yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Yes. The one you're seeing is the "OH Crap I think I messed up my phone" one. Happens when odin or heimdall fail to flash correctly. Just read that guide and you'll be able to get back to where you want to be.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] crematorio:
Its alive!!!! Thanks all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
I have noticed that people in the q and a section are not posting nearly enough information in their post or title to get the information they need. This causes people to ask lots of questions and delay getting the answer they need. So this guide will show you what you need to include in your post to get the most efficient answer to your question.

We'll start with the

Title

:

- Please do not just say "HALP, PHONE BROKE" or "HELP" , etc.

- You need to be precise, and describe what you're looking for in your thread.

Next, the

information

you need to state before you even get into asking your question.

- The make of your phone. There are many different variants of your device. I9100 G/M/P/T

- Are you rooted/unrooted?

- What rom you are using? And which version? -and- What kernel are you using? And which version?

- Have you flashed any mods/scripts/themes?

- Have you changed DPI? If yes, to what?

- Have you done anything to try to solve your issue? This would be very valuable information.

- Please (if on stock firmware) dial *#1234# and post the results (thanks to fxrb)

Then you can ask your

question

.

- Do not ask "What rom/kernel/theme is the best?" -or- Something that you have not searched for (it is infact very obvious if you havent)

- Be specific and precise in what you want/need. Do not write a 10, 000 word essay, or a 3 word question.

- Pictures say a 1000 words ;)

Important things to remember:

- Be polite: People never want to help someone who wont appreciate it, or is rude to them. Remember your p's and q's

- Do not bump your thread: It gets annoying and against the rules

This is under construction and will take a bit to include all of the information needed. I know there are lots of more experienced users than I, and would love feedback of what to include. Please do not hesitate to post in the thread or even PM me with information you think needs to be included in this thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Stickies

- DO NOT POST A "What's the best ROM/Kernel/Theme?" THREAD!

- [Newbies][Experienced Users][RCs] New members friendly Q&A thread

- [KERNEL][REF][Q&A] Siyah 5.0+[ICS/CM10] 6.0b5+[JB/CM10.1] +DISCUSSION+. NON-DEV!!!

- Australian AU Galaxy S II (help/rooting/updates,etc)

- SGS2 Canadian Thread (Bell/Virgin/Sasktel/Rogers) Root/Unlock/Firmware/Modems/Mods

- New here? READ THIS THREAD FIRST. What Is Recovery & Download Mode?

- Frequently Asked Questions
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
One more: That's it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saywhatt:
nice :p this should put an end to all "not understandable" questions out there :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Hopefully. I'm just hoping people see it and follow it :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
The thought is nice... but unless this is stickied (and even then), this thread will fall off the first page, and since the vast majority of n00bs (not new members, but "n00bs" - there's a huge difference) won't search, they won't see it.

Heck, there have been dozens of posts since you posted this that have been terribly short of any information.

But I applaud the thought.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
You have to think how them noobs operate.They muck up their phone,stick the symptoms in a google search,and want an answer asap.

So they are not going to spend hours reading rules and stickies or use the search function.

I spent a week reading about stuff for the x10i I had before I decided to do anything to it.That way at least I had half an idea what helpers were talking about when/if I got into trouble.

When I joined this forum the s2 looked a lot more complicated and the forum looked a lot more "vicious"(like give that guy 20xlashes since he didnt do a search).

Its a tough world lol

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Yeah, that's what I'm hoping eventually happens, it gets stickied.

Yea, but we have to try. At least now we have something to guide them to and for the new people to refer to. If we dont at least have a guide for how to get good answers to their questions theirs no standard.. Now there is :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
Nice thread

hope users follow this
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Doubt many people will take notice of this (for a whole host of reasons; don't get me started), but props for trying (thanked OP).

Edit - Oops. Sorry. So used to giving crap threads on here one star I did it to yours accidentally :( (intended to give it 5).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idoleng:
+1 to search first before posting.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Yeah, but now we have something to refer the horrible q and a posts that have no info to. And dont worry about the rating... it happens :)

Do you have anything to add to it? It feels like I''m missing something
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Oh absolutely. As I said, good that you've tried, I just don't see it making any difference is all. 90% of people who post here are idiots, that won't change.

No, nothing to add. I think you've covered it well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaptHilts:
in relation to search and read before asking questions...

just wanted to share that I've got a nicely setup dualboot with the siyah kernel, RootBox JB 2.1 as my second rom successfully patched with the autopatcher 1.6 and a fully working pdroid. That's it...

