yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Sounds like he needs to try a different USB cable. I've seen this before in here many times and have experienced it myself. Some cords will charge and even transfer data but for some reason won't work with Odin. Try and get a cord that came with a phone ( any phone). They are usually "full feature" cords. I used one from a kindle fire for mine for ages.

As for root, I do believe framaroot is the way they go now with this device unless you flash a custom ROM which comes rooted by default but you can't do that until you get the custom recovery there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] slowpoke2006:
It has root working on it. Just no recovery of any kind that he could get it to boot into. He said he tried different cables but I have a couple of factory cables I will try when I get it. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
If it has root just use mobile Odin to flash I custom kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] slowpoke2006:
If I use mobile Odin will flashing the SGH-s959G_TWRP-v2.7.1.0.tar.md5 file on the OP fix everything and does that include the kernel or would i need something else? Also does the kernel contain the recovery? I would real like to get the recovery working and make a back up before doing to much. you never know when something could go wrong.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dimoochka:
Kernel and recovery are stored on separate partitions on this phone and (from what I'm able to tell) have no effect on each other. IE. you can start the recovery with a bricked kernel partition. I believe that version of TWRP contains recovery ONLY and does not come with a kernel (some recoveries simultaneously install a separate kernel). This assumption is based off of the TWRPv2.7.1.0.zip (I haven't examined the tar.md5 Odin version).

Flashing SGH-s959G_TWRP-v2.7.1.0.tar.md5 with mobile Odin should allow you to boot into TWRP recovery without issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] va540area:
Found the best rom for s.t. Gs2!

Its been a while since i posted on this thread, but i want to share my findings with others that are still in the S.T. GS2 family looking for a truly stable, dependable Jelly bean 4.1.2 Rom. Some of you pepz up here probably remember me as the A-hole having multiple issues with cooks rom, such as start-up screen freezes, boot-loops, multiple malfunctioning USB issues, and the most recent i never posted about was the phone putting itself in encryption mode asking for a P.W. i never setup, and even though i was able to fix it VIA recovery, enough was enough wit dat ****! I had to leave cooksi777 rom, and i'm sitting here today knowing there are some serious bugs in that Rom even though others on this thread disagreed and blamed the issues on me! i am a professional at all this today, and it is actually pretty hard to f**k up if you know what your doing! the evidence supports my claims about that Rom, it was D only one i had those specific issues with! yes' cook had the rite idea and his efforts are acknowledged , i still highly recommend not using it since these issues were never addressed or fixed properly!

((Good news!!)) since then i have tried multiple Roms; ShoStock3, cm11, pacman, and a couple kitkat roms that were "ok" but still not perfect or what i was looking for... but then i found NeatRomV6.4. for the i9100, and yes it ain't even for the i777 but trust me when i say THIS. IS. THE. BEST! this rom is EASILY CONVERTED for the sgh-i777 or sgh-s959g by simply flashing the Jeboo kernel after flashing the Rom, and then flashing any i777 modem. 1-8, has ya gaps pre-installed. I have Been running NeatRom for a little over a month with absolutely ZERO!!! problems on my sgh-i777 ~AKA~ sgh-s959g! super fast, smooth, stable, very dependable everything working except NFC for the simple fact i9100's don't support NFC, but everything else is supported including Multi-Window, its a very nice stock rom with camera working flawlessly, can even record video while on call, (not seen with other roms) comes with Aroma installer can choose S5 toggles or stock 10t, has a lot of customization's such as colors for status bar, notification panel, signal icons, a hole list of different battery animations, has a NeatRomControll so can have scrolling wallpaper, full home screen rotation, logg call buttons and contact photos ON/OFF, and so many other benefits i can't type them all here, but you get the works! & i see the question asked way to much on this thread (WHAT IS THE BEST ROM FOR THIS PHONE) And now you have a answer. NEATROMv6.4 GO GET!

hope this post can help some pepz out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Lmfao. Epic, just epic. If I could upload a gif of me rolling on my floor it would he here. Hahahahahaha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RoCKOwNz:
Idk about neatrom never used it but I have had mr. Cooks rom running for over a YEAR with NO issues, it's never done any of the things you listed. So to come in probably the best place there is for help with the 959 and bash 1 of the best roms there is for this turd of a phone I feel is uncalled for.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TheGeekyNimrod:
I have no words. Absolutely none. :confused:

