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[Galaxy S II General] chronoknight:
I was able to root after updating to LD2 (via USB connection to Kies, OTA kept failing probably because I was rooted) simply by reapplying the steps from the first post. So far so good! I wish Samsung/AU would give us ICS...
[Galaxy S II General] rassam:
thanks it worked for me too! !
[Galaxy S II General] raiden.cheetah:
Thanks for your hardwork cezeff.

But if i root my isw11sc, will I be able to update to the stock ics by samsung/au,

if it comes out after this?
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
To tell you the truth I don't know...I'm getting a sgs 3 in a couple of days...which means I can really go in on my sgs 2 and not be afraid to brick it...I'm the coming days I'll try some different roms including ics to see if it's compatible...so lets keep our fingers crossed...it would seem you would be able to update using a different method a long the lines of the above posts...they were able to update even after root..just a but more work...hopefully it's the same for a full on OS upgrade...
[Galaxy S II General] raiden.cheetah:
wow, you migrated to docomo already?

anyways, thanks for the quick reply. I found along some post in this forum about some 'android kitchen' where we can 'cook' our own roms. have you tried doing that?

Maybe if I have some time this weekend I'll try rooting and "cooking", and see what happens.
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
yep...was a softbank reject..then an au step child...but once the s3 popped up on docomo it was a done deal...it really does make me happier knowing i can really tear into this s2 though...im really looking forward to seeing what i can do with it...im not going to even root my s3 for awhile till its super duper safe...lol....i dont have anything to do this weekend so ill look into that cooking your own roms section...i see xda excerpts on the subject al the time but really didnt have a reason to..but with a guinea pig s2 now the sky is the limit...lets see what we can cook up...in fact thursday ill start posting some mods ive always been wanting to do to the s2...stay tuned
[Galaxy S II General] raiden.cheetah:
COOL!! :cyclops:

i got fired up reading ur post that i rooted my phone immediately!! lol

can u give me some tips on what u did after rooting, such as list of bloatwares to get rid of and any cool apps that can speed up my phone and extend the battery and such..
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
Decided to go ahead and root my S2 Wimax.

I used the files provided in the first post and other than not realizing that the Clockwork Recovery that we replace the stock with is touch screen capable (ie.. I haven't had to use clockwork recovery since my droid x and you went through the menu with the volume and home button... but on this one it kept restarting it until I realized I can just touch the menu items... blonde duh moment).

Everything seems to be fine, of course I don't have au one market (no tears here) but it looks like the NFC works just fine (at least I have my locked icon from disabling it from before.... safety reasons).

Well, now I just have to hope we can come up with some type of custom rom or something.

D.
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
well of course busy box...a lot of the apps i use are pretty common in my opinion...such as juice defender which really does extend the battery almost by x2...people tend to use es file explorer, i use solid explorer which is pretty darn good...tube mate for downloading videos from youtube and what not...i use screen off so i dont have to hit the power button to turn the screen off....instamusic is a real great music app that looks really nice in my opinion...dpi changer utility is great for changing the dpi, there were a couple fo apps and games that wouldnt work for the massive screen until i changed the dpi...i also downloaded the Pandora app thats floating around in these fourms and as long as ive had my wifi on connected to my phone when i go out and about it still plays through the japanese servers!!....besides that i use go ex launcher with an ics overlay..ill post a screen shot of my home screen a little later..i havent pulled any of the bloatware off yet...but after thursday i will..ive read on other phones pulling some of samsung bloatware stalled the phone...so be sure to make a back up using rom manager or another like app...dont forget google black search and voice, it uses a black screen which is super friendly and battery friendly on amoled screens...being in japan the messaging app Line is becoming super popular...i havent tweaked my phone too much because i was afraid of screwing it up being the only one i had but thatll change thursday and ill be able to go "hard in the paint" with...install a custom kernel and some cpu governors...as the phone is it has a very high quadrant standard score, i get close to 4000, ive posted it before...so this weekend ill see what magic i can get with this phone...
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
lol...im glad i wasnt the only one that kept missing the fact that the clockwork recovery was touch screen, at first i thought i had broken something...im glad it worked out just fine for you...someone filled me in that the reason that my nfc wouldnt work is because i didnt have a specific sim card that supported nfc?...i guess...but ill see if itll change once i start messing with custom roms and stuff for this phone this weekend...work keeps me pretty busy during the week...
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
man, i dont mind sitting down and working on a custom rom but all the rom making software ive found so far is for windows and i got a mac..wtf....ill keep looking but if yall can come up with something let me know...
[Galaxy S II General] raiden.cheetah:
Hey chronoknight,

