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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pewdle:
Wonder if anyone could help me as I have been thrown a little out of my depth. The story goes .....

Been using Iphone since 1st Gen, skipped the inbetween and then around 6 months ago went for the iphone 4. Just yesterday after watching some of the stuff on siri I was itching to go for the 4S, although it really felt this time against my better judgement. I knew I shouldnt be spending £500 just for a voice assistant, but I was impressed and was only inches from making the purchase.

However something stopped me and for some reason I just kept going back to the other phone I had heard something about, the Galaxy S2. I really didnt know ANYTHING about this phone, but decided to see what it was all about. It only took me a couple of hours to find out that on the surface this seems a far more impressive phone than the 4s.

It already has some voice recognition software, although it doesnt look like its quite up to siri standards, but the fact that you can plug in usb memory sticks, hook it up to the tv with little to no effort, the fantastic screen etc, it seemed too good to be true.

What has happened during all this research however is that I have picked up some information Im not quite sure of the answers to, which is where someone can maybe help me out.

I9100 vs I9100G ? Im going to be purchasing this in the UK probably on the three network. Is there ANY " G " stock in the UK as I would definately prefer the I9100. How can I be sure I get a 9100?

I read something about yellowing on the screen. Is this an issue with certain models or versions that I should be aware of and to try and avoid?

As with anything such as items like the PS3, PSP, is there any later revision I need to avoid during my purchase that cant be rooted or hacked as the other earlier models can?

I bought my iphone factory unlocked but with this I think I am going to take out a network contract, however are these phones easy to unlock unlike the later iphone models and again are there any later revisions where unlocking has become difficult or impossible?

Basically I am just after some friendly advice for someone who has not made the purchase yet. I just dont want to come back on here and someone say " Oh no, you didnt pick up the SGH-2013232-PPZ revision did you????? Your screwed!"

I have never, ever used an andriod phone before, so am completely new, but after clearing the apple mist, It just seems that in particular the SGS2 is definately pulling me away from continuing with my apple related destiny.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

P.S I did have an old username on here but for the life of me cant remember what it was. It dates back to when I used to come on here regarding my XDA Mini S device.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manmad:
Make sure it is the GT-I9100. This phone is great. Had no problems so far. It's as good as iPhone 4s and alot.cheaper! IPhone is heavily overpriced.

Be prepared that it is not the same as an iPhone. Some thinks might be harder to configure. My gf has an iPhone and now wishes she had bought mine because Android can do so much more than ios and because my phone is cheaper while it can do the same
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steve_max:
AFAIK, in Europe you'll be fine. The i9100G is only sold in a couple of markets, such as India.

New phones are fine. I believe that issue happened only on the first models.

As far as you get a i9100, you'll be fine. You can root every single firmware released, keep root through firmware updates, revert bootloaders, etc. This is as much of an open phone as possible, short of a Nexus or Maemo/Meego.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pewdle:
Thanks for the advice. Still pretty nervous about plumping for my first android phone after so long on iphones, but from everything I have seen about the Galaxy S2 it seems to pretty much match the 4s and certainly seems to do things the 4s simply cant touch such as hooking up usb memory sticks and the ease of connecting the device through HDMI to TVs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
It might take a bit of getting used to the Android way compared to the Apple way .

But you can do what you want its your phone and SJ dont tell you what is what .

jje
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinuvali:
I'm getting dropped calls very often on AOSP Roms and never on MIUI since i bought my phone over a year ago.

Could it make a difference if i flash my radio via ADB after flashing a Rom via CWR? Is it there any difference between flashing via ADB or via zip file?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryandroid86:
I have been searching for way to make an apk file. I am currently using titanium back up to retrieve my apps. But I want the ability to send an actually apk to another individual. I tried changing the the extension through my file explorer but that didn't work. Any suggestions or answers? I hope this isn't a noob question. Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ellokomen:
search in market for APK Dumper, works great for me
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] CptanPanic:
I am thinking about upgrading to cm7 but do not want to have to setup all my apps again. Has anyone used titanium backup? Any problems encountered?

