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[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ts0rock:
Hey everybody, new to the forum.. glad to be here!

Here's the deal.. I have googled and searched xda as well as other forums and can not seem to find the answer I am looking for,,

Here's what happened...

I was running 2.3.6. Used CWM and root zip to root my phone. That all worked fine, but next, like a dummy, I went through and started deleting stock apps and accidentally deleted my Live Wallpapers and Wallpapers. So, I used an app (I feel bad for not being able to remember which one, but in the midst of panic I went into last night, it slipped my mind) to unroot it.

When I did this, the stock apps didn't return. I'm guessing because I didn't back them up. So, next I tried to install Flash2stock, thinking that would get me back to where I needed to be. Well, somehow in the menu, I thought it would be a good idea to wipe the rom and everything else.

So, now when I turn my phone on it will boot to "Samsung Galaxt Exhibit 4g" screen and then just boot loop.

In my googling yesterday, I found a page about using ODIN and how I could use it to flash back to stock with my phone. I tried and tried, but Odin will not recognize my phone. I have the correct drivers installed (as far as I can tell) but no luck..

So, I'm here to ask you root gurus about solutions. Are there other methods to restoring my stock rom and getting my phone working again?

or am I just missing something with the Odin stuff?

Please, please, please help! I thank you so much in advance. Not having a phone sucks!
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] meekrawb:
Try uninstalling the drivers and re-installing the ones from here:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Exhibit_4G

PS: Have you put your phone into download mode before connecting it to your computer? Volume down and power should get you there.
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ts0rock:
Thank you for sending me that link. I did not know that I needed a different driver for download mode.. unfortunately both links provided in the wiki page do not work. I am going to google it again and see if I can find them somewhere else.. or if you know of another link that would rule.

And yes I did. I believe I did so correctly. Once the screen with the yellow "!" came up, I pressed the Vol up to get into download mode, then I plugged in my phone, then started Odin. Odin showed the message "Please connect Phone".

I'm running Windows 7 32-bit. And my computer thinks the other driver is called "mtp driver". This is draining, but I am determined to not let a phone beat me
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] tazmaniondvl:
I have done this before, since you have cwm on your phone, all you need to do is download the flash2stock zip to your external sd. Flash via cwm and wait for it to finish, then reboot and let your phone sit for roughly 10 mins. You should be good after that
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] ts0rock:
Thanks again guys. I finally found the srivers I needed and got Odin ti recorgnize my phone.

The method with the sd card would have worked perfectly, but i do not have an sd card reader for my computer. Will definitely be investing in one soon!

When Odin set this guy back up, it install 2.3.5 bavk on here, which is fine because I plan to root and customize anyway.

Any suggestions for kernels/roms i should check out? I have done minimal looking at the ones for my drvice, but intend to.

My main concern is functionality. I need my camera and other apps to work. If they dont, then to me it defeats the purpose.

Also, I do remember the joy os rom that looks like an iphone-ish layout.. Has anybody made one that looks like a windows phone? Ive used the launchers in the past, but it would be cool if there was a rom out there.

Thanks again yall!
[Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G] BrandonCormier:
If you want a windows phone look you could get Cyanogenmod and install a windows phone theme. Then just get Launcher 8. The theme is pretty extensive and does the whole system. Then just get apps like metro messaging to replicate core apps. Also there is a Windows phone keyboard out there somewhere.

Sent from my Galaxy Exhibit 4G
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] aakashdahake:
does anyone here know how to port or modify our system apps to run compatible at 140dpi or low...because phone.apk is crashing..many other apps are force closing... plz tell me it will be helpfull for me.: mad:
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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Minimilised_MR:
Nice. You always bring useful apps ;)

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] keval_104:
Thanks bro.....
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] navinn:
You always post the apps that I'm searching for....lol

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[Sprint LG Optimus G] bowhunt2005:
This sounds pretty sweet. Thanks
[Sprint LG Optimus G] saramon:
I have been waiting for this rom, thank you
[Sprint LG Optimus G] That_Guy0505:
This ROM is AWESOME! I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I have so far. Also I would like to let everyone know that if you want the photosphere camera posted by _Epic to work I have tested it and can confirm that it does work with this ROM. I deleted the gallery apk in Root Explorer first and then flashed the zip. Enjoy this ROM guys, it's beautiful! :D
[Sprint LG Optimus G] EFEXR:
this rom sounds pretty good.

