bought new S2 need help - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
i just bought a new i9100. Currently it has sensation rom 3.4 and siyah v 3.1 kernel. Now i want to flash hydrgen ics rom. How do I flash that rom ?

Follow the instructions for flashing that particular rom in the thread in the dev section devoted to that rom.

MistahBungle said:
Follow the instructions for flashing that particular rom in the thread in the dev section devoted to that rom.
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Actually I am new to android so dont know much. I should just go into recovery and flash it straight forward? Or I would need to change kernel too?

I've never used that particular rom, so I have absolutely no idea. As I said in my previous post, go to the thread devoted to the rom & read the instructions (read the entire first page).
hassaan123 said:
Actually I am new to android so dont know much. I should just go into recovery and flash it straight forward? Or I would need to change kernel too?
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first go into recovery mode and wipe everything factory reset and cache late format data format cache and last thing wipe dalvik cache and later on you can install your new rom. you dont have to change kernel because rom has its kernel in it.

how did u get on sensation with siyah kernel...??????

hassaan123 said:
Hello,
i just bought a new i9100. Currently it has sensation rom 3.4 and siyah v 3.1 kernel. Now i want to flash hydrgen ics rom. How do I flash that rom ?
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Brand new I9100, Came with Sensation rom & Siyah kernel. Does Samsung know about this.
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bored_stupid said:
Brand new I9100, Came with Sensation rom & Siyah kernel. Does Samsung know about this.
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I bought used phone from someone

Switch ur cell off and power on holding Down power key, volume up and home button.U'll boot into CWM.that will do the magic
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And siyah works well with hydra and hydrogen both.u can try them both
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Ultra-full wipe with CWM before installing stock ROM, any risk to brick?

Hello everybodies,
I want to give my Samsung Galaxy S2 to my mum after buying myself a nice and warm S3! ^_^
Here's what I'm planning to do:
1/ Wipe with CWM: /cache, /data, /system, dalvik, battery stats, sdcard and external-sdcard, so really everything!
2/ Reboot into Download mode afterwards and flash a stock ROM
My question is: can I do that? Or if I wipe all this stuff I risk not being able to boot in Download mode?
I'm currently using OlloS2 LPX based ROM.
Raptor.X said:
Hello everybodies,
I want to give my Samsung Galaxy S2 to my mum after buying myself a nice and warm S3! ^_^
Here's what I'm planning to do:
1/ Wipe with CWM: /cache, /data, /system, dalvik, battery stats, sdcard and external-sdcard, so really everything!
2/ Reboot into Download mode afterwards and flash a stock ROM
My question is: can I do that? Or if I wipe all this stuff I risk not being able to boot in Download mode?
I'm currently using OlloS2 LPX based ROM.
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it shouldn't give u any trouble
Download Mode is part of bootloader, so don't worry and wipe freely :good:
Thank you guys!
I know I could find the answer by myself, but I heard that the ROMs LQ5 and LPM have a chance to brick the phone. Therefore, which is the latest safe stock ROM?
U could tru any aokp based rom...they are all safe...
If not search safe ics kernel in search tool and u ll find.some post about wich kernel is safe and.wich not
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Thanks for all. I just flashed LPX and everything ran smoothly.
I did some research for a friend, that needed an ICS sammy rom and just for sum up, any ICS sammy version released or built befor july are safe. Since 9 of july samsung included the erease_emmc_cap lineain their Kernels. so...
the problem is triggered when u want to make a wipe/factory reset. if not u can use them without problems
Yeah I also read that ROMs LQ5 and above have a high risk to brick the phone if any wipe is used with CWM using the CF-Root kernels of these ROMs. Is this what you're talking about?
I've actually formatted the internal memory many times when changing ROMs. The bootloader and kernel is on a hidden partition.
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Raptor.X said:
Yeah I also read that ROMs LQ5 and above have a high risk to brick the phone if any wipe is used with CWM using the CF-Root kernels of these ROMs. Is this what you're talking about?
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Exactly, thats what im talking about lq5 was released the 9 of july
Nicholas, not every rom has this problem
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How to install aosp rom (any) or cynanogen on a 2.3.5 GB spdmod kernel.

