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[Miscellaneous Android Development] wilson pickett:
http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_W

i followed this script.it extracts the original recovery.img to sdcard.

reverse the process puts original recovery img back.

after installing rz to phone,enter recovery by pressing volume up,then power,hold both buttons,when samsung logo comes up release both buttons,an empty gray screen will come up with a slight pulse to it,then quickly attach usb power connection,that's the key,it wont boot into recovery on battery power alone.

and you have to time the button release just right.took me many times to get it.

a far simpler way is to boot into recovery using quick boot,with the usb power connected.

http://www.rzdroid.com/ftp/recovery/...ora-update.zip

i used the image file extracted from this zip.

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1376196&page=4

link to image i used is the second comment by irish pancake on this page.

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i should add i ran the commands ln terminal emulator on the phone not adb through computer.

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one last thing,it takes about 45 secs. to boot up,a blank gray screen until then,and,you have to have usb power connected through the whole process.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cars1189:
Hmmm, cool well thanx for the fast reply, hopefully maybe this will help the devs.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] francabernal:
Wireless tether

Thanks for your hard work and effort researching all these topics. I'm sorry to be such a noobie, I looked for this app by name in the market but it's not there. When I downloaded it from your link, I have it in my download file but... how do I get it from my computer to my phone?

Never mind... I got it! Thanks thanks thanks... can you also tell me if I can do a wifi hotspot with this phone?

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Hi I have downloaded titanium back up and gone to remove apps. Is it possible that the list of apps (or their names) has changed greatly since that OP was done? Out of all the apps listed on your post I could only find 3 on my phone... where can i go to see what the others are? like what is bejeweled? bonus apps? tmobile tv? mini diary? mini paper? more for me? polaris office? social hub? slacker? many of these sound like things I don't want, but I'm afraid if I delete them they will mess something up on my phone.

Thanks for your help
[Miscellaneous Android Development] AndroidSamurai:
How ya like this look as a default theme for a tweaked stock rom?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dswaggz:
Coolness now what about the recovery are u gonna modify it

sent from my exhibit 2 greatness
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
That's astounding, excellent news. Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pixeltrailz:
Nice. Il run it later today to check it out. Can anyone else confirm this also?

Good work! Cant wait for the Rom
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
Very nice! What are you using as a launcher?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KemikalElite:
This might belong in the general Thread but I figured I might get a better answer over here. I know TouchWiz has a Built in screenshot function but how does it work?

I checked my gallery and I see that I accidentally took five screenshots. I checked the manual and found nothing. All a google search shows is instructions for the galaxy tab. I figured for now until we get AOSP it would be better to use than downloading a screenshot app.

And has anyone else noticed that certain launchers show a different icon for the "menu > notifications". It looks really out of place. Though it's nothing custom themeing can't fix.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
arco68's kernel & KezraPlanes' ROM boots on our device, but none of the radios work (expected).

RZ's recovery didn't work for me, perhaps I didn't flash it correctly. Anyone else try this?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] T679noob:
Any knowledge as to why I cannot view these listed files, in Titanium Backup Pro?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dswaggz:
@jocola so is there a work around an is ics on the horizon

sent from my exhibit 2 greatness
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pixeltrailz:
Press Home and power button at same time. Then a camera "flicking" action on ur screen should appear
[Miscellaneous Android Development] joshua.justice:
I tried it and got no success. Screen shots as others have said could help and maybe a guide exactly of what you did. Like combining links/sources in one post with steps
[Miscellaneous Android Development] AndroidSamurai:
Click on System Apps
[Miscellaneous Android Development] joshua.justice:
Any idea where the stock recovery is located? Then we could pull it and flash properly like was posted about a few pages back.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
partition /dev/block/mmcblk0p13 or recovery.img from the stock tar
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
Success?

Partial, anyway.

I make enough progress with our kernel today that I was able to create a recovery image with our kernel and rzrecovery. You can download it for testing HERE. It makes backups, I haven't tested them. It also complains that it can't find 'misc' and complains of zero space on the sdcard. But it goes ahead and makes the backup. Flash this zip via stock recovery. If something goes wrong, you'll have to reflash your system with stock or Peach Sunrise.

This recovery image is by no means a finished product. I'll be looking into what the rz is looking for that it doesn't have.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pixeltrailz:
Do you have to have Stock ROM to flash this?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
This needs to be nailed up on a wall somewhere, cause the Exhibit II is miserable to get into recovery. Doing this makes it a snap.

