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[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigg12x:
i also did this wthich is good but will it mess anything up if the phone is brand new and is charging fine

Connect the phone to the charger with the phone powered on, and allow the phone to charge until the notification LED is green, indicating the device is fully charged.

Disconnect the phone from the charger, and power it off.

Reconnect the phone to the charger with the phone powered off, and allow the phone to charge until the notification LED is green.

Disconnect the phone from the charger and power it on.

Once the phone is powered completely on, power it off again and reconnect it to the charger until the notification LED is green.

Disconnect the phone, power it on, and use it. You need to use this sequence only once.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdkoren:
This is "bump charging" and all it does is try to fill up your battery as much as possible. It's like topping off at the gas station. It won't do much as far as battery calibration. You may see a minor improvement in battery life after a bump charge, but you'll have to do it each time you charge.

Keep in mind that battery life is dependent on many factors, including your usage pattern. Improving battery life is a matter of being mindful and selective about what connections you leave open (bluetooth, GPS, WiFi, account sync) and what apps you let run. Screen usage plays a role as well. Network signal strength also plays a part, but that's not something you can control. Don't use taskillers, they cause more problems than they solve.

I'm assuming you're still on the stock ROM. If that's the case, you should be aware that there's lots of extra stuff on there that runs in the background to support the HTC Sense overlay. The biggest improvement in battery for me was (a) flashing a custom ROM without all that junk on it and (b) flashing a custom kernel which both underclocks the CPU and uses lower voltage settings.

If after all these considerations you still think your battery is borked, head over to a T-Mobile store. They may give just you a new one, otherwise it'll probably cost you not very much.
[Epic 4G Android Development] 063_XOBX:
It's been mentioned in "themes and apps" where it belongs not here in development.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DRockstar:
OK, I did look there first (in the Epic section, anyways), but I must have missed it...

Some of the devs in the irc channel didn't even know, so I thought it was worthy of mention here, as much as a one click root is stickied in this very section.

If this thread needs to be deleted, so be it, I thought I was doing a service, calling people's attention to it, and outlining what steps should be taken, after using it.

Edit: now I see a post in the apps section, but my notes here are still very pertinent, to anyone relying on the gingerbreak.apk

theimpaler747: do what you will on this thread, it was intended as a public service announcement, and just might affect the development of the epic, especially since it'll most likely become the new root for gingerbread. I leave it up to you and your judgement.
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
If we rooted with this method then how do we push custom recovery?

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[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Ask damean
[Epic 4G Android Development] DRockstar:
First off, I suspect any one click scripts for gingerbread, would have to use the gingerbreak binary, also listed and linked in the Chainfire post.

Hopefully, before GB is released (and hopefully a patch hasn't been, for rooter's sake), we can make an apk that flashes a proper recovery in bml8. (Preferably, in my opinion, to cwm 2.5.1.0, until the user decides to convert to ext4, which can be done with a subsequent cwm zip, like the cwm3.0.0.6.zip in my ReRFS Stock ROM post.)

joeykrim has made a kernel flashing apk (FlashImage GUI, in market), but at my behest, left out the ability to flash bml8, due to the fact that if a corrupt kernel is flashed there, odin or heimdall is required to fix it, once a 3 button boot is attempted to a corrupt bml8 flash.

For now, I would recommend a manual bmlwrite bml8 flash for a known good recovery kernel, for anyone using the gingerbreak method.

Also, some kernels, like my Clean Kernel, have reboot recovery to cwm 2.5.1.0 if RFS, and, can be flashed with the free SGS Kernel Flasher apk from the market. Once reboot recovery is achieved, cwm can be flashed to bml8, using the zip tools in the ReRFS post.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DRockstar:
Just modded the original post, with instructions on getting full rooted kernel, and Clockworkmod, without needing a computer... how about that?
[Epic 4G Android Development] thatdudepoops:
Haha calm down sir, calm down
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
Wow good work guys. That's awesome.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
Woot, woot!! Now my wife can stop climbing down my throat about always being on the computer!! Gimme a woot!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
If only it converted your files to ext4..

