yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooza:
1.XWLA4 is 2.3.6 so if you want to install a ROM with this Firmware and you are already on 2.3.6 then you dont need to flash anything.Root and flash the ROM.You need to flash a 2.3.6 firmware if you are on 2.3.5 for example before flashing a XWLA4 ROM.

1A. A kernel goes in PDA in Odin.

2.Its safe to install any ROM as long as you follow the instuctions that the Dev provides.You will have problems if for example you are on,as I already mentioned,2.3.5 and flash a 2.3.6 ROM.Always flash a ROM thats compatable with your Firmware.Frankenstein has firmwares not ROMs.Developers have ROMs.

3.To get rid of carrier apps all you need to do is flash a Firmware or custom ROM.Thats all.After flashing a Firmware its a good idea to do a factory reset.

4.By installing a CF-Root kernel you are changing the stock kernel for a root kernel.Kies will still work with a stock Firmware and root kernel.Kies OTA updates will not work with a custom ROM nor updates via Kies.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogogomes11:
You diserved many thanks man :)

EDIT: I think I understand what you're saying... As my actual firmware is 2.3.5 and I have a stock Kernel (I never touched it since I have my phone), I just have to install the 200MB file on Odin with the 2.3.6 firmware and that's ok?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogogomes11:
Good work man. You said "You need to flash a 2.3.6 firmware if you are on 2.3.5 for example before flashing a XWLA4 ROM"... So, in this case I have a Vodafone ES 2.3.5 ROM so before installing XWLA4 I have to install another 2.3.6 ROM? Is this it?

There is my info about the ROM I have:

PDA: I9100BU KJ3

PHONE:I9100BU KI1

CSC:I9100 ATLKI2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
*sigh*...

I'm

understanding. It's pretty clear you are not.

Please read the "Edit" portion of my post above again. You don't need to install the kernel at all. That kernel is the stock kernel. It is already in the ROM. The only reason it is linked separately is if you flashed a different, non-stock kernel, and later wanted to flash back to a stock kernel.

If you DO want to flash a custom kernel, then you will ALWAYS have to flash it AFTER you flash a ROM. Because the kernel that is included with the ROM will overwrite whatever kernel is on the phone.

Savvy?

EDIT: We must've been posting at the same time.

Yes.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogogomes11:
Thanks man. Now I think I'm understanding too :) The other colleague said "You need to flash a 2.3.6 firmware if you are on 2.3.5 for example before flashing a XWLA4 ROM." So, if I want to install XWLA4 ROM I have to install another 2.3.6 first? I think that's my last main doubt :)?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Not if it's stock. Depends on what he was talking about. Some custom ROMs require you to be on the same base version (i.e. 2.3.6) before flashing them.

You should be able to flash the stock XWLA4 ROM right now, if you've not updated your phone at all yet.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogogomes11:
The Frankenstein XWLA4 ROM too?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Yes. As stated, the only difference on Intratech's official firmware thread between the fully stock ROMs and the Frankenstein ones is he mixed and matched CSC and modems with PDAs on the Frankenstein ones. While this doesn't necessarily affect the operation of the phone, it will keep Kies from recognizing it as an updateable phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogogomes11:
OK. Thanks and sorry for sending a private message at some seconds ago about this theme but I wanted to flash my new ROM :)

If I can help you on another thing, I'm available.

Thanks all xda good useres like you guys.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
PM ignored, then. :) Good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogogomes11:
:)I've already installed the firmware and have made root. All OK except that I do *#272*Device IMEI# with my IMEI in order to install my CSC and it always says ATL and doesn't let me write TPH and if I click on install with ATL letters it says it needs only 3 letters!

Can you help me on this situation?

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
I have no clue what you're talking about. So I can't help you, sorry.

EDIT: what are you trying to do, exactly?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogogomes11:
Look at this topic: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

On Frankenstein Firmware's it says:

"For MultiCSC packages you can change between csc by typing *#272*Device IMEI# into the dial pad and selecting the csc of your choice and press install. It will reset the device."

So I installed a Frankenstein firmware and to install my country CSC - Portugal - I have to do something else right? So I've done *#272*Device IMEI# in order to install my CSC and it always shows "ATL" and doesn't let me write "TPH" - the letters for my country - and if I click on install with "ATL" letters it says it needs only 3 letters!

