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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timberwolf60:
In stock rom, I used the samsung way to set to mass storage mode and it worked. But in extwrats there is some options for you to set mass storage mode as shown:

Send from my GT I9100 using Tapatalk2, 1st ROM Paranoid V1.6a, and 2nd ROM XXLPW, Siyah 3.3.3d kernel, jkay 14.1 mode.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idoleng:
Dual boot on siyah 333d

Good day!

two days ago I have decided to dual boot using siyah 333d on RRv2.6 as primary.

Please correct me if I am wrong, the secondary rom will also use the kernel of the primary? because I noticed that when I installed the cMIUI on secondary, on installtion, i chose to install siyah 3.3.3c(no other choice) but upon booting on secondary rom, the details on cMIUI is still siyah 3.3.3d.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
You are correct, when you install rom as the 2nd one a kernel is not flashed. For dual booting boot partition (containing kernel) is shared between both roms.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zedamalta:
I dont know if this question was answered yet but...

With dual boot, both ROM's must be AOKP or both AOSP?

Because i have RR and i want to make a dual boot of RR + NeatRom, is it possible?

Thanks everyone!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Yes, you can do that. Doesnt matter which one is the first and which the second.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yupo72:
Hi all, I'd like to install last siyah kernel for dual boot, I'm actually on SlimICS 4.2 and I want also the custom ICS rooted (because I want videocall back).

Please correct me where/if I'm wrong:

1) install kernel siyah 3.3.3d (or 3.3.2 that some people appreciate more)

2) from dual boot options on CWM I'll clone my actual ROM in Secondary (thus I have Slim 4.2 on both)

3) from Mobile Odin Pro on Primary ROM I'll flash stock ROM + CF Root (after this I'll not see my Secondary as the kernel is changed)

4) from CWM or Mobile Odin Pro I flash again the siyah kernel

5) now I'll have the stock rooted on Primary and able to see and use again the SlimICS on Secondary

Pleeeeeease let me know
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
When you flash new rom as 1st one it will overwrite unfortunately /system partition of 2nd rom by placing temporarilly some files which will be never be used later but it's the fact which I already faced. What I recommend to you.

1. Nandroid backup of your rom

2. Flash new rom from odin or cwm recovery (factory reset/wipe cache and dalvik before)

3. Flash Siyah kernel 3.3.3d

4. CWM recovery/ dual boot options/ wipe data/cache of 2nd rom and dalvik of 2nd rom

5. From dual boot options of cwm go to recovery of 2nd rom and choose a rom you backed up before

Done

Ps replace in both roms superuser by SuperSU - it works better with newest siyah kernel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Angabow:
Yes, you are right i faced the exact prob but solved like you mentioned above
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yupo72:
Hi again, all went well until on Step 5 when I tried to restore from internal SD it gives me an MD5 checksum mismatch.....what could it be?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
What version of custom recovery did you use to make your nandroid backup? Custom recoveries for backup and restore have to be compatible.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yupo72:
Well....I have already solved: for my convenience I renamed the folder created by CWM for the backup, once I have restored the original name (YYYY-MM-DD.hh.mm.ss) it worked! Now I'm missing only ExTweaks!

Thanks a lot for your unique great support.

Can I ask you a very quick thing.....as primary ROM now I have stock XWLPF+root but I noticed that in Settings-Display the option Font Size is missing (it shows only Font Type)....is it a common ICS problem? have you already heard it?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Don't know if it is common ICS issue. I can only say that I am using UHLPS Neatromlite and also have only font style option available.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario1968:
Hi all, any noob question, using dual boot options can came to data mismatch with google server? Because if using two ROM with two set of apps (maybe ones same for first and second ROM) that have their own settings, this can came to erratic data sync with google?

Sorry if that question is already answered, I miss them.

Thank you

Mario

Inviato dal mio Galaxy S2 con Tapatalk2®

XWLPF Odexed

Siyah 3.2.7.2

Jkay V14.1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
I haven't considered this as potential problem up to now, because frankly speaking I haven't had any problems with google play. I am using two roms and on both have different apps. Google play maintain all my apps which I downloaded in the past to whatever rom and also registers apps which I installed to a single/particular rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yupo72:
Same for me!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario1968:
Thank you very much for your fast reply, but you then don't have the same apps (almost one) in two different ROM with maybe different data backups to google servers?

Thank you again

Mario

Inviato dal mio Galaxy S2 con Tapatalk2®

XWLPF Odexed

Siyah 3.2.7.2

Jkay V14.1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yupo72:
I have them, for example Titanium Backup and Root Explorer....no issue

Many40, I have a question again: I want to flash the deodexed version of my primary rom (a stock one XWLPF), doing it with cf-root kernel will I lose the Secondary one obviously so I'll have to do again some steps you explain to me, btw will I lose something on my Internal SD card or not?

