I "upgraded" to the Italian version of ICS, as I couldn't wait for the real thing. Mistake - terrible battery drain has made it unusable.
So now I want to go back to Honeycomb. After half a day's effort, I managed to root my Tab, and have installed CWM. I have a copy of the UK firmware v3.2, but how to install it? Where do I put the copy of the ROM - on root of the folder structure I suppose? What do I have to wipe first before flashing with CWM? I say this because trying to install HC from Odin did not work and led to a reboot loop.
Of course, some kind soul here may be able to recommend a functioning ICS ROM instead ...
Otherwise, how do I get back to stock Honeycomb?
TIA
rjstep3
Go download the latest ics 4.0.4 rom from South Africa on sammobile.com.The latest ROM has better battery
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thanks - but how should I load? Do I need to wipe the tab first? If so, what needs to be wiped - cached and dalvik? I want to make sure there is no trace left of the Italian ICS.
thanks again,
rjstep3
208504683 said:
Go download the latest ics 4.0.4 rom from South Africa on sammobile.com.The latest ROM has better battery
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Having tried that, the battery drain is no better at all.
Anyone with other ideas would be heard with appreciation,
TIA
rjstep3
All stock roms from sumsung, based on Android 4.0.4 suffer from battery drain ! So flash stock Android 3.2 rom via odin OR install this custom Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813651
- Android 4.0.4 (modified in the best way ! )
- battery drains 3% per 18 hours - the best battery drain since last year
- completely everything works as in stock samsung rom
- pretty fast (faster than stock Samsung rom based on android 4.0.4)
- flash A1 kernel v1.7 via CWM 5.5.0.5 mode ! (or battery will drain up to 10%) from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833136
Install:
1. Boot the tab and copy downloaded archives to internal memory:
* A1-p4-1.7-3G and JellyBeanRomICS v7 XWLP5 GT-P7500
2. Reboot in CWM
3. Wipe data / Wipe cash
4. Advanced - Wipe Dalvic Cash
5. Go back - Mounts and storages - format System, Preloads, Data, Cash (ALL data will be lost !)
6. Go back - install zip - choose zip one by one, flash rom first then A1 kernel
and only after then reboot.
Enjoy
Marketroid said:
All stock roms from sumsung, based on Android 4.0.4 suffer from battery drain ! So flash stock Android 3.2 rom via odin OR install this custom Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813651
- Android 4.0.4 (modified in the best way ! )
- battery drains 3% per 18 hours - the best battery drain since last year
- completely everything works as in stock samsung rom
- pretty fast (faster than stock Samsung rom based on android 4.0.4)
- flash A1 kernel v1.7 via CWM 5.5.0.5 mode ! (or battery will drain up to 10%) from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833136
Install:
1. Boot the tab and copy downloaded archives to internal memory:
* A1-p4-1.7-3G and JellyBeanRomICS v7 XWLP5 GT-P7500
2. Reboot in CWM
3. Wipe data / Wipe cash
4. Advanced - Wipe Dalvic Cash
5. Go back - Mounts and storages - format System, Preloads, Data, Cash (ALL data will be lost !)
6. Go back - install zip - choose zip one by one, flash rom first then A1 kernel
and only after then reboot.
Enjoy
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thanks for the recommendation of ROM - I'm going to try it now!
One question: does it have to be CWM 5.5.0.5 - mine loaded is 5.8.3.1?
Update: I used my CWM and everything seems to be on OK: thanks for the suggestion and the instructions - really appreciated from someone who doesn't know an awful lot about these things. I'm going to have fun testing this ROM over the next few days and, if it has stopped the battery drain, that means one fewer gadget for the cellar!
rjstep3
thanks
rjstep3
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Hi
I first installed MIUI ROM in my SGS2.
Yesterday I try to move from MIUI to CM7.
