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Hello everbody,
My girlfriend has a galaxy S2. Now she want to flash her phone to a custom rom.
Now we want some information what is good for a galaxy S2.
For the S1 i know what I need, but the S2 is new for me.
Who can tell me about this phone. Which kernel do i need and which rom is good with low battery drain?
Thanks in advance from both of us
Greetz,
ikkuh007 said:
Hello everbody,
My girlfriend has a galaxy S2. Now she want to flash her phone to a rom.
Now we want some information what is good for a galaxy S2.
For the S1 i know what I need, but the S2 is new for me.
Who can tell me about this phone. Which kernel do i need and which rom is good with low battery drain?
Thanks in advance from both of us
Greetz,
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Well, first of all you say flash a ROM to your phone, not flash your phone to a ROM.
That said, if you're looking for a close to stock experience, with a tweaked ROM you could try this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312240 . It was released yesterday and was the merge of two ROM proyects, both which I tried and liked. SO you will go risk free with that one.
I personally am on CM7 and like it over anything but it's not based on samsung firmware so there is a downside. For example you have to renounce to all samsung apps like the samsung camera which is great and polaris office (which was really bad for me), but besides that it's all great. CM7 is fastest than any samsung based ROM, smoother, etc... Just a little bit harder to flash it for the first time.
Sorry, was not good english. I changed it.
I will look at that, I maybe found something else.
Is this a good, stable rom without much battery drain?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1237495
ikkuh007 said:
Sorry, was not good english. I changed it.
I will look at that, I maybe found something else.
Is this a good, stable rom without much battery drain?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1237495
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I really don't know about that one. Anyway, trying it cannot do any harm, maybe you find yourself with a great ROM.
Well you right. There are not so many roms for the S2. I hope some people with a S2 with custom rom can tell more about the roms and the kernels...
yes, it is a good rom but what kind of custom rom?
gives us what you are looking for and we can point you in the right direction.
Hello,
She is looking for a stable rom with low battery drain. She does not much with the phone. Sometimes little games, call, sms, whatsapp. She also like a nice design.
HI,
I just upgraded to the leaked 2.3.5 and then rooted. My wifi does not stay on for more then a few seconds. I have searched and unable to find a fix for this.
Not sure what my options are? If I go to a custom ROM, which one will work with the 2.3.5 that I have on there. I perfer to stay as close to stock as possible.
Thanks for any suggestions
David
Non of the ROMs are based on leaked builds ... because they are buggy, like what you are saying.
Cognition, UnNamed and Serendipity are all really good, and based on the stable stock version of 2.3.4. Perception is based on a stock i9100 build.
Cognition is the closest to stock look, then UnNamed. Serendipity is themed quite a bit more, but is still pretty close to stock.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
Thanks for the quick response. Anyone of these takes lead when it comes to battery. My biggest reason for getting away from stock was the crappy battery life.
Thanks
David
Anecdotally poeple are saying serendipity has the best.
I am reserving judgement on battery on serendipity until I get some "normal" use with it. I think its hard to say for sure its the best when its been out for less than 72 hours.
I was using UnNamed very satisfied with battery life for the past two weeks.
Battery life is what you make of it. There could be whole books written on android battery life, how to maximize it and how to tank it.
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I posted fix for wifi in j2 thread
rom: i777 2.3.5 (leak)
Mod: 14 toggle, icecream boot
Kernel: Entropy512 D10/20
Onepointsixingit
Link please
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If you are using the stock kernel factory reset the phone.
if you are using JK1/JK2. Place these files in the attached zip into /system/etc/wifi. They are from JH7 and the let the newer JK1/JK2 ROMS to work with DD kernels. you will need to do this with root explorer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308131
rom: i777 2.3.5 j2 (leak)
Mod: 14 toggle, icecream boot
Kernel: Entropy512 D10/20
Onepointsixingit
Is it possible to port kernals from i9100 forum to our device? They have so many different kernals and mods that we don't have and it would be nice to get them ported to our devices. Entropy has done as Fantasic job with hellraiser and it have given is the ability to port a large number of roms over in the i9100 forums. The only thing that we are missing that would complete the merge between our device and the i9100 would be kerenls. Is this possible? What are the hardware differences that would cause a problem when trying to do so? Obviously the soft keys and mapping are different but we have a fix for that. Is the processor the same? Any devs out there on our side have any feedback on this?
