MIUI For Galaxy S II Q&A - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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Summary​Install and updating​
How do I install this ROM?
The new version is released on miuiandroid.com, where is the Galaxy S II download link?
When will the next release be, and when will you fix this?
Is OTA updating working?
There is a new version released, and I have to wipe /system, what does that mean and what will I lose?
I prefer MIUI in: Chinese - German - English - Spanish - Vietnamese - Italian - Hebrew - Russian -Hungarian
- Dutch - Portugese - Danish - Turkish - Polish - Koeran - French - Greek - Czech - Slovenian.
Known bugs and their fixes​
When will the next release be, and when will you fix this?
When will Bluetooth audio be fixed? I really need it!
I got an inexplicable bug, and the guys in the thread told me to do a complete wipe, what is this? And what will I lose?
The back light of the soft key goes on and off, seemingly random, what can I do about this?
My GPS takes ages to acquire a lock, and/or is far from accurate.
The audio through my headphones won’t go any louder after four clicks.
I can't access my internal storage through USB.
When I reboot my phone data is turned off automatically.
No matter what the size is, the market tells me the file needs to be downloaded over wifi.
My phone doesn't go into deepsleep.
Multimedia​
I can't play music from my external SD card.
I don’t like the MIUI camera app, what are the alternatives?
Video play is out of sync, or stutters.
Sounds good, but what does it look like?
Customization​
Are there mods I can’t miss out on?
And how about the themes?
Where are the old ringtones? The new ones are horrible!
Where are the custom kernels? I want to use my 1337 overclock skills!
Installing and Updating
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Q:How do I install this ROM?
A:Start off with a rooted phone.
Download and pust the ROM .zip file to the sdcard.
Reboot into recovery.
When installing for the first time wipe /system, /cache, /data and dalvik-cache
Wipe /system. (under mounts & storage)
Install the ROM zip from sdcard.
Q:The new version is released on miuiandroid.com, where is the Galaxy S II download link?
A:Our device is not yet officially supported, therefore bmarko has to download the official release, do his magic, and release it for the S II. He does not only have to wait until it’s released by miuiandroid.com but afterwards also has to find time to modify and upload the new version. This takes some time, but normally he uploads within two, maybe three, days.
Q:When will the next release be, and when will you fix this?
A:There is only one rule in this thread:
DON’T ASK FOR ETA’S
For clarity’s sake: ETA means estimated time of arrival.
Q:Is OTA updating working?
A:No, because it’s not yet an official release. Trying it should give an error message, or may download a release for another phone. I would suggest not using it at all.
Q:There is a new version released, and I have to wipe /system, what does that mean and what will I lose?
A:/system is the folder that contains all system files, when upgrading all system files are replaced so all old files have to be deleted. But all your personal files are in the /data folder. That means that you don't lose anything personal when upgrading, all your apps will be kept too. Certain mods, such as extended settings and my gps.conf files are in system though, so you'll have to reinstall them again.
Q:I prefer MIUI in: Chinese - German - English - Spanish - Vietnamese - Italian - Hebrew - Russian -Hungarian
- Dutch - Portugese - Danish - Turkish - Polish - Koeran - French - Greek - Czech - Slovenian.
A:L10nH34Rt has ported El Afortunado's multi-language pack.
1.9.9
1.9.2
1.8.26
Make sure to boot once before flashing the .zips.
Credits to both L10nH34Rt and El Afortunado.
Known bugs and their fixes
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Q:When will the next release be, and when will you fix this?
A:There is only one rule in this thread:
DON’T ASK FOR ETA’S
For clarity’s sake: ETA means estimated time of arrival.
Q:When will Bluetooth audio be fixed? I really need it!
A:Above applies more than anything to Bluetooth Audio.
Q:I got an inexplicable bug, and the guys in the thread told me to do a complete wipe, what is this? And what will I lose?
A:A complete wipe consists of a wipe of /system /data /cache and dalvik-cache. This means that everything, except for the internal storage, is deleted. If you want to easily restore your contacts, settings and apps you will have to backup your phone. There are three common ways to do this:
1. A Nandroid backup, you can do this from CWM under back up and restore. This will create a complete system image, this is mostly used when switching ROM and you want to be able to switch back easily. When you restore this backup everything will be exactly the same as when you backed up, all bugs included.
2. MIUI built in backup, this is mostly used when you have to wipe your phone because of a bug. All your settings, apps and contacts will be conserved, except for your mail settings and account passwords, for security reasons. When you restore this you only have to enter your credentials and server settings again, system files are not backed up, so bugs will be gone. Only downside is that only MIUI can restore this, so you can't export it to another ROM.
