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[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Hey Jacob:
I used lumin30's post to flash my phone before, the thing is I'm not sure where to look to find out the proper way to upgrade to ICS.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] farmerbb:
Technically there isn't really a "proper" way to upgrade to ICS on our phone, as Samsung stopped releasing official firmware upgrades after Gingerbread.

If you used lumin's post to flash your phone, you should already have CWM, so all you have to do to upgrade to ICS is flash CyanogenMod 9 or AOKP through recovery (or your ICS ROM of choice, I know a lot of them require you to already be on CM9 or AOKP before flashing though).

Keep in mind though that once you're on ICS, you have to one-click back to stock to go back to Gingerbread. Also, as mentioned above, battery life isn't the best on ICS and you won't have access to wi-fi calling. But with ICS you do get the latest and greatest (for our phone) and a lot more customization.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] gizmoscoop:
Do not feed the troll!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lonoguge:
Battery Life is the main reason gb is better you may miss some other features like 4G but you'll gain many others in return like dramatically improved performance.

I say wait till bhundven and his team finish the Aries kernel before you switch so you have a solid upgrade you won't regret. You'll love ics at first but unless you don't use your phone that much you'll miss roms like Valhalla black for their great battery. This is why there's been a recent mass - GB migration from ICS.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
Explain yourself please, if your saying ICS does not have 4G then you are wrong.

Edit: Actually T-Mobile doesn't have 4G, they have 3.5G :P
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lonoguge:
You're right ics roms don't show 4G but they run it. On that topic, tmobile actually has an advantage for not supporting Lte because it means they can support quad core phones like the newly coming htc one x +
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Hey Jacob:
Thanks for this. Any idea when the kernel will be done?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jeffsf:
First off, the "ICS has crappy battery life" is hardly an etched-in-stone thing. Many of us, who have taken the time to understand what is consuming battery, have more-than-acceptable battery life on ICS. Keep in mind though that each subsequent Android release has more "features" which will, in general, mean more CPU/GPU power required to use them, as well as Google bringing along more and more data requirements in their apps and services.

Second, Aries isn't going to "magically" solve anything, especially when it first comes out. While it may be better than the current kernel in some respects, it is likely to be worse in others, at least until we can find the issues and resolve them. It is important to remember that for many people the biggest changes that can be made to improve battery life is what applications you are running and how, not a kernel or a ROM.

As far as when, when its done. You can follow the CM9 dev thread for updates, but you won't find any promises as to when it is ready to be a "daily driver." While I flash Aries pretty regularly, I also have Heimdall at the ready, as well as several other ROMs and kernels available for when I need something that I can trust to use as a phone.

I wouldn't hold off on trying the ROMs that are available for the SGS4G at this point in time, GB and ICS both, and decide for yourself. Try them for several days each. While some ROMs I have tried I just haven't liked the UI and know I won't like them from that, knowing how a ROM performs as far as stability and battery life go, you can't really tell until you've had it running for a week or so after the novelty of the new ROM wears off and you start just using it as you usually do.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] TwitchyEye:
My biggest battery drain turned out to be obsessively searching for a battery drain solution on the xda app.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Je_ne_sais_quoi:
My battery is lasting for days now, even overnight, and, in bad reception areas.

My phone and WIFI service are spotty, in and out, all day in my office.

Biggest improvements:

fresh SD card.

refresh battery stats

flush cache

flush dalvik

fix permissions

let wifi sleep during sleep.

kill DSP and Google apps running

Once the phone runs for a day and a half rebuilding itself, battery had less drain, and boots very fast.

c'est la vie
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] htaak:
Regarding battery life....if you want to be able to install whatever apps and not run batterystats and be selective about what your phone is doing and get great battery life then run GB. I have flashed and run every ROM since the Robbit / Team Whiskey days and for the average user ICS roms will not give the battery life a GB ROM will when running the same apps and services. I've had two SGS4's for 2 years and it's been the same for both of them. For the record the best legitimate battery life I ever got (meaning I'm running phone without tweaking certain apps and services to turn off etc...) was Dsex's original ICBINB with his original UV settings from that thread. I constantly had 3+ days of battery life on both phones...it would lose less than 1% in 10 hours of standby.

I love the ICS ROM's and understand that people are passionate about them considering all of the work that Team Acid and the likes have put into them....I am too. I work at a computer all day and my phone sits on charge so battery life isn't really an issue for me....as stated in other threads the only thing keeping me on GB is the busted voodoo sound on ICS.

