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The firmware update build I9100XILA2 is an upgrade to Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread on Samsung Galaxy S II. This is the newest official firmware update by Samsung releases this year with a build or modified date of  January 13, 2012 . This firmware was officially rolled out in Italy. One thing new on this firmware is that it features a new lockscreen that looks like an Android Ice Cream Sandwich with touchwiz. There is an improvement in battery life usage, battery drains too slow which is a bit impressive. Some several features were added, more faster and much better than previous build I9100XXKL1.

Sneak peek of the new lockscreen.


Firmware details:
PDA: I9100XILA2
CSC: I9100XWKI1
PHONE: I9100OXIK1
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-191000XILA@-CL889496
             root@DELLBUILDER01 #2
Version: Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread
Build: January 13, 2012

credits to turborider for the screenshots

Some few other details of changes.
- Various bugs were fixed from previous version
- Android 4.0 styled Lockscreen Android 4.0 styled lockscreen lockscreen  with similarity from Galaxy Note
- Wi-Fi chip bug has been fixed

Flashing the Stock ROM I9100XILA2 with Odin Downloader tool. 
This method if you are having issues updating with KIES or if you wanted to install it if you came from other region outside Italy.

This guide uses the original stock I9100XILA2 with Italy default CSC file ITV.
Grab the stock ROM via Sammobile:
GT-I9100_I9100XILA2_I9100OXIKK1_ITV
Extract it after download, the password is: samfirmware.com

If you want to upgrade but came from other region , you can use the Frankenstein version which is by flashing desired CSC file that is built for your country. You can grab it here at Intratechs Frankenstein Firmware file. 

Before proceeding, do things as follows to avoid any future problem issues.
- Make a back-up copy of all important data stored from the device.
- Make sure that the battery is at-least 80%  charge.
- Use a good condition USB cable wire a PC with a working USB serial ports.

Disclaimer: Use this guide at your own risk. We shall not held any responsibility for any damage might cause to your smartphone.

1. Run Odin v1.85
2. Load the extracted file on the PDA field.
Click on the PDA button then select the I9100XILA2_I9100XWKI1_I9100OXIKK1_HOME.tar.md5
DO NOT check the RE-PARTITION" checkbox.
3. Then set the phone in Download Mode: Press and hold Volume Down, Home and Power button.
4. Once in Download mode, connect to PC,.
5. When Odin recognize it and the phone is properly connected,  hit the "START" button.

6. Wait until the flashing completely finish.
Thats it! if you experience bootloops after flashing. Do full factory reset or wipe data cache.
If you want to get root, look for chainfires CF-ROOT kernel released at XDA.

Samsung has just released the latest Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread via KIES server for Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100. The said update was firstly released over Poland and Brazil users and the two update packaged were now available for download and can be manually flash via ODIN.

Poland
Added: 2011-08-03 06:33:08
Model: GT-I9100
Product Code: GT-I9100LKAXEO
Modified: 2011-08-02
HIDSWVER: I9100XXKG5/I9100OXAKG5/I9100XXKG5/I9100XXKG5
Filename: GT-I9100_XEO_1_20110802103504.zip.enc2




Brazil
Added: 2011-08-03 07:25:03
Model: GT-I9100
Product Code: GT-I9100LKLTTT
Modified: 2011-07-28
HIDSWVER: I9100UHKG7/I9100UUBKG6/I9100UHKG4/I9100UHKG7
Filename: GT-I9100_TTT_1_20110728115842.zip.enc2




OFFICIAL STOCK ROMS: 

Thanks to silverwings2008 for the following links.

Official KG5 XEO POLAND 2.3.4 NON WIPE
http://www.multiupload.com/R9H5A5DOWW

Official KG7 TTT Brazil 2.3.4 NON WIPE
http://www.multiupload.com/F1BHNSAX3L


KERNELS:

Thanks to Intratech  for the following links:

Stock XXKG5 Kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/VB3V2ZZ4GW

Password: intratech@XDA

Stock UHKG7 Kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/NU4TIWYETE

Password: intratech@XDA

Quick guide for manual installation: This is a non wipe packaged, so theres no need to back-up all the files stored from the phone. It will remain intact and will not deleted.

1) Download the firmware and extract. ( You may use the KG5 firmware if you were over Europe regions)
2) Run ODIN downloader tool
3) On ODIN Click the PDA button then load the file named "I9100XXKG5_I9100OXAKG5_I9100XXKG5"

Ticked ONLY the "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time"  - DO NOT TICK ANY OTHER BOX

4) Turn off your Samsung Galaxy S, then boot into download mode by pressing and holding (Volume Down+Home+Power) buttons at the same time. Then connect the phone to PC once the phone displays in Downloading mode.

5) Hit the "START" button on ODIN to begin flashing.

Thats it! for more info visit the discussion thread @XDA-developer.

Asus Mars II, single VGA  Fastest or The Quickest and Most Wasteful in The Face of The Earth at This Time - At the Computex 2011 event ago, ASUS started showing monster graphics card which is the spiritual successor of ASUS ASUS named MARS MARS II. Asus Mars II will only be made as many as 999 fruits in the world and the strength of this card can almost be described as two GeForce GTX 580 cards are welded together. This card uses a chip NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 GPU (GF110) and is equipped with 2 x 512-core CUDA, but with the clock frequency is far higher than the reference design from NVIDIA. Even higher than the frequency of single-chip GeForce GTX 580. Asus Mars II has a core clock speed of 781 MHz, compared to 772 MHz on the GPU GTX 580, or 607 MHz on two circuits with the GTX 590. This card jugan get a dual memory bus (2x384bit) with a total of 3GB of memory clocked at 4008 MHz (GDDR5), the same as the GeForce GTX 580.