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[Galaxy S II General] Astri:
this is the official changelog for android 4.0.4

on top of that, there should be many changes on TouchWiz but samsung never release a changelog
[Galaxy S II General] OriginsOfLewis:
Oh, and full sized task manager button from Galaxy Note
[Galaxy S II General] ikanikolai:
Is there CWM flashable MODEM?
[Galaxy S II General] OriginsOfLewis:
Sorry to keep posting but Touchwiz scrolling is butter smooth
[Galaxy S II General] Phone_Guru:
Not a serious question I hope.
[Galaxy S II General] OriginsOfLewis:
No sir, standard S2 touchwiz
[Galaxy S II General] Astri:
good news :good:

did you wipe your device before the upgrade?
[Galaxy S II General] cvillalta:
Well, I'm downloading the firmware to update my GT-i9100, but given a recent series of unfortunate events with a GT-N7000 (I flashed a second firmware with different CSC and now have the "null null" keyboard issue that I have to fix), I just want to throw in a "newbie" question:

Given that my current firmware is PDA I9100UHLPE, PHONE I9100UHLPE, CSC I9100UUBLPE (CSC code TTT, Trinidad and Tobago; I'm from Central America), do you guys think I would be having a similar problem after flashing this specific firmware?

I know I will have to select a new CSC (which will wipe out the phone, no problem with that) after flashing this firmware, but I just want to hear if there is any "risk" involved since I'm currently at work and don't want to have to deal with issues. If that is the case, I'd rather do this at home tonight.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] OriginsOfLewis:
Backed up in CWM first. It is full wipe as standard, at least it was for me.
[Galaxy S II General] :
They added contacts tab to dialer window, as it was on GB, which I do consider as a good step!
[Galaxy S II General] OriginsOfLewis:
Just noticed that, something I was missing too!
[Galaxy S II General] donalgodon:
Any suggestions for rooting it?

We don't (probably won't) have a CF Root kernel, so another method is required.

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Does it look butt-ugly, or does it look like it belongs there?

Previous ROMS have added this feature, but it looked hacked onto the menu.

Can you please post a screenshot of the contacts addition?
[Galaxy S II General] robertogl:
The pinch in browser is similar to ics or it is the perfect of ginger?

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] OriginsOfLewis:
It looks spot on, frees up an icon on the dock! I'll post rooting instructions in a second
[Galaxy S II General] OriginsOfLewis:
Still not as good as GB but it is better than 4.0.3
[Galaxy S II General] bisat:
Gmail widget it's impossible to resize :( old touchwiz and very hot while charging...

But it's a first step.... Maybe samsung can consider to use the new touchwiz... But i can't hope so much... Good rom... Fixed the exchange bug
[Galaxy S II General] OriginsOfLewis:
Something else I noticed, if you have 12h clock there is a little am/pm text on the clock widget, if you set it to 24h it goes. Not sure if that's new or not, never noticed it before
[Galaxy S II General] robertogl:
Thanks, i hope that they resolve

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] rajarshi10:
What else is new? U can sum everything up & put up a change-log. Suggestion for many 'thanks' ;)
[Galaxy S II General] hIdd3N-:
cwm flashable modem pls? thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] ballmead:
Mate this is 4.0.4

The people having those bugs are using non-stock kernels designed for 4.0.3.

If you keep everything stock you will not have the camera or bluetooth issues.

You can root the stock kernel and still keep all the functionality but flashing current Siyah, Speedmod etc will give you the user initiated errors people are experiencing.

Legal issues LMFAO
[Galaxy S II General] atifsh:
My God talk about being silly!
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
We are all different, but try to go with those settings:

"Top fill"

"Overlay statusbar"=false

"Auto hide"= on.

Colors and transparency settings is just for fun.
[Galaxy S II General] vijay kavithia:
pls.

pls.. can seam can upload pic
[Galaxy S II General] Bruce MJ:
CF-Root has been released

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
[Galaxy S II General] LenAsh:
Yes fella it's a bug mentioned previously
[Galaxy S II General] :
I got inverted colors when browser crashed , pretty fun :D
[Galaxy S II General] Tuqano:
...And the Root was made, CF-Root released!! :D

Hey guys, give a look right here:.....

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20075898&postcount=8

Finally!!! :D:good:;)
[Galaxy S II General] ricnar456:
In 4.0.3 when you are in the gallery and zoom the photo, you cannot slide to the next photo, if not return to the default size previously, now when you slide, the photo is automatically resized and pass to the next.

ricnar
[Galaxy S II General] jowett69:
my serial number is 000000000 but what's it for? does it make any difference?
[Galaxy S II General] PondaRox:
^i was wondering the same thing

also, can anyone change the brightness by sliding on the status bar? i cant (and yes, auto brightness is off)
[Galaxy S II General] amritpal2489:
Good News..

