yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pinoymutt:
I for one appreciate the discussion on how to flash and reset the counter WITHOUT using a jig, because if you guys have been following the discussions in the i9100 forums and the latest leak that DG posted the other day, the newer versions of the bootloaders render the jig reset trick useless.

So bottom line, jig works fine for now (and is definitely the easiest), but if you are looking to stay with this badboy for the long haul and don't plan on stripping bootloaders from every new ROM you flash -- better brush up on the command lines and alternate ways of flashing / reverting! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SNadler:
ADB is a very important part of Android life and I wish I new more about it. I followed Entropy's instructions that I might add were very clear and to the point regarding flashing kernels. The kind of education he offers is priceless to all and he does it for free! He, GTG and some of the others here are some of the most respected Dev's that belong to XDA. I received my 777 yesterday, rooted, used ADB to add a different kernel, flashed a new rom and lived hapilly ever after (other than not realizing the keys were mapped differently!). So far anyway, I am usually my worst enemy playing with things. I spent lots of time reading before I took delivery and then the entire process took less than 10 minutes to complete.

All on here need to give the Dev's their proper respect or they will simply stop helping. I am older, 58, and enjoy learning this with my kids. I hope we can all keep it civil and respectfull of each others desires and different expectations......:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TOA Duck:
wow. Just dogging out one of our great developers. Classy. They work hard for us so forgive me when i feel i have to take up for them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
RE: Dogging?

Hey, Entropy512 is a friend of mine and he is really nice guy but every now

and then some of us tend to get on each other's nerves sometimes if you

know what I mean.

You are right about Entropy512 being a good developer, I think he is one of

the better ones here on XDA too.

But I was never a used car salesmen so who am I to say anything! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tejones36:
I am using the Stock kernel + root and there is no yellow triangle.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
You will not have any problems at all regarding the warranty

and you can always unroot the phone with superoneclick rooter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SNadler:
I do not think super one click will remove the counter triangle?

EDIT:

I see now he does not have the triangle.......
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
RE: Counter

Superoneclick will not remove the triangle but flashing a stock kernel

with ODIN or Heimdall will.

But I doubt that if you need to take it back for warranty replace or repair

that they would check it that closely to even see the triangle.

If they did, you can always just say that you have no idea about it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Now we know your credibility is zero. You say you flashed a kernel with SGS Kernel Flasher on i777, but the application will not even initialize on the SGS II.

See attachment.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] coolmalayalee:
I did this and my yellow triangle is now gone. However, I dont have CWM recovery despite using The kernel + rooted system package by Entropy512. Any idea whats going on....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sailador:
why waste so much time, should have just got the jig on ebay for like 2 to 5 bucks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] coolmalayalee:
Well its not about 2 dollars. I love to learn. I am a newbie to android world and want to learn what I can.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
You now have the stock kernel which has 3e recovery. Now to get clockwork mod back, put Entropy512's kernel (or codwerx's) on using adb or terminal emulator. I think there are posts in this thread that show how.

Wait... you quoted my post that gives the instructions for doing this. Sounds like you only followed the instructions in the first paragraph. Follow the rest of it and you'll have clockwork mod.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] coolmalayalee:
I did follow the second part of your instructions. But it seems Entrophy512's kernel has only 3e recovery. Now I put the zImage from codeworkx kernel into Entrophy512's kernel and made a .tar file out of that and reflashing it. Hopefully CWM comes with that.. will report back

---------- Post added at 03:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:30 AM ----------

I am assuming I dont need to run the following code if I am flashing zImage contaning CWM recovery along with Entropy512's stock+root package.

dd if=/sdcard/zImage of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: JIG

The jig is $6.99 on eBay and free shipping.

Here is the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...ell_Phones&hash=item20ba3eba25#ht_5555wt_1469

Not only will it get rid of the yellow triangle, but it will make going into

download mode about as easy as plugging a usb cable into the phone

without touching even 1 button on the phone.

