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[Galaxy S II General] Kman Gymrat:
Hi Folks,

Ok I'm new to the SGS2 and have a few questions. I currently have a Nexus One running CM7 and have messed with some other Android devices so I can figure my way around. I live in the Cayman Islands (Caribbean for those who don't know) and my carrier here has the Brazilian/Caribbean version SGS2. I'm contemplating getting it but would like to know if it can be rooted and flashed with CM7 or other ROMs before I go and buy it? This phone is a toss up for me over spending more for a Galaxy Nexus or other device not through my carrier which I'd obviously end up spending allot more so want to check if I can do tweaks to this before I go and get it. I strictly want English on it so not sure if that's a difference with flashing custom ROMS why it seems some people in this thread don't want to go with a custom ROM?

Anyway, hope someone here can answer my question on if this phone can be rooted and flashed with customs ROMs without big issues and headache. Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Steve_max:
I assume you mean KI4; in that case, you can use the KI4 kernel on the CF-Root thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399).

If I were you, I'd install a newer unbranded firmware. I'm on KL1 as posted by Intratech (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278; I have the "frankenstein" ROM, with the old bootloader), rooted with the latest Siyah 2.6.2 kernel (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1263838). If the ROM isn't meant for Brazil, you'll lose PT-BR. I'm using the European Portuguese version of Swype (just had to add some words), and EN-US menus; if that's not acceptable, you can get a Brazilian Portuguese unbranded ROM from Intratech's thread (search for ZTO).

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I'm sticking to Samsung ROMs with custom kernels, but there are no headaches involved in flashing at all. This is the most hacker-friendly phone I've ever seen, if you don't count the Nexus series or the Nokia N900.
[Galaxy S II General] Kman Gymrat:
Cool thanks! As long as I can have custom ROMs I'm good to go. This will more than likely be my new phone soon then :)
[Galaxy S II General] Guinhu:
Uh, you see.. there's just one thing that's kinda bugging me tho, Why do i need to use KL1 instead of KI4??

** It might sounds like silly question to ya guys, but I'm kinda new on this android thing. *
[Galaxy S II General] gfgodoy:
How about GPS results? Does modem affect it? I've come back to VillainRom after a ICS upgrade (all versions are kinda unstable but It a really nice work in progress for devs), I'm left with modem i9100xxkp1 , do you think I should downgrade?

I'm getting 20 meters precision with GPS (locked positionsshould be lower right?)

Thanks in advace
[Galaxy S II General] Steve_max:
The version name shows the age of the firmware. The first letter "K" means "2011" (next year's firmwares will be "Lxx"). The second shows the month: A, B, C... L mean Jan, Feb, Mar... Dec. And the number shows if that was the first, second etc. firmware released on that month. So, KL1 is newer than KI4. Samsung doesn't release a list of changes between versions, but you can assume that the firmwares will improve, on average.

Unlike many other phones, the SII (and I mean "model i9100") is exactly the same around the world. This means a Brazilian phone can take a Chinese firmware without breaking a sweat. This means you can use any released firmware for any country, as long as you can understand its language.

Another good reason is that you don't need Claro's crap on your phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Kman Gymrat:
You Sir answered my question as well, thanks! I think I'm set to buy this phone now, just gotta wait till payday and hopefully no unexpected expenses come up to throw a wrench in my plans
[Galaxy S II General] KickButts:
Sorry, wrong thread... :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] blaker13:
Wondering why I can't download any roms to my phone, goto mega upload to get the new rom and it says download unsuccessful.could do it with my infuse, am I missing something, sure I'm being dumb...on unnamed 1.03
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
I always download to my pc, then transfer to the phone with usb cable, or dropbox.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
No problem here downloading the rom using megaupload or any other

file sharing site using my phone.

There is a folder on the root directory of the internal sdcard called

".downloadTemp" thats where the file gets downloaded to.

The default browser works best for me not only in downloads but in general.

I am using gtg's unNamed v1.0.3 rom right now.

I have downloaded many files from Internet since getting this new phone.

Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Sometimes the stock browser can be flakey when it comes to downloads. You can try clearing cache and user data, and anything else to reset the browser and that might fix it for you.

But the easiest fix is to just use a different browser, dolphin its the one I use.

Not that the stock browser is not a good one, but I could never get it to consistently download everything either. It would seem like I would toy with it for days to get it to work, then a day later it would be picky about what file types it would download again.

