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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
UGH

well i was researching how to update/root/flash and put on a custom rom onto my straighttalk galaxy s2 (SGH-S959G), i followed the instructions to the T (I think) am really frustrated as i keep getting this:

assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "i777" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "i777" || getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-I777" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-I777" || getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-S959G" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-S959G" E:Error in /sdcard/cm-10.1.3-i777.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted.

PLEASE HELP!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Download the Odin cwm recovery from the OP. Also download root zip. Also download cm 10.1.3 for the sgh-i777 and compatible gapps package(google). Put these files on your SD card. Download Odin 3.07. Select pda and browse for the file you just downloaded. Unclick auto reboot and click start. When it's done(green light) unplug your phone and pull the battery. Wait 15 seconds. Put battery back in. Hold volume up AND down then press power and keep holding until screen turns on. Then let go of Only the power button. You should now be in recovery. Choose install from zip and navigate to your root.zip file. After it flashes. At the main now choose backup and restore then select backup. When it's complete you can now go wipe factory data, wipe cache, go to advanced and wipe dalvik. Now back to install zip. First install cm 10.1.3 then immediately flash the gapps package you downloaded as well. When complete reboot your phone and enjoy the wonderful world of cyanogen mod. Then read and read and read some more and you have almost unlimited options. Hit that Thanks button, fingers are tired after this one haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
so am i not supposed to use omni?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Yes you can use any rom you want I just recommended that one because it's extremely stable and kk roms all have their quirks. For Omni you need to be on the newest recovery and you'll need 4.4 gapps as well
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
i am still getting the dame message when i try doing the cm 10.1.3 zip???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
What are you currently running? System wise and what is your recovery?

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2302599
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
gingerbread 2.3 straight talk galaxy s2 and recovery..if i am putting the right thing you are asking for is cwm based recovery v6.0.4.5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Are you running cwm recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
yes! i noticed a reboot recovery option aswell, i dont need to use that? and do i need to unmount my sdcard that i put in my phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
No that shouldn't matter. Try downloading a different rom. I'm not sure what the problem is. Read the forum I put a link to. All the answers are here. Search. I can re root my phone (same one you have) with custom rom in maybe ten minutes. You're missing something. Not being rude lol but I had to figure it out and I know the questions you're asking have already been answered. Just hit that search lol

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Plus it's way more rewarding when you figure it out yourself. You'll see. This is a good phone and you'll see a huge jump in performance when you figure things out
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
I'm sorry to bother you again...maybe it has something to do with the fact that i did not run the gapps manager after i installed it....?!?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
So it installs with no error? The gapps don't do anything unless you successfully flash the rom and the phone would still run without them you just wouldn't have Google
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
oh...no i was wondering if that had anything to do with it! and i did not see any link that you may have posted for me..sorry?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Go back a page, almost to the bottom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
ok i followed most of the instructions exept for i dont know how to rename and/or delete .doc extention... i know..i'm a major noob

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I GOT IT...YAY....IT'S AMAZING!!! I cannot thank you enough for all the help!!!! You and mr.cook and XDA rock!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Glad you got it. Much different phone now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
I now have just one question, now that all that is done...i had pulled all my music and photos off as I wasn't sure if doing this would delete them! is there a way to hook this phone up to the PC now as USB storage like you could before the flash and custom rom? and if i were to do it to my fiance's phone do i need to pull the music and photos off 1st or are those safe?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
hmm

I now have just one question, now that all that is done...i had pulled all my music and photos off as I wasn't sure if doing this would delete them! is there a way to hook this phone up to the PC now as USB storage like you could before the flash and custom rom? and if i were to do it to my fiance's phone do i need to pull the music and photos off 1st or are those safe?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Go to /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config. This is a text file containing a single string. The settings are "mass_storage,adb" or "mtp,adb". Since this is a system file, it is necessary for the phone to be rooted, and then this file can be edited using a root file explorer. Change the text in the file to mass_storage,adb (without spaces), save the file, and reboot the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
comma or period

mass_storage,adb..if i read that right it has a comma not a period..is that right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
yes it's a comma
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
So, i got this weird text message (I'm assuming from st) today. After reading it carefully i could tell it was apn settings. Then i noticed i had no data. After checking that my apn was set correctly and still not having data i noticed there was another apn for straight talk in the list. It was the tfdata one. Anyways, long story short, i was thinking maybe could add it to the op. Here's a screenshot of the message i got... I don't remember this apn being there before but i never really paid attention either

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Big Poppa:
I got a strange text the other night that looked like this:

//DM;1;TFDATA;tfdata;;;0;;;mms3.tracfone.com;80;http://mms-tf.net;7;46258d62dd1602d774974f8902739178

Immediately after I got a text from 611611 saying I could text 'usage' to get my current data usage but my data stopped working all together. Finally got around to Googling today and found the APN settings quoted above. Data and MMS is back to working.

