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[General Questions and Answers] Raschal:
CMW and dead android picture

I am a bit new at this, but have really enjoyed rooting this phone and making it closer to what i would like. But I've run into a problem that I could use help.

I flashed Jocala's CWM using ADB and then made a android backup on the Ext SD card. I had ROM Manager installed. I later went to make another backup, going to recovery through ROM Manager, and got the dead android, and this message:

Exhibit II 4G CWM-based Recovery v5.5.04

Finding update package…

Opening update package…

Verifying update package…

E:failed to seek in /cache/update.zip (Invalid argument)

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

I booted into recovery using the volume up and power buttons, get to the recovery screen, but when I select an option, all that occurs is the Hat with the circle image and nothing happens. I uninstalled ROM Manager after trying to find a solution to this problem, when I found out that it was not compatible with this phone.

I attempted to re flash Jocala's CWM, and this did not change the above problems.

Thankfully the phone is working, but no recovery.

I would appreciate advice on how to get back a functional CWM recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
ROM Manager does not support our phone unless you pay. Try rebooting directly into CWM via the shutdown menu.

---------- Post added at 12:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:39 AM ----------

Glad you finally found the thread :)

Pull your battery.

Plug in your phone to usb.

press & hold your UP-Volume

Replace the battery.

What happens?
[General Questions and Answers] Raschal:
dead android and nonfunctional CWM

Thanks for the quick response. Once I removed ROM Manager, I booted into recovery and did not get the dead android picture, but nothing worked. I could select an option, but the only thing that happened was the image of the circle with the offset hat appeared, and nothing happened. Just the hat image and no functional activity.
[General Questions and Answers] jojoshua1:
Root?

Is there a root for this phone?
[General Questions and Answers] Raschal:
To root see Jocala's post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22498246#post22498246
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
You are pressing the wrong keys.

CWM Keys

Home key = enter

Back key = back

VolUp/Dwn = highlight choice
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
CyanogenMod 9 Beta

The CyanogenMod 9 beta has been updated. Click here to download.
[General Questions and Answers] Raschal:
Thanks! You were right! I was using the power button to select and getting no where. I am making another backup, and it is working fine.

One other question - if I use the swap SD that you wrote about earlier in this thread, how do you practically get the Apps that are currently on the phone to the ext-SD? What becomes of the "USB drive" and the current Ext SD? I imagine you included the swapsd command to be able to mount and unmount the ext SD.

Thanks again!
[General Questions and Answers] dennis96411:
Wait, so what is this recovery thing I'm hearing about? Is this for like a fail-safe situation or something? I have my phone rooted, but that's about it, there's no custom ROMs for the phone. Using the T-Mobile model.
[General Questions and Answers] folster86:
So I tried stubbakatt's method and my phone isn't being recognized by Odin. I made sure that all of my driver's were up to date, but it's still not working. Any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] stubbakatt:
Well, the only thing that made a difference in Odin recognizing my phone was to uninstall the Samsung USB Drivers for Mobile Phones v1.4.8.0.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961956

When I reinstalled those, Odin recognized it again. I'm afraid I don't have a clue other than that.
[General Questions and Answers] stab244:
So we have a custom recovery for this device already?
[General Questions and Answers] stubbakatt:
Nope, just the crappy samsung recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] md1008:
I was able to get back to stock via Odin, Obviously Clockwork mod is way better but it's better than nothing
[General Questions and Answers] stab244:
Is there any way to remove the crappy Tmobile boot and shutdown animation and sounds? I think root would be able to help us but maybe its had much more to do with the ROM. I know changing Android roms on my HD2 made Mr have different boot animations. Not if it is the same for native Android devices.
[General Questions and Answers] nemory:
This phone is great

This phone is great
[General Questions and Answers] s0unds:
Just catching up here... Dennis96411 this is for fail-safe.

I'm trying to make a custom ROM, it sounds like we're building a group of people here who can all help out.

This odin mode is Samsung's small, broken version of clockworkmod. Not based on clockworkmod, but it does kind of the same things.

I'm excited to try it and see if I can get it to work!
[General Questions and Answers] bomberbadj:
Hey, thanks to the guys who are trying to make a custom rom for this phone!

In the meantime, just in case this helps someone, I've made a list of all the bloatware I think I safely uninstalled from the T679 after rooting. Lemme know if I broke something that I didn't know I did - as far as I can tell, my phone is working fine without these.

411 & More

Backup

Bejeweled

Blio

Bonus Apps

Books

Highlight

Lookout Anti-Virus

Mini diary

Mini paper

More for Me

My account

Slacker

System Manager Application (apparently this is CarrierIQ; I did run TrevE's logging test app to scan and remove CIQ components before uninstalling it this one, but I'm not sure what kind of effect it had.)