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Amen! Same here! That ROM is rock solid and there are thousands of others who will say the same thing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] va540area:
I have two GS2 phones and had both running cooks, both phones had the exact same issues! the most severe was not being able to power on the phone while usb charger was connected, would send phone into a (unknown power mode) i have no explanation for how both my phones showed issues while yours did not... i did read a few other post that had the same issues as me; maybe it was the kernel, either way that's the kernel included with cooks rom and i take it you were running the AJK kernel as well? anyway NeatRom turned out to be a very solid rom, has everything cooks rom has PLUS A LOT MORE, and without the issues i was having, such a good ROM i wanted to share with others.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
I think the common recurring issue is pretty clear. Funny how you "fixed" things by doing stuff that literally affects NOTHING except what you're changing. Even funnier how you think that the "pepz" here, as you previously stated, give even a split second of rational thought to anything you have to say or a thought you struggle to muster up. Hopefully it is a great rom, maybe just stay there and bother them with your nonsense the next time you can't turn the phone on and it's because the Roswell aliens changed your baseband and switched you to Verizon network
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RoCKOwNz:
I'm not going to debate roms with you here, this is a place to help people not confuse them. You seem to be the only person to EVER have the issues you claim. So until someone else has that problem your "help" is basically useless. You should also be very thankful for everything Mr. Cook has done because if it wasn't for him you may not even be able to have your s2 where it is today so you can complain. You state you have no idea why it did what it did so you obviously don't know what your doing nor how to fix it which gives you no right to complain. Each developer clearly states on each OP there not responsible for what happens to your phone when you root/flash anything. So can we please put all this behind us and get back to the nice calm thread this used to be. /rant
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Nice, I see you're rocking the n2 as well. FANTASTIC device
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RoCKOwNz:
Ya I picked this up awhile back it's definitely years ahead of the s2. But I still mess around with the s2 it was and still is a good phone. It might not have the newest android and be the fastest but it's still capable of alot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Indeed. I loved my s2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Did you go with the one plus one? I think I am ordering one today. Love this s2 but the battery life is killing me time to retire it. Thank you for making it useful. Wonder what I can get for it its like new still always in a case and a screen protector.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Might be interested in it if the price is good.

Miss mine and bricked my Alcatel.:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Not sure I want to get rid of it right away but when I do will post here first. Comes with 3 batteries wall battery charger and the regular charger rubber case screen protectors there is still a couple new ones around here somewhere. Currently has slimkat latest on it latest beta slim gapps modified pit file so it can hold the full gapps. No random reboots or anything only problem with phone is battery life with GPS on it sucks the battery even if its plugged in it can't keep up

This phone is actually only been used for 6 months its like my 3rd replacement from straight talk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
They told me they didn't have any more to replace mine. Hence the Alcatel Sonic Lte.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
I777's in good condition are going for around $85 on Swappa.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Sorry I must have missed this.

Yes I bought a 1+1. I love it. Plus you can't beat the price. I think it was $363.43 shipped.

Yeah my s2 still hasn't been touched. I put a screen protector on as soon as I took the factory one off, and put it straight into a case where it has stayed ever since. I done the same with the 1+1. The 1+1 I bought a shatter proof glass screen protector, and can tell you they are worth the extra money.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
I ordered the black 64gig, case and screen protector saturday.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
anyone have a current link to twrp 2.7.1.0.zip this link seems to be dead. I do have an odin twrp2.7.1.0 file so I am back up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TheGeekyNimrod:
Not at my PC right now but I think I may have it. If I do I'll upload it for ya.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] noahjohn123:
Ggc
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
My phone was killed by a truck. The bad part is I was driving!:crying:

I loved this phone so much I got a skyrocket to replace it (faster cpu + 4G LTE) feels like the same phone.

Thanks to everyone who poured your help and info. into this tread. I learned so much just by reading your post.

The biggest THANKS must go to mr-cook! Your work on ROMs, files and info. is of the highest quailty and is greatly appreciated!

I wish I know how to port one of your ROMs to my skyrocket and probably will learn how so I can.

Best wishes to you all!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Merry Christmas! Still my favorite thread where my android experience began

64 pieces of slim bacon yummy ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I have a couple Oneplus One invites if anyone here is wanting to upgrade. Please pm me. First come first serve.

