yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
New Build

ROM:

Slim-skyrocket-5.1.1.alpha.0.3-UNOFFICIAL-20150607-0208.zip

MD5: 1987493763909eb74ef1fdbc4be3ef64

This one has Slim Pie, Navigation bar, Network activity arrows, Quick Settings enhancements, along with some other changes that the Slim Team has been really busy working on for 5.1.

Enjoy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
You can try to flash this zip file (thanks for linking [MENTION=5801481]Steveromingagain[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6148317]Sealy64[/MENTION]) to see if it will fix the audio behavior:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347756652

I believe credit goes to [MENTION=2107489]bryan2894[/MENTION] for creating this.

EDIT: Just wanted to mention that this latest version has the kernel I'm using with my Candy5 builds in it. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
New Build

It's been a while, folks, sorry...

Try this Slim build out, now with F2FS support, and all the latest Slim goodies: Slim-skyrocket-5.1.1.alpha.0.5-UNOFFICIAL-20150702-1253.zip (MD5: e4d56ae6047cda5a1bc35f719662d44b)

In order to use F2FS, you'll need a newer recovery version. Read on:

Here's the deal:

If you want to try F2FS, you need to format /data and /cache to F2FS using this recovery, and your ROM has to support it. Period. There are specific commits required for this.

/data and /cache are the only partitions you want to format to F2FS

My Slim builds starting with the one in this post should have F2FS support!

You can use this recovery to flash any other non-F2FS ROM as long as your /data and /cache partitions are formatted to EXT4, not F2FS.

If you mess up and flash a non-F2FS ROM with the /data and /cache partitions formatted as F2FS, you will bootloop. I was able to recover simply by rebooting to recovery, individually re-formatting /data and /cache to EXT4, and re-flashing my ROM again. Easy peasy.

Flash at your own risk as with any recovery there is always a risk of (soft) bricking your device!

That said, I did notice that SD/ExternalSD selection works, and the vibration is working too. Added bonus: In the reboot options, there is now a Download mode. Maybe it was there before and I never noticed it, idk. There's also a Resize button, the function of which is unclear to me at this time.

So get your Odin/Stock ROMs ready, have an older recovery version handy, and give this a whirl. I'm using it and only had an issue trying to flash a ROM without F2FS device support using F2FS formatting on /data and /cache.

TWRP 2.8.7.0 with F2FS support for the Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket

Enjoy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] shaggyskunk:
[MENTION=4435460]NoSpamDan[/MENTION] - The Human Defibrillator for the Skyrocket ??

Sent From my SM-N910W8 Running SlimLP 5.1.1 RRO Layers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
LMAO
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
If I don't want to use F2FS, will this new TWRP 2.8.7.0 work? What is the advantage of F2FS? What about risks? Does your newest (20150702) Slim ROM require 2.8.7 if I don't want to switch to F2FS?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Steveromingagain:
data drop

First boot data dropped and wouldn't reconnect ,had too reboot. When it can back up it stayed connected about an hour before dropping. And drops quicker after that. Similar to Candy and telsa ROMs . http://pastebin.com/UQjbh5yt

ROM itself runs smooth and fast. Good antutu test. Phone getting very hot. In log ,it has several comments on thermal daemon,not sure if related too heat. Does this ROM have fast charge and possible over heating battery? Hope long shows problems. Also before data stops it jumps from LTE and H+ a couple of times. [MENTION=4435460]NoSpamDan[/MENTION]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Hmm, mine was fine here as far as heat... Not sure about fast charge off hand. Normally MTP mode and Fast Charge are mutually exclusive settings, and MTP works, so....

I don't have a SIM in my test SR but it seemed fine? This morning I did have a SIM in it and tested phone calls and mobile data. I did find the APN was off for my plan.

Thank you for the log. :D Surely this was a clean flash... right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Steveromingagain:
Yes on clean install, don't like testing without clean installs,never had good luck with dirty flashing either. Lol. Not hard to reinstall my apps with titanium backup. Just patiences ; ).