T-Mobile Mall

T-Mobile Name ID

T-Mobile TV HD

Telenav GPS Navigator

Tetris

Video Chat

Visual Voicemail

Wi-Fi Calling

Yelp

Zinio Reader

Edit: Also uninstalled the following:

TetheringManager (otherwise portable hotspot and tethering won't work. Good thing my current service provider doesn't charge me extra for tethering.)
[General Questions and Answers] s0unds:
Removing "System Manager App" is pretty effective at removing Carrier IQ. I think you might want to also do this:

Warning: no guarantee this will work for you. People will probably put together an app to remove Carrier IQ, so I will edit this post to point to that. This is an experimental procedure that might work for you, or it might not.

Warning: after doing this, you will not be able to get firmware info by dialing *#1234#. Please dial *#1234# now and write down the information reported so you have access to it later.

Root your phone (post #3 on this thread has a link to instructions). This will install 'adb' on your computer as part of that process. Use it for the next step.

Use adb to save the files you are about to delete from your phone. You can open command prompt in windows or terminal on mac / linux, and type: adb pull /system/app/IQ-tmobile-release-signed-zipaligned-v1.1.apk, then press enter.

Browse to the current directory, shown in the prompt (command prompt or shell prompt). e.g. for Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

Check that a file named IQ-tmobile-release-signed-zipaligned-v1.1.apk is there. If not, you don't have a backup. Windows may call the file IQ-tmobile-release-signed-zipaligned-v1.1 and hide the ".apk" extension.

Now go back to the command prompt and type adb pull /system/lib/libiq_service_tmobile_2.2.so

Check that a file named libiq_service_tmobile_2.2.so (or it may be missing ".so") shows up in the directory listing.

Close the command prompt or shell on your computer.

Open the Terminal Emulator application from the phone's apps. (This next part does not use the computer.)

Type: su (and press enter). You may then be prompted to grant privileges to "Superuser." If you are asked, grant the privileges.

Type: mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p15 /system (press enter). Hint: there's a lower-case o after the first -, then an o in remount and block, but it's a zero in mmcblk0p15.

Type: rm /system/app/IQ-tmobile-release-signed-zipaligned-v1.1.apk /system/lib/libiq_service_tmobile_2.2.so (press enter). This will remove the Carrier IQ files from your phone.

Unless you already followed bomberbadj's instructions to remove "System Manager Application," the phone will now warn you over and over that "System Manager Application" is failing. You have to click the "force close" button on that warning, over and over, while completing the rest of the process. (This part is where the process could really use some polish.)

(I know this says Email, not System Manager Application)

Power off the phone by holding down the power button for a few seconds, then selecting "Power Off"

Power the phone back on by holding down the power button.

Now you will not be warned over and over about "System Manager Application," and the Carrier IQ files have been completely removed. Please post a note saying whether this worked for you or not.
[General Questions and Answers] stab244:
I'm having trouble updating my su binary. I updated my Superuser and everytime I run Titanium Backup I get a message saying my su binary is outdated. When I try to update it fails at the md5 checksum step. Will I have to manually push the update with adb?
[General Questions and Answers] NoobNeutralizer:
:-D

Thank you s0unds...

Followed your instructions and rebooted successfully...

Now I just need a custom rom and I'm all set...
[General Questions and Answers] bomberbadj:
Have the same issue. I just turned the notification off since I dunno what to do with it. :)

Also, in between doing stuff with Titanium Backup and the logging detector app, Terminal disappeared from the app drawer. App manager and TB says it is still installed though. Ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] stubbakatt:
Download busybox installer and make sure you select /bin and not /xbin. The su binary update should work after that.
[General Questions and Answers] stab244:
Aha it worked. Thank you!
[General Questions and Answers] Jaymer81:
To get rid of the startup and shutdown sounds, you'll need to be rooted and then use Root Explorer, EF File Explorer, or adb to find these files on your phone:

system/media/audio/ui/PowerOff.wav

system/etc/PowerOn.wav

I replaced mine with silent sound files that I made using Windows sound recorder with my mic turned off. You can probably just delete them, if you prefer.

On a side note, to everyone working on a ROM for the Exhibit II, I'm cheering you on. Wish I could help, but I'm too noob. Mucho thanks in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] stab244:
Worked like a charm thank you. Deletion does work. It won't screw up anything.
[General Questions and Answers] s0unds:
/system/etc/1_Power_on.ogg isn't used

The wav can be replaced with any format of wav file. (The original is mono 44.1kHz, 3.436 s long, but mine is more like 10 s long at 11025 Hz.)
[General Questions and Answers] stab244:
Yeah mine was in .wav format too.
[General Questions and Answers] kaywalkerdank:
After pressing volume up and inserting the battery the phone shows normal logos and then loads to the white box with the android then it says:

Android system recovery <3e>

Android system recovery utility

reboot system now

apply update from sdcard

wipe cache partition

install fota
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
OK, you've got a working stock recovery, not ClockworkMod (cwm). In your case, I suggest Odin. Follow the instructions in the wiki. Once you are back to stock, install cwm before you do anything else.

Download Stock t679 & Odin ( return phone to stock) HERE

Download Exhibit II 4G Recovery (CWM-based) HERE

Download Samsung USB Drivers (win) v1.3.2 HERE

Exhibit II 4g Wiki HERE
[General Questions and Answers] swongy:
wifi issue

Hi, my phone isn't rooted yet, but it's having problems connecting to my home wifi (it is new, just 2 days out of the box). It always detects my network, and the password is entered correctly, but every time it says "authenticating," it immediately disconnects and then tries again and disconnects again etc.

Has anyone else had this problem? Should i try to fix this before rooting?
[General Questions and Answers] KemikalElite:
What kind of security (WEP/WPA2) is on the wifi? Also do you have any sort of MAC address filtering (whitelist) enabled? I guarantee that's causing it. I have the same problem all the time because wifi security is a PITA. I always have issues where a device doesn't want to accept the password so I switch to Mac address filtering and the white list changes don't take effect so its a living hell when visitors want to connect.
[General Questions and Answers] swongy:
Hi, according to the connection i have on my computer to the router, it is WEP-PSK. According to the network the phone sees, it is WPA/WPA2 PSK. i'm pretty sure there's no MAC address filtering but I'll check. I don't know if this means anything, but I just rooted the phone today and after i uninstalled wifi calling with titanium backup, it gave me a repeated loop-looking message that said android kineto needed to be force closed, and it wouldn't stop popping up until i restored the wifi calling app [wifi wasn't even on]. Do you think there's something wrong with my phone's wifi?
[General Questions and Answers] kaywalkerdank:
So I've downloaded and unzipped everything I was supposed to...I've read all of the instructions over and over and still I'm having the same problem: My computer isn't recognizing my phone. I've tried various samsung usb drivers..uninstall one and then install another...nothing...so for the past 3 days That's what I've been trying to figure out.
[General Questions and Answers] leckerbroetchen:
Linux/Virtualbox

This thread is a great source of information. Thanks to all developers for your great work!

Is it possible to root/flash the Exhibit II from Linux (Ubuntu) or has anyone done it under Virtualbox (Vista) before?
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
If the drivers don't work, try installing Samsung Kies. Uninstall whatever drivers you've installed first.

---------- Post added at 07:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:45 PM ----------

The easiest way to root your Exhibit II is no longer zerg; just flash a custom rom or rooted kernel. No pc involved, just copy a zip file to your internal sdcard.

If for whatever reason you decide to use zerg, you can do it from Windows Mac or Linux.
[General Questions and Answers] KemikalElite:
Yeah its some complex issue with accepting the password. Try disabling the password and it will most likely work. If it does, try switching the encryption type to either WEP or WPA2.

I know switching the password around is a real pain but its just that some devices don't want to work with certain encryption types. The same thing has been happening for years. You could ask about this issue anywhere and you would just be told that the router is causing the issue, they change their password type, the problem is fixed and the real issue of making the encryption compatible is never solved.
[General Questions and Answers] cu2cool:
If your problem has to do with the computer not recognizing the phone in "Download" mode, make sure you download that driver I posted in the wiki. Taken from the Samsung website, no Kies needed. GL
[General Questions and Answers] jvnat:
You need to use the same encryption type WEP or WPA/2 that you setup on your wifi router and the associated passphrase. If you have the option and all of your laptops/PCs/tablets/phonese/etc. can handle WPA2, use WPA2 as WEP is trivial to crack in 5 min or less. Whatever encryption type you set on your wifi router, all devices have to use that same method and passphrase.
[General Questions and Answers] leckerbroetchen:
FWIW I got the same kineto error after rooting the phone and uninstalling wifi-calling. Rebooting the phone fixes this.
[General Questions and Answers] airwickkk:
Ohh wow. That's a good one. I was pretty tempted to do that manual thing except I wasn't sure if picking a random device would be safe of not.

Sent from Exhibit II via Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] jfroehlich:
I have no trouble with renamed backups - here's how I do it:

CWM creates a directory on /sdcard or /emmc:

clockworkmod/backup/YYYY-MM-DD.HH.MM.SS

and creates the backup files (boot.img, cache.ext4.tar, data.ext4.tar, etc) in that directory.

