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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mrw874:
I tried following everything based on the original post and using that rom you pointed out. However, I ended up with nothing but a screen with a spinning set of colors after the install finished. It would boot up showing the S2 screen, show a google screen, then show the colors before shutting down.

I attempted to get back into the Recovery Mode to attempt to restore the backup I had made earlier, but my phone will no longer boot into recovery mode - I press vol up/down + power, see the S2 logo, then BRIEFLY I see the loading screen for Recovery Mode, then it goes immediately back into the S2 logo again. Letting go of the buttons once the Recovery Mode screen starts to show still accomplishes nothing - it just restarts again.

Finally, I decided to cut my losses and try to get my phone back the way it was. I used the Stock recovery via Odin mentioned on the original post and thankfully got the phone back up and running... However, now I can't install any apps via the Store, kicks back error 492. I searched for that error and the fix that most all pages recommended was to clear dalvik - but I can't get into the Recovery Mode to do that anymore. I attempted to reinstall it via Odin, but it didn't make any difference - recovery still will not load.

Any ideas? I'm done trying to upgrade/enhance this thing, I just want it back the way it was before I got this idea in my head.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Reinstall recovery in Odin I would go with the ajrecovery in the op
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Which version of cwm are you trying to install? Are you saying you successfully reinstalled cwm and it still won't boot into recovery? Or you can't Odin in a recovery at all?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] royahaun:
Step by step guide for sgh-a959g try this I used It and Mr.Cooks Op.

use reply #9 of the link[/ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&...

Re: SGH-S959G ROOT - CWM - CYANOGENMOD 10.1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] denisec173:
thank you

but I give up

ill just save up and get a new phone !

thanks for your help and your patients

god bless you and your family

Denise Catino
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Don't give up its not that hard and want you get it done you will really like it look up to post s
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] affiatic:
gps

my gps seems to connect fine. it just drops the signal all the time. I am going to try changing radios later. do you think this might do the trick. I honestly dont know if it stayed conected on stock. I unlocked it and flashed cm on it as soon as i got it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
^

Have ya tried the GPS Test app by Chartcross Limited from the Play Store ?

U can use the Settings in that app to clear the AGPS and also update the AGPS. That may help before u flash another modem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] affiatic:
thanks for response but have already tried that with no luck. it will connect. but gps signal will drop. It may be a hardware issue. I have tried pulling battery with phone on. fixing permissions. I just dont know why it locks on but will not stay connected.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
I have read that is related to being on CM.

U could always go back to Stock firmware and see how it behaves, in order to help ya to determine if it is a hardware issue or not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DaGoblin407:
root with framaroot apk....

Framaroot apk will root any galaxy phone with one click in seconds it rooted my gallaxy s2 s959g in 2 seconds up just reboot after u run it an success message an your rooted an it installs supersu....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ichris26:
I am wanting to go with cooks jellybean cooked rom myself and am just wondering if that AJK-CWM.tar.md5 is correct for it as it says it is v6.0.1.2-siyah and the op says at the top to use the 6.0.4.5 Odin.....

I haven't installed a custom rom before and just want to verify before making the dive that I have my facts straight. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
If you're going with cooked, just use the AJK one.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] affiatic:
i am running cm11 and it is as stable as any other rom i have used. no issues I can think of.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ichris26:
I just want to say thanks. I got everything up and running without any issues.

Also thank you mr-cook for your cooked ROM as well, it has been better than what I had anticipated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Where did you end up getting your battery from? I am looking at a extended battery 3500 does any one know if the battery covers for the I777 are identical to our phone can't find one listed for the s959g but lots for the I777 but they come with a new battery cover.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tsjanda:
Ebay is where i got mine
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
yea thats where I am looking at. I need to know if the battery covers are the same I want a bigger battery. none listed in the s959g section but lots in the I777 section but you need a new back for the bigger battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tsjanda:
i will let you know once it gets here
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Oh you ordered the bigger battery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
mobiletechvideos.com

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
would it be possible to get an odin flashable version of cooked??? That would be awesome!

