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ghstrdr110

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Cut off on me first time too. Retry it should work. Gotta have strong wifi or data when downloading it seems.
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Got it to download using my laptop. Transferred to phone sd card and wiped the ROM. Started to install and then hung up. Thought I bricked it. Turns out the zip file was corrupted. Had to download again. Worked great second time around.

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I miss not have the program monitor. I can never be sure that programs have quit running. Had my phone on battery for 13 hours and 19 minutes, used 78% of my battery. WIFI off, screen brightness at lowest setting and only made two quick calls and maybe a dozen or so text messages. What is everybody using to kill apps and monitor/extend battery life?
 

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Got it to download using my laptop. Transferred to phone sd card and wiped the ROM. Started to install and then hung up. Thought I bricked it. Turns out the zip file was corrupted. Had to download again. Worked great second time around.

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I miss not have the program monitor. I can never be sure that programs have quit running. Had my phone on battery for 13 hours and 19 minutes, used 78% of my battery. WIFI off, screen brightness at lowest setting and only made two quick calls and maybe a dozen or so text messages. What is everybody using to kill apps and monitor/extend battery life?

Try android assisant or battery xl. But i only use v6 supercharger to free up ram. Does it automatically for you.

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ToothTooth

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Enable internet calling?

Okay, I searched all over these forums for an answer to this question: How can you enable the native internet calling (voip) feature on the Exhibit (formerly the Exhibit II)?

I found these instructions, but they were specific to the Galaxy S II:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1109962

I suspect that this will probably work on the Exhibit as well? I'm running 2.3.6 and the stock rom with jocala's rooted kernel.
 

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Okay, I searched all over these forums for an answer to this question: How can you enable the native internet calling (voip) feature on the Exhibit (formerly the Exhibit II)?

I found these instructions, but they were specific to the Galaxy S II:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1109962

I suspect that this will probably work on the Exhibit as well? I'm running 2.3.6 and the stock rom with jocala's rooted kernel.

Add software.sip.xml and android software sip voip.xml to system/etc/permissions. After that you should see internet calling in call settings all the way at the bottom. I am on xquizit rom and it works fine. They are not included in the 2.3.6 factory rom.

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New files in OP

Rooted ROM
t679.uvle1.deodex.01.zip

This is the stock UVLE1 ROM, deodexed with busybox and the new Galaxy Exhibit cwm-based recovery. You must flash it via clockworkmod. Clockworkmod can be flashed with Samsung's stock recovery. Please note that if you have the rooted kernel installed and all is well, you do not need this ROM for root!

Custom rooted kernel
t679.root.1.5.zip

t679.root.1.5.zip is kernel 2.6.35.7-jocala from Samsung's kernel source (06/12). This kernel is rooted; if you flash it via stock recovery or cwm your ROM will be rooted with Superuser.apk, Busybox and the new Galaxy Exhibit cwm-recovery beta installed. Please note that if you have ROM t679.uvle1.deodex.01.zip installed, you do not need this kernel, it's already installed.

If you are unsure of which rooting method to use, select rooted ROM.
 

cars1189

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Hey, just wondering is there anything different with this from the last one besides deodex? Any reason why rom toolbox might work? or is it not working more likely to be a app problem? (i just revered back to 2.3.5 because i didn't like having to be worry as to what apps i use) :( lol
 

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Hey, just wondering is there anything different with this from the last one besides deodex? Any reason why rom toolbox might work? or is it not working more likely to be a app problem? (i just revered back to 2.3.5 because i didn't like having to be worry as to what apps i use) :( lol

Deodexed and kernel compiled from source.
 

Grushenkaman

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My phone is threatening to update

When I go under Settings -> About phone, I see:

Model number: SGH-T679
Android version: 2.3.5
Baseband version: T679UVKJ1
Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-custom jocala@ubuntu #7
Build number: GINGERBREAD.VKJ1

A couple of days ago an icon "Updates available" appeared at the top bar. It says "25 updates found." I ignored it.

Today another icon "Device Management" appeared. It told me it was going to install an update, but gave me a button labeled Postpone. I clicked it, and then it said that it would go ahead and update in 24 hours.

I have nothing of value on this phone; I'm just learning it very slowly. I'm on the $2 / day plan, and I called T-Mobile and got them to disable the voicemail so calls to my Google Voice number will fall back to Google's voicemail.