This is what I did,
downloaded CM7 ROM for SGS2
put that in SD card
wipe data cache and dalvik cache
flash CMMOD
booted in recovery MOde
install ROM from SD card
After this, SGS2 rebooted and stuck at the logo.
I waited for a long time - hmm.. no hope!.
I turned off the mobile - removed and replaced the battery - but still no sing of booting.
I searched google abt this.., what i did is
Vol.Dwn +Pwr Butt. + Home = its shows a screen with options to rooting
Vol. UP + Pwr. butt. + Home = black screen!
Also with - Vol.Dwn + Pwr + Home, option I use Odin and flashed insecure kernel
back in my SGS2 - hoping it will boot - but never happens!
Any one of you please guide me to recover my device!
or it is possible to put stock ROM in this state?
Some users report that they have boot problems after flashing CM7 for the first time.
Did you try to flash CM7 just a second time (with a full wipe before)?
Full wipe CWM Recovery:
Main Menu - Factory reset/data reset (very important!)
Main Menu - Wipe Cache (just for sure, but already done at factory reset)
Mount/Unmount Menu - Format /System (very important!)
Advanced Menu - Wipe Davlik Cache (very important!)
This leaves internal and external SD card untouched!
Then install the ZIP image (ROM image) from the internal SD card that you have copied before.
Please do this procedure at every ROM change and you'll be fine.
If you only update the same ROM (e.g. CM7 update) it might not be necessary to do a full wipe, but if the developers recommend it, please do it.
After a ROM change you should do a battery calibration (you need root):
Install the free app "Battery Calibration" from the market.
Charge your phone to 100% (until 100% notification) at least 4 to 5 hours.
Start the app "Battery Calibraton" and initiate the calibration.
Use the phone until the battery is complete discharged (autom. shutdown).
Do not charge the phone before it has shutdown.
Then charge it completely to 100% (4 to 5 hours).
Now your battery is calibrated for that ROM.
Hi thanks for the answer!.
ya i did CM7 flash first time over the MIUI ROM.
i did all data wiping!
but still SGS2 cant able boot
any idea of glash stock rom back?
I had problems too when i flashed CM for the first time. Try to flash it again, for me it helps.
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@SpaceCeph
thnks again!.
But how will i do that?
via ODIN? [I already did and flash insecure kernel - but same result!]
is i need to flash CM7 via ODIN?
i cant able to see that 'recovery' options - Vol. UP + Pwr. butt. + Home = black screen!
srry fr disturbing all of you......
i am a newbie to this, just guide me .....
Just to reset everything: I would recommend to flash a stock ROM via ODIN first, the 3 parts version of KH3 with repartition, then flash the KH3 CF-root kernel to root the device and to get CWM recovery back.
Please read the guide in the following thread carefully:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
I flashed KH3 (3-part version) with repartition (PIT file) via ODIN and after that the KH3 CF-Root kernel.
At every ROM change I do a full wipe (factory/data/cache/format system/wipe dalvik)!
I never had any problems (Litening, MIUI, Galnet MIUI, CM7, Leomar Revolution).
thnks all of you! to bring my device back!
@[email protected],@SpaceCeph - thank you for helping!
i flash XXKH3 via ODIN now phone gets booted!.
i qiuck Query - what this XXKH3 stands for ?
because first i used indian version of XXKH8 - but its fails to boot, so i tried with XXKH3 as i dont know is it support to indian version!.
so can anyone guide me wht is XXKH3 or XXKH8?
thnks again!
Good to read that you were able to "reanimate" your S2 again.
Can't say anything in detail about version numbering. What I know, the "H" stays for August.
Recommendation: If you want a rock solid but customizable ROM, try Leomar's custom based ROM with his Kitchen App.
Leomar Revolution ROM 2.6 KH3
There will be a 2.7 with KI3, Android 2.3.5 from Leomar soon.
Hey guys!!!
