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[Epic 4G General] The Root:
I see Vision has a longer list of features, do you guys prefer it over Twilight?
[Epic 4G General] KdrickDynasty:
I am currently running Ace Rom V2.0/Twilight kernel/w spare parts app. Perfect setup. The support for it is second to none. With that being said have heard great things about SFR, but no need for me to flash it yet, because Ace is that good.
[Epic 4G General] nebrando:
First off, I am a beginner at flashing ROMs. I have now only done it twice (other than update.zip updates)

I flashed SRF a couple months ago and loved it for a few days and it became extremely buggy after a week or two. So I returned to a rooted version of the EB13 (I think).

I recently decided to flash the new version 1.1 because so many people say they absolutely love the ROM. I decided to watch the video that was posted by qbking77 in this thread. Near the end of the video, he experienced a boot screen that had an Android label flashing over the Galaxy S logo. He mentioned that this is wrong and to reflash. Funny thing is, that is what I had the first time I flashed the ROM. Little did I know I had a bad flash.

Long story short... I have been on the ROM again for only 1 day, and it is way better than it was before (even when it worked for a few days). I love it. I have flashed this Honeycomb Fusion theme and really like that as well!!

Thanks XDA community. I have been learning so much, and it is quite fun!!
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Ok, final dumb question. If I want to Titanium Backup my stuff, do I download it from the ap market before I even start or right after I root? I assume root has to be active for it to back stuff up, but I'm not sure of how the whole process behaves. The video is great, but it skips that process, which seems important to most people who would want to do this in the first place.
[Epic 4G General] gregory15:
You need to root first. Titanium won't work wo root. Afterwards ur good to go with it. G
[Epic 4G General] Dman10:
I'm on ACS 1.1.0 simply because it was the only rom that fixed my GPS
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
App Market version is fine?
[Epic 4G General] nebrando:
Yes it is fine
[Epic 4G General] Nolyrics2:
I have been running this set up for about a month now and love all the features, support, themes, battery life and SPEED!

SyndicateROM Frozen v1.1.0

Vision Kernel v1.1

Journaling On

EXT4

The stock kernel that gets flashed with SyndicateROM Frozen v1.1.0 was causing my phone to freeze and lock up. This is a known issue and after carefully reading the installation notes ACS recommended flashing the Vision Kernel. And what do you know, it solve all my issues!
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
I am staring at it and have over an hour until my laundry is done. What do you think?

Almost done.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Getting flashy android, please help.

I'm good.
[Epic 4G General] nebrando:
How did it turn out? I trust you reflashed and all is good now?
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
Yeah, I'm sure that's what he did. It's the classic sign of a bad flash. CWM sucks.
[Epic 4G General] Paleryder:
ACS frozen ROM is ROCK SOLID, you won't find a better ROM. they also have great support and a team of DEVS offering themes to tweaks and kernels. Hey it's 3am can't help but sounding like an info-mertial I am serious though
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
You are correct. Reflash went perfect. Even put on Emotionless Beast.
[Epic 4G General] bricky23:
I have tried them all. All great! My personal favorite is Miui. The only problem is not enough support. Has all of the same problems as cm7, as they are both aosp. But still using it daily.

Sent from Miui Epic!
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Why does Telenav now want a pin? Also, how much is a tasteful amount to donate to ACS?
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
Good question, can't say - but you may wish to flash the Sprint name reverter in the second post. As for the donation amount, however much or little you feel we deserve.
[Epic 4G General] nebrando:
k0nane, I'm pretty new to all of this, so this question may be stupid...

Is there a way for someone to make a better recovery that doesn't suck?
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
We're already on it.
[Epic 4G General] splashmktg:
When I was on a Touch Pro 2 and flashing alot, the pin was just the last four digits of your phone. I would download it direct from Telenav. You can try that.
[Epic 4G General] sickhouse:
I was SyndicateROM Frozen v1.1.0 w/ Vision Kernel v1.1 until this morning...

