yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MO11:
yes am looking for a flashable slim kernel , that would be great , i truly appreciate your work and looking for more in the next builds :) thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JohnC60:
It's not just 5.4 that's not flashable with the Slim kernel. I tried to reinstalled 5.2 a few days ago and I had to install Render's kernel before I was able to re-flash 5.2.

-John
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
I recognized last night that the kernel for I777 slimkat lacks SeLinux support, which is the likely cause the flashing issue present, but I'm not sure why just yet, or what to change to correct it. I'll be looking through the history of the i9100 and n7000 kernel specific items to see if I can spot something useful -that hasn't been applied to the i777.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
SE linux support in kernel...

found it! among a host of other changes that need to be made to the default kernel configuration file... I'll try to have another build by tomorrow.

EDIT: this issue is NOT resolved, even with these changes. I'm working on it... any assistance is welcome. From what I can tell thus far, the only difference in between the i777 and the i9100 is the key-layout, and NFC support. I may be better off forking the current i9100 branch, and making the FEW necessary i777 changes, but I'm not sure. I guess I first need to verify that the i9100 repository builds-and-works as expected. Just thinking out loud here.

As soon as I flash render's kernel, everything's fine. Therefore, the hold-up is surely kernel related...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JohnC60:
What would be the advantages or disadvantages to using Render's kernel instead of the one bundled with SlimKat?

As for battery life, I'm not noticing any difference between SlimKat and Omni. Will give it a few more days of use to be sure.

-John
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
A custom kernel usually allows the user to customize the device to their functional liking, with tools/tweaks not available in the stock kernel. The drawback is that the customability available may allow the user to do more harm than good, and the changes may conflict with the original design of the firmware, causing operational issues.

The limited nature of the stock kernel makes it inherently more reliable, since it does not allow the user to push the device into a less-stable state.

---------------------------------------------------------

Regarding getting SlimKat to build properly, I'm involved in an epic battle with my own noobness. I've probably waded ten feet from shore, and feel like I am miles out into open-ocean. I managed to get a slim-kernel built that has full se-linux support, and boots into recovery just fine, but it freezes shortly after booting into android. At this point, I'm fairly certain that my build environment is to blame. I was using an omni tutorial to get setup, and... well, in short, omni and slimkat are different beasts. (still thinking out loud)

regardless, I'm working on it.

-Cyril
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Good luck. There's no pressure, but we're all counting on you so hurry up already :cool::cool:

We all love Slim, but it even gave [MENTION=4568724]fronti90[/MENTION] some trouble trying to get us to 4.3, so the fact that you were able to build anything bootable is a huge accomplishment.

On a side note, have you considered kanging sources instead of building a stright-up Slim rom? I don't know if it would make things easier for you, but it would be a riot for us!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
I downloaded this rom a week ago or so and finally took it for a test drive last night nice rom after fixing superuser access. So then I came here to read and catch up so my question is with out proper se-linux support should we not run this rom right now I know selinux has to do with security and app permissions that's most likely why the built in superuser didn't work right but chainfires seems to work perfect. I had no install issues using TWRP and I am using the stock kernel. (my phones just doesn't seem to like renders kernnel after a week phone starts acting up so I like roms that have a stock kernel). I have been reading all morning about selinux so I know the bare basics of what it is, but not what it means to not have full support so what part of it is working and not working in this rom and is this rom safe to use right now for security reasons. Rom really is running great after I figured out the built in superuser isn't working properly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
The next posted weekly will be straight slim, with full SELinux support, set to permissive by default.

A Kang-build is VERY tempting, especially since SlimSaber's got an i9100 device repo.

...but this'll have to do for now.

Goodnight all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
<< Weekly build 5.6 (& md5) >>
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Running very smooth. Thank You! Very much appreciated keep up the great work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MO11:
the latest build is fantastic and speedy , just made me more awaiting for the precious slim settings :) and addition , thank you for the great work man. ps : flashing works fine again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
I didn't forget about your request for the slim-kernel, I just wanted to get the build-issues straight beforehand.

I have a separate slim-kernel hosted with the builds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MO11:
i really can't thank you enough as simply your amazing work and all others working for our device really makes it feel more alive :) keep it up with the goodness :cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Here's a SlimKat 4.4.3 build I ran last night. Enjoy.

Slim-i777-4.4.3.build.5.7-UNOFFICIAL-20140607-1438.zip - 141.11 MB

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Poorboyrichy:
Thanks for the update. Any special flashing instructions when going from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Nice dude!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Nice thank you nice present to come back to civilization for been in the high country for a week runs great dark theme dialer is messed up but can live with it. Battery has been great today.

