yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] stere0123:
I have experienced this as well in a few ROMs, including this one, but it only appears to happen when the phone is shut off unexpectedly, such as when overclocking too far causing the phone to hard reboot (mine has a stroke at anything above 1836MHz).

By prepaid I meant the prepaid pay-as-you go plan, as I really don't do much with my phone.

In a week I use maybe up to 15 minutes of talk, 5-10 text messages (not MMS), and IF there was data with pay-as-you-go I would probably use <100MB per week.

I used to have a Tracfone, as they are prepaid pay-as-you-go and simply use your prepaid minutes for data too (paying attention T-Mobile?), but I got this phone for an insane deal and would take it and the wonky plans over a $10 flip-phone any day.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eric93se:
The cheapest pay-go plan out there is Ptel (platinum tel). They have $5/month, 5cents/min talk, 2cents txt, 10cents per MB data. You pay it $10 bi-monthly. They have lots of 'unlimited' plans too, that are very cheap.

I leave my phone in 4G mode with data off, call quality is better with 3G/4G and battery life is crazy good.

stere0123, maybe you need to enter your APN info to get data working with your plan.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iamjakecali:
WiFi not reconnecting

ROM is the best I have had with this phone. I was on the verge of retiring my Herc until I found this.

The only issue that I have experienced: If I leave the range of my WiFi briefly and then return, it does not automatically reconnect. I have to go to WiFi settings and scan for the AP first.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kulkat:
I have been using this ROM for a while. It is the best one so far for this old battleship of a phone.

I have noticed it does not seem to keep startup services after reboots. (e.g. Automateit) it has a startup service you can configure to auto start after reboot, however it never starts until I manually start the application. The setting is on, there are no errors when setting the service. It starts from app but not automatically after reboot.

I have been using this application for a long time in various devices, but this seems to be the only ROM that does this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 4xxxxL:
What are the steps to flash the kernel ? I mean

ROM, Gaaps, kernel and then gyro fix ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eric93se:
No need for the gyro fix, its included in the latest kernel (1.6.0.b). Make sure you do a full wipe, people reporting weird issues, its either because they didn't do a full wipe or they overclocked to much. Make sure you also have the latest version of your recovery program.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kulkat:
I can also confirm this behaviour.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kulkat:
After the last kernel 1.60b Apollo (the ROM music player) will not work. It crashes upon start and will not play any tracks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] crazydude10:
Clear app data for Apollo and try again ? It's working fine for me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Orionpax5000:
hello

Mr. [MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION]

this kernel that is posted here is compatible with the rom cm11? or only is exclusive for this rom
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] discodraft:
GPS & Bluetooth woes

I all, I'm fairly new. I've successfully flashed several different roms but not having much success with the GPS and Bluetooth features working. Could anyone point me in the right direction for either a fix to get it working good on this rom or another that would be a better fit as a DD?

Thanks in advance
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eric93se:
[MENTION=4614593]discodraft[/MENTION]

Download two apps, Satstat and TOPntp.

Run TOPntp to install the gps.config file, I use the default settings at the top. If you mainly want to use the built in gps chip and not agps, then click where it says "default agps enable=true" and set it to false. Go ahead and click install and reboot. Then fire up Satstat and select the option to get agps data (need data or wifi). Give it a minute, then turn off data or wifi and let the gps connect to sat's on its own, you should have some line of sight to the sky. The first time it will need a few minutes to connect (maybe 10-15 maybe less), then in the future its should be real fast. A good free offline map app is OSMand.

It would be great if Sultan could incorporate the gps config file, or what ever other files topNTP is adding. CM doesn't include these files with nightlies, supposedly they are in the milestone releases though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RogueCoyote:
Apollo working fine for me too.

Did you perform a full wipe and factory reset before installing this ROM and then let it settle for a while after first boot? I had serious GPS issues with my previous ROM and also used TOPntp like [MENTION=5501683]eric93se[/MENTION] described but have had zero GPS issues with this ROM. It's worked fast from the first try, didn't use TOPntp or any other gps file. Similarly I have been using Bluetooth in my car everyday without issue. No fixes required if flashed correctly.

You will find your answer in bright red in the very first post...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kulkat:
As [MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION] mentioned.. Ain't nobody got time for that!

No full wipes. Only dirty flashes I like being dirty :D . Its been working great on all sultanxda previous ROMs. Until last kernel v1.60b that is when Apollo began crashing.

To do a full wipe is a big commitment, if you know what I mean. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RogueCoyote:
The full wipe comment was intended for the guy having bluetooth and GPS issues. Someone else suggested you just clear app data for Apollo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aswaat:
Sultan,

I'm in a deep trouble.