Would you suggest to first delete the secondary rom and then do aqgain the process?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
OK, I see what you meant... I said only that I don't have any problems with Google Play app and when I go to My apps everything is OK depending on which apps I already installed on single rom. But you reffer rather to feature in "settings" / "backups and reset" related to Google account which makes possible to backup and restore settings and apps from your rom, don't you? TBH I don't know if this feature works properly on dual-booting because I don't use it (disabled it and during first boot / configuration vizard I untick an option for restoring data from google servers) - I don't rely on Google servers for my backups. I use Titanium Backup with separated folders/backups for each rom.

If you reflash your 1st rom (as .zip flashable from CWM recovery or from .tar file via odin)

- you will loose:

1. Your user data/apps from current rom - so make backup (recommended Titanium Backup app)

2. Your 2nd rom - make nandroid backup of 2nd rom before. TBH you loose only /system partition of 2nd rom, /data and /cache partitions will be still in internal SD card inside /.secondrom folder but they will be useless (not accesible).

- you will not loose any files stored additionally in your internal or external SD card

So what I recommend:

1. Backup your data from current 1st rom

2. Nandroid backup of 2nd rom

3. Flash your new rom

4. Restore your apps of 1st rom

5. Flash Siyah kernel

6. Remove 2nd rom, wipe data/cache and wipe dalvik of 2nd rom

7. Restore 2nd rom
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yupo72:
Thanks....but right now, my primary rom won't boot anymore, it loops on the S flashing....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
I don't know what you have done but check if you have access to CWM recovery, if yes you can restore you nandroid or flash rom again from .zip file. If not as an emergency solution is flashing a rom (.tar or md5 versions) via download mode from PC odin. Good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yupo72:
Well...CWM works, but if will install from zip it won't be rooted, correct? how to flash the cf-root after it? ODIN-PC does not make the yellow triangle appear?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
I need more information - if you are gonna flash deodexed version of XWLPF it's probably customized rom with custom kernel already included as well. BTW is it Neat Rom XWLPF? If yes it is already rooted with CF-root 5.5 on board so no need for you to flash CF-root again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yupo72:
I'm seeking this one on the web, then I'll flash from CWM Install zip from sd card, correct?

I read somewhere that Siyah kernel is dominant, is it correct?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Yes, after wiping data/cache/dalvik.

1. If you are seecking for deodexed stock roms I can help you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1569686

There are many roms (including XWLPF) in two versions FULL and Lite.

2. What do you mean by dominant???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yupo72:
I've read that if you flash a rom (maybe stock or custom....don't remember) that has a kernel inside, if siyah is already present it will stay as kernel....don't know if true or not....but i'm gonna try
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Yes, it's right. As I wrote you earlier, kernel is not flashed when you flash a rom as 2nd one from Siyah CWM recovery / dual booting options
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssalehh:
guys does this method runs on dorimanx kernel ?

if yes

primary RR 2.6

secondary cMIUI

is it ok ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavier1004:
it' s so good~~~

it' s so good to me.thanks~~~~:good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Yes, just do it :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smashmix:
Hello, guys!

I played with android for a while already. Actually with different kernel on HTC Sensation. But dual boot is new thing for me..!

Now I have S2 and find really exciting to have 2 ROMs on phone.

Main ROM is Resurrection Remix 2.6 and I successfully installed second ROM now (SlimICS from slimroms.com). Everything is OK. By the way THANKS for tutorial!!!

But I really want to try stock Samsung ICS ROM for secondary.

Before I went to custom ROM I backed up the stock ROM. So can I now restore the stock ROM backup as secondary ROM??

The only thing that kept me to do so before asking is backed up stock ROM has kernel already (there is a bunch other stuff in it). Is there any problem to restore stock ROM from backup cause DUAL BOOT needs custom kernel as I understood? Do the CWM recovery restore just ROM without kernel?

Cheers and thanks!!

Valera aka SmashMix
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
If you red a few of my previous posts you would be sure that if you flash or restore a rom as 2nd one a kernel included to this rom will not be flashed :) Good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smashmix:
Yep.. Thank you! Sorry.. Read the post you mentioned AFTER typed mine.

I will flash stock or MIUI next..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HyperEscape:
Can the same procedure apply in Dorimanx Kernel as well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xavier1004:
good thanks~~

good thanks~~
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LINJEinc:
thanks for a good guide, will try it some day when i have the time to do it :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] judsri:
good
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoppi_fatal1ty:
Nice project :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brownartist:
nice guide! i will try it if i got time^^

it's a smart way to compare 2 different roms if u r not sure which one u are going to use
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burninghouse:
problem here....

i have latest version of siyah kernel after following all.these steps accurately i am unable to install 7comp v1.1.0 FULL WIPE version as my second rom..RR rom is my primary rom..after installation get completed then in second rom status it shows no second rom installed..i have internal memory 7053mb free....HELP PLS...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
It shouldn't be any problems if you follow correct installation procedure.

