yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G General] saramon:
So far I have used SRF, Reborn, ACS Bambozzled, ERA Viper, and I am currently using Simply AOSP. I have loved each Rom I have used, each have their quirks. Usually the GB runs give me a few headaches... like restoring with titanium screws up my app space, GPS is up and down, etc. I would recommend using an EC05 Rom until things are fully stable with GB (especially CM7 Selfkang), just to save yourself a few headaches.
[Epic 4G General] beltsnspoons:
Try Everything!

I've only used a few. Stock, Viper (apocalypse, frozen, and synergy), and urban legend (fury and regen). I'm currently using Urban Regen 1.1.1, with Rodericks genocide 2.0 kernel. Lately, I try to stick with EC05 based ROMs and kernels for their stability and the number of options out there for EC05. I'm relatively new to rooting and flashing so i don't know everything there is to know about it, but I'm learning fast. I'm definitely not new to tech, holding a few IT certifications, a degree in CNT and presently in school working on another degree, so my knowledge of operating systems (especialy linux :D ) is helping me learn much faster. The best advice i can give you, is to read the forums, ask questions when you can't find an answer (no matter how stupid you think the question is) and to try a little of everything until you find what you like or learn how to do it yourself, lol. There are tons of guides, wikis, and awesome developers who are willing to help you as long as you try your best to help yourself as well. You'll get the occasional put down, or get called a noob, you'll make mistakes and feel dumb, but everyone does so don't worry about it. Just try to remember that pretty much any question you can think of, any problem you run into, and disaster you cause, has probably happened to someone else before and has probably been addressed more than twice on these forums, so do some searching before you just start posting "HELLLLLLP MEEEEEEE!!!" Another piece of advice i can give you, that i did with my first phone, is get a decent size and class sd, read a guide on how to dual boot ROMs (i think theres even an app now that does most of it for you!), root your phone, leave the stock ROM on your phone, flash a good kernel that supports dual booting (check out genocide 2.0). That way, you can try out new ROMs as much as you like and always be able to revert back to stock when you need some stability or if you run into bugs.

Good Luck! :)

Genocide 2.0 kernel: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961614

SRF (seems to be pretty popular, ive never tried it): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1091680

ViperROM: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=999894

Urban regen: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1013065

a list of ROMs that will most likely link you right back to XDA, lol: http://theunlockr.com/category/roms-2/android-roms-2/samsung-epic-4g-roms/
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I like (no bias)

Srf 1.2+Genocide 2.0 kernel+ Supercharger scripts
[Epic 4G General] Krispy Joe:
I've been rocking SRF 1.2 for about 3 months now with the Twilight Zone 1.1.1 Kernel. Very stable, no force closes or reboots, GPS locks instantly, over a full day of battery life. I'd stick with EC05 ROMs until the official GB ROMs drop. I've tried a few of the leaked GB roms and none of them have been stable enough to be daily drivers.
[Epic 4G General] chkchkboom:
Wow...now that's cheap ;8
[Epic 4G General] MeetFace:
Which scripts you running? Just curious, been thinking of flashing back to SRF.

I've been rollin' with IAP Rebirth the past several weeks. Awesome ROM, but I've been getting reboots. Haven't even touched the Supercharger scripts and it's the most responsive ROM I've used.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mumu_li:
How to make a complete rom with the OTA udpate which has patches inside with the Kitchen tools.

Can anybody help?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
Easiest way is to apply the OTA to your phone, then make a Nandroid backup, and then use the Nandroid's system.img and boot.img in the kitchen to help create your ROM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mumu_li:
Need to specify this.

Given a stock ROM with an OTA update. I can do the update with phone then doing a nandroid backup. How the kitchen support reading the system.img and boot.img to create a working folder. That's the first question.

The 2nd question is "is there any alternative". You just mentioned the easiest way. Can I apply the OTA update directly on a working folder? Can you tell other ways?

Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] daeshawn:
Just an inquiry. Since the T-Mobile version of the Galaxy S II has a Snapdragon processor, wouldnt it be easier to port to our HD2's? here's the dump http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1300682
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
might be harder due to difference in hardware
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] langthang:
I'm using Galaxy SII with stock Rom , it isn't better than CM7 rom and MIUI rom. So I'll cook and flash other Rom to my phone :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] daeshawn:
Thx for the replies guys. From what I read the tmo version uses a snapdragon processor which I know the Hd2 uses, so i figured it would be somewhat possible. Thx though. And lang, i love your miui roms. I always look for the updates lol
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] epsmed:
Soft buttons for HD2 Roms

Is it possibel to have on the NDT GINGER or NDT MIUI DEVELOPMENT Rom Version also Soft buttons like Home und back on tha task bar ?

