S2 not remembering settings - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Help please.
Anybody help me get my s2 to remember my settings and default apps after power off/reset its driving me nuts
Running stock jb XWLS8
Thanks
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Forgot to mention rom is rooted and installed using mobile odin
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Sv: S2 not remembering settings
Lol no offense but lol haha.. 4.2.2 isn't even out yet officially but only as beta that can be sideloaded so what do you expect?
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Its the official 4.1.2 spanish release
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Backup everything, use nuke & kernel cleaning scripts and reflash ROM.
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vibraloop said:
Lol no offense but lol haha.. 4.2.2 isn't even out yet officially but only as beta that can be sideloaded so what do you expect?
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"Lol no offense" but what on earth are you talking about? Firstly he didnt mention anything about 4.2.2, He said LS8 which is 4.2.1 and HAS been officially released, doesnt make a difference whether its for another country or not.
@ OP
Reboot into cwm and wipe data/factory reset. If that doesnt help you should format emmc and sdcard or use nuke/clean scripts and then flash rom.

I think this is a general 4.1.x fault, I have a galaxy tab2 also on 4.1.1 now and it has got the same problem, every time you switch on from a full power down you have to select the default launcher again, set the stay-awake in developer options, select default music player, and any other default app if more than one is installed, was thinking of removing stock apps and replacing with the ones i want, ie remove default launcher and replace with adw-launcher in system so it is not uninstalable, etc any thoughts?
ps i tried the nuke and wipe scripts no better
only other thing is remove micro-sd
format internal storage
flash PIT,
reinstall stock from odin
but as the tab2 is also same problems i really can't see it doing any good. might go back to SLIM-BEAN rom i think
(only thing how can i port slim-bean to the tab2 as i would like the same rom on both devices this is another topic though)

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rooting my phone????

Now then guys... i am thinking about rooting my phone to put jelly bean on my samsung galaxy s2 .... i was just wondering views on which is the best one to go for ( LINKS PLEASE ) and is it easy to do you know the usual questions you will have heard them before lol IM A NEWBIE !!!
Cheers People
Download Siyah 3.5.2.
http://www.gokhanmoral.com/gm/2012/07/29/siyahkernel-s2-v3-5/
Tar for Odin.
Then use this guide.
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s2-i9100-root-android-4-0-3-ics-xwlpd-88120/
Nevermind it says Cf-root. I flashed my Siyah kernel that way.
After that, flash any rom you want in recovery. Just do a Nandroid backup in recovery and backup apps with Titanium backup from Market!!!
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Don't restore apps after flashing newer ROM, cause your phone will bootloop.
Better create text file and write names of installed apps.
Im not sure why everyone is worried about backing up there apps ive flashed about a 100 roms and never had to back them up cause if u go to the play store under my apps there always there
Infact there are apps there id forgotten about just pick which ones u want and re install .some roms auto instal them for u .make sure you have a google acc obviously!
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Some want the data
Not
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-Grift- said:
Some want the data
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What type of data? Music and photos are saved to the external SD card for me, and as for game save data, I believe that is externally backed up as well.
themadba said:
What type of data? Music and photos are saved to the external SD card for me, and as for game save data, I believe that is externally backed up as well.
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Only if the application is on the external memory card then it's backed up there. Otherwise they'll loose the data if that's not the case.
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it says in tutorial to use CM9 do i have to ??
przemcio510 said:
Don't restore apps after flashing newer ROM, cause your phone will bootloop.
Better create text file and write names of installed apps.
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Rubbish!
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If you restore from google play, you loose all your app settings and you will have to reconfigure each app.
Also, Google Play will not show apps installed offline (apk)
Restoring app data with third party app like titanium backup is safe if app is compatible with the target rom
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one more question after i done tht tutorial how do i flash the rom to my phone?? and then how would you put another one on if i gt bored of tht one ?? cheers
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CWM-and have you bothered reading a Rom thread as there's normally install instructions.
And when I get bored of a rom I just restore my nand backup of something previous.
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yes but it kinda seems all confusing for me shall do i just do what the tutorial from the first page .... download a rom then when i have done all the instructions do i just install the rom
jasper69 said:
yes but it kinda seems all confusing for me shall do i just do what the tutorial from the first page .... download a rom then when i have done all the instructions do i just install the rom
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in order to install a perticular custom rom , all u have to do is to follow the install instruction's of the same in there OP. and the same applies to all other roms also.
since installation instruction do vary from one custom rom to another
Jasper,you are better to read up on things so you are familiar with the processes of like rooting/kernels/roms/cwm/Odin/troubleshooting.
I understand reading 1000s of posts is tedious,but you could end up with a non working phone.
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so i succesfully flashed Siyah 3.5.2 onto my phone now on to flashing the rom onto my phone
Done it people I officially have flashed paranoid android hybrid 1.9.5 cm10 on my galaxy s2 yet .... the newbie is not a newbie anymore ... anything else I can do with my phone ????
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jasper69 said:
anything else I can do with my phone ????
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Yeah,make a nand backup asap.
ps-when people take their valuable time to help you,they appreciate people hitting the "thanks" button.
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And how ex actly do o make a band back up and what is it used for ? And there is no thanks button to press :s
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Notification Bug

