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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
The unlock app can be found free for xda members in the link I posted (I know too late, sorry). I haven't tried other sim cards so dont know about t-mobile, but others have confirmed at&t working, and of course straight talk. Were you hitting the menu button and saving your apn after changing it?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
Yes I was saving it, and thats okay I pay for my own ignorance :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
how do you know cm10 had anything to do with straight talk (kicking ) you off there network it could of been for many reason's other then cm10
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
I didn't say it was because of cm10 :eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
then what are you saying that you was unable to get data connection with cm10 cause in your earlier post you mentioned that you think you was kicked off the straight talk network cause to be honest i have yet to have any data/calls trouble with cm10 using the straight talk sim and yes there was a few ppl that did have the data issue but a few was able to fix it using earlier post
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] s8freak:
Mr. Cook that's exactly my problem on my 1777 I can't get to recovery. All I get is the yellow triangle page. I can,however, get to download. It was previously rooted running shostock then one night it just shutdown and then when I rebooted it blankscreened and wouldn't go to recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
Is what I get with stock rom no changes nothing to phone, CM10 didn't even give me signal bars. When I said straight talk kicked me off I didn't mean BECAUSE of CM10 I meant that CM10 didn't even give me signal bars.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] s8freak:
By the way thanks immensely for any reply
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
thats what mine says with my other straight talk card that has not been activated before sounds like straight talk killed that sim to me and when i first got my new galaxy s2 mine didn't show signal bars either with the fresh sim card but soon as i put my active old sim from my nokia e5 in it signal was there plus service to everything well except data but when i switched over to cm10 i never had any data issues at all i first thought the signal was low but as i found out in the forum that the new signal bar has one less bar on it so it will read lower then stock
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
I'll try my TMobile Sim when I get home if my phone reads as unlocked and it doesn't work, think I'm screwed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
You need to flash back to stock everything for it can be found in the first post in this thread. Factory firmware in case of soft brick. Since you were on SHOstock you may need to use heimdall version, but try odin first if you already have it installed.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
well to use a different sim in your phone you have to unlock your phone i used Galaxy S unlock from the play store with root to unlock my straight talk phone i can use att sim the att go phone sim i don't have tmobile around here to use there sim so i can't say if it works but im using the newest cm10 that is prerooted with the custom cwm from root4rd3d and i don't have any issues and there was one post of someone having issues refilling there straight talk phone due to bad apn but once they changed it and called straight talk back they were able to refill there phone so hope all that helps
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] s8freak:
Thank you again sir I'm charging phone as I post to give it another go. My apologies I came in at the end of this thread instead of reading the beginning. I'm just a notch above noob here and I'm learning the ropes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
So its true these phones can be unlocked and used on a different carrier then, straight talk said their phones were unlockable. Its partially my fault considering I shoved it in their face that I unlocked their "unlockable" phone. 24 hours after that my phone stopped working haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
EDIT: S3FREAK IS YOUR PHONE AN I777 OR SGH-S959G? IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WITH THE FACTORY FIRMWARE... DONT FLASH ANYTHING FROM THIS THREAD IF ITS AN I777 IT COULD HARD BRICK YOUR PHONE!!!!!!

Let us know how it turns out. Dont forget to hit the thanks button.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
sure hope he reads that on time.

S3FREAK, this thread is for straight talks SGS2 version the s959g. you need to post, outside, in the I777 (at&t sgs2 model) forum for help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
He read it and I pm'ed him a link to the i777 thread he needs.

I updated and added a bunch of stuff to the OP. Please check it out (let me know if I screwed anything up, or missed anything).

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
You're the man! I'm off work in 30 minutes or so I'll try the t-mobile sim again

Will you be active on the forums in about 30-45 minutes? Or possibly a messenger I could reach you at?

:good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] va540area:
is your provider the only person you cant talk to? before you tried to flash back everybody else worked rite
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
I get the picture I posted on the previous page when trying to call anyone :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I'll be in and out, but I do check it constantly. Im sure others will around to help too.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] va540area:
so it seems like this happens to phones that were already rooted and then after rooting with CM10 it conflicts with one another??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
WHAT?

Are you just spamming this thread? Please don't post off the wall opinions here that just confuse others.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
dont really see this as a necessary way to root anymore. this was way before we had CWM available and was the only option at the time. now with r00t4rd3d`s CWM file and cynnar`s root-zip file we can avoid the yellow triangle mess and skip the SuperOneClick steps. more noob friendly too.

also, i havent needed to instal busybox after rooting with cynnars root file to work with the stock rom. everythings running normal.

