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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alize:
Hi Guys,

Dropped my White S2 (on my drunken stroll home - dropped it whilst removing it from its protective pouch!!!) just before Christmas and taken 3 or 4 chips out of the silver edge, it has been an eyesore for me ever since, my once beautiful phone is now ugly! Most people say it is hardly noticeable but I know its there!

I've repaired phone screens before, desoldered chips, fixed DVD drive lasers etc so I am fairly competent with electronics and circuitry.

After looking at several guides (all of Black S2s), from what I can tell from pictures, the silver part is part of the main housing? Bit of a bummer but can someone confirm this who has taken one apart?

Is it fixed/glued to the screen part?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxi200:
On eBay you can buy the complete housing for around $10usd including the battery door. I believe the silver bezel is part of / attached to the front housing.

The item shown is black but I'm sure they would have white as well.

www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Original-Ho...msung-Galaxy-S-2-II-i9100-Black-/170717112897

Sent from my GT-I9100T
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psp888:
you cannot replace the silver bezel without removing the screen which will get damaged if you tried.

If you want to change the bezel then u would have to replace the screen too
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolis626:
A nice idea,if you wouldn't mind your phone being a couple millimeters wider and a few grams heavier is to get a bumper.Especially some metallic(mostly aluminum) ones are quite cool.I now use Case-mate POP case,but have set my eyes on getting the Taurus aluminum bumper,as I too have a slight hit on the silver bezel.

Although I have to admit,with the Taurus in particular,the phone looks like Robocop to be honest.There are others too though and there is also a thread in the Accessories section. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alize:
Ahh that sucks! I've seen official replacement screens for around £60, may have to do it that way!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
Thanks a ton man. Not many Linux users around so sometimes becomes tough to find help.

Anyway, we have to extract the rom, and flash all the items extracted tk flash a rom? Like system.rfs, etc?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] symbal:
I have updated the main post to include these directions

In terms of extracting the ROM, I meant the ROM a person would download from the epic thread such as "I9003XXKPQ" indeed. Using that ROM as an example, you download a zip which extracts to:

I9003XXKPQ_I9003XXKPQ_I9003SERKPQ_HOME.tar.md5

That file again needs to be extract, it is at this point you end up with the individual files:

boot.bin

cache.rfs

modem.bin

normalboot.img

param.lfs

Sbl.bin

system.rfs

I will try to edit the thread and explain this step further. I hope this helps, peace:)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
Got it! Thanks man (would click later when i log in from linux)

Peace
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ganeshbiyer:
Did a successful flash of xxkpe + ddkp3 + uc kernel.

Later on flashed miui v8.5

Thanks for the tutorial.

This was the only thing for which I was using windows. So bye bye windows for time being, until something else comes up.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] derfull:
OMG i fall in love.

I was desperate to find only Windows user's guide XD

I'll try it later, but thx in advance ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Preethi.py:
Boot image from Amit is causing reboot again and again

Hello,

The procedure description is awsome and I had very minimal issues. Unfortunately, when i tried with the normalboot.img from Amit, my samsung Galaxy I9003 just hung while booting. After a while it just booted and booted again and I just reverted back with the first two procedures.

Can you tell me how I can get the Amit's image on my phone.

Thanks,

Preethi
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Kyzar:
I can't get ROOT

Firstly, I wanted to thank you for the help from this tutorial. I followed all the steps mentioned and everything went fine.

But I'm not able to get ROOT. Applications like SuperSU say ROOT not detected. Could you help me out with this?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] symbal:
May I ask what version of Android you are trying to install? The CF-Root I linked to in the tutorial is for ROMs based on Gingerbread only. If you let me know what version you are trying to install, I'll help you out.

Kind regards
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mohamed1963:
thanks for every thing , but how i can restock the device usig heimdall becuase the download mode does not work with odin :o
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] symbal:
Hi there and sorry to any of the questions I didn't answer; I've moved a few phones on from this since then and haven't checked in on this thread; however...

