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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Hi all. Ive bought my S2 some weeks ago and im loving it.

Im running on Stock ICS and everything works well. No issues at all.

However, I saw there are some great ROM developers out there, I liked Salman S3 ROM and Resorruction Remix which is Jelly Bean 4.1.

Before trying one of those ROM's I would like to ask some questions though, and I think no one can answer better than the users who use Costum Roms.

What risks do I take while Rooting and flashing CWM?

When flashing one of the ROM's above, what bugs may I find on them?

Are these two custom Roms stable, and would I experience reboots or Force closes even when doing normal stuff like for ex. Installin an app, browse the web, check Twitter or so.

Id really like to know also, if anything goes wrong while flashing, is it possible to return to stock ICS rom via Odin again?

Please be positive, Im just a newbie who's afraid to "play" with his precious new device.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
1. There are risks, but not something to worry about if you have patience, can read and follow instructions. If you can go through all the sticky threads too, that will be a big advantage.

First, On your phone, Goto Settings - About phone, and post everything you see

2. What bugs me might not bug you, so it's your own duty to test the ROMs yourself. If you don't like one, you can simply flash another one.

The best way to know the bugs in any ROM in by reading the most recent 20 pages on the Rom's thread. This way you can know the bugs, and the progress about the fixes.

3. These ROMs are stable enough, but again it's your duty to try them.

All those Twitter and browsing stuffs are basic, they should work in any ROM.

4. Nothing should go wrong if you follow instructions, but should anything happen, or you decide to return back to stock, then it's easy. The process is just as easy as ROOTING your phone.

Please visit this thread before posting your reply: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1612881

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.78

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoPe36:
I tried them all, ressurection remix is my fav by far. Follow the steps and you will have no worries :) you won't want to go back to stock after you're introduced to all the customization. Enjoy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unexist6969:
I recommend you to use http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1891222 those builds have no lag at all and are very fast with Siyah/Dorimanx kernel.

But before u start wiping/flashing etc, install Siyah kernel from odin then backup ur currunt system and then wipe/flash.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Thanks for the responses all.

First let me say that, Im not asking about which ROM is better. Maybe it sounded like that but my intention wasnt it.

I wanted to ask what are the general known bugs if there are any after flashing a custom ROM.

I got my responses anyway. I will root, flash CWM, flash Siyah kernel (make a Nandroid backup), and than flash the RR Rom as soon as possible.

Thank you all for the responses.

Just in case I'll post my "About phone" screenshot here though.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
You are on the right track

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.78

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
You just need to flash Siyah kernel, The kernels come with CWM no need to flash a kernel twice unless you want to re-flash back to kernel after flashing rom as rom will come with its own kernel so may be diff after flash.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
OK. I tried reading through stickies and watched a lot of videos on Youtube, and read here a lot, but I am still confused.

There seems to be plenty methods of rooting your phone, most of them are by flashing kernels, but there are some other methods to root your phone without flashing a new kernel.

Now Im confused here.

I would just like to flash Resorruction Remix ROM on my GS2 and there doesnt seem to be a complete guide/tutorial how to flash a custom ROM from your unrooted stock ICS S2.

I now this has been answered before, but I couldnt find it till now.

So I am just asking if someone can let me know the steps on what I should do to get the Custom ROM on my S2.

If you feel like this is a silly question, please ignore it. Im only asking those who are patient enough to reply.

Thanks a lot XDA Community.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
they way u find lot of custom built roms/kernel, the same way u will find lot of methods in rooting ur phone also ma8:).

now the tricky part is to go thro a cpl of those threads carefully and see the one thats easily understood method and adopt the same:)

since for some rooting via odin using kernel is ok.

for some it may not:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
first, post your ROM and kernel details; Goto Settings - About phone, and post everything you see

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.78

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
I just posted it 2 posts above.

Here it is again though. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Sorry, i missed it.

Use the ROOTING method here:xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.78

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
And after this, should I flash ClockWorkMod or Siyah Kernel or just flash the new Resorruction Rom?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
1. flash Siyah kernel via the temporary CWM recovery.

2. Then backup your ROM via CWM recovery

3. Flash your new ROM

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.78

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Thanks a lot Jokesy. You've been very very helpful and friendly during my time in XDA always.

