yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] jstvj:
Well, I've tried everything but Titanium is still backing up to my internal storage ? Help please !

P.S. when I open Titanium there a notice about "Mount separation". I've searched everywhere but can't find any options in this respect. Could it be part of my problem. Also Play Store said " might not be compatible with my device" on each install, SuperSu, Busybox, Titanium. Again could this be the cause of the issue please ?
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Settings storage set folder location to sd card.

De bloat does not need sd card.

Suggest Freeze rather than uninstall.

Read xTB help page in app.
[Galaxy S II General] jstvj:
Thank you, but I've set backup folder in Titanium to SD card several times and it still backs up to internal storage and takes up the remaining space. :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] harryup:
root app LBE Privacy Guard

Hi guys,

another useful app is LBE Privacy Guard:

With this tool you can forbid apps their permissions. As example if a game wants to have the permissions "access our contacts" you can forbid this for this app.

You can control with this app for every app:

- contacts

- call logs

- phoneID

- phone Call

- phone state

- positioning

- use mobile network

- use WIFI

I know only the custom ROM Cyanogenmod were you can forbid rights for apps by default.

But important to know:

If you want to use this app, you have to trust this app. Because LBE runs always in the backround, is always active and have always root permissions!
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Thanks man I will look into
[Galaxy S II General] sebarosales:
Excellent guide! Thanks!

Just a question that I have not found in the forums. Can EFS folder become corrupt even if my phone is not rooted and I only flash stock roms?

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
I am not sure, good question maybe someone will know more about than i do, but if you have never rooted your phone then you would be covered by your warranty and your service provider would have to fix this problem.
[Galaxy S II General] NouveauBox:
Thank you for putting all the information in one post/thread, very helpful
[Galaxy S II General] korabeca:
Good Job!!

Although I have already from time rooted my phone and used custom roms but this was very rich information!

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Yes flashing a rom may corrupt EFS folder but a backup of EFS is and always has been rule one of flashing .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] congo1971:
Great and helpfull thread this is!

I also don't know where the efs is for, so i have something more interesting to read this weekend :)
[Galaxy S II General] deckio007:
Not rooting your phone is like not having breakfast in the morning! It's gotta be done!
[Galaxy S II General] Drutt:
I'm guessing a Nandroid backup will cover the Efs folder anyway?
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
No, you will have to backup the EFS file seperatly
[Galaxy S II General] khans98:
Thnx
[Galaxy S II General] clonski:
There's an app for that :D

EFS Pro
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Upadate added new content
[Galaxy S II General] Aroldoa:
this humble noob thank you a lot.. :)
[Galaxy S II General] aero125:
Indeed very helpful info, thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] Aroldoa:
gapps

Hi, can you give some explanations about gapps?

I know they are google aplications, but, what I mean is, they don´t come on customized roms? I see a lot of threads about it.

I have gingerbread 2.3.4 rooted in my S2 and I want to install cyanogen nightly here. I will not wait for samsung and his tw horrible.

Sorry about my bad English, it isn´t my natural language.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Google wont allow custom roms to have their apps like market, maps, voice e.t.c, so you have to install them all with gapps. When you flash your rom you should flash the gapps file as well you can find the latest ones here
[Galaxy S II General] Sn3aks:
Noob question incoming!

First, thanks for putting this guide together.

My question is, I just flashed an official samsung rom, but did not root, if I put the CWM through odin, do I need to flash the rom again?

or just put CWM through odin then am done?
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
You need to be rooted to flash CWM, once you are rooted and have flashed CWM then you don't need to install your from again.
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
First time I've read through this guide, and it's excellent.

I've been harsh on you before Mr. O'Connor, but this is excellent work and I'll gladly eat humble pie - sticky material.

Good work feller:)
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Thank you very much

I am hoping to make it bigger and stick with the theam of beginners, have you got any ideas on what content i could include. I am already going to include a little about Gapps, froma result of a reply made before.
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
Nope, think you've covered all bases. I categorise myself as an experienced noob, and this is without doubt the best root-for-noobs guide I've read here.

