yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] marlonbr:
Check the table below. It says in which situation you will need a 850mhz frequency. Definitely not my case in Rio de Janeiro using TIM.

Claro 850MHz	AC, RO
Claro 2100MHz	AC, AL, AP, CE, DF, ES, GO, MS, MT, PB, PE, PI,
RJ, RN, RO, RR, RS, SP, TO
Oi/Brasil Telecom 2100MHz	AM, AP
Tim 850MHz	AL, PB, RN, SE
Tim 2100MHz	AC, AL, AM, AP, BA, CE, MA, MG, MS, MT, PA,
PB, PE, PI, PR, RN, RO, RR, SC, SE, TO
Vivo 2100MHz	AC, RO

Source: http://eduardofarias.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/novo-mapa-do-3g-agora-por-estados/
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
I don't get this baseband worry issue. :eek: If you want battery life get a Nokia 1200. :p:p
[Galaxy S II General] marcelotorres:
Thanks!

Maybe you're a lucky man!

But anyway, a backup is always welcome...

;)

Off-topic: Where are you from?
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
I'm a fellow gaúcho, of course! :)
[Galaxy S II General] marcelotorres:
Nice, guy!!! We're here!!! hahahaa...

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I have downloaded MIUI Brasil, but not tested yet.

There are many bugs?
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
I am not trying to change baseband in order to improve battery life, i am trying to get a better signal!

I changed my kernel to improve battery life, and it worked!

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Thanks for the information mate, but you are slightly mistaken!

That table you copied shows the areas where carriers have permission to use the frequencies, but don't use them.

The real table is the upper one, which says Claro uses 850mhz both in Rio and São Paulo!

So i need to make sure the modem i use in São Paulo works in 850mhz as well...

The search goes on!
[Galaxy S II General] Noed:
Yep

I think all modems in Galaxy S2 are:

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

It's different from Galaxy S1, it was either HSDPA 850 or 900, not both simultaneously. I think the Nexus One and Nexus S also, either 850 or 900, not both.

Still... different modems = different signal... in the end, it will impact battery life, since better signal means waste less battery searching.
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
Why would different modems have different signal if they are all using the same frequencies?

My search is exactly for the one with the best signal here in São Paulo...
[Galaxy S II General] Noed:
I have no idea... seen this in some posts in XDA... one that I remeber right now is Siyah Kernel post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1263838

He has some great battery saving tips on the 2nd post, between them he wrote:

"try several radios. I recommend you to try KE7, KG2 and KH3 and choose the one which suits you best. KG2 seems to be the best for me. however, in terms of battery life, there is not much difference between those three."
[Galaxy S II General] wolvie_rs:
Well I'm coming from a Motorola Milestone 2, and, fall in love by Samsung Galaxy.

In my point of view, the original ROM are better in almost everything, stable, etc. The only thing i miss are the "themes". Oh yeah, i love themes, and Miui have a lot of themes. The problem? Looks like a iPhone, and i like the Android Style of icons, setup, etc.

So, I'm looking for a non-tottally changed theme. Someone who work with my original 2.3.4 Kies update.

Btw, nice post.

And, gaucho from Sao Sebastiao do Cai here! ;)
[Galaxy S II General] marcelotorres:
Hi guy! You are welcome!

I like themes too, and there's a lot of roms using samsung's theme. Take a look in roms like Baptista70.

I'm gaucho from Porto Alegre.
[Galaxy S II General] marcelotorres:
I was reading here in xda, that some modems give us better signal quality and 3G, and anothers better battery life. But its strange...
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
Try "UOT Kitchen"!

It lets you customize several things and all you need is to root your phone, you can use Stock roms...

Works fine for me with 2.3.4 Claro Stock Rom
[Galaxy S II General] Apoena:
Try this tool to back it up, pretty straight forward.
[Galaxy S II General] brenopapito:
To improve signal carrier i need to flash brazilian csc or modem?
[Galaxy S II General] Apoena:
I have installed Morelocale2 again, created and applied a new profile en-BR and didn't change anything. What am I doing wrong? I could never get that to work, even on my older phones...
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
There's a bug with wifi hotspot (check here) but since I don't use it, for me it's perfect. Latest 2.3.7, bluetooth a2dp and FM radio working and camera with 6M. That's just great!

