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newbie to Galaxy S2

Hello,
i just bought a new Galaxy S2. UK version i believe.
i tried to update firmware to 2.3.4 but Kies says the device cannot be updated or something...
i have seen showthread.php?t=1075278 but i am confused which one i need...
here is some info from about phone:
Model number: GT-I91000
Android version: 2.3.3
Baseband version: I9100XXKF2
Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XXKF2-CL25304 [email protected] #2
Build number: GINGERBREAD.XXKF2.
Thanks in advance.

k1ng440 said:
Hello,
i just bought a new Galaxy S2. UK version i believe.
i tried to update firmware to 2.3.4 but Kies says the device cannot be updated or something...
Correct Kies = official firmware upgrades only .
i have seen showthread.php?t=1075278 but i am confused which one i need...
You dont need any but if you want the unofficial updates then KH1 is the latest in that post .
XXKH3 2.3.4 latest from Frankenstein packages that thread .
with
XEU CSC for UK
Your current firmware is KF2
jje
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Thank you.
How do i make sure the phone is uk version?

UK on the side of the box >>>Product Code .
jje

sorry but its nothing there..
by default. uk keyboard and uk language was selected.

does it matter if i use?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182498
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274&page=1343
i heard they are good.

Your choice .
jje

you an expert person, please recommend me.

For a new user Cognition rom would be the starting point .
jje

Omg, i have installed them to my phone, now my phone battery is draining so fast. Please help me.
EDIT:
SpeedMod SGS2 + Lite'ning Rom v6.1 XXKH3
EDIT2:
i am also getting triangle on boot.
Please help me.

do a battery calibration before a battery consumption judgement.
I use LeoMar Revolution 2.6, it is a very easy to use ROM with lots of themes and you can flash it with his kitchen app.
the yellow triangle is for unsafe kernel, it is used for rooting the device. don't let it bother you

Thank you.....
can you give me link to LeoMar Revolution rom's thread?
i cant find it anyhwere

k1ng440 said:
Thank you.....
can you give me link to LeoMar Revolution rom's thread?
i cant find it anyhwere
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I mean this sincerely - yes you can, you're not trying hard enough. "Search" is your friend. Please try again.

Thank you. i found it long time ago. i was just confused with Google custom search.
i didnt like LeoMar Revolution rom..
let me try Cognition rom
OR
go back to stock with speedmod kernel

[Q] Help with flashing stock firmware

Hi,
i went to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465800, to flash my rom with a stock firmware, but i can't seem to
find the correct one, this is my information:
pda - s5360ddlc3
phone - s5360dxla1
csc - s5360oddla2
pcode - gt-s5360maaglb
if you know where i can get this firmware, please tell me,
help will be much appreciated,
thanks

You can flash any firmware that belongs to your region and include your country's csc.
You can then update the same via software updates in phone settings to the latest available for your area/country.
Also try flashing the latest available for your region to avoid too many updates available.
ps. next time ask your question in help thread or either question and answer section and not in general section.

Wrong Section! Will be reported...
Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2

Null IMEI, Unknown Baseband

Hi,
Please don't be upset with me and Please bare my little experience, Thank you very much.
I noticed that such issue was discussed before in this section of the forum, The problem is too many referral threads I don't know which one to follow, I'm honesty lost! , Right now while I'm posting this issue there's six threads in front of me relevant with this but as I said don't know which one to follow and where to start from.
I was't satisfied with the performance of the new version of Android (Lollipop), so I decided to downgrade to JellyBean 4.4.2 , since then I had Null IMEI, Unknown Baseband & unstable system (restars and apps crahses).
The device is Galaxy Note 3 LTE Qualcomm version.
Again, Thank you in advance for your help.

You simply restore your backed up EFS folder .
Flash OB6 lolli[pop rom .
You need to read the faqs and guides before flashing its not risk free .

JJEgan said:
You simply restore your backed up EFS folder .
Flash OB6 lolli[pop rom .
You need to read the faqs and guides before flashing its not risk free .
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All good problem is solved. Thank you very much you did help indeed.

Then you cannot restore it .
Try flashing the OB6 lollipop firmware if that fails its a paid for service centre repair .

It's possible to fix... but the main issue is, you can't go down from Lollipop to 4.4 without issues. Some say they can do it, but I think it depends a lot on what bootloader and kernel you're using.
You can try to fix it like this:
First - you have to go back to Lollipop and flash official samsung firmware for your device and country/region.
If you go back to stock, hopefully everything is restored. Latest firmware for your country might be different. Mine is OC3 (similar to OB6 but not the same)... but you can try OB6 first to see if it worked.
**Just remember, it has to be the same region as yours was before.
Here is link where you should download from. If you register there, the download speed will be faster than 15kb/s ... it will be more like 100-300 (either way, just wait for it to download).
hxxp: etc sammobile.com and go to firmware page and select your model and country

cyberboob said:
It's possible to fix... but the main issue is, you can't go down from Lollipop to 4.4 without issues. Some say they can do it, but I think it depends a lot on what bootloader and kernel you're using.
You can try to fix it like this:
First - you have to go back to Lollipop and flash official samsung firmware for your device and country/region.
If you go back to stock, hopefully everything is restored. Latest firmware for your country might be different. Mine is OC3 (similar to OB6 but not the same)... but you can try OB6 first to see if it worked.
**Just remember, it has to be the same region as yours was before.
Here is link where you should download from. If you register there, the download speed will be faster than 15kb/s ... it will be more like 100-300 (either way, just wait for it to download).
hxxp: etc sammobile.com and go to firmware page and select your model and country
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Thank you very much.
I live in Australia and my carrier is Optus, however official Lollipop stock firmware for Australia hasn't come yet. I have used UK - O2 stock firmware which came out recently, everything is okay: Baseband, IMEI etc.. all came back and available now but phone signal still weak (two bars or no signal blank triangle most of the time). I will wait for that one and when available I will flash it and see.. if signal is still not good then I'll proceed to buy signal antenna replacement from Ebay.
Thanks again.

