yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stevehkim:
2.6.10 is running sweet with tbolt scripts.

EM EYE YOU EYE!

SIYAH nara to the rest, im rollin with the best.

SGS2 I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stevehkim:
2.6.11 is out!

EM EYE YOU EYE!

SIYAH nara to the rest, im rollin with the best.

SGS2 I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] msgfromside3:
I am having massive FC after flashing 2.6.11 (of course, i wiped cache and dalvik). I am trying to go back to the previous version but still having the issue. Anyone? I am on miui (the latest version available here). It's been working fine up to 2.6.9.

EDIT: Couldn't recover it even after reflashing miui so I did factory reset and flashed the kernel on the top of it. It seems okay now. Not sure what went wrong though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justin860:
Seriously undervoltage and working wonderfully. I used jivy's kernel cleaning tool before I flashed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] skatin707:
I downloaded 2.6.10 earlier today, now I just got 2.6.11. Damn these are fast updates!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
Did you use kernel cleaning script? Also if you were undervolting its good practice to wipe voltage settings before flash.

Sent from Wernicke's Area
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evostevo1:
Real smooth too!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cwc3:
Almost a full time job updating main post haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] msgfromside3:
Yes, tried that as well although I am not doing uv/oc or playing with any script.

---------- Post added at 08:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:17 PM ----------

There was one thing I did differently this time though - I had my phone plugged into the power AC. I don't think it will cause the issue but I know that my phone sort of freaks out with AC sometimes (like refuses to turn off and keeps restarting).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
And I just flashed 2.6.10. lol

btw can anyone comment on whether or no the latest Thunderbolt and V6 scripts will work with 2.6.11?

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
To me it doesn't seem like it needs it this thing is smooth
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stevehkim:
i just extracted the files i needed from tbolt and put them in init.d folder with root explorer and it works fine.

EM EYE YOU EYE!

SIYAH nara to the rest, im rollin with the best.

SGS2 I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
So far so good, I agree. but I'm in it for the most performance possible :-D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dungeon47:
.11 soft bricked me to the kernel boot image. I had to flash .10 tar via download mode to recovery. I'm running CheckROMv4 with V6 Supercharger.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sifon187:
I have been running .11 for a few hours now and noticed occasionally my screen will not time out. COuld be my fault as well (been isolating running services and disabling what is not essential), just want to see if anyone else has seen this problem. I did the usually kernel wipe script before flashing.

*Edit* not running Nightly, SHOstock v1.9 need to update my sig
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkeaver:
On .10 my wifi stopped working. Anyone running .11 can you confirm wifi still works?

NM I just tried it and it is working

Also I am liking the new recovery..... :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BWheezy:
Lol, I was like "for once I'm not going to flash a new Kernel since it says .11 will be out and at the rate this kernel gets updated that will be tomorrow morning" Sure enough it's tomorrow morning and I flashed .11.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CamoGeko:
It's the neverending pursuit of perfection that draws us in. :D

Communicated using an SGS2 droid with XDA premium neurotransmitter while DJ'ing on the Enterprise.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cfaberlle:
Upgraded to 2.6.11 this morning, I'll upgrade to 2.6.12 tomorrow morning :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NJGSII:
So much for letting the kernel settle.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
wait there's gonna be a 2.6.12 tomorrow now?! lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
Just to throw in what I've found about .11

From .9 I booted into cwm, flashed kernel cleaning script, and then .11

I rebooted and got past the kernel screen but stuck on the boot animation.

Pulled battery and then booted normally.

Edit: using cm7 nightly builds by sam3000

Also I'm not a big fan of this new recovery... maybe it will grow on me. What are the pros and cons anyway? I just don't like it being all reorganized.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
lol. Isn't that the truth... I am still in the stone ages with 2.6.9. But I am going to catch up if I can only flash fast enough. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CamoGeko:
It's like moving into a new house, you know you have everything rearranged and put into a different place. Then you can barely find what you need and nothing is in its original spot like it was in the old house.

That's pretty much what it's always been like with recoveries. I've experienced this first hand after having about 8 different rooted Androids in one year lol. :p

Don't worry, you'll get used it and hopefully it will feel like a nice change. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
I see what you are saying there, but a basic clockworkmod recovery has pretty much been the same across all devices using it.

I can see this recovery is cwm based, and the submenus are grouped and organized using a bit more common sense than normal cwm, but somehow I still like the original layout.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
I don't care about the layout - CWM was crappy. But I do care if it changes what and how I can flash. Can I still flash zips as with CWM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
Of course :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
Agreed. I like the new layout and the red color scheme is a plus... but can I still flash all the same things as in CWM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cfaberlle:
This was posted on the Original Thread, it is fully compatible and has the same features. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
Its the same thing just different GUI.