3. Titanium backup comes in handy when migrating to another ROM. Titanium can back up settings, apps and their data. Titanium backup works on all ROM's so you can back up, flash another ROM and restore your apps and their data. Settings are harder to back up, restoring settings is possible between TouchWiz ROM's, moving them from TouchWiz ROM to MIUI or Cyanogen will give loads of FC's. Same goes for system apps and their data.
Q:The back light of the soft key goes on and off, seemingly random, what can I do about this?
A:I've created a mod that permanently disables the softkey's backlight, regardless of light sensor and backlight intensity. It's a script in init.d so you can easily remove it by removing the file from /system/etc/init.d.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27703769/Permanently Disable Softkey Backlight.zip
The script locks the backlight intensity at boot, which is normally 0. But when you have BLN enabled and there is a notification on boot it will lock the backlight when it's on. When this happens a reboot after the notification is gone will fix the problem.
This is another solution, main drawback is that you have to enable Automatic Brightness for it to work.
The soft keys respond to the automatic brightness. This is not a bug, but a feature. You can regulate this by going to display settings -> automatic brightess -> advanced options. Enable the use custom levels, and set the values for soft keys. Set all levels on 255 for always on, or all on 0 for always off.
Q:My GPS takes ages to acquire a lock, and/or is far from accurate.
A:Unless you are living in North America this is because the ntp server is set to North America. Changing this in the gps server settings doesn’t work, so you’ll have to directly edit the gps.conf file which is situated in /system/etc. But to make it easier for y’all I created CWM flashable .zips. You’ll have to flash these after every update, simply because /system and all its subfolders are wiped on update. The .zips are found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233256
If your country isn’t on the list there is no ntp server hosted in your country, in that case use the zip of the closest country.
Q:The audio through my headphones won’t go any louder after four clicks.
A:This also is a known bug, there is a fix. But it’s both unwieldy and temporary. Type the following into a terminal emulator.
Code:
$ su
# /system/bin/alsa_amixer sset Headphone 31
31 is the max headphone volume, if you want to change the volume choose any value betwoon 0 ( completely silent ) and 31 ( the loudest ). But when choosing the volume rocker it ignores this setting. So you'll have to enter it manually everytime you want to change the volume.
Q:I can't access my internal storage through USB.
A:Make sure USB Debugging is activated. Enable it by going to settings -> applications -> development -> enable USB Debugging.
Q:When I reboot my phone data is turned off automatically.
A:This is a known bug, for now: just flip the data toggle in the toggles dropdown menu.
Q:No matter what the size is, the market tells me the file needs to be downloaded over wifi.
A:Open the downloads app from the launcher, and turn download using wifi off. When connected with wifi it will still download over wifi, so don’t fear for your data bundle.
Q:My phone doesn't go into deep sleep.
A:This is a bug in the Battery Monitor, the phone actually does go into deep sleep, but it isn't noticed by the battery monitor. You can check this using CPU Spy:
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Multimedia
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Q:I can't play music from my external SD card.
Q:Make sure the folder on your external SD card is being searched by MIUI Music. Go to Music -> Settings -> Filter by Folder -> *Tick the required folders*
Q:I don’t like the MIUI camera app, what are the alternatives?
A:There are a few replacements on the market. Most used is lgCamera (https://market.android.com/details?id=rubberbigpepper.lgCamera). There also is being worked on a port of the Samsung camera app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239045
Q:Video play is out of sync, or stutters.
A:There are two viable alternatives; RockPlayer (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.unified.lite), and MX Video Player (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad) with the ARMv7 codec (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.ffmpeg.v7_vfpv3d16). I prefer the latter, mainly because of its interface.
Q:Sounds good, but what does it look like?
A:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9MEHdLKpD4
Customization
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Q:Are there mods I can’t miss out on?
A:Take a look here:
http://forums.miuiandroid.com/forumdisplay.php?36-MIUI-Mods
The mods on this forum are generic MIUI mods, unless specified otherwise of course.
Q:And how about the themes?
A:I would suggest looking here:
http://forums.miuiandroid.com/forumdisplay.php?31-Theme-Releases
There are a few other sites but most of them are posted here too.
As for personal choice, I recommend checking out Signa.
Q:Where are the old ringtones? The new ones are horrible!
A:Here's a Clockworkmod flashable .zip with the the old ringtones and notification sounds.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27703769/Audio.zip
Q:How about custom kernels? I want to use my 1337 overclock skills!
A:Bmarko has aked not to release any custom kernels untill he decides it to be stable.

