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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kierren:
I'm an obsessive rom tester and this is a summary of what I have found on the G2:

All sense roms: 2/4 features, 1/4 speed

G-lite: 1/4 features, 3/4 speed

Cyanogenmod 7: 3/4 features, 2/4 speed

MIUI.US: 3/4 features, 3/4 speed

ILWT with GoLauncher, ILWT kernel and daemon, OCed to 1.3 GHz: 4/4 features, 4/4 speed

ILWT takes a little bit of tweaking from default (done easily by changing a text file read on the installation of the rom), but out of every rom to grace the G2 forums, this is the only one I've been able to settle down with. Even with the default settings it is a really amazing rom, but with the right tweaks it blows everything else away in terms of speed and functionality.

Many of these roms I have not had a chance to try their most recent version, so I doubt this report has a high degree of accuracy. "Speed" is based on my personal observations and not measured by performance tools. "Features" are highly subjective and based on built-in function and customization.

(Admittedly, I've never tried meXdroidMod because the screenshots make me wish they sold eye bleach.)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArmedandDangerous:
Most if not all of the meXdroid eye candy can be turned off :) It's really really smooth and fast, never had any problems with it and awesome battery life :D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrotherEstapol:
Good thread! I'd also like to know what everyone's using, as I've got a UK Desire Z that I put Virtuous Unity on, and after a month or so I'm coming away disapointed.

While Sense 3.0 is very nice looking, it's not as slick on the DZ and the ROM in general seems to lag, or totally freeze up too often...like just now, I unlocked the phone, then went to settings and I had to wait around 10 seconds for it go from a black screen with the status bar to actually letting me select the options within settings. :(

One of the biggest downsides though the lack of landscape in the home screen!

Does anyone know which ROMs actually support having a landscape home screen?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] amk28:
Hi All,

I have a Galaxy SII, which I rooted and flashed with ICScrewD ‬‬‬‬‬♦‬♦♦‬♦Homemade Ice Cream

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1375255

It worked fine for a couple of days, now all of a sudden I am not getting any signal on my phone, and instead of the signal bars I am getting the no network symbol. I tried different modems, different ROMs, doesn't seem to work. I even went back to the stock, but no luck.

When I went to the wifi & network settings and tried to click on the network settings it says "insert sim card" even though the sim is already in there. I tried my sim on a different phone, it works fine. So i am guessing its not At&t's fault.

Has anyone else had the same problem? Any help is greatly appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red5:
When you re-inserted your sim card back in your GS2, what happened? Is it an old sim and are the contacts worn and scratched?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] amk28:
The contacts are just fine. Even when i reinsert it nothing happens, I still get the no network symbol. It is basically behaving like no sim is inserted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kadin:
Well it sounds like a trip to an AT&T store might be in your future to test another SIM card. Hopefully that's all it is. Wifi radio works fine?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red5:
Try reflashing back to stock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] amk28:
The wifi works just fine, and i tried flashing it back to stock, did a factory reset also, but nothing seems to work.

I have not dropped my phone even once, so that rules out the physical damage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kadin:
Well not sure this will help *fix* the issue, but might provide a bit more insight into what exactly the phone is and isn't seeing. If you download Elixir 2, linked below, and run a report and send it to yourself via email, look in the Telephony section of the report and see if the phone even sees the SIM card. Obviously it sounds like it doesn't, but if it gives you your SIM serial info in there, you might be able to rule out an issue with the actual card itself, etc.

Elixir 2 - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bartat.android.elixir&feature=search_result
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] amk28:
Nope, it says sim state is unknown, I guess i will have to go to the At&t store then.

Thanks anyways.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] X_x_X_x_X_x_X:
After backing up messages from the stock rom and then restoring them on this rom, My phone soft reboots every 10 seconds and makes it impossible to do anything. ive tried this multiple times and I always end up having to restore the original nandroid backup from clockworkmod.

Ive been able to do this on other roms but this is the only one that i have problems with restoring my messages. :confused:

Is there another way to restore my messages or am I doing something wrong?

