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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justanother1020:
so is there any other rom that give you a more stock s3 experience other than shostock?

Thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
Here's my suggestion: make a nandroid backup, flash SHOstock3 and see whether you like it or not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justanother1020:
I installed Fromaroot and rooted the phone. I'm trying to get CWM on there now.

I was trying to do it without odin and without using a computer much. Did I mess up the process doing the fromaroot, it did succeed. All I have now is the android recovery(which i'm guessing isn't much help?).

I'm trying to install shostock, but it looks like i already need a kernel that has CWM already on the phone before I install that? I don't want stuff that is already iterated to me repeated, and have the thread locked.

But can I use mobile odin pro to install a kernel with CWM? or should I really be using the computer right now to do all of this?

Thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Assuming the root process worked correctly, then you *can* use Mobile Odin (pro or lite) to install a custom kernel containing ClockworkMod Recovery. For more detailed information, please see the guides linked in my signature.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justanother1020:
even though it says I already need a kernel that has CWM to install shostock on the official page?

sorta came off as most people will have already been flashed etc.

the last thing i want to do is brick my phone on the first attempt. Also what kernel should I flash, there is so much outdated info out there. I dont see anyone on here mention fromaroot but it worked perfectly, maybe it's a bit of a newer tool.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Wing2468:
Read the 1st link from creepyncrawly's signature to get started.

Simple rule to follow. Look what version of Android your phone is running now, and then read the related posts for flashing kernel, ROM, CWM, etc. That's how I did it. This phone is almost 2 years old and of course outdated info is floating around.

For me, it took less than an hour to root/flash the phone, but days to read through all related posts.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
I'm not sure what you're getting at here.

You started out with stock 4.0.3 (or 4.0.4.) Your stock kernel contains stock 3e recovery, which you can not use to flash custom firmware. So, to put custom firmware on the phone, you need to first flash a kernel containing CWM Recovery. (There is no stand alone recovery on this phone. The recovery is built right into the kernel.) You can do that by several methods. Using Mobile Odin is the quickest and easiest. It's almost fool proof.

And yes, the phone is starting to show it's age, and the guides are getting a little out dated. But the information is still good. What is important is understanding the process. You (and everyone) should understand exactly what you are doing before you modify your phone. Once you understand the process, you are much less likely to make a paper weight.

For a custom kernel, use one of the ones linked in the OP of the thread for 4.0.4 ICS, UCLL6 plus root which is also linked in my signature.

Just to recap, to go from stock to custom firmware

1. root

2. install a custom kernel containing CWM recovery. It should be a recovery that works with your current system.

3. use CWM recovery to flash the firmware of your choice.

4. profit
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justanother1020:
Thanks guys,

I've actually flashed a few phones for my friends, read up and 20 mins later i was off an on.

This was a bit more of a trouble for me though. Tons of ways to do it, many versions of this phone, half the time i would be reading and be like, damn this is not for the i777 can't take any chances.

i'm going to put that kernel on there , and then flash shostock3 , seems to be the closest thing to an s3 like experience on this phone.

I was / still am, heavily worried about battery life, something keeps telling me this is like going to cut my battery in half, i blame the experience on the t mobile g1, where i put all these roms on my friends phone and it just sucked away the battery.

Hopefully shostock3 does a good job though! ICS just isn't cutting it anymore
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Not to worry! See attachment.

Admittedly, this was very light usage. But it gives you an idea what is possible.

Oh, and this is the stock battery that came with the phone in Oct. 2011. No telling how many charge cycles on it. At least 4-500.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justanother1020:
got shostock3 on it, runs beautifully

battery life so far is just as good or even better than stock, lots of bloatware gone.

Thank you to everyone.

Fromaroot > 4.0.4 custom kernel (mobile odin) > shostock did the trick, couldn't be easier, if you ever really motivated and didn't mind waiting a bit, i guess you could do that whole process with just the phone.

only thing i used the computer for was transferring files.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justanother1020:
and now 4 days later the official one comes out!

