yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] coyote.stark666:
odin fail

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid

<OSM> I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar.md5 is invalid.

<OSM> End...

why cant i flash via odin??? i can flash my gingerbread stuff via odin,, why not ICS!!????? :mad::confused:
[Galaxy S II General] RobinHoodSnr:
...thats where the "bootloader" comes into play...it will make your phone's counter ZERO again...( but obviously, i think Samsung has other "tricks" up their sleeve to see if you fiddled with the counter or not....so yes, maybe stick with what you've got ) ;)

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All i can think of, you got a corrupted file...
[Galaxy S II General] Erlanderterv:
I am using LPQ in Australia on the Optus network with an iinet sim.

No problems encountered although I do not expect any updates OTA or by Kies to work.

Elsewhere in the forum people on Telstra Australia report that it works for them too.
[Galaxy S II General] coyote.stark666:
ionedman WALKER

:eek::eek: OMG NO i downloaded the file from this thread and earlier i had done so from another xda thread,, both gave same result
[Galaxy S II General] RobinHoodSnr:
Out of curiosity ( if i may post this here ), do you get a utility or "flasher" that can backup a "bootloader" as well as a current "kernel" INDIVIDUALLY of a mobile phone ie. Gallaxy s2?
[Galaxy S II General] Cevar666:
Good day guys i just upgraded my SG S2 to ICS today and followed all the instructions posted but the stock internet browser doesnt work. The screen just go white then black then hangs for a few seconds and then gives the message "Unfortunately the internet has stopped". Is there anyone experiencing the same issue? Im trying to look for a fix because i already flashed 3 times rooted it also. Im currently using Opera mini right now but i would like for the stock browser to work ty very much.
[Galaxy S II General] RobinHoodSnr:
mmm...did you flash it via ODIN and used the PDA section? ( cause thats how i got the tip from another member, and it worked )
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
I restarted phone a couple of times, and also opened market to make sure that everything was updated.

you could try manually reinstalling the .apk of the stock browser...or get the chrome browser - which i currently use as default now
[Galaxy S II General] kitch9:
Is there anyway to get the Chrome browser to auto fit text to the screen? I can't seem to find the option and its the only thing putting me off using it.
[Galaxy S II General] Cevar666:
@zonyx

Thanks bro ill give that a try
[Galaxy S II General] shahidpak:
How to go back to gingerbread

I flashed the new ICS build. Phone is working fine except it is sending duplicate message while using thirdpary app or while sending msg via airdriod that is the only reason i want to flashback the old firmware.

What i have to do to flash the old firmwaare? via odion ? will it work ?
[Galaxy S II General] RobinHoodSnr:
If you folks have problems or unhappy with the latest version ( as I have ), install this version. I know there are others, but this one works 100% for me and is stable ( since i've used it )

http://www.itsallmyblog.com/2012/02/i9100xxlph-new-android-403-leak.html

Although they say "ALPHA-phase", i had NO probs what so ever...On the contrary, its better ( in MY eyes) than the latest version...

Dunno if this version is "customized", but it MOVES!...snappy as hell :)
[Galaxy S II General] neopheX:
This version isn't so smooth, after many clean installs, factory resets etc etc

Its still laggy zooming out on home screen and swiping etc. Some parts are smooth..

Checkrom is still the smoothest there is with the right kernel.

I'll use this one for a few days anyway as i cbf going back and forth.

Hope checkrom does a ICS rom soon which will make it heaps better...

this one seems buggy as **** still.. So makes me wonder if it really is an official release
[Galaxy S II General] RobinHoodSnr:
I totally agree!
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
Will this work on Australian I9100s? :)
[Galaxy S II General] JBTY:
How do i know if this works with the claro Puerto Rico GS2 i9100? it is the international verison but my question is are there several varients of the International version or just one size fits all kind of deal?
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
Hey, just made a DropBox account from your sig

Thanks! :D
[Galaxy S II General] neopheX:
It isn't even the right framework of ICS, The dial pad is the same **** etc etc

I hardly doubt it is an official release, It's buggy and not smooth

No point trying something if it isn't official, but as i said i'll use it for a few more days then go back to checkrom v6
[Galaxy S II General] Dimer81:
Well, the initial GB firmwares were buggy also. I think starting with KE7 it got decent.

