yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armedzerox:
Hmm.. since s2 didn't have LED,

I thought of

Hey, isn't cool if the light for back and menu touch button can blink smoothly in and out (breathing ) when a notification comes?

lol, is that possible?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HAXTREME:
Its called BLN. activate it from ExTweaks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tye:P:
If I was you I would format system, re-flash your ROM and re-flash Siyah without using the kernel cleaning script.

Reset ExTweaks, clear init.d, wipe cache/dalvik & wipe data as well, if you don't mind losing your apps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdoblo:
Same, had loads of ROM's and kernels and never had phone turn off before 0%

Reset battery fuel gauge in ex tweaks.

Sent from a telephone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colapro:
I am on stock ROM android version 4.0.3 but I have flashed Siyah kernel. Now I would like to update to 4.0.4.

Is it safe to update OTA or via Kies when I am on stock ROM but Siyah kernel?

Or do I have to flash stock ROM via Odin to get stock kernel and then update?

Will Siyah dissappear after OTA/kies update?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
When you are on custom kernel most likely (not sure 100%) your rom will not be recognized by KIES as ready for update. Despite that I recommend that you flash a new rom via PC odin - if you would like to flash stock ICS rom (TAR version) or just download one of the custom roms like NeatRom (ZIP version) which is based on stock rom and flash it via CWM Recovery. Before that I recommend to do full wipe to avoid any issues.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colapro:
So I should grab the newest one from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1544487?

Then flash it using Odin.

Then I will lose all my apps right?

I can't just simply run OTA update?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Maybe you will have to flash the stock kernel for successful Kies or OTA update.

But I also recommend to flash the new Android 4.0.4 stock ROM with Odin.

You can use Mobile Odin app to flash the new stock ROM in combination with a rooted kernel, such as Siyah.

Otherwise you will lose SiyahKernel (and root) ... doesn't matter if you flash the stock ROM manually with Odin or via OTA update or with Kies.

P.S.:

I updated without any wipe and had no issues. If you recognize issues after flashing, try to wipe cache (and Dalvik cache) in recovery mode. No need to wipe data (do a factory reset) IMO.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojolegringo:
hi all i have a problem :)

i use dragon ics rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1457061

this rom is not more in dev :( and i tried to flash the last version SiyahKernel S2-v4.1.5 , and a H/W decoding in mx player pro is not support ...

my question is :) its possible to use a command in a console ( or another possibility ) to reactivate a H/W decoding in this rom with a last version of Siyah ?? i love this rom its perfect and i dont want change

thx a lot for help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colapro:
Thanks for your reply!

Will I lose all apps if I flash using PC Odin?

---------- Post added at 06:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:24 PM ----------

By the way I just found an option in CWM Manager which comes with Siyah. "Flash stock frimware from EXT.SD with part selection and optional pre-rooting".

I guess this is safe to use with files from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1544487?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
No, you will not lose your apps when flashing with PC Odin unless you wipe/flash data (do a factory reset).

The CWM Manager option should work fine with any stock ROM, but I have not tested it myself yet.

So, make a nandroid backup before flashing.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Hi, just one remark to that. I love flashing via mobile odin and when I flashed stock TAR rom and replaced (from kernel partition) a stock kernel with CF-root - this worked well. However later when tried the same but replacing stock kernel with Siyah - got soft brick. Recovered my phone from download mode via PC odin, flashing a stock rom and later Siyah kernel.

Just to warn anyone what may happen. Regards
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colapro:
EDIT: Found answer in another thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario1968:
Hi all, today I've another signal loss with Siyah 4.1.5, this time happening at home while I'm in my home wifi area, and with the basic settings suggested by Tungstwenty (post#3691), now I think i move to another kernel until this bug will be fixed from GM.

Thanks anyway

Mario

Inviato dal mio Galaxy S2 con Tapatalk2®

XWLPF Stock

Siyah 4.1.5

Jkay V14.1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tungstwenty:
I also have some news.