Get it stickied - ask a mod.
[Galaxy S II General] buzzboy:
Agreed. Great job.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidUser1192:
One Q: Does rooting the phone void warranty? Thanks!!
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Yes rooting your phone will void your warranty
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidUser1192:
Thanks for the quick reply. I'll leave it a little while before I root then!
[Galaxy S II General] kurtkbee:
Tagging this for future referrence.
[Galaxy S II General] Aroldoa:
Me again, and first of all, thanks for the answer.:)

I installed CM9 on my S2 and all is rigth, but when I turn on my phone, an yellow flag appears under the samsung logo.

Is that a problem?

this flag:

Thanks,
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
No it just means you are using an unsecure kernel, most members will have the same thing.
[Galaxy S II General] Aroldoa:
Hi s.d.oconnor,

a friend of mine have de stock 4.0.0 from samsung installed on his phone but he wants to change te launcher.

Is it possible kill the tw after run another launcher or it has to stay on phone?

Don't ask me why he wants to kill tw from his phone, I try to help him(because he doesn't speak english) looking for something here em XDA but nobody talks directly about it, only to install Nova em Apex launchers.

Thanks once more...
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Unless you are rooted you cant remove or kill TW, you would have to be rooted to install a custom rom that is AOSP based. If he wants to stay rooted then you could use a launcher on top of TW, but their is no way of removing it.
[Galaxy S II General] spawl:
Another Noob ! CWM issue

Hey all,

I've been reading myself in circles and hope somebody would be kind enough to give some advice:)

I rooted my Bell I9100 about a month ago using Odin, S2Root, and flashing back to secure kernel to remove yellow triangle. have since installed BusyBox, Superuser, all that went well.

Today I installed Rom Manager 5.0.0.6 because i wanted to have CWM and start playing with custom roms. I tried to install CWM via Rom mgr as per guide, but still only have stock recovery (vol+home+pwr). In Rom mgr it states current recovery : CWM 4.0.1.5.

Have i missed a step here or do i perhaps need to be running a non secure kernel?

Appreciate your feedback and all site contributors

Cheers:D
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
You can flash CWM using Odin you can get the download from here, and just install using odin.
[Galaxy S II General] Aroldoa:
I forgot to say that his phone is rooted.

BTW, he told he gave up to do it for while. He told me he will wait for stable mod form Cyanogen. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] mookan:
Thank you for the guide s.d.oconnor! Being fairly new at this and still learning the basics what would you say is a proper way of going from stock to root to kernel and rom? I think I have missed a couple of important steps like efs backup etc.

I got my SGS2 rooted just a little more than a week or two ago by using the simple steps in Rachmat3's thread "[GUIDE] ROOT/UNROOT Stock ICS Firmware without flashing unsecure kernel" http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 and started playing around with for example Titanium Backup and freezing stock apps and TW launcher with the help of looking a spreadsheet I found googling for "SGS removeable" to see which ones are safe to freeze/remove and using CPU Spy finally seeing improvement in battery time since it could enter deep sleep.

Later I was curious about a new kernel and without thinking so much I flashed Siyah kernel (without backing up the stock one I was running, so don't even know which one it was) and went on from there. But now after your guide I have backed up my efs folder at least. Coming back to my initial question, what else in considered useful before continueing to custom roms? Writing down IMEI? If it could become lost or corrupted and fixed manually somehow? Having backups of stock rom and kernel if you want to revert to stock for warranty issues?

A simple step-by-step kind of foolproof ordered list would be nice :)

Thank you
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
I'm sorry i am not sure which you mean,would you like me to create a break down for the thread, or a guide for yourself. I can add a breakdown, but time is needed for this an i would need to spend time getting all the info right.
[Galaxy S II General] mookan:
Basically a simple list of steps that are considered good practice going from a new stock phone to the point where you can start flashing roms.

Like when and where and what to back up, so you are more prepared along the way.

