yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
For my 2 cents on this the battery is significantly worse, but the stock browser scrolling and text reflow are so bad I'm thinking about going back to GB.

I know I can't complain too much about the battery as I'm just entering my 24th hour of it being installed. Yesterday I lost a little over 20% in two hours that had screen on for about 30mins, 20 of those were playing angry birds (my students, not me). Wifi was on with a strong signal, but not 3G. Then I did a little less than 10 minutes of tethering just to test it worked. The signal where I tested was an urban area, first floor that gets poor signal. Normally this might have resulted in around a 10% battery loss. As an aside the signal strength seemed about the same as with GB in that location.

Skittish readers beware the next paragraph TMI:

I like to take my morning dump and surf on my phone. The throne was just at the edge of my wifi signal on GB, now I get a solid bar and a half where on GB I got none. But this mornings session resulted in an almost 20% battery loss where it usually is around 10%.

Today was pretty close to a dealbreaker though. The stock browser loads so much faster over wifi than before, and it's nice to have desktop view easily accessible in the menu as the old user:agent was a kluge. Flash seems to work too. But the scrolling behavior and text reflow are awful to the point of sending me back into the loving arms of GB.

On the old stock browser I could double tap on a column of text and that column would fill the whole window nearly perfectly. Now with this new stock browser there is a large margin on either side, but what's worse, I now have to manually recenter it to get the column in the window. OK so that is an annoyance, but now when you scroll the text doesn't automatically just go up or down, now it also moves left and right as well because your flick is rarely completely vertical. This makes your scrolling shove the column partially, or more often, totally out of the window. On the old stock browser you could scroll super fast up and down a column. I love to read www.zerohedge.com. The comments are often the best part and they go on for miles, so now when I scroll fast it slides completely to the left or right (which is only white space) while still moving quickly down the column.

Text can no longer be reflowed either. Before on small text you could pinch to zoom out and then tilt the phone 90 degrees up and then back and the text would stay at the larger size you zoomed to, but would reflow within the screen so the column would occupy the total screen again.

The loss of both of these browser behaviors has significantly lessened my enjoyment of this phone. I've looked in the stock browser menus and can't seem to find a way to modify these behaviors, but if you know how to rectify them please post or thanks as I'm sure I'm not the only one who hates this.
[Galaxy S II General] DesirableDesire:
Hey there, the I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar.md5 file is the only one needed, just put it as the PDA file in ODIN.
[Galaxy S II General] Atomix86:
Those are the correct files. Just flash the tar.md5 file via Odin under the "PDA" option :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] sawgent:
First Look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqqD8g6z_RM
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
Fastest link around from paul @modaco here.... android.modaco.com/topic/352474-official-ics-rom-release-for-flash-via-odin-i9100oxalpq-xeo/page__pid__1916544#entry1916544
[Galaxy S II General] madman_cro:
what i dont get is how come you cant uninstall apps wich are in downloaded apps like skype kies etc. i mean why put it there if you cant uninstall?
[Galaxy S II General] cz.marcin:
IT IS A "NON-WIPE" VERSION. Just flashed myself trough desktop odin. So no worries :)
[Galaxy S II General] ikatt:
Just use Chainfire's TriangleAway, works like a charm.
[Galaxy S II General] Atomix86:
If you're referring to the pre-installed Samsung apps, you can use something like Titanium Backup or Root Explorer to delete them.
[Galaxy S II General] roswell782:
So what???! Flash the md5 in pda with Odin and it's ok!! It's a non wipe version.
[Galaxy S II General] HavocRo:
Next time have the patience and read the ****ing thread from the begining!
[Galaxy S II General] zabihjan:
there is only one file

it is 100 times better than any ICS leak
[Galaxy S II General] DesirableDesire:
How long should reboot take :confused: ?
[Galaxy S II General] Nokip:
I flashed this using mobile odin and ticking the rootbox and inject SU and it worked like a charm. I have full root and no yellow triangle. But i suspect that i will switch to a custom kernel soon.
[Galaxy S II General] matee89:
You have to wipe your device (data/factory reset, cache, dalvik), if you were on MIUI (or probably other custom ROM), otherwise it will stuck on bootlogo. Tested myself, it works now :)
[Galaxy S II General] general forceps:
Quick Q

Hi guys, apologies if this has been answered; I thought I went thru most pages. Anyways:

Is there a requirement in terms of ROM/Kernel prior to flashing this?