This makes no sense. :eek: Why would older modems be better than the new ones?
[Galaxy S II General] wolvie_rs:
Guys, just a question! We have any room who support portuguese? I ask because sometimes my wife use my phone, when she need the camera for class, and the english may cause some problems. I'm not the super english guy, but at least, i can read a little, but i think she will have some problems.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
CM7, MIUIBrasil and stock UHKI1 (and older UH versions) do. But no custom roms yet. :(
[Galaxy S II General] Noed:
Try Jkay themes, can be used on stock ROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1154278

You should try CheckROM Revolution, it's based on stock, very similar, just better and with bloatware removed:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1312240

I don't like MIUI themes either, c'mon I got Android because I don't like iPhone, why make my Android look like iPhone?!?!

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Because we are in Brazil and network here is different from the rest of the world?

I have no idea... I just seen this comment in many posts in XDA, by very skilled developers... the quote I sent before is in 1st page of Siyah kernel post, by the developer himself.
[Galaxy S II General] shidorox:
flash with Syiah doesnt work :( still with the problem... i dont know what to do anymore :(:eek:
[Galaxy S II General] AyrSales:
Odin stock kernel, if persist, better start to think, it's a hardware issue.

Enviado de meu GT-I9100 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] shidorox:
where i can find odin stock kernel? anyone knows how much cost this fix in brazil?
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
They fixed mine (bricked with Siyah) for free. It was under warranty.
[Galaxy S II General] nightcrawlerbr:
Just get it from sammobile.com. Get the one specific for your operator. I use Mobile Odin to only flash kernel / modem. Currently I'm using latest LPG with Claro modem and Syiah kernel.

Enviado de meu GT-I9100 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] shidorox:
doesnt work :'( anyway tomorrow i'll go to technical assistance to fix this problem :( Thanks for all people helped me until now :D
[Galaxy S II General] AyrSales:
Try last one, Odin stock rom gingerbread and ics after.

Enviado de meu GT-I9100 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] shidorox:
thanks for keep my hope but again doesnt work :( at least i flashed the official rom...
[Galaxy S II General] AyrSales:
Daamn, after all this, I think i don't have more alternatives. Sorry dude.

Enviado de meu GT-I9100 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Revivind the thread. What ROM have you guys been using on S2 lately?

I decided to install CM9 here for the first time and I'm completely in love with this rom.
[Galaxy S II General] Tiu Fiu:
Still with LPG... I've been holding the Argentinian UHLPS for a while, since there is no JKay framework to go with it, but there seems to be some good improvements in LPS...

Since LPG has given me no problems so far, I think I'll be sticking with... It has been a while since the last new european update, and something tells me we should be seing something new soon, with the upgrades on LPS...
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Let's hope for 4.0.4 update with Touchwiz 5.0! :D
[Galaxy S II General] guedes_puc:
I'm in XWLPI NeatRom Lite with some mods and I'm also in love with this one...

Just waiting to see for what version jkay releases his framework next. I'm hoping for XWLPI or UHLPS, then I'll probably use that Rom. I miss his framework a lot.
[Galaxy S II General] LeoMutreta:
After I lost my flash virginity flashing the lastest Siyahkernel, Im thinking about flashing an AOKP or Cyanogen based ROM.

I was thinking about starting with AOKP but haven't found a version for i9100 on its page so decided to test Hidrogen. Anyone here ever used it?

Edit: Just saw on the last posts on Hydrogen thread that they ceased development.
[Galaxy S II General] rafael000:
I'm on Rebel ROM 1.3.1, but unfortunately the developer stopped working on it.

Great AOKP ROM, the best I've ever used, great battery life.

But I'll have to find another AOKP ROM with better support
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Hi guys, what kernels do you recommend to use with CM9?

I'm currently testing Darknight 1.8, but it doesn't feel very smooth.
[Galaxy S II General] AyrSales:
Fluxi or stock
[Galaxy S II General] :
Fluxi, absolutely. Now using CM9 kernel as base on XX.03b1.
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Thanks for the answers! I'll use Fluxi. :)
[Galaxy S II General] fabiodt:
LQ5 issues

I´ve Installed LQ5 and the only thing not working is the camera "view". The screen is black all the time but Camera does make videos and does take pictures corretly.

Everything else seems ok (calendar, contacts, wifi, theatering, audio, phone, etc..)

P.S. (Finally Samsung has a battery percentage info on the task bar)
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Try wiping cache, maybe it will work...

