yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
And here i was thinking, of course it would come out the day after i sold my phone. you had me :)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
You sold the Light, already? I guess that means no more development. Damn.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
i posted about it in the twrp thread days ago. when cwm was being worked on there was a bunch of people who were talking about development then. seems odd since then no one has even posted that they were working on stuff. you guys have root and working recovery now, thats all youll need to get root when kitkat does come out, i only bought this phone because it was the easiest way to root it, i sold it to someone for 200 bucks and grabbed an lg optimus g pro instead.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
I have not read the twrp thread, which is a shame. I want twrp for the recovery. I'll have to seek it out. Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] djshag:
I've been following XDA looking for answers for many of my past and present phones because I JUST CAN'T LEAVE THEM ALONE!! Even though I hard bricked my very first smartphone within a week (HTC Dream / G1). I bought this SGH-T399 as a secondary phone and don't care about warranty but really do like the phone. Probably the best phone for the price that I have ever spent (without a 3 year contract involved).

If I wanted to get involved in development myself, am I looking at a huge learning curve? Where would I start to try to create/port a custom ROM for this phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] WillieWonka1985:
I second that question!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] GJSmith3rd:
Cruel but very funny! :D

Even crueler!! Thanks Shabbypenguin. :cool:

I feel you! I bricked my Light as soon as it was running just about perfect. My first time ever bricking. Doh!!! :cyclops:

It seemed like the best bet, until the update is released, would be to port CyanogenMod 11 from a similar device that already had a build. The Samsung GS3 International (I9305) has the same SOC, CPU and GPU and a current CM11 build. I was able to setup and build a CM7 port that worked for another device and it booted and loaded on that device. However, others had done all the real work and it began to seem impossible to build CM11 for the Light without a working device and a real dev on board. :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
all the hard work for 4412 is already done, just need to merge board files in with cm's kernel and setup a device tree for this phone. if you look into what they did with the other 4412 devices shouldnt take more than a few weeks to get a booting build.

there is a massive difference between making roms, decompiling the apk's and altering or adding features you want, and the more commonly known stuff. the most common form of "development" is taking an android kitchen and clicking on a few numbers, tossing in random crap you find on the internet that claims it will increase battery and speed and having the kitchen prepare it for you. the problem with that is when there is an error (and there almost certainly is) then the people who rely on the scripts are left clueless on why it didnt work.

with aosp there is two vastly different ways to go about it, building from source and having proper fixes so that when you compile it works, or something thats also pretty common is someone will compile and then edit the zip (probably with a kitchen) and swap out files and try to hack together some form of working crap.

i suggest checking out xda university for starting off, ive never read any of it (they didnt have those fancy guides when i was learning), the CM wiki is another good read. and probably the best advice isnt even from me but a name you guys will recognize and trust http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=667298 i mean, who better to listen to about getting better about android development than the guy who left samsung to form his own company? :P
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] GJSmith3rd:
I built a booting CM7 from source using a guide and the device tree for the Huawei Ideos U8150 created by the Ideos Dev Team (Tilal, Alanort and others). Everything was already done so I just needed to follow the guide to setup properly, compile, flash and boot.

CM wiki suggested that you at least have built for an existing device before trying to port to a new device. I watched the Team build for the U8150 and I still had it so I tried.

It took 3 hours to compile on my old dual core AMD Turion X2 2.1ghz 4g ram Ubuntu 12.04 LTS notebook box. And that was just CM7. That was also the first uncached compile.

I knew that if I tried CM11, for the Light, with all attempts to make changes from another similar device, recompile, over and over, it would take me a very long time before I could even get a booting build that would still need much more work and time.

