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Coming Back to the Tbolt

Okay so I was on a few different LTE devices for a while (Charge and Revo) , and I am about to be back on a Thunderbolt in a few days.
When I was originally on the Tbolt, it was April, we barely had a Gingerbread Leak and I believe MR2 had been leaking around.
My question to you guys is, what's the best root method currently (ADB, or Revolutionary?) and also....
What radio should I be on when I get the device to be able to enjoy most of the roms out there. I'm hoping to be able to enjoy some Gingerbread.
Sorry for the newbness as I have been a crack flasher with Odin and other Samsung stuff that I completely lost track of Tbolt development.

Samsuck said:
Okay so I was on a few different LTE devices for a while (Charge and Revo) , and I am about to be back on a Thunderbolt in a few days.
When I was originally on the Tbolt, it was April, we barely had a Gingerbread Leak and I believe MR2 had been leaking around.
My question to you guys is, what's the best root method currently (ADB, or Revolutionary?) and also....
What radio should I be on when I get the device to be able to enjoy most of the roms out there. I'm hoping to be able to enjoy some Gingerbread.
Sorry for the newbness as I have been a crack flasher with Odin and other Samsung stuff that I completely lost track of Tbolt development.
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It's all in my thread linked in my sig. If you have any questions, post them there or PM me and I'll be happy to get you up to speed.

haha, what a coincidence, i just got done reading your entire thread.
So basically its the same as before.. all GB based roms are working on ANY MR2 radio.
Gotcha
What radio do you recommend? at the time when I left the Tbolt, MR2 was causing reboots on people.
Also, is the recovery that revolutionary comes with a decent one in terms of being able to perform backups, etc?

Samsuck said:
haha, what a coincidence, i just got done reading your entire thread.
So basically its the same as before.. all GB based roms are working on ANY MR2 radio.
Gotcha
What radio do you recommend? at the time when I left the Tbolt, MR2 was causing reboots on people.
Also, is the recovery that revolutionary comes with a decent one in terms of being able to perform backups, etc?
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best radio is subjective.
some people for some reason still believe radios from 6 months ago are better than current ones.

Samsuck said:
haha, what a coincidence, i just got done reading your entire thread.
So basically its the same as before.. all GB based roms are working on ANY MR2 radio.
Gotcha
What radio do you recommend? at the time when I left the Tbolt, MR2 was causing reboots on people.
Also, is the recovery that revolutionary comes with a decent one in terms of being able to perform backups, etc?
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The most recent CWM is good, but the early 5.x releases had some issues. Not sure what the newest one is. I'm still on 3.something... cuz it just works.
There's a lot of opinion in radios. Right now I'm using the RUU 1.70 CDMA radio with the RUU 2.11.605.3 LTE radio. Generally there's not a big difference. I'd say the 2.10 and newer radios, including the 1.70 radios, are probably the most popular at the moment.

I seem to get better download speeds with the 802 radio than the 906. Not sure about the lte one yet though. Is there a combined release of the 906 for cdma and lte
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Samsuck said:
Okay so I was on a few different LTE devices for a while (Charge and Revo) , and I am about to be back on a Thunderbolt in a few days.
When I was originally on the Tbolt, it was April, we barely had a Gingerbread Leak and I believe MR2 had been leaking around.
My question to you guys is, what's the best root method currently (ADB, or Revolutionary?) and also....
What radio should I be on when I get the device to be able to enjoy most of the roms out there. I'm hoping to be able to enjoy some Gingerbread.
Sorry for the newbness as I have been a crack flasher with Odin and other Samsung stuff that I completely lost track of Tbolt development.
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The radio could be anyone of the GB radios. Best bet is to take a few for a drive and see what works best for you. I use the 802 with good results. I used Revolutionary and everything was soooooo easy. The recovery in revolutionary is very easy too. The only big question is what ROM to use. I would suggest to try the one that lasts a long time (name omitted because of a spat between this forum and their Devs). I hope you can read beween the lines. And there's a host of AOSP ROM's too. Good luck and let us know what you choose.

rcmarks314 said:
The radio could be anyone of the GB radios. Best bet is to take a few for a drive and see what works best for you. I use the 802 with good results. I used Revolutionary and everything was soooooo easy. The recovery in revolutionary is very easy too. The only big question is what ROM to use. I would suggest to try the one that lasts a long time (name omitted because of a spat between this forum and their Devs). I hope you can read beween the lines. And there's a host of AOSP ROM's too. Good luck and let us know what you choose.
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Don't worry, I know who you are referring too, i was running their rom when I originally left the Tbolt. I hear they are some bad a mofo's..
I can find their stuff on Rootzwiki
Thanks everyone for all the help. I have one more question, with the OTA that is about to come out. Is that going to be rootable? I'm afraid the phone VZW ships me will already have the update

What ROM and Kernal should I flash?