Regarding the framework, Samsung put their own framework. If u want pure ICS - Samsung's stock roms aren't the way to go.
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
but isn't the dial pad just a skin from Touchwiz? We can't expect a full blown ICS framework implementation after what we've heard from Samsung and seen in the leaks?..

We can't even get zero shutter time lag support, the "Official Release" is more like a port imho, from what i've read and tried so far, and this Official Release sounds no different
[Galaxy S II General] neopheX:
Well yeah i agree, but didnt the nexus get the proper framework if im not mistaken? I dunno....

I do not even think if there is a 100% decent ICS rom for galaxy s2 anywhere anyway?
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
The Nexus is a google phone, built to run Official Legit 100% ICS, that's why it got the proper serve, all the other phones are getting a "taste" of Ice Cream Sandwich, although the ASUS Transformer got a nice looking ICS overhaul.. I think Touchwiz has alot to play in this respect, what you see is pretty much what i believe you can expect any future ICS releases for SGS2 to look alike to. There saving the real magic for the Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S II General] stukk:
Any answers?
[Galaxy S II General] neopheX:
Yes the galaxy S3 is hot on my list! I'll be sure to this time backup the original firmware and kernel and modem for future references if i need to go back to the original stuff!

but cannot wait for it ;)

Apparently it is in mass production already from an article i read that was released about 40 minutes ago!

Still no real word of photos or anything from Samsung about it! lol
[Galaxy S II General] Dimer81:
Sure nexus got the pure ICS framework, it's supposed to since it's a google phone. SGS2 isn't so samsung put it's own theme on it. I'm sure there will be custom roms based on samsung roms with modified framework, just like in the case of GB.

By the way, regarding nexus and ICS, as far as i know, NEXUS S stopped receiving ICS 4.0.3 updated, google put it out cuzz of some bugs. everyone is waiting for ICS 4.0.4.
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
Haha, yes the Galaxy S III is on my hot list as well, the Galaxy S II is my first Samsung Phone and I love it!

Apparently the Galaxy S III is made of very high quality materials, and Samsung has said that it will cost about the same as the iPhone release price ($1000 AUS)

So I may need to save up or wait until they drop in price haha, all I know is, that this phone is going to be one hell of a flagship ^_^

I read that Mass Production Article this morning about 10 hours ago my time (6:18PM here)

No official word from Samsung about release date or pictures yet, but will be unveiled this month apparently, I heard that it would be released in April from Sammobile, sourced from a Korean website, and June was another month thrown out there into the speculation ring
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
mmmmm....

I'm thinking of trying out LPH for a while... LPQ seems like a botched release.

What do you guys think?
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
LPH is a leaked release, you know this correct? :)

LPQ seems to be running absolutely amazing for some, average for others, and poorly for very few so far from what i've seen around the net, it's up to you, but i'm staying with 2.3.6 until a new "Official Release" is out :)
[Galaxy S II General] CAPS369:
hi guys .. just flashed lpq on my i9100t... the modem sucks cause i have a voda sim in it ... has anyone got a working KF4 modem link ..cant find it anywhere and multiupload is dead.. thanks in advances

CAPS
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
Yea I know. The thing is the issues I have with LPQ are very minor and the UK version coming on Monday isn't gonna be any better.

I guess I just want a more stable ROM on my phone.

I'm almost considering Root...
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
those oupplob

Well if your after stable.. i would not recommend playing around with any of this ICS as of yet, I can't stand buggy builds, i need stable stuff that works, so that's why after i flashed one of the latest leaked ICS releases, i went back and am trying to be patient now for a good release, with barely any headaches haha..

