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[Galaxy S II General] SilviuMik:
Posted	Device Name	Model	Region	PDA Version	OS	Version	Build Date	Changelist	Links

6d 16h 55m 38s ago	Galaxy S 2	GT-I9100	TGY	I9100ZSMSA	Android	4.1.2	16.07.2013	1287495	Download

6d 17h 15m 0s ago	Galaxy S 2	GT-I9100	TWM	I9100ZSMSA	Android	4.1.2	16.07.2013	1287495	Download

6d 18h 11m 40s ago	Galaxy S 2	GT-I9100	CWT	I9100ZSMSA	Android	4.1.2	16.07.2013	1287495	Download

6d 18h 31m 57s ago	Galaxy S 2	GT-I9100	BRI	I9100ZSMSA	Android	4.1.2	16.07.2013	1287495 Download

This is the update u get :) all 4 are from Taiwan region
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
But what is the update? Did other regions get this sort of an update? Bugfixes to allow the NSA easier access? I'm on 4.1.2 as it is. Can you post a link to that stuff please so I can see the changelogs, and if it seems worth it, I'll strap my Odin on?
[Galaxy S II General] leechseed:
http://live.samsung-updates.com/index.php?device=GT-I9100

Slim-4.3|i9100¬Tapa2
[Galaxy S II General] vonuzu:
How about this? Is this reliable source :

http://www.sidhtech.com/news/android-44-kitkat-update-roadmap-phones-list/10019827/
[Galaxy S II General] Reyden:
Does not look good...
[Galaxy S II General] mauriicio21:
not good.. :crying:
[Galaxy S II General] Dimitrije R:
Damn, I hope its not final what SamMobile says. Here is some more news about 4.4 for S2, I don't know if we can trust this site, i hope they are right.

http://www.googlenandroid.com/2013/09/android-4-4-kitkat-18-devices-list-get-update/
[Galaxy S II General] ranhaber:
If Samsung will post there exyon code , we will manage with CM. no favor needed :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] f-r:
But then people won't be forced to buy the latest Galaxy phone to enjoy all the new features.

It's in Sammy's interest to leave the SGSII users with obsolete software.
[Galaxy S II General] doctor_droid:
There are always 2 sides of a coin

One school of thought says denying sgs2 latest os update will force them to buy newer galaxy smartphone

Other school of thought says denying os update to an ex flagship will piss the consumers away from samsung.

Remember xperia p n go.. mid range.. launched as a mid range phones on 2.3 were updated to ics first and then to jb ...

So I guess another os update to a phone launched as a flagship wont hurt sammy's butt..
[Galaxy S II General] f-r:
I totally agree with you about Sony.

Supporting the older models is good business-wise but SGS2 was released at mid 2011... That's 2.5 years ago. You cannot expect Sammy to support it forever. This would cause all Sammy's devs to work on older phones, instead of developing new goodies for the future Galaxy/Note/tablet series.

Regarding the SGS2 being a flagship phone - 2 new flag models were released since.

Regarding software updates I'd like to bring one bad example - HTC supported some of it's modeld for less than a year(!) - i.e. HTC One S.

So thanks Sammy for the updates so far, but I'm not surprised that they won't update the SGS2 any more.
[Galaxy S II General] Mr_S:
Agreed. Sgs2 has been blessed already

sent from a dual core nuclear reactor run by homer simpson
[Galaxy S II General] pankarol:
I think Samsung will keep supporting S2 as the device is still fast and reliable for loads of people.

It is also one of the best looking, with its rectangular classy shape.

Keep ur head up!
[Galaxy S II General] plapic:
Contradiction

:confused:

On one hand an insider who was said to be from Samsung said that the Samsung Galaxy S2 would only get updated to Jelly Bean 4.2.2

but on the other hand AndroidCentral reckons the lower memory footprint implies support for older devices.

As far as older devices are concerned the Samsung Galaxy S2, does have better hardware components compared to the Galaxy Ace and Mini. The Galaxy S2 features 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with given upgrade options to Android 4.0 and Android 4.1. Yet the Galaxy S2 hasn't received any Android 4.2 firmware, considering it was a former flagship smartphone capable of running the Jelly Bean version.