During the last 2 or 3 days I have lowered my min freq to 100 instead of 200. Coincidence or not, I had a couple of signal losses during calls.

I then put it back at 200 and didn't have any more losses so far.

However, even though this seems related, it's definitely not the single reason. In the past I also had signal losses with min=200 and perhaps some other different settings.

I'll let it on the old settings (with min back to 200) for a few more days, and then change something else like the linux or thunderbolt tweaks to see if any of those also causes problems.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario1968:
Hi Tungstwenty, in my case I never set frequencies other than 200-1200, but the signal loss has started on my phone after I upgraded from Siyah 3.2.7.4 to 3.4.x and has continues until today in a random way (in call, in standby, in 3g and in wifi) so I now moved to dream kernel (Siyah derivate) to see if the signal loss still happen or not, then I report here.

Thank you

Mario

Inviato dal mio Galaxy S2 con Tapatalk2®

XWLPF Stock

DreamKernel 2.7.4

Jkay V14.1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pilgrim011:
Did you check with your operator if they have some network problems in your area currently? It's happening from time to time. I'm suggesting this because in the last 20+ days I've had only one unrecoverable signal loss, and that was when I used battrry profil I think...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Josuhu:
Signal loss with Lulzactive

I have never had any signal loss with the standard pegasusq, but had one using lulzactive. Returned quickly back to pegasusq and no more signal loss. It also asked me a pin code again. No UV.

What governors are you using when having a signal loss ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_Schizzo:
Hello Gokhan,

i have a question about the govenor Lulzaktive:

You are using pump_up step 3 & pump_down step 3 when 16 CPU-Steps are used as default.

My defaults are pump_up step 1 & pump_down step 2. The problem is, every time when the govenor changes ( i have 2 Profiles in Setcpu, one with ondemand, one with pegasusq) and go back to lulzaktive, your defaults were taken and i have to change then manually.

Is there a way to make my values as default? Which files must i change for that?

Thank you in advance!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zytrel:
Just for the record, Kies should recognize and update your device just fine with just a custom kernel installed.

Obviously the custom kernel will be overwritten by the stock one and root will be lost after the update. But it should work just fine.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Hi, thanks for the info. It may be useful for colapro (he asked about that). I personnally don't prefer this way of updating a rom. BTW you said "should recognize" instead of "will recognize". Does it mean that you didn't try this by your own so that you are not sure what you stated? :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Christiancs1969:
Kies will not work with custom roms

RR 307 siyah
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tungstwenty:
I haven't tried this, but looking at

- the CheckFusDownloader app, including the Advanced tab

- the kies update info, such as this one

I reach the conclusion that the server uses 4 tokens to check what's the latest package it might have for you:

- the product code, such as GT-I9100LKANEE (note that this will change if you flash a different CSC package and then dial the code with your IMEI to apply the full changes)

- the PDA (stock rom version, such as I9100XWLPX)

- the CSC package, such as I9100NEELP5. This doesn't include whatever option you chose, if it was a multi-CSC package, BUT that will affect your product code so it will affect the detection or not of an update package for you

- the Phone, such as I9100XXLQ6

Is's surely the combination of these 4 tokens that will find on the server the update that your phone should receive via the Desktop kies (or that you can download through CheckFus from the predefined entries, if you don't change values manually)

Naturally, custom ROMs will not be recognized, unless you mark them as the normal XWLPX-ish values as the original ones. If that was the case, I wouldn't be very surprised if Kies thought you were indeed running that stock rom and give you the newer corresponding stock build.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pilgrim011:
I think it's not that easy. Long time ago I tried to update my ROM through Kies and failed. The phone was on stock ROM with CFroot kernel. I don't remember the exact sentence, but Kies informed me that the device cannot be updated. But, maybe it was my misrake - I was rookie when it comes to Samsung Android devices (at the time - 4 years with HTC)...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
@colapro

Hit Tungstwenty's "Thanks" button. He made some investigation for you :). According to that it seems replacing a kernel doesn't influence KIES to recognize a stock rom (with a kernel replaced) as a "fully" stock rom, ready to get a newer corresponding stock build. Regards
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colapro:
I ended up running a data wipe from CWM and then flashed the 4.0.4 ROM using Odin. As I suspected I also had to reflash Siyah using Odin. I restored my apps and their data using Titanium Backup.

