yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] ArtfulDodger:
Important notes about playlists

First off, just wanted to say thanks to the people like Jocala for their hard work on custom roms, kernels, etc. I've been just an observer on this forum since buying this phone and have learned lots of valuable info. Today I learned something that I haven't found info on around here and wanted to share so someone else can be spared the painful experience I had.

It concerns playlists and the media scanner. Not long after rooting and "freezing" the stock player, I noticed all of my playlists no longer appeared on my external SD card. The external.db file showed they were stored, but if I wanted to edit them on my PC they no longer were in any of the folders on my external SD card. I have Poweramp player and fortunately the data from the playlists are still there. Editing playlists with Poweramp is not all that great since it won't let you put the song in the order you want it, it puts the song at the very end of the list.

Today I added a playlist to my SD card, and sure enough, after a media scan, it disappeared! Poweramp even showed it as a file based .m3u playlist for a minute. After the media scan finished, it vanished there too. Finally out of frustration I went into Titanium Backup and froze "PLAYLIST Media Storage 2.3.5". This time no more media scanning after each reboot or unplugging of the USB cable. Guess what? My new playlist stayed put and got scanned by Poweramp!

A few things to note when doing this. Any stock media apps will no longer locate pictures, music or videos. I had to freeze the stock gallery app and download another one. It works great after designating the folder where pictures are stored. I also had to go into the settings of MX Video player and designate where video files were kept on the SD card. Everything is working just fine now. Only problem remaining is that I will have to re-add playlist that I want to edit back on the card, as the orginal ones were "eaten" by the the media scanner from the get go.

Hope this makes sense and helps someone else. Apologies if this is already covered somewhere else on here.

Update:

OK, of course afterwards I found out that ringtones and notification sounds were disabled by doing this. Then I found this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=751339 which solved everything entirely. I renabled the media scanner, but this time used the StudioKUMA program to create the ".nomedia" file. Now my external SD card is left ALONE and NOT scanned. What I wanted all along.
[General Questions and Answers] pink713:
Stock Rom Please. The link is down

Hi... I need the stock rom. The link that put in dropbox is down..!! :( So please, can anybody give me a new link?? I really need these files. Thank you very much..
[General Questions and Answers] ganovim:
Copilot Maps On external sd

Thanks. It worked.

But I already had the large maps created on another tablet, and just copied them

to a newly created copilot folder on the external card, and then changed the config file accordingly.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
You can find back to stock zips by clicking here. You can do it via cwm or odin. BTW, if you use odin, don't forget to do a data wipe first.
[General Questions and Answers] schiobrazil:
Network or hardware problem

First let me excuse me for answering after such a long time. I hope you understand that I could not make it before.

Jocala, thank you so much for your answer. I did try skype when the problem occurred and I found out that the call does work through skype even when it does not work by using the regular calling process. I tried calling using the regular method and it did not work. Then I tried over skype and it did work. Then I tried the regular method again and once more it did not work.

Now, I am indeed a knob, and I do not know what this means exactly. Or what I should do... could you explain it to me, please?

Once more, thank you so much!

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oh! and I was talking about Jocala's answer to this following post of mine:

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I have been using 3g on my Samsung Exhibit II (bought in the USA, of course) normally in Brazil... and the connection is indeed very good.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
My best guess is you've got a bad phone. If VOIP works and normal calls sometimes work, that doesn't leave much else, unless your network in Brazil is the problem.
[General Questions and Answers] g.gas38:
Thanks for the suggestion though.
[General Questions and Answers] schiobrazil:
Hardware problem then...

Thanks a lot, Jocala, for your answer. That was really bad luck on my part then! Basically I got totally screwed, since I am in Brazil now, and I lost the receive (I know, very stupid on my part, but I only have the box, manuals, T-mobile original simcard, etc.). Because of that, I doubt that Samsung will take it back and give me a new one. I even tried Samsung costumer service in Brazil, but they just work with phones bought inside Brazilian territory.

I know this is a tech forum, but if anyone knows if I have a chance, let me know.
[General Questions and Answers] schiobrazil:
Restoring back to stock ROM

I just talked to the Samsung customer service in the USA... I will have to ship back my phone to the USA and from there they will fix is, since it is still under warranty. I asked them if this problem was common with Exhibit II, to which the person answered me negatively. It seems I am the only one experiencing that, anyway...

Samsung provided me with a shipping label once the phone reaches the USA, but it is only valid for 10 days. And in order to be able to ship my phone back to the USA, I'll have to restore the phone to the original state, with the stock ROM. So a new race started for me and my Exhibit II. I found a broken dropbox link to the files needed to restoring the phone back to stock, and wondered if anyone has an updated link as well as good directions on how to go about the restoration process.

