yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] surf1:
Yup spoke too soon. I thought I had it fixed but the glitch came back. Worked fine this morning, twice, about 15 min apart. Went to use Nav again a few hours later and it got stuck "searching for gps", I knew where I was going I just wanted to keep testing it, 40 minutes later it still was "searching for gps". Rebooted and it locked almost immediately and worked. However I don't want to keep doing that as my phone, and other i777s I've used have that common glitch where you reboot and about 95% of the time the batter has nose dived/reported incorrectly which is a known issue on these phone... sometimes it only drops a few % after a reboot, other times goes from like 85% to 8%. But more so b/c when I travel I use the phone a ton for GPS/NAV and it's beyond irritating having to always reboot like a dozen times a day lol. Few other Samsung phones we've had have all done the same thing, GPS reboots. I hate when my fiance rubs in that every iPhone we have inc our 4S/5 never had GPS locking problems, even pulled out my old 3GS today which hasn't been turned on in like 2 years, charged up and turned on and GPS was locked and Navigon Nav worked.

I've gotten some random messages on here from others saying they have the same GPS glitch on their i777, some stock or rom, some only on a rom. Ughhh... lol. And one employee with an i77 has the same issue, and one with a GS3 is on his 2nd replacment and still has the GPS lock glitch other GPS users have reported and still do since it launched. I think Samsung has either fudged something up in GPS (heck friends new S4 other night wouldn't GPS lock unless rebooted) all these years, or has had a ton of faulty GPS parts or something, but it makes me think software as why does it work fine each time after a reboot and if used consecutively... but the minute you wait like 30min or more you get no lock.

this what Nav said 40 min later (I've also left GPS on and location services 24/7 now since Sho and few others said they do that)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Edit: deleted because apparently i spoke too soon

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] swsl:
I've had this problem with Samsung Galaxies. My Galaxy Exhibit II runs a similar rock-solid stock-based ROM and it's always had the problem. I've spent countless hours tracking this down on both phones but never said anything here, because I don't believe it's ROM based, or, at least, it's nothing Sho has done with the ROM other than perhaps leaving something Samsung did in.

Yes the various fixes work for a while, but they don't really work. I could go over them all, airplane mode, resetting, GPS fix, latest modem, etc but you guys have all done the same. I have trouble about once a week trying to use my cell phone as if it had a working GPS. Imagine that. I should know better and get an iphone or a Garmin but I keep stubbornly thinking that a Galaxy is the best device for me if only I can find the root of the GPS problem.

By the way, this is not strictly a Samsung problem. Many people with HTCs have reported this issue in the past, at least.

I often wonder if this problem is rare or rather pervasive but most just don't notice. How many people actually use Nav regularly with our phones? Is an informal survey inappropriate in this thread? Can anybody who regularly, successfully uses GPS on their SII pipe up? How about NAV?

Glad this issue is coming up here. Most threads (and there is a lot of discussion of this issue out there) there are those who feel they have a solution, but then the solution turns out to be another time waster that worked for a day or three.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Teknodad1974:
Alternative is go Apple... Hell no......!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
I still with gps script don't have any problems. ...my phone works fine my other two S2 show this type of problems that this goes down to phone hardware. ..some are good some are just not good quality ....:rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] markbc01:
I agree! I run GPS Status (pro) prior to using my GPS (which I leave on all the time). It helps! but only so much!!

About 90% of the time I get a very fast lock ( 45 seconds to 2 minutes) and about 10% of the time I will get an endless waiting message that may (once in a while) pop into a lock, but more often won't.

When I have not locked in about 3 minutes, I reboot...period.

But that is rare! Usually, it occurs only after I have been running my phone without rebooting for many days and also may occur after I have been running many apps as well. ..

(BTW Shostock3 has not been an issue for me with GPS. The results I get seem pretty Rom independent!)

My sense is that Samsung's GPS just are not so great.

They DID improve the GPS a lot when then built the S2 over the older models, but they are just a bit less effective than others -like the HTC or even Motorola. . .Still I like so many of the Samsung phone features better than the other guys now, that I can live with the 10% issue!

:cowboy:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jiggaman508:
I purchased a sgh-959g a few months back, due to supporting a family of four on one income, I figured I'd cut some costs where I could. I did a quick search when I first got it, and was heartbroken when I found no custom roms. About a week ago, I decided to see if any progress had been made, and was very pleased with what I found. I instantly rooted, and after browsing the forums looking at different roms, I decided I would flash this one first. I've been a serious flashoholic in years past, flashing a different Rom every day it seemed, but this is different. It just runs so......good. Performance is great, aesthetics are pleasing, functionally also spot on. I even underclocked to 1ghz to enhance the already stellar battery life. I don't have quite the same amount of time I did years ago, with twin toddlers and all, so finding a stable Rom the first time was a blessing. Sorry for the lengthy post, I just wanted to express my gratitude. Thank you for all of your work, i truly appreciate it.

