yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I was not able to make mine work with kies.

As for roms i am using shostock3 ver2.5.1 and it is basicly the jellybean 4.1.2 tricked out somewhat. I was not crazy about cm10.1. It was stable but the visual appearance was not very good so i tried this one. I think mr cook uses shostock3 too.

Take your time with this and you will see using cwm recovery is actually very easy once you understand how its set up. Simple as 1,2,3 :)

Sent from my SGH-S959G

EDIT: Dont forget to make a back up in cwm before you start changing ur rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
I am also somewhat of a noob to all of this, but this community is full of people that are willing to help us out. The first rom I tried out was CM10.1. There is nothing wrong with it, but after moving to SHOstock3 with the siyah kernel I have been very happy with my phone. I've been putting off upgrading to the newest version of SHOstock3 simply because I'm not looking forward to a full factory reset. My recommendation to anyone new to this is read, read, and read some more, then ask someone that has been around a while to make sure you understand the proper methods.

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SHOstock3 v2.1 w/ Siyah kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Cap'n Jazz:
I didn't have PhilZ CWM, so I got that first and then flashed Siyah kernel and Siyah recovery. I'm on SHOstock3 2.1 now with no problems at all (so far)! Thanks for your help mr-cook, razen_kain and angelj73!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Glad to see you got it figured out.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
So basically I MUST install CM10.1 because it turns my SGH-S959G in to a SGH-i777 in which I can install ShoStock3 or any other custom ROM I want on top of CM10.1 the same way I installed the original ROOT.zip file?

I would much rather have official ICS or JB but I believe JB isnt available yet for the i777.... just the I9100, correct? I am thinking I am going CM10.1 or ShoStock3 though. Watched YouTube videos and I like them both. Any thoughts or is there a post that compares the 2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
You wipe cache and dalvik cache.

Install just like the root zip.

There's no official JellyBean and possibly never will be for i777, plus official sucks.

Official ICS has the super brick bug so not recommended.

You should be able to install SHOstock3 from stock as is it doesn't have the assert checks like some ROMs do.

If you're going to use SHOstock3 I recommend flashing the PhilZ CWM from the OP here first, as it has extra features available for that ROM.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
So I do Phil CWM and the SHOstock3 zips the same way as original zip? One doesnt overwrite the other?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Yep. PhilZ first then SHOstock3. The PhilZ just add a few features in CWM. Doesn't change anything with your ROM.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Last night I was in class browsing fb. Everything was honky dory. Once class let out I pulled my phone out from my pocket and my data connection was gone. Has been ever since. Im running CM9.1 which has suddenly become buggy with the notification bar occassionally not displaying anything, no widgets or notifications. Ive been runnning CM9.1 for a few weeks now without issue. Just curious is my Auto-refill might have anything to do with this? It was set to refill 02/12/13 but my data disappeared yesterday.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
Bricked it....

Installed ShoStock3 and the Philz zip was running fine. Then installed the Silyah kernel and brick. I guess Silyah isnt for ShoStock3? Only thing that happens is the 4 touch screen buttons light up. Any help?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Which Siyah kernel did you install?

Can you boot into recovery or download mode?

A lot of people here including myself are running aj's Siyah kernel without issue.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Straight Talk has no idea what ROM you have on your phone. It sounds like it's ROM related. Try clearing the cache and dalvik cache. If that doesn't help try re-flashing the ROM.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
Silyah 4.3.3 . as soon as i did it it bricked.

i can get in both recovery and download mode

And when do I have to STOP typing in verification code . Driving me carzy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
That kernel isn't for JellyBean. You need this one- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36993409

You need to follow the factory firmware in case of soft brick in the OP. If you can only get into dl mode.

Recovery is volume up + volume down + power button hold until you see CWM. No usb plugged in. Some people miss that. Try recovery again as it would be easier to re-install SHOstock3 or restore a backup from CWM.

Don't know what verification code you're talking about.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
ok. I can get into recovery. So what All i have to do is reinstll the PhilZ and ShoStock and then the correct Silyah and I am good to go?

And the verification thing when I post. You know so I can post. Also cant edit my posts for 5 minutes after posting. How long does this last?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Just re-install SHOstock3 should fix it.

