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[General Questions and Answers] netbuzz:
Love my Exhibit now!

Hey there!

Just wanted to say thanks to Jocala and all the other hard working people here.

I got my Exhibit a month ago and rooted it right away. I removed all the bloatware and installed CWM Recovery.

I was getting annoyed and frustrated by many problems I've been having with this phone. Mainly issues with performance, response times, etc. GasBuddy would crash my phone and cause a reboot every single time I would attempt to update a price. Using Google Navigation was a hit or miss, sometimes it would just sit there trying to obtain a GPS lock forever, sometimes it would cause a reboot. Trying to use Pandora and Navigation at the same time was often problematic.

Sometimes my phone would just start rebooting in an endless loop for no apparent reason. I noticed it was helpful to keep "frequently used apps" on internal memory rather than external SD card, and turning off WiFi when not needed would often help, but even with these it would get into a reboot loop at least once or twice a day.

Most games, such as Temple Run, were next to impossible to play, they would just sloooow down after couple minutes and be unusable.

No memory managers, system cleaners, and many other utilities were able to help.

I assumed I would just uninstall EVERYTHING but minimum required apps and gift the phone to my wife and I would upgrade to one of these $600 phones.

Then couple days ago I gave it a try and installed the CM9 MOD. Boy, what a difference! Everything is fast, speedy, and just the way it should be!

For the past 2 days I've been trying my hardest to break it, crash it, cause a reboot. Nothing!

All games run great, it seems never to be out of memory.

I know the camera doesn't work (for now, I know jocala will eventually get it working) but it's a small price to pay in exchange for performance and features. Perhaps I will try GrooveIP again and see if I can get better results.

So, thanks to all again!

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While I was on stock ROM I kept apps on internal storage, and games and "not so important" apps on external SD card.

After installing CM9 Mod, after the first boot, the App Store installed all my applications that were previously present on internal storage, but none of the ones that were on the external SD. The content on external SD is present but the applications are not showing as installed. Is there a way to get them to install in such a way that they would keep their current settings?

I tried just re-installing the applications from the App Store, but all their settings and game progress and high scores were reset to default. Is there a way around it?
[General Questions and Answers] KemikalElite:
Titanium Backup from the market. It's really well designed and useful for preserving data across roms. I would watch the video on the market page before using it though.
[General Questions and Answers] netbuzz:
What a shame, cause I actually have been using it already. I did a ROM backup before CM9 flash, I should have thought of doing a Titanium backup as well. Oh well, it won't happen again...
[General Questions and Answers] stab244:
You could just flash back to the backup and use TB to back up apps and then flash to CM9 again. Make a backup of CM9 first of course.
[General Questions and Answers] enelyam:
Yeah, thought of that also. Problem is that the phone wont even get to recovery and i have not found an ODIN flashable recovery for the exhibit 2 which is the only chance i have to make this work
[General Questions and Answers] alcohol25:
Still Haven't Found What You're Looking For? Look in here at the second post.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22795863
[General Questions and Answers] ja5219:
Ahh, I thought I was going crazy. I cannot for the life of me figure out why this phone's GPS and GasBuddy hate each other. My phone would restart everytime with this app. Even contacted the developer, sent him some logs but nothing.

Glad to hear you're now no longer having those issues, I'm still on the stock ROM but no longer use the GPS with gasbuddy (such a shame). I have rooted my phone but still haven't brought myself to install anything on it. Maybe soon.
[General Questions and Answers] BoldlyGoingNowhere:
general questions about exhibit2

Hi,

New here. :D Clicked through a link on android forums and ended up here. Great information. I was interested in rooting my phone and installing a custom rom but after reading much of this thread my head is spinning. :o

I really like the phone. It seemed to be the best offered for prepaid that wasnt on sprint. My husband is VM on sprint and we found if we are in a rural area one or the other has service this way.