(if you ever soft brick your phone this jig will fix that too!)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] coolmalayalee:
All done.......!!!!!!! :) Thank you so much.......

Do I need to wipe data/factory reset? Someone please confirm.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
<snip previous post>

Oops. Almost missed your last post.

Glad you got it. If you went from stock with this method, you should not have to do a wipe/factory reset. If everything is running smooth, don't.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] coolmalayalee:
Everything is running smooth. I already had rooted stock from codeworkx and then applied your method. How and when do I know if I need to do a wipe/factory reset?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
You should be fine. It's ok to go from stock to stock without a wipe. As they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
What's the downside to not removing flash counter/Triangle with !? In other words, Why should we remove it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] WGSXFrank:
I'm wondering the same. Then again, I just came from using a jailbroken iPhone where showing off signs that you're jailbroken is considered "cool".

I just successfully rooted and installed a custom ROM on my brand new GS2 (first time doing so and it went swimmingly!) and I just don't see the point in spending money to get rid of a graphic you'll rarely see.

Unless you're extremely obsessive about every visual aspect of your phone, that is. xD
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
For some people it is a paranoia thing, (afraid it might keep then from getting a warranty replacement if they need one), for others it is an aesthetics thing. For me the triangle did not bother me as much as the I9100 that goes along with the triangle warning - no big deal, but it bothered me enough to learn how to remove it, and it is not hard to get rid of it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
That's what I figured. If its just an aesthetics thing, I don't give a flying bleep! Also, I have absolutely no schizophrenic tendencies, so looks like I'll be staring that triangle down from time to time :D:cool:

Btw, WGSXFrank, I just dropped your first "thanks" on you :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TonyStark R.I.P.:
OK I've a couple thoughts.

1) has anybody tried using SGS Kernel flasher to install the original kernel?

2) Has anybody had an issue w/ the jig? I have a jig from 5-6 months back and it DOESN'T work! This really confuses me. It does still work w/ my captivate though. I've tried contacting Josh (MTV) to see if his earlier ones are comparable. Guess I'll just have to buy another.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
SGS Kernel Flasher will not initialize on our device.

The SGS II tolerance for the 301K Ohm resistance is closer than the captivate was, so some jigs that would work on the captivate will not work on the SGS II.

I just posted an Odin flashable stock kernel .tar in the Entropy512's Unbrick / Return to stock thread. You can clear the triangle and counter by flashing that in Odin. Then you can put the custom kernel back on using adb or terminal emulator.

Edit: I'll post it here as well. StockKernel-PDA.tar (See Download Repository, link in sig)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Thanks, I'll add this to the Library post.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
One other thing I forgot to mention, is for some people it is just a curiosity, wanting to learn thing. Someone posts how to do something, such as how to get rid of the warning triangle and they want to do themselves just to learn how to do it.

And all the methods and discussions here about how to accomplish removing the triangle are useful tools and skills when it comes to flashing custom software to your phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bfern002:
noob question, but when using terminal emulator, do you point to the CWM.tar, or the extracted zimage file from the tar?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] statusnone:
This is the part that has me. I used odin to flash Entropy's stock kernel with root access. Yellow triangle is gone, phone still has root access. Threw the zImage from CMW kernel on the SD card but when I enter that if= prompt, the terminal says it cannot be found.

What am I doing wrong here?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] coolmalayalee:
It worked for me. I put the zImage into phone's 16GB internal memory. Dont put it in Micro SD card (if that is what you are doing). Then type su first in Terminal emulator to get root control. Then use the command "dd if=/sdcard/zImage of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5" Remember to use zImage (case sensitive)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] statusnone:
THIS was my problem. Absolutely brilliant, thank you so much! Phone now has CWM and no ugly triangle!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] coolmalayalee:
Glad I could help. I learnt a lot from this thread :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ktoonsez:
Great writeup guys.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] encrypshun:
when you say it will clea the "counter", do you mean reset it to 0? I tried flashing it in Odin but it still shows me 2 in the flash counter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Oops, that was wrong. Flashing stock kernel clears the yellow triangle, but only the jig will reset the flash counter. I'll edit that out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] drzacharyus:
This thread saved me from posting a new one. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] livefortoday:
no jig needed - software solution

