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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mahanddeem:
Chochiwpg , it is perfect that we , Skyrcoket and Hercules users , have those "bone-stock" Samsung Touchwiz zips to flash , at least for me personally , stock Samsung roms are very nice and enough , I like reliable things in life .. I hate to come across something that works half the time or with broken functionality ... Although custom roms are nice and can sometimes add additional functionalites , you have to live with some limitations , camera function for example ...

Plus the deodexing and prerooting are welcomed additions , it makes the rom cleaner and a helps a bit in lowering the size , also making few customazation here and there , easier...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
Thanks I agree as well, when I used the Hercules I only ran the stock rooted Telus ROM for stability. I think switched to CM when it became more stable but they were never as stable as stock (everything just works as it's supposed to).

It's different now that I have switched to the Nexus 4 though. It's 100% open source (drivers, binaries etc) so any and every ROM made for it works 100%. Nothing needs extra tweaking to make it work since all the code needed to make it work is known already. I am much more flash happy with it than I was with the t989. Still the T989 was my first android device and experience and I will always love it and the community behind it as well. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
Just saving space
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
Happy Independence Day to you as well. Hope everyone in the US of A has a great day. Here in Canada it's a regular Thursday, gotta head to work in an hour or so. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] screamline458:
My battery drains at an incredible rate. I wasnt using it, it was at 50% and maybe 20 minutes later I got the low battery alert. that's crazy for not using it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
Try to see if it was a particular application that was causing the issue keeping your phone awake. I recommend installing GSAM Battery Monitor to find out about the app wake locks and see which app is causing the problems.

Also, do you have everything syncing? In particular Google+ and Google+ Auto Backup? If you have the Auto Backup set to wifi only and you aren't on wifi it will constantly look for a wifi connection to connect to in order to backup your photos. Drains your battery fast.

If you try that and it's still causing problems try greenify and if it's still an issue try a different kernel. It's just using the stock Samsung kernel from the factory image.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] screamline458:
thanks. yea i saw google+ was syncing, not used to having all the extra apps.I did know of greenify and i tried to hibernate all my apps outside facebook and steam and music but most are system apps and i cant so ill just disable google+ since i dont ever use it.hopefully that was what it was. I may try cerux. i downloaded it in case. I'll let ya know what happens.

Thanks for the reply good sir.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
No problem, you could also use Titanium Backup and freeze any apps as well that you don't use. Or if you don't have the paid version of Titanium Backup you could use App Quarantine. It allows you to freeze any app on your phone and it's free on the market. Works well, I installed it on my wife's S3 and it's been working well.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ramdroid.appquarantine
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mahanddeem:
Or install a root explorer(I use es file explorer), give it root permissions then uninstall any undesired system app... Disable them first from application manager...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] screamline458:
got a phone call, answered, phone rebooted. had voicemail after reboot, checked it, rebooted again. No new apps or changes other than my wallpaper every few days. haven't downloaded anything in the past few days. phone was fine till today. android...:(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
Is the Secphone.apk in preload ?

It's because of symlinks. Missing.

I try and tell people what ive learned but it seems only a few have heard and only a few of those care. Its not that big a deal really :)nless you are needing stability.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
[MENTION=4436616]Rushing[/MENTION] You seem to be more knowledgeable with ROM building for the Galaxy S 2 than myself, so what would be causing the above problem?

Secphone.apk is in preload and below is the create_preload_symlinks bash script that is included when I baked the ROM.

http://pastebin.com/u1AtiMV5

Also, here is the updater-script.

http://pastebin.com/FajDPpWH

Also, I never said that I don't care if someone is having issues with the ROM. I do care and want the ROM to work, but at the same time I don't have the expertise to code if that is what is needed to fix an issue.

In the future if you know what the issue is and can help the person's problem or give me a hand with the answer it would be greatly appreciated. This is a forum for everyone to share ideas, issues and fixes to issues and to learn. I don't take your comment personal, but it wasn't very helpful to the issue at hand. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] juntjoo:
What is this infamous super wipe and we do we need it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
Yes it is highly recommended to use the scripts. For more information please visit this thread. [MENTION=1823993]Jamison904[/MENTION] should be able to answer any questions you have.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2235141
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mahanddeem:
If you have problems with preload and those stuffs, use twrp, so flash this rom in twrp ... CWM has problems with preload install or backup and restore..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mahanddeem:
So how can we reward you now sweetie ? a bubble gum or some skittles ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Tim3Ds:
Rushing is amazing with roms and chicken dinner realy is just a fun expression so why the need to insult if someone points something out ever so small sometimes it can change the world
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
Yes, you mentioned missing symlinks could possibly be the problem the user was having. That is why I provided you with the (create_symlinks_preload) and (update-binary) files/scripts that are in the ROM to take a look to see what is missing.

