yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Eselter:
"Unfortunately, the WQVGA assets were not completed and tested in time for this update. We'll try to add WQVGA support again as soon as it's ready."

I can't wait (Polish lang ^^)
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] z3c0:
Well on their official page it's still "ATTENTION: Android 1.6 and WQVGA resolution no longer supported"

which sounds bad for future prospects...

Let's hope the swype-forum announcement is more accurate.

and there's no way to retrieve 3.25?
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] jtmn:
So I can use Swype on my phone anymore? Wow, that sucks.

My old version ain't working anymore
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] h4r5h:
Uh guys, if am not mistaken then I guess our device has QVGA resolution and not WQVGA! :confused::confused:
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] z3c0:
According to wikipedia

QVGA = 320 x 240

WQVGA = 384..480 x 240 (landscape / portrait doesn't matter)

So the Galaxy 3's resolution of 240 x 400 can only be described as WQVGA with 5:3 ratio.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] h4r5h:
^ Oh ok, thanks for the clarification. :)
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] z3c0:
For those interested in having Swype return to our device, I think we might further our chances by making ourselves heard on their Beta forum.

(I already did, a week ago)

So head over to the WQVGA-thread over there: http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?4750-Wqvga

and tell them what you think.

I for one tried many alternatives and none came close to Swype for me. :(
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] thebenefactor:
thx, will revert:) downloading now..
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] btrent98:
Swype 3.25 no longer functional?

I used the .zip above to restore Swype 3.25 to my phone (since I need WQVGA support), but it appears that this version has now "timed out"? When I get into a Swype keyboard it tells me my version of Swype has expired and that I have to upgrade (which won't work, of course). Swyping words doesn't work, it just says "Please try again".

Anyone know if/how I can get 3.25 to work "permanently"? (Or at least until we can convince Swype to restore WQVGA support...)
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Gurjot95:
There is Hack available in Kryillos ROM thread. Search last pages.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] btrent98:
That did the trick. Thanks!
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] PG101:
Moderator Message

Hacking Swype here on XDA is against the rules.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazmancumbria:
Is there a Fix for the GPS with this firmware, takes ages to lock on to satilites .
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidphile:
I have no isses with gps on KI3 modem and firmware (gingermod 0.6)

You can try KI4 modem to see if it make any difference.

Also try this app https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Double.FasterFix&hl=en

Select your country under Optimized Server Location and apply. Now check how's your gps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazydiamond1970:
sounds good
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doop:
I use faster fix in the UK and can confirm it speeds the fix time up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazmancumbria:
I've updated to XXKI4 now and its much quicker ... strange :-/
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Following our Australian, Indian, Japanese and Philippine mates, I believe that it would be useful to have a Brazilian i9100 thread to discuss Brazilian SGS2 matters such as ROMs, CSC, PT-BR language, etc.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
I've recently moved from the UK to Brazil, and I have flashed the XXKI4 2.3.5 ROM with the ZTOKE2 CSC (both obtained from Intratech's thread). I've found that the VLingo voice commands are gone (certainly because it does not support Portuguese language, nevertheless I've got it from the Market, however it is slightly different from the one provided by Samsung). I've noticed also that a game from Gameloft (Hero of Sparta HD) is included, as well as Folha de Sao Paulo and Livraria Cultura apps.

I actually prefer to use, and still using English language on my device, but I want it to work fine with the carrier specific settings in Brazil (especially regarding internet, MMS, etc). Is it really necessary to have the Brazilian CSC or an European CSC will work fine?
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
I've never had problems when using european FWs so it should work ok. :)
[Galaxy S II General] marlonbr:
PT-BR on International Roms and Brazillian AGPS solution

Well done, angelomaldito!

If you don't want to use PT-BR as your main language on the phone there is no reason to use a Brazillian ROM. You should be fine regarding the basics cellphones functionality here.

But if you do want PT-BR, its essential to use one. Samsung is doing a nice job leaking updated roms for Brazil at a very acceptable speed, so we are covered.

In my case, since I enjoy testing newer stuff, now I'm using KI3, with PT-PT. So there goes a very good tip for people in my case: I was before on KI4 and set my language to PT-BR, so when I got to KI3 it lacked PT-BR but all the programs who did have PT-BR showed it. So only the main system is in PT-PT. A good WIN for me, and I recommend that to everyone.

