Samsung Galaxy SII I9100 SGS2 Modding Thread

kingtiger · 22-01-2013 3:27pm

dave_t wrote: »

Has anyone tried this? Is it any good? Using the leaked 4.1.2 at the moment but I am tempted to root and install this.

Supernexus is one of the best Roms around

its well worth a look as it does away with Samsung's bloat and gives you a pure Android experience

irishgeo · 22-01-2013 8:21pm

kingtiger wrote: »

Supernexus is one of the best Roms around

its well worth a look as it does away with Samsung's bloat and gives you a pure Android experience

whats the battery life like?

kingtiger · 22-01-2013 9:33pm

irishgeo wrote: »

whats the battery life like?

I used the previous version of supernexus with Siyah kernel and the battery like was great,

used it heavily for work mail\calls from 8am and watching 40 mins of video each way on the bus to work, going to bed at 11pm, I usually had about 20% left

I have an S3 now so my wife uses my old S2 with the latest version of supernexus installed

she is a light user the odd browse\whats app\call, so she charges the phone every 2nd day

irishgeo · 22-01-2013 9:55pm

kingtiger wrote: »

I used the previous version of supernexus with Siyah kernel and the battery like was great,

used it heavily for work mail\calls from 8am and watching 40 mins of video each way on the bus to work, going to bed at 11pm, I usually had about 20% left

I have an S3 now so my wife uses my old S2 with the latest version of supernexus installed

she is a light user the odd browse\whats app\call, so she charges the phone every 2nd day

Ill give it a go after the weekend.

battser · 22-01-2013 10:16pm

Just updated to ICS using the XDA latest 4.0.4. Did not root the phone just updated. Few issues so far which I am sure have happened before when I first upgrade the OS. But one I haven't seen is the inability to take a screenshot on the S2 now. Power and home just won't work for me.

Anyone see anything like this before?

Gavin "shels" · 23-01-2013 12:39am

SuprSi wrote: »

It's highly probable that you're experiencing a software issue but I would recommend upgrading to ICS at a minimum regardless of whether you're having issues or not. You can do this officially too, rather than by rooting the phone as this way you can see whether the new version of Android fixes the problem. If not, you can always consider rooting.

How can I officially do it? Kies won't let me update, I tried that before, is there another official way? If not do you have a link for a stable ICS? Don't trust myself to download one.:(

SuprSi · 23-01-2013 9:18am

Gavin shels wrote: »

How can I officially do it? Kies won't let me update, I tried that before, is there another official way? If not do you have a link for a stable ICS? Don't trust myself to download one.:(

Why won't Kies allow you to do it? Anyway, this is the guide I followed when I originally installed ICS...

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/how-to-install-ice-cream-sandwich-on-your-samsung-galaxy-s2-50006766/

After upgrading I found my phone shutting down quite a bit, like almost once a day though I'm not sure whether this was my phone or the upgrade itself. That's what made me root the phone and install CM10. The rebooting has stopped now too

Gavin "shels" · 23-01-2013 12:48pm

SuprSi wrote: »

Why won't Kies allow you to do it? Anyway, this is the guide I followed when I originally installed ICS...

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/how-to-install-ice-cream-sandwich-on-your-samsung-galaxy-s2-50006766/

After upgrading I found my phone shutting down quite a bit, like almost once a day though I'm not sure whether this was my phone or the upgrade itself. That's what made me root the phone and install CM10. The rebooting has stopped now too

It says it's not supported, I remember when I tried it a while back googling it and it turning up something about where the phone is "from" and where I'm using it, or something along them lines. I'll try it again tonight after work and update properly on what error I get.

Gavin "shels" · 24-01-2013 4:12am

Gavin shels wrote: »

It says it's not supported, I remember when I tried it a while back googling it and it turning up something about where the phone is "from" and where I'm using it, or something along them lines. I'll try it again tonight after work and update properly on what error I get.

Updated my S2 to Jelly Bean, BUT I can't actually go through the set up language, etc... as the touch screen still refuses to work, the buttons work, the screen turns when I move the phone on it's side, etc...