My questions:

1. This update scares me since I read something here about how T-Mobile's new update prevents rooting. Should I be scared? Will it damage my already-rooted phone or prevent me from going to Peach Sunrise or CM9 someday? Can I avoid it?

2. Does Jocala take tips somewhere? He (she?) has already increased the value of my phone enormously. I don't recall what I installed from him, but it made it much snappier than it was before.

3. Do I presently have "Peach Sunrise" or "Jocala's rooted kernel"? What do I want to have? I'm just looking for a fast, debloated phone, ideally one that would allow me to wifi call so that on some days I won't even have to connect to the network and pay T-Mobile their $2.

Thanks for your patience. I'm obviously very new to this.
 

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When I go under Settings -> About phone, I see:

Model number: SGH-T679
Android version: 2.3.5
Baseband version: T679UVKJ1
Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-custom jocala@ubuntu #7
Build number: GINGERBREAD.VKJ1

A couple of days ago an icon "Updates available" appeared at the top bar. It says "25 updates found." I ignored it.

Today another icon "Device Management" appeared. It told me it was going to install an update, but gave me a button labeled Postpone. I clicked it, and then it said that it would go ahead and update in 24 hours.

I have nothing of value on this phone; I'm just learning it very slowly. I'm on the $2 / day plan, and I called T-Mobile and got them to disable the voicemail so calls to my Google Voice number will fall back to Google's voicemail.

My questions:

1. This update scares me since I read something here about how T-Mobile's new update prevents rooting. Should I be scared? Will it damage my already-rooted phone or prevent me from going to Peach Sunrise or CM9 someday? Can I avoid it?

2. Does Jocala take tips somewhere? He (she?) has already increased the value of my phone enormously. I don't recall what I installed from him, but it made it much snappier than it was before.

3. Do I presently have "Peach Sunrise" or "Jocala's rooted kernel"? What do I want to have? I'm just looking for a fast, debloated phone, ideally one that would allow me to wifi call so that on some days I won't even have to connect to the network and pay T-Mobile their $2.

Thanks for your patience. I'm obviously very new to this.

I'm a he, don't need tips, thanks :)

I can't be sure just what you've installed, but you're running a version of my rooted kernel. I think the '25 updates' is probably referring to updates for applications from the Google Play store. You may also be seeing the UVLE1 (Android 2.3.6) update from T-Mob showing up.

Most of the reports indicate that the update doesn't remove an existing root. It does invalidate the zergrush rooting method, but that's no big deal either. You should be able to do your updates w/o worry. But as with everything on xda, ymmv.
 

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How to complete the update

Most of the reports indicate that the update doesn't remove an existing root. It does invalidate the zergrush rooting method, but that's no big deal either. You should be able to do your updates w/o worry. But as with everything on xda, ymmv.

Ok, so I went to Update and clicked Next instead of Postpone, and T-Mobile automatically rebooted my phone. Then it just sat in "CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4."

I wasn't sure what to do here--it wasn't doing anything on its own.

When I try "reboot system now," it just repeats the prompt to update.

When I try "install zip from sdcard" --> "apply /sdcard/update.zip" it is unable to find the file update.zip.

I don't know what to do next. Any advice?
 

jocala

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Ok, so I went to Update and clicked Next instead of Postpone, and T-Mobile automatically rebooted my phone. Then it just sat in "CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4."

I wasn't sure what to do here--it wasn't doing anything on its own.

When I try "reboot system now," it just repeats the prompt to update.

When I try "install zip from sdcard" --> "apply /sdcard/update.zip" it is unable to find the file update.zip.

I don't know what to do next. Any advice?

You may have bumped into the dreaded ymmv.

