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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NBA Brawler:
Did the update get rid of the android keyboard for any of yall? I updated and I noticed the android keyboard is missing. I went to get it from the play store and it says its already installed but I can't find it anywhere in my phone. Any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tedkunich:
I'm sorry... :D We finally jettisoned than POS last year.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sir_dwtc:
I didn't have the stock Android keyboard when it installed the update (not sure if I had it before, I reverted to stock ICS, then did the update to JB). I installed it from the Play Store, and that worked fine. Was the one you tried to install called Google Keyboard?

I mostly just use SwiftKey, and keep the Google Keyboard as a backup, but the Google one is pretty nice (I think it does better with swipe gesture typing than SwiftKey does).

I wish we could... I'm with a company that has many tens of thousands of employees all over the world, so change is always very slow. Maybe in the next year they'll update their Traveler software, but probably not before all new Android phones start coming with 4.2/4.3/5.x...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sciguy125:
It disappeared for me and reinstalling it from the store turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2319075

Never again will I use firmware from a carrier..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NBA Brawler:
Yeah Google Keyboard is the one I tried to install. I even downloaded the apk and tried to side load it but it still didn't work so I'm using SwiftKey for now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] damngood98:
Does updating this through keis wipe your data? Or anything else for that matter?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 3r14nd:
Anyone have any idea why it would do this, when upgrading to the new update on Kies?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
Not sure why it would do that. If you absolutely want the new release, you can force update it by going into Kies Tools menu and selecting Firnware Upgrade and Initialization. You'll need the S/N from the sticker behind your battery. The model number to enter is SGH-I777 (must be all CAP letters)

Then put phone in download mode and connect it. It should force the update but it will most likely delete everything that was on the phone. I did this when the ICS update came a while back last year.

EDIT* I just entered my info to see if it would do the same thing (as it did for ICS) and it actually tells you exactly how to connect your phone to do this. It should work if you want it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ou812bkewl:
Saws

First, make sure that Kies is the only program you have running at the time. Unplug your phone from USB, remove your battery cover and battery, and select "Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initialization" in Kies. Then follow the prompts and fill in the blanks as it asks you to. Make sure to enter the info exactly as it shows on the sticker in your GS2's battery compartment (the serial number is NOT an IMEI number, BTW). After entering this info, a window appears showing an update is available. It will give you instructions on how to enter download mode manually (hold both volume buttons while plugging in the USB). This method will usually cause the USB storage to be erased and a factory reset.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kurtisherzog88:
Issues since Jelly Bean update

I am pretty new to phone tech so I waited for the firmware upgrade. Glad to finally have Jelly Bean. However, the main bug I'm finding is that I get no text message notifications. Not in the lock screen, not in the notification tray. The only way to see is to constantly check my SMS inbox constantly. I've tried updating the phone 2 different times. I finally reset the device completely but to no avail. Anyone else having this or other issues?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
Ok wait.. Its been a really long while since Ive used an actual ATT rom but, I thought we werent allowed to install apks on the stock firmware? How did you guys run Framaroot after updating? Do they finally let us check the 'Install from Unknown Sources' box now??

Id be game to try the new FW, the i9100 4.1.2's still seem a little 'iffy' to me after all this time running them, but I gotta be able to install My Backup and restore some game saves I have hehehe.

(Let me guess this was there since Gingerbread I just spaced it and didnt notice it and ran right to CM when I got the phone hehe)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
I'm fairly certain that option was included in the stock ICS release. I've been on custom Roms forever though so I'm not 100% sure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kdeuce808:
i was in the middle of updating my firmware on Kies when i got an error. USB connection was probably interrupted. now my phone won't boot up. stuck on an error message: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.

am i screwed? pls. help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
Hmm I think I do remember that vaguely. I never ran the official one, just a stock rooted version so I always had the option. I went straight to the i9100s 4.1.2 shortly after too.

Sent from my crack smoking SGH-i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lhbalesjr:
Noise reduction setting back

People always tell me that they hear an echo during calls. It only happens when I'm using a case on the phone. With Gingerbread I was able to disable noise reduction in call settings, but when I upgraded to ICS, that feature was gone. Actually you could disable it during a call, but you had to do it each time you made a call.. I just noticed that this feature is back on this new rom. This may not be a big deal to others, but I'm really glad they made that option available. When you have the dial pad open, press the menu button and go to call settings - then go to "additional settings and there is a box to enable or disable noise reduction. Noise reduction is enabled by default.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] damngood98:
pull your battery and try getting back into recovery/download mode
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kdeuce808:
sorry i have to ask but how do you go into recovery/download mode?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NBA Brawler:
Anybody experiencing any lag?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] goldeneagle1972:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=15434
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
If you had an echo when you had a case on the phone, it may be because you had the noise microphone covered up. The little hole by the earphone jack is used for the noise cancellation feature. If a case covers it up it may case that. I heard that the i9100 model didn't have the noise cancellation so if the case was for an i9100 it may not have the cut out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] damngood98:
After you pull the battery, put it back in, hold volume up-volume form-power all simultaneously. It'll vibrate a bit, let go when you see"Samsung".. that's for recovery