As I have stated you have more experience with ROM development for the Galaxy S 2 than I do, so if you could provide help for the user and you know what is missing that would be greatly appreciated. The user would receive the help he/she requires and I could also learn in the process. Just saying missing symlinks is stating what you believe to be the issue. If there are missing symlinks, it would be very helpful if you could assist in identifying what is missing and what needs to be added to the scripts.

I have had other developers more knowledgeable than myself take a look and they say everything looks good. But maybe you see something they don't. If so what needs to be done?

Thank you in advance for your response.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CivlDX:
Does this version not have group messaging? I don't seem to see an option for it the messages settings.

Edit: If not, could someone point me in the direction of a rom with both group messaging and wifi calling? Thank-you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
This ROM has all the features that you get with the stock firmware. I haven't added any additional features or removed any either. I know wifi calling is an option because it is a T-Mobile feature. As for Group Messaging, I am not aware if that is an option or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] juntjoo:
clockworkmod v6.03.1 stuck, won't complete install of ROM nor backup

to be honest, i didn't verify my backup, my fault. was in a rush, and i did notice that it didn't show me any kind of completion message, it just hung, as everything is doing from clockworkmod of this version. do I need the latest, and if so, do I need some sort of flashable version that I can download to my micro sd to put on my phone? BTW, my rom hash checked out fine. I have Andoid 2.3.5, so per the author of twrp I didn't need it. what do i do??? help someone please. without my phone im slowly losing my lifeforce. thanks all
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jamison904:
Not sure either. Looked fine to me. Maybe [MENTION=4436616]Rushing[/MENTION] can elaborate.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
I posted step by step install instructions in the OP of the thread. If you follow those instructions you shouldn't have any issues. Let me know how it goes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nuvision:
Great Rom ... no problems .. running real smooth ...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
LOL. Wish I saw what they said! ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] juntjoo:
well, is it this twrp program i should be using that would fix this "bootloop" as I've learned it's called, or does it look like my CWM look to be broken in which case maybe odin or some other method to flash anything from my sd card?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
There are two custom recoveries for the Galaxy S 2. CWM and TWRP. It is recommended to use TWRP recovery to flash this ROM.

Did you make a nandroid backup? If so, manually boot back into CWM recovery. Restore your nandroid. After restore, download goo manager from the Play Store, go to settings, open recovery script. This will install TWRP recovery for you. After that please follow the below install instructions.

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS (If followed exactly as below you should not have any issues)

- You must be rooted and have TWRP custom recovery installed

- Download and place the Infamous Cache Wipe and Infamous Super Wipe scripts from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2235141 on either your internal or external SD Card. This will be needed for later. Thanks to [MENTION=1823993]Jamison904[/MENTION] [MENTION=3187759]thederekjay[/MENTION] and Team Infamous for this fantastic tool.

- Reboot into TWRP recovery and create a nandroid backup (Always do this step before flashing any ROM)

- Go to Wipe, Advanced Wipe and select Data, System,Cache and Dalvik (then swipe to wipe)

- Press the home button and select the Infamous Super Wipe Script

- Click on add another zip file and choose Infamous Cache Wipe

- Click on add another zip file and choose TMobileT989UVMC6RootedDeodexed.zip

- Swipe to install all 3 files

- Reboot (First boot may take approx 5mins, be patient)

- Wait 10mins after first boot and allow phone to sit (do not log into your account)

- Reboot again and setup your account

- Enjoy
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Crazydaddy:
Running smooth here. Looking for a kernel now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
Hey looks like I was wrong. All apologies.

after looking at how many people don't have probs with all the threads that support the stock jb I see that its indeed reliable and no reason to change . a solid and stable ROM you have here.

:thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
No worries bro, I was just worried maybe you noticed something wrong that I wasn't aware of is all. It's all a learning process for us all. Peace. :thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] juntjoo:
thank you. problem is my CWM appears to be corrupt or something because it's stuck "bootloop"ing. So I guess my first step is to get around that. I'm currently reading up on Odin. Is that the right direction? Might my next logical move be something as simple as putting some file onto my microsd from my computer then back in my phone to run? Thanks again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mahanddeem:
/\

No Odin is not the next step...

