I am sorry if there is a duplication to this thread but
just to share a article which i had found @nfc.cc/archives/948 (Dated 1 November 2011)
The NFC Version of the Galaxy S II was already announcing at the MWC in Barcelona this year. The device comes currently in two versions. One without NFC and one with NFC. The NFC version is already available in Asia(Korea only??). European countries will receive the device in November/December, if requested by the operators. The NFC version of the Samsung Galaxy S II comes with a PN544. The antenna of the device is located in the Battery back. (note the 4-pin connector to the battery; usually there are only 3 pins).
In the non-NFC version the NFC chips itself is missing. You can see the ball grid array where the chips will be placed. Although the Samsung Galaxy S II isn’t equipped with an embedded secure element, this could change in the future. NXP Chip platform is very flexible and the PN544 (no secure element) and the PN65 (with secure element) are PIN compatible. So for the handset manufacture it makes no difference if they use an embedded secure element or not form a production perspective. Nevertheless the PN65 is more expensive as it comes with an embedded JavaCard based smartcard chip – the SmartMX.
So is there any updates regarding a NFC version of the current device being released soon?
It's available from Orange France
http://mobile-shop.orange.fr/telephone-portable/samsung-galaxy-s2-cityzi
It seems in France we (and I ) have a PN55 unsecure, with a secure-through-sim solution for NFC Payment.
Though, I can't use P2P NFC yet (will/should be implemented in 2.3.7 like Nexus S), or in 4.0
Hi !
I have the NFC version of the SGS2 (Cityzi Orange white). I want to change the Orange ROM with the common Samsung ROM. I read that it is not possible today. Do you have information about that ?
Regards
Hello!
Well, anything is possible!
However, if you don't know how to do a proper root, then install CMW, then backup everything, and then test it up...
Then don't do it ;-)
SnakyTheToops said:
Hi !
I have the NFC version of the SGS2 (Cityzi Orange white). I want to change the Orange ROM with the common Samsung ROM. I read that it is not possible today. Do you have information about that ?
Regards
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Hi. What is your phone's Baseband version?
marsomadness said:
Hi. What is your phone's Baseband version?
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Android Version : 2.3.4
Baseband : I9100PBVKI2
Kernel : [email protected] #2
Version Number : GINGERBREAD.BVKI3
Any news on the official kernel for this version ?
The phone is branded Orange France
Android Version : 2.3.4
Baseband : I9100PBVKI2
Kernel : [email protected] #2
Version Number : GINGERBREAD.BVKI3
I would like to root my phone and after keep the original kernel, but I have searched all over for it and can't find it !
Thank you !
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Hi, getting a SGS2, have a few simple q's. Appreciate any feeback:
1. Looking at SGS2 I9100 labeled 'Made by Samsung' (no date, apparently made for EU) vs. another one labeled 'Korean product' (dated 7/2011, made for South America). Anyone aware of any hardware differences of such models?
2. Can I flash any firmware on I9100 regardless of what is installed originally?
3. How to know which languages a firmware supports (I understand CSC settings are not about languages)?
4. Does anyone have feedback of what currently is the most stable and efficient firmware version (stock or non-stock)?
Many thanks!
calif11 said:
Hi, getting a SGS2, have a few simple q's. Appreciate any feeback:
1. Looking at SGS2 I9100 labeled 'Made by Samsung' (no date, apparently made for EU) vs. another one labeled 'Korean product' (dated 7/2011, made for South America). Anyone aware of any hardware differences of such models?
2. Can I flash any firmware on I9100 regardless of what is installed originally?
3. How to know which languages a firmware supports (I understand CSC settings are not about languages)?
4. Does anyone have feedback of what currently is the most stable and efficient firmware version (stock or non-stock)?
Many thanks!
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1. Samsung has factories world wide. Therefore, it is hard to determine that. Only guys in Samsung can tell you that exactly.
2. Yes
3. Try it out? As far as I know, all are stock and default. Means what have in phone A should be in phone B.
4. Total self preference.
Send from my 'iPhone Killer' Samsung Galaxy S II using Tapatalk
Hello there!
Pretty new to the forums and Android in general so please be nice!
I purchased a Samsung Galaxy S for my birthday a week ago. It is the model with the Super LCD, GT-I9003. I am in the UK and I bought it on the o2 network from Carphone Warehouse, although it seems to be unlocked as a Vodafone sim card works in it, nonetheless I am using my giffgaff sim which shows as o2.
I noticed the phone came with Android 2.2 Froyo. I did some reading and I noticed that Gingerbread had better battery life and new features, the problem is, both my phone and Samsung Kies refuse to believe there is an update! After some reading on other sites, Samsung apparently launched the firmware update in May last year. The Samsung Kies software just says there is no newer firmware. Here is a screenshot.
EDIT: Apparently I cannot add a screenshot. So I will just type what it says.
