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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
The following is just a theory.

I've seen that Kies doesnt support it, but does ODIN? I dont see why it wouldnt.

Without some sort of a backup, this is a very bad idea, and quite possibly could brick. But you could attempt to flash one of our kenels. If our devices are remotely the same it should work, and would give you recovery, and if you can flash our kernels you should be able to flash our ROM's too.

I'd be comparing everything before I attempted that tho.

again just a theory, an idea, founded in the depths of tiredness.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
You don't have this phone therefore you don't belong in this forum section. Hate all you want but your device isn't this device.

So all your *****ing and moaning about non helpful responses is meaningless. You shouldn't even be posting here.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
WiFi works on this device if it's rooted with one of Entropy's kernels. I use the latest one from March. Though I did download it from another site because I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to pack a tarball in Windows and Entropy packs his stuff in zips. And also because no matter what I tried, Heimdall just wouldn't flash this device. So I used Odin 3.07.

Don't use the Zedomax kernel linked on S2Root.com or whatever, or use Siyah's kernel. Neither seem to work. Siyah's kernel shuts the photo off after the boot logo and Zedomax breaks the wifi.

As for what this device is and isn't, everything we do know about this phone suggest it IS an I777 physically. Software is another matter entirely.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
If the hardware is identical I don't see why you can't just flash the stock i777 firmware to it?

Guess I don't understand how some little cell provider has the financial backing to implement their own firmware. My guess is that they are using a modified i9100 or i777 firmware.

Probably just a debloated at&t firmware.

Either way, this forum is for the i777, so it doesn't really matter. If you have some other model, then it doesn't belong here.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
Where do you want him to go Pirate?

Not like they have a forum for him, at least he managed to find the forum that most suits his device. Seems he's done a little research.

I might have gone soft, or maybe Im just seeing it from a different perspective now. :eek:

@ folks with that device, maybe do some more research and playing around, to verify that it is indeed basically a clone of the i777, then ask for a sub forum for that particular device
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
Maybe where everyone should be going if there is not a forum section for their exact device and they have a question identical to the op?

Here's a hint:

General discussion/ Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=259

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
A reasonable person would say this device is more than likely the SGH-I777. Here is what is on the sticker in the battery compartment of the Straight Talk Galaxy SII:

Model: SGH-S959G (GP)

GPSAS959GB

FCC ID: A3LSGHI77

This phone also uses the AT&T network as a Net10 or Straight Talk device. This phone can be flashed with the two ROMS listed in this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1286432

It works best with UCKH7. The only problem that exists in intermittent loss of cellular data that requires a reboot to regain. Even when data ceases though, you can still place calls and send regular SMS though MMS does not work when data is acting up. WIFI, GPS and all other functions of the phone work flawlessly when flashed to UCKK6 or UCKH7.

There is a caveat to this however, no matter what you try, you cannot flash another baseband/modem. You also cannot modify the recovery, not even manually without the phone restoring the original when it reboot. This phone has the "beautiful" thing that we all know of as the locked Bootloader. No CWM or modified 3e and no changing modems. Therefore, no ICS or JB as they both require the modem to flashed as well if they are to work. You also cannot flash any rom that requires CWM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
CWM is built into the kernel. You would have cwm if someone would repack the kernel for it

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
This isn't really a help or support forum. Its for developers, and there is a set of rules that must be followed. Searching the forum first is one of the big ones. For the most part people aren't going to be spoonfed answers here when its widely available all over this forum and Google.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
I have already tried flashing a kernel on this phone that included CWM. Try as you will, try as you might though, CWM will never work. You cannot replace the Recovery file on this phone without it reverting back to the original 3e. It does not matter what you try to replace it with. I can confirm that the older version of Siyah kernel does work with this phone but the CWM part of it does not work, it is still 3e in the end.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
I have went ahead and pulled everything I could. I was unable to get hidden.img. it was saying something about mmcblk0p13 did not exist.

I just assumed almost all the partitions were needed to make a good restore.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mauiredman:
Question is the Straight Talk SGS2- SGH-S959G rooted

Question is the Straight Talk SGS2- SGH-S959G rooted now?

If so can someone put up the correct way to do so? a Step by step would be nice

Thanks in advance:laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
Yes and No.