When will 4.0.4 be officially available ???
[Galaxy S II General] Tuqano:
No difference...the serial number is that 'couse it's a "leaked" it's not an official Firmware....:good:, that's all!! ;):D

PRESS TNX BUTTON IF I HELP YOU :good:;)

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Good chances that Samsung starts the rollout in the last days of September/October, however only Samsung knows....:D

PRESS TNX BUTTON IF I HELP YOU :good:;)
[Galaxy S II General] Bruce MJ:
You're not the only one. Feature is not supported anymore.
[Galaxy S II General] PondaRox:
WHAT? why?!

i found that to be a much better alternative to auto brightness :(
[Galaxy S II General] ricnar456:
use Invisibright free is more easy than the samsung feature, the program put and icon in the status bar, and when press the icon you can slide in the screen up or down for change the brightness, and stop adjusting touching the right side of the screen.

Is more confortable, precise, and don't eat battery, have no service, no widget, and only is activated when you press the status bar.

Try is free and you will be pleased with the results, the samsung feature is difficult, and not precise at all, you need make many slides for adjust in the exact level, with invisibright in the first attempt you have the bright at your taste, and works without exiting gams, apps, etc.

ricnar
[Galaxy S II General] tlf55:
What about battery life with cf-root ? is it okay ? better or worse ?
[Galaxy S II General] Bruce MJ:
I have no idea man, not affiliated with samsung LOL. but seriously, I use JKay mod which has a very handy slider for adjusting brightness. Might wanna give it a try.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1667846
[Galaxy S II General] wishmas7er:
;

The only issue I am having is the camera. On start it's black, you can't actually see what you are taking a picture of.

In all, everything else works...

Hope they fix that, or maybe i will just use another camera application.
[Galaxy S II General] Bruce MJ:
How did u root? chainfire has released a cf-root, which solves this problem

http://download.chainfire.eu/201/CF-Root/SGS2/CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LQ5-v5.5-CWM5.zip
[Galaxy S II General] A22AC:
but in uhlps can
[Galaxy S II General] sageandonion:
Are you using a modified kernal? My experience has been flawless. Rooted with the stock recovery flash temp recovery flash su/busybox method. :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] sageandonion:
+1 lmao also :D
[Galaxy S II General] wishmas7er:
yup my fault, i used the first possible posted cf-root in the post

i will re-root with the new one

10x btw
[Galaxy S II General] NixK7:
Well apart from no HD voice and the battery life not being great, i am finding this leaked firmware very smooth indeed, also appears to pick up my network signal better as normally at work i struggle to get a signal, but with this ROM i am getting a signal, not brilliant but better than it was.
[Galaxy S II General] ricnar456:
is not possible in uphls i have mi colleague with uhlps and cannot slide to the next photo when is zoomed and I can.

ricnar
[Galaxy S II General] leolysenko:
great

the firmware is great. using it for 2 days and can say it is actually an improved 4.0.3. For those who have issues after flashing please follow the sammobile instruction and perform a RESET after flashing with *#2767*3855#.

Now I have a question: why did they issue a new PIT with the firmware? It has a way different partition, but what for? Can anyone say? There must be a reason.
[Galaxy S II General] zdenoh1975:
With new CFroot doesnt go Bluetooth. When i flash back stock LQ5 kernel all is Okej. :-\
[Galaxy S II General] :
I cannot agree with that. BT-at least file transfer works like a charm with the CF-root för XXLQ5. I don't know anything about BT audio, handsfree, etc though.
[Galaxy S II General] vic12340:
If Someone want to try to enable status bar brightness

try to add this to SYSTEMUI.apk

go to SystemUI\res\values\bools.xml

and add

<bool name="config_status_bar_brightness">true</bool>

THIS TESTED ON 4.0.3 THAT made without this feature enabled
[Galaxy S II General] johnfranz29:
Where can i add it at the last part or below the first one? Did you try it already?
[Galaxy S II General] leolysenko:
vic12340

vic12340

You should try it before offering others do it. I would not advise anyone using it. 4.0.4 is a different system from 4.0.3
[Galaxy S II General] r3vo:
Is anyone else geting SODs?? I got it twice. Also my GF on same rom... After SOD battery drops dramatically about 20-30%.

