yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jeimygirl:
Thanks. I'm not too worried as I have yet to make my phone last past 2 4 hours on any from since I got this phone last year. With this rom I went ahead and did 3 full cycles wth the long weekend. Today is the first day back at work with no wifi til I get home. But if it were to increase with a new release no complaints here :-)

Although the Blaze radio has given me full 4g connectivity at work which i've never had before. Pretty happy about that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gatekpr:
Google Voice

First, I'd like to say that this is my most favorite ROM yet!

One small issue aside from the device management error every now and again.

Google Voice doesn't pop up and tell me when I have new messages. I didn't know if that was a GV issue coupled with a hacked ICS or if it was this ROM that needs to be tweaked.

Anyone else having GV notification issues?

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SupaKid:
HOUSTON, WE HAVE ACHIEVED LIFT-OFF.

======================

The ROM finally installed!

I decided to uninstall WinRAR, and reinstall it. Turns out there was an updated version of WinRAR available--never knew that.

I redownloaded the ROM through the PC, did my usual modifications, then went for the flash.

The ROM flashed just fine.

THEREFORE, I'm gonna say Thanks to the following people (I won't have enough Thanks to go around, the normal way!)

THANKS TO:

Jeimygirl

ScreamingSkulls

jovy23

thederekjay

LoopDoGG79

sinfulgray

Couldn't have broke through without your help!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] suaverc118:
I had blaze and others have had it and some have not had good battery success but u hear the 4g is good. So maybe that my be the issue. Again I could be wrong and I switched radios to LC8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] suaverc118:
I'm confused because my app says XDAPremium... Unfortunately I tried to change the pic but I don't get an option to allow me to change it, but just the actual name of the pic. I can't edit png to jpg. I'll just spend the 1.50 or so.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] suaverc118:
Awesome!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thederekjay:
You could have saved a lot headaches by mentioning that you were modifying the package first. When u report an issue you need to include all the steps u were taking.

:: DARKSIDE ::

"I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions..."
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sinfulgray:
You would have to use root explorer or one similar to rename the file from xxxx.png to xxxx.jpg but if you upgrade to xda premium you should not have any issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] suaverc118:
I did it yay!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] VoiD_Dweller:
Is anyone else having problems when they turn wifi off, reconnecting to data/mobile network? I have to reboot to get data, same thing with all radios.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jovy23:
Glad to here that your rom flashing issues are gone and it's finally working now! ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manhhung1420:
Long time to reconection data when toggle data, wifi

Anybody know, backup setting to gmail can't conect?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kolpa06:
Actually having %90 or %100 matters under bright sun light. Auto brightness didnt allow me to use the phone properly but full brightness did.

Instead of limiting the max brightness, modifying the sensor threshold to a value like 250 (CM values) would still help conserve battery while maximizing the brightness when it is actually needed

Am I wrong?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jeimygirl:
I haven't tried other radios outside if my house yet. In my house all 4 gave me the same signals. The blaze happens to be what I have now at work with full bars at 4g. What would be a flag to test different radios, weak signal? GPS?

Loving this rom. Looking forward to what will be done with an official T-Mobile release.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jeimygirl:
I'm curious as to what may be going on with my Contacts and if anyone knows what may be the cause of this. I don't have any syncs on. Did not mess with my contacts either.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] belial20xx:
I here you on that brother. Rommamania has run wild on you!!! Lol in all serious though I am a flashaholic and a rommamaniac. I had ten gigs of just roms. Should I seek help for my addictions? :what:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rancidm:
turn things off

might be google back up

turn off wifi and blue tooth and auto snc , turn off email ,,, turn things off you will get better battery life. also set your screen time out to 15s or 30 s
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DannyB513:
Feels good to be back on here. Between work, Diablo 3, and the holiday weekend I haven't been around in a week.

Sorry to hear all the problems going on with TWRP. I kept bugging TDJ to try it. I still haven't had any problems with it and used to agree with what Mr. X said about it, "If it was the fault of the recovery then it would not just selectively brick phones, it would brick all of them." It looks however like the cause has been narrowed down to a certain pattern of use of the recovery. I love my phone too much to risk a brick. Back to boring ass CWM it is.

