yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Yes, that is the OTA update failing the integrity check.

I forget which button (it is different on various versions of CWM), but one of them will get you back to the menu, from which you can reboot the phone.

Press the capacitative buttons one at a time, then the power button. Stop when you see the CWM menu.

Choose reboot and the bug-you notice should be gone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cephraim:
I had installed your Option C with CWM-rogue.

I tried all the capacitive buttons, the power button, and the up/down vol. Nothing. Should I just pull my battery?

Never mind: I just pulled the battery and all looks good. So far no update notice. Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rctitan:
I also did the unthinkable, updated using the OTA this morning.

I had used the Auto Root app (selected "A") to gain Superuser access with the stock rom.

After the OTA update, Titanium Backup Pro said that my scheduled backups had failed due to no su access or I needed to update busybox. I then checked my tethering program, OpenGarden, and it also said I needed su access for the tethering program to work.

I first tried to redo the su access using "A" on the autoroot app. It said it was unable to mount the device, and it failed. (something about blue hellions....).

I then tried to remove the su access by selecting "B" on the auto root app. It failed as well since I was unable to mount the device.

Not sure where this leaves me. The su app is still present in my apps, it doesn't allow su access, and i can't seem to remove it or fix it.

Bad day getting worse...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
The EL29 OTA update plugs the exploit being used to achieve root. OTA updates in general will always disable root. The Superuser that shows up in your app drawer is really just a database of which apps are allowed root. The actual implementation of root is in the /system/xbin/su binary. Since the OTA update reset the permissions on that, you no longer have root (you still have the UI to edit the database of who gets root though, which is what Superuser in your app drawer is)

To get root back, I suggest using the pre-rooted EL29 ODIN One-Click in my signature. Use the NoData version (which will preserve your user data)

That will be the least amount of effort to get root back.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rctitan:
I noticed that my build is now EL29, and prior to the OTA it was EK02. Did this happen as a result of the OTA or as a result of the auto root program?

The reason I noticed this is because I was going to ask you if there were any differences between build EL29 and EK02, prior to running EL29 ODIN One-Click/NoData version.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
If your "build" changed to EL29, then that is because the OTA got installed.

If just your kernel version change to EL29, then that might have happened if you used Option C to install EL29 or EL29+CWM-Rogue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rctitan:
sfhub, my phone did not ship with EL29, and both my build and kernel have been changed as part of the EL29 OTA.

As you suggested, I used the pre-rooted EL29 ODIN One-Click this morning, and except for the matter that my build has changed from EK02 to EL29, all appears to be working again as it was prior to my foolishly accepting the EL29 OTA.

I do have two more questions. What are the differences between builds EK02 and EL29? Has my phone lost some functionality, bug fixes, anything?

Second question, what is the advantage of doing CWM at this point. Ihave currently installed Titanium Backup Pro. I read in another thread where you explained the difference between TBPro and a Nandroid backup after CWM. But won't having the CWM done on my phone make it less then stock? Can CWM be removed at a later time. Not sure if the gain experienced by obtaining a Norton Ghost-like backup of my phone is worth moving my phone further away from stock in the event I decide to sell the phone or need servicing. Your thoughts?

BTW, THANK YOU very much for your expertise and patience the last two days. Can't believe there is no way to reimburse you short of sending thanks! It really fantastic that you take the time to help others in technology arenas they may not be comfortable in.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Post this as a question in the Q&A section. There are numerous changes and I don't follow them that closely. Just a random sampling, CarrierIQ removed, wallpaper doesn't scroll anymore, soundpool bug fixed, phone icon in touchwiz changed, etc. For some people radio performs better/same/worse. For some people battery performs better/same/worse.

IMO CWM is worth installing for 2 reasons

1) it gets you back to an exact point in time very quickly

2) it serves as a backup to install root in case you lost root for some reason

You can easily uninstall CWM just by installing the stock kernel (CWM is packed into the kernel). If you look at Option C of the Auto Root package (you can see screenshots at the bottom of the post), everytime you see "kernel+CWM" you see just below it "kernel". For example there is "EL29+CWM-Rogue" and just below it is "EL29". If you install "EL29" (after installing "EL29+CWM-Rogue") then you will have been restored back to stock kernel and stock recovery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rctitan:
Thank you very much for both your opinion, and a very clear and thorough explanation. Looks like I am off to do the CWM install. I have already grabbed ROM Manager off the market. Looks like I should be good to go. Thanks again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I don't think ROM manager works for our phones. Many people have mentioned having varying levels of issues with it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Blu33:
Very untrue I rooted using option a then after that using option c to flash cwm just choose the modem you have
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Huh, what does this have to do with ROM Manager (from market)?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rctitan:
Hmmm, thanks for the heads-up.

