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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kadin:
*grabs popcorn*

This might just get interesting...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Nick281051:
+ 1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fukenbiker:
stuck

I have windows 7 on the pc and the yellow triangle with the exclamation point for a skyrocket phone. I plugged during download mode. Stuck at Odin. I read the stuff, downloaded stuff, is there a link to fire up Odin on Windows 7? I downloaded tar files and stuff but can't do anything with them. I have winzip and 7zip now and all kinds of stuff downloaded. Just stuck. LOL sigh
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] GalaxySkyrocket500:
WTF?:mad::rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Pirateghost:
please make sure you downloaded the right tar files from skyrocket section. you originally posted your problem in the i777 section.

secondly.

READ.

you have no business flashing crap at random on your phone without understanding what the F you are doing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Longcat14:
Gotta love all the mad AT&TSGSII users. Mad that you'll never get official ICS and no drivers? :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fukenbiker:
not

not mad just dysfunctional. Stuck with a yellow ! triangle between the phone symbol and the pc symbol and yeah I'm sure I flashed the wrong stuff and that's why I started this thread. I'm here, maybe someone else is as stupid as me and it'll help that one plus me. Right? Well ok I'm so stupid it'll only help me. Fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kornklown69:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342348

after downloading this stuff hold vol up and down until odin recognizes your device.... should see odin have a yellow popup with the word com in it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fukenbiker:
Thank you!

I am pleased to report it worked very well. Thank you very much for your helpful reply kornklown69.

I wonder why you smart people always assume so much and leave out details obvious to yourselves and a mystery to an ordinary biker?

If I hadn't been voraciously reading every page of as many threads as I have, spending as many hours as I can every day for weeks on end now (started with an att Infuse), I would still have been clueless.

I felt SO empowered when I realized the puzzle. The link you provided took me to the {How to][Tar][Odin] thread. Read the whole thing. Sounded promising. Got my stuff together, I'm not "rogers", check. My computer and cords have been performing flawlessly, check. Who cares about this counter and maybe I will end up getting a jig, and end up stashing it with my HDMI cord 'n stuff, check.

Hey where is the link for Odin?

STILL "where is the link to Odin" it finally dawned on me to use the Forum tool button and search for "Odin 1.85"

Bingo. A tiny little file that downloaded in no time, compared to the hour it took to download the TAR.

My elevator has been up for a long time my door just wouldn't open. Thank you for the help, and thank you for indulging, I digress.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Pirateghost:
so you come in and insult the skyrocket, post in the wrong forum about it, flash the wrong files on it, and WE ARE TO BLAME for you not reading the **** that someone has already typed up for you?

wtf?

this site is not a 'help me im a retard' site. its a developer site.

READ

LEARN

READ SOME MORE

here's a tip: dont create a thread titled ****ROCKET if you want some decent help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] GalaxySkyrocket500:
Pirateghost for President!:):)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fukenbiker:
properly scolded

Thanks. Beg pardon also.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Pirateghost for XDA President!!;)!!

Completely agree with Pirateghost! This forum is about loving ur phone and plz don't insult:eek: the device that i love. Thank You.:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kornklown69:
agreed!! ive also been waiting on his ROM to come out for awhile can't wait for release
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
He needs themer and he will get it out.:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fukenbiker:
I have a superuser icon

I showed in "about phone" that it's android 2.3.5 so I clicked on this link here

if your running android version 2.3.5 just do this http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1340710

inside that other closed thread that I wish I would have found in the first place, and now that I learned how to search the forum I feel like (not so retarded)

Thanks and again I beg pardon. It really is a good running handset and obviously superior to the Infuse.

Yay Skyrocket! I'm not worthy of a dual core processor!

And xda here is the schnizzel and I deserved the admonishment.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] GalaxySkyrocket500:
We Skyrocket owners are a loving group... We own the best phone out at the moment.. will be getting ICS and a big 4.5 screen..

Cant help it that you OGS2 guy's are outdated and are packing a little screen..

