yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mike21pr:
this is pretty much what i had in mind...

i made up mu mind. GS2 it is. thanx a million guys!!! ill be joining you later today :D

Sent from my PI39100 using Board Express
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tedkunich:
Well, I DID physically go into two local ATT stores this past week, and neither had any s2s nor any accessories for it, in addition to being told by the employee that they were obsolete in their system. Yes, you can get them online through att, but not at the stores around here. Lte has not been launched in my market yet (SF bay area) but there are pockets of cells in testing, so it will be coming at some point.

T
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] seh6183:
Its entirely false.

Nor Cal has never had the phones in stores and never will.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] seh6183:
Its always been this way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
thats funny....i count 6 active devs working on it.....

maybe you should learn to count a little better or stop with the f'ng hatred of the other phone....biased opinions are biased.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TOA Duck:
Haha, hey pg. hows it goin?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] epicstar1:
I actually started my life with the skyrocket. I exchanged it for this phone because of no support and the screen problem its horrific on the skyrocket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
"no longer carry" is not the correct term. In about 5 areas within the country (Mainly NorCal and a few parts of Texas), the original S2 was NEVER carried.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xAnimal5:
Links please. Tweaking minor aspects of a phone doesnt make you a dev. Nerdy cliches like this are nerdy cliches.

I dont own either phone anymore anyways. SO yup nice try there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
Cool story, bro. Go away troll.

Sent from my HTC PH39100
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xAnimal5:
Another overused nerdy cliche.

You're just spittin em out. I wasn't the one who came onto the forums and started flaming. You're last 2 posts have had nothing to do with the OP and you're telling me to go away. Go outside kid.

If you think you're a "dev", youre dead wrong. I just looked at your ROM in the ****rocket forums and 2/3 of it is from the UOT kitchen or replacing framework files. The rest is a few supposed build.prop edits and an integrated kernal. Congrats bro

/argument over.

I got better things to do than argue with a 10 year old
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TOA Duck:
ghost starting ****? No.......what? Really? Lmao
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Believe it or not he is a dev smart one

On a different note, my local store does not carry it anymore and I know for a fact that they used to
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TOA Duck:
All this is turning into is the same people coming in starting **** saying the gs2 has been discontinued.

I know people are welcome in any forums but why is it whenever someone brings up the skyrocket people flock in here to start **** by saying the sgs2 has been discontinued. Go away. You know it's going to, so why bring it up.

Didn't the guy say he had decided on the sgs2? Probably a good idea to just close it. I'm not a mod, but just saying.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Captpt:
AGREED!!! Do you really think they would be spending millions on TV commercials on a phone that is discontinued???? Galaxy S2 for some reason has been hard to get in California, Houston and a few other areas since its release on Oct. 2nd..

The GS2 has been touted as the best smartphone by many reviewers and users since its release, haven't seen the Skyrocket listed as best anything since its release and honestly doubt we will.. When ICS comes out performance and speeds in the GS2 will jump making it even better (ICS will actually take advantage of its dual processor which again a better processor then the Skyrocket's)...

By the time LTE is available in enough areas that it is a factor the next generation GS2 will be out and myself and other GS2 users will be eligible for a phone upgrade..

It won't be a Skyrocket 2 rather it is already called the GALAXY S3..

http://www.galaxys3iii.com/samsung-galaxy-s3-galaxy-s-iii-will-have-12mp-camera-2gb-ram-and-more/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
what exactly have you contributed to XDA?

i am tired of idiots like you in these forums.

kid? i probably have underwear older than your dumbass....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TOA Duck:
Dude thats gross, buy some more drawers. Lol

I will buy you some for christmas if you need them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mike21pr:
for what its worth, i already got my SGS2 (LTE area and still available BTW)

Main reasons:

»Horsepower (Exynos > Snapdragon)

»Closest resemblance to OG so better dev support and ICS sooner hopefully

»Didnt have to pay extra $50

Both are awesome and cant go wrong with neither, but im more about hardcore gaming and overall performance over data speeds (3-5mb average is fine for me since data is teired anyway)

thanks again for all the comments, can we start getting along now? lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trell959:
look at you! You've joined xda in October, all your threads are questions you are too dumb/ incapable of answering yourself, and you come and sh!t talk a dev? I lol at your life... you have contributed noting here. I've run PG's rom (still) on my inspire and I'm happy. And what do you mean " not a dev" please explain to me what a dev is.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] orlandoxpolice:
Is xda trying to kill itself? So many negative people ****ting on devs who try hard and put out good work.

