yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TheTodFather:
Really? Wow, it's clear as night and day. I'm running unnamed too. When you use the app you can see right there that the gradient is all banded looking while on samsung settings, it is totally obvious when you switch to native.

Supercurio is a beast!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gaveup:
I did notice that, but I also noticed the sharpness on pictures seemed to have blurred. That may just be a by product to fix the banding. I'm no screen calibrator.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TheTodFather:
exactly when you watch movies you will notice that their is no more artifacts, because when you artificially add/enhance contrast/sharpness you create noise it becomes apparent when you are watching movies on your phone. So what you see now is a calibrated native experience. I do graphic design and invested a lot of money on sensors to calibrate my monitor and TVs. It makes a world of difference when you get it right. I notice it most when watching a scene where there is a lot of shadows, the blacks don't crush out all the dark grays.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gaveup:
That's something I never really noticed in the first place with movies. Everything just looked crisp.

The app is cool, but I would like a little more control as opposed to 2 buttons. Know what i mean? At any rate, it's free, and you can NEVER hate on free :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TheTodFather:
I agree, more options is probably the one common denominator we share. From his thread this is going to be "huge". That little app took him 4 months of calibrations so I think he is going in the right directions. Curio is the most OCD person I have ever met, which is a good thing in this case! LOL

* I did notice when i got the phone that things looked a little cartoonie! I was still flattered with the screen. I love how everything is a little more natural to the eye.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jaxf250:
FYI for those using CM7 on the AT&T SGS2: support will be coming later next week for our device name. Right now it will show as "model not recognized" when you try and run it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TOA Duck:
This app is nice. Kudos to SuperCurio
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tysj:
Sure as hell makes my cartoon style with more solid color wallpapers look a lot better
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Speedy350z:
ok I went to a picture in the gallery and I can see some fine adjustment to picture. when you put it in native and close the ap does it stay in native or you have to keep the ap open?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tysj:
I think it sticks. I just rebooted and it looks like it's still working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TheTodFather:
Just because I think Curio, should get all the respect he deserves for his OCD. I am going to shave his face into my head like this kid did in respect for steve jobs!

http://www.collegehumor.com/picture/6630579/steve-jobs-shaved-into-head
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mbze430:
well it's a pretty nice app... that with SCreen adjuster you can make it pretty good.. hopefully the dEv can add rgb settings so I can finally get my screen exactly as the industry standard.

Color Calibration (RGB Values after)

CIE Chart - Show how close the screen is now(after calibration) to D6500 (industry standard)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Boobie Watcher:
how exactly does it work...when i open it it just says native and samsung....i clicked both

neither did anything?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xAnimal5:
Why would you bump a 5 day old thread?....

Native is the altered settings. If you can't notice a change, then it's because you have a diff screen quality on,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] highaltitude:
Says my device is not supported
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Boobie Watcher:
why do you care if i bumped a 5 day old thread...i wanted to know how it worked...get over it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TheTodFather:
Seriously chill out dude, this app just hit made the front page of xda so people are curious about it. Go troll somewhere else...

Yes you hit native. If you notice the gradient it looks less banded. Trust me super curio had done a lot of work on this, he is a legend. If you dont notice anything then you really don't need the app. It works you just aren't that particular about the calibration. SOme people are some people are not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Boobie Watcher:
Thanks man, I LOVE it....makes the screen look much smoother....our phones are kind of like TV's you see in a store...everything turned all the way up and not properly calibrated, this will do that for you're phone. Much better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] highaltitude:
To me this app makes the icons look blurry. Putting it back on Samsung sharpens up the icons.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
If you look at a high-res image (ie the blue/yello wallpaper that samsung uses with this phone) the image is smoothed over when put on native. When put back on samsung you can actually see the grain.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sopdogg:
Working well. This phone had more banding than my Xperia X10 which only had 65k colors before this App. Afterwards, banding has decreased dramatically. Huge difference for me.

Sent from a Galaxy far far away...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mbze430:
I am wondering why these "fixes" needs to be in an "app" and not just be built-in to the ROM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gadget069:
I end up watching a lot of movies on my phone and was really upset at the banding/grainy video quality, hopefully this will cure this.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kevonomics:
Did wonders. Love it.. and yes I do wonder why it isn't preset on most ROMS already.

