yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] desteele:
Nah, I've done this enough to know stuff doesn't always work. The version I'm on runs so freaking good I'm happy to stay there, though I would like to know what happened. I'm on your CM11 kernel, along with the 2014225 ROM, and those run really smooth.

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I will point out though, that I'm on the CWM version of the kernel... because CWM is what I've been familiar with for a long time. Perhaps that's the difference here?

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Well, crap...I just went back and looked again after reading Eric Karz's post again, and I'm not sure I"m on the latest kernel... the zip in my folder is called "RenderBroken CM-11 Kernel" <sigh> OK, let me regroup and try this again, using the latest kernel. :(

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GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I hate when I do something stupid.

I jumped to this ROM by using the "easy" Mr.Cook kernel, just to get on the right branch. Never occurred to me to update the kernel as well last night. I just flashed the 3-22 kernel, then the new ROM (dirty) and it worked like a charm. Cheese and crackers... :rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
Glad to hear!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] desteele:
:fingers-crossed:

Might not be a bad idea to stipulate in the OP that you have to be running the 3-22 to make that last jump. Just a thought.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
There is a problem with the current build (4/03). The stock kernel is borked. If you want to use the build you will need to flash renders custom kernel over the stock one. Apparently the kernel source didn't sync correctly. Renderbroken is going to fix it and run a new build tomorrow.

Again, it will run just fine as long as you flash renderbroken's custom kernel right after you flash the ROM/gaps. You just can't use it with the stock cm kernel that comes with the ROM until renderbroken posts the new build. Hope this helps those that were having issues.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] krizlx:
First I'd like to say thank you for the Rom. Just wish I could get it to work. Everytime I flash as soon as it boots up it tells me com.android.phone has stopped working and it won't go away. I followed all the instructions correctly but not matter what it always tells me the same. I am currently running another kk rom and it works fine, but I'd really like to try this one. Any suggestions? I unlocked the phone using an galaxy s unlock before installing the rom is there anyway that could be the problem? Any help appreciated. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Did you mount and format system? Custom kernel? I just installed this on my girlfriend's s2 and running fine
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Please read my post that was right above this one when you posted it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
I am rebuilding now. It should not take near as long. If we continue to have issues it may just be source side and you will HAVE to use my kernel. Thanks guys for your patience!

Thanks to Razen for spreading the word and assisting others!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] desteele:
You need to use this kernel:

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/2bphbipbu2abc/Devices#808lsylu7v252
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] krizlx:
yeah I used the kernel provided in this thread

Sorry didn't think it had anything to do with my problem.

Thanks for the help everybody I'm still a noob so have patience with me please lol.

So first I flash the Rom and gapps and then the kernel? I'll give it a shot when I get home.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
That's correct. ROM, gaps and kernel then boot up. Are you on kitkat ROM now?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] krizlx:
Yeah I'm running the ported resurrection remix and it runs just fine but I removed the navigation bar and the buttons on the phone don't light up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
That's just a setting in the kernel. They're off by default. Just download stweaks and you can turn them on in that app. Just uncheck "force disable touch keys"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] geicogecko:
Is it up yet? I flashed to the new ROM before reading his post, then back, and now half my apps don't work. Main one is browser. I'm figuring this will fix that. If not I need to wipe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] krizlx:
Sweet!! You're a life saver! Lol thanks for the help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] krizlx:
A little off topic but any tips for better battery life after flashing? I used battery calibration and it hardly made a difference. Also sometimes if i use it while charging it will lose battery. Any tips or is it something i should just get used to?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Don't worry about battery life; it's always bad after flashing new roms for a couple of charging cycles. It will settle down and be fine, but going forward it all depends on how much stuff you sync, use navigation etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] krizlx:
Ah i see i just thought it was some sort of glitch since it can be at 14% if iturn it off and pull the battery it shoots up to 45% but I see thanks a lot for your help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Well, what you describe is the old Samsung glitch - that has nothing to do with roms and battery life at all. Try not to reboot your device with less than 50% and you won't encounter this issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dashrendar:
In my case, I don't even need to pull the battery. I just turn the screen off and the percentage slowly grows back to normal.

Bio: I was born and I haven't died yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
[MENTION=5438598]RenderBroken[/MENTION], I'm in the process of documenting some android file system stuff, and I noticed that Android, CWM, and TWRP are somewhat inconsistent when it comes to the paths of user-storage.

Comparing their mount stats leads me to believe that

1) the storage destination is a device-block mapped to a path-name, which occurs during boot.

2) the path-name is defined by the author of the firmware?

^^ are these assumptions anywhere near correct?

booted into android

internal & external user-storage are located at /storage/sdcard0 & /storage/sdcard1

mount
/dev/block/vold/179:9 /mnt/media_rw/sdcard1 fuseblk rw,dirsync,context=u:object_r:sdcard_external:s0,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0
/dev/fuse /storage/sdcard1 fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
/dev/block/vold/259:3 /mnt/media_rw/sdcard0 fuseblk rw,dirsync,context=u:object_r:sdcard_external:s0,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0
/dev/block/vold/259:3 /mnt/secure/asec fuseblk rw,dirsync,context=u:object_r:sdcard_external:s0,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0
/dev/fuse /storage/sdcard0 fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
root@i777:/ #

booted into CWMR

internal & external user-storage are located at /storage/sdcard0 & /storage/sdcard1

mount
/dev/block/vold/259:3 on /storage/sdcard0 type fuseblk (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/block/vold/179:9 on /storage/sdcard1 type fuseblk (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096)
~ #

booted into TWRP

internal & external user-storage are located at /emmc & /sdcard

mount
/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 on /emmc type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,max_read=131072,blksize=4096)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 on /and-sec type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,max_read=131072,blksize=4096)
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 on /sdcard type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,max_read=131072,blksize=4096)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
You're on the right track. Linux uses what is called the fstab. Using this particular file, it mounts the partition to a mount point while defining its characteristics. But what doesn't change(As far as I know) is what each device-block actually HAS TO point to those directories. When this gets corrupt you have a brick.

Sorry guys, I have been busy putting out fires at work. Apparently servers done crash on your time/. Every Client thinks they are the only ones. And probably a few other important rules of IT. lol I should have time to finish getting through this build error tonight. . .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
Thanks, that helps. I did get a brief look at fstab.smdk4210, enough to get confused about the use of volume daemon... Android's fstab seems to define some paths via blockid, and others using vold. I'm straying off course though, I was initially looking for why TWRP chose /emmc to represent user-storage, while Android and CWMR both use /storage/sdcard0.

...and apparently adb shell {mount} reports FAT32 as vfat. I should really stick to my day job...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] desteele:
I switched to ART a couple of weeks ago just to see if it was all that. I honestly couldn't tell much of a difference. Your mileage may obviously vary...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
I believe its just what they named it. I don't think they really matter. Really "emmc" is the literal type of memory used and its not an "sd card". SO maybe thats why they did that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] desteele:
Did you ever figure out the issue? And, have there been enough commits that if you finish a new build that it would be worth jumping again? I'm pretty happy with the last one, even if it took laying that new kernel down to get it to "take".
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dollardollar:
I'm still on 2.25, as Art seems to be not working on later builds. Now that we have rumors again the Art is working from 11th build in i9100.

I would be eagerly waiting for next build with latest CM sync :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
Yea I would say its worth the jump. I am not quite sure now why the last build borked but thats how it goes when on the Bleeding edge. At this point, since I don't have the phone anymore, I will be running new builds through QC and Razen has volunteered to test for me. He is knowledgeable enough to recover from a bad build which helps lower issues for others. Also on another note, I am currently setting up a virtual machine on my main computer so I don't need to tie up my other build machine. I want to build a kernel in 2 minutes compared to 35. Then I can just set the build machine to build roms. Maybe even on a schedule. Who knows. . .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I don't really see what advantages anyone would have to using the stock cm kernel anyways, unless they just can't flash your for whatever reasons.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
I agree but there are those out there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] desteele:
Awfully quiet out there. Having any luck with Liquid? Anything earthshattering on KK? Real life taking over these days?

