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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nasty_z:
It's simple, root your current firmware by using the siyah GB version. After rooting, install titanium backup and backup every application. Before the titanium backup, install sms backup +, open it and click the backup button. It will now backup all your sms and your call log. You contacts should be synced with google. Now just download the ICS firmware to flash using odin. Flash it. Flash siyah through odin (ICS version). Now install titanium backup and sms backup +. Restore everything. Now you have ICS stock.

Whenever you flash the siyah kernel your phone will be rooted. Be careful not to use siyah GB with ICS and siyah ICS version with GB. They may brick your phone.

We are rooting your gingerbread so that you can backup all your apps using titanium backup which requires root.

That's pretty much it, enjoy your new phone. ;)

Sent from my S II ( "Jelly Bean'd Monster" ) ;)

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If you want to backup your entire current firmware, after rooting your gingerbread firmware, switch off the phone and press volume up + home + power button at the same time and keep holding them. They'll bring up a recovery screen (this is where you install roms backup entire roms/firmwares etc) go to backup and restore and backup.

Feel free to ask any questions. ;)

Sent from my S II ( "Jelly Bean'd Monster" ) ;)

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Best Rom doesn't actually exist. The thing is, everybody has different things they like in different roms. So I can't help you there.

Btw, I told you to get ICS using odin first so that you have a original firmware file of ICS available with you if you need it later. It's the longer procedure but It's good this way. :)

Sent from my S II ( "Jelly Bean'd Monster" ) ;)

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I didn't describe the odin flashing methods. I'm assuming you've done some research on using odin. If you haven't, don't worry, just ask me and I'll help. Just make sure you've installed kies on your pc/laptop

Sent from my S II ( "Jelly Bean'd Monster" ) ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xDa_nightfury:
First of all thanks for helping this newBee...

1)I m scared of bricking my cell. So i dnt want to take single chance of doing so.

2)I can just upgrade to ICS free of cost from samsung sevice centre.

3)I am not getting a single reason to root the mobile at the cost of ICS..

It would have been the case of installing JB then i would have thought of.

Taking the backup of current GB doesnt make scence ....

What if my cell bricks may i use the backup of GB?

All the advices are welcome.

Thanks in advance..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanley08:
Watever you do, don't upgrade to ICS v4.0.4. You can hard brick your device. 4.0.3 is fine. Very fine!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nasty_z:
Why don't you just update over-the-air? (I should have said this before the long post :p) If you just want just ICS without root then go to settings, about phone, software update and update from there. 100% safe and you won't lose anything, all your apps and eveything will remain as it was.

After that IF someday you wish to root the phone for some AWESOME reason. Just flash Siyah Kernel. (ICS Version). ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astra55:
thanks:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xDa_nightfury:
Message:

Watever you do, don't upgrade to ICS v4.0.4. You can hard brick your device. 4.0.3 is fine. Very fine!

Updation on wifi will update to which version ??

I dont want to update to 4.0.4 because of the information which i got.

I will have no control over version of ICS getting installed if i do it on AIR.

What should i do?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xDa_nightfury:
Can you please provide me with Odin flashing method for GB

and with kernal siyah.?

Thanks mate
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
dude first of all take out the wrong impression of Upgrading to v4.0.4 will hard brick ur phone, which some members have put into.

since the up grade will not do any harm, but if u upgrade to v4.0.4 and then in stock recovery u do something like, backing up ur phone , wiping data/factory etc will pose the problem of brick for u.

so my suggestion is to first upgrade thro Kies to ICS what ever version it might be 4.0.3 or 4.0.4, and then flash a custom kernel like siyah thro Odin, to get rid of the stock kernel(which is the main culprit) and then u can have the choice of installing custom rom or stick with the stock rom:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xDa_nightfury:
Where can i get siyah kernal?

how to flash it?

can i install

Rom : Remix JB v3.0.5 ( i think silk is a bit rough compared) ??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
u can install all u want, but first thing first u have to upgrade ur phone to ICS then Root ur phone ma8:)

u just PM this friend of mine @neerajganga who is from ur city(mumbai), a very helpfull chap who will do the needfull for u.:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xDa_nightfury:
I have upgraded my cell to ICS 4.0.3

Can you tell me steps to Root??

i mean installing siyah kernal and then custom ROM jelly bean??