Very satisfied.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jjesusfreak01:
Can't preset it into the ROMs until its finished. Sounds like SuperCurio is still putting some work into it. It will be a welcome ROM addition when he's finished.
[Member-Found Deals] madnish30:
Found this deal on eBay while looking for a S2 for myself - http://www.ebay.in/itm/SAMSUNG-GALA...84598?pt=IN_Mobile_Phones&hash=item3a6b9a6896

I guess it is for Indian buyers only - it is the cheapest i have seen in India for the unlocked version .

I don't know the seller so I take no responsibility for the purchase - just sharing this low price deal :)

Make hay while the sunshine lasts ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vojvo:
hi,

i have galaxy s2 and when i plug in to charge, phone does not switch off,anyone help me about this problem please?

thanks.
[Defy General] ezantera:
Just general discussion....

How it is possible that that defy+ rom (ger) with all his blur crap have better battery standby comparing to cm7?!

Is is possible to add google talk audio in defy+ german rom, it should be possible?

And another thing... if your defy is hot, something is wrong, its draining too much power. On some cm7 roms overheat cpu even it was undervolted.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slopokdave:
I smashed my screen, but everything else still works.

I have some important files on my SD card I need to access. I am rooted. What are my options? Can I do this with "adb"? I'm not sure how, if so.

Worst case, is the microsd internal removable at all if I break the rest of the phone open? Thanks,

-Dave
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kieronboz:
if your screen doesnt work you can do it all blind?

So if you boot your phone into the bootloader and follow these instructions, you should be able to turn your usb on lol.

Turn on holding volume (access bootloader)

Down x2

Power (yes)

wait 20-30 seconds

Down x6

Power (yes)

Up x2

Power (yes)

That should mount your USB storage lol.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derekwilkinson:
there is no sd card. you can access the file system with adb if you have usb debugging enabled.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Op is referring to the internal storage of 14gb to be the sdcard. We all know that the nexus s doesn't have a sdcard.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slopokdave:
Thanks guys! Got me into the right direction. This worked perfectly for me:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/42491/how-to-remote-view-and-control-your-android-phone/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
IMO the mods should sticky this - at the very least jivy26 should add it to the FAQ if it isn't there already.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
Very good information here +1 for stickie.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MisterEdF:
I just ordered my GSII (coming from Infuse) and have been doing a lot of reading in preparation so I may be confused.

Didn't I read somewhere here (FAQ?) that the "JIG FIX" has been disabled by Samsung in the hardware?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Not yet for the i777. The newer unofficial firmware leaks on the i777, and newer firmware releases on the i9100, are said to have bootloaders that disable the Jig fix. Your best and safest bet is to never increment the flash counter. If you have already incremented the flash counter, then get a jig to reset it, and then never increment it again. For more information see the Guide linked in my signature.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pinoymutt:
Looks like the SBL (secondary bootloader) has been posted so that for those 5% we mentioned above that accidentally flashed that newer leak that disabled the "jig trick", this may be the thing that helps them.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18698937#post18698937

But be forewarned -- DO NOT mess with or flash bootloaders unless you absolutely know what you are doing or are sure you need them. May things can be recovered from if things go wrong, but a bad bootloader flash can create a nasty "brick" that almost always needs some sort of professional help to undo.

Also +1 that this thread should be stickied!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
Thanks for the walkthrough. Nice to know I got every detail done. Factory wipe just wasn't cutting it (even with stock rom). Had a dead pixel that was bugging me like crazy. Oddly most noticeable when starting the xda app, can we say irony?

And with my new galaxy s II the screen digitizer isn't off near the top and bottom! So much better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MisterEdF:
Using the ODIN 1 CLICK (factory NON-ROOTED) How long should this process take? Been 10 minutes and it is sitting at "Firmware Update Start" then "factoryfs.img." Yes, I have the yellow [COM28]. I've done this before on an Infuse and it was relatively fast. I'm afraid to cancel the process. Previously was on UNNAMED ROM.

EDIT: Also trying ODIN (without 1 step) using the PDA.TAR file and same thing is happening. Just hanging seemingly trying to load FACTTORYFS.IMG.

Edit Edit: Do I need to have a SIM card installed to do this?

Edit Edit Edit: Well, I got it to work. It would not work plugged into any of the 12 USB 2.0 motherboard ports on my PC (never had problem with the Infuse on those same ports). When I connected it to a USB PORT on a USB HUB it worked fine. Very strange.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 3 or 88:
thanks really assisted; have not got the jig yet but did get bad or incorrect off my ATT Galaxy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nickshertzer:
Thank you! I bought a jig off Amazon for a little under $2 plus shipping. That plus this guide got my SGS2 back to stock.