I haven't tried it, but it looks promising ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Everyone already knows about TriangleAway. And there are newer threads than this one that talk about it... ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] revengineer:
I didn't, so thanks for sharing the link, lifefortoday. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] livefortoday:
my pleasure

glad to help, friend. ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] _Sale_:
Where it is located status bar clock color in framework-res.apk. I cant find it. Thanks
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] majstornadmajstorima:
+1 does anyone know
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] skynet28:
Not located in framework-res.apk.

Located in status_bar.xml in SystemUI.apk...
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Homey:
I've had my UK Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000) for quite some time and for almost all that time, i've been waiting for the damn 2.3 update. I pretty much check Kies most mornings but as yet, like many, I've never had the notification of update at all.

I've noticed that the 2.3 update file (P1000XXJQ1) is available at the Galaxy Tab forum but if I update using Odin, will it stop me reverting back to 2.2 or getting 'official' updates via Kies after I've reverted back to 2.2?

Finally, does this really matter if I don't get updated by Kies anymore? Realistically, the 2.3 update is likely to be the last update that the Tab is going to see anyway so is there any reason why I should not update using Odin and be damned?!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeremyr62:
I'm in the same boat. XEU seems to have been forgotten. Can't help with the ODIN/Root. Instructions seem fragmented to say the least. If an idiot's guide is out there I might try it.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ofiaich:
Hi Ravi,

I am in the same boat as you. I am tired of waiting for the upgrade and am considering buying the new Sony Tablet S or even wait for the Sony Tablet P. I would prefer to upgrade because I have the Samsung Keyboard and also the HDMI charging dock.

My firmware version is PDA:JMI /PHONE:JMA / CSC:JM5 (XEU)

The only thing that stops me is that I am not 100% sure which files I should download. I have checked out many sites but guess I am not confident enough yet!

I wish Samsung would get a move on!!

Ofiaich ;)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biffroy:
Guys, forget kies, and forget Samsung. I've been on 2.3 since I got my tab 4 months ago and now I'm on overcomes kratos ROM. Honeycomb builds have been coming and going, you can get stock 2.3 and pretty soon ICS will be developed by some amazing devs on here. Head into the dev section and don't look back!

That's my opinion anyway :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Homey:
Thanks Biffroy but what I'm worried about is that if I install a custom ROM and at some point decide to switch back to a stock ROM (maybe to sell the Tab or something) will I be selling something that cant be updated using Kies?

I know it's a bit corny these days but I'd feel bad about passing something on to someone who couldn't update it!!

Also, is there an idiots guide to upgrading to this ROM - i'm pretty useless when it comes to technical stuff so I really would need an idiot's guide..
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bongski55:
there is no such thing as an "idiot's guide" when it comes to ROM flashing as it is not recommended for complete newbies.

what I suggested is to read the instruction in here. In my opinion the guide is the most comprehensive of all instructions found anywhere. If reading the guide you still find it too complicated then I suggest you let somebody else do it for you or else be content with froyo.

There is also no big problem if you want to get back to froyo later,I've done it several times, but then you said you don't know how to flash so I guess you are stuck on froyo.

