yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] DrunkFuX666:
Your statement hasn't been true for a while now about the s2 being the most popular with dev support... 75% devs have abandoned the s2 over the past 6 months... And the handful of recognized developers who were left developing for us also put everything on hold thanks to the Exynos source issues... Probably only to return after source is out and incorporated...

The s2 is no doubt a very good device and extremely popular in our country, but as far as dev support goes, with the launch of the s3 and note 2 along with the xperia T which is getting the most love to these days, sure to be followed by the nexus 4... The s2 will be left out in the cold...

We're definitely not seeing any official firmware past 4.1.2... But even on for example the CM front... We will most likely not see a fully working stable rom past cm10.1...

UNLESS Ofcourse Samsung open sources it... Which until now is surely not to happen...

Anyhow good luck with your development... Seeing devs like Codeworkx and xplodwild throw in the towel saying it can't be done without source just makes me think you need all the luck in the world...

Sent from my Galaxy JBSII
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
Most of the devs who left were modders or zippers with the exception of people like chainfire and super curio

I hope we dont lose team hacksung or gokhan

Yeah the number of pakistani devs is small but atleast there are people myself included that are part of big projects like rootbox and pacman
[Galaxy S II General] mubeenshahid:
i installed s2 jb leak .its awesome
[Galaxy S II General] hasham789:
ics update

guys i bought my s2 3 months back ande im still stuck on ics 4.0.3....jellybean is just going ti release and and i am not evening recieving ics 4.0.4 update........my s2 is not rooted ,has any of your update ur phn to laytest ics without root and how?????
[Galaxy S II General] ShazzyK-IDEOS:
I have hard bricked my S3 :( can anyone in Pakistan help? I'm in Karachi.
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
KIES is the official way to update, but there are manual ways of updating such as flashing the latest firmware via Odin. I'd suggest you do this only after learning and understanding the steps of manual flashing.

This thread is for S2. Anyways, are yoi sure its hardbricked? Did you try the jig? What exactly got you hardbricked? Keep in mind that devices nowadays are hard to brick and usually those bricks occur when playing with bootloaders.
[Galaxy S II General] ShazzyK-IDEOS:
I haven't tried the jig, but all the other symptoms such as dead screen,functionless buttons and all are there, so I think it is. It's really weird what happened, I rooted my S3, it was working perfectly, then I unlocked the bootloader, it was perfectly fine even after that, then using ROM Manager I installed clockwork recovery mod, it was was working great. Then, I deleted my android market using ES File Explorer, and the guide for replacing the market told me to look for Vending.apk and then delete it, I looked but couldn't find it, so I 100% remember I tapped the search button in ES File Explorer and searched for Vending.apk, then suddenly a window poped up with names of files flashing but it didn't say searching or anything just three dots (...) and under there were two options YES and NO. I pressed No, it closed and then popped up again so this time I pressed Yes. then the names of files kept flashing and then it finished but didn't give me any search result, But my Phone memory was showing Empty, only the sd card folder was there and nothing else o.O so I closed the app and opened it again, still the phone memory was empty, I was weirded out, so I restarted the phone and then, it never started :'( I don't know what happened.
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
i bought the OTG cable but it doesnot work when i plug it nothing happen no notification i install 2 apps from market for that purpose but nothing just wondering is there any option that i have to check or just cable is problem i am on 4.0.4 usb is on mass storage option thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
No, it should be detected automatically... you can try stick mount app by chainfire on the playstore...might work..

Note that only USBs work, HDDs wont work. The usb should be formatted to FAT32 (I think, not sure)...
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Anyone flashed leaked version of jelly bean ... I flashed and my phone was locked .. So flashed 2.3.5 stock firmware frm sammobile for pakistan and then i saw that there is a OTA update available ...i applied it and it updated to 4.0.3 , does that mean when jelly bean will be released it will be available via OTA ?? I dont like custum roms and rooting the phone so waiting for stock jelly bean :) if anyone has flashed that leaked version successfully , i can give it a try again :)

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
By locked what do you mean by that? SIM card not working? There are fixes available for it, check out the original 4.1.2 leak thread for that, search within.

