yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] hazi1964:
just a quick question before I root this. Do I need to select usb debugging first?

Am assuming I do but appreciate confirmation please.

Thank you

Alison
[Galaxy S II General] amnya:
It hangs due to how Samsung added some kind of security disallowing you to save to SD or USB memory if you have a non stock kernel. But if you root your phone in a stealthy way, you will not face an SD problem, nor face any locks in Titanium backup.
[Galaxy S II General] mr sharpey:
haha. Just put your finger over the speaker hole.

btw: mine doesn't make the sound in silent mode. Running LP7
[Galaxy S II General] amnya:
Hi mate, best way to root is as follows:

1. Do have USB debugging enabled.

2. go to download mode and flash using odin the CF-Root 5.4

3. Install mobile odin on yor device, and flash the original kernel (this will fix any SD problems and remove the yellow triangle"

4. Next, extract the "zImage" file from CF-Root 5.4 and place it on your phone.

5. Use CWM to flash a kernel and select the "zImage" file you just extracted from CF-Root.

Using the above procedure you will hack stock kernel, but rooted.
[Galaxy S II General] mbinzet:
I have a problem: each time Itry to change a lock-wallpapier or contact picture and choose a picture from galery I get a black screen instead of edit picture and after a while "Galerie angehalten= Galery stopped".

Android :4.0.3

Basis version: I9100XLPQ

Kernel-Version: 3.0.15-I900XXLPQ-CL223505 se.infa@sep-94 #3

Build Nummer: IML74K,XXLPQ

flashed:odin3 v1.8.5

Please help
[Galaxy S II General] amnya:
Aparently you do not search before posting, as we have said a gazillion times, you cannot change wallpaper on home or lockscreen if you have the option "Force 2D rendering" enabled on the "Developer Options" in "Settings".

Cheers :) Search is a great tool! Trust me!
[Galaxy S II General] mbinzet:
What a fool am I, thank sir, I ws out of myself with this litte problem.

Sorry for my bad english, I am Türk who lives in Germany for over 40 year, I forgot all engish that I learnd in school. Thanks again.
[Galaxy S II General] surcha:
Thanks very much. My phone was stuck on the boot screen, tried rebooting, reflashing but no joy. Once I tried with a wipe, sailed through the process. I updated from a custom ROM, so may be a wipe was needed...
[Galaxy S II General] amnya:
You are most welcome, i personally find no problem with your English :) And btw, no need to apologize when you are bilingual. Most of the "English" speaking countries do not understand any language other than English, so you knowing more than one language makes you better, there is no need to apologize :)

Cheers Arkadaş
[Galaxy S II General] AshleyTayles:
Can someone PLEASE provide a mirror for the I9100DXLP7 separate kernel? Filefactory 1. sucks and 2. is down, and I urgently need it.
[Galaxy S II General] m44b:
ICS Domination

Anyone tried to install ICS Domination theme v4.0.4 (for XXLPQ) or 4.0.5 for LP7 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1334922) over these fw ?
[Galaxy S II General] amnya:
Search this thread for my post of a mirror for DXLP7 Kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] aitlbach:
Kernel LP7
[Galaxy S II General] manalicream:
Please can someone help. this thread moves too fast!
[Galaxy S II General] AshleyTayles:
You're a life saver, thank you! :)
[Galaxy S II General] Xeodus:
Hear hear! One of the things I feel most guilty about day-to-day is that I can only really speak the one language
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
Google translate. :p
[Galaxy S II General] mr sharpey:
You can speak Australian and American too, don't be hard on yourself :D
[Galaxy S II General] Bayint Naung:
LP7 has some issue with wifi.

sometimes when I turn wifi on, it will stuck at turning on....

It connect successfully sometimes.

I am also encountering auto-reboot! Is it because of over-heating? :confused:

Auto-reboot, and wifi error happend also on my previous samsung ace.. :(:( :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
The IceCream man is coming....!
[Galaxy S II General] eRPeeX:
What is "rooting your phone in a stealthy way" ?
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
u must be dressed as a ninja
[Galaxy S II General] andreasS2:
I'm guessing installing a firmware through Mobile Odin and selecting the EverRoot option.
[Galaxy S II General] eRPeeX:
like in
[Galaxy S II General] coversnail:
On their twitter page ThreeUK were responding to people asking about the ics update by saying that they're 'waiting for Samsung's approval' which infers they have it ready to go?
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
Love it. :D
[Galaxy S II General] helppme:
really, u got a uk update happening??
[Galaxy S II General] elquango:
just updated today. rooted. all went fine.

only problem is that it seems to crash quite often.

set cpu, sd speed increase, various other random ones.

ive updated set cpu to the latest one as well.

wish i hadnt updated
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
How you installing the rom then? Are you using Kies? So am i right in saying 3 will forward there version of ICS rom onto Samsung and Sam pushes it onto Kies? I only as this cant i don't get why they mean by waiting for approval.