New galaxy S2 owner. I have done some searching in these forums and the threads answered many of my questions. However, I still have some newbie questions that I found unanswered. Please excuse me if my questions have been answered before but I got tired of searching
Here is the deal:
Yesterday, I flashed a CF Root with Odin3. Then used CWM to flash a wanamlite firmware. The firmware was great but I didn't like that it still had TW. So I dl'ed another firmware to the internal SD card and flashed again using CWM. I then flashed a couple of other ROMS and I noticed that after the first wanamlite flash, the new ROMs were unstable with many error messages that some OS processes have stopped etc.
I got back home, flashed to stock with Odin3 and the phone got stuck at the second samsung logo. I followed some community steps (thanks XDA) like disabling all kies processes from TM, wiping data/cache, then boot in DL mode and flash the stock ROM using Odin3 which worked.
I then Flashed a CF Root again and used CWM to flash a Spike Pure ICS ROM v5 which was great but I get occasional error messages like 'gallery stopped' or some other error message when I try to set contact photos. It just lags, blackscreen then comes back with the 'Unfortunately, the process had stopped'.
My questions: is this because of the previously flashed firmware that this is happening or is it that those ICS ROMs have these issues commonly? Did anyone have this experience before? What do you advice before flashing to a new ROM going back to stock or going straight from the current? Doesn't Odin3 technically wipe everything back to stock?
WIPE WIPE WIPE.
Go into recovery. Data/factory reset.
Advanced, Wipe dalvic cache. Mounts and storage, format system. Its a standard procedure going from one OS to another OS. You can then either flash a firmware zip from recovery or an .tar file from Odin.
Then to be on the safe side factory reset once again.
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Wich fw do you have?
Make a deep clean with odin an flash on the latest ics version (lp9 is a good one)..then flash (if you want) a custom rom..
My experience with custom roms: one of the best rom samsung based (ics 4.0.3) is the foxhound greyfox v2..if you want a pure ics rom flash the omega aokp rom (ics 4.0.4)..
Try then to change kernel..siyah is the best for both roms..
P.s. sorry for my bad english
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After LP7 should be staple enough for daily use .However you are using custom roms and you should read carefully each roms thread before flashing .
You are probably suffering from flashing multiple roms and leaving bits behind as well = clean wipe .
jje.
Can someone give me a clear full wipe procedure? I always wiped data/factory rest/wiuped chaceh and dalvik... but what else? a step by step procedure would be helpful!!
I currently have Spike Pure ICS v 5.
What do you mean by Odin3 'deep clean'?
OJ77 said:
Can someone give me a clear full wipe procedure? I always wiped data/factory rest/wiuped chaceh and dalvik... but what else? a step by step procedure would be helpful!!
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Read my last post..
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so:
1. Recovery mode > format user data > wipe cache > clear dalvik > format system (from moutns and storage)
2. Download mode > flash stock ROM using odin 3
Did I get it right? Was there something i didn't wipe?
Before you flash a new rom, make sure you answer the requirements.Some ICS roms need to be flashed in specific way.
The way of doing a full wipe is you go in Clockwork mode, wipe data/factory reset, you wipe cache partition, then go to advanced wipe Dalvik and Battery stats, then go in mounts and storage ( i think ) and you wipe the cache from there, but nothing else in mounts and storage.If you wipe anything else there's a high percent of bricking your phone.If this doesnt help you, I doubt that anyone could give you any clearer instructions.
Good luck.
DONT FORMAT SYSTEM.
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Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
Followed by root and custom rom if you so wish .
jje
OK im confused now... do I format system directory in mounts and storage or no?
OJ77 said:
OK im confused now... do I format system directory in mounts and storage or no?
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i always do personally.
I got tempted and formatted system/cache/data but now i cannot flash from my internal sd card.. I get errors and 'installation aborted' if i try to do it from CWM... does that mean formatting those 3 means Odin3 is the only way? Cus I'm not home and I don't have odin3 on me.... LOL!
