yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egps2:
Hi, there have been no reported problems or damage using 18 freq steps and I don't imagine it can cause damage so long as voltages are set reasonable (eg not over 1500mv). I personally do not use 18 steps as the Samsung defaults feel smoother for me but many have said otherwise. I would suggest testing both but I would advice against overclocking too much if you wan't to be safe :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlos67:
I had exactly the same thoughts, so reduced it to 5 steps 200/500/800/1000/1200. Can't say Ive really noticed a difference though.

Maybe some other dude with a little more knowledge than us can explain?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theman22:
Thanks for the reply. I'm able to restore a nandroid backup including data which has Siyah 3.2.6.4. That works fine. If I then upgrade Siyah to 3.3.1, it goes into a boot loop. I also tried installing a new rom and it started doing all sorts of weird things (for example, the fuel gauge fluctuated from 80 to 100% when the phone was plugged into to USB power instead of showing charging). It seems like something is still not right.

I've also wiped data / factor reset, wiped cache, wiped davlik cache, formatted internal storage, formatted data and done just about everything I can think of.

Is there either some simple way to get everything back to stock or some step I may be forgetting that I can try?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egps2:
Have a browse on other sections of the forum as there has been great discussion on all these issues but without being related to Siyah. Maybe some useful links could be added to the great introductory posts of this thread?

Here are a few good ones:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369817

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1529850

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1234264
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlos67:
First changes I have made are to change the governor to ondemand from Smartass v2 and change the scheduler to cfg from deadline (following your suggestion). So far it seems to have sorted it out. But, the issue was always worse after being woken from a long period of sleep, rather than if screen just switched off and then back on within a few seconds. I think this is because the phone takes a minute or 2 to enter deep sleep.

Still tempted to try 3.3.1 though. However, even though I've read loads of posts about the changes between 3.2.7.2 and 3.3.1, still a bit confused about what the tangible differences are:confused: Something to do with wifi driver but what exactly - not sure. My wifi is working fine on 3.2.7.2 so a bit hesitant to potentially mess it up with 3.3.1.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egps2:
Pegasusq also seems to be working for many. Also, if this issue occurs after more than a few seconds it may be an issue with your phone waking from sleep. Maybe there was an incorectly set sleep profile before? Ondemand and pegasusq should fix that issue! Also, 3.3.1 is very stable for me and some others but so was 3.2.7.2 so don't feel obligated to upgrade just yet! I'm glad the issue seems better so far now though :)

Also double check that you are not undervolting too much (esp 800/500 mhz) and I am not 100% sure on what ther Siyah changes were as many involved reverting experimental options added to the .8 version which I skipped anyway!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnbeetee:
I don't know if what I did is any different than what you have already done, but my steps were:

make sure you have a nandroid backup

go to recovery

flash one of the siyah kernels (anyone except 3.2.8.x)

goto advanced

reboot into recovery

goto mounts and storage

mount /data

format data

go back to main recovery menu

goto backup & restore

goto advanced

select your nandroid backup

restore only /data

back to recovery main menu

reboot

this eliminated any corruption/mismatch in data partition possibly due to 3.2.8.x

for me...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlos67:
The lag has gone! Don't know if it was changing governor to Ondemand or scheduler to cfq (broke the cardinal rule - should've tried one at a time). Anyway, happy the lag is gone and now homescreen appears instantly from unlocking as on Gingerbread.

I don't have any sleep profiles because Nobnut reckoned that these inhibit the processor to much from carrying out tasks quickly while phone is asleep - his reasoning was that it's better to get a process done quickly with a high CPU speed and get back to sleep state, rather than labour through a process taking longer to re-enter sleep state because the CPU is prevented by a sleep profile from running faster. This reasoning made sense to me so don't use profiles any more.

I'm only undervolting by 50mV on all freq. I know my phone can handle this much because I used to undervolt more than this (-100mV) on Gingerbread and it was still very stable, so -50 is ok.

Quick question for you though. If I nandroid backup my current 3.2.7.2 setup and then update to 3.3.1 Siyah kernel, if it goes wrong and gives me issues, if I restore my 3.2.7.2 backup, will the kernel also be restored? Or is the kernel not part of a nandroid backup? Please excuse my naivety on this issue:o

Thanks for your help :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyLegend:
Here's an interesting thread by Chainfire.... he's made an app that can give u the info on ur eMMC chip to tell if its in danger of being bricked or not.

Check it out.

For the record my eMMC chip is one that is known to be bad.

Vyloom 0x19.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27014974
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
Thanks mate!

Mine is Vyloom 0x19 as well. :(

If I knew that when I got the phone I wouldn't have been erasing it and flashing it every other day lol, been almost a year now :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlos67:
Exactly same as you:eek: Guess were in the cheap seats. Nice to know though before plunging into stuff headfirst.

