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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luvis:
I just managed to root my sgs2 in a weird way. Can anyone explain how/why I managed?

Just for the fun of it i first upgraded my sgs2 with stock ROM from sammobile.com. I didn't flash CF-Root or anything. Then I booted my phone into samsungs standard recovery. Looks like clockworkmod but with fewer options. I then installed a custom rom (codeworkx CM 9) I don't remember exactly what the menu option is called but it's something like "flash update from internal sd card". The recovery returned a couple of errors regarding signatures and so on and so i thought, whatever, ofcourse it didn't work. But the thing is, when I booted my phone afterwards, CM9 booted up and worked flawless. The only thing I nodiced whas when i tried to install latest gapps from ROM Manager, It mistaked my phone for being a i9000 instead of i9100. I installed latest cwm anyway and it worked fine. Now I have root, no binary download counter, no yellow triangle and I can flash whichever rom I want to and it works.

Am I supposed to be able to do this, did I miss something that everybody else knows?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] seanmcspirit:
Hi, i was wondering if any1 can help me find 2.3 android software for my disgo 6000 tablet, it already has android 2.2 installed ?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnnieWalker152:
Hi, I am with LinuxDX v4.00 and GingerDX v0.2 and my batter went 0% charge. So my problem is : i can't offline charge it :@ I am really scared please help me!!!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saintckk:
Can you be in detail, what is your problem?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] przemek4113:
have you a simillar battery.Go to Second-hand shop and buy a battery or load up the batter in other x8.The best kernel is alfs ics v007,and install chargemon for alfs:D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikeApache:
I noticed the Gallery 3d loads slow forever in Alfs Ics..(which isn't a bug though)

Im using Stornmix 2.3..ROM..!

And by the way flash a stock 2.1(.ftf file) through flashtool and charge it..!;)
[Nexus One General] RealPsygnosis:
I know that this questing was made thousand times...but my problem is a little bit different...

My dad has the N1 and he destroy the power button with his detestable streghness, and stubbornness to shoutdown the display everytime he did something...I hate his way to use phone and than blame me! -.-

So know I have to solve this problem...

First of all I have to power up the phone...I've follow the trick with the battery it started one time, then I can't start it anymore... :(

Then I'd like to know if I can take it to customer care also if there is a custom rom but I didn't unlock the bootrom just root it with "superoneclick root"

If my phone is not in warranty how much costs to replace the power button?

Can I repair it on my own? maybe the little power button inside is just moved and the button outside can't push it...

I've experience with a P990 that I've disassemble to change the cover...

Thanks a lot for your help...
[Nexus One General] Jack_R1:
Your problem is ABSOLUTELY THE SAME as any other "My power button died!" problem.

Please bother reading the zillion threads on the subject, looking at the price of flex cable on eBay, looking at the Nexus One disassembling guide on Youtube, and deciding what to do.
[Nexus One General] Theshawty:
I don't see the fuzz about not getting the phone to boot up. Are you 100 % sure you're doing exactly as described?

First, plug in the USB cable or the charger, with the battery out. Insert the battery as soon as you see the led light lighting up. Now remove the battery and keep it out until you see the led light fading away. Now insert the battery again all while the charger or USB cable is still attached and it should boot up.

You might have to repeat it around four times, however.

When my power button first broke, I thought I was screwed and I tried the battery trick and it wouldn't work. Then I rechecked the how-to guide again, thoroughly this time and I managed to get it to boot up. It seems to boot up at a ranom amount of times. Sometimes, one single battery pull and insert is enough, while other times it takes two to four tries.

Now, though, I don't see the need of paying a lot of money to replace it as I have learned to live without it completely. With the use of either volume rocker wake or trackball wake. The latter I use all the time if it works well with the ROM I use. When I used Sense, I had to go with volume rocker, but it did the job. If I need a four-way reboot, I simply open "4ext recovery control" (which for the record is worth the money for the full app) and then enter "power menu" that way.

The power button on the Nexus One is really not necessary as there are plenty of workarounds.

