yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] pyrogogo:
Hi there,

I am having difficulty unlocking my new (UK) galaxy S2 and I figured this is the best place to ask for help. I have searched the threads on this forum and have not been able to find the answers I need. So I'm starting a new thread.

I have rooted the phone successfully and followed the instructions with the chainfire app and when it finished it said it couldn't find the unlock code. The phone came from Virgin as part of a contract, however the contract has been cancelled and I don’t have a virgin sim any more so I haven’t actually tried it with the virgin network. It might be worth mentioning here that when I put a different sim card in it the screen that pops up asking for the unlock code isn't there. I have also completed the procedure with the “galaxy S Unlock” app created by Helroz and that was also unsuccessful. Because the three steps in "galaxy S unlock" were unsuccessful I have restored the efs folder back to its original state. I have not bothered to try the manual method of recovering the unlock code using the hex editor because after reading this forum it seemed unlikely to work and it looked like a bit of a hassle.

I have tried several sim cards in the phone that work with my friend’s phone. And my phone was unable to connect to any networks. Except, when I tried my friends T-Mobile contract sim card I connected to the T-mobile network but my phone wouldn't allow out going or incoming calls however the data network worked fine! Yes the internet was working through the t-mobile network (wifi was turned off)

Isn't that weird!!!! So it kind of looks like the phone might be being blocked by the service provider but I find that very unlikely because up until a couple of days ago the phone was sealed in its box.

I have read through most of the "[HOWTO] GT-I9100 Free SIM Unlock via nv_data.bin by Odia" thread and there is some mention of a new locking technique employed by the various phone network companies. Does my problem sound like it could fall in to that category??

It might also be worth mentioning that I took the phone to a phone shop to see if they could unlock it. They couldn't, but the guy did check the IMEI number on a website called checkmend.com and that site reported: "checkmend has a record of this item having been blocked by a cell phone network" and "checkmend has a record that this item is currently blocked by one or more cell phone networks". Does anyone know anything about this website and weather it is reliable or not. Like I say I find it extremely unlikely that it has been blocked because I have only just got it out of the sealed box.

I am very frustrated as you can all imagine and I would really appreciate some help. Feel free to ask any questions, I am a bit of a noob but I'm not completely incompitent so don't be afraid to get technical.

Thank you for listening,

Yours,

Dardarland.
[General Questions and Answers] fjaraiza:
Bump...

I'm having kind of the same trouble here...

I tried the Chainfire's app and it couldn't find my code, so i went and tried the Helroz App

after following the instructiones in the app and checking with *#7465625# it changed network block to OFF... but when i inserted a diff carrier sim it said: network block... and now my other carrier sim got blocked and won't get recognized by the phone it used to be in... LOL

pls help us both!!
[General Questions and Answers] ragsbava:
Unlocking

Hi

I did have the same problems with the chainfire app

what i did is use Galaxy_S Unlock (google it as I can not post links at the moment)

Also you will need to install busybox for this to work.

just search for busybox in market and install the first app that comes up

Hope it works
[General Questions and Answers] kanye92:
Thanks fella, worked like a charm :)
[General Questions and Answers] sziegu:
Re: fjaraiza

Hi fjaraiza,

I saw somewhere in the forum guys that were having similar problems due to the carrier branded rom they had on the phone and due to helroz method which is far more intrusive than odia's. Helroz is flipping bits within nv_data.bin which might lead to corruption. The success of Helroz's method also depends on the phone protection method, some newer versions check the correspondent md5 and ignore the file if it's not the right one.

Your best bet would be to restore an /efs backup if you have one or backup the current state of /efs and try another rom.

Good luck,

Stefan.

P.S.: use thanks when the supplied information is useful :)
[General Questions and Answers] kachman:
can unlock the messed up ones :) for a lil fee, pm
[General Questions and Answers] guvno:
Helroz unlocks but then locks again...

