yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
CSC = local bloatware, i.e. those apps such as Folha de SP, Submarino, TIM tunes, TIM photos, etc., and all that rubbish that anyway you may download from the market if you want. Regarding the signal strength, MODEM is what matters, not CSC. Nevertheless, to be honest, I've never noticed any substantial difference between modems (always using the latest available stock European ROMs). From ICS on, unlike GB, all supported languages are included by default within all CSC. Therefore, even ROMs released in Russia and China will have pt_BR.
[Galaxy S II General] Steve_max:
Get Titanium Backup	from the market. If those apps are in /system you'll need root to remove them (Intratech's topic has a great step-by-step guide).

Sent from my Nokia 3510 via telepathy
[Galaxy S II General] hugofunatsu:
Modem

Olá amigos, como existem muitos brasileiros postando aqui acho que podem me ajudar, depois inde instalar o CM9 do dia 19 meu celular nao conecta mais nos dados moveis, nem 3G nem 2G nem nada... nao sei o que pode ser, os APNs então corretos... será que pode ser a versão da banda de base? (modem), qual devo utilizar? uso a operadora TIM
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
O sinal de telefone está funcionando? As vezes a sua pasta efs zuou.

Is the phone signal working? Maybe your efs folder has messed up.
[Galaxy S II General] Steve_max:
This is an international forum. Use English, please (at the very least, add a translation to your posts), because your posts could help someone from somewhere else on the planet who won't understand Portuguese. Besides, it's against the forum rules (which you agreed to when you created your account) to use languages other than English.
[Galaxy S II General] hugofunatsu:
O sinal está funcionando normal! Só a internet mesmo que não... O mais estranho que nao consigo configurar os APNs. Se tento configurar manualmente quando vou salvar ele some... desaparece da lista!

The signal is working normal! Only the internet even if ... The strangest thing that I can not configure the APNs. If I try to configure it manually when I save some ... disappears from the list!
[Galaxy S II General] luizlee86:
Did you wipe everything before flashing CM9?

Você deu wipe em tudo antes de instalar o CM9?
[Galaxy S II General] hugofunatsu:
Fiz os wipes cache e dalvik cache, pois vim de outra CM
[Galaxy S II General] luizlee86:
Dude, english please.. there are two mod posts about this...

Even though you flashed over a previous version of CM, you should try wiping data too...

1) Do a nandroid backup

2) Fix permission and see if data connection works

3) If doesn't, wipe data and everything else and see if it works

4) If doesn't, restore your backup and see if anyone else can give you a better solution.

I don't use CM and never had this problem, but it is what I would do if I had.

Amigo, use inglês.. já há dois posts de moderador sobre isso...

Tente fazer o seguinte:

1) Nandroid backup

2) Fix permission e veja se consegue se conectar à rede 3G

3) Se não funcionar, faça wipe de tudo, inclusive data e veja se funciona

4) Se não funcionar, restaure e espere alguém te dar uma solução melhor.. não uso CM e nunca tive esse problema, mas é o que eu faria se acontecesse comigo
[Galaxy S II General] Soulzito:
Does anyone with a stock non-carrier rom already updated SII to ICS?
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
I did. I was using stock Brazilian 2.3.6 LB2.

I updated through Odin using Frankenstein LP8 available on Intratech thread.

Everything is working great, didn't have any issues so far.

I'm not rooted and I never rooted it before. Complete stock experience. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Soulzito:
Nah, not what I was expecting. I think I've not made myself clear.

Does anyone have already updated SII to ICS via official release?

Non-carriers stock SII's seems that are allowed to do it via FOTA, but carriers are going to be a little late.

Saw that in TalkAndroid.com but I don't know if that applies only for the US.
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
LP8 is an official release, but was released on Australia.

Official Brazilian ICS firmware is not coming out anytime soon.

So I tired of waiting and just flashed the Australian one.
[Galaxy S II General] Tiu Fiu:
To confirm MakTail's point, the XWLP8 frankenstein is just the original firmware without all the australian carrier's apps... Intratech just saved us the trouble and deleted all that stuff already, but you can do it yourself with Titanium Backup (you'll need to root your S2, though)

And there are a lot XWLP7 stock firmwares without any carrier apps out there (you can find them in Intratech's thread too).

