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[Galaxy S II General] umberto1978:
Running this firmware.

Rooted with siyah 3.4.1

Everything works fine and here is what changes from 4.0.3 roms (from what i have noticed), for all just curious users like me:

- whole UI is smooth (maybe a placebo)

- improved notification dropdown

- improved lock ring circle animation

- now dialer has contacts link button and we miss the scroll animation when switch the tabs

- missing local search :eek:

- pressing back button we have a tick effect (like it)

- reworked browser now it shows haw many tabs are opened

- now we can disable "swipe screen to unlock" from settings

- TW4 seems to be locked in memory : if you clear ram it won't close ( if i remember well with previous firmware the launcher redraws)

- pressing home button seems to have NOT lag at all (some one else can confirm)

- using Twungstwenty (sorry if i wrote the name wrong, bro :p ) fix for camera (thanks him) camera preview and videoplayback work well

- EDIT: OMG!! :eek: from display settings here come the battery %!!!

@SAMSUNG give proper credit to developers, here :p

And again... Siyah kernel is safe, for my experience: i have tried all kind of wipe in recovery and made a backup, NO PROBLEM AT ALL

.....and my chip is INSANE.

Cheers

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[Galaxy S II General] Vilzu:
thank you thank you thank you. I seriously don't know how to thank you enough you helped me SO MUCH I was shocked when I flashed the new wanam stock nuild and I lost my precious CWM rdcovery but you helped me get it back on my phone with the quoted reply. THANK YOU! :) :)
[Galaxy S II General] catalin.anghel:
Thx Umberto1978 for information, and because today I will have access to a computer I want to flash 4.0.4 nordic countries and I have some question :

1 there are separate kennel and modem...why?

2 I must flash that separate modem if I'm from other part of Europe like Romania?

3 can't I use that Cf root kernel to have access to the root and it's safe to use?

4 I search that kernel that others said to use (I didn't memorize the name) and on talpatalk it's I little harder to find can't you please help whit a link?

5 cant I use mobile Odin to flash those modem and kernel if the stock doesn't work.

I'm not a noob butt I don't want to brick my phone.
[Galaxy S II General] afiqsabri:
Answers ;

1 for backup purpose, generally,

2 just flash single file will do,the rom itself,

3 u need to use xxlq5 cfroot kernel to do it,which it compatibles with this rom ( ive dne it myself,works like charm)

4 find cfroot kernel thread

5 u may use mobile odin to flash the single file rom, i did it via m.odin too, works for single file also like u said.

If u upgrade from anther stock rom ,root with cfroot kernel,make sure u fix permission n clean dalvik cache .

Sent from my GT I9100
[Galaxy S II General] mzone1510:
Guys, any way we can restore local search? The search bar is pretty useless for me if I can't search for my apps. (I got 260+ apps, it's a pain to scroll through em)
[Galaxy S II General] catalin.anghel:
Thx afiqsabri for information, I hope my questions will help other people that had question regarding thisOS

Sent from my GT-I9100 using TapataIlk 2
[Galaxy S II General] umberto1978:
Mmhhhh

You can try to push the same app from a previous fimrware like LPG for example....

But dont forget its a stock ODEXED one

EDIT google search DOESNT have .odex file so you can easily check it.... :p

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[Galaxy S II General] Brotuck:
You can try to install apex launcher. There also is a search included. I just tried but it also finds installed apps.
[Galaxy S II General] umberto1978:
Are you sure of this? From what ive understand the search widget of apex is only a link of googlequicksearchbox.apk included in firmware.... Not a standalone application...

Maybe i am wrong :rolleyes:

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[Galaxy S II General] Brotuck:
Oh i see now it really is. But i was using xxlq7. In that firmware it is still included.
[Galaxy S II General] frz:
Flashed CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LQ5-v5.6-CWM5 on stock XWLPO

Root aquired

but...

im still getting yellow triangle
[Galaxy S II General] umberto1978:
Worked for me like a charm....

Here's a little guide to do it

First you need root

Install from playstore Es file explorer and enable the root browsing (you need to mount your system as read/write as well

Go in your system/app folder and search and delete "googlequicksearchbox.apk"

Grab the one from HERE (its from a XWLPG 4.0.3) and copy paste to your system/app

Set the permission (always using es file explorer) as RW-R-R

done ;)
[Galaxy S II General] gbil:
Has anyone tried to connect to IPSec Xauth PSK VPN with 4.0.4 ? While with 4.0.3 it wouldn't connect, with 4.0.4 it connects but as soon as any traffic passes through the VPN, the phone just reboots!
[Galaxy S II General] catalin.anghel:
can`t you help me please whit a link for the xxlq5 cfroot kernel because I serch serch serch but I din`t fiind nothing.
[Galaxy S II General] mzone1510:
Thanks man! Worked great! :good:
[Galaxy S II General] Riskytwin:
You need "triangle away" from google market to get rid of it!