Never seen the post verification, but I mostly use my phone for xda.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
5 minutes

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
and the correct Silyah Kernel is the one for Samsung Jelly Bean users. Siyah-i777 v7.9b-S <--- This one?

Can I flash more than one zip before I reboot? Basically install ShoStock3, PhilZ zip and Silyah Kernel without rebooting or is that a NO? I searched for this with no luck.

I learned alot the last 3 days. mr cook....You are awesome. Cant thank you enough! THANK YOU !!!

Yes I know I can t edit posts for 5 minutes but when until all that stuff (verification code, cant edit for 5 minutes) stops?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
people should just take it slow if your new to this instead of trying to throw everything in at once and end up getting in way over your heads. start off with a rom and get to know it. if its stable enough for you then mess with the kernel if you`d like. doing everything at once just leads to a bunch of questions that have probably been answered had you taken the time to read.

that being said if youre already in recovery factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. you should already have philz recovery since you flashed it previously. go ahead and flash shostock and reboot. if you still think you know what youre doing then do the kernel stuff at your own risk.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Yes that's the right Siyah.

Just the ROM reboot to make sure everything works. Then reboot recovery to flash a new kernel. Make sure you follow the instructions to install that kernel.

Once you've flashed the PhilZ CWM there's no reason to do it again. ROMs and kernels won't change it.

You need a certain number of posts before you can edit them without waiting.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Just did a full wipe and flashed CM10.1 and set the APN and saved it. Still no data yet I can make calls and text?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Try deleting all other APNs. Sounds crazy but others say it works. If that doesn't work you may need to restore one of your backups that you know it works on (stock if needed). Then start over.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
All up and running again. I loved it before I screwed it up and now that is working with ShoStock3, PhilZ and Siyah...I am done. All i wanted was JB and as I read everywhere it was near doubtful Straight Talk woulda updated so I am good. mr cook.... again, thanks. I MIGHT have figured it out on my own... but without you I doubt I would've had the balls to do so. THANK YOU !!! :good:

(And as for the verification stuff... I guess it was 10 posts.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
I usually delete the other APN's and it works just fine. I restored a back up last night. One that I know was operating just fine. Im beginning to think its something to do with Straight Talk. Do you know if they take your data privileges away for using too much data? I ran it up to about 4 gigs last month lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I know they will cut your data speed down to an unusable level, had that done before. Did you check to make sure it refilled correctly, with the unlimited plan? If it's correct call ST to see if there's an outage, or issue with your account. Still nothing I would flash back to stock and see if it works, or it could be a hardware issue.

You need to start narrowing it down. Also is your data symbol displaying?

I actually had a similar issue with wifi on a different phone yesterday. I restored every backup I had, factory reset and wiped a few times nothing worked. Flashed back to stock, wifi was back and reflashed the same ROM without issue. It was like my phone had just forgotten.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
My data icon isn't displaying. Idk why it wouldn't refill to unlimited... Something I have noticed though the past two days when I would reboot into recovery via power button options, it would make this crackling noise while the GS II logo was displayed.

As far as flashing back to stock, me being the dumbass that I am didn't make a back up of my stock when first flashing CWM via Odin. I was exciting and not thinking.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I made a CWM flashable version of the stock ROM. It's in the OP at the bottom of the factory firmware section. Factory reset and do your wipes before, and after flashing it. Then see if data works.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
Was HOPING not to have to ask but I have searched and searched with no luck. I am running ShoStock3, is there a PC driver that will let me use mass storage? I had the original Straight Talk driver installed from the Samsung website and thats not working anymore since I installed the Silyah kernel? I tried the original i777 driver from Samsung and that doesnt work. Is there a driver or do I have to use DropBox or something like that now?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Should still be the same drivers. Are you selecting mass storage from the pull down bar on the phone?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
yup
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Is it still in debugging mode? Ya know now that i think about it my usb started acting different after i flashed shostock. It stopped doing the autorun program. I had to go to computer to see my phone. And where it used too say sgh 959g it just has e: f: and it wont sync with the laptop at all. Never has since then

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
NOT in debugging and exactly... when I go to "computer" in windows, I got F: and G: with little drive pics but theres nothing to do with them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] angelj73:
EDIT - nvm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Thats ok though. Thats really all u need. Onr is your external sd and one is your internal sd. When you double click one and open it you can manipulate the files on them. Copy files from your computer and such

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
No you cant open them or anything. they are like half invisible. They are there but they arent?

