Android: Rooting and custom Roms

[w00dsy]

yep, still goes into a boot loop. I couldn't even boot into recovery mode. I

[NeilPearson]

eeep!

[NeilPearson]

Dont install That Rom from the Previous page. I have heaps of SMS issues. They dont sort Properly in the timeline and I couldnt open an mms today.

Boo

[NeilPearson]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1162715" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Installed this last night.

its heaps better than the previous one.

[Shaun]

sooooo my girlfriends phone died with litening rom on it tonight, phone finally is charging now and staying on. So she wants the rom off, how do i get it back to factory without deleting shit?

[w00dsy]

you need to look for a non-wipe rom i think.

[NeilPearson]

Depends what you want to do realy.

Flash a different rom orgo back to stock. Frankly if you are having issues I'd go a full wipe and just start from factory. Just to make sure.

Beat thing I did was go in to Gmail and put all my contacts in there. It also syncs your apps so when you do a full wipe everything gets downloaded automatically. Considering I'm on my 4th rom in 4 weeks makes it easy.

[Shaun]

ah ok, can i go to gmail and make a backup like that or what? full wipe to return to stock sounds easiest way and if she can get contacts and apps back automatically i dont see any issue

[NeilPearson]

Setup a google account on the phone and choose all the syncing options as you go through the setup process.. I went into my Gmail and setup all my contacts in there manually then synced it with the phone. I dont have many, as i keep my contacts to a bare minimum.

if like me you didnt backup the phone on the original root and rom install, youll need the stock roms which can be found in this thread.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1113928" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Doesnt give you the info on how to install them, so be careful.

[Sarsippius]

On my wife's phone her contacts that were on the phone or sim wouldn't automatically sync to her gmail account so I exported them to the sd card. This created a vcard file, you can log into gmail on a pc and then import them using that file. In future any time she creates a new contact using the phone she can select her gmail account and it will sync to the cloud automatically.

[Shonky]

So what roms are folks currently using on their SGS2? I've been toying with a few of late but all the reskinned Samsung firmware do little for me, roms like CM7 or Oxygen look like what I'd like to be using but the camera/gallery apps currently crash the phone so until they sort that I'm not sure what else to try.

[NeilPearson]

So what roms are folks currently using on their SGS2? I've been toying with a few of late but all the reskinned Samsung firmware do little for me, roms like CM7 or Oxygen look like what I'd like to be using but the camera/gallery apps currently crash the phone so until they sort that I'm not sure what else to try.

Im not sure what to do, Im currently on this

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=1153826" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not sure im liking it though.

CM7 Looks good, i tried it but it didnt have Swype. so i removed it. thinking of going back as im over swype being so wrong!

also my battery is just screwed. no matter which rom i have im not getting a day out of it. I cant even get 8 hours out if i use it to use Music.

[w00dsy]

I'm on a standard 2.3.5 I9100XXKI3 rom from samfirmware and the battery is amazing. In lite'ning rom i was having trouble getting to the end of work without it going flat but now it will easily make bedtime and i still have 30-40% left.

[NeilPearson]

and you found that where exactly w00dsy?

[w00dsy]

i posted that from my phone so i couldn't link it, i was hoping you'd google it Here it is, it's a full wipe, and it also contains files for the modem etc so you'll have i think 4 or 5 files to install via Odin at the same time.

Edit: link with instructions http://www.dialandroid.com/2011/09/inst ... i3-on.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[NeilPearson]

Google smoogle.

ill trys it! thanks!

[w00dsy]

Google smoogle, ask woogle

[NeilPearson]

ooh my phone doesnt have the triangle saying its been rooted now. hello warranty!

[w00dsy]

yeah because it's a proper rom. I have done a couple of other small things like turn off animation and also i didn't bother with it syncing my email. I very rarely get email that is desperate so it's off at the moment. Not sure if both of those save battery but i'm sure it would help a little bit.

[NeilPearson]

I gatherd that was why. I miss Jkeys but oh well. thats all I miss, especialy if my battery goes back to being useful

[w00dsy]

there's also some Samsung 2000mAh batterys for sale now, for about $50 that offer about 25% longer battery life. And because they are a smidge fatter they come with a new back cover that makes the back of the phone dead flat. Unlike the standard covers that are lower than the camera. So it would probably be a bit better anyway.

[r8response]

Probably wouldn't fit my case

[NeilPearson]

Ooer. ill look into those.

[Shonky]

If Casemate come up with a tough case for the 2000mah battery I'll be all over it, but I can't give up my current tough case.

[w00dsy]

The back is about 1mm bigger and as you can see in the pics it is level with the camera and the bottom part of the phone. I would imagine most cases would be pretty darn close to fitting unless they are molded to fit the current uneven back. I like the idea also because it might even help protect the camera lens a bit.