How to upgrade the Galaxy S2 T989 to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean

The T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-T989 officially runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Despite the release of the newest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, no official announcement has been made about whether this phone will receive the latest updates, leading users to search for other means for enjoying the latest updates on their mobile phones.

Custom ROMs have been spreading throughout the Android community to bring the latest treats to a wide variety of Android phones and tablets. XDA Developers member Whitehawkx has also helped in spreading chewy Jelly Bean by introducing a guide on how to install the AOKP ROM based on Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean on your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-T989. Flashing this ROM will let you have a taste Jelly Bean and some customizations included in AOKP ROMs.

In this guide, you will learn how to upgrade the Galaxy S2 T989 to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean via AOKP ROM.

Warning

The instructions in this guide are intended for use with the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2, model number SGH-T989. Applying these instructions on another device or model may produce undesired outcomes.
The information in this guide is provided for instructional and educational purposes only. There is no guarantee that these instructions will work under your specific and unique circumstances.
Use these instructions at your own risk. We shall not hold any responsibility or liability for whatever happens to you or your device arising from your use of the info in this guide.
Read and understand the whole guide first before actually performing the instructions.

Requirements

T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-T989 with ClockworkMod Recovery installed
- Check out this guide on how to install ClockworkMod Touch Recovery on your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-T989.
Download the following files:
- Android 4.1 Jelly Bean based AOKP ROM (aokp_hercules_jb-build-1.zip, md5sum: 800b205664aaac70ac47a778d17f6a3e)
- SGH-T989_DARKSIDE.SUPER.WIPE_EXT4.zip (1.1 MB)
- SGH-T989_DARKSIDE.CACHE.WIPE.zip (1.2 MB)
- GApps (Google Apps) Package (gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip, md5sum: f62cfe4a827202899919fd932d5246d7)
Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data.
- For backup tips, check our guides on how to sync your data to the cloud and how to create local backups of your mobile data.

Instructions

Copy the AOKP ROM, GApps, Darkside Super Wipe, and Darkside Cache Wipe ZIP files to the phone's internal SD card.
Switch off your phone.
Reboot your phone into ClockworkMod Recovery mode. You can do that by pressing the Volume Up, Volume Down, and Power buttons until recovery boots.
Create a NANDroid backup of your current ROM. Go to Backup and Restore and select Backup on the next screen.
Select Wipe data/factory reset and confirm the action on the next screen.
Go back to the main menu and select Install ZIP from SD card.
Select Choose ZIP from SD card and locate the SGH-T989_DARKSIDE.SUPER.WIPE_EXT4.zip file. Confirm the action on the next screen.
Go back to the main menu. Repeat steps 6 and 7 and flash the other ZIP files in the following order:
- Android 4.1 Jelly Bean based AOKP ROM
- GApps package
- SGH-T989_DARKSIDE.CACHE.WIPE.zip
Go back to the main menu and select Reboot system now to restart your phone.
Once fully booted into Android, let your phone settle for about 10 minutes.
Reboot your phone and enjoy the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean based AOKP ROM.

Congratulations! You have successfully flashed the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean-based AOKP ROM on your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-T989.

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Comments

Big Bad Bowl

Surely, as long as there are improvements, it doesn’t matter what number it’s assigned?
- MasterMuffin
  
  4.3 would mean that the update is smaller (not like from GB to ICS). 5.0 would mean BIG ÜBER COOL update :)
  - thvf
    
    I agree. I really hope it’s klp or else ill be very dissapointed
Danny Solon

Whatever is the release’ number I just wish that they add some great features to improve the usability of android and specially android tablets because they’re until now not supported enough and the big screen size isn’t well used for example find me a difference between android on nexus 4 and nexus 7 nothing but the bigger screen of the 7 (and the pre-installed camera app), so I guess that android for tablets should be optimized in order to get the benefits of the bigger screen with a features such as multi windows maybe
- MasterMuffin
  
  New Google Play for tablets is so much better looking than the phone version, it’s the reason why I have my Google Play set to 160DPI
  - Danny Solon
    
    But it’s not just about Google play, it’s about the OS itself it doesn’t provide optimized options for tablets
    - MasterMuffin
      
      I know, just sayin’ :)
    - MasterMuffin
      
      I know, just sayin’ :)
- http://profiles.google.com/bobpaul Bob/Paul .
  
  The android tablet UI is different. You can run split screen apps on a tablet. UI change was in honeycomb, split screen was 4.1 I believe.
  
  I guess I don’t have a Nexus 7 and I know some of the differences (tablet UI, split screen, etc) are triggered by the screen size. Maybe 7″ isn’t big enough to trigger?
  - Danny Solon
    
    You can split the screen on Samsung tablets or some new phones for example the note 2 which has a 5.5″ screen can split the screen so I think that 7″ is more than enough, then Samsung phones and tablets are the only android devices that can split the screen because they run a customized version of android ui called nature ux or something like that but what I’m talking about is the pure version of android, it doesn’t have this feature
kay yon

I actually don’t mind Google holding off Key Lime Pie 5.0. I want to be shocked and surprised again like when Ice Cream Sandwich (or Jelly Bean) came out; I want Key Lime Pie to knock my socks off. As long as this delay makes Key Lime Pie as great as we want it to be, Jelly Bean 4.3 is fine by me.
Sudeepto Dutta

I guess the reason being the kernel that’s gonna be used in KEY LIME PIE…

I am not sure but for Android 5.0.1 , Google’s gonna be using kernel version 3.8 which is currently being used by Linux users on their devices…

I am using kernel version 3.8.1 on my Ubuntu …

So I believe Google needs some time before they can finish up with “key lime pie” & by that time Linux users might be shifting to kernel version 3.9 too :)

That’s what I think :)
http://www.facebook.com/ibi828 ibi

As long as it works on my Sony Ray smartphone I’m fine with it.
RaptorOO7

Works for me, not a big deal and perhaps the other OEM’s can get off their lazy arses and put out 4.2.2 or go straight to 4.3 instead of these stupid 4.1.2 and 4.2.0 updates.
- http://www.facebook.com/johnphillip.saayman John-Phillip Saayman
  
  Agree, now the s3 can just skip right to 4.3, or 4.2.2 if it has to
http://www.facebook.com/christopher.roberts.16752 Christopher Roberts

More optimization please so we can have even more buttery smoothness
http://twitter.com/NancyKGraham Nancy Graham

I’d be happy just getting jelly bean period. As an at&t Samsung Galaxy Note i7l7 user, we haven’t been counted worthy to receive the jelly bean update. :-/
- http://www.facebook.com/lanejasper Lane Jasper
  
  Root and custom ROM it…MUCH quicker. :-)
  - William Swalley
    
    Not when you want multi Window and other s pen features.
    - Cole Raney
      
      You can back those apps up though using apps that you can get since your device is rooted.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1911005 Thomas Edwards

Doubt the marketing department will miss the chance to brand the new release as KLP or 5.0 or whatever, even if there are significant upgrades to the software, people would just point at the name and say “stagnation” because it didn’t change. Plus Google just likes adding those statues to their garden.
Arsenal™

Custom ROMS FTW!
Aziz Farhi

What ever Google is cooking in their kitchen unless you fellas have one of the Nexuses it won’t matter for a while :) .. at least till you buy one or a fully working custom ROM shows up.
pratyush rohilla

great article about android new version. it is good news for android lover.
hope so it will be better than android 4.2
the next version of Android to be released will be version 4.3. I haven’t seen any concrete evidence that 4.3 will be called Jelly Bean or Key Lime Pie.

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