Problems with my s2 after 4.04 update OTA - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys first of all sorry if there is already this or similiar question in the forum.i tried search but didnt get any exact results.
Anyways i updated s2 international to 4.04 i9100BOLP7 and i am experiencing problems with my phone.
The same problems were experienced on 4.03.
Tbe problems are: random screen blackout and i can only take out battery and start it up again.
When i enter contacts it stops reacting.
Random lags and sluggish phone overall.
Im sure some of you also have the same problems and would appreciate help from you guys.
Thanks in advance
Sent from my nokia 3310

Read about brick bug in the general section and decide if you are up for what's coming next.
Or else Factory Reset.

asukaj said:
Hey guys first of all sorry if there is already this or similiar question in the forum.i tried search but didnt get any exact results.
Anyways i updated s2 international to 4.04 i9100BOLP7 and i am experiencing problems with my phone.
The same problems were experienced on 4.03.
Tbe problems are: random screen blackout and i can only take out battery and start it up again.
When i enter contacts it stops reacting.
Random lags and sluggish phone overall.
Im sure some of you also have the same problems and would appreciate help from you guys.
Thanks in advance
Sent from my nokia 3310
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You have updated to ICS 4.0.4 , so you must flash Siyah Kernel v5.0.1 with ODIN to be on the safe side and you will not have any problems

Hmm so i have to root it since it is on stock right.
And can i flash it via cwm on the stock rom that ia on it now?
Sent from my nokia 3310

asukaj said:
Hmm so i have to root it since it is on stock right.
And can i flash it via cwm on the stock rom that ia on it now?
Sent from my nokia 3310
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happy rooting

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Touch screen response in ICS

So ive flashed ics on my friends SII but from the beginning it had touch problems, for example in the app drawer i have to tap setting 3 times before it registers the touch. For eveything else it works just fine so im sure its not HW related.
Switching kernel improved it (also improved scrolling lag).
Is this a known existing problem with the current kernels? I dont own a galaxy sII so i dont know the issues that are playing atm.
Thanks in advance!
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no problem might be bad flash or early beta release that you flashed by mistake
Nah, i thought the same but after flashing again the problem still was there.
Gonna try returning to stock and start again with CM9 Resurrection Edition with Odin. If it still persists i gues the problem is hardware related.
and suddenly everything changes.........!
weren't you on stock ICS before? please use stock with full wipe to test such things.
atifsh said:
and suddenly everything changes.........!
weren't you on stock ICS before? please use stock with full wipe to test such things.
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I dont think you understood what i said mate
Please check my threads, i know how to test roms but thanks for your reply.
Yes i didnt get it,
Thsts why i said go back to stock using odin after full wipe.
If you already did it, cant help uou anymore.

vibrant reboots in recovery during phone call

Hi guys,
I flashed ICS Euphoria's latest rom on my phone and I like it a lot except my phone reboots into recovery mode a lot during phone calls. This is my second ICS rom and the problem still exists. Can someone help me out please? I'm thinking about flashing it back to froyo because of this problem :/
ttttiiinna said:
Hi guys,
I flashed ICS Euphoria's latest rom on my phone and I like it a lot except my phone reboots into recovery mode a lot during phone calls. This is my second ICS rom and the problem still exists. Can someone help me out please? I'm thinking about flashing it back to froyo because of this problem :/
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Did you do squeaky clean install? Check out www.team-passion .com
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[Q] Bootloop on pure Stock

