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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] timkelley:
First, I want to say that I am not sure if this is the right place for this question. I have also done an extensive amount of reading through these forums to find answers to my questions with no luck.

So, here is what I am looking for:

- I updated to the official AT&T ICS version. I am looking to root and install a custom ROM.

- I read that I can flash the rooted UCLE5 via Odin to get root (from the Download Repository. Is this correct?

- Once I do this, the flash counter will not be incremented, correct? Or do I still have to follow those steps?

- Then after I have root, are there restrictions on what ROMs I am able to flash?

- CM9?

- AOKP? Or any ROM based off of AOKP?

- AOSP ROM?

- Would using the method of going back to the GB stock provide more flexibility and have better performance, etc?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Why did you go through the update process if you were just going to flash a custom rom?

I'm not seeing a rooted UCLE5 package in the Download Repository, just the fully stock package. You can download a rooted one from here...

If you're just going to install a custum rom, though, you don't really need UCLE5 rooted. I would just flash the rooted UCKH7 package and go from there.

If you flash the rooted UCLE5 package I linked above using Odin, it will increment the flash counter.

No restrictions, other than making sure it's an i777 rom. If you want to flash an i9100 rom, you'll have to hellraise it.

I'm not really sure what you're asking here...

It sounds like you still need to do a bit more reading. Follow creepy's guide for rooting and flashing roms. It won't stear you wrong.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] timkelley:
Thank you for your response. I updated to the official to see what it was like and to maintain warranty for as long as possible. I also just wanted the info b/c I have been reading so much on it. I agree I am not very knowledgeable. BUT, these forums get very hard to follow sometimes, and I wasn't sure b/c of having the ICS update what I would be able to do.

I am not 100% convinced to root/flash yet. I might wait for possible Jelly Bean ROMs in the future...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gramirex:
Current Comparisons with ICS

I owned a Galaxy S (Captivate) and an AT&T Galaxy S II. I've installed a number of custom ROMs on both in addition to using the stock ROM. I AM NOT a developer, or even consider myself a power user, so don't yell if you disagree.

My favorite ROM by far is Cyanogen Mod 7 and that is what I came from back to the stock Samsung ROM to install the ICS update. In having used it for a day I can say that I find no flashy changes from CM7. If anything, I find the ICS update makes some of the features I liked about CM7 available in the stock ROM. (I guess that's the trouble with being on the bleeding edge)

The only thing I'm missing (sort of) is the tethering capability that CM7 has, which of course the stock ROM cannot provide.

Other than that; I'm not really seeing much difference in terms of visual and operational changes. Phone appears to be just as smooth, and stable. Only exception so far is the Swype is a bit buggy and I believe it has to do with the fancy transitions when Swype has suggestions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Amobius:
I went through a similar process rooting my phone recently so I will share what I did to finally get it rooted and ready to install a custom ROM. I, like you, had upgraded over kies to 4.0.3. To get back to stock and ready to root I used Creepyncrawly's guide for prepping a phone to return to the store. This i believe flashed the Gingerbread kernel and stock ROM for me but did not root the phone. From there I followed the how to guide in the general section to root my phone from stock. I don't know if that will preserve your flash counter, but these steps allowed me to return my phone to stock from the 4.0.3 kies update and then get it rooted. Hope that helps a bit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cattledog:
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I was no better this afternoon, had the same issues. BUT I am rocking 2.3.4! Soon to be rooted.... Posting your experience will help others get rid of the Att updates.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dh4645:
i'm rooted (since i got the phone months ago) but havent flashed a custom ROM yet. now that there is an official ICS out, are all the custom ICS issues of the past figured out?

i dont want to flash something that is gimped.

which is the best/most popular?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phonic:
I too have been running the stock ROM (albeit rooted and slightly modded by myself) since Day One. However, wanting to upgrade to ICS, I decided to install a ROM yesterday. After some careful research on XDA, I decided to go with this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1574718

After almost 24 hours of usage, and various "testing" to make sure it was working properly, I have to say that I am very satisifed. I lost a couple thing that the stock TouchWiz ROM offered, but it more then makes up for it with ICS. No issues or crashes, and the phone is significantly more responsive. Not a huge fan of the look of the new dialer, but that's just cosmetic and can be changed. But AFAICT, everything works perfectly.

I would suggest trying to ROM above. If you have CWM, just make a nandroid backup and if you don't like it, go back to stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dh4645:
thanks. i'll check it out tonight.

what all was "lost"? nothing major?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phonic:
I was using that CityID app (bloatware) that came with the stock phone. Normally I would never pay a monthly fee for something like that, but work pays for my phone and it was useful to see the city/state of the caller, so I was using it. But it's not compatible with this ROM - though I doubt more than .001% of people would care about that.

