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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferret141:
You can skip to *** if you want.

Background

Back in June/July when I was attending my friend's wedding in the states I bought a GT-i9100 off eBay while I was there (I live in the UK). Came with Gingerbread installed at 2.3.4. I knew there was a 2.3.5 available and possibly even ICS so I tried an OTA update. ~EDIT: I just remembered the other reason I wanted to update was that the screen had a yellow tinge and other some users were saying updating the phone fixed that for them.~ Nothing. Looked around the web, found out you need to do it via KIES and that there was indeed an ICS update for the GS2. Phone wouldn't connect to KIES so I did some more looking around in case there was a known problem but I also came to the realisation that my phone might be from a region where it wasn't released.

It turned out to have originally been bought in Hong Kong (the previous owner left some family photos and company documents on it too). I should have realised sooner when the phone had chinese as a secondary keyboard language. I identified the CSC as ZSKI3 and lo and behold Hong Kong wasn't getting ICS for the GS2.

Did some poking around and got confused by the conflicting or rather inconsistency between guides to change the CSC. Somehow followed followed one guide and put on XWLP7 (I believe this is open Europe. But I think I only flashed the ROM (PDA). I ended up with ICS but there have been minor niggles whilst using it which I think might be caused by something being mismatched between the firmware, kernal and rom.

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Problem

I believe I'm suffering some problems with my GS2 because I flashed just the PDA to ICS and now there might be some conflicts going on between it and the firmware/kernal.

I would like to correct the CSC, ROM, firmware and kernal to open Europe or some other open CSC which you believe to be better.

I understand that I got myself into this mess and don't expect you to take the time to give detailed instructions.

Current versions

Model: GT-i9100
SNN: i9100GSMH (What does the suffix mean? GSM and HSPDA?)
Serial number: This is unknown in the settings. Did I do this?
Android version: 4.0.3
Baseband version: I9100XXLPS
Kernal version: 3.0.15-I9100XWLP7-CL340913
dpi@DELL134 #3
Build Number: IML74K.XWLP7

Let me know if you want more info.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Dial *#1234#, post the result

Swyped from my Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferret141:
Version

PDA: I9100XWLP7
PHONE: I9100XXLPS
CSC: Unknown
Build Info: Tue Apr3 19:44:49 KST 2012

Thank you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
1. Download this app : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manniakk.cscselector&hl=en

2. Run it.

3. Change your csc code to your location or the closest one

Note that the process will factory reset your phone. So please backup your data before you proceed.

Solved

Swyped from my Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elmo198:
Ok, i did very much the same thing as you. Ok probably no. I brought mine oversea not ebay. However i live in Australia. But the phone was stock from asia. I wanted try flash and play with different roms. Blah blah.

What you need to do is have a data cable like one you were trying to use with Kies. Now you need to see if you can get into odin mode ( from an off phone position, hold down vol down + home key while turning on the phone.) This feature as far as i know is for all android phones. And is one feature you cant break, flash or change. ( note, if ya cant get to odin mode, you have yourself a brick,screwed or stuffed or wat word deem appropriate? )

If all above is working. Goto http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3 somewhere in the mid of that page is some field you need to put in. Pick your phone model, and the country you are in or want the phone to set in. Down load the file. And follow the odin guide which i am not typing out. You can google it with full pictures And video eye candy.

Good luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mstrmscn:
Is there a reason that my touch sounds would randomly turn themselves on? It happens randomly throughout the day. Could it be cause from rooting flashing restoring or any of that good stuff? :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gpgorbosjr:
Its a bug in some of the custom roms. I believe someone said it was caused by having the camera mute on and switching to video mode.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mstrmscn:
I'm not on a custom ROM though. I'm on the stock ROM that came with the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nismofreak:
happens to me too on stock from time to time. mine did it after playing a game or using an app, not 100% which one it was though
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mstrmscn:
Idk either. It might be a glitch in the latest OTA kind of like what happened with the WiFi bug on the OGEvo with 4.67 and up where it would randomly disconnect. I know JB is coming soon so hopefully something that they do will magically fix it, lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] poit:
yup, the touch sound comes on whenever I reboot the phone. Fortunately I rarely reboot, like maybe twice a week.