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gangsterjoop said:
Welcome to the MIUI Q&A, all your MIUI related questions go here.​
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Great Q&A...i will post it on facebook and Twitter...Big Up

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What about the delay when receiving SMS? Does anyone else get this?
Sometimes people send me sms and I will receive it like 1 hour later, and I get like 5 messages in a row...
No matter what version I use..
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

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gangsterjoop said:
First create a folder on your sdcard named ex_music, then add these lines to the last file in /system/etc/init.d.
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gangsterjoop, first of all, thanks so much for the hard work in pulling this together (I wrote the litening FAQ so I know what a pain it is to write and keep updated.
btw, an approach that also works for me is to use file manager, go to external_sd, go to the music folder and then exit. the music app then scans and adds the music automatically. this actually came out of a post on this thread.

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electrikblues said:
gangsterjoop, first of all, thanks so much for the hard work in pulling this together (I wrote the litening FAQ so I know what a pain it is to write and keep updated.
btw, an approach that also works for me is to use file manager, go to external_sd, go to the music folder and then exit. the music app then scans and adds the music automatically. this actually came out of a post on this thread.
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Thanks! Quite a compliment, and especially from you!
Let's hope this one becomes as big as the Litening one one day. I feel like I should do some layout, but I was quite happy I had the text finished (english sometimes takes some extra time), so I guess I'll , make it a bit more readable in the following days.

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Also, miui.nl provides the SGS2 rom along with a DUTCH language pack every time an update is released. Huge props to the original dev who started translating, because he's the first I know that keeps the pack updated.

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Might seem silly but could be handy at the start to say that you need a rooted phone with cwm on it. I know that most that come here will know already but there are bound to be people who will ask.

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I don't want to nit pick on this nice looking Q&A thread, but were you say "and turn download over 3G on" It doesn't actualy say that, it says "Download using Wi-Fi" (On/Off)
This could be confusing to some newbie users

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djsimonr said:
I don't want to nit pick on this nice looking Q&A thread, but were you say "and turn download over 3G on" It doesn't actualy say that, it says "Download using Wi-Fi" (On/Off)
This could be confusing to some newbie users
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Thank you, changed it.

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gangsterjoop said:
Thank you, changed it.
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No problem
I have just noticed aswell when i poped out to the shop i didnt disconnect my wi-fi connection but it didnt auto change to Data (there was just no connection) can this be turned on so when wi-fi is not available it switches to Data (3G) ?

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Thanks for making this thread first of all!
Due to the fact that this is an Q&A thread I think I dare to ask this. I want to try out MIUI on my galaxy S2, I know it's in an early stage. Probably after 2 days or so I'm going back to a Samsung based Rom so I will create an Nandroid Backup of my current Rom. But in the other MIUI thread you (gangsterjoop) were talking with exmatproton and he asked : You're still running that custom kernel and you said: Yea, CWM is accessible etc. By this you mean CWM is not accessible with stock MIUI kernel? If so how can I restore my Nandroid backup? Or did you mean something different ?