Does that mean that u've rooted the phone, then u upgraded to LD2 using kies (which causes the phone to become unrooted again?)??:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] chronoknight:
Yes, I rooted my phone using the instructions on this page, then I updated my phone with kies. After the update, it was unrooted again. I did the exact same steps from this page and successfully rooted my phone again with the updated software.
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
so i got my s3 and loving it...that only means that tonight im going to try to put a ics custom rom on here that is closest to our kernel/baseband etc...have you guys found anything useful for cooking using mac? i should proab. troll the general threads for that info...
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
so far no good..i tried several ROMS and kernels and Ive managed to brick it...so ill contiune working on it...it maybe because there is still something locked on it...maybe the root was just a kernel root nothing more...so im going to try a few tricks and try to run it as if it was a generic stock sgs2..ill keep yall updated
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
I appreciate your efforts as I am going to be stuck with this phone for a while and can't risk bricking it myself

D.
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
Not a problem...it's just taking time...my high is always busy around the 4th of July..I'm still working on it though
[Galaxy S II General] directimported:
Can anyone say once you unlock the sim lock from KDDI does this phone then support global roaming with GSM support ?
[Galaxy S II General] usmcmvp:
Has anyone verified if rooting unlocks the sim? I can't find the unlock for this phone anywhere.
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
been trying for the last week and still havent found a ROM that works correct for this phone...i think it just maybe the kernel or something....i will test a different sim card in the morning to see if this root unlocks for different carriers....sadly my sgs3 uses a microsim card..or else this wouldve been alot easier...
[Galaxy S II General] usmcmvp:
Thanks...i'm eager to find out a way.
[Galaxy S II General] markizan:
is it possible to unlock this device? cause I bought one in Japan and now I want to use it in Brazil. can you please help me out? I dont want to lose this phone... thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] directimported:
im back in Australia and have taken my ISW11sc with me i followed the ROOT method and works like a charm.

unfortunately it did not unlock the sim slot.

I would really like to know if these units actually can be unlocked and have the GSM radio installed or its is hidden in the OS already so that it can be accessed if find it unlikely that GSM feature was taken out completely from the ISW11SC

this version of the S2 is the best and the display is so much better than the normal 9100 series so i hope some of you guys can continue to work on this phone and hopefully make it happen.
[Galaxy S II General] tshailesh:
Hello.. I tried to flash android 4.0 to my ISW11SC and bricked now it wont turn on.. Please help me out ??
[Galaxy S II General] tshailesh:
Please anyone???
[Galaxy S II General] dvhh:
are you looking for this ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1457458.
[Galaxy S II General] tshailesh:
NO... nyway got replacement..
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
unfortunatly after trying tons of roms nothing seems to stick...the only way to make a custom rom for this phone seems to be actually cooking a rom from scratch...im told its not too hard....im looking into it right now....
[Galaxy S II General] Robobob1221:
au one market

Hello people,

I don't have a SII, but I got the OG Evo on au, on which I've made a custom ROM for Japanese users.

Now we face the same problem with the au one market not being accessible to rooted users. I know there are work arounds out there but I haven't been able to find one with very clear instructions. I wondered if any of you over here have had any luck or know of any how to's as I've had requests from some users.

I'd be grateful for any info.