Like do I need a stock 2.3.6 before I flash or my Checkrom 2.3.6 with Darknight will do?

I am willing to do whatever's needed just to avoid issues. No corners will be cut in order to ensure a smooth implementation.

Thanks and regards, folks.
[Galaxy S II General] Kronkels:
why f*** etc I'm yust an other human

I'm sorry sir i did read the thread, maybe my english isn't that good as yours or the thread is getting bigger to fast for me to keep up reading.

You see one can answer without f*** or other **** words

Lots of mirror sites on this one to download from btw:

http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4371&p=28349
[Galaxy S II General] Faryaab:
Updated OP with instructions for flashing firmware if the firmware package consists of 1 file and if the firmware package consists of 3 files.
[Galaxy S II General] Miglon:
Maybe it's a fool's question but... Can I flash over a previous XXLPH ROM? Like Westcript's Resurrection i.e.
[Galaxy S II General] GusseG:
Warning. NOOB question, so have a little patience please:-)

When I DL the provided file i get the following files:

- I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar.md5

- SS_DL.dll

but not the described files for PDA, CSC and PHONE.

What do I do now?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Davith:
Oh come on, just read to posts above yours.
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
Comparing Samsungs ICS to Googles ICS is ridiculous in itself
[Galaxy S II General] ascker1:
my problems so far

hi, I updated 5 days ago. i'll list my problems so far (install without wiping first):

yes, i have the same problem. many games (like 20) lost its icon (now only the default gray/black icon, the "andoid and sd-file" icon appears). i tried to uninstalled them (no problem), but I cannot re-install them. most likely they're not supported.

another weird problem that doesnt go away:

the default music player plays all my songs perfectly after a reboot and during the day, but after leaving the cel phone untouched over night songs with high bitrates and frequencies (198kbs andn 48khz) are played very choppy, as if the file's been corrupted. such songs play fine with other music players though, its just the default played, but the reason why that happens is really weird.

some problems that have only occured once:

1) when switching wifi on the icon got stuck and i couldnt turn it off or on anymore so i had to do a reset.

2) the screen wouldn't automatically turn itself off after 30 seconds. had to do a reset.
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
With these types of problems you generally just wipe your phone, backing up your sd card or internal storage isn't really that hard, and installing your apps again is well worth it over a corrupted problematic system because you want to keep everything

Whenever you flash a brand new Firmware/ROM, you should always completely WIPE everything you can, so that it installs fresh on the phone with no other crap that could conflict with the install or operation of the Firmware/ROM

If you've done it right, then the phone and Firmware should work togethor the best it can
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
Wow! Me likey the force GPU performance for the 35 seconds I've been using it for! A few widgets take a long time to load after a reboot but now they had near instant instantiation. I'll report back with and or if it crashes. Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
Your very welcome buddy :)
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
Meiyo wenti. Any thoughts on my above browser issues?
[Galaxy S II General] RobinHoodSnr:
reverted back to XXLPH...

PS: the point of this message is i replied to another guys post...open your eyes mate...
[Galaxy S II General] Erlanderterv:
I disabled the lock screen and deleted Readers Hub from the first home screen replacing it with camera.
[Galaxy S II General] RobinHoodSnr:
you cant just upgrade the "kernel"...it works in cahoots with your software (Firmware), meaning you HAVE to install the complete firmware...Its the same as having winXP but with a win7 kernel :)
[Galaxy S II General] T-One:
Why? I think it's legit.

Of all the new visual elements in Google's latest OS, only the multitasking menu has been included. Everything else – aside from a new lock screen – has been made to look as similar to the Android 2.3 TouchWiz interface as possible. Widgets can't be resized, there's no unified app and widget drawer, and no Roboto. Samsung has taken a colossal update and turned it into an iterative one, with barely a hint of Google's Holo theme retained. The whole experience feels very Gingerbread-like.
[Galaxy S II General] AdamLange:
New ICS ROM!

[RELEASED] (GT-I9100LKAXSE) ICS 4.0.3 for XSE (Indonesia) region! - LINKS!

