[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Capp5050:
1: is there away to edit the shortcuts on touch wiz desktop?

Are you referring to editing the icons images themselves? Or e.g. changing the email icon to a different icon? Because the first is more challenging (though possible), and (for the latter) there are plenty of replacement icon packs out there to use instead. Also, if you load a theme, you'll generally have access to a new iconset

3: What exactly is the roam guard that comes with our phones? If they r unchecked does that mean no roaming,or if checked it blocks roaming.

Leave both Voice and Data checked (for domestic anyway). The purpose of these controls (and related warnings) is to determine if you want to roam on another network if you lose Sprint signal. But for the most part, Sprint doesn't make you pay unless you are out of their 'promised' coverage area (which is most of the US), and frankly, this phone has so many LOS (loss of service) incidents, that your phone will NEED to roam, even at times when you are well within your service area. So e.g., if your phone drops from a Sprint tower, if roaming is on, it may pick up a Verizon tower instead. Again, you won't be charged for this b/c Sprint knows of this problem.

In summary: Leave Domestic Voice and Data checked; turn the warnings off, or they'll annoy the cr*p out of you. You may want to leave them un-checked for International (especially data).

5: I've been using the stock charger with my phone but it seems to take forever to charge vs using an HTC charger on it,is this normal or what?

Short answer: Use the stock charger, but it's probably ok to use something slightly more powerful. Longer explanation:

- For ANY USB-based charging device, multiply the stated voltage by the amperage to determine the power, e.g.

- A typical PC USB port puts out 5 volts at 500ma (milli-amps) or 1/2 amp. That's equivalent to 5vx0.5a= 2.5 watts. <--This was enough power to charge my Blackberry, but only keeps my Sammy at about 'even'

- The most common 'plug-in to AC' is 5v and 500-1,000ma or 2.5-5W

- The Galaxy SII charger is (and sadly I needed a magnifying glass to see it) 5.0v x 1000ma = 5 Watts

- I'm a little surprised to hear the Blackberry charger recommended, because most of the ones I've owned are 5.0v and 750ma = 3.5W, but I imagine they make different sizes.

The reason I recommend using the stock charger, is because (ideally) it's engineered by the manufacturer to provide an 'ideal charge' to your battery. An under-powered charge may cause your device to take forever to charge, but won't do any damage. An over-powered charger, in the worst case, could do damage (unlikely though), but in the lesser case, provides a less-than ideal charge, in that it charges faster, but lessens the long-term capacity and # of recharge cycles for your battery, and could impact the 'charge curve' (the curve that allows you to charge to 50% power in around 30 minutes, then takes a 2+ hours for the other 50%).

Since the stock (5v x1.0a) is on the higher end of the spectrum, you can in a pinch (and I have) use just about any USB recharger you stumble upon, because most will be lower -- EXCEPT -- if you own a tablet, don't use that charger, it is WAY overpowered:eek:.