Any help is always appreciated. Once more, thank so much you guys (and especially Jocala) for everything!
[General Questions and Answers] braski:
Here you go courtesy of Jocala

Edit: this is the flash back to stock through cwm flash as you would any ROM through cwm wipe data/cache/system/dalvik cache n since returning the phone internal sd as well which is mounted as sdcard in cwm :)

http://dev-host.org/QIo
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Click here. You'll find zips for back2stock for both Odin & CWM.
[General Questions and Answers] schiobrazil:
flashing back stock ROM

Thank you very much for the link! That's just great! Now, just to be on the safe side, should I just save that to my phone, enter in recovery mode, and flash it? Or are there any other steps that I should take to be sure that the phone will be completely back to stock? As in, for instance, deleting partitions that PeachSunrise might have created or something similar?

You guys rule!
[General Questions and Answers] braski:
Just edited my prior post with directions yes this will be completely stock
[General Questions and Answers] schiobrazil:
Phone is back to stock

Thanks guys, my phone is back to stock and ready to be shipped. I guess I will do another factory reset right before shipping the phone, since there is so much personal info on our internal cards and google accounts.

I hope that Samsung will solve the problem. As I understood, the phone is going to take quite some time to reach the USA (probably 10 days?) and then the whole process will take about 15 days more. finally, I have to have my phone shipped back to Brazil. So I guess we are talking about 35 days (max) until I can report back if they fixed or not, and what was the problem (if you are interested in the final answer).

... with the money that I will have to spend to ship the phone to the USA and then back to Brazil, besides the waiting time, I wonder what would happen if the process does not work.

I really appreciated your help. Best from Brazil, for now!

ha! My phone is already completely back to stock, thanks to Brasky and Jocala!
[General Questions and Answers] benjdm:
I bought one and gave it a try. The phone formatted a 64gb micro sdxc card and is using it just fine.
[General Questions and Answers] leeEXHIB:
Launchers

I was just wondering what launchers you guys use and why...Which one's you prefer over others?

I have been using TSF Shell, Which is really nice and responsive on this phone...

A couple days ago I also started using SPB Shell, Which is nice and responsive as well but uses almost 100mb of ram which sucks....
[General Questions and Answers] pink713:
Remove Social Hub Application

Hi, I would like to remove the Social Hub application. Anybody have done and how? I want to do it but I'm not totally sure.. Please, I appreciate any help..!! Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] camcory:
First do you have root. If you do use an app like root explorer of es file explorer the later is my favorite. You can then navigate to /system/apps/ then find social hub.apk now best move is to long press on it then use move to your sd card that way if you have any hiccups you can move it back. Restart the phone and see how it acts. Or just use one of the many custom roms we have for our phone most have that app removed.
[General Questions and Answers] fulvi0:
How to unlock Exhibit 2 4g?

it is some way to unlock exhibit 2 4g?

thx
[General Questions and Answers] camcory:
Read this thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1435286
[General Questions and Answers] ArtfulDodger:
Launchers

Try Go Launcher EX. They have a TON of themes, many of which are really sleek. Runs smoothly on my phone with no problems. I like to change the look of my phone often too so I have had a chance to test several of the themes.
[General Questions and Answers] sigsays:
titanium back up will take it right out as long as you are rooted.
[General Questions and Answers] camcory:
I use go launcher ex also tried many but come back to this for the features.
[General Questions and Answers] stoyandim:
I'm using it too and it works great!
[General Questions and Answers] asvpmike:
i would love to see cm7 ported to our phone man
[General Questions and Answers] Faultyy:
CM9 is already ported!
[General Questions and Answers] asvpmike:
i know but cm9 doesnt support theme chooser like cm7
[General Questions and Answers] pink713:
Remove Social Hub

Thanks.. But I have a question: When I uninstall the app Social Hub, I must also uninstall the 'SNS Account" or it is uninstall automatically?? I use the Titatium Backup to remove apps.

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Thanks.. But I have a question: When I uninstall the app Social Hub, I must also uninstall the 'SNS Account" or it is uninstall automatically?? I use the Titatium Backup to remove apps.
[General Questions and Answers] Jkarf:
Help Needed with Flash back to Stock

Please help. I rooted the phone and accidentally uninstalled a few too many system apps using titanium backup. I have found two options (clockworkmod and odin). unfortunately, my device will not download from the market so i cannot download clockworkmod. The only other option i have found to flash back to stock is using Odin. i found instructions here: http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Exhibit_II_4G but the zip file but the link for the "Back to Stcok" zip file isn't working. Does anyone know where to get that file from?
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
You don't need the market for clockworkmod :)

The link below has both Odin and CWM.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21183029&postcount=2
[General Questions and Answers] Jkarf:
Thanks jocala...i am very much a noob. i have downloaded the "Return to stock via CWM Download HERE" which you provided. How do i go about returning to stock?
[General Questions and Answers] Jkarf:
how to flash to stock?