p.s the app i used to backup/restore my messages is ' SMS Backup & Restore' and gosmspro..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] s8int117:
Titanium backup does wonders for me, coming from diff roms as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] X_x_X_x_X_x_X:
Oh yeah I forgot to mention ive tried TB also. I backed up all my apps before flashing the new rom but the messages didnt get backed up just gosms pro..?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] s8int117:
Restore nandroid(if applicable), backup any sms,mms,contacts storage in green highlighted [ ], then install ur desired rom, restore data from said backup.
[HTC Amaze 4G] abctilly:
I had adb set up before I flashed the stock kernel using HTC sync, but now it doesn't seem to want to work. How can I get HTC sync to work again so that I'm able to use adb once more?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Teo032:
try reinstalling the driver or if you haven't done so installing lol

http://www.multiupload.com/2OFYWZFCCR

if anything try another usb slot. I noticed one of my usb slot shows like the SD and phone but then it won't be detected on ADB whereas my other usb slot does.
[HTC Amaze 4G] abctilly:
I've tried installing the drivers before, but it just doesn't open anything when I click on the zip file. I'll try my other 3 ports

Edit: Wow... the usb slot furthest away from me actually worked... can't believe I didn't try it yet lol. Thanks!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Teo032:
the link i posted isn't the manual zip file. I posted the exe file that would automatically install the drivers in for plug and play use. But if your usb slow works then you have the drivers. I would suggest using USBdeview and uninstalling everything that has like HTC in it because it sounds like your other usb slots have a bad install when you connected your phone. It takes awhile for the drivers to install when you connect your phone.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xepter Keedas:
Hi,

I'm running Doomv8 with zerojay's zerorom v0.4. I have flashed it several times and wiped it and all that but the problem still persists. None of the four buttons (back, home, menu, search) work anywhere in the phone. The Playstation buttons work though which is weird. Any solutions? Using a GSM Play

Thanks guys
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
You need to make sure setup wizard is in /system/app/
[G2 and Desire Z General] juanshop:
So I have acouple of other phones, and they all have great wifi reception, but with my g2.. even when I'm next to the router... I still don't get full reception... any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z General] arsonist63086:
Are u using any custom rom.l or stock rom?.. I have the week wifi with cyanogen rom's .. also the antennas on the phone are not in good places so in landscape mode while covering the top of the phone wifi signal drops no matter wat rom you use
[G2 and Desire Z General] juanshop:
I'm using cyanogen... and well never tried another room, you think it might be it?
[G2 and Desire Z General] s14mc:
yep, i think cyanogen has lower wifi volts than stock so u get less range.

i made a barebones stripped ROM based on the newest tmo OTA, i made optimizations to get better battery life, and stripped tons out to get the most ram possible, and keep the ui fast and snappy.

my newest version 1.3, offers the best battery life in any rom that i have ever used, its super fast (no need for OC), offers the most free ram and is located here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324616

give it a try!
[G2 and Desire Z General] juanshop:
Ah nice will sure be giving it a try!
[G2 and Desire Z General] yogi2010:
I have thought that CyanogenMod has a bit weaker wifi reception, but I believe it also suffers another bug: the wifi icon will often go dark even when you have a full signal... So I think looking at the icon can be deceiving. Mine will go dark, looking like a bad connection, but will indeed work just fine.
[G2 and Desire Z General] amp:
To add make sure the setting under Wireless Networks > Wi-Fi Settings > [menu] > Advanced > Wi-Fi Sleep Policy is at your preference for when the wifi turns off at screen sleep.
[G2 and Desire Z General] juanshop:
So nope still not fixed tried the from, same. :( any other ideas? Or there's any way to up the voltages ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkleinrodick:
Hey all,

Sorry but I'm new at rooting and android in general. I just picked up a transformer for black friday and am debating rooting it. I was wondering if nvflash will work with my tablet (B90...sbkv2) and if not, if you have any idea if/when it will be made to work with it. I don't want to root and flash another rom onto the tablet if there's a large risk of bricking it. Also, I was just wondering in general what the chances are for bricking a tablet by flashing a rom.

Thanks a lot!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanderd17:
NvFlash won't work, but the guide below works without problems. There is little chance of bricking it, but the chance still exists.

TBH, I have never seen someone with a completely bricked tablet due to software reasons. Software problems are fixable in most cases, altough it can take a few days to find the right fix.

One legal notice: I won't pay if you brick your tablet, so you don't have to believe me. And rooting will probably break the warranty.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347388
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtc42:
I was wondering about this too. I have a B90 and my biggest concern is if flashing a custom ROM glitches and messes up recovery.

It happened on my phone recently, and I was stuck with no recovery or firmware but luckily had an equivalent of NVFlash. I'd be worried if I didn't have this available, just in case.

How is CWM installed? Is it likely to become damaged or lost? Or is it deeper embedded to stop that from happening?

