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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gello924:
Got Brickbug!!

I followed the instructions and got to stock 4.0.4 without any hiccups. (This method completely wipes the data in your internal memory though and took about 20mins to complete.) Wanted to update from the UCLE2 leak, thinking there would be no brick bug, but to my surprise there she was. Would have a taken a screen shot but I cant seem to figure out how, but here are the particulars:

eMMC chip

Type: KYL00M

CID: 1501004b594c30304d1212877d60be0e

Revision: 0x12

Verdict

DANGER! This eMMC cjip is *KNOWN* to have the brick bug!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mdz24cavalier:
THANKS for posting this. I also had to us all CAPS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] shiv81:
Root Stock ICS

Sorry if this is off topic a bit, but where/how can I find a root method for stock ICS? Thanks in advance
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
Admittedly, I'm a complete android noob (having just switched to my skyrocket about two months ago from an iphone). With that being said, i'm going to ask a really basic question here.

Long story short, I rooted my phone last night (after much reading on this site, thanks!). I installed, CWM (via Odin), rooted then dropped on TiPro and BusyBox in preperation to flash ICS and a custom kernel; which I was going to do tonight after work. Obviously, this news today has changed my plans a bit ..

So, my question is, can I simply use this method and upgrade my phone or will I need to unroot and remove CWM, TiPro and BusyBox first?

I'm also assuming, if I read a bit more on here, that I can then root the stock ICS ROM from AT&T& after it is loaded.

Thanks in advance for answers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] karthi_ranu:
when I enter the serial number and model number for SGH-I727 kies displays The Model info that you﻿ have entered cannot be verified the device initialization cannot proceed ..pls help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] marvin02:
Did you think that installing different software would fix your hardware?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
Anyone else getting extraordinarily slow transfer speeds from samsung's site? I'm talking 8.3 KB/sec to maybe 25.5 KB/sec peak ... download is taking forever. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
Ok, so I'm at the Firmware upgrade and initialization screen in Kies ... it's been stuck at 2% for about 20 minutes now. I'm assuming this is a problem. Anyone have advice on what I should do? Let it go ... disconnect, restore with CWM and try again?

My config when I started:

GB 2.3.6 - rooted, cwm touch installed

(Running on Windows 7 through VMWare on a MacBook Pro if that matters)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] steveorg:
I'm confused. I'm on 2.3.6. Is this an official AT&T update that has not yet been pushed out to all users? If I install it, will it wipe all of my data?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
I think I have my question answered in another thread, I unplugged - got 2.3.6 working again - then put the stock recovery back on the phone. Running Kies update again now, will see how it goes.

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This is the official update from AT&T for the skyrocket, it should not wipe your data if you install using this method.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pahick:
One small problem with this method. I bricked my phone and got a replacement(refurbed) from ATT. The sticker on the back doesnt give a serial number. And there was no box. So how would you use Kies?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] turbo23:
Not on mine

I'm running the ICS ROM from the Galaxy 3 (V4) and tried Kies, it said my phone was not supported. I guess I would have to backtrack to a regular gingerbread ROM first...I think I'll leave it alone for now. :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Chewza:
Excellent post OP! Thanks for the info!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] DGMastermind:
Awesome! I was one of the people that for whatever reason couldn't update through Kies normally. This did it perfectly, thank you!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] HuskJay:
Recap of tonight's upgrade to 4.04

Here's how it went for me. I had the stock AT&T Gingerbread image, rooted with CWM and had removed all the bloatware with Root Uninstaller. Over the air updates to get to 2.3.6 were failing because the image was not stock. Once I got the SMS from AT&T saying to go to the Samsung site and follow the instrucitons off I went.

A long download and long install of Kies. The install spins forever on .NET framework updates. Once the program is installed and launched it continued to be a dog. Very slow response times.

Several attempts to backup data via Kies. Only able to backup account information and settings. Trying to back up personal information and content resulted in the backup failing every time for unknown reasons. Couldn't sync contact to Outlook either (failed to retrieve folder information - described elsewhere). I made a separate backup of my data by mounting USB and SD storage and copying folders to a hard drive.

I decided to give the upgrade a try without reverting my image back to stock unrooted and so did not follow the instructions at the top of this thread either. I just started up Kies, connected my phone and acted as if it was a regular old GB stock phone. Kies recognized the OS was up for an upgrade and downloaded the new firmware. I let the upgrade go ahead and the download to the phone and upgrade of the OS proceeded without a hitch. It had no problem with the rooted OS but did increment the flash counter. After the reboot the new OS was applied and it went through all my apps and re-registered them or something.

