Rooted i777 vs Stock i9100 ...much difference? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

I know there are all kinds of things people who are capable of doing things with a custom ROM now, but at the end of the day for maximum flexibility can a Rooted i777 ever equal a Stock or even a Rooted i9100 ?
Being that the i9100 is the original and the i777 is the variant is the reason I ask. BTW - I am aware of the subtle hardware differences ..radio,nfc etc.

Aston06 said:
I know there are all kinds of things people who are capable of doing things with a custom ROM now, but at the end of the day for maximum flexibility can a Rooted i777 ever equal a Stock or even a Rooted i9100 ?
Being that the i9100 is the original and the i777 is the variant is the reason I ask. BTW - I am aware of the subtle hardware differences ..radio,nfc etc.
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Maybe do some research and figure out for yourself?
After all, we can run I9100 ROMs with very few modifications.

Not sure of the point of this, this is like saying is a rooted inspire as good as a stock or rooted desire hd. They are essentially the same phone with minor differences.

I have been searching around, but the main reason I ask boils down to whether with the custom roms you are able to completely free yourself from all of the garbage AT&T has done to the phone. As opposed to a i9100 that was never intended for just one carrier.

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[Q] Litening port?

before the US variants were released, i was reading in the international model forums so i could have my first ROM picked out. a lot of posts claimed Litening was one of the best. are there any plans to port that to ATT?
brent8577 said:
before the US variants were released, i was reading in the international model forums so i could have my first ROM picked out. a lot of posts claimed Litening was one of the best. are there any plans to port that to ATT?
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It all depends on your definition of litening. Some people like the added features that are built in, some don't. You can look every ROM and see people suggesting to add this or take that out. Pretty much every rom has all the bloat removed and they leave what they think is necessary. With the hardware that comes in the GSII, it will handle of lot of things without slowing it down.
yeah i was just putting it out there, raising my hand for Lite'ning and any other big ROMs from the international ver. any that maintain codec and hardware support are preferred.
Since Litening gets releases as a pre-made system image, it's a bit harder.
For whatever reason, images like these are less likely to boot than CWM-flashable ROMs. I tried to install Litening and bad things happened. (phone wouldn't boot at all past the basic splash screen).

Anyone want to put together a ROM Guide?

Wondering if anyone's willing to do this? Now that there are a dozen or so ROMs, would be kinda cool to have a thread where there's 1 or 2 pics of what differentiates the specific ROM, and 3-4 bullet points each with features\benefits. It's gotten a bit cumbersome to have to go in and view (or not be able to in some ROM threads w\o pics) the details\differentiating factors, and would be super cool to see someone who really does use em all to put together a simple basic thread with a thumbnail and brief description, kinda like the radio\kernel threads did.
re: rom guide
bella92108 said:
Wondering if anyone's willing to do this? Now that there are a dozen or so ROMs, would be kinda cool to have a thread where there's 1 or 2 pics of what differentiates the specific ROM, and 3-4 bullet points each with features\benefits. It's gotten a bit cumbersome to have to go in and view (or not be able to in some ROM threads w\o pics) the details\differentiating factors, and would be super cool to see someone who really does use em all to put together a simple basic thread with a thumbnail and brief description, kinda like the radio\kernel threads did.
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It's a good idea..
I only wish there were a dozen different roms to choose from.
Currently there are actually only 5 custom roms for our i777 phones.
(UnNamed, Perception, Serendipity, Cognition and CM7)
You must be thinking of the roms for the i9100 SGS2 international
phones and not the AT&T i777 SGS2 phones.
Remember there are two seperate forums for SGS2, one for the AT&T
i777 phones and the other for the i9100 international phones.
There are a lot more custom roms available for the i9100 phones
than for the AT&T i777 SGS2 phones at this current time.
Perhaps I should have purchased the i9100 phone like you did.
Misterjunky said:
It's a good idea..
I only wish there were a dozen different roms to choose from.
Currently there are actually only 5 custom roms for our i777 phones.
(UnNamed, Perception, Serendipity, Cognition and CM7)
You must be thinking of the roms for the i9100 SGS2 international
phones and not the AT&T i777 SGS2 phones.
Remember there are two seperate forums for SGS2, one for the AT&T
i777 phones and the other for the i9100 international phones.
There are a lot more custom roms available for the i9100 phones
than for the AT&T i777 SGS2 phones at this current time.
Perhaps I should have purchased the i9100 phone like you did.
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Well a simple and easy to read guide to 5 is better than no guide to nothing, hehe.
I ended up taking the leap and getting one of the i9100's (in nice looking white) while I was in Thailand this week. I was so excited to have a phone without carrier modification! After setting it up and using it for a day, I just can't get over the damn physical key in the middle of the phone. I feel so weird using the button, and after having the HTC Inspire, then Samsung Infuse, and then SGSII ATT version, I just can't go back to a sloppy physical key, so I eBay'd and sold the new white one and went back to my old ATT Galaxy S II in favor of the four keys. I figured you'd get a kick out of this.
Now I just need to figure out what ROM I can put on to allow manual network selection but still give me the amazing battery I'm getting on stock rom w\ codeworx kernel.
bella92108 said:
Well a simple and easy to read guide to 5 is better than no guide to nothing, hehe.
I ended up taking the leap and getting one of the i9100's (in nice looking white) while I was in Thailand this week. I was so excited to have a phone without carrier modification! After setting it up and using it for a day, I just can't get over the damn physical key in the middle of the phone. I feel so weird using the button, and after having the HTC Inspire, then Samsung Infuse, and then SGSII ATT version, I just can't go back to a sloppy physical key, so I eBay'd and sold the new white one and went back to my old ATT Galaxy S II in favor of the four keys. I figured you'd get a kick out of this.
Now I just need to figure out what ROM I can put on to allow manual network selection but still give me the amazing battery I'm getting on stock rom w\ codeworx kernel.
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Thanks to GlitchSYS - ROM guide already DONE! Check it out!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318139
lonewolf69 said:
Thanks to GlitchSYS - ROM guide already DONE! Check it out!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318139
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Wow top notch, love it! Thank you!

