yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
Uh that's scary, we've prolly bumped into each other.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trell959:
What general area? Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AndAllThingsWillEnd:
Long Beach here, but I doubt I've bumped into you... Cali represent...

(not meant to turn this thread off topic all over again...)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
Magic Mountain, Lyons Ave. Just East of the I-5.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
Where are you at?

We need an actually ICS meet up! Like a BBQ, but with ICS's hahaha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nbell13:
Not worried about it. You can disable the bloatware in the applications menu. I always usually ran stock anyway, only root and flash when I get bored :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] panman86:
I was just going to say what's up with all the Californians and then realized all the rest of the country is sleeping right now... apart from me of course because I'm am idiot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trell959:
Ahh not too far. I'm over here by the 14. Via princessa. I live right of of soledad and whites :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nbell13:
It does work :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CollegeProfesor:
Sorry for not wanting to read 177 pages. Is ICS out yet for our phones? Official or from a dev?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chibixzero:
Ventura california?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
That's close, much closer than I thought I'd meet anyone here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trell959:
+1 Never would've thought. Interesting actually :D just don't tell me you go to my school :rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NJGSII:
Im still up and got work at 9. Im a bigger idiot.

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Nope not yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MWilkenson:
Still awake reppin the east coast. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] panman86:
Work at 8. Same boat. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] panman86:
... And that's when I remembered we all have smartphones as bed companions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trell959:
Temple run is out for Android.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MWilkenson:
Haha that's what's keeping me up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nyamoV2:
i'm stuck at work, sucks even more
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rbj13:
I am still up. Of course its 10:27pm here in Alaska.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jdbeitz:
Im up 2:30am here
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Suprasb:
A semi-official leak was released a few hours ago. Shishir95 is almost done rooting / debloating it. In the mean time, plenty of i9100 base roms have been released, like ShoStock2 RC3, and Phone Bricker.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rbj13:
At least there is no drama this late at night. That leak was a giant mess.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nbell13:
for anyone wondering, the leak didn't trigger the yellow warning boot up screen, or add to the flash counter :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
I can verify this as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mgd76:
Of course not... it's stock, right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
Its a stock kernel so it wouldn't trigger it, only custom kernels will bring the yellow trigger & counter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jdbeitz:
Yeah it was. I talked to both entropy and dg later and they were both still heated.

I appreciate their work though :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graffixnyc:
I dislike tw very much so :( I think the GB rom ICScrewed looks more like ICS than samsungs real ICS. lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryude:
I think it looks better than GB tw... plus you get face unlock/swipe to clear/scrolling recent apps w/ previews, better settings, and more.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
TW itself isnt so bad, its just the annoying launcher/app drawer which can be easily replaced by either Nova or Apex launcher (both ICS ASOP looking launchers). The rest of TW that you will see throughout the tom has all been expanded on and elaborated with ICS so its not that bad.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
No, the non-ATT "NA" locale is Sprint.

Just like Gingerbread.

I'm not sure why you think these are incorrect when they are the EXACT same keymaps used in Gingerbread. (If you are going based only on the names - yeah the names are slightly strange, but those ARE the correct keycodes.)

I'm going to be trying to score the right resistors for a UART cable tonight if I get to the local electronics store before they close. If I don't have things in a reliable state by Thursday, I'm going to take a break from Touchwizz firmwares and move instead to CM9 hackery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MysticKing32:
Agree

I like touchwiz very much. It has one of the best interfaces I've seen and its easy to use. And i came from a Sony Ericsson xperia x10. Sony did a terrific job with that interface. So by me saying touchwiz is better after coming from that is saying a lot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
Entropy... I have 2 beautiful Columbian ladies.. do us proud me boy and they will show you a real ice cream sandwich!!

Oh..you are white right?? Lol.

RANGERS LEAD THE WAY!

Some have kick ass phones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alacrify:
Careful what you say - I hear this forum is full of 15 year olds...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] drakester09:
My amareurish guess by looking at the names in the array, they are msileading.

You are the expert, thanks for all the hard work :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
I am. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
Stop trying to downplay by boyish good looks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] brent8577:
more inappropriate comments. I would be all for dev only posting with some type of bug report or feature req page but that would be too good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
White and 15! Nice try, Red ;)

Sorry couldn't resist that one :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ricktat:
So I keep checking this thread like its going to update today....

Plus once it does update I will probably brick it by not reading directions properly...

