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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] saj070:
Quick Question ?

I have it rooted with Cm5 installed with yellow warning when it starts up..

It took me for ever to make it work finally i have everything working beside the yellow warning when phone starts up..

If i re - root and install CM% again on calukin rom ? Will the yellow warning go away ?

or how best i can remove it without reinstalling any roms or files

Please advise

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Yellow Triangle means you flashed a Kernel that was not properly signed through ODIN.

To get rid of Yellow Triangle, just ODIN flash a properly signed stock Samsung kernel.

In my signature you will see ODIN restores for EG30, EK02, and EL13. In 2nd post of each of those threads is a section that has the individual components that make up the release, Modem, Kernel, and ROM. Pick the thread that has the version you have installed, go to the 2nd post, find the Kernel tar.md5.

It is a self-extractor, so just double-click on it and point it to your ODIN directory. Then flash that kernel.tar.md5 using the PDA button in ODIN.

Once that flash is done, the yellow triangle will be gone.

Next you'll want to put CWM back on the phone. Start the Auto Root package from the first post in this thread (you probably want to use the self-extractor, less typing). Then choose Option C and install the appropriate CWM with the kernel version that matches what you have installed.

It isn't strictly necessary to match the kernel versions up, but you might as well do so since it is the same effort either way.

So to summarize, ODIN flash a signed official Samsung Kernel (any version)

This will get rid of yellow triangle.

Then use the Auto Root package to install CWM (+ the kernel of your choice)

This will give you CWM without triggering the yellow triangle.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] saj070:
Thanks for the reply.

I did exactly what you said worked perfectly

NO MORE YELLOW EXCLAMATION MARK AND E4TGROOT is awesome so easy wow i love it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NewShockerGuy:
THANK YOU!!!

Just followed this exactly! Couldn't be happier!!

A+ to everyone that was involved in this. I wanted to root my phone since I got it but too many things not working.. This is awesome a couple months later!

-Nigel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] noseguy:
Noob question, when I plug in my device without usb debugging, pc recognizes it as the proper samsung phone model

When I enable debugging, my computer says new device is installed properly, but when I view the devices, it just shows 2 removable disks, without any specific phone model pictured.

Is this normal?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I don't think you can enable USB debugging with your phone still plugged in (with this phone)

When you have USB debugging enabled, you won't see anything special under My Computer. The two drives will be there, but they won't be accessible. If you go into devmgmt.msc, you'll see some device entries their, probably under Android something or other.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chestonw:
I rooted my phone using your method with no problems. Thanks btw. However I have tried my wife's phone several times. I searched all over and couldn't find any reference to it not working, seems this doesn't happen. She is stock ota ek02 and I can't think of anything she would have changed at all to cause this not to work. Any ideas of where to start?

From what I can tell it isn't creating the directory it needs. The problem starts very early on in the script. Hellions with blue flames? I can post the log tomorrow to clarify.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
If the files aren't being copied over, then probably you have USB mass storage enabled and the /sdcard isn't visible to android. Drag down the notification bar and verify. There is a picture of what it should look like in the first post.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thenimboo:
Thank you so much, sfhub, I really appreciate this! Coming from my Evo 4g, I felt like samsung phones were from a whole new universe...odin, zimages, etc...I had no idea what they were. I still don't, really, but at least now I can have all my root apps while I learn!!

Thanks again man!!

Oh and btw - anyone know of any good "introductory to samsung phones" that explains how to use the basic things that they use? Like odin, for instance, and how that works?? And like how you are never really ever permanently rooted? Am I to understand that this means that it is possible to return this phone to 100% stock, no trace of having ever turned s-off? Like, the phone only ONLY knows what is on it right now, there is nothing that can't be touched by rom/kernels? Is this thanks to the unlocked bootloader?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
If you want to find a way to brick your phone you can find one.

However under normal conditions as long as you don't flash GSM firmware, you should be able to get yourself out of a jam as long as you can boot into ODIN download mode.

ODIN is like fastboot for HTC. It lets you update the various parts of the phone without needing to boot into Android or Recovery.

You can return to 100% stock through ODIN packages. They are listed in my signature.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] srkmagnus:
I rooted via Mac and everything went without a hitch. Thanks for the clear terminal commands to get it rooted. Next up, learning a bit more Heimdall so that I can flash a recovery and on-to ROMs :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chestonw:
Then here is a portion of the script log.

Oddly I found these files on her phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
BTW if you choose Option F, it will add a scroll buffer so you can see the complete log.

