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How to Root Galaxy S2 GT-i9100 Jelly Bean Android 4.1.1/4.1.2!

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Max
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For those of you who want to root your Galaxy S2 GT-i9100 on Jelly Bean Android 4.1.1 or Android 4.1.2, here’s how to do it easily using a custom kernel.

This rooting process is pretty safe to do, does not erase anything on your phone, it just installs a custom kernel (which comes with a custom recovery) and we root the phone using SU binary and Superuser app.  That’s it!

Step 1. Turn your Galaxy S2 GT-i9100 off.  Then hold down Volume Down, Center Home, and Power buttons together for about 3 seconds until you see the warning screen.

Step 2. Hit Vo

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How to Root Galaxy S2!

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Max
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If you want to take the most out of your Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone, you will surely want to root it as you can get cool things like free wifi tethering, overclocking your phone’s CPU, make complete backup of your ROMs and more.

For Mac OSX, you can use Heimdall instead of ODIN, please see How to Use Heimdall for OSX Video.

This is for Gingerbread ONLY, for ICS root method, see How to Root Galaxy

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MIUI ROM V5 for T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989!

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Max
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For this week’s T-Mobile S2 ROM of the week, check out latest MIUI ROM V5.

Similar to the GT-i9100/SGH-i777 version, MIUI ROM V5 brings you the latest MIUI features to your SGH-T989 with great stability and speed.

For this version, MIUI is built off CyanogenMod base so you will lose TouchWiz camera and use an AOSP camera instead. Not too bad though, I do really like how MIUI has evolved lately, the revamped UI makes it much cleaner and faster with le

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ROMS4 ROM for Galaxy S2 GT-i9100! [Galaxy S4 Theme]

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Max
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For this week’s ROM of the Week on the Galaxy S2 GT-i9100, check out ROMS4 ROM.

An Android 4.1.2 TouchWiz ROM, the ROMS4 ROM gives you exactly what the name implies, a ROM with Galaxy S4 theme.

It’s a very, light-weight ROM with Galaxy S4 theme including Galaxy S4 white multi-window flashbar, Galaxy S4 icons, S4 weather widget & other S4 widgets, and S Health app. Multi-window has been enabled for all apps.

The ROMS4 ROM ships with Apolo kernel which gives you excellent battery life and swift performance although there is no overclocking. You

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JediMindTrick JB ROM V5 for T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989!

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Max
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JediMindTrick JB ROM version 5 is out now.

The latest version includes some extra settings like Fast Dormancy (can save battery life), FasterFix GPS, and Seeder lag reducer. Also Jedi kernel has been updated for more stability and better battery life.

Other new features include Galaxy S4 Accu-weather widget and Sony Bravia Engine 3 (for better photos/videos). Also Trickster MOD app has been added for overclocking your CPU easily without use of a 3rd-party CPU app.

And yes, for those of you who haven’t tried this ROM yet it does come with 23 customizable q

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MIUI ROM v5 for Galaxy S2! [GT-i9100/SGH-i777]

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Max
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Looking for some major changes to your UI? Check out MIUI ROM v5 for your Galaxy S2 GT-i9100 or AT&T SGH-i777.

The latest MIUI ROM v5 is very impressive in my opinion and a great refreshing changeout from TouchWiz/AOSP ROMs.

MIUI ROM v5 is also built on Samsung TouchWiz base instead of AOSP, giving you more stock-like stability while allowing you to use the regular S2 camera.

MIUI in general gives your phone a whole new UI (User Interface) to work with and I think latest V5 is a great example of how Android can be customized to the bleeding edge.

If

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CM10.1 RC2 for T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989!

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Max
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For this week’s T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989 ROM of the week, check out latest CyanogenMod 10.1 RC2 coupled with AOSP Uber kernel.

If you are looking for the most stock-like AOSP (What is AOSP?) experience, definitely you should check out CM10.1 as it’s got less features to break but will give you that solid Google OS experience.

Also, if you need overclocking, flash the AOSP Uber kernel which gives you ability to overclock up to 1.89Ghz.

Overall, the latest CM10.1 RC2

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Alliance ROM V8 + Dorimanx Kernel for Galaxy S2 GT-i9100! [Custom Pull-Down]

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Max
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For this week’s Galaxy S2 GT-i9100 ROM/kernel combo of the week, check out latest Alliance ROM version 8 coupled with Siyah Dorimanx kernel.

The latest Alliance ROM v8 ships with pull-down menu background in which you can easily set your favorite image as pull-down background. (To do this, place your favorite image file in .jpg file format under /sdcard/Alliance directory and rename it as temp.jpg then run the Alliance Wallpaper app.) I know many of you have been asking me for this so I am sure you will like it.

Also, some more options have been added to Allian

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PACMan ROM v22.2.0 for AT&T Galaxy S2 SGH-i777!

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Max
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For this week’s AT&T Galaxy S2 SGH-i777 ROM of the week, check out PACMan ROM version 22.2.0.

What’s changed with the latest version?

First, PACMan ROM now ships with Google Pacman game, second the latest version has been updated with AOKP MR1 Milestone 1 ROM Control, which is the latest stable AOKP.

Also, you will find “PAC in Black” option in Settings which is very popular among AOSP ROMs allowing you to instantly make your Calendar, Messaging, Contacts, and Keyboard inverted in black. I know some of you really dig inverted apps s

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Jedi Mind Trick ROM v4 for T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989!

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Max
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Looking for the best ROM on your T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T989?

UPDATE: Version 5 is OUT, please CLICK HERE to see it instead of this!

Certainly, if you are looking for the best TouchWiz-based ROM with WiFi-calling support, the Jedi Mind Trick ROM is definitely the one. The latest version 4 is better than ever, polished with a new Jedi kernel that allows you to overclock up to 1.836Ghz (if you want to although the ROM itself is fast out of the box).

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Biftor ROM v8 for Galaxy S2 GT-i9100!

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Max
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For this week’s ROM of the week, check out latest Biftor ROM version 8. Better than ever, latest Biftor ROM brings you additional tweaks/customization with its Biftor ROM Control along with many cool features like auto call-recording, multi-window enabled for all apps, rotatable TouchWiz launcher, lockscreen torch, multiple lockscreens, and a whole lot more.

Also latest version ships with Sony Bravia Engine from Xperia Z for better-quality images.

Certainly, Biftor ROM is one of my favorites when it comes to having the latest TouchWiz with multi-window on top of

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JellyBAM ROM v7.6.2 for Galaxy S2! [GT-i9100/GT-i9100G/SGH-i777]

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Max
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For this week’s ROM of the week, check out the latest version of JellyBAM ROM. As we saw about a month ago on version 7, JellyBAM has been steadily improving with more added features and stability.

Some notable features include completely redesigned HoloBAM, whic allows you to enjoy full inverted GMail, Play Store, Google Talk, and YouTube at the touch of a button. There’s many custom ROMs that actually ship with inverted apps but this one you can have the best of bo

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