I really wanna get a custom ROM on it but I'm absolutely terrified of bricking it given there's no fallback :/
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aic719:
I backed up my efs through Brainmasters auto backup script and I was wondering how I could restore it. My phones running fine. I'm just curious.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sabaramo:
Copy contents of tar file into /efs

Done.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aic719:
Lol I expected it to be a little more complicated that that :-P

Thanks. I'd hit the thanks button. But I'm on Tapatalk. I'll do it when I'm on a computer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] capcanuck:
Yes, i'm a total noob, sorry everyone. I tried to root my T Mobile Galaxy S2 using the Kies/Odin method, and now i'm getting nothing but a screen that says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". I would happily follow those directions, but now Kies won't recognize my device?!?!? I also can not get back into download mode. I have no idea what to do. Is there anyone out there that can help?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] twolfekc:
Can you still turn your phone on and use it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dc iz 2 legit:
He can not use the phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dc iz 2 legit:
Hey I was wondering if u can help my friend out it seems like u were trying to be nice but here's his story he was trying to root his phone I don't know what method but it dud require Odin and some file called Hercules witch I think is cwm but I don't know were he went wrong but now when he tries to boot up it takes him to a black screen that says in red writing Odin mode..product name sgh t898, custom binary: no , current binary Samsung official and below all that there is a phone and yellow warning symbol with it saying firmware upgrade encounter an issue. Please select recovery in kies and try again

my ADR6400L using Tapatalk
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dc iz 2 legit:
This is what he gets is anyone willing to help
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] adv1sory:
All you need to do is flash it using Odin. Grab the stock rom from the general forum of the galaxy s2 and flash it using Odin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wannagofast:
Did/does Odin recognize the phone? If it does then go ahead and flash the stock Odin firmware package and that should take care of the problem. Same thing happenend to me and all you need to do is set everything up just like normal, go into DL mode and give Odin a few seconds to find a com port and hit start...just pretend the warning is not there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] UntamedDeviance:
I have the same thing ...

I was doing a stock upgrade through Kies, and my computer decided to be dumb and install a windows update and restart the computer... I now see the same thing, i had the stock rom, but it was rooted, and when I try to go back in Odin, it never recognizes the phone... Kies won't recognize the phone, neither will Odin... Am I just returning this phone or what?

EDIT: Nevermind, I only bought it 2 days ago, so I just exchanged the phone :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Genesis3:
Yes, you can flash from that screen -- I managed to brick my Vibrant that way a number of times, and as long as you get that screen (or the Android digging screen) it's recoverable. KIES should be able to recover it as should Odin -- if it DOESN'T work turn OFF the computer (all the way off) and restart it then try again.

Samsung's USB drivers have a habit of getting confused and causing flash failures both in KIES and Odin.

Be aware that if you're trying to use KIES and the "latest" firmware is a non-wipe firmware (as the updates from T-Mobile are) it will happily load onto the phone something that will bootloop into the stock recovery and refuse to start! If you get hosed like this you probably need to Odin back to the ORIGINAL firmware so you get a "full" flash, then use KIES (or ODIN) again to perform the update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mrplennium:
Were you able to exchange your device? And if you did, what did the T-Mobile reps ask you? and what did you tell them? I ran into the very same problem. I tried everything but I'm still stuck on that screen. I don't want T-Mobile to think I purposely did something to make the phone that way.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] audscott:
Hope I'm not too late to help: I had same problem and used odin to fix.

Here's what I did:

Download stock kernel in tar form from the Android devel forum. Start odin, click check box in PDA, click PDA button then select the kernel you just downloaded.

Insert usb into your phone (I left my cord connected to my computer). Start phone in download mode (up+down keys). Once it's started ib DL mode, unplug the usb cord, then after just a few moments plug it in again. If necessary, let it set a few moments until Odin recognizes the device (yellow stripe in id:com to the upper left), now click start in odin.

That fixed my problem. After that I read and reread everything I could get my hands on, but I think I tried flashing a i1900 kernel.....big duh to me, but maybe I'm not that dumb after all!! But, soon after I was able to root, and have flashed several custom ROMs since my little bump in the road.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] UntamedDeviance:
Yeah, I just walked in, brought my receipt and box, and told them I needed a new phone because mine bricked while doing a stock update...they were happy to do it... every one there knew I had previously rooted it as well...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AznDud333:
i used this method to root my phone, you need to use odin and flash a new rom
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] parelem:
Took mine to a store, they didn't have any white kits in stock so they told me to call and tell them that it doesn't turn on, got a replacement ordered without having to troubleshoot over the phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Master&Slave™:
Had that happen the first day I got the device trying to root up. Accdently pulled usb while updating. All i did was Hold VOL UP + DOWN And Plug usb in and download mode came right back up and started the process all over again.

It was a success as.

M&S
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chicamama:
Worked!