What ROM and Kernal do you think i should flash?
I want a fast, stable rom... I think stock is pretty fast but i haven't installed any custom roms yet so i dont know how fast it can be...
But i also want a decent battery life... right now i get about 15 hours on stock but i do use my phone pretty heavily.
and please dont just tell me to flash them and find out which ones i like... i dont have time, and i need a stable phone.
*I heard TPC v3 with Da_G's kernal was good but a while ago i heard it had SOD problems? is that still a problem or can it be fixed?
**I'm also thinking undervolting would be good. can someone give me instructions on how to do that, and what frequencies to use to improve battey without a noticable speed difference

Flash them all. Pick the one YOU like the most. All have pros and cons.
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i flashed sky-ics and when i pull down on the notification bar nothing happens..

Personally I am on stockmod 2 with silver's kernel. But everybody had their own opinion. That'd why I said try them all. Use each fir a couple days then go with the one you like. Don't forget nandroid before you flash anything, just in case.
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if you dont have the time to flash multiple ROMs to see which one you like then you shouldnt be trying to mod your phone at all. flashing a different ROM successfully and restoring your previous settings with titanium backup is about the shortest amount of time you can spend modding. its the more than likely troubleshooting that comes with using non official software that takes up the bulk of the time. and no ROM is perfect and we dont know the balance of stability and speed your looking for, so we could all say a different ROM-kernal combo and you would be in the same situation of having to try a few out.
if you must know at this moment i am using skyics 7.4 with fauxs kernal but yesterday i was using alien rom with da_g s kernal which i flashed on saturday and before that i was switching off between quikwiz and buoyancy with a stockish kernal. i plan on using NexusMod 4 when it comes out for a little bit.
it all depends on my wants/needs from a ROM at that particular point in time.

Go with TPC, is faster than stock and just as stable. TPC was the ONLY Tom without sod issues, on any kernel, but I recommend faux's sky-kernel 009m and the fauxclock app to undervolt, waaaay better battery

I tried 4-5 ROM`s in last few weekis since I got Skyrocket. I am now on Sky-Ics 7.4fast ROM and it is the best one I used so far.

I've been on SKY-ICS for a couple of weeks also and have been fine it. But I agree you just need to install some ROMs and decide which you like best. I also liked the Coke ROM.

But these are all gingerbread, where is ice cream sandwich???
My wife has a Galaxy Captivate which has much better dev support and she's running ice cream sandwich. Ice cream sandwich is way better than gingerbread!!!

You should flash them all and find out which one you like best.
I didn't have time to read either...see how that works.
A. Making demands of other peoples time is not nice. Politely asking for something if you have put the time in reading and researching on your own but still cannot find an answer is a lot better.
B. Not reading is going to end you up BRICKED!
C. ROMS and Kernels act different for different people. I have issues with the current UCLA3 kernels, but others do not. This is not unusual with kerenls and ROMS on this phone.
D. Currently, I am using Alien 6 and the Kernel that Romracer included (non-UCLA3 update) and I like it alot. I havn't had a chance to test it 100% but so far so good. The kernel, however cannot be under / over clocked or volted.
So good luck, I have a feeling you are going to need it.

loonieryan said:
But these are all gingerbread, where is ice cream sandwich???
My wife has a Galaxy Captivate which has much better dev support and she's running ice cream sandwich. Ice cream sandwich is way better than gingerbread!!!
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We don't have ICS yet.
Sent from SKYROCKET
NexusMod 4.0
Romracer 0.3

xcrazydx said:
We don't have ICS yet.
Sent from SKYROCKET
NexusMod 4.0
Romracer 0.3
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Sad... very sad... I wonder what's taking the devs so long? Galaxy S has so many ICS custom ROMs.

