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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lonewolf69:
Am I wrong?

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all... :)

@ T Miami Son - 1st of all, I'll apologize if I got something wrong but I still stand by my statement, if you have upgraded to 4.04, the Disable options found under applications is no longer there... Trying to quote "B Yo" here at the top, I'm trying to understand if by Uninstall updates, does he/she mean to uninstall 4.04 update to bring it back to 4.03...?

Because if so, then doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of the OS upgrade to 4.04 to begin with...?

My phone is currently running 4.04 and to the BEST of my knowledge, the disable option is missing, it was there under 4.03 but it is not under 4.04. I only reported my experience and what I see on my phone, I was not mailciously reporting something false and I was not trying to steer anyone the wrong way as per T-Miami-Son's quote "...I wish people would only post what they know..."

If someone has a better way of keeping the "disable" option while running 4.04 without having to revert back to OS. 4.03 then please explain in greater detail (***hint*** B Yo - Please provide a more detailed explaination on how to disable the AT&T bloatware while running 4.04...? Sorry, uninstall updates doesn't work for me?)

If I sound a bit "upset" it is because I tried to do the right thing by posting my 1st hand experience AFTER updating from previous version to 4.04 but got shot down like a noob... That wasn't fair and I just wanted to point that out...

At any rate, please have a safe and wonderful holiday, I'm just glad the world didn't end and that we can live to see the development of the Galaxy S4... :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] zacling:
I have updated this official 4.0.4. The huge problem is sleep of death. You are advised not to update if you have not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apeko:
Yes....the sleep of death is what I have now

I hope a solution come soon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jrod091:
My fiancée hasn't come across any SoDs
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] zacling:
I don't think AT&T cares. It much more wants us to buy a new phone. :rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] GFunkOfLex:
Lonewolf, if you uninstall updates from the settings-> applications area for each app you want to disable, it will remove updates to that app, not your OS. Then, if you're on the "all" tab, you can select the un-updated app and it should now have a "disable" button where the "uninstall updates" button used to be.

I did this on the OTA 4.0.4 to disable the bloat. Let me know if you still have trouble getting it to work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lonewolf69:
Quick update

FYI - "sleep of death" just experienced this first hand... My phone has over 45% battery power left and was placed into jacket pocket for short car ride. After 5 minute car ride, to supermarket, picked up the phone to make a call and it was a blacked out screen... Any and ALL button pushes would not wake the phone up.

I had no other recourse but to YANK the battery out of phone nad try again. phone "woke up" with same battery power...

*NOT* a happy camper, this is the FIRST time in over a year, and after 3 OS updates did I run into a *SERIOUS* issue after ditching my iphone 3 for an Android phone... :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thoughtchirps:
Does anybody has a solution to this crappy update

I am still on stock ROM shipped from AT&T and updated to the latest update from AT&T. But have the same issues of Blacked out screen with more then 40% Off battery. Anybody knows how can get rid of this update or what should i do to this crappy update from AT&T
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jrod091:
Creepycrawly has a stock + root .tar for 4.0.3 that you can flash with Odin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] maka8:
How to get CWM now?

Hi all,

I got this update and I'm tired of the issues. I tried reading all the information (various threads and the one by creepyncrawly) and it is hard to find out what's outdated and what's not and what's the best way to get a custom rom now. I've rooted my phone using the ExynosAbuse root exploit by ChainFire. Now, do I use mobile odin lite and install a ICS kernel (any in particular?) or Gingerbread kernel (like Entropy's daily driver?)? My ultimate goal is to get kernel with CWM so that I could just install Shostock 3 or something like that.

Any guidance is appreciated. Happy holidays folks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Ics then reboot recovery and flash rom

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] macling:
Sleep of Death

Has anyone come up with a solution for this? It's happening to me multiple times a day since the 4.0.4 update. I'm currently completely stock. Does a factory reset help? Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vinay080:
You could use mobile odin(lite) to flash an ICS kernel to install CWM.

You could pick the ICS kernel from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746181

Once done, flash shostock from cwm, gapps, wipe and reboot.

