yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] nin28:
Some ROMs can be installed using CWM and some ROM need to be installed using Odin. Generally speaking if its a .zip it should be installable using CWM. Have you tried wiping out the Data/System partitions before doing the installs?
[Android General] Dream_Killer:
Has anyone with a rooted stock ICS phone installed the latest Exhilarate update from Samsung? Will it install OK if phone is rooted and has CWM recovery installed? Once installed will I have to root it and reinstall CWM? Thanks

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Also I used the SW update check function on the phone but aborted the installation. Now I get a continuous update nag screen that I have to dismiss every time I unlock the phone. Anyone know how to disable or remove the update nag screen? Thanks
[Android General] nin28:
SGH-I577_Flash_Counter_Reset.zip

I'm trying to reset the custom ROM counter and I tried to download the zip from the following page:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45152463

The only problem is that it is a link to AccuWeather.apk. Does anyone have this zip for me to download? Thanks.

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CWM will mess up the update. You need to restore the stock recovery to get it automatically update. My guess is the root will be gone too. Not positive about that though.
[Android General] nin28:
I just installed slimkat and the soft keys don't work. Is there a fix for this? Also, how does one root it?
[Android General] DeSEBticoN:
Hey guys I need some help getting my wifi tethering to work on my i577 I'm running gingerbread 2.3.6 I installed clockwork recovery with Odin and installed SuperUser. When I try to turn on the portable wifi hotspot I get the "mobile data is unavailable or invalid sim" error, can anyone chime in an tell me what I'm doing wrong or if I'm

Missing something ??? I've searched the net and I can't seem to find any helpful info on the topic :(
[Android General] bridonny:
Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate: I need help fixing my option, home, back and search touch

I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate with Clockworkmod Blaze-4G and Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed four days ago. Everything was working fine until yesterday when option, home, back and search touch stopped working. Since then i have tried different option like factory reset, wipe cache and take out the battery but non of them has work.I also tried the solution posted here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15193321&postcount=1. But wasn't able complete it the steps, because adb keeps telling me permission denied. I want to know if there is something I'm not doing right and if there is any other solution to fix this problem. Thank you
[Android General] ktempleton:
Go to my thread and in the first post grab the recovery for this Device and flash that since you used the blaze recovery that's what is causing you to have these issues
[Android General] bridonny:
[MENTION=4878501]ktempleton[/MENTION]

I just downloaded your recovery cwm "cwm-6.0.1.4-exhilarate.tar - 6.92 MB". I'm new to this things so please explain if that's the only file I have to run on my phone to fix my option, home, back and search touch. Or are there any other files i need to get run on my phone.

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also i just tried loading the cwm-6.0.1.4-exhilarate.tar - 6.92 MB with odin and it says fail.
[Android General] ktempleton:
Search my thread there is a newer recovery or look on the team chopsticks site you can find it in the cm official thread and use that recovery

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2426405

That's the cm 10.2 thread read the op and follow the links to the proper recovery
[Android General] bridonny:
I followed the link where I was able get the cwm-based recovery v6.0.1.4 finally on my phone finally. After that I installed "cm-10.2-20130830-EXPERIMENTAL-exhilarate-ALPHA3" from the internal sdcard (zip). I reboot the phone and now im struck at Cyanogenmod screen.

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I just installed "cm-10.2-20130830-EXPERIMENTAL-exhilarate-ALPHA3" again. Now after the Cyanogenmod screen? Android is upgrading. After it install the 73 apps. then it restarts and does the same thing again.
[Android General] ktempleton:
OK no that you have the exhilarate recovery you need to flash the newest one I think it's 6.0.37 then reboot recovery and flash the cm 10.2 that should fix you right up
[Android General] jlee123:
Seems I need a little help with my i577. I installed cm11 coming from cm10.2, However I am unable to get LTE coverage now. Under my mobile network settings/ preferred network only shows 2g/3g. All was good under cm10.2

I have tried everything but flashing different radio to fix. Could it me my radio? Any compatible cm11 radios I can try?

using Radio UCLH3 on tmobile

UPDATE: Fixed. For anyone having this issue just type in *#*#4636#*#* and change to LTE/GSM Auto. However preferred network type will still only show 2g 3g. But will work on LTE UCLH3 radio.
[Android General] nin28:
Triangle Away

