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[Galaxy S II General] zemariaabreusantos:
Good Morning everybody (at least for me)! I have had both Kp8 and Cm9 and I must say that CM9 is running much more smoother than Kp8! There are no Fc's (exept when you try to film with the camera that does not work) and there are some minor bugs (Fc when speaking in the market search tab instead of writing)

Faceunlock works llike a charm and there is no lag whatsoever. the biggest issue is youtube playback where the colors are funny looking.

I highly recomend Cm9 over KP8

And Battery life is goob as well!!
[Galaxy S II General] :
Have you tried uploading yout backup yet? Meanwhile, I tried replacing some apps, too: It works for

Launcher2 (of course),

Music,

Browser,

Gallery,

MMS,

but not (unfortunately) for

Contacts

Phone

Maybe I will try some more later. Looks like we will have to skin

Framework,

SystemUI,

Settings,

Phone,

Contacts

by hand! :rolleyes:

Too bad I don't have much time right now :(
[Galaxy S II General] daanish:
is it available for india ?
[Galaxy S II General] planetf1:
SOme notes from earlier

- switched to the nova (stock based) launcher

- used cf-root kernel (for root)

- most apps installed working (except for "My vodafone" which fails)

- no iplayer/itv player listed in market :-( - got a few occurances of apps not responding and being killed (ie settings)

- yesterday had quite a lot (8?) reboots, though with things setup more stable now (2 today?)

- finding browser scrolling "slow". Not so much laggy/not smooth, just with poor kinetic acceleration. probably tuning.

- Signal indicator only shows 3G/2G at full strength, though stats confirm hspa is ok, and signal level does vary. Data transfer arrows also obscured

- New task manager takes some getting used to

- settings-> battery shows "battery usage data not available". System summary stats from BBS are also incorrect in terms of timings.

- if in app, and screen blanks, hitting home takes me back to launcher, not app (could be a nova issue)

- after unplugging at around 0730, power at 12:30 is down to 64% (2000 mAh battery). screen ontime 1 hr or so. That's HIGH drain and may be a reason to back off to gingerbread - going to track further in case it's a reporting error giving the dodgy numbers I'm seeing

- kernel stats/BBS seem to show very low "awake" numbers when idling -- great news, so not sure where battery drain is coming from. Radios perhaps.

Since writing that at 1326 battery was still at 63%, and after a little use is now at 61% -- I'd noticed I had left a lot of apps running, so the power drain may well have been something in particular running. So won't panic and remove just yet.
[Galaxy S II General] Hidr0*:
This one is for I9100 not variants, sorry
[Galaxy S II General] Synman:
Been running 4.0.3 since yesterday.

Same issues others are reporting. Not sure if I can stay with it and touchwiz totally ruins the ICS experience.
[Galaxy S II General] hack_er4:
cannot able to start the phone in download mode help???
[Galaxy S II General] adinnc:
Which one is stable 4.0.1 or 4.0.3 ?

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try pressing volume down+ power+ home key at the same time.
[Galaxy S II General] xalaras:
4.03 is more stable, but both are alpha builds
[Galaxy S II General] hack_er4:
currently on

android 4.0.3

i9100xxkp8

kernel 3.0.13

and i want to revert back to GB but i cant able to boot my phone in download mode.

I tried pressing Volume down+home key+power but it always boots normally...:(

is there any thing through which i can boot into download mode...please help?
[Galaxy S II General] xalaras:
another app that is not working is viber..
[Galaxy S II General] hack_er4:
Finally I am able to boot the device in download mode by using S2root_1.5.1

:)
[Galaxy S II General] planetf1:
Getting far too many spontaneous reboots (kernel panics I assume).

Unfortunately /proc/last_kmesg -- which might give at least a clue for any workarounds, isn't present . I'm not familiar with it, though I am with kernel messages on linux, so it might have been nice to see.

I've disabled various packages, unconfigured various options, but the reboots persist. The system can stay idle for hours, but interacting can quickly prompt a crash

Going to try with adb (adb bugreport?) later, but without any clues, or a further build I think it's getting close to time to put the pretty KP8 on hold and get back to a usable phone.

The good news is I suspect we're not that far away from a very usable build...
[Galaxy S II General] celeritykid:
sorry if this has been asked somewhere, but i cant find any thread or post that teach me how to capture screen shot in xxkp8. had tried holding home and power like in previous GB room but nothing seems to be happening. anyone can tell me how to capture screen shot in xxkp8?
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
Power and volume down.
[Galaxy S II General] das.dian24:
Hi guys, im kinda curious..im from philippines and just wanna ask if this is compatible to any baseband version?
[Galaxy S II General] antipesto93:
Looking good so far,

the only problems i have found:

-3g signal ICON only, no H icon

-signal bars always full

-random crashes/mini reboots / kernal panics i think, i think it only happens when an application force closes / stopps responding?

