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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Beejis:
For whatever reason it didn't work for me. I'll have to try again after work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dj21o:
Zedomax told me last night that v4 will have CWM, Root, and stock kernel!!

And it is coming out today. (hopefully)

Sent from my Galaxy S II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] apexi350z:
That is what we all want!! [well, most of us at least ;)]
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dmarden:
Thanks OP... method worked very well.

I started out on Zedo v2...

Odin BubStock

Odin BubCWM

CWM Flash SU

Odin BubStock again

All seems pretty perfect.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hayabusa1300cc:
All that is great, only thing I would like to see added is overclock built off the stock kernel. Then I will make the plunge

.: sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch :.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nstavr:
Anyway to have stock kernel and CWM?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dmarden:
Yes, read any of the info in the thread...lol (including my post, just 2 above yours).

Good luck!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JoshBeach:
CWM/Root/Stock Kernal

BIG +1

:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nstavr:
I started off stock. Flashed the CWM tar then went into CWM and flashed the SU zip file. When finished I flashed the stock kernel. I have root but can only get into the stock recovery? Am I missing something? Thanks for any help you can offer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darren.wlsn1:
ya, stock kernel killed cwm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
It didn't kill it. It just doesn't have cwm. Stock is strictly stock. Someone will mod the stock kernel with cwm with it possibly today.

Posted from a Galaxy II far far away.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Issey_phresh:
Which is exactly what I've been patiently waiting for. After that, overclockable stock kernel...then Roms!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dmarden:
Heh... I guess you could install Zedo v2 first, then start the process in my post. I how the stock kernel with root and CWM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darren.wlsn1:
ya but he had cwm and stock kernel removed it, i get what your saying but that was not his question i answered.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Those kernels the stock one and the one that he gained root with are two different kernels though... Telling him that stock killed his cwm is only partially informative. He should also know that the stock kernel totally replaced the one he had with cwm.

Posted from a Galaxy II far far away.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nstavr:
Thanks for the confirmation. Still learning the Samsung way of doing things. :) Not a big deal right now since ROMs haven't really taken off yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] derrickonline:
Thank you!!! Been waiting to get back to stock kernel. Now we can really get to the bottom of this LOS issue.

By the way, I flashed the kernel. Never lost root. Did lose my CWM which you stated. Thank you for your help!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] h20wakebum:
Woops...

So I downloaded Keis and Odin...

I loaded Odin and in PDA I put the acs-eb30-stock-kernel-pulled.tar

I made sure only auto reboot was selected...

Then i hit start and it was a success...

Now when I reboot my phone I can hit volume up and power and get into CWM.

When I then tried flashing the SU app from SD i get a triangle with Exclamation!

Do I need to load a different kernel, then load SU THEN load the stock kernel?

Thanks,

RR
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nstavr:
Flash it from cwm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] h20wakebum:
Well that was eay...

I reflashed the kernel that wasn't stock... it worked, then I loaded up SU and it worked!!

This was way too easy...

My question is, if I then load the stock Kernel... Do I go back to the stock splash screen and boot animation?

I know that I will loose CWM by doing this...

Thanks,

RR

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What is this LOS issue people keep speaking of?

I'm not sure I understand... You were having issues with connectivity after rooting?

Thanks,

RR
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darren.wlsn1:
people were loosing data/voice.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] h20wakebum:
So If I'm getting reception/calls I'm good to go
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Uamore6:
So I rooted the first night and bricked my phone. (got only blue light). Hot my new phone the next day and decided to wait. My bf still has his evo and is freaking teasing me about my plain phone. Is it safe to root my phone and shut his jealous butt up?

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tool2269:
yeah its safe IMO. just watch the how to root videos
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] apexi350z:
Anyone else tried it this way to get everything?

