yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mariussilverwolf:
I've been running 2.5 RC1 for ~12 hours now, using the included Kernel and the AIO Gapps addon for 4.4.2 and with ART activated. I've only seen the following issues:

* GMail doesn't flip to dark using TRDS switch. Neither does Hangouts.

* Capacitive buttons for Menu and Back stop responding in Root Explorer. Had to use Home button to exit.

* 10 Seconds after leaving Root Explorer, random reboot of phone.

I had no problems flashing with TWRP. I used advanced wipe to clear out Data, System, Cache, and Android Secure. After wipe, I installed the ROM, then installed the Gapps, then rebooted Recovery, and then rebooted phone.

I came out of reboot into 85% battery. With moderate usage, I was down to 4% battery after 7.5 hours. Fully charged after 1 hour, 45 minutes on charger.

So far I'm damn happy. It's fast, smooth, responsive, and all my apps work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] electricjesus:
tried the latest release and everything went to ****. Did a dirty and it Started glitching like crazy and **** and then softbricked my phone.

Did a clean and same thing happened. i do NOT recommend trying the latest build, i understand it worked for some but dont take the chance. Hopefully the next build will be more stable.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hugh jwang:
what did you flash with it? i flashed the rom, then the new gapps from the site, then uber 2ghz. all is well, and seeing more deep sleep than previous
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
Were you using xposed? I couldn't get this ROM to work with xposed. SuperSU didn't seem to work at all either. Works just fine if I don't install those two things. Anybody else have problems?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
I am, downloaded twice and it refuses to boot dunno what's up with people who got it booting. Tried dirty and clean flash too
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mariussilverwolf:
Interestingly, I was getting no root access in through Settings > Advanced or through SuperSU. I triggered root access by accident through the following:

Hop into Settings > Advanced > Superuser

Hop out and open SuperSU

Hold Home to hop back into Superuser settings

Hit the Settings menu

Wait 10 seconds

Somehow, I started getting SU prompts after this. SuperSU has given me no problems since.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Grichecth:
Attempted RC2 this morning with the same results as RC1. Looks like I'll be moving on from Slim for a while until a solution is found. Thanks for all the good times with SlimKat/Bean!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] prbassplayer:
To be honest don't understand why Herc has problems and skyrocket doesn't. At any rate until cm solves the camera problem msm8660 is on the back burner
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
Clean flash / dirty flash, 2.6 just boot loops. I was unable to get a logcat.

Edit: Must have been a bad download. Downloaded again and it is working now. Thanks Josue!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] roblou56:
Clean flash no issues other than my theme engine, so back to 4.2.2.

My flashing method :

Twrp 2.6.1.0

Advanced wipe, system, data, cache, dalvick cache, android secure I typically do this three times (habit)

Flash the infamous packages Superwipe because of preload.

Flash rom then Gapps

Reboot wait 15 minutes reboot and setup.

I know some may have issues with my method but I've yet to run into any problems
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Grichecth:
It's fairly strange too that only some of us are having issues. Nothing different between the Canadian herc and the US is there? I know the model is slightly different (T989D for Telus/Koodo devices rather than just T989). Luckily it seems its only a very few that have the issue. Perhaps I can check the github commits to see what changed from 2.4 to 2.5 that might do it, though my android knowledge is slim.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] prbassplayer:
Besides modem no nothing is different.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Grichecth:
I don't supposed something changed between 2.4 & 2.5 related to that? I'm trying to find the commits on GH but I all I'm seeing is stuff months ago, no recent changes. is the repo private? let me know If i'm wasting my time in looking into it. You're are most definitely more knowledgeable in this subject than me, :P.

Edit: In the 2.5 changelog I see: "2014-01-22 | d2-common: fix up modem links [Dave Daynard]". Would that do anything wacky?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] me_is_rushin:
Interestingly I noted in the past several pages of the CM thread there are multiple reports of various nightlies not working on T989D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Grichecth:
Nice! Did a quick Google & found this page http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/86617-display-issue-since-cm-11-20140117-nightly-hercules-solved/. The symptoms are exactly what I'm seeing upon trying to boot 2.5/2.6
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ghajj:
Viber crashing on 4.4.2

Viber has crashed on me in all 4.4.2 flavors of CM including slim rc1. I am interested in knowing if anyone has it working,

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dennis96411:
I got it working for awhile, but after a reboot everything went haywire and I had to wipe data to get it to boot. GPS is still broken for me even on a fresh install.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Johndoe9990:
Were the notification toggles removed for KitKat? I know the tiled ones are still in there, but I mean the ones that are there when you initially swipe down.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iamdofus:
i have t989d, Even RC2 is not working on this phone..... i dont understand what is the problem with this phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Aahz Pervect:
The new dialer sounds rad. Can't wait for the RC3 weekly build to go up. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] me_is_rushin:
From the SlimRom's RC3 post. http://slimroms.net/index.php/news/425-slimkat-4-4-2-build-2-8-rc3

