yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android One (First-Generation) Cross-Device Genera] random1234:
Thanks. Now I can see the CM12.1 Beta 4 released. Thanks for your support
[Sony Xperia C] arsh009:
Hey devs! I'm bored of the old school jelly bean on my xperia c thanks to Sony who doesn't support mid range devices! Anyways I'm a tech addict and I wanted to ask you experienced devs whether is it safe to install custom roms on any phone? Does it have an effect on the battery life? . Whether before installing a custom Rom all our Apps can be backed up? please help I'm trying to install the lollipop rom provided by iSidd
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juliosilva:
Hello,

I have a Allwinner A33 tablet with Android 4.4.2 it's 1024x600, and I want to change boot logo (not bootanimation), it displays 2 logos at boot before bootanimation, and I want to change them, how can I do it?

I have found many posts about this but none for A33, I also do not have any boot/ROM for it...

Is there a way that I can backup the device, change the logo and send it back with the same boot but with my logo?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAMPUTER:
Hello however its very old post but if u wan I can guide you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devmountsu77:
Use dragon face to edit firm file
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjakat:
DragonFace

Hi,

Is this still the way to edit firmware files? I have tried DragonFace 2.5 but when I put the image back on the tablet it sits at the boot logo and doesnt go from there. Is there a tutorial on how to edit the logos and customise the preinstalled apps and desktop etc?

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solvingWithDroid:
I am also facing the same issue. Even if I just save the firmware without making any changes in DragonFace, the device just freezes on the boot logo when flashed with Phoenix Suite.

Am i using the wrong combination of tools (Dragon Face to change the firmware and Phoenix Suite to Flash it)?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eav77:
Dragon face does not work for allwinner A133 SoCs. Have you know how to change logo splash by using fastboot?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MonsieurPedro:
Hi everyone, did you manage to change the boot logo at the end?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tco:
It's all in the wiki

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Hermes
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pvs:
Some of it is also in the user manual that came with your slim pda.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N_Face:
Updated to lollipop and since then came film videos with the phone.. It won't play video on youtube either. Tried to force close app a but it did not help.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luk2009:
tell us how you did the update. the videos on my smartphone work well
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arturiu:
I can record/play videos and youtube.

Vanilla stock rom without any root/hacks done .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
​

This is Candy5. Built straight from CyanogenMod source with commits from a variety of different Sources/ROMS. We wanted to give the users a fun, fully customizable ROM.We aim to add more features as this project progresses.

Check us out on the web @The-Candy-Shop

[MENTION=5020670]matthew0776[/MENTION] [MENTION=3947779]mar5hal[/MENTION] [MENTION=4779996]gimmeitorilltell[/MENTION] [MENTION=3327168]BMP7777[/MENTION] [MENTION=4708843]CyberScopes[/MENTION] [MENTION=5088242]Cuzz1369[/MENTION] [MENTION=5066258]rc420head[/MENTION] [MENTION=4678269]Flashalot[/MENTION] [MENTION=4815490]tr1gg3r84[/MENTION] [MENTION=5092898]Venomtester[/MENTION] [MENTION=4157305]Darknites[/MENTION] [MENTION=1045770]Rapier[/MENTION] [MENTION=5448938]NexusPenguin[/MENTION] [MENTION=5265704]Alx31TLse[/MENTION] [MENTION=3452732]timmytim[/MENTION]

​

Disclaimer: We here at The CandyShop are not responsible for any bricks you may obtain. Please follow the thread rules and steps and everything will be gravy. Remember, backing up before flashing is always recommended.

Features

*Candy Interface

*Navi Bar Height...Candy Interface

*Battery Percent ...Candy Interface / Status Bar

*Recents Panel Options ...Candy Interface/Recents Panel

*Clock and Date Options...Candy Interface/Clock and Date

*Wake Options ...Display

*Rotation 360 degrees...Display

*Custom Notification Lights...Sounds&Notifications

*Lockscreen Notifications Per App...Sounds&Notifications/App notifications

*IME options from 4.4+ ...Language and input/advanced options

*Disable Ime selector (thanks cm)

*Visual improvements

*ALL of Cm's Latest Feature Additions

*CM Theme Engine

*Button Light Notifications (BLN)

CHANGELOG

See Post #2 for DOWNLOADS

Candy5 is in early stages and will inherit CyanogenMod bugs and issues. But some we have resolved ourselves.

The base has been tested and passed most users needs for a Daily Driver.

Special thanks to CyanogenMod, SlimRoms, for making their source open.

