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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
The I777UCKE5 firmware is available from sammobile.com/firmware. I've also posted the tar.md5 file in the Download Repository.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Divine_Madcat:
Final warning ONE AND ALL... stop the flaming.. NOW.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] asl9622:
Same here. Mine does not have one and is a warranty replacement. I compared to my fiancees. And her sticker is different.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] topnauche:
So i did the method posted and it went smoothly. I like the update but I have one issue. The home button seems to lagg a bit when pressed. Every other button on my phone has an immediate response with the haptic feedback and in general, but the home button has a slight delay? Am I alone with this issue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kev012in:
Just finished talking to a at&t Rep. Keep the flame to a minimum please but the official release date is Tuesday, June 26th. http://m1129.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/kev012in/Snip3.png.html?o=1&newest=1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
Nice to know, but I hate that it won't be OTA.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VFT:
Had you waited 10 more minutes to post this I would have taken the plunge...still might lol ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dilligaf241:
Ok, I haven't seen anyone ask this so I wanted to know if I force the update, will I lose all my apps? I know it will wipe the contacts and such but I've already backed them up with Kies. I really don't want to have to re-install all my apps though. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
Yes, if you install the update through the recovery "trick" on KIES it wipes everything. Wait until the official release happens and you should be able to update without losing apps, but I'm not sure about that either.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
It seems it does since it wipes system data.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dilligaf241:
Thanks for the quick response. I will just hold out. Maybe they will release on the 26th.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
I upgraded, did a factory reset, signed into my google account all my current apps that were installed reinstalled from the playstore. It doesn't wipe pictures or video data (personal media including download folder in INTERNAL memory) on internal or external even after a factory reset. Didn't think it would save but.its still currentlyon my phone. IcS 4.0.3. My contacts were already backed up to.my gmail so everything previous was all still there. Just have to re add the widgets and settings.

Game app and login data WILL be wiped.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
So everything went fine then, any bugs to report so far? I want to upgrade so bad right now but im a bit nervous. Im using my phone on tmobile right now will it lock back up then? So for sure my memory card will not be touched then?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] soulja4187:
The phone won't lock back once its been unlocked. I use a tmobile sgs2 and didn't lose anything when updated to ics
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
So far so good except a little bit lag or the sensitivity is set too high
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VFT:
I just woke up decided to give Kies a try one more time before forcing the download and it found the ICS update. Currently installing will report back when finished....

4.0.3 was installed no issues as of yet...that was too easy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Thank you, I may update my wife's phone later.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TooLateGabe:
Of course it was... didn't u expect something SO terribly executed by ATT to be super easy and anticlimactic in the long run?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] blackplague1347:
Is it possible that my kernel is preventing Kies from being able to connect to my phone? It's a rooted zedomax kernel on 2.3.4. After doing a bit of google searching, none of the solutions to Kies' problems were helping me. Progress was made, but it simply won't recognize my device. Aside from the rooted kernel, everything on my phone is stock. I have the latest version of Kies and the drivers for my phone installed successfully, so far as I can tell.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] WD333:
Stuck at 1%

Kies found the new update and it finished downloading but now it's stuck at 1% during the "firmware upgrade in progress stage" with orange progress bar in Kies. Phone is showing green Android and "Downloading. Do not turn off target" on the screen. It's been at 1% for about 20 minutes now. Is it ok to unplug and restart? Any thoughts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
You may need to roll back to stock to get Kies to see it properly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] GFunkOfLex:
Mine had an unknown CSC initially and Kies didn't want to talk to it so I flashed back to original stock, OTA'd to KK6, then Kies talked to it. Still no ICS update for me, but at least Kies is talking.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] soulja4187:
Keep trying, i just got the update screen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
with the recovery update method? or the main screen in KIES is saying the official update is live?

(I am curious if the official method is going to be any different than what went live earlier this week)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kalibr:
I received the update. It seemed to be working fine. The download reached 100% but Kies lost connection with the phone shortly afterwards. The phone has been displaying the message, "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" for about 25 minutes. Should I restart? Any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
The phone should restart on its own if it gets the update correctly. Did you have the green bar move across the phone? That's how you know it was getting the firmware. If that doesn't happen, you want to start over.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] WD333:
My update hung at 1% and I unplugged it and had to do the emergency recovery mode. I had to try it twice because it hung the first time too. But it eventually downloaded and updated ICS successfully after that. Looks to be working fine now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kalibr:
Thanks for the reply Jack Man! No, never saw the green bar. It was just stuck on "downloading". I restarted the phone and it's back to normal. I'll have to restart the update process. I have to say, doing these updates through Kies seems to be hit or miss. I did an OTA ICS update on my Asus Prime tablet a few months back and it was effortless and only took about 5 mins.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] soulja4187:
I got the update by just opening keis and plugging in the phone. It said one update found
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Butchr:
Yeah it looks like it is live on Kies again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
I just updated my wife's phone via Kies.