Here's a hint..size does matter..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fukenbiker:
Samsung Galaxy S4

locked bootloader tyranny

Since I started this thread a while on back...

and my embarrassment turned to pride and more knowledge...

I had TWO Samsung S2 ATT skyrockets and I loved them. It turned into three at one point. I used the smashed glass one with the parts of the S2 I left plugged in on the motorcycle in a rain storm, and so that makes three S2's. Thank you YouTube for tutorials.

I Never did try an S3 because of that stupid hardware change. I am livid about them shrinking the size of the SIM.

I love the S2 and would trade my new S4 for one but I am holding out hope the bootloader can get unlocked. S4 really is a superior handset.

I'll sign any class action petition for that! I'm ticked off because they downsized the Subscriber Identification Module. It renders all the flip phones that I have collected useless as they need the full sized SIM.

And now with a locked boot loader there's no way I can play with the IR port. I have a printer that received infrared straight from the flip phone to print pictures out without a computer. This thing is fast and equipped and I want to own it and it's got a flipping locked bootloader stopping me from any cyanogenmod love.

I am harmed by American Telephone and Telegraph because the locked bootloader prevents me from taking complete control over the device I am forced to own by reason of the two year contract obligating me for the use of their service. It's my handset and I should be able to have my way with it. And "big brother" now seems to be stopping me and I'm really ticked off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 1BadWolf:
I can almost sympathise with you. However, I think suggesting that a locked bootloader is causing you harm is a bit melodramatic. You just need to adjust the way you perceive the situation. If you consider the fact that you voluntarily signed a contract with AT&T in exchange for a good deal on their phone then your anger seems misdirected. AT&T didn't force you to do it. You made that decision so take responsibility for it. When the contract, that you signed of your own free will, expires get a different carrier. Research the policies of the companies in your area and chose the one who's policies are more to your liking. This kinda reminds me of my father who is a complete lunatic that rarely makes sense, but one thing he used to say that I have always found to be true is "If you buy stuff cheap, you'll get cheap stuff and you'll usually pay with more than money in the end." (BTW, I'm not suggesting that you're a complete lunatic that rarely makes sense, or my father.)

Brought to you by time and relative dimensions in space.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
There's already an easy solution for that. Do some research
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] spitfire2425:
Why would you revive a thread that's been bead for this long?!? Freaking people...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lingowistico:
Do you mean this one? http://www.xda-developers.com/android/samsung-galaxy-s-4-bootloader-unlocked/

The American't version of S4 bootloader has been unlocked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
Locked bootloader hasn't stopped development on the Nook Tablet (it's STILL locked, by the way) and it won't stop S4 dev.

It's a brand new phone. Give it some time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lingowistico:
Lol, read the post above yours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] skyrocketeer:
No, that is just a Loki workaround, not a full unlock. He is still correct :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] spitfire2425:
Why are we still on this revived from the grave thread?!?
[General Questions and Answers] squishy506:
I put the FR0X7 Android on my Touch Pro 2, but the battery life sucks. I have looked at about ten threads here with advice to change certain phone aspects to fix that, but I still find I'm charging the phone too much. I was going to buy a larger battery on ebay, but I wanted to find out first what size is the largest that doesn't require a different back. This thread below says it's 1800 mAh, but it's from 2010, and I am not one to revive old threads to ask if this is still the case. (Unless that's something I should have done.)

I saw one on Ebay that was 2000 mAh, but it might have been mistakenly labeled for my phone, so I wanted to check here first.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=691149
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superm_man:
Hi,

I was using the stock ROM on my Galaxy SII, Windows XP detecting the phone just fine and I can do internet teethering and etc... I subsequently flash my rom to NDT MIUI v4.1, my windows XP did not like the phone anymore and started to ask me to provide drivers. Last week, I flashed the rom again to NDT MIUI v8.1, the problem persist. Below is what I had attempted to resolve the problem but unsuccessful. I hope someone can shed some light... :)

Attempts made to resolve the problem:

1. unplug the phone, uninstall Kies and Samsung drivers on Windows XP. Reboot, then reinstall Kies and Samsung drivers. Reboot again, then plug in my phone, Windows XP detected the device as "Galaxy S2" then prompt a window to search driver. Regardless where i go from there, no driver found.

