yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] askpcguy:
Would anyone know where to start if a Skyrocket rom flashes but does not boot past the boot animation and ADB does not detect the device? The rom is MIUI port from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49797271&postcount=465

I can unpack the boot.img but beyond that I really don't know where to look to at least get ADB working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jd1639:
If you did a full wipe before flashing it could be the rom. Are your adb drivers setup correctly. Google tool adb fastboot drivers xda.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] askpcguy:
Honestly I think that could be a stock rom status bar but I might be wrong. Did you check out the theme kitchen? http://uot.dakra.lt/

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[MENTION=4858937]jd1639[/MENTION] ADB should be working without issue on the OS side, I changed nothing once I got ADB working on Win8. In fact with this rom flashed, ADB will work if the device is booted to Clockworkmod recovery. I pulled last_kmsg but don't know what to look for.

Fastboot is on my path but I never used that with the Skyrocket. I used fastboot with a Nexus 7 wi-fi when I had one for a few weeks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lingowistico:
Yes I've checked it and it's not there. I'm also thinking it could be a stock rom, but which one (on what devices)?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] josh_ninja_Bob_Bob:
might be dumb question

So I'm running blue lightning on my skyrocket. I am wondering if the mhl to HDMI works with this rom. I've tried searching and seeing nothing on my phone. If this is ridiculous question sorry in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
Has not worked since CM 10 as far as I can remember.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] askpcguy:
A Samsung ROM maybe? I think icons are in framework-res.apk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lingowistico:
There's no samsung rom that looks like that, afaik. Thanks for trying though. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] askpcguy:
Hmm, where did you see the screenshot at?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lingowistico:
I've seen that, and lots of others from the same rom, on the russian social network vk.com .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrfeuss:
That's Optimus UI from an LG Device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] josh_ninja_Bob_Bob:
Anything?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] askpcguy:
Would you possibly know which device and/or a stock ROM to look at?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lingowistico:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_UI

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thomassafca.theme.lgoptimus

:cowboy:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] askpcguy:
But what ROM is a good source to get those icons?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrfeuss:
Here's a post with a .zip of the stock ROM from the LG Optimus G Pro
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] swh skyrocket:
4.4 development for skyrocket

I am really happy with the CM 10.2 4.3.x build on my skyrocket. It allowed me to get off contract with att and go to t mobile. I am sad to hear now that the 4.4 development may never get done on this phone after reading this thread (which I cant post in) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2518830&page=61 So I really hope that team chopsticks can keep going on 4.4 as there are a lot of skyrockets out there still

Again I dont know much about this phone software but it seems to me that if more people want to go off contract then this rooting stuff is going to have to get a whole lot easier or its going to remain in the dark like it is now. With the two year contract cycle there is no need to root your phone. just throw it into the landfill and get a new one for 199. Its how we do things in the USA. But if the no contract model can take hold people will be keeping phones longer and will want kit kat 4.4 and 5.0 etc. It also seems odd to me that windows software can power all forms of pc's (regardless of mfg) but android must be heavily "tweaked" to get it to work on 500 different phone models. what a cumbersome consumer unfriendly system. Can you imagine if you had to buy a special version of windows just for your PC? oh my god. PC biz would have died years ago. The complexity of this phone software (for each of 500 models) and rooting has to get simpler. I dont know how but it has to. Maybe the Cm movement can fix that. I guess samsung does not want that as they are in the hardware biz. Google does not care as its like MS in the software biz (well really the ad biz and andoid helps googles ad biz). I see the old IBM / Bill Gates DOS thing playing out all over again.

Anyway thanks team chopsticks for all the work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] twobats1:
The manufacturers and carriers write in their codes. I can't get Windows XP to run on a Dell machine unless I use a Dell installation disk. And all the Dell machines are different!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] godlessfather:
Binary Blobs

The issue is that the device manufacturers are all racing to make the best hardware while obscuring the drivers that interact with it. That'd work alright if they were interested in updating their code to work with each iteration of Android but they generally have moved on to their next innovations well before the products they manufacture become unusable. Developers are constantly having to figure out how to get the current codebase for Android to work with the stale drivers they can't modify.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sanu.saeed:
Hey there. I am using the latest beanstalk kitkat on my galaxy s2 skyrocket. The rom is top notch but i only have one problem. That is the battery life! I don't think wakelock is the problem. If i use my phone on wifi or playing games, my battery drains very fast. 15-20% of my battery falls within 10 minutes. Please help. I have to charge my phone 2 times if I use it for games and wifi.

