How to Root Samsung Galaxy S2 GT I9100 on XXLQ5 ICS 4.0.4 Firmware

Users who have upgraded their Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone with the latest ICS Android 4.0.4 firmware can now root the device easily with the help of simple instructions. Please note that once you root the device, the warranty will get void. The only way with which you can revoke the root access is by re applying the update of XXLQ5 ICS 4.0.4 update. Before proceeding, you need to ensure that you are on the XXLQ5 firmware. You can check the same from the path “Settings > About Phone” where the firmware version should read as XXLPQ. If you are not on XXLQ5 firmware, then you will have to Update Galaxy S2 I9100G with ICS XXLQ5 ICS 4.0.4 firmware.

Disclaimer: This update should only be applied to the devices which have the device model name as Samsung Galaxy S II. This should not be applied to the NETWORK LOCKED version of Galaxy S II. Androidadvices should not be held responsible or liable for any sort of damage happened to your device due to not following of instructions.

We will be very soon coming up with the custom ROM firmwares which are based on the XXLQ5 version of firmware for which rooting of the device is a must. Once rooted, you can then install many custom ROM firmwares and the apps which need the rooting access.

• There is no need to back up the data just if you are rooting the device. Enable the USB Debugging from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging” and also you will have to ensure that the minimum battery life should be 50% so as to ensure that the phone doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of update.

• Close / Disable all the antivirus suites as well as Firewall tools as these tools generally tend to interrupt the process of firmware update.

Procedure to Root Samsung Galaxy S2 GT I9100 on XXLQ5 ICS 4.0.4 update:

• Download XXLQ5 ICS 4.0.4 Rooting Package & Odin from here to your computer. Once you download, you need to extract the same and open Odin in your computer.

• Turn Off your phone so that it can be entered in the Download mode. Download mode in Galaxy S2 GT I9100 can be entered by pressing Volume down Key, Center button, and holding both simultaneously press the Power Button after which you will get to see a green robot indicating that the device has entered in the download mode.

• Connect your phone to computer with the help of original USB cable and then you will see that the ID : COM section in odin turning yellow.

Note: If the ID : COM section doesn’t turn Yellow, you need to check with two things which are mentioned below,

• Install the USB Drivers in your computer &
• Go to the Path “Settings > Wireless & Network > USB Settings” and ensure that “Samsung KIES” option is ticked before connecting the phone to the computer.

• Click on “PDA” to select “CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEN_LQ5-v5.4-CWM5” and click on “Start” to start the process of rooting. As soon as it’s completed, the device will be rebooted. The whole process of rooting will take around 2 – 3 minutes.

• You can check whether the device has been rooted or not with the help of “Root Checker” application which can be downloaded from the Google PLAY Store.

Note: Just in a rare case if the device is not updated and it gets into the boot loop mode, you need to again clear the cache from the recovery mode and retry the whole process from the start.

So there you go, you have now successfully rooted your Galaxy S II GT I9100 on the latest ICS 4.0.4 firmware.

How to Update Galaxy S2 GT I9100 with Official XXLQ5 ICS 4.0.4 Firmware

Samsung Galaxy S2 GT I9100 may have waited a lot when it came to getting latest ICS Android 4.0.4 release, but you no longer will have to wait for this release as a Stock firmware of ICS 4.0.4 has been leaked out Worldwide and is officially out for UK. Please note that this build of firmware which is dubbed as ICS 4.0.4 XXLQ5, as of now there is no estimated official release date of Jellybean 4.0.4 for S2 but as in when it arrives, we will keep you posted on the same. Unfortunately, as of now there are still no leaks of Jellybean 4.1 for Samsung Galaxy S II GT I9100 model. This is the first ever ICS 4.0.4 firmware which is being coming out. Though all the things in this firmware works perfectly, there might be some minor bugs. You can list all the bugs which you encounter in your device after applying in the comments section below as we will try our level best to address the same. Full credits to Samfirmware for coming out with this leaked version of Jellybean for Galaxy S2 GT I9100 device. For your convenience, we have also mentioned some of the screen captures on how this ICS 4.0.4 firmware will look like in your Galaxy S II.

Disclaimer: This update should only be applied to the devices which have the device model namhttps://androidadvices.plssl.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=40493&action=edite as Samsung Galaxy S II. This should not be applied to the NETWORK LOCKED version of Galaxy S II. Androidadvices should not be held responsible or liable for any sort of damage happened to your device due to not following of instructions.