It appears that T-Mob's update wants to use Samsung's Stock Recovery and you have clockworkmod recovery installed. In your case, since you have a clean phone, I'd update to the new ROM. Copy the zip to your removable sd and flash. You could also try installing the stock recovery just for the update, but I'd say why bother.
 

bagelong

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Jumping to Straight Talk

I am on a prepaid T-mobile plan for about another 10 days, then plan to put a Straight Talk SIM in this phone (Yes, I've got the unlock code). I am rooted but have held on to the stock ROM in order to keep the Wi-Fi calling working, but that won't matter once I make the switch. Just looking for a little input as to what might be the best option for a first time custom ROM user. Also, is there a best sequence for making the change? In other words, does it matter if I flash the custom ROM before or after making the carrier switch? The only changes that I know are required on the phone for Straight Talk are changes to the APN, which, I presume, are not affected when making the change between ROMs
 

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Just looking for a little input as to what might be the best option for a first time custom ROM user.
I have tried the three main Gingerbread ROMs for this phone (ie Peach Sunrise, Rebel ROM, and Xquizit) and prefer Xquizit with Go Launcher installed. Peach Sunrise was okay, but I found Xquizit to be a little better managing memory. Rebel ROM seemed to break more than it fixed, in my experience, but as everyone says YMMV....


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I have tried the three main Gingerbread ROMs for this phone (ie Peach Sunrise, Rebel ROM, and Xquizit) and prefer Xquizit with Go Launcher installed. Peach Sunrise was okay, but I found Xquizit to be a little better managing memory. Rebel ROM seemed to break more than it fixed, in my experience, but as everyone says YMMV....


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I agree

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    T-Mobile/Samsung have rebranded the Exhibit II 4G, giving us a new kernel, a bump to Android v2.3.6 and performance improvements (they claim) in the process. The phone we all love is now the Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G.

    This stock ROM (UVLG3) is NOT vulnerable to USSD Dialer Attacks!

    Rooting
    Currently, zergrush will not root this phone's Android 2.3.6. Three known methods:

    Root Stock 2.3.6 w/o a new kernel or ROM
    root-stock.zip
    Mirror

    This zip will install Superuser, su and busybox, leaving you rooted, but otherwise no changes to your phone. ClockworkMod must be installed to flash this. So:

    1. Flash ClockworkMod
    2. Boot into ClockworkMod and flash root-stock.zip.


    Rooted Community ROM (forkable)
    t679.uvlg3.odex.01.zip
    Mirror

    (also see custom ROMs)

    Linked above is Samsung's newest release for the Galaxy Exhibit, a stock rooted UVLG3 Gingerbread ROM. Busybox is also included. You must flash it via clockworkmod. Clockworkmod can be flashed with Samsung's stock recovery.

    Custom rooted kernel
    t679-root-v1.8.zip
    Mirror

    Kernel sources

    The kernel is based on Samsung's kernel source. This kernel is rooted; if you flash it via stock recovery or cwm your ROM will be rooted with Superuser.apk, Busybox and the Galaxy Exhibit cwm-recovery installed. This kernel works with all Samsung Gingerbread releases.

    Rooted ROM Installation

    CWM Keys:
    Home key = enter
    Back key = back
    VolUp/Dwn = highlight choice

    1. Back up your data. The installation will format your data partition. I suggest Titanium Backup, available in the Market.

    2. Download & copy the current t679.uv???.deodex.0x.zip to your internal sd card (if you already have a cwm installed you may use your removable card).

    3. Install Galaxy Exhibit Custom Recovery . If you're already rooted, you may install from the command line, otherwise you may install from Samsung's Recovery. Samsung's recovery only sees the internal SD, so copy the cwm zip there if you just have stock recovery. Stock recovery sometimes takes more than one try to start.

    Easy way to start recovery
    * Make sure the cwm zip is on your internal (non-removable) sd.
    * Pull the battery from your phone.
    * Connect phone to your pc via usb.
    * Press & hold Volume-up
    * Insert battery

    Your phone will boot into recovery. Press the capacitive menu button (left bottom button) when you see the open white box and droid. Choose 'apply update from sdcard' and select the cwm zip file.

    4. Start Custom Recovery (cwm): Press & hold Vol-Up, then press & hold Power. Shortly after the plain white Samsung logo appears, release both buttons. Recovery should start after the Galaxy Exhibit logo.

    5. Select ROMwipe. This step is required!

    6. Highlight install zip from sdcard, then press Home.

    7. Highlight 'choose zip from sdcard/external sdcard, depending where you placed the download in step 2.

    8. Highlight the rooted rom zip file, then press Home.

    After you confirm your choice, installation should take less than three minutes.

    Anything you download and install is at your own risk. No guarantees or warranties are given or implied. Your first post-installation boot may be several minutes long.

