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[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Exhibit II 4G Forum

A reminder...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1416406

If you haven't voted, please go to the link above and vote for the Exhibit II to be granted a sub-forum.
[General Questions and Answers] tom_yellowblue:
What settings did you use in GrooveIP to get rid of the echo?
[General Questions and Answers] ryanmm:
Anyone else having problem with application syncing? The "applications sync data automatically" setting constantly gets unchecked for no discernible reason.
[General Questions and Answers] creeve4:
Would you be willing to create a CWM flashable Stock ROM zip?
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Already have. I need to test it some more, but it replaces kernel, recovery and system with stock. I'll upload it soon.
[General Questions and Answers] creeve4:
You are the man! Thanks!

I want something to easily get my wife's phone back to stock if the USB port goes out again.
[General Questions and Answers] Headcase_Fargone:
Adaptive echo on, mic gain at -7, speaker at 4. Was getting some mad echo earlier today though I wasn't yesterday. Seems it's not fixed.
[General Questions and Answers] Headcase_Fargone:
New problem, and this is a strange one. Text messages always fail (no matter with GoSMS or Messaging app) unless connected to wifi. I've heard of people having the opposite problem but not this. Right now I can't send or receive texts unless I'm at home on wfi.

Anyone explain that?
[General Questions and Answers] stab244:
Do you have Wifi calling turned on? That might interfere but it shouldn't since it should go to phone network if you're not in Wifi range.
[General Questions and Answers] schiobrazil:
Sound is of during call

Dear all (hoping that Jocala reads this),

First, let me start by saying that I am not really sure what was the best place to post this. Actually, I am just starting to learn about Android and this is my third (they are all related) post on an internet forum. So, pLease forgive me if I was supposed to place this elsewhere.

What I am posting here is the same that I have posted also on:

androidforums . com - developer (I am still not allowed to post the link here)

The issue is the following:

- - -

I would really appreciate some help with an issue I am having with my Android phone.

I have a Samsung Exhibit II, rooted and unlocked. Since I bought it I have been having a most distressing issue:

Sometimes I try to make a phone call and the sound is completely turned off (on both ends of the call). The other side cannot hear me, and I cannot hear them. I can see the time running, the call is connected (I can see that even through the other device), but there is no sound on both ends, regardless of what is the other phone (mobile or land line).

To help cutting to the chase:

1. No, I am not pressing mute or add call with my face.

2. It does not help at all to press speaker phone, mute, or any other button while on call.

3. No, I do not plug in headsets or headphones prior to calls, nor at any other given time. Since I got the phone about 2 months ago, I only plugged the headphones once.

4. Yes, it does take sometimes 2 or 3 reboots so that the problem goes away. But the problem does return very often. At least once a day now.

5. Restoring phone to stock did not work at all.

6. The issue is also not related to my ROM, as I already installed different ROMs (currently, I have PeachSunrise, but I am using Go Launcher Ex on top of it). I already used, with the same effect, the stock ROM, Go Launcher Ex after rooting over stock ROM, and now Go Launcher Ex on top of PeachSunrise.

7. I uninstalled all active programs (and their related services and processes, which were Lookout and Easy Battery Saver).

8. I even tried replacing some files to see if I could have the problem solved, but nothing changed at all. And, since I am not very savvy at these things, I tried replacing what I personally thought could be linked to the problem. These were:

a) phone.apk

b) contacts.apk

c) contactsprovider.apk

d) Phone_Util.apk

e) PhoneCrashNotifier.apk

f) PhoneErrService.apk

g) SpeechRecorder.apk

9. I am living in Brazil, and had the phone for about 2 months. I cannot return it since I am here, and the phone is not stock anymore (bought it at Walmart).

I would REALLY appreciate any help on this. I am very much disappointed at this point, and I already lost so much time trying to deal with it. But I will not quit.

I first posted this on Exhibit II thread.

I also have my alogcat log, which I produced by turning the program on, making a failed call, and then turning it off again. I am not allowed to post the link here, so I am attaching the file
[General Questions and Answers] hotsauce126:
I have the same problem

I noticed that if I just leave wifi completely off, the problem goes away

obviously thats not the ideal solution but it works for me

it also worked to change the network mode to GSM only, but then you only get EDGE speeds when you're not on wifi
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Since this occurs over multiple ROMs, including stock, my first thought is a hardware or network problem. It would be interesting to see if the issue occurs when using VOIP over wifi. Have you tried Skype?
[General Questions and Answers] ovt00:
My Ehxibit 2 got international languages

I need take Russian language and I solve it. I use firmware by peach.sunrise.1.2a.zip, but I changed all \app\*.apk from I8150 International. After that I install Morelocal 2 and my phone got other languages. I can't change SystemUi.apk only because I take error when connect to USB with develope mode. Maybe who know what I need to do yet?
[General Questions and Answers] francabernal:
The phone vibrates non stop until I turn it off...!!!