Flash twrp 2.6.00

Then fresh the this rom again...

For bootloops,reboot into recovery then reset to factory defaults then reboot...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
http://db.tt/Be7p8Xiv

Look at all the symlinks. I wrote the preload symlinks by hand, or by key Lol.

I'd be honered if anyone wanted to use them.

A mention of my name if used would be cool but if not I won't care. The idea came from ptmr3 though he had used different apps in preload than I did so I had to rewrite the ones for my ROM. Actually me asking you to make this thread was an experiment of mine to see if it would work the way the kitchen pumped the rom out verses the way I re-did the meta inf ... Turns out it works both ways.

And actually I think the job rom boots a lot faster the way I did it but I'm still not that sure I know that it took forever to boot the way the kitchen pumped it out... and yes I'm very gracious for the kitchen I could never make myself deodex that many apps.

So try it and see get a timer for boot and note hat I don't use that bash comd file at all.

And everything is always perfect so I'm still going use the ones I wrote but see that it is does indeed do the job. A lot of that is just my opinion and I think if you have time you should double check my work. Peace

I'll be back in a flash
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
I'll take a look if i get a chance. My next goal is to learn to setup a build environment and build from source. I own and use the Nexus 4 as my daily driver so i want to build some AOSP Roms for it or maybe just create my own CM nightlies with cherry picks. Still learning though, not ready for that yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] juntjoo:
thank you, but even resetting to factory invokes the bootloop too.

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I found the website for this twrp and am on the download page ( http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/101 the only option that made any sense to me was the odin route, but only because that is all ive learned so far) but not sure what to do to flash this program onto my phone. keep in mind it's stuck in bootloop, so I don't know if I need to perform some trick to stop that but I can invoke CWM but again it seems to have some issues with not being able to flash anything, neither ROM nor factory reset, nor backup, (although I believe since I had just attempted to create the nandroid backup with this CWM the backup may have been non-working). So how do I go about trying to get this twrp from my laptop to my phone? Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
I would suggest posting your above question/issues in the question and answers section so that more people have the opportunity to view your issue and provide options to fix the problem. Normally restoring a nandroid backup solves the problem and your phone can boot back to how it was before you started to flash a new ROM. If you can't access your backup or internal storage you may have to use ODIN to go back to stock or you may be able to use ADB to sideload a ROM as well.

But my suggestion would be, before you do anything post this question in Q&A so others can give you suggestions of how to fix.

Also, I recommend that before you do anything on your phone to research what you are doing and understand what is going on before proceeding. You could permanently brick your phone if proper steps are not taken. It took me a good few months of constantly reading and reviewing step by step instructions before attempting to root my phone the first time. I was overly cautious, but I needed to understand the concepts first before proceeding. Peace.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mahanddeem:
TWRP website unfortunately doesn't provide a flashable zip to flash the recovery...

In the skyrocket section, one of the people there grabbed the.img from twrp and made a flashable zip with it...I wouldn't use that zip on Hercules even though I am sure it would work fine...Use the safer method of installing twrp from goo or that crap ...

If you don't have any custom recovery installed(completely stock phone), you have to flash the recovery .tar.md5 using odin..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] juntjoo:
thanks you last two for your suggestions. I too was beginning to think Odin for my next move. it's difficult learning almost from scratch without many sign posts telling exactly where to spend your next hour reading, but I'm getting a lot closer now. I will start with Odin and go from there. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
I highly recommend you check out [MENTION=2447605]zedomax[/MENTION] website Galaxy S 2 Root. He has numerous tutorial videos, ROM reviews, tips/tricks etc. It's one of the first websites I visited when I had my Galaxy S 2 and really helped me learn how to root, backup, flash ROMs etc. Check it out.

http://galaxys2root.com/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
Mmmk.

Bad advice. Not good to say the least. Never tell a noob that a skyrocket recovery would work just fine, but you wouldn't use it. Just not sound advice at all.

Never use a radio or recovery from another device or kernels.Even though skyrocket is a sister device its not at all recommended to use recoveries of theirs, not at all.

That's why twrp has a Hercules recovery.

And goo or that crap? Why are you even posting that?

Goo is not crap.

