yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Edit: (Nevermind)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mrdreamers:
little help plz :)

which one do i download from the first link? and how do i root this with heimdall little step by step again would do thie trick again for me :) ty:D

or do i just use the superoneclick?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mrdreamers:
will this method work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYE_gpqCUgc&feature=endscreen&NR=1

:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
DO NOT ROOT WITH ZEDOMAX KERNEL.

The only way is the way I posted earlier, do not try anything else. I used odin 1.85, and the only .tar available it's the top one when I done mine. Sorry I don't have time to do a write up on it now. I'm going to try and get a full write up of all the needed downloads and instructions for everything in the next few days and put everything together on the first post of this thread.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mrdreamers:
i tryed his first method but it didnt work i will listen to you and not try his 2nd method ill wait till you get time to put up the step by step info ty for lookin out and BIG THANX for helping me get my phone at least back to normal operation :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ARPwizard:
I hope the mods will make a forum for this phone. I think that would be beneficial for the development of this model.

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] loganfynne:
So let's get this straight... Using the Entropy kernel, SuperOneClick, and Heimdall, it is possible to root the phone. Can it be upgraded to ICS or JB with working cellular data? If so, I would love some explanation of how to go about that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
This seems to work but when i did it things didn't work like the tether and real bad data issues, but this could have been just mine... I also didn't like how my phone kept track of the amount of times i have flashed custom kernels. Its super easy and seems like its reversible but i didn't like how my phone acted.... But others have gotten better results... This was just me....

I ended up returning my phone cuz of the data issues but these issues was Straight Talk not my phone... The root issues i had all had to do with tether and sync...

Oh yea no upgrades or custom roms this way...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I posted instructions for the stock firmware, and root in the first post in this thread. Check it out, let me know if I missed anything. Now we can just refer people there with it all in one place, with all the instructions they should need.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33902328

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
I repacked the stock for Odin.

Can someone who knows what they are doing give this a test run:

https://anonfiles.com/file/cc19e01ee61aac854510b83271115fbc
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
Just flashed this using Odin3 v1.85. Flash Passed, phone booted up ( no Triangle ), data working, and calls working.

---------- Post added at 01:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:07 PM ----------

I will try to run through this sometime in the next day or so. One thing I noticed is that when I try to download from eclipsedarkmoon's link it says the file you are looking for has been deleted or moved. Maybe there is another download link?

I have packed Entropy's Daily Driver 03/07/2012 into an Odin flashable for those who want to update to his latest kernel.

http://db.tt/A5j0NjlA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
If you now have a complete clean return-to-stock dump - I've heard from a trusted source that if you flash DD to the recovery partition you will have CWM.

That seems to be the only difference between this device and the I777 - it actually uses the recovery partition.

This is, of course, all hearsay.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I looked in the recovery.fstab last night and it had it listed as kernel p5 and recovery p6. Heres a copy I dont know if it actually matters or not.

# mount pointfstypedevice

/bootemmc/dev/block/mmcblk0p5

/recoveryemmc/dev/block/mmcblk0p6

/efsext4/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

/cacheext4/dev/block/mmcblk0p7

/systemext4/dev/block/mmcblk0p9

/dataext4/dev/block/mmcblk0p10

/emmcvfat/dev/block/mmcblk0p11

/sdcardvfat/dev/block/mmcblk1p1

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
OK before I do anything stupid here is this correct.

copy DD zImage to sdcard

adb shell

su

dd if=/mnt/sdcard/zImage of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6

that will flash DD to the recovery partition right?

EDIT: NM I tried it and It does install recovery. Haven't tried a backup and restore yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
so would flashing with ADB and then running superoneclick be another method of rooting? and if flashing with ADB, flash in the recovery partition to get root plus CWM?

NVM - i take it that to run ADB the phone must be rooted already.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
You are correct ADB has to have root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Please forgive me as I'm sure this is mentioned somewhere in this forum, but I have not been able to find it.

If you root your phone, is it possible to go back to complete factory setup afterwards, and if so would OTA updates still go through?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
There are no OTA updates for this phone and as of right now, Tracfone has no plans of ever releasing any.

And yes, there are ways to go back to stock now. Read the first post in this thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
CWM confirmed! 100% functional. I installed latest dd zImage to recovery partition with adb. Rebooted, rebooted recovery, made a backup, went through deleted a bunch of stuff, restored perfect. No issues.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
I have made a tar.md5 that works in Odin to install CWM Recovery

http://db.tt/x0oAcEsg

I have tested It 3 times on my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Have you tried this from stock?