1. CWM recovery / dual-boot option - Remove 2nd rom

2. CWM recovery / dual-boot option - wipe 2nd rom data/cache

3. CWM recovery / dual-boot option - wipe 2nd rom dalvik

4. CWM recovery / dual-boot option - install 2nd rom from internal or external sd card (depending on your rom location).

You can try also (but when you wipe it is normally not necessary because it does the same) before step 2: CWM recovery / mounts and storage - format 2nd rom_system, format 2nd rom_data and format 2nd rom_cache and also Fix 2nd rom permissions.

If from some reasons it doesn't work for you then I would recommend you to make nandroid backup of your 1st rom and try installing 7comp as first one then Siyah kernel, then your previous 1st rom (RR) as 2nd and if this works - swap 1st rom with 2nd (remember to have double amount of free space in internal SD - about 5,2 GB)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thoramas:
Thank you very much for this great guide :good:

I am waiting for the Jellybean support with SiyahKernel S2-v3.5 and I will make a dual boot to work with VK rom ICS and CM10 JB.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katamari201:
What's a good free app that lets me track another phone's location and speed remotely? Yes, it is for parental concern, and there is full disclosure to all parties of its existence. Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikpel:
Maybe this will be suitable for your needs:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greenalp.RealtimeTracker
[Android Software Development] z3nful:
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This application is only the main launcher for the guides, which can be found on the market by searching for "Fix A Phone" or through the launcher by selecting the needed guide.

*******

-Built-in Flashlight

-"What's Replaceable" per phone model

-Step-by-Step phone fix instructions, what to look out for, and what can't be fixed

*******

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- Write Storage permission used for writing global settings file, and version check file to the external storage.

- Internet access used ONLY for downloading version check file

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Apple

-iphone 4GSM

HTC

-Evo 4g

-HD2

-HD7

-Incredible S

LG

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Motorola

-Bionic

-Droid X2

-Droid X3

-Droid Pro

Samsung

-Moment

As new models are suported, the app launcher will be updated, garaunteeing you will have the latest access to all available guides, as well as easy updates for current guides.

Please leave 5 stars if you believe that this will be useful to you, or to others!

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--------------------------------

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[Android Software Development] z3nful:
Reserved
[Android Software Development] mustangtim49:
article

Hey buddy, cool app! I'm into doing my own hardware repair myself. Also, I'm an XDA News Writer and I'm awaiting approval to do an article on your app. I'll let you know if I move forward with this. Thanks foe your work.
[Android Software Development] z3nful:
Thanks for the interest Tim, its usually cheaper to fix a phone than to buy a new one, so i hope this app helps many :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddy820:
Hi All,

For some reason my Motorola Atrix 4G is rebooting continuously every 30s to 1 min. My phone is not rooted. I can reboot my phone in recovery mode though. Is there any solution for this or Is there a way to back up my data(pictures/videos/apps etc.)?

Thanks,

Maddy.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
Just throwing out ideas.

Have you tried rebooting with your phone connected via USB or connected to the wall charger? Maybe that will stop the boot loop so you can get your data off.

Did you set up to save anything on the external sdcard (if you have one)? If so, just pop that in your computer and copy the data off it.

I save all my important data to the external sdcard and back it up to my PC periodically.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barry_:
following on from this helpful advice... do you see 'wipe cache' when you access recovery? if so select that (up/down volume button and power to select).

If that doesn't work and you've been able to save your personal stuff, you might consider a factory reset. Good Luck
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddy820:
Good Afternoon,

Thanks a lot for your valuable information. I have tried all the suggestions, but unfortunately none of them work for me. It still continues to reboot every 30 sec. Is there a way to do a hard reset to my phone without actually erasing the data? From another thread(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1562690) I found out this information, I don't know whether it will work for Atrix though. Can you guys please confirm? Thanks a lot and appreciate your time.

Regards,

Maddy.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
That should not wipe your sdcard, but it will wipe all data. whenever you do any wipe you risk losing data you don't want to lose. I know where you are coming from..........I have had HDD's die with pics on them, but I have managed to recover everything. Sorry I can't be of more help!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barry_:
the instructions in that link refer to samsung not moto so I am not sure if doing a factory reset will erase your saved pictures ect.

it might be an idea to take out (if you indeed have one) sd card and see what you've got on there.

After that leave your sd card out and it would seem as if you have no choice left but to do the factory reset and see where you are and if that has cured your problem.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
Yeah, I had suggested this.

