[Galaxy S II Android Development] GaboWinter:
FAQ v2.3

FAQ for v2.3

INDEX:

⊗ General Issues ⊗​

Extended steps to install the ROM

I'm have a several battery draining ¿Why?

¿Where are the Call Recording?

¿Where are the Radio FM?

¿Where are the files of my External SD?

¿Ok, but then how set my External SD like "external_sd" instead of "emmc"?

The lights of capacitive (menu and back) buttons doesn't work properly ¿What can i do?

The vibration intensity for pulsations it's to hard ¿How can reduce that?

I'm set the 'Honeycomb' lockscreen and now i can't unlock the phone ¿What can i do?

If i set the lockscreen pattern my lockscreen wallpaper dissapear ¿What can i do?

¿How can i change the bootanimation?

¿How can i change the font of the ROM?

¿Why the dock audio setting it's not included?

¿How can i use the Theme Chooser?

Extended explanation of the permissions (to .apk's for example)

A little help with the images of your .mp3

My signal it's not the best so, i wanna change of Modem ¿Where i can find a good one?

⊗ Issues of v2.3 ⊗​

After the installation ¿Where are Gtalk?

The Play Store doesn't show all my installed apps ¿What can i do?

I can't get the USB connection on my MAC ¿What can i do?

I have duplicates on the files for my music and images ¿What can i do?

¿Where are the Default and Pitchblack Theme Apps?

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⊗ General Issues ⊗​

« Extended steps to install the ROM

The steps on the OP are very clear but apparently some users miss some things or can't get a properly installation so, here are the extended steps (personally i'm always use this method):

Before of start please remember: If you have / wanna do a Titanium Backup the only safe things to restore when you flash a new version or a ROM are the non-system stuff and of course your apps, the non-system stuff are write in Green text, but just restore the data not the app (Examples: SMS - APN - Bookmarks - Alarms) about your apps, write on White you need restore the app+data. Please never restore the system stuff, write in Red text, this can cause FC's and other bad behavior. After make your restore please reboot!

Another recordatory: It's recommended that before of flash any ROM, you made a backup of your EFS folder, this folder contains information about the IMEI, MAC, and other sensitive stuff of your phone, the suggestion it's use EFSPro app from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546 or you can use KTool from the Play Store, it's not enough made a copy/paste from your original folder...Information provided by raja.7k and Pigmachine

Reboot into recovery

Wipe Data / Factory Reset

Install the Main ROM

In recovery go to Advanced

Wipe Dalvik Cache

Fix Permissions

Wipe Cache Partition

Reboot

If at the first boot you can't do the configuration of the google account, skip this step and continue

When you boot into the system, it's probably that you don't have data enabled (3g, H+) just reboot

When you boot again into the system the data will be enable and you can do the configuration of Google Account (if you don't do this before)

This is the moment for install all the extras like themes, fix's, kernels, etc.

Enjoy!!!

« I'm have a several battery draining ¿Why?

The user dave7802 give us a very good explanation in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24725659&postcount=20229

Of course that it's not everything, the kernel has a lot to do in this issue, after read the feedback of the users i think that the top for better battery is:

CM9 Kernel

Siyah Kernel

Thoravukk Kernel

Fluxi Kernel

But remember this is very subjective, all depends of your customization, if you want more info. about Governors, Kernels, Voltages, etc. please read this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369817

and if you want one example of a nice configuration on Siyah (for the version v3.2b8) check here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25759129#post25759129

« ¿Where are the Call Recording?

Unfortunately Call Recording it's imposible to port to AOKP, but are alternatives, you can use the app 'Personal Call and Voice Recorder' https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.soundmobilesystems.android.recorder

Thanks to quijote1 for the suggestion.

« ¿Where are the Radio FM?

Since the v1.2 Resurrection Remix ROM is partially based on AOKP and the Radio can't be included, the most used option it's Spirit FM app, you can download here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mikersmicros.fm_li or visit the original post of his creator http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1059296

« ¿Where are the files of my External SD?

This time the manage the external sd it's different way, now the external SD it's called /emmc, there are your files. You can access to this folder with any file explorer (even the stock one). Just open the file manager, select the "mnt" button, the one between the Home icon and SD icon. Inside you'll find emmc.

« ¿Ok, but then how set my external SD like "external_sd" instead of "emmc"?

You can test this app made by gundalbert: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25933286&postcount=30625

or you can check this post courtesy of lbsonic:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24983708&postcount=23071

If you have troubles with the featured methods, at reboot the problem persists and you can't see anything on external_sd, please check this post by ggs2:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25000922&postcount=23230

« The lights of capacitive buttons [Menu and Back] doesn't work properly ¿What can i do?

You can adjust the behavior with the combo of Siyah Kernel + ExTweaks app when you have it, just go to the BLN tab and configure it.