Ah, there is another very important tip: the AGPS. The default server is north-america.pool.ntp.org and I noticed that it sometimes is very slow to fix on Brazil. So I installed a program called FasterFix (needs root) and changed the agps server to a brazillian one. You can check the relations here: http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/br . The procedure is as follows:

AGPS fix for Brazil:

Get ROOT

Install FasterFix from the Market

Select custom server

Go to http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/br and check the server which has "br"

Put the chosen server as follows on the text field: server 2.br.pool.ntp.org

Press Go

With this change the better performance of the AGPS is very noticeable.

I hope you find these tips useful and I'm excited to get good tips from you guys.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Or even better, use PFGPS v2.0 FIX. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Ze Tolas:
How i can discovery what are my original firmware?I changed my rom and i forgot to take note, so i installed UHKI1 stock.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Thank you for the tips guys, that was really useful. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
If you bought your phone unbranded from a Brazilian retailer, probably it was one of the following:

Unbranded:

UHKE4: Firmware Info: PDA: UHKE4 Phone: UHKE2 CSC: ZTOKE2

TIM

UHKE4: Firmware info: PDA: UHKE4 Phone: UHKE2 CSC: ZTMKE2

or

UHKH3: Firmware info: PDA: UHKH3 Phone: UHKH1 CSC: ZTMKH3

Claro

UHKE4:Firmware info: PDA:UHKE4 PHONE: UHKE2 CSC:ZTAKE2

Vivo

UHKE4: Firmware info: PDA:UHKE4 PHONE: UHKE2 CSC:ZVVKE3
[Galaxy S II General] Ze Tolas:
Thanks, i buyed unbranded at submarino.com, but have difference change to a correct one?
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
They all work, since our device is quadri-band.
[Galaxy S II General] maFi0us:
nice thread.

i'm currently using villainrom + ninph 2.0.5.

An usefull app for those who use a rom without pt_BR is MORE LOCALE. This app does not translate anything but helps others app's to be installed in pt_BR, other apps will be able to indentify ur default language as pt_BR even though u r using pt_PT....

I don't know if i was clear enough...
[Galaxy S II General] Ze Tolas:
Get this app in market?
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Yes. https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale

:)
[Galaxy S II General] renatoalcantara:
Excelente iniciativa abrir uma thread pra tratar assuntos relacionados ao Brasil. Pra ficar mais a vontade eu vou falar em PT-BR mesmo =)
[Galaxy S II General] maick:
I also brazilian and I don't mean to be rude, but XDA is an English speaking forum.

And for the OP. Great initiative!
[Galaxy S II General] Apoena:
Is there any way to keep the language as en-US but show the phone numbers formatted as xx-xxxx-xxxx ?
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Well, I've always used en-GB (XEU CSC) in my phone, and the numbers are formatted as xxxxxxxx without any kind of separation between the numbers. I was unaware of any kind of pattern related to the CSC, even though I briefly (less than 24h) used a "Frankestein" mix of XXKI4 ROM with ZTOKE2 CSC I haven't noticed any changes in that sense. :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] goTouch:
Install MoreLocale2 from market and add an english locale with Brazil country.
[Galaxy S II General] Apoena:
I have tried that... doesn't work... does it work for you?? maybe I'm doing something wrong
[Galaxy S II General] Ze Tolas:
I installed here and changed to Port-pt.(ecrã, that things)
[Galaxy S II General] sam1974:
1 question, the model SGS II also has tv receiver just like SGS I in Brazil?

And this feature is a hardware or software function?
[Galaxy S II General] dboechat:
No, it has not.
[Galaxy S II General] sam1974:
and about SGS I, is a hardware or software feature?
[Galaxy S II General] goTouch:
Both.
[Galaxy S II General] sam1974:
Thanks for answers!

I thought would be possible to make my SGS receive a TV signal using a rom from Brazilian SGS.
[Galaxy S II General] alinefr:
Very interesting Steve. I knew that higher letters means newer firmware, but I've never realize that its close related with the release year and month.
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
Don't dare to flash a ROM (or kernel) meant for other phone models (including those for other SGS2 variants) or you will brick your phone!!!

