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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d10brp:
I have a SGSII and a BMW F30 with the Bluetooth enabled and have been doing a bit of experimenting.

The screen shows the artist, track, album info and I can use the car controls to skip tracks in a playlist or album but I can't select a new playlist or album. The app being used needs to be a system app I think and the only system app. When I used an earlier version of RevolutionRemix with two music apps the last played track from one app would show on the screen but the controls would control the other app!

I am now using the GalaxyMod ROM which comes with the stock Samsung music app. I hate the app but it does allow you to skip tracks using the car controls. I froze the app and installed Google Play Music which I converted to a system app and that too allowed you to skip tracks.

In terms of functionality in the car the stock Samsung app has a slight advantage in that the screen shows the track number and total number of tracks in the selected playlist whereas this isn't shown with the Google app.

However, because of the stupid way the Samsung app sets the albums up, when you click on an artist you are shown every track for each album. If you select a track, the track number and total number of tracks will be based on that track's position within the list of all tracks by that artist.

I would be really keen to know if there is another music app that can be used as a system app that would allow extra functionality. I doubt we will be able to browse songs any time soon but would be nice to have track number and total number of tracks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PenguinSpark:
Last week I flashed LD3 for my Galaxy S2 i777. Today I was going to flash CM9. Every time I tried to boot into recovery it just started the phone.

I figured I could use mobile odin to flash a new kernel and it would fix it. Like an idiot I used a Gingerbread kernel on my phone running an ICS rom. So of course my phone froze on the "Galaxy S2" screen.

I couldn't boot into recovery and freaked out because I couldn't boot into dl either. I ordered a jig but kept fiddling in the meantime. I found that if I hook my phone to the USB, wait for the battery charging icon, take the battery out, then hold the down button it would boot into dl mode. Then I had to put the battery back in before I clicked continue or else it just reset.

Ok, so got into DL mode. I grabbed the stock rom and kernel from XDA site and flashed them with Odin. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1286432 (can't post links yet).

The phone starts and setup mode begins. It shows the android figure and says click it. Now all kinds of errors pop up telling me different google services weren't working and force close. When you click the android figure it goes to setup wizard screen but nothing happens (except more android service errors).

Can someone help me out here? I've been at it 5 hours and searched this forum high and low. My thought is there are some ICS elements left behind in there it is trying to load, but I could be way off.

I still can't boot into recovery mode, just DL.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Did you do a full wipe before flashing the stock rom and kernel?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PenguinSpark:
I did not do a full wipe. How can I go about that without logging into recovery? I'm googling that now but if you have linkage I would appreciate it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
dont need to wipe when using Odin/Heimdall.

To OP:

there is only factory recovery, no CWM, you could always just flash a kernal from the DEV section, get CWM, flash CM9.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PenguinSpark:
If I flash another kernel wouldn't I still have the same problem? I'll go ahead and give it a shot. Any you recommend for any reason or other?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
So let me get the straight...you're on unrooted stock right now? If that's true, you should:

1. Do a factory reset from settings.

2. Use Odin to flash the Stock with Root package.

3. Use Mobile Odin to flash either Entropy's DD or Siyah.

4. Use CWM to flash what you want after that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
recovery is in kernal. If you flash a kernal from the DEV section you'll get CWM recovery, then you can flash your CM9 that you wanted, after a wipe data/factory reset.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Yes, but if he flashes said kernel with Odin, it'll trip his flash counter. I'm just telling him the safe way to do it, Mobile Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PenguinSpark:
I've already tripped my counter. I have a jig that will be here tomorrow so I can use it to reset the counter.

I can't use mobile odin because I can't log into my phone. I can only use desktop Odin.

All the files I am digging up look like .zip made for cwm. Could someone help guide me towards a kernel I can flash from desktop?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Either Entropy's DD or Siyah. You can open the zip and extract the zimage; the zimage is the kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PenguinSpark:
I just tried using Syiah:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1367800&highlight=cf-root

I still get this message:

"The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. please try again"

I can't get past the setup screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PenguinSpark:
And I still can't access recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
you flashed siyah kernal, booted into recovery, wiped data, and reflashed and are still getting this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PenguinSpark:
I can't boot to recovery
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Flash the return to stock package from Odin again. Something must have gone wrong with it the first time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
well thats wierd. Sorry man but are you doing it right?

vol down and power. hold it untill the screen flashes twice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PenguinSpark:
I flashed stock 3 times now. I couldn't get into recovery before this (manually or with rom manager) and still can't. It starts like its going into recovery then just resets and loads normally.

Down is for dl mode, up is recovery.

I think the lack of ability to boot into recovery and the android service errors may be related.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Forget recovery. You shouldn't be worrying about recovery until after you get your phone booting.

New thought: maybe your download of the stock package is corrupted. Try to download it on your computer again. Download the one with root. If that fixes it, you can go use Mobile Odin to flash the Siyah kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
To get into recovery hold down both volume up, volume down, and power button and don't let go until recovery comes up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PenguinSpark:
I have been using the rooted. The fully stock won't dl. This started because I flashed a gb kernel instead of ics. Maybe I should try flashing an ics kernel instead of stock gb?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
This is very strange. You sound like you know what you're doing. Flashing the stock rooted package using desktop Odin and your phone in DL mode should fix *everything*; it should wipe your phone completely, flash the stock rooted GB ROM and stock GB kernel and give you a working stock recovery (though you don't need the recovery).

Here's a thought: do you have an external SD card in there? There could be files in it messing with the Odin flash, maybe take it out?

EDIT: One more thought, make sure your phone is sufficiently charged before you start messing with it. That can always be a problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Winklie:
Here is what I would do. I'm not sure about the recovery you flashed, follow the instuctions in step 2c of in the post below. This will install bone stock software with root onto your phone, just as a side note, the download will take forever if you go the free route lol

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18576627#post18576627

If after flashing that your still having problems, we need to look elsewhere.

;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PenguinSpark:
I got it! I went ahead and took out the external sd card just in case. I reflashed the files and it didn't work.

I downloaded and flashed this kernel while waiting for the suggested one click package to dl.

http://www.mediafire.com/?t1wcdzhu3x21njb

After that I was able to boot into recovery mode. I did a wipe/factory reset and boom, no more service errors.

Now going to zerg rush it and flash over to cm9.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Winklie:
I always cry a lil from a happy ending... <sniff>...

lol

Glad your phone has been saved!

;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Heatstreak:
Hi, I've been having the same problem. Everytime i boot up now i get to the setup screen and i get a bunch of errors

I started off by rooting the phone with Odin and i was trying to flash AOKP rom. It was working out until i tried to do a backup in recovery. after it backed up i tried to boot up and it just wouldnt boot past the first screen with the ! triangle. And now i can only get into odin, no recovery nothing

I've tried everything in this thread and flashed a bunch of other stock kernals and stuff, is there anything else i could try??

Please help ><

P.S.

Would a bad battery have anything to do with it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Factory reset

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Heatstreak:
But how can I? I cant get into recovery mode or get out of the initial set up. The only thing I can get into is odin. It's just stuck or something
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Turn off phone hold power and both volumes with no usb cable

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Heatstreak:
Yea thats what i keep trying but it keeps bring me to the option of odin or resetting

do i have to flash some kind of bootloader in to get to recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Clean your usb port and make sure nothing is in it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Heatstreak:
Still nothing -_-

Is there anything other than the stock kernal that i would be flashing to get bootloader? Or do you think the battery has something to do with it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JJEgan:
Flash stock rom via Odin .

jje
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] karate104:
You should never have to flash a bootloader. Doing so increases chances dramatically of actually bricking your phone. I think you gotta do a lot more reading around here so you understand the different parts of our phone, what they do, and how to safely mod them.

(Don't take the following advice as a personal attack, I just want to rule out any user error)

To boot into recovery mode, you must hold all three buttons (vol up, vol down, power). Continue to hold past the second time you see the Triangle, and your phone should boot into recovery mode (I have no idea if you have Android stock 3e recovery, or CWM, it depends on which kernel you last flashed).

If you hold the buttons continuously and see the Triangle appear a third time, it looks like your phone will not boot into recovery, so you will need to follow this guide to flash back to stock Gingerbread. If you need help on the correct way to flash Gingerbread, let me know and I'll spoonfeed it to you.

If the advice I gave you helped you, I ask two things in return: hit my thanks button, then read, read, and read everything you find stickied here before attempting to mess with your phone again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Heatstreak:
Thanks a bunch for the advice. I did some more researching and so it turns out that my battery is messing with my phone, it things its charging for some reason, when the phone is completely off it still shows the battery logo as if its charging. I ordered a new one and I'll try it again when it comes in. Just hope that will work :fingers-crossed:

Thanks again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Cmoore0965:
Check the charger dock on the phone. Odds are, the tongue in the center, has been bent to contact the outer wall. That's a short, and it's happened on both my gnex, and i777. Same issue you described.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dandrumheller:
As CMoore said, sounds like symptoms of bad or dirty USB port. Notorious for problems on i777.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bqudamith:
why don't you try flashing bootloaders.(PIT file) with odin. then flash the pda

.

it will fix the problem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Lol?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Please don't spread dis-information!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Heatstreak:
So it is probably a bad USB port. had to order a new part,

i just got a new battery today and its still giving me problems.

Every time i press all 3 buttons down it brings me to odin.

So do you think this would work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lekerstein:
Yep! I switched the port myself. It wasn't too difficult and only about $7. There are a couple of posts here in the i777 forums dealing with what part to buy and how to go about it. (Hint: skim thru my past posts and you'll find what I'm referring to).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Heatstreak:
Finally got it going again. Thanks for all the advice everyone :)
[Vibrant General] jalaldaniel:
I have 147
[Vibrant General] bfranklin1986:
84
[Vibrant General] 808dp:
Three or four...
[Vibrant General] N00B_IN_N33D:
40- 50

Sent from my SGH-T959 (Samsung Vibrant)
[Vibrant General] GG88:
145
[Vibrant General] younix258:
How do you guys count?
[Vibrant General] bfranklin1986:
Fingers and toes :rolleyes:
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
ALL APPS(system included) 126

User apps: 43

@ the guy who said 2-3 apps, please tell me you're joking...
[Vibrant General] MailenJokerbell:
121.
[Vibrant General] jr67:
User apps: 25
[Vibrant General] joe98200:
38
[Vibrant General] younix258:
38 third party apps lol
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
Had 378

A year ago

Now down to 87 :(

/data data's fault
[Vibrant General] 808dp:
Actually Google Play sez I have 27 and Amazon Appstore sez I have 3 for a grand total of 30.

I used to have much more, but lately I've been OCD'ing about apps that drain my battery...
[Vibrant General] vee4410:
110 and counting:D
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Are you guys talking about user apps? How the hell is your phone not running like turd at 100+ user apps
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
Oh it does people just get used to it and say "it flies" BS
[Vibrant General] dpaul007:
59 user apps.
[Vibrant General] jalaldaniel:
lol my phone was running like crap before but I overclocked it and it seems to run perfectly now.
[Vibrant General] xdaboualem:
252 User apps:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estremodesign:
What kind of game is on the right screen?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Naria9:
Looks to be a racing game =]

Just kidding; I believe it's Need for Speed: Shift.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estremodesign:
i am play shift, this game not shift but thanks :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbogi:
There are different versions of NFS as I know. Maybe one of them is your answer.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estremodesign:
maybe :rolleyes:
[Android General] Chaosz-X:
Of course, this must suck for a developer like you. Unfortunately, it seems to happen more and more often, and all I can really say is:

I would gladly pay a few bucks for an application like IC or BootManager. That BootManager seemed really interesting, but we can't buy apps from the Play Store without CC (and as a 16-year old, I don't have one). I asked the developer if he accepted Paypal, but he didn't.

Don't get me wrong, and this is not an attack to you personally: developers, if you made something really nice, and people will like it, 70% of the people will gladly pay for it, just make sure you allow them to.
[Android General] chad0989:
I honestly thought this was the case. It's really not. The problem is much worse than that. If 70% of users in the root community paid for apps it would be astonishing. Its made pretty clear by the number of users who download the app, back it up and then cancel the order.

If a 16 year old kid had made me that offer, the e-mail reply I sent would have the apk attached.
[Android General] Chaosz-X:
Well, that is a real flaw of Android: tweakability is really impressing, but these things make it really difficult to earn some money as a developer.

We have been thinking about anti-piracy measures as well, with stuff such as authentication with a server, and locking down the code and verifying integrity of APKs and stuff to make sure it's really hard to mess with the code, but it's just sad that there's a need for these measures..
[Android General] dethrat:
The trouble is everything has piracy right from movies to game consoles through to mobiles and music.

I mean the iPhones appstore would be a hell of a lot bigger if there was no jailbreaking and installous.

Every platform has been cracked so you'll get it regardless of what you develop for.
[Android General] jago25_98:
I think you know you just needed to vent but can I change your picture.

There are some people in this world who just don't buy the idea of an idea as property. That's not compatible with this business model. That's the first problem.

The next problem is that

there's a million and one apps out there and which one are we going to choose? Where does it start, where does it end? We all have our limits. What's yours?

For me, the app has to be something very unique and possible generate me cash. For example something I use every day at work. If it's something that the phone should do anyway I tend to skip it and save the $1 for the next phone that does it out of the box. Your app is a great thing, but there's many utility apps out there. It just doesn't fall into the kind of thing I'd cave my strict budgeting for. There are people here with a 1000 apps installed and you expect them to pay $1000 in this sense.

Another way would be having utility in the cloud and then the app is free. Another one of course, advertising.

The difference with both of these is we don't need to risk a credit card with the market. That's the main reason I personally haven't bought many apps and I'd imagine it's a problem for minors too.

The very community that allowed us to create the app fails to pay for it's products is like life itself.

I'd say make something for the iphone instead because there's more profit there but that would never have been possible, see what I'm saying? That's the 3rd problem.

So you've got 3 problems there all converging into one big push towards piracy. But remember, can your app assure security that the pirated version cannot for example? This is how one has to think.

In short,

you can't do something and hope to make a bit from it on the side. You got to go out from the start and get the money aspect central from the start. I mean, that's business and of course that's exactly what the android community works hard to free us from.

Still, summarising those 3 points for suggestion:

- offer something free things can't (i.e. security, brand etc) For example, I never run pirated stuff for fear of insecurity on my data whereas I'll try out software that way on an old PC

- can always put a service in the cloud aka the javascript trap

- iphone is there if you want...

- needs to "the one app" a certain person would pay for, not something everyone likes

Also just to make that point again, if one does not believe in property then inconveniently there is no moral crime here. I suggest learn to live with this and go with the flow
[Android General] rafa6571:
I hope google sells PlayStore cards (like itunes cards) that allows user to buy apps, music, movies, books without a credit card. I really want to buy some amazing apps but i dont have a credit card so i just use free apps. I think that if u cant buy an app that cant be a reason to piracy or sidedownload that app.
[Android General] chad0989:
The feature is 100% unique and so is the widget. Not to mention, if you didn't want to pay the $1, I provided a free way to toggle the feature in the utility app. The point is, that there is nothing forcing people to pay for the widget to use the feature. But instead of using the free option provided, they not only pirate the paid app, but edit the artwork and release it for free as their own. It defies logic.

Also, ad based apps don't work with the rooted community. I learned that early on. Myfree utility app is ad supported. With over 40,000 installs you would think it would make even a dollar a day. Nope, makes nearly nothing. That's when I realized that the same niche I was marketing to are the same people who block ads. Even if someone didn't want to block ads, they can't install a single ROM that doesn't include an ad blocking hosts file out of the box.
[Android General] bobstro:
Be sure you're looking at all sides. Yes, you're in a losing war with guys intent on pirating your app. You can't stop them, and well, you goofed on the licensing, so someone will no doubt release the clone.

First of all, don't do the Big Media thing and assume that everybody that pirates your app would have paid for it if it hadn't been available. A lot of folks collect, or just try something once. You'll only work yourself into a funk thinking about all that money you "would" have if only they hadn't been able to pirate it. They wouldn't have. At least not all of them.

More importantly, be aware that placing something out there with value does reach folks that otherwise would have no idea of you or your plight. More than once, I've purchased an app that I don't really need, but found clever and cheap enough I can buy it without thinking about the investment. I've spent more on Android software at $1-15 over the last year than I did over the last 25+ at $30-100 a pop. I've only refunded an app once, by accident.

Finally, be up front about your situation. A guy trying to make do does influence my impulse buying. So does his reputation. If you're doing a lot, be sure that's clear on your app page, and let us know clearly you're the guy that also brought us whatever.

I am curious, though: How much did you actually bring in?
[Android General] iaRIVR:
Chad- thanks for telling your story, I agree that you have every right to be disappointed. Especially the buying and refunding, that to me send almost worse because you can't stop dedicated pirating, but I would have hoped the rest would have bought the app.

It's easy to forget the human side of development, so thanks for sharing your side.
[Android General] watt9493:
Jesus christ Chad. This is f$%&*#@ ridiculous. Probably the best and most generous kernel dev I have ever come into contact with, and people are cheating you out of 1.50. Please don't abandon Android. I need kernels when I get my rezound! ;) but in all seriousness, warez needs to stop.

Sent from my ADR6400L