yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wazzosan:
Hi All,

I could't deal with the lock screen issue. It was just getting worse and worse. Also, the bluetooth audio issue seemed to be back. I could get hold of Tal's latest build (Tal - pretty please with sugar on top...would you reconsider and release it outside of IRC?). So I've gone down the route that a few other users have reported:

1) Restore 4.0.4 stock rom

2) upgrade baseband via OTA

3) Install Team Skyfire's TWRP 2.5 (thanks Tal & Co)

4) Download CM10.1 stable (July 6) for Skyrocket and modify the build prop.

5) Install Cm10.1

6) Install Demonkernel (thanks nutterpc) 2.0.6.7

7) Install Gapps.

So far, the phone hasn't spontaneously combusted so I'm happy. Whether or not there are too many issues, I can't say as I haven't done enough testing...I'm still restoring apps via Titanium Backup. I did try stock ICS 4.0.4 for about 30 minutes and hated it. I remembered everything that I dislike about touchwiz.

I would like to make a plea to the main rom developers (Tal & his team, nutterpc and more recently m0tter plus others):

Please keep releasing your roms publicly! Yes, you all work really hard and don't get much credit (apart from the odd thanks in a post). I'm ashamed to say that I haven't donated...although its probably more to do with my paypal account being frozen (yes, I'm secretly a Nigerian 419 scammer). But there are 100+ pages of people who appreciate what you do and are grateful. Don't let the actions of a minority affect the enjoyment of the majority. If I haven't said it before...Thank you! For all the great work you have done. I would have retired this phone 9 months ago if it wasn't for your work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
Cake
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike.j:
Just out of curiosity, what's the difference(s) between the Dream Kernel and the Demon Kernel?

Pardon a n00b, but I haven't been able to find any useful breakdown in the thread..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
DreamKernel as far as I know, tal focuses on stock "like" (not sure how to explain it well), but patched up to date with current upstream as well as other patches

DemonKernel is moreso a kernel that can change dependant on what it is people are looking for. One iteration was performance related, current WIP kernel is now focusing on battery. Few of the guts are helping me bed down the current base, which is working well. It's a bit of a "User release" kernel in a way
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wazzosan:
OK so it hasn't all been roses. I've had a couple of lockups that required a reboot to fix. Generally my problems have been to do with restoring apps via titanium backup. Chrome didnt like being restored and neither did the XDA app. It could have been that I resyored the app + data instead of just the app. I had one or two camera/gallery issues too.

The main thing is that the lock screen bug is completely gone...so overall I'm still happy! The primary function of this device ( namely...being a phone) is working just fine.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
m0tterROM v1.0.1 has been posted. Can be got via the link in my sig.

If you're upgrading from my previous version you don't need to wipe anything.

m0tter

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[HOWTO]Wake from home key - m0tterROM

You can either use something like ES File Explorer in root mode (simple method) to edit /system/usr/keylayout/ffa-keypad.kl or if you're feeling up to it adb shell (simple when you know how :D)

open adb shell

adb shell

be root

su

mount system read/write

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p24 /system

edit /system/usr/keylayout/ffa-keypad.kl

change

102 HOME

to

102 HOME WAKE

and vice-versa if you want to disable it.

mount system read only when you're done

mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p24 /system

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snickers73:
I've updated my previous m0tter ROM and everything is working fine. The tweaks around the home button and power menu look good.

Thanks for making these changes.

What problem were you having doing the backups via TWRP?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
Was getting strange results backing up /data. Nearly always would be a different size, sometimes by 100's of MB. Could never restore to /data. /system backups seemed to work fine.

Haven't tried since updating to 2.5.0
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrlb:
Does anyone have any experience or success using NFC in Tal'c CM10.1?