loonieryan said:
Sad... very sad... I wonder what's taking the devs so long? Galaxy S has so many ICS custom ROMs.
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Lol your kidding right? Please tell me thats a joke. No way could that be a serious statement.
Lol

Whats TPC? cant find that rom

tpc v3, by twopumpchump

silver03wrx said:
Lol your kidding right? Please tell me thats a joke. No way could that be a serious statement.
Lol
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Skyrocket has had no leaks. To work with

loonieryan said:
Sad... very sad... I wonder what's taking the devs so long? Galaxy S has so many ICS custom ROMs.
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it appears you have no knowledge on this topic. We have no source for the devs to develop with.
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i dont know why skyrocket doesn't , galaxy sII certainly does

Why can't people read whats been said for months.... FOR GOD SAKES OUR PHONE HAS THE MSM8660 NOT THE EXYNOS. OUR LTE RADIO IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
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droid512 said:
Why can't people read whats been said for months.... FOR GOD SAKES OUR PHONE HAS THE MSM8660 NOT THE EXYNOS. OUR LTE RADIO IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
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You need to relax, take a chill pill, breathe in, breathe out. Feel better now?
Most people don't know that because we don't spend every waking moment of our lives on XDA reading every thread through and through. This kind of info should be on a sticky or on a wiki in blatantly obvious fashion so anyone coming to this subforum can easily find the answer to why there is no ICS for the Skyrocket.

[Q] Any good ICS solution for Rogers users as of April 2nd?

I've read through the threads on all the forums, and nothing definitive yet. Also things are changing so fast over the last few days, I figured this needed asking.
I'm hearing people say that some of the zip cooked ROMs can be installed on the 727R but only if you have the leak installed first with ODIN.
When I go through the leaked ROM thread, it says it doesn't work on Roger's Skyrockets.
So is there any way to take a stock, or non-stock GB ROM and get either the leaked ROM or a cooked ROM onto a 727R?
Thanks

This works on Rogers. I flashed this from stock rooted Rogers GB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1567817
Some minor bugs but there are solutions for them all so far.
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but to be honest my battery has been draining alot with this leak. also seems alot unstable atm. i know go ahead bash me but ive tried every rom to see if it would settle or be stable. but none so far and im just wondering if this leak is a problem for canadians or for "rogers" especially.

i didn't see anything about rogers incompatibility in this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566820

wali01x said:
but to be honest my battery has been draining alot with this leak. also seems alot unstable atm. i know go ahead bash me but ive tried every rom to see if it would settle or be stable. but none so far and im just wondering if this leak is a problem for canadians or for "rogers" especially.
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+1 today it's been unstable for me a lot and the battery leak is still happening

I think there may be slight differences between the Skyrocket & Rogers version, that only Samsung know about.
One only has to look at the Samsung Focus 1.3 & 1.4 revisions. Both are identical except for a minor difference, but it caused major headaches for MS when pushing updates. It wouldn't surprise me if Samsung does the same on the Android side.
So with this leak your running an unfinished ROM, & one that may not be intended for your revision of hardware

i think that could very well be true. because of this battery drain 2-3% every less than half hour is like does this rom really feel it should be like this. also reboot issues, rom hanging in here & there, its not about the "work-around" but actual work seems very unstable. their devs are even soo stupid that when i ripped dialer.apk they spelled dailer in 1 of the imgs rather then dialer..it made me laugh soo hard..

projectvirtue said:
i didn't see anything about rogers incompatibility in this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566820
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I've tried this version, Mostly worked ok but my caller ID stopped working?
I'm a newb so I can't post over there to find out if anyone else saw the same issue... maybe I did something wrong but everything else seemed to be great?

Thank you everyone for responding. Gonna wait a few days and see how this plays out for Rogers uses. Hope other Rogers users post results here.

If you are on Rogers, flash the thing from the second post then flash any of the other ICS ROMs.