Or change the above to something like this (more updated)

STOCK + ROOT

-Download and install Samsung Drivers- http://www.samsung.com/us/support/ow...SGH-S959ZKATFN

-Download Odin 1.85- Odin3-v1.85.7z

-Download CWM RECOVERY v6.0.2.7 (ODIN flash) Thanks to r00t4rd3d- http://d-h.st/Id6

-Download Root Zip- flash zip through CWM thanks to cynnar- http://db.tt/U6KFahMr and save it to your external sd card

-Put your phone in Download Mode --Power off, Hold volume down button, Plug in USB connected to computer, Hit volume up when prompted

-Open Odin folder, Click Odin3 v1.85.exe, With your phone connected the box under ID:COM should be yellow (if it's not you missed a step earlier), Click PDA, Select the (CWM-Recovery.tar.md5) file you downloaded earlier, DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE- MAKE SURE AUTO REBOOT AND F. RESET TIME ARE THE ----ONLY----- THINGS CHECKED----- AND RE-PARTITION AND FLASH LOCK ARE ----NOT---- CHECKED....., Press Start (It will take a few minutes to load everything do not touch your computer or the phone during any of this, after the phone re-boots (it may take a few minutes to load back up. leave it alone until it has fully started back up and is at the home screen). You should get a green PASS message in the top box. unplug usb.

-Boot into recovery.

Phone off. Hold volume up, volume down and power button. (You can release just the power button at the samsung screen but dont have to). Select -install zip from sdcard, -choose zip from sdcard, -select the zip file you put there earlier, -it will ask you to confirm, select -yes -install

-CONGRATULATIONS you should now have root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
No its not necessary at all but it's still there for informational purposes (and I put alot of work into that when I wrote it) and some people like doing things differently.

Busybox isn't necessary, but does help with alot of root apps, I don't want someone to be confused later if an app says it needs busybox. Theres alot of outdated stuff still there I just feel it should be kept.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
Okay I got my phone home and rooted on stock firmware yet, attempted T-mobile sim, getting same error when trying to call phone still reads as unlocked

attempted to connect to "available networks" shows AT&T / T-Mobile when clicking either says "cannot connect, try later" looked in APN all blank doesn't let me add any.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cynnar:
On rooted stock you will need an apn manager to change the apn settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Go to the market and get- offline SIM APN app. You can add and change APN on stock with that.

EDIT: Also you will need to set your APN to the one for your t-mobile SIM card.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
Well, my bars moved finally to full but no sign of data / still can't call or text. I cannot connect manually to T-mobile nor can I do auto for available networks keeps saying same error, unable to connect try later.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Try the SIM in a different phone to make sure it's working.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
OFF TOPIC - over 50k views. loads of info. this should be stickied
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
+1

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
I don't have another unlocked phone to try it with :( is there a chance straight talk could of disabled this phone from being used? I'd be willing to buy another straight talk SIM card.

Actually I took the T-mobile sim to t-mobile and they were able to get it working on their phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I would start by making sure its not a service problem with the sim or the phone. Maybe you have a friend who will let you try your sim in their phone, and try a different sim in your phone. Check with ST to make sure your SIM is activated.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
The SIM I have is activated, the t-mobile works in another t-mobile phone (went to t-mobile last night)

my buddy has a ST phone that he stopped using, I'll see if he'll let me use his sim and see if it works in my phone.

But do you think ST could of stopped this phone from being used at all?

---------- Post added at 11:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:06 PM ----------

Now this is weird... When I choose automatic it says "registered on network" then when I go to dial out it says "not registered on network"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Im stumped without knowing if its the phone or sim. Could it be the radio isnt compatible with t-mobile, I dont know anything about t-mobile do they use the same freq as at&t?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
Straight talk blocked my sim
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
So you're trying to use another SIM to connect to the network instead using Straight Talk's settings?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
How did you find out, are you positive?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
Is there a chance my phone isn't TRUELY unlocked?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Ok nevermind data speed that seems to be outdated info.

Call ST tell them your SIM is not working. DO NOT tell them its their phone, try to avoid or say its an unlocked i777 if they ask.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
OH MY GOD...

So I relocked the phone for the heck of it

put ST sim back in...

