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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icnu:
my observations on rooted Rogers ics

Hi!

My 1st post. Thanks to all of you who have helped me develop a more complex relationship with my phone.

This post is mostly for information to add to the data pile.

I've recently went from rooted gingerbread to rooted Rogers ics - using [MOD] ROOT | CWM | ODIN | SGH-I727 and SGH-I727R Skyrocket in the dev section with ODIN, Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip, and non touch CWM - without much problem. Just unfroze some apps and the Rogers upgrade worked on my second attempt. My phone was still rooted when I did the upgrade via Kies. Now using apex launcher - awesome, i love the customizability.

I have had no issues with battery life - one slow use day I've had over 1 day 7hrs before critically low. I, too, notice the battery to be warmer when charging, post upgrade.

The first time I used bluetooth I got a "wrong pin". Since then, no probs. (Using voicedialer.apk as suggested by someone here - works great handsfree with bluetooth...so long vlingo).

Generally, I likey.

My only issue is one brought up by kiru, earlier in this post. My phone, too, hangs on the red Rogers screen. I think I remember reading that this my be an issue with non-touch CWM that does (may?) not occur with touch CWM. Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ranold26:
Nova Launcher is by far the best Nexus clone etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jfbriere:
Had the same problem.

Fixed it by following exactly this procedure :

I disconnected the phone.

I uninstalled Kies and also uninstalled the Samsung USB driver.

I downloaded the latest Kies.

I installed Kies - with the Samsung USB driver.

I loaded Kies.

I selected "Tools > Troubleshoot connection error" to force drivers install and waited, operation took several minutes.

I closed Kies.

I connected my phone in MTP mode (USB Debug mode was off). I saw Windows installing some drivers automatically.

I disconnected phone and reconnected it with USB Debug mode on. I saw again Windows installing more drivers automatically (including Samsung Android ADB Interface).

I restarted my computer.

After that the Samsung USB driver was properly installed on my machine.

I'm on Windows XP Pro SP3 x86.

I successfully updated my SGH-I727R stock GB 2.3.5 to ICS 4.0.4 via Kies.

Hope this helps,

J-F
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cn_habs:
Kies didn't recognize my non stock device so I flashed using Odin: http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s2-skyrocket-sgh-i727-ics-ucld2-leaked-firmware-80263/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] nbrowser:
Got the ICS 4.0.4 update on my Galaxy S II LTE on the weekend, my birthday to be precise, lots of improvements in regards to battery life, operation etc. no issues with image quality on the screen and it still screenshots correctly.

In other words going from Gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich was painless, only took a lil bit of time and it was done.

Will report if I find anything strange.....if it occurs.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ensay:
Updated yesterday, and everything is smooth. It removed my root though. :-(

Sucks for Touchwiz
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ex-28:
finally got my update 5 days ago and all running nice , then i was in store and happened across the s3 on the 27th , i was soo happy to finally get ics on the s2 but i couldnt resist the s3 ................ soo loving it now...
[HTC EVO 3D] mikevillarroel:
Would be interesting if someone could port these mods to the EVO3D (or maybe give some directions on how to start)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1616471
[HTC EVO 3D] ssojyeti2:
Hmmmm...

That is possible. What color do you want?
[HTC EVO 3D] mikevillarroel:
I would love to try them all but if i must pick one.....lets keep it simple, the white one looks pretty safe to match any theme don't you think?

And btw, you're the best!
[HTC EVO 3D] phonghoangka:
OMG, beautifullllllllllllllll, hope this'll be on EVO 3D :D
[HTC EVO 3D] ssojyeti2:
Ok, I have a 2 clocks to finish and 1 more status bar to port, but after that, I'll do it...
[HTC EVO 3D] mikevillarroel:
Nice, thanks, maybe I can help you port the others.....I just need one to compare
[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
Such a nice young man;-)
[HTC EVO 3D] negamann303:
Easy, get your SystemUI.apk and a framework-res that uses 100% battery mod and replace icons in res/drawable-hdpi of both apk's (may have to change names). Then whatever icons from the other apks in the selected circles mod color zip you downloaded
[HTC EVO 3D] ssojyeti2:
Do it! Do it! Do it!

Lol
[HTC EVO 3D] mikevillarroel:
Do it nega please, is not the same as before, thank God you are still around, it was easy for me to do it before but remember i did not port your theme, I just edited, added some things and removed others.
[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
for what rom are these going for?
[HTC EVO 3D] mikevillarroel:
BUMP, just for fun!
[HTC EVO 3D] negamann303:
Sorry man, I'm pretty busy at the moment. Slowly working on my own themed rom in my spare time ;) Throw up what rom you want it for and the color. I'm sure someone here will help :)
[HTC EVO 3D] thehiendtvt:
wishing it were on htc evo 3d!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treborjac:
Help me.. I think I did something. Please help. im just downloading some games in blackmart then afterwards my playstore wont work anymore keep saying No connection retry.. I tried downloading playstore and install it did not fix... I dont want to flash my phone again and loose all aps again please help.. I havent made a nandroid backup yet help
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MultipleMonomials:
What is Blackmart? It looks like you have a virus. Try downloading AVG and running a scan. If you can't, try removing all of the new games with Titanium Backup.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hesh.monster:
Nevermind...
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neh4pres:
If you steal apps expect horrible things..