I think that at some point you have to just face the fact that you are going to lose sh*t you really don't want to. Sometimes that sh*t is really important, but it's a hard lesson learned! :-(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddy820:
I did a hard reset and to my surprise my Pics and Videos are still in place:) that's what I need primarily and I got it. Thanks a lot for all the help and suggestions.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] rmedina54:
A television show I was watching had this person with a tablet and they couldnt speak, so they drew what they wanted said and the program spoke it, does such an app exist????
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] veeman:
There are a number of text-to-speech applications but I've never seen a draw to speech one.
[Android General] robberknight:
Hi,

Android 4 / ICS has a good security feature: full device encryption. But it's implementation has a big usability problem: you have to use the same password for device encryption as on the lockscreen. Meaning you have to enter the complicated encryption password every time you want to access your phone :mad:

Chosing an easy password would make encryption worthless and Android limits the lowest complexity allowed for encryption.

Technically these passwords are two completely separate things. It's just the Android UI that mingles this. So it's time to hack and separate what should be separate!

Here is how to do it, rooted phone needed:

Make a backup

Enable USB debugging that you have a backdoor if something goes wrong

Install the prerequisites: SL4A including Python4Android

Switch your SuperSU or superuser to grant su by default. You will have to accept lots of commands otherwise, and I had problems with the dialog of my SuperSU doing this

Install my pin_change.py program in the sl4a/scripts directory on your phone, it is attached to this post. Maybe you have to rename the extension to .py (had to rename it due to forum restrictions)

Start pin_change.py through SL4A

It will make a backup of your current password and allow you to set a new numeric pin

Reboot your phone, the lockscreen caches the old settings otherwise

Disable USB debugging and switch your superuser settings back

That's it, you can now use an easy pin on your lockscreen.

Maybe you are missing the sqlite3 command. pin_change.py will check for it and notify you if it is not there. The easiest way to get it is the "Sqlite installer for root" app on the market.

pin_change.py allows to restore the backup or to set a new pin. You should restore the backuped password before you change your encryption password through the Android GUI.

I tested this on a Samsung Galaxy SII and a HTC Sensation, both EU models running a 4.0.3 from the manufacturer. I just rooted them, no custom roms.

The only thing I could find was that the vpn account data is encrypted too and you now can't enter the password anymore. So you have to redo you vpn setup, no big deal.

Just to make it clear: this allows you to use a numeric pin for unlocking where e.g. the Samsung Galaxy S2 requires a alphanumeric password. This tool does not (yet?) allow to use a pattern to unlock.

You do this on your own risk, no warranty, this script may brick your phone, drink all your beer or eat little children. So be careful.
[Android General] robberknight:
When you use a numeric pin on your lockscreen, someone could use fingerprint locations to guess your pin code. So you should make sure that noone can make enough tries till he finds the correct pin.

Here is how to limit the number of failed pins:

Install Tasker

Install Secure Settings

Open Tasker and Create a new Profile

Context based on state - Plugin - Secure Settings

You can configure it to the desired number of failed login attemts

New Task - Misc - Reboot - Shutdown

I have set the failed login attempts to two. After that the phone instantly switches off. When switching it on again, everything is encrypted and you have to enter the long and complex encryption password. Voila, we are secure!
[Android General] robberknight:
While I'm at it - one more hint about device encryption:

When I first tried to encrypt my Samsung Galaxy S2, it started and showed a green robot. After about a minute it rebooted and that was it - no encryption.

I activated adb logcat to see what was going on. Lots of other stuff and finally this:

E/Cryptfs ( 73): unmounting /data failed
E/Cryptfs ( 73): Error enabling encryption after framework is shutdown, no data changed, restarting system

I thought a bit about it and had the idea that maybe the external sdcard is still mounted and that mountpoint creates this problem. I was right - removing the external sd solved it.
[Android General] szakeetm:
I need a little noob help here, using Samsung Galaxy SII on ICS 4.0.3. I don't have much experience with Python, only installed it to make this script work.

Running pin_change.py I get the "sqlite3 command not found" error. Now I guess I have to install the thirdparty.tar.gz from the Python for Android (Google Code) website, but I have no idea what to do with the downloaded file. Could you please help?
[Android General] robberknight:
Just do as I wrote, you don't need no thirdparty.tgz:
[Android General] szakeetm:
Yes, the problem is the missing sqlite. I will do as you told once I re-encrypted my phone. Will keep you posted once I have the results.
[Android General] szakeetm:
It worked! Installing sqlite fixed the problem. Thank you!
[Android General] porgybess:
Hi robberknight,

Thanks for this very interesting work. Will this work on Honeycomb as well, or just ICS?