Been on Beta 5 for a while now and had the weirdest thing happen a couple of days ago. If I went to the phone app to place a call I would get an error message telling me that contacts had stopped working. Yet I could go to the contacts app and it would be working fine and I could call people from it. Also, 2 days ago, the stock music player stopped recognizing any music that was on my external sd card. Tried everything (wiping app data, fc'ing apps, cache wipes) but reflashing the whole ROM and nothing fixed it. Bout to flash BETA 6 and hopefully solve my problems. Feels good to be back!!! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] noellenchris:
Can u tell me your steps after you installed and waited 10 min? The first clean boot. How did u restore etc. Did u use titanium ? Thanks.

noellenchris
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jeimygirl:
I have all of that off already screen time out at 30 as well. Which is why I'm wondering why "contacts" has used so much power when sync is off. And it has been off since a couple hours after I installed this rom on Saturday. I manually sync Gmail when I want.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheSeanTeam:
How's your signal? Other than the screen being on, having poor signal is the biggest battery killer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Wareazy:
Month widget crash

Just came over from BETA3, installed along with a new radio, waited my 10 minutes synced my contacts, and tried to drop a month calendar widget ... and all hell broke loose. all I'm able to get out of this thing is an error message that says "Unfortunately, TouchWiz home has stopped." click ok

Ok takes me to the call function of the phone, no number set to call for help though ;)

Re-wiping now and waiting my 10 minutes, and will update later on this.

But wanted to know if anyone else got this? or even uses the month calendar widget.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gatorstew:
Try the Fish Bowl Photo Gallery App. It automatically resizes before sending.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SirRastusBear:
Yes, there are good free apps that can be used for testing...Speed Test, GPS Test,etc. I tried all of the radios and ended up sticking with the Blaze,as I got my best data speeds and connectivity with that. Getting 18-24 hours battery life on it with JD running and light to medium use.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jeimygirl:
Great signal 4g. 90% full bars. The rest one step down and that was during the ride to work. My screen% has never been less than the apps tho (like it is now) and the android apps has never been that high. I've had screen at 0% brightnessfor about a week now due to low battery. I couldn't imagine how quick my battery would drain if I kept sync on every hour and auto brightness like I had on my Hd2 & HD7.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jeimygirl:
Thanks. I have the speed test but they all came back the same on all radios (no higher than 4-5 down and 1 up. GPS I found and issue with all radios, they worked but a long time to connect. Which seems to be hit or miss from what I've read.

No complaints here tho. The negatives have not out weighted the positives if this rom in the slightest way so I'm still quite happy with the work. Really smart brains on this forum!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gear79:
Perhaps a rogue app trying to access your contact list. Try air push to see, but that usually just finds adware junk.... :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gear79:
Jumping on phone now... gonna try and get screen shot of my battery too :thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Wareazy:
Same issue on re-install i even did a wipe(DARKSIDE.SUPER.WIPE) before installing with the same results. =(

I did manage to get out of the call screen but i get the message pop up every time i switch to a different pane.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DannyB513:
Jeimygirl,

What on average are you getting out of your battery? I read thru all 50 pages of the ROM I missed while I was out and saw all of your posts. Unless you are a power user or someone that is constantly watching movies, netflix, streaming music, you should be getting anywhere from 14-24 hours on TDJ's ROM's. I am a medium user I would say and I normally get around a day, usually more, out of a battery with about 3-4 hours of screen on time using auto brightness, gps always on, bt on 90% of the time, data on all the time, wifi off only while at work and running no apps such as JD. You could have a defective battery. I would take it to T-Mobile and have them replace it. It is an easy process or at least it used to be. Back when I had my cliq my battery had problems holding a charge. I carried it to T-Mo and told them the problem. The guy walked in the back, brought out a box of a brand new cliq, opened it, handed me the battery out of it, and I walked out of the store.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gatorstew:
In that case...

Yeah, I was at the lake a lot over the holiday. :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
I had the same issue with any of the calendar widgets. You can clear tw data so you don't have to reflash.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] who_ohw:
Yeah. All of our necks are really sore.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Wareazy:
Yeah i just went back to BETA3 just to have something that functions. Will try again later tonight. When you cleared the data did the problem go away or does it come back when ever you try to use the widgets?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Whenever you have the widget it will have in my experience.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gatorstew:
If you want TW and the widgets on this ROM, you have to reboot the phone after you drop the widget on the desktop. Widget will then appear where you dropped it with no errors after you reboot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] liderbravin:
Just want to report that it's been 2 days that I'm having issues with audio if i reboot without GPS on, weird **** cause i never had this before, anyone else?

I loose audio...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zhab:
Worked fine for three days, now no call audio. No idea what caused this, tried rebooting with GPS on, still nothing.

EDIT: Flashed LDE radio, wiped Dalvik, wiped cache, fixed permissions, rebooted, second reboot after ten minutes, and problem solved. Might have been overkill, but problems are bad and must leave, so why play around?

Gonna try a few reboots just to mess with it, but hopefully this is stable and resolved. Awesome ROM; I don't want to give it up!