I have a couple of questions:

Does the camera (focus) work on this ROM?

Is the camera limited to 8MP or 13 MP? (CM 10.1 can only do 8MP)
[Sprint LG Optimus G] That_Guy0505:
Auto-focus works perfectly in my experience, as far as MP is concerned, personally I didn't look.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] rlasalle15:
Bud...I will make sure you are the first to know when Auto Focus completely works. Shelnutt2 and myself are both looking into see why the mm-qcamera-daemon keeps running and causes auto focus not to work. We will then move onto getting 13mp camera going.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] That_Guy0505:
I will say that I haven't really had any issues with the camera that _Epic posted. Maybe something to check out.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] neno2323:
Well well well lookie here . Yes thanks
[Sprint LG Optimus G] pdelacr2:
Rocking this ROM. Running smooth.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] prowlingfox:
I'm really excited to try this; I'm just waiting for the camera focus bug to be worked out in all the AOSP stuff since I use it on a daily basis. But this looks amazing. Thank you, Devs.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Barshalen:
Been running this rom for over a day now and I haven't had any issues. There's a lot of features so just be prepared to spend some time to set it up how you want it. Well worth the time to play around and test every feature/option. It's my daily driver from now on for sure.

One quick tip: if the nav bar pops up from messing with the paranoid settings, just set the nav bar size to 0 in the interface settings. Have had no issues at all that way.

Also Rlasalle, on the newest official change log they said they added a script so that after flashing a rom update you don't have to re flash gapps, and it also saves all of your pa settings. Is that going to be in the next version by chance?

Sent from my LGOG running Rootbox.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] That_Guy0505:
Check pm

Sent from my LGOG running rlasalle's version of Root Box!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] zaner123:
I tried this rom, but reverted to cm for now... Some really frustrating issues: navigation bar only goes away if i set size to zero, but that messes up some other parts of ui. Dpi settings are wrong and unfixable. Some fonts are very small, while others are standard. Gps still doesn't work.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Barshalen:
Dpi settings are completely "fixable". Go into the hybrid settings, then apps. This area lets you adjust the dpi of each app individually. If you want the app to be the same size and layout as stock then set it to 320.

What does setting the nav bar size to 0 mess up? I've had no issues..

As far as GPS, make sure you get a GPS lock on a stock based rom before flashing an aosp rom. I have not had any issues with GPS after doing this.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] HdMsTrTeCh:
Still testing but wow! All your fav ROMs under one roof. Crazy cool! Overwhelmed right now but that's a good thing and will sure keep me busy. No problems with GPS. Will report on any bugs. Thanks a bunch! Put EOS in there and we can go to one dev thread lol!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] samsungepicgeek:
So far pretty awesome rom . One problem though , does anyone know how to change the text size of the settings.

Also does anyone know how to disable the navigation bar, I'm not really sure how it even got enabled?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] stevek216:
Go to hybrid settings, swipe right and go into interface, set nav bar to 0%. This has already been mentioned in a few posts. As for apps with small text, go to apps in the hybrid settings menu and change the apps size to 320.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] That_Guy0505:
You can also change the text size across the whole device under Setting > Display > Font Size

Sent from my LGOG running rlasalle's version of Root Box!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] BMP7777:
Thank you brother. Always the last place you look. :silly:
[Sprint LG Optimus G] kMogs17:
Yes I LOVE PA thanks rlasalle this is great
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Morningstar:
I've got a problem....I'm coming from Lifeless v14, I downloaded the rootbox zip and the gapps zip, boot into recover (latest TWRP), wipe data/factory reset, install the rootbox zip, install the gapps zip, wipe Dalvik, reboot, and....nothing. The LG logo flashes then the screen just stays blank. I've tried re-wiping & installing several times to no avail, I can't seem to sideload or push any other ROMs onto the phone without getting errors, and all 5 of the TWRP backups I have on the sdcard now fail when restoring 'Data' (though they've worked before).