GB-->ICS works
I used ICSMOD5 from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566820
What I did:SGH-i727R
My ROM was running Malice from T989, with Streamline Kernel.
1)Backup!
2)Factory Reset
3)Advanced - Wipe Dalvik
4)Manual reset: - Mounts and storage, Format system,data & cache
5)Flash UCLA4 ICS radio
6)Flash the ICSMOD5_wipe version
7)Boot
8)Wait...wait even more...don't panic...
9)Enjoy
Everything including data and gps, and time issues were okay.
On the apex launcher, the messenger icon is bonked, just remove the shortcut and put the messaging shortcut again.
Wifi Tether: Starts up via toggle mod, can set password and stuff, computer connects to it but no data goes thru.
Will report back on battery use and possible issues.
So far so good.

how did you all get LTE to work?
i cannot for the life of me!!

johentie said:
how did you all get LTE to work?
i cannot for the life of me!!
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Flash this modem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24140728&postcount=5
Then type *#2263# into the Phone and Select "[4] LTE Band Preference" then "[7] LTE ALL". Once you get an LTE signal, then type *#2263# again and this time Choose "[1] Automatic" and it should work.
I've had to do this a few times, but I have gotten stable LTE on all the ICS builds so far.

i keep getting unknown id on my calls instead of it showing the number

shaeelasim said:
i keep getting unknown id on my calls instead of it showing the number
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I'm getting the same thing? No fix yet but have a look here

jwfraser said:
Flash this modem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24140728&postcount=5
Then type *#2263# into the Phone and Select "[4] LTE Band Preference" then "[7] LTE ALL". Once you get an LTE signal, then type *#2263# again and this time Choose "[1] Automatic" and it should work.
I've had to do this a few times, but I have gotten stable LTE on all the ICS builds so far.
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Thanks... i tried that but i couldn't get an LTE signal.. the best i got was 1 bar of just signal..
i usually get 45mbps download speeds in my area... I'll try it again elsewhere..

confirm ICS-SUPERLITE 5.1 on Rogers Galaxy S2 I727
I like to endorse the custom ROM ICS-SUPERLITE 5.1 on Rogers Galaxy S2 I727. it is a SUPER ROM, improves the battery life, smooth, uncluttered and simple to install. mhx did a fabulous job.
ICS-SUPERLITE 5.1 is fantastic!

redleef said:
I like to endorse the custom ROM ICS-SUPERLITE 5.1 on Rogers Galaxy S2 I727. it is a SUPER ROM, improves the battery life, smooth, uncluttered and simple to install. mhx did a fabulous job.
ICS-SUPERLITE 5.1 is fantastic!
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+ 1, actually this has become my daily driver. There are some quirks as in callerid coming in from a telus cell but other than that everything else is solid. Also got lte to kind of work but it's just been started to get setup in my area lol.
~PsyCl0ne
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I've been running Smooth Ice for almost 2 weeks with no issues. The first ROM I used to upgrade from GB was the one just called 'Working Rogers ICS ROM', or something like that. I used Superlite and then went to Smooth Ice and have no complaints.

well not to put my team's rom up. but if you use our rom after we're gonna update today you are not gonna wanna leave it =).. you think you had enough with other roms. haha you have seen nothing yet.

[Q] ROGERS ICS Kernel

Are there any ICS Kernels for Rogers devices?
Im looking for one that hopefully has:
Boot Animations
OC/UV
BLN
Will older kernels made for GB still work in the ICS leak?

Since the ICS leak was an AT&T build, I do not believe there are any kernels for Rogers specifically. As for the GB kernels working, I'm not sure; nor would I risk the chance of bricking by flashing one.
I'm sure someone will be around soon enough who knows more than I.

OFWGKTADGAF said:
Are there any ICS Kernels for Rogers devices?
Im looking for one that hopefully has:
Boot Animations
OC/UV
BLN
Will older kernels made for GB still work in the ICS leak?
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No kernel for Rogers and no kernel that has OC/UV and BLN yet also.
GB kernel will make you bootloop so don't bother with them. ICS kernel for ICS ROM...
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kr3w1337 said:
No kernel for Rogers and no kernel that has OC/UV and BLN yet also.
GB kernel will make you bootloop so don't bother with them. ICS kernel for ICS ROM...
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I think i may have already flashed an unsecure kernel... i dont remember if i did or not.
Can anyone upload the stock kernel for me?

outside of a couple of insecure kernels, nothing else out there. i don't believe the source code for the kernels has dropped either. Once that happens I am sure there will be some out there with what you are looking for.

called Rogers today to inquire about the ics update that the sales person told me was coming soon 2 months ago and they told me they don't know when and if it's going to happen once samsung gives them the update they will put it out and that each rogers store is franchised, independently owned and operated so basically washed their hands of it and that I would need to deal with the store manager directly for any compensation or apology looks like canadians are going to wait a long time before we get official ICS next time def gonna go with a nexus and **** this bull****