When you flash a non stock kernel as CF-ROOT yellow triangle appears.
[Galaxy S II General] bucegiomu:
CF-ROOT for I9100XWLPO?

Could you please ad the link for CF-ROOT LPO tar needed for rooting the I9100XWLPO firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] catalin.anghel:
hy bucegiomu here you go:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

or

direct download link:

http://download.chainfire.eu/202/CF-Root/SGS2/CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LQ5-v5.6-CWM5.zip
[Galaxy S II General] Riskytwin:
There's no CF-ROOT for LPO yet. You can use CF-ROOT LQ5 instead. "Catalin" has already given the link.
[Galaxy S II General] vipul261:
Also

Samsung has removed Brightness shortcut - no change in brightness when sliding the top of screen... Really frustrating

Also the search app feature is gine... any replacement for that??
[Galaxy S II General] ricnar456:
Invisibright free is more confortable and precise than samsung feature for slide the level of brightness.

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[Galaxy S II General] umberto1978:
Previous page from this.....

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29391428&postcount=7935
[Galaxy S II General] vipul261:
Thanks :o

any solution for brightness toggle... i suppose its modded in frame work

- Also any way to change the Lock screen Dots like in 4.0.3?? Small and good looking :)
[Galaxy S II General] lsv-1:
Hello everybody, there's something that I need to clarify with you guys about emmc cap erase, that is part of the kernel only or is it in the firmware itself as well? If I flash a kernel with Updated MMC Drivers with MMC_CAP_ERASE disabled am I saved of bricking my phone by doing a factory reset from recovery or restoring and old nandroid backup? Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] umberto1978:
In this thread there are plenty of answers about this question, anyway i will report my feedback again and again.

In my experience (assuming that THIS is my experience and i am not responsible for OTHER's experiences) is kernel related: using this firmware with Siyah kernel the bug does not occur.

I'll try to explain well, if i'm wrong someone please correct me.

Using a

patched

kernel (like siyah 3.4.1) builted from

patched

sources we are totally safe: more than using stock kernel.

As Tungstwenty stated some pages before (i am not sure if in this thread) using stock kernel and stock recovery we risk anyway that some third part software can trig the mechanism that bring us hard brick, cause the mmc_cap_erase functionality is still enabled.

So take your conclusions.
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
Yes, it's in the kernel. If you use safe one then you will be fine.

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[Galaxy S II General] doclorenzo:
Has Samsung removed XWLPO from the servers? Check Fus only shows XWLPG for nordic region when I tried downloading today, yesterday it was there.

Can someone confirm if this is the case?

(I know there are links in this thread - just wondering if Samsung realized that the brick bug was in LPO and hence recalled it)

EDIT: apparently it's also gone from Kies - maybe there will be a brick bug free version soon..
[Galaxy S II General] lsv-1:
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain again bro, now I feel a little bit "safer" since I just installed Siyah kernel 3.4.1. Cheers!
[Galaxy S II General] Riskytwin:
Still there: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9100&pcode=0&os=1&type=1#firmware
[Galaxy S II General] joaobarroso:
"

Originally Posted by hardcore

K3-28:

- Rebuilt on new GT-I9100_ICS_Opensource_Update7 source code

- Should be compatible with 4.0.4 ROMs

And yes, MMC_CAP_ERASE is disabled for safety.

"

So if i flash K3-28 on my LPO i'm safe, rigth? i can use LPO saftely since i flash it?
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Yes you can.
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
But keep in mind your camera will not work. There are fixes for that but just pointing it out.
[Galaxy S II General] catalin.anghel:
There was a way to adjust the brightens using just the conner of my screen?:eek: :))) I now just I9000 had that thing :))

I'm going back on 4.0.3 to tray:)))

And bye the way I have just made a full wipe data whit CWM and there its no problem whit that or at lest not now,I hope:p
[Galaxy S II General] umberto1978:
Mmmhhhhh why the contacts.apk is so similar to the one from gingerbread......:rolleyes:

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[Galaxy S II General] gersla:
I am currently have an [Rom][AOKP-M6](AROMA+OTA)Resurrection Remix Final ICS v2.6.1 [23/07], pretty satisfied with it, but i am using camera very often, and the video quality is very bad in comparison to the stock ROM.

