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[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] blopez24:
Didn't Vegas just get LTE?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ClippinWings:
I'm gonna be pretty bummed if LTE only gets me half the speed I'm getting with hspa+, when it rolls out here.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slimslim:
As of today :-D and I love it so far
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] blopez24:
Can't wait till we get it here in la.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slimslim:
Got a really nice boost lately :-) almost double speeds here in Vegas, couldn't believe it at first.
[Epic 4G General] cdszoke:
I just want to see how everyone feels about the official update. My niece has my old epic rooted with a ec05 rom. I just want to see if I should get her to update.

So whats your thoughts, first impressions, battery life and all.
[Epic 4G General] chkchkboom:
Well here's my two cents...gps lock is not fixed...root is currently impossible to retain with the stock kernel. You need some kind of modified kernel to keep root. Keyboard lag is still present unless your rooted and install a fix.

These above listed items do have remedies, however they require a custom rom or multiple patches to fix.

That being said...if you always run stock there are no additional negatives. Gingerbread is much faster,smoother and cleaner imo. Take it from there.

Here's a link to all the advancements thus far: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19155759
[Epic 4G General] redvexx:
Still waiting on the offical version.

But I have been running swiss cheese samsprint for months with no issues at all. Everything fully functional.
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
I think both of these statements are wrong based on my experience.

I have root and have no modified kernel. I think you can keep root without a fix, what you can't keep is a custom recovery program (like CWM).

I have had no keyboard lag so far. If it is there, it is definitely MUCH better than the previous version.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Wait what?
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
What was unclear?
[Epic 4G General] chkchkboom:
It is not incorrect...just incomplete...I think its foolish to have root without a good means of nandroid backup and custom recovery.
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
I have backup with Mybackup and Titanium, so I am more than happy with my backup options. ROOT itself is very important to me (and a lot of other people), so given the option I would rather have root and no custom recovery program, as opposed to a custom recovery program and no root.

A very important distinction to make.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
No, just unnerving that they'd have such a forceful recovery program. Samsung has been sneaking little locks in things lately. Odin can break them but it's frustrating that they've gone down this road.
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
ah gotcha. :)
[Epic 4G General] metalblaster:
there really is no point in staying on froyo ec05 now. the only thing i could think of that would keep me on it would be SRF1.2 but since you didnt mention she had that i would say just update it for her. Things are quicker, snappier. The OS is built to be more stable and just all around better for the phone than the froyo version was.
[Epic 4G General] chkchkboom:
+1.... I didn't want to be the theorist.
[Epic 4G General] schnowdapowda:
Keyboard works so damn well!! Seriously its never worked this well for me. I'm running the deodexed build with nubernel so I dunno if there are any key lag hack built in or not.

Cd's or tapes?
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
My main beef with my phone has been fixed with this update. Music playback was annoying. Didn't matter if it was stock player or PowerAmp, I would get a weird hiccup at about 3 seconds into every song. On top of that, I could hear some electrical crackling when doing certain things while listening to music, especially while using wired tether. Gingerbread has eliminated it and music playback has been flawless for me all day so far. Not even a little click when the screen goes on/off anymore.
[Epic 4G General] rocket321:
No doubt this phone still needs to be rooted with some patches just to make it useable. I'm disappointed samsprint took this long and still left so many of the original issues that shipped with the phone on eclair.

Basically it has the exact same widgets and touchwiz as always but with the underlying os updated to gingerbread.

I was hoping we would get the sgs 2 version of tw with the new widgets, and see the keyboard, and gps working out of the box.

Also the browser is pissing me off. It removed the zoom buttons and double tap isn't zooming in anymore...?

Its not all bad. With the gps fix (flashed in cwm) I'm getting better gps locks than ever before on this phone. Also the system as a whole is a bit faster. Unfortunately you will still make tradeoffs by updating.

Edits:

Tap to zoom works on non-mobile websites in the browser. Using my /data hack I was able to change default text size also.

Notification LED does in fact appear to be fixed...but there is a very long time between blinks (something like 20 seconds), would be much happier with a 2 sec blink. It is so slow, I thought it was not working.
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
You have to be on EC05 to get the update. It wont work on EE03.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 10.1
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Not theory. The lock patches on Galaxy Tab are a pain. So happy I got on In Paris so quickly.
[Epic 4G General] redvexx:
So I wont even get the notification of an update?

