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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
Upgrading to 4.0

Hello everyone.

I have had the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy S2 (SGH -S959G), for about 6 months now. I have not had any problems with the phone, until I started noticing many more apps (like Vine) require you to have AT LEAST version 4.0 or higher of android. As most of you know, the stock version for my phone is 2.3.6.

I tried lurking around and getting to see how to do an upgrade, but I have to admit, a lot of these terms and programs I am reading about are entirely new to me, and I am not familiar with them at all. I am pretty good with technology, but I have never messed around much with smart phones yet (I didn't think I'd ever need to).

So my question is, could you guys perhaps, explain the quickest and easiest way to upgrade my phone from 2.3.6 to AT LEAST 4.0, so that I can run newer apps, such as Vine. There seems to be a lot of different ways to go about doing this, I just wanted to see if you all could give me a simple, step by step procedure on how to go about doing this. A friend of mine bricked his phone months ago, so I have been hesitant to go about doing this without asking first.

Thanks guys.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
To upgrade like you want, you're going to need to flash a custom rom such as shostock3 (links in my signature). To do that you're going to need to install cwm with Odin. Then make a backup. This will preserve your stock state should you want to go back or have a problem.

If you want to proceed you need to read the first page (op) until you are familiar with it. You will be installing a custom recovery, rooting the phone, then installing (flashing) a custom rom.

It's may seem overwhelming at first but it's really simple. If you're willing to read and learn, we will help you with any questions or problems you have.

:)

Edit: DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT try to root or alter this phone using any other methods than those found on this thread. The s959g is different from other i777 phones. It has a different boot loader and does not root the same way. Other methods will brick your phone.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
Hey razen_kain,

I appreciate the quick reply!

I sort of understand what needs to be done: Get ODIN, install CWM (for a back up, just in case), then using CWM, make the actual back up. From there I seem to be lost on what information I should be following on OP's post. There seems to be a lot of different steps on the post compared to just the 3 links you have provided me with, do I really only need the 3 links you have in your signature, to succeed in doing this? Is the custom rom you supplied (shotock3) going to be my best bet for choosing the rom I should use?

I apologize for asking detailed questions, I am at work at the moment and this is the best time to come in contact with you all today.

Thanks again, I have picked up on a few things through reading your reply.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
What you want to do after you have cwm installed and made a backup is download root. zip file to your computer. Copy and paste that to the phones external SD card. From there, unhook phone from the computer. Boot into recovery mode. You will then see the cwm menu. Select choose zip from SD card. Flash the root. zip file. You will then be rooted.

Then you can download shostock3 and flash it exactly how you did the root. zip file. Computer, copy to SD, flash in recovery, reboot. Don't panic if it takes a few minutes to boot. That's normal after a rom flash.

The link in my sig is to shostock3 thread. Be sure to read and follow all the instructions on the op there as well. There are many roms out there for these phones but i personally think shostock3 is the best hands down. Once you're more comfortable with the flashing process you can try out other roms and kernels and whatnot

Edit: i think shostock3 is already rooted when you flash it which makes the root.zip flash redundant but it's not going to hurt anything to do it.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
THANKS

I now have a SGH-S959G running the latest cm nightly 10.1.Thanks to r00t4rd3d post #519 and the work done by all.I had a few problems but, the answers are in the forum. Thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
So for the root. zip file... I noticed on OP's post, he has 2 root. zip files. One is within the dropbox of "The best way to root / or flash a custom rom" and the other is in "root zip", I am assuming these both are the same file? When you say "flash" the root. zip file, what exactly does that mean? And then after rooting, I literally plug the phone back into the PC and do the same exact steps but with the shostock3 file? And after rebooting, that is everything? Should my 3G and ability to make phone calls, or text messages be affected by this entire process at all? Thanks again.

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Sorry, one more thing.

With saving the root. zip file to my SD card, I know not to save it in a folder, but do I save the entire zip file onto the SD card, or should I save only the two folders within the zip file?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Yes the root files are the same.

Flashing is just a word that means install in cwm/recovery mode.

Yes. Shostock3 will install the exact same way. You will install it in cwm/recovery mode or "flash" it as you did the root.zip

After you install shostock3 you will have to put your apn settings back in to get your mobile data/mms. They are also in the op under stock apn. Input them exactly as they are there and mms and mobile data, calls, will all work. Promise. Don't forget to read and follow Shoman94's instructions for installing his rom. Most importantly you need to do a factory data wipe prior to flashing the shostock3 zip.

Save the entire zip file to your SD. Not the individual files within the zip. In order to flash, you will see in the cwm menu that it actually says install "zip" from SD card. They have to be in that format to work. You highlight that zip hit enter, confirm your choice, and then it will install that zip file

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
Okay, finally think I understand most of this.

With the APN settings; do I change that within the recovery mode, after flashing shoshock3, or will the new ROM allow me to change that on the phone itself? I have read Shoman94's instructions for the flashing of shoshock3, he mentions in the first line, needing to have a kernal with CWM, and BackUP EFS, are these things included in what we are speaking about? After I do a factory wipe (I am assuming I will see this option in recovery), do I immediately flash shoshock3, after it completes, after the reboot? Final thing, After doing my factory wipe, root flash, and rom flash, how will I know exactly when to reboot the phone? (Just hold down the power key?) Will it shutdown for me or will it say "Success"?

Thanks again, I know I am asking a lot, but I want to make sure when I do this, I can do it in one sitting without any problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
You will change apn settings within the settings menu after flashing shostock3 and rebooting.

Settings >more settings >mobile network >access point names

You have cwm recovery so you're good to flash shostock3. Just boot into recovery, make a backup, factory data wipe, install zip from SD, you can flash the root. zip then flash shostock3 zip without rebooting. It will say done, then go back to the first menu and select reboot system now. Don't worry about the kernel. Shostock3 comes with it's own kernel in the zip file.

Once you've rebooted it will be like you have a new phone. It will walk you through set up. Then you can go to settings menu and put in the apn settings.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
Okay, I think I will be trying this either tonight or tomorrow night. With the CWM, do I just download the one link that is under OP's post: "the best way to root / or flash a custom rom", or one of the other boxes? There seems to be multiple ways, and files to download to go about doing it. Also with the CWM, do I just drag that zip file onto the same spot of the SD card as the root. zip file and shoshock3, and flash it as well, or will the CWM menu be ready to use once I go into recovery mode? What is Odin being used for exactly? Seems like I download it, and then do the rest by dropping each file onto the SD card and then flashing them? Thanks, promise that is all the questions for this, you've been great.

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And the Google Play store should still be good to go with the new ROM, right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
No, no. Cwm must be installed using Odin. Follow the Odin instructions in the op. Once you have installed cwm, THEN you can flash the other zip files like we talked about. Cwm is the platform you use to do the flash. You can't use it until you've installed it and that needs to be done with Odin.

If you are going to use shostock3 do not worry about flashing gapps (Google apps). It will have that already packaged. That gapps zip is for the cm 10.1 nightlies rom that Mr cook has in the op.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Google keyboard in the play store! Check it out guys.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
Alright. Thanks again. Should I do a factory wipe before the root zip flash? or before the shoshock flash? Or doesn't matter?

Just bought another 30 day card for Straight Talk service, you think that'll still be working after all this?

Planning on doing this tonight, will be back to tell the outcome. Thanks for all your help, most help I've ever had in a forum
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
It shouldn't matter about the factory wipe. Just don't reboot until you've flashed both.

You st service won't be affected.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
I installed ODIN, Downloaded the CWM file from OP's post. Put my phone in DL mode and plugged it into the PC. The yellow box came up in ODIN and I clicked PDA and chose the CWM file I downloaded. Then i get this after I hit start:

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid

<OSM> CWM-Recovery.tar.md5 is invalid.

<OSM> End...

???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
That sounds like a bad download. Try downloading again or use philz cwm

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
I took the download out of the download folder on my user name, and threw it on my desktop...worked then lol. Weird. Moving on to wiping and then flashing the root. Thanks for the quick reply.

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Okay. Made my back up. Rebooted phone. Turned back on. Plugged into USB to PC. But my PC won't pick up my phone now? I have ODIN still open, maybe that's why?

---------- Post added at 08:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:56 PM ----------

Let me also say, I have the icon on my toolbar saying that I have the phone plugged up, just when I go to my computer, I don't see it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
You made need turn on USB mass storage. Then click computer from start menu and there be an e and f drive for your internal and external SD cards

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
I figured out. Had to turn off USB Debug mode. Should I turn it back on before I go into recovery to flash the zip and rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
You can. To be honest i don't think it matters in recovery.