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[Epic 4G Android Development] Rodderik:
Good stuff DRockstar, I'm glad you posted this up for us!
[Epic 4G Android Development] thomasskull666:
Nice! Very handy indeed.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DRockstar:
Actually, you can convert to ext4 too, with the cwm3.0.0.6.zip posted in the ReRFS ROM thread... just flash it through cwm 3 button boot, or from reboot recovery with the kernel... keep in mind, that reboot recovery won't work for ext4 with the Clean Kernel, at this point in time.

but anyway, there's still nothing you can't do without a computer!
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Eh, sounds complex lol. I'll either wait for a video or just do it on a pc, no biggy

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[Epic 4G Android Development] JohnCorleone:
I remember when installing Samsung Drivers, finding a good cord, using Odin, rooting, wiping system/data, Cache Partition, Dalvik, installing zip from SD, choosing zip from SD,etc. sounded like another language to me! If this works, congratulations. It may save many headaches.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Subscribed, for future reference.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JohnCorleone:
Did the exact same thing...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Esteway.619:
It was actually very simple I just did it not hard at all
[Epic 4G Android Development] DRockstar:
Updated, with instructions for ROM Manager zip flashing... muahahahahaha

Also, almost all the links are phone friendly now, especially if you use the Dolphin HD Browser to download files, and the app names, are now market links, in the hopes that will make installing them even easier from the phone.

The only link that is not a direct link, is to the actual gingerbreak.apk itself, which is contained in an xda post, that requires xda registration to see. I respect that and the original dev, and will not give a direct download link, without Chainfire's expressed permission. I do think others will understand this.

Anyways,

Hope you all dig it!
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
I just reread the instructions ...so I guess you're right. I'm wondering if you or qbking would be willing to make a video for this. I like videos so I can actually know I'm doing it right :P

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[Epic 4G Android Development] Djinn23:
Seems like great stuff to me. Thanks for the info. Subscribing.

I have a quick question which is somewhat related. I am not sure as to why but I have read ROM Manager should not be used on our phones. I used it for a while but have not re-installed since. Does anyone know why? I read the ext4 thing. . .but I read it should not be used on the epic . . .ever.

Thanks again for taking the time to post this .

J
[Epic 4G Android Development] flyers2114:
Good stuff Drockstar....will def come in handy!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
If we are using drockstars kernel on gb leaked rom then we could use ext4 right? Cause I'm pretty sure his kernel is ext4 compatiable.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] Custodian:
Thread title is racist!!!! There shall be no breaking of gingers here!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] ssconceptz:
CWM link broken, please repost!
[Epic 4G Android Development] ssconceptz:
the Gingerbreak isnt working on my EC05. v.1.2
[Epic 4G Android Development] DRockstar:
cwm2.5.1.0.zip link fixed.... updating post with additional instructions.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DRockstar:
I understand the concern with ROM Manager... in fact, it was probably I who told everyone not to use it, hehe. But some of the devs met with koush in the irc, and koush just changed it for the epic, maybe a week or 2 ago... because the downloaded update.zip ROM Manager used, was breaking our phones... but the way it is now, ROM Manager now relies on the kernel for recovery booting, and I designed the Clean Kernel to support both reboot recovery, and ROM Manager commands, as long as the filesystem is RFS. Note that all kernels and ROMs may not support ROM Manager yet, as of this time, but using my files lined out, it should work well, for flashing cwm, and any kernel updates I put out in the future.

Hope that clarifies things...
[Epic 4G Android Development] DRockstar:
The Clean Kernel does support ext4, it just relies on the ROM for reboot recovery, or ROM Manager support, if the filesystem is ext4. I'm still working on an ext4 solution on that, for the Clean Kernel.

Also, I haven't tested the Clean Kernel on the gingerbread leak, and I'd be very surprised if it worked with it, honestly. Maybe I'll play around with it, and I'll get back to you on that one.
[Epic 4G Android Development] qbking77:
Took me a while, but I figured out how to get it to convert to EXT4. I'll make a video tonight for everyone! Thanks for doing this DRockstar!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Oo I'm so excited :D. I might do this tonight if I can flash SRF or CM7 in the future. :)

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[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
No acer! You can't! I'll be all alone... :p
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Hah, I probably won't anyway. Ill keep my word and wait until CM7 gets camera functionality. But its great to know that I won't have to use a pc to get ext4

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[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Yeah, if I end up rooting at some point, I'll use this method. But I'll probably stay rfs.
[Epic 4G Android Development] kstephens98:
Thanks so much for this. I can finally got from a kernel with SU built in to one that doesn't. The one click root from the PC never worked for me unless I was on stock. I just used this to go from Twilight to Bonsai kernel and it worked great! Thanks again!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Masterface7:
Gingerbreak 1.2 is not working on my stock EC05 either
[Epic 4G Android Development] Djinn23:
Thanks for touching on this. So...to clairify...the current builds fof rm are good to go, or is there some post install mod or config that is needed?

