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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jdmdeco:
ok so i cant figure out how to get it done. i guess im not as good as i thought i was. this is where im at. im in cmd and im ready to do it adb way or if cwm is easier for you to explain to me PLEASE HELP ME lol. if i had a credit card i would totally send you a tip for the help. lol. i just dont want to starta process and end up bricking this one. i cant figure it out. its plugged in debug ready and cmd is up ready. i havnt been able to extract zimage from the other ones. thank you again with your patients with me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Ok. Right click on the zip file and extract it to a folder (if you don't have a program to do this google 7zip it's free) in the folder if it's CM you need the boot.img, Ss3 or siyah it should be zImage. Copy and paste it into the adb folder on your computer then use adb push command. Then follow the flashing instructions.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Edvon:
Telcel or any sim Chip on Straight talk S959G

I flashed the ROM to 10.1, thank you, and it appears the APN is configurable to any Sim. I need to get the phone in working order, contacts, apps ect. working before going to sim stuff. I can't get google play to download the programs I need and bought, says installed- I know about Gaaps, but would like Titanium (to install some programs only). I guess the phone is still rooted, but the *#7465625# does not tell me if its unlocked. I can't get the program- google says installed! and help would be appreciated- thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
The 7465625 code doesn't work on JellyBean. You can check it with app GalaxSim Unlock found at the bottom of this post- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30541172

To fix google play reboot into recovery and clear cache, and dalvik cache. That should fix it.

CM10.1 is rooted.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jdmdeco:
well i guess to stop all my questions with the info ive given which recovery should i flash. the original model s959g model number or the new cm10 i777 that i flashed to it so that i can have an updated cwm recovery so i can get the cm10 updates. and when i know that then i can just find it and flash it that way lol. im sorry for the confusion im just not wanting to do it without the steps to do it broke down because i havnt found a phone that ive rooted that has a boot screen of one phone model then the model number of a different one then a baseband of another and i just paid 350 bux for it and frankly ive went thru 3 phones this month and the wife is not going to let me get another one lol. im limited to 3 a month lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Here flash this in CWM- View attachment 1702393

I just put this together and tested it. It will update you to the CWM from CM10.1.

Be sure to hit the Thanks button.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jdmdeco:
you are a god send lol. thank you so much. now is there the same thing to do the same for TOUCH? also i need a file to easy d-load for changing boot screen from the i9100 to the original one or even the i777 and no triangle if you could but if not im cool. i just wanted the cwm update lol so i could update my cm10
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Edvon:
Get Apps again from google

GalaxSim unlock says will not work in my country! google store says from computer. I don't have google play on SGH-S959. or many apps-can't figure out google play on computer says apps installed- w'ell they were on old rom- I need to get them from google! thanks again- I did reboot and clear into recovery per your instructions- no joy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
So does this simply not change the reported phone model? I've already flashed and have CM nightly running. Guessing you could still just flash this in Odin, right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
This has nothing to do with phone model.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Edvon:
Get Apps again from google

Just run GAPP dummy! he says to himself!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
PhilZ CWM_v6.0.2.7 built by AJ Newkirk flashable from CWM- View attachment 1703154

I recommend this for everybody. It's the CWM your already using plus extra features like getting the Siyah recovery when you use AJ Newkirk's Siyah kernel and using jeboo's extra features in recovery with SHOstock3. Or touch recovery if it's included with the ROM or kernel you're using.

I added this and the regular CWM_v6.0.2.7 (just incase you would want to go back) to the OP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Ah I see now. Sorry I was just quickly browsing over the new posts this morning
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
That app is attached at the bottom of the post in the link I provided. You don't need to go to the play store for it.

You didn't flash gapps? Fail.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Edvon:
Telcel or and sim Chip on Straight talk S959G

All is well! have to goto Mexico to check for sure. Only problem now is Ad-hoc so as to be able to tether? I use WiFi tether and it says it failed setting ad-hoc in log.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
is anyone else noticing major battery drain with the newest update of cm10.1 phone was charged all night and only sent a total of 15 text today and no phone calls and im down to 20 percent battery
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
so with this we no longer need to extract the zlimage and push the image using adb? we can just flash siyah`s or jeboos kernel directly through cwm thus changing our recovery options? did AJ make this for us?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Aj compiled the recovery from PhilZ source. It's aj's siyah kernel. I just made it flashable through CWM.