Cheers
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
no...i tried a couple of work arounds on from japanese forums but none of them work...you really want to use au market? must have some good stuff in there, lol...im no developer but im looking into taking a CM7 Rom or something similar as base, pushing our phones data to it in hopes of creating a custom Rom for the japanese sgs2....ill try the bootloop thread at the top of the page first though...any advice on this phone would be helpful...
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
Actually, I got the au market working on my rooted phone.

I tried everything I could think of....totally botched my phone and ended up doing a nandroid restore to just after I rooted.....then I opened up au market....let it update and now it works.

I never user it...but I just wanted to try and solve it.

I will try and attach my apk from a titanium backup.

D.
[Galaxy S II General] Robobob1221:
I'm not too sure on touchwiz.

But with CM most likely the hard part will be getting wimax ported over. And if the framework is set up anything like the evo then getting sms functioning will be a pain too.

Your best bet is start with the au stock rom, strip out any bloat, maybe the touchwiz, get a replacement launcher and search the sgII and hacking threads for possible mods to add in. I haven't had any experience with the sgII so...

If you could that'd be great :thumbup:

an enviousOG
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
Ok, I attached my au market titanium backup apk.

It will probably work best if you use titanium backup to reinstall it, but you may be able to open it with winrar or 7zip and extract the apk manually...

Not sure if this will work or not.. but worth a try.

D.
[Galaxy S II General] mids1:
Thanks for this thread--

I just got this phone and was looking for a possible solution to the very annoying camera shutter sound. It is the Galaxy S2 Wimax by au, and based on what I've read on this thread the instructions you provided here should work, though I have a few questions.

I'd like to keep the phone as stock as possible. All I really want is to turn off the camera sound.

I don't mind not being able to use the au market, but I'd like to use the phone in the Japanese language. Will rooting it affect any of the stock language capabilities or keyboard settings? Is there a way to restore the factory settings?

You may find this hard to believe, but I haven't had a phone in over a year (my last phone was a Samsung Moment). Not quite sure what NFC is, though I saw the icon.

I need this for work e-mail and internet while on trips. And of course, I take lots of photos.

I am aware of silent camera but I'd rather just use the phone's stock camera application.
[Galaxy S II General] cezeff:
After you've rooted your phone , go into the Systems folder, and under media there should be a bunch of camera.ogg files...highlight the file..long hold..then change name to end with .bak instead of .ogg...youll have to change several files to make sure all camera nosies are off...any trouble let me know...
[Galaxy S II General] kenixming:
can any one unlock the phone and use it in foreign place?

i am from hong kong and i decide to buy a isw11sc to use

the phone seem good but i don't know can it use in hk

sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy S II General] blonely:
Hi, I'm trying to sim unlock this phone(isw11sc). I had rooted the phone and change a local sim card (I'm from Malaysia.) There is no prompt for unlock code request.

It just show the sim is not found.

I installed this app:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1092451

The app say cannot find the code. I read through the Odia link included in the link above, it mention the code is in nv_data.bin.

I use Root Explorer and couldn't find the nv_data.bin in the phone.

I checked in the efs directory and found less files compare to a normal sgs.(I owned a GT-I9100G. I can find easily the nv_data.bin in efs directory.)

I never install the sim unlock from helroz. His mention that he is replacing the nv_data.bin. So since I can't find the nv_data.bin file. So I do not dare to try it.

Do anyone come across the sim unlock for isw11sc?
[Galaxy S II General] tshailesh:
i guess nobody is interested to unlock this phone... can anybody atleast try different sim (CDMA other than KDDI / Japan Sim)...
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
Just noticed there is an update today.

I don't think it is jelly bean and the notes only say "phone performance improvements".

Anyone try it out yet?

D.

Sent from my ISW11SC
[Galaxy S II General] jakegio:
Rooted a month ago. This update will not install for me. Phone reboots to CWM, then I dont know what to do so i hit reboot now. When it comes up it says the update failed. Anyone know how to get it to install?
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
You could try through kies.

From what I read, this update only fixes the c-mail/sms notification bug.

