yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ou2mame:
well.. i'm 30, i've been using various programs and technology and whatnot for a long time. i went back to school recently to finish a bfa in motion capture and computer graphics. they used to use the internal server to store files from motion capture shoots and various projects, which sometimes got erased because IT and students had access to them. i suggested that we use dropbox because its very easy, and integrates so well, and only the class has access to it. we now make drop box accounts for each class/project, and all files are distributed accordingly. its very easy. thats really what it boils down to. the file limit is also good, because there isn't one. the school ended up paying for accounts to have large files accessible and thats what we use because of it.

its really cool to be able to access it from our phones, home computers, and school, without having to do anything other than log in. that's probably why its popular. i know there's other services available, but none are as easy to work with, and when a university is paying the bill, you can get whatever you want, and it works extremely well. plus, i personally installed the beta and did some media uploads and got 15gb for free, which is kinda cool. i really don't use that much of it because its mainly my work files for my job, just so i don't have to carry around a drive or worry about losing or forgetting a thumb drive, but its very useful. between phonemypc and dropbox, i always have access to anything i could ever need. esp when i forget something at home and i'm at work, and i have to log in to my computer from my phone, and do a copy/paste into my dropbox, and have my files accessible 2 minutes later. that's saved my ass i don't know how many times.
[Bravo General] zachthepack:
Recently every couple hours the phone runs at like 2fps. All animations run about that speed but don't freeze. It also causes my soft keys to stop vibrating on touch and accelerometer locks. Any ideas?
[Bravo General] josuearisty:
What rom are you using?

There is maybe somthing running in the backgroud which does that!
[Bravo General] zachthepack:
I wondered that but nothing was ever in the runnin list but nothing I stopped helped. If it keeps up I suppose i'll factory reset and then possibly sbf. On cm7. Flashin new nightly over didn't help. We will see.
[Bravo General] iBigHungry:
Im running cm7 nightly now and not having any issues at all. does it happen at any certain time or after you use a certain app or something?
[Bravo General] zachthepack:
Usually happens after I wake the phone after a couple hours. Seems to have gone though.
[Bravo General] iBigHungry:
I would say if it keeps up maybe try factory reset then if that don't help a sbf might be in order.
[Bravo General] corvx:
Did you manage to get it fix?
[Bravo General] zachthepack:
I uninstalled go sms and friendcaster(most recent installed) and it hasn't happened since. Weird. We'll see if it fixed it otherwise i'll just sbf.
[Bravo General] skeevydude:
I use gosms myself and haven't had any issues like the ones you've been experiencing. Never used friendcaster.
[Bravo General] zachthepack:
After a whole day it finally happened again! Oh well will flash sbf once we get outta hospital.
[Bravo General] marquae11:
What are you overclock settings?
[Bravo General] zachthepack:
1ghz on demand. Trying fiddling with it while it was acting up to no avail. Not trying to be lazy I just am curious what happened. Going home tomorrow. Will flash. Hope its not hardware. :(
[Bravo General] josuearisty:
1100mhz (1.1 GHZ) smartass! :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] alex.ap.pacman:
Alright, this whole process has me a little anxious so I decided in order for me to sum up what I'd like to know I wanted to make a video - and ask the questions and hopefully this is easier for everyone to answer all the questions without multiple mass amounts of posts. Video isn't too long, any help is appreciated greatly.

unfortunately the forum isnt letting me post the video, but its on youtube

/watch?v=dAZl7qQ6RpI -
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] goutamniwas:
Doubts on galaxy Y[APP FOR UPDATEINFOS,customrom,rooting,update info,overclocking]

This thread is formed as per the advice of a some senior member,who asked me to post all my update info in a single thread.