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No i just heard the Icecream Van outside my house. :p
[Galaxy S II General] eRPeeX:
Than one must have Mobile Odin Pro. Are you sure this will help Titanium Backup Pro working?
[Galaxy S II General] Xeodus:
Did you update from stock or a custom rom?

I had problems when I initially flashed from stock, but when I booted into recovery, did a factory reset, wiped the cache and then re-flashed the rom, it worked like a dream :)
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
couldnt it be OTA - just three users get a notification

maybe samsung has to approve operator builds to confirm is A-OK for the device
[Galaxy S II General] Xeodus:
Trollolololol-ololol-ololol! :(
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
Sorry dude... Had to pop that knowing we are all waiting for Jesus to fall from the sky.
[Galaxy S II General] andreasS2:
I haven't really tried restoring anything with Titanium because I kept my data while updating to ICS (LPQ) but the scheduled backups keep on taking place normally.
[Galaxy S II General] knight.som:
I installed LP7. I need to root the same, can someone help me in doing it? :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] andreasS2:
Install the CF-Root LPQ kernel as linked in the first post of this thread :)
[Galaxy S II General] elquango:
i updated from rooted gingerbread

not sure if thats custom or not

it was this one before

CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEF_KJ2-v5.0-CWM5

if i do wipe it, im not sure what i will lose. what exactly does titanium backup save? im not using the paid version.. will i still have all my whatsapp chat history ?

my most recent backup was last night so it should have everything up to date
[Galaxy S II General] coversnail:
I'm not sure what they mean by it either, I'm unbranded anyway so will just wait till its uploaded on xda to flash via odin!
[Galaxy S II General] Xeodus:
I'm not a Titanium Backup expert, but if you want to make doubly sure, then run the 'Backup all user apps + system data' batch job before you do anything. I assume this will mean that you can restore you SMS, and other apps history - but can someone else confirm this?

If you do that factory reset and cache wipe before re-flashing, you will be starting from a clean slate with nothing. This is exactly what Titanium Backup is meant to help with so I'd hope it'd work! Be prepared for the slim chance that it doesn't though...

It sounds like things are pretty unstable right now though so I'd just go for it - not much to lose!
[Galaxy S II General] juniorubz:
I have no problem.
[Galaxy S II General] Jewstie:
Both of you, thanks. But i'm unable to boot into download mode, it just shows the samsung logo like a described. I suspect the kies process was stil running what kind of effect would that have exactly?
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
Thank you sir :)
[Galaxy S II General] pahardie:
should still allow you to get into d/l mode even if you pull an update half way through. as long as you didn't check PIT or anything partition related? unplug from the PC when you try the power vol down combo as sometimes it does weird stuff like totally ignores you and goes into the charging screen.
[Galaxy S II General] Jewstie:
Can't explain. but at the thousand try i succeeded to get download mode whilst having the usb cable plugged in before trying. Reflashing! (without kies on ;) )
[Galaxy S II General] natzy85:
I love this firmware. It is much faster then XXLPH and also Chrome beta works without FC's. Is there somebody that knows how can I disable the sound for connecting via USB and also for low battery? Also if I can remove the shutter and lock sound from camera. Thank you!
[Galaxy S II General] flunkyou2:
Noob question: how do i check what CSC im using..... and what should i be using?

Network: Vodafone, UK
[Galaxy S II General] pahardie:
nice one. kies is the root of all evil.
[Galaxy S II General] ct85msi:
can I use the old bootloader to reset the custom binary count ?
[Galaxy S II General] ikatt:
It will occasionally have the effect of borking the flashing process. If the logo keeps appearing in loop, your phone should be fine. Download Mode should be working, just make sure you hold down all the buttons, with the Power Button last.
[Galaxy S II General] pahardie:
if your rooted an app called nitrality is good or d'l csc selet from the market. XEU is the one I'm on (sim free Uk model - always safe)
[Galaxy S II General] majo_scigo:
Could I flash it via CWM or Clockwork?
[Galaxy S II General] carloslopescj:
Will the update to the last data erase my data?
[Galaxy S II General] pahardie:
no cwm packages available yet as far as I know - only via ODIN at this stage
[Galaxy S II General] traumakom:
installed fine in 5 minute with ODIN Mobile PRO!!!
[Galaxy S II General] kitch9:
Change the font to something else, then back again if you haven't wiped. (Or just to something else if you like the new font.)

