yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Thunderbolt Android Development] wascapsfan:
QUOTE=racinwarrior;19012116]what part of the rom are you trying to theme? you may not need to upload htc resources[/QUOTE]

I was trying to change the battery, icons, status bar, popups, and fonts

I am running into a problem with the e-mail since I changed to this great rom.

My return e-mails always say sending...... regardless of wifi or if I'm in a good

3G or 4G area. It will say sending 12 hours after I send it.

Any advice??
[Thunderbolt Android Development] racinwarrior:
yeah you probably need the resources file. keep in mind its about 32MB so if your upload speed is slow it will take a while.

are you using the stock email client or gmail? one or multiple accounts? I am not having that problem. do your emails actually send and it just says sending or do they never send. if they never send then your accounts settings are probably wrong.

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i would do a complete wipe in clockwork and start over fresh. it sounds like maybe you didnt wipe when you came from CM7 or you restored incompatible data
[Thunderbolt Android Development] GeyerA:
Hi, thanks for the hint.

I actually made a factory reset, format, wipe and clear dalvik. I will re-do.

Are you saying this should fix the problem to add a weather location or the creation of the google market account? I have been experiencing this problem (for the market) on many other ROM's.

Thanks again!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] jeffreymeyer99:
Does this have a working GPS
[Thunderbolt Android Development] racinwarrior:
as long as you have a valid google account, you should be able to access the market

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100% working
[Thunderbolt Android Development] GeyerA:
Hello again,

I am actually not able to access although I have a valid account. I tried many ROM's and just kept looping - then comes back saying "no reliable data connection". Although WIFI connected (browsing or SIP calling works) it deviates you to the WIFI settings to select a network. Re-selecting but the same over again "no reliable data connection".
[Thunderbolt Android Development] racinwarrior:
does your browser work? other apps that require data?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] GeyerA:
Hello,

the browser, internet calling (SIP), applications like Streamserver (to listen to internetstreams), emails on yahoo, gmail (but with the native email client, not with the gmailapplication) do work.

I just face the problem with the weather locations and adding of google account to access the market. I had this on many other ROM's too.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] racinwarrior:
is google blocked in China. I know when I was there I could not access youtube or facebook.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] GeyerA:
Hello,

no it is not. I run an Aria with CM7 and no problems and had a Nexus One where the market also worked. Today on the TB I tried Synergy_Runnymede_Vigor_alpha_NODATA_NOPHONE where the market worked but the weather widget not and afterwards Invigorate v1.0 beta IV where the market does not work but weather.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] iflip:
Does the quick launch widget exist in this rom? And does sound enhancement and graphic equaliser work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
Hi guys,

So I tried to root my phone today - I dont know what happened or what I did wrong, but my phone now is locked constantly into a boot cycle. It'll turn on, boot into the lockscreen for maybe 20 seconds, then reboot itself. Nothing i do seems to help. I tried flashing back to the stock rom, flashing back to stock rom + root, but to no avail. Ive been desperately trying to find a solution that will at least allow me to get to the data on the phone (i have some pictures that i haven't backed up that are absolutely essential) and then i have no problem doing a complete data wipe or whatever is necessary.

Someone PLEASE help! phone is completely unusable at this point!

Yes, I can enter download mode
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: Boot Looping

When you flashed the STOCK rom was it a ZIP or a TAR file?

Before I can help I need to know.

Zipfiles require CWM Recovery for flashing and TAR files require ODIN for flashing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
I flashed the TAR file in ODIN 1.85, PDA.tar from the unzipped file UCKH7_stock_odin.7z
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
So I just tried it again, for something like the 4th or 5th time. I checked only "AUTO REBOOT" and "RESET TIME" in Odin, selected PDA as PDA.tar from UCKH7_stock_odin, got the following sequence from Odin

<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/006> Initialzation..

<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/006> factoryfs.img

<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/006> zImage

<ID:0/006> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/006> RES OK !!

<ID:0/006> Completed..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

<ID:0/006> Removed!!

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<ID:0/007> Removed!!

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<ID:0/007> Removed!!

where I'm locked into the bootcycle again. It does boot up into my lock screen, I can interact with the screen for maybe 10 seconds, and then it just reboots. I've let it run for a little while to see if it can figure itself out, but after the third or fourth time i get nervous and pull the battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
ok, here is what to do.

Download this stock rooted rom: http://www.multiupload.com/PNQC9KOD4D

and download the MODEM file for the rom: http://www.multiupload.com/VWTSCXE5L0

After you extract both TAR files flash both of them at the same time by

putting the PDA tar file into the PDA slot in ODIN and the MODEM tar file

in the PHONE slot in ODIN then start flashing.