Some how I have lost all my pictures and scanned documents in camscanner. its mainly I who did not copy to a safe location. Here is how it happened. Please help me if there is any hope in recovering the pictures.

I downloaded the ROM, Gapps, and kernel.

I backed up in the recovery mod.

wiped

when I tried installing the rom it wont install it will stop in initial stage.

I downloaded the rom again tried different computers win7, win8. no success.

my device is sght-898

The kernal did got installed.

after that I restore to the original stock rom. Unfortunately the radio would not work.

I tried again installing the ROM (Sultan) ofcourse after rooting. but no success.

This time when I tried to restore to my surprise it said there is not backup.

Finally I found another stock rom on xda develeopers and installed it.

Now I am back on stock rom

I still have customize recover and in recovery mod I noticed there is a backup file.

If there is any chance of recovering my pictures please advise me. These pictures are years of collection if there is any way can be restored please help me.

Thank you,
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] discodraft:
Thanks for all the suggestions, I realized that it wasn't this ROM I was having the issues with, I had tried to install this one but was unsuccessful. I tried again right after I posted and it worked (full wipe, followed all instructions to the "T" let it settle and have been using it ever since. FLAWLESS! This is awesome, thank you sultan and everyone else that has contributed.

A side note, just before installing this one I tried sultan's 12 version, and loved that too, so excited to get that lollipop once it's stable. I only had it on for a day or so and the only problem I was having was the mobile data (sounded like it was a known issue they're working on).

Again awesome work sultan!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
New build uploaded with derps fixed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
No WiFi with kernel update

Wi-Fi doesn't work for me with the 1.6.2 kernel. Tried a few times to turn it on, just stays stuck on "turning on wifi". Reverted back to 1.6.0B with no issues. I no longer update the ROM so I'm still on the 11/09 build if that makes any difference.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
Update the ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tommyguns818:
[MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION]...Thanks for your hard work on this Rom & kernel. I've got 2 phones running the latest greatest and everything works great. Even the previous version was great for the last couple weeks. You da man duder.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RebelebeR:
Battery life has really gone downhill for me since upgrading to the last release. Before I was getting 2 days and now 4 hours has me at 45 percent.

Edit -- If anyone is curious I figured out what was eating my battery alive. For some reason after upgrading gmail was constantly trying to sync my email. When I turned the sync off I only lost 5 percent battery every 2 hours. Awesome.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
That did the trick. Guess it's worth it anyway since this is the last CM11 build being done.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
Won't be the last build. The next build should have the bug where recorded videos don't save fixed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Arstie:
Hiya folks, so would this ROM work on my Samsung Galaxy S II X? Model number is actually SGH-T989D, I bought it from a Koodo kiosk (a subsidiary of Telus) in Ontario, but it seems to be exactly the same as the T-Mobile version, just with "Samsung" in silver where "Telus" would be. Apologies if this has been asked before.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Oh OK, I thought you mentioned a little while back the next build would probably be the last. At any rate any videos I record (few there are) always save to my SD card with no problems. Maybe this is isolated to a few people.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] coch:
Yes it works. I'm on a SGH-T989D as well and been using this ROM for months without problems.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
It occurs when you record a lot of videos, and it is annoyyyyyying. Also, 720P and 1080P videos are friggin' massive; I recorded a 1080P video for 30 seconds and it was 72MB... That will be fixed as well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Interesting note. Switched to ART and this time it actually finished. After booting, started getting RRs. So I reverted to the 1.6.0B kernel and that solved the problem. Apps are opening a tad faster also. On dalvik I wasn't having any problems with 1.6.2 though. At any rate the new ROM/previous kernel combo is working great together and that's all that matters to me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JukiCro:
I am trying to make theme that's why I need to know is this normal?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] menaceinc:
Yes, that is what I have for my mom. A great phone after I installed this ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Malth:
Here's what mine looks like (can't do attachments or direct links yet)

i.imgur.com/6W2naqJ.jpg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JukiCro:
Yeah...same like mine just without theme
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] caspernetherlands:
battery saving

i am trying to save my battery life with kernel mods that developer has make possible.

It is a god option to set maximum of CPU usage to 1.2 GHz ? i know here will be some performance issues, but will underclock or overclock damage the CPU ?

What about undervolting screen ? I have undervolted by 200mv it is a good option to undervolt to its maximum, i guess it's 500mv lower than samsungs default, i am asking because my screen is repleced and it's not from samsung OEM parts, will undervolting damage my screen ? And finally what about overclocking or underclocking GPU will it damage it ?

