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Don't Update Your Phone to Stock UCLB3 Not Worth It! (Info Inside)

I've been working around with this Firmware for awhile. As much as I love Stock I just don't love the Stock At&t offers. Here's things I notice to be a problem: STOCK: UCLB3 (Not to be used as a Daily Driver) F*** You Samsung for this!
1. Facebook App - Scrolling comes Unresponsive, Laggy Scroll, Sometimes don't scroll at all.
2. Temple Run Game - Lags, Touchscreen unresponsive trying to do jumps and turns.
3. Instagram - Slight scrolling lag will occur.
4. Netflix - Scrolling can become Unresponsive, Scroll lag
5. Gallery - The most laggiest piece of **** Gallery I've ever seen on this phone. Quickpic solves this, but WTF!
I can make a whole list of daily apps, But just the newer apps that we may want we can't use for these reasons. Came to conclusion Firmware and Touchscreen Firmware is completely Boinked. I still lose Wireless connection leaving me to believe ULCB3 modem is boinked as well. UCKL2 modem gave full Wireless Bars and never dropped. I don't think Samsung will ever fix this...... I'm not here to complain, I'm here to give others an insight of what to expect using Stock UCLB3. And Stock UCLB3 is useless without Root!
For those who hate custom roms, Try finding a rom as close to stock to meet your needs that's all tweaked out and allows root, At&t and Samsung will never Deliver the goodies devs do here. Those worrying about Warranty issues rooting their phones. I returned my phone back to stock before sending my broken phone back, The flash count read 1 count but goes away with GTG Ultimate Unbrick. We don't have to worry about jigs and etc and erasing flash counts like the SGS 2. As long as you flash it back to stock, Superuser and all rooting will be gone.
As Close to Stock UCLB3 Roms I Recommend:
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SGH-I997 UCLB3 Rooted, Deodexed, Busybox, Zipaligned - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508619
Vagabond ROM Stock UCLB3 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506223

so since your having troubles its not worth it for others to upgrade ? who's to say its not just your phone that messing up

Touchscreen bug is there for everyone not just myself, I hear others on both At&t forums and Facebook complaining of touchscreen unresponsiveness, and Scroll lag. I wouldn't be shocked if they pull the update......It wasn't officially announced! Don't get me wrong The overall Scrolling on UCLB3 is fine, Scrolling isn't playing nice with these apps. There's absolutely nothing wrong with my phone. And a youtube video below that I made goes to show you just how the scrolling should be on this phone......But that rom is pretty dead. Trying Emancipation Rom

I had been on the leaked lb3 since it came out because i was just tired of flashing roms and just stuck with it. I flashed the deodexed version of lb3 a couple of nights ago and it is a hell of a lot better than the leak. Its snappier and more responsive. Its not just your phone. This firmware sucks. It's incomplete.
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Same problems here ... also the screen lock issue where it shows what you were doing for a split second before the pattern lock comes on ...
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Axiomkid said:
I wouldn't be shocked if they pull the update......It wasn't officially announced!
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It's announced here:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00045587&fm_seq=46249

I'm sorry but I will never buy a Samsung again, this is awful. Do they even test it before release? I know the infuse is not a flagship phone but come on! We can't even get a solid version of GB which was released over a year ago! Wtf have you been doing all this time Samsung!?! Same goes as well for the SG1 .. or is it because you release a new verision of the same phone everyday!? Just give us vanilla GB .. I BET YOU THAT WORKS JUST FINE! ... how do you screw up a lockscreen? LMAO
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i upgraded and can't root :| it stuck at #7

I can also confirm wifi is dead .. Pandora, iheart, slacker, YouTube will play for a while then randomly get a no Conn error .. this has also been tried on 2-3 networks ... I also today did a hard reset .. no problems fixed
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My wife has unrooted UCLB3 on her Infuse (which replaced her SOD-plagued Captivate), and she hasn't had any complaints about it (aside from the phone being "too big")
Granted, she doesn't even have a data plan, and only uses wifi for Internet, so maybe that might play into it. ?

