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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomhirvin:
A friend of mind took his rooted S2 to Thailand recently and although he claims it didn't get water damage, the humidity or something caused it to shut down. He sent it back to Samsung who told him it was water damaged and they could not turn it on - there was nothing they could do.

He has since bought an S3 and given me his rooted bricked phone.

Samsung clearly didn't try very hard as I took it apart and dried and cleaned all the parts and it is now turning on an working almost perfectly.

All his stuff is still on the phone and everything is fine (wireless connection etc) except there is no IMEI number and the phone won't recognise a simcard. There is nothing in the EFS file.

I spent 3 hours last night researching on this site to see if I could rectify this and tried all the suggestions, but as he made no backup of the EFS, I didn't get very far.

Does this mean that the phone can never be used again? Can anyone suggest a way forward?

It is out of warranty but does anyone know if Samsung have ever fixed this problem for a customer? Surely they just need to put the IMEI back onto the phone, but I wonder if they would do this - they certainly should do, but I guess they will charge.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I would love to get this phone back up and running.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ephraim:
I'm afraid there is nothing you can do my friend. You should ask samsung service center about it. It's your only hope.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Contact a member on here called Odia. He might be able to recover your EFS for you, and the small donation he asks for will probably end up being cheaper than Samsung fixing it for you. They're the only two options you've got.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomhirvin:
Thanks, I have contacted Odia and hopefully he might have a little time to help me out for which I shall cross his palm with silver.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
No probs. Good luck ;-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trifke78:
Help

help

I also have the same problem.Desappeared imei, after a reboot, and for a few minutes, and disappeared.

I did not touch anything about the software because I just bought the S2.

I use a translator, if you solved a similar problem with Odia please let me know, and give me instructions

The service is under warranty, but are not able to fix yet. ~20 day

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blazingstar75:
help have the same problem.

help have the same problem, if Odia can contact me thankz!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
No, Odia won't contact you. You have to PM him. And I'm not even sure if he still does this this kind of thing. If you do PM him, wait patiently for a reply, don't harass him because you think getting the phone fixed is urgent.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lespou:
the same but with efs

Hi. I posted a very similar question no long ago. The phone got neither imei nor sim signal after got wet. The only difference is that my phone contains an efs.tar.gz file and an efs.img file. The tar one got inside everything about imei, nav_data.bin, etc but I haven't been able to restore efs folder and thus imei number with any of the methods posted in this forum. Anyone can help me telling me what to do with this efs.tar to get imei again?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 23732:
In the Google Play Store, there is an app called kTool, with that app you can restore your EFS backup.

You need to have root access, though.
[HTC One X] Bytecode:
Hello! I should buy the One X in a few days. There are some things stopping me from buying it though.

1): The battery is 1800MAh,and that lets me think battery life is not so good. Can you guys confirm? Also,the One X battery is Li-Po,so my question now is:

Li-Po 1800MAh > Li-Ion 2100MAh (Galaxy S3 battery)?

2) Battery is not removable. So how will I turn off the phone,for example when it will be stuck in a bootloop?

3) No menu button! Can multitasking be remapped to menu button in Stock or Custom ROMs?

4) Display: Is Super IPS LCD better than SAMOLED (Galaxy S3)?

Thank you in advance,this device is really interesting :)
[HTC One X] colobos:
Battery life has been great for me but it varies powering down is fine on the 2.0. 5 base you can remap the menu button and I much prefer the one X screen
[HTC One X] EddyOS:
1. Non-issue - it's fine

2. Press and hold the power button for 10 seconds - it reboots the phone

3. Non-issue - although it's been changed in the new ROM getting released soon (or go custom to get the leaked version)

4. Very much so - my Dad's S3 is crap compared to my One X screen-wise
[HTC One X] Bytecode:
Thanks! But:

1) I know it's a silly question,but can you guys tell me how much battery lasts?

3) Can I remap the multitasking button to menu button into Custom ROMs,or I don't need to?

Also,browser lags on Stock ROM,are these lags gone on custom ROMs?