P.S. as soon as I put my nan backup on,heat problem went away. Going to try a few inatalks with the new twrp that's out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
[ROM][5.1.1] SlimLP - Skyrocket [ALPHA][UNOFFICIAL]

I restored a Slim nandroid from late May and flashed the 20150702 over it. I did not re-flash gapps. I did let Play update all apps after booting. I've only had it running for a few hours, and never left a wifi area during that time, but so far, so good. (Still need audio_update2, but I expected that.) I have not experienced the problems reported by [MENTION=5801481]Steveromingagain[/MENTION]. Sitting on table without be actively used, phone is cool to touch.

Update: Took wife to movie. Gone three hours. Phone off charger but not being used. No crashes or problems like that, but battery drained fast (30% in three hours, which is about three times the rate I usually experience). That was two hours in movie plus one back and forth. Rate of drain looked constant, so I don't think it was a matter of being in the movie building and having to hunt for cell signal.

Attached screen shot shows steady decline. Ignore steeper decline in last 1/2 hour; that's when I was actively using the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Did the phone sleep? CPU Spy app can tell you.

A charger wake lock can do that too, or any other wake lock for that matter... Is that a lot faster than normal? What was your screen on time during that, and did you have the Ambient Display setting turned on?

The Skyrocket Charger Test app on the Play Store can help identify chargers/cables/etc. in question.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
Phone did not sleep during the time I described (trip to movie). After charging again, using same charger, phone did sleep and battery lasted much longer (about 3%/hour drain instead of 10%/hour). I tried Skyrocket Charger Test app. It shows the charge in question to be one of the "bad" ones, something I will have to keep in mind in the future. I do not understand, however, why the phone sometimes will sleep after using that charger but won't sleep other times after using the same charger.

Over the weekend, while off wifi, cell data dropped for several seconds or tens of seconds at a time. This happened multiple times, some of which were in generally strong LTE service areas.

This morning I used Maps/Navigation. Phone was not on charger. Phone became very laggy, almost to the point that I thought it had locked up altogether. It also dropped GPS signal several times. At one point, while using Navigation, I went to my home screen and tapped a widget to dial a pre-specified number. Without rebooting, after exiting Navigation and returning to a building with wifi, phone seems normal and responsive. Unfortunately, because the phone was so laggy while using Navigation (and on LTE, not wifi), I could not get a logcat.

The above was with the 20150702 Slim ROM. I have i727RUXUMA7 baseband. As an aside, I also have experienced severe lag problems while running Navigation with the latest non-OTA Candy (including causing the phone to reboot and rebuild apps).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
I am looking into the GPS issue, but in the meantime, your wakelock issue is likely your cable, not charger, especially if it is intermittent.

I should have a new build to test today but won't post it if it begins to have RRs like my Candy5 builds started doing. I think there's an upstream problem, but time will tell.

Thanks for the detailed feedback!

Are you on Rogers? Have you tried the UCMC1 radio?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
I'm on AT&T-owned Cricket, not Rogers. I'm not sure how I got on UXUMA instead of UCMC1 radio. I'm sure I flashed the UXUMA at some point in the past (maybe just to see how well it worked???), but I've slept many times since then and don't even remember doing it.

I started to flash UCMC1 a few days ago, the UCMC1 I have says it is supposed to be flashed with CWM and I have TWRP installed. To install CWM, Odin wants a tar instead of an img and I could not find a tar for the latest CWM.

What is an "RR"?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Reply also deleted... ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
Mea maxima culpa. I was referring to a Paranoid 20150704 ROM. I will go back and edit my original post to minimize confusion for others.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
LMAO no problem, Dude... had me worried there!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Steveromingagain:
[MENTION=6148317]Sealy64[/MENTION] Not sure how your recovery is set up but I have philz and twrp in zip form from Vincom's page and can switch between these Recovery's fast. Hope this helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
I use TWRP 2.8.6.0, which I downloaded as an img file from the TWRP site and loaded via Odin with my phone in download mode.

