yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
So now I can continue.

Extracted the firmware I've downloaded and there is, as expected, a .tar.md5 file in there.

But where to put it in odin? PDA? PHONE?

I wanna be sure before I mess even more up :D

thx for help in advance ;)

So I found out that it has to be PDA. But there's a .dll file in there. What good is that for?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Put it in PDA. :)

For more info:

How to flash stock firmwares using Odin

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
Looks like it was successful. Well at least there's a bootanimation now :)

Yep it works ;)

Thank you guys :)

There are some ways of root described in the thread you sent me. Should I rather take one of those or try cf-root again?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
The method you choose to root depends on what firmware u are on, and what you want to do after rooting. :)

GB - ZergRush exploit or CF Kernel

ICS - CF Kernel, temporary cwm, universal method or custom kernels

JB - custom kernel or universal method

If u only want root - zergRush, temporary cwm or universal method

If u want cwm recovery (to flash custom roms) - cf kernel or custom kernel

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
I'm on 4.1.2 and I want cwm in order to flash a custom rom.

CF-Root is according to my knowledge the easiest way.

But I can't define, which I'd need to take
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
Will PhilZ kernel work?

Because there's

<< 04.02.2013 - PhilZ-cwm6 v4.00-b39 with CWM 6.0.2.7 based recovery >>

XXLS8-FOP (Jellybean)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/6uxmdd...b39-signed.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/plcqad...00-b39.tar.md5

which sounds pretty much like what I'm looking for
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Bingo! Philz is the custom kernel I told u about!

There are no CF kernels for JB.

But you dont need that file. Look for the kernel that matches your build number (XWLSE) and not your baseband (LS8). :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
Isn't there any easier way to get recovery when being rooted?

Because gaining root is with this framaroot pretty easy.

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Oh, makes me look stupid now :D

thx ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
U mean enter Recovery mode? :confused:

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
No I meant like flashing one through rom manager. But I know, it's problematic with the s2.

Anyways this would have been easy enough, had I just read properly.

Last time I did this was on gingerbread and cf-root worked.

Should've worked now with philz kernel. Although it's taking quite some time to boot :confused:

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Looks like it's not booting up...well...

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It's getting better and better.

After it didn't boot and I couldn't get into recovery, I decided to flash the firmware again. That way I'd have at least a working firmware on it.

Fails at flashing firmware via odin...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
and now it seems dead...isn't responding at all...great...

well it reacts on plugging usb in...with something that looks like loading but then again the charging anmiation doesn't even move...

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I can access download mode again.

But still, flashing firmware failed twice :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Battery drained maybe?

Charge it for some time then.

Or try removing the battery for a few minutes, then re-insert and try booting to download mode again.

Use Odin v3. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
Right...charging it right now and at least I get back to download mode.

Now that you mention it, you're right, I'm still using 1.85 - at least that was "recommended" for cf-root...

But I'm still asking myself why philz kernel didn't work :confused:

Just got stuck at splashscreen again...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
U can use both v1 and v3, but I advise v3.

Next time, however, dont root using Odin. Philz kernel can also be flashed in the stock recovery. That's the easiest way. :) u need an external sd card though. And you hav to download the zip file instead.

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
Actually that's what I wanted to try next :D

But I still gotta flash firmware.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
Isn't this charging animation while device is turned off usually animated? Didn't even move once :confused:

And while I was in download mode and used volume down to restart the phone there has never been a splash screen - just my not animated charging animation (see attachment - seems like there's no firmware at all on it since that failed)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Could be corrupted firmware.. :confused:

Charge it for at least an hour. Losing power while flashing can cause problems!

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
I didn't quite have time to try it again - at least not at the same pc.

But I'm a little worried right now.

My laptop doesn't recognize the device as well as the pc next to me.

I tried and failed flashing before at my mothers pc but that pc is inaccessible right now since it's a couple of kilometres away :D

However it worries me that the device isn't recognized anymore while in download-mode...because that sounds like a brick for me :(

Gesendet von meinem ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
No mate, if you can get into Download mode, then u haven't bricked it yet.