Edit: mine is always on. I've never turned it off and don't have problem

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
Wow. Start up screen is amazing. It is working so far... how do I edit the APN Settings? When I go to Settings > More Settings > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names, it only lets me choose between 3 selections (one of them being a straight talk choice), where do I go to manually edit all the information posted below:

APN

Name- Straight Talk

APN- wap.tracfone

Proxy- Not set

Port- Not set

User name- Not set

Password- Not set

Server- Not set

MMSC- http://mmsc.cingular.com/

MMS proxy- mms2.tracfone.com

MMS port- 80

MCC- 310

MNC- 410

Authentication type- Not set

APN type- default,supl,mms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Click on that straight talk one and it will go to the apn edit screen. Put those settings in then hit menu soft key and save

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
Wow man. Calls are working. Network is fine. Waiting to hear back from a text and picture message, but wow, was much easier once you get going. Thank you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Told you it was easy! :D

Be sure you click a thanks on Mr cooks op page

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ALonelyTurd:
For anyone looking to have a quick upgrade to 4.1.2, and you are totally new at all of this, use these steps as a reference. But before you start following them, be sure to read everything that OP (mr cook) posted in his first post. And read the past couple pages of post in the conversation between razen_kain and I.

Download - Odin, Rom, CWM, Root

STEP 1

(DONE)Samsung drivers must be installed on your computer- Samsung Drivers- http://www.samsung.com/us/support/ow...SGH-S959ZKATFN

-(DONE) Download Odin 1.85- Odin3-v1.85.7z and unzip.

- Enable USB Debugging in Settings menu of phone. (SETTINGS > APPLICATIONS > )

- Put your phone in Download Mode - -Power off, Hold volume down button, Plug in USB connected to computer, Hit volume up when prompted.

- Open Odin folder, Click Odin3 v1.85.exe, With your phone connected the box under ID:COM should be yellow (if it's not you missed a step earlier), Click PDA, Select the file you downloaded earlier (SHOULD BE CWM .tar FILE) , DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE- MAKE SURE AUTO REBOOT AND F. RESET TIME ARE THE ----ONLY----- THINGS CHECKED----- AND RE-PARTITION AND FLASH LOCK ARE ----NOT---- CHECKED....., Press Start (It will take a few minutes to load everything do not touch your computer or the phone during any of this, after the phone re-boots it may take a few minutes to load back up leave it alone until it has fully started up and at the home screen). You should get a green PASS message in the top box.

STEP 2

-After phones unplugged, boot into recovery (Phone off- Hold volume up, volume down and power button until you reach Recovery menu.)

-Boot into recovery,>>>>>>> select backup/ restore, backup.

STEP 3

-Turn off USB Debug Mode

-Plug phone into PC

-Copy/paste root zip file AND shotock3 zip file to SD root directory (as soon as you open the SD card)

-Unhook phone from PC

-Turn on UBS Debug mode

-Recovery mode

- Through this, before installing Zip, select -wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, select -advanced, -wipe dalvik cache

- Using the CWM menu, select choose zip from SD card, flash (install) the root zip file.

STEP 4

-Should be able go back and install the shoshock zip file after flashing root zip file. (Installs the same way the root zip file does)

-After install is complete, go to first menu and select reboot system now

STEP 5

-After resettting up phone (Should be like a brand new)

-Settings >more settings >mobile network >access point names

Input exactly:

APN

Name- Straight Talk

APN- wap.tracfone

Proxy- Not set

Port- Not set

User name- Not set

Password- Not set

Server- Not set

MMSC- http://mmsc.cingular.com/

MMS proxy- mms2.tracfone.com

MMS port- 80

MCC- 310

MNC- 410

Authentication type- Not set

APN type- default,supl,mms

Should be good to go after this.

Thanks again to razen_kain for taking the time to help me figure all of this out. I have never had so much help in a forum.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] atvspecialties:
Props to razen for helping this user out. Soooo many times I see people get their head bit off in other forums....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I do everything i can to help someone who is willing to read and learn what they are doing. Being courteous is a big plus too :)

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
Vanilla Rootbox

Hey guys, just wanted to let everyone know that I am running vanilla rootbox ROM on my s3 and seen that it was available for the s2, not sure specifically for i777 but if it is, u should check it out, pretty awesome ROM imo...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
I'm pretty sure there is an i9100 ROM but not an i777 rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
There's an easy fix for that. HellRaise it. Flash the ROM, then flash an I777 kernel (and modem if an I9100 modem was included in the ROM).

