yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hannibal226:
Hey,

for sure I only can give u MY impressions!

I think that the latest nightlies or 3.4 are the most stables since a long time.

So I recommend to flash the 3.4 with 20121212 gapps and I think u won't be sad about it.

BUT anyway do a backup. A nandroid backup is recommendable, because if u have probs or don't like the new one, u set all back to this point.

CHEERS ;)

---------- Post added at 11:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:23 PM ----------

Delete the nandroid backup because it's not cool if u want go back and the file isn't correct. It's the same like nothing.

So do the following now:

- load the latest Siyah kernel for the S2(!!) from gokhanmoral.com

- flash it without any special thing to do

- Reboot phone (have a look if all is working as usual)

- try to backup again

CHEERS ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ryoen:
The SiyahKernel S2-v5.0.1 or S2-v6.0beta4?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kubics:
I am not sure, whether you mean my post, but you probably misunderstood me. I also recommend you to backup. Always do backup before flashing :)

But be careful! If you did nandroid backup in CWM recovery mode, you probably can see error while generating MD5 sum. Your kernel is not able to generate MD5 sums correctly and therefore you would not be able to restore. Therefore I recommend not to use Nandroid backup in CWM, but rather use Onandroid app, which is preinstalled in RB 3.2.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hannibal226:
I didn't hear any bigger probs from v.6 so try this.

But to be sure (if u have any probs while boot) copy both to sd card and if there are any probs with v.6 u can flash the older one afterwards ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ryoen:
What were the steps again? It was so long ago... that it did that (please refresh my memory)? vol down + power + homebutton? (reboot in download mode) and then in odin on pda?

I read the comment of the 6.. i read some problem, for sureness, i will take the 5...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] americoz:
I'm pretty sure that I own the I9100 for more than a year, and have flashed roms thousands of times.

This toggle issues is happening also another mate here. Are we the only two?

Regards
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hannibal226:
Ok I think we'll just do the easiest way:

- Load the .tar version of the kernel to PC

- Start odin and load Kernel in PDA of odin

- Turn phone off and bring phone in download mode (vol-, home- and powerbutton)

- Connect it to PC until yellow box in odin appears

- Press start and wait until phone reboots

- test if all working fine so far

- turn phone off again and start recovery mode (vol+, home- and powerbutton)

- try to create a backup again

That's it. I think it a bit easier than discuss about recovery mode etc :D

---------- Post added at 11:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:52 PM ----------

But if I remind right the other one has the i9100p version and load the standard one, that's why I ask. :confused:

Don't get me wrong but I just ask to find the fold, so no personal critic/meaning in this.

Just to make this clear :P

And I've to say that I didn't read this any more from other users here, so it seems like u (both) are the only ones :confused:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ryoen:
Still got sd-ext not found, skipping sd-ext!

After that generating md5sum, and after that he said online nandroid backup completed in 11 min 36 secs...

So i think the backup went fine, not? (except that error that i got)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] americoz:
Yeah I know, thanks for try to help, that's one of the principals goals of XDA community. I don't post very often but I read some threads daily. :)

I'll keep trying because I really like this stuff and want it working perfect. Perhaps formating external card ... Don't know, maybe it has something in there.

Thanks mate, have a nice day.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hayth:
That error message always comes up, don't worry about it.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ryoen:
Do i need to do the things with a * or not? Sorry, for so many questions :p... It's the first time i do an upgrade ;)...

(I'm better in designing, LoL)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hayth:
You don't "have" to mate, but to ensure a clean install (and to avoid flaming as this is first thing people will ask you if you have problems, whether you did a "full" wipe or not) then yes. It's advisable when moving between different roms and different versions of android, but when ur just upgrading the same rom then a wipe cache/dalvik cache will suffice. :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] luizlee86:
Those things with a * are the steps to do a full wipe. So when people say "full wipe", they mean wiping data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache and, for some, formatting data, system and cache.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hannibal226:
Yes do it to be sure.

