yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mdhissam:
Bricked my phone

SOFT BRICK HARD BRICK Dont Know.

downloaded the latest version of the Blinky revenge 17.0 version and GApps package. but when i moved them on the my phone i accidently copied the liquidsmooth RC8.

1. I accidently installed liquidsmooth RC8. then followed with Gapps package from Blinky revenge 17.0 version .

2. now my phones does not turns on at all

3. unable to go into the download mode.

4.No start up , nothing.

5. I plugged my phone into the my laptop and it detects a Drive D: followed with message"you need to format disk in drive d: before you can use it . do you want to format it:

6. when i click on format error "windows cannot format d:; check the disk and drive are connected properly....."

Guys if any body can help me that will be great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
Check the stickies in this forum for how to return to stock with ODIN ... that may be your only hope, provided you can get the phone into download mode.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
I see no mention of you trying to boot to recovery. You need to try that first. If you can, wipe and restore or reflash. If you cannot follow vincoms guide to return to stock with ODIN. Let me know how you progress and I'll try to help in any way I can.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpr69:
Was the LiquidSmooth ROM for the Skyrocket?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
That's another good question. None of these ROMs should be the cause of a hard brick all by themselves, with or without flashing Gapps. I'm hoping he can get recovery and just start over. Maybe a rookie mistake, happens to all of us....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
My assumption is that the Liquidsmooth rom was for another phone as well. That can certainly do very bad things depending on what partitions it mounted during the install.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
Yes, that would not be good. I bought one of those little doohickys recently just to have in a drawer. The ones that force download mode? Don't even know if it works, but I need to check just to be safe. I've never done that, though. I researched this model phone for 2 hours before it even came in the mail. All the horror stories about different G2S variants having brick issues from porting different kernels and ROMs had me nervous. Turned out to be the easiet phone I ever flashed. Had it up and running in 10 minutes. Now, the HTCs were another story. I had an HD2, a Sensation, and a Rezound and they were all good phones but a nightmare to get rooted and ROMed. But, I digress.....any luck, mdhissam? Also, he's from Sydney. Do their phones run a different firmware?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] berniesteven:
Don't mean to thread jack, but I am posting this on my Samsung hi-def tv using my old atrix bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I love hdmi mirroring . I can do everything from my couch.

Skyrocket - Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] projectvirtue:
This ROM has been amazing but i'm experiencing 2 problems, second one more minor.

1) The music is skipping. Tried with playerpro, apollo, poweramp, but every minute or so the music will have a pause for a second and then keep going. Rather annoying and appeared in lots of CM roms ever since alpha 5, not sure whats causing it. Wondering if anybody else is getting this problem?

2) the DPI settings for the status bar seem wonky. I applied the popstyle theme, but the roms black status bar insists on staying there. on top of that, when i set it to 200 DPI, naturally it got a little smaller. but now on the lock screen, messaging app, some others, there's 2px white line going across the top under the status bar where it would've been otherwise. any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
I have had no issues with music playing. I have tried speaker, headphones, and audio out to my car stereo. I use Power amp pro and Google play. Maybe try clearing app cache of your music players and rebooting. Also, changing your DPI may have negative effects on your apps visuals and functionality. I haven't seen what your experiencing, but I dont change my dpi very often either. The only thing I can say about that is the combination of 3 different ROMs with 3 types of customizations is bound to have a bug or two, like the dual toggles in the pull down bar. Experimenting with different techniques can offer solutions like with the toggles. Other than that, I will have to research more to offer suggestions. Post any remedies or continued issues and they will be worked on as well as I can.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mdhissam:
thanks for the quick response all ; my phone doesn't even turn on nor it vibrates.

1. I tried all the way possible to get in download mode no luck.

2.It doesn't turn on so i couldn't get to recovery to do anything.

3.Yap the Liquid smooth was for skyrocket the latest RC8 version.

4.I just bought the JIG will be getting it in next 2 days hopefully can get to download mode.

5. I have AT&T Skyrocket so no issue with firmware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
I promise I'm not being a smart ass but have you tried charging it for a while and the using the three finger method?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] berniesteven:
Man, I just did the same thing. Saw new Liquidsmooth, flashed and now phone is dead. Charger doesn't even work. Heading over to Liquid foprum to see if they have any info.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
Oh man, that's rough. Good luck. Kepp us informed about your situation
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpr69:
Sounds suspiciously like an incorrect ROM being flashed and corrupting the internal flash. A jig will not help...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
Can you PM me the updater-script that's in the META-INF directory of the zip file? I'd like to see what it's doing out of curiousity ...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Julian713:
Yeah, since they are downloading from the FB page. It lists a bunch of ROMs for the different phones LiquidSmooth supports. I think they might have clicked on wrong link file to download.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] berniesteven:
Yup, I think I did just that. Playing with odin and kies now.