Stock kernel, rooted, and also retain CWM? or do we need to wait for zedomax V4? (which he said it should be out today)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevalB:
I did exactly that, and lost my CWM, and lost BusyBox as well. I figured I would lose CWM for now, which is fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Beezy43:
Thanks for this guide, it worked like a charm. I came from completely stock and started on step 2 and it worked flawlessly. Not sure if I still have CWM but I still have root, and like others until roms get to a more stable state I just wanted root on stock kernel.

Just one question, if I need to take my phone back to sprint, how do I remove root? Do I just delete the su application so they don't know it's rooted (although a little leg work by them would show that it is)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] czm2000:
You can't just delete the SU application. Doesn't work like that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] THAD LOVELACE:
FAIL, what i get when I flash this kernel

FAIL, IS WHAT I GET WHEN I TRY AND FLASH THIS KERNEL INSIDE ODIN HELP:

I download the stock kernel bubby 323 first I get a file with a ".gz" on the end?

I remove ".gz" just to get Odin3 v1.85 to recognize the file in the first place.

(bubby323-stock-initramfs-eb30-epic-4g-touch-49f1c04.tar.gz)

I have also notice that this kernel bubby 323 only has 1,836 KB

when in fact all the kernel that i have had success with in Odin have been 5,000 KB to 8,000 KB

Are you guys with this kernel working did you load this in CWM (can't get that to work) work on that later:-( I'm I downloading the right file? am I getting the hole file? are we able to flash this file in Odin? HELP SOMEONE THANK'S
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Toleraen:
You have to extract the tar from the gz file. Think of a .gz file as a .zip file. You can use a program like 7zip to extract it.

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Sweeeeeeeet, directions worked perfectly. Thanks romantivist!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] THAD LOVELACE:
bubby323-stock-initramfs-eb30-epic-4g-touch-49f1c04.tar 3,070 KB

OK extract file, point in PDA of Oldin, I get this message "warning oldin has stop communicating with your computer, any help tried on two computers turn them off reatart, took SD card out running out of Idea's. Need to get back to Stock

14 day's almost over HELP!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] geekaren:
Check windows task manager to be sure a kies process isn't running in the back ground on your computer.

Restarting your computer might also help.

Sent from my Epic 4G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] allroy1975:
This worked great for me too.

Also my LOS hasn't happened since i switched back. A little over 12 hours ago. I'm not sure I ever went that long without it happening on zedo.

*edit : I have had it once since i went back.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] CapnBry:
Thanks! I was coming from Zedomax V2

-- Flashed the CWM from step 2 here using ODIN. Reboot.

-- Copied the su-3.0-beta4-efgh-signed.zip from the link after step 12 at the previous link to the SGS2ET4G's internal storage (not the microsd).

-- Rebooted to CWM using VolUp+Power, flashed the zip. Reboot.

-- Flashed the stock kernel. Reboot

Now have su 3.0, stock kernel, no CWM. Perfect! Hopefully this solves my problem of the battery taking a nosedive and killing the phone in 4-6 hours. Zedomax V2 would run for 8-12 hours sipping battery and then BAM the phone would be at 15% a few hours later.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bds120:
Perfection

Have so say it right here!!! Worked great!!! Got my rooted apps and no issues. Took about 10 mins.

You guys rock!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mrpickem:
It works great, although I did it a little bit different.

clockwork>stock(bubby)>zedo v3>stock(bubby)

I have full root with the bubby stock kernel :D

I odined everything because I cannot get SD card files to show up in recovery. Anyone know why SD card wont mount in recovery. I will need that eventually I'm sure.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] akarol:
How come I am unable to get the dialog to USB Storage Mount on TouchWiz like I could with the other kernels?!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Geronimo.USMC:
I did it like this successfully via Odin:

Non rooted stock >Z v3 >Bubby Pulled Stock

Only 2 flashes via Odin
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] akarol:
Did you retain CWM?! Is USB Mount working?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I did this same method. You will have root, can grab Busybox Installer from Market and add latest Busybox but you have no CWM. I am more than content waiting for te next round where everything will be included.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevalB:
For some reason, mine won't install the Busybox, unless I'm just being impatient with it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 4redstars:
has anyone tried SuperOneClick?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] justwonder:
Which one you used?, I tried BusyBox by Stepphen, but that didn't work, then I tried BusyBox Installer by JRummy16, it worked.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thefredelement:
I installed clockworkmod via odin, then just flashed the su/superuser.apk combo zip from chainsDD in recovery.