I did root my SGS2, but i hated how the feel of Custom Roms felt due to the whole, deep built in options you were given, it just didn't feel right, so i went back to Official haha, my counter is sitting at 27... >_< I tried

so many to try like them, but no avail :(
[Galaxy S II General] slavistyle:
installed the stock ics rom on CM7 without wiping and got a bootloop. then wiped everything and restored all apps from google cloud. got some fc's and touchscreen latency is different, towards negative. but it's ok. as i hate touchwiz and the samsung mp3 player, i installed the nova ics launcher und play music, to get a better feeling of ICS ^^ overall, it's well done and i hope the cm team can continue their work on cm9 ;)
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
I;ve been happy with ICS on my UK device..

ive had very few little problems...all seems to be ok,

ill still flash the uk ICS when its available just to get it UK-ized :s

cant manually install apks, but can through adb...so ... meh

screen response has now improved after a couple of resets
[Galaxy S II General] jozo100:
:(

I just installed it on my SGS2 but I have a issue, its stuck on Samsung boot logo? :( i followed step byt step :S

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never mind I just booted into recovery and done a full wipe, now it working like a charm :)
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
Good to see we have a problem solver among us ;)
[Galaxy S II General] oschwin:
I am a little bit astonished about the discussion here in the last posts. After the update i had only two bugs. One is the bug with sms if you are using a third party app the other one seems to be a German problem with TVSpielfilm app. Think this app is not well prepared for ICS.

All the other stuff incuding settings and so on where overtaken. Everything is working fine. From SD card too. Playing NFS Hot Pursuit from SD card without any trouble.

I made a few benchmark tests and in all the SG2 with ICS is a real killer. Never seen a device which runnin so fast. And i didn`t overclock it.

The question is what you have expected? Oh, it seems to be a little bit laggy. Oh, the touch screen does not react so fast.

Sorry guys, if you don`t have other sorrows, then stay on GB.
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
I believe everyone in this forum should have the right to talk about the issues they are experiencing, they help out users who need a daily fully functioning phone that is reliable, seeing as some people are having issues, i've actually experienced the touch screen problem, and it's not something to be made light of, i would have to restart my S2 sometimes because it wouldnt work, or i couldnt unlock the slide lockscreen because it would barely pick up my fingers, and within 10 minutes of restarting it would be back again, it had to do in the kernel apparently in the end, so this kernel might be playing funny with certain models of the phone or something (I don't know everything about what conflicts with eachother etc) but i'm happy to read about other users issues, i'm actually going to flash this over now, because i am impatient >_< and i'll update everyone about how it runs and stuff
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
I expect it to be buggy and i'm trying out a few things to see where the problem lies, app's or ICS, or both, and at the same time I will air my views on here too...

... not to moan but I wanna just throw stuff out there to get feedback.

I've been running it for a couple days now and it's very usable, just a little more buggy than I thought...

EDIT:

I'm actually in an email conversation with an app' dev to see where the problem is. Then at least we both no what we need to do.
[Galaxy S II General] oschwin:
Yesterday, i flashed my phone and this morning, i flashed the other companies phones. Up to now, i made 6 phones without any trouble. And i have another 8 phone to flash. I think that i don`t get any trouble cause none of our phones have seen any custom roms. So for usual users with usual devices is an update the best thing they can to.

Forgot to say, have found a bug: German Yahoo accounts were not overtaken after flashing. We have to recreate them manually.
[Galaxy S II General] danmullen:
ICS is running smooth for me, no problems whatsoever apart from an old app no longer being compatible. Haven't had any FCs, no reboots, no lock-ups... I'm running LPQ with CF-Root 5.3 and Apex Launcher as default.

(I should clarify, I do have the apps2sd issue due to CF-Root, but that's a known issue and Chainfire is working on a fix).
[Galaxy S II General] Faryaab:
Guys I'm gonna re-upload the 3 file firmware again as i think the upload got messed up!

I contacted FileFactory about those free slots and they said to me that they have added more servers that's why they were having problems but the problems will be solved within 6-9 hours.
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
Ok.

The last thing to try, that I have probably overlooked, is doing a full wipe before flashing LPQ...
[Galaxy S II General] neopheX:
This does nothing :)

As i stated i do not think this is a real genuine or 'official' release as ppl agreed with me on this. It's too buggy and sluggish.
[Galaxy S II General] Remeniz:
I must've missed your previous post, but I agree with you on this.