My questions. The battery charged notification wakes me up every night. I have tried to turn it off but cant see where its possible. I even tried adjusting system notifications with no luck. Its beyond me why they decided I needed to know the battery was charged with a tone and the screen going full brightness.

-I was wondering if with a root and a rom if its possible to shut off the battery charged notification. Am I the only one that hates it?

I have an old incredible POS that was provided by work I got laid off but kept the phone. I really like the keyboard on the htc. I like not having to click to the number screen for punctuation symbols.

-Does any of the custom roms offer a different keyboard layout more like the htc?

-Will rooting help the phone be more responsive? Going from the incredible its a little irritating. It ignores my button presses or sits on a blank screen for several seconds after unlocking. I found some info on V6 supercharger is that my only answer to speed the phone up?

Has anyone had a problem with the gps being flakey? Wondering if it is a problem from when I tried GO launcher. I uninstalled it because it was causing problems with everything they offered a separate app for. I had to resend all my handcent texts 10 times before they would go.

Hopefully I can get over the fear of screwing up my phone and just root it. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
I really recommend flashing jocala's peach sunrise rom. Basically, it is the stock rom, but is debloated. It is also amazingly fast. However you will need to flash clockworkmod first.

There really is no way to mess up he phone. If you mess up, you can just flash the firmwares again.
[General Questions and Answers] BoldlyGoingNowhere:
That is the rom i had pretty much picked out.

Does the battery charged notification still alert with the rom?
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
I leave my phone in silent/vibrate most of the time, so I don't hear it.. Not sure if there is a sound in non silent mode though.
[General Questions and Answers] BoldlyGoingNowhere:
Sadly, not an option for me. I manage several servers and the emergency number at work goes to my phone. The vibrating would probably wake me up but I cant take the chance.
[General Questions and Answers] stab244:
The CM9 ROM doesn't have that notification but then you lose camera functionality.
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
I've been using CM9 for the past month, but i decided to go back down. Gingerbread is still more stable and runs a lot smoother.
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
Have you tried turning off notification sounds?
[General Questions and Answers] jfroehlich:
The battery charged tone is absent on Peach and XquiziT, though the notification does turn the screen on. Both roms are very nice.
[General Questions and Answers] BoldlyGoingNowhere:
What did rom did you go back down to?

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I can handle the screen turning on, good to know that about both roms. Cwm9 wont work because I use my camera often and need it when I do audits.
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
I am on peach sunrise. I tried to flash rebelrom, but for some reason, I had some wifi and rom issues, so I went to peach. Although I am really glad that I did.
[General Questions and Answers] netscorer:
I just bought the phone and rooted it for now. Would I miss anything from stock if I go to custom ROM? For example, WiFi calling which I find nice so far.

Also, on unrelated topic, can anyone tell me how do I switch from USB storage (internal card) for my Android files to external SD card? USB storage is only 2GB and it is insufficient for my music and photo cache. For example, Google Music keeps cache in Android folder and Amazon keeps it's own cache and downloaded songs in AmazonMP3 folder, both on internal card by default. Neither program gives an option to select custom folder, so if I want them to switch to external card, I need to make some change in system properties. Would really appreciate if this can be explained.
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
Look on jocala's peach sunrise forum. There is a link to a swapsd which you can flash to do it.
[General Questions and Answers] netscorer:
Thanks, I found it on the Wiki page as well. Will check back if I have any issues swapping the storage.
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
Np :) there shouldn't be any problems. I've done it many times with the regular one and the cm version
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Help this guy?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26554777&postcount=1
[General Questions and Answers] rmayesjr:
exhibit 2 wont boot past t mobile screen