Don't be silly ;)
[Galaxy S II General] omar ben jdida:
h t t p : / / a d f . l y / 4 V 9 Z B. Best rom for phones (delete the spaces)
[Galaxy S II General] rodrigodds:
Backup - ROM

Hi, how can I backup my ROM from my SGSII??
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
You can do this easily, if you're rooted, using CWM (ClockWorkMod) recovery. CWM is included in both the CF-Root kernel (and also in other custom kernels, I believe) and in the ROM Manager app.
[Galaxy S II General] eric-filth:
When we have 2.3.6 pt-br ?

Why brazilian roms is released too late?
[Galaxy S II General] Steve_max:
Actually, if you flash a ROM meant for another i9100, there will be no problem. I have a Brazilian Galaxy SII, and I'm running a generic European ROM. Here in Brazil we have the international version of the GSII hardware, therefore, we can use any firmware meant for an international GSII (including those on this forum, with the singular exception of those meant for the i9100G). Braziliam ROMs will also work on any Galaxy SII, as long as it's the international model.
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
ICS / CM9

For those interested on trying an Alpha build, the latest CM9 build is pretty usable!

I am using it as my daily for two days and it works just fine, it is remarkable for an Alpha build, i will probably use it for now on until beta and final releases are done.
[Galaxy S II General] dboechat:
I'd love to try it, but I can't stay without the FM radio.
[Galaxy S II General] FabricioGS:
Me too. I think it's quite arrogant from CM guys to just ignore that feature like it's non important.

They say, "use TuneIn" but that's easy for them with a stable 4G connection in US or Europe. Here in Brazil 3G is crap, just pure marketing BS. I pay like ~US$65 for a 5GB 3G plan that performs like a dial up modem.

The perfect ROM for me would be CM (7 or 9) with FM Radio (and if possible integrated to the lock screen like Sammy ROMs). That would be awsome. But since I cannot stay without FM Radio I cannot use CM nor have a Nexus Prime.
[Galaxy S II General] dboechat:
The absence of FM radio was the sole reason why I've decided to buy a SGSII instead of GN. Now, I wouldn't say that the people behind CM9 are being arrogant about this issue as there really are more "important" things to fix first, but it'd be great if they showed some love to this feature... :)

I wonder if it could be implemented without Samsung sources? Confused Maybe not... :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] FabricioGS:
AFAIK it's Samsung's source, it's another manufacturer (don't remember if Texas Instruments or other) that is responsible for that specific set of drivers and they are even worst on releasing source code than Sammy.

And about arrogance, just take a look at the FAQ about FM Radio: http://teamhacksung.org/wiki/index.php/Experimental:GT-I9100:Frequently_Asked_Questions :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] dboechat:
Well good thing Samsung is releasing ICS by the end of the month then, for it seems that we are depending only on it...
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
I wonder how the MIUI guys managed to get it working. :eek:

If you try he FM.apk from MIUI on CM7 it doesn't work, sadly. :(
[Galaxy S II General] dboechat:
I've never used CM7, are you saying that it still doesn't support FM?? :eek:

What about Spirit Radio?
[Galaxy S II General] FabricioGS:
Yeap. Spirit Radio doesn't work on CM.

The guys from CM and MIUI doesn't like each other and doesn't share much, sadly.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Yes, no FM radio, it's not a "major issue" for them. I can't test Spirit FM so it's up for the other guys here.
[Galaxy S II General] Noed:
How's the camera in cm9? I know video doesn't work yet, but photos?
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Check this post from the dev about the Spirit FM Radio app.

I am using GalnetMIUI for now (MIUI Brasil guys will wait for MIUI V4). Galnet has uploaded an alpha build for the SGS 2, as you can see here.

But it has some issues:

Incoming Calls Not Working

USB Cards not Working Correctly

USB Mounting Not Working

Video Playback Choppy

Other Issues with RIL and HW
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
The camera is damn near perfect taking pictures! Widescreen and everything working perfectly... Video recording can be accomplished using a third party app like LG camera.

This FM radio thing is bad, but the rest of their work is impressive.

I am using it as my daily for about four days now.
[Galaxy S II General] TheShadow2012:
Help with my SGS2

Hello everybody. I`m new user here on XDA and I need some help with my Galaxy SII.

My unbranded SII has today the Android 2.3.4 officially installed by Samsung KIES and my problem is the OTG support that I don`t have.

I tested many cable and pen drives until finally find that the problem is the Android/Firmware/ROM/Kernel and nor the cables or the pen drives.