Make sure you are understanding each of the steps before jumping in.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiftyincher:
I've been suffering the sleep of death every night for the last 3 nights. Twice during the day at random times. Only solution was to pull battery. Was researching here and thought I'd need to do something custom. Decided to do a factory reset first. Last night there was no sleep of death and everything is still normal now. I'll post back if it happens again. Might be worth a shot if you're suffering.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
If you are running the rooted OEM version of ICS, do NOT do a factory wipe/reset even if you successfully updated to 4.0.4 with it. You may still encounter the MMC bug that can hard-brick your phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gbuz:
4.0.4 OTA update caused numerous random shutdowns for me also. I did this last night as well: wipe data/factory reset. Everything was fine for about 23 hours. Just now checked my phone, dead again. (BTW: holding the power button for awhile provides a faster restart than pulling the battery)

I've never seriously considered rooting before this horrible "update". All I can find are rooting procedures for Gingerbread. Can anyone point me in the right direction for rooting my AT&T SGS2 currently running UCLK3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Search and ye shall find.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vinay080:
i was in the same boat a week ago. Am a happily rooted with CM10.1.

Here is the process

1. Root - Xynos Abuse

2. Install Kernel having CWM(make sure its for ICS)

3. Install custom rom

Go back a few pages in this thread and you would find all the details.

-Vinay
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiftyincher:
Funny, mine lasted a little over 20 hours also then shutdown. Dang. Will root tomorrow hopefully.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Appearantly, there is a bug somewhere in the UCLK3 (4.0.4) distribution, probably in the kernel. Just rooting will not solve the problem. You will need to flash something different, going back to UCLE5 (4.0.3) if you wish to remain on stock ICS. Or you can flash one of the fine custom firmwares available in the development section.

If you wish to revert to 4.0.3, you can not do so using kies, as far as I know. You will have to flash the stock firmware using Odin. You can find the stock UCLE5 firmware in the Download Repository, and you can find the UCLE5 with root package in the development section.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
So glad I wasn't able to get this update.:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] raven35:
I have stock S2 and recently updated to 4.0.4...had issues with phone not waking up...almost did factory rest but tried uninstalling some apps...now it's working great.

I uninstalled Juice Defender, AWD Launcher and Beautiful Widgets...I think Juice Defender and the Launcher were the culprits...

If people are experiencing problems with the update, try uninstalling some of your apps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Well I'm sure most people don't use juice defender anymore as with the updates to the android operating system it's pretty much rendered useless.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] topiratiko:
I can't believe you guys even trust downloading anything from att/Samsung. They proven time and time again that all their software is garbage. eMMC brickbug? No nfc? sod's now too??? FAIL. Go to atts2 development section and flash a ROM. I recommend aocp by the collective ;)

Plus: 4.0.4? That's b4 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2, and 4.2.1, which makes it FIVE software versions behind. :eek:

Happy new year :beer:

Android Open Collective Project

Samsung Galaxy SII

Siyah 501
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Aocp is 2 versions behind :p

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Yeah, but he won't pass up any chance to pimp for 'The Collective.':laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] topiratiko:
You know this!

Android Open Collective Project

Samsung Galaxy SII

Siyah 501
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gbuz:
My wish is simply to have my phone working again. I used Odin 1.85 to flash the UCLE5 (4.0.3). My phone boots only to repeatedly display "Unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped". I see the wallpaper, some icons, but the phone does nothing but display messages of processes that have stopped - logging, messaging, and others that are hard to read through my tears.

I am able to get to the screen showing Kernel Version: 3.0.15I777UCLE5-CL652575 se.infra@SEP-74 #3.

Being my first attempt at rooting or flashing anything, I hope I haven't screwed it up. So, is it the OTA UCLK3 "curse" update, or is it the UCLE5 that I chose to flash? The Download Repository and Development Section direction is confusing due to the plethora of options and warnings. Any specific direction will be greatly appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
You would have to factory reset to get rid of those errors but don't do it on stock kernel. Use Odin to flash an ICS kernel and then you can factory reset.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lonewolf69:
Thanks Gfunk!

Thanks GFunk, I missed this reply from last week, I'll check it out.... BTW - Another issue popped up with the 4.04 and get this, AT&T is actually *AWARE* of the issue for some users... Dialing 611 is blocked, for some when dialing out, you get a pre-recorded message stating that the phone is not registered and that your service provider should be contacted...

AT&T support is aware and I've been assigned a case number (sorry left it at home, currently at work). If anyone else is experiencing this issue call AT&T... Hope this is helpful to at least someone out there...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] topiratiko:
Omg do the bugs EVER end?

Android Open Collective Project

Samsung Galaxy SII

Siyah 501
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
I have this bug as well. Running shostock 3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
^ Don't have the 611 bug...

SHOstock3 v1.7

Jeboo Kernel 1.1a

at&t is provider.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] spenserj87:
I also don't have the bug, ShoStock3 1.7.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
To get this back on topic....a week or so ago i went back completely to Stock kh7 and le5...and from both i was not able to get this 4.0.4 update. Always said my firmware was up to date...