P.S. My first car as a teenager was a 94 Ford Taurus SHO, and I absolutely loved it, would that have anything to do with your name?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
The boot animation should give you a clue.

BTW, welcome.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SM05:
Alarm problem

Been using v3.0.2 for about a month now and very happy with it. Very nice and polished ROM! Battery life is excellent too.

Did a search of this thread but didn't see anything directly related. My apologies if I had missed a relevant post. Ran into this problem before but just didn't connect the dots until this am. My morning alarm failed to go off 2 mornings in a row now. I have 4 of them setup but mainly use 1 for the weekend and another 1 for the work week. I have just 1 of them enabled at any given time. So, I do switch between them manually by disabling one and re-enabling the other one.

All my alarms have all days of the week selected. What I've noticed is that from time to time individual alarm settings loose selection of some of the week days. In this particular case selected alarm had only Thu and Fri left selected hence it not going off.

Any idea what's going on and if there is anything I can do here to fix it? Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
It sounds like you have forgotten to select the repeat weekly tick box just under the bar with the days of the week. If you don't tick that box, the day will be unselected after you use it once.

If that's not the problem, there is a discussion about alarm problems a few weeks back in this thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SM05:
Sheesh, I totally missed that option. :o Yeah, it totally sounds like that option. Sorry about that. Thanks for a quick reply!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sajjt:
My phone is acting weird, its not loading the playstore from any link. When I open the playstore from the app drawer it loads instantly. Tried the quick option ; wiping the dalvik and system cache and fix permission worked for some time and it dies after some time. Am I missing anything anywhere? Am running with the latest version with the bundled kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Teknodad1974:
Go into application manager and delete all cache in program. If not un install with titanium back up and reinstall...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] srqrob:
battery stats

Switched to your ROM from being on CM 9 and then 10 seeking something more stable than nightlies. No real prospect of one coming for the I-777. Liking it so far but a pretty big change from CM.

In the update I did a full wipe factory reset plus clear Dalvic cache and cache format and somehow lost format on my external SD card but not a problem since it was all data easily replaced. But after the update I seem to be having pretty poor battery life. Maybe it will improve on its own after a day or so but I went looking for the recovery option to wipe battery stats and it's MIA in recovery. Does your ROM automatically reset battery stats that will learn if I go to a full battery discharge to the screen going off? Major battery users are Android OS and Screen predictably. Any suggestions other than riding it out for a few days?

Thanks for all the work on this and giving up so much of your life for all of us. I'm sure I'm going to be very happy.

Do I understand you will be working on a Shostock for the S4 I9500? You've got a whole gaggle of loyal followers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] twcobra:
Sho is up to version 1.6 on the S4. I have been following the S4 post in preparation for my S4 upgrade in another week. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jeboo:
Be careful those of you who haven't received your S4 yet! The latest ATT update (MF3) looks like it has closed up our only bootloader bypass and also doesn't allow you to ODIN older builds anymore. TMobile version may be a better bet at this point..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] c0ldburn3r:
Huh shows how much I pay attention to other threads. Had no clue we had a new firmware. I smell shostock s4 v2 brewing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] twcobra:
If that's the case I may just wait and see what Googarola cooks up with the Xphone or one of there other new higher end models.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] surf1:
that sucks balls
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] srqrob:
I assume I would not have these concerns with a factory unlocked I9500, right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
Any factory unlocked really.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Teknodad1974:
Has this become another thread to discuss the S4? Shoman already has one dedicated to that device. I like others who are still using the S2 wish to see info on our device. :banghead:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] c0ldburn3r:
If we stopped talking this thread would be silent. There's nothing wrong with the current build. :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Teknodad1974:
I would rather it be silent! If you are the owner of a S4 then discuss it in the proper thread. Also I never said there was something wrong with the build.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] c0ldburn3r:
Who said us S4 owners don't still have our S2's.

Plus sho doesn't mind as long as it doesn't go stupid off topic.

As the deaf greased man from family guy said: " I wasn't hurting nobody"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Yes but it doesn't change the fact that this is an s2 thread. Whether or not you own one doesn't matter. You discussing the S4. Let's take that topic there and Our S2's here lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] c0ldburn3r:
Coming from someone using a Hawaiian phone? Lol. :D

Easy there hot rods, this forum has always been lax so easy off the throttle.

