yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ian577416:
I ran through every build of jelly bean. Though its gorgeous and project butter greatly outweighs lenaro compilation in terms of performance output. In terms of stability and real world use CM9 wins for me. And with enough mods and under the hood tweaking my phone out performs the S3 in several ways. So if my year old device can beat its brand new sibling I'm a happy camper. CM10 will be fantastic once stable. Until then I need to have a phone not a toy.:)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RXDriv3r:
Ok I clicked those two links with "info" and yea that was chinese lmao

Anyone running CM9 Stable care to comment on if they got 4G working? Last I tried Chop's CM9 and AOKP I couldnt get 4G, which was pretty much the reason why I'm running a non AOSP rom at the moment. Darkside is pretty badass and props to the dev but I love me straight up AOSP.

Also very minor issue but if you can check if NBA Jams is working?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ian577416:
Yes. HSDPA+ and HSPAP are functioning normally. At least for me they are. Never had any issues with any rom as far as that goes. Granted Stock ICS and the Darkside series gave slightly faster speeds. The difference is negligible in real world use. As far as benchmarks are concerned yes AOSP based roms are slightly slower. Keywords though, "real world usage". Fairly certain it has something to do with the bcm4330 drivers. Perhaps Samsung uses different drivers in-house as opposed to what they open source. Or perhaps they only open source parts of the driver that they have to and the rest is proprietary.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RXDriv3r:
Cool, I'll give it a flash in a few moments and try it out.

On Chop's CM9 and on AOKP I couldnt get on 4g, I'd be stuck on 3G and even in areas where I would normally get 5+ Mbits I'd be getting like 1-2 so it wasnt that it was just saying 3G.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ian577416:
Yea chops and Aokp though they're inline with cm9 don't have the latest additions to the build.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RXDriv3r:
Hmmm.. :/ I'm still getting 3G...on a side note I wonder if its the radio possibly? Im still new to the SGS2 so Im just now reading up on kernels n radios. I'm running the stock UV one that came with official T Mo ICS. Maybe theres some settings I'm missing?

edit: NBA Jams still doesnt work lol no biggie there but I wonder why? I saw the question asked once in the CM9 discussion thread and asked myself but stil havent seen a concrete answer.

edit2: Readin CM9 nightly build discussion thread I saw someone say that there just isnt a 4G symbol but apparently the 3G/H symbols are there even if your on 4G? Can someone confirm this? I've been doing speed tests and it just doesnt feel as fast albeit I'm not where I normally get good speeds atm.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RikkKeith:
T-Mobile uses a 4G symbol for HSPA+, but CM uses H for HSPA+, and H is as high as we go. My speed tests come in lower on CM9, but I notice no difference in real use. I'm using TDJ's modded LE1 radio, and have had great success with it. I believe it's the same radio that Team Chopsticks recommends, and is in their download section.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RXDriv3r:
Thanks for the clarification Rik. Shortly after the last edit I went outside and did a speed test and got a stable 2.5-3Mbit connection which is what I got on stock so its all good now on that end

Second thing is the NBA Jams game but I can live without it, its just weird that it doesnt work on CM9/AOKP but it does on stock/TW-based roms
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] conz56:
I have 4g working without a different modem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ian577416:
In use

Standby
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] algorhythm:
I think it's because the embedded mmc and sdcard locations are different. I have a similar problem with mini motor racing. No idea how to fix.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] noodles2224:
Honestly ( even though OP said flash for yourself ) is every basic phone funtion working right? Calls, conference, text, camera, bluetooth, gps, and atleast t mobile speeds working right? Some can report one thing isnt working but with others that same thing can be working.. so the links for the info doesnt really help.. plus they keep adding new stuff to the nightlies that this wont get. kinda sucks. thats why i stopped flashing roms after the G2 came out. too much to deal with.. too many updates by devs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ian577416:
I can confirm at least for my device that basic functions are working as they should. The only two hiccups I had were when trying to usb tether. The phone cold rebooted after about 1 min. I also am unable to make persistent any changes to the soft key lights made in the custom part of the automatic back lighting section.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ironhead65:
Did you have to change your Radio? I went from 2.3.6 stock to CM9.0 stable.

