yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
After flashing stock ROM you must flash a rooted kernel to get root... that you can find in the rooting guide in the stickies in the development forum
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Whats your exact model,firmware and country/carrier
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
so if i wanted to flash 4.0.3 would i have to flash a stock kernel and stock firmware ? i cant seem to find stock kernel and firmware for 4.0.4 and as i know i have the brick bug .. would flashing to 4.0.4 activate the brick bug again ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
These were the steps I took when I faced similar problem

1) download and flash stock Samsung ROM

2) booted the phone to check the flashed ROM

3) downloaded the chainfire kernel for root and flashed it via Odin

4) booted my phone and I had root.

5) rebooted to recovery and restored my previous backed up ROM

I hope this clears up some confusion
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
my model number is GT-I9100

android version 4.0.4

Baseband version I9100XXLQ6

im in the uk and my carrier is vodafone

kernel version 3.0.31- Siyah-s2-5.0.1+gm@ubuntu#6

hope this makes it clearer
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
I would get the stock rom(2nd one down) which should be 4.0.3 and flash that with odin.

Im not sure if the 1st one is meant to be 4.0.4.

Then you could follow the rooting guide in my sig(flash with recovery)

Then see if you are rooted
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
ok i can go to the sammobile site to get the above .. i just signed up to the site. not sure how i get the 4.0.3 cos its asking me for my firmware by typing on the keypad *#1234# BUT it is also asking for the modem by dialing in the same number .. i dont see anything called a modem in my phone when i do that .. yes i get the PDA .. and the CSC and the phone details and the build info but that's all nothing about modem ? and if i use my details that will be 4.0.4 NOT 4.0.3

confused again ! ! sorry .. you lot are so good with us noobs ! it must seem so simple what we ask sometimes ! but when your trying to root for the first time .. it gives you some heart stopping moments so getting it right and double checking is eveything !! :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
Dont worry, it is very simple if you follow these instruction.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1650919

That is the unroot guide and the link to the stock ROMS is this. And according to that UK Vodafone 4.0.3 is I9100BULPC. From the above thread the link to that ROM is this.

Now all you need to do is download that file and follow the instructions given in the unroot tutorial thread

After you have successfully done that boot your phone and see everything is in order. Then use Rooting guide or any other methods given under root/unroot section of this thread to get your root back. Then you can enjoy custom ROMs and MODs
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
i bought the phone originally off line and chose a vodafone tariff .. so the phone isn't branded. it has a vodafone sim in .. but there is no vodafone stuff when you switch the phone on so am i right in thinking its unbranded ? so does that effect what ROM i can use ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
so if it is unbranded which i think it is .. i was gonna use this I9100XWLP7 Download (Thanks To SamMobile!)

Base Firmware: I9100XWLP7 (4.0.3)

Region United Kingdom / Ireland

Carrier: SIM FREE (Generic)

Build Date: 3rd April 2012

Modem: XXLPS

CSC: XEULP5 (XEU)

Change List: 340913

CF-Root v5.4 LP7: Download

would this one be ok ? as i dont want to go back to 4.0.4 if i can use this ROM will i need a stock kernel for this too ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
Yes... That would be the correct one for you

This will have stock kernel only but not rooted. Using CF kernel for your ROM you can get root. If you don't want root then just flash this and leave it at that.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
so if its ok to use the one i posted .. will it change my kernel too ? cos i have the siyah kernel at the moment . or do i have to do something else to remove the siyha kernel ?

sorry i get a bit confused between kernels and ROM .. yeah i know VERY noobish lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
It will change everything to stock. If you want siyah kernel then you must flash it again using Odin after you flash the stock ROM.

And flashing siyah will give you root.

And you don't need to do anything else extra. Just flash that ROM.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
thank you so much for explaining all this to me !! you have been so helpful and understanding ! great well i will charge my phone up tonight then tomorrow i will flash it !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
Good luck and make sure you follow the instructions in those threads...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
yeah i will do ! to the letter .. if i get stuck im sure i can get some good advice from you all
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
ok in the link you gave me .. it says to wipe cache partition .. i do that when i put the phone recovery mode, where i can do that.. plus the factory reset as suggested ?it also says wipe the internal SD card .. there is a lot of stuff on there that i don't know what it is ! i guess its ok to delete all of this ? i delete all of this by just pressing and holding on each file in there .. and it comes up with the menu saying... move .. delete .. copy etc is that correct ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
In that unroot thread start from step 4 actually.. the current ROM you have is not good so no point in backing it up... just start from the 4th step that is going to download mode... then continue from there
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
ok i have down loaded the rom twice .. but i cant seem to get odin to " see " the file i have clicked PDA in odin but nothing .. ROM is on my PC but cant seem to get odin to see it ? ? could i save it to my internal sd and do it that way ? but its a .RAR file not a zip file .. so i dont suppose i can ? is that why odin wont recognize it because its a .rar file ? what do i do now ? ? cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
Unzip it... it will only recognize .tar file...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
ok .. im not that good with computers either so not sure how i Unzip it ? once it is Unzipped .. will it automatically become a .tar file ? god im so sorry .. you are being so helpfull to me ! thank you for your patients with me
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hikarugo:
This happens to me a lot of times too. And I solve it easily.

