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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
Other than flashing the pre-rooted versions which do not carry the stock kernel, AJ's (entropy's) or erstad's (cherrypicker) or flashing one of the custom kernels, there is no easy way. But with some file moving through unpacked then repacked .zip files I have managed a rooted stock UCLE5 ROM with the stock LE5 kernel...its tricky but not too much for a novice like myself. But dont forget that the ability to disable some of the AT&T bloatware comes with the stock ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TooLateGabe:
Yeah, got mine too. There is apparently an update to the previous 4.0.3 that was... I hate to say released... earlier this week. Curious to see how many improvements were made, if any.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
They must be sending those out in phases

I got the notice Yesterday (or was it the day before.... Long week)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Any details?

Mine is still showing it to be the latest version.

Thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
They didn't change it. Build date was 5/31 and release date 6/1, ChangeList number CL652575. Same one shown in the screen shot in the post above yours. There hasn't been any newer release.

If anyone had a different ChangeList number, then post screen shot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] WildFishZoo:
Hi guys. I have the ATT 4.0.3 update (through Kies a couple days ago) and I seem to be missing a few ICS features like the camera. My camera looks exactly the same as it did in GB and it is listed as version 1.0 in the apps. The ICS camera is supposed to add panorama, new backgrounds and a few other features. Did anyone get the camera upgrade? I did get the new task switching, so some of the ICS features are present, just not as many as I had hoped. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
Insertrandomfacepalmimagehere
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Hold on I got one
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Have you read This response?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
Lol...instant classic! ...my new lock screen!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] spoiledlilnygrl:
Update:

thanks to the people who tried to help on here. I appreciate it. To those who act like jack asses, kick rocks. Anywho, i figured out why the update will not work. Apparently, the update was not set to work with Windows of any version on a 64 bit machines. Samsung says it's too "complicated". Oh well, Samsung's lost. My job will probably be issuing me a HTC One X seeing as Aye Tee Tee is bsing with the release date of the S3. Oh well. thanks again for you time :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rmyc:
DONT UPDATE

just went form stock GB to Stock ICS and it's slooooooow as heck, super unresponsive.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rompus:
I updated mine with 64 bit Win 7. Worked flawlessly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] scsurface1:
I have Windows 7 64-bit......worked flawlessly. Sorry for your troubles. S2 is the best phone out there by far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] swole2:
I think Samsung just giving you bad info, I updated with windows 7 after downloading the updated Kies with only a slight hitch, the download timed out and I had to start over. Im sure someone on this forum can help you if you still have the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eowyn:
just updated to ICS 4.0.3 via Kies using Windows 7 64 bit, try downloading the latest version of Kies perhaps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rmyc:
is anyone else suffering lag? when the unlock button takes 2 seconds to pop open the ul screen and the touch interface
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TooLateGabe:
Yeah... I did too... last Saturday, so I agree. Newest Kies version Mate.

Also... little bit of fun info for ya'll, you can't update an SG2 thru Kies if your internet connection is ANOTHER SG2 using Easy Tether Pro... it will recognize it as a second connected Sammy regardless of it's relationship w/ Kies.

Boo. Hiss.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
That wasn't flaming, and yes I have
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TooLateGabe:
Sorry.. GS2... I know someone will point that out and publicly stone me if I don't correct my bloody sacrilegious mistake...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TooLateGabe:
What I'd like to know is if there are differences between Saturday's ATT 4.0.3 release and today's release? ie scrolling wallpapers, ANY ICS wallpapers, anything that we didn't get in round one, really... because other than being SUPER speedy, this feels like a poor mix of GB and ICS... mmmmm... I wonder if I have ice cream and ginger bread cookies?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RPK925:
Hi Im trying to update to 4.0.3 through Kies for the last week, and I have the latest version of Kies. It recognizes the phone but it still hasn't given me the update message. Any suggestions?. Im on stock 2.3.6 with root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
As others have said, we have had success using Windows 7 64 bit.

What version of windows are you running?

Have you uninstalled Kies and Re-installed the latest version?

Are you using a Laptop (sometimes that makes a difference)?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Please post as many details as you can

Windows version?

Have you uninstalled the Old Kies and re-installed the latest version?

Is it a Laptop or a desktop?

Etc
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
@TooLateGabe,

See post #355 a couple of pages back where I answered your question...

Or do you just not believe the answer?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rurigokou:
i had a similar problem with win 7 pro 64, here is what i did to resolve it.

1. uninstall all of kies and samsung drivers.

2 download and install this "ghostbuster-codeplex-com" remove and samsung or kies listed ghosted devices then reboot.

3. download and install kies from here "www-samsung-com/us/kies"

4. plug your device in and wait for the driver to finish installing.

5. launch kies and get your update.

replace the - with dot in the proper place because of the posting rules.

thes are the steps i took to resolve my issue with win 7 pro 64, your milage may vary.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bxsteve31:
I was rooted. Updated and lost root but update went perfectly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] aw_:
Ok, 2.3.4 was super stable and I had no complaints. 4.0.3 is laggy, has trouble in google play, drops wifi all the time, and the battery life sucks. I love finally getting chrome though. Have any of the rooting methods been confirmed to work on ics?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Butchr:
As others have posted Kies runs like crap on Windows 7 64 bit, but I have had a good bit of success with the program as long as each time you open it you right click and run as admin. If you just run the program without running it as admin it crashes for me every time.

I also had problems getting my PC to actually see the phone. I used some compressed air and cleaned out the micro usb port as well as using a toothpick to get out any excess debris that had accumulated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] higgs_:
Same thing happens here.

EDIT: Running Win7 Ultimate 64-bit
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryusen:
Sadness, just downloaded the latest KIES and no update is showing .(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rompus:
I got the update earlier today. Time will tell if it is buggy or not.

Hint - if you want to ditch TW for a more stock ICS feel, just download Apex Launcher.

So far, no lag, no problems. Signal levels might be a bit lower with the included modem.

The ROM as is does look like Gingerbread smashed up with ICS with a healthy dose of TW slathered on top. Apex Launcher fixes that for the most part IMO.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] R2D2_SW:
Is NFC supported on that rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
No.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rompus:
No idea.

I'm not sure how to even check and tell you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ChocolateSnow:
I don't get it, I've been stoked since i first heard about the official update via KIES at around 5pm and even after checking periodically since then. nothing shows up :/ meanwhile other people are getting it. whats going on?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rusto:
Can someone share what the update looks like. I haven't seen any screen shots of the official update yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
It looks like any of the other leaks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jjack0310:
how do I get the update without KIES???

I am on stock rom, but for some reason KIES wont connect to my phone.

Help Please
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Captpt:
Did you guys put your phones back to stock before updating?? Has anyone done it with a rooted GS2 running one of the ROMS from XDA?

Part of me wants to give the official ICS a shot but not sure I want to seeing the ICS ROMs we have here should be the same minus the AT&T crapware and less tweaked for improved battery life..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Edge1978:
The only lag I noticed is to wake up the phone. a few secs. But other than that it's nice!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] insomnia:
any way to get the stock ICS notification bar on this without root? I am using apex launcher and now the notification bar does not match ..... sucks ...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] anomaly460:
You guys do know you are a few clicks away from custom 4.0.4 roms that are better in every aspect right? I don't get how you can be an XDA user, know what's out there, and still be running stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
Not to mention this release is just a few posts down WITH a rooted kernel already and has been here since early this afternoon..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BROKKANIC:
You using KIES Mini?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] R2D2_SW:
Under Settings>More you should see the NFC setting.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] selw0nk:
I had to put it back to stock GB and update through Kies.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rompus:
I'll just be honest with you. Back when I had a Captivate, I tried many custom ROMs. Without fail, they all had bugs and shortcomings, even the best was still buggy.

I got this phone and it still had 2.3.4 on it. It has always ran flawlessly bone stock, not rooted. So I left it alone.

If the ICS update runs smoothly and bug free, then I will leave it alone as well.

So far (and I realize it is very early to make an assesment), this update runs VERY smooth and bug free.

I popped Apex launcher on it to give it a more stock look and it is smooth as silk. No lag, no problems.

...and all that being said, just a few minutes before I saw that the ICS update was available, I was reading threads in the development forum considering flashing an ICS ROM since I just knew AT&T was going to sit on this update for a while yet. Then BOOM, there it is. So I will give it a fair shake.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Intub8:
I bet entropy is a busy bee. Does anyone know if the brick bug has been prevented in the kernal.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rompus:
Nope. Not there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RPK925:
Yes I have uninstalled, and re-installed the new Kies it says its version 2.3.2.12054_20. Im using a laptop with windows 7.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cjs42:
I have been trying to get the update for the past 3 days without any luck and I cant figure out whats wrong. I have a macbook pro and im running the latest version of gingerbread. I just tried to reinstall kies and when i opened it i get stuck on a download screen to update kies that says downloading update file then the download bar is at 100% and then below that it says

MAC-KIESAGENT.12.06.21.01.zip When i tried to download it before I reinstalled kies i kept getting to the korean writing then nothing would happen. I would wait for about 25 minutes before giving up on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I saw JackMans method above but dont really want to wipe my phone. If i missed a solution in any other posts sorry and thanks for the help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shadow65781:
Im running windows 7 home premium 64 bit on a 2yr old hp laptop, worked for me first try, I did however uninstall all samsung devices and drivers before I installed kies.

Don't bait the trolls.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Your laptop may be the issue I have had trouble flashing other devices using

the USB port on a laptop (some laptops do not supply the proper voltage)

I would try using a Desktop if possible, You could also try using

using a Powered USB hub but I'm not 100% sure I would trust that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
Its Sunday morning and work is slow so I'm gonna jump on the "soapbox".

In the famous words of Peter Griffin...You know what really grinds my gears? :sly: jk! But seriously, what does continue to surprise me is why some people insist to bash the official release of ICS (my only guess maybe because they had to wait this long for it?) and in the two and some years I've read this and other phone forums it seems almost like "mob mentality" whenever a carrier release is even mentioned . But the differences between AOSP, AOKP and CM7 based (which always appear to be the most highly regarded) from Gingerbread are greater than AOSP, AOKP and CM9 based (again the elite of ROMs) are from ICS , just shy of using Samsung's TWiz. Which is easily remedied. And the bloatware is is easily disabled or removed without root even. I wouldn't be surprised that half of those bashing probably haven't even tried to install it just assuming its gonna be crapware... and lag?... I've never experienced any more lag on any of the ICS ROMs leaked or official than I did on gingerbread ROMs custom or official....its either the launcher, a poor setup or lack of proper wipe and restoring or the like. I think more people would be surprised at the fact that this ROM is less, if at all buggy (not at all in my case), than some of the customs out there. All ROMs since Android was established have had their quirks but I have found this ROM when set up correctly to be pretty good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
At&t based roms always, ALWAYS have more bugs than i9100 based roms, and always more buggy than custom roms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
Yet in the week I have run this at&t release I have no bugs...so I guess always doesn't necessarily apply to all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Have you actually tried this release?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
No because I don't want touchwiz but I was saying how each at&t release has had something wrong with it and we still don't even know if they fixed the hard brick bug in the kernel so my point still stands
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
U could argue the opposite. I've seen just as many posts defending the official release . In the end its personal preference. The reason I think official releases catch so much flack is because of the problems they have been known to cause. So people update. Then post a thread asking for help to "undo" the update cause they think it sucks and or lag or some other problem . So...that explains some of the "bashing" I suppose.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Ahhhhhhh so You really have No Experience with this release
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
No but there has been just as many posts criticizing it as defending it, so no need
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] beaverslayer:
These posts represent why most times you can only believe what you read on the internet about 50% of the time. Sometimes less. Seems most people's post are based off of opinion rather than facts.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Exactly
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Nuhuh cause cause I live in AMERICA. so my opinion is FACT. We invented the missionary position. Yer welcome. Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
This thread is fail. they can have thier ICS. atleast thier mostly out of our view, and helping each other. ;)

Its like a Stock, how does my phone work, part of XDA :silly:

Would you guys rather have them in the Development section? Let them have their few threads :cowboy:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
...and the mob has arrived! Stewie quote: Seriously...its like she's f____ng five!? C'mon Mr. Moto (you see what I did there?) lighten up a little...don't forget the fact that we pay AT&T every month and maybe some of us who aren't so noobish want to get what we pay for, did you maybe ever think to look at it that way...I mean don't they owe us at least that much? Don't you owe it to yourself to at least have look see? And if flashing comes to you as easily as it does to myself, you can be back on your favorite ROM in shall I say...a flash! (see where I went with that?) Seriously, lighten up...wait isn't that an oxymoron?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
I wasnt referring to you stock folks, the others, like myself, make thread fail. They just trollin :p

and was just playing around

I fully agree with you, and they really do owe us that, but most of us have seen that everything at&t releases is fail, and we gave up on them. not just this device. all.

but thats off course again.

favorite ROM is opinion, if you guys find this stable, and to suit your liking, then good deal.

BOL guys.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BobbyBlue:
ICS is subpar to Gingerbread

So I upgraded again today, just to see if I may have judged things a little too quickly the first time.

I still went back to gingerbread. Although, now I think I know why ICS is laggy. I'm almost CERTAIN the ICS that Samsung implemented is not hardware accelerated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] walkerl:
I had zero problems using Windows 7 64 bit aswelll..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VanillaCracker:
Stay Tuned

Yeah I'm gonna unroot, revert back to stock, and then upgrade to Official ICS. Probably gonna do so in a few days since I want to finish testing out my current rom. I have used AOKP for quite a while, various TW roms including UnNamed for quite some time, and actually used MIUI for quite some time as well, and found it to be my favorite even though it annoyed me to hell a lot. I don't really have any bias, and I can't believe I need to say that but after reading most of the comments in here I feel like I should LOL. I'm pretty keen on sensing and observing things so I'll report on how the rom runs, battery life, smoothness, bugs, etc. Expect my opinion to be unbiased so hopefully I can solve all this crap. Could be some people have issues, but unless I have them as well, expect it to be a rare case, or just plain people making up bull**** cus it's an official release from samsung and they don't approve of that

I'll grab some screenshots too even though no one really needs that anymore.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Tophaholic:
Vanillacracker,..I will be very interested in hearing your feedback on the stock ucle5. Please do share your experience wrt battery life, touch response and smoothness
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xxr0x0rxx:
nOOb talking !!!

I have used the latest stock UCLE5 on my phone till last thursday for about a week, before I found the awesomeness of the custom roms and flashed shostock rom on my phone and found this amazing dev site...

My experiences - its definately not better than the custom rom experiences that you get ... Sure the battery life is better (Once I calibrated and got around 1 day 8 hours with quite good usage as I was travelling a bit then) but my biggest qualm was the new radio.. UCLE5 doesn't provide good data speed as older modems do. Rest all is pretty much same, just not as flexible as shostock as I have now..

Maybe this would be a old-gag for all u guys who have already been in this flashing business , but for me its like giving my phone a new life !!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VanillaCracker:
I'll test out the new modem for a day or so and then revert back to my current KK6, and observe the difference. I use facebook often and email on ocassion and web browsing rarely but I'll do a test for it. When I revert, that is.

I honestly don't expect the new modem to be too radically differnent from the LD3 and LC4 ones that have come out previously. everything depends on area of course, but I've noticed small things between them all. The ones above seemed a little more sluggish but overall had slightly better reception (feel like their heavy modems) whereas KK6 seems to be lighter on it's feet (lol modems have feet now, apparently), and speedier, although sometimes takes 3 bars instead of a solid 4 (MIUI signal). I prefer KK6, but I'll see if I'm right in determing if UCLE5 is anything like LD3 or LC4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
while your testing LE5 see how you like it running with Holo launcher. I was running Apex and came across this and its been a pleasant surprise.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VanillaCracker:
Will do. Personally I'm not a huge fan of Nova, Trebuchet, or the ICS launchers in general. I prefer some over others but they all have app drawers which I don't like. Find it annoying to have to go in there to find what I need. I will test out various launchers though while using it.

Might even do it later tonight if I feel up to it. I misplaced the damn text telling me where on the site to go for the upgrade....lol. But I'll try the usual way, looking online, and kies if need be. Within the next couple days I should be using it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Try Milauncher its a miui inspired launcher
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VanillaCracker:
Are you talking about MiHome? If so I'd rather not have such a chopped up look. I just tested it out on my current rom and it runs very slightly choppy, which I'm not a fan of. Icons are sweet, if I were to match it with the rest of the theme (AOKP - blue, etc.) but meh, with the chops. Considering the rom would be built for the ones being used, I'd rather not throw a foreign one on there. Not surprised it's not as smooth. Thanks for the suggestion though! I'd completely forgotten about that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Yes mihome lol sorry
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Two weeks and all is well.

It is nice to be able to disable apps etc.

This release actually is better behaved that the one on my Tablet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VanillaCracker:
I will be unrooting and upgrading later this evening. So expect my post in a couple days. In the mean time, I've reflashed both AOKP (7.01.12) and then resurrection to get myself reacclimated with AOSP/AOKP roms and what point they're at in development, in order to make a proper analysis and comparison once I'm done with official ICS.

Since Sammy vs AOSP seems to be the real argument nowadays hm?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Skv012a:
So.... why unroot exactly??

Sent strait from the oven
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tylerdurdin:
Not to mention you may want to save the post because your opinion is just that.....your opinion. On top of that pretty much any down talk of AOKP will get you flamed. Good idea though for your own knowledge.... this is how all comparisons should be made.

Flash both, decide for yourself, by yourself.

BTW....I don't necessarily think you are going to rip aokp.... but they are completely different phone experiences....just saying.

Sent from........Somewhere In Time