After the upgrade my data and apps were still there. I am using Go launcher and it still works. The icon for Contacts and Music were missing - just showed the android robot - so I had to delete and add them back. A few other apps have the same icon issue so I'll go after them one by one. The AT&T bloatware has returned so I'll need to uninstall them (e.g. Family Map, AT&T Code Scanner, NFS Shift, AT&T Navigator, Media Hub, etc.) with Root Uninstaller again.

Kies sync now works with Outlook.

The OS started decrypting my encrypted SD card. Once it gets done I'l know whether that data made it or not. Then I'll re-encrypt, if the data's OK, or format and restore from backup then encrypt.

Carrier IQ now seems to be gone. Anti-CIQ doesn't find it, nor does Voodoo CarrierIQ Detector. I hope this doesn't mean AT&T and/or just found a way to hide it better.

Overall, the phone has passed the initial smoke test. If I find any issues tomorrow I'll report back.

Update:

re-encryption of SD card went OK, though the OS had to make two attempts at it. On the first try the phone hung. I thought the card would be hatched after the reboot but the recovery was graceful and all the data is still there.

Phone works fine. The swype keyboard layout has changed a bit with this new version. Getting used to other new features. Owner information on lock screen is finally a standard feature - yay!

My root access is gone. I'll follow instructions elsewhere to re-root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] anton1000:
problem with Kies

My device cannot be found (on an older PC running vista) - the driver won't update, it says there is something to do with my HP laserjet? Unsure why this would have anything to do with the driver not installing.

So Kies just doesnt detect my phone...any workarounds?

Also - does this work on a mac? Kies does not seem to have the same option on my macbook air (which was having problems of its own installing ICS)

ideas? screenshot attached of mac problem (but answer to pc problem would be great too)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] sutheesht:
Error when downloading using Kies

I am getting an error half way. I am not on ATT is it because of that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
Yes, this is for AT&T users.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] shiv81:
Try putting it into usb storage mode in the drop down notification once you're connected. Kies didn't read my SR until I did this.

Sent from my Triumph using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] triplexkush:
Sorry to anyone if my post was a bit confusing. I've revised it and made it much clearer! There are two seperate directions for returning and updating to stock ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
Ok, that certainly clears things up a bit and may explain why it didn't work for me. From your original instructions, my install always hangs at 2% once it has actually started to flash the firmware and I have to recover to 2.3.6 from a backup.

Does the upgrade method work fine if i'm rooted with CWM Touch (5.5.0.4)? I'm getting conflicting answers on that subject.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] La Cancion:
hotspot issues

has anyone with the ICS update noticed a hotspot crash issue like reported here

http://forums.att.com/t5/General-Posts/Skyrocket-ICS-breaks-tethering/m-p/3250761

and here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1765290
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] MasterDecker:
I have had zero issues with the hotspot / tethering. I rooted my SR right after upgrading. Installed FoxFi, and away I went.

Further research shows me that you may have a conflict between a couple installed apps, or you froze something that the hotspot / tethering is reliant upon.

The only other possibility I can think of is that during your flash upgrade that not all went well, and some how your wifi drivers got corn fuzzled.

So lets start with defrosting all the programs you froze, and see if that helps. If so, then freeze them again 1 by 1 trying the hot spot after each freeze.

If not, then lets remove any 3'rd party apps that enable your hotspot, and try them each one by one until you have success.

If failure is still the option, then perhaps a reflash would do you some good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] triplexkush:
If KIES lets you upgrade your device then yeah it should work but I doubt that cuz you dont have stock recovery. If it doesn't then you'll have to do it the other way where your device gets completely wiped.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] beall49:
I get an error in Korean when I try and enter my device information...I chose English.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
odin doesnt wipe when upgrading to ics, on rogers anyway, att should be the same.

reverting back to gb from ics will become unstable unless a wipe/reset is performed, which wipes your apps and settings, basically getting a fresh gb 2.3.5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gello924:
Still a Noob

Well actually I did, never realized that the brick bug was a hardware issue and not software. Thanks anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Xpl0d:
I'm getting an error message saying I do not have enough disk space and need at least 3000 MB. My disk had a little over 100 MB and I formatted after. Still no luck. Does anyone know how to fix this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] triplexkush:
Uninstall KIES and reinstall it and that should fix it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Jestic:
Flash counter

I successfully installed the 4.0.4 upgrade through Keis without a hitch. I upgraded from 2.3.6 rooted. My question is: Did my flash counter reset when I upgraded? How can I check this? Thanks and sorry for the noob question.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
It shouldn't matter really. You can reset he flash counter vis CWM now. There's a thread in the development forum with all the details.