Any1 else gets SOD?
[Galaxy S II General] mrm1:
Yeh. Had it twice now. Going back to LPG.
[Galaxy S II General] cpl.Bower:
doest work here...

whats that?
[Galaxy S II General] tlf55:
SOD = Sleeping of Death .. That means phone doesn't respond anymore you have to force reboot to get it back. ;)

Edit : Anyway i never had SOD on LQ5
[Galaxy S II General] :
Do you use the latest siyah or the stock kernel? I experienced such SOD and batt drops on custom kernels, never on stock ones. Not on this rom though.
[Galaxy S II General] PondaRox:
jkay has a mod for this rom?
[Galaxy S II General] natzy85:
Did someone had the problem when leaving wifi on over night and after waking up from deep sleep the wifi is not working and needs on and off toggle?Also it happenes only if checked "only when plugged in" in the wifi advanced settings.
[Galaxy S II General] donalgodon:
Using CF-Root and all is well.

The reports of the hard bricks have me a bit worried.
[Galaxy S II General] :
I see that option backlight always of doesn't work, neither download files with browser :D

Oh my my, won't revert anyhow :thumbup:

Can't care more about this small issues, great update so far,

Only problem i had since my efs bricked and after i restored it my power menu newer worked, (not in 4.0.3) neither but in any custom Rom they work, i guess i must re partition on stock RoM and lock screen doesn't work lol :D

But i can live with that
[Galaxy S II General] Bayint Naung:
I got S O D. It's pretty fast. Screen goes black for a while and I'm back at lock screen. Up time is not reset. Notice that multitasking list is cleared.
[Galaxy S II General] artnex82:
What about battery life??? Is it better than XWLPG ???
[Galaxy S II General] xpresservers:
XXLQ5 is one of the best firmware I used in manners of battery timing. Even I lose 25% battery in whole night while my phone connected with WiFi constantly and background sync also on. On previous firmwares I usually lose 60~70% during night. Significant improvement. There's no other bug I found expect my skype is not saving my password and shut-down automatically after some time (around 1 hour).
[Galaxy S II General] donalgodon:
I Odin flashed back to LPG then Odin flashed LPG CF-Root and restored to my LPG nandroid backup.

Up and running. Missed JKay Mod too much anyway.

I'll wait until 4.0.4 gets a released final version.
[Galaxy S II General] Adam Hui:
U can use Rahmat3 CWM flashable rooting zip (@ i9100 original dev).. it's simply easiest way to get rooted than flash an insecure kernel.. then it can combines w/ cf superSU..
[Galaxy S II General] fishingfon:
Do i have to use th pit file?

Corey
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
Battery life is worse than LPG IMO but better than LPS. Overall though, LQ5 is the best overall ROM for me in terms of performance, fluidity and connectivity. Call quality is fantastic with it. No FC's or bugs that I have found.

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Stay away from the pit file.
[Galaxy S II General] r3vo:
I'm using everything stock. I have SOD every day but i never experienced any other issues that other users reported (camera, BT...)

Thats just wierd.

Anyway any solution to SOD?

thnx
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
A few SOD experienced as well, my guess is most likely ROM related or app compatibility issues between 4.03/4.04. Camera, BT issue, etc. all would seem to be custom kernel related.
[Galaxy S II General] Bayint Naung:
I'm also using everything STOCK. NO root, custom kernel, mod, etc..

I was browsing using chrome and it freezes and SOD.

Still waiting for official 4.0.4.
[Galaxy S II General] screen47:
Why don't you use custom rom and phone root?

I can't use without custom rom because a many features and views

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] Adam Hui:
Flashing w/ PIT file tick by Odin was an advanced dangerous operation to avoid unless u use to reflash a soft/bricked phone which fails w/ normal Odin flashing.

Also if pit file is a huge it'll eats your ram which is trully unnecessary & redundant.

Flashing the official rom was pretty arranged operations programed by brand itself..
[Galaxy S II General] leolysenko:
bricks

In our russian forum (4pda.ru) we have 4 bricks already, the main reason is using touch CWM with the new XXLQ5. So be careful, better use CF-Root/ or the best way is to stay with the stock.

No problems here with SOD or bluetoth or Wi-Fi during night.

As I told before, sammobile advices a code reset after each flash and everything will be ok.

Does anyone know or have any ideas on WHY DID SAMSUNG ADD A NEW PIT FILE? THERE MUST BE A REASON
[Galaxy S II General] heldchen:
anyone else noticed videos in harware acceleration mode not working (i.e. in youtube or imdb app or any fullscreen video)?
[Galaxy S II General] DanDroidian:
Waiting for official....
[Galaxy S II General] dabenaute:
Hello everyone!