From the looks of this "update", I'm glad i didn't get it. :cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Might be your modem was lk5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
He said le5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Still could have been model problems

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fastindy:
can some1 tell me where i can get stock kernel that is free of eMMC superbrick bug? i found one of the packages that creepycrawly created that contained the stock kernel, but he also mentioned that it almost certainly contains that bug...

currently im on: 3.0.15-AJ_5-14-2012_anewkirk(at)AndroidDevBox #2 <-- im having some lag issues, random battery trains after restarts, so im just trying to isolate the problem starting with replacing the kernel...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Battery always drains after a reboot

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Zohdug:
if I'm not mistaken (which is possible), the battery doesn't actually drain on a restart, but the current battery status isn't reported accurately after a restart. If you wait a while, you will probably see the battery percent status increase. This is a known issue with this phone. I believe it is a hardware issue.

Zohdug
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thoughtchirps:
Since i don;t know a lot about rooting and custom rom stuff. If i reset the device by clicking reset (which resets all apps and data), will that solve the problem. anybody tried yet ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
If you do it you receive a fresh brick

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
No it doesnt. Thats only if its through recovery menu. Formatting through settings will not brick the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Settings uses recovery to wipe so it sure will.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] skidaddytn:
I had a great run of luck with 4.0.3 stock (which I installed from Kies back when it was released early summer)... it worked flawlessly the whole time I had it on my phone... 4.0.4 came over the air and I hit update... big mistake... I have been pulling the battery to resolve lock ups at least once a day... sometimes twice... what sucks is no one can call me when it is locked up.. I'm over it :( When I have time this weekend, I am going to try to revert back to 4.0.3 somehow. If I get it working I will let you know how...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jrod091:
Just check creepycrawly's guide, he has a 4.0.3 tar that you can flash with Odin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Butchr:
When SOD happens you don't have to pull you battery. You can hold power and volume down for several seconds and you phone will soft reset. No need to pull battery. Although this gives me all the more reason to delve into custom roms for my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
So not true. A random shutdown is different from a SoD, which more often than not requires a battery pull to restart.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Actually he is right you hold the power button for long enough and it'll hard reset.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dsmboost:
If that's the case, how do phones with non-removable batteries restart? Holding the power button for 10 seconds restarts the phone no matter what.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
I've fixed all my sods with power holds

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jrod091:
All my time of having this phone (since it came out) I've not once pulled the battery, always hold down the power button
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
If anyone really wants the Android version 4.0.4 I777UCLK3 Firmware...sammobile.com has it. Just sayin :cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
It's a piece of **** that's full of bugs.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiftyincher:
I've had enough of this update so I've been reading/searching trying to get a good understanding of what I think I need to do to root and install a custom ROM.

I just want to make sure I'm doing things in the correct order, if someone knowledgeable could confirm for me, I'd appreciate it.

Following creepyncrawly's guide from [Heimdall][Odin][Stock][Root]UCLE5 Stock ICS with Root

I download Kernel + Modem + Cache + Rooted UCLE5 System Package and extract the tar.

I download Odin3 v1.85 and install it on my laptop, placing the tar from above in the PDA slot.

I download ktoonsez/Siyah v3.4.3 ICS with the no-mic-swap version from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1592228 which downloads as Siyah-v4.3.3-ICS-nomswap.zip

Then I just follow the "How to Install a customized kernel containing ClockworkMod Recovery onto your Rooted phone from your phone, using Mobile Odin Lite or Mobile Odin Pro" to install the Siyah kernal.

If I wanted to install SHOstock3 is there a different process?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Use exynos exploit app to root. Download mobile Odin. Flash a kernel with it ( our kernels contain a recovery so it doesn't need to be flashed separately) , boot into recovery, flash anything u want.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiftyincher:
Thank you. I'm sorry for so many questions. Having some issues grasping all the terminology (and the more I read the more I seem to be getting confused). I did the exploit and installed mobile Odin (and then the appropriate flashkernel). So now I can flash this kernel [KERNEL] Siyah - JELLYBEAN - ICS [v4.3.3] "One kernel to rule them all!" and then SHOstock3 or JELLYBAM. SHOstock3 says it's need to have a CWM kernel - is that what you meant by 'our kernels contain a recovery'?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vinay080:
Recovery is the most critical thing which can be used for backup/ restore/installin new rom/ etc.. Cwm is the most preferred recovery and u would get that once u flash the above kernel.