I'm on 4.1.2 leak build ATM and yes I have successfully flashed it, rooted it and installed a custom CWM KERNEL for it.

For your question about the OTA availability. Pakistan and the Middle East region updates the slowest. So when the final build comes out for other regions, I suggest that you flash those official FWs instead of waiting upon for the official release for your region.

But well, the OTA updates depend on the KERNEL version. If you are using a PAK region FW, then ofcourse the update will be late.
[Galaxy S II General] drraptor:
For simlock http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34218457&postcount=2

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Galaxy S3 got the Jb both in Pakistan and KSA during and after Eid.
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
That's because the device is new and they have to keep up with the software to support their newer devices first.

SII is more than a year old now. It's still alive and kicking and apart from just very little hardware changes, S2 is nearly S3 with JB.

Or you can say a S3mini-super
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
By SIM LOCK i mean network locked.. I would rather wait for a OTA update rather than just flash this leak version and get locked with no network .. :)

I tried this fix but it never worked for me :( i flashed 2.3.5 again and used Galaxy S Unlock and it worked for me ..

I think i would try to flash this again and see how it works...
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
Is your phone not Factory Unlocked?

Well many guys used a bunch of methods in the main 4.1.2 thread and got their cells unlocked.
[Galaxy S II General] DrunkFuX666:
There are plenty of ways to unlock androids... Nothing like the insanity in iOS phones... If I remember correctly SamMobile. Com also has a unlocking software on the Site... It was free before... Not sure about it now... Matter of fact I also think I seen some apps on the play store for sim unlocking... Really shouldn't be a problem...

Sent from my Galaxy JBSII
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
My Phone is factory unlocked but i dont know why its making network locked, i think i used Mobile ODIN Lite to flash , thats why its giving me error , i will give it a try on PC.. and see how does it goes!!

I tried every app to unlock when i flashed via mobile ODIN Lite .. i think that is the only reason it network locked..

Thanks for the help guys .. I will get back once its flashed..

Anyone can comment on the battery timing on 4.1.2 leaked version??
[Galaxy S II General] drraptor:
Mixed reactions. Some are reporting upto 16+ hours while others think it isn't great
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
i downt what the problem is never happen before now its my third time when i switch my wifi from notification bar my phone screen goes black it its say on the screen kERNAL PANIC UPLAOD MODE (not always) it take by battery out reboot and everything normal and wifi is on what is it?

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i flash this rom frist time any rom from stock 2.3.3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1419102

use this method:

Using the noob-proof ODIN method:

- Download CM9 Resurrection Edition

- Download GApps and put it onto your internal sdcard

- Open Odin

- Choose cm-9-XXXXXXXX-ODIN-galaxys2.tar.md5 as PDA

- Boot your phone into download mode

- Connect your device via usb to your computer

- Wait till Odin has fully recognized your phone

- Hit the start button and wait till the flash process is finished

- Device boots automatically into recovery

- Flash GApps

and flash the CM9 Resurrection Edition for use with Odin:

20120420: Download
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
I think i will stick to 4.0.3 for now and wait for the OTA update to come or atleast official 4.1 Jelly Bean release.. :)
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
Here's my battery timing on my usual daily activity.

1hr+ calls.

8hrs+ of browsing/using apps on WiFi (not continuously but very frequently)

2hrs+ Texting/Chatting
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Wow man that is really interesting :) r u using any tweaks? is it rooted or on stock kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
Yeah rooted and on Philz CWM Kernel for this leak.
[Galaxy S II General] drraptor:
Also post awake, screen inn and Wi-Fi usage screen. Accessible by tapping on this graph
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
That would be helpful too .. kindly provide the above screens as well :):)
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
Yeah I forgot to take that screenshot. Phone's on charging now, will take one in my next cycle.

