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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Troyis:
http://galaxys2root.com/t-mobile-galaxy-s2/how-to-root-icsgb-on-t-mobile-galaxy-s2-sgh-t989/

That too is easy.

If you are super worried about the flash counter and warranty, you should really double think about rooting. I haven't looked at resetting the flash counter, but I imagine it wouldn't take long.

Between those two guides though, it should be simple using either or.

The difference between Telus and T-Mobile S2's is that you hold different buttons to enter into download. I believe it is power + vol down for Telus and power + vol up/down for T-mobile. Same phones otherwise. If they weren't, there would be separate forum! :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Eraldoe:
Thanks!

Much thanks to everyone who replied, I used the first method Troyis gave, using the SGSII toolkit, and told it my phone was a T989 (the T989D option is apparently not available yet, but I'm not complaining)

I was able to root my phone, and the phone still shows 0 flashes (Yellow triangle in the stock recovery menu, and Custom Binary Download: No)

Thank you so much for your speedy and helpful replies!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] UCW181:
Thanks!

Successfully rooted my T989D running on ICS. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TripArtist:
I read a post somewhere that if you flashed CWM by using ROM Manager, it wouldn't add a count to the flash counter. That said, if you are concerned (or have a flash count amount), there is a trusty little tutorial you can follow under the "Development" section... the same thread holds info for both TELUS and T-Mobile.

Look for "[Flashable] CWM Flash-Counter Reset SGH-T989D (Telus) and SGH-T989 (Tmo)" by Mr. X.

Hope this helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nilay4232:
Confused

Do we have to do anything extra for T989D or is it the same as T989?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
its the same. the only difference is going into download mode.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sazrimz:
can some1 make it?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guardsix:
How do I get my Kindle Fire screen to display on my laptop? I've seen this done in a number of Youtube vids and not sure how they do it.

Any help?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
Teamviewer, Pocketcloud, etc? Search "remote desktop" and see if that helps.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teldin2:
It's not a mirror of your screen, but you can create a virtual Android ICS image with VirtualBox and run it on your laptop. Google "ICS VirtualBox"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
What's up with all these so called teams in the community, I honestly feel like this is high school all over again.

And then when Mr Milenko creates a thread about joining Team Troll his thread was hijacked and "trolled"

Grow the heck up and quit acting like children. This is XDA Developers, this site is intended to further development to Android devices. Android is based on Linux... Which if you know about Linux you would know it is OPEN SOURCE. No one person can claim the rights to any modifications to the OS. Heck, I can guarantee these so called developers are taking someone elses work at some point in time without giving appropriate credit. Point of this thread is to get people to grow up, this is not high school.

End of rant. Go ahead and report this thread and have it closed, we all know who the immature ones on this site are...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iniz94:
Teams are just for friendly competition and allow a steady group of supporters to help develop a ROM. You have testers ready when you need them and if you are stuck, you can easily get help. I don't know what's so wrong about them..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rgregg504:
XDA Twilight.:p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Nothing wrong with having teams developing together, but it is wrong to act as if 1 team is better than another. It's almost like we have a team of jocks, a team of nerds, and a team of the average joes. Team Jock will always act like they are better and they will always put other teams on a lower level. Team Nerd doesn't care if anyone uses their work as long as they are thanked, an Team Average Joes just wants to be recognized for what they have to offer.

You don't have to be a part of any team to get help developing or testing, it's just immaturity is what it is.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
People need to learn all these threads go to **** .... quickly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
This is exactly why...

inb4 the bad trolls with their lame pics *cough* ReActiveDisorder
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Papa Smurf151:
Another one goes to team closed

xda moderator/recognised contributer
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jayharper08:
Team Closed is on the come up!

---Jay--- From the Nexus
[Motorola Photon 4G] debinnv:
Okay, I have gotten so blasted close with getting a custom rom on this phone. I can get them installed now and they are wonderful I tried gummy and aokp but for the life of me I can not get data to work I can not make or recieve phone calls. I am in roaming all the time too. I have gone through all settings and scoured the forum and I can not find an answer anywhere. Am I missing something totally obvious here? Does anyone maybe have any suggestion? Thank you guys for your help. It's just frustrating that I am so close.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
What is the status of your Photon currently? Assuming it is rooted and unlocked, running what rom? Please provide info on what rom you are on now, which one you flashed from, and what process you used to get where you are. The more info provided the easier it will be to help.
[Motorola Photon 4G] debinnv:
Well lets see, currently I am back on stock, but here is what I did. I rooted, unlocked, installed CWM 5.0.2.7 I also flashed jokers recoveryv3 ( I follow QB's videos) So then I installed the gummy rom using this process. Format system, format data, format cache, wipe cache then dalvik cache. flash rom, flash rom again ( now I did not reboot into recovery after I flashed the rom the first time) I just went straight to install rom again. flash gapps, fix permissions. Reboot up and good loving it all. Waited 15 min then rebooted again. That's it. So I am at a loss. Thanks for help if you need any other info please let me know.