The Galaxy S2, Ace and Mini are all upgradable to Android Jelly Bean firmware, using custom-made ROMs from third-party developers. However, manually updating the device through firmware flashing may damage it, and so it is recommended to study custom ROMs well before installing them into your phones.
[Galaxy S II General] Shirito:
i really don't worry too much. With CarbonROM+Linaro (4.3) i'm very satisfied
[Galaxy S II General] little_tom:
its okay

at least we have many custom 4.3 rom for this device :o..
[Galaxy S II General] LocutusEstBorg:
Samsung has 2000 different firmwares for each phone model. Can you even imagine how stupid and unmanageable their development process is. They can't even focus on fixing bugs and improving the OS when they have to deal with 2000 firmwares for each model. 2000 firmware for i9100, 2000 firmwares for i9100G, etc. They also release 25 phones every year, with 2000 firmwares each.

It's a complete joke next to Apple who releases one single IPSW file for every iPhone 5 in the world.
[Galaxy S II General] rrgrrg:
Yea and they still can make a really working ios ...i really think that this is it for the galaxy s2 or we will have a kitkat update i hope so but having a 4.2.2 or 4.3.x is a bit akwerd and unpossible
[Galaxy S II General] plapic:
S2 have a break?. "Have a KitKat" Not Really!

While Android 4.4 KitKat has many Android owners excited and eager about upcoming updates, it's beginning to look like the light's flickered out for the Samsung Galaxy S2. There's practically no chance that the Samsung Galaxy S2 will receive Android 4.4 KitKat, according to most reports circulating the Internet. Samsung has not commented on the matter, and even though it remains unconfirmed, the evidence all points in this direction.

Samsung Galaxy S2s are still stuck on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, after early 2013 reports indicated that the 2011 flagship phone would receive Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Sadly, as time wore on and Samsung Android 4.2 development ran into problems even on the newer Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 phones, the Galaxy S2 Android 4.2 upgrade was speculated to have been scrapped.

However, in light of the recent slew of updates Samsung is pushing out, new rumors have sparked up hinting at an Android 4.2 update for the Galaxy S2. Given the lack of comment from Samsung, and the fact that Samsung is more interested in having its lineup on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean which allows for full Galaxy Gear connectivity, it's safe to say that even if there is an update coming for the Galaxy S2, it won't happen soon. There was never any serious chatter about an Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy S2.

Android 4.4 KitKat is optimised to run on devices with as little as 512MB RAM, and while the Galaxy S2 contains 1GB RAM, the device is two years old, meaning most OEMs would have stopped support for the handset. In all likeliness, Galaxy S2 owners who want to fiddle around with newer Androids would do best to pick up a newer handset this holiday season or try CyanogenMod 11 ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] rtorres0106:
We have now working custom 4.4.1 kitkat ROM.:cowboy:
[Galaxy S II General] mosespl:
4.4.2 custom rom is out;) my s2 have it already and it works great and i think that we dont need an official 4.4 from samsung:) im very satisfied with custom which is very fast and stable even in so early stadium of dev:)

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[Galaxy S II General] gazdajezda:
Oh, official release is needed, because of blobs and similar stuff.... until sammy release source, but that is not likely...
[Galaxy S II General] rrgrrg:
well by the time they do that we will nearly port all of the feutures of 4.2.2/4.3/4.3.1 onto our 4.1.2 :D .. plus there is a dev who is working on a touchwizzed kitkat WIP ;) :cowboy:
[Galaxy S II General] Jockson:
There is literally only one feature that I miss in 4.1.2 and that's the new notifications API introduced in 4.3 that allows third party apps to clear notifications. It's pretty annoying it took them so long to add that functionality to Android but other than that, I'm fine with 4.1.2 really.
[Galaxy S II General] DarkScion:
It's ridiculously implausible to consider that Samsung would release an official 4.3 update... Now that the phone is 2 years old and no longer in production, Samsung wont even consider dedicating any resources to this task considering the S5 is gonna launch soon. Srry to be a downer, but it's not happening. But on the bright side, there'll be plenty of stable custom ROMs for 4.3 not to mention that i'm already running 4.4 omni:silly:
[Galaxy S II General] mtt311:
Agree with DarkScion. The s2's run is over even though its still a very capable device. Funny I'm also running on 4.4 on the s2 while my s4 is running on 4.3!
[Galaxy S II General] fatjivi:
This is one thing that sucks with android, device gets outdated purely because of software rather than hardware limitations. Complete opposite with apple. Upgrading a device purely for a software update, even though the current hardware is capable of running the update, just sucks.
[Galaxy S II General] gazdajezda:
+1 to that...
[Galaxy S II General] yianniscy84:
I totally agree with this. Also if the manufacturers that customize android for their brand made phones, made it easier to port changes done to core android it would have been much easier to support updates...

