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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maktub.in:
hi

I have a 2 year old DHD and have been using stock ROM for all these days for office use. I do not play games on mobile or install many apps. So I am kind of used to the Sense layout and design which in itself is quite neat. But having used it for so long, i have rooted and started trying various ROMs available here. Is there a ROM that satisfies all these?

My daily requirements.

1. Neat dialer with perfect T9 option

2. Exchange mail with lot of search options

3. Fast and meaty key board

4. SMS to email option (like in Blackberry)

5. Speaker on and off while talking

6. Stock market widget

7. Weather

8. At least one day battery life

9. Auto screen rotation in camera, gallery etc

10. Full screen video

11. Shortcuts on home screen

12. Hotspot

13. Bluetooth

So these are some of my most used options on DHD. While some of the ROMs have full functionality, few options are missing. Since my battery is already old, I am not complaining about battery life.

Have used CM 7.2, JellyTime R29, CodefireX 4.2.1, Sabsa Prime 10, Venom DHD till now. Every rom has some quirks.

CM 7.2 stable- Best ROM of all. Except for the poor exchange mail. There is no option to search mails. When i click the search option, nothing happens. Is this a bug or this functionality is missing in CM 7.2? Can we flash JB Exchange mail APK over 7.2? What about CM 7.2 nightlies? What is the reason for CM continuing work on 2.3.7 when rest of the world is already moving on to bigger things?

If this exchange mail issue is solved, then I am going to use CM as my daily driver. Please suggest.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NiCk.JaY:
Seeing that you're used to sense, I'll recommend Blackout ICS, it is sense 3.6. Fast and stable, and I don't think there are any issues too
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maktub.in:
Thanks. Will try Blackout shortly. But in ICS ROMs, stock widget is missing. Its there in Htc sense 3 but missing in sense 4.

Can I flash new jb mail apk over cm 7.2? Pls let me know.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cciardi:
Vote for Venom

Venom DHD is working the best for me right now. I havent run accross anything not working and battery life is middle of the road.

I keep trying each of the jellys but they're just not all there. They work pretty well, but miss some important feature like, mute or BT. Once they get those nailed down, I'll seriously consider going that route.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandub:
You can't install HTC apps without having sense built in to the rom. Try the last two suggestions, you'll like one of them.

Btw, I used k9 email for my 3 work email accounts, it's better than stock plus it's easier to backup and restore.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxkid123:
I'll second blackout ICS. I find that sense 4.1 is way too heavy for the DHD. Sense 3.6 is a lot lighter and faster, you'll have less app force closes and annoying freezes due to not having enough memory. I personally like Nikhil's ICS, which is sense 4a. It's fast, but sense 4a has a lot of the stock widgets removed for lightness (the HTC One V (the original phone the ROM is based on) has even less RAM than us)).
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maktub.in:
thanks for the suggestion. Though I have not tried Blackout, have tried ICS via Sabsa Prime. Didnt like it completely. Now I am currently using Codefirex 4.2.1 and found it adequate for my use. I fell in love with native exchange mail and gmail UI. I have tried Touchdown, K-9 mail etc but they have very poor UI. Just deleted them with in few hours of usage.

Why nobody is answering my question on possibility of flashing JB mail APK on CM 7.2. In my view CM 7.2 is the most well developed custom rom for Ace. Sad to see that CM is no longer working on CM10.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Etzelx:
I tried Sabsa Prime, Blackout, Sabsa Bliss and the others. Sense 4 is not suits me, I don't know why. I used Blackout 1 or 2 months but it wasn't stable for me. Then I gave a chance to S.Bliss and I don't think to change anymore. Sabsa Bliss is stable and fast. I don't have any idea about flashing JB mail APK on CM 7.2 :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xEchelon:
when i connect my phone to my computer (tried windows 8 and 7 pro) internal storage and SD card are switched (internal storage folders are in sd card and vice versa) but when i use the file manager they are in their respected locations. did clean install still doesnt help, was just wondering if anyone else was having this problem. looked around the thread really couldnt find anything
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lancerz:
Same here but they still function properly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] raffnix1234:
Hi guys,

how can I add other languages to my Verizon Note II. The default languages are only English, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese.

But I do want to add German. Has anyone an idea how to do this?

(The ATT version has German, and French and many others).

I installed the

[ROM][12/19] - Stock - Root - De-Odex -★- N7105XXDLL1 - 4.1.2 'L1' Base -★- VZW Patch

but even this version does not have the international languages (not even Swedish).