OJ77 said:
I got tempted and formatted system/cache/data but now i cannot flash from my internal sd card..
Did you format sd card and totally wipe the lot = nothing on the phone .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
At this point you have no OS on the phone nor kernel rooted nor CWM .
Hence
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
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JJ, you really need to learn how to quote you know, makes your posts so confusing to read sometimes
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JJ, you really need to learn how to quote you know, makes your posts so confusing to read sometimes
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Agree must try better .
Habit from replying to emails i guess .
jje
Thanks...
I did a 'full wipe' by doing t his:
1. Boot into CWM: wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, wipe battery stats, wipe system/data/cache from mounts.
2. Reboot into DL mode, flash stock ROM using Odin3.
3. Repeat step 1
4. flashed spike ICS v 7.3 using CWM. Stable so far.
Thank you!
imho: the most stable ics release is the stock official, but with some.battery issues, my suggestion: stay on gingerbread, find a custom kernel to suits your need,
GT-I9100, official 2.3.6, hardcore's Speedmod
budi.hermawan said:
imho: the most stable ics release is the stock official, but with some.battery issues, my suggestion: stay on gingerbread, find a custom kernel to suits your need,
GT-I9100, official 2.3.6, hardcore's Speedmod
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I agree! I don't like ICS because is still unstable! My battery lasts very short with ICS and the phone overheats.
Moreover I hate the browser! I mean, The Galax S2 with GB still has the smoother browser of all the smartphones out there, and Samsung with ICS update messed it up! Now is laggy with micro stutters! Don't understand why!
OJ77 said:
The firmware was great but I didn't like that it still had TW.
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You didn't need to go through all that trouble just because you didn't want TW (which I also hate, btw).
You could simply have installed another launcher (such as Go Launcher EX, ADW, etc) from Play Store and, since you were already rooted, uninstalled TW using Titanium Backup afterwards. It has to be in that sequence (install new then uninstall old).
this way you can have whatever ROM + kernel combination you like, and still use whatever launcher you prefer.
I have one of the custom versions of 4.0.3 (WanamLite XWLP8 V11.1) and Siyah kernal 3.0.33.
I want to upgrade to whatever the latest version of android for the Galaxy SII is... but I believe I have to revert back to stock 4.0.3 first? (Something about a deadly brick bug or something.)
So if you guys could just point me in the right direction...
(My phone still has that copy/paste bugs all androids had a while back and I can't connect to access points that have AES. Hence the need to update.)
No, you don't have to go back to 4.0.3 first. Download the latest version for your country (it should be 4.1.2) from www.sammobile.com and flash it directly via odin or mobile odin. Your concerns about brickbug are only valid if you are running stock 4.0.4......
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I have one of the custom versions of 4.0.3 (WanamLite XWLP8 V11.1) and Siyah kernal 3.0.33.
I want to upgrade to whatever the latest version of android for the Galaxy SII is... but I believe I have to revert back to stock 4.0.3 first? (Something about a deadly brick bug or something.)
So if you guys could just point me in the right direction...
(My phone still has that copy/paste bugs all androids had a while back and I can't connect to access points that have AES. Hence the need to update.)
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Just put any custom 4.1.2 rom on your internal sd card and do full wipe.
Installation with Full wipe:
-Download, and save zip to internal sdcard
-Go to recovery, Select Wipe data, Wipe cache
-Go to Advanced and Select Wipe dalvik cache
-Go to Mounts and storage, select Format system, Format preload
-Select Install Rom from SD card
Note, first boot takes about 5-10 mins, so don't panic.
I just wound up installing one of the stock 4.1.2 firmwares. Got a boot loop... didn't have a recovery mode anymore... so I flashed Siyah's latest beta for S2. Wiped data and now everything's golden.
Thanks guys.