Thanks for telling me about the different ways I could update!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lady_Chloe:
I'm having the same problem, the phone randomly loses signal from time to time and the only way to get it working again is a reboot. Interestingly, when I try enabling data in that state, it tells me that I need to insert a SIM card.

I am using pegasusq and standard frequencies. Siyah 4.1.5
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario1968:
Hi pilgrim011, it's not a operator issue, after a reboot the

signal is normal again, like Lady_Chloe I'm on pegasusq and if I check data connection settings, the phone request to insert a SIM:eek:

Hi Josuhu, the last signal loss I've experienced was with the config I've posted on post #3691.

Hi Lady_Chloe, I was on the exactly same issue like you, now I'm testing the Dream Kernel to see if that issue is on that kernel too, I'll post in few days of normal use.

Mario

Inviato dal mio Galaxy S2 con Tapatalk2®

XWLPF Stock

DreamKernel 2.7.4

Jkay V14.1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zytrel:
Yes, I personally had my Kies offer an update with Siyah installed a while ago. I reverted back to the stock kernel before the update just to be safe, but it would (and should) have worked even if i hadn't.

... and just to be sure I just had Kies have a look at my current Siyah 4.1.5, and yes, it's still happy with it. :)

Obviously custom ROMs are a completely different matter.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pilgrim011:
Could you just try using the defaults for some time? I mean - not changing aything that is related to CPU, GPU, governor, scheduler... ;)

One more thing - don't trust GetRil. Manually copy?paste all RIL files from the stock ROM from which your modem is extracted. Not sure if this is helpful or relevant, but I did that and have no issues for quite some time. except once when I used battery profile. ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario1968:
Hi pilgrim011, thank you for your suggestion but as I've stated before, I've experienced this issue from many versions of this kernel, I've already try to use default profile and most of the time I've only changed the eargasm and the led behaviour (not BLN, I don't use it), all the times I get this issue randomly, then I've started to try getril app and discovered that in the stock XWLPF firmware, the modem and RIL mismatch! Using getril to fix this haven't fix the signal loss issue:confused:

Now I'll try Dream Kernel to test for a while.

Thank you

Mario

Inviato dal mio Galaxy S2 con Tapatalk2®

XWLPF Stock

DreamKernel 2.7.4

Jkay V14.1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tata_brada:
Getril doesn't manage all ril files.

Try packages from the thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1881304
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julbra18:
Hey guys!

I'm having troubles with my IMEI (lost) My question is: How can I restore one oft my two Siyah EFS Backup files?

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
There are apps on play store that can do just that. Have a search around.

Spun out from a BRICKED and RENOVATED One X.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julbra18:
Can I use KTool?

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Just a suggestion:

I once had the same issue.

In my case, the EFS folder/files were correct, but the modem was not applyed properly after flashing a new ROM.

So the EFS restore could not solve the issue, but a re-flashing of the modem fixed it for me.

Maybe you want to check if your modem is installed correctly by dialing *#1234# into your phone and having a look at PHONE.

If there is "Unknown", then you should re-flash the modem.

If there is a correct modem version, then try to restore the EFS backup.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julbra18:
Yes, Baseband (=Modem?) Ist shown as "unknown" Should I reflash?

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Give it a try.

This solved the issue for me.

You only need to re-flash the modem.

If you only have the whole ROM file, use Mobile Odin app to select only the modem for flashing.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julbra18:
But I already flashed Stock Firmware... The issue is still there...