Not sure if this means there won't be any builds for the time being or it won't be graduating to Stable status with the others. I'm hoping for the latter as the dialer as well as having Pie back sounds great.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Means it will be some time before this device will be getting another SlimKat update, if at all. The phone is too old for the Slim Team to make a big fuss over when you have so many newer devices they need to worry about far as compatibility. They have to go with the majority and no one can blame them for that. The one thing the Hercules S2 has going for it is there are still an ample number of people who have it. So whether this is the EOL is up in the air. [MENTION=3877985]prbassplayer[/MENTION] will be the best person to answer this question.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hatememarkz:
So slim is over this blows?????

?TEAMHELLDEVS?

?HELLKAT? T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] prbassplayer:
Who said? I'm take some time away this platform see how it settles. After stable I'll come back and see what I can do.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] truthnotfiction:
Viber worked fine for me once I switched to Carbon Rom. Dirty flashed it over SlimKat because I was lazy. It is working properly and has working GPS and 720p video out of the box. Only thing not working for me is Netflix.

Carbon had been my daily driver for about 2 weeks now since SlimKat is having so many issues with updates. I think the last smooth SlimKat build for me was around January 12th. Could always use that one if you love SlimKat. GPS and camcorder sealed the deal for me though with Carbon.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hatememarkz:
Are we good or screwed [MENTION=3877985]prbassplayer[/MENTION] http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...gn=Feed:+xda-developers/ShsH+(xda-developers)

?TEAMHELLDEVS?

?HELL?T989?

Big? S/O to C13kener
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
These devices received stable builds this evening: http://slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/1035-4-4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hatememarkz:
? [MENTION=4574261]ArtfulDodger[/MENTION]

?TEAMHELLDEVS?

?HELL?T989?

Big? S/O to C13kener
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] electricjesus:
is there at least a location fix? My gps cant find me at all and i have tried everything.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] imanoobfml:
Try downloading an app called gps status and then use it to download AGPS data. I'm not sure if that's been attempted. If it hasn't, it's worth a try.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] electricjesus:
No apps work at all to fix this issue. I have tried every free app on the market.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] apicia:
RC3 is working flawlessly on my other devices. Is this device (T989) getting RC3 or is it being left in the dust?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeybuttons:
Slims device maintainer has said he won't do more builds until sources for the device become more stable. One of the big issues is the incomplete, but mostly working camera wrapper CM put together but haven't finished. As far as I've heard, there haven't been any commits to the wrapper for more than a month, so the wrapper is likely either dead or proclaimed "good enough" for a two year old device.

tl;dr there won't be any updates until the device tree gets some attention, which might not happen. Why CM would go through the trouble to build a camera wrapper that mostly works just to drop support for a device is beyond me, but that may be what's happening.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
They have to build for the majority and unfortunately this device is in the minority and outdated to boot. RIP Slimkat for the T989.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeybuttons:
Agreed.

Still, it's sad to see slim hercules die. Was always one of my favorites.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pairustwo:
On the topic of putting the T989 to rest... wasn't this one of the last devices to offer hardware keys? And with its passing are giving up hardware keys? I feel like they are so integrated into the way I use Android.

How do people feel about using devices without these keys? How do you replace the long hold on home to see running apps? Are three software keys sufficient, annoying use of screen real-estate ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wikitiki:
I actually am using my own soft keys. I like being able to customize what holding them could control, such as hold back to kill, and go to last app. You could always add more than 3 softkeys if you need to
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iamdofus:
Why slim roms guys overcome with a problems instead of waiting for CM team. So they can realese stable version for these devices even. :-S
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eb13:
Anyone else having problems with Google+ force closing on SlimKat?

It was working fine for me up until about four days ago when my photos auto back up stopped working. Then yesterday when I tried to open G+ app it would fc. I've wiped dalvkic and cache, fixed permissions. Decided to just do a clean flash of the latest RC. It worked the first time after updating Google services but stayed to fc again like before.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vnation:
root access

after clean installing titanium backup shows root access warning...give me link of latest su binary zip:confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] danishdish:
What I do is install SuperSU Pro (I'm sure the free version will work) and that will take care of that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] qu3becker:
Superuser included works okay with Titanium Backup anyway (as long as you activated it in Developer options). You don't need an updated SU but if you really want too, get SuperSu on the Play Store and install the binaries from there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vnation:
thnx for reply but titanium backup says the rom you installed is not rooted..which recovery you use for flash slimkat???? i am using twrp 2.7.0.0
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] me_is_rushin:
Recovery doesn't matter. All these roms come pre-rooted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] qu3becker:
Go to the About Phone panel in settings. Tap multiple times on the build number until it says that the developers option are unlocked. Then go to the developer options and activate Root for apps (and adb if you want).