When you say you switch between the two recoveries, can you tell me how you do that? Do you flash the zip of twrp while in philz recovery, and vice versa, without using Odin at all? Or do you use Odin in some way? I have seen bits and pieces of going back and forth, but nothing step-by-step specific, and I don't want to screw something up in a big way that's hard to get back from.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Steveromingagain:
I start off with cwn in Odin. Then put phikz and twrp zip on ex sdcard. Flash back and fourth in recovery. Inky Odin when bad file or soft brick or break Sultans partition.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
Thanks for the feedback.

Just to be clear, you're saying that you use a recovery to flash to another recovery, right?

I have original paritioning and no external sd, just the internal.

I don't know what "inky" means.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Steveromingagain:
Type o. Inky ( only ). Yes,I use recovery to flash recovery after Odin has installed cwn.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
Thanks for the guidance. Coming from TWRP, this is my first time using Philz/CWM. Is it my imagination or does it finish making a nandoid much faster than TWRP? Does it back up all the same stuff? (I selected the top Backup, not Custom Backup.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Steveromingagain:
I don't use custom either,it does seem faster. Wish both recoverys would restore each others backup s.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
I tinkered with Philz Touch 6.48.4 some. You can configure Philz to use compression but it does not do so by default. I tried three more-or-less back-to-back backups of my phone.

Philz without compression: 1680 MB

Philz with compression set to 'fast': 903 MB

TWRP-compatible backup from Philz: 'Error while making backup image of /data'

Philz with compression seemed to take about as long as Philz without compression, but had a 48% size reduction. I did a wipe and then restored the 903MB that has 'fast' compression. Everything seems OK.

I also tried doing a restore with the TWRP-compatible setting. Philz took me into the TWRP backup folder but seemed to want me to restore boot, preload, system, data, ... one by one. Something didn't seem right, so I didn't proceed.

TWRP backs up the /preload partition, but Philz does not. I don't know what /preload is or whether it is important to have it in a backup.

By the way, I did change my radio from UXUMA7 to UCMC1. I haven't noticed a difference.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
preload is for stock jb firmware , it was to create more space by creating another partition to accept bigger fw/bloatware.

cm based custom roms dont use it so u can ignore it.

philz does support preload if on stock jb but wont show it unless it needs to iirc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] celldweller97:
im having issues with the lastes build

some apps are fc.

browser fc

it was a clean install
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
Most Lollipop Skyrocket ROMS have force closed the built in browser since they came out. That's not new and not just a SLIM thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] celldweller97:
what do you recommend i use?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
I use Chrome browser, primarily because it synchronizes bookmarks, history, search, passwords, ... between my desktop, iPad, and Android devices. The downside is that it is a fairly heavy app. Someone else suggested "Naked Browser" but that sounded too risque to me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
I prefer the Clothing Optional browser... Much safer ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Steveromingagain:
I used Opera, Firefox and Maxthon. Depends on what I'm doing. Maxthon has good ad blocking. Just play around with them and see what you like best and which is less laggy. Hope this helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] celldweller97:
Tried chrome and made the phone really slow so i went and tried firefox. smooth as butter and it also synchronizes bookmarks and history .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
It really is a matter of personal choice. As far as synchronization goes, Chrome Desktop synchronizes with Chrome app, and Firefox desktop with Firefox app, so my choice is influenced by the fact that I use Chrome desktop browser. Way back when I tried Firefox, I did not see a lot of difference in responsiveness as compared to Chrome.

Using Google Play, I tabulated download size and ratings for several browsers:

Naked Browser 0.1 MB, 4.5 rating (FWIW developer notes say "if you do not want to learn a new interface then do not install it")

Opera Mini 2.8 MB, 4.4 rating

Maxthon 10.7 MB, 4.5 rating

Opera 19.6 MB, 4.3 rating

Chrome 31.3 MB, 4.2 rating

Firefox 34.8 MB, 4.4 rating

Chrome has the lowest rating, but the spread of 4.2 to 4.5 is so small that I think it meaningless. I actually find the built-in browser to be pretty snappy, and might use it regularly if it didn't crash so much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] raptorddd:
ot was me, its fast amd light,its my primery browser then uc web..

there are benchmarks and tests for alot of browser in some test most naked browser won over chrome.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
[ROM][5.1.1] SlimLP - Skyrocket [BETA][UNOFFICIAL]

Don't know what "ot was me."