Data in your Galaxy S2 might get corrupted or erased. So , ensure that with the help of below mentioned steps, you are backing up all the data present so that, the data can be easily restored.

SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log -Call Log and Restore
Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”

Enable the USB Debugging from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging” and also you will have to ensure that the minimum battery life should be 50% so as to ensure that the phone doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of update.

Procedure to Update Galaxy S II with ICS 4.0.4 Firmware Update:

• Download the ICS 4.0.4 XXLQ5 Package from here to your computer. Once downloaded, extract the same along with odin in your computer. From extracted folder, open Odin in your computer and turn Off your phone so that it can be then entered in the download mode.

• Download mode in Galaxy S II GT I9100 can be entered by pressing Volume down Key, Center button, and holding both simultaneously press the Power Button after which a green robot will be shown indicating the Download Mode has been entered.

• Connect your S II I9100G to the computer while keeping Odin opened, once connected you will see that the ID : COM section is turned Yellow indicating that all the drivers have been installed successfully.

Note: If ID : COM section doesn’t turn Yellow, you need to check with two things which are mentioned below,

• Install the USB Drivers in your computer &
• Go to the Path “Settings > Wireless & Network > USB Settings” and ensure that “Samsung KIES” option is ticked before connecting the phone to the computer.

• Click on the below mentioned corresponding options in odin and click on “Start” to start the process of firmware update.

PIT –  u1_02_20120326_emmc_EXT4_8GB.pit
PDA – I9100_CODE_I9100XXLQ5_CL753921_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CSC – GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALQ5.tar.md5
Phone – MODEM_I9100XXLQ5_REV_02_CL1165929.tar.md5

• As soon as the device is updated successfully, the device will be restarted. As soon as you see the home screen or language preference setting options, you can then disconnect the device and turn Off the device in the recovery mode.

• Recovery mode in Samsung Galaxy S II I9100 can be entered by holding the Volume Up button + the Home key button (the middle button). While holding these both buttons, turn ON your device.

• In recovery mode, select “Wipe data/factory reset” & “Wipe Cache partition” for clearing out all the cache data present in your device. Once it’s done, select “reboot system now”. As soon as the device is rebooted, you can check the same whether the firmware update has been applied or not from the path “Settings > About phone > Firmware version” where it will be mentioned as XXLQ5.

Note: Just in a rare case if the device is not updated and it gets into the boot loop mode, you need to again clear the cache from the recovery mode and retry the whole process from the start.
So there you go, you have now successfully applied the update of ICS 4.0.4 firmware in your device.

Install Cyanogenmod 10 Jelly Bean Update Galaxy S I9000

Forgot about Cyanagenmod 9; it’s time to install Cyanogenmod 10 on Samsung Galaxy S I9000. Here is the tutorial how to Install Cyanogenmod 10 (CM 10) Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update on Galaxy S I9000. Galaxy S is the Android phone that helped Samsung to gain its top place in the mobile phone market. Samsung Galaxy S owners have enjoyed the Official CM 9 ICS 4.0.4 roms few months ago and now they can enjoy the unofficial Android 4.1 Jelly Bean release. Developers have managed to port Android Jelly Bean to Galaxy S but there are little bugs. Samsung Galaxy S is being the first Single Core Processor device to get the Jelly Bean port. Developers are working to optimize Jelly Bean for Single Core and resolve the bugs but it may take some weeks.

XDA dev forum member mkalter has developed this custom ROM that can be easily flashed to Galaxy S using CWM recovery. There are few more projects working simultaneously to bring stable Jelly Bean roms to Galaxy S. CyanogenMod 10 is under development and it will be the best Jelly Bean custom ROM option for Galaxy S users. Most of the features like Touchscreen, GPU, capacitive keys and hardware keys, Butter Smooth UI, USB port, Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, Camera and external SD card are working fine. After installing the rom  there you can see devil kernel config app. Open it and change the Ram from 377 MB to 403 MB. Google Now virtual voice assistant is fabulous; it recognizes our accent very quickly. Look at below images where I have taken from my device.

Warning: Do it at your own risk. We are not responsible if any thing happens to device either brick or damage.

Pre-Requisite:

1. All the important data present in your Samsung Galaxy S i9000 must be backup before starting the actual update so that the data won’t be corrupted or lost, which generally happens during any update process. Keeping this in mind, please backup the SMS, Call Logs, Images, Contacts, Videos, Songs, APN and MMS Settings.

2. Required minimum battery charge should be 70%. Less than this won’t be sufficient for you to complete the process successfully.

