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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fracked:
Hi folks, first like to say thank you to everyone who puts this stuff together- mindboggling for me so it is.

ANyway, im not a techie, but im getting there.

I've rooted my S2, and i now have CWM and superuser on the phone. I have read ALOT of threads , and i'm a bit confused about my next steps. I have no sd card.

I want to get one of those ROMS to help the battery and all the other jazz(phone call recording sounds particularly sweet), but im wary of jumping into it... I have android 2.33 on the phone, and it was the kf3 kernal that i flashed on with ODIN to ROOT the phone successfully;

Q1. I was thinking of the lightning ROM for my phone- do i need to check which kernel and android version i have and match them up with a specific version of whichever ROM i go for?

Q2. Do i have to 'wipe' the phone before installing the ROM? ( i dont know what this means)

Q3. with the above in mind, can anyone point me towards a detailed tutorial on putting a ROM on the phone? ( i have looked honestly, im not being lazy- they dont seem to say what to do if youve already rooted the phone)

EDIT Q4- Should i have NOT rooted with KF3 V 4.0 and just installed the litening ROM, which would have rooted the phone aswell? - I'm really confused. Basically i can't figure out if ive made it harder to put a ROM on there, or easier.

EDIT Q5; will this method work ( im still not sure how to identify what rom fits my system)

How to install a ROM using CWM

Installing a ROM using CWM is a lot less hassle then installing via Odin. The ROM developer will specify which method of installing their ROM you can use, but it is usually done by a CWM flashable .zip.

To flash:

1. Boot into CWM as described above

2. Navigate to 'install zip from sd card'

3. Select it, and then navigate to 'install zip from sdcard' again!

4. Select the ROM you downloaded from your sd card

5. Navigate down to yes

6. Let CWM install you new ROM!

Many Thank yous in advance for anyone who can help this cabbage (ie, me).

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmic Blue:
A1 No, lighting Rom includes its own kernal and will update your phnes android version when you install it.

A2 you should to make sure their are no stray bits of data floating around. Go to cwm and put it into recovery mode. clean the cache, the go into into advanced and clean daavik cache.

this is what is mean by wiping the phone. if you want you can also do a factory reset.

A3 the method in in question 5 is the usual way to do it from cwm but make sure that you copy it into the internal sdcard.

A4. rooting makes it easier in as it gives you access to the file structure of the phone. It is always a good idea to root the phone, if you want to customize it.

A5. To use cwm mwthod any rom has to come it a zip file version. Tar file versions are used with odin but in any case always follow the developers instructions to get the best out of the rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fracked:
Hi Cosmic blue,

thak you so much for coming back to me, i really appreciate it.

So if i can just clarify my proposed method then from the above with a few more questions;

1 go to cwm recovery and clean the two caches you mentioned above while in recovery mode. ( i see the menu now in recovery mode- would i be right in saying the ones to select are 'wipe cache partition' and i can see the dalvik one in advanced no problem)

2 I need to get the rom zip file from the developers thread. SO i download that to my laptop- then whats the best way to transfer to the phone internal sd card as you said...Do i Need an external sd card yes? (sorry, i know this sounds dumb )

3 ( please ignore this one if youre busy- no big deal as i can do more research) can you recommend a good ROM thats not majorly complicated, saves the battery, looks cool i suppose and has some good extra fucntions? as i was saying i liked the lite'ning one but ive read some places that its a bit of a battery drain...

Thank you so miuch again, its so appreciated.

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmic Blue:
1. correct, wipe those 2 to prepare your phone.

2. no, you do not need an external card. Go to the laptop root directory, you will see the internal sdcard of your phone as a drive, create a new folder in the phone sdcard and copy the zip file to it.

then detach cable and go into recovery and flash the zip file.

3. you will need to experiment with different roms. Lite'ing is fine all custom roms are a bit of battery drain because of the extra functions. But the battery life is still better then the stock as they have tweaked the battery to discharge slower for longer battery life.