Heimdall and Odin effect do exactly the same thing. The difference is that Odin is the official Samsung service centre app and Heimdall is the reverse engineering efforts of one man.

To try and answer your question, all you will need to go back to stock using Heimdall is one of the firmware files from the thread that can be found at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12310841#post12310841 and a PIT file. Read further up this thread for information on PIT files if needs be.

Download the aforementioned files

Extract them to a directory of your choice

Enter download mode

Flash the files either through the Heimdall GUI (as described above or use the command line)

Wait for the files to transfer, Android to reboot and boot up

You should now be on stock

If you chose the command line route:, from your working directory, use a command similar to the following:

heimdall flash --primary-boot boot.bin --cache cache.rfs --dbdata dbdata.rfs --factoryfs factoryfs.rfs --pit gt-p1000_mr.pit --modem modem.bin --param param.lfs --secondary-boot Sbl.bin --kernel zImage

Change the parameters above dependant on what files are available; the only real mandatory part of the command is shown below but, this will do nothing

heimdall flash
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] erkv:
INFO:

Yesterday the screen was completely unusable, it looked like it was not calibrated (like the old qtek's and htc's) and was not only unresponsive but also very slow, so it did click where and when you didnt want.

CONCLUSION:

after some time I realized and was able to duplicate it when the phone was connected to the wall charger thru the USB cable.

Gotta say im using a really cheap wall charger USB connection because the one from the box is not working. (do have any idea why is this?)

In some threads, it also says it is a common issue in SGS2 but no one says anything about SGN.

Do you have the same issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s2d4:
read your user manual. It states this there. Did you watch that xda video when you joined?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kalavere:
I know nothing about this issue, but if I were you I'd stop using that charger immediately. If that's the only time it happens the Nexus might be getting over 5.0v from the charger.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] erkv:
You are right, when i use the usb cable w a pc, theres no problems

thanks, what video when I joined? back in 07 ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snofrandy:
Had same problem w/ cheap charger. It would be all funky touch screen. This happens to most of my other phones too w/ that same charger (Nexus One, Nexus S, G2X).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
+1

Also happened with my sgs, so i bought another charger. An official charger. Not that expensive.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] julianlyle:
I have the same issue

Hi guys, sorry for the revive, but I'm having the same issue as the OP but with both official usb cable and wall charger that came with the phone. Is there any way to fix it? Or should I get another official charger?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] got556:
Its a voltage issue between the charger and phone. Its been that way since android began.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] erkv:
Didn't hear anything about any solution rather than buying a new charger, it doesn't cost more than 15 €

At least that's what i did...sorry
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] julianlyle:
Thanks for the response. I feel kind of dissapointed because everything is brand new out of the box. I guess I'll get another charger then...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -JFK-:
Hi,

I feel stupid but how to activate the HDMI mirroring on Neutrino V2.2 ?

I plug the HDMI cable but nothing happen.

I have search into the Build.prop file but nothing about the HDMI, is it normal ?

Thank you.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -JFK-:
88 views, no one ???
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antmiu2:
i feel stupid as well, ls hdmi is also in wet dream and i have no idea how to use it, any help here guys?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaladOA:
There's no switch for turning it on and off.

Literally plug it in to your TV via HDMI, switch to that input on the TV and it should display your phone. Mine sometimes goes odd if I start mirroring in Landscape, but turning it to portrait and back again fixes this.

If you want sound over HDMI there are two little scripts in the same place as the supercharger script one for toggling sound over HDMI and one for toggling sound from your phone. They need to be run as root using script manager.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheeparecurious:
Just a quick note (on Wet Dream, anyway): even after plugging in the HDMI cable, nothing activates on my phone until the TV input is switched over. That's when the Picker launches.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -JFK-:
At my side on Neutrino,

I have play with the sound output switch and now it works... Can't explain.

Now I'd like to know how to incerase the HDMI output resolution, it's so pixelized...

Any idea ?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blizzard22:
Works great on Neutrino Rom 2.2 with faux kernel.

The only issue is that the sound have to set manually on and off.