I'm not sure If I even want it considering I have been using this ROM with no issues.
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
No u will not get the notification but I would recommend updating to the latest since I can say it will be more stable than one of the oldest gb builds out for this phone ;)
[Epic 4G General] cdszoke:
Sorry I forgot to mention I put srf 1.2 on it before I sent her the phone.
[Epic 4G General] styles420:
EI22 is the official version, the OTA has begun...

And you're already on a leaked GB rom, so you didn't technically wait ;) lol...

LED notification... check...

This sounds like a hardware issue with your phone specifically... I know mine has worked just fine since I got it a few weeks after release, except for on CM7 - but that's well known and as far from stock as you can get
[Epic 4G General] styles420:
Whoops, my first double post :)
[Epic 4G General] fzammetti:
I'm not sure what's written here is really clear, so just to make sure for anyone driving by... there's no problem with rooting GB, or having CWM with it. What likely will be a problem for many people is the fact that you can't get it without being stock EC05 apparently (there may be a way, but it looks like it won't be particularly straightforward). That was my experience... I didn't see the OTA notice so I went with the flash from CWM procedure outlined in another thread around here... I couldn't just straight-up flash GB because I had removed stock apps so it determined the current installation was "corrupt" and so aborted. So I flashed back to EC05, then up to GB, then flashed CWM and finally flashed su.zip... all of this was done without a PC via CWM (and partly done on my drive home from work! LOL)... it went smoothly, I'm up on stock GB now, rooted and with CWM 3.1.0.1, no problem. Yes, it was a full wipe so I had to rebuild everything, reinstall apps, etc., but that's not so bad considering this is in all probability the last update we'll ever see for the Epic (that's certainly what I expect) so this *should* be the last time I ever have to do it. If you don't want to wait for the OTA, or can't as a result of hacking EC05 a little, this is a good way to go.
[Epic 4G General] JRRinNC:
Biggest thing for me is that I just realized GB did something for signal strength, including 4G. Prior to installing GB yesterday, in the office building where I work I could get a 4G signal if went right by a window. Elsewhere in the building I was lucky to get even 1X data signal with roaming signal. With GB, I actually have a good 4G data and a few bars on Sprint's signal (no roaming)! I didnt realize GB would somehow help the signal strength, but I sure like it! Anyone noticing this?

I'm not sure what the problem others are having with GPS because it seems like mine gets a fix even quicker with GB.

And lastly, also loving the better keyboard response.
[Epic 4G General] tigerknight:
So far I am LOVING this update. A couple of major items:

1 - Cell search battery drain - GONE! I used to have to do the airplane mode trick to get any half decent battery life out of my phone, I hadn't even thought about it yesterday (since I haven't rebooted my phone in about 3 weeks anyway) and this morning I realized it and checked my battery. Freaking Facebook was the biggest user of battery on wi-fi, and I just nuked that bastard.

(19hrs off a not-quite-full charge as of this writing and still kicking - gonna plug it in since I run around during the day though and will need it)

Which leads to:

2 - I'm pretty sure Froyo never did this, but I may have been missing it (I doubt it, it's kinda hard to miss). Go to 'settings -> about phone -> battery use' and you may notice this funky line behind the uptime at the top of the screen. It's your battery use in graph form (SWEET!), even better - touch it and you get a great display of what was used and WHEN.

Outside of those two things - which have been the biggest changes that I've noticed - it's been extremely snappy to respond for a completely stock update, typing is improved on keystroke skipping (not perfect, but better), and other various little bits that make me happy that I can't think of right now.