Want to to try I9100XWLPO (4.0.4) - Nordic Countries but I have few questions:

1. I am not belongs to Nordic Country- will it work in other countries?

2. I am currently have siyah kernel 3.4.1- do I need to flash KERNEL_XWLPO

3. Should i do repartition if I currently have AOKP? where I can take the correct file if I need to do it?

If some one "based on above data" can provide step by step instruction?

thank you in advance and sorry for noob question.
[Galaxy S II General] ryanswj:
1. Of course it will work in other countries - but if you need exotic languages like Simplified Chinese the Nordic Countries ROM will not have it

2. IIRC Siyah 3.4.1 works with XWLPO but you might have the Bluetooth and Camera problem (not sure!) HOWEVER flashing XWLPO from Odin WILL OVERWRITE Siyah Kernel. You will need to reflash Siyah 3.4.1

3. No need to repartition if you haven't messed with the sizes of the partitions (which you shouldn't have)
[Galaxy S II General] gersla:
Thank you for your answer, but just to clarify:

In order to flash the ROM and reinstall the Kernel to XWLPO -

In ODIN, I have to choose I9100XWLPO_I9100NEELP4_I9100XXLQ6_HOME.tar.md5 only or I9100XWLPO_I9100NEELP4_I9100XXLQ6_HOME.tar.md5 and KERNEL_XWLPO.tar in the same time?

Please advise,
[Galaxy S II General] Tungstwenty:
Bluetooth works properly in the latest Siyah version, only the camera fix must be applied and it will also work fine.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
You only need to flash the ROM file - everything is included in this "big" file.

The kernel ist just the stock kernel for flashing back to stock after you have flashed another (custom/rooted) kernel.

But just for "updating" the firmware, you won't need the stock kernel.

Put the ROM file into PDA section of Odin and flash it.
[Galaxy S II General] RM57380:
There is brick with the LPO ?
[Galaxy S II General] cpl.Bower:
Read

check here
[Galaxy S II General] studiovpc:
guys i am reading this and wooo my head is spinning, just need a clarification on one thing...

today i have flashed XWLPM (planning on flashing LPO too) but here's what's bugging me, we are speaking here about bricking our phones if we do wipe from cwm recovery with stock kernel, anyhow I am using Siyah 3.4.1 kernel (with CameraFix app flashed through cwm). I want to WIPE everything in my phone, so it will be as it was turned on for the first time, can I wipe EVERYTHING from CWM Recovery if I have Siyah kernel or not? (bear in mind that I have sane chip according to that bugcheck app)

1. If I wipe everything while having Siyah kernel, can I still boot to download mode and use Odin and flash FW again? Will this be ok to do?

2. So if I got this correctly (presuming 1. is correct) steps to take are: boot to cwm recovery -> wipe everything -> boot to download mode -> flash new fw -> boot phone and voila like it was turned on first time -> after that flash Siyah kernel back -> ENJOY....

3. Any other suggestions if I am mistaken somewhere above?

Thank you in advance
[Galaxy S II General] nihilista:
OK, i did it, flashed xwlpo over xwlp7 with mobile odin pro, rooted within flashing, no wipe. Then installed siyah kernel with mobile odin....

All seems to work fine without wiping anything, btw, serial number is at 000000, but i think thats not a big issue.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] igos2:
Hi,

I'm on LPM, it's worth it to flash LPO over it or nothing changed between them ?
[Galaxy S II General] jgcaap:
hello i just bought a galaxy s2 i'm a bit lost about the kernels. i've flashed this rom and i'm interested in rooting. Wich kernel would be best with this rom, i've been already looking in the index kernel, but the ics kernel seem to be only for custom roms. correct ? thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Siberian Tiger:
You can flash either c.f. root LPQ version

or siyah 3.4.1 and you are good to go.

If you flash siyah you need to flash the fix for the camera to work :)
[Galaxy S II General] jgcaap:
is it CF Root LPQ or LPO ? I've serached the thread of CF root, but i cant seem to find neither. i looked here:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

on post 8.

CAn this one be used: CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LQ5-v5.6-CWM5.zip

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
IMO no real need to update from XWLPM to XWLPO.

Seem to be very similar.

