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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tim.ishimuni:
Hi Bryan,

Brilliant work. Your Skyrocket 14.1 20170828 was the first I'd tried of LineageOS, and I'm digging it.

My only problems are that the i727 is becoming a bit long in the tooth to run the latest and largest apps, and that stability (likely as a result of the former) is sometimes a bit less than...

Having said that, I'm not going back to 4.1.2 - it's a phone and a personal terminal, and security is paramount.

I can't really find anything of importance missing (aside from some trouble with NFC) . What would remain to get it mainlined into the official LineageOS distribution and builds?

Cheers,

Tim
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sylvestor2013:
Thanks Bryan. I tried that and for some reason I was not successful. Is it possible flash a stock rom and that would re-partition my phone to a stock partition automatically ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bryan2894:
You might be able to if you flash to stock via ODIN, but I'm not sure. What errors are you getting in ODIN?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] techsuper:
clarification please

greetings.

Sorry, i'm a newb and am having problems understanding what to do in this post.

I've installed CM13 on a Galaxy S2 Skyrocket 1727, but can't get any gapps to install.

The CM13 project ended, so I'm trying to get CM14 installed.

I copied the zip to an external micro sd, inserted in the phone and used TWRP 'Install' to get 13 working.

This works in CM13 but CM14 complains about the virtual partition message.

I've read Post #2, over and over and just don't understand.

I've searched, googled, read many posts, searched again, read and read again. Nowhere can I find something that

makes sense.

Both 1 and 6 reference "official" or "newest" TWRP installed.

Isn't TWRP 3.0 the newest version and OK for both steps?

4's instructions says to check Internal Storage - This option isn't available.

Both Skyrocket links land on a file that's a .zip

Odin only works with a .tar

What is being used to flash TWRP referenced in 1 and 6?

many thanks if someone can help clarify.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sylvestor2013:
Here's what I wrote in an earlier post a few weeks ago.

"I tried using Odin to flash the pit file you linked to in your earlier post. Odin didn't seem to do anything. I did not get any message to indicate the process was complete. I gave it a few minutes before I unplugged the phone and removed the battery. The phone would only boot into some error screen. I had to use Odin to flash TWRP 2.8.6hercules.tar. The good thing is that once I loaded twrp, I'm able to boot into my my phone and see all my apps and the phone is just as good as before I tried flashing the pit file.

Any idea why I can't flash the pit file. Is it possible that my pit is permanently not modifiable ?

edit: Since I'm having problems with the pit file, can I flash a stock rom and this will also revert to the stock/original pit settings ? This link suggested it, but I don't know if it's true ?"

So I didn't get any errors. It was Odin that didn't seem to show any progress when flashing the pit file. Therefore, that's why I'm wondering if there is an easier way to partition the T989D back to factory partitions by flashing a stock rom ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bryan2894:
Flashing a stock rom via recovery won't revert your storage layout to stock. I believe the only way is via ODIN. Either via pit file or flashing a stock ROM via ODIN. If possible can you post screenshots of ODIN when your flashing?

You can find the stock firmware on AFH here:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=search&s=T989DTLUMC4

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=search&s=T989UVMC6
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ugzz:
no go for me, i don't have a sim right now and setup wizard crashed when i click "skip" on the sim screen. So i can't get out of the damn wizard. Tried enabling wifi, then airplaine mode, tried screwing around with options, closing setup wizard within apps. nada. it just relaunches , i pick english, then i go to skip and it crashes out and i'm in infinite loop. after a couple i get "setup wizard keeps stopping". yep.. sure does :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Seguraf13:
Hello, I am clean flashing this as I normally do and the setup processes was going well until after account setup, clicking yes to google permissions page the setup wizard would crash. I have a sim card that is working in it. As for logs, I dont have time to set that up today but I can do so tommorow. In the intrim what I have done to bypass the setup wizard crash was to flash the rom and boot it, get past the linage setup then go back to recovery and flash gapps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] techsuper:
MTP

Same issue here in CM13, must be a bug.

back and forth between all 3 options, then by chance File transfer starts working and files show in Windows
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ivjoacran:
help i make all step for repartition, i had a stock umc1 rom 4.1.2, and flash twrp file from this port with odin, and make de secon post, "From another non-virtual partitioned ROM" step by step, when try flash the rom, say .....