I've had this phone since November. In the last few weeks I've noticed that occasionally it vibrates as it receives a text message or email but the vibration doesn't stop until I turn the phone off, or take the battery out. Anybody having this problem? Is there anything I can do to stop this behavior?

Thanks for any help on this
[General Questions and Answers] ksrao801:
New to rooting; some questions

I recently bought T mobiles Exhibit II and I have some questions. Will it work in Europe for 3G. Does it have only 1700 UMTS or 1700 and 2100 UMTS.

I would like to root the phone. I want to know the procedure and the advantages and potential dangers, I do not consider voiding of warranty to be a danger.

I have seen people talking of tethering. I am able to tether :-), meaning there is a hotspot and I can connect my netbook, but there it ends. Every click redirects to mytmobile.com . It happens that way for wifi tethering or usb tethering. I went from Settings to set up the hotspot.

Thank You,

Sankara Rao

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] vx117:
It should be able to work in Europe.

Check out this wiki for its supported bandwidths: http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Exhibit_II_4G

Rooting the exhibit ii is actually very easy and pain free. You would have to be extremely "lucky" to completely brick or destroy your phone. The pros of rooting are customized themes, removing bloatware and flashing a custom rom. Custom roms are nice in that they tend to have customized themes and removes bloatware. This makes the phone run quicker and smoother.

The procedures for rooting are included in the wiki above. But basically, it is extremely simple. Simply install the needed drivers for the exhibit ii, turn usb debugging on via the settings and run the Zerg rush root. Look around these forums for more info.

For tethering, you must have purchased a plan for tethering or the carrier wont allow you to do it. Now there are third party apps to allow you to tether without the carriers noticing.

This is the best app so far: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.tether&hl=en

Hope this helps:)
[General Questions and Answers] benjdm:
The Zerg Rush Root doesn't work if you are connected to your home wifi network. It worked fine after I turned off the wifi.

Probably everyone but me knew that an hour ago...now I know too. :D

ETA: Anyone know if the phone would work with a 64gb microsdxc card?
[General Questions and Answers] desaleter:
You can tether removing the teatheringmanager.apk
[General Questions and Answers] somuchprose:
I have rooted and unbloated my sgh t679 thanks to some great posts on here, but now I have some questions that didn't cross my mind until now and which I hope won't present a major problem. I am pretty much new to all of this, so thank you for this.

Assuming an update is issued for my phone sgh t679, will I be able to update it if given it's rooted and debloated condition? How do updates work. It's running android 2.3.5. Can a phone be "upgraded" to a newer android version?

I ask this because I clicked on update Settings>>Software Update and a small pop up saying "no firmware" shows up. Is this right? I assume I am running a firmware (of course), or does it mean no firmware available?

Also: In case I have to return my phone back to stock, will either back to stock methods on the wiki page (Odin or Clockworck mod) provide all the bloatware? or should I also dl the deodexed bloat files and install those somehow separately?

I am just thinking ahead in case I run into problems or want to give or sell phone.

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From the user manual:

So not sure what will happen with other card.
[General Questions and Answers] KemikalElite:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1552446

IT'S HERE - 3-18-2012
[General Questions and Answers] SpaceSpeed:
simple request

Odd but simple request for Exhibit II 4G users...

I had this phone a few weeks ago, then switched to another phone and gave this one away to a family member (who is not technically minded) that also happens to live far away.

Anyway, I forgot to make a copy of the blue background with the dandelion (somewhat similar to what is posted below) before I packaged it up and sent it off. I've searched the Google machine and I can't seem to find it. :(

My request: Could someone please snag that dandelion wallpaper graphic from their Exhibit II and post it here? :o

I'd really appreciate it, thanks.

Similar to this:

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In the older phones that I've had, they often said they only supported a 16GB MicroSDHC card, but would almost always recognize a 32GB perfectly. If someone out there has a 64GB card, why not give it a shot...
[General Questions and Answers] amybes:
2100 UMTS support

I'm new here, I think my doubt is similar to ksrao801. I recently bought a samsung exhibit II T-Mobile. At Samsung website says the phone is GSM Quadband; 850/900/1800/1900MHz and UMTS Tri-band:1700/1200, 1900,850MHz, but the wiki page says the device is GSM / GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz 3GUMTS/HSDPA (850/900/1900/2100 MHz). In my case, the device does not work on frequency 2100 MHz The bandwidth limiting occurs via firmware or is it a limitation of the hardware itself and has no way to use it with 3g?
[General Questions and Answers] ovt00:
Exchibit2 to I8150

How do you think, can T679 flash to custom firmware from I8150?
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
cm9.kang.05

CyanogenMod 9 (Android ICS 4.0.3) release 05 is available HERE. This is a bugfix release.
[General Questions and Answers] EwanG:
Just picked up an Exhibit II and am really enjoying it. Couple of questions:

Is there an expanded battery that is compatible (even if its a bit thicker and/or requires a new back)?