Just think of all the personal information on your phone that could be stolen..

Just think of getting a virus that sends texts to a premium service number. Then you get a thousand dollar bill from Verizon.

Don't be stupid
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mox123:
Isit just me or is the brightness crap when using in daylight. I compared to my one x and y just seems dim at 100% even on a light cloudy day.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] bscraze:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1705007

Cheers:)

Sent from my GT-i9003 powered by RemICS S III-looking rom!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] dilzo:
Seems perfect with me, but I have nothing to compare it with. Try going into settings developer options then change the screen to dynamic.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] allspark2020:
This looks great asking and getting questions solved in completely different phone forums

How would it be if I go and ask has messaging bug been solved in that kyrillos beta ROM released a year ago in galaxy s3 (or even iPhone forum :D) forum

Sent from my superphone using superswift Swype
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] dilzo:
Don't get me wrong I still have a I5800 but the S3 forums pretty much suck so I'm just hovering around here :).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] allspark2020:
Sorry I did not mean anything but isn't my post humorous or atleast nearby

Take my thanks as apology if you were hurt

Any way we can help s3 users for simple problems in our threads

Sent from my superphone using superswift Swype
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] dilzo:
See this is what I mean, the G3 community is full of nice people like you. Thanks :).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] b2bt:
anyways...is there any way to get more brightness or rather brighter/clearer screen? on g3 ofcourse !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mox123:
tried dynamic and brightness is poor compared to one x, but i still enjoy both phones
[Samsung Captivate Glide] LuckRocks:
Hello, i just got my glide yesterday and i text quite a bit and when i have no new text it has a 1 still on the app icon is there any fix to this?
[Samsung Captivate Glide] dudejb:
I was noticing this if I did not go into the text and just read it from the preview. Just go to the text and it should remove the +1. I also use SMS popup and that fixes the issue with the reading of texts.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] ajt1995:
I use handcent and just disable the stock messaging app.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] phatryan69:
I've been noticing that mine has been being screwy here lately. So I've just switched to gosms so
[Samsung Captivate Glide] dudejb:
Is there any app that lets you send SMS without getting charged for an SMS. I have 125 SMS to send in a month and I have come close to surpass this. I was wondering if there was a way to send SMS for free with out using my plans SMS. I do not mean use messaging apps that both parties need to have installed. I mean an app that works via the internet and sends SMS server side so as not to cost me any SMS fees. Anyone know of such?
[Samsung Captivate Glide] ajt1995:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gogii.textplus

This is what my sister uses.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] antonyfirst:
I also disabled the stock app, and chose GoSMS.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] bobbinthreadbare:
google voice
[Samsung Captivate Glide] dudejb:
Unfortuantely Google voice does not work in Canada for sending out Text messages for free. I tried this already. I had it send 2 text messages and I was charged to them as though my phone sent it and I was charged for sending a text to US as well.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] ajt1995:
Seriously, textplus
[Samsung Captivate Glide] roothorick:
That could just as easily be you're-not-using-it-right. A quick way to test: put your phone in airplane mode, then re-enable Wi-Fi (with airplane mode still on) and connect to a working AP. If you're set up correctly you'll still be able to send messages through the GV app. (And it won't sit on "Sending...", it'll actually deliver the message.) And you shouldn't be charged for it.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] bobbinthreadbare:
that sucks. i recently noticed i can text my friend in canada now. when i started using gv on my wifi only devices, none of my texts would go through to her. that was about 2 years ago. i dont know when they started allowing it but about a month ago we tried again and it works. im in the us. try the suggested wifi/ap mode thing. thats my usual setup anyways.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mookiexl:
I just bought my S2 from tmobile 4 days ago and managed to brick it flashing the wrong Siyah kernel, I dont need trouble shooting tips it s definitely hard bricked not responsive at all except qshusb dload upon pc plug in, but do you think Tmobile will notice its rooted if they cant power on
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nabilbek:
its a matter of luck imo :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ninosmaxima:
If it gets into dl mode you can odin some more
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mookiexl:
Thanks but thats a no go. The phone doesn't even vibrate when its connected usb to pc with battery out. Its a wrap pretty much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PJcastaldo:
What's a siyah kernel?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bobby3306:
My guess would be a kernel for one the other gs2's...thus hard brick...smh
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mookiexl:
Siyah Kernel v.3.3.2 ICS Kernel think the one I flashed was for a different s2. I got a little overzealous with my flashing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JPOKeefe:
No they won't know when I was a noob I hard bricked my gs ii day ONE sent it back no problem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mookiexl:
T-Mobile replaced the device free of charge so looks like I'm back at. Told them the device was not responding. thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] envyminnesota:
MobileTech Videos

I too managed to HARD Brick My galaxy S II, I flashed a rom for the GSII I900 and I have the tmobile version, the T989.

