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[General Questions and Answers] Goldiedog101:
I've gotten that text message twice on two different phones and my phone auto magically started downloading? My phone is fine after every time but it's just so weird to me my recent message sent to me and then dissapeared
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mbze430:
Ok, I am looking for a DIGITAL car-kit integration. I don't want NO Bluetooth or Analog Line-Out from the headphone jack.

IS there any kit out there that will route audio directly from the USB OR mount the phone as a USB Mass Storage?

Sample of what I mean.... Plug your ATT SGS2 to an USB port that will route all audio in to the car's audio system. Allow sound output in to the car's speaker via digital path (no DAC exchange). Also allow you to play any MP3 store in the SGS2 or listen to stream music via Pandora, Grooveshark...etc...etc. Also can double back as a handsfree in-car unit

Seems like iPhone has MANY of these options, but I can't seem to locate one for my SGS2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] adamthenewmaster:
My buddy that works for a car audio place said that pioneer will have an android based head unit soon called app radio.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] captivatingtab:
The app radio from Pioneer works with the iPhone and iPod, not Android.

http://pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/AppRadio/AppRadio+(SPH-DA01)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] link12245:
This is impossible unfortunately. Trying to keep it completely digital isn't necessary either, since the head unit needs to convert those digital signals into analog output into your speakers. To the best of my knowledge there is no USB audio bridge available for phones, and your head unit wouldn't know what to do with that kind of input if it was even possible. Just use the Aux out for best audio quality, and make sure you either use a heavily shielded cable, or get a Ground Loop Isolator, or you may hear alternator whine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trae4nato:
Full List Custom ROMS For AT&T SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 Galaxy S2 (SII) CM7 vs. Cognition vs.

I have provided a full list of compatible ROM for the U.S. version of the Samsung Galaxy S2 otherwise known as the AT&T SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 Galaxy S2 (SII). I have tried several ROM and given my opinion...you may disagree and that's fine.

I will keep this list updated and I've gone through these forms getting people's opinion. Tried to be as real as possible.

http://www.traemcneely.com/2011/10/...77-galaxy-s2-sii-cm7-vs-cognition-vs-unnamed/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
A ROM review/comparison should be in general, not development.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trae4nato:
Can you move the thread for me then. I wouldn't mind if you moved it....that's cool with me. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dirtyballoonot:
That was the most pointless "review" ever. Added absolutely nothing. You use CM7, you don't really use anything else, you don't even know what the differences are...Do a little homework before you write a comparision
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xAnimal5:
I agree

If you haven't tried a ROM, Don't say anything about it. I personally have tried all the ROMs except for Perception and Cognition. CM7 MURDERS my battery and lacks basic features that I need everyday. UnNamed/Serendipity 8 both give good battery life, fast speeds, and essential features for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Blaze9:
I guess that, those issues might just be your phone. I'm running CM7 and I get much better battery using that than I do on a debloated stock rom. What are the other "essential" things that don't work? The only essential thing that is somewhat of an annoyance is the bluetooth. CM7 won't connect if the phone is in deep sleep. If the screen is on it will connect. Not a big deal.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xAnimal5:
I get 12 hours of Med usage on UnNamed. I get 3.5 hours on CM7. On BBS, the majority of the time was spent in deep sleep, yet the battery still drained like crazy. I dislike the feel of the generic apps in CM7, the camera app is super fuzzy, the Bluetooth, and lack of KIES support to restore contacts and notes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
I didn't even realize BBS reported deep sleep stats... You sure you don't mean CPUSpy?

I've learned at this point not to trust BBS. At this point, BBS is only useful for identifying userland wakelocks on ROMs that hide userland wakelock details from the kernel. (I9100 ROMs, not sure about CM7 - I777-derived ROMs report userland wakelocks individually to the kernel instead of lumping them under PowerManagerService.) As an example, BBS completely fails to report kernel wakelocks.

It has always been my experience that CM7 will beat nearly any Samsung-derived ROM except for the most aggressively debloated ones (such as Serendipity VII on Infuse - S7 was slightly better than CM7, but not by much.)

So far, 90% of the time if a user reports excessive drain, either they installed a bad app, or they diddled with attempting to calibrate their battery, which on our devices does nothing except cause the fuel gauge to briefly "blip" below the alarm threshold on boot, causing a permanent wakelock on kernels without this fix:

https://github.com/Entropy512/linux_kernel_sgh-i777/commit/fc9eb85807302583259e27013ed184a43107bb67

Which reminds me, I need to pull request that to atinm/codeworkx and company.

Edit: FYI, CPUSpy stats are bogus right after boot. Gotta reset the timers after you've booted to get good info.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
CyanogenMod 7.1 rom

After testing and comparing all these custom roms found in XDA for SGS2 i777

this is what I found after extensively testing the CyanogenMod 7.1 rom.​

If you want to retain all the features of the camera's interface and video part of the

phone it's best to stay away from CM7 until the DEVS finally fix it.