    Rooted Kernel Installation

    CWM Keys:
    Home key = enter
    Back key = back
    VolUp/Dwn = highlight choice

    1. Back up your data. I suggest Titanium Backup, available in the Market.

    2. Download & copy t679-root-v1.8.zip to your internal sd card (if you already have a cwm installed you may use your removable card).

    It's recommended to install Clockwork Mod, but you can also flash the kernel from Samsung's stock recovery. Samsung's recovery only sees the internal sd, so copy files there if you don't have cwm.

    Stock recovery sometimes takes more than one try to start.

    Easy way to start recovery
    * Make sure the cwm zip is on your internal (non-removable) sd.
    * Pull the battery from your phone.
    * Connect phone to your pc via usb.
    * Press & hold volume-up
    * Insert battery

    Your phone will boot into recovery. Press the capacitive menu button (left bottom button) when you see the open white box and droid. Choose 'apply update from sdcard' and select the cwm zip file.

    4. Start Custom Recovery (cwm): Press & hold Vol-Up, then press & hold Power. Shortly after the plain white Samsung logo appears, release both buttons. Recovery should start after the Galaxy Exhibit logo.

    5. Highlight install zip from sdcard, then press Home.

    6. Highlight 'choose zip from sdcard/external sdcard, depending where you placed the download in step 2.

    7. Highlight the kernel zip file, then press Home.

    After you confirm your choice, installation should take less than a minute.

    Anything you download and install is at your own risk. No guarantees or warranties are given or implied.

    Please DO NOT PM me with support questions! They will be ignored! Post them in this thread!
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    Links and useful info

    Galaxy Exhibit XDA Wiki
    Galaxy Exhibit IRC channel
    Galaxy Exhibit Themes

    Custom ROMs
    All ROMs listed require cwm for installation.
    Peach Sunrise
    RebelROM
    XquiziT
    CyanogenMod 9 Beta
    Galaxy ExHibition
    CM10 Port
    AOKP (WIP)
    CM7 (WIP)
    CM9 Pure Nexus

    Stalled, partially working
    AOKP
    KEMIUI

    Help! I keep getting FCs!

    Custom kernel for Rebel Rom
    This is custom kernel 1.8 packaged specifically for RebelRom, tested on
    version 3.0.8. This package includes kernel & modules only.
    rrkernel.zip
    Mirror 2

    Stock 2.3.6 via Odin
    uvlg3.odin.zip
    Mirror

    Adb for Windows
    winadb.zip unzip and copy to your c:\Windows directory
    Mirror

    Flash2Stock
    Flash2Stock (flash via cwm) will install stock UVLG3 and Samsung's stock recovery, un-rooting
    your phone, removing ClockworkMod and returning your phone to factory condition.
    uvlg3.flash2stock.zip
    Mirror




    SwapSD
    SwapSD This simple app allows you to swap internal "usb storage" (aka /sdcard) and your removable sdcard (aka external_sd) so your larger "external sd" is mounted as "/mnt/sdcard/" and the smaller sd internal memory is mounted as "/mnt/sdcard/external_sd". This is done by changing a file called vold.fstab in your phone's /etc folder. The original device vold.fstab file is backed up to /etc/vold.fstab.backup when this app first runs. Your data on /mnt/sdcard and /mnt/sdcard/external_sd is not touched in any way whatsoever.


    Dropbear (flash via cwm)
    is a software package that provides a Secure Shell-compatible (ssh) server and client. It is designed as a replacement for standard OpenSSH for environments with low memory and processor resources, such as embedded systems. This archive also includes the scp and rsync utilities.
    dropbear.zip
    Mirror


    Bloatware
    These apps are safe to delete. You may also freeze them using Titanium backup.