Das war ne dreiteilige (Don't know how tonsay in english)

Gesendet von meinem Nexus S mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Ok, 3-parted stock ROM ... have you already tried the EFS restore script from droidphile here => http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19522938&postcount=10713

Make sure that you specify the position of your current EFS backup tar/gz file correctly in the last line.

You can use Terminal Emulator app from Play store to insert the code ... line by line.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronalzhe:
I am having a problem with gaming, the phone freezes when I was playing asphalt6, and after reboot I lost all my game data (career), so I have to play again. It has happened three times. Any help plz?

ROM: RR 2.7
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Do you UV/UC CPU or GPU?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrian816:
I don't have a galaxy s2, can the Siyah kernel read the contacts from the SIM card?

I know this forum is for kernel issues related to the samsung galaxy s2. I've got a samsung galaxy ace gt-s5830-i and the kernel written by Rafael Baugis (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1818830&page=94) works very well except for one thing. Rafaels kernel doesn't read the contacts information from the SIM card. The phone can read the network name (giffgaff) and subscriber id number from the SIM and write a new contact to the SIM. That can't be seen after the phone is rebooted. It would be great if this could be fixed as it's possible cyanogenmod 7.2 might be ported to the gt-s5830-i- see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1902528

The original galaxy ace gt-s5830 is a completely different device and flashing that firmware will brick a gt-s5830-i.

Thanks,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronalzhe:
yes, I UC CPU but not GPU. But I don't have this problem with previews version. However, I will try with the stock value anyway, and see how it goes. Thanks for replying.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rakeshishere:
I did read today where someone said - xda is de-evolving into a kindergarten but this post is ridiculously insane :rolleyes:

Yeah, I know it's by geko95gek
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trondeh:
Flashing Siyah boot phone, other kernels freeze in bootup screen

I have a strange problem I hope someone can explain.

I restored my nandroid backup (NeatRom 3.3) using Siyah 4,1,5 with no porblem as primary ROM. However, now if I try to flash other kernels such as DM 1.2 or close-to-stock PhilZ, my phone stops in the bootuop screen ad statys there until I turn off my phone. I am able to get into the flashed kernels recovery mode and flash another kernel and as soon as I refleash Siyah everything works again.

Any idea what might cause this issue?

Update: I found out why I had this problem:

I had installed the AC!D Audio Technology patch and for some reason, this patch blocked other kernels than Siyah from working. I reflashed (no-whipe) the ROM and now all is back to normal. I guess ACID is not stable?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Da Vikster:
I presume you wiped the cache and the dalvik?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdoblo:
Remove 2nd ROM then try!

Sent from a tiny phonebox.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trondeh:
Thank you for the suggestions. I have tried to clear the cashes and also as last resort deleted the second ROM.

The result is still the same, other kernals than Siyah hangs at the beginnin of boot (white Samsung text on back background)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Wiping cache and dalvik before flashing a kernel is not a must but recommended when there are any issues (in some cases helps), deleting 2nd rom shouldn't have any influence on interaction between kernel and 1st rom as you already proved (it only deletes /.secondrom folder and formats /system partition of 2nd rom).

Hmm... Do you use in parallel to ExTweaks any other UV/UC/OV/OC apps like Voltage Control or SetCPU? If yes, disable boot settings of these apps and see what happens.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trondeh:
Thank you for the suggestion. However, I use only stock settings, no U* & O?*.

Could it help to reflash the ROM perhaps, and if so whay would that eventually help?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
You can try following:

- flash stock rom via odin

- flash your kernel (tar version) or if you have only zip CWM flashable versions, flash cf-root kernel via odin to have custom CWM recovery

- Then flash your kernel from CWM.

- Finally go to CWM recovery / advanced restore option and restore all partitions but without boot partition.

