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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jase1783:
Hey Steve, again thanks for all your work on this rom. Still my fav daily driver for sure.

One thing i have notice (maybe it's me) but the new El13 rom/kernel/modem just seems slow...er.

I had originally the eg30 rom with the ek02 kernel and the phone felt diffidently quicker. Maybe a bad flash, but i just wanted to shout out and see if anybody has had the same experience.

Edit: the gingerbread fancy screen rotation is sweet. Gotta add this for sure.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Yeah.. I have to agree. Something really doesn't feel right with the EL13. I am back using the EK02 rom, kernel, and modem and its running smooth as butter.

I am seriously thinking of yanking the EL13 build and just focusing on updating my EK02 build. Anyone still on these roms.. please feel free to give me your opinions on this..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tallblazer124:
Yes the EK02 works better than the EL13 for me. I am sticking with the EK02 for now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
Well Steve I definately think the ek02 is more stable. Of course I'm still waiting on Johns report for his half mile walk for the el13 LOL.

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Steve they updated GoLauncher-EX last night. I odexed it. Here is the link. Push this to your system/app and set permissions. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48156774/GoLauncher-2.69-odexed.zip
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Well, I am using the EK ROM with the EL13 modem and my signal bars are staying all the,way full now! I was seeing them bounce between 1 and 4 bars so either its reading different or its better. Battery drain seems the same as do Speedtests so I am going to keep that setup all day today and further test
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Double post..lol..I am wondering if the new modem is set to wake more to keep signal lock. I see increase in both but idle battery drain is the same
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
I might do the same, not sure if the leaked EL13 was finished or not maybe that is why its causing issues. For example I think universally there is an issue setting lock screen images...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Seems to be something with the ROM itself. I am reading all over that performance is down but many using EL modem on other ROMs are seeing the same as I am with signal bars being steady and higher. That being said, I am keeping EK kernel and ROM with EL13 modem. I can't really test the Wifi being slower. The range is good (using my neighbors" wifi and have 2 bars) but the speed is never good kanging their Wifi for battery savings...lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
Wondered when you were gonna wakeup lol. My wifi is about the same on the el13 modem but you are correct signal strength is up a bit and it does look like the modem is awake more than the ek02. John do you have your awd launcher ex odexed?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Lol...yeah, was up til 3 downloading a MotoBlur Nexus ROM...unfortunately, I don't have the latest ADW EX odexed but I would sure like to have it..hint,hint
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
Ok check your msgs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Muchos gracias!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
EL13

The link for EL13 has been removed..

I have discovered what was causing the FCs but I am not sure if I want to go about fixing that one.. jury is still out.

EK02 is very stable. I have updated themed market, themed icon camera, themed icon calendar.. so that will be coming. Also rotations.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Unzip to unlock performance...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] senji75:
CWM sometimes doesnt allow me to use the power button as well. The volume up/down works, I just have to go up from top to bottom and vice versa to get it to enable the power button. Weird... LOL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I believe koush made it that way. When you go into recovery, if you press up, down, up it unlocks power button
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kc_hubbard:
MiLocker?

10char
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revoman77:
Sounds like to me you possibly may have somehow gotten a different cwm version flashed... I cant rem which one it was but one version i had the menu button was the ok/enter button and another one was the power key... Im not a dev but have tried many roms and there are different cwm out there... Again not a dev tho... Thx again steve and everyone else that helped and helps here for all your work...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Hot damn.. I completely fixed EL13.. NO FORCE CLOSES!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
That's what I was thinking
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Go Locker Super Zipper theme ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
So now you've decided to play with it. LOL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Play with it?? I am uploading a bugfree copy as we speak!?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
Ok I guess I'll bite I can see if I can get it loaded before I leave the house.

Or maybe not no link yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
ok guys.. better EL13 uploading.. MUCH BETTER.. trust me

if you show some iq stuff in your voodoo app, give your logcats time to clear.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Nandroid being made now.....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
Already have nandroid done LOL But somewhere I remember when I was a kid I was told to watch people who ended their sentence with "trust me" :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
OK.. there it is .. drm gone and other stuff fixed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I should have said new nandroid ...lol...flashing now
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
What makes you think anyone here would like BLUE? :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
a real stretch, i know :D:D:D:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Capp5050:
Does the EL13 modem need to be loaded separately, first?