Screen and Android system have the most percentage in battery usage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
That's normal... The SR is a battery hog.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Freewaymad:
Upgrade From ICS4.0 bootloader to JB4.3 bootloader in an OTA

Does anyone know how to get the bootloader to upgrade with the rest of the Android system in an OTA? I know the bootloader does not write to its own partion and needs to be upgraded to to get JB4.3. The contents of an OTA contain:

MEAT-INF folder

recovery folder

system folder

boot.img

file_contexts

Would I insert the u-boot.bin into this and zip it? Is there a script? I could go into an ADB shell and type:

# sudo dd if=u-boot-no-padding.bin of=/dev/sdx bs=1K seek=1; sync

but I would rather try to do it in an OTA.

Please help.

Thank-you :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
Wait, what exactly are you trying to do here? Which rom? And why are you messing with boot loader?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gemer45a:
Hello, I want to root my HTC Sensation xe no carrier attached. I'm completely new to this but somehow I managed to unlock my bootloader. When I search the treads, I see guides on how to flash custom rom and some other things that I don't really understand. I have HTC sync and drivers installed on my windows 7 32 bit system that I use. I want to know which rom is suitable for my phone and what I must do to root it with custom a rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] TheCybertronian:
Um ask on your devices section would be a good start. This is for the Samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gemer45a:
How can I locate my device's section? I've tried searching.. I'm using the xda app
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] TheCybertronian:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1443587
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Freewaymad:
This would be for AOSP or AOSPA that I built for a Freescale IMX6Q device. The original bootloader in ICS will not let me flash the new JB rom onto it, so the ICS bootloader needs to be upgraded to the JB bootloader. I already know I could go into an ADB shell and type:

# sudo dd if=u-boot.bin of=/dev/sdx bs=1K skip=1 seek=1; sync

Or...if you're using no padding uboot image:

# sudo dd if=u-boot-no-padding.bin of=/dev/sdx bs=1K seek=1; sync

I would like to get this done within an OTA instead.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] car vs driver:
By OTA do you mean flashable zip? If so, you can do that in the edify script.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Freewaymad:
Okay..that sounds good to me, but I would need help on how to do that, as I really don't know how (I don't mean to be a pain). :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] stratotone:
Hey there. Brand new here. Thanks to this forum I was able to figure out how to flash my Skyrocket :good: I have a question which seems simple, but may not be. There is SO MUCH info out there that I decided this thread is a good place to start.

So, yeah, the other day I installed CM 10.2 stable. Went with a stable version since this is my only phone, and I use it daily. Love it---HUGE improvement over the stock Samsung crap. But, I'm having a major problem: my battery life is awful. I know this was just mentioned a few posts ago, but I go through 10-15% battery every ten minutes or so, NOT using the phone, and with Wi-Fi turned off. I always had decent battery life on the stock ROM, often going a whole day without charging, unless I was doing heavy internet browsing or streaming stuff. Battery info (under Settings) shows ~45 minutes remaining on a full charge. It shows Android OS (47%) and Google+ (31%) as being my top two consumers. I do have Google Now enabled, but I don't use any of the other Google+ services.

I'm hoping this is a common thing with a simple solution. Is it? Note, per suggestion from another thread, I downloaded CPU Spy. The majority of my CPU time is spent at 1242 MHz (56%), the other big ones are at 384 MHz (17%) and Deep Sleep (21%). I'm just not sure where to go from here. Any suggestions on where to start troubleshooting, or if it's even worth troubleshooting? Thanks in advance!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] swh skyrocket:
I have been on CM 10.2 for three months on old att sgh-i727. Battery is still 30% or more after 12 hrs on wifi. Its a 2200 mha "anker" brand batt. Wifi if good signal keeps battery going longer. problem for me at home is t mobile LTE is only two bars so that can drain battery. when phone has to strain to get coverage it uses batt.

I am going to go to CM11 on the skyrocket once google comes out with google voice solution May 15. Likely some hangouts tweak I will hate. Google really messing up thee days

---------- Post added at 12:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:09 PM ----------

this looks promising for CM11.0 on skyrocket... I may try it soon let me know if you do. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2718129
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] batman1984:
Pandora

Hello... haven't been on here for a while, but I have a problem. Maybe it can't be fixed yet, but maybe I can at least find out if it is being worked on.

Pandora is not working on CM11 latest nightly while Bluetooth is paired to my speaker. It skips titles and doesn't play music... it does play the commercials though... just not the music.

Hope someone has an answer. And I hope that this is the area to ask this question. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] swh skyrocket:
try this for pandora? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2718129
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ismael247:
My Phone Won't Read My SIM Card!!!!!