-the Software Update notification wont go away
[Galaxy S II General] MoeKz:
I'm flashing with Odin but it's very slow. I'm flashing all files (including the PIT file) and Odin isn't really doing much. The phone is in Download mode and the progress bar is both on the phone and my computer but the bar isn't moving. It didn't freeze but just not moving. Maybe 15-20 minutes now. Is it supposed to take this long? BTW, the message log is stuck at "<ID:0/007> factoryfs.img"
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Flash one only code xxxxxx low ship tar as PDA .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] MoeKz:
Ended up taking a risk by removing the battery. I was able to put it back into download mode and tried the exact same again and thankfully worked out fine. Thanks for the reply though
[Galaxy S II General] planetf1:
Gone back to my 2.3.6 nandroid backup (KL1 + speedmod k2-18).

The kernel panics were far far too frequent, and definately some concerns with power usage intermittently.

Otherwise it was fine to use -- indeed more pretty and fun, but those 2 core aspects just weren't up to it for me.

Will keep an eye out for the next build (I have a nandroid too)
[Galaxy S II General] MoeKz:
Great ROM, not having reboot issues. Just a very unfortunate FC issue with the Face Unlock feature.

Just a quick question - is there a way to get stock apps? I installed Trebuchet launcher by the CM9 team and it's awesome but yeah, stock ICS apps?
[Galaxy S II General] zemariaabreusantos:
Flash CM9 ;) you'll get the stock apps. Plus it's more stable! Biggest issue is no USB and no video recording :/ but still beats the crap out of kp8 :)
[Galaxy S II General] rj3005:
PERSONALLY i much prefer kp8 above cm9....
[Galaxy S II General] gwak:
Re software updater I deleted using Titanium backup.
[Galaxy S II General] gwak:
I have been using 4.03 for over a day now. I can call text ok, I use adw ex as a launcher, better than tw imho. Only thing I noticed apart from a couple of freeze ups is the battery. It seems to drain, quite quickly . I am recalibrating my battery at the moment, so I hope that I see a better picture tomorrow. If anyone has any ideas about battery drain, can you let me know?
[Galaxy S II General] mehmet0007:
teşekkür ederim.
[Galaxy S II General] cae.dev:
ICS Apps

Installed this evening and so far really pleased with the results. Everything seems to be working ok so I think i'll stick with it for the time being.

Not sure if this is a stupid question, but is there a reason why the several of the ICS features aren't in the KP8 build? Things like the gallery, notification area and app drawer all look as they did in 2.3.x rather than the nice looking counterparts which I've seen in the screenshots for ICS.

Cheers

Chris
[Galaxy S II General] minty1978:
The app drawer is the same because it is touchwiz. If you install an ics launcher, out get the new style app draw. I am using the nova launcher. It is this site. Just search and you should find it.
[Galaxy S II General] imatrix:
I have an AU Vodafone SGS2 (KJ1), I have a few question:

1. Can I flash XXKP8 by following exact instruction above? then Afterwards shall I flash the original model KJ1 and root it? or

2. Shall I use KJ1 from the start then root it?
[Galaxy S II General] cae.dev:
I'm using ADW Ex and after posting realised why the launcher/app draw is different! Are the other apps yet to be updated then?
[Galaxy S II General] szabolcski:
How to fix battery problem? 5-6 hour and empty.
[Galaxy S II General] edved:
I'm impressed. Was initially holding my breath during the install, but it's been a mostly smooth transition!

Great work!
[Galaxy S II General] reidefors82:
Installed over a stock ROM.

How to install CWM now? Have 4.03
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
Flash CF-root.
[Galaxy S II General] theickleone:
I seem to be having problems with the Calendar FC on me most of the time I try to load it. Most apps I've used seem to work. I also came across problems with TW launcher, but now using ADW ex and working fine.

Anyone else having Calendar issues?

Using KP8 - Rooted CF kernal
[Galaxy S II General] krazykat:
Nope. Using default tw. Works fine. Kp8.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] namanbansal:
totally crap release..

too many FCs..

face unlock doesnt work..

usb mass storage too...

creepy lock screen...

moving back to KL1..

make a nandroid backup before flashing.. you wont regret it later..
[Galaxy S II General] RecursiveLoop:
I'm having calendar issues too, Gmail calendar doesn't sync and the calendar app crashes periodically.
[Galaxy S II General] gantscha:
Hate it...