Suggestion on what I might use for nandroid backups, and managing said backups, or more...?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Just use CWM included in Option C. Rename your folders to make it easier to remember, just don't add spaces.

If you want to read more about or ask questions about ROM manager experiences with this phone try this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1475755

I don't use ROM manager. I've only gotten feedback about issues, which is why I mentioned it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eluno:
ok now that i have root via option C. how do i perform a nandroid backup?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Boot into recovery

Power Down

Power + VolUp

or

adb reboot recovery

Choose backup/restore then backup to internal or external sdcard
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] enormous:
First of all: thanks for this. It's a great tool to have around.

I've searched the thread a bit and didn't find a direct answer, so...

My question: I used the stock rooted EL29 Odin method, and then used this with Option C to get Rouge+CWM. Now when I try to flash the latest Rouge kernel (1.4.1) through recovery it doesn't stick. How can I get it to work through recovery again?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
The Rogue+CWM installed here is what Steady Hawkin put out, unmodified. Once you are flashing Rogue through CWM it really has nothing to do with the Auto Root package. If you want, you could put the zImage from 1.4.1 in the copy2sd\000root directory and use the "generic" option of Option C to install.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I looked over the Rogue 1.4.1 update.zip. The problem is with that update.zip, not with anything in the Auto Root package.

If you do what I suggested above with the "Generic" option of Auto Root Option C, it should install the kernel properly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] enormous:
Thank you for looking into it. I did as you said, and successfully updated the kernel. Thanks again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Added "adb shell" to Option D of the package.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sam Sung:
I'm considering the Epic 4G (non-Touch) for my wife. I doubt it, but worth asking...will this root method work for that model also? Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
It should work for any version of the software where the zergrush exploit hasn't been plugged.

Obviously Option C - CWM wouldn't work since the kernels are different.

Anything in Option D except the OTA Compliance Check should work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sam Sung:
Thanks, sfhub. It makes the choice a lot easier knowing I can root using a familiar method. And, once again, thank you for your generous contributions of work, time and patience in teaching and explaining time and again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] premise:
I used this merit to root the ek02, will this method work to root the ota el29 as well? If not can someone point me in the right direction to gain stock root on el29.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sam Sung:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1433101

One click for stock root, then, if you want CWM, use e4gtauto from the OP in this thread. Choose option C, then option L from the resulting menu.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamsavedme30:
When I walked through the process to get cwm it didn't work for me. Is there another way to install cwm
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jwwolfe77:
I am trying to flash CWM on my EL29. My options are

L. Install BootImg EL29+CWM-Rogue

M. Install BootImg EL29

What is rogue? Which one do i chose?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamsavedme30:
I was having problems figuring out the same thing.

I tried the L and nothing ever happened.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] carhauler1969:
Rogue = TeamRogue *modified* ClockworkMod recovery. Custom recovery is needed to flash roms & kernels without the need for Odin.

Sent from one of my rooted devices on Tapatalk Pro
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Cwm is clockwork mod recovery, this one is the version put out by team rogue.

EL29 is stock kernel/recovery, if you need to go back to stock.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Are you rooted? You need to be rooted to install cwm. If not rooted, use the pre-rooted el29 odin one-click in my signature. Then come back and run option C

If you are rooted, use option F in the main menu to enable scroll buffer, then run option c to install el29+cwm-rogue. Post the output between BEGIN LOG and END LOG
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Same answer as above. If you can't see my signature in the mobile app, look at the 2nd post of this thread, pre-rooted el29 odin one-click is there also.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamsavedme30:
Didn't see that about the scroll buffer. Will try that thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamsavedme30:
This is really frustrating me, absolutely nothing happens when I Press L, my phone will not connect and I have no idea what else to do. I tried the scroll buffer and that did nothing??

Im not sure if its my cord, but it says that my phone is not connected, but the cord did a great job when I rooted the phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sam Sung:
Apologies if you've already verified, but to be safe (pasted from OP):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342728

1)

Prerequisites Checklist

a. USB Debugging is ENABLED - [Menu->Settings->Applications- <Development->USB debugging]

b. USB Storage Mode is OFF - [Drag down the notification bar and tap on "USB Connected" - should be off by default

c. Samsung [USB/Android drivers] are INSTALLED

Phone is connected to USB port and recognized

I would particularly re-check a. to make sure that USB debugging is indeed enabled.

Also, as in b., make sure that storage mode is off and do not tap on the Connect button (under the Andoid 'guy').

I guess it's also worth asking if you have installed the drivers (as in c.)

If all is well there, you may want to try another cable (as you mentioned) and another USB port.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
What you think of as "nothing" is actually useful for figuring out the issue. When you say the scroll buffer did "noyhing", do you mean it didn't increase your window size and add a scroll buffer or do you mean it didn't affect the install? It wasn't supposed to affect the install, it was supposed to make it easier to post the log information.

