Straight Talk SGS2- SGH-S959G

godsey123

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OK I installed mobile Odin and tried to flash either the cmw or the twrp file from the OP but when I select open file then select either of the files it says "partition could not be found in file". Any idea what how to fix that?

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razen_kain

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OK I installed mobile Odin and tried to flash either the cmw or the twrp file from the OP but when I select open file then select either of the files it says "partition could not be found in file". Any idea what how to fix that?

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Never used mobile Odin with this phone so I couldn't tell you. If I had to guess, there's something missing in the file to tell Odin which partition to flash to. It should be mmcblk0p6.

Try this. Since you're rooted, download flashify then download this
https://mega.nz/#!soQUiRoT!iYNcFpK-d16zHYfgxQMfdxqSL-4ajERYzaAPZvgDUho
It's twrp 2.7.1.0 recovery image. Use flashify to flash the image to recovery. It should recognize your recovery partition but it will ask to be sure. Be sure it's mmcblk0p6. I never used flashify on this phone, only with my m8 but it works great. I'd be interested to see if it works on the s2. Not sure about it working on gingerbread though... You really should try to get the official jb firmware up and running on there. Gingerbread is ancient.
 

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Never used mobile Odin with this phone so I couldn't tell you. If I had to guess, there's something missing in the file to tell Odin which partition to flash to. It should be mmcblk0p6.

Try this. Since you're rooted, download flashify then download this
https://mega.nz/#!soQUiRoT!iYNcFpK-d16zHYfgxQMfdxqSL-4ajERYzaAPZvgDUho
It's twrp 2.7.1.0 recovery image. Use flashify to flash the image to recovery. It should recognize your recovery partition but it will ask to be sure. Be sure it's mmcblk0p6. I never used flashify on this phone, only with my m8 but it works great. I'd be interested to see if it works on the s2. Not sure about it working on gingerbread though... You really should try to get the official jb firmware up and running on there. Gingerbread is ancient.
its so ancient that flashify isnt compatible. so, i wasnt able to use that but i used adb in terminal emulator to flash the file and that did the trick. thanks. sim card wasnt working because my mom thought i had my own line because i have been using text plus app for texting so she didnt renew my contract last week. So, got everything ready to go to use this phone and another friend of my gave me an s 4. So, if nothing else i should be a little more prepared for setting up that phone. Thanks again
 

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Mrcook I need help please. I recently got an SGH M919 S4 T-MOBILE running 4.4.4. When I tried to root I tripped the root restricted kernel I was unaware of. Not won't boot. I can't find a live thread and haven't found a fix.
Can you please help me find a fix?
 

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Mrcook I need help please. I recently got an SGH M919 S4 T-MOBILE running 4.4.4. When I tried to root I tripped the root restricted kernel I was unaware of. Not won't boot. I can't find a live thread and haven't found a fix.
Can you please help me find a fix?
Have you tried volume down + power, then letting go once the blue letters "booting in recovery mode" show up? If you can get into recovery you're fine. Perhaps try asking here in the forum for your device, hopefully you can find more specific help.
 
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I have this device but i want to repartition to 1gb of system partition i have this as the name of the zip thingy lanchon-repit-20160317-system=1-data=6+wipe-sdcard=max-preload=min+wipe-i777.zip
 

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@mrcook the Odin original stock rom download isn't working your link takes you to the download site but I don't think that download site has the file anymore I only have the heimdall version and couldn't get heimdall to work for some reason. Luckily for the way I did this you don't even have to go back to stock

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increase space for bigger roms and gapps


pretty easy for this phone actually

1. back up everything on internal storage to external or computer it will be erased.
2. back up rom, data, effs and everything in twrp 2.7.1.0 back up to external sd
3. make sure you have odin installed on computer can get in the op (opening post of this thread)
4. you will also need this -I777UCMD8- I777UCMD8_modem.zip. in the op too under modems.
put that on your external sd
5. also have SGH-s959G_TWRP-v2.7.1.0.tar availabe on computer
6. have my new pit file (attached to this post) on computer unzip it had to zip for xda

the rest of these instructions are going to be good but not greatly detailed on purpose if you don't understand them don't try this.
put phone into download mode attach to computer open odin select pit and then choose my new pit file hit start, after it finishes restart phone in download mode conect to odin and select PDA choose SGH-s959G_TWRP-v2.7.1.0.tar phone should restart in recovery. Wipe data system caches internal sd you may get errors here it ok. restore your backup of your rom and data and everything flash I777UCMD8- I777UCMD8_modem.zip restart phone.
I don't remember anything more then these been a couple years since I played with this phone sorry