Oh I am on 2.3.4 with 198_7 also
[Motorola Photon 4G] pkomarnicki:
In your system settings did you have "home only" or "automatic" selected for your roaming settings? For a lot of these roms, "automatic" is forced roam. And then if you didn't have roaming data enabled, that would explain why you were constantly roaming with no data.
[Motorola Photon 4G] debinnv:
Thanks so much .

I did have automatic checked but I did have roaming data enabled also. I flipped it around too with home only. I am truly beginning to think my phone is just plain "off " who knows. It's a shame though, I mean not that stock is bad on this phone but the custom roms are so much better imo. This is the first phone I have ever had a problem with. I have been flashing phones for years. Think I started with a HTC Mogul. That was a solid phone LOL
[Motorola Photon 4G] bennyreyes715:
Does CM7 work for you? If it does then I reckon flashing that and setting it up, then instead of doing a full wipe keep your data and flash CM9 based rom over it, fix permissions and take it from there.
[Motorola Photon 4G] debinnv:
I have not tried CM7 but I can, sure can't hurt to try at this point. Thanks, I will give that a try tomorrow.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
Have you tried *#*#4636#*#*? Sometimes flashing changes the radio in that menu. Be careful though, changing something can really Bork your phone. It should be on cdma prl I think

sent from my CM7 MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] Acvice:
Deb, my photon has never been kind to me with the 'flash twice' method. It always results in no data. Try cm9 again, but this time wipe cache, system, data, and dalvik, install version 3.1 of cm9, boot into it, reboot to recovery, wipe cache and dalv, then install the latest cm9 version. Always works for me. Good luck
[Motorola Photon 4G] debinnv:
Morning all, your all are great. Okay so I am ready to start again. I'm at stock right now so I need to get her all set up again. (Yes my phone is a she) Acvice, I am going to try your method first will let you know in a bit.

Looks like joker's site may be down so I need to try and find the 2 cm9 roms

I have this rom saved already on my computer

beta-0.6.9.1-cm-9.0.0-RC0-sunfire-UNOFFICIAL-signed.zip

Wonder if I should try that one or just wait
[Motorola Photon 4G] debinnv:
After I install CWM 5.2.0.7 do I also need to flash joker's v3 recovery?
[Motorola Photon 4G] pkomarnicki:
You don't have to, but I recommend it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
I think th3bill has 0.3.1 in his fixes thread

http://www.mediafire.com/?y7no1r460d4o8zf

sent from my CM7 MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] debinnv:
Thanks, will also do jokers and thanks for the link bullfrog. dl'ng now
[Motorola Photon 4G] Acvice:
Glad someone provided you with that 3.1 link. Looking forward to see if it works out for ya.

By the way, you will know it worked if when you boot up in 3.1 you have working data. Flashing the newer version after that will essentially just update everything.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
Deb, I take it the flash of 0.3.1 didn't work? Did you have data and then lose it when you flashed 0.6.9.3? What were your exact steps. I just rooted/unlocked and flashed my f-in-law's new photon and it worked just fine. Lemme know what you did and maybe I can help more

sent from my CM7 MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] debinnv:
Thanks bullfrog that's nice of you but honestly I'm good now :) As you know.

I didn't even try to install 0.3.1. I kept thinking about it, seeing I had no luck with 2 others previously so I decided to go the MIUI route and I'm a happy camper with that one. I am a flashaholic for sure, as we all are here. I am thinking though, I am gonna just be happy with where I am at for now. Of course I will most likely decide to give another rom a try at some point. :D

Of course I am already eyeing a few Samsung Epic touch's on ebay. I hear that one can be a brick just waiting to happen....weeeee I am having way too much fun
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
I'm glad you made it to MIUI. if you ever want to try cm9 or and of the similar ones (aokp, gummy, paranoid) I would suggest flashing that 0.3.1 first, then updating to the latest cm9, then flashing the variant

sent from my CM7 MoPho
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vzqsmooth56:
Hello guys, ive been seeing that a lot of people have been struggling to find where exactly to find all the ports from the s3 so far (since everything gets buried here in the forums). So to help out those of you who cant seem to find what you are looking for i have started this threat to keep everything nicely laid out.

