[Q] Updated to KI8 from KG6, all data intact - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

This is only the 2nd time I'm flashing the SII.
When I first flashed it to KG6 a month ago, I had to use titanium backup to restore all my apps.
However, today when I flashed KI8, all my apps where there, and the phone looked like it wasn't even flashed at all. I checked the "about phone" section and it shows that I'm on 2.3.5 already. The only thing I lost was root.
Is this usual?

That is indeed usual. You flashed a non wipe ROM. This means everything is still installed and all the settings are the same.
When you flashed the KG6 it seems that this was a wipe version, which does a factory reset before flashing (to be sure everthing flashes right).
Most custom ROMs are non wipe and if a new firmware gets out they are usually full wipe.

That is very interesting! Thank you

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[Q] How to fix "T-CDMA 64" back to "Verizon Wireless"?

Recently I flashed to Ging-Tazz 27 and everything was perfect. However, I decided to wipe data/factory reset and wipe dalvik-cache one day but I wasn't planning on flashing to a new ROM. Now, on my lock-screen and Network it shows "T-CDMA 64" instead of "Verizon Wireless" and I was wondering how to change it back? I have tried rebooting it twice and calls are fine but I would like to change it back at least.
Thanks everyone for the help!
wait, you wiped your phone but didnt flash anything? hwo do you have a rom going...
I...have...no...idea... It just booted up like it normally did after a ROM flash and everything worked fine. I thought wipe was the same thing as just resetting it to the same state as a new ROM flash. Only thing different was the problem I described with the carrier's name.
sfaznspeedster said:
I...have...no...idea... It just booted up like it normally did after a ROM flash and everything worked fine. I thought wipe was the same thing as just resetting it to the same state as a new ROM flash. Only thing different was the problem I described with the carrier's name.
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hmm, wipe your phone but reflash the rom, instead of just wiping the phone, see if that helps.

[Q] No data connection after new rom flashed

Hi all,
I've flashed quite a few times before I settled with my current Insanity rom. But then I decided to try out some new ones since I have time during the holidays.
I tried flashing Omega and Delv with cwm (Whatever version they currently have now), both at the startup didn't allow me to bypass by pressing the 4 corners. i thought nothing of it and just continued on and restored my stuff using titanium backup. before my sms, gmail accounts and call logs will get restored but it didn't for both. so i decided to restart my phone to see if it'll come up. it did not. in fact, the data connection goes missing. (i did get data connection when i first loaded up the phone right after the flash using cwm) i only have full bar of signal, but no data.
I thought it was just a rom thing or a bad download, that's why I tried flashing another rom, but once I restart my phone, the data connection goes.
I got so frustrated that I just restored my old (current) rom from cwm.
If anyone can help me on finding out what may be the problem, that'll be great. I really do want to start flashing different roms again because I'm getting bored with my current one.
thanks in advance!
shirbo.g said:
Hi all,
I've flashed quite a few times before I settled with my current Insanity rom. But then I decided to try out some new ones since I have time during the holidays.
I tried flashing Omega and Delv with cwm (Whatever version they currently have now), both at the startup didn't allow me to bypass by pressing the 4 corners. i thought nothing of it and just continued on and restored my stuff using titanium backup. before my sms, gmail accounts and call logs will get restored but it didn't for both. so i decided to restart my phone to see if it'll come up. it did not. in fact, the data connection goes missing. (i did get data connection when i first loaded up the phone right after the flash using cwm) i only have full bar of signal, but no data.
I thought it was just a rom thing or a bad download, that's why I tried flashing another rom, but once I restart my phone, the data connection goes.
I got so frustrated that I just restored my old (current) rom from cwm.
If anyone can help me on finding out what may be the problem, that'll be great. I really do want to start flashing different roms again because I'm getting bored with my current one.
thanks in advance!
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I'm sorry my English award is not very good I am a Chinese.
can you make sure that you have wipe your phone 2 times?
wipe data factory reset and wipe cache partition? before you flash a new rom?
and the problem may be your kernel don't work well . you can flash another new kernel or flash a new cwm
wipe your phone is very important
if these mind can not make your data well you should flash your phone
by odin . use this software to make your phone well
thank you for your reply.
I have wiped my phone very thoroughly: wipe cache, factory reset and even dalvik.
aren't the kernels automatically installed when i install through CWM?
i'm not too sure about this kernel thing as the many times I flashed before, I never had to install kernels on its own through odin. i just flash the zip file of the rom through CWM and it's all good.
so you're saying i should use odin to flash instead of cwm? is there a major difference? i'm much more comfortable with cwm though.
Try flashing a new modem .
Check IMEI is correct .
jje
Have you set your APN settings correctly according to your phone carrier's settings?
Also try your carrier's CSC on your phone.
Set your APN manually, I had this before as well...
Other options is to get the Tweaker App from the Market and when connected via Wifi then it sets your APN as well.
Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk
Thanks for the suggestions.
The APN one sounds easier to do. That option's under wireless and networks correct?
Currently, I only have one selected. I'll check it out when I flash the new rom.
What's this csc though??
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What's this csc though??
Country specific settings a list of local networks and there settings .
See stock roms thread .
jje