Maybe I should just flush it down the toilet and get rid of this anxiety
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rav4kar:
+1 ..almost posted same!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Karashta:
For shame on all of us having fun! This isn't even a dev thread in any way. Chill
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryude:
I like the way this man thinks, can we vote for him to be the I777 President?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] afrojoc:
I'll vote only if we get to see screen shots of the ladies lolol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryude:
You can see screen shots, I want to touch lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BruteSource:
Tad bit creepy..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryude:
You must be new to the internet...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] k1ska:
It's sad to say I was a part of the heatedness but not directly, I tried being polite but then all hell broke loose. :o

I just hope Entropy won't give up on us, we need his superhuman assets! And DG, he gave us this leak and for that I thank him. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] demon9206:
I want to take this serious.

XDA SGSII BBQ?! Please? Ventura here as well.

I can't find it =(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] k1ska:
I actually have a brother and sister down in Ventura... Went there 13 years ago, haha. The fair was ****ing awesome :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rbj13:
Yea it was nice that DG got us the leak but he kinda expected to be a hero here or something it seemed. When Entropy questioned his methods he blew up. Entropy even thanked him for his release but DG went on twitter and started slandering Entropy and the XDA community.

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I definitely thank entropy for his hard work in our community and I thank DG for giving us the leak. Entropy will be the one that'll stick with us though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jdbeitz:
I've been with dg since the launch of the captivate. He's always been rock solid but couldn't stand the attitudes of 95% of the users. Rightfully so in my opinion.

Entropy was in the captivate scene as well. He's always been our backbone. And for that, I greatly thank him.

Lets all play nice :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MikeyMike01:
Not surprising.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] k1ska:
Let's get back on topic!

So, to those who flashed the leak, how is it performing for you guys? :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] F1reEng1neRed:
I wouldn't know...why don't you flash it and tell me?:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rbj13:
Me and bootloaders don't get along so I am holding off. I like Ultimatum 2.0 with Entropy's #164 though. Entropy's latest kernel is blazing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
Performing very well here.

Everything is smooth & responsive.

How do you take a screenshot in stock? Would like to post my Quadrant score for rooted/debloated stock (4099!).

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You don't have to let it update your bootloader.

There is a Heimdall.zip file released that you can use with Mobile Odin, which will not update the bootloaders.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] F1reEng1neRed:
Where's the root?:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
I just let Mobile Odin Pro do the rooting :D

I am quite curious as to why the Entropy512 kernel does not work with this leak, but it works with i9100 ROMs.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] F1reEng1neRed:
Someone said that it's already been rooted, but I haven't found it anywhere yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
Shishir has a version posted in his ShishirROM thread:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] F1reEng1neRed:
There's some differences with the I9100 and the I777. Button mapping and stuff.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
I always thought that was what Hellraiser was for. The kernel was made to work on stock firmware, and you could use Hellraiser to make an i9100 ROM work on our phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] F1reEng1neRed:
Yes, but the original hellraiser was for Gingerbread roms. Entropy had to make a new kernel and hellraiser for ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Haas360:
Forgive me for asking. But is aokp is a branch off from stock ics? Just like cm9?

So entropys kernel won't work with them cause it needs to be sammy. Rom correct?

Sent from my sgh-1777 running aokp xda premium
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
From what I understand, the Entropy512 kernel is not supposed to work with AOKP or AOSP (CM9) ROMs. I am not certain of that tho...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Haas360:
Well i tried it... it seems to be working... lag gone! Good job entropy. Kernel says

3.0.15-g8df64f5

adodd@quadmoney #160

Thats Entropys kernel right!

Here is the kernel CWM flash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
No he should flash the latest cm kernel , it's in I think both the cm9 and the aokp thread somewhere
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kamots:
Woot!....sorry.:p from Cali originally. Northern though. Had to leave before it made me "soft ".. (thanks Baz Lurhman ) lol. Ok sorry . Back on topic.

..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MysticKing32:
Version 9 released. Includes new modem from ics leak.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23948196
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LegoGuy:
Running AOKP with Entropy's kernel #165 completly fine.

Well, there is one exception. Idk if it's because of the kernel or not, but I don't have any boot animation.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ck155:
Hey sorry for not knowing my stuff, but how does one exactly put this on their phone because its not a simple as flashing it right? And once I do, do I just Flash Entropy's kernel?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MysticKing32:
Yes all you do is flash. And it comes with Entropy's kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
I was never involved with the Captivate scene. The Infuse was my first native Android phone. (I had a Huawei S7 but did no development on it.)

I also was involved with xdandroid (Android for HTC Rhodium and other devices) for a bit, but not for too long.