Have you tried bringing your tab to samsung service center in your area?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stripeytom:
I recently bought a tab in Tesco (got it cheap). Have been in contact with Samsung regarding the update. Seems to be conflicting info, via the online support was told that GB had been released, but I would need to take into service center for them to do the update. Just had a call from a Samsung technician who told me no update has been released for the tab, except for units on Three and from CPW. I am expecting a follow up call to advise when an "official" update will be made available via KIES.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vladtiger:
Hi, i have a suggestion for you to update to Gingerbread, have you ever tried the overcome experience? It's awesome....try to update to gingerbread with it, i bet you won't regret

www

teamovercome

net

(plz add "dot" by yourself, becoz this forum don't let newbies to put outside link)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biffroy:
Going back to stock froyo is easy enough and kies won't know the difference if you do it right. We are ALL newbies at one time, I've only been doing this for less than a year, started with my sgs phone as Samsung were taking there time releasing 2,3 and I'm very impatient :) I've (soft) bricked my phone and tab dozens of times, it's trial and error and very confusing. I am no where near being someone who "knows his stuff" I just love playing around. Go into the dev section and take a look. If you follow the guides from team Overcome and manage to get kratos on your tab, you will be a very happy bunny. There is a bootloader patch in the "stickies" section that you need to read too :)

This is hard work if your new, but if you follow the overcome guide you should be OK. You're more than welcome to ask me more questions but remember- I'm still a newbie myself and not a dev! I am however glad for messing up and bricking my phone and tab so many times- it's how you learn!

Good luck!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Homey:
Thanks Biffroy,

I've read the instructions a couple of times and watched a couple of 'how to' vids on Youtube and i'm going to give it a go today. I'm a bit nervous but I think i'll be ok!

Guess we all have to dive in at some point!!

Thanks again for the advice.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ofiaich:
Hi Ravi,

I am going to try too after the weekend, perhaps Monday! Please can I be selfish and ask you to post here how you got on?

I will post my expereinces too!

I flashed my old Nexus One a long time ago, and am a bit bervous to flash my Tablet!

Ofiaich :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Homey:
Sure! I'll be happy to report back.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biffroy:
No worries :) i'm really interested to know how you both get on so let me know!!!

happy flashing!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treb1971:
I would offer the following:

First, root your device. Get Superuser installed. There is Superoneclick, or I believe Chainfire's CFRoot.

Then back-up your system! Very important, so that you can go back to your specific firmware. (I didn't do this). I believe Rotohammer has a back-up utility ?.

Then install the ROM of your choice.

Overcome instructions are very detailed, and easy to follow.

Good luck!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ofiaich:
easy question!

if all went smoothly, how long can this update to an Overcome Rom expect to take?

Ofiaich :p
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biffroy:
10 minutes if you've done it a few times!

But for a first time, following the overcome guide step by step, I guess you're looking at 30-60 minutes....
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olyloh6696:
Had this update for nearly 4 months now... Got it when it first came out.

Stock 2.3 Rom, factory unlocked
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinsb:
Can anyone tell me the benefits of the Overcome ROM to say Stock 2.3.3. I've been to their site and you read stuff in forums but nowhere have I seen a .....

"This ROM is designed to run faster/be more stable/offer this feature/be more customisable.etc....." statement(s).

Also (and no disrespect to the originators) is the source for the ROM available as well?

Regards
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bongski55:
Ha? From the Development thread:

ROM FEATURES

JPA Base Rom - ANDROID 2.3.3

Overcome kernel v3.3.1 included

No Modem is included - due to a variety of personal preference I decided to leave that a la carte

Fully Deodexed

Fully Zipaligned

Rooted with busybox installed

Reboot/Recovery/Download options added to the power menu

Accurate battery mod with gingerbread styling

Blur removed across system (i.e. behind power option menu) - significantly improves performance

Power Off confirmation disabled

Screen off animation enabled

Overscroll Glow effect enabled

Added AppWidgetPicker

CSC set to XEU

Ads Blocked

Updated Market to 3.0.26

Updated Maps to 5.8.0

Flash Player removed due to compatibility issue - install from market and you'll be all set.