This thread will give update infos of custom roms and step by step procedures for rooting,installing custom recovery,custom roms ,overclocking procedures for galaxy y users(mainly for beginners)

<External Links>
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] huhuhaha01:
As far as I know, most if not all of this stuff is posted somewhere here in XDA
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stelfan:
i using i9100 quite awhile now, i wan to install some application on me i9100 but the file extension was .ipk and .ipa, can anybody tell me how to install this application??

i upgrade my i9100 to ics 4.0.3
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilthehellraiser:
I think u can't install as .ipa is the format for iOS apps ....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stelfan:
how about the .ipk file?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Aren't .ipk files for webOs? Why are you trying to install files meant for other operating systems?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takeitkool:
230aenrso

I believe you can only install .APK file on your android phone, the best way is go to Google play either by pc or from phone, search the app and click on install button,

you will find thousand of apps there as per your need :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stelfan:
that's what i trying to do, so i ask:D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
If my rhetorical question wasn't obvious enough - then here it is as plain as I can make it.

You cannot install packages that are meant for other phone operating systems.

:rolleyes:
[Kindle Fire General] BorrowADolla:
Are the people accessing Google Play from a rooted kindle using an account they already use for a cell phone?

If you're going to tell me it's in search, at least tell me what settings and what exact words you used. Looked in the FAQ too.
[Kindle Fire General] ledd760:
Yes you have to sign in using google books. Install it sign in then you can delete it.
[Kindle Fire General] 50CalPotato:
I would just install MoDaCo's GR8 6.3 ROM. It has the play store preinstalled. Upon first starting the app, it asked me for my google credentials. No problems from there on.
[Kindle Fire General] anantshri:
either use Gr8 or refer http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1351283

and yes you can use the same account i used the thread listed above.

working superb.

the advantage you get with using same id is that you can use your pre purchased apps here also.
[Kindle Fire General] Thepooch:
yes you can sign into any exsiting account cellular or otherwise:)
[Kindle Fire General] wamason:
+1 for MoDaCo gr8. :)
[Kindle Fire General] BorrowADolla:
Ok, this means I'm still limited to the apps I can already download for my phone. Round of thanks to all.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curiousmike:
Is there a new OTA update occurring?

I just turned off wifi to pause whatever "Kindle" ongoing is doing.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BorrowADolla:
nothing on mine amigo. I'll let u know if things change.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curiousmike:
I am running the MoDaCo ROM which I just installed two days ago.

6.3_user_nnnnnnn (MoDaCo Custom ROM Gr8)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fritzer2891:
kindle 22%

if im assuming correct you battery was at 22% which means the kindle cant do an ota update must be at 40% at least to do a ota update.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daevionne:
Try deleting "otasilentinstall.apk" with root browser or explorer

Kindle Fire running KANG CM9

New developer, working on my own custom rom
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myculito:
I recently moved my GSM Nexus S i9020a from 2.3.6 to the 4.0.4 official release.

Ever since, it seems that Foxfi (and other tethering methods like Wifi tether) no longer works. I have been searching around, and can't seem to find a fix / workaround for this.

Can someone please provide some guidance on how to fix this?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theartofbone:
Wish I had one... but if you find a solution please post it.

I just found out about FoxFi today and noticed that once you activate the hotspot it shuts of the 3G Data (Sprint, updated to ICS today on its own) and re-enables the 3G Data once you uncheck the hotspot active box. :( I did read somewhere that it'll tether via BlueTooth however. Unfortunately my laptop does not have BT so I can not test that.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myculito:
So nobody has any suggestions?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikafox:
Device: HTC One S

Android Ver.: ICS 4.0

Carrier: T-Mobile

When I turn on this app the receiver see "AndroidAP" no matter what ISD I choose. Any way doesn't work... :S7

Any update or solution?

Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeuXGod:
Wrong forum, this is nexus S section mate.

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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGT Rock:
Check for update

Look for the latest FoxFi @ http : // www . foxfi . com / bin. Latest release as of this posting is FoxFi latest version: 1.91.3.

damn forum will not let me post outside link; hence the weird spacing

:D
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
Warning: You will lose the ability to watch DMB-T TV.

There are 2 ways to do that:

1. Flash a fw tarball via Odin

2. Use heimdall to flash the new fw

Now you have 2 options:

1. Repartition to I9100 partition layout

2. Keep your existing partition layout

If you plan to flash again soon a Korean rom, I suggest you go with 2, otherwise 1.