Last few days I have been missing messages, email and message app were force close constantly. Shame cause I was really digging the setup I had. I'm back to stock EC05, rooted.
[Epic 4G General] nebrando:
awesome, thanks to all you devs for doing stuff I could only dream of doing
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
Shame, because that would have been cleared up quite easily by wiping data for the FCing apps and refraining from using task killers that clear level two RAM.
[Epic 4G General] sickhouse:
Then perhaps, with your suggestions, I shall try again!
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Installed Sprint fix. That brought back my texts, but Telenav says cannot reach server both before and after I flashed the fix if I use last 4 of phone number.
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
The Sprint fix has nothing whatsoever to do with texts.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Where did they come from?
[Epic 4G General] littlepr:
Viper Synergy 5.0 on ext4 with EC05 modem and rEvolution remix theme. BTW, Viperteam and ACS roms are the best but I prefer Viper.
[Epic 4G General] Djinn23:
I have been running the ec05 frankenstein from ecooce withe dk28. I was not too sure about the modem being beta but he claimed far better batery life comes. From it. It is based on frozen..another great rom I ran for a while. When playing...I wouldn't trust any without journaling enabled and I would backup and restore once a goot initial setup is had.
[Epic 4G General] niv3d:
In your opinion or experience what ROM contains the best battery life and stability?
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
It differs between phones.
[Epic 4G General] niv3d:
Awesome... so what about bonsai? Maybe their most recent release (beta) once its official
[Epic 4G General] mpscmedic:
Baked Snack 2.3 is awesome
[Epic 4G General] djjroc007:
I'd like to try cyanogen 7 if they ever release a fully functional version for the epic. Anyone know if that is going to happen in the near future?
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
Yes
[Epic 4G General] djjroc007:
Nice! Well, I will be impatiently waiting then, as I'm sure many others are! Lol
[Epic 4G General] sneerpeer:
Syndicate Takiya by k0ane
[Epic 4G General] TheDub:
I use Simply AOSP. It's a pretty nice ROM.. works well for my needs.

The developer is a pretty cool guy to, very friendly and responsive.
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
That guy's a total asshole! How could you like him? ;) ;)
[Epic 4G General] Shoulon:
Lol Dev wars =P

I Love Syndicate 1.1, however AOSP is such an eye catcher =D but ill proly end up using SRF 100% when 1.1.1 comes out. I'll still pop AOSP to have fun =)

Note* ACS needs a new thread for their releases.* ;) iknow your tricks!
[Epic 4G General] EpicSaga:
Best ROM

What is a good ROM that allows the Epic to be used for tethering(a hotspot)? When I plugged my Epic into my computer I selected tethering, but it didn't work.
[Epic 4G General] driguez:
What would you guys recommend for a wife proof, stable, least maintenance/issues ROM + kernel? Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
In my signature. Use chris41g's journal-enable zip right after, plus VisionKernel or Genocide (only needed if you get freezes, but you may as well just flash one to begin with). You'll be incredibly rock-solid, fast, and if wifey wants a different theme - they're all compatible!
[Epic 4G General] driguez:
Thanks for the speedy response!
[Epic 4G General] driguez:
Got all the files ready, however I noticed it has to be EXT4 (Pardon my noobness, this is a whole dif beast from HTCs) I used this rooting method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=770388&highlight=ext4 Is this EXT4? I booted into recovery but it didnt convert to it. Sorry for being OT but im trying to learn as much as I can so I can avoid bricking her phone :o Is there a link you can direct me to? Thanks
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
Watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy2Et6qVGdo&feature=channel_video_title
[Epic 4G General] driguez:
So pretty much I have to re-root?
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
Correct, you used the wrong tool. The video explains the entire process and should get you going quickly.
[Epic 4G General] driguez:
Got it, thanx for your help!
[Epic 4G General] Reginalb124:
Interestingly, I had the exact opposite issue. I had EC05, stock, no root. But man did it crash a lot. It got to the point where I simply couldn't use Maps, I could only navigate with Waze (I had a road trip where I almost had to buy a paper map, not a big deal, but my navigation should work) until I decided to give Waze a try, just to see if it would work better, and it did. So I got where I was going, and decided to root. I got rid of bloatware, and it ran much better. Then it got bad again. Before rooting twLauncher would crash a lot. When I rooted, it stopped crashing, so I was happy. After some time, it started doing it again. Then it got so bad it would just do it over and over again.

So I decided I would give a rom a try. Knock on wood, since installing Frankenstein EC05OCE it has worked absolutely flawlessly. I plan to run it with EC05 for a while, and then give the DK28 modem a try as suggested by ecooce. I couldn't be happier. I haven't had a single force close since flashing this rom (based on Syndicate Frozen). It's also fast - really fast. Far faster than stock ever was. I really couldn't be happier. My phones internal storage had about 95MB free on it before flashing this. Now I am at 245.