Don't check or uncheck any checkboxes in ODIN.

When its done flashing, it should boot into the STOCK ROOTED rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Before, or after doing the above boot into recovery and do a data wipe/factory reset
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
Didn't work. Still stuck in the same boot pattern. Redownloaded ODIN, redownloaded all the links again just to guard against any kind of corrupted files, but same end result, constant reboot cycle.

Samsung galaxy s2 --> at&t rethink possible --> preparing usb storage/lock screen --> reboot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
You probably need to do a wipe data/factory reset.

Since you apparently have files that you want - enter CWM recovery and adb pull them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: try this

Try this first if you have not tryed it yet, it looks like odin flashed the PDA

file sucessfully, but did not flash the modem.

So put the modem into the PDA slot in ODIN and flash it.

If that don't work then do it vica versa and only flash the

PDA file in the PDA slot in ODIN.

This way you will know for sure which TAR file is not flashing.

(if you only have one TAR file to flash at a time with ODIN always put it in PDA slot)

If that don't work then try the method below.

Try this, turn off the phone or pull the battery, turn the phone back on or

replace the battery and go into CWM recovery and select

"Wipe Data/Factory Reset" Don't worry, it will NOT delete any pictures

or videos, or anything which you personcally have saved into a folder

you have created and it will not even touch the external sdcard if you have one.

It will however delete all the apps which you have installed in the phone prior

to having the problems you have now..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
Is the data wipe / factory reset going to delete pictures off my phone? thats really my last resort.. I have a couple dozen pictures that I took on my phone since i purchased that I haven't had a chance to backup.

Does anybody have any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
Its not going to delete any pictures, videos or even music you have

on the phone.

Anything which YOU have SAVED to the phone will not be touched

except usernames or passwords, credit card #'s might be deleted.

But actual files or folders you created will stay intact as well as

the external sdcard if you have one will not even be touched.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vineethrp:
I think the reboot is occurring due to corrupted settings of network or files ystem. You can try this. pull out the battery, remove sim and sd card if you have any, then try booting..

Factory reset or data wipe should not theoretically wipe your pictures.. It basically wipes only /data partition. I have done factory reset which retained my pictures..

But to be on safer side, try the above step to see, if you can get the phone running..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gkeihl:
Had same issue trying to factory restore with Odin. Wipe from e3 did the trick.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Those SHOULD be on /sdcard, but I can't guarantee it. Also, if you use 3e recovery, there's a chance that might hit /sdcard.

MJ, you should never guarantee something like that to someone.

Make sure you have ADB set up - I suggest Googling Droid Explorer if you're on Windows

Flash a CWM-enabled kernel

Enter CWM using the three-finger trick (this should work fine)

In CWM, go to Mounts and Storage and mount /sdcard and /data if they are not mounted

Connect to your phone using ADB and start looking for your files - I think Droid Explorer makes this MUCH easier by providing a nice graphical frontend to ADB push/pull
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
so this is what i'm doing right now.

Obviously my problem is constant rebooting.

1. Flash UCKH7 stock odin PDA.tar and UCKH7 modem via odin onto phone via odin

2. flash CWM recovery ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.3 via odin as PDA

3. both these step pass OK, now Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 bootscreen with yellow triangle shows up + at&t logo, however constant reboot problem is still present

4. pull battery unplug usb replugin battery and attempt to enter cwm recovery via holding down volume up+volume down+power button

5. CWM based recovery 5.0.2.3 flashes up for a brief second after bootscreen, then immediately reboots and reenters boot cycle

REALLY stuck here. i spent the whole day looking through the forum and i'm really not sure where i went wrong. the only thing that doesnt have the reboot cycle is download mode.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
im basically trying to reach the step where i can enter cwm recovery and attempt to do a factory wipe, but it still reboots the enter i enter cwm recovery and enters the normal reboot cycle. i have NO IDEA how i couldve corrupted the file system this badly, perhaps the usb cable got bumped during the initial root? who knows. all i know is i cant even bring the phone to any form of usable status right now. any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: boot looping

You really do have a problem.......

I remember before getting this new SGS2 when I had the Samsung Infuse.

There was a thread in the Infuse forum called "The Ultimate Unbrick", I know

that there is a simular thread here for our SGS2 however the unbrick here is

lacking the PIT file.

I am 100% sure that if you could get a hold of something like the

Ultimate Unbrick which included the *.PIT file that it would solve the

problem you have.

The Ultimate Unbrick for the Samsung Infuse consisted of a

PDA*.TAR, PHONE*.TAR and the *.PIT file and it came with ODIN too.

