yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] bnevets27:
I was referring to if you had not created CM9 for this device then it wouldn't have ICS at all.

I'll be honest I don't completely understand how unofficial build become official therefore becoming supported by CM. My only experience is with my captivate where unofficial builds were made and then it became officially supported. Now that its officially supported and according to what CM has said it should receive JB. So basically what I was asking is this device going to be official supported at some point due to the work you have done making this build. And if it does become officially supported I would have to assume then it will get CM10 as mentioned by the CM team.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Oh I would definitely love to make this official once I'm comfortable with it. I guess it just depends on all the hardware behaving as it should (I think it is now) and all the stock stuff being stable (I'm not happy with the 'silly faces' effects option).

Regarding JB, I don't know what the procedure is for the upgrade to CM10, but right now things are not stable in CM10 for most devices. I am sure it will take some additional work on the part of developers, so I don't think it'll automatically just work on an existing CM9 build infrastructure.
[Galaxy S II General] DOOOLY:
Thanks Dsixda everything worked out fine i sent a couple beers your way.

DOOOLY

Calgary Alberta :cowboy:
[Galaxy S II General] iDemonz:
Whats the battery like on Cm9?
[Galaxy S II General] DOOOLY:
well i just flashed it but i bet its better than the stock bell :)
[Galaxy S II General] markdexter:
All depends on the user
[Galaxy S II General] spaztiq:
I've found the newest one to be great.. wild estimate I'd say 25% better.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
And you can underclock the CPU lower than stock Bell as well, should you ever need to save more battery life.
[Galaxy S II General] DOOOLY:
The touch button light is it suppose to turn off after a couple of seconds ? This is when i am browsing .
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
No, not in the July 13th build
[Galaxy S II General] DOOOLY:
Ok thanks
[Galaxy S II General] bnevets27:
One last question dsixda, does LTE work fine for you?

According to rogers:

The I757 only has: 800 / 1800 / 2600

The I727 has: 1700 / 2100

So according to rogers then I guess the I757 just can't fall back to 2100 so it would fall back to HSDPA+ I assume. Would be nice to see a coverage map of the 2600 spectrum.

Sorry to be asking this here, just there is so little info on this device and no specific forum for it.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
With the stock ROM I got download speeds of 25Mbps with LTE here in Ottawa. With CM9 I haven't used it much, just 3G/HSPA, but I got 15Mbps once with 4G when I tried. I'd probably get higher speeds depending on tower location.
[Galaxy S II General] AllyKat:
I am considering this since a few days ago Bell's schedule of ICS updates bumped the phone to August. I would like to confirm what ISN'T working in the last release of this ROM? The front page only list what does and its so long that I cannot tell what's missing?

[Side note: would someone tell me if the 'oid emulators (such as the GBA one: http://slideme.org/application/gameboid) have the issue with this ROM that cause the A + B buttons on the virtual screen to press at the same time?]
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
I wouldn't be hiding anything ;-)

What's not working:

From the first page -

That's the only thing not working (preview screen for Silly Faces; although the video recording in Silly Faces is perfect). I'll re-word it to make it more clear.
[Galaxy S II General] 123abcalex:
NFC capabilities

So to wrap up the NFC issue, I just got off the phone with Samsung after an email and online chat with them resulted in them simply pointing out the section in the guide on how to enable NFC. The rep on the phone knew nothing of NFC and this device and I expected as much with this being a rare device and NFC being relatively unknown. After speaking with what I assume was a help desk or something, the rep told me that basically the software supports NFC but the hardware doesn't. Having worked in customer support and having dealt with crappy customers, also since the issue is crystal clear, I knew better than to make a big deal of this.

So there you have it, our phone is advertised as having NFC but lacks the hardware. I only wish it was the other way around like with the AT&T Note and the software was lacking, that way dsixda would have long ago enabled it to work.

So if you want this feature, you will have to get one of those NFC sd cards (and block up your SD slot in process, which is not practical) or maybe, just maybe we can rip one off a nexus or note and stick it in our battery cover (and align the connectors and as long as the phone has the actual chip within it and as long as the chip is actually enabled) but good luck finding one at a reasonable price and getting it to actually work. I am quite disappointed as I was looking forward to getting to use this feature, so please make your feelings on this issue heard (all 5 of us) and other than that tough luck, hey at least we got fully functional ICS, so that more than makes up for it.
[Galaxy S II General] reallybigabe:
I did the same digging this weekend.