If u take the time to flash now with a full wipe, the minutes for restore isn't nothing against fixing all the probs...

And doing this in some weeks, maybe..

BTW, sorry u didn't wrote that the message end with backup complete.

Thought it end with this error.

So like already said above, this error is quite normal ;)

Much success

CHEERS ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ryoen:
v3.2 is android 4.1.2 and v3.4 is android 4.2.1, not? so it's advisable?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hannibal226:
Nothing to thanks for.

Same to u.

CHEERS buddy ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] luizlee86:
I think so... if you wanna try, just do your backups and flash 3.4 wiping only dalvik cache, if you find issues, just wipe everything.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hayth:
Yes, definitely :) just make sure u do a nandroid (which I see you have), backup all ur user apps and data with titanium backup, your sms with sms backup and restore, call logs (if you want) with call log backup and restore and your launcher setup (if your using something like nova). These are the steps I take when doing a full wipe, im usually back up and running within half an hour (if all goes well). Let us know how u get on :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hannibal226:
Yep correct.

For me and a lot here the 3.4 is really good and so u can try it ;)

Like I said the 4.1.2 version brings some probs to some users after a longer time of usage (NOT ALL) but for now there isn't any report like this on 4.2.1

Anyway u have the backup now to go back any time u need/want :P

PS: To keep thread clean - please if u have more questions to flash and not directly Rom write one of the guys here or for sure me a PM. ;)

CHEERS
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ryoen:
Thanks a lot guys, for guiding me through this... the more i will do that, the better it will go...

I really appreciate your help, everything went fine... now i gonna test all other options :)

Now i got siyah 6 and rootbox v3.4 :) Me, happy, lol :)

I hope that will solve my problem with the temperature :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hannibal226:
Have fun.

But u have surely siyah 6 now active?

Or did u flash the kernel then the rom and that's it? :D

I think so... So u are "only" using RootBox 3.4 with it's implemented kernel. (I explained earlier)

Which isn't bad! Just to get this clear for u.

CHEERS ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ryoen:
When i rebooted in recovery, it said 6... so i think, like before, in my phone settings i can't see it anymore...

I flashed the kernel, did a full wipe, flashed the rom, flashed the gapps and rebooted...

now it's automaticaly downloading all my apps that i had before (i didn't asked that, but the phone does:) )
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hayth:
As Hannibal pointed out, because your flashing the rom after the kernel, siyahs being replaced with the stock kernel that comes with the rom.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] luizlee86:
CWM recovery version must be 6... lol

And you ticked (or didn't untick) something like restore my account backup...

Anyways, we are a little off topic now...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hannibal226:
Yep so it's not Siyah's kernel now - it's the RootBox one.

And yes it restores now all ur apps from ur Google account u sync with ur phone.

So for now: Have fun, test all and set all ur great UCCW designs back and then u'll see how all works.

Good night ;)

CHEERS
[Galaxy S II Android Development] luizlee86:
Can anyone confirm if this is a bug, please?

- Using siyah vsync

- On STweaks, led-on-touch is UNticked

- Touch the screen and the leds won't turn on

- Wait about 10s without touching the screen and then touch it again, the leds will turn on

I just came back from RR 3.1.3 and this wasn't happening so I think it isn't kernel related. Came back from RR following OP steps.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] oxxshadow:
Bugs Possibility

Hi, I have encountered a few strange bugs which I would like to shed light on. For one, gesture typing doesn't work for me. I tried a full wipe already... Next the status bar with the signal and WiFi icons change color when I open some apps, for example it becomes black in the browser but is clear on the main home screens. Is this a 4.2.1 feature? Other than that, I would like to thank Bajee for providing us with an excellent 4.2.1 Rom, truly one of its kind :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] shadowblade330:
did u try turning off from the device options in settings.