Thanks

Cp
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] airmaxx23:
I used it to go from stock to CM7 and it worked fine.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] androidcues:
I would stick with getting the CM7 apps set up one by one *just the system apps and the apps that come stock to CM7* because you are going from two different ROMS and they are almost nothing like the other. So, if I were ton use Titanium Backup I would be using it only on your third party user apps, but thats with a big IF --
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] airmaxx23:
I'm pretty sure he's talking about restoring his downloaded apps.
[Folio 100 General] kastrupfyren:
Would it be possible to dissasemble the folio and rotate the screen by 180 degrees......?

The screens viewfactor is strangely much better turned around
[Folio 100 General] Jon2555:
That's possible. In one thread DerArtem show dissasembled pictures of its Folio 100. Take a look, it's inside general.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angeloarzola:
how do i flash SHIFTAO5P HACK3D V IC3.2.1

ive flashed other roms but it confused me on

INFORMATION: READ THIS!!!!

NO MATTER WHAT ROM YOU ARE COMING FROM... ENABLE A GPS LOCK PRIOR TO FLASHING!!

can someone help me on the steps on how to flash this rom

THANKS!!!

oh and do i have to flash a radio, and how do i do that?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Turd Furguson:
What this means is flash a sense based Rom. Open up Google Maps and verify your position on the map. Once it locks on, use Rom Manager to flash the new Rom.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
Ahhhhhh, ok. This is a great rom, but had gps issues. Will have to try again.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Turd Furguson:
There is a GPS fix that a guy is needing help testing out in the Developer Forum here. Look for it. It only has like 5 replies with me being 3 of them. I haven't had a chance to look at it much. But his GPS fix can be applied to any ROM and added a few more satellites to get you better positioning.
[About XDA developers] dantenow:
So i am new to the forum and thank you for welcoming me to this great resource. i just have a little nit picky thing about the registration, it asked me what continent france is on. the answer to that is obviously eurasia, but the computer only accepted europe. what gives?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] Prashanthme:
### KaRboNandroid v1.0##

A ROM based on Cyanogenmod 7.1-Grif_07.. My first ROM... Came as a newbie now learning things step by step.. Thanks for all dev's and noobs

Features:

Most of the system apps removed.. probably not all but as a custom ROM it features only custom apps.

Loaded=Go sms pro,Go launcher...

Font=ROBOTO

Tweaks:

Tweaks by GadgetCheck v8.5.

Lagfree v2 by slaid

Screenshots not added bcoz its almost same as CM7 but added custom apps...

Coming to the speed thing its lil bit faster than usual as system apps removed(Not all again :P)

U can feel the difference.. battery backup is really good and better.. I got around one day with mod usage..

Bugs:

Most important part of any work is BUGS!! without bugs u cant learn anything..

In this ROM, only one bug is there(if u find any pls lemme know :)) the camera recorder FC's i tried third party apps no use.. Still FC's i ll fix it in next part for sure...

How to Install:

AS simple as that...

WIPE DATA, WIPE CACHE AND WIPE DALVIK CACHE.. Install zip from SDcard!!

WAIT REBOOT,IF U STUCK INTO ANDROID BOOT SCREEN JUST REMOVE THE BATTERY AND PUT IT BACK AND REBOOT..(DUNNO WY IT WORKS THAT WAY:(:( SORRY FOR THAT)

LINK:

http://www.mediafire.com/?7oquajdr1c6k66a

For those who want a customised lockscreen u can get it here..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1312431

To install lockscreen mount system and mount data.. Install zip from sd card.. Reboot enjoy :)

Hit thanks for the lockscreen modder :)

HAPPY TESTING :)

Thanks to:

NIMS11

Emobiox

GRIF_07

ketut.kumajaya

Slaid

GadgetCheck

All dev's

AND ALL NEWBIES..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] Prashanthme:
Future use
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] droidtwoseven:
Thanks for sharing.

First post.