You probably need to go into download mode and reflash stock. To get into download turn your phone off, battery pull or otherwise, plug your USB into the PC, hold down power up-power down at the same time and plug in your USB to the phone. When it goes into download mode let go. Flash stock firmware through Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
I installed the JB update out of sheer curiosity and I must say... This is not like any other update. I am getting VERY smooth performance and decent battery life for the first cycle after a flash. This is very uncharacteristic of a stock release. Since i'm on summer break, I may give this a try for a while. My only dislike so far is the gray notification bar at the top. I wish it was black.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fldude99:
This update is KILLING my battery! Just sitting idle I get like 4-5 hours from a full charge. An app called wake lock detector is showing Google Maps as a major culprit, doing a partial wakelock over 500 times in 3 hours! Anybody have this issue as well?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Install greenify and put google maps into hibernation. The beauty of greenify is that you can still use the application normally, but greenify will put it back into hibernation after the application is closed and the screen turns off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fldude99:
Thanks! I'll have to go ahead and root..been putting that off
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
I am imagining it or did font rendering take a big hit with this update?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NBA Brawler:
Yeah I wish the notification bar was black and my battery seems like its draining a little faster. Other than that, its fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
Well so far so good. Im still shocked as all hell that AT&T actually paid for and released the Jellybean update! Maybe Samsung got sick of them making their phone look left behind and just sent it to them and said HERE DO IT ALREADY!!

Havent really done much with it yet other then install all my crap on it (one of those rare times the Market actually reinstalled all of the apps I had on it before I wiped it).

I flashed everything but the bootloaders using Mobile Odin Pro, had Odin use Everroot, worked perfect.

I dont see what people mean by the grey notification bar? Mines black and looks just like it always has. Nothing wrong with the font rendering either, my phone looks just about the same as it did running XWLSS only now instead of Samsung apps I have all the ATT stuff. Oh and I lost my nifty ripple ink effect but eh.

I might try to take apart the stuff and see if I can enable the ripple stuff this weekend but last time I went through the tutorial it lost me along the way haha.

Cant comment on the battery life yet. Mines been plugged into my Mac since this morning when I did my nandroid backup of XWLSS and installed the ROM. I just installed BBS, and am about to finally take it off the charger so lets see how that goes!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] djorke:
insane eMMC

Is there anyone with insane eMMC chip like me? I am still using Gingerbread 2.3.4 and would like to try a new flavor. I have never had a guarantee for the phone and because of insane chip in mine i777, I was waiting for brickbug "fix". Is there a need for wipe data / factory reset if you upgrade via Kies as it's a case with Odin? What should be safer: to update to 4.1.2 via Kies or via Odin? BTW phone is rooted and unlocked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sir_dwtc:
A couple of notes after using this release for a few days:

1) In general, things are actually really good, and quite smooth. Although since my company is planning on updating their Lotus client software next week, I'll probably be going back to CM10.1 at that point. There's just too many things I miss from CM.

2) As someone else mentioned, the "Install from unknown sources" checkbox doesn't seem to exist anymore. I was able to install .apk files just fine from the file explorer (I installed framaroot that way) for a while, but last night I tried to update FDroid, and the installer wouldn't let me click the Install button, even though it showed the button and it wasn't grayed out. Now I'm having the same problem with other .apks. Weird.

3) Google Play Music comes baked into the firmware, but for some reason the Play Store doesn't seem to recognize it as being there, so it hasn't been prompting me for updates. I can install the app from the Play Store, and I get the newer interface so I know it really did update, but yesterday I looked at that app in the Play Store again because I heard there was an update, and it doesn't give me the "Open"/"Uninstall" buttons, or an "Update" button... it gives me the Install button, as if it was never installed. I tried disabling the app from Application Management, then installing it, but then I just ended up with the latest version, but still disabled. I'm going to try removing the app altogether with Titanium Backup, then installing from the Play Store. I'd just like to be able to update it normally along with the rest of my apps (all the other baked-in apps seem to update OK via the Play Store, as far as I've noticed).