This is like the millionth topic describing the same thing and I'm sure a simple search could have helped you more.
[Nexus One General] RealPsygnosis:
I've try your method and nothing I can't start my phone anymore, the light is always green and the last time I success to power on N1 was when the light was orange :(

I don't know what to do also because it's installed cyanogenmod and I think that is out of warranty....

If I just can power on the phone I can at least save the contact list :(

EDIT:

if I plug the phone to the charger with no battery, I have a led green and red that go on and off
[Nexus One General] Jack_R1:
This is normal and expected.

Green light means charged battery.

Alternating light means no battery.

Everything is just as it should be.

I guess you won't bother reading/trying, so I'm not sure why should anyone bother answering.
[Nexus One General] RealPsygnosis:
Jack_R1 I've read every topic on the board about the power button...so I don't want to make a bad discussion here with you...

I've read that I have to call htc or open it by myself...but I'd like to know:

1. the phone won't power on with green light... so the trick doesn't work?

2. can htc recognize that I have cyanogen if the phone doesn't power on?

3. can I repair on myself without buy a new power button that I can't find on ebay? or better I have to replace the entire flex mobo and the cpu?
[Nexus One General] Theshawty:
1. Works for me.

2. Sure they can. They can also refuse repairing it or even charge you for it.

3. You only need to switch the flex cable. No need to replace both the logicboard and cpu.

I'm not sure why you can't get it to work. I think you're not exactly doing what you should with the battery trick. I'll try to explain as easy as I can:

1. Insert the USB cable or a charger and remove the battery.

2. The led will start to blink, but that is normal.

3. Insert the battery. Remove it again and wait until the led starts to blink

4. Now insert the battery again.

You shouldn't have to repeat this more than four times.
[Nexus One General] Jack_R1:
You can repair it yourself, if you search the forum, find the photo of the flex cable that someone posted with the exact point you'll need to solder to, disassemble your phone, and solder a very thin wire between this point and the power button. Personally, it took me 1 hour to do it for a friend, using lab microscope, super-thin wires and very thin soldering iron. If you have the equipment and the skills - go for it.

But if you had the equipment and the skills, you'd most likely be able to write "nexus one flex cable" on eBay and find this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-FLEX-CA...387?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a11775bcb

HTC quote for repairing out-of-warranty N1 with power button failure will most likely be equal to the price of used N1 these days.
[Milestone XT720 General] Knoedelkopf:
Hey,

I am using brianlee's Bravo 2.2 at the moment, but pretty often I don't receive SMS from my friends. I suppose it's due to low memory that crashes my SMS-application (GO SMS). In CyanogenMod there is a option that forces the SMS app ALWAYS to run in background or something like that. :confused:

Is it possible to use something like that on Bravo 2.2?!

A rapid response would be very appreciated.!:)
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Hi All

We have decided to build a comparative list of Rom for comparison. ROM's will be measured by the testers on 5 categories and hopefully we could get a honest opinion from the testers and not just a 5/5 for everything because they are a fanboy ... :P

ROM's will also be divided into 3 specific categories. Stock (Stock ROM provided from Samsung via update in Kies), Custom Original (Original ROM's by Dev's), Kitchen (Custom Original ROM's cooked and tweaked to perfection by a other Dev)

When providing us feedback on the ROM's please do so in the format below so we could add them to the corresponding list and add them to the graph that will follow in the 3rd Post.

Please try to be as Objective as possible. No point in having everything score 5/5

ROM Name goes here - By Tester

Version of ROM:

Android Version:

ROM Date:

Rom Type:

UI flexibility:

Common Bugs:

General user Experience:

Browser "html5test.com":

Browser Experience:

Link to ROM:

Ratings from 0.1 - 5.0 (0.1 being lowest and 5.0 being highest)

Speed:

Setup:

Connectivity:

Look and feel:

Theme'ing:

If you feel the information provided is not accurate please just specify witch ROM you are referring to and what information is not correct as below and then a reason as to why you say so.

Stock Rom

Version: Actually 2.3.5

Reason for Edit: Made a typo when I submitted the rom information

This will help us to update the list timeously and accurately.
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Graphs as set out as per our criteria. The values given have been converted to account for 20% in each category
[Galaxy S II General] s2d4:
I hope you know enough to make valid comparisons.

