Samsung Galaxy S II now has gained its popularity right after the first time it is released by the South Korean manufacturer, Samsung. The second generation of Samsung’s famous Android running device, Galaxy S has attracted a lot of attention from developer and the result of this thing is the availability of tons custom ROMs, kernels, tweaks and modification for releasing the true ability of Galaxy S II. Samsung Galaxy S II has a feature or “glitch” that is also featured by its predecessor; the phone will overrides the ringtone volume set by user when there was an incoming phone call. Despite it will set the volume back to the device user’s setting, some of Galaxy S II’s users are reporting this issue as annoying stuff. In case you were the Samsung Galaxy S II’s user who are annoyed by this feature, simply read on this article to find out how to solve this ringtone issue.
Recently, there was a method discovered to solve the gradual ringtone volume fade in Samsung Galaxy S II. This method is discovered by XDA Member, YG007 who also discovered the same method to fix gradual ringtone volume fade in the first generation of Samsung Galaxy S. The developer has tinkered with Samsung Galaxy S II’s Phone.apk file and was reported to successfully fix the issue just like the developer did on Galaxy S I9000.
This is what the developer has to say about this hack:
Get rid of the increasing ring when someone calls you. As long as I can remember, most Samsung phones had this “feature” where when you receive a call, the ringtone will gradually fade in to the volume that you have set. This mod will get rid of that annoying fade-in and allow your ringtone to play at the volume that you set it to!
Just don’t worry about the confusing instructions step as this hack is quite easy to be deployed on Samsung Galaxy S II. This hack will require you to make sure that you have rooted your phone along with installing the deodexed KH3 Android 2.3.x Gingerbread based custom ROM. In case you don’t have this kind of custom ROM, you can find various deodexed KH3 ROMs at XDA forums Android development threads for Samsung Galaxy S II.
Before we move on to the instructions step, we need to remind you that we are not responsible if your device gets bricked or damaged due to the method you are going to practice on your Samsung Galaxy S II.
When you have fulfilled the requirements, then now you are ready to follow the instructions.
Instruction step to fix gradual ringtone volume fade in Samsung Galaxy S II:
1. First of all, you need to download Phone.apk from here and save it on your desktop.
2. When the file has been successfully downloaded, then you need to download ES File Explorer on your Samsung Galaxy S II from Android Market too.
3. Once done, you need to connect your phone to the computer, mount SD Card and copy the Phone.apk to SD Card root.
4. Now disconnect your phone from the computer.
5. Once the phone has been disconnected to the PC, then put your phone in Flight Mode by going to Settings > Wireless And Networks > Enable Flight Mode.
6. After this you are going to be required to launch ES File Explorer, tap on Menu button followed by tapping on the Settings tab that appears.
7. When you have arrived in settings menu, scroll down and enable Root Explorer as well as Mount option.
8. Once done use in-app directions to copy the downloaded Phone.apk in /System/App. Please make sure that your app is named as “Phone.apk” and not “phone.apk” as it is case sensitive.
9. You will now get some Force Close notices. Ignore them and simply reboot your device.
10. Simply try to call your phone from another phone and see if this ringtone glitch is solved when the device has finished reboot.
When you have finished following the instructions above and everything goes as planned, you now have fixed the gradual ringtone volume fade issue in your Samsung Galaxy S II. Simply visit the official XDA Modification Thread if you had a problem or just need live developer support involving the method. Have a nice try.
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