If you choose 2 the steps are really simple:

1. Make an efs backup

2. Repeat 1

3. Reboot into Download mode

4. Fire up Odin or heimdall and flash the fw as pda

5. When it fails during factoryfs flash simply remove the battery and reboot again into download mode

6. Flash the kernel now only

7. Reboot

8. Enjoy

If you choose option 1(which I think is the best) you will first have to uninstall Kies.

1. Reboot into download mode

2. Using heimdall go to utilities tab and where it says "download pit file" select a location to save it (i name it M250S.pit) and download it to your pc(not mac, we hate macs)

3. Reboot into download mode again.

4. Now using either Odin or heimdall flash the fw and select as pit the I9100 ext4 pit from 26 October 2011(on mobile currently so can't post the exact name)

In Odin tick also Repartition.

5. The flash will succeed with no errors whatsoever

6. Keep the M250S.pit in a safe.

If you want to go back to Korean simply repeat and substitute I9100.pit with M250S.pit

Done.
[Galaxy S II General] ctos:
good post, thanks for sharing.

I owned a M250K and flash it to I9100 for a long time, I didn't repartition and didn't see any inconvenience with it. So could you tell me why you suggest repartition?

Another thing missing is M250S/K has NFC chip inside, flash to I9100 generally lose this capacity, but thanks to XDA guys, currently you can readd this feature in I9100, please refer to below link,

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24439878&postcount=102
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
Reason I recommend I9100 Repartition is that when you flash a fw it won't error and will apply csc correctly and flash hidden partition. If you choose this way you can even receive ota and update via Kies to latest I9100 fw. Thanks for the nfc link, forgot about it even though I use it :P
[Galaxy S II General] ernestyung:
Thanks...Do I need to root my m250 before flash into i9100?

Im going for your recommendation option 1

1. Reboot into download mode

2. Using heimdall go to utilities tab and where it says "download pit file" select a location to save it (i name it M250S.pit) and download it to your pc(not mac, we hate macs) <--this step is for saving M250 partition for future use if flash back to Korean ROM?

3. Reboot into download mode again.

4. Now using either Odin or heimdall flash the fw and select as pit the I9100 ext4 pit from 26 October 2011(on mobile currently so can't post the exact name)

In Odin tick also Repartition.
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
No you don't need to do that. And yes you assumed correctly
[Galaxy S II General] darkzorn:
nice guide!

can you please post the i9100 .pit file so that i won't download the wrong one?

also can i flash a custom rom .tar using odin directly coming from stock korean rom?
[Galaxy S II General] androidfanboy93:
awesome guide~ :)
[Galaxy S II General] ernestyung:
When process steps 2 to save m250s partition

Error display below :(

Initialising connection...

Detecting device...

ERROR: Failed to access device. libusb error: -12
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
Common error, uninstall Kies and previous device drivers via device mgr and follow heimdall readme OR use Linux
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
Will post I9100 pit when on pc, currently on easter vacation :P
[Galaxy S II General] davidspwy:
here u're,extract it before use
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
Great thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S II General] ernestyung:
Following your steps with passing saving m250 partition succeed flash Hong Kong Rom :)

Very satisfied and thank you very much for your guide...you are the greatest
[Galaxy S II General] tommy_23:
after changing the firmware form 250k to i9100, the gyro and compass sensors doesnt work well!
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
This is a known issue, and is something I personally want to solve.
[Galaxy S II General] ernestyung:
After turning into i9100...screen lock is not working....I cannot lock my phone by password or facelock...also Socialhub is not working...always force quit

but I'm satisfied with my phone apart from those.
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
For the lock problem check in the Korean models thread for my post on that problem
[Galaxy S II General] robjg63:
Hi - Sorry - dreaded noob here.

My brother in law has handed me a SHW-M250S phone that work here in my country - New Zealand - he bought it in Korea.

I saw this thread and it makes sense to 'convert' it to a GT-I9100 - at least some chance of it working I guess.

I have downloaded heimdall and installed the driver and downloaded the pit file.

So now all I need to do is get a heimdall firmware package for a galaxy S2 - right?

I have searched all over the internet and cant find any heimdall packages for an S2.