Thanks again :)
[HTC One X] Goku80:
i can go a day or two without putting the phone on charge and over the last two charge cycles i got about 4hrs screen on time.

yes you can remap the multitasking button on a custom rom..PKMN rom has that feature as far as i know.

browser i do not use stock browser i use chrome or maxthon and no lags what so ever
[HTC One X] Bytecode:
Ok.. getting more convinced about this device right now. I should buy it tomorrow.

I heard that camera has got a low framerate. I can tell just by looking at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAJZZlQ8xkw

Is this lag fixed into custom ROMs,for example ARHD 7.1.0 or CyanogenMod 9/AOKP? This would be very annoying to me :mad:
[HTC One X] Bytecode:
Up :)
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1533238

looks like its all sorted :)

EDIT: wtf i thought this was the one x bit. dammit lol sorry.
[HTC One X] xhaniGS2:
(battery) Here you go...
[HTC One X] HebeGuess:
Can you guys confirm? Also,the One X battery is Li-Po,so my question now is:

Li-Po 1800MAh > Li-Ion 2100MAh (Galaxy S3 battery)?

Li-Po and Li-Ion having almost same attributes, Li-Po was little stable while discharging and can be reshape after manufactured. That is why it is often to be used on un-swappable battery solutions, vice versa.

3) I found out I'm used it more and more frequent now.

4) Display: yes, I love new technology like AMOLED but it isn't that mature as LCD. Screen on GS3 is exactly enlarge version of itself on G Nexus, and you will spot the diffefences in 1 second.
[HTC One X] Bytecode:
Thanks for the replies everyone :)

Keep in mind,I'll have to keep this device for two years minimum,so I wanna make sure all technologies used in this phone are "up-to-date".

I think Galaxy S3's Exynos Quad is better. It has got a 32nm constitution while the Tegra 3 has got a 40nm one.

Tegra 3 has got a Variable Symmetrical Multi-Processing (vSMP)where all cores run at a same speed; Exynos has got a aSMP (Asymmetrical Multi-Processing) where the four cores can run at a variable speed according to how much work they have to do.

The companion core of the Tegra 3 is obviously power-saving,but it has only got a 500MHz frequency,so it is not kinda enough,I don't know.

Also check this. As I said I will keep this phone for a really long time,and when Tegra 4 games will be out will Tegra 3 be able to run them? Also,a lot of things have to get optimized for Tegra 3(see kernel 3.0),but everything can run as it is on Exynos.

Just exposing my ideas,I'm not here to say the One X is worse,so no "don't like the device? gtfo" please,I need to decide which to pick.

Also,can anyone give me a video sample of recording on CM9 or ARHD please :)
[HTC One X] Bytecode:
Anyone?
[HTC One X] death__machine:
Since the body/looks of the device don't concern you, its down to two things I think:

1)Tegra Games: If Tegra 3 powered games are really important then definitely go for the the HOX no questions asked. And like you said yourself, when tegra4 comes out there might be games that require a tegra4 processor. But there is no solid news on when tegra4 comes out so tegra3 is the best deal when it comes to mobile gaming as of now.

2)Processor:I won't say whats better, have a look at the benchmark comparison that gsmarena.com has done http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_vs_htc_one_x-review-759p4.php

The companion core from what I can figure is what gives the Int. HOX awesome standby battery times.
[HTC One X] Bytecode:
Let me explain something :) this phone costs a lot,so I need to keep it for at least two years. Since I have to keep it for a lot,I need a durable processor. I think next tegra will be available in just some months,while next Exynos will be available much more later,I don't know maybe it's just me. I just need a processor I can keep and use for 2 years.

For example the LG Optimus Dual (Tegra 2) was released just a year ago,and I am not sure it can play smoothly new games now.

Just my two cents,don't be mad at me I just wanna know what you think about my thoughts.