Strange that Straight Talk would sent a cryptic message and not even point you to a URL asking you to update your APN settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
HAHA! just did beat ya to it :thumbup::)

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
I beat you both haha. Posted these days ago ;) just sayin HAHA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
You did indeed! And just like you, it happened to me right after my service auto-refilled

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
I run on new SIM card from straight talk with above mentioned apn settings and they are for obtaining LTE connection for phone that can support. ..I can assure that lte works on my Vivo Xplay 3S phone. .just not really high speed like A&TT Sim card
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
I get high speed LTE on my note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] OSN_Voodoo:
I was thinking of making a new Thread, but I figured I'd post here instead since this seems to be the official thread for the S959G, and some of you have helped me a lot with some issues I've had. My new problem is my battery lol, after a year and a half, it's finally dying, drains too fast, overheats, etc... I use Greenify and have most of my apps hibernated, so I'm supposed to be getting around 1 day or so of battery with regular use, I barely get 3 hours, so I'm pretty sure it's time for a replacement. I looked around but I don't want to make the mistake of buying the wrong battery for my phone. Any help I could get from you guys would be greatly appreciated, like, what kind of battery can I buy, if I can buy one with a bit more mAh without adding another back case, or if I'm better off buying the same one?

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I got the same message, that's when I started looking and asked you guys. Apparently they changed the APN, I got throttled 2 days afterwards anyways lol. 2.5GB is not enough for me xD
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
I got 2 2250 mah batteries and wall charger for 14 something last month they seem to work great just make sure whatever you buy they have the over charge protection chip in them

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Got them on ebay
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] OSN_Voodoo:
Awesome, will look for the 2250 one, I almost bought the 1800 one for $15 lol. Question, i777 Batteries will work just as good right? (Since the back cover says SGH-i777 and obviously we can run roms and everything i777 related, I assume we can) eBay is giving me limited search results for S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Im sorry guys. I know this is off topic but you guys have got to read this if you haven't already seen or heard it.

http://nationalreport.net/rfid-chip-now-being-issued-in-hanna-wyoming-as-part-of-new-obamacare-plan/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] royahaun:
I got the same text a few days ago and lost data weird. I did a full wipe and clean install. I didn't know what they were up to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Got the crazy text message today and immediately lost data. Can confirm the tfdata apn posted a couple pages back is working just fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucass79:
well i checked my APN settings and they are as listed above but yet no data..what do i do?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AZDnB603:
Same deal...new apn was added to my list of apns but i just needed to go in and select it. Working fine now

One byte in a world of tera's
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
mr-cook added it to the op. If anyone has mms problems we can send them there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Mine changed as soon as I updated my ROM now my data sucks hopfuly it will change in a few days when I refill I think I am over my limit for the first time of band with
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
My main gripe is that i keep getting a error message when i try to send a pic with my phone that my message size limit has been reached. I used to send 5-6 pics@a time
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Depending on the rom? you're running you should actually be able to change that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
ive read you can call ST and complain about data speed and they will reset it once a month. was on st forum might give it a try
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yaakovg:
Thanks. This fixed up my data after funny text msg

Thanks for posting this. After I received a funny text message from ST, I lost my data. did quick search on XDA and found this. I changed my APN settings (added another APN) and voila - data again!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Where would i find this setting? Message settings?

"... one thing I can tell you is you got to be free..."
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
I'll have to check. Upgraded and have my phone to my girlfriend and haven't had time to check. You can try there but I pretty sure is somewhere else. Especially if you're running some form of cyanogenmod
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
Hey Render yes I believe it is in message settings that you can change MMS size. I hate this new phone and hope to have mine working sometime next week. I ordered a battery and charger from amazon.