4. Everyone has different preferences. try different combinations of firmware, kernal and modem till you find one that you will like.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alunboi:
Hi,

I like many of u am currently suffering from 0% battery issue and am running patch while hopefully waiting for a fix , but just in case a fix cannot be found has anyone got 3 UK stock firmware they can upload as an .ftf I can use with flashtool so I can try and send my phone back to my carrier for repair.?

Any help greatly appreciated
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alunboi:
Anyone ???
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
If its not in the firmware thread then no. You can try and use the other method changing the build.prop though. But its stated on the other thread you've posted on its irrelevant anyway, so just flash a generic Rom.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stu1978:
I sent mine to them on Friday, with the 1% patched firmware loaded.

They received it today, and the repair tracker said 'awaiting replacement' before being updated to 'dispatched' so you should be ok without official firmware.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danielnghk:
how about 3 Hk firmware?
[HTC Incredible S] CyanogenMod:
CyanogenMod is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/

CyanogenMod is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. CyanogenMod does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

All the source code for CyanogenMod is available in the CyanogenMod Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to CyanogenMod, please visit out Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.

Instructions:

First time flashing CyanogenMod 7 to the HTC Incredible S, or coming from another ROM?

Root the device and install ClockworkMod Recovery. Instructions are available here.

Perform a NANDroid backup of your current ROM.

Format the system, data & cache partitions of your device.

Perform a factory reset.

Flash CyanogenMod.

Optional: Install the Google Apps addon package.

Upgrading from earlier version of CyanogenMod 7?

Perform a NANDroid backup of your current ROM.

Flash CyanogenMod (your Google Apps will be backed up & restored automatically).

Issues?

Experience issues? Please provide the following info:

If the device was hard reboot, please provide the file "/proc/last_kmsg".

If the device was soft reboot or is "bootlooping", please run a logcat and provide the full output.

Please use Pastebin when possible.

Download Links:

Official post​

CyanogenMod:

Latest version: update-cm-7.1.0-IncS

Download: link

Mirror: link

MD5sum: 517788657622e8a77abb8cc893365261​

Google Apps addon:

Version: gapps-gb-20110828

Mirror: link

Mirror: link

Version: Google Talk with video addon

Mirror: link

Mirror: link​

The CyanogenMod team would like to thank everyone involved in helping with testing, coding, debugging & documenting! Enjoy!
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Hmmm curious.. Nightly 108 with tiamat has been perfect for me though I wish I knew what changed from that.
[HTC Incredible S] -Maverick-:
I've already tried it, so far so good. I forgot how fast it is to have a AOSP rom! :D
[HTC Incredible S] itsbeertimenow:
Feel the same way, not sure if I want to flash or not.
[HTC Incredible S] baste07:
How about battery life?
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Cm7 is much better than any sense roms for battery life
[HTC Incredible S] baste07:
Also i have arhd rom, can i just update recovery via rom manager? And download &install this?

How about the 4ext format, anything i should do first?

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how long does it go for on a normal usage
[HTC Incredible S] -Maverick-:
4ext is preserved, make sure you wipe everything if your coming form a sense rom. I don't think I need to say it, but make sure you make a backup just in case.
[HTC Incredible S] kylechen:
Well its really depends on what you running at behind on your phone.

If your phone is running many keep-online apps, like turning on g-maps latitude, gtalk, skype, facebook, twitter, whats app, talkbox, viber, G+, news updater etc. I say, 8 hours.

Plus if your phone have a single "buggy" app, something like older version of skype that will keep your phone CPU "Awake" all the time, I say, battery could last only 4-5 hours.

If you dont have any of those or you only use quality apps, plus 5 calls 10 text and 10mins brownsing per day, the power could last about 2 days and 1 night.
[HTC Incredible S] baste07:
thanks! so i should be good by just updating revoery from ROM Manager and downloading the stable release (of course wipe and backup i'll do)
[HTC Incredible S] -Maverick-:
Yes, that is pretty much it. :)
[HTC Incredible S] baste07:
i'm having problems with google market.. it's force closing.
[HTC Incredible S] MrPontus:
that's a simple fix go to language settings and select english again it fixes that
[HTC Incredible S] FinalAssault:
Is the connection issues ironed out? Had problems with the nightly 80s, dunno if the 90s had problem, don't think I tried any of them. I'm on like 78 now, and as tempting as this is to upgrade, I want to make sure I can actually make and receive calls and texts.

