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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Agent_667:
In the last few ROM updates i've noticed a significant slowdown in my phones performance with opening an app or doing simple things like pulling down the notification pane taking anywhere from instant to 6 seconds. I've actually timed it on numerous occasions, done fresh install, wiped data partition etc and after a few days slows right down again. Not using any sort of performance limiting app for battery life, stock settings and only customisation i use is go launcher. Though i've used go launcher for years and haven't had an issue with it causing slow down.

Also possibly related my screen tends to have a mind of its own, holding my finger in one spot still and the screen will jump around randomly as if my finger were moving erraticaly. Things like swipe typing are horribly innacurate as the screen doesnt seem to follow my finger very well and i have to swipe quite slowly for it to keep up.

Any input or suggestions are greatly appreciated as this is the most rock solid ROM i've used, having tried CM9, CM10, CM10.1, AOKP, and PA.

P.S In reply to the posts above me i've noticed that yes voice recording in apps like Voxer (walkie talkie voice messaging app) is low forcing me to have the mic touching my face to actually be heard clearly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] danikvsn:
There's a weird glitch with instagram on this ROM

After updating to this ROM, I found it to be impossible to post a picture on instagram. As soon as I'm done editing the actual image, instagram seems to reset itself and just opens my feed again. Anybody else have this issue?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cpnfantstk:
Guys... I'll really trying to pinpoint why my t989 is heating up since installing this ROM. I've set the thermal throttle to strict in the meantime but that's not really fixing the issue. The only thing I am doing is surfing with the stock browser. I have turned of sync and location reporting for all accounts but still have heat issues. BTW.. I do have Xposed installed so I'm not sure if that conflicts with anything. Any help would be appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kulkat:
When you are flashing from a different ROM you MUST do a factory reset, clear cache, and Davlik. Then load ROM, kernel (if you want to modify defaults), flash gapps and it should boot fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] MAFU21:
Will install this on my wife S2. The correct way is:

Wipe dalvik, cache and system. Factory reset

Then Install Rom, gaaps, and kernel in case to update it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Agent_667:
Hmm my instagram has worked fine all while using this ROM after swapping from AOKP months ago.

Did you restore a backup of instagram? Might i suggest wiping Instagrams app data and logging back in see if that fixes your issue. Fixes all my issues when restoring backups using Titanium Backup.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kulkat:
Correct! Then don't forget to thank [MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION] for this awesome ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dhanesh95:
I'm not a newbie in installing ROM's.. I've flashed quite a lot of ROM's on various devices.. I've followed all the steps correctly.. I also tried other ROM's which gave me the same problem. I reckon that this might be a problem with the device itself and the ROM is not to be blamed..

I couldn't figure out what the problem was but now the device is running on stock firmware with root...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] danikvsn:
I did what seemed to me to be a fresh install, and have wiped data using the app settings. Maybe I should manually check for any remaining pieces, but it seems to be clear of everything.

EDIT: I wiped my phone and reinstalled the ROM, now works perfectly. I must have forgotten to wipe something prior to installation

EDIT 2: Something happens after restarting my phone after installing instagram that ends up breaking photo upload for instagram. I don't know what, but unfortunately I don't have the ability to post on instagram
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sshurato:
almost everytime i connect my cellphone on a PC (via USB cable) and use mass storage device option it works ok..but then when i hit the Unmount button...the device restarts
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Coreyc1123:
Ready to bang my head against the wall!! For some reason everthing works flawlessly, in fact im so impressed with how smooth this rom runs, but i cannot connect to the cell network. It shows no signal.... then i get full bars ... then it disappers again. But i cannot make a call or use 4g data. is there something im missing here?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Coreyc1123:
finally after hours realized that you have to make sure the radio is updated. Simple right.....

here is the link for reference: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2226835
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Airwolf84:
Anyone having an issue with cell radio not working when the phone is idle.

It started when I updated to 11-20150119 and the 1.6.4 kernel.

Rebooting fixes it and I have not seen it cut out while the phone is in use. It happens at random and works fine otherwise.

Should I roll back the kernel or rom or both?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Agent_667:
Mine does this too sshurato, As the device states when put into mass storage mode you have to eject the drive in windows, internal and external, then when they're done you can hit unmount on the device itself and it is safe to unplug. However any apps that are on the SD card won't load again for me.perhaps because i use Go Launcher, i then have to reboot the device to gain access to those apps again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
This is a fundamental issue with mass-storage mode. When you use mass-storage mode, apps that are on your SD card suddenly disappear because Android can no longer access your SD card. MTP doesn't have this issue. It is actually discouraged for people to use mass-storage mode (it is also discouraged for developers to add the option for mass-storage mode); if you have problems while using it then use MTP instead.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Agent_667:
Ahh i see, was unaware this was a well known issue. The only reason i choose to use mass storage mode is for transferring files or acessing things on my phones storage since i can access more than one file at once and transfer speed is immensely improved on mass storage mode aswell. Though i am slowly getting used to using Airdroid to transfer files over wifi. I highly suggest it as a file management app between windows and the androids storage.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bupkas:
Wifi Disabled - Won't turn on.