Hi all, I've got a weird problem. I used Helroz SIM unlocker on my SGS2 (Im running the latest CM9 build 28/8) and it works. Helroz unlocks the phone but only for about 1-2h?! After about 1-2h the phone has lost NW connection and ask for the SIM unlock code. If I press 'dismiss' then I can run Helroz unlocker again and it will be ok for 1-2h and then loose the unlock again... Has anyone had this problem? Before I used a stock Samsung ROM and then Helroz unlocker worked perfectly, its since I've moved to CM9 ROM that I'm having this issue. Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] Bluedove:
This worked like magic, but i can i now uninstall the busybox as i dont need it or do i have to keep it on my phone to have it unlocked?
[General Questions and Answers] faizi00:
same pronblem

i unlocked my phone using "samsung galaxy unlock" when it was on gingerbread. then i updated it to jelly bean using cm10.2 & after that when i switched it on it says "Enter sim unlock code". i used the same app again but did't get any benefit. also tried few other apps but failed. now when i put the 3 network (the original carrier) it do same with that as well. somebody tell me what to do?:rolleyes:
[Xperia Play General] thatsupnow:
Hey guys I just been trying out the new Flashtool and from what it says on the Flashtool homepage that all 2011 xperia phones are recognized but when you check in the devices folder there is no r800. Why is that? I tried to use the root button on it a menu popped up asking for device the r800 wasn't there so I clicked on the arc it starts the process and then stops at waiting for device and does nothing. Where can I find the r800 properties file to just add it in manually into the devices folder so it works properly? Either that or they should change their homepage saying all 2011 xperia phones EXCEPT the r800

Edit: nevermind doom is gonna get it worked out!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robertjm:
I know, I know!! We just OFFICIALLY got Gingerbread, but I was wondering if anyone has started any type of Ice Cream Sandwich development other than Klondyke and Dreyer's?? :D

Robert
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orkillakilla:
There is a thread in the general section. They have it booting and the touch screen working for the most part.

Sent from my HTC ThunderBolt powered by KillaSense 3.2
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voxigenboy:
yeah here is a link to the thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1318518

i'm anxious to see this thing going myself. i'm getting a new phone soon but am keeping my tbolt. this thing's been my fav phone i've ever had(hd2 2nd).
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iflip:
Ics doesn't appeal to me visually that much more then previos android versions. I mean yea it would be way better in terms of performance but not cosmetic wise not as speaking as Samsung tw or htc sense. I expected it to be more like those by default. Instead, they've totally done away with the dock shortcuts for convenience. The galaxy nexus has it tho. I'm hoping that the OS will work well with UI shell overlays and there will be good home replacement apps that can be made to compliment the new OS. Overall I am looking forward to its release and ports to different devices for I am looking to be somewhat wo'ed by ics.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kooomar:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1948065

This AOSP ROM is 95% working, and rapidly getting better.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoff5093:
This thread is a year old, why are you quoting a year old post?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] starryeyez:
Okay I've been looking for this Live Wallpaper for two days. I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone know of a Live Wallpaper that has those Droid guys that climb up each other and fall all over when you move your phone? I seen it on this girls phone at the bar. I know I should of asked her what it was called. Anyway can someone help me. Please :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Seanbest:
This maybe? Sounds close, but exact.

http://www.shake-them-all.net/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] starryeyez:
That is the one I have now, its the closet I've been able to find. But I really would like the one where they climb each other. :-)

Thanks for the reply tho
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Rolex81:
https://market.android.com/details?id=fishnoodle.jumpgate_free

here is one. doesnt appear same as what you looking for but droid guy live wallpaper none the less
[HTC Sensation] jjdoctor:
When you remove the back cover there are three communications of phone body with the back cover

1st.. two terminals just above the camera

2nd.. Two terminals just below the camera

3rd.. Two distinct terminals at the bottom of phone separated by a gap in back cover

Can someone tell me which ones are for wifi, gps or Network?

The bottom one is different with two terminals separated by a gap. Do you think i can damage the phone if those two meet?
[HTC Sensation] jjdoctor:
Guys answer me if you know... I want to make a Mod with aluminium foils to boost Network and wifi signals...:)
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

If you look HERE,

it shows you what at least one of them is.