A real dev with some time, a device, and a super fast setup could proabably have a booting build in a few like shabbypenguin said earlier.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
Ouch, my computer takes about 35 mins from make clobber to finished zip. i have 8GB of ram, a fx-6100 (hexacore amd cpu) and a 320gb hard drive dedicated to linux in my desktop. as it stands i get annoyed when compiling recovery/kernels takes more than 5 mins. my specs werent too far from yours a while back ago though, took me a few hours to do cm7 and i tried cm9 once and left it overnight still didnt finish :/.

someone with a high end amd or middle range i5 will do alright enough for compiling, those of you with weaker systems id suggest either sticking to doing stock roms or looking for a build compuyter. jmzhosting.com provides a buildbox for a few bucks a month.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] GJSmith3rd:
Yeah, all those extra cores really help. Solid state drives help a lot too. I awhile back I heard that you could distribute the compile load across multiple boxes. I started trying to deploy a multi box compile setup but found I was spending too much time trying to figure that out. :cool:

Say, post a link to one of those hosted build boxes so I can check it out. I couldn't find it.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
http://jmzhosting.com/developer-servers.php he is out of stock right now, ill ask him when more will open up
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
Phone sale fell through. ill be posting this to swappa for 125 bucks shipped if anyone is interested.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Damn. Two weeks too soon. Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
http://swappa.com/listing/DFA786/view in case anyone was interested :)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfmitchell:
Do we have TWRP yet? I want to get rid of stock recovery...
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Shabby has a working twrp on phandroid, I believe.

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Can anyone bid, shabby? Or, do I have to be a swappa member? I'm thinking I will get it, if it's still available.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
if youd like to buy it i can cancel the swappa listing and you can instead just send me the money via paypal as friends family to shabbypenguin@gmail.com. id prefer to sell it outside of swappa/ebay and avoid paypal fees anyways :). PM me if you are interested. i use USPS priority flat rates so if mailed off tomorrow should get to ya by friday.

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-lig...ecovery-team-win-recovery-twrp-2-7-0-0-a.html
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Can I confirm tomorrow? I had thought you said $125, but the swappa post says $110... Let me know and I will confirm tomorrow. Have you had problems with dropped calls? I've learned the radio in there is not very good, but it's no worse than in my exhibit...
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
I'm a stay at home dad who lives in a concrete apartment where tmobile coverage is spotty at best. i get edge inside my place and place about 99.9% of my calls over wifi so dropped calls due to cellular is something you should ask someone else im afraid :/.

i had originally intended to sell it for 130, but im in need of money, hence the price drop to just get it moved as quickly as possible. swappa doesnt have bidding, someoen clicks buy and thats it so its entirely possible that someone could buy it before tomorrow, heck ive already got a text from my craigslist ad. if you are serious about buying it tomorrow then ill hold it for you, if not then id suggets keeping an eye out for shophq. they had it on sale for 140 plus S&H.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
I'm serious about buying. I want it, if I can free up the money. I'll pm you tomorrow by late morning. Does that work for you?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
Alright, i removed it from swappa and ill hold onto it for you. pm me tomorrow :)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
sent.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] djshag:
Custom ROM... the beginning

OK, so I am trying to customize my ROM: debloat, add features, etc. I am following this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2195858

and so far have made it to creating a /working folder and I've propagated it with my backed up /system files.

I have to say that I'm a little freaked out now. I seem to be at the point where I can make changes to the ROM but am not sure how to test it short of loading it back onto the phone and possibly bricking. Does anyone know of a way to test the messed with ROM while it's still on my PC.

Any other advice will be appreciated!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Can anyone guide me to a good source of apk files? I am unable to download apps from the play store and have taken to sideloading the apk files downloaded from the web. Unfortunately, the files downloaded are often modified, turning my beautiful new phone into a zombie phone. If I can get a good source for files which are clean, I would appreciate the info. Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
Why can't you download from play store?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
I'm scratching my head about that too. Do you not have data to the phone or something? Try a reverse USB tether if you don't have wi-fi. Or is it some issue with Google accounts? Perhaps a factory reset is in order?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
I called tech support. It seems that there is some kind of negotiation going on between Google and T-Mobile. Doesn't matter, though, as I can just go straight there through the internet. I do have another issue, though. I was trying to download xposed, but it actually installed on my old exhibit, rather than the Light. Have you ever heard of that happening? I am going to uninstall from the exhibit, turn it off and reinstall it, hopefully, on the Light.