AND ITS WORKING

Data isn't, but text / calling is OMG LOL SO HAPPY :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] blackbelt5:
SHOstock3

EDIT: shoman94, and jeboo thank you. This is an awesome ROM. It does also work with the sgh-s959g straight talk s2. Have you updated your checks to include our model number (I was already on CM10.1 so I had a i777 build.prop when I flashed this)? That way people could flash this from stock without swapping their build.prop first.

Mr. Cook thanks as I have been waiting for shoman94 to add sgh-s959g.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Im on SHOstock3. You flash it if your already on CM10.1. I just dont think you can from stock+CWM.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mufvn:
S959G

Hi, i'm a newbie (and my english is not good :D)

I read post#1 then i root my phone and up to 4.2.1

in About phone, model number changed to i777, baseband i777uclk3

Then i run galaxy s unlock and my phone is unlocked. but when i reboot, it lock again -> i have to run unlock app

Anyone can help me ::D

// i have read notice, Helroz said must unlock at all reboot :(

Do you have another way?

Ah, my phone now can't use *#7465625#. I don't know why?

Very thank
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Try the app found here (it's all the way at the bottom of the first post)- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30541172

Dj16921 do you have the tmobile APN set, have you tried unlocking again it may have just been a bad patch when you unlocked the first time. Try the one I linked to in this post.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
Trying locking again now, rebooting as we speak...

yep, the app that unlocks my phone ****s up my calling / texting

Any other ways to unlock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Im at a loss with this. It just doesn't make sense. Anyway is your APN set correctly? Or did you get data working?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
Data won't work, ST cut me off because I downloaded over 7gb in a week. (forgot to turn wifi on) and that unlocker you linked seems to be a older / newer version of the one I bought. That one did the same thing :( Can't call / text after its unlocked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r4jc303:
Great!!!

Hey Guys Ive been waiting for a mod for this phone since it came out and i want to thank you for all the hard work you guys did with this keep up the great work guys!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Titan380:
If you continue having network and calling problems your IMEI may have been deleted or corrupt. Check out GSII_Repair https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.helroz.GSII_Repair&feature=more_from_developer
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dj16921:
Is this in regards to after an unlock?

If you can't dial out / text after unlocking, restore it and see if it works after that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Cap'n Jazz:
Tried to unlock my phone as well and had the same problem. Signal just disappears and came back when I restored the lock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mauiredman:
Ok I have been following this forum for awhile and was wondering if there is a way to root the stock firmware and keep all functions of the phone working?

or do you need to upgrade the rom ?

I just want root now bells or whistles just root
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Best way would be to flash cwm in odin and then flash the root zip in cwm. This can be found in the first post. I added a bunch of stuff yesterday it will be near the top. That will give stock+root and also cwm to make backups, or later on install a custom rom.

EDIT: It's in the top section with full instructions in the first post.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mufvn:
it doesn't work :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Titan380:
All though it may work after unlocking I would only recommend it as a last ditch effort. Use it if your phone will not recognize the sim at all. The unlock apps all seems to have problems with newer firmwares. Galaxy sim unlock seems be the only one that only on certain phones and roms does the trick in jelly bean. I would recommend downgrading back to gingerbread and trying galaxy sim unlock again or galaxy s unlock. Your phone should then unlock and stay unlocked. Then you can flash back up. But even then it seems on certain JB roms you will lose unlocked status. Its hit or miss on JB. You should be fine staying unlocked on GB or ICS. I have not unlock my phone just because I have no need for it as of now.

Mr cook can you confirm this? I believe you unlocked your phone while on stock rom correct? If so did you retain unlocked status when flashing CM10 and SHOstock3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Cm I was still unlocked. It relocked going to shostock, but the one I linked to last night unlocked it again. I havent had any problems at all being unlocked thats just the most up to date way to do it.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r00t4rd3d:
About 30 pages back I got frustrated with my S959G and went to Walmart and got a N7 :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] starmutt:
sim unlocking

Interesting Sim unlock that worked

installed odin cwm

made nandroid backup of complete stock phone

rooted with cwm

made second nandroid of rooted totally stock straight talk 959

booted phone

no problems

installed galaxsim unlock

ran galaxsim , it said phone was unlocked

of course after reboot phone still said unlocked but would no longer talk/text or connect in any way with anything

this is the norm with galaxsim unlock on this phone

rebooted into cwm recovery and restored rooted backup of stock rom

phone now unlocked sim tested with 5 different activated sims

phone works perfect and apn edit is no longer locked out

ALSO NOTE : The phone will remail sim unlocked after install of any of the 3 main custom roms mentioned in this thread, ergo supernexus , showstock3, jellybam, ECT. I have tried many roms and all remained sim unlocked

