yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] zeecfc:
Have had infinitely less problems with faux compared to bricked. Opinions would really differ phone to phone though
[HTC Sensation] rddocke:
ya im the exact opposite
[HTC Salsa] Scurvy76:
So I bought a C510e (Salsa) in China and although I've changed it's language to English, most of the warning and error messages pop up in Chinese. and there are a lot of Chinese based apps. I was wondering can I flash a Stock "HTC signed" ROM while my phone is still S-On? I'm having trouble getting an XTC-clip here.:mad:

If I can does anyone have a stock English ROM for this phone laying around I can borrow:)

Cheers
[HTC Salsa] gdavies08:
with s-on the english rom has to be a higher version than the rom you have so that the phone thinks its an update rather than someone trying to work round stuff,

Here is the link for the uk o2 stock rom, hope that helps
[HTC Salsa] kunalshah912:
So I have salsa in s-on....so I should create gold card and copy new rom file having higher hboot ver. ( ie. Mine is 1.03.0000 so will add Rom hboot ver. of 1.12.....) ? ? And boot in recovery ?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bardouns:
Hey So obviously a noob here and very interested in learning about my new phone as I have been a crackberry user for ages.

So I see there are different forums for the SGS2 and the SGS4G... I am not sure which one I have... From the photo it looks like the SGS4G but from what my box says, its the SGS2... Please help me out so that I can stay in the right forum group and begin my hard knocks...

T-Mobile

Model # SGH-T989

Android Ver. 2.3.5

Base Ver. T989UVKID

Kernel Ver 2.6.35.11
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Galaxy SII. Have fun on that forum.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rockstarar:
you have a s2. welcome, and enjoy. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jigglynuts:
or we can just trade phones and you can stay on these forums :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bardouns:
Thanks but I do really love my phone... :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatcon:
I've been using happily using back up to gmail, however on a recent rom change the restore is proving a little frustrating, there's 4000 messages to restore and it keeps dying well before that.

I wondered if there was a way to manually do this, i obviously have the emails in my gmail account, can i drag and drop them anywhere on the phone to do a manual restore??

Thanks

Ben
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melvinchng:
Try "my backup" pro or root from market.

Accidentally sent from my Google Nexus S using XDA Premium
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiamo:
ouch that sucks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatcon:
Managed to get it working using a wifi connection, think it was just a bit too much trying to do it over 3g.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikayla1452:
You can use Softaken Gmail backup for Windows , an email backup application for Window from Invent Pure. Gmail backup for Window can be used with all the email clients on Window. This application is used to backup, restore and even convert email database to different formats. Click the link below to download the trial version and test it accordingly. Download Free Trial of Mail Backup for Window.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Firepac:
I was playing a game when my phone crashed and locked up. I had to restart my phone and upon restarting my battery is now at 20%. My battery was originally at 85% and I was playing the game for less than 5 minutes. Why did I lose so much battery power in such a short time and is it harmful for my battery? The name of the game is E Warrior
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Your battery did not actually lose all that at once, all that happened is either a change in the way battery fuel gauge is bring reported or a corruption of the battery stats being kept.

Either way a couple charge cycles and the gauge reporting will get back on track.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Not even a couple of charge cycles. The fuelgauge should "converge" within 1-2 hours. To make it converge faster:

Turn off phone

Pull battery for 5-10 minutes to put it in a "relaxed" state (no recent heavy charge/discharge)

Put it back in and power on

Also, what was the raw battery voltage? It's impossible to tell whether 85% was a false-high or 20% was a false-low without knowing the raw voltage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Firepac:
I have left my sgs off for a few hours now and it hasn't made a difference. I just got home and plugged it into the charger and I will wait and see what happens...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iqak:
I've had the same thing happen to me this morning.

Phone was Idle, full after being charged overnight.

I was checking the web to make sure I had all my ducks in a row before

loading up the Unammed 1.04 ROM.

Tried to wake up the phone, nothing.

Tried holding the power button a little longer, nothing.

I plugged it in and tried holding it longer yet, finally.

Phone crashed itself but hard.

Woke it back up with a heavy dent in the available battery.

Dropped something like 60% over the course of an hour or less?

I was just about to panic.

Added some more juice, while I made my backups and copied in the new ROM.

I'm not sure what that was all about.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joewoo:
I've had this happen recently...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karth500:
I had this happen once. I plugged it in after the battery level plunged some 50% after an app crash. But as soon as I plugged it in, it seemed like it started correcting itself. The charge level would go up by a couple of % points every minute and converged to the right value within an hour or two.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ack154:
Happened to me last night. Went from 30% to 12% after a crash/restart. You can see the small bit of red on the right.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Firepac:
So does anyone know for sure if the battery actually drained that fast or is it some kind of glitch?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
It is not physically possible for the battery to drain that much that fast. Now in an extreme battery failure you could lose that much capacity, but that were happening your battery would be pretty much shot. don't worry that is not happening to you.