The PIT file repartitions the sdcard to stock which fixes any partition

errors the phone may have due to flashing a non-compatible rom or

due to the flashing process being interupted while odin was flashing.

You might want to ask around the forum here if anyone has a stock

ODIN rom which includes PDA, MODEM and the PIT file for SGS2 i777.

I know for a fact that for the Infuse phone a complete stock package like

that always worked for fixing and solving problems like yours.

The only problem a package like this could not fix was if the phone

was hard-bricked meaning that it would not turn on at all no matter what.

Good luck with it..........
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
wow, the thought that i might be completely bricked is genuinely terrifying. really frustrating too, as i definitely consider myself fairly tech savvy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Are you getting any indication that any of your capacitive buttons are acting like they are continually being pressed?

Did your phone at any time get wet?

The reason I ask is it almost seems like a hardware problem at this point. I would pull your battery and check the water indicators and see if there are any signs of moisture.

If there are no signs of moisture and you are pretty positive the phone is dry I would put the battery back in, don't turn it on, plug it into a wall charger and let it charge for a few hours. Then try to get into recovery again.

If after that you are still getting boot loop even in recovery we will link you to a .pit file and have you try a re flash to stock with a re partition.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
thanks for the advice dayv.

I'm 100% sure theres been no water damage. I've barely had the phone for a week, and everything was working fine up until now. Other than that, I guess i'm going to have to go for the pit method - going to charge the phone overnight, see if it boots into cwm one last time, and then i'm going to use the following pit file from paulyhoffman

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1286218

so just to go over the procedure one last time - download mode on phone (only thing that seems to be working correctly so far)

flash PIT (I777UCKH7.pit), PDA (PDA.tar) and PHONE(UCKH7_modem.tar) at the same time, with REPARTITION, AUTO REBOOT, and RESET TIME checked in Odin?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
That looks correct to me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: PIT

It's best NOT to change the settings of any of the checkmarks when

using ODIN.

Just let Odin decide and flash with it's default settings & checkmarks.

By adding the PIT file, ODIN will automatically put a checkmark for

"partition" which is the PIT file.

Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
One more thing to try after your phone has charged a while, you said on the boot up you could interact for about yen seconds, you will have to be quick for this

Boot up go straight to the dialer and enter this code

*#*#7780#*#*

And accept the warning, if you can this will also do a factory reset data wipe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
In this case he will need to make sure re partition is checked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Be sure you do not have any external sdcard in for any of this even the steps above, just to eliminate some type of mounting error involving an external card - doubt this has anything to do with this, but just to make sure.

One more dialer code to try out of desperation, but be warned this code will wipe every thing including your sdcard, I believe it does a re format which may help in this case.

Warning this code will wipe EVERYTHING from your phone and do a full factory reset!!!

*2767*3855#
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: ADB

He can also try going into recovery using "ADB shell recovery"

if his phone is connected with usb and if ADB reconizes the phone

when it's powered up and flash any custom CWM flashable rom

on his sdcard too.

(If he has one on sdcard and if it's not a Samsung i9100 rom.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
He cannot because he is getting a boot loop in recovery also - his phone is not staying on long enough from either a normal boot or a recovery boot to get an adb shell command run
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: I figured it out I think!

I just noticed that in one of the steps you describe that you say you see the

yellow triangle with i9100 boot screen... That means you do NOT have the

stock kernel flashed yet. If you did you would not see the i9100 or the triangle...

So do this before anything else, flash this STOCK SGS2 i777 kernel TAR file in ODIN

using PDA slot, don't change any of ODIN's default checkmarks.

Here is the link for the stock i777 kernel TAR file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NYVLSABR

You will need to re-root after this is done if it works.

If this works and you go into recovery, you will no longer

see the CWM recovery menu, instead you will see the stock

Samsung recovery menu which is good.

If all is well you can simply flash the CWM Mod Recovery 5.0.2.3

with ODIN again to get back the the CWM recovery full menu.

(I have a hunch it will work)

Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
actually he did flash to stock. Then he flashed cwm kernel right after, don't know why he did this, but this is why he has the triangle warning.

Just flash the stock Odin package and don't re flash cwm recovery this time. Then try and get into stock recovery and see if you are still getting a boot loop in recovery.

This might work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: Stock Kernel

Check his previous posts and you will see that in one of his step by step

list of everything he done you will see that he wrote that he sees the

yellow triangle with the i9100 boot screen.

Which means that he had flashed the i9100 kernel at one time or another.

Thats why I suggested to download and flash the stock i777 kernel tar

file and see if it fixes the problem.

Either way he would need to do that to get rid of the triangle and the i9100 boot screen.