Hi i would like to ask how to install any cynanogen or aosp rom on a gingerbread 2.3.5 stock samsung rom with spdmod kernel cwm. Thanks.
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i'm a noob. sorry.
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With all due respect sir. I can ask this question. I rooted my first android phone because of xda. I also learned how to flash my first windows phone here at xda years ago by asking questions like this one. I'm sorry if your eyes sore when you see noob like me. And i'm asking for specific parameters like android ver 2.3.5 with speedrom . I can't find any posts that match like that one.
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i'm a noob. sorry.
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Yes clear. So the things that i have to do is
Revert to stock kernel
Apply cf kernel cwm
Install rom aosp or any other?
Right sir? Thanks
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i'm a noob. sorry.
Just flash CM9 in CWM. It will also install CM9 ICS kernel so you're good to go. Maybe you'll need to flash another modem in case your GB modem doesnt work with ICS.
After that, I would recommend to flash Siyah kernel, but its up to you.
P.S. DO NOT EVER USE ROM MANAGER (it comes with CM9)
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boki9999 said:
Just flash CM9 in CWM. It will also install CM9 ICS kernel so you're good to go. Maybe you'll need to flash another modem in case your GB modem doesnt work with ICS.
After that, I would recommend to flash Siyah kernel, but its up to you.
P.S. DO NOT EVER USE ROM MANAGER (it comes with CM9)
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Directly ? With speedmod kernel cwm? Thanks
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[Q] Regarding dual-boot with Siyah Kernal

Hello all,
I am about to flash my GS2 - i9100 with Siyah kernel 4.1.5 and dual boot
will i be needing to install the apps that i need into both the ROMs or installing it into one of them will suffice ?
Abhijit30 said:
Hello all,
I am about to flash my GS2 - i9100 with Siyah kernel 4.1.5 and dual boot
will i be needing to install the apps that i need into both the ROMs or installing it into one of them will suffice ?
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hey ma8, in dual boot only the kernel is shared b/w the roms
the apps have to be installed individually for each roms
Sun90 said:
hey ma8, in dual boot only the kernel is shared b/w the roms
the apps have to be installed individually for each roms
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i guess i ws kinda expecting this. But just wanted to clarify once before i start. Thanks a lot !
Abhijit30 said:
i guess i ws kinda expecting this. But just wanted to clarify once before i start. Thanks a lot !
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ur welcome ma8, its always better to clarify things before doing it when urn't shure about it
but is there any possibility that i can keep my current rooted stock firmware with Siyah Kernal and flash a secondary ROM too ?
Plus, any way i can back up my Memo ?
Abhijit30 said:
but is there any possibility that i can keep my current rooted stock firmware with Siyah Kernal and flash a secondary ROM too ?
Plus, any way i can back up my Memo ?
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yes u can keep ur current stock firmware(has to be ICS) as ur primary rom along with Siyah kernel version which supports dual boot (Ex v4.1.5 of siyah) and flash any Custom rom of ur Choice which has to be ICS or JB (do not ask which one though since its against XDA rules!) as ur Secondary rom and see
for backing up of memo u can try some apps from stores and see
I just flashed my phone with the Siyah Kernal...
I have the stock firmware as my primary one ( ICS 4.0.3 ) and i wish to have a CM10 ROM as my secondary ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794758
As per the above link, since i m doing it for the first time, i hv to flash the two mentioned files from the SD n then hv a factory reset else it will get stuck at boot...
is it so ? do i hv to do that inspite of having that as a secondary ROM ?
I am following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1680851 this thread to enable dual boot ROMs..
pls tell me if i m doing something wrong....
1. Flash Siyah
2. Flash CM10 as 2nd ROM under dual-boot options in CWM
3. Reboot
przemcio510 said:
1. Flash Siyah
2. Flash CM10 as 2nd ROM under dual-boot options in CWM
3. Reboot
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i do not have to flash GAPPS in that case, right ?
Thanks for your response...i just started with the flashing process
done with it....unable to boot into secondary ROM....phone kind of power offs after i try to boot into secondary ROM...
can u pls help ?
Of course you must flash gapps; I hadn't medtioned about it because I thought you remember about it.
Abhijit30 said:
i do not have to flash GAPPS in that case, right ?
Thanks for your response...i just started with the flashing process
done with it....unable to boot into secondary ROM....phone kind of power offs after i try to boot into secondary ROM...
can u pls help ?
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Siyah 4.1.5 is not compatible with the latest CM10 (JB Mali version) and all JB ROMs based on this build. Therefore Siyah cannot boot it.
przemcio510 said:
Of course you must flash gapps; I hadn't medtioned about it because I thought you remember about it.
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Well, i did flash GAPPS too into the secondary ROM the way it was mentioned. Still the same state, it says booting into 2nd ROM n then everything goes blank...
Abhijit30 said:
Well, i did flash GAPPS too into the secondary ROM the way it was mentioned. Still the same state, it says booting into 2nd ROM n then everything goes blank...
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You've posted the same question herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32473074 its already been answered
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Jokesy said:
Siyah 4.1.5 is not compatible with the latest CM10 (JB Mali version) and all JB ROMs based on this build. Therefore Siyah cannot boot it.
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He can because I have 1 first Rom as stock secondary cm10 and they working
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Paulius7 said:
He can because I have 1 first Rom as stock secondary cm10 and they working
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You probably have an older version of CM10.. Not the latest build mate
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HAXTREME said:
You've posted the same question herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32473074 its already been answered
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I had to do that bro...coz at mid night i was stuck and there was no response on this post.
Anyway, i had downloaded the 6th october build of CM10 from http://www.get.cm/?device=i9100
Like i got to know, the latest build might not be compatible. So, now I am downloading the 1st october build (thats the oldest nightly build available dats y)
Should that be fine ?
It might be. But I'm not a 100% positive. You could try n if you're not able to boot, then download another one of the custom ROMs built with a cm10 base available in the development section for now.until siyah is updated to include the new code.
Alternative is to flash the cm10 ROM and stick with the cm kernel for now.
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You probably have an older version of CM10.. Not the latest build mate
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Ah. Sorry I don't see it
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Paulius7 said:
He can because I have 1 first Rom as stock secondary cm10 and they working
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What version of CM10 u using bro ?
I use jelly king on cm10. But no AOKP(AOSP I don't remember name)
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rom advice (wifes phone)

this is my wifes phone (I have a Note) I want to know what rom I can go to that is very stable , prefer ics :
Samsung SGH-I777
2.3.6
I777UCKK6
2.3.35.14
GINGERBREAD.UCKK6
sorry but I dont generally mess with her phone , she does have root and cwm touch 5.5.0.4 . There seems to be a wifi problem it turns on and then off , never sticking , I suppose wiping all might help , I hate seeming naive but when I mess with my own phone its all a chance , I dont want to just do that with hers!
There are a lot of stable roms. Do you want touchwiz based or AOSP based? I don't have an opinion on AOSP roms because I've barely used any of them.
For Samsung based roms, Shoman94's roms are very stable and popular. That's what I use as my daily driver. For ICS, use SHOstock2, but for the latest JB use SHOstock3.
Vintage144 said:
this is my wifes phone (I have a Note) I want to know what rom I can go to that is very stable , prefer ics :
Samsung SGH-I777
2.3.6
I777UCKK6
2.3.35.14
GINGERBREAD.UCKK6
sorry but I dont generally mess with her phone , she does have root and cwm touch 5.5.0.4 . There seems to be a wifi problem it turns on and then off , never sticking , I suppose wiping all might help , I hate seeming naive but when I mess with my own phone its all a chance , I dont want to just do that with hers!
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When you flash a new ROM you will have to wipe. Also that's caused by using a foreign kernel aka one from galaxys2root.com
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Siyah-v2.6.14-att-CWM , apparently I wiped it again , back to square one (she aint gonna be happy) , this is it still wont recognize wifi ?? what else can I do ,? I want to flash a rom with this keneral can I flash any of the roms you mentioned? will that fix my wifi? should I try to re-install this kernel , or use entropys? I hat to sound new , but I dont have this problem on the note or my a500 , I feel lost in here!
Vintage144 said:
Siyah-v2.6.14-att-CWM , apparently I wiped it again , back to square one (she aint gonna be happy) , this is it still wont recognize wifi ?? what else can I do ,? I want to flash a rom with this keneral can I flash any of the roms you mentioned? will that fix my wifi? should I try to re-install this kernel , or use entropys? I hat to sound new , but I dont have this problem on the note or my a500 , I feel lost in here!
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If I remember correctly, I think that version of the Siyah kernel was put out by zedomax on GalaxyS2Root website. That kernel combined with UCKK6 was always a problem. In fact, that package was always a problem.
Anyway, the kernel has ClockworkMod Recovery. You should decide on a good rom, as discussed above, download the zip file and use usb to transfer it to the sdcard on the phone, then boot into recovery, perform a wipe data/factory reset, and flash the rom. It doesn't matter that you are on Gingerbread right now. You can flash either an ICS or JellyBean rom because the package will contain the complete system and kernel and modem, everything.
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Enter recovery by holding down all three of vol + vol - and power buttons continuously until it boots into recovery. If it won't boot into recovery, then it might be a bad flash.
Thank you, I got the siyah kernel from a thread here,when I first got the phone (off ebay )it did in fact have the wrong kernel,I used entropy flash back to get back,I guess I did something else,but I will use one of the roms you mentioned ,glad we have you here ,I've been messing with wp7 the last few years and finally getting back to android (cept been playing with boot loaders in a500)
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Strangely enough ,o couldn't get restore to work from cwm BUT there was a cwm app I had and when it came back all my backups were there I went back to one to get back to where I was,will flash the roms you talked about for sure at 20% now so will have to wait
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creepyncrawly said:
If I remember correctly, I think that version of the Siyah kernel was put out by zedomax on GalaxyS2Root website. That kernel combined with UCKK6 was always a problem. In fact, that package was always a problem.
Anyway, the kernel has ClockworkMod Recovery. You should decide on a good rom, as discussed above, download the zip file and use usb to transfer it to the sdcard on the phone, then boot into recovery, perform a wipe data/factory reset, and flash the rom. It doesn't matter that you are on Gingerbread right now. You can flash either an ICS or JellyBean rom because the package will contain the complete system and kernel and modem, everything.
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Enter recovery by holding down all three of vol + vol - and power buttons continuously until it boots into recovery. If it won't boot into recovery, then it might be a bad flash.
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Hi friend, pls am very new here and what i have at d moment only sgh-i777 is I777UCKH7-Root-No-BL.7z that i got from your signature.
Pls i want to upgrade to Shostock3 jb, apart from d shostock Rom what other installations do i need on my phone to enable me flash d shostock3 Rom successfully?
Thanks in anticipation.
beneff said:
Hi friend, pls am very new here and what i have at d moment only sgh-i777 is I777UCKH7-Root-No-BL.7z that i got from your signature.
Pls i want to upgrade to Shostock3 jb, apart from d shostock Rom what other installations do i need on my phone to enable me flash d shostock3 Rom successfully?
Thanks in anticipation.
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Please use the guide "how to flash custom binaries without incrementing the flash counter" which is a link in my signature.
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Should i care about theflash counter, i mean i own this phone outright and wont be giving it to samsung if it goes wrong [no warranty]
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Vintage144 said:
Should i care about theflash counter, i mean i own this phone outright and wont be giving it to samsung if it goes wrong [no warranty]
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It is exactly that, a counter, and the only purpose of it as far as we know is warranty protection, so I would say no, it's not important. On the other hand, most folks don't like the splash screen with the yellow triangle, but you can remove that easily enough if you still get it on boot.
creepyncrawly said:
It is exactly that, a counter, and the only purpose of it as far as we know is warranty protection, so I would say no, it's not important. On the other hand, most folks don't like the splash screen with the yellow triangle, but you can remove that easily enough if you still get it on boot.
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I don't also have warranty so the flash counter is not my concern here, getting Shostock3 JB running on my phone is. pls my question is are there any other packages apart from the Shostock3 Rom that i would need to download to enable me flash the Shostock3 Rom?
What i have at the moment is the "I777UCKH7 Return/Unbrick to Stock with Root" that i downloded thru your signature. Dose this contain everything i would be needing to successfully flash the Shostock3 Rom?
Thank you.
beneff said:
I don't also have warranty so the flash counter is not my concern here, getting Shostock3 JB running on my phone is. pls my question is are there any other packages apart from the Shostock3 Rom that i would need to download to enable me flash the Shostock3 Rom?
What i have at the moment is the "I777UCKH7 Return/Unbrick to Stock with Root" that i downloded thru your signature. Dose this contain everything i would be needing to successfully flash the Shostock3 Rom?
Thank you.
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No. You also need to install a custom kernel that contains ClockworkMod Recovery. Please read through the guide "How to install custom firmware without incrementing the flash counter" (link in sig) because it will help you see how things fit together.
Thank you very much creepy ,your page is awesome and your advice the shostock rom is great
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creepyncrawly said:
No. You also need to install a custom kernel that contains ClockworkMod Recovery. Please read through the guide "How to install custom firmware without incrementing the flash counter" (link in sig) because it will help you see how things fit together.
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Thanks for your time as always, any suggestion on a custom kernel that contains ClockworkMod Recovery?
beneff said:
Thanks for your time as always, any suggestion on a custom kernel that contains ClockworkMod Recovery?
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Any
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122ninjas said:
Any
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Thanks a million.