It would not respond to charging cable, USB to computer, nothing would happen. I found articles on here and went through the hassle of creating a home made jig that still did not resolve it.

]http:/ /mobiletechvideos samsung-galaxy-s-ii-t-mobile-jtag-brick-repair/

I used this site and paid the 50$, I shipped the device to them on a Monday and I had it back by that Friday! It is as good as new and the battery life is better no doubt, not sure if that had to do with the JTAG repair or not though.

I would recommend the above to anyone! 50$ is really reasonable and alot cheaper than replacing it since i dont have insurance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] a93hunt:
Somewhat relevant. I just had a thought.. I'm running CM9.1 stable now. Is is possible for me to wake up one day and find that my device bricked by itself overnight?

When I was on Blackberry, it was completely possible. Just wondering.
[HTC One S] Duff201:
Hi, I can not get wifi to work. In the evening everything was working, i turn on the plane mode, put phone on the bedside table and lay down to sleep. In the morning I get up, turn off the plane mode and find out that the phone can't connect to the wifi router. When i turn on wifi - nothing happens. Like if there is no any wifi hotspot. But my pc and second phone stiil got the internrt from the same wifi router. Mobile internet is working. I did a full wipe and re-flashed the firmware and boot.img - wifi not working. Restored a back up but it didn't help too. I re-flashed radio - same result. Several times the phone got connected to the router, but connection disappears immediately. The channel in the router is automatic. I have the same probleme with my wifi router at work. If I turn on the hotspot mode in the phone, I can see it from my PC, but cant connect to it. Hope you will help me and sorry for my bad english.
[HTC One S] Big_Den:
Try re-flashing the rom + clear cache and delvik cache, boot into bootloader, flash the boot.img with

fastboot flash boot boot_name.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot

The wifi modules were messed up during the flash. Try the above first, if it still doesnt work try flashing this zip in recovery http://d-h.st/vhf
[HTC One S] Duff201:
It didn't help. :confused:

As I wrote above it didn't happen during the flash or after it. The phone was lying on the table all night and nobody touch it. And in the morning I found that wifi is not working. But in the evening all was ok.
[HTC One S] Duff201:
Can some one please give me a link to download RUU_Ville_U_HTC_Europe_1.53.401.2_Radio_0.15.31501 S.19_10.12.31501S.06L_release_251412_signed

I found one here but it's on dropbox and there is a 509 mistake. Thks.
[HTC One S] Duff201:
I saw this link on filefactory? but there are "All free download slots are in use" as usual...
[HTC One S] frdd:
Its not in here? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1543588

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citronbitare:
Until yesterday I used several different ROMs, without having any sound problem.

The problem started when I flashed Syiah kernel 1.2.6 (which might be a coincidence), while being on OMEGA-ROM. Thereafter I couldn't hear anything in phone calls any more (but others can hear me) on any ROOTED firmware or ROMs.

Reverting back to Syiah 1.1 (or switching to any other kernel) didn't help, neither did flashing any other rom.

Full wipe (including all storage space) solved the problem temporarlily. But after reboot no sound in phone calls again. Also changing the modem first helped, but the problem re-appeared after the first reboot.

Finally I flashed stock rom (LF2) via ODIN. Now the problem was solved - I believed. I could hear people in phone calls even after several reboots. But as soon as I rooted the phone with CF-Root AND changed some files on /system/media/ui the call sound was gone again after the following re-boot.

I reflashed again to stoch firmware via ODIN and now I have to live with an unrooted phone, which is not the worst thing in the world. But I really would like to be able to use custom ROMs again...

Anyone with similar experiences or with any idea about possible causes and/or solutions???

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citronbitare:
Really nobody who could help???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zanith:
Can you record sound with other apps?

That should see if its a problem with just the phone apk or a more native problem.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citronbitare:
Well, others can hear me but I can't hear them in phone calls. There is no problem with the phone speaker, because I can use viber without problems.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zabalba:
BUMP! I'm having the same problem!

I'm hoping it's not a hardware problem.

I wonder if any dev can chime in.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citronbitare:
Well, it shouldn't be hardware related, because there is no problem on unmodified stock firmware.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghul21:
You have the same problem, but after flashing syiah?

If yes it is not coincidence i think.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Kernel has sound modifications for last version 1.26
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zabalba:
I noticed I had the problem intermittently when I first started using Foxhound on Saturday. Foxhound comes bundled with Syiah.