Well done for trying :)
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Well no one else will put in the effort so I will at least try. If there is any suggestions or fields that should be added please feel free to comment.

I will not personally flash to all the roms at all but will rely solely on user feedback to at least get a basic comparison going in the start.
[Galaxy S II General] s2d4:
I see..

I was hoping that detailed comparison could be made.

Like themer roms, kanger roms, original dev roms.

Not just ppl with no clue making comments...

for instance, when jkay releases, numerous rom cooks just packages the framework-re.apk (maybe with png changes), plus add whatever other apk mods others have done, add someone's kernel, zip it up and call it a their rom.

or worse, mix and match apks between other releases and call it their own

Special mention needs to be done to differentiate all this between the good guys and the others.

For example, look at what hyperdroid v6 has done.

Without waiting for jkay, incorporated 14 toggles, added edt/ tsm tweaks, and make it play nice with the Hyperdroidparts to control it all.

Adding their own brand new red pill recovery and kernel, and even sharing the recovery with syah for a community collaboration effort.

Multidpi also came from hyperdroid.., smooth spinners tweaks,

updates to vrtheme via surgeons etc.

EDIT: You might want to remove quadrant as that only kills the credibility of the thread.
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Well that's the whole thing. I want to list them but only the main players. Not the mix and match ones cause there are literally hundreds of them and they are all the same in 90% of all aspects.

I am editing the 2nd post a lot so refresh on occasion to see if there is something new.

I think I will stick with what we have now in the listed comparisons. If anyone has anything to add feel free and I will just add it to the list of Items.
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Any suggestions as to a bench to use that's a little more accurate? I have no idea what to use as a bench tbh
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
AnTuTu is a good bench.
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
-Took out irrelevant joke-

Thanks will replace quadrant with that :)

Anyway ... I think this is what the OP of that thread was looking for.
[Galaxy S II General] shyam2010:
Sensation 2.0 rom with his own sexy theme...looks all great..and functions buttery smooth....maybe u can add in the list with other ROMS...
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Lol ... I am actually trying to find some of the ROM's and cant even find the original threads as there are so many of them for different things.

If someone could link some of the ROM's we need to list or have listed it would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
I was against the orginal idea too oinky, but it can work. I'll be in contact with toxicdust shortly and we'll get this done - promise.

You know your **** - help us! Send a PM.
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Valid points. Thanks for the reply. I am using this stock rom but i should have probably added that I have the extended original 2000mah battery.

I do agree to some extent that it might get dated but when someone does a update or does review a new rom it takes 3 min to give your opinion and do a quick bench and just wrote everything down. I know it will take commitment from the community and obviously Dev's would want to boast with the Roms. There is no better way that a shootout for devs to actually go back and work on their rom to get better performance or less bugs ect ect.

Ultimately Users get better roms and there is a little bit of competition between the Devs for brag rights ofc :)

All in good sport I have to add.
[Galaxy S II General] s2d4:
since only the quadrant advice was taken, how are you going to differentiate the level of development by the rom makers?
[Galaxy S II General] jayerfernandes:
I like the effort. Here are my suggestions

1) Categorize ROMS into AOSP, Stock and Mix and compare ROMS within their respective groups. Everyone knows the limitations that AOSP has at the moment.

2) Battery life is highly subjective, your findings might be considered flawed. Rather do a control test on each ROM with a few fixed apps/push/sync that almost everone uses. Post Battery usage and graph for each. You will also have to worry about screen on time.

3) Bench marks are again dependant on kernel, governor, scheduler (Please correct me if im wrong here, but i know that using VR gives better benchmark scores). Unless they are again maintained, a comparison would not prove any point.

Again, please do correct me I am incorrect anywhere.
[Galaxy S II General] OmegaRED^:
I am actually very impressed with whats happening here.

Respect to all of you. :)

*post may be removed*
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
That's why I need people like you to help and define what is needed so we can get relevant information.

1. I could split it into the 3 groups and then categorize it accordingly. @s2d4 - would this help or do you think there should be better defined sections for them?