On a different note,anyone can give me a video sample of this device on CM9/AOKP?
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
to be honest, i think that it's the same with all tech these days, tegra or not.

things get outdated incredibly quickly now, and theyre constantly innovating and creating new features, faster speeds etc.

the tegra 3 will be around for quite some time i think, probably about a year, and by that time, there will be loads of tegra 3 optimized games, and any new tegra 4 ones may well have compatibility for tegra 3 as well (just with lower graphics settings than the t4 - dead trigger is a good example)

Its the sort of climate these days, where if you choose to wait for a device to become cheaper for example, by the time its cheaper theres loads out thats way better anyways and by then of course all the software is designed with the new hardware in mind. you'll never stop waiting! im not doing well at explaining myself but hopefully you get the point.. anyways i think the tegra stuff is much better, as nvidia is pushing for app optimization for tegras, and these will therefore have better graphics, better performance, than the exynos might have with a game/app that isn't optimized.
[Transformer TF300T General] WOEHAA:
I was looking for some wallpapers that are dark and have some blurry effect in them, which makes the icons/shortcuts pop up a bit.

Not finding the ones I liked, I decided to download images (therefore I do not own the copyrights), resize and adjust them myself to my liking.

Variations are based on the blurr-factor, which I found to be a very personal thing. That's why I made several versions of one picture.

And it's all dark because I find that preferable when reading / using the tablet late at night (in bed for example)

And I figured that maybe some of you could benefit from it too, so I shared it on my dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vu04bob6og3bzml/NCrLmKXM1F

You probably already know the drill, but just to be sure:

1- Download the file(s) on your sdcard

2- Long press the background (e.g. main screen) and select wallpaper

3- Use the native picture viewer (gallery) to browse for the file

4- For cropping, again use the gallery *)

5- Voila!

I myself use the second one the most.

*) I find that apps like Quickpic don't do it the right way. The image needs to be cropped in two (!) versions and the native gallery does it the right way
[Transformer TF300T General] lazer9:
Thanks, Nice papers. Especially like the brick one.
[Transformer TF300T General] -Zork-:
Nice wallpaper, tried and look charming

Enviado desde mi iPad con Tapatalk HD
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheCrow1372:
I know there are some out there for T-Mobile but any for Telus its just that I've already been on 4.0.4 and the only fall back was the cameras/video not working also since upgrading using Kies, I am already on 4.0.3?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] anomy13:
The official T-mobile one is 4.0.3. If you see any 4.0.4 it's a skyrocket one. Also, CM9/AOKP is 4.0.4 if you like to use those.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tjbiker031:
TheDerekJay has a Darkside Telus ROM that is solid with great battery life in the galaxy s2 t989 forums, I'll try to edit a link in a few minutes. Far as I know, everything works

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27229604
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
I am on the Telus network and running the above Darkside Telus ROM and it's absolutely fantastic. Smooth as butter, great battery life, no problems to speak of. Only issue I ran into was trying to reboot the phone it would hang or when you try to shut down it wouldn't shut down all the way. What I did was a Darkside Cache Wipe and it's running beautifully again, haven't had that issue since.

If you haven't tried this ROM and you are using the T989D model, I recommend giving it a go, you won't be disappointed.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ichi go:
Hello everyone,

I subscribed to Motorola Owners updates post and here is what all subscribers received :

https://forums.motorola.com/posts/9e912ca283

(see last post)

Kind of disappointing but I prefer that they make a better update than just roll an unstable update just to be in time.

What do you think?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] BakaPhoenix:
FUUUUUUUU i was waiting for it to fix my random reboot on my ics leak ._________________________________.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ectodroid:
My EU unbranded ICS rooted leak works perfect, so I don't mind waiting really.

It's business as usual at motorola giving the US customers their bloated verizon crap first tho.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] adaimespechip:
Goodbye Moto.

Time to buy a Galaxy Nexus!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mataraty:
What I think? It is bs they had q1 and q2 to make a good update, they never gave any information accept that it would be released in q2, and now this?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] eyriiii:
Clearley most of the "motoxperts" does not have any clue about what they are talking about. I emailed Motorola a couple days ago and they said it was still planned to be released Q2 and AFAIk the soak testers have got their emails.

https://forums.motorola.com/pages/00add97d6c

Updated: 25-June-2012

And Europe is still Q2

Don't belive those son of *****es in the motoxpert. When Motorola announce officialy that the update is delayed then we will start the war!