Edit: Err sorry meant Razen. I think I'm losing my mind :eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Big Poppa:
Can you actually receive MMS messages? Ever since the change I have data and can send MMS but cannot receive. I get the notice of an MMS with a download button but I cannot download them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
Is there a check box in MMS settings to automatic download MMS? Seems like I've seen that option but dont remember phone or ROM. Thought I'd throw it out there though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yaakovg:
Receiving MMS

I don't do MMS messages - so I don't know - sorry. However, regular text messages work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Big Poppa:
Yup, that's checked. It's just odd. The first time it happened. I was in a bad service area so I did not think much of nothing being able to download.

Yesterday, my buddy was sitting right next to me and sent me a picture. I had full service but all I received was the download button and a 'download failed' message after a few minutes. The MMS was only 25kb, and should have downloaded in a second or two. That leads me to believe it's a APN issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Read op 5 times just now is the twrp flasable recovery gone or am I that blind

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Found it its in renders kernel op
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Cloud203:
[Q] Missing Status/Notification Bar (Even after reflashing!!)

Hello everyone. I'm having the exact same problem some other users were experiencing in these threads here:

1: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2345276

2: http://xdaforums.com/nexus-s/help/status-bar-disappeared-slim-bean-4-2-2-t2191984

3: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1317826

4: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/40865-issues-with-arrived-calls-missing-notification-bar/

My status/notification bar is gone. I can't get any notifications. The best I get is a vibration. Holding the home button does nothing anymore. I'm at my wits end with this problem!!!

I'm running CyanogenMod 10.1.3 Stable. I've never had this issue before, and I'm unaware of any apps that could be causing this issue. Unlike the 3 threads above, reflashing the ROM, or SystemUI.APK does nothing to fix this issue. I've tried clearing the cache/dalvik cache, as well as fixing permissions. I've done everything short of a factory reset/Data wipe.... I really don't want to have to do that though...

Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Have you selected anything like expanded desktop?

"... one thing I can tell you is you got to be free..."
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
you ever get this fixed? I can not receive pic messages either now can send just fine just not receive them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Big Poppa:
No luck so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
If your over your data limit pics won't send if your not over your data limit you may need straight talk to send a new sim that's what they told me finally today 3 calls to support over the last 2 days. I am over my data limit till Thurs when I refill if pic messaging doesn't start I have to get a new sim
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Big Poppa:
Thanks. I barely use data. My meter says I've only used 212MB since I refilled.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] blueteam2004:
S959G Shostock3 no piture message after apn update

I'm having the same issue with the picture message. this started after the apn update message from straight talk. lost all data connection. put in the current apn from a couple pages back. got everything but picture message
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Try deleting the apn type
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jrex:
Hey guys for what it's worth. I noticed I had no data this morning on my Straight Talk GS2. After a few wipes, battery pulls, airplane mode toggles, APN resets (I was using the apn in op) etc... My attempts proved futile. So, I call up Straight Talk and this APN got me back rolling...

Name: Straight Talk

APN: tfdata

Proxy: Not set

Port: Not set

User name: Not set

Password: Not set

Server: Not set

MMSC: http://mms-tf.net

MMS proxy: mms3.tracfone.com

MMS port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Authentication type: Not set

APN type: default,supl,mms

For those that had the same problem I did, this should get you going again. Hope it helps!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MPbn80:
MMS issues

On the phone with ST now regarding my SGH 959G running Cyanogenmod 10.1, the man escalated the problem and said after ST changed the APN settings many people using the GS2 stopped receiving picture messages, he said that the manufacturer and ST are working on the issue....They hope to have an answer in 24-48 hours...So I will let you know what I hear.

Mark
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Mine started working again just fine after refilling my service I was way over on my data last month. (renders rom downloaded 4 times when i went to bed LOL) The new apn settings in OP work just fine the tfdata one. So if your over on data you can not receive picture messages with there new apn settings.

Name: Straight Talk

APN: tfdata

Proxy: Not set

Port: 80

User name: Not set

Password: Not set

Server: Not set

MMSC: http://mms-tf.net

MMS proxy: mms3.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] Big Poppa:
Just tried still no dice with a test message.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
Hey guys I'm almost back from the dead. Got my ext battery charger in mail today and after charging a little my phone came back on. Now I just have to get number ported back, I'm not sure if service will port or if I have to refill again, then this zte will go on eBay since I'm past my return date. For future reference the charging pins are 1(closest to edge) and 3 on this charger.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
welcome back gland you made it back from the dead.