The kernel is designed to allow I9100 firmwares to run on I777. Everything but call audio should work on the leak - the microphones (Noise cancelling mic and main mic) will likely be swapped on the UCLC2 leak.

Yup. Kernel seems ready, Hellraiser not quite so much. I may release an alpha tonight with some limitations.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ck155:
Where do I download this? I can't seem to find it on the site the OP linked...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alacrify:
That's at least 4 versions outdated - #164 is posted a few pages back by RockRatt (even though he said it was 165 :)). And it's zippier than #160.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
There's nothing to download... not sure what you're talking about
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alacrify:
Holy CRAP the new modem is fast!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ck155:
Like what do I need to install this on my phone? and where can I get it? Is it just flashing a zip in CWM or is there more to it? I'm just all around confused :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
You do know that this is the general section and that roms are in the development section right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] weedolo9y:
What modem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
I777UCLC2, from the leak.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24088292&postcount=1703
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alacrify:
The new modem in the AT&T i777 ICS build leaked last night - UCLC2. there's a flashable zip posted here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24088292&postcount=1703

Coming from UCKJ2 it more than doubled my wifi speeds and almost doubled the regular - and that's at my desk at work with poor signal.

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Beat me again :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ddominator:
Will the new modem work with CM9 or AOKP? Or do we have to wait for it to be compatible?

EDIT: Please ignore post, I have found the thread for CM modems and it has been updated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
Extract it and flash with mobile odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ddominator:
Thanks but I found the thread and modem elsewhere. Ignore my previous post... was going to edit it but you posted faster.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alacrify:
He's quick like that. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rav4kar:
I think zip's cwm flashable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
My phone never boots with your kernel + UCLC2. Shishir ran into the same problem last night, as did a few others:

I'd really like to get this figured out, as this leak is far & above the best performing ICS version I have found for my phone - but I really don't want to "downgrade" to a stock kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EVIIIL:
I am running the AKOP ROM and flashed Entropy's newest kernel and the modem from the link and everything is smooth.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Why would you flash entropy's kernel on aokp? Just wait for he newest aosp version
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Smacdallas:
Poor red5 ): haha jk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alacrify:
You don't say what ROM you're trying this with - I'm using the Omega/RockRatt ROM with Entropy #164 and the UCLC2 modem, and it works fine for me - and more or less doubled my data speeds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sam1forever:
I'm running the leaked rom fulled rooted and reporting no problems as of now. Just smooth and fast :) Flashed UCLC2 with mobile Odin Pro with everroot using the heimdall files.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Did you flash from GB or one of the I9100 ICS ports?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
I am running this as well. Runs very nicely indeed!

I am running the leaked UCLC2 as I stated earlier.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sam1forever:
I flashed from shostock RC3 which is UHLPE i9100 base.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Two more questions. What file did you flash exactly? The Heimdall files from Rootzwiki? Also, did it inject a fully functional CWM Recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] melder52:
Loving me some Binnacle GB .. giddy with anticipation of a Binnacle ICS .. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
What part of Ventura? How are so many people on here so close to me?!:eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
While waiting for the ICS stabilized, Temple Run is for fun.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpreichart:
I really like ICS especially being able to use Apex launcher, but the choppy less sensitive scrolling is driving me nuts. Am I the only one?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] allyrocky:
Could pls let me know the steps you followed ?:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sam1forever:
Yes the Heimdall files from Rootzwiki. As far as fully functional CWM, the need of a cwm kernel would be required and the leak only has stock samsung kernel. It would have to be a custom kernel that supports cwm.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Hmm. I was gonna try that, but I think I'll wait now. I want the option to nandroid back to my current state.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sam1forever:
How to flash I777 UCLC2 Leak with odin mobile with root (no cwm)

Of course! :D

1. Download heimdall files http://www.ponack.net/designgears/leaks/I777UCLC2_Heimdall.zip

2. Extract contents to your external storage or sd card or anywhere you'd like.

3. Install odin mobile pro or use the flash kernel lite from chainfire's post. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347899

4. Plug in the files into mobile odin. It should automatically place the file to the correct place or each section will only list whats compatible to flash.

5. Check all options under EverRoot

6. Check Wipe Data and Cache.

7. Then hit Flash firmware.

Notice: This does not flash bootloaders! :D

You might have to restart your phone and do the process again if it doesn't work the first time. It shouldn't alter your current bootloader since odin mobile leaves it behind.