Galaxy S III S-Voice (Flashible ZIP file)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1667046

The best way i have found to install this is by freezing/uninstalling "Voice Command" using TitaniumBack up. Reboot in to recovery and flash it. It should work like a charm;)

I dont take any credit! all thanks go to WANAM:D

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Galaxy SIII Wallpapers

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1662014

(you can also find the media here [Ringtones, sounds etc])

again all thanks go to HITSY for sharing these with us:)

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Galaxy SIII Media ZIP file (ringtones, notifications, etc)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663591

(this isnt the thread i used, but like all threads, i cant seem to find the one i used, which is working perfectly for me) try this one out and check it out:)

Again since I couldn't find the thread I used I uploaded the zip file i used.

You are welcome to download this an install through cwm (just flash the zip).

View attachment 1138568

dont forget to thank VIBRANTURK:D

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Okay this one here will give you the sgs3 Touch wiz launcher.

The best way to flash it would be to first clear cache and delvik cache, flash zip, and then fix permission.

YOU HAVE TO BE RUNNING AN ICS ROM THAT HAS TOUCHWIZ AS DEFAULT LAUNCHER. Or else it won't work.

(I will upload the zip file since I can't find the threat I used lol)

View attachment 1138195

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Finally, these are the S3 icons working on the S2, all thanks go to TOWLE as he is providing the mirror for the file.

Flash zip in recovery and enjoy:)

download S3icons.zip here

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Dont forget to leave a thanks if this was helpful:)

also if you need advice on other add-ons/ports you can leave a comment:) and ill sure try to help you out :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] asting:
Thanks for compiling those links. I'm going to backup and wipe the voice talk, because I want to make room for S-Voice.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vzqsmooth56:
No problem:) just trying to help out the community
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Abhi97:
Roms

Why doesn't anyone make a S3 look alike rom? That would be beast. Also can anyone get the tap lockscreen that's on S3?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vzqsmooth56:
Well pretty much darkside runs the s3 touchwiz and you would just need to install the icons. Lol as for the lockscreen, everyone wants it. But it's not a simple port and therefore takes times. I'm also pretty sure devs rather work on their own roms, then to try and port over a lockscreen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blitzeratic1:
Do you know if anybody posted a flashable zip for s3 icons?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vzqsmooth56:
The only reason I haven't posted up an icon file is because I'll the ones I've tried haven't work for me. I don't want to put up something that doesn't work easy. I'm still looking, but so far no luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blitzeratic1:
Alright cool. If I find it, I'll post it here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasnmb:
will flashing the s3 launcher replace the s2 launcher, or just install it side-by-side, so I can easily clear defaults and switch back if needed?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vzqsmooth56:
It will replace the original launcher. I suggest you make a backup before you flash incase you dont like it or get problems.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
Is this launcher only for deodexed roms? Mine isn't so I get aborted on install?

my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Capt Zeke:
Ok, so i have downloaded svoice from the above link.

when you say flash it, is this being flashed via Odin or is this flashable via Clockworkmod?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blitzeratic1:
I flashed through cwm. Worked for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasnmb:
is that all you had to do was flash? It doesn't appear to be installed for me after I flash.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
Here are the S3 Icons
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Capt Zeke:
I am running into the same issue.

are you flashing zip or apk?

noob talkin but a step by step guide would be awesome!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blitzeratic1:
I dl and flashed through cwm. That's it. I'm on darkside evo3 v1.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blitzeratic1:
Do we just flash it? How did you install?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasnmb:
flashing the zip. I've been doing some searching and still can't figure out why it won't install. I've tried unistalling Voice command via titatium backup, flashing the zip file, clearing cache, and then fixing permissions. nothing works.

I see the voicetalk.apk in system/app, but when i try installing that I get a parsing error.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
I just extracted it then set the icons manually for which ones I wanted changed. If you're using a launcher other than stock just long press on the current icon to change it. Otherwise use desktop visualizer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasnmb:
hmm, maybe your ROM made the difference. I'm just running the stock touchwiz ICS.

would it because i'm not on a deodexed ROM?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Capt Zeke:
So i am using astro file manager,

i need to extract both folders from the zip file.

when i try to move them over to system app it tells me that i cannot because the folder is a read only.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
Those 2 folders are where you will find the icons. Don't move them anywhere, just follow the instructions I posted above and navigate to those folders to choose the icon you want set.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kisoon:
The I9100 forums has a similar page of making S3 look. It appears they are further along.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1673478&page=29

Any smart people out there that can make this for the t-989?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Capt Zeke:
so i open CWM manager,

i select "Flash Update"

select "download"

Select "FT-I9100_WanamLite.Zip"

it asks me if i want to flash,

i say flash and it flashes and reboots, but there is no sign of S Voice anywhere.

What am i missing??