The fuel gauge reporting just got reset and if it was off before it will be closer now. If it is off now, it will work itself back out very shortly on its own.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ack154:
I would agree with the above. It was annoying but I'm not yet very.concerned. if it happens again or becomes a regular thing then I'm going to be a bit annoyed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gacuna:
I got my sgs2 2 weeks ago, today I noticed something weird:

I unplugged my phone at 9:15am (100% battery), and at 2:45pm it was at 10%. I am not sure why it died that fast.

I am using some app's which need to be synchronized, but I dont think they can cause this. (FB, Email, Weather). please advice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] harlenm:
How about this usage after installing a new Rom and a theme.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gacuna:
I do think it's the theme I have applied, but it gets too hot too even not being used. I'm not sure what the Rom is, I am using the one the phone comes with.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gadget069:
My phone did this last night for the first time, Ive been catching dolphin browser using a lot of resources. I forgot to kill it last night, battery dropped 50% in 2hrs.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gacuna:
I have removed the theme I had applied and it came to normal already. But I am concerned why it did happen, is it not supposed to support themes like GoLauncher?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
Only worry if the problem persisted. Use the battery then charge it full. You likely won't have any issues.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hkeyman:
I noticed the same thing with Dolphin browser and if you go into settings and activate the Google or Facebook accounts to be used in conjunction with Dolphin that it will put your phone into overdrive and heat it and drain the battery in about 3+ hours...So I would avoid using this if you like using your phone the whole day!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gacuna:
Is expected to have the phone hot during charging? I am charging it now and it is getting hot even though I am not using it. I am really worried about this.

Please let me know if this is a normal behavior or if it's not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
There's already threads discussing safe charging temps. 50°+ celcius is bad and 70° is deadly to the battery. Phone can handle much more. Download a battery temperature app.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gacuna:
So you say that if the battery temp is less than 50C is fine? It is at 36C but it has gone up to 46C (yesterday). I am not sure whether this a real HW issue on the phone or if everyone has experienced the same thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
A number of people have had it happen. Usually gets really hot 2 or 3 times and then doesn't happen again. I recommend having a Setcpu profile setup for when it is charging to be downclocked to 500mhz. That way the heat, if it does spike, would be kept lower.

Very likely samsung or at&t would replace your battery for free if it dies from heat spike within the first year of owning the phone.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gacuna:
How do i set up a Setcpu profile?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] twiggums:
I"ve got a theory as to the loss in battery gauge when a phone reboots and perhaps it could be confirmed or debunked by some people here, as i don't know how all of the aspects of the phone work (ie how it calculates fuel gauge percentage, when it polls the battery, power consumption upon bootup, etc).

So when a battery is put under heavy load the voltage read from the cell(s) drops, and once the load is removed or lessened the voltage will rise back to normal reading. Now when a phone boots up I would assume it puts quite a load on the battery since all systems are being initialized and powered up simultaneously. So then when the phone does it's initial reading of the battery it's the voltage present under near full load, which would be less than under normal idle circumstances. Well since the fuel gauge is going see that the voltage drops significantly from where it was, it's going to think the battery used that much capacity. Thus reporting an unusually low battery, when in reality the voltage should rise once initial bootup is done.

thoughts?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorba:
Hi all.

I'm all new to custom roms, rooting etc.

I just rooted my HTC Desire using unrevoked, and I want to flash the RunnyMede 4.5 :-)

Is it necessary to have S-OFF? I tried using alpharev hboot reflash utility, but it failed saying my phone wasn't supported or not recognized.

Best regards,

Yorba
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Read the thread post, it will tell you what the requirements are :)

Swyped from my CM7.1 Desire using XDA Premium App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
All important information are mostly written in the rom's thread.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zedmarcus:
I wouldn't bother as 4.5 has a few issues noted in the rom thread. I'd wait for 4.6
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorba:
Okay, thank you for the heads-up.

I can't seem to find any information regarding S-Off in the rom thread though. In addition, I can post a reply on the thread because I'm new to this forum.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raptor_68:
Also I was new to rooting and flashing until this summer. But I can strongly recommend alpharev's "AlphaRevX". This tool was extremly easy and quick to use. Have done S-off on 2 desire's with this tool without any promblems :-).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Wasn't alpharevX replaced by revolutionary?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Would say so.