Any ideas?

SuprSi · 24-01-2013 9:32am

Gavin shels wrote: »

Updated my S2 to Jelly Bean, BUT I can't actually go through the set up language, etc... as the touch screen still refuses to work, the buttons work, the screen turns when I move the phone on it's side, etc...

Any ideas?

That's weird - does the touch screen work when you're asked to enter your PIN code, or does the setup happen before this?

BopNiblets · 24-01-2013 10:39am

battser wrote: »

Just updated to ICS using the XDA latest 4.0.4. Did not root the phone just updated. Few issues so far which I am sure have happened before when I first upgrade the OS. But one I haven't seen is the inability to take a screenshot on the S2 now. Power and home just won't work for me.

Anyone see anything like this before?

Try Volume down and Power together.

Gavin "shels" · 24-01-2013 5:19pm

SuprSi wrote: »

That's weird - does the touch screen work when you're asked to enter your PIN code, or does the setup happen before this?

Touch screen doesn't respond to any touches.

SuprSi · 24-01-2013 5:30pm

Gavin shels wrote: »

Touch screen doesn't respond to any touches.

Have you tried reinstalling ICS?

Gavin "shels" · 25-01-2013 2:12am

SuprSi wrote: »

Have you tried reinstalling ICS?

Surely JB would have sorted any software issues? I'll try ICS though, any trusted download link for it?

SuprSi · 25-01-2013 8:40am

Gavin shels wrote: »

Surely JB would have sorted any software issues? I'll try ICS though, any trusted download link for it?

Sorry, I thought you installed ICS rather than JB. The original link I posted shows how to install ICS;

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/how-to-install-ice-cream-sandwich-on-your-samsung-galaxy-s2-50006766/

Gavin "shels" · 25-01-2013 2:41pm

SuprSi wrote: »

Sorry, I thought you installed ICS rather than JB. The original link I posted shows how to install ICS;

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/how-to-install-ice-cream-sandwich-on-your-samsung-galaxy-s2-50006766/

I'll give it a try tomorrow, otherwise I'll just try flogging it off next week for cheap. Due an upgrade but needed my S2 to trade up against it.

dave_t · 28-01-2013 10:40am

kingtiger wrote: »

Supernexus is one of the best Roms around

its well worth a look as it does away with Samsung's bloat and gives you a pure Android experience

Cool, I will probably try it. Is there any step by step guides out there that you'd recommend?

kingtiger · 28-01-2013 10:58pm

dave_t wrote: »

Cool, I will probably try it. Is there any step by step guides out there that you'd recommend?

sure,

www.teamandroid.com/2012/08/07/install-supernexus-android-411-aosp-jelly-bean-galaxy-s2-i9100-firmware/2/

this tutorial is for 4.1.1 but it's the same process for installing 4.2.1

dave_t · 29-01-2013 8:44am

kingtiger wrote: »

sure,

www.teamandroid.com/2012/08/07/install-supernexus-android-411-aosp-jelly-bean-galaxy-s2-i9100-firmware/2/

this tutorial is for 4.1.1 but it's the same process for installing 4.2.1

Great, thanks. Would you recommend changing to the Siyah kernel?

kingtiger · 29-01-2013 11:46am

dave_t wrote: »

Great, thanks. Would you recommend changing to the Siyah kernel?

yes definitely, cause when you get used to flashing firmware you can setup a dual boot to test out other roms

WeleaseWoderick · 29-01-2013 4:15pm

Have never rooted a phone before but have gotten fed up waiting on JB for my S2 so thinking of giving it a try.

Do you lose absolutely everything on your phone when you root and flash a new rom? i.e will messages/photos/log-in details all be wiped?

I still have 8 months left on my contract so fairly afraid of bricking the phone. Is there a (relatively) idiot proof guide to rooting the phone that anyone can recommend?

morana · 29-01-2013 6:05pm

I reverted back to official JB ROM from Revolt JB. too many bugs, official is very good tbh.