3. Please disable or uninstall the security suites such as firewall, antivirus or Samsung KIES from your Computer or device to avoid interruption during the update.

4. You also need to Enable the USB Debugging option on your Galaxy S i9000. For that your need to follow the path mentioned - ‘Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging’ then tick the USB Debugging option.

5. In the beginning, you need to disable the SIM Card Lock on your Galaxy S. For that you need to follow the path Settings > location and Security > Sim card lock and don’t check the tick mark the checkbox.

6. In case, if your Galaxy S is running on Gingerbread or in some older ROM then you need to flash the new update and root it.

7. Make sure that your device must be rooted and install clockworkmod recovery mode. I know most of the users already running custom roms. Most of them are pre-rooted and custom recovery mode on it.

Steps and Procedure to Install and update Samsung Galaxy S i9000 to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Step 1. Download below Android 4.1 Jelly Bean firmware Update firmware package and google apps package. Both files are in zip format. No need to extract them.

Rom file cm10_devil-V8.zip from here. file size is 142 Mb

Addon file cm10_addons_devil-V8b.zip from here. size will be 94 MB

Note: Above current version is 8, still they working to get stable JB rom . You come here daily check latest updates of rom files.

2. After downloading them, Connect your device to PC via USB cable. And Copy both files into Phone SD card storage.

3. Then, turn off your Galaxy device to reboot into the custom recovery mode. For which you need to press and hold the Volume Up + Home + Power button together until you see the turn on screen on your device.

4. Once you get into the recovery mode, wipe your data from device by selecting ‘wipe data/factory reset’ and ‘wipe cache Partition’.

5. After the completion of wiping process, select the ‘install zip from SD card’ and then select ‘choose zip from sdcard’ choose the downloaded cm10_devil-V8.zip file from the SD card. It will some time for flashing so be patience.

6. When you flash the rom file. Again, go back to main menu recovery mode. Select “install zip from SD card”, choose Addon file cm10_addons_devil-V8b.zip file this time.

7. Now go to advanced and select the fix permissions option. That’s it if you done above steps correctly then proceed for further step.

8. Select the ‘+++Go Back+++’ option and then select the ‘restart system now’ to reboot your device and enjoy the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

TOP 10 HD Games For Android ICS Phones

Good News for both Smartphone and Tablet Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ICS users. Your favorite free Top 10 HD games collection is now ready to take you into new level of gaming in the mobile devices. From since last Friday we were busy to collecting best 10 HD games from our Google Play Android Market or somewhere else. These all games are top ranked and most popular games developed by Gameloft. So here is list of collected games which is very best and definitely entertains you with excellent gaming experience. You can install them easily by seeing on screen instructions. 

Most of them are high end graphical games need powerful devices like single and dual cores with premium GPU graphics Like Adreno 200, 205, SGX 540, ULP GeForce and Dual Mali-400 MP. By playing all these games on big display screens above 4 inch will give you thrilling gaming experience and you never feel bore by playing this games. Even Android 4.0 ICS tablet users will also play these games on their devices smoothly without any lags. If you facing and errors or something went wrong then you can use our Comments box, just leave comments and we will solve your problems.

Note: Some games will ask you to download more data like above 300MB via Wi-Fi or 3G internet connection. So make sure that you have proper internet connection with speed of 1Mbps+.

1. 9mm

This game specially made for blow your mind with its HD graphics and action gameplay. In this game there are many Gangs which are wanted to kill you. Actually they don't know that what they are doing. The leader of a special team of hardened cops those aren’t afraid to bend the law to clean up the streets. In brief info about this game you can check more info on its download page. Download Here

2. Six-Guns HD

This game about Cowboys, Bandits much more and more unnatural enemies in this third person shooter adventure game. If you play this game your enemies will increase more. Buck Crosshaw never shot a man who didn’t deserve it, but now he’s an outlaw who had to fake his own death and escape to Arizona. But in escaping one evil, Buck is about to face another, for an ancient and wicked force stirs in the hills of this mysterious region. Download Here

3. N.O.V.A. 2 - Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance HD

It’s new totally action game with ultimate sci-fi FPS shooting . This game will need to install 450 MB game files. NOVA 2 runs smoothly and the graphics are incredible for a mobile device. Its game based on 3D because Graphics are very impressive, looks great on ICS. Download Here

4. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit HD

Yes, One more popular game for Racer guys. You will need good driving skill in this game. If you don’t have good driving skill then practice on this Need for Speed Game. In this game you must escape or take down other cars in order to win the race with 1st position. And run fast Cop in high-speed police interceptors like the Lamborghini Reventon. Experience pulse-pounding action as you make the escape – or make the bust!. Download Here