Really appreciated. Will do everything you suggested ASAP.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Cannot ROOT using that method. I copied the files in my SD Card but when I go to recovery mode and go to > apply update from external storage, I cant see those files and in the end it appears a text line with red text saying E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)

What should I do now?

All this thing seems so complicated I might just give up and use stock. :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Don't give up, quitters never achieve in life!

Use this method: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746794

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.78

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawadana:
see that guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399 and than flash latest siah and flash the rom you want to try (i suggest you rootbox 2.7 or resurrection remix)

hope that help :fingers-crossed: :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Thanks for the replies, but my head is blowing and Im quite angry with myself right now, I better leave it.

Maybe one day I will try again,but today is not that day.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Ok.

BTW, do you know how to use Odin?

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.78

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Yes, Odin is pretty easy. Just connect phone to PC via USB cable, reboot phone into download mode using Volume Down + Home + Power button, wait for Odin to detect the device, and select the right files in Odin, press start and wait until it shows PASS. Very easy.

What I find annoying right now is that the stock recovery doesnt recognize my SD card thus making it impossible to ROOT using that method. The other thread you suggested is so complicated and even after reading it 4-5 times I couldnt get it. Thats why Im not trying if I am not 100% sure what I am doing.

Thanks for your help Jokesy though.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
1. Download Siyah kernel .tar Odin version

2. Flash Siyah kernel via Odin.

Problem solved

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.78

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Really ? That easy?

Will the siyah kernel include CWM recovery and root? Both?

If yes, after flashing Siyah, the only thing left is to flash the new ROM?

I know Im being annoying but I cant help myself. :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
1. Yes, very easy.

2. Siyah kernel comes with CWM recovery

3. After flashing Siyah kernel, Yes, you can flash the Rom.

You must also note that, a yellow triangle will appear during booting, your binary counter will be increased after flashing Siyah kernel.

Don't worry, you can remove them by using triangle away app: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494114

Try to create a ROM backup before flashing a new ROM.

-

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.78

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
This is how the Odin looks. Am i ready to reboot the device in download mode, connect to pc via usb cable and than flash it, or is there anything else. ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
You are on the right track.

There's Nothing special about kernel via Odin. You just flash as PDA, like a single file firmware

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.78

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
I flashed Siyah. Im rooted now.

however I cannot find a way to remove the Yellow Triangle.

I read through that thread but it seems I must have a USB jig or so.I dont have one.

I downloaded that app called Triangle Away, but when I rebooted my phone the triangle is still there.

Is this harmful and how can I remove it please.

If you can please let me know with your own words, from your experience.

I dont know if I should go ahead and flash the new ROM before removing the triangle.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
To remove the triangle, Read the instructions on the thread, then run the app, follow the app instructions.

Very simple

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.78

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Got rid of that annoying yellow stupid triangle.

It was easy. found a video on youtube by zedomax.

Thanks a lot. My next step is making a nandroid backup and than flashin Resurrection Remix, Jelly Bean.

Thanks a lot pal. If I knew you in real life, I would have bought you a drink for all the help you provided.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Just stopped by to say thank you again.

I flashed the RR Rom, and Im more than pleased I did. So far no bugs or anything like that. Works flawlessly, and it is so fast, I never imagined a Galaxy S2 could be as fast as this.

After Im bored with this ROM I guess I should start flashing other ROM's too, as there are some amazing developers in our section.

THANKS ALL.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Good.

When you are bored, you can always flash another ROM.

Remember to always read the instructions at the first page of the Rom's thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Now that I tried a custom ROM, I know how good the phone is.

However, I need to revert back to stock ROM.

Is there a way I can do it this way.

Restore my Nandroid backup of the stock ROM, and than unroot it ? ( I rooted the stock ics ROM flashing Siyah kernel via Odin)

Or maybe that is not possible and I should flash stock ics rom via odin and than install the apps one by one again from play store?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
First, you only need to concentrate on this thread instead of opening another thread
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Im sorry. I explained it on the other thread.

Anyway, Id like to get back in topic now.

If anyone can reply to my question in 2 posts above, Id appreciate it a lot.

Thanks again for all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Yes you can restore your backup in CWM recovery.

First flash Siyah kernel via CWM recovery then restore your backup

I don't think there is any need to change your kernel except you have bad experience with it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
But if I stay on Siyah kernel i wont lose Root acces. Id like to lose it too.