And some games (Reckless Racing 2) doesn't run on the Atrix with high fps and that is a little bit disappointing because I can't enjoy games in slow motion.

But everything else works fine!

Motorola Atrix 4G AT&T unlocked
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Punkrocknerd:
ya the output for me is a little to large as well and a little grainy. i wish there was the overscan fix, but i was told in the neutrino forum that hdmi mirror (ls or not) is not native to cm7 so it's a work in progress :(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious544d:
Good news:

Link.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Hyper4mance2k:
I just bought my Nook Tablet form BBuy. It's firmware 1.4.0 I installed some 3rd party apps (Aldiko, kindle, amazon store which work fine. However, I have issues with ADW and Launcher Pro, and I can only get some apps to run. I know that is a a common issue, but I would like to delete the apps that do not work and launchers, but I cannot find out how. I have no need for two launchers, so I'd like to delete Launcher pro -because it wont even launch- but I cannot figure out how to do it. Also gmail -which I read all over this site works- does not work, and I would like to delete it as well. It still pops sup in my searches so I know it's installed somewhere. My other issue is launching ADW. The only way I can get it to launch is when I power off the device and it auto launches into it on power up. If I search for any combination of ADW it does not come up in my lists. So if I exit ADW I have no way to get back into it. Any help would be great. I'm just about to throw this thing out a window and just get a Fire instead.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] teflonrico:
Okay so i'm a noob at the nook tablet myself but i'll try to give you some ideas..

The apps that don't run.. you don't say.. but i can tell you that honeycomb apps probably won't work so you'd need to make sure they are not for that version of android

This thread gives you great apps that work on the nook tablet

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1353040

you should definitely consider loading app Manager to have side loaded apps appear on the nook home screen.. and Button Saviour so you can get to the alternate home screen (launcher pro, go launcher whatever you use..)

There is great info in this forum. and honestly it took me a day of reading but now my nook rocks...

I've been using my nook for almost a week and i can tell you it's a great little tablet for the price.. i bought it after selling my ipad2 and wanted something to use whilst waiting for the ipad3.. i can tell you now.. i'll be keep this nook tablet as it is a great size for reading and covers all my surfing and movie watching needs.. the kindle fire is good but having also owned that for a couple of days before returning.. i can tell you the limited storage space and inferior screen put me off...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Hyper4mance2k:
Lol. I had read thatbthread at least 4 times and never saw how to delete apps until now. Installed google framework and now my youtube app doesnt work, and gmail still doesnt work.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] fjhuerta:
You need to install NTHiddensettings.apk in order to delete apps from the Nook.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Hyper4mance2k:
As I mentiined, I figured out how to delete, but does anyone know where the apk.s download to so i can remove, after installing them?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Hyper4mance2k:
Seriously? No one knows where the apks download to? Also, how in gods name do you get gmail to work side-loaded. All my other questions have been answered per linked thread.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ckevinwelch:
/data/app

And did you root and install gapps? Without that, I don't think you're going to be able to use gmail.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Hyper4mance2k:
No not rooted. People are claiming successful installation of gmail, google+, and other google services specific apps, but I get the "Unable to establish stable connection" every time I try to side load them.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ckevinwelch:
Are you saying others have side loaded these apps without rooting? I don't think they work without the Google services framework, which you have to root to install.
[HTC EVO 3D] bso44:
When I check to see what's been using my battery, it shows that the News360 app used 6% of my battery life even though I haven't been using the app. Is it syncing and refreshing in the background and if so, how do I disable it?
[Defy General] echenlon:
It's the same problem as always but there is no solution yet. The phone can't connect to any wifi network at least you put it on static IP address. It's the 3rd time it happens to me, I tried everything, deleting the file on /media/wifi or whatsoever, tried to delete all my known connections, everything, the only solution it's to wipe all the phone, but I'm tired of installing all again, it's really a pain in the ass.

