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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4ck3rc1:
I didn't bother with any of the radio images, I just installed base zip, data zip, gapps, then the dreamkernel and thats it (in that order).

The first time I installed it, I didn't install google apps (gapps) as the ROM comes with it, but I found the version it comes with to be buggy because it showed paid apps I had previously installed with the dollar amount again (as if I hadn't bought them before). And if I tapped on it anyway, it came up with an error and wouldn't install. All I did to fix the problem though was download latest ICS version of gapps and flash it with CWM and then all sweet, it then came up saying "Purchased" like normal.

The other issue I experienced was; when connecting USB cable transfer files, when I mounted USB storage on my computer, the removable storage was reporting no free space when I know there was about 1GB free on it.

I rebooted in CWM and tried mounting USB storage there and same issue.

I ended up fixing it by disabling USB debugging.

I have also found that, even after disabling 4G (the 4G coverage isnt the best here), communicating with mobile network (SMS, internet access through Browser and Play Store) are a bit slow at times, slower than usual I mean. But they still do work. I might try trialing some radio images to see if that will improve it.

Only a minor bug: Phone model now says SAMSUNG -SGH-I727 now instead of GT-i9210T.

Other than that, everything else seems to work well, and it is definately more responsive and gives a higher score when benchmarked in Quadrant Standard than it ever did running Gingerbread.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tallustus:
I'm working on a propper CWM Recovery image for the GT-I9210

including latest CWM 6 should be ready soon
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4ck3rc1:
Awesome work, looking forward to getting it when you are done.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
The bit about the phone model is easy to fix
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjm374:
Do tell...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millers:
you can change the build.prop file to say i9210T instead of i727. in the kernel that has been released there is an issue with /system being read only though so currently you will not be able to change it. that has been fixed in the currently testing kernel though so that should be out soon

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quick update. Talustus has got a touch recovery working. it is version 6.0.1.2.

as always this is beta and I take no responsibility if it bricks your device. it worked fine for me though.

http://d-h.st/OgE

put the zip on your SD card then use the install update from zip option in recovery. reboot and enter recovery again and you will have an updated touch recovery
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjm374:
What is the advantage of updating touch recovery if you already have a working one? What extra does it offer?

Maybe the build prop could be modified before the next kernel release?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fedelrick:
I used to switch the img's around inside tar files and never had a problem so you should be able just swap it into the tar of the other cwm. Make a backup first though.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tallustus:
As always new features for example CWM6 features Baackup compression and also i'm not sure wich recovery u guys are running

but as for nearly all Samsung Galaxy S2 devices ICS Kernels are realy

unsafe becouse in most devices there is a mmc chip built in that can not handle a specific kernel command

if this kernel command is called (usaly wipe data/factory reset) it will lead the emmc Controler to a HardBrick

Thats the so called Samsung HardBrick Bug so u should check wich Kernel version your CWM is running u can do that by booting to recovery and connect your phone via usb go into a adb shell and type in

uname -a

** if it says a kernel version like 2.6.x

- that means your recovery is totaly safe as Gingerbread kernel do not have the bad MMC_CAP_ERASE function

** if it says a kernel version like 3.0.x

- that means your recovery is compiled from ICS Kernel Sources and u are probably realy unsafe as this is an ICS kernel wich could have this deadly function enabled u should check the thread u downloaded it from for infos or contact the Developer of that Recovery.

our Kernel wich is also included in the recovery has this deadly MMC_CAP_ERASE disabled so its safe to use wipe/data factory reset etc
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjm374:
This is the same one I'm running. I'd be interested to know if it's safe or not. I have tried a few others but this one seems the most stable on my phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geotherm:
Would it be possible to release a Dream kernel with the frequencies up to 1.5MHz? As the I9210T is a 1.5GHz dual core processor.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millers:
That is in the works. A few other things to be sorted first but overclocking options will come
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4ck3rc1:
Awesome thanks for that Talustus, good to have an official working version of touch.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millers:
It might not be fully working. I tried to make a backup earlier and it appeared to hang. Has anyone else tried?

Installing from zip files works fine though
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4ck3rc1:
Yes I was able to successfully backup to internal memory without any hangs or problems using the new CWM
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geotherm:
I have had hang ups with this CWM Touch recovery too; even on the install and wipes. Seems to be an issue with accessing the cache as errors appear then,
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjm374:
I'm still running Embryo 5.1 but thinking of giving it away. My battery drain is woeful. This morning I've dropped 16% battery in 1½hrs. I never dropped that much with Gingerbread.

I'be been spending time going through trying to stop or remove apps that could be draining the power. However, it is a 4g phone so I will stop short of switching 4g off otherwise what is the point of having this phone...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
Soon as I get my phone back, I'll look into the battery drain stuff

Heck, I think it should all be in one file, but we will see
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sc0ttf:
I was able to make backups and restoring with the new CWM and never had an issue with freezing.

I installed ICS, made a backup and restored back to GB all with no issues.

Regards,

Scott

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Try turning mobile data off when not using the net, when using the net switch it on.

Regards,

Scott
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjm374:
I use Juice Defender and that turns data off for me automatically but it's still draining stupid amounts of power.

I'm in the middle of going back to Embryo 5.0 as it didn't seem to chew as much battery
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millers:
Embryo 5.0 and I have used 16% in just over 2 hours. I have been texting pretty much constantly
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjm374:
That's not bad. I used more than that in less time and it was just sitting in my pocket not being used...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millers:
Installed anything new? Mine seemed to start using more battery yesterday and I'm not sure why. Still not close to the 10%/hr while idle on gingerbread thougg
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dallby:
This Kernel is lethal.

I'm running MOD1441's slim fast ICS Nexus Rom. No problems at all. :laugh::good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millers:
i have posted at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31090635&postcount=2922 to request our own forum so we are able to organise things better. not sure if it will help if other people back up the request or not?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tallustus:
Voted for that :)

Also as it seems that some people having problems with cwm6 touch as people on other devices too i will build a cwm5 touch recovery also so one can choose the one that works good
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fedelrick:
I also sent a request in the suggest see content section a while ago. so let's hope we get one soon. Also, Tallustus would it be at all possible for to make your cwm touch zip a flashable Odin tar?

Oh and I'm not sure whether it will help you out in developing a cwm 5 touch but I put a link to one in my guide above, could you work of that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lunchbox201:
Looks like i'm in the same boat as nutter. Got my phone back from repair mid august and within a week it was back again getting repaired. Still waiting for it's return.

Glad to see some progress with ICS for this phone.

Has anyone tried JB yet with the new kernel?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dallby:
Hey guys, I'm a java programmer and trying to teach myself Android programming. I'm available to help with development on this phone.

If you need anyone to test ROMS or anything let me know. :good:

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Oh yea, just wanted to add...

Every time I install a new ROM on my phone, do I need to install the Kernel?

Or, since I've installed it once, that's it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjm374:
I've just switched back to Embryo 5.0 from 5.1.

Yesterday my battery dropped 16% in 1½hrs sitting in my pocket not being used.

This morning it has only dropped 13% in 3½hrs and I've made phone calls, sent text messages, checked emails and surfed the web.

Much, much happier with the battery drain today.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fedelrick:
Haha yeah, embryo 5.0 is the way to go.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tallustus:
Normaly most roms install a custom kernel so you need to reflash the kernel every time u can instead replace the boot.img in the zip with the dreamkernel one
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4ck3rc1:
Just touching on the issue with CWM 6, I was able to install new ROM's, wipe data and cache, and backup to internal memory. I tried to backup to SD card, and it failed, but back up to internal memory works fine.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwp85:
Just about to install a CM10 JB rom and installing DreamKernel. Will let you all know how it goes.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fedelrick:
From what I am told ics and jb kernels are incompatible. But let as know how you go :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millers:
I tried internal and external. Mine appears to be an issue with the file system that I haven't had a chance to try fixing yet. Hopefully tonight I'll be able to format /system and see how it goes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwp85:
No go. Was worth a try though.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fedelrick:
Darn!! Well I'll be testing the stock ics ROM for skyrocket when I get home from Tafe so if that works fine I'll let you know and we will have a base ROM for future development :D

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So now Odin doesn't even want to detect my phone!?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millers:
can you get into recovery still Fedelrick?

I had a lot of issues with my laptop seeing my phone that turned out to be 3 bad (ebay) cables
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nekrosys:
Anyone know if CM9 (ICS - I'm well aware that JB is probably out of the question for now) for the Skyrocket is functional on our GT -I9210T devices? Probably a dumb question.

Shall get around to trying out Embryo tomorrow at least...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fedelrick:
Odin detects my phone fine when it's turned on. I can also get into stock recovery fine and Odin detects it as well, but when in download mode it seems as though the drivers are faulty.

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I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work. But I don't have much experience with modifying kernels.

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Well this is really frustrating! I've used 3 cords all have the same result. All 3 work fine with Odin on other phones. Greer lol :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tallustus:
Its maybe couse u have installed usb drivers for the sgh-i727 couse of kernel/recovery uses that therefore downloadmode with odin does not work so far i will replace the adb binary and related things to see if that helps

Also the kernel currently just supports stock ics no cm9 or 10 ...