And forget any official brazilian ICS ROM, they won't release it anytime soon - it is safe to bet the S3 will be here before the brazilian S2 ICS firmware - hell, I wouldn't be surprised if they delay its release even further as a petty excuse to boost the S3 sales, whenever it is released here in Brazil... The narrow-mindness of the brazilian branches of most multinational electronic companies never ceased to amaze me...

PS- Don't worry about flashing any foreign ROMs, they work in Brazil just as good as they do anywhere else
[Galaxy S II General] luizlee86:
I can't understand why people are waiting for "Brazilian ICS" when other rom's from other regions have pt-br too...
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
See, you just answered your own question. I didn't know all ICS had pt-br until I posted on this forum.

I always assumed it was just like the GB firmwares, only a handful of them had pt-br.

It's great now that all ICS comes with it. :o

People are waiting for a Brazilian release because they think that's the only firmware with pt-br just like I thought at first.

Also a lot of people don't like messing around with Odin. They feel safer with Kies.
[Galaxy S II General] Soulzito:
Actually I'm waiting for brazilian releases 'cos I wanna know what have the carriers done with it.

And, well, if it's a global release, then I'm pretty much interested about official releases, just by being official.

I'm flashing my SII with Cyanogen and other custom roms since last week to see which one I like more. But I'm curious, as silly as it can be, for the official Brazilian release.
[Galaxy S II General] Unrealbr:
Or, like me, wants to keep the phone's warranty.
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
You don't loose warranty by flashing official firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
Hello gordon ramsey de um jeito de fazer o pagamento de qualquer forma, o presidente Lula. O que você está lendo. O.?!?

Can we speak br?
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
It seems that you're smoking too much. Of course we can write in Portuguese, as long as we do translate the message into English, respecting the forum's rule #4 http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81 , which says

Check out the "Google Translate" app at Play Store (former Android Market)

Parece que tu tá fumando demais. É claro que podemos escrever en português, desde que se traduza a mensagem em Inglês, respeitando a regra do fórum # 4 http://xdaforums.com/announcement....roid Market)
[Galaxy S II General] Felimenta97:
So, my friend has a SII, and I was helping him out getting custom ROMs and such on his device, and I was looking here and some people mentioned Flash Count. As I have a device from Sony, I don't know how things with Sammy works. This sounded something to worry. So, what is this flash count?

And I can see myself being beaten right after my question is answered (Xperia FTW!!!)
[Galaxy S II General] Soulzito:
As you flash custom ROMs into your phone, there's a counter which (duh) counts how many custom ROMs you've already flashed. This info could be used by the manufacturer and/or technical support to refuse your right on the warranty.

But, afaik, there are ways to zero this counter and, by so, making you avoid problems with your warranty.

If you flash official ROMs instead, you shouldn't be worried about that, as official ROMs doesn't trigger this counter.
[Galaxy S II General] Felimenta97:
So it's just for warranty and stuff? It doesn't do any damage to the phone or anything like that?

Well, thanks for the info.
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Hi guys. I'm using lastest Sammy ROM LP8.

What's the best custom kernel for ICS ROM's?

I was looking at Siyah kernel but people have been having some problems with bricked phones this last 2 days.

Is it safe to flash it through Odin? This will be my first time rooting the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] slushodrinks:
Sorry for quoting such an old post, but I just tried this and it didn't work, at least not on ICS. I'm on LP8 and my number format is currently XX XXXX-XX, even with both system language and More Locale2 set to PT-BR.

Any idea on how to fix this?
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
The format is actually this one: XX XXXX-XXXX

If you don't provide city code it will look like this: XX XXXX-XX

So the correct way of using the numbers this time on ICS is:

61 9947-2048 (fake number).
[Galaxy S II General] slushodrinks:
Yeah, I figured that much out. I just found it strange because, if I remember correctly, on GB even local number (without the DDD) appeared as XXXX-XXXX, both incoming and outgoing calls.

Just something I'll have to deal with. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] Soulzito:
Yes, just for that.

You'll only get any damage to the hardware if you use any tweaks on the hardware which may change the clock and/or voltage of any hardware component without having the proper knowledgement. Same way you could damage a PC...
[Galaxy S II General] luizlee86:
Kind of.. this is just a conclusion.. and it doesn't affect the phone in anyway.

