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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
Yes you can root the update but trying to flash an update script thru 3e recovery didn't work for me and will format your sd card when you exit 3e but I was rooted within 10 minutes after upgrading to att official ICS. Just to be sure I downloaded/installed Superuser and busybox, then I flashed the CWM recovery kernel ( if you don't know ahead of time how this process works please research before attempting it) which won't boot the phone but allows you to use the button combo to get into recovery and then flashed the latest Siyah kernel .zip (or whichever ICS kernel you prefer), which had been strategically placed on my sd card prior to the Kies flash. And voila...root and recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Why not just flash the pre-rooted version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
...and then there's that ! ^ As a matter of convenience that works too...but personally I like to take what I've learned thru these forums and apply it in real life to retain the process.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Another way to do it, if you have the Odin flashable files, would be to use Mobile Odin with the everroot option checked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
And Odin flashable files are available in the Download Repository.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Oh cool, didn't realize you had done that yet. By the way, you have a typo in there...you call it Android 3.0.3. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
So does this look just like the "official" AT&T release (just cleaned up)?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Pretty much, but it does not contain the stock kernel, it includes a modified kernel that is known to not have the possible eMMC bug. He has details in his OP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BROKKANIC:
Lmao! Now your interested? people have been telling you for days that the at&t release had been sitting in the development forum for weeks, already rooted and debloated. Even the kernel was swapped so that emmc brick bug wouldn't bite you in the a$$.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Well seeing I originally came to this site because of my Tablet (that is my play toy)

of course I'm interested. Now I may not load it but it does not hurt to learn about it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
Learn? Its a leak of the official release. rooted, with a better kernal. thats it. Its like what at&t released, But wont bite you in the ass. :laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Harry_Y:
Thank you, I may not load it since my phone is so new

(1 month old) but It does not hurt to see what is out there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BROKKANIC:
Here's something I find entertaining that maybe you could pass along to your i dont want to void my warranty followers.....

If the kies update bricks their phone, or causes issues, any support they get from xda, to fix their issue, may involve flashing custom software which could potentially void their warranties.

It would be in their best interest to contact at&t for support instead of asking here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
Creepy, I have the official release now and want to root it. (yes, I know there is a rooted version, but I want to keep the ability to use KIES and the pre-rooted ones dont have that; i've tried) If I flash the Siyah kernel to get root, could I use Mobil Odin to flash the file you have in the download repository for UCLE5 to fix the bootscreen/yellow triangle and also retain root? I'm just trying to root this so I can flash some custom stuff to change the look of it and keep KIES usability.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Some things to think about:

Flashing siyah (or any custom/non-stock kernel) with odin or heimdall will increment the flash counter. You can reset it to zero with the jig, or with Triangle away after root.

Once rooted, you can extract the stock kernel from the UCLE5 tar, and flash it back onto the phone using one of several methods, including adb, terminal emulator or mobile odin. If you use mobile odin, you might not have to extract it from the tar. Mobile Odin will read from both a tar and from one-click downloader exe file. But I don't remember if you can flash only part of what the file contains. You'll have to try it and see. Look at the guide linked in my signature for details on using one of these three methods. Flashing the stock kernel will remove the yellow warning triangle and boot screen, and flashing the stock kernel with Mobile Odin may also reset the flash counter.

Root resides in the system image, so that probably won't prevent your phone from being recognized by kies, as long as you put the stock kernel back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] palu11:
Extracting the stock kernel

Complete noob question here. I found the steps to flash Siyah using Odin3 and I am pretty sure I can do that.

I downloaded the stock ICS files from GalaxyS2Root.com but I am not sure how to extract the stock kernel. I unzipped the zip file and extracted the files but I don't see anything that says kernel. I have boot.bin, cache.img, factoryfs.img, hidden.img, modem.bin, and zImage.

Did I download the right file? If not, would you be able to point me in the right direction? If I did, can you tell me what file I need to flash?

Also, will flashing the stock kernel remove the yellow triangle?

Thanks in Advance!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
zImage is the kernel. Convention is that it does not have an extension. Keep the capitalization the same, as linux is case sensitive.

Flashing stock kernel will remove the yellow triangle warning screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BROKKANIC:
Flash the file. Then flash kernel immediately after.

Flashing the stock kernel will not remove the triangle. There is a GP app called triangle away you can use.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] clay101eve:
If you have downloaded out read ANYTHING from GalaxyS2Root...

F O R G E T I T!!!

Look for what you wasn't and need on these forums ONLY!