Since i have less than 10 posts I cannot thank the developers in their respective threads (at least that's how i get the message). I think this is my 5th post so I guess i never make it to the developers section because i really don't know what questions i can ask and, answers i could give are all answered...

this must be a "new member" problem rather than a n00b one? :)

Regards and 1 post closer

Captn
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Yeah, but don't just get 10 posts just to say "thank you" in the rom Dev section. I van personally say that devs hate this as it clogs up the thread and doesn't add anything to anything. That is why xda has the thanks button, and the devs appreciate that more than saying it. In fact, it you really want to say thank you donate to them. Even if its 1 euro they will be very grateful.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaptHilts:
course not :) it was kind of a semi-sarcastic post, I have more to say than thanks ;) I spent countless hours reading and learning stuff (in general, it is fun after all!) and as far as this forum is concerned (which is really helpful btw!) it's difficult to then act (for the time being!). Example: Somehow I managed to post in a developer's thread 1-2 months ago, first a problem then I found the solution and posted it myself. I then got PMed by someone asking me for help. Only problem is I never got an email notification in spite of having a thread subscription so I didn't bother to check my PMs. As for donating, absolutely.

Regards and 4 more to go :)

Captn
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
OK awesome. I'm used to people who just want to say thanks, so I have to mention something like that. But taking a look at your sign up date, of looks like you might be able to post in the Dev section without having 10 posts. I believe if you signed up before a certain date you don't need the posts. And of looks like you might fit in there. I would try it :) you never know

Edit: but enough off topic :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaptHilts:
just tested again and it seems to work now :)

thx for letting this off-topic slide ;)

All the best!

Captn
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fxrb:
Sadly I agree to everybody believing that this thread will not be read by those who should do so, sorry. However, if by accident just one out of thousand will read it then there will be 'only' 999 bad questions remaining - a small progress.

For this one out of thousand I would like to contribute something to the

information

section of this thread. For basic information I often ask people to dial *#1234# and post the result. As this thread is in the Galaxy SII forum this should work, at least as long as people are on stock firmware (probably use this conditionally ?).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Yeah, hopefully at least a few new users see this and actually follow it.

And for the code, what information,action will it show? Thank you for posting with more information to add, I truly appreciate it :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fxrb:
Sorry for the missing details. I used this so often that I tend to think others do too, but that might exactly be the point ;)

Dialing *#1234# returns PDA, PHONE, CSC and Build Info. For example on my phone:

PDA: I9100BULPD

PHONE: I9100BULP7

CSC: I9100SWCLP4

Build Info: Tue June 5 14:54:15 KST 2012
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Okay, awesome. Just added to op with credit given to you :) thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SmallZG:
learn rules and say thanks

it takes me 10 minutes to read it and makes me know some rule that need attention.thanks:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Thanks for taking the time to read it :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saywhatt:
this should be a sticky

but the problem is that noobs won't probably even read this -.-
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Yeah, it was for a couple days. Then they "cleaned" the stickies and it got bumped.

But I added it to my sig, and keep referring it to people in the q and a section. You can to, if you want :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The-Droidster:
If a Roll-up sticky for 'Newbies Start here ' is created...this should be the 2nd most important topic there! The first would obviously be 'Y u no use the Search function?':D:p

Great work! Thnx!:good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Thanks for the positive words. It's appreciated :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KidCarter93:
I'll try and refer people to this as often as possible.

I'll also add it into my sig later on. Just gotta shuffle some of it around to make it fit :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Appreciate it :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saywhatt:
I just placed this guide to my guide: HOW TO ASK A GOOD QUESTION :highfive:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tha TechnoCrat:
whats this

hi guys yesterday I installed the galaxy s 3 music player customized for R but When I installed it didn't run so I rebooted in recovery and then restored a backup I had created minutes ago backup completed I rebooted the phone but it got hung on the screen where SAMSUNG logo (2nd logo) displays so, I had to take out the battery and when I again rebooted in CWM recovery and restored another backup few days ago one it now hung on the very first screen. I have ardatdat's kernel 4.1 with ICS. Please help me!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
So you can get into recovery then? Have you tried to wipe cache and dalvic cache and fix permissions? We'll start by trying that
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omaxe:
Yeah... But why we are still thinking that users will read this and follow this..

Peace

Hit Thanks & It will Disappear

Sent from S II Running Official ICS 4.0.4 with Siyah 4.1 [/size]
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
If we don't have this we have nowhere to direct new users, and then you can't complain about people who don't post enough info.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Delete, wrong thread
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ron-ski:
Thanks for the useful first post.

Just to say thanks for the guide, I read it, found it useful and posted the required info in my thread.