:)
[HTC Sensation] geoffcorey:
You could try putting something non-conductive between all they terminals and one by one remove them and see which goes from no signal to signal.
[HTC Sensation] jjdoctor:
Hey that really helped...

Touched one pin and other... i don't know what will be the effect if the two terminals in upper two points meet each other coz when u see back cover, its already joined...

I found these for now

the 1St above camera is for wifi

The bottom most is for network and that is the only one that is separated even on back cover by a gap..

Btw.. Inserted aluminium foil and it really worked... got constant 3-4 bars where i was getting 1-2 bars without the mod...;l and the battery civet fitted quite well even with my large Anker battery...;)
[HTC Sensation] Nolano386:
I dropped my sensation face down today and it cracked the digitizer. The screen under it is fine. I called HTC and they want $160 for it. I'd do the repair myself but I had a very bad experience trying to repair my last phone and I'd rather pay someone to make sure it's done right. Does anyone know of a reliable and more affordable company that will fix this? Or another way to get it done?
[HTC Sensation] aNYthing24:
http://www.irepairnational.com/products/HTC-Sensation-Cracked-Touch-Screen-Repair-Service.html

They are expensive (cheaper than HTC), but reliable...pretty good reviews on eBay.

http://stores.ebay.com/iRepair-National
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariol66:
I have a question if anyone can help. I sold a tab to a guy on ebay with it able to call and text and get data from a regular cell phone SIM card on ATT. He got it and went to ATT to buy a month to month SIM card with just data on it and the tab wouldn't read it. Its running Overcome v2 which is old. If I instructed him to flash the stock ATT modem would that fix the problem of not reading a month to month data SIM, or would I need to go back to stock firmware?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hey there,

I'm new here and I installed this ROM on my Desire:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1315961&page=101

Now my problem is that there are only 14 MB free Space of internal storage.

My EXT partition is 2048 MB and I installed "App2SD Pro"

If I open App2Sp Pro I only see 2 of the preinstalled apps

First is "ADFree" in "Phone only" category (I moved it to the SD card)

Second is "ASTRO" in "On phone" category.

Why it's unpossible for me to move the preinstalled apps (like "My Tracks" "teeter" "Facebook" "Fb Chat" and so on) to the SD card?

Greetings from Germany

Daniel Luib
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ex!le:
Try S2E.

It allows to move apps, data and cache to the EXT partition.

You'll find it on the Market :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hey,

I've tried it. Without success.

I chose all options to move on SD card. And then I pushed the "menu" button on my Desire and pushed the option "Reboot" in the App because it appeared below each option to move on SD that an reboot is required.

But my Desire didn't reboot.

Then I rebootet it normal. After reboot I opened the App and there still was the message that a reboot is required.

Do you have another suggestion?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
i'm afraid this advice is wrong...

quote from S2E market page: "S2E (simple2ext) works only with CyanogenMod7!"

ROM mentioned in OP is runnymede...

i don't use either rom, but i think reading this might help.

it'll help your understanding of A2SD+
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ex!le:
You're right. I'm sorry I just didn't realize it :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dantecampaza:
Why you use App2SD with this rom? Runnymede has A2SD++ on it (then moves apps to ext partition) and may be that App2SD (wich moves apps to fat32 partition) will conflict with it.

Titanium in the first page tells you the usage of the ext partition.

Is your ext partition an ext4? Is it primary and after the Fat32 partition?

Finally, I don't think that is possible to move preinstalled apps to ext with A2SD++, but only your downloaded apps and only the relevant part of it, a little (very little) part remains on the phone. Anyway may be i'm wrong.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes, I have an ext4 partition but I don't know wether it's before or after the fat32 partition.

But if it's impossible to move preinstalled apps to SD the ROM I installed is silly because there are only about 14 MB of internal storage left.

I'll try it once again.

Another question:

The link from my first Post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1315961

Do I have to install the "HBOOT CM7r2" version or the "STOCK HBOOT" version?

How can I find out?