Thanks Chainfire, and Kenny for posting.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnbeetee:
me 2 0x19....

mixed feelings 'bout this

on one hand good to know, on the other, will probably keep flashing if something good comes along, but always using siyah-kernel, so hopefully it will keep us safe :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyLegend:
Hehe....mine is sold as soon as my S3 arrives so I think I might pull up the handbrake at this stage... :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Meh. Storm in a teacup. I can see a lot of people getting in a panic about this & probably not needing to.

Besides, if it borks at some stage on me, they're not going to worm their way out of warranty service given the chip has the potential to die from the get go.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robertobsc:
Thanks. Actually my goal is to verify how good is the gpu settings I've applied in extweaks.

Ex, mine actually is 66/160/267. I wonder how much time the gpu spends in each frequency, and if I open some app, to which frequence it goes. In other words, how exactly what load in ui terms which frequence supports.

That I'm sure would be extremely helpful to make a nice settings.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyLegend:
Who's panicking? Not me.

Its simply to make people aware if they have the affected chip or not.

Ans apparently by us using Siyah... eMMC_CAP_ERASE = 0 which means we are safe ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Holgott:
With which procedure i can brick the Chip?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
Wiping.

Sent from my 80GB CyanogenMOD 9 + Siyah ICS powered beast. Booya!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrunkFuX666:
Uhhh... OK I been on cm9 for a while and my power button has died on me... I'm looking for a touch recovery but last I checked , cmws touch was buggy... heard siyahs was better...?? Anyone care to shed some light and point me in the right direction...?? If I flash the latest kernel which seems to be 3.3.1, would that automatically put on the siyah touch recovery as well...??

Thanks

Sent from my Galaxy ICSII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Holgott:
Which method of wiping u mean?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
All wipes.

Siyah and CM9 kernels are free of that bug, so don't worry.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Holgott:
Thank you for the quick answer. Any hints i should care about when flashing any zips?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Nah, just flash normally and calmly :)

I'm the one who was/is in risk, I flash ROMs/Kernels 2-3 times per day :eek: :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theman22:
thanks for the reply. That does allow me to update to 3.3.1. But when I try to then install a new ISC rom after that, I get back to a boot loop problem. It seems like something still isn't quite right with my phone....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnbeetee:
..and when you flashed the new rom, did you re-flash 3.3.1 directly after finishing flashing the rom (while still in recovery?)

there might be some other mis-matchings on other partitions, don't really know...

maybe one of the other members here has a clue :confused:?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyLegend:
I was about to ask that....he needs to boot first then go back and flash Siyah.

Yes if u flash siyah, u get siyah touch recovery.

My experience with it is good. It works. Try it ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Yes, CWM touch recovery is part of the Siyah kernel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] predatorftp:
Flashing 1st rom with ODIN doesn't work

Hi,

I am currently running CM9 with Siyah Kernel, I am very happy and everything works great.

recently Siyah kernel added the option to run 2 ROMs on the same device.

using CWM I have created my 2nd rom and cloned my 1st rom to the second.

now i used ODIN to flash Cellcom ROM and when the phone starts it shows the cellcom first logo and then hangs for hours on the samsung boot logo.

same thing with Ornage ROM. I tried to flash the ROMS 4 times.

what am i doing wrong ?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnbeetee:
...same question to you (see posts above) ...did you re-flash the siyah kernel after flashing the rom?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Did you do full wipe before flashing? I do it before and after flashing a new rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Kernel is the part of nandroid backup (boot.img)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theman22:
No, I did a full wipe, installed the Rom, and rebooted before updating the kernel. I guess maybe I have a problem with the Rom and should try a different Rom to see if that helps?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sefrcoko:
That's what I would do, just to see if it's a problem with one specific rom. Also, be sure to format /system when doing your full wipe (you probably know this but just in case ;))
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnbeetee:
I would try re-flashing the kernel first, see if that helps

if that doesn't work, you can always try another rom....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samhain77:
Sure... Flash every siyah version and you'll have cwm touch

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
I've been faster a few posts before. :) Regards
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kerempek:
Hi gokhan i am using 3.2.7 version of your kernel. There is something wierd with the camera. It seems it couldn't set the right iso settings. Especially in daylight i realize it. Please try. Thanks very much for your work. You are Turkey's honour.