This is the latest firmware.
Current firmware version: PDA:KB4 / PHONE:KB1 / CSC:KB2 (XEU)
Latest firmware version: PDA:KB4 / PHONE:KB1 / CSC:KB2 (XEU)
I would rather do the update officially as I am very new to Android and do not yet fully understand the process of updating, rooting etc, so does anyone know why it is doing this?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Hi
I've been jailbreaking iphones since they came out but have switched to android now so I'm a noob again!
I bought a new S2 on ebay (sealed) but I'm not sure it's standard UK, I've attached 2 screen grabs.
Could someone please tell me if my phone is rooted? (the [email protected] is what got me thinking)
In case attachments don't work:
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKH1-CL431225 [email protected] #2
Also:
PDA: I9100XWKH1
PHONE: I9100XXKG5
CSC: I9100XEUKH1
And is it possible for me to ugrade to ICS?
I've tried researching here and other websites. Odin is clearly the way to go and I see lots of XXK** and other 5 digit codes which i guess are region/Firmware specific but mine don't seem to match any of these??
Any help much appreciated.
Pretty standard stuff. XEU stands for UK Unbranded. Firmware is an old one though. Follow links in my signature to proceed. ICS has been released though we are still waiting for a unbranded UK version. Enjoy.
Sent from my GT-I9100
Dell is the name of the system on which this kernel was made. It is currently not rooted.
Sent from my GT-I9100
Yeah, Linux formats things as "username"@"computer". Samsung just compile their kernels logged in as root.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
I looks like you have a standard build.
If you really want to check whether your phone is rooted or not, try downloading the "superuser" app from the market (sorry, "Google Play").
If your phone isn't rooted, it'll tell you.
dnesdlrow said:
Hi
I've been jailbreaking iphones since they came out but have switched to android now so I'm a noob again!
I bought a new S2 on ebay (sealed) but I'm not sure it's standard UK, I've attached 2 screen grabs.
Could someone please tell me if my phone is rooted? (the [email protected] is what got me thinking)
In case attachments don't work:
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKH1-CL431225 [email protected] #2
Also:
PDA: I9100XWKH1
PHONE: I9100XXKG5
CSC: I9100XEUKH1
And is it possible for me to ugrade to ICS?
I've tried researching here and other websites. Odin is clearly the way to go and I see lots of XXK** and other 5 digit codes which i guess are region/Firmware specific but mine don't seem to match any of these??
Any help much appreciated.
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yes its standard
as u see the CSC :I9100XEUKH1
see the bold letters
and as for as phone root is concr'nd ur phone is not rooted from the company
but u have to do it on ur own risk
as for as ICS rom is concerened u can if u root ur phone with a custom rom of ur choice
for more details about custom ICS roms mail me @ ( [email protected])
Thanks for the info. think I'll just wait for unbranded UK ICS to be released.
Sun90 said:
yes its standard
as u see the CSC :I9100XEUKH1
see the bold letters
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I have been reading in various places that XEU is a Polish version, is that correct? I'm a bit confused as to whether I have UK or Polish version - should be looking at XEUKH1 or XEUKH1 ??
Thanks
dnesdlrow said:
I have been reading in various places that XEU is a Polish version, is that correct? I'm a bit confused as to whether I have UK or Polish version - should be looking at XEUKH1 or XEUKH1 ??
Thanks
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For the CSC part, you should be looking at I9100 XEU KH1; U+K is just a mere coincidence.
XEU is the code of the operator or the code of the "unbranded operator" - in my case I use "TPH" which is the unbranded csc for Portugal.
As for the token KH1:
K stands for the year - 2011 (ICS builds are from 2012 so they're L??)
H stands for the month - 11 or Nov (ICS builds have now been following this, though - e.g. LPQ, LP3, ...)
1 is an incremental number for multiple builds in the same month (also, sometimes letters are used)
Thanks.
So with these in mind for my phone:
PDA: I9100XWKH1
PHONE: I9100XXKG5
CSC: I9100XEUKH1
PDA - shows I am using Android version 2.3.4
PHONE - shows I have a phone designed to be used in the UK (XXKG5)??
CSC - shows I have an unbranded european phone??
Is that correct?
So if I upgrade my firmware to a stock UK one then all that would change above is PDA??
But if I upgraded to the Polish version of ICS how would that affect what *#1234#?
corype use
As far as i understand, installing any stock version minded for an EU phone should be the same. All they change is the language, however english should be present always.
I've got the same ROM images, and although I believe the XEU ICS has been released by Sammy yesterday, I'm (still) getting the "Your device does not support firmware upgrade" message from KIES.
I've done a hard reset of the phone, re-installed KIES with the latest version ( repeated on two PCs )...
Is there something funny about these ROM images?
Bought from Phones4U as an O2 Upgrade.
If I have to zap it using Odin, is there a way to save the existing ROM images?