On ICS ROM's I'm getting 10 to 11 hours (which I do consider acceptable :) ), tops, without messing with the phone to extend battery life. Flash back to any GB ROM and I'm getting 18 to 20 with the same apps and usage. I'm not dissing ICS, just being honest.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Hey Jacob:
Busted Voodoo sound you say? What does that entail?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] chris31jct:
Omg! This thread again!

Same battery, looks, Wifi Calling, fast, smooth, etc... Description, discussion and comparison. It's ridiculous.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] htaak:
It doesn't work. Seems like it's working up until you make or receive a phone call then the analogue volume quits working. Also sound continues to be heard through handset speaker when headphones are plugged in.

When I first went back to GB my wifes SGS4G was still on CM9 I did a direct comparison of the audio on both phones and it was obvious that voodoo sound wasn't doing what it should on ICS even after a reboot when the analogue slider is working. There is noticeable distortion at higher levels, the noise floor is audibly higher and the phone just plain won't go as loud. If you have 2 phones to A/B compare the difference is very clear.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] m4127440:
funny
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Hey Jacob:
I noticed the sound as well. I just flashed to ICS and I have no idea how to access my contacts. Help is appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
In your apps its labeled as People.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shopsdesire:
I'm thinking of trading in my sgs2 for hauwei p1? What do u think of it?

Sent from my GT-I9100 omega v6 dori 5.81.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoseth0711:
Do it

Sendt fra min GT-I9100 med Tapatalk2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dud3me:
It's basicallly a galaxy nexus with a worse screen and higher cpu clock? I'd go for nexus or keep s2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shopsdesire:
What's the latest nexus? I jus fancy something bit quicker but not too fat.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dud3me:
Galaxy nexus and doubt the P1 is quicker than s2, at least the gpu is worse if I'm not mistaken. I think you should wait and see what kind of new devices are comming at the end of the year.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anshmiester78900:
lol fail phone is fail
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdoblo:
Wait for S4;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkDz4wMI9J8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voriax:
iOS6 ruleZ with its maps :)

and don't wait for sgs4 , get sgs3!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shopsdesire:
What about xperia t?
[Samsung Captivate Glide] EaglesIII:
picture of what it looks like

This is a crappy picture from my old phone of something like what it looks like.

https://plus.google.com/photos/111944628817208100010/albums/5793637254528885841

This is a capture after it was turned off even and I plugged it into my computer, displaying the battery charging animation, though turned pixelated after a few seconds.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] roothorick:
My gut says hardware damage, like something inside the Tegra itself is fried, ESPECIALLY since it's happening sometimes while still in the bootloader (charging animation).

Try Kies emergency recovery. If it flashes successfully but still won't boot, or glitches out like this during the flash, you'll have to start the RMA process.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] EaglesIII:
I am unsure if it would be a hardware issue though since the screen is fine during the 'download mode' and did boot into the stock recovery after a flash a while back, then flipped back to not getting past the Samsung logo and pixelating again.

Would I be able to load the download mode portion of the phone if it was a hardware issue?

I ask because my gut says the opposite.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] EaglesIII:
flashing CWM 6 causes my phone to be unbootable and pixelated screen

So, I have tried to update the phone into whatever other ROM that I can possibly get working only to find out that after flashing a ROM that flashes the original recovery program included with Android, voilà! The phone works again and boots into the black screen with pull down menu. Back to square one for me.

Why would CWM6 be causing such a thing?
[Samsung Captivate Glide] ninthsense:
I'm on CWMR6 since the begining without any issue. Did you flash the touch or the non touch version ? Also whcih odin version are you using, maybe that makes a difference. The 1.82 and 1.85 are tested to be working fine with both cwmr 5 and 6. Also by reading your thread is seems you've never been able to flash through ICS one click, if possible try doing that.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] EaglesIII:
I have been using the cwm5/6 touch and non touch. I have tried flashing them both. I have been using the most suggested version of ODIN 1.85 to flash. I do not think that it would make a difference as to which ODIN version I use, but then again I am quite ignorant on software.

The first thing that I did was tried the flashing using the one click method. I could only get to a black screen with the pull down menu containing the turn wifi on/off etc. I read that the problem may be permissions but I have tried that using the CWM when it worked and I was still stuck at the black screen with pull down menu. Without CWM I have no way of doing anything really since everything is in zip form and without CWM you cant use the zips.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] ninthsense:
Well then probably a logcat output to a developer would help understand the problem you're facing. Find some knowledgeable developer who can help you read the logcat and find the issue. Or post it here and maybe somebody would give you a clue.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] lorddavid:
I have the same problem, i bought mine in ebay, (i live outside USA so i cant get money back) my problem start when i try to install a apk, then, i try to restore with wipe in cwm (sometimes works, sometimes no) and eventually, only download mode work. I dont know what i do, but in one of my trys, ICS 4.04 works everything, but i was network lock,i try to downgrade to Gingerbread and the problem come back, i dont know what to do, i feel like i waste te money.