It is the same version mine is from the upgrade a few days ago.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
I am trying the update right now, it took a few times for the upgrade to go all the way through, so hopefully it will work this time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dilligaf241:
Just updated mine. It went through the first time and no hang ups or issues. Now resetting all my screens. Other than that liking it so far. Glad I waited.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
It worked! I was a bit worried because it stuck for a minute of two, but so far so good. Thanks for all the help!

---------- Post added at 07:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:45 PM ----------

I am a bit bummed out though because I can't make my folders. Is there something I am missing?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Menu > Add > Folders
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
I was thinking more on the lines like the folders like you see on the nexus S. Is that possible?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SeanHacker:
Looking the same and actually being the same are two different stories. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dilligaf241:
I thought the camera was supposed to improved and changed on ICS. Mine looks that same as before. Am I missing something?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vchall27:
Quick question though. I'm still plugging in my S2 to Kies and it still says that my device isn't compatible for a a update. What am i missing????
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jrod091:
When you sign back in to your Google account, your apps should automatically be redownloaded
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
You could try a different launcher
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] selw0nk:
If I want to root it do I just flash the Siyah kernel and I'm set?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TooLateGabe:
Mine's legit... been playing around w/ it for a couple hours and I'm seeing this strange GingerCreamSandwich mixed version of Android that definitely isn't 4.o yet it is... yet, it isn't... yet, we lost some live wallpapers and didn't gain any ICS backgrounds so it's a "quiet the angry mob" release. Or a "stop those crazy rooters" release... I'm assuming (lol) we are gonna see an update to the update ... to the update? How did I get here? This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TooLateGabe:
As far as I can tell its the same as before the ICS update... because my girlfriend is still hogging my second i777 for Angry Birds Space Training. Update or no update, thankfully some things never change. More later... probably waaay later.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Serial Abuser:
I think that's the Touchwiz camera. I was bummed about the lack of upgrade as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] usama_ah:
Updated this AM without issues. Took a little while. All photos, text messages, etc., were transferre dover.

Just updated my sister's. It seems because of TouchWiz some of the ICS features like drag 'n drop folder creation isn't available.

I don't really like this TouchWiz infused ICS, but my sister refuses to root for now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
I have nothing against touch wiz at all but running Apex just looks and feels a little better on ICS to me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ronj1986:
Can you enable NFC in settings after the ICS upgrade?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] selw0nk:
You can't and I think our phones don't support NFC.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Our phones do but it at&t crippled it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kyrax12:
Just Updated..

Seems kinda buggy.

I had google voice crash on me a few times.

Is this a stable released?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
I think it will get enabled on 4.04, our next future update
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
I have never had any crashes or anything really as of yet. But then again I did factory reset since it was an upgrade to a complete new firmware
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kyrax12:
Damn don't really feel like doing a factory reset. I hope I will be fine without one. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Treydor:
I saw in another post somebody contacted att about this update and they claim to have not released ics at all yet. This whole situation stinks and I'm just going to wait for ota update. Thanks for the tips though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kalibr:
Second time updating my GS2 went much smoother. It loaded the update in a matter of 5 mins. After messing with the phone for the past few hours, everything seems to be working well. All apps, settings and screens were kept intact. I did have to re-pair some Bluetooth devices. One benefit I noticed right away... home screen transitions are much smoother.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TooLateGabe:
I've been playing with this update all day. No performance issues... none at all. From bluetooth connections, tethering apps, flashlights, launchers, media players, browsers, games, lockers... even Dr. Seuss stopped by with a three-horned flap flimmy floozer. And it worked... but it's lacking most of what actually makes it ICS and THAT makes it wicked lame, dude. WICKED lame...

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kyrax12:
did you do a factory reset?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
Don't hold your breath for an OTA ICS update. This is all we're going to get from AT&T/Samsung. They're on to other things like the SGS3, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kyrax12:
I don't get why some people prefer OTA updates rather than kies update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] powruser:
I like this release, but it still has low in call earpiece volume, AOKP did something to fix the volume issue.

The volume fix where you replace audio libs and phone.apk only works on GB ROMs.

