yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
I did a full wipe, then installed ROM, then booted and let settle, then booted to recovery and installed gapps, then did a factory reset and started phone. I used the slim zero 20150729 gapps you suggested. The only place I deviated from instructinos was that I did the factory reset, right after installing gapps, because I wanted to go through the setup process that allows me to restore my applications via google account. (I do not know how to cause a restore from my google account backup, except during a factory reset. Is there a way?)

The setup process gave me multiple problems. First wifi would connect but then disconnect. Once I got past that, I entered my gmail address and password and agreed to Google's terms and conditions, but the next page then sent me back to the Select WiFi page, even though it showed I still was connected to Wifi. After I went through this process a couple of times, I got to select a google restore point and the boot process finished. Play Store restored the first three apps, out of a total of 28 in my google-saved/restored list, and then stopped. Play Store still indicated it was installing all apps, but it did not proceed past those three. I rebooted, which caused Play Store to restore one more app and then stop again. Play Store also said there was an update to Google App; when I tried pressing it to tell it to update, it said I had to re-authenticate with Google, which I did. After that the other 24 apps finished installing.

All in all, the setup process was pretty shaky. I'm going to keep driving this ROM for a while to see how things go.

---------- Post added at 01:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:45 PM ----------

To get MMS (single picture to single recipient) to work, I had to change the Internet APN to use aiowireless.net instead of Cricketwireless.net, for both the MMSC setting and the MMS Proxy setting. I have had to do the same thing in the most recent Tesla ROM and the most recent Slim ROM, although I did not have do this in earlier version of the same ROMs. Because this change hit multiple ROMs at the same time, I assume this is some "upstream" thing, but I do not know how to report such things "upstream." Can you report it or give me guidance? (By the way, Cricket Wireless's website says to use aiowireless.net, but I have found other sites on the net that say to use Cricketwireless.net. The Cricketwireless version does not work for me for MMS.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
A quirk: I enabled developer options. 'Advanced Reboot' already was turned on, but pressing Power and then Reboot did not actually offer Recovery, Soft Reboot, etc. I turned 'Advanced Reboot' off and back on. Now pressing Power and then Reboot offers Recovery, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Andrw0830:
I was wondering if anyone on the i727r has been able to get data on the latest update? I am currently on this rom and tried Parandroid and both my mobile data didn't work. When I look in APN's I have a ton of different ones instead of just Rogers LTE and Rogers Tethering. I am wondering as just before on my S5, I had same issue on custom roms but it worked in Touchwiz so wonder if Rogers put something on my account to not allow data on Custom roms. Any ideas?

Edit: Seems google is your friend lol. I edited the APNs and there is this new setting called MVNO type and it was on none. Once I switched to SPN I got data!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droiduzr2:
can you please send me the link to the proper apn setup

I am on rogers with S2 on Beanstalk 4.4.4 ROM

The only thing not working for me is receiving a photo in SMS (text).

thx
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Andrw0830:
http://hackitz.ca/droid/android_rogers_lte_tethering_settings.shtml

I just used the Rogers LTE and made sure MVNO type was "SPN" and MVNO value is "ROGERS". This is on 5.1.1 though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droiduzr2:
for whatever reason I can't seem to get pics in the stock sms app. I only use the stock sms app.

streange

anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?

thx
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
New Build

This build has updates for thermal hotplug, mp-decision, all the latest Candy updates, and more...

I'm not going to update post #3 until I have more testing feedback on this one:

ROM: candy5-release.v3.5-20150902-UNOFFICIAL-skyrocket.zip

Suggest to use Slim Zero GApps as usual...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Are you running this ROM, or Beanstalk?

What you describe sounds like APN settings, BUT you can't get a photo via SMS, only MMS. I use Textra for SMS/MMS so I can't comment on the native text app...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Andrw0830:
I tried your 09/02 Candy Rom and saw the new kernel options including the other hotplug and I like the options. I keep mostly the stock options and when I had bluetooth on and plugged in my phone after disconnecting from bluetooth, my screen wouldn't turn back on. I had another issue and this was when the single core on screen off was turned on, I made a phone call and my phone did a RR. Since I turned off that single core feature didn't have RR but that Bluetooth issue causing the screen not to turn on after connecting my device to my computer was weird.

Thanks for the work, currently I turned off both hotplug features to see if that Bluetooth issue is fixed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Thanks. Maybe [MENTION=5795145]javelinanddart[/MENTION] can look at the single core screen off issue.

EDIT: Any logs?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dewaski:
How can I put the device into recovery without the button combo? Other CM versions had the recovery option in the power/boot menu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] javelinanddart:
Hmmm, never seen single core screen off ever cause an issue, not on quincyatt or any other device, heck not even t769.... SOD is a known issue, being looked into. Boggling my mind, quincy is stable now, celox has SOD now, it's so weird.