ADWNotifier also seems to have issues, but that really wasn't much of a concern either.

I also can't seem to get Face Unlock working, but I really wasn't planning on using it, just playing around with it. Unless my phone is idle for >30minutes, I just use a third party slider app to jump directly to certain applications anyway.

So all in all, a few minor inconveniences, but nothing that would make me really care about the loss. Everything else works perfect and faster. Also, if you do go with that ROM, make sure you install the better Fluxi kernel afterwards:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1664688

I did run into one hiccup during installation - make sure you reboot it AGAIN right after it boots into the ROM for the first time. Otherwise your APN settings might not be showing properly. Rebooting will fix this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Amobius:
Currently using the ShiShir (i think thats right) ROM, but may have to give that AOKP based ROM a try. Are contacts still built into the dialer, that is one thing i miss from stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phonic:
Yes, there is a contact menu. And it will allow you to alphanumerically dial your contacts (ie: JAM (526) will pull a James from your contact list) right from the dialpad.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dh4645:
thanks a ton. just nandroid/wiped/flashed at work. not gonna be too productive messing with my "new" phone.

also, thanks for the reboot tip, that woulda drove me nuts
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] manigault:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1650948

good and getting better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] g0nz0oo720:
You should check out the mystic glory rom. An update should be available by the time you see this. The rom has been more than perfect for me... Smooth, fast, and the battery life is amazing!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 1jaxstate1:
Doesn't work for me when trying to root an official AT&T ICS Samsung Galaxy S 2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
This thread is mainly for Gingerbread. To root stock ICS, go here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 1jaxstate1:
Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kapn.K:
Thank you!

Worked like a charm!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dross333:
HI, I just received a replacement phone under warranty and it has ICS 4.03. Will the rooting method on the first page of this post work? The post is dated back to 2011, so I want sure if the same method will work.

Does this also install CWM?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
No, you should not use this thread. You should flash 4.0.3 plus root from here to root. And... read the warnings carefully, since the kernel, which is the same as the one you currently have, contains a potentially dangerous bug. There are also instructions in that thread on how to replace the kernel with a known good kernel which also contains ClockworkMod Recovery.

Oh, and whatever you do, Do Not do a wipe data/factory reset either before or after flashing this. Since you are flashing the same base, you won't need to anyway. You can safely do that once you replace the kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dross333:
Wow. Thanks so much for your reply. Glad I posted here. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 00gayan00:
I just bought a Samsung Galaxy S II I777 at&t model and upto now knows nothing about rooting. My phone is currently unlocked and being used in Sri Lanka.

01. It has a build number of UCKK6, so I want to find out which method will work on rooting my phone.

02. And also would it affect the unlock of my device if I root it??

:) :) Help???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
01. Flash the UCKK6 plus root package from this thread. Since you are flashing the same base (UCKK6) you will be able to retain your personal settings and applications. No need to do a wipe data/factory reset.

02. My understanding is that flashing firmware will not change your unlock status.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 00gayan00:
Thanxxx!!! :) Then according to what I understand, I should use the 3rd method right? :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Yes, except use Entropy512's UCKK6 plus root from the link I gave you, and flash it using Odin3 v1.85 or similar.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Ghengis-Khan:
Please forgive me if this comes across as completely ignorant. I am completely ignorant when it comes to everything in here.

Since I am a new user, it would not allow me to reply to threads in the development section.

I have a bone stock AT&T I777, Kernel: 3.0.15-I777UCLE5-CL652575 se.infra@SEP-74 #3

All I want to do is root my phone. The thread you linked only has references to "How to Install a customized kernel onto your Rooted phone"

If my phone was already rooted, I wouldn't need this page. Yes, I read through it several times, but it doesn't make any sense to me. I downloaded all of the tools referenced in the OP, but can't seem to figure them out on my own. Is there a beginners guide to rooting that will work on my phone? I'm not interested in custom ROM's, what I want to do is get rid of some of the AT&T bloatware and install a CPU controller program that requires root.

Thank you in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
The thread referenced has UCLE5 Stock plus Root. You need to flash that using Odin3 v1.85 or similar. You will then be rooted. Since you already have UCLE5 stock firmware on your phone, you will gain root but nothing else will change.

Once you have the phone rooted, it is advised to install a custom kernel. The directions in that thread should be sufficient to explain to you what needs to be done. If you have questions, please ask them in that thread. Oops, ask them here until you get enough postcount to post in development.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jovana140:
Please help!