I've seen many suggest a full wipe but I never thought is necessary as people updating using the 'Official' firmware, via Kies for example, won't need to wipe.
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
The firmware is Official, Sammobile has insiders that provide them with Information, and this is suppose to be official as well as the other country ones with different LPX endings, back in this thread, someone was saying the early GB releases were a bit dodge for some people too that were upgrading, so if it's become a rule of thumb, after a few releases the ICS releases for SGS2 will be in prime shape, the kernel is apparently causing most of the issues

I guess we'll need to wait and see..........
[Galaxy S II General] mr sharpey:
I was seeding the corrupt 3 file version mentioned above. :eek::eek::eek: Please abort download.
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
*NOTES*:

*~*THIS ROM DISABLES THE USE OF A USB JIG TO RESET YOUR CUSTOM ROM COUNTER (THIS IS NOT A CUSTOM ROM,

SO IF THIS IS YOUR ONLY ROM YOUR FLASHING, OR YOU'VE FLASHED ONLY OFFICIAL ROMS AND KERNELS, THEN THIS DOESN'T

MATTER TO YOU, YOU WILL NEED TO FLASH BACK TO AN EARLIER GB (2.3.6 OR EARLIER) TO USE THE JIG I BELIEVE, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED*~*

Okay so I have flashed the ROM over, the single .tar file, and it installed no problem, and setup no problem, so far so good, I will tell everyone what i've done so far

~ Things To Know:

I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100GT Australian Unlocked Model

I had Android 2.3.6 Official ROM (I9100XWKK2_I9100XSAKK1_XSA) installed previously

I am using Odin V1.85

I downloaded ICS 4.0.3 (I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_XEO)

Here we go:

1. Backed up all my crap

2. Turned off phone and waited until 100% charge

3. Booted into Recovery (Hold Power and Vol Up while phone is off)

4. Wiped cache and did a full format/wipe

5. Rebooted and held down Vol Down and Power Button at the same time to

get into 'Download Mode'

6. Opened Odin v1.85

7. Mounted I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar.md5 in the PDA section

8. Clicked start

9. Once everyone completed successfully and the phone got into the setup menu, i skipped everything and went to the dialer and put in this code!

*2767*3855#

10. The phone will now go into a Factory Wipe mode, fully deleting everything and freshly again applying the ICS install

11. Once it is all setup and your at the home page, connect yourself to Samsung Updates if you wish, and software updates, and then restart your phone, it's always good to

restart to complete the setup and first time launching of a ROM on your phone, after that do as you wish :)

I will continue to update you as to how it runs, the stability for me, and perhaps battery life later on after it's had time to calibrate and do its thing

"MY" RESULTS:

Good Stuff

- Smooth

- Transitions could be tweaked for even smoother feel

- No crashes yet (4 hours heavy use)

- Tested "I Am Number 4" in 1080p MP4 file, not a hitch, great fluid playback

- Dragging items around on the home screen, and pinching in and out of the home screens is not laggy

- Dragging apps around on the home screens is smooth too, alot faster for me than GB

- WIFI is connected and working

- It has Swype installed and works great so far

- Instead of a blue neony light when you touch swype buttons as standard, they are now a yellowy orange instead

Bad Stuff

Cannot change wallpaper with 2D GPU Rendering enabled (disabled by default)

[Turn 2D GPU Rendering on AFTER you have configured your wallpapers, as it adds smoothness to the transitions]

I hope I helped!

Or gave some insight!

Please thank me if i've helped! button is over there --->
[Galaxy S II General] Beefheart:
People talking about it not being smooth, well it certainly isn't my experience. I have it running with Nova Prime (my new favourite launcher) and the whole UI is like a hot knife through butter. Perhaps it isn't quite as polished as CheckROM, but it's not going to be given Gadget and Leo have had the stability of the latest GB builds and their own additions to perfect it. But this is the first proper ICS release, you can't expect perfection and it's certainly better than the GB rom that came with the phone when it was first released. I got my Galaxy SII last May about a week after it was released in the UK and the stock OS it came with was dire and bugged to hell.

On a side note I can't wait for a kernel with voltage tables -- not being able to underclock or undervolt the CPU is a bit annoying at the moment and the only thing really missing. I'm also getting a few root issues with some apps but not others, I'm hoping another kernel will fix this.
[Galaxy S II General] Dimer81:
Good job!