I have replaced the sim card slot and also I've replaced the sim card itself and still it doesnt read my sim card. The phone is also unlocked can any one help please i would appreciate it thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] stratotone:
Turns out my battery issue was indeed a simple one. I live in an area where AT&T doesn't have great LTE coverage. I also work right across from a radio tower that causes spotty reception. Anyway, point being, if my phone is using the data connection for syncing or web browsing, it's constantly overworking itself trying to switch to the fastest connectivity type. I just had to connect to WiFi so that Google Now and syncing services weren't trying to use data all the time. Back to normal :good: Side note, anyone know if there is an app or mod that will let you turn LTE OFF on the Skyrocket?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ferankiansa:
No OS, failed ROM flash, OK to power down?

Would have it been OK for me to power down the phone with out the OS? --- to add an external SD card... I was in recovery [TWRP] and the got a failed install on the ROM, with no nandroid backup (long story) and my laptop was not recognizing the phone to do an ADB push command.

Didn't want to compound my problem by powering down the phone; it should have been OK to power down and still get into recovery or download mode; but , was not sure, so getting confirmation in case I visit Noobstertown again by not doing MD5 check before wiping the OS (or not having a backup).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rapnel:
Add a phone

First off many thanks to many people here on xda, especially some of the skyrocket folks, I don't log in to click thanks near enough so, thanks!

Right now I'm running a skyrocket with blue lighting. It's the first ROM I decided to flash. It had been rooted for a bit but gingerbread was turning to dust no matter what I did and it was way beyond time. Blue Lightining is éffing fantastic. I basically now have a new phone with old glass. (It's on debug build 0410) I think I made a very good first choice of ROM.

Now I have to add another phone to the household and my question is basically the "What should I get?" derpyderp type but it's been whittled down to three choices that I have access to: an SGS4, an LG G2 and a MOTO X. I thought I'd ask here because that's what the title of the thread asked me to do and I expect that responses like "Which one feels better? What're you going to use it for?" etc. can mostly be avoided by asking folks who know what adb is.

What I'm looking for is a phone that I can take control of out of the gate if I want to (or if not out of the gate then sooner rather than later). I don't want a repeat of the skyrocket cycle. It took quite some time to find an exploit that worked for the stock carrier smashed 2.3.6 kit. Of my choices I almost jumped right on the S4 just because but after a little reading it looks like the carrier delivered kitkat bundle doesn't quite have a smash yet. I don't want to be stuck on another touchWiz samsung with zeam launcher layered over the top and donkeyware filling all of the cracks in the background.

So the question - Which of these can deliver full control the quickest? A Samsung Galaxy S4, an LG G2 (which is pretty stacked, by the way) or the MOTO X? They're all fit with carrier 4.4.2 mash. I staunchly believe that carrier or manufacturer control of powerful compute devices such as these is not acceptable at any level so any opinions or pointers that point towards an open door will be appreciated.

.. it looks like the Moto X is out - has not been chopped. R/W lockout. poop - that was the best usage fitment. (it's got a growing bounty though..)

Just to wrap up this unquestion question the G2 was acquired. The edges are fairly sharp but otherwise it's a nice kit. In the hand it's not much larger than the skyrocket. A beefy case like an otterbox would make the size difference drastic though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jd1639:
Forget the s4. It's looked down tight and the only thing you can flash with safestrap are tw roms. Don't know much about the others. Look at the nexus 5. It's a dream to mod.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] TheCybertronian:
Xperia z2 should be killer also
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] swh skyrocket:
knox

I keep reading about KNOX http://www.datamation.com/mobile-wireless/samsung-knox-business-sense-into-the-galaxy-s5.html?google_editors_picks=true and assume it is hardware (like s5 based) but I also hear that there are some knox elements in Android 4.4 so once you go to that you cant go back to 4.3? It seems that this knox stuff was all defeated by the "rooting community" some time ago?

I have a an S2 skyrocket on 4.3 and am waiting for 4.4 roms to get stable enough to use as I am very fearful my phone will explode (lol) if something goes wrong. But I guess it would eb a good excuse to get a "new" used phone on ebay or amazon unlocked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jd1639:
No need to worry about knox on the s2. You can flash what ever firmware you want. The bootloader is not locked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ferankiansa:
Try Blue Lightning \ Bean Stalk ROMS

I have been using both Blue Lightning and Bean Stalk ROMs, both based on Kitkat and it is more than stable enough... try it out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jlk77:
skyrocket water damage

water damage . phone would not boot up..i broke it down to the board. treated all points and ribbons with qtip and rubbing alcohol..brushed clean with toothbrush..put back together and booted up just fine..only problem is its not holding a charge at all,,got it up to 1% before it shuts off and battery icon appears again showing its charging..ive read that it could be the sensor between the usb port and battery..could it be telling the phone that the battery is too hot to charge?...i have new battery on the way..but the battery isnt swollen or show any wear..but it does indicate water damage...any suggestions if the new battery still doesnt solve the problem....thank you in advance...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] brawlyrdgz:
Strange Battery Consumption

I know that with time and use you will shorten the life of the phone (I've been with my SR almost two years) and therefore the battery, but it seems outrageously high battery consumption when using the phone outside (no wifi specifically) ... switching to 2G, brightness at minimum, turn off everything (GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, etc.) and still the battery does not last more than 6 hours on deep sleep and no more than 3 hours texting on whatsapp, and/or checking some twitter ..