Update: When I tried to uninstall Google Play Music using Titanium Backup, it said "Cannot remove system app: Failed to locate the apk file", although it does let me backup the app... I guess I'll just go back to manually updating the app through Play Store, and reinstall from the Play Store whenever I hear about updates (until I can go back to CM10.1)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Wing2468:
IIRC, "Install from unknown sources" shows only when Developer Options has been enabled in JB. Developer Options can only be enabled by hitting the Build Number under About Phone 7 times.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ou812bkewl:
My i777 has an EMMC chip that is certified insane by the brickbug checker app. Kies didn't perform a hard reset when doing the upgrade. Since then, I have performed hard resets on stock kernel, rooted and unrooted, through stock recovery and through the backup and restore menus in settings (with and without usb storage formatting).

I understand that the fact my phone is still working don't mean Jack when it comes to brick bug triggering, but I have done a hard reset in every way that can person can perform one. Since then, I have completely filled and cleared my "USB storage". And still have yet to see any issues at all.

With all disclaimers still in effect, of course, it my opinion that the brick bug had been squished.

Kies is always the safest update method, based on my extensive experience with Odin, Heimdall, and Kies. Odin is the ONLY method that has hard bricked me when following all instructions precisely and doing everything right. (That was back when I still had my Samsung Craptivate SGH-i897)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] andronald:
I thought Kies was total bogus, because of its memory leak feature. Did it get patched?

EDIT: And I also have a brickbug. It has never bothered me because I have chosen to stay away from AT&T updates completely, since the open source community is (was) 4 years ahead in terms of development for this phone. This does not mean I am not vulnerable to triggering it.

[MENTION=3302834]ou812bkewl[/MENTION] - No matter how many times you "wipe a phone", the efs and the firmware based bootloader (unless you REALLY screw up) is not touched by Odin. Which is why the yellow triangle will persist, not matter what boot.img you flash.

Sent from my SGH-i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
When I went to install Better Battery Stats it prompted me to enable it and took me to the dev options like it always does. I didnt have to enable the dev options at all.

Sent from my crack smoking SGH-i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sir_dwtc:
Developer Options has always been in Settings for me since I installed this AT&T ROM (and I reverted to bone stock before doing the upgrade)... But the unknown sources isn't in there. It never asked me if I want to enable it when I tried to install an .apk, either. It looks like it's enabled with no way to disable it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ou812bkewl:
In answering djorke's question, I was only referring to the process of upgrading firmware via USB to a PC on Windows (specifically, Windows 7 64bit on my machine).

My understanding of Odin is that it has the power to do anything to any partition on a device. This includes wiping EFS, repartitioning, flashing primary and secondary boot-loaders and perhaps even more. This is why one of the fixes for the triangle issue include re-flashing boot-loaders with Odin. To my knowledge, MOBILE Odin does not touch boot-loaders, but djorke did not mention that his device is rooted, so I didn't mention that option. Mobile Odin is the best and safest option of upgrading firmware on rooted devices without the need of a computer. It even re-verifies the MD5 to ensure file integrity before beginning the flashing process. I have been the proud owner of the pro version since support for my device was added. Its awesome!!!

The Kies memory leak issues I've seen after searching refer to a Kies background service running on the device itself. I only use Kies for upgrading firmware, not for backup/syncing purposes, so I haven't really looked into it or even heard about it before today.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] djorke:
Updated

I updated over Kies following these instructions: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00047325&fm_seq=51324 and everything is fine so far, but I lost root and sim card is locked again. Do you have any idea which kernel to use for rooting with Odin?

Edit: I've just rooted with Framaroot: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276 and unlocked with GalaxSim
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] andronald:
When I said " (unless you REALLY screw up)", I meant using a full NAND wipe in Odin. I know it can be done, but it is not that safe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
Actually on this device it's always been enabled since day one
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Turn off any screen filters
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mjz_3348:
Just to be sure ...

I have an ATT Galaxy S2 first generation that I would like to upgrade to Jelly Bean.

Kies won't let me do it. Before I flash using Odin, I just wanted to be sure I have the right firmware and that it will work on this phone.

Currently I have:

PDA: i777UCKj1

Phone: i777UCKj1

CSC: i777ATTKj1

Build info: Thu Oct 6 2011

Is I777UCMD8_I777ATTMD8_I777UCMD8_HOME.tar.md5

the right file to use with ODIN3 to flash the ROM to 4.1.2?

Thanks - Just want to be sure my phone can upgrade to this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ferrocene:
No, MD8 is not 4.0.2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mjz_3348:
I meant 4.1.2 ... (I corrected typo in my post)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
you do have the right file...you might have to factory reset after install to get it to boot. Make sure you back up your internal data to your PC before flashing thru Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
There was never a distribution like I777UCKj1. (Original stock 2.3.4 Gingerbread was I777UCKH7.) I hope that is a typo as well, or otherwise do you really have an I777? Don't install I777UCMD8 unless you are absolutely sure your phone is an I777.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mjz_3348:
No typo ... The build number is Gingerbread.UCKJ1

Kernal = 2.6.35.7

Android version = 2.3.5

Model -= samsung-sgh-I777

Baseband version = I777UCKJ1

This is not a stock installation - shortly after I bought the phone I updated the ROM back in 2011. Now I'd like to do it again to Jelly Bean, but only if it looks like it will work (and I have the right file). I am waiting to read responses here before I try it - see if anyone has my situation and had no problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Yes, ok, that was a leaked firmware for this phone, but not an official release.

You should be just fine flashing I777UCMD8. I would suggest you flash the full original file from the Samsung Kies servers, the one with bootloaders and param files, which you can download from the Download Repository, or from sammobile.com/firmware or from Samsung-updates.com.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Frenchiecooks:
Kies trouble?

Anyone else having issues with Kies during this update? Tried maybe 20 times, reinstalled Kies, reinstalled driver from Samsung site, tried both regular and Lite Kies... no luck. Followed the directions on the link. Sometimes Kies finds my phone and starts the update process, then just seems to hang and the phone never goes to the update screen. I'm on windows 7, completely stock ATT build imm76d.cll6
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mjz_3348:
Thanks ! The Samsung Kies Servers don't work for me - it won't let me upgrade. I did download form Sammobile but it is one 'tar' file that I placed in the "PDA" location in Odin. I haven't tried the upgrade yet since I don't want anything to go wrong until after my business trip coming up tomorrow. ... I need the phone to be working for sure.

I'll give this a try when I get back The worst that can happen is I have to buy a new phone - correct? Nah...you'll all help me get through this...I assume that Jelly Bean is worth it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lilmagnus:
Updated via ODIN, now seem stuck on bootloader screen?

Grabbed MD5 update from Repository, updated via ODIN 3.07. Phone now seems "stuck" on boot loader screen. The AT&T "world" logo (heard the boot sound play once). Logo screen shows for about 1min then blanks out, only to come back. It's now been 10 minutes of this.

Anyone comment on how long this is supposed to take? I don't want to unplug it now from computer but not certain what to do next.

Thanks.

EDIT: Grabbed Siyah v6 b5 as indicated in http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40315271&postcount=8

reboot into recovery, factory wipe, cache, dalvik wipe. Reboot. All is fine now. Thanks all!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Turn the phone off, or pull the battery if necessary. Then boot into recovery using vol- vol+ pwr. Perform a wipe data/factory reset.

---------- Post added at 10:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:09 PM ----------

You will be fine. Remember to perform a wipe data/factory reset in recovery before you enter download mode to flash the stock tar.

Also, the file from sammobile should be a .tar.md5 file. You use that in Odin as is. Don't remove the .md5 part of the extension. Odin will do a file verification of the md5 sum before flashing it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dr Triffid:
Just wondering whether anyone has heard whether this update cures the stock browser crash that is accompanied by the instant battery drain in ICS. I don't expect many people here would use a stock browser in a stock ROM, but perhaps someone has heard rumors of a cure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sir_dwtc:
Holy crap, I never would have thought of that. Thanks!

(Sorry to reply to something so late in the thread)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] techn:
Okay i just got this text like 30 mins ago. AT&T Free Msg: The Samsung Galaxy S II upgrade to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is now available! This OS update supports enhanced performance and user interface plus other device improvements. To download, open this link from your PC (not your phone) and follow the prompts: www.samsung.com/us/attgalaxys2/update
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Well, they're only 10 days late with the announcement. Not too bad for AT&T.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Slavestate:
Haha yeah I got mine this morning too. Maybe they roll it out in stages to certain areas? They did that with the Motorola Backflip when it was finally updated to 2.1.

Sent from my crack smoking SGH-i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NBA Brawler:
When you disable apps, are you able to turn them back on again if you want? Kinda want to disable the AT&T bloatware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
If you mean delete the apps, it's not so easy.

If you mean freeze the apps with Titanium Backup, yes you can defrost them later.

If you are on 4.x operating system, you can use Greenify, which puts the apps you choose into hibernation (same as freezing in TiBu) and still lets you use the apps. Greenify will put the selected app back into hibernation when you close it after the screen turns off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NBA Brawler:
I mean like going into the application manager and where it gives you the option to force close, disable, clear cache, etc...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
I'm not aware of anyone using the application manager for that purpose. I'm not sure it would work. Edit: Evidently it will work, at least partially. See the post immediately below this one.

The most common way is either delete them, or use Titanium Backup to freeze them. You must be rooted to do either of those. It's safest to us TiBu to freeze the apps, in case there are unwanted side effects, in which case you can thaw them.