yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] drsoran2:
It's not biased. It's just telling the truth. This post can help people decide if they want to use a stock rom or custom rom. They now know that they are performance wise the same so they don't have to worry about that. Nobody with CM 10.1. has to think "oh, Samsung is faster" or vice versa.

After this has been cleared, it's up to personal taste and choice. There are people who have the same stock wallpaper and ringtone after two years and don't even know about the possibilites which another launcher could give them, and there are those who rooted their phone and installed CM 10 20 minutes after they bought it because they couldn't stand the way Touchwiz looks and feels (like me).

I for instance, bought the S2 on ebay because I got it for a really good price and in combination with the hardware it was a no brainer. I knew about the software on it and guessed that I wouldn't like it and thought about replacing it with CM from the beginning. I merely bought it for the underlying hardware. Not the software that it comes preloaded with.

Both is fine.

It's really up to the people. I'd just wanted to share my impressions with both versions so it may be easier to decide.
[Galaxy S II General] Red_Vex:
R: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Maybe i'm wrong but i read in cyano thread that codeworxx and the other developers purge away exynos so gs2 will Never have a final/stable version and neither key lime pie.

Shame on samsung since they not release source

Got false lights for the sun It's an artificial nocturne
[Galaxy S II General] drsoran2:
What bugs me the most is, and I'm sure many will agree: Android 4.1. was released in July 2012. Android 4.2. in October 2012. Android 5 will be released in May 2013. So, it's now January and Samsung gives to the users 4.1.2, which was released almost half a year ago, which is at the time of release already outdated and replaced by 4.2. since 4 months with a replacement due in another 4 months!

And then everybody screams "hurray, nice job, thanks soo much Samsung". Really?! At least official 4.1.2 is now finally out and people can use it.

Just to quote a conversation between me and a friend of mine for whom I flashed official 4.1.2 today "Do you also have the brand new 4.1. Jelly Bean already?" Me: "No, I have 4.2. since December!" Friend's reaction: Total silence.

Trust me, CM 10.1. is already very stable since a few months. I was using its predecessor, CM 10, since last July as daily driver.

While it is true that developers may slowly move away from Exynos because of the lack of sources, it is still a fact that with CM 10.1., users can already enjoy the latest Android version (4.2.) which will never see an official Samsung release for the S2. So even if the developers stop maintaining CM 10.1. right now, it is still 1 version ahead of what stock will ever be.

I also believe that S2 will see Key Lime Pie. At least, there is a chance, with offcial Samsung no chance at all. Maybe 60-70% for CM 11. Whereas S2's last official version will forever be 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.

Maybe the S3 will receive Android 5 as the last version, but not S2.

But enough with OT now.
[Galaxy S II General] enkhtwshn:
Seriously CM is off topic!

I have a issue about my LockScreen - LoL MY LS not turning on

When I press ON/OFF key it just turns me off without the options of restarting silent mode etc . The battery is really good for me!! I`m using extra 2400mAh battery
[Galaxy S II General] sucro:
Huh, yeah, i'm not sure will it be in future available OTA? I'll try through Kies or Odin...

Not so good news! So this update for Spain is for unbranded SGS2 phones which people in Spain use with their GSM operators?
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

I'm actually going to do thus tonight after work which will be in a about 13 hours...

Just going through my checklist

Odin downloaded

Lpt (current firmware ) downloaded in case of issues and ready to update via kies officially on release.

Ls8 (jelly bean firmware) downloaded

I think I am set. Unless of course I have missed something...please say so!!
[Galaxy S II General] scandiun:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

You can install it on a branded phone, of course you will lose the personalization of the brand.

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What I don't like of CM is that apps are always sorted alphabetically. I prefer a lot more Touchwiz.
[Galaxy S II General] uggies:
I don't think this is right

Standby time is good, but screen time is terrible....