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xDa_nightfury:
Regarding rooting my SGS2

my current status is:

Model number= GT-I9100

Android version=4.0.3

BaseBand versionI9100DDLPA

Kernal Version=3.0.14-I900XWLP7-CL340913

Build number= IML74KXWLP7
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch33kster:
Not sure if anyone of you experienced this problem before.

It occurred to me that my charging from socket is so much slower than normal, thus I downloaded current widget to check the current that is charging, and it turns out that it is charging at USB speed, and in my Battery information in Settings, it is displayed as USB charging instead of AC charging. However when I unplugged my phone and plugged it back again, it became AC charging, and the current is back to normal at 999mA.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Had exactly the same, then a Rom flash or something changed it back again! No help I know, but at least you know you aren't going mad!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch33kster:
What do you mean? How did you solve the problem? Flash your rom again?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
exactly as I said, I'm not sure when it started happening, or when it stopped as I flash quite a bit, and it also maybe linked to the fact that there did seem to be a dodgy batch of charger/cables, but for now mine seems ok, so really don't know if it was hardware or software
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch33kster:
Haha yea it's quite funny. I don't know when it started happening too. Weird problem
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
try a bit of cable wiggling etc.....I have my old S1 charger and that works fine and always has, so in retrospect it may well be the lead/plug
[HTC One S] jafar57:
Hello!

I have a HTC One S. It's unlocked and completely unlinked from any carrier. I bought it like this and I never hacked the bootloader/installed custom ROM (not on this one ^^).

My software version is 2.21.401.10 and here's the OTA update : http://fotadl.htc.com/OTA_Ville_U_I....21.401.10_release_275774cltf0sxl730g7fp1.zip

But when I go in the software update menu and I check the updates, it says 'no update available'.

So my questions are :

1. Why?

2. Is there a way to install this OTA update manually (but keeping it an 'official' way) ?

Thanks! :)
[HTC One S] Charkatak:
This OTA update is for phones with 1.78 version that is why it doesn't detect any updates.
[HTC One S] jafar57:
If you look at the URL correctly, you'll see that's the version to update from 2.21.401.10 and not from 1.78...

This one only weighs ~39Mo (against >150Mo for the other one)
[HTC One S] will1987:
The url is actually linking to is OTA_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.31.401.5-2.21.401.10_release_275774cltf0sxl730g7fp1.zip which would be the OTA from 2.21.401.10 to 2.31.401.5 so I'm downloading it now to give it a try.

The problem is most likely that your CID doesn't match the ones that the update has been enabled for. You can use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.tritonsoft.cidgetter to find it out. One of the threads listed the CIDs that people had success with. You can try downloading that file, renaming it to update.zip and booting into recovery to install it, but it will probably show an error because of your CID. In which case, you have to wait for the OTA to be pushed to your phone, or wait for an RUU to be available.
[HTC One S] jafar57:
Thanks :)

My CID is HTC__203 but I didn't find the CIDs list.
[HTC One S] bobsie41:
My cid is HTC__001 (which is one of the cid's in the zip) and I have placed the zip on the root of my sd card. When I boot into recovery nothing happens except it says something about sd not mounted.

How do I install this ota? :confused:

Running completely stock 2.21.401.10 from a RUU install.
[HTC One S] sirius002:
I've 2.21 fw installed by RUU and bootloader locked. I try to install this update from recovery

(install update from external storage)

