Finally, you can use PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller on Samsung Galaxy S II official stock firmware. Sixaxis Controller was updated and improved device compatibility. So DualShock 3 Wireless Controller can work on Samsung Galaxy S2 official stock firmware now. No need to use custom firmware like CM7 or MIUI without TV out feature anymore. Note – root access is required.
VillainROM is very new to me that coming from HTC HD2. However, it should not be unfamiliar with most others because VillainROM is one of the most popular custom ROM for Samsung Galaxy S II. Therefore, I picked VillainROM as my first custom CWM firmware to try. What makes VillainROM special? Based on VillainROM v2.4.2, it is fully deodexed. So you can apply custom theme but stock browser will lag. Fully resigned, but with Samsung apps left using stock signatures. You still have the stock TouchWiz from Samsung. And rest assures that it is rooted and added with Busybox and Superuser. Ninphetamine kernel that supports BLN is included too.
Thanks to XDA Developer, Chainfire (Donate him) for his CF-Root for Samsung Galaxy S II. Basically, CF-Root is a modified kernel based original firmware kernel by adding root to it. Besides, it also adds BusyBox, Superuser, ClockworkMod recovery and CWM Manager. It is one of the ways to root Samsung Galaxy S2.
One of the best ClockworkMod Recovery features ~ full system backup and restore with Nandroid. How to backup Samsung Galaxy S II with ClockworkMod Recovery? First of all, you need to install ClockworkMod Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S2. You can use CWM Manager application to make a backup if you install CWM through CF-Root. Else you need to load ClockworkMod Recovery itself to do so. Below video will guide you to backup Samsung Galaxy S2 by using CWM Manager. Read the step by step guide for more information…
Finally, the wait is over. Here you are ~ the very first Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread firmware for Samsung Galaxy S II officially (leaked). As usual, this is Europe firmware for Samsung Galaxy S2 as Europe is always the first region to get the latest stuffs. But it is okay to install it on other region Samsung Galaxy S2 as long as it is using the very same hardware GT-I9100. Okay, let’s find out how does this new firmware XXKI3 performs…