My suspicion now is you have a virus checker that is silently "quarantining" the zergrush exploit. Some virus checkers treat zergrush as a malware. Technically it is exploiting your phone (to add root). It is an ARM6 binary which won't even run on Intel, so IMO they should ask your permission instead of silently removing it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chestonw:
That was it. It deleted the exploit. Thanks for your help. Anti virus is more of a curse sometimes.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SysFailure0x5a:
How the **** do I boot into CWM5? I held power down+power and it booted into a screen with a battery.

Should I install it from ROM Manager?

EDIT: I did option C to install EL26 but the Android Version still shows 2.3.4 (build number EG30) and the kernel is EL26???
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nibrwr:
CWM= up + power.

Kernal and build don't have to align. Build is ROM.

Sent from my ___________.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SysFailure0x5a:
It didn't work before, much thanks! Must not have held it down correctly...

Also I must be a little confused, shouldn't option C flash the build and kernel? Can I just use CWM to flash it? (Thats how I flashed everything on my EVO)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
How to boot into recovery is covered in FAQ #E5:

e5) How do I boot into Recovery?

As to Option C, it deals with installing Kernels only. It doesn't do ROMs nor does it do Modems. The reason it has to deal with Kernels is because the Recovery (whether stock or CWM) is packaged into the initramfs that comes with the Kernel.

When you choose EL13 or EL13+CWM all you will see is the kernel change. You can mix match Kernel and ROMs (though in theory it would be best to keep them matched since that is what was tested together, in practice it appears to work fine)

Once you have CWM you can install whichever custom ROM you want. Your custom ROM might include a kernel which would *overwrite* the kernel+CWM that you installed using the Auto Root package.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EL TEJANO:
If I root & then install an app that requires root & then unroot my phone, do those apps lose their ability to do what they're suppose to do? Actually now that I think about it I suppose they do as I can install AdFree Android from the Market on my unrooted phone with no problems but in order for that app to work properly the phone must be rooted. However that may be true for this app & others but is it true for all apps?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
It depends on the app. If ad-free is implemented as a one-time installation of a hosts file, then it'll work after you remove root. If it has to actively be running or constantly updates /system files, then it'll need root to keep working.

Honestly, if it were me, I would just leave root installed. It is much easier.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SysFailure0x5a:
OP. Been running the ROM for over a day now and i'm very pleased! Thank you =)

Only thing I would like to see re added is the battery charge notification, possibly with a toggle option.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Art Vandelay:
HELP:

Root went perfectly. Rooted - then did option C for CWM EK02.

I did a hard reset via recovery and now I'm stuck in a looping splash screen.

Any ideas? I've wiped cache, dalvik, etc a bunch of times.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
So you were able to boot into recovery after installing it.

Then the problems happened after you chose factory reset from within recovery?

Since you did a factory reset there is no data that needs to be preserved right?

I would just do an ODIN flash of the EK02 full restore below:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1409634

If you want to try some stuff before going that route, pull the battery, boot back into recovery, try restoring a cwm/nandroid backup.

If that doesn't work, try factory reset again.

If all that doesn't work, go back and do the ODIN flash. It should work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] forumsid987:
What does LoS stand for?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Loss of Service = the signal level in the notification bar changes to circle with slash through it and nothing gets it working again (including enable/disable airplane mode) except rebooting the phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pjjohn73:
I am sending a donation your way. Thank you for your work, It has made rooting and flashing painless on my Epic Touch! SO THANKS!

Edit: Actually I don't see a donation link. Am I missing it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Art Vandelay:
That worked perfectly. Thanks so much.

However, it's now saying I don't have SU access anymore. Did reflashing the stock kernel or whatever I did unroot me?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Flashing stock kernel would not have unrooted you, but flashing the ek02 odin package, which included the stock rom would have. Just rerun option A and you'll have it back.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
You didn't miss anything, I don't take donations. I would suggest picking someone on the thanks list and donating to them. Revolutionary is most responsible for the easy root by providing the exploit, but they are all worthy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Archon810:
Ever since upgrading to the latest OTA on my Epic Touch (EK02) and rerooting with zergrush, I started experiencing weird problems with Superuser, which I'm hoping someone knows how to fix.

Basically, Superuser crashes after sometime, at which point only re-installing it fixes the problem (temporarily). I'm not sure if it's strictly reboots or something more involved, but looking in logcat, I'm seeing crashes upon accesses to Superuser's data, such as databases and shared_prefs. Turns out they no longer exist at that point, which is what causes the crash.

So something comes in and wipes the databases/ and shared_prefs and some other files, leaving only this:

ls -l
drwxr-xr-x system system 2012-01-04 00:59 lib
drwxr-x--- app_196 app_196 2012-01-04 10:05 cache

What the heck? What could be doing it? Anyone with the Epic Touch experiencing the same thing? I only use the latest Android WiFi Tether, there's no way it's doing it, so maybe it could be something Samsung is doing in EK02? Or Superuser itself?