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jgrimberg1979 said:
Is it possible to port kernals from i9100 forum to our device? They have so many different kernals and mods that we don't have and it would be nice to get them ported to our devices. Entropy has done as Fantasic job with hellraiser and it have given is the ability to port a large number of roms over in the i9100 forums. The only thing that we are missing that would complete the merge between our device and the i9100 would be kerenls. Is this possible? What are the hardware differences that would cause a problem when trying to do so? Obviously the soft keys and mapping are different but we have a fix for that. Is the processor the same? Any devs out there on our side have any feedback on this?
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Mainly a few defconfig tweaks, and also possibly initramfs tweaks.
It should be a matter of taking a defconfig for an I9100 and changing the correct options via "make menuconfig" - don't remember exactly which those are.
I am not sure i know what that involves but how difficult would that be
I've had this phone for a few weeks now and I've been rooting for only 3 weeks and its the greatest mobile experience of my life. The freedom of Android and the versatility and power of rooting makes the SGS2 the all around greatest phone on the planet in my opinion. I'm currently using Unnamed 1.3.1 with Entropy's DD and this combo has been an awesome experience so far. I recently experimented with the Siyah kernel (I9100) and loved the variation of governor choices and the power that the kernel provided. I'm also a huge fan of Entropy's kernel because of the great balance of performance and battery life, however when OC to 1.4 or 1.6, the Siyah kernel provided so much more power based on bench tests. After experimenting for an hour I went back to Entropy due to the issues with the soft keys. If a port of the Siyah kernel is not coming any time soon to the AT&T i777, does anyone know of a patch or mod that can fix the issue with the soft keys when using a kernel like Siyah that's made for i9100 on our AT&T i777 ? Any help or feedback on this issue will be greatly appreciated.
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kevtn8 said:
I've had this phone for a few weeks now and I've been rooting for only 3 weeks and its the greatest mobile experience of my life. The freedom of Android and the versatility and power of rooting makes the SGS2 the all around greatest phone on the planet in my opinion. I'm currently using Unnamed 1.3.1 with Entropy's DD and this combo has been an awesome experience so far. I recently experimented with the Siyah kernel (I9100) and loved the variation of governor choices and the power that the kernel provided. I'm also a huge fan of Entropy's kernel because of the great balance of performance and battery life, however when OC to 1.4 or 1.6, the Siyah kernel provided so much more power based on bench tests. After experimenting for an hour I went back to Entropy due to the issues with the soft keys. If a port of the Siyah kernel is not coming any time soon to the AT&T i777, does anyone know of a patch or mod that can fix the issue with the soft keys when using a kernel like Siyah that's made for i9100 on our AT&T i777 ? Any help or feedback on this issue will be greatly appreciated.
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There is already a patch for this included in Hellraiser package that Entropy made. There is also a patch for the home button haptic feedback.
Sorry if I sound really dumb asking these questions as I'm definitely a noob when it comes to rooting. However, isn't Hellraiser a rom for i777? So if I want to use the Siyah kernel with the soft key patch it would have to be with Hellraiser? The reason I'm asking is because I really love Unnamed so far. Its my first rom and its so smooth and efficient. Also, what if I wanted to try out a particular rom for i9100 on our phone? Same soft key issue would arise right? It seems from the OP that a possible solution also has to do with Hellraiser. If this is true I'm confused as I thought Hellraiser is a particular rom for i777. Please elaborate.
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Hellraiser is a porting tool to take ROMs from I9100 to I777. Among other things, it replaces the kernel.
To get the touchkeys to work right when trying to compile an I9100 kernel for I777, at the very least you need to set "Target Locale" to NAGSM in the System Type menu within "make menuconfig"
You will also need to set CONFIG_MAX8922_CHARGER in the defconfig. I forget where in "make menuconfig" this is buried
You will also have to choose an appropriate initramfs - the one that comes with the kernel you're porting may work. Also, the approach various devs use for pulling in the initramfs differs from kernel to kernel. Many devs don't even provide their initramfs in their source repos (good luck pulling a clean one from SiyahKernel... LZMA/XZ compression makes this nearly impossible.)