This recovery can have a ui from the kernel. With aj's kernel you will have siyah recovery, with jeboo you will have his recovery and CM just a standard CWM recovery. Without ever actually changing your recovery.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
I noticed that and another issue of my phone randomly turning off. Downgraded to the previous nightly with no problems so far

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
So I'm a bit confused. Running CM10.1 nightly with CWM installed from first post. Should I change the kernel to the one lined a few posts back, or just keep it as is? Just wanted someone to clarify for more before I brick something.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
If you ever plan to use a different ROM or kernel like siyah, changing to that recovery makes you compatible.

All it does is change your CWM to one with more options, and better compatibility. Nothing else.

As far as bricking your phone. There is always a risk of this when flashing anything including CyanogenMod nightlies. All this does is take the zImage from aj's Siyah kernel and run the command to flash it to your recovery partition- so there is actually less risk involved for people that aren't familiar with adb. Besides being so easy anyone can do it.

I did personally test this quite a few times before posting it.

I would not post anything here if I thought it would harm your phone.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trperic:
Thanks to everyone for your hard work. I have a simple quick question that hopefully someone could answer.

I installed CM 10.1 per OP instructions, and everything went smooth. After manually inputting APN settings I got data to work.

But, whenever I try to use any kind of voice function whatever program I am in will force close almost immediately. If I click the microphone on the google search bar it will force close, or the microphone on the keyboard while texting then that will close too.

It's not a huge deal, but was wondering if somebody knew if there was a way to get it working properly. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
The search bar needs updated through the play store.

Voice dialing and the keyboard are a known issue. To get your keyboard back after hitting it goto settings, languahe and inputs and disable the voice one.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
I think the voice stuff is broken right now in CM10.1.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I really appreciate all ur hard work and quick with the help. If not for you id still be bone stock. Keep up the good work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
i can't remember what build it was but all the voice stuff worked for me even the voice dialer
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Can this ROM be flashed while running the cm kernel I flashed from our cm10.1 thread?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Yes. If you're already on CM10.1 you should be able to go to any i777 ROM.

SHOstock3 is awesome by the way. It's not as flashy as CM, but features and function I think it's the best.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
OK cool thanks. I'm on cm 9.1 atm but I do have a back up of the last cm 10.1 nightly. Should I restore to 10.1 then flash sho?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
No you don't need to as you're still on an i777 ROM.

What happens is some ROMs check your phone model in the build.prop before they install to make sure it's the compatible phone. CM10.1 added our model to their checks so we know it will install from stock. Once your on CM10.1 you can go to any i777 ROM because your build.prop says it's an i777. Unless you go back to stock.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
So.... Its been a while... What's new?

I've been busy with the start of school and with not wanting to start over in my phone to load a custom ROM... Im going to read back but i don't know how far... I see that CM 10 now has this phone listed? I know that after that is loaded we can go to other i777 but is there any custom ROMs built just for this phone yet? I like Touch Wiz (I've said that before, and I like stock) but i hate sence ROMs... Is there still the newest instructions right at the first page to flash and load CWR? I decided its time cuz i had a SD card die on me 32GB and 90% of my apps were on that card so i got a ton of grayed out apps that need to each be loaded then to be moved to the SD card and back to get rid of the grayed out ones... Its a pain almost like reloading plus Im getting errors now i didn't before so (in apps i had to write over) so Im thinking now would be best time to flash... SINCE a lot of you have prolly tried out a few of these ROMs what's the best of Stock, TouchWiz (SIII) newest, and everything working? Also anybody make any videos on this yet? Im gonna try and read all I've missed in the last month... But your opinions on ROMs is much apreshatied... Thx

Stone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Correct if I'm wrong, but since this is an i777 hardware wise, why would anybody create ROMs specifically for this device? After flashing the recovery, this phone should be 100% compatible with anything designed for the i777 right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jack_R1:
Exactly. And it was stated multiple times in this thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
you mean after flashing CM10.1 its compatible with i777 stuff. the other way, if you dont want to install CM10.1 from stock, would be to replace your build.prop manually with the one in the rom your installing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Didn't mr-cook make a new recovery image that lets you skip CM10.1 and go straight to other ROMs though or did I misread his newer posts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
No recovery has nothing to do with your build.prop. That new recovery just lets you be able to use special features that are built in to the Siyah kernel, and the new kernel included in SHOstock3.

A lot of ROMs don't even have the assert checks and can be flashed from stock. Telling people to flash CM10.1 first just assures we don't have to answer the question "why can't I install _____, it's giving me a status 7 error" 3 times a day.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trperic:
I noticed a few bugs with location and my clock in CM10.1, and decided to try SHOstock3 after gaining a little confidence with the recovery tool and flashing (like I said, total newbie). I got it from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2005266

SHOstock 3seems to have zero bugs at all after using it pretty heavily for a day. The launcher didn't seem very customizable, so I installed Holo Launcher HD (the app) and now it seems to be very stable and customizable. I like it because I didn't have to flash GAPPS or anything else, just one large download, flash, and a perfectly working phone. It's very newbie friendly, and I recommend it to people like me who really don't know their way around phones well
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I didn't like touchwiz at first either, but it grew on me. Did you flash the new CWM I posted? It will give you the extra features in recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37580153

Flash it then- reboot recovery.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trperic:
I did not, but I sure will right now! Thank you for all your hard work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
With jeboo's kernel in SHOstock3 you should get the matrix, plus a few extra options in the menu.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
So juice defender is telling me that I do not have AOSP helper and should get cyanogenmod, which interestingly enough is what I am running. I'm new to all of this but am guessing this is an issue with the kernel that came with CM10.1 so does anyone know how to remedy this?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Ive heard bad things about juice defender...

Dont know how much id trust that.

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SHOstock3/siyah
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I've never used juice defender. Isn't aosp helper something that's installed by juice defender? Did it work before, and change with a recent update?

I'm pretty happy about battery life as is. I don't know how long you had your phone on GingerBread, but that was bad battery life.

razen_kain, +1 on the SHOstock3 Siyah combo.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
I've noticed a decent worthwhile increase in battery life with juice defender without any problems so far.

It is installed by juice defender but only supported by certain kernels/roms, one of the main ones supposedly being CM. I can't say if it is something that used to work since I've only been rooted for a few weeks now. I'm still trying to learn my basics right now and this community has been a great help. Hopefully the issue will be fixed with a later release of CM.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Purely Speculation-

CM10.1 is still very new, maybe they haven't incorporated it in yet.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
That's what I'm leaning towards also. On another note..

18:06:38.349 AudioCache( 1853)

Heap size overflow! req size: 1052672, max size: 1048576

I'm getting tons of these errors when I view system logs. The phone is on silent and no music apps are running to my knowledge..any ideas? I'm guessing whatever is causing the error is also eating my battery.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
It's an app. Any games installed? I also read about this from linking Facebook contacts but that sounds like a long shot.

Have you checked your battery stats to see what's using it the most?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trperic:
I just wanted to chime in and say that I installed the Sim Bean Rom - [ROM][4.2.1] Slim Bean RC2 - i777 and it is pretty amazing.

I installed it with all of the inverted color scheme addons (I think there were 4 addon packs), because I'm not a fan of the white backgrounds. It seems to run stable on the Straight Talk phone, and it's an overall dark theme so I think the battery might last a little better.

I couldn't get the 4.2.1 version (any of them) to sync facebook pictures with contacts. As a remedy I downloaded Contacts+ from the play store and let it sync. It seemed to solve that problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Several games installed and also have Facebook contacts linked. Media Scanner seems to be the big resource hog atm

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Ginawi222:
I still need Help

Hello All

I am new to all of this and i did use Odin trying to root my phone but i did a mistake and my phone is stuck at the download page.I don't know how i can get the phone to work again.It is straight talk SGH-S959G phone.There is a lot of posts here and i don't know which one is going to help to get my phone to work a gain.Could some body (who knows those things) Tell me how to return my phone to what it use to be?This will be a great kindess to kindly guide me through that.

I appreciate all the love and kindness from all members. Thanks alot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Slim Bean is nice.

I'm curious as to what ROMs everybody is running on these phones, and why they chose the one they did.

I re-read your post you're only seeing those in the log. Are you having any crashes or forxe closes? If not I wouldn't be too concerned. See above quote for 1 possible issue with Facebook that could kill your battery never finishing syncing. My media scanner runs for a few minutes after boot and when needed, but have had times when it didn't stop and needed to be force closed.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
No crashes or force closes but I constantly see the error in logs even with media scanner disabled and Facebook contact sync also disabled. The req. Size in the error I get is identical to many other reported values from other people with similar problems so I'm guessing it may be a 4.2.1 bug that hasn't been worked out yet.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
what mistake? not clear on what you did here. did you root your phone via the odin way? if so thats the outdated way of doing it. the only thing you should have flashed through odin was the CWM 6.0.2.7 tar file. need more info, pls.

currently on shostock3 2.0.7. i tried slim bean, jellybam and cm10.1 but those are too buggy. shostock`s been pretty stable so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Shostock3 2.0.1 with siyah kernal 7.5.4.

