yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mimicvii:
I think the battery stat thing is just an ICS "feature". Pretty sure my friend's galaxy nexus does it on restart as well.

Most amazing party of the battery life seems to be while idle. Left the phone off the charger before going to bed last night at 9%, woke up 6 hours later and it was at 5%.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mpfstc:
Anyone have a copy of the default wallpaper for this Rom? I switched wallpapers and now I can't find it to switch back. I even looked for it with root explorer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] afbengochea:
Are you working on the kernel and ROM for the next release, or are you just tweaking the ROM for now and when you have some time you will work on the kernel?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vlad2277:
Why we need new kernel?

What advantages might it bring?

Sent from my SGH-T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rod3:
1. Better Battery

2. Better Performance

3. Overclocking

4. BLN

The list goes on and on......
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] MisiuKP:
Hi TDJ,

Thank you for your outstanding work.

I do have one question/request: will be possible to implement that:

http://betadan.com/paranoid/

in your ROM?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jak Crow:
After installing this rom, I'm finding every few hours that the phone just stops responding to icon presses. Almost no apps will launch, but I can go into the phone settings. I have also found when the phone is like this and I call it, the calls don't ring thru and the phone doesn't show an incoming call. The phone needs to be rebooted to clear this problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] shatterpoints:
@ alex_mib You have to get a new Sim card. The same thing happened to me when I first got my sgh 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vlad2277:
Do you guys this rom really makes phone faster, smoother?

I've installed T-Mobile ICS couple days ago, and comparing to 2.3.6 my phone overall stability got bad.

Had freeze, dome apps don't work or fc, phone gets stuck sometimes for like 15-20 sec., then lags...

I like ics in some ways, but never had any issues before and should not have on strong hardware with official system.

Sent from my SGH-T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] onlychevys:
Anyone else have problem with touch key light duration? I like on always but no dice! Works 1.5 & 6 seconds and off, but not always on. This is a fix that is not a big deal to most but drives me nutz!

Other than that I'm happier than a pig in slop!(you didn't think I was gonna say slop huh!)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] anujpuri85:
Live weather wallpaper

This rom doesn't seem to have the live weather wallpaper that comes with ICS... anyone happen to have the apk for that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Beefvvl:
I'm getting the same issue. I'm using GO Launcher EX. It's happened to me 3 times already. I tried going into settings also and it wouldn't work. I tried also going into task manager and it wouldn't launch either. I was able to go to multi-task menu or whatever it's called when you hold the home button and close the open apps from there but it didn't seem to fix the issue. I even tried opening the apps that were already open through there and they wouldn't launch either. I'd have to reboot the phone to clear the problem also. Not sure what is causing this. I tried clearing dalvick and regular cache and fixed permissions but nothing helped. This is the 2nd time I tried flashing the ROM as well. I've only flashed it with the LE1 base.

I'm currently switched back to TW Lancher and will see if I get the same issue later.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FastJoe78:
It seems the always on works until you turn the screen off then they stay off entirely so yeah its broken...confirmed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] camocritters:
i havent complained because there are ways to copy files .. but when i connect my usb .. it used to prompt to connect storage.. now it don't ..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mimicvii:
I've noticed the same thing (I also prefer always on...although I wish we could dim those keys). So far, its the only issue I've come across.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkness122:
found this out today. haven't had this problem since like an early dark side beta of the att leak, I'm sure TDJ has a fix
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ian577416:
Remember this is the first ICS release for this phone. (Yes I am aware that samsung had a God awful amount of time to perfect it yet still dropped the ball in some areas) 2.3.5 had issues as well which is why they released 2.3.6. TDJ is by far and away one of the more dedicated developers I've come across yet he can only work with whats available. It's only been 2 1/2 days since this dropped and though I can't really tell anyone what to do, I will say that patience is a virtue.

TDJ has got this thing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dex1701:
I actually prefer it not to prompt since most of the time I'm connecting USB to charge. Can't you just tap the USB entry in notifications to connect USB storage?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Splaktar:
This is the main problem that I am seeing as well. It happened on beta03 as well. So far the longest I've made it is 18 hours without running into this. Reboot fixes it temporarily.

This has only happened with Go Launcher EX so far. I switched to Apex this morning to see if Go Launcher was the issue. So far it is too early to tell.

Fix permissions and darkside cache wipe on reboot don't help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Gamesoul Master:
I recall this happening to me once on an ICS ROM at least a month ago (can't remember which one), but this has yet to happen to me on this ROM.

I also am not experiencing any USB connectivity issues. Phone immediately let me know that it was connected to the computer, and upon telling it to, both "drives" popped up right away for me to copy files to/from.

Battery life has been pretty good so far, but I know that'll improve with subsequent updates in the next couple weeks.

Overall, this ROM has just been rock solid. And thankfully, it's the first TMO ROM on ICS that hasn't given any input lag either, which is a huge plus, since I love (and kinda need) my Wi-Fi Calling and not having to wait for my text to catch up with what I typed out... lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] werk:
This has happened to me once as well, using TW. Otherwise, fantastic ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ScreamingSkulls:
He already answered that and in fact posted a screenie or the new kernel. Will be out sometime end of week or next week. It just takes time.

Well to give you a better understanding, the rom is the chassis and the kernel is the motor. Better/tweaked motor will make that car run and look sweet.

Wow that sounds horrible as I haven't had anything close to that happen. Ive been beating the rom all day and in the last 2 days I haven't come across any related issues. Did you restore apps from GB or apps w/data? If you came from GB you should never restore anything, reinstall all apps new.

Confirmed that bug except you have to let the screen turn itself off. If you shut the screen off yourself the touch lights work just fine but auto shutoff kills them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dex1701:
FWIW, I've been using this ROM since it was released with Apex Launcher and have not seen this issue.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FastJoe78:
Naw bro, for me, if I press power it kills the lights only if I have it set to always on...if I let the phone turn off by itself while set to always on it works fine...I think you ment to say this but said it all backward
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] camocritters:
that's what never happens .. no notification .. nothing to tap on
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jangst123:
I had this happen once.

But I got it to respond again by palming the entire screen and rubbing a bit.

Once I removed my hand it responded to touch again!

Also had this happen on AOKP

Palming the screen seems to reset the touch screen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheSeanTeam:
This mod is for CyanogenMod: http://betadan.com/paranoid/about/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jpnelson40:
In the pull-down notification view, mine shows a a line "USB connected. Select to copy files to/from your computer". The icon is a trident or something with a small trunk and 3 vertical branches, which shows on the notification line on the left side, and in the pulldown line as well. I haven't seen a plug-in automatic popup notification in previous ROMs either, to my recollection, nor do I think it would be helpful for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] S.V.I:
Been running it for a day now using the power saver. From 9:00- 4:00 the battery seems to have dropped one notch just now. Maybe it finally leveled off. ( I hope) just reporting. :-)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dayzesrs:
I don't understand the problems everyone is having. I'm buttery smooth and after 13 hours with texting surfing the net and xda I am at 73 percent battery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ScreamingSkulls:
Ive had this in the past with other roms but restarting my computer always fixed it (Yes I said computer, not phone :D )
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mjg688:
Yeah I was having this issue as well my damn phone woke me up at 5 a.m. the other day and I couldn't figure out WTF was going on. To fix it go into your e-mail and and go to settings click on your e-mail account(s), and scroll down to notification settings and click select ringtone. For some reason it sets a default ringtone as your notification rather than just vibrating or doing nothing. Hope this fixes you up.;)

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Just tried using Wifi calling for the first time since I flashed yesterday and there is at least a 5 second delay. Any ideas on a fix? Is it possible flashing TDJs modified UVLE1 radio will resolve this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FastJoe78:
Lots of people not paying attention...Its really simple too but you know...people like drama I guess.

All I do is use darkside super wipe, kernel cleaner by master & slave, install radio if I want a new one, then the ROM, then I run the darkside super cache wipe, reboot...I let it sit at the getting started screen for 5 to 10 minutes...reboot and let it completely go off(screen off) again after reboot and then start setting it up...after I restore with TB (apps only) I reboot again and darkside super cache wipe...

DO NOT USE THE CWM Recoveries native Cache wipes or its fix permissions...only use the scripts...Everytime I forget and wipe cache manually...my **** doesn't work right...but going back into recovery and running the cleaners as I call them...always reverses the damage caused by the broken recovery functions...people seem to forget the issues with CWM...its a flaw in the kernels for certain samsung devices and until someone fixes it its going to keep happening...the shutdown and reboot hanging are just symptoms of the same issue...broken recovery...maybe something has changed but the last time I checked ALL Recoveries caused the problem do to poor coding by samsung. look it up guys...

---------- Post added at 04:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:27 PM ----------

No lag for me...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Splaktar:
Dunno what's going on with your phone. I'm at just under 30C and I've been streaming music over WiFi and Bluetooth and charging for over an hour. Just turned on 4G and let it continue streaming over 4G and BT and I'm up to 33 C.

I've got about 225-240 MB of RAM free atm.

If you've got problems with ICS, you should go to the TMO support page (here http://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones_data_devices/android/samsung_galaxy_s_ii ) and make your opinions known there. Not in this ROM thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Wareazy:
So I've been running this for about 2 days now.

Works very very smooth.

Im averaging about 6-7hours battery life, but im a gamer, cant expect more than that from the phone.

Not sure what the issue everyone is talking about when it comes to restoring apps/data from GB. Like i said im a gamer and if i dont restore apps and data, i start from scratch (HELL NO!!) no issues though ... i brought all my apps (games, social, media, other utility programs, even the bluetooth connections) and data from JUGGs to like 4 revisions of TDJ's roms with no issues at all. I use titanium backup.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] camocritters:
Please People

Um most of us do it right .. i overkill my wipes etc.. kernal clense .. Darkside wipe.. install radio .. install rom .. yada yada wait reboot etc etc.. .. doing it right .. not adding BS afterwards... and after a day or so i do the cache wipe permissions fix... and only ever have minor issues.. most of the time perfect.. this time .. usb not doing it's thing. "could be my computer.. need to reboot" and my gmail was tweaking saying not enough storage.. "not so.. " fixed it" had to clean out some old gmail stuff with file explorer ES .. no biggie .. and not the ROMS fault.. just a Android thing.... i'm not using the new radio ... and mine is running smooth .. battery ave or good.. nothing to worry or complain about.. and yes when the latest and greatest.. and i do mean greatest comes out.. SOON ... i will be flashing it or it's Kernal.. or how ever THE MAN is saying is best.. :D because he's the MAN.. GOT IT.. GOOD..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PrjmeTjme:
Unresponsive

I too am experiencing the unresponsiveness. I'll be using it and then all of a sudden nothing works and I have to reboot. I didn't do a Darkside Super Cache Wipe prior to installing and I think the rom does a Darkside Super Wipe for you before it installs itself.

I'm about to do a darkside super cache wipe but my question is, will that help at all or do I have to start all over and do the super cache wipe BEFORE I install the rom?

BTW, I wasn't closing any apps via task manager and I only restored DATA to the apps that automatically downloaded from the Play Store. Not really sure if that matters at all or not in the issue of unresponsiveness.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] seshaz:
Love the ROM, have not had a single problem. Everything works as it should. Even s voice works perfectly, also great battery life.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Beefvvl:
Just cuz your not getting issues or noticing any doesn't mean that we're doing it wrong. I used all the wipes and did it more than once. I even waited more than 10 minutes on initial and even after reboot. And I installed all my apps manually instead of using Titianium Backup. I only use TB to restore data on games and my Kik messenger. I'm still getting the same issue.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] shatterpoints:
After 9 hours or so I am at ~37% battery after moderate call time + internet radio streaming + texting + web surfing. I have had the phone also start roaming again today only 1 time. That makes 2 instances where it begins roaming in about 24hrs uptime. So far it seems to happen only in very low reception areas where I momentarily loose data connectivity. So I am not treating it as an issue yet. I am unsure of how I feel about the battery. I flashed the rom while @ 100% battery and did not wipe batt stats. So maybe a proper batt conditioning I may squeeze a but more juice out of the thing. I will continue to report anything I find like my data issue. My GPS has been fine, no issues locking-or navigating.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tjbiker031:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y8MkZjMZqvs

Thought I would share this. Very simple quick GPS fix that works with no flashing required. I connect in 2 seconds and fully connected and stable in about 5 seconds tops.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] camocritters:
man bummer .. reboot.. no go.... have not tried it at home.. ..

had this on one other ROM in the past .. I'm pretty sure it's my Flash or download.. even following everything .. sometimes just a bit of data can get dropped and yes the MD5 matched .. the download took forever... i bet if i re-download re flash it would be fine " not gonna but" there will be more to flash later... Not really a noob .. sort of to the phones .. but computer tech 25yrs.. .. i pretty much figure things out .. it's just how my mind works... and all these years sometimes a issue comes up and you just can't explain .. end users don't understand that..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dex1701:
Ok, I've been able to reliably reproduce the reboot hang issue.

Did a Darkside Superwipe, flashed the ROM, everything is fine. Reboots fine, shuts down fine, reboots into recovery fine from the menu option. Cleared the cache partition from CWM, and then I can't reboot or shutdown without a battery pull or holding the power button until it forces a reboot.

Don't clear the cache partition from CWM. :p

Edit:

Restored my backup from CWM and the reboot hang remains. Looks like the only way (that I know of) to fix it is to Superwipe and re-flash the ROM again.

Edit #2:

Superwiped and re-flashed, reboot working fine. Restored my good backup where reboot was previously working fine, and now I've got the reboot hang again. Looks like restoring a backup from CWM causes the same problem as clearing the cache partition. I guess I'm re-flashing and starting from scratch...again. :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmozaffari:
This is the one bug I have persistently had since the very first version of this ROM and it's still there with the official TMO rebase.

I am NOT using task manager to force-close apps and there is no log indicating a system dump.

Any thoughts on what causes this, why it happens and a way other than reboot to work around it? I'm considering going back to stock ICS if that's what it takes to fix it. Needing to make an urgent phone call and having the phone app not come up can be painful!

I suspect this may have to do with having a lot of apps installed (as I do) but I've had the same apps on Gingerbread and other versions. When it happens, all the old apps that are active still run but no new apps would open; it would just highlight as described above.

I've captured a "ps" and a "top" of my phone in this state in case it helps shed any light.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tonloc69:
Disable superwipe default

Yeah I hear you that it is typically a standard with the flash but it is also an option that is defaulted and should be able to be changed. I would rather test the ability to flash over the existing version and then superwipe if I run into problems.

Anybody knows how to disable that default?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ScreamingSkulls:
Can't be unless you know what you are doing (coding/editing/compile, etc etc). Until the base is fully done and kernel is in TDJ eyes perfect wipe will have to be done. It's less than 72 hour old so it is what it is.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] stace:
Statusbar brightness slider thingy?

Question:

What's this referring to?

Is there a way to change the brightness of the status bar? Or are you referring to the brightness toggle?

I'd like to make the statusbar brighter (or less dim, anyway). Am I SOL?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dex1701:
It's referring to the functionality that was removed from the T-Mo ICS firmwares that allows you to slide your finger along the status bar to adjust screen brightness.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rolf90:
All I have to say is no issues on my end! Other than the cam not fully loading up but I flashed the cache wipe and all working fine now...there are a few hiccups here and there but nothing major once I switched to apex all seems much better..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] camocritters:
yes but..... NO
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] werk:
Just had this problem again; after a couple of tries of putting my palm on the screen and moving it around, things start responding again. Weird.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] camocritters:
not even 2 cycles yet..

I'm So happy... but that's just me >>>>>>> :D can't help it...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] warmonger26:
Can we flash the Universal Shot mod? Or no.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jangst123:
It works! That bug has been in the last few AOKP builds.

Maybe that's why T-Mobile removed the brightness slider thing. Stock from mr x doesn't have it and no one is reporting this issue in that thread.

It happened twice yesterday so I fixed permissions from twrp and it has not happened at all today.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jangst123:
+1

Day 2 and everything has worked great! Battery going strong!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Weird just happened today..as you can see its in the background when I swipe to the next screen it doesn't do it.

Its weird..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jesamyn:
I've had the reboot hang after restoring a backup from CWM for several versions of Darkside now, including GB and ICS. Reflashing CWM from inside of ROM Manager reliably fixes it for me. I can't remember if I have to pull the battery for the first reboot after reflashing CWM, but I know it's fine after that. I think it's a CWM issue.

~ sent from my Etch-a-Sketch using Tapatalk
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] christopherhammer:
Anybody know if a working flashable zip for the volume button wake mod exists for this build?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] steven178s:
I love it!!! Great work!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ScreamingSkulls:
Nothing exist for this rom, it's only 72 hour old. The only thing remotely close to a mod would be the battery themed zips found in the theme section BUT as stated in the OP it's not recommended to flash anything on top as of right now. Do at your own risk but please don't come back here reporting bugs if you are not stock rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RobZarzecki:
Followed the instructions in the OP exactly and 18 hours later... no problems here. Big big thanks... Great job TDJ

Sent from my SGH-T989 formerly using DarkSide 2.7.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Charlie Brown:
Hey anyone know how to raise speaker volume in ICS? DSP only works when the sammy music player is on.

TDJ can you raise the volume in future builds please? Ty
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] joeyrey:
There's a paid app called 'volume+' in the market that could raise different volumes such as in-call, speaker, or even bluetooth.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Charlie Brown:
Thanks but I'm looking for the proper files in ICS to raise the volume permanently

Edit : okay found the prop file
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FSUSeminole:
I think the TMo's release has some issues... What are your thoughts on...

-Keyboard lag... What are you guys doing to fix it? Stock keyboard seems better than Swype, but it still isn't that much better...

-Daily use... mine got slower and slower as the day went on today as the first day of heavy use, and I've got to say I feel like GB performs better.

I don't think this is TDJ's fault... I think it is in the stock ROM, because my GF is stock and I upgraded her through Kies and she's having the same issues... Just not as snappy over time as gingerbread was (even she thinks so- and she brought it up first without me saying ANYthing)... Thoughts?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thederekjay:
OP Updated... report back ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kiladubz:
so far zero issues whatsoever. loving the battery life, yesterday i went 11+ hours and this thing was at 66% battery life. another quality release, ive donated in the past and think you deserve another beer dude. fyi i always super wipe at least 4 times, call me careful, paranoid, whatever. never had a problem.

fyi personal opinion but i f'ing hate swipe; always use the stock keyboard and have ZERO lag issues.