I don't know if I'll have time to finish my write up in post 1 today (removing yellow triangle, and now CWM) or not to catch everyone up that may not be following as closely, but I will get it as soon as I can. Now it's time to start looking at ROM's.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
Yes I done this with stock. I didn't get a yellow triangle after flashing either. I am working on a cwm flashable zip for root also.

Edit: I have just finished the cwm flashable root. So now you should be able to flash cwm recovery in Odin then boot into recovery and flash root without the need for custom kernel. I have successfully done this on my phone.

sorry was nearly sleeping when I posted here is link to cwm flashable root package.

http://db.tt/U6KFahMr
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Flashing recovery in odin will usually trigger triangle - however now that you have recovery, you can attempt to nandroid your current firmware and flash something else. Rumor has it CM10/10.1 builds do work (might need some initial hackery to disable the assert checks... Can anyone post just stock build.prop here?)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mrdreamers:
HELP!

for some reason i can't get my phone back into download mode i tried pushing power and both volume buttons and even one volume button at a time it will either reboot or go into recovery mode am i missing something?

i have been in download mode before and used heimdall to flash stock on my Straight Talk SGS2- SGH-S959G but now i want to root it and i cant get into download mode plz help!:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
Read the top thread. That will tell you how to get back into download mode.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Come on with these ****ing dumb questions muddying up this thread. 50 ****ing pages with 49 of them filled with bull****.

Its nearly impossible to find the valuable information in this thread without searching all damn day.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mrdreamers:
Help plz!

ty i plugged in my usb then did it and it worked, just have to make sure its pluged in first ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
See next post....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Goto this updated post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36178521&postcount=519
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mrdreamers:
Help plz!

can i use hiemdall instead to root? im not getting the little yellow box anymore in odin:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
mrdreamers, stop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
It install great, but there is no data. after setting up the apn I went to settings -> advanced and tried all three raido settings with no luck.

I'm not missing another setting somewhere am I?

Calls do work both incoming and outgoing.

sms works but not mms (this uses data to send though correct?)

triangle away did reset the counter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Try this one:

Name: StraightTalk ATT

APN: att.mvno

Proxy: Not set

Port: Not set

Username: Not set

Password: Not set

Server: Not set

MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com

MMSC proxy: 66.209.11.33

MMS port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Authentication Type: Not set

APN type: default,supl,mms

APN protocol: IPv4

APN enable/disable: APN enabled (tick mark checked but grayed out anyways)

Bearer: Unspecified
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Remember that keeping the proxy is going to allow ST to keep track of your data usage and potentially lead to being throttled.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Napsterbater:
I never have had the proxy in my APN yet I get throttled if I have a heavy data day. But when not throttled the APN with No Proxy seems to work better the with the proxy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
still no data :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Just seen this one:

Name: ST (or whatever you want)

APN: att.mvno

Proxy: proxy.mvno.tracfone.com

Port: 80

Username: Not set

Password: Not set

Server: Not set

MMSC: http: mmsc. cingular. com (**no spaces and no"//"**)

MMSC proxy: 66.209.11.33

MMS port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Authentication Type: Not set

APN type: default,supl,mms

APN protocol: IPv4

Bearer: Not specified
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Apn should be - wap.tracfone everything else is the same.

Att.mvno only works with the BYOP sim cards.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Here's mine

APN: wap.tracfone

Port: 80

MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com

MMS Port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

APN Type: default,supl,mms

All other fields are left blank
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Napsterbater:
It also works for Straight Talk accounts on non BYOP plans, I have a nephew using it on the $45 non BYOP plan.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
I won't argue either way if Att.mvno does or does not only work with BYOP, but wap.tracfone setting brought data to the phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Cynnar can you make a flashable zip of this from your phone with the changes already made?

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
I will see what I can do
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Ignore the build.prop hacking starting tomorrow.

http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/29533/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Nice. I updated and will upload a new version of my Odin tar that has the latest CWM Recovery that works with CM10.1 so you wont have to flash the boot.img from the zip first.

Stock + Newest CWM Recovery + Newest DD - Flash with Odin, root with SuperOneClick.

http://d-h.st/Y1W
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pcmediciowa:
Can't Register on Network Error

I have flashed the stock, then Entropy's kernel, then rooted one click. None of the unlock tools work. I can't get any of my active SIMS: iWireless, T Mobile, Net 10, AT&T sims to register on any network on this phone. I am new in here and MAN thank you guys so much for the development on this phone thus far.

