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[Galaxy S II General] Barely Running:
You haven't really checked out all the features...

I switched to stock ICS three weeks ago from stock GB 2.3.5. and I couldn't be happier.

The Recent Apps button lets users jump instantly from one task to another using the list in the System Bar. The list will show you a thumbnail image of whats going on inside of that app for easy app-switching. If you want to get rid of recent app, just toss it away with a finger swipe.

Ice Cream Sandwich now enables users to re-seize their widgets.

ICS folder creation method uses drag and drop, to create a folder pick up an app and throw it onto another one.

The new Data usage controls allow for constant monitoring of your total usage by network type and application. In addition, it adds the ability to set limits on those data-hungry apps.

Setting a VPN password can be remembered so now with one touch you can establish a VPN connection.

Face Unlock's face recognition lets you unlock your phone with your face.

Ice Cream Sandwich makes email better by adding improved auto-completion, quick responses, an integrated menu, nested mail subfolders, and as mentioned before, a resizable Email widget.

The Android 4.0 browser showed an improvement of nearly 220% over the Android 2.3 browser in the V8 Benchmark Suite and more than 35% in the SunSpider 9.1 JavaScript Benchmark.

Wi-Fi Direct: will make instant sharing of files, photos, or other media; streaming video or audio from another device; or connecting to compatible printers or other devices all possible for Ice Cream Sandwich devices.

For a full list of ICS features see: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html
[Galaxy S II General] Borisdmitri:
Take in mind, that not all features of ICS are in the stock Samsung ROM.

For example, the stock ICS launcher is replaced by TW, so all features of the launcher are lost.

And, i believe that Wi-Fi Direct was part of GB in the SGS2
[Galaxy S II General] pdwOnline:
Downloaded the I9100XXLPB_I9100OXXLP5_OXX.rar but is is asking for a password to unpack it.. What is the password?
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
where from? - if its not from here...how would we know the password
[Galaxy S II General] markdj57:
Use CSC Select app in the play store. Changing the CSC will wipe your phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Faryaab:
I9100XXLPS - Poland (XEO) has been posted in the OP!
[Galaxy S II General] rustyx3:
Does anyone know what "Change List: 294511" in OP means? Do I understand it correctly that there is a change log somewhere for these ROMs? :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] Faryaab:
Change List means the changes Samsung has done in the build.

LP3 CL = 287862 & LPS CL = 294511

Total changes in LPS build from LP3 = 6649
[Galaxy S II General] XSCounter:
Two Polish versions already.. LPQ and LPS. Why? Poland is now a guinea pig for testing ICS firmwares? :)))
[Galaxy S II General] IWillExplain:
where are the mirrors? download speed from your links is just horrible ...

and All Official ICS Firmwares is an obvious lie? ive counted 4 firmwares here in this thread while

here samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9100 i can see that much more regions had the update

anyways ive found out where i can download faster :) cheers
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
All I can say is something is better than nothing. I would be happy if my country was the guinea pig.
[Galaxy S II General] Guinhu:
haha lol you made my day!! :D
[Galaxy S II General] grakon:
ive been checking this thread since it was started but it moves so fast its hard to keep up, are there many bugs still with ICS?

im waiting to update my S2 from GB but dont particularly want to have to go back to GB after the move, been thinking of just going straight to a developers rom rather than stock but are they ready yet and is Samsung gonna be bringing out updated stock roms in the next few weeks?

basically i guess what im trying to say is has it settled down yet or should i wait :D
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
well, although the roms are all for various regions, the builds would be on the same date.

so infact you may have an lpq for russia, lp1 for poland etc.

in this thread only roms that have a different build date and therefore changes.. are posted.

no point posting if no changes have been made
[Galaxy S II General] @home:
Has the UK Retail ICS Kies update landed yet?
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
also the LPS has the same build date as the O2UK ... so dont expect much different other than no branding

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nope!

i have a reminder to pm you when it does
[Galaxy S II General] bernard134:
Will there be separate modem (cwm or odin) from the latest XXLPS firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] danmullen:
I went from GB 2.3.4 (KI4) -> ICS 4.0.3 (LPQ) -> LP3 and it's working great :)
[Galaxy S II General] skrattande:
anyone

Has anyone flashed the LPS firmware yet??? any point in flashing same date as O2 release?
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
no one has really commented much, but honestly, dont expect much difference

although i recommend install NEAK or Siyah kernel - fixes some of the lags that people are complaining about
[Galaxy S II General] arthurd123:
Can you PM me as well please?
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
hell no, im not a personal update service

just check here, it'll be posted as soon as its available
[Galaxy S II General] arthurd123:
Its ok mate I was only teasing ;)
[Galaxy S II General] astro_man26:
On the other hand, you haven't played much with your phone, have you?