That sucked when I found out it wasn't working, really bad actually.
[HTC Incredible S] Das_mobile:
Works ok, just need to test the headphones mic with this new ROM.
[HTC Incredible S] tontiv:
how about the data and wifi connections? stable and all good? :)
[HTC Incredible S] quoler:
backlights don't switch in landscape mode.
[HTC Incredible S] suchevent:
that is a sense-rom-only feature, from what i've read.
[HTC Incredible S] Shinobee:
anyone try out #110?
[HTC Incredible S] Cookie Ninja:
Getting a FC issue in settings>sound, to change default ringtone. Anyone else facing similar issues in settings? Also any replies as to whether stock kernel is better or need to switch to tiamant? I'm using tiamant latest BTW.
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
Been flashing the Nightliys reguarly since #66 over another, but i just did a complete wipe and flashed CM7.1 and installed everything from scratch.

Also flashed, Timat Kernel, Google AddOns, UOT Kitchen, and its just so smooth.

This is a keeper... for now... just saw that #110 is out...
[HTC Incredible S] baste07:
how do you overclock/underclock and undervoltage?

and also the governors
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Use set cpu..

Tiamat is already undervolted afaik
[HTC Incredible S] baste07:
thanks!

does set cpu have the governors options as well?

in ARHD there's an app Daemon that can set min max freq, and set governors for awake and sleep modes
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Yeah setcpu has all that..

It's awesome, very user friendly
[HTC Incredible S] baste07:
thanks i'm using it right now! as my main i use smartassV2 1036 max and 268 min

i have another profile that has screen off 345 max and 192 min, conservative.

is this good?
[HTC Incredible S] VaderXI:
Ok, what does this actually mean?
[HTC Incredible S] Cookie Ninja:
I have a bug report.

Phone freeze occurs like a metronome, every 12 s. This occurs after rebooting the following sequence: installation, loading apps from TB, loading customized hostfile and rebooting. I have two screenshots, hope phone uploads it correctly. Has anyone else found anything similar? TB apps migrated from ARHD, some clean some with data. Running plain CM7.1& Google apps, with stock kernel and/or with Tiamant kernel.

Edit. Tapatalk Fail! Will try from home pc later.
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
That sounds perfect imo
[HTC Incredible S] baste07:
thanks man.

anyone know where i can get the files needed to cook some themes in the kitchen for CM7?
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
Bug in CM7.1

When "Screen lock" with a pttern is activactet it only works the first time, then the "draw pattern" don't show after the lock screen.

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If it's UOT Kitchen you wan't to cook in, you need to upload the "Cyanbread.apk" from /system/app/Cyanbread.apk.

And rember to unmark "ThemeChooser preview" on the File Upload page in UOT Kitchen.
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
I installed this right over nightly 108 and just reflashed tiamat.

Worked perfectly
[HTC Incredible S] itsbeertimenow:
Did you figure out the differences between the two?
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Nope hahah nothing I can see!
[HTC Incredible S] baste07:
thanks! i read also that after cooking i can just extract the "UOTCyanbread.apk" and just install it as normal on my phone so that it will show up in theme chooser
[HTC Incredible S] Abdullah Dot:
I must say this ROM rocks its just that so simple to use

till now not a single problem but gallery is in loading mood whenever i open
[HTC Incredible S] oyumurtaci:
Market crash?

I had asked a silly question about the Market force closing (despite the language setting trick). Turns out I downloaded the wrong Google Apps package.
[HTC Incredible S] Cookie Ninja:
Thought as much. Nobody else has complained of market crash on the stable ROM....

Use the latest gapps package, and don't delete too many core apks from it. I've lost the ability to use calendar (you have no calendars error) after deleting the Google calendar and contact sync apks...

