I have just bought the s2 and have a couple of questions.
1. Rooting. I have always rooted my handsets, but my last phone (optimus 3D) had issues with ghost calls etc when I rooted and changed the firmware. Should I stay away from any particular rooting methods/roms/firmware?
2. As soon as I turned the handset on it asked me about a software update. I selected yes, but then it checked and it was running the most up-to-date software (4.0.4). That said, I have noticed that the software update process is constantly running in the background. I have unticked all the options for software update but it's still there taking up some of the resources. Any idea why?
3. Also want to stop the social hub process. Is there a way to do this without rooting?
4. I have google play services installed. Don't remember getting this. Is this installed as standard or has been downloaded elsewhere.
Appreciate any replies, thanks!
1. Yes, you can root your device
4 yes it installed by default.
Rest of the question can be found in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1648351&page=130
As you are n 4.0.4 read this thread also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242
thanks! will take a look at the links now..
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Hello,
I had just bought a stock 2.1 X10, and turned out it was restarting 7-10 times a day. So, I returned it for another set, this one is 1.6. I have searched on the forums and found a lot of these "restart" issues are related to 2.1 upgrade, I don't really want to live with my phone restarting in between calls and while I am making videos, it gets very annoying.
Any suggestions?
flash 2.1, if you have restart problems, revert back to 1.6
As in upgrade from the PC Companion? I'm a little newbie to phone terms, all the rooting and flashing that is
But I think I read somewhere it is not downgrade-able?
Yeah - upgrade to 2.1 I've not had any problems with it at all.... and there is a method to go back to 1.6 - you'll need to just do a search for it (it's either in the Dev section, or the General section)..
Don't install an auto task killer... that causes most of the end user problems I've seen.
i would just root and flash a generic 2.1 x10 rom. reason is, with rooting, you have more control over the rom and items (theming, removing bloatware, etc) making the device a better user experience.
honestly, i got my phone last week, this was the thread i followed the day i got it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825201
now, even though i have previous android custom rom experience, the x10 is different in many ways compared to other devices, so this was a realm of unknown to me as well. but that thread was straight forward and easy to follow. just make sure you download the correct firmware (x10i vs x10a).
again, gaining root gives you way more control over the device, making it all around better. my stock generic rom hit around 450 in quadrant. after removing bloatware and not used services, 650, after jit and a little more streamlining, i'm getting around 750 in quadrant.
Hey guys,
I hope someone will know the answer to my problems, I'll try to keep this short. (English is not my first language so excuse me for any mistakes I make).
Around 2 months ago I couldn't connect to my wifi, I tried everything, but eventually I thought the only solution was to factory reset my Samsung Galaxy S2.
That turned out to be a stupid decision. I made a back up of my media files, so those were safe. But the option to make a back up of your contacts using google didn't work, so I lost all my contacts, whatsapp messages and text messages.
Factory resetting my phone was the solution to the wifi problem though, so I was happy with that. And in the mean time I've gotten a lot of my contacts back, so that's not that kind of a big issue to me anymore.
But now I have a new problem. My phone can't update it's firmware anymore. I've tried using the update function from the phone, but it says it can't connect to the server. And using KIES, it says that the phone can't be updated as well. Now it's running on 2.3.5 and I'd really like to get the new OS available. (This is problem #1).
Problem #2 is the fact that in the last few days my battery has been incredibly weak. Normally I could last 1,5 days to 2 days with a fully charged battery, but now it seems to only last about 4-6 hours. The phone seemed to be a lot warmer as well.
I've tried to find a solution for problem #1, and all I could find is that maybe the factory reset changed the settings of which country your phone is from (I'm from the Netherlands), and that this is the reason why I can't update my phone.
In the thread I found they were talking about using #1234# and checking the codes there, but when I use this my phone displays (translated) ''connection problem or wrong MMI-code''. So I can't check if the data changed after the factory reset.
What should I do next?
Thanks in advance.
Hello there mate.
Im not a dev or something but from different cases that i've seen with many GS2 phones i think i can help you ( i hope at least ).
First of all i think you can easily update with odin to the new ICS firmware Samsung has for GS2.( If you use windows 7 run as administirator )
You can find many tutorials on youtube of how to do that.
Remember to back up all of your data before updating because they will be erased.
After installing fresh ICS firmware (official 4.0.3) you will need to do a factory reset.