D.
[Galaxy S II General] jakegio:
Thx. I dont really know how to do it with Kies, but I'll take a look. I was hoping they would have solved the overheating issue. Charging with wimax and tethering on, somedays mine hits 64C, somedays just sits at around 45C with the same usage. :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
Yeah...I have the same issue (overheating etc)

I am about to leave for a trip so I can't afford to mess with my phone right now...but will look into it when I get back.

Kies its easy...just download the program and connect your phone...it will tell you what to do from there.

edit....

For those looking for an unlock may want to check here

http://blog.livedoor.jp/kz_gin/archives/14385114.html

I just downloaded and combined the files provided and saw the name of the file is " ISW11SCKDLG2_ISW11SCKDILG2_ISW11SCKDLG2_HOME_USER_SIMLOCK.tar.md5 "

Don't know if it will work for those who want it or not, but I am going to use odin when I get back from my trip and see if I can't flash this one.

D.

Sent from my ISW11SC
[Galaxy S II General] inonno:
CDMA only for this phone.:(

http://www.samsung.com/jp/consumer/mobilephone/mobilephone/au/SCH-J001LKJKDI-spec
[Galaxy S II General] Robobob1221:
au email

Can someone tell me what au/ezweb mail version you have on the e4gt? is it v1011?

if so would someone be able to provide an apk for it??
[Galaxy S II General] jakegio:
Thank you! After a bit of fiddling around to get Kies itself to install on my pc, I was able to use it to get the firmware update to install successfully. Thanks for the help!
[Galaxy S II General] tora201:
able to install custom roms?

Just wondering if any of you managed to upgrade this firmware of this phone, or install custom roms. If so, please let us know how you did it/where you go the information from.

Also, might take mine back to AU - overheating like a mofo recently. Unsure of the causes, but searching through Japanese forums, many seem to be having similar problems.
[Galaxy S II General] blonely:
I tried with a celcom(Malaysia) sim card. Nothing pop out, just no signal and nothing else.

---------- Post added at 04:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:36 PM ----------

Did you tried out yet? Is the sim unlocked? :silly:

I see there is Network&Data 3G EVDO Rev.A.

So.. am wondering the possibility,. :D

---------- Post added at 05:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:45 PM ----------

by the way, when i looking into the files in the root. I found these:

under /system/etc/apns-conf.xml

Do that means it can be use for GSM actually if it's unlocked? xD
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
Well, I flashed this update using odin and everything works except I lost root and am unable to get it back.

As for if the sim is unlocked.... I don't know as I don't have a different sim to test with it.

I did find that overall my phone seems to be running better.

It could be that I just had some program causing troubles and after doing a reset and flashing with odin I got rid of it... but my battery actually lasts a day now and I have not had a wimax/hotspot overheating issue yet.

I was about to spend some time to see if I can fix root..... but got an update from AU today that says Android 4.04 will be available starting tomorrow for the ISW11SC so I will upgrade to that then worry about root.

D.
[Galaxy S II General] rassam:
yes please let us know how the 4.0 performs,I also got an email. would be nice to have root asap for it. but still unfortunate we don't have any custom rooms for this phone as I do believe it would make it perform better and last longer.
[Galaxy S II General] tora201:
Hi guys not sure why you couldnt get root back when updating to latest gingerbread -I had no issues with it.

Yes I got the mail regarding ics but have no way to upgrade it. The "update" button in settings hasn't worked for me for sometime. And as for Kies all I have to say is &+&$?#@ !! Can't get a connection going on either of my two Windows machines anymore. Get the never ending "connecting" message.

So if anybody could upload the ICS somewhere and give us a link that would be great. Thank goodness for Odin :)
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
This should be the correct files for you.

I did the OTA but was unable to find the file to back up for you... .but the site I normally go to for information had these links.

https://hotfile.com/dl/171796203/aebf56b/ISW11SCLPJ.part1.rar.html

https://hotfile.com/dl/171798144/94c37f5/ISW11SCLPJ.part2.rar.html

And to give credit where it is due

http://blog.livedoor.jp/kz_gin/archives/17273849.html

and the translated version (whoa... so terrible.. but you get the idea)

http://translate.google.com/transla...log.livedoor.jp/kz_gin/archives/17273849.html

I myself have not tested this, but the last one I got from the same site worked great when I flashed with odin.