5. Grand Theft Auto III HD ( Rockstar Games )

The Most popular game is GTA III is now which was developed by Rockstar games and it is now available for Android ICS. It’s tested and it’s working smoothly in all Android ICS devices . The game goes to reality where you can steal the car, hit everyone with objects and do whatever you want. It was the open world game with countless hours of gameplay with outstanding visual graphics. Everything is on high and it's as smooth as butter. Highly recommend if you were a fan of this game back in the day and Download this game for your ICS Device. Download Here

6. Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus HD

It's one more action game in our collection. In the game you will have to fight against evils and commanders. Complete all mission of this game after you will unlock secret mission Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus further improves the exemplary gameplay of the first Modern Combat game for an astounding immersion in a modern war experience. Download Here

7. Gangstar Rio: City of Saints HD

This completely same as GTA III. If you don't know how is Gangster's Life? Then you should install this game in your Android and feel Gangster's life. All gadgets and car, bike, plans are included in this game. If you want to drive car don't worry just ruin someone's car it easy. This based on Rio de Janeiro city. This game was developed by Gameloft. Download Here

8. GT Racing: Motor Academy Free+ HD

Join the Academy! It won't cost a thing to get started Experience the richest racing simulation ever released on Android devices - and the best part is it won’t cost a thing to get started right now. In game credits and XP will get based on the driving skills. Hours of racing thrills are waiting for you now. And for those who want to unlock everything lightning fast, you can purchase XP multipliers and credit packs directly from the game. Download Here

9. SHADOWGUN HD

Shadowgun was the 3rd person game developed by popular gaming review community named IGN. It was one of the best visual looking games for android devices. Even the storyline was pretty awesome a scientist name Dr. Edgar Simon who always research to create a mutant army in order to control the world with his evil ideas. Your mission is destroyed the Dr. Edgar and his mutants. You will be played as John Slade which having Big Muscles and carrying advanced weapons. The game loads with different combat options you can take cover at objects hide and kills the cyborgs and battle droids. Well i have talked too much about this game, it’s time to play the game yourself and know more and more interesting things.Download Here

10. BackStab HD

This action game will blow your mind. Its smooth graphics and great animation sound. We will definitely say thanks to gameloft team for bringing this wonderful game to android gamers. In this game one of warrior named Henry Blake, a broken man whose life was stripped away and help in his quest for justice and revenge. You would like this game. Download Here

Top five Android apps of the week

It’s been another stonking week for Android lovers everywhere with reports that malware is now twice as likely to infect your Android than six months ago. And then there was the cheery news that Android now has a virus that secretly records your phone calls. Wonderful. Oh, and as it turns out, Android is three times more profitable for Microsoft than Windows Phone 7… ‘Go figure’, as our transatlantic brethren might say…
Ok, so we might not be full of the joys of spring this week, but we have seen some cracking apps that we think you need to know about. So without further ado, here are our five favourite app reviews this week…

Spirit HD – Full review

Spirit HD is cast from the same mould as old school arcade classics Asteroids and Space Invaders. Your task is simple, survive wave after wave of attack from hostile forces by strafing out of their way and sucking them into oblivion. There’s no epic plotline and scant reward for your achievements bar top placing on your personal scoreboard but why complicate a simple and intuitive treat?

Age Of Zombies – Full review

When the world needs a hero, the world can bank on Barry Steakfries. Steakfries is the kind of beer-swilling, gun-toting, flame-throwing real man that all of us with a surfeit of testosterone would love to be. Even Barry has his limits, though – has he bitten off more than he can chew against a horde of time-travelling zombies?

Fieldrunners HD – Full review

Tower defence games are ten-a-penny these days but few of them look as good or play as well as Fieldrunners HD. Build up your defences to fight off advancing enemies with a variety of different weapons. The more enemies you kill, the more cash you amass, and the more sophisticated your defences can become.

Cricket T20 Fever 3D – Full review

Love cricket? Find it a chore to find a decent cricket game on Android? You’ll be pleased to hear of the mouthful that is Cricket T20 Fever 3D, then. A 3D cricket game that promises to deliver all the trills and spills of one-day and Twenty20 cricket.

Super Dynamite Fishing – Full review

Shooting fish in a barrel might be easy but it’s only a fraction as much fun as blowing them out of the water with dynamite. Such is the premise of the remarkably awesome Super Dynamite Fishing, which has had us firmly detached from our keyboards and glued to our ‘droids for the past week.