I'm on stock rooted LG8
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SGH-T999V:
Hey,

I currently own a Galaxy S3 SGH-T999V with Videotron, i'm posting here today because I would like to know if I can install JellyBean 4.1 on it with CyanogenMod just like if I owned a SGH-T999.. I don't see any forums here for SGH-T999V's so yeah, I would like to know about it so I won't break it :)

Thanks !
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Abhi97:
You can, I'm 90% sure of it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joshnichols189:
This is the T-999V forum as well. Just do NOT flash modems for the T-999!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SGH-T999V:
What do you mean? Sorry i'm new to this :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joshnichols189:
You can flash ROMs but not radio files or modem files (they're the same thing).
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SGH-T999V:
So you think I could install JellyBean 4.1 with CyanogenMod?(here)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gen10:
First nandroid backup and then try it. ....and if it doesnt work then just nandroid restore.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joshnichols189:
Yes it should be fine :)

Sent from my SGH-T999
[Streak 5 Accessories] joelk:
It is very chip the galaxy case
[Streak 5 Accessories] hunderteins:
according to pdadb:

Streak - Dimensions:	79.1 x 152.9 x 9.98 millimetres

Note - Dimensions:	82.95 x 146.85 x 9.65 millimetres
[Streak 5 Accessories] joelk:
Thanks . 4 mm wider. I thing would not fit.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zbojnik65:
Hi guys. Just wondering got galaxy s3 and my available memory is 11,35 gb on 16gb model. I do understand that system need some space itself but can that be over 4gb or is it just faulty memory?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] galchristian:
That is normal. Mine was the same size.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fr8cture:
That is how much usable memory you get. Kinda a rip off IMO. If you need more memory you could always get a 32 or 64gb microsd card and try the Sd card mod to make the phone think its the internal memory.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Agree with everyone else. That's the norm for storage devices, there's always a sizable amount of space taken up by the system/OS of the device you are looking at.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
Well first you gotta take into account it's not a full 16gb to begin with... NO harddrive/flash memory or anything is ever fully true to the number on the box. It's always off. Then the system takes 4-5gb worth of space too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blue6IX:
With magnetic storage it wad always a random amount, due to many factors. I remember in the early 90's it was like a lottery drawing to see how much space you actually got - and you're talking about full-size hard drives measured in megabytes for hundreds of dollars.

At least with flash memory it's a pretty consistent amount of space used for the memory to use itself, the real subjective number anymore is how much space the OS takes up.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itm:
Over the last few days my battery has been draining faster than usual. I've just noticed that the NetworkLocationLocator Google service is at the top of the BetterBatteryStats list, registering 196 partial wakelocks in 2:37 minutes - 13m 4s.

The problem is that I have location tracking turned off in Google Maps (location reporting, location sharing, location history, automatic check-ins and check-in notifications).

Why is the NetworkLocationLocator service draining my battery when I have location settings turned off?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sewe:
check under location services in settings

Skickat från min GT-I9300 via Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nunomax:
I had the same issue. Just disconnect the use networks WiFi on settings location and it will solve this problem. I was experience this on stock ics with stock kernel.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcly:
Google now wastes a lot of battery using the process you've mentioned too.

Best way would be as suggested above, uncheck all location related boxes under location settings
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _polimorph_:
Is there any other way to get rid of the frequent NetworkLocationLocator wakelocks than disabling Wifi and Network based Location. I belive the culprit might be an app that asks the service for location and disabling that app (or the location function inside the app) could solve the problem.

Google now is disabled and I don't have Maps installed. Altough I'm having ~2.5 wakelocks per minute. Ideed, disabling network based location solves the issue, but obviously this will prevent some apps that rationally use location from providing 100% functionality (eg. weather apps).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoNz0:
having the same wake lock issues myself since JB 4.1.2 update on my S2, fed up of it taking the battery now. why it polls so often is beyond me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcly:
Turn off location using wireless network under location services setting
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _polimorph_:
That's a workaround. One might need Network Location, so there has to be a real fix of the issue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoNz0:
yep i turned it off and within an hour i used an app that needed it!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nimdy:
Is there likely to be a full fix to this problem? I have the same kind of issue - I turn off the Wifi/Network option in location options so that Google doesnt poll my location every x minutes, but I find this gives me options with Facebook. Instead of Facebook getting its location in a couple of seconds by asking Google to get it, Facebook instead initiates the GPS in the phone and takes a few minutes to get a lock because i'm inside the house. I'm running cm10.1 not stock btw.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] P.x.:
Same issue - SGS2

Hi,

I had exactly the same problem on my Galaxy S2 with MIUI official:

NetworkLocationLocator wakelock from Google Services(not maps, its important!) was up at 8-20% of the time.

I did some research.

First of all, I did full wipe. Wakelock arrived on second reboot after adding google account, so installed apps are not the problem.

I found an opinion that mysterious Google Checkin Service was behind that wakelock, so I disabled that stuff completely by modifying corresponding values in GServices DB. Wakelock was still there.

I am stuck completely, at this point I have no idea what might cause this.

On another rom, 4.2 Paranoid Android, it's all fine, I get only 1-3% of NetworkLocationLocator from GMaps, but thats another story.

If anyone has any ideas - you are welcome.