I was unhappy with TouchWiz from the get-go. I had really wished I would have still had my Evo. But now I am actually happy with this phone. I will give Cyanogenmod a go once they get a few things figured out (probably not the Beta, since they have said GPS isn't a requirement to go to Beta, I need GPS).

Edit: And by the way, I have enabled journaling to help prevent future issues, as well.
[Epic 4G General] :
I use Simply AOSP 3.1 it's clean and "simple" :)

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] Dsparil:
My favorite so far is Chris' stock plus ext4 version, flashed genocide kernel on top of it, reflashed stock boot animation, and flashed journaling on (I'm not sure if genocide has journaling on by default or not, but I flashed it to make sure it's on).

This combination truly gives me a stock experience with all the extra perks. I didn't really like the other roms since they strip out too much.

Not all of the bloatware is unwanted...
[Epic 4G General] Sturmie:
So, I guess I must have missed it, but is Bonsai 100% pay now? I can't seem to find the Bonsai ROM thread on XDA at all.
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
This has been a great rom for me, except I use the RFS version.
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
No, stable Bonsai releases are still 100% free, you only get access to betas if you're a donor though.

The thread isn't here anymore because they broke XDA rules which prohibit people from going to another site to get the goods. Bonsai has their own site now complete with forum. So they basically took everything from here and packed up shop to their own place.

They're still around, just less exposure from here, for obvious reasons. I've heard nothing but good things from their non-beta releases, but I've never used them personally.

SRF was the first ROM I flashed and I haven't moved since then...I figure if it ain't broke, why fix it? Any errors were 100% my own fault, which I then read about and fixed myself.

I'm still running their 1.0.2 ROM, which I'm happy with and I may jump to 1.1.1 when it hits. Actually, I'm really looking forward to it.
[Epic 4G General] epic4gRTD:
I've tried almost all of the roms out there for the epic and my vote goes to ACS...very smooth, no force closes, nice features.

However I loved CM7 so when they have a beta release I will probably go with that.
[Epic 4G General] djjroc007:
Syndicate 1.1.0 with Vision 1.1 is very nice. My first rom experience, as I am still in the noob learning stage with this stuff. Thanks to qbking77 for some great, easy to follow vids. Tried Midnight 5.2 & 5.3, Simply AOSP 3.1.1, & Ace 2.0. All very nice, but ended up back on Syndicate Frozen with Honeycomb theme, and the fly in transitions from the gingerbread theme and overclocking to 1.2-200 with set cpu.

Well, yesterday before work I flashed Viper Synergy 5.0 with Genocide 1.0 and AOSP lock screen (running on ec05 with no problem btw), and I gotta say its pretty damn slick! Dumped set cpu, and now have voltage control and max speed now at 1.3. Very fast and smooth and great battery life so far. Lasted pretty much all day yesterday with somewhat moderate use (22% by the time I punched out). Usually I would have to plug my phone in at work for a while to charge and yesterday I didn't. Good job Viper team, and all the other devs out there. Looking forward to CM7 if it ever gets completed. Looks nothing short of awesome.
[Epic 4G General] tazfanatic:
I tried most other roms but keep coming back to Frozen 1.1 with Vision kernal 1.1 everything works and is stable been using on and off for over a month and when I say off that is usually only a day and I am back to it.
[Epic 4G General] alus415:
ACS rom for me frozen 1.1.
[Epic 4G General] Krispy Joe:
I'm on SimplyAOSP 3.1.1 now, I really like it because it's clean, has a sharp interface, has full functionality, and is decently fast. I was on Syndicate Frozen for a while, and really loved how fast the ROM was, but the stability left something to be desired, kept getting FCs and the phone power cycled. It may have just been something I did wrong when flashing so I might try Syndicate again when I get bored of SimplyAOSP, but for now I'm happy.
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
Krispy Joe, it absolutely was. SRF is stable as a rock in a glacier in the middle of an ice age. If you had reboots, you used Wireless Tether with 4G (don't do that, the creator of the app can't solve the bug). Freezes, flash VisionKernel or Genocide. FCs, trivially enable journaling with a quick flash.
[Epic 4G General] pixlz:
my favs are the big 3. i rocked the Midnite Rom at first. Then went Bonzai since it was very stock feeling. Then in learning i liked the little tutorials and such for Midnite BYOR Edition. But my heart belongs to Syndicate Rom 1.1.0 now, i just strip out what i dun want. :)