*****ing about off topics takes up more space then the off topics.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
Just so happens to be my latest project. Check over in the SGH-S959G thread. I've been a faithful follower for months. I still follow the S2 threads due to an attachment.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
Ok guys... s2 talk only. I'm just as at fault.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yush101:
Uncertain if this was asked previously, but does anyone know if there will be a SHOstock release for 4.2.2? Is it in the pipes etc???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
Its been spoken about. I will when it comes out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] revengineer:
New to this ROM

Hi,

I just switched to this ROM about a week ago. Until then I was probably one of the last hold-outs on Gingerbread. I really like the functionality of this ROM, SHOman did a nice job!

In installed the ROM using a full wipe / factory reset. I also wiped any thing else wipable in the CWM. Both the internal and external SD card were formatted as well prior to install. Upon, issues with the kernel, I updated jeebo to v 2.2 as linked in the posts in the beginning of this thread.

I do have a few issues, which are potential SHOstoppers (pun intended :) and I need to resolve. I did my share of googling but while I found people with similar issues but no real solution. So maybe someone can give me a hand. Here are my problems:

1. The internal SD card occasionally (once per day) dismounts and remounts. Upon remount, Apps on the SD card are no longer accessible. I need to reboot the phone to make them work again.

2. Several times per day the phone goes into sleep of death and only long-hold of power button will revive the device. With jeebo 2.2 the issue is much less severe than with v1.3 included in the ROM but it is still obnoxious.

3. My battery life is not so good. It seems Android System is eating up my battery. It is common that my battery depletes completely witin 3 hours or so, even with screen off. I notice often that the device runs very warm even if I am not using it at all.

Any help to resolve the above is much appreciated. I apologize in advance if I missed something on the 700+ pages discussing this ROM

Cheers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Do you have better battery stats app? That could give you some idea about what part of the android system is chewing up your battery. Could also need new battery. BBS thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
Kinda sounds like a bad flash of the Rom. Check the MD5 of the Rom that u downloaded with the MD5 # in the OP to see if it matches. If it doesn't match, delete it and get a fresh download and check the # afterwards. And then full wipe and reflash Rom. Then try the v2.1 kernel. I've been running this Rom with that kernel version for ages and it runs great everyday. Zero issues my way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Omar1c:
Thanks

thanks for this rom it gave me my first experience of ripple ink at multiwindow!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] revengineer:
I tried BetterBatteryStats and System Panel without getting to the cause of the problem. Battery health could certainly be an issue.

Although I checked the MD5 sum, this is the conclusion I came too as well. So I just did a full wipe again and reinstalled. Noticeable difference right away, the last three hour the battery went down 3%, so 1%/h just as I was used to. I am taking things a little slower this time and I will not blast my 160 apps on in right away. :o I hope this works out. I would hate to have to go back to Gingerbread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Stackman1:
Nexus 7

Been using Shoman's ROM ever since I read Creepy's root instruction. Fantastic. Couldn't pass up a Staples deal on the Nexus 7 for $149 (16GB). It is running 4.2.2 but I feel like I did running my i777 before flashing my first ROM.

I am posting here because I am wondering if anyone of the regulars that love Shoman's work have found something of high quality to flash on my Nexus 7.

Anyway Thanks Sho.....hey why don't you buy a Nexus 7 :)))
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
You can use greenify and make them sleep ...and still obtain better like 0.3-0.7 % on idle. ....I have 187 apps and many very hungry for running in background. ..try and use BBS app to fine tune behavior of your phone

SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yush101:
o ok, well in that case I patiently wait, love the work you do with the shostock rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] srqrob:
Flashed this ROM coming from CM 10.1 and I like it so far but have developed weird Gallery issue. I cleared some photos with root explorer, cleared the thumbnail folder and cleared the app's data. Gallery now refuses to open any picture, photo, cover or anything. When I open Gallery it shows a bunch of black squares, each identified such as 12 photos. If I click on any of them it takes me to a page of black blank squares. If I click on any of those, I get the message unable to open photo. In Root. Explorer it shows a thumb of each photo. If I click Open the photo can be opened with Image viewer but not with Gallery. Just more black screen. Can't find a new Gallery to install. Suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xpakage:
Have you tried to fix permissions in recovery. You may just have to reboot for it to work. I had something similar happen after doing a recovery. I booted in recovery, fixed permissions and rebooted. Worked fine ever since.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] srqrob:
This sounded logical and I had hope but ultimately no joy. Also tried a restore from Titanium Backup but still the same. But thanks for suggestion.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
If ya didn't Wipe data/factory reset before flashin this Rom, then that may be the cause. Also check the MD5 and make sure ya got a good download of the Rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] srqrob:
Yes, I took all of those required steps.