Seen update, the day after i loaded Z-TR. Like any custom rom you can run into lil issues however ZEUS seems to me to run FAR better than the crap AT&T has put togather not 1 time but 3 times in a row!!!
MY Thanks go out to DMAN and the collective for their hard work!

i thought hdmi out didnt work with uclb3 either.

im so tired of going back and forth, i just want my phone to run smoothly. I had zeus, but i kept getting the SOD now I just upgraded to this and now my screen is unresponsive I can't wait for an upgrade

nicoled985 said:
im so tired of going back and forth, i just want my phone to run smoothly. I had zeus, but i kept getting the SOD now I just upgraded to this and now my screen is unresponsive I can't wait for an upgrade
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Maybe you just need to reinstall..you can use this method...if you want to stay stock...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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chinefoo said:
Seen update, the day after i loaded Z-TR. Like any custom rom you can run into lil issues however ZEUS seems to me to run FAR better than the crap AT&T has put togather not 1 time but 3 times in a row!!!
MY Thanks go out to DMAN and the collective for their hard work!
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If and when the infuse gets ics the phone will break the soound barrier
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Maybe you just need to reinstall..you can use this method...if you want to stay stock...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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I finally gave up and flashed miui and I love it, thanks tho
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Did the update and its working decent so far but is it still that we can't root it?
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if stock os worked well, xda developers wouldnt exist lol

Jerky Slow Scrolling Stock Browser

Hopefully someone can help. MY phone is driving me nuts.
I think I am currently using ROM Cwm-GB-2.3.6-Octane-V3.0 XPLOD NO CIQ (phone shows GINGERBREAD.VUVKJ6). If those are different then my ROMs are not flashing.
About 6 weeks ago (running Octane 2.3.6) everything was running just fine then I flashed the power menu and my stock browser became jerky/laggy/jumpy. I have tried loading ROM after ROM but I am getting nowhere whatsoever. I tried flashing some Kernels but the same result every time is the jumpy browser.
I think I have applied the power menu fix but I still have the same problem.
Current Kernel is 2.6.35.7-T959VUKJ6-CL694130
I really only use about 2-3 website and had got used to the browser so using a 3rd party browser is not what I want. Besides I’d like to get this fixed and hopefully understand a bit more of what’s going on.
Thanks

I would try using the scrolling tweak by dsexton.
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Octane it's an obsolete ROM, upgrade to A newer ROM
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Thanks for the suggestions. The scroll tweak may come in handy later. I did however get it fixed by downloading T959VUVKJ6-REV00-home-low-CL694130.tar
and then following the NOOB guide for ODIN here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759
I'm happy just to be back to stock and start over.
Thanks again

The scroll tweak will make scrolling in everything else really smooth as well.
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Anyone know if unnamed rom has that tweak precompiled?
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I have this same problem on Anton's BAREBONES rom. It's frustrating because I love everything else works fine with the rom. The scroll tweak didn't fix the issue it's probably something else. I didn't have this problem with the stock rom.

aarrrchie said:
I have this same problem on Anton's BAREBONES rom. It's frustrating because I love everything else works fine with the rom. The scroll tweak didn't fix the issue it's probably something else. I didn't have this problem with the stock rom.
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I'll look later today. Seems like common solution for jerky scrolling it to patch framework.res and disable scrolling cache, which is overloading garbage collection.
Edit: Looked at it, unfortunately it's may improve only scrolling in lists (it patches AbsListView.) The browser scrolling cannot be improved this way.
Edit2: Fixed in Barebone 1.0.8

I installed the same rom, and I to have a jerky stock web browser, but what's more wired to me is that my phone looks stock Samsung and almost nothing has changed ! Is that how it is for you?
What new rom do you guys suggest?
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abodd said:
I installed the same rom, and I to have a jerky stock web browser, but what's more wired to me is that my phone looks stock Samsung and almost nothing has changed ! Is that how it is for you?
What new rom do you guys suggest?
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"This ROM is very stock-like" taken directly from the op of that ROM.
So, yes, its like that for everyone that flashes. Do everyone a favor and read at least the complete op of anything your going to flash.
As for recommendations, its all about personal taste. My personal favorite to date is unnamed, but I'm currently on vb because I wanted a change and never gave vb an extended run.
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AntonX said:
Edit2: Fixed in Barebone 1.0.8
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95Z28 said:
"This ROM is very stock-like" taken directly from the op of that ROM.
So, yes, its like that for everyone that flashes. Do everyone a favor and read at least the complete op of anything your going to flash.
As for recommendations, its all about personal taste. My personal favorite to date is unnamed, but I'm currently on vb because I wanted a change and never gave vb an extended run.
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In my defense that was the first time I flashed a rom. And I will check out unnamed! Thanks
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Am I the only one that finds ICS slower than GB?