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@david72262 might be able to help you
How you been, long time no chat. I've forgotten more the I ever knew about this phone lol
 

fennectech

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Been good man. How's that 1+1 treating you these days?
I am learning the device having fun with it and thanks for that .pit man you may want to add however that users may need to format the partitions manualy using TWRP's change partition details button as twrp just moans about being unable to mount the partitions even when you select to format them with wipe (i guess it doesnt know what filesystem to use for each (ext4 for everything but internal storage and fat for internal storage )
 
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help. After flashing a new rom and gapps I tried to install a google camera zip in twrp 2.7.1.0. It failed to install due to lack of space. From there I wiped Davik & cache then rebooted. The android updated apps upon reboot (112/112) and from there my SD card is not being recognized. Unable download due to SD not being found. No camera and after getting different camera app from the play store, it says SD card must be inserted. Since then I've tried full wipe with twrp and reinstalled the rom and gapps. Still the same issue. Any help would be HUGE.
 

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help. After flashing a new rom and gapps I tried to install a google camera zip in twrp 2.7.1.0. It failed to install due to lack of space. From there I wiped Davik & cache then rebooted. The android updated apps upon reboot (112/112) and from there my SD card is not being recognized. Unable download due to SD not being found. No camera and after getting different camera app from the play store, it says SD card must be inserted. Since then I've tried full wipe with twrp and reinstalled the rom and gapps. Still the same issue. Any help would be HUGE.
What ROM and Gapps? What kernel? Have you tried a different SD card and why in the world would you need to flash Google camera in recovery?
 

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razen_kain

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The Rom and Gapps was from here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2774405 (rogerb11's Kitkat 4.4.4. CM11 w/ SaberMod and the gapps linked to it.) Google camera is in the link as well
Something probably got corrupted on your SD card. Happened to me once and I put it in an SD reader and popped it into the computer and let windows scan and fix it. If that don't work you could try formatting it but I'd see if it reads a different (known to be good) SD card first.
 

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Just to be perfectly clear. I''ve run the rom for weeks now with nothing wrong. I'm 99% sure my problem stems from the update that was performed on the apps after reboot following the dalvik & cache wipe performed in twrp.

ETA: Its my phone's internal storage. When I hook up to my computer it just shows no folders at all.
 
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Just to be perfectly clear. I''ve run the rom for weeks now with nothing wrong. I'm 99% sure my problem stems from the update that was performed on the apps after reboot following the dalvik & cache wipe performed in twrp.

ETA: Its my phone's internal storage. When I hook up to my computer it just shows no folders at all.
Does twrp see your internal/external SD?
 
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AnotherFreakinNoob

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Does twrp see your internal/external SD?
Yes but it was the only the thing that did. Downloaded a SD file manager and it showed nothing. No DCMI/data/cache. It showed nothing just like when I hooked to my PC. Turns out however you were dead on all along. Seems I had a corrupt 1GB external SD card that I'd forgotten was in there and after the android updated it was somehow blocking my internal storage. When I pulled the thing out everything instantly showed up, the camera started working, all data was there.

Again thanks a million man. Wish I'd asked before I factory wiped lol.
 

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Yes but it was the only the thing that did. Downloaded a SD file manager and it showed nothing. No DCMI/data/cache. It showed nothing just like when I hooked to my PC. Turns out however you were dead on all along. Seems I had a corrupt 1GB external SD card that I'd forgotten was in there and after the android updated it was somehow blocking my internal storage. When I pulled the thing out everything instantly showed up, the camera started working, all data was there.

Again thanks a million man. Wish I'd asked before I factory wiped lol.
Glad you got it fixed. Amazes me that this phone is still kicking
 
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