But if its not possible than ill flash the stock firmware via odin again.

Just want to make sure im doing everything right to preven bricking.

Am i ok to go directly flashing stock via odin without doing anything else ? Perhaps factory reset and wipe cache through recovery before flashing stock ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Then you need to flash stock firmware via Odin.

1. Boot to recovery,

- format /system (under mounts and storage)

2. Boot to download mode

3. Flash stock firmware via Odin

4. Boot to recovery

- perform factory data reset.

- reboot phone

Done.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Thanks alot.

Will do just that and hopefully never trouble you guys again. Especially you Joseky.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
LOL!

When you are confused / face any problems / want to try new stuffs, then you must search the thread first, and if you can't find clear answers, then you ask questions.

This is much better than screwing something first before asking questions.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
I got back to stock. Thank you.

If I can ask one more question.

I installed Touchwiz of S3 in my S2, but since I am not rooted i cant add widgets to home screen.

Is there an app in which i can import all the shortcuts and widgets and folders from one launcher to the other.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Your launcher has to support that function
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Ah OK.

Anyway I think there is a kind of app like that Ill search in Play if I can find because I need to export shortcuts folders and so in Apex or other launchers.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Hey, its me again.

So I got a new S2 now, and it was on GB, but I flashed the same firmware through Odin I did to my previous S2, and have been using the phone until today. Very good, no FC, no freezes, everything works, but I've become tired of limitations without root and I also hate Touchwiz on S2. So I am going to root my S2 today and flash RootBox.

However I've read in the ROM's thread that the latest build does not work with Siyah kernel for all and thus the phone may not boot up.

I wanted to ask if rooting the phone with Siyah kernel using Odin and than flashing that RootBox Vanilla JB 4.1.2 Rom is ok.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poroto:
Flash latest siyah for s2 through odin (according to the previous pages, you already know how to do this). After doing this, you will gain root and permanent cwm.

Then flash the rom you want through cwm. Flashing that rom will also replace your previous kernel, so you will have no kernel-related issues.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demikos89:
Thanks alot. Was waiting to hear this. I backed up my sdcard and all since I want a pure JB rom, and was only waiting for confirmation on this.

Thanks.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogfather:
does anyone know if its possible to get the media link hd working on the dhd? my brother wants my spare media link for his dhd.

thanks in advance
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] death__machine:
Hey guys,

I got this Motorola Xoom from a friend that he wanted updated. He got the Xoom from a contact in Motorola. The thing is nothing shows up in software updates, then I checked the version number

trygon-userdebug 3.1 HMJ37 124251 test-keys

I figured test-keys release won't get the ota notification. I want to update it to Jellybean, so what options do I have? Official JB is preferable but if there's no way out of this then I can root.

I'd like to add, I have no clue which Xoom this is. It is 32gb, has some sort of slot on top(not sure simcard or what). And I can't find the model number anywhere on the body or in settings.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] death__machine:
I connected to PC and saw MZ604. I'm checking out the images section now.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] death__machine:
Ok I assume I can download a stock image and then put them files in the fastboot folder and flash via these commands

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem lock
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldblue910:
That'll do it.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] death__machine:
Do I have to unlock before doing any of the above? I got these steps from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1081519
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] death__machine:
My bad! Apologies.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] death__machine:
I used a European Image and flashed it successfully. It was a Honeycomb image, I updated it a lot of times till it reached 4.0.4. Hmm, so there's no jellybean yet for people running European Firmware I read. Another issue was play store kept saying server error.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] death__machine:
I googled the Server Error and sorted it is. Thanks guys!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslamdoctor:
I can understand this is very old post. But I see you said you sorted this by using European Image and flashed it successfully. can you tell me which European image you used ?
[General Questions and Answers] H3buss:
Hi guys,

On a board my company is building, we are using a version of ICS. Therefore, I have several question :

How can I change the "Kernel Version" username in the Settings menu ? There is the name of one of my coworkers, I would like to put my company name (he's ok with that).

Is it possible, when I build the ROM, that it includes several apps we build ? If Yes, where to put them ?