I have been testing CM7 ever since I first purchased my Samsung Captivate then with

Samsung i997 Infuse and now with my new SGS2 i777 phone.

GTG's UnNamed v1.04 custom rom is by far a lot better than the CM7 rom & after much

extensive testing and comparing I have found the UnNamed rom to be the best currently

available custom rom for our phones.

Unlike the CM7 rom the UnNamed rom achieves the full & steady 30fps video recording

according to the specifications of the phone.

The user interface of the UnNamed rom's camera interface is also cosmetically speaking

by far the very best looking currently available for our phones at this time.

It does not have any missing features or user settings like CM7 currently has.

CM7 is not ready for prime time yet especially if video recording and camera user interface

(UI) are things which are important to you.

There are many missing features and settings in CM7's camera user interface as well as

not being able to auto-focus continuously during video recordings.

CM7 still cannot achieve the full continuous & steady 30fps while recording video.

So home made recordings when played back will not be super smooth and will not

achieve the video standards according to the specification of the phone.

This is strictly my personal opinion so take it for what it's worth. (most likely less than 2 cents) :)

But it's up to you guys, YOU decide !!!

If you hardly ever use the camera at all or just don't care about it then CM7 is fine.

(personally I use my camera a lot and video recording is very important to me.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
If video recording is important to you, you shouldn't be using the phone's camera at all.

Compared to even the most basic Canon point-and-shoot, the camera in any cell phone is a crappy toy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: camera

I know that, I never claimed that our phones were anywhere near up to par

with something even as basic as a Canon Point and Shoot.

However to get the MOST out of our phones capabilities for those of us who do

care about photo and video quality but do not want to walk or drive around with

a seperate camera in our pockets all the time then this phone really is the next

best thing. The camera part of our phone even rivals the Nokia N8's camera.

So why cripple a $500-$600 camera phone with sub-par firmware by choosing

any firmware which degrades any part of our phones especially the camera? :)

(that's unless as I have stated in my previous post that you don't care about the camera)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] GTTG_Atomik:
I've tried CM7, Cognition X2, UnNamed, Perception, and Serendipity 8. CM7 I used for a couple of days but was just missing too many features for me. Cognition X2 was very good and stable, but the expanded power options were not there. UnNamed was a favorite and unused that the longest. Perception, I lost TouchWiz, and the new version I think is pretty slick. I am currently running Serendipity 8, and I really like the minimalistic approach. This ROM intrigued me since it has Display Mode. UnNamed has that now too so I may go back to it. Battery life on UnNamed seemed to be the best for me. Although others will probably say Serendipity 8 will provide better battery as it takes out the most bloatware.

So I'm for either UnNamed or Serendipity 8. Can't really go wrong with either. Seems to be very similar to each other.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Divine_Madcat:
Thread moved to correct location. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Datasheets for Samsung CPUs and the other chips in their phones tend to be elusive - they're rarely made public.

Some good news is, Rebellos managed to find a datasheet for the Exynos 4210 in our phones - it is at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18642453&postcount=19

It is also attached here in this post for reference, so it's easier for kernel developers to find. As I find more datasheets for the various chips in our phone, I will post them here as a reference for kernel developers. Since Samsung doesn't comment their source code well, the source code isn't enough.

I strongly encourage anyone else doing kernel work to read the documentation attached here. While the Exynos datasheet attached is a bit old (covers an older variant with a clock limit of 1.0 GHz), probably 90%+ of it applies to our device with a little bit of thinking. Of critical importance is the section on clocking - we might be able to squeeze out some extra performance at some clock frequencies, and/or improve overclocking stability.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] areghas:
I know a lot of people here chipped in to buy CVPCS a Bionic for the purpose of porting CM7. I see the original thread was deleted and he has made almost zero updates. does anyone know whats going on or feel jipped out of their money?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
Careful...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jphillips.hd88:
I am one who contributed...and have to say, I really wish people would stop bringing up...I really doubt we got screwed over....sometimes I think that every time its brought up, he says "well I guess I'll move on to the next device for a while"....

If its possible on bionic, cm7 will be on it.. Someday.....
[Motorola Droid Bionic] areghas:
careful!!!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
I'm sure he'll update his blog soon and say "relax people" or something like that.

I'm not worried.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] frenetic:
Well! It took him a long time on the DX, and just when you thought he had given up, he came back with fury and had a release within a week. If you feel gipped out of your money, that's unfortunate. He's not magic, nothing here is. It takes work. I hope this doesn't sour you on the dev community. Keep supporting the amazing people who bring us this stuff. Most of what they do is never thanked. The few who speak up around here and other forums make up only a fraction of the people actually enjoying their work.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1256305http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1256305
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
Life is much easier when you don't fret and worry about such things :)

There are other options out there currently. I'm having a blast with my Bionic. I know you gave money and are very curious, but I bet if you take your mind off it (flash something else) that it will pop up when you least expect it.