I tried a 'stock' I9100XWLP7_I9100XXLPS_I9100XEULP5_HOME.tar.md5 file from samsung-updates.com - thought that would be a place to start.

I chose the 'new' pit file that is mentioned in the this thread - I can detect the device withthe heimdall front end. The phone is def in download mode.

So if I chose the above file it unpacks it then complains it cant find the firmware.xml file.

So either I have to work out how to make my own package or find some already done. So I guess the question still is... Is theer a site I download packages for an S2 from?

Cheers
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
Unpack the tar and manually select each partition

eg KERNEL - zImage
[Galaxy S II General] ryn888:
Big help from.memory.controller. Successfully changed.my shw to i9100 using odin. Using intratechs firmware lp8 ics.
[Galaxy S II General] robjg63:
Thanks memorycontroller - a few days on and lots of mucking about things make a bit more sense to me now - but still a bit curious about a few things.

I must be missing something - I have stuck with heimdall because it seems to have a good rep for not bricking phones - and with all the flashing I have done I suspect I would have bricked it with odin by now. So not too keen to try Odin, but Anyway...

The phone started with gingerbread and was a SHW-M250S.

I have been using heimdall 1.31 (1.32 keeps giving errors that they reckoned they fixed but 1.31 has been reporting everything ok).

I saved the old pit file, downloaded the SII pit file from this thread, I found some fairly complete SII 2.3.? and 4.0.? firmware packages (md5/tar files) and have selected the SII pit file, selected repartition and uploaded the various modules in the firmware packages.

There seem to be varying numbers of modules inside the files so for instance with one I flashed:

boot.bin cache.img data.img efs.img factoryfs.img hidden.img modem.bin param.fs sbl.bin and zImage - often seemed to have problems with datafs though - its a bit blurry now and I am not sure if I ever got datafs to complete ok.

When I booted the phone I would get the new boot screen and it would just keep doing its animation display forever. Sometimes if I reflashed cache I would see the android character and had the option of clearing cache which I did. Still no go - Just the pulsating S - it was displaying the GT-I9100 logo though.

After trying other packages for different versions, including some other pit files that were supposed to be correct for generic S2, I finally found a SHW-M250S package - as a final attempt to at least get it going again I flashed the phone using the original pit file and flashed the modules; factoryfs.img modem.bin sbl.bin and xImage. Sure enough the phone started up just fine - different operators displays etc (olleh?) and it reported version 4.0.3 Android and it now showing as a SHW-M250K (was a M250S) at the start. Even a few photos that were originally taken on the phone before I got it were still there!

So...As I was using the S2 pit file and choosing repartition should this have blown everything away? - or is it just a table saying where things go in memory and the attempts to put a generic S2 software have written to a different portion of memory. I guess this would explain the fact I could get back to the SHW-M250 setup?

Is there a minimum/complete set of modules and appropriate pit file that I could use to get the phone to be a generic S2 that will boot and run? I have really tried - but failed.

Any wise words greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
Well I am currently from a "converted" M250S and had no problems. Basically the pit tells odin/heimdall where it should send each image. As long as you have the original pit file and a full stock rom (could be carrier specific check checkfus) you can go back.
[Galaxy S II General] robjg63:
Well I must guess you used ODIN, as no matter what I try - different pit files, different packages with various versions of android, I just cant get any of them to load the data.img - gets to 100% progress - hangs for a few minutes then errors.

All the other files seem to install ok though.

I have tried older versions of heimdall as well - no difference.

I am still reluctant to try ODIN but perhaps thats the only option....

---------- Post added at 07:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:56 PM ----------

Actually the message that always fails on the data.img file is:

ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence

I found this on a post:

I believe the underlying cause of all 3 of the existing issues in the Heimdall Repostiory lies with Heimdall's ability to repartition.

issue 21: "Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!" signifies that the information sent overran the partition area and therefore it never responded that the end was confirmed.

So I would guess its not repartitioning the memory properly - oh well......

(Yes I have checked it when flashing).
[Galaxy S II General] robjg63:
Well finally success....

For the sake of any other poor wanderer who finds this forum and is wanting to change a SHW-M250 to a GT-I9100 I write these comments.