I personally don't like change when it comes to things like recoveries or BIOS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Thanks guys! BTW, I ran a test battery (as I usually do after flashing a new rom or kernel) with CF-Bench, quadrant, and Antutu and the 2.6.11 is somewhat slower than the 2.6.9 one. Let's see how the batter life is (until tomorrow).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] highaltitude:
Hmm, I dont mind the recovery, actually I kind of like the layout, now I just have to see how the rest of the kernel reacts with my phone. Its not usually a good thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
Awesome, thanks for the clarification
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] skeet34:
Sounds like too much change from 2.6.9 to 2.6.11, and I haven't heard anyone say that its even got better performance or battery than 2.6.9, but rather the opposite. Too much change scares me.....if I can't use voltage control and have to learn a new recovery I'm not sure no noted improvements makes it worth it.......
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
I really doubt each release from now on is going to make any dramatic changes, most of which are placebo effects.

The recovery change isn't that big of a deal, its actually organized more its just some of us don't like changes to certain stuff. :p

Not sure about voltage control, I use setcpu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cfaberlle:
I'm letting this Kernel settle before I pass judgement but so far I can see battery life took a big hit. Let's see what happens within a couple of charge cycles. (unless a new version is released in a couple of hours :p )

Edit***

Seems to have settled down since I'm back to normal battery drain for my use :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
from what i've gathered using this kernel between version 2.6.6 and 2.6.11 it seems that in general there have been no major battery or performance changes other than two releases (2.6.6i and 2.6.10) where the dev specifically said these releases are not normal releases and are outside of the continuity of the rest of the releases.

from version to version i have not noticed major battery drain or performance boost on any one particular version over another

i have noticed some issues based on the condition of my phone prior to flashing new versions and a LOT of placebo effect that i've slowly ruled out from being true issues

as i posted before one major difference between 2.6.11 and all previous versions i've tried (other than my preference for the traditional cwm recovery) is that when flashing 2.6.11 i get stuck on the boot animation (after the kernel bootscreen)

every time i flash a kernel i flash the cleaning script first and then the kernel

i do have both setcpu and voltage control installed but i do not use either to change any settings, i merely look at what settings are available and what is set by default

i am currently running the 01242012 cm7 build posted by sam3000 in the cm7 thread

i do not use any init.d scripts

i do not modify anything in the performance menu of the CM settings

i've tested this multiple times, flashing 2.6.11 (after cleaning) gets past the kernel script just fine every time but gets stuck looping the boot animation until i pull the battery and then boot normally

i am not sure if this is caused by clearing the dalvik cache or regular cache or anything else the cleaning script might do, i'll try these a bit later to see if i can reproduce

also i know the cleaning script isnt needed between each release (it's intended for switching to a different kernel) but it has seemed to ensure smooth installations for me thus far.

any input?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
Voltage control app works fine with latest release(2.6.11)

Sent from Wernicke's Area
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jdbeitz:
If anyone is UV, what are your settings? I'm getting some random SOD issues :(

Sent from my AT&T cellular device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CamoGeko:
Check out my magic config thread in General section of 9100 forums. :)

You can find it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1466017

Communicated using an SGS2 droid with XDA premium neurotransmitter while DJ'ing on the Enterprise.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Guys, there is another big concern with the new recovery: can it restore backups that you made with CWM? Please forgive me for not extensively reading up on this. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
Yes it should, it does the same thing its just structured differently.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Yes.

*edit* ninja'd :D

sent from my Galaxy SII
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] prince_niceguy:
flashed the new kernel and it is going into recovery all the time. it is not booting up t oshow boot logo. any idea what is happening?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NJGSII:
Yes it can. Already had to do one earlier today. Tried a new rom and stuff wasn't working right so I reverted back with no problems.

I like the new recovery. Moves the select button back to the home button which is something I always liked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
Restore to an old backup and retry flashing, remove any old scripts and clear cache/dalvik and see if that helps.