" Updater process ended with ERROR:7

Error installing zip file ´/sdcard/lineage-14.1-20170921-UNOFFICIAL-celox.zip "
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 20nooBRoll16:
Thank you bryan2894! Just flashed this ROM and it works fine so far. Thank you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] inktitan:
I've compiled a short list of apps that cause mild to aggravating system problems.

My primary test was simply opening the application and observing performance. Secondary test was to leave the app open and observe other functions, such as: gallery, phone calling, texting, scrolling contacts, and other basic tasks. Tertiary test was to disable or remove the application and perform the same functions. All tasks performed before and after a reboot, over several months. The biggest offenders, in no particular order:

Google Chrome

Google Search

Nova Launcher

IMDb

Facebook

Tumblr

Swiftkey keyboard

There might be some apps I stopped using a while back and have forgotten about them. Since I've disabled and removed these my phone works amazingly. I've switched most of those apps to shortcuts generated by the default browser. I would like feedback from people who've also encountered this and how they solved it. And if anyone else is experiencing heavy slowdowns and crashes maybe they can test these same apps.

This is my primary phone and I'm on it constantly so I tend to notice every little thing and I've only really found fault with apps not so much Celox itself.

One undefined anomaly I do have is occasionally not being able to send or receive calls and texts via 3G (H+) despite it showing full bars. Switching my preferred network to 2G (Edge) serves as a decent workaround.

Loving the work put into Lineage Celox loving Lineage.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Peryon:
still echo

Hi everyone,

I had to roll down few builds ago because I experienced terrible echo issue in calls, Viber and Skype. It became so annoying and couldn't use mentioned apps in proper way. It's strange no one, except one user, didn't report similar issue. I'd like to use newest build but I'm forced no to. If issue will be resolved soon nobody will be happy more than me.

Tnx.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sylvestor2013:
Can you post the steps you took to get your device partitioned properly ?

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If you are having problems with Chrome, are you sure you flashed the correct ROM for your device. What is the model # of your device ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CurlierSkate99:
Good bye finally to this thread....my s2 has been laid to rest now...it time has come and it has died for good now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] inktitan:
SGH-T989 unless there is a different number you're looking for.

Chrome would take forever or fail to load many of the sites I'd visit and often caused the phone to freeze, requiring a battery pull to resolve. The default browser is fast and almost flawless. It fails to upload photos, however. I haven't put much effort into solving or understanding why but for the most part it performs much better than Chrome. So I reduced the redundancy.

If you have tips to get Chrome working properly I'd love to read them. I miss some of the features Chrome provided.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Gouda8201:
A few issues

#1 issue on my Hercules: Random but frequent poweroffs/shutdowns. But am still head over heels in the fact this 2011 is running 2017 software. Thanks a million.

Chrome issue above (sluggish, crashing),

so I installed CM Browser and at times experience the same on this fresh browser. Firefox works a tad better (in terms of my stability), but is still slow. I'm running the lineage-14.1-20170828-UNOFFICIAL-celox build, but am flashing to lineage-14.1-20170921-UNOFFICIAL-celox and will report if the issues followed the new release. Thanks

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Flashed the 9/21 nightly build, Chrome continues crashing the phone. It could be something as simple as launching Chrome, waiting 2 minutes, and then while Chrome is still loading/settling (it's slow), it just bombs out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gregrwm:
been using opera recently for zoom-reflow. works great on t989/20170725
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sylvestor2013:
I wish someone would post a youtube video on how to install this ROM from scratch (including how to set the partitions back to stock.) Then for sure, I'd attempt it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 20nooBRoll16:
Hi sylvestor2013. I'm already running Lineage14 so there was no need for me to re-partition. What ROM version are you running? Stock? CM12? CM13? The steps are outlined in this thread but where to start is important.

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Thanks Peryon. My friends did mention that they hear echoes (sometimes) during our phone conversations. I hope there's a tweak we can do to fix this instead of rolling back to an older build. Anyone??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Peryon:
Well, I wrote in several occasions about this issue. And somehow I'm glad I'm not the only one:silly:

Maybe people are just too polite to complain about it:rolleyes:

So, I'd like to encourage others to ask people if they hear themselves in calls. BTW I went all the way down to 3101 build because I recall it wasn't there then. Interesting to say I didn't see mixer paths in system/etc in this build. Strange. Maybe it's placed somewhere else. I stumbled on forums that it needs to be edited in proper way to fix the issue. But that is beyond my skills.

Tnx guys.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sylvestor2013:
I have the following on my T989D:

Android Version

4.1.2

Baseband Version:

T989UVMC6

Kernel Version

3.0.32_NorthernTouch1.4

TeamInfamouse #1

SMP PREEMPRT Tue Jul 23 21:16:56 PDT 2013

Storage:

Device Memory

Total Spce

7.88GB

Applications:

0.97GB

Available:

6.38GB

USB Storage

Total Space:

5.25GB

Applications:

22.19MB

Pictures, videos:

24.06MB

Audio

288KB

Downloads:

1.01GB

Miscellaneous files

44.5MB

Available

4.15GB

Is my partition okay to use or do I have to repartition ?

thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 20nooBRoll16:
I believe Android 4.1.2 would be a non-virtual partitioned ROM. Follow the instructions for non-virtual partitioned ROM at the beginning of this thread. Back up your files just in case things go south. Good luck!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bryan2894:
LineageOS - 10-11-17

New update is up. This update contains the October Android security patches. Echo during calls should also be fixed. Noise suppression seems to be handled differently for hercules and skyrocket, so the kernel has been modified to support both models for unified builds. Full changelog is below.

Changelog:

* October Android security patches

* Make LMK more aggressive

* Support for burn-in protection (Can be enabled in Settings)

* Fix noise suppression (echo)

* Enable dualmic for calls
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Peryon:
God bless Bryan. You are the best. I'm going to update right now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ivjoacran:
bryan2894, hi , dear friend, can you make something with battery drain or consumption, thanks i put this rom lineageos sep 2017/09/21 in my at&t skyrocket i727, if i install the actualization fix this battery drain? im from venezuela sorry for my bad english :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ocd_amp:
Update :

Edit : Bryan, any reason Root Call Blocker 2.5.3 is not working? It installs fine, gains root, detects sim, and all its old settings were left alone however it seems to not be blocking any calls. The option I am using is "Kill" - I'll look further into it and let you know but if there is some changes. Other than that its running snappy.

After skipping the release prior to this October release, I am pleased to announce that it is working.

- Phone is functional as well as Google phone app. Speaker phone is functional.

I will outline the proper steps I took before Flashing.

1) Reboot to TWRP and create a Full Backup

2) Flashed ROM

3) Flashed SuperSU 2.79 (self signed to avoid Google play updates) SuperSU has to be flashed again in cases where you had it installed as a System App.

4) Reboot phone. Reboot takes a while so be patient.

5) After reboot, your IMEI / Mac address info may be missing and phone functions may not work. Simply Reboot once again.

Upon 2nd reboot, everything should work normally.

Will report back after 100 hours or so of usage without rebooting.

Thank you Bryan for all that you are doing for this community.

Skyrocket I727R
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jetlego:
I have been trying to enable encryption on this ROM, however when I press the encrypt button, the android with gears appears as if data is being encrypted, then the phone soft reboots after about .5 seconds. I have tried wiping data, system, cache, and dalvik and subsequently reflashing the latest update, but encryption still fails in the same way. Is there any workaround, or another way to attain full disk encryption without using the system dialogue? I am on the SII Skyrocket.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Easy_as_Pi_3.14:
see what i did there

Hey guys!