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Another random question... does com.android.mms have to be running at all times to text/mms, even if you don't use the stock messaging app?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] geicogecko:
Did the fixed build ever get posted? I'm asking because I am running it with your kernel, and I can't get BBS to work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
No.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkwas:
which kernel

I read the op but confused as to which kernel to use. render-kk-03-22-cwm.zip or RenderBroken CM-11 Kernel.zip

coming from 4.1.2 with 6.0.1 cwm on a i-777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
The first thing you have to do is upgrade recovery to 6.0.4.5 download the ROM and flash it. It comes with a stock kernel. Let it boot up then download renderbroken's kernel and flash it over the ROM and you s should be fully upgraded to kitkat
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] desteele:
And you want to use render-kk-03-22-cwm.zip when you choose the correct kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
I now understand your confusion. Render's CM11-OP links you to "RenderBroken CM-11 Kernel.zip", and Render's kernel-OP links to a different set of kernels.

Either of them will work, and will install the necessary CWMR version to install 4.4 firmware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkwas:
Tried both kernels with the same results. phone hangs at the samsung logo. Following the install instructions exactly.(I think)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
You upgraded the recovery to 6.0.4.5?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkwas:
upgraded to 6.0.4.7
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Did you flash the ROM and then the kernel? The ROM comes with a kernel but it got borked in the last build so you have to flash a kernel on top of it.

Try downloading again. Maybe your download was bad
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
You have reported that the recovery version is updated, indicating that the kernel has flashed successfully, but maybe you're unable to boot into the firmware?

Then from 6.0.4.7 recovery you should:

1) flash KK firmware

2) perform factory reset <-- before booting into the firmware

3) reboot into system
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkwas:
Appreciate everyone's help.

Here is install sequence on my last try.

flash render-kk-03-22-cwm.zip

WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET

Wipe Cache/Dalvic Cache

flash cm-11-20140403-unofficial-i77.zip

Flash Gapps

Flash render-kk-03-22-cwm.zip

reboot (hangs at logo)

If this sounds correct I will try another download.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
"stuck at samsung logo"

let's simplify that list a little bit just to get one of the firmwares to install:

-verify 6.0.4.5 (or later) recovery

-flash cm-11-20140403-unofficial-i777.zip

-WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET

-reboot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkwas:
same results. should I try a fresh download? Don't suppose their is a way to get new files without restoring first?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
The easiest way is to put the file onto a micro sd card, and then install from there.

You could also { ADB push somefile.zip > /storage/sdcard0/ }, within an ADB shell, of course.

I'm wondering whether it isn't time to Odin back to stock, and start the process fresh. This should be a pretty straight forward process.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Renderbroken's latest ROM build has a broken stock kernel. So the custom version must be flashed over it to boot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkwas:
Tried loading the custom kernel (Render-KK-03-22-cwm.zip) over the stock kernel but still could not boot. I flashed the omni rom and it loaded ok except for not being able to flash supersu or the full gapps (system 7 error). Think cwm 6.0.4.7 might be incompatible in some way. Flashed AoCP 7.2 everything working well. No problem with supersu or full gapps. CWM 6.0.4.5 part of that download.

Anyway thanks for putting up with a novice member.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
You can try this:

1. flash RBK (renderbroken's kernel)

2. reboot recovery

3 flash ROM

4. flash RBK again

5. reboot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wiithepeng:
Tell us how those governors/schedulers work out! Also I am currently running a build with this http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/55425/ cherry pick to see if video recording is fixed :D

edit: Video recording now works! And I am assuming that the new camera fixes Render mentioned are the same.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] love4k21:
I tested for a couple of hours and i have to say nice job!

Are you planning BLN-Support for the future?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
Thanks for reporting back! I will confrim whether or not it still does not work for mine and use the commit if not. Thanks again.

I havent thought about it but I am not against such. I'm not a kernel Dev like AJ but i want to optimize the CM kernel right now since I believe they take the "middle of the road" approach.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r_diaz13:
Render.... You are awesome.. Nice work

Sent from the second to last Galaxy

PACman Rom Nightlies

AJK 4.9 "the boss"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] atvspecialties:
No video for me on the newest nightly :(

SGH-959G..... ????
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
Then I will cherry-pick the commit Wii posted a few posts back when I build next.