2. Agreed. There are a lot of variables that could make the test vary in results and it is very subjective. Could you give more detail as to what we should be seeing rather then Battery life.

3. If that is true we it could still be useful to the extent of determining if the rom is high in performance or rather a battery saver. I truly think if its the fastest out there it will consume the most battery doing so as well. Although that is subjective but could be relevant.
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
Thanks for the suggestions.

Sent a PM to toxicdust, hope the hatchet is well and truly buried (and not in anyone's cranial matter either...). But he's the boss - his idea AFAIC.

1 - Agree completely. I haven't and won't try any CM9/MIUI ROMs, and am not interested in ICS before an official release. Any help/reviews/feedback would be hugely appreciated here.

2 - Agree. Too subjective to bother with, IMO. Forgot to ask toxicdust about this. If you're there toxic, what do you think? Trouble with your suggestion is the subjectivity of "apps everyone uses". For example, I'm the only person on this planet who isn't on Facebook or Twitter, doesn't use Google Maps, and I don't use e-mail on my phone - I don't want to be available to all and sundry 24/7. I'm pretty sure I don't fit a "usual user" profile.. But hey! I'm special... Suggest a list of apps that you think the majority use, and we'll try to collate battery stats from there. Good?

3 - I want to drop benchmark scores completely. Individual use etc makes it too subjective for me, and the last thing a noob needs is seeing a score - "oooohhhh! 3045060604+3 on Quadrant! This must be the ROM for me, lolz"...

Keep the ideas coming.

Gotta swallow my pride - which I do gladly - and admit that this is a damn good idea - we've just got to do it properly.

I can't theme and I can't code - but this ensures I'm doing something for the community.

I can write though;)

OFF TOPIC

By the way - I've got no problem with the removal of many of my posts on this thread- would just like to know who's doing it?

I realise that I'm not owed an explanation, and I'm not asking for one either - this isn't a democracy, as I've posted myself at least 40606003 times.

I'm not sending a general PM to all mods, so can the mystery mod please PM me?

Once more, I'll stress that I have no problem with you guys deleting - just curious.

Thanks.

Bets $1213256990 that I won't get a reply:D

---------- Post added at 08:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:56 PM ----------

Know the feeling. Mine are disappearing quicker than Lord Lucan.

I'm pretty sure it's a mod on a grassy knoll with a sidekick in the book depository. I just can't prove it yet
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
To much to quote. Agree on your suggestions I will fix the 1st posts quick. I sent you a PM back.

I reported all the Posts with a "Post not relevant to topic" So that the posts could get deleted :) Wanted to Start this tread properly and that would just have brought everyone down in any ways :)
[Galaxy S II General] adamski123:
Its gd that ur trying this mate :) not sure whther it will take off... But u have my support ;)
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Hey adamski123 ... thanks but could you fill in the template with your current rom details so we could get this party started :)
[Galaxy S II General] adamski123:
Kitchen

ROM Checkrom revoHD v4.

Version of ROM: v4

Android Version: 2.3.6

ROM Date: latest update feb 8th (new kitchen) v6 coming soon.

Rom Type: Kitchen

UI flexibility: stock touchwiz. Nice and smooth.

Common Bugs:none.

General user Experience: in my eyes best gingerbread rom. Fast and stable with the option to mod and tweak via the kitchen app.

Browser "html5test.com": i got 182 but i dont reccomend taking that score to seriously

Browser Experience:standard samsung browser, good and fast, but tab support could be better.

Link to ROM:will link when i get near a comp.

Ratings from 1-5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest)

Speed: 5

Setup:4

Connectivity:4

Look and feel:4

Theme'ing:5

Sorry for no html and link will edit anf add as soon as i can :)

Is this ok?
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Thanks. That's what we were looking for :)

I have to be objective in the speed side though and I know it was my fault to start with. I have made the ratings now from 0.1 to 5.0 because 5.0 rating is a bit unlikely. It would just be too perfect and to fast. I will bring it down to a 4.8 because there is always space for improvement :)
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Added Graphs to the 3rd post for easy comparison
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
We'd still like all feedback on CM9/AOSP/MIUI ROMs people.