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I couldn't say it better :) +1
[Galaxy S II General] critikality:
+1000 to that
[Galaxy S II General] FPSUsername:
Only thing that sucks is that not all devices get update to 4.X.X

Like the i8500, (samsung wave android ported) 4.4.2 runs ultra smooth on the phone (antutu 6k score).

But the sgx540 isn't fully supported in 4.4, but it works great. so I don't get it why some devices won't get those updates.
[Galaxy S II General] 10xavix10:
I was tired of waiting and finally I have installed 4.4 omnirom on my phone and I am very satisfied. It works better than I thought. I recommend you to test it. Moreover, it has daily updates.
[Galaxy S II General] vj_dustin:
If Samsung is even slightly considering upgrading the S Advance & Ace 2 to 4.4, I will keep my hopes from dying that maybe in Q3 or Q4 of 2014, we might get a treat as well.

Source

Also I seriously hope that Google would stop and take a break for at least an year at 4.4

They keep releasing new versions like CM releases nightlies, so even the manufacturers aren't able to keep their latest devices upto date, let alone the old ones!
[Galaxy S II General] Sidwell25:
hope Samsung will release it
[Galaxy S II General] gazdajezda:
I don't care anymore since my S2 just died :( It won't to power, neither charging is not working, so i believe i must get some new device... But i'm kind of sad, because it was a great ride with S2 :)
[Galaxy S II General] xyz_cityhunter:
If there will be a stock 4.3.1, I will abandon the custom 4.4.2 for the stock one. I really missed the stock player and stock camera which i felt better then Google Play and CM Modded Google Camera... :D
[Galaxy S II General] David-B-737:
+1

I'm still frustrated that no non-sammy roms can record stereo audio in 1080p video.
[Galaxy S II General] 10xavix10:
I miss the stock player too, the only
[Galaxy S II General] warpgamer:
Who needs official ROMS when we got awesome custom ROM developers who keep us with the latest Android updates and versions with better battery life than the officials ? :3
[Galaxy S II General] Mao_anguita:
I really hope to get a stock s2 rom from sammy ...they where really efficient but are so outdatet by now :crying:
[Galaxy S II General] _Best-In-The-World_:
the update to stock 4.3 will not only make our galaxy s2 great, IT give our android even better and stable customes ROMS!!:laugh: s2 can be just like s4 stable!:) cm roms 4.3 will even be more stable!

Will also make it easier for the developer to be able to port things and develop our android. After 4.4 the developers will also not have trouble in making new 4.5 roms for us !:) we need a update:p just hope maybe we get an update :good:
[Galaxy S II General] vj_dustin:
I just noticed on sammobile that some countries are still getting 4.1.2 updates for our I9100, most probably bug fixes.

So this device definitely hasn't been forgotten.

Reason to be hopeful, if you ask me! :)
[Galaxy S II General] CrisR82:
I'm usually not a person to shatter others' dreams but...those "updates" you see are on carrier-based ROMs. Every carrier takes a Samsung stock ROM (for example Nordic Countries, Spain, Open Europe etc.) and adds junk on top. Every update after that is (in 90% of the cases) fixes for the junk they added, not a bugfix by Samsung.

I'll be honest here, we're not getting an update. The device is well over 2 years old now, the hardware support lifespan has ended, they pushed a TON of new devices and the i9100 is not even for sale anymore (by carriers at least) so it's not even making them any money...they have no real reason to do it, and while the hardware is more than capable of handling the next 4 versions of Android, development costs money and if you're getting nothing in return, it's hard to justify doing it.

The people like me who want fully functional and stable ROMs are a good answer to that.

(p.s. - with all my respect for custom devs, you're awesome and I envy you, but most of your ROMs have major issues that seem either unavoidable or taking far too long to get fixed)
[Galaxy S II General] vj_dustin:
Ah I've rooted myself just days back, i guess CM soon, though I'll always keep the original firmware because as you said yourself, there's nothing better than stock :beer:

Written by my Silver Axe
[Galaxy S II General] Code SyGma:
I'd go back to official 4.1.2 but I get a lot of battery drain and some overheating whilst playing games. No kernel has solved my battery draining problem to say the least. Oh well, I'm on 4.0.4 now anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] CrisR82:
I've had that issue on 2.3.X...when I updated to 4.X.X it seemed to have disappeared...I use the Spain (FOP) region ROM, you can try that before downgrading if you don't mind postponing a few days to test it
[Galaxy S II General] vj_dustin:
Overheating is normal.

Though drain isn't, do you factory reset after the update?

Worth a shot, ICS lacks quite some features over JB.

Written by my Silver Axe
[Galaxy S II General] Code SyGma:
Hmm. I wouldnt mind using the Spain's Region Firmware. May I have a link? And also after flashing the firmware I should factory reset my phone straight away after booting? If this does help, then thank you very much indeed.
[Galaxy S II General] gazdajezda:
I care again ;) I got myself working second hand S2 and that's it! Dont care for S4, KNOX, Samsung, S2 is all i need, really :) It's perfect size for me, car holder is already here, so after all... perfect decision ;)
[Galaxy S II General] CrisR82:
You can get it on sammobile.com

And after flashing it, I recommend going into recovery and wiping data and cache to avoid any problems (and you might want to format USB storage too before flashing)
[Galaxy S II General] TurKurT656:
i wish we get android 4.4.2
[Galaxy S II General] seanp25:
I think Samsung have long finished working on the SGS2.

I don't see why they'd devote resources to this old project when it would take away from dev hours on the S5 or whatever is next.

I think the most important dev work happening now on SGS2 is [MENTION=5145944]GeeckoDev[/MENTION] efforts to get hardware graphics working for AOSP/CM roms.
[Galaxy S II General] gazdajezda:
Yes. I truly hope he will have some success with it.
[Galaxy S II General] wichoxp:
What's the BIG DEAL about upgrading the i9100 from JellyBean to latest rom?

I mean there's a HUGE difference when you upgrade from 2.3 -> 4.1.2

From 4.1.2 to -> 4.3.1 (even kitkat) I don't see any BIG benefit... just cosmetic improvements if you wonder.
[Galaxy S II General] vj_dustin:
Lockscreen Widgets.

Photosphere

People app, a really cool Contacts/Dialer UI change

Quick panel

Bluetooth takes less battery

And transition smoothness..
[Galaxy S II General] GeeckoDev:
Updated drivers... :good:
[Galaxy S II General] Mert-K:
Why do we need official firmware updates when we have awesome stable custom roms and kernels right here?!
[Galaxy S II General] mauriicio21:
stable ? maybe, if we have official firmware new source code is released, making custom roms better, faster, more stable... for now, hwc dosen't work 100%, with new sources is possible this work

sorry my bad english
[Galaxy S II General] szymko1995:
Do not think, that s2 will get ANY update. This device is too old.

If you want stable, official KitKat buy yourself moto g/x or nexus 4/5.

Wytapane z sgs2 napędzanego przez cm11
[Galaxy S II General] mauriicio21:
You are right, s2 not have update... Want anything new, buy nexus device

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[Galaxy S II General] doctor_droid:
Yup

Even the nexus doesnt gets any update after 1.5yrs :p and its been 3yrs since s2 was released. So m happy wid cm11 / custom roms
[Galaxy S II General] mauriicio21:
But nexus you have most sources

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[Galaxy S II General] doctor_droid:
Point my friend :) even the nexus one is running 4.4 ;)
[Galaxy S II General] seanp25:
Agreed. And GeeckoDev's work will hopefully bring our i9100 to a level playing field with Nexus devices.

I've run the latest CM from CM7 to CM10.1.3 on SGS2 but now I'm thinking of installing the latest stock ROM.

I think the improvements from 4.1.2 (latest stock) to 4.2.2 (latest stable CM) aren't as great as the improvements from the Project Butter HW graphics stuff (which is in Samsung stock but not in CM yet)
[Galaxy S II General] zeeemughal:
No doubt but you will admit it iphone 4 does not have good performance when running ios 7
[Galaxy S II General] CrisR82:
Really? I've tried 5 of the "most popular" ROMs out there and to be honest, only 1 actually had a real driver difference [Gameloft games actually showed correct colors with it]...and oddly enough it was the most unstable ROM by far from the 5 tested...
[Galaxy S II General] mauriicio21:
what is the best(second you)?
[Galaxy S II General] CrisR82:
the one that actually had a good driver - Omni 4.4.2, the one that performed the best - CyanogenMod 10.1 (though no worthwhile improvement in my eyes), the one that impressed me the most (and I would stick with if it was an option) - MIUI v5.

Other ROMs I tried were either too buggy to be considered useful or just didn't have a "stable" version...or were missing features I needed (like MHL support...which only MIUI seems to have)
[Galaxy S II General] mauriicio21:
Miui is based in stock firmware right?

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[Galaxy S II General] CrisR82:
Well, they require you to flash a Samsung stock ROM (4.0.X) before actually flashing MIUI so I guess? I'll be honest, I didn't try the MHL output on it, but others said it works and seeing the stock ROM first thing, I guess it does work.