Should look like normal after that.
[Galaxy S II General] flunkyou2:
Thank you :)...... Im Gutted now though lol..... IT WIPED ME PHONE :@
[Galaxy S II General] Arashdn:
Hi all ,

I can't connect to VPN Connection on this rom

I also had this problem on lph and lpb while I can connect to vpn on lp6 and cm9 rom with out any problem ...

Do you have any idea ?
[Galaxy S II General] pahardie:
i upgraded from LA4 (2.3.6) and it didn't wipe my data.. except my bookmarks but restored those from a backup. wiped my launcher pro settings too for some weird reason.
[Galaxy S II General] lodger:
i posted the answer only 1 page back....please read the thread.......YES YOU CAN
[Galaxy S II General] Bandit1988:
Have you tried mx player is alot better than stock even with ICS
[Galaxy S II General] Bandit1988:
have you tried mx player its a lot better than stock video player even with ICS installed
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
Im gonna make an educated guess... if we dont see this rom before 6pm our time then Samsung will either upload over night or over the next few days
[Galaxy S II General] helppme:
Woah woah woah!!... hang on, this post has got me extremely confused... You're educated? wtf? :D sorry, couldn't resist ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] sebyku:
Hei, i installed this rom, but my phone was locked before in vodafone, i tried unlock using galaxy s 2 unlock v.1.0 and said sorry no unlock code found .. how can i unlock my phone?
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
Of cause im Educated.... Im updating my iphone4s with ICS.....:p
[Galaxy S II General] fishingfon:
How do you put ICS on an iPhone?

Lol

Cheers CoreyB

Sent from my (Quietly brilliant!!) I9100T to your brain
[Galaxy S II General] Guinhu:
haha Yeah you guys always crack me up... :D
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
I used Apple Kies. :eek: Because im educated the Nokia way
[Galaxy S II General] amnya:
Well, when you root and your phone sees a non stock kernel, and you end up with a yellow triangle, this is root where the phone is aware it is rooted and has a non stock kernel!

What i call as Stealthy, is when you root the phone and your OS still believes you have a stock non modified kernel!

Looool

Troll Looool
[Galaxy S II General] coversnail:
ThreeUK says in regards to the ics update:

We pass it back to the manufacturer to release it. They have it, we're just waiting on hearing when they intend to release.
[Galaxy S II General] amnya:
Hahahahahaha! ICS on iPhone! Lol. Its like putting ketchup on a stone and trying to imagine its a burger!
[Galaxy S II General] aitlbach:
try Galaxy_S Unlock by HELROZ
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
Chances are 3 Will probably be first in line then.

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That could work if you had teeth like this>>:D
[Galaxy S II General] Kronkels:
Lots off fuzz about nothing?

Ther's a lot of noise about nothing at all I think, DXLP7 is an older firmware than the XXLPQ. I went along with this madness, I was on XXLPQ, and flashed the DXLP7 kernel.

XXLPQ was great on my S2, reading it was much much better I flashed XXLP7 kernel, result works ok battery life is ****. On XXLPQ 3 days + after one day on XXLP7 just 45 % left.

Only flashed the kernel, nothing further changed in mij S2.

So I'm flashing back the XXLPQ Kernel.

I stay on XXLPQ for now its great.

here you kan see the different dates of firmwares:

http://samsung-updates.com/latest-firmware/
[Galaxy S II General] brainimpact:
Forgive me for not reading all the new posts in here not got time, Just wondering if official UK Sim Free was released today? as everyone last week was quoting the 19th as release day.
[Galaxy S II General] ankurprime:
I'm on second charge cycle. I was on stock XXLPQ (XEO) before this for 2 days and display time on that was 4-5 hrs (it was 4hr 47 min on first cycle i remember) with the same settings i have on this one. Phone goes in sleep alright when locked.