2. Turned the phone into storage mode after connecting to windows xp. Can read the sd cards, but unable to do anything futher, like teethering.

3. Downloaded latest Kies from Samsung website and repeated step 1. No success as well....

I hope someone can help me... :)
[Android Apps and Games] sfreemanoh:
I want to try different codec packages on my nook tablet, since the default installation of mobo player and mx video player both have difficulties playing HD videos. I don't have my NT rooted with the android market yet (I was going to wait a little while and see if a full ROM comes out and just go straight to that), so I wanted to copy it from my DX. But, I can't find the apk in system/app. So, anyone know where the mobo player codec apk is installed to?
[Kindle Fire General] Belgorm:
In the wake of many user complaints about web browsing speeds and other performance issues, Amazon has told the New York Times that it will be releasing a software update for the Kindle Fire "in less than two weeks." That timeframe would put this new software update about a month after the 6.2 update released at the end of November.

http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/11/...ta-software-update-coming-less-than-two-weeks
[Kindle Fire General] FlashFire1:
Oh God lol, now I have to root again....
[Kindle Fire General] CrackMonkey91:
Well hopefully this time it will be at least a worthwhile update. instead of a no visible difference update like the last one or take away a feature like the one before that.
[Kindle Fire General] MayfairDROID:
Let's hope the Development get a solid kernel and Rom by then...I don't want to be stock when they update the bootloader and lock it down after all the returned rooted and bricked fires due to people testing kernels that didn't know what they were doing and then returning them.....
[Kindle Fire General] mineshrai:
Lets hope some concrete updates...... But wht about some hardware issues......

http://mirolta.com/2011/12/12/amazo...for-kindle-fire-to-encounter-critical-issues/
[Kindle Fire General] krelvinaz:
The OTA will be a non-issue as much as the 6.2 update was. Sure you might have to reroot but Big Deal! That took all of a 30 seconds to do again.

Stuff about Amazon changing to a locked bootloader ignores the fact that most people never root or modify their device. The ones that do are a very miniscule minority of the total users that have the unit. Besides, has any device manufacturer locked a bootloader for a device that was originally released as unlocked? I don't think so.

I bet a lot more units are returned due to some malfunction than due to some someone screwing up their unit trying to modify it.

My wife has her unit stock... no mods, no tweaks, just uses it the way it came. I have mine rooted, different launcher and tons of apps that I have loaded from Android Market or side loaded via other means. I think the device is great for the price.

People who use forums like this have a very skewed idea of how many people actually modify their devices... most never do, never know about it and don't even know forums like this.
[Kindle Fire General] sxrmafia:
Exactly ... That's a well explained post :rolleyes:
[Kindle Fire General] Mama Luigi:
Yeah, companies lock bootloaders for concrete reasons. They are not going to all of a sudden lock the device down a month after it was released just to mess with modders. Because that is literally the only thing it would do.

The Nook Tablet, for instance... I believe the reason the bootloader is locked is because they had to as part of an agreement with Netflix to provide higher quality streaming to the device. B&N decided that annoying the tiny minority of modders was worth it in exchange for high quality Netflix streaming - something that a much larger percentage of users can benefit from and of course an extra marketing bullet point for them to use.

I'm fine with them updating the device. Look at all the Android phones that don't get regular updates. All people do is whine about NOT getting updated! The KF is some great hardware for the price but it still has issues. Touchscreen responsiveness still needs to be improved, battery life REALLY needs to be improved, and they have to fix the sleep of death as well. I will GLADLY go through the hassle of re-rooting and re-installing the market if these things are fixed.