I want to install my CSC so I can browse the Web and receive MMS on my Samsung Galaxy S2.

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooza:
That will work if you have a multi CSC pack and the Firmware that you have installed does not.You cant type in your CSC,you have to select it from the list.Not all Frankenstein Firmwares have multi-CSC packs thats why at the bottom of the page there is a list of other CSCs to flash at your own choice.If you look at the Firmware you have flashed to your phone (XWLA4) it clearly states "CSC: XEUKH2" which is for the Great Britian region.At the moment the links are down so you cant download any CSC packs so the only way to get your countries correct CSC is to flash a custom ROM that has a multi-CSC pack built in like I did.As for the ATL question...you said that you had an S2 from spain,correct?!..well ATL is the product code for Vodafone Spain.

EDIT:you can browse the web on another countries CSC although it may not be as good and MMS settings are provider set.You could flash XWKK(2.3.6) which has a CSC pack for the Netherlands but normally also a KOR one too.The KOR(KOREA) CSC works fine for Spain and Portugal.I would suggest a custom ROM to get the best out of your phone.There are a lot around.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogogomes11:
I'm really trying to download Portuguese CSC... I like the ROM I've installed. It's unhappy that multipload is not online :(

Wouldn't this be a solution to me: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=787163 ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ybother:
Have a look here http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s2-newworks-on-all-galaxy-s2-variants/

Lots of info and how to avoid the yellow triangle.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogogomes11:
Thanks but he metod you've mentioned has some risks like not easy way to unroot...

By the way, do you guys know any app that can auto turn connection data ON when you receive MMS? This is importante so I can have usually connection data OFF and don't spend money on Internet...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooza:
You could give that link a try but be carefull as it is a i9000 link.you can find CSC apps on the market but all are not without risk and please make an EFS backup because if you loose this info you are screwed.Download the "release.zip".Everyone that flashes needs to have an EFS backup.It contains your IMEI number.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
You probably have only one APN that combines internet and MMS. Separate out your APN, so you have one for internet, and one for MMS. This way, you can disable your data connection as you want, and when you have an incoming MMS, it will establish a connection while you are receiving the message.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahil4u:
Please hrlp needed, my dialer and contacts have suddenly dissapeared from my screen. Seems strange, i tried lots of ways like changing permissions in system apps, copying pasting, deleting again pasting but nothing works. I have either to reflash unless someone provides an alternative. I did nothing but was configuring gps tracking services after which i noticed my dialer is gone along with contacts app.

I am deodexed la6 with jkay deluxe mod.

Help.will be appreciated.... Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okwassup:
Since no one knows of a solution to the issue i have with my EVO ., i thought if there is a way i can use the EVO from Bootloader such Fast BOOt to communicate with for example HW virtual serial port and from there i can run CDMA WS 3.8 to load files to the EVO .

anyone knows how to do it.?,can it be done if EVO does not boot up.??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hinghing1113:
I have a question on 2 files, they are init.qcom.post_boot.sh under system/etc and init.qcom.lpm_boot.sh under root.

I change the min cpu freq and max freq on init.qcom.post_boot.sh and it work fine when i check CPUspy. So what does the file, init.qcom.lpm_boot.sh, do then?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lgboy5889:
Ok, noob question here. But can someone please explain to me what 2d hardware acceleration is/ why you'd have it enabled/disabled? I'm reading threads about people arguing for/against it, but I'm not really clear on the subject.

Thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NastroGlide:
also interested in this
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] James Harrison:
Uncle Jame's GPU Breakdown:

WHAT IS 2D ACCELERATION?

2D hardware acceleration basically offloads all the drawing of the UI from the CPU to the GPU, this results in smoother scrolling and less power usage (because the GPU is much more efficient at handling graphical processes).

AN EXAMPLE:

People often complain of android being slow and "stuttery" when scrolling through menu's and when they move to an iphone they just love how smooth everything moves. A lot of this can be attributed to GPU acceleration (it's not the entire reason) but it is a large part. So with GPU acceleration enabled, android devices become buttery smooth. ICS is the first version of android to force GPU acceleration and that's why there was so much fanfair over it's release.

