yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MudSlug:
Thanks again for your replies keithross39 and immortalneo

Yes, I was wondering if the majority of problems people were having was due to using Odin on the previous YouTube link?

I've found a good vid on YouTube by Babblingboolean (How to Root ICS Galaxy S2 and load CWM Recovery (GT-i9100 and GT-i9100M)).

This method uses: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 by Rachmat3.

So in my case I guess the instructions go like this:

Download: recovery-clockwork-4.0.1.5-galaxyS2.zip and place in the phones SD. This will give me custom

temporary

recovery?

Download: Siyah-s2-v4.1.5-CWM.zip and place in the phones SD. This will give me a

permanent

custom recovery and a

safe

kernel free from the BrickBug and also

root

?

Power off phone then boot into stock recovery mode by Vol Up + Home + Power.

Then select Apply Update From External Storage option and find and select the recovery-clockwork-4.0.1.5-galaxyS2.zip

this will then install and open up the temporary CWM recovery.

Then from the open CWM recovery select Install Zip From SD Card option and find select the Siyah-s2-v4.1.5-CWM.zip. Then select reboot.

This will then replace the previous temporary recovery-clockwork-4.0.1.5-galaxyS2.zip?

Then all being well look for the SU app and the CWM app in app list or check with a market SU permissions app.

Q. Does it matter what SD location I put the two files in, phone SD or Ext SD?

Q. Then I assume it's ok to delete the two zip files from the phone after?

Sorry immortalneo if I'm paraphrasing you in your reply in post #2. I just don't want to **** this up!

If all goes well I'm thinking of trying out a JB Rom: DarkyROM HD v3.0 to get rid of some the bloatware.

Anyone had any experience of this ROM?

Hope someone out there can comment on the above method for rooting, safe, dodgy etc?

Thanks again for reading this and for any replies...

MudSlug ~~~"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Guess u have got it all figured out mate! :thumbup:

Since ur planning on flashing the temporary CWM using stock recovery, u MUST place those files in the EXTERNAL SD CARD. :)

And yes, u can delete the zips after ur done with them.

A word of caution while using a temporary CWM on 4.0.4:

Never wipe or format anything, nor do a nandroid restore while on temporary CWM! It will trigger the Brickbug!!

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
This is the method I used to root my wife's S2. Her phone was confirmed to be at risk from the brickbug. The method worked well, but the CWM was temporary....meaning that it needed to be reflashed every time recovery was used to enable the CWM options to be used......bit of a pain, but workable.......

Edit....just read your post in it's entirety....flashing siyah afterwards will give you permanent CWM and root.....

But with your chosen procedure; you're flashing 3 zips....this seems to be a bit (forgive me) long winded, when with the PhilZ method, you just flash one.....

Sent from my Rooted, De bloated Stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and Tapatalk 2....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
To be honest, I rooted my ICS using a temporary CWM.. I still have that zip in my phone even now!! :D

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MudSlug:
Great thanks for the positive reply immortalneo.

Also thank you for checking my plan of attack and for the warning too. So it looks like I'm all set to give it ago then.

I'll see what other comments come in in the mean time before I make my charge.

Any other advice is always welcome too.

MudSlug ~~~"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MudSlug:
Hi keithross39

Sorry I overlooked your reply, and thanks for the reply.

My plan was just to flash the two zips.

The 1st one was just to give me a temporary CWM recovery to allow me to flash the 2 nd Siyah v 4.1.5 kernel since apparently you can't flash Siyah from the stock recovery this would then give me a permanent CWM with root and safe from the brickbug.

Hopefully that's the correct way?

MudSlug ~~"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Come to think of it, u can skip the first step (flashing temporary CWM) if u use Philz kernel instead of Siyah.

Its a safe kernel, which will root ur phone and install permanent CWM. And best of all, it can be directly flashed in stock recovery. :D

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MudSlug:
Yippee! - I'm know Rooted.

