yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
I use the Texdroider DPI app from the play store. All it does is edit the config file with dpi settings for you. The problem is that the config file apparently gets overwritten with every update. I was just thinking there has to be some way to protect that line in the config file when flashing updates.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] plaseo:
Installed this last night...runs a treat so far. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 3men2:
To change DPI you need to modify /system/build.prop file.

Thing is that every ROM has a build.prop and when the ROM is flashed this file is overwritten by the new one. So there is no way for you to prevent this from happening.... Unless.. I think that you modify the build.prop file of the ROM to the DPI you want before flashing. :confused:

But I don't recommend it. Please go the safe way and avoid breaking something is already good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
You are correct sir. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
I understand all of that. There has to be some way to write a script that checks the dpi value in build.prop and if it isn't a certain value it gets changed.

[Edit] I suppose it is more trouble than it's worth. At most I'd be saving 5 minutes and one additional reboot every time I flash an update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Untitled87:
I saw that we have the zzmoove governor on the latest nightly 12-17. That's awesome. I'll try it right now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Someone messaged me with some very handy information that I just wanted to pass along. Here is a quote:

"In system root data folder (/data) make a blank file named local.prop

Edit the file and add qemu.sf.lcd_density=195 I set my density to 195.

Set permissions to 644 (rw/r/r)"

So apparently settings in local.prop override build.prop and aren't lost when flashing a new nightly. I'd guess this would work for any settings that you wanted to retain between flashes. Hope someone else gets some good use out of this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] feedmenomnom19:
Batt of 12.17.2013 nightly

sent from my kit-kat SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
I didn't get a screenshot but mine was similar even with the sudden drop. You really need to wait a day before trying to get a good idea of day to day battery life. Every time you flash a nightly your media is refreshed. I usually notice at least an extra 3-4hrs of battery life the second day after flashing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] feedmenomnom19:
Well I always update to he next nightly every morning haha

sent from my kit-kat SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Lol me too. I just didn't know if you were aware of that extra battery load you get the first day after a rom flash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
Has anyone else lost use of the volume rockers after 12-18 update? It worked one click then disappeared.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
I'm on 12-18, I still have use of my volume rockers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
Works for me. It's even expandable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CyanJustice:
Mine still works, but I haven't had a screen recorder in my power menu for a few builds now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] feedmenomnom19:
Has anyone had battery issues with lastest nightly ??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] azeem40:
I am still on the 12/15 nightly. Also, I disabled OpenDelta as it continuously gets stuck at patching. Guess I will be getting nightlies the old-fashioned way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
How do you disable OpenDelta? We don't have TWRP on the S959G and therefore can't take advantage of it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] feedmenomnom19:
Im on the s959g and I can still get the ota updates and im on cwm it goes through and applies the update just fine
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
really..I was afraid to even try since in the OP it said they were using TWRP instead of CWM so that they could do the auto-updates.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] azeem40:
I am referring to my i777, and I did this by going into apps and disabling it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] feedmenomnom19:
Well in cwm what happens is it installs but hen cwm thinks the file is bad and aborts but still reboots but the new flash is installed anyways so
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jadefalkon:
My last two updates got stuck when it auto checked. Have you tried it after a reboot? It has worked for me each time.

I also would like to thank the devs for their work. I never would have thought Kit Kat would make it to this old phone. Except for having no home screen the first few times I trying to install it I've had no real issues with it. The only problem is now its hard to justify buying a new phone since this one is running so smooth.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] grave_digger:
My rockers are back now. Just a glitch I guess. I have updated twice by opendelta that it worked. 12-18 I had to do manual because it hung up at 17%. I am still very satisfied with ROM as a whole and it is my dd and will be for awhile. I've said it before but thanks again to all the people that make this possible for us.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Untitled87:
I also got stuck when using the OpenDelta update. My solution is just manually download the nightly file at OmniRom/, place it in the OpenDelta folder, and recheck the update. The phone recognizes the file and ask you to flash the new update.

About the root survival, I was lost the root after flashing the previous nightly though had installed the SuperSU back up script. The last time, I copy the flashable SuperSU file into the OpenDelta\FlashAfterUpdate before update the nightly rom, and it works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phillytemptation:
have you tried changing your screen timeout time to 30 minutes when using opendelta? every time my screen shuts off the patching messes up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
^^this for sure. I thought the OTA system, was going flawlessly on my handset, but once I stopped watching the whole OTA process, and actually let the phone go to sleep during the process, it would hang reliably.

I'll file a JIRA report if I can get a consensus that this behavior/solution happens reliably.