« The vibration intensity for pulsations it's to hard ¿How can reduce that?

By default it's not possible, but you can deactivate the vibration on Settings -> Sound.

Also, if you are user of Siyah Kernel then you could reduce that via ExTweaks app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.darekxan.extweaks.app

Or if you are using Fluxi Kernel you can tweak this feature too.

Please remember, ExTweaks only works with Siyah Kernel and Dorimanx Kernel

« I'm set the 'Honeycomb' style lockscreen and now i can't unlock the phone ¿What can i do?

The best that you can do it's choose another lockscreen mode, but if you are stuck yet, you can unlock the phone swipe to up the icon, even that you can't see an icon the phone will be unlocked if something happen and this not helps you then just send an email to you or call from another phone, anything that sends you a notification will unlock the phone so you could go to settings and make the change.

« If i set the lockscreen pattern as method of unlock my lockscreen wallpaper dissapear ¿What can i do?

First of all, not dissapear just show the same wall that in homescreen, but the point is, ¿why i can't have a personalized wallpaper and the pattern working?

That's because you set the lockscreen wallpaper with ROM Control settings and the pattern with the 'normal' settings, this ones 'substitute' the settings of ROM control and as we can't set lockscreen wallpaper from 'normal' settings it's not possible have the combo!

On the changelog of AOKP B33 says that this feature it's fully working, unfortunately wes experimented some troubles to making work, we hope soon the update to have the full functionality in this setting ;)

« ¿How can i change the bootanimation?

For the bootanimations featured on the Mirrors Index i make flashable files through recovery too, so this is one option ;)

The othe one. First of all i know that are many apps on Play Store that let us make this change but, in the same way that with DPI i like the manual mode, i prefer make the changes myself whenever i can, so here are the steps:

Make a backup of the original Bootanimation file it's on the path /system/media and it's call bootanimation.zip

Download the animation that you want, on the mirrors index are many of them: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27370293&postcount=45615

Rename the file that you download to bootanimation.zip (in case that the name was different)

Copy the bootanimation.zip to your SD card

Copy the file to the path /system/media, this process need to be made with some file explorer that let you change the permissions from 'Read Only' to 'Read and Write' (i'm always working with Root Explorer)

Replace the original bootanimation.zip with the one that you download

Reboot and it's done

« ¿How can i change the font of the ROM?

Unfortunately there no are a default setting to make this change, but you can do it with the combo of ROM Toolbox https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolbox and Font Installer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.font.installer

thanks to PatrickWu for the tip!

« I want a different theme for the ROM, ¿Where i can find one?

Just take a look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1620990

« ¿Why the dock audio setting it's not included?

Unfortunately this feature it's not supported on AOKP ROM's we have to wait one update from the Kang Team

« ¿How can i use the Theme Chooser?

Just go to the follow thread, there you find the links to all the themes that exists for this feature, all with the instructions on they own thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1643406

« Extended explanation of the permissions (to .apk's for example)

Check this useful post of Pigmachine: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26674892#post26674892

or this one by bajee11: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26686715&postcount=37802

« A little help with the images of your .mp3

Take a look on this great post by Pigmachine: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26672889&postcount=37583

« My signal it's not the best so, i wanna change of Modem ¿Where i can find a good one?

You can go here: http://www.veyka.co.uk/radios/ and here http://obihoernchen.net/downloads/?dir=SGS2 Modems

Just remember give at least 2 days to the new modem to judge the performance

⊗ Exclusive Issues of v2.3 ⊗​

« After the installation ¿Where are Gtalk?

Take a look on this post by Pigmachine to have it: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27384810&postcount=45849

If you want more easily the themes check here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27396060&postcount=46073

Or you can take a look on this post by neerajganga: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27405977&postcount=46183

« The Play Store doesn't show all my installed apps ¿What can i do?

EDIT: Please take a look on this renewed post by Pigmachine too: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27423165&postcount=46335

Take a look on this great post by Pigmachine: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27381332&postcount=45789 if that solution doesn't work (honestly i don't think so) <- (here i'm talking about that it's very rare that not work, it's the best solution) then follow this post courtesy of DeltaSync to solve the issue: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27129103&postcount=42856

If still don't works please check this post by MyLifeRocks10: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26156845&postcount=31743

« I can't get the USB connection on my MAC ¿What can i do?

Please go to this post by rootingdestroyer: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27297032&postcount=44762

« I have duplicates on the files for my music and images ¿What can i do?

You can check this useful post by THE RED BLUR: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26662413&postcount=37479

If don't works then check this one by neerajganga: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27076297&postcount=42226

« ¿Where are the Default and Pitchblack Theme Apps?

Both themes are included on the AROMA installer but, if after flash the ROM you want shift between them with an "easy" way, take a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27396060&postcount=46073

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