Sources:

CyanogenMod

SlimRoms

LiquidSmooth

XDA:DevDB Information

[DISCONTINUED][ROM][5.1.1] Candy 5 - Hercules, ROM for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II

Contributors

NoSpamDan, gimmeitorilltell

ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x

Version Information

Status: No Longer Updated

Created 2015-03-23

Last Updated 2016-11-15
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS and DOWNLOADS

Installation for 5.1.X (Candy5 V2.X):

Download Candy5.zip

Download 5.1 Gapps (optional)

Place Candy5.zip on phone's memory or SD card

Boot into recovery. You need a newer version for lollipop. Tested with TWRP 2.8.7.0 recovery linked below.

Make a nandroid backup.

Make sure you're on one of these radios or newer for now: T989:UVMC6|T989D:TLMC4

Full wipe (Dalvik Cache, Cache, System, Factory Data Reset)

Flash Candy5.zip

Flash GApps if desired ***

Reboot, and let the ROM boot up and settle for 5-10 minutes.

Enjoy!

Issues?

Post a logcat on Pastebin, link to it here, and provide as many details as possible, such as ROM version, GApps used, radio/modem, cell provider, or anything relevant to the problem or how to duplicate the issue.

​

TWRP Recovery:

TWRP 2.8.7.0 with F2FS support in IMG, TAR and ZIP formats. Thanks to [MENTION=5795145]javelinanddart[/MENTION] for compiling these.

5.1.X:

ROM:

candy5-release.v4.1-20151030-UNOFFICIAL-hercules.zip

Don't use the BasketBuild OTAs just yet. I'll un-hide the link when the OTA builds are good again:

Candy ROMs are now built weekly and can be found in the CandyRoms BasketBuild Hercules folder

GApps:

Use TK PIco GApps from AndroidFileHost | BasketBuild

(Main TK GApps thread on XDA)

(*** You may use a 5.1 GApps package of your choice, but be wary of large GApps packages. It's normally better on the Skyrocket to install a very small GApps package and get the rest of the Google Apps from the Play Store...)

Please give first boot several minutes to complete.

* If you use Hangouts Dialer and find you lose audio after using it, you can try flashing this audio patch. (Credit goes to [MENTION=2107489]bryan2894[/MENTION].)

===============

Previous builds have been removed from here, but they're still on my AndroidFileHost.com account or CandyRoms' AndroidFileHost.com account.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
Screenshots

Candy5 has the CM Theme Engine, so appearances can widely vary. Here is stock...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
Reserved
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aadi90:
Im gonna download it in few minutes. Thanks bro for your efforts our device is old but still it runs lollipop smooth.

Credit goes to developers like you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bigmike6200:
Kewl. Thanks. Downloading now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eric93se:
screenshots?

Just like that validus rom, no screens.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
I don't own the Herc, but I figured I'd share something new to flash on it here... you're welcome.

Candy5 Screenshots are not difficult to find. Feel free to flash the ROM and make some screen shots yourself to post here. It would be a great way to contribute something useful.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ArtfulDodger:
Your persistence and hard work to keep these ROMs going is something that shouldn't be taken for granted to say the least. You've kept going despite very little help here frankly. I haven't used anything but Sultan's work for the last several months but appreciate what you're doing nonetheless. Some better take note as devs for this phone can now be counted on one hand.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
Thank you. It's definitely been a challenge getting Lollipop on these older devices without CM support.

It hasn't been like just sync up and build it, but it's close (now)... ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mrdreamers:
im coming from 4.1.2 do i just follow the instuction from the op or is there someting extra i need to do in order to flash this rom?

which cm themes work with this rom? cm10, cm11, or cm12?

btw i cant find gapps for this rom, link?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
The OP instructions should be good. Just make sure you have the latest radio and recovery installed, and FULL WIPE (not SD cards).

Don't restore ANY system data, and be very prudent with what you restore for app data that doesn't come from Google's app backup in your account.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mrdreamers:
Ty for that response!

the link for gapps takes you too a site that is closed with no links. (but i got gapps from this site http://techbeasts.com/2015/02/01/download-latest-google-gapps-andorid-50-lollipop/)

does cm12 themes work on here?

BTW whats radio?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
Yes, I heard PA GApps were down. As long as the GApps package is not the full blown one with Google Earth and all that business, you should be fine. "Normal" gapps can be used and I think the file size is around 170MB. I wouldn't go beyond that size-wise.