Thank you very much for your help,

Good day to you.
[General Questions and Answers] H3buss:
UP :p
[Galaxy S II General] dong2007:
Borgaonkar showed that the USSD codes could be utilized to cause some serious damage. According to the researcher, if an attacker manages to push a cleverly designed USSD code to certain Samsung smartphones, he can hard reset the device. The worst part is that no user interaction is needed.

Link: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Expert-USSD-Codes-Can-Be-Used-to-Remotely-Reset-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-Phones-294651.shtml
[Galaxy S II General] Dead Silence:
Well looks like this is now known all over the world....only thing is that Samsung advices to update your device. Nice remark, knowing you can brick it as well due to eMMC :crying:
[Galaxy S II General] crachel:
There's already a similar thread here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1905126

Closed
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nnila:
Hi All,

Supposedly the Jelly Bean update is going to deprive us of WiFi Direct on the Transformer Prime??

Just wondering if anyone knows why this would happen? I dont see why a new release should take back a good feature?!?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kk6513:
but i cannot use wifi direct even on ics for my tf201.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Yuhfhrh:
I too am wondering why this would be happening.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] peterk-1:
Is the statement about the removal of WiFi Direct based on the Asus Sweden's statement? Below is Google's take on JB and WiFi Direct at http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html so either something is lost in the translation or Asus have decided WiFi is so bad and don't want more complaints.

Wi-Fi Direct Service Discovery

Ice Cream Sandwich introduced support for Wi-Fi Direct, a technology that lets apps discover and pair directly, over a high-bandwidth peer-to-peer connection. Wi-Fi Direct is an ideal way to share media, photos, files and other types of data and sessions, even where there is no cell network or Wi-Fi available.

With Jelly Bean, Android takes Wi-Fi Direct further, adding API support for pre-associated service discovery. Pre-associated service discovery lets your apps get more useful information from nearby devices about the services they support, before they attempt to connect. Apps can initiate discovery for a specific service and filter the list of discovered devices to those that actually support the target service or application.

For example, this means that your app could discover only devices that are “printers” or that have a specific game available, instead of discovering all nearby Wi-Fi Direct devices. On the other hand, your app can advertise the service it provides to other devices, which can discover it and then negotiate a connection. This greatly simplifies discovery and pairing for users and lets apps take advantage of Wi-Fi Direct more effectively.

With Wi-Fi Direct service discovery, you can create apps and multiplayer games that can share photos, videos, gameplay, scores, or almost anything else — all without requiring any Internet or mobile network. Your users can connect using only a direct p2p connection, which avoids using mobile bandwidth.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harel4u:
Hello,

I galaxy tab 2.

I think I ruined it when I tried to install a new ROM.

The situation now:

You can not turn on the device at all

When I load the machine, the screen displays an image of battery empty, unable to charge it

Can not get to downloading mode to recovery mode and

I would appreciate very much help on

Harel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ej2095:
Hi all

Rooted my friends S2 and CWM modded it

How ever when trying to view videos is shows a black screen.

How ever when rotate phone it shows teh vid for a second or two then goes black again.

I am thinking its a kernal issue?

i used this guide http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s2-i9100-icsandroid-4-0/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prashanthme:
Tried using other video players?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoPe36:
Moboplayer or bsplayer ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ej2095:
Yup

Flashed the siyah kernal and alls working fine now

so was a kernal issue
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeverMind84:
Hi

As per title I a can't seem to find a solution on how to get YouTube latest version to work on 3g.

It works fine on wi-fi.

I have set the port and proxy to 'not set' because 0 didn't establish any network functions.

I am on Vodafone UK. I have the latest flash player installed and it works on through chrome browser on 3g.

Any ideas?

Thanks
[Desire HD General] honk0504:
Hello@all,

i have a DHD here which I want to upgrade to Sabsa Prime.

What I did 'till now:

- I wanted to unlock the bootloader by the HTCDev mode

- in order to bootloader unlock I upgraded it to 2.00.0029

- then I unlocked with the Unlock_code.bin

- I installed ClockWorkRecovery 5.0.2.7

- I tried to downgrade ... error

- I tried the aahk-11092012 ... error

- I tried to install Sabsa directly ... error

- I relocked the bootloader again an tried to install a RUU ... bootloader error

- s is still on instead s-off

Please help!!
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
I would help but I'm not really that

knowledgeable

Try going to the Ace Think Tank, people will help you over there

Bump

Sent from an unstable WiFi connection