Hope you'll get use with Cam recorder problem.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] Prashanthme:
Ya sure.. I ll find a solution for that soon..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] sahilksk:
Thanx for sharing bro..

Will be flashing it tomorrow..

:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] nico88:
for me it's like all the other 7 cm ...

has nothing else ... rom still good ..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] Prashanthme:
ya its almost cyanogenmod.. But i have added all the tweaks and soe custom apps u needed...

Thanks for the reply ....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] MrChaosDesire:
Good effort! I'm sure there will be more updates to come ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] shriramc4:
Good flashed your ROM found working

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Software Development] lele.in:
Editor 5 Mobile italian version​
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
ive been thinking lately what with the larger amounts of threads with people asking for simlock (network lock) removal why cant we yet? we have s-off and root.;)

ive been looking into how the sensation does it and one method is that on a file on the phone the unlock code is just sitting there waiting to be found! and i dont really know how the other one works, it involves flashing a pg58diag.zip and it seems to remove the sim lock like a xtc clip would.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1232107&highlight=xtc+clip

feel free to correct me if im wrong on this but this makes it look easy. even if we cant find the code surly one of us can make a flashable zip to delete the simlock rules like the xtc clip does!

now ive already looked for the *holy file* with the simlock removal code and its not in the wildfire build (from what i can tell, i dont know if you would need to be on stock firmware or not) but with enough patience maby we could find it. i tried to gett root explorer to scan all the files on my internal memory for my imei code but the app just crashed so i may have to look manually, even then it might be kept in with the hboot, or the radio. who knows :p my point is that surly one of us can crack it? i will try my best and any help would be appreciated:D

thoughts anyone?:cool:
[Wildfire General] Scratch0805:
Good idea that, I've started looking too with root explorer to see if I can find my imei with a code above, according to that guide its in mmcblkop6 which doesn't exist on my phone apparently and theres a lot of files to search through, I've searched for that string with terminal but it couldn't find anything. I also searched for mmcblkop1 through to 9 and nothing showed up then either.

Also my phone was unbranded and unlocked when it was bought so I don't know if this would affect my abilities to help you search for the right file or not as it may or may not even be there.
[Wildfire General] lincsat:
If it helps, the unlock code for my Wildfire was 8 digits long.
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
Thanks for joining the search :-) I'm thinking that the file name probably wont be the same, but the type of file may be in there somewhere. We need to think of a way to dump the whole internal memory as readable files. I tried breifly to open a nandroid but I can't seem to make the image files readable as just files :-( might try and see if I can contact the guys invloved in doing the sensation to see what kind of file we are looking for and how that zip file works. Also I s-offed by xtc clip so who knows if that file is still there for me :-p
[Wildfire General] Slymobi:
I have 2 wildfires available to me,1 rooted,s-off by revolutionary the other untouched stock froyo.both are networked locked. 1st to three UK and 2nd to vodafone UK. If I can be of any help let me know.

"sent from me2u"
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
thanks for the offer man :cool:

so far ive been trying to look inside a nandroid backup to see if i can find it hiding in there somewhere as a nandroid is the whole system i think?? also ive pm`ed dav22 to ask how he stumbled on the file, as maby knowing what kind of file it is might help :D wish me luck :P
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
update

just realised that sdmaid (app) has a function that allows you to search for words and numbers in files so ive told it to search the whole phone. might take a while:D

update. sdmaid took nearly half an hour but it came up with two files but they were both bug reports on the sdcard. i dont know if the searcher looks through the whole phone or just the whole sdcard.....
[Wildfire General] Scratch0805:
http://db.tt/Wl3AtWfG

This will extract from nandroids, extract it to a folder on your pc then drag the system.img etc into the application file.

I just had a quick scan through a system.img but I couldn't see /dev/block anywhere so I'm guessing that partition might be locked away from nandroids backups.
[Wildfire General] Slymobi:
I'm sure I've seen/dev/block lately whilst flashing different cwm versions through terminal!! Does this help? Maybe the files are in recovery!

