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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] amaddux29:
Because...

1 - Joined based on modding a previous phone (Captivate in my case to get 2.2)

2 - As phones get older, the investment is reduced and therefore the risk is reduced. As we continue to wait for an update, our phones lose value. At some point, the combination of risk and value reach a point where we consider modding. Everyone reaches this point at a different time and xda is the place to go to find out what the options are and the effort involved.

3 - xda has great information on phones beyond custom roms and development; those are not the only reasons people join.

4 - xda has a large number of experts willing and able to give advice and instructions directly.

On a separate note, I once hard-bricked (I thought) my Captivate and sent it to Samsung for repair. Prior to finding out what was wrong, they told me there would be no charge for service. Later it was discovered there was a bad battery connection, but the point is they did not have a problem with doing warranty work even though I told them upfront it was my fault the device was not working. I don't know if this was an anomaly or standard practice, but it was my experience.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
ATT didn't pull it. Yesterday they started testing the roll out before it goes nationwide. People just got lucky they happened to check Kies when they were testing it. It IS the final release they just haven't turned it "on full" yet. There was an article on Engadget about it earlier today.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] charrog:
Latest Firmware

After updating Kies to the newest version and on my rooted only Stock phone I am getting...

Current Firmware Version PDA:KK6 /PHONE:KK6 CSC:KK6 (ATT)

This is the latest firmware version PDA:KK6 /PHONE:KK6 CSC:KK6 (ATT)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Thank you Some are far better with words than I.

I can appreciate the hard work of the developers and I realize the effort

it takes. I can also appreciate the frustration and realize the frustration of

trying to explain something to people who can barely grasp it.

This thread should in no way detract from the work the developers are doing

and I also realize Many of the ROMs are probably slicker than the Stock one.

But as my phone is really about a month old I hesitate to screw it up.

(especially since part of my job is to be available 24x7 so I need my phone)

I have a Tablet that is my "Toy" once I get time to really play with the

various ROMs (That was what in fact brought me to this site originally).

But at the moment I have too many hobbies, Plus a never ending list of

responsibilities to keep me busy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
If you just updated, that sounds like you just updated to the buggy 2.3.6 release. Welcome to wifi bugs and serious battery drain issues.

ATT was testing yesterday, its GONE NOW until they do the full rollout. If you guys have to have it now seriously open your eyes and go find the thread right below where its already been posted both rooted and the stock unrooted version.. Jeez its even in the Dev forum now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] charrog:
No that is what has been on my phone and for the record never had any battery drain or wifi issues. Ok after the AT&T link the op posted I thought it was back up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IconRunner:
Anyone know when this was posted? Sounds like it was just rolled out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
From what I've found elsewhere (and in this thread) it look like they

were testing the roll out and I (and others) just hit it right to get it.

It appears that it will go live very soon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tylerdurdin:
Really!!!!?????......get right out of town. ICS is madness I tell you....crazy funky features that blow people's minds.

I was running 4.0.3 like 4 months ago.

Sent from...... Somewhere In Time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Khaotic:
I too appreciate the work of the devs and all the folks that in the modding community that make android a great alternative to the i.crap. But that success is also our biggest weakness. A lot of folks don’t jump on a brand new phone the moment it’s released. So if we mod into a custom ROM, as soon as a new phone is released, we can pretty much count out receiving any updates to the ROM from that point on. Yes, the same holds true for a stock ROM – but with a stock ROM, all of the phones features work. GPS, WiFi, the Camera, YouTube – all of it.

I’ve had a few custom ROMS on my SGS2, and had my share of ups and down. But with some of the new tethering apps that have emerged (that work in spite of all the locks in place my AT&T) and the custom UI apps, the need to root and run a custom ROM just isn’t as high as it once was. I’ve had too many experiences with features that glitch (camera and GPS seem to be the high drivers) to want to go through all of that headache again. I USE my phone just as much as I play with it. And when I need it to work – I NEED it to work.

With all that that out of the way – I did the Emergency Firmware Recovery. Yes, all of my apps had to be re-installed – but it was actually done for me. I did the initial setup and just let my phone sit while I ate dinner – it reloaded all my aps. Unfortunately, it also put shortcuts to everything it downloaded on the home screen. No worries – I’ll be using the GO Launcher custom UIs so all of that will be ‘hidden’ anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
I'm going to be reporting this thread, just so yer aware. Not because I don't agree with free choice of u to be able to flash whatever u want, but because this could easily turn into an all out flame war. (Not from me, but you've seen the previous few pages). I would suggest maybe changing the title of the thread so people have a clear idea of what this thread is about, and what ud like to see accomplished . Is it just a general thread to discuss the update, or for people looking to compare success stories about how they updated successfully? It might help avoid confusion. And remember if someone does come in and just bash u just report it or move on. Good luck, happy flashing.