Any solution? ?
[Galaxy S II General] ssanyi:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

I lost 10% at night, seems to be I don't have media scanner bug. During night apart from deep sleep the 2 lines in above deep sleep uses battery the most.

Another phones lost only 2-3%. What should I do?

Wipe?
[Galaxy S II General] lasic.2000:
Odp: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

XWLS8 id just unfinished... Propablly in few days I'll flash CM 10.1.

TeamXD: Official Beta Tester

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S II

Mods: AIO

Rom: XWLS8 Deodexed

Kernel: PhilZ

Battery: Stock 1650

Send via: Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] drsoran2:
AW: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

You do know that you can use one of the dozens alternative launchers on play store which gives you this option and many more? It gives you tons of extra features which touchwiz doesn't have and also not the CM standard launcher which is also limited. Nova Launcher (Prime) is great.
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

that's about 4 hours of screen with wifi and network loss. How much more do you want?

Looks alright to me.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] s2fanboy:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Errrr just wanted to know has samsung stopped pushing 4.1.2 for S2 ????? M still waiting as it has only been released in china and spain. . Waiting for it in India. .
[Galaxy S II General] adderxp:
Errrr just wanted to know has samsung stopped pushing 4.1.2 for S2 ????? M still waiting as it has only been released in china and spain. . Waiting for it in India. .

looks like another day with out any new releases sammie must have probs :laugh:
[Galaxy S II General] piurso:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Battery seems fine to me. Stock LS8 with Siyah with no debloating.
[Galaxy S II General] jonboyuk:
I found that with the stock kernel alone, I get approx 1d 8 hours of use. That said I have to disable background location reporting in Google maps which gives me about an extra day of battery life!! Still - very impressive as stock.
[Galaxy S II General] onolox:
I realized that the rendering of fonts on the facebook app is much worse in the LS8 than in the 2.3.6.

And the scroll is usually much worse too, thought it would improve with butter project. The scroll hangs when it runs faster.
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

No one cares whether you are changing ROM.

How is the ROM 'unfinished'?
[Galaxy S II General] onolox:
X2
[Galaxy S II General] TBagwell:
Do we know if other country releases will bring any difference compared to those Spain/Chinese one? (excluding rubbished branded ones of course)
[Galaxy S II General] lurker316:
Still waiting on TTT (Trinidad & Tobago) 4.1.2....
[Galaxy S II General] Spartan199:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

So if I untick google services in the location settings google maps will not be active when my phone is on standby correct?

The phone was on standby for 8h 10m
[Galaxy S II General] kiz1983:
My wifi direct not working.. anyone else having this problem?

Can enable, can b detected but cannot send files to others..
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

I have nandroid backups of LSJ and LS8 roms. I want to extract sms from it. Tried app extractor but no luck. Also I have titanium backup but have no idea how to do it.

Both of my backups are in tar format created by Philz kernel.

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II General] Vazduh:
Or you can leave location on (because there are other apps which are based on location services - for example accuwether, wetherpro etc.) and disable maps (to reenable when you actually need that app). The batt results may be close if not the same. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Open the data tar and go to data/data and find the folder com.android.mms
[Galaxy S II General] javigh:
Well, that isn't normal without data connection. I have like a 98% of deep sleep at night. I'm sure you have some apps keeping awake the phone. To look for the culprit you have to look in "kernel wakelocks", "partial wakelocks" and "alarms". In alarms you can see the number of times that an app has awaken the phone.

Look at my graphs. I just disabled mobile data at night, and the rest of the time is just LS8 doing its job :)

It's very light usage, I know, but even so... That's what I call "hypermiling with my phone" :laugh:

But to do that I have to force-close "Settings profiles lite" and a weather app if I have used them, because if I don't, the profile app check now and then if there are any rules to change the profile, and the other one is checking the weather. At night the battery drains like 2-3% if they are closed or 8-9% if they are running in the background.
[Galaxy S II General] onolox:
I've got another problem, I noticed that when scrolling the screen in any application, if I leave my finger still on the screen the screen starts to go up and down a millimeter, in a move of "shake or tremble".

