yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Downloaded the newest 1.4 and all is well. I do recommended disabling 16 bit transparency if anyone has it enabled. 2D was a rock bottom 144 with it on, at around 1000 with it off in Quadrant. The graphics tests were very laggy so I knew something was up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eric93se:
On the 10/5 ROM, settings>super user crashes when clicking on an app.

Sultan, are you recommending a full wipe when updating the ROM or is a dirty flash ok (clearing dalvik and cache)?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
I could not replicate that, however I'm using the 10/5 build that was live for all of about 15 minutes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
Full wipe? Ain't nobody got time for that. Just dirty-flash updates.

That force close was caused by an upstream CM change, not me. It'll probably get fixed in the next nightly.

Since you re-installed the kernel, your build is the same as the current 10/5 build that's up. The only remaining difference is that I removed the power HAL from the current build, which does nothing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrleathers:
Then this is definitely for me because I'll admit that I really don't know what I'm doing. I just try to learn from others as much as possible. Problem is that I don't have much time to learn. The display voltage sounds interesting and I'd love to learn more about but I'll probably just go ahead and try 500 mV. Might I add so far still smooth, fast and as stable as an underground bunker. Thanks again!

Edit: BTW, I'm uninstalling trickster mod and going back to simplicity. I'm just not used to a ROM that works this well out of the box!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Funny you mention bunkers. I just watched an old documentary on Saddam Hussein minutes ago, sure hope your bunker is better than the one he had.

I'm using the 500mV with no problem. In fact after the update if things could be possibly better than they were, I think they are. Just so damn smooth & stable it's ridiculous. I will go ahead and declare that beyond any shadow of a doubt, this is the best setup I have ever had on this device.

I do have to report I finally had to ditch Google Now. No matter what I do, the app FCs way too often and has been doing so more the last couple months now. Each time I think I have a solution, it starts acting up again. The last straw was when I was doing a search in the AOSP browser and Google Now just kept FCing over & over. Happened with all ROMs used during this time frame. I'm still puzzled why no one else has ever reported this issue anywhere but at this point I have to believe this is totally app related. For now I can get by with Transit app for my mass transit needs. Least some battery & RAM resources will be saved.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrleathers:
[MENTION=4574261]ArtfulDodger[/MENTION], I haven't had Google now fc in a long time but I don't use the transit feature. I'm even using Google now launcher (simplicity trumps all ATM).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
My theory is the location based cards are at the root of the issue, but that is only supposition to be honest. There is just too little feedback from anyone anymore to get a clear picture of what is causing that problem.

On launchers, IMHO nothing is better than Next 3D. The Google launcher is OK, and so is Nova, but they always seem to stutter a bit. The Next launcher never does this, very smooth and nice features.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] expo1122:
WOW. What a great smooth rom :D

I have noticed that the light sensor actually works now, I have never had it work with CM roms. Also I can actually manually search and select a carrier network. This would always cause errors in previous official CM releases. Not to mention no more laginess and video overlay issues that i would always have before (ie: unlock the phone and the screen remains black until I touch the screen)

The one problem I still have which really isn't important, is that Snapchat wont record video using the rear camera. It always give me a "failed to record video" message. I had this with the official CM nightlies as well. Its strange because my friend has the identical phone and we were using identical nightlies for over a year and snapchat always worked fine for him. I figured it could be due to another video related app installed so this time I installed snapchat before any other apps to see if it would make a difference and it did not. Using a really old school version (3.0.7) is the only one that works for me. The only difference between my phone and my friends is that I'm using an AWS carrier (wind mobile) and he is not. I did a full format of both internal and external cards. strange O_O

Thanks for keeping this phone alive!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] msal:
I used to have the Snapchat issue, albeit with CM10.2 but after uninstalling and reinstalling Snapchat, it seemed to work.

---------- Post added at 12:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:35 AM ----------

Just a quick question: what radio can I flash with this? And which recovery must be used?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] msal:
I was able to install the Octoboer 5th build and I'm having numerous bugs..

Can't make phone calls. Phone reboots when attempting to make phone calls.

When long pressing mobile data on the mobile data icon on the quick settings panel, I get the "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped." error.

LOTS of lag.

Edit: Ok, my Mobile Data seems to go on and off. The lag has lessened a bit but it's mainly around the settings and when doing things like the tasks switcher. Apps run very smoothly though.

And the electron beam doesn't seem to work despite being turned on! :(

I feel like I did something wrong when installing.. This is what I did, please tell me if there's anything I missed:

I backuped my previous rom and all of my data

I did a complete wipe

Flashed the ROM, then GApps, then the Kernel and finally the radio
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrleathers:
Thanks, I'll have to try Next 3D. I was using nova and made a backup but in the event of moving things on and off my micro SD card it got erased.