Here's my process:

- Contacted Bell, explained my phone was advertised as having NFC but doesn't. I actually USE NFC a lot (I have several proxy cards at work, and with the root apps available, its easy to do a 'hard-write' and store several encrypted proxy cards on my phone so I don't have to walk around with a janitor tag bundle like a loser.

- Transferred to "Customer Relations" / "Customer Dispute Resolution" <-- The same number answered with each of these titles

- Same explanation, left call-back details with an 'investigator'

- Contacted back by some goofball with zero technical knowledge who told me the first step with a dispute was to contact my retailer (Booth Wireless), I was adamant that he forward my complaint and the details of it to the store so that it's coming from Bell.

- Contacted Booth... I've been away for work for 2 months, so my 'local' shop was nowhere near where I was, and they couldn't transfer my complaint to the nearest store...

- Talked all week back and forth with a Store Manager (incidentally, MUCH more technically-inclined than the resolution center, a pleasure)

So, I went in Saturday, little kids in tow, for a specified timing of 0930... the kid working didn't open until 1005, and I had 2 tired and hungry kids, so I wasn't happy... then he told me the store manager was out partying last night and won't be in until after 12... I was @#$@#ing irate... but there's no point being a **** to the min-wager working that morning, so I came back after 12....

Now, here I am. 2 months after I bought my S2 HD LTE with NFC for $99.99 on a 3-year with a $50 rebate for signing up for 'All Bell' (Home, Satellite, Internet, & Mobile)... so $49.99 out of pocket... the store manager "Split the difference" on an S3 for me ($159.99 - $99.99) = $50 /2 = $25 + HST.

So, 2 months later, custom rom count of 20+, a few thousand minutes used... and I traded it in for an S3 for $25.

Feel free to do the same. Once again, a big 3 flogged off a product without asking someone technical in the process... it really really grates me when they do that - so let them take the hit on this ridiculous notion. Demand an exchange for a product that has the advertised features.

Sorry, once again DSI - you're still a bloody legend. Last I looked, the small army of SGH-i747 devs didn't have camera working on CM9. You're a machine.

Yeah. Anyways. Screw Bell. They deserve it... not nearly as much as Rogers mind you... but still. Thieves.

BTW - Touchwiz 5 is actually worth the Bell bloatware to me. It's the first time I've ever enjoyed a stock rom vs first few custom roms attempted. So, if you're hanging on to this device, and the update comes soon - it's a nice OS right out of the gates.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Some NFC info:

http://www.nearfieldcommunication.org/sd-sim-cards.html

Looks like we are screwed for NFC SD cards, since we have a metallic slot..
[Galaxy S II General] AllyKat:
How do you get it so that the Internal SD Card and External work properly? It will not let me delete the system files it keeps adding to my external memory stick.
[Galaxy S II General] colinoftheeast:
Like a good noob I re-read this entire thread to make sure I didn't miss something. I was waiting for the front camera to get working to try this out. Was pumped when I finally saw you had it working - Thanks BTW!

On Saturday I flashed cm-9-20120713-UNOFFICIAL-celoxhd.zip after rooting and all that other good stuff.

It has been pretty flawless actually. I didn't know there was a funny faces thing either, but I've been texting and taking pics and playing around without issue for the most part. I have found a couple odd things that might not even be issues with regards to the capacitive buttons only.

1) When I have the phone charging and I get a message, the capacitive buttons light up and stay lit until I at least unlock then lock again. (Wow monday coffee, just figured this might be intentional - as in a you have messages light - which would be cool). What setting would I use to turn this off (which might solve the 2nd issue)?

2) I like my phone to be my alarm clock by the bed so I have an app Kaloer Clock that turns on when I charge the phone over night. It keeps the screen on so I have a clock to look at. Unfortunately the capacitive button light stays on all night which is probably not great for it?

Cheers sir. Really appreciate the time you spent working on this. I may never bother with the Bell update if it keeps working as well as it has thus far.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
You can turn off button lights or backlight notifications under System Settings / Advanced / Sensors.