In other words, can i mod the setting of kernel as i want ? will this make my phone unstable or damaged in the future ? :confused:

Thank you all
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kepler1729:
[MENTION=5861643]caspernetherlands[/MENTION], I would leave the GPU alone. Don't bother with that, as there are some stability issues messing with that.

I have my screen undervolted by 500mV, and I do not notice any problems. However, I am using the screen that came with the phone, not a replacement.

I'm not really sure that underclocking the CPU will provide any real benefit. I am overclocked to 1728 MHz, and my battery life is beautiful. Doing things like undervolting the screen, minimizing unnecessary screen on time/wakelocks, etc. have much more impact in my experience.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] caspernetherlands:
i will overclocking the cpu, i am not really sure what impact have undervolting the screen. thank you anyway your advices was useful

---------- Post added at 06:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:56 PM ----------

i have just undervolted my screen by 500mV and i am experiencing some colors change on screen, they are more brigter and weak than the original colors. is this normal to happend ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kepler1729:
Yes; that is a side effect of undervolting the screen. However, I have been undervolting all the way for a while now and am used to the washed-out colors. It's really not that bad, and I'll take this for the improved battery life. However, if you can't stand the new display colors, then you can try undervolting by less or not undervolting at all.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
New build uploaded with Enhanced BLN. I spent the last 2 days writing a new BLN driver from scratch with more features, better stability, and better energy efficiency than the original BLN driver. BLN lovers like [MENTION=5501683]eric93se[/MENTION] should like this :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] newmab:
You are awesome. Thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RogueCoyote:
I'm getting an error when trying to dirty flash the new build. Had the same problem with the last build and did the factory reset to make it work. Any other solution?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] coch:
[MENTION=4468877]RogueCoyote[/MENTION]

I'm getting the same error, but afterward I booted the phone and the ROM appeared to have flashed anyways despite the error... at least when I go to Settings/About, the build number is correct confirming that the flash did complete. Not sure what to think about this I thought it was weird, but I flashed last Friday and I didn't notice any other issue so far.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RogueCoyote:
Unfortunately that was not the case for me, just checked and still got the old build number in Settings/About. Boo. Guess i'll just have to do a factory reset again unless someone else chimes in....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JukiCro:
so that means no errors with clean flashing?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] coch:
I should clarify that I did a clean flash. Also, I don't know 100% sure that my error message was exactly the same. I notice yours says "Can't install this package on top of incompatible data" just above the red error message. Now I don't recall if it said the same in my case, but the red error message was the same for sure... I focused on the red sentence and didn't pay much attention to the rest. I also had the red "Failed" at the bottom as well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
New kernel uploaded with BLN derps fixed.

Also, I've never seen that flashing error before :confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] coch:
Thanks for the new build!

As for the flashing error, for me it appears to have been just a fluke because I just flashed again to try and reproduce and maybe gather clues, and didn't get the error this time, and this is flashing the exact same build I had the error with last week (January 15 build).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Direct link to the latest kernel save the aggravation of dealing with Android File Host (although download may still fail, try 2 or 3 times): http://qc2.androidfilehost.com/dl/M...6105/Sultan-kernel-v1.6.4-KitKat-Hercules.zip

BTW ART just will not work with 1.6.2 or 3 so I just reverted to dalvik just to get the BLN feature. No problems since.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eric93se:
Works great Sultan! :D

Dirty flashed (wiped cache and Dalvik) over the previous build. No error with the latest ROM and Kernel.

Hey people, don't forget to show this Dev some love, $$ :cool:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] HipHopAnonymous3:
Hells ya! Thanks for your work man! Gonna check this out today
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Boot Animations

Alternate boot animations that are pretty nice and get rid of the catbot: http://xdaforums.com/android/themes/bootanimation-custom-minimal-t3006569
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RogueCoyote:
Ended up doing a clean install and got no error. After setting things up I tried dirty flashing over it just to test and got the same error again. Ohh well not a big deal, good thing for titanium backup!

Everything is working great with the new build. Thanks for your hard work to get BLN on this ROM Sultan! I notice that when "Always on" is selected it keeps blinking really fast. Also would it be possible to make the "10-minute timeout" an adjustable setting? I understand this is a battery saving feature but personally I would be willing to sacrifice more battery to keep BLN active until I see the notification.

Just a thought, not a demand/request etc., working great as is and just happy to have it again! Thanks and keep up the good work bud! :highfive:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DarthRyu:
That's what I did. I had to do a clean install. I'd rather do it that way from now on whenever a new update cause that method that you did try doing, aka "the dirty" method, it gave me errors. It works great.

