Help Help with my Samsung Galaxy II home screen?

[NevetsZylka]

I recently updated my Samsung Galaxy SII. Everything is working fine but I can't seem to remove this thing on my home screen. It's the box thing in the middle with the HW: PDA: Phone. Can anyone tell me specifically how to remove it?

 

[XplosiV]

Might be a silly question, but have you tried long pressing it and dragging it to the trash can?

 

[NevetsZylka]

I did try that a lot of times but it's still there. Even when you make a new page it does not disappear.

 

[DragonSlayer95]

Which variant of the galaxy s2 do you have so I can move this into the proper forum in case others might be know the answer to this?

 

[NevetsZylka]

What do you mean by variant of Samsung Galaxy SII?

 

[DragonSlayer95]

We have around 8 different forums for the gs2, is it known by another name?

Rather which carrier are you on?

I ask because you posted in the galaxy S3 forum.

 

[NevetsZylka]

Oh I'm really sorry. The model number for my phone is GT-I9100
I don't know if that helps though. My phone is the Korean version.

 

[DragonSlayer95]

Not a problem at all, moved into the international s2 forum.

What happens when you try to drag it to the trashcan?

 

[NevetsZylka]

When I drag it to the trash can it's still there. I make a new one, it's still there. It wasn't there before but after I updated it won't go away. It's a bit annoying.

 

[DragonSlayer95]

I wish I could help you further but I've never seen that on my gs2 and I can't seem to find an option to enable/disable it on mine as well

 

[SCPadgeebar]

Back up all your important files(Contacts, messages, etc) and do a factory reset via the 3e Recovery Menu(Hold Vol Up+Home+Power).

Are you rooted or not?

 

[NevetsZylka]

I never saw it before as well. I already tried resetting mine but apparently it just deletes everything but it still stays updated. I really appreciate your help even though you weren't able to provide a solution. I'm still thankful.

 

[NevetsZylka]

My phone is not rooted yet.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Do you use a 3rd party launcher app?

 

[NevetsZylka]

I do not know. How do I find out if I am using one?

 

[dontpanicbobby]

When your at the homescreen tap the applications button and look for a program with launcher as part of it's name. These are usually for modifying the homescreen.

 

[SCPadgeebar]

He/She's using stock GB/ICS TouchWiz.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

it's got to be a widget of some kind. I recognize the Galaxy Live wallpaper in the background and that does not have any options to add anything at least not on my t-mobile version. I wonder if the International version does? Wait a minute didn't the international version get the jellybean update already? Maybe this is something new with the Jellybean OS.

 

[ironass]

Don't know if it helps you SCPadgeebar but the poster appears to be running ICS, Android 4.0.3, for Slovenia, (Si.mobil), I9100SIMLP6, firmware on the handset.

I seem to remember something like this when a flash was done via Odin and a USB jig was used.

 

[kelis32]

I seem to remember something like this when a flash was done via Odin and a USB jig was used.

It seems to be the diagnostic box that appears after a Samsung repair based on this post

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879904

Looks like root is required to remove it or a reflash/upgrade