THE DOWN SIDE:

So far in my experience the down side is to do with un supported apps. There is 1 app I have that does not like 2d acceleration (kingston office). It gets transformed from being stuttery to buttery smooth but the text dissapears when you start scrolling.

CONCLUTION:

Enable it :p
[HTC Rezound] drtnsnw:
I know this has been talked about but I wanted to remind everyone here.

After the update my call quality was crap. So bad I was getting ready to send the phone back. Lost calls, broken voices just horrible!!

Last night I remembered you have to check the voice privacy setting!! Sure enough it had been recheck ( I know I unchecked it when I got it). As soon as I disabled it my calls sounded great again!!

So If you are having call issues go to settings, call, under other call settings is a box labeled voice privacy. Make sure it is unchecked!!

Chris
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
Hm... just checked mine, er looked at mine, and it is checked. I have to assume it always has been. Haven't had any complaints lately. There was one night where I had terrible call quality and it went away though, before the OTA. Will keep this in mind though and test it out with a friend.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
good find. Don't know why they would have that on by default. Are we all spies or something?
[HTC Rezound] rellomar:
Thanks a lot for the heads up! I went into my call settings and sure enough voice privacy was checked. Hopefully my call quality will be a little improved with it unchecked.
[HTC Rezound] derek4484:
What does this setting do?

Mine is checked, but my call quality has been excellent.
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
It "encrypts outgoing voice calls and uses secure channels when available".

Perfect for paranoid androids like myself. ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] baastrup:
Enjoy

here is the Latest 2.3 stock ROM from Huawei :-)

U8800V100R001C00B522G001

http://romdump.baastrup.org/www/?a=d&i=3853328035
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] solarspeed:
U8800 or U8800 Pro?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] A.C.A.B.:
Please don't induce people in mistake. This rom is the version from 28/12/2011.

The latest will most probably be released Friday. Probably....
[Vibrant Android Development] Br1cK'd:
I have a dream, that one day my fellow brethren will be noticed and respected for their contributions.

I have a dream, that actual contributors to the community will garner a bit more respect from the mods of their respective forums.

I have a dream, that not only the community and the developers live together in harmony, but that mods (in other forums) aren't going to be total micro managing assholes going on a power trip.

I have a dream.

Oka1, you are ****ing great man, the best! But some of your fellow mods are really getting to be jackasses, and having driven one of my good friends and newly formed team mates away, I am going to follow suit.

I'm taking all my **** down from XDA, and moving to Greener Pastures.

Please, join us.
[Vibrant Android Development] Br1cK'd:
Moved 10char
[Vibrant Android Development] Br1cK'd:
Sorry guys
[Vibrant Android Development] jeremy2420:
Not even going to bother porting , downloading now.........:D

Edit: still might :-)
[Vibrant Android Development] Woody:
Downloading now and will test after dinner.
[Vibrant Android Development] Nabeel10:
Yay Go Brick'd!!

Sent from my Vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] Br1cK'd:
LOL, do your thing man. This is not going to stick to the pure AOKP design, just borrowing the best parts of it for this frankenkang. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] jeremy2420:
Yeah I was going to leave it as is just a strait port, maybe inverted apps that's about it.

Edit: Your boot animation is awesome!
[Vibrant Android Development] Smartassassin:
About time :-D

Sent from my phone, not yours.
[Vibrant Android Development] serendipityguy:
This is just a great project, I am sure it will be packed with quality and functional

w0w Br1cK'd,

This is just a great project, I am sure it will be packed with quality and functionality above features and eye candy.

Downloading....
[Vibrant Android Development] lazyb421:
I've been waiting for the zen to come to ICS. What can I say? I like you're style. :D Congrats on the new release friend. I can't wait to try it out.
[Vibrant Android Development] chirantan.f:
hell yeah! :)
[Vibrant Android Development] Smartassassin:
Which battery mods do we use?