Developer Options->Advanced Reboot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Andrw0830:
Thanks for your dedication as I love the many options! For the moment, I switched back to the default MPDecision and haven't had a single SOD. The one other thing I noticed is when I get a call, it does take awhile for the screen to wake up when using this mpdecision instead of the default qcom so that may be because of the Single Core option. The one thing is that RR I got when making a call, I had that single core option turned off and that's when it happened. Just wanted to provide more details.

Edit: I am going to try the latest 09/07 build to see if the recent patches since 09/02 has fixed the SOD

Edit 2: I cleared the cache and installed the latest 09/07 and my mistake, I didn't have the original MPDecision turned on, I had none turned on and kept single core on and that's where I have had the best performance. When I turned on this MPDecision, once I turned off my screen a few seconds later, my phone's screen would not turn back on. So at least with my phone with no MPDecision with Single Core screen turned on, I don't have an issue. BTW with everything I tried, I kept the Minimum Core on 1 and Maximum on 2 to not skew the results.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] javelinanddart:
The problem we tried testing too many patches on celox at once. On quincy i tested them incrementally, celox didn't stand a chance tbh, we'll probably be rolling back the changes and testing again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Here's some new Candy5 love for the ol' Skyrocket:

candy5-release.v3.8-20150925-UNOFFICIAL-skyrocket.zip

Suggest to use TK Pico Gapps.

Enjoy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jshamlet:
Is it okay to dirty flash this latest build over an older build? I'm getting a LOT of lag and freezes, and I'm wondering if I need to nuke and pave again?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Yes it should be OK to dirty flash.

I hope to post a new build soon with some worthwhile kernel changes...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Having issues with the latest builds, so they're pulled for now.

Please use the last posted build in the thread. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jshamlet:
I'm getting an access denied message.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Yes, I've had issues with the latest builds so I had to pull them, sorry. Please use the latest build in the thread for now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Brace yourself for this New Build!

Thanks for being patient...

candy5-release.v3.8-20151004-UNOFFICIAL-skyrocket.zip

This build has the CPU minumum set to 192MHz and the PowerHAL has been updated. I believe the PowerHAL has been responsible for most, if not all of our lags.

My tester using the Slim Skyrocket build has reported 3 1/2 hours of SOT (screen on time) with about 50% battery left. No tweaks. Yes, you read that correctly... :D

Check it out and Enjoy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ocd_amp:
Dan the Galaxy S2 Warrior - When almost everyone has abandoned this phone, he just keeps plugging away. It is amazing to see this kind of dedication anywhere in life. Keep up the good work buddy.

Excellent! So far I found this:

1) Android L boot animation size over flow from screen. (no biggy, I fixed that)

2) Trebuchet Crashes when adding Widget (Apex launcher fixes that ;P)

3) Roger's / Fido - Caller Name Display works when on Wifi (or Data) - with Wifi off, Incoming Caller Name is corrupted once again, only the first letter of the name shows, rest is random characters.

Note* This is a CM/AOSP issue, nothing to do with ROM Maintainer's own work. This issue is present in every ROM *

4) Status bar Date format remains at "EEE" even after making a choice, but Date appears correctly in status bar.

5) 192mhz and yet no Lag. (Have not installed gapps yet) - Will report more.

6) Google Play Services crashes when opening certain apps ie Volume Limiter, Browser. Browser force closes.

---After installing Gapps, going into Google Settings, and clicking on Sign in & Security > Signing into Google > Browser Force Closes.

*Tested this on Default DPI, as well as 220, makes no difference. Still FC.

**TKGapps Pico (always latest)

7) Needs Volume steps options.

* For the sensitive eared bats lol

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

Overall, Clean, Simple and just beautiful piece of work. Did I mention its fast?! Oh yeah its fast! Thanks Dan!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
Clean flashed 20151004 candy5 plus tk pico gapps 9/20/2015 (latest available). Entered wifi password during bootup. On screen to login to google account, I got a random reboot (RR) when I had typed about the first three characters of my gmail address. Boot did not require apps to be rebuilt but did go back to first setup screen (choose language) and required me to enter my wifi password again. After that all apps restored (but wifi passwords did not) and system has run properly for about an hour. [MENTION=4435460]NoSpamDan[/MENTION] Thanks for your continued efforts.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jshamlet:
Ok, I'm not sure what happened, but I think I may have killed one of my S2s last night. I did a full backup of the existing install, then dirty flashed over it. On reboot, all I got was an unprecedented spinning broken circle and a bootloop. It would flicker, then spin the circle some more until I power cycled the phone.

