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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
roughmouth are you using a cheap usb cable or a chinese knockoff sd card? And did you install the CWM Recovery first, the one located here: http://d-h.st/Id6 ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Unless something is namely different with this model, that is not the way to flash a Rom. You are supposed to wipe before you flash not after.

Sent from my Zanpakuto using Getsuga Tensho!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Thanks for the tip. I am still learning the proper ways to achieve stuff and I was just relaying what worked for me. A few times when experimenting I ran into boot loop and the only way I could knock it out was to reset/wipe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
i am not sure. i might be screwing up the cmw install through oden. i will try again tonight when i get home from work. do i have to be in download mode for odin to work? do i have to have usb debug enabled? im having a little brain fry issues lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
thanks a million worked like a charm im running the newest cm and it seems to work a little laggy and it don't display the 700 something memory that the stock used to its displaying only 400 and something mb but other then that it seems to work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vladm7:
confirmed, can't even use voice dialing on i777 :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pearlwhitemike:
I think a lot of that is to do with JB using a good bit more memory. You might also have some of the bloatware still running in the background, I didn't expect it but they were still installed and running. look at background processes under app manager you can probably free up 100mb or so there.

I ran the daily that he initially linked to, no lag issues whatsoever, maybe try switching to tomorrows when it comes out?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Drew10265:
Okay, so this is great! thank you guys so much for all this. I bought this phone (which wasn't cheap, as you all know) and was worried i had made a horrible decision by buying an expensive phone you can't mod at ALL. so i'm glad you guys could prove me wrong.

however, because i did spend so much money on this phone, (i'm poor) AND i've only rooted one phone before (i have no idea what i'm doing) i want to make sure i don't mess anything up. i was just wondering if anyone was working on, or could work on, some painfully descriptive instructions for to root and add custom rom. if i mess this up, i'll pretty much be screwed. thanks so much!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
First post in this thread- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33902328

If you want on cyanogenmod or newest CWM this one is the best- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36178521

Instructions and download for Odin also in the first post.

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
i have just noticed if i use the network time setting it keeps setting my clock to 8 pm so i have to manually reset the time and time zone soon as i click to use network time it goes back to 8 pm any ideas
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Reported for all 4.2 roms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Either corrupted download or you're using stock recovery and not CWM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
It was my screw up I was trying to use stock recovery. Now I do have the up ClockworkMod Recovery on there and it seems to work good. I made a full backup of the phone and I'm not sure if I want to try the new ROM It seems a bit buggy at the moment. Is there a stable version of this out yet With the voice dialing everything working? That's actually something I use lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
Reception was a little weak with the straighttalk baseband. Flashed the latest modem for the i777 ported over to cm and mobile data is rock solid. Only issue is some slight graphics glitches apparent when using the keyboard. Not a big deal though.

Voice search and dialing is working flawlessly for me. This phone is working the best it ever has for me now. One other thing I should not is that this phone now shows up completely as an i777. There is not trace of straight talk left after changing the baseband.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
Which version of CM did you use. How did you flash the new modem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
Follow the instructions as mr-cook posted them. You will then have the latest nightly of cm10 and root. Download the modem from the following link:

http://db.tt/TBzIPEv6

Access the downloaded file with the cm file manager on your phone and it will allow you the option to choose to flash with cwm. Once the phone reboots the straight talk baseband will be replaced with the latest cm compatible modem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] daddyzbadboy16:
Yes, i updated through the settings menu, about phone, check for lastest cm build, it came up saying there was an update, i downloaded it and it installed itself on my phone, and it works, so im assuming all updates for cm will work?? might be wrong
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
So what is the benefit/possible consequence of removing the straight talk baseband if data/voice is already working as is?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
This is awesome!!! Im loving all of this! I take a week off from this and I come back to CWM and a ROM? nice! As I was reading this I see the same questions (or similar) being posted over and over.. HAS EVERYONE posted in the add device thread form? with all the people on this thread it might happen... How many votes does it take to open a new thread posting area? I would have posted this already but I use the Voice search and Voice dial exclusively while I drive with Samsung's dock software and driving app... Im watching to see what is going on with the modem basband cuz if this can be turned into a i777 or the international one (I forgot the name i9000?) then there are many roms already. I would like just a clean Samsung Jelly bean ROM like form the IN version...