Thanks for the insight Entropy but I'm way too raw in rooting to grasp some of the stuff you are trying to explain. Also I want to say thank you for the awesome work on your daily driver kernel (which i'm happily still using). In regards to Hellraiser, what do you mean by "replacing the kernel"? Do you mean that Hellraiser will allow i777 users to use i9100 roms with a compatible kernel of their choice? Finally, what are the chances of some developers porting a i9100 kernel over to i777 like Siyah? Based on your previous post, it shouldn't take too long right? I believe this would breathe extended life and possibilities into the i777.
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kevtn8 said:
Thanks for the insight Entropy but I'm way too raw in rooting to grasp some of the stuff you are trying to explain. Also I want to say thank you for the awesome work on your daily driver kernel (which i'm happily still using). In regards to Hellraiser, what do you mean by "replacing the kernel"? Do you mean that Hellraiser will allow i777 users to use i9100 roms with a compatible kernel of their choice? Finally, what are the chances of some developers porting a i9100 kernel over to i777 like Siyah? Based on your previous post, it shouldn't take too long right? I believe this would breathe extended life and possibilities into the i777.
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What I mean is that Hellraiser takes the kernel from an I9100 ROM and replaces it with an I777 kernel (right now, mine.)
Someone can try porting a kernel if they want, but I have ZERO interest in putting any effort into porting Siyah. Judging by all the problems people are constantly having, half the features are broken. Also, gokhanmoral does not respect the GPL and publish source for his betas, so it's impossible to separate one change from another.
Thanks for the explanation Entropy512. I was able to get in touch with Gokhanmoral and i'm currently testing out a Siyah port for i777 for him now. Regardless of which kernel i'm using with Unnamed rom now, I can not thank you enough for all of the hard work that you've put into your DD kernel. It will always be one of my main kernels. I can not say enough great things about it. I'm just experimenting right now to see if I can get some more power out of this phone at similar frequencies and this is where the Siyah kernel comes into play.
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hi guys...i'm currently using samsung galaxy ace but i'm planning of buying a s2 in the next few days...but before that i have a few questions to ask...
1)there's so many ics rom out there,which is the official ics rom?i'm so confused
2)which is the best ics rom for s2?the official ics rom,or the custom ics rom?and please give me the link
3)is the ics build stable...any bugs?
4)how is battery life of this phone?i use moderate gaming,calls,sms and some wifi...can it last for 2 days?
i hope u guys out there can answer to my questions...i'm a newbie here and i hope that i didnt cause any inconvinience in any way....thx
1) There are several 'official' ICS builds released
2) There is no such thing as the "best ICS rom for SGS2". You have your phone setup differently to everyone else, you use your phone differently to everyone else and your phone came out of the factory slightly differently to everyone else's.
A rom that runs well for me might not run well for you.
I suggest you go the development sections of the forum & read the first few pages and the the last 10-20 pages of the particular threads devoted to different roms. That way you will get an idea of the features/pluses/minuses of each rom, and also see other users' experiences with that rom.
Then you can test different roms for yourself to find one that works best for you.
3) Yes. All the non-stock ICS builds have bugs of one kind or another.
4) Too many variables determine battery life to say 'the battery life of the phone is good/bad/etc. As per 2), it's determined by how you use the phone, how you have it setup, whether you have constant good signal where you live/use the phone (poor signal means less battery life) and a whole lot of other things. Can it last for two days ? If I only used my phone for a couple of calls & a bunch of SMS per day with the phone in idle the rest of the time, I could probably get more than a week out of a charge. But it's a smartphone, and who uses it like that ?
Best ics rom = cyanogen mod9
if you want real ics
MistahBungle said:
1) There are several 'official' ICS builds released
2) There is no such thing as the "best ICS rom for SGS2". You have your phone setup differently to everyone else, you use your phone differently to everyone else and your phone came out of the factory slightly differently to everyone else's.
A rom that runs well for me might not run well for you.
I suggest you go the development sections of the forum & read the first few pages and the the last 10-20 pages of the particular threads devoted to different roms. That way you will get an idea of the features/pluses/minuses of each rom, and also see other users' experiences with that rom.