--Invalid Operation--

success rebooting by reason:oem-00

CID 405

:(

sorry for my bad english
[HTC One S] mughalgxt:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30650526&postcount=6
[HTC One S] craig1965:
Shouldn't super cid work I keep trying but won't install every time I choose apply update from external storage but it just errors and reboots
[HTC One S] Charkatak:
I see what you mean, but when you open the zip file, there is txt, which indicates this: 1.78.401.2 CL58751 release-keys
[HTC One S] NickThess:
Hey guys i have an S4 One S bought from Germany,shipped to Greece.I made the first OTA update from the 1st day and since then,my phone has this software number 1.77.111.5.My serial number is HT24WW405873.I have seen reports from people in my country, that they have got a notification for update to the newest 4.0.4 offered by HTC,but nothing on mine.Is it my serial number,or it is the software number(which is what i am most afraid of) fault?What to do to get updated if software number is the issue?:confused::confused:
[HTC One S] MattDN93:
Is your phone locked to specific carriers or is it region free? As noted before the CID is important not the serial number. The CID identifies the device's locale. 1.77 is fairly old yes, my device is European (Netherlands) and it got an 1.78 update on the first day I got it. I only received 2.31 a few days ago so maybe best to just wait.
[HTC One S] NickThess:
I suppose it is locked to Deutsche Telekom or T-Mobile(dunno if they both exist in Germany),i get the purple T everytime i boot,before the "HTC one" screen.Its not written above the screen though.I downloaded the CID getter app and it says my CID is T-MOB101,but im confused that i dont get something similar to previous posters,like HTC_405 or HTC_203 ... Oh well,i will wait cos i don't wanna root etc. yet.
[HTC One S] CarstenDutch:
Successful flash OTA 2.31 on 2.21 RUU Europe

First make a backup of image/everything! i can not guarantee it will install with every CID on this planet. !!!

OWN RISK

!!!

I Just flashed the OTA 2.31 on RUU Europe 2.21.401.10. with CID HTC__E11 Netherlands.

You need an Unlocked and Rooted phone for this!

1. Change your CID to HTC__Y13 so that the OTA get triggered! (

just do not install it yet! later

!)

2. If you got SuperSu installed enable Survival mode!

3. Change your default CID Back and flash stock recovery! No ReLock needed! (

you can update the phone now

!)

[

Important

! default cid seems to be needed because of language files after the update i only got 4 languages DE/EN/FR/NL before arround 20?]

4. Reflash ClockWorkMod recovery.

5. After update install CWM-SuperSU-v0.95.zip with help of ClockWorkMod to regain root and turn off Survival mode later when booted!

Chainfire for SuperSU: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

Wiki - [Tutorial]CID http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26516911#post26516911

- [Tutorial]Root, Unlock, Recovery http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1583427

After this post i'm allowed to post in other categories, so i can make a tutorial if you guys want? with pictures etc...
[HTC One S] MattDN93:
NickThess, Agrees this would be the only way to get that right...although CarstenDutch why did you flash the RUU as the OTA came out in Holland a few days ago?
[HTC One S] Joh@n:
If you are on 2.21 the OTA doesn't work. I am on 2.21 via the RUU and do not get any update.
[HTC One S] kwaazaar:
No, the version.txt says "2.21.401.10 CL81535 release-keys"
[HTC One S] superiscch:
Some questions:

* My One S is rooted, but has the stock recovery. Do I need another recovery first? (edit: probably yes, because now it isnt unlocked?)

* I have SuperSU, but what do you mean with Survival method? Im from Belgium (Flandres), so I dont need more then the 4 languages you've got.

Thx for the advice!
[HTC One S] CarstenDutch:
I updated the 2.21 ota at the moment it was available for 1.78 with CID 11111111 because I couldn't wait! not so long ago, I am just a tweaker. :)

Ps. I installed the 2.21 ota over 1.78

and later on downloaded the 2.21 RUU to get a clean system after messing around with system files etc...

Tapatalk/Swiftkey

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*You can't be rooted with original recovery. Follow this, Unlock bootloader>Flash custom recovery>Flash SuperSu

*Survival mode means that it trys to stay rooted after ota update, after ota I need to flash the SuperSu.zip again to get permission rights to get it working again. So I guess it's not working really.

What CID are you on? Look for CID Getter on play store.

If you are not familiar with modifying just wait for official ota's or RUU (there is no huge/shocking improvement with 2.31 over 2.21. just a little smoother.