And last little note if your interested in this stuff, it seems the dolphin browser is the fastest browser at rendering java script we have available on Android (although the speed is not way better, it is a little better)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ceo.mtcl:
Don't use the default browser, download using opera always works. Look fire opera in market. It's a wonderful substitute for the stock browser with better interface as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ZeroIsntTheHero:
I've used a few browsers beginning back in January and I have to agree that Opera is by far my favorite. I've used Miren, Dolphin, xScope and I think a few others and have found Opera to be the best for what I do. I don't need all of the customization options that some of the browsers provide and Opera loads quickly and easily; as well as allowing me to download the files I want to download.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] florelui001p:
If you want to download using the stock browser go to the market and download a small app called, download all files. Once installed, it allows the stock browser to save any file. Works great for me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cheesekake:
I had some issues earlier today where Megaupload wouldn't let me download the complete file. Even to my desktop. It kept getting stuck between 80 and 90%. I had to give it a couple of hours then it worked. You may try to download a download manager from the Market as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nyamoV2:
stock browser seems flaky to me. usually it works, but every now and then it wont let me dl a program/app/file. like others have suggested maybe try another browser. sometimes if i restart the phone i can grab the file that failed the 1st time
[HTC EVO 3D] Albert Poon:
I am on stock rooted ROM and I uninstalled Picasa using Titanium Backup. Picasa no longer exist in Account and Sync. That's good. However, it still exists in the follow 2 situations:

1. In Gallery - Share via menu.

2. In the preview after a picture is taken - Share via menu.

Can anyone tell me how to remove these 2 "Share via" entries?
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
The applications which appear in the Share menu are being shown there because they have registered themselves with the package manager as responding to that type of intent, i think the exact intent is something similar to: ACTION_SEND .

Anyway, if you think you've removed the correct .apk file and they still appear on the Share menu. I would wipe dalvik-cache and reboot. If they still appear on the Share menu, I would think the .apk is still present and registered with the package manager.

There are ways programatically through java to find out which packages have registered themselves as being able to handle that intent, but that might be a bit over complicated of an approach for this type of issue.

I would suggest looking through /data/app and /system/app once more to see if there are any similar apk files remaining. Good luck!
[HTC EVO 3D] Albert Poon:
Thanks! You did give me some insight and I find out it is MediaUploader.apk which is responsible for the feature. After I removed it, Picasa no longer exist in Share via menu, both gallery and camera. Yay!
[HTC EVO 3D] Albert Poon:
While the Picasa issue is fixed, I have another similar problems.

I also removed Facebook for Sense and Flickr, however these 2 entries appear in Gallery's album pull down menu. A blank screen (red maybe due to the Burgundy skin) is shown when selecting them. It seems like these two are hard coded to the gallery... no?
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
They very well could be hard coded. I was doing some research on how to add sharing support to my Root Checker application and saw many complaints against the facebook application not properly handling the standard android intent for sharing. The suggestions were all work around methods for sharing over facebook and hard coding would definitely be a viable solution.

Assuming they are hard coded, you'd have to reverse the .apk file and edit the smali to remove them. Not as easy as searching for .apk files and removing those, but still do able if you're willing to put the time and effort into it.

As for flickr, that might be held in another .apk file, or it very well could be hard coded. I would probably give the apk files another quick glance over and see if there are any similar type names for flickr or photo/image sharing.

Thanks for sharing this information! Hope my suggestions help!
[HTC EVO 3D] Albert Poon:
Oh thanks... I might take a look into the gallery apk
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave3white:
I have a T-Mobile SGH-T959 Vibrant phone. I used Heimdall (1.3.1) to flash a nice fast ROM, but it turned out that it was for a GT-I9000 (2.3.5).

Sadly, the Vibrant does not have an OK button, so I can't use recovery mode (volume keys are backwards as in other posts), or run the update.zip program (to root the phone). Strangely, the phone will not connect to the T-Mobile network, but WiFi does work.

If I could locate a suitable ROM (similar to 2.3.5) that is compatible with Heimdall, then I could re-flash the phone.

Any suggestions on where to download Heimdall ROM's for the Vibrant (SGH-T959) would be much appreciated.

(I can access Odin, but it does not recognize the Vibrant phone. Tried Odin3 Version 1.3, 1.7))
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoffcorey:
Well, firstly,the vibrant doesn't have an official 2.3 rom.

But to makeba rom compatible with heimdall, just extract the contents of the .tar file, and load the pieces where they go.

Also, go back to jfd to start fresh. :-)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave3white:
Thanks to the creator of Bay_wolf's AIO Vibrant Toolbox 2.5! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=954509

With the bundled Samsung USB drivers (v1.3.450.0) and Odin3 (v1.81), I can now connect to the Vibrant phone to re-flash to stock/RFD.

Nice front end.

Now I don't have to hunt around for Heimdall ROM's.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AsafteiLaurentiu:
Hello !

Is there a possibility to use the weather lockscreen from HTC desire S ( 2.3.5 htc sense 3.0 ) on this phone Samsung Galasy S i9001 ?