If no go, down to att store to try to bs them.

Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
damn shame!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
Oh wow, that's not good AT ALL. If the download links are mixed up, there's going to be a lot of bricks today.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] berniesteven:
My first brick in over a year.

MB860 Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
Damn, that sucks guys! Good luck on new phone!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Very smooth ROM so far. Only a couple really minor things I noticed that aren't any kind of issue, just thought I'd point them out (not sure if they've been brought up)..

When changing status bar color, it didn't stick on reboot. Changing clock color works but WiFi/signal colors didn't.

Also, when you remove the one set of toggles, is there a way to remove the empty space it leaves? Assuming not, just figured I'd ask.

Awesome work so far BMP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] berniesteven:
Good news! My new phone is being shipped! :)

MB860 Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Julian713:
Best of luck, hope it works out for you! Tell them you got an update notice and when you did it this happened.

Edit: just read your above post, congrats! By the way, what did you say? Might be useful to know the excuse for later :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crashpsycho:
Loving this ROM a lot a lot a lot ALOT lol of customization which I like. So far my only issue I'm running into is heat so I need some help because I'm not familiar with KK kernel but I have notice that whenrver on my phone the freq changes like crazy cause my phone to get as hot at 109 this ROM is awesome and I wanna keep any suggestion I just need heat to stay at max 95-100 lol sorry for the noon help. And yes I already read the kernel info post in general and KK kernel thread

So far current setting at 384-1836 on demand with deadline

Thanks much for the help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
The high setting is most likely the culprit. I run mine at a max of 1728 and get all the speed I need without over heat. 384 is pretty standard for a base. I usually use badass but have been trying wheatley. Word's still out on that one but it seems comparible. Let me know how it goes. Also, I am putting the finishing touches on an AROMA instaler. It is a shameless kang of carvsdrivers, who has been working patiently with me to get it up and running. Hopefully, I'll post it tomorrow. Be cool
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] softballjunkee13:
Not mixed up. Ppl just don't read. Honestly. I downloaded the right one. Its all the way down on the page. Ppl just jump too quick
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
I will say that that there were a lot of choices on one page but then again skyrocket was clearly labelled
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crashpsycho:
Thanks I really appreciate the help I will report back
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mdhissam:
hi mate,

Yap put it on the charge for 2 hrs then tried using the three finger method. no use dont know what to do ? if some one has some suggestion please let me know and thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
I'm sorry brother you can try the jig or just call att and give em a song and dance about a bad ota update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
I'd you didn't download the skyrocket file, its almost surely bricked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crashpsycho:
If you having the exact issue you pm'd me about its more then likely you hard brick connect the phone to USB and PC and see if you qhusb if you do its hard brick JTAG or call for a replacement with carrier if that's possible
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mdhissam:
help

I just checked the Liquid smooth thread and there is another user reported the same problem after flashing liquid smooth RC8. there is definetly issue with the liquidsmotth RC8 rom. I am still waiting for JIG and see if i can download. till then if anybody have any suggestion please let me know thanks for the help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] berniesteven:
You're exactly right. I got anxious, saw att, and flashed. Only after did I see skyrocket. The sad part is that I know better. Have been flashing roms since original razr v3 days. Oh well, live and learn.

MB860 Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
That's a bummer for sure. Take it from this guy, TAKE YOUR TIME. READ EVERYTHING AND THEN READ IT AGAIN. THE PHONE YOU SAVE WILL BE YOUR OWN.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
Have a new

released to Post #2.

CHECK IT OUT

Also, thank

carvsdriver

because that dude is a saint! He has been more helpful and gracious than anyone should have to be to a near-stranger. THANK YOU BROTHER!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ConfusingCurve:
Hey guys. I absolutely love this ROM. I want to try it out since I've been running Liquid and it has been bricking some phones with the wrong DL link. I have a few questions before I install, if that is okay.

Nuber one, is the lockscreen always red? Or can you change the colors on it?

And, two, I say the Aroma installer is for 1.5, but the latest version of the ROM is 1.6? Is the installer being updated? If so, I'll just wait for that. Thanks again guys for all the hard work!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
Good stuff man! Glad you got this all sorted out and posted :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] berniesteven:
This is my favorite rom. As soon as I get my replacement phone, I'll be on this and STAY there.