I searched but could not find anything about it. Anyone know of something?

I use the ROM XWLS8 NeatROM Lite v4.2.

:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] Spartan199:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

When my screen is hot and has smudges on it I experience the same. Give it a good wipe^^
[Galaxy S II General] onolox:
No, it's not dirt, lol,

But thanks for the idea.
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Open it on PC?

I tried titanium backup & no such entry as you mentioned

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II General] onolox:
You can open anywhere you want, or you feel more comfortable.
[Galaxy S II General] dtrinh4000:
anyone using this ROM on AT&T in the USA? How does battery life hold up? other thoughts? the leaked firmware killed my battery when using it here.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Yes open it in PC with 7zip or winrar

If you have a data.ext4.tar.b then rename it to data.ext4.tar and open it then
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Too much of a hassle but I'll try.

Was on XWLS8 and had that boot loop issue where i had to reinstall ROM from scratch. Now I'm back on leaked - LSJ rom.

Did anyone find the cause of boot loop issue? Was it supersu / philz kernel or LS8 itself? I wasted lot of man hours to sort it out

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II General] BAZZI_US:
This is not neccessary. If you do not want Maps to be active in the background, just deactivate the location report of the Maps app.

Open Maps --> Settings (left soft key) --> Location Settings --> Location reports (first upper menu entry, if English name is different) --> Tick "Do not update Location (last bottom menu entry).

This should prevent maps to fetch the location via GPS in standby. Furthermore you should deactivate Google Now or the single cards, unless you need them.
[Galaxy S II General] NightOrchid:
Hi Folks

Just got my New S2 on its 1st charge,

- Coming straight from stock 404, Is this JB S8 Rom ok to install on UK unrooted unbranded S2.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Was referring about this in my previous post

No idea what's causing it. I'm assuming you have tried removing and readding the widget?

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II General] hIdd3N-:
AW: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

It should but it doesn't.
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
I would like to know this too, I also am Unbranded, Un-rooted on a CPW build (4.0.4) and Wondering if I can just flash ovr the top and potentially Factory reset from within JB rom (my preferred method)
[Galaxy S II General] ali-sethi:
Please help me.. i have updated my galaxy s2 to jelly bean xwls8 . And it has a message bug,

My messages disappear and my inbox shows 'no messages'

And my fone is unable to send messages during this and it is fixed only after restarting the fone. Please help me out
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

You didn't back 'em up?

Can you make calls?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] ali-sethi:
Everything is working fine. Messages in my inbox disappear even though it has messages

And nessages appear back only when the mobile is restarted.
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

re-flash.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] ali-sethi:
Are you sure? Ill havw to start over all again :(

Have u heard of such issue? I was having the same problem in the test firmware of jellybean too.

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Are you sure? Because ill have to start all over again...

I had the same problem in the test version of jelly bean too. Have you heard of such problem in this firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

I was in the same position as you. Flashed through ODIN with no wipe, all works fine.
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Ah ok so what will you do when official UK is released? Flash over again or go back to 4.0.4 and go again?

I'm now more tempted! lol will this increase the flash counter and such?
[Galaxy S II General] NightOrchid:
Much appreciated thanks for the quick reply, however, I tend to do a full back up and wipe/cache through recovery after every flash i do.

Also, apologies if this has been posted before, but this thread is upto 776 pages :), so..does anyone know of a faster mirror, im getting 65k/s here from hotfile..

cheers
[Galaxy S II General] Da Fig:
+1

I'm having the same problem, it also is not that smooth when scrolling in general, this is the second time I have flashed the ROM trying to get rid of it, but no luck (and yes, I did wipe everything wipe-able cache, system, dalvik, screen, etc.).