I really like the SGS2 phone, and holy crap is it fast. Only problem is I'm so used to my Dell Streak's 5" SIZE, my thumbs felt cramped. Almost 2 weeks in with a "tiny" 4.3 incher and I'm sad to go.

I think I can wait on a subsidized Galaxy Note... That should only take, what? Six months? Oh god....

Anyway, obviously your post here is the only reason I can legitimately return within my 30 day period. So, THANK YOU again!

:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cesande:
Thanks for this Guide as well!

Once again works like a charm if you read and follow along!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stalked_r/t:
Excellent help. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] moeaz05:
Hey my custom binary it says yes. In not sending it back to warrety, I just want to revert back to stock. So am I allowed to continue without the jig?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
The counter does not have any control over the actual function of the phone. It only provedes information. So go ahead and flash back to stock if you want to. That will also restore your AT&T boot screen and remove the yellow triangle.

And if you want to clear the counter later, buy a jig.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] moeaz05:
o okay thks. so there is only one offical frimware out for this att phone and it is 2.3.4?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Correct. It's only been less than two months since release.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Yovee:
I'm considering returning my phone to Target so I can get in on the Walmart deal. The jig will be delivered on Wednesday or Thursday, and it takes 3 business days after I return the phone to reset my upgrade eligibility, which might put me after the last date (Dec. 3rd) that the Walmart deal is available. Do you guys think the counter is usually checked when a return is processed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
@Yovee

Most people seem to think if you remove the i9100 boot screen with the yellow triangle, you are safe, and that the chance someone will actually look at the flash counter is very unlikely. I don't know, but I can say I have never seen a post where anyone said that their return was rejected for this.

You can remove the boot screen and yellow triangle without a jig. See the post in my signature for more info.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kadin:
I've returned/exchanged a fair amount of Samsung phones over the past few months and never had an associate look at it. I'd say that half of them never even turned the phone on. At least they did verify the IMEI and accessories.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Yovee:
Thanks a lot for your responses guys. In that case I think I'll just restore the original firmware, get rid of the yellow triangle, and return the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nenita25:
I did exactly that but it still says no device found not sure what to do I looked up all the drivers I need an they say all working but I have to I have android adb interface with a little triangle on it then under it I have Samsung adb interface which is gd idk how to get adb to read the phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nenita25:
The phone is Samsung galaxy s2 i777 running the ics of 9100 and reading as if it's the 9100 so how do I get it to read do I need drives for i777 or 9100?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
The button combination used to enter recovery on the I777 is vol+, vol-, & pwr. Sounds like you're trying to use the I9100 configuration which uses the physical home button.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
I guess you should wait untill you receive your jig. Troubleshooting adb in your situation is beyond the scope of this guide.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nenita25:
Agreed the jig should be coming tomorrow so will see if u can get it back to the stock rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nenita25:
I got the jig an was able to fix everything ty for all ur help :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
I am only able to enter download mode. After running a ported ROM for weeks I discovered the S voice patch that I installed was no longer functioning. To fully uninstall I used Titanium Backup and longpressed to bring up menu at which Point I choose "Force Uninstall...recovery (sorry, don't remember the whole name). Now when I go to reboot it pulls up the boot screen just fine and then turns back off. Recovery is not accessible and it won't even advance to the Siyiah Boot screen.

I have downloaded I777UCKH7-CL503881-Full and extracted using 7zip. When I press start within Odin this is the message I get...

"<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)"

It says this almost instantly.

I believe somehow my Siyiah kernel got messed up given that it won't let me advance to the boot screen of the kernel and that I can't enter recovery.

I thought it might be a driver or usb port problem with my computer cuz it doesn't bring up the charging symbol, but they seem to be working because I can't access download mode without a usb plugged in.

Can someone point me in the right direction of what to try next.

VK Rom 5.1

Siyiah Kernal 3.4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Your phone is not connected to the pc in download mode.

You need to follow the guide explicitly, following the steps in the correct order.

You need to see in Odin that your phone is connected before you press start.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
I did actually, just forgot to type it. Flash counter is at no and it is recgonized as the i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Then, bad usb cable, change usb port, Samsung usb drivers not installed, or corrupt, etc. There are a number of possibilities.