You can find the Slim GApps here: http://209.95.39.164/Gapps/

Rado = modem. There may be newer ones, but these should be minimum versions: T989:UVMC6 T989D:TLMC4. Not sure off-hand where to find flashable radios for the Herc. Maybe someone else here can post links to them...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DarthRyu:
I really want to flash this on my phone but before I do, has anyone flashed this and see if the radio works out of the box(i.e no constant dropping of internet connection).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mrdreamers:
i have T989:UVMC6 already on it will this do?

but while i wait for a response from you i will go searching to see if there is a update to this modem ;)

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II/SGH-T989/Radios

according to this link i have the latest modem but ill keep checking

ok so i did and over and hour or so looking for a more later modem it seems the one i have is the latest so i should be able to flash with no problems unless someone knows different please share ty.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
Should be fine. The updater script checks the radio version at installation time:

https://github.com/SlimDev/device_samsung_hercules/blob/lp5.0/board-info.txt
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tekkieg:
No data on this build....maybe doing something wrong?

I installed Candy5 with TWRP full wipe just as written...

it came up fine with everything except never could connect to data....no matter what I tried...the data showed a question mark and also wifi....

please give any info as to possible problem ...maybe i did something wrong....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mrdreamers:
hmmm you may had a bad flash or download you could try going into recovery and clearing cache and dalvik see if that helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
First, verify the MD5 hash on your download. If it doesn't match, re-download the ROM.

Did you install gapps? Which ones? Did it detect your SIM card and were you prompted to set up Wi-Fi?

What does Settings > About phone show for a baseband?

You did wipe /data, correct? I would go back to recovery and full wipe /system, /data, /cache and /dalvik and re-flash ONLY THE ROM. Do NOT restore any apps, and test again.

If that fails, you might need to use ODIN to restore a factory image first, then install recovery, reboot to recovery, full wipe, install the newer radio, ROM and gapps and SuperSU.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
Removed the test build. Created new issues.

My OnePlus running SlimLP had the disconnect issue yesterday. I believe now that this is either a carrier issue or upstream in our sources. Time will tell.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
Official OTA support is HERE!

I am happy to report that we will have Official OTA support going forward!

This means that you will need to visit the CandyRoms BasketBuild Hercules folder for future builds. I'll update the OP and downloads post (Post #2) accordingly.

Builds I think are normally run at 8PM CST on Saturday nights.

This thread will still be used for discussion and test builds of course. For any issues, clean flash and provide a logcat please. :)

Enjoy some CANDY!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] koudies:
I flashed this ROM for my buddy's phone and its kicking butt. That TouchWiz was really slow and Candy made his phone so much better. Great work!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
Hey folks, on the BasketBuild site, you will probably need to scroll the file name to the left (a.k.a. Beyonce) in order to see the download and MD5 links...

Just a heads up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
TWRP 2.8.7.0 with F2FS!

Anyone feeling adventurous? Credit goes to [MENTION=5795145]javelinanddart[/MENTION] , who has compiled new TWRP recoveries that support f2fs...

You can find .img, .tar, and .zip formats in my AFH Hercules TWRP folder. I've created a new folder named with the version number.

EDIT: TWRP files temporarily hidden while a potential issue is looked into. Hopefully they're back up soon.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ulibube:
I gave the latest Candy build a try, candy5-release.v2.7-20150628-OFFICIAL-hercules.zip. Here's my feedback:

1. I tried twice to get past the initial Google setup (I had flashed the latest TK GApps), but as soon as I was done with the setup and the download of Play Store apps & updates started, the device crashed, in a bad way (had to remove battery, twice).

2. I did not find the startup twirling balls animation helpful. Looks pretty, but is less functional than the standard Android "upgrading app x of y" screen, because there is zero indication of update progress. As the initial boot takes a long time, it matters. Also, my second boot attempt (after the first crash) never completed; staring at spinning balls for a half hour without progress indication was not constructive.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
Use Slim Zero gapps linked in post 2, that's what I test with... TK GApps have never worked for me, although some users have had luck with them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
TWRP 2.8.7.0 with F2FS should be fine- false alarm!

OK, the TWRP 2.8.7.0 files in my AFH account are public again. It seems that only the Skyrocket was affected, so false alarm (I hope). I was just being extra cautious...

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

This Candy5 ROM has the necessary commits.

My Slim builds do not (yet lol).

You can use this recovery to flash Slim or any other 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, 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 Hercules

Enjoy!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] koudies:
Unfortunately my buddys phone crashed a few times too. It was able to boot back up the first few times but now it won't even power on he said. Don't know if it's the ROM or a hardware issue. Will have to figure that out later. Still a very nice ROM when running though. Will update later.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] junio07:
my ringtones are not showing up with this rom. is there anything i need to do first :confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
What are the details? New TWRP? Using F2FS? Coming from what ROM? Full wipe?

Sorry but you have to provide a lot more information about your setup and procedure for me to be able to help...