Anyone installing ICS without doing steps 1 to 8 + wiping dalvic shouldn't be complaining about bugs or lags.
[Galaxy S II General] Erlanderterv:
I flashed this rom 48 hours ago. (Tuesday night Australian time). I did not factory re-set or wipe. I then charged overnight.

Battery 1 day 12 hours 34 minutes 65% Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS all active. Yes the phone has had only very light usage but still impressive.

The gps finds my location very quickly even when I'm inside and within a couple of metres.

I am very impressed with this ICS rom. Everything I have tried has worked and unlike some others no random re-boots. I'll be keeping it.
[Galaxy S II General] catolh:
Ok, so i have upgraded to LPQ with checkfus and ODIN (not OTA or KIES). And i have XXLPQ_NEE. Can i get a rooted kernel for NEE ? Or can i use XEO for it?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] amnya:
Must not agree with you, i did go through steps from 1 through 8, but i must say, the rom has problems:

1. If you try games like "Draw Something" you will notice that the screen is not responsive as it used to be in 2.3. I then try to enable "Force 2D acceleration" on the developer settings. The game did become slightly better, but still not as before.

2. Having that "Force 2D acceleration" checked, and trying to change the wallpaper, it keeps force closing, disabling the "Force 2D acceleration" did fix the problem and it stopped force closing!

Something is definitely not quite right with the screen performance.
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
You fixed my Wallpaper crashing problem! Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] augus7:
can we flash to siyah kernel after root? because i tried and it stucked on the boot screen (without looping). wondering if u guys face the same problem
[Galaxy S II General] amnya:
You are most welcome :) Just wish i can play draw something as i used to! The touch response is VERY BAD! :(
[Galaxy S II General] oschwin:
Flashed another 3 phones and the Yahoo accounts were not overtaken. Usually they are configured as IMAP. Can anybody confirm this?
[Galaxy S II General] TangLy:
Did you flash the latest siyah kernel (I guess it is siyah3-alpha5) or and older version. I had the same problem when I flashed Siyah-v2.6.12.
[Galaxy S II General] SparxNet:
At the time of writing, Siyah Kernel 2.6.13 (the latest) does not support ICS as mentioned quite clearly in the very first post.

The author is currently hard at work developing a kernel that will indeed work on ICS. More details on his site. There are alpha builds available now.
[Galaxy S II General] natzy85:
Does anybody knows how to disable the sound notification for low / max battery ? Also sounds from the camera? ( Shutter and focus ). It seems the files from GB are not the same ( duh ).
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
ICS Wallpapers

Guys.. ICS Official ROM, but they give us the standard set of Samsung Wallpapers!

What were they thinking! ;)

Hahaha, so if you want some ICS wallpaper love, here are some Nexus ones I got from another XDA thread, just for your conveniences!

Credit:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1297534
[Galaxy S II General] euri007:
Stock sms apk and odex

Hi,

yesterday after installed ics xlpq I deleted stock sms app and odex but I need because third party appz don't work.

Could someone attach or send me the two files so I can restore them without reinstalling all firmware?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Scaah:
here is the answer:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10744477&postcount=3
[Galaxy S II General] wilksycom:
Orange UK.

Backed up everything with Backup master including APN.

Orange Samsung S2 - Not rooted and keeping that way.

Used PC Odin and upgraded. Took 15 mins max. All setting and apps working with not problems. Instructions seems over complicated, it's not.

Having no problems with touchscreen or anything else being reported. All OK.

Only thing unsure of is NFC support in this ROM as it was supported in my model. Guessing this will be made available in later ROMS?

Anybody?
[Galaxy S II General] Ex()rcizm:
The instructions covered everything you SHOULD do, to avoid running into problems, im glad you didn't need to follow all of them for your phone to work properly

I hope you didn't find them complicated... it's all pretty simple stuff you should know if your into flashing ROMS...

I'm not sure about NFC, i know the SGS2 Skyrocket has it, but perhaps all the other models don't ..

Perhaps in future updates yes, we shall see
[Galaxy S II General] PeterRS:
I am very disappointed in this update ICS looks exactly like Gingerbread

I expect it will look like Galaxy nexus but this :mad: