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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Aquarianperry:
I haven't had any issues that everyone has mentioned everything OS wise has been smoother as butter and my Quadrant score jumped up to 4K+, my big gripe is the radio does not seem as strong as the stock 2.3.6 radio, I used to be able to make calls in my basement retreat and have two to three bars, now it's like one bar most of the time but if I go to certain areas of my basement poof it'll hit Edge not good for google voice, outside or anywhere else I haven't had any issues and the signal is 3 - 5 bars of pseudo "4G".
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] amaddux29:
Downgrade?

Can you "downgrade" unrooted from Kies as easily as upgrading?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] beaverslayer:
I was playing with the window and transition animation scale under the developer options and found that pretty neat. The more you increase it the slower apps open and close. By default, it's set on 1X. The settings go all the way up to 10X. If you set it to off, things open and close instantly. I set it to 0.5X and left it at that when I was done.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryusen:
I've been playing with the update for a day now. Here are my initial reactions:

- Launcher Pro crashes on ICS. That's a shame, cause i really missed that launcher and it's plus widgets. right now, i'm playing with APEX launcher. so far it's not bad... but the aesthetics are not quite what i want.

- some of the animations are kind cool. it feels like their went for smooth over snappy.

- the settings menu is better organized

- the new font does make it easier to read

- i'm not sure if i like the larger icons in the notification bar

- the voice search is cool, but i wish there was a way to make a shortcut to go straight to it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Treydor:
Looking for this answer too.

ICS is pure garbage on my phone. I have factory reset 3 times and the phone is still is still not smooth at all. Apps don't function as they once did. The only benefit I see is the reskin of the gmail app and the fast restart times.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] krips2003:
List of bloatware that you can disable on Stock ICS.

If it's already been posted then 'Moderator' please delete this post.

We know, that there are some bloatware that we can uninstall. But still it keeps other things in there that we wish we can completely wipe it out.

But you can disable most of the apps to run and it'll also go away from your app drawer and this doesn't require root.

System Settings->Applications and then tap on 'All'. Choose the app that you want to disable.

Note: Some of the apps cannot be disabled. eg: SNS AccountsFb and other.

I have attached few screen shots with those app that I don't use and it had an option to 'disable' those app.

Screen shots of the disabled apps on my phone.

free image hosting
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] powruser:
Nobody has noticed the decreased in call earpiece volume?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dcs619:
I noticed it too. I'm also having an issue with ICS and Bluetooth streaming (A2DP) where the phone crashes and reboots after 15-20 minutes of music or call audio.

Has anyone else noticed this problem? I love ICS but unless there's a hack/custom ROM that has this issue fixed I'm going back to 2.3.4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] WD333:
That's strange, I'm using LauncherPro as well and I haven't had any crashes. At least not yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Baldilocks:
Anyone having poor reception issues after the update? My friends phone has went to crap after the update.

Where she used to pull in -83 dBm she now barely gets -100
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] amaddux29:
I had a similar problem with ADW Notifier. I think it is the app and not the OS. I re-installed and everything works fine now. I would suggest doing this or simply 'clear data'. I am no dev, but I assume the app stores information specific to the OS that should be re-assimilated after a big change like going from 2.3 to 4.0.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BobbyBlue:
No. I assumed that the update through kies updated the bootloaders, so I found a stock 2.3.4 one click odin executable W/ Bootloaders in the development section and flashed that. Make sure you factory reset and clear cache in 3e recovery before you do so. New bootloaders can't take advantage of the Jig. I also didn't want to find out what flashing gingerbread on ICS bootloaders would do my phone.

I find 2.3.6 has battery issues, and I find 2.3.4 to be THE most stable release.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20229527&postcount=46

The file you want from this page is the I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries, and you want the odin3 one click download. The section has the warning text in red.

To restore your phone to stock 2.3.4 once on ICS do the following:

1) Boot into 3e recovery (power + volume down + volume up)

-Wipe Cache

-Factory Restore

2) Pull battery

-boot into download mode (volume down + volume up, then connect phone to computer while buttons are simultaneously pressed)

3) Open the one click executable. Make sure it recognizes the phone

-It will say [COM8] or something. Just make sure its green.

4) Flash it. It will work. after you boot up into gingerbread, If the system freezes after the At&t logo just go back into 3e recovery and wipe cache + factory reset again. It will work. Trust me.

Note: ODIN is a very tricky piece of software. When you click flash, it will probably not work and say "failed" or something along those lines. Try it again. It will work. It took me almost 20 tries to get the flash to go through. Also try pressing the start button as soon as you plug in your phone. That seems to work. Don't be worried if it never seems to work. It will.

Your phone will be bone stock after this. That means no root. If your phone is unlocked, it will stay unlocked. You want root? Figure out how to do it. If you can't do it, I dunno, maybe you shouldn't be messin around with your phone in the first place. :rolleyes:

Note: YOU ARE FLASHING BOOTLOADERS. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BE CAREFUL. If ODIN DOES NOT WORK OR YOUR COMPUTER SHUTS OFF HALFWAY THOUGH, OR ODIN QUITS, NEVER PULL THE BATTERY FROM YOUR PHONE. As long as you see a downloading sign on your phone, your phone is ALWAYS recoverable. Just open up the odin executable again, make sure your phone is recognized, and restart the process. If odin freezes halfway through the process, always restart odin, NEVER touch your phone. Your phone can always be written to while in the download state. This is how 99% of all bricking happens, because people always feel the need to turn off their phone in the middle of the process.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
Thats because radio got flashed. pretty sure there are other radios you can flash with Odin. Or call at&t like most of you with problems should ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Baldilocks:
Calling AT&T about tech problems is like calling McDonald's about gourmet food. Just sayin.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
Yes thats very true, but they are the cause of the issues. taking your device somewhere else will not fix the problem at hand, which is their ****ty update procces.

Tho I'm sure someone from At&t is lurking here somewhere. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Tubifex:
Lol... Well said!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Samsung goes to great lengths to try and make sure that when going from stock to stock, users don't have to wipe.

Including from Froyo to GB on Cappy/Infuse and GB to ICS.

However it's often a good idea to wipe to be sure... EXCEPT ICS. Don't wipe after receiving the ICS update unless running a kernel that has been confirmed to be safe from the eMMC damage bug. (no source for I777 ICS yet, so no way to determine if stock is safe.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
These two are related. (the BT-AMP bug will cause the down arrow to get pegged when it triggers...)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
Not necessarily. My data rate went to crap after the official update so I went back to the LD4 modem which used to get me up to 6mbps with the LD4 leak. Now I'm lucky to break 1mbps out here. I'm guessing something in the rom was tweaked and not in a good way. Even with LD4 modem installed my calls are still a bit lower (didn't notice it until I actually called ATT this morning for a billing problem).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
One thing I noticed after upgrading was the fact that when running power saving. The 70% option was not available which kinda bummed me out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Brazu:
Ok, been using ICS for a couple of days and I don't see huge changes. Some icons ane menus, gmail is great, but unlike most if you my battery life is no as great as it was before...

Is there a way to make wallpaper scrollable?

Enviado desde mi SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 usando Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CyberpunkDad:
One note to those who are going with this upgrade for touchwiz. If you look in the apps and games forum here you can get touchwiz that runs on CM9.

CM9 and other roms I have run by xda developers and cyanogenmod have transformed my GS2 and made it light years better than stock at&t. You really owe it to yourself to try a custom rom. Just my opinion of course.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryusen:
I managed to read up a bit more and it had to do with certain widgets according to the forum.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jbizz:
Couple of issues I have noticed:

1. Can't do mass updates on APPS, I have to do them 1 by 1

2. I've had to do a battery pull twice

- once for hitting the back button to back out of an app the phone froze up

- when I went to unlock the phone I had nothing but a black screen, no response from any buttons

Other than those, the phone is pretty smooth. I am using Nova Launcher because I wanted that Stock ICS feel without losing the TouchWiz integration, and it is nice.

Oh, and I don't like the oversized Notifications. Why couldn't they leave those Stock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] walkerl:
Thank you so much!!!! Step 3 is tricky
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vcsekhar:
GS2 updated with CM9RC1, Flash Counter reset

:good:I too got the ICS update, found that my phone started freezing up frequently; spent 4-5 hours and did the below, to get it smoothly running again.

1) Flashed recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-galaxys2 Kernel via ODIN3 v 1.85 on Windows 7

2) formatted my MicroSDCard and put cm-9.0.0-RC1-i777 as well as gapps-ics-20120317-signed on it; inserted into the mobile back.

3) booted into the ClockworkRecovery Mode, installed the CM9 first followed by gapps

4) Now my phone started getting all it's prev-apps back.

I liked the graphics, look and feel of CM9.Performance got improved to a large extent. No more freezing stuff, deleted all the ATT and Samsung Bloatware.

Currently working on

1) setting the flash counter back using chainfire's Traingle Away app

2) replace the flash animation and the Boot Up screen(still saying GT I9100) with custom stuff.

Update : Flash counter reset - Thanks to Chainfire

Flash Animation - Working on some fun stuff here...;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
So yer saying you updated to ics found out its a bloated att crapware release that's buggy as **** and you ended up leaving it for cm9? Sounds about right :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Intub8:
I wonder how many returns at&t will be doing if they released it with the bug. I can see the lines forming.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Cybergeist:
On anyone else's update, does it show Touchwiz 4 Launcher installed in the Google Play store?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
I'm surprised with all the comments about better battery life and mine is not good at all. I am getting about 14-16 hours with hardly any usage or screen time. One 25 minute phone call drained it from 41 to 13 %. I have checked all avenues for drainage and nothing unusual is going on app or process wise....I have even tried the "magiconfig" tweaks for two days with no improvement. Guess I well try and go back to KH7 and run the update again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RockRatt:
Just got this text in Southern California: AT&T Free Msg: Samsung Galaxy S II upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is now available! The OS update supports enhanced performance, user interface and other device improvements. Open the link from your PC (not your phone), and follow the instructions: www.samsung.com/us/attgalaxys2/update.

Sent from My SGH-I777 Running Red Reaper Rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BGood2:
Yes, mine shows "installed" as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
The TW in the store is a third party hack for non Samsung phones. You will NEVER see the real Touchwiz in the Play store its only for Samsung phones. Im surprised Google hasn't removed it yet as its borderline copyright infringement.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] taislice:
I also got that text and I tried it out, worked out well aside from having to turn off USB Debugging in order for Kies to recognize my phone. The update took away my root, but everything else is in working order.

My HSPA+ symbol on top turned into 4G, but we all know this phone doesn't support 'true' 4G. I tested my speed anyway and I got 6mpbs/1mpbs, which is slightly faster than the 4~5mbps/1mbps from previous tests.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] powruser:
thanks dude. question though... at what point do you put the battery back in? and is it really necessary to flash w/ battery out of the phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] beaverslayer:
Battery life on my phone has actually turned out to be pretty good. I can get 24 hrs out of it which is sufficient for me. Has anyone noticed this incognito thing on the stock web browser. I vaguely remember reading about it at some point but had forgot about it. Heck it may have even been on GB, I just didn't realize it. You can surf the web without anything being saved in the browsing history and such. Couple of annoyances with one being the play store crashing occasionally when using voice searches.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
It's new in ics
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] beaverslayer:
Download and upload speed on the cell network showed 7.56 and 1.06 Mbps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] powruser:
My 2 big issues are the low in call volume and laggy home button.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Brazu:
Ok.....I'm almost a week with ICS and every time getting more disappointed. I see a lot of crashes mainly on Play Store and battery life is definitively not as good as it was, the worst thing is not the crash itself but it really freezes for a while before the notification that it will be closed.

I'm seriously thinking to downgrade or even got for one of the famous cooked ROMs....never did it ...it's an unknown world to me....

Any suggestions? Best ROM for I777???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Serial Abuser:
I noticed this too... but after you create an incognito window, is there any indication that it's an incognito window (other than the fact that it's displaying porn)? :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
Regulars here try to stay away from discussions of "best" ROMS. ROMS can work differently on different phones. yes, even if they are the exact same phone. But if you are looking for a stock samsung ICS experience, click on the link in my signature to get that ROM.

Before you flash ANYTHING, read about potential issues you may encounter so you don't flip out when you encounter a hiccup. and you will.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BeenAndroidized:
Got mine notification yesterday, went home and updated my SGS2. All my data stayed intact :laugh: :highfive: Camera works, all my downloaded apps got updated afterward. Better Wifi connection than the old 2.3.x.

Seem to be runnining fast so far, I got better connection at work after the update.

Still checking it out to see how everything is.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] drakeymcmb:
When i connect my phone to kies it just says youre phone dosnt support upgrading through kies
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BeenAndroidized:
Are you on Stock or custom ROM? Android OS 2.3.x is what needs to be on your SGS2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] moneyover:
Stock 2.3.4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BeenAndroidized:
What does it tell you when you open Kies?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] spoiledlilnygrl:
I have an i777. the update will not work. keeps saying "failure to update firmware. Unknown error"

I have been trying for 48. i was told to contact samsung who says that the issue is known but to keep trying. what the hell?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
Why would anyone on XDA put crap from AT&T on phone? Guess you don't know much on what we do and have achieved here. We are way ahead of anyone's propietary rom. You can flash Any of the 4.3 rooms and be twice as fast and cleaner looks followed by actual updates that providers do Not give! Now.... flash a 4.4 and put your big boy pants on.... because it the best PERIOD!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
Those of you that are having trouble with KIES recognizing your phone can do this method that I figured out a while back -

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS METHOD WILL WIPE EVERYTHING OFF OF YOUR PHONE and make it like it is fresh out of the box. Back up everything that you want to keep. If you have root now, it will be gone after this recovery method. All you need is to be able to get to download mode (hold vol up/vol dwn and insert usb cable, then press vol up to get to "Downloading" Android screen.)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27707563&postcount=83
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
So if we don't have a thread like this, when someone decides to develop from this base...wouldn't already having some data on what annoying quirks the LE5 ROM might contain be helpful?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] spoiledlilnygrl:
yep no, i'm not allowed to root. it's a work phone but thanks for being an ass asshole
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
We are past this already. We used European bases from GT9100 that been out since December and way past basic ICS now(finally) put out. But yes you are correct...someone may do offshoot...so correct.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Baldilocks:
Some people just think they are better than others. It's ok, just ignore them. Eventually they go away..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
So chill out and go enjoy your i9100 roms. You're not a mod, you're certainly not a developer, go troll elsewhere. Its nice you've got an opinion on what YOU think is best. Let everyone else decide for themselves.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
Hey nice to see another Delawarean and from Dover no less! I've since transplanted to South Florida. How are you liking that SIII?

And just a heads up if you didn't already know, the wallpaper links in your sig dont work. And just to prove I am from that area I have posted pics of the three most popular modes of transportation in Dover! If I'm lyin' I'm dyin"...;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Baldilocks:
Yeah, I'm working on the links. ;) Seems to be quite a few Delaware people here.

Love the SIII. Best phone I've had so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] swole2:
After having the official ics update for a few days now, I can say for me the battery life has been much better minus a few freeze ups and the phone not taking a charge (had to pull the battery) I've been somewhat impressed. Next step for me is root. Thanks to all the posters who have patience for us noobs.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
I have had ics for a couple days now and I am noticing that with power saving mode that I doesn't turn on I have to manually turn it on even though the box is checked. Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] spoiledlilnygrl:
this is the error message i get. The phone seems to connect to kies and recognizes that there is new firmware available in kies but when i try to update, it says preparing and disconnects in the background
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
Maybe try another USB port or maybe run Kies as an admin (right click)? Personally myself and others as I have read, needed to run it more than once before it took...might just be a server load causing your issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Hurricane Andrew:
Wow. Grew up in Dover, lived in Milford, and now in Felton after a divorce! Small world!

Anyway, the upgrade went well for me. Only negative so far is the GPS is a bit off. By a bit off, I mean it shows me in the bedroom instead of the living room of my house. Yeah, I think I can live with that.

Battery life is about the same. Speed test on mobile shows slightly better download speeds. Really no difference on cell signal.

Little bit of a lag waking up, but I can live with a second or two. Not seeing the text message scroll in the notification bar on the lock screen is worth the second our two.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nikhilppatel:
This is after new update.

Lost root.

But its butter smooth!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Obviously you lost root
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Please read This response.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Well I have been on the upgrade for over a week now and everything is doing good.

I did have Google NAV hiccup once but I also had it do that prior

to the upgrade, so I am left thinking it could have been the app.

I did have one really odd moment I loaded the DSP pack into PlayerPro

and I suddenly had The Scrolling Wallpaper, but it went away when I

rebooted my phone; at first I thought they had pushed out a fix.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] scsurface1:
I have been using rooms for the past 6 months with small glitches here and there. I must say I do not mind being unrooted with this update. It is smooth, battery life is better, no FC's, etc. When I use Apex launcher pro it is almost like 4.0.4 and the scrolling wallpaper works. Rooters(which I have been) stop hatin', and if you can't.... GET OFF THIS THREAD!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
I may need to try APEX again, I liked it but need to figure out how to get

the widgets to fit better (It may mean using theirs and not the stock ones).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VFT:
The update has been amazing for my phone. I am using Apex to give it a little better look and feel...still would be interested in rooting if nothing else just to remove bloat...anyone have a simple root for 4.0.3 yet?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BeenAndroidized:
I have this updates since the 26th, it is running smooth and fast so far. Data connection improved overall. I stayed at 4G connection more than the older 2.3.x that keep dropping to EDGE or no service.

Apps that used to eat up my battery don't do as much damage as with the 2.3.x. I am content with this update. :D

Still learning ins and outs of the ICS... :cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] powruser:
Does anyone else notice the extremely laggy home button? The only ICS releases that have proper in call volume for me are SHOstock2 and AOKP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shadow65781:
Sounds like you're using stock browser, get one from the play store and try again.

Don't bait the trolls.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
Any idea why I have to manually turn on my custom power saving mode? Its set up to turn on when the battery is below 50%. Im not sure what is wrong. Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shinji257:
I apologize if anyone else mentioned it but the AT&T message notice to upgrade is making its rounds now. I got one about an hour ago.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Amobius:
drove me to rooting

The upgrade actually got me to root my phone for the first time. I wanted ICS so i gave this 4.0.3 update a shot. Found it to be laggy from my perspective and my battery life went down the drain. This was after doing a factory data wipe too. Rooted and on a 4.0.4 ROM now and liking it quite a bit better. Also got a weird bug with my sound where notifications tones would not work.