Its probably the UK modem is your problem .

What JJEgan said... maybe you can try UK (H3G) stock... as modem previous matches your Australian NG1 then goes to OB1 (instead of OC1). Either way, it can't be worse to try... just make a backup of current installation so you can revert back if H3G isn't better.
(otherwise, just have to wait for Oz to get their version). Good luck!

cyberboob said:
What JJEgan said... maybe you can try UK (H3G) stock... as modem previous matches your Australian NG1 then goes to OB1 (instead of OC1). Either way, it can't be worse to try... just make a backup of current installation so you can revert back if H3G isn't better.
(otherwise, just have to wait for Oz to get their version). Good luck!
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Thanks to all of you guys, you're really helpful. I appreceate that

JJEgan said:
You simply restore your backed up EFS folder .
Flash OB6 lolli[pop rom .
You need to read the faqs and guides before flashing its not risk free .
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Can you give me the link for the said ROM?

asianman said:
Can you give me the link for the said ROM?
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sammobile . com as always.

[Q] Problems with ROM install

Hello I would like to ask you... I have SM-N9005 (baseband) - N9005XXUBMH9 and I cant find any ROM for it, can you tell me whats the problem? Do I have any kind of testing model or what? Thank you for your answers... I really would like to install Lollipop on it, but I am afraid, because of my baseband... Thanks.

Baseband is the Modem its not the firmware .
Development is full of N9005 custom roms as is sammobile with stock roms .

JJEgan said:
Baseband is the Modem its not the firmware .
Development is full of N9005 custom roms as is sammobile with stock roms .
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Ahh sorry, so do you think that I can install any firmware on that XXUBMH9?, because i didnt find any on sammobile. I have found that XXUBMH9 was something like pre-release version or something like that...

Download and run Phone Info from play store .

JJEgan said:
Download and run Phone Info from play store .
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And what do you need from this app ?

List everything in these tabs: General, CSC Code, Firmware
(actually, don't need all, but simpler to just tell you that than each specific thing). Easier still, take a snapshot of your screen and post them on here.
General will tell us your exact phone model, and CSC will let us know which country specific firmware you need. Firmware will let us know which version you have, so you don't downgrade bootloader and mess things up.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed

Darkwolfec said:
Hello I would like to ask you... I have SM-N9005 (baseband) - N9005XXUBMH9 and I cant find any ROM for it, can you tell me whats the problem? Do I have any kind of testing model or what? Thank you for your answers... I really would like to install Lollipop on it, but I am afraid, because of my baseband... Thanks.
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A word of caution. It may not be so but your confusion about baseband says you don't know much about ROM's, flashing and software components. I'd suggest have a read of the stickies (at top of each section such as Android Development) and learn what gives. You need to know the difference between Recovery and Download modes among other things.
Chances are you will want to root you phone so you can play more, but if all you want is LP, you can DL the Stock firmware for your phone (which is why the guys want the details from Phone INFO) and then flash it using Odin - a program you run on your PC that runs the firmware onto your phone.

N9005XXUBMH9
Feedback on that is that it was Jelly Bean Test firmware .In which case it may not be a genuine Note 3 but a sample .
SM-N9005: Android 4.3 Jellybean
(Current test firmware: N9005XXEBMH9/N9005OXABMH9/N9005XXUBMH9)

Custom rom !!!

Hello everyone
I have bricked my Note 3
and successfully recovered it from a guide on this site which install this build N9005XXUENA6
the problem is The guide said To download a Custom rom like SWEETROM v7 Or echoeRom v7 which works on NA6!!
sadly all the links are expired !
please if u can suggest another ROM or give me another link for these Roms it will be appreciated !:angel:

You bricked your phone and have recovered it .
Then i would say leave it as it is .
My guess is you used a very old guide that points to very old roms .
http://www.echoerom.com/ael-kernels/n3-n9005/

JJEgan said:
You bricked your phone and have recovered it .
Then i would say leave it as it is .
My guess is you used a very old guide that points to very old roms .
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It's Not Working it Boot stuck. the guide says i need to flash a custom room based on NA6 build
the link in that website for Echoerom v7 is dead , also for SweetRom v7!

JJEgan said:
You bricked your phone and have recovered it .
Then i would say leave it as it is .
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I've installed the EchoRom V7 now im stuck in a BootLoop any ideas !?

Factory reset but really you need to start reading the faqs and guides .
Check bootloader in your roms faqs .

JJEgan said:
Factory reset but really you need to start reading the faqs and guides .
Check bootloader in your roms faqs .
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The Boot Loader is from 4.4.2 Leaked NA6 based rom
from this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49831876#post49831876
if anyone can give SweetRom v7 NA6 please

If you hvae a old 4.4.2 bootloader and did not read the UPDATE THE BOOTLOADER section in the manuals..... then you really should listen to @Proton Pig. Installing a Custom ROM is not a easy and secure thing to do and if you have problems in understanding manuals regarding that then you should keep the official ROM. If the phone is dead then install Samsung Kies and start the phone in d/l mode to make it fix it for ya. With some luck you even get a newer MODEM AND BL by doing so. (I never ever did use Kies btw, so I might be wrong here, this is my 3rd Android phone + some work based tech skillz made me ignore the customer stuff and do my own thing)