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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] va540area:
i'm having a very ignoring issue that i can't seem to get out of, i had to buy a new galaxy s2 phone since my other one got destroyed, i flashed everything through odin and got cwm then flashed neatrom (which is what i had running flawlessly on my other phone) i then reboot recovery, flashed the modem and Jeboo Kernel and then reboot, everything loads fine but when i boot into recovery it's still the older version of CWM i flashed through odin, even though the phone says it's running jeboo kernel, so if i then flash jeboo kernel again and reboot the phone gets sent into Kernel Panic Upload mode and i haft to start all over again with odin! any idea whats going on here?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
What is "kernel panic upload mode" and do you have the i777 or the sgh- s959g ( straight talk s2)?

Edit: ...nm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
He's alive. Wow. It's been a really long time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
BEHOLD!! .. It is I :thumbup::D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] va540area:
kernel panic upload mode is apparently when the kernel is either over loaded or not working rite, not really sure why i was getting that message but it looks kinda like the other warning you can get when you try to boot your phone and something ain't rite, you see a little green android with the error written in red. and yea technically its the s959g, after another few attempts i got the rom flashed with the kernel and all seems good, only thing that bothers me is the first time i booted after flashing the home screen changed from the NeatRom wallpaper to a wallpaper i had previously.. could this mean it wasn't a clean install? if so how can i try to fix it, but other then that issue all seems good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Keep it down, you two. Some of us are sleeping...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
HAHA! It is good to hear from you my friend! :thumbup::)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Sleeping? We all know SteveMurphy doesn't sleep.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Webpersona:
Stock s959 firmware availabe? Links in OP down.

Does anyone have a link for the original firmware for the sgh s959g? All the links I can find lead me to malware/phishing sites. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Go to the first page of this thread, and under factory firmware, click spoiler, scroll down to Odin flashable factory firmware and grab the uncompressed version "stock sghs959g.tar.md5" (something like that i believe). Flash that in Odin and you will be back to factory status-recovery included
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
Glad to see this thread is still friendly and helpful. That's what I liked about it! :thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
[MENTION=5093014]razen_kain[/MENTION]. The news said there was flooding in Grant Parish. At one time you said you were working in that area. I hope that you and yours are high, dry and safe!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I am dry indeed. Over here in east Texas right now but my home town just east of here (Shreveport/bossier area) has just been inundated around the red river area. Glad I wasn't around for it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
The local news reported a levee break in Grant parish. Over a hundred people had to be rescued from the flood waters. No report of injuries or deaths. It's good to hear you're not in the middle of that mess.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I didn't hear about that. I'll have to text my step mom and get the low down
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
CWM Links busted?

Hello again you good people. Hope I can bother someone for a response. I am looking to change my s2 to a KK ROM or something later than JB. Have the ROM and gapps already but when I try to grab the cwm 6.0.4.5 I get something bigger than what's listed. The link on the OP states the file to be 5.01 Mb and after downloading the file is actually 13.?? Mb. Needing this recovery to continue and am hoping someone can help me achieve some gratification this weekend....really wanting to play with the different ROM. Thanks and good day.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cidlover:
To Odin flash to get custom recovery or you already did the flash?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
Already have cwm 6.0.2.7, I'm needing the latest for a Kit kat ROM, so in a sense I have already flashed. the files I download from filehost end up being an HTML copy of the download page. Makes no sense to me. To put it another way, clicking the download now button starts the download but not the file.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cidlover:
Here is

Twrp 2.6.3.0, Kit Kat compatible

http://d-h.st/VNg

And CWM 6.0.4.5, Kit Kat compatible

http://d-h.st/XBg

But you on a S959G or I777 BTW?

Sent from my RR Kit Kat S959G Phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
I'm 959 original, the only thing left identified is the radio.....I pretty much look for i777 ROMs....those links are the ones I'm in reference to....will give them a shot

Hope they will provide a different outcome this time. :)

---------- Post added at 03:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:23 AM ----------

I wish it would allowy screenshot so it could clarify some understanding...it just downloads the HTML code of that specific page....each link does the same, however the 6.0.4.4 worked. What KK ROM are you using BTW?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cidlover:
I downgraded to Resurrection Remix 5.1.5 Android 4.4.2 because of lollipop ROMs issues, try another browser if you are using Chrome on android.