If there are another MIUI users here - check your battery stats please(stock android battery graph is ok). Do you have 'barcode' on awake graph? If yes - than we have really global problem here...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmgnet:
Bump

this is terrible.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatindividual:
have you tried google settings -> location -> off
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] russell1997:
I had the google services issue on M1 and M2.

This work around fixes it for me, only had to do it once on M2.

I reboot into recovery (I'm running clockwork recovery) flash gapps (3/1) reboot.

I DO NOT wipe cache or davalink.

Seems like Google services does it after a new flash but I never really saw a reliable pattern myself.

I'm having the best battery life on M2!

Hope it helps? Let me know.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmgnet:
Bump

This is a horrible issue that is still very present on latest nightlies, and has been for around two months, as of this posting.

Completely disabling location services is not a solution, and it is not a work-around.

We need some ability to trace the source of these location requests. There is no useful information in the logcat.

Location services should be providing some of its own statistics on which applications are polling for location.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoNz0:
seems to have dropped 90% since the google maps update!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dayita:
I'm thinking about bying this tablet, but I need to know one thing first. Will I be able to use a USB DAC with this tablet anyhow? I've seen that cyanogenmod supports USB audio on some devices since 9 version, but I'm not shure if it works on all devices with USB host including this one.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] joelk:
I use simplestreak 1.2 anyone can send me waze that work. I can't see on foogle play as well
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yashar013:
Hi guys, like the title says, can someone make a theme or make a flashable zip of the ICS notifications pulldown for aokp jb builds? Thanks in advance.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tmac42:
Can you get a sense based ROM? I've been looking and can't seem to find one, does one even exist?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Pony Express:
Yes, you can. I flash one on my N-1 from time to time.

Guess some people would like to have it on the Infuse.

The last time someone asked I believe this was their answer.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1835655

:D
[Samsung Infuse 4G] adfurgerson:
This was posted in cm10 thread after Mtd was implemented.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30069658&postcount=2528
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mg2195:
and i said some stuff here...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1664575&page=5 at the last page
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ryo Misaki:
Ok, I have to ask...

I don't care too much about Sense, but my friend has an HTC phone, and there is a really nice default Analog Clock widget that's in it...

I really want that widget, but cannot, for the life of me, find anything like it.

Anyone know where to get it?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mg2195:
Can't get it with out sense...that's what everyone loves about sense...the widgets...if you switch launchers on an HTC you can't use the htc widgets...the widgets rely on Rosie (sense launcher) and Rosie relies heavily on sense frameworks...so in a way the widgets rely on sense frameworks...so unless your using a sense port then no sense widgets
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Pony Express:
There is a Sense Analog Clock Widget on Play that is not exact but similar...guess you saw it already ? :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ryo Misaki:
Well that's an annoying mess. =(

Yeah, I've seen that. The Sense style in that aspect has been emulated in just about every popular clock widget app I've seen...

When I say "analog" clock, I mean the cool style with the moving hands and all.

These ones:

Specifically, the one in the upper right.

I can't manage to find one like that anywhere! =(
[Epic 4G Apps] vizionforever:
In CM9.1 I choose wrong Ringtone process go ex, I want android system... Where and how do I clear that property? Thanks!
[Epic 4G Apps] vizionforever:
Eh crap I just decided to reflash groan... would be nice to know in the futre thou....
[Epic 4G Apps] ktron2g:
Can you re-phrase you question? It kind of didnt make sense to me.. I can try to help if I can understand a little better.
[Epic 4G Apps] lilajrestnom:
I think I understand.

Basicallly, when u set a certain app as default all you have to do is go to system>apps and find that app that u chose and press on it and when your at its details and stuff scroll down a little bit and on the right u should see a button that says "clear defaults" just press it and you'll be good.
[Epic 4G Apps] vizionforever:
Thanks! You got it!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KrylonKid:
Hey all, I'm kind of new to the forums so hopefully Im posting this in the right place.

I am the owner of an AT&T Galaxy S2 as well as an AT&T Galaxy S3, and I have found that in the ROM community that generally the AT&T phone ROM options are always pretty far behind. What I mean by this is that say, when there are broken nightly builds for AOKP or Cyanogenmod for my phone many others already have stable releases. This is okay with me. They do what they can. My question though is, is there any ROM that turns out stable releases of their rom for my two phones quickly and consistently? Does it have a name?

Thanks in advanced!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] neubauej:
The only one off the top of my head that is updated frequently by the same Dev(s) on the s2 & s3 is Aokp by task650 and ktoonsez.

It is perfectly stable and is by no means buggy or broken on either the s2 or s3.