So I take it from your description, you are stuck waiting for the phone to connect? If so please go over faq #E3 in the 2nd post.

If you actually meant the install is running but not working, please post the log. Again please din't assume what you consider "nothing" is useless info and be more descriptive about what is happening.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamsavedme30:
OK will do, thanks so much for all your help, I really do appreciate it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] edisonalvarez:
just saying

I was having similar issues about no response when selecting option C...

I actually turned on the USB connected, looked at my SD card information and then disconnected again. Launched options C and finally my phone was recognized. Everything went well and I was able to get cwm recovery on my phone.

I dont know if its just plain stupid luck or if accessing the SD card cleared up something for the utility that allowed my phone to be recognized. Just thought it might help.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mahesham22:
Perfect guide, and niceley designed script. Very easy

Thanks a lot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamsavedme30:
This worked, thank you so much
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ReggieTee:
I should be able to unroot using this tool, right? Having issues with my phone turning off on its on. Want to go back stock to see if it's the phone and not the ROM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
If you rooted with it, you can unroot with it. If you rooted some other way, maybe, maybe not.

Though with the symptoms you describe, it is highly unlikely root (through this package) caused it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ReggieTee:
Yeah. I wasn't implying this method is causing it. Going stock will help me rule out the rom or the phone is bad and needs to go to Sprint.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluephi1914:
Love this root method, very simple and NON-problematic.... but I was wondering... this is a permanent root, meaning if i hard reset the phone i will still have root access afterwards or will i have to redo the process again. I wasn't sure of the difference between this method and ODIN .
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I call it more "persistent" root. It will survive a factory reset as that doesn't touch your ROM.

However, it can be uninstalled and an OTA update will disable it.

w/r/t ODIN vs directly rooting, those are just methods to install root. After root is installed, it basically has the same properties. If you use ODIN to install a ROM with root or if you directly root your existing ROM with this, the end result would be the same, just how you got there is different.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluv4eva:
I rooted with this method for wifi tether and titanium backup. I lost my root access with that last OTA update. Should I follow the same steps as before to get root access back?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
If your OTA update brought you to EL29, you should use the pre-rooted EL29. You can just read the instructions in the first post of this thread and it will give you the links.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluephi1914:
Were you able to get wifi tether working? That was my main reason for rooting and I have not been able to successfully use wifi tether. I've heard I needed to install a custom rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
There is a change for just hotspot and also it is included in the AIO.

You need to use the pre-flash first to reset the timestamps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluephi1914:
Hmmm, AIO ?? Pre Flash ??? This means i need to flash a Custom ROM ?

Sorry Im a noob on Samsung... did a search for those terms and only came up with StrongSteves ROM or an ACS MOD. Not familiar with AIO or pre-flash

does this refer to the MOD on the following link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1390304
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
For explanation of pre-flash see FAQ C1 in 2nd post of this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluephi1914:
ok, Im on EK02, Not EL29.....does this affect me being able to perform this pre-flash and reseting the timestamps?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I didn't create a pre-flash for EK02. Not sure if EK02 Hotspot mode needs a preflash for EK02 or not. I think I've seen folks using just the Hotspot mod w/o needing a pre-flash. You should ask on the thread for the mod.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Magicspell:
sfhub - just so I'm clear. If I use the Odin one click for the pre-rooted EL29 package and want to then put just the hotspot mod (not the AIO) do I need to do the pre-flash that you reference in FAQ C1?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I actually don't know as I haven't tried it. It won't hurt though. All the pre-flash does is reset the timestamps on some system files. The files themselves are exactly the same.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Update for FB15 and FB17 ICS kernels and FB15+CWM-Rogue Recovery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Foulwx:
Sfhub:

Another really great job! I was up at 3AM east coast time this morning reading the forum as you were working on this, and I just did the one-click and now auto root. Very easy to follow explanations as usual.

My only suggestion is that the USB debugging screen is different now in ICS, and I wasn't totally sure how to verify that USB storage mode was off, or if they call it something different now. I just turned on USB debugging in menu/settings/developer options, and hoped for the best. It obviously worked.

Thanks again for all your excellent work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Thanks for the feedback, I will try and make it clearer for ICS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lafester:
nice! going to test it out now :)

or maybe not lol. there is nothing here that i can't do with odin.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
No way running this script caused that. It roots the Rom. Doesn't even touch your kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crimsonred36:
This was so ridiculously easy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chris41g:
let me find my tinfoil hat
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Did you change the kernel after rooting or flash a Rom might might have packed a different kernel?

As some have said you can get LOS on a non rooted phone (although I never had) so this method isn't fixing any issues it is just not touching the kernel which is known to fully wake up the LOS bug.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] andygallo:
Live for the SWARM!