JIRA report Filed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
I didn't mean to scare you away from trying it, but there's a lot of chatter in the G+ community about it, and the devs are constantly reiterating that TWRP is the only supported means of opendelta updates. I may drop a line in the notes that it works for the s959g, but I'll need for a few s959g users to describe that failure message, and verify that it flashed anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
FYI, and I'll add it to the OP notes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
I believe the reason for this is open delta may have multiple zips to flash in some scenarios and cwm doesn't support chain installs.

I could be wrong, that's just a guess.

---------- Post added at 06:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:47 AM ----------

Confirmed here for sure, consistently on multiple different nightly builds. Maybe a fancy wake lock is needed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] attsw:
Hangs consistently for me with the screen off. I put the phone on the charger when I go to bed, wake up with it stuck at various levels of completion. I reboot the phone to clear it, Check Now for an update with screen off set to 30 minutes and it goes through fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tedkunich:
Am I blind? Cannot seem to find the back to kill setting, does it exist in this ROM?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Don't have it here either. Spent about 10mins looking for it earlier today.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] csfile:
Haven't found any either, but I use gravity box to enable it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] feedmenomnom19:
12.19.2013 batt life
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] azeem40:
Screen on time?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
Two things

1) Sig verification didn't work to flash the 20th nightly, had to disable verification and then the flash worked fine.

2) at some point while I was sleeping my phone devoiced to use open delta to check updates and found the 20th and attempted to patch but froze and so I woke up 1700 minutes later (according to the counter) with my phone trying to patch. I know the patching is already being recognized here but I an mainly reporting that my phone did ask that on its own. I don't see any auto update settings so I can't disable anything. My phone was on its charger and I woke up to it being pretty warm. I would imagine if it wasn't on the charger it would have ran down the battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] maddawg138:
I have the s959g and when I was using omni (nightly was 12/15 via OTA) I was able to update via OTA and I noticed the "failure" logo but wasn't able to really tell what it all said as it rebooted the phone almost as instantly as when I saw the little dead droid logo. But everything booted up fine and I had no issues with anything on the rom other than the typical bugs etc that have been reported.

I have since moved onto the Render CM 11 rom as I seem to get better battery life out of that one (45-65% battery left with over 12hrs of up time depending on use)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
system settings > about phone > system updates > menu > networks > uncheck all boxes

this disables the automatic portion of OpenDelta

edit: OpenDelta warning added to OP
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Untitled87:
I'm on the 17th nightly with the zzmoove governor, manually sync, enable Google play services when needed. That's good battery life for KK.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Tweak4fun:
How did you get the zzmoove governor? That would be sweet indeed!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Probably from having previously installed AJK kernel. I noticed I have all those governors still as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Untitled87:
The zzmoove governor was implemented in the ROM from the 17th nightly. You can go into Settings/Performance and get it. I also suggest using some app like CPU Adjuster for further tuning.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
[system settings > performance]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
Sig verification worked fine via open delta just now (flashing from 20th to 21st). I see no changes on the omni log so I'm not sure what's different, or maybe my previous flash had some other issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eddiemc12:
anyone else having random reboots sometimes for eg just as you recieve a call and answer the phone reboots
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
I've seen a few.

Side from random I've also encountered reboots when attempting to edit contacts. Not sure what exactly happens but it's happened twice while trying to edit contacts, I'll have to duplicate and document more before trying to complain too much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] azeem40:
This ROM is great, but, asides from battery life, I have been having some problems.

1. I cannot mount in mass storage mode at all. It always defaults to MTP. I tried using apps that enable mass storage, but whenever I mount as mass storage, it doesn't show up on the computer. However, when I mount back as MTP, the device shows up. Any one know what could possibly be wrong?

2 (very minor). Facebook sometimes crashes my browser, regardless of which browser I use. It is only with Facebook though, which I find weird.

I fixed the OpenDelta problem. Thanks for any help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bleggy:
I installed TWRP from the latest nightly boot.img w/ Mobile Odin since I was coming from CWM.

TWRP randomly reboots. What should I do?

I was able to wipe & flash Omni/Gapps/supersu after a couple of tries, so my rom installation is up and running. But just wondering how I can fix up my recovery.

Thanks -- loving omni so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Teknodad1974:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47882864
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bleggy:
Not sure where you're directing me, but I did follow the OP instructions: TWRP 2.6.3.0+ (flash Omni's Boot.IMG via MobileOdin) and TWRP randomly reboots whenever I'm in recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Teknodad1974:
Did you make nandroid backup? I flashed rom using the latest cwm recovery...Have had no issues since the first nightly...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bleggy:
I'd prefer to stick with TWRP, if possible, since that's what is recommended for Omni. Thanks, though.