Everyone lost hope, even me!

I'm tempted to try it out, but at the same time, i'm quite happy with shostock3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
mr-cook has a modified stock version. It's stock system plus root and busybox, and the jebo kernel. So if you wanted to try it out, you could make a nandroid backup of SHOstock3, try out the cooked rom, and if you don't like it, go back real easy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cgraham30240:
Stock s3 experience

Try the Alliance Rom, it has the Samsung app store and you register with Samsung when you first boot up.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lewis0214:
Hy.

I just installed the 1.0.4 FxGuru. I made patch with freedom and downloaded everything and after I installed the 1.0.5. Then I installed the lastest 1.2.0 version of FxGuru. My problem is that this new version is not working with the freedom 0.8.5 version (I think this is the newest). I tried the Lucky Patcher put still do not working. Those effect which was installed before is work fine, but the +12 which is in the 1.2.0 version is not.

So how can I download the +12 effects with freedom or Lucky Patcher or other app?

There is anybody who found a solution for this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom-Helge:
You simply have to buy it. This is not a warez website, PERIOD.

So prepeare to have this topic locked.

EDIT: And also reported.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Towle:
Thread closed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kinextions:
Hello all, new Galaxy user here.....I came from 3D HTC. ok my questions...

1. I am already rooted, what back up , ROM and other stuff do I need to use. There are so many links to so many choices.

2. Which are the easiest to use? I'm not good with complicated options.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] CCallahan:
First off, you don't NEED to use anything but what you have right? If for some reason you are not happy with what your phone comes with than it is all personal preference. I use TWRP for custom recovery/backups and is very easy to install via GooManager app. No flashing required, all touch based, and designed very friendly I think. As for roms, kernels, etc. they all pretty much install the same and will give different results. If you don't want to complicate things just stick with rooted stock unless it does not do something you need.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jj14:
The question to start with is, "What do you want your phone to do"?

Look at the capabilities of your phone with the stock ROM:

Are you happy with the way it works? (or can you make it work the way you want by changing the available options)? If so, don't do anything else

Are you not happy with some application? Can you download an app that fixes this? If so, don't do anything else

Are you not happy with the UI? Try out another launcher - if that works for you, don't do anything else

Are you not happy with the bloat on your phone? Can you disable that bloatware? If so, don't do anything else

Are you not happy with the bloat on your phone? If you can't disable that bloatware? If so, you need to root - and then, you can freeze or remove the bloat app

Do you just want to backup everything? If so, you may not need root to use titanium backup - see if Helium backup (by CWM) does the trick for you

Do you want to change everything about your ROM, or flash a new kernel to get better battery life, or get some feature that is not available on the stock ROM (but is available on a custom ROM)? Then, root, install custom recovery (like twrp or CWM), take nandroid backup, and then flash new ROM

To summarize, what do you want your phone to do? :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kinextions:
I want the most current updates and best performance from my battery and signal. I also want WiFi tether for free to work.......
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jj14:
For the moment, the stock ROM has the most current updates. (but I'm pretty sure the carriers will delay the release of the next update, so at that time, flashing a custom ROM may be the way to go)

WiFi Tether - you don't necessarily have to flash a custom ROM just for that - you can get that just by updating the services.* files (see the hotspot mod thread in the Android development forum - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2256950)

Best signal - you will get that based on the radios that are being used, and I believe the custom ROMs use the radios from Sprint as well.

Best battery - for that, you will need to pick a good kernel, so a custom ROM will probably be your best bet.

Hope that helps!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] kinextions:
Thank you for everything.....got the Hotspot working. More info than I expected. Great stuff.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jj14:
Glad this info was helpful :)

Just remember to do a Nandroid backup before you flash any custom ROMs or make any changes to the kernel or the root folders.

Personally, I use the latest touch based version of TWRP (installed using goomanager in the play store) - but CWM works fine too.