Honestly I really do like ICS BUT this just looks and feels like 3.2 ... As long as there are no default ICS apps in it i stay on MIUI.

Does anybody know how to avoid the Samsung apps and design - just plain nice ICS anyone?
[Galaxy S II General] Armoredfist:
why would any1 want a stock ICS rom?... btw this doesn't even look like android 4.0.x.. just looks like the original gingerbread stock rom of SGS II
[Galaxy S II General] killall:
@gantscha Try CM9, AOSP with no Sammy bloatware
[Galaxy S II General] belfegord:
CF-Root XXKP8 Rooted Kernel

Bonjour a tous

Petit probleme j'ai flashé mon gsm avec I9100XXKP8 mais le lien pour telecharger

CF-Root XXKP8 Rooted Kernel ne fonctionne pas.

Quelqu'un peut m'aider

Merci
[Galaxy S II General] rawfa:
JIG not working

After I´ve installed ICS I´ve used the USB Jig to zero the count but when I plug it on my GS2 the msg saying that the count is being erased doesn´t show up.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II General] killall:
ICS uses a different Bootloader which doesn't allow the jig to reset the counter.

You have to go back to GB to reset :(

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Forum rules: Post in English only. (try Google Translate)
[Galaxy S II General] rathian:
You can flash the old bootloader provided by Intratech with ODIN... i guarantee it works... then u can use the jig to reset the counter... there is no need to flash back the new firmware... i did so myself and i'm running KP8 on old bootloader n no issues....
[Galaxy S II General] Piyoosh_Singh:
Thanks

Thanks Samfire for leak.:D
[Galaxy S II General] rawfa:
Sorry, but what is the bootloader?
[Galaxy S II General] jinan:
I guess I violated forum rules by responding to a post in French, hence deleted...
[Galaxy S II General] belfegord:
CF-Root XXKP8

Hello all

Small problem I flashed my phone with I9100XXKP8 but the link to download

CF-Root XXKP8 Rooted Kernel does not work.

Can someone help me

thank you
[Galaxy S II General] hariharan022:
I don't think the SGS2 in India is a variant (the phone model is GT-I9100 only). I'm running XXKP8 on mine right now and it works fine.
[Galaxy S II General] ngokula:
USB Jig & 3x4 keypad

USB jig no longer work to reset counter and remove yellow triangle after updating to KP8 :(

also, 3x4 keypad mode in Portrait doesn't know letters :p
[Galaxy S II General] hariharan022:
I'm using XXKP8 on BSNL in India and it works fine (barring some minor bugs of course). At the very least, calls, messages, data, everything works.
[Galaxy S II General] Soniboy84:
For me it is quite horrible. The battery drain is unacceptable, I lost 40% in 2 hours of basically doing nothing. Lots of applications are freezing or not working, the UI is very laggy too. It will be an awesome system, the UI looks really neat(somehow similar to Honeycomb), but it's just not ready yet.

Going back to Gingerbread..
[Galaxy S II General] ant987:
Yeah, I tried XXKP8 and I had a terrible battery drain!

Plus, I had a lot of problems with the launcher!

In many occasions, when I press back from the menu, I get no homescreen! Only background image, and I have to restart the phone :(
[Galaxy S II General] Faryaab:
Do you guys want a Custom ROM based on KP8 with

With Most Samsung Apps Removed

Flashable through CWM

Pre-Rooted

BusyBox included

CM9 Launcher

Stock Gallary

Stock Music

Some Tweaks

??
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Major problem with this leak is that the majority of users are noobs that dont have a clue yet rush to install this leaked Alpha test release .

jje

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The answer would be only if its stable .

LA 1 rom might be better .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Soniboy84:
nt987: Had the same problem, but now its gone for some reason. Now I have constant force closes. I really will miss this rom, I like the higher resolution UI, and the Honeycomb feel!
[Galaxy S II General] loverhime:
I have updated to xxkp8 from zski3, seems so far so good.

Actually I know it has few of bugs but not really critical.

I flashed xxkp8 and restored my apps by TB 4.6.7 pro.

Some of it will be FC, but you can reinstall it and the FC will be gone.

Not many apps doesn't support ICS.

FYI.

BTW, I am using go launcher EX and I can playing GTA3 V1.2 on it.
[Galaxy S II General] Cro0707:
Sure.