Which rom by chance?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] prince_niceguy:
hyperdroid 6.0.8. hell raised. it was working fine till i flashed the kernel. now doing a clean wipe and trying again. replaced just the kernel to 2.6.10 and going to previous recovery.

in 2.6.11 recovery it is not going to sub menu, it just displays blank all the time.

would update this shortly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VFO:
There is something wrong with the latest custom recovery. I hack issues with the purple/blue custom recovery where I was unable to make any selections and I could not get out of recovery. The only way I was able to fix was too flash an older .tar version of siyah with Odin. The odd thing is that the first version of 2.6.11 with the red pill recovery works fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] prince_niceguy:
yup same issue happened to me. not able to come out of the recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NJGSII:
Just put your settings into my phone. Everything seems fine so far. Ill swing over to your thread with more input once I use my phone a bit longer with it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CamoGeko:
That's cool mate, have fun testing it. :)

Communicated using an SGS2 droid with XDA premium neurotransmitter while DJ'ing on the Enterprise.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nyk0n.:
Not sure if this is what did it for me or not, but i also had this prob, and was trying every button combo i could think of and after pressing both volume keys together it said something about back key set for back or something and it worked just fine after that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AtlanM87:
Thanks, buddy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CamoGeko:
You're welcome matey. Glad to help out. :)

Communicated using an SGS2 droid with XDA premium neurotransmitter while DJ'ing on the Enterprise.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cwc3:
I can 2nd that. I luckily had a early .tar (2.6.3) and flashed back to my earlier 2.6.11.

If you want the working CWM 2.6.11, it is attached. If you don't have a older .tar to flash in odin, here is my 2.6.3 as well.

EDIT: REMOVED 2.6.3 TAR, just download the new 2.6.11 tar from OP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stevehkim:
whew luckily i have the first version. why did he swap the recovery?

My remix:

EM EYE YOU EYE

SIYAH nara to the rest, I'm rollin with the best.

SGS2 I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VFO:
Looks like the new one is a custom theme for the siyah kernel. The text colors are purple blue and white. Does look kind of funny. However goes from funny to frustrating when that's all you see and you can't get it off the screen. :-[
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nyk0n.:
Thanks for sharing. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
2.6.11 seems like the best release yet. phone is smoothest and quickest it's ever been. getting about 3% drain an hour on idle. and it's been roughly 14hrs off the charger and I'm at 50%
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shishir95:
Yup, hold down both volume buttons and it'll pop a message up about the back button being enabled again. Then home = select :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] msgfromside3:
I used to get that from 2.6.7 and 8 but since 9 it seems draining at 5-7%. Let's see how 11 holds up tomorrow - today was not great but okay. 65% used in almost 14 hrs with 20% screen time for xda and tweetdeck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MoRedStar:
I have tried 2.6.11, but as others has mentioned when you go to select flash menu, the screen is blank. The 2.6.9 version says that it can't mount the sd card. Which version do you all recommend that I try instead? Since on the SiyahKernal site, all versions are there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
Yea I'm sure it'll get better after it has some time to settle.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MoRedStar:
Forgot to add, and I don't know if this makes a difference but the software update icon is on the top, but I keep hitting postpone, could this be an issue?

EDIT: Got it working. Thanks in advance of replies.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] afrojoc:
could not navigate through the new recovery at all. phone would only reboot into recovery also. had to use odin to 2.6.9
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 33t:
thats good for you? I'm not trying to be a ****, but i'm on 2.6.9 and miui 1.12.30 and i get about 1-2% every two hours. i've been using my phone "moderately" and i'm at 44% after 20 hours.... with a total of 3.5 hours screen time/browsing, 30 minutes of calls, and about 30 messages. Data and google talk has been on all day.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
Well tbh I've never gotten close to some of the usage that others get. I'm lucky to see 2hrs of screen on time... Idk what it is... but so far 2.6.11 is the best yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] brentett:
Getting really good battery with 2.6.9. This is with 4 hours screen on time, around 2 hours of streaming video, and probably an hour of playing music through bluetooth in my car, as well as some web browsing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TechSilver13:
I love the new recovery. Super easy to wipe everything now. Not annoying anymore since u dobt have to wipe in two places. Testing battery tomorrow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
Anyone else having issues with the "Back button enabled" button combo? I have to hit the volume buttons together like 5 times before itll show...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
No such issues here on my end
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
Did you use the kernel cleaning script before you flashed 2.6.11? I was on Entropys DD 1/24 before I flashed. I just cleared cache and Dalvik then flashed Siyah.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cwc3:
Could be your location. 3 miles down the road my phone life is at least 40% better idle. Oh and I suck at browsing a forum with my phone, so u got a random thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
Yea I did use the script before flashing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
Coming from entropy that's all you need.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] aryn.galadar:
See, now I'm just confused... everyone is saying that this is good battery, but I'm getting waaaay more than that. See my screenshot - this also about 4 hours screen time, only about an hour of video, but probably 6 of music (some bluetooth, some wired).