Edit: no go. It's waiting for the exhibit to get turned back on, to download the app. You guys ever heard of such craziness? I think my Light is being blocked from the Play Store, no matter how I enter. Does anyone have the apk for Wanam Xposed and the installer? Thanks

I got the files and have it all properly enabled and working correctly. It probably would have been good to read the instructions before diving in, but it's all good, now. Isis still sees my phone as rooted, though. The quest continues.

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All T-Mobile phones come with unlimited data, but I'm downloading over Wi-Fi, anyway. I am scared to do a factory reset. Even though taz did it safely, I'm afraid I'll lose root.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
You wont lose root, factory reset mainly wipes data and returns the phone to never used state. It doesnt change anything in system. Your root is 100% safe.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
thanks, but I will lose all the apps I have managed to put on, as well as the few contacts I do have. With the changes from xposed, it's pretty good. I think I'll just leave it until T-Mobile gets their collective head out of their collective ass. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
When you're on Google Play's site, after you click "Install" for an app, it should pop up a window to confirm, and there should be a drop-down menu to choose the device to install it on. If your Galaxy Light doesn't show up, try removing and adding your Google account in the system settings on your phone.

http://repo.xposed.info/

You won't. shabbypenguin's method has the root built into the kernal that gets flashed, which remains after a factory reset.

Titanium Backup or ROM Toolbox Pro, dude. Best $6-7 you'll ever spend. As for contacts, a back-up should save them, but you can/should also save them to your sim card.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Thanks for reminding me about titanium. I have that, so I can use that to reinstall everything. Yay!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
I have titanium and rom toolbox lite on my old phone, but can't get the apps to this phone using those tools.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
Do you have a titanium update script from the exhibit? If so you should be able to just flash that
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
I can look for that. Thank you. Where would I find the update script? All I see is backup/restore.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
If you have premium, go into batxh mode and you can make an update script
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
I don't have premium. Maybe I'm s.o.l.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
Like I said, best money you'll ever spend.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] WetWilly:
I can vouch for this, I did a factory reset on my Light and Shabbypenguin's root stuck. And if it doesn't? Just re-root the phone, it only takes a few minutes.

I'm not sure what problem there is between T-Mobile and Google that is making your phone act like this unless there's some problem billing Google Play purchases to your T-Mobile account. But basic access to Play Store should work as long as your Google account is properly linked to your phone. It's another reason why a factory reset + fresh Google account setup on your phone sounds like it's in order.

As for your contacts, use the Contacts apps to save your contacts to the SD card or use Titanium to backup up system data/Contacts Storage. This is something you should do periodically, especially if you don't/won't/can't sync your contacts with Google.

Try using Bluetooth to share/send the .apks from the Exhibit to the Light

Seriously consider Titanium premium, this grief with your apps and the risk of losing your data isn't worth the $7 you're saving. Besides, from personal experience, restoring a Titanium backup of a few hundred programs to your phone without the batch facility (which is only available in the premium version) is an absolute PITA.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
Play store fixes + apk ripping

A few ways to fix Play Store problems:

If you used a cheat/hack tool for free in-app purchases, uninstall it and delete the "hosts" file from /system/etc (it will automatically rebuild correctly)

Uninstall Play Store updates, clear it's cache

Remove and re-add your Google account (Settings>Accounts)

Clear Play Store data

apk ripping the easy way:

Android Assistant's app backup let's you copy all your apks (but not their data) to one location, they can be installed on any device. It also has a batch install/uninstall feature. And it's free.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Well, after a lengthy phone call with T-Mobile tech support, it's been determined that the problem seems to be with the phone. Perhaps something has been cocked up during root. I can try the app method mentioned above. I did a reset and lost all the stuff I had done to the phone, but root stayed. Nbd. I'll get my apps some way. At least I still have my circle battery. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
So you still can not download from the playstore? What exactly does it say when you try?

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Your not getting the error that say it cant install top sdcard or usb are you?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
I can't even enter my gmail account. The phone can't establish a connection with the server.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
So your phone refuses to connect to google. Have you tried over wifi and 4g?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
Delete the hosts file.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Even if I'm not using a workaround to get apps for free? I never set anything like that up, although shabby might have during development. I will try deleting the hosts file. Thanks.