Sent from my phone, not yours.
[Vibrant Android Development] Br1cK'd:
The ones that are in the Rom Control through Settings. Thank our boy Romanbb for all that funky stuff. I prefer the battery bar in the status bar myself, and hiding the normal battery icon.
[Vibrant Android Development] Dougfresh:
My warranty is void now Brick'd thanks my man keep up the good work :cool:
[Vibrant Android Development] kevho00:
Looks good man!
[Vibrant Android Development] Smartassassin:
Are you able to resize widgets with the launcher?

Sent from my phone, not yours.
[Vibrant Android Development] Br1cK'd:
Thanks for the good words everyone, I hope the initial tests are going smoothly, please report issues so they can be logged and addressed.

I don't deserve much credit for this, all of the sources came from others, I just put them together how I see they best fit. My biggest contribution was getting the external to mount on the SGS with the crespo (nexus s) source framework.

When I have the time, I'm going to get my Linux box up and running, with the goal being to build ICS from source, directly and solely for the Vibrant, since well thats the phone I have, and still rock.

Until I can get a solid build going from source for us, I feel this is a suitable substitute.
[Vibrant Android Development] Br1cK'd:
Its the stocklauncher, I don't think you can.
[Vibrant Android Development] Smartassassin:
no problem, outside of that, this ****e is smooth. Good work man

Sent from my phone, not yours.
[Vibrant Android Development] salazar.r1:
Can anyone confirm that they can open gallery settings? I'm trying to set it to sync photos from picasa and can't seem to get to the settings.

Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] Drjjones426:
I can't either. Click settings and it just goes blank

sent from my deranged vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] mr_psycho:
Mine seems to be pretty snappy. I did not wipe from Beta1 to Beta2, and I did my usual /data/data -> /datadata conversion, too.

Zip a dee doo dah...

I'm also back to Gapps v20120215. Dark is nice, but sometimes it's too hard to read things like Gmail.

MP
[Vibrant Android Development] krackerjac:
brilliant rom

i like how lite and clean she is and yeah shes a she lol....

the only time i get lag is when i open the app draw..

but besides that its snappy and smooth
[Vibrant Android Development] hurtz777:
Mr. Psycho does this rom not run apps in datadata? Could you post the script file to convert to datadata? Is the speed increase noticeable on beta2?
[Vibrant Android Development] mr_psycho:
One Data Fixer To Rule Them All

Here's an updated DataFix.zip by Team ICSSGS that toggles the data fix.

The script checks to see if you have the data fix applied, and if so, attempts to reverse it. If you do not have the data fix applied, and attempts to apply it.

There are checks in this script to fail if you have more data in /data/data than will fit in /datadata. My version did not contain any such checks, so this would be a safer script to run.

Therefore, it is my recommendation that you use this script going forward to migrate to/from the data fix.

All credit for this script should go to Team ICSSGS.

MP
[Vibrant Android Development] TRusselo:
suggest adding this original launcher mod.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1470029

blue search bar
[Vibrant Android Development] hurtz777:
Thank you. Do you notice a speed increase after converting to datadata? Beta 2 does seem to lag more then Beta 1 for me. I am using Glitch v14b3 and not the included platypus kernel but I don't think it is kernel related.
[Vibrant Android Development] mr_psycho:
Personally, I notice an increase in performance (ie. less lag). The kernel can still affect performance to a small degree, but pretty much most of the kernels are about the same these days. I've used most of the kernels with great success.

Sometimes, just changes to memory management/utilization can help things a lot.

MP
[Vibrant Android Development] :
seems like datadata is active because theres new files in there
[Vibrant Android Development] mr_psycho:
So, I guess check in /datadata to see if there are files in there. Also, check if /data/data is a link to /datadata. This can be done in any file explorer, or command-line, if you like.

MP
[Vibrant Android Development] hurtz777:
Well I just flashed Mr. Psycho's data data script and my lag is gone. Br1ckd does this beta2 rom work from datadata partition?
[Vibrant Android Development] Br1cK'd:
To address the datadata questions. This rom by default does symlink the /data/data folder to the datadata partition which is just under 200Mb.

I manually do (Edit) the opposite of (end edit) what MPs script does every flash to have my /data/data reside on the 2GB partition. The Rom Control app has a setting to maintain free memory, its with the cpu settings, and that is a good item to negate any lag that the datadata fix might cause. I keep it set at 100, enabled on boot.

Did I miss or not answer anything?