I ask because i just took the incredibly wierd journey through the mysterious kitkat recovery bootloop issue that took me all the way back to GB... Boy i dont miss that place
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Let me guess you were flashing and hit the go back button and it tried booting up instead of going back I'm a 4 time veteran of that.

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Wonder if there is a bug in 6. 0.4.5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Not exactly... I tried reboot recovery and that's when it happened. The bad part was i did not have a viable ROM installed. Had to go back to stock and start over. Stuck with jellybean for the time being as any attempt to use cwm 6.0.4.4-5 results in the same problem. As of now i am stuck on jellybean. I cannot upgrade my recovery

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Odin the aj recovery it will work it's the 1 I had to use all 4 times same with me I had no viable rom installed when it happened
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
It's possible, but it would increase your flash counter.

It seems to still have weird issues while upgrading. Defiantly don't format before installing the new recovery (found that out the hard way). I think I was on CM10.1 when I finally got the upgraded recovery to stick. You may need to reboot, then reboot recovery.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Well i got cooked up and running with AJK cwm going on but if i install 6.045 and reboot recovery it won't boot. I'll just rock my old favorite until we figure out what's going on. I gotta get my butt in the bed.

Thanks y'all :thumbup::)

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
You can flash 6. 0.45 now with no problems now that you have cooked back on

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And install your back ups
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I've tried it four times now, twice in recovery, twice with Odin, and no go. When i try to reboot recovery it just flashes a black screen with that hat then cuts out to s2 splash screen.

- I'm stuck...

Edit: I'll try to get it figured out tomorrow.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Did you let cooked boot up after flashing the new recovery

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Good night buddy I known you will get it going if I did
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Yes Sir I sure did

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Get back into recovery the ol fashion way use in the buttons volume up down power

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Sounds like you got it worse than I had it then
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Well i figured out the problem sort of (thanks [MENTION=4608191]SteveMurphy[/MENTION] ). The slim Kat ROM i flashed was twrp based not cwm. How it ever booted at all is beyond me but it did. Didn't last long. Lesson here is make sure you know what recovery you are going to need before you flash your ROM. It matters. At least with kitkat it does

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Let me add to this one more thing i gained (lost actually) the process of going back to stock got rid of my annoying yellow triangle and my phone doesn't say gt-i9100 on the splash screen anymore since i rooted it correctly this time. It's a wonder i didn't brick this phone bad when i first (tried) rooted it

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] royahaun:
Your right again that was how I finally cleared my screen a few visits back. We should always show gratitude. Remember friends don't let friends drive GingerBread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] well.rested:
My favorite too, these days! Finally got everything straight w. St customer "service", what a horrorshow... 1st-world problems and all that, but damn.

In any case, got Cooked up and running smoothly, everything backed up w Ti backup.

I'm really liking the rom. Only quibble is the clock app, which I don't care for. Is it possible to trigger Timely when I touch the time in the status bar?

I did have one bug, I ran "fix permissions" in the Stweaks app, rebooted, and it would only boot to black. Ran again in recovery mode, no change. Was able to revert to recovery and boot no problem - god bless Ti Backup, had just gotten things like I like 'em.

I am curious about the permissions, but maybe I will just run from CWM from now on.

In any case, my sincere thanks to [MENTION=5093014]razen_kain[/MENTION] & [MENTION=4934593]mr-cook[/MENTION]; for my phone running like a champ and I wouldn't have the software or the ability to install it without them.

~well.rested
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Alright everybody it's time I revealed the new project I've been working on. I have built a stand alone CWM for our phones. This is not a repurposed kernel for the I777. This is just CWM recovery built from source for the S959G. It's also the newest available CWM-v6.0.4.7.