Dozen Wicked Words · 29-01-2013 8:43pm

Anyone using Slim Bean 4.2.1 and got Netflix working? Disappointingly not working on mine, pretty good rom otherwise.

robertrc01 · 30-01-2013 3:49pm

I have never even attempted anything like this at all but i sent off my s2 to be fixed and for some reason it has come back rooted (i think) .

Basically i have an app called CWM and SU which ive been told its been rooted ?

The app SU doesnt appear to work and a warning comes up saying its a problem. I'm not happy at all tbh but seeing as its already done can i just upload the supernexus firmware onto my phone now ? I have no idea what im doing as you can probably tell and also dont have an SD card, does this matter ?

pedatron · 30-01-2013 4:09pm

robertrc01 wrote: »

I have never even attempted anything like this at all but i sent off my s2 to be fixed and for some reason it has come back rooted (i think) .

Basically i have an app called CWM and SU which ive been told its been rooted ?

The app SU doesnt appear to work and a warning comes up saying its a problem. I'm not happy at all tbh but seeing as its already done can i just upload the supernexus firmware onto my phone now ? I have no idea what im doing as you can probably tell and also dont have an SD card, does this matter ?

You don't need an SD card. Download the supernexus rom and gapps from the xda page here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2076650
and copy them onto your phone memory. You then need to reboot your phone into recovery mode (sounds scary but its fine). You then need to do a factory reset on your phone (or else there will be glitches, probably). Then you will need to go into the flash zip from internal SD card option and find the files you copied from you computer earlier and flash them. Finally once they have completed installing you can wipe the cache and reboot into your new shiny ROM!

You can find guides 100% better than my rushed effort here in work when my boss isn't looking though. Just google it!

robertrc01 · 30-01-2013 7:14pm

Cool thanks. So i dont need Odin or whatever its called ?

Currently downloading the supernexus file now

robertrc01 · 30-01-2013 8:01pm

Thought id managed it and i think im almost there but have been greeted with a box saying 'unfortunatley the proccess com.google.procces.gapps has stopped' and also setup wizard has stopped ???

robertrc01 · 30-01-2013 8:28pm

redid it and the same again ? Anyhelp would be very much appreciated .

robertrc01 · 30-01-2013 9:10pm

managed it in the end

irishgeo · 30-01-2013 10:52pm

the battery life on supernexus is pretty poor.

robertrc01 · 30-01-2013 11:18pm

irishgeo wrote: »

the battery life on supernexus is pretty poor.

Really ? Will take a couple days to get to grips with it but so far seems decent. Much prefer swype to the keyboard on it though. Gets rid of all bloatware which is great and seems a lot faster than what I'm used to

kingtiger · 31-01-2013 11:00am

irishgeo wrote: »

the battery life on supernexus is pretty poor.

hhmmm I have Supernexus on my wife's S2 and the battery life is brilliant, she is getting two days on one charge with moderate use

123 LC · 31-01-2013 12:22pm

thinking of buying the s2 on amazon UK second hand, it's generally less than €250. do ye still think its an up to date phone or am I better off getting a different new phone (bear in mind i'll only be paying about 250 for whatever phone i get, something like the nokia lumia 620, or the lumia 900 second hand)

pedatron · 31-01-2013 3:51pm

robertrc01 wrote: »

Really ? Will take a couple days to get to grips with it but so far seems decent. Much prefer swype to the keyboard on it though. Gets rid of all bloatware which is great and seems a lot faster than what I'm used to

Sorry robert. I wasn't online! Glad you got sorted. It probably needed a factory reset or something. Try the supernexus rom fro a bit but if you don't like it You should just try others. The process is the very same!

irishgeo · 31-01-2013 5:42pm

kingtiger wrote: »

hhmmm I have Supernexus on my wife's S2 and the battery life is brilliant, she is getting two days on one charge with moderate use

nope mine lasts one .

I have wifi on all day, moderate usage and its set to sleep after 15mins.

I dont have data on at all. I think its wake locks as google services try and phone home and i dont have wifi/data on.

robertrc01 · 31-01-2013 5:51pm

pedatron wrote: »

Sorry robert. I wasn't online! Glad you got sorted. It probably needed a factory reset or something. Try the supernexus rom fro a bit but if you don't like it You should just try others. The process is the very same!

It was a call of panic to anybody who was online so dont worry ha. I think i had the wrong 'gapps' file so just downloaded that and it was grand. I havent really been using it as ive been in work but it seems nice.

What are the most popular roms apart from supernexus ?

Testament1 · 01-02-2013 5:51am

Im on NeatROM. I like the layout out of it. Its more or less the Samsung version of JellyBean with a few tweaks. Battery life isnt great on it though. I get around 8 to 14 hours depending on usage, generally heavy usage of internet, facebook and twitter apps and a few of texts and calls.

pedatron · 07-02-2013 11:33am

robertrc01 wrote: »

It was a call of panic to anybody who was online so dont worry ha. I think i had the wrong 'gapps' file so just downloaded that and it was grand. I havent really been using it as ive been in work but it seems nice.

What are the most popular roms apart from supernexus ?

Most popular was Resurrection Remix no doubt. I used it for ages but the latest version was v buggy for me! . Paranoid android is very popular as well looking at view counts. I prefer a stock vanilla andorid rom that runs smooth and does whats asked of it well and not much more. You can get roms like PA that does amazing things but I just haven't the need for them and they often bring along glitches with them.

Look here and find something that suits your usage.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1058

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1204

BopNiblets · 07-02-2013 11:42am

Chameleon 3.0 is out of beta!
Samsung base 4.1.2 (XWLS8) with AOKP style and features, noice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847600

BenEadir · 18-03-2013 5:31pm

Hi, OP from almost two years ago here!!

My old SGS is now being used primarily as a gaming and movie watching device for one of my kids. It's running RR ICS V2.6 by Westcrip Android 4.0.4 but doesn't have a camera app which I'm being asked to fix.

What is the current best/vanilla ROM which delivers good performance and long battery life? Doesn't have to be the latest version of Android, just something rock solid which has good battery life.

I've been out of the SGS2 ROM flashing loop for a while so would appreciate any suggestions people have.

Cheers.

Ben

Dozen Wicked Words · 18-03-2013 5:41pm

I was on Slim Rom, stable enough and battery was ok, there is ICS version and JB version. The only issue I had with the JB version was Netflix didn't work.

http://www.slimroms.net/

Mc Love · 29-03-2013 3:42pm

Have updated to the newest CM nightly build however the home button doesnt bring me back to the home screen, and long pressing the back button wont kill an app anymore. Anyone else suffering the same?

USB debugging also not showing going back to CM10 Nightly to see if I can try a build from before tonight

Cossax · 29-03-2013 8:03pm

Mc Love wrote: »

Have updated to the newest CM nightly build however the home button doesnt bring me back to the home screen, and long pressing the back button wont kill an app anymore. Anyone else suffering the same?

USB debugging also not showing going back to CM10 Nightly to see if I can try a build from before tonight

The first two queries sound like they're just settings issues and you should be able to tick a box to make sure they work again, will have a look after the Munster game and let you know.

Mc Love · 30-03-2013 5:04am

Yeah couldnt find them Cossax, so went back to the night before 0328 build and everything is as it should be.

Mc Love · 30-03-2013 12:18pm

The long kill button doesnt appear to be there anymore, quite liked that feature, but at least the battery performance is a lot better now and maybe because I dont have google now running either but on 71% after 7hr 36m on battery.

Mc Love · 26-04-2013 12:39pm

Would i have to flash a kernel to get that feature back?

Cossax · 26-04-2013 12:57pm

Mc Love wrote: »

Would i have to flash a kernel to get that feature back?

I'm not sure, CM recommends you only use their kernel. I couldn't boot CM10.1 before with Siyah, the boot animation was in super slow-mo.

It may be down to changes in the coding that have been committed to the nightlies, I've noticed a few changes myself of late but nothing I've used has disappeared/stopped working.

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