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The one you're trying to flash is a nightly build. Try a full stable CM9 ROM and your problem will be solved. Hopefully.

http://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/7078/cm-9.1.0-galaxys2.zip
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
I am still confused if i should really flash this or not ? :(
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
If you're very very curious then you should go for it, else I'd say that if your current ROM has you completely satisfied and you can wait a bit longer for more features of JB, then wait. The highlight of JB, Project Butter, still needs optimization and with it many new features like Smart Stay.

But well, it's a leaked build. Can't blame the leaked build. I would probably be going back to CM9 in a day or two, probably.
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Yes , i think i am totally satisfied with my current stock 4.0.3 ROM... i would rather wait for a official build..

One more question, I am currently on ZONG (Pakistan) , i wanted to ask if anyone knows that Zong supports Fast Dormancy ? Shall i keep it Enabled or Disabled ? By the way that is done by dialing *#9900# .. anyone has any idea about it ???
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
how i flash it download the zip file from link extract and use odin or what and what else i need
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
I dunno if it can be flashed via ODIN or not. I'm guessing 97% not as when you extract the .zip file, you get zImage and so on.

The best way is to install is: (Note you must have ROOT)

*Optional: You can use Titanium Backup to back up all your apps and data.

1. Download CM 9.1.0 stable from the link I provided.

2. Download GAPPS: http://cmw.22aaf3.com/gapps/gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip

3. Transfer both files to either the Internal Storage or external SD card.

4. Download and install ROM Manager from PlayStore. (Note ROOT is required to launch and use ROM MANAGER)

5. Launch ROM Manager.

6. Choose Flash CWM Recovery.

7. Scroll down and choose BACKUP CURRENT ROM (Optional but recommended should any problem arise)

8. Once Backup is done, select Reboot into recovery.

9. Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset

10. Select Wipe Cache Partition.

11. Scroll down to Advanced and select it.

12. Select Wipe Dalvik Cache.

13. Select Wipe Battery Stats.

14. Go back to the previous screen.

15. Select Install .ZIP from SD card.

16. Select the option according to where you copied the files in this screen (Internal or external)

17. Select the CM 9.1.0 .zip file and wait for it to install.

18. Now Select GAPPS .zip file and wait for it to install.

19. When all steps are done successfully, Select Reboot System Now.

20. Your phone will now reboot in CM9.
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Anyone ???
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
Place the zip you downloaded in your SD card. Reboot phone into recovery. Install zip from SD card, and choose the .zip file you downloaded before...

After flashing, reboot you device....
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
thank u very much after that panic upload error will not occur? if after that i will be on CM9 then now iam on what ?(Cm9 ressurection mean)

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onw thing more now when i am changing the rom so just asking that cynogenmod is the the best or any other should i try.(if not then the one i am on the stable will be the same in layout ,theam manner reight?)
[Galaxy S II General] NOMIOMI:
in Pakistan the telecommunications companies are not supporting Fast Dormancy at the moment my b in feature
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
hmm , so if i disable fast dormancy , it wont be a problem right ? :):good:
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
The ROM you are on is AOSP. These type of ROMs get updated almost everyday (called nightlies) until the label "stable" is there for them. CM9 resurrection edition is outdated, it was only for those who found it difficult to understand how to root, flash, etc.

Once you update to CM9 stable, you won't face the kernel panic. And yes, you don't need to do a factory reset so your data will remain as it is. The theme and all your settings will be there.

What you need to do is to download the CM9 stable version (I think the link was posted before), reboot into recovery and install from SD card. You don't need to wipe and any caches or data.
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
thank u very much

just lash the the zip file of cm-9.1.0 and reboot no gaap file no wipe RIGHT
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
I figured out about the Fast Dormancy .. I have disabled it and lets see how battery works on this :)

Good News is that i have flashed Lite Version of 4.1.2 rooted version :) Feels like more smooth .. now i have to check if the battery life is good on this .. :) will report back later with screenshots :)

Feels Good :)
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
I'm back on CM9. Stock ROMs mess up my S2...