I know there must be a lot of ways to do such a list, but it would really help a beginner.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
I like the idea, i will start work on it, just need a mod to add two extra post's for me.
[Galaxy S II General] mookan:
Cool! Thanks! Seeing the bigger picture will become so much easier. In the meantime I will continue searching the vast lands of XDA forums for clues. :)
[Galaxy S II General] spawl:
RE: CWM

Thanks for the reply.

correct me if I'm wrong but do I have to convert the file from .zip to .tar before I use Odin? Or would I be better of flashing the pda with a cfroot that includes it?

Thankks again
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
I have always used CF-root, and never had any problems with it, it is your best option.
[Galaxy S II General] spawl:
Thanks mate !

apprecite your efforts on this thread. Keep up the good work:D
[Galaxy S II General] zenith66:
hi,i have a gt i9100 s2 that was originally tmobile but now unlocked and rooted.

my question maybe ovious but just want to clarify.

can i flash any kernel onto my phone which is 2.3.5 gingerbread upgraded stock bokk1.

my current kernel is 2.6.35.7 by codeworkx@cyanenmod #2

i only ask because i wish to change first my tmobile start up screen which is awful and don`t believe this kernel supports the bootanimation.zip method explained in other threads.

any help on this like kernel suggestions or other advice is very welcome.

must also say this thread has helped me a fair bit in regards answering a few questions that was`nt 100% sure on.

keep up the good work.:)
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
not any kernel i asume you are running CM7 on your phone, so you can only flash a gingerbread kernel that is for AOSP based roms.
[Galaxy S II General] zenith66:
hi no i am running stock rom gingerbread 2.3.5.

i flashed root umkk1 insecure to root,rom is original upgraded from 2.3.4

i have`nt flashed kernel yet.phone works just fine.i did try a ics rom(hydrogen)but went back to backup.

does this sound right at all?

thanks for help
[Galaxy S II General] zenith66:
sorry sorted now realise now kernel is not saved in backup restore and have now FlASHED back to kk1 secure kernel for now!
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Guide Update

I have updated the guide to include basic infomation about kernels
[Galaxy S II General] OnePhantom:
Great guide. Nice work. This would have been useful a few months back before I got into it all.

For anyone already on Stock ICS and wanting to root, I used a zip from Rachmaat3 which can be found on XDA. Basically rooted and installed a temporary CWM recovery without having to flash an insecure kernel. Worked like a charm.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
[Galaxy S II General] gizmogamer:
I m very new to rooting... So last night from one thread I downloaded one file fr rooting nd did all things wat they said... But nw i dnt knw weather my phone is rooted or not.... But in my app list I can see an app like superuser... So is my phone rooted?? I plz help me..
[Galaxy S II General] ereader:
Yes your phone now has root access
[Galaxy S II General] gizmogamer:
Ok.. Thanks..
[Galaxy S II General] kebintiyan:
great :D
[Galaxy S II General] jb00742:
Sir - Thank You!!

s.d.oconnor, I thank you very much. With your gentle words, concise explanations and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 I am now a proud, confident owner of a rooted S2.

:cool:
[Galaxy S II General] thunderbald:
is rooting really that complicated i found out that you actually could automatically root your phone through extweaks app or even by just flashing a custom rom
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
I would recomend you stick with CF-Root, that is my personal opinion, as you get close to stock kernel with CWM pre installed as well as super user.
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Hello, i used a two step process to root and run busybox. I rooted my phone to see how easy it actually is and have since gone through the steps to un root. Now i know how simple it is i will be more confident doing this in future. My question now is. My doing the above have i voided my warranty? As it stands my phone is not rooted (but has been for 10 minutes) Im not sure i wanted to begin flashing full on roms etc but certainly will be more comfortable if Im in a position to quickly and simply revert to stock ics if needed! All i really wanted was the crt effect...nothing else tho at the moment! :)

sent via this forum to your face
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Ok i will try and break it down into steps for you

1. Is your waranty void, that would depend on what root method you used, if you give me the link i can tell you.

2. If the method turns out that it has voided your waranty, then their is a fix to reset and hide that you have rooted your phone.