EDIT: You can click on them but they just load forever like they are trying to open then a little window pops up and says "Please insert a disk into Removable Disk F: "

EDIT 2: I hit cancel on that little window and click on the phone drive again and it shuts down Windows Explorer. Before all of this I uninstalled all drivers and resarted both PC and phone. And while Windows Explorer is taking forever to load or do whatever its doing... i pulled the USB plug out of the phone and Explorer came right back on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Reinstall the samsung drivers

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
did that. I didnt say I reinstalled them but I did say I uninstalled. my bad.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Can u right click on them and go to properies? Seems i remeber somekne having this problem somewhere else and ot had something to do with them being set as read only files.

Im not at my pc right now so i cant fiddle with it. Mr cook will know what to do when he gets here. Just dont panic. :)

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
Nope. Right clicking does the same as left click...after a minute it will shut down Windows Explorer until I unplug the USB from the phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Try in CWM and see if your computer recognizes it. In CWM go to mounts and storage and select mount usb. See if that works and we can go from there.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
Windows tried installing a device driver for a "samsung mobile USB composite device" and failed. No drives appear from the phone in "Computer." Just my hard drive and dvd drive.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Was your phone by chance already plugged into the computer when you tried installing the samsung drivers?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
no. uninstalled and reinstalled with phone unplugged from PC
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Ok. When you plug your phone in does it make the sound?

Do you get the usb symbol in the status bar?

Select that symbol from the status bar, and select mount mass storage?

Then what happens? Anything?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Titan380:
With your phone plugged in to the computer open the device manager on the computer. You will notice your phone with the yellow marking. Click on it to open the window. Remove the failed windows driver. Unhook your phone from computer when done. Plug your phone back up to the computer and let windows look again and install the drivers. I ran into a similar problem. The windows driver will work. Hopefully this helps
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
Yes

I do that

Windows tries to install device driver and it says what I said a few posts ago about samsung usb composite device failed

Now when you told me to go into CWM, told me to mount USB, when I go to plug it into the PC now it does absolutely nothing. no sound from PC and phone has no USB symbol in notification bar. like its not even connected?

EDIT: NO idea why but it started working again. I went into CWM and did the mount unmount USB storage again and when I plugged it into PC... its working. Well for now anyways! I will keep you's up to date. :confused:

Yeah did that too and was doing the same thing.... driver failed to install
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Titan380:
Another thing to try is a different usb cable. You would think all cables with the same ends are the same. This is not so. Some cable will work to charge your phone but not data transfer. I do have One cord that used to work on stock rom and now does not. Give it a try.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I blame Windows. Closely followed by your computer.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] chrishaney23:
Yeah I know this. Its the OEM USB cable that came with the phone.

My last posts EDIT may be overlooked but its working again. NO idea why though. I went back into CWM after I was in there before mount and unmount USB and when I rebooted the phone didnt recognize the cable was plugged in. So I did it again and when I tried it again, PC recognized it? I have no clue why or what happened but whatever. I will keeps ya's informed to see if it stays working or it goes crazy again. Thanks to everyone who helped.

---------- Post added at 09:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:24 PM ----------

oh I hear ya. My PC (Windows 7) is pretty solid though. Dont ever have any issues, Sorry and thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Titan380:
Glad you got it working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Anybody using aj's latest 8.1 kernel? If so please let me know if your voice to text is working. Mine isnt and im trying to fix it. The kernel runs fantastic on this rom and if i can fix it id oike to but if not i will jst do without

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Did you ever get this figured out?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Did just as instructed. Running stock atm. Still no data. I'll call straight talk after work I guess.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
It didn't work for me either. It does work on 8os.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Yeah i tried 8os out this morning. It worked but it doesnt have the huper governor. Me likes the hyper governor.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Yeah thanks for the assist. Called straight talk, they smashed a few buttons and I restarted my phone and bam its back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Awesome.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Cap'n Jazz:
Was the echo on the other side of calls ever get solved. It just started happening to me after SHOstock3 and Siyah.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I've never noticed an echo, and no one has said I have one on the other end. Do you have a case on your phone? Most times it's the case.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Cap'n Jazz:
Nope, no case. I use an extended battery I got from Amazon, but I put the old one in and it still happens. It isn't every call, and will sometimes go away on it's own, but it is kind of frustrating. I was talking to someone about something important/personal yesterday and they angrily hung up on me because they swore they were on speaker phone and I was lying to them about it, ha. Nobody has ever said anything to me about it until I made the switch to SHOstock3 and Siyah.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Something I forgot earlier, hand placement can also cause echo.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] checkndeck:
New poster here. I recently purchased the Straight Talk AT&T based SGS2, and followed the direction at the beginning of this thread to install CWR and CM10.1.