Chainfire's CF-Root here:http://download.chainfire.eu/201/CF-Root/SGS2/CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LQ5-v5.5-CWM5.zip
[Galaxy S II General] joshuab227:
This most probably has the brick bug...

Performing any operations such as wipes or backup may cause a brick

Be careful
[Galaxy S II General] :
yupp i did :good:
[Galaxy S II General] kmfva:
All working Great here, S2, cfroot
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
Warning

the kernel linked with this specific release is reported to have emmc erase bug that can PERM BRICK your phone if you try to do a wipe

this hard brick can only be solved with a board replacement which is a expensive repair

what to do?

flash a kernel e.g Siyah via Odin/recovery ASAP and dont attempt a wipe, dont try to restore a nandroid backup

yeah i wrote this post like a noob to get attention but its for your own good
[Galaxy S II General] dinco:
if not rooted, is it save to downgrade back to 4.0.3?
[Galaxy S II General] johnfranz29:
Just flash stock 4.0.3 and root it... what i did is flashback to 4.0.3 LPG and then flashed LPG cf root then i flash resurrection rom, now all is well...
[Galaxy S II General] PondaRox:
what if i flash cm through odin?
[Galaxy S II General] ABHIII:
Android Version 4.0.4 Brings

Stability improvements

Better camera performance

Smoother screen rotation

Improved phone number recognition
[Galaxy S II General] dabenaute:
Good chainfire's CF-Root

Good evening

this chainfire's cf-root is working fine(i had black screen watching youtube's videos)after flashing this cf-root,now i can see my videos: P
[Galaxy S II General] leolysenko:
You should read the CF Root topic. There is a guy with hard brick already. I dont think it is safe to use CF Root with this firmware. The best way is to ask Chainfire, but he doesnt have a S2 to test the kernel.

Be careful.
[Galaxy S II General] ja1m3:
All works perfect :):)
[Galaxy S II General] igos2:
You should NOT use this rom, you risk losing your phone forever, see this :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756242
[Galaxy S II General] :
chainfire would recomend as stated above by another recognized developer, same as me, do not wipe! with the kernel included

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why don't moderators stick the warning for?

its SERIOUSLY GOOD TO KNOW!
[Galaxy S II General] artnex82:
This firmware works great
[Galaxy S II General] FatBruno:
Help with root

Please, do you guys nows how to root this room? thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Gillion:
Please go to page 1 of this thread and you will see the info you need.
[Galaxy S II General] artnex82:
I use XWLPG and i flashed to this room LQ5 and it works perfect!!!and i dont make nothing about root ,change roms and nothing for a normal user... It will bricks??? Any one can answer me please
[Galaxy S II General] TreKronor:
Well, I used this ROM with Chainfires kernel.

As I want a complete stable ROM, I switched back to the german I9100XWLPI, wiped the phone (as I had some problems with some apps), reinstalled the ROM and installed the SIYAH 3.3.2 Kernel and everything is ok!

This german ROM is working like a charme and my phone is not bricked (remember: I come from 4.0.4 with the "bad" kernel).

This 4.0.4 is not evil, you can use it,

but don't wipe the phone with the relating Chainfire Kernel

! There's the problem, not in this ROM!

The SIYAH-Kernel is no solution for the 4.0.4., as it has some problems with bluetooth and the camera (bluetooth is not working and the camera is working, but shows nothing on the display)...
[Galaxy S II General] natzy85:
What do you mean by improved phone nr recognition?

What better camera performance?
[Galaxy S II General] 00raq00:
So full wipe with fake CWM is safe or not :) ?
[Galaxy S II General] atifsh:
No the first brick I saw was by fake cwm.
[Galaxy S II General] TreKronor:
What did I do / wrote?!

I FIRST installed a different ROM what means, there is a different kernel installed...

THEN I wiped...

You will have no problems with this ROM and the stock kernel...

And you will have no problem with this ROM and Chainfires kernel, until you wipe your phone...

If you wanna wipe, you should install a different kernel first!
[Galaxy S II General] joshuab227:
Chainfire has updated CF ROOT LQ5 kernel with a safe cwm recovery.