Sent from my SGH-T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
I can confirm that this is not the case.

Derek I have PM'd you my log. It Is not a serious thing buy just thought you might wanna take a look.

David
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Hey bro you think you can add this to the new update...I flashed: it and I think: it would be a good addition to this rom. Thanks..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1667647
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thederekjay:
Yeah but one thing I look at is how long can I strech the battery if I need to. We all know if you sit and stare at the phone with the screen on for 5 hours straight its going to die in 5 hours. But stretching the devices battery over 2 days with the screen on at 1.5 hours is pretty bad ass imho

:: DARKSIDE ::

"I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions..."
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thederekjay:
Been toying with GPS for a few days. Think I have made an improvement. In use kid radio. Starts pulling in sats in less than 1 minute locks quickly after..

:: DARKSIDE ::

"I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions..."
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SupaKid:
Whoa, what ROM is that?

Just kidding!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gatorstew:
Agreed. I was going to add in the post that in the past I'd def have to plug in by now, but was still on 13% with this ROM! :eek:

Edit: I'll also add that I have TWO weather widgets refreshing every 30min and Gmail, Calendar, Chrome, and Google Reader being sync'd automatically.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hero13th:
Why dont you download directly to your phone, no offence but all these guys trying to give advice but I am sure you have noticed you are the only one having that problem so just leave it like that. Do not install the ROM. ( if you have not solve your issue yet )

I saw that you fixed it, good job .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SupaKid:
It's all good, hero13th!

After uninstalling, and reinstalling WinRAR, the ROM installed flawlessly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sinfulgray:
It is always better to download to PC first then to the phone rather than downloading to the to the phone :eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] suaverc118:
Why?? I feel comfortable with the phone, and but then again I have never tried with pc first... On a brighter note here's my battery with nearly 5 hours of use I think.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] galaxys2noobs:
Hey guys for pheonix theme did u guys just flashed the beta 4 version over beta 6?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sinfulgray:
It just ensures a better download rather then your phone to where your signal can jump...which radio are you on? I use kid radio and got about the same for battery on light use
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gear79:
Which GPS is that? I deleted everything from my phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sinfulgray:
That's GPS test app from play store
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rapalax:
Well then, you sir, are a very patient man.

--King
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] suaverc118:
Ok thanks. I'm using LC8 radio.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jeimygirl:
I'm wondering so. Guess I could play the remove/add apps game. Haha. And thanks but that app came back with nothing.

I would say on average I can do 20 hours with only wifi on and about 3 hours of screen on at 0% brightness. No auto anything. If on 3/4g I can get about 12 hours with nothing auto on 0% brightness. Everything is manual sync. Right now I'm at 29% battery left, 4g full bars, after 9 hours. Screen on for 2 hours. I have battery defender on to shut my data and wifi on while the screen is locked. 0% brightness. I will try and see if I can get a new battery and see if it changes anything.

Oh and I do stream Pandora through Bluetooth in my car one hour to and from work and that only drains about 5% of my battery as I have the screen off. (Though I have not done that with this rom yet)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Akim1220:
another thing to look at is your signal at work. i don't get the best reception at work and seems like my phone drains a lot faster from trying to look for better reception. sometimes my phone will say i have 4G full or close to full bars but my internet speed is slow/laggy. ran a speet test with 4G full bar at work and got about 1Mbps. I am usually at 35% around 3pm with light use where as I am usually around 60-70% at about 3pm when i am at home.

Run a speedtest at work and then at home to compare.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hero13th:
I installed lots of roms and both download to PC or to my phone and never had a bad download. Never had major issues after installing also. Follow the rules and I dont see any reason to have problems.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gear79:
haha... I tried. I did mention though it mostly finds adware and junk. :p

Where is your commute that you drive 1 hr each way? Mine is 30 min on a good day.

I am looking for a working copy and paste app that runs with this rom, cant find a working one yet. It did work flawless on GB... sadly. And one thing I notice, maybe its just me, but when I come back to an app, its like it was restarted over again. Example.. words with friends or draw something.. I leave it, come back and it restarts all over again. Like the RAM is wiped.

---------- Post added at 04:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:31 PM ----------

muchas gracias......
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
Your welcome kid, were all here to help:)

Sent from the Darkside, ICS style
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jeimygirl:
I was curious if it was maybe stuck at full bars 4g since I've never seen it that high for that long and surprisingly it was right!