I'm thinking that most of hangs and FC's are coused by new TW.
[Galaxy S II General] planetf1:
Though I still had plenty of reboots even with tw replaced by nova. At least doing that avoided the tw hangs
[Galaxy S II General] mezaetos:
From my experience with a Nexus S, after you do the update to ICS try to make a full factory reset, maybe this will make a difference with some bugs and the battery drain.
[Galaxy S II General] Subbie171:
I think so too. Though Trebuchet (CM9 launcher) isn't much better (it's too early) so I'm running stock launcher, no problems so far. Haven't had one reboot yet, only a few crashes here and there.

About battery drain: install Cpu Spy from the market and keep checking it to see if your phone is going into deep sleep or not. Some apps hang in the back draining your battery, you can see which ones using betterbatterystats (free on xda, paid app on the market)
[Galaxy S II General] nat510:
I think nova is better than CM9 Launcher
[Galaxy S II General] Soniboy84:
I got social hub force close on me, than my battery got better. 10% for 1 hour, with average texting and messaging. On 3g.

Hm... maybe I'll keep it after all? I love these new animations and ui elements! :D

Btw, can't see NOVA on the market, is it on this name?!

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Oh, and btw I've never opened social hub! It was creeping in the background.
[Galaxy S II General] szabolcski:
How to fix battery to go into deep sleep?
[Galaxy S II General] carloslopescj:
I want to have the Galaxy Nexus SMS layout on my Galaxy SII running 4.0.3 cf-rootKP8.

Is it possible?
[Galaxy S II General] Nocents:
Hey Guys,

I installed this KP8 overtop of a GB ROM I had previouslly installed, It's been decent but just not really a daily for me. I never did a nandroid backup before I installed this.

Now If I just want to go back to a previous GB ROM can I just flash it from CWM and it will be fine?

I don't care about loosing any settings or contacts or applications.

Thanks for any reply's!
[Galaxy S II General] carloslopescj:
Install the correct Kernel for that ROM and flash it from CWM :)
[Galaxy S II General] Faryaab:
Kernel is already included in the PDA file so flashing kernel separately is not needed.
[Galaxy S II General] biffsmash:
Hi,

Got this working great (KP8 4.0.3), just wondered if anyone knew how to get rid of the update notification to install updates? As clicking later, it just comes back lol.

cheers
[Galaxy S II General] gwak:
Removed it with titanium backup
[Galaxy S II General] Colliebudz:
http://www56.multiupload.com:81/fil...E8A39B8CCCCC5A3A54E/faceunlock-6.0-IML74K.zip

this little zip made faceunlock work like a dream! try try try lol

FLASH THRU RECOVERY YA!!!

found it on here! props to you who made it!

cm9 also contains a faceunlock.zip congrats too that crew! amazing!
[Galaxy S II General] karthik.shreeram:
Facing lot of "FC", will wait for offical version, can you please guide me or provide link on how to roll back to KL1 (tried using the GT-I9100_INU_I9100XWKL1_I9100ODDKL1_I9100DDKL1, faced problems while booting) need help please
[Galaxy S II General] netkab:
Restore to XXKI3 with pit and all the shizzle, then update to DDKL1
[Galaxy S II General] Soniboy84:
I posted this question to the relevant topic, but got no answer. I'd appreciate any help.

I came from one of the official O2 Gingerbread(the latest official Kies updated version) to Ice cream sandwich, then I realised it's in alpha state, so I want to get back to it.

Which version is the best for battery life and reliability?

XWKE2 Stock

XWKF3 Stock or

XWKJ1 Stock?

Do I lose warranty if I flash any of these via Odin?

Thank you for your answers!
[Galaxy S II General] biffsmash:
Double post ignore
[Galaxy S II General] killall:
I lolled at your username and avatar, either nebkat has opened a new profile, or you are the ultimate fanboi :D
[Galaxy S II General] biffsmash:
Eek no way to get rid of update notification without rooting then? :-(
[Galaxy S II General] zabihjan:
first impressions of KP8

i like the new setup screen

better settings menu order

looks better

Gmail app is fantastic for ics

i dont like the new google maps

the rom itself is pure Alpha, doesnt have many FCs but hangs alot

the rom is no way for daily use yet

Hopefully samsung will listen to its customers and provide two launchers one pure ICS and one touchwiz both optimised for galaxy s2.

It is a shame it has Touchwiz on top.... the trouble is Samsung optimises the touchwiz launcher so much that no other launcher feels as smooth as touchwiz. i just dont like the look of TW.
[Galaxy S II General] cae.dev:
is there any reason why I wouldn't be able to downgrade to XWKI4 (2.3.4) that I had on before? I tried putting it in download mode, loading the tar in the odin pda section and flashing but it failed once and I'm a bit worried about doing it again in case I break something!