MB860 Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
I'm just calling the aroma installer version of the 1.5 release 1.6. Sorry for the confusing terms. I'll be working towards some new additions and such in the coming week. I also want to see what the response is to the aroma installer before I make it the only option for install. Tell me what you think....be cool
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
All thanks to you my man! I'd probably still be screwing around with those commas if left to my own devices....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] latinohot:
Personally have not tried the aroma installer, but if that becomes the only way to install roms, then I am screwed,

I really like the way we have right now, with CWM, it runs good for me, but like I said I have not tried aroma yet if I don't have to
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
Aroma is initiated through CWM, it doesn't replace your recovery tool. Instead of just text flowing up your screen during the flash, you can choose things you want to install (depending on what the dev has on the menu), etc ...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] projectvirtue:
Thanks for your feedback BMP. clearing cache fixed the music problem, and installing the paranoid preferences fixed the DPI problems i was having with the status bar for the most part. Since you were wondering about feedback for the preferences, regular install doesn't work obviously, but pushing to apps with root explorer and setting permissions, it worked just dandy.

Unfortunately, i'm having some problems with sms. more frequently than it should (every 10 messages or so, sometimes less) the message won't send until i try resending it up to three times. i wondered if it was the same deal so i cleared cache for messaging but its still happening.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Julian713:
Hey I was thinking of trying out the new Aroma build. I just have one question. Once I flash with Aroma can I use the jusBean inverted gapps with Aroma on this? Or do I need to use the gapps that was listed on the 1st page? I know its says "4) Install ROM 5) Install Gapps and/or AROMA" but since its Aroma I'm guessing I uncheck reboot and then just flash the gapps then reboot. I know my question might sound stupid. But just wanna do it right. Because some roms want you to reboot and then only do gapps and some want gapps to be flashed before reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] latinohot:
what the heck, get with the times right?

i'll try when download finishes, thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
You can flash all items before reboot and be good to go.....give her a few minutes to settle after first boot, but other than that, rock n roll!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
If its bricked, which it sounds to be, a jig won't help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PsyCl0ne:
Hey BMP7777, just wanted to say sick rom. I was running Team Collective but got the in call glitch where you loose your phone call sound and decided to try something new. I haven't had a chance to try the new Aroma installer but regardless everything is extremely stable and smooth.

Just a few questions though, do you guys plan on adding inverted GAPPS once everything gets released?

On other roms, the messaging app had an option to have a little quick reply box pop up on a new message but I do not see this option in your rom. Is this something that can be implemented or is it just the messaging app version? Sorry if it's a stupid question I actually didn't pay much attention to this in other threads...

Anyway thank you once again and I can't wait to see further releases!!

~PsyCl0ne
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
All you have to do is enable quick reply in your messaging settings. As for inverted, I can try to make that work if everyone is interested. This is just an initial release. I plan to build as many choices and options into this ROM and installer as I can. It will be HUGE, so those who dig the slim ROMs will not like it, but I am all about customizing. As you probably know, this is my build but not even close to being MY work. SO many people have busted their ass to get all of the forms and functions together. I take pride in getting it together, but the real thanks goes to many others before me. I'm glad you like what you see.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PsyCl0ne:
Hey bmp777, please see attached. All that I flashed in addition to the rom was the 4.2 gapps linked in the second post. Also restored my apps and their data but I know for a fact I didn't backup the messenger app.

~PsyCl0ne
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] S52Stu:
Could just be installing wrong buy aroma doesn't install any selected apps. I picked holo and its not even on here. Am I doing something wrong?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] PsyCl0ne:
Hey I also noticed that all my launchers seem to be the exact same thing. Holo, launcher, tw.

~PsyCl0ne
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
If you run me through the steps

you took I'll try to help figure out what went wrong.

I don't know what you mean. Did you pick more than one and don't see choices?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] S52Stu:
Full wipe before aroma just because it felt right. Then your download with verifying md5. Then picking the bear route, then selecting holo launcher then selecting apps then agreeing to install then reboot. Still installed Apollo for an example of an app I didn't pick. Didn't install gapps like it shows as a selection.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
Hmmm. This is the first I'm seeing of this. Go ahead and get your gapps from the link and I'll see if I can figure out what the deal is. Sorry for the hassle.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] S52Stu:
Please no need for sorry just giving feedback. Thanks for what you do. On sk8 latest...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
That's weird cuz all I've done with mine is an install and gapps with this M4570M0D theme running, and I have this:

Try it the way I did and see what you get. If you have done it exactly that way, I'm not sure what to tell you but I will keep trying to figure it out.