Anyone got any ideas what I did/am doing wrong, or how I can get my phone working again? *sigh*

EDIT: Nevermind...Formatted the sdcard (losing everything in the process, dammit), re-installed, and it seems to be working. Never had that happen before, but oh well...
[Sprint LG Optimus G] GeekasaurusWrex:
Oh alright , it's nothing too terrible so long as I can receive calls, but I hope a fix for it comes soon
[Sprint LG Optimus G] shuwoo:
This was an excellent update. I tested with gta vice city and I believe my phone got less hot and used less battery. I charged it after that. I'm on 3.5 hours of very light use and my battery is still at 97 percent.

For some constructive criticism, I'm still getting over lay issues when I open fauxclock and my settings.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
Crap. I just setup this entire rom only to find out gps isn't locking. I was on lifeless before and locking fine. I read the thing about getting a lock on lifeless right before flashing this. Can I flash lifeless real quick, get a lock and restore a nandroid of my new root box setup for the same effect?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] spackmanbr:
Yes, should work. Keep a nandroid of your Lifeless too. It makes it much easier to bounce back for GPS locks, PRL updates, data profile, etc.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
Just to be sure. What should my exact procedure be? Nandroid, wipe, flash lifeless or stock rom, do *#*#gpsclrx#*#* maybe?, get a lock, and while in maps reboot into recovery, wipe and restore? Or do I fake a battery pull?

Also curious question, if we had to repartition to be able to flash these new aosp based roms - how is it I can still flash lifeless? I noticed after I flashed teeny.bin it rebooted right back to the lifeless I was running for months without a hitch.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] HdMsTrTeCh:
On 5/1 build, I don't have a notification bar on the bottom on my screen with tablet mode. Can anybody else confirm?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] rlasalle15:
It always help to read the second post.....
[Sprint LG Optimus G] HdMsTrTeCh:
"I have fixed panadroid so that Stock UI and Phablet mode works. I just need to get tablet modes straight and pretty sure I know what is wrong."

Oops...guess I know what is wrong too lol. Didn't read after edit...sorry.

Kinda cool to have my notifications open up from off screen with gestures. Pop ups come from very bottom of screen. Nice effect
[Sprint LG Optimus G] ABurningFalcon:
FYI 2nd post needs to be updated about torch since it works now. Thought I'd mention it.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] GeekasaurusWrex:
I have been playing with the hybrid settings for a bit but I can't figure out how to get the 3D look on the YouTube app. It's still looks like the phone app(albeit a bit better than) and the how to in the setting doesn't match up with what's actually displayed.. Suggestions?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] ABurningFalcon:
You should look in setting>hybrid settings>apps and scroll down to YouTube. You can change its settings there I think.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
So I tried like 4 times to get back into lifeless, get lock (verify with gps status), reboot and restore root box. I get zero lock. Tried powering off, restart, even doing one while navigation was one running. 13+ satellites on lifeless. Zero on this :(
[Sprint LG Optimus G] spackmanbr:
Crap, man. I'm sorry I don't know how to help you. I know what you did always worked for me with the Evo4g, and has worked for others with the LGOG. I haven't seen anybody else on AOSP have this problem.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] shuwoo:
Is anyone else experiencing overlay issues? Specifically flickering transitions.

I just flashed the 5/01 build over the 4/27 and now I'm leaning towards trying a clean install.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] That_Guy0505:
I would recommend a clean install.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] kMogs17:
i would recommend disabling hw overlays
[Sprint LG Optimus G] WASSHOI:
Really wanting to flash this. Just waiting on that call end bug to be ironed out. It's small, but I know I would be OCD about it.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sharkboy0901:
I also have this problem, I went back to zvb got a GPS lock then restored root box but I cant get a lock.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
So I tried all those methods. I also tried wiping, flashing lifeless from scratch, locking, powering off while locked, reboot into recovery, wipe, flash rootbox from scratch (in hopes of doign it "the right way"), hoping to get a gps lock and then I would have flashed the backup I had. Still no go.