I am trying to root my sgs2, but the old traditional way is not working for me for the simple reason that my home button is broken.. And every time that i try on this way, he is giving me an error saying- Read only file.. I really dont know what to do anymore.. ppffff :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
You're in the wrong forum. You must have I9100. The I777 doesn't have a home button.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jovana140:
Holy s**t.. Thanks.. :laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pichienyfl:
I've downloaded two different root zip files but when I unzip I don't have the "root file" all I have is a zimage file
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bowenac:
This phone has to have the worst instructions out of the 50 phones I have rooted and flashed. How do you get clockword mod working, or where is a link to a odin I can use to flash?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
If you had read it wouldn't be that hard. It clearly explains how to do everything. Just choose the third methods since the others are zerg rushed and don't have CWM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bowenac:
That is the one I did... I have SU but can't boot into CWM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Hmm well I used a different method to root so someone else will have to help you now. If you are on stock rom you can go pick up the update.zip flashable CWM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bowenac:
Yea well that is what I normally do but I haven't been able to find it anywhere. That's the problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1311081 Follow this and then flash a custom rom or kernel and you will have CWM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bowenac:
Tried Odin Mobile Lite and had no option to flash cwm, kept saying it needed another add on or something. And would send me to the thread. With nothing mentioned about another add on needed. Just a link to the apk for the odin mobile. This is what I mean.

Every other phone I have had has been well obviously simple, and very well detailed. This phone section seems like a mess with very little documentation that actually makes sense, links that aren't dead.

But yea this is why I mentioned how difficult this phone is to get things done... its not that I didn't read, more so the documentation seems to be written by a 10 year old, and scattered about. Why is there a need for 10 different rooting options. Is the only way to get CWM is to flash a new kernal through odin, or pay for Odin Mobile PRO

Not that big of a deal going to sell the phone anyway.

My T-Mobile T989 I had done in like 2-3 min.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
I just told you to flash a custom rom with odin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bowenac:
The odin I have only opens tar files, all the roms I have dl are zip.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Hmm well the way I did it was to just use www.galaxys2root.com I've heard that it shouldn't be used but you can ask around a little more :P Pose a question in the QandA forum saying you don't fully understand stuff and ask if it is safe to use the website I mentioned.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Biporch:
Look up for Siyah 2 in dev section, they got a tar version there flash it with mobile odin and you will have cwm.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Bwahaha I am oblivious thanks for noticing that :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bowenac:
Thanks, got it done. Maybe someone should write up yet another tutorial.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shri_chanakya:
Thanks for the tutorial. Got my phone rooted and flashed cm10 on it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Sad how two people said thanks yet the man has no thanks! What is wrong with you people

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
There are plenty of instructions available. Guides have been available since October, 2011 in this forum. Appearantly, you have search fail. There are links in the sticky "read first" threads in each forum.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bowenac:
I didn't have any issue with root... the problem was with getting cwm flashed. No where did I see any sticky about flashing Siyah since it is the only tar rom around this place just to get a working cwm.

I guess I am used to all the other phones with a simple update.zip to flash cwm. I guess this phone doesn't have that ability. Either way I got it done.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
Since you went through all these, why don't you write up a quick tutorial and then go back and compare with ones that already been written and posted here and see if any difference?

Man, if I'm not seeing your post, this post, I would strongly suggest you not touching your phone or even sell it and get the other that suite for your level. Anyway, good to see you overcome it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bowenac:
You guys are hilarious in this section... I have been flashing phones for a long time. This is by far the most confusing scattered section on XDA. It has nothing to do with my ability, this isn't my first rodeo.

How many phones have you rooted and flashed custom roms on. How many others phones that you have done required as much as this phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
Brother, if you claim you had already rooted and flashed multiple times (firmwares and devices) then you should have gained a lot more knowledge than any other newbie, don't you agree? You should get this done by a flick or your finger w/o hiccup.

Confusing? Sure, yes, a lot of confusing, no doubt but all of them will be clear if you read and follow the instruction step by step or just do a simple analysis.

Anyway, I'm not getting into the word-fight with you. I just hope next time when you jump to another device and start over, do read more and ask nicely rather just saying "this is horrible, someone needs to work on it" or the a-like.

Peace!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bowenac:
Yup your right... I should have been able to do it with the flick of my finger lol. I'm not sure why your getting upset and so defensive. Isn't XDA about helping others etc. All I did was mention maybe there could be a better sticky. I did read and follow instructions. No where did I see a sticky about having to flash a kernal to get CWM installed. I had to specifically ask and I got the answers I needed. I didn't think that would have been needed from my experience with every other phone I have done.