There is a kernel that roots the phone, but it is not a kernel for this phone. It is about 95% functional and there is no recovery for this phone. Don't try it. The only reason I done it was to help get the partitions needed.

On a side note.

I have noticed that vibration does not work, but this is not the latest daily driver.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
I am going to try flashing my phone with the stock kernel I built from source and cynnas factoryfs.img after this post. I am doubting its going to work but I got to try.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
Fingers crossed and good luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Didnt work, got boot loop. I was able to recover back to what I was running though and Titanium Backup just saved me a crap load of time getting back to where I was :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
If you will make a Odin of just your kernel I will try flashing so we can find out if it is kernel or factoryfs that is problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Attached.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
Give me about an hour

It was a no go I got bootloop also
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eclipsedarkmoon:
apologies for my delayed posts, I only get about 1-2 hours at night to work on this.

I have what I believe to be a rooted factoryfs.img file and have uploaded it to anonfiles at . From what I've read and following Entropy512's recommendations, someone who is stock should flash this and then be able to get a dump of the stock kernel. However, before someone does this, I would like r00t4rd3d, cynnar, mr-cook or someone else look at it and provide feedback. As Entropy said, we need as many stock devices as possible for analysis.

The wife's phone is still stock and if need be, I can flash that to try to get the stock kernel, but I would like to keep that option as a last resort.

edit: removed download link to incorrect factoryfs.img.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
I hear ya eclipsedarkmoon I too only have limited amount of time to mess with the phone.

Edit: Post was said sloppy because I was in a hurry. So I am fixing it now.

Before anyone on stock, or those that just have custom kernel on stock, flash this, maybe someone who is already on a non stock Rom can test it out. That way we do not mess up any more stock phones. If this hasn't been done by the weekend I will test it out on my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Screwing with this model phone drove me over the edge enough to go buy a Nexus 7 :eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
I hear ya man. I'm off of this phone as well. My father's phone died and I gave this phone to him.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mauiredman:
NOOOOO you can't quit now your so close :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
I am about to buy another phone as well. I have had enough of this piece of ****. I honestly figured it would be like all the other I777 variety phones when I bought it. Turns out this was the only one out of all the variants that happened to have a locked bootloader with signature verification. Latest word is that a Galaxy S3 variant on Verizon is being released with a locked bootloader as well. In all reality, it appears as though more carriers will be starting to lock the phone down their phones and we should be preparing for that possibility.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Progress? Slightly. Close? No.

Without someone like Entropy's help we are just grabbing at straws. I am not abandoning this but I am at my endgame as far as what to do next.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
Same here! I just will not need able to do anything else for at least 2 weeks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
OK, I got sick just before Thanksgiving and was out of commission for over a week, and have been busy catching up on all sorts of other stuff since then.

The first thing that must be done with ANY phone is to gain the ability to revert it to stock.

How have you verified these things? I've seen no evidence of it... Plus unless a device is confirmed to have a locked bootloader which this CLEARLY doesn't (as evidenced by the fact that Daily Driver runs), there's no reason to ever **** with boot.bin/sbl.bin.

No. On the GS2, the Heimdall pit-dump results are offset by 1.

So identifier 6 = mmcblk0p5

identifier 7 = mmcblk0p6

identifier 10 = mmcblk0p9

Those are the most important things, that PIT confirms the partition layout is identical to the normal I777.

What we need is the contents of kernel, recovery, and system from a stock phone.

Someone who flashes DD on an otherwise stock phone should have root access in ADB shells. This person should do, while in an ADB shell:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/recovery.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/sdcard/factoryfs.img

NOTE: Siyah has a tendency to mess with the system partition. The last few Gingerbread DD releases *do not*.

From there, it's a matter of root access on a device with a custom kernel. There are two possibilities:

1) Take the dumped factoryfs image, add su and Superuser.apk to it, then make an Odin-flashable tar from it using http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1081239 (the raw dump is NOT flashable via Odin)

2) There's a possibility that this device is unique among devices of its era - Nearly all Exynos GS2 devices did not use the recovery partition for anything, and recovery was in the kernel. However newer devices have bootloaders that hop over to the recovery partition and use it the way it's meant to be used - there's a possibility this device might be in that category. In this case, someone MIGHT be able to flash DD to the recovery partition and MIGHT get recovery. DO NOT DO THIS UNTIL SOMEONE HAS DUMPED THE CURRENT RECOVERY PARTITION CONTENTS.