I have stock kernel, the custom recovery based on clockworkmod and root.

I used Stephen's busy box installer, it never finished but it did install.

ROM manager won't reboot in to recovery when I tell it to create a backup, I have to hold volume up and power then the phone reboots (from the yellow exclamation screen) and clockworkmod loads and runs the backup and reboots normally.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevalB:
Ok thanks, will try the one by JRummy16, thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] m4rk0358:
Going to try rooting this device for the 1st time. I assume I would start with step 2 above but towards the end of step 2 it says "and then flash root .zip in CWM". Where do I find that that .zip? Is that in another thread?

EDIT: Never mind. Found it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xJeganx:
Followed the instructions by the OP and now getting some weird issues. I have the phone plugged into the USB on my computer and then at night unplug the phone and plug it into the AC charger in my room. If I plug the phone into the AC charger while the screen is off I loose all functionality of the phone. It won't wake back up and there is no response whatsoever. I then hold down the power button and the blue LED flashes as if turning on but nothing happens. I then need to attempt to turn it on again for it to properly boot back up. I also did a battery test and left it unplugged at 99% after this error occurred and found the battery dead this morning after only 8 hours with WiFi on and idle. After it charges back up I will reflash Zedo's kernel and try to replicate the issue.

EDIT: So looks like it was just my SetCPU profiles not getting along with the stock kernel. Raised the min frequency and all is well. Note to add that since switching back to the stock kernel I haven't had any LOS issues.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] m4rk0358:
Everything worked like a charm. Thanks to the OP!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] apexi350z:
Can you list the steps you did, and also provide some info on thechainsDD su.apk combo zip?

I would like to have stock kernel, custom recovery, and root if possible.

Do you have any other issues after all the mod?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] m4rk0358:
Just noticed I lost CWM after I installed the rooted stock kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sk63:
That's normal. I really wish there was a way to flash CWM separate from kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thefredelement:
The first step I did was install kies for the usb drivers, then I installed odin, then I got the tar file from the clockworkmod recovery thread in this forum. Then I installed it from odin.

After recovery was installed I booted in to it and copied over the zip from this site: http://androidsu.com/ I used the combo zip that has both su & superuser.apk.

I've had no issues to speak of.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sdotk:
BusyBox

It is asking where to install busybox: /system/xbin or /system/bin ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] silversx80:
I just flashed the stock kernel from zedo's v3 and still have root, no CWM.

Edit: Just flashed CWM with ROM Manager Premium and successfully added CWM 4.0.1.5... at least it says I did.

Edit 2: No beans. Booting into recovery gives me the friendly triangle.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zedomax:
watching too much RWJ? BALLS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bsmoove386:
OH so instead of flashing the root kernel you used the su combo pack to establish root that way you still keep the recovery??!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NewShockerGuy:
I'm trying to figure all of this out.

Coming from an HTC phone this is different way of rooting the phone.

So having a completely stock kernel with root will work with the above methods?

What is the point of clockwork recovery vs stock? I guess I am not following why people are concerned that they lost it? As opposed to not having it via stock and using Odin? Am I following this correctly?

I love this phone, just want Root and I'm ok with the stock kernel and rom at the moment...

-Nigel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 12MaNy:
Because as development on this device pushes forward, people are going to want to be able to flash .zip files instead of .tar files.

