yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Peter Poelman:
I guess I didn't read as carefully as I should have. The 128 indeed needs the special driver. I wouldn't mind having that driver to stick in the kitchen. And I'd also like to know if it does WM2003...
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ntabikha:
the driver has a built in serial code that matches your last 4 digits of the unit's #... so no users can share, (incase they DO their own memory upgrade) ;)

unless...... u change the unit's serial id # :P
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] cruisin-thru:
Personally I could never see the reasoning behind these internal upgrades, memory is relatively cheap, sd cards dont take up room when in the slot and also the card needs no drivers external to the system. Am I missing some hidden benefits? Oh by the way I also know that these hardware mods are done mainly because they CAN be done so I am not knocking the achievement of the programmers and hardware buffs.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Peter Poelman:
Yes: the internal memory can hold programs as they are being executed. So if you have a 512 MB SD-card, the 32 MB internal tends to become the next bottleneck.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] cgigate:
How did you get ram upgraded to 128mb ?

sounds interesting!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] urologyhealth:
128mb upgrade

Go to: http://www.pocketpctechs.com/ppcpup.asp

They are efficient and savvy
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Gear:
I was thinking doing the upgrade but was stuck to the same question.

Maybe the solution is to send them the Kitchen exe file to load after the upgrade. Thus the T2T driver can be also loaded in the new flashed ROM.

The only turn down I see, is that you cannot play anymore flashing the unit. Or you do an SD backup of the whole thing first (?)

Where are our gurus?

Gear

:D
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Peter Poelman:
The ROM built in the kitchen overwrites anything in the device except the bootloader. The easiest would be if we could just incldue the driver in the kitchen. But if it's tied to the serial number this would be difficult...
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Gear:
I agree but, since they are changing only the RAM chip (upgraded to a 128MB one) and not the ROM one, we can send in the unit already flashed with the Kitchen exe file.

Then the T2T driver can be installed by them (I assume in RAM). No ?

Trying to clear things up....

Gear
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Peter Poelman:
To be honest, i have no idea how they ship the 128 MB units. I suppose th driver is indeed in RAM, and probably also supplied on media somehow.

Anyone here able to provide details?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] reydiodj:
So, I guess the 64Mb upgrade is the way to go if you want to keep playing with the ROM?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ntabikha:
i called them...

be it the 128 or 256... the driver is first installed and tested on site,

then also emailed to you. with the serial code being your pda serial #.

:)

i got the 64 upgrade. just coz i cant afford more.

AND, XDA IS COMMING SOONNNNNN :P
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ntabikha:
...oh, i meant XDA -II!!!

october: tmobile germany release

christmas: tmobile USA release! :D
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flaystus:
Anyone know for sure what does and doesn't work on the stable cm-7.2.0-fascinatemtd.zip build?

Just trying to get something non-stock that can run Ingress well enough.

Any other suggestions for ROMS? Keeping as much memory free as possible is key as well as working GPS obviously.

:good:
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ztotherad:
have you tried jelly bean? jelly bean is ridiculous smooth and keeps memory free.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hhp_211:
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[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flaystus:
If you think thats the best suggestion point me to the best one.

Lots and lots of info this section and its hard to sort through whats still current.

PS. Can I use TRWP instead of CW?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ztotherad:
yeah, you gotta use pa_315 kernel to use TWRP. the best, is probably cm10.1 nightlies. or you could try slim which was just released Mon. it's definitely nice. I suggest going to the development forum on here and start your adventure to radness, brotha

EDIT: here's hps kernel thread, look for the pa_315 kernel zip

EDITdos: forgot to add url, lol

here it is http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2149067
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flaystus:
Hrm... wanting to keep it simple. Maybe I should stick with clockwork.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hhp_211:
the paranoid android builds have included twrp and is a really nice rom.

you can flash their kernel to any of these roms to obtain that on any other ROM

All the roms here for the fassy are really all good ones, and very personal preference.

hard to go wrong with any of them...

Proven Decision methods::::

flip a coin,,, draw straws,,, eenie meenie minie moe,,,magic 8-ball,,,Close eyes and point,,,

best thing to do is read, read, read, then read what each are all about, and of you have the time test them ALL out yourself, thats the only way to know for sure what fits your style best,,, go ahead and get titanium backup (pro $$,, worth it for rom jumping) learn how to use it and have some jellybean fun...

here is my very short overview of all the main ROMs, in no particular order:::

slim bean and pac-man are new to the scene and are slightly less proven at this point, but the maintainer seems to be on top of things.

slim - very un-bloated, yet high on features/options

pac-man - combination of best from AOSPA + AOKP + CM10.1, self explanatory

CyanogenMod 10.1 - straight from the awesome ability of JT1134, for the fascinate, we all wouldn't be as far along without him and the people/teams he has helped