Hi Guys

Just to let you all know that all went well and that I'm rooted now. :o

I used the Temporary CWM method by Rachmat3 with the aforementioned YouTube guide by Babblingboolean.

I wasn't entirely sure about Odin, since a lot of problems seem to stem from using it.

I thought before I should start that I should increase the screen time out, I didn't want to take the risk of it going off on me during a crucial moment and selecting something I shouldn't of in the recovery modes. Also using the standard recovery-clockwork-4.0.1.5-galaxyS2.zip version instead of the touch one, as I didn't want to select the wrong thing with my fat fingers!

The only snag I had was the location of the Siyah-s2-v4.1.5-CWM.zip. I couldn't find it on the external SD, so I just moved it to the internal.

Looking in my app tray, I now have two new apps: SuperSU v0.94 and CWM Manager v3.15.

I've also installed DroidWall which requires root access and seems to be working well.

I also ran the emmc bug checker app the result was: NO. Sane chip

Not sure as to whether this is actually checks anything kernel wise or just reads the kernel title?

Old

Kernel Version: 3.0.15-I9100XWLPT-CL941023

dpi@DELL169#3

SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 27 18:08:15 KST 2012

New

Kernel Version: 3.0.15-Siyah-s2-v4.1.5+

gm@ubuntu) )

#49 SMP PREEMPT Tue Sep 11 12:21:30 PDT

2012

So I'll assume that I am safe?

Anyway a big thank you to: immortalneo and to keithross39 for your advice and patience.

I think I'll leave it for awhile before I start thinking about ROMs etc

Thanks again guys for your help and all the best.

MudSlug ~~" :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Yup, ur safe and rooted mate!! :thumbup:

Please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post. :)

Have fun!!

P.S. Some important stuff to do after rooting:

- Backup EFS

- Backup EFS

- Backup EFS

;)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MudSlug:
Hi immortalneo

Thanks for the praise on my rooting adventure. :)

I've had a quick search about backing up the EFS and what it actually is!

This appears to be, a more nerve racking thing for me to attempt than the actual rooting process!

It seems a lot of people don't risk it and flash away regardless?

Do I really only need to do this if I'm intending on flashing different ROMs for worse case scenario or is just good general practice after rooting?

As I'm quite happy for the moment with staying on the stock ICS ROM, since coming from Froyo on a Desire it's refreshing improvement having an S2. Although saying that there is a lot of bloatware on the stock ICS and temptation will probably get the better of me in the end!

~~"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
Hi MudSlug....for backing up your EFS, you might like to try HC-kTool....a nice, easy to use (free) app on the playstore. And for the bloatware....see my signature for an idea on how to combat that issue.....I used Titanium Backup (paid) to initially "freeze" the c**p and then to delete it after figuring out that what I'd frozen wasn't affecting the operation of the phone........

Edit....VERY IMPORTANT to make a nandroid backup of your FULL BLOAT FILLED stock firmware first....that way, if you freeze or delete the wrong app and it all goes wrong, you can restore back to the original......

Sent from my Rooted, De bloated Stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and Tapatalk 2....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kt-Froggy:
Your risk assessment is quite interesting... :) There is no risk in backing up EFS, as long as you have a basic understanding of what you are doing, and there are several methods available (might as well do more than one backup using different methods, and store them safely). However, there is a risk of screwing up your EFS in the process of doing other things with your phone, like flashing ROMs (official or custom), doing SIM unlock, etc. That's when your backup will come pretty damn handy. So, don't think twice, do an EFS backup, and save/bookmark the info on recovering your IMEI. Chances are you will never need to use it, but if you do, it'll make a BIG difference.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MudSlug:
Hi keithross39 and to kt-Froggy thank you for your replies.

keithross 39

I'll have a look at the HC-kTool app you mentioned, thanks. Hope you don't mind me asking, but what stock apps did you manage to safely remove off your phone successfully without upsetting the phones operation?

kt-Froggy

Thank you for your advice. I'll looking into backing up EFS more deeply before I start flashing ROMs etc.