Strange...
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
CM9 is one of the best custom ROM .. but i would still prefer stock roms :) they give you better battery life :)

BTW why did you go back to CM9 , what issues were you facing on 4.1.2?
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
Correct.
[Galaxy S II General] arsalanaly:
Guys y not some power with jellybean leaked updTe feeel u like the niceUI OF S3
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
For some very weird and unknown reasons, my SII's screen goes weird in sensitivity department. Screen lag, KB lag and what the hell not.

CM9 and other custom ROMs work totally fine on my SII :/

And I just can't tolerate KB lag, I type very rapidly, and since it's only a touch phone so screen issues also bother me very much, let's see if the final build solves that for my SII.

For me, CM9 always gave the best battery timing against stock ROMs.
[Galaxy S II General] drraptor:
Disable talkback, I had a similar issue.scared the hell of me
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
I believe talkback wasn't enabled...

Now this has tempted me to flash the official JB ROM again :(
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
I am using JB Lite Version .. And i am loving it :) using Juice Defender Ultimate with it .. i feel its the best app for saving battery :) and i have no problems with JB as of yet :), try it again :)
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
Nope. Having same issues.

BTW what's the difference in the LITE version?
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
just useless apps removed and ripple effect added to the lockscreen..

what issue are you facing ?? i am not facing any issues.. !!!
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
Touch Screen goes to hell, KB lags. Touch Screen doesn't feel smooth and becomes pretty unresponsive nearly always.

Nice, so ripple effect added on 240dpi?
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
I am not experiencing any problems .. I love samsung to give such a rom and I dont know abt dpi
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
Well I don't know if it's some kind of hardware problem with my S2, but custom ROMs work like a charm and I mean no KB lag no touch screen issue whatsoever.
[Galaxy S II General] drraptor:
Did you try omega or wanna lite ?
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
Naah didn't try anything else

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Sent from a Major-approved device using Major-approved OS having Major-approved true innovation.
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Maybe its a hardware issue but i think its ur brain :P lol , you are more use to custom roms then stock roms :) i dont like custom roms , i love stock roms :) so thats the only difference :)
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
Nah believe me when I first got my SII, it was on stock 2.3.4 GB.

Many people told me to root and go custom but I liked the stock ROM better, but even then at that time this problem persisted. When ICS came out, I updated to stock ICS of different region, the problem was there but minimal I believe.

Then I started custom ROMs, tried various custom ROMs and to my surprise, no touchscreen issue present. This could be because of KERNELs so I dropped my thought that it is a hardware issue.

Can someone link me to JB Lite thread?
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Hmm strange .. i have no idea about it :) lol

here is the lite version , you need update the kernel though as Phil has released a new updated version :) I did the update on my phone as well :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34297998&postcount=209
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
Thanx, I already googled and downloaded Omega, I'll try when I get back home.
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
thats awesome :) Best Of Luck Trying that :)
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Here is my battery screenshots .. I am on simplicity lite version with updated kernel .. installed juice defender ... still 12% left so it can easily go 2-4 hour ...

I guess thats not a bad battery stats at all :) I guess better then neatrom :)
[Galaxy S II General] MajorAly:
I tried the Omega lite ROM, it is a good ROM indeed with great stuff ported from 4.2 like the Camera, the interface is badass...

I know where the problem of the touchscreen comes from, it is the sensitivity issue, apparently I can fix it by breaking down KERNEL, modifying a line or two and compiling again but uh not taking that chance and back on CM9.
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Share some screenshots ? I think i will move to Omega Lite Rom :) I dont know why are you having touch screen issues.. i am not having any issues .. and my experience is really awesome with Jelly Bean :) BTW i am using a latest PhilZ Kernel (Check Signature) :)

Check This Out

Here r my battery stats ... FD disabled as my network doesnt support that ...I guess its not a bad battey time :)
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
just wondering what is nandroid back is it same like titanium backup because i have it or is something more or else

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i just flash the stable cm 9.1.0 from Resurrection cm9 but now when press power button to screen lock screen goes black but the i press it again to unlock no option to slide as previously phone just unlock to wherever u locked it cant figured out why this is happening. i gave it time after locking and let to lock it self but no solution press home or power button it unlocks automatically
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
A nandroid backup is a full system backup. Its does a backup of your apps along with all your settings. If you restore it, you get the EXACT settings you had when you backed up.