I will release a cm9/10 kernel in a bit but as i do not own this device i cant test things out myself if someone is intrested in getting involved with testing etc please contact me that will make things go faster
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjm374:
Given the battery drain I was seeing yesterday I'm pretty happy with today's result.

That's Embryo 5.0, Dream Kernel, 4g on, wifi and Bluetooth on.

Sign me up for testing if you need a guinea pig with a GT-I9210T
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
Count me in too

I'll help with the battery drain issue as well
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4ck3rc1:
I'm also happy to help any way I can with my i9210T :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fedelrick:
well I'm currently trying to redo everything from scratch on another stock s24g I have access to only so I can get screen shots so it shouldn't have anything to do with the skyrocket should it? Also I thought it might be a driver issue so I'm reinstalling them as we speak.....

And you can count me in for any testing Although I'm limited to 1GB downloads per month ATM.

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Didn't help. But I am still getting the same error every time I plug it in in Odin mode. Samsung mobile USB cdc composite device failed. Device driver was not successfully installed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nekrosys:
Yeah, I tried CM9 on my handset. Got stuck on the boot screen.

Tried out Embryo. Overall, a very nice ROM, however I've been having a minor issue with my Media Storage I presume it is.

See, I can get music to 'appear' in my player just fine, however if I open my Gallery or Camera app, it simply tells me that the media scanner is running. If, however, I clear the Media Storage, I can view files on my Gallery, capture some images with the Camera (although it doesn't show the images on my external SD card for some reason).

I suppose I'll try out SkyICS later. I'm getting really disillusioned with Samsung's supposed 'support' for this handset.

I would very much love a CM ROM for this handset, so (although I'm not really any good at modding/testing Android handsets) I'll help out any way I can :).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sc0ttf:
Very happy to assist with testing whenever required with my s2-4g

Regards

Scott
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lunchbox201:
Well looks like we need to keep working on our custom ROM's for longer.

Just pulled this info from the Telstra website:

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Hi all,

I will start with the bad news first this week.

There is no good way of saying this but unfortunately the Samsung Galaxy S2 4G “ICS” update has been delayed again.

Current estimate is for delivery to Telstra on 7 September but due to the numerous slippages the scheduled dates for this update will be changed to “TBC”.

When it is received we will do our best to expedite the testing to get it to you as soon as possible.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fedelrick:
Bloody telstra!!! I say we give up.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lunchbox201:
Yes, i've just posted my concerns on the Testra forum about how unhappy i am. Not that anything will come from it though!!!

It's like yelling at a brick wall.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nekrosys:
As have I. It's getting frustrating as all hell. I mean, that's why I'm here on XDA. To get the ICS update we were promised.

Luckily there's some awesome devs. Using Sky-ICS right now (I was having issues with Embryo and my media) without much in the way of problems (a few quirks here and there but overall totally usable).

Though, every owner of this handset has the right to be angry at Samsung and Telstra. This update keeps hitting more and more delays, like they're stalling time for the launch of some other phone or for the customers to just give up.

I genuinely don't think that we're going to ever receive an 'official' ICS update. If we do, it'll be on some blue moon on a Friday the 13th after all the planets have aligned or something.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4ck3rc1:
I work for Telstra and I received an email the other day announcing that Telstra is going to release a 4G version of the Samsung Galaxy S3, so one could assume that the S2 is now a lower priority given that it's now obsolete.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nekrosys:
But of course. Damn Telstra. I should have just gone for the standard S2 minus the LTE and NFC for $5 a month less.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sk8erwitskil:
Talustus, if you are going to kang my recovery be sure to credit me. i worked very hard to get cwm6touch to where it is today
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fedelrick:
Well as soon as I have my bloody Odin issue solved I'll be working on getting us a stock ics ROM.... Does anyone know where I can get an offline installer for kies?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dallby:
Telstra are useless. We'll just keep working on ROMs ourselves.

If someone can help me, or point me in the right direction about who to ask or where to learn to build an Android ROM from source, I'm fully willing to learn and build a JB rom for our device.

I already know java and have experience with Linux so it's not like i'm completely new to it all.

I tried following the Android Dev website instructions but when I try and compile the source code in Linux it tells me I have the wrong version of Java. I've tried java 6 and java 7 and each time it tells me I have the wrong one and should get the other! :confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fedelrick:
I'd also like a good guide. But I won't have full internet access back for a few months :( as soon as I do though, I'll be developing.

Html check

c# check

Android, your next.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4ck3rc1:
Have you tried downloading the Java JDK (not JRE)? Also, have you installed the Android SDK with platform-tools and Google USB drivers, plus the ROM emulation you want to test on? Just a few ideas :)

Sent from HTC Sensation AOKP m6 ICS 4.0.4, 3.0.36 Bricked kernel aosp v1.31 via xda premium

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Yeah, I actually think the same thing. I wish I had bought a plain S2 or gone with HTC's offering at the time for my second phone. (I'm happy with my Sensation, even though it's getting a bit dated now)

Sent from HTC Sensation AOKP m6 ICS 4.0.4, 3.0.36 Bricked kernel aosp v1.31 via xda premium
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nekrosys:
The Velocity? I guess it was one of Telstra's first to get ICS, but from what I hear it's been having issues.

I was just wooed over by how full-featured the Galaxy S2 4G was (with the promises of ICS to come). Turns out it's crippled by Gingerbread, overall a nice enough system but it's kind of old. Like Windows XP.

Just getting hugely disillusioned by this constant delaying of updates. I mean, we were told the update would be submitted in April. Then May. June. July. August...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tallustus:
yep i have used your sources with modifications, so u are right and thx for your work

So for all past anf future Recovery releases there are always credtis to sk8erwitskil for adding touch support to cwm

Sorry sk8erwitskil unfortunaly there is no SubForum for the GT-I9210T where we can post kernel/Recovery releases

if we get one (if not i will create them in the sgh-i727 forum)

the Kernel/Recovery Thread will get a list with propper Credits to all peoples involved

so u are not just mentioned on thread X at site Y
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sk8erwitskil:
all good man. no need to create new threads or anything like that. just like at the end of whatever post put like: "thanks to so-and-so for helping in the creation of this". :)

glad you got it working on the gt i9210t. ive added more features to my github that you might want to pick. https://github.com/sk8erwitskil/android_bootable_recovery-cwm6/commits/master

i added openrecoveryscript support.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fedelrick:
I've put together a post with links to all recoveies all kernels and all roms with credit to their developers. is it worth uploading it yet?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tallustus:
sure why not?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4ck3rc1:
Yeah I was the same, at the time the Galaxy seemed like the better choice.

Until 4G becomes a common-place thing, if you want customization and choice in ROM's, better to stick with a 3G phone. Much the same, I also got a Motorola Xoom 2 tablet which has a slightly different problem..... Locked bootloader, so I can't even put a custom honeycomb ROM on it, root is all I can do, which doesn't help at all with it's performance, but that's a different matter I won't go into on this thread.

It seems I will certainly have more things to consider at next phone purchase.

Sent from HTC Sensation AOKP m6 ICS 4.0.4, 3.0.36 Bricked kernel aosp v1.31 via xda premium
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
Well I can confirm that I have already *cough* customised my replacement handset

I'm running SKY ICS 4.2F6 ATT OFFICIAL-R3 Dragon w/Dreamkernel

Let the customise begin
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] specwarop:
So there is still no ICS or JB rom for the S2-4G yet that works fine?

That sucks hey. Bloody Telstra.

Can you install an ICS rom to the S2-4G that is meant just for the S2 and thus only disabling 4G?

As good as 4G is, here in Perth 4G is only good in the inner CBD. So losing 4G capability is no real biggie for me....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nekrosys:
No, you cannot install a ROM for the standard Galaxy S2. This is because (despite the naming used), they're two very different handsets. Different processors, different internals etc.

So far there is a working ICS kernel (although it's in beta) a few pages back in the thread. Disclaimer should all be pretty standard if you've used a ROM from here. You know, loss of data, bricking, Mayan Apocalypse etc.

Embryo, I hear, works fairly well (I had issues with my media scanner with Embryo however) and I'm currently running Sky-ICS (4.2F6-2.8A) with very little in the way of problems. So yes, we can actually have ICS up and running on our handsets. You know, you'll find a few issues here and there. I've yet to see how everything on this ROM goes.

I'll check if I have 4G on Sky-ICS at TAFE the next time I go, and today I'm going to see how my battery handles the new ROM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nutterpc:
Well within about 15mins of getting to work after getting my handset back, I had Touch Recovery installed, SkyICS & DreamKernel running

Soft Touch Buttons there as well, Full 4G functionality

I'm going to start on the battery drain issue, see if some of my knowledge from the GB Mod rom I did can carry over
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lunchbox201:
Getting pretty pissed with the local shop here as it has now been 3 weeks and still no phone. Yet the first 2 times it went for repair i had it back in a week.

GRRRR!!!!!!

:mad::mad::mad:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nekrosys:
I'm pretty damn amused that almost all comments on Telstra's "Handset Updates" forum are complaints about their S2 4G update.

Might be more difficult for them to sweep this handset under the rug without a huge backlash now.