[ROM] [AOSPA] PARANOIDANDROID -- per app dip settings, pie controls,very well built decent features/options

Baked Blackbean - very well built with lots of features/options

HellyBean - most Kernel/Overclocking options built in, very well built with lots of features/options

aokp 4.2.2 (unofficial) - very well built with lots of features/options

[CM10.1][JELLYBRO] - - very well built with lots of options

[JB] [4.2.2] Avatar ROM - lots of themes, well built

GeeWiz 4.3 - very well built -- proprietary Samsung RFS file system-- not compatible with other Roms/Kernels,, very fast well functioning

.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ztotherad:
just to add onto the euroskank cm10.1 builds; they're cm10.1 through and through, but with cherry picks. so in the official nightlies, the rom won't have these added till later. they have to be merged/added.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flaystus:
Hey guys got Slimbean running. It does seem pretty smooth.

I'll test it with Ingress later.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitinhungama:
First of all hello to everyone. I'm new to this forum and this thread being my first here.

Phone Details

Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100

Kernel I9100XWLSJ

I recently upgraded my phone to Jelly bean 4.1.2 using this thread . Thanks to Faryaab for that. :good:

Yesterday my phone on a reboot hung up on the samsung logo and wont start. I took out the battery and restarted it. Since then absolutely no power. I tried the 3 button combinations and taking the battery out for a few minutes and trying again. nothing happens. Even tried leaving the phone plugged in to a charger all night but still nothing just the area near the camera on the back warms up a little. When connecting the phone to a computer nothing happens.

So now I'm here for anything else I can check or steps i can do? I read in the other threads in the forum and my understanding is that my phone is sort of hard bricked, correct?

What else can I try? Now as the phone is probably gone I would want to play and experiment with it just to learn. Im based in south America and dont know how many of those JTAG services can I use. My phone is out of warranty also!!:(

Any help is appreciated!!

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Try a USB Jig....

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitinhungama:
JIG

Ok I will give it a try. These USB JIGs are all the same or there is something specific about them? I mean i have to look for one which is for S2 I9100 or anyone would do?

From a software point of view is there anything else i can try other this JIG?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Look for a post by "king rat" about your problem.Its about starting a phone without a jig.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitinhungama:
nope

Tried this also but failed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitinhungama:
will a JIG work?

just for the sake of clarification is my phone now hard bricked?

Can it work with a JIG?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Sounds like a brick.

I don't see how you bricked it tho.

You flashed that md5 alone or you added a pit file or something like that?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitinhungama:
I followed the instructions from Faryaab's thread to upgrade to Jelly bean from ICS. It worked fine for a month and i had used just a MD5 file. But yesterday suddenly while restarting the phone it got stuck on the samsung white logo screen for quite some time. I took out the battery and inserted again. Since then nothing. No power, no 3 button combinations are working.

I have order a USB JIG also, not sure it will work. Any other ideas?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Sounds like hardware crash.

Keep trying to get to DL mode tho, at least until the jig arrives.

90% chance you'll need a new mobo.

Sent from the little guy
[AT&T LG Optimus G] iamtha1:
Hey can someone help me I want to know how to erase all data when switching Roms. I've noticed when I factory reset wipe caches, some left over data will carry over from old ROM to new ROM........ Thanks in advance
[AT&T LG Optimus G] gwarokk:
I also had this question in my mind a couple days ago and found the answer, I wiped all the caches/dalvik/system etc....then formatted the internal storage (sdcard) in cwm which i never did until now...that erased all leftovers...hope this helps
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Jank4AU:
Yeah, when you get into cwm, format /system. That will take care of it for sure. Anything on your SD cards should be irrelevant to the OS unless you're restoring data.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] freebee269:
just to follow up on what jank said, if you do format /data/media, it will erase your whole internal sdcard. i do this every time i install a new rom to give it a fresh start. this does not affect your external sdcard.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] iamtha1:
Thanks so much guys!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] iamtha1:
ok just to be clear(lol) i select format /data and /data/media option(sdcard)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Joecascio2000:
You only need to do format /data. That will format the whole /data partition including /data/media which is the internal sd card. However, I just want to say you only need to factory reset, wipe system, then dalvik. Wiping the whole /data partition is only causing you more grief. Nothing on the internal sd card can cause ROM issues. I have been flashing ROMs on several devices (phones and tablets) and have never had to wipe my internal sd card.

All that is necessary is to follow the directions given by the ROM developer in the OP.

EDIT:

Factory Reset - Wipes /data but not /data/media. It also wipes cache.

Wipe Data - Wipes the whole /data partition (Meaning ALL user/app created files)

Wipe data/media - Only formats internal sd card.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hi I've been searching and searching and can't seem to find anything. Could anyone tell me how to edit the system font colours and enable/disable the start up/power off sounds.

