yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
I am new to all this also. I have rooted my phone using this method. [07.11.2011][CF-Root 5.0] KE*, KF*, KG*, KH1/3/4, KI2/3/4/8, KJ1/2/3 - su+bb+CWM4/5

I was just wondering how i can actually go back to stock? I would greatly appreciate anyone who can shed some light on what i can do if for instance i brick my device. etc
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Have you checked the roll-up sticky thread in the i9100 general section?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
I shall go and do that just now. Sorry to be a pain already lol

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How do i know if roms will work for me? using the way that i rooted my phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Just be sure you stick to I9100 ROMs. That includes avoiding I9100

G

ROMs. The I9100G is a variant that has completely different chipset, so firmwares are incompatible.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
Roms are soo extensive. I have no idea where to start with the rights ones for my device/kernel. Is there like an app store thing for roms, i have seen one is it the kitchen. However its not available for the way i have rooted. Last thing i want to do on my first night is brick my phone and put it in the bin lol.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
If by "the right ones for your device", you mean ones that work without bricking it, just make sure you use a firmware appropriate for your device. If you have an I9100, use any I9100 firmware - BUT make sure to AVOID I9100

G

firmwares. The G variant has a different chipset, so firmwares are NOT compatible between I9100 and I9100G.

But before you get started: you're rooted, right? How did you root? Do you have CWM recovery? If so, just take a back up of your phone. If you DON'T have CWM recovery, this is the first thing you should get before installing ANY ROM. CWM recovery will allow you to essentially take a backup of your entire phone in its current state, and give you a point to roll back to if something goes wrong.

Once backed up, just flash whatever firmware you want to try. (again, remembering what I said in the first paragraph) If it doesn't work out for you, or you don't like the ROM, then restore your backup. Simple as that.

Also, kernels are separate. Most (if not all) ROMs come with kernels, but you can flash a custom kernel after flashing a ROM. You just have to make sure the kernel supports the ROM type you have.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ITRC:
First thing is: is there a good reason start rooting your device?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
Yes i am rooted already using CF-Root, using CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_KJ3-v5.0-CWM5. Yes I have CWM and i have made my backup. As i did try and install the ICS theme thats about and i was having startup problems so i was able to restore easy. So even though i flashed using the one above, i can try others if i wish? If it doesnt work out then my backup will just revert me back?

I want to root in order to change fonts, themes, just more control of my device to which i paid for.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Where'd you get the ICS theme from?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
got it from here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1334922

I followed these instructions

Installation FOR CWM PACKAGES:

- Download the ZIP file from the download section below and DO NOT unzip it

- Copy the .ZIP file to your INTERNAL SD card

- Boot your phone into CWM (hold Vol Up, Home & Power Button)

- Wipe cache

- Wipe dalvik cache

- Select 'Install ZIP from SD Card'

- Select 'Choose Zip from SD Card'

- Then select the .ZIP file you downloaded\

- Reboot

- After this you only have to enjoy

Congratulations, u just ENTERED ICS WORLD!!!

Booted but just kept going into a boot loop.

All i want is to be able to customize my device. I dont care about further rooting.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ITRC:
Your instructions are ok. The fact you have a bootloop is because you need another ROM, checkROM v.4 for example wich works very good with ICS 1.9 from Vertumus. Always UNTHEME a ROM before flash a theme.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
What firmware are you trying to put the theme on? There's giant bold text in post #1 that says "Please note that this theme working on MOST DEODEXED roms in dev section".

If you're trying to apply the theme to a stock firmware, it won't work. Stock firmwares are odexed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
I just followed this tutorial, this is the only thing i have done so far.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

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So could i now just go ahead and do this one ? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1491099
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
If this is all you've done, then yes, you're still on the original stock firmware, which is odexed, and that ICS theme you tried before will not work, since it requires that whatever firmware/ROM you apply it to is deodexed.

Sure, if you want to try it out. Since you have a backup still, you can just roll back to that if you don't like it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
I know there a different ROMS about etc but what ones are you guys using out of interest? Whats the most popular?

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I take it i will still need to find a flash rom that will still match my 19100BUKJ3

well main part being KJ3?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
I'm on stock KI3. (2.3.5) Happy with it, works the way I want it to.

You can flash any I9100 ROM you want. KJ3 portion is just indicating what version. (looks like 2.3.5)

Though BUKJ3 is a carrier branded firmware, you should be able to flash whatever firmware you wish. You have a backup, go nuts. Like I said though, just be sure you use I9100 firmwares and ROMs. (No I9100G ones!)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
I would like to thank you so much for your help. I do hope that me being a complete noob has not annoyed you with all these simple questions lol.