However, you can check your flash counter by putting the phone into download mode.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] marvin02:
The chip has a bug which can be avoided by not using certain low-level instructions. The brick bug app only checks the hardware (chip).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Jestic:
OK, thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vwfix:
Just did the update to the 4.04 and now lost my root, anyone know which root method works on the official att 4.04 release
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
try either one

Rooting GB ..... Hit thanks for copperhed

Rooting ICS..... Hit thanks for starskyrob
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] glarior:
updated mine to ICS... wifi tether won't work now! If I click on wifi tether the phone hangs for a bit and then errors out saying settings needs to close. Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] SiL3nTKiLL:
legittttt
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Lucidmike:
For me, following these steps on UCLF5, I did not lose any data. I only lost root, and gained all the original bloat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Prodeje79:
Will you clarify in the first post if you can do this if you have CWM recovery and custom ROM installed?

I am running superlite 5.0 android 4.0.3 with baseband i727UCALC4.

I have the older non touch CWM,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
You can also use odin and shouldn't lose data if upgrading, everything you need to do it is In the first link I'm my sticky
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tehrectifier:
Thanks

I was running a leaked version previously, and when I originally tried reverting to stock and then updating via Kies, I ran into tons of force closes. I then tried flashing with Odin both, 4.0.4 & 2.3.5, still getting force closes. I went back to the one-click leaked version and was still having problems.

I found a thread discussing the issue of the force closes, and it mentioned that it was probably a corrupt partition. Later, I think I read somewhere that the leak method may have caused this. In any case, I was determined to follow the thread's advice on how to fix the corrupt partition. I was in recovery and wiped my cache 3x, but nothing more.

Nonetheless, I was still having force close issues today, that is, till I tried this method. My phone seems to be in the clear now. I don't know why, of course, but I suspect this method, as you mentioned, having wiped all data, may have restored everything to factory, and in doing so, fixed my corrupted partition. I just thought I'd mention this in case anyone else might be having the same issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] melindalynn2001:
Did this and really dislike 4.0.4 Tons of PROBS!

I did this method to update form Gingerbread stock that the phone came with. I absolutely wish I never did it. I am having SO many problems with ICS 4.0.4. I loved, LOVED, my GS2S until this update. I have read numerous posts that returning to Gingerbread is not the best option since future updates might be compromised, and you run the risk of bricking the phone. The phone isn’t useless, its just not the phone I loved. It freezes, the screen goes black often, the email notifications/boxes are all messed up (says I have new messages that I deleted already that day....and when I open it there they are again! Back and showing new....even after 3 or 4 times deleting!), when I try to reply to text the text box takes forever to open, battery drains faster, etc. Please Help! What is my best FIRST course of action....try factory reset? Rerun the return to stock ICS install?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
try a factory reset, will lose what you had, its like getting the phone when new, will still be ics

to return to gb read the second link in my sig
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] metis23:
Reverted back to 2.3.5 from 4.0.4 on my Rogers i727r. Is it possible to upgrade to 2.3.6 ? Kies points me to ICS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
its in the the link i directed u too, , did u read it

fine i'll tell u here, you have to do the ota update from phone to get 2.3.6, but att might not have it anymore

theres a link in the stock firmware section for the repository, there they have a link for a cwm flashable stock 2.3.6 firmware,

edit: sorry wrong guy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] metis23:
thats wasnt me! :D

On stock rogers 2.3.5 there is no "software update" button under "about phone". The stock 2.3.6 firmware in the repository is for ATnT (didn't specifically say Rogers). I am reluctant to flash ATnT software on to my Rogers.

2.3.6 is not a big deal if I cannot upgrade to it but if there is an easy way why not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] metis23:
vincom what ROM you running on your canadian skyrocket?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
2.3.6 is not meant for rogers phone, dont flash it

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at this moment skyics 4.2f6
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] metis23:
Is there any reason to think that flashing through Odin is better than Kies? I assume they are the same since they both produce the same results.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] epapsiou:
Man could not get ODIN to work today

Tried 2 diff comps and 5 diff images (both HB and ICS)

Fianlly used KIES and it worked

Wonder what was wrong?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lukas718:
I'm having issue with my 4g lte. Happens randomly - my phone just discharges. Last night I had it on charger for up to 85% and I woke up this morning my phone was dead. No wifi or bluetooth on. No new apps installed. I cant find a pattern why and when is doing that. Any ideas ? is there some kind of app that can record what is happening to the sys and battery so I can review later on ?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] TaintedByte:
Yes install BetterBatteryStats (available for free on the devs thread). It will show you what is keeping the phone awake since that is probably the cause of your battery being drained. Install it and let it standby for a while without touching. Update the thread with the statistics BBS gives you.