Help guys. So my problem is that, my SG3 I9300 is keep on rebooting. It'll just boot to my desktop for about 2-3 seconds then it will reboot again and again. I have to remove my battery for about half an hour and put it back on to reboot successfully. Another thing is that after it reboots successfully, when I use applications like FB / COC it also reboots on its own so as the stock camera application. Apollo is a system app like the camera right? But Apollo works without any problem unlike the camera.
I thought it is a bootloop problem, just like what I've said on my previous post. Sorry for that.
So here are the things I've tried:
1. Flash stock rom (from Sam mobile) thru Odin
2. Delete cache and factory reset in custom recovery
3. Factory reset on TWRP - Wipe everything including Internal sd - Flash Megawipe
4. Flash other custom roms thru TWRP/CWM
5. Flash stock rom thru Kies
The problem still occurs after everything I've done. So please help me
Thanks! :good:
Current rom: cm11 m12
Android version: 4.4.4 KK
Kernel: boeffla 2.7 NG
JohnRod said:
Help guys. So my problem is that, my SG3 I9300 is keep on rebooting. It'll just boot to my desktop for about 2-3 seconds then it will reboot again and again. I have to remove my battery for about half an hour and put it back on to reboot successfully. Another thing is that after it reboots successfully, when I use applications like FB / COC it also reboots on its own so as the stock camera application. Apollo is a system app like the camera right? But Apollo works without any problem unlike the camera.
I thought it is a bootloop problem, just like what I've said on my previous post. Sorry for that.
So here are the things I've tried:
1. Flash stock rom (from Sam mobile) thru Odin
2. Delete cache and factory reset in custom recovery
3. Factory reset on TWRP - Wipe everything including Internal sd - Flash Megawipe
4. Flash other custom roms thru TWRP/CWM
5. Flash stock rom thru Kies
The problem still occurs after everything I've done. So please help me
Thanks! :good:
Current rom: cm11 m12
Android version: 4.4.4 KK
Kernel: boeffla 2.7 NG
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Try another battery if not it is a faulty power button or other hardware problem. I see you have tried other roms so this rules out a software problem....
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Try another battery if not it is a faulty power button or other hardware problem. I see you have tried other roms so this rules out a software problem....
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I'm hoping it is a battery problem alone. I'll note that for now bud, thanks! :good:
Hello,
I was update my i9100 to CM 13.0. Everything works fine, mobile is fast and in idle is battery good. It should be better, but no problem... But. If I am working on phone, battery is draining very fast. Some about 10% per hour. I try reinstall, wipe ally etc. Still bad battery life.
My kernel version is: Linux version 3.0.101-CM-g3419d27.
How I was installing CM13 from CM12
- flash cwm via odin
- install kitkat compatible cwm from zip
- wipe data / factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache
- flash dorimanX kernel + 3GB pit file
- install CM13.0 + Gapps Pico 6.0
What can I do? Battery life is really bad.
Thanks and sorry for my english.
Greetings from Czech
Jaccob25 said:
Hello,
I was update my i9100 to CM 13.0. Everything works fine, mobile is fast and in idle is battery good. It should be better, but no problem... But. If I am working on phone, battery is draining very fast. Some about 10% per hour. I try reinstall, wipe ally etc. Still bad battery life.
My kernel version is: Linux version 3.0.101-CM-g3419d27.
How I was installing CM13 from CM12
- flash cwm via odin
- install kitkat compatible cwm from zip
- wipe data / factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache
- flash dorimanX kernel + 3GB pit file
- install CM13.0 + Gapps Pico 6.0
What can I do? Battery life is really bad.
Thanks and sorry for my english.
Greetings from Czech
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Hi,
If you find that screen on time is bad on CM13, you might want to consider downgrading. You could try running greenify to hibernate unused apps, but it may not help much. Other than that, nothing else can be done to give a noticeable increase in battery life.
gsstudios
Also if you have just installed CM13 give it a week or two as I found the first week the battery life seem a little crap but balanced out the following week