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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
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dont have enough posts yet.

how long is the galaxy s II splash screen suppose to stay there after flashing a rom been 15 min so far.

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here are the steps I have done to my s2 so far.

installed cwm

flashed root zip.

ran phone on stock rom plus root for a few days everything was fine.

This am I in cwm

data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, swipe dalvik cache

then flashed I777UCMD8-COOKED v_1.4.zip - 416.37 MB

check sums matched

after flash and reboot phone doesn't get past Samsung Galaxy S II screen just sets there.

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Guess I will install my stock back up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Flash the kernel that's in post 3 of the ROM thread first then flash the ROM.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Will do thank you havent set back to origional so will try right now.

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Worked like a charm thank you I think all I have to do now is change the apn settings have no data at this point.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
After you flash rom flash ajk kernel and look in last couple pages for steps on install ajk kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Everything seems fine at the moment as soon as I find the correct APN settings I know I saw them somewhere in these 2 threads lol hope I don't have to read all 200 and some pages to find them again I didn't see anywhere in the other thread where anyone mentioned having to change them so I didn't copy them down but it has the att setting in the rom and not the straight talk settings

Found them
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
SGH-S959G thread. OP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
I found them thank you couldn't update my last post fast enough have a 5 minute time limit on here between posts since I am new.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
SGH-S959G or SGH-I777

after flashing mr cooks wonderful work model of phone changes from SGH-S959G to SGH-I777. So looking up stuff in the future would we look up SGH-S959G or SGH-I777. I guess what I mean is will anything for the I777 work with this phone now or should we be looking for stuff that works on the 959g?

Also there is no way to delete the 2 apn's that came with the [ROM]-[I777UCMD8]-[COOKED v1.4]-[4.1.2_jb] can't edit them or anything. I was able to create a new one with all the right settings but I read where we needed to delete the ones we were not using. My data is working but it seems slow even my wireless connection seems slow. When I go into APNs and tap one of the names in the menu there is only discard and that is to discard your changes and that does not make sense because you cant edit them anyway.

I just remembered my other question.

I was reading and never got a clear anwser this is my 3rd time thru reading every page of these two threads, Is it still necessary to renew your ST service before it runs out? I usually let it lap for a day inbetween months to get an extra day if you wait till after midnight to enter your new card you end up getting an extra day that way. Sometimes if its on the weekend I wait till Monday morning. Also I think this helps with resetting the data throttle.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Yes anything for I777 will work on this phone im on sgh s959g.....

For two COOKED apn settinngs that are built in and if are not for you just make new save and click on what you made

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
If your mobile data is working there is no need to delete the unused apn's.

Your straight talk service will refill just like you always have. I set mine up to auto refill but if you don't refill you will lose service.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
I am just a bit confused, did you mean I will loose service permanently or just till I added the card after midnight.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
No not permanently. Just until you refill. As far as your straight talk service goes, nothing has changed. However you refilled before will be unchanged

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
ok thank you was a bit worried after reading some stuff on the web and seeing how the phones model numbers have changed in the about phone menu.

Love this new operating system [ROM]-[I777UCMD8]-[COOKED v1.4]-[4.1.2_jb wonder how long before 1.5 is ready would like to wait to completely get phone set up till it was on it so I don't have to totally redo it again.

Really nice work Mr-Cook.:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I don't know how long it will be -you could post over there and ask him.

I sympathize with you about setting back up after a full wipe. Sucks! I've gotten pretty good at it though. When you get ready to do it again, pm me and i can give you some tips to make it easier and faster.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Thank you guess I am limited on 8 thanks per day too. I should be able to post over there now this should be my 10th post. I didn't want to just spam the forum to get them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Use the xda or tapatalk app for 'thanks'; they're unlimited.

Sent from the i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grhand82:
use the straight talk on tmo

K. Can I use the straight talk sgii on tmo? Can't fond a good answer and can't get modem to work. Possible or no?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Did you unlock the phone? If so, you may need to flash one of the modems from the op. Not sure if it's the ucmd8 modem or the uclk6. I think it's the latter...

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Yes you can. ..I did on A&TT T-Mobile....Stright talk....and on Orange Tellering A1 and other sim cards I come over on travel

I use last two new modems come out 7&8
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grhand82:
So I get no locked sim message. What utility should I use for an unlock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Galaxsimunlock is what they use i believe. There used to be a link to it in the op but i believe you have to buy it now

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ksaul:
(Obviously) I have a straight talk SGS2 (s959g) flashed using the tutorial above with CyanogenMod 10.1 for i777

I am trying to setup/config for ROM Toolbox Pro (link) but its asking what version of Clockwork Mod I have installed: 2.x or 3.x but when I boot into recovery it says cwm-based recovery 6.0.2 so which option do I choose?? Confused about this one... :banghead:

CWM Recovery: 2.x or 3.x??

CWM 3.X selected

Help plz. :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Does that say rom manager!? It seems i read somewhere not to use rom manager because it will brick your phone?

Idk what to tell you on that one... I've never used that application.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
DO NOT USE IT FOR ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES CWM!

Seriously don't even reboot to recovery with it. It uses ROM manager. If you need to manage your backups use ROM customizer.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ksaul:
Why is that? I haven't had any problem with it on other devices. I guess technically I dont need it anyway since I do my backups through the recovery console anyway
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Google rom manager...

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Use 3+ ......just you know your phone have custom recovery. ....so till cwm app show as covered phone I will not try to use this app .....

I have that app .....and on straight talk s2 I don't keep. ....cwm app. .:rolleyes:;):)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkc68:
For the life of me I can't get the cooked Rom to boot past the splash screens....I've tried every suggestion that I read in this thread and the roms thread and still won't boot :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Redownload, flash Ajk no mic swap, reboot recovery, and reflash ROM. That ought to do it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I think you're going to have to flash the kernel first, then flash the rom. It seems like anyone who did not already have a no swap kernel flashed has to do this. If you have never flashed an AJK kernel before say something bc it has to be installed a certain way for it to work right.

Also, let's carry this conversation over to COOKED rom thread since it really pertains to that and not the 959g.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Teknodad1974:
If the phone is old enough call the carrier it was with and they will give you the unlock code for free just give them the iemi number from the phone usually located under battery... :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Edward12:
So, let me get this straight.

If I use the zImage file in DD_03042012.zip ( found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1212795 ), I could flash my kernel by doing this (while my phone is in download mode):

./heimdall flash --kernel zImage

And this would somehow allow me to get root access so I could dd /dev/mmcblk0p9 and /dev/mmcblk0p6? If I did this what functionality would I likely lose?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
I would ask others, but it sounds like people have not had any issues when flashing DD - it would give you root access in ADB shell from which you can backup p9 and p6.

However until someone with a pristine kernel flashes a prerooted system (or POSSIBLY recovery), you won't be able to return the kernel to stock.

Once someone has a p6 backup, someone can attempt flashing DD to p6 to see if that provides recovery (or at least alters recovery behavior).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eclipsedarkmoon:
Edward12, I flashed the DD Kernel and did not notice any loss of functionality. I can still make calls, sned text messages, use data and connect to WiFi. I did not notice any performance decrease or loss of battery life. One thing that changes is the boot screen will have GT-I9100 below the S2 and it will also have a yellow triangle with an exclimation point at the bottom. this will allow you to run adb root and then adb shell to be able to do the dd of the file systems. I had dumped only p10 thinking that was the factoryfs.img, turns out I was wrong and no longer have a "clean" factoryfs.img for being able to create a return to stock rom.

Entropy, I mounted the recovery.img partition and noticed a lot of jpg files in there, mostly appeaing to be boot related and battery charge indicators. In addition there was a dummy.bin file and a few config files, below is the ls output. I would like to know your thoughts on that.

ani_upload_1_kernel_panic.jpg

ani_upload_2_cp_crash.jpg

ani_upload_3_forced_upload.jpg

ani_upload_4_hardware_reset.jpg

ani_upload_4_smpl.jpg

ani_upload_4_unknown_reset.jpg

ani_upload_4_watchdog_reset.jpg

ani_upload_4_wtsr.jpg

ani_upload_4_wtsr_smpl.jpg

ani_upload_5_user_fault.jpg

ani_upload_6_hsic_disconnected.jpg

charging.jpg

charging_kor.jpg

debug_level.inf

dummy.bin

epic2_bootimage.jpg

gaudi_bootimage.jpg

iron_droid.jpg

logo.jpg

logo_att.jpg

logo_cu.jpg

logo_kor.jpg

logo_ntt.jpg

logo_p6.jpg

movinand_checksum_done

movinand_checksum_pass

nps_fail.jpg

nps_fail_chn.jpg

nps_fail_kor.jpg

nps_fail_na.jpg

nps_status

param.blk

sw_sel

$
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
You sure that was a p6 dump? That looks like param (p4)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eclipsedarkmoon:
From a terminal emulator on my phone I did the following:

su

mount -o r, /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 /tmp

cd /tmp

ls

I just did the same with p4 and you are correct, they appear to be the same.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SkywolfNINE:
so after flashing the zedomax kernel to my sgh-s959g for root, i lost wifi, obviously, but then i flashed the .tar file in this thread:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1289460 and that gave me back wifi, as well as CWM. I dont know if that will help anyone, but it helped me beable to unlock my APN settings. cheers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Edward12:
Stock Images

I'm a new member, so it looks like I can't post messages with URLs yet. Will send PM with link to images to Entropy and Eclipse.

I noticed that the mmcblk0p9 image is a plain ext4 filesystem, which means you can mount the image as writeable (in linux). I have no idea how you guys normally edit these and create flashable images though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
SkywolfNINE have you confirmed CWM by booting into recovery (and making a backup), also is everything else functioning correctly?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eclipsedarkmoon:
SkywolfNINE, if CWM is working on your phone, could you share the steps you took to make it work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eclipsedarkmoon:
got a rooted factoryfs.img uploaded for someone who is still stock to flash and then they should be able to do a dump of the stock kernel.

it can be downloaded at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/brpmreh0781k2ee/sgh-s959g_factoryfs_root.zip
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Wanderin:
I should be able to figure out how to flash it and rip the kernal....might take a little time though. Will i lose any functionality with this image?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jonsvibe:
LOOKIN. For Fully Rooted .. Samsung Galaxy s2. Sgh-s959g From Straight Talk. FLASHED a kernel dat when loading. Tells me its a sgh-i9100 ... has a ... ! ...triangle under it...and when I check the info on bout phone. It says sgh-i777.. any links for the best FULLY ROOTED kernels GB?.. PS. Willing to do testing with this phone from straight talk. But has. Att kernel.. one from. Entropy! !! Thanks ￼
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Wat

Did you read any of this thread?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eclipsedarkmoon:
Stock ROM Complete

I finally got a stock ROM built and tested. The link is below. I want to give a huge thanks to Entropy512 for his guidance and direction. I'd also like to thank Edward12 for providing the stock factoryfs.img file. The ROM I built contains the Stock Kernel, factoryfs.img, modem.bin and recovery.bin.

Downliad Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ei3w2iecxc7kaw2/sgh-s959g-stock.tar.gz
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
So does this Rom include root and ready to go or is it just a stock Rom does it allow a custom recovery
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eclipsedarkmoon:
stock ROM only.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
so this is flashable in odin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eclipsedarkmoon:
I built it with heimdall...I believe that the two are compatible, but can't say for sure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jenol:
ok cool not just sit back and wait for recovery and custom roms :fingers-crossed:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Has anybody flashed it yet?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
They don't have a high enough post count to post in the development section yet.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I always forget about that. Sorry.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkc68:
I've done all that in that order...it had been a while since i flashed an ajk kernel though. I flashed it.rebooted to recovery, reset the profile then fixed permissions...went back to recovery and flashed Rom...rebooted phone and still hangs at ajk on boot up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Have you checked the MD5 sum of the rom zip? People get lots of bad downloads from this sight.

You could try this:

install the ROM, then, WITHOUT rebooting, flash AJK 3.0 like you normally would (wipe C&D), reboot rec, reset profiles, fix perms and then reboot. That will sure that the kernel is being installed correctly without a doubt.

but check that md5 first and make sure it checks out so we can eliminate that question
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkc68:
Going to try now..thanks!

Ok worked first time with the brand new versions in op, but still working on my data connection...lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Use the stock apn from the op of this thread. Exactly how it is there and it will work

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grhand82:
any free unlock utilities for JB roms?

OK. so, i have no pay over internet options for the galaxsim unlock, and it isn't available state side on the play store anyhow (sideload.) Can downgrade to GB rom and unlock with herolz utility. Upgrading to ICS/JB re-locks as it is a soft unlock. So any way, is there a free utility to unlock this phone on ICS/JB? Soft unlock is fine.