GT-I9100 cihazımdan Tapatalk 2 ile gönderildi
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlos67:
Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrandoHD:
Pikachu, I get a lot of these in my logs, and I mean a lot, can you tell me what it means, why I get them and if it's possible to stop it, it seems "counter productive"

3>[ 120.707900] init: sys_prop: permission denied uid:10105 name:persist.sys.flipfontpath
<3>[ 120.708985] init: sys_prop: permission denied uid:10105 name:persist.sys.flipfontpath
<3>[ 120.709307] init: sys_prop: permission denied uid:10105 name:persist.sys.flipfontpath
<3>[ 120.710062] init: sys_prop: permission denied uid:10105 name:persist.sys.flipfontpath
<3>[ 120.710395] init: sys_prop: permission denied uid:10105 name:persist.sys.flipfontpath
<3>[ 120.711520] init: sys_prop: permission denied uid:10105 name:persist.sys.flipfontpath
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pikachu01:
I'm not sure about this. Where is this coming from?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sid9922:
Can somebody share me a link for siyah 3.2.8 and 3.2.8.2..its been taken done in download link..thank you in advamce guys..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrandoHD:
My kernel log, if I get a crash/reboot/freeze, I try to look at the logs to see if I can spot anything, but I always observe that error, but I am really clueless, as to why this is in a kernel dump if it's FONT related

I just made a next dump

pastebin.com/gd0suXAp
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] powermax91:
here is 3.2.8.2:

https://www.box.com/s/253cc6dab056383e6f07

and here is 3.2.8:

https://www.box.com/s/a60b455ebe2e55c2a6e6
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danfalcas:
when i flased 3.3.1 my sgs2 got syock on bootloop:( factory reset nothing works
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crescendo Xenomorph:
You could use my solution then, a bit different from the other.

---------- Post added at 01:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:44 PM ----------

As for flashing using ODIN to 1stROM when using SiyahKernel, I recommend you flash it via mobileODIN.

Never use PC/computer version of ODIN.

Make note that you MUST clear (so it says none) the hidden partition.

And also you MUST change the kernel partition to Siyah, click the kernel section and select Siyah.

Flash it and you're happy to go.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gwiqu:
so will gokhanmoral come back to this forum again? or he jump to the galaxy S3 forum and will not come back again?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tye:P:
They were taken down for a good reason.

I would probably stay away from the 3.2.8.x versions as they have been causing data partition corruption for quite a few users requiring some real pain in the ass steps to fix including wiping data, so unless you want to lose all your apps and have one big bloody headache, I'd stay away from these.

There doesn't seem like there is anything wrong with 3.3.1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gwiqu:
sad and i wanted to ask gokanmoral if its possible to make the sms system in both Rom for dual boot to be from the same place else if your using the second rom and someone smses you, it will be found only in the second rom and that will be weird
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tye:P:
You could use a SMS backup app. Backup in one ROM and then restore in another, but of course this is a little tedious.

There might be a way to create 2 scripts in each ROM that will backup the SMS's in both ROMs on reboot/shutdown and restore on boot. So no matter which ROM you are in you will have a copy of all SMS's in each ROM done automatically. This kind of script might be useful for other things as well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ba7rani123:
Same issue :( I got uncountable force closes and then I tried v3.3.1 and it wont boot :(, Gokhan can you please fix this before you move to SG3 :(, I lost some data because I thought it was another issue :(.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tye:P:
I've personally been using v3.3.1 all day and no problems so far. I'm using CM9 and system is UV (CPU/GPU), pegasusq with deadline. I came from v3.2.8.

Coming from 3.2.8.x versions without wiping data could be the problem as I think it corrupts data and flashing a new kernel leaves that data corrupt causing FCs and such.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crescendo Xenomorph:
This is the cat that deleted the dev thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyLegend:
The issue has already been fixed in v3.3 and 3.3.1.

/data corruption started circa 3.2.7 if I remember correctly. This means if u flashed 3.2.7 - 3.2.8.2 and got some apps fc'ing then its already too late. .. .. u will get boot loop if u flash newer Siyah or if u even reboot... even if u flash 3.3 straight after.

If this is you, then the solutions have been posted several times on the last 20 pages or so.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pikachu01:
Just a note guys. If you've flashed 3.2.8.*, you would need to wipe your data before installing any other versions of Siyah. I think the encryptfs enabled a flag on your /data mount that makes other kernels unable to boot/ corrupts the data partition.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnbeetee:
I agree...my only little problem with 3.3.1 is that the wifi seems to refuse to connect once in a while. I have to toggle it, to get it back, so looking at the possible options I'm back on 3.2.7.1 for a while (old wifi drivers, instead of i9300 ones)....see how it goes....:rolleyes:

I really hope it started as of 3.2.8.x...but I'll find out soon enough.... :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MickyFoley:
Dunno why, but Gokhan left an emptiness back for me. Sounds crazy, but no really new Siyah for a long time for my SGSII. I was on his site at least 3 times each day & looked for kernelupdates. But now? Something i'll definitely miss. I always used his kernel. I'm starting to hate the SGSIII. This device took Gokhan far away from us SGSII users :(. Alternatives? Not for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crescendo Xenomorph:
Same goes for me... I miss trying out every experimental and crazy novelty stuffs (but useful) that Gokhan implement in each release (beta/RC). But now, no experimental update except merge to upstream linux.