Wanted to ask if is this normal? what kind of display time should one expect with auto-brightness, sync on, mobile data(2g) on and mostly default settings on the stock ICS firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
NOPE.!:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
[Galaxy S II General] helppme:
exact same performance I was getting with LPQ.. I improved it a bit with the old LP6 modem.. but this reduced download speeds.. so go figure. It seems some people are getting bad battery performance issues, even after resolving any sleep issue.. if you have a battery widget, can you confirm what mV you;re battery reads when teh charge is low? thanks
[Galaxy S II General] mr sharpey:
I feel like I should really know the answer to this, as I've been following this thread since it's birth. But I have one question if someone could answer it for me?

When Three UK release their version of the ROM, can I just use the MODEM from it over my LP7 install? I did find other people asking if you can mix and match, but didn't find a convincing answer :)

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] dragon135:
No, LP7 is newer than LPQ. See the changelist and build date, NOT the release date.

- Changelist means the last improvement number merged to CVS before they compile/build the firmware.

- Build date is the date they compiled the firmware (as in *#1234#).

Seeing changelist number is enough to determine which one is newer (latest code + more improvements)
[Galaxy S II General] wanam:
How do you know that? you should check their build dates ;) .
[Galaxy S II General] danmullen:
How do you resolve the sleep issue? That's definitely the culprit for me.
[Galaxy S II General] teslapolaris:
I installed "I9100DXLP7" and "CF-Root v5.4 LPQ" but encounter problem with installing Taitanium backup. The error is "Titanium Backup could not be installed. Free up some space and try again." I have several GB of space left in both internal and external storage and there are no problem installing other apps. Any advice? Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] Xeodus:
Are you able to move apps to the SD card ok?
[Galaxy S II General] dragon135:
it is your internal 2GB storage having low space (under 200MB). Uninstall some apps or move them to sd card.
[Galaxy S II General] elquango:
is it just me or is connecting usb mass storage much longer to do now?

is there a quick way to get to it?
[Galaxy S II General] Kronkels:
oeps

Sorry this old guy needs to use his glases more often :eek:

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sorry I will use my glases more often :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] helppme:
turned off all the auto sync in emails etc, and then froze all the samsung auto update apps with titanium b... i also used teh lp6 modem.. not sure which of these solved the sleep issue tho :/ i did them all at once and wasn't being too technically minded at the time.. ive downgraded to 2.3.4 now anyway.. 7hours use, and at 91% battery.,. no comparison...
[Galaxy S II General] Mr Itch:
Hi guys,

Fairly new to all this and just wondered if someone could help out. I have a UK unbranded SGS2 currently running 2.3.4 from Kies. I have never rooted and have only ever updated through Kies. The only reason I want ICS is to run DSLR controller - I know I can go down the rooted path and possibly a new ROM to do it but seeing as ICS is almost here I thought I'd wait for it.

Would you say the steps below are correct in getting my phone ready for the new ICS firmware upgrade coming this week:

1. uninstall Kies - remove all registry entries, remove all folders from hard drive

2. Install latest version of Kies

3. Remove SD card from phone (I have nothing I want to back up)

4. Charge phone to 100% battery

5. Perform factory reset of phone from within Android itself

6. Enter recovery mode - wipe data / factory reset / Wipe cache / wipe Dalvik cache

Do I need to do step 6 or does step 5 do the same thing anyway?

Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] teslapolaris:
Thanks for the advice but it didn't work. I have 1.11GB free out of the 2GB and I could move apps from phone to SD. So far have tried uninstalling market, clear Dalvik cache but still a no go. Strange thing is that I do not have this problem on I9100XXLPQ.

Any other advice will be appreciated.
[Galaxy S II General] danmullen:
Cheers mate. I've also frozen all of the unnecessary Samsung stuff, but I've always used Gmail's push email and want to keep that function - it's one of the main reasons I have a smartphone! :)
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
By the time you work it all out ICS will be probably be availble on Kies.
[Galaxy S II General] mr sharpey:
:D On this occasion, that's probably the safer route too.
[Galaxy S II General] osmington:
having read everyone's posts, i reckon i will wait for kies myself.

after all we have waited for long enough, a little extra won't hurt lol.
[Galaxy S II General] Elemetrix:
Sounds like my LPQ.. I have to reboot :(

Looks like it's not worth my time flashing LP7 then either, ugh.

I'm sure my battery life is worse at the moment with the screen seemingly using too much battery. Auto-Brightness doesn't appear to be doing a very good job either.