I have emailed them again
[Motorola Droid RAZR] lukas77:
On Polish Motorola Facebook page they also announced that ICS will be delayed for Europe:

"We've got official information for all waiting for software upgrade for RAZR and RAZR MAXX. The update will be delayed and we are not able to provide it to the end of the June as we planned. We are sorry. We are working on software changes which must be made to provide our users the best ICS new functions experience. We will keep you posted when we'll get confirmed ICS rollout date."

*Sorry for my english, I did quick translate

Source: https://www.facebook.com/motorolapolska/posts/492280034131333
[Motorola Droid RAZR] eyriiii:
Let the war begin...

---------- Post added at 01:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:53 PM ----------

Link to the leak mate?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iSilens:
So let alone they tend to the stupid Bloatware Verizon version first, they also managed to **** up something that was working all along.

Theres ICS for the HP Touchpad which was ported by fans, but a company such as Motorola can't even release it for their own phone on time. Amateurs. >_>
[Motorola Droid RAZR] MarkyG82:
So much for moto being a top brand. This is the same story that has been plaguing their devices for a number of years now. Ill stick with my razr for now on official miui but i'll get rid later in the year.

Disappointed.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] lowlow2:
Motorola = most lousy company ever! This is no impulsive statement because I've said all the time "if they can't deliver it in Q2, they lose all my respect and I'll never buy a motorola again" Well, now is the time, never again a moto!

One of the first rules in business I've learned, never disappoint your customer and think very very carefully before publishing a deadline / release date. Inform yourself very good. Especially when you have the worst reputation.

I thought, they can't be that stupid and the razr and its ics update are so much anticipated they can't afford it to their selves to ruin it again... But... they did!!

Congratulations to everyone at motorola involved in marketing, service&support and product updates.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ExtraDan:
I'm not surprised..

But I will eat them alive.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] WizeGuyDezignz:
Wow, it looks like some people need some more interesting things in their lives to focus more attention on rather than a free software update for a cell phone. :confused:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ishari:
Yup, Motorola Europe stated on their facebook:

Now let's just hope they won't stretch it to end of Q3, like the last promise...

Although I am a bit disapointed, I'm not going leave motorola just over this. I've had the same stuff when I had a samsung (i7500) and a HTC (Desire HD), so all companies do it. Well, or I should get a Nexus next time... :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] eyriiii:
I still have hope for kholk's kexec. If he manage to fix it I really dont care about moto updates anymore
[Motorola Droid RAZR] lechuckthepirate:
All the brands have similar problems... I've owned HTC, Sony, Motorola and some more and I had update delays with all of them... except for an Archos tablet I had, that was updated to any android version really quick... but then it was plagued of bugs and they had to release a bugfix patch every week.. XDD I don't know what I prefer...

Cheers
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mataraty:
I know what I prefer... Communication from Motorola, because I don't believe for a second this is something they came up with 3 days before the deadline. They knew it would not be released in Q2 but they lacked to communicate that, but more important they kept saying that it would be released in Q2 till today... again 3 days before deadline.

I wonder if we could take legal actions against that..

Mind it has nothing to do with a 'free' release of any update it has to do with the expectations buyers had of the phone with the promise of ICS in Q1 at first and Q2 later. I think allot of buyers would not have bought the phone if they knew what they know now, then again I would.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Phantom3D:
I am not too worried. Still a great phone. I have had much bigger issues with htc one x wifi problems.. a hardware fault. Oh and the nokia e6, many software issues. This phone still does a great job!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] WizeGuyDezignz:
Legal actions? Good luck with that one.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mataraty:
It is a question not a statement.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] geemacd:
I sent them a message visa twitter, got a reply back that shows no delay to rollout.

@Motorola can you tell me if that's the same for UK razr's or is this just going to be the USA?