Somebody mentioned that noobs (I'm probably one when it comes to Android) don't do enough reading, well I try and read up on a subject, but what with working 45 hours a week, travelling to and from work, renovating a house at weekends, not to mention keeping the wife happy, and the kids there's simply not enough time.

My poor old brain also tends to suffer with information overload, you start reading how to unlock the SII, discover you need to root it to do that, so start reading about that, and then find there's several different versions, and umpteen different methods, probably all are perfectly clear to people that know what they are talking about, but people like me then need to go off and Google this bit and that bit, and then end up with information overload and confused.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Can't take it down....so let's do the grammar thing:

* ol'

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egmsystems:
Help, my S2 have damage

i speak little english, i speak spanish but i am deseperated, i don't know where init new post help me please with:

My s2 display is bad in normal mode, but in recovery mode and download mode is fine.

display squares in move (movimiento) and i have problem to see the screen.

i used original upgrade (OTA and Kies) and nothing

after use odin and nothing

wath can i do ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
When did this happened? Before or after you went jb?

If you say DL & recovery mode look alright then we talking software (that's good).

What's your device's model? You're gonna have to flash a new ROM.

Cuando te empezo a pasar esto? Antes o despues de flashear Jelly Bean?

Si decis que no te pasa en download y recovery, entonces es un problema de software (lo cual es bueno).

Que modelo tenes? Decime porque vas a te er que flashear una ROM.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egmsystems:
thanks by your answer,

Before, months ago, a few months after i buyed it

model: i9100

i upgrade to original ICS by OTA and nothing

i send to the waranty and supusly ok after they put the downgrade the rom but not work and i upgrade with kyes and nothing

this week upgrade to JB with odin and nothing

i tryed with re partition, pit i dont know how more !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Don't flash pit files, you're gonna end up in a brick.

So you're saying that you woke up one day and the screen showed those...that, I don't even know what that is. It's not clear to me if you were on ICS or JB.

No flashees ningún pit, se te va a morir el cel.

Así que un dia, de repente, y la pantalla estaba asi?

Fue mientras tenias ICS o JB?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egmsystems:
Before the ICS, in the beginning, some time back to work fine, and after repeat the problem, but now it have long time with this problem i can show you from my web cam
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
We gotta do this in spanish man....anyways, you need to give that phone back, they can't say no.

Get the ROM the device came with and flash it.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Added Stickies to 2nd post
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JanD42:
Attach file (ziplog) to post

Hello,

I try to find the attach "button".

I found out there should be one under "miscellaneous", but it is not visible there.

I also read it not permitted before i post al least 5 times.

Is that so?

And if so why is that not mentioned in the beginners guide. Or have i missed that?

Regards

JanD
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aulakh7041:
can any body provide twrp for Samsung sm-g985f/ds android 11 ul 3.1 may 2021 challenge to all senior developers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boki9999:
Sometimes, mobile data signal is very low. It varies from excellent Hspa to minimal Edge... I suppose this is is somewhat due to modem I'm running. It's DXLPA that came with Wanam 12.1.

So, which modem would you suggest to flash? That has a stable data signal reception?

Sent from my Galaxy S2 GT i9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuqano:
Modems are location and carrier dependent, you should try to test...

However, ask to other peoples won't help you so much, 'couse the best modem for "Herry" from Liverpool could not be the best modem for "James" from London....this is just an ex, the point is that tha network signal depends and changes of quality from place to place....

Edit: here a lot of modems---> http://veyka.co.uk/radios/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saywhatt:
and also, DX is a code for Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam :) so it's for Southeast Asia
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boki9999:
Well, I checked the thread with modems (Galaxy s2 shipped modem collection) but I dont know which code is for Croatia...

Sent from my Galaxy S2 GT i9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pilgrim011:
Try XXLPS and XXLPX, they are fine for our region.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boki9999:
Thanks. :)

Sent from my Galaxy S2 GT i9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManDone.vRs:
Try LQ5 or LQ6 , Trust me ;)
[HTC One X] Nathan1988:
Anyone have a similar problem with their loud speaker not working unless you tap?. headphone and ear piece works fine just annoying as you can't hear it when someone sends a text or phones unless its on vibrate. Already opened it up and bent the pins up and still the same problem.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dxwilliams40:
I just rooted my wife's atrix. She has had it for over a year and finally let me tinker with it because it has gotten slow and sluggish over the past few weeks. I havent unlocked the bootloader yet as I will need time to backup everything on her device. I'm looking for some good advice to some of the best custom roms for this device. I searched the development forum and noticed some previous work from a few devs that are on the SGS II Skyrocket now (seanz and romracer). I assume that these roms are no longer supported. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clod007:
There is no dought CM7 is the best for Atrix. Stable and fast.