Of course I'd prefer to have a custom ROM so I can get updates without having to redo all that stuff, but it's only a matter of time.
[Kindle Fire General] ryanlbowen:
please, dear god, let non-rooted users change the lockscreen wallpaper
[Kindle Fire General] andTab:
Is there a way yet to block OTA updates (that is also easy to reverse)?

Don't want to be caught with my pants down by this update if it does more than anticipated ....
[Kindle Fire General] sgood1971:
Haven't read through it, but this post seems to cover it.
[Kindle Fire General] worldwidepmp:
This. 10char
[Kindle Fire General] ReverseWolf:
Also hoping for a clean re-root-only response to this update... I have it stowed away as a gift for my wife, and take it out at night to perform nerd-surgery. It would be great to not have issues right before holiday, as it's going to be enough fun explaining the different launchers, etc.
[Kindle Fire General] pre4speed:
I have nothing to contribute to this, just lmfao at your analogy of what you do late at night. ;-)
[Kindle Fire General] gruuvin:
Not the best solution, but it's easy: turn off wireless.

You don't need a widget for this, but it's nice. I recently installed a power control widget ( I used Widgetsoid ) to allow me to turn off wireless ( as well as adjust brightness, volume, toggle USB, and turn off GPS ).

Since I'm mostly content with my setup for now, I leave the wireless turned off to conserve battery and avoid the next update. I'd rather wait until I hear from the good folks here that the next update is OKAY before I turn on wireless and let it update. In the meantime, if I need wireless, I can check here just to be sure there is no update waiting to be pushed, flip on the wireless, do what I need, then turn it back off.

Like I said, it's not the best solution, but it works for me, and it's really simple.
[Kindle Fire General] Hag77:
Let me ask you something- same situation here.. My wife's just came in the mail today. I'd like to know more about device setup before said "nerd surgery" as I want to do a similar thing.. Did you login with your own amazon account or hers? If I login w/ hers I don't want her to get a "Congrats on your Kindle registration" type of email- as this is a surprise after all.. But- I'm also thinking that if I go ahead and login w/ mine- anything I do as far as loading apps, etc will be wiped out when she has to login w/ hers?

Sorry to be long winded- overall my main question is- Whats the best way to tinker/root/play with this thing w/o giving away any surprises or having to re-do work?
[Kindle Fire General] krelvinaz:
I'd leave it in the box. When my wife's came, she wanted it right away. It auto registered to MY account, not hers. Didn't add anything to it, it just happened.

I had to deregister it and then reregister it to her account. Doing so is like a default reset.

Also, it is going to auto update at least once as they come with 6.1 and 6.2 is the current. Might even be 6.3 or whatever the new OTA is by the time she opens it.
[Kindle Fire General] Hag77:
Do you remember if she got an email when you deregistered and assigned it to her account?
[Kindle Fire General] krelvinaz:
Dont recall. I don't read her email so I don't know and I did a quick check of my email and don't see anything either...
[Kindle Fire General] animez:
I definitely got an email when I registered mine.

Sent from my BAMForever Thunderbolt
[Kindle Fire General] zole2112:
LOL, I'm doing the same with my wife's Christmas gift. Trying to have it optimized as much as possible before Christmas.
[Kindle Fire General] ReverseWolf:
All things I considered, but ultimately I wanted to have it up and running with some apps/literature installed (moved her content from previous kindle via Calibre), so I thought it might be worth the risk. We share some LastPass logins, so I was prepared to snag the party-crash email if it arrived, but I don't recall getting one when I registered it in her name. That may be an Amazon/account notification setting as well.

Also, I made the app additions after the Kindle was rooted, so I can't account for how switching a user account association might play after you transfer. Ultimately, the access to those emails was the green flag in my case to get it up and running with all the Root goodies.
[Kindle Fire General] ryanlbowen:
I bought one for my fiance, who lives in another city currently. I logged into my account, went to amazon.com/myk and changed the device name to identify her kindle. When I logged in, it had all of my purchases shown on the device, and to get them, I just had to click download. My plan is to give her a non-rooted device that has some books/magazines/music on it from the get-go.