Is there any way to fix the call volume? Maybe an ICS compatible volume fix?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] swole2:
I just completed the download after 3 timeouts and the only thing I lost was my home screen settings, so far so good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mvi57:
From what I've read elsewhere upgrading via Kies on a Mac does not work, so for those people with Macs an OTA update would be helpful.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
No offense, but this made me laugh out loud. To think that Samsung would do anything to accommodate anything to do with Apple/Mac. It won't happen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] drjim:
Does this update require a stock and unrooted ROM? Does it have Voice Command? Is it any better than other ICS ROMs out there?

Can someone provide detailed installation instructions (or where I can find them; search didn't turn up anything)?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dli7319:
do any of you have the problem of downloads failing in the web browser

for example when downloading a zip from get.cm it would say starting download and then pop up the downloads app saying failed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TooLateGabe:
Nope went swimmingly mate and considering it's my backup device I'm not surprised it went so well. It'll be my main GS2 that will have the issues... Murphy's Law. But I'm not putting it on my main if all we get is this Ginger Cream Sammy build. I'll be using this heavy and keep you informed as it seems I'm the smoothest install thus far in here, but lemme say the battery life has been at least 160% better w this build. I never rooted this one before but used go products for everything so that could be a big part of why this seems longer now... more later.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] XERO_Racer:
Is this build going to void the warranty if it was upgraded to this build of ICS? Since its currently "not a live official release"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
I would think if you plug your phone in and Kies says there is an

update and you do it that way it would Not void the warranty.

If they put it out Joe Public is going to assume it is officially released;

it would be a bit hard for them to say it is not when they were the

ones who put it out there.

But if you force it another way They (Samsung or AT&T) may take issue.

But This is just my Opinion (for what it's worth).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BobbyBlue:
Can we get some pictures/performance reports of stock ICS? One poster mentioned it was very fluid, much more so than gingerbread.

Is the phone stable after the update? are there any moments where it hangs or stutters?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jet987:
installed ICS 4.0.3 yesterday thru Kies, my quadrant score went from 3200 to 4100. All works great, smooth and fast, never rooted my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] drjim:
Can someone tell me if this official ICS has a native Voice Command (hands-free voice through BT) built it?

If not, what are others using?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] blackplague1347:
I haven't tried it yet since the 4.0.3 update, but I had this problem often on gingerbread. Downloads would often fail and leave me to try it from another browser, where it would succeed. Luckily, now that you're on ICS, you can download Chrome Beta from the Play Store, which is superior to the stock browser and doesn't have a problem with failing downloads :D

As for this update/build: all seems well. Battery life is phenomenal, my service/connection hasn't changed (that I've noticed, yet), I haven't had any apps stop unexpectedly, and snapping a picture seems like it takes (slightly) less time. I'm not a big fan of the lock screen, because sometimes the little lock "skids" across the screen as I drag my finger, rather than simply unlocking the phone. Wallpapers don't scroll like they used to. It's very stable, save for one time when the phone froze and I had to reset it by holding the power button for a while. Haven't had to pull the battery yet. When I type on the keyboard, I tend to type pretty rapidly and it seems like this build has greater responsiveness than AOSP-based ROMs that I've tried (but it's entirely possible that this is a matter of which keyboard I use, and not the ROM). The email app has changed for the better (checkboxes!). Most bloat can be uninstalled or disabled (and thus removed from the app drawer). I haven't noticed any lag. In order to update, I flashed back to stock, unrooted 2.3.4. Prior to that, Kies wouldn't recognize my phone. ymmv.

tl;dr: so far so good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] beaverslayer:
A couple things I've noticed since the upgrade:

1. Screen brightness is different than GB. Even when turned all the way down its noticeably on.

2. Cell signal is weaker..

3. Battery life is better than 2.3.6, but not as good as 2.3.4

4. Sometimes the down arrow on wifi data stays lit for.extended periods of time.

5. Kies is not a reliable enough platform for safely administering software updates. Also, if you backed up with Kies and was running GB, the call logs won't restore. Not sure why; maybe modem difference.

6. Wallpaper doesn't scroll on home screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] WD333:
Wallpaper issues

Has anyone else noticed wallpaper zoom, no scrolling issues after updating to ICS?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bucsfan2384:
just updated my phone last night and notice that the carrier id stays on all the ***king time , does anybody know how to get rid of the carrier id on the notification bar ? it's stupid!!! just seeing if it's like that on everyones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Treydor:
This update is nowhere near as smooth as GB.... oh well
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gadgetguy681:
My call logs restored perfectly after the update...

Stock phone-non rooted.