Sent from my ICS'd Vibrant, melting all over XDA Premium
[Vibrant Android Development] hurtz777:
So Mr. Psycho's datadata script uses the slower 2GB partition rather then the faster nand 200MB partition which beta 2 by default is using? There is no way I will use over 200MB so I should get the fastest performance just keeping beta 2 stock and not running Mr. Psycho's datadata script that converts to the slower 2GB partition?
[Vibrant Android Development] mr_psycho:
Actually, my script moves you from the slower /data/data (2GB) paritition to the faster but smaller /datadata (170MB) paritition. There's a different script (DataFixer) that moves you to the slower partition.

If you are already using /datadata, then there's no need to flash my "migrate2datadata" script.

MP
[Vibrant Android Development] Br1cK'd:
OIC, my mistake, I thought you were posting the other one. Yes, ICZen uses /datadata by default.
[Vibrant Android Development] Dougfresh:
Just to concur, my data/data is a mirror of datadata. Is this the same as flashing the Migrate2datadata zip? Also what is data2? I only have 2 app extensions in there...
[Vibrant Android Development] TLX317:
This rom is sick! Great compilation :D
[Vibrant Android Development] BoomBoomPOW:
Adding the glitch kernel with oc @ 1500mhz (stable) makes this the fastest ics ever. Thanks dude! :)
[Vibrant Android Development] nedlog:
Nice work, really like all of the ROM controls.

Sent from my Icy Vibrant!!
[Vibrant Android Development] bobshute:
I haven't gotten it to work on Zen, AOKP, CNA, its just a tease. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] xtone:
I'm using MM061 #1 pulled from slim no voodoo color, I like cm color better lol
[Vibrant Android Development] aldoit01:
hey guys i need your help

i cant connect my phone running the latest zen to USB debugging mode i did go under dev options to click the option ON but when i plug it into the computer it doesn't recognize
[Vibrant Android Development] gdpaull:
Alright. So, since I'm a flashing addict (wait, addicts go to rehab...I just have a "problem"), I flashed the GB bootloader. I confirmed this by the new splash screen that shows SubZero, and the new 2-button combos work. Currently flashing SubZero Build#18!
[Vibrant Android Development] mr_psycho:
Great. You should be good to go from here on out.

Just to confirm, previously you only saw the "Vibrant" logo, which flashed/flickered briefly, correct?

For some reason, the bootsplash logo doesn't show on Froyo bootloaders.

PS. We're all addicts that need rehab. lol

MP
[Vibrant Android Development] gdpaull:
Yes, before I flashed, it was just the white Vibrant logo. Now, this one says Samsung Galaxy S on top, with SubZero in the middle, and then Cyanogenmod on the bottom. This is just the boot animation, correct? Could I download another bootanimation and flash it to replace that splash screen?

Also, I know it's recommended to flash ROMs with a full battery....this true for kernels as well?
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
First step of being an Addict: Denial. It's ok gdpaull, MP will take care of you on this thread.
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
Well Br1ck'd your well wishes/ predictions were correct. Since I now always have Zen close by on my phone my tech problems are subsiding. Cleaned up my PC and reinstalled/upgraded my OS to Win7 Ultimate, new external drive, added 4 USB ports, new keyboard, switched back to Comcast and 20mb dl speeds and for my birthday tomorrow just move up from a 20in monitor to a 24in. All that should keep me good for another year or until the new windows "slate" machine come down in price (only 2 worth a look right now Samsung and Asus).

All this since installing ICZen YAY!!!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] yosup:
I'm having a heck of a time getting Odin to detect my phone while connected in Download Mode. Tried numerous Vibrant / SGS driver packages - including Android SDK Tools' Google USB Driver Package. I can connect as Mass Storage just fine. I just can't seem to get any response in Odin's COM box when in Download Mode.

So ... I tried Heimdall v1.3.1 (Windows XP). When I run zadig.exe (w/ "List All Devices" checkmarked), I unfortunately don't see "Samsung USB Composite Device" listed ... ie. it just lists "Unknown Device"!

In Windows Device Manager, "USB Composite Device" is shown when connected as Mass Storage ... but then it becomes "Unknown Device" with the phone in Download Mode!

Any thoughts? :confused: