yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] knotrkr:
What do you guys think of the battery life on v8 as to v7? at first, v7 gave me horrible battery life, until I drained it, charged it too %100 and used the Battery Calabration App; Once I went through the battery a few times it really seemed to settle in and I got really nice battery life. I think I was being to impatient before and if on first flash the battery drained fast i'd look for a new rom or go back to stock. I've since then learned that the phone needs to get used to the rom, as well, and it takes a few battery cycles until it syncs up right. The battery calibration app. seemed to help as well. Just my opinion. I'm nowhere close to a dev nor close to a n00b. I always love to hear what everyone else is doing to get the best battery life out of this app so I can pick up some tricks. :)

Thanks for any good tips.

BTW, I'm hearing some very very good things about this 3800 mah extended life battery, not only does it give you massive battery life but it doesn't make the phone too bulky, infact people are saying it makes the phone a bit easier to grip. For whatever that's worth. I may grab one.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] davwman:
24 hours from 100% to 5% Hard use. 4 hours screen time, alot of video in 720p, camera usage, xda app, checking Disney world wait times(on vacation) variable signal strength based on my location in and out of buildings. Using the nexus extended battery. Dual core app and green power premium. I'm happy with dark side v8.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Caboose13:
Has anyone had any problems with the wakelocks from Google Service Framework and Alarm Manager? mine has been keeping my device awake draining battery. not sure if its the rom or google yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Significa:
Anyone have a issue answering calls? It is not the no volume on incoming calls I keep reading about. Instead, I seem to not be able to slide the answer (green) button to receive the call. The reject button works though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gohawks1:
I switched to the default TouchWiz launcher yesterday and went over 24 hours without a freeze/soft-boot. I can't stand that launcher though, can't resize widgets and scrollable widgets were sluggish at best, but the phone was always responsive.

I've just switched to Apex launcher, installed fresh, no restore. We'll see if that works well. Perhaps my lockup issues are related to GoLauncher/ADW, and the fact that I restored their settings data.

Crossing my fingers that my lockups and soft-boots go away.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dnsmo:
Did you try to use darkside cachewipe yet, if not give that a try
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sickred:
google calender events not working, they wont send email invites. i try making and event and sending it to a friend and it never sends the email. but when i do it with my friends galaxy nexus to my phone i do receive the email notification. any fix for this??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] laoruga:
help with kernel

I am noob to Samsung phones I had the phone since this last Friday and install this rom but I am reading that the kernels for this rom is DARKSIDE.VENOM 05 AOKP. I downloaded went to recovery and the phone did not start at all I had the wipe it complete and re-install the rom.. I did the instructed install but not working can some one help me with this.. until today loving the T989 runing Darkside...:laugh:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dex1701:
The AOKP version of the Venom kernel will NOT work with this ROM. This is a Touchwiz ROM and requires a Touchwiz kernel. The one included with the ROM is the most current version of the Venom kernel for Touchwiz, although most Touchwiz kernels should work with this ROM as well.

FWIW - if you think your question might be a "noob" question (even a little bit) then it belongs in the Q&A section and not the development section. ;)

I've been using this ROM since it was released and have not seen these issues. I would try posting over in the Q&A section (that's the section for general questions and troubleshooting...if you think you've found an actual bug then post back here).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rajunks:
When I create a calendar invite and send it from my phone, my recipients get it. But I get a failed message saying the 'from' email id is invalid.

Here's something weird and scary:

Weird thing is, it's not my id at all. Did someone get hold of my account? Why is calendar trying to send it from an unknown id? How can I contact Google about this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] donutkidd:
Ok so this is the problem I just ran into, when attempting to upload a photo onto instagram I get a major graphical glitch.. I think I saw a fix before that I had to flash something but can't find it. Anybody has a link or fix?

Also reboot, power down, recovery and download on the power and notification bar just hangs after screen goes black and back lights, stays on. Fix for that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] frescoraja:
for those of you that use crackle, i have found that it suddenly works now... even though i could not get it to play back any videos for the first several weeks after installing this ROM.. thought it was kernel related because it started working for me after flashing another kernel, but i flashed venom #5 back and it still works..!

just thought some one might find that useful
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kaiserXDA:
It's all good now, so far. I re wiped everything, and reflashed everything and it seems that everything is working now. I'm installing my apps a few at a time, some from the market (my account app list) and a few I'll restore using TiBU Pro, or ROM Toolbox Pro, just to see if it makes any difference.

Now if I can only get my Captivate out of the "Firmware upgrade fail! Try using recovery mode" mode, with the phone and the computer tower and screen animation. I've never seen that one yet! LOL
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
Have come back to the Darkside (as I usually do) and as always I love it. However; I am extremely new to using blue tooth on my phone. I got a Pioneer head unit and sync now for audio and hands free. Problem is that I constantly have to go into my blue tooth setting and reconnect to audio and hands free on my head unit. Is blue tooth funky like that? Or the phone/rom? Or the head unit? Not really sure what it is...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thedark1337:
sounds like your captivate needs a usb jig to get it out of that state. If you can make a usb jig it will get it into download mode where you can odin the stock rom and stuff.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jdm_dsm:
I use my phone with the factory head unit in my Tacoma and it always re-connects on its own whenever I start the truck. In my experience bluetooth is a very hit-and-miss technology though, so it's possible your phone just doesn't like your Pioneer deck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] knotrkr:
Thanks so much. Using those 2'apps I'm over 8 hours with decent usage and I still got %63 left. Unreal thanks again. Cpusleeper (I take it thats what you meant by dual core app) i already had that and Green power premium. Completely worth the like 5 bucks for both apps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hompsar:
Yeah. I figured it was due to bt device to bt device being hit or miss. Sometimes I would get everything to reconnect properly and sometimes not. Very random.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] seas98:
I've seen all the posted pics of the awesome battery life and I wanted to see what I can do to replicate such battery life on my s2.

I downloaded rom toolkit and changed the governor from OnDemand to badass. I didn't change anything else. I did not get improved or better battery life, instead my batter life was less. Using OnDemand, I'd get 12-16 hours before I had to recharge. Using badass, i got 8-12 hours with the same usage. I switched back to OnDemand and I'm getting what I used to get.

Is there something else that needs to be changed when i switch to badass?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jangst123:
mobiletechvideos

Just got my SII back from mobiletechvideos

and guess what ROM they put on it!?

If you guessed

DARKSIDE.EVOLUTION.3:: [v7]

You would be correct!!

You know it's good if they are loading it to Bricked phones.

Mine was bricked to the point that a Jig would not work!

But not by anything TDJ made!

It was bricked by flashing a test ROM from another Developer.

They fixed it, reset the flash count, SIM unlocked it, and shipped it back the same day!! They ROCK!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gohawks1:
Less than 2 hours after switching to a fresh install of Apex launcher my phone froze and then did a soft-boot.

Back on Touch Wiz since yesterday afternoon and pretty stable, but still sluggish on scrolling widgets. I did have one brief lockup but it recovered without a soft-boot and been ok since.

I haven't tried changing the governor yet like suggested on a previous post, might right that and go back to a 3rd party launcher and see if that makes a difference.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dex1701:
FWIW I've been using Apex Launcher with the past 3 versions of this ROM and have never had freezing problems except with certain CPU governors. ondemand and interactive have always been stable for me. If you're seeing random freezing governors and overclocks/overvolts/undervolts are the first things you should check. Most application software issues will cause errors or hangs and then errors, but rarely full-on freezes. That type of thing is usually an issue at the kernel or hardware level.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aranurea:
Wow. My battery life went to sgit with this ROM but i still love your work Derek.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dex1701:
Probably isn't the ROM itself since others are having good results with battery life...myself included. :cowboy:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aranurea:
Never said it was because of the ROM, just with it, but every phone is different so my phone probably doesnt like the ROM. I flashed back to Stock rooted and I'm gonna try to flash a new kernel if my crappy reception in CA lets me. Lol. My phone can't even make 8 hours and it has a Seidio 3800 mAh Super extended battery.

Also my phone has been acting weird lately. On any ROM the screen turns on randomly and keeps doing that for a few minutes and it just seems to have a lot of slow downs now. And my usb port's kinda ****ed. Hoping to replace this as soon as I get back to New York.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ardcifliku:
Does anyone have 2-3 sec delay when you open the dialer ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rickm8384:
Yes I do. I also have the random crashes and also I have the answer button issues when I get calls. However the benefits of this rom far outweigh the few drawbacks and so I don't complain. I'm sure if TDJ wants to he will fix the issues as they have been repeated ad nauseum. I for one don't think it's necessary since the rom is near perfect.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OreoBoyVa:
Is this rom still alive? Or is there something new being released from tdj
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] diego9016:
What else you need? This rom is amazing the way it is
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
I hope there will be at some point. Although I really like CM9/10 & AOKP, I think it will be some time before we see a 100% stable version like with this ROM. I have been on CM9 for a month now, but I'm flashing back to this for some stability. Everything "works" with the AOSP roms, and I know you'll get the people like "omg wtf this has been fully stable for me you crazy".... but there are still the little quirks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jdom58:
Yep but only when I open it for the first time after some time of not using it, if I go back to it soon after that it's instant.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] inpherknow:
Does anyone else get FC in Google search? Is search, but the search function sucks on the mobile app.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ardcifliku:
Yes...Agreed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gohawks1:
I switched the governor to conservative yesterday and have been running Apex since then without issues. It's been less than a day so i'm not calling my problem fixed yet but so far so good, *fingers crossed*.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alarmmy:
It seems DSP manager not working,doesnt it? It doesnt work with samsung music stock player, then i installed stock android music. DSP then works in the way of destroying the sound of all songs,which hurt my ears. Any idea?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alarmmy:
Do you need to use app such as SetCPU to switch governor? Im still confused about OC/UV of this rom. It can adjust by itself or I need to install an app?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] carnage017:
how do i make MD5 match the OP's? never heard of this before
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] davwman:
Download rom, use app known as hashdroid or mand5, load file in app and search. It will find the file as long as the md5 is correct and the file is not corrupt in any way.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gohawks1:
Yes, I am using SetCPU to do this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rainbowkisses:
mms over wifi not working! :crying:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
You need to leave data on while you're on Wi-Fi in order for it to work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SirRastusBear:
Using root browser in rom toolbox you can long press on the zip, choose properties and it will display MD5 for the file so you can compare to OP. I believe some other root explorers also have this ability...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SirRastusBear:
Mms over wifi has never worked for me on this phone, even going back to Juggernaut GB rom. Even with data turned on with wifi. I gave up on it long ago. :banghead:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
Strange. I've never had it not work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] carnage017:
sorry if i appear to be exremely ignorant.. but which zip file lol?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
Root explorer long press The .zip or any file in question. choose properties scroll down wait for the MD5 sum to be calculated... that's your md5 value now make sure it matches...Your ROM or radio or kernel CWM all have MD5 values which need to match the Original Poster's posted MD5 sums... hope I cleared that up for you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] muasxees:
Can someone please tell me where the Darkside wallpapers are stored?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] scott7175:
So the flags never got implemented I take it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mr.Groppi:
Double Voicemail Notification

I am using T-Mobile's Visual Voicemail app and I can't turn off the notification for the regular voicemail. Every time I get a voicemail I get double notifications, one for the regular voicemail system and one for visual voicemail. How can I fix this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] drifterrolly:
so when i upgraded from v7 to v8 i restored data via cwm /data so everything restored perfectly, however i feel like it also restored the gps settings from v7 because the gps is still wonky. is this the case and will i have to just do a full wipe in order for the gps to work properly?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Splaktar:
It has been said many times in this thread, don't use vvm.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jstodda:
Have you tried the gmail google fix? That has worked for me in the past..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SirRastusBear:
Is that the one where you gmail yourself a pic or something similar? I believe I have, but to no avail :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jdom58:
Not sure why but T-Mobiles VVM works perfectly without any issues for me on this ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thederekjay:
Nope. Probably will never. There will be to much confusion with TWRP now becoming more and more popular. TWRP doesn't run the scripts the same way CWM does. So a long story short, the flags will not work on TWRP.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Usman1:
I was just wondering if I could add screenshot capabilities to the power menu.I really hate all the market screenshot apps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thederekjay:
You can do anything you want. It would have to be hacked into the framework. There is a built in screenshot feature that consists of holding the power + home buttons at the same time. You hold them until it snaps the screenshot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] scott7175:
Well that's a bummer oh well you still on your break from development
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rainbowkisses:
Omg, My battery life is horrible!

Full charged, unplugged at 8am - 12pm I'm at 40%
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] evanladoux:
Works for me fine without data on
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gatorstew:
Really? Do a little homework and search around in this thread. There have been numerous pictures of phenomenal battery life. So you've dropped 60% in 4 hours? How much screen time did you use during that time?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] itzallgood707:
Love this Rom. Using badass along with the CPU sleep apk.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] diego9016:
Can you please tell me your config? I'm getting like 12h with badass and cpu sleeper
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] itzallgood707:
Darkside Evo 3v8 with Color Series white theme using badass governor along with CPU Sleep apk. Black wallpaper and also debloated. I'm using the kernal that's packaged with the rom. Can't think of anything else.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chirojunkie:
Where do you get the CPU sleep apk? On the market?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CLopez92868:
Yes Sir! It's under "CPU Sleeper" by Eugene373

p.s. here is the address

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739457
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rainbowkisses:
What is it with xda and their attitude, Lol! No reason to search, I switch back to infamous. HA
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aranurea:
And quite a few reports of bad battery life. Every phone is different so not everyone will have phenomenal battery life, so quit it with the condesending tone. Not trying to be rude.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rfail1988:
Cool story bro. Do some investigation and reaearch before giving a rather broad complaint. You have a rooted phone so you clearly have a certain level of know-how. Why is the battery draining? Use gsam battery monitor ans find out why its draining. Use cpu spy to find out what your cpu frequencies tend to stay at. Was your screen on for that entire 4 hours? If so your battery life is just fine if not great. Was your phone awake? Is there a specific app that is draining? Did you fix permissions? Did you cache wipe? Im trying to be help you but to complain about something without any helpful feedback to the dev makes you look sorta like an ass.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dex1701:
It would be a different thing altogether if the complaints were posted in the general or Q&A section. If all you're doing is complaining about bad battery life or some other problem and providing no additional information or troubleshooting steps in the dev thread then all you're doing is taking up space. The dev has no idea why a random handful of people are having bad battery life and has literally nowhere to start looking for the problem if he can't reproduce it himself on his device.

Yes, all devices are different. However, if you're getting 10 hours of battery life while most others are getting 15-30 hours that's not just a difference in devices unless your battery is toast. That's got to be something that's gone wrong with installation or some other app you're using.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Caboose13:
I have been having problems with the wakelock from gtalk async reconnect. i cant seem to fix it...i even removed gtalk. i believe its the rom. cm9 doesnt cause this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aranurea:
Can we get a mod to clean up the last few posts?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] donutkidd:
Is it possible to replace the stock browser with the aosp browser.apk? I keep trying but I'm only plagued with problems trying to push the apk..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Usman1:
Stupid question, but will the wifi tethering incur extra Charges to my monthly bill?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alarmmy:
I think NO unless you tell tmobile :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sauron@Mordor:
Amazing Effort!

Thanks to the author(s). Installation was painless and it works like a charm on my TMO Galaxy SII.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ghettogeddy:
google its not only the best os and browser but it also has a search engine..

http://t-mobile-coverage.t-mobile.com/4g-wireless-broadband-service
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alarmmy:
I think you are misunderstanding what he asked. Think twice, dude! He was asking about wifi tethering, not wifi calling!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] laoruga:
Noob Question?

Noob on this just came from and HTC Sensation and the Wifi calling does it work? or do I have do make a update or there is a fix for it?

:confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rfail1988:
Yes sir it works.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jcglendenning:
Did you ever find a solution to this?

Cheers
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
Happens for anyone with a T989D telus phone in Canada running a Tmobile ROM. The ROM works, but will show 3G. Always happens for me as well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] heinrich:
I came off stock rooted tweaked ICS, and I like this ROM. It took me forever to find where they hid the USB Debug and Unknown Sources settings (!) ... Some very nice touches with this ROM ... lots of cool wallpapers (I like the dahlias :D ) and lots of sounds ... Battery drain seems about the same as before, not enough run-time yet to be sure. Default higher resolution than what I had, pretty sure ... I like that. Nice touch having a flashlight and some of the settings at the drop-down menu are nice to have as well. Wifi calling is important to me and it seems to work gr8. GPS seems to work about as well as before (I still think my phone takes too long to acquire) and yes I flashed one of the offered modems. Setup was a breeze. Excellent, easy instructions .... thanks for that as well. Nice to have download links that work, and all in one post. No hunting around and missing links.

Very tasteful colour schemes and icons. Nice work TheDerekJay, thanks for sharing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] negerhab:
Hey all, just wanted to see if anyone is using profiles for SetCPU. If you are, what setting do you have? I've been messing around with some but just wanted to see what other people have. Thanks! :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] negerhab:
awesome, that gives me an idea of what I need to do, thank you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ardcifliku:
No problem.:thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
Edit: Never mind :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rel500:
Whoa didn't even realize u can set app specific files!

I'm using the free xda version. Can that only be done with the paid version?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zonly1:
This is set cpu, bro.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rel500:
I know that. What version of SetCpu are you using? I have 2.2.4 installed and I don't have the option to set App specific profiles.

See SS
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ardcifliku:
Im using V 3.0.5..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tjbiker031:
I'm sorry about people's attitudes, people are idiots of behind a pc screen...it may be a bit late but I made a post about battery drain and how to find out how to find it and prevent unnecessary drain.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29418398