Now I need to find one that supports that OTG feature and I need your help to find since I want to keep, if it`s possible, the officially Samsung Android/Firmware, to get all the stuff as radio, brand and stable features.

Could someone help me with this?

Thank you very much.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] dboechat:
In short, still quite worthless. :(
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Apart from the incoming calls thing, it looks better than CM9. I mean, it plays video and music, bluetooth, camera and FM radio are working.
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
You may as well buy an iPod touch for those things!

Just kidding, i got your point. But i Bluetooth, camera and music are already working in CM9 as well, i really think it is a meter of days before video codecs are ready too.

FM radio on the other hand is a lost cause in CM9...
[Galaxy S II General] gasparzim:
CM9 plays video (with an app like moboplayer) and music, bluetooth works, camera works for pictures. IMO, no calls = no phone.
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
+1

damn 10 chars :)
[Galaxy S II General] dboechat:
It's a shame really, CM9 should offer the same features of their target devices... :(
[Galaxy S II General] gasparzim:
I am not sure if FM radio works on CM7 (never been a big fan of CM until now, and I don't really like brazilian radio stations), but if it does, probably the devs will get it to work in CM9. Just give the guys some time, as codeworkx said a lot of times, it's an ALPHA rom. There are other priorities to be worked out first, like better battery life.
[Galaxy S II General] htf2001:
Random reboots

After some time of use, when device is disconnected from the charger, I have constant random reboots. Anybody have too? What can be?
[Galaxy S II General] diegoms89:
Hey guys, i'm using gingermod room on my phone, and its really great, but as it is based on XWKK5, it doesn't have pt-br language...

I would like to know if there's a way to extract pt-br language from some one this is supported and put into this room. I'm kins of used with english, but i just would like to know if this door is opened...

Sorry if this question has already been made, but as far as i read (half topic), it wasn't there ;)

Thanks guys
[Galaxy S II General] FabricioGS:
Guys, I posted a couple of pages behind: FM Radio DOES NOT WORK ON CM for SG2 (7 or 9). Never did, probably never will (unless somebody leaks the drivers/source codes for it).

Please, read!
[Galaxy S II General] rmeletti:
Hey guys, check out Bezke 's ULTRAICS rom at the Development Forum. Its based on the 4.0.3 and is already very stable (I'm using as my daily rom). He is about to upload a even stable version today.

After trying this ICS rom a first time, I went back to Bezke Gingerbread KL1 Ice Creamer (a 2.3.6 with ICS theme) which is also excellent! There you can see the Dev's work is excellent and reliable!

Then I came back to the ICS becaouse once you have the ICS contacts consolidation - from Facebook, G+, Gmail, Skype, Whatsup - it's impossible to turn back.

I only needed to relocate the launchers from data/app to system/app and reinstall calendar and everything is fine now! You no FC using common use apps!!! Battery is also decent!
[Galaxy S II General] FabricioGS:
Does FM Radio work on any ICS build? I'm curious to try one of the ICS around.
[Galaxy S II General] rmeletti:
No. Radio is not working, which I don't care.

But camera recorder is working, which I consider a BIG advantage over CM9 at this stage.

Besides radio, the only thing that comes to my mind that is not working is Face Unlock, which I actually will never use anyways. There are also some ICS theaming pending (lots of things still looks like TouchWiz), which makes his rom not so "polished" but still functional.

But anyways, using Trebuchet Launcher on this rom makes it very close to AOSP ICS and development is just begginning.

From my experience with CM7, I think the guys from Cyanogenmod are the best, but they tend to tweak too much their roms.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1393569
[Galaxy S II General] FabricioGS:
Thanks. Will wait until v1.1 is up.

One question: I'm on GB, how can I install a ICS kernel?

EDIT:

The 1st install step is: "1. Install a cwm kernel" <- what that means??
[Galaxy S II General] gasparzim:
Even with an app like Spirit FM?
[Galaxy S II General] FabricioGS:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21071038&postcount=201

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13380058&postcount=2
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
It's incoming calls, like, someone calls you, they can't hear you. But then you can call 'em back and it will work. :p
[Galaxy S II General] rmeletti:
Why would you need a Ics Kernel now? You can flash directly from GB on clockworkmod recovery. I'm not sure If there are many options for ics Kernel right now. I would stick with the one that comes with the rom.
[Galaxy S II General] gfgodoy:
Bezke Ultra ICS is a daily rom, some FCs only. Of course, if you like a stable rom you should ALWAYS stick to stock roms. But this is XDA, we like tweaked kernels and we like to get more from our phones EARLIER.