I am not switching back to my Skyrocket, but I am letting my sister use it. Better than collecting dust.

[MENTION=8292802]Gouda8201[/MENTION] [MENTION=6370691]inktitan[/MENTION] [MENTION=5008111]sylvestor2013[/MENTION]

Don't even bother with those apps. They are made by developers that exercise terrible programming habits and trying to make them work is a waste of your time.

The #1 way to kill a Celox is to install Chrome.

Chrome has a tendency to open tabs in multiple processes like it does on the desktop. While it works great on most desktops, preventing crashes and improving security, Android simply wasn't designed for multiprocess apps, as it was designed for Java. Because the Celox has very little RAM and Android doesn't really understand how to properly manage Chrome's processes, it just is a nightmare of OutOfMemory errors.

Don't get me wrong, if you have a phone with good specs, Chrome is one of the best browsers for Android, but without enough RAM, Chrome is, by far, the worst. But the Celox just doesn't have good specs for 2017, and without essentially turning it into an entirely different device, it never will. For the longest time, we were struggling with the Chrome dilemma and how CyanogenMod's new browser at the time, Gello, had the same problems as Chrome (because it was a similar app), but was also running an outdated Chromium build.

One of the long-awaited features for desktop Firefox was the multiprocess feature, since it was the last browser to implement it. However, because of how awfuly multiprocess apps handled on phones, they actually reverted to single process on Android (Firefox4Android's previous design was two processes, one for the interface and one for the browser).

Opera or the built-in browser is a good replacement. Firefox is also decent as long as the only add-on you install is uBlock Origin (I'm serious here) and you can deal with scroll lag, although it can be somewhat bloated.

The Facebook app collection is worse than Chrome. If you have any decent Android developer knowledge, this is a good read..

For Facebook, the mobile site is adequate as always, although if you would rather a native app, Facebook Lite is decent, although it is not in most Play Stores. Check the alternative app stores. I know for a fact that Aptoide has it.

For Messenger, no contest, Messenger Lite is amazing. Far better than Facebook Lite. Again, check the alternate app stores.

Google Search…yeah, you are best doing searches in the browser. The other stuff is pretty laggy.

As for the launcher, Trebuchet is just fine (this will be overwritten if you flash anything above Nano), although it does scale icons weirdly when you are running with the proper a custom screen scaling (seriously, if you haven't already, Settings -> Display -> Display size and set it to the second dot and take advantage of those 4.5 inches).

Dunno what to say about the rest of them, though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tim.ishimuni:
Bootloops!

Just last night, I enabled wifi from airplane mode (skyrocket, lineage-14.1-20171011-UNOFFICIAL-celox).

It rebooted and just keeps rebooting.

I booted into TWRP 3.1.0, and reloaded lineage-14.1-20170921-UNOFFICIAL-celox from usb-OTG, wiped cache, Dalvik/Art. It rebuilt, booted, and... rebooted again. Tried booting into TWRP again and wiping caches again, to no avail. It's still rebooting.

The one recent update that sticks in my mind was something from Google: "Device Health Services". Folks might want to be wary of this app update, transitions in and out of wifi mode, airplane mode, battery saving etc.

The next thing I'll try after I've backed up data is to wipe everything and reinstall lineage-14.1-20171011 from scratch.

Regards
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tim.ishimuni:
Re: Bootloops

Clarification: The device shows the Galaxy logo, the pretty Lineage animation, comes up through to the lock screen with my configured wallpaper, and then on a count of three, reboots to the lineage animation again. Rinse. Repeat. I need to remove the battery to power down.

Question to attendant gurus and especially to our bryan2894: Before I wipe the device clean and reinstall, is there any useful diagnostic info I could obtain via TWRP / adb, or logging that I could enable using TWRP/adb that could tell us something about what's going wrong during bootup?