I'm downloading ZVB Rooted JB Stock. I'm going to try to flash that, then teeny.bin, then recovery, then fresh rootbox. hopefully i'll get a gps lock then and i'll attempt to restore the already-configured rootbox nandroid I have.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] _Epic:
I have no idea if this will work, it helped me get a faster GPS lock on AOSP.

Try downloading: FasterGPS

Once you download and enter the application, click Continent and hit North America then Region and hit United States and reboot then try it then.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] EFEXR:
I have the same situation as you guys. I also could not get a GPS lock. I was on stock ZVB deodexed JB rom and made sure I had a GPS lock before flashing Vanilla Rootbox. As of right now I still dont have GPS on this rom.

I'm glad I'm not the only having this problem. I thought it was just me which is why I never posted about GPS. This seems to be a real issue for us and hopefully there is a fix.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] rlasalle15:
I am trying something new...Are you guys on the jb radio? I have lock within seconds.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
No go. :(

Rsalle: zv7
[Sprint LG Optimus G] EFEXR:
before flashing this rom. I manually updated the OTA stock JB rom. So I am assuming the JB radio is included.

Or was I suppose to flash the JB radio?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] rlasalle15:
sputnik you need to be on the zvb radio for this
[Sprint LG Optimus G] rlasalle15:
you should be good..trying someting new...gps is a *****!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
Yeah I'm an idiot. I went to go flash zvb all excited. Rebooted. No go. Think I should try the gps fix again, restore lifeless, lock and restore back now that I'm zvb?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] rlasalle15:
not sure if lifeless installs a radio...never used it..i think Autoprime has the radio in his thread.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
No, I mean I just flashed zvb over already installed root box and still no lock

Edit: nvm I got lock! Fn awesome. Now if only we can get auto focus and 13mp!

Question: is the different colored leds working? My colors don't seem to change.

Edit #2: YEAAAHHHHH. Camera MOD fixes auto focus! Thought doesn't look like it bumped it to 13MP like it did in lifeless for me.

Edit #3: blah excited too early. auto focus only works on first launch of the app. :(
[Sprint LG Optimus G] shuwoo:
Disabling the overlays definitely solves the problem. From what I have read, I would rather not disable them. I guess they take some of the load off of the cpu. It's not a big deal because we survived before them and it doesn't make a big difference in battery life.

However, I'm wondering if anyone can confirm that this happens on the 05/01 build. If it's me then I'd like to fix it, If it's everybody then I will shut up and live with it :)
[Sprint LG Optimus G] kMogs17:
i have the issue too on most aosp roms right now but i disable hw overlays because it bothers me
[Sprint LG Optimus G] unclejuju:
Just downloaded tricksters mod. What kernel settings are you all using? I have mine on interactive right now.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
I have a quick hack work-around to anyone who has auto-focus working but only for the 1st app launch.

Get a scripter app that will let you create a shortcut to a custom script. I use ROM Toolbox PRO. I believe Script Manager will allow you to do the same thing.

Make a script with the following in it:

killall mm-qcamera-daemon
am start -n com.android.gallery3d/com.android.camera.CameraLauncher

Set it to run as root (required for killall)

Create shortcut on your launcher

Profit

This kills the mm-qcamera-daemon process and then launches the camera in one shortcut.

Edit: I switched to using smanager myself, as rom toolbox was giving me a FC when launching shortcut.

Install and launch smanager

Make a new script with this in it (notice the additional line from above). Noticed that without it, when you launch the app and back out of it smanager keeps the shell open and you back out to smanager instead of back to home.

killall mm-qcamera-daemon
am force-stop os.tools.scriptmanager
am start -n com.android.gallery3d/com.android.camera.CameraLauncher

Click on the script. Set it as "favorite" and highlight "SU". Save

Add a shortcut on launcher. Select SMShortcuts.

Select Add one script shortcut. Pick your script. Change the name/image to whatever you want.

Hit OK and profit.

If you have a 3rd party app you need to do this with. Play store for "QuickShortcutMaker". Install. Launch. Go to Applications. Filter for your appname. You'll see some activities. Click on one. "Try it". If the result is what is desired, type in the full activity name in place of "com.android.gallery3d/com.android.camera.CameraLauncher"
[Sprint LG Optimus G] EFEXR:
What were the step that you took to get a gps lock?