    AnalogClock.apk
    Browser.apk (Only if you use an alternative browser)
    Dlna.apk
    DownloadProviderUI.apk
    DualClock.apk
    DualClock.apk
    IQ-tmobile-release-signed-zipaligned-v1.1....
    JobManager.apk
    KiesAir.apk
    MobileBackup-unsigned_v3.3.02.apk
    MyFiles.apk(Only if you have an alternative File Browser i.e. Astro File Manager)
    SamsungWidget_Program...
    Swype.apk
    TetheringManager2.apk(Only if you don't use T-Mo's tethering service)
    TouchWizCalendar.apk
    TouchWizCalculator.apk
    TwCalendarAppWidget.apk
    VideoPlayer.apk(Only if you have an alternative video player)
    VoiceRecorder.apk
    WiFi-Calling.apk(If you don't use it)
    ZinioSettingsProvider.v2.03.3331.TMobile....
    sihome-signed-tmo-android-8.apk
    talkback.apk
    tmobile_m4m_3_0_15.signed...
    vvm-signed.apk

    Partition Table
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 secboot2 partition map
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 dbl.mbn (boot loader)
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 osbl.mbn (boot loader)
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 MBR extended partition table
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 EMMCBOOT.MBN (boot loader, has odin download mode)
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 amss.mbn
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 emmcparam.bin
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 boot.img (linux kernel)
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 adsp.mbn (baseband)
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 rmt
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p11 rmt
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 persist.ext4
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p13 recovery.img (linux kernel+initrd for recovery mode)
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p14 param
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p15 system.ext4
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p16 cache.ext4
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p17 data.ext4
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p18 preload.ext4
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p19
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p20 all 0's
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p21 all 0's
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p22 all 0's
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p23 all 0's
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p24 all 0's
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 all 0's
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p26 all 0's
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p27 efs (encrypted fs)
    /dev/block/mmcblk0p28 /mnt/sdcard


    Credits:VanillaTbone,s0unds,KemikalElite, jocala, Wildchild, bpear96, camcory, Intercepter and others. If your name belongs here or you have info that needs to be added please speak up!
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    ClockworkMod

    Galaxy Exhibit cwm-based recovery v6.0.1.2

    6.0.1.2 has new features, including better support for both external and internal SD cards, faster backups and restores with a new backup format that de-duplicates data in between backups. Exclusive features for Galaxy Exhibit include:

    wipe menu with rom wipe
    All system wipes under one menu: rom (system/cache/data),cache,dalvik,cache/dalvik,data.

    Stack zip files for installation:
    Flash cm9 & gapps, etc. Select as many zip files for installation as you choose. Flash them all with one command.

    Install system images:
    Drop any recognized system image into a folder on your phone and recovery can flash it. You can even drop the entire contents of an odin tar/md5 file in a folder and cwm recovery will flash it all automatically.

    All images must conform to Odin naming standards:
    adsp.mbn
    amss.mbn
    boot.img
    cache.img.ext4
    preload.img.ext4
    recovery.img
    system.img.ext4
    This is regular interface, not touch.

    cwm.6012.t679.zip

    Mirror


    To initially install Galaxy Exhibit Custom Recovery you need to:

    1. Copy cwm.galaxy.exhibit.zip to your internal SD storage.

    2. Boot into stock recovery:

    Starting recovery: Press & hold Vol-Up, then press & hold Power. Shortly after the plain white Samsung logo appears, release both buttons.

    Or a different method some find easier:

    * Pull the battery from your phone.
    * Connect phone to your pc via usb.
    * Press & hold Volume-up
    * Insert battery

    Recovery should start after the Galaxy Exhibit/T-Mobile logo.

    3. Press the capacitive menu button (left bottom button) when you see the open white box and droid. Choose 'apply update from sdcard' and select the cwm.galaxy.exhibit.zip file.

    If you already have cwm installed, to update follow the steps above, booting into your current cwm instead of stock recovery.

    Should you need to install ClockworkMod via Odin:
    cwm.6012.tar
    Mirror
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    We have needed a new thread for our phone, thanks for making this!

    You're welcome. Just fyi, I'm no longer going to post in the old dev thread or discussion thread. I also plan to make good use of the <reserved> posts above for Galaxy Exhibit links and information.

    I'm committed to this phone for the long haul, so thanks for joining me here. I hope this thread will be used for any general discussion of our Galaxy Exhibits (concerning development as well). I also hope folks will evangelize and point people here rather than carry on in the older abandoned OP threads.
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    CM 10

    Here is a quick port of CM 10 from galaxy w thread all thanks go to them for this start. It appears all the working and not working are the same. Please test it out and let me know of issues. I will continue to update and possibly try and to build it from source when I get a little more time. Post comments in CM 10 thread so this thread isnt clogged up with CM 10 issues. Thanks and enjoy.