Now for your second problem i think it might be an app problem which requires power from your CPU and that's why your phone is overheating and the battery is draining that fast.
I would suggest after using an app to kill it via the task manager so it won't run at the background demanding dedication from the system.
If that doesn't work also try re-installing all of your apps.
Hope you find this kinda useful friend and solve your problems.Take care
Thanks for the reply!
But before I upgrade with odin, don't I need to know the codes (representing where your phone is from etc.)?
I've found them under settings. They are:
Baseband: I9100XXKI4
Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKJ3-CL647431 [email protected]#2
Build number:GINGERBREAD.XWKJ3.
And how do I backup all my files? Especially contacts, text messages and whatsapp messages?
No problem ! Im glad that you found my info somehow helpful!
Now as i said earlier im not that kind of expert so giving the current sittuation i don't really know. You should search on the internet for your firmware available for your country and also you can search at sammobile.com then go to firmwares then select the Smartphone option then Android and you should be good to choose the firmware and download it for your region/country. ( Terribly sorry for not giving a link but xda forums are saying that i need more than 10 posts to post a link.
So good luck with that one :good:
I never tried it myself but i've seen that people backup their contacts,texts and apps with KIES so you should give it a try :good:
Either than that,this is all i know and im really sorry if i can't help you any further as im new here too
Alright thanks for the help.
I made a backup of my contacts, whatsapp messages and text messages on my SD card. I'm almost gonna start using Odin. (You don't need a rooted device in order for Odin to work, right?). And I also only got a .tar file from the downloaded package from Sammobile.com, is that all I need?
I'll post the results
Yes Odin will work with unrooted and rooted devices!
I don't know if that's the file, i would do a little search before updating about the files and remember to watch a video on youtube to help you with the process !
Things to remember : If you are on windows vista/7 run Odin as administirator
After installing the firmware do a factory reset / clear cache
Good luck! I hope somebody more experienced than me will help you better than i did . :good:
Haha alright thanks for the help.
I used Odin this afternoon, with succes! I updated to 4.0.3 (only using the .tar file) and after that I factory reset my phone.
Also, I managed to succesfully retain my text/whatsappp messages + contacts, so everything's fine.
I'm going to try out my phone for a couple of days and I'll report if anythings wrong with it.
Really glad that things went in the right direction for you
Just a quick thought now, our Samsung Galaxy S2 will get a new update to 4.0.4 which is reported to be far better than the current one and will be available on the upcoming weeks so be prepared to do another update
But anyway you did a great job! :good:
So, I recently installed an ota patch from AT&T (apparently it was supposed to make the gps more accurate or something?). Since then I noticed that my battery started draining very quickly, so I entered 'top' in a terminal and found out there was a process called 'applypatch' taking up 50% of the cpu.I can't use 'killall applypatch' because it's a root process, and apparently the update also got rid of my root.
I've already tried a factory reset, but that didn't seem to help. Also, I doubt it's still installing the patch, because I left it on all of last night and it's still going at it. The bootloader is still locked, so If possible I'd like to avoid messing with that. This is my only GSM compatible phone, and I paid a lot for it.
Should I just try rooting it again and try killing the process, or do you guys have any other ideas?
Thanks!
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So, I recently installed an ota patch from AT&T (apparently it was supposed to make the gps more accurate or something?). Since then I noticed that my battery started draining very quickly, so I entered 'top' in a terminal and found out there was a process called 'applypatch' taking up 50% of the cpu.I can't use 'killall applypatch' because it's a root process, and apparently the update also got rid of my root.
I've already tried a factory reset, but that didn't seem to help. Also, I doubt it's still installing the patch, because I left it on all of last night and it's still going at it. The bootloader is still locked, so If possible I'd like to avoid messing with that. This is my only GSM compatible phone, and I paid a lot for it.
Should I just try rooting it again and try killing the process, or do you guys have any other ideas?
Thanks!
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You are not the only one with that problem. I have the exact same issue. Process chewing up the CPU and if you kill it the process comes right back. Hopefully someone has a good answer as to how to fix it. I actually have 2 of the phones and one is rooted, second one is not. The unrooted phone does not have the same issue as the rooted phone.
I'm having the same problem with my Atrix. Phone is stock and unrooted. Never had an issue until I installed the latest update.