SwiftKeyed from dGB with Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattO:
I actually had to use revolutionary before I could even root my phone. My hboot wasn't supported by unrevoked (1.06 I think). Revolutionary is a great tool.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raptor_68:
My bad rootSU, Your'e right. It was! :-)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] real_Base:
asaik you do not need to be s-off to use runnymed. But you need the right partition table to run this rom right. If your are still at stock you need to use Bravo CM7 r2 - see alpharev[dot]nl/ (not allowed for me to post links yet)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
You just contradicted yourself. In order to change to the cm7r2 partition table you must be s-off.

Swyped from my CM7.1 Desire using XDA Premium App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] real_Base:
Thanks for correcting me - just forget the fact that s-off is required when changing partition table :o
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronus101:
You dont need to s-off if you dont want to. Just run chaqmols rom converter script after you flash the rom.

edit: i justed flashed v4.9 without the rom converter and on stock hboot. runs perfectly. about 1.4gb internal memory.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattO:
It would be alot easier just to s-off though.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yorba:
I got S-OFF which was very very easy and painless using Revolutionary! :-)

I then flashed cm7r2 hboot and then Runnymede4.9, and everything is running smoothly! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eddies92:
Hey peoples,

I have Serendipity 8.0 (same has happened on UnNamed.) Both roms use the same kernel (entropy) Let me begin by saying that the Entropy kernel is amazing. I have noticed a minor annoyance and that is the touchscreen driver I suppose has some sort of bug. I blame it on the kernel because I reflashed to full stock and problem is non existent. When you first flash the custom rom it seems to be working ok however on the next restart, it starts. The problem is the "swype line" is not rendered smoothly and feel the "android" keyboard is a tad off calibration. when I swype my finger the blue line starts to zig zag.. not consistetly the same pattern but its not straight like it should be. do you guys feel that it maybe because of undervoltage? It seems like a silly theory considering we have a dual core lol. I'm sorry if my terminology is off, just trying to get my point across.

yes, I wiped/factory before installing the rom.

Has anybody else experienced this? thanks for the posts guys.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DJSLINKARD:
Honestly, I have experienced this. I thought it was just me but maybe it is something else. It definitely starts to zig zag creating a lot of errors in my texts. haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
Just checked it on mine. And does not have it. I'm running stock rom with only thing I've done is install Entropy512's kernel.

Does this count as a double post? :-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eddies92:
well i did a fresh install of unNamed 1.0.4 with entropy and I dont seem to have it anymore. I would do nandroid backup and restores so maybe stuff would get fowled up. Will post again if it happens again. I would definetely do a fresh install.

wipe/factory reset

wipe cache parition

wipe dalvik cache.

install rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mcorrie1121:
Does anyone get the issue of the cursor jumping to the left? Sometimes when I try to go to the end of my message the cursor moves on its own, often highlighting words along the way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sweetboy02125:
Your guys are awesome. I still can't get used to this. I had to uninstall this and use the regular samsung/android keyboard.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] locsplitter:
Same boat.
[HTC EVO 3D] flytechguy:
Are these still being updated elsewhere since being pulled off the market? The latest version I've had backed up is 2.4-2.5?
[HTC EVO 3D] freeza:
SlideME market.
[HTC EVO 3D] flytechguy:
Freeza, thanks and mod, my apologies for not posting in Q&A.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bubby323:
Telus Samsung Galaxy S II Stock Kernel // TLKJ3 // SGH-T989D

Please note this is for the Telus SGH-T989D not the SGH-T989 T-Mobile variant.

Explanation

What we have here is a stock boot.img pulled from a rooted Telus SGH-T989D (Samsung Galaxy S II).

With this you can recover your phone using ODIN, in the case of a brick or just to return to a factory state.

Initramfs for Developers

I have extracted the boot.img and posted it up for all developers on my github.

https://github.com/bubby323/stock-initramfs-TLKJ3-galaxysII-telus

Downloads

Also to restore you're phone I have a nice little tar file that will take care of the job for you that you can grab from here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bubby323:
How to Flash

We are going to be using Odin in this explanation to flash the stock kernel to your phone.

Downloads

First you are going to want to start by downloading all the needed files onto your computer and then place them onto your Desktop.

Samsung Kies

Odin3-v1.85.zip

SGH-T989D-Stock-TLKJ3-Kernel.tar

Process

Once you have everything downloaded and on your desktop, you are going to want to first install kies.

After this is done you should restart your computer for proper driver installation.

Next, extract Odin to a new folder on your Desktop. Leave the tar in the form it is.

Now, open up Odin by double clicking the .exe in the folder you extracted it to.