Edit: thought I'd add I didn't post this to be an ass, just trying to help it not turn ugly in here. ;-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mmhasanovee:
is it like the 4.0.4 in Xperias?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
:eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
If you knew then what's the point of mentioning bloatware. No one asked or cared about what you had.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Vondis:
I got this upgrade from kies the moment I saw this thread posted the other day. I rooted last night with the Siyah v3.2.6.4 kernel and everything is just fine except for no more functioning back button. Anyone know if this is expected or a quick fix to get back button functionality back?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Flash the right kernel. You must have flashed the one for the i9100
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
Did you download something from the Siyah web site?

Sounds like you may have flashed the wrong kernel. You need to grab Siyah v3.4.2 from here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Vondis:
Thanks I will try this one.

I got my version from Max's video on galaxys2root.com. He just posted it on how to root the new official ATT ics.

I unrooted back to stock ATT ics for now and everything is fine again. Will give your link a shot :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Ugh galaxys2root.com people use it and it breaks ****
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
I find that odd because from your posts it appears

you are one of the ones fanning the flames.

I created a simple thread, saying I got the Upgrade.

Nobody forced you or others into this thread, but you came

in of your own free will (apparently to troll this thread.), now

you want to report it so it does not become a flame war.

Seems a bit odd don't ya think?

Lets Please keep the Thread on Track. Some do want help and some are helping.

.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Tubifex:
Not yet

I plugged my wife's S2 into kies and nothing yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
It looks like AT&T were testing the servers and some of us just hit it right to

get it early, The announcement is out on the AT&T page, I posted the link

earlier in the thread, so I would suspect it will be going live soon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] manther:
Snitches get stitches :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] usama_ah:
You're quick to judge. I can understand the frustration you must be feeling but the subject/title of the thread was pretty clear, if you're not interested in Samsung AT&T stock then don't post here.

I don't like carrier/manufacturer modifications either, it's why I always by a Nexus and root. My sister chooses to run with Samsung/AT&t stock, she likes TouchWiz. I've tried to convince her to jump onto the CM9 bandwagon but she said no thanks. TouchWiz does have some advantages, I will admit, but it's not for me.

The whole point of Android is choice, and some choose to remain in carrier/manufacturer stock. Some of the posters on this forum were providing assistance to those of us who were having trouble.

Anyway I gave up. I could see the new firmware by manually entering the S/N and model # but for whatever reason it wasn't sending to my sister's phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NDIrish_147:
this may be a dumb question but my phone now shows a 4g signal instead of the hspd signal... is this the same for everyone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Brazu:
Well, I pluged in and nothing....tehn I saw this on twitter:

"AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Android ICS Update Delayed, May Come Saturday *******/9xeEt"

Patience........
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
Maybe you guys are hammering their server.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Brazu:
Nope, they say it's an issue with Kies

Enviado desde mi SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 usando Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
Yes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sir_dwtc:
So after doing the upgrade yesterday (and wiping out most of the files on my SD card and internal storage :eek:), I played with it all last night and this morning for a while... Then decided to go promptly back to CM9. There were things I liked about TouchWiz on GB, but on my phone everything seemed to just be significantly slower than CM9. There were also quite a few CM features I was missing, such as lock screen shortcuts & widgets, profiles, etc. It'll take me a while to get that all set up again how I want it, but I'm already glad I went back to CM9.

As far as why someone would want to go to the "buggy" official AT&T build, it was really just for the sake of trying it out, to see for myself how good or bad the official stuff is, and to see if I really do prefer the CM9 ICS experience over TouchWiz ICS. I really did like TW Gingerbread over CM7 Gingerbread. I think it's the same curiosity that drives the developers to work on these phones, and that drives all of us to try different custom ROMs, kernels, etc. I think we're all here to find out what our phones can do, and what we can do with them.

In the end, my curiosity has been sated, and I'm happier with CM9, even when there are occasional rough edges. Thanks to all of the devs who work so hard on it, and who work on all the other ROMs, kernels, apps and other related projects. And even though I ended up ditching it, I'd like to express gratitude to the Samsung and AT&T devs (who may or may not hang out on these forums) who have put in work on Android. As much as we hate our carriers, without them we wouldn't have phones or service to run them on. If AT&T didn't offer the GS II, I wouldn't have it right now (with CM9 :D).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NDIrish_147:
I have been running this for 2 days now... early on it was slow and drained my battery but it has finally settled down and the battery life is actually alot better than 2.3.6
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] techn:
Yes sgs2 isn't i777 isn't a lte phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryusen:
"Sorry THIS WAS ONLY A TEST" -A&T

http://www.droiddog.com/android-blo...ii-ice-cream-sandwich-update-was-only-a-test/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] statusnone:
New leak is kinda buggy and laggy still. People who missed it... you're not missing much. After a few more days of playing around I'll be going back to CM9. Thanks for the garbage AT&T.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
I wish that site didn't exist.

One of the various reasons not to run AT&T firmware - AT&T breaks it so that it lies to you and says 4G at all times, even when it's only in a UMTS area.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
I want to figure out why Kies doesn't recognize my phone? It worked on day and now today it doesn't work any ideas? I want to be able to get ics tomorrow when or if it comes out... Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sir_dwtc:
I don't really have a good answer for you specifically about this, but when the Gingerbread update for my wife's Galaxy S 4G came out I tried to follow the update procedure on my home computer using Kies Mini, and it would never recognize her phone at all. I had tried reinstalling Kies Mini, using the full Kies, reinstalling the drivers for the phone, using different USB ports, and nothing worked. I used my work laptop and it worked fine. Good luck, though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
This is really starting to bug me haha, I have tried a Windows laptop and my Macbook and still nothing and its the full version of Kies so I am not sure what the problem would be. Hopefully it starts working for me though. Thanks for the reply.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
It's been all over the internet - Samsung pulled the update because of a "technical" problem, but it's supposed to be up again soon.

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/0...sandwich-update-will-be-available-again-soon/

edit:

nevermind - just realized what you meant. sorry.

regarding not recognizing your phone, are you running the exe file "as administrator"?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ChocolateSnow:
To everyone wanting the update. If you simply go back a few pages and read Jack Man's post on how HE got the update to work. I followed his instructions step by step and got the update without a problem UNROOTED. So you all should be just fine if you were to follow suit.

Sent from this thing in my hand
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
Problem is, they won't be able to get it now. their servers are down today. I checked earlier and at the point where you enter the serial number, it comes up with a window filled with what looks like Korean writing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
After multiple times of trying I finally got it to work on my Windows 7 laptop so hopefully it works tomorrow that's all have to say!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BROKKANIC:
You realize this release has been in the Dev forum for weeks now. The Devs have also done a favor removed bloatware and worked around the emmc bug.

A bug which no one knows yet if AT&T has fixed with this release.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
From Samsung

Note:Kies will undergo routine maintenance and will be unavailable on

Friday, June 22, from 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. CST. During this time, firmware

upgrades will be unavailable through Kies.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Aquarianperry:
Yeah I got that too, but I think that's just AT&T's placebo pill working there speeds aren't any faster but I do get a better quadrant score than from the OLD stock lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryusen:
If i read correctly, this will wipe the phone. That might be alright for some, but i just wanted to put it out there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
Anyone who thinks they can go from GB to ICS without wiping is an idiot. Just wanted to put that out there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Aquarianperry:
Yes the Recovery method wipes the phone, the upgrade via Kies method supposedly does not just wipes the settings etc but does not kill the apps.

I did the recovery method yesterday and while it didn't work on one laptop it did work on my cheapo laptop go figure LOL.

So far from what I've experienced it's a nice upgrade from the stock 2.3.#, it's nice to have the ICS options along with Touchwiz.... Yeah I like Touchwiz and the features it brings to my phone is a plus for me and not a minus especially when I've compared it to the other IU's out there such at HTC, Motorolla, Sony and LS'g offerings. I've tried CM9 and CM7 on the GS2 as well as on my old Captivate but at the end of the day I preferred to run stock and still do, I've had my fair share of rooting and running mods through a good five years of windows phones which ended in 2010 not even mentioning my Palm Sized PC's, Pocket PC's and Windows Mobile PDA days which takes me back to 1997 (damn I'm getting old!!!!), I like my phone stable and secure and not having to worry about something happening to my data especially since these days smartphones are relied on an used as much as desktops and laptops while away from home.

I think this update will tide me over with my GS2 until the GS4 or Galaxy Note 2 comes out and that's exactly what I was looking for :).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
I'm not sure I follow you on the need to do a wipe

I upgraded and all I lost were my screen layouts

all my photos, music, apps etc were untouched.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
I know when I had my Nexus S I upgraded from stock GB to stock ICS and nothing happened as far as being wiped all my apps, pictures stayed the same. But it doesn't hurt to have them backed up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rmyc:
that's funny, on the t989 i went from GB to ICS (official) with out have to wipe everything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ryusen:
Call me an idiot, but i could have sworn the original updates will not wipe the phone. They never have in the past.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
What he says is true for custom roms, official updates don't always do that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
Well i guess I was wrong. but thats just not right, and explains ALOT of the errors that people are getting. Too much file system change to not wipe data.

Im out this noob bucket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cn_habs:
Hi guys,

I just switched to Android so I'd really appreciate some advice/suggestions. I've been using a rooted AT&T's Skyrocket SGT-i727 running the leaked 4.0.3 with Fido in Canada.

So what if I get the "your device does not support software upgrade via Kies" message from Kies PC software? I read that it's because I am not on stock firmware . Is it easier to reload the stock firmware or to do it via Odin?

Thanks in advance!

Jason
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BROKKANIC:
You might find more accurate answers in the Skyrocket forum.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chandu1987:
successfully updated

I was able to successfully updated my phone. Thanks to you. I just followed the same process except for I keep on getting "operation timed out" error while updating :eek:. Restarted kies, but no luck, then restarted the phone and after few attempts it updated successfully. :victory:. Took back up using kies before updating and one important thing while trying to restore from kies after updating it to ICS, dont select "Network settings" as the restoration will fail. Apart from that evrything should be fine:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phoneman09:
So everything worked out just fine then I'm just making sure. Did you loose anything on your memory card or anything like that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Brazu:
Thanks to JacK Man I'm now running ICS 4.0.3 on my I777!!!!!!!!!!!!!

---------- Post added at 04:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:32 AM ----------

OOOPSS!

Camera not woeking on ICS.....anyone elsa have this problem???

Please help!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
Camera works fine over here..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chandu1987:
I removed my memory card while doing that :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
I checked with my wife's phone a couple of hrs ago and it was

not up yet in the normal upgrade manner, but you can force it

as others have done in this thread (Directions in this thread).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BGood2:
Total noob here, so I'll be brief:

If I follow Jack man's instructions, I can put the official ICS onto my SGH-I777, with the understanding that everything on the phone will be wiped out.

If I wait for the official method form AT&T, using Kies, in theory, nothing will be wiped out.

So if I want to go Jack man's route, will the Kies Restore (from Kies Backup done just before the update) put back settings and other things?

As a noob, am I nuts to consider taking the Jack man route?

I hope the nature of this thread allows for this question. If not, I understand if a mod deletes it. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
I would just wait for the "official method form AT&T"

that way you have less chance to mess up.

In the meantime I'd look around and read some of the various threads.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Heeey man calm down. If trolling is posting something just off the top of my head to add a little of light heartrdness here, then I'm a troll! Lol. I was only being half serious. I enjoy all the threads on this forum. We're a community. Long as the mods don't care, feel free to keep the party going. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BGood2:
OK, thanks, I'll wait. It's probably best anyway. I neglected to mention that in the past month my phone has rebooted twice without warning. In the past few days, it has also started to freeze when shutting it down. So I don't want to take chances with my warranty. I figure if the freezes and shutdown issues persist after a new OS, it might be a hardware problem.

Regards.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Serial Abuser:
Are you guys using your IMEI for the serial number? When I put mine in, Kies says the serial number is invalid.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BGood2:
The serial number is NOT the IMEI, but both are printed on the label underneath the battery. Unlike the IMEI, I could not find the serial number on the box.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] raduque:
Haters gonna hate bro. Ignore 'em.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icebrian:
Hello everyone,

This might be a dumb question, but I have searched and never came up with anything.

I am looking for a music application for android that will allow me to stream from my music library that is on my NAS. I can share my music via CIFS/SMB, NFS or iTunes server.

Any help will be very much apreciated.

Thanks,

EDIT: Just noticed I should have placed this question in the Apps and Games forum. Tried deleting or moving but don't have the options available. Sorry.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] image2000uk:
Rockplayer will stream music and movies over wifi no problem open in a file explorer and then pkay with rockplayer
[HTC Sensation] darryll4sh0:
I love these three Roms but they don't work on ics. However in the portal today they have been ported to the sgs3, is there anyway for a port to sensations?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonebone:
I have searched and searched, sorry if this question is a dupe.

I have ICS on my Kindle Fire, months ago it was not possible to mount USB storage.

Is this still true?

I plug in my cable to the Windows 7 Machine, I hear the beep that the computer recognizes the Fire, but I never get an option to mount USB storage on the Fire.

How can I make this work?

Cheers!

Tony
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Most the new roms have mass storage sorted go to storage in the upper right there are three dots select it select mass storage or mtp under usb computer connection:-)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cl8rs:
Or just boot into Recovery and Mount USB Storage from there...you could have always done that :D