Its just connectivity issues associated with Odin. Try these:

*Must run Odin as administrator in Windows.

*Ensure Kies & it's processes aren't running in Windows task manager. Kill them if they are.

*Try different USB ports; you must be using a 'powered' or mainboard port.

*Try different USB cables (particularly the cable that came with the phone if you're not using it now)

*Try different versions of Odin (search on here/Google)

*Uninstall Kies, reboot, redownload & reinstall it, reboot, try the flash again.

*Run Windows Update.

And if all this fails, try a different PC. If it won't work first time on the other PC, go thru the above steps with that PC.

Thanks to MistahBungle

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
It's a relief to know that I haven't bricked it yet. One could almost say I tried very hard :confused:

But anyways it was just on two other pc's - hopefully it'll work tomorrow on the pc on which I did it the first time ;)

and thx, you've been a big help ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
Finally found the time to do it again :)

I'm actually trying to flash a firmware but this time it doesn't flash the firmware :(

Tells me "Complete(Write) operation failed" - and that's it.

That's the second pc who fails at flashing a firmware :( - that's what it told me after being stuck at "cache.img" for a few minutes.

I'm trying a different firmware now and it seems like it's stuck at "boot.bin" this time. This is so annoying...

Same issue again. "Complete(Write) operation failed

This happens with 2 different firmwares, 2 different pc's, 2 different cables and Odin 1.85 as well as 3.04

My pc tells me it's not able to recognize the device, Odin tells me it does :confused:

However it doesn't seem like I could do anything. Either the pc doesn't want to recognize the device like two other pc's did or flashing just fails for whatever reason...I'm kind of lost here :(

Stuck at boot.bin for quite some time now and nothing's happening.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
So I got a 3-part firmware (I9100XWLPI_I9100XXLPX_I9100DBTLP6_HOME) and at least the flashing procedure went through properly.

Device hasn't booted yet, still in bootanimation, but at least I got something :)

Ok, I got a recovery again.

Is there any way to get cwm permanently by flashing something via stock recovery? Got two roms on sdcard which I could flash with cwm.

Because as it is right now, I can't boot :/

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There's a CF-Root Kernel in the package where the 3-part-firmware is.

Would this one (CF-Root-SGS2_XW_DBT_LPI-v5.5-CWM5) work? Would be enough to get cwm to flash a custom rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
[SOLVED]

Just in case if someone will face similar problem and finds this thread ;)

I got the device working again by flashing a temporary cwm via stock recovery which allowed me to flash a custom rom which booted just fine :)

Thanks for all the help guys ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Good job! :thumbup:

Please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post so that others may see ur solution! :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bat0nas:
Hi

I have an Exchange account configured (corporate mail). And all of my contacts have pictures.

Normally I add a picture to a contact in my phone. Pictures doesn't look very crispy, but still acceptable.

I deleted my Exchange account from the phone and configured it again. And I synced again all the contacts. And I was surprised that all contact pictures are so low quality now. It was OK before I deleted the account.

So I guess HiRes contact pictures are stored locally on my phone and LowRes pictures are used in my Exchange address book. Once I deleted account, it deleted local copy of HighRes pictures.

Could anybody explain how come this happen?

Where the HiRes pictures are stored then?

How to backup that location if I'm reseting the phone to factory defaults or playing with ROMs?

Thanks!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schizophrenia:
same question

how do we back up and restore those HD contact photos? e.g. with Titanium Backup? backing up the "Contact Storage" works?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cybrid3:
I too need to know this. Took me ages to do all the pics in High Quality
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 843:
You can upload them through Picassa and link them to your contacts.

I heard that Titanium Backup's Contact Restore works well.