I am using the latest from the Market, and su installed by Superuser.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
If you reinstall superuser using option A, it will clear out the database so it can be created again because there is an incompatability between superuser 2.3 and 3.x databases. If that wasn't done Superuser would behave strangely.

That being said I don't know what is causing your crash. Superuser isn't crashing for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] colorado_al:
This is brilliant! Cheers to you and everyone who made this tool! Easiest root of any device I've owned yet! (And certainly much simpler than previous methods for this device!)

You rock!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] saj070:
I think i messed up flashing my phone i currently have calk 2.7 and el26 kernal/rom

i want to start fresh from stock what is the best way i can do this please ??

sfhub you always pointed me to the right direction need help buddy ..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I would flash one of the ODIN One-Click files in my signature.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] saj070:
which do you recommend and again thanks would love to start fresh something is left behind in previous rom / theme
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] macpat83:
I have the drivers installed, phone is recognized by I keep getting stuck with the phone not connecting and getting messages "daemon not running, cannot connect to daemon. ADB server did not ACK. I have tried rebooting, reinstalling drivers, restarting phone etc.. to no avail I cannot get this simple rooting process to go through. I have also tried multiple usb cords. Any other suggestions? Running Windows Vista.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zenmasta:
Need some help guys.

I can't get the tool to run. I am on Windows 7 and I have the drivers installed.

Everytime I try to run it I get this error message: "non 7-zip archive".

Would appreciate any help !
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Just_s:
Try opening task manager on your pc, kill ADB and then restart ADB. If that doesn't work, restart the computer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Just_s:
What file are you clicking on? What's the extension? You are looking for the batch file.

Are you using this from the OP?

" NEW: Even easier self-extractor for windows (Just run .exe - SKIP Unzip and Step #3) [e4gtauto-sfx.exe] "
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
All roms have good and bad points. if you were having issues, start with something officially released like ek02, and perform ##786# reset after flashing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
You probably have a virus checker silently removing the zergrush exploit. Try temporarily turning off virus checking and download/run the file.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] CorePrime:
Great work sfhub!

Question. I have rooted using this method. I'm on EG30. When I do the OTC Compliance check nothing happens. It's not stuck, it just comes back to the prompt. I can press "C" over and over, nothing. Just wondering if I jacked something up? Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
could you go through faq E3 (2nd post) and see if anything there is the problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Hmm, that's not supposed to happen, maybe I messed up the menu system. Try using lowercase or caps. If it still doesn't work I'll take a look on fri. I am sure it is something simple.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] CorePrime:
Lowercase worked. Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] macpat83:
Tried this didn't work

None of these were the problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zenmasta:
Thanks for your help. You were right. My anti virus blocked the program from running. I ran the tool (the latest version with the .exe from the OP). It ran fine and I let it do its thing until it came back to the start menu with the option screen but my phone says I am not rooted. I did not see a superuser app so I downloaded from the market and then I installed Titanium but it is not working.

Do I need to run it again?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Archon810:
I've reinstalled Superuser from the Market, including the su binary, many times. That's the only thing that works until the next reboot. I even tried v2, but same thing happens.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wd8ejc:
I have done the e4gtauto root, I have the EK02, I did only the root and have superuser, What do I need to do to get the hotspot working, I am using the wifi teather program with the ad-hoc but would like to do the rest of the mod. This is the first time I have ever rooted a phone and the e4gt was a snap, folled the directions and it work flawlessly, I just dont know where to download the additional file and the instructions to install it. Thanks I have the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch (D710)

Randy
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] syphex:
I didn't see this anywhere but will just rooting the stock ek02 allow for wireless tether to work?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
Flash this through recovery, it will hack the stock Sprint Hotspot to work for free.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1394371
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] syphex:
Can this be installed with out a custom recovery? I see there is a odex version which will work for my stock rom but with out a custom recovery I don't know how to flash.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Just_s:
You have to have a custom recovery to flash a custom ROM. Shouldn't be an issue though. Any particular reason you don't want a custom recovery? It doesn't change your phone adversely at all, just sits there in the background until you need/ use it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
If you used the Autoroot in this thread you should have a custom recovery. If not do it again with one of the options that says "+cwm"

Then you can flash the file in the thread I linked which will replace your Sprint Hotspot app with one hacked to work for free.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] macpat83:
Any other suggestions in regards to adb server refusing to start. Feel like I have tried everything under the sun.

Here is what I am getting:

Waiting for device to be connected [press CTRL-C to cancel]... ADB server didn't

ACK

* failed to start daemon *

error: cannot connect to daemon

Found device

Proceeding with install

---- BEGIN LOG ----

...Proceeding to copy necessary files...

