yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KaneHusky:
Been following development on this ROM for a while now and after the latest update, I decided to switch over to the DARKSIDE after being on stock forever. :cool:

Battery life on stock was terrible for me and I'm hoping I notice a difference here.

I was holding out hope for AOKP or CM9, but I pretty much have to have wifi calling since I live in the middle of nowhere with barely a signal on edge.

Also, the first thing I noticed on this ROM was my custom wifi calling icon. I had no idea it was being used in this ROM. :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ardcifliku:
what version did you flashed?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alicklee:
is this update better then the ICS 4.0.4x ::DARKSIDE.UCLE2:: x[BETA07.1][6.04.2012] I just flash that rom last night and found it to be awesome fast and no app crash like i was getting in v7 of evolution?

thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jabhome:
Have I lost it or something, where is the link to the rom download?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jbreeze228:
Do you think you could make a flashable zip or something for your touchwiz 5x4x5 launcher
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] makmoneynslp:
I download the file and flash but its saying installation aborted
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Gen00:
Thanks.. This ROM is amazing.. Super fast no app hang bug.. Its just right.. Thanks TDJ for this amazing ROM..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] makmoneynslp:
I want to enjoy the from but I keep getting installation aborted
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] diego9016:
This is far better than UCLE2. Try it and you'll see, this is the best rom I've tried.

Thanks TDJ, your job is amazing.

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Maybe bad download? Download it again ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thederekjay:
its a bad file transfer. you .zip became corrupt while transferring/downloading the file.. do it again and be patient on the transfer...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bzlik88:
3.7.13

It could of errored before updating itself. Regardless I know how to fix just was curious about the cause
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alicklee:
updated: ok the other keeps losing network connection :( ahh I going to flash this one and see if any better. i hope it doesnt do the same.

o dark i just got the other one running the way i kind of want it to lol! well i guess backup and flash again. err. but i really like the 4g icon lol!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jsnoop:
for some reason im still having the same problem since the last few darkside roms with wifi. it randomly shows zero bars and im 2 feet from the modem. it would be full then out of no where reduce to none. only way for me to get full bars briefly is when i reboot..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alicklee:
question about flashing

ok so the op said that we are suppose do this:

"01. Download ROM (Link is Below)

02. BACKUP ALL APPS with preferred method (ie: Rom Toolbox, Titanium, My Backup, etc..)

03. Place ROM on ROOT of your SD card. (ie: /sdcard)

04. Boot into Recovery Mode

05. Do a NAND BACKUP!!!

06. Flash DARKSIDE.SUPER.WIPE (OPTIONAL - ROM will do this by default)

07. Flash an ICS ready radio (Links below)

08. Flash ROM.

09. After flashing is complete, Reboot...

10. Let device sit for 10min without touching, then reboot.

11. Done!"

in step 06 we flash the super.wipe then we goto step 7 which is pick the radio we want to use. step 8 flash the rom. but when we flash the rom the darkside.super.wipe will run by default. wont that wipe out the radio we had just pick in step 7??

just wondering if it would do that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] syntaxerr0r:
Flashed this ROM today, so far it works great and everyting's working. I was on stock Telus ICS, which was already working great, apart from the compass. Thanks TDJ, you da man! Only nagging thing is the 3G icon - I'd rather have a 4G one since that's the kind of network I'm on (Telus). I flashed the Telus radio, works very well so far.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] txrocker281:
WOW I love this rom so far.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] joking:
Darkside super wipe won't wipe out radio, it only format and wipe your data.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alicklee:
I can see my wifi in my house but there is no connection i been trying to connect to it over the last 5mins now

ok after reboot its seem to have connect to wifi but let see if it will connect back to network?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ivianny:
TheDerekJay a.k.a. The Post Man "because he delivers world wide"

:D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] belly1026:
Downloading and flashing in a little bit :D

Hoping that the "unresponsive apps" issue is fixed for good! Crossing my fingers here.

Thanks, TDJ!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alicklee:
ok so far so good! will the s-voice hack work on this rom as well??

thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OldeCrow:
I didn't run the separate super wipe before flashing v8 and the built in super wipe doesn't appear to be quite as super... wireless paraphrase from previous rom was remembered on reboot when wireless was enabled. makes me wonder what else wasn't wiped...

First run also didn't prompt me to enable wireless and connect before the phone setup, I would guess this is related to the wireless settings being remembered from the previous rom?

I'm going to super wipe first and reflash to see if I can repeat this or if it does a normal first run...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jsnoop:
does anyone know how to fix the wifi issue????
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
So far so good on v8. I just wish BLN wasnt so finicky > <
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thederekjay:
What WiFi issue?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] yongh:
why volume wake its not add to the update tdj?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dnsmo:
where thing is working fine for me, no issues, i changed the andriod policy.jar from the other thread and volume wake works.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] yongh:
can u explain how to do that ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dnsmo:
go to theme and app section and find the volume wake thread then download it, extract the file from the zip and you will get andriod policy.jar file, put it in /system/framework replace the one in it, reboot and it should work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] HiM@L:
i guess dpi change is not recommended, is it ???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dnsmo:
if you have 4g enable that's by default, then when you go through the init. setup, if you check to store and restore your setting in google, then your wifi setting will comes back to the phone. (if you pull out the sim card and run it agian) wifi will be enable and ask you to connect.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Arturo777:
Here you go buddy

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1730878
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jsnoop:
Connection goes down to zero bars after a while IM 2 feet from router when I reboot it's back to normal but again same problem and also when I answer a phone call it takes a while to answer and when it does neither I or the caller can hear and when I call someone I hear them delayed but they can't hear me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chicohonda91:
no crt yet? is there a universal flash for ics roms at least?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] euklid:
If i want to update from v7 to v8 i always gotta do full wipe???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OldeCrow:
I must have imagined the wireless connection prompt durring the phone first run cuz the older roms don't ask either...

nothing to see here just operator error :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Raul69.atl:
Yes
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Raul69.atl:
Just flashed ...v8 is so fast..il play with it all night n will report any issue tomorrow :thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] njtroncoso:
No, it won't affect the radio at all.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] richeazy:
Very fast, very smooth, awesome update no problems so far. At first I noticed a lag when playing games. I darkside cache wiped and everything's good now. For that reason I suggest flashing darkside cache wipe
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] yongh:
thx for the help , do u think this wil work on v8 ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] damngood98:
there's users from the thread this came from reporting it works fine with the newest version.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] makmoneynslp:
Do u guys think toxic theme will work with v8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ascarface23:
V8 smooth as butter loving it!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kkholidaze:
Do this. Backup then flash v8. Let it sit for 10 then reboot to recovery. Go to advance restore and restore data ONLY. Voila!

Sent from my Sammy Galaxy far, far away...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] russiandivxclub:
So, v8 will be the last Build of this amazing ROM or we may see more coming because from what I understood from previous posts author will no longer work on this after next (AKA this one) build. In any case thank you for your hard work !
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] s13_slider:
Is anyone having an issue where the home/search key will not respond to touch at all? Back and menu work fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] frescoraja:
Are text messages / sms / mms supposed to work while on wifi ? And how about while on wifi calling?

Also, i remember in gingerbread the tmobile "my account" app worked while on wifi.. It would momentarily turn data on while searching for the info it needed to display account info.. So far for me this has not been the case in ICS.. anyone get it to work while on wifi?

Thanks for any input and thanks tdj for the rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] frenchbullcho:
Do I flash any kernel for this or just leave it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Bradleyd444:
So far everything is awesome, this was my first Rom flash ever and it went so smooth. I only had one little issue with Play store not wanting to download anything, but got that fixed now I am extremely happy to have a smooth ICS rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tjbiker031:
It's currently using venom 3 v5 kernel which is the latest one at the moment. No need to flash....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DKfilms13:
I'm about to update for the first time since the initial release. Problems I have atm are shutdown/reboot hangs, apps randomly stop opening, and audio has volume inconsistencies. Based on what I've read, v8 has all that fixed. One thing I don't understand is how to get beats audio via DSP Manager or S-Voice (I'm an amateur). Also, I assume mms over wifi works still?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AzPersuasion:
Is this touchwiz Kernal going to be upgraded to V8? I am on V7 touchwiz and dont want to do a full wipe to get the V8 ROM. thanks for the hard work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Raul69.atl:
Venom 04 #2 came out

Is that for us!?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] diego9016:
No. You have to wait for the Twiz kernel
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
It will work over WiFi, but you also need to have data turned on in the background. People think it will use more battery having both turned on at the same time, but it wont. Your phone will only use one at a time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] samcrocr:
for the one who's having problems wit home and search buttons Do a super wipe it worked for me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] evil1art:
Any changes to framework or systemui for us themers to check into?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] g33kChic:
Hey which theme did you use with the new V8? Does the old still work with the new?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tjbiker031:
That one is for the AOKP/CM9 kernel tdj has been working on. Description in title and OP.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thedark1337:
If you use an audio player like poweramp there is an option to turn off direct volume control. After that the Awesome beats mod will work. Or if you want to, there is a flashable zip for beats mod that doesn't use DSP Manager. This is the flashable zip with the libs for beats audio http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1525226 With this method you can keep direct volume control on

This is awesome beats dsp manager mod: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1728391

Everything is fixed imo. Although i and another person have just one issue that i am trying to fix, no one else has it though. Incoming calls won't work for me. only one other person has this issue so i guess its not important
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Raul69.atl:
OK so I've played with this ROM for 5 hours and its great...there is only 2 things bothering me. But after all great ROM.

My WiFi calling does not work when someone calls me(this happened in V7 too)

Battery not that good(I have to drained twice maybe)

phone gets too hot after a while.

But rest is good....apps open like they should. Phone fast n smooth.

Thanks for this great job Dev!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OldeCrow:
nothing too major, the aosp themes for V7 seem to work on V8 without any issues!

initial observations of V8 are that it seems to be sleeping better, overnight battery loss went from 11% to 6%...

I didn't have lookout installed yet so tonight's drawdown will be the better test...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dirtybudha:
Themeing v8

Installed flawlessly, I let it sit for 15-20 minutes before initial reboot.

GREAT response, noticeably snappy.

Reinstalled user apps and data from ROM Toolbox with no issues or hang-ups.

Not having any issues that others are mentioning, I would hope a Fix Permissions run will fix them.

THEME:

I installed Phoenix's circle battery theme, works fine and haven't had any issues arise.

If you want to use another theme, might ask the theme's OP if they see any changes that would effect the new ROM.

TDJ won't know, nor should it any of his concern if his ROM is compatible with certain themes. Best bet is to ask the OP of the theme.

I'm not concerned about "volume wake", I don't care about "volume track change" or "CRT off", so PLEASE stop asking for them to be included in the ROM. Go ask someone in the theme section, or go in the kitchen and make it yourself and collect "thank you"s in the THEME section...profit.

TDJ, you deserve the time away. Thanks for the latest and greatest version, I think this will be an awesome daily driver.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] syntaxerr0r:
Been playing with V8 since yesterday, it's super smooth but battery life is bad. Used the phone for barely 20 mins since 8am and I'm already down to 50% at noon.

Back to stock Telus ICS again I guess... :-(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dugan1017:
Upgraded from v7 to v8 yesterday. Despite all my efforts, haven't been able to create an apphang
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dugan1017:
Would it be normal to see a slight decline in battery performance after upgrading from v7 to v8? Haven't changed kernel (Venom 3#5), llama profiles, system settings, or setCPU stuff (still running 1188/384, badass).

I know they normally say there's a battery adjustment period, just wondering if anyone else has seen this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Indian9990:
Have you calibrated your battery afterwards?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Indian9990:
Same as above..you need yo recalibrate your battery. It makes such a difference
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] marduk79:
Just finished installing V8 and I must say that it's pretty quick and smooth. Have not been able to download from Playstore though. Will report back when i play with it more.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dugan1017:
I knew I'd forgotten something. Thanks. If I'm one of those junkies who Carries a spare battery, is this something that will need to be ongoing? If I swap out a dead battery for one that's 100% charged, do I need to recalibrate?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mobbarley:
what steps do you guys use to calibrate battery?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OldeCrow:
operator error, replace operator and try again...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Futant:
Has anyone encountered any bugs with Google music on v7 or v8? I get odd glitchy distortions at random during tracks that play fine in other players.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OldeCrow:
I get strange tearing, chirping etc, with google music and the stock player, I just figured it was a codec issue in the phone....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Arturo777:
I see distortions sometimes too on twitter or while changing screens, windows etc. I'm happy as long as i don't see the app freeze bug...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Raul69.atl:
Another issue...how do u take screenshots!???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Hold Power + home at the same time for 2sec
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Devilman539:
No it doesn't. Battery calibration does absolutely nothing for battery life.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DKfilms13:
I had problems with battery life in version 1. This makes me think twice about flashing the new ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Futant:
Yes this is what I am talking about. This was not happening on my Stock ICS setup, so it is likely a bug with this rom. It is pretty much a deal breaker for me, to bad because I really liked this rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] seshaz:
Battery life on 7 was superb
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NICROID:
Just wanted to chime in on a few things while using v8 so far.

1. No FC's or Lag thus far. I am using Badass Governer with CPU under-clocked to 1350MHz. (Might go lower in the near future.) I do a lot of app multitasking and haven't gotten any App hangs or FC at all so most definitely a happy Android user.

2. Battery life is way better for me compared to what I used to have. I am using Eugene's CPU Sleeper and Juice Defender Ultimate on Aggressive Mode. I try and stay on Wifi whenever possible because 4G is a battery killer. (From what I've been told that is.) Also have all my phone's animations turned off. I came from a BlackBerry and prefer a snappy, if I click on something for it to just immediately pop up UI. :silly:

3. Successfully installed Beats Audio by using the Beats Audio Installer App found in the PlayStore. Sound definitely sounds more crisp, louder too w/o loss of quality, I can feel the bass and slightly better trebble. It's like the phone is using a EQ without me having to actually use one. (If that makes any sense.) It may not be a HUGE/life changing difference, I have always thought that the SGS2 had good sound quality in the first place. But still, I can personally hear a difference. Oh and I have the beats audio logo/notification on my status bar, which I love. One more thing I can show off to my iPhone friends to make them jealous. :p

Oh and yes Poweramp Player still works. I personally have my audio buffer size set to Large +250ms found in Advanced Tweaks to prevent audio skips/lags. The built in EQ works with the new Beats Audio as well.

Overall v8 of this ROM is SOLID for me. Everything works as intended, if not better. I can use all the ROM customization's I want without any issues. Just patiently waiting for the new kernel and for my battery to die so I can calibrate it.

Thank you TDJ and... All hail the DARKSIDE!

:o
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thuynh022:
Just followed all the steps in the OP and flashed this! Now, for that agonizing wait after first boot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jsnoop:
Am i the only one here with calling issues. i cant hear anything and caller cant hear me as well. i reflashed it worked but then after my battery drained and i rebooted it happend again. WTF!!!! i cant figure out what the problem is. I dont want to keep reflashing the rom its annoying and i get stuck at work when i need my phone. O texting works fine regardless of the calling issue
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] c1bear:
Yeah i hate that part, but dang happy with the end results every time i flash this rom
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dayzesrs:
Not sure why but my notifications are super quiet. I'll check into it more after work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OldeCrow:
It doesn't happen often enough to bother me,(maybe it's a particular encoding method or something.)... If I want a music player I can always buy an ipod right :silly:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] player90247:
Thank you!! Just restored my apps+data with TB and everything works flawless. Zero FC and zero issues to report so far. The ROM comes with SuperSU, are there advantages over SuperUser or is it just preference? Oh btw, does this ROM support connecting to a monitor via MHL adapter? If no reply... will test tonight and post results.

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I had issues with Google Music with other ICS ROM.... I ended up freezing or removing it. Also, sound quality wasnt good when used with Beats 5.1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Futant:
Happens at least 5 times a track for me and it has nothing to do with the file. Really sucks lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hpaulus:
How??????
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jwcurry83:
I have been running version 1 since its initial release, and have yet to upgrade to v8; my battery life is great.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] player90247:
Would you please share the link to this theme? Thank you in advance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] samcrocr:
I feel like I'm using a new phone... Every single thing i do is so snappy and fast... Zero lag and the battery life of course it's just amazing I'm on 50 after 8 and a half hours and I took a lot of calls and did a lot of browsing too here's the proof
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bzlik88:
Tdj was talking up his battery cuz he has the new kernel that we don't have, I believe. So just wait and I'm sure itll be takin care of when both v8 and new kernel (not #5) are together.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bzlik88:
It helps to show screen time too cuz its the main killer. (Were lazy to pull out le calculator and take a percentage) :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dab231:
Anyone noticing that while having a conversation on speakerphone the caller can hear themselves speaking kind of rendering speakerphone useless? I have tried all radios with the same results. Plz help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bzlik88:
Negative here
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ardcifliku:
also you can check on android themes section for (icons) rounds....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] samcrocr:
True that bro...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rfail1988:
Two questions before i flash...

Is wifi reception weak like it is on stock ics?

And is the app hang still there? I went back to gb stock rooted because of these issues (mainly weak wifi and a wifi calling voice delay which seems to still be there no matter the ICS rom) and realllllly wanna have a bite of v8 :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] samcrocr:
NO AND NO
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] player90247:
Found it! Will give it a go with Nova!

Thanks....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dab231:
i flashed back to gb and speakerphone echo went went away... if anyone has advice help me out bc I love this rom. Tried cache wipe w/no luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bxrdj:
about 4hrs of use ... pretty damn solid so far :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] syntaxerr0r:
Did anyone experience extremely low bluetooth volume? Could barely hear anything and neither the caller nor the phone (voice commands) could hear me.