Sent from my RR Kit Kat S959G Phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
That I haven't tried. Will reply in the morning. Thnx and gnite.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
So I've done some digging and have learned that it was the downloader. I normally use ES and changed that to allow the browser to pull it, and voila! Thanks for the lead on the KK ROM, I tried neatrom, worked great but my earpiece lost functionality.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cidlover:
No problem, I would suggest OmniROM 4.4.4 or Resurrection Remix v5.1.5 4.4.2 , you get Active Display in those ROMs from Motorola X, or if you really feel adventurous, install a Lollipop ROM, the only issues I've seen is the outgoing call bug, no sound on a call upon connecting but fixable by toggling speakerphone on then off, skippable if you earbuds/headphones or a bluetooth headset, in SlimLP beta 0.2, CyanideL 17.5 RC, OmniROM LP, or Cyanogenmod 12.1 Lollipop. But it's totally up to you and what you want to use, I'm not here to force someone into using a ROM I like. :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mmystere68:
is this recovery compatible for i777?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
You couldn't even make it 3 sentences???

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33902328
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mmystere68:
since this post is in AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777 section...i thought it might be compatible. i even saw a lot of ROM posts where they says its compatible with i777 and sgh s959g....so i was in doubt and had to ask.....glad to know its not compatible...thx....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
I thought it was...a lot of the ROMs I search are based on the i777 builds just have to make sure you have the correct radio installed.....I've rooted mine and used several different ROMs just based off of this thread. Searching the thread with the search tool will yield massive results. See post#5 from the OP that's a fairly good clue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Ok ok ok wait... Let's clear up some confusion. The one and only difference between the 959g and the i777 is that the 959g has its recovery on a separate partition by itself, whereas the i777 has kernel and recovery on the same partition. The 959g can use any ROM or kernel built for the i777 no problem. But if you want a different recovery on 959g you must use one of the zips from the op or Odin. If you had an i777 and you flash a new kernel it will also install a new recovery as it will be packaged in the zip. If you flash the same kernel on the 959g, your kernel will change but recovery remains untouched since it is on a different partition. That is the one and only difference between the two. Happy flashing :thumbup::D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
You guys rock!! \m/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Sorry it took so long. I'm not used to this thread seeing any action. I hope it helps
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] troyleo:
I am hoping that you can help...I have the s2 sgh-s959g from straight talk, and I have been trying to use this forum to update (I know I'm probably a couple years late to this)...I can't seem to be able to get around the stock recovery (e3?)...I have tried flashing cwm and twrp using odin...but nothing sticks to the phone (odin goes "green" and says it was successful...but when I try to boot into recovery I get the same old stock recovery)...

I have tried to place update rom with cwm recovery on the root of the external SD, but when I try that option with the stock recovery...it can't find any of the files. Are there any simple directions on how to do this? How do I find the root of the external SD? Do I unzip the files I download before placing on the external SD (assuming where I have tried to put them is actually the right place)

I'm still running gingerbread, and If I can't update to jelly bean (or something newer) I'm going to have to ditch this phone....Any help would be appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Hmmm... I've never heard of this happening. I've seen Odin not work but never give a false successful flash.

The root of your SD card just means put it on your SD card without putting it in any other folder. What are you putting there?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Merry Christmas to all my first and oldest friends of xda.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TheGeekyNimrod:
This thread shall never die!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
4 years for a thread is like 86 years in human years. Those phones are museum pieces now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
It was a phenomenal phone. Still have it in a drawer. Took that sucker from GB to lollipop! Thanks to all the fantastic devs and contributors we had... Those were the good old days. Flashing was easy then. This m8 with its 9,766 partitions is a bit more nerve wracking.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
You should have gone Nexus, brother. Flashing is easy peasy. But no, you had to have your M8...

:cowboy:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Hey guys. Wow, still here. Just went to a S4. Ended up breaking mine and couldn't get it replaced.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
How is a Nexus? I'm thinking in a year or so to try that next or go back to a Samsung 8 or 9 whatever there is in another year or so. Currently on 1+1 its an OK phone not happy with camera really.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
I've been on the N5 since release, and have absolutely loved it. Going to keep it (like my i777) until it no longer works. After that, I have no intention of ever getting anything other than a Nexus, basically because of the development community and the near-impossibility of bricking it. I mean, you really have to go way out of your way to brick one of those things.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
BOY! You are right about that! My next phone will be for sure.

But I will say this about HTC. When it's running right, it is a damn buttery smooth high powered beast

Edit: and btw where are you on my WWF list? ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] godsey123:
alright so i have a tracfone sgh-s959G someone gave me recently. Its currently running rooted UCKH7, but it doesn't have a custom recovery installed. I have tried flashing kernal with custom recovery through odin and adb, but it always just boots into stock recovery. So, I am trying to get it back to stock so that i can install a custom recovery and reroot it using Mr. Cooks method. I'm doing this all with the hopes of then being able to remove the Network lock so i can use my ATT Sim card with it. When i try to install the factory firmware file (Stock-SGH-S959G.tar.md5) in odin, it fails when it gets to the installing recovery part. What am i doing wrong? Anyway, I have thoroughly confused myself because i have been reading through these forums a lot for the past few days not wanting to ask a stupid question. Any help would be appreciated
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I don't think you need to go back to stock. Just grab the Odin flashable recovery from the first page. I believe it's under "how to install a custom ROM/recovery" the first file is

sgh-s959gTwrp2.7.1.0.tar.md5 (something like that anyways)

Follow the instructions for using Odin and this will just flash recovery partition and give you twrp 2.7.1.0 recovery. You don't need to go back to bone stock.

The thing is, with the straight talk version of this phone, kernel and recovery are on separate partitions. That's why flashing a kernel is not changing your recovery.

If you're still having Odin fail to flash the recovery partition it is most likely your USB cable. Not all of them work. Try a different one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] godsey123:
I flashed the UCKH7 rooted file and everything works with that but still on stock recovery. So, I tried switching the usb cable and the twrp Odin file still failed. It says firmware encountered a problem connect to kies. So I reflashed and am back to UCKH7. Not sure what to do now. Thanks for taking the time to help me out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I guarantee to you it's the cable. I've had the same problem myself. Had a cord that would transfer files but would NOT work with Odin. I had broken the original cord. Finally tried using the cord from my Kindle fire and worked perfectly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] godsey123:
But I am able to use Odin to flash the uckh7 or a different kernal just can't flash any recovery files or different roms. I have tried 4 different Cables now. I am also trying to change the modem and any modem.bin file that I flash fails also except for the one I'm currntky on which is S959GUDLG1.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Its been a long time since I have had to do any of this on this phone and have forgotten it all except I know the op has it all but it seems one of the files never worked for me but the other did don't remember which. Ray (razincain) and Mr cook are masters with this phone. But the 1st post has everything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Have you checked the MD5 sum to make sure it's a match?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] godsey123:
No the md5 check passes. So, I was trying ultimately to be able to use my att sim card with this tracfone. I thought I could accomplish that by unlocking the network lock and then changingthe modem. Apparently, that isn't going to work out from what I've been reading. So, here's my next question, what if I but an i777 motherboard off of ebay (around $30) and switch it out in this phone? You think that is the only difference and I'd be able to use it then. Probably not, huh?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Not sure. That's beyond my experience with this phone. However, if you have an at&t sim just take it up to at&t and have them set it up for you. I asked them before about mine and they said they could, no problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] godsey123:
So I have an att contract sim card. From what I've read online you can't use any other sim with a tracfone unless tracfone unlocks it. I unlocked the network and sp lock using a free app but i still can't select a network operator its greyed out. I can edit the apn settings but it still says "not registered on network" when I try to make a call.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
How are you booting into recovery? You don't replace recovery partition on this device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
I can hold down both volume keys and hold power button until screen lights up, I can also select recovery via rom customizer or adb reboot recovery via cli in linux. It does not matter though. It is always 3e. I tried installing the stock ICS I777 Rom but am unable to flash the modem and the ROM ends up not working. All of the gingerbread roms that can be flashed via Heimdall do work other than flashing modems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gdpt:
You can try to search for unlock apps on Google Play. I unlocked my I777 that way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
It is not a matter of unlocking the phone. It is actually easy to root this phone. The problem is you cannot flash the modem or add in a custom recovery as it stands now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
I have found out that when data stops working I can place phone in flight mode and bring it back out of flight mode and mobile data works again for a while. Apparently the modem this phone comes preloaded with does not play completely well with the att roms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
I believe the issue with flashing modems may be a bug that is present in Heimdall. I tried to get Odin to work, but it has been YEARS since I have used Windows so I am SOL there. The only other option I have is good ol fashioned adb. My advice to anyone that gets the Net10 or Straight Talk I777 is to not flash it yet. It will work with the AT&T stock Roms with the exception of having to reconnect mobile data every so often. Wifi, GPS, screen, buttons and etc all work perfect with AT&T Roms. I believe it is just a matter of flashing the modem and the device should work completely. The next thing to try is attempting to get CWM on the device. I am going to attempt to pack it into the kernel. Wish me luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
Burning up alot of time on this. Tried flashing the modem through adb but it still reports the default modem the phone came with. Let me know if I was flashing to the correct partition or not.