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ok i have found

META-INF and system

inside system i find app,lib,tts,voicebargei,wakeupdata

i select app and find samsung tts, i can select it and select install and it installs fine,

the voicetalk icon is there as well but when i select and install it it thinks for a few then says "application not installed"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
There should actually be 3 folders. The one named "unpack" is where you will find the icons.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Capt Zeke:
I do not see a unpacked folder anywhere.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vzqsmooth56:
Reboot into recovery, wipe delvik cache only, flash zip, and reboot. No need to fix permissions. If you still can't seem to get it to work, I'll help as much as I can. Cool? :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Capt Zeke:
sounds great,

i have device in front of me, i will try this work around and let you know shortly

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Same result.

followed your instructions and still just two folders Meta-INF and System
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vzqsmooth56:
You shouldnt open up the zip file. Download it again. When you download the zip put it in your sd card. DONT TOUCH IT. Reboot into cwm and flash it. Don't swipe anything or fix permissions. Delete the zip file you have now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasnmb:
I've done this and still can't get it to work on the GS2's stock ics ROM.

maybe this will only work on deodexed ROMs?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vzqsmooth56:
Yes this is onlybfor deoxed rooted roms. I thought that was clear. Sorry if it wasn't. :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Capt Zeke:
Ah that would by my problem to then.

im running stock as well. any work around for stock rooted roms?

i have touchwiz 5 on my stock ics
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] asting:
I'm running stock rooted and S-Voice worked fine for me!

If you follow that thread you'll note that S-Voice isn't 100% working, but is still pretty good (better than the vlingo). This isn't due to our device, but just an issue with authentication on the Wolfram Alpha servers.

Also, to those having issues double check your flashing procedures. Someone was going on earlier about flashing an update under CWM, but you really want the enu item labelled "install zip from sdcard."
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasnmb:
Yep that's how I flashed it. Did you install the official ics and then later root, or did you use another method to install ics with root? I didn't root until after I installed official ics. Not sure if that would make a difference though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DarkAdonis:
I've really been wanting to flash this but I'm scared I'll end up having the same problems a lot of people seem to be having.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
For those looking for the S3 Icons, I updated my previous post with a working link.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vzqsmooth56:
Don't be scared, it's pretty much just an app. That's all it does, if you don't like it you can always uninstall like another app.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] velozolano:
I noticed people having problem flashing S-Voice. Guys make sure have enough space in the root file, when you flash this file the size is 29 MB this eat alot memory.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasnmb:
In settings > storage my phone says I have 1.31GB device memory available. Am I looking in the right place to check that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] velozolano:
Nope, you need to go in the root folder then system/app and there tells you how much memory and tispace you have for apk, this the same place where you remove stock app and to make more space you need to delete more stock app.

I hope this help you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DarkAdonis:
I have 108mb free in that folder. So I'm good to flash?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] velozolano:
Yes, you good.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DarkAdonis:
Flashed it and when I ask it something it says "network error. Please try again"

Edit 1: Nevermind it's working. I went back to recovery and fixed permissions. That seemed to do the trick.

Edit 2: I was wrong. I get network error half the time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasnmb:
well, I'm trying to clear some space in system/app by unistalling system apps using titanium backup. It says it successfully uninstalls them, but doesn't free up any space. :confused:

Also, when I try to use ES File explorer to view the apps that I unistalled via TB, the APKs are still there in system/app. So I enabled root access on ES file explorer to try to delete the apks from there, but when I try to mount, it just says 'unable to mount'.

Should I be using a terminal command to uninstall system apps instead?

Everywhere else that I've searched seems to imply that TB should be enough to remove them, but that's not the case for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DarkAdonis:
It's because you're deleting apps, but they aren't apps that take up space in the system partition. Look in system/app for apps you want to delete, then go to titanium back up and delete them. Deleting Blio alone freed up 22 mb for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasnmb:
I've specifically tried to delete Blio several times with no luck. I just tried it again in Titanium Backup, which shows that it's been successfully unistalled (Note that I don't see a 'Delete' option in TB, only an 'un-install' option):

http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach.../4/2/9/7/2/Screenshot_2012-06-20-10-48-11.jpg

Yet, it's still there in system/apps:

http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach.../4/2/9/7/3/Screenshot_2012-06-20-10-49-46.jpg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] olyvaha:
i have a problem with the wallpapers, i cant seem to find where the stock ones are, so i made a folder on the internal sd card and placed the wallpapers in there. once my phone picked them up i tried to set one of them. thing is it wont let me use the whole image (about 1/3 of the vertical)...now i was thinking that if i could put them in the wallpaper folder where the stock ones are it would format them better....or do i need to downsize the images to fit the pixel count on my sgs2....if thats the case i would still like to know where the stockers are being kept so i can switch them out permantly

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tried to install with cwm but it says: Can't open /sdcard/TouchwizUX-1.1.zip (bad) Installation aborted