Flashable zip- SGH-S959G_CWM_6.0.4.7.zip - 5.07 MB

Odin tar- SGH-S959G_CWM-v6.0.4.7.tar.md5 - 4.90 MB

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Awesome! Gonna try it out tonight! :thumbup::D

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Have you tried it out on kit kat yet?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Not yet, but it was built from CM11 source. So there shouldn't be any compatibility issues.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Seems to be fine on kitkat
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Is it touch? I'm so ready to have touch again.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
No or if it is I used the buttons like always installed to black out apps and did a backup
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
No it's not.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
OK. So I installed the newest cwm and tried to install cooks ROM wipe but on all attempts it fails with a status 7 error. I just did a quick search of this thread and didn't see any mention of this issue so thought I would bring if up. Also when I attempt to install the newest build of cm11 it boots as far as the Galaxy screen and stops. Did a quick search of both that thread and this one and again didn't see any mention of this issue. Please advise.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Cwm 6.0.4.7?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Yes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I think mr-cook mentioned not using that script with kitkat because it formats the system... I've had trouble with it on kitkat as well as some other scripts.

What ROM? Omni?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
No. The cm 11 by render. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2559694

[ROM][KK][4.4.2][LINARO -03] CyanogenMod 11 [1/8][DEV DISCUSSION]

My device is the ST GSII but it reads the I777.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Have you tried flashing the kernel? Also very important you use the correct kernel. If you use cwm you HAVE to use the cwm kernel. I've had problems with twrp on renderbroken's ROM.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
OK. I will give that a try. Thanks for the quick reply.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I hope it works for you bc that's all i really got. :o

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
We know you got more. Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Lol! I wished that were true. Im still not much more than a noob who's done some trial and error and a little reading and got a LOT of help from the awesome people in this community.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] royahaun:
That's being modest you are always there to help. I have become cautious on who's advice I follow 2 visits to GB from testing unknown devs but its all about the journey. Not only do I trust your advise I have learned volumes from following it. Razen_Kain u rock

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I will always help when i can and try to offer advice from what I've learned. I made a promise to myself (and in this thread somewhere i think) that if i ever got this phone figured out I'd stay and help anyone else that came along and that's what I'm going to do :thumbup::):beer:

Tyvm for the compliments but i have to pass the praise on up to mr-cook and all the other big dogs that started this thread. It's their knowledge of android that got me here today and what i do, i do as a way of saying thank you and passing what I've learned on to someone who will then pass it on (hopefully) to someone after them. I don't consider it a hassle or a bother to watch this thread and help out my other s2 brothers and sisters.

I remain comfortably perched on the shoulders of giants in here :thumbup::p:thumbup:

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Hey mr-cook can we get this on our phone? It's from the latest renderbroken cm 11 cwm kernel. Not sure what version the cwm is but it'd be a nice add to your recovery repository you got going here.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
+1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
So did you ever get this resolved or what?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
CMW-v6.0.4.7-TOUCH

SGH-S959G_CWM-v6.0.4.7-TOUCH - 5.62 MB

Huge thanks to Renderbroken for this.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
cool works like a charm making a system backup as I type. Somehow rainbow mode got activated its pretty flashy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Hey! I didn't get no rainbow mode... Wth is that?

:p:p:p

Edit: HA! COOL

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
not sure how it got activated im in there for the second time back to normal now. just scroll up and down a few times don't really know how I activated it but you will know when you do

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swipe down a bunch of times to activate rainbow mode and up a bunch of times to turn it off

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can't seem to get it to finish a complete backup made one in 6.0.4.5 right before installing so shouldn't be a problem with the content in rom or system anywhere can someone else try my backups are kinda large 1.6gig
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] starmutt:
same

same here
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
Have you made sure the gmail app is upto date?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Go to system settings- accounts- refresh. That should fix it.