[Q] Future prospects of development?

Hey,
So I currently have a Motorola Atrix that I love but am selling today. I want to switch to the i777 because of better future development. The locked bootloader that the Atrix had at launch didn't help matters, although we now have CM7, MIUI, and some CM7-based ROMs. However, how far behind is the i777 from i9100 development? In other words, if the i9100 got stable CM9, for example, how long would it take us to port that?
Also, how long do you think strong development (like I see there is now) will last? For example, Captivate development is still going strong (considering they have multiple builds of ICS). Will it be anything like that?
I'm only wondering because there is a somewhat hefty price jump between a used Atrix and a used i777 which I am willing and able to make, but only if development will be strong for at least another year. How likely do you think that will be?
Just as a note, I'm not asking you guys if I should buy the i777. I'm just asking what you think development will be like a year from now, and how close we are to the i9100 development. I already read about the hardware differences between the i777 and i9100 (NFC, FM radio, home button, etc.)
Thanks a lot,
vinay427
Dev community is at about same level that the captivate was when it came out.
As for i9100 port of cm9 or any other 4.0 roms it's a matter of kernel sources being available. I've messed with kernels recently, but entropy would be the brains for that job.
Anyhow, going from your current phone to this phone will be a night and day difference.
Running ICScrewD ROM
jivy26 said:
Dev community is at about same level that the captivate was when it came out.
As for i9100 port of cm9 or any other 4.0 roms it's a matter of kernel sources being available. I've messed with kernels recently, but entropy would be the brains for that job.
Anyhow, going from your current phone to this phone will be a night and day difference.
Running ICScrewD ROM
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Once kernel sources come out for ICS, we should be able to get most functions ported in a week or two. The main issue is the audio libraries - we might need some workarounds for call audio.
The other question is whether Samsung breaks the modem interface - if ICS requires new modems we might have a problem. However at least on the Infuse, modem interfaces didn't change at all from Froyo to Gingerbread.
This means that we won't be able to do much with ICS leaks for the I9100 though - we won't be able to do much until official kernel sources come out with the official release.
Yes, ICS poses some challenges for the devs here. We will get ICS through a i9100 port months, if not quarters, before we see leaks or anything official from att.
As far as gingerbread, any i9100 ROM should run on the i777. There is a "Hellraiser" package that will replace the appropriate files to make the ROM work fine.
As you said the captivate is still going strong, the i777 is the next captivate. It will be the best flagship Android phone on att until a Galaxy S III version comes over. (Unless we get a note by some miracle. Also the Galaxy Nexus could be around the corner.) If they follow the same cycle, thats fall 2012 for the att version. We can only hope att meddles with that version as little as they did the i777. I would bet there is another half upgrade between here and then (like the infuse), but, I doubt it will pull significant amounts of devs from this phone.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
Ok, thanks a lot guys! There's about a $120 jump from the i777 to the i9100, and I simply can't justify that. I considered the Skyrocket (as does everyone..) and removed it from my list due to a certain lack of development, which is why I was switching in the first place. Same with the Vivid and Nitro HD. There seems to be the most hope for the i777 out of the current AT&T line. Look for me on the i777 forums soon (hopefully)!

Universal Kernels work with S3 workaround?

Very quick question. As we all know it's possible to get custom kernels on the S3, but it overwrites the custom recovery. That i'm completely fine with, so it begs the following question:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741385
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709686
Can kernals like the two above, that are made for the S3 in general, not carrier specific, be used using this workaround (or even Kexec)? Right away most people would assume not, but i don't see any reason as to why they wouldn't. So, if anybody has any knowledge as to whether or not this would work, I'd love to hear your input!
Thanks again!
P.S. This would be (obviously) used for Samsung based ROMS, not AOSP.
May be obvious, but this is for the Verizon (Bootloader Locked) S3.

[Q] Can I use AT&T specific ROMS on my T-Mo Note (T879)?

Hey all. I searched for an answer to this question, but haven't really found a solid answer. And i'd like to know before doing something that might mess up my new delicious Galaxy Note.
So I just got a T-Mobile Note yesterday (T879) and I rooted it. But when I looked in the T-Mobile dev section, it was pretty sparse. Then I saw that the AT&T and International ones had so much more content.
So, are the ROMS made for the other Notes compatible with the T-Mobile Note? By compatible, I mean, 1) they won't brick my phone, 2) my radios and HSPA+ will still work, 3) generally stable.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You can use +any+ roms in this development section. Some of the roms will make your phone run super slow, but I don't know which ones.
You can use the Canadian roms, but they make the phone real laggy too.
You can use the N7005 rom. Its the internatiinal version of our model.
You can't flash any roms or apk's from the international note N7000 -- that will hard brick your phone.

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