According to some people here is because I'm not doing it right, I wish they give me a step by step way of doing it right. I have to say, this phone/rom is great, even if you flash it wrong it only complains by just giving you bad scrolling, they are getting too smart in my opinion, eh?.

Cheers,

Da Fig

P.S.: I apologize for the irony, but just because it's working well for some doesn't mean that the rest of us with problems is because we did it wrong. IMHO. :good:
[Galaxy S II General] mattefin:
I wasn't able to record callings becouse media scanner was always active.

The only way to record was to stop media scanner :)
[Galaxy S II General] onolox:
The problem with the smoothness of scrolling almost gone for me. The only problem that still bothers me is this tremor.

I have read that changing the touch move sensitivity can do the trick. I will try and post the results.

The problem I have now is with the wi-fi, the "Connect error", and takes 5 minutes to connect to the router.

And do not worry about stupid people.
[Galaxy S II General] chopwell20:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Some bugs in mms
[Galaxy S II General] jebuchanan:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Speaking of mms, I discovered I can't receive attached pics unless I have either wifi or data on.

I have 2 SGSII phones.

One has a data plan, the other is voice/sms/mms.

Older phones don't have data and mms is not an issue.

Why must I have some form of a data connection to use mms?

Sent from my Samsung GT-i9100M

ROM NeatRom Lite 4.2 XWLS8

Kernel Philz 4.00b32

Mods:

23 toggles blue w/rt clock

Automatic Call Recorder
[Galaxy S II General] Nicko80:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

I discovered a bad problem with this rom...

I was playng today Angry birds star wars... And the phone after 15min it as overheated behind near the camera and the temperature was so high that the screen was also overheated... A few more seconds and the game freezed I couldnt do anything, just got the batery out... Inside was very Hot... I was thinking that it was death.. But it as turned on..

I Will never play Any game on it... With this rom.. There must be a problem with the rom controling the graphic chip... This eat on summer will kill devices...
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Never heard of it.

All I can say that's not a hardware problem, it's a settings problem.

So yes, I'm sure, start fresh, back up your messages -and whatever- with TiBU and re-flash it.

You can't live a day-by-day rebooting your device just to sort this messaging stuff.
[Galaxy S II General] jessjr:
The dark side of the force, i fear....
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

lol

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] NunoPitbull:
Since I got my galaxy ace its like this. But I knew a girl friend that had a Android 2.2.1 or something like that and she didnt need data plan xD
[Galaxy S II General] gevans35:
That sounds like the media scanner bug again.

After a few days of experimenting, I now have this ROM (installed using "Mobile Odin" with no wipe) running perfectly. "Rescan Media ROOT" has killed the elusive and intermittent media scanner bug stone dead and "Dorimanx 7.45 Kernel" is the icing on the cake. This ROM now outperforms ICS in almost every area.
[Galaxy S II General] Ernaa:
Guys help, weird spanish rom

Pls can someone direct me to new root, for i9100 jelly bean. Guys I am pissed of, I've already got a gsm tied version. I need to unroot, its soo many information, many roots, I cant find the right one. Help pls
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Well I went for it, I'll admit I nearly bottled it lol this rom is really good, stable so far. Only bug ive noticed is when going into the default email app it refreshes but in doing so it dims the screen but when the emails are loaded the screen doesnt change (brighter)

Like I said only thing so far!
[Galaxy S II General] manganel:
i have the same problem
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Media scanner issue lays on internal DCIM folder, setting your Ext. Sd as default for photos & video, leaving the Int DCIM folder empty resolves the problem.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] gevans35:
I tried that but the media scanner still played up from time to time.
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Empty internal DCIM (keeping empty cache folder inside) and having a exact copy of the folder on external?

Weird...worked for everyone else, tried to freeze gallery when boot to see how it behaves?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] StupidIdea:
It is the same procedure for all stock ROMs now. Bookmark it and you can root any SGS2 rom following the same steps:

Download SuperSU update zip:

http://download.chainfire.eu/308/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.02.zip

You can find latest version on XDA here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

Then you have 2 options.