Depends on where they are. I haven't been able to use my custom ringtones for some time, but I admit I haven't played with it much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OldeCrow:
Screen has gone off twice, two SOD's ... first run play store restore...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ulibube:
I appreciate your efforts - the ROM looks nice. It also does not have the low audio recording volume issue that has been a part of Sultan's Hercules ROMs since last Nov./Dec.

Here's a logcat of the last 90 seconds before my latest crash. The crashes are very frequent for me, in particular during app installs (after ROM install, getting apps/settings from Play Store backup), less frequent outside, but I still seem to get about one crash per hour with the phone more or less idle. Perhaps it's related to the latest build?

http://pastebin.com/51RmnXjS

Another problem with the crashes is that the phone attempts an instant restart, which then also fails right after the Samsung logo and requires a deep power-off to recover (battery removal, etc.). So really two crashes in quick succession. It looks like the logcat and the last_kmsg get wiped during this process. I only got this logcat because I had it printing to the console while the phone was sitting idle before it crashed. No idea if it really captured everything up to the last nanosecond.

The other problem here is that my phone has a disabled power button, and I can't recover from a shutdown unless I have the right gadgets at hand.

I flashed this ROM after a clean wipe of everything except the external SD card. Came from rooted stock JB on my first attempt, and from Sultan's 5.1.1 ROM on the next two attempts (reformatted the internal SD card with FAT first). I tried with Slim Zero as well, but the results were about the same. TWRP 2.6.0.

I flashed the GApps together with the ROM in all cases. Don't know how much of a difference a separate flash would have made.

Mobile data is intermittent; I had some intermittent data on Sultan's ROM as well, but it looks less stable here. I hope that the logcat can help diagnose that as well - it does seem to have an insane amount of cellular data logging, which I experienced on Sultan's ROM, too. I am on T-Mobile, a special $30/month "unlimited" (5GB) data prepaid plan through Walmart. Worked fine until I started flashing 5.1.1 ROMs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] junio07:
i'm using slim gapps everything looks ok. except this. no ringtone. i don't have any folder for ringtones. my ringtones are backed up by google. whenever i install other roms after i sign in with google all ringtones are shows up immediately.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
Sorry I didn't quote you all as it's way past my bedtime here...

Short story is there has been an issue identified with the first OTA build which was on 6/28. Anyone getting screen off crashes that require a long power button press? Power-off charging not working?

The issue was that a needed repo was pulled from a different location and didn't have some of the changes that [MENTION=4779996]gimmeitorilltell[/MENTION] and myself worked diligently on months ago.

For now, the 6/24 build I uploaded is linked in Post #2 again. I will be uploading another interim build when it's done that should have everything fixed up nice like it should be. Stay tuned, and sorry for the inconvenience, folks...

Dan
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] koudies:
The screen off crashes you mentioned was exactly what was happening. That would occur randomly when loading apps, none specifically but just any app. Screen would shut off and long press power button wouldn't even turn it on. Battery removal solved that problem. I have reverted my buddy's phone to a KitKat rom for now so he has a phone but will continue to follow this thread. Again, thanks for the hard work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
I just orginized the CandyRoms AFH Hercules folder, so if you want to look at Candy5 builds you can find them here:

CandyRoms Candy5 AFH Hercules build folder

NoSpamDan Candy5 AFH Hercules build folder

(I upload my builds to CandyRoms AFH too :) )

The OTAs are/will be hosted in CandyRoms' BasketBuild Hercules folder

OTA should be done overnight here...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aadi90:
Thanks for efforts bro, i really appreciate your work actually im using old build of this rom and now i want to update it can you please suggest me a build which works flwlessly ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
You can grab the latest on my AFH account, or wait for an updated build that I'll post here soon.

As for flawless, you'll have to tell me when the time comes. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kma221:
@ NoSpamDan bro the last version of july 23 is much better rom stability has increased but browser is still crashing like crazy plus when i flashed the rom it recognised my carrier but after a while an exclamation "!" mark appread on the signal triangle however phone kept working fine. For browser bro see bryan's ASOP rom his browser is very stable no crashing. Other small issues are when u long press home button instead of going into running apps it goes into settings of screen windows to get into running apps or background running apps u ve to tap twice the home button quickly, plus once u r in the running apps screen there is no button on top of the screen to kill or stop all running apps .... so far i could notice only these issues will report back later .....but main thing for now is the browser issue as i cant be on the net due to constant crashing....... thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aadi90:
mobile data is unstable for me, it reconnects after every 2mins.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NoSpamDan:
Working on data most recently. It's been a mess for the 8660 devices lately. :(