Is it stable enough for daily usage? Now I have a Galaxy X and will use the SGS2 less so I want a stable rom.
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
My next phone will be from Nexus family. Maintained by Google, that's the way I like it xD.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Jelly Bean is really smooth, no lags so far. :good:

But... our Galaxy X isn't updated by Google (it came with 4.0.2 and Google Nexus is 4.0.4 waiting for JB) so you have to flash a rom image from Google to get the updates, shame on Sammy :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] fabiodt:
I forget to mention that I´ve changed the Kernel with a rooted one and the camera problem came from there.

I´ve reflashed last night with the full package (except PIT) and works fine. I do miss root and the kernel sucks a little battery drainer (5% in 2 hours, using only internet via wifi).

I'm thinking in getting a Google Device also but the lack of microSD bay and 8mp camera on Galaxy nexux sucks !!

Maybe Google learn with those mistakes and launch a better device in the next fill months.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Used Siyah kernel? The thread has posts saying that it works...

16 GB is more than enough for me, but the lack of fm radio is what bugs me. :eek:

Enviado de meu Galaxy Nexus usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756242

Wow, escaped from another brick. Lucky I. :p
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Yes, the brick bug from Galaxy Note is now here. Great Sammy, really great. :rolleyes:

Instead of fixing it first you decide to put it for S2 as well.
[Galaxy S II General] Pender666:
Too sad.

Mine i9100 (from VIVO) unbranded has bricking chip too :/

We must be carefull flashing roms and kernels.
[Galaxy S II General] guedes_puc:
I'd advice people stick with 4.0.3 for now. Many people have hard bricked their phones with the latest LQ5 release.
[Galaxy S II General] Cabeção-Flu:
How can i change to display numbers to brazilian format on calls?
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
I'd like to know this too.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
You guys would need to decompile the apk, edit the strings then recompile to push it back to the device. Or use another dialer from Play Store.

Of course the apk must be deodexed before trying this.
[Galaxy S II General] Cabeção-Flu:
Do you know how can i decompile and recompile? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Here you go bro: http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/
[Galaxy S II General] Cabeção-Flu:
Thanks, dude.

I'll try when i have time and patience. :good:
[Galaxy S II General] pedromx:
Hey, can you share the apk if you fix it? thanks.http://xdaforums.com/images/smilies/good.gif
[Galaxy S II General] mariocaraujo:
Hi guys, it´s been a while since I flashed anything on my SII.

Im using a ROM with LP6 modem(Wanam Lite). I´ve seeing some ROMs with UHLPS modem, does this modem has any improvement for us brazilians? Im on Claro-RJ.
[Galaxy S II General] guedes_puc:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the modem on UHLPS ROM is actually named UHLPG.

I haven't tried it out yet, because there is no support from jkay, but why don't you make a nandroid backup for your current ROM and then flash UHLPS to see for yourself? I would recommend UHLPS NeatRom Lite from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24156315, as it is reported to have great battery life.

Edit: if you don't like it, you can always restore from your last backup.
[Galaxy S II General] geraldoff:
Baseband Bkp

Anyone that has a backup up from baseband I9100UHLPF?!

If so please e-mail me: fcogeraldovasconcelos@gmail.com

I want to try radio KH3 because my phone gets to 40 celsius on Wifi and it was said that with the radio it would not pass 33 celsius.
[Galaxy S II General] nosklo:
ROM

I'm currently using RevolutionRemix ROM with Fluxxi kernel. It's been great so far, battery is better and phone is faster overall.

I use Qual Operadora and Operadora DDD programs, they're great for Brazil, everybody should have them.
[Galaxy S II General] AyrSales:
For those in Brazil (or anyone who wants to use)

Follow below the modem extracted from the last ICS released here, from TIM carrier

http://www.mediafire.com/?54hhxkedosgewvw

I9100UHLPF

Thanks to user Julianocas.

Enviado de meu GT-I9100 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] ricardo_c:
Just flashed this modern with cwm recovery on my Tim SG2.

Seems to be working fine up to now.

Thanks for sharing.
[Galaxy S II General] malima17:
ROM ICS 4.04 Open Europe with Brazilian Portuguese

I installed the ROM Open Europe I9100XXLQ5, and a good suprise it has Brazilian Portuguese. I download from Samfirmware site.