If you have external SD card (this works on old roms too):

1) Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.02.zip to your external SD card

2) Reboot phone to recovery (Power off, then Hold Vol Up + Home + Power)

3) Select 'apply update from external storage' then navigate to UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.02.zip and apply it.

4) Reboot, you are rooted.

If you don't have external SD card (available only in 4.1.x roms):

1) Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.02.zip to your ADB platform-tools folder on you PC.

2) Reboot phone to recovery (Power off, then Hold Vol Up + Home + Power)

3) Select 'apply update from ADB'

4) Connect phone to PC with USB cable

5) Run on your PC:

adb sideload UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.02.zip

6) Reboot, you are rooted.

* You will have same stock recovery

* Flash count do not increase and no yellow triangle
[Galaxy S II General] gevans35:
That stops the problem, which led me to "Rescan Media ROOT" which stops media scanner running automatically and at boot, but provides a simple way to run it manually as and when required.
[Galaxy S II General] NightOrchid:
Hmmm... I think ill wait till the UK one comes out.. theres too many people having too many problems with the spain release, even on 100% stock Rom & stock kernel, plus Ive searched all over, cant seem to find a decent mirror.

Cheers
[Galaxy S II General] scandiun:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

To those that have that problems, that's one of the reasons why all nexus come without additional sdcard.
[Galaxy S II General] PlutoDelic:
Really? You mean to say Google rather prefer avoiding further programming and issue addressing by just not including a sdcard? highly doubt that, it's more a business plan, let me remind you that the nexus phone is "kinda" limited to countries that cannot offer 3G/4G services, it is a phone that's pushing the Cloud idea forward, 16gb local, drive + dropbox, dont get me wrong, thats not my cup of tea at all, but your reason to exclude sdcard for that specific reason seems not logical.

i at the moment am having the battery drainage all those people complain about, and it seems like a Samsung issue rather then a google/android one, none of those fixes mentioned actually helped me, 18 hours with official 2000mAh is just too much.
[Galaxy S II General] scandiun:
You have no idea of what you are saying. What I said is indeed true, check official Google's blogs

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/why-no-sdcard-support-on-nexus-4-googles-martias-duarte-explains/

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...continues-to-shun-sd-cards-multiuser-support/
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Re: ***[OFFICIAL] JellyBean 4.1 Discussion thread [XWLS8]***

Running that app is kind of a pain in the ass.

By setting ext Sd DCIM folder to default folder media scanner will check Internal Sd card on every boot. As it's empty, it will only take 20 secs or so.

Sent from the little guy

---------- Post added at 01:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:47 PM ----------

Ext sd card actually solves the problem. Havent tried setting another internal Sd folder to default yet.

Hell, I'll try ut now.

Sent from the little guy

Update

So I rebooted and got this SS:

With internal DCIM folder looking like this:

Storage folder set to (You gotta twirl your head now)

"Almacenamiento" = Storage

|

"Tarjeta de Memoria" = External SD Card

):

Now I set Storage - Phone instead of SD, took a pic and reboot. This is Media scanner after that:
[Galaxy S II General] PlutoDelic:
i have no problems standing corrected, no need to point with feelings and fingers. It just seems too naive, especially knowing that google offers premium drive packages.

Good articles though, but none of them explain nor have to do with the issues people have.
[Galaxy S II General] scandiun:
Well, everybody knows that Google Drive is not the fastest cloud in earth, yet uses your already existing google account. To use dropbox or similar, you have to create another account.
[Galaxy S II General] car_26:
have anything t9 mod for jb ?
[Galaxy S II General] gevans35:
As I said previously, I tried that and it didn't solve the problem. Media scanner seems to auto run at odd times and the phone gets hot and battery flattens.

Anyway, I've fixed the problem now and all is well.