Kudos to Wilson Pickett for the tip and also thanks Wilson, for all the great music over the years :)

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I flashed it running Peach Sunrise. It should flash over any ROM.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pixeltrailz:
So then all you do is put it in your sdcard and then boot up stock recovery and select it ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KemikalElite:
I tried using the quick boot recovery option and the power volume and through shell and when it reboots it shows the android recovery update logo. If I hit menu it shows some yellow text and reboots, if i press another key it just reboots.

How do I actually get the recovery menu options to show so i can flash the recovery.zip?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stab244:
Yeah on the stock recovery I see nothing.

EDIT: Never mind. I didn't know that you had to press to see the menu. Now to backup my app data.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ravennevar2012:
I was going through the same list in the OP, but I don't really see a System Apps button to click on in Titanium Backup. I would appreciate if you could let us know where it is. Thanks VanillaTbone!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jvnat:
Hit menu and go to Backup Settings. Make sure that System apps (apk) is checked. Obviously, make sure you have root.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ravennevar2012:
I have root (according to Root Check) and the System apps (apk) is checked. However, I do not see the names in Titanium Backup as they are listed in the "Safe to Remove" section of the OP. For example, I do not see apps like Dina.apk, IQ-tmobile...apk, and JobManager.apk, etc. Should I be seeing them like that or with a different name? Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stab244:
Different name. That's about all I can tell you unfortunately. Most of them you can tell what it should be in the list but a few are more difficult.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jvnat:
They won't be named like that (JobManager.apk). They'll have their app names and be in RED for the System apps. You'll need to use something like Astro File Manager to get to the apk files.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dswaggz:
Ppl we need to test the recovery has any1 tested it more

sent from my exhibit 2 greatness
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KemikalElite:
Recovery flashed. Looks good. Custom colors are working. :) Overclock settings don't because the scale hasn't been loaded yet.

Gave up on trying to flash the flashable recovery zip. I pulled the image from the zip and flashed it using the method from the wiki page. Still this recovery is very functional. I bet RZ has the hooks to work with ROM Manager. I should have some sort of modded stock ROM out to flash soon.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wilson pickett:
i just tried to restore the back up i made last night and it wouldn't restore.boot img failed it said.the rest then installed.

your method installed the recovery fine jocala.it did the backup,but it also would not restore.said boot img failed and the other files had an error about volume size.

sorry 'bout that i should have tried to restore before i posted that.

i installed the kezra planes galaxy w rom through it and left it on until now.

you can install the recovery if you want without any harm.

but,dont backup and try to restore,you will be stuck at the boot logo,and you will have to start from scratch,and reinstall through odin either the peach rom or stock.

jocala,you probably know this,but the backup files get stored in nandoid file on sd card.

it appears to me that rz cant read the external sd card,and that's why e:misc comes up in the program.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KemikalElite:
Not true. I was able to save a nandroid backup to the external sd card. You have to change the setting under options though. I just made a nandroid backup and flashed a zip i generated quick from the UOT theme kitchen website. It worked. However some of the features including lockscreen and overscroll glow don't work because of stupid touchwiz. Hopefully soon we can make a ROM without it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] francabernal:
Thanks for your response Vanilla Tbone! I have used the tethering app successfully. The last 3 times, however, the phone tells me "you have started wifi tethering with errors. See show.log" I have tried closing and reopening the app, to no avail. Eventually I have to shut the phone down and reboot for the app to work. Any ideas why this might be happening?

Again, thanks for all you do.

edit at 10:18 am - another thing I'm noticing is that I lose the ability to turn on wifi after I've been tethering. I try iti both on the home screen and by going the long way through settings. I have to restart the phone for wifi to be available again.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
None of the restore functions are working here, so that makes this experiment a bit of a wash :( In fact, be prepared to do a Odin restore if you try backup/restore of boot/system. I happen to be running Odin right now :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wilson pickett:
you can set the options to external card and backup there,but if you try to restore the backup it will say that it cant find it.i dont think that rz can "read

"from external.good luck.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Tokinjedi:
when i use the tethering app posted here it does something to where i can't turn on the wifi after i turn the tethering off forcing me to restart the phone. i try to turn it on via notification or settings. otherwise the tethering itself works.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mec31:
OK, the Market app on my phone has regained its senses. Here is an edit to the 'safe to remove' list on page one of this thread:

If you remove

-DownloadProviderUI.apk

you will lose the ability to download from Androd Market. The good news is that simply restoring the file will restore Market functionality (i.e.--I did not have to reflash).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] francabernal:
Restoring an app

Thanks for your post. Had you backed up this app prior to uninstalling it? If so, where did you go to restore it?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mec31:
I was using SystemApp Remover. That app integrates all the functions necessary in 'debloating' (backup, restore, remove). So, running SystemApp Remover, I backed up each app before I removed it. Later, I went back into SystemApp Remover and restored the necessary file.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] imhumanoid:
I have my Exhibit running with Simple Mobile. :] works great and a great price.