But from what you wrote in the first post, it still sounds like the phone is not recognized in Odin.

Wait: VK rom 5.1. Isn't that an I9100 rom. Do you have the I777 phone or the I9100 phone, or which?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
I have the i777 and it is correctly recgonized as that in odin. I was running the vk Rom found in the ported section of the i777 forums

Not sure if it matters but I haven't been able to enter download mode using only the volume buttons instead I've had to use volume and power like I'm entering recovery but I do get the required info still

I'll try redowloading the drivers tomorrow
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] blankit:
can someone help me please..my phone is stuck on (firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again)......i was trying to root it in odin and that happened and i cant get the phone out of that screen so please help me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
I think my problem is I can't download the file you link to here:

"Download the "I777UCKH7-CL503881-No-BL.7z" package from Hotfile."

I can't get to that link because I'm at work and due to security I can't get to that site (most links on XDA I can download at work) but not this one for some reason. I've tried multiple different downloads but their either in a .tar format which I don't know what to do with when it's not packaged with a odin friendly file like you reference above. The other files I find are just modem or kernal but again, no idea what to do with.

Do you have another link to the file referenced above. so I can get it to work in odin.

I just downloaded this from Entropys512 write up but I have no idea what to do with it inside of the stand alone odin I downloaded.

Kernel + cache + rooted UCKK6 system package: http://dev-host.org/8LA

I see all the download info I need in your sig. but unfortunately can't download any of them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
pull the battery to turn the phone off. Enter download mode the usual way, and flash again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
You need a tar file to flash with stand alone Odin. It will have a .tar extension.

The file you downloaded from Entropy512 is a 7z archive (Seven Zip) with the tar file inside. Use 7z (free download) or any archiving program to unzip the 7z file, and then use the tar file in the pda slot in Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
Yeah, I did all that. Downloaded, extracted (using 7zip), and put the uckk6_stock_rooted.tar file into PDA slot and still get the message I always get:

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

I'm trying to redownload the uckk6_stock_rooted.tar.7z file now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Are there any other lines in the message section of odin?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
Nope, just that. 2 mins left on my re-download then I'll re try.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
I think your problem is operator error. You should have the line which indicated that your phone is added above the line you get.

How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:

Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. It should work with any version of Odin but some details, like color of items, may be different.

1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.

2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.

3.) Shut the phone off.

4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.

5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.

6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.

7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.

8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.

9.) Click the Start button.

10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.

Let me know if it flashes successfully. Regardless if it works or not, before you close Odin, copy out the information in the Messages section and post it back here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] blankit:
i cant get it into download mode i press volume up and down and plug in the usb and nothing..im losing my mind here =/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
Can't get past your step 4. Tried different USB port but no luck. theirs no boxes that say anything or that have any colors.

only message i get is same as before. "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)"

It's not recognizing the phone in the desktop version of odin for some reason. I'll try another cable and a different computer if at all possible.

I get error messages when my computer trys to download drivers. It tried twice for two different drivers and each time failed, even though I installed new drivers from Samsung.

I'll restart the computer and then try again when I get back from lunch.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Under windows add remove programs or control panel/uninstall programs dialog, uninstall the "Samsung USB drivers for mobile phones"

Then download the usb drivers from here, reboot and do a fresh install and reboot again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
no luck with restart or new usb cable. However...i did note the name of the driver that attempts to install once I hit the volume up button to confirm I want to continue...

Its called Gadget Serial Driver.

Looking into it now...guess I'm supposed to install samsung PC studio on my computer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
The only drivers you need to use odin are the Samsung USB drivers for mobile phones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
Closest thing I've got to that is "Samsung Mobile Phone USB Driver Drive Software"

Is that the one I uninstall? Or perhaps the fact it is missing is the reasons I'm having problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Probably that it is missing. Leave the other one for now, and install the USB drivers for mobile phones from the link I gave you. Then try Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
You sir are a genius. I'm on a work computer I've used before for this but I'm guessing they do wipes of it every month or something. anyway, i'm watching the progress bar right now...

Since I'm stock with root now will their be any problems updating to the samsung stock ICS? Figured I might as well see what it is like and how limited it is in comparison to other custom roms....

I noticed I don't have cell coverage or data now. I read about putting the modem in a different download cuz it goes in a different slot (phone slot i believe). Will one of the many ICS modems I had downloaded/been using work on this ginerbread stock rom and/or the new stock ICS?