PD: I have the roger version

EDIT: I just flashed ICS from ATT And works, but i w ould like to root and i cant, every time that i flash CWM, the problem come back

EDIT 2: I use the one click to install ICS from att and works, its seem the problem is when i use a custom rom or the CWM, dont know why, its seems that is not hardware because ICS works perfect, but Every custom rom or CWM, cause the problem

Maybe is there a way torecreate all the internal partition, i dont know, or something like that, to make a clean install, I am starting to regret for buying this phone, maybe the problem is because is from rogers (a security rule maybe?)

Sorry for my english
[Samsung Captivate Glide] ericpeacock79:
EaglesIII : your phone has hardware malfunction.

It is basically trash.

*sorry*

:(
[Samsung Captivate Glide] lorddavid:
I dont Know, its happen similar to me, but if i use ICS from ATT, everything works right

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Ok, i learned something, when a flash the Gingerbread version, there is a error while booting (the first time that boot lik recovery) , the error is can't access to /system/csc/ATT/system/

When i use the ICS from ATT, that doesnt happen, maybe that is the problem? i dont know, maybe someone can tell us what are these files
[Samsung Captivate Glide] lorddavid:
There is a working solution, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1953672 thanks to Rawr0w0,its works when you flash in that order, my phone is rooted and full working in ICS, i hope that helps you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] blackhawks29:
Post your questions, inquires, and whatever is on your mind here to minimize the clutter in the main thread.

Gmillz is currently working on building slim bean from source. He has a test build, which you need to PM him if interested. This may lead to him adding more features and making it look pretty.

2.6.0 may come out soon as per manuelscout4life's thread. As soon as that happens, it will be epic. Just wait and see.

Main thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1897264
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] occupational_hazard:
I love this rom. Only jb ROM to last more than 3 days on my phone consecutively.

Hit gmillz, and blackhawks thanks button. Army vets if you can find it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrro82:
Does Instigators kernel work on this? I'm on my phone so search is kinda out.

Sent from low Earth orbit with my Skyrocket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] blackhawks29:
Yes its compatible
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gmillz:
Yes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] blackhawks29:
2.5.2 is running like a champ. Faster than hell. But be sure to let the device rest for 10 or minutes before you play with it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] occupational_hazard:
I wish that this was more widely preached. That's when most noobs form their opinion by exploring in the first boot within seconds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] XawenB:
SlimBean use CM10 Kernel as stock with the ROM, So far every CM10 compatible Kernel work on it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] blackhawks29:
Does it really need more than two people to answer this one question? Why I think not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] whosgotlag:
But how else is he supposed to get his thanks meter up?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] XawenB:
Thank guys! If this how you flame people that give a complete answer providing more info to help then a plain "yes".

Sorry for the issue, I though it could help some others so they will not have to start new thread asking for each different kernel.

Seem this forum is not friendly at all, Really nice first impressions!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] whosgotlag:
In all seriousness, it's actually not a friendly forum at all. The devs are great for providing us with their work, but that's where the greatness ends. You have overzealous mods, people who take this **** way too seriously, trolls, and then idiots.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] M0rra:
Hello all.

How can I set lcd density to 200 in 2.6.0?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] chinthekng:
use an app like rom toolbox and dont go lower than 190 cus after that playstore breaks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gmillz:
If you use slim gapps it includes a modded play store
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrro82:
Is there a way to switch the search to the new Google search?

Sent from low Earth orbit with my Skyrocket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] chinthekng:
if you mean google now then download it from play store
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrro82:
I did that but I'd like to be able to have it persistent on all my screens if possible and the only one that is, is the old style.

Sent from low Earth orbit with my Skyrocket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rponticelli:
Or you can go to the app update me and go under add-ons you can get a aio addon slimgapps w Google now and some extra stuff.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrro82:
There isnt anything there for add sons in update me.

Sent from low Earth orbit with my Skyrocket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] blackhawks29:
That's not the point. Its a little mundane that three different people giving the same answer consecutively. Plus I was joking.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrro82:
Problem solved! Went to update app in drawer. Deleted search app and installed Google search from store. Now persistent search uses the new one.

Sent from low Earth orbit with my Skyrocket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] M0rra:
I cann't find this app "rom toolbox".