In all honnesty, there is not much that really sets the experience appart from GB. In my experience, the only two features that I enjoy and use is the ability to swipe to get rid of notifications and some of the changes to the google apps (which could have been made for GB as well, it's an app after all)

Samsung widgets cannot be resized, recent app used to be there already, just not with a preview of it (BTW, wha'ts up with the gigantic size of the app preview... I wish I could resize it and show more than 3 apps at the same time on the screen), data monitoring could be done with 3g watchdog (still is in my case), stock browser is not the best anyway, even with the improvements. Face unlock is a gimmick, and folders cannot be created by dragging icons on top of each other with the TW launcher... What's left? a few changes here and there in the interface , many changes under the hood, but not much functionality that make it a 'must'
[Galaxy S II General] mybeshoo:
If uou open thr contact list , some yimes it take up yo 10 sec yo show up your contact list

And whay thay remove the contact list button ftom the deall pad ?

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] [PhOeNiX]:
LPS?!?!

dammit!

and I have just installed LP3. . . .

:D :D :D :D :D
[Galaxy S II General] JFerretti:
I just installed LPQ -> LPS with mobile Odin, no problems, no wipe, kept my root etc.

Not really noticed any differences yet...
[Galaxy S II General] Guinhu:
Uh, Just don't set the bar too high for this one.. uh well, unless you're looking for a (Unbranded) version one!!
[Galaxy S II General] gnan10:
will anyone please give link for XXLPS stock kernel i haven't found anywhere

in intratech's thread mirrors are not working in my country

please help me mates.....:):):)
[Galaxy S II General] elishnevsky:
CF-Root v5.4 LPS: http://download.chainfire.eu/157/CF-Root/SGS2/CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LPS-v5.4-CWM5.zip

Thanks to @Chainfire !!!
[Galaxy S II General] gnan10:
thanx mate but i need stock kernel
[Galaxy S II General] elishnevsky:
Check your pm.
[Galaxy S II General] hoojii:
I have a minor annoyance in LP3 with the o2 debranding from Intratech. I received a voicemail today and the icon won't go away. Not sure whether this was an issue on GB as I rarely use the phone for voice calls. The 'clear' button isn't highlighted, I can't swipe it away. I've tried leaving myself a message and deleting it but no joy. Phone has been rebooted, battery removed and now I'm out of ideas - I've searched and not come across this issue with the S2. Could anyone shed any light on how to get rid of the icon?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] JDD123:
me too just this weekend, from all feeds back I read it's not much improvement on this rom. I guess I'll stay on LP3 for a bit longer until a much better rom comes along
[Galaxy S II General] dinoc:
Guys can someone confirm me if I'm doing the right steps, please ?

I'm on LPQ , and have root.

I've bought the mobile Odine Pro and I want to put this new ICS LPS ,

so I will copy this firmware on my SD card then I want to flash this with the EverRoot option enabled , in order to have it rooted, too.

Are these the right steps ? Thanks for the patience!
[Galaxy S II General] ya123:
Hi guys

I recently updated my s2 to LP3 o2uk using mobile odin and now when i plug it into kies it says that my device is not supported, what shall i do?
[Galaxy S II General] TehH4rRy:
That's how I went from LPQ to LP3, works fine. Then I flashed Siyah kernel and my phone is working smooth
[Galaxy S II General] helppme:
does anyone have any feedback on the LPS firmware? stable, battery? etc :-)

Also, do people think this means the Unbranded Roms are now beginning to be released by samsung and UK is on the way?
[Galaxy S II General] nutpants:
I had a similar issue and it drove me crazy until I realized I did not listen to and delete the voice mail.
[Galaxy S II General] anz2k8:
Can I use the LP3 and the Poland (LPS) firmwares on my Vodafone?

Also which is best?
[Galaxy S II General] lufcmattylad:
I had the same today; I just clicked the notification again, entered voicemail, hung up & the icon dissapeared
[Galaxy S II General] danmullen:
Whenever this has happened to me it's because I have listened to a voicemail but not saved or deleted it, just hung up. Go into your voicemail, listen to your messages and make sure you either save or delete each one.
[Galaxy S II General] hoojii:
Thanks chaps but I have no voicemail. Definitely deleted. I may flash the new Polish Rom as an extreme solution.
[Galaxy S II General] freemini:
I'm no dev, but Samsung's ICS leaves about 3-4mb on /system. If TB uses it by any means, it's just not enough. Delete some system apps that you don't use and see if it works then.
[Galaxy S II General] Red_Vex:
Mmmm seems the old bug is still here.