New Android Firmware (GT-I9100LKAXSE). Region: XSE, Model: GT-I9100, Ver: I9100DXLP7 (4.0.3), Date: 12.03.2012

Links & downloads here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1549628

Get it!
[Galaxy S II General] Furiath:
yes. I have to agree with that. Instaled and rooted offcial rom. abit better. maybe abit faster. but still is not to much diference from 2.3. I was waiting for ics official long time. and i was so disapointed.

Cyanomod9 here I come...

CM9 I have installed. alot faster. reboot takes 15sec not 1min.full ics look. isc itself is really beatifull imo.
[Galaxy S II General] jastonas:
My phone is bricked so I want to try to flash this firmware using the pit file. Where can I find it?
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
I'm having the same things happen that your experiencing :)

as well as everyone else, it needs improvement, but isn't broken

Next ICS update should fix it :)

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Samsung has a standard like any company that they follow, what you see in the Nexus is purely Googles work

The Samsung Series, especially the SGS2 is there flagship, and shows off Touchwiz (showing it off is debateable :P)

The Roboto font is probably owned by google

The other things that haven't been included may very well be added in future updates, it's not impossible, but I honestly expected this all from Samsung, they like to stick to there own very closely :)
[Galaxy S II General] RobinHoodSnr:
i have the "pit" file for I9100XXKP8_I9100OXAKP8...it SHOULD work on your phone ( galaxy s2 i9100 GT)...If you still need it, i'll upload 4 u...
[Galaxy S II General] jastonas:
Please do!!

It will work for LPQ or should I find KP8?
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
GUYS CHECK THIS OUT!

http://www.sammobile.com/2012/03/15/ics-update-galaxy-note-maybe-delayed-by-samsung/

"Samsung isn’t happy with the bugs on ICS for Galaxy S II."

"Many people are complaining about this after the Samsung released the ICS update for the Galaxy S II.

Hopefully Samsung will find a way to fix this problem."

Samsung will be working hard to release better Official Firmware for us!

So stay tuned!
[Galaxy S II General] RobinHoodSnr:
Here you go...Try it first, if it doesnt work ( i doubt ) THEN search for kp8...cause i have tried it with KP8 and it worked....

http://www.mediafire.com/?90b4vcad3co6pei

...just bare in mind that a PIT file actually re partitions your phone...
[Galaxy S II General] shafiqmadina:
CF-ROOT question

Hi Guys,

I installed the LPQ rom using mobile odin keeping root and everything worked perfectly. (I'm loving it btw!) But, I want to have CWM so that I can backup the entire rom.

Can I simply flash the CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_LPQ-PROPER-v5.4-CWM5.zip kernel?

Thx for any advice
[Galaxy S II General] mikejt2000:
A question

Hi All

Upgraded by odin from LPJ to LPQ with no problems in fact i am quite pleased with it, but, there is always a but the keyboard is QWERTZ but i can live with that (polish rom i think). the real question is when i connect via keis the current firmware version is empty?? then tried *#1234# and the CSC is unknown.

Should have said earlier i flashed the LPQ single file version, in settings about phone the

Baseband version: I900XLPQ,

Kernal version: 3.0.15-I9100XXLPQ-CL223505 se,infra@SEP-94 #3,

Build number: IML74K.XXLPQ.

Should i flash the csc file I9100_CSC_XXLPQ_XEO.tar.md5 again.
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
I believe it's that simple, but wait for other input just incase :)
[Galaxy S II General] RobinHoodSnr:
...correct
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
Thanks for confirming! :)

+1
[Galaxy S II General] Furiath:
When I flashed and rooted stock rom I had there cwm.
[Galaxy S II General] AdamLange:
and new one!

[RELEASED] (GT-I9100HTDLP3) ICS 4.0.3 for HTD (Denmark 3)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23680140#post23680140
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
Same build date and change list as this ROM
[Galaxy S II General] MontAlbert:
quick question- i am still learning this Samsung odin stuff- mostly used HTC in the past...

Why is the 3 file package recommended? Why is it better? So for each file in this package we have to select it in odin?

Asking before i flash my mate's optus SGSII on sunday...