Thanks for the updates, Sultan
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] HipHopAnonymous3:
BLN and alarms

Hey Sultan, thanks again for implementing BLN! Really digging this ROM, very smooth. Two things:

1) Is there a file I can modify to enable/disable bln? I had a tasker script set up to do this in another ROM by running a command (echo "1" > /sys/class/misc/backlightnotification/enabled), which obviously doesn't work with your rewritten code. If not, no biggie.

2) More importantly though is alarm notifications not playing through the phones speakers. I'll typically fall asleep with headphones in, and use my phone as an alarm. This morning my alarm went off, but only played through my headphones. There's zero chance this'll wake me from a heavy sleep. Tried third party apps like alarm clock xtreme that has an option to force alarms through speaker, but it didn't work. Hoping you could add an option to force alarms through speakers.

Thanks again man, we really appreciate your work :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JukiCro:
I did clean install and everything is great, I think even the battery is better and BLN...man, thats was just great! thx
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nikunrp:
First of Thanks so much Sultan for this great ROM, really appreciate all your hard work.

I am fairly new to all this, so please don't mind my question. I already installed the ROM couple of weeks ago, so is there anyway I can just update the ROM and kernel without losing all the settings and everything? Thanks again everyone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eric93se:
Its commonly referred to as 'dirty flashing'. Wipe the Cache and Dalvik Cache, then install the ROM and Kernel. 99% of the time everything is good to go. Occasionally you need to do a full wipe because some changes upstream from CM11 messes something up or fixes something.

I backup my apps with Lucky Patcher, so having all of them ready to install makes doing a full wipe a lot quicker.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
1) You can disable BLN from the Settings app, no need to muck with scripts and such. Go to Settings -> Display & lights -> Notification light, and then uncheck Notification light.

2) I removed the simultaneous speaker & headphone audio routes because they caused other problems, and I thought they were useless (who would want audio streaming out of the speakers and headphones at the same time?). I'll think about adding back those audio routes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] longfuzzy:
First, my thanks for the great ROM. Now comes the request part :)

Other ROMs had the feature that you could swipe across the notification area to change the screen brightness.

Is this already in the ROM, and I have not found how to turn it on, or could it be implemented in a upcoming version?

Thanks again for the great work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SaltMartini:
Brightness Control

The feature is implemented in the ROM. Check Settings > Status Bar > Brightness control. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] longfuzzy:
So, that's where it was hiding. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RebelebeR:
I've read that CM11 has the ability to enable call recording, but you have to enable it in the build or use an xposed module. I am not knowledgeable enough to build it myself and I am leary of xposed because I tried something with it that my phone didn't like, and it wouldn't boot until I went into the file manager on twp and manually deleted the apk so the phone would boot again. Is there a chance of adding that option? I really miss the old rom for that reason only. I get calls from time to time and never happen to have a pen to jot down something so it is great to be able to just record it and listen to it later when I need the info. I know recording calls has legal limits in some places, but it is perfectly legal where I live as long as one person in the conversation knows.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] HipHopAnonymous3:
1) Yep, I dig the settings menu functionality. Much more straight forward. The reason I asked about editing system files is I used a tasker script to automatically disable BLN when plugged into charger after a certain time of night (when I go to bed). Again, no worries.

2) I appreciate it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ulibube:
I second this. On occasion I would really like to record a piece of a call, and it is perfectly legal in my jurisdiction as well. I looked at alternatives, and they're not appealing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] junio07:
realy great Rom!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ayr0:
While you're looking at the audio routes, I notice that when I use start recording a call in CM 11, it suddenly routes the audio through the speakerphone instead of my headset. I have to unplug my headset and replug it back in to get audio back to my headset. It's not a dealbreaker, but it slightly annoying. It seems that it is something hardcoded into the call recording logic to always route audio over the speakerphone.

Thank you so much for adding BLN, it works fantastically!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
I need a logcat of when this happens to you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] danishdish:
I froze tapatalk, then the links worked. So, tapatalk, off with yer head.

Sultan, the download links are not working.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Good catch on YouTube, I never use it much on my phone. I can confirm the bug you mentioned, although it goes away after a few seconds. I have been through this before on another ROM. There is a solution, fortunately: http://ultimarom.com/themed-apps/youtube/

Make sure you don't attempt to update this from Play after installation or the app will be overridden. Just tested this and it works on this ROM, even with ART running.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] djtreo:
Excuse me for my noobness, I want to install//flash this ROM, but don't know the prereqs.like TWRP version recommended and such. Any good soul can give light is highly appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] e20140:
Outstanding Battery Life

See screenshots for yourself. Good Job.

Question: It might be my cable/PC, I can't connect to USB media storage from PC. Anyone?