[Q] Galaxy keeps rebooting after flashing ics

So I flash the Ics update (LPQ) last friday and all went well, my phone was working perfectly. However on sunday my phone kept freezing and the only was to get it working again was to pull the battery. So because of this i decided to go back to GB and wiped everything and flask a stock firmware (KI8) which is my carrier firmware. Now my phone keeps turns off every 10 minutes or so any it is really annoying. It only seems to happen when the phone is not plugged in to charge and I have tested it out and it doesn't tend to happen in flight mode either. At the moment I have wiped the phone completely and haven't even installed an app yet it is still happening. Has anyone got a clue what this could be as its driving me mad.
Thanks in advance
I have the same problem, i updated to ICS and now my phone reboots every 2 / 30mins.
I tryed lots of roms and now downgraded to a 2.3.3 stock rom, with re-partition, no SDcard .. but still ... it reboots itself a lot .
The strange thing is that it reboots when left alone, the sgs2 can stay up for 3h+ when it plays music on GoogleMusic ...
Oh, and i also tryed with a new samsung 2000mah battery kit, still no changes, so it's not a battery problem
I had this problem with GB 2.3.5 stock firmware. After flashing custom ICS - Lite'ning Rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274 , the problem disappeared. Of course I did full wipe of device before flashing.
Thanks, Ill try flash lightning later when i get home. As i think that it is something to do with the radio I have also tried flashing a new modem (KE7) but that did not solve the issue either. It there any app that can monitor processes so that i can look at what is happening just before it turns off.
I had this when I was using MIUI. I flashed Spikes Pure ICS yesterday and haven't noticed it since.
Strange, I had this issue on GB, and not on ICS. Try flashing some different roms, full wipes of course, and see if that helps
bmbm said:
I had this problem with GB 2.3.5 stock firmware. After flashing custom ICS - Lite'ning Rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274 , the problem disappeared. Of course I did full wipe of device before flashing.
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didn't work for me :'(
First factory reset and then flash the ics.
rocky23 said:
First factory reset and then flash the ics.
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i did a factory reset by using the *2767*3855# command , then i went to the recovery to format data/system/cache/sdcard/emmc .
Still, no luck and getting reboots
Last night I flashed both lite'ning ron and Check rom. Did a full wipe before both and I am still getting reboots and freezes. Think Ill have to get a jig and bring it back to the shop
So just to update. The latest think i have tried is changing the modem to KE3 and I tried the speedmod kernel and the syriah kernel. Still having the freezing issue. Have also tried a kernel cleaner but to no avail. Anything else I should try before bringing it back. Thanks
Why dont you try to install a stock rom, then root it, and within CWM recovery wipe everything, then reinstall your stock rom thru odin
Have tried flashing the stock firmware 2.3.5 KI7 and wiped the cache,the dalvick cache and factory reset the phone before but that didnt work. Is there specific firmwares that will wipe everything?
Corrupt SD can sometimes also cause random reboots. Do you have an external SD on top of the included internal SD? Try formatting them both. Start fresh.
ctomgee said:
Corrupt SD can sometimes also cause random reboots. Do you have an external SD on top of the included internal SD? Try formatting them both. Start fresh.
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i agree with you i tried this method last year and it worked,, you should try this and if doesnt work format your phone system wipe data, wipe cache , wipe dalvik for a very fresh start..
Yes I thought it could have been the sd card to so I removed it from from the phone and formatted the internal memory, then wiped the dalvik cache, the cache and the phone and flashed a new rom but my phone started to freeze after about 20 minutes. Its weird originally my phone was Freeze and wouldnt wake from sleep, then it would just randomly reboot and now its back to freezing and not waking from sleep
I would try KH3 rom. For me that was the most stable GB rom
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[Q] GB 2.3.6 KPN -> ICS 4.03 XEN several questions