Beautiful ROM. I'm loving what I see so far.

However, I cannot get wifi to work.

This was a clean install from stock Samsung 4.1.2 to the latest build, with the latest 1.6.4 kernel. All other features seem to be working fine. I had to install the latest radio to get mobile network connectivity, but that seems to be working fine.

Bluetooth turns on and off.

But the wifi switch in settings won't toggle. And clicking into the wifi settings shows "Wifi turning on" but nothing ever happens.

I searched the thread and none of the solutions has worked.

-- Configuration --

CyanogenMod version 11-20150119-UNOFFICIAL-Sultan-hercules

Android version 4.4.4.

Baseband Version T989UVMC6

Kernel Version: 3.0.31-Sultan-v1.6.4-KitKat Sultan #1 Mon Jan 19 11:31:05 PST 2015

Assistance would be much appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kulkat:
Same issue here. It works flawlessly if you install kernel 1.6.0B over the Jan 19 ROM!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cpnfantstk:
I came from the exact 4.1.2 stock and don't have that issue on the 1.64 Kernel. Strange.

***BTW.. do yourselves all a favor and use Privacy Guard . The Google services wakelocks are off the charts. I denied location,keep awake and wake up permissions. Battery life improved immensely. I don't know if this is a CM11 issue or something else but Privacy guard really helped.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bupkas:
Wifi issues resolved. ROM working beautifully.

Thanks to all for posting suggestions.

I tried rolling back the kernel to the 1.60B as suggested - no luck. Still no wifi.

I tried reflashing the ROM - no change.

Finally, the fix!

I used TWRP 2.8.5.0 to do a full Wipe > Advanced and cleared system, cache, Dalvik, data, and internal card

Reflashed to latest version of the ROM

Reinstalled gapps

Rebooted

I'm guessing that not having the updated radio installed prior to flashing the ROM originally was the cause of the issues. I also had problems originally not using the latest TWRP version (failed on the aroma installer).

So, my two suggestions for improving your chances of a good flash:

Use latest build of TWRP (currently 2.8.5.0). From what I understand, at least 2.6.x or newer is required - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768742&page=128

Install the latest radio (SGH-T989-UVMC6) BEFORE flashing the ROM - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2226835

Thanks to all who posted suggestions. And thanks to SultanXDA for a great ROM!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eric93se:
Anyone know why audio over wired headphones is so much better on the KK ROM and lacking on the LP ROM? I had the equalizer and audio effects off on both.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sshurato:
any chance will we see an CM12 stable version ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kulkat:
[MENTION=4800121]Sultanxda[/MENTION] has one here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2931716
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cpnfantstk:
I can't praise this ROM enough. However, I did run in to a couple of issues with use.

1) proximity sensor seems to be off a bit. Flashing at the slightest movement while on a call.

2) Back and home buttons were unresponsive on a few occasions. Reboot fixed that.

3) Echo heard on the other end when using speaker phone.

4) Excessive heat at times. Im thinking it might have to do with being in a weak signal area and the phone keeps switching between 4G and 3G. Who knows?

5) Even though WiFi is shut off. BetteryBattery stats says it's running.

Hope this helps in some way.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Charwinger21:
The phone only has HSPA.

It's in a low-power mode to help with geofencing. http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...canning-unless-you-find-the-special-checkbox/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cpnfantstk:
Hi Sultan. Im starting to get random reboots. I've provided a last_ksmg for you. Other issues are phone gets hot when using mobile data and the messaging app where clicking on details of a message crashes the app. Thanks Sultan
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
Your /data partition is corrupted:

[18844.458465] As EXT4-fs error, printing data in hex
[18844.458587] [partition info] s_id : mmcblk0p25, start block# : 2072576

This is not an issue caused by my ROM or kernel. To fix, reboot to recovery (I assume you use TWRP; if not, install it), then in TWRP go to Wipe -> Advanced Wipe -> select 'Data' from the list of partitions -> go to 'Repair or Change File System' -> go to 'Repair' -> swipe to start the repair process

The repair process is not dangerous, so you won't lose any data, and it should only take a few minutes at most.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cpnfantstk:
Thanks Sultan for taking the time to look at my log. I did what you recommended and Twrp repaired it successfully. It only took a few seconds to complete the repair which I found strange but hopefully that solves my issues. Thanks for what you're doing for us here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jjhdtv:
otg Host not working

Hello, I have an issue with my S2 not recognizing usb devices. No host power is received when usb devices are plugged in thus devices are not recognized. All other usb functions (Mass Storage) work. (ie, i can send and transfer data when connected to pc - charging works)

Is this version (cyanogenmod 11 with 1.64 kernel) have otg Host mode function? Is there setting to turn it on ?