Thank you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] djjohnthomas:
Overseas and very stressed!!

i had a problem updating -- same error message "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" -- kies can NOT connect to my device. ODIN will not install ICS.. ODIN will not install GINGERBREAD either...

i have the SGH-T989 (t-mobile GS2)

nothing will update. i can't back out to revert to the gingerbread OS i was running previously...

can anyone help me out?

email direct or respond here... thanks for anyone's help
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] atilla88:
have the same problem

tried to downgrade from ics to 2.3.6 and odin gived me a fail message,after that nothing works i i connect it to the charger it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue.please select recovery mode in kies and try again.

but kies doesn`t recognize me and odin neither.

i can go to download mode with my jig but like i said odin does not give me the yellow symbol.....

is it bricked???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
we don't have ICS... so I'm not sure if you're in the correct section. is your phone's variant the t-mobile t989 hercules s2?

don't do anything with kies, go to download/odin mode and flash a fresh download of whatever you messed up on... or I would just flash a complete stock ROM.. the ones ending with ".tar.md5".. that should save your phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] atilla88:
i used a ics rom from xda and my phone is a european s2 without branding,i just saw this thread here and posted my problem.

like i said odin didn`t recognizes me so i can`t flash anything...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
rootzwiki.com/topic/16727-howto-restore-stock-rom-recover-bad-flashes/page__fromsearch__1

It is worth a shot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
european??? i'm not sure on this one.. but it might be the i9100 and not the t989?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] atilla88:
i`m sorry guys,i just saw that i`m in the wrong section.

i have the normal galaxy s2 not the t989

thanks for your help anyway
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] syedfaz26:
Hello All,

I wanted to restore my tmobile galaxy s2 t989 using odin with stock T989UVKID_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL594724_REV00.tar.md5 and in the process i removed the battery as odin was not moving and i tried to unplug and replug the cables. Now when i try to put it in download mode, and i press volume up to continue, as soon as i hit continue odin recognize my phone com4 and i have the T989UVKID_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL594724_REV00.tar.md5 file loaded under PDA but before i hit start my phone screen shows firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery in Kies and try again. While on the other hand odin starts but stuck at this message<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> boot.img

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

The top ODIN box shows BOOT and its been like that for 30 min, is it normal , will the rom take long to get installed?I am lost and scared thinking that i have lost my phone. please help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
So does your phone get into download mode or is it the error page. You need to get into download mode. Either keep trying or use a jig.it should not take more than 30 minutes
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cr0wz:
hi all, when am stuck at <ID:0/004> SetupConnection.....

what does that mean ??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] abshie:
Samsung S2 Firmware upgrade error

I had the same problem and I have installed firmware back using Odin 1.85. No issues after installation.

For Connection Error you need to upgrade KIES to latest version which will replace your computer USB driver and need to restart the PC.

Once restarted you can plugin and run Odin 1.85 and flash new firmware. Official or Custom works fine without any problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blankit:
at the end when trying to flash stock stock kernel it says complete(write) operation failed can someone please help me?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zhandele:
I Have the Same Problem

I'm having the same problem. I'm stuck at exactly the same screen that's shown in one of the posts of this thread.

So far I think I know the cause (it'll happen if the connection is interrupted while the phone is in download mode ... that "warning" under the picture of Andy digging, is warning you against just this danger).

But I don't know how to do fix it.

When I try to flash using ODIN, here's what I get:

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I tried this on two different computers, one a laptop running Windows XP 64-bit, the other a desktop running Windows 7. Same result. One post on this thread suggesting powering off and up again, I'll try that ... but right now on my latest try, I'm stuck at "setup connection" and it's been there for more than 15 minutes. Is there any chance it might still work? I suspect it's in some kind of loop, it surely would've finished by now if it were going to.

Could Gremlin Remover help in any way?

BTW, I found another page on this board

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1513359&highlight=+firmware+upgrade+encountered+an+issue+

... which suggests going back to stock. I did what it suggested, which involved some long slow downloads, but in the end, the result was the same.

One page I found suggested I could get into download mode by using adb, but my command prompt doesn't recognize that.

I don't think I can take the phone back, it's three months old, and I did try to root it ... but I'm thinking of getting a new phone.

Any ideas?

Kindly, R
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manuelb3:
Possible solution

Look in this foro.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
No no no its ok lol I had this exact same thing happen to me, what u need to do is find a twrp recovery tar and flash that with odin while in download mode, it will root and put open source recovery on phone to which u can flash rom of your choice, if u want it back to stock do above, flash rom boot phone and then odin back to stock with correct firmware..if u need help I will help u