I seen it in other Roms and is very usefull

thanks
[LG Optimus 3D] darshanbangre:
Hi All,

I bought a new Optimus 3d Originally Roggers and now unlocked am from India . after inserting the sim it says "Invalid Sim" I tried all the sims non is working. am currently on v10k firmware.
[LG Optimus 3D] DevJackey:
are you sure it is really unlocked?
[LG Optimus 3D] darshanbangre:
Yes... If I try to unlock again it says "your phone is not personalized" . and I have no option to type the unlock code.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] NoobWithAQuestion:
I would like to start by saying this is entirely my fault but I would be very grateful for any help.

So, I downloaded a custom launcher called touchwiz 4.5 onto my phone and everything was working perfectly until I decided to open up root explorer and try to change the name so it would run in the background instead of TW3. So I did it but when I pressed home it asked me which launcher to use and I selected the wrong one and the set as default was checked. Now, I am stuck without a launcher so I can not open anything at all to fix the problem.

I will be extremely happy if I do not need to buy a new phone and thank anyone in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thegoo:
Left Soft Key -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Find & select the TW4.5 launcher or whatever in the list -> scroll down to Launch by default -> Clear defaults.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] NoobWithAQuestion:
Thanks, but there is one thing I forgot to mention earlier. I cannot access the main screen because I receive force close messages while the phone is on, and there is no delay between them so I cannot even use it. I was thinking maybe there is a way through the computer.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] QUIETLYloud:
You have a root so you gave cwm recovery, correct?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Look up Odin in the Bible. You can use it to restore the phone. If you can make a backup of your micro SD onto a computer. Other than that if you deleted your launcher your phones gonna keep FCing on you. Cool thing to try to delete though.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thegoo:
ADB Push the apk(s) back over?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bkoon1218:
Your best bet would be to just go into CWM, create a NAND backup, Odin a new ROM, and advanced restore your NAND's data. That should clear up everything.

Using ADB is not that easy, especially when you're new to all this stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] camalus:
Everyone should be forced to learn.basic adb commands before being able to root their phones for problems just like this.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] NoobWithAQuestion:
Thanks a lot guys. I have found an already rooted stock rom for sgs4g and will now try and flash it to my phone. I will read up next time I try anything stupid like that.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] QUIETLYloud:
Being you're flashing a ROM anyway you may want to consider something custom... There is a few benefits to them
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
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Always backup with CWM before flashing!

Features:

Change Log

DOWNLOADS

UnNamed 1.3.1

Screenshots:

**Version 1.4 Pictured**

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Source from which I ported
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dc5ftw:
nice theme but the wifi, signal and battery icon doesnt fit my taste lol.

is it too much to ask if you could port the theme from the original Lite'ning Rom v6.1. I love that blue theme and would love to have it on unnamed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Yea I'll try getting around to it. I need to fix two issues with red and blue monkey first.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hkeyman:
Nice theme Jivy good job on all the ports to Unnamed ROM. On the Airplane mode icon are you holding out to see if he updates to use the Vol/Vibe mode? Also will the dialer and calc expand if I change the dpi to 200?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
No his theme used sound instead of airplane mode. I'm out of town until Sunday and didn't have time to build the airplane icon, but the sgs2 needed more themes so figured I'd overlook it until Sunday when I got back.

Doesn't support anything other than stock dpi at this moment.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Updated toggle menu support for UnNamed Rom. Also fixed airplane issue :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hkeyman:
Great job on adding the scrollable toggles into the theme, love that option. Installed and the only issue I am having is with contacts. Not sure yet if it is a dpi issue (I am putting it back to 240 and let you know if any change). But the contacts bar at the top is crashing everytime I try to use it. I am getting a message that I have attached and wondering if you or anyone else is seeing this too?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
I'm not getting any fc with what you've described. What ROM are you running?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hkeyman:
UnNamed version 1.03...I tried a changing the DPI back to 240 and still the same thing. I think I am going to re-flash things again and see if it corrects the issue. I will update with results/solution that I used or came up with.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hkeyman:
A re-flash seems to have cleaned up any garbage I might have had with doing things last night (late and half asleep). Probably all my doing when I was working on it and not being "Fully" coherent while working on the phone last night. Note to all...A good nights sleep and a fresh start the next day will probably prevent most mistakes made and a number of erroneous posts later...Sorry Jivy for mucking up the thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Lol glad to hear that it is nothing I did and now your phone is fully functional :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nyydynasty:
btw - the uninstall file is called 'redmonkey'. Not sure if its just a naming error or if you accidentally linked the wrong uninstall zip.