I am able to rename the YYYY-MM-DD.HH.MM.SS directory by appending a suffix to the end of it (ie, -CM9-042612 or -XquiziT-6.1) and successfully restore from these directories. I haven't tried anything else, but this has been working fine for me since I started using it. Much better than trying to remember which ROM I was using at a given date/time. :)
[General Questions and Answers] zerg_protoss:
exhibit II 4g getting 4g o 3.5g outside of usa in a network with 4g?

hi im new to this forum this my first post thanks u for your atention guys :D

well i bought my samsung exhibit II 4g from t-mobile and unlocked it and im using it here in my contry panama city in central america... using Cable and wireless network that it 3.5g and some other parts 4g

my questions

1) is that my phone is not showing 3.5g nor H and that is what other androids shows, is this normal that my phone doesnt show 3.5 or H or the phone its not getting 3.5 o 4g?

2) i using speed test and it showing downlod 3.23mbps 1.23Mbps upload with a ping of 83ms using the nearest server

is this speed 3.5g?

thanks for everything
[General Questions and Answers] geraldus31:
UNLOCK

cellunlocker.net took care of mine, about $25.00
[General Questions and Answers] dessert_knight:
Phone couldn't boot, black screen of death.

The Samsung Exhibit II 4G I bought 3 months ago decided to break today. I rooted the phone with zergrush 3 months ago, everything was fine until today. I did not install or do anything special to the phone before it break. Suddenly it just went off and when I try to switch it on again it would just stop at the Flash Screen.

So I searched around the forum and found this page on how to flash it with Odin. Everything went good until the last step "disconnecting port and rebooting device". An error message pop up about qhsusb_dload not found. The phone doesn't reboot itself, I waited another 5mins until Odin times out and it says "passed" before unplugging the phone. I tried to restart it but nothing happens, only blackscreen.

Currently the phone:

Couldn't reboot into Odin download mode.

Couldn't reboot using the "take out battery, press both sound button, plugin USB, put back battery" way.

My pc recognize the phone when I plugin the USB. (by saying qhsusb_dload not found only)

I searched around and found a Qualcomm driver to fix the qhsusb_dload issue. But that's about all. I still can't communicate with the phone nor can I make it show anything other than the black screen.

I searched around more but couldn't find a solution so I decided to post here. I already watched the short clip when registering, hope I do not break any rules here!

Any help will be appreciated! Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] cline2:
I bought this phone from Walmart and activated it online for $30 a month. My question is if I get any T-Mobile android phone and move sim card out of this phone into any T-Mobile android phone like T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy II. Will I be able to pay $30 a month online same features everything that I have right now??

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Yes.
[General Questions and Answers] cline2:
Cool. Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] MC Choctaw:
Thanks to all @ xda-developers

New poster here and thankfully I haven't encountered anything that I couldn't manage due to all the useful threads and helps posted here.

Apparently I don't get a "thanks" button as a new user (at least I don't see it in Firefox with Windows 7) but I didn't want to wait any longer to say thanks to everyone here for helping me get comfortable with my first Android device. Peace.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Welcome out of lurk mode :)
[General Questions and Answers] KemikalElite:
That's a feature that doesn't unlock until standard Member Rank.

1. 1-29 Posts = Junior Member

2. 30-99 Posts = Member

3. 100+ Posts = Senior Member

Limit of Thanks per day to give is 5 but there is no limit to how much you can receive.
[General Questions and Answers] MC Choctaw:
Thanks for that info. I'll never have 30 posts worth of helpful info to add to this forum. (Plus, I married an engineer. I don't need to come this board daily to be reminded about how little I know about technical stuff.)

On the flip side I'd probably give up and go with something else before I posted 30 times about problems with a phone.

I didn't strip my phone down as far as many here did since I actually liked 2 or 3 of the 100 or so apps T-Mobile crammed onto this phone. ;) But I did have a comfort level from the info gathered here that let me create a pretty fast tool that is uniquely "mine" and does what I want it to do without a long-term contract. (FIFY protected) Again, thanks!

Oh, and for grins I changed email sigfile from, "T-Mobile, America's First Nationwide 4G Network" to

"Brief reply because my Android mobile device can't drive for me... yet."
[General Questions and Answers] enelyam:
Hummmm, i have a t679 that was not turning on. When i try to charge it, it wont charge kind of stays on the battery logo but it wont charge. Funny thing is that when i try to flash stock it will flash perfectly but will not boot. If i try to turn it on it stays on the samsung exhibit II logo but it will not get to the home screen. Im using odin 4.43, with ancora ops and stock firmware flashing it in one package. Have some one find these before? If so, how am i able to recover that phone. Oh, Btw it wont get into recovery either.... Maybe if i could find a firmware thats not one package it will resurrect who knows
[General Questions and Answers] dennis96411:
ODIN doesn't wipe anything, so your best bet is to flash CWM recovery and wipe first.