Regards,
[Galaxy S II General] nosklo:
Yeah all ICS ROMs so far have Brazilian Portuguese language. The problem of not having the language is only on Gingerbread roms.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Are you aware that this ROM (more precisely the kernel) has a brickbug, depending on your eMMC chip? Nevertheless, if your chip is not affected you're safe. I'd recommend you to check Chainfire's "Got a Brickbug?" apk just to be sure that your phone is not in risk.
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
The brick only occurs when you use CWM with the stock kernel.

As long as you don't change stock recovery, it will be ok.
[Galaxy S II General] geraldoff:
Tnx a lot!

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Same here, all working fine.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Unfortunately it seems that it's not that simple. Stock recovery may brick devices too. See this post from Entropy512: [original post]:

Further information here
[Galaxy S II General] nosklo:
Fast Dormancy

Does anyone know if any operator in Brazil supports fast dormancy? (thread about the subject)

I get some kernel wakelocks on BetterBatteryStats with title "secril_fd-interface" which I think are related to fast dormancy.

I'd like to hear experiences about disabling/enabling this on brazilian operators.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
AFAIK, no Brazilian carriers support fast dormancy. If you want to disable it, dial *#9900# and click on the respective option. The difference in battery life should not be that great, but it will save you some juice.
[Galaxy S II General] Venomdroid:
Modem UHLPG Latin

hi guys I share the modem UHLPG extracted from the latest version UHLPS, my comments are positive and their speed is amazing, I recommend using it I hope your comments and thanks greetings.

UHLPG_CWM :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] Tiu Fiu:
Actually, I've tested it and Claro supports it here in São Paulo... I disabled it once and, well, data connection simply became useless... Download/upload rate became something like the old dial-up modems of the 90's... I enabled it again right away, as it was not at all worth any battery saving...

Anyway, this was with Claro in São Paulo. I can't really say if the other carriers support it, or even if they support it in other locations (Claro included).
[Galaxy S II General] Unrealbr:
Okay, a question here.

Just saw that CM 10 Nightly is out for the SGS2.

I'm running the rather laggy Stock 4.0.3 VJLP7.

Is it worthy rooting and clockworking it to CM10 or wait till a stable one is out?
[Galaxy S II General] eugeniofc:
Im using cm10 a few days. i think you can jump to it whitout fear.

CMX
[Galaxy S II General] Unrealbr:
All apps running fine?

Battery drain is better or worse?
[Galaxy S II General] Tiu Fiu:
I wouldn't know about the current CM 10 (even though I hear wonders about CyanogenMod, I'm actually very fond of TouchWiz... I know, I know, I must be crazy or something, but I actually enjoy the gray/sober look of TouchWiz, and JKay allows me to mod it just the way I like), but I've been reading a lot about it and it seems to be good enough for day-by-day usage...

Even if you decide to wait a bit more for a RC or something, I would suggest you to update your stock firmware to one of the european XW ROMs (such as XWLPG or XWLPI). They are far better and smoother than VJLP7 to the point of making VJLP7 worthless. To be fair, the only reason I can think of for keeping with VJLP7 is warranty (something I gave up aproximatelly 45 minutes after purchasing my SII) and even still there are ways to revert back to VJLP7 should you ever need to use the warranty (which I sincerelly hope nobody - specially in Brazil - should ever need to use).

You can also try the argentinian UHLPS, but I personally think XWLPI is smoother than LPS, even with LPI's lower changelist.

Hope this helps...
[Galaxy S II General] Unrealbr:
Interesting, might upgrade to XWLPI.

My warranty expired 1 month ago. Yes, yes, mine's the first batch SII to arrive in Brazil, in the beggining Samfw and xda indexed mine as an Chilean distro, so :cyclops:.

So warranty is not an issue anymore, that's why I was thinking about flashing. I do like Touchwiz, though I badly wanted a 5 icon dock.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
If the 5 icon dock is what you want, you may install another launcher (apex, nova, go launcher, etc) over LPI or any other TW stock ROM. There's no need for a custom ROM in order to have a 5 icon dock ;)
[Galaxy S II General] eugeniofc:
All Aps are running fine and battery drainage is ok... im getting about 12 hours on heavy use.... at idle get about 3% battery drain per hour.

the only bug i found is about the media scanner, but reading here in xda, a solution to disable it using mediascannerroot app that can be found in market (can't post links here).

if you want to talk in portuguese (my english is terrible) send me a MP.
[Galaxy S II General] Unrealbr:
The point beeing, I don't like launchers, already tried a couple, but they drain more battery and eat alot more ram.
[Galaxy S II General] Noed:
Please tell more :)

I'm preparing to try CM10 too.