"sent from me2u"
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
ive tried that but it wont open all file types. it wont open the boot for example. ive found something called droid explorer that allows me to search through all the files on the phone through my desktop, so im trying with that for the meantime.

also ive had another though, if some was good enough with the terminal would they not be able to tell the phone to look in its files and folders for the imei number? ive tried but im not skilled enough.

just a thought, what if the information was kept in with the radio information? because why else would htc dev keep the radios locked?
[Wildfire General] Slymobi:
Wouldn't flashing a different radio have locked our phones out of our own sim/network then? I think its gotta be somewhere that is not touched by rooting or any other flashing for that matter!! I don't know lol I'm confusing myself.

Dev/block is found in sys/dev/block ...... haven't a clue what I'm looking for lol.

"sent from me2u"
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
nice find. ive been looking at these file but they go on forever :( i tried to remove the file from my phone but root explorer only moves the folder :/

and everything gets altered at somestage :/ is there a bios for the phone aside from the bootloader? and lets think logicaly, what would perform the check to make sure its the right sim?
[Wildfire General] Slymobi:
Found a file that might be interesting!!! System/xbin/blockdev. ?? I don't know I'm way out of my depth here now so think I'll leave it to people who know more. Would be better to know what to look for?

"sent from me2u"
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
i dunno man, ill be honest half of this is guesswork on my part. what would be good is if we could get a program that would scan every file on the phone in search of the code. but i dunno like.:o
[Wildfire General] Scratch0805:
Wow...... how deep does sys/dev/block go? Or am I just going round in circles? lol
[Wildfire General] Slymobi:
Lol.

"sent from me2u"
[Wildfire General] Scratch0805:
Ok now I'm confused?

Is it supercid/cid we need to change to 11111111?

Mine is currently vodap001 which would mean I'm locked ti Vodafone presumably even though I have a o2 sim in.
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
Does revolutionary not give supercid? See I used xtc clip.... we might have to supercid then :-p I was looking at my bootloader earlier and the simlock command looks for a mccmnc file and the Cid file. I know that it won't work on mine as the xtc clip deletes/ alters these files so we may need to supercid the phones as the sensations get supercid'd
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
Also how did you check your Cid?
[Wildfire General] Scratch0805:
Copy this to /data/local/tmp http://db.tt/e29hOt2J

Open terminal and type

su

cd /data/local/tmp

stop ril-daemon

./gfree_verify

After checking type this into terminal

start ril-daemon
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
i have not given up, i just dont know where to go from here.....
[Wildfire General] Scratch0805:
For £2 what's the point?
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
£2? really??
[Wildfire General] apollopayne:
we all spent time and effort in here trying to find a solution and not got anywhere yet!

The way I ment ''giving up'' was getting hold of htc clip and using it. As the cheapest way I could find was 9.99 for 2 day rental off ebay or buy one for 35 pounds, which again I could make use of keep one after I used it. The cheapest option was to get unlock code which are £2-£4 off ebay. The reason I did that was so I can have it ready to my my wildfire my second phone when I get my upgrade so I can go on any network. Saying all this I to, will still try and get the main CID to change to 11111111

with other peoples help here and will try anyone's ideas of making it a success. My wildfire to me is a project to me. Im not a dev and never will be. If all you are after is to have sim unlocked then get buy a code. Here you may be waiting for a month/ year or never.
[Wildfire General] Scratch0805:
Don't get me wrong, I'll still help look for things or try to test whatever I can whilst I have this phone but for that price until we find a way what's the point in waiting?

Thats what I meant to say.........
[Wildfire General] Slymobi:
I agree mate, I'm sim locked and don't even really need to unlock but for £2 I'm tempted for when I go on holidays so I can just get a cheapo sim to use.