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
I don't honestly believe it's "better" I prefer single file .tar Odin Flashable files, i've never had a problem, the single .tar file and 3 file flash are just different ways of installing, i believe there may be a difference with partitioning perhaps, but not completely sure, if you plan on using the 3 file flash, then yeah, each file has it's own part and goes into either PDA, PHONE or CSC tabs, LEAVE bootloader and .pit alone :) and don't check anything on the left hand side on Odin, make sure your using Odin v1.85
[Galaxy S II General] wonderstoat:
Hi

Is CM9 stable enough for everyday use?
[Galaxy S II General] schakal007stau:
question

whats the difference between the htd and the xeo version.
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
Looking at the Changelist and build dates

Absolutely nothing
[Galaxy S II General] Barely Running:
Thank you for the helpful information!

P.S. Just make sure you that your Applications view is set to "Grid" view to edit and change the default 4 apps. If you have "List" view as your default you won't be able to do the edit :-)
[Galaxy S II General] superleeds27:
Im waiting for a CWM of I9100LKAXSE
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
Excorsist said "The Roboto font is probably owned by google"

I think I remember a Verge thingy or Engadget where the googorolla guy said roboto was open source. Memory serves they made it open source so all could use and unify the look
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
I stand corrected haha! :)
[Galaxy S II General] AdamLange:
Aaaaand next one!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23681028#post23681028
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
I don't mean to be rude, but do you mind not posting links to exactly the same firmware, sure it's got a different three letters on the end but that's it, I class it as spamming, since it has no real use to many of us here, post one post perhaps telling people your link has all different regioned versions of the same firmware, and that it's constantly updated, and maybe keep them all organised in a single XDA Dev Thread, instead of making a new one each time

Just a thought...........
[Galaxy S II General] mokkimhong:
anyone facing this issue? i think this problem probably related to Social Hub..

i try to add email through Social hub, also face the same issue.

when i flash back to Android, everything works perfectly.

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other that email issue, i also found that the touch screen scrolling and sensitivity are also having problem.

i am playing DrawSomething. it is getting very difficult to draw with finger after upgrading to ICS.

by the way, my SGS2 is Singapore version.

thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
It's Ex()rcizm silly! :p
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
for people asking about the Roboto Font can be downloaded

http://developer.android.com/design/style/typography.html

this may be possible to install if you have root, i have not tried...yet
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
It's Roboto font for Windows, did you download and check the files?
[Galaxy S II General] sonertekgul:
from where I can look at the changelists

thks.
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
I have now just installed the Font using RomToolbox...i say the font - a font - name Roboto
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
http://samsung-updates.com/latest-firmware/

Have a look there, that's the link inside the links Grooby keeps posting...

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You lost me..

EDIT: Now that you have uploaded pictures, congratulations aha

To bad I refuse to root :(
[Galaxy S II General] redrumsilence:
Can confirm the CF kernel supports loop, got LXDE and GNOME running smoothly without any issues
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
Good Job :)
[Galaxy S II General] superleeds27:
Can anyone create a CWM Package for I9100LKAXSE
[Galaxy S II General] belushi7:
Since I flashed this ICS, its been fun.all the way ,especially coming from gingerbread 2.3.6. However, I have noticed a little problem with taking pictures. It has this pinkish colour at the center of pictures taken. Even before taking the picture, one can spot the pinkish colour right at the center of the camera view

Does anyone know of how to fix this?
[Galaxy S II General] Silver420:
Ok so I flashed this and then decided I didnt like it and reverted back to Checkrom from my nandroid backup.

Now though I have the yellow triangle still. Do I use triangle away or not as im not on ICS anymore? Bit weird how I have the triangle atm :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
I will add to this the fact the files aren't on his site yet, and there is no information how to get them. Bad form!
[Galaxy S II General] Furiath:
-As I remember there's problem with sync facebook. but not for everyone.

-camera isnt working

-mtp doesnt work but u can use airdroid so no problem with that

theres build on official but with ics look. has no above bugs as I know.
[Galaxy S II General] fstof:
Did the update,

looks quite good, had a force close on touchwhiz this morning, and decided to install apex, and I can report that I couldnt be happier.

very nice (for now)
[Galaxy S II General] geek7899:
Hi all,

I am in AUstralia and flashing ICS for first time on my SGSII. I have rooted it with CF-Root method and SU and CWM are installed.