You do have CWM recovery from the siyah, don't you? Simply flash a .zip file containing either superuser or supersu complete files through recovery.

The .apk will be deleted/replaced by itself.

The supersu .zip can be downloaded here: http://download.chainfire.eu/298/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.99.zip

No need to use odin as you already have the recovery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
just right click on it and choose extract and it will extract to a folder by the same name. That folder must contain the .tar file which you must choose from the PDA in Odin.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
did all that manged to unzip it an extract all .. then when i open the file to look for the .tar .. it asks me to use a programe which it seems to want to use adobe ... then unable to read it ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
i have done it !!!!!!!!! managed to get the phone back to 4.0.3 .. im getting a few messages about logs provider has stopped and the process android.process.acore has stopped.. is this normal ? everything seems to be ok though gonna flash siyah .. and see if i get my root back . should i wait to do that whilst it still keeps telling about these things that have stopped ? i keep hitting ok but it keeps bringing them up again
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
oh and i have no key pad to phone anyone ..the screen is blank .. apart from the normal blue bar across the top . but that dont contain anything either ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
That does not seem normal. I think the downloaded file might have had problems. Right now try to get the root and if you get the root then you can flash some other ROM via recovery... I think siyah should get you the root
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
i had problems with 4.0.3 .. so downloaded 4.0.4 .. then flashed siyha and i now have ROOT ! ! ! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP ! YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT . !next thing is to install a custom ROM .. i can do that with CWM now though cant i ? just have to choose a good ROM
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
Use you can.... go ahead and enjoy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
oh dear ! i have what i think is a boot loop! i flashed a new ROM ok ..But i didnt like it .. anyway i thought i would return to stock .. so flashed the 4.0.4 stock Rom again and odin said it had passed ! but when the phone starts i just am on the start up screen saying galaxy s2 .. tried to re flash twice now but same result ? have i messed my phone up or is there anything i can do to recover this . ? the only way i can turn phone off is to pull the battery out . i can get phone into download mode .. but thats all . wish i had just been happy with my root ! think i was trying to run before i could walk !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamanoopmk:
I think its a bad download... that's why it is like that. Download the file again and try...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
well i down loaded the official rom for 4.0.4 again .. and i have flashed it 3 times with odin .. each time it says its passed . . but when the phone starts up the same thing stuck on the start up screen ? is this what they call a boot loop ? or just a knackered phone ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmic Blue:
try taking out the battery and putting back in. That is considered a hard reset, it moght cause the phone to finish booting up properly.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
took battery out .. still the same ! i thought i read somewhere about someone having a similar problem .. and the had to flash a vanilla ROM ?.. or something like that . cant find it now but it sounded like it was used to sort out a problem like mine
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
although i have just flashed 4.0.4 which was my stock ROM and i know i had the insane chip .. so would it be wise to flash anything that may do a wipe .. cos i have read so many places that if you wipe the cache it will hard brick the phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
well i followed a thread on here about recovering from a bootloop and it WORKED !!! thank god ! it has taken me to 4.0.3 .. so i have downloaded 4.0.4 AGAIN ! and will flash it again ... i think i may of had a corrupt file in last download of 4.0.4 ..? so am gonna start afresh !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmic Blue:
As soon as you flash a 4.0.4 rom, flash siyah or dorimanx kernal which has disabled the brick bug and this will allow you to do wipe.

After flashing a safe kernal like siyah, wipe cache and dalvik cache from recovery to get rid of any odd bits of codes after multiple flashing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strommy1966:
ok thanks for that ! i have done the wipe as you have mentioned . well i flashed 4.0.4 .. and flashed siyah ... all seems well now . apart from when i try and write a text using the 3x4 keypad .. the letters come out as numbers ? if you switch to the numbers they are ok . Qwerty key pad is ok . but i like the 3x4 as i have big fingers and find it hard to use use Qwerty . any idea how to fix this ?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] -BlaZinG^DucK-:
I'm a noob in XDA and don't know where tu put this tread, so I put it in general.