Titanium backup does a backup of your apps and their data only.

Consider a scenario. You find an awesome ROM you decide you want to flash. You flash it, and wipe all your data as you must do it.

Now, you want all your apps back, so you use titanium backup to restore all apps and data back.

But then, you decide after a few days that the older rom was more preferable. So all you have to do is to restore your nandroid backup and that's all. Your apps, settings and everything is there just as it was there when you performed a nandroid backup.

Hope you understand the difference.

As for your lock screen problem, go to system settings, and set your lockscreen to "slide" or whatever you want, should work.
[Galaxy S II General] grown ups:
i understand the difference very well just one thing that if i want my older rom then just go to nandroid backup and restore or i have to flash my older rom then do the back up. and one thing more that nandroid also do the app backup so if i have nandroid back so i dont have to do titanium right or one do setting and other do apps only

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As for your lock screen problem, go to system settings, and set your lockscreen to "slide" or whatever you want, should work.

thanks for that i didnt know about that as Resurrection rom does not have that setting thanks for that now my phone is stable no kernal upload error thank to u again
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
Nandroid backup does all, apps + settings. That means that when you restore your nandroid backup, you'll get all your settings and apps you had when making that backup, including their data.

And no, you do not need to flash the older ROM before restoring the nandroid backup. You can always restore backups directly from the new ROM, you won't get any problems.
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
I flashed Simplicity Rom Lite and it was awesome experience :) and then i flashed NeatROM Lite v4.0 :) and after testing that , it was awesome too but i would rather wait for a official release of 4.1.2 as i like only stock roms ...

I AM BACK TO GINGERBREAD 2.3.5 :) :D Just Luv the stock roms :) not a fan of ICS :(
[Galaxy S II General] usmantaj:
No GPS connectivity ater rooting my SGS2

Dear reader if u r expert the let me know how to connect quickly my sgs2 as after rooting with odin it show only 1 or two sattelites but no connectivity while before rooting it was ok with gps status software.

regards
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
Assuming you're still rooted, try changing your NTP server with fasterfix app.

Also, delete and re-download aGPS data from GPS Status.
[Galaxy S II General] salmankhere:
s2 korean vs s2 europeon

can anybody tell me about these phones..whats the main difference in these phone...
[Galaxy S II General] Spiralzz:
Between which phones?
[Galaxy S II General] Ammar Saood:
guys do we have fast dormancy on ufone , telenor ,warid ?? anybody hav idea ?/
[Galaxy S II General] NOMIOMI:
guys one thing is 1000000% confirmed if the samsung will not release what we want then our sgs2 will be dead we will never get the great custom roms like Paranoid Android and CM

Go in this link and check out

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1929188
[Galaxy S II General] drraptor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II

You can't install roms meant for 9100 on Korean Galaxy SII unless you mask/convert it to 9100.

european galaxy SII = International SII 9100.
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
FD is not supported by any network in PAKISTAN Dude :)
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
I flashed 2.3.5 Gingerbread with ODIN , then updated to ICS 4.0.3 via OTA and i was still missing something then i flashed CM9 and i was still missing something and finally today i flashed NeatROM Lite v4.0 Again with latest PhilZ Kernel .. And now i have got what i wanted again lol.. I MISSED THIS ROM ALOT .. JB Is fanastic

Thanks For the fanastic rom @SALE
[Galaxy S II General] NOMIOMI:
LOL nice sig picture