Senior members only!

Wow. All day and no takers. If someone doesn't grab them soon I will post them in the 1+ thread. They go fast over there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
I don't know what three invite means lol. I've looked at them
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
You need an invite to buy the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
The one plus one sounds like a fine piece of equipment. Too bad I don't have the money or the invite.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
Hey guys I was seeing if the ace had ever been cracked yet and just wanted to stop in and wish everyone a happy new year. I miss the support you all gave on the 959 and wish you guys would get an ace and crack it for us :)

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I couldn't find anything for a custom recovery but you can definitely root it. Good news is it looks like they're working on getting a recovery built for it. Read the three pages of this thread

http://androidforums.com/threads/galaxy-ace-style-sm-s765c-from-straight-talk-rooted.857839/page-3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
Good find thanks razen..some guys from androidarea51 has posted in thread here also..I sent them PMs I would beta for them so hopefully soon..the ace has 4.3 but that's like windows vista to us lol..good to hear from ya old friend..:beer:

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SM-S765C
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Hey guys, off topic question. When a phone is unlocked does it unbrand the device? Reason for question is I have another unlocked GSM phone that I would like to use with ST so would like my ST Sonic Lte unlocked to use with that same Sim.

StraightTalk phones wont work with the BYOD ST sim.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
I pull the SIM card out of my old straight talk phone and put it in a new unlocked phone. I have had no problems at all. I'm not sure if you can switch back and forth between the two different phones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
So I can just use the sim in this device for both?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
I took the SIM card out of my old 959 and put it in a skyrocket. It's worked great as long as they're the same size SIM card it should work. Be careful getting it out the straight talk phone they try to make that hard. I just don't know if switching back and forth between phones would mess you up though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
Hey when you get a promotion with XDA does that come with a pay raise?

Damn 10% of nothing is still nothing. I guess I'll have to be happy with the title.

Sent from my skyrocket. Yeah my phone is old so I'm I what's your point!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
What kind of promotion did you get?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
They no longer call me a Junior member

Sent from my skyrocket. Yeah my phone is old so I'm I what's your point!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
stock ROM

Is the link to Mr.Cook's stock ROM zip no longer valid? I have tried to download and all I get is a 29 kb file....which is not the right size.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Which one?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
How you doing you got two accounts? Someone is using your pic on the 1+1 forums.

64 pieces of bacon yummy?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
No I don't. As long as they don't have the same name
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
The one from OP below the links to Mr.Cooks Rom wipes....(didn't want to quote the entire OP)....I seen later in the thread where someone else questioned this and supposed t was a viable link.

-- STOCK ROM CWM FL A SH - tha n ks to mr - co ok

SGH - S959G_ S TO C K_R O M .z ip
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
That's for the stock rom that the phone comes with... Is that what you want???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
Yeah, I need to get back to there.....been reading up to about page 344 and was wanting to stick with the odin zip files if I could

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With the i777 cm 10.1.3 I flashed, I don't have the option to add he APN settings as well as it not registering on the network. I messed something somewhere, I guess I could just restore and flash root.zip to stay with CWM for now, until I can find my issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
Try the link again. Choose the one that says download now and not the one that says download. I ran into the same problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
Ok it's pulling it now, thanks guys! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Apprentice Adam:
Iwant to say thanks to this page and for the help!! Got the s959g going finally on the showstock rom! And i must say that i am impressed with the capability of this old phone. Hope everyone has a great SuperBowl weekend. Thanks to all the ones who spent their time to make this happn....:cowboy: :fingers-crossed: :good: :laugh: super excited!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RoCKOwNz:
I blew the dust off mine the other day since it's kinda just been sitting around. It was dead of course plugged it in seen the battery charge pic on the screen for like half a second and haven't seen it do anything since. I left it on the charger for a good 6 or 7 hours it got warm but nothing. So I'm guessing either the battery is finally shot or it just kicked the bucket lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
If the battery goes dead it doesn't like to charge in the phone use wall charger bet it fires right up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] greenchicken:
Is this phone toast?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
Probably not use the power button to turn off the phone pull the battery out for a couple of minutes put it back in and reboot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
The screen in the pic indicates download mode. You can flash the stock firmware using desktop Odin to recover the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] greenchicken:
Thank You
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cssr:
My old phone when it was stock would randomly reboot into download mode about once a month. Shut it down remove the battery for a little bit, reboot and it would boot normally. That's part of why I went to a custom ROM I expected it to stop working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Hey guys, I caught a virus that gives you an "about:blank" when going to browser and now seems to have messed with my data connection causing my data speeds to be in single digit kps. All anti virus and malware apps I have downloaded fail to find problem. Any ideas? Please.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Wipe. Clean install/ or restore a backup from before the issue started.