Overall I am VERY happy with this update, thank you all the devs who are involved at Google, Samsung, and more! And thanks to the crowd here that helped me out when my phone semi-bricked and showed me how to recover :]

I LOVE MY EPIC! (we are getting my girlfriend on one asap when her upgrade time comes, she's still on the Moment)
[Epic 4G General] tkoreaper:
It's the new EI22 modem... not necessarily GB itself. What were you using before? There's also several posts containing the fix for GPS. If you installed one of the many EI22 custom ROMS that have already been released it's very likely that they had the fix built in.
[Epic 4G General] digiblur:
This isn't the first time that Samsung has done this. Nothing special and no big deal. I think it is great for the OS to always check to make sure the recovery is there. Having a corrupt recovery would be a very bad thing.
[Epic 4G General] liquiddetox:
Couldn't agree more. The inconvenience is minimal for what it is.
[Epic 4G General] jdelano:
I went back to stock EC05 for a few days to try to get the OTA (I didn't get it but did download the update.zip and flashed it using stock recovery).

I was struck by how slow stock EC05 was, EI22 is actually pretty fast and my signal strength is improved and I can echo 4G improvement as well (that started for me using the EH17 modem)

I give the update a thumbs up.

I am excited to see what type of ROMs will come from this source!
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Gb is fn REALLY FAST on this phone. All stock rooted with gps fix. Now I just need some themes and some bloat removed
[Epic 4G General] mkasick:
I'd like to clarify what's going on here a bit:

OTA updates need to update both the boot and recovery kernel images. However, only the boot kernel is actually flashed during the OTA update. For recovery, the update leaves behind "/system/etc/install-recovery.sh" and "/system/recovery-from-boot.p" files.

On each boot, the "install-recovery.sh" script checks to see if the recovery kernel is the new version. If not, the script assumes recovery hasn't been updated yet, and so checks to make sure the boot kernel is the new version, and if so, copies it over the recovery partition.

So the problem is that if you install a custom recovery, but keep a stock kernel, that script will overwrite the recovery on each boot. That's not so much a Samsung-being-forceful issue as much as it's an invalid assumption of the update script. One of two fixes is to install a custom kernel, which causes that script to fail the boot kernel check and not perform the copy over. The other is simply to delete "/system/etc/install-recovery.sh" and "/system/recovery-from-boot.p" files.

A few more points:

First, the reason the recovery is updated after reboom the OTA is, likely, to avoid the instance where an embarassing (boot) kernel bug that's not caught in testing would end up soft-bricking a device. Basically, the old recovery is left intact until the phone is rebooted and enough of init functions to perform the copy. At that point, it's known that the boot kernel works well enough that three-finger recovey should also work. Now this safeguard doesn't work so well in practice since Samsung shoves the recovery binary in /system anyways, but I imagine that this was the original intent behind the delaying the recovery image flash. Otherwise it could just be done from the OTA.

Second, the "install-recovery.sh" script should probably delete itself after running since it only needs to be done once and not on every reboot. The reason it's not deleted, however, is that /system is always mounted read-only on normal boots and so the file remains frozen there, except on rooted devices where folks can remount /system read-write and manually delete it.

Third, this has been the behavior of OTA updates on the Epic as far back as DI18, although it appears that knowledge of the fix has been lost over time. Interestingly enough, those two /system files are never included in Odin tars, so it's only ever an issue on post-OTA updated devices. Furthermore, I believe this update recovery mechanism is general to Android and not a Samsung specific feature, but my memory may be failing me on that.

Edit: Yes, install-recovery.sh is generated a part of the standard Android OTA update packaging script.
[Epic 4G General] Danny1st:
Gps locks but only using 2 satellites accuracy down to 20ft and can navigate using google maps. used gps test for info. Anyone else having this issue? No problems on froyo, locked using between 5-9 satellites.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Thanks! Makes a lot of sense. I was getting concerned. What about the locked bootloader that showed up on the Galaxy Tab though?
[Epic 4G General] mkasick:
Unless there's been a more recent development, the locked Tab bootloader only showed up in some leaked ROM images nearly a year ago. To my knowledge Samsung has never released an official image with a locked bootloader, and definitely never has on a phone.

The SGSII phone lines do ship with signed kernels and the bootloader is capable of detecting when a custom kernel is installed. They still boot though, it just merely warns you that the device is running custom software.