:good::good::good::good:I'm very surprised that this phone has gotten sooo far I'm not regretting buying it one bit now... YOU DEV's are all so helpful and so selfless its amazing I salute you! :::CLAP CLAP CLAP::::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::victory::victory::victory::laugh::laugh:

When I had my EvEo 4G I used a super clean ROM that had nothing but the base software and no dress up. CM is pretty good if its the only thing that can ever get running. You guys have nowhere to go but up :good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Yes. Thats the thing about running a Nightly rom, you get all the latest updates as they happen. If the devs fix a bug, find an improvement or add some feature you get it asap.

---------- Post added 4th January 2013 at 12:02 AM ---------- Previous post was 3rd January 2013 at 11:53 PM ----------

Once you install the latest CWM Recovery you can install any i777 rom. Download the rom you want to try, from the zip extract the build.prop file from the /system folder and replace the one in /system on your phone with it. Put the rom on your sd card, reboot to recovery, factory reset/wipe cache and then flash the rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
i got the voice search and everything working on the most recent cm update i downloaded root uninstaller then found the voice file deleted it and found the original one in the play store installed it and then updated the google search and i now have voice search working using the widget
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
can you tell me what voice file you deleted is actually called and do i have to uninstall gogle search first?

never mind i got it

thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
These graphics glitches. are they from the i777 modem flash or the ROM?:confused:

If I flash the Modem from the i777 do I then even need to do this?:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
Yes it will remove root. It can be rooted again though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
graphicw any luck with the stock kernel? You think you will be able to get it done?

Edit:

Aww, I just flashed with the UCKH7 you linked too and now my wifi wont enable. It will turn on, scan for networks for a couple seconds then just turn back off. Any ideas?

Edit2:

Deleting cache and a factory reset got my wifi back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
Factory reset. I see you already figured it out though. Let me know how your mobile data performs on that rom.

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Give me a few days on compiling the kernel from source. I hope that gets us a completely functional phone again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
I use my S2 as basically a mini tablet, I dont have a sim card in it. Wifi only :D

Ive read where the rom I linked to below is suppose to work on this phone, think I will try that later.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1969713
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
That rom wont work because there is not a way to flash the modem on this device yet. Only Gingerbread roms will work until we have a way to flash the correct modem. Not even the official SGH-i777 rom works on this device because there is no ability to flash the compatible modem binary.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
You don't need to flash a modem to flash a rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
You can flash the rom but try making a call with it after flashing with ics. Not going to happen. Even on the att gingerbread roms the modem does not work completely right.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
My opinion, for the time being:

There should be a thread dedicated to determining exact differences between this new device and the I777. Based on current evidence, they are minimal enough that it may make sense to make this a combined forums for both SGH-I777 and SGS-S959G. Perhaps, this thread should be renamed.

BTW, **** you Samsung for making the SGS-S959G have almost identical numbering to the T-Mobile T959, which is a ****ing GALAXY S1-SERIES DEVICE.

ALL discussion related to this new device variant should be kept in the new thread until further notice, and nowhere else.

It is, I think, valid to keep the thread in the I777 forums based on what is now known.

Other things that need to be done:

Back up of ALL partitions for the S959G variant. Kernel, /system, recovery, etc.

FIRST:

ALL owners of this new variant, DO NOT do anything to your device until you have a complete return-to-stock solution.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS:

Get Heimdall running.

Use the print-pit function of Heimdall to dump the partition info of the device. Put that info in the thread mentioned above. (Which might be this thread with a rename.)

heimdall print-pit

when the device is in download mode.

WHAT WE CURRENTLY KNOW:

I777 kernels provide 90% functionality on the S959G. Only missing functionality is recovery.

When running an I777 custom kernel, nearly everything works EXCEPT that entering recovery results in 100% stock recovery behavior.

THIS IMPLIES to me that what we seem to have, is an I777, but which actually has sane recovery operation set up in its bootloader. As in, the "recovery" partition actually does something! DO NOT **** WITH THE RECOVERY PARTITION UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Also:

If you own an S959G, do NOT do ANYTHING with your device, EXCEPT for the Heimdall PIT dump listed above, ESPECIALLY if your device is 100% stock. It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to have as many devices that are 100% stock for analysis until a full return-to-stock is available for this device. IF you get impatient, you will **** things up for yourself AND ALL OTHER USERS OF THIS DEVICE

OK, another thing. An owner of this device needs to post the information from the sticker under the battery EXACTLY with no modification.