I went back into recovery, did partial wipe, and this time I actually saw the usual spinning dots, but the device never booted. I let it sit spinning colored dots for about 10 minutes. Weirdly, when I attempted to power the phone down, it started flashing the LED (camera flash) several times before rebooting (instead of shutting down) So, back into recovery, where I restored the backup. I rebooted, but now I'm back to the spinning broken circle.

I then did a full wipe of everything but the SD card and a restore, but I'm stuck with the spinning broken circle. All I can boot at the moment is a recovery.

Any ideas? Also, given all the wiping, is there any chance of a log available in TWRP? Lastly, I'm using TWRP 2.8.6.0 if it matters.

UPDATE:

Ok, I got it back. I nuked everything on the phone except /sdcard and reinstalled. I then did a full factory reset prior to first boot. It took a while, but I'm now in account setup.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
Glad you finally got it working. Kind of scary, though, because it means your nandroid either failed to create correctly or failed to restore correctly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jshamlet:
Yeah, that was pretty freaky. I was about to write the phone off as bricked, but tried one last time to get it back. These Galaxy S2s really have 9 lives.

Unfortunately, I'm now on problem #2. Trebuchet keeps force closing when I attempt to drag an app to the home screen. Actually, it force closes if I press and hold an icon at all. I haven't done much to this image beyond disabling the Google App to disable the search bar. I'm going to unfreeze it and see if the problem goes away.

I will say that lag has definitely improved, though. The user interface feels much more snappy.

UPDATE: Yes, unfreezing the Google app fixes Trebuchet. I wouldn't have thought the launcher would have been that affected by it. Which is unfortunate, because now it only shows half the search bar and the functionality appears to be broken...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rogersa2k:
How To Remove ES File Explorer

First, thanks for working on this rom. It makes keeping my old SGS2 Skyrocket around as a secondary phone still a pleasurable experience.

The one thing I cannot seem to do is remove ES File Explorer. In reality I would prefer to use TiBu to convert it to a user app but that fails. I tried remounting the root fs as rw but that doesn't seem to work either (via Terminal Emulator or adb root). Any ideas what I am missing?

Thanks,

Aaron Rogers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] raptorddd:
Can you use titanium to uninstall?? or use link2sd uninstall option.. i remove most of the system apps i dont need either way, not on this rom but i guess its the same in most roms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rogersa2k:
Nope. I get the following error:

Cannot remove system app

Failed to locate the apk file

I *can* remove every other system app that I wanted to. It's so odd.

Edit: Weird. I used Root Explorer and it was able to remount and delete the /system/app/ES folder. Sorry to waste anyone's time. I've just never had to do that before and I've been doing stuff like this for 5+ years.

- Aaron
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
New Build Available

Fresh Candy 4.1 update with updated vendor blobs which should fix the stock browser crashing due to Adreno/OpenGL scrolling issues.

candy5-release.v4.1-20151030-UNOFFICIAL-skyrocket.zip
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Looking for feedback

OK, so our devices were not supported by CyanogenMod starting with Lollipop, which made development a lot more difficult. Now we are looking at M, and while I have already started on it, I would really appreciate some feedback on the following questions:

How many people are still using their Skyrockets as a primary phone?

How many will be interested in Candy6?

How many folks will be able to test for me?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] syrkles:
I use skyrocket and will test for u also
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sealy64:
Skyrocket is my first and only (to date) smart phone. I still use it daily. I am interested in M, if the old girl really has the resources to run it. What will it take for you to know whether she actually does? I can test some, but because this is my daily drive, I have limited ability to test the earliest, buggy-est versions. On early, buggy versions, I would have to make a nandroid, install the new version, test a little, and then restore my nandroid as my daily driver.

(Same answer to your question in the Slim thread.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] yar_nl:
I also use my Skyrocket as secondary device and welcome any development on it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jshamlet:
I keep mine in good working order, just in case I mess up my primary phone. I would love to see Marshmallow on it, as it would very likely beat my M8 to the punch. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I am still plugging away at M... ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
What do you mean?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Atari-San:
I am talking about the new partition layout than SultanXDA made for the skyrocket in his thread. It remove the internal sd card and make it has a new Data Partition only with virtual system link with a new recovery. I don't understand completely the principle but seem it would allow the Skyrocket to have more space for future update and use the SD Card instead as the only personnal storage. It's the a post in the first page of the CM12 thread which he talk about how to implement before flashing with CM12.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] raptorddd:
No actuall partition its been made it just like a trick so you get 2 gigs for system so you can flash full gapps and the rest 11 gb for storage no need for link2 sd..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Neat idea, and it's cool to have options like this.

In all honestly, I don't think it's at all likely to happen on official Slim or Candy builds.

Personally, I purchased the Link2sd app, and formatted my 64GB External SD card into two partitions, one of which I used to add 12GB of app space as a second virtual internal partition "extension".