I was having a lot of trouble getting phone calls, and using data. I was able to MAKE OTA phone calls, no WIFI calls. Switched back to 2.3.6 (Nand backup with Superwipe) and no issues, phone worked 100%.

I recently switched to Jedi Mind Trick, it is nice and I can get/receive calls and data, but my radio (under settings) now states unknown.

If there is a specific one I need to use, I'd like to so that I can make sure I'm happy when I try 9.1!

Also been looking for a change log. Have not seen that. :confused:

--Ironhead
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ian577416:
Odin back to 2.3.6 then update through kies as there is a firmware patch that must be applied then let kies update you to stock 4.0 then Odin a custom recovery then flash cm9 then gapps.

The voice and data issues are baseband related as the flashable zips don't have the baseband included. May I suggest TWRP recovery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ironhead65:
Instead of ODIN back to 2.3.6, can I use a NAND restore? I still have my 2.3.6.

So my process would be:

Once the base is back to 2.3.6, update through KIES to get the patch + Stock

Finally re-root some recovery with Odin (I will check out TWRP)

Finally, get setup with CM9.1 (it's out, so why not!?).

Thank you again for your help!

--Ironhead
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] yuyuyuyu1:
Just put CM9 on my walmart S2..everything looks good!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ian577416:
No. Kies will fail unless fully stock. Spend the extra bit of time to do it right and it has less chance of failure.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rod3:
Actually it doesn't have to be completely stock to use Kies. I upgrade using Kies while running TDJ's 4.0.3 ROM with zero issues. Just re-root when finished.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheCrow1372:
I thought Hercules models were Telus/Canada models of SG2, or have I missed something?:confused:

We saw the*T-Mobile variant of the Samsung Hercules*strut it stuff in front of the camera last week and now it’s the model headed to Canadian carrier TELUS

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2X 'Telus' on XDA Premium
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ian577416:
T989 vs T989D (Telus version)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ironhead65:
As a follow-up, I did as suggested by ian577416, and I am all good now. I was able to get CM9.1, a variant of CM10, and an ICS rom Jedi Mind Trick v9 to run without the same stutters and strangeness I had before. They now (as good CM10 can run) run quite well.

Only thing I think I'd want to do to finally settle on actual CM, is move around the flash mappings in vold.fstab. Not sure I want to do that, yet, since my phone is my DD, and I can't be without it for a day while I mess around.

For now, having ICS with all the adders that go into JMT seems to make me happy enough. Thank you again to all your suggestions!

--Ironhead
[HTC Rezound] psilocybenine:
Alright so I know this question is asked often, but I've only been able to find old answers or answers related to other odd services and other phones.

Is anyone using google voice to avoid using ANY minutes?

I swear I had it working but it could have been my imagination...

I just checked my phone minutes and I'm already over 9 days into the period (on a 200 minute plan) There are a lot of 1 minute calls, which make some sense if it's GV placing the call and then switching to data since I know the numbers listed acording to verizon are GV routing numbers and not real numbers I'm dialing... everytime I answer a call I get a prompt from GV asking to press one to accept a call (could be different now as far as I know since i've stopped listening to the message a long time ago)

So anyone on the rezound have success with this? I'm considering doing a 4g data only plan until my contract is out and then moving to a 45 unlimited prepaid GSM service... I'm tired of paying 100+ a month for a smartphone, and with unlimited data being axed... F U VERIZON YOU FAT COW!!!
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
yeah.. i do this all the time on my data-only tablets.

you need sipdroid, google-voice, and a magic jack.
[HTC Rezound] Antoine.WG:
I believe they require voice service on phones.
[HTC Rezound] jclendineng:
I use all data. Use groove ip It's a really worthwhile buy. Pm me if you need instructions on pure Google voice calling .
[HTC Rezound] darkkterror:
Verizon won't let you do a data-only plan on a phone. You HAVE to have a voice plan. I know it sucks. I can literally go a month and use 0 minutes on my phone but I still had to pay $40 for the 450 minute plan.
[HTC Rezound] blestsol:
Groove ip plus Google voice
[HTC Rezound] psilocybenine:
There is a legacy 200 minute plan... it's not advertised but if you're consistently using no minutes ask them for it
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
just curious why so many do this. You have to have a voice plan on your phone, you get free mobile to mobile, and on my plan I also can add 10 land lines to it that don't count against me.

Why jump through the hoops when you don't have to?

My main reason to not use google voice/talk for voice and texting is that I have 2 kids on the acct and I want it as simple as possible for them.
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
I didn't know there was a 200 minute plan, I think the most I've used that counted towards my minutes is about 100... The only thing that counts is calling a landline during the day. Most months I use only 50 minutes or less even though I probably use the phone close to an hour a day on average or more.

I like using google voice for voice nail but everything sounds so bad usually. It is the same way when making calls?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] the architeck:
is there a way to light up the buttons at the bottom? i dnt like the idea that they are dim, i like it when is nice and bright
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] the architeck:
anyone??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Traceamount:
Turn your brightness on 100%? Maybe not the answer youre looking for, but pretty sure thats what the dimming is based on.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EvoN00b:
Go to /system/etc/init.d and open 01buttonlights with Root Explorer or ES File Explorer and edit the file. You can change the "2" in that file to any number you want: higher is brighter. I have mine set to 40.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Dogie52:
^ What he said or you can delete to have it default.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] the architeck:
thing is i cant find the system file using the es file explorer
[HTC Sensation] pookgai:
I've been using MIUI for a few years now - first on my HTC desire, and on my Sensation for the last year or so. I've been loving this ROM but have been experiencing slow down of it my device since the last couple of months. I've tried the official MIUI and the two other .us and miuiandroid versions and they're all the same.

I've also tried the AOSP version of Miui which is faster, but I keep getting a process.gapps force close on me that means i am unable to sync contacts properly..!

anyone able to hook me up with older versions of MIUI , or help me with the process.gapps issue?

Cheers!
[HTC Sensation] pookgai:
wow..my first post since i joined 2 years ago..?!?
[Asus Transformer TF700] lardo5150:
Is this normal? I get a small black box after I unlock after bootup, that says English.

Can I turn this off?
[Asus Transformer TF700] wolfman87:
I got that too right after I updated to. 26 . I changed a root setting, got that, then had a bootloop. At first it restarted 30s after boot then just bootlooped as soon as it started up.

I hope you don't get that but if you go just do a factory reset and you should be fine.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lardo5150:
No root yet, just installed .26 and am seeing that thing.

Anyone else?
[Asus Transformer TF700] darkwolfelite:
Hey lardo. Mine does this as well, but so did my TF300. And a friend of mines TF300 does as well. Seems to be normal. But also a little annoying:D
[Asus Transformer TF700] lardo5150:
Ok cool, I just wanted to make sure.

Thanks for letting me know.
[Asus Transformer TF700] alienedd:
I think this black box is from the keyboard layout being initialized. It doesn't happen every time but I've seen it quite a few times on mine.
[Asus Transformer TF700] darkwolfelite:
Hey no problem
[Asus Transformer TF700] Frostbiter:
Happens on my prime with the stock keyboard being the default one set when it turns. I use SwiftKey x tablet and the box doesn't come up anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jayochs:
so i swear, it worked before.....and when it first boots up it works...but after the screen goes off and comes back in, i can't pull the bar down on the lock screen....wtf? there must be a setting somewhere, right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Neverendingxsin:
It really does work :) as far as a setting for it I have no idea
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jayochs:
you know what? i think it's only hwen you don't have a sim card installed. whenever i do, it seems it works, but once i take it out, it won't let me! that's so crazy lol
[Asus Transformer TF700] ekalb10:
Has anyone had noticeable lag while using G+, and if so were you able to correct it. I'm on. 26 and rooted, also tried using performance mode.

