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  1. J

    Battery Saver

    Hello, Is there a good battery saver app I could use for my cell phone? Thank-You, johngod
  2. I

    Help Capacitive & home button not working (hardware problem)

    Hello, I recently had a water damage and couldn't charge my phone anymore. Therefore, I disassembled the S2 I9100 and replaced the charging port. Unfortunately, now the capacitive and the home button are not working anymore (no light and no reaction when pressed). The buttons were still working...
  3. A

    Help Galaxy S2 constantly rebooting

    What I last did on my phone is connecting to wi-fi and opening chrome. After that it went into endless reboot loop. Reboot is initiated shortly after starting the system, so I barely have time to do anything. One interesting thing is that if I try to turn off wi-fi in the setting it reboots...
  4. David Kelly

    Help Samsung SGS2 (almost) bricked. Any chance of fix?

    Hi Android Forums. Here's an interesting one for you guys. Maybe you can help! I have a Samsung SGS2 GT-I9100 that became bricked while flashing Siyah kernel. The phone powers on and now hangs on the boot screen. The phone can go into Download Mode **maybe It can't go into Fastboot Mode ...
  5. W

    how to root S2 after installing custom rom

    I have an S2 GT-i9100T Australia model. After rooting the phone with the help of Ironass tutorial everything was fine. I had a rooted phone. I then went and played around with a few cyanogen roms. Which again worked fine. First did a wipe data/factory reset and wipe dalvik. Then installed the...
  6. DimBulb

    I know it may seem obvious, but this has me stumped.

    I rooted a stock Galaxy S2, and than prepared that stock rom with my apps. So far so good. Than I successfully installed CM 11, and prepared that with my apps also. Both saved as nandroids. Than, ... waited. I was still enjoying using my ZTE Warp Sequent (Warp 2). Than, I wanted the...
  7. R

    Help Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100G help

    "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I can't get into recovery mode :/
  8. ChrisM_2501

    Help Sync GT-I9100 with Outlook 2013 on Win 8.1

    Hi I've recently attempted to sync my Samsung Galaxy S II with Outlook 2013 and have received an error message - 'An error occurred while syncing GT-I9100 schedule. Syncing cancelled'. I've uninstalled Kies and then reinstalled yet still the error appears. I've also changed the USB cable but...
  9. A

    Help problem my phone Samsung dont open

    hey ... i try root again my phone with new android why my last android crash.. And now my phone Cant open have this problem any can help me http://postimg.org/image/uyliva9ej/ plz help me ... Ihave sams galaxy GT-9100
  10. S

    Help Galaxy S2 stuck on logo screen

    Hi all, I bought a sim-free S2 about 3 years ago (just a retail version, new and unrooted) and was using my O2 Ireland sim card in it with no issues for the better part of 2 years. After that I noticed the battery life took a massive dip and overheating was an issue, and when I took the battery...
  11. NosTraDomus

    Recoveries

    I have agat.right now...but I think I might go with philz recovery...more options, built on same cwm. What recovery image are you using? Recommend? Links? Any issues? Thanks
  12. S

    Help Recovering data from hard-bricked GT-I9100

    Hi I looked around for a while but didn't find a solution to my problem so starting a new thread. The story: My wife's phone (2.5 years old, unrooted, not sure what OS version - i think ICS) has stopped working - stuck at the logo. Everything on it was not backed up in a while - contacts...
  13. Ellie Mae

    Help Samsung S2 gallery problem

    Recently due to the high number of photos on my internal memory, my phone starting saving the photos to the sd card. Now when I try to open the photos, sometimes a little grey error box appears instead of the image. Any ideas as to how I can retrieve these photos please?
  14. systemofadown

    Erase Rooted S2 personal data But keep Root & mods ??

    Hey Guy's, I finally upgraded to the Boost Mobile Galaxy S5 so I guess I'll try & sell my Rooted S2. I'd like to remove all my personal data but keep stock rooted GC01 (JB). The reason being that my phone had the phantom menu problem & the power button just quit working after a random reboot...
  15. J

    Help unable to root tmobile Samsung galaxy s2

    My device T-Mobile Samsung galaxy s2 SGH-T989 Jellybean 4.1.2 I followed the instructions here at the last post because the jellybean. All went well until when it says to reboot then select system and it will be able to read that the phone is unrooted, but it doesn't and just reboots...
  16. B

    Help voice dial

    Can anyone help me to get voice dialing to work with my bluetooth plantronics m-50 or any other headset? Tried several apps with no success. Resurrection remix rom 4.4.2. Voice dial without bluetooth does not work properly either.
  17. J

    Help Help please! Phone overheated and won't turn on

    I was using my phone whilst it was charging and multiple times the "charging paused, battery overheating" message (or something along the lines of that) came up and i just dismissed it. I was also at low battery less than ~5%. After a while, my phone shutoff and will not turn on now... If i...
  18. M

    Help Rebooting

    I haven't used my S2 in months. I wiped it clean and was going to give it to my son. But after trying to set it up it would randomly reboot for no reason. I have tried 2 differnt samsung batteries in it, both worked fine when I had it. It is still stock/rooted and has no extra apps on it. Any...
  19. Q

    galaxy s4 display on galaxy s2

    Good evening! I recently dropped my old Samsung galaxy s2, completely destroying its display; otherwise it seems to be undamaged. Unfortunately usb debugging was not activated, so I'm having a hard time saving the files I had on the phone. (I know that there are ways of activating usb debugging...
  20. F

    Android 4.2.2, Galaxy S DUOS 2, calendar won't sync

    Dear all, I have a Galaxy S DUOS 2 / Android 4.2.2 with latest available Android updates installed which worked fine for 3/4 of a year. Lack of memory and some small issues occurred so I've performed a system reset to factory defaults yesterday. Things work fine again except for one major...
  21. A

    Files not removed after factory reset

    I purchased a used Galaxy S II today. The guy I bought it from said that he had completed a factory reset. When I got it home, I discovered that the phone still has all of the original owner's pictures and files. I went through and deleted all the pictures and quite a few files, but then just...
  22. S

    Help TWRP not asking to root

    I followed "[GUIDE] Root & ROM the SGH-T989" and post #3. I could not get TWRP to ask me to root. I did continue on... I was able to install superuser / busybox. But it doesn't do anything...it is just there. Titanium Backup says I'm not root. I flashed superuser twice. What can I try next...
  23. R

    Help Bricked S2

    Hello there, The other day my S2 Meteor network (Irish) began to turn itself off etc. and it got stuck in the loop. I managed to start it in safe mode and do a reset and this fixed the problem, once. I tried soft and hard resets, which gave me no joy. When I went into the menu from holding UP...
  24. T

    New and need some assistance

    Hi. New to rooting. Read through the newbie guide but i run into issues becauase my version is not listed. I am using samsung S2 G4 Sprint carrier.Android version 4.0.4 sph-D710 kernal 3.0.15-1173404 FL24 hardware ver d710.10. Basically what i want to do is have root access and most recent...
  25. T

    Help repair technician recommendations

    The USB port of my phone has broken. I know there is a You tube showing the repair, but not by me. Too delicate. I searched this site , but nothing jumped out at me. Can anyone recommend a technician or shop that can do the work reasonably. I bought a backup phone, so I have time to do the...
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