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I need es file explorer again. I can't access anything but storage using the stock file manager. I can't see the device, at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Classpro:
Has anyone tried upgrading the galaxy light to Kitkat per this information? I would be more comfortable if the information was coming from XDA. I have not seen anything about this.

http://apoloblogology.blogspot.com/2013/12/upgradeupdate-galaxy-light-to-44-kitkat.html
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Even if I'm not using a workaround to get apps for free? I never set anything like that up, although shabby might have during development. I will try deleting the hosts file. Thanks.

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I need es file explorer again. I can't access anything but storage using the stock file manager. I can't see the device, at all.

When I try the android assistant, the apk files are unreadable. There is a problem parsing the package. I can't install them using the method I have used in the past. Suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] GJSmith3rd:
[MENTION=1919788]Classpro[/MENTION]

All devices listed are instructed to download the same files and ROM size is too small, most likely a scam...
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
i actually suffered a similar issue. if you look in the hosts file there is a line for blocking google stuff, im not entirely sure what caused it to block it. http://www.appsapk.com/root-explorer/ use this and grant it root and remove that hosts.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Grant what root? I downloaded the app and will be able to grant root to what I need. Thanks

I'm getting there. I can read my gmail account, but still cannot access the play store. When I try, it says no connection. Maybe that info was in the hosts doc I cleared out...
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
On my tablet I had Play Store problems. "No Connection - Retry", even though I had internet access. The solution was to delete the "hosts" file, force stop Play Store, clear Play Store data and cache, uninstall Play Store updates, and remove then add my Google account. The next login took a few minutes, as it had a couple of updates. The "hosts" file will rebuild itself, you don't lose anything by deleting it.

Others have reported that having an incorrect system clock or disabling the Download Manager app will cause the same error.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Thanks. Shabby was able to help me solve the problem. An app he had installed was not properly removed. It's all fixed. The phone is working great, now.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
I'm glad he was able to help
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
You all helped. This is a great group. The exhibit forum was full of nice people and now this one seems just as good. Thank you, taz and awd, for all of your suggestions.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
Yay!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
I am gonna get sooooooo many apps on this phone... 4.5 gb of space? O M G
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] WillieWonka1985:
Anyone else having issues with T-Mobile name id app? It's always unable to connect to servers.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
I thought you were being sarcastic, but then I remembered your old phone was the Exhibit II. You're going to love this phone; it's a huge step up from your old one.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] GJSmith3rd:
I had the same problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
This phone is a HUGE step up form the old faithful exhibit. I loved that phone because of the roms we could choose from. I really hope some people would take interest in developing for it, I would buy my computer is not powerful enough for it
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
Dunno what happened to them all, there was like 3-4 people who were jumping up and down when i was trying to port cwm....
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
You wouldn't happen to know why I can't upload a CWM nandroid for others to use, when gjsmith downloads it he only gets a partial download. ...
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
there is two different formats for backups, tar or blobs. blobs would cause issues for that. if you have a tar backup then it should be just as simple as zipping up your clockworkmod folder and uploading it.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
I havnt tried zipping it..... ill try that now

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When I zipped it, the folder went from 1.26gb to 811mb is that normal?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
sounds about right :)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
Yeah, some custom ROMs would be cool, but with rooting, Nova Launcher, a few preferred widgets, adblocking, backup/restore, and choice Xposed modules, I'm pretty happy. I've eliminated most of the TouchWiz fugliness, removed unwanted toasts and notifications and status bar icons, and all-around made it a streamlined phone with (almost) everything I want and (nearly) nothing I don't. Not bad for only paying $120, and getting screaming speeds on LTE.

Still, it would be nice to completely eliminate T-Mobile's fingerprint and make this an AOSP device.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
I'm in the same place with mine. I will change the launcher for a new look, but with xposed to clean up the home screen, I love this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
Mine stopped working and it said "Trial has expired". Figured T Mobile wants more money, which they ain't getting.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] WillieWonka1985:
Well it took seven sessions on the phone with customer care but it finally was escalated to the right tech and resolved. Name id works only after all my contacts miraculously disappears.