Oh yes, sorry I forgot one more question!

My old android version was Froyo on a Desire and the general rule was that you shouldn't move a widget or an app with widget capabilities from a phone memory to an SD card memory. Is this still the case for ICS or new phones? I'm guessing it's to do with the phone booting up process, widgets freezing etc? Since quite a few can be moved I noticed?

MudSlug ~~"

MudSlug ~~"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
Hi MudSlug.....I used the list in the first post of this thread......

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1069924

to decide what I didn't need. But as I previously mentioned, it'd be best to freeze the unwanted apps before deletion....and make a nandroid backup before you begin.

With regard to moving apps to SD card, this is something I have done on both ics and jb....but use a bit of common sense....if the app is needed during startup (launchers, antivirus, ad blockers or permission managers) leave them on internal storage......

Edit....just re read your question...and noticed you specifically mentioned apps with widgets.....not too sure on that one....but most "app relocating" apps should be smart enough to know what can or cannot be moved....I use Gemini App Manager. It lists apps in groups, and one of those groups is "apps that can be moved to SD card"......

Sent from my Rooted, De bloated Stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and Tapatalk 2....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MudSlug:
Hi keithross39

Sorry for the delay in my reply! Thank you for the detailed reply and the link to the other post. I'll will as you suggested be cautious about what I'll delete and just freeze apps first with Titanium Pro and see what happens.

Thanks again..

MudSlug ~~"
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanielDPT:
Hey all.

I have just installed this fine ROM.

But now it wont charge when it is plugged in the pc. Fine in the Samsung charger.

And how do i clean up my galaxy tab i have alot of crap on it but now i cant see the files in windows on galaxy tab? I can with clockworkmod.

And how do i disable USB debugging ?

Regards Daniel and thanks
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SystemDoctor:
Go to Settings>Developer Options>Untick USB Debugging, Then connect your tab to your PC, then go to Settings>Storage>There should be a box in the upper-right corner saying "USB Connection", if not find it. Tap it then tick the option that says MTP Intialisation or something like that.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DefQoN_BE:
Usb charging is turned off for some security reasons, but you can force it to in ADB or terminalnemulator

I think it was something like :

Open terminal emulator

- type 'su'

- Then type, “echo 1 > /sys/class/power_supply/battery/force_usb_charging”.

And this should do the job. Not 100% sure though
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicktrick9:
trouble charging throught usb

probable solution here..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1782164
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palaemon:
Worked as a charm, thanks.

That worked perfectly and instantly. thank you (bedankt/merci)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenawil:
color nook been running os 2.3.7 from sd card for 2 years. Recently whenever I boot up the nook I get a message to force close AWDLauncher. At times I get the message several tmes before I can proceed to use the nook. Any thoughts or advice to resolve this??
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webyrd:
Have you tried uninstalling and then reinstalling ADW? Might want to backup setting first so you can restore.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenawil:
ADWLauncher...

ADWLanuncher, as far as I can tell, is part of the system. I cannot find it in apps to delete it. Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
Something is corrupted in your data. Boot to CWM recovery and go to advanced menu and wipe dalvik cache. If that does not fix it, wipe data/factory reset. That will mean you have to reregister gapps and reinstall all your apps.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moumoune27:
Hello guys,

I need your help because my GS3 can't restart, it's blocked on start screen Sansung S3

In fact, my S3 was rooted and I installed Rom Manager to change "easilly" the Rom ( for XperianZe-0.9.9_AROMA_JKay_Elegant6-EMC3)

One precision : before changing Rom, Rom Manager made some changes in the CWM.... and I think my problem is here.

I succeed to instal the new Rom XperianZe using Rom manager (clean Wipe, cache, etc...) and it worked but I wanted to try another one Rom (Android_Revolution_HD-SGS3_25).