Or does the ROM upgrade to EL13 take care of the modem upgrade ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Modem is separate deal.. flash it before or after, its up to you :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
One of my favorite OG Epic themes...oh, early feedback on EL13 build....ROM is feeling strong,Steve!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
So I take it you already voted :D:D:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I was testing the new build but I am about to....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Strongsteve, can you post the wallpaper please? I lost it when I restored data from nandroid...and it just gets better ...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
The default wallpaper is in the framework-res.apk, you could pull it out of there if you still had the rom zip
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
Ok Steve I have been in and out of roaming for the last hour so fa so good no fc and everything is working.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Thanks.. I'm feeling good about this one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tallblazer124:
Steve I see you took down the EKO2 build. This ELK13 must be stable now. Can we flash just wiping cache and dalvik or do we have to do a complete wipe.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Yes.. definitely stable. I will always keep that other one in case you guys want it again but this thing rocks with zero ciq...

Full wipe.. sorry
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I have been testing the same thing and I haven't had a single problem with reconnecting
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tallblazer124:
Ok. Well I will install the modem and do a full wipe. The thing that frustrate me the most doing a full wipe is linking my contacts back with facebook. That takes forever because some of them dont have the same name as they do on facebook which means they wont automatically be joined. Is there a shortcut to that. PS how is the new EL13 modem?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I made a nandroid of my EK02 setup. I wiped everything and flashed the ROM. Then I booted to recovery, wiped cache and Dalvik, backup and restore, advanced restore, restore data and everything is up and running perfect on EL13. EL13 is so new, that if you judge,by how they date the builds, it was released the same day it was made..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tallblazer124:
Ok so doing it this way will back up my email, link accounts, facebook contacts etc...?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
It puts everything back how it was. I don't recommend it if you are going from 2.3.4 to 2.3.6 but if you are already on a 2.3.6 setup (EK02 or newer) you should be just fine. I used this method while trying 3 other ROMs and had no problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tallblazer124:
Okay thanks. Whats the point of Titanium Backup then if I can do Nandroid.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Good question...lol. The only thing I have ever used it for is to freeze apps or running processes but I bought JRummy's Ultimate Manager Pro and use that if I want to freeze anything. Things are so dialed in that I haven't had to freeze anything though. I do delete the Sprint bloat, Maps,etc so I have nothing to freeze
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tahde:
Doing a Nandroid as I type. Cant wait to get this up and running. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 3volution:
Running great so far.

Thanks,Steve.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Guys.. don't forget to go to ##data# and remove Sprint proxys after updating your modem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Villain123:
I want to say thank you, I have been flash happy for the past 2-3 weeks I have owned this phone and I keep coming back to your rom. It runs very smooth and has everything I use. What are you referring to with the ##data#? I have seen tweaks that claim to make 3g signal better through that, but I found it not any better. In the area I live in Verizons 3g is two to three times faster than sprints so I just put their prl on my phone and am in roaming at all times on their network.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Thank you for the feedback. If you are using a Verizon, I wouldn't worry it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jnuts5423:
crazy quest? but can you flash the modem first and then the rom??
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
Yes they are independent of one another.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Hey.. have you had any issues?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tahde:
Got it up and running last night and had some time to play around with the phone. Smooth and stable. Seen though that it was consuming alot of battery for the little time that I was playing around with the phone. Its not my daily phone, so no worries there. Going to use it for most part of the day today to test everything and see if I see a consumption lost again and possibly pinpoint the issue.

Overall this is a great ROM. Great job Steve and thanks! :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
You are playing with it so much because the blue is so kick ass that you run down the battery
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigJPNut:
Running very well. One thing I noticed and cleaned up is 2 adobe flash apks and 2 voice search apks in system/app. Forgot what they were named? I know one flash apk was called oem something or other and the other was named install_adobe_flash I believe. Thanks again!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
You are right.. I think the market added that extra flash installer. I will clean that up. Thanks for the heads up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tahde:
See....problem solved! WOOT! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1brainsurgeon:
Download temporarily disabled due to too much traffic :(:(:(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] senji75:
I probably missed this, but where did you get this nice blue amazon appstore icon and others like that, are they in the rom somewhere? :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
His personal setup has a few extras vs. the released version
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] senji75:
He's holding back the BLUE! LOL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Use mirror..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
If you guys want, I can make an Amazon apk with a blue icon

There are doubles in system /app

Flash installer and voice search .. remove apk and odex of one of the two
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I remove my bloat apps so fast now that I didn't even catch that. Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jnuts5423:
I am trying to remove the sprint proxys that you mentioned, i am not sure of which one to remove? is it the sprint address one?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zeau2004:
Thanx for an awesome rom Mr. StrongSteve....blue my favorite color, odex roms are my favorite and you got them both just right! This is the smoothest rom I ever used, and the battery life is amazing!