I'm a big fan of work-arounds. Does anyone know of an alternate gallery-like app?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
^

QuickPic
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveO390:
Quickpic IS a decent gallery app but if you'd like to try an actual upgrade try this. It's the camera and gallery from the Google Edition Galaxy S4 and it includes the Photosphere function. Give that a shot, see if it works out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] srqrob:
Between the S4 app and Quickpic I'm sure I'll have success. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ehard24:
Wiping gallery data, reboot, and rescan media should fix it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mrdreamers:
what can i use to back up efs?

so i can flash this rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveO390:
efs?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] topiratiko:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.hellcat.droiddev.ktool

Samsung Galaxy SII I777

CyanogenMod 10.1 7/17/13/AOCP ICEE

Boost 2.34 Kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mrdreamers:
when i use ktool what do you do with the saved files? do you connect to my computer and drag them to your desktop then after flash you﻿ reinstall this app then drag them back to internal storage and restore them?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] topiratiko:
Nooo...its saved on your phone

Samsung Galaxy SII I777

CyanogenMod 10.1 7/17/13/AOCP ICEE

Boost 2.34 Kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mrdreamers:
even after flashing a custom rom with doing a full wipe??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sbi1:
OK, my Gmail will not sync automatically. This is a brand new fresh install/flash after full wipe of 3.0.2. What gives?? Really annoying.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] topiratiko:
Yup. On internal sd

Samsung Galaxy SII I777

CyanogenMod 10.1 7/17/13/AOCP ICEE

Boost 2.34 Kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] topiratiko:
Bottom left 2

Samsung Galaxy SII I777

CyanogenMod 10.1 7/17/13/AOCP ICEE

Boost 2.34 Kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] swsl:
GPS issues

Sorry,to get back late to this, but I'm still interested in sorting it out. Hope it's not too off-topic.

I suppose I should throw some more time at this and try the GPS script and/ or attack it according to this thread.

You say that you have two other S2's that do the same, so I'm not clear. With the software/data fixes, you can only get one out of three S2's to do GPS? or have you tried on the other ones?

I really wonder if it's hardware. Many people report that they returned their stock S2 under warranty due to this problem and then the new one works for a few months until an update or something takes it out on the new one. And then there are so many software fixes from rebooting to clearing caches to changing modems to wiping an reinstalling ROMs that people report do work or maybe just for a while.

It seems that the best way to pin it down to hardware would be if all three of your S2's have the same ROM, same settings and apps and same "age" and then they behave differently in the same circumstance. That would be a good test.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
Did ya try clear data under gmail in the settings etc. Or maybe uninstall it and then reinstall from the play store.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mrdreamers:
can you put cm themes on here?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I don't think so... There are some compatible themes in the op

Sent from my SGH-s959g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
To answer on your topic yes and no.....first thing you need to know A-GPS is completely different fillings if you get use to on other devices galaxy s2 and s3 are not that type....

Let's say S4 that happened I have has built in to hardware pressure sensor. ...real separate temperature sensor. .....and A-Gps assisted and from pressure sensor speed up warming time and lock to satellites...to what are really issue is behind well guarded codes that Samsung don't wanna share ...so for making this work around is to try implement A-GPS In to our phone. ....like Ntp or else ......our Rom is already developed and coded for this type of support :rolleyes:

SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sbi1:
Yes, I tried both. It didn't help, so I wiped and re-flashed the rom and now it happens again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Do you check MD5 sum....

SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sbi1:
Hmmm...maybe, if I knew how :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] EzSqueezeCheese:
You can download an app from the play store that does it. It's pretty self explanatory from within the app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Google is your friend on this one :thumbup::)

Sent from my HoopT C evo 3D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] samprocat:
Bottom right corner. .....ES3

SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ronron6665:
I do mine like this :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tuto3324:
Can i use the jeboo kernel with the Stock UCMD8 rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sbi1:
NM, not sure what I need to check here. I just don't understand why it started acting like this lately and how come a full wipe didn't solve the problem. Thanks anyways.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
You can but your speakerphone mic and regular mic will be switched around

Sent from my SGH_S959G

---------- Post added at 04:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:37 PM ----------

There has to be some setting you're missing. Are you sure you have "sync gmail" ticked under your Google account in the settings menu? If you do then there is something, some app or setting that is telling your phone not to sync gmail. Is sync turned on in your toggle bar in the pulldown menu?

Sent from my SGH_S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sbi1:
Yes, sync gmail is checked and sync is turned on.

Either it does not sync, or it doesn't sync immediately when an email arrives. Say I receive an email that I see on my PC. The Gmail app won't immediately sync it to the phone. The new email will be synced long time after it arrives, or if I send an email from the PC Gmail it will trigger a sync in the app.