Again....many thanks for taking the time to clairify.
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
"no posted Epic kernels are ROM Manager compatible with ext4, though I am quite certain that tanimn is very hard at work, doing his best to make this happen."

What does that mean exactly? That if we do this for the ext4 method, we can't flash kernels? I'm just curious because if I want to to flash something via ext4, I want to know if I can just flash any ROM and not have any issues. Thanks!

Edit: Also, Gingerbreak v1.2 isn't working. Just says "Not sure what happened...reboot manually and see if you have SuperUser."

I'm going to try again.

Edit2: Same result...I know some other people are getting this; anyone know a fix?
[Epic 4G Android Development] b3nny:
Same problem here, it keeps on failing
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
So, the OP says it works on EC05, but so far, has anyone else gotten it to work with EC05?

Typed by Z using the Gingerbread keyboard.
[Epic 4G Android Development] kstephens98:
Worked 4 me on midnight rom 5.2 on bonsai kernel.
[Epic 4G Android Development] qbking77:
Yep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xi3IipYBj8
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
So far it seems like everyone who has rooted in the past has gotten it to work, but that doesn't make any logical sense, does it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
No, it doesn't. Besides, I thought you'd rooted before? I'm gonna watch the qbking video now.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] slightly.stoopid:
I could not have said it better... lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
I've rooted on a different Epic. this one is a replacement.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Oh ok. I'm really tempted to try this on mine and see what happens. But, I'm going to resist the temptation. Maybe someone who's getting a replacement(k0nane :p) should try this method as soon as they get the phone and see what happens.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] DRockstar:
Firstly, sorry for my absence the past couple of days, I've been attending to pressing business, and will be relocating, in the next 3 weeks...

Anyways, I did get the chance to test this myself on a brand new replacement phone, and will tell you what I found:

The replacement phone came with DI18 preloaded, and an OTA update to EC05 was performed. Immediately, one noticeable difference, was that the Sprint ID icon *did not* appear on the home page, like what had been done before, but Sprint ID was still listed in Applications. The command "df /system" was issued, and there was only 316k available in the system partition.

With this configuration, the gingerbreak.apk, *would not* work, and would result in repeating vibrations, for several minutes, until finally, the message would appear the gingerbreak did not work, as described by the others here.

So, perhaps this is failing with phones, that had the EC05 OTA update applied? Any other confirmations on this would be appreciated.

In the end, I used a custom adb script, to install both the Clean Kernel, and cwm 2.5.1.0, which did work.

Well, I figured I'd give an update, and hopefully, we'll find out why it's failing.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Well that's disapointing.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Join the dark side ;) hehee

I'm hanging out a friends so I'm finally gonna root my phone and flash SRF hehe

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[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
In the words of Luke Skywalker: "NOOOO! No, no, no!"

Lol I'm still not gonna, unless someone ports the puzzle lockscreen. I figure if people really want me to root, someone will take the time to do it. Cause I'm that special ;p

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[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Haha, you conceited bastard xP

Nah, idk...I just feel like it's time to root for me. I know how to do it all, and since I have the availability of Odin this time, it makes me more confident I won't brick my phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Well, I truly will be the only semi-well known epic 4g owner who has the knowledge too, but hasn't rooted. I'm different! Lol

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[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
We'll, I've tried 1st hand with 2 roms. 1s rom would be the official EC05, and the gingerbreak.apk did not work. 2nd rom was DRockstars Reformat EC05, and the gingerbreak.apk did work, but that already has cwm2.5.1.0.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
So, basically the 2nd method is kind of redundant.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
It's not a really a big deal having to use a computer though...I mean if you have a PC, it's probably faster if you already have the drivers installed.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Yeah, guess you're right.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] svcbadass:
This worked for me and I had the over the air update. It however did not install clockwork to install n now I keep tryin to get it intalled but not working. It did provide root access nd super user n the rest of the system works fine.

Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] Brian3000:
I too get this message. maybe i'm not perfect with lingo (just got my epic yesterday-- previously had a rooted moment) but i don't have superuser when I manually reboot. I have been able to install all my old apk's through astro, but the ones that specify 'root access' are all failing still.