*continues to stalk thread*
[Miscellaneous Android Development] samusishere:
Does anyone know howbto reverse the v6 supercharger script?

It seams to be hindering m devices multitasking capabilities and it seamed better off without it

I think it will perform better once someone optimizes it for our phones inca rom.

Thanks in advance c:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xxjomamaxx:
Does this new rom come with the T-Mobile theme chooser? Like in cm7?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dswaggz:
Inhumanoid are u using there 4g plan I'm on the 3g plan

Sent from my SGH-T679
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pixeltrailz:
Start up v6 supercharger agian and select #15 Which is "UnSupercharger" That should take care of it.

You could also trying doing this:

su (enter)

echo ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 >> /data/local.prop (enter)

reboot (enter)

Doing this speed up my system. And v6 supercharger started to work like it should after. Give it ago if you really want that boost
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
Has anyone done any theming against the TouchWiz components? I'm having issues with apktool not properly recompiling TW apks. I have installed the twframework-res.apk to my system, but still no joy.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jgrinst1:
Pixel & Samuishere - everyone's usage is different. You have to play with the settings until it works for how you use your phone. I suggest leaving Supercharger in and installing Automemory manager. You can tweak the minfree settings from that app after boot until it runs how you want. Then, set the minfree values in build.prop to be those values. Remember, values are in pages, not MB.

As a PS - you may find that your usage demands a Linux swap file on SD. Android Eclair forward was supposed to not need that but I have seen performance improvements with one in a hard multi-tasking environment.

Good luck.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] imhumanoid:
Im on 3G, the $40 one. There is no 4G in my area :/

works good though, internet speeds are great. better than sprints 3g was.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KemikalElite:
I am trying to get some themeing done. Touchwiz keeps getting in the way. I'm able to mod and flash the regular android framework-res.apk but not touchwiz. If I use an archive program to open the contents of the apk like winrar and re-inject the changes into the framework just using winrar and not recompiling would that work? Or am I just thinking stupid again?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dswaggz:
That's what's up I thought about upgrading to the 60$ plan but I think ima stay w/ the 3g plan

Sent from my SGH-T679
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KemikalElite:
I added a few initial updates to my wiki's page for the Exhibit II. My written review, some mods, and EVERYTHING about this phone on one page. I'm going to add more info tomorrow. Links on the articles link back here to xda. I'm not sure what xda as a whole community would think of my site but its promotion for xda. Having all the information about a device on one page seems like a good idea to me.

Samsung Exhibit II 4G - Ultimate Phone Guide
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
I dunno man, I've felt stupid since 01/01/12. I thought that if you imported the required lib (twframework-res) so you have 1.apk & 2.apk in your framework dir all would be cool. I'm using a Ubuntu VM with apktool. No TW apk that I've decompiled will run when recompiled. This is deeper water than I've swum in before...

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KemikalElite

You rule :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wilson pickett:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1446593

this recovery works 100 per cent.

i used the adb image.ran in terminal on phone.

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buttons are different.

volume up:up,volume down:down,power:back,soft button search:select.

ran it 3 times,baked up peach,installed kezra plane w rom,restored peach.

100 per cent.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cars1189:
Awesome we have come so far since only late December(when this thread was made)... now someone make a CM9!!! :D ...side note seems like the galaxy always gets everything first :( lol

Edit: Actually it looks like arco has a CyanogenMod for Samsung Galaxy W(which i believe is the device other roms have worked with the exhibit) github repo which i believe is ICS (github.com/arco/android_device_samsung_ancora) would be nice if some of our rom making pros could maybe try it and see what would need adjusting.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bpear96:
If this is true, i have a ROM for the exhibit II that i whipped up, That is flashable from CWM, not ODIN. Anyways :P i dont actually have this phone, so need someone to test it out, uploading now

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
Thanks Wilson!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pixeltrailz:
Ok, I just flashed the recovery with odin and it works. CWM FTW!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dennis96411:
I can confirm the CWM recovery working, although it is very hard to operate because my screen flickers like crazy and I can't see 70% of the time.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bpear96:
Does your screen flicker when using the recovery like dennis's does?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pixeltrailz:
For me It stops flickering when i charge it at same time through PC.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] md1008:
I flashed through Odin and I also had this problem, although I am in the process of backing up see how it goes :)

Interesting to note that while backing up/restoring the screen doesn't flicker nearly as much although to get to that point is bloody painful, I would rather flash Odin and start from scratch than to deal with this flicker
[Miscellaneous Android Development] samusishere:
ok thanks :D

and sorry for being sych a noob,

butt how exactly do I edit the build.prop

and also how do I add a linux swap file?