Mod should lock this. Nothing good will come of it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thephoneguyusa:
+1 time to close this thread down
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rboone18:
I agree +1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
I think this was the last time we need to have any "comparison" threads. Lots of violations in this thread. Seriously, I dont see why people have to get so heated up over the Skyrocket vs. GS2 on the internet.

Thread closed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Alex1x:
Ive been rooted for a while and never cared much to removing the yellow triangle until now.

So much has changed with updates, modems, auto root etc...

I'm wondering what is the best way to rid the yellow triangle today?

I'm rooted

Calkulin's v2.5

Rogue Kernel v1.1.2

Modem EL13

Thanks in advance...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gedster314:
Wow look at all the posts that show up when you search for yellow triangle.:eek:

Here is my favorite. I suggest buying a jig from eBay for $3 shipped but if your in a hurry you can do this.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1331782&highlight=Yellow+triangle
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Alex1x:
Exactly. Searched and came across dozens of threads, most dated back to october and november. Since there's been OTA updates, modems, new root method bypassing yellow triangle... I'm wondering which route applies to me? Any/best way to get rid of yellow triangle without jig at this point?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
I remember reading somewhere after flashing a custom rom you could flash the stock rom over it afterwards to remove the yellow triangle.

I just started getting into this stuff yesterday and have rooted my phone and managed to install clockworkmod.

Problem is I really just want to remove Carrier IQ and the yellow triangle then I'll be happy. I need some assistance xedomax! or whoever...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Odin flash stock eg30 kernel to get rid of yellow triangle, you can get from odin eg30 in my sig, then use auto root in my sig to root, add cwm, and disable ciq
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
sfhub thanks- so basically flash the stock kernel (not rom), then use auto root to root the phone, add cwm (no idea how yet) which enables the ability to disable ciq, right?

Anyone feel comfortable explaining some of this stuff over voice by chance, I'd appreciate it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Option A - root

Option C - install cwm

Option D - disable ciq

The screenshot in the post will help visualize
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
Finished step A no problems, then I got to C then selected A for EG30+CWM and got this:

BOOTIMGSTKREC = no
BOOTIMGSCRIPT = install-boot-eg30-cwm.sh

...Proceeding to copy necessary files...

push: copy2sd/000root/Superuser.apk -> /sdcard/000root/Superuser.apk
push: copy2sd/000root/su -> /sdcard/000root/su
push: copy2sd/000root/install-unroot.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-unroot.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-root.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-root.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-cleanup.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-cleanup.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-ciq-on.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-ciq-on.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-ciq-off.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-ciq-off.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-boot-zImage.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-boot-zIm
age.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-boot-el13.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-boot-el13.
sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-boot-el13-cwm.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-boot-e
l13-cwm.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-boot-ek02.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-boot-ek02.
sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-boot-ek02-cwm.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-boot-e
k02-cwm.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-boot-eg31.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-boot-eg31.
sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-boot-eg31-cwm.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-boot-e
g31-cwm.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-boot-eg30.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-boot-eg30.
sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-boot-eg30-cwm.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-boot-e
g30-cwm.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-boot-common.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-boot-com
mon.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/func.inc.sh -> /sdcard/000root/func.inc.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/busybox -> /sdcard/000root/busybox
19 files pushed. 0 files skipped.
500 KB/s (1948487 bytes in 3.804s)
push: copy2sd-img/000root/zImage-el13-cwm -> /sdcard/000root/zImage-el13-cwm
protocol failure

----

error: device not found

---- END LOG ----

Check for any errors. Assuming there are none, BootImg install was SUCCESSFUL.