Many thanks
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UtkarshGupta:
In system/media/poweron.ogg and poweroff.ogg

this is XXXDDDAAA
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hi and thanks. Ive already put the sounds there by flashing the sound pack. Ive checked and the sound files are there and I can play them they just don't play when the phone is turned on and off. I think they've been disabled in the custom rom I'm using
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbgenetic:
So really - which one should I get :

The new chipset on the S2+ is it better?

Also I am tempted MOSTLY by the zero shutter lag in S2Plus - is it possible to implement that to the S2.

Price here in Bulgaria is exactly the same for both but I'd rather take the proven warrior (which also comes with 16gb Memory on the phone rather than 8GB on the new S2+).

So your 2 cents on this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Grift-:
The S2s Exynos + Mali chipset is just beast and is comparable in performance to some of the newer handsets out there... not too sure about the S2+ i dont think it uses Exynos
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbgenetic:
nope not Exynos - rather contains BCM28155 SoC/Broadcom + two core Broadcom VideoCore IV

again zero lag shutter is my biggest concern here - the rest seems pretty much equal (except for NFC which I would probably never really use).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
I dont know about the differences between the two, but here's two rules I follow when buying a phone:

1. If am gonna flash roms and root and tweak, I will choose a phone which is popular in the developer community.

2. If not, I will choose a phone with the best specs I can get with my budget.

:)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbgenetic:
1) I am going to flash roms - definitively. But the S2+ will probably get some stuff rolling around as well :)

2) Both phones cost nearly the same with a 7 EUR difference where I live so I am trying to decide which one between both ...

and the zero lag shutter I read about today (and the shutter lag SG2 is having) is what is stopping me for now from the SG2. But maybe you guys know more I am reading about it form today only.

I have also seen the SG2+ in real life (the SG2 not yet) and it works good even on stock.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Taken from GSMArena.com review of the GS2 Plus:

"Galaxy S II Plus comes

with the very same battery as its older brother. However, with a more power-efficient processor and a more recent build of Android, the Galaxy S II Plus managed to score the impressive endurance rating of 50 hours.

The new Broadcom chip inside will undoubtedly put up some different benchmark figures, and may even help lower production costs so Samsung might even deliver the Galaxy S II Plus at a lower cost than the original.

Overall, the display is good, though nowhere near as impressive as it was when the Galaxy S II launched.

BenchmarkPi sees the S II Plus land towards the bottom of the pack in terms of single-threaded CPU performance, but that's expected against mostly higher clocked processors and ones with newer-gen architectures.

Quadrant is an altogether different story, as the Galaxy S II Plus handily beats out the ICS-powered Galaxy S II, and slots in just behind the quad-core devices in our test.

GLBenchmark runs offscreen at 1080p resolution - putting all our tested devices on equal footing. The Broadcom VideoCore IV HW GPU failed to beat the Mali-400MP inside the Galaxy S II, but stayed pretty close to it, nonetheless.

The Samsung Galaxy S II Plus comes with the same 8MP camera as the Galaxy S II.

One theory on what exactly Samsung was thinking when it released this device is the phasing out of the old flagship with a newer (and cheaper to manufacture) model. Scaling the onboard storage to 8 GB aligns to this, as flash storage is one of the most expensive components found in a smartphone.

Also, by outsourcing to Broadcom for the chip manufacture process, Samsung would be able to free up its own factories for making more Galaxy S III and Note II SoC's. But what does all this mean to the consumer?

First off, while the Broadcom chip may not be offering a performance advantage over the the Exynos found in the Galaxy S II, it delivers anything but a bad midrange experience for the Galaxy S II Plus, particularly under Jelly bean. Looking forward, the potential cost reduction of the Galaxy S II Plus could make it quite enticing indeed, particularly if the Galaxy S II was to no longer be available.

With both devices still on the market and currently priced the same, however, you'd be crazy not to go with the original Galaxy S II.

The formula that worked for Samsung two years ago still works today, and Jelly Bean has brought some extra value to the experience.

You get the better-performing Exynos chipset and double the flash memory for the same price (there's a 32GB model

available as well)."

:rolleyes:

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbgenetic:
I presume that kinda sums it up then ... I am worried about camera though :( wouldn't want to be disappointed by a lagging shutter :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Why not try both out hands on? Then choose... :rolleyes:

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbgenetic:
not sure if I can find SG2 in a brick and mortar shop anymore ... :(

otherwise that's the way to go for sure :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
S2, no question about it.

Besides, they both are gonna go as far as 4.2.2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
:D

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbgenetic:
... officially :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
of course.....

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acse1:
the GS2 is the better choice and there are a lot of custom roms to choose from.