just so you know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Ignore the name it will work. I didnt want to upload same thing three seperate times :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Having issues with Photoshop crashing. Re installing windows tonight after I get home to try again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nyydynasty:
ok, thanks for that info.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] verncat05:
Just flashed this theme and really like it. Were you planning on porting over the other colored themes as well? Also, as I have no idea how to make them, I was wondering how hard it would be to make a blue and gold theme (University of Michigan colors)? Just curious. Thanks for all of your work!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hkeyman:
Red Monkey file after install

I also noticed that after the flash of the BM Theme it put the Red Monkey image files onto the SD Card directory. You can delete...or keep, the choice is up to you. ;)

BTW is anyone else seeing the green progress bars on scanning or downloading and a half bar of Blue/Grey in some instances?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Im reinstalling win 7 this weekend to hopefully get rid of these PS crashes so I can tweak things in the themes :o So if you notice anything post it and I will get them all worked out this weekend :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mjgspr95:
Great theme. I just updated to the 2.3.5 leak though. Requesting port:-)

i777 stock 2.3.5 kj2

Entropy512 Doom

14 toggle mod

Onepointsixingit
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hkeyman:
One more request @Jivy...When you are re-tooling or adjusting things in the theme can you update the Unknown callers in the log and in call pictures to something less Buffy the Vampire and National Geo-graphics Burka chick and maybe more BlueMonkey Androidish??? PLEEEEA$E! Also maybe something in the notifications semi-transparent window would be nice...Thx! (See Attached).:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
fixed battery animation issue in coming update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Here's updates you'll see soon:

Transparent lock screen

Redid quick panel icons

Gmail themed

Default contact icons match ics looks nice

Phone rethemed

Bringing stock mms with theme selections like my ics theme

battery animations fixed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BNAS:
Same version???

I am running Blue Monkey on Cognition X2 Beta-4 with BM 1.2. Will this updated 1.3 work on that ROM? Will the update from 1.2 to 1.3 work? I could not find the thread for Cog/Stock version of BM.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jgrimberg1979:
Awesome man looking forward to it!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Not going to support cognition since the dev of that Rom sold SGS2 and has left. So i will support ROMs with active DEVs right now I want to get the theme to a good nice stable point before I bring in support for other roms. So after this update Ill work on bringing support for Stock ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BNAS:
Force Close

Ok. Flashed back to Stock. Flashed 1.3 full and it looks beautiful. Flashed CRT animation ON and now the Market Force Closes on bootup and everytime I try to Launch it. Flashed back to Stock, reflashed 1.3 Full... Works fine. Flashed CRT animation ON and again, Market Force Closes.

Any Ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kadin:
Nice theme jivy! I've been using one that I've liked between multiple devices for a while and this is the first one that I think I'm going to keep instead. It's slightly modified from how I had it before but I love it. Well done!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BNAS:
Anyone else using Root Explorer? When i install BM Root Explorer does not let me mount the SD card as R/W. Jivy, any ideas on this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Check superuser app to make sure you didnt block RE from having Root access that is why you cant mount as Read/Write
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Knips178:
FYI: If you update with this theme on UnNamed 1.3.x it may not take the first time. Flash the theme a second time to fix the problem.

I just went through this so hopefully it helps someone else. For me it said it updated fine but went really fast. I tried flashing it again and it took longer. Low and behold after the reboot it works great.

Still playing with the theme but it looks great so far. Thanks

...now returning to your regularly scheduled programming.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hkeyman:
Just to add and simplify things (As I think I have mentioned before) Please remember to MOUNT your data and system in CW before flashing. This will save you the headache of flashing a second time and has worked in all attempts that I have done with my phones and others I have worked with. ;)

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Did you go into Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>All>Market (And possibly Market Updater and Feedback) Clear Cache and Clear Data after install by chance? See if that corrects the issue for you and if it alleviates the FC's upon boot. You may need to go into the Market again and accept the terms and let it restart but that should clear it up. Keep us posted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BNAS:
Ended up flashing Unamed ROM and reflashing BM with CRT ON and all is well... It was only while using Stock Deodexed Rooted ROM. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ishmael47:
I have a question, as someone new to Android in general. I've installed UnNamed and kept it updated quite well. I'm really liking it.

Anyways I'm looking at trying out some of these themes but I can't find any information on how to uninstall it if I don't like it. Lets say I flash this and I end up wanting to go back to the regular unmodded UnNamed, what would I do to accomplish that? What if I wanted to go from this to another theme for UnNamed? Flash on top of it?

Sorry if its a dumb question, I can't seem to find an answer via searches.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jgrimberg1979:
Is the update coming soon?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stalked_r/t:
In the international thread, there's referrences on changing the backdrop of the notifications screen. Will those same changes work on this carryover? I'd like to change it up a little every now and then. I tried just flashing it, and it put my phone into a boot loop. want to be sure it shouldn't work as opposed to something wrong I did. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hkeyman:
Theme recovery

The only dumb question is the one not asked I was always taught...Or if you post in the wrong Thread that is usually not a smart move either. Searching never hurts either...very important to USE search.