----

Getting ready to reboot...

This reboot will take slightly LONGER than usual since it will be
recreating Dalvik-Cache.

Your phone MAY be slightly SLOWER for a SHORT TIME after boot is
complete while it performs maintenance.

This is all NORMAL.

Press any key to continue . . .

I just tried it again and always get the error device not found.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Did your phone crash or something? It seems adb stopped talking to your phone in the middle of a file copy and hasn't been able to talk to it since.

Try rebooting your phone and your PC and try again. It looks like everything was proceeding as expected until the connection to your phone suddenly went black.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
That means "su" was working when Option C ran.

The su is out of date is not being generated by the rooting package. It sounds like the Superuser app is telling you that. Maybe it installed some update and broke su.

What happens when you do "adb shell" and type "su"? That is basically what the CIQ script you ran is doing and the response is that "su" can't be found.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
What is adb exactly and shell and where do I run it lol

All the new terminology is killing me! :@

# su

su

su: not found

#
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I don't know what happened to your su, but it seems it is not around anymore.

Try running Option A again. That should give you su back. Then run Option D and disable CIQ.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
What results do I want after running A? --+ ++- +-+ +++ ---

Oddly enough this is making me want to play StarCraft II, lol...

[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...
[+] Zerglings caused crash (good news): 0x40322cd4 0x0074
[*] Researching Metabolic Boost ...
[+] Speedlings on the go ! 0xafd198cb 0xafd395cf
[*] Sleeping a bit (~40s)...
[*] Waking !
[*] Sending 181 zerglings ...

[+] Rush did it ! It's a GG, man !
[+] Killing ADB and restarting as root... enjoy!

---- STATUS of ZERG on PREVIOUS few lines ----

Waiting for device to be connected [press CTRL-C to cancel]... Found device

Installing persistent root... Done
Waiting for filesystem to sync... Done

---- END LOG ----

Check the STATUS of ZERG above, this exploit depends on a
condition which doesn't always hit

[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !

Means the EXPLOIT will NOT work on this version of the ROM.

However, if your ADB is rooted, the persistent root install MAY still work.
Check for additional errors in that section of the log.

[-] Zerglings did not leave interesting stuff

Means the exploit did NOT work during this pass

After reboot you'll need to RE-RUN the root install script
It may take SEVERAL attempts before the condition hits

[+] Rush did it ! It's a GG, man !

Means the exploit was SUCCESSFUL. Script will reboot, then you are DONE!

----

Getting ready to reboot...

Press any key to continue . . .

----

Cleaning up temporary files... Done

Rebooting

If it takes LONGER than 30 seconds to initiate reboot
manually reboot using the POWER button to power OFF/ON

----
Activity complete - review status logs above if needed
----
Press any key to continue . . .

Just finished A again and a reboot and I still don't have the superuser listed under applications with the skeleton icon. Instead I have a gray and green android icon "Superuser" listed in applications. Does the icon look different because of the differing methods?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
That is the Superuser v3 icon. The previous version you had that probably came with your ROM was the v2.3 icon.

You should have root installed at this point.

BTW in case it wasn't obvious if you choose Option F from the main screen it will increase the scroll buffer so you can see all the log info.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
Now that you mention that will come in very handy.

Okay so I have ran A, C, and D again. Although I still have the yellow triangle on the boot screen and carrier iq is still there but dormant.

So now I can flash the EG30 stock kernel to get rid of the triangle and I'm done, or no?

Is it worth upgrading to EK or is it too much hassle?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I actually would have ODIN flashed the stock EG30 kernel as the first step, because I would have wanted to end up with a kernel that had CWM (EG30+CWM), but doing it at the end works too for getting rid of the triangle. If you want EG30+CWM, just run Option C again after you ODIN stock EG30 kernel back. Make sure you are only flashing the kernel, not the whole ROM.

