[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Cl3Kener:
Okay Guys,

Here are three important topics that it looks like we need to discuss.

1)	USB Fast Charge - Most people shorten it to Fast Charge but I think it is important to make sure you here the full name to remind yourself of what it is exactly. Most people are under the impression that your phone will charge faster on USB Fast Charge. Unfortunately that is NOT true. You phone charges fastest on your stock Samsung charger while plugged into the wall. It charges fastest because it recognizes it as the stock charger. If you are trying to charge your phone on another charger or on your computer while connected via USB you’ll notice that it doesn’t charge as fast. Some other chargers work pretty much the same but with USB you’ll notice your phone takes MUCH longer to charge regardless of which charger you use whether stock or other. Hence USB Fast charge was born! It overrides you default phone behavior and treats ANY USB as if it were the default wall charger making it so you can charge your phone just as fast by plugging it into your computer USB port as if you had charged it into the wall. This also works for charging your phone into your car charger as well. The downside to this approach is that it treats EVERY USB as a charger and not a connection to a computer or data connection etc. While on USB Fast Charge you cannot connect your device to any other device via USB. So naturally ADB, MTP and PTP (And mass storage which we don’t have any more) DO NOT WORK while the fast charge feature is enabled. That is why I personally recommend that you leave this feature disabled unless you are using something other than your stock charger.

On a side note, I have also learned recently that when your 9 month old daughter chews on the small end of your phone USB cable you can still charge your phone but you lose the ability to use it to talk to your computer. This shows that there are two parts or pathways in the cord. One for USB and one for Charging. USB Fast Charge just makes it so the phone sees/uses the charging pathway. (Hopefully this will help you visual leaners out there)

2)	Trickster MOD – So I recommend trickster MOD because it is an easy way to tune ALL of the features in this kernel. Other apps can do most of them but this is the only one I’ve seen that supports them all including the Fsync Toggle. Unfortunately there has always been this annoying little checkmark icon that you have to push to get things to stick. When you set your settings to what you want you’ll notice that a checkmark appears in the top right hand corner. YOU MUST PUSH ON THE CHECKMARK BEFORE YOU EXIT THE PROGRAM FOR ANY OF YOUR SETTINGS TO STICK!!! You also will have to check it before you slide from side to side within the program. It’s really annoying but if you don’t push on the checkmark you’ll not have any of your settings stick.

You also have to make sure to push on the menu button and check set on boot if you want your settings to stay for the next boot. DON’T FORGET THAT ONCE YOU CHECK THAT BOX YOU MUST STILL PUSH THE CHECKMARK IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER BEFORE THE SET AT BOOT FEATURE STICKS!!!

Finally, if you flash a new kernel, trickster MOD automatically resets which means you have to go back and change your settings again, check set at boot, and PUSH the CHECKMARK!!! If you want your settings to stick.

The moral of the story here is if in doubt CHECK THE CHECKMARK!!! The CHECKMARK is you FRIEND and only appears when you have made changes. I know it’s quirky but just do it! (Insert Nike sign here)

3)	Dirty Flashes - I do not EVER recommend dirty flashes but if you do decide to dirty flash you should make sure to reflash the ROM of your choice, (gapps if needed, some ROMs wipe your system partition, CM and others do not), followed by the kernel. This ensures the permissions are correct and helps reduce the risk of an RR during boot. If in the even that there still is an RR just ride it out and it will work fine. There was a number of kernel policy changes around 3.0.95 that have caused users that have older data to have their kernels not sleep. If your phone is not deep sleeping the only fix for that is to clean install and start over. Hence, a CLEAN install is and will always be recommended! ;)

Cheers!

Cl3Kener

PS I only wrote things in caps so you won't somehow skip over them. I'm not shouting or anything so don't read them in an angry voice. Read them in a very intellectual sounding voice (not to be mistaken for a NERD voice!)