I didn't experience this type of lag when using the prime.

Edit: even with a clean wipe it still lags.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Eddie Bombay:
What is lag? I'm on an iPad
[Asus Transformer TF700] ekalb10:
That time of the month again?
[Asus Transformer TF700] timrock:
No lag for me. works fine.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Gert Stalpaert:
Had the same lag - really annoying: when swiping, each time an image is loaded it stuttered a lot ...

Because a lot of apps just did not work smooth I swapped my Asus for an iPad3 and G+ was working very smooth on there ...

But I could not stand the closed Apple eco system, so I also returned the iPad3.

Now I don't have any tablet anyore ... just waiting for a better Android Tablet.

My question is: Did I have a bad Infinity and do other Infnity uses have a smooth experience with G+?

So should I just try with an other Infinity?
[Asus Transformer TF700] aznserpent:
I saw a review on youtube mentioning the lag for stuff like this and the guy said it had to do with the contention between the android firmware and the tegra drivers. They dont like playing well together in those situations. But the hope is that JB (when we get it) will be much better integrated.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ekalb10:
Yeah, I hope JB will fix this, and plan on unlocking and running cm 10 when the devs get a running build to see if it is truly 'buttery smooth'.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loismustdie555:
I was wondering if anyone has a pack of widgets that are Xperia themed (i.e. Sony UI) and/or a list of widgets on the "Play store" that look like Sony UI widgets/UI or are actually included in some Sony phone models?

ANY widgets would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Focus S] mwuahjaan:
I see lots of rom Dev on Samsung focus but it's nothing here.

Is it too difficult to make one for this focus s or am I missing something
[Samsung Focus S] 64GUNSHIP:
There's no unlocked bootloader for the Focus S, that's why.

Although a stock ROM would be great, but that hasn't been leaked anywhere.
[Samsung Focus S] dazza9075:
my phones still not arrived but it is crazy how Samsung could let at&t mess up such a device by giving them exclusive rights.

even if some devs could at least help or point us in the right direction it would be helpful... such a shame
[Verizon Droid Charge] o0BlacknesS0o:
Hey guys...just curious if anyone has any recommendations for apps that hide or block the ip address on the charge. I've looked at a couple but none really stand out

Thanks

Droid Charge powered by TSM Tweaked 2.2 w/ TrICS 5.0
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
TOR for Android - search TorBot, not sure if it's on play store but you can definitely find it online.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] patrick.m.16:
So this is my first time posting so im a pretty big noob at this, but here it goes. I have a T-mobile Galaxy s2 that i rooted a few months ago. Today CM9 released the stable version, which is what Ive been waiting for so i decided to try it out. (again, Ive never flashed a rom before I only used the stock one) I followed all the steps to do it and now its been at the boot screen for over an hour. The instructions said be patient, but I feel that over an hour is too long. I decided to pull the battery, hoping I could go into recovery mode and do a factory reset. When I try to go into recovery mode it vibrates a couple times but doesn't go into recovery mode. I can't go into download mode either. Does anyone have any idea for what I can do to at least do a factory reset? Thank you in advance for the help.

Edit* After going into recovery, I tried a factory reset but its still trying to boot into CM9. Why is it doing that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmakk2055:
When factory reset it doesn't go back to stock rom .

How are you flashing the rom?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] patrick.m.16:
Actually, for some reason recovery was being really strange. I had to hold down the power and the volume buttons 3 times for it to go to recovery, then I restored an older backup that was on my memory card and it took a while then finally worked

Do you by chance know why it didn't work?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SeaWyrm:
I've been getting this same problem. I can get back to recovery and recover from my backup just fine, but every time I try to get CM9 working, it won't go past the boot screen, even after about an hour of waiting.

