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[Miscellaneous Android Development] CodyTXR0KR:
I'm not sure if anyone is still flashing for this device or if I'm the lone survivor, but because most of the devs have moved on to the latest and greatest devices updates are non-existent now.

So here's an updated version of PAC-ROM 4.4.4 I ported to the exhilarate:

pac_exhilarate_KK.RELEASE.dev_20150125-092613.zip - 207.55 MB

Built using the most recent code as of this post.

Runs really fast and stable, all the features of PAC are there, haven't noticed any bugs that make this unsuitable for daily use. I'm dumping it here because I don't think it warrants it's own thread and this is the unofficial home/hub for our device. If anyone flashes, let me know what you think.

If you use my work and would like to donate for my time/effort, it would be greatly appreciated. I desperately need a new build machine, my old laptop just barely gets the job done, and takes sooo much longer to compile than is necessary:

Finally, A HUGE THANK YOU to all the people who have put in the time/work supporting the exhilarate this far. What I'm learning wouldn't be possible without all your time and effort. If I've learned nothing else, learning how to do this stuff for myself has illuminated just how much work/time goes into putting these ROMS together. So thank you all for sparking the interest in the first place, you are the real MVP's.

:good:

Going to start work on getting a Lollipop build up and running for our device. Wish me luck. I will definitely be sharing if I find success.

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I should add that if anyone would like to see a specific ROM updated for the exhilarate, let me know and I'll see what I can do.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shawnbrennan55:
Lollipop would be awesome! Thanks for continuing to work on this device!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] CodyTXR0KR:
Thank's. Going to be a learning experience for sure. Porting PAC was just a stepping stone, Lollipop is the goal, for sure. Good to know there's still someone around.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Nitro1max1:
I'll be flashing this on my exhilarate when I get home, thanks for still keeping this device alive! And lollipop would be great if it's possible
[Miscellaneous Android Development] CodyTXR0KR:
My research suggests it SHOULD be possible. The proprietary device files already exist for CM12 for the exhilarate:

https://github.com/TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_samsung/tree/cm-12.0/exhilarate

Syncing up the CM12 source repo currently. Straight CyanogenMod seems to be a logical place to start to get us up to date. If I can get that working branching into some of the other ROMS shouldn't be too much of a stretch. In the meantime the KK build of PAC is rock solid and performs VERY well, so hopefully you will be pleased with that while I work on the LP build.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] headsupsevenup:
Thanks man! Yup we're still here. This phone is made of 80% recycled material (basically a refurbished and underclocked Blaze) so it's possible that a lot of us are keeping this phone out of respect for the environment, and certainly NOT because we're cheapasses :D

As far as requests go, I always just prefer the standard, clean cyanogen roms.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] CodyTXR0KR:
I hear you. I prefer stability to bells and whistles myself, which often leads me to CM or Slim builds. While I am working on CM12 currently, I built PAC first for a couple reasons. First the CM11 nightlies still don't perform quite reliably enough for my taste, I still get some occasional wakelock issues using both the nightly builds and a home build of CM, I'm not a fan of the wakelock blocker workaround.. So far I have no issues with the responsiveness of PAC, even from sleep. Secondly, in my testing with LP ROMs on my tablet, there's still some significant bugs which might be unpleasant for daily use(such as Bluetooth functionality and some issues with SuperSU) , so I wanted something relatively current and stable to run while the CM12 based stuff gets worked out.

If all goes well I should have a build of CM12 for testing within a week or so. That's a BIG if, so you might want to give PAC a go for now. If you're still using some of the older builds available for our device, I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised with the performance/reliability.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] CodyTXR0KR:
Starting compile tests for CM12...let the troubleshooting cryptic error flags begin...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xWolf13:
Still subscribed to this thread! Haven't seen much activity anymore here or in the Blaze forum. Most of us (including me) have moved away slowly from it. One of the developers from both our forum and thread has left XDA due to some arguments. But if you do need help, he is on Google Plus. Here is the link to his Google Plus. He did try to port Lollipop but his Exhilarate died on him. Good luck though!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] CodyTXR0KR:
Honestly Ink is one of the biggest reasons I took on this project. Seems he's taken the same path I'm aiming at. I would ultimately like to be able to put together my own systems, so seeing what he's working on now and having been around to watch his progression gives me hope.

I like to think he'd be happy to see an updated version of one of his bigger projects from his days with us. PAC lives on.