Hello all,
i am facing a unsual bug or something like that i guess i am getting a notication icon over my dialer pad but when i open it its all clear for sorting this out i even restarted my phone and cleared all my call log but still the "One" icon stay upon the dialer i even deleted the icon from the homescreen and re putted it from the menu but its still on it so a help will be great as this is not looking good to me. I have attached a screenshot of the bug in which you can see a notification upon the phone icon.
Regards
Aditya
Factory reset is the only way out..AFAIK
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zoot1 said:
Factory reset is the only way out..AFAIK
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thanks for the quick reply bro but my phone is just a less den a week old and i have installed Asphalt and played 40% of that i dont wanna lose that any other way out to remove this
SAME THING HAPPEND WITH MY MOBILE TOO... I TRIED CLEARING CACHE AND EVERYTHING BT DIDNT WORK..
SOLUTION:
JUST CHANGE THE LAUNCHER TO NOVA APEX ANY LAUNCHER U LIKE... ITS BUG ASSCIATED WITH TWLauncher...
jswl.dty said:
Hello all,
i am facing a unsual bug or something like that i guess i am getting a notication icon over my dialer pad but when i open it its all clear for sorting this out i even restarted my phone and cleared all my call log but still the "One" icon stay upon the dialer i even deleted the icon from the homescreen and re putted it from the menu but its still on it so a help will be great as this is not looking good to me. I have attached a screenshot of the bug in which you can see a notification upon the phone icon.
Regards
Aditya
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dawinner said:
SAME THING HAPPEND WITH MY MOBILE TOO... I TRIED CLEARING CACHE AND EVERYTHING BT DIDNT WORK..
SOLUTION:
JUST CHANGE THE LAUNCHER TO NOVA APEX ANY LAUNCHER U LIKE... ITS BUG ASSCIATED WITH TWLauncher...
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let me give a shot with this also will update here if it help me out
Try clear data for badgeprovider.apk under application manager.
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Arsaw said:
Try clear data for badgeprovider.apk under application manager.
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woppiiiii Hats Off bro to you it worked like a charm thanks a ton :highfive:
Glad it help.
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thanks all for solving my this query now can you all help me out in one more thing that i want to install a custom rom to my S3 but i have few question to ask Firstly as i dont have a external SD card inserted in my S3 so where do i put the rom file as in each rom they are saying to wipe the data, cache and other thing so will it wipe my rom file also that i have putted in the Sd card folder?? secondly can anyone tell me which is the best rom at the moment for S3 for smooth and lag free working of Jelly Bean?? and if i flash with a custom rom will I be able to flash it again to the official rom of JB released by Samsung?? and i have liked two rom which one will u suggest among these two
1. Omega V26.1 JB
2. Android Revolution 10.0.0
if you have other choice do mention that Rom with link also
Thanks in Advance
Aditya
Wipe data/cache/dalviks will not wipe internal memory. But accident do happens, so always backup important files.
Best rom discussion is banned. Anyway you can try the official JB (LIB).
You can always download to latest official firmware from Samsung through checkfus and flash using odin.
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Arsaw said:
Wipe data/cache/dalviks will not wipe internal memory. But accident do happens, so always backup important files.
Best rom discussion is banned. Anyway you can try the official JB (LIB).
You can always download to latest official firmware from Samsung through checkfus and flash using odin.
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ok sir will not discuss about this can u clear me a thing that if i accidently wiped all data my phone will still work or not?? and secondly I am from India and samsung havent yet released Official JB update for here so other country JB version will work or not?
my S3 firmware details
http://i.imgur.com/4qhZD.png
Yes to all your doubt
It will works.
Just make sure you backup the EFS folder and keep it safe.
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Update custom roms