I redownloaded and reflashed the boot.img and TWRP is still randomly rebooting. Should I use an older, more stable boot.img/TWRP version? Or any other suggestions?

regarding failed ota update, just read this: https://plus.google.com/107772914665678144717/posts/Qmtymqx1YcH
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
I recently got twrp randomly rebooting itself as well, ruining backup and restore operations. (nothing to do with OpenDelta), and the behavior was persistent across wipes and re-flashing OMNI.

I flashed the recovery/cwm from renderbroken's cm11 (& reboot to recovery), then flashed the Omni-nightly again (& reboot to recovery), and everything seems to be behaving correctly again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
[MENTION=5042814]bleggy[/MENTION], I'm pretty sure that Omni-i777 has been on twrp 2.6.3.0 since the nightlies began, and I'm not sure where the issue showed up. Mobile Odin doesn't seem to see my sd-cards at all once booted into omni, so I'll need to look into creating a .zip from a boot.img to make kernel/recovery swapping a bit easier, but again, I'm not sure what changed, or that it ever changed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bleggy:
thanks for the tip Cyril. I'll try that.

regarding mobile odin, it looks like it's not playing nice with 4.3+ -- I wasnt able to get my files to show.

but I was able to flash boot.img with Recovery Tools: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2334554

worked great.

but, TWRP still rebooted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mikeanson:
Great Rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bondlolo:
Does anyone know how this governor work? For me its quite responsive...but I haven't tried it too much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
I can confirm the reboots are pretty consistent on twrp when trying to create a backup it fails to backup the data partition. Using omni with whatever twrp comes with the 12/20-12/23 nightly builds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bleggy:
[MENTION=645011]mikeanson[/MENTION]. see post #346
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mikeanson:
[MENTION=5042814]bleggy[/MENTION]. Thanks so much. I actually just got done reading it and updated to the newest nightlie. Thanks again for the help! I saw that post earlier but on this small screen I couldn't read the text due to the big line through it. I got on the laptop and it all makes sense now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bleggy:
would I be flashing the recovery/kernel by mr cook posted in renderbroken's cm11 OP?

I tried this and ran into some trouble.

I assumed that would be correct and went for it. flashed it from twrp. rebooted into cwm. flashed omni. at some point, cwm said I wasnt rooted and asked if I wanted to be rooted or install supersu. sure, why not? well, cwm was killed. I couldnt boot into recovery anymore (well, sorta -- the cwm logo was present on the bottom of the screen but it would auto reboot and omni never loaded up). I had to bust out download mode + odin and start all over.

not sure what happened. wrong recovery/cwm flash? shouldnt have opted for root in cwm?

anyways, back on latest omni nightly. twrp still craps out randomly which makes me nervous. I'm going to stay put until this is sorted out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
I am about to upload a custom kernel for Omni but have not tested it out yet. I dont use Omni. If some of you are brave and want to try it I will be creating a barebones thread shortly. I do ask that you know how to use Odin to atleast. If you dont want to test that is fine as well :) I understand completely. I am just trying to get a custom kernel going for us i777 users on KK.

Kind Regards,

Render
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
I used one made for cm11 for the i777 by mr.cook, that was in the secnd post of Renderbroken's cm11 thread, but I think that has been replaced by Renderbroken's new kernel. I didn't expect for it to boot Omni, I was simply using it to overwrite the kernel/recovery files. It certainly shouldn't have broken your recovery. That said, I have far fewer issues with TWRP after briefly flashing CWM, but it's still occasionally rebooting, and seems to be specifically associated with the /data partition, as [MENTION=3386399]iXNyNe[/MENTION] mentioned.

At this point, [MENTION=5438598]RenderBroken[/MENTION]'s kernel is reported working with Omni, so I'd stick with that until these TWRP issues are worked out.

I just need to figure out how to get it reported without the issue being closed because it can't be reproduced.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
...and regarding the failed OTA update, I updated this morning without issue with the security box enabled.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CyanJustice:
Thank you guys, can't wait to get some stweaks goodness back on my life again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
I should have a new OMNI build tomorrow evening that hopefully fixes STweaks. Thanks Guys
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
^^Without STweaks, this kernel seems to make the device snappier.

OP updated with render-kernel-link.

side-note; I really wish that I had reserved an additional post when I started this thread, but I had no idea I'd be this involved.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phillytemptation:
do we have to reflash render's kernel every time we OTA?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bleggy:
twrp seems stable & non-rebooting w/ renderbroken's omni kernel. looking good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
[MENTION=5042814]bleggy[/MENTION], [MENTION=3386399]iXNyNe[/MENTION], I confirm no random reboots so far, and succesful backups including /data.