I have a couple of customer's that have brought me bricks and things are really looking up.

Does anyone know what I can do to remedy this deal? I get 5 signal bars, before inserting any SIM. With all of the SIMS in, I get various signal strength, but all show signal.

Just all return that pesky Can't Register on Network error.

BTW Entropy I can do any experimenting you need done. I reall appreciate y'all senior members jumping in and moving this phone forward.

:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Have you tried this one:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.helroz.galaxysunlock
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
The fastest way to get from stock to CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightly.

With Odin flash this in the PDA slot - http://d-h.st/Id6 (This is the newest version of ClockWorkMod Recovery required to flash CM10.1)

Download these two zips and place them on your SD Card - CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightly and GAPPS

Boot into Recovery , first thing to do is a factory reset and wipe the cache then install the CyanogenMod zip then the GAPPS zip and finally reboot.

:cowboy:

[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] Entropy512:
Please don't link directly to jenkins - link to http://www.get.cm/?device=i777 instead

For those with triangles triggered, TriangleAway SHOULD work from within CM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
TriangleAway works, and resets the flash counter. Thanks for the CM tip its running good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
I did that just to make sure people got the right one. Ive changed my link. Everyone just make sure you download a version dated today and beyond.

Also if you use the exact method I posted to get to CM10.1 you will get no triangle, rooting the device is not required :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
i can confirm that rooting via this method does not give you a yellow triangle and much simpler to do.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
If you install CM10.1 no need to root, it comes pre-rooted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
And you can reset your flash counter with TriangleAway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
thx, wasnt aware of this. installing CM10.1 was my next step.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
I disappear for a few days and come back to not only find the phone rooted but CM 10.1 with JB actually able to run on it. I now have CM 10.1 running and working fully from what I can tell. I will drive around a little tomorrow to see how it does on mobile data. So far, so good. Thanks to everybody that put in the hard work to make this happen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] biohazard2004:
network error

I have the same problem...my s2 is in europe now and on stock rom when u pluged sim or without sim card i had full signal but i couldnt call and it was saying >Not registered on network<. I did CMW and installed CM 10.1 and rom works fine. I went on settings/more.../Mobile networks/ Network operators he find 3 operators and when i click Choose automatically it says Registered on network. only show Emergancy calls/"my operator" and when i try to call it's shows >Mobile network not available<. :( plz help someone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
So does the phone model still register as S959G? If not, could this cause any problems with the operation of the phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] electroau:
So if we change the apn, can this be used on at&t
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
Yes, the APN can be changed and the phone will work on AT&T. It is technically working on AT&T when you use it with Net10 or Straighttalk.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Its both. It still has s959g for some stuff and shows i777 for others with cm 10.1. It causes no problems. There are very minor bugs, voice search not working properly but I don't think I've ever used it anyway. Its running great, data WiFi SMS MMS calling everything works perfect. Battery life seems to be very good also.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
In About Phone its listed as the i777 under Model. I think the only time this may cause an issue is if Straight Talk regularly issued OTA updates and that is not going to happen and even if they did I doubt it would be anything like CM10.1. I firmly believe CyanogenMod is going to be the best thing to have on this model phone. We have pretty much official CM support and will get Android updates fairly quickly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] daddyzbadboy16:
<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 (1).md5 is invalid.

<OSM> End...

<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 (1) (1).md5 is invalid.

<OSM> End...

This is what i get in odin?? Im sure im doing something wrong, can some one help??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] biohazard2004:
is ur recovery file is written as CWM-Recovery.tar.md5?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
The original name must be kept the same or md5 checks will fail, remove the (1) or just remove the .md5 at the end and it wont do md5 checks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] daddyzbadboy16:
ok, ya i got it through the checksum,, but cant get into recovery now, hell ive tried everything i could think of

AND THANKS AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE TIMELY RESPONSES AND HELP!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Turn your phone off. Hold down both volume buttons and then press and hold the power button till you see the Samsung Galaxy logo and let go of just the power button till you see the hat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] daddyzbadboy16:
I had to reflash with odin, i got it in recovery mode, knew about the 3 finger solute,, i really appreciate all the work on this phone!! you guys are awesome and way far beyond my knowledge!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Cap'n Jazz:
I've never rooted a phone before, but I've been following this thread for a pretty long time now and I feel comfortable enough to try. I've been reading stuff here and there, and I've seen stock and stock+root mentioned. Other than apps, media and whatever extra stuff may or may not accumulate by regular phone usage, my phone is just as it was in the box. Does this method work from a completely stock state, or does it have to be stock+root? Thanks in advance, and I appreciate the progress you all have made. It's been cool watching it all unfold :)