Clay
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
Whoa man, swype dont like such seriousness :P

But I've colored red all that really matters.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Eternalty:
Another point for zedomax... He must be trying to mess up as many phones as he can...you suck gs2root!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Sreenadh:
So whats the best safest way now to root the ICS 4.0.3 on a general consensus?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattdm:
Download the stock UCLE5 files from Creepy's Download Repository, and flash them using Mobile Odin, with the everroot option checked.

Or just go to the dev forum and find the pre-rooted version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
I dont think you can use mobile odin lite if you are not already rooted...unless this allowed by the pro version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
If you are on stock UCKH7 or UCKK6 rooted, or on a custom rom, and have Mobile Odin Pro on the phone, then you can flash UCLE5 with the rooting option and it will work. You can't do this with Mobile Odin Lite, however, because it does not include the rooting option. And you're right, this is not a way to root a stock phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dsfletch:
I used Creepy's post to obtain secondary boot loaders. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20229527&postcount=46 then I installed Semi_v9a version rom "sweet pre-rooted rom", http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1650948. After that I used my usb jig and reset the binary counter to "no" which also now says Samsung Official. The only problem I have is I can't connect to Kies, still looking for that solution.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jthatch12:
For all of you posting on this thread. WHY are you all concerned about a rooted version of at&t's release?! If you want a rooted version you VOIDED your warranty anyway, so for those who think this is a nice work around you're idiots! Get a real rom like AOKP or CM9..... just sayin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] clay101eve:
Umm... You can UNroot your phone, which then makes it ready for warranty issues... So,I don't think anyone an idiot for wanting to stay stock but take advantage of root. Just sayin.

(please correct me if I'm wrong)

Clay
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BROKKANIC:
...and if you brick your phone trying to root it? Where is your warranty then?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] clay101eve:
More likely to brick your phone flashing incorrectly than simply rooting. You MUST root to flash, then flashing has its issues if you aren't careful.. And sometimes even if you are. Sooooo, you add to the possibility of bricking if you flash custom roms after rooting.

Besides, that isn't the argument made by the person I quoted. Not to mention that it'ssomething you have to consider and be ready to accept any route you take.

Clay
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
Untrue. You can flash a recovery enabled kernel through Odin/heimdall. Boot to recovery and flash. No root required. Never even have to boot the OS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] clay101eve:
I stand corrected. Again, still doesn't justify calling people idiots who want to retain root and not flash.

I personally don't see the point, but that doesn't make someone an idiot.

Clay
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
i can somewhat agree. words can be harsh at times...but it seems like people are so quick to do whatever they see a youtube video on, without doing the proper homework...that in itself is aggravating as ****
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jthatch12:
The point I was trying to make is as following:

1. If you're on XDA, I would assume you would like to do some modifications that your cell phone carrier would dissapprove

2. I don't see the point of rooting your phone and sticking with a ROM you can simply get via OTA from AT&T.

3. I've seen more bricks caused from people sticking with Leaks or Official ROMS than I had seen with any other ROM.

4. Yes you can unroot your phone and return to stock (I've done it because my power button stopped working on my old I777), but honestly if you get stuck in a situation where you cannot unroot your phone, your SOL whether you have a cool rom like AOKP or simply a rooted version of a lame rom AT&T releases :good:

I apologize for calling you guys idiots. I just don't understand what benefit you guys get out of rooting a completely stock phone. It's like putting race fuel in a Toyota Prius, you can probably do it but it doesn't make much sense.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] clay101eve:
Hey, don't lump me into that group... Read my sig, im happily rooted, flashed and supercharged!

Just sayin that I didn't agree with branding people choosing to stick with stock while unlocking (rooting) more features of their phone idiots. I don't know why they don't flash, but that doesn't make them idiots in my book, just... uncomfortable taking the next (awesome) step.

Clay
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
For me, I just like to know everything the phone was advertised to do works. I ran CM7 and 9 for quite awhile until the LD4 leak came out and the stock stuff was definitely more stable over all. Remember CM7 was baad up until the RC stage, and even now it sounds like CM9s RC1 has some serious issues too. Don't get me wrong, I loved CM9 but honestly there's so many options in it that I never even use I just went back to stock for stability and ease of use hehe. On a crappy phone like my old Motorola Backflip now, CM7 was like a gift from god, but IMHO Touchwiz is one of the better branded interfaces and for me is pretty good on its own.