Then your left with a nicely rooted ICS system from the AT&T leak ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] c0ldburn3r:
Best part is that you can inject mobile odin during the install, if you want to go back just flash a GB kernel with CWM and do a 3button to hit recovery and nand on back!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
The best part is leaving bootloaders behind :).

EDIT: Just noticed what you said. You'd actually have to install an ICS compatible kernel with recovery, not GB. So you could odin back to stock, install GB kernel with recovery, THEN nandroid back :).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] demon9206:
Well I'm currently posting this from VC :p but I live over on east end, by Petit and Telephone.

Also, 19 and college freshman lol. Hence the VC.

But yeah that's weird! You?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hypersonicx:
So I take it to use this root method, this is for people who are currently root and didnt run the ICS Exe from last night. Ima revert back to stock root and then follow this method to get ICS leak root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] patriot720:
Does this flash bootloaders?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] c0ldburn3r:
Nope mobile odin leaves those behind. You DO NOT WANT TO FLASH BOOTLOADERS!!! If something goes wrong you just got a brand new paper weight. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sam1forever:
Have you tried Entropy's Kernel with the leak? :o
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] c0ldburn3r:
Won't work, built off the wrong source.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
Nope. Still on GB. I'll probably load the leak (and Entropy's latest kernel) within the next couple of days unless a better option appears. It seems to have pretty good feedback so far.

EDIT: Looks like Entropy's kernel isn't an option for the leak. See his post below.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cabagekiller:
Does the leak have NFC built into it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 21cdb:
Scrolling was horrible for me at first, but switching to the CM9 kernel made it a lot better. I'm on AOKP with the Nova launcher right now. Still not perfectly smooth, but acceptable. All other scrolling (menus etc.) seems great.

I tried Apex launcher as well, but it seems to have a bit of a stutter/jerk when I start swiping between home screens, so I stuck with Nova. It would be nice if we could get the scrolling to be 100% smooth.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nbell13:
I always flash bootloaders. I ain't scurred :p But then again, I know I risk hard-bricking my phone. I just don't care, that's why I kept my Captivate around. Lol.

Leak is running great for me, Entropy mentioned it tripped Pirateghost's flash counter on his Google+ page, but it didn't trip mine. Curious if it's because I flashed straight from stock KK6 GB. (Also flashed Baby Pacifier a few weeks back for the sole purpose of resetting the counter with the triangle away app)

Bloatware can be disabled (most of it flat out uninstalled) in the applications settings menu, will report on battery life today (I use my phone all the time at work when I'm bored, so it's usually dead after about 12-13 hours)

The ONLY problem I've had is that Chrome Beta freezes. Unusable. Hopefully will be fixed in their next update. Oh and a few of my purchased apps were "incompatible" (AtBat 2012, and a local tv station app), so I pulled the apk's from my titanium backup folder and installed them that way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sam1forever:
You could use triangle away app with any ICS rom as long as the rom your using is ICS with an ICS kernel! lol or kernel made for ICS.

And i checked my counter and it's at 0! So flashing with mobile odin to the leak didn't increase my counter. :)

Thank you for the heads up! ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jasvncnt1:
Boy..after catching up and reading all these posts...I see how much I actually still dont understand lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hypersonicx:
Thanks sam1forever This process worked perfect. Now have stable ICS with Root
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Hmm. I think I'm gonna try this...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Source doesn't really matter - I9100 trees basically fully support I777 at this point, there is almost no difference. There's a good chance it'll mostly work, just like a single kernel worked for I777 and I9100 bases in the Gingerbread days.

However, call audio won't work though due to the libaudio workaround. I have no intention of turning this off or doing dual-builds with two different defconfigs for a leak. When official ICS comes around I'll look into other options.

Firmware developers could do a "reverse Hellraiser" with libaudio, but since there's no NFC I have no interest in the leak. UC bases suck - when ICS came out I was damn close to declaring UC bases supported for my Gingerbread kernel because only those on UC bases seemed to have stability problems starting with the I9100 update3 source merge (which made I9100 bases awesome.)

Nope. It has no NFC files other than libnfc_ndef.so (which the I9100 release also had). The SHW-M250S/K releases are now our best bet. I spent some time with them but not too much a few days ago. I can get NFC to show in Settings, but it hangs when I try to enable it. (This was fairly common with a number of Gingerbread NFC library/APK combos too... I didn't look into it much due to finding a working configuration back then though, but I plan on revisiting it now.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cabagekiller:
Thanks for answering entropy. Wish they would just enable NFC. I have no use for it but it's there so I want it. Haha. How is the kernel work going to. Is it hard to implement all the commits from GB?