Edit: sync not refresh.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
didnt work but i did reflash stock build and it works then reflased stock plus root and then the problem is there again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] starmutt:
exact same here also

the problem is clearly in the rooted factoryfs
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
yeah i believe theres a problem with the rooted factory image and gmail is the issue

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yeah the problem is the gmail app in the rooted image must have not packed up right when i load the creditials in the email app not gmail i have full access to my gmail from the stock email app so the issue is with gmail
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
Damn.... isn't it always something.... I don't think this is ST.... Has anybody tried the Mail app???? Does that work???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
Did you not read my post i said the gmail app doesn't work but the email app does and so does everything else so this will work for now till we get recovery and some ics at least
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
One of my biggest problems is speaking before i know everything... So trying this out should be easy and uneventful... Ok ill give it a look...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
it went flawless for me except for the gmail problem but easily remedied by using the email app everything else works plus i didnt use odin to flash i used heimdal 1.31 to flash my device was done in 3 minutes have fun
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
So I really need to clear everything and start over in order to root? is there any programs that back everything up with one click so I can get all my settings and files back afterword? I've always used the App back up that when you brought them back you had to do it one at a time and it didn't save your games etc... I'm going to look on the store now but maybe you guys got a better one...

. I can try to flash this with just clearing the cache right? I mean if it doesn't work Ill do a reset but I wanted to try and be lazy....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
When you flash with heimdal nothing gets reset unless you wipe data but you don't need to do that just flash and everything will be the same except now you'll have root if want to back up then you have to root first then use titanium backup the you can factory reset then if you want this is not installing a custom Rom just factory Rom plus root
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
Thats what I thought so Im backing up with the MyBackUp app just in case... the damn Avast Anti Theft App I had was not letting me back things up so I had to get rid of it... If any programs try and mess with the "hidden App" then it resets the phone.... its nice if someone steals your phone but a pain in the ass if you want to backup or change anything major so I took that out to make sure it doesn't cause a problem. I keep trying to download the ZIP file with heimdal and the rom but it keeps going to a dead link page (nothing found) did it work for anybody else? cuz the first time I clicked it it brought me to a download page I tried to download and halfway though the download stopped I was going to try it again but it says the page does not exist anymore.... Is ST messing with us? LoL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
are you trying to download with your phone? you need to do it on a pc https://anonfiles.com/file/c0cbe2093...68d599069a9554

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heres heimdal 1.31 https://anonfiles.com/file/3c3e44e3a7bc061291ba49b5db3a46e0
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] StoneComputers:
no Im using my Laptop... it just started working again out of the blue crazy huh? well What I have planned is to use an app like TB to uninstall the Google mail app and then reinstall it (if you have root you can force uninstall default system apps) anybody think this is a bad idea? I use the Google mail app religiously so it would burn me... I know there are clones though if this does not work... I have a few other ideas to... Ill work on this as soon as I root tonight (the wife is cracking the wipe right now to clean for Christmas company)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lokirk:
I have to say, that I have rooted my other android device the Kindle-Fire... which opened up a few opportunities... anyway, I decided to try the image+root method. First I tried with Odin3 that got hung up... so it didn't work. So I decided to download Heimdall and give it a try... after setting up the drivers and dealing with a driver error, fixed in 5 mins after watching a youtube video.

However, After Odin crashed, it put my phone in an unknown state... but I was able to put it back into download mode.

Re-flashed it with Heimdall 3.1.1 and it worked like a champ.

I have full root access, and of course I tried the tethering app to setup my hotspot which to me was the whole purpose of it... worked like a champ. Was able to get an ATT-Wireless IP and browse the net with no problem. The app I used is wifi-tether straight off the android play store. (Root access is required for this one)

Anyway, so I haven't had any gmail app problems as reported before. To me this was a seamless install, no problems with the image ROM file, once all the Odin, and Heimdall hickups were cleared up.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to rooting this phone... and to everyone that posted in this forum. You guys are the best!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
yup heimdal seems the best route as of now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lokirk:
I take it back, GMAIL app doesn't really work, I can see emails come in, but I can't really read them, it takes me to a blank page.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
i was just gonna ask how you got gmail to work lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
There still seem to be some kinks to work out, so I think I'll wait until a little more work gets done and a more reliable flashing method gets figured out. Too many people still seem to be having problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Yeah I just tried, and it rebooted right in the middle of backing up system. I may have to pull down the link until it gets fixed.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
It worked for me twice last night but it reboots system as soon as it finishes. I don't like that at all. I will most likely revert back to your stand alone recovery for our phone

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