My 2 cents...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ak110707:
CVPCS is a respected developer. He will get a release out when its ready. Rule number one of cyanogenmod... don't ask for etas. Seriously guys, tread lightly. This is a hobby that we all enjoy but its just that. Please dont turn away a great developer.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Banggugyangu:
This is an important point. An initial release needs to be a good release. Too many more people will be put off by a bad initial release than a bad point update.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] psychoticsmiley:
Truth

You sir speak the truth there. Look at the development on the nook color. It took some time for it to all become amazing. It was about 2 months after release that some wild stuff started happening.

Just be patient, I have worked with several different devices, and yes I would love for the bionic to be incredible right now, but I know it will be some time before it is where I want it to be.

The developers have real lives as well as working on this stuff, and we all know in live stuff happens.

So be patient and it will pay off :)

Or you can start learning coding and work on something yourself, you'll see how difficult it is to break into and by the time you can make something cool we'll have c7-c9 on it. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] PG101:
MODERATOR MESSAGE

SORRY GUYS, FUN's OVER

THERE IS NO OTHER SOLUTION THAN TO JUST WAIT!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] flyboy1100:
So far I have zero complaints about this phone, there are some ui things I would like fixed, and I know can be fixed via rooting, but they just don't seem to be enough to push me over the edge. I have files downloaded and ready to go, but just can't seem to take the plunge. I thought I had my first los today, but the phone recovered as soon as I was back in signal(if it hadn't that would have done it).

So why should I root?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
You can always revert back to the stock kernel if you have an issue (or have them that frequently that you can't stand it). Anybody who thinks that once you root there is no way to go back is an idiot. "lol, I got no LOS then I rooted and even though I put stock kernel back its all brokenz!@ lol" not true.

I got 2 LOS in the first week stock...rooted...got a bit more than usual, but nothing crazy. Flashed stock kernel back, still rooted, didn't have another for a few weeks until I flashed a new kernel...flashed back, have had none...etc etc etc, YMMV, but, umm, I don't think you have anything to be afraid of. Just know what you are doing...don't just flash stuff and figure it out later. Know why you want something and how to 'put it back'...also having/making a USB jig would be a good idea, but not necessary.

You can get them for like $3 on amazon or build one with a microUSB cable and $1 worth of stuff from radioshack.

I don't know about you but I certainly didn't get this phone to NOT mod it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] flyboy1100:
I didn't get the phone to keep it stock, not really worried about los, it recovers after flying for 2 hours with no signal, rooting shouldn't make much difference., planning on using viperom and lostkernel.

Maybe tomorrow I will root
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
The only thing I can tell you is that read the directions and understand ODIN for all of the ODIN stuff you do. That is one of the ways you can brick the fnck out of this phone...not paying attention in ODIN. Don't write a partition if you are not told to...and try to only use it to flash a kernel+CWM and flash everything else from CWM if and when possible.

If you aren't worried about LOS (and it is real and under the right circumstances it'll effect every phone...reboot...no big deal...if it is flash a pulled stock kernel) then go for it.

I haven't tried ViperROM on this phone yet, but, I can tell you from my time with the E3D that kid knows what he's doin'....I'm sure this ROM is no different and I've heard nothing but great things about the LoST kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] buggerritt:
If you don't want to root, don't. Why would anyone want to pressure you?

Sent from my extra sensory space modulator while performing the slippery cricket
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eriksoto:
Tell us how it goes. You won't be disappointed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ravizzle:
If U need convincing, you probably don't need it.

Sent from my Galaxy S2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tenaciousj:
Someone convince me to strangle my puppy. I love him and all and he is very well mannered but if you guys can talk me into strangling him, I will.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
I agree. You root cause u want to. If u want someone to convince u then maybe u shouldn't.

Sent From My Evo Killer!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
I don't understand why some people view this almost like losing their virginity, trying a drug or robbing a liquor store. It's a very well understood technical process with very specific pros and cons that are also very well understood.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vadyr56:
Yep. First android phone for me, and I bought it with the full intention of making it MY phone. After all, they are basically an additional limb for most people, no? (I'd say if you're registered with xda that is most likely the case! :D) So you might as well go balls to the walls, right? If you're not into that kind of thing, then keep it stock! This phone is AMAZING just sitting at the home screen...it looks awesome! It is a great piece of technology, with plenty of great features and capability, and will serve you very well whether its rooted or not. Good luck with whatever you do!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] flyboy1100:
Not looking for pressure. I will probably root it tomorrow or next week
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bondosho:
Because all the cool kids are doing it!