I think that the main problem is the yellow triangle which appears when you flash something through Odin.. so you can flash a custom kernel with CWM using Odin, clean the yellow triangle and then flash whatever you want through CWM..
[Galaxy S II General] luizlee86:
I'm on Abyss 2.2 and everything is working like a charm.. and root and custom kernel are completely different things..
[Galaxy S II General] Tiu Fiu:
I've been using SiyahKernel 3.1rc6 for the past 5 days or so and haven't had a single problem with it. In fact, battery life is by far better than expected (6h06min and still at 87% - but on minimum usage)

It is safe to flash Siyah through Odin - after flashing just follow these steps to make sure you don't have any trouble:

- perform a full backup with TitaniumBackup (just in case, never had a problem with flashing kernels)

- reboot into recovery

- wipe cache

- wipe dalvik cache (on advaced options menu)

- reset extweaks data (on kernel specific options menu)

- reboot the device and wait for the system to reapply the updates (automatic when you reboot after wiping the caches)

And voila... And remember to download ChainFire's TriangleAway to reset your counter, if you want... And after flashing, I suggest downloading ChainFire's Mobile Odin Lite (for free here on the forum) or Pro (on the Play Store at the cost of a beer) - it will make your life a hell of lot easier when it comes to flashing kernels, ROMs, modems, or whatever you want to...
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
You are wrong. Custom kernels root the Galaxy S2 when you flash them for the first time through Odin.

So they are related at first.

---------- Post added at 09:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:54 PM ----------

Thanks very much for the answer. :D

So just to comfirm: Will I be rooting the phone after flashing Siyah 3.1 through Odin?
[Galaxy S II General] Tiu Fiu:
Yup... Part of the SiyahKernel package includes two essential apps to safely control your S2:

- SuperSU (an evolution of SuperUser and the main application that controls the access of other apps to the phone's internal folders - the app that requests you to allow or deny other apps to access the rooted phone, giving you the security of controlling the apps allowed to access your cellphone's core data); and

- CWM or ClockWorkMod - the main programming core when you reboot into the Recovery Mode (and, therefore, the main user interface in Recovery Mode)

Keep in mind, though, that these two are basic apps related to user interface and, specially, security (SuperSU), but not the root itself - in other words, CWM and SuperSU can be deleted by the user, and still keep the root - but such deletion is definetelly NOT recommended (security, security, security)
[Galaxy S II General] luizlee86:
I didn't say that custom kernels don't root the phone, but root and kernel ARE different things... they may be related BECAUSE devs are doing so... in the beggining, you had to flash custom kernel and then root using tools (apps or softwares)...

The guy said that was the first time he was rooting the phone, but was asking about flashing kernels and this is important, because if someone wants only root, than flashing custom kernels isn't needed...

I made a short post because I was in the bathroom, using my phone, and it isn't comfortable to write much on the phone... :D

Ok... maybe TMI...
[Galaxy S II General] rmourar:
As far as I know the Siyah kernel doesn't auto root your device, but you can root it using extweaks from the play store...
[Galaxy S II General] Tiu Fiu:
Actually it does... I've confirmed it when I first flashed an ICS ROM (XXLPS). Went straight to Siyah after flashing the ROM and doing a full wipe...
[Galaxy S II General] user911:
Hey you guys can tell me, what the best modem you recommends on Brazil? i'm using my team custom rom, based on LP7, but with LPS modem I faced some problems with my provider, message issues, some freezes on send, so i think is the modem, before with LP3 modem, no had problems. English text without google translator hahaha, thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Tiu Fiu:
As far as I know all ICS ROMs since XXLPS use the XXLPS modem.

I gotta say, though, that the XXLPS modem is the only modem I've ever used with ICS (stock ROMs XXLPS, XWLP4 and currently on XWLP7) and I never had any problems with it... Are you sure it is the modem and not some conflicting configuration on your ROM?
[Galaxy S II General] user911:
Thanks for the answer man, we release our custom rom yesterday, all the users didn't commented any problem like my, i'm in doubt yet, maybe could be my provider, the issue happened two times already, so in testing, I haven't sure. Sounds strange but i was using the LP3 modem in previously version of the rom.
[Galaxy S II General] olavopb:
I made a FW package with PDA: LP9, Phone: XXLPS, CSC: UUBLPE (TTT).

For Brazil, I think the best CSC is of Trinidad Tobago...

LP9 the most recent changelog.

XXLPS an awesome modem.

everything works much "ice cream"! (cold battery)... kk

Donwload: http://goo.gl/OonQQ
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
People have been reporting a lot of bugs in LP9.