Thanks for the answers ! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0Q_QFLHFU
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sakindia123:
use something like widget locker......it gives same effect
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AsafteiLaurentiu:
Other recomandations ? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] janek1990:
buy HTC desire S phone :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blumdum:
this is the lockscreen of the rom u mentioned

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1190071
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AsafteiLaurentiu:
You're funny :))

I am asking for a friend :D

My phone is desire s
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AsafteiLaurentiu:
I am interesed the weather option ... not to put 4 icons in the background :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wlt:
You need Sense UI for this, got this effect on samsung is unpossible.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sosodemi:
ok this will help updatepool.blogspot.com (craciun fericit)
[XPERIA X8 General] dj_mol3y_x8:
here is a link of a vid that i made of my x8 with a fun bootanimation + boot sound.

i did not make bootanimation i got it form xda forum and boot sound i just downloaded the simpsons theme then rename it android_audio.mp3

copy both the bootanimation.zip and android_audio.mp3 to system/media.

link: http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4888/ner.mp4
[XPERIA X8 General] darknessx10:
Nice fake :)
[XPERIA X8 General] Lobialkon:
Seems like when the mobile finishes the bootanimation, you run out of battery :P

Goodbye!
[XPERIA X8 General] gawran1:
It's good that u know how to create boot animation but it's to long. :)

OT: U have iphone in your hand you traitor!!! :P
[XPERIA X8 General] dj_mol3y_x8:
no no no not a iphone:mad:!!!!! samsung galaxy ace only andriod for me:)! apples are for eating :D
[XPERIA X8 General] dj_mol3y_x8:
Not fake ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MarcMichel:
Hi, today i unlocked my phone's bootloader. After that my phone updated itself with the official sony firmware and now my phone wont turn on... i even dont see the red light or whatever...

Can it be fixed? Thanks for the help

I'm a N00B
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kris010976:
Ya it still can be fixed.

Just download the firmware ftf file and flash using flash tool.

then it will be back to normal.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MarcMichel:
Thanks for the reaction. I was trying to do that but i cant turn the xperia into volume up only in volume down...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kris010976:
ok just flash the kernel.sin form the firmware that you install

so it will work back.

give a try.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MarcMichel:
Thanks for the fast reply. When i put my phone into the pc i hear 3 peeps and the flashtool says please install or reinstall device drivers from drivers folder. But the drivers wont install...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Patshad:
You need additional drivers for windows to recognise the phone in flashmode. Pc companion only installs ADB drivers. They should be installed since you have already unlocked the bootloader. Perhaps try to reinstall the drivers for flashmode then?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MarcMichel:
i solved the driver problem. The phone flashed but now when i try to start it up i only get a blinking green light...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] shprakash:
it dint work for i tried to flash FW but it went in vain wat to do
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] StereO_:
what is your phone problem? cant turn on also?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] akshay13071990:
go here http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1324707

i think this will solve your problem..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] StereO_:
u should provide proper link

is this what you mean?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324707
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] akshay13071990:
oh..sorry i didnt check it thats why..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] shprakash:
yes cant turn it on..(after update) 1st thing when i press hold the power button the green led keeps blinking, 2nd while plugging USB cable the led will be in flash mode, 3rd again while charging led will keep blinking. pllz help me guys
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] StereO_:
try repair with PC Companion 1st, and are u in stock kernel and rom?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] shprakash:
PC Companion is not recognizing my cell i am using stock kernel and rom but not turning on really dont know what to do. plz is der any other way to get back my cell working coz it was gifted by my GF plz
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] StereO_:
ok how about u give a try update using SEUS.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] shprakash:
tried every possible ways but never worked
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] StereO_:
if you still have warranty sent it to centre.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] shprakash:
my GF has lost the bill
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] akshay13071990:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324707

solution is there on above forum...i think it relocks bootloader..i was also having same problem..but i solved the problem using above thread..in flastool it has two file..flash it on your mobile..then using woltenserver or flastool flash stock rom..it should work
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] StereO_:
there may be ways to solve that i dont know.. try explore google.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] shprakash:
got 1 way n ill try

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1324707
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] StereO_:
good, go on, and reply the progress here :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] shprakash:
http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1324707

i tried in this method and got back my cell working i am really so thank full to u..

thank you so much
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] StereO_:
my pleasure :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komakos96:
please can anyone tell me on which rom does the fingerprint scanner work?because it doesn't work on alien :/
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
I have a bad feeling that the Atrix is gonna be the last Android phone to use a fingerprint scanner for a while... :(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tayshun12:
I use Aura (preffered) and DarkSide, they both support it. CM7 Does not support it. I believe Alien does but not 100%. My Favourite is Aura
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defnow:
Works fine for me on alien. Try rebooting.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesking420:
Hi everyone,

Do any of you in the UK with a Motorola Xoom have the option to rent HD versions of films from the newly released (to the UK) Movies section of the Android Market?