I had noticed before installing the latest ROM when I wanted to start the S3 in Recovery Mode manually, the screen remained blocked after posting Odin mode / product name:GT i9300 / Current binary download : yes / system status : custom and after the message "Downloading ... Do not turn off target!!" and then nothing ... but through Rom manager, I could access ...

But, for some unexplained reason, the installation of the Rom Revolution failed and the S3 rebooted and now I get stuck on the start screen Samsung Galaxy S3

The problem is that now I can not access the recovery, because I have always the message "Downloading ... Do not turn off target!"

Through Odin, it's impossible because the recovery is blocked, the device is not detected.

Could you help me, please, how to install a new recovery and then reinstall a ROM? thank you in advance for your help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
Try accessing recovery by restarting the phone, pressing power button volume up and home, that should get you into recovery. If that works wipe everything and try installing the last ROM again or simply restore your nandroid of your working ROM.
[General Topics] Silversurfer:
Hi all,

does anyone now if a pixel error is a reason for an exchange under warranty?

I have one pixel that is permanent green. The Qtek is one week old.

This is very ****ty quality.

Does anyone know if I would get it exchanged?

regards,

Silver
[General Topics] fudgebottom:
Hi Silversurfer

Unfortunatly you will not be up for a replacment you can have a look at this link:

http://www.myxda.com/serviceandsupport/template/BlindDotsPolicy.vm

They are allowed up to 2 green dots with out replacment... It is not XDA's fault it is just a trait of LCD pannels. I have 1 red pixel that is rather anoying as well but thats one of the things you have to put up with LCD screens.

No matter what LCD screen is used there is always a chance of having dead pixels (Even computer screens) I have got 2 LCD screens at work that have a dead pixel each.... Nothing you can do really... just put up with it, its a chance you take for going with the LCD technology...

Sorry this is not the answer you where looking for... :?
[General Topics] Rudegar:
with production of lcd it happens alot that some pixels are born dead

this is by no means a quality issue on htc's part

only extremely few lcd makers check and throw away panels with some dead pixels on if they did the prices of the panels would skyrise

read here about normal computer lcd panels and their warrenty rules

mind you they have tons of more pixels then the xda's panel and therefor have a much higher dead pixel ration

http://www.lcd-monitor-reviews.com/lcd-monitor-resources/lcd-monitors-dead-pixels.html

http://www.apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/9E7FEA1C39845879CA256E380007986D
[General Topics] WeatherB:
Yup... Even my laptop has a bright orange dead pixel on it.

I'm used to it now.
[General Topics] Rudegar:
my super expensive samsung 19" panel have a white pixel in the upper middle

my xda2 have 1 white pixel and one stuck on green and one on orange

it cant really be avoided all together it comes with the technology
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] cjk2010:
Someone asked me about which of these two cases would offer better "crash" protection onto a sidewalk.

I personally prefer the Commuter case for its overall slender form factor. However ; I think the Defender offers superior protection.

The Defender has the soft (and thick) outer shell. In the event of a fall onto concrete or another hard surface physics would say the soft outer shell will absorb more of the impact shock then the Commuter. Why?

The soft exterior will absorb the shock and disfigure on impact where the hard exterior of the Commuter will transfer the impact to the soft inner shell. The problem is that since the hard exterior of the Commuter compresses the soft inner shell significantly once put on it minimizes the amount of cushion it can offer.

Basically once the silicon is compressed (pretty significantly might I add) and sandwiched between the outer case and the phone itself it wont have the cushion and recoil it would have if it were allowed to remain fully expanded on the exterior as in the Defender..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Illudrium:
So I wiped my stock OS trying to install a custom ROM that failed to flash, and now I'm trying to sideload a rom on my nexus 4 using TWRP. However it is as if adb isn't installed. No commands work and my Nexus 4 is constantly trying to establish a connection. Also, for some strange reason it's incorrectly recognized as a Galaxy Nexus in device manager. I have the ADT bundle and Nexus 4 drivers installed, so what am I doing wrong? Is my Win XP the problem? I would just mount the internal SD, but it doesn't seem like I can (nothing happens).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Illudrium:
Any ideas???

