[Q] Moved from HTC to Samsung, now what? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone,
I have been a happy user of HTC Desire for quite some time, and I had 10 different ROMs on it over time. Now I finally got some extra cash and got SGS2.
For my previous device, I knew where to go and what to look for, but now with SGS2 I'm kinda lost. If anyone could point me out to the following tutorials, I'd be gratefull:
1. How to root
2. How to change recovery?
3. How to install custom ROM
Thanks!

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Q& Section please .
Custom rom follow roms directions .
Root read the root posts
Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125282
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
jje

thanks!
So far I rooted and installed CWM Recovery
I'm looking for a NON-AOSP ROM, or lets say, stock ROM with root, CWMR, tweaks and options (for instance, I need 3G toggle in status bar)
Any suggestions?

Light'ning ROM!
So easy to install and it comes rooted of course. Very much stock, with tweaks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274
Download Lite'ning 6.1
Download Odin to your pc
Extract, click click, done.

jemal said:
thanks!
So far I rooted and installed CWM Recovery
I'm looking for a NON-AOSP ROM, or lets say, stock ROM with root, CWMR, tweaks and options (for instance, I need 3G toggle in status bar)
Any suggestions?
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I would personally go with Revolution 2.6 by leomar75. Love his rom with zero issues and damn loaaaaads of mods can by applied by his Revolution kitchen app from the market
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jemal said:
thanks!
So far I rooted and installed CWM Recovery
I'm looking for a NON-AOSP ROM, or lets say, stock ROM with root, CWMR, tweaks and options (for instance, I need 3G toggle in status bar)
Any suggestions?
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Cognition is awesome. Pretty much stock and super stable. Awesome battery life also.
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leomar rom i think in this moment no1 rom you,hawe tweaks , theaming whit this rom like cyanogenmod
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mariotme said:
I would personally go with Revolution 2.6 by leomar75. Love his rom with zero issues and damn loaaaaads of mods can by applied by his Revolution kitchen app from the market
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could not agree more, best ROM for SG2

mariotme said:
I would personally go with Revolution 2.6 by leomar75. Love his rom with zero issues and damn loaaaaads of mods can by applied by his Revolution kitchen app from the market
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Most Important he is always around to help you

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[Q] Eris ROM help!!

i am using kaosfroyov37 an i wanna change the ROM but i dont know where to get ROMs that will work with kaos. i just rooted my phone so i dont know to much. aahh and i have ROM manager to change roms an all that
danielahl137 said:
i am using kaosfroyov37 an i wanna change the ROM but i dont know where to get ROMs that will work with kaos. i just rooted my phone so i dont know to much. aahh and i have ROM manager to change roms an all that
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If you use Amon Ra then just download another ROM and flash it from there.
Is that anon a website? Or where do I find it
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danielahl137 said:
Is that anon a website? Or where do I find it
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It's what you use to install ROMs. Just do some reading in the FAQs and stuff.
danielahl137 said:
i am using kaosfroyov37 an i wanna change the ROM but i dont know where to get ROMs that will work with kaos. i just rooted my phone so i dont know to much. aahh and i have ROM manager to change roms an all that
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Using a new ROM will wipe out Kaos (unless you back it up first). It is like removing Windows from your computer & putting Linux on. So, you don't have to find a ROM that plays nice w/Kaos - Just find a ROM. Look in the Eris Andoid Developer section of XDA to find ROMS.

Question regarding CWM and Rom Manager

Can Clockwork Mod be installed on the SGS2 too enable backups etc???
I'm not a complete noob when it comes to Android, but am new to Samsung devices and just want a easy way to backup and restore before I start messing with themes kernels etc etc
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Not until it has been added to the supported devices for CWM. Each device is different, different boot sectors, different partition sizes and a fair few other bits. Each one has to be supported, and as of yet, CWM does not support SGS II.
Hopefully soon it will
Still no Rom manager compatible with SG2 ????....
Short answer: no
Long answer:no!
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This is sad. i been using Rom manager since nexus1 n nexus S..
Btw, is there any way to backup current Rom before flaming update Rom?
Kingken said:
Btw, is there any way to backup current Rom before flaming update Rom?
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No, but all the firmware is available in the dev forum guide section
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Just to check will all data be lost after flashing a new firmware ?
shlomo78 said:
Still no Rom manager compatible with SG2 ????....
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Phone not yet a month old .
Donate SGS 2 to CWM team and i am sure they will get a move on .
jje
Kingken said:
Just to check will all data be lost after flashing a new firmware ?
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If you follow the instructions properly, you will not lose any apps or user data.

