Samsung Galaxy SII I9100 SGS2 Modding Thread

BrookieD · 25-09-2012 02:34PM

just updated mine to use the JB Paranoidandrod 2.13 running JB 4.1.1 - very smooth and quick and the battery life is great... also just dicsover a Contacts photo app that lets you use hig res contact photos, makes a massive difference

BopNiblets · 25-09-2012 02:54PM

Still waiting for one of these, I think they're cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsj3IkyAqEU

The SGS3 has it's own one coming out soon I think.

BopNiblets · 28-09-2012 03:27PM

*bump*
Flashed Revolt JB 2.4 yesterday and it's got some improvements and new features:

Based on CM10 and AOKP Build 3 (which has a fix for the browser crash when moving the cursor in a text field)

Inverted GApps (wouldn't recommend installing these, Google Voice Search force closed on me but the regular version is fine)
Change track on volume rocker buttons when screen is off.

Mc Love · 15-10-2012 11:53AM

Flashed CM10 Nightly Builds on my S2 first full day using and the battery is lasting much better than RR JB - plus the frequent reboots dont seem to be happening anymore.

BopNiblets · 15-10-2012 10:32PM

These little bugs in the ROMs/Android apps are p*ssing me off.
For some reason Google Music put 32 of my previously fine albums into the "Unknown artist" category just I looked at them in MP3tag and the tags were as I set them, all Artist names tagged!

And this, wtf?!

Battery suddenly drops to 3%, I restart and it's up to 45%, I restart again and it's down to 3% again, AAARGH! :mad:

Mc Love · 16-10-2012 08:56AM

What ROM are you using

irishgeo · 18-10-2012 09:54PM

anyone using supernexus rom?

Mc Love · 19-10-2012 10:17AM

Have to CyanogenMod is very good! Handles applications very well and the battery lasts way longer than RR

bennyx_o · 19-10-2012 11:51AM

Considering changing from RR to CM10, getting a little fed up of the random reboots and the phone becoming completely unresponsive on occasions.

rebeve · 19-10-2012 01:57PM

BopNiblets wrote: »

*bump*
Flashed Revolt JB 2.4 yesterday and it's got some improvements and new features:

Based on CM10 and AOKP Build 3 (which has a fix for the browser crash when moving the cursor in a text field)

Inverted GApps (wouldn't recommend installing these, Google Voice Search force closed on me but the regular version is fine)
Change track on volume rocker buttons when screen is off.

I`m using the Revolt JB 2.5 .One very annoying bug .I lose the internal speaker
at least once a day .If I make a call I cant hear a thing until I turn on the loudspeaker ,requires a reboot to get it back working .

Mc Love · 20-10-2012 08:01AM

bennyx_o wrote: »

Considering changing from RR to CM10, getting a little fed up of the random reboots and the phone becoming completely unresponsive on occasions.

Thats what made me change, and if you have any number of apps open, it drains the battery so quick. With CM it doesnt!

Trojan00 · 20-10-2012 10:18AM

Mc Love wrote: »

Thats what made me change, and if you have any number of apps open, it drains the battery so quick. With CM it doesnt!

What CM10 nightly are you using out of interest?

Mc Love · 20-10-2012 01:39PM

I used the one of the 14th Oct I think

10-20121014-Nightly-i9100

Trojan00 · 20-10-2012 03:01PM

Thanks. I must give that a go.

What baseband are you using? I am on LPX and wondering what gives the best battery usage.

Mc Love · 21-10-2012 10:35AM

Yeah I have the same LPX - so far so good in terms of battery. Going to see how long it lasts today without charging. Unplugged it roughly at 05:30

OneWayBet · 21-10-2012 11:36PM

Mc Love wrote: »

Have to CyanogenMod is very good! Handles applications very well and the battery lasts way longer than RR

I am on RR 3.0.9 and find that battery lasts about 22hrs with 'Google's Location Service' and 'Location & Google search' enabled. If I disable both of these I get about 28 hrs.

I'm tempted to try CM but would be interested to know if you have these features enabled? I'm actually pretty happy with RR but if CM is better then I want it

Mc Love · 22-10-2012 01:02AM

Yep have both those enabled. Currently on 16% left - currently 19 and half hours. Compared to RR JB its a million times better, my battery would have died at about 8 or 9pm

rebeve · 25-10-2012 06:46PM

CM nightly 14/10 is magic.

Top Dog · 25-10-2012 07:24PM

Got the latest RR through UpdateMe yesterday. Was all set to try out CM before the notification came through. Will try it for a week or so before rethinking the CM thing.

BopNiblets · 30-10-2012 03:10PM

Revolt JB 2.6 released but has a few issues with GApps FCing, dev says 2.7 is coming so hold your horses for it I'd say.

PrzemoF · 05-11-2012 11:56AM

New camera, gallery & swype-like keyboard from 4.2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964804

Tested on cm10 nightly - works fine.

SuprSi · 05-11-2012 12:49PM

I rooted my phone last night and now none of the apps I'd moved to my SD card are working? Any ideas?

PrzemoF · 05-11-2012 12:52PM

SuprSi wrote: »

I rooted my phone last night and now none of the apps I'd moved to my SD card are working? Any ideas?

Hmm, just rooted or installed a custom ROM that is using a different path to access SD card as well? Rooting on it's own shouldn't cause any problems..

Mc Love · 05-11-2012 12:56PM

Anyone else know what app to use for backing up data and apps on CM? They say you shouldnt use Titanium.

donspeekinglesh · 05-11-2012 01:19PM

Really? I've been using it without problems. Haven't used it to restore much though.

Mc Love · 05-11-2012 01:23PM

Thats what they were saying on xda if you restored using titanium you could brick your phone.

PrzemoF · 05-11-2012 01:25PM

Mc Love wrote: »

Thats what they were saying on xda if you restored using titanium you could brick your phone.

Link? What version of CM? 7/9/10?

Mc Love · 05-11-2012 01:27PM

Jaysus I was only reading it on one of the CM's so I figured it applied for every CM - and as I only recently got CM I'd say it was for one of the newer.

PrzemoF · 05-11-2012 01:38PM

Mc Love wrote: »

Jaysus I was only reading it on one of the CM's so I figured it applied for every CM - and as I only recently got CM I'd say it was for one of the newer.

Can't find anything, except that some system apps might be using different data structure/directories on cm and different on stock ROM, so Titanium Backup can't work properly (freezing/boot loop and other nice things as a result of restoring).

donspeekinglesh · 05-11-2012 01:52PM

Ah, I don't think I restored any system apps when I upgraded the phone to CM9.

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