Gonna attempt a fastboot flash in the meantime.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Illudrium:
I guess nobody knows...

Oh well, luckily fastboot worked. Otherwise I would have had a brick.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eazy2times:
how did u do that i cant flash a os on mines it keep saying im missing files
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Illudrium:
Here's what I ended up doing since I couldn't figure out how to get adb to work. I used fastboot to flash stock Android and then copied my vision room to my internal sd. Then I flashed it using recovery. The first file I downloaded apparently was corrupted. This could be your problem too. Your best bet is to redownload your custom rom and use a md5 checksum to make sure the file is complete.

Hope this helps as I am not sure it is the exact answer your looking for.

Sent from my toaster using potatotalk 2
[HTC Titan] Mercurybird:
When I receive a file attachment, I can't open it or do anything with it because my phone says it isn't associated with any program. How do I fix that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kocane:
As title asks - is there any good Skype clients out there? The official one is preposterously bad and one of the few I can find that actually does Skype is IM+ but that one isn't too minimalistic either.

Is there any good ones that I don't know about?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vit_:
IM+

I use IM+ for Skype
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kocane:
Seems like its all there is. Doesn't Skype allow any other to use Skypekit or what
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucas00:
Looks like you dont need video-calls support, right? I used IMO in the past.

Its a very good app, simple, clean and works with many services, even steam :eek:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kocane:
Ye, I've been around IMO. I didn't really like the UI last time I used it but judging from screenshots it seems ok now. Sadly it also seems like Skype is no longer supported? :(

Boy, I missed the days when MSN/WLM got used. It was so much more flawless than Skype is an non of this "only possible to use official client" BS.. Sigh
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bacano2:
Is there any good skype client now?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cadogan32:
Hi,I ended up deleting alot of my pictures off my phone by accident and was wondering if there is a tutorial in linux to recover them?I found this tutorial but i dont have a windows machine on hand to try it out:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1994705

I have searched but havent came up with anything as far as how to do it in linux.I apprecitate the help.thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] king_below_my_lord:
Quite frankly data recovery in linux = major pain in the butt, desperation to recover from a ext4 partition once led me to an app called "photorec" don't be fooled by the name it's a data recovery app, oh I was on Ubuntu and I don't know whether other Linux distro's have this or use it, after going through settings, synaptic, terminal commands *shudder*(it still gives me the creeps) I recovered a corrupted piece of my important data, turns out even a minor use in the partition in question will corrupt most deleted data, so I suggest you use a Windows PC for recovering, it will give same results without taking you through a ride in Hell.

Edit :that windows tutorial is another Hell there is an easier way for you, mount the device in UMS mode in your windows PC run data recovery software like Recuva for the mounted partition.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cadogan32:
Yeah sounds like ill stick with the windows method when i get a chance.Thanks for the help!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] victorator:
================

Is it possible to flash the jfltetmo on our i9505? or will it brick?

Read this

================

I present to you a working pure vanilla build of CM10.1 for the I9505!

Built from source using the following repos:

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/

https://github.com/victorator/vendor_samsung_i9505

https://github.com/victorator/device_samsung_i9505

https://github.com/victorator/i9505vendor_cm

Enjoy!

Changelog

Installation of CM10.1 (if your recovery freezes at installing update, just reboot and try again)

1. Flash a custom recovery with Odin as PDA.

2. After you boot into recovery

backup your current rom

in case you want to go back (later you can use the Restore option)

3. After you've made your backup go to 'mounts and storage' and format the following

system

data

cache

4. Install zip from sdcard -> latest build from here (please no mirrors, I want to see how many people use it)

5. Install zip from sdcard -> gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip

6. Reboot!

Updating from previous nightlies:

1. Reboot to recovery

2. Install .zip from sdcard

3. Reboot

No wiping required.

:victory: