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[Galaxy S II General] saadiqbal52:
software repairing

aoa..

i need a favour friendzzz...i am frm lahore

any one of u know a good software flashing shop in lahor...e my phn isnot detecting sim....i have done all the mehtods to recover it but still problem exists..

i shall be very thankful to u if u would help me...
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
U will be better off recovering ur efs folder on xda than from a shop

I believe there is a app that fixed this
[Galaxy S II General] saadiqbal52:
but that doesnt work on my phn.........
[Galaxy S II General] sohebq:
anyone having gmail sync issues?

sent from: designed for humans :)
[Galaxy S II General] samydroid:
Must have got something to do with PTA blocking Youtube. Yesterday I had no access to google+, play store, youtube and google maps.
[Galaxy S II General] pindi104:
kindly help

I factory reset the phone (HTC Wildfire S but that doesn't matter i guess), but after that failed to establish any connection with google servers(add account, gmail, gtalk, market nothing works), a lot of the people suggesting "youttube fix" but as youtube is blocked in Pakistan, can someone know anyother way to fix that error.

Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] sohebq:
exactly...

sent from: designed for humans :)
[Galaxy S II General] mubeenshahid:
Pakistani poor govt has banned youtube due to that play store gmail or google drive is nt working.how is play store related with all tht cntent

Korean M250S >> I9100 Wanamlite 12.3
[Galaxy S II General] pindi104:
yeah, I don't know why the banning of youtube hungs everything else on android...
[Galaxy S II General] samydroid:
Can't losers request Google to make that video unavailable in Pakistan. They should think about blocking it only if Google doesn't honor their request.

Anyways, one way out is to use VPN service. Since Android supports VPN, it would resume google services in our region.
[Galaxy S II General] pindi104:
can any one guide me or post a link to some guide for going towards VPN way.....and any reliable free vpn service link ?
[Galaxy S II General] TSKXDA:
Need a bit of help guys

Hi guys

Bricked my SGS3 last night. Any support from you will be very helpful.

I have started a thread here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1896470

Sorry to bump in here like as the thread is only for SGS II but i have just switched it 03 weeks ago.
[Galaxy S II General] TSKXDA:
Problem resolved already.

I am happy :)
[Galaxy S II General] mubeenshahid:
Can anybody give me a solution to access play store anothergoogle services plz

Korean M250S >> I9100 Wanamlite 12.3
[Galaxy S II General] DrunkFuX666:
Play store has been working since the cellphone network closure was opened today... strangely tho its working on my edge but not so well on my WiFi...

Sent from my Galaxy JBSII
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
same strange thing here ... any solution found ?
[Galaxy S II General] sohebq:
i think we can,t do anything unless pta does something

sent from: designed for humans :)
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
tried hotspot shield and droidvpn ... VPN apps but they arent working as well ...
[Galaxy S II General] DrunkFuX666:
Yea things seem to be locked down pretty bad... but I'm glad at least there is a way to access the play store... and considering the super affordable GPRS packages these days its not a problem... tho the speed is horrendous...

Sent from my Galaxy JBSII
[Galaxy S II General] 2touchstone:
it works fine if u use hotspot sheild on ur phone
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
Yeah .. everything is working fine now with hotspot shield
[Galaxy S II General] sohebq:
i installed, it runs but it says can,t be active

sent from: designed for humans :)
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
Keep trying .. i too got the same problem ... but after few attempts it workd
[Galaxy S II General] sohebq:
thanka a lot, its working now, and i can use youtube too, haha

sent from: designed for humans :)
[Galaxy S II General] samydroid:
keep trying. it should work and it does.
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
Np :)
[Galaxy S II General] Muhammad Ali nagari:
google account establish error..in galaxy s2

hello friends!!!!!!!!!My s2 fails to establish google account,every time it gives an error.i reset my cell phone but problem persists...plx help...
[Galaxy S II General] drraptor:
Blame Google not obeying to Pakistani laws. :)
[Galaxy S II General] cyberkhan:
Dear all,

We all need to write to PTA to get some response on opening of Play Store.

I have sent them an email and resending it on daily basis. Copying the text below. WOuld request all to send it to complaints@pta.gov.pk after a bit of amending the text. This might work:

Dear Sir,

I have been repeatedly sending the request/complaint, but to date have neither received any reply, nor any rectifying action has been done.

Blockage of YouTube site maybe justified and as per instructions of government but it inadvertently also blocked the Android devices software site Google Play Store (previously called Android Market) https://play.google.com/store .

This has NOTHING to do with YouTube or any of the blasphemous data intended to block and is basically the OFFICIAL software store for all ANDROID devices. This blockage is a matter of inconvenience and concern of all Android mobile phones, tab and other device users. Moreover, other Google services (like Google search and Gmail) are also blocked/suspended intermittently. This has been confirmed as all these servces are working perfectly well through Proxy while been blackened out by local ISPs.

I am hopeful that an immediate action will be taken from your side to UNBLOCK it.

I have started copying it to media too.

UPDATE: The service has been restored and received an email from PTA and PTCL :)
[Galaxy S II General] samydroid:
Yeah, thanks buddy. Was finally able to download asphalt 7 today because of you. :D
[Galaxy S II General] DrunkFuX666:
So I don't know about you guys, but my Google services are still not working off my wifi... Grps is fine... Wifi still doesn't work... Am using world call...

Sent from my Galaxy JBSII
[Galaxy S II General] NOMIOMI:
google services is working now brother ...wifi is not working on your phone then its your phone's wifi problem reflash the rom may b fix it
[Galaxy S II General] rashid.aurangzeb:
Upgrading to cm10, cal did not recive when on data network

Hi Guys,

I recently upgrade my samsung galaxy s2 to cm 10. My firmware was xxlps. The issue is that when I am on data netwrok I am not able to receive the calls ? Any solution for it
[Galaxy S II General] DrunkFuX666:
Do a full wipe and try again with the latest nightly, not an experimental build... I'm on 1310 build and no ril crashes or anything so I suggest using that...

Sent from my Galaxy JBSII
[Galaxy S II General] rashid.aurangzeb:
Will I need just cm10 nightly and gapps-jb-20121011-signed fine ? my firmware is xxlps will I need to change that as well or not ?
[Galaxy S II General] DrunkFuX666:
As long as your rooted and have cwm your good... Yes just the nightly and the gapps... Be sure to do a full wipe tho... I'm using the lqs modem so if your lps doesn't work again then you can try the other...

Sent from my Galaxy JBSII
[Galaxy S II General] rashid.aurangzeb:
OK I am going to try with that ..... send me the lqs link if my issue is not resolve then I use lqs ... what I need with lqs just odin or any thing else ?
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
its very good to find this thread i am from sahiwal and i bought GS2 few 3 months back but the problem is and symbian guy so new to android but its great phone or i say awesome i am on gingerbread stock and alos not rooted as i am fear of bricking my phone and i save alot of money to buy this phone i am using launcher ex with ics theam but now i am wanted to try ics original wanted to new is there any official release of ICS in pakistan and any one can tell me how to to install it.
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
is rooting necessary for upgrading and how to root properly and very important that i have 1 gb of APPS so when i root all my data contacts and app will be gone or they will be in my phone

could anybody tell me how to root my phone with the specification below in screenshot or is it good idea to root
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
No, rooting isnt necessary for upgrading. You can upgrade by simply installing KIES on your computer and connecting your device to the PC, or flashing the latest firmware from WWW.sammobile.com. However, upgrading by KIES will not delete your data, but all other methods will.

If you only root, you don't lose data. I'd suggest you to root first, make a backup of your apps using titanium backup from the Play Store (free app) and also making a nandroid backup. After that, you can upgrade by any method (flash from sammobile for latest firmware) and restore your apps by titanium (again, you need to root your upgraded firmware).
[Galaxy S II General] Rebellion12:
No, you won't loose your data if you root and it is not necessary for upgrading and all. Rooting can allow you to experience Jelly Bean and some Android release before they are officially released, it is one of the many advantages of rooting.

You can root your phone using Chainfire's CF-Root kernel. Go here. Instructions are in the thread.
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
i can update without root? how can u tell me the easiest way to do and any link to tutorial video will be best as i am dont knwo much about android

as you see in screenshot i am on 2.3.3 what update i get i pakistan sahiwal

from sahiwal
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
Download KIES on PC from here: http://samsung-kies.m.en.softonic.com/

Install it, open it, you might be prompted to update KIES, do it.

Connect your phone by USB cable to your PC. KIES will detect your firmware version, then will show that there is a new firmware available and to download it. That's all... if you go to YouTube you'll find plenty of tutorials... but in my opinion, you'll know what to do automatically once you install KIES, fire it up and connect your device.... its almost instinctive... the UI is simple.. no complex things..
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
thank u so much for the help so soon reply i will definitely do it the morning first thing just one more thing sorry for so many question i just found this thread for pakistani member so just wanted to know something before download and connected t kies as you said do ia hve to backup anything as you said earlier post titanium backup i just downlaod from playstore but is it said root is neccessary
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
When upgrading by KIES, KIES asks you what to backup for you. You can tick whatever you want to backup.
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
i download kies connect the phone to the pc connected but it say your device does not support software upgrading via kies ( PDA: KF3 PHONE : KE7 CSC: KF1 (XXX))
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
In that case, better root your phone, backup your apps, and flash the latest firmware. Would you like to do that? If yes, let me know, and I'll help you out with the steps...
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
please but i dont want to lose my apps every other things like contact music is in my pc but my apps are not

what are the benefits of rooting
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
Rooting won't delete ANYTHING.

As for installing the new firmware, your contacts are synced with your gmail (if not, sync them) which will automatically restore once you set up your gmail account, all your media and docs will be there already since that partition is left untouched... however, your SMS and call log will be deleted. There are apps on the Play Store which can back them up too.

Once you root, you can backup all your apps, then install the latest firmware, root it, restore all your apps and their data.
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
i dont care about call log and sms contacts are sync so how to root my phone and what are the app to backup my apps and had to install before rooting or after
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

Download Odin to your pc from the first post of that thread.

On the fourth post is a cf-root file for kf3 kernel (3rd file on post # 4). Download that file to your PC.

Instructions on how to flash are on the first post. Read how to install by Odin (long).

Edit: To boot your device into download mode, turn off the phone completely, then press power + home + volume up together.. will ask you whether you want to continue, press volume up to continue and you will be in download mode.
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
is there any video tutorial
[Galaxy S II General] samydroid:
Thanks for the info, salmanghiyas.

@All

What you guys have managed to do with USB OTG so far? I want to know in terms of its capabilities.
[Galaxy S II General] taqri85:
You have a i9100G. Don't flash anything that has been made for i9100 international version or you will end up in a soft brick. Search specifically for your model before doing anything.
[Galaxy S II General] taqri85:
With USB otg you can use usb flash sticks, usb mouse and keybord, lights etc. I have personally used all of them. I didn't find a specific USB OTG cable for galaxy s2 so I bought a nokia n8 usb otg cable and foiled the edges. Don't pay more than 200rs for it. For ones living in karachi go to electronic market in Saddar. Its been working very well since then.
[Galaxy S II General] idbilal:
then how to start??
[Galaxy S II General] sohebq:
Wow, I can't believe this. I mean I kept on waiting for such a thread for quite some time now. I hope we will have a good time here.