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Also a quick update on the CM12 project:

System modules build fine with the exhilarate sources plugged in, which is encouraging. The kernel, however, might take some tweaking. From my limited understanding the partition structure and how it is natively handled by android has changed and will need to be accounted for. However since one of the sources I borked setting up my working directory was related to the kernel, I'm not sure how much this will effect our devices just yet.

I derped up when I was creating my local manifest and left in some KK repos that can be replaced with LP versions, spent the day fixing this mistake and doing further research so I will be able to continue build tests tonight.

Also, zero downloads on PAC? :crying:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shawnbrennan55:
I plan on trying it. Been busy converting an old Windows PC to Linux Mint [emoji2] Thanks again for working on the Exhilarate !
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Nitro1max1:
I flashed pac on my exhilarate just a hour or two ago, and as far as I can see there's no issues and it works great. Thanks for updating it!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] CodyTXR0KR:
Much appreciated. Really looking forward to an outside perspective. It's my baby so, naturally, I think it's awesome.

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@Nitro Glad you like it!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shawnbrennan55:
Just flashed it. Looking good so far:good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Hey guys what's up missing you all
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shawnbrennan55:
Good to see you here again. What devices have you been playing with since your Exhilarate broke?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Unjustified Dev:
It's been so long. What have you been up to?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Nitro1max1:
Any progress on getting lollipop to run on the exhilarate yet?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] r.ramos519:
excellent work on the Pacman rom but im having a problem. BT only works on the phome media but it doesn't want to work on phonecalls in my stereo. does anyone have a solution for this, im on UCLH3. Thank you in advance.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shawnbrennan55:
I never found a solution for that issue unfortunately.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ttablet:
ROMS still around?

I realize this is a pretty old thread, but I've got two i577s that I'm resurrecting, and I've been searching to see what ROMs are still available (many are no longer up in dev-host). It seems that the most up-to-date ROM I can find is CyanFox, based on CM 11.0 and Android 4.4.2; there's also one from GZRoms that looks like it's based on AOSP 4.4.4.

If the PAC-ROM (above) is still kicking around I'd love to try it out.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] CodyTXR0KR:
I'm no longer maintaining the build as I don't have this device anymore myself, but it should still be available and serviceable.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ttablet:
PAC ROM

Thanks for the quick reply. I've been searching but it looks like there aren't any versions of a 4.4 PAC ROM out there for the i577 (although I did find a PAC 4.3).

In any event, there are a few other ROMs that look promising (the two I mentioned plus another based on CM 11.0). Certainly enough for me to play with. Thanks again.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] CodyTXR0KR:
Lucky for you I'm one of those weird people that actually religiously does frequent backups so I found a copy of the file from this thread in one of my old SD card backups. Everyone keeps files, for years, they'll likely never use again, right? lol ;)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i7i2lv0qb7hxlh3/pac_exhilarate_KK.RELEASE.dev_20150125-092613.zip?dl=0

If memory serves it should definitely be 4.4.4, have fun.

EDIT: I have the Gapps file I used with that ROM as well, if you have trouble finding one. I can throw it up for you, if needed.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ttablet:
Super! I've got most of what I need for these phones, having managed to store away a number of relevant ROMs and recoveries that I'd found back in early 2014 when I last thought about updating them. And I've got a couple of versions of Gaaps for 4.4.4, so I should be good to go. :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Nitro1max1:
4.4 isnt the highest android version for the exhilarate. We never got lollipop, it was in the works but it never was finished. I believe I used Pac-Rom for daily use. I have no idea what version though. Good luck, make sure you get a kit Kat compatible cwm
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ttablet:
I've got the phones up and running, and I'm playing around with another 4.4 ROM. But sadly it appears that this zip of the PAC ROM is corrupt -- at least that's what TWRP is telling me.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Hey man I'm all for it..but until then I guess your stuck with me...lol

Also thomas.raines said that oc/uv will be in a future update.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dr4stic:
The blaze got official support because a dev showed initiative and know how and ported the kernel. That was the huge part. That dev (me) also included the I577 support as well. If you downloaded the cm sources right now and also my I577 public repos to build it, you too could build a fully working cm10.

The problem is that you guys don't have a 1) dev that has a device, and 2) someone with the device that knows how to program and solve problems if and when they arise.

Example: right after I got the blaze in official, the next day a kernel patch got added that broke the official build for days. It took a while to build a patch to get the thing going again. I included support for i577 of course, but soon I won't have this phone.

So you guys need a programmer with the device that's in with the cm people. Until that happens, the likelihood of "official" is low. I really wanted to get it in for you guys, but I just don't meet the criteria :-\
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Spark1223:
I know how to program, just not for Android. I have compiled anything in years. I just figured it was too difficult. I don't think I have the no-how about these systems to do it.