So I went ahead and made a one stop shop tutorial for rooting, CWM, unlocking. I do feel this will help others in the future sorry if you disagree.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1820112
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
It is common courtesy, and also the rule of xdaDevelopers to give attribution when you use other people's work. You should add attribution to the One-click downloader which you linked in your tutorial from my HotFile account.

The problem with your tutorial is that flashing a custom kernel to obtain ClockworkMod Recovery by using Odin or Heimdall will increment the flash counter, which is an issue that many people are sensitive about. You should also add a disclaimer in your tutorial so that people will not follow it unknowingly, and then be upset when they find out that they could have avoided incrementing the flash counter.

You may be experienced with many phones, but I think your problem is not that this forum is confusing and all the other things you claim. Rather, you came in here thinking you already know, and with a very strong filter on what you were looking for. When the information here didn't match your expectation and your filter, you failed to see what you could have seen with a more open mind.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bowenac:
That doesn't even make sense... except one thing your right I came in here knowing what I wanted to do, but was mind boggled with the amount different threads and approaches, dead links, scattered content, and no sticky saying you can't just flash cwm. Is it that hard to clean up some of the unrelated content, get a sticky with a full on approach.

Sorry about not giving you the credit I will go ahead and update that now. I know how some of you love your praises.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Please just give him credit quietly. We do not appreciate the sarcasm.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Caliesv:
Didn't know reading was so difficult. I'm pretty sure most high school graduates don't have an issue with finding the information they need within XDA. Oh....and btw...your not making many friends on here with that type of attitude you have throughout MOST of your threads and posts. Think its time to change your game plan.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
I keep telling him that but he gets more sarcastic each time

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Bugly Astard:
My brother has the sgs2, Im looking to upgrade to this as well. The problem is that I cant seem to root his phone with the zergrush or super one click. He has the stock ICS which Im sure my new phone will have. Ive used Odin before, but is UCKH7 gingerbread or ICS? does this method just root with no other changes to stock GB or ICS?

Ive rooted about 10 phones so Im not new to it buts just not working, is there a sure fire way to root a stock ICS sgs2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Caliesv:
Read the stickies. They are there for a reason. The process of rooting these phones isn't too hard in my opinion. Just make sure u fully understand what your doing and how you do it the best you can.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
The zergrush exploit method only works on gingerbread UCKH7, but not on gingerbread UCKK6 or ICS UCLE5 firmwares. You can root stock ICS UCLE5 using the stock plus root package posted in the development section. You flash that with Odin. Please read the warnings about the possible risk of the eMMC bug in the stock UCLE5 kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bowenac:
Have you tried the third option with one click odin? That is what I used and was super easy. I added that method to my full tutorial for rooting, unlocking phone, getting clockworkmod installed and working, oh and resetting the flash counter

---------- Post added at 02:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:55 PM ----------

I apologize to anyone that thinks I had an attitude. That was not my intentions. I was simply trying to create a quick and easy to follow tutorial. I don't see the problem with that. The biggest issue people had was the clock counter and I posted a quick fix that resets the counter and removes the gti9100 and yellow triangle. But everyone came into my tutorial with attitudes about it being to easy etc... and got the thread closed. Others came into my thread with attitudes... I was simply standing ground and trying to explain my reason for the tutorial. I know how to read and I am a college grad actually.

And I have to disagree in the couple days I have been in the i777 section. I have seen multiple people coming in and asking the same questions about how to flash clockworkmod. Because I assume most people were just used to flashing clockworkmod, and were looking around for it and were clueless because there are no stickys about getting clockwork installed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VECTUS:
Alright he apologized and explained... Everyone let it go... Ony warning....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lmarranzino:
WHOW lots of reading here.... I am hoping my phone arrives tomorrow afternoon they have this $9.99 deal at at&t so I could not resist. Already to root this puppy once here over the weekend.

So once I know what version it is running will research more yet thanks for all the great info here.

PS. Owned the S2 prior and sold it (dumb mistake) I thought the Skyrocket HD was coming out and didn't.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] spiralout1:
Nice. This is still a kick ass phone, especially for the price. Sucks they are discontinuing it for the SkyRocket considering how limited the LTE areas are atm. Best advice for rooting I can give you is read all the threads linked in creepyncrawly's sig and follow the "How to Flash Custom Binaries Without Ever Incrementing the Flash counter!!" link. Use method 2c or 2d, depending on your OS, if the phone came with UCKK6 like mine did. BTW, I recommend shostock for GB or shostock2 for ICS if you want a samsung based rom. Both are great, imo.