This post is full of bull****. How can you claim that this has a locked bootloader with signature verification when IT CLEARLY DOES NOT. If people have been able to flash DD and run it - it's obviously NOT verifying the kernel signature.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
Fair enough, but this phone is indeed locked down in some fashion and you cannot just flash any i777 rom to it and expect it to work. There are clearly some of the i777 kernels that this varient will not work with. If you look over the thread, you will see that there is indeed and dump of factoryfs already posted on the thread. You will also see a copy of the kernel built from stock source code.

You cannot flash the recovery partition on this phone. It is indeed locked and this is easy to verify.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
The stock kernel does not work (just causes bootloop) and based on what Entropy posted the factroyfs will be an incorrect partition pull.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
Yes, there are several roms available for this device, check out the custom roms thread for the i777. I'm not positive, but I don't think there is an miui rom. Shostock3 and Slimbean are two really great roms, you should check them out!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Miui is here in the ported section- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39724521

Follow the link to the I777 main thread in the OP and look in the development sections.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] somethingnoob:
omg i downloaded the shostock3 it the boot screen was the sh!t im a car nut and it was just way cool i havent tried everything yet give me time im still a nood but dang i like thisrom so far keep u posted
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
... but you'll always come home to shostock3 no matter how far you roam ;)

SGH_S959G

SHOstock3 v3.0

AJK 1.25ss
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Yep......I don't look any more for better. ......smooth and so nice rom that I use ....love my device more than S3 and S4 I also own. ....keeping them for spare. ....till he cook out S4 in near future. ....:D

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] atvspecialties:
So, running shostock3 for a while now and it seems that the exact day my ST bill renewed I'm now unable to connect my laptop to my phones Wi-Fi. Is it possible they can alter this remotely? I've changed nothing rom or CPU wise. The portable Wi-Fi turns on, my CPU sees it but never is able to obtain an IP address...

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Yes any Windows operating system will disable data and could loose data till end of cycle. ....somehow tethering android devices seams okay .....just don't stay for to long. ..:beer:

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Yes....my service was without data till renewal. ....

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] atvspecialties:
My service renewed the 24th. Phone data works perfectly and is back to being UN -throttled :D . It just won't let my CPU use it.... crazy.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] denva:
Pals please device S959G has been unlock but no service .

Can someone solve this for me ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
Need more information! Are u rooted? Flash a rom/ kernel? Have u entered the correct APN? Can u still call and text or nothing at all??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rdneckviking:
try this apn change

for apn type instead of having "default,supl,mms" i tried "default,mms,supl" and my mms issues went away. anyone else want to try this and see if it improves their setup?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
I think this will more than likely just confuse people!! I have no issues with MMS with the stock set up, so I see no need to change this to something other than is recommended...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rdneckviking:
apn

i posted it becuase i was having troubles with my mms, actually i had no mms at all with the recommended settings. for some reason changing the order allows me to now receive mms and send mms messages. it may not be needed for everyone but it fixed my phone issue. definitely if the recommended settings work do not try this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] denva:
Yea i have solved it thnx for your Reply.

The problem was The Modem so i flashed this I777UCLL6_modem.zip and then network is working
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Wow you may have just solved the unlocking issues some have had.

So you didn't have service after you unlocked your phone with the stock modem, but flashing the at&t modem fixed it correct?

Are you using the SIM card that came with the phone?

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jfarrah:
Just checked if I could get pic msg using the stock apn and I have no problems

sent from my sgh-i777 using stostock 3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jfarrah:
Hey I just downloaded mobile odin for future flashing. Anyone play around with this app?

sent from my sgh-i777 using stostock 3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Never used it for anything but installing cwm when i first rooted this phone. Never come across anything else that requires Odin.

SGH_S959G

SHOstock3 v3.0

AJK 1.25ss

Edit: i have found rom customizer quite handy though

Edit: just checked it out on Google play. Looks like a pretty useful app. Let me know what you think of it. Did you get paid version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Yes I do ......what would you like to.... know. ....