For an SGH-I777 it is:

MODEL: SGH-I777

FCC ID: A3LSGHI777

I need ONE person, and ONLY ONE, to post this information, EXACTLY as it is on your device. (Someone earlier DID post this, but it appears to have typos, so I want it reposted to confirm.)

After ONE person posts this information, if anyone else posts it with a *post time later than ten minutes from the first one with this info*, I will flame you to a crisp for not paying attention.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
[Samsung logo]

MODEL: SGH-S959G (GP)

GPSAS959GB

FCC ID: A3LSGHI777

[voltage rating]

TracFone Wireless, Inc.

Do you want the IMEI too?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Also:

Unless someone can provide me a good justification otherwise, I am only going to help people who bought this device return to stock so they can return it.

I have NO idea why ANYONE would purchase this device:

SGH-S959G: $350 unsubsidized, running Gingerbread in November 2012, hardware that is 1.5 years old

Nexus 4: $350 unsubsidized, Android 4.2, newest hardware
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Because I bought this phone before the Nexus 4 was announced. :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
I currently have no plans on ever using this as an actual phone. I just mess with it and do wifi stuff :cyclops:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
I concur with Entropy. Do not try flashing this phone. I would not have flashed if I had known how much trouble it would be. This phone does not work correctly with the i777 roms as it stands now. It has modem issues even with the gingerbread roms. The ability to flash back to stock would be ideal. Name of thread should be changed to reflect the model of this phone so that others find it before they make the mistake of flashing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
graphicw whats your status on building the stock kernel? I see in the source they give instructions on how to do it. I might try and build it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
I will work on it tonight.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
The kernel is compiling now. I will test it and then post it on the forum if it checks out alright.

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It will not boot with the stock kernel once it is built and flashed over.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
graphicw are you using Ubuntu and if so how did you get the toolchain installed?

1. How to Build

- get Toolchain

download and install arm-eabi-4.4.3 toolchain for ARM EABI.

Where did you get this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
Yes, I am using ubuntu.

You can get the needed toolchains here:

http://code.google.com/p/rohan-kernel-evita/downloads/detail?name=toolchains.tar.gz&can=2

Make sure you set up your build environment as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Sweet, I got it built. You cant get the phone to boot now after you flashed it over?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roxannne23:
Ok, here is EXACTLY what my phone says on the back sticker, I triple checked it too.

(Samsung Logo)

MODEL:SGH-S959G (GP)

GPSAS959GB

FCC ID: A3LSGHI777

RATED: 3.7 V - :1500 mA

TracFone Wireless, Inc.

IMEI: 352261/***/*****/*

(Barcode)

S/N: R2C85KEF7X 12.08

MADE IN CHINA

Don't think you need the last few lines, but I feel it's better to have and not need than to need and not have. I will now work on the next part of the Heimdall PIT Dump, and post that once I am done.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
The glitches existed before I flashed the i777 modem. They are minor though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
They were there on the Stock? I've been looking at many ROMs, if I flash the modem does that mean its essentially an i777 so I wouldn't need to change any of ROM I flashed to it?

other questions not important

and is the SIM lock in the hardware or software? after flashing to a nice Clean Touch-Wiz Jelly Bean could I use ANY Sim? or do I still need to do a SIM unlock? Stupid questions right?

So nice that we have these options... I wrote the Galaxy2Root.com guy to see if he would make a thread on his page since that is the second one that comes up when googling this phone, I might post a video on this to help people... has anyone done that yet? a step by step for CWM and Flashing ROMs? I might once I got it all down 100%
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Yes you still need to. Flashing the modem does not change your build.prop file, regardless of whats printed in About Phone, your phone still thinks its a S959G when it pertains to flashing roms.

I know grapicw's statement is kinda of misleading but I will fix it for you:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
Oh i thought you said you got rid of everything on the phone that's S959G... After flashing and changing the base band what is left that is S959G? The EMI and like the hardware? I thought this phone was just a flashed i777 that had no changes... I guess its a lil tiny bit different then...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
Here is what I done about 2 hours ago and it seems to be working now.

manually reset the time and time zone

power off then on

turn on network time

see if that will work for you.

Also I have noticed when flashing cwm with odin sometims it will fail and I had to reboot phone or it would not flash.