ICS rom is good, but not stable. Wait oficial release.

Sory for my bad english.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrism.brunner:
I am using Nottachtrix 1.3.1. It is blur based with quite a few options on install. Very smooth and stable. I would say it is excellent for daily use, unless your wife likes to piddle with settings etc... all of the time. If she doesn't want a blur based rom, I would suggest neutrino. Stable with excellent battery life.

Just my opinions. Good luck.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] debt collector:
Either Cm7 or neutrino would be the best ones I think. Both very stable and super fast performance :D
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ApexPredatorBoids:
I've been having data connection issues for as long as I've had an activated Straight Talk SIM in the phone (about a week). Here's what's happening:

When I open an app or program that needs an active data connection, more often than not, data takes a while to start flowing. Often more than long enough for my screen to time-out before it connects. I have moderate signal strength, generally 2-3 bars, and the little H+ icon is there, so I'm assuming it's not a signal issue. Once data actually kicks in, it generally works fine for whatever time I'm actively using it. However, once i stop using it, and let the phone go back to sleep, it's a crap-shoot as to whether or not it'll connect quickly next time I need it to.

It doesn't seem to be a ROM-specific occurance, although it did seem a bit less likely to time-out when running stock Froyo. I've tried several different costom ROMs, a handful of different modems, and it never seems to make any real difference. I've also tried slight variations in the APN settings, to no apparent avail. Toggling airplane mode and/or rebooting don't seem to have any definite effect either. Sometimes data will connect quickly after a toggle/reboot, sometimes it makes no difference. It's like the phone just doesn't seem to 'know' that it's supposed to be transferring data.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] TJj33p3rz:
Im having the same issue.My first month with ST was great really fast of course I went well over 2 GB so it slowed me down towards the end of the first month.Well I paid my next bill and still slow.They seem to be clueless when I call them oh your using an Infuse well I ordered the correct sim from there site they still clueless.Ive have tried about every rom out there just to see whats up and still the same issue.Hopefully someone here has the fix.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tat2messiah:
Im having the same issue nothin seems to work.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ApexPredatorBoids:
Turns out we're not the only ones..not by a long shot:

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...t-Talk-has-upped-the-ante-on-throttling-users!

Since it's a frustrating exercise in futility to actually call and hope to get one of their script-reading robots that can speak some semblance of comprehensible English, I emailed them on their FB support page and started a claim ticket. Got the usual runaround about removing the SIM card and battery, do a hard reset, clear cache and cookies from browser, blah blah blah. It's kinda funny how I linked the CS rep to that thread on HoFo, and she's still not acknowledging that there's any type of widespread issue. SSDD with Straight Talk.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ApexPredatorBoids:
I just registered over on HoFo and was looking around their Straight Talk forum. I think someone may have found the answer to some of our data connectivity woes. It may be as simple as having to make a DNS change to compensate for an overly-crowded network. I downloaded DNS Changer from the Play Store, and changed my DNS settings to OpenDNS. It's a bit too early to tell if it's just random coincidence, or a real fix, but I AM getting much better connectivity so far. For some reason, it seems to work a little better if you actually use the ST proxy in your APN settings.

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1774213-Intermittent-Data-on-ST-amp-H20-possible-fix-too
[Samsung Infuse 4G] TJj33p3rz:
I download DNS changer too it does seem to help changed to open.Thanks for the tip.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Phre@k:
This issue was driving me nuts, it started as soon as I switched to Jelly Bean, I was convinced JB was interfering with my data, installed DNS changer and immediately my internet issues went away. Thanks for the tip! :highfive:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thejungle:
Hi all!

What have happened to the OpenDESIGN project? It's gone!! URL changed? Any updates/news??

I was so excited about that idea and now i cant find the website...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hikari:
I emailed xplod and he told me that they were migrating servers...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thejungle:
Yeah, now its ok. Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hhairplane:
Any new status on this project? It seems to be permanently on hold?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] jobobishere:
OK, so my little 9 year old brother got the Acer Iconia Tablet A100 so he wouldnt feel so left out that everyone else in the household has a tablet but not him, well he thought he would be smart and turn off the wifi and place a lock on it. Well he forgot the lock code and after many attempts he has to login with his google credentials, but the problem is that the wifi is off so it wont fix anything. So im trying to format it for him, I can get to the recovery screen, but only the volume buttons will work and the no other button will let me confirm the selection. Dose anyone know what i can do?