i'm on firmware version 2.2.1 baseband s.d700.0.5s.ec05 kernel version 2.6.32.9

TIA
[Epic 4G Android Development] Masterface7:
After getting failed attempts at gingerbreak multiple times i odin'd back to eclair and applied the OTA again, I have a few programs installed, nothing to major though. and gingerbreak finally worked.
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
Its not supposed to flash clockwork.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] albie1937:
Does this work for the Nexus S 4G?
[Epic 4G Android Development] gotablunt:
Okay noob coming from a Htc Hero, okay so I had a issue rooting on stock ota I forgot what I did but after 2hrs of constant vibrations and failed attempts and turning off and on my phone it finally rebooted by itself and had su and busybox installed...I tryd out the new wireless wifi with more infrastructure and it ****ed my **** up(I believe i had the syndicate rom flashed), I had to odin and now I'm on dk28 and it won't root my phone, I know this app works but there's a trick to it which I forgot, I think I let it full charge or I unmountd sdcard.....anyone figure out how to make this app work.........
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
Why are you on dk28? Get to ec05.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] gotablunt:
Idk I followed one of these links on how to restore back to stock,

I'm guessing odin or by anychance any update zip to ec05, noob question what's the diff btwn them cuz my phone says im up todate
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
Dk28 wad a froyo leak and you wont get any ota from that cause it wasn't official. U need to odin to di18 or eb13 and then just receive the ota to do to ec05

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[Epic 4G Android Development] trickshot1126:
Has anyone figured this out yet with the stock ec05? I'm not a stranger to rooting by any means, but damn. My computer is at work and I was really itching to root tonight... it seems like the exploit might be catching with something about unmounting the sd card and remounting it. That vibration pattern is the same I feel anytime I have an app force cose. I'm assuming that the isue here. I also tried switching the sd card to another one thinking it may have ben the oem sd card or something... but again and again its been a no go. If anyonw has any ideas to throw m way feel free cuz I've exhausted all mine... thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] s14evil:
will this work for the galaxy indulge 4g? i looked and found only one root program and i tried to us it and it didnt work. the onlt resion i ask is the one click root i was uing for the indulge said ( epic 4g root) and right now there is not a section for this phone:confused:
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
You can try it. If it doesn't work, it shouldn't have any negative side effects.

[sig]Typed by restless thumbs, that are too tired to help hold my bacon sammiches[sig]
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
So, I just tried this. First time trying to root, didn't work.

[sig]I'm close to root, im patiently waiting on those puzzles[sig]
[Epic 4G Android Development] spitefulrain:
Since you're going for the puzzle lock, I'm assuming you're on EC05, and this is for gingerbread. You need to do one of the oneclicks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
This is supposed to work on froyo, but it seems to only work with phones that odin to ec05 before trying. And I'm going to have to wait anyways, my phones been freezing all day, and I'm having to get a replacement because of a cracked screen

[sig]I'm close to rooting, i have to wait for a replacement :([sig]
[Epic 4G Android Development] spitefulrain:
Oh, I didn't know that. Well good luck. Have fun with a rooted phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
Yes that's the way it seems. What's funny is I always had a hard time using the rage method on ec05 but not eb13. So it makes sense in my mind.
[Epic 4G Android Development] gplock:
Worked on Motorola Defy. Thanks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Starfox:
Once you did the OTA update, is there any way to free up space in /system short of Odin? I didn't realize the OTA would give me so much headache, and I don't have access to a computer to run Odin atm.

Also, can someone explain what exactly /mnt/.lfs does? It acts as a WORN FS to me and I managed to put files there (gingerbreak) that I can't erase anymore.[/newb]

-- Starfox
[Epic 4G Android Development] sidicious:
considering i have not been able to root my epic 4g period, with all pc related methods for mac osx, linux, and windows xp, and windows 7. So this is priceless to me and greatly appreciated.
[Epic 4G Android Development] NEXUS 4G:
thx great advice

Edit: I just got a brand new phone from asurion (stolen), came with ec05, if there a way to root don't have access to a computer
[Epic 4G Android Development] tattoo88:
Rooting

I followed this and when I open gingerbreak to root it says something like "im not.sure whats happened here either the exploit failed or reboot fail reboot phone to see if you have superuser" ive retryed 4 or 5 times im not sure what the problem it...
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
It only works for people that odin to ec05. If you got OTA'd to ec05 it won't work.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] fishtaco254:
I'm on EH17 and trying to root. gingerbreak has been going for 18 minutes now... Is that too long? Tried rebooting and trying again. still standing. The icon is spinning but it's never rebooting
[Epic 4G Android Development] :
You shoul have stayed on EC05, then while on Ec05 with your phone rooted flash a pre rooted EH17 rom
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Holy necro-thread! I think qbking77 has a youtube video on how to root gb.
[Epic 4G Android Development] fishtaco254:
Alright so i'll odin back to ec05 and roll from there? I'm trying to run the eh17 rom... that's my goal
[Epic 4G Android Development] apheonixboy:
Gonna give this a try