Try to unmount your sd card and try to install.
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
not working(i just unmouted it..or sud i physically remove sdcard?) ..lemme try the other method..deleting some system apps..

Phew!!
[Galaxy S II General] Ixca:
Hi guys

I tried LPQ, LP3, back to LPQ and currently LPS (since it appeared in this thread). All of them flashed with Odin on an unbranded french I9100.

I had no important issues with any of the Roms in fact just two minor bugs:

When I tried to open the Google+ app with LPQ or LP3 both the app and TouchWizz launcher crashed. To fix this just re-download the G+ app from Google Play. I didn't have this problem with LPS

Voice Search Issues : I can't set the alarm with Voice Search (you know "Set alarm to minutes from now" or "wake me up at 7 AM"). I don't know if it's an issue with Samsung's clock app, or voice search. Sending e-mails with voice search works fine, sending sms will send two identical messages to the same recipient though, but it works. This happens with LPQ, LP3 and LPQ . Note: when I write Voice Search I mean the Google app, not the Samsung one. The alarm issue it's just when trying to set through GV, if you set it "manually" there's no problem.

Overall I'm happy with LPS (I've only used it for about 5 hours). ICS is great! I notice it's faster and browsing with chrome seems promising. Data usage is nice too. You probably won't notice much difference with GB if you don't use chrome or the Gmail app, but ICS seems to be faster.
[Galaxy S II General] gma388124:
Which UK Rom do you think will be released tmrw?

Vodafone

T mobile

Orange

Sim free / unbranded
[Galaxy S II General] god.fsl:
hey mates , how can i remove O2 logo of my power on/off screen in LP3 Rom?
[Galaxy S II General] ricnar456:
LPS and LP3:

better scroll than LPQ, LPE and LP7 but not like GB, worst of all ICSs are the scroll.

in certain moments the screen is not very responsive and when you touch the screen nothing happens, you need touch again (pay attention).

ricnar
[Galaxy S II General] xZeDgEx:
Flash the unbranded one.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II General] god.fsl:
TNX mate ;)

there isnt any other way to remove it?!

just flash another one?

tnx anyway ;)
[Galaxy S II General] LenAsh:
LPS working very well for me - although no previous ICS to compare to, it is at least as good as GB 2.3.4

Rooted using Rachmat3's superbly easy method. Happy days.

(UK unbranded phone)
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
LPS should be an OK rom...its not gonna have major changes.

To get some speed improvements highly recommend a different kernel. This can help prove battery life and phone speed

Check out chrome... Sammy browser isn't that amazing.

Wanamlite rom..is pretty stable and with a custom rom very good
[Galaxy S II General] god.fsl:
how about scrolling? is it still laggy ?!!

and how is the battery using? is it ok?

a little comparing with LP3 ;)
[Galaxy S II General] LenAsh:
Scrolling seems smoother than 2.3.4, if that helps...

Too early to tell with the battery use, need a few days to settle. Anyway, any time the screen is on is battery sap! I will check deep sleep performance over the next day or so.
[Galaxy S II General] antykat:
Delete

com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup-1.apk in ./data/app after uninstalling TB and then reinstall it. It works for me.
[Galaxy S II General] Huck33:
i can confirm that's what i did too and it worked

LPS works like a charm with SiyahKernel v3.0rc1
[Galaxy S II General] gevans35:
This is the problem with every ICS version I've tried. LPS seems to be fine so far, but it probably won't stay that way, none of the others have.

All versions are fine for scrolling using Apex launcher, but I particularly like the dock icon notification of Go Launcher.
[Galaxy S II General] ascariss:
Just did the OTA update on my S2, oddly enough the phone did not notify me of an update even though this was selected. My battery was good for the prev ICS, so hopefully this one will be even better.

Now if only sammie updated their galaxy tabs to ICS.
[Galaxy S II General] profetul:
Hi,

Anyone have an issue with setting the brightness to max with this rom? I have wiped all, flash with Odin, restore with Titanium only the app and data. All else seems fine. But I cannot set the screen brightness to max. The slider goes to the end and then jumps at about 75% . Any idea?
[Galaxy S II General] LenAsh:
No, it works fine.

I HATE TB, always had problems with it.