I don't mean slower in overall phone speed, but things like typing on the keyboard and bringing up the task manager seem to take forever.
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Nah I've noticed it too. I went back to GB via Nexusmod earlier and forgot how much overall faster it was. ICS isn't that smooth. Probably why they are rushing 4.1 and "project butter"
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Mine is Noticably Slower...
I agree. I updated my Skyrocket to 4.0.4 this morning. I find several issues with this software. I believe I'm going to look into CM9 now...

monancoody said:
I agree. I updated my Skyrocket to 4.0.4 this morning. I find several issues with this software. I believe I'm going to look into CM9 now...
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Cm9 is still ICS and still buggy.
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GB is smoother for sure , but for sure less features ..
So it's your choice ..

By "smoother", I think they meant they added more transition effects. Like, when you're watching a video and you rotate orientation, it'll show an animation of it switching orientation as opposed to it just switching. I like it, but then I don't.
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sly-tendencies said:
I don't mean slower in overall phone speed, but things like typing on the keyboard and bringing up the task manager seem to take forever.
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stock ics, maybe if you just upgraded from gb, when i odin'd rogers ics it seemed smooth to me, no keyboard lag
im on seans skyics, its really smooth, better than stock.

vincom said:
stock ics, maybe if you just upgraded from gb, when i odin'd rogers ics it seemed smooth to me, no keyboard lag
im on seans skyics, its really smooth, better than stock.
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Agreed. Flash Sky ICS and leave stock in the rear view. The only good thing about the official release is source code.
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YouTube is much slower. I don't if its TouchPal or YouTube app itself but it's kinda frustrating to add the comments now.
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skyrocket727 said:
YouTube is much slower. I don't if its TouchPal or YouTube app itself but it's kinda frustrating to add the comments now.
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Eh, I don't bother with the YT app. I just put a bookmark to the mobile site on my home screen.
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The other useful feature that I miss is date in the notification bar. When you pull down notification bar down it use to show date now it's showing huge useless at&t branding. Kinda stupid.. We've got at&t permanent title in front of us below camera and on the lock screen which btw disappears after 2 seconds. Why do we need 3 att logos? Constantly to remind us that we're on att network?
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skyrocket727 said:
The other useful feature that I miss is date in the notification bar. When you pull down notification bar down it use to show date now it's showing huge useless at&t branding. Kinda stupid.. We've got at&t permanent title in front of us below camera and on the lock screen which btw disappears after 2 seconds. Why do we need 3 att logos? Constantly to remind us that we're on att network?
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You agree to it. You sing a contract.
BTW i don't know what all of you talking about with slow ICS. I get upgrate and i think ICS is at last twice faster then GB... Or this is just me..

Well it's not slow.
Anyone noticed Yellow Pages in your contacts list? And for some reasons when try to open my contacts some att address book subscription update message pops out?
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Wow I can't believe your still on GB
Chimaira Android 4.0.4 (Beta2)

I don't believe that it's Android, rather the poor development on AT&T and Samsung. From what I understand, CM9 is relatively stable and now with the official out, hopefully a stable version will release soon.
I hear CM9 is quite snappy. While this update isn't terrible, but noticeably more sluggish than GB...
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Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket ICS Issues

Hello everyone. I have a few questions of which I'm trying to get resolved. Today I upgraded my phone to Ice Cream Sandwich and I've noticed a few issues. First, the icons on my phone such as the messaging icon, phone icon and camera icon look exactly the same as they did before I upgraded it. I've noticed from photos online that with ICS they look different. Like the phone icon is blue, and the messaging icon looks different. Is there something wrong or is it that the icons were not changed on the Galaxy S II Skyrocket? Also, when I go to the applications screen where all my applications are, it still makes you scroll to the right or left to see the different pages of apps. I thought that they changed it to where you scrolled up and down instead of left to right. My phone has also been changing my home screen wallpaper on its own. (before the update and after still) If anyone can answer my questions, I'd be deeply appreciated! Thanks again! Nicci