Regards
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Peryon:
App Force Doze worked perfectly in previous updates but after October update I noticed that screen won't wake up in calls. It stays black so I can't see or who calls nor answer the call. I digged through system options to try track down what could prevent screen to wake up so finally when I stopped force doze screen started to behave normally. I put phone app on white list in previous attempts but that didn't help either.

Any advice? I'd like to use app again because it improves battery life significantly.

Tnx.

Correction: issue is back. So it's not Force Doze although system Doze do the job as well. I had to assign to phone level 6 under settings/notifications. Ill try to add phone to white list under battery optimization.

Well, that didn't help either. Interesting, phone wakes up to notify about missed call but won't wake up in progress.

Addition: Today, I received two calls. Both times call app stuck so I couldn't finish it. I had to restart the phone twice. Anyone encountering similar issue?

Tomorrow I'll try wipe dalvik&cache and report back.

Report back: Wiped. Battery optimization - everything related to phone/call white listed. Performance: Fast. Now screen wake up after third ring. It seems that phone sleeps too deep ;) Not perfect but can live with that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] foss_enthusiast:
I have installed the October build. I am getting billed for data even though I have mobile data turned off. I've verified that its not a network issue. It happened with two different carriers and doesn't happen on any other phone. Strangely the data usage meter remains at 0B. How do I fix this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Peryon:
That's really strange. How's that even possible? Obviously data doesn't turn off or you provider looking for how to make extra money:laugh: Do you have any app with in app billing option?You can install GlassWire to track down what, how and when connects to internet. Good luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] foss_enthusiast:
I did a factory reset, disabled mobile data, enabled wifi, root access, usb debugging and installation from unknown sources, and installed F-Droid, SatStat, AFWall+ and GlassWire. Firewall is set to block all traffic.

If SatStat is running the network billing notification appears every 5 minutes or so. Usage is around 4KB each time.

This happens with two different networks and so its not the network cheating me.

However, GlassWire and the data usage section under settings show zero usage.

If I ask SatStat to reload AGPS data using wifi/mobile data the firewall manages to block it and the app also reports this.

I am not getting billed while running SatStat on a different phone.

I am not getting billed if SatStat isn't running on my T989.

So SatStat is accessing mobile data in some way and this build of Lineage OS isn't detecting it. The question is what is SatStat doing and how is Lineage OS allowing data access when its not supposed to?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] inktitan:
Is anyone having compass accuracy issues? On Google Maps and various astronomy apps the compass is off by 45 to 90 degrees.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] foss_enthusiast:
I am having the same issue with the stock Camera app too. So I figured it might be something to do with the location service. I am getting billed for mobile data only if its enabled and set to high accuracy/device only mode. I think this is something happening at the OS level. Is it something to do with A-GPS? How do I disable this?

My compass is also off by 45 degrees but I haven't tried calibrating it yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sylvestor2013:
I think at 1 point, I had changed my partition. So even though I'm running 4.1.2, I think my partition is not stock ? Can you tell based on storage information I posted in my previous post ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 20nooBRoll16:
I'm by no means an expert, but as far as I can tell even though you're not running stock, it is still based on Android 4.x.x which partitions our storage a certain way too small for the new ROM. I remember after updating my phone I gained around 6 GB for apps which is another reason to update. Maybe others members can give you more info. I still think you should update as if you have a non-virtual partitioned ROM. Hope that helps.

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Again, thank you bryan2894! Just updated to my phone today. Booted just fine. We'll see how it goes in a day or two. Thank you to all those that contribute to this project!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bigmike6200:
anyone having problems with the home screen wallpaper revert back to stock?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] foss_enthusiast:
My issue is this: mobile data is disabled, location via GPS is enabled, using any app which uses location services leads me to getting billed for mobile data(3-4kb) every 4-5 minutes. No data usage is being shown by the OS/Glasswire. Afwall is unable to block it. This is happening on a fresh Lineage OS installation and also a fresh stock ROM installation. I am guessing Lineage OS is using a binary firmware/library from the stock ROM and the issue is getting transported to it too. Is there any way to fix this?