Alternatively, you can move the folder data/data/com.android.providers.contacts since all the photos are stored there. I haven't tried restoring so I'm not sure if it works perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schizophrenia:
for the Titanium backup method, would you know which line item works?

i tried "Contacts and Calls" but it did not work.

the picasa way, hmm, mind letting me know how exactly does that work? is it the same way as G+? i dont use G+ sync so I dont know
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sage:
surely someone here has worked this out? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bartmans:
I get same problem. I tried export csv file, kies export, kies backup. But non of them can export contacts pictures at high res. It is killing me to re assign high res pictures to my contacts after every rom flash.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schizophrenia:
unfortunatelythere are stillno solutions
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jss2:
The "HD Contacts" app works well for me.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...dium=organic&utm_term=android+app+hd+contacts
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ysrsprashanth:
App for Full size contact photo backup and restore

For full size contact photo backup and restore there is an free app in play store.

"Contacts backup ultimate"

The restore process of this app is very slow but works perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thesandyrock:
thank u

thanx bro u just save my life ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 18raghav:
Use "Contact Backup Ultimate"
[HTC One X] noneabove:
Hey guys, I really want to be able to get the international version of the One X (quad core) but I don't know where to get it or how much it will cost :/ or can I just not preorder it? That I'm okay with haha
[HTC One X] joplayer:
You can order from expansys, it has worldwide delivery :

http://www.expansys.com/delivery/

or http://clove.co.uk

Others may find you better deals :)
[HTC One X] noneabove:
Wow! From clove I could get it for under 700$?!?!
[HTC One X] angusbrasil:
Which is more reliable on-time delivery ?

Could have medialink to be perfect. :)
[HTC One X] joplayer:
It's a matter of tax, don't know how they work.

I had some when I tried to order on it but am in Europe so...

Edit :

about delivery time expansys claims 3-4 days, probably the same for clove
[HTC One X] noneabove:
Hmm.. How would I be able to find the tax amount you think? During order process?
[HTC One X] joplayer:
Yeah i did like I was going to buy one, didn't need registration to see that if I remember well. When you choose delivery location it should tell you the price of tax and shipping :)
[HTC One X] noneabove:
When I go to place the order it seems like 675$ :D
[HTC One X] Gunner86:
I am also from canada and i ordered from www.handtec.co.uk , anywhere you pre order outside of canada you will have to pay taxes and duty fee's to the delivery guy when it gets to your door, for the one x it will probably be around 80-100$ on top of what your gonna pay from the retailer. From past experience make sure they don't ship via UPS as they are horrible and charge handling fee's and stuff.
[HTC One X] noneabove:
Thats unfortunate haha :P well handtec and clove seem about the same price :P guess itll come down to mailing provider haha :) thanks for link!
[HTC One X] Gunner86:
No problem, i know handtec uses fedex which is the best shipping option for canada and it only takes 2-4 buisness days.
[HTC One X] noneabove:
So you think about 100$ meaning around 800$ for the phone? sadly thats what i expected but was hoping itd be less haha XD
[HTC One X] angusbrasil:
That 100 on top is a custom fee on Canada, or anywhere ?
[HTC One X] bimmerboii:
Fedex also charges handling fees. I have ordered from handtec before, and fedex delivers it around 2 days. Really quick service.

Handec declares the amount you paid for the device. So if for example you paid $700 for the device, you will pay the fedex guy upon delivery 12% tax (for BC) plus their handling fee.
[HTC One X] noneabove:
Shoot 12% is a lot on 700$... :/ why can't they just sell the One X in canada?!?!?! :( :( :( or in the states even.... do you think it'd be cheaper if i got some sort of contact in UK to send one to me??
[HTC One X] angusbrasil:
Fedex aways charge fees.

I dont get that handling fees. Its exclusive in Canada ?

Its a country import rule ?