And yes I know, how lonely life can be...

The shadows follow me...

And the night won't set me free...

SGSIII = oval soap box (http://images.onccc.com/20081229/middle_1230536435084.jpg)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyLegend:
Correct. I forgot to mention this in my last post.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fed03:
can u share it? on the official site there's only 3.2.7.2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Just FYI, I jumped from 3.2.8.1 to 3.3.1 and only wiped cache and Dalvik. After one day so far so good.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
I uploaded it for you...

Siyah v3.2.7.1 link

Sent from my 80GB CyanogenMOD 9 + Siyah ICS powered beast. Booya!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyLegend:
You more than likely have a corrupt data partition still. Time will tell...If u start getting fc's u will know or boot loop on reboot. I hope not.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TA123:
Has anyone experienced a huge battery drain from Google Services recently? I'm on CM9 and got this problem with two last Siyah kernels (I'm on 3.3.1 atm).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Not yet, but my mixed usage battery test is still running.

Will post my results as soon as all tests are finished in my thread => http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26775950

BTW, I am running SiyahKernel v3.3.1 on stock XWLPD ROM.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gwiqu:
hmm good idea, but can i ask? why is it that both the contacts(although you can just restore from google) and sms is not in the same place for both ROMS?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyLegend:
Nope... fine here.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egps2:
Actually I have been getting significant google "backup" wakelocks but I will wait and see if it clears up on its own. Although phone was kept awake for the last hour there was almost no battery drain so we'll see how this plays out. Try rebooting though!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ba7rani123:
oow okaay Thanks mate :)

Soo thats why after 3.2.8 :( my files stayed corrupt aaaw man :( I lost some data, nvm atleast I know the issue now :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tye:P:
There's an explanation of sorts here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26506016&postcount=444

The SMS and contacts are kept in databases on the data partition I think (not sure if it's hard coded into android or not) so this would involve the sharing of files and things from two different partitions and as the above link talks about it isn't that easy by the sounds of it.

There was talk at one stage of the possibility of this happening but it was spoken of as either being very difficult or maybe impossible, at least to do it successfully without causing additional problems like described in the post. Now that experimental features appear to be finished for the kernel I guess it's definitely not going to happen now unfortunately.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gwiqu:
i see i see thanks for the explanation
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverMist1:
yes i do, actually i reflashed miui with stock kernel but the google services drain dit not stop. it has been like 5 days.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ole12:
Can UV result in kernel panic mode?

Installed latest siyah on fresh latest CM9, and UV -50mv on all frequency with extweaks. After I restarted phone, I got soft boot first and then I got kernel panic mode.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyLegend:
Yes possibly.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris2busy:
Hey guys..i am running stock ics (LPD) and latest siyah..the problem i am having is that my device cannot be connected to any pc via mass storage..only MTP..is that kernel related?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxicbubbles:
Does anybody have the changelog for 3.2.7.1? Like having the option for backup and restore for second rom but these i19300 wifi drivers just aren't working for me, I can see the networks it's just not letting me connect, having this issue since those drivers where added in 3.2.7.2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ~arron~:
Why is he leaving us ?

Will he ever update this kernel with more features or upgrades?:eek: will all development for s2 die out now? Roms aswell?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrandoHD:
Personally I use Catlog
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SPBoss:
I guess i got lucky because i can undervolt gpu and cpu beyond average levels :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loopism:
I asked this in the Dev thread, but hadn't recevied a solution:

Only posting because I've followed droidphiles steps :

i) Flash latest Siyah that supports dual boot.

ii) Nandroid backup your existing rom.

iii) Full wipe, install the rom you need to dual boot into.

iv) Boot into that rom, perform initial setups, flash whatever zip you need to flash on that rom - gapps, themes, mods, etc.

v) Flash latest siyah on this rom.

vi) Boot into recovery, under dual-boot options, select "Clone Primary ROM to Secondary". Be patient and wait about 6-7 minutes. Now the new rom is secondary rom.

vii) Within recovery, restore nandroid backup. Now, the existing rom is primary.

viii) Just to be sure, flash latest Siyah again.

I have a folder called /sdcard/.secondrom with cache.img and data.img in it, and I am not getting the option to boot into the second ROM either.

Question - Does the CWM recovery option to wipe 2nd ROM data/cache completely blow away the 2nd ROM?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gokhanmoral:
if you do not get 2ndROM boot option after cloning primary to secondary, check if you have enough space on your internal storage. you need 2.1GB free space. maybe you have couple of MB less than that and my free space checking part misses that.

wipe wipes. formats. if you have a 2ndROM you won't lose it but it will wipe data only. just as in primary rom...

if you have more than, let's say, 2.5GB and you still don't get boot prompt after cloning then sorry, I have no idea...