All that said, I'm not aware of a Samsung OTA update attempting to update the bootloader ever. It's definitely not happened on the Epic. For example, folks who OTA update from DG27 all the way to EC05 or EI22 are still running the original bootloader, where as the Odin tar ships with newer versions I believe.
[Epic 4G General] FeelMyMagic:
Is anyone seeing any battery improvements? I'm currently on stock EC05 and I'm lucky to get 8 hours. :/
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
The Touchwiz update came with that little surprise for some people.
[Epic 4G General] Sesquipedalian:
I'm super happy with EI22 (ACS ICS v2). I'd like to know if the keyboard drivers were updated, because with mkasick's lag fix, I'm not getting ANY missed keys. I've been one of the most vocal people about the missed keys, even with others have said it was "good enough", so for me to admit the problem is gone is a very substantial claim. (Though I will concede the possibility that a recent repair swap for a refurb unit could be responsible, the refurb unit exhibited all the same signs of skipping letters as my original unit, even with EC05 and the mkasick fix.)

That said, I am really shocked at how well it runs. I expected it to be a few minor updates; no big deal. I was dead wrong. The performance is noticeably better in doing normal tasks. Delays are less and scrolling is more responsive. EC05 had acceptable performance, but there were times where it would be jerky or inconsistent. I've had none of that with EI22. It's consistently fast.

I'd also like to add that this is the first time I've had the CRT animation, and let me tell you, it's so cool. I had seen people rave about it on here, but never seen it in action. I was wondering what all the fuss was about. Now I understand. :)

Overall, I am extremely pleased! This is the best experience I've ever had on any phone. Everyone deserves high praise! Even Samsung and Sprint. While I wish they would have devoted more resources, so that this could have been released sooner, it's definitely not the let down I was expecting.
[Epic 4G General] 5FOOTER:
When using gps w google maps i had 2 reboots and 1 freeze up.
[Epic 4G General] BubZX:
Yep I used googla maps tonight when I was hunting to get a sat view of the area and gps locked up and put me 10 miles from where I was. This isn't good I use my gps alot
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
I remember someone mentioning a bootloader update being beneficial, would updating the bootloader benefit me in any way?

And either way to update the bootloader you would just check "update bootloader on odin correct? Assuming of course the .tar had a bootloader update file, which id like to know the name of if you know.

Sent from my Samsung Legen-wait for it-dary! 4g
[Epic 4G General] counterfeit187:
So, sorry to have to ask, how do I go about removing those two files if not already using a custom kernel to get root? I'd really like to try the most stockish experience for a bit. --Or could someone recomend the best IE22 Kernel available. Please and thank you!
[Epic 4G General] mkasick:
The only benefit I'm aware of to newer Samsung bootloaders is that they fix a bug that breaks use of Heimdall on a Mac. I'm not sure if any of the Epic bootloader versions suffer from that bug or not. Otherwise I'm not aware of any particular benefit of newer bootloaders.

I've never attempted a bootloader update in Odin. In general I wouldn't recommend updating the bootloader without reason as a bad bootloader flash may brick the device. Conversely, as long as you don't perform bootloader updates, bad Odin flashes should be recoverable as download mode (a feature of the bootloader) remains intact.

---------- Post added at 08:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:44 PM ----------

With some trickery it may be possible to boot straight into CWM immediately after flash it, and use adb to remove those files from /system. However, you're right, the easiest way to regain root after applying the EI22 OTA update is with a custom kernel. I guess my point was that you can keep CWM and go back to the stock kernel, if you want, after removing those files.

The keyfix kernel I posted (kernel-GB-3.tar.md5) is essentially stock EI22 with the hardware keyboard dropped keypress fix and kexec support. The former of which is needed to make the hardware keyboard an unfrustrating experience, and the latter is irrelevant unless you attempt to use kexec functionality.
[Epic 4G General] radji:
Does EI22 fix the random reboot issues?
[Epic 4G General] adelmundo:
What I did:

Odin CWM 3.1.0.1. Reboot immediately to CWM (Didn't let it boot into Android after Odin so I pulled battery during reboot then did 3 finger salute).

Boot in CWM and flash su.zip and reboot to Android

Used ES Explorer to go to system/etc and cut the restore recovery file and pasted it on my SD card (just in case I want to restore it back at a later date)

Re-Odin CWM 3.1.0.1 and reboot

Tested with several reboots and still have CWM :)
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Yes. It has been fixed since kernel source was released.
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Id have to say that this update was worth the wait. It fixed a lot of issues and is pretty solid. Only 2 flaws from what I see gps and skipped keys but that's it. I'm very happy
[Epic 4G General] dcowboys2184:
they still haven't fixed gps and keyboard smh...