As to EK02, I would suggest you run like this for a day or two. If you like the way it performs, don't bother upgrading. If there is something lacking, post in the Q&A section and ask if it would be resolved if you went to EK02.

Personally I actually like the EG30 release. IF I had LoS, I might be enticed to go to a newer version, but since I've never seen it with my setup, I'm just purely comparing the ROMs.

I'm actually running EL13 kernel right now with EG30 Modem and EG30 ROM but that could change tomorrow to another combination.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
What does CWM stand for and do? How do I ensure I am only flashing the kernel?

I think I've been using the latest zedomax kernel but I can't really tell there is no difference besides the yellow triangle. While I'm researching I end up with 15 separate tabs all from xda-developers. I've almost got it, if I don't get it soon I think I might get a headache. Where's the server everyone hangs out to talk and chill?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asbjörn:
Look up Chris41g's thread in the development section. I followed those steps and got rid of that bothersome triangle on my screen. It was simple and straightforward. Trust!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
That's funny I've already read it. If you haven't been here keeping up with everything all this is very overwhelming good thing there are a few of you very actively helping ppl like me. tyvm =]
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
ClockWorkMod Recovery is a custom recovery program that allows you to install custom ROMs. It also allows you to make full image (nandroid) backups of your phone and restore

Flash the file in Resource Section #B2 from the ODIN EG30 link found in my signature. It is a self-extractor, so when you double-click on it, it will ask where you want to unpack it. Just unpack it to your ODIN directory.

I assume you have used ODIN before. If not, post questions and/or read up. It is not something you want to go messing with if you don't know what you are doing because if you click on the wrong things you can mess up your phone pretty bad.

This is the ODIN 1.85 package I would suggest:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1262272
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
I read what you had quoted before but not chris's thread. Now this is like a whole different thing with LoS. Geez I don't ever lose my signal that I'm aware of and using chris's kernel will possibly give me LoS. Am I being overly paranoid or just cautious. I'd like to think cautious. I smell fish but I can't pinpoint where it's coming from.

---------- Post added at 03:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:16 AM ----------

Yes, I've used odin to flash xenodox but I'm not seeing them listed http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_Touch/Kernels or here http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_Touch/ROMs. Are these links out of date or is it deeper?

---------- Post added at 03:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:20 AM ----------

I just got done using odin to flash this file "SPH-D710.EG30_CL435734_PDA.tar.md5" which has removed the yellow triangle and also everything on the phone. I'm just at a loss as to what comes next. Someone please hold my hand. I'm sure my odin counter is now at 2 but whats the big deal who cares?

---------- Post added at 04:13 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:51 AM ----------

@sfhug - I'm guessing this is the stock EG30 kernel because I'm getting messages about voicemail and system updates. So now no CWM and no SU with CIQ (I'm guessing). So what comes next man?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Are you sure that is the file you flashed? That is actually the full EG30 Factory Restore (several hundred MB). That would have restored your Modem, Kernel, and ROM and reset your user data.

The file I pointed you at in Resource Section B2 should have been called

SPH-D710.EG30_CL435734_KERNEL-sfx.exe

which is a self-extractor file. When you double-click on it, it should produce

SPH-D710.EG30_CL435734_KERNEL_PDA.tar.md5

That would be an 8MB file and is the EG30 Kernel only. It would also result in getting rid of the yellow triangle, but not any of the other stuff.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
Well crap!

This is the original archive "SPH-D710.EG30_CL435734-sfx.exe" which resulted in a folder "Odin-EG30" with "SPH-D710.EG30_CL435734_PDA.tar.md5". Which is the one I flashed.

So how do you suggest I continue from here?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Yes, that file should have produced what you found.

However, I was pointing you at Resource Section #B2 (in the 2nd post of that thread) which is a different file, just the kernel.

I assume you did some backup per instruction #0?