Try it at your own risk though....untested by me

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28445310&postcount=5866
[Galaxy S II General] leolysenko:
exactly

I am with stock of this firmware for 4 days and have no problem at all. What TreKronor says is very correct. It is much better to stick to stock and not use CF or face CWM at all.
[Galaxy S II General] sageandonion:
Yes it is. Been using it for 3 days now and after a few battery cycles its th best ive had on ics. :D
[Galaxy S II General] sageandonion:
Dont trust his insecure kernals anymore. Hes too busy on the gs3. Imho. Easyer to temp recovery and flash busybox for root.
[Galaxy S II General] Warren.D:
I've had no problems with this rom. Its the best Ive used so far. Without any modding, completely stock, No root ect.

No freezing.

No SODs.

No FC's.

Been using since Sammobile made the rom available.

Note. I never flashed the PIT.
[Galaxy S II General] Pan Tralaliński:
so how many brciks after wipe :) ??
[Galaxy S II General] DanDroidian:
Glad I waited. The risk does NOT seem worth it right now...
[Galaxy S II General] atifsh:
You must be miserable all that time you were on GB. No serial was there :D

Also this ROM is the best stock ICS you can get. But yes you have to be sure what not to do, a single mistake and kaboom!

Though the new cfroot is safe according to chain fire, but I'm happy without cwm, :D
[Galaxy S II General] leolysenko:
There is no risk in flashing the rom at all. The firmware is very stable and fast. The risks appear only when using any CWM.
[Galaxy S II General] botay.alls:
I think this is solution. Please don't flash PIT file
[Galaxy S II General] cpl.Bower:
Oh yea?. And what that has to be with the wipe/factory reset? Please elaborate or this is just another trial and error

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756242
[Galaxy S II General] dabenaute:
Hello,

I'm using this rom(i9100XXLQ5+chainfire's CF-Root lq5)since 3 days.Only used the 3 files for PDA,PHONE,CSC;NO PIT Everything is fine.
[Galaxy S II General] branaja:
few new things I noticed: in stock browser, when checked in labs, quick controls (on the right or left edge of screen) has now 5 options :) new tab and favorites added :D
[Galaxy S II General] atifsh:
And everything will remain good until you start using cwm.
[Galaxy S II General] leolysenko:
sure

Surely it has nothing to do with the bricks. I have flashed this ROM with and without PIT, I have even used both PITs before I knew the pit is for 8GB. And everything is stable and good. The problems appear only with CWM, but the original firmware does not include it. So do not worry flashing it.
[Galaxy S II General] devilpriest:
Hey guys, it may be from my bad english but I'm not sure I understood it right: there's a risk of bricking if I flash this rom? Or there's a risk only if I flash this and root it with cf-root and tried to wipe/reset? If I already have cf-root with LPG 4.0.3 and I instal this (update, no wipe) will it cause brick if I wipe/reset then? Is this stable enough for daily use? Thank you for your responses.
[Galaxy S II General] leolysenko:
no problem

There might be a problem and you might brick your phone if:

you flash the original firmware and cf root kernel and use CWM to erase or to backup. OR you can brick the phone if you flash the firmware and use fake CWM.

There will be no problem if you flash just the firmware. The XXLQ5 is stable and very smooth and fast. I use it for 4 days without any problem :good:
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
I tried it using Odin Mobile Pro ... but I didn't know it was wipe so I restored using a nandroid backup of I9100UHLPS Argentina (ARO).

I have been told that I can exclude Data part of this firmware and flash it as non wipe.

Anybody tried?
[Galaxy S II General] leolysenko:
Some guys in our russian forum 4pda.ru flashed it without wipe. But in my opinion XXLQ5 is somehow different from 4.0.3, so a data wipe is better anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Yahh ... a lot of installing and setting up.

I'ill pas on this leaked FW and wait for the official one.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] gavin15:
My phone just keeps getting stuck on the boot up mode.

I can get into Download mode because when I was on LQ5 I done a factory reset and my phone just went. I was able to get into download mode and someone said try flashing CM9 so I did.

But it failed in Odin but still rebooted and got stuck on the boot up mode again. So I put it into Download mode again and flashed 4.0.3 LPG and it doesn't go any further than boot up mode.

Does anyone know anything to download in download mode to fix the problem?
[Galaxy S II General] atifsh:
If you got boot loop or stuck at i9100 screen, go to download mode flash stock ROM using Odin, after it boot, Go to recovery and wipe.
[Galaxy S II General] gavin15:
But I can't get into recovery that's another problem
[Galaxy S II General] d.fx:
You might want to try this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1760107

It seems (i could be wrong) that your data partition is ****ed, the only way to get your phone working properly again is to flash a modified pit file that will create a new data partition on your internal sdcard, and leave the ****ed one alone.

But please read carefully if you don't want to lose what is on your sdcard in the process.

Good luck