I will be upgrading to tje latest version of both this weekend. Ive been following their threads and all tje bugs seeem to be worked out. Im scared to upgrade when what i have is working sooooo gooooood :)

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
Thank you!!

Just wanted to thank everyone again for all the love this phone has gotten!! I am currently running slimbean rc2 with the siyah kernel and have zero issues!! My phone is running so good in fact, that I'm afraid to flash anything else!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Use the hiemdall factory firmware method in the OP.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I'm on SHOstock3 v2.1 with Siyah 7.6.9.

I've flashed almost all current ROMs available here including a couple ports and always come back to SHOstock3 it's the most stable, best support, best features I think. Same with aj's Siyah kernel.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
for those running the siyah kernel. does the kernel get over ridden with jeboos kernel when you update to the latest shostock ROM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
That is what i was told but i always flash the kernel after i flash the rom. I would think it would bc i know for sure the jeebo kernel is in the rom shoman makes. That being said, im still a noob so ...grain of salt and all :)

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SHOstock3/siyah
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Yes. Just flash the Siyah kernel after the ROM. Don't forget aj's instructions- reboot recovery, reset ExTweaks profiles.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
im on slimbean rc2 with the siyah kernel and im having a good go with this except for the gallery force closing. but i think i will just get a different gallery and try that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I was kinda curious what others with this phone are getting as far rom and ram usage. Tbu shows my rom being 528/650 mb 122 mb free and my ram runs 5-600/758 mb

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RoCKOwNz:
I have a question, awhile back in this thread I remember talk about not being able to use the straight talk refill cards for some reason and to have the autopay setup. Was that just a mixup on flashing roms, or has it been fixed? I am thinking about flashing the shostock 3 rom been checking out youtube videos on it and it looks pretty sweet. Just dont wanna loose my option to buy the refill cards.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I've had zero problems refilling. I buy my cards at WM and refill on the ST website, sometimes I sign into my account, but usually just do the quick thing were you put in your refill card number and phone number.

SHOstock3 really is sweet. There was stuff I didn't even know I could do until I watched the video in Sho's OP.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Edvon:
Sim chip and Telcel sim

Thank you for your help- I'm going crazier- been working on for days!

1. I run GSU on (stock sim) (telcel sim,but it never works) and all is unlocked-reboot-all are unlocked but I have no internet or phone-

2. run EFS and reboot all is ok phone works internet - calls etc. Galaxy Sim unlock says- Network lock= partially unlocked

SP Lock= partially unlocked

everything else unlocked

3. Same using Galaxy S. unlock-- same using Telcel sim-

4. I don't know if my phone is still unlocked- I know it is rooted- don't have unlock code- did have unlocked when using stock rom but don't know after C10.1

5. Telcel does not asked for unlock code any longer-

thanks again! Ed

Is this true?

there is a difference from Sim unlock and phone unlock on a rooted phone? If so, how do you unlock the phone without a code? Thank you all for your patience!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
If you're still having problems unlocking you could try this- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36972264

Sim unlocking, phone unlocking their talking about the same thing making your phone be able to use different carriers sim cards.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
How's your battery life on shostock?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Mine is really good. Significant improvememt from stock gingerbread

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SHOstock3/siyah
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RoCKOwNz:
Thanks mr cook I have a couple more questions, I for the most part know how to flash roms and what not I have done a few diffrent phones and a tablet with full success. On this phone I flashed CWM and then did a backup with CWM I then rooted using the root zip. My first Q is since I did the backup before root if I was to go to SHOstock or any other rom for that matter and ran into issues or decided to just go back to stock I should just be able to use CWM and the backup I did yes? I would also like to know you talk about using Siyah 7.6.9 with your SHOstock from what I understand that is the kernel why do you need to replace that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
yes, you can go back to stock using your backup anytime. remember to do your wipes before restoring a backup. siyah`s kernel adds a few other options to CWM. like the ability to run two roms via dual booting and some tweaks for you to mess around with for your phone.