Tapatalk/Swiftkey
[HTC One S] Deusum86:
The following was my Situation: 2.21.401.10 stock, unlocked stock recovery, rooted, Super CID (1111111). There were no update available. Even Downloading the above linked update, renaming it to update.zip and placing it on root of the sd, booting to recovery was no solution (got red triangle with exclamation in the recovery).

Changed my CID to HTC__001 which should work. (in the File I downloaded there is a list of CIDs which are allowed, HTC__001 is included). Rebooted to recovery tried to apply the update.zip. Again there was the red triangle with exclamation mark.

Now I changed my CID to the one mentioned from you HTC__Y13 and rebooted. And it works indeed. Now I was able to download the Software Update. Since I'm from Switzerland I didn't bother to change the CID again. So I choos to apply the Software-Update. But again ended in the recovery with the red triangle and exclamation mark.

EDIT: The stock recovery boots and there is a green bar below which fills quickly to approximately 1/4 then stopps and shows me a red triangle with exclamation mark.

any help is appreciated. thx in advance
[HTC One S] craig1965:
I do have a modded version of the update you can flash via twirp I found it on a page somewhere but the post seems to have disappeared

All you need to be is unlocked rooted with custom recovery it bypasses cid check if anybody wants it I'll upload to my dropbox later
[HTC One S] Deusum86:
Found the modded Version here on xda and tried to install with TWRP Recovery... now I know at least why it wasn't working with the stock recovery (btw. it even isn't working with the TWRP because there seems to be a failur while verifying current system since I deleted the EAGames app...

I'm going to try to further mod the already customized update to remove current system verifycation..

EDIT: Now I had luck... I modded the updater-script placed in: META-INF/com/google/android until everything went through smooth.

Now I'm on Sense 4.1 and 2.31 build.

The Problem is, which unfortunately I didn't realise before (Have a lot of experience with rooting/modding android phones but hadn't enough time yet for my one s) that with the 2.21 update I got the 1.14 HBOOT and therefore I am not able to update the Radio manually...which really sucks since this phone has the badest reception I ever experienced on a HTC device. I thought the Radio update would help but now I'm stuck with an old radio...

Damn.. So Don't ****ing Update unless you make sure to keep your hboot 1.13 or lower
[HTC One S] rajackar:
I have a phone that matches CID and MID checked in the update script.

Is there any way to get it to update when I am completely stock? I've only used the 2.21 RUU to update.
[HTC One S] CarstenDutch:
@Deusum86

I did know on newer hboots never update with a zip file! System files wil get updated in most cases but not the firmwares, I would never update with a modified/custom zip file!

Why didn't you change your CID back to default from HTC__Y13?

You come from Switzerland and maybe speak Norwegian and or speaking Finnisch?

I think your update method failed because of a modified system of original deleted apps.

Only option is to install the 2.31 RUU when it comes out.

You can try to install the 2.21 RUU again!, don't know how far the system got updated with the modified zip.

I guess you already made a backup of everything before got in trouble?

Tapatalk/Swiftkey
[HTC One S] Deusum86:
Thanks for your input. I was aware of the problem that via TWRP only the system files will be updated but didn't notice before that i am not able to flash the new radio, which is also included in the update.zip with the usual method "fastboot flash radio radio.img". HTC did lock that way with HBOOT Version 1.14.

The update definitively failed because I had deleted various system files (EAGames, Facebook, LinkedIn and so on). But anyway I managed to update with modifying the updater-script by just deleting the lines which would let the phone check the above mentioned apps and update them.

In the meantime I also managed to update the radio. Therefore I downloaded a Stock2.2.1 Backup for TWRP and set everything back to stock, flashed the HTC Recovery and relocked the bootloader, st the CID to HTC_Y13, booted the Phone. Then I could update normally (OTA) and unlocked the phone again, flashed again TWRP and put back my 2.31 backup of system and apps. So now I have the updated radio and kernel and MY 2.3.1 Version with all my Files and Settings.
[HTC One S] ECEXCURSION:
Wow, this seems extremely complicated. Good job though.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vital982:
There is a bug with these kernels with DTMF when calling to banks and ect... (AVR problem)

Example: When i press 9 digits them receive 10 or 11 or 12 digits

It's annoying a lot. I can not self identify in the AVR systems

Now using Dorimanx kernel 5.62 it's OK but... there is a bug... Only working good with the version of Dorimanx

-Newer version of Dorimanx kernel above 5.62 them have the bug

-All version of Siyah kernel with the bug

-And Dream kernel tested several latest versions had this bug

I'm on AOKP GT-I9100 Resurrection Remix v2.6.1

Sure CM9 have this bug is 100%

Don't know about AOSP

Any suggestions???