The most important step is now, you need to put your device into Download/ODIN mode so your computer will recognize it and be able to flash to it. To do this simply turn your phone off completely (or pull the battery). Then you are going to want to use the following button combination to force your device into download mode:

Now ODIN should have recognized your device ( it may take a while for the drivers to complete installation so don't panic the first time).

Lastly, we want to click on the PDA button and then search for the SGH-T989D-Stock-TLKJ3-Kernel.tar we download earlier and placed on the Desktop.

If all of the above has taken place you are free to hit the Start button.

Done!

If all has gone well at this point the flash should be proven successful and your phone should reboot like normal.

If so, please feel pressured to give yourself a pat on the back, that was tough! :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CozzaFrenzyy:
Is this a new kernel?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kriEv:
/facepalm

This is a STOCK kernel for the TELUS version.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
awesome !

thanks guys
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pipesdl:
Much appreciated guys. Any chance of a stock ROM in case someone ever needs to ship back to Telus?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bubby323:
If somebody wants to test the rom once I upload it then I will release it for everybody. :) Ill also work on the device report and build you your own Clockwork.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bwells88:
Great work Bubby.... maybe we'll have something to flash later??... Cheers!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phewizzo:
Nice, I wonder if theres any differences from our Tmobile stock rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] netnerd:
isnt the hardware the same?

i wonder if we can flash telus rom onto tmobile t989..

warning: dont try this if you cant afford a brick!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] n1tro:
I flashed the tar file on my tmobile phone. Only thing it did was change my boot animation from tmobile to telus.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ysr84:
Thanks guys for all the work....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pellel2:
how did u get ur Hercules rooted?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
its fairly easy. just use odin to flash a rooted kernel and super user, or use it to flash recovery and flash a custom rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pellel2:
Does anyone here have the stock modem? Or maybe someone can guide me on how to extract it from the phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pellel2:
Oh and btw is there a way of making this kernel rooted. That would be amazing so then we keep everything stock but rooted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
I can do this for you if you like.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
Stock telus kernel ROOTED with initd support
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pellel2:
Awesome thanks a lot I will try when I get home tonight.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pellel2:
One more thing would this kernel have cwm recovery built in? I know the tmo has it but again it would be great if this stock kernel would be completed with recovery. Sorry for the many questions I was a very heavy user of bell sgs2 I gotta get used to Hercules now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
CWM recovery is not built into the boot image, it is on a separate partition and is flashed separately (i had the same thought at first too coming from my SGT)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pellel2:
hey your tar file got into a bootloop like crazy
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
Ill give it a flash soon. It shouldnt though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pellel2:
yeah i kinda thought about it when i saw the file size...i think it is too small or something you might be missing something
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
I see what i did. I compressed the ram disk is a format the stock keenel doesnt support. Ill fix that tomorrow.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pellel2:
Do u have any idea why when I switch from the stock telus rom to a custom rom I lost the 4g icon. It only goes to 3g but I still get crazy speeds
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] skadude66:
probably because you flashed a T-Mobile ROM, which the Telus phone interprets as "3G", even though the speeds are still the 4G Telus speeds.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pellel2:
Would u have a nandroid backup if the telus stock rom I really need one
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pellel2:
is there anyway you guys can make this kernel CWM flash able. that would be awesome. thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
Compiling a stock rooted telus kernel right now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pellel2:
thanks a lot. please if you could make it CWM flashable that would be great
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
Stock Telus T989D Rooter/Insecure Kernel CWM Flashable

http://www.multiupload.com/Z5OONNFEUV
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] skadude66:
So this is a stock Telus kernel that is rooted by default? Because I know that Bubby has a stock tar that can be flashed by Odin, but that removes all root.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -Mr. X-:
stock and rooted, compiled it my self.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] skadude66:
Thanks! :D This will help me out when I want to go back to stock kernels :D Any news of a stock ROM that can be flashed by CWM?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] madizmo:
Here is the Telus modem.bin

View attachment 776946
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jawi:
can u tell me how i flash with odin or with sd card? thanx
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] skadude66:
You place this on your SD Card and you flash this in ClockworkMod Recovery. Wipe caches, flash the new kernel, then reboot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jawi:
so after flash with this my phone gona be root? and can u explain how i flash this file with odin or with sd card?thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] skadude66:
What do you have right now? Stock phone, nothing on it? If so, then you need to flash CWM via ODIN. Look in the General section for the sticky about how to enter Download Mode (by AllGamer).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jawi:
thanx for answering.u also post this file SGH-T989D-Stock-TLKJ3-Kernel-UNSECURE-init.d-Support.so this file i can use with odin and after flash with this

my phone will root right? or do u have any file which i use with odin to root my t989d thks