I have no doubt that Naked and some other light browsers would beat Chrome and other heavy browsers in benchmarks. My choosing Chrome was largely about synchronization with desktop bookmarks, passwords, etc. I may play with the Naked browser at some point, though, just to get an idea of how good a 0.1MB browser app can be; I'm also curious to see how different the interface is, given that the developer thought it necessary to warn users not to use the app if they did not want to learn a new interface.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] raptorddd:
ive presed the wrong key its pretty obvious.it was me.

yeah interface its jist plain but i think ots good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
[MENTION=5308112]raptorddd[/MENTION]: I wasn't trying to be snarky. Maybe I should have understood what you meant, but I didn't.

I played with Naked Browser some today. It seems okay. It does take some getting used to. I probably will stay mostly with Chrome for the synchronization advantages.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] raptorddd:
not a problem i tought u were kidding lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] heisenberg-001:
Naked browser keeps crashing on mine. Running previous build. Alpha 3 - 20150607
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Yet your log looks prefect... [emoji14]

Seriously, I've beef working on some big issues in my Candy builds and will need to update Slim source soon.

Thanks for being patient...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
New 5.1.1 Build is UP!

OK, folks... I know it's been a while, and I also just discovered that my latest builds went to hyperspace when we lost our Slim buildserver...

It's been a struggle with mobile data drop outs and SODs, but hopefully you'll enjoy running this build. I'll put it into Post #2 as well. Sorry for any inconvenience with the loss of the downloads.

This build should have all the latest Slim features, mobile data working and no RRs/SODs:

ROM: Slim-skyrocket-5.1.1.beta.0.3-UNOFFICIAL-20150806-2308.zip

MD5: 97713a26034f4e78ee6285028e96d60a

Recommended GApps: Slim_zero_gapps.BETA.5.1.build.0.x-20150729.zip

Please no bug reports without logcat logs, or you may be ignored. I've worked too hard on this... ;)

If you need to report a radio or mobile data issue, use this to capture the radio log: adb logcat -b radio

I hope you do enjoy this!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
New 5.1.1 Build is UP!

OK, folks... I know it's been a while, and I also just discovered that my latest builds went to hyperspace when we lost our Slim buildserver...

It's been a struggle with mobile data drop outs and SODs, but hopefully you'll enjoy running this build. I'll put it into Post #3 as well. Sorry for any inconvenience with the loss of the downloads.

This build should have all the latest Slim features, mobile data working and no RRs/SODs:

ROM: Slim-skyrocket-5.1.1.beta.0.3-UNOFFICIAL-20150807-0333.zip

MD5: beab02ecaa8d5b14f119b589ce805e34

Recommended GApps: Slim_zero_gapps.BETA.5.1.build.0.x-20150729.zip

Please no bug reports without logcat logs, or you may be ignored. I've worked too hard on this... ;)

If you need to report a radio or mobile data issue, use this to capture the radio log: adb logcat -b radio

I hope you do enjoy this!

(PS: Get TWRP 2.8.7.0 with F2FS support in Post #3 as well...)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] epapsiou:
Installing now. Will report back. Thanks

Edit: works perfect. No issues. Thanks for keeping skyrocket up to date
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Stagefright is patched in these builds.

If you want, you can check with this app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zimperium.stagefrightdetector
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] shaggyskunk:
[MENTION=4435460]NoSpamDan[/MENTION]

one of the hardest working Devs on the planet!

Sent From my SM-N910W8 Running SlimRemix v.2.9
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] celldweller97:
Hows the performance in the new builds?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
Two days ago (8/11/2015), I clean installed the 20150807 slim ROM plus the 20150729 slim zero gapps. After booting and installing some apps, I realized SuperSU was not installed, so I went back into recovery and flashed SuperSU.