And have both similar test results on my phone.
[Galaxy S II General] afiqsabri:
Ive done it mate, siyah 3.4.1 with camera fix, but my pc wont detect my phone as I9100 anymore, any chance to fix, i thing due to MTP problem
[Galaxy S II General] studiovpc:
i've fixed that issue with not recognizing on pc

flash siyah kernel than in EX Tools find prefferred connection method and set it to USB MASS STORAGE, after that phone is detected in win, after that set it to default again an it will workagin ang again and again as if nothing happened...

p.s.

anything on my previous post about wiping with siyah kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] rockuman_ex:
i recently flash my i9100T to ICS with the following details (from the settings->about):

model: GT-I9100

Android Version: 4.0.3

Baseband version: I9100XXLPQ

Kernel version: 3.0.15-I9100XXLPQ-CL223505 se.infra@SEP-94 #3

Build number: IML74K.XXLPQ

And i have CMW and rooted using CF-Root (i think).

My question is: can I flash the phone with I9100XWLPO (4.0.4) - Nordic Countries (NEE) with Odin as per instructions on the first page?

I don't mind, in fact, I want to go back to STOCK (no root, not CMW, JUST STOCK).

Will it wipe my phone? (don't mind either, as I don't have anything important).

Thank you
[Galaxy S II General] studiovpc:
just flash it with odin and that is it you will have stock kernel no root, everything else will stay it wont wipe it, you can do a factory reset after the update (settings - backup and reset - Factory data reset) after that you will have to set up everything from the start
[Galaxy S II General] rockuman_ex:
thanks! just did :)

so far so good :good:
[Galaxy S II General] jgcaap:
i want to flash siyah kernel. Where can i find a camara fix?
[Galaxy S II General] Dark Emotion:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1772931
[Galaxy S II General] jgcaap:
many thanks :)
[Galaxy S II General] afiqsabri:
what you mean by "in EX Tool" ?
[Galaxy S II General] benveq:
I have stock 4.0.3 XPLD7 and it has stock kernel. is it safe to upgrade to XWLPO 4.0.4 ? I read that my phone may brick because of this update?
[Galaxy S II General] afiqsabri:
problem solved, thanx mate, just need to shift it to camera mode, then it will install the driver then done
[Galaxy S II General] afiqsabri:
Safe guide, brief manual for I9100XWLPO installation

SO, u wanna use this rom with siyah kernel ? Follow this,

1) Download this ROM ONLY(Stock ROM), without kernel and others

2) Use Mobile odin or normal odin, THIS ROM WILL NOT WIPE UR DEVICE, choose "PDA" for normal odin and "Open file " for Mobile Odin"

3) once done ... and bla bla bla installation,

4) download siyah kernel 3.4.1

5) again, choose "PDA" for normal odin and "Open file " for Mobile Odin"

6) once done, u need to install additional file to make ur camera and playback video working http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1772931

7) once done, when u attached to ur laptop or pc, it might not recognize ur phone as I9100 so change to "camera mode" 1st

p/s refer attachment

8) then ur computer will detect a new deveice and install the driver,once done, change back to "MTP mode"

9) if ur pc didnt detect it either, use EXTweaks and force mtp

10) then ur done !!!
[Galaxy S II General] benveq:
Thanks for explanations , what should i do if i dont want to use rom with stock kernel? they say after upgrade if i apply factory reset phone may be bricked? is it true?
[Galaxy S II General] afiqsabri:
what i did was, i did install the rom via mobile odin with "wipe data and cache" BUT nothing happened to my phone, my phone got reset, but everythings fine
[Galaxy S II General] yamen.meddeb:
you came from each ROM ?, 4.0.3 or older i think.
[Galaxy S II General] benveq:
I have stock 4.0.3 and I plan to upgrade to nordic 4.0.4 or should I wait update belongs to my region? by the way, I use normal odin via pc
[Galaxy S II General] afiqsabri:
i came from I9100XWLPM 4.0.4
[Galaxy S II General] Disrespective:
How long should this take to boot after the flash? Mine's taking a very long time... nearly 10minutes now.
[Galaxy S II General] Faryaab:
This is available in kies but currently for only these countries Poland, Hungary, Sweden, & Korea.
[Galaxy S II General] psp888:
Many Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] xmoo:
Thank you for the confirmation.

First time could take up to 15min, if it still shows boot logo try rebooting and if it stays there. You need to wipe your phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Atomix86:
I always get the "this phone can not be updated via Kies" message when I connect my UK i9100 to Kies. Probably because it was factory unlocked?
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
mine stayed on the "S" logo for a while, then went to an android update screen.

also can confirm this wont wipe applications and settings! :)

am now flashing CF_Root
[Galaxy S II General] zabhi:
With Resume Download link .

http://files.arashdn.net/android/i9100/rom/I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_XEO.zip

The password is samfirmware.com
[Galaxy S II General] xmoo:
What rom were you on?