I've also selected for transit cards but haven't seen one yet. I'll let ya know if I get a FC.

---------- Post added at 05:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:37 AM ----------

I'm using latest TWRP. As far as radios I haven't flashed a radio since I rooted the phone back 7-8 months ago.

---------- Post added at 06:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:41 AM ----------

Has anyone noticed that after a full charge the phone stays on 100% for a while. I unplugged mine and used it for 33 min with screen on and not a drop in %. I thought CM implemented something like a "trickle charge" to prevent overcharging a while back. Has that changed? Am I now overcharging? Just curious.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
The Next 3D launcher is $16 on Play unless you can find it elsewhere. Not that I suggest doing that of course. ;)

---------- Post added at 09:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:58 AM ----------

You did flash the latest Pure kernel right, not any other kernels? If not that explains everything. If you did, then try Fly On Mod scripts and see if that helps. That seems to be the icing on the cake for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wrusry:
I have noticed this myself. (I am on the Sept 22 build date). Overall the battery life seems very good, but not as good as the initial look would indicate when it stays on 100% for a long time. This doesn't bother me and isn't worth any effort to fix, IMO.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jaf5489:
I actually had the rear-camera Snapchat issue while I was still on the factory-installed stock ROM. It's definitely not ROM related, I've experienced it on every single ROM I've tried, stock-based or AOSP-based. As far as I know, the only workaround is to record using the front camera.

As for this October 5th update, I installed both the ROM and 1.4 kernel last night and everything is running smooth as ever. Not getting any force closes as you mentioned may be possible. However, I did have a problem with the Play Store giving me the 920 error when downloading any apps on Wi-Fi. I COULD download apps from my data connection. I went through all the troubleshooting steps in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2733038 but the problem still persisted. I was using the Gapps linked in the OP. Could it be a problem with the Gapps or ROM? Or maybe something was just up with my Wi-Fi or installation? Unsure. I flashed both the ROM and the kernel using CWM v6.0.4.3 if it helps.

Other than that, everything else is still running perfectly. I'm going to clear all data and reflash and see if I can't fix this 920 error myself, I'll post back with an update. Thanks for all of your work on this fantastic ROM!

EDIT: After reflashing ROM + Kernel + Gapps, I was able to get it working! When I first signed in, the 920 error still persisted. Here is how I fixed it:

1. Remove Google Account from Settings

2. Clear Google Play Store AND Google Play Services Data and Cache

3. Reboot

4. Sign back into Google Account

I had a feeling it was just something wrong on my end! Keep up the good work SultanXDA!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrleathers:
I know Sultan has already removed this in the latest update but im trying to learn something here. Where and or how can this be removed? Ive searched the net for answers but came up empty. Ive also searched my phone for the file name you mentioned. Please teach me something here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
in the kernel... Dl the source and take a long look.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sk1d:
Thanks Sultan.

Installed this on Oct 4, so I'm on the Sept 29 build coming from CM 10.2. Screen turns on right away instead of the 3-5 second delay. Bluetooth stays connected and doesn't turn itself off all the time. Battery now lasts from 7 am to 4 pm instead of dying by 1 pm. The phone will actually charge while plugged in in the car, used to just stay at the same level when I had songza streaming over bluetooth. Overall, I'd say it's about as snappy as a Moto G right now. We'll see how that goes over time though. Will probably still get a Z3 compact when it comes out here, but it saves me the frustration of dealing with this thing until then.

That sweep2wake feature sounds like it would be pretty useful. I downloaded an app from the play store to enable it, but it still doesn't seem to work. How do I use this feature?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Use a kernel app like Trickster, Kernel Tweaker, Tame or Performance Control to enable it. If you are savvy enough, you can edit the script in system/etc/init.d/89z_kernel and enable it there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sk1d:
Trickster seemed to enable it, but it seems pretty hit or miss. Is there a specific way to sweep to turn it on every time?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrleathers:
[MENTION=2786398]sk1d[/MENTION] , I tried sweep to wake and had to tap all four buttons to work. Sliding finger never worked. I never used it anyway so I disabled it. I was just curious to try it for first time. Just my experience.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sk1d:
Tapping each button works. But yeah, if a slide across them worked, it would be useful, tapping each button is more work than just hitting the power button.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Exactly what we were kinda saying earlier in this thread. Just something else that consumes resources and doesn't really do anything useful, but that is just one man's opinion. BLN I wouldn't mind having though but so far I haven't cried over it either. In fact, sometimes it was getting on my nerves to be truthful.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sk1d:
I don't think I'll bother with it then. I'll stick with Dynamicnotifications instead.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tuxx1337:
I fully charged the phone, unplugged it and then left it sit for ~40 min without touching it. I open it and 6% battery is gone. Someone mentioned 1%/hour but I really don't see it. I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but I think on stock I had much better battery life. Do you guys have same problem?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] stevenc88:
Great ROM; missing a liked feature

I too echo the greatness of this ROM! I was previously using the Beanstalk version, but this one seems snappier.