I have no problem using the latest Siyah vsync 20130107.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ambyy:
Commendations to all that make this ROM a success. i used my previous ROM because i can take photos using the volume key as the camera shutter. I've searched this forum for this but can't find anything and i have tried some methods i found using google, i can't seem to make it work. pls i need help.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] pablo216:
Bajee, I've installed with full wipe every version with stock kernel, but since 3.3.1 the "hold back to kill" hasn't been working. Do you know how I could troubleshoot this? I've read of some other users having the same problem. I'm on 3.4, by the way

Everything else has been working perfectly. I love the new profiles!
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Dani01c:
CONFIRMED: it does make a hissing while playing music but it's via Bluetooth only. This time instead of my headset I tried it on a Lexus GX460 and it still does it. Though I must say when it was loud that radio sounded freaking amazing. If I put the same music in a headset that goes in the 3.5mm jack everything sounds completely fine. Anyways hope this get sorted out in the next version.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] bajee11:
gesture typing fix has been posted a few posts back, look for it. Transparency is not a bug.

You can take pictures with the power key if you enable it.

Known issue. Use navbar functions for now.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] cool1007:
@bajee11 Hi ,

After posting my follow up to your reply here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36413423 I used the ROM Toolbox Pro app to try and launch the Sim Toolkit and I got a "cannot launch app" message. So I can confirm that you did include it but it won't launch (icon is missing in launchers as well). Maybe the apk is corrupted, I tried fixing permissions, but it didn't help.

Hope you can take a look at it when you have time.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Dani01c:
What about Bluetooth issues? I can't be the only one :(
[Galaxy S II Android Development] mohitgalaxy3:
It's not working for me I have flashed the rom twice.....but didn't perform a full wipe.

Do u have any suggestions how to make it work.

Also are you facing delay or not connecting problem with wifi?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ambyy:
@bajee11 you're i didn't notice the power button for camera. thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] eths83600:
Hello!
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ruibullseye:
Can someone summarize the known bugs of this rom including AOKP and CM bugs, since i dont know them either.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Mr.Greg:
Hi:p
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kantjer:
"sd-ext not found, skipping sd-ext" is not an error this is how it's suppose to work.

The backup script looks for a sd-ext partition, if it finds it, it will be included in the back-up, if not it's skipped. The message is just to inform you that no sd-ext is found, nothing more.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kubics:
I can only summarize what I know from testing and daily usage. Do not take it as complete, nor official issue list. About most of issues I cannot tell, whether it is ROM / AOKP / CM / Kernel issue, so I only state it where I know it.

- Wifi tethering not working.

- Bluetooth DSP Manager settings not working (Speaker and Headset are OK).

- When ending call via Bluetooth, phone freezes for several (about 3 - 5) seconds.

- Settings -> Security -> Automatically lock (same as Settings -> RootBox Settings -> Screen security -> Automatically lock) changes are ignored, i.e. it is always set to 5 seconds.

- If you map "Recent apps switcher" to Menu key (long press), it will not work.

- "Hold back to kill" not working. Workaround is to use it in NavBar, which works.

- Nandroid backup in CWM recovery mode is not able to generate correct MD5 sums so it is not usable for restore (only if you would know, how to generate MD5 sums manually by yourself) - this is CM kernel issue, so you can use Nandroid backup on Dorimanx >7.34 or Siyah v5 patched by MCM kernels.

- Onandroid backup do not produce correct (complete) backup.

- Some users cannot setup toggles in Rom control. When they try to add any toggle, SystemUI crashes and ROM has to be reinstalled (3 users reported this, most users do not have this problem).

- Gallery -> Settings ends with black screen with no settings.

- APNs cannot be edited / ticked.

EDIT: Update according to reports from other users.

Well, more important is to say, that this ROM is very stable and battery friendly, has new 4.2.1 features (e.g. new lockscreen concept), has great Chronus widget, has some other CM cherry picks and only has some minor issues not preventing its daily usage.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kantjer:
Onandroid is working very well for me, I use it in combination with Orange Backup and Dorimanx kernel.