Last thing I no longer have this phone and will not be able to do any further testing, but will try to help out as much as I can
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Anyone else running CM10.1 notice your touch buttons lighting up twice? When you are using your phone they lite up then when you are idle they turn off for 2 seconds, back on for 2 seconds then back off?

How I fix the network time bug: disable network time, manually set your time zone, turn network time back on. Fixed.

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That was not said by me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
My touch buttons are doing it too. Doesn't bother me at all. That's also how I fixed my time yesterday haven't had a problem since.

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
No, the glitches were not in stock. When you press the keys on the onscreen keyboard you will notice the glitches at times in the blue letters that show as you type. Not a big deal over all. Flashing modem will not change flashing of other roms, still need the original build.prop in place of the rom's build.prop. If you do choose to flash the modem, it is easy to return to the stock modem should you find it causes you problems.

Thanks for the fix root, that is indeed exactly what I meant to say. Sorry for the confusion.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
MODEMS

Added i777 modem, and stock S959G modem I made to first post. These can be installed through CWM.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33902328&postcount=1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Just to clarify.. what is the purpose of flashing the I777 modem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Could improve signal for some people. It doesn't seem to make any difference where I'm at though.

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
Thank you all for your hard work!

This is now a great device thanks to everyone's help. Now we need to work on http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android lol.

You guys are awesome!

---------- Post added at 11:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:55 AM ----------

i am in Michigan and though i haven't tested this fully yet it has not made any difference for me. if i have a problem i will post it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Its very easy to get Ubuntu to run now on a Android device. Install this app and follow the install guide for Ubuntu.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid&hl=en
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
So I have Cyanogen 10.1 running, but the one thing still bothering me is that when I boot the phone it says GT-I9100. Is there any way to get Entropy's DD kernel to show the original Galaxy S II logo that came with the phone? I know that sounds like a really petty question, but it's bugging me to high Heaven.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
If your on CM10.1 use TriangleAway app. There's a link in the first post toward the bottom. Also if you're on CM10.1 you aren't using entropy's kernel anymore.

It can also reset your flash counter.

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
If you start from bone stock then goto CM10.1 you dont get the triangle.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] galaxys2st:
Running 10.1 just flashed today. Everything seems to work. My data is slllllooooow. 100kb/s. Dunno why also term. Emulator is force closing. Cannot get to work, I flashed the modem update and it help raise the bars but not any faster. Phone seems kinda slow imo I checked running programs and just the norm system stuff. Also I see it says 450meg ram but about section says 8xx somethin. Forgot. WiFi works great calls are good no issue there. Looks like the ROM needs a little work. But non the less it worksworks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
False

The data is not the roms fault
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
It's there and I followed the directions from stock to CM10.1. I think I'm going to live with it though because $2.49 is kind of expensive for an app I'll use a single time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Its free for xda members scroll farther down and there's a direct download.

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Worked like a charm, thanks. This phone is now essentially perfect. Kudos to everybody who took the time to figure all of this stuff out. This stuff right here is why I'll probably be sticking with Android devices for the foreseeable future.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] galaxys2st:
How would I go about fixing the data issue? Straight talk did something 2 weeks ago trying to get my data to work when the phone was stock. I wonder if they messed up there settings. When it did work it was darn fast. Now its junk. But works all the time now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
True, Ive done it over 10 times. You do not have to root or flash any kernel to goto CM10.1 from bone stock.

122ninjas, how many times have you flashed CM10.1 on your S959G?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
I'm getting really slow speeds too. I'm using the APN settings from this thread for AT&T since the APN settings on Straight Talk's own support website don't seem to work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
IndigoAK are you using these APN settings? If there is no listing for a spot in the code below, leave that entry blank, like proxy servers.

[B]Straight Talk APN[/B]
Name: Straight Talk
APN: wap.tracfone
Port: 80
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN Type: default,supl,mms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Yup. And I'm getting maybe 200KB/s a second, which is way slower than I usually get. Maybe it's just having an off day or something, I dunno. It works though, so it's not like the world is ending. If it continues to be this slow, then maybe I'll get frustrated, but right now it's more of a passing concern.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Did you flash that modem stuff? Also double check your APN listing and make sure no proxy server entries are entered and blank.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] galaxys2st:
Same APN. 120down 140kbs upload just tested
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Yeah, changing the modem didn't seem to help either. Are those the same APN settings that this phone comes with out of the box because I was getting way faster download speeds before switching to Cyanogen and inputting them.