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

ADB server didn't ACK

* failed to start daemon *

error: cannot connect to daemon
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] syphex:
Wow that root could not have been easier. And the tether app works great. Thanks for the help everyone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ih8aol:
excellent!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Choose option F to enable logging, run it again, then post the section between BEGIN and END log
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
My suggestion is you get adb working on its own with your phone, then come back and run this. The problem you are seeing isn't with the auto root package, per se. It is with adb not being able to communicate sith your phone, irrespective of
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I'm just saying what you are interpreting as superuser's database being removed, could have just been a reinstall of root using option A
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] macpat83:
I understand that, but how do I get adb working on its own with my phone?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Just_s:
I recommend you Google the issue. The actions I mentioned are the most common fixes I know of so if those didn't help, you probably have more going on than what typically causes the issue. I assume you have already taken all of the common sense troubleshooting/ fixes, (i.e. uninstalling then reinstalling ADB, reinstalling drivers, trying different cables, USB ports and desktops, etc.) Googling the issues you mention nets several hundred good links, so it should probably be easy to resolve.

Also, don't know how often you use ADB, but if it has been quite awhile since you installed it, you may need to move the "Tools" folder to the new required location.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zenmasta:
I ran the tool again and it worked fine. I installed Titanium and the wifi tether and it works!

Thanks for your help!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
At this point id try another PC if I was you. Hell, I would've tried a PC a long time ago. You've exhausted pretty much every option.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Besides trying another computer (which is a good suggestion, because sometimes when the driver install gets hoarked, it is very hard to fix even after reinstall) you could try disabling Windows Firewall.

I think the error you are getting is about the adb server on your computer starting up, before it even tries to talk to your phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
One other thing, you can try running the cmd shell as administrator (right-click on the cmd prompt icon and choose "Run As"

IMO this is either a permission or firewall problem due to overzealous MSFT protection levels.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Just_s:
Sounds about right.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] macpat83:
Thanks to all the suggestions. I think this may be as simple as just using a different computer, but unfortunately I do not have one at my disposal at this time. Will try the other suggestions in the meantime.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Updated to include EL29 kernel. EL29+CWM will be available when Chris41g releases it. For now, use EL26+CWM. When finished with CWM, you can put EL29 kernel back on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Foulwx:
Just wanted to clarify....if I use EL26+CWM, and then flash EL29, I will lose CWM. In order to get it back I will have to run auto root again and put EL26+CWM back on. Is that correct?

Thanks again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Yes, that is correct.

You can also run the EL26+CWM (ie EL26 kernel) with EL29 ROM if you want. I had it running like that for half a day and didn't have any issues.

If you want the full EL29 experience, then just use option C to install EL29 again. CWM isn't really needed all the time just usually during install or backup situations.

This is only temporary until Chris41g puts out the EL29+CWM which should be pretty soon.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] extrafuzzyllama:
i am on stock EK02 and installed kies and drivers and enabled usb debugging and when i run the tool i get a "unable to chmod for all the files" and a mount: operation not permitted read only filesystem
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
It sounds like either the Root didn't work or you are trying to install CWM before installing root.

If you want me to take a look, use Option F to enable the scroll buffer then post the log between BEGIN LOG and END LOG.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] extrafuzzyllama:
nope i chose option A

its says device found and is successfully pushs files to storage but once it tries to mount the system folder it cant and gives me that error about cant chmod and readonly filesystem i will post log let me just run it again

---------- Post added at 09:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:32 PM ----------

that was strange i moved the extracted folder to desktop and ran from there and rooted my phone

can i run the install for CWM on EK02?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Yes, once you have rooted successfully, you can install CWM packed with whichever kernel you wish. Most people choose the kernel that matches the ROM they are using, but it isn't absolutely necessary.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
BTW it might not be immediately obvious, but you can integrate ANY recovery you'd like into the auto root package, simply by depositing the zImage of that recovery into the copy2sd\000root directory, then choosing Option C (Install BootImg Generic).

For example you could use EL29+RogueCWM repack from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1390393

It would be easier to unpack the ".zip" version of the auto root package to do this, as the .exe version erases itself once it is done.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] macpat83:
Running as administrator worked. Ahh its always something simple. Thanks everyone for all the help.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Ok great, thanks for getting back. I updated FAQ E3 to include help for what you encountered.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BUCE:
PERFECT! I edited the e4gtauto bat file and repacked it with the changes you said. Worked flawlessly for me :cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I meant for that to be a personal choice rather than something you distribute as for the latter you should actually ask permission from Steady as well as being ready to support it if issues arise. I don't think he would mind, but that is really his decision to make. I'm actually unpacking the two kernels right now to compare the initramfs changes. Prior to releasing something I'd like to know what I'm releasing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BUCE:
Ok, my bad. Thanks for the heads up!