3. Moving back to stock is very easy, you just flash a stock firmware through odin, you will still need to use the fix in step 2, before flashing back to stock.

4. getting crt effect is easy, their are members that put all that into a zip ready to be flashed.
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
I have updated the thread with my own rom for everyone to download and try
[Galaxy S II General] DizZyRaScaL:
@OP good job. I just backed up my efs folder with ktool. Explained everything simply.
[Galaxy S II General] gavinch:
I'm all geared up to root but this thing is stopping me. xwlp7 stock kernel link is dead and xda is preventing me from posting in Android development forum because I'm new here.Just wanted the stock kernel if anyone know where I can get please let me know
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Just to clarify you want to download CF-Root kernel by chainfire, if so then i will get that for you.
[Galaxy S II General] gavinch:
No I got that. But the link for XWLP7 stock kernel is dead. I'm supposed to flash back the stock kernel according to the guide here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

Just want to know what is the purpose of flashing back to stock kernel. is it for avoiding warranty void?
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
The process of flashing bacl to stock is sometimes used to remove the yellow triangle when booting up, but if you have used CF-Root you have void your warrenty and flashing back to stock wont make a diffrence. You would need to reset your counter, as that is what they use to see if you have rooted your phone..
[Galaxy S II General] mar.ioo:
I have a question. It says that rooting gives you 'free tethering'. The 'free' means you can tether without using the data plan?
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
No it will use your data plan, some mobile carrier's charge you to have the option of tethering.
[Galaxy S II General] akz080:
so im guessing that once you root your SG2 after installing CWM its best to have an external SD card in there for ease of backing up ?
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
More is always better, but CWM will use your internal memory to backup and it will be safe, as your internal sd is not touched unless you format it.
[Galaxy S II General] moffyboy:
Root your phone, it's the best thing you'll ever do (with your phone that is). Freezing bloatware is the biggest advantage along with all the customizations you can do.
[Galaxy S II General] Steff1982:
Hi,

i am a Noobie but want to get more knowledgement and enlarge my experiences.

After reading this great manual I am proud owner of rooted SII. My next step is to switch from GB to ICS. But before doing something I'd like to ask what's the easiest/best approach. Is it necessary to install a ICS Kernel in advanced or first ICS ROM?

As you can read I am a Noobie. :D

In order to provide some information please find hereafter info:

Model: GT-I9100G

Baseband version: I9100IGXXKL4

Kernel: 2.6.35.7 dpi@DELL 165#2

Bulidnumber: GINGERBREAD.XXLB1

If I missed something please let me know. Every comment is appreciated.

Thanks,
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
You can install any ICS rom and that will come with a ICS kernel, just make sure you backup your data and do a Nandroid backup first. Look in my Sig on how to do that.
[Galaxy S II General] Aroldoa:
Hi master oconnors, I´m here just to say I´m still a n00b but I´m running CM9 nightly build thanks of you. Guys like you make us newers followers of android free world and I just came here to thank you. :D

I want more and soon I´ll ask you for more and more...

cheers
[Galaxy S II General] itsmeziggy:
i dunno what happened

hi there, i rooted my phone yesterday and then this is what happened to the applications. i dunno if theres something i failed to do or something i did wrongly. i followed the guide relogiously. but then this is what happened. help please.
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Sorry it has took a while to respond, what guide did you use to root, also this may sound daft but have you tried to just restart your phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Flint2:
Things i've done after rooting

This is the list of things i've done after rooting (With ClockWork Mod):

- Installed Titanium Backup

- Installed AdAway

- Create a new 2Gb partition in internal SD and installed Gentoo Linux (for converting images with ImageMagic, having sshd and apache webserver, etc)

- Installed Stock ICS (was not avaiable at that time in my country)

- Installed Resurrection Remix Custom ROM
[Galaxy S II General] vsalvy:
Installing A Custom Mod

First of all I would like to thank all the developers here for such great posts, especially this one which in my case it has been dumbed down for me, I spent about 3 hours last night rooting my phone, which in actuality took 10 minutes to root, and 2:50 hours to translate the lingo in to english.