Being able to revert back to the nandroid backup has saved my rear end more than once :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DorkyDev:
Screenshot maker....

So I can open a image and the paste a new image next to it and so on and so forth.

I thought Image Editor would allow me to do it, but it was really buggy. Got confused trying to do it in PS Touch. Tried a couple collage makers and they'd all crop out pieces of each image.

Are there any others?
[HTC Desire X] JoseluSpark:
Well, I'm now on JellyBean with last HBoot, so I flashed the Deodexed JB rom, and I want to change the bootscreen from another rom (one of the ShadowDX rom, for example).

Is there any way to flash another bootscreen by aroma or another file manager? (I suppose that JB rom users can't do this vía root explorer, because of HTC system protection)

Thanks in advance :(
[HTC Desire X] dansou901:
In the folder /system/customize/resource there are two zip files, one named hTC_bootup.zip (for the animation shown when you start the phone) and one named htc_downanimation.zip (for the animation shown when you shut down your phone). Just replace them with your desired ones using a file manager of your choice. If you are doing it from inside android, make sure to remount system partition as writable.
[Android Apps and Games] lupidapi:
Personal Weather Consultant a really NEW interesting weather App

Personal Weather Consultant features:

★ check your calendar and check the weather conditions of the place and at the time of the appointment.

★ monitors constantly your calendar and controls the insertion of the new events to be able to provide timely weather interested information.

★ wakes up with you: he synchronize with the alarm clock of your phone and makes sure that you give an eye to the weather before you leave home so you will not be surprised by sudden storms or in order to adopt the most suitable clothing.

★ set a favorite city for which you can check the weather regardless of the calendar appointments.

★ calculates the perceived temperature using the Wind Chill Index and the Heat Index (where possible to calculate them).

★ set the preferred units for speed and temperature

This comprehensive application provides a highly detailed weather information:

★ Weather conditions (with intervals of three hours)

★ Temperature

★ Humidity

★ Wind (speed and direction)

★ Cloud cover

★ Pressure

The weather information are provided for the next five days.

Current available language: english and italian. We are working on other languages and we'll release soon french and spanish.
[Android Apps and Games] gdcch:
It is a nice idea.. where do you get the weather info?
[Android Apps and Games] lupidapi:
Openweathermap.org
[Android Apps and Games] lupidapi:
All improvement suggestions will be appreciate.
[Android Apps and Games] SystemErrorOne:
Works perfectly like the holo design

made a little something for ya if you like it.

NEW ICON FLAT STYLE

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Byxlw5J4qbOvWDZuNTE1MzdlM00/edit?usp=sharing
[Android Apps and Games] hisname:
no plans to put on Google play store?
[Android Apps and Games] gferen:
on my galaxy s2 it says Error in calendar. We cannot read information from your caleda.

Only option is close and there stays on logo of app.
[Android Apps and Games] DanieVDM:
Same error on my Galaxy S3 running 4.2.1 stock.
[Android Apps and Games] gferen:
and after 15 min of being installed is crashing on 3 min like: personal weather stoped working...
[Android Apps and Games] dainsfield:
Same "error in the calendar" on my Galaxy S3 running 4.1.2.
[Android Apps and Games] Anto_Gio:
Dashclock extension needed

Do you know what would be cool? A Dashclock extension. It would look really neat on JB 4.2.2 :D
[Android Apps and Games] lupidapi:
Can you tell me if you have a google calendar syncronized account?

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] gferen:
Yes google calenda is synced with caledar in galaxy s2. also made a test event on pc and in few seconds i saw it on my caledar on phone.
[Android Apps and Games] lupidapi:
I'll investigate the cause, try to fix and let you know! Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] gferen:
any catlogs need?
[Android Apps and Games] semi-anonymous:
Won't install

I hit the install button and almost instantly a message pops up. X App not installed.

AT&T SkyRocket (Galaxy S II) with cm10.0 (4.1.2)

Regards,

bob
[Android Apps and Games] lupidapi:
Can you please run this apk ang give me back the log cat?