More than a few people read these posts so don't put a "I'm sure it would work just fine" if you're not certain.

Be cool dude.

Don't post every thought you have that's not what Dev section is for. Its for releases guides helpful advice... and actually he should have been directed to general or the q and a since he/ she didn't know where to read about installing a recovery.

So now... I was checking back here to see if the op was experimenting with the sym links I left..

Yo did you ever look?... I know why not...

Android 4.3 Hit us :/). LoL.

Nexus⁴
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
Didn't get a chance to look yer and yes you are right, going to flash and play with some 4.3 goodness for the next little bit ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mahanddeem:
Rushing keep you ideas for yourself...It only takes a stupid user not to understand what I posted..So bad or good advice that's not even your business...

As long as the skyrocket and Hercules have the same partition table(99% of it) and the partition size for recovery is the same their recoveries are identical...You think twrp are programing 100 recoveries for 100 devices ?

I didn't say flash a skyrocket kernel or radio to a Hercules phone ...And you know what ? I did all the above.I'm using this rom including its kernel on skyrocket at the moment,and before the tmobile LTE I flashed and used tmobile radio on it...And you can flash Hercules recovery to a skyrocket..I'm certain of all that,but don't want it to be a fact for any noob....You on the other end , don't seem to know what you're talking about ..

Concentrate on your symlinks..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Its still bad advice dude. We have our own twrp ....why would anyone not use that??

Maybe it works using skyrocket twrp...and maybe by some fluke it bricks them. Why risk it?

And there are a lot of new users that misunderstand things....you can call them stupid ....I prefer the term poor reader.....but there are lots of them. Any advise we give them should be 100 percent correct.....or don't give them the advice. At least I don't cause I don't want to lead them to trouble.

Just saying. ;)

Not here for a flame war, so I won't respond when you blast me! :) But feel free!

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Only saying this cause you said.... "I'm sure it would work fine..."

Some people see that....and boom....they're flashing it. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
Ok guys let's keep the thread clean, I don't want any arguing or finger pointing back and forth. Lets help one another out but not get into anything heated please.

The user in question should ask his questions in Q&A and do some more research first before proceeding with flashing ROMs. Peace guys, let's keep it civil. :thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
.Pm sent.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
BTW guys just to put it out there meekrawb made a flash able zip in the twrp thread a month ago of the latest recovery so... Right here found it! Its on this page somewhere: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768742&page=90
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
Thank you for this, I don't have any thanks left today but this should help for anyone needed to easily install TWRP. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] absdotan:
Just installed the ROM, boot fine and got my account, however does not recognize my SIM card. Any reason for that? I replaced the RADIO with RADIO for 4.0.4 (that was used before), and still does not recognize the SIM. Please help
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
Have you tried with an updated radio? If that doesn't work you can boot back into recovery and run the cache wipe script again and reboot. Don't know why it wouldn't be able to ready your SDcard it should be able to.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Only the new T-Mobile and telus radios work on any current 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 ROMs. Trying any other radios will not work. ;)

Sent from my cell phone telephone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] absdotan:
Solved the issue, installed the T989D Radio. Works fine now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] daluke:
I schemed the thread and just would like to confirm this rom is fully compatible with the skyrocket WiFi calling included. Although your going to need a radio to get hspa+ unless you like edge or in a well lit lte area.

Thanks chochiwpg!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Chochiwpg:
No problem, glad it's working well for you. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] edwarddlr:
I want to try this one.

But I want to know first the wifi tethering?

Im here in the philippines. And im using globe carier

Can I share internet using wifi tether?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
This one all stock. No tether efforts been made yet you need to follow jovy23's tethering guide. Or see Bryan's page that I think has that pre-built app and edits already done for you in a zip..

This ROM is sufficient for tethering though if you have the phone companies' plan for tethering.

Or if they include it in their service of course.

Sent from my Nexus 4 that came to me with a cheap USB cord :rolleyes: :eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Crazydaddy:
Runs real smooth to with fauxs kernel
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kbs24:
any way to use CM recovery to install?

I am currently running Darkside Evolution 4 on my Galaxy s2 hercules. I would like to use your method to return to stock without losing root, but I cannot get TWRP to work. For some reason, TWRP won't work on this phone, just freezes up. Can I use CM recovery instead? If so, what would the instructions be for the wipes etc? In the past I have only used CM to backup and install custom roms, so I am not sure if the step by step instructions would be the same. Thanks.