I would bet it's an app. Have you installed any apps that weren't from the play store? Or any new apps, just because there in the play store doesn't mean they're clean.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
Probably from a non market app. Cant restore from back up. No recovery for this device. Wasnt even rooted before I caught this. Tried factory data reset both thru the settings menu and the stock 3e recovery. Didnt fix the issue.

The reason im asking this question here is because you guys are the ones im used to talking to when I had the S2 and you all have always been very helpful and havent steered me wrong yet. Mad Props guys.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Sounds like you've been throttled
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
I thought about that and called them but they said no.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
You can always send a text message to 611611 with the word usage as the message to get your data usage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
I have a recovery that was built for me but it is untested and im not sure if I have a locked boot loader or not. If I push the recovey thru adb and my device bricks is there a way to recover?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TheGeekyNimrod:
I would suggest getting it in a tar.md5 type file and pushing it through Odin.

As long as you can get into download mode, then 99% of the time the phone can be recovered through Odin.

Sent from my SM-N900V
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] woodsninja:
I dont think I can use Odin. I have an Alcatel device w/ a qualcomm Snapdragon dual processor. Stated that way because some Alcatels are MTK devices. Any one know the proper flashing tool for (Alcatel A851L Sonic LTE-StraightTalk)?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TheGeekyNimrod:
I don't know how I didn't catch that earlier lol. My blunder.

Sent from my SM-N900V
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phreshlatinstyle:
please help

i have this device for some time now.

i think it is bricked. i can get into download mode and have the files for odin

but i do not have the drivers for this. samsung support does not have it and ive searched the threads and online.

does anyone have the usb drivers for this device on hand that they can send me?

please
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Samsung universal mobile drivers will do. If it still isn't working then your charging port may be half bad. Mine used to charge but couldn't connect to pc and was because my port went bad
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
I got them on one of my backup hard drives somewhere I'll dig them up in the am if you haven't got them sooner. You could still download them from samsung 6 months ago or so.

Edit

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-I777ZKAATT these will work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phreshlatinstyle:
I downloaded the universal one from the s3 thread.

I am stuck on the connect to recovery through kies screen

I can still get into download mode and I have decided to try and bring this back from the dead

Hopefully I can thanks

Also if you do happen to have the driver exe filei would appreciate it so much
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Forget kies follow instructions in op (1st post of this thread)for Odin return to stock. I edited my last post for driver link.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phreshlatinstyle:
When I use Odin it fails right after starting

This is with using the stock firmware for odin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
I heard you wanted to bring your ROM to the 1+1 bring it on I'm here to test it out for you whenever you need me. My hangouts is drl72262 gmail
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phreshlatinstyle:
It may be noted that the link for the stock file for Odin is down only uncompressed version is available could that be my issue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Go the Heimdall way then seems I had to go that route the last couple of times. Instructions in op right after the Odin ones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phreshlatinstyle:
Hemdial is giving error as well libsub.sys-12
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
I remember that error just don't remember how I fixed it been to long and my memory isn't what it use to be. Search Google I found the fix doing that.

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If you don't have this figured out by like 1 o'clock tomorrow I'll help you more when I'm back from the hospital I have more tests in the morning so I gotta get to bed right now I'll be back tomorrow about 1 o'clock pacific time if you need help and don't have it figured out I'll be happy to help. I have done this like 15 or 20 times if not more its just been a while I'd have to pull out my other hard drive I have reformat my computer since I've used my s2 and put windows 10 on it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phreshlatinstyle:
I really appreciate your help

Tinkering with hemdial and its booting followed the read me instruction to a T

And I am now looking at my home screen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Cool glad you got it these were are great phones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Working on it. Power went out mid build yesterday and then builds were failing after I think because of the power outage in the middle so I had to start fresh. I've got [MENTION=4934593]mr-cook[/MENTION] on board to be maintainer once I get it all setup and building. Hopefully have a build soon or when I wake up