I have tried to restoring my zvb backup in TWRP, getting a GPS Lock. Then restoring my Vanilla Rootbox backup and I still get no GPS, how did you do it?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
I was a dumbass and had zv7 radio, not zvb. After tying what you did 5 times, I flashed zvb on top of rootbox. Walked outside. Done.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] mesacarvin:
Decided to give this ROM a try.

Coming from Lifeless which had no problems

Now since I've taken the jump to this one, the phone constantly reboots

Went back into recovery to restore a backup of Lifeless and I had no file present but according to the file manager the file is there.

So I reinstalled Lifeless but have the constant rebooting once the phone scans media.

Any ideas? Don't tell me I have to format internal storage?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] EFEXR:
This happened to me as well. I was told to wipe /system. Go into TWRP in the wipe settings go to advanced wipe. from there I always wipe all 4 including /system. This does not wipe your sdcard. I always do this when going from rom to rom. This way nothing from the previous rom gets messed up with a new rom

So just to be clear, should I restore back to zvb, go outside to get a gps lock. Then restore my rootbox backup, then stay outside to get the GPS lock? Or should I start with a fresh install?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
Go into about and hardware info. Are you on ZVB right now? It'll be under baseband version.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] EFEXR:
no, I flashed back to rootbox to see if my gps works and it didnt. So im back to where I started. (Im on Vanilla Rootbox)

Edit: My baseband says BLS970ZVB-M9615A-CEFWMAZM-3.0.10646
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
You are on the right one. Right before I flashed ZVB I did this, so try it.

Nandroid your current setup. Wipe. Flash lifeless. Get GPS lock. Use GPS Status to be sure. While its locked. Power off. Power on into recovery. Wipe. Flash rootbox fresh. Double-check baseband is still ZVB. Get GPS lock (hopefully). Restore to nandroid from first step.

My issue was definitely that I wasn't on ZVB, so I'm just guessing on your behalf at the moment.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sharkboy0901:
Dude I found the fix your in the same boat I was here's is what you have to do.

Flash any lg stock ROM then get a GPS lock, then without wiping FLASH (not restore) a fresh root box install ( you dont have to set everything up just yet) all you have to do is get GPS toolbox and then you will get a lock now you can restore your back up.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Sputnikk23:
what he said. although if you experience problems when flashing fresh root box, wipe the caches in between.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] gutterwall:
You have to go into your Google voice settings on the web and change it so it doesn't do that...

https://support.google.com/voice/answer/116933?hl=en&ref_topic=1708125
[Sprint LG Optimus G] EFEXR:
Thanks sharkboy0901 and Sputnikk23. I finally got a GPS lock on rootbox.

It seems I had to do the fresh install to get a GPS lock and not a backup of rootbox. Its ok though because I can play with the settings again. And yes the GPS Status & Toolbox app did the trick.

As for the 5/1 build I thought _epic camera mod was included. Or did I misread that somewhere?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] jamebarron88:
Is there a way to make the script run automatically at certain intervals?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] AOKPBrownNoser:
Any way to make it stop duplicating my music in Apollo?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] wharmecht:
Okay so this has never happened to me before. I was on Lifeless v14. Did a Nandroid, wiped cache, dalvic, system,and factory reset, flashed this ROM, flashed Gapps, got it all booted and now I can't find any of the files that I had on my phone. The backup is gone, all my music even the ROM zip. But when I go to storage under settings it shows that I only have 8gb free of 25gb so it has to be somewhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] bruiserman:
It's caused by the 0 file. Apparently it is an emulated sd card that all the aosp and aokp roms create. You have to move all the files from your sd card into this 0 file and then you'll be able to see them and use them on these custom roms. I have never been able to access this 0 file from the AOKP roms. I only could when I restored my backup rom. Then I was able to go into the file manager and see this 0 file. It is very weird. If someone knows how to get to the files I'd be more than interested to know how.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] wharmecht:
So if I download and reflash Lifeless I should be able to see my files again?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] EFEXR:
look under "/data/media" or "/storage" your files are still there, they're just hidden.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] wharmecht:
/data/media is empty. /storage gives me /emulated and sdcard0 neither of them have my files.