I got a sweet new travel camera today that exchange WIFI info over NFL but it doesn't seem to work. All the NFC settings are enabled so I can't see why it wouldn't work. But the again I havent really heard anyone take about it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrlb:
Further more, tried flashing the NFC patch from here but still doesn't seem to want to play

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43431013#post43431013
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrlb:
Mmm I n00bed it.. NFC chip wasn't on the custom battery I was using.. Changed for the stock battery and all good. Can now scan credit cards :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
It appears TWRP 2.5.0 is backing up the data partition of my v1.0.1 ROM. You need to be patient when restoring, will sit on the blue SAMSUNG boot screen for ever and ever and ever and ever - was probably around 5-7mins - felt like forever and ever and ever :cool: I assume it's running fsck. For whatever reason it does seem to grow the lost+found directory, but that'll be from whatever was deleted before the restore I'm thinking not from the restore process. Haven't really checked, just hypothesising.

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wazzosan:
I got a bit tired of the random rebooted on my vanilla CM10.1 install. So I have just installed M0tter's touch wiz rom. Looking good so far, although I'm not a fan of TouchWiz...so we'll have to see how it goes.

Once question - do I need to install your kernel as well? I haven't so far.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
Nope. Kernel is there just for people that want to experiment with other Samsung based skyrocket ROMs.

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treelovinhippy:
I noticed that I had trouble with soft keys and both times flashing over to cwmr from twrp solved it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snickers73:
I did a restore from TWRP 2.5.0 and it booted up almost straight away. 2 weeks now and no problems with this ROM. I did install the stock memo and calendar apps as well as the Swype keyboard.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
Sweet. Thanks for the feedback. :D

Probably just something ive done 2 mine. I've soft bricked it more times than I can count.

Probably won't do to much more to 4.1.2. Working on 4.2.2 with a 3.4.52 kernel at the moment. Still not booting yet but making progress.

Thought I'd start playing with the 4.3 9505 build I grabbed the other day but have to get a better understanding of the difference between a Google build and a Samsung build. The kernel I'm building is based on the 9505 samsung open source version but there appears to be some type of official Google build for the same phone

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sddurand:
Keep up the good work m0tter. I used your first 4.1.2 TW release for about a week with no problems. I ended up going back to 4.2.2 builds because of a few features. I'm looking forward to trying your 4.2.2 work. Thanks for your time and effort.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aus4me:
Big Thankyou

Just wanted to express my thanks to all that have made it possible to put custom roms on our phones.

If I din`t care about working bluetooth on my phone to my car, there would be quite a few roms that I would have stuck with.

Skyrocket T11 with 4.1 camera , Motters Rom, even gasp ..... stock ICS.

My 2yr old Toyota uses"car multimedia" for it`s in car audio system name. Listed in the auto pairing blacklist on almost every ROM I have

tried. So here I am with another 9months left on contract and yes reduced to stock GB, eeek, can`t believe I just said that.

It`s the only damn thing that works in every respect.

I guess I`ll have to wait for 4.3 to see what happens with bluetooth V4.

Unless someone can point me to a nice debloated touchwizy GB rom and dreamkernel I can flash. I might be dreaming.

Extra thanks to Tal, TWRP save my phone from certain death so many times.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
Is auto pairing the only problem your having with my ROM? May be able to patch something if that's the case. I found a post in xda showing the contents of an auto pairing blacklist - no promises though.

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
The kernel I'm compiling implements a new bluetooth stack bluedroid - here's hoping it solves the problem.

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hussein5498:
Galaxy S 2 GT -I9210T Development

hei motter, cant u inlcude in the kernel and or rom the fix for the home button so that it may automatically wake the device just by pressing the home button. could u also include all the fixes to make ur rom work flawlessly in gt-i9210(t)? what are the known bugs for your rom?