I've tried the CM9 hercules stable release off the CyanogenMod website and the CM9 RC2 download through ROM Manager, I've tried installing through ROM Manager and straight from booting into recovery, and I've tried putting the zip on both external and internal storage just in case that might conceivably affect something. I have the same problem every time. I'm using CWM 5.0.2.7 and currently on rooted stock.

Any ideas on how I might get this rom working?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RTFOP:
You need Darkside super and cache wipes, which are both available in a sticky with an obvious title in the development section of the forum.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SeaWyrm:
Cool, thanks. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RushAOZ:
What he said. Non touch clockwork mod for this phone has a broken cache wipe function. Will cause infinite boot. Flash tdjs cache wipe NOT THE SUPER WIPE. and you should be golden.
[Atrix 4G General] coniacvsop:
I have started having issues playing back video via hdmi. The video will play just fine with mx player on the phone, but sometimes only audio will play within moto entertainment center. On some encodes it will just say that it cannot play the file even though it will play on the phone. I use the android mid preset on handbrake to encode my videos. There doesnt seem to be any consistency, because ive encoded all the files the same. I have even reflashed the webtop zip, but that did not help. I have flashes a couple different gb roms and am on wet dream right now with faux 1.3 oc kernel. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abo Sary:
Hi :cowboy:

I have 3 galaxy s2 devices and i tried to root them by using odin , but when i click start this message show up :

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Can't open the serial(COM) port.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

am sure the problem not in the root file because my friend used it before and worked well .

solutions i tried :

* i changed the usb port .

* i tried another PC .

* am sure the USB debugging is checked .

waitting for u guys :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsyOr:
Do you have KIES installed? If so, uninstall it but keep the drivers of samsung.

You should open odin with administration mode (right click and open with admin mode)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abo Sary:
thanx dude ..

i did what u said and installed this driver

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p5fepcj8rjcxcb9/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1_3_2300_0.rar

and work well ..

thanx again :o
[Asus Transformer TF700] BlaqueJacque:
So, I was thinking about the Unlock Tool, and I have a few questions:

1. What does the Unlock Tool use to 'register' the tablet? My guess is the S/N.

2. Whatever it is, can this value be altered when Rooted, the tablet Unlocked, and then the value be changed back?

My guess is someone has already thought of this, but I've not found it thus far. Still, if it hasn't been thought of... time to theorycraft/experiment?
[Asus Transformer TF700] loganmc10:
Actually your serial is sent to Asus when you unlock, that's why some people have issues, their serial isn't in Asus's database. Hard to get around that
[Asus Transformer TF700] BlaqueJacque:
But there is a way to change the internal S/N? If so, could you point me in the right direction?

If not, surely there's a tool that can be used to search the kernel for a specific value, in this case the S/N?
[Asus Transformer TF700] mikevipe:
Your unlock code is stored in a hash on ASUS servers which is either pulled or generated by sending in your S/N and any other unique identifiers they may request at the time of unlocking. If you alter your S/N then you would obviously get the wrong hash sent back when unlocking and it either would not work or worse, brick your device.
[Asus Transformer TF700] BlaqueJacque:
Thanks for the warning, but my question remains.
[Asus Transformer TF700] alienedd:
You can change the serial number with this. Some that had exchanged received a different motherboard with a S/N different than what was on the sticker. Because of this, there were difficulties from unlocking the device because the S/Ns didn't match. So some attempted to do exactly what you had mentioned in point 2 to fix their serial number for the unlocker to work properly.
[Asus Transformer TF700] MartyHulskemper:
Correct and full answer there for the OP, but my question to the OP would be "what are you trying to accomplish?", since you cannot obtain a working serial number, at least not in a legitimate way, so anything short from stealing it from a prospective user wouldn't work. What do you want to experiment with?