See if it was iOS i know what im doing but i am completely new to Android.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
iOS is easy, because Apple kept it to one version per device per carrier. Easier version control. If you flash an old version of an iPhone 4 firmware to your iPhone4, no big deal; it still for the same device.

Trouble with Android, there are hundreds of Android devices. Then Samsung goes and markets 10 different models of phone all as the Galaxy SII, some of which have such different hardware, that they can't even be considered the same phone anymore. It all gets pretty confusing, so you really have to pay attention.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
So from the way i have rooted my device, i can choose rooms like RebelROM etc and install them ? well i just tried RebelROM and it didnt work. :/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
I don't know anything about RebelROM. Perhaps you should ask the dev or post in his thread?

I just glanced over the thread for it, looks like it's an update.zip file, instead of an Odin flashable .tar file. The thread itself is pretty light on instructions.

Did you clear cache/dalvik and do a full wipe before installing it? That is a good rule of thumb to follow when moving from one ROM to another. You may not have to do a full wipe when upgrading

versions

within a ROM, but definitely advisable to do when going, say, from stock, to CM7, just for example.

EDIT: indeed, read post 19 of the RebelROM thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
what is this full wipe you talk about? I have in CWM - wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition etc. Nothing about full wipe ?

OMG i feel so stupid lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
By full wipe, I mean wipe everything. Wipe Data/Factory Reset, Wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache.

Hey, we all had to learn sometime. Just read voraciously. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
im on my laptop reading like hell, and then on my mac posting like hell and getting answers lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
is there a market place for android which is like installous for ios ?

Where i can get paid apps for free?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
I honestly don't know... but free warning - warez (which this can fall under the category of) is against forum rules.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
thanks for letting me know. Tried a few roms now, starting to get the hang of it all. Slowly but surely.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ITRC:
Sorry ctomgee; wrong quote from me..

What did you do till now ....

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fletcher, what have you done till now ...?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
Just full wipe ones i have tried. Im trying to find one that is fast, stable and also has good battery. But there are loads to go through lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fletcher1989:
as you can see from my sig, this is the rom i am now using. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lycoss:
thank you very much!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neophyte1983:
Hello i have a Question witch Games run on the Galaxy Tab Samsung GT-P1000 from Gameloft??

I want to play GT Racing Motor Academy, Tintin, Rainbow 6, Splinter Cell, Settlers.

Does they working??

Please Reply thx
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjumawan:
I got the racing golf and call of duty to work on mine w no problem and madden 12 from ea sports plays well also.gl and enjoy
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 120825:
Did anyone know how to play games that required tegra 2 procesor on galaxy tab 7.

I have try chainfire 3D, but it didnot work on games such plants vs zombies hd
[Vega General] cthulu:
Hi guys,

anyone else having issues while playing music via stock player and browsing internet? Especially when page is loaded, music stutters from time to time.

VegaComb 3.2 latest official update.
[Vega General] O_G:
Have you tried the unofficial honey ice updates. They are available over at tablet roms. Dont have the problem you have with them. You could aslo try a different music player, some use more system resources than others.

Hope it helps:)
[Vega General] cthulu:
Hi, thanks for the advice. I was interested in flashing it over my Vegacomb, but as my Vega already came flashed, I am not very familiar in how to do flash the honey ice over it. I was reading the forum, and as far as I understood, I can reboot to recovery (via Vegacomb->POwer button-> Recovery), then delete caches and install the update. I am not sure what will happen with my apps or if this is good approach. Maybe some hint/link?
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] theerachai:
I got reboot whenever I enable wifi.

Hadn't test anything more than this.

Reverse back to dxjpj asian rom
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] daniel.weck:
Yes, I realized Wifi would potentially be the cause of the problem, so I am in "flight" mode with both wifi and cellular off.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] af974:
Finally, so it's not my custom rom that cause random reboots to some users.

The strange thing is that not everyone get this issue, me for example, have not none a reboot since i've flashed it.

Daniel, did you have this problem in pure stock jq3?

Meant without overcome kernel installed.

Anyway, you should have this issue with jq4 too, since there are less differences between both versions.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] daniel.weck:
Ok, that was simple: I flashed [factory.rfs] from JQ4 using Heimdall without repartition (and with the usual PIT file), and on reboot the Overcome kernel automatically converted to EXT4 once again (a short 2 minutes process, as my /data partition had already been converted before). The APKs are now being Odex'ed (Dalvik cache reset)...waiting... :)

I hope this will fix the reboot issue. UPDATE: no :(
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] daniel.weck:
As soon as I installed stock JQ3, I had a couple of reboots, however the ROM "became" stable rapidly and I enjoyed using the Tab for a number of days without any major issues. All this time, I was using Koxudaxi's build (overclocked, undervolted). Today, I updated some apps using the Market, I launched ezPDF and the system then entered this reboot frenzy! I went into flight mode to eliminate potential wifi/radio issues, I removed the overclocking/undervolting, and finally I switched to the Overcome kernel (just to try something different)...to no avail.