Regarding pouch: I am also using silicon pouch and I must say it worked well. Very light to handle . I even dropped my s2 4-5 times but it is still safe. :) Never ever use a hard case, it will just rip your mobile.

regarding rom: I am using Turkbey Rom. He has released ICS version. Working smooth, no FC or anything else. You guys should taste it.
[Galaxy S II General] cyberkhan:
USB OTG

Lights?

I am using USB OTG for usb dongles and disks. Yet have to try the mouse.
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
Bilal ...

Just wait .. As soon as ill get sum spare tym ill make a guide for you
[Galaxy S II General] taqri85:
I'm talking about the USB lights. OTG feature definitely is a nice addition.
[Galaxy S II General] zabhi:
500 R.s:D in lahore..micro HDMI

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i have France GSII.How to Fix RTL in ICS odex stock Rom ..?:confused:

Or any other Pakistani officially release ICS stock Rom.?
[Galaxy S II General] S@!n:
Good to see such a thread..

I think pouch is the best solution, if you use a bumper or anything else you just lose the look of mobile.

I am using this one its very nice

Can anybody tell me if i can find accessories in Abbottabad?
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
OMG :o

i luv this one .... where did u get this ??
[Galaxy S II General] S@!n:
I got it from Riyadh KSA.

Its pure leather and very nice.
[Galaxy S II General] salmanghiyas:
for how much ?
[Galaxy S II General] S@!n:
It cost me 50 SAR. but worth it :)
[Galaxy S II General] idbilal:
ok broda thnx in advance :)
[Galaxy S II General] samydroid:
Thanks @taqri and @zabhi :)

I use soft bumpers. I just dont want to ruin the chromes of my set. Would hard bumpers ruin that? Also, there are two types of pouches in market. One is velvet type while other feels a bit hard. Which one is best to protect chromes?
[Galaxy S II General] lurker316:
Hey Pakistani guys. Could you tell me how's the hit if any to your battery life when you guys goto Official Samsung ICS 4.0.3. on your Galaxy S2's?

I am still on GB 2.3.4 official samsung. But I am on the fence in deciding if I should update or not. Also is the TV out working still on ICS 4.0.3? I asked these questions several times in other threads on multiple occasions, but the "developers" are too elite to respond to them. I thought maybe Pakistanis are more down to earth people and will respond in kind. Here's hoping. :)
[Galaxy S II General] dadyal:
you people can ask these questions in normal forum posts
[Galaxy S II General] NOMIOMI:
brother i sure that you can not find this one in abbottabad

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you are right brother we can ask these question in normal forum but some time some Our PAKISTANI borther can not understand so we started this thread because we PAKISTANI brother help each other here easy way in OUR URDU language

hop you understand that what i mean

thanks

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brother here the links for rom and other things for samsung galaxy s2 GT-I9100G

WARNING please brother make sure have read the instruction very carefully any wrong step you take your device may b dead so be careful

HERE IS THE LINK FOR KERNELS FOR GT-I9100G

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1327509&highlight=i9100g

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1506954&highlight=i9100g

LINKS FOR ROM FOR GT-I9100G

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369977

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1341288

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1497685

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1374135&highlight=i9100g

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369977&highlight=i9100g

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369977&highlight=i9100g

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1341288&highlight=i9100g

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1543145&highlight=i9100g

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1496938&highlight=i9100g

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1529995&highlight=i9100g

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1366279&highlight=i9100g

there are many other thread for thr sgs2 gt-i9100G

need little search here in xda
[Galaxy S II General] Deeco7:
There is no need for this thread as for many reasons I will explain:

- There questions you are asking can be posted in the relevant boards.

- The answers you are looking for can be found in the relevant boards.

- It will only lead to more threads being created i.e Samsung Galaxy SII - GERMAN, ITALIAN, POLISH etc. this will result in spam an nonesense.

- It is against XDA rules, English is main language to be used. (If you don't understand the language use a translator that makes sense.