Hello.. im using a foxhound custom roms.. when anew rom is available can i update it without losing anything? And how do i update it? I read in the foxhound section it says fix permision? What is that?
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Fizie said:
Hello.. im using a foxhound custom roms.. when anew rom is available can i update it without losing anything? And how do i update it? I read in the foxhound section it says fix permision? What is that?
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You update it by flashing the new ROM over the top of it when the foxhound Dev releases it. Exactly the same way as you did initially when first installing Foxhound.
Go to recovery
install zip from sd card (or wherever you downloaded it to)
Flash zip.
As long as you dont format data then you will not lose you apps etc.
Fix permissions is under "Advanced" in ClockwordMod recovery. It "fixes" the read/write/execute permissions of apps to make them compatible with the system.
Drew071
But when i click the fixed permission it stuck... i wonder why.. i left it for about 5 mins n nothing happen..
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I had that once. Just reboot the device let it boot fully. Everything will be ok.
Drew071
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It can take up to 10 mins to fix permissions, just be patient

Nandroid compatibility between different versions of CWM

OK....so I'm currently running Chameleon with jeboo kernel......
Just tried to do a nandroid restore from a backup compiled by PhilZ kernel. After doing the usual wipes the backup *seemed* to go through OK, but on startup I got a boot loop.....
Rebooted into (PhilZ) CWM and wiped dalvik and cache and rebooted....still boot loop. Don't want to factory reset as I'll delete all my apps and settings which kinda defeats the purpose of a nandroid.
The nandroid I tried to restore was a rooted debloated 4.1.2 firmware.....any ideas anyone?
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keithross39 said:
OK....so I'm currently running Chameleon with jeboo kernel......
Just tried to do a nandroid restore from a backup compiled by PhilZ kernel. After doing the usual wipes the backup *seemed* to go through OK, but on startup I got a boot loop.....
Rebooted into (PhilZ) CWM and wiped dalvik and cache and rebooted....still boot loop. Don't want to factory reset as I'll delete all my apps and settings which kinda defeats the purpose of a nandroid.
The nandroid I tried to restore was a rooted debloated 4.1.2 firmware.....any ideas anyone?
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Nandroid by default doesn't backup /preload partition, so you must include that in your nandroid backup to avoid bootloop in newer firmware versions. Especially if you are jumping around roms.
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king_below_my_lord said:
Nandroid by default doesn't backup /preload partition, so you must include that in your nandroid backup to avoid bootloop in newer firmware versions. Especially if you are jumping around roms.
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Thanks fella.... didn't know that....there's a thread for a script somewhere on XDA that backs up preload isn't there?
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keithross39 said:
Thanks fella.... didn't know that....there's a thread for a script somewhere on XDA that backs up preload isn't there?
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In cwm there is an option to include the /preload in our nandroid backup.
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OK...so found the option to restore preload under advanced restore....
But can't seem to find the option to create the image during backup....
Can I assume that it's backed up by default, but not restored unless the option to restore is selected?
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For some reason I am getting an invalid thread id error when I am quoting you, anyway your reply, no,default nandroid doesn't include /preload, there are options like misc. Nandroid settings where we can select the option to include the /preload partition in our nandroid backup.
Edit:You will need to scroll down in cwm to see it.
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Found it....but in my current cwm (6.0.2.7) it doesn't open up any further options when selected......
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keithross39 said:
Found it....but in my current cwm (6.0.2.7) it doesn't open up any further options when selected......
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Guess you will have to upgrade your cwm, I use 6.0.2.9 and it gives the option to include the /preload in misc. Nandroid settings, maybe it's given somewhere else in that version, did you try the backup and restore in the advanced menu, there we can specify every partition we want or don't want, compression.. Bla Bla.. It's pretty neat....
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No...I must admit that up until this point, I haven't delved too deeply into the capabilities of cwm....
Maybe it's time I had a look....
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keithross39 said:
No...I must admit that up until this point, I haven't delved too deeply into the capabilities of cwm....
Maybe it's time I had a look....
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Keith my man you have conquered(maybe not conquered, but something similar) the realms of hardware, it's time you jump into the ocean called software... Lolololololololol..