I have now flashed JQ4 [factory.rfs], but the system is rebooting again. Frustrating!! :o :(

I'm going through /data/anr/traces.txt again, hoping to find the culprit...
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] teacher1960:
I was running stock froyo for the longest time, almost a year. I had huge problems with random reboots. Typically two-three days with frequent reboots followed by a week or two with few or no reboots.

I related the reboots mostly to two different things.

One was sim related and even though I had a new simcard I eventually had to get a new. I've also read about other tabowners with similar problems so maybe tabs are "simsensitive". With the new simcard, this problem went away.

The other problem was with wifi.

The easiest way to make my tab find my wireless quickly, was to put it into flightmode and back on again immediately. In 30-40 percent of the cases this would cause it to crash and reboot. After the reboot everything was fine again.

A month ago I finally dared to flash and I've been on the latest Overcome for a month now. I've had just a single random reboot in this time.

Just my two cents...
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] CarpeNoctem:
The issue appear indeed in the two versions of the ROM, the jq4 also have this issue and tweaking the build.prop does not change it, af974 I've try you're patch but still the issue remains, what is weird is that I spend the last 10 hours on wifi with no reboot and this morning, boom, reboots... the networks is not the same but still...
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] daniel.weck:
SOLVED.

UPDATE: [SOLVED] the reboots stop once the MicroSD card is removed from its slot. I have also tried to remove the SIM card. As soon as the SD card is inserted, the Apps2SD applications are analysed by the Nazca/Media Scanner and from this point onwards the Package Manager sub-system goes crazy. I will restore my apps on the device, and I will format the MicroSD, again... :rolleyes: I doubt it is a problem with the Micro-SD hardware itself, more like a driver issue. It seems quite common with mobile phones, all brands concerned.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] af974:
Nice one Daniel,

let us know how it goes after some test in the meantime i'll point my users to here.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] daniel.weck:
Additional note: the MicroSD is perfectly stable when connected in USB transfer mode.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] daniel.weck:
I made a selective backup of important stuff from [/sdcard/external_sd/] (whilst in USB data transfer mode with my laptop), making sure to copy all the [*.asec] App2SD files from [/sdcard/external_sd/.android-secure/]. Then I formatted the MicroSD card on my laptop, and formatted again from the tablet as it detected a corrupted/damaged card (I suppose the FAT driver on the tablet is picky). I then copied the [*.asec] files back to [/sdcard/external_sd/.android-secure/] (several megabytes which I am happy not to have to download again via the Market), and the Package Manager seems pretty stable so far. Win! :)

I haven't put the SIM card back in yet, first I am updating my Titanium backup!

Cheers, Dan
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] daniel.weck:
When the MicroSD card is scanned at startup (i.e. the card is already inserted when the device starts), the MediaScanner / PackageManager analyses the card and this seems to generate a deadlock within the system_server process (.ServerThread), which results in a soft reboot. I don't know if this happens only when there are Apps2SD files (I didn't test this particular edge-case).

So, quite simply, I just insert the MicroSD card once the device is completely booted :)
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] teacher1960:
I don't use App2sd so maybe that's why I don't have reboots with Gingerbread.

There are actually people who think that I with my SG Tab am jealous of their ipads. Moahaha!
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] weichei:
What I did.....

What I did, when I first read this thread, I removed my SD-Card and formated it adapted to my PC (FAT32).

Next I reincerted it to my Tab. Til now (32 hours) it didn't reboot an single time:

I can check this, because of my Plantronics Discovery 975 BT headset that is permanently connected to the Tab.

Whenever in the past the Tab did a soft reboot (JQ3) it was hard work to get the headset reconnected.

PS: Used wifi for about two hours today. Seems to by stable for now. Will push some apps2sd and so on to see if it takes over rebooting.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] CarpeNoctem:
Unfortunately I doubt this is the solution, the reboots remain even when I remove my sdcard...
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] daniel.weck:
UPDATE: sometimes the reboot occurs even when I insert the MicroSD card after boot, so the deadlock is not completely unavoidable. However, if I long-press the search button, the system doesn't respond which generates a Force Close popup dialog for "Android System" => if I force-close this process, then the device starts responding again and everything works as normal!
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] weichei:
Not really satisfying!

Yes, same with me. Really annoying.

And by the way: android browser task often crashes, when trying to open an additional tab.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] af974:
Oh damn, i really would like to have too this annoying bug.

In % , this happens in what situations? Browsing, wifi, any addictional info please.