Interestingly enough, where I am in NC, although I'm on the AT&T network, I have to use the "T-Mobile" settings (wap.tracfone etc) APN settings to make calls/use the mobile internet. The only issue I have encountered is the inability to send/receive MMS texts, which appears to be a common problem, one which I have not been able to find a fix for yet. Is there in fact no fix yet for MMS issues this with this particular phone/service on CM10.1 or is it merely buried deep in the interwebs? I am fairly confident at this point that it is NOT an APN issue, as I have tried every possible APN configuration I can dig up to no avail.

Thank you in advance for any assistance with this issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Try deleting your unused apn's. Also make sure u are hitting menu softkey and saving your ST apn before you back out of it.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
These are the settings I have and the only way I've ever gotten the MMS to work with this phone on AT&T's network (after installing CM10.1). If I change a single setting, it stops working.

APN: wap.tracfone

Proxy: Not set

Port: 80

Username: Not set

Password: Not set

Server: Not Set

MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com

MMS Proxy: att2.tracfone.com

MMS Port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Authentication type: Not set

APN type: default,supl,mms

APN protocol: IPv4

APN roaming protocol: IPv4

APN enable/disable: APN enabled

Bearer: Unspecified
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
slimbean 1.0 stable

Ok, I have kind of a weird issue and I can't post in the slimbean forum yet bc I don't have 10 posts yet!! I was running shostock 2.5.1 with the siyah 8 os kernel. I did a full wipe, factory data reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, then manually format system, format data, and format cache!! I know it may be overkill, but that's just the way I do it Lol!! Anyway, then I flashed slimbean 1.0 stable then the inverted all in one package. I set up everything the way I like it, then booted into recovery to make a backup. I still have the yin yang and it still says siyah in recovery, and it will not make a backup!! It starts to, then its quickly done! I went into a file manager and the backup was only about 30 mb, not a full backup at all!! Any ideas, suggestions?? Everything is stock, I haven't flashed a kernel yet!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
What do you mean everything is stock and you havnt flashed a kernel?

You said youre running shostock3/siyah...

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I've noticed the siyah recovery sticking in a few things I've flashed, but haven't had any trouble making backups. If needed you could flash back to the other version of CWM there's a zip in the OP.

Try reflashing the PhilZ CWM first then reset recovery, and see what happens.

Slimbean site seems to be down right now so I can't try it on mine.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
So I just flashed ShoStock. Loving it. One issue. Google Now thinks I'm in New York lol.

I have the google location active. Idk whats up with it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DMF1977:
I'm running slimbean 1.0, and by "stock" I mean just the rom and gapps, I haven't flashed a kernel or anything else to it!! And thank you Mr. Cook, i will try that!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I just tried mine and it shows my location correctly. Try clearing it's data in settings.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Still claiming I'm in new york. Hmm...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Maybe you're in new york, and didn't realize it before!

Have you tried any other apps that use location to see if their correct?

I'm running aj's kernel so that "may" be making the difference for me.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
It seems to only work correctly with google locations and my gps turned on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Well how would it know where you are without the GPS aka: Global Positioning System.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
I assumed it could locate accurately via mobile network lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpapa1086:
Mine are exactly like these BUT for mms proxy I use proxy.mvno.tracfone.com

I have a ST branded att/s2

***ALSO** DO NOT USE AD BLOCK PLUS... for some reason it blocks sending mms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] IndigoAK:
Yeah, using that proxy makes it stop working for me. I have no idea why. Maybe they use different proxies on the AT&T network in different parts of the country?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Ok. I'm on SlimBean 1.0 Stable with the real dark Slim Gapps. I still have the Siyah CWM?

I made a backup to the ext.SD and one to the internal SD also with no problems at all. You may have just gotten a bad download.

Man those inverted Gapps are nice.