxy S II General] joco_ph:
hi , did every one move to 2.3.6 already ? :)
[Galaxy S II General] timoti.sy:
I did. My phone is having random reboots every now and then. Battery seems to drain faster as well.
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
yaiks...yeah it reboots from time to time but battery is better than the previous stock...have you tried wiping you cache sir? or even better (but hassle) wipe data/factory reset (suggested if you came from custom roms)...
[Galaxy S II General] joco_ph:
:( then i should stick first to 2.3.3 :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] PaulitoX77:
Yup i already did. Stock DXKL3 2.3.6

Phone is snappier compared to 2.3.3 and the signals are better. Battery life is good, minimum usage gives me six days. Minimum meaning a few sms, a little wifi to update stuff

Moderate usage gives me 48-56 hours with 3g on most of the time.

You should update to 2.3.6
[Galaxy S II General] joco_ph:
how about random reboots?
[Galaxy S II General] PaulitoX77:
I have not experienced any random reboots. I came from stock 2.3.3 (DXKI2) and updated through KIES to 2.3.6 (DXKL3)

No problems whatsoever. Phone is more stable, battery life really good and phone has better signal.
[Galaxy S II General] joco_ph:
thanks! well, there's only one way to find out. downloading DXKL3 :)
[Galaxy S II General] NadMaj:
uhm just wanna ask why arent there any people here flashing the Frankenstein Firmwares?..

cuz i just flashed XWLK1 and found no problems..

just wondering..................:)

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and i also came from XWK55 and it's also running smoothly and i think XWK55 has

most sick custom roms around..................

really just wondering......... :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
are you sure about your statement sir? what custom rom are you using btw? cant understand the question or the point...hmmm:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] gtizon:
Hi, anyone have the disable in-call noise cancellation.mod? Thanks! Does that actually work? What is the benefit? Appreciate your insight.
[Galaxy S II General] jery610:
Hi guys, is there a cable that i can buy somewhere that would enable me to charge my phone while having an external hard disk connected to it? Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] NadMaj:
sorry my bad.. i thought no one here's using the frankenstein firmwares bcoz' of the previous posts..

sorry... lesson learned... read b4 u post...
[Galaxy S II General] airwax:
been testing cm9 for the past few days. Still quite a few bugs but it is quite usable. I wish the 3g works though. Maybe I need to replace the modem.

Loved checkrom with siyah kernel, it was amazing how smooth that rom is. Might go back while cm9 is still in progress.
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
Im using it on checkrom...works like a charm...no more echoes...i dont think it works on stock fw though
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
No news for that so far...otg cables can only accomodate flash drives...
[Galaxy S II General] mach0boi:
Wow. Ang dami na pala users dito sa atin. It's been awhile. Goodluck everyone :D
[Galaxy S II General] gtizon:
Thanks, care to post the file? Is that okay?
[Galaxy S II General] pongster:
Not sure if there is a cable like the MHL adapter that can charge the device while accessing an external hard drive...

I can confirm that OTG Cable works on an external HD as long as the external HD uses a Y cable for extra power or is jacked up to a power source like the WD My Book that I used to test. I used a small 1TB WD My Book to test if I can play the mkv files on the device... and it did so perfectly.
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
just downloaded it from my rom's kitchen pro as it is offered there...sorry:p
[Galaxy S II General] BatTusAi:
Dang, I bought the I9100G version, the greenhills people gave me this one. You think I can change this to the international version?
[Galaxy S II General] pongster:
I would try and get an international version if custom ROM's and Kernels are your thing... the G isn't as supported dev wise as I see it.
[Galaxy S II General] shakra00:
Is my chip faulty or broken?

Whenever Im in a forum, there are times that when i click the next page, the loading bar on top is like not moving at all but when I cancel it and refresh, it will now load quickly. help please ?

It also happens on other sites.

Im so paranoid. :(
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
It's normal nothing wrong. Happens once in a while.
[Galaxy S II General] bluekarlo:
Well you could try and ask them if you could change it.
[Galaxy S II General] rossdonn:
sweet armor galaxy s2 gold color

swiftden thanx for the sweet armor gold color looks nice im the one who called you from abu dhabi i sent my brother to meet you i think in mr kebab in timog if you remember..thank you again..just want to ask do you have sgp glas screen protector also for samsung galaxy s2?
[Galaxy S II General] BatTusAi:
Yeah, I love flashing my phone. This is my 2nd s2.. The thing is it was my boss who bought this one since shes in philippines and I'm here in south africa.. I was a little bit dissapointed that it turned out to be a "G" version.. It was just now that I found out it has a different processor and GPU and little dev support.. Hope they are ok with replacing this to the international version, doesn't matter if I have to wait..
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
every post you make is paranoia dude
[Galaxy S II General] timoti.sy:
It's all stock sir. Haven't rooted this phone yet because I didn't find the need to.

Thought of doing a fresh wipe but I'm too lazy atm :).

Regarding battery life, I'm pretty sure it was better before the update. But that could mean a lot of things because of how we use our phones differently. Nothing alarming about it though.

Oh what the hell I'm resetting it now.
[Galaxy S II General] rab1412000:
What about an sd card reader? I tried to use a samsung card reader on my phone and it didn't work. A flash drive works though. Do I need a year cable for this or is there a kernel that provides enough power for a card reader?

Alternatively, is there a card reader brand with less power requirements so I don't need an external power source, or could I tweak voltage control settings to increase power output to the usb?
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
weird sir hehehe...a lot of us experienced a batt boost after the update...i used intra's tar upload for it...anyways benchmark as usual...hehehe:)
[Galaxy S II General] timoti.sy:
Just reset my phone to factory settings. Things are looking pretty good so far. :)

I was always assuming I didn't need to if I stayed stock.
[Galaxy S II General] bluekarlo:
Question,

I recently updated to 2.3.6

I was updating my app and then the wifi was cut off (out of range) my problem is in my notifications the app is still updating and even though I reboot it's still there and there's no clear options O_O
[Galaxy S II General] ajcantonio:
where can i download the official 2.3.6 firmware? ok, i have odin in my pc, will it update as is or do i need root? thanks guys!
[Galaxy S II General] deltashock:
MultiCSC Package (GLB, MM1, SIN, SMA, STH, THL, XEV, XME, XSE, XSP, XTC, XTE, XXV): http://www.multiupload.com/AK0TGH6WXX

DXKL3 Stock Kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/PY2EJTIQ2E

Password: intratech@XDA
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
Go to intratechs thread on official fw at the AOSP threads...all you need to know and learn are all there
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
Clear cache from task mgr...or soft reset...hold power til its off...boot again...usually though that goes away
[Galaxy S II General] rawr.itservin:
Thanks to swiftden for the red sweet armor.

Im looking for a red metal battery cover now that will match my bumper. But i heard that metal bumpers will cause some signal problems or GPS problems. can anyone confirm this?
[Galaxy S II General] swiftden:
Youre welcome!! And to everyone who bought from me thank you! I have 2 white kit of extended batt for S2 arriving again this week. Please please use the PM function if you have questions. Thanks!!

Regarding your concern, I have no experience of any signal drop or loss when I used my Akiba. HTH =)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Galaxy S II General] ajcantonio:
at last i updated my phone to dxkl3 2.3.6 using odin! it did not wipe anything... sweet!

do i have to flash the kernel also from the other link, the one with the intratech@xda password?

my about phone now reads:

baseband=i9100dxkl1

kernel=2.6.35.7-i9100dxkl3...

build number=gingerbread.dxkl3

ok na ba ito guys?

thank you!
[Galaxy S II General] rawr.itservin:
Oh sorry. I meant metal battery cover. not bumper. haha anyone have any experiance with metal battery covers? any signal loss? or problems with gps?
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
flashing the kernel is used only after rooting your phone unless you are not doing it then there's no need to...intra stated that on the first post if im not mistaken

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nice...almost no more AOS bug but still...i think thats causing the drain and the unexpected but occassional reboots...
[Galaxy S II General] elms327:
if i do factory reset from recovery, it will not lose root right?
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
yep...just data...back to factory fresh unit with root if nothing else goes wrong:cool:
[Galaxy S II General] ajcantonio:
nice. thanks, man... so it means i'm on the right path. however, when i checked my fw on kies, it says "the firmware cannot be flashed on kies"... something like that... does this mean, i can only update via odin from now on? everything else works on kies, though... like music, contacts, pictures, syncing and all that stuff...

badtrip lang, something weird happened, my 5-year-old globe postpaid sim broke... can't get any signal since yesterday. it's supposed to have coverage by now but it still doesn't have a single bar. tried other sims on my s2 and it has signal. bad sim, maybe...
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
unless you havent messed up with your phone too much (flashing scripting etc) then its ok...was the one you flashed from intra the first one you flashed via odin?...i used that one and my kies recognized my phone since its the fw for our region...
[Galaxy S II General] ajcantonio:
yup, that's the first time i flashed using odin. is it possible that kies wasn't able to recognize dxkl3 because my original stock firmware is arabic (jpkj2)?
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
i dont think so.anyways you wont be using kies anymore,as the rest of us.enjoy this one.
[Galaxy S II General] darthvidor:
I've had 2 reboots since DXKL3 was installed last night. First one was a reboot while the sgs2 was just on the table doing nothing. Second was when I tried to unlock. The lockscreen wallpaper would not move and after a few seconds ... reboot. My unit is not rooted and worked well with the last kies upgrade (2.3.5 DXK-iforgot).

I was really hoping to see a similar feature found in the galaxy y's messaging - where you can see the contact name with the number. Helps if you have multiple numbers in one contact.
[Galaxy S II General] dennis_cu:
guys, new in this forum...I already flashed using odin and intratech latest firmware.

is this the latest version already?

Android Version

2.3.4

Baseband version

I9100XXKI1

Kernel version

2.6.35.7-I9100DXKL3...

Build number

GINGERBREAD.XWKI4

any info would be great! Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] dbanzon:
no i think the latest is DXKL3 which is android version 2.3.6 . You can find it in the intratech thread.
[Galaxy S II General] dennis_cu:
thats what I downloaded sir and flashed thru odin. How come it still says 2.3.4 in the android version??
[Galaxy S II General] iamspikee:
I think you flashed the kernel only.... you must flash the entire rom
[Galaxy S II General] dennis_cu:
can you tell me how sir???

thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] dbanzon:
just follow the step by step instructions in the intratech thread and you should be able to flash the whole update
[Galaxy S II General] dennis_cu:
already followed the instructions on flashing firmware with odin twice sir...
[Galaxy S II General] dbanzon:
whats the file size of the zip file that you downloaded? could it be maybe you are flashing the kernel zip file and not the firmware update file?
[Galaxy S II General] dennis_cu:
4.96 mb

where is the firmware update file??
[Galaxy S II General] jermitano:
read it all again...no skipping of the instructions...jeezz man its all in there...even the part where you only flash the kernel after rooting the phone...you cant say that you are a total noob...patience and reading...thats all you need
[Galaxy S II General] dbanzon:
check out the attached image, that should be the link that you click for the file.
[Galaxy S II General] airwax:
Anybody know where we could buy metal battery covers? I just got a Taurus case for my S2, and it looks sweet. Looking for a cover to complement the all metal look.

It looks awesome with ICS by the way.
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidFiber:
Guys..anyone tried this rooting method? http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-international-all-things-root/452165-easy-root-cwm-cwm-manager-no-odin-no-increase-binary-counter.html

Is it possible with dxkl3 fw?
[Galaxy S II General] Flash05:
im also looking for metal/aluminum back cover. + sweet armor gs2 and extended battery.

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did a quick browse, dami natin :) and so many post... long backread. :(

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after reading 20 pages i learned USB OTG. on stock can it be used?

while no one has answered... continue reading ...
[Galaxy S II General] dbanzon:
so has anyone here tried any of the ics firmwares specially the LP1 version? i just flashed my first custom rom(hyperdroid) awhile ago so im too lazy to try out the new ics firmware hehe.
[Galaxy S II General] pongster:
I'd wait for the official ICS release (along with kernel sources) to ensure you get a stable ROM... unless tweaking incomplete stuff is your kinda thing. :)
[Galaxy S II General] pongster:
USB OTG will work on stock if the Flash drive uses FAT32. If its on NTFS you'll need a ntfs.ko built against the stock kernel source of the kernel you have.

You may need a script in the initramfs to make sure it auto mounts any supported drive. You could also just run a script to mount it manually (and unmount it).

Optionally, you can also use the ntfs-3g binary and compile fuse.ko against the same kernel sources. Then run a script to mount the drive after plugging it in the OTG cable.