I have been verifying the MD5 of the last 5 backups and all files passed.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ruibullseye:
About the first point, does that means that i can't use the Home button to get the recently opened apps?

2nd point : I've always used Rom Manager for backup my roms in my LGP970, am i able to do it with rootbox + ROM manager, or a nandroid backup is safer? but its not working atm ?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kubics:
This everything works for me as well. But did you try restore?

---------- Post added at 10:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:42 AM ----------

1. Home button for recently opened apps is working perfectly. Only mapping of this function to menu key long press does not work. I mean this is very very minor issue ;)

2. Nandroid backup is best for easy rollback of whatever you do. I do not know, whether safer or not comparing to other methods.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] luizlee86:
But doing that will completely turn leds off, but I want it on when i touch them....

So I am the only one facing this?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kantjer:
Oops you're right, restore seems to go fine but the data is not restored.

EDIT: contacted onandroid developer about this
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ruibullseye:
so that means we can't go into recovery and do a nandroid backup of our rom/data, and then restore it ?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kubics:
Yes, you can't do it ATM with stock CM kernel. Only Dori or Syiah will do that correctly.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] luizlee86:
Yeah m8... just do some search please...

Recovery mode -> Backup and restore -> Backup

There is an app called onandroid which do a nandroid backup with no need to be in recovery mode... but my last backups failed... I don't know why... there must be other apps that do the same but I think that doing it using CWM recovery won't give you any troubles...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hannibal226:
Sorry that I didn't try til now on Siyah's kernel, but it's working fine on Dori 7.36 here ;)

Maybe this helps.

CHEERS ;)

---------- Post added at 12:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:03 PM ----------

Yep that's the problem I recognized some days ago when I did the restore...

Wasn't appreciate about it :banghead:

---------- Post added at 12:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:06 PM ----------

Welcome to the phenomenal RootBox :p

CHEERS ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Arjs:
A few questions ..

I am on v3.2 since it came out. I have tried to read as many posts as i can after page 615 . I still have doubts and I hope i don't ask a repetitive question :s

and i am not at all a regular flasher. I m working so don't have much time and i need my phone to be working perfectly all the time.

1-

I am concluding that 3.4 is stable enough for daily use. As mentioned in the OP, i should just flash the rom>gapps>wipeC&D>reboot. If coming from a previous rootbox version.

SO just confirming, do I need to do a full wipe when coming from 3.2 ?

2-

What will the advanced users suggest to use with v3.4 .. (i currently use BLN and volume boost features of sTweaks)

DO i use the latest dormi kernel or siyash vsync version ?

3-

I am very much used to paranoid and the way it made my phone look like having a higher resolution. Now since it has been removed in this version..

IS there any way I can achieve the similar result ? tweaking DPI i.e

4-

I also loved the circles lockscreen type that was included by @bajee, and now since this ROM has lots new lockscreen stuff..

AM i going to miss that also in this version or is it still there?

5-

If I turn on location services to get hourly whether updates..Google maps is taking up considerable RAM and Battery running all the time in the background. (I hope if this is an issue, it is ROM related)

IS there any fix to get whether updates without running Google maps in the background ?

(stoping the services does nothing, it just restarts)

I appreciate the time you give me reading and answering all those questions :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] maxwellz:
1. Yes, full wipe needed

2. My advise is to use Dorimanx 7.34 - most stable for me

3. You can tweak you system's DPI - not each app like in paranoid

4. It's not included in this ver.

5. The weather is updated by Yahoo this time... so Maps have nothing to do with it, and the RAM is just fine.

6. Good luck :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kantjer:
I don't agree with this, 7.34 and 7.35 both have a serious memory leak issue causing freezes, 7.36 doesn't seem to have this issue.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] maxwellz:
Oh it's already 7.36, sorry, can't keep up with this updates - if it's right - so the guy up there, use 7.36 :)

Thanks for pointing it out Kantjer
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ZedBR:
I'd like to change my dpi

Do I just edit the build.prop?