Has anyone tried using Triangle Away for the Exhilarate? Any success? Thanks.
[Android General] ktempleton:
It's worked for me
[Android General] nin28:
Did it put back the official ROM label of: SGH-I577? Thanks again.
[Android General] ktempleton:
It reset the counter and made it say it had the official firmware or whatever
[Android General] nin28:
Triangle Away worked perfectly for me. Reset the counter and made it an "OFFICIAL" ROM. Thanks.
[Android General] nin28:
Restore Samsung Exhilarate to Stock

I had to return my Exhilarate to AT&T because the Wi-Fi failed on it. I wanted to make sure that it was configured so the warranty was still good. Below is how I got to stock configuration and a link to all the files you need. Thank you to j3r3goss for all the files and help.

1. Use Odin to install "I577-Stock-Latest.tar". Do a search on XDA if you need help using Odin.

2. Reboot to confirm system comes up.

3. Copy "Superuser-3.1.3.zip" and "I577_Stock_ICS_Recovery.zip" to sdcard.

4. Use Odin to install "Clockworkmod-Blaze-4G.tar".

5. Reboot into ClockWorkMod - Recovery Mode.

6. Install "Superuser-3.1.3.zip" and "I577_Stock_ICS_Recovery.zip".

7. Reboot system, install "Triangle Away" and execute it.

8. Boot into Odin mode and confirm that counter is reset and ROM is "Official".

9. Reboot system and uninstall "Triangle Away" and "SuperUser".

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6__70zYqY4ZM2tWUjB5M2hON2c&usp=sharing
[Android General] concert0:
Exhilarate hacking not going well...

:cyclops:

Please help!

My new i577 has undergone a series of modifications that has placed it in a near-bricked state, the latest step in the process ended with using odin 1.85 to install the i577-stock-latest.tar file mentioned above. Here is the sequence of events as spelled out by a total noob, if anyone can help please read through and offer a solution! Thanks!!

Unlocked i577 unboxed today with ICS 4.0. I decided to root it (first time).

Successfully rooted by:

-using odin 1.85 to install Clockworkmod-Blaze-4G (device connected, re-partition not checked)

-transferring Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip to microSD

-booting to CWM recovery mode

-installed Superuser from sdcard, reboot

-checked successful root using connectbot terminal

Tried to install a mod to get around AT&T restrictions on hotspot tethering put together by homeslice:

see:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2248959

-copied wfhs2.zip to sd card

-booted to CWM recovery mode

-installed successfully from sd card

-reboot

After this the phone wouldn't boot beyond the AT&T logo, however I could still boot to download mode and CWM. I realized I forgot to wipe the cache and dalvik as instructed by homeslice, so rebooted to CWM and tried this, no change in booting past AT&T logo, maybe I had the wrong build specified?

Decided to wipe data/factory reset in CWM.

-wiped data and caches multiple times and still would not boot past AT&T logo.

Next decision was to try to use odin to install 'i577-stock-latest.tar' (mentioned in the above) to try to get to factory reset status. Downloaded the file, booted phone to download mode, communicating/partition not checked, ran odin with i577-stock-latest.tar, all threads competed, 0 failed.

Attempted to reboot, now phone only boots to the Samsung logo, it flashes off, phone attempts to boot again with a buzz and the Samsung logo flashes again. This happens over and over presumably until the battery fails. It does not show charging screen when plugged in.

The phone can still boot to download mode plugged in to my computer.

Can anyone suggest a way to get back to my stock rom using odin??

UPDATE:

I managed to solve the issue: For those out there seeking to factory reset the i577 from CWM, you cannot do so with blaze, instead search and download: cwm-6.0.1.4-exhilarate.tar. Was able to push it via odin and reset data/wiped caches on first go!
[Android General] nin28:
WiFi doesn't work when Phone Antenna enabled

I was wondering if anyone had the following issue. When my Exhilarate is in Airplane mode and I turn on the wireless, the wifi works perfectly. However as soon as its out of Airplane mode with the phone enabled, the wireless goes haywire and can't connect to a wireless network. This is a stock build. Thanks in advance.
[Android General] brassmonkey666:
cm11 bluetooth