Hey guys,
I know you guys probably think oh god not another boot loop thread, but i couldn't find someone with the same problem as this one. I don't own a s2 myself but my friend does and he doesnt understand a thing about android. He has never updated his phone, it's not rooted or unlocked or anything. But a few days ago the phone randomly shut down and went into a bootloop. I tried to wipe his cache via the recovery menu but that didn't work. Then i did a factory reset and that sort of worked, the phone worked again but yesterday it did the same thing. he likes the phone the way it is so he'd rather not update it.
Does anybody know what could cause this bootloop and what he can do to fix it? If he has to update is there a safe way to update but stay on gingerbread? I myself own a Xperia Arc, i know that flashing roms through flashtool is pretty safe, is there anything like that for the S2?
thx in advance
(system information)
You would use Odin instead of flashtool.You can get the rom from sammobile.
First check he can get into download mode.....
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
theunderling said:
You would use Odin instead of flashtool.You can get the rom from sammobile if you need it.
You could maybe get him on ICS 4.0.3 and even root the phone for him.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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ah oke thx, waht thread would you refer me to for a quick odin guide? and doesn't gingerbread have better battery life on the S2? Some of my other friends are running ics on the s2 but they are having a horrible batterylife compared to my phone while the arc has a smaller battery.
spromper said:
ah oke thx, waht thread would you refer me to for a quick odin guide? and doesn't gingerbread have better battery life on the S2? Some of my other friends are running ics on the s2 but they are having a horrible batterylife compared to my phone while the arc has a smaller battery.
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Poor battery is only on pure stock ICS (rooted or not).

[Q] SGSII heating a lot while doing regular tasks

Hallo everyone!
So since a week ago i'm a proud owner of Samsung Galaxy S2 (yay!).
It had Android 2.3.5 at the beginning so 2 days ago i've updated it to ICS (4.0.3). I've updated it via ODIN (since it couldn't find updates via KIES or by air) with a official ROM (if that's what it's called) from samfirmware.
Since then my phone heats up a lot more compared to 2.3.5 , i don't know how's that possible but i haven't installed any new apps or used the phone differently since the update. I know it's normal to heat up when playing games but even if i'm browsing the web it heats up a lot. I haven't this problem with 2.3.5
Any suggestions?
Go back to 2.3.5 and wait for JB.Or try custom rom.
theunderling said:
Go back to 2.3.5 and wait for JB.Or try custom rom.
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So it's a common issue?
Hmm.. This is weird.. I'm having the same issue, but I'm having it with JellyBean ROMs.
For ICS the combination that works for me best is Cyanogenmod 9.1 and Siyah Kernel. If that still heats up, you might want to try some different modem and check out if any of them works for you. I think the stock XXKH3 modem helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277593
deomareza said:
For ICS the combination that works for me best is Cyanogenmod 9.1 and Siyah Kernel. If that still heats up, you might want to try some different modem and check out if any of them works for you. I think the stock XXKH3 modem helps.
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As you might red above i'm a total newb to Android world atm , i just learned how to flash few days ago, i'm not going to mess with new modems etc. (for now). Do you guys think that if i upgrade to that leaked 4.1.2 , that might fix the problem? Also i didn't do factory reset after the upgrade to 4.0.3 because some other user from other forum told me that if i install the official 4.0.3 rom from Samsung - there's no need to do factory reset.
I would have done a factory reset,but thats just me.ICS was overheating my wifes phone,but it was the 4.0.4 thats worst.
If you are flashing modems,you should root first and backup your efs folder......and make a nand backup.
theunderling said:
If you are flashing modems,you should root first and backup your efs folder......and make a nand backup.
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As i mentioned i won't be flashing modems and such. What would you suggest me to do from that point (aside from downgrading)?
You can only downgrade to GB.I detest ICS(rootbox was ok),so I went back to GB.
But now I use vanilla rootbox(JB) with dorimanx kernel.
Only problem Ive seen with this so far is the bloody volumes far too loud when I press keys(had to switch it off).
Anyway,whatever you do make sure you get rooted and backup your efs folder.
So i just upgraded to JB and we'll see how's it going.
theunderling said:
you do make sure you get rooted ...
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Why? I don't want to...
UPDATE: So i've upgraded to 4.1.2 (JellyBean) , haven't installed any apps and for about 10 min. of browsing the web it jumped from 31°C to 37°C. What should be the average temperature of SGSII while using it (not playing games)?
psydex said:
So i just upgraded to JB and we'll see how's it going.
Why? I don't want to...
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Ok dont bother then.....its no skin off my nose.

Sgs2 camera flash problem!

Ok, so ive had a couple of problems with my recently bought Sgs2, ive got all the other problems fixed except this one: when i turn on the camera app, the flash goes on and off once, the same happens when i turn off the camera. Its a very fast flash that occurs.. it doesnt matter what camera app i use, it does it everytime.. the flash does work properly during camera use if needed, and works normally as a torch.
It doesnt bother me much, but would be nice to get fixed..
Any ideas?
If your using a custom jb rom then it's normal. It's a known bug.
Sent from my Galaxy SII
*boy*racer* said:
If your using a custom jb rom then it's normal. It's a known bug.
Sent from my Galaxy SII
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Im using SlimICS 4.2+ Siyah 5.0.1
So he said.... That if You using not stock rom flash bug be...
Looks like he said: if its a custom JB rom, the bug occurs. Im using ICS and the same thing happened before i even flashed a custom rom. The phone was running a stock Samsung GB rom then..
"He" has a name
And if u said it happened before flashing roms, Then it must be a hardware issue.
Sent from my Galaxy SII
I have the same problem, that the flash will light up shortly when the camera app closed, and when I read the last comments it seems that this is a known issue for quite a while.
How does it come that this is not fixed yet. I'm using custom roms now for a few month now and from the beginning I was wondering about the strange flash behaviour compared to the stock rom.
Is it because there is still no official release from Samsung for JB or why is it so difficult to fix? Are the camera drivers closed source?
*boy*racer* said:
"He" has a name
And if u said it happened before flashing roms, Then it must be a hardware issue.
Sent from my Galaxy SII
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I feared this was the issue.. oh well, i guess ill just have to live with it until i change my phone again, no biggie
elfrawg said:
I have the same problem, that the flash will light up shortly when the camera app closed, and when I read the last comments it seems that this is a known issue for quite a while.
How does it come that this is not fixed yet. I'm using custom roms now for a few month now and from the beginning I was wondering about the strange flash behaviour compared to the stock rom.
Is it because there is still no official release from Samsung for JB or why is it so difficult to fix? Are the camera drivers closed source?
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It happened to you after switching to custom roms?
elfrawg said:
I have the same problem, that the flash will light up shortly when the camera app closed, and when I read the last comments it seems that this is a known issue for quite a while.
How does it come that this is not fixed yet. I'm using custom roms now for a few month now and from the beginning I was wondering about the strange flash behaviour compared to the stock rom.
Is it because there is still no official release from Samsung for JB or why is it so difficult to fix? Are the camera drivers closed source?
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Mongopusher42 said:
I feared this was the issue.. oh well, i guess ill just have to live with it until i change my phone again, no biggie
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Guys, it has got nothing to do with the hardware, its a random one that happens with all ICS and JB based custom roms
@Sun90
If you read the whole thread , i had the problem before custom roms with a 100% stock Samsung GingerBread rom..
Mongopusher42 said:
@Sun90
If you read the whole thread , i had the problem before custom roms with a 100% stock Samsung GingerBread rom..
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have u tried flashing a Stock ICS rom (v4.0.3) and seen for the issue
if not give it a try and see, just to confirm whether its really a hardware issue or a software one
nothing to loose though, if the problem gets resolved for u it would be fine right
do a clean wipe before installing.
Sun90 said:
have u tried flashing a Stock ICS rom (v4.0.3) and seen for the issue
if not give it a try and see, just to confirm whether its really a hardware issue or a software one
nothing to loose though, if the problem gets resolved for u it would be fine right
do a clean wipe before installing.
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Nope. Okk , ill try this when i have some spare time :thumbup:
Sun90 said:
Guys, it has got nothing to do with the hardware, its a random one that happens with all ICS and JB based custom roms
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I used to get that on my x10i with certain roms.Definitely a software problem.
Same issue here, came about randomly day before yesterday. LED flashes once, quickly, whenever something tries to activate it.
Only ever used stock soft/firmware, and Chainfire's kernel. Cleared all caches, tried factory reset, problem persisted.
Flashed to whatever the latest ICS is for H3G today, problem still persists, I shall try official kernel tomorrow, see if that fixes it -- I don't hold much hope.
*boy*racer* said:
If your using a custom jb rom then it's normal. It's a known bug.
Sent from my Galaxy SII
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I'm using hellybean 4.2.1 and I don't have this bug!!

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