I thought it was something else all together. I asked in the Foxhound thread and only one other person +1'd my post. Today I switched to Omega hoping it the problem would go away and it was actually worse.

I was testing just now and every time I called my phone I could hear nothing on my handset or through headphones. Just in case I did't accidentally flubbed anything else up I unfroze all the TB apps I had frozen to see if it was working. Interestingly after defrosting and rebooting I can hear again. Attached are the apps I had frozen.

But this has not been the first time it was working correctly and then go back to not hearing calls.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghul21:
I strive for that. What I would do:

Flash stock rom

Factory reset via stock recovery

flash stock

cfroot

and then check if it is still a problem.

That is why the topic OMEGA asked that the next versions were the stock kernel.

That is why in order to avoid such problems.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citronbitare:
Yes, it all started after flashing syiah 1.2.6. So maybe it's not a coincidence after all.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citronbitare:
For me it has also been an intermittent problem. Kernel changes, modem changes, wipes, etc often temporarily helped - but only for one boot cycle. A reboot always brought the problem back. Only on stock firmware I can always hear.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citronbitare:
I have done exactly that - and the problem is gone as long as you only do these steps. But modifying the system partition in any way (changing, deleting or adding files or flashing custom rom) brings you back to square one.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghul21:
And may you have an earlier backup? Stock with cfroot or similar?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citronbitare:
The sound problem is there even when I restore earlier backups. Now I am on stock firmware and everything is okay.

But I would like to use custom ROMs again with working phone call function, which is not possible for now.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghul21:
This is the weirdest problem that I have seen here.:eek:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citronbitare:
Just a status update. I have done some more testing and obviously what makes call sounds not to work is certain changes to the system partition (as compared to stock firmware).

In my case call sound works as long as I am on stock firmware (no matter what stock firmware; I have tested three or four different ones). If I root stock firmware with CF-root I still have call sound. I also can change kernels and it is possible to modify host files with ad-free.

However, as soon as I manually change or modify anything on the system-partition with root explorer or when I install custom ROMs the call sound disappears after the next reboot - no matter what radio I use. I also have tested the radio from the newest malaysian firmware which has surfaced today.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zabalba:
Thanks for your testing!

Like I mentioned in my earlier post I unfroze all of the apps and I have not run into the issue. My phone is running Omega 5.2 with Siyah 1.2.6. I'm totally expecting the problem to return but it has not so far. I wish it was consistent and reproducible.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] citronbitare:
I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope that you have finally gotten rid of this problem. And thanks btw for asking Chainfire and Indie too look at this thread!

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexwontlose:
I got that problem myself, the only thing that really helped for me is to

flash my Stock Rom that where on the Phone out of the Box... since 2 Days

the Bug is gone. But havent tried any other Stock Rom.

I want to try Omega 6.0 Rom...(now)

I was thinking about flashing CF-Root and do those steps before custom:

1. Wipe Data/Factory Reset

2. Wipe Cache Partition

3. In Advanced ---> Format System/Cache/Data (someone tried this before?)

4. Flash the Rom.

My Question is for those guys like me where the only solution is to stay on

non rooted stock rom, have you tried flashing a custom rom with step 3. from above and still encounter the call issue?

I read somewhere that with step 3. the Phone is really FULL WIPE.

Sorry for my bad english :silly:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris_84:
Maybe you should try to flash a stock Rom who got 3 parts instead of just one. That solves some problems that I got at the beginning like message app don't work and some other stuff. Or you can try mobile Odin for flashing.

Edit: Try to flash that 3 part firmware via Odin on your PC. But please do not tick repartition!

https://hotfile.com/dl/156320160/eb4a939/I9300XXALE8_I9300OJVALE7_OJV.zip.html

Here's the password if needed: samdownloads.de
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slofmb:
I have not seen any stock roms for the s3 which are in 3 parts. I have tried to flash the csc files separately over severaly of the roms i have tried but to no avail.

I have also installed the latest cm9 rom (both stock modem and lfb modem) and still no possitive results. I cant see the reason complete wipe and stock rom flash wouldnt solve the problem since the speaker and mic work perfectly (skype etc work perfectly on earpiece, speaker and earphones while normal calls dont have any sound.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris_84:
Take a look at my post above yours. I put a link in it for firmware who got three parts. It's from a German website. I also don't know if it work for you but I think you should give it a shot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slofmb:
Still no result. I get the same error even when i flash a 3 part rom.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris_84:
Csc still unknown? And the call bug still present? That's pretty awful. Did you ask in foxhound thread if somebody got an idea. If nothing works I would take to Samsung to get a new device.

Edit: Only last thing I know is to flash the dxlf3 modem. Someone wrote in the thread that it worked for him on stock blfb Rom.