This post certainly belongs in the CM11 thread for the exhilarate, but as I have never posted, that is not an option. Hopefully someone who counts takes notice. Anyway, I know the issue of bluetooth not working with the music player has been reported all February. I recently updated to the 2/26 build hoping this had been fixed, but I learned it had not. When using Apollo or Fusion as music player, the player would hang when connected by bluetooth, and eventually crash. I also tried google play music and this player simply told me it was unable to play the requested file. Maybe that helps someone find the bug since my device clearly recognizes the files as music files (I guess from the file extension), but seems unable to interpret them properly. This was annoying since I was at the ski hill and I didn't bring wired headphones with me, but I flashed the 1/29 build on top of my existing install and a chairlift ride later I was back in business. I will refrain from trying new builds until this issue is resolved as bicycle season is around the corner...
[Android General] mobidutch:
Apologies for resurrecting an old thread.

I performed step 1 of these instructions on an AT&T branded SGH i577 that was running a custom version of ICS 4.04 for Consumer Cellular. After flashing the tar with Odin 1.85, the phone is stuck in a boot loop. Briefly shows Samsung logo then reboots. Can not get it into recovery mode using the Vol+, Vol-, Pwr buttons. Also not able to use 'adb reboot recovery', as the phone never becomes visible as a USB connected device. Did I brick this phone?

EDIT: Yikes..I think I may have flashed the tar file in PHONE mode instead of PDA mode. I'm guessing that was a no-no?
[Android General] j3r3goss:
Should be able to pull the battery to stop the loop and then try to get it into download mode.
[Android General] mobidutch:
Thx for the reply. But unfortunately no...after pulling the battery, no matter what button combo I try, it always ends up in the same 10 second reboot loop. I ordered this little thingamajig from eBay, hopefully that will help.
[Android General] freeice:
pls is there ar om for sgh i577 with memory fix
[Android General] shawnbrennan55:
There are several 4.4.2 (kitkat) ROMs for the i577 in different stages of development, but for the most part no major issues. Check out CyanogenMod, Validus, CarbonRom, PacRom, and ProBam (AOSB).

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Samsung Exhilarate (SGH-i577)

ROM: CM11 Nightly 05/18/14

Kernel: CyanogenMod

GApps: BaNkS Minimal 05/16/14

Recovery: Philz Touch 6.19.2 (CWM 6.0.4.7)
[Android General] mobidutch:
The USB jig works like a charm, puts the phone in download mode.

Flashed back to stock, all is working again. Thanks!
[Android General] cheesy poof:
Is anyone else having issues updating to roms created after 8/05/14. I'm on cm11 nightly from 8/04 and it works great but all updates soft brick. I've tried manual applying, wiping everything a few times and different days. I also tried an older philz recovery with no luck. Sorry if this is the wrong spot, I tried posting on the cm tread but I don't have 10 posts yet, and carbon doest have a newer yet
[Android General] shawnbrennan55:
I'm currently on a July 31st CarbonRom. I'll let you know if I have any issues once I flash an update.
[Android General] schlomomotin:
initial flash cm11 soft brick

rooted i577 samsung exhilarate. wiped data/reset, cache, and dalvik. flashed nightly with philZ 6.0.4.7. boots to samsung logo and that's it (soft brick). no problem restoring with an external usb backup. i've seen this reported also with carbonrom (which did the same thing when i tried it). n17 at xda developers suggests replacing boot.img which i have downloaded but don't know how to replace it. does this make sense?? seems this didn't occur with earlier cyanogenmod roms in july.?? suggestions??﻿
[Android General] shawnbrennan55:
There was a global problem with the boot.img that affected all i577 ROMs since July 2014. None of them would boot without replacing the boot.img file. It has been fixed on the two most recent CM11 zip files. TWRP is also now available. A huge thanks to [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] for both of these updates!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2521335&page=22

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To replace the boot.img just open the zip file with ZArchiver, delete the defective boot.img, then copy in the new boot.img. ZArchiver will re-compress the file and you are good to go to flash.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.zdevs.zarchiver
[Android General] schlomomotin:
worked like a charm

Very grateful. Flashed 1/11 zip and it installed beautifully. Copied the Zarchiver post to the team carbon Q & A site since i had the same problem with the latest carbon rom (11/6). and others have had problems also. Thanks again..............sherman
[Android General] tirkius:
unlock sim

hello! I need a firmware Stock I577 UCLD2, there anywhere? I can not unlock sim!
[Android General] segin:
You know that you can quite easily Google that yourself.
[Android General] shawnbrennan55:
I just put all three radio files on a shared Google Drive folder.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1jtQCEvSVqQbmFHcjlHQ0hkOFU&usp=sharing
[Android General] tirkius:
All links have been broken!

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Maybe there's more, she firmware stock 2.3.6. ?
[Android General] shawnbrennan55:
I've never needed to go back to stock, but you may try the 358MB zip file that [MENTION=3941399]j3r3goss[/MENTION] posted on Dev-Host. I believe it's a factory image.

http://d-h.st/search?search_by=1&search_for=i577
[Android General] tirkius:
This 4.0.4, unlock does not work!:(
[Android General] tirkius:
unlock sim i577 ICS

Everyone who has a similar problem! This modem is suitable for ICS ...

http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00005/EHM/ICS UCLD2radio.zip
[Android General] chesterr:
Hi there

I want to download the official rom and can't download dev host file.

Is there an alternative link available?

Thanks.
[Android General] Black-wolf:
Dump of System Folder

Ok, here's a link to the dump of my phone's System folder.

This is everything in the folder. Hopefully, we can use this to start working on the root issue of this phone. Regardless, I think I have the solution w/o this file - but I'm providing it for others in case they want to try to use this to root.

It's a large file, and will take a while to DL...

System Folder Dump: https://www.onlinefilefolder.com/4siQBRwVl5tu5h

If the link doesn't work, let me know.

To use it, you'll need to unzip it, then copy it to your phone's SD Card, and then (using Root Explorer) copy it back onto itself in the phones root directory.

As for hacking it so it can be rooted, have at it.

BlackWolf
[Android General] j3r3goss:
Sweet, Thanks!
[Android General] Black-wolf:
Can't...... get...... it..... wait... I got it.... no... I didn't.....

Well, I've tried every possible trick in the book that I can think of... I can't get this thing rooted.... I even tried a manual root using instructions here: http://www.erodov.com/forums/how-root-any-android-device-manually/43325-page2.html...

No JOY or luck... WTF. I should just wait I suppose till one of the real gurus gets this thing rooted, but I'm impatient... Surely, there's a way...

Any ideas? Comeon guys/gals... let's have em!

BlackWolf
[Android General] j3r3goss:
Kies firmware upgrade and initialization

Just for giggles I was trying to see if I could use the firmware upgrade and initialization through Kies to restore my phone to stock. When I connect the phone to kies it says it doesn't support upgrade and initialization. If I don't connect the phone it asks for a S/N and Model #, when I put in my S/N and Model i get a text box in chinese. I'm assuming it's telling me it's not supported, but I'm just curious what others get when they put in their S/N. I've blanked out the S/N in the pic.
[Android General] Black-wolf:
Actually, that's Korean... not Chinese.
[Android General] Black-wolf:
Linux won't recognize phonein DL Mode

Ok...

Here's one for the gurus out there (this is in relation to trying to hack this thing)... When I'm in windows, and put my phone in DL Mode, windows does recognize it (at least, adb does). When I boot into Ubuntu Linux - nothing - nix, nada...

YES, I HAVE checked USB Debugging. Yes, I have done everything the way it's SUPPOSED to be done.

On a side note, if I just boot up the phone, and then plug it in, Linux recognizes it, but I only have access to the user folders...

So what gives? Some sort of driver issue? Something the way they have the phone set up?

Also, is there some sort of version of Keis for Linux? How about some sort of other method to access the phone (not ODIN)...

Any ideas?

Thanks!

V/R

BlackWolf
[Android General] j3r3goss:
I really thought alot of people might jump on this phone for it's small footprint, specs and price. If i could find the stock rom i would definitely be willing to dig a bit deeper and learn on this phone, but definitely need a way to get back to stock before getting crazy. I did reload Mint on my desktop to play a little more, but I'm having hell with the SDK, for some reason ADB doesn't install right and won't run.
[Android General] j3r3goss:
Galaxy S Blaze 4G CWM

I found that the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G has the same chipsets and screen size and tried to push the CWM through ODIN. It boots into CWM successfully. The Instructions say to push the PIT also but this fails, just pushing CWM works and boots recovery. Unfortunately my OS is messed up due to trying to root this device with other methods. If someone would be willing to try this and do a nandroid with the stock image and post it that would be awsome. This method does trip the custom binary counter. After this though should be able to push SU binary zip package from the sdcard through CWM recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1591622

I was actually able to push this Unofficial CM7 thru CWM and it boots.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762559&highlight=cyanogenmod

not sure if it will work other than that though... testing now.