[EDIT] Nevermind. I got it working! the only problem I've noticed is I'm getting a bit worse signal strength with data and WiFi now. Any tips?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Voice search is likely also busted on regular I777s.... stupid yamahell.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
so when i install cm-10.1-20130102-NIGHTLY-i777 (before i am suposed to install gapps) i get-

Finding update package. . .

Opening update package. . .

Verifying update package . . .

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

install_ package = (2)

Installation aborted

is this normal? should i continue to install gapps zip next and then factory reset/wipe the cache and finally reboot?

if i don't phone still boots fine to previous rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jonsvibe:
NOT There~!

And This Link... When u try And Go to It... Its Not There.... Done Been There To Check If The Link Was For Real.... It Took You To Dropbox... But Its Gone ... Nothing There.. Says Its Been Moved Or Deleted.... So Much For Dat Link. Keep On Keeping On... And Try Again... Big Thank Yous!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pearlwhitemike:
HUGE thanks to mr-cook, cynnar, r00t4rd3d and entropy512 for all your hard work!

Had a never activated SGH-959G that would only work with talk and text, no matter what I tried I could not get it to work with WAP and MMS with any APN settings. Using the SIM that came with ST Nokia E71, had same default APN as the ones R00t4rd3d listed

After flashing to CWN10.1 EVERYTHING magically worked the first time.

In case it helps anyone, here is what I did. You can obviously find these directions by reading page 52:

Flashed r00t4rd3d's Stock + Newest CWM Recovery + Newest DD from post #516 using Odin 3.07

Rooted with Superoneclick 2.3.3 (Could not get into recovery without root for some reason so it seemed neccessary)

Booted to Recovery using Quickboot

Installed CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightly and GAPPS Zips from post #519, in that order

Factory reset

wipe cache

wipe Dalvik cache

Reboot

Tried to get it working after just the root but no amount of playing with APN's worked out. Personally I like 4.3 a whole lot better so I am very happy with the results.

You guys are awesome, thanks again for your hard work. Made my wife happy, I bought it for her for Christmas and she got pissed and gave it back to me yesterday and returned to the Nokia after a week with no working APN. Should've just kept it, now I have to buy one to replace my POS LG.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
That is not normal. Sounds like your download might have been corrupted. Try redownloading the CM10.1 zip.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Checking out what other roms are easy to install I copied over the build.prop file from the JellyBam rom and gave that a try. Its based off CM so I figured it would work and it does. Ive also asked the JellyBam rom dev to update his assert checks so the build.prop file will not need to be copied over.

---------- Post added at 09:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:40 AM ----------

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6u0lrd91jfo3o4w/sgh-s959g-stock.tar.gz
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Has anyone updated to the new nightly of CM yet?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Cap'n Jazz:
After getting cm 10.1 running, my battery will no longer charge... Any ideas what is wrong? It shows the lightning bolt over battery in the status bar, but their doesn't love and the battery percentage just keeps dropping..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Have you tried a different USB port and does plugging into a outlet charger work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
odin keeps hanging

<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> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

thats what i keep getting everytime i try to flash cmw any ideas what im doing wrong
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Is USB Debugging enabled and is your phone in Download Mode when you are trying to flash?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
might want to specify which CM nightly you`ve installed. seeing as they are betas it could be a bug (or maybe just user error).

dont know about your wifi but for data did you change your APN settings to the ones posted on #519?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
it seems it was my usb cable that was at fault now the other question ( ik im a noob to flashing a custom rom ) but how do i flash the new cm 10.1 nightly i put both files gapps and cm on my sd card of phone how do i flash from there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Once you have CWM Recovery installed, turn the phone off and unplug it from the usb cable. Hold both the volume buttons down and then press and hold the power button till you see the Samsung Logo then release only the power button till you see the hat then you can release the volume buttons. You navigate the Recovery menu with the volume keys and the power button is the "enter" key. Install zip from SD Card, Choose Zip. Dont forget after flashing the zips to use the +++Go Back+++ menu option to get back to the main menu and reset factory defaults and wipe cache then reboot.