Stupid calendar app cannot accept "phone sync only" events...
[HTC Incredible S] oyumurtaci:
While I no longer have the market crash issue (which was caused by my own stupidity) I am now facing a different issue (which could also possibly be related to my own stupidity and/or ignorance). I've set up MarketAccess and I'm spoofing the sim provider code but it seems the latest version of the market somehow overcomes this now, as I can search for apps but never seem to get the result. I do get results, just not what I'm looking for. Evernote doesn't show up... I've tried clearing the market data and uninstalling market updates but so far that hasn't solved the issue. So far my internet search has just resulted in countless threads about market enabler or marketaccess, but so far no solution. If anything comes to mind, that would be appreciated. The reason I'm posting this here is because it seems to be related to CM and the Google Apps provided with it.
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Have you tried changing your footprint in the build prop.
[HTC Incredible S] oyumurtaci:
I've had no luck with that so far, as ES Explorer doesn't show my the /system folder, even when I tick the root access box. I can see it in File Manager, but when I try to open it using ES to edit it, I get an error and can't open it.

That being said, when I check with HTML viewer, I see the following:

ro.product.model=Incredible S

ro.product.brand=htc_wwe

ro.product.name=htc_vivo

ro.product.device=vivo

ro.product.board=vivo

ro.product.manufacturer=HTC

ro.product.locale.language=hdpi

ro.product.locale.region=

ro.build.fingerprint=htc_wwe/htc_vivo/vivo:2.3.3/etc.etc.

As such, I'm thinking I need to find another way to edit my build.prop file (and I'm still not precisely sure which entries need to be what), but I'm not exactly sure as to how other than adb, which I can't set up for a while until I get a personal computer (using work PC now, so I can't really get adb up and running without raising a few flags in IT).

Any ideas?
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
you need root explorer.
[HTC Incredible S] oyumurtaci:
Well, since I couldn't find Root Explorer in the market (which is the initial problem anyway) here's what I did over the last few hours:

Borrow DesireHD from officemate, factory reset, connect the phone with my own google account, enter market, buy root explorer, factory reset, wipe and re-flash CM7 to my Incredible S, connect Inc to my google account and choose 'sync apps', Root Explorer is downloaded and installed.

I've been searching the interwebs for a build.prop but it seems all the results are device specific. Is there a sample build.prop for the Incredible S which I can copy to get the market working or is it just a single specific field which needs to be edited (i.e. ro.build.fingerprint) and if so, what should it be for a working market? I know this is getting really off topic, but I just haven't come across this issue with ARHD or the stock rom, and have so far failed to find an exact frame of reference regarding editing build.prop on the Inc S.

This being the case, any help is greatly appreciated and I fully understand if this post needs to be moved.
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
ro.build .id=GRJ22

ro.build .display.id= GRJ22

ro.product.name =soju

ro.product.device= crespo

ro.build .description= soju-user 2. 3.4 GRJ22

121341 release-keys

ro.build .fingerprint= google/soju/ crespo:2 .3. 4/

GRJ22/121341 :user/release -keys

You have to remove the random spaces though i'm on opera mini and it inserts them when copying and pasting

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Here is the source:

androidforums.com/gome-flytouch-3/363473-solution-show-hidden-apps-market.html
[HTC Incredible S] oyumurtaci:
You rock. If you have a donation account, I'd like to buy you a beer.
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Not necessary my friend, good karma is payment enough!