I've got the HBOOT 0.93
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronus101:
are you s-off or s-on? it sounds like you are s-on. therefore, after flashing the rom, flash the rom converter that is available as an addon on the first page. you should get more storage.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
what means s-on and s-off?

what's the difference?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronus101:
s-off is basically full root. when you s-off, you can change the system partition of your phone to get more space for data internally. reboot into bootloader to find out, but i'm pretty sure that you are s-on.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It's S-ON.

How can I flash it so S-OFF.

Is this working with "unrevoked³"?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronus101:
unrevoked is to root. use alpharev. search for it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I've downloaded it and I'll seach tomorrow for an instruction and then I make my Desire S-OFF =)

See you tomorrow!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hAckyD:
where r u from? may i got a nice howto :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I'm from Germany ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hAckyD:
uve got mail :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
XDA is made for help. So it would be nice if you translate this guide and post it here.

SwiftKeyed from dGB with Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thx @ hAckyD

I'll watch it at home. (in about 2 hours)

I'm at the moment at work.

@MatDrOiD

If it's ok, I'll post it right here
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Sure it is okay. Why should it not? ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It's only a link to a german homepage.

http://www.brutzelstube.de/
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hAckyD:
yeah and that would be a lot to translate :rolleyes:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I've read some Posts in different forums and I've noticed that I know only a very very little part of the things about S-OFF, root, ROM, Radio, and so on :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Failibelli:
I have same problem. i installed this rom :Runnymede_Desire_5.2 new base Runnymede RUU 1.05.401.4 CM7r2 Hboot A2SD++

and after installation i have only 14 mb internal storage. my phone s-off and of course i can not use app2sd(there was only 2 application and i already moved to sd card already)

my ext partition is: 2048 ext4

how can i use my ext4 partition or move apps to sd?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hey there,

I know that it has been a long time since my last post in here,

but now I've done S-OFF on my Desire.

I've installed that ROM once more

http://xdaforums.com/show...15961&page=101

What I have to do, that I get more free internal space (that I can move things on the SD card)

Which app is required?

Thanks for your answers.

Greetings from Germany

Daniel
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Linked page is not found.

You are from germany, read brutzelstube's site very carefully and all your questions will be answered. I got a lot of my knowledge from this site.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes, I know this page, but I don't know what I have to search for. Maybe you have link for me or some keywords?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
All you need to know:

http://www.brutzelstube.de/category/htc-desire/rootguide/
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I've done this

http://www.brutzelstube.de/2011/mehr-speicher-durch-neues-partitionslayout/

I took the "Bravo Data++" image!

Now it's nunning ;)

thanks for your answers
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
So do not forget to use the thanks-button. ;)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ukxoomer:
Hi,

Been using the Tiamat ROM (Moray 2.2.2),for a while now and am very happy with the results. However I have recently attempted to attach my Canon 7D via my OTG USB cable and realized that it is no longer recognized. I have tried several other cameras, all with no response. My Xoom (before Tiamat),used to automatically recognize my camera being attached immediately and allow me to copy the pictures/video onto it. My mates Xoom running stock 3.2, recognizes all cameras without any trouble.

Is there any solution to this as I am about to head out on a trip and would like to be able to both backup/review my photos and remote tether my 7D via my Xoom(using one of the available Android tethering apps). I can use a USB card reader, but this will not allow me to tether the camera for taking time lapse sequences etc.

If anyone knows a fix for this it would be great!

Cheers,
[Galaxy S II General] TheAggression:
There's no denying that as it stands the SG2 is the fastest android smartphone out now. I don't own one but based on what i'm hearing its crazy fast. My question is with its speed would it benefit from the hardware acceleration that comes with ICS?? Does the UI in this phone running as smooth as an iphone or the Samsung Galaxy Nexus without hardware acceleration? Or despite its speed does it occasionally still stutter in between screens from time to time or jumping in between apps??
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
I think its just the browser that is using hwa right now, if its using hwa in UI on ICS it would really make a difference. Maybe not in the time it takes for stuff to happen but overall smoothness, wich imo is not there yet
[Galaxy S II General] TheAggression:
Hmm....that's slightly disappointing. I was hoping this phone would be just as smooth out the box based on what everyone is saying about its speed.....well thank God for ICS, cuz the stuttery UI is the androids OS main Achilles heel....we'll see what happens
[Galaxy S II General] krazykat:
Well - it isn't really the "stuttering" people hate about android. Others think it isn't polished like IOS. Not to mention since it's so new - there isn't a lot of "good" apps for it.