Is this not normal? I'm also on 2.6.9, stock battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phatalbert1000:
Hmmmmm, good numbers but your android system usage seems a little high. Mine is usually around 9%.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
That's over 2 days.... That's why Android system is a little high. Off he used it the 4 hrs screen on time in one day the Android system will be lower. IMO that is amazing battery. He must turn sync or data off our operate mainly in an edge area or something. That idle and screen time together is great. Happy for him.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] aryn.galadar:
Believe it or not, I have my background sync and data on all the time - never turn them off. Also, I'm in 3G/4G coverage pretty much all the time.

I do have my GPS off, and only turn wifi on when I need it, but other than that, I don't really do any 'battery-saving' stuff [not intentionally, anyway ;)]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] prince_niceguy:
yup good battery life... I think keeping wifi on probably takes more battery. might need to change the policy to sleep when screen is off. Anyway I don't need my phone to have wifi when I am not using the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 33t:
^I get very similar battery life

i'll try to get a screen shot of a full discharge.... Problem is I charge whenever i have the chance, just in case i need more than i expect. But I'll give it an effort.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
How the hell do you pull numbers like that?!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
Uhm.. why was CWM replaced in 2.6.11? All it does is make my phone reboot into a custom 2.6.11 flash menu and none of the bottom menu buttons are able to select anything, the power button can't select either. All I can do is scroll through the settings. If I restart the phone it goes back to this menu. This isn't cool. I had to reflash CWM and restore from an older backup.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stevehkim:
there was a fix for that mentioned in earlier pages. im on my phone so i cant find it for you. try back like 3-8 pages.

My remix:

EM EYE YOU EYE

SIYAH nara to the rest, I'm rollin with the best.

SGS2 I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cwc3:
Should be fixed next version. Otherwise, check out this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21864326&postcount=1068 | Or download the TAR (usable in Odin)

There were 2 versions of .11 put out. If you caught the earlier version, then your fine. Both have different CWM, but at least the RED one is easy to use. Otherwise you have to try the "Hit both volume keys to unlock" way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] howtomen:
For those wondering this recovery is pretty much a themed cwm... does the same and it has more... Now under mounts u can mount internal and external sd card as usb which wwas broken in old recovery....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
Thanks. Fixed now, red looks nice. 2.6.11 seems insanely fast.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] prince_niceguy:
2.6.11 is a keeper. awesome battery life. much better than previous kernels...

so far 22 hrs of batter usage with almost 2 hrs 40m of display on. 30 minutes of phone call, 1 hr of music on poweramp...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Rolex81:
Newest update so far is very nice. Is super fast and smooth.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
so just to be clear

one version of 2.6.11 released with a red recovery and has boot issues

another version of 2.6.11 released with blue/purple recovery and does not have the boot issues

the new version is the one you attached here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21864326&postcount=1068

sound about right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] msgfromside3:
I don't have any issue with the red version. However, it costed me resetting my phone completely because all my apps fc (cleared cache and dalvik). After that everything is fine so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VFO:
Not quite, the first one released was with the red recovery (red pill) and did not have issues. The second one was with the siyah themed recovery (blue and purple) but this one had boot issues. it has since been discussed that if you flash the .tar version of the latest one with Odin then there are no boot issues. Hope that is clear.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
so if i have a red recovery that means i downloaded the first release and have no need to switch to the second release

correct?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
That's my understanding... correct me if I'm wrong plz.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VFO:
That is correct.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stevehkim:
yes you are correct. red is good blue is not. i think he corrected this in the newer download for att.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
Are we talking about the kernel or The Matrix....?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cracjackson:
Bahaha lmao!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stevehkim:
both. follow the white rabbit....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ktoonsez:
I decided to try Siyah again today and had the same problems as usual (bluetooth stops and freezes, slow laggy interface) and now a new one, severly slow usb and file writing. Anyone else seeing this problem? Example: transfered a 1gb file to the internal or external card took 26 minutes with this kernel, changed back to MIUI kernel and took 2 minutes. I installed the kernel fresh after a full clean install of Turkbey and then the same with MIUI. Any insight would be great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
Its fast here, whats slow and laggy? Im hitting 22MB/sec yes Megabytes per second, on my siyah USB transfers.

I tried siyah with MIUI and seems slower and laggier than CM7 and siyah, much faster/smoother.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ktoonsez:
The whole interface slows down, scrolling, moving from page to page, things like that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
Do a backup in CWM then factory reset it and restore. See if that helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
Using this kernel my phone is faster than ever and I've seen no such UI slow-downs.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DaUnderSheriff:
Agreed. I'm running MIUI and the latest Siyah and my phone flies. No lag, awesome responsiveness. Also running V6 with 1000HP. :)