Could someone with this bug post a logcat? Dowload alogcat from market, enable to view only errors and export the log, i don't have any reboots but my log show many errors regarding mtp, keyboard and sensor.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] daniel.weck:
The logcat report is not sufficient, you need the ANR traces (Application Not Responding) like I explained in my original post. You can analyse the data to find the deadlock in system_server (.ServerThread trace).

I can also confirm that by force-closing "Android System" after startup is completed, the device remains stable. The challenge is to trigger the "Force Close" dialog (with OK and WAIT buttons) by doing something like long-pressing the search button (well, this works in my case, anyway ... perhaps there are other methods). It seems that if we just wait without doing anything (no interaction with the touch screen), then the deadlock is detected by the system and the reboot occurs. Strangely, the Force Close dialog on "Android System" seems to be one efficient way to restore system sanity!
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] af974:
Later i will post a zip with some modules from jq1 to see if it will help with those boring reboot problems.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] whatsek:
Found this thread after experience the same reboots as described here. My tab worked flawless for days, and now suddenly it reboots. But I don`t have a sd card. My wifi is always on, with sleep settings on "off when screen off"
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] af974:
Did you used JQ4 ? If yes then it's strange since it is designed for Netherlands where you come from, you should contact Samsung and ask clarifications.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] whatsek:
No, I used "your" JQ3 1.3.0 (thanks for the rom! )
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] af974:
Then can you try to flash stock JQ4 with Odin and use it stock for some time?

I've just restocked my tab to JQ3 and i will not change anything for some time but as i said i did never have a reboot issue.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] jackie1234:
Still no Probs

P1000xwjq4_p1000phnjq1_p1000xxjq3

Hoi I use this without problems.

I come from the nederlands.

I used now for 2 days

Sorry for my bad engels

Greets to you all
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] CarpeNoctem:
AF974 you may have found the source of the reboots... the kernel because I am using your kernel on JQ4 and no reboot so far!! Let hope it lasts
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] af974:
I hope it too..........i'm on stock JQ3 and i have none a rebbot for 12 hours (checked in stats) , today happened a strange thing:

I needed a file on sdcard.

Plugged phone to PC

Downloaded the file and i let the phone connected.

After some seconds i've noticed a soft reboot, well, honestly an UI reboots since i went to stats and i have the same time up from last boot.

Anyway, i made my kernel in .tar format if anyone want to test it with stock rom, i just flash it on my phone.

EDIT: another strange thing that i've noticed is that after flashing stock JQ3 with repartition, stock CWM recovery did find /data partition not ready and suggested me to make a wipe and so i did.This happens every time i flash the stock rom.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] msgfromside3:
been using JQ4 for several days now and I do experience soft reboot about once a day. It is quite random. I first thought it was tmo modem conflicting with the rom, but it doesn't look so.

So far i like JQ4 though. In fact I experienced the soft reboot from other ROM (both official and customs), so it doesn't bother me that much (it does though :)).
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] CarpeNoctem:
I am using JQ4 as my daily driver and since I updated my kernel, no more reboot.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] msgfromside3:
let me try it out tomorrow.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Hans2k1:
Same problem here, random softreboots, after update with: P1000XWJQ4_P1000PHNJQ1_P1000XXJQ3. Flashed Tab again but without pit.

And no soft reboots for days.

Hope it will solve your problem
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] daniel.weck:
Looks like the GingerBread 2.3.6 ROM fixed this issue.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Improvisation:
Why android not support low latency audio like an iOS ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boosth1:
work is being done

There is work being done by third party developers most of them from the Linux Audio Developers community.

You can find out more by joining the andraudio mailing list.

code . google . com/p/andraudio/

At some point the code will be publicly released and available to all audio application developers.

There is also talk of building an experimental solution into cyanogenmod for testing purposes if a top level solution is not possible. If that happens we expect Google and the other manufacturers to roll the source into their own roms once it has been stabilised.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akinishi88:
Hi all,

I wish to know if I install the GB MIXER PLAY v10 Plus [UK GENERIC] R800i 4.0.2.A.0.42 Last UPGRADE 2.3.4 ROM for my Xperia Play, can I install it without wipe data or format?

As I have a lot of apps and games is currently installed on my stock rom 4.0.2.A.0.42. I hope those game record will still remain after I install a new ROM.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Garner:
No a full wipe is always RECOMMENDED to back up all your app data i would use Titanium Backup it backs all your apps up and saved app data etc

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&hl=en

I would also recommend buying the paid version as i batch restores that apps
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] justice26:
Has this happened to anyone? I get a blue haze if I scroll all the way to the left or right when i'm surfing the net. On the edge of the screen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iloveandroid16:
Lol that's normal for Android 2.3