This app is for real I777 and could be modified for other types of phone. ...what will need very skilled user. ...so if you are on Straight Talk Galaxy S II ....and have CWM already leave this app for International type of phone or for phone that is supported in Chainfire thread. ......:rolleyes:

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jfarrah:
Yeah I got the paid version have not played with it yet I like shostock 3

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] denva:
No am using different country operator sim and its working alright :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
All recognized development people I do support.....I like mobile ODIN. ...handy tool for people that Are on run

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jfarrah:
Question the muli window tab I some how moved it to the bottom border of my screen anyone know how to.move it back I am using stostock 3

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Press and hold on the tab until it vibrates, then slide it where you want it.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jfarrah:
Trying that just moving along the bottom won't go up the sides

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Maximize the window first then try it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jfarrah:
OK that worked but I got that grey bar separated the screen like your running two windows but it was just the background I restarted and that went away so I don't know

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Our multi window is a little buggy.It's somewhat of a miracle that we have it at all. So no worries, it's not broken.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jfarrah:
Not worried I really like this rom. Someone told me to try slimbean but I don't think I will

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
It is a great Rom. One of my favorites actually.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
Ok guys, its getting kind of quiet in here. So what ROM is everyone running? Custom kernel? And what kind of battery life is everyone getting?? Lol...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Shostock and task 650,,,,, are daily raiders. .....kernel are couple choices with some tweaking getting easily 2-3 days on battery with moderate use and app that turn off data if screen is off.....like battery booster ....juice defender and etc:)

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
There is some battery efficiency

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
So what are some of the good things u like about task's rom? I have never tried it myself...

And 2 or 3 days battery with moderate use? Impossible!! Without a charge at all??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Mr.Task650.....developer very good. ..downside can't teether yet unless you have teetering with plan and known bug's from CM and AOKP source . ......

SHOstock.....smooth and sourced from international Samsung rom everything works and teetering just keep off connection to Windows device. ....I use with A&TT and T-mobile .. no teething on plans. ...it simply work. ..:D

Yes it's possible just need to learn how to create control over hungry apps and android OS ...

This is possible ....:D

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Ported AllianceROM v7.3 with some pulls from SHOstock3

AJK 1.25ss

Very good battery life.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
Where can I find this ported version? I'm only seeing the old v2 in the i777 thread. I really liked it awhile back when I ran it, but I tried 2 different versions of ajk with it and was getting really bad sod's!! Finally flashed jeboo 2.1 with cwm and it ran great for me after that!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I will PM you a link.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
I won't mind if you shoot me link to try that type to see some different flavor. .....and thx for making our device so easy for rooted:)

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xquarkofborgx:
can someone tell me what the best way to unlock this phone is. flashed att modem and cyan 10.1 rom. still confused about a unlock. anything quick and easy would be great. bought this phone from a friend and he lost his sim card. looking to put it on net10.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
GalaxSimUnlock... You can find it right here on xda if u search for it specifically! As long as you're rooted, you're good to go!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
You can also find it on the first page of this thread

SGH_S959G

SHOstock3 v3.0

AJK 1.25ss
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
link to galaxsimunlock thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1846451
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xquarkofborgx:
problem I ran into with Galax is that it is not available for download on the market place anymore. is the apk file on the forums somewhere
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
Duh!!! Lmao... sometimes I'm a little slow, you'll have to forgive me...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
It's no problem bro. Just trying to help out the thread :thumbup::)

SGH_S959G

SHOstock3 v3.0

AJK 1.25ss

---------- Post added at 02:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 PM ----------

Use Google to find it. Be a lot easier

SGH_S959G

SHOstock3 v3.0

AJK 1.25ss
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xquarkofborgx:
another question. Since my frienda imei was tagged to a different account if I unlock the phone can I use it on any provider? just wondering. i bought a net10 sim activation kit and just wanted to know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Hook me up, bro.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
I'm assuming so, as long as the ESN is good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Yes I already tried on two major gsm carries and used on orange.....T-mobile Europe. ....Tellering...A1 Austria. .....for Australia I'm right now on run to Sidney. ....hopefully I will be capable to run on gsm.....2600 mhz band is so advance that will put Europe to #2 place ....

In America we are so far behind ...:rolleyes:

Some carriers also lock sim card to to imei ......so for as long you got good standing account and you type apn setting right and somehow you can't connect or loose connection just call costumer service to refresh sim card and give them some explains why you are on different phone. ....

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