Thank you in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] gferen:
this one not even want to open. crash every time. Tested with WIFI on and also without WIFI (only 3G connection)

log cat in att.
[Android Apps and Games] tentonbricks:
Interesting. I'm subscribed to the St. Louis Cardinals baseball calendar. Now, the calendar doesn't specify "United States" or a state at all, but it says things like "Citi Field, Flushing" or "Marlins Park, Miami" and for some reason, when I click on that entry, it just assumes I those places are in London.

Other than that, I like the idea. Had one FC so far, but hey, I'm not complaining.
[Android Apps and Games] lupidapi:
Can you try this one and give me logs?

Thank you for your patience!
[Android Apps and Games] gferen:
will try. is good that im on work :D

send me on PM your email so i dont have to resent catlog on my email and then posting :)

Added catlog :)

Now app opened but the same error as first time.
[Android Apps and Games] lupidapi:
This is a correct behavior. The app expect to find the location name in the location/position field of the calendar. Something like "Marlins Park, Miami" is a not recognized format (is not a name of a city). London is the default location when city name is not recognized.

Most probably the inverted order like "Miami, Marlins Park" can work.
[Android Apps and Games] Dovidhalevi:
Works fine (at least with WIFI) on my LG P500 running cm10.1 nightly.

A nifty app with an intuitive interface. The initial 12:00 temperature ## when hitting "off days" might be considered a minor bug. Swiping yields predictions. I'll try a morning alarm, already set up for floating notifications.
[Android Apps and Games] lupidapi:
Try this new apk.
[Android Apps and Games] DanieVDM:
Starting up fine on my S3 now thanks. :D
[Android Apps and Games] MovieGene:
The new apk a couple posts working well here too

What I'm running....

Slim Bean 6

Cerux 1.50 beta 4 kernel

Samsung T989 (hercules)

T-Mobile USA

New Balance Size 11 4E
[Android Apps and Games] SystemErrorOne:
OP: "Gee thanks for designing that icon buddy"

Me: oh why thank you. No problem glad you liked it.

- At least a thank you. Shake My Head. :(
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] mtbsoft:
Most readers here will be familiar with the notorious unreliability of the alarms/notifications in WM2003 - we've all seen the various fixes, from reg. tweaks to software patches, which deliver solutions which vary in success. What I haven't managed to find is a conclusive answer to the question "Have MS finally fixed the alarms in WM2003SE?".

Of all the reasons for upgrading my device to SE, this is really the only one which matters to me. I don't need Landscape, the BT changes don't help me either and since I'm still on the more stable 1.60 ROM (as opposed to the 1.66/1.72), I am happily using all the PP2 features without a care in the world... but I'd like reliable alarms!

I currently use a three minute time-period for the housekeeping process which works most of the time, but as my appointments database climbs towards the 500 record mark, I'm still missing some first alarms.

So, does anyone have a conclusive answer? Do the alarms work more reliably in SE than they did in WM2003? Please tell...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Rabia:
depends on what problem you face, my problem wit halarm was its long duration between ring & the short duration for total rings, well get SPB pocket plus & those 2 problems are fixed imediatly it rings accendingly & keeps ringing untill your brain burst
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] mtbsoft:
The bug I'm talking about is the failure of the first alarm to go off in a day, due to the housekeeping task not completing properly. If the first alarm doesn't wake the device and go off, none of those after it can go off either - until the user turns on the device manually and then gets them all in one go.

Oh, and I have Pocket Plus for the alarm duration/repeat issue, among others - while it does tidy the notifications database of duplicates it still doesn't fix this problem!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Rabia:
oh now i understand but this was fixed in the 1.72 rom, not even the se rom but anyhow if you are asking its is not present on the se rom too
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] mtbsoft:
I hadn't heard that, but then I've only got the 1.60 ROM on my device - that's the latest that O2 Asia released.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] calvin42:
AFAIK it is NOT fixed in the XDA 2003SE ROM!