The 1.32 version of heimdall seems to be a bit of a dud. Pretty much anything I tried to do with produced errors. I had been trying to install 2.3.? versions with heimdall 1.32. As they werent working I started trying android 4.0.? updates - they didnt work either. I found a couple of posts suggesting the errors I got might work with 1.31 so I tried that - by this stage I was mainly fiddling with ICS packages. As mentioned above they always crapped out on the data.img flash.

The last thing I tried was this from samfirmware.com:

I9100XWKK2 ##	2.3.6	2011 December	I9100XSAKK1	Australia

I used the original pit file and selected repartition.

The files inside the zip were boot.bin cache.img factoryfs.img hidden.img modem.bin param.lfs Sbl.bin and zImage. No data.img partition image in the zip file - guess its using whatever was on the phone from the korean firmware. After I flashed them the phone rebooted and it actually started! - it gave some messages about android having some setup issues - so I did the Vol-up+menu+power reset and cleared cache/factory reset whatever (sorry - cant recall exactly) and held my breath - nice clean startup and everything seems to work.

It all seems to be running now on a pretty clean gingerbread 2.3.6. I call that a success and am pretty pleased.

I would guess the key things (for me anyway) are - 1.32 heimdall - not so good - try 1.31 instead if you get errors. Heimdall seems very forgiving - if a little flaky perhaps.

Dont try and flash to ICS 4.0.? if the original fw was in the 2.3.? family.

Try a few ROM packages.

I am sure that with the time I spent on it it would have been cheaper to buy a new SII - but where is the fun in that. I will hand the phone back to the brother in law soon and hopefully he will be pleased - he had pretty much decided it was for the rubbish.

Now I have to go back to my galaxy ace...
[Galaxy S II General] inspiron2:
i have been using my M250S as i9100 for 3 months, so far so good, but a quick reminder folks: if you flash a kernel built not from the Korean kernel source, vibration will be very light. i haven't touched my M250S for like a month so i don't know much about ICS kernels, but in the past there were Korean kernels such as tegrak and Siyah KOR
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
Can somebody post an SHW-m250s pit? Thank you.

I can't get to download my pit using Heimdall.
[Galaxy S II General] davidspwy:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24798911&postcount=11

just the same as m250k
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
I see. I thought it was different since it was KT.

By the way, I'm flashing using odin. Do I only need to flash the PDA or even the bootloader up to CSC? thanks
[Galaxy S II General] xnote4u:
Thanx for this thread. I am using Korean Galaxy s2 (shw-250s). As you know there are only two languages. I want Russian ROM. Does anyone suggest me which rom I should install. Thank you again.
[Galaxy S II General] ernestyung:
HI all,

As GS3 has released, found that NFC function is quite funny...is there any way to enable NFC on i9100 ROM with my M250S?:D

Thanks

Ernest
[Galaxy S II General] kaizer216:
Read it carefully. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24439878&postcount=102
[Galaxy S II General] aezio:
my question is: why?

Dear all,

I'm the new owner of a shw-m250s GSII.

I read the entire thread, but, finally is not very clear for me what are the pros and the cons of this "transformation".

At the moment the only problem I noticed on the original rom is the fact that some specific application are only in Korean, but this is not a huge problem.

On the other hand in the best case you lose the possibility to watch the tv.

Thank you
[Galaxy S II General] inspiron2:
pros: free to use whatever roms and kernels you want to

cons: weak vibration, no/bugged gyroscope, no DMB TV, no NFC
[Galaxy S II General] aezio:
my questio is: why?

Ok, thank you for the answer.

But, aren't there any roms specific for the shw-m250s without these limitations?

EDIT: Last question (I swear :-)), I'd like to root, what is the safest way?
[Galaxy S II General] djnomi:
Installed ICS 4.0.3 Official Rom on My Korean S2 and its working perfect ;)

thankx for the guide
[Galaxy S II General] inspiron2:
there is one i think, in a Vietnamese forum but it looks pretty stupid, Samsung stock graphics were changed into very unaesthetic ones

about rooting, i always use CF-Root if i want only root, haven't encountered any problems