I have some problems with my SGY:

Google play isn't working

I can't set my ringer and notification sounds, I try to set them but when I go to silent mode and turn on sound again, my ringtone and notification sounds becomes default

When I'm using Wi-Fi, every ~2 minutes Wi-Fi goes off and again on

(sorry for bad english, I'm lithuanian.)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] menewtoroot:
being noob doesnt mean u cant read rules...

plz nd from the nxt time post is question ansers form...for all the questions..

nd yeah..for ur question...

wht did i do...

i mean did u flashed something or what...

or it happened suddenly..?

**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...:D:D**
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] KennyG123:
Please read forum rules before posting

Questions go in Q&A

Thread moved

Thank you for your cooperation

Friendly Neighborhood Moderator
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] bluechipsss:
Google play: make sure you are already signed in.

make sure your internet is working fine.

Have you flashed anything? new ROM? kernel? or tweaks?

Wifi: WIFI settings > advanced > WIFI sleep policy > never.

Correct me if im wrong :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] blue.wave:
Google play sometimes doesn't work at phone also when my net connection is totally ok. It happens winth wifi and mobile network also. I don't know why it happens.

Btw did you root your phone or remove any system app somehow?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] -BlaZinG^DucK-:
menewtoroot,

It happened suddenly.

bluechipsss,

I'm signed in and on my wifi so the connection is good. Problem is still here, I did what you said.

blue.wave,

I'm rooted and removed all system apps I don't need.

Some information:

Rooted

Rom: hyperion project 7

Kernel: savie's 2.6.35.7

Tweaks: adrenaline engine

As I said before, I removed all system apps that I don't need. Google play stopped working in my previous rom (or preprevious, I don't remember), other two probs appeared in this rom.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] D_Rising_Pheonix:
Then there must Be no Problem
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] -BlaZinG^DucK-:
What problem are you talking about?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] menewtoroot:
Try to install another google market.apk ..

Search it in google for the updated.version..

**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...:D:D**
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] D_Rising_Pheonix:
Pls Check This links

it Will Help You

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536724
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] -BlaZinG^DucK-:
Okay... Deleted old google play apk, downloaded latest version (3.10.9), flashed gapps. Try to launch google play, open it, okay, it loads but nothing more, google play is stuck, in center is written "loading" and the wheel is spinning. It's just loading and doing nothing!

I tried to think where google play problem could come from... And ended up with this idea: maybe I installed an app or removed system app that should be installed to run google play. Am I wrong?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] BLACKSTAR:
First make sure ur net is working fine.

Install the latest google play..u can try by rebooting ur phone.

It should help
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] gohabs93:
Weird, I started having this issue yesterday on my tablet and galaxy nexus. They both have multiple google accounts and google play is stuck on loading. I cleared data, removed and reflashed google apps and I still have the issue on both devices. It only happens when connected to wifi.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] menewtoroot:
Then ur wifi is slow...

Give it some time..

Or reacharge it..pay ur bill...(or ur neibhour's..:P)

Is everything else working or having same problem..

Like a browser...(nt stock)..

**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...:D:D**
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] gohabs93:
Everything else is working, browsing, streaming,etc. I tried doing tethering using my other phone and same thing...stuck on loading. I do speedtest and I get 20-25mbit using my wifi. No problems when I use 3G/LTE!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] -BlaZinG^DucK-:
But doesn't help
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Soul reaper:
dude do one work ..wait for couple of days .. 1-2 days probably ...it naybe server prob.

or u can go through the hasle of odin and flashing .all that stuff

if its server prob then will get solved.

or install an old playstore then let it get updatd to newst one
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] -BlaZinG^DucK-:
So how I could solve my problems people? Please help!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] aniket.lamba:
Try flashing a new rom or wait for 1-2 days to get the problem solved.It might be the Google Play's connection problem.

Rom:JellyBlast V3

Kernel:Kurotstogi

Theme:Xperia theme with some personal modification.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] DEVILKOIRALA:
problem with rom try flashing another rom by going into stock rom and kernel....for flashing stock go to dokys thread and then download stock rom for your region....
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] -BlaZinG^DucK-:
I can't flash through odin because my sgy's drivers cant install fully. So, I tried to flash a new rom from current. When I start flashing, it says installing the rom and after ~30secs it ends, but I'm still in current rom. Another problem..
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] -BlaZinG^DucK-:
So, who could help?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] sanny5:
Dude it seems u are having too many problems .... just flash stock rom via Odin once

---------- Post added at 11:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:04 PM ----------

Do this

Settings>apps>all apps>

Clear data of

Download manager, Google services framework and market updater there and reboot

it happens to me sometimes on my funbook pro and I do this always works for me
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] -BlaZinG^DucK-:
I deleted download manager :D. Should I download it?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] kyakaze:
Hi, I'm using Xperia TX with .197 firmware (unlocked BLoader). I noticed that after downloading images from the internet to my phone, the "album" didn't show those new images. I had to reboot the phone for them to show up. Is there any way to make the library auto-update or any magic button to update it?