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Lololol......windows software I can handle.....I've lost count of the number of times I've rebuilt the OS on a PC/Laptop (and then tweaked the s**t out of it to get more performance)....
I've owned a couple of android phones over the last 15 months, but modding only started about 8 or 9 months ago.....
On my old phone (Galaxy W) Samsung left it behind at GB.....so I HAD to learn....
On this phone.....it's because I enjoy it and to some extent...because I can...
I'll be the first to admit that I don't know it all....but damn, I WANT to learn.....if I ended up being half as skilled as Chainfire or Codeworkx I'd be happy.....
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keithross39 said:
Lololol......windows software I can handle.....I've lost count of the number of times I've rebuilt the OS on a PC/Laptop (and then tweaked the s**t out of it to get more performance)....
I've owned a couple of android phones over the last 15 months, but modding only started about 8 or 9 months ago.....
On my old phone (Galaxy W) Samsung left it behind at GB.....so I HAD to learn....
On this phone.....it's because I enjoy it and to some extent...because I can...
I'll be the first to admit that I don't know it all....but damn, I WANT to learn.....if I ended up being half as skilled as Chainfire or Codeworkx I'd be happy.....
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We share similar dreams, I aim to be a really good developer myself professionally as well as part time, and have worked a lot for windows and android apps (though I have to REALLY polish my database skills) but to reach the level of Chainfire,.. I think it feels like trying to count to infinity. That guy is practically a hero for me. Best of luck, buddy, I really do think ours is a noble dream.
PS You rebuilt windows os(as in decompile and recompile)???
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You guys do that, I'm just gonna sit here and sip some scotch and having some smokes.
Remember not to charge me when you come up with an app, or something.
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You guys do that, I'm just gonna sit here and sip some scotch and having some smokes.
Remember not to charge me when you come up with an app, or something.
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Lol coding alone ain't that tough, one app I made by myself looks terribly ugly I am ashamed of it because it looks that bad, (its an encryption and secure deletion app - still in beta) we need group's of skilled people to make something worthwhile(like designer.. Tester.. Bla Bla.) or must be a all in one prodigy.
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Lol...sorry...crossed wires....not decompile/recompile......simply taking a blank/formatted HDD and building a usable OS from the ground up.......
Have done some programming though....but only in the 'basic' language... A looooooong time ago lol
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Lol coding alone ain't that tough, one app I made by myself looks terribly ugly I am ashamed of it because it looks that bad, (its an encryption and secure deletion app - still in beta) we need group's of skilled people to make something worthwhile(like designer.. Tester.. Bla Bla.) or must be a all in one prodigy.
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I don't care, i'm looking to the future.
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keithross39 said:
OK....so I'm currently running Chameleon with jeboo kernel......
Just tried to do a nandroid restore from a backup compiled by PhilZ kernel. After doing the usual wipes the backup *seemed* to go through OK, but on startup I got a boot loop.....
Rebooted into (PhilZ) CWM and wiped dalvik and cache and rebooted....still boot loop. Don't want to factory reset as I'll delete all my apps and settings which kinda defeats the purpose of a nandroid.
The nandroid I tried to restore was a rooted debloated 4.1.2 firmware.....any ideas anyone?
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Doesn't jeboo have a twrp recovery? Therefore wouldn't it have a problem trying to restore a cwm backup?
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The jeboo I was using had cwm 6.0.2.7
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Paranoid Android 3.99 lagging

Hi guys
I tried some roms some days ago, thereunder paranoid android 3.99 and well, I liked it. The only problem i was facing that it was extremely laggy for example when i was scrolling the homescreen or the drawer.
When reading user opinions however i didn't saw anything about that and now I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong?
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Did you format on install or just factory reset? Do a full format and then flash the rom and test.
andrewwright said:
Did you format on install or just factory reset? Do a full format and then flash the rom and test.
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I always wipe everything what can be wiped in cwm when installing a new rom
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By the way if someone is facing the same problem: it just took some time to boot everything. After 10 minutes the rom was working fluently if the problem still persists try to use "pure performances" here on xda.
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