I'm on ILA2 (2.3.6)
[Galaxy S II General] jamsy69:
Hi guys,

It's great news that we are finally getting ICS on our phones. But few days ago when the news start spreading around, on one site I saw "official" Samsung statement that all those who have had their phones flashed(or even only rooted) would have problems installing ICS. So, me being exactly the case, I am wondering if we have to "roll" back to original(as it was when we bought the phone)...any experiance/comments already.

Thanks a lot to all hardworking people from xda-developers.;)
[Galaxy S II General] reemprive:
Is this an international update(does it support dutch)?
[Galaxy S II General] johnny crap:
Has this build german language in it?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] Atomix86:
Just scare tactics by Samsung. Ignore it.
[Galaxy S II General] dabeeeenster:
Is there a way to install this via CWM?
[Galaxy S II General] Arkanius:
Does this package have the bootloader modified to prevent the JIG from reseting the counter?
[Galaxy S II General] Atomix86:
Yes it does.
[Galaxy S II General] screamworks:
While this is slightly O/T, does anyone know of any good guides on how to repackage the various ODIN files into a ClockworkMod-flashable zip? I've just had a look around and can't seem to find anything.

screamworks.
[Galaxy S II General] xmoo:
For real? so this is a frankenstein releasE? :S
[Galaxy S II General] zabihjan:
JUST TRY IT MAN, it is for nordic countries
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
yes it supports German,

from my quick look it seems to support all of european languages
[Galaxy S II General] malimatija:
1.how can i perform this update via my mac?

2.i got my sgs2 from south america, problem? (i9100UHKI1)

TY NOOB
[Galaxy S II General] superspacey:
no, thats just to go back to stock kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] darioaquino:
i dont know if there is a way to flash with a mac, but there is not problem to flash this firmware to a southamerican phone, actually, my phone had the same firmware (19100UHKI1), works really great with ICS, 3G, bluetooth and wifi works perfect, i havent found a bug yet.
[Galaxy S II General] jpbl1976:
Not true at all. I flashed my wife's SGSII via desktop Odin after I flashed mine with Mobile Odin (I didn't get my data wiped either through that method).

All her data and apps are still there. This update is, in effect, a "non-wipe" update.

If I recall correctly, someone already posted this same thing previously much earlier in the thread.

Please don't spread misinformation.
[Galaxy S II General] rawr:
Anyone else having trouble with sending duplicate text messages since upgrading? Any fix yet? tried searching with no luck...

Using Handcent.

edit: went back to stock Messaging app and no duplicates.
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.RS4:
Ok, then Titanium at least work at minimum :-)

Ok, nice info.

Then I just install this ROM, then download Busybox Free from marked and install, and then do the rooting operation(thru Mobil Odin)?
[Galaxy S II General] jpbl1976:
Just a suggestion: you can install Apex or Nova launchers and get the ICS experience, although the icons will remain those of touchwiz.

Nova also allows you to customize your desktop app shortcuts and "transform" it into ICS; can't recall if Apex is the same way.
[Galaxy S II General] malimatija:
Is a OTA version of ICS coming out any time soon or we need to make it work over a computer?

TY
[Galaxy S II General] nzgeoff:
I've been running this for about 12 hours now and it's nice but there are still heaps of small issues that make it feel more like a beta.

The scrolling is horrible, it just doesn't feel right and it takes more effort to get to where you want to scroll to.

In the past 12 hours my wireless has dropped out twice and I've had to turn off the wifi setting then turn it back on to get it to connect again.

The effects are nowhere near as smooth as back in 2.3.4 which is strange as I read everywhere ICS was meant to run much better and appear smoother.

I've tried a few different methods of trying to change the DPI and they all make it boot loop.. Still hoping for this to be fixed soon as the default looks massive like it's made for 80 year olds.

Battery is absolutely shocking! Was 100% 12 hours ago now its at 34% and while I expect it to drain a bit quicker as I was installing a few apps, etc, I think this is terrible.

All my apps work fine, seems all the developers have been pretty good at making them all ICS compatible which is great :)

I hate the default samsung keyboard so much! For those like me I recommend installing the 2.3 style keyboard from the market/play just search for 'Keyboard from Android 2.3' by Steven Lin.

If you know how to get the official ICS keyboard on here please let me know!

Even with these issues I'm still going to stick with ICS. I can't wait for the mods to come out!
[Galaxy S II General] toori88:
mirrors

Are there any mirrors for the files, I've been trying to download the modem file for ages but it keeps saying try later. 7 hours later still the same :'(