As for why you would root it. All my favorite emulators were removed from the market, and are only available as apks from the devs website now. Without root and Root Explorer I wouldn't be playing my old Nintendo games on my breaks at work! ;) Just one of the many reasons...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
OT: I'm looking for some better emulators for my tablets. Which are your favs?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
I'm just using the good old NESoid, GBCoid, SNESoid, Gensoid, etc. aDOSBox for my old pc rpgs. Frodo C64 for the Commodore stuff. Its funny all this big bad modern technology we have and I'm still playing the same games I was playing in the 80s haha. Although lack of a physical keyboard (my Backflip had one) has made Candy Apple tough to use on some Apple II games so I don't really use it much. I just play em on the real one instead.

Now if only my Wiimote worked with Samsungs retarded Bluetooth stack stuff like SNES and N64 games would ROCK!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dsfletch:
Wow I have ran cm9 and several custom roms. Without question they all have short comings. At&t base roms run the best, and because I want some features not allowed by non rooted phones I don't think that's cause to call people idiots.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] prctst:
You can use Siyah 3.4.3 to root official ICS. I am using it no issues observed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jthatch12:
I apologized back in post #47... Stop getting your panties in a bunch
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
For you they might, i find cm9/aokp run better than crappy at&t builds. What features could you possibly need that doesn't allow root?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] prctst:
Siyah 3.4.3 can be used to get root on official ICS which is installed through Kies. I am using it working gr8 so far kudos to siyah kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paultait:
I have a DOCOMO Galaxy Nexus. The phone is untouched and running stock yakjuxe. I received an update a few weeks ago which says it is from Samsung and is 8.4M in size. The info screen says the image is verified but every time I try to update it fails after about 15 seconds and all I get is an android on its back with a red exclaimation above its chest. As my device is not rooted I can't find or delete the update.zip to force a new download. Without going to the Google ROM what are my options?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] staniotsui2012:
Are U Sure that U have a DOCOMO Nexus?

AS the product code of this one NOT yakjuxe,but yakjusc......:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cmstlist:
yakjuxe = Russia and eastern block countries

But there are other reports of yakjuxe on SC-04D units from Amazon. The logical conclusion is that the seller for whatever reason flashed the phones to yakjuxe before shipping them out.

It is possible that this was done incompletely - which would explain why the upgrade won't proceed. Your ROM identifies one way to the upgrade server, which triggers it to download a certain zip, but when it actually boots into recovery to flash that zip, it fails the validation check.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
If you are seeing that screen, chances are you have the wrong stock recovery.

If you want to stay on yakjuxe, you have a few choices:

1) find a full yakjuxe ROM and get the recovery image from it and flash it to your device.

2) flash CWM recovery, and apply the update manually.

3) change the build.prop file to prevent the OTA notification from appearing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
P.s. if you do decide to do option 2, would you please post the file name of the update in this thread so that others can update as well. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20843237

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paultait:
This phone was bought from an australian online retailer kogan.com.au
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Can you get us the name of the update file? Download alogcat from the market, and the next time it prompts you to update, open alogcat and look for a file name ending in zip. Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wth_is_life:
I'd like to know what is the current GPU driver for ICS ?

Please provide download link if available

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] goddi2010:
So i was just wondering can a one click be made with mtd roms or do they just work on bml?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Everything is possible with Google.

Lol I think that's their slogan ;)

sent from my batcave :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mikeflash:
I don't know why but it seems that I can't connect to google servers. If I open google play, I get the loading forever, same with gmail if I search something.

This happens while on wifi and/or network data.

I tried reflashing gapps. Also, clearing market cache.

Other apps can use internet like they normally do, it's just google services that are not working for me.

What can I do?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dirtbikerr450:
Go into cwm and wipe cache and dalvid cache
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mikeflash:
Did not work.

I wiped /data earlier today, so I don't know what could be happening..

I guess it's time to go back to phone bricker and start over..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
It does have some issues but I can reconnect and resync w/o problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xhepera:
have you tried fixing permissions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grubby0:
Have you tried redownloading gapps, sometimes it's just a bad download.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Tubifex:
Full wipe

I just flashed build 40 and no problems at all. As all the dev's say if you have any problems do a full wipe. that should fix your problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Aaalrust:
i second the full wipe. custom kernal? Other than cherry picker?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
Its not the ROM. Its you.

Does your Data/Wifi work for anything else?

ehh who cares. Full wipe and reflash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mikeflash:
A full data wipe was done hours before this issue started.. anyway i flashed another rom and all is good now.