Thanks for the offer though.
[HTC Incredible S] oyumurtaci:
I tried it out but no dice, any search I conduct only produces free results, and not even all free apps (a search for rom manager returns all sorts of results but no rom manager, same for the free game Robotek). I can see paid apps in the paid section, just not in search results. I'm using MarketAccess, but in all eventuality I guess it's just something I'll have to learn to live with if I stick with CM since I think I've tried pretty much everything (marketaccess, build.prop). Still, thank you for the help and patience.
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Where are you from?
[HTC Incredible S] oyumurtaci:
I'm in Turkey but the devices was purchased from Manhattan, NY. I made the error of getting the local OTA update from a Turkish carrier which got rid of YouTube (since the Turkish government is in the habit of banning YT on a whim), so I went the AlphaRev route to s-off and get things working again. After that, MarketAccess worked fine on the stock rom, but the market was never updated to the 3.x.x variants. Another OTA appeared but I refrained and opted for Android Revolution instead. It's frequently updated though, with small bugfixes here and there so I decided on CM Stable as I can only really spend so much time tinkering. I might just see if there's a stock rom that won't break my s-off if I can't get the market working properly here.

TL;DR: Turkey.
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
So does turkey block a lot of stuff?
[HTC Incredible S] oyumurtaci:
Yep. They're in the habit of attempting to be the parental control of the internet as a whole. I plan on getting out of here when I can afford it.
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Ah so, hence the market block then eh...

That sucks man. Why not get apps from Warez sites?

Not that I advocate this but there isn't much of a choice for you.
[HTC Incredible S] oyumurtaci:
From an ethical standpoint I like supporting devs for work I simply lack the time, skill and knowledge to conduct myself.

From a practical standpoint I like having my apps up to date, so sideloading a bunch of apks doesn't really get me too far there.

From a situational standpoint, you may be right. I've got the Amazon App Store working through a dummy account, so there's that. The thing is I can't purchase apps because it's a dummy account, so only freebies from there.

What I'm wondering is when I wipe the device then flash CM7, after initial setup my apps are synced. Even apps supposedly not available in this region, so how does it let them download and install (or more importantly why)? I know the Turkish government is very difficult to work with (they want to individually tax apps, and tax the market as a whole as well), so this place will probably never get full market access, however it's quite disappointing that not even workarounds work.
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
You could maybe try contacting individual devs to purchase directly from them
[HTC Incredible S] oyumurtaci:
I've discovered a workaround:

AppBrain. The market links in the AppBrain App Store actually work.

This has been an enlightening experience though, and it worries me a little. Just like Windows, developed by Microsoft, is trying to be the OS for a plethora of hardware while OS X is developed for a tightly integrated hardware-software combination, Android is basically a free-for-all in the mobile hardware space. This makes me wonder if some day Android will be plagued by the issues that make Windows so versatile yet cumbersome... It's never easy harnessing power over so many variables (regarding hardware, software compatibility, regions, carriers, legal regulations etc.).
[HTC Incredible S] Aodhan:
i notice that while in camera mode if you hit the application button the menu only appears in landscape, not portrait..
[HTC Incredible S] DavidKundalini:
Tell me:

passing to the mod gives any benefit in radio quality/signal strength? which radio module is provided with the latest mod?

I'm still with HTC Sense and radio module is 3805.06.03.03_M and I'm having signal drop issues.
[HTC Incredible S] aviseknandi:
Guys I was using ARHD rom then i switched to CM 7.1 yesterday. But my apps from market are not getting downloaded. I fixed the market crashing problem. When i access the web market from pc all the old apps shows in there but in market app in cm7.1 in my old apps dont show up and only i can see the one i recently downloaded in the phone after getting CM7.1

i tried clearing the cache many time but it didnt do any help..
[HTC Incredible S] scoobysnacks:
Wipe market data then reopen it
[HTC Incredible S] aviseknandi:
i cleared data then opened market but same..

still it wont..

i am kinda confused..
[HTC Incredible S] robotfoodisgood:
Could you try wiping all data for "Google Services Framework". Clearing that + Market data has fixed this issue for me in the past.
[HTC Incredible S] sabret00the:
I'm having a few issues.

One is that I got on the tube the other day and after getting off the tube and waiting an hour, I still had no service, I was forced to restart my phone.

Second thing is that Firefox (Nightly) seems to be bad in terms of performance, while it was perfectly fine on the stock ROM.

Third is that if I'm in the camera app, and then the screen turns off and I turn it back on again. The camera will be completely unresponsive or continually force restart until restarting the phone.