Once u have flashed the kernel, its all about following instructions for a particular rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiftyincher:
Thank you. I flashed the kernel and I'll flash a rom after lunch. I don't have an external sd card to run a backup to (SHOstock says to backup EFS, then Full Backup before flashing). Is it ok to backup to internal sd and then copy to my laptop?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
It just means have a backup stored somewhere off the phone in case you run into trouble. You can put it wherever you like;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiftyincher:
I was going to create the backup so I shut it off and rebooted holding volume up and down and pressing power (it is/was connected to my laptop). I got a yellow warning triangle and did volume up to continue (thinking, probably not rightly?, that would take me to the recovery so I could do the backup. Now it went to Downloading... Do not turn off target!!! Top of screen says:

ODIN MODE

Product name: sgh-i777

custom binary download: no

current binary: samsung official

Can anyone tell me what's happening and what's it downloading?:confused: I didn't copy any ROMs to it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vinay080:
If you restart with volume up + down, U didnt get a menu which says

reboot system now

install zip

backup and restore

... few others

??

can you check your system settings -> about phone -> Kernel version

and see if your flashed kernel is there?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiftyincher:
The siyah kernel is listed. If I power off or restart with volume up + down, I get 'Warning!! A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed apps. Press volume up to continue, volume down to cancel.

The phone does boot normally is I just use the power button.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
Power off phone. Hold power button, volume up, volume down - all together. Release all buttons after u see the 1st screen. Should boot into Recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vinay080:
I did this about a month ago but totally forgot on what exactly is the issue here. Would like it to the experts on this forum. Sorry. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiftyincher:
That's what I was doing - except I had the phone plugged into my laptop. Disconnecting the usb cable brings me right into recovery mode:good: Having the cable plugged in brought me to the warning screen.

Thanks everyone!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiftyincher:
Thanks again everyone who helped me out. Running SHOstock3 now:D After all is said and done, the process was actually really easy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pdicola:
SOD - Sleep of Death Solution Found

After an ICS update to 4.0.4, my S2 began randomly shutting down (or so I thought) several times every day. This is referred to as SOD of sleep of death.

Here's what I've learned:

- The phone doesn't actually shut down, it just becomes unresponsive. I know this because a bluetooth connection has remained to another device even when the phone appears to be asleep.

- It only happens when the phone IS NOT plugged into the charger.

- Holding down the power button long enough will eventually reboot the phone without having to remove the battery

- The battery drains extremely fast when SOD occurs

After applying one simple fix, my phone has not had a SOD since. Hopefully this will be a universal fix & that it just doesn't apply to my phone.

1. Go to the "settings" menu on your phone & click "applications".

2. Click the "all tab", the "downloaded" tab will be selected by default.

3. Find the "clock" app. This is the default alarm clock that comes with the S2, not something downloaded from the Play store

4. You should see 2 entries of the same clock app.

5. Both entries should have a "disable" button, but one may be greyed out & the other should be active.

6. Click "disable" on the clockapp where it's active.

7. Go to the other clock app & click "clear data:

8. Reboot the phone.

9. That's it! If you go back into the apps menu from settings, there will be only 1 instance of the clock app. It appears that the update added a 2nd instance wreaking havoc and causing worldwide hysteria.

10. Good Luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
We know all this

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
The clock thing? I haven't seen one mention of this
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Okay maybe not the clock thing but everything else.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
It varies from phone to phone and can be hardware related as well as OS related. The Captivate had serious random shutdown problems that could not be restarted by holding any button down for any length of time. I had to have mine replaced twice for this issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Butchr:
Thank you for your input. I have tried all the other bs options I have read about disabeling all the ATT bloatware to no avail. I will give this a shot. I almost voided my warranty and rooted my phone to flash a custom kernel. I will give this a shot first.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Don't let that stop you. You can always return to stock if you need to get warranty service. It is very easy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Butchr:
I am really quite happy with my stock rom. I don't have any need for a custom rom. Really have little need for root access. I really don't like touchwhiz, but I can run a number of launchers and get all the customization I need. I just want my phone to run without glitches. I find the stock phone runs pretty well that is until this last update, but with pdicola's help I am up and running for 2 days without a sod so I will keep my phone stock for now. I am not a dev. I just follow the scene to see if there might be something in a custom rom I can't live without.

Just to reiterate pdicola's suggestion as how to fix the sod problem with the 4.0.4 update worked for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Once you flash a custom rom with all the features you didn't realize you were even missing you'd have no desire to ever eat stock oatmeal ever again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Butchr:
LOL just had a sod. I guess I will be venturing to the dark side after all. Really want some jellybean love anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
You're on the dark side now. You need the bright side...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
May the shwartz be with u.