---------- Post added at 07:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:03 PM ----------

Black on black text

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I wiped system and both caches and flashed ROM and updated slim gapps all seems fine been on it all day
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NeverSeparate:
Anyone using the 4.4.3 build on straight talk? I just ordered the sim for st and was wondering if everything works as far as data and MMS and such. I flashed it on an inactive phone and it runs smooth so far so I hope it works. Still running 4.4.2 on my vzw gnex.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
Been on it for a week runs perfect
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NeverSeparate:
on straight talk? standard APN settings?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] david72262:
yep
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NeverSeparate:
awesome. that's good news. thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
SlimKat | ANDROID 4.4.3 | KTU84M

<< Weekly build 5.8 (& md5) >>

Massive thanks to [MENTION=1051777]mrcook[/MENTION] for running off a build while I was away. Anyone's welcome to do so and post them here if my build frequency isn't sufficient.

p.s. Tahoe is awesome.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
<< Weekly build 5.9 (& MD5) >>

16cbb27c1342a0ab98913b0912039101 Slim-i777-4.4.3.build.5.9-UNOFFICIAL-20140616-0640.zip

I'm a busy feller right now, but getting the slimcenter-ota-check functional for these unofficial builds IS on my to-do list.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
Question:

peter goebbels - 11:34 AM

Was wondering what is the difference between the two versions of Minimal Gapps that were uploaded today?

Answer:

Daniel Koman1:28 PM

build 67 has 4.4.2 services framework, build 68 has 4.4.3 services framework.﻿

Source:

https://plus.google.com/115052237254453425835/posts/2f8vrFfGjNk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Your build frequency is good.

But I had time to run a build this morning so I'll go ahead and share. This was built with the sabermod 4.8 toolchain (it seems to be the popular thing to do these days).

Slim-i777-4.4.3.build.5.9-UNOFFICIAL-20140617-0759.zip - 141.20 MB

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
^he's building me up right there. I'm feeling accomplished.

^^ what's this? why sure, mr.cook, what have you got for us today?

uh huh, who's fancy NOW!

showoff...

:laugh::good::good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MO11:
i have used most of the available roms for this device but this so far is the most speedy and smooth , i didn't have any issues with it at all but here are some of what am really looking forward to see in future builds if possible for sure :)

the new theme engine as an option even mostly i use the stock theme :D

the option to colorize the recent apps panel background ( that would be awesome :) ) and resizing options

the option to use the recent apps panel like the s5 or the normal one :) :cyclops:

thanks again for this amazing rom :) keep up the great work man :cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yj121:
Are there any "Performance" options in this rom in settings? I cant seem to find it. I want to change the CPU options (such as to onDemand, intellidemand, conservative, pegasusq,etc).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I feel you about the lack of some features from this ROM, BUT, THAT is why it is so snappy and battery friendly. Slim ROM's claim to fame is just that; "slim". The idea is that you can use third party apps to achieve these things without baking them into the ROM. At first i didn't like it but I've really come to appreciate it after feeling the speed and stability that comes from this approach to ROM building (long winded-sorry).

As for those third party apps i think i might have some good suggestions for you. If you haven't already, try installing Xposed framework and scroll through all the available mods for it. Most of what you're asking about can be done with this. Take special note of xblast tools, kk gravity box, and xui mod. Also, if you use greenify, Xposed can unlock some additional features if you activate the Greenify module in the Xposed app.

As for stand alone apps, I use power toggle, propmodder, and omniswitch which has completely replaced my need for any recents panel. You can pm me if you want to talk about other features you miss. I like hunting down apps
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NeverSeparate:
Hey guys, great job on this ROM. Just got the s2 going on straight talk so I'm using it now trying to decide if I will ditch Verizon. I have had a few freezes but that's about it. I am running into storage space issues due to the 2g partition. I've been googling how to repartition the system and keep finding things on other models. Or old info for stock ROMs. Is there a good guide for repartitioning with the kitkat file structure?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
System settings > Advanced ooptions > Performance

There has been one recent thread where a user repartitioned an i777 using an i9100 guide, but IMO, the practice has more risk than benefit, and is therefore not well encouraged here.

Ditch Verizon. Full Stop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
But if you're feeling brave [MENTION=4452626]NeverSeparate[/MENTION];

toying with your partitions is risky business

I do believe that it will work, if performed conscientiously.