;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tehsprayer:
Small bugs* but they get worked out quickly with updates VERY freq.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Papa Smurf151:
no need for threads like this
[General Topics] Pepper67:
My old LG phone would show the track info like in the pic. It was really handy for coast to coast that I listen to a lot. My nexus doesnt show that info so I was hoping someone could point out a market app that does. Ive tried several and had no luck so far.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heatti:
Is there any way? JB Hydro rom rooted.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heatti:
Anyone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChanceOfChange:
i know it not the right place for it but i really need some help for a mod..

i try to find where are the nesecery files for dissable the hard key volume adjust beep...but i had no luck, any dev can help me on this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malaccio:
With codename u can disable volume bip
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChanceOfChange:
thx m8 i know that but i prefere stock stable rom with my owns mods and theme....

i seek for a trick to make this happend!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] grouchystitch:
Good Aftenoon guys,

I been following the instruction on how to Root my Samsung Galaxy S3 without tripping the counter and once I started everything is ok but I dont know if is stuck or still working ? How long does it takes for the whole process to finish? Sorry for the silly question need to find out so I can unplug it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] belly1026:
About 5 - 10 minutes after you press start.

It should say pass or fail after it's done.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] grouchystitch:
Thank you! You are the best!
[HTC EVO 3D] wiswis:
Where's the forum for the htc evo v on virgin?
[HTC EVO 3D] DarkRazorZ:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1098 CDMA forum is for all CDMA Evo 3Ds.
[HTC EVO 3D] wiswis:
How do I root
[HTC EVO 3D] oohaylima:
I believe the same steps are applied for the Virgin in the sticky section.
[HTC Rezound] ryclegman:
Hey, kinda stumbled upon this while looking at the new fake Iphone 5 and was wondering if anyone else has come across this site and if they work in the states on Verizon wireless? i saw in a few comments that they do work but wasnt sure if it was serious since they are just trying to sell fake phones!

I thought it looked pretty odd, just a bunch of knock off devices but something to look at!

http://www.androidforcheap.com/

Appears they they only have 3G on their phones too! hahah
[HTC Rezound] Insidious:
Lol dafuq. Who would ever buy these?!
[HTC Rezound] Evocm7:
That's scary lol
[HTC Rezound] ryclegman:
haha i think its pretty hilarious.... they have an iphone fake that has a rom that looks identical to the IOS..... i dont think many Americans buy them haha im guessing more Chinese.... but who knows if any of them would run on VZW?

even take a look at this!

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/09/0...intend-to-sue-apple-upon-release-of-iphone-5/
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
No, none of them would run on verizon. Like you said, no one in the US really buys them, and the US is really the only place that uses CDMA networks (I think Korea does too in some parts) so all the phones are GSM
[HTC Rezound] ryclegman:
well heres a comment about someone asking if VZW works:

Date Added: 07/15/2012 by

Do this phone works or any of your phones work with Verizon wireless??

Admin Reply: yes sure

Date Added: 08/05/2012 by Brian

Do you guarantee this to work on u.s. verizon wireless?

Admin Reply: sure i can be sure it can work

Im not siding with these guys for a second but i think its funny they are just about guaranteeing they will work on VZW
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
these are some pretty good knock-offs though... check out their youtube channel...
[HTC Rezound] ryclegman:
thats where i found the link, in the New iPhone 5 knock off video... looks exactly like the iphone 5 and even has an apple logo come up on boot.. quad core too. Looks identical to iOS but really just an android set up themed. they definitely put some work into them for a Chinese company
[HTC Rezound] HowardZ:
Wow, one can buy a dual-simm non-android dumb phone - quad band GSM for $30 plus $10 shipping.

I also looked at Aliexpress who has them for under $30 with free shipping from China.

If it works, then this iphone look-a-like can be a very low cost emergency phone on a pay per minute T-Mobile USA plan. Being quad-band it should work in every country of the world. Of course, no data, just voice and sms/mms.
[HTC Rezound] acejavelin:
I looked at this and thought for a for a cheap phone for someone (who doesn't own a Global Mode phone) who traveled internationally... buy a prepaid local SIM card and away you go.

Or, some of these phone might make decent media players or micro-tablets... just disable the mobile radios and away you go.

But, yeah, not gonna work on Verizon... I wouldn't be surprised if they do sell a few to the US though, people who are not so tech savvy would just believe it, drop their CC number down, and then they get a phone that doesn't work for what they wanted, what are they going to do? Think that company is going to refund their money for a device that is not actually defective?

Although they have no warranty policy listed on their site, the "Buyer Protection" stuff they have listed in FAQ section does say it does not cover buyers remorse BUT it does cover the device for

45 DAYS

from the date of payment, provided you buy it through their website! lol
[HTC Rezound] a-jive:
Haha. That's awesome... gotta appreciate their entrepreneurial spirit! I'm sure they are full of junk components, but I guess if they work for a year or so, they can give you a good "look."