Also what do you guys think about the release schedule? What kind of realistic schedule do yall want to see?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] atvspecialties:
This is your baby Render. I'm more for quality than quantity :thumbup::thumbup::D:D:thumbup::thumbup:

SGH-959G..... ????
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wiithepeng:
A realistic schedule would be a schedule that works for you! How about once a week and more if necessary for patches/fixes/etc?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gobabushka:
Render, you're doing a great job! Whatever schedule works for you! I'm just excited at the prospect of a working kitkat rom, so one day i too can play with tap to pay...one day lol. Keep up the good work Render!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] theTIMinator:
Is it a short text number? Isn't there normally a message from the system saying it may charge you whenever you do that? Maybe that's what's causing the problem. Maybe try other short numbers and see if you have the same problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
As far as a schedule goes, we're all flashaholics here, so honestly 3 a week to start and then maybe slowing to two a week once things are settled makes sense to me. Thanks for all you do Render!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
OK Thanks all for letting me know your thoughts.

As for using the NFC Tap to Pay feature. I believe I read somewhere that this wont work for out phone since it is missing some security feature that is required. I wish I could post the link but dont quite remember. Just thought I would let yall know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wiithepeng:
From what I remember HCE (Host Card Emulation) is not yet supported/tested/working on our device. So it may be a while before it comes :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
Black Home Screen Error

SO I have found the reason for the problem that some people are having. Apparently the problem is using the PA GApps with CM11. SO I have posted CM Compatible GApps. So if you are having the Black Screen when you boot up and the "Com."errors please re-flashing using the CM11 Compatible GApps. Sorry for my oversight guys. I decided to try the newest PA GApps and found the problem.

Also I am uploading another build. Another?! . . Yes. This one has new I/O Schedulers, Governors. See the Change log for more details when I post it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] txnolesfan93:
I will flash again as soon as I get home and see if it happens. And yes its a short number. 6 digits or so.

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I was thinking about using other gapps the other day to test out but saw that everyone was using pa and decided not to. You guys know best so I just flow with it. Will reflash this baby when I get off work later tonight. Thank u!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] atvspecialties:
Video fix?

SGH-959G..... ????
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] azeem40:
My video works just fine. Don't use the PA GApps with this ROM, and instead use the GApps package that worked for me.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2547250
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Can't wait. Got my phone all charged, coffee's made, kids in bed... I'm ready to flash and play. How much longer has that joker got? :thumbup::D

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
Sorry I had to head out. Here ya go:

http://d-h.st/D5F
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
Video Recording will be patched in the next build.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
I posted a fresh build of CM11 here-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52346181

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
Thanks brother! Give the people what they want!! lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] love4k21:
is this stock cyanogen?

My build is around ~198mb

:S
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Yes it is.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] love4k21:
Compiled with linaro and sabermod?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
With the included toolchain.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
New build is uploading now. I have teamed up with [MENTION=4795888]love4k21[/MENTION] and we are looking at building weeklies that will also already include my Custom Kernel! I cant wait to get builds rolling again. I know yall cant wait. This will free me up to be able to dev more with my kernel with is the heart of any performance gain on a device nowadays. Love4k21's rom will be built using Sabermod toolchain as well so the code will be highly optimized

Thanks Guys!

Zachariah
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
LOL Its still uploading!!! Damn AT&T . . .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] geicogecko:
Render, any advice on getting BBS to work with your kernel?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
:confused: I've always used bbs with his kernel. What problems are you having?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Downloaded new build from 5/3. Install failed, went back to redownload and it was gone and my WiFi no longer works. Strange
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] azeem40:
Where did you find this new build? I don't see it in the OP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
When Render said it was uploading I checked about 45 minutes later and it was in his download page but it is no longer there. Even said Render and love4k21 build on install in cwm but it never made any progress and after about a minute it failed. It's not there anymore so I'm sure there was a problem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] geicogecko:
Nevermind. I had a much older apk of it on my sd card, and I had installed that one by accident.

Sound Search still doesn't work though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
Yea I had uploaded the build but CM had changed their updater-script drastically so I thought I was able to add my kernel "inline" and when you flashed the rom it would flash both but after testing it would not work. I will continue working on it today. In the meantime I have the untouched build that i will give people the link to.

http://d-h.st/aRY

We are trying something new so please bear with us. It will be streamlined for the next build. Thanks Guys!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
Damn that sound search! lol I really need to tackle that bug somehow. I tell you what, I will put it on my agenda for this week. Most likely Wednesday.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] love4k21:
the link is http://d-h.st/ZgW it don't know what happend that the link changed...

http://d-h.st/vV7 is the md5sum
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RenderBroken:
Yea that is weird. It says the link expired. lol I cant say i have seen that before. Oh well, enjoy the new build built using SABERMOD Toolchain!