Neither of us use them, so we're not qualified to say much.

All user experiences, bugs, the whole 9 yards much appreciated.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] Brotuck:
Guess you are missing some points that are important here.

What about support from whomever made the ROM ?

And how big is the fanbase in terms of helping each other....
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
It would be great if users could write up a little review of their current rom they are using now

Using the template would also be great
[Galaxy S II General] jayerfernandes:
As for battery test, you could do them the way gsmarena does them.

Remove all possible apps. Probable keep only google apps on the phone for push email.

Then to quote gsmarena.com

"From now on, we’ll be giving you four numbers for each tested device. The first three will tell you how long does it take for a phone to go from full charge to empty, while performing each of the three basic tasks included in our test – making calls, browsing the web and playing video. You should note that we stop the video playback test at 10%, rather than when the phone switches off, as most smartphones refuse to turn on their video players beyond that point.

The final score in our new battery test is the most important one. It tells you how long would a smartphone need to go from a full charge to no charge if you played 1 hour of video, did 1 hour of calls and browsed the web for 1 hour over Wi-Fi for every 24 hours of stand-by. In other words, that’s the total endurance of your phone if you used it for three full hours each day."
[Galaxy S II General] toxicdust:
Could we please get some ROM's reviewed posted here. This is at all times a Community effort and would benefit everyone.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] lilbrat:
Though this Rom the ceased in development I did check with the OP if it was ok to add as I feel it is a very well built..

Custom Original

ROM Name:Rarity Rom by PFittech

Version of ROM: v3.85, although at the time development was halted I believe it was up to 4.2 or 4.5

Android Version:2.3.5

ROM Date:Nov 2011

Rom Type: Custom Original

UI flexibility:Works well with both TW and after markets (currently using Go Launcher EX)

Common Bugs: none

General user Experience:Works very well and very stable though I'm an average user I haven't upgraded to any of the newer kernels or other things for me it works just fine. Battery life is ok ..average 2 days but like I said I'm an average user..few phone calls,sms..wifi and gps occasionally, Bluetooth for headset when I'm out..

Browser "html5test.com": Dolphin HD 7.3.. 182 plus 1, Firefox (Aurora) while still very new (beta with nightly updates..buggy) 318 plus 9

Browser Experience: It works well with Dolphin, and YouTube Facebook ect.

Link to ROM: Development currently has been halted..

Ratings from 0.1 - 5.0 (0.1 being lowest and 5.0 being highest)

Speed:4

Setup:3.8 takes a while to set up..

Connectivity:5

Look and feel:4.3

Theme'ing:3.5 you need to try different things out that you want to add some things work some don't..

Sorry for the long post..
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
Sadly, it looks like this little project is dead.

As toxicdust said, we really needed more feedback from the community - neither of us have/had the time to reflash all ROMs, and more importantly, try to give some kind of objective analysis thereof (e.g., flash ROM, play video until battery runs out, note battery life, repeat ad nauseum).

Shame really. Toxicdust and I "met" via a huge flaming session, sorted out our differences via PM and decided to work together. Shows there's hope for all of us...

I see that "what's-the-best-ROM" posts are being locked down quickly by the mods. So the old "try-it-and-see" must for now be the default answer.

Maybe we can try again after the official ICS release - custom ROMs will appear slowly, it will be easier to try a shootout without an enormous amount of ROMs to simultaneously work with.
[Galaxy S II General] bocautrang.pt:
Vote for the best ROM here: http://galaxyfirmware.com/content/what-best-ics-rom-galaxy-s-2.html
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DZG:
Just yesterday until evening everything was cool, but since then and now as soon as I try to connect it says "obtaining ip adress", after that it says "remembered" and then disconnected. Security says its OPEN so I dont know:/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DZG:
in the end it says disabled. so I try to connect again and its all over again as mentioned before maybe because my phone is from t-mobile or it has nothing to do with that ?(not factory free)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] kkleung:
Just updated to the latest stock LA2 HK ROM and lost the transparent Accuweather widget. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!