I've had almost 300 apps installed, some were big racing games, and my available internal app storage space (actually on the phones internal storage) was always at least 500MB. Note that not every app can be completely moved to this new space; it depends on the app. For large games, almost all the data can be moved (linked).

You would need to manually format your External SD card into two partitions using a computer, but the dev has great tutorials on his site. Highly recommended. Amazing, really...

And no, I don't work in sales for Link2sd, I just like it. lol ;)

EDIT: I might add that as far as GApps is concerned, you don't need to flash a huge GApps package into /system. You can always go with a smaller version and get the rest from the Play Store as desired. There are pros/cons either way.

The more I think about it, the more I do like the larger /system idea...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Steveromingagain:
Will next build fix file transfer to PC,this one did not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Atari-San:
Well, the main problem's i only own a 32gb class 10 microsd card and most of the time, the sd card's full. So, i was hesitating between buying a class 10 64gb microsd if i get the money soon (which might not happen soon) or buy a 128gb microsd class 10. Anyone know if we can use 128gb microsd on the skyrocket ? ATM, i am stuck with SlimKat because i have no money to invest in another microsd card for upgrading. I honestly prefer highly custom roms with alot of feature than a stable CM12. :/ But anyways, i will look at what i can flush on the microsd card and remake the partition if i can. Knowing also root cloak xposed module work with lollipop was the only thing which was required for me. What i can say's we will need after lollipop or more future android build this new faked virtual repartition when just installing a future roms without gapps would not be able to be installed because of low storage. I remember when i try early the CM12 build that i could not move any manually installed google apps to external, so i hope i can transfer them with APP2SD.

PS : Can we remap the conductive softkey with this one so when i do 2 quick press of the menu button i could in example, open the torch ? On slimkat and candykat, i was not able to remap the search button, it was the only one not working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Was it working before for you? I'll look at it.

Idk about the 128GB card. These devices are considered legacy, and we're lucky they run Lollipop at all. [emoji6]

I'll have to look at the keys stuff. They can all be remapped in my SlimLP builds, so porting from there shouldn't be too difficult... But no ETA.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Try to enable USB Debugging in the Developer Options and see if that works for now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Steveromingagain:
Yes I tried debug and option where you normally find mass storage options. Only have problem on this ROM,all others I'm testing work fine ( lollipop) PC doesn't recognize it when plugged in but phone shows charging bolt.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Alex0319:
I finally instaled this rom, Im very happy, is smooth and fast. I noticed a weird bug, when I want to turn off buttons light nothing happens, I just uncheck and press ok and the light still on. Any ideas?

Sorry for my bad english :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
It is being looked into.

Do you mean BLN? If so, did you clear the notification that issued the lights?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Alex0319:
Nope, I mean the buttons backlight. Its enabled by default for 5 seconds, I dont want this backlight

Settings> Candy Interface> Buttons> Backlight
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Do you have the BLN setting turned on in Display and lights > Lights > Notification? If so, try turning it off and see if that makes any difference.

[MENTION=4779996]gimmeitorilltell[/MENTION], just mentioning you as an FYI...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Alex0319:
Sorry, it didnt work, still the same bug, I cant disabble the backligth and I cant change the time
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Please post a logcat of changing those settings when it fails.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
New Build is UP!

A new build is up in Post #2!

Notable changes:

MTP should be working, along with PTP, Charge only, and UMS modes.

Note: I would strongly recommend avoiding UMS

for the time being as it is not 100% tested, and could cause you to BOOTLOOP!

Power off charging animation now reflects the actual Percentage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Steveromingagain:
Mass storage

Thanks for update,pc detects phone and transfers data both internal and external great. Still no selection showing in storage but doesn't matter since it connects fine now.

Had 1 lag moment after phone wake,15 second delay opening phone dialer.but has not happened again so no logcat yet.

Charging fine wall and usb.

Thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
Thanks. I have found that you don't always see the USB Computer Connection menu unless it's actually plugged into the USB cable and detected.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pharoah1974:
[MENTION=4435460]NoSpamDan[/MENTION] ...

Can you please make the Candy5 ROM for Hercules T989 as well? It will not install.

Edit: Nevermind. I got it to work. I just like how KitKat works and looks much better so I'm going back to it for now.

Thanks anyway.

I'm on SGH-T989 Hercules going back to Paranoid Android 4.6
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gimmeitorilltell:
More like rubbing it in! Lol anyways it's working now and thanks to [MENTION=4859152]titanic_fanatic[/MENTION] I can add it to roms that it doesn't work in.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] NoSpamDan:
New Build is UP!

Fresh Candy build in Post #2...

Enjoy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] FAtfcK:
Hmm how did you make it work with all the buttons functioning properly tho. Custom kernel or wut if I may ask