Is there a hardware limitation preventing host otg mode? (Sgh-t989) using Jan 18 version of cyanogenmod 11?

I recently repaired (resoldered) my micro usb pins (phone wasn't charging). Everything appears working after the repair but usb host mode. I had a stock kernel prior to flashing cyanogenmod so I don't know if otg host ever worked. Could something be wrong with the usb connector that is preventing usb power from host? Is there something I should check if everything else is working (power, tx,rx gnd)?

I also have a s2 sgh-i727 flashed with cyanogenmod and Otg host wrks -

I would greatly appreciate any suggestions to get host mode to work. thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sultanxda:
The SGH-T989 and SGH-I727 have almost 100% the same hardware, so USB OTG is fully functional.

That means that this is probably caused by your micro USB port. You can check the kernel log to see if your problem is caused by the USB host not receiving power or the USB host not being recognized at all by the kernel.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cpnfantstk:
Sultan.. My phone is still getting hot while using mobile data. Ive tried under clocking and undervolting but the issue still persists. Do you think my only option is to do a reset and reflash the kernel and ROM? I have the latest Radio installed. Must be some conflict or corruption somewhere. Thanks for your time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cpnfantstk:
Understood and thank you. However there's a big difference in temperature using mobile data with this ROM vs stock rooted JB . That's why there's a concern that something isn't right.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] goldenpipes:
I'd say try wiping everything and reflash.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] akazi:
I tried to flash the ROM but this error occured:

set_metadata_recursive:some changes failed

E:Error in /sdcard/cm-11-20150119-Sultan-hercules.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

I'm using Cockworkmod v5.0.2.6. Can someone help?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JukiCro:
check md5 of that zip file, try to download again
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrc2:
If what [MENTION=5315697]JukiCro[/MENTION] says doesn't work, try updating to the latest TWRP recovery, do a full wipe, and clean flash.

jrc2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mp3deviant721:
Update the recovery to the latest TWRP for sure. That version of CWM is way too old.

GS³: SlimKat + leanKernel Edition™

ギミチョコ！！
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] MAFU21:
NFC not working on me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alfranz3:
I hope this ROM would still see some light. The CM Team is still making progress but nonetheless, all hail Sultan! He has done a great job on Kitkat and this has been the most stable ROM I have ever used on my Herc. Thanks! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cpnfantstk:
I'm with you . This is the first ROM a I've ever flashed and it has transformed this phone. I know CM has some more recent updates which hopefully Sultan will include if he decides to update. One huge plus is Viper4android works flawlessly on this Rom. Many on Lollipop are having issues getting it to work. I'm staying put with this ROM until there's confirmation that it works on Sultan's Lollipop ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eric93se:
Also the advanced BNL options found in the LP kernel would be nice. :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wrusry:
Google update messes up phone answering

Hello, I've been on this ROM for a while and it has been great. I didn't update to the absolute latest because I didn't desire BLN. Everything has been so good, I didn't even desire to update to lollipop. However, I recently updated google search from the playstore and after that there was no audio on my phone calls when I answered them for about 10 seconds. I thought it may have been a headphone issue, but it was happening without headphones as well.

I restored a nandroid from earlier in the month and one by one I added updates that I had done previously and then tested the phone performance after that and it was definitely the February 26 update of "google" from the playstore that causes this issue.

Has anyone else had this problem? I searched through the comments about the app and no one said anything about this issue so perhaps it is our ROM (or just me).

Thanks in advance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
No issues on my end with the latest Google Now, maybe there is a conflict with another 3rd party app on your phone? Do you have logs when this happens? I'd run through them with Cat Log and then do a search with the keyword "Google" which should bring up all events involving the app (and possibly other Google apps but this will narrow down your scrolling). You can just enter the word "search" too, think the relevant app is "android.searchbox.google" or similar. I haven't looked at it in quite a bit.

Also I maybe would go ahead and update just for the latest upstream CM merges (up until the 19th of January anyway) and kernel in case there are any old issues associated with earlier versions of the ROM. This ROM appears to be EOL so that is a "final" version for this phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Zyphur:
Recently came back to the T989D . No matter what ROM I try to flash, my recovery says bad zip, or I get a sysfile error. I've tried countless recoveries, unrooted to stock and rerooted numerous times, and have no idea why nothing works.

I'm on the newest telus radio. The only one that worked was Slim 5.x but it was too laggy, and JBMR, but it's been giving me issues.. Any ideas? Really wanna try a 4.4 or other 5.x.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wrusry:
I wiped the caches and did a dirty flash of the latest ROM/kernel. I still had the problem with phone answering when I upgraded to the latest "google search/now". So, I did a full wipe and flashed the latest and everything works fine. Thanks. I don't know what went wrong as I have the same apps installed.