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] raff-nix00:
Up!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scufutz:
Which one to buy , or which one have more development ? 32gb 3g vers? Or the 16 gb wifi

I really want one for Christmas , but which one ...

Ps:my mainly device is sgs3 blue
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NealJ777:
Do you need 32 GB and constant connection to a network?

If no, then go for the 16 GB.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] hica:
I have some problems with Spen presision in my galaxy note 10.1 / 4.1.1 when drawing using thiner pencil ! And there is no way to calibrate the spen ! Is there a way to do that plz ?6
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ch0ka:
Under the button are two tiny screws . One for the sensitivity and the other one for offset :)

Search Google for further information...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] jjustyy:
Try here http://smartphones.wonderhowto.com/how-to/adjust-your-samsung-galaxy-notes-s-pen-sensitivity-for-better-touch-response-0140084/
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] sledgie:
Extremely helpful and useful information guys!!! Thanks!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kjaravinth:
hello

Recently i have bought a tablet

penta ws702c

android ics 4.0.3

1 gb ram

1.2 ghz processor

it worked gr8

but have locked with pattern and i forgot :eek:

the wifi is disabled as well as phone data and also usb debugging mode is also disabled

too many attempts on pattern

tab has three buttons power vol up and vol down

:crying: locked out of my phone

please help my guys
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] arvindbsp:
Go to service the centre. Flashing firmware is only option
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pmac25:
Looks like At&t is trying to push to push the LK3 update to me. Anyone know any details about it yet other then it is the update to 4.0.4 will it break root replace bootloader etc?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] maka8:
Id like to know too. It started to download this morning

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] trazer_se:
I've updated two phones today but they were both stock so I don't know yet. Still early going so I have no real feedback as of yet.

My biggest question is can I upgrade all my 2.3.x phones to this over the air, or will I have to hack 4.0 on there first anyway? I literally spent hours upgrading 5 S2s to 4.0.3 two days ago seeing as there was no other way. Then I see this today. :mad: Ah well, better late than never I guess. I have 4 s2 devices to get to 4.0 anyway I can so I'm hoping I can just call the users and tell them to do it over the air.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] comfychair:
Downloads but fails to install for me, Siyah 3.5.1 kernel & rooted stock UCLE5.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Use stock kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Yes if nobody knows you have to be on stock to upgrade, as Nina pointed out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sykoj82:
Is there a lke modem or does somebody have a separate link to the modem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
I'm not a girl! xp
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
lol. Thinks it wasn't a typo.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
I did know just poking some fun
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] scottwood2:
I was hoping for JB :(:(:(:(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
I'll go out on a limb and say that will [NEVER] come
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Firepac:
Okay I downloaded it but didn't update. Is there anyway to delete it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Do you want to update/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Firepac:
No I don't
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
You sure? You complain like one.:laugh::cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ferrocene:
Lol, women are stupid, amirite?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
You're as right as your spelling.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Woosh

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Back on Topic, I tried the update this evening on my rooted stock ICS S2 (replacement came with 4.0.1 on it from AT$T). Of course, it failed. I'm sure it is because I uninstalled some system app. I didn't note which ones I got rid of. Does anyone have a list or link to a list of the apps that came with the phone originally? I want to reinstall them so I can update. Thanks!:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ricktat:
Did you figure this out? I still have one on stock GB that Kies won't recognize.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
4.0.1? First ics was 4.0.3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
As far as I know you have to be on 100% stock and not rooted. It's an ota update not kies so far.

Btw modem was pulled by jeboo and is in the modem thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] c0ldburn3r:
I was just curious to see what the update was and I can confirm that if you use the LE5 odin that is pre-rooted, you keep root and it installs just fine. 80MB file takes FOREVER on 3G BTW. :mad:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Root doesn't matter, but if you've removed anything that came with the phone that is updated by the new version the update will fail. I removed some of the bloatware that is apparently needed for the update. And yes, I have 4.0.3, my bad. So, does anyone have a link to a list of what is on the phone as it comes from AT$T?