Sent from my MoPhok'n Photon running CM7..
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Gps works pretty good just didn't have all sat locks.
[Epic 4G General] pablomentabo:
GPS works well when it doesn't want t lock up completely. I really wish this was fixed. Noobl was saying it was due to Samsung not updating the GPSD
[Epic 4G General] slybarman:
Overall GB is great. Battery life is excellent - best yet between stock eclair and stock froyo. I also got a new 1800 mah battery wich doesnot hurt either.

GPS crashing is the only real bummer. Fingers crossed that Samsung or a developer makes a patch to fix the GPSD.
[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
It's unbelievable isnt it.

Sprint and Samsung STILL can't get it together.

but if I spend 15 mins flashing a new rom (which I just did) made by people WHO DO NOT GET PAID to work on the phone....I've got a perfect keyboard and a gps that locks 10 sat's INDOORS!

I'm telling you, samsung should be ashamed of themselves.

THANK YOU to all the great DEVS and people who help them. I'm LOVING the new Roms!!
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Anyone notice you can take off most of the bloat from system menu now? Similar to Epic Touch 4g.
[Epic 4G General] Restola:
Where is the "system" menu?
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Settings and then manage apps, sorry, not system.
[Epic 4G General] slybarman:
It will not let me remove bloatware from there - ie Nascar.
[Epic 4G General] Xalky:
GB is good but its freakin awesome with ACS ICS ROM 3.5. Everything works and it screams....:eek:
[Epic 4G General] itsmebryan:
On mine I went to task manager then, to download. There it has a list of everything installed including the bloatware. I just removed asphalt 5.
[Epic 4G General] pablomentabo:
I didn't see the same, on mine Asphalt is set as a "(Default)" so I can't uninstall
[Epic 4G General] pablomentabo:
It also doesn't show in the task manager downloaded section so I was looking at it in the manage applications
[Epic 4G General] R3537L1F3:
I have the qik app twice. Anyone else see this? I can't uninstal either one. And I not rooted and was impatiend so I did a manual install if that helps.

Sent from my not rooted tree plant 4G
[Epic 4G General] BubZX:
other than gps and having to type like a snail to get the keyboard to register every letter its pretty good. whats the best fix for gps and keyboard fix? and do u have to be rooted for these fixes?
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Anyone else notice the LED finally flashes if you get a text while charging?
[HTC Desire S] Fionn.Jia:
ChunGe(春哥 from goapk) said on his sina weibo,Twitter-like web in China ,that android 4.0 had been ported on ds successfully yesterday .this Rom is based on ics and works fully on ds now . he also said that he couldn't release it right now for some reason ,but would release it asap .

so, we will have a big surprise recently .:)

attention :

guys, please read the first post again , I say the author hasn't released the ROM ,which is real ics Rom not the fake miui one, I also say that I will update it here when the author releases it asap .

those miui Rom posted here has none business of mine .
[HTC Desire S] zeekiz:
Funny that, I could have sworn I opened the Android Development forum, not the General forum.
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
great, will be waiting for release. Please post here when it is released.
[HTC Desire S] budingyun:
i'll wait.
[HTC Desire S] Fionn.Jia:
definitely I will. let's wait :)
[HTC Desire S] onlyankush_s:
thanks for the info.. do upload the link ASAP:)
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Thanks for update, but this should be in general forum, I've requested that it is moved

Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium
[HTC Desire S] docertabum:
who's checking General forum anyhow?! :DD
[HTC Desire S] murdocknl:
http://galnetmiui.co.uk/landing/ics-builds/

will try this when i'm at home
[HTC Desire S] enomis27:
but i think this is a MIUI with ics interface...not pure ics...isn'it?
[HTC Desire S] murdocknl:
So i think it is ICS, but i don't know for sure.
[HTC Desire S] docertabum:
hmmm... I dont know what is inside, but it looks still like MIUI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhmdrdWJ6gQ