Redoing Root, EG30+CWM, and Disabling CIQ is relatively easy.

Getting your data back is the part I want to make sure you can do.

On a postiive note, you should have a very clean fresh system right now, same as when you bought the phone. If you backed up your data and can restore it actually isn't that bad.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
I didn't have anything on the phone besides apps I had installed and organized and other widgets I had personalized. All my files reside on the SD card and even if I lose that (which I haven't yet) it's all backed up anyway. Accessing the market triggers syncing your google account which is easy enough. I remember all the settings to setup my work email aswell. So really no big deal. The big deal is I'm reading the instructions and there are so many sub sections and second posts it all looks like code. What would really help me out is a guide that is straight to the point in lamens terms. I haven't seen a glossary anywhere which just makes it harder. Everytime I see a video they pretty much assume you know what your doing to begin with but then why would you be watching the video. I'm good at catching some details so I'm not totally lost but like I said I need something straight to the point. I don't even know or care why anyone would want super user access I just want Carrier IQ disabled without the yellow triangle. I'd like to know what the big deal is with the Odin counter and what happens if it reaches a said number. Also does anyone else agree with me when I say, "Why does this have to be so damn confusing lol". By the way I have 15 tabs open again :@
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ci2e:
LOL Awesome so in theory now all I need to do is option A then D with your method.

Yes you see where I'm coming from and I see what your saying. It's all very informative but it's a large bulk of information said in a boat load of words. I think it could be simplified when a method is found to include all files required in one archive with a set of instructions which flow easily.

Thanks for clearing a lot of stuff up. Now that I know all I have to do is run runfirst.bat option A then D. What if I want my phone to look like this? If I have never had a problem with signal loss would this increase my chances of having problems using the LoSt kernel which I believe is required for the theme to work...?

Also I keep thinking is it better or possible to remove carrier iq completely with a custom version of a stock kernel where that is just removed. Voodoo Carrier IQ keeps reporting around 270 because it is still there just not active after running option D. Of course now if I want the honey bee theme this could be more hell but in the video he states that it makes it easy to update everything from the phones gui. So even if it is hell it seems worth it in the end but I'm just not sure with the LoS issue if I am understanding correctly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
If you don't have LoS, please do NOT install LoStKernel. It is mostly used by people who ARE seeing LoS to help reduce it. If you don't have LoS you don't want it. You fall into the class of users who's signal is good with stock and can only get WORSE when you move off of stock.

LoStKernel is NOT required for themes.

Vodoo IQ tells you CIQ is NOT running, then gives a score of 270. Here is the breakdown:

1) +70pts - CIQ binaries and libraries are still there

I purposely do not remove the binaries and libraries because it could negatively affect your ability to receive future OTA updates

2) +100pts - Log file has CIQ entries saying it can't start CIQ

IMO you should get a medal for not being able to start CIQ

3) +100pts - CIQ class instance is present (but not used)

key here is it isn't being used

If you want CIQ completely removed, you could install a custom ROM that removes it or install an EL13-based ROM where Samsung removed it from the get go.

Personally I'm good with CIQ disabled which then gives me the flexibility to evaluate ROMs usefulness and stability w/o needing to consider CIQ. If the older ROMs are more useful/stable I'll run those. If the newer ones work better I'll run those. I don't feel the need to go to the latest ROM just to get rid of CIQ because it is already disabled.

Here's the deal with LoS. It is a problem in the stock software straight from Samsung. However only a subset of people see the problem with the stock software. Many don't see any LoS at all. Now for some as yet to be determined reason, when you install a "recompiled" from stock source code kernel, it exacerbates the Los issue, to the point where people who were seeing LoS already, can see it more often, and people who never saw LoS before start seeing it.

Let me say again, LoS is in the stock software from Samsung. Custom kernels are NOT "causing" LoS. However they appear to exacerbate the existing problem.

That is why I tell you to stick with stock (and stock repacked) kernels if you aren't seeing any LoS right now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asbjörn:
No problem dude.