You can read my "detailed" experience with ROMs here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2580635

(though it's missing a few other ROMs I tried...but they were so bad it's probably for the best)
[Galaxy S II General] mauriicio21:
The colors are more related about kernel, try stock, after dorimanx, you see a big diference hahhah but i are using omni 4.4.2, devs are from exynos and seen to be better than others in performance

(Sorry my bad english)

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[Galaxy S II General] CrisR82:
The Kernel influences the colors not the ROM itself? O_o
[Galaxy S II General] mauriicio21:
Yes hhaha try dorimanx kernel and you see hahaha

Dont know so much but is config in kernel

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[Galaxy S II General] PuR0sURPo:
I also see no problem with not more update from samsung, provided that we continue to receive the support of cyanogen for me this ok
[Galaxy S II General] gazdajezda:
We just need missing sources. Samsung can then completely forgot i9100 if they wannt to, with sources we will have complete AOSP, AOKP, CM, PA, OMNI... which is perfectly ok for me :) But, there are still no all sources revealed, so we have a problem...
[Galaxy S II General] turboblaz:
And they should reveal it back in November of 2012 I think and because of that I'm kinda scared of buying S5 or any other Samsung device
[Galaxy S II General] CrisR82:
After nearly a day testing, I can safely say it's not a kernel thing.

All games that had color issues still have them.
[Galaxy S II General] gazdajezda:
I understand, think same as you. I think i9505 (S4 LTE) can be good choice (there is Google play edition, so there are all drivers available), only KNOX must be hacked. When this will happen i think i will buy one.
[Galaxy S II General] seanp25:
What is KNOX? I haven't been following any S4 stuff.
[Galaxy S II General] turboblaz:
Its Samsungs invention and with KNOX the phone has two bootloaders and its really hard to root and unlock it. In KNOX there are basicaly apps that stay untouched and unseen by normal android and you cant delete the data in KNOX if your on normal stock samsung android (its something like this) for more you can use google ;)
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
I was on the latest stock (ZSMSA) in late Nov, early Dec, and I kept getting a nag there was a software update. I tried to accept it, but it would never install. Could that have been them trying to push Knox out to my device? I've since moved on to CM and now NeatROM, but I always wondered if that was what they were trying to do as 4.1.2 had been out for a while.
[Galaxy S II General] GibonXL:
This is it guys, our S2 our going for retirement now.

Samsung would say: buy a new S4/S5 and experience all the new bloatware we have specially prepared for You.

My S2 is still in great shape, no scratches here. I gave it to my wife. Slimkat 4.3 running smooth here.

I upgraded to LG G2 a month ago, very satisfied :)
[Galaxy S II General] Plinky89:
+1
[Galaxy S II General] vercety974:
That's why I switched to a Nexus 5. I'll definitely never buy an exynos device in the future.

Envoyé de mon Nexus 5 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] gazdajezda:
Pretty much same here... without sources, device is worthless for me...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevios12:
Hello, can i downgrade / update the Touchscreen Firmware with TWRP

i have S-ON - Hboot 1.54.. When i make it with :

Fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

Error: 99 Unknown....

help pls ^^
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biohaz55:
You can't if you still have s-on, you can only flash signed firmware
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevios12:
it*s makeable to sign the touchscreen firmware or the stock ruu 1.29 to sign and can i downgrade then?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Wrathos:
Hi guys,

So I'm trying to symbolic link the cache of google music to my external SD, but the Cache file seems to be persisting even after I try to delete through Rom toolbox (root browser). I tried overriding the cache file through renaming my symbolic link short cut, but it just seems to end up INSIDE the cache file unchanged. Not sure how to test if this is actually working or not... Anyone properly get this set up to work on Verizon GS4?

I'm on ME7, rooted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] charliebronson:
I've had this working on mine using the root browser in Rom Toolbox. This is what I did:

0. Open ROM Toolbox > Root Browser

1. Make a folder in your desired location (sdcard) called "Music" or something to that sort.

2. Tap and hold, select the option "Create Shortcut" at the bottom

3. Navigate to /data/data/com.google.android.music/

4. Paste (to create the shortcut)

5. Delete the "files" folder in this directory

6. Rename the shortcut to "files"

This will cache all music files and album art to the sd card location you choose. Items will still appear to be in the location on the internal storage, however if you watch the available space on your SD card and Internal Storage after caching a ton of music, you will notice only the SD Card is increasing despite the apparent presence on the internal storage location.