Well I got a response back from Motorola about the issue. These were their recommendations.
1. Reboot phone. Duh....
2. Uninstall any apps that you installed when the problem started. Uh, it was the OTA update... Cannot be uninstalled I do not think.
3. Clear Cache partition from Fastboot menu. That did not do anything.
4. Factory reset the phone. I hate doing that. Doubt it fixes anything but I will do it anyway.
I asked them about option 5 if 1-4 did nothing and he said call and talk to support.
Just an update...
Maybe someone knows how to just kill the process. It is obviously doing nothing as the phone is already updated to 4.5.145 according to the phone info.
I've just had a quick look around about the 'apply patch' process. Not that it helps you but this problem has been ongoing since at least android 1.6!!! Unfortunately solutions to the problem were few and far between - the main one would be to roll back the update you received (if you can).
Rooting and then trying to find the process and freezing the 'apply patch' process is another (again, I didn't find much about how to do that) as is unlocking the bootloader and putting installing a custom rom is another option for you. I know you don't feel comfy unlocking your bootloader but it isn't as bad as it sounds.
If you do decide to go the unlocking way then there are guides on here which will help you.
Edit: just seen this over in the 'general' section http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145316 ... the very same problem you are having.
Ok, just to hopefully keep this going I have tried these additional steps.
Root phone.
Unroot phone
Re-root phone
Try multiple startup program apps to kill it, none show anything besides installed apps.
None work. applypatch still taking 49% cpu
Maybe there is a way to edit androids startup config file to make it stop? Not a Linux/android guy so hopefully someone smarter than me has the answer to that.
If you've rooted the phone, you might as well have deleted or renamed that program... That's what I would do.
Same problem with my Atrix........I've been following this thread and have found a temp fix that works for me. I say temp as the applypatch process will show up again on reboot
1.) Gain Root Access
2.) Download OS Monitor from PlayStore (this will show you all processes running on Android OS)
3.) Run OS Monitor ...."applypatch" should be at the top of the list with a high Load % (Note: Under Settings enable ROOT mode)
4.) Long press on applypatch process and select kill process and allow superuser/root access...should terminate
This has been working for me so far so I signed up to share with you all.....hope it helps.
And heres to hoping for a more permanent:good: solution to this issue
Dear Friends i have Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 phone bought in india in 2012 december. The phone was working fine with operating system which came with phone. suddenly today i felt to change the operating system to latest android OS jellybean. let me tell you one thing i am not a guru in this type of things so i tried whatever i could see on internet and installed Android version 4.3.1, Slim version Slim-4.3.build.2-OFFICIAL-1334.
Now my problem is the phone is working only for making phone calls and receiving phone calls. i cant even do SMS from this phone & its completely different then how it was. moreover i am not able to install whatsapp on this phone. and i am not able to see any google apps on the phone. neither my contact list is visible i had more then 700 contacts . and when i go on internet via WIFI and try to download whatsapp it says there is NO DEVICE. i am now confused and i dont know what to do. please can any one help me with simple steps how can I get my old version back or atleast how can i get google play store on this phone. Another important thing i tried to connect through Kies but even thats failure my device does not get connected to Samsung Kies anymore. i am worried i hope i havnt lost all my contacts.:
Tejus Mehta said:
Dear Friends i have Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 phone bought in india in 2012 december. The phone was working fine with operating system which came with phone. suddenly today i felt to change the operating system to latest android OS jellybean. let me tell you one thing i am not a guru in this type of things so i tried whatever i could see on internet and installed Android version 4.3.1, Slim version Slim-4.3.build.2-OFFICIAL-1334.
Now my problem is the phone is working only for making phone calls and receiving phone calls. i cant even do SMS from this phone & its completely different then how it was. moreover i am not able to install whatsapp on this phone. and i am not able to see any google apps on the phone. neither my contact list is visible i had more then 700 contacts . and when i go on internet via WIFI and try to download whatsapp it says there is NO DEVICE. i am now confused and i dont know what to do. please can any one help me with simple steps how can I get my old version back or atleast how can i get google play store on this phone. Another important thing i tried to connect through Kies but even thats failure my device does not get connected to Samsung Kies anymore. i am worried i hope i havnt lost all my contacts.:
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You have to install the Google Apps as a separate install when dealing with most non stock roms. Surely the guide you were looking at mentioned that...? Weird that you are having issues with Sms as it's rare roms have that trouble. Which messaging app are you using? Your contacts aren't there because you wiped your phone, installed a new operating system, and didn't install the Google apps to resync your account. I'm confused on why you're surprised by that... Kies doesn't work on non stock roms and is a much inferior tool vs Odin. Also, didn't you do a nandroid backup before installing Slim? If so, you could just restore that and you would be back to the previous version in like 10 minutes. If you didn't...well, you weren't looking at the right guides then. I think Slim is 10x better than stock, personally but depending on the phone and version, there can be some minor issues.