Hi all,
Thanks for having me here I've been reading a long time but i finally had to register an account to post because i have ran into some problems. Here's what happened:
Chronological actions:
* I was running STOCK GB 2.3.6 (KPN_I9100XWKK2_I9100KPNKJ1_I9100XXKI4)
* I rooted it with CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_KK2-v5.0-CWM5 (Still running above mentioned software versions.)
a few months passed by.
* Backup current 2.3.6 state with CWM.
* I flashed ICS 4.03 (XEN_I9100XWLP7_I9100XXLPS_I9100XENLP3)
* I rooted it with CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_LP7-v5.4-CWM5
Problem:
All seemed fine at first glance. But when the phone went to sleep (screen off) it wont turn back on. Only when i press and hold the power button for over 10 seconds a few times it starts back up.
I removed cache and dalvik caches and rebooted. Still the same problem.
The battery was draining fast too, about 10% in 20 minutes, and the phone got pretty hot.
More actions:
* Backup current messed up 4.03 state with CWM.
* Restore CWM 2.3.6 KPN.
My phone seems fine and working properly. But when i open KIES my firmware is suddenly no longer supported and not updateable. Here's the weird part according to kies my firmware version is now: 'I9100XWKK2/I9100KPNKJ1/I9100XXLPS/I9100XWKK2 (KPN)'
My phone's output for *#1234#:
PDA: I9100XWKK2
Phone: I9100XXLPS
CSC: I9100KPNJ1
I did backup the kernel, system, and data partitions and had everything else selected with CWM. Now it must become blatantly obvious that i'm a noob.. Was i wrong in assuming that CWM does a complete backup, like a norton ghost image of the whole system? Why is the 'Phone' section still XXLPS and not back to XXKI4 ? Doesn't CWM backup/restore the baseband also ?
Does anyone know what i might have done wrong?
I fixed this by reflashing the old stock kernel and rerooting with cf-root and i'm back on:
PDA: I9100XWKK2
Phone: I9100XXKI4
CSC: I9100KPNJ1
Now i'm again updatable in kies.
I'm just trying to understand what i did wrong with doing backup and restore via CWM ?
I also would like to know if there's a solution for the ICS problem i had with the phone going dead when the screen goes off.
BTW I did NOT do a factory reset before upgrading to ICS. All my apps where there after i had upgraded.
Thanks for listening,
~Trail.
you want to fix it completly, theres one way
im assuming you know ur way with cwm.
1: using cwm format system, cache, data, dalvik
2: flash your stock ICS using odin
3: after first boot skip everything and wait few minutes.
4: dial this code *2767*3855#
now after boot you should have a working phone.
the code will wipe your phone and please do not restore any thing you saved on GB.
start from scratch.
Thanks atfish,
Your method sure sounds like a fool-proof way to get ICS going. It also sounds like the last resort method to me. I heard many that have upgraded to ICS without doing a factory reset. I'd hate to reinstall everything i'm using.
I'm hoping for a less rigorous method
I still would like to know why CWM didn't backup/restore the phone completely, or what i did wrong.
~Regards,
~Trail.
ill be surprised if someone who has went from GB to ICS without wipe is running trouble free.
Gb to ICS is major change of OS so its better to start from scratch and stay tension free
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Trail001 said:
Thanks atfish,
It also sounds like the last resort method to me. ~Regards,
~Trail.
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funny i always do this when i change ROM. all my apps get restored via market when i signed in.
not a gamer so dont care for level's lost.
Trail001 said:
Thanks atfish,
Your method sure sounds like a fool-proof way to get ICS going. It also sounds like the last resort method to me. I heard many that have upgraded to ICS without doing a factory reset. I'd hate to reinstall everything i'm using.
I'm hoping for a less rigorous method
Just keep flashing stock roms until it is fixed .
jje
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I do have games on there, but also half a gazillion tools
I'm trying to deduct where it went wrong so i just backed up current state and restored the same backup from a day ago and i'm still updatable. That backup was fine.
Just wanted to make sure the backup didn't contain I9100XXLPS by some error, but it really is I9100XXKI4 like i thought it was. Or CWM doesn't do anything with the baseband.
Does this mean CWM doesn't backup/restore the baseband?
~Trail.
Wow i did what you suggested starting with a fresh system and i haven't noticed any problems yet.
I first made backups of my sd card just in case. And used titanium to backup my programs.
Low and behold after booting the playstore started restoring my apps automaticly.. so thats what you ment.. LMAO.. even my contacts are back.. lil; did i know... big brother google does have some usefull features afterall
EDIT: After restoring apps i have the same problem as before. When the screen goes off it never comes back on again..
Isolated the problem to SETCPU. Once deinstalled the phone works just fine.
~Trail.