Am still having trouble flashing back to stock. Tried the Odin method but the computer is not recognizing my phone when i hit start. Would love some detailed instructions on using jocala's CWM file found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1435286&page=8. Don't know how or where to transfer the zip to (when i connect to USB storage, there is no /mnt/sdcard when i am looking at the phone file system). ANy details would be appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Is cwm installed? If yes, copy the T679.flash2.stock.zip to /sdcard/ using adb. Boot into cwm recovery and flash T679.flash2.stock.zip. You'll be stock.

Is cwm not installed? If no, copy the T679.flash2.stock.zip to /sdcard/ using adb, then copy the cwm-t679.01.zip to /sdcard/ using adb. Boot into stock recovery and flash cwm-t679.01.zip. Reboot into cwm recovery. Flash T679.flash2.stock.zip. You'll now be stock.

Do not try to flash T679.flash2.stock.zip with Samsung's standard recovery. You must use cwm for this file.

Go here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21183029&postcount=2 to download files.
[General Questions and Answers] asvpmike:
can anyone port CM7 ? seriously i'd donate and test, i cant be the only one who wants this
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
I've updated the "Back to Stock" portion of our wiki with a working link for Odin,tar & ops files. Click HERE
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
swap sd and external_sd

Eriks Pigoznis, on the W side, edited vold.fstab to swap sd & external_sd and it works great. Here is a flashable zip that should work on any stockish Exhibit II. It works with Peach Sunrise w/o problems. This will swap the mount points for /sdcard and /external_sd. It also adds a command /system/xbin/swapsd to your system.

swapsd
Usage: swapsd { default | external } swap mount point for sd

If you want to switch back and forth, execute "swapsd <parameter>" from a root console, then reboot.

YMMV,Not responsible,etc,etc

swapsd.01.zip
[General Questions and Answers] Jkarf:
Thanks Jocala! I ended up reinstalling the Samsung drivers and then Odin recognized my device and i was able to get back to stock. I have since re-rooted and flashed CWM via ADB and everything is workign good. Thanks again for your patience with us noobs!
[General Questions and Answers] ToStymiedBoar:
Works great here! Thanks

Nice! Thank you for pointing this out! I can now take better advantage of my 8GB microSD. Its not much but its more than enough for me.

I do have a question though. This solution should negate the need of app2sd or the like, right? Actually, it looks like my statement is not necessarily true.
[General Questions and Answers] jvnat:
I'll try this out when I get a chance. I'll wipe the phone, put in a new rom, add this and see if the apps install to the external sdcard instead of the internal. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] radgoos:
Jocala, I added your sd swap to the wiki, feel free to groom entry & insert attributions to yourself as necessary.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Thank you :)
[General Questions and Answers] liquidnails:
ok i just bricked my phone and after I used odin to push the back to stock files it gets stuck in a boot loop and wont reboot. is there another way to do this?
[General Questions and Answers] camcory:
You can take your micro sd out of your phone and if you have an adapter put it in the computer and load a working rom onto it then put back in phone and enter cwm and flash it.
[General Questions and Answers] liquidnails:
After it bricked I used odin to go back to stock but I think the file system in the phone my have gotten corrupted some how. After the files push from odin it wont get pass the samsung screen. Is there any file that I can push with the back to stock file that will repartition my system and file system?
[General Questions and Answers] camcory:
Are you able to enter cwm? Also are you using Jocalas back to stock flash http://d-h.st/if3
[General Questions and Answers] liquidnails:
No, after I used odin, some of the files took and it will only go into stock recovery now. Im at a loss on what to do.
[General Questions and Answers] camcory:
use stock recovery to flash cmw http://d-h.st/KOk you need to load cmw onto internal sd not your card stock recovery only sees internal
[General Questions and Answers] liquidnails:
So the question is then..how to I get in on my internal sd if I cant get my phone to boot past the samsung logo?
[General Questions and Answers] camcory:
when attached to your comp. does it see your sd and internal sd in my computer if using windows mine is drives g and f
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
You need to boot into recovery and wipe your data partition. Either recovery (samsung or cwm) will do. Then odin back to stock.

And liquidnails: Three PMs to me on this issue? Please don't do that.
[General Questions and Answers] liquidnails:
No My computer cant see them because it wont boot all the way.

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Ok, well let me explain. After I tried to odin back to stock, when I reboot, it does nothing but stays in a boot loop. How do I wipe data using stock recovery? And sorry about the pms, my computer is acting dumb.

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I figured it out. Thanks guys.

I was freaked out for a minute.