I gather neither of the current ICS Roms are suggested if you use the phone all the time as a phone. In that case, is there much difference between the Gingerbread custom roms and what comes with the phone?

Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
The Exhibit II cm9 rom is usable as a phone. All 'normal' phone functions work. No camera, and the mic only works for phone calls. AFAIK, the MIUI rom (my cm9 rom with a MIUI wrapper) has the same limitations.
[General Questions and Answers] KemikalElite:
Except I'm having some issues with the MIUI build. Hardware Acceleration and/or Video Decoding is messed up. Video Playback is distorted. The display flips out when going through transparent UI menus and adjusting the brightness. If anyone can help with this it would be appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Sorry to hear that, you've tried the new cm9 build, I expect... I just finished watching a video from my media server (over cifs) from cm9. No problems.
[General Questions and Answers] francabernal:
Exhibit II overheating?

Does anyone have a problem with the phone overheating on the underside when using the GPS while charging or when talking on the phone for more than 10 mins or so? This is very annoying and in fact I wonder if dangerous!!
[General Questions and Answers] EwanG:
Well, I tend to use GrooveIP more than the voice part of the plan. Would the mic work for that? The other main thing I use the phone for is to tether my 7" and 10" tablets for internet (7 inch is my music player and text via Google voice - 10 inch is web browser, etc).

So please let me know if those would work. Similarly, still looking for an extended battery recommendation (if anyone can make one).

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
I think someone had a working mic with cm9 & grooveIP. Search the cm9 thread. Better yet, install CWM recovery and flash roms. This is xda, after all :)
[General Questions and Answers] dennis96411:
Hm, I can't seem to find said solution. Oh well I'll wait patiently, I don't really use the microphone without having a working camera anyway.
[General Questions and Answers] leeEXHIB:
Off topic

Ok first off I know this is probably way off topic but have you guys played Grand Theft Auto? how does it play?? I have tried twice and every time it ends up freezing first mission...Any help or feedback is appreciated..
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
I don't know the game, but I don't think you're off-topic. After all, we're without a forum for general discussion posts.
[General Questions and Answers] dswaggz:
Try chainfire3d

via swagg gangg
[General Questions and Answers] braski:
Yea if you figure it out let me know chainfire3d didn't work for me tried it
[General Questions and Answers] leeEXHIB:
installing now but how will that help the gameplay?

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I will let you know when i download the game again...lol...downloading now

Nevermind....Can't install GTA..If any body has any luck plz let me know....much appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
New CWM-based Recovery

I've customized our clockworkmod-based recovery specifically for the Exhibit II 4G.

Improvements include:

fixes for logging errors

removal of the eight-click confirm

ROMwipe function for frequent flashers

copy log function

Download Exhibit II 4G Recovery (CWM-based) HERE
[General Questions and Answers] dswaggz:
Hey are we official with rom manager

via swagg gangg
[General Questions and Answers] wp.:
Wipes /data. Basically all your user apps. I think your settings stay though because that is on /system.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Settings are kept on /data. Wiping /data clears them out.

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No.

/10char
[General Questions and Answers] dswaggz:
OK just wondering an noob question what's the ten character thing all about :confused:

via swagg gangg
[General Questions and Answers] SurgeRush:
Forgot to mention you fixed it so that it doesn't say internal sd instead of external now. So it now says the right thing.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Lol. Well, it's different now, anyway :)
[General Questions and Answers] Faultyy:
I would assume it's what you write in on your post if your post is less than 10 characters. Ex. "No." is three characters, since the rules of XDA say that your post must be 10 characters long, one would add in some extra characters at the end of posts to make it be allowed.
[General Questions and Answers] dracken23:
Hello all,

First I'd like to thank everyone here for all the valuable information in this thread, it helped me enormously.

Unfortunately I've encountered an issue that doesn't seem to have a solution yet (or I couldn't find one)

I have a rooted Exhibit II with the stock rom and I'm trying to save apps to my SD card, but (as someone mentioned earlier in this thread) the phone doesn't use my actual SD card to store the apps, instead it copies everything to my internal memory.

Is there any way to force the phone to save to the external SD instead of the 1.62 internal memory (which my phone labels USB storage) ? Does one of the custom ROMS do that yet?