Thanks in advance
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dennis96411:
This works.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bpear96:
UNTESTED: I DONT HAVE THIS PHONE

If anyone wants to test go ahead

TEST #1 of BpearROM, this rom is to flashed in CWM, i suggest your WIPE data,cache ETC before flashing OH AND BACKUP IN CWM FIRST.

Download:http://www.multiupload.com/UOVUP9SSLK

Features: early test, didnt do much

Debloated

Zipaligned

Xperia ICS themed launcher

ROboto theme

ICS keyboard

Coming soon:

if this works well im gonna work on porting my ROM for the SGS2

Will be similar to this http://www.multiupload.com/UOVUP9SSLK
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Nilpotent:
For info, I made a big safe/unsafe removable list of apps. As usual, use at your own risks.

http://androidforums.com/exhibit-2-4g-all-things-root/472523-how-root.html

It comes from the info I could get on this forum and others on different samsung devices (mainly exhibit II and SGII but also a few others), feel free to update the first post with that (I think there was a request to get app name and not just the .apk file name).

If you feel like you can give me feedback so I can improve the list, please do so.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] T679noob:
So, I didn't back this up. I'm screwed? Can't access the market.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stab244:
In the first post there should be a link to a folder containing all of the system apps that you can restore through Titanium.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] T679noob:
Not seeing it? I used ES File Explorer to remove threw system apps listed for safe removal. I didn't use titanium backup, because it didn't show any of those apps (yes, settings were configured to do so). Now, in titanium backup, it shows all the files that were removed with ES,

greyed out at the very bottom, but my only option is uninstall. This sucks, I obviously want access to the market lol
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stab244:
It's #6 on the first post.

EDIT: Can't seem to flash the CWM through Odin. First time using Odin. The phone resets but it doesn't go back into recovery like it should to continue the process. Any help?

EDIT 2: Turning off the auto-reboot makes it start up but it gets stuck at setting up connection. I think I'll have to install some other drivers instead...

EDIT 3: Now I can't get into recovery. I get an error telling me to use Kies to do firmware upgrade but Kies isn't recognizing the phone. Fun times.

EDIT 4: Now I get back into recovery but I still get stuck on setup connection.

EDIT 5: Okay flashed back after installing some other drivers. It just worked. Now I can't seem to get into download mode but hey my phone works at least.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pixeltrailz:
This didnt work. Just Bootloops. I installed it through CWM recovery.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bpear96:
hmm thanks for testing, did you wipe cache?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pixeltrailz:
Yea i wiped cache. But i didnt wipe memory. So i cant really completely confrim that it doesnt work
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KemikalElite:
Just flashed the CWM Recovery, I also have the screen issue when not charging.

Just to verify for updates:

- There hasn't been any new updates to the RZrecovery and now we're switching to CWM.

- We now have a working build of CWM5 with a display and/or power issues.

- The custom .35 kernel from the GT won't work with our SGH model until the file differences between the two can be sorted out and fixed.

Adding this to my wiki page just wanted to check for accuracy.

Thanks jocala for posting my wiki link on your signature.

Maybe the issue with the new recovery is because the phones have different CPUs and the phone can't handle it while running on battery power?

If we have any updates on a possibly working custom kernel I will test it ASAP.

I'm going to start on my custom ROM. It will be interesting to see how it turns out since I just about won the award for most boring home screen of all time.

EDIT:

Then can't we just swap out/flash a working stock radio?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
ClockworkMod 5.5.0.4

I've rebuilt our recovery image with ClockworkMod 5.5.0.4. Please test it, ok? It's HERE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KemikalElite:
screen is fixed! Great!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] samusishere:
I just want to thank everyone for all the progress you've made :D

And that I'm more then willing to test any rom.

P.s.

Is it possible for all the memory optimizations in the W rom to be implimented in a rom for our phones?

I wass looking at my old optimus slider and it had over 200 megs of ram free

Over our exhibit ll poultry 80 megs free.

I know this phobe had the same amount of ram.

So it must be possible to get that kid of free ram on our phones
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stab244:
Works fine for me. I do like the rave effect on RZRecovery more though lol. Backing up my phone now before I can mess it up even more.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jocala:
I'm seeing that booting into recovery is now more reliable with clockwork than samsung. VolUp-Power works every time now. YYMV of course.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pixeltrailz:
This wouldve helped an hour ago when i was trying to figure out how to restore when you have a boot loop D: .. Instead i just re-installed... peach sunrise
[Miscellaneous Android Development] imhumanoid:
I got Peach Sunrise succesfully flashed..... but now all my bloatware is re-added.

normal? D;