D,
[Galaxy S II General] directimported:
ICS 4.04

updated successfully today ICS 4.04 update direct from KDDI downloaded via the phones software.

all up and running no problems but be aware it will change all your home screens

there is no update or allowance for GSM radios either

there is no sim that will work in this phone apart from KDDI AU
[Galaxy S II General] jakegio:
mine failed :(

im trying it again but it says no update available. stuck on gingerbread for now i guess.
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
Try downloading with kies or use the links I posted and flash with Odin.

That should fix you up.

D.
[Galaxy S II General] jakegio:
I tried kies. Finally got it to connect, but it says "Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies".

I would like to flash it with Odin, but I just don't think I can risk it. It's my only phone. has anyone tried it yet? does it work?
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
I had the same issue with the last update.

Odin fixed it, but I lost root.

Atty the very least, if it screws up you can go to AU and get a replacement (it broke when updating etc)

Also with kies did top make sure debugging is off?

You can also try theed option to fix a failed firmware upgrade in kies.

Good luck.

Sent from my ISW11SC (G2 WiMax) w/ TapaTalk 2

---------- Post added at 11:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:24 PM ----------

Sorry about the typos, darn autocorrect.

One more thing, I used the files for the last update from the same site I posted for this update and they were safe, so this should be too.

D.

Sent from my ISW11SC (G2 WiMax) w/ TapaTalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] jakegio:
usb debugging is off, and the emergency firmware recovery thing in kies will not even start. it says devices requiring emergency recovery and the list is empty :(

The last update failed for me too, but i was able to install via kies.

Ive never used Odin before. I'll take a look at how to use it. Thank you!
[Galaxy S II General] jakegio:
There was a comment left on the livedoor page. It failed for someone. Now im too nervous to try flashing it.

"odinで初期ＲＯＭ焼こうと思ったのですが焼いている途中で

complite(write)operation failed

とでてきて失敗します。どうすればいいんでしょうか？"
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
Bummer, then my suggestion would be to go to the same site and download the update from about a month ago.

Flash that with Odin, then do the ota to 4.0.4. [ basically what I did ]

D.

Sent from my ISW11SC (G2 WiMax) w/ TapaTalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] jakegio:
Stock ROM

This appears to be instructions and file links to flash the stock rom. Anyone with better Japanese want to confirm?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3qI_cr86V4
[Galaxy S II General] rassam:
I did it with Odin, loaded the file from pda section and it worked.

Now only need root, he mentions it on the website but I'm not sure what he means.
[Galaxy S II General] debaucher:
From the video he is doing exactly what I suggested.....flash the LB3 stock update with Odin (you can get them from the site I linked to) then update to the latest with kies or ota...

As for root I still don't know if there is a method for 4.0.4 yet.

D.

Sent from my ISW11SC (G2 WiMax) w/ TapaTalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] jakegio:
OK, thanks. I think now that I've tried doing the factory wipe, and still unable to update, I will bring it into Au and see if they can do anything for me. If that fails, I'll try flashing with Odin.
[Galaxy S II General] tora201:
rooted? AU can't do anything. use Odin

Mate AU cant do anything for you if your device is rooted. I talked to them after i couldn't flash my rooted one. However, in your favour, Odin works perfectly. Just flash using the rom supplied from above links. You'll lose your root though.

One thing: i don't notice a great difference between GB and ICS anyway. So not sure it was worth it since i lost my root.

Oh and i used Odin 1.85 gIII version. Took just five, mins. No more dangerous than Kies. But as i said Obin was only way to flash ICS on my ISW11SC.

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[Galaxy S II General] jakegio:
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I am actually no longer rooted. When i did the last update with Kies, i lost root and cwm. I just would like to get ics on it. I'll worry about rooting again later. I just dont want to mess up my phone. cant afford a new one right now.