Flashing the stock kernel can only help and perhaps it will stop this bootlooping too.

The kernel he flash before the CWM recovery kernel tar file was NOT i777 stock that's the reason

he sees the triangle and the i9100 bootscreen during boot.

Perhaps the i9100 kernel was included in the ROM file he flashed before all the problems started.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
You re read his post again, check it and you will see

1. He flashed the stock package

Then right after

2. He flashed cwm kernel - this is where he got i9100 + triangle warning on the boot splash

Which is why I said to flash the stock package again, but this time don't flash cwm right after.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Just seeing the i9100 on the boot splash does not mean he flashed a i9100 kernel. The i9100 boot splash is the result of tripping the binary counter after flashing any custom kernel. codeworkx cwm kernel is for the i777 but it is a custom kernel and flashing it via Odin or heimdall trips the binary counter and causes the i9100 + triangle warning boot splash.

I doubt this is the cause of his boot loop, but flashing to stock again without flashing the cwm kernel after will allow him to try to get into stock recovery, and there is a chance stock recovery will not boot loop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: you are right

Ah... in that case you are correct and I stand correctED :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
codeworkx cwm kernel was built on i777 kernel for the i777, codeworkx knows what he was doing. But codeworkx kernel is a custom kernel for sure.

the i9100 + triangle warning that shows up was left there by Samsung, recycled from the boot splash they used for the original phone. They just did not give us i777 our own boot splash warning for custom kernels.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
OK, an update.

To clarify everything said above, I first flashed the stock rom + modem, tried it and saw that it was boot cycling, same with entering recovery mode, it would crash immediately and start boot cycling. I then flashed cwm recovery on top of it, tried entering cwm recovery and again, crash immediately and start boot cycling.

Charged overnight, booted up the phone. Again, I9100 with yellow exclamation boot screen loops, same with recovery.

Flashed stock unrooted UCKH7 + modem + pit file, didnt touch any settings in odin.

Got a PASS!, all threads completed, etc.

Still cant enter recovery mode.

And despite super quick fingers, cant type in the *#*#7780#*#* code into dialer before getting a reboot.

To
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
out of exasperation, i am just confirming that to enter recovery mode on the AT&T samsung galaxy s2, we pressed vol up+vol down+power, hold until galaxy s2 bootlogo pops up, and release, correct? usb not plugged in?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
I would give up yet, but what to do in that case is make sure you have the stock package as the last thing you flashed above, get a USB download mode jig tip wipe and reset the download binary counter, then you should not have any problem getting your phone replaced.

In the mean time if someone or you can figure out how, you need to get the system partition wiped. It won't be easy if you can't get it booted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
I've already gone ahead and ordered a jig, just to be on the safe side.

One last try...

I read on the international galaxy s2 forum where someone who had a similar problem flashed the PDA, modem and the CSC instead of a pit package. They called it the "three file method"

What is the CSC file? How can I get my hands on it?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1266390

Dizzybboys last post on the page, post #5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
A csc file is used for setting carrier specific apn and network settings. the only place I know where one would be is in update from Samsung, maybe one of the leaked firmware packages dg posted, just take care as those packages contain updated bootloaders.

If it was corrupted network settings causing your reboots (though this does not make since for your recovery reboots) pulling out your Sim card might be enough to get a stable boot long enough to enter one of the dialer codes.

Though the above is worth a try if you can get the csc file
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
i dont know if this is of any significance, but right before it crashes out of recovery mode, the last line i get to is "Successfully applied multi CSC!" after some other scrolling text. Couldnt really catch it as it scrolls quite quickly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
RE: bootloader

Looks to me that at this point it would not make much difference to take

a chance and try to find a stock i777 bootloader to flash with ODIN.

Nothing else seems to be helping the situation, so why not?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
whats the procedure involved in flashing the bootloader? entropy512 has posted some really scary stuff in regards to messing up -that- flash, ie. hardbricking etc. and i think that would be genuine worse case scenario. right now at least i have a jig coming in the next few days that i could at least reset the flash counter, restore to stock, and return the phone. any idea how i could pull data off the phone via kies or in download mode?

someone mentioned above trying "adb" ? what is that, and do i need to have a mostly operational phone to use it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
hi guys, sorry to bother again. been doing a lot of reading. are there any other kernels other than the "flash to stock" that can be done via odin?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
The stock one and codeworkx cwm are the only two I know of, there may be others.

If you learn to use heimdall you can flash any zImage (kernel) you have extracted

The heimdall command line command is

heimdall flash --kernel zImage

It you want to try.

Also, you can extract any kernel you find, then tar that kernel and flash it via Odin pda slot - if you want to learn how to do that.