With ICS - it'll take use of the graphic processor for the UI so that the primary dual core processor can focus on the tasks. In gingerbread, the processor is doing everything / and the graphic is only doing games. =/
[Galaxy S II General] MS.:
You forgot HW accelerated video playback and internet browser ;-) Also, you can always download and use stock Gingerbread launcher, which uses HW acceleration too, AFAIK.
[Galaxy S II General] tolis626:
Well,as long as you don't underclock the device it's buttery smooth.To avoid confusion,Samsung's TouchWiz is hardware accelerated and it's as smooth as the iPhone etc.But even with alternative launchers it's really really smooth.I hate even the slightest hints of lag/stuttering and get annoyed very easily.With the S2 I haven't been annoyed for a long long time(well,sometimes things go wrong when you mess with the device just too much ;) ).
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
Gingerbread offers HWA, browser, video processing, touchwiz 4.0 to name a few.

However, ICS is 'supposed' to take HWA one step further and fully optimize our high specs - mainly our GPU.
[Galaxy S II General] TheAggression:
Touchwiz 4.0 is hardware accelerated?? Wow, that's awesome!! I guess I'm trying to wonder why isn't or wasn't hardware acceleration implemented in the android os long ago???
[Galaxy S II General] akira02rex:
Its up to the manufacturers to add this in. HTC has done it with sense 3 as well.
[Galaxy S II General] ste1164:
Htc have hardware accelerated sense 3.0? O_o it's laggy as hell.
[Galaxy S II General] vnvman:
Google devs simply didn't deem it necessary, also because not all of the android devices had a decent gpu at the beginning, but obviously all of them had a cpu. They told devs not to do garbage collection regarding this issue, which is imho a very weak strategy. Good that they changed their mind with ICS at least: better late than never, but ofc never late would be better :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] akira02rex:
Sense 3 is smooth as butter animation wise. Its bloated that makes it laggy.
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
Browser also hwa?
[Galaxy S II General] MS.:
Nope.
[Galaxy S II General] King Shady:
Lol Sense is a piece of ****
[Galaxy S II General] NatsuDragneell:
Not ! Touchwiz is crap sense is awesome and it doesn't lag either sense 3.5 SON

MyTouch HD (Black)

Kernel demonspeed v7

lagfree 1516Ghz - 768Mhz

Edited Build Prop

Beats Audio

Gingerbread 2.3.5

Dark Side Sense 3.3 !
[Galaxy S II General] edmondt:
I own both HTC Sensation and Galaxy S2, I put Android Revolution ROM on the sensation and its smooth and fast, even when I downclock it to 800mhz.

I think by default Hardware Acceleration is not enabled for sense 3.0, the rom fixed that and to be fair.. I really like the sense interface and in terms of software, HTC is really ahead and offers better execution than Samsung.

Speed wise, the galaxy s2 is much much faster even when down clocked to 800mhz, I'm on VillianROM 3.0 and everyhing is flying.... I never liked the stock browser, my browser choice is Dolphin Browser MINI cos its fast and no lag and it can download from multiupload sites :)
[Galaxy S II General] vnvman:
I much prefer Sense over TW, it's a very polished ui, while instead TW is a complete mess: the colors are put together randomly and the overall feeling is that it's much less refined and elegant. TW looks like something designed for kids, while instead Sense has more of a business look, which i like much better. What actually stopped me from getting the Sensation is the fact that it actually performs much worse compared to the GS2, and lacks internal memory. I also got used to AMOLED screens so now i don't wanna go back to LCD because it feels like downgrading. But hey, this is kinda ot :D