forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1064894

As the title says this is a guide to debrand and rebrand your samsung galaxy s2. The benefits of this is you can get releases straight from samsung whent hey come out without having to wait for the carriers to release their bloat ware versions.

forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458

This is an excellent guide to follow when flashing your samsung galaxy S2 has gone wrong. I have followed it and it works.

thedroidguy.com/2014/03/samsung-galaxy-s2-problems-solutions...

I do admit, I was hesitant to write about the Samsung Galaxy S2, which is by the way, so 2011-ish. Considering the popularity of the Galaxy S3, S4 and the upcoming S5, I was thinking no one’s going pick up an S2 anymore. The reality is, dated pho ...

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How To Install Android 4.4 KitKat On Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 - Cyanogen Mod 11

galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s2-gt-i91...

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.

androidforums.com/threads/siyah-kernel-dummies-guide.518798/

Instgall the Siyah custom kernel with root on your samsung S2

forums.androidcentral.com/asus-fonepad/302368-will-factory-r...

This thread has an authorative answer on what happens when you do a factory reset.

forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/help/wipe-internal-sto...

This thread tells of how a Factory reset only wipes /data in a CUSTOM recovery. In stock recovery it handles the storage partition also.

forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/factory-reset-format...

A forum thread discussing this topic giving some assurance as to what happens

forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/safely-formatting-in...

This is an excellent question and answer for formatting internal storage on Android.

After some 2+ years of constantly changing ROMs, I've noticed that my i9100 shows more often than not the message of "your storage is getting full" or ...

www.wikihow.com/Erase-Internal-Storage-on-Android

If you need to sell your Android, or just completely reset it, you can do a factory reset to erase the internal storage.

According to helpfulness feedback, this only deletes user data, not internal storage.

android.stackexchange.com/questions/56429/how-to-properly-fa...

This forum thread discusses what happens when you do a Factory Reset and that it does not touch the exteranl storage.

forums.androidcentral.com/t-mobile-galaxy-note-2/333410-what...

I have searched but couldn't find any info. what exactly happened when we do 'factory reset'? What gets restored?

www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-do-a-factory-reset-on-android/

Learn how to perform this "last resort" method on your Android.

goo.im/gapps

This website is currently closed but might reopend soon.

www.teamandroid.com/gapps/

Google Gapps (or Google Apps as they are meant) are the proprietary applications by Google included in many Android devices. These are the core Google apps

opengapps.org

Open GApps is a Google Apps package developed by writing open source buildscripts. All Android versions and platforms supported.

wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps

Google Apps are the proprietary Google-branded applications that come pre-installed with most Android devices, such as the Play Store, Gmail, Maps, etc. Due to licensing restrictions, these apps cannot come pre-installed with CyanogenM ...

www.android-x86.org

This is a project to port Android open source project to x86 platform, formerly known as "patch hosting for android x86 support". The original plan is to host different patches for android x86 support from open source community. A few months after we c ...

www.bluestacks.com

BlueStacks was founded in 2011 to push the boundaries of the mobile ecosystem. Today more than 90 million people around the world use our App Player product to run mobile apps and games on bigger screens using our patented Layercake technology. On the ...