<< consider yourself warned >>

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/orig...ge-datafs-partition-rid-t2353551/post43326225
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NeverSeparate:
I understand the risk. I want to ditch Verizon for sure. Just have to make sure where I am that straight talk will work OK first. If it does and I drop Verizon I'll be looking for a newer device anyway. I'll check that thread out. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MO11:
i get your point and yeah i used Xposed and gravity but sure will connect with you about those other features :) thanks for the kind reply :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
4.4.4

Slim-i777-4.4.4.build.5.95-UNOFFICIAL-20140620-1859.zip - 141.20 MB

This was built with the Sabermod 4.8 toolchain.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yj121:
I dont have the performance button option
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Ok, i figured this out. [MENTION=5294352]cyril279[/MENTION]‘s SlimSaber build has this this option in settings but the slimkat version both Cyril's and [MENTION=4934593]mr-cook[/MENTION]'s does not. No idea why
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
...yes, I clearly reported a slimsaber option to a slimkat thread-question, and I apologize for that. ((good catch Razen))

If you're looking for faster, or featured-slim, you now have two option levels:

1) [MENTION=1051777]mrcook[/MENTION] has been periodically posting slimkat compiled with the sabermod 4.8 toolchain. Hopefully he will continue posting these builds!

2) Slimsaber, which is compiled with the sabermod toolchain among other additions (like additional performance options, and other smdk4210-specific considerations)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
4.4.4

<< Weekly build 5.10 (& md5) >>

Changelog: (same as I9100)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kuduku:
Its with slimsaber or slimkat ? This is Slimkat thread so should be SLIMKAT but wanted to confirm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
These are SlimKat only. Slimsaber are named and stored separately.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TheGeekyNimrod:
Running the 6.23 build right now with Render's 6/23 kernel build with CWM and everything is running pretty smooth. Haven't had a chance to put battery life to the test yet, but right off the bat, it seems to be better than previous 4.4.2 Slim builds. Stweaks works with Render's kernel so the missing performance settings aren't an issue now.

Overall so far so good. Best KK build for this phone I have tried yet.

Good job.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Built last night. SaberMod toolchain.

Slim-i777-4.4.4.build.6.PCFR-UNOFFICIAL-20140626-1908.zip - 140.93 MB

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
Stable build 6

<< Stable build 6 (& md5) >>

Changelog: (same as I9100)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] badblood_antony:
HDMI out put dosent work on this...is it due to kernel or is it bcuz its not stock ???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
The kernel is stock-slim, I don't edit slim in any way.

I've never used it, I can look into it, but I'll need some information;

Does HDMI out work correctly on:

-any older versions of slim?

-the i9100 slimkat?

-Any other 4.4.x i777 firmware?

How is it initialized/used?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
HDMI-out is stock Samsung based, so that's why it doesn't work on AOSP roms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] badblood_antony:
ok...so any way to get it working on the AOSP roms...??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
[MENTION=5554845]rogersb11[/MENTION] is doing some kernel work. He may be able to do something
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogersb11:
Feel like I actually saw something about aosp hdmi in one of my note 2 threads (very similar kernel, same source). I'll look in to this. Been on break from the kernel. It was causing insomnia
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
Heads-up concept coming SOON to SlimKat

The original post and screenshots: https://plus.google.com/107859134357373490612/posts/bJABHs1aNMj
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Sweet! I was just last night looking for third party apps to do just this. I think I'll wait
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] desteele:
? This is already out there...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2796182
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
Hmmm...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] desteele:
:laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] badblood_antony:
My proximity sensor doesn't work when I make a call...it works on other ROM ...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
wipe cache and dalvik. I've had that problem before but a reboot always fixed it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
The last time I went to sync repos, I noticed that slim has gotten rid of proprietary_vendor_samsung. I looked at several other slim-samsung-device-repos in github, and noticed that they are all removing their vendor dependency in one move, by simply removing the vendor-dependency lines from the slim.dependencies file. Hopefully it's that simple, I haven't actually tried the edit yet.

It isn't clear whether those pointers have been re-added to the manifest or maybe device-common repository.

The i9100 dev is inactive, and [MENTION=1228651]fusionjack[/MENTION] handled the transition differently for slimsaber, so I can't use those leads to understand the changes.

If anyone can help me understand what happened, please clue me in.

[MENTION=3877985]prbassplayer[/MENTION]

[MENTION=1051777]mrcook[/MENTION]

Edit 2104:

Not that simple. Project stalled.

