Samsung Galaxy S II

ellinguistico wrote: »

Finally got my phone into proper recovery after re-flashing the kernel, prior to that it was just flashing into the 'blue' recovery. Flashed the shiny and new KH3 radio (on XDA it is supposed to be mega strong and in turn magic for your battery.........

Still haven't achieved a 'H' signal on the phone since rooting and flashing. have PM' d the 3 Ireland reps here so will see. At this stage perhaps it is the sim card? Im at a loss to know now but proper frustrated having almost zero data capability. Thanks for the suggestions and help folks.

How can you tell what version radio your rom has?
Is it listed in the settings?

Oh cool, so a rom with a KH3 baseband, means the radio is KH3 also!
I thought they were two seperate things for some reason :pac:

I'm also using a KH3 based rom that I flashed on Saturday, but like you my data connection constantly jumps! It mainly stays on 3g, but will bounce down to E and back or up to H+ and back down, all the time being in the same spot.

This is my 4th different phone since March, and none of the other 3 (2 androids and a Nokia) had this happening at all to them :mad:

marcbrophy wrote: »

Oh cool, so a rom with a KH3 baseband, means the radio is KH3 also!
I thought they were two seperate things for some reason :pac:

I'm also using a KH3 based rom that I flashed on Saturday, but like you my data connection constantly jumps! It mainly stays on 3g, but will bounce down to E and back or up to H+ and back down, all the time being in the same spot.

This is my 4th different phone since March, and none of the other 3 (2 androids and a Nokia) had this happening at all to them :mad:

This constant swapping between 3G and 2G network can cause battery drain, you may get some benefit in turning off Fast Dormancy. Can't remember exactly how I did it, but if you search this forum I posted about it before.

Basically Fast Dormancy allows your phone to switch rapidly between 2G and 3G without causing a significant battery drain, and the phone can switch as frequently as every 7 seconds. It is enabled by default on SGS2. Sounds good right, but your network has to support it. The only network that I know of that supports it is O2's UK network. I asked Vodafone on their forum hear -got the usual polite, enthusiastic response about finding me an answer, and then they just let the thread disappear back through the pages and it's never seen, heard or followed up again.

Switching fast dormancy off will reduce how frequently your phone switches between 2G/3G if you're in borderline coverage. I would say it has helped things ....a bit:p

EDIT: Here's the post


Also if a ROM is based on a particular firmware release say VR2.4.2 which is based on KG6, it doesn't mean that after you flash it you will have that radio/modem, but you are right that 'baseband' is your radio version

Hi lads, whats the story with the alarm? Can I change the sound of it? My main question is CAN I PUT IT ON SNOOZE? I can't find a straight forward answer anywhere!

stripysocks85 wrote: »

Hi lads, whats the story with the alarm? Can I change the sound of it? My main question is CAN I PUT IT ON SNOOZE? I can't find a straight forward answer anywhere!

When creating the alarm, all the option for snooze and alarm type are there under the time you want to set

ellinguistico wrote: »

Think so. Didn't think there were KH3 based roms yet? Yeah i am running Villainrom 2.4.2.

Yeah, they started appearing last week over on XDA. I'm using lite'ning rom v6.1 and i can't fault it at all!

Zagato wrote: »

This constant swapping between 3G and 2G network can cause battery drain, you may get some benefit in turning off Fast Dormancy. Can't remember exactly how I did it, but if you search this forum I posted about it before.

Basically Fast Dormancy allows your phone to switch rapidly between 2G and 3G without causing a significant battery drain, and the phone can switch as frequently as every 7 seconds. It is enabled by default on SGS2. Sounds good right, but your network has to support it. The only network that I know of that supports it is O2's UK network. I asked Vodafone on their forum hear -got the usual polite, enthusiastic response about finding me an answer, and then they just let the thread disappear back through the pages and it's never seen, heard or followed up again.

Switching fast dormancy off will reduce how frequently your phone switches between 2G/3G if you're in borderline coverage. I would say it has helped things ....a bit:p

EDIT: Here's the post


Also if a ROM is based on a particular firmware release say VR2.4.2 which is based on KG6, it doesn't mean that after you flash it you will have that radio/modem, but you are right that 'baseband' is your radio version

Thanks Zag, that's a good description of fast dormancy, cos i really didn't know what it was. Problem is that i already turned this off when i got the phone at the start of the month (all the XDA rom cookers recommend it, but never tell you what it is!! ). When i go into the sysdump screen, i only have the option to re-enable fast dormancy!!

Zagato wrote: »

Just saw this, that's great, had been feeling slightly guilty

haha, there was nothing for you to feel guilty about - it was always a chance and worst case scenario it was hang on until the €127 credit went through it :-)

Thanks for all your info and assistance!

Drumpot wrote: »

What does this mean for people with existing Samsung Galaxy phones ? Will we have to stop using them ?

Id like to see them try :pac:

Drumpot wrote: »

What does this mean for people with existing Samsung Galaxy phones ? Will we have to stop using them ?

Nothing

Cant help you there Im afraid. I have been banging on about not getting mobile data that works on 3 for the last while.Seems to be happening with SGS2 quit a bitBit of light on it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132399&page=5

tipperary wrote: »

What about this for a case - http://www.expansys.ie/case-mate-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-tough-cases-black-218855/
What screen protection do ye recommend?

It's an excellent case. Definitely no complaints with it, it makes the phone feel good and solid (although a little bigger). Also restricts your choice for a car holder if that's a consideration.

The case comes with a screen protection thingy.

I didn't get any screen protector :-(

Any recommendations on what screen protector to purchase?

PrzemoF wrote: »

It requires root, and I've seen info that phone should be unlocked before flashing to obtain root. Catch-22 or I'm missing something important?

I'm going to flash the phone with Heimdall, but I dont want to make a slim Samsung made brick

The process I followed without any issues was to download and flash with the KH3 firmware from XDA-Developers using Odin.

Once that was downloaded and flashed, I downloaded the CF-Root kernel from XDA-Developers for KH3 firmware and flashed with Odin.

Once all that was done, I only had to download and install the above app from the market and run it. Job done.

Some people are successfully unlocking with the Galaxy S2 Sim Unlock tool also.

PrzemoF wrote: »

Thanks! So probably there is no need to worry that the phone is not unlocked before flashing - I don't want to wait 2 month for meteor to give me the code to unlock it.

Nope, you will need to flash into a root kernel in order to unlock the phone.

If you don't want to flash to KH3 you can download the CF-Root that matches your kernel.

just got my S2

when i setup my hotmail i can see the inbox fine but i can not see any of the folders. Anyone know what i am doing wrong or how to fix?

Cheers,