Good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Oug:
I am quite confused over here so help me Out Please. I am Running Resurrection Remix ICS* version And its running the stock kernal. What i want is to dual boot with Siyah and Run ICS and JB But i dont want to loose any data which i have curently on ICS . How should i proceed........?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Hi,

1. Flash latest Siyah kernel (TAR) version via PC odin

2. Go to CWM recovery / dual boot options - run: "wipe 2nd rom data and cache" and "wipe 2nd rom dalvik cache"

3. In the same menu chose - install zip file to 2nd rom form internal or external memory.

4. Reboot

5. Done
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Oug:
So my data on ics wont be deleted right .....?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
No, flashing kernel doesn't influence your data (/data partition). It influences only /boot partition. (Follow carefully procedures how to flash with PC odin - there are many infos on XDA. First of all flash kernel as PDA and don't check any additional options / keep defaults)

However, good practice is to always make nandroid backup and/or backup your apps (eg with TitaniumBackup) before flashing anything, just in case if something goes wrong.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Oug:
Yup i am familiar with odin no problem about that. Just you mentioned wiped 2nd Rom so i was confused thanks again..!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robertobsc:
Ho guys, Sry for a question little out of context, but do you guys know how are jelly bean in s2?

Will samsung implement? And cm10 is 4.0.4, isn't it?

Thx guys, I'm without any time to search for things....

Enviado de meu GT-I9100 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeropage:
cm10 is Android 4.1!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GaboWinter:
Indeed an off topic question. Even if you don't have time for search the questions must be placed on the Q&A forum, as @zeropage told you CM10 it's Jelly Bean, for another JB ROMs go to the Index.

Sent from Nyarlathothep's SGSII..."Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pilgrim011:
Had a freeze with combo RR remix 2.7 + Siyah 4.1.5. I have waited for some time, and after a minute did a hard reboot. Could anyone take a look at last_kmsg and tell me what went wrong? ROM, kernel or Apex problem? Btw., when it freezed, I was adding widget to homescreen - Apex launcher.

These lines from last_kmsg caught my attention:

kernel BUG at kernel/power/suspend.c:294!
<1>[56222.896998] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
<1>[56222.897907] pgd = c0004000
<1>[56222.898374] [00000000] *pgd=66262564, *pte=00000001, *ppte=00000000
<0>[56222.899465] Internal error: Oops: 817 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
<4>[56222.900099] Modules linked in: j4fs(P) Si4709_driver
<4>[56222.901135] CPU: 0 Tainted: P U (3.0.15-Siyah-s2-v4.1.5+ #49)
>4>[56222.902081] PC is at __bug+0x20/0x2c

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rav4kar:
hi robertobsc, some times you sound like a crazy noob with such questions :p:p:p and on other end you author great CPU governor like "lulzactiveq", hey congrats to you , I just read GM put your "lulzactiveq" on latest s3 release!! :highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Maybe he is a genius only in special areas :o

Nobody knows everything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robertobsc:
Kkkkkk

Yes, I'm such a strange guy ant I?

:D

The fact is I'm having 0% of free time so I can't even search for simple things like these... and comes out the noob questions.

And that's truth, there some areas I know worse than many of you. I don't care, we are a community, helping each other is our meaning.

Cya!

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rakeshishere:
I had to rub my eyes and double check it twice to see who was asking that question here :eek:

Edit:

To answer his question, CM10 is Android 4.1.1 which is not so stable in my opinion. For some it is but for majority it isn't.

There are things like memory leak, butter which are major stuff not working. There is an experimental build by one of the CM dev which sort of fixes memory leak but project butter is still not 100%

Samsung will be releasing JB officially by end of this year to S2 and this has been announced by Samsung officially.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] #illidan:
I don't think "sorta" is the word to describe that build. It completely fixes the memory leak issue is more like it. Also that build wasn't supposed to give you the goodness of Project Butter, it was a fix for he memory leak only.

Butter isn't that big of a bug. It's still pretty smooth. Yes I agree that it could do better & will get smoother with Project Butter being completely implemented but it isn't like it's a lag feast now.