Might not be the best way for everyone, but we tend to share books and music as it is, so it'll work nicely I think.
[Kindle Fire General] jolars:
Ryan - not sure your plan is going to work unless you allow your girlfriend to make purchases on your account.

When she gets the device and registers it to her account, all of your purchases will be removed (as far as I know).
[Kindle Fire General] ryanlbowen:
Yeah, plan is to allow her on my account. I was thinking about just adding her credit card to my account and that way she can make purchases from her card.
[Kindle Fire General] MadJoe:
And as a bonus, so can you! Just don't forget to delete YOUR card info before dumping her.

Sent from my Digital Brick
[Kindle Fire General] Vashypooh:
Warning right now.

Google has patched zergRush in latest froyo and gingerbread builds. If this update comes with that fix as far as I'm aware it is going to put a huge halt here.

You may want to be careful with this new version.
[Kindle Fire General] krelvinaz:
I've seen a few comments about this, but they were all followed up with comments that the exploits still work.

Do you have a source to reference for your comment?
[Kindle Fire General] pokey9000:
As it stands, Amazon lets us do fastboot without root. With fastboot and a working recovery we don't need an exploit.

Caution can't hurt tho.
[Kindle Fire General] pyrostic:
Working recovery coming soon if my sources at team win are correct. I believe TWRP only has a few minor bugs left.
[Kindle Fire General] ebaysnyper:
Why is it no one here uses ora rootkeeper from the market?

Its free
[Kindle Fire General] sgood1971:
I use it, I love it.
[Kindle Fire General] krelvinaz:
Use it, but it does not prevent the OTA from de-rooting the device. Or at least it didn't with 6.2
[Kindle Fire General] Vashypooh:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=21681

http://code.google.com/p/android/is...ken=l8DvMojg5enBR0d4vYANV2-CK70:1323976190073
[Kindle Fire General] LilaLurch:
I use this and it´s a easy way to turn root off and on again. It´s good to use the Amazon Video Service. :D
[Kindle Fire General] mj_xiaoming:
hope can take some new feature to kf and save light sensor
[Kindle Fire General] junnikokuki:
Doesn't receive it until now...
[Kindle Fire General] mineshrai:
Amazon released version 6.2.1, a software update for its Kindle Fire tablet to fix several performance issues as well as to add couple of new features. A week before Amazon spokesman, Drew Herdener said that they are going to roll out an over-the-air update to Kindle Fire......

http://mirolta.com/2011/12/21/amazo...over-the-air-software-update-for-kindle-fire/
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] needspractice:
What is the best option if your streak has an early retirement? I am thinking the Samsung Galaxy Note or the up and coming IBM 5 Inch Tablet. Any ideas for this endangered species? We need to be thinking about this right now or we will have some serious withdrawals when all of our phones die.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Final5k:
......there's only 1 device for every Streak users to upgrade to, and this is the Galaxy Note. There's nothing more to say or anything else in the market to consider beside the Note which is far more superior than our Streak! Problem is the price but it is more affordable now on ebay, 600-680usd.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAman1:
I finally said goodbye to my beloved Streak 5 and sold it off to a happy new home. It served me well, providing just over one year of joy (not without some pains of course). It's a pity that the device reached 'EOL' so soon. I guess Dell decided that Android tablets were not their strength.

Thanks go to all the talented members on this forum for having helped to make the device such a joy to use despite the challenges.

Although I'm sentimental and was sad to let it go, I can't wait to lay my hands on the Galaxy Note asap! As Final5K stated, the Note is the only device for us ex-Streakers now ;)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p51d007:
Unless something changes, probably going the Note route after the 1st of the year. Hopefully the price will drop just a bit after Christmas, and hopefully someone state side picks it up "officially", although I plan to by a carrier unlocked version.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] needspractice:
Everyone? But do you think the Samsung Note is going to be as modible as the streak. I mean it seams like you hack the balls of your streak and then glue them back on. I just hope there is a lot of support and hackable/modible support for the Samsung Note!