Left is at work right is at home. Although I could not get GPS to lock in at work though...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thederekjay:
:D;):p

:: DARKSIDE ::

"I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions..."
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jonsson4000:
might be that you have data going on and off so much. I always keep data on and sync on permanently. just go into your individual app settings and turn off some notifications and update intervals to 2-4 hours.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jonsson4000:
again... get rid of battery defender, you really don't need any of those for these darkside roms
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jeimygirl:
Mine does the same on the browsers. Haven't noticed it on other apps tho.

I actually live just 8 miles from my job but after dropping the kiddos off, 30 miles and an hour after walking out the door later I make it to work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nabilbek:
Can we set flags also for a non-wipe? Am not having proper root after i used su binary update :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kiladubz:
Nah, he prob just stole that from someone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aranurea:
Best ICS ROM I have used so far. I love the Touchwiz UX launcher. One question though; Is it possible to change the circle app drawer icon to the TouchWiz UX one? I tried the newer version of SecLaucher with the wanted icon, but the app drawer was 5x5 which can't be changed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ScreamingSkulls:
For future use since this has been a question regarding MD5 check:

How to check the MD5 hash on any ROM prior to flashing
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] suaverc118:
I forgot to mention to you that my CPU is set to 384 & 1080 to also extend life. It still moves quick.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jeimygirl:
I will try that out tomorrow and see how my phone does. With how fast my battery drains when I'm not on 4g I figured it would help. It only lasted me 10 hours today while I was at work with using it 2 hours total browsing and texts during breaks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] liderbravin:
battery defender, task killer apps...i dont recomend none of that, and im sure most of the devs agree on that also...expetially on task killer's...you get the phone unstable when you have things killing apps on the background....the thruth about battery is..all of us the spend time here on the forun are adicts to tweeking our phones and most of us cant stay away from keeping the screen on...lol...so yeah battery consumption will be heavy, for sure some rooms are more stable then others and this one here at least for me its been the more stable that i have tested so far, been running for a while, sometimes a few bugs here and there when i install a new app,but i guess its incompatibility with the app and ICS....TDJ its a great dev and a very patient as well...lol...:p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gear79:
I live 17 miles from work.

Anyway, on average get a full work days of heavy use on my phone. Unplugged at 6:30 am and when it gets low at work I have my USB cable and car charger. It helps that I work on cars and have to drive often, so I bring my USB if needed. Plus it doubles for BT connections or simple streaming and charging. Gonna flash another radio in a bit.. but what was the screen capture button sequence again?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SupaKid:
What app are you using to underclock?

I tried to underclock, but the phone stays at 1.5 GHz.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BRKotucs:
I never got this to work on beta 6.. Don't know why. I've tried home + power, volume down + power and still can't make it work. It worked great before though.!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ascarface23:
hold power + home for 3 secs it works perfectly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BRKotucs:
I feel like new... Lol damn
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jeimygirl:
Ah I read about task killers so i stopped using one. I didnt think an app to turn off data while the screen locked wasnt good either. Thanks for the heads up. And I agree great dev in deed.

Lock and home button. Almost instantly. I often have to do it over and over before I get it. Bit of a pain. I liked Juggernauts that was included with the holding down menu of the lock screen. But all rooms have those extras the other is missing. I myself have a desk job and a car charger (which has been a huge champ for the $5 it cost) so I can practically can charge my phone 24/7 but I read that with these type of batteries the less you can charge them the better. Not sure if that's he case or not but I remember my G1 lost it's charge amount fast and I used to garage it all the time, despite how long that battery lasted.

I do have one question that I haven't been able to find a solution to. I wanted to download Xfinity's Home Security app but the play store says my device isn't compatible (but was on juggernauts). Yet I flashed another SGs2 with this rom (previoudly juggs too) and I was able to install it on there. I have tried going through the computer for the download, clearing cache and data on the play store, and it still flags. Any way to bypass this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gear79:
Confirmed....... thanks for the reminder
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ascarface23:
Lmfao nah I felt stupid too when I kept holding vol down and power was like wtf then went old school and boom hands started clapping and I started a "mini bath"< I don't care who you are that is still funny

Sent from the Darkside using my Galaxy 2.5
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] liderbravin:
2 apps that u can use in that case is ' Llama ' and ' ScreenDim ' ....the first one u can set profiles to swtich data on and off while screen is off etc...also alot of other type of profiles, as far as screen bright control the second one is great....but im not a fan of keeping my phone at 0% bright cause then it makes the phone like one of those cheap as phones from 1999...lol...we dont want that,our phone cost alot of money and we should be able to enjoy the rosolution and only use those type of apps and we really need...on my case i only use when im costumizing my phone cause them i have to keep the screen on alot, other then that i like to show off the phone so i keep the bright level in a fair level...here is how i have my phone looking right now...