Keyboards seem to be more accurate.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BobbyBlue:
Carrier ID is always on in the notification bar, which BLOCKS YOUR NOTIFICATIONS (wtf)

Dialer is 3 times as slow to load up

Lag when scrolling through home screens

THE TOUCH SENSITIVITY IS MESSED UP. always registers a swipe as a flick.

maybe im just used to swiftkey 3 (frickin awesome btw) but the stock android keyboard is horrible.

settings menu is way to damn long

no time in notification bar, only on the lockscreen. (this was a redundancy in 2.3.6/4, but I liked it.

Screen takes a long time to power on when pressing power button. At least a second, maybe more.

Did I mention how ****ty the touch sensitivity was? It feels like I went back to my old captivate.

The text (icon labels and whatnot) got smaller. This is annoying. The screen is huge, there is no reason for samsung to lower the size of the text.

slight pauses when doing anything on the phone.

Gmail got updated! looks pretty cool.

no stock samsung apps got updated.

phone icon is new

battery life is horrible right off the bat. Went down 7% in 38 minutes. On 2.3.4 I could get nearly 2 days with ease.

"Swipe to the next tab" part of ics design philosophy does not work anywhere in touchwiz, or in some of the apps. Gets to be really annoying after a while.

The update WILL remove root.

Everything on the screen seems smaller for no reason at all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] beaverslayer:
On auto brightness, battery usage shows the screen as using 54% of the battery. May have to turn it down to a quarter or less manually to help out the battery. Seems to be much brighter than it was on GB when running both on auto adjust.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
I do have the Time in my notification bar

The AT&T Is is only there on the lock screen

(though it could be because my battery app overwrites it)

The touch sensitivity on my phone is very good (only takes a very slight touch).

I'm wondering there are different sub models (mine is only a month old).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BobbyBlue:
Yo, I just downgraded to gingerbread. It is much much much smoother, and I find I like the interface more than ICS. It's like night and day.

on ICS have you noticed the relative jerkiness when you swipe quickly?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xhepera:
I keep hearing about this alleged jerkiness. Is it only an issue with Samsung ICS? I've never seen it with the ROM/kernel that I use. In fact, my phone is much smoother and more responsive now than it ever was on either Samsung or custom GB. Granted I've no experience with other ICS ROMs, Samsung or custom. Maybe it's TouchWiz?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bcolton:
Portable Hotspot - Options

Just upgraded to stock 4.0.3, GSII is not rooted & I have the hotspot plan.

I'm not seeing customization options within portable hotspot, specifically naming the access point and setting the password and encryption. It's only giving me an option to manage an approved list. :confused:

==Update==

The settings are no longer "displayed" when you select Portable WiFi. Once I clicked on the portable wifi I had to select my settings button to configure the WiFi access.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TomH54:
A considerable amount of the original "settings" instructions in the original user manual no longer pertain to the phone after the ICS update. No biggie IMHO. I for one am liking ICS more than GB.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lonewolf69:
Since XERO and others have recently mentioned about the legality/warranty support of this upgrade...

I thougth I dispell *ALL* of these notions by posting the official AT&T Samsung SGH-I777 update here:

http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB414416&cv=820#fbid=7LmxIv9R05v

My apologies to you all if this has already been posted...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TooLateGabe:
Wassup you handsome fellows?

Quick update of MY experience with "GingerCream Sandwich" 4.0.3 for my fine furry friends:

I DO have the time in my notification bar.

I have NO scrolling walls.

I have 50 cents in my left pocket.

I have FC issues w/ all open apps when downloading files w/ Chrome Beta.

I have a dream...

I have NOT had issues w/ wifi, bluetooth connections OR file transfer with either one, blazing fast transfer speeds as usual. *sha-wiiing*

I have great battery life. Usually did, still do, but chargers are our friends.

I have NO COPY/PASTE ability in MANY apps, most of which are installed stock. Facebook being one of them, sometimes it won't work in Memo as well.

I had a charging battery icon freezing issue, but then I realized it doesn't animate while charging anymore... so then I only had a grin.

I have MUCH faster boot/shutdown times.

I have NO SCREEN SHOT ability w/ home/power button any longer? Or do I? Anybody? Beuler? Beuler? Beuler?

I have a significantly brighter screen on my ICS GS2 than on my GB GS2 when compared side by side.

I have two GS2's... heh heh heh.

I have copy/paste in the XDA app.

I have a terrible memory and a feeling I'll be back w/ more...

Love, Peace and Droid Grease!

TLG

Sent from my secondary Galaxy S2 w/ 4.0.3 "GingerCream Sandwich"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dli7319:
screenshot (for all ics devices) is holding volume down and power at the same time

btw, can you download large files with the default "web" app?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TooLateGabe:
You, my friend, are the bees knees... TA VERY MUCH!

Sent using my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA... and my fingers.