I don't know what can I do, backup the original files in the wifi folder and overwrite them every time this happens? exactly which file has the problem? in the galaxy tab for example the problem it the dhcp management, but the file system of the defy it's different.
[Defy General] crakeron:
Yep..CM7 is great but no ones capable of sitting down and resolving a simple wifi connectivity problem...

Everyone knows it has something to do with the wpa_supplicant file too (deleting it solves the problem TEMPORARILY).

THE most annoying bug on CM7

Sent from my 1Ghz CM7 + CM9 Defy
[Defy General] echenlon:
what can I do now, there is no alternative to de full wipe? really, last time I had to restore de original backup of the phone, wipe it, install cm7 1.5 again, do the unlock and everything from scratch, its ****.
[Defy General] crakeron:
The only solution is to delete wpasupplicant in /etc/wifi. But it's temporary though. But i suggest sending pms to quarx and eppy because this is a serious bug that's been around since the beginning

Sent from my 1Ghz CM7 + CM9 Defy
[Defy General] echenlon:
yes, that no longer does the trick, a pity.
[Defy General] crakeron:
Damn. When they come out with CM7.2 or CM9 releases they better be pretty perfect i hope...cyanogenmod, OK, but functionality passes before new functions unfortunately :/

Sent from my 1Ghz CM7 + CM9 Defy
[Hardware Hacking General] vantt1:
I've noticed that the viewing angles and visibility in sunlight of Samsung's Super AMOLED+ displays are below average, contrary to the company's claims.

I know for a fact that reflections in any touchscreen display can be eliminated by bonding the glass to the LCD panel using a transparent resin. As there are less layers of reflective surface redirecting the light rays (from sunlight and the display itself), visibility can be increased dramatically.

(yeah, it's a great diagram isn't it?)

I disassembled an old Nokia X6 I had about a year ago and bonded the glass to the TFT LCD panel using high transparency superglue. When indoors it may seem to be about the same, but there is a big difference when outdoors. The Nokia X6 has surprisingly far better visibility in sunlight than the Samsung Galaxy S2.

When seen from nearly in-line with the glass, you can see quite a difference.

Some bonus photos from a while back when the screen wasn't cracked

Here's a video (it's in 1080p):

[YOUTUBE]GBb4gkFUlo8[/YOUTUBE]

Imagine the possibilities if done to a Super AMOLED+ display like the Galaxy SII's.

Some questions:

Is there anyone here (on XDA) willing to do it?

Why hasn't Samsung already done so already?

Ah, back in the early days of SAMOLED displays with poor sunlight visibility...
[Hardware Hacking General] ben999_:
Tough to really see a difference in those photos. I'm curious about the long term effects of this like yellowing and glue coming undone. Also, this adds a lot of unnecessary complexity to manufacturing process. Imagine if some bubbles got trapped in there. Anyone who's ever put a screen protector on a phone knows how annoying that can be.
[Hardware Hacking General] vantt1:
It's not that hard

As of now, there aren't any signs of yellowing or glue becoming undone. In fact, the glass now survives a 1.5 meter drop. For the record, the glue only has bubbles around the side because I didn't seal the edges of the LCD panel.

Also, I did a bit of research. The iPhone 4 and 4S has already done this on a mass production scale, but with IPS displays. I don't think it would be much harder for Samsung to do as they manufacture their own displays anyway.

I'll post better pictures tomorrow.

ACTUALLY, as you can see in my last photo, barely any light is visible from the Galaxy SII's display at that angle. You may be able to see it on an AMOLED display but not on a mediocre contrast LCD display (I can't even see the Galaxy SII's display on my LCD monitor).
[Hardware Hacking General] Rukbat:
Consider the fact that Superglue was invented for the purpose of gluing camera lenses together (in part, to eliminate reflections). The optical industry covered all of your concerns decades ago.
[Hardware Hacking General] vantt1:
Pretty much, although they'd call it something else like bonding resin.
[Hardware Hacking General] nikidorian:
What case are you using? It's awesome!!
[Hardware Hacking General] vantt1:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22436462&postcount=24

It is called 'Sweet Armor GS2'. I also have an aluminium battery cover on it.
[Hardware Hacking General] showlyshah:
But i think there are already solutions for it atleast Chinese have it. Dont u heared of antiglare screen gaurds? Which is not so transperent( its darker) but u will never notice its presence over the screen. Which is also not that much smooth.

