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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fankool:
Hi all, and a big thanks to toy_story for his work.

I want to share my problems and fixes to help anyone who are "playing" with i9100. I had very few problems repartitioning the phone by pit file (considering how many tries I made it always saved my ass) but remember:

1) after repartitioning by pit file and installation of Ip Kernel and CWM you MUST format sdcard0 by CWM. I made a big mistake forgetting to do this and spending a lot of time trying to install twrp (on my second pc I have a misconfiguration of driver in download mode); then I discovered sdcard0 was 0MB. No way to format it on TWRP or from los14.1, only by CWM was possible to solve the problem. Without sdcard0 I still had the possibility to install rom, and it also works (for this reason I discovered very late the problem).

2) if you install lineage 14.1 there's only one way to root it. According to Saber (https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71743828&postcount=2) you must use addonsu-14.1-arm-signed.zip from https://download.lineageos.org/extras and then enable it in developer options. I tried using magisk (but it found another root) or supersu (failure extracting to ramdisk).

Happy modding to all
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toy_story:
That there were no problems with the internal memory (SDcard0), we format it:

- mounts and storage -> format / storage / sdcard0 -> default

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Hello my friends. I respect you all and you are my brothers! But at me now a difficult site of the life way ... Divorce with the beloved woman, I do not have possibility to help you. I always streamed to it, but I lost everything ... Forgive me if someone did not answer, I did everything to help people ... but I have a difficult part of my life now ...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fankool:
Right! But I changed the recovery before (as I wrote it was my fault) and on twrp or cm14.1 there's no way to format it.

Thank you, I'm disabling now some wakelocks and broadcast receivers for analytics and advertise to gain some speed and battery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ernesto6556:
Hi. I have an i9100 and do the homework! I already have LOS 14.1, but the battery is quickly discharged. Any ideas? Best regards. Ernesto.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apex Predator:
Really sorry to hear about this brother. You have helped so many people here and I hope that things improve for you soon.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.tuttle:
Hello,

I've done all the steps accordingly to your guide - it is the best one I have found yet, thank you!

Unfortunately when I finally try to install the the Lineage OS .zip-file, TWRP says

"Zip file is corrupt!

Error installing zip file '/sdcard1/lineage-14.1-20180913-nightly-i9100-signed.zip' "

I have tried installing the other Lineage OS builds that are available on their site, but it does not work.

Any ideas? Thank you in advance!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lykke45:
Thanks for the tutorial LineageOS work fine on i9100 :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidriven:
Are you using the newest version of TWRP for your model?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatore91:
Hello, thanks for the guide.

I have two problems:

1) I can't install Gapps, because there isn't enough space;

2) when i open the file manager appears this message: "the Host MTP app has stopped".

what should I do?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidriven:
Did you use the PIT file to repartition the device before flashing the ROM? The PIT file is in the first post of this thread, though the OP didn't post it as a link to download it, they only posted the name of the file, do some Google searches using the names of the files to find the downloads.

Go back and read the first post carefully, make sure you have all of the files posted in the instructions and use them as described in the instructions.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatore91:
I redid everything and now it works :D:D ... it remains only a problem, I can't recover whatsapp backup.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidriven:
WhatsApp backups are often tricky, I don't use WhatsApp so I can't help you with that.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatore91:
I solved, I had to restore backup under wifi and not under mobile data :) :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Som30ne:
Thanks, a lot (and more)

This guide and the attached files just saved me yesterday.

I tried installing LineageOS several times using ODIN and Heimdall.

None worked.

It failed to communicate, or somehow after reporting successful flash of the TWRP,

the recovery that actually ran was the CWM that was installed years ago.

(spent a few hours on all these tries)

After installing it seems to work OK,

although after first boot the setup wizard crashed several times, but finally finished,

and from time to time there are reports about MTP service crashing.

All-in-all this guide helped me to successfully install this OS -

so as I said in the title -

Thanks A -LOT and more.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itm:
Hmmm....so I got a little stuck....here's the process that I followed:

1. Install Samsung_USB_Drivers_for_Mobile_Phones - OK

2. Run Odin3 v3.09.exe and update the phone with the PIT and TAR files - OK/Pass

3. Disconnect the phone from the PC it restarted in recovery mode

4. mounts and storage -> format / storage / sdcard0 -> default

5.wipe data / factory reset

6.mounts and storage -> format / system

I then realised that I hadn't copied the TWRP-3.1.0-0-recovery-the.gangster-IsoRec-i9100.zip to the SD card, so rebooted the phone and pulled the battery to remove the SD card

Now when I try to boot to recovery mode I can't get past the yellow triangle screen. Any ideas?

I've tried repeating steps 2-6 but it hasn't helped

???

---------- Post added at 06:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:38 PM ----------

So I finally managed to get back into recovery mode and flash TWRP, kernel-Lanchon-20160406-i9100, the ROM and Gapps. Now when I reboot it gets stuck at a blue arc with a circle rolling across it.

Any ideas??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infinion:
With no external sd card and no pc conectivity, vers 4.1.2 ,got some kind of root with kingroot next with mobile odin pro flash CWM-SuperSU-v0.97.zip for proper root then the files from this thread? sugestions on the way to lineage 16
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r3actor:
Thanks for this tutorial.

I apologize that i'm gonna paste the same message I posted in another 'guide' for LOS 14.1 and i9100 phone...

I installed LOS 14.1, gapps (nano-arm), and addonsu-14.1-arm-signed.zip (all 3 from twrp recovery. After I 'fine-tuned' everything, the last thing I wnted was to install ES File Explorer and make it access Root folders.

Here is the copy-paste of my message from this topic: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78494607&postcount=500

Anyone has a solution to this?

EDIT: I decided to try another file manager, so I installed MiXplorer and now I have access to root.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomascito:
Works fine with Lineage 14.1 and also crDroid

Thank you very much toy_story,

your tutorial was the one that for me was really well described, so I was able to install crDroid 3.6 to mi plainold i9100:

Kind regards,

Thomas
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ber999:
Good afternoon,

according to instuctions in this thread, I have successful installed cwm recovery now. In order to install lineage OS, must I continue following the instructions in this thread exactly or could I folllow the instructions which I found in the internet as follws?

citation begin ----------------------

LineageOs ROM Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100 GT-I9100T GT-I9100M GT-I9100P SC-02C)

Download last nightly build (2018-12-16) LineageOS 14.1 – [ Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) ]

• GAPPS • RECOVERY

How to install LineageOS from recovery

1. Download the LineageOS install package that you’d like to install or build the package yourself.

• Optionally, download 3rd party application packages such as Google Apps (use the arm architecture)

2. Place the LineageOS .zip package, as well as any other .zip packages on the root of /sdcard:

• Using adb: adb push filename.zip /sdcard/

• You can use any method you are comfortable with. adb is universal across all devices, and works both in Android and recovery mode, providing USB debugging is enabled.

3. If you aren’t already in recovery, reboot into recovery:

• With the device powered off, hold Volume Up + Home + Power.

4. (Optional, but recommended): Select the Backup button to create a backup.

5. Select Wipe and then Advanced Wipe.

6. Select Cache, System and Data partitions to be wiped and then Swipe to Wipe.

7. Go back to return to main menu, then select Install.

8. Navigate to /sdcard, and select the LineageOS .zip package.

9. Follow the on-screen prompts to install the package.

10. (Optional): Install any additional packages using the same method.

NOTE: If you want any Google Apps on your device, you must follow this step before the first reboot!

11. (Optional): Root the device by installing the LineageOS su add-on (use the arm package) or using any other method you prefer.

12. Once installation has finished, return to the main menu, select Reboot, and then System.

citation end --------------------
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hillbillie:
Well, after X12 years.

Did wifi work, as in I followed step by step.

Found a bin full (aka my daughter) gave me a few to play.

No way - WiFi.

Don't work at all.

(Re <odin> stock > 4.1.2) ....Yada yada

Works fine !

Small fit, .... Oh yeah Gaggle... No room even for playstories on stock!
[Huawei P10 Questions & Answers] xalodogan:
Is it possible to hide videos in the gallery app from SD card?

I made a folder on my SD card with videos. But it also keeps showing up in the gallery.
[Huawei P10 Questions & Answers] Jannomag:
Rename the folder with a . as first character. Like ".videos". This hides it from the gallery app.

You can also use apps like Vaulty which providing pass code security.
[Huawei P10 Questions & Answers] xalodogan:
Thanks. Will try that.
[Huawei P10 Questions & Answers] xalodogan:
Works. [emoji3]
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Schroeder09:
Are there any host files that can be used to do this?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] blaze9090:
Wrong forum. Use "Q&A" forum instead!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Schroeder09:
Ok. Please shut this down. I'll repost there. I apologize.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] neyvermore:
Hi guys,

I managed to flash the stock November ROM via adb. Rooted the phone after that, installed Magisk. And now, many of my apps are force closing.

For example, the play store FC every time I tap on "Read more" on any app.

Many other apps FC for no apparent reason. And I can't add any Reddit account to any Reddit app.

Did someone have a similar issue? How can I solve it ?

Edit : I solved this. Apparently, installing Magisk uninstalled the Android system webview app. I reinstalled it, and everything works like a charm. Hope this helps someone !
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] wulfe13:
Try clearing app cache
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] neyvermore:
Thank you for your answer. I already did many times, but to no good...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] JarvisA5:
Flash via miflash
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Salcykhan:
I have the same issue with january update.

I install s7 lanuncher, lenovo file manger and lenovo galary.

The galary and launcher get force closer
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] mr.gourav20004:
How your issue solved sir.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] neyvermore:
Just install Android webview from the play store.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Questions & Answers] kaivorth:
I want xposed installed for the background YouTube playback and no ads, but most ROMs encounter bugs with this I think.

Is there a preferred ROM that will play nice with Xposed?
[LeEco Le Pro3 Questions & Answers] PloniAlmoni:
Try the Newpipe app, available on the F-droid store.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Questions & Answers] trizex:
https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-iytbp-injected-youtube-background-t3560900

All you need buddy
[LeEco Le Pro3 Questions & Answers] kaivorth:
Perfect!! Works great! So much better!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ermacwins:
What do you guys think? Which has the better camera overall?

I cant seem to post in the real life review section for some reason, can a mod move it there please?

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ermacwins:
So what do you lot think?
[Xiaomi Mi 4] zerosoma:
Hi Everyone,

Long time member, long time post. I used to be a bit more involved with the WM6 stuff ages back :)

First time dabbling in Android, so I have a potentially stupid question.

I have here a mi4 (Australia). It's carrier locked, but we don't know which carrier.

If I go and root/flash a ROM, does this bypass the carrier lock?

Thanks :)
[Xiaomi Mi 4] zerosoma:
I'm used to having to update the baseband/modem firmware, and after much reading on the forums, I'm not sure if the flashing steps achieve that, so that's really the question I'm asking.

Thanks!
[Xiaomi Mi 4] zerosoma:
So from what I've researched it looks like if I flash the unlocked baseband, then the kernel + rom, I should be okay to use any SIM even if it was locked to carrier previously?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ermacwins:
What do you guys think? Pixel 2 suffers in low light but other than that, its very good.

Mods can you move this to real life reviews? I cant make a thread there for some reason

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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ermacwins:
What do you guys think?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dehnhaide:
The review, as mostly 99% of all camera reviews on YouTube - and specifically the Indian ones, is a mess (to be diplomatic about it!).

There is absolutely no details about the settings that guy used. I presume he only used out-of-the-box / automatic settings on both iPhone X and Pixel 2 XL which is ... lame.

iPhone is very restrictive in terms of what a user is allowed to do with camera settings and the night shots, while improved over the previous generations iPhones, they are still messy. Somehow following the trend, Google has emasculated the camera of some real balls but still has kept to aces in his sleeve: HDR+ and HDR+ Enhanced.

Provided the reviewing guy would have really wanted to squeeze the most of the two smartphone camera he might have gone with the Pixel 2 XL HDR+ for the night and the results would have been really different.

Don't get me wrong. Pixel 2 can be awful for night shots if one's using the defaults in the camera but can also produce wonders with the HDR+ Enhanced mode. Not to mention that there ar community custom versions of Google Camera APK which for the night shots can yield stunning results with way longer exposure times, yet a tripod would be needed to stabilize the beast.

I have attached a sample of nearly dark scene from my Pixel 2 shot, handheld, with Camera_v3.8c_test.apk.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Voicebox:
Without looking at it, in the prior comparisons I've seen, I generally prefer the opposite, of iphone X photos for daylight and Pixel 2 for low light. I also tend to prefer the colors of the Pixel photos. And then it is mixed for special situations like close ups and landscape shots.

So it probably is a matter of comparing really good cameras at this point versus the old ones where there would often be a clear winner in most categories. But I'll watch and see how this is done.

Edit: Ok, so I haven't changed my mind after watching the review, except the way he took low light photos did look much worse. But I've seen dim light comparisons where the Pixel 2XL pictures look better.

Definitely a bit of eye of the beholder in the review. It is very hard to compare photos within a video, versus having the actual photos to pull up. His first comparison where he says they look basically the same, I would say the iphone was much clearer. i.e. the sign is clearer and plants in the background have more detail.

I would prefer if he used one of those setups with the phones mounted to something side by side (other than close up shots). Instead he seems to do one, then the other as some have very different angles. Even in the video where he has them somehow mounted, the video does not seem to be locked together. Like it isn't a very solid mounting arrangement. I know there is image stabilization going on, but it just doesn't look like the phones are moving in lock step.

The videos have to be stop framed as he moves around way too much. From that, I think most of the time the Pixel is much better, but at times the iphone video looks better, and usually when it is darker. But he's also combining them in software to make the youtube video, so it would be again nice to have the actual videos rather than and edited together one.

Oddly, the iphone photos look less blue, but video looks more blue and more muted colors in general.

I found this other comparison. Doesn't do low light outside though.

https://www.cnet.com/pictures/iphone-x-vs-pixel-2-photos-are-two-cameras-better-than-one/
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dehnhaide:
Your observations are sharp on. Indeed the review is off by margins from a relevant one.

Here is another night shot, out of the camera, but I can't remember if I used the Google Camera or the modified one... :) Anyway the images speaks truth about camera's capabilities with Google's magic algorithms.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Nitemare3219:
You don't know what you're talking about. HDR+ Enhanced does NOT work better at night. The ONLY thing that mode is to be used for is, very rarely, better dynamic range. The difference was more noticeable in the 2016 Pixels. In the 2017 phones, HDR+ On and HDR+ Enhanced make the same result the vast majority of the time. HDR+ On (default mode) is BETTER at night because it captures more frames and reduces noise. The Pixel is noisier than the iPhone in lowlight photography... but has much better dynamic range, and typically better detail. If you don't like the noise, smooth out the noise (and detail as a result) in post processing.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] whyme45125:
this is a good comparison video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m70Fuoz2cxw
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Marcwach:
Hi, just got my note but found two things i couldnt solve:

1. Is there any way to access the 2x Camera in pro mode?. If I zoom to 2.0 it locks in as yellow but when I look at the raw picture in lightroom the picture is from the primary camera

2x in pro mode(Don't mind the volcano breaking out in the background:D)

[IMG="no 2x in pro mode (don't mind three volcano breakout in three background)"]https://i.imgur.com/lOsIYmX.jpg[/IMG]

clearly no 2x when opening raw in Lightroom:

[IMG="clearly no 2x when opening raw in Lightroom"]https://i.imgur.com/nMkdUJ2.jpg[/IMG]

2. When creating a new note from Air command -> create note, is there an option to enable handwriting detection so it converts my writing to text?

[IMG="no handwriting to text option"]https://i.imgur.com/XxN4ahP.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] babydown:
Are pictures in Vietnam :) ?
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] hardslog:
[IMG="OmniRom Logo"]https://omnirom.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/omnirom_logo-big_layout_transparent-250px-150x150.png[/IMG]

What is OmniROM?

OmniROM Gerrit Review

OmniROM JIRA Bug Tracker

Disclaimer

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you. Hard. A lot.
*/

ROM DOWNLOAD:

GAPPS: Use whatever you would like :) [/SIZE]

INSTRUCTIONS:

Best off to be on an Android 8.0 rom, whether another rom or stock

Do a full wipe in TWRP

Install Rom

Flash newest TWRP again (failure to do so will result in losing TWRP)

Reboot recovery

Flash GAPPS

For now you don't need to install the vendor.img as its built into the rom, this will change though

build in vendor.img is found here https://github.com/Hardslog/proprietary_vendor_google_devices

Omni only supports TWRP recovery, use any alternate recovery at your own risk.

PLEASE SUBMIT BUG REPORTS AND FEATURE REQUESTS TO JIRA

Sources:

Device: http://github.com/Hardslog/android_device_gogle_marlin

Kernel: http://github.com/Hardslog/android_kernel_google_marlin

XDA:DevDB Information

Omnirom for Google Pixel Sailfish, ROM for the Google Pixel

Contributors

hardslog

Source Code: http://github.com/omnirom

ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo

Version Information

Status: Testing

Current Beta Version: 11-20-2017

Beta Release Date: 2017-11-20

Created 2017-11-30

Last Updated 2017-11-29
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] hardslog:
Btw I don't root or install custom kernels so I have no idea if they work or not. My gut feeling is no but have no time to test these things.
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] pk5720:
First..!!
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Myo Thu Htet:
Any features list?
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] :
installing now!

edit: succesfully installed and is working well.
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] almightysiman:
good to see the development is still going on!
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] uodii:
Are you rooted? If so, Magisk or SuperSU?

Just curious because I tried with Magisk 14.5 and couldnt get past the Google boot screen and it was looping
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] :
I'm not rooted right now. I might try later though
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] :
Nice to see someone making an 8.0 rom available...

btw, AFAICT - you seem to be missing the Nov Updates for your kernel.

You also might consider adding LTS. just a thought.
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] ChaosBoy:
https://xdaforums.com/pixel-xl/development/rom-pixeldust-marlin-t3581750

another 8.0 Rom available here on xda. works very fine
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] hardslog:
Feel free to add a pull request for November Kernel changes. Not so much my focus right now but will get to it.

Also what is LTS?