Sent from a Galaxy far far away...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1283229
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
Sorry for the late responce nothing too bad. The odexed version of adw ex crapped on me but I am going to odex it again and see what happens. Aside from that all seems well. Is something acting up on your end?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
No.. everything is great.

Couple things that are not perfect.

Left in double copies of Flash updater, Voice Search in system/app

Forgot to odex the vtt-sprint (visual voicemail) after I themed it.

I have fixed these things on my phone.. just not sure its worth a full update??
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Psssh...no need to update just for that..lol. I do like the dedication toward perfection though
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
Well that all depends on how close you want to get to the perfect odexed rom ;) . I know some peeps arent comfortable with odexing on the phone (cough John hint cough) LOL!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jnuts5423:
I just want to say thank you for your hard work! Your roms are great Strong and team, I switched to your rom's because you always give great support and sick Roms...Thanks again!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1brainsurgeon:
This should definitely be a thread. What a time saver. To be honest, I didn't believe it until I tried it myself. Big Kudos to you John!! :D:D:D

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+1

Let's not forget, never an LOS...NEVER!! :D:p:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Lol..thanks now you see why I never use Titanium!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Capp5050:
Titanium and Odexed System Apps...

Titanium Backup has an option (under Batch commands), which reads,

"Integrate Updates of System Apps into ROM"

On the surface, this would appear to allow you to replace the system app, instead of adding a new (and redundant) copy of the updated app. For example, in the screenshot attached, I just downloaded an update to Google Maps, and you'll see that it now reads 1 app available for this function (see bottom of screen).

So my question is, does this perhaps provide an easy way for people to update apps that you (Steve) have included in your ROMs, like e.g., GoLauncher, without YOU having to push updates of your entire ROM when these update?

Or does TB do something different than replacing the Odexed file?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Titanium will replace the system app and odex with the updated deodexed version from the market.

Thats why the optimal thing to do is to teach my faithful users how to uninstall updates, odex, and move things around from data to system. For me, its two minutes with phone in hand and boom.. done.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] qbking77:
How to install and review videos are uploading now!

Should be up in a couple hours :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Capp5050:
OK, so to make sure I understand -- Using TB, you won't be left with 'redundant' files (the original + update), but the 'replacement' is now a 'non-Odexed' version of a file that you had previously Odexed. Correct?

Also, I recall you posting instructions on how to Odex a file somewhere within this long thread, but I'm guessing most newer users aren't going through all the posts. I copied it at one point (though haven't tried it), so I'll paste it here; you may want to add it to the OP (and correct me if this is wrong):

Adding an App to the Odexed Apps

- Place your deodexed app in a folder (app) on SDcard

- open terminal or adb shell

syntax is:

'dexopt-wrapper sdcard/app/xx.apk sdcard/app/xx.odex' (no quotes)

where xx=name of apk

(An odex file is generated at that location)

- Use 7zip or Astro file manager to remove classes.dex from original apk

then push (i.e., copy) apk and odex to system/app (in root directory)

- Make sure there are no copies in data/app
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
If the market updates a system app, YES.. you will have a redundant copy of the app deodexed in data/app and thats the one that will be used.

You then can use titanium to integrate to system/app, however, it will replace the odex copy with the new deodexed copy.

You should then pull that app, odex it, remove classes.dex, and push it back..

easy peezy! I have included dexopt-wrapper in system/bin for this situation

I will, however, stay on top of things that are in system/app and keep them coming here in my thread.

Apps that I we will keep odexed in system app that will periodically update in market are..

YouTube

Gmail

Market

Voice Search

Superuser

Sprint VVM

Launchers

anything with a themed icon

Things that we are not going to worry about being odexed are..

Maps

Also, it would be a good idea to freeze market updater so we can do it manually. Otherwise, your market may just turn green on you one day
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tallblazer124:
This worked perfectly. Thanks John saved me so much time. Question does Doing it this way mess with the odex files?

Steve The ROM is running smoothly great work. Two things I notice is when you go to task manager and clear memory, after that I tend to get several FC. Also if my phone locks while in screen rotation mood the pattern lock gets wacko and its hard to put in the pattern because everything is backwards.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
One great thing I have noticed when restoring data this way is that I still keep the changes (new icons and app updates) that strongsteve adds. You can use your file manager (Root Explorer or similar app) and go to data/app folder and see if you have duplicate apps. If you do, you can delete them because the odexed apps are in system/app folder. On clearing memory, if you are referring to clearing level 2 RAM, I never do that. I let the phone handle that. I only kill running apps
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Other than the duplicates in system app, everything perfect. No fcs!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Not a single one here. I flashed it immediately after strongsteve posted the link.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Strongsteve never stops...he is changing the day and date on Digital Clock widget from green to blue
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
John made me aware of green numbers and such in the digital clock.. this is totally unacceptable! Extract and push to system app!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] qbking77:
How to install:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tet94qz_fZM

Review of this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAPoXh4TR4c
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ogeretla:
I have a dumb questions... Can I installed apps as normal after I load this rom or any rom odexed or deodexed??