I know, that even though the problem is that I have to change the battery, this drastic consumption only happens to me with roms beyond: 4.1.2 JB (4.2, 4.3, 4.4.2) ..

I listen to advice (I've already checked if my phone has been suffering wakelocks, and therefore no)

PD: I'm currently using Beanstalk v4.4.278c

PD2: Using google translator here.. LOL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
I have had my SR since it hit the market. One battery change and it is strong as ever. Lasts all day unless I am using the internet or playing a game of some sort...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Freewaymad:
Newer Rom For Older Tablet

Hi,

This could be a longshot. I received this tablet. It has android 4.0 ICS on it. My question is, how could I find out the u-boot parameters on it? I would like to put the JB4.3_1.1.0 GA release on it. Building would not be a problem as I have already done that, but when it is flashed it will not come on. This is an actual tablet. Is there a way to get the information needed to get it to come on? According to the build prop it looks like a sabresd rom on a sabrelite board. I have tried to find where to hook it up USB to TTL, but it is not marked. I think the key is in the u-boot, but again it would be how to open the image. I need to know what bootloader is doing I guess. The basics are the same:

Kernel Base Address : 0x10800000

Ramdisk Load Address : 0x11800000

Second Stage Load Address : 0x11700000

Page Size : 2048 bytes

Is there some way to open the u-boot.bin? Is there some software for this? It would be nice to see this build on actual tablet in the real world. Anything would help.

Thanks,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bps119:
My apologies Mod, I was simply attempting to have some fun. I believe this thread could end up being very valuable, and appreciate it being allowed to stay open. You'll see no more mischief from this guy

Sent from my Slimmed out Skyrocket
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] MrGriffdude:
Much appreciated!

Sent from my mom's basement.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] whosgotlag:
I think it's great that people are trying to actually help one another and act like a community. I would like to point out another resource that I have basically primarily switched over to for all things Android - it's not great for phone specifics but reddit.com/r/android has a weekly thread called 'Moronic Mondays' in which people ask whatever they want. Here is the most recent one : http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1cdgmt/moronic_monday_april_15th_your_weekly_questions/

As you can see; most threads get around 500 comments and the style of Reddit allows pretty much every question to be answered instead of lost in the shuffle. Along the same lines is their Sunday APPreciation thread (most recent here http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1cbgsl/its_sunday_appreciation_time_apr_14th_2013_your/) where people plug apps they like or develop (as quite a lot of developers are on the sub).

I can also recommend the base www.reddit.com/r/android for most android related news and discussion.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Smittiegee19:
Where do I find the 4.2.2 t989 rotation fix for skyrocket? I want the one so we can flash theirs. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
This MIGHT help:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2197004

--

Sent from my mind to your screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] phillybits:
I seem to remember CM having lock screen rotation before 10.1 that I (at least) do not appear to have anymore.

I have checked all my settings and I'm pretty positive I'm not missing anything. Additionally, I'm asking here as previous posts and PM's have gone unanswered.

It's convenient to have when driving and the phone is horizontal in the window mount.

1. Am I correct that it used to be available but no longer is?

2. What would need to be done to reincorporate it? I don't want to put a request in on the bugtracker but I'm not getting any help and I don't know how to code.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jd1639:
I don't remember ever seeing it. But I want looking for it either.

Edit: I restored a cm 10, vincoms superlite, and it isn't there

Doesn't do it on stock jb either
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] spitfire2425:
In the op you should add "before you post do your own research, use this as a last resort."
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mtdew:
Negative as that still portrays a less friendly feel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] curiouscrackers:
I've got a noob question.

Can I take

/system/app/ParanoidPreferences.apk

and

/system/etc/paranoid/ (do I even need this?)

from my Pac-Man ROM, drop it into any 4.2.2 .zip before flashing and get a working Hybrid Properties? Or is there deeper integration that won't let it happen (or maybe an additional directory I'm missing)?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mtdew:
It's deeper than that paranoid has their own framework that paprefs needs in order to work. So no.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] curiouscrackers:
Well, I guess I'll have to stick with Pac-Man ROMs until I learn how to build & compile my own. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] MrGriffdude:
Good luck with that

Sent from my mom's basement.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] curiouscrackers:
Thanks. Look out for my ROMs...in a couple years.