I broke down and did it yesterday when someone said viper ROM solved his app freezing due to using a ton of CPU usage bug. So far, so good.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AsinX:
OP if you are on EG30 baseband could you extract the modem.bin file for us so we could test it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AvatarOfFrost:
I would just stay stock. Honestly, no offense to the developers, but there is just nothing substantial out there. If you want a couple of different themes, you could consider rooting, but other than that every ROM I have flashed provided close to nothing really.

I mean, what? Battery percentage mod? Removed CIQ? "Speed" tweaks? A reboot option?

Nothing made this phone faster or more efficient than stock touchWiz. There is no real difference except that people like to flash, so they would flash anything.

Sorry. That's just my take on it.

Wait for MIUI or CM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kikoshi:
I gotta say i miss root, I was finicky on rooting my epic 4g ad once I did, oooh lord I never looked back :D, of course I've stumbled into troubles but following directions, I got back on track and learned a few this gs along the way, now what's stopping me on rooting the ET4G is not having the actual way to go back to full true stock,like we were able to do on the epic 4g with using Odin, giving you a factory full stock phone :D, or any older device, since we don't have true stock roms and kernels, unless I'm wrong g of course and I've been missing out! If so direct me! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
We have stock roms to ODIN, but it's not factory stock. We have the factory stock kernel that was pulled from a stock phone. What we lack is an OEM RUU to make it 100%-in-every-way-stock.

That said, I have trashed my 4G and wifi somehow on multiple occasions due to rampant recklessness on my part. I just factory-wiped (apparently...I don't remember that part but I must have) and flashed the ODIN rooted stock (with stock kernel) and it fixes everything every time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kikoshi:
So then you recommend rooting this early?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ericlikeseatin:
i rooted so i could have wifi tethering and control over CPU speeds (via setcpu) in addition, there's some neat functionality that starburst ROM allows:

- better lock screens

- motion controlled silencing of phone

- battery % viewing

some people care about the speed tweaks (i haven't noticed any speed increase) and ciq (i don't really care for this), but there are several reasons to root. that being said, if you don't need the additional functionality of the phone, then preserve your phone's warranty!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vadyr56:
Yea I'd say stay stock in terms of the ROM and kernel, but hell yea why not root? Right now I'm running stock kernel with CWM (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1305099) and the stock ROM with root and busybox (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1282415) and I love it. I was running Midnight ROM but I went back to stock to see if that helped the LoS issues at all. If you're like me and really just want control over the hotspot feature and CPU underclocking (things of that nature) then def go stock rooted fo shoski.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
This early? I rooted a month ago. I mean, I won't tell you that you have to root, but, if you would like to root there is a very clean method to do so without gutting the OS or sacrificing features or stability...so...why not? At the core of "rooting" is installing Superuser, essentially, to manage requests for root access and to grant it when appropriate. However you get superuser in there is up to you...once it's in there the phone stays 100% like it was when you got it except for the addition of superuser to grant you root access. You aren't changing anything, you are adding something which grants you root...rooted kernels are a different story. Security wise I don't prefer that method.

If you want or need root then I don't see why you don't. So long as you follow the directions and don't screw anything up there isn't really anything to worry about. Aside from now having root privileges via SU there really isn't anything else going on...as opposed to traditional methods on more locked up phones where an exploit has to find a hole in the system to wiggle SU in there we have a very straightforward method of putting it there.

Plus it's reversible, easily, should you need or want to remove root to have the phone serviced or returned.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kikoshi:
Thank you btw!, though im not really scared, i've rooted my old Epic 4G before, though being that this is the first time that I've jumped into a phone that just came out, and there was no known Rooting methods ect.. Just got spooked by all the testing and bricking that i refrained from doing it. though which is this easy method you speak of? What i would like are the nessesary setup for a full Root.

I saw that you can have Root, with a LOsKernel as an ex, witout a rooted kernel, and still keep root, is this the cleaned version you speak of? and busybox is also needed?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1282415

Go there, flash that via ODIN. flash to PDA, don't repartition, check reboot, that's it. stock recovery, stock kernel, busybox and superuser binaries all installed. done. couldn't be cleaner or easier.

If you are not familiar with ODIN do not be afraid to ask or read around first...that tool is very handy, very powerful and has the potential to be very dangerous.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
Yea honestly rooting has become just way too easy to even think about it or ask others if you should. You do it you dont like it, you undo it... that whole process could be 1/2 hour... I rooted, deleted apps I dont want, loaded up the noCIQ apk's, changed my battery to a modded circle with battery pct and lastly added CRT anim off. But the base rom is a completely stock and deoxeded

Do you, no one can tell you what to do but if you are thinking bout it then I have a feel you have already made up your mind...