Thanks in advance, I feel like I am running blind in the dark on this one. Banging my head against a wall for two weeks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkc68:
Yep...just can't copy and paste them..had to manually type them:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Out of my area of expertise there. Never unlocked this phone. Samprocat can tell you how to.... though he's kinda hard to understand at times :D

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Edit: you may notice my Sig is different. I finally tricked out this evo3d. Thing feels like I'm holding a 79 buick compared to my '59g.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Hehe. ....ok if he use search button ....there will be so many answers on this topic. ...and to my knowledge customized roms are apn lock free and if you can't change preloaded apn try new apn....and don't try paste and take good attention how you write each setting and don't forget to save after done then go back and tick your new apn setting you just created. ...there is also different setting for SIM card that come with this phone SGH-959:thumbup:

Or you can go to any town cell phone repairs store and using usb cables and some unlockable application to unlock ......for you

Don't ever give up there is always way to unlock anything this days:rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] djeremy75:
So I got this phone a few days ago, and I'm trying to figure out how to get it to work on T-Mobile. I rooted it and installed AOKP, and flashed a new modem. I followed the instructions other people put for unlocking the phone, but everytime the program they say unlocks it, I just get an error. :/ Any help please?

Edit: Should I just buy an unlock code?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Does Straight Talk sell unlock codes? I don't think they do, but I could be wrong.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] djeremy75:
I have no clue. I tried using the "Galaxy S Unlock" app that everyone says works for them, and it has root access. On step 2 "Change lock bytes" it says "error, test with active internet connection". I obviously have a perfectly working connection, as I downloaded the app and can surf the web etc. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Just go to galaxy s unlock thread and use search button. ...there is way to unlock this phone im one that did this on my phone with this app...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I'm starting to think this topic needs it's own thread...

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
It has one does it not?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
There is spoiler in OP for this .....read use search button. .....God do I look like task650....hehe
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ksaul:
Am I able to flash any ROM (pacman or aokp preferred) to my S959S as long as I use the I777 versions? I already am using cyanogen 10.1 but looking for something different, I've grown old of this ROM.

If yes: after I wipe all cache and data using cwm console, do I just install the ROM like I would on any other phone or is there a special procedure?

Someone should build a list of working ROMs for us using this phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Yes and yes. You can use any rom from the i777 section.

Just be sure you read the instructions from the op of whatever rom you go with.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Teknodad1974:
You said if it is i777. So look under the i777 development. Shostock 3.0.2 is one else of the best in my opinion. I am pretty sure it will work with your version also. :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2005266

Or

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2322046
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Or good COOKED

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42522825

SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I recommend getting cooked! ;)

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Sounds painful.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Can someone confirm for me that their mms is working. I can't send a picture message at all. It just says sending but never goes through...

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
You need throttling part of apn otherwise mms will not work....I had same thing and set-up throttling part of apn and works now

Or set one mor apn for just mms with all crap...

SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
What? What is a throttling part of an APN?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
View attachment 2126156

Take good look couple top settings

SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Mine is exactly same. I haven't changed my APN in over six months.

So can you send a picture message or no?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
I sent a picture just fine at 1:30PM AKST.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
I Will try now

100% mms work

If you dirty flash. ......delete APN and make again:thumbup:

SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
You were right. I dirty flashed COOKED 1.6 when mr cook released it. Tried many things. Nothing worked until i deleted and remade the APN. Thanks, and... how did you know that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
I run log cat and dirty flash. ...easy to see what OS do in background

:rolleyes:

Email is also FC from dirty flash and there is bag from Google that is related to Google location apk......

Report to them they say new rollout is on the way

SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
What are rest of the COOKED users

ST TWEAKS settings. ...can we post and share experience. .......

SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I think not all in here use STweaks but here is my setup...

First of all I use the default profile but I change the asleep governor to conservative.

Then I turn MIN FREQ for 2-CORE up to 600MHz

I have some freq ranges UV'd though i cant really see any difference in the battery or performance from the default voltages.

SCALING_MAX_SUSPEND_FREQ set to 800MHz

To monitor overall health:

Every night I charge my phone to 100% and before bed i take it off charge and leave it alone all night. In the morning i check my deep sleep percentages and battery drain for the night using BBS. I consistently get either 96.9% or 97.2% deep sleep and battery drain is beetween 0.3-0.5%/hour. I dont let google maps get anywhere near my phone and my wakelocks, partial WL, and alarms are very reasonable. Also cancel sync with facebook. Facebook is almost as bad as Gmaps