Then you can test different roms for yourself to find one that works best for you.
3) Yes. All the non-stock ICS builds have bugs of one kind or another.
4) Too many variables determine battery life to say 'the battery life of the phone is good/bad/etc. As per 2), it's determined by how you use the phone, how you have it setup, whether you have constant good signal where you live/use the phone (poor signal means less battery life) and a whole lot of other things. Can it last for two days ? If I only used my phone for a couple of calls & a bunch of SMS per day with the phone in idle the rest of the time, I could probably get more than a week out of a charge. But it's a smartphone, and who uses it like that ?
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1)several?i thought there's only one...
2)there are so many roms out there compare to the galaxy ace..tat's why i'm confused...i want ics rom...which one do u use and which is the moset popular one?
3)hmmm....nothing major i guess?
4)oic...my ace can go a day without charging...so i guess the s2 can too...
bluefa1con said:
Best ics rom = cyanogen mod9
if you want real ics
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if i'm not mistaken cm9 is not the official samsung ics rom right?
No, CM9 is not Samsung based. It's AOSP based (search if you want/need to know what this means).
Don't buy this phone,devs runs away from it
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norpan111 said:
Don't buy this phone,devs runs away from it
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Like with any other phone. Devs will develop, something else comes along and off they go, some Devs continue to develop.
Back on topic, try out an official ICS rom first, there are a few as they are for different regions bit any non Asian firmware will work on the international I9100.
Then have a read through the custom roms and decide what's best for you, no one can tell what's best for you its just a matter of trying.
You've got plenty of choices, stock Samsung rom, custom Samsung rom, AOSP, AOKP, CNA and Miui.
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I would recommend you Wajk's WIUI! I've been using it now for about 1 month and im overwhelmed by the functionality and the smoothness of this rom! The only thing is that it is no clean ICS that you actually wanted, but it is definitley worth a try for you
Altair68
norpan111 said:
Don't buy this phone,devs runs away from it
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if not which phone should i buy?
i'm considering htc sensation xe too...
nikzDHD said:
Like with any other phone. Devs will develop, something else comes along and off they go, some Devs continue to develop.
Back on topic, try out an official ICS rom first, there are a few as they are for different regions bit any non Asian firmware will work on the international I9100.
Then have a read through the custom roms and decide what's best for you, no one can tell what's best for you its just a matter of trying.
You've got plenty of choices, stock Samsung rom, custom Samsung rom, AOSP, AOKP, CNA and Miui.
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ok...
i'm from malaysia(asian country) so which official ics rom will work for me?could u give me the link??thx alot!!!
Whatever phone you buy I am sure you will find a good ICS rom that works well for you. Whether that is a "stock" samsung rom, or a custom rom like CM9, that depends. But isn't half the fun of these phones the fact that you can chop and change and try different things?
I'm using HyDrOG3N-ICS 23.03 and it seems pretty kick ass. Granted it only came out 2 days ago so I haven't had a long time to test it But I might decide to change to a different rom again soon who knows? I suggest you take a look in the "Galaxy S II Android Development" forum and look for posts with [ROM] in the name. Read about them and choose one that sounds cool. If you try it and it's not cool, just try another one
I was in a similar situation a few days ago. I had never used a custom rom on my S2 but after Samsung ICS update disapointed me, i decided to find one. I've tried quite a few, somes would have apps that crash all the time etc,some wouldn't boot. I even managed to soft brick my phone.
I then found Ressurection Remix that came with Vertemus' Domination theme.. Installed 9.6. Was great and i loved it. Then 1.0 came out, so decided to give it a try. And i can say that the speed difference was major. More fluid. Only issue i now have is that the domination theme is wierd in the notification menu ( hard to explain ... the black is just too... black on the items. its just a minor anoyance )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436854&page=1589
To conclude, i think there is no perfect mod. I was really happy with 9.6 but when i tried 1.0 i noticed that the other version had a few issues.