Just wondering out of above three files, I only need the firmware, which I guess is the I9100_PDA_XX file

Do I need that modem as this is a EU release and I am in Australia ?

Also, then I dont need the CSC file I guess ?

Thanks for replying.
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
Sorry I forgot exactly what it was and by editing the comment down I lost the HTML quote tag, so I actually went back and edited the post to give credit in a very ham fisted manner. My deepest apologies/ Bu hao ee si!

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Is it possible to add the Taiwan ROM to that list please please pretty please with stinky tofu on top??
[Galaxy S II General] s-k:
Does enyone know if someone of this firmwares suport Greek language? and not only in the menu but and in contacts?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
Thanks for adding your input! Much appreciated :)
[Galaxy S II General] ultramic:
Just download the single file, put it in the PDA section and your done.

As we have the I9100T model in Australia, most people were getting better results by flashing back a T modem under GB. However with ICS, the stock LPQ modem seems to be just as good......at least for me anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] waltpinpin:
Too easy!

I just flashed my GT-I9100 with the all-in-one I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar.md5 (and flashed rooted kernel)

but I forgot to wipe before!

at reboot, it was like an upgrade and all my settings, apps and others are ok!

nothing to reinstall!

everything seems to work normally except for the problem of duplicate sms, I've seen elsewhere that there was a fix for this

welcome under ICS...

EDIT: I take back everything I just said! it was a disaster ...

and of course when I wanted to go back to gingerbread the md5 of my nandroid backup was corrupt ...

hahaha

I am therefore obliged to reconfigure everything (apart from the market that I reinstalled all my apps automatically without my request anything)

EDIT n°2: my gingerbread nandoid backup was not corrupted but on the ext sdcard, whereas usually it is on the phone memory... I had simply to go to restore from sd card under the clockword menu...

does anyone know a way to choose the clockword backup folder when saving?
[Galaxy S II General] Wop2k:
Hi,

I tried flashing both ROMs the single file and the three file.

With both I am unable to connect to my Network. It is 3 Austria.

What should I do? I kinda need my phone. How can I get this to work or go back to my original ROM?
[Galaxy S II General] astro_man26:
Wow, nevermind. I was in 'list view' which does not offer the edit functionnality.

You have to be in 'grid view' in order to edit the bottom 4 apps. Talk about a bad design decision.

Thx for the applications --> Software update trick, worked like a charm. I had to go in the 'all' tab of applications, found the green one and disabled it.
[Galaxy S II General] Venekor:
That's a common hardware fault with many mobile cameras, I'm guessing either you never noticed it before or different firmwares have different default settings to try and mask it.
[Galaxy S II General] Beefheart:
In other words you probably didn't install it properly and didn't give it enough time to realise that before going back to Gingerbread.
[Galaxy S II General] @home:
Can see my battery going down by the second :eek:

Wifi on & checking email just as I did on GB, but boy this rom is eating my battery alive & I have the extended life battery.
[Galaxy S II General] Beefheart:
Run it down to nothing then charge it fully. You will notice a big difference on your second cycle.
[Galaxy S II General] sipher26:
this a common problem with installing rom nobody follow directions

and they came and complain about everything like the dev force them to

installed the rom on thier phone... guys and girls get a clue

you did this on your own risk deal with it

thanks

just my 2cents
[Galaxy S II General] jorgefcbastos:
I'm the only to feel my GALAXY S II less smooth than it was with Gingerbread? The screen seems less sensitive and take more time to swich between layers.
[Galaxy S II General] cedric123:
flahsed lpq firmware and got stuck on bootlogo..... flahsed I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar.md5 in PDA in odin, did i do something wrong? now going back to gb restroring nandroid but firt cf root flash in odin hope phone stil want to flash:P
[Galaxy S II General] yahiaga:
Coool !!

works like a charm ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] danmullen:
I'm having exactly the same problem :(

Already done this twice. According to the battery stats it looks like the phone is staying awake for almost the entire uptime.
[Galaxy S II General] cedric123:
any help i flashed the 1 file firmware with the _home.tart.md5 in PDA and than flash now im stuck at bootlogo and is restarting every 8 secs......:(:(