Motorola Mobility @Motorola

Please see the software update grid for details on rollout. The chart was updated June 25 moto.ly/icsupdate 08:43 PM - 27 Jun 12 via HootSuite
[Motorola Droid RAZR] WizeGuyDezignz:
The answer is that it won't work. They didn't contractually obligate themselves to owe us anything. By them "saying" they are going to give us a software update in Q2 means nothing. It's more technical than that, but that's the easy answer.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] beastie-boy:
Razr is a piece of KRRRAPP without ICS. My fault I didn't wait for the SG3.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iSilens:
I got the same sort of answer:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] whirleyes:
+1.

I also care less about waiting for the official ICS. The leaks works OK for me.

What is behind this delay? Q2 is about to end.

I hope they don't try to fix the root exploit & an implement function to defeat Voodoo OTA backup.

root backup (su-backup) is very easy to be killed.. :crying:

Just to let you all know, in recent Asus Transformer update,

set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0644, "/system"); command can now kills su-backup.

It change su-backup file permission from 06755 to 00755.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] eyriiii:
Well hell to the no, I will also flash one of these leaks out there
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Golgo:
So what EU ICS leak are you guys running? I'm still on the china leak but looking to trade up.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iSilens:
Got this reply earlier. What should I think?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] BakaPhoenix:
There are 2 day left until the end of the q2. There weren't a soak test in eu (or at least the one who received the mail didn't have). I think that the guy that reply you on twitter didn't know about it and he is just looking on the site
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ExtraDan:
Nutshell.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iSilens:
It also seems like they've removed their reply to me from twitter.

I now sent them this: https://twitter.com/fu2ra/status/218456991637577728
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vash_h:
Cmon moto.. Delayed or not, Www deserve to know.

Sent from my XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] WizeGuyDezignz:
Actually Motorola doesn't owe you anything other than a working phone that you purchased. They aren't obligated to anything beyond that.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] BakaPhoenix:
Well google imposed a 18 month support for each phone that use android(from the firsth day it is sold). Of course motorola could say that they were developing until the last day of the 18 month and then don't release anything. But since there are a company with the surplus is the main goal, treating their customer like trash is not a good thing for the future.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] WizeGuyDezignz:
Believe me, I totally agree with you. And I think they should give us updates in a timely manner to keep good customer relations. Unfortunately that's not the way it works.

It's funny too because I understand part of their stance where they aren't making money by giving us software updates. On the flip side, they are probably losing a decent amount of money by not giving us updates since some people will move to another phone or manufacturer if they get tired of waiting for updates.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] BakaPhoenix:
Considering how the people in the forum are whining is probably a decent ammount of people (and i'm sure that they are telling their friend to never buy motorola again). I actually don't really care if we get official update(xda power :D), the problem is that with the locked bootloader the things are not easy.

I really like the hardware on the RAZR but coming form a nexus one, the next time i'll think 10 times before buying motorola again
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sRDennyCrane:
No, treating customers like trash would be rushing out a buggy OS upgrade. I don't think you really understand the scope of updating a device from GB to ICS. It's not taking a flash drive sent from Google, popping it into a server and pressing a button labeled "RELEASE".

It's evaluating it in terms of your full lineup of hardware, deciding which can be updated in the first place, looking at it in terms of how many devices will still be in service when released (why upgrade a Droid X when statistically, few still use them), then making the decisions.

Then, they take the very basic ICS code and plan how they want to implement it on EACH device. This includes blur overlays, and optimization for each individual devices specs... screen resolution, CPU, graphics, memory, etc. Then, they develop drivers for things like the accelerometer, camera, GPS, etc.

Somewhere along the line, the carriers are brought in and they contribute on how the upgrade will be implemented, too. So, obviously, a powerhouse like Verizon goes first... they have the most customers.

Once they have a working version of ICS, as XDA users know, Motorola servers get it and it goes out to internal testers. Bugs are identified. Revisions made. The process repeats for a couple months. Then, when they believe they have it ready, they start the process for a soak test. In this case, I understand 20,000 users were in the test. It was pretty huge, and since this was an OS upgrade, not just an update, it ran longer and there was more feedback solicited.

...and after all that, it looks like they'll STILL push it out Q2, 2012. Just as they said they would.