Interesting but worked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Bosox8810:
I'm sure this is probably a stupid question but it's been bothering me a lot lately. I know it's a pretty common problem for texts to occasionally be out of order on gsm phones but since i rooted my phone almost any time i get a message that's more than 1 message long the messages are out of order and can become frustrating to figure out their sequence t times. the main solution i've been able to find for this is to make sure automatic date and time is checked in settings but that didn't help. does anyone know how to fix this or at least reduce the frequency of it happening?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
I've been noticing this problem on my stock phone for the past few days so it may be a network issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
THANK YOU!!!

I just wanted to thank everyone who was even slightly involved in this whole thing!! Been following this thread from day 1 and finally broke down and flashed cm10 last night and am loving it!! Had a couple problems in Odin not picking up my phone, but it finally worked and then everything else went flawlessly!!! Haven't rooted since I had my og droid 1, and had ROMs like bugless beast, ultimate droid, and liquid smooth. I just have a question, I read earlier where I believe Mr. Cook went from cm10 to shostock 3, did u wipe data and factory reset before installing the next ROM? And a big thanks to everyone for the development of this phone, it is greatly appreciated!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Yes. Factory reset, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache (I usually do all this twice just in case) BEFORE you flash to a different ROM. Don't forget to make a backup before wiping everything. SHOstock3 is great enjoy.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
i wasn`t able to keep gmail sycn`d and whatever apps i stored in my sd card the shortcut icons would disappear after reboot. you getting this problem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
Any help would be Great!

hey guys can anyone make a stock recovery that is flashable in CMW. This would help people who do not autopay keep there phone going if they slip up and miss there date to re-up. I would like it in case i wish to give my phone to someone (like my wife) in the future. when you move a phone number with ST it has to be stock or it wont work. i ran in to this with my lgl55c when she took it over and it was a pain getting that back to stock.

So by the way, has anyone told you guys that you are great. I am so happy with my device. you guys deserve a round of thanks and applause. thank you all very much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
No gmail is good. I dont think I have any apps on my sd card, so no problems there. I'm on v1.8 with the 1.1d kernel, its been so good I havent been updating it.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
umm...make a backup of your stock rom then restore it whenever. problem solved
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
lol. to late. some times i am a complete bonehead. so anyone elce wanna crush my ego and make me feel dumb go right ahead. thanks for your help angelj
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
dont feel dumb cause i forgot to make a backup i just hope i don't let my st time run out lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
You may be able to use mobile odin. I don't have Linux, but I will look around to see if there's another way.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] d-weenie:
is anyone else having issue's with the cm10 updater mine seems to just act like its down loading the update but never does it has to be forced closed to clear the status bar i started the download of the new update at 6 am and at 11 am it was still trying to download any idea's
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
are you downloading nightlies?

btw thank you for telling me not to feel dumb :)

if you like cm 10 check out http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2060384 ive been running this and have been liking it alot.

---------- Post added at 01:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:55 PM ----------

thanks mr cook. you have helped alot of people with this thread. i will be looking forward to see what you find out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
only thing else i can think of is going back to stock by flashing the odin stock firmware in post# 1 then create a backup. Or, and i`m not to sure if this will work, i can post my stock + root backup file for you. then you just need to place it in your CWM->backup folder and flash it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Ok I'm stuck trying to make a stock ROM zip. I used CM10.1 as a base, renamed it, deleted the system folder and replaced it with a stock one from a cwm backup, deleted boot.img and replaced it with a stock one from a cwm backup. But this gives me a status 7 error (chmod I think it was) trying to flash. I know there are things in the updater script that need deleted, but I don't know about the updater binary I have no way to access it with windows. Hopefully someone else with Linux can jump in here and make this.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
That should work.Hopefully you don't have any personal info in the backup.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
sort of off topic

it seems alot of stuff with phones needs to be done in Linux. i think i am going to load a new partition of Ubuntu to my comp to mess around. if anyone knows of any good tutorials for running Linux let me know cuz i am a nub and i like to ahead of what i am getting into :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
Angelj73, I can give a try. Once again thanks. Send me the link and I'll downloaded it.