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That's funny, because it wouldn't even start to download until I turned on wifi as it specifically said wifi was required for the update.:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] c0ldburn3r:
Ha never even saw the wifi warning, I was eating dinner at my local bar and it took the entire meal and a few drinks to finish... I think. :/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] comfychair:
Did you try manually entering the serial# & whatever else in Kies, with the phone not connected? I had to do mine that way, there's a thread around here somewhere I used as a walk-through.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Just tried to do the update again and it now says I have the latest version even though I'm still on 4.0.3. Odd.:eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red5:
I think this is the first time AT&T has pushed out an OTA system update for this Samsung device. They usually require KIES.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Don't forget 2.3.6
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nok6100:
Mine has 2.3.6 and software update says I have the latest version. Also had LE5 on there and still says I have the latest version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Eternalty:
Red lives!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
You mean 4.0.3 don't you.

Just reinstall UCLE5 with root. You should be fine to do that without a wipe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hednik:
So sons phone had the OTA pushed. He was on stock rooted 4.0.3 and debloated. This one to be exact

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1650948

Not it wont get past startup. So boot into CWM and what then ? Clear cache and davlik, ODIN from creepy's walkthrough to get back to stock ? I posted this a thread I had yesterday about updating his phone and then this got pushed out. Thought maybe I might get some feedback.

Thanks !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
I already acknowledged that 2 pages ago, try and keep up.:laugh:

Will I lose anything? Will I have to completely reinstall my apps, accounts and restore backups from scratch? I have yet to see any comments on just what this update gives us to make it worthwhile to go through all that trouble.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apeko:
Ever since the update to 4.04 my phone will not wake up from sleep and i have to pull the battery to restart it. Does anyone have any ideas whay this would be happining?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mbonness:
No I do not believe you can upgrade from 2.3.x to 4.0.4 over the air. I tried that with a couple GS2s that were on 2.3.6 and it said they were up to date, so I ended up installing 4.0.3 and only after that did it allow me to Software Update to 4.0.4 over the air.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jrod091:
Try clearing data for gsf and device management
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] willwalk93:
Yes my sister has the same problem since yesterday. It is getting annoying to her but she doesn't want to take my advice (yeah... About the women comment two pages back, teenage girls with older brothers in tech... They never like to listen and always thing you're wrong...). I would just take it when she goes to sleep and flash back but I don't wanna wipe everything she has on there. She is stock unrooted exactly as it came to her. I am not too keen on Odin or KIES, as my only experience with Sammy devices is my GTAB and its a loaner from my university. I still rooted it, but I am an HTC user so that's where my familiarity lies. Thanks for any help you have guys.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
Can someone check if Nfc is enabled in this update thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hsc123:
I had the same problem -- so I booted into CWM, wiped cache & Dalvik, and it restarted, back to 4.0.3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
I chuckled.

If you reinstall the same base you are currently running, you can usually get by without the necessity of performing a wipe data/factory reset. In that case, you won't lose anything or have to do any reinstalling. (Unless there was something added in the system partition that wasn't there originally.) It's extremely likely to work, but there are no guarantees. If you get force closes or other issues after the flash, then you will have to perform a wipe data/factory reset, and reinstall your apps and settings.

However, that being said, I'm thinking that the root files being present may block the OTA updater as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jrod091:
No

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I downloaded your stock 4.0.3 with root 7zip file and then proceeded to update to 4.0.4, didn't even lose root!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Root should be fine. My worry is that I can't do a wipe/reset due to the MMC bug. If I do reinstall the base and get FC issues, where would I go from there as I have no CWM? What is in this update that would make it worth the risk and/or effort? Thanks, Creepy.:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joey3038:
my GF has this same problem going on too. any one figured out whats the cause or how to fix it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apeko:
It also seams to drain the hell out of the battery when its locked up. I deleted off all my unused apps to see if that helps but not. This damm update is pissing me off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jrod091:
Weird, I haven't had any problems at all

Edit: I did full wipe before updating, always the go to if you're having problems
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joey3038:
yes battery drains like mad, i thought it might be an app conflict but didnt remove anything yet. we were in a place that had slow connection during update i wonder if a file got corrupted in the ota process. if it continues im gonna do a reset and reinstall thru kies.

for the record it is stock, no root no mess with she wont let me hack hers till her warranty expires lmao.

i did have an issue before getting it to update from ginger, to ice cream.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
That's enough for me to stay away from it for now. Just had a random shutdown this afternoon, don't need any more problems.:mad:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lonewolf69:
To All,

Stock Galaxy SII non rooted... upgraded to 4.04 sucessfully. NO, this is *NOT* the first time that AT&T has performed an OTA OS upgrade. 2.3.6 and also 4.0.3 (ICS) came before this.