I cannot see HD versions of movies on my Samsung Galaxy S2, (I want to play them back via MHL/HDMI to my TV screen), but I am not sure if this is because:

HD movies aren't available to the Galaxy S2 or;

HD movies aren't available to the UK yet

The article on the Android Market here suggests that the Motorola xoom can rent HD movies, so I wondered if someone in the UK who has a Xoom could kindly check and see if you have an HD rental option in the Android Market.

That way I would know if it was a geographical restriction (UK) or a hardware restriction (Galaxy S2).

Thanks very much for your time.

James
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesking420:
No one in the UK has a Xoom?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trew077:
I have one, running 3.1 no option /tab in the market for movies, at this pointing it does appear will post back!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesking420:
Thanks. That's a shane you don't have the option yet, but thanks for taking the time to look.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesking420:
Bump! Anyone?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RussST24:
UK XOOM . No movie option.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kahunaxxx:
UK Xoom, no movies yet.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hipocrazy:
Canadian Xoom here, I can see the movie links but cannot rent or purchase.

hijacked? ;)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] movieifx:
UK movies available here using market 3.1.6 however cannot rent movies because device is rooted and so will not play rented videos.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] geraldgeron:
as i ask above is this possible?

hoping..tired of mess and some annoying bugs in cm7.1..

hehehe..

thanks..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CallMeVentus:
Yes , as long as it's a full package
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] geraldgeron:
thanks..your always the one who have the guts to help..you rockz!!^^
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CallMeVentus:
I'm always willing to lend a helping hand when I'm in a good mood .

androig.git.kernel.org back online = good mood = OH YEAH
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] geraldgeron:
btw..in samfirmware..the kpd there was a one package T_T

you have link for full package?

so conclude that your always on GOOD MODE^^
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] consegregate:
Since you've been here for a while already I presume you already have a full package rom like KPH. Flash that, then flash KPD would be fine.

To be honest I believe the one package should work, I might be wrong though. I'm assuming that the full package has the boot image for Gingerbread, but you're already on gingerbread anyway. I can't guarantee though.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] geraldgeron:
cool..gonna try the flashing my kpb full here then that kpd one package..thanks..

btw i got kpd with .tar.md5 file..should i just delete the .md5 to make it .tar so it can be flash aready?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] consegregate:
No just flash.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] geraldgeron:
even though in tutorial of one package the needed file was in .tar?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] consegregate:
Just try it. You won't hard brick! Odin is very safe.
[Motorola Droid X2] ryman222:
Themes & Add-ons:

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Molten Lava Red - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324828

Molten Blue Sense - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1364574

Screenshots:

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[Motorola Droid X2] ryman222:
Credits:

---------------------

- Google - Android

- Motorola - The Droid X2

- Verizon - Service

- the2dcour - The 2.3.4 Leak

- P3Droid - Leaking a bunch of ICS stuff

- Kennethpenn/Dragonzkiller - SD Read Ahead Script

- Android Police - Leaking a bunch of ICS stuff

- Mastafunk - TONS of Help / Pulldown Toggles

- 0vermind - Speedy Scripts

- Nottach - 1% Battery Mod

- Fabolous (Bigxie) - Tons of images

- Thanks to whoever in the Atrix forums did the MIUI Camera

- Team Liberty - android.policy edits for Rotary Lockscreen

- CVPCS - Lockscreen/Wii Settings

- Pepperm1nt - TONs of Help / Battery Fix

- nikademus - Fugu Tweaks

- ChainsDD - Superuser

- The CM Team

If i missed anyone please PM me!!!
[Motorola Droid X2] K33pw1shen:
Awesome man ill try this when I get home from work

X2gingerfuncked
[Motorola Droid X2] Mr_GreenJeans:
downloading now, check it out after work... :)
[Motorola Droid X2] mazz0310:
Hmm.. I just got eclipse running how I wanted it but this is very tempting.
[Motorola Droid X2] Mr_GreenJeans:
make a nand backup in recovery and then go for it, real easy to get back to eclipse then.
[Motorola Droid X2] dajmanjt:
Downloaded, Installed, and Love it. Good stuff.... Once it has pull down toggles it will be on par with the liberty rom. This rom does seem to run a bit faster than the liberty rom overall.... I am kinda curious why no rom developers are building the zeam launcher into their roms. I use that launcher over any of the launchers in liberty, eclipse, or molten roms. Out of the three i find eclipse to be the fastest with the least battery drain but not as stable as liberty and molten. molten is close behind with great stability and minimum battery drain plus raging speed. liberty has the most battery drain but also has a perfect intergration of blur and asop that coupled with the best smoothest drop down toggles claims perfect stability in every situation. if molten had drop down toggles it would prob win me over as my current favorite. it will be interesting to see how much changes are introduced into the new eclipse rom and if all the stability issues are cured. anyhow great work Ryman222... your rom is super stable and super fast with minimal battery drain... rock on. Thanks for supporting the Droid x2 community :)