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/system/xbin I believe.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RichTJ99:
Is there any LOS issue when using this method?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ravenstarr:
here...you might need this.....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Overstew:
lol I did this and forgot to flash root through CWM on step 2. I redid it all and I got it working finally! lol but now I got like 6 flash count in my Download mode. Oh well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 12MaNy:
Got stock kernel and SU...but no CWM. :(

Tried this 5 times and same result.....and YES I'm doing it correctly. Going back to zedomax's kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
100% Stock kernel doesnt come with cwm i dont think bro.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] njfoses:
You were doing it correctly. There is no stock kernel, root and cwm yet. This method lets you keep stock kernel and root but you lose cwm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] syncron:
But an official stock kernel+root+CWM method is being worked on correct?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] springsyeti:
Yes. V5. Probably not exactly stock. Better.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] skribbles505:
Had 26 in my download count and sprint still swapped it out no problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 12MaNy:
I read the thread title wrong. Sorry....I'm an idiot
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zedomax:
working on stock kernel with cwm, root, and boot animation already. coming soon...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jimbobtexas:
I'm looking forward to this. Meanwhile, I've followed the OPs instructions on this thread, and I am now a reasonably happy camper. Thanks, guys.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leond:
After using this method my LOS seemed to stop, however I have another minor problem, my charging LED no longer works, not when I'm charging and not when it is full, is there a workaround for that? It used to work on non-stock kernel/root method.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nstavr:
I noticed this as well. I rebooted the phone and then the LED lit up when I was charging. Don't know why this happened and it's only happened once so far.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] captblaze:
I have the same issue non rooted, looks like a bug
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] move_over:
After flashing stock kernel, going from Zedomax's v4.1, still have root. Hoping to eliminate daily LOS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] boe:
Sorry for being an ignoramus but what exactly is CWM and does the phone come with it direct from Sprint or is that something people have been adding?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stangdriverdoug:
It is a custom recovery developed by Koush.... A very good developer/coder. It has to be flashed onto the phone....it does not come on the phone from the factory. You use recovery to flash custom roms and kernels.

Samsung Galaxy S II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] boe:
Thanks - I have sooo much to learn.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] japper88:
So I flashed the Zedomax v3 Kernel (from stock) then flashed the stock kernel, and it looks like my root stayed. Very happy, thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] digweed4me:
thank you so much for this stock rom. everything is back to normal like quadrants score , battery life,speed, no los since last night after flashing this but still got root .this thing run so much better on stock. Many thanks to zedomax and bubby for their great support.

I think source code sammy sent was bad itself.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DeeXii:
Thank you much appreciated :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] churro7:
Wifi working in this method?

Samsung Galaxy S Dos indeed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NewShockerGuy:
Yes I would just like clarification as that everything is working by this method..

About to root when I get home but want to keep the stock rom. I've read this thread many times and just want to make sure that people have everthing working in their stock rom.

Thanks,

-Nigel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
This method isn't really needed anymore because of stock kernel packed with CWM. Just odin that kernel and flash super user in recovery and also do the remove yellow triangle and you could have stock rom + stock kernel + root + CWM 5
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] narucii:
the zImage link is broken.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
You can odin stock kernel plus cwm so you could avoid the steps outlined in this thread if you wanted to
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] narucii:
how can I do that?

My phone is shut off by itself after awhile. I need to put everything back to stock. and no more hacking.

I got my phone new today and all i did is follow the

How to root and clockworkmod the Samsung Epic Touch 4G:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kExN-Y2pfxA

and

How to remove the Yellow triangle on rooted Epic Touch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySskTt-S-cM
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Just odin one of the return to stock images and that should bring you back to fresh stock.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xenide:
Anyone had any experience flashing kernels with this phone and heimdall? Anything I should watch out for?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kse91holydiver:
I'm trying but I can't because it says some xml file is missing every time I try.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] silversx80:
To flash the kernel, click on the "flash" tab. Click "browse" for the proper PIT file and select the E4GT PIT file. Click "Add". Under "Partition Name" select "Kernel" then browse. Select the .tar file of the kernel you want to flash. Put your phone into download mode, attach, then click "start" when everything's ready.