Aokp is good but not as stable as i would want.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
AOKP is as stable if not better than all others. Just because you had an issue and couldnt figure it out, doesnt mean its the ROM. I among the many others have never had an issue with wifi. Hell I've never had an issue that i didnt cause...

Never say that AOKP is not stable. We own these streets :cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mikeflash:
I was using aokp for a week or so, flashing every build as they were released. However, when they ask you for a full wipe before asking for assistance then you know a rom is not as stable.

I guess wiping data every week is not the way i want to go. I hate setting up everything after a full wipe... nandroid backups didn't help much this time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Eternalty:
U know those pink unicorns are everywhere to be found. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Dude you're so wrong I don't even know where to begin

To start off with, a developers support philosophy has nothing to do with how stable the rom is

You don't have to wipe every week, I go a few weeks without wiping and have had no issues
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dandrumheller:
Are you sure your Google account is set up on the phone?

Menu> system settings> accounts and sync.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mikeflash:
This is not my first android, though it is my first aokp rom. I didn't say i had to wipe data every time i flashed, what bothers me is that rom maker asks for a full wipe before assisting you. Something like, when flashing this rom, a full wipe is recommended, though not necessary... But should any issue arise (and they will, eventually) wipe data first and ask questions later.

That's what i mean when i say this rom is not stable. Sure, one could just flash aokp and ignore updates and maybe it will last longer before needing a full wipe, but that's not my case. I love flashing roms but having to wipe more than once a month is just unacceptable for me. Maybe there are people out there who don't mind wiping data that often, so aokp is for them.

Other than that, aokp is a good rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
That has nothing to do with stability. NOTHING. its a fact of android. **** go south. wipe.

You say its not your first android, But hell, a wipe for issues is the FIRST thing I learned years ago.

dont want to wipe, stay stock or get an iphone.

Wiping for issues is something that EVERY ROM has. not just AOKP. Task just plays it smart and doesnt waste time trying to diagnose before hand. Common sense man.

I'd just drop it if I was you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mikeflash:
I don't know who, but one of us is terrible wrong about this. I think a wipe should not be needed as often, since android should be a very stable operating system. You think full wipe is something acceptable because android is not as stable as other operating systems, maybe I'm asking too much or maybe you are way too conformist.

But whatever, I'm not saying aokp is bad, I'm just angry i lost like 10+ hours of cafeteria nipponica, I had 3 restaurants and lots of money, though i lost that because i was too lazy to backup via cwm and figure out how to restore specific data later..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] drakester09:
Hey bro,

Just letting you know, in case you haven't noticed... AOKP has a strong following here.

Beware of open criticism, you're gonna get chewed alive. :laugh:

My advice: drop it and move on. Arguing over the internet is pointless. What you are mentioning is not going to change.

Thankfully in Android we have a choice :), if you don't want to follow a rom maintainer's policy, there's always another one.

Even for I777 you can hellraise a I9100 if there isn't one here that you like.

I'd recommend you CM9 as a good alternative. Personally I never have experienced issues with Google Services when using AOKP but YMMV.

Regards.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
Its actually the same on any OS with updates, some things can get left behind, and what have you, Sometimes a crashed Windows machine is due to old files that got left behind. They have cleaners for that. In my experience Android gets messy after a while. Reboots are also needed on any machine to clean up cache and whatnot. few things to think about ;)

Game data, could be saved on sdcard also, as most of my large games are. otherwise IDK the cwm way.

I liked your response honestly, it was very calm. Good luck man.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] randy_c:
Phone and Mac kept trying to connect for hour and nothing. Mac didn't read the phone and only happen after I update to ICS.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Safixia:
My samsung galaxy II is constantly losing network but when I put my SIM into my old phone it works fine. I've tried everything I could find on here i.e roooting, upgrading to ICS but have had no luck.

I bought (well I paid out his contract) the phone from a friend who moved overseas and he was on a different network (Optus) and I'm on Vodafone but my SIM works (just not all the time! :crying:) so I don't know if that has anything to do with it! Anyways I can't take it back to Optus because I wasn't their client to begin with and Vodafone wont help so I'd really appreciate any help so I can stop missing important calls!! Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
This is the galaxy s forum ;)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidMahn:
Could a dev bake this feature into a kernel for the Transformer Tf300t? I would like to use my Logitech USB headset with my tablet.

What's needed is described here.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=24614

Thanks!

DroidMahn
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ItsmYarD:
Hey Guys,

S3 has this awesome feature - the direct call, anyone ported it over? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dastinger:
What does it do exactly?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gigeaky:
not another req from the s3... here try this one

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1715549