For GS2+ you won't find any custom roms soon and there is the chance that Samsung will not update it to another Android version. The last update for GS2 will be Android 4.2.2 according to SamMobile.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbgenetic:
def going for the S2 after reading more etc.

Plus the shutter lag I was refering to seems to be the same as on the GS2+ ... so I would be crazy not to go for the GS2 (S3 and above are just too large for me) and there's nothing so powerful in this price range I think even from other brands
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acse1:
I might be able to find a GS2 i9100G, that should be cheaper than the GS2+ as it has a TI OMAP 4430 CPU and PowerVR GPU. The community for this version of GS2 si also large and it doesn't overheat as much. I have this phone and personaly i don't see much difference between i9100g and i9100 on a day to day use. The only difference is in the benchmarks, but with little tweaks you can obtain almost the same results.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbgenetic:
never heard of this version really ...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brian_SGW_CM9:
i have a S2+

And seriously, the battery life is excellent

It never lags and the cpu is good enough

but, here comes the disadvantage, when i play moden combat 4 zero hour, the gun disappears, while other phones work great, it's just a game though, i haven't experienced any problem except from the mc4

oh one more thing, i tried to turn on power saving mode, then it went sleep of death, but then the next day, i tried power saving mode again, it's fine for the whole day

after all, s2+ has the NFC chip and uses touchwiz 5....looks better than S2 (with ICS or JB)

i prefer s2+ personally

btw, is there a thread or area for s2+ ? cause i can't find one.... :P thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imran51408:
the GS2 is a bit thinner than GS2 Plus
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albelomba:
R: Galaxy S2 or Galaxy S2 Plus

If you absolutely need nfc s2 plus.. If not you have to choose s2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C4SCA:
u should think about that one too since it uses a OMAP processor (dev friendly), so their kernels are more easly overclockable and stable versions of roms will be more available i think. since on CM roms the only thinks that stop the dev to say they are stable is the lack of coding for the exynos processor
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
On s2+ you can't move games files to ext sd card. Apps2sd and such don't work.

Gt i9100

Alliance v7.2

Siyah v6.0
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbgenetic:
aren't there more roms and kernels available for the S2 than the other S2 you are referring to ?

btw I am also considering S4 mini if it gets a better processor + more ram maybe :) (when it's out)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C4SCA:
There is more roms ... But imo they arent that great cuz of the lack of a good kernel... I prefer to have a perfect kernel on a stock rom more than a rom full of features and a buggy kernel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Thing is It up to you. My choice would be s3 as power and development is there now. S2+ is old phone now as it'd just an s2 with crap bits in it and less memory.

Gt i9100

Alliance v7.2

Siyah v6.0
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbgenetic:
S3 is just too big in terms of size to me ...

S2 would be the largest I am willing on using.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndDiSa:
That's the reason why I bought a S2 to replace my old G1 and for the hardware specs it will last at least for the next 1-2 years.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbgenetic:
yeah I think it should be fine for some years as well.

curios whether the S4 mini would be a nice catch once it's released ...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carl8:
what about SOD problem?

Hi everybody,

I want to buy a galaxy sII but I've found a lot of topics about SOD problems affecting this kind of device.

I'm wondering if also the "plus" version is affected by this kind of problem.

Which one should I prefer in order to avoid SOD annoyances?

Are all latest s2 devices affected by SOD bug?

PS I'm italian, sorry for my bad english :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndDiSa:
SOD bug? You mean emmc brick bug, or what kind of bug do you mean? I have my SII now for about three month and I am very happy with it.

Edit: ah, you mean sleep of death. I had it one / two times up to now, but normally it doesn't happen. It happened to me, while it was switching off the screen automatically and I switched it on immediately after the screen went off.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carl8:
"Sleep of death" bug.

As described here
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] king_below_my_lord:
Lol, buddy SOD doesn't necessarily happen, usually it is a slight problem which can be fixed with a few flashes or removal of certain apps, and I am talking about the S2 original.
[General Questions and Answers] elequenttadpole:
Hi im still a complete nood at this forum stuff, but i have been useing custom roms for a while on my note 2 but i really liked the pacman rom i liked the notification bar and the overall feel then it kept popping up with system ui stopped working i re wiped it all and reinstalled it and it was worse as soon as i unlock it, the error message pops up im really unsure what to do please help
[General Questions and Answers] boomvausstat:
What version of the note 2 do you have and which version of PAC did you download?
[General Questions and Answers] elequenttadpole:
Model number : GT-N7100

Android version : 4.1.2

I am using the alliance rom just because its stable and i made the biggest noob mistake of all, flashed and didnt do an original back up so i have no choice but to use custom roms,

Is that what you were asking for ? I wasnt joking when i said im a noob, ill have to see the pac rom when i get home because its seemed to have broken my micro sd card because my phone isnt allowing me to mount my san disk 54gb micro sd