What I read so far is system is stable enough.

I also read some apps are not ready to JB yet but it's not CM10 fault, it's the apps devs didn't update yet.
[Galaxy S II General] eugeniofc:
I found everything working fine, at this time no app problems.

only bug until now is about media scanner... solved installing "Rescan Media ROOT" from market.

bluetooth also fails some file transfers.

battery drainage is ok, get from 100 to 73% in 6 hours with 1 hour screen on and wifi all the time. its a 4,5% por hour drop using CM10 01/08 build.

(Noed tentei te responder a MP nao sei se chegou pq parece que deu erro aqui)
[Galaxy S II General] guedes_puc:
I'm at NeatRom Lite XWLPI with Nova Launcher and jkay framework and my battery life is awesome. I too didn't like launchers before I tried Nova.

I'm also using some other mods, like bigger contact photo, dialer with contacts and call recording... if your are interested in trying NeatRom Lite XWLPI, PM me and I'll send you those mods.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Tested CM10 for a day and I must say that it's fantastic and doesn't seems to be just a "preview" ROM. It's pretty slick and stable, good enough to be used as a daily driver. Didn't tried bluetooth, but I didn't experienced any issues or bugs at all apart from some excessive heat (not alarmant though). The only two things that I miss on CM in comparison to Samsung stock ROMs are the camera app and the swipe contacts left/right for calling/messaging. Other than those two features, I've no reason for staying on stock ROMs.

Now I'm back to LPI 4.0.3 (I'm avoiding 4.0.4 due to the brickbug risk) with apex launcher. However, I'm eager to test next CM10 test release, and if the heat issue is solved, I might not come back to stock at least until (or "if") Sammy release official JB without brickbug triggers
[Galaxy S II General] nosklo:
ICS and JB

I'm now dualbooting AOKP-based ResurrectionRemix JellyBean on my S2.

There are some issues but it works fine as daily driver. I can always boot ICS if I need to do something unsupported on JB.

So if you're dying to test JB but don't want to lose anything from ICS I recommend dual booting.

I have a guide on how to set up the dualbooting here, and a list of things on what to expect in the new JB version here, so you can have an idea of what will be missing. There's also a video review in that link.
[Galaxy S II General] eugeniofc:
Just to add some info.... get 1 day use on cm10.
[Galaxy S II General] nosklo:
Caixa

I've tried to install Caixa Econômica Federal application but Play Store says it's not compatible. I've seen other people comment with galaxy S2 in the playstore comments so it must be something related to the custom rom I'm using.

Anyway I was able to extract the APK from the defy using AirDroid and I'm posting it here for people like me that can't download it directly from the play store on the galaxy s2.

It's attached to this post.
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Are you using paranoid Android? Havê you changed your DPI? Im using Cm10 and it is compatible.
[Galaxy S II General] Noed:
Nice, how much time with screen on?

Legal, quanto tempo de tela ligada?
[Galaxy S II General] eugeniofc:
About 3 hours
[Galaxy S II General] eugeniofc:
do not flash the cm10 today's build (20120806), wait for the next build. bug in phone settings
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
kalgecin has made a build today (some hours after codeworkx's) with a fix for this included.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1803672
[Galaxy S II General] eugeniofc:
i see that, but prefer to stick with the builds posted by codeworkx.... feel more secure... :D
[Galaxy S II General] igruberger:
Hi guys. Sorry to change the subject, but I'm trying to find a solution to a problem that came from VIVO ICS upgrade... The issue is the wifi freezing problem. Sometimes, with no specific reason, when I try to turn wifi on, it simply keeps on dark green (heating the device, but not working). The only way I manage to turn wifi on is by rebooting my phone. Are you guys experiencing the same thing? Can you share with me some ideas on how to solve this issue? I already searched this forum, but seems everyone is still trying to find a solution for this problem. I take the opportunity to thank Angelo Maldito for this thread! Excellent idea!
[Galaxy S II General] Tiu Fiu:
I had that problem a handfull of times, but I always thought it was something kernel related, since the WiFi driver is controlled, or embeded, or something, in the kernel.

Anyway, I haven't had that issue for a while now, so I would suggest you to try another kernel. There are a whole bunch of good custom kernels available, such as SiyahKernel, Phenomenal and so on, and many of them are quite mature on the ICS front by now (figures as much, with Jelly Bean right at our door step).