It can improve reading in sunlight and also is fingerprint and scratch resistant. But is costlier than normal gaurds. Its about 20$ .
[Hardware Hacking General] onlymojo:
If they use a colourless resin it stands a better chance of not yellowing and won't come undone. The biggest issue I see is bubbles. Resins are notorious for them as they are more syrup-like that glue. If the manage to get that thing on there though, they will never be able to get it off. Kiss the chance of replacing a digitizer goodbye.
[Hardware Hacking General] lpjunior999:
I'd rather leave it to Samsung/hardware developers to find a solution. You're talking about a potentially dangerous, warranty voiding procedure to replace using your hand to cast a shadow.
[Hardware Hacking General] onlymojo:
The one thing about the iPhone 4 is that there is still a gap layer between teh digitizer and the lcd. I have replaced many iPhone 4 digitizers in my time. That being said, there is an air gap there which will cause diffraction. In order todo this problem, the resin needs to be appied to the digitizer so it will be combined to the LCD.
[Hardware Hacking General] vantt1:
I know of anti glare screen protectors. In fact, I know them too well. Their light diffusing properties make an otherwise sharp display look fuzzy. Pixels are no longer in line with each other but instead appear to look scattered. The thing with anti glare screen protectors is that they prevent external reflections from travelling in a straight line, thereby reducing glare.

My aim here is that I want to reduce the reflections altogether, not spread them out.

Also, I am curious as to how you can pay $20 for a single screen protector. I always buy them from eBay because you can get at least 30 for the price of $20.
[Hardware Hacking General] vantt1:
Some better photos

Here are some better photos. Sorry for the shakiness though.

To make a good comparison, I have a screenshot of the Nokia X6 on the Galaxy SII. Both displays are at full brightness but my camera decided to take the light metering value from the Galaxy SII so the Nokia X6 looks dimmer.

This is the Nokia X6's display viewed from around 85 degrees from where 0 degrees is perpendicular to the display (if that made sense). Look for the red Opera icon.

And this is the Galaxy SII's display from around the same angle. Also look for the red Opera icon.
[Hardware Hacking General] MissionImprobable:
As others mentioned, what are you supposed to do if the digitizer fails? There's a reason the screen isn't actually bonded.
[Hardware Hacking General] vantt1:
O rly?

If the digitizer fails, you'll have to replace both the digitizer and the display panel.

It's not uncommon now; the Galaxy SII's display assembly is already a single piece, not separable into its individual parts without damaging the panel. The two parts were made to be a single assembly at the factory. Besides, they aren't expensive. The combined cost of a Nokia X6's digitizer and LCD doesn't exceed $50. If you want to replace a cracked Galaxy SII digitizer or faulty AMOLED panel, you'll have to buy the whole assembly anyway.

A genuine Samsung panel costs $180, but for reasons that shall remain unexplained, it is possible to buy third party Galaxy SII digitizers on the internet for around $10. I don't know how that's going to work. Maybe the stock digitizer and LCD panel can be separated into two separate pieces so if only the glass cracks you can replace the digitizer.

EDIT: I checked. The Galaxy SII's glass and the LCD panel are fused together using some glue which looks to be inseparable. This was supposedly meant to prevent dust from getting in. It's a reasonable excuse.
[Hardware Hacking General] vantt1:
Oh yeah, as seen in the pictures I posted, the Nokia X6's digitizer is badly cracked but is still fully functional. I cracked the screen once before but to a much lesser extent, but the digitizer failed anyway.

As you can see, the display assemply can be separated.

It wasn't cracked that badly, but it didn't work.
[Hardware Hacking General] xHausx:
Is there any easy way to spread out the super glue? This sounds like a great idea but superglue can be a huge PITA to work with, especially with something expensive.