Hey xda world. I am a noobie even though ive been on this site for over 3 yrs theres so much i dont know. I recently bought a samsung exhibit2 i rooted it and then i tried putting beats audio on it. The installation went fine but now when i go to start my phone up it wont go past the tmobile screen:( I can still boot in recovery mode but i dont know how to get it to reboot normally.Please will a xda genius help me get my phone working again.
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
Did you flash the one that was not for the samsung galaxy? Cuz that was what happened to me too. All you have to do is reflash your firmware.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Start here: http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Exhibit_II_4G
[General Questions and Answers] hugotias:
So where I can find the details to use swapsd besides the link on wiki......many questions about how to use this, say, should I partition the external SD? how to switch back from swap? etc....thanks

PS: Totally a newbie. A million thanks to jocala and all other developers!
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
What don't you understand in the wiki instructions?

p.s. the wiki doesn't mention partitioning the sd...so, no don't partition the sd :)
[General Questions and Answers] BoldlyGoingNowhere:
Few questions...

Are the drivers that install when using kies by usb all the drivers I need?

Does the factory data reset reset data/cache/dalvikc ?

Do I install titanium backup before rooting?

Is clockwork mod and clockwork recovery the same thing?

thanks again

BGN
[General Questions and Answers] netbuzz:
As specified at the beginning of the description and in the title of the application, yes, the phone needs to be rooted first.

Not quite. The name of company that writes the app is ClockWorkMod. Their app called Rom Manager is an application installed on the phone that allows installation of Recovery and custom ROMs on supported phones. Exhibit 2 is NOT a supported phone, so you don't need it.

You need the Recovery piece, it's a special mode that allows you to boot your phone into to replace/modify the ROM (OS).

Since Exhibit 2 is not supported, you need a Custom Recovery, one that jocala modified just for our phone. You will need to follow his directions to install it properly. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21498644#post21498644

THis will replace your Samsung built in Recovery mode to CMW custom recovery that is much more powerful and needed for custom ROM flashing.
[General Questions and Answers] ja5219:
Look what we have here...:

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4259

Apparently a new update for the Exhibit II coming starting tomorrow...

BIG QUESTION, would I be able to apply this update properly if im rooted? I used the Zerg Rush Root method to root my phone.. that's all i've done to it.. Will it affect me ?
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
I guess we'll find out soon :)
[General Questions and Answers] philhull:
Galaxy Exhibit?

Maybe since our device will now have "Galaxy" in the title we can get our own forum or at least a sub-forum on the Galaxy W board. I think it's dumb to re-brand the phone after it's been out for so long, but if it works to our benefit then more's the better.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
My God I agree. Galaxy Exhibit 4G users deserve better. A $200 no-contract phone as good as this is has a solid life ahead of it.

Edit: I've changed the titles of my threads to cite Galaxy Exhibit 4G as primary device name. I edited the wiki, but don't know how to change the catagory name or add an alternate catagory name, so the title is still Exhibit II
[General Questions and Answers] KemikalElite:
So if this is a rebranded device doesn't this mean we need an updated RLE splash? Do you think the OTA will have a new RLE?

Really we could just call it the Galaxy E for short since there's already a Galaxy S,	W, Y, and just every other letter of the rainbow. It's just like the SGS only SGE instead. I feel like my phone just raised $50 in value.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
LOL, +1

(I already changed my irc channel name to galaxy_e :)
[General Questions and Answers] airwickkk:
S I think is for super, w is for wonder, and y? Young maybe? I believe the galaxy ys' are usually small.
[General Questions and Answers] BoldlyGoingNowhere:
I have looked at my phones folders in explore and dont see /mnt/sdcard. The only storage I see is usb storage. Is there another way I need to look at the files to see the mnt/sdcard?
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
So what would e be? Exciting? :p
[General Questions and Answers] jfroehlich:
The stock "Files" app will open to /mnt/sdcard and calls it /. The removable sdcard is mounted on /mnt/sdcard/external_sd.

