From 4.0.3 to Kitkat - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, i'm from the Netherlands,
I've tried this several times and it didn't work...
What am i supose to do to prepair mine S2 to flash to Kittkat. If i try to flash a custom rom to install (Muiu) the phone starts up but immidiatly turns black and i have to eject the battery to be able to start the S2 again.
I've done the wipe things.
Can someone give me instruction how to install the new Kittkat with (if it's possible) download links
thank you :cyclops:

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Loek3000 said:
Hello, i'm from the Netherlands,
I've tried this several times and it didn't work...
What am i supose to do to prepair mine S2 to flash to Kittkat. If i try to flash a custom rom to install (Muiu) the phone starts up but immidiatly turns black and i have to eject the battery to be able to start the S2 again.
I've done the wipe things.
Can someone give me instruction how to install the new Kittkat with (if it's possible) download links
thank you :cyclops:
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U need to download kk comptiable recovery.. (Search for it)
Flash it
Don't reboot
Reboot to recovery
Full wipe
Flash kk ROM
Flash gapps
Reboot
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Vivek_Neel said:
U need to download kk comptiable recovery.. (Search for it)
Flash it --> (with what, odin?)
Don't reboot
Reboot to recovery
Full wipe --> only wipe the usual or also format and stuff?
Flash kk ROM --> still under Odin? and whitch version for the S2
Flash gapps
Reboot
can u give me a download link to every rom and gapps stuff?
thank you
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Um, can you search for this stuff that's easily found ? You've been told pretty much exactly what to do, I think you can manage this small part of it yourself.

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Vivek_Neel said:
U need to download kk comptiable recovery.. (Search for it)
Flash it
Don't reboot
Reboot to recovery
Full wipe
Flash kk ROM
Flash gapps
Reboot
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app
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MistahBungle said:
Um, can you search for this stuff that's easily found ? You've been told pretty much exactly what to do, I think you can manage this small part of it yourself.
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if i could, i wouldn't ask...
just want to know if the flasing happens with Odin or within recovery, it isn't very easy found, because several manuals lead to different results...

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Loek3000 said:
if i could, i wouldn't ask...
just want to know if the flasing happens with Odin or within recovery, it isn't very easy found, because several manuals lead to different results...
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let me ask it diffently:
I've got : CWM-KitKatCompatible-i9100.tar
and to flash: miui_i9100_4.6.6_66a745e760_4.1.zip
everything ok?

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Loek3000 said:
let me ask it diffently:
I've got : CWM-KitKatCompatible-i9100.tar
and to flash: miui_i9100_4.6.6_66a745e760_4.1.zip
everything ok?
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If you try to flash the CWM alone via odin, you will not be able to boot. Get a kernel which is in tar format and you will have to flash that via odin. You can search for philz or hirox.
Once you have flashed the kernel, reboot to recovery, flash a KK compatible kernel (search for gustavo's, dorimanx or apolo), reboot to recovery, create a backup, flash your KK Rom (which you must have downloaded from the OP of that Rom), flash gapps and reboot.
In the list of your files, gapps is missing, get that too.
And in reality, if you spend some time searching and reading the manuals/guides then you wont have to ask these questions.

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banjara said:
If you try to flash the CWM alone via odin, you will not be able to boot. Get a kernel which is in tar format and you will have to flash that via odin. You can search for philz or hirox.
Once you have flashed the kernel, reboot to recovery, create a backup, flash your KK Rom (which you must have downloaded from the OP of that Rom), flash gapps and reboot.
In the list of your files, gapps is missing, get that too.
And in reality, if you spend some time searching and reading the manuals/guides then you wont have to ask these questions.
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thank you, but i don't get it.. OP? i guess my questions are too stupid and i get a dozen of "search this and search that" so i won't bother anyone again :silly:

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Your questions were not stupid. They are the basic questions which come to the newbie's mind. But you could either search for the stuff, go through the guides/manuals and spend your time reading and learning(which will be for your own good) or you could ask for spoonfeeding.
Anyways, if you do not want to invest time and energy in understanding all this then its your wish. But a lot of people here would not like to answer basic questions.

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banjara said:
Your questions were not stupid. They are the basic questions which come to the newbie's mind. But you could either search for the stuff, go through the guides/manuals and spend your time reading and learning(which will be for your own good) or you could ask for spoonfeeding.
Anyways, if you do not want to invest time and energy in understanding all this then its your wish. But a lot of people here would not like to answer basic questions.
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Look i just want a simple an plain answer, thats why i asked in the 1st place.
Some only rever to the search option or manuals... Like i said, it's confusing to me, i don't need to read stuff i don't need.
I got trouble, so this is why this section is called Help and Troubleshooting ....
I think also if you think that way, you can always reply to say people need to search and read manuals, that's just too easy to say

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OP - Banjara is trying to help you. There's no point people giving you a bunch of steps you don't understand. If you don't take as much time as you need to in order to actually learn this stuff, you run the risk of ending up like this.
You may not necessarily do something completely daft like pull a cable in the middle of a flash, but modding your phone is not risk free. On the contrary, there are plenty of ways you can break your phone (to the point of you having to pay someone a not insignificant amount of money to fix it) doing this stuff.
Your questions aren't stupid, but you need to understand if you're not already experienced with this stuff, you're not going to somehow magically learn it all in 5 minutes. You have to take the time & put the effort in to learn it. And everything you need to learn is here, and it's easily found, again, with a bit of effort.
But like most people who come here, you're expecting it to be easy & obviously can't be bothered taking your time/are in too much of a rush.
That's fine, but don't whinge in Q&A if you bust your phone at some point.

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MistahBungle said:
OP - Banjara is trying to help you. There's no point people giving you a bunch of steps you don't understand. If you don't take as much time as you need to in order to actually learn this stuff, you run the risk of ending up like this.
You may not necessarily do something completely daft like pull a cable in the middle of a flash, but modding your phone is not risk free. On the contrary, there are plenty of ways you can break your phone (to the point of you having to pay someone a not insignificant amount of money to fix it) doing this stuff.
Your questions aren't stupid, but you need to understand if you're not already experienced with this stuff, you're not going to somehow magically learn it all in 5 minutes. You have to take the time & put the effort in to learn it. And everything you need to learn is here, and it's easily found, again, with a bit of effort.
But like most people who come here, you're expecting it to be easy & obviously can't be bothered taking your time/are in too much of a rush.
That's fine, but don't whinge in Q&A if you bust your phone at some point.
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The only one who have helped me is : Vivek_Neel
Other reactions are pointless, i was aware of the search thing, so i don't need reminders... Also: i rooted my phone several times, and the question were about if i will do it correctly if i take these steps... And i've done my search and i know a little bit more. Show me what you come up with and i give all the credits, because i can't find 1 basic step....... And please don't bother to react if it's on topic

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Loek3000 said:
Look i just want a simple an plain answer, thats why i asked in the 1st place.
Some only rever to the search option or manuals... Like i said, it's confusing to me, i don't need to read stuff i don't need.
I got trouble, so this is why this section is called Help and Troubleshooting ....
I think also if you think that way, you can always reply to say people need to search and read manuals, that's just too easy to say
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@banjara, .. i've read your 1st post just now, and you indeed tried to help me, it's just i didn't understand what you were saying...
i am sorry for the misunderstanding :good:

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Loek3000 said:
@banjara, .. i've read your 1st post just now, and you indeed tried to help me, it's just i didn't understand what you were saying...
i am sorry for the misunderstanding :good:
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I just stopped working on it. I followed the guidelines which i read in several topics, and still it aint working
So everyone, thanks alot