I have one question for anyone. I see that there is some customization capabilities to BLN, but I can't seem to figure out how to get it to do what I want. I like notifications for email in my notification bar, but I certainly don't want to be notified by BLN for a simple email. However, if I'm away from the phone and come back into the room, I would love to be notified of a missed call or text. I see that I can have it notify me for a missed call, but how to I disable BLN for the general case that activates BLN for an email notification?

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pharoah1974:
cannot record video

Cannot record video. Please help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JukiCro:
His lollipop rom is awesome now and it gets updates every few days so give it a shot

and I am using viper4android too and I can confirm that it works, maybe I had some weird bug while installing app (audio driver), it stucked or something but I restarted phone and it's working fine, walkman app + viper=:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cpnfantstk:
Thanks for the confirmation that Viper works on Sultans L ROM. Viper is as important to me as anything phone related. It's just that good. I'll give it a go when I have time to install it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bigboi00069:
This is the best thing to happen to my Hercules

I want to start off this post by saying thank you to Sultan, as this is the best thing to have happened to my phone since i was given it last year. I was putting up with a TERRIBLY laggy stock JB since last April. I flashed the "stable" CM 10.2 which was an improvement, but the bluetooth issues made the phone unusable. Once i discovered this ROM and flashed it i no longer want to replace my phone and at this point plan on using it until it breaks. Even running at 1.5ghz it is very quick, and OC to 1.8ghz it is even quicker.

That being said, i am having the visual voicemail app issue (both T-mobile and Metro PCS apps have the issue). I saw a few posts about it in this thread but didn't see a solution. and am wondering if there is any fix or workaround for the issue. I did not have the issue on stock rom or CM 10.2.

This issue doesn't take away from how much happier i am on this rom than i was on stock, I am just wondering if there is a fix.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eric93se:
@ bigboi00069,

You need to be as specific as possible with bugs. Also if the phone does something weird, you have to get the 'last kmsg' file from the phone and upload it, after the problem presents itself.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] MAFU21:
Anyone have problems with NFC?

My wife hercules not receiving or transfering anything on NFC. I have an S4 and we use to share pic by NFC and from the day I install this rom like 1 or 2 month ago NFC is not friendly with my S4 or any NFC compatible device. Any suggestion?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] d1saster:
This ROM is awesome.

Is there a link to a flashable version tar file? I have a phone with broken power and volume up buttons. Only volume down works. The phone is stuck in boot loop mode and I am trying to flash this ROM to bring it back to life. I have a jig usb dongle so I can only boot to download mode and need tar version of the ROM.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kelbaez:
you could flash a stock jellybean or else from odin and then boot into recovery from there with an advanced power menu app or something like that..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] trpnblies7:
GAPPS link broken

The gapps link in the main post isn't working for me. Anyone have a working link? I'd love to try this rom out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] raptor170:
The op for pa gapps has retired per say. There is slim gapps
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
PA team (sans our own PA dev Bryan for the Hercules) have always shown a bit of arrogance and this is yet another example of it. The attitude seems to be "everyone is using LP so why bother even having KK Gapps available for anyone else". Problem with that is for those of us who like stability KK is actually the wiser choice for now, and not just for legacy devices either unless you like flashing ROMs every other day. Anywho here are some KK gapps that will work just fine, they will just update via Play when you are done installing as they are from June of last year: http://goo.im/devs/gapps/gapps-kk-20140606-signed.zip
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] coch:
Well, the LP PA gapps appear to be discontinued as well :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Wow, I see that now. Here's the official explantion: "Attention PA users: As of today, PA gapps are no longer supported and are not available for download. This is due to a personal decision by Tom, the maintainer for PA gapps. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT PA ROM DEVELOPMENT IN ANY WAY. For people who want a package like minimal gapps, we suggest using Banks gapps. You can also try gapps from BasketBuild, which include a few more basic applications than banks, more like the Google Stock Gapps."

What's weird about this is that Banks supposedly was tired last year and didn't want to upload Gapps anymore either. In fact he did quit. Now he wants to again? Geez these guys have more mood swings than a woman who's pregnant.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jhalicea:
WOW thanks for this ROM!

This is the most stable ROM for T989 right now. I'm coming from AOSPA a lot of stability problems there. BTW this is one of the best CM ROM out there!

Thanks. Also I'm glad that I saved a Micro GAPPS before the drama.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Airwolf84:
never mind, sorry...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jakeholley22:
is this thing on

how is this rom working now, sounds awsome, and i want a new phone with out the hassel of gettng a new phone, the gs2 is an amazing phone way better than any other from 2011, this phone rocks so much i havent needed to upgrade to the s5 becaus this bad boy still keeps up!!!