[MENTION=369266]phillytemptation[/MENTION], In theory we can place RenderBroken's kernel.zip into /OpenDelta/flashafterupdate, and it'll automatically flash it after updating the firmware. ...definitely something worth testing for the next nightly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phillytemptation:
I hadn't updated my rom when I posted this, and so I tried that out. it definitely let me flash render's kernel by putting it in the flashafterupdate folder. i also put a kernel cleaning script in there just in case. I put the numbers 1 and 2 in front of the file name and it flashed in the order I wanted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iXNyNe:
Question will be then does the flashafterupdate folder still work with render's kernel? It uses cwm right? Doesn't the flash after feature make use of twrp's install queue?

Could be wrong, just stabbing in the dark.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bleggy:
nah, the omni kernel is twrp.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Untitled87:
Is there any chance to pass the Nandroi backup problem but keep using the Omni kernel? I just want to backup my tweaked governor...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
Render's Omni kernel is functionally awesome, but breaks OMNI's OpenDelta system.

I was NOT able to flash the patched-nightly.zip or downloaded-nightly.zip because it involves a script that doesn't agree with render's kernel/recovery. (I'll provide a recovery screenshot later).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phillytemptation:
[MENTION=5294352]cyril279[/MENTION] what do you mean flash manually? I downloaded a full nightly and just tried flashing it and it gave me the this is not a I777 error.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
...right, apparently you can flash everthing EXCEPT an Omnirom nightly. I had to flash render's cm11 CWM, reboot to recovery then flash the latest nightly. This time i did a twrp backup of boot and recovery which (in theory) will allow me to quickly get back to an Omni-friendly kernel/recovery setup. -At least until Render gets a chance to hand us his latest build.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
battery life

can someone help me with getting better battery life mine is bad. any general hep would be appreciated. i am using a sgh959g straght talk phone. i was thinking about going to renderbroken's kernel but it will install twrp and i dont know how to get back to cwm if i need to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Spinergy02:
Root and install Greenify. Use it to hibernate apps that keep waking up your phone. This allows your phone to stay in the deep sleep state longer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] azeem40:
As far as CWM is concerned, go to RenderBroken's CM11 thread, and check post #2. There will be a link to Mr. Cook's CWM 6.0.4.5.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
Battery: Don't use Google now stuff, and don't use the google experience launcher (GEL).

Recovery: The s959g recovery lies in a different partition than the kernel, so I'm pretty sure that that flashing Render's omni kernel will not affect the s959g recovery at all. Check in with the s959g thread if you're concerned.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roughmouth:
the question is can i use cwm zip files in twrp sa i can flash back to cwm if i need or want to. i dont know if they are compatable across both backcups?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] azeem40:
You can flash a kernel regardless of what recovery you are in. Pretty sure this ROM supports CWM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Yes. Think of it like an app. Google play music and Apollo music apps can both play an mp3 file. Twrp and cwm are basically both "zip flashing" apps

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] azeem40:
He doesn't have to stop using them to get better battery life. Just go to the BBS thread and disable gsf and gcm autostarts. Those are located on page 1879.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CyanJustice:
Greenifying makes a huge difference.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] azeem40:
Battery life sucks on this ROM.:(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ahren37:
WOW

So excited to try this out. I've been on the nightly for a day and so far so good. I can't say much for he battery life because I've been trying everything out, but haven't had any FCs or rotation issues or weird reboots. I'm really looking forward to some of the customizations that are likely to come, but I waited patiently for 4.4, I can certainly wait a little longer for the really good stuff.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] anshulsingh:
I have been on this Rom for a day now and it works perfectly till now. There have been a few issues though

1. After downloading a few app my /system partition shows full memory .

2. after flashing gaaps I did not get photosphere and galary.

Are there any tips regarding this?

Also I am not able to complete wipe using TWRP it says unable to mount partition.

How can i install cwm on this rom?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 3men2:
Boot into TWRP recovery

choose Install

Go to emmc to acces the internal sdcard and go to where you have the kernel with cwm( Siya, AJK, STI)

Flash the Kernel, when finished DON'T TOUCH REBOOT SYSTEM, Just go back to previous screen and choose the reboot to recovery option.

You will boot into CWM now and will be able to wipe everything without issues.

Thats what I did. This ROM is very responsive and nice but still needs a lot of customization options. So I will wait a little longer untill it's improved.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] auTONYmous:
Lol, yeah I was listening to some dubstep when it first happened, and it was louder but actually fit the song. Second time I was like, okay, that wasn't intentional...