EDIT: However, I can raise this is an issue when the clock app is used with the backlight off (the button lights ideally should be off in this case, but they're not).
[Galaxy S II General] colinoftheeast:
Ahh I didn't go in the sensor section. Thanks.

Maybe terminology is getting the best of me, but in order to display stuff on the screen the backlight must be on right? Or would this be a setting in the app itself?
[Galaxy S II General] TrainAss:
I knew you could do it. I've been watching this thread and silently cheering you on. You've done amazing work. I want to get my wife a new phone, she has a (used) Galaxy S Captivate. I might pick up this one (again), carrier unlock it for her, and get it set up on your ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Yeah the backlight is the screen. The brightness is also represented by a value in /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness, which gets updated automatically. When you see the screen dim, the value goes to 20 I think. When it's turned off it's 0.

There is another value that I am unable to find. This is the custom dim level (under Display / Automatic Backlight / Use custom / Screen Dim Level. There is an error in the CM9 code where this cannot be changed from the default value of 20. I'm not sure which file under /sys/class/ it is stored under however.
[Galaxy S II General] colinoftheeast:
I think I found a setting that fixes all my issues in the sensors area. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction there. Sorry if I made you do any more work than necessary. :angel:
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
No worries, man. This is something I should fix.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Ok, so I just checked out a colleague's Nexus S running stock ICS. When he has the Clock app running in dock mode (i.e. with the screen dimmed), the button lights are still on. In other words, that is normal behaviour, not a bug in my CM9. You can turn those button lights off under the Advanced / Sensors menu.

However, the second issue I mentioned, with being unable to set the custom Dim Level, is an actual problem, and it also happens with other devices (confirmed with the Telus/T-Mobile Galaxy S2). I've talked to the devs there, and I will also be checking it out.
[Galaxy S II General] AllyKat:
Switched the this ROM last night.

Battery life today has been crap.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Battery life on stock is even crappier.
[Galaxy S II General] markdexter:
Did you calibrate your battery after flashing?
[Galaxy S II General] jsr84:
I've had some funny battery behavior since switching to CM9, sometimes my battery life will drop like a rock from 100-50% but the last 50% takes forever. I've tried calibrating it and just leaving it. in the end I still good a good amount of use out of the battery.
[Galaxy S II General] AllyKat:
What calibration?

My battery was down to 10% after 7 hours of my daily usage. On stock, I would normally be about 11 hours before getting that close to dead.
[Galaxy S II General] jonnyjb:
So i think i figured out what happened and how to fix the gallery. For some reason the camera file (or what ever it is) was saying there was double the photos, not sure why. But it was just blank for the ones not existing, makes sense. How i fixed it was by moving the DCIM file to another file. Then went into the gallery and deleted the old camera file. Then moved it back and deleted the old one again. And there we go its back to normal. Just thought i would let you know just in case anyone has this happen.
[Galaxy S II General] spaztiq:
I had the rapid battery deterioration today too.. there is apparently a bug with the mediaserver process in ICS that pops up once in awhile if it encounters an odd image or music file. I'm not sure what I did to fix it, but I cleared data from the music and DSP app and battery life is back to being excellent.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
There is an audio fix that I will submit into the next release.
[Galaxy S II General] ngautam:
yeah i noticed the battery too...i charged it last night around 8 pm and it was idle up until now 9 am and the battery has lost 20 %.... previous builds it normally lost about 10 % :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
What happened to the comments about "battery is definitely better now" and "25% better battery life" three days ago? LOL :P

Just set your Performance settings to use Conservative method. I have no idea how to "fix" battery issues. Every single ROM thread on xda has people complaining about battery life.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Why not use a charger while you sleep??
[Galaxy S II General] jsr84:
Mines not really a battery life issue, its just the way the battery life is being reported, its not a huge deal for me.
[Galaxy S II General] spaztiq:
LOL.. 3 days ago it was that much better. I think I may have added some music with some album art that caused mediaserver to go into the "endless loop" error that many ICS users seem to encounter (googled a bunch to see what the cause was). I've since deleted all non MP3 files from my music directory to see if that'll stop it from occurring. Time will tell. :D
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
If I have time tonight I will upload a new build with audio fix. Not sure if it will fix your issue though.
[Galaxy S II General] ngautam:
i dont like charging over night...this phone charges in about 2 to 3 hours and for 5 hours it would be just sitting on charge which i dont like