But I agree the GB rom is an excelent rom with our phone and you should stick to it if you don't want to tweak stuff.

(and I also agree: if you can't use incoming calls = no daily rom, hence I use the bezke kp8 tweaked version)
[Galaxy S II General] Apoena:
I don't see that as arrogance - I see it as they are tired of answering the same questions 20 billion times to people who don't bother to read the threads. I can see their point of view - trying to do something for fun in your spare time and having hundreds of idiots demanding this or that and *****ing that you are not doing it fast enough, or pretty enough, or stable enough, etc.... I know I would be pretty pissed if it was me
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
The galnetMIUI stable is a taste of things to come, if you guys want a bit of ICS while being stable.

It's a 2.3.7 rom with the ICS framework so things like memory and sensors management, animations and things like that from Android 4.0.
[Galaxy S II General] FabricioGS:
I though it was a requirement for people like me that is going from GB to ICS for the 1st time. So I can flash the zip from the topic straight from CWM? What if I want to come back to GB again, I read somewhere I needed to flash a kernel before moving from one system to another (ICS/GB)?
[Galaxy S II General] rmeletti:
You can do it directly. I did it myself.

And you can also downgrade afterwords. Also did it myself. The only Thing is that I downgraded using a stock rom by ODIN instead of a zip custom rom by CWM recovery. I tried a rom with CWM but failed.
[Galaxy S II General] TheShadow2012:
Thank you all very much by the support.

I only create an account to discuss about this, and no one give me a feed back, positive neither negative.

Thank you very much.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Have you read this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1092493
[Galaxy S II General] TheShadow2012:
dandroid13 I did'nt read it yet, thank you very much, but it's the only way? There's no has a firmware/rom/kernel way of doing the OTG work?
[Galaxy S II General] FabricioGS:
Thanks but how do I do it "directly"? You mean by Odin? I'm only used to flash stuff by CWM, only used Odin once to root my device and install CWM. Please point me in the right direction, I want to flash Bezke_XXKP8 to test and later CM9.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Yep. Maybe this is the trick.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20091484&postcount=34
[Galaxy S II General] TheShadow2012:
Thank you very much by the support. I appreciate very much.

I have the original UHKI1 to unbranded SGSII, rooted with CF-Kernel. What do you think to improve my device? This Siyah Kernel is very good really?

Thank you very much.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Yes, Siyah is very good. A lot of tweaks, undervolting, good governor options and those things. You will need to get an app like SetCPU ou Voltage Control to tweaks these.
[Galaxy S II General] TheShadow2012:
Thank you again very much
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
Phenomenal seems good too, take a look.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21088470&postcount=50

5 days. :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
Gorilla Glass

Guys, I've been reading in many places that our Brazilian GSII doesn't have Gorilla Glass!!!

Apparently Samsung confirms that any GSII manufactured in "Zona Franca de Manaus" doesn't have it.

Does anyone knows something about this? I am shocked...
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
We can't know it without someone being a lab rat...
[Galaxy S II General] Noed:
Source?

And well, whatever... did anybody got a scratch on this glass? Very hard... I don't use a screen protector, that's gay :)
[Galaxy S II General] luizffgarcia:
No reliable sources, but i read this info on many blogs and a few people state that have talked to Samsung and there is really no Gorilla Glass.

One thing that makes me believe that is, there is nothing written anywhere on Samsung's website or in the phone's case about Gorilla Glass, i think they wouldn't miss the opportunity to use this as ad...

Anyway, i also don't use a screen protector until now and have no scratches whatsoever. But i wouldn't count on Gorilla Glass that much, i have an Atrix before my GSII and managed to get a big scratch on it, even with Gorilla Glass...
[Galaxy S II General] GreatTitus:
Yeah, I've read that on Samsung's brazilian website too and many discussions around... but then I compared the specs on the French, Italian and UK website and there's also no information about Gorilla Glass.

In fact, all the specs are identical. Including the weight... and since Gorilla Glass is supposed to be lighter, I guess if they were different among countries, that would appear in its weight... but that's only a guess :p
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
That seems plausible.