Do a full reset/clear cache and reflash.
[Galaxy S II General] shaq1907:
If it gets hot, you can not set it to the max. Did you check temperature?
[Galaxy S II General] diwani4u:
Hi, I bought my SII recently. I had GB installed and just few days ago I installed I9100XXLPQ and it works like charm but i want to go back to my stock rom. Is there any way to do that?
[Galaxy S II General] danmullen:
IMHO, Titanium Backup is the best, most useful app available on Android. Never had a single issue with it. Wouldn't have flashed so many ROMs on so many devices without it.
[Galaxy S II General] ultimatesephirothclone:
multiupload links

Just out of interest - are multiupload links working for anyone? Desperately trying to grab an O2 CSC but the links ALL seem to be down?

www multiupload com / ALZG6SOLKN

Eggs - wrong basket?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] morkli:
Using third party SMS apps, I'm having the double SMS problem with LPS, same as LPQ. Anyone else? I've gone back to LP3.
[Galaxy S II General] omeryounos:
Yes the steps are right. I ve also done so and withou any problem rooted on LPS.
[Galaxy S II General] roswell782:
I don t have this problem with Go sms.
[Galaxy S II General] omeryounos:
It has unlimited scrolling like lp3 but I feel the touch sensitivity to be more responsive than lp3. My view is that in terms of scrolling and touch screen response LPS is the best ics so far.
[Galaxy S II General] vir3us:
Thanks, am using this on my t-mobile uk, is there a version without all the samsung crap please?
[Galaxy S II General] gevans35:
I agree with that. I've spent a few hours playing around with LPS and it hasn't jumped or bounced back whilst scrolling yet and GPS acquisition is excellent. Looking good.
[Galaxy S II General] El Salvador:
Why is Samsungs tweaking their ICS roms just now right after the Q1 deadline has past? :rolleyes: Shouldn't they've done this already?

There're so many bugs which make it looks like they've rushed this update out, even though they had about half a year to work on this.

What are they doing over there? I'm getting real pissed right now...
[Galaxy S II General] Toxic17:
just tried Cyanogen 7.2.0 RC1 yesterday. now thats fast ;)

I've now seen the light and gone for Cyanogen CM9 ;)
[Galaxy S II General] djkorben:
Hey I noticed the modem on the latest (unbrand polish) rom is XXLPS, and checking online, poland uses 900/1800 for the GSM frequencies. my question is, I live in canada, where we use 850/1900 for ours, will this rom work for me?
[Galaxy S II General] redrumsilence:
I would if I could get the radio to work -_- no data, no calls/texts, nothing -_-
[Galaxy S II General] nutpants:
unless you are on Rogers you will not be using gsm. You will be using hspa.and even on Rogers you will be using hspa most of the time.(and can save battery on gsm)

Bell and Telus have no fallback to gsm network. sask tel might but it's unconfirmed by anyone I know.other carriers may varies in Canada.

But my info could be wrong.but I think not.
[Galaxy S II General] djkorben:
I am on rogers actually, I know we all use the same frequencys now but rogers does have their old edge network to fall back on and in my area down here (surrey / langley) the HSPA network sucks
[Galaxy S II General] harrynghiem:
another link http://samsung-updates.com/fw/Samsung-Updates.com-GT-I9100_XEO_1_20120326185207_sb00n8li1n.zip
[Galaxy S II General] profetul:
Hi, you were riight. It was a little hot as it was charging. Now it's ok and I could set it to max.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] ghost.bhoot2k:
ics a bog flop for sgs2

1.phone-not having inbuilt contacts

2.logs-even after selecting only missed or only received or any choice,it reverts back to all calls

3.logs-call logs are not grouped together as in GB

4.balance notification-there is no way out to disable vibration while getting the balance notication after sending sms or ending call

5.market-most of the time apps are not downloading-COULDNT BE DOWNLOADED DUE TO ERROR 927

6.market-apps which are suppoed to be put on SD CARD cant be downloaded

7.apps-numerous force close

8.lockscreen-while waking the phone,homescreen appears for a fraction of second then lockscreen comes into action

9.tw launcher-numerous fcs

10.wifi-sometimes it requires 2 clicks for opening wifi via notification pull down

11.screen sensitivity-V V V V HEAVYYYYY

12.transferring data-files more than 20 mb cant pe pasted from phone to pc and vice versa

13.battery-life is vvvv poor

14.

15.

and so on........