Zerglings did their jobs well.

Awesome work!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darren.wlsn1:
also if you wanna flash a cooks rom cant we just remove "zimage" before flashing and no kernel will be flashed? (using cwm)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sling:
Mod needs to update.

This method by far is the easiest way to root device fail safe why its not sticky replacing ACS thread is beyond me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darren.wlsn1:
are you still using caulkins rom after using this root method?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chrlswltrs:
Finally have my first day off since I got my E4GT over a week ago. Not having root has been killing me!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chilump:
Thanks!

Will this root method allow me to install and use Wireless Tether with 4g?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sling:
yep its working great I'm going to stick with it.

I rooted then installed EG30CWM pack.

From there I installed caulkins rom then went back to stock EG30 < The long way.

Chris41g posted you can you can delete the zImage from the rom and it wont flash kernel which means no need to flash EG30 Stock again.

---------- Post added at 05:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:24 PM ----------

I don't thing 4G tether is available on are toy yet , 3G works though :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chilump:
Ok great. Is Wireless Tether the app folks have been using?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Whatever Wireless Tether is supposed to support with the stock kernel it'll support. I don't believe it supports Infrastructure mode right now so you'll probably only get Ad-hoc mode. This has nothing to do with how you root. Harald probably needs to make some changes to add support for Infrastructure on this phone.

If you are talking about the builtin hotspot, then you need a modified framework to get that working and even then it only works with 3g.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sling:
Im using app that came with Calks rom on stock kernel

WIFI Tether Version 3.1 beta6
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xluryan:
sfhub, you a Starcraft player by chance? lol...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Would you just unzip the the rom then remove the file? Is the file located in the main directory once you open it? Then just re-zip?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sling:
Yes , Yes and Yes
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darren.wlsn1:
i tried it but got stuck on boot so its nogo on caulks rom removing "zimage".

---------- Post added at 08:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:37 PM ----------

if you flashed EG30 over caulks rom wont you loose his rom and be stock or am i missisng something?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kgatlanta:
Thank you!

This is great news sfhub! Couple of questions, are any of the 4 below safe to run before running your root? What about aftewards?

1. Update firmware

2. Update profile

3. Update PRL

4. Update Android
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sling:
EG30 stock kernel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Actually there is. You can install FB15+CWM-Rogue without triggering the yellow triangle or increasing your ODIN flash count.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lafester:
If I cared about the triangle I could still use mobile odin :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluv4eva:
Thanks SfHub I'll give it another try...

Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Youthanasia:
is anyone having problems with E4GT links or is it just me??

keep getting an error from mediafire..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] autorail1:
CWM Error

Here is the error I get When I try to use option L. Install BootImg EL29+CWM-Rogue

' install-e129-cwm-rogue.bat' is not recognized as an internal or external command

operable program or batch file.

Activity complete - review status logs above if needed

Press any key to continue
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
My guess is you haven't unpacked the whole zip file. Try the .exe version. If i messed something up in the latest upload, look in the reference section and you van get the previous version.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jb12780:
So I was already rooted, installed the FB15 modem zip, then tried installing the FB15 plus CWM , now my phone wont even boot up. Help would be great.

EDIT: Just flashed a nandroid backup. All is well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MikeC84:
Any plans on adding Steady's BF17 kernel? Would like to use cm9 now that people say FB17 fixes LoS but dont want yellow triangle with odin flash..Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Yes, i will add it but i am travelling right now so won't get to it until end of the week.

You can actually already install any recovery all on your own through this package even if i haven't integrated it.

Just pull the zImage file for whichever recovery you are interested in, including steady's fb17 cwm rogue. Place that file in the copy2sd\000root directory (of the auto root package), then when you use option C or D, choose the "generic" option and it will install.the zImage you provided, no triangles and no increased flash count
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thespotlite:
fb15&17 recovery

I uploaded a video on how to use sfhub's e4gtauto tool to put rogue recovery on your fb15 and fb17 ICS based roms. Hope this helps :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhcQ7rcLCfo
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DataHawg:
Sounds to me like you were still on Gingerbread when you tried this. Auto root doesn't flash the ICS Rom, it only adds CWM to it. If you flashed either Calk's bare Rom or sfhub's tar package with Odin, neither method has CWM so it wouldn't be possible to restore a Nandroid.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HeisRisen:
Okay, so I used the Linux version to root my ek02 and only root. Tried installing cwm through ROM manager, doesn't appear to be working.

What's the best way to get a recovery on my phone now? Just got this device today.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
You shouldn't need to use ROM Manager (it actually doesn't work properly for this phone, the flashes are not persistent). Just use Option C of this package, then choose EK02+CWM
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HeisRisen:
I didn't see option c using Linux