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I got fixed now. I had never used stock recovery before and I was confused on how to wipe data. But it worked jocala, thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] imhumanoid:
Can this phone be used on a CDMA network? such as verizon.

I know some phones can be used with both GSM and CDMA networks......
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
With what?
[General Questions and Answers] ocostich:
No
[General Questions and Answers] Xfire68:
Is anyone still working on a overclocking Kernel? Oh and thanks to jocala for Peachsunrise!
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
I'm not.
[General Questions and Answers] KemikalElite:
I was going to mention this yesterday but I was busy testing roms. When you switch between major versions of android on any device (for us its ics and gingerbread) you have to wipe the user data because the data setup isn't compatible across different updates like 2.3 and 4.x. This is what prevents the phone from booting after Odin. Remember that Odin does not do a factory reset, but they should add the option really.
[General Questions and Answers] liquidnails:
I had to learn that the hard way. On other versions of Odin it does whip data, so I was confused. But I fixed it and learned my lesson on restoring data from a different version of Android .
[General Questions and Answers] LastRequest:
Is there any way to get just the tmobile wifi callling apk? My minutes are few and Id like to have to make calls without having to flash back to stock.
[General Questions and Answers] cline2:
Don't know if this app helps

Here is link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=807199
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Download bloat.zip and extract WiFi-Calling.apk. Place this file in /system/app. This is the app that comes with the Exhibit II. The one linked in the quote above isn't.

BTW, you're aware the TMob's wifi calling app uses up your minutes?
[General Questions and Answers] sn00gans:
Virgin Mobility

I have a Samsung Galaxy W for Virgin/Bell Mobile Canada (actually an exhibit ii 4g, I don't know why they renamed it.)

I'm trying to get back to stock Virgin/Bell because I can't access their network with the T-Mobile based custom roms,or maybe because I installed the rooted T-Mobile Kernel, I dunno.

I managed to get the stock rom, but it's in a tar.md5 format, and is supposed to be used with Odin. However, Odin has numerous images that can be used--BOOT, phone, pda, csc, efs. Do I put the tar.mp5 file in each of those images? Do I just do it for CSC?

Can anyone give me some help here? I'd appreciate it. I'm using Odin 4.43

EDIT: If I put the tar.md5 file in the PDA section, it gives me an invalid image type error and says that the md5 check is okay. If I put it in any of the other sections, no error message.

EDIT 2: Never mind, I figured it out. Downloaded a package that had the ancora.ops file and switched the tar.mp5 it came with for my old firmware. Works perfectly!
[General Questions and Answers] interessant:
Did you unlock your device before flashing the first time?
[General Questions and Answers] braski:
Hey everyone my exhibit II was recently bricked from a bad flash I've Odin back to stock it says pass but when i try to reboot it says it can't mount system therefore it can't boot. This recently happened on my sgs4g same thing but heimdalling cwm back on and mounting system fixed this was wondering if someone could help me with cwm for the exhibit II ODIN FLASHABLE i can not get my PC to download and run the programs necessary to accomplish this thank you anyone who can help me with this

Edit: my internal sd dies not mount either so flashing through stock recovery is not an option
[General Questions and Answers] kaywalkerdank:
Bricked Samsung Exhibit II 4G

Hello Everyone!!!

I recently rooted my phone and I think I removed the wrong things. My phone froze and I tried to reboot it but the phone never goes past the Samsung Exhibit 2 4G color screen. I've tried installing peach sunrise and I've also tried Odin....there's another problem there, my computer doesn't even read my phone.. so I can't paste anything on my internal/external SD....I found a way to look at what I still had left on my SD card and everything was wiped clean. I've read all over google and XDA to try to find a way to fix my phone but no luck :(( PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE get back to me if you have any ideas on what I can do to fix this.
[General Questions and Answers] cu2cool:
Memory and Lockscreen

Two things that I hate most about this phone is the lack of memory and the Samsung lockscreen. How is everybody else controlling their memory usage? Basically I want it to be able to run at a level where I don't notice any lag on the home screen, but have not been able to do this. It always gets laggy after an hour or two, and I have to constantly clear the RAM. (Note: I have the beautiful weather widgets. Is this phone too slow for that?) I want to be able to replace the lockscreen entirely, not just download an app or widget to override the stock lockscreen. I would also like to disable the autofocus in the camera app, and have native WiFi tethering.

This is why I would like to build a CM7 ROM for the phone, but I am having such a hard time doing it.
[General Questions and Answers] cmikeh2:
Have you tried using the V6 supercharger script?
[General Questions and Answers] dumbwhiteboy:
Hey guys,

I had a quick question about this phone.

I have mine rooted and removed Google Search. What I want to do is see if there is a way to re-calibrate the buttons (IE, Magnifying glass icon) to do something else, such as Music or something.

Thanks for any help!