How can I fix the google play dpi bug?

Thx guys

Enviado de meu GT-I9100 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hannibal226:
Use this market:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1839871

CHEERS ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] luizlee86:
Did you even bother to do some search?

Yes, you can just edit build.prop or use Texdroider

Search for MyLifeRocks10 Multi-dpi Play Store... you can find it on I9100 Apps forum...

---------- Post added at 09:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:49 AM ----------

Yeah... now I'm on latest Dorimanx and problem persists... phew...

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Android Development] illmono:
same here. i have this problem in RootBox and RR, can't use the phone :(

any fix?

thanks a lot guys
[Galaxy S II Android Development] mythenmetz:
Hey, just two questions: it seems like my internet doesn't work on H+. When i enable only 2G networks, internet is working. I know that it could be a modem problem, but i tried several modems (and kernels) and no difference... Is there a kind of modem cleaning script or something else? Or does anybody knows any solution?

Second problem is, that my signal bar (wifi and network) is switching really often from to grey, even when i try to use the internet and need a data connection. I think the two problems are somehow related, but because trying another modem doesn't help i just don't know what to do... (hsdpa+hsupa are enabled in device options).

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Hannibal226:
Which phone version (i9100/i9100p/etc)?

Which Rom/kernel?

Flashway?

CHEERS ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] pablo216:
The same thing happened to me because I forgot to flash gapps and full wipe, then I tried again without full wipe but with gapps and that same error came. So then a full wipe with gapps fixed the problem.

Hope this helps somehow...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] illmono:
Hello!

Phone Version: i9100

ROM/Kernel: the problem appears with rootbox 3.4, with previous versions i have no problem (but toggles are diferent too)

Flashway:

1. wipe data/factory reset

2. flash rootbox / gapps

3. wipe dalvik / cache / fix permissions

4. reboot

thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kubics:
Try format /system after full wipe. And are you sure your packages are OK? ROM and Gapps MD5 check OK?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] illmono:
packages are OK, im trying format /system after full wipe, i will update soon
[Galaxy S II Android Development] SilencerOfLambs:
About Chronus..Is it possible to set it as the default screen that one sees on trying to unlock the phone?Rather than swiping it from the left or right?

Also is there a way to get the Chronus weather widget on the homescreen?

And lastly under Status bar toggles, what is the use of 'fast toggle'?

Many thanks.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] luizlee86:
1) On lockscreen, just touch and hold the screen and you will be able to delete the default clock... it works just like any other widget.

2) Just add the Chronus widget on your home screen and the changes you make onde RootBox settings will apply both on locksceen and homescreen widgets.

3) Fast toggle: if enabled on the right side for example, when you drop status bar touching the right side, you will open the toggles instead of the notifications.

4) Do some search... first and third questions were already answered...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] mythenmetz:
Add a new lockscreen with chronus widget (when wheather is ticked in options, it will show time and wheather) and then delete the standard lockscreen, then the chronus one is your standard.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Christiancs1969:
Lockscreen policy on play. Great for sorting lockscreen;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ambyy:
guys i just want to use a stable rootbox rom. which version is the most stable pls?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] luizlee86:
I think that's 3.2... but it i 4.1.2.

But this ROM is pretty stable to me... I mean, some minor bugs (already known by bajee) that don't affect the usability of the phone.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] ambyy:
thanks mate. i'll rather wait for a better JB 4.2.1. tired of flashing and reflashing my phone.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] americoz:
I'm still getting crazy with this bug :D

This is the way to reproduce it:

- Go to settings

- Rom settings

- Toggles

- try to activate any of them and will appear the annoying bug

Now we are three people suffering this.

Is anyone else having this issue following these steps to reproduce it?

Regards
[Galaxy S II Android Development] kubics:
Most users do not have this issue, so could anyone facing it provide a logcat?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] illmono:
wiped /system too, the error still here :(

maybe the error is in the AOKP 4.2.1, since RR and RootBox has the same issue