I have had two black screens of death - phone is still on, but screen and buttons are dark and I can reboot only by holding the power button ten seconds (or pulling battery). Each BSOD occurred when the phone had been on for 18-24 hours. The second BSOD was this morning - phone was unplugged, had near-full charge, screen had been off for a few minutes, and I heard a notification of a text message coming in. I pressed power button to turn on screen, but nothing but black. Had to reboot. I don't remember the exact circumstances of the first BSOD. I think I wiped cache and dalvik after the first BSOD, but I don't remember for sure. I am doing that now and will see what happens in the next day or so.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
My carrier is Cricket Wireless (the "new," ATT-owned Cricket, using GSM). MMS did not work with this ROM (20150807 version). Picture message to single recipient said "sending..." forever. The APN list has two APNs, 'Cricket AIO' and 'Internet,' and the 'Internet' one was pre-selected. I switched to the 'Cricket AIO' APN, and now single-recipient picture message works properly. The 'Internet' APN uses http://mmsc.Cricketwireless.net for the MMSC setting and proxy.Cricketwireless.net for the MMS proxy setting, whereas the 'Cricket AIO' APN uses http://mmsc.aiowireless.net and proxy.aiowireless.net. The Cricket AIO APN is in line with information from Cricket Wireless's website. The Internet APN, which does not work, is in line with information at http://apn-settings.com/us/cricket-wireless-apn-settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
I like this ROM a lot - very responsive except for one BSOD per day and a bad default APN.

Bug: Button lights do not go off when putting phone to face. If I place a call and wait for the lights to go off, they stay off when I put the phone to my face. If I take it away from my face, screen and button lights come on (which seems normal), but if I put phone back to my face without waiting for the lights to go back off, the screen goes off but the button lights stay on forever. I think this is fully repeatable, but I went ahead and did a catlog anyway.

http://pastebin.com/7MYVB4vS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
New Build is UP!

New build is available in Post #3, and the data dropping bug should be squashed now. :D

I've included RRO v2.1 support (for now, in my own builds), and believe I've gotten the RRs and SODs fixed in the kernel. Beware if you use some RRO themes you may experience some lagginess. I'm not sure what layer or layers cause this, so you will need to use trial an error (if you use layers).

Special thanks to Steveromingagain for his diligent ROM and kernel testing for the Skyrocket and Hercules. :good:

ROM: Slim-skyrocket-5.1.1.beta.0.4-UNOFFICIAL-20150813-0010.zip

MD5: 80135f4c3de0e5acce9cc0acffa6e158

GApps: Use Slim's latest Mini or Zero GApps from here or here.

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I have! Cheers!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Andrw0830:
Hey [MENTION=4435460]NoSpamDan[/MENTION] I am back! My S5's GPS is culprit so it has been sent in so I am back with my Skyrocket! If you need any testers, let me know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RaudelJr:
I'm wondering what is the major differences between the candy Rom and this Rom, since both threads are managed by NoSpamDan I'm having trouble deciding of I should give this one a try. I am currently on Candy Rom as if Saturday, I finally decided to take the leap off of KitKat and onto Lollypop. Candy ROM is running good. But would like to know what's different with this Rom.

Thanks NoSpamDan for all your help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
I've tried both. My general perception is that Slim is a little lighter (smaller ROM; more space left after installing ROM and gapps) but has slightly fewer features.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Cool, hope you enjoy my ROMs for the SR.

Fair assessment. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
NEW BUILD!

New pre-official build from yours truly... Yes, it's a beta OFFICIAL... also in Post #3.

Slim-skyrocket-5.1.1.beta.0.6-OFFICIAL.zip

I'm working on getting SELinux set to enforcing and reconciling issues. Enjoy this one, it's fast and has been stable!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RaudelJr:
Thanks, I'll give Slim a try.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pallbearer911:
I'm trying to flash this. Had Philz recovery before. Flashed TWRP 2.8.7.0 on top of it. Then when I try to flash this, it's just stuck at "Flashing file 1 of 1". Please help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Need more info. Are you using a custom PIT file? Full wipe? Also, make sure you reboot recovery first when flashing TWRP.

Post a recovery log please.