Good luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hatememarkz:
http://d-h.st/UYr

TEAMHELLDEVS

HELL?3/1 ?KERNEL

OKJ+GREENIFY=LAG?FREE ?CHET?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hatememarkz:
Thanks for the sikcaxx recents slim there so ill

liquidiZED GS² T989

OKJ+GREENIFY+UBER 2GHZ FINAL
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FCORivers:
Don't know why but once the power button is pressed and the screen goes off it won't come on again until restarted, or even if I don't press power. Did it happened to someone else or just me?

...and when the crap hit the fan I was the only one there...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Kiltnar:
Change the governor to on demand or one of those variants. It seems to be a common problem for kitkat ROMs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] electricjesus:
how exactly can i do that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] electricjesus:
where exactly in the settings can i find it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] HOODguyPOLITICZ:
Performance options I think
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] electricjesus:
is that in dev options?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] qu3becker:
Install this app on your phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigeyes0x0.trickstermod

Open it and go to the General tab. Where it says CPU Governor Control, change the Governor to Ondemand. If you want it to stick on boot, tap the settings button which is at the top right of the screen. Check "Kernel Settings" under "Set on Boot".
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jondoe27:
Should be next follow by development or sometimes inside of advanced options/performance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jahrule:
I am trying to build slimkay but having problems. I posted in the project rookie thread on the skyrocket forum if anyone wants to chip in and help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jahrule:
Update: New UNOFFICIAL build http://d-h.st/8iB have fun. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] prbassplayer:
What's working/broken?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jondoe27:
Hardware navigation buttons ("HOME,MENU,etc") don't work and the buttons lights stays on.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jahrule:
Testing as we speak.

---------- Post added at 08:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:47 PM ----------

For me the lights go off. However nav buttons dont work. Did not install gapps though. Have you?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jondoe27:
No. Never do. The nav buttons stays "on" if you open some menu first ("Settings" per example).Can't close the menu. Only reboot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jahrule:
weird. I enabled nav bar and everything is working so far. (other than hardware keys, but lights turn off and such). I will try to install gapps, it was an issue before i remember back early JB time

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With nav bar enabled everything seems to work fine. Did not test call, GPS, or Bluetooth. The lack of customizations compared to jb version or ose ROM etc was underwhelming for the amount of work I had to do to get this built. If people like it have suggestions why home back and menu hardware keys don't work, but search does, then please let me know and we can try again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phrotac:
I have the T-Mobile SGS2 T989. What file do I download? I thought this was the "Hercules" but that folder has 0 files???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jahrule:
T989 and herc same. The support for our phone dropped for slim.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phrotac:
Too bad. It looks like a good ROM :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jondoe27:
Yep, I liked it too. Haven't had any major problems.:(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] smartguy10:
Looks like slim only supports 4.3 for this phone which is not bad I guess . Samsung has S5 NOW :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
cms patching the camera :eek: [MENTION=3877985]prbassplayer[/MENTION]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] prbassplayer:
Maybe I'll update the repos. But I don't know if I want to keep it as official
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fathertomany:
I don't think anyone here would mind. You have done amazing work. Would donate if I could. Keep us alive! Thank you for everything you have done!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ugzz:
yeah i don't get it, the thread says 4.4.2 but just links to the generic website where all of the 4.4 downloads say 0 available for the s2... bummer. misleading headline is misleading

*edit, i was thinking this could be a blessing in disguise, maybe the 4.3 has more things working at this point, i may try it none the less
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Grichecth:
It was working 4.4.2 during beta, but something went wacky on CM side and we were dropped as the device stopped working for some (non boot). Would be great to be working again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ugzz:
Thanks for the info, good to know it was at some point in dev, and hellz yeah it would be nice, i was checking out the 4.3 build for slim but i kept getting random restarts all over the place.

Checking out PA beta3 next, people seem to be having decent luck so far
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fathertomany:
Hellkats working. It's cm

My Kat is straight from hell
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jondoe27:
Just flashed Skyrocket SlimKat on my T989. Everything seems works exept a screen rotates all the time. Camera,browser,network,customization works. :eek:

Rom changed phone model name to Samsung I727.

Ok, it doesn't rotate all the time after reboot. Looks ok.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mp3deviant721:
Try flashing a Hercules kernel.