If I ship one to USA, I will pay either ?
[HTC One X] noneabove:
Well handling fee i assume is a flat sum however if i could somehow not have that 12% tax...
[HTC One X] noneabove:
I may have to go for the sgs3 just for availability :(
[HTC One X] Dark lord me:
Rogres will be getting the One X but they have the S4 LTE version which is just as good
[HTC One X] noneabove:
I want the quad core for the support that it will be backed with :( there are so many devs and such a large amount of people getting it and i want that kind of community :/
[HTC One X] bimmerboii:
You could have your UK contact to send you the phone. He can then declare a lower value for the phone to lower the taxes. However if your package gets lost or damaged, your only covered by the amount declared.
[HTC One X] bimmerboii:
Not sure about other countries or in the US, but its always been like this in Canada.
[HTC One X] nismo-gtr:
http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-...eats-Audio-SUPER-PHONE-HOT-W0QQAdIdZ362658128

i just saw your post. this guy sells $820 in GTA. may be can ask him for a better deal?????

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so what's the total price at your door including VAT and shipping?
[HTC One X] noneabove:
I just sent him an email. If this guy is legit and I get it, you are my hero. :D
[HTC One X] nismo-gtr:
:D:D:D:D let me know if it works out...... i am sure a lot of fellow Canadian are interseted
[HTC One X] noneabove:
Hmm.. The thing is for 820$ plus delivery I could get it from a uk store and it'd be significantly less sketchy.. XD
[HTC One X] nismo-gtr:
I asked him too... Its $820 local pick up if you are in GTA... actually my friend bought a galaxy note from them before... (just asked durin lunch lol) They seem pretty legit...
[HTC One X] noneabove:
Fair enough, just need to think about it haha :P it might be a but more than I wanna spend (though i guess its not really their fault anyways)
[HTC One X] gr8lats:
I thought quad core with tegra has problems with LTE and that is why Rogers is using dual core.
[HTC One X] bimmerboii:
Correct. Tegra 3 soc doesnt support LTE. But the S4 Snapdragon does
[HTC One X] noneabove:
I don't need the LTE though really which is why i want the quad (speed is not even the main factor, but rather the community and dev support, would hate to go from such a highly developed phone HTC Desire Z to nothing :()
[Kindle Fire General] WHITE_W0LFE:
First off: Thank you DEVs, xda and all the peeps that help!! My device is now very very useful to me thanks to you all.

I searched and did find some info, but most of it did not answer what I am wanting to know.

I have CM7 on my Kindle Fire and love it. My son recently picked it up and started playing with it and he loves it too. He has a stock KF, and I bet you can see where this is going. He wants his like mine, and I have no problem flashing his with CM7, but there are a lot of settings and apps that I have installed on mine.

Question is can I backup my current ROM and flash it to his? Is this possible and will it cause it problems? Would it be just like mine, with all the apps and settings once flashed? Would this cause a MAC address issue?

Any info appreciated.

Thank you.
[Kindle Fire General] BiteBlaze:
It should work just fine, just be aware that if you do a backup then restore on his device, he will have ALL of your data (emails, web history, etc.) So be cautious. It will be an exact clone!

Sent from my Kindle Fire with CM9
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
As long as you have the same recovery on both units, you can do a nandroid backup on one, transfer it to the other and restore. CWMR backups are not compatible with TWRP backups and vice versa.

Some of the earlier CM7 builds had problems with MAC addresses all being set the same, but I don't believe this is an issue any longer. They should all get set properly to the correct hardware values.
[Kindle Fire General] androidcues:
My friend was so lazy he wouldnt flash any new roms because he didnt want to set up his stuff all over again. So I would "build" up the rom for him with his accounts and then nandroid... and upload on dropbox he would restore that nandroid and then ***** about the next rom he wanted me to build.
[Kindle Fire General] WHITE_W0LFE:
Good to hear and thanks for the warning about him having all my data etc.

Now my next question is: I know how to flash the ROM, but how do I get my ROM in its modified state off my KF so I can flash it to his?

Running TWRP, which I have little experience with.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
You will see "Backup" and "Restore" buttons on TWRP. Backup on one and then restore on the other. I think the easiest way for you to do this is to just go ahead and flash your new KF with TWRP and then use TWRP to flash a temporary ROM on it. Once you have the backup on your original KF, you'll find a TWRP directory on your /sdcard (this is the directory you see when you mount your KF as a mass storage device on your computer). Use your computer as a staging area and copy the entire TWRP directory to your computer via USB. Disconnect the old KF, connect the new KF, and then copy that same directory over to the new KF. Then boot into recovery and restore on it.
[Kindle Fire General] WHITE_W0LFE:
I love you guys!!!