dsixda about the battery, we arent blaming you or anything dude...you did a good job and we thank you for that. :good:
[Galaxy S II General] markdexter:
Remember rogue apps can cause battery drain too, try playing with cpu setting. I've had no trouble with battery it's a lot better than stock that's all that matters!
[Galaxy S II General] spaztiq:
Awesome. Though from what I read , its an issue native to ICS that has been fixed in JB. Only affects people who use media apps, like myself using my phone for music. If you've actually fixed it, you truly are a master :D
[Galaxy S II General] AllyKat:
Battery charge is not lasting the day...
[Galaxy S II General] B.Moreira:
I'm not having any issues with battery life, my previous charge lasted almost 24 hours. Using an app killer and the juice defender app really helps battery life.
[Galaxy S II General] markdexter:
Wow your the first person to mention battery life!
[Galaxy S II General] TrueHD:
I wasn't sure if it is a bug for a long time. There is no option "DELETE" in People App.

So i can't delete all my contacts in one time. Without, i guess, using computer and logining to google mail account (which will result glitches in synchronization, by the way).

But today i have checked Huawei Honor with ICS witch is one of my colleague phone, and there very clearly is option "Delete" present. And more , i cann chose any contact there or choose all contacts. And delete them at once.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Is it Huawei's skinned ICS or CM9/ stock Android ICS??

http://technoxide.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-to-remove-all-contacts-in-android.html?m=1
[Galaxy S II General] jsr84:
If you're using the ROM you downloaded from the first post in of this thread then yes there is.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
No, TrueHD meant multiple contacts at once. Stock ICS does not have that feature.
[Galaxy S II General] jonnyjb:
there is a delete option just under the menu button. you have to be on the contact you want to delete.
[Galaxy S II General] jsr84:
Reading fail.
[Galaxy S II General] AllyKat:
I would love to know what settings you have adjusted. It might help because my battery life was not increased.

This is the first ROM flash that has been done to my phone.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Ok guys, just uploaded a new build.
[Galaxy S II General] jonnyjb:
Thanks. DSI, it's pretty awesome that it is just minor issues and improvements. you have done amazing things here. and what ever they did to the Dev-host is awesome i got 1.2mb downloads it was done so fast i thought something had gone wrong haha.

thanks again for all your hard, long, late night work.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Thanks bro. Dev-host moved servers, so their speeds should be improved, as you noticed.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Ally, some tips:

- in wifi settings, press menu, then Advanced. Under "Keep Wifi on during sleep", select: Only when plugged in --> This makes a huge battery improvement.

- use 3G if you don't need LTE all the time (under "Mobile networks" settings, and then "Network mode" = GSM)

- don't sync or enable notifications for Twitter or Facebook or Google+ etc. If you rely on message notifications, then set up those accounts to email your Gmail account instead when you get new notifications

- in Settings / Performance / Processor, choose Governer to be "Conservative", and set Minimum CPU Frequency to less than the default 384 MHz

- turn off GPS unless you are using Navigation!

- don't use live wallpapers

- log out from Google Talk if you don't need to be logged in all the time

- disable button backlights under system settings / advanced / sensors

All these settings will make a huge difference to your battery life.
[Galaxy S II General] zz3ta:
Hmm I seem to have CM9 flashed but gapps refuses to flash, it either gets stuck on "installing updates...", "mounting system..." or "copying files".

Im guessing that CWM is the only way to flash gapps... Anyone have suggestions? I tried flashing the 0705 CM9, as noted by two previous users before gapps and still no luck :(
[Galaxy S II General] colinoftheeast:
What does gapps install anyways? Once I moved to this ROM I had to re-download all the google apps I wanted anyways (gmail, google+).

A dumb question, but if I update the ROM to the new version am I going to set up everything again?
[Galaxy S II General] deafened:
Installed latest version this morning. So far so great.