Sent from my Epic 4G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
VERY SWEET video!!! I just made that clock BLUE.. damn it!! haha!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
With the new Digitalclock.apk added...use this link and push to system/app folder..

http://db.tt/YAUgJTSb
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
All apps added the same. You can choose to odex them yourself if you want to.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Damnit..digital clock apk again..

http://db.tt/YAUgJTSb
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
UPDATING.. back soon

- Digital Clock widget - Green turned to blue (that video was embarrassing seeing that green)

- removed redundant system apps

- odexed vtt-sprint VVM

- changed contacts logs arrows to blue
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AestenD:
I managed to crack my screen a few hours ago, or I'd makethe plunge to el13. But I need to fully stock before I take to repair tomorrow lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
You updating again? LOL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
yeah.. just a minor to take care of some things bothering me.. just a flash over is fine.. or you can stay where you are..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
You didn't know strongsteve does nightlies now? :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kc_hubbard:
How'd you manage to do that? Damn screens are almost indestructible.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrick_1:
Steve, any chance of adding the ics transition animations? Dude I'm sorry I know you keep getting blasted with "steve can you do this" "steve can you have that" lol

The one...The only...E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Its in as of yesterday's build I believe. I don't remember adding it and I have it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] strongsteve:
Updated in op

Flash over previous el13
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
Hi JohnCorleone, quick question, why you, I know that you know stuff and you always keep the forums interesting with your input. Anyway I'm running 'return to stock' EG30-CL435803 w/EG31 baseband version from squshy7, went to this after running chris41g 'root rom" which was causing LOS, even after LOS kernel still experienced LOS. Do I need full root to install the EL13 Odexed Blue Rom or can I use my system as is w/no CWM. Can I zip this to my phone as is?Thanks AOT.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Ok, first thing's first. I am assuming that you have the ROM on internal memory or SD card already. If you are back on a stock setup, you will want to grab a stock repacked kernel with recovery. I recommend you get Chris41g's EL13 w/CWM5. You are going to want to get the .tar version. You will want to flash that in Odin in the PDA slot. MAKE SURE ONLY "AUTO REBOOT" IS CHECKED. It takes about 2 or 3 minutes so don't worry. That will give you your CWM recovery so you can flash this ROM. MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP. That's just in case... The ROM comes rooted so you wont have to worry about that. After you make your nandroid backup, wipe data/factory reset 3x, cache partition 3x, then go to "advanced" and wipe Dalvik cache 3x. You can also flash Calkulins "wipe all" zip instead. Next flash your ROM and reboot. Once it boots, you will have root, Busybox, and the same kernel I told you to flash (it comes baked in.) The only thing you will have left to do is flash your modem (baseband) I recommend EL13 or EK02. I like everything matching so I chose EL13. After you flash that, you will be on a no CIQ, all EL13 setup. If you have any questions or need help with a step, let me know.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
John when you do your nandroid are you backing up to the internal or a external? When I try and do a advanced restore from internal it goes to the external. I'm presuming its a bug in cwm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
Thanks for the response, so it comes down to needing root in order to do this COOL rom, well its worth it I guess. I'm really enjoying this EG30/EG31 modem setup, very stable no LOS or any other issues since installing it, but this theme is too cool to pass up. When you say"I am assuming that you have the ROM on internal memory or SD card already" you mean this newOL13 Blue Odexed Rom?

Thanks, Pp
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
Yes that is what he is referring to. You flash the rom from your internal or external sd.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Thanks for the heads up. I will check the internal to external issue out. I do all of my backups on external. I already have internal memory full. I need to clean some stuff up! Lol. Sorry for the delayed response ...some gang members just broke into a vacant apartment I have....kids nowadays!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mpcdata:
I checked all 4 of Chris's kernels. The ACS were fine just the CWM are affected. I understand the vandalism. My house burnt a year ago and they broke into it for the copper!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DataHawg:
Thanks for pointing this out. My proxys are back and Wimax tweaks are set back to factory settings. I did a full restore to EG30 with the Odin tar, flashed Calk's 2.0.1 EK02 Rom, then EL13 modem on top of it. I didn't check the settings until after I did all of that. So it's the modem flash that resets everything?