Thank you for ur wok and patience :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
For those interested, my updated kernel as reported by krishagherty has been doing well and getting good battery life

Many thanks to those involved helping me pinpoint the issues on the kernel, and stabilising them :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hussein5498:
Where can i download it? is ist compatible with m0tter rom? is is more stable than m0tter Kernel?

thnx:confused:

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hey m0tter, i wiped everything and flashed ur rom and kernel but when i turned the device on it wouldnt come out of the smasung logo. i forced the device to shutdown and when it starts up again it enters safe mode. wht sould i do?

thnx
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sddurand:
You shouldn't need m0tter's kernel for his ROM. The 4.1.2 TW kernel from m0tter is only for trying other TW ROM's from the Skyrocket forum. He also mentioned the first boot taking a while. I would start over wiping and installing his ROM only. If it doesn't boot after 5-10 minutes something went wrong...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
What he said :) Thanks sddurand

Not aware of any bugs atm. I have no idea whether it works with the 9210 I would assume it does but I don't have one to test. Quick google search and translation would suggest it does. http://www.swedroid.se/forum/showthread.php?t=97286

m0tter

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if it still doesn't boot after doing what sddurand told you to do I need a logcat dump. NutterPC's kernel is only for CyanogenMod builds (AOSP I think)

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hussein5498:
ok thnx for ur help guys. it already booted. turns out i didnt wipe everything correctly. m0tter, ur kernel is only compatible with tw roms or can i use to install the stable version of cm for the skyrocket? is there any kernel i can use to install it and have as few bugs as possible?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
m0tterKernel = Touchwiz ROMs ONLY

DreamKernel/DemonKernel = CM10.1 ROMs ONLY

NutterPC just posted regarding his latest update.

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hussein5498:
ok but his kernel is for the unofficial (talustus) rom or for the skyrocket official so it will work on gt-i9210(t)?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sddurand:
The demon kernel can be used with any 4.2.2 AOSP ROM. You will not be able to install a Skyrocket ROM without changing the updater script.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] victony:
Just to say THANK YOU to you, your rom is great, you are great too. Play hard work hard! m0tter! I am look forward to hearing from your new build rom in the near future! Thanks a lot!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
M0tter:

Let me know tonight when I'm home how far you've gotten with your 3.4 kernel. Might be able to see what I can do to help as well

I'm always on irc. And Skype
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dangleberry_44:
Ok, so I'm new to this but have read a few different threads and guides now. I have:

- DreamKernel GTI9210T v2.0.4.6 CM10.1-20130406

- Cyanogen 10.1.2 (skyrocket)

- m0tterROM TouchWiz 4.1.2.

- Odin3 v1.85

- I9210TDVLP7_I9210TTELLP5_TEL (Stock ICS Telstra ROM that I found in case I can use this to recover a soft brick?)

I'm still trying to figure out which Kernel & ROM I should use. (?)

I have a i9210T with Gingerbread 2.3.6, Baseband version DVLD1.

So atm I have 2 questions, if someone is able to please offer any help with these, that would be much appreciated.

1. Is the method from March last year on OCAU forums still the best way to root or is there something simpler by any chance?

forums. overclockers. com. au/showthread.php?t=1022750

2. Do I need to root to do a proper backup (nandroid backup) before continuing on (..with flashing either Dreamkernel and CM 10.1.2, or m0tterROM).

I'm also not sure how to get the baseband to LP4, any help with this would also be much appreciated. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
Thanks for the offer, will probably have to be over the weekend or next week. Life's a little hectic at the minute.

m0tter

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My recommendation to start with is upgrade to 4.0.4 using Kies then check for updates using the phone which should get you to LP4. Then come back here and we'll help you with the next step.

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
If you can also come into the irc room, one of us is just about always there

We can get you going easily enough
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
Also for those interested:

DemonKernel has been updated. Latest upstream is 3.0.88. It has been patched to this and there are two versions of it on my download space.

One is labeled Preempt, the other Tree. This is to do with the RCU being used. Try both, see which one works best for you.

Personally I'm on Tree
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dangleberry_44:
Thanks m0tter and Nutterpc, I should be able to get on IRC in a few hours.