# dd if=/data/local/tmp/modem.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7

32768+0 records in

32768+0 records out

16777216 bytes transferred in 2.874 secs (5837583 bytes/sec)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I have tried flashing the modem through Odin, it fails every time.

Also rooting messed up my airplane mode. It likes to turn its self on, a lot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
I don't think the firmware on this phone came from AT&T, not the default anyway, if that's what you're implying. AT&T would have no incentive to do so considering TracFone is the competition and they very reluctantly let them use their network in the first place (which is evident in the fact that AT&T treats TracFone like a train stowaway it's just too lazy to shoot - stupidly low throttle thresholds and all).

I think the firmware comes from Samsung as part of their deal with TracFone to produce this model. This also explains why the only extra stuff that comes with the firmware out of the box is Samsung's own applications.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
I am not implying that the firmware comes from at&t. I am implying that the phone is indeed the same hardware as the at&t sgh-i777. I had already flashed the phone before I realized the issues. The at&t firmware works with the exception of modem issues. There is no way to flash another modem. I have tried every way possible in linux and have failed. Another poster in this thread has tried flashing the modem via odin and it faoled there as well. You just can't touch the modem on this phone just as well as you can't touch the recovery even using a kernel that has cwm in it. There is where the problems lie with this phone. Once those two issues are overcame this phone go custom with any of the i777 firmware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
I apologize then, I misinterpreted what you said.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Samsung told me it left the factory as a stock i777, that was then modified, and locked by tracfone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
It is exactly the same phone as the I777. Now it is a matter of dealing with Tracfone's locked modem and revovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Shouldn't the platform and kernel source code that Samsung has on their website help with that? It's specifically listed under this model (SGH-S969G).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
It could. i have downloaded it but I have not gotten a chance to look at it yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
I am playing with source now. I will see what I can come up with. The goal is to try to disable signature verfication in the recovery as we are dealing with a locked bootloader. Unfortunately though, that is something that is going to be more than likely easier said than done at this point. I need someone to provide a dump of the stock rom that comes with this phone. Not everything needed is in the source provided by Samsung.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Hopefully somebody reading this still has the phone with stock. If I weren't such a poor sod, I'd probably buy another one and donate it to you in the name of progress, but alas, the reason I bought this device to begin with is because I am poor. If there's anything I can do though, let me know!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
I do have enough with which to build the stock kernel. At the very least, those of us that flashed already may be able to get back full functionality of our devices until a custom firmware is out. Lets hope that the stock kernel is all that is needed to fix the intermittent mobile data loss. The theory is that the stock kernel will be more compatible with the stock modem that remains regardless of what you try to do to flash it over.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
This will remove root though won't it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] graphicw:
Working together, we will eventually get this solved. I have some experience playing with this, but there are some with way more experience on this board. I can at least do a little of the legwork and at least possible get back functionality for us until the day comes that we have the ability to get CWM on this device. As it stands now, I cannot unlock the bootloader but that does not mean it can't be done.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
You won't get the triangle as for kernels there all the same just modified to be used to gain root
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
I got the triangle plus it now says i9100-GT over that triangle too... but inside the settings says its a S959G... just the splash screen says i9100 or something close (IM downloading something atm so I dont want to reset and look but its ixxxx -GT then triangle with a ! in the middle of it... but who gives a rats ass right????

now what I wanted to know about that Stock kernel plus root that we tried and it had issues with the gmail and search; had all kinds of files in it... why didnt we just use the Kernel file from that one and then break it open for root? I dont understand why we loaded all the other files (prolly where the issue was) if only that little one is needed to gain root.... we flashed sooo many files to the phone and all we needed was the Kernel to rootclick????
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
sorry for the off topic but i had to say merry christmas.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
LoL merry Christmas too... And happy hanukkah.... LoL...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
So far so good... Still got root, and still have all function... Anybody know a good app for APN editing? There are a few that do it for you but i want one where i can fill in the settings.... If i do the unlock will the apn settings open up?, or will I always have to use an APP?