CM13 works well, but no cell reception, no IMEI

Hey guys
I need some guru help here :/
I've flashed cyanogenmod 13 with android 6.0.1 on my i9300 along with some gapps (stock version). Everything works well, besides the cell reception.
I've been able to see other networks around but couldn't connect to neither of them. (i'm on roaming, in germany, while my sim card and the phone are from poland)
I have applied no signal fix from here which didn't change anything.
Then I've flashed this (the one with "Poland" next to it), but that only made things worse, as the whole "cellular network" menu in settings is greyed out.
What I've figured out is that when typing *#06# the phone app makes some noise and hangs, and in the settings there is no IMEI number.
This leads me to the conclusion that EFS (seems empty in the TWRP file browser) is broken/cleared.
I've seen many instructions on bringing it back to life, non of them are clear to me, and all use Windows. Is there a way to do that on Mac OS, or.. basically is it THE way to go for?
I would appreciate all the help as I need that phone in the next days :/ thanks!
@krecio4:
1. Look for efs-backup. Some kernels create this. Or as part of TWRP-backup. Restore it.
2. Flash latest firmware with Odin. If IMEI is still gone afterwards, try KIES repair function.
3. Let it repair in service center.
rp158 said:
@krecio4:
1. Look for efs-backup. Some kernels create this. Or as part of TWRP-backup. Restore it.
2. Flash latest firmware with Odin. If IMEI is still gone afterwards, try KIES repair function.
3. Let it repair in service center.
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thanks a lot @rp158!
I've tried searching for an efs backup but no luck :/ any idea where do they create it? restore option only has those files that I've backed up.
latest firmware you mean the official one, right? Is there a way to do it on mac os?
cheers
@krecio4: TWRP backup contains efs-partition, if you chose/ticked it. Kernels (Boeffla, Agni) store it in sdcard0, but if you never flashed a special kernel, it's over.
Firmware means Samsung's stock 4.3 from sammobile.com. Look there, if they offer Odin and KIES for Mac. Otherwise lean a Windows pc. It's useless to make it more complicated by struggling software.
@krecio4: read this. That's not the solution, but if that all caused by actual CM13-nightly, there comes perhaps any...
I have the same problem with latest nightly. This work fine: "cm-13.0-20160523-NIGHTLY-i9300.zip".
@krecio4 I think that you have to first flash latest firmware then root your phone and then you have to use z3x box, hope it will fix :good:
thanks for your sugestions guys
What I did is to get the latest firmware from sammobile, restored it with Odin, phone was working, I was receiving calls and texts.
So I installed TWRP, backed up EFS, System, Data, and one more thing that was marked.
Then i did a factory reset and installed latest CM13 + gapps in one run (as a batch of files, selected the CM13 first, than the gapps in the que)
rebooted
Again - CM13 works well, but it says "please insert SIM card" :/
No IMEI, IMEI SV (Unknown)
Cellular networks in settings are off, and greyed out inside, "preferred network type" is "Invalid Network Mode (-1). Ignore"
Do you think there is any hope?
I noticed that EFS is empty, after restoring it from backup, and rebooting, it's empty again.
so tired of everything, I went back to the original software using this method (even easier than Odin) http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/how-to-factory-installed-firmware-sgs3-t1838480
If you come up with some solution, I'd love to try Cynanogenmod for longer and.. for real
1. Be happy, that your efs-data are ok. Make in TWRP a backup of this partition only, for worst cases.
2. Try @mexit's advice.
Can I with no problem have a custom recovery installed while using original firmware?
So you are saying that it might be with the last 3 nightlies that they are messing up with backed up EFS? If so, I'll try installing the one you've mentioned, but now I've list 2-3 days for the whole crap so I will wait until I have too much time But thank you very much for your support!
BTW, I found this as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/tool-backup-restore-efs-imei-sgsiii-t1901098
Posting for anybody, as I digged the whole internet for any answers
Install this: https://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/162926/cm-13.0-20160524-NIGHTLY-i9300.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67034195&postcount=5968
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ok, as I don't give up easily, as you can see, I did another approach. Backup, backp EFS only.
Installed the edition from 23rd of mai. All good! But during the "installing apps" during the initial boot, close to the end, the battery died (after the screen flickering). but reboot and it all seems to work well Any issues that could appear after an unexpected reboot during the first boot? Do you suggest to do factory reset and flash CM13 + gapps again?
If I understand well, battery died during compiling Dalvik/ART. Should be happen again after cleaning both caches. But to avoid any mess, I would clean flash the ROM again.
So you suggest to do the factory reset, install CM13, install gapps, reboot ?
No.
Wipe system, data, cache, Dalvik cache.
Flash CM13. Wipe cache, Dalvik cache.
and gapps installation shouold be along the CM13 in a que right?
@krecio4: flash GApps afterwards. Read the last posts of CM-thread: your problem was probably caused by a modem-bug in CM, should be gone now.
after the wipe cache & Dalvik?
so CM13, wipe, gapps, reboot?
Ok, very precisely:
flash cm13, wipe 2 cashes, reboot
if net and wifi ok, make a backup of this state
flash GApps, wipe 2 cashes, reboot
case closed

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