[?] Miui vs. touchwiz

I'm currently using simply honey 4.0 rc3 and I've always heard good things about miui but it sounds very difficult to install. I have gb boot loaders so I'm not sure how to install it since they're aosp. Another thing is I've heard miui had inferior battery life to touchwiz roms so can anyone share any advice?
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If u flash with gb bootloaders the external sd wont mount no big deal but I quickly grew accustomed to MIUI because its so customizable and I hated touchwiz and as for battery I flashed the glitch kernel and undervolted and I got about 12 hrs with moderate use and my battery was at 61% but I guess battery varys from person to person
Sounds good which miui and how do I backup my efs
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you can always just flash the froyo bootloader if you switch to miui and you won;t have the external sd problem
cmrn89 said:
you can always just flash the froyo bootloader if you switch to miui and you won;t have the external sd problem
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Yeah but the complex and tedious work to test a rom just seems a little out there so I wanted to know is miui really worth the big amount of risks I'm happy with my current rom but I've heard good things about miui
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Tedious? all you do is put it on the root of your int sd card and flash it...then odin back to stock if you want to go back to Touchwiz based roms.
laylovj said:
Tedious? all you do is put it on the root of your int sd card and flash it...then odin back to stock if you want to go back to Touchwiz based roms.
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The instructions I read said to odin back to stock and use tools and extra things that seem very tedious
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TheInfekted said:
The instructions I read said to odin back to stock and use tools and extra things that seem very tedious
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It's been fixed. ;-) the guide hasn't been updated. Just Odin back to jfd, flash miui. To go back, Odin jfd.
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btw please make a backup in clockwork recovery so you can restore it if you run into problems and this way you can restore your phone back to simply honey anytime your rooted .... it only takes 5mins and it saved me last night when I flashed trigger redux and failed the first time .... you can restore a backup using and version of cwm so pls do
whatever5 said:
btw please make a backup in clockwork recovery so you can restore it if you run into problems and this way you can restore your phone back to simply honey anytime your rooted .... it only takes 5mins and it saved me last night when I flashed trigger redux and failed the first time .... you can restore a backup using and version of cwm so pls do
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Thanks for the advice although I'm not a noob I've been a root user since they released cupcake on the g1 I just needed to clarify a few things before I tested miui now to figure out why my odin displays mandarin maybe because the boot loaders are chinese?
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TheInfekted said:
Thanks for the advice although I'm not a noob I've been a root user since they released cupcake on the g1 I just needed to clarify a few things before I tested miui now to figure out why my odin displays mandarin maybe because the boot loaders are chinese?
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I see I'll let you sort that out and I read that you could use the vibrant aio toolbox to flash to stock too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
btw I've been rooting since the g1 too
whatever5 said:
I see I'll let you sort that out and I read that you could use the vibrant aio toolbox to flash to stock too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
btw I've been rooting since the g1 too
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I'll just use my memory to odin like I did before if it doesn't work I'll just tell the people of earth to give me their energy and throw a spirit bomb at my pc til it works
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TheInfekted said:
I'll just use my memory to odin like I did before if it doesn't work I'll just tell the people of earth to give me their energy and throw a spirit bomb at my pc til it works
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Hahahaa the vibrant community is ready to support you lmao

Rom manager not working

My rom manager is not updating, saying some signature error. Right now I am on sensation rom using KI3 kernel.
Can anybody assist and also when I slide on my lock screen to unlock my camera starts automatically.
Please help, this is my first time at rooting.
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Signature error due to the missing of zImage. Flash the zImage from your Rooted kernel, via CWM.
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Can I flash another kernel over this kernel directly using odin and then installs a new custom rom
Also how many times can I do like this, will it harm my phone.
Sorry but this is my first android phone and I m new to this.
Thx in advance.
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doppleganger2k said:
My rom manager is not updating, saying some signature error. Right now I am on sensation rom using KI3 kernel.
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What do you need rom manager for? The sensation rom already comes the speedmod kernel which has cwm recovery, boot into recovery if you want to install other roms, don't bother with rom manager. You can flash all day long.
I noticed today that the data connection on my phone is not working the way it used to before I flashed the rom. Any particular reason or remedy for this.
No wonder have a better battery performance
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And thank you for the advice given ;-)
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Flashed nitroz extreme rom, swype not working now , any ideas y ?
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Swype
doppleganger2k said:
Flashed nitroz extreme rom, swype not working now , any ideas y ?
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Settings> applications> Swype> clear data. If this isn't working, install the beta beta.Swype.com