I'll wait for another LP9 to come out before I update it here.
[Galaxy S II General] olavopb:
The only bug I saw was the reported contact ("the dialer freezes after the first digit I input and finally says that "Contacts" has stopped").

(possibly only the kernel).

The touchscreen sensitivity, better battery life and other hardware related things are done by kernel so if you change the kernel you get the full benefit of LP9 rom...

And the best Frankstein (in my humble opinion), is this TTT (UUBLPE CSC).

Work fine!!! Solid.

Bugs only there in the house .... hat. rsrs
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Black Screen of Death has also been reported by users on LP9.

You also know that CSC doesn't change anything in the ROM besides some pre-installed apps and boot animation right?
[Galaxy S II General] olavopb:
happened here!!

in fact have this BUG!
[Galaxy S II General] olavopb:
I edit last post...

Black Screen of Death really happened.

LP9 is not recommendable
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Hey guys, I decided to flash CyanogenMod 9.0 Nightly 27/04/2012 but when I boot up there were no APN settings for 3G network. So I flashed back to LP8 stock. Does this happen with everyone?
[Galaxy S II General] rodrigo82:
It's happens to me always. You need to set up APNs mannualy after first boot configurations.
[Galaxy S II General] ajts1989:
Anyone can edit the LP9 LockScreen for this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538828.

Please!
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Hi guys. Has anyone here ever used CheckROM RevoHD v6 before?

Does it have PT-BR support? I'm using LP7 ICS. What should I do before flashing CheckROM? I mean, I'll be dowgrading to GB.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
It's not ICS so no pt-BR.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
If you check the rom's forum there's a brazilian guy who said months ago they were supposed to translate it but they didn't...
[Galaxy S II General] aknoda:
anyone knows how to change background image of applications?
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Yeah, only CM7 and MIUI for now (2.3.7). UHKI1 is 2.3.4.

It's difficult because like I said before, devs here only use the euro FW's as a base so, we have to stick to stock (and wait) or go for AOSP.
[Galaxy S II General] Sérgio Luís:
I bought my Samsung galaxy S II at Amazon.

I just download this firmware I9100UHKI2/I9100UUBKI2/I9100UHKI1/I9100UHKI2 using Check Fus 2.1.

You can download the program here.

After flash it, you can root your mobile using a rom from Chainfire here.

Just remember that GT-I9100LKLTTT firmware has Brazilian language too and it doesn't have those useless programs that comes with the GT-I9100LKLZTO firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Get Root Explorer and delete the useless apps you want from /system/app. Simples.
[Galaxy S II General] Sérgio Luís:
I use Titanium Backup and Root Explorer to do it.

But it takes too much time.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Then go for AOSP and install just what you want. :p
[Galaxy S II General] Noed:
I share the same opinion.

The AOSP camera on Cyanogen is much much worse than Samsung camera app.

CM7.1 stable camera has bad ISO choices, broken video looks zoomed but it's a resolution problem, lots of missing features

CM7.1 camera is not just an app problem, it's a driver problem... Cyanogen base code is Android source, not Samsung source, so they don't have Samsung drivers, they have to make new drivers from scratch... Even if you install other camera apps from the market, the bugs are still there.

Conclusion, if you want a pt-BR Android, you're either stuck at an older stock ROM (usually with battery problems), or with an AOSP ROM (with driver bugs)... custom ROMs based on Samsung source will use latest firmware versions that doesn't have pt-BR.

---------- Post added at 12:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:01 PM ----------

Samsung's fault, not devs fault, right?

Or I didn't get it right?

Samsung has only been releasing latest firmware versions without pt-BR in it.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
I don't know about you guys, but to me this 2.3.x version and battery improvements thing is placebo effect, just like batery calibration. If you want battery life custom kernels will do it for real

I was using Claro's UHKI4, then stock UHKI1 and was able to get +2 days without a charge. SiyahKernel is awesome if you UV it. :)

CM7 is still buggy, camera isn't feature-complete, no FM radio and all but it's CM7. :p

---------- Post added at 12:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:10 PM ----------

Not really, because it just doesn't makes sense to add pt-BR to european FW's. It would be waste of space for someone who lives there (and bigger FW's to download).
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
That was my next question!