Note: I haven't tried official stock ics or the stock leaks. I am on Sky ICS with official rogers ics base
It doesn't sound like any real problems are occurring. Icons can be changed through replacement launchers such as Apex or Nova. I am not sure about the messaging app color. As for app drawer scrolling, this should be able to be changed in settings if u prefer vertical scrolling over horizontal. These aren't actual issues but rather preferences and things that can be changed by simply taking a stroll through settings
I have no idea about the wallpaper changing on its own
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Thank you so much! Would you happen to know where I would find the app drawer setting in my settings? I am unable to find it. :what:
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Mini Nicci xxx said:
Thank you so much! Would you happen to know where I would find the app drawer setting in my settings? I am unable to find it. :what:
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I checked the touchwiz launcher (which I had only used for 5 min after flashing sky ics) and it appears u are correct in that there isn't an option to change the layout here.
Download Apex or Nova launcher (for a more pure ics feel) and u will be able to change the app drawer to your liking. It is smoother than Touchwiz and looks much nicer as well. I prefer Apex but both are good. Give them a try and also download home switcher from the play store. This way when you select a launcher as default you won't have to clear defaults to simply load another installed launcher. The one problem is the set default within the app doesn't work to my knowledge so if u want to change your default launcher you will have to clear defaults anyway.
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Your information is beyond helpful! None of this was known to me beforehand. After doing research, what I'm noticing is it seems to be that most ICS features are only on the Nexus. Such as the ability to access the camera from the lock screen, and numerous other features. A lot of the features from the ICS website simply are not on this phone. Odd.
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Mini Nicci xxx said:
Your information is beyond helpful! None of this was known to me beforehand. After doing research, what I'm noticing is it seems to be that most ICS features are only on the Nexus. Such as the ability to access the camera from the lock screen, and numerous other features. A lot of the features from the ICS website simply are not on this phone. Odd.
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I didn't review the ics website but camera can be accessed through lock screen through the use of an app. You can use widget locker $$ (haven't used) but have read good things) or go locker (free). I used go locker previously because I would use go launcher while on gb. Go locker requires you to have go launcher downloaded in order to use btw. Another one you could try is magic locker (also haven't used).
What are these other missing features you are referring to?
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I see. I'll have to go on the website again and read it over. Thing is, why are we having to download apps for these functions to work? If it is ICS, shouldn't the features be universal on every phone, and not just one? (Such as the Nexus S)
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Mini Nicci xxx said:
I see. I'll have to go on the website again and read it over. Thing is, why are we having to download apps for these functions to work? If it is ICS, shouldn't the features be universal on every phone, and not just one? (Such as the Nexus S)
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This is different then ics on the nexus because that is pure Google while the Skyrocket gets Samsung's touchwiz UI over the top.
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Now I'm having an odd issue to where my text messages won't let me scroll up to view older text messages. It only goes like two up then stops.
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Mini Nicci xxx said:
Now I'm having an odd issue to where my text messages won't let me scroll up to view older text messages. It only goes like two up then stops.
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Have u tried force closing the messaging app?
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Yeah. And even restarting my device. It's even been so laggy that when I type words they simply don't even pop up on the screen. Especially when on a call.
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Mini Nicci xxx said:
Yeah. And even restarting my device. It's even been so laggy that when I type words they simply don't even pop up on the screen. Especially when on a call.
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If you are having trouble with the keyboard then go into app and clear data in android keyboard. It can be found under all apps. If this doesn't help ur messaging problem (I don't think it will) then u may want to clear data in the messaging app (as long as you are fine with loosing your mms)
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Keyboard lag

Are you guys experiencing keyboard lag on stock ics? Swift key is unusable and stock android lags quite a bit. I'm new to skyrocket and the only two roms I gave tried are aokp and cm9 and there wasn't any key lag, but I was dealing with too many wakelocks on those so came back to stock.
Making sure its not my phone.
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joho5 said:
Are you guys experiencing keyboard lag on stock ics? Swift key is unusable and stock android lags quite a bit. I'm new to skyrocket and the only two roms I gave tried are aokp and cm9 and there wasn't any key lag, but I was dealing with too many wakelocks on those so came back to stock.
Making sure its not my phone.
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I don't think that you're alone. Are you also getting occasional freezing or unresponsive screen etc?
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shaggyskunk said:
I don't think that you're alone. Are you also getting occasional freezing or unresponsive screen etc?
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Yes...see I didn't have this phone with gingerbread so I don't know what to compare it to...I hate keyboard lag though.
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I get lag running aokp quite a bit.