"sent from me2u"
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
We seem to have it a wall gentlemen. I've been floating around the wildfire s forums and they have came to the conclusion that the s-off Cid and simlock are all kept in a hidden partition that seemingly cannot be accesses while the rom is loaded. So no.being.human is going to jtag his device in an attempt to locate this information. If this is what the s is like, ours is probably similar and with out a jtag I don't think we will have the luck the desire and sensation guys did. Anybody got any other ideas because I cannot get a jtag like.
[Wildfire General] Lesicnik1:
I presume that the recovery loads off the ROM right?
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
im pretty sure the recovery is seperate from the rom. and they get started by the bootloader, which is started by the cpu..... not entirely sure on that though.i know something boots before the bootloader but i dunno what exactly it is:confused:
[Wildfire General] Lesicnik1:
So if the recovery/bootloader/other thing are loaded before the ROM, would there be a way to access this partition while in that state?
[Wildfire General] apollopayne:
We can pull the bootloader image very easy but I currently can't extract or see information from the image. Anyone know how to?
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
theory's.

from the bootloader,not with s-on, i dunno about rev s-0ff. the wildfire s guys performed a dump of some of the mtd files from before and after the use of a xtc clip to compare them and they noticed that it didnt contain the information they needed and that it didnt add up to the full amount of data that should have been in there. so they think that the partition that is hidden contains what they need to know, but they can only get to it by jtag they think. they plan to find a way to get to it after they find it :/ well i think thats the plan :confused:. if we knew someone who could dump these files before and after getting clipped we could compare as they did but if it way that easy the revolutionary guys would have found it surely?

i think that once the wildfire s guys come up with a perminant s-0ff we could try to port it to our phone and then just flash the diag file to give us supercid. either that or we could try to modifiy how the diag file works. if we could make it not check for the htcsupersim thing then it might work with the revolutionary bootloader. but, i wouldnt even know where to begin......

interesting new things you guys should read http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1374926&page=87
[Wildfire General] apollopayne:
Great link friend! Think these guys will crack it as they have a lot of experience with android. I kind of followed and understood what they trying to do but its beyond me lol

---------- Post added at 10:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:37 PM ----------

Going to ask a stupid question sorry. Could we not get someone with a s-off wildfire by xtc clip to do a install of a rom and then do a backup and then someone with s-on and get them the back up to restore it using the same recovery. Would this not tell the Radio to s-on to go s-off because its mapped different because of the xtc clip? or does all the s-on/s-off check, all happen before this? sorry again just a stupid random idea just that I had while drinking beer lol
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
if only my friend :P nah the rom shouldnt have anything to do with it. or a nandroid for that matter. all the s-off information is kept on that hidden partition that isnt accessable or backup able. bummer eh?

but yeah i think we can either try to wait for the wfs guys or hammer on and try to reverse engineer the diag file to remove it asking for the flexicable sim. since rev. s-off makes the phone believe its s-off it should run the file once weve teaked it.:D
[Wildfire General] doubleon:
Hi

I'm still using my wildfire, If I can be of any help in with this then please count me in.

I'm not very technically minded, but if I can help with any testing etc. :)

Good luck !
[Wildfire General] ptekspy:
Ok so been reading and trying to follow this post, after looking in my customize folder u have a lot of different cid_*** files in there all using different area codes and such I found the UK one and recognized a few others I bought my phone unlocked, on original Rom not s-off not root original hboot

Willing to delve deeper will keep watching out I found a lot of cud related files but phone about to die lol
[Wildfire General] heavy_metal_man:
delayed thoughts

ive been thinking about this for a while, and i have some interesting thoughts.

firstly when you get revolutionary s-off can you flash hboots? if you can then the device must tell the diag file that you are s-off, given that the phone will believe that it is s-off.

secondly. if this is the case then the hboot should flash the diag file even if it is not signed by htc, so therefore the snag must be in the lack of the simcard emulation done by the xtc clip.

so, in theory if we removed the diag files code to tell it to look for the flexy cable, or tell it that it finds it ok it should work properly and not just say it does :P any ideas on how we can crack it open to find out?
[Wildfire General] spudata:
By all accounts it is possible to flash other hboots after revolutionary s-off. You just need to enter "fastboot oem mb 9C068490 1 30" in a command prompt then proceed to fastboot flash another hboot. That's about as far as my knowledge goes, just thought I'd offer the info.