So what is the best kernel battery wise for the 2.3.4 Stock Rom? And will it have the same good signal as mine does now?
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Had the best results with SiyahKernel. Kernels aren't related to signal strength. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
What about baseband? are they the ones related to signal? And can they influence on battery life?
[Galaxy S II General] alexandre.cgd:
Fiz Root em meu SGS2, instalei o FasterFix, quando abri ele pediu permissão de SuperUser, permiti, só que a tela fica preta e nada aparece! Ja removi o APP e instalei de novo e nada!

O que pode ser? Alguem tem uma idéia? uso muito o GPS e está difícil achar sinal!

Obrigado :)

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Root did in my SGS2, installed FasterFix when he asked permission to open SuperUser, allow, except that the screen goes black and nothing appears! APP have removed and installed again and nothing!

What can be? Does anyone have an idea? much use the GPS signal and it is hard to find!

Thanks:)

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EDIT:

Resolvido! ;)

Busybox estava faltando! >_<
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
The modem.bin file is what changes your signal. I've flashed some euro FW's and never had problems. They're only signal-strength related though.
[Galaxy S II General] hebermc:
What I meant was, in the ROM thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278, there is the following ROM

UHKI1

Firmware info
PDA:UHKI1
PHONE: UHKI1
Date: 05/09/2011
Android 2.3.4

ZTO (Brazil):http://www.multiupload.com/JPMBM0IKGX

ARO (Argentina): http://www.multiupload.com/AQJJLYXM35

UHKI1 Stock Kernel:http://www.multiupload.com/76IZ3BHFVP

What is the difference between the first ROM (ZTO) and the Last one (UHKI1 Stock Kernel) ?
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
ROM is the apps, the Samsung stuff, etc

Kernel is this: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_(kernel)
[Galaxy S II General] Noed:
Good point.

So if you want a good ROM in pt-BR, get the stock UH, root with SiyahKernel and remove Samsung bloatware.

Won't have themes, some mods and advanced features some ROMs offer... but will be stable and have much better battery life.

My setup is not much different right now... running CheckROM Revolution wich is very close to stock, with SiyahKernel. No pt-BR.
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
Baseband (Modem)

Back to baseband (modems)...

i read that Brazil frequency ranges use 850mhz while European ones don't, and using the wrong modem will result in worst signals for us.

Do any of you guys got to the bottom of this and discovered the real best modems for Brazil?

I flashed a lot of roms already, and in the end i am using XXKI4 baseband, and don't even know which flash did that! lol
[Galaxy S II General] gasparzim:
Also, there´s a link to stock kernel so you can remove the yellow exclamation mark at boot after rooting your phone.
[Galaxy S II General] marcelotorres:
Hi Guys!

Nice thread OP!

Just remembering the members that are new here, ALWAYS backup your's /efs folder, before apply any rom.

This folder contains informations like IMEI and carrier, OR, you will need to send your phone to TA (AT), like me :p

Read the thread here

I'm feeling in home here! Brazilian's place :D
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
lol, I've flashed many times (counter +100) and never had problems. Am I lucky? :D

Off-topic: Really nice signature, man. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Noed:
Good question :-)
[Galaxy S II General] syndragon:
entao... vcs brasileiros acham que ja esta valendo a pena trocar pro ics?

so u brazilians think its worth already to change to ics?
[Galaxy S II General] AkaMod:
I'm using ICS for more than 1 month and for my daily use it's fine. I'm using UHLPE updated officially through Kies, 'cause my S II was bought at NY.

Too bad some cool games that I used to play on 2.3.*, like (Real Racing, Modern Combat 3) are still incompatible with ICS.

Of course wipe data/factory reset is highly recommended before updating.

I do not recommend restoring settings from Google backup 'cause it causes FCs.
[Galaxy S II General] MaKTaiL:
Guys, you gotta try CheckROM v6. It is the best rom I've used so far. It's smooth, fast and great battery life. It has pt-PT language and you can use morelocale2 from market to get apps on pt-br. It's a heavily modded gingerbread stock rom.
[Galaxy S II General] mfractal:
I don't know how many of you know this but I've just discovered a magical app for us Brazilians, it's called operadora ddd and it takes care of all the stupid DDD issues we have with phone numbers. It automatically changes the phone numbers you dial and it works every time!

Sent from my CM9 powered Galaxy Note
[Galaxy S II General] ark_daemon:
yup, just reboot and you'll be fine