PLEASE ADD ON FROM UR EXPERIENCE......
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
20. USER NOT WIPING PHONE AND RE WIPING PHONE ON INSTALL

All those issues are issues caused by an install over your current OS without a clean wipe
[Galaxy S II General] LenAsh:
+1

Clown has posted his ignorance all over the place....
[Galaxy S II General] planetf1:
I think brightness may be working slightly differently in this rom.

Certainly with auto brightness enabled and in moderate lighting conditions it seems significantly brighter - I'd actually prefer it dimmer.

At lower ambient light levels it seems similar, marbe marginally brighter, and at the high end obviously it max anyway.

Maybe they've adjusted the curve?

Running ok otherwise so far (from LP3).
[Galaxy S II General] morkli:
Go sms might be an exception, as I believe the Go team made some changes to cope with the issue in LPQ. Try SMS Scheduler (free from the market) and see if you get dupe SMS sent.
[Galaxy S II General] xerot3:
Lps, works fine!.:D
[Galaxy S II General] Joshnz:
I'm pretty gutted right now, I've tried flashing this, then CF, now the phone won't boot past the SGS2 logo with yellow triangle, it won't even get into recovery mode.

FML
[Galaxy S II General] danmullen:
Is anyone else experiencing terrible battery life on LPS? When I first when from KI4 to LPQ, battery life was dire. This was improved by flashing the LP6 modem. I then moved to LP3 and battery life continued to be pretty good. Now on LPS it's back to the way it was with LPQ :/

Any advice? Would it be an idea to flash the modem from LP3 and, if so, is that file available anywhere? Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] Dungeonscaper:
Will be getting Virgin Mobile Australia 4.0 update soon. What is the preffered way to post the ROM for others to use?
[Galaxy S II General] Joshnz:
Absolutely, its my original GB backup that was perfect until I started messing around with ICS.

But I can't recover this backup with getting into CWM :(

I'm going to try flashing a stock kernel for this new ROM if I can find one, would that help?
[Galaxy S II General] god.fsl:
i flashed LPS . it's a bit better than LP3 (on scrolling)

but , not big differences between LP3 & LPS !:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
maybe not recovery mode, but how about download mode - you can then reflash the .tar with odin and the complete rom,

let it boot into the rom

then back into download mode flash cf_root
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Not a problem if you read the faqs and guides first .

BOOT LOOP

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1108499

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Joshnz:
Doing this now, thankyou, will report back soon.

Apologies.
[Galaxy S II General] bungknees:
Try flashing speedmod kernel with odin then you should at least have recovery to flash your nandroid. Did you fully wipe before flashing ICS?
[Galaxy S II General] Joshnz:
Yeah I fully wiped, I think my problem was not booting into stock ROM before flashing CF.

All is good now, reflashed stock, now about to go back to GB :)
[Galaxy S II General] ricnar456:
I make wipe with format data, previous and post installation, and need press two times in screen for open in certain moments not response at all.

Scroll in contacts with a lot of photos is very bad, and sometimes responsiveness in LPS is the worst of all ICS.

ricnar
[Galaxy S II General] ghost.bhoot2k:
agreed....but wat abt point no.1,2,3,4,8,10,11,12,13
[Galaxy S II General] fr3quency:
Dude, don't add the date that you updated the post, just add the date that the ROM was BUILT...
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
think the idea was....if you did point 20...points 1-13 would be solved

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but the build date for that rom is the 25/MAR/2012 - and thats whats in the OP - edit, me being a tit and not reading - Topic should say build date - not post update date...gotcha
[Galaxy S II General] coversnail:
Looks like more new formware for us to peruse today according to https://twitter.com/#!/SGS2Update

09:05 GMT *NEW FW* Luxembourg/Unbranded (I9100/LKALUX) I9100XWLP4/I9100LUXLP1/I9100XXLPS/I9100XWLP4

XWLP4

And something for Australia too: 09:09 GMT *NEW FW* Australia/Optus (I9100/LKJOPS) I9100XWLP4/I9100OPSLP4/I9100XXLPS/I9100XWLP4
[Galaxy S II General] helppme:
Flashed LPS.. Battery is better than LPQ for sure. virtually no drain over night. Data connection with the LPS is better too, download tests are improved.

Problems:

For some reason LPS is stuck on the foriegn 'Quertz' keyboard layout. All settings are for UK English.. but refuses to change to Querty.... multiple reboots, reflash.. same issue. I did a full clean install correctly the first time btw..

Flash player not working properly... Despite installing adobe flash, iplayer and other apps wont play content properly... This might not be specific to LPS as I didnt check flash properly in the other ICS build before going back to GB..

curious if anyone else experience these issues?