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Easy yes, but have I learned hell raising? No. Perhaps I'll jump on that in the next few days.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
Lol... I've heard of "Hellraising" but wasn't aware that it was that simple! Just trying to give u guys some more options...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
I think it only two requires checking a few files. We shall see though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
Keep us posted!! I want to know how well it works and if u like it!! Tia...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
It's that easy.

Just flash a I9100 ROM, then I777 kernel and modem if needed. That's all it takes.

Just stay out of the I9100g section.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
I just realized how many words were not intended in that host. Maybe I wouldn't drink so much lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Say what?! I came out the womb raising hell! I know no other way :D

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] epix1718:
Anyone used modem UCKH7 successfully?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Yes im on it right now

......did some speed tests looking good.....will make some long trips soon to update on network lock.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
UCMD8 Modem

The new I777UCMD8 modem from the I777 JellyBean 4.1.2 released today. CWM flashable. Enjoy. Thanks to [MENTION=2916435]creepyncrawly[/MENTION] for pulling it.

Link- I777UCMD8_modem.zip

I also added it to the OP.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Doing speed test and bummm 10 mb/s on stright talk .....:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
New modem works well. Thanks for the flashable Mr. Cook!

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jfarrah:
Just flashed new modem..here is a screen shot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Wow that is terrible! Have you been throttled?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jfarrah:
Yeah I think so used about 2.1 gig so most likely
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
There is a section in the op about how to get un- throttled. They're not supposed to do that

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
They will .....I got data twice suspended just around 2 GB .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] atvspecialties:
+1 on that...my data was completely shut off last month. :eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Not sure why you guys always act so surprised about them shutting off your data. They don't own their network. They have to pay AT&T and T-Mobile to use theirs and I would imagine that it costs them more every time their customers go over whatever quota is in place.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I need a beta tester that has time to test and get back with me this afternoon. If anyone is interested let me know.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
---------- Post added at 04:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:25 PM ----------

[/COLOR]

Maybe it's because they still advertise in big letters "UNLIMITED" data?? Not everyone reads the fine print, not saying they shouldn't, but Straight Talk suckers people into thinking that it's truly unlimited data, when in fact it's only about 2gb!! False advertising imo... I try and keep my daily usage under 100mb, but the last week of my 30 days is always throttled!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MPbn80:
Is this good news?

Does this mean we may get a stable 10.1 soon?

mobilenapps.com/articles/8846/20130612/android-4-1-2-jelly-bean-finally-available-att-samsung-galaxy-s2.htm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
No. It means we get stock 4.1.2. It won't help cyanogenmod at all, we already had it JellyBean from the I9100.

Also this release is only for the I777, not the S959G.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
I don't think that's ever been the problem.

I think the problem is that there are certain parts of the graphics backend on the i777 that Samsung hasn't released the source code for, which has forced the CM team to come up with all sorts of crazy workarounds to get CM working on that phone. That's why it isn't stable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I will test for you

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
You guys should check out my new thread- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42522825

While your there you should give I777UCMD8 a try.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
Sweet! Nice job bro...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jfarrah:
That happened to me too
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
+1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
Hey guys, its been a while. Thanks for all your help in the past and skimming through here, seems mr cook and razen kain are still the man! So here's my problem.... Been running Shostock3 2.5.6 and AJK 1.25 for a few months now with zero issues until recently. Seems like its a 50/50 chance that when I am done with a phone call, the phone freezes with a blank screen. No buttons will work, cant call it, nothing. Gotta remove the battery to get it back on. Any ideas? Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Have you tried wiping first? Wipe, reflash and go from there. I've had that same thing happen before.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Yeah, in my experience you'll have a devil of a time trying to troubleshoot that type issue. Much better to reflash the firmware. How about moving to SHOstock3 v3.0.2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
Not sure what you mean by wiping

first

?

I am sure this is what you are saying but just to be sure... You are saying wipe all the data etc etc etc in the recovery menu, then re-flash shostock and ajk zips again? Sounds extreme...lol. I hate setting everything up...uggh!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] atvspecialties:
You can use nandroid manager and restore user app & data after a fresh install. Even restore text msgs and phone call history. It's what I do and here recently I've been a flash-aholic :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Try just re-flashing the kernel first before you do factory wipe.

What profile and governors are you using?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
I will definitely look into that!

Profiles and governors.... way beyond my literacy man! I rooted, flashed the shostock and ajk kernel and thats about as much as i know how to do. I am a happy camper without the stock crap that was on this phone when i bought it.