Believe it or not I've spent well over 5 hours in the past 2 days trying to get Kies to work to the point of actually updating the firmware. I've probably reinstalled Kies over 10 times across 3 PCs (XP, 7 & 8) after getting freeze ups every step of the way on all PCs.

Anyways, Kies showed the update as being:

PDA:LP7 / PHONE:LP5 / CSC:LP5 (TEL)

After giving up with Kies and trying to update on the phone, on the 7th try it worked. It did the ICS update (188mb) and then 2 firmware updates, the first was a bit over 6 MB and I think the second was 6.35 MB.

Now, in About Phone it says:

Baseband version: I9210TDVLP5

Build Number: IML74K.DVLP7

I'm guessing that confirms 2 out of 3, but I haven't been able to find a way to match which 2 - either "CSC" or "PHONE" can link to Baseband version.

Does this mean I can use a newer/better version of Odin to root or is it better to stick with v1.85?

I have other versions but heard that each version is suited to different phones.

Thanks again for your help by the way.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
CSC/phone is basically the base band
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matty73350:
i9210t no soft keys or home button

Hi Guys,

I have recently purchased a broken i9210T, screen was cracked so I got a replacement from China. It worked fine except for the soft keys and the home button. I have updated software to stock Telstra and eventually checked the method stated earlier for the touch version and they do not match. I tried hitting the update option but it wasn't successful, I even left it overnight to no avail.

In your more learned opinions are these issues related to the touch version or is it more likely to be a hardware issue, meaning the flex that they have in the screen is faulty? They have suggested I replace the flex myself and they will send me a new flex cable but I am refusing this option due to the LCD's cracking when trying to remove them and quite frankly, I don't think I should have to do that!!

Cheers.

EDIT: The home key works to get the phone into download mode.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sicHiRsch:
Hey Marty,

Just out of curiosity, what did the screen cost? As I have a broken one as well but due to being around 200 bucks I stuck with sticking screen protectors over it while the touch sensors still work.

Cheers
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matty73350:
I repair phones mate so I got a good price for it, you wouldn't see much change from about $180 if i fixed it and that is if I was doing you a good deal!! They are hard to get and when you do get them you can have the issue that I am having now. It is a bit of a mine field.....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mythic82:
Buggs noted so far on Talls rom from June. Black screen on exiting some apps using camera or video, solved by disabling hw overlays. Wifi not able to use ch13 or just static channel works when enable router channel scan, Some strange out of storage space error on titanium backup when backing up apps unknown if rom/kernel related. Also some rare random reboots noted with Tals rom from June after a few weeks, now trying rom from August.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris.cj72:
Works a dream

Ive been using this for a bit over a week now.. Awesome work, good battery life and stable..

I flashed the stock telstra rom and did all the updates.. Then used ODIN to install SkyrocketCWMRecovery (5.0.2.6) and CWM-SuperSU v0.87

Had no problems with soft keys (guess i should be lucky there)

And then updated using m0tterRom in the link above.. Works a dream..

Had a slight issue with the in call audio on my blue ant device which was a simple fix of a hard reset on the blueant device.. All fixed..

Keep up the good work.. Im glad to be rid of the telstra rom limitations
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
Thanks :D

Chris has pointed out that my rom isn't displaying our phones in the play store - I've just checked and he's right!

Not sure why and I'm not sure what's involved in fixing it. Will have a quick look but won't spend to much time as I've pretty much stopped playing with 4.1.2.

4.2.2 with my 3.0.31 kernel is now getting past init with dalvik starting and surfaceflinger is getting close to starting but the best bit is I've got adb running finally. It's a real franken monster with drivers and libs coming from m0tterROM-1.0.1, CM10.1-Skyrocket, I9305 and S7272 :silly:

Not sure it'll ever get off the ground but I'm giving it a damn good poke. :p

m0tter

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Anyone with surfaceflinger knowledge?