Rogers updates, not
My 15 year experience as a Rogers customer has shown that it has never updated the kernel or firmware on the phones that I've purchased while every other non-canadian providers did (very frustrating).
Rogers only updates its bloatware. What you buy is what you live with unless you mod. If you want new firmware, Rogers wants you to buy a new phone.
As far as I know, the only exception to this "policy" is if you have an iPhone but then that's a different kettle of fish because you are dealing with Apple not Rogers. But I can't really confirm this as I've never been an Apple user. I don't care for Apple's Orwellian business model.
Ciao!

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My 15 year experience as a Rogers customer has shown that it has never updated the kernel or firmware on the phones that I've purchased while every other non-canadian providers did (very frustrating).
Rogers only updates its bloatware. What you buy is what you live with unless you mod. If you want new firmware, Rogers wants you to buy a new phone.
As far as I know, the only exception to this "policy" is if you have an iPhone but then that's a different kettle of fish because you are dealing with Apple not Rogers. But I can't really confirm this as I've never been an Apple user. I don't care for Apple's Orwellian business model.
Ciao!
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I agree with you Phil. I have had 3 Android handsets, and if I didn't root and flash, I would still be on ver 2.3.3.
It is a blessing that there are (collectively) these amazing individuals that can make sense of the software, to give us the plethora of features we get to enjoy.
Maybe it is just me, but I tried and tried my hand at modding... Let's just say, I would rather be envious of the Dev's than screw up my laptop again.
Thanks to all the Dev's that put in the time it takes to make these amazing mods.

Galaxy S II Getting ICS Today...Are We Next?

http://androidcommunity.com/galaxy-s-ii-on-att-getting-upgrade-to-android-4-0-ics-20120621/
Could we FINALLY be right around the corner?

Yes we are around the corner
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Go get some of Seanz ROM based on the official Rogers ICS. It is fast and when coupled with the Mohan kernel even the touch key lights work. Sean may not even mess (I just read his post) with the ATT official because of too much bloat.
This thing is superfast, it downloaded and installed all of my previously installed apps without any user intervention. Facial recog works etc.
This ROM is perfect for me as it is (assuming btooth and wifi is ok which I couldn't test at work)
Assuming these last two things work I won't even download the offical ATT...

So close...yet so far. We are better off custom roms which is in a way more advanced than stocks.
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I have to agree rogers would be better for a build. ATT roms are always 150mg larger because of the BS they do with it. Rogers will always be a little better. And they are really the exact same besides the bloat and modem.

Sky ICS based on the Rogers build works great! I personally prefer the CM9 builds, Rogers modem, and Instigator X kernel. There are plenty of options for Skyrocket users without having to worry about an official AT&T build - which is surely to be bloated to death anyway.

Running SKY ICS 4.3f here, thing is smooooth. Was with 4.3E up until today. With a ROM this good, who would want to go stock?

Please let us know how the battery life is with SKY ICS

If you are worried about bloat, why not just freeze it? Its something that YOU would have to do yourself but still. And its fairly easy.

Looks like S2 users have to wait a bit..
http://phandroid.com/2012/06/21/ice...t-galaxy-s2-might-roll-out-again-on-saturday/

I thought ATT was out already?

giffyy said:
I thought ATT was out already?
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Nope.
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SGH-I727 using XDA premium, running cm9.
Questions? look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php

I'M GONNA PRETEND TO BE A MODERATOR AND LOCK DOWN THIS THREAD.
YOU ARE NOW BARRED FROM POSTING INANE CRAP. HEED ME.
Seriously guys, stop this ****. We get it when we get it, and it's obviously very soon.

We'll most likely get it within the next 7 years. Hopefully.
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giffyy said:
I thought ATT was out already?
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Maybe they are putting i777 on hold so they can release i777 and i727 at the same time to reduce the whining.

Here is an actual quote from AT&T PR as to what is going on withthe SGS II AT&T ICS update.
We plan for the upgrade to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) for Galaxy S II customers to be live very soon. Like with every OS update, we test it on our servers before we roll it out to customers. We’re in the process of doing that with Android 4.0 (ICS) for Galaxy S II customers and hope to make that live soon. We recommend customers wait to attempt the update.
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