I think that Whatsapp doesn't recognize your phone because of the custom DPI. If you set that to stock value, it should work.
Tejus Mehta said:
Dear Friends i have Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 phone bought in india in 2012 december. The phone was working fine with operating system which came with phone. suddenly today i felt to change the operating system to latest android OS jellybean. let me tell you one thing i am not a guru in this type of things so i tried whatever i could see on internet and installed Android version 4.3.1, Slim version Slim-4.3.build.2-OFFICIAL-1334.
Now my problem is the phone is working only for making phone calls and receiving phone calls. i cant even do SMS from this phone & its completely different then how it was. moreover i am not able to install whatsapp on this phone. and i am not able to see any google apps on the phone. neither my contact list is visible i had more then 700 contacts . and when i go on internet via WIFI and try to download whatsapp it says there is NO DEVICE. i am now confused and i dont know what to do. please can any one help me with simple steps how can I get my old version back or atleast how can i get google play store on this phone. Another important thing i tried to connect through Kies but even thats failure my device does not get connected to Samsung Kies anymore. i am worried i hope i havnt lost all my contacts.:
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go back to stock rom by flashing it via odin .then just refer to this links to understand all droid's stuff http://trendblog.net/guide-to-android-rooting-custom-roms-apps-2014-edition/ or http://lifehacker.com/5789397/the-always-up-to-date-guide-to-rooting-any-android-phone
and i have got list of good roms so refer this http://androidcure.com/best-kitkat-roms-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-i9100/
now you are good to go for Flashing and using Custom roms !!
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You have to install the Google Apps as a separate install when dealing with most non stock roms. Surely the guide you were looking at mentioned that...? Weird that you are having issues with Sms as it's rare roms have that trouble. Which messaging app are you using? Your contacts aren't there because you wiped your phone, installed a new operating system, and didn't install the Google apps to resync your account. I'm confused on why you're surprised by that... Kies doesn't work on non stock roms and is a much inferior tool vs Odin. Also, didn't you do a nandroid backup before installing Slim? If so, you could just restore that and you would be back to the previous version in like 10 minutes. If you didn't...well, you weren't looking at the right guides then. I think Slim is 10x better than stock, personally but depending on the phone and version, there can be some minor issues.
I think that Whatsapp doesn't recognize your phone because of the custom DPI. If you set that to stock value, it should work.
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Thanks for your reply.
How can install whatsapp as i am not able to locate play store icon on my phone any more. and you are correct about SMS my SMS is working. i was not seeing very well. please guide me how to install playstore and whatsapp
Tejus Mehta said:
Thanks for your reply.
How can install whatsapp as i am not able to locate play store icon on my phone any more. and you are correct about SMS my SMS is working. i was not seeing very well. please guide me how to install playstore and whatsapp
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I told you why you didn't have the Play Store in the very first sentence.
http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/d...146-addons4-3/8845-slim-aio-gapps-4-3-build-2
Boot to recovery, wipe caches, install.
Hi, this has probably been asked loads of times, but I am totally stumped.
I also realise that this is quite an old Gear device, but any help appreciated
All I want to do is to be able to have the notifications from my Gear S (curved display one) on my Huawei P30. I have an old S6 that I am currently paired to.
I have read numerous threads on this that seem to say: get Root, delete certain bluetooth folder, connect to Huawei phone and as long as the Samsung phone and Huawei phone are on the same WIFI network, this should work.
Every post I see in regards to Rooting, seem to show that I have to reflash the firmware, but in reality, does that actually do anything?
All I want to do is root it. Is there an easy way to do this?
I have used Odin before and I just flashed it with the last firmware update from SamMobile, but it doesn't seem to have done anything that would allow me to Root.
Thanks in advance for any help
Mark