~le poof~
[Epic 4G General] kalel_293:
srf imo...their rom has been solid since frozen 1.0.0...didnt like 1.1.0 at first because of the battery drain i was getting...but after replacing the gallery with quickpic, my battery life has been great...havent flashed anything for a while now, just waiting for K0nane to get his phone :)...
[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
Keeping in mind that everyone has their own personal preference and needs ( and admitting that I am fairly new to "Rooting/ROMing" as I just got my EPIC in mid-March and read through the forums for about 2-3 weeks before taking the plunge ) ... I am currently using Urban Fury and have found it to be very fast and stable on my phone ( remember that everyone's phone is a little different ). I have also used SRF / Bonsai / Viper and ACE 2.0 without glitches AFTER learning about the differences in Kernals / UV / SetCPU. You have to admit that ALL the developers put alot of hard work into their products and my hat goes off to all of them for making our phones more of a true Epic experience.
[Epic 4G General] mephime:
Simply AOSPv3.1.1 Before using this rom I thought I was going to have to take my phone back to get repaired. When ever I would flash another rom it would work great for a couple of hours but then I would go and check my phone and it wouldnt turn on unless I pulled the battery, Until this rom, I have gone 4 days and not one problem its very fast, I loving my phone all over again, I have tried almost ever rom, this one so far is rock solid
[Epic 4G General] nycxhobbes:
Wait, I use Wireless tether with 4g quite often and don't experience any type of bugs with it. I am on the bonsai stable release (4.01 i believe) and using 2.0.7 version of wireless tether. is this a SRF specific bug or is it a know issue across roms?
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
Definitely not SRF-specific. It's a bug in the 3.0, infrastructure mode version of the app.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] unknown_owner:
Well you can't believe everything you read, but when the company like Asus doesn't post anything about the 32GB tablet, you start to believe.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110415PD205.html
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] vince_junior:
I never thought the launcherpro plus wigets couldbe this great! Thanks signal 23 for these widgets:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=783427
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] natious:
Yeh they are great, been rocking them for a while, all they are missing is a RSS widget
[Focus General] Pinger43:
Anybody thinking of reverting back, rebranding and getting the AT&T specific updates?? Kicking the idea around myself, Data="ATT-US" was the removed string... Please let is know if anybody goes this route...
[Focus General] DKDogz54:
I just did. Had to roll back to 7008, didn't have 7004. Hope it still works.
[Focus General] rruffman:
Think of doing the same just wanted to wait for someone to report if there are in fact anything different or was ATT just talking.
[Focus General] Pinger43:
I'm curious about that too plus want to see if the Debranding then rebranding causes any issues with getting updates like the ones they are expecting for those who used the nodoupdatertools to get updates sooner then the rest..
[Focus General] rruffman:
well i did not do the chevron way i did the spoof way that was done at first so i do have a backup of my phone.
[Focus General] raiderfan247365:
Yes sir. I will not be rolling my girlfreinds phone back just to get the ATT update, waste of time, especially if you live in a small town and have NO hotspots...
[Focus General] asiancuta:
lol same here. 1 starbucks and a few McDonalds...not worth it. plus i've been on ATT for 3 yrs now and still grandpa'd into the unlimited data usage plan...so no worries on data :D
[Focus General] cwiley2566:
I did revert to 7008 and re-branded my phone. I am not worried about ATT's feature. I more worried about firmware updates. I know Rodger's Focus had firmware updates.

I did have trouble with it at first. This post solved my problems:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1013867
[Focus General] asiancuta:
Anyone realizing that ATT made us wait for a feature that switches us to their WiFi hotspots...unsecure open WiFi hotspots. Double stack stupid
[Focus General] Michael-Dallas:
There are AT&T-specific changes, and there are OEM-specific changes. I can live without the AT&T crap, but if Samsung has firmware or driver update included w/ the AT&T NoDo update, then you guys may be missing out on them...

Michael.
[Focus General] Pinger43:
If there are firmware updates of any importance for Samsung Focus phones I see two ways of getting them;

1. anyone who puchased their phones outside AT&T or any carrier(say on Amazon or retail store) I would think they would get the update through Zune or directly from Samsung seeing their phones are not "Branded" which is no different from our "debranded" phones..