Also you should try posting questions in the Q&A forum next time :P
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lukas718:
thanks and sorry

which on should I post ?

other, partial wakelocks, kernel wakelock, alarms or process ?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
i have that app.. i just dont know like whats bad and whats not?? my battery seems ok but i just wish i knew how to use the app.. :o
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] zpoettker:
With no wifi on you are going to drain quick if you have spotty service. You can even go to settings, battery, and then see what is using your battery.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bayniner:
I also have this problem somedays I will have great battery life around 20 hours and other times I get around 12 hours, today for example my phone been of charger 2 hour about ten min of screen time and battery already at 80 percent, I do have better battery stats and have never seen a wakelock or anything like that.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
so i should go under partial wakelocks and what do i look for>>??? i have mad stuff under it.. what do i look for >??? :confused:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bryanu:
I have had similar issues, even went to bed before at 50% to wake up turned off from dead battery and all my data syncing stops at night based on schedules I have set.

Few things I have noticed.

I have plugged my phone in a few times, battery light turn orange like it's charging but the battery icon not move (as if is not charging) and when I went at power it says (discharging) yet when not plugged in it just says (not plugged in) and when charging it says (charging). A simple unplug and plug fixes it but odd that it randomly happens. I hope is sw bug and not something hardware on my phone.

Also once got my phone in diag mode by mistake playing with the ## menus. When that is on the battery was about 50% of what it normally is and you never know it's on unless you see the screen on reboot. Turned it back off and all was better again.

Still have the random days it drains fast though and the random times it won't charge though light is orange.

On the right days though, it is great. I can get over a day on my normal use and that is with 5 email accounts (some push exchange and some imap) and some texting and web and light browsing.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Antebios:
I had the same issue for a while, I finally found out what is was. It was "Sync Internet". It was constantly running. Go to Settings >> Accounts & Sync >> Your Google Account(s) and see if "Sync Internet" has the sync icon next to the checkbox. It never stopped syncing and so it was draining my battery. I unchecked it and battery is working like a champ!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] vandon1:
The *whole* internet??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dgreaves:
Lol !
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Razgriz:
The only battery issues I've had with mine are when I disabled a ton of apps.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] TaintedByte:
Sorry I posted that and then went to bed :p here's what you do:

Set it to detect 'since unplugged' and then let the phone idle for a nice amount of time to get good data. Then check under kernel wake locks and take a screen shot then just switch to partial ones and do the same. I'll look at them and try to help. I'm not an expert on it but it did help me back when I had a similar issue with my 3D.

Sent from my Evo 4G LTE
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sav_uk:
Just wanted to know if this was normal - after browsing and gaming for a while the bottom of the phone gets a bit warm, but not hot. This is after playing quite graphically intensive games and browsing lots of desktop pages, which I guess make the processor work harder.

Is this something you all experience also. :confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beaver2233:
yep, completely normal!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perus:
Yes ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sav_uk:
Ah good :-)
[HTC EVO 3D] igiddyuup:
Ok so I asked this question in another thread, but it really wasn't the correct place to ask. Plus i will update it to include more of what i actually know. (Which isn't much btw) =]

I have been using meanRom for a while now, and the newest version (MeanROM ICS v2.4) is eating my battery too quickly. I was wondering if there was a way to either disable dual cores from being in effect while all the time when the screen is on or reduce the processor speed (ie remove over clocking or over clock it a bit less) to try and save some battery.

I have never attempted to change CPU max speed or change the number of cores being used before so i don't know where to start. I thought I read somewhere you can edit the settings in a file, but A. I don't know which file. and B. I don't know how.

I don't mind just having one core always running and I can edit the file and reboot to enable the 2nd core if necessary, however doing it on the fly like below would be pretty cool

On a side note:

I saw in inbREDed 5.2.5 they have a "Core control in quicksettings, change to dual/single core on the fly". Is that available to use in MeanROM?

Any help would be appreciated.
[HTC EVO 3D] gonk24:
Best place to ask this is in the MeanROM ICS thread. MeanROM doesn't have overclocking ability right now due to the stock kernel so that isn't your issue. Ask over in that thread and I bet you'll get help
[HTC EVO 3D] igiddyuup:
I can't I don't have enough posts to ask in that thread. =\

Update: Apparently I can now post in there. Just asked in there. =]