A lot of things don't work with this version of CM7, cap buttons, wifi, but it boots... that's huge.
[Android General] j3r3goss:
I've been doing a lot of playing and I found that the issue I was having with my cap buttons was actually caused by flashing the Skyrockey CMW recovery. I managed to load a Blaze debloated stock rom and recover my touch key firmware by using *#*#2663#*#* in the phone dialer and "update toch key fw". I have been using the Blaze CWM Recovery and I've tested most of the functionality and have loaded several of the blaze roms. mostly everthing is working other than sound. and believe it or not it picked right up on ATT and I started getting text messages. I'm going to see if I can figure out how to port their rom over to this phone. Would be nice if samsung would release the stock firmware or an update tht could be used to get back to stock.
[Android General] Black-wolf:
Wow... Nice job! Don't hold your breath on Samsung though. Like most major corporations that have a product, they see it as their exclusive right to be the ones to control updates, and what OS/firmware you put on it. Your best hope, is that some employee from within the company who has access, decides to release it through some unofficial channel. I haven't had a chance to play any more since I've been on vacation out at the outer banks of NC, but now I'm back so I may try some more things. Good job on getting a flash to work. Wish I had a 2nd one of these phones to play around with on this...

V/R

BlackWolf
[Android General] j3r3goss:
@ Black-wolf: I made a system.img with the system dump you posted. I'm trying to figure out a boot.img then we'll have a stock rom, minus stock recovery. I think a little mix and match with the Blaze stock firmware from sammobile will do the trick. may even be able to use the stock recovery from that rom.
[Android General] Black-wolf:
Wow! That's great... What do you need to get a boot.img?

V/R

BlackWolf
[Android General] j3r3goss:
I think mostly the partition information, but I'm not sure yet. I haven't ever made one. Have to do a little more searching.
[Android General] shabbypenguin:
ahoy there. i happened to be searching to see what this phone had t o offer due to my cousin recently buying it. fancy that it would boot the blaze cwm i made. without stock partitions you run a pretty big risk of not being able to boot should crap go wrong.

if youve got cwm booting then rooting is a breeze.

anyone wishing to get some help with things can join our IRC here http://webchat.irondust.net/?channels=hitsquad and ping me (say my name) i may not always be around but i log all the traffic. once we have a rooted user ill tear thru the stock partitions grab the fstab figure out the changes, if any, need to be made to blaze cwm. and toss you guys a stock odin tar :)
[Android General] Black-wolf:
I DID IT!!!!! :highfive: More coming soon but BIG thanks to Shabbypenguin! Not only rooted, but shabbypenguin will be posting a recovery.img for it here soon! j3r3goss: You've been a great help too! Without your figuring out that blaze CWM would work, we wouldn't have been able to do this! Stay tuned everyone...

More to come!
[Android General] NIMBAH:
Well done that's great news :D Real good to see you lot have finally got it rooted :)
[Android General] j3r3goss:
Awesome!!! So stoked to get this moving along. Big Thanks to Black-wolf and Shabbypenguin!
[Android General] Black-wolf:
Spoke to soon... :(

Ok.. I may have spoken too soon... I did get CWM on the phone. I did get SU. I did get the dump for the system and boot. I am uploading them now. Unfortunately, putting CWM has DISABLED my Menu, Home, Return, and Search softkeys at the bottom of the phone!!!!!

SO.... HEEEEEELLLPPP!!!!!!! Anyone who knows what this is, or how to fix it, let me know! This is the ONLY thing that is keeping me from using my phone....:crying:
[Android General] j3r3goss:
Go into the Phone Dialer and enter *#*#2663#*#* You will see some information on the screen and two buttons. Select the bottom which should be Touch key FW Update or something like that. It will take about a minute or so then should be good.

It should look something like the image below. This image isn't from our phone just an example so the numbers probably won't look the same. That's what happened to mine... I thought it was the Skyrocket CWM that did it.