Regarding battery life. I've seen a minor improvement on this ROM. When I got this phone I knew the HD and LTE would be hard on the battery. I use Green Power to help with controlling Wi-Fi and Data. I agree that using performance tweaks in CM9 to control the CPU is also helpful in increasing battery life. I sync everything and usually get 16 to 18 hours out of the battery.
[Galaxy S II General] markdexter:
Use 7zip open the rom. Zip and gapps. Zip drag and drop into appropriate files in rom. Zip, then flash. However that shouldn't be happening anyway, try re- downloading gapps or have you got the latest cwm on your device?
[Galaxy S II General] Sconbox:
Just installed the most recent build from the 17th and now the Google play store crashes on open :(

I tried flashing again and fixing permissions in Cwm recovery. Previous version worked perfectly.
[Galaxy S II General] maydax:
Same here. All my google accounts are gone and logcat shows this when I open google play

I reinstalled the gapps zip then re-added my google accounts. Seems to be working after that.
[Galaxy S II General] deafened:
When I install the ROM I first wipe cache and then wipe Dalvik cache. I haven't had any issues.
[Galaxy S II General] maydax:
Thanks for the info. Didn't know about wiping the dalvik cache. This is my first android phone and I'm still learning :)
[Galaxy S II General] Sconbox:
Hmm tried wiping both caches and re- flashing but same problem persists.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Did you flash Google apps??
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
The Google issue is apparently due to a CyanogenMod code submission introduced yesterday. It's affecting other device users. It was later fixed. Anyways for now just re-flash gapps. Just look at the other CM9 thread in this forum..
[Galaxy S II General] Sconbox:
Aha that was it. Re-flashed the gaps and it fixed the problem. :good:
[Galaxy S II General] jonnyjb:
Is there a reason why cm9 spent included gapps in it? I(for a short time) used teamhacksungs room and it has the gapps included. Can this be done or is cm9 not ok with it?
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
I don't know, better to ask in the CyanogenMod forum. I just make the rom the way it's supposed to with the CM source, and then hope it works.

Cyanogen got a cease-and-desist from Google two years ago for having Google's apps initially.
[Galaxy S II General] dsixda:
Regarding the NFC question, if you enable nfc, this is what shows up in my logcat:

I/NfcService( 713): Enabling NFC
D/NFC JNI ( 713): Start Initialization
D/NFC JNI ( 713): NFC capabilities: HAL = 8150100, FW = a76c0c, HW = 620003, Model = 0, HCI = 1, Full_FW = 108, Rev = 12, FW Update Info = 0
D/NFC JNI ( 713): phLibNfc_SE_GetSecureElementList()
D/NFC JNI ( 713):
D/NFC JNI ( 713): > Number of Secure Element(s) : 1
D/NFC JNI ( 713): phLibNfc_SE_GetSecureElementList(): SMX detected, handle=0xabcdef
D/NFC JNI ( 713): phLibNfc_SE_SetMode() returned 0x000d[NFCSTATUS_PENDING]
I/NFC JNI ( 713): NFC Initialized
D/NdefPushServer( 713): start, thread = null
D/NdefPushServer( 713): starting new server thread
D/NdefPushServer( 713): about create LLCP service socket
D/NdefPushServer( 713): created LLCP service socket
D/NdefPushServer( 713): about to accept
D/NfcService( 713): NFC-EE OFF
D/NfcService( 713): NFC-C ON

It appears some of the hardware is there (the chip??), since the HAL (software that accesses the driver) is behaving okay. So maybe the only problem is we don't have the actual antenna(?)
[Galaxy S II General] 123abcalex:
NFC capabilities

Without understanding anything about logcat and such, I believe the chip is in the phone but we only need an antenna.

see http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-hd-fcc/ for what its worth I believe this is accurate info.

AT&T was hesitant to get NFC to this device so perhaps built them with the chip in them (the connectors for the antenna are on the back of the device next to the sim) and then was going to allow two different battery covers. In the process Bell bought the devices, but did not bother with NFC and hence this is why the guide contains references to NFC and the phone has the connectors and that NFC appears in logcat. We need to get a nexus or note battery cover with NFC antenna, try to make contact with our connectors and test the NFC.
[Galaxy S II General] heathenlife:
Anyone managed to sim unlock this phone? I did my I9000 without a code, but I am guessing this is not the same as that one.