2. Reverting back to 7008, use Samsung Registry Tool, rebranding AT&T and then getting NoDo with anything else AT&T is offering..
[Focus General] Michael-Dallas:
I'm curious about this comment -- where can you get an unbranded Samsung Focus because I have yet to find one? Do they have the AT&T logo displayed below the earpiece and does it have the AT&T apps/fluff pre-loaded? If so, then that's not an unbranded phone.

Michael.
[Focus General] Pinger43:
Your right, I didn't realize the unlocked Focus phones being sold outside of AT&T with no contracts still has AT&T label.. Learn something new everyday..*

Guess the revert to 7008, rebrand and update is the only option, not sure what's going to happen to those who used the ChevronNoDoUpdateTool though???

http://www.zones.com/site/standard_page/index.html

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=145YANHV9PMWP39WG0K5
[Focus General] scottwvc:
I'm in the ChevronNoDOUpdateTool boat and I'm guessing that we're going to have to fix it ourselves.
[Focus General] Pinger43:
I doubt it, when MS asked Chris Walsh to pull the updater tool I got the feeling from comments by both MS & Mr. Walsh that both were going to look into a solution to correct the problem, let's face there is no way either MS or the Chevron team will let so many out in the cold on a new start up OS, there was something like 25,000 downloads of the tool..
[Focus General] c_h0use:
Will people who got NoDo get this update?

I unbranded, updated, then rebranded.
[Focus General] Pinger43:
My guess is your phone will be shown as Up To Date, I also imagine you can go into Zune and choose revert back to 7008 then you should be able to reupdate to AT&T's version.. Grant you this is only my opinion.. Going to be a interesting week for those who rebranded or used the Chevron Update Tool, especially with rumors of a upcoming Microsoft Update concerning Certificates..
[Focus General] Rcf686:
I unbranded then updated via the VPN method then rebranded back. For some reason Zune isnt giving me the option to revert back so guess I will see what happens when they start rolling out the next updates.
[Focus General] Rcf686:
I just connected my phone to Zune and it shows a Samsung update available. I am updating to it now. Looks like it saw I had the NODO then offered the samsung update.
[Focus General] rruffman:
Is your phone re-branded or is it still un-branded?
[Focus General] Mightyhog:
I just also got prompted while connected to Zune.

I'll be waiting until I get home though. I didn't get a restore point when I did the NODO Zune trick here on my work PC while sync'd as Guest.
[Focus General] Rcf686:
I rebranded it.
[Focus General] TOA Duck:
I also got the samsung update notification. Did VPN hack so was not offered nodo.

I wonder what all this samsung update is going to do. I know about the wispr and address book.
[Focus General] Rcf686:
It looks like it upgraded the firmware and radio to 2103.11.3.3 and the bootloader to 5.3.1.6
[Focus General] asiancuta:
I wish they would provide a changelog. Nothing technical. Just a basic if it means higher upload and download speeds, better reception, better battery life..

Blah blah blah
[Focus General] Pinger43:
Great to hear!! I'll have to check when I get home, I never rebranded so it will e interesting to see if I also get notified of the firmware update.
[Focus General] neovader:
Where my firmware update at?

I restored back to before using the vpn hack to update to NoDo and rebranded to ATT-US, successfully updated to NoDo but I apparently did not get the specific AT&T updates. My firmware/radio revisions don't match the newer versions and I can't see teh AT&T Contacts option. Does the Focus Firmware update only show up if you're unbranded? Am I out of luck?
[Focus General] Pinger43:
I didn't get a update notification so I reverted back to pre-NoDo and rebranded and got the updates, like you it seems they updated firmware and radio to 2103.11.3.3 and the bootloader to 5.3.1.6..

I did notice after reverting/rebranding the Update notification included a Samsung Update included with the Nodo update(March 2011)..

I also made sure I didn't relock before updating and the Samsung Registry Tool is still there after updating so guess I can debrand later if need be.. let's hope AT&T isn't the last next round :)
[Focus General] mcorrie1121:
From wmpoweruser:

http://wmpoweruser.com/samsung-focus-nodo-update-details/
[Focus General] Pinger43:
Nice, didn't realize it till you mentioned it... maybe there's custom ringtones and multiple missed call & texts notifications hidden in there too lol..

I can be such a dreamer sometimes :)