Updated GMail to 2.3.5

Updated YouTube to 2.1.6

Updated SamsungApps to 2.5.039

Updated StreetView to 1.6.0.6

Updated Thinkfree Office Suite

Removed Startup/Shutdown sounds

Cool boot animation

A2DP Bluetooth Connection Fix Integrated

SIP calling enabled over 3g AND WiFi

Fugutweaks integrated

Browser mods (enabled "Default Zoom" in settings, added "User Agent" in settings, set plugins to "on demand" by default)

KERNEL FEATURES

Support RFS/EXT2/EXT3/EXT4

OC/UV with these steps: 1.6ghz, 1.5ghz, 1.4ghz, 1.3ghz, 1.2ghz, 1ghz, 800mhz, 600mhz, 400mhz, 200mhz, 100mhz

Replaced kernel jhash2 with jhash3

Adjusted kernel HZ value to improve smoothness

Optimized lowmemorykiller values

Optimized compiler flags

Voodoo Sound v10 (courtesy of supercurio)

Voodoo Lagfix (courtesy of supercurio)

Overcome CwM Recovery v4.1.1.4 (Custom built Clockworkmod v4.0.1.4)

Full support of internal/external SD cards in Recovery

V(R) scheduler added and set as Default

Kernel tweaks to VM and Scheduler for better performance

Built in CIFS/TUN/SlowWork support

Touchscreen Undervolted (courtesy Koxudaxi)

RAM Undervolted

Stochastic Fair Blue (SFB) Network Scheduler

Autogroup Scheduler

Asynchronous I/O Enabled (AIO)

Backlight Notifications (Thanks to Neldar for the mod and Koxudaxi for the patch)

Overcome v3.1.0-KRATOS

Overcome Kernel v3.3.1 Included

XWJPA Base

1080p Streaming Flash now smooth as butter

Wifi reconnect bug fixed (thanks to source built wpa_supplicant from disguztipated)

Updated Google Talk client with fully functioning one (identical to 2.3.4)

Updated Gmail to 2.3.5

Overcome Kernel v3.3.1

Overcome CwM Recovery Updated to v4.1.1.4 (Upstream fixes and enhancements)

Numerous Upstream improvements

Updated config_hz and user_hz to improve smoothness

Optimized compiler flags

Set V(R) Scheduler as default

My only issue is the warming of my tab(most probably result of OC). Everything else is as stated....I don't think the stock has these features.

Also unless you are a member of the Overcome team I don't think they will give you the source.....You won't even get the stock firmware JPA
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinsb:
Bongski

I'd already read that thanks, unless the reader has a detailed understanding of the numerous references contained within frankly it says nothing......

As I asked in my original post (rephrased) what's the main objective of the ROM? Is it "....increased speed/more stability/better customisation/more sex appeal...."

The above list would make sense if there was an explanatory comment for each item, for example what does "Fully Deodexed" mean and why do I need it?

I just want a 'Top Line' overview comment and then if I want to dig further the options above would be required.......
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Homey:
Superoneclick

CFRoot

Rotohammer

I can't find any of these apps in the Market. Where do I get them from?!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brilldoctor:
rotohammer is a xda user. Superoneclick is a app for your pc (search XDA) and CFRoot is a kernel. before flashing make sure you deal with the bootloaders if going to a custom rom. (USE THESE TOOLS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THEY WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY) Oh and the overcome guide is very good (use at own risk!)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olyloh6696:
Personally, superone click root didn't work for me, so I used CFroot!

Stock 2.3.3 ROM. Give it a try.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bongski55:
pinsb,

The custom ROMs are provided AS IS, that is why there is no such explanation that you are asking. I don't think you will find any that says this is better,faster,more stable,etc. compared to the others.

I think the main objective is to show that android can be customized according to what the developer wants. I don't think anyone actually NEED a custom rom.

See for example the latest overcome is based on JPA according to the developer they have tested this base as the most stable, how they have come to that conclusion we won't know as that fw is not available to us.

May I also add that there are also some posts here saying they are SATISFIED WITH FROYO so should they also ask here what is the benefit of Gingerbread? Maybe.

Anyway the fact that you came to xda then I assume you are not satisfied with stock and are looking for an alternative?

As for me I tried alternatives like overcome and alsi dip7 out of curiosity but ended up going back to stock.

Good Luck!