We could raise a donation to get this device in a devs hands. Anyone else for that?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jstiel:
I think you're right doing a great job and we're all grateful.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Hey guys. I took a day off to let some hair grow back:eek: I have really messed something up the other day and haven't been able to get it right then I realized the source from tfq was pre dra4stic patches so I got to expieriance a taste of what he went through when the HDMI patch was pushed through and believe me it wasn't fun. Lol. Now some of you (j3r3 ) might have noticed the random Mac address is back. And of course our bln driver also so our notification lights are unreliable at best.. I know it stinks:confused:

Now for the good news thomas.raines is aware of the source issue and has in fact updated it already :D

He also believes he can help me recover from my mistake :rolleyes:

He has added some extra tweaks to the new source :screwy: and confirmed oc/uv on the drawing board:what::thumbup: if you need the bln and mac fix ill get the links up in the morning and ill be spending all day tomorrow fixing everything and hopefully be up and running:cool:

edit: ok ok ok i lied...about waiting until tomarrow... lol ive pulled an all nighter ladies and gentlemen,, got everything worked out, confirmed that its building with the TFQ source and it did something different and im waiting to hear back on how i package it all up, i hate to do this to you guys but when you flash this one do a complete wipe clean install...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
Forgot to put my phone on the charge last night. Pretty darn good battery life if you ask me.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Awesome, now go get the one built with the TFQ source that i just posted and lets see how that one does...i can already tell you it doubled my upload speeds...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Spark1223:
Bln driver working now?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Yep all of that has been fixed. Updated sources
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Spark1223:
I hope it doesn't take long to restore my system. What changed?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Well for starters the BLN and random mac patches are in this one, plus this is the first build with source pulled directly from Team FAH-Q, Thomas.Raines tweaked some things even more so this includes the same changes as the v2 for the blaze...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Spark1223:
Cool. Also, everyone that has seen the 4.2 features and can't wait here's a package for you: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1991734&page=18
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Hey guys Thomas.raines updated the script for a leggy camera bug and problems with the torch so I went ahead and ran one last night version 3 is up. One of these updates will have oc/uv enjoy
[Miscellaneous Android Development] barabasjb92:
Thank you ktempleton for this amazing work. You remember I asked you about swaping the data of the games,and you answer was DataBind. It does not work for me,it keeps sayin 'enter valid target directory'. Can you or anybody help me cause this thing really annoys me. This internal memory thing is really crap,is there any other solution or only this databind thing? Thanks in advance.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
so guys i was wondering if anyone wanted to test out this oc kernel im building right now??? ill let you guys know when it comes off...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
I like OC. :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Unfortunately lots of errors. More than I can solve tonight:(

But on the bright side Mr raines is starting the oc/UV tonight.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
Thanks for the update.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Spark1223:
First of all, it's called "Directory Bind". Secondly, if you have a game that should be at /sdcard/Android/data/com.rockstar.maxpayne/ (sdcard is internal memory) then do this:

Tap the menu button, choose add. Then in the first box (source data box) enter "/external_sd/Android/data/com.rockstar.maxpayne/" and enter in the second (target box) enter "/sdcard/Android/data/com.rockstar.maxpayne/".
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
New build is up guys there is a new root browser in it looks pretty cool
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
Pretty sweet boot animation.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
Music stutter / skip

I use my phone pretty heavily for music, in my truck and when I ride my motorcycle. With every rom other than stock GB (including stock ICS) I have had an issue with my music either randomly stuttering ( this was the case on stock ICS) or randomly going completely silent for just a brief instant. With each of the roms I have tried multiple music players and have had the same issue. It appears that it happens more frequently when I'm driving than when I'm sitting still. I thought it might have something to do with when the phone was searching or transitioning between towers, but I put my phone in airplane mode and it still does it. My music is on the external SD, so my next step will be to try it with music on the internal to see if the SD is the issue. I'll let you all know what I find, but at the same time I'm curious to see if any one else has run into this issue.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dream_Killer:
I have not had this issue on any stock or Rom firmware. I have also 6GB of music on my external sd card. Music plays fine (except when interrupted by a notification which I find annoying ). My sd card is a class 10 card. Maybe yours is an older slow card?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dr4stic:
need some help.