Quick notes/specs:

Total Time - 35~42 mins over WiFi N router (warnings kept popping up *NOT* to leave connected WiFi area while in the midst of update (late to work..)

Battery Life - Improved, ALL radios enabled (WiFi, 4G, BlueTooth and GPS) 75% brightness was able to run battery all day (normal use) 2~3 phone calls, google search(es), bluetooth to on board car NAVI unit, using stock Samsung battery had 42% at end of business day 6PM

Bluetooth settings - WIPED and to re-sync (PAIRING) minor issue

Contact - Wiped out (backed up and restored) non issue BUT *WARNING* to all who haven't backed up first

Applications disable setting - Missing (nerfed?), under ICS 4.0.3 if you went into the APPLICATIONS settings and you had the option of choosing "DISABLE" as an option, this was removed for 4.04 (newest update).

Why is this important? Because, I didn't ROOT the phone, ALL stock AT&T apps were locked under 2.35, 2.36 (Gingerbread) the *ONLY* way to remove AT&T (crapware) was to ROOT and uninstall AT&T appes (CITYID Anyone????!) With 4.03 ICS, DISABLED allowed one to earmark an app as disabled and it would remove the offending app off the Application screen (hidden) to be found at the bottom of the Application list. Under 4.04, this is no longer the case, the DISABLE option has been removed.

So far that is *MY* findings of 4.04 in the last 48 hours, I will post more updates as I come across them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] B Yo:
To "remove" bloat ware after update to 4.0.4: Uninstall updates, then disable. Just thought I'd share if anyone was interested. Its the best option for non rooted users.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Didn't a previous poster say that the 'disable' option for apps was removed in 4.0.4?:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
It's not. He just didn't know.

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This is right.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Good. Seemed stupid to take it out. Wish people would only post things they are certain of.:rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] putzini:
Galaxy S2 turns off after update

I have a new (Refurb) SGH I-777 that I am using with Net10 and I tried to stop the 4.04 update, as I had the same issue when the Sprint version updated. My phone seems to randomly just turn off. Has anyone else had this problem since updating and is there a fix besides Rooting? I am also noticing worse signal strength and WiFi issues. Is there a good Log utility that may help me figure out what is going on ?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vinay080:
Dissapointed with the latest update :( need some help

Hi Everyone,

I had/have never rooted my phone and got notification for 4.0.4 OTA update. After updating, my phone has been rebooting every few hours and been pretty dissapointed with it. I cant talk to ATT or Samsung as i have passed my 1 year warranty.

After stopping myself for not rooting the phone, i think i have lost patience with official updates and want to have CM10 or CM10.1.

I have spent the last 10-15 hours in understanding the rooting/custom rom's etc etc and here is my understanding:

1. "How to Easily Root your device" from stickies didnt work for me as i was on ICS and root is disabled

2. If i need to root my phone, i should go back to stock rom using this post from stickies - How to Prepare Your Phone to Return to the Store or for Warranty Replacement.

Is my understanding of the second step correct? If i go back to the stock kernel, and restart my phone having ICS 4.0.4, would it work?

If my understanding is correct and do go back to the stock kernel my next steps would be to 1. Root the phone(from How to Easily Root your device) and 2. Install CM10(copy CM10 and gapps.zip to internal SD Card and flash using CMW?

My eventual goal is to run CM10 or CM10.1 on my ATT S2 and currently struggling with the first step :(

Hope i have done my homework before asking the above question.

Regards,

Vinay
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tieutu119:
Sound good. I'll try this :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jrod091:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2050297

That's easier
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
All you really have to do to root is flash a kernel with Odin. (Obviously flash an appropriate kernel for whatever version of android you're on) this flashes a recovery and roots the phone. It just seems more complicated because of some of the older information floating around. And the lack of .tar format kernels available, although you could make your own too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vinay080:
Looks like i777 is not listed among supported devices.

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Is there a sticky i can follow to flash ICS kernel?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jrod091:
It works though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vinay080:
Too good... Definitely worked and so easy.

I have one last question. How do I install cm10 now? Asking this because I don't have cwm.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jrod091:
Flash a kernel with cwm using odin or mobile odin

Mobile Odin would be easier, just extract the zImage of whatever kernel you choose and flash. Search for mobile Odin and be sure to download both files for the i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vinay080:
Worked like a charm.. I am now rooted and also flashed CWM by flashing siyah kernel.. :)) very happy.. Thanks..

Now working on installing CM10.1.Excited.