[Q] siyah galaxy s 2 question

ok so I have an unrooted galaxy s 2 I1900 running stock 4.0.4 and I was wondering to flash siyah on my device do I need a certain kernel or bassland version ?
Siyah ís a kernel... Just make sure you flash the right version. Information is available on www.gokhanmoral.com.
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SamzWorldOfMusic said:
ok so I have an unrooted galaxy s 2 I1900 running stock 4.0.4 and I was wondering to flash siyah on my device do I need a certain kernel or bassland version ?
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No, just flash Siyah v4 (.tar version) via ODIN. v5 also supports ICS but as far as I remember it had some issues.
ok well the kernel I want to flash is the newest for the galaxy s 2 (siyah v5.0.1) so am I ready to flash or is there anything I need to check or do first? BTW is there a possibility I can brick my phone because my mum won't be happy if I brick it
So what bugs does this kernel have that effects ics because im planning to do a nandroid backup then install cyanogen mod 10.1 jellybean?
SamzWorldOfMusic said:
ok well the kernel I want to flash is the newest for the galaxy s 2 (siyah v5.0.1) so am I ready to flash or is there anything I need to check or do first? BTW is there a possibility I can brick my phone because my mum won't be happy if I brick it
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You can flash it with Odin. Read about it first, so you won't end up bricking it because you've missed something. But if you follow the correct steps you won't brick it.
SamzWorldOfMusic said:
So what bugs does this kernel have that effects ics because im planning to do a nandroid backup then install cyanogen mod 10.1 jellybean?
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You can do a Nandroid back up after flashing Siyah. There won't be anything wrong with this back up.
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ok im having thought because my first phone was a htc wildfire that I rooted and installed cyanogen mod without a problem
but when I got my htc one V I bricked it so im very cautious but shell I go for it and flash it now. also could you quickly tell me what part of odin will I put the file in (bootloader,PDA,Phone,CSC
SamzWorldOfMusic said:
ok im having thought because my first phone was a htc wildfire that I rooted and installed cyanogen mod without a problem
but when I got my htc one V I bricked it so im very cautious but shell I go for it and flash it now. also could you quickly tell me what part of odin will I put the file in (bootloader,PDA,Phone,CSC
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PDA.
SamzWorldOfMusic said:
ok so I have an unrooted galaxy s 2 I1900 running stock 4.0.4 and I was wondering to flash siyah on my device do I need a certain kernel or bassland version ?
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Make sure you dont perform and wipes or cleans before flashing siyaah kernal. Your on 4.0.4 ics which the stock kernal that has the brickbug. I repeat be careful not to wipe, clean or backup anything before you install siyaah kernal. After you have, then its all good mate. Good luck.
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ok well from what I see I think il just wait for the jellybean update to be released in the uk but thanks guys il keep in mind for the future

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