Hi Guys,

I don't know if any of you have been experiencing the SoD's that have been plaguing the Blaze crowd (or for a while, other msm8660 platform devices). If you are, I'd like you guys to consider the following link, thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
Haven't had any in a long time
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
I think the last time I had an sod was right before the bln fix. But if you need testers I'm game. Ill help however I can.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dr4stic:
Nah, kinda useless if you didn't have SoD's to begin with. I need people that can reproduce them :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Spark1223:
I think I had one one time when I came home for work. Today my phones being a *****. It was being slow, and then google voice was being a prick mostly. No sods thank god. So IO THINK we're good on that front atleast.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
New build is up guys
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Spark1223:
What changed
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Whatever cyanogen or Thomas.raines updated
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
Double helix! :thumbup:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
Mine is also a class 10. Thing that bothers me is that it didn't happen on stick gb.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Hey guys I was checking out the threads and I found one with a possible workaround on the storage issue I'd like you guys to test it out and if it works ill try to incorporate it in the build. Thanks

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34424225
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Spark1223:
nice idea, but our vold.fstab looks different
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
That must be why I got boot loops and had to reflash cm.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Well I guess its back to the drawing board. Sorry
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
Shouldn't be that difficult to modify.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
OK guys I've made these adjustments and it seems to be working although I had to reinstall a program to get it working again. Give it a try and let me know. And thank Marty mantion for this

Again I post here because I can't yet post in the CM10 thread.

To switch between the sd cards(internal/external) all you have to do is switch between the mount points of the two SDs.

But first, obviously, BACKUP YOUR /etc/vold.fstab!!!

Now these are the changes you need to make in that file(any text editor will do, you can use the built-in one in the file manager)

line 16: change "sdcard" to "external_sd". change "/storage/sdcard0" to "/storage/sdcard1"

line 19: change "external_sd" to "sdcard". change "/storage/sdcard1" to "/storage/sdcard0"

That's it. Reboot and your done. Who knew managing fstab files on servers would come in handy with a mobile phone.

Attached is my vold.fstab for clarity and convinience. Use at your own risk, works for me.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
I took a look at the stock and swap zips linked in the other thread. It looks like it should work with our vold.fstab, so i used this modified one in the swapped zip and my standard one in the stock zip and will run them for a test.

Seems to work just fine. The zips just swap the vold.fstab and have a script to copy .android_secure and android/data from one to the other.

I577_Vold_Swapped.zip

http://d-h.st/fec

I577_Vold_Stock.zip

http://d-h.st/djo
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jstiel:
Seems to be working. Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
OK guys I had an issue with silent calls after I made this mod so test it out and see if it happens with you too martymantion also has this issue maybe we can figure this out and make it a viable option for our storage woes
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Spark1223:
Change your ringtone back
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Calls that go through but you can't hear anything on either end.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jstiel:
No call problem here.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
Off Topic... Bandwidth

My ISP sent me a notification that I have exceeded my monthly bandwidth by 20GB and that they are going to start charging me $10 per 50GB I go over if it continues. Just out of curiosity I asked what it would cost to upgrade to the next tier of service. Customer service said they were sure it would be cheaper to just pay the extra $10 a month since I was only going over by 10 or 20 GB. I asked her to check the price anyway and it turned out that it was $0.95 cheaper to upgrade to 30Mb and 350GB per month.

How funny is that?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MartyMantion:
Good thing you checked man, bandwidth caps are a *****. I dream of a day this is available to everyone.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
Hell yeah, fiber to the curb. When I first got into networking we were using rg-58 and it was 10 base 2 in house, and wan was dial up.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
Silent Calls

Had silent call issue today. I had just made a call 3 minutes previously and it was fine, then I was stuck with silent calls. As with KTemp, I did a factory reset to finally get calls to work. I might have tried something else, but I was trying to call for directions to where I was meeting a friend and needed to get it back quickly.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Spark1223:
Interesting, had a few calls where they couldn't hear me for a few seconds, but no totally silent calls yet. Might just be lucky though.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ktempleton:
Hey guys I'm setting up a computer to build us paranoid android. I'm getting the source right now. Don't know how long it will take to get a working build going just wanted to let you know I'm working on it..

Edit: got past all the errors and PA is on the way
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MartyMantion:
Only did this once so don't know if it was just coincidental:

I installed OpenSignalMaps and once I had a silent call I refreshed the connection with it, It connected to a different tower. Next call went fine.

I'm just speculating here but it could be the device simply takes too long to switch towers automatically when you are moving.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] j3r3goss:
I actually used to get these all the time on my htc aria, but never on this phone. Have to give that a try when it happens again.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Spark1223:
What's paranoid android