Please don't take this as an attack to your community, but I think it is ideal to use an external site for these type of threads. ;)

Jazakallah Khayran

-Deeco
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
Search for "installing cf-root" on YouTube... plenty of tutorials... but its easy.. good luck.. if any questions, just ask ;)
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
Instructions - ODIN (long)

- Follow these instructions to the letter. Do not touch any buttons or checkboxes that are not listed below to touch!

- Unzip the attached CF-Root-xxx-vX.X.zip

- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer

- Start ODIN

- Click the PDA button, and select CF-Root-xxx-vX.X.tar

- Put your phone in download mode

- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer

- Make sure repartition is NOT checked

- Click the START button

- Wait for the phone to reboot

- Done (if it took you more than 30 seconds, you need practise!)

i have to do this and downlaod this file CF-Root-SGS2_XW_CLK_KF3-v4.0-CWM4.zip

whatis that mean (Make sure repartition is NOT checked)
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
When you open Odin, there 4 check boxes under the options label. Only auto reboot and f. Reset time should be checked.

Make sure repartition, flash lock, phone efs clear and phone bootloader update are unticked....
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
after doing that my phone will be rooted right? so what will be changed in my phone and also what ROMS and MODs there are lots of thread for that (they are like theams )?

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i download the file CF-Root-SGS2_XW_CLK_KF3-v4.0-CWM4.zip when i unzip there is only one ZIMAGE name file
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
Just extract the first zip. You should get a .tar file. Don't extract that. Just flash the .tar file in the PDA section of Odin. Once it is installed, your phone will reboot and you'll be rooted.
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
i did all of that nothing change but there is two more files in my menu (superuser , cwm) now what
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
Most people are excited after they attain root. Looks like you're not, congratulations anyways ;)

And now, install Titanium Backup from the Play Store, start it, allow root permissions, and backup all user apps (that will include all their data as well). DO NOT backup system apps + system data.

Please note that when you restore your apps, you will have to restore each app one-by-one and batch restore is possible only with the paid version of TiBu.
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
what ROMS and MODs there are lots of thread for that (they are like theams )?

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i am happy and thank u so very much to you for your help any every way as you answer my every question again thank u
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
I thought you wanted to upgrade to the latest stock samsung firmware? What exactly are you now looking for? Have you done the backup of all apps?
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
just getting to now my phone i downlaoded teh titanium and its backing up the app i had ti do it one by on so how can i get ICS

while backing up some file are In red color like camere clock do i back those to or only the one i installed from market
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
No, don't backup the apps in red. Backup only those which you downloaded from the market.

As your device gets backed up, you need to go to www.samfirmware.com

Make an account there (its free), choose your device and location (you can choose Pakistan or any location, it doesn't matter). Download any android 4.0.3 ROM and flash it by the same way you flashed the cf - root.
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
there is no issue of model or anything like baseband etc in samfirmware it has only two firmware 4.0.4	PDA:I9100JPLPH	CSC:I9100OJPLPF

cant i get any on XDA and i had use odin like i did before to load the file
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
U can now flash ROMs from recovery

Its a lot safer than Odin and a lot easier

I am on pacman ROM it has all the options of cm10 aokp and paranoid android

Feel free to try it if u don't want to try too many ROMs
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
can you give me link and tell me how to flash it as i never did and you can see the screen shot and tell me that can i even do it i am on gingerbread 2.3.3 frompakistan
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957299

[WIP][ROM][JB 4.1.2][Pa+Aokp+Cm] P.A.C All in 1 ROM| Jellybean alpha[25/10]

All the instructions are on the 1st page

Make a backup of ur apps before installing

Make sure u wipe data/ factory reset when installing
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
so its mean i can install it on gingerbread 2.3.3 i dont have to update to ICS first right? i already backed up me app using titanium

Make sure u wipe data/ factory reset when installing what is that mean.

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which one i need to downlaod

Downloads

PACman Alpha

MIRROR

MIRROR2

Gapps
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
Pacman alpha and gapps

Yes u can upgrade to job without ICS

Wipe data is an option in recovery when u install a rom