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djsimonr said:
No problem
I have just noticed aswell when i poped out to the shop i didnt disconnect my wi-fi connection but it didnt auto change to Data (there was just no connection) can this be turned on so when wi-fi is not available it switches to Data (3G) ?
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I tried it, mine does switch automatically. Make sure data is switched on, and give it a few seconds to initiate the data connection. If that doesn't work I'll start digging in my settings.
So please report back.
Klyupp said:
Thanks for making this thread first of all!
Due to the fact that this is an Q&A thread I think I dare to ask this. I want to try out MIUI on my galaxy S2, I know it's in an early stage. Probably after 2 days or so I'm going back to a Samsung based Rom so I will create an Nandroid Backup of my current Rom. But in the other MIUI thread you (gangsterjoop) were talking with exmatproton and he asked : You're still running that custom kernel and you said: Yea, CWM is accessible etc. By this you mean CWM is not accessible with stock MIUI kernel? If so how can I restore my Nandroid backup? Or did you mean something different ?
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It was the other way round. The problem with the custom kernel was that in V1 CWM wasn't accessible anymore, so you had to flash a CWM kernel through Odin. This was solved in V2 of the kernel. Bmarko's kernel is flawless, so you can just restore your Nandroid backup without problems.

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Hey man thanks for ur efforts.. I have installed the miui Beta 19..now I want to update it to latest build.I have download ed it to decades also.but when I try to flash this in can.the installation gets failed showing varification failed message.. any solution for this will be great. Function in advance
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I would recommend downloading the latest release again. Most of the install failures are because of corrupted (not the Indian kind of corrupt , it means the download failed)downloads.
But I can't entirely understand your post, so would you mind posting in your native language? Then I can copy it into Google Translate.

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I tried it, mine does switch automatically. Make sure data is switched on, and give it a few seconds to initiate the data connection. If that doesn't work I'll start digging in my settings.
So please report back.
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I checked my mobile when i was walking back home, so it had been disconnected from my wi-fi for around 10 mins
its not a big problem for me because when i am out for a while i normaly turn wi-fi off, or if i need to my mobile while im out i make sure wi-fi is off and data is on
i also thought it auto changed as this is the norm for most smart phones now days.

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prodygee said:
Also, miui.nl provides the SGS2 rom along with a DUTCH language pack every time an update is released. Huge props to the original dev who started translating, because he's the first I know that keeps the pack updated.
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I've seen that one too, have you tried it allready?
If so, is there any difference between bmarko82's version and
the miui.nl version? (besides the translation)

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gangsterjoop said:
I would recommend downloading the latest release again. Most of the install failures are because of corrupted (not the Indian kind of corrupt , it means the download failed)downloads.
But I can't entirely understand your post, so would you mind posting in your native language? Then I can copy it into Google Translate.
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thanks for the quick reply...my message was gibberish right.. hey it was because of the autofill feature and i didnt notice the errors..so what i was saying is that when i tried to flash the latest miui rom( iam currently in beta 19) through CWM recovery by putting the downloaded file in sd card..the installation is aborted due varification faliure.
so ur suggestion is the error may be due to corruption of file.(as we have Hasare in India we can hopefully remove the currption... )

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edit.... i found the solution ..when i did the cache wipe again in cwm recovery, installation is finished smoothly..

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*SanSiro* said:
I've seen that one too, have you tried it allready?
If so, is there any difference between bmarko82's version and
the miui.nl version? (besides the translation)
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No noticable differences between the roms. No apps removed or other strange stuff. For translations in notification bar you'll have to reboot the phone after applying the language.
hooligan007 said:
edit.... i found the solution ..when i did the cache wipe again in cwm recovery, installation is finished smoothly..
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Great!

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gangsterjoop said:
No noticable differences between the roms. No apps removed or other strange stuff. For translations in notification bar you'll have to reboot the phone after applying the language.
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Well, I like the english version and don't need the dutch translation so i'll stick
to bmarko82's rom since they are the same!