So i bought one on Thursday and it arrived today. I just noticed that a leaked version of ICS was released just now, do you guys think I should use that? or cm9? or another ROM? Really not liking the touchwiz
I'm upgrading from a captivate which had cm7
alme1304 said:
So i bought one on Thursday and it arrived today. I just noticed that a leaked version of ICS was released just now, do you guys think I should use that? or cm9? or another ROM? Really not liking the touchwiz
I'm upgrading from a captivate which had cm7
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Currently, this is the bestestest ICS ROM out right now for the "one".
http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh
If you just got it today I would suggest you start reading guides and FAQs. When you think you have it, read it all again. Its similar to the Captivate, but different enough you can do some damage if you aren't paying attention.
That said, the leak just dropped is not ready immediately for use. There is no "best" ROM, try many of them. There are several ICS ROMs, both AOSP and TW based. They are in the dev sections.
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Thanks guys, anything in special i should watch out for? that maybe the captivate didnt have?
Right now the ICS leak contains bootloaders and a stock Samsung kernel - stock Samsung ICS kernels SUCK, even the I9100 release ones.
ICS will be more polished in a few days. Since we have had kernel source for only a week - things aren't quite polished yet.
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Right now the ICS leak contains bootloaders and a stock Samsung kernel - stock Samsung ICS kernels SUCK, even the I9100 release ones.
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Just curious, why do stock Samsung ICS kernels suck? And how do you know that already? I was under the impression that we never had stock ICS i777 kernels until we got the leak today, so have you already looked at/tested them and compared them to your own? Just want to know the thought process
EDIT: You edited your post. I didn't know we had the stock kernel already. Still, what about it makes it so bad?
Some think else look into from that have Kay setting installed it is AMAZING what he did with the sgs2 that said have fun and do sum looking in i9100 section most of there roms are cross flashable with hell raiser...
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It's brand new and shiney. Might be best to give it a workout for a week or so to make sure everything is functional and stays functional. Not like it happens alot but there are lemons out there. No sensce causing yourself the xtra grief of wondering if you killed the phone or it already had a fatal flaw.
karate104 said:
Just curious, why do stock Samsung ICS kernels suck? And how do you know that already? I was under the impression that we never had stock ICS i777 kernels until we got the leak today, so have you already looked at/tested them and compared them to your own? Just want to know the thought process
EDIT: You edited your post. I didn't know we had the stock kernel already. Still, what about it makes it so bad?
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fuel_alerted wakelock (fixed in source-built custom kernels - we fixed it 6 months ago for Gingerbread, we had to fix it again for ICS)
Instabilities if you use SetCPU (still not fixed, but fundamentally can't be fixed for a binary kernel)
Let me do my noob question here then.
My GS2 has 2 months old. On this time i've tested a few ROMs and Kernels.
I just dont know how to erase all the phone data. I just came out from a bootloop erasing the data and everything else but the folders are still there.
I did a little search but didnt find any info... also nothing on FAQs.
Sorry to use your post man
I'm a noob but i did my research. Keep on GB for a week or 2.
I do use ICScrew Rom. Work fine. Came with a good kernel and you can also flash the entropy one.
There are several others rom that work fine just choose one to get more experienced.
cya
kenmitch said:
It's brand new and shiney. Might be best to give it a workout for a week or so to make sure everything is functional and stays functional. Not like it happens alot but there are lemons out there. No sensce causing yourself the xtra grief of wondering if you killed the phone or it already had a fatal flaw.
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Sounds like a great idea, I always had trouble with 3g on the captivate, never knew if it was my fault or the phone's
alme1304 said:
So i bought one on Thursday and it arrived today. I just noticed that a leaked version of ICS was released just now, do you guys think I should use that? or cm9? or another ROM? Really not liking the touchwiz
I'm upgrading from a captivate which had cm7
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I have ran probably about 6 different ROMs and the last 2 that I have ran, I swear by - took me about 3 months to finally understand the terminology, but an odexed based rom is butter smooth and runs good if the author put some time and effort into it.
My suggestion is ShiShirRom found in the Dev section or if you prefer to help "beta" test his ICS rom which is based off of the leaked AT&T S2 Rom - then give that one a try. It runs really well and I have had no issues personally.
Hah! I just got mine yesterday, and I've been playing with it. I've never had a smart phone before this, but I do have a Asus Transformer so I have experience sticking on custom roms and ****ting all over it (of course, I'm really just going through the motions outlined by the pros in that xda forum..).