Booted into TWRP on my KF and did a backup. Pulled back up off mine and loaded it onto his. Booted his into TWRP and restored my ROM to his KF. Perfect match.

I did remove some apps that he wont need and my web history. He is only 10 and I am not sure where all I have been on the web with mine. :D

Thanks for everyone's help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Kindle Fire General] BiteBlaze:
Anytime. please rename this thread to [Solved] (in OP)... thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petzku:
Here is the modded lines from Gingerbread services.jar:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18082627&postcount=1

diff -urN a/smali/com/android/server/NotificationManagerService.smali b/smali/com/android/server/NotificationManagerService.smali
--- a/smali/com/android/server/NotificationManagerService.smali
+++ b/smali/com/android/server/NotificationManagerService.smali
@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@
:goto_0
iget-boolean v4, p0, Lcom/android/server/NotificationManagerService;->mScreenOn:Z

- if-nez v4, :cond_0
+ #if-nez v4, :cond_0

iget-object v4, p0, Lcom/android/server/NotificationManagerService;->mLedNotification:Lcom/android/server/NotificationManagerService$NotificationRecord;

@@ -2114,7 +2114,7 @@

iget-boolean v4, p0, Lcom/android/server/NotificationManagerService;->mScreenOn:Z

- if-nez v4, :cond_3
+ #if-nez v4, :cond_3

.line 1147
iput-boolean v7, p0, Lcom/android/server/NotificationManagerService;->mPendingPulseNotification:Zdiff -urN a/smali/com/android/server/NotificationManagerService.smali b/smali/com/android/server/NotificationManagerService.smali
--- a/smali/com/android/server/NotificationManagerService.smali
+++ b/smali/com/android/server/NotificationManagerService.smali
@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@
:goto_0
iget-boolean v4, p0, Lcom/android/server/NotificationManagerService;->mScreenOn:Z

- if-nez v4, :cond_0
+ #if-nez v4, :cond_0

iget-object v4, p0, Lcom/android/server/NotificationManagerService;->mLedNotification:Lcom/android/server/NotificationManagerService$NotificationRecord;

@@ -2114,7 +2114,7 @@

iget-boolean v4, p0, Lcom/android/server/NotificationManagerService;->mScreenOn:Z

- if-nez v4, :cond_3
+ #if-nez v4, :cond_3

.line 1147
iput-boolean v7, p0, Lcom/android/server/NotificationManagerService;->mPendingPulseNotification:Z

If someone capable could try to implement this to ICS services.jar, I would be more than glad!!

Here is Services.jar from Deodexed LPQ.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rlorange:
Ooops! Didn't see your thread. Posted my own.

Will link to this thread as yours is much better with code as well! I am hoping someone in the sgs1 community might help us out.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marchief:
would also love to have this if anyone can help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TTAndroidGuy:
Ok so I tried to install the Domination ICS 4.0.5 theme on my phone. Followed the instructions very closely and still ended up in a bootloop. My phone was rooted and running an Odexed rom.(the theme was compatible with Odexed stock roms) and I had no prior mods installed. I tried a factory reset but when it starts up it says phone process, system UI has stopped and I get a boot loop. I can get into download mode.

I need urgent help as this is not my phone. Is there anyway to reflash stock ICS on it.

*EDIT* Sorry didn't see the sticky thread about boot loops. I was kind of in a panic. Can a mod please delete this thread
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djseaneq:
yeah boot you will have to flash back via odin
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TTAndroidGuy:
Yeah I guess I'm just a little panicky right now as this phone is a loaner phone from the service center. I shouldn't have tried to mess with it....lol. Well I'll just re download and flash with odin then and hope it boots up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhylabs:
Good luck!