Use ES File Explorer for an app that will give you access to the whole system.
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
anyone update their phone yet?
[General Questions and Answers] netbuzz:
I am running XquiziT rom. When I click on Software Update, nothing happens. Nothing. With a stock rom I believe it would display "No Firmware". This one does nothing.
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
according to tmobile, you should get an automatic notification on your phone that tells you to update.
[General Questions and Answers] netbuzz:
I just wonder how that works on rooted and non-stock rom phones. Also, I am sure not everyone will get it the first day. If will take some time to do a rollout.
[General Questions and Answers] jfroehlich:
So apparently I misspoke about that the battery charged sound being absent on XquiziT, and now I'm wondering if I was correct about peach either. It is very easy to fix, however, as long as you are rooted. Just remove /system/media/audio/ui/TW_Battery_caution.ogg.

If you want the phone to be quiet when you plug it in, remove /system/media/audio/ui/Charger_Connection.ogg.

If you want to get rid of startup or shutdown sounds, check here
[General Questions and Answers] netbuzz:
That's funny because I am on XquiziT and normally I keep my phone on quiet. Today I left the sound on and it chimed when the battery recharged and I instantly remembered your post... :)
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
Has anybody been able to update?
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
I flashed back to stock... Waiting for the ota update now...

Tried to use Kies, but it doesn't work for some reason..
[General Questions and Answers] BoldlyGoingNowhere:
Thanks for finding those files that's awesome. :D

Yeah the other night I had it on vibrate because I was messing around with it and the beeps and stuff was bothering my sleeping husband. Anyway I keep the phone in a wooden charging caddy thing at night. When the battery finished it let out this roar that sounded like a monster. It startled the crap out of me and my adrenaline shot up so bad that I couldn't get back to sleep. :eek:

So pretty much vibrate is worse than a beep. lol
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Warning!

There's one report of zergrush failing to root our device post update.

This could well be a problem. One of the "improvements" claimed on the update page is "Google Security Fix." This could well be code for "plug the zergrush hole" :(

If you're bitten by this, try flashing back to original stock via my flash2stock or odin, or try flashing my rooted kernel.
[General Questions and Answers] ahmad437:
I updated the T679UVLE1, tried to root with zergrush, but it failed to root the phone, I try to post the screen shots a bit later.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
The new update disables zerg. You are the third confirmation.
[General Questions and Answers] jfroehlich:
Does that mean we have to come up with another root method, or should your rooted kernel work?
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
idk yet.
[General Questions and Answers] ahmad437:
Here is the screen shot of zergrush activity.
[General Questions and Answers] ahmad437:
Screen shot of my phone.
[General Questions and Answers] KemikalElite:
Nice. If we can establish root for it do you think you can provide a system dump for those who have not received the update?
[General Questions and Answers] ahmad437:
How can I get system dump or logcat what ever , I don't know how to get it, if you can guide me, I think I'll be able to.

Edit: Well, I been able to get system dump from my phone, where can I upload?
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Our Update

Thanks to Seriiez, I have a copy of the update in tar format. Basically, it's a new bloat-filled rom with a new kernel. The only root method thus far is to flash my rooted kernel. However, this drops you back a kernel version to 2.6.35.7. You can also flash cwm with the stock recovery (no, you don't need to rename it update.zip) and install the rom of your choice, more or less putting you back to square one.

Still, this will drop you back 2.6.35. This will not change until we get source code for the new kernel and root it.

Pulling an update from the new release to patch current systems would be a bear. What I've got to work with is a kernel w/o source and a system partition. Identifying which bits are new and which are old in the new /system partition isn't something I want to undertake.

Still, it's possible to build a debloated rom using the current material. That's what I'm going work on this weekend, among other things :)
[General Questions and Answers] BoldlyGoingNowhere:
Whats your opinion of the update? Anything different?
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
new kernel/recovery for update

The Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G Thread is where you'll find the Galaxy Exhibit rooted kernel, recovery and new rooted UVLE1 ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] ArtfulDodger:
You are the man!

Thanks a million. I wasn't too happy being unrooted after the new update. I had just flashed your old kernel back no more than half hour ago and then of course you upload a new one! Works great so far. Your hard work is very appreciated my friend.