This is my current problem

http://pastebin.com/AVs0w3YD

I think the problem is the last line:

SurfaceFlinger: framebuffer_open failed (Invalid argument)

the error before it was showing in 4.1.2 and not causing problems.

Thanks

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris.cj72:
Play Store

Mine did show up, but it was only after i wiped everything and flashed the telstra rom back on and went through the steps i needed to do to put back on your rom..

After that it showed up, but before that it wasnt showing..

might be something in the procedure of how its installed or upgraded that caused it.. I cant say for sure..

but it is there now..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
hmmmmm.... mines not in the list - oh well.

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topstuff:
hey m0tter et al.. hoping you can help me out.

Been running Tal's rom for ages.. its been great! (thanks Tal)

Thought I would try something different (famous last words)

I went into recovery, installed m0tter rom and I get stuck on the "samsung" screen for like 10+ mins or after a reboot and/or re-install of the rom (and did also install the kernel after a few hung boots after installing the rom - and did the wipes as per instruction), I do see the android guy appear sometimes, but just stays on the screen for ages..

Any ideas...?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
hi,

start again and make sure you wipe data. file structure is different between 4.2 and 4.1. will need a logcat dump if you're still stuck. all boot problems so far have been wipe issues

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panther788:
last kmsg for Talustus
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topstuff:
Thanks m0tter.

I basically re-installed/installed, wiped quite a few times, and eventually it came good, I can't tell what I did differently besides persevere for a couple of hours, but all well that ends well, thankyou!

What I noticed when attempting to sync back..

Well I am not sure what should or shouldnt sync back but here are the issues I currently see.. (not earth shattering)

SMS's werent sync'ed back, probably not set up to begin with..

All "my apps" are listed in Google Play Store, but they wont automagically sync back to the phone

When I add the calendar widget, I can see my calendar (corporate email setup nicely) however I can't open the calendar item

That's about it.. seems very responsive, looking good now!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
Has anyone used the re-partition option in TWRP?? I've got a problem with my data partition (mmcblk0p25) were by not long after boot even in TWRP it's going read-only. Reading a few other posts people have re-partitioned to solve the problem.

remounting allows me about 30sec of access before magically changing to RO.

Thanks

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aus4me:
Nothing to do with this ?.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2377765
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inner_vision:
Never tried it. But you can only see how it goes I suppose. Have you tried getting TWRP to fix permissions? Just a thought, good luck
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
Thanks for the responses.

Don't think it's a permissions issue, as unmounting/mounting solves the problem for a short period, remounting doesn't work. e2fsck is reporting problems with /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 even after formatting.

What I worked out last night though, it only starts after an adb reboot. Once it starts the only fix is format /data, rm -rf * doesn't work. A reboot from the phone works fine. Will investigate my adb version. Funny thing is it's only just started doing it. I've probably screwed something with my 4.2.2 - might have to do a full factory reset.

m0tter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aus4me:
Just some googling.........

ro.* properties are read-only. Once a read-only property is set, it can never be changed or removed. Your ROM is probably setting it in default.prop which is advised very early during init, so setprop will never be able to change it.

Same as (1).

/default.prop lives on the ramdisk and is only advised early during boot so changing it will have no effect on the property while Android is up and running, and once you reboot default.prop will be back to it's original ramdisk version.

The only way to change this property is to rebuild your boot partition with a modified ramdisk containing a modified default.prop

I could be way off .
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ecips:
New COV (Sweden) Baseband

Hi all,

It's been out a couple of weeks now, I finally got around to packaging it.

You will find it in this folder:

http://www.spice.net.au/sgs2/GT-I9210T/ecips/COV_Baseband/

You will also see the older version there in case you decide to go back.

Cheers,
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tter:
Thanks for the effort. Unfortunately experiencing the problem in recovery rules out a initfs problem as it's completely isolated from standard boot. At this stage as long as I don't force a reboot via adb I'm all good. Again, thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inner_vision:
I just realised you said 4.2.2 - still in development?