[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rdisanza:
I tend to agree with JimSmith94, if the cable is removeable, replace it. If it isn't, try another CLA. If those aren't your culprits, try taking it back to Sprint for a ROM reflash. If you perfer not to deal with Sprint, root your phone and take over full command of it by getting ROOT Explorer and delete the Bloatware apps of your choice. I do recommend also getting Titanium Backup. I highly recommend that you purchase both, ROOT Explorer and Titanium Backup as an effort to help the Developers of these two vital apps improve future updates.

Do be careful if you choose the ROOT and remove your Bloatware option, not all Bloatware can be removed safely. I have provided a list of what apps are safe to remove and with their common names as found in your System>App folder. Just for safety sake, if you wish, pm me and I will link you to a downloadable and flashable .zip of the Stock apps for your phone. This .zip was taken from a fully stock phone.

Removable Bloatware:

***IMPORTANT!!! Make sure you back everything up first, and wipe your cache and dalvik cache after you are done removing stuff!***

Accuweather.com 11.07.16.01 (SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk)

AllShare 2.0.0 (Dlna.apk)

Android Live Wallpapers 2.3.4 (LiveWallpapers.apk)

AP Mobile 11.07.18.02 (SamsungWidget_News.apk)

Books 1.4.5 (BooksPhone.apk)

Buddies now 1.0 (BuddiesNow.apk)

Calculator 1.0 (TouchWizCalculator.apk)

Clock 1.0 (AnalogClock.apk)

Digital Clock 1.0 (DigitalClock.apk)

DRM content 2.3.4 (SisoDrmProvider.apk)

DRM content launcher 1.0 (DrmUA.apk)

DRM Protected Content Storage 2.3.4 (DrmProvider.apk)

Dual Clock 1.0 (DualClock.apk)

Email 1.0 (EmailWidget.apk)

Home Screen Tips 1.0 (Protips.apk)

Kies air 1.2.10781 (KiesAir.apk)

Kies via Wi-Fi 1.2.0 (kieswifi.apk)

Let's Try, Panning! 1.0 (PanningTryActually.apk)

Live Wallpaper Picker 2.3.4 (LiveWallpapersPicker.apk)

Market Feedback Agent 2.3.5 (GoogleFeedback.apk)

Media Hub 129 (MediaHub.apk)

Microbes 2.3.4 (Microbesgl.apk)

Mobile Print 1.4.1 (MobilePrint.apk)

MTP Application 1.0 (MtpApplication.apk)

N.O.V.A 2 HD 1.1

NASCAR 0.2

Ocean Weather 1.0 (SecretWallpaper1.apk)

PressReader 2.4.0706 (PressReader.apk)

Program Monitor 1.12 (ProgramMonitor.apk)

SNS 1.5 (SnsProvider.apk)

SNS Disclaimer 1.0 (SnsDisclaimer.apk)

SNSAccountFb 1.0 (SnsAccountFb.apk)

SNSAccountLi 1.0 (SnsAccountLi.apk)

SNSAccountTw 1.0 (SnsAccountTw.apk)

SnsImageCache 1.0 (SnsImageCache.apk)

Social Hub 2.00.00001 (SocialHub.apk)

Sprint ID 1.5.40 (W_Installer.apk)

Sprint Mobile Wallet 1.5 (SprintMobileWallet.apk)

Sprint Music Plus 1.0

Sprint Radio 1.0.0.0000

Sprint TV & Movies 1.0

Sprint Zone SZ_2.5.12 (SprintZone.apk)

Talk 1.3 (Talk2.apk)

Tasks 1.0 (Tasks.apk)

Tasks Provider 2.3.4 (TasksProvider.apk)

TeleNav GPS Navigator 1.0

Tutorial Widgets 1.05

Wi-Fi sharing 1.0 (FTS.apk)

Wi-Fi sharing manager 1.0 (FTM.apk)

Windy Weather 1.0 (SecretWallpaper2.apk)

Yahoo! Finance 11.07.18.01 (SamsungWidget_StockClock.apk)

No matter what you plan to do, I always recommend a full backup. If you are ROOTED, do a full Nandroid Backup aswell. Its a very important thing to do before you change or modify your phone.

If I can help you in anyway, just post to this forum again.

Good Luck!

R