:fingers-crossed: Thanks
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] baz@gmx.co.uk:
Have you tried stopping the app, then relaunching it? I believe this will force a media rescan.(settings, apps, force stop)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] kyakaze:
thank you Baz, for reminding me of this workaround, I haven't seen this problem since my x10 days.

But it feels weird to be doing that everytime I download media from the net. It's a $500+ phone after all. Do you have this problem at all or is it just me?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] baz@gmx.co.uk:
I must admit I have not tried it yet, but I did notice that when I deleted a few images I had on my ext sd card they still showed up in album, perhaps it is unavoidable, otherwise media's scan would have to run constantly!?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abaddon92:
can anyone share their experience. and what mod have been done ? example(framework-res mod n ect)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Like this - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=962482
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Turkdale:
Hello,

I tried multiple times to install a ROM with ClockWordMod Recovery on a rooted Samsung Galaxy Y with stock kernel & rom.

Even when I reflash the stock rom with Odin and try everything what people suggest on the internet, it doesn't work.

I get the next error when I try to install a ROM like JellyBlast or some other ROM's: Installation aborted(bad).

What can I do to fix this ?

And also it isn't possible to flash ClockWordMod Recovery for permanent, need to flash it over and over when I restart recovery.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] anasdcool71:
If this problem is with multiple roms, you need to probably try another zip file of CWM. If this is for one particular rom, download the rom zip again; you must not have downloaded it fully.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] menewtoroot:
there are some roms which install only via recovery not cwm..

nd if u want permanent cwm try to install a kernel with cwm like savie's kernel..

**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...:D:D**
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] maxxinn:
This happened because ur downloaded ROM file is bad. Do a redownliading or unzip it with zipper then zip it again. Then it will be ok. Last time i had a problam like this
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] nikufellow:
Most probably corrupted files ;)

clearly,god is a democrat!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Turkdale:
Thank you all for the fast responses and I tried also different roms and I have a second problem too with unzipping the roms.

When I try to unzip all of the roms that I tried, It gives an error that I can't unzip it, and I tried 4 times to download again and again the ZIP, but nothing works.

Do you guys have an idea of a kernel with permanent CWM and an ICS rom for Galaxy Y that works by installing it with CWM ?

So yes, could you please send me the XDA-thread if possible ?

@menewtoroot: Could you send me the correct topic of that Kernel with working download links and can you also confirm that this will work for a permanent CWM ?

Thank you all again, I will wait for you :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Ardroid-xda:
Firstly :

Problem if you fail to flash, try to check the flashable zip file, maybe Bad file/corrupt file

Second :

if you want to have permanent CWM on your phone, i recommend you to try using Savie kernel

it so fast and more performance and have Permanent CWM :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] prashantj95:
If you really want your phone to work fast and default CWM.

I suggest you use Merruk kernel.

Fast and bug free.

;)

If I helped maybe you would consider hitting thanks button.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Ardroid-xda:
Yup, some people isn't same think but all kernel it good :)

but, in some case some people again :p hehe it's hard to install merruk :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] menewtoroot:
I dont come on xda via laptop so it will be difficult for me..

Bt i will try me best to help u..

Till then use the search function..

Just type savie's kernel for galaxy y..

U.will surely get it..

**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...:D:D**
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Turkdale:
Thank you guys for all the information. I will look for it and try it if it works.

I will keep you guys updated ;)

And ofcourse I will hit the thanks button if you helped me :D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Turkdale:
Hello guys,

I did try everything like it does need to be working, but it doesn't work.

First time I tried, the ROM booted but everything crashed so I started over again:

Wiped everything

Flashed Stock rom with Odin

Flashed the Jellyblast rom

Flashed CWM with Merruk kernel

Tried to boot and stuck at boot screen

Tried this for several times, even without flashing Merruk's kernel it doesn't work.

Can you please provide me a short SELF-MADE tutorial with the easy steps to do what and FLASH what?

With the files included please ?

Thank you all!