Anyone having problems formatting preload since being on kit kat and if not what recovery from the op are you running?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I don't think any of our kitkat ROMs use preload. If I'm not mistaken, preload is for Samsung ROMs only. [MENTION=4934593]mr-cook[/MENTION] can break it down for you in more detail but i think you're having problems formatting preload because there isn't one
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Cool thanks I was thinking that mighta been my problem why I could run that resurrection rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] finfan313:
Really confused and frustrated

Hi, I have been working on trying to get this Samsung Galaxy SII tracfone thru straight talk unlocked for 2 days now. I recently found your video and now this post. To say I am confused and overwhelmed is a vast understatement. The APN thing I was on that screen yesterday and can't figure out how to get back there. But I also remember that I couldn't change anything on that page. Please please help me...ahhhhhhh. I don't understand a lot of the terminology and I think I need a drink. HELP! Thanks Pamela:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Hi Pamela. Please don't quote the entire op. Lol! We are all familiar with it here. Click on the button under Sim unlock and go to those threads. Technically... it's not legal anymore
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] finfan313:
quote

I didnt try to quote it. It was there when I REPILED. sINCE IT WAS MY FIRST EVER POST HERE i DIDNT SEE a way to do it differently. I could absolutely care if it is legal. My dad paid full price for this phone and used it for a year with straight talk. Noone owns it but me. And just because company's want to rip people off does not mean that I have to help them do it. What I need is help not a forum lesson. I hardly think it hurt anything. I made it very very obvious that I had been working on this fricken phone since yesterday at 8am. That was 11 hours yesterday and and about 10 so far today. I have paid 30 dollars for unlock codes that didnt work. I got a huge trojan virus (6 of them to be exact) from down loading an unzip file that was totally corrupt all in an effort to follow the advice from this post and forum. I can't even tell you how absolutely frustrated I am right now. All in an effort to get my mom a cell phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gabrielkhein:
SGH-S959G stuck in boot loop

I'm stuck on boot loop and I have tried factory data reset. It started to reset as usual then started right back into boot loop. It now just says 'deleting cryption meta data' when I attempt to go into factory data reset mode and then starts to boot loop all over. I also have the stock firmware for it on my computer and attempted to install it with Odin as per instruction on this thread. I followed the directions for flashing the factory firmware as listed. Odin read the install was a success and gave me the green PASS, however the phone went right back to boot loop. How can I fix this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Yeah... Good luck :cool:

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Can you get into recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gabrielkhein:
Recovery

No, when I try to enter recovery it says 'deleting cryption meta data' like it's in the middle of doing factory reset and then goes right back to looping the boot screen. :/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Try to Odin in a recovery. Try AJK 6.0.2.7 it's an md5 file. If you get that up we can go from there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gabrielkhein:
I got it, but I'm not sure how exactly

I just saw this reply. I got it to work, but I really have no clue how. I tried to re-flash the stock firmware one more time to no avail, so I tried Siyah (which is not for SGH-S959G right?) don't ask me why but I was at the eff it stage and flashed it anyway. It actually worked and my phone booted up except it said Samsung Galaxy SII i9700 (or something 'i thousand') at boot with a yellow ! triangle at the bottom. So after I set up all the Google account stuff at the beginning everything seemed normal until i tried to connect to WiFi where it would scan, find nothing and then turn off wifi. (And I knew for a fact it wasn't the router or anything). So I went back into Odin and re-flashed the stock firmware and this time it worked. Now when it boots it gives me my correct startup screen without the triangle and allows me to connect to wifi. And it didn't make me re-setup my google accounts or anything after flashing the stock firmware (over Siyah) this time. So I'm pretty baffled as to what exactly went on here but I'm back on my phone! :D

Would I put AJK 6.0.2.7 in the PDA spot? I'm new to this all (never flashed my phone or used Odin before today) and it would be good to figure out how to do this anyway should this situation arise again. Thanks again for the help btw!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Somebody here shouldn't ask for help if they SIMPLE instructions can't be followed and then blame the forum for your utter incompetence. Not you above me, just so you know. Real helpers here know exactly whom I speak of. Show some respect. Without this forum you'd have nothing for this phone. Show some respect
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
No. Not if it works. What's your goal here? Going back to stock. Stock/rooted? Upgrading to jb? Kk? What're you wanting to do? :D