Anyway to answer your question most of the time Themers include a 'Revert' file if you install the Theme and don't like it and want to go back to the ROM Theme/install setup prior to the new theme that is what Revert does. If no Revert is available the other likely scenario is to do a Nandroid Backup prior to the theme install and just restore in Recovery. Most occasions if no revert (or god help you if you do not have a backup) you can Wipe Cache Partition and Dalvik cache (Advanced>Dalvik) from recovery then install a new theme over the previous. I have had mixed results with the last scenario with some themes but this works 9 times out of 10 without a hitch. And the ultimate last ditch you can do if you prefer is just reload the ROM clean.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joarda:
I've been using the MattedBlues revert to for both the MattedBlues, as it is intended, as well as for reverting from Blue Monkey to stock UnNamed theme. Seems to work okay for me though not sure if it is a recommended proceedure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hkeyman:
That revert procedure you do should work in theory. But if a themer does something different than others (say add custom apks or customized build changes) the revert may not fully remove all of those changes back to the ROMs original configuration. But I guess it is how the revert file is setup. What I have laid out are just possible alternatives.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dushmanius:
Nice theme.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nookie1129:
sorry for being a noob....but...

sorry, i am technologically sound but sort of a noob to the whole ROM flashing aspect. maybe i missed something but the theme post (post 1) is titled that this is for UnNamed ROM yet in your sig, Jivy, it says for stock rom also.

i just wanted to make sure that if i used your walkthrough on CWM and the root using super one-click but didnt flash another ROM that i can try to install this theme. thanks for your help.

also, any idea why i couldnt root using CWM? my phone would not find the ZIP when i tried. was it because i put the ZIP on my external SD and not internal? - i fig i should ask since i may run into the same issue when installing this theme.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jbirney:
Thanks for the great theme. I have enjoyed using this for the last week or so as I seem to love the blue themes. I look forward to keeping it :) Thanks again!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stalked_r/t:
Bump for a question. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Referring to the black transparent bg with blue Android in this theme correct?

Running ICScrewD ROM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stalked_r/t:
Correct. for referrence, in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17633730&postcount=5

there is statusbar backgrounds which are different. I downloaded a couple I wanted to try, flashed them, but then the phone just sits at the boot windows (changed mine to the 's' flashable mod) until I force a shut down.

Did I make sense in all that drivel? lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Flashing those will cause boot loops because it's for i9100. Easiest way extract both systemui.apk find images you want from i9100 res/hdpi drag into systemui for blue monkey. Zip uncompressed to make sure no issues. Either use the zip from i9100 to install or adb push and reboot.

Running ICScrewD ROM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jgrimberg1979:
Jivy

I thought there was going to be an update for blue monkey, which would include transparent lockscreen. Is that still the plan? Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nookie1129:
Ok sorry for my previous ignorance. I figured everything out. I do have a question tho jivy. Is it possible to get the double home tap to launch the vlingo as w stock rom? I'm assuming someone has an apk for that, is that correct?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Double tap was removed because caused a lag when you hit the hinge button.

As for theme update it is still coming if I can get wife off laptop from studying for finals I can release it tonight lol.

Running ICScrewD ROM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
You can install vlingo from market then long press search button assign it to vlingo

Running ICScrewD ROM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nookie1129:
Ok thanks. I had vlingo back when they first released just didn't know if it was any different than what I had. The recognition has become excellent since then. For those who dont use it...chk it out.

Also the unnamed rom has definitely improved my battery life and I haven't lost any performace at least that I can tell. Do you have any personal suggestions for other roms w improvements or that may be better than unnamed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Lol can try my ROM

Running ICScrewD ROM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nookie1129:
Haha...self promo....like it. Im assumin the one in ur sig. Ill check it out.

Whats ur selling points?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nookie1129:
Suggestion for bluemonkey. Can you make the text balloons a bit darker blue maybe w white text and the other ones white w blue text? Obviously would need to pick shade to asthetics but whatev. Thx
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MWilkenson:
Thatd be awesome! Last I heard the plan was to make a theme selector for the text bubbles like he did on his ics theme. I think it'd be pretty cool either way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jgrimberg1979:
Jivy

What happened to the update includong transparent lockscrren that you said you were working on a couple of weeks ago? I miss my monkey
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] B214B1:
I think he got busy with his ROM. I have it on my phone, and it is VERY nice. He did say he was going to work on Blue Monkey for his ROM also.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
That is correct SIR :) update out today
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
Theme updated to 1.4 check changelog on op for all the details :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] akira02rex:
Why is this called Blue Monkey? Silly name.