However there is a feature I am missing from Beanstalk. I don't know what it's called, so I'll describe it.

I have the lock screen configured with a slider before I enter my PIN. When the screen is locked, if a notification comes in, there is a tab along the right side of the screen with just the app icon. I swipe that to the left and it expands to a notification. I can continue swiping to the left and it will dismiss the notification, or I can click on the notification and it opens the app (after I put in my unlock PIN).

Can anyone tell me what this feature is called?

And is it available with this ROM?

Also, is "Peek" available for this ROM?

Thanks!!

-- Steven
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
If you are getting more than 2 or 3% an hour drain you have some things running in the background that are not necessarily related to the ROM. If you are running social media apps that require constant syncing for instance, that could be one thing. I also don't run Bluetooth either. Initially my battery drain when I first installed this ROM was around 1 to 2% an hour using the 1.3.5 kernel. Now more like 2 to 3% on 1.4.0 which is par for the course on most ROMs I've used on this phone. Right now at 14 hours I have 53% battery left which is normal on a weekday when use is light. Fine with me as long as performance doesn't degrade.

---------- Post added at 10:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:29 PM ----------

You are talking about Lockscreen Notifications, a feature not available on this ROM. Neither is Peek. Maybe you can try Dynamic Notifications from Play as a substitute.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] msal:
Guys, do you know if it's possible to boot into recovery without the power button? My phone is stuck at the Samsung logo when booting up and my power button has been broken for almost a year now. Usually I can enter recovery by using an app but that isn't an option right now. I need to go into recovery because I flashed the stock rom this phone originally came with. I put myself into quite the dilemma lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tuxx1337:
Nope, I don't have anything, no twitter, facebook, nothing. Just email configured with exchange account and Google news+weather widget. These are the only things that may consume battery. But as can be seen in the screenshots, they are not in the stats. I removed the widget to see if that helps..

---------- Post added at 10:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:38 PM ----------

Settings -> Developer options -> Advanced reboot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Try going into Terminal Emulator, type "su", hit enter and type "reboot recovery" without quotes on either command. That's an old one but hopefully still works.

---------- Post added at 10:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:44 PM ----------

Yes things like that are battery hogs. Let us know what happens later.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] msal:
Sorry if I didn't specify, but I can't actually boot into the phone. I'm stuck at the Samsung logo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Ah, OK. In this case, and especially with a broken power button, your options are few if any. Even with ODIN, the power button comes into play. You can service the device but why bother with the expense. Sounds like an upgrade is in order.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
Hold down the vol up and vol down buttons at the same time to enter recovery. This has to be done about half a second before the Samsung logo appears.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Good question actually, without a power button how is he even getting that far? Even after a battery pull and replacement, you need to hit the power button to get the phone on. Plugging it just puts it into charging mode while the phone stays off. Seems like a hopeless case no matter what the outcome as a phone with no power button isn't very practical to use. Am I wrong about that somehow?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] msal:
You're probably right, but to be fair, I've used the phone with no power button for several months. However, during that time, I was using an app called quickboot to reboot/turn off the phone and go into recovery.

Honestly, it was time to get a new phone anyways. Thanks for all the help guys, I really appreciate it. And thanks Sultan for this rom!!

(Although this isn't the place for it, in the meanwhile, I have been using bluestacks on my PC to run Android and it's great!)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Didn't know about that app you speak of, too bad you couldn't use it with this ROM. If you got months out of the phone like that you did good. Good luck!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] e20140:
I figure I would try the latest to see and instantly discover the Data Usage page is missing. Has it moved or just no longer there?

As someone already reported battery is higher on this ROM, possibly Kernel v1.4.0. As Sultan saying, minor changes, but those useless (for me) features, sweeptowake and BLN might be the cause even if it's not turn on???

For any new user for this ROM, I suggest starts out on the initial release. You might be more happy about battery life. The 0.2% drop/hr more like 0.3% was due to the fact that I had 2G turned on, haha! My setup is not barebone, I got Viber and Gvoice and a bunch of widgets on homescreen.

Sultan,

Would it be possible to remove those features in the v1.4.0 and see if battery life improves? I'll be the 1st one to test it.

Thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrleathers:
While speaking about battery I might as well add that I noticed higher usage after I signed back into Facebook and Twitter. I can't provide and numbers but definitely noticeable. I'm contemplating uninstalling them and just use the browser.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tribalartgod:
You can use the USB cable and a PC... Plug it all in, hold the volume combo, and insert the battery. This will force the phone to power on. (The process used for download mode) Once it does, quickly remove the USB cable... Boots into recovery. ;) A second option is to replace the power button. If you have any soldering skills, it's pretty easy to do, and the part needed is only a few bucks. Unfortunately, the power button issue is a Samsung issue in general.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ayr0:
I don't think BLN is in 1.4.0. In my experience (which is anecdotal) BLN, has an almost nonexistant drain on battery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kulkat:
I tried the latest version with kernel 1.4.0, but I encountered issues v

1. Random reboots when plugged in to Samsung car dock.

2. Mobile data menu missing.

3. WiFi seemed to loose settings.

I went back to Sept. 29 with 1.3.7 and it is running solid!

Thanks [MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION] for an excellent stable and fast ROM.

Any one else run into the issue with no audio on calls in /out with hangouts dialer?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ayr0:
I'm also having issues with wifi on the Oct 5th build.

I'm having numerous issues with Oct 5th build and 1.4.0

1. Random freezes. Usually happens when pulling down the notification bar. Requires reboot.

2. Wifi won't scan. Have to reboot in order to connect to any wifi network.

3. Sometimes, in the camera app, the screen just turn off and the phone becomes completely unresponsive. Have to pull the battery and reboot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wrusry:
Lots of people on different phones and different ROMs are having similar problems. If you have snapchat, then the problem is snapchat. Revert back to a July version and it should be ok. http://snapchat.en.uptodown.com/android/old﻿ 5.0.32.3 (released on 7/29) .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kulkat:
Thanks [MENTION=3575384]wrusry[/MENTION]. I'll try that version. But I thought it was the hangouts dialer. I just realized that snapchat is also installed, and must of auto updated after the factory reset when Google restored all the apps. [emoji5]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrleathers:
[MENTION=4574261]ArtfulDodger[/MENTION] still no fc for Google now on my end. I even switched to art just to test. So far glad I did. Art seems better than it was before. Apps open quicker and are more responsive.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Thanks for that info, whatever was causing it must be related to specific notifications of some kind that not everyone gets, IDK. Might be themes too. Tell you the truth Transit app does a better job and also shows where the bus is located in real time which is super helpful.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] crazydude10:
Does anyone have issues using afwall (iptables based firewall) with the Oct 05 build ? For me it works when I go back to sep 23rd build but not on Oct 05 build.

Also the sleep to wake feature gets reset after reboot. (Set using trickster mod)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ayr0:
Update: To get the Oct 5th build to work properly with 1.4.0, I had to a full wipe first.

Installing over the top, resulted in lots of issues for me.

So far, I am not experiencing any of my previous issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darcys:
Connection Lost

Hey all,

I keep getting a "connection lost" message popping up all the time. I can not figure out what is causing this message. Any ideas? Thanks ahead of time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wrusry:
A little more information might be helpful. Are you on wifi or cellular data or does it happen in either case? When you get this message are you running any apps? When you get this message can you use the browser and receive data? Is the phone functioning well otherwise?

I never have seen this message.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Only time I see that screen is on my PC when using a Linksys range extender and it loses connectivity to the router.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Trouble in paradise

Out of nowhere I am getting FCs out the ying yang tonight. It started when trying to make a phone call, the phone apk FC several times before I could make a phone call. I did finally get a call out. Now all of a sudden apps like G+ and XDA are FCing.

I have logs to review, might be ART related (most recent FCs are logged, the phone FCs are not included here): https://www.dropbox.com/s/lpzbnyllka1rden/2014-10-10-22-01-52.txt?dl=0
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
GPU memory leak:

E/Adreno200-GSL(1466): <ioctl_kgsl_driver_entry:269>: open(/dev/kgsl-3d0) failed: errno 12. Out of memory

I was waiting for this to happen: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55850317&postcount=84

Will be fixed in the next build, probably in a couple of hours.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Wow, you are top of things. Thanks! BTW it is way overdue for me to FINALLY post logs when problems come up. Now we see the benefits instead of just saying "this isn't working".
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darcys:
Sorry about the vague amount of info. I just had no idea what could cause the "connection lost" message. It has popped up while texting, browsing, backing up apps, just about everything. I have been able to text and surf the web on Wi-Fi and using data and none are affected by the connection lost. Everything still seems to work, I get get that annoying message. It just randomly pops up. I've started turning things off to try to narrow it down. I'll keep testing and see if I can find it.