I have tried it several times with the 2.06 ROM and the first alarm on a day did not wake up the device.

I would recommend SPB Time or something similar for wake up ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] flucks:
I have been trying to look around, but I seem to be the only one with this issue. For some reason, Gmail isn't appearing in "My Apps" in the play store and when I try and search for it in the play store so I can update it, it will download the update then give me the error that "Package file was not signed correctly" and won't update. I did a complete wipe today and switched from CWM to TWRP to see if that would help, but alas, it's not working. I have tried to sideload and reinstall gapps, but still nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

ATT S4

TWRP (newest)

CM10.1 (Newest)

Gapps ( From OP)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] eltee38:
Hi all, this is my first time posting in these forums.

I've recently purchased a used rogers model i317m galaxy note 2 and used the dialer code so I could use it on Telus.

Since doing so, I have experienced intermittent, unexplainable signal drops, especially going into indoor areas. I have a friend with the same model phone, but Telus stock, and we have compared signal strength over the last two weeks. In a friends basement, he gets full reception on his note 2, while I get nothing.

In dealing with this issue, I have perused these forums for weeks. A variety of threads in the various note 2 forums all point to something fishy going on with galaxy note 2's that have been unlocked with the dialer code, and no conclusive evidence or answers regarding what the problem is, or how it can be fixed. It seems like those threads simply die because people cannot provide an explanation.

I have taken the phone to multiple repair shops, but their answers were all varying and they were more interested in trying to sell me on replacing the main board for $300 than helping me (no idea if it would actually fix anything if it's software related). I originally thought it could be a hardware antenna issue, but looking online and inquiring at the shops, antenna problems are so rare they don't even have stock, and have never been asked to replace one.

I doubt it's a hardware problem, and the other loose threads regarding this issue seem to confirm that it is software related, and only happens to dialer unlocked note 2's. And since I am getting reception (3bars and let outside, 1 bar and no data inside), the antennas do seem to be working.

ive tried a variety of solutions suggested on* the forums, but to no avail.

1) factory reset, no results

2) new sim card, no results

3) flashing a stock Telus rom, changing csc code, nothing

4) flashing new telus radio (even though I know rogers, Telus, sasktel all use the same radio), nothing

5) flashing aws band, made reception worse (maybe)

6) using *#*#2236# code, changing options, nothing

7) calling Telus, explaining the situation, having them make sure everything was fine on their side. Everything checked out and the Telus guy was equally confused by the problem.

8) main Samsung tech support, same issue. The representative was confused as well, and started cruising xda to try to help me!

This has been incredibly frustrating. The signal drop is so bad it basically renders the phone unusable. Right now I'm sitting in a house on the main floor on wifi next to big windows, and I'm getting one bar of reception and no data at all. On my nexus in the same room I was getting full signal.

The only thing I haven't tried is flashing modded baseband radios, but another person with the same problem on xda tried that and it didn't work for them at all.

I think I'm out of options. Planning on selling it to a used store for cheap and buying one fresh from Telus, or ordering an international model so this won't happen again.

Can anyone help?

Thanks so much.

WTF, W. T. F.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pannik:
I had the same problem, reset flash counter to zero and returned it to Samsung for warranty. They fixed it for me. I am on my phone now so i can't link to the thread, but if you Google reset flash counter to zero gn2 xda, you should find the answer. Hope this helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] eltee38:
Thanks. Was it confirmed to be a hardware problem? Will they accept used phones under warranty?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jon3sh:
Try flashing this rom and flash your modem/radio before you reboot system. I am using it right now and my signal increased with this stock rom. I am using Ma3 modem with it and works great.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2301141

Sent from my l317M
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pannik:
Yes, they told me it hard ware, and yes, it was used and still under warranty. Try contacting Samsung through online chat via their help center.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
It's a hidden menu, that's within the phone. Same way you unlock it by using the hidden menu!

Just my 2¢®