I am hoping to get some advice from the experts, I have a Samsung t959 Vibrant, T-Mobile. it was stock 2.2 updated from Kies. I rooted the phone using a simple one click method, and checked if it was rooted, and I believe it was. I have super User installed, and rom manager, as well as titanium backup.

Rooted using: Superoneclick Rooting Utility

I also installed Clockworkmod Recovery

This is where im lost. I have downloaded the custom rom Axura 2.0.3, and have stored it in my phones internal memory.

I then load up ROM Manager and flash ClockworkMod Recovery,

Once thats succesful I try to instlal rom From SD Card and this is what I get:

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

Esignature verification failed

Installation aborted

Also, from what I've been reading, I dont believe I have the Clockwork Mod Recovery page when I go into system recovery (volume + power etc.)

It does not say ClockworkMod and the letters are blue, I saw a video explaining they should be a different color.

I would greatly appreciate some information that would lead to the success of installing this rom. Thank you for your time.
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
My advice would be to find a kernel that has CWM and is compatible with your phone and flash the Odin version of that kernel.

Edit - Also go HERE and you will find alot of infomation
[Galaxy S II General] Akatosh:
Hey guys. I tried to use mobile odin to flash the stock firmware files but it says it needs an add-on, any idea what it is?
[Galaxy S II General] vsalvy:
I figured it out and was able to get cwm. I didn't use odin though, Thankfully I found an e3 fix by using a script that flashed the kernel for me, once I was able to do that cwm installed correctly and I was able to flash axura with no problems.

Very happy camper finally, Thanks again !
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
If you are using the lite version then you need a flash kernel as well, you can get that from the thread, this might be what is missing.
[Galaxy S II General] Akatosh:
Downloaded the correct one bit it says the same thicng.
[Galaxy S II General] checasey:
nice one thanks
[Galaxy S II General] saifzahid:
how to install ClockworkMod Recovery on rooted i9001 ??

I have rooted my galaxy s i9001, but there is no ClockworkMod Recovery, please help me out how to install ClockworkMod Recovery on my rooted galaxy s i9001.

thanks

Saif :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Try HERE and see if this helps first
[Galaxy S II General] cdaarif:
Tnx dev but why u dont step by step guide us for k tool or efs pro??
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Because they don't need a step by step guide on how to use them,
[Galaxy S II General] cdaarif:
Step by step is so helpfull for a new camer like me. Which is the right procidure for restoring efs file by raw.img or raw.tar?

Sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy S II General] riquerique:
Very nice
[Galaxy S II General] kishan366:
My phone is rooted . i've rooted it without flashing an unsecure kernel so my phone is on stock gs2 rom and kernel ... now even if i flash the cwm recovery from rom manager .. my phone boots into stock recovery ....

So deleting the stock recovery via root explorer and than flashing cwm via rom manager would make cwm recovery permenant ? thanks in advance ...
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
You would be better of rooting your phone with CF-Root found HERE, as this will give you CWM.
[Galaxy S II General] kishan366:
I know that , but how can i have a permant cwm recovery on my rooted sgs2 without using c-f-Root .... I have flashed cwm from stock recovery and have made a NANDROID backup ... So how can i get permenant cwm .. AND if i flash CM9 or Any other custom rom from that temperary cwm ... It will make cwm permant right ?
[Galaxy S II General] The-Hulk:
Yes, if you flash CM9, the kernel of that rom will have a permernt CWM, also you could flash another custom kernel, and that would also give you a perment CWM.
[Galaxy S II General] dxdestiny:
Adfree is the first thing you need when you root because that means no more ads on your device! XD
[Galaxy S II General] kishan366:
Thanks ..