Oh and well done Samsung on a successfully delayed UK release.
[Galaxy S II General] Mr Itch:
Those steps are in preparation for getting it from Kies
[Galaxy S II General] sebyku:
Thank you, worked, how can i get rid off the exclamation triangle?
[Galaxy S II General] helppme:
this could be interesting, I think it means three were probably starting with an older base version and will be a totally different, probably earlier release of 4.0.3 than the unbranded handsets will eventually get.... although all three have to do is package some ****e apps and change the boot image lol, doubt it takes long...
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
OK... I would just do a factory reset. Thats all im going to do.
[Galaxy S II General] mr sharpey:
By using your search button.
[Galaxy S II General] Elemetrix:
Aha! I'm on LPQ and I thought I must have just remembered incorrectly Draw Something being easier to use.

Likewise I haven't noticed problems anywhere else but Draw Something I really struggle to do small details.
[Galaxy S II General] helppme:
make sure your phone is fully charged, walk into the bathroom.

You need a shiny surface, a mirror will do.

Take a long hard look at yourself and repeat. 'I will use the search function on XDA, I will use the search function on XDA'

repeat this process as needed. Return to your computer, and by magic a solution will present itself....

and boom.. triangleaway, as if an app existed to do exactly what you need, and was presented by the grace of god, triangleaway, the cursed triangle is gone.....

:-)
[Galaxy S II General] sebyku:
I think i should flash the original kernel but i cant donwload from filefactory ...
[Galaxy S II General] elquango:
anyone elses phone feel noticably hotter?
[Galaxy S II General] gma388124:
I tweeted Samsung UK earlier about receiving IcS update today for my Sim free, unbranded sgs2. They just sent me this reply:

@ghulam35 *Hi Ghulam. As mentioned last week we can confirm that the roll out of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on Galaxy S II will be available from week commencing 19th March, however the availability of software upgrades in the UK will be dependent upon each network’s own software approvals process.
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
Take your pick https://sites.google.com/site/rizandroid/ics

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And they cant release the Un-branded version LIKE NOW. Samsung shouldn't give release dates.

If i hear one more ice-cream van go past my house im gonna scream.
[Galaxy S II General] Xeodus:
You can do that, I think there is a torrent in one of the posts with it in. You can also just use TriangleAway from the market :)
[Galaxy S II General] Shiroken84:
Screw Samsung and 3. Ive been waiting all day like a mug and still no sign of it.
[Galaxy S II General] Xeodus:
Feel for you man....I couldn't wait :P
[Galaxy S II General] chriswelsh23:
Any news on the GT-I9100P? (with Near Field Connectivity)
[Galaxy S II General] MacDrunk:
hello im from mexico, north america region,, the only release of ICS aviable is the one from trinidad and tobago LPE can i use that on my phone since i have TELCEL KK1
[Galaxy S II General] Guinhu:
Ugh.. the wait is killing me aswell. :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] someonet1k:
Chill all, Samsung are pulling a Nokia here :D They are telling a date, then retract, then a new one, then release something quick and then start working on the actual release. I've been on N97-treatment for 2 1/2 years, trust me, we're still aces here :D

Overall I'm noticing a 20-30% increase in battery life, which is superb. Now if they do release a nicer update with fixed scrolling and a few other improvements in the UI "speediness", I'll be quite cool. Oh, and fix the lock screen and add the extra buttons in the circle :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] Guinhu:
lol Oh I'd never guess that... D'uh And yes you can use it...
[Galaxy S II General] MacDrunk:
i can use what LPE,, or LPQ OR LP7 wich one i hit the thaks button by mistake,,, but hey anyways thanks

by the way this is and update right wont wipe nothing
[Galaxy S II General] Elemetrix:
Do any UK networks even have their own branding on the SGSII?

I know T-Mobile don't. Have a feeling 3 don't either.

They could refuse the update based on any one of the problems listed in this thread though :o
[Galaxy S II General] fyew-jit-tiv:
Dont know. I never buy or get branded phones... Just got of the phone to CPW and they are syaing that samsung will release all UK roms at the same time. Now this could take days depending on how quick the Carriers are in adding there silly wall papers. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] Bobblot:
Does ICS fix the low mic volume? Thanks :)
[Galaxy S II General] woolhead:
Orange brand their version, own homescreen/launcher and crapware added.
[Galaxy S II General] Crystylez:
ICS Open Europe..?

Hey does anyone know when the ICS Open Europe version will come out..? :)
[Galaxy S II General] Elemetrix:
LOL if it's anything like the San Fran bloatware I can guess how horrible that might be :p