yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcshame:
Search on google returned this

http://www.uploadhere.com/15ZQ1M4MV6

or this

http://www.uploadhere.com/SA3INIER25

or

http://www.uploadking.com/WHZHU988WF

No idea if these are good or trustworthy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erhardh:
Quick question

So i found the file everyone was looking for finally. The one i found was the non wipe version. Has anyone tried the following file?

This original (unmodified) Wipe Package with new bootloader has: PDA: XXKI3| Modem/phone: XXKI3| CSC: OXAKI3

and if so will I be ok with no issues on this version?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaneinOne:
KJ1/2 are the latest. Download from Original Development forum.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erhardh:
Not sure what you mean can you link me to the latest?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaneinOne:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erhardh:
Oh ok ok yeah thats where I got the firmware from. On was the non whipe one and one would whipe my phone. Just wondering if there was an advantage of one over the other. I really would like to get rid of bloatware
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mani_monaj:
Thank you very much for the great quick summary of steps. I am with Bell in Canada as well. I did all the steps and now I have a rooted GS2 with 2.3.5 kernel and without any yellow warning. However I don't have access to ClockWordMod Recovery. Whenever I reboot the system into recovery mode, I get "Android Recovery 3e". How did you be able to install custom ROMs this way?

Of course I tried to install CW4 using Rom Manager. It says everything installed successfully, However when I try to reboot into recovery I get to "Android Recovery 3e" with some warnings about file signature error.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unoriginal_1:
So just to be clear we don't have to download firmware made for north america (UG), and can download XX and XW?

Is it safe to download this "official firmware" on bell:

XWKJ3 Stock Kernel - Kernel_I9100XWKJ3.exe (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278)

I'm just confused with all the possible firmwares. Which would you recommend for bell, an official firmware or a "frankestein" firmware. It seems like the frankenstein one's overwrite your CSC, is that something you'd want?:confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaneinOne:
Flash Intratech's Frankenstein KJ3.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aincalandorn:
Well, I'm hoping that I'm going to have the correct firmware (It's the Sept 15, 2011 one from Poland of 2.3.5 ^^;).

All I want to know is: Do I need to install the CSC for Bell or no?

Edit: CSC not needed and it went without a problem. Thanks for the guide!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unoriginal_1:
Sorry still a bit unclear, would installing an official firmware from that list cause any problems? (eh nvm it seems like the file i was looking at was 50 times smaller than the one everyone is using, must be missing stuff)

Doesn't overwriting your csc with something totally different cause problems with your mobile connection?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlevison:
Ok so I'm trying to upgrade my SII and I get stuck on step 3.

My phone is in download mode but Odin never sees it and recognizes that its attached to any port.

Puter OS: Windows 7

Odin version 1.85

I've rebooted my machine, tried multiple USB ports and waited patiently for over an hour. I'm getting no joy. I would love a hint as to what I should try next.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mani_monaj:
Have you installed Kies drivers for your phone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mathsmart:
just wanted to make a small review of my current firmware !!

Ive downloaded it from xda

currently im on 2.3.5 (poland version) and I have rooted to a ki4 compatible version and Its seem to work wonderful ! my signal is full almost all the time) I like it very much its very fluid and very efficient actually the major thing I can see is my battery is MUCH better healty than the stock 2.3.3 BELL firmware wish is actually a pure .....t if I compare to the current one I have

pda:I9100XXKI4

PHONE:I9100XXKI4

CSC:I9100OXAKI4

the source:

XXKI4

Firmware info

PDA:XXKI4

PHONE: XXKI4

Date: 27/09/2011

Android 2.3.5

XEO (Poland): http://www.multiupload.com/SKUPDRAOKL

XXKI4 Stock Kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/2FF735VQD5

Password: intratech@XDA

and the root I put on actually working very good !

CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_KI4-v4.4-CWM4.zip

http://xdaforums.com/atta...6&d=1319042530

if someone can tell me if I can make it more perfect It would be nice (I want to stay on the oem firmwares) no frank

thanks for your support again but Im still thinking its a bit hard to fine the latest firmware\root wish actually work perfect with our BELL canada phone I mean XDA should have an updated post where all the latest firmware should be easily findeable because its a bit harch to find it in the actually LONG tread right ? sorry again for my bad english I hope some of you will understand it since Im actually happy with the phone right now I can just recommand it to anyone

im still not sure about removing the yellow sign by flashing back the stock kernel (I want to keep the clockworkmod) without loosing it if Im flashing the stock one Im gonna loose it I have ordered a JIG by the way so its should not be a problem for long ! and its seem KIES dont reconize my phone actually, is it because of the root I put on ? should I put the stock kernel ?

and for you guys that cannot acces to clockworkmod im sure you flashed back the stock kernel and that's why !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nutzuTo:
update it,but the volume is lower than bell version,did anyone has the same lower volume with this update??btw when i connected to kies it shows that my phone does not support update via kies???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashwinmkumar:
Update Questions

Hi All,

I am totally new to Android so bear with me.

1) I have very very poor battery life on my S2. Currently the stock Bell Firmware (KG2)

2) Want to upgrade to KI3.

3) The guide here is great. I will download the firmware and update to KI3.

My question is, will I void my warranty because of this update. I will not root my phone, just update to the KI3 firmware in the thread.

Can you please give me some info on this.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] groaner:
Technically you will void by doing this. BUT they don't need to know you did it.

If you re-flash the stock kernel or get yourself one of the USB dongles that will revert your flash count back to zero and Bell/Samsung won't know that you ever flashed.

If I am wrong about the Kernel part, someone chime in and correct me please. I bought one of the dongles off of Ebay for $2.00. Including shipping.

I did the same thing for the same reason. I was getting 6-8 hours of battery and heard everyone getting so much more from KI3 so I took the plunge and did it. it was easy after understanding the steps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashwinmkumar:
I am still confused about the different terminologies. What is a Kernel, Firmware, OS etc. Once I flash KI3 and want to revert to stock KG2, how do I go about doing it? If I re-flash the stock stuff, do I still need to reset the flash count using the USB jig.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] groaner:
they are the different components to a rom. I am not sure how one differs from the other only that from the Yqed guide that i followed

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19339704

He outlined everything in great detail. EVERYTHING.

All your questions and more are answered there.

if you follow his guide to the letter (as I did) you will improve your battery life.

I tripled mine and now get about a full day. 19-23 hours. I don't get teh 100+ hours that some report but I'm happy.

Follow the source links in his guide and you will find the Bell stock files that would allow you to flash back (i think).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinuhi5:
Same process also works fine with T-Mobile UK
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kruinc:
Great at home (on Rogers), no 3G using AT&T in the U.S.

I recently updated two Bell units to the KI3 (2.3.5).

First, I'd like to thank the OP and those who replied to this thread. The update definitely extended the battery life and the units seem to simply run smoother. :D

But, for some reason, when in the U.S. using my AT&T (GoPhone) SIM the phone won't connect to AT&T's APN. It will connect on startup then drop. It used to work fine with 2.3.3. My wife's GS2, a 2.3.5 UK (white) model didn't work on AT&T either. Could anyone comment if the WCDMA frequency selection changed with KI3?

I've searched and read that I several thread with solutions from manually entering a new APN to switching to new SIM's (our current AT&T SIMs are 1-2 year old 3G cards).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zordrack:
Why not updating directly to 2.3.6 ?

I'm with Bell/Virgin mobile and I still have the original firmware; 2.3.3

I'm wondering if this would work, if I flash my SG2 with this firmware 2.3.6 Gingerbread XWKK5

my actual version info

Pda: i 9100mugkg2

Phone: i9100mugkg2

Csc: i9100mbmckg2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zordrack:
Bump

I'd really like to know if this firmware is safe for Bell network.

Will I still be able to access 3G, voice call... ?

Can anyone confirm.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cholywell:
It works fine. No problems.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zordrack:
Ok

I'll try this tonight.

Thank you very much
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zordrack:
Woot,

I'm done flashing and rooting XWKK5. Everything seems to work normally. All my apps, data and settings are intact. Have'nt lost anything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpectralMeat:
Just logged in here to thank the OP for this guide.

I got my phone updated from the stock firmware to the 2.3.5. I had to do it twice because after the first update I did not do a factory reset so I do not loose any of my data from the phone and the battery life did not improve at all.

My battery drained 7% from 11pm until 6am before I did the factory reset, and it drained 2% within the same time period after the factory reset.

So if anyone is still having ssues with the battery life after the upgrade just do a factory reset on your phone and you will be amazed how much better your battery life will be.

Also after I did the update to the firmware I've used this little software to root my phone again:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1319653

Now my phone is rooted and do not have the yellow triangle when the phone boots up.

Ones again thanks OP awesome guide !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lufy0000:
Just wondering, do you have the rigth CSC code after flashing? if not, have you run into any kind of issue after?

I know this since the rom you flashed to shouldn't have the BMC CSC code for bell included

---------- Post added at 11:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:48 PM ----------

It has to do with the CSC code included in the rom you flashed. It mostly likely does not include the CSC code for north america, so it doesn't have the info for AT&T. Therefore, manual setup is the only solution.

But as long as it work after manual setup, i don't really see any great need for concern
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilroy222:
How can i get these files?? Multi-upload no longer works for me and neither do any other sites when i input the file into google.

Also, how did you determine to use these files since they say (Poland) and not some other file??
[T-Mobile LG G2x] amarti83:
Hey XDA community!

So I am new to the site as well as android (transferred from BB) and I recently rooted my G2X with the help of all the articles, instructions and postings on the site. So for that thank you all.

My first question for the community is: Which app makes for a better keyboard than Swype?

Now that am rooted and running a cleaner OS than stock I am considering doing away with swype in place of something better, faster and preferably easier. But since am new to the Android platform I don't quite know where to start and which keyboards apps are truly better.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] LordButtersI:
No keyboard is faster than swype. Swiftkey is pretty interesting, 8pen is a fun novelty, and there are a few out there that add keys most don't have, but swype it's the fastest by far.

Download the beta though, it's so much better than stock.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] d12unk13astard:
Smartkeyboard Pro
[T-Mobile LG G2x] amarti83:
Cool! Good to know then, I will look into the beta version for sure.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] amarti83:
What makes smartkeyboard pro superior to swype?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] d12unk13astard:
Everything...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hukkguai:
I love Swiftkey. Not as fast as Swype but more accurate for the way I type. Personal preference :p
[T-Mobile LG G2x] cricketAC:
Its personal preference actually. I tried swype but didn't like the dragging finger all the time. Tapping is more what I like. But if you can get use to swype. Its the fastest. Otherwise go with smartkeyboard

Sent from my LG-P999
[T-Mobile LG G2x] amarti83:
Okay, all good suggestions. Ive download both smart and swype beta and will give them each a trial run and see.

Thanks for the help!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] d12unk13astard:
I told ya!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] LordButtersI:
If you want a taping keyboard, Swiftkey X is the way to go. It's got AI scripting that predicts what word you're about to type before you even start typing it. It learns as you go too, so it gets better over time.

I love it. I use Keyboard Manager, which lets me set different keyboards based on rotation, and have swype on portrait and Swiftkey on landscape.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] d12unk13astard:
smartkeyboard pro > swiftkey blah x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
I love the stock gingerbread keyboard
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jboxer:
I use T-Swipe Pro. Very fast swipe keyboard and very customizable.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] moeahmad1995:
Same here. I don't like the one that comes with weapon though.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jlho1980:
how do you change the email notification tone??? its driving me cazy and i cant seem to figure out how or where...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PacerguyDon:
Do this...

Click on the menu button while in Gmail (this is for Gmail, I don't use the included email service)

Go to Settings

If using more than one Email account select the account you want to make changes to

Scroll to the bottom of the settings list

Select "labels to notify"

Select inbox or priority inbox whichever you use (you can set up each to have different notifications)

A popup box will appear

Place a check on the email notifications if it isn't already checked

Select ringtones

Choose whatever ringtone you may want and hit ok

on the popup select ok

you have now set your gmail to whatever ringtone you may want

If you have any problems let me know.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jlho1980:
Thank you very much that worked! :D
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PacerguyDon:
Your welcome, and I'm glad that it worked for you :cool:
[Android Themes] nhnt11:
This theme goes for the stock gingerbread look, but with dull blues replacing the bright oranges and greens. Currently HDPI only, but I'll try to get MDPI (and possibly LDPI) out as soon as possible (which may not be very soon :(). More apps will be themed in future releases. Screenshots below. Enjoy :)

Changelog

[29/9] - Initial release. Framework, Status bar and Music app themed.
[Android Themes] DaXmax:
Hopefully soon... I love ur themes, i would like to include this into my rom... But how? Anyone knows how?
[Android Themes] itskapil:
Looking forward to it.... downloading now!
[Android Themes] kassipopassi:
i like! x_X

edit: when i select sth. i have a orange stripe in the middle of the selected box/button. the rest is blue. any idea why?
[Android Themes] scottjb:
Love that blue color. :-)
[Android Themes] nhnt11:
You on MDPI?
[Android Themes] DaXmax:
I think is only for mdpi... But i like it... When will u make for mdpi?
[Android Themes] kassipopassi:
sorry im very unexperienced with themes, i dont know whats the difference betweend ldpi, hpdi, mdpi...but i think its about screensizes/resolutions? mine got 320x240
[Android Themes] nhnt11:
That would be LDPI. This theme currently doesn't support low res screens so it may have strange bugs... sorry :(
[Android Themes] kassipopassi:
so hdpi = high, mdpi = medium, ldpi = low?

its running great except for this bug, when i select something.

thanks!
[Android Themes] nhnt11:
For most purposes, you're correct. I'll work on getting MDPI and LDPI added in soon, but currently a bit tied up :/
[Android Themes] JaymzBond:
is that the stock music app widget in the first post?
[Android Themes] nhnt11:
Yup

/10char
[Android Themes] kantbstopped519:
looks real good, nice job
[Android Themes] slonn:
Good looking theme. Thanks :)
[Android Themes] kassipopassi:
Gotta love it! :)
[Android Themes] marko_.:
no MDPI love, m?
[Android Themes] kuljit55:
is settings and the dialer themed?
[Android Themes] shapiro125:
I love this theme! I've tried rebooting but I can't get the status bar notification widgets to change color?
[Android Themes] salisbury_steak:
I've been looking for a simple, blue version of the stock GB theme. Thanks for this! :D
[Android Themes] afifth:
Great theme..thank you for share
[Android Themes] deciocavallo:
i like it thank you ^_^
[HTC EVO 3D] penguinicus:
When using a kernel that has cpu1 enabled, the cpu1 scaling_governor will be reset to userspace at random intervals. I haven't been able to figure out a pattern for it, but has anyone else noticed this behavior, or have an idea of how to prevent it?

On a related note, the permissions for cpu1/cpufreq on startup are really weird too (440 for scaling_max_freq and scaling_governor), but I can manually fix those after a reboot...

hboot: 1.40

root: revolutionary

ROM: stock 2.08.651.2

kernel: freeza 4a or bcblend 0.03

If any other info would help please let me know. Thanks in advance.
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
very interesting issue...

cpu1 scaling governor reset to userspace at random intervals .. the first guess i'd have would be some 3rd party android app following a predefined profile. of course, this app should need root access to echo out to the sysfs file and if you have superuser installed the app would have had to prompt at least once for permission.

if you don't have any 3rd party app installed echo'n values then the only other common tool i've seen is the settings in CM7, but you stated you're on a stock ROM.

if you're on a rooted stock ROM with custom kernel, sometimes the devs setup support for startup scripts and might be making some type of tweak in a startup script which could also be set to loop and apply some predefined setting.

my guess would be the perms on sysfs files are setup in the kernel config files when its compiled. would be something the kernel dev should be able to change easily. 440 could be intentional as they're trying to limit access .. don't want any random app/binary messing around with the settings

hope some of those thoughts are helpful!
[HTC EVO 3D] penguinicus:
Here are the programs with superuser permission:

BusyBox installer

ConnectBot

Kernel Manager Lite

Quick Boot

ROM Manager

Superuser

Titanium Backup

All of these are pretty common, and I doubt any of them would be poking around the governor, but that's why I'm asking after all.

Do you know how I could check this? I don't think the kernel has init.d support.

Yeah, definitely makes sense. It was just odd to me that the CPUs were mismatched (cpu0 had 640 permissions for all of those).

Definitely, thank you.

I've worked around it for now by modifying Virtuous OC to set the perms to 640 before doing its thing, then resetting them to 440 when done. I've also written a daemon that will report when it's changed to userspace in hopes that I can track down some sort of pattern.
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
Okay, well given some of your responses I'm going to assume you're a bit more of a technical/advanced user.

All the Android applications you posted with superuser access are very common as you stated. An easy way to check might be, rename /system/bin/su to something else so no scripts or apps can gain superuser access and see if your sysfs cpu1 files are still changed?

If I were you, I'd want to get to the bottom of the perms on the cpu1 sysfs files. Especially since you're saying cpu0 and cpu1 have diff perms set on the sysfs files. Since Linux kernel code is GPL, the kernel dev should have a public link to their kernel files. I'd go look thru their source to find where they're implementing cpu1 sysfs files and check the perms they're setting up sysfs files with. I want to say, the cpu1 sysfs files are something added/modified by the kernel devs so there is definitely potential somebody missed a proper setting.

I'd rather take this approach than have to patch over some poor coding by using another app to adjust the perms on the file.

Can you post the log produced by your daemon on the changes to the sysfs cpu1 file?

Hope that helps!

EDIT: noticed I missed a question, how to check for init.d type support in the kernel. Generally, they're going to have to make a change to the init.rc file in order to add in anything to the start up sequence. I'd grab the stock init.rc file and diff against the currently loaded init.rc file in the kernel being used.

As an FYI, init.rc is stored in the ramdisk part of the boot.img.
[HTC EVO 3D] penguinicus:
Whew, ok. After a lot of observation, I noticed that the reset to userspace corresponded with me putting the device to sleep.

I then tried disconnecting my device from USB and the daemon started crashing, being unable to read the sysfs files for cpu1, which never happened while connected over USB. I switched adb to TCP mode and found that the files were indeed gone, because cpu1 was offline. Apparently being connected over USB kept cpu1 online more often than it would be otherwise. This was causing some weird permission resets too, as the permissions would reset when the core was brought offline and back online.

When cpu1 is automatically taken offline then back online, it seems to be randomly restored with the userspace governor instead of whatever governor it had when it was taken offline. It sometimes gets stuck online, too, even when the phone has been asleep for a long period of time. I still can't get either to happen consistently, however, and I don't know if nobody else is experiencing it, or if it's just gone unnoticed by others.

Enabling and disabling SetCPU seemed to have no effect on the consistency or frequency of the weirdness either. I may mess with my daemon to have it duplicate cpu0's governor to cpu1 when cpu1 comes online but doesn't match, but I have to assume this is just weirdness due to the whole "async cores are new" thing.

Thanks very much for your help, and if anyone else observes anything similar please let me know! D:
[HTC EVO 3D] curiousGeorge:
I've noticed the exact same thing on my E3D. I'm running a "clean" custom ROM (CleanROM DE) with a famous third-party kernel (Tiamat Sense 1.1.0). I've also noticed that there is a lot of work in the Sensation forum trying to get the "Dual-Core" mode "unlocked" and that some ROMs have managed to pull it off. I think having a talk with any of these developers (or anyone who boasts "Dual Core" or "dual core patch") would help you get to the bottom of this.

It's extremely frustrating. Even using apps like System Tuner Pro, which have a special option to "force all CPUs active", does not seem to correct the sporadic governor switching back to userspace on the second core.

---------- Post added at 04:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:12 PM ----------

Oh. HTC's doing. My bad.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17456447&postcount=7630

Of course, flashing this sucker could cause you to wind up with a bricked phone. Beggers can't be choosers. Now I'm off to flash Synergy. *sigh*