I need to install it from playstore?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] chinthekng:
yeah its on the play store and dont worry bout going below 150 apparently slim bean has modded market installed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] M0rra:
Found "LCD density" in "developer options"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rponticelli:
He took the option to download anything from update me out in 2.6 I guess to avoid noob confusingly flash ROM updates from through update me it was there on 2.5.2. I have the file if you need it or like someone said you can download Google Now from market if that's all ur looking for. Sorry for the confusing I didn't even look at update me after flashing 2.6.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gmillz:
I know its a bit of a hassle but you can go to slimroms.net and download all the add ons
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] boblazaar:
sirius

Love this ROM but I can't get the Sirius Canada app to run. That's a biggie to me. Anyone else have any luck with that app?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] teeg07:
Is anyone having trouble getting the voice keyboard to work on 2.6.0?

Just installed 2.6.0, and cant figure out how to get it installed.... I use that thing all the time, and its kind of driving me cray.

thanks :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rponticelli:
You need to flash the add-on from the website a post up. Anyone have the wallpaper from the screen shots in the op. I want :D.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrro82:
Maps keeps force closing.

Sent from low Earth orbit with my Skyrocket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] XawenB:
Alarm Clock not working. Checked, volume for alarm is good but doesn't ring at the given time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] zomgjosho:
Generally need more info than that.

I'm on 2.6.0 and Maps opens and locks to GPS in a matter of seconds. You may want to uninstall then reinstall.

Alarm Clock woke me up on time this morning, all 15 times I snoozed too. However, make sure you select the ringtone for your alarm - I think the default one doesn't work (or is silent) - if you choose one that you get an audio preview from, it works just fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrro82:
I uninstalled and reinstalled. Same results. Might try a fresh install.

Sent from low Earth orbit with my Skyrocket.

OK. Fixed my issues. I'm thinking that something I did when I got Google Now to work on Sunday screwed something up as I didn't flash the add on package. I deleted the search that came with the ROM and downloaded and installed Google Search from the store. So anywho. I did a complete wipe. Everything 3 times because I like being thorough. I installed 2.6.0. Then SlimGapps. Then The Google Now add on package. I initially tried everything on the 182 LCD density. Maps worked like it should. I felt the LCD density was a tad small for my liking so I switched to 208. Maps still works as intended. When I did this it, something made my modem go bye bye as I didn't have a baseband anymore. No biggie. Got on here and found the UCLF6 modem and flashed it. I'm a happy camper once again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] greekunit690:
I know technically its not 4.1.1 related but any chance on porting over the ICS version of slimrom ??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onearmedscissor:
What are people's experience with the various addons available? anyone experience any bugs with any of them? And has anyone tried rezound mod with this? Oh also, has anyone noticed a decrease in performance or stability after flashing gapps? Thanks!

Edit: one more thing, what are you guys overclocking to without losing stability?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] XawenB:
Running 486mhz - 1.83ghz (with Darkside.Venom 7 / Conservative governor), seem stable, sometime reboot but not more then once a day if it happen. Happy with it so far. Run often at 1.7ghz... Maybe need few more tweaks to have it better.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] espeanage:
I left my phone charging over night and in the morning I got nothing but a blue light. All I did was install the official OTA ICS update a month or so ago and rooted it. That's all I did, no custom ROM or anything. Everything was working fine until this. Can someone help? I tried looking in other threads relating to blue light of death but I don't see any solutions. Odin doesn't recognize my device.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Is it a solid blue or a blinking blue. If its blinking just get a new battery from sprint or wherever. If its solid blue try taking the battery out for a few hours. Then place the battery in and see if it does anything. You could also try a jig. Only if you have it. If not it probably wouldn't do anything anyways but you never know. Have you factory reset lately?

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] espeanage:
It's solid blue and I left out the battery for a few days, still nothing. I didn't factory reset recently, last time was at least a month or 2 ago when I installed the ICS update. Ugh...I guess I can try the jig, but I'll be without a phone for another week or so until it comes in.

I also notice that the circuit board gets hot if I leave it on after a few minutes. The battery doesn't get hot though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Have you been overclocking? I don't think its salvageable man. Looking like sprint is your only option. Sorry buddy.

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch

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Btw it sounds like your board is fried. Any waterdamage?

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] espeanage:
No overclocking at all. Dang, I was hoping someone would know a solution to this before I go to the Sprint store. I don't want to pay another $35 to get it fixed. It was already fixed once.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
Go back to sprint and blame it on the ics ota, and do some reading before you monkey around with your phone a wind up with another dud.

Pp. :(

Sent from my ginger infused Mayan calculator.