Need Help Galaxy Player 5 Roms,ect.

I'm new.... I was able to root my GP5 using superoneclick but now I'm trying to get a rom and have no idea how to do it.
What do i need?
Kernal
Clockwork mod
Rom
how do I install them/get them please help
We can't help you if we don't know which one you have.
Which one is it?
US.
Kor.
International.
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DanieIRL said:
We can't help you if we don't know which one you have.
Which one is it?
US.
Kor.
International.
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US
Also the reason for me wanting a new rom is for more bluetooth support
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I followed this website.
http://calebfultz.com/2012/04/03/how-to-root-and-rom-the-galaxy-player-5-0/
The kernal I would recommend is Entropy512's for the SGP. The tutorial on there is very easy and very stright foward so you shouldn't have any problems at all. I would recommand the rom I'm currently using but the dev removed the link because he is updating the rom.
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nightfire37 said:
I followed this website.
The kernal I would recommend is Entropy512's for the SGP. The tutorial on there is very easy and very stright foward so you shouldn't have any problems at all. I would recommand the rom I'm currently using but the dev removed the link because he is updating the rom.
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thanks for this guide does the kernel work with other roms? and does the camera still work with this kernel?
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WADE13x said:
thanks for this guide does the kernel work with other roms? and does the camera still work with this kernel?
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Camera works normaly on that rom...I use chip rom.. everything works 2..I even delete stock recovery because there is no way I will back to stock.
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DZonikg said:
Camera works normaly on that rom...I use chip rom.. everything works 2..I even delete stock recovery because there is no way I will back to stock.
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Silly question, what's so bad about stock ROM? or to put it another what's so good about "Chip rom" ?
thanks!
tls1
tls1tls1 said:
Silly question, what's so bad about stock ROM? or to put it another what's so good about "Chip rom" ?
thanks!
tls1
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Nothing in particular's bad w/r/t the stock ROM. It just isn't most people's cup of tea. Chip's ROM is pretty cool, though I'm limited in experience (onyl stock, Eryigit, and Chip's ROMs, to date) What I like about Chip's ROM is that it's up to date and is constantly in development, the style of it (ICS-theme), and that most of the bloatware's been removed. It's very operational and customizable. Plus, many of the "hacks" that he's introduced via init.d or elsewhere (courtesy of St. Matis; I've added a few of my own and deleted a few). He's edited the framework (or gathered it from another source) to get rid of that pesky "Cell Standby" thing that shows up as a battery drain (functionally irrelevant, but annoying nonetheless) and included a number of apps as stock that many here would install anyway. Look at the thread yourself and check its features
okay can someone please just help me? my computer doesn't pick up my galaxy player 5 when its in download mode
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Good news i got the rom on an its chip 1.5 it turned out to be the computer
WADE13x said:
okay can someone please just help me? my computer doesn't pick up my galaxy player 5 when its in download mode
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Disinstall all driver, make a clean install of the USB driver 1.5.6, install ODIN 1.8 and thats all...You have all you need to write a custom kernel from the stock one.
In Downolad mode the player is visible just from ODIN...i remember...
Otherwise, after installing the c.kernel, from the device recovery you can do all (c.rom-stock-kernel.zip addon).
nightfire37 said:
I followed this website.
http://calebfultz.com/2012/04/03/how-to-root-and-rom-the-galaxy-player-5-0/
The kernal I would recommend is Entropy512's for the SGP. The tutorial on there is very easy and very stright foward so you shouldn't have any problems at all. I would recommand the rom I'm currently using but the dev removed the link because he is updating the rom.
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Thanks for the kind words and using my walk through! Glad it was helpful! :laugh:

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