Thank you so much and sorry if this is a completely idiotic question (I tried searching the forums before asking.)
[General Questions and Answers] kolrone:
I don't believe any of the roms can do that yet.
[General Questions and Answers] braski:
I believe one of the 4 roms does this forget which one you can also modify the vold.fstab I've been trying this but i keep getting damaged sd card notification that's cause of my limited knowledge tho if you get it right let me know tho
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
CM9 for Exhibit II 4G

A new build of CyanogenMod 9 (Android 4.0.3) for the Samsung Exhibit II 4G is posted.

Here is a video by dennis96411, showing CM9 on the Exhibit II

What seems to work

Phone

Wifi

SMS/MMS

GPS

Bluetooth

HW accelerated video

Headphone detection

init.d support

CIFS networking

Haptic keyboard feedback

Market/Play

Gmail

Browser

Screenshots

What does not work

Camera

Automatic network time zone (set manually)

Youtube

Go here to download.
[General Questions and Answers] dennis96411:
Is this the same build you gave me last night? When you said "hardware accelerated video", do you mean full hardware acceleration?
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
I'm told that's what the newly merged omx code for hw accelerated video provides. The current posted build is newer than the one I sent you last night.
[General Questions and Answers] dennis96411:
Oh cool! :D
[General Questions and Answers] leeEXHIB:
Another game

Has any one tried playing Gangstar Rio on Exhibit 2 yet? If so how does it play?

EDIT: Game force closed first 5 minutes but after i started it again it's playing OK, Just a bit laggy. Just so ya know.

Anybody have an idea on how to improve gameplay on Exhibit?
[General Questions and Answers] Raschal:
External SD card issues

This seems to be a common problem with the Exhibit II. I use the app CoPilot Live for navigation, and cannot download all the maps due to size limits of the internal SD. I have not found a way to load the maps to the external SD. Has this problem been solved yet with this phone or a work around been found?
[General Questions and Answers] cu2cool:
In case anybody is looking for the Samsung Exhibit 2 phone drivers for Odin (without having to install Kies), you can find them on the Samsung website. Click on the Software tab to get to the driver. You need this in order to connect the phone in "Download" mode when reverting to stock with Odin Multi Downloader v4.43.exe (stubbakatt's method). This should probably be added to the SE2 wiki.
[General Questions and Answers] ganovim:
Rooted stock tweaks

Same here...

Also! Has anyone figured out how to disable the screen going black after a phone call? ( even when using the speaker and not holding it to your ear).

This and the soft buttons staying lit while the screen is on, as well as a few other

build.prop tweaks that were published, do not seem to do it on the exhibit 2 4g.
[General Questions and Answers] KemikalElite:
I haven't checked it out yet but hasn't anyone here tried that Darktremor Apps2SD Mod? Doesn't that do something along the lines of what everyone is looking for? Is that compatible with our phone?

I believe that's fixed by applying the tweak setting to enable forcing the phone to always use the proximity sensor during calls. I know the option is present in the CyanogenMod call settings. I'm not sure if it works for stock. Maybe there is some way to change it.
[General Questions and Answers] braski:
I have tried darktremor only cause my card has a gig partition in cm9 says installed and enjoy but is not idk with stock
[General Questions and Answers] taunon:
Does someone know the answer for this? It seems that no-one outside the US has gotten 3G to work on Exhibit II. Could it be possible to enable 900/2100 Mhz with custom firmware? Selecting these frequencies is currently not being applied in Band Selection, no [*] mark appears.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
Our wiki was clearly mistaken, I removed the 2100. Thanks for pointing this out.
[General Questions and Answers] taunon:
UMTS Tri-band:1700/1200, 1900,850MHz

Does this mean 3G will never work in Europe? In Band Selection there are WCDMA 900 and 2100 options, but the values are just not being saved on Exhibit II, so I thought it might be a software thing that maybe some custom firmware could solve. Sorry, I'm a noob.
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
You might check bpear's rebelrom. He's back with a new alpha build. I'll be suprised if you get European 3G though...
[General Questions and Answers] jocala:
A new build of CyanogenMod 9 for the Exhibit II is available HERE

I'm happy to say that the only thing remaining in the not working column is Camera.

Here is a video by dennis96411, showing CM9 on the Exhibit II
[General Questions and Answers] dracken23:
Tried it, but for me on stock it moves the apps to the internal memory (labeled USB memory)

Also, sadly I don't think this would really be a solution for apps that save data to the SD card (like music streaming apps or map navigation apps) unless the phone always defaulted to the external SD the data from those apps will go to the USB memory and fill it up pretty quick...

Thanks for the suggestion though.
[General Questions and Answers] cu2cool:
I found this thread on how to change the maps directory for the Copilot app. I haven't been able to get it to work yet, but I have a few more things to try.