Sent from my PACman'd GS²
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jondoe27:
Could you provide a link to it ,pls. I have no idea where to look in for it. I have a UBER final but not sure if it's universal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] suaverc118:
Here's one. http://d-h.st/aLO

You can also join g+ and look up Hercules development forum for others
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jondoe27:
Will try later. Thanks for the link.

Update: UBER fixed "rotation" problem (Thanks again,suaverc118:highfive:). Everything works fine. They change some settings and I can't find "kill all" button and "ram bar". There is a pull out panel with the resent apps and no settings.

All custom apps, Slim gapps, Wi-FI,BT,mobile data, Google Search & etc works. Couldn't find a single bug.

Still don't understand why it's working. Tried flash Beanstalk and get "Failed" message but SlimKat installed Ok for a some reason.:confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NonexistentParan0ia:
Hmm, Slim on 4.4.2? Geezus, and I just flashed Hellkat a few minutes ago! :p

Anyways, gonna flash this but check to see if this will flash via TWRP as well since I've grown to dislike CWM at this point :fingers-crossed:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
I've had a chance to run many of my commonly used apps and all are working great (Poweramp, XDA, SM Manager and Viper. Chrome very ran fast also). I hope I don't jinx it for myself later, but man this is a fantastic piece of work. Anybody who wants KitKat as a DD, look no further. This is ready and future updates will make this the go to ROM.

I really had no intentions of moving on from 4.2 after recent experiences but I am so glad I gave this a try. Users will be thrilled. A side note, those who want to use Zram or change read ahead (which you'll need to do, it's set to 128. I made it 3072) make sure you download Trickster mod as this ROM doesn't have performance settings just yet. Apps like Ram Expander may or may not work, I know using external sd storage for the swap file still will not work as of yet (symlink issue?).

One other thing, sorry I can't produce those screenshots I promised. The ROM isn't capable of that just yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Aahz Pervect:
I absolutely love the little "Accept or Reject" pop-up for calls when you are using an app. :highfive: Great ROM as always.

I'm guessing that the update prompt is because this is alpha while many other devices are on beta, correct?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] x.0ni.x:
Worked just fine for me. I'm using 2.6.3.1.:cool:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
I've had some problems with CWM on this phone too, especially when trying to get into recovery while powering the phone on. I used TWRP to install this and as you can read, I had no issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] danishdish:
Do we really want to know what you're gonna be "playing with tonight"? ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
I just knew somebody would go there... :-p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] firebane:
Won't have time to play with this tonight. But will definitely be checking it out on the weekend.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jRi0T68:
I couldn't get it to install on my son's phone until I switched from TWRP to CWM.

Evidently, results vary.

Excreted from my Nexus 5

[Guide] Headphone/Earphone Buying
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
In TWRP I did factory reset and then wiped system for good measure. Always have good experiences using that recovery, and did with CWM on my previous phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jRi0T68:
I always use TWRP, but it was a no go this time. I may try it again the next time I update his phone, which isn't frequent when it's running smooth.

Excreted from my Nexus 5

[Guide] Headphone/Earphone Buying
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] guitarhero923:
Am I able to change the size of the interface? Like, it seems like its in a tablet/hybrid mode...? It is WAY too small.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Aahz Pervect:
As in the DPI? I use Texdroider. I personally like 200 but 240 is our device's default. (Slim is set to 182 on the hercules)

edit: Oh meant to say that I have changed the DPI on this version of SlimKat so I can confirm that Texdroider for sure works.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FCORivers:
There is no real dark slim toggle on settings, nor the option to turn capacitive key light off. Maybe I'm too dumb to find that options.

Haven't been able to change from dalvik to art.

Also, slim ota says there is a beta1.6 version of the ROM but I just find alpha1.6 on slim website, and addons pack says ver 1.5.

Kinda confused.... .....but its Slimkat, good enough, lol.

...and when the crap hit the fan I was the only one there...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sam.balia1012:
Beta update notification popped up in slim ota....where is it?

Anyone... Anyone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Doesn't apply to our device just yet, so you can't download it. Also not sure this is an official build yet either, although it is available on the Slim web site.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2 running CM10.1 and CI3Kener's Uber Kernel.

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I used File Manager restored from CM10.2 to edit the build.prop. Seems Script manager does not have the capability to do this on KitKat at the moment as it just freezes & FCs when you try to use it. Slims built in file manager doesn't have the ability to edit the build.prop and neither does ES Explorer (which will not allow you to change system files).

BTW if anybody would like to use [MENTION=5105835]Cl3Kener[/MENTION]'s UBER 4.4 1.89 kernel I can confirm it is working great with this ROM. Ran a Quadrant benchmark and got a score of 4253 with the same settings I had on CM10.2, which scored 3500. Nice.