BTW the Android update process for the phone using Kies was a NIGHTMARE. Took several attempts before it finally worked and not to mention installing the Kies software on my PC took several attempts as well. All this trouble might have been worth it for an ICS update but I really don't know about this one.
[General Questions and Answers] Tyler03737:
I need a little help. I am try to return my Exhibit II to stock so I can sell it because I just got the Droid Razr but I can not find any stock files or anything to put it back at stock and unroot it. Can anyone help me? :(
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Please re-download @ The Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G Thread where you'll find the Galaxy Exhibit rooted kernel, recovery and new rooted UVLE1 ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] ArtfulDodger:
Just downloaded, this one isn't working unfortunately. I have the stock rom and the wi-fi doesn't work. I know you're working hard on this so I'll be checking back later for the update.
[General Questions and Answers] richardlibeau:
Download jocalas t679 flash2stock zip. You will have stock and no root.
[General Questions and Answers] Willielf:
Still has wifi errors with rebelrom. Idk about any of the others.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
This is for the new build only.

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That's interesting. I wonder if T-Mobile's OTA patch does not update the kernel...At any rate, you need to flash back to original stock to get your wifi back. I'll add a note to the download.

Please re-download @ The Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G Thread where you'll find the Galaxy Exhibit rooted kernel, recovery and new rooted UVLE1 ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] ArtfulDodger:
Any idea why it wouldn't work on the stock rom with the new update? The first kernel you posted last night worked, but not the one you uploaded later. I also can't get apps that need root to work now either, they were working too.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] detdett:
Any issues with wifi on both either roms? I don't intend to get a data plan and will use it strictly on wifi based
[General Questions and Answers] ArtfulDodger:
Yes, see my earlier posts.
[General Questions and Answers] detdett:
I finished reading your other posts. The wifi issue is after you installed the new update from t mobile, correct?
[General Questions and Answers] ArtfulDodger:
Yes, that's correct. I just tried flashing back to Jocala's old kernel and then the new one again, that doesn't work either. I would have been better off keeping that first one he posted last night around 1:30, that one was working.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
How did you apply your update. OTA, Kies or Odin?
[General Questions and Answers] ArtfulDodger:
Used Kies.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Try again with Odin, then flash the rooted kernel.

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What you're seeing right now is the typical aftermath of an update. Normally, wifi works fine with all roms. I don't use a data plan either and do most of my calling via wifi.
[General Questions and Answers] ArtfulDodger:
Haven't used Odin before but guess I'm going to have learn how. I'll let you know what happens.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Odin's a pita, but not hard to use. If you'd rather wait, I'm working on a full rom update.

Edit: Now available @ The Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G Thread where you'll find the Galaxy Exhibit rooted kernel, recovery and new rooted UVLE1 ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] ArtfulDodger:
Sounds great, thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] detdett:
Hey jocala, I am about to flash my t679m to one of the roms... since i got it unlocked, will installing a new rom "lock" it again. If not, great. If so, does that mean I have to unlock it again using the old code or will I need a new one?
[General Questions and Answers] hugotias:
thanks, got it to work...and now i have a 32GB usb storage
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Moving

Friends, look for me at the Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G Thread

That's where you'll find the Galaxy Exhibit rooted kernel, recovery and new rooted UVLE1 ROM.

Thanks :)

p.s. this will be my final support post in this thread.
[General Questions and Answers] ArtfulDodger:
Fixed!

Well FINALLY figured out Odin (version needed, steps, etc). Flashed the update and your new kernel, everything is hunky spunky.:) Is the rooted rom you made better or would just be the same thing I have now? BTW the link you made is missing the slash, should be like this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26860509#post26860509

On a side note you should get an award for all this stuff or something. If it was hard just doing what I had to do can't imagine what it's like on your end of things. You deliver the goods in a timely manner too!