EDIT : My wife says she doesn't receive the messages if I send them through the quick reply box, so obviously there's an issue there. I'll see what I can figure out.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Altarocks:
I had the same trouble with Aroma. Most choices (like Nova) didn't stick. I did it all on the same clean flash as the ROM install. This was about a week ago, before the new version. I tried 3 times, with full wipes each time. Even tried reflashing just Aroma but no go. As a last resort I installed just GAPPS without Aroma and everything has worked flawlessly since last weekend.

Not a complaint; I love this ROM. It was aznrice2k4's audio mod that drew me in and BMP7777's full package that is keeping me here. Outstanding work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
Thanks for the compliments and the feedback. What Aroma were you using when you had issues? This is all new to me. I have used boobahs for the last 6 months without anything going wrong. I tried carvsdrivers and had nothing go wrong either. Mine has worked perfectly for me as well. But, I know that coming to and from other ROMs can sometimes have an impact on how things work no matter how many times you wipe. For me, I have been using my own ROMs predominately for a while now, so maybe that is why I don't have some of the issues that others are experiencing. When I try somebody else's work, and then go back to my own, I usually restore rather than reflash. Is it the same for you? I need all the feedback I can get to pin these things down.

TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE: Please keep the feedback coming, even if it's to say it's fine. If you do experience issues, please be as detailed as you can about what you've done and how. The more I know, the better I'll be at getting fixes that benefit everybody. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] projectvirtue:
one issue i've been experiencing is messaging problems. a lot of the time, the messages simply don't send, i thought it might be a length restriction like the old 160 char bug, but after some testing it doesn't seem to be the case. ie) on liquid i was able to send a 800 char message and show up as one message on my GF's phone, i seem to be able to do this on revenge as well, but there's a probability it won't send. and it seems it increases whenever i go over 160 char. all messages under 160 sent without a hitch. but when i start sending longer ones, there's a chance it'll return the red exclamation mark and not send. However, if i tell it to resend, it'll either go through, and bounce back again only to work when i resend again. I've also had incidents where the delivery notification said it was received by the opposite party with the little checkmark, only to have her tell me she hadn't received anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
This can be an issue due to the automatic placement of Cingular as your functioning apn. This is an embedded but outdated apn that can cause signal and message sending problems. With your wifi off,Go into Settings/More../Mobile Networks/Access Point Names and delete the Cingular apn. Then, exit out an go back to pick the ATT LTE apn. It may already be picked, it mat not. But, deleting the Cingular apn will give you ATT as default, which is what you need in place. This should fix this problem and give you better signal as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] projectvirtue:
unfortunately I live up in canada so when i go under APN's i only see 3 different entries for Fido regular, internet, and tethering. I suppose in that case there's not much i can do about it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
Do you see an apn that is outdated? As an example, the cingular apn is outdated because that company was bought by ATT a while back. If you keep up with that sort of thing, one may stand out. Other than that, I'm not sure. I wouldn't suggest deleting an apn without knowing exactly which was which. It may be a question for a fido or rogers user. I'll ask around...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] urundai:
I was on 1.5 and tried 1.6 update two times. In both instances. The options i picked in aroma didn't stick ( selected no wipe but all the data was wiped, none of the apps were installed etc ). Love the ROM nonetheless but not sure why aroma didn't work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BMP7777:
Have you had trouble with other Aroma versions? There has to be some common factor among those who have an issue with using the installer. I have tried it again and had no problems, both with choosing wipe or not. I can dirty flash and have no problems or do a complete wipe and start from the welcome screen, and the closest I've come to a problem was a few unsent messages made with the quick reply. I found that my wife had an issue with using quick reply this morning. She is on Blinky's Revenge too (of course;)) and it is unclear whether the issue was her phone or mine; either way, a simple reboot has solved the issue. I have been testing various features of Aroma and the ROM in general, on both of our phones, and have found solid functionality of all parts of this package. Could those of you who have been experiencing problems think of anything that might be a factor? Did you use mine for only a day or two before trying Aroma? Did you come from another style of ROM entirely in recent days or weeks(ICS, SKY, Liquidsmooth, or Embryo)? I have no idea why some are having trouble and the rest, myself included, are not. Let's get together and iron this out... any ideas?