I sold my exxellent Htc Desire s, and bougt SGS 2.
Info about phone says :
Android version 4.0.3 ,
Baseband I9100XXLPS,
Kernel 3.015-I9100XWLP7-CL340913,
Build IML74KXWLP7.
I wish to download original all thing above for my backup .
Where is to download , and what is baseband,kernel and build ?
What is Pda, csc , .... ?
Thank you.
bora61 said:
I sold my exxellent Htc Desire s, and bougt SGS 2.
Info about phone says :
Android version 4.0.3 ,
Baseband I9100XXLPS,
Kernel 3.015-I9100XWLP7-CL340913,
Build IML74KXWLP7.
I wish to download original all thing above for my backup .
Where is to download , and what is baseband,kernel and build ?
What is Pda, csc , .... ?
Thank you.
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Kernel
When software needs the hardware to do anything, it sends a request to the kernel. And when we say anything, we mean anything. From the brightness of the screen, to the volume level, to initiating a call through the radio, even what's drawn on the display is ultimately controlled by the kernel. For example -- when you tap the search button on your phone, you tell the software to open the search application. What happens is that you touched a certain point on the digitizer, which tells the software that you've touched the screen at those coordinates. The software knows that when that particular spot is touched, the search dialog is supposed to open. The kernel is what tells the digitizer to look (or listen, events are "listened" for) for touches, helps figure out where you touched, and tells the system you touched it. In turn, when the system receives a touch event at a specific point from the kernel (through the driver) it knows what to draw on your screen. Both the hardware and the software communicate both ways with the kernel, and that's how your phone knows when to do something. Input from one side is sent as output to the other, whether it's you playing Angry Birds, or connecting to your car's Bluetooth.
A baseband is the software that connects your phone to your network. The benefits of updating it are more signal reception, which means a lot faster download speeds, better call quality, etc.
PDA represent your build version. Your current build is Build: IML74KXWLP7, then PDA version of your ROM is XWPL7. Again XW represend for countries, XW means it is for France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom.
If suppose your build info contain DDLPA, then DD represens for India and PDA version is LPA, means that ROM is for India
Same way CSC is sales code., you can check your ROM CSC by dialling *#1234#. Again first two digits represents country and last three represents release time. But as such there is no restriction to use any ROM for any country if your device is unlocked(carrier restriction free).
For other informations search the forum.
Hello guys!
I am new to this forum and to this problem too. I do not have much experience in "phones". Anyway here it is my problem. I have recently got a CHINESE Samsung Galaxy S3 from a friend because he complained he cannot use it due to the Invalid IMEI error. Yes, it is a clone at a price of around 150$. Besides the fact that the IMEI shows as INVALID , the phone is 90% like the real one. The 10% consists of the poorer display resolution and the fact that the AUDIO does not work while using the JB 4.1.1 OS. There is no hardware problem because this Chinese phone also has a separate OS for "tests"( where you can test if the features of the phone are working properly...i dont know if the original one has this "sub-OS" too. On this "Sub-OS" there also is a feature called "Version" where it shows the properties of the phone. However, when it comes to the IMEI it says UNKNOWN). Now when I enter the "About Phone" in JB 4.1.1 I get this information:
Model Number: GT-I9300
Android Version: 4.1.1
Baseband Version: I9300XXLEF
Kernel Version: 3.0.15-570657-user [email protected]#1 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 23 09:05:19 KST 2012
Build Number: IMM76D.I9300.ZSALED.9P017.6628
*** I don't know if this makes any sense but my PC found this Phone while USB Connected as Android mt65XX Phone
I Also tried that SUPERONECLICK program and tried ROOTING it. At the first attempt the program announced me that the OS has Already been Rooted ( Which I think it is normal since the phone is not original) I cannot use the POWER+HOME+Volume Down option ( Maybe because the phone is not original) so I cannot get into the DOWNLOAD Mode ( or smth like that)
What can I do to get a working IMEI so that i can make Phone calls. I live in Romania ( Europe ) and the phone recognises my SIM Operator ( Cosmote). So...any hope for my friend or he has to return his phone? :/ Thanks!
you won't have any support for it here, sell that piece of crap
Glebun said:
you won't have any support for it here, sell that piece of crap
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What do you mean by that? The policy of the forum does not allow fake phones or you simply don't know how to do it?
Universal11 said:
What do you mean by that? The policy of the forum does not allow fake phones or you simply don't know how to do it?
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I mean that this section is for the i9300, and your device has almost nothing in common with it
Yeah, he is right this forum its exclusive for s3, its imposible for anyone to help you because you device only its a copy bro.. u have jelly bean and all stuff of galaxy s3, but support you it's completely imposible, only its possible with the original device because anyone in this forum known how your phone's works
Good luck bro!
Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
Search google for mt65XX Phone forum .
As said its not SGS3 I9300 .
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