Import includes file: /home/cyril/android/slimmer/out/target/product/i777/obj/SHARED_LIBRARIES/gralloc.default_intermediates/import_includes
make: *** No rule to make target `/home/cyril/android/slimmer/out/target/product/i777/obj/SHARED_LIBRARIES/libUMP_intermediates/export_includes', needed by `/home/cyril/android/slimmer/out/target/product/i777/obj/SHARED_LIBRARIES/gralloc.exynos4_intermediates/import_includes'. Stop.
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Export includes file: hardware/libhardware/modules/gralloc/Android.mk -- /home/cyril/android/slimmer/out/target/product/i777/obj/SHARED_LIBRARIES/gralloc.default_intermediates/export_includes
cyril@Ubuntu9:~/android/slimmer$

Edit 2215 (thinking aloud):

I pointed Slim at FusionJack's proprietary repos, and the build has continued long past the original error (still in progress). I'm beginning to think that slims changes are not complete. FusionJack relocated the proprietary vendor stuff, whereas Slim seems to have removed them, which simply doesn't work. Hopefully things will become clearer closer to the weekly release mark.

Edit 2359: Slim builds with the proprietary stuff pointed at the SlimSaber repository. It's a patch, but until I can make sense of how this is intended to go, it works.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest>
<project name="SlimRoms/device_samsung_i777" path="device/samsung/i777" remote="github" revision="kk4.4" />
<project name="SlimRoms/device_samsung_galaxys2-common" path="device/samsung/galaxys2-common" remote="github" revision="kk4.4" />
<project name="SlimRoms/kernel_samsung_smdk4412" path="kernel/samsung/smdk4412" remote="github" revision="kk4.4-old" />
<project name="SlimRoms/hardware_samsung" path="hardware/samsung" remote="github" revision="kk4.4" />
<project name="SlimSaber/vendor_samsung_i777" path="vendor/samsung/i777" remote="github" revision="kk4.4"/>
<project name="SlimSaber/vendor_samsung_galaxys2-common" path="vendor/samsung/galaxys2-common" remote="github" revision="kk4.4"/>
</manifest>
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] badblood_antony:
When I add a contact pic it shows full...but when I make a call the pic is zoomed and goes out of screen...any idea
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Have you tried running the "breakfast" command to see what changes in local manifest from their end? I would back yours up first and then try that to see where they are pointing it to.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] razen_kain:
I think that's just the full screen call feature
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
'breakfast' looks at a device-specific slim.dependencies file and then generates the local manifest. The history of that file shows that I made the last commit to that dependencies file (pointing to the correct kernel branch). It appears that they simply deleted several vendor repositories.

New theory: They have relocated their vendor repositories, but intentionally not notified the general public. No worries, vendor blobs aren't firmware-specific, so CM's or SLimSaber's or Omni's will be fine until I learn more.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
Yeah something weird is going on here. Breakfast returns an empty local manifest. Their proprietary_vendor_samsung has disappeared from github. I directed mine to TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_samsung revision cm-11.0. That let me complete a sync. I think your right they may have just separated the repos.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fusionjack:
afaik, there was legal reason that brought up by qualcomm. as result, many github repos have been blocked. i think because of this reason slimroms removed the 'proprietary_vendor_samsung'.

without this project, we cannot compile any devices. i wonder why slim team just removed the vendor project without replacing with other. perhaps, slim team has set up something like cm's 'the muppet' and we need to get the blob for our device manually (which i think weird).

that's why i still keep the stripped down of vendor samsung...well, actually it was my plan to stripped down the vendor samsung anyway since the update always for other devices than ours, lol...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
Why yes, some legal stuff has taken place...

Neither CM's nor Omni's dependency files include the proprietary vendor repository information.

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andro...m.dependencies

https://github.com/omnirom/android_d...i.dependencies

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andro...m.dependencies

Using this setup, proprietary vendor repos would need to be manually added to the local manifest. Breakfast or lunch alone will not get their devices to build, and that may be enough to keep the firmware groups out of hot water.

I can only guess that SlimRoms finally got pinged by the same cause, and they're following suit, to ensure compliance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mr-cook:
New build-

Slim-i777-4.4.4.build.6-UNOFFICIAL-20140707-0646.zip - 140.91 MB

This was built with the SaberMod toolchain.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
<< Weekly build 6.2 (& md5) >>

Changelog: (same as I9100)

Snipped from http://www.slimroms.net/:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] goodjuju:
A newbie question - is CWM built into this ROM? I ask because when I flashed Slim Saber it also flashed TWRP I did not like TWRP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
TWRP is the recovery installed by the SlimKat kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] goodjuju:
Thanks Cyrl. After flashing the SlimKat can I safely overwrite the TWRP by reinstalling CWM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
<< Interim build 6.3 (& md5) >>

The team took the time to notch the build version, but I can't find reference to what the changes are.

I believe it came with a few fixes to 6.2, but I haven't found anything published on the matter.

It boots. That I know.

Either RenderBroken's or RB11's CWM kernels should perform well with SlimKat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cyril279:
Announcement

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