I haven't done it to the E4GT yet, so I have no idea if it will work and claim no responsibility if you brick your phone. Personally, I'm too timid to try right now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vikramjatt11:
The USB wire the comes in the box was way too small for my liking, so i needed a longer wire, and I figured I might as well buy another wall outlet for travel or just for the heck of it. And I could not find a decent wire for under $5, until I came across this.

$2.28 - High-Speed WALL Power to USB Female Converter (1000mA) - White: http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10311&cs_id=1031106&p_id=6784&seq=1&format=2

$1.40 - 6ft USB 2.0 A Male to Micro 5pin Male 28/24AWG Cable w/ Ferrite Core (Gold Plated): http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5458&seq=1&format=2

They are out stock on the Black Wall USB plug.

The only downside was the S+H, it was $6.60. So I ordered 4 wires, and 2 plugs ($9.74). Total came to $16.34, which is not bad as I could not find anything even close on Amazon.

The combination work perfect. I have attached some pictures below. (Note: All pictures were taking with SGSII, EXCEPT the picture with the SGSII in it, that was taken with a Nexus 4G.)

Just wanted to let everyone know in case someone also wanted to buy one of these.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lv2bll:
lucky for me i dont have to pay s&h with monoprice, they're awesome regardless though. I live 5 minutes away from their dist. center so i can just pick up
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mrpickem:
Funny thing, the 10' cable is cheaper than the 6' in OP.

Also, this phone comes with the exact charger that my Droid Charge came with, but the DC came with a much longer cable. :confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] enormous:
I've got about 5 of those same wall chargers (in black). Be careful unplugging them, as 3 of mine have all left one of the prongs in the WALL SOCKET when I unplugged them. I notified Monoprice customer service, and they're sending me replacements, but they'll be of the same design.

I hope they change the design soon, because right now both of the prongs are just held on by a piece of solder. One too many tugs and they come right out. So once you plug it in, leave it!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] suwu10:
Thanks, I just ordered one of the 6ft cables
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hckyplyr:
Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. Got 3 cables, 1 wall charger and 1 car charger.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vega:
so how much faster do you think this charges your phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] FaRKle!:
Well considering the stock charger is also a 1000mAH... it won't be any faster.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vega:
yeah didnt think to check for myself. to much sleep depprevation.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] t0t:
Sorry if this is a noob question, Im coming from a blackberry so Im a bit retarded in this subject.

Are monoprice good quality cables? The supplied cable with the epic touch is just.. ridiculously short. The block.. charger.. thing is fine, I just want a longer cable! I found some longer OEM chargers as well that I was thinking of getting off Amazon.

IE:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-ATADU...=wireless&rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1316961827&sr=1-1

Either way its no big deal, just dont want to end up frying my phone because I cheaped out on cables lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] t0t:
also, for anyone looking for a car charger, ive read great things about:

http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehi...Q9CA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317080917&sr=8-1

i plan on getting that myself, waiting to hear some feedback on the monoprice cables first though, otherwise ill go with the samsung oem charger i posted above
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vikramjatt11:
YESS, those chargers are amazing... i purchased 10 last year, when they were like $1 each... dey are so amazing, i onli broke 2 so far, n that was my fault.... dey charge the phones super fast, n love the blue light....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] geolemon:
I bought this one since it is an official Samsung charger, for cheap ($5):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UB279A

But I bought it using the link shown below - the "buy all items" showing the Samsung car charger, Samsung regular charger + USB cable, and Samsung extra USB cable for $10 total.

Bear in mind - the USB cables are all the shortie length cables.

The car charger seems nice, has a spiral cord of decent length - same as my old Motorola charger.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sean-El:
What's the difference between the Gold plated and the non Gold plated?

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5459&seq=1&format=2

and this

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5139&seq=1&format=2

? Besides .10..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vikramjatt11:
the description of the gold plated one says:

- Gold Plated Connectors for corrosion resistence ensuring consistant and reliable conductivity

- Ferrite Core to filter out signal noise and reduce transmission errors