Sorry for bad english
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
If you care about this thing do much, then go back to stock based Rom and flash Speedmod kernel.

If you don't care then live with it

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vital982:
but it works with dorimanx 5.62
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
have you posted it in the thread of those kernels? The developer or some awesome guys might be able to help

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vital982:
The problem is solved...

Just must don't remove the DSPManager

I had removed it any time after installing CM9 or AOKP rom

With DSPManager all right :laugh:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Good to hear that. Congratulations

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vital982:
the problem is not solved...

Turning off Dial pad touch tones reduces the problem but it is not solve this

Now I am with Resurrection remix 2.7
[General Questions and Answers] ryancnap:
I wanted to uninstall Google maps because I read here that it causes wakelocks even when frozen. Sure enough after freezing I'm getting a periodic "unfortunately maps has stopped." I know there's plenty of alternatives to maps and probably latitude too, my question is if Google now would still completely function if I uninstalled maps and replaced it with a third party app. Would it require a latitude alternative as well? And by function completely I know of course I'll still know whenever the Phillies are playing and how sunny it is, I mean will things like "Your destination is thirteen minutes away with light traffic conditions." How will I ever know how long its gonna take me to get home?? How would it know to use the hypothetical third party app if its not preconfigured to do so? Curious.
[Galaxy S III General] coolimpression:
My phone is locked to 3 network uk , if i flash my phone with different Rom would this help me to sim network unlock aswell ?
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Not at all .

Pay for 3 to unlock or search the unlock posts .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] Matt3333:
Use Voodoo SIM Unlock. It won't work on Jelly Bean though.

http://dl.project-voodoo.org/apps/VoodooGalaxySIIISimUnlock.apk
[Galaxy S III General] boomboomer:
You are not making much sense, if you are asking if changing the ROM will block/unblock the IMEI number then no, it will not. IMEI number blocking is done at the mobile network level, not on the phone.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Stop spamming to get your post count up, especially with useless/confusing advice -_-
[Galaxy S III General] davcow:
You would be better off looking at the GalaxSIM unlock app, as it does a better job than the Voodoo app.

XDA link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1846451

To support the developer get his app from the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spocky.galaxsimunlock&hl=en
[Galaxy S III General] GR0S:
There are two apps for unlocking. Both require root, so you have to root or/and flash custom rom.

I recommend flasing stable ARHD with perseus kernel and your favorite theme (I used grey and black then AOSP theme).
[Galaxy S III General] Glebun:
you'd get a better answer if you asked I the right forum
[Galaxy S III General] HassanM:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1718665
[Galaxy S III General] Mr. Clown:
Thread locked since the OP got his answer.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badge2033:
This question seems a little (a lot) odd. because naturally we want our battery to get fully charged to get the most stamina out of it.

but i read a while ago that for Li-Io batteries the most efficient charge range are 10%-90% so basically that means the full charge -discharge cycles aren't good for the battery but harmful as it cause them to die faster..

anyway i considered this reading as a good theory until i bought a sony vaio laptop which had a battery preservation feature (it limits the maximal charge to 80% or 50% depending on the option) and for more that a year and a half my battery still performed well (less than 4% degradation) so i thought this was a real deal after all.

still the use cases for a laptop and smartphone are vastly different (the laptop can sit with 50% charge just fine since it will be on charge most of the time while the smartphone has to get the maximum amount of energy to last without a charger)

so is there (or can it be made) an app that can limit the charge (to 80% or 90%)

any help is really welcome
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VoiD_Dweller:
That sounds like an odd theory..