Should it work by simply flashing the pda bit in ODIN?
[Galaxy S II General] Subbie171:
If CPU spy shows your phone is not going into deep-sleep, run betterbatterystats and investigate the wakelocks.

edit: or simply go in settings - apps and kill everything that is running
[Galaxy S II General] Padillla:
Is there any remote possibility to use this in At&t SGSII (aka i777)??

maybe an Stupid question, but if I missed something pls tell me, I want to feed the hope for this :P
[Galaxy S II General] carloslopescj:
double post, sorry.
[Galaxy S II General] Nocents:
Thank you, I did that and reverted back to a ROM I was using before (Checkrom RevoHD v4), started to set it up with my programs and then noticed my Music was missing from my external SD memory card.

So I had a look with root explorer and under /sdcard/external_SD its blank. So I then connected the S2 to my computer via USB, and if I check my computer ,2 removable disks come up that ask me to put in a disc into the drive.

I took out my external SD card and rebooted and the same thing happens I just get 2 removable disks that show up in my computer, both show 0 space available and 0 space used.

I can view my internal SD via any file browser on my S2 just fine but external_SD is now blank and doesnt appear to be looking at my actuall external SD card at all.

This make any sense?

Thanks again.

EDIT: Also When I'm in CWM and go to 'Choose zip from sdcard' I get " E: Can't mount /sdcard/"
[Galaxy S II General] kiradotee:
Just upgraded to 4.0.3 and rooted my Galaxy S2.

Thanks!

P.S. Btw maybe there is a way to remove yellow triangle at phone startup?
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Yes via the search button >> Yellow Triangle

or even the instructions in the root thread or the FAQ or the GUIDE

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Nocents:
Ok my issue seems to be the SD card itself, when I insert this SD card in my Blackberry, it tells me it has fatal errors, no option to format when in windows either. I then took my Blackberry SD card and put it in my S2 and it reads fine. Is this because of what the ICS firmware did when it installed on my phone or did my SD card just happen to die at the same time?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] onebyside:
I didnt experience any sd card corruption when I tried the alpha
[Galaxy S II General] Nocents:
Hmm... odd, specially the fact I cannot just view my internal memory now from the S2 when I have it connected via USB, like i mentioned in the post a few back, when I connect it to my PC in 'my computer' 2 removable disks show up both of which you cant access ( I never tried to connect it to my pc when KP8 was installed) but could always access it before KP8 was installed from my PC fine.

I'm wondering if it has to do with the MTP that ICS uses ( I thought they removed USB connection in ICS)

EDIT: OK so it was USB debugging being on that caused that issue with the internal not showing on PC, with it off it works fine. The external SD dying at the same time must have been a coincidence.
[Galaxy S II General] rathian:
with regards to using AOSP mms.apk from stock galaxy nexus, i tried that... u r able to open the messaging app... however, you are not able to open individual threads to see the sms... it will jus cause a FC (sometimes system wide)... i read somewhere that it has something to do with a missing column in sammy's implementation of the database... Yes, blame sammy....

EDIT: anyone knows what does MAPServiceSamsung do? Seems like a useless process that keeps starting itself... and i got a FC on it... so wondering if its safe to uninstall... i dun have titanium pro, so i cant exactly experiment myself..
[Galaxy S II General] Illuminatiii_X:
I tried this and went into download mode on my Samsung Galaxy s2 from T MOBILE and the write failed on Odin. So I unplugged and restarted my phone and it was stuck at the Upgrade problem encountered on my phone. So I plugged my phone back in again and tried it again and it failed yet again.

I unplugged my phone. Turned it off.

When I turned it back on, or at least tried. It wouldn't. It won't turn on now and is completely blank. It still won't turn on.

I have tried:

Soft reset

Removing battery for ten minutes.

Booting into recovery mode.

NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

Please help!!!!! This was my first time to root and it went for the worst. This was my christmas present:(
[Galaxy S II General] nukesecurity:
Opps I did It Again...lol...Help Me OB1

i pulled a noob move and started odin to install the ics upgrade not realizing until the last minute before complete that it was for international version only. I tried looking for drivers to allow my win xp to detect my gs2 again but no luck. i can't get anything to recognize my phone or external sd card. i have all stock tars and drivers but odin or klies will not see it...any ideas? Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] zainqaiser:
U are in the wrong forum....u flashed wrong file for the wrong phone....u have a T-mobile s2 and this is international s2 forum....just see if u can go to download mode....if yes then i am sure u'll b able to bring it back alive...