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[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
I noticed .9 stretch issue in keyboard.

After few days of research,here is a payback for the writeup how to change font color in keyboard.

Thanks for your hardwork :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22904846&postcount=256
[Droid Pro General] motolio:
So, I bricked my pro today, and went on the hunt for the SBF. need help since megaupload is down. Thanks!

Found it here:

http://www.p3droid.info/downloads/droidpro/DROIDPRO_2.26.20_FULL.sbf.zip
[Droid Pro Android Development] motolio:
Found the sbf! post-megaupload :

http://www.p3droid.info/downloads/droidpro/DROIDPRO_2.26.20_FULL.sbf.zip
[Droid Pro Android Development] sferrariba:
Megaupload? No more!
[Epic 4G Android Development] wtogami:
Epic CM Team Blog: Boot FC09 from SDCard

Useful Utility for CM9 Epic 4G

This is a temporary ROM that boots Samsung's FC09 firmware entirely from sdcard without making any changes to the ROM installed on your phone. Simply reboot to return to your normal ROM. This sdcard ROM is useful for several purposes.

Settings > About Phone > System updates >

Update Profile.

Update PRL.

Settings > Display > Horizontal calibration

Do this if you have problems with auto rotate on CM9.

Sprint Activation.

Dial codes and diagnostic mode.

Test Samsung FC09 behavior to aid in CM development.

Changelog

FC09-based with working 3G, 4G, Update Profile, faster speed.

Uses 500MB on sdcard instead of 1GB.

Includes Connectbot and GPS Status.
[Epic 4G Android Development] darkierawr:
Wow! This is excellent! Thank you Warren. I'm glad you decided to begin developing for the Epic. Your releases are invaluable thus far. :D

I look forward to seeing more from you!
[Epic 4G Android Development] roguejam:
This looks awesome! Thanks for your hard work!
[Epic 4G Android Development] The Root:
Wow. Very cool. So glad someone else is here to prove how versatile this device is.
[Epic 4G Android Development] XxLostSoulxX:
Could someone do a video for this looks pretty nice but I don't understand how or what a tarball is anyways haha
[Epic 4G Android Development] xboxfanj:
Btw, his name is warren.
[Epic 4G Android Development] darkierawr:
Egad! I've been misinformed! Cooooorrecteddd
[Epic 4G Android Development] lilajrestnom:
Ok.. so let me get this straight

I can flash this the ill b on stock el30 right?

I can update my prl??

And to return I just turn off the phon and turn it on and ill b back on my cm7?
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Wow excellent! Way to go!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Fatonuseni:
A way to update prl!

THANK YOU!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
Lol, I was just suggesting this idea for PRL updates a few hours before this thread was created, didn't think I'd see it manifest so soon (not trying to claim credit, just enjoying the coincidence). :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] dddeskt0p:
just tested this out. booted fine, although a bit slow as you stated. ran both Update PRL and Update Profile successfully. could not get 3g or 4g data working though. powered off without a problem.

thanks for such a smooth way to update PRLs from CM7.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Tomcat5:
This is awesome and probably has an endless amount of uses. Thanks for your hard work!
[Epic 4G Android Development] XxLostSoulxX:
Explain how it works how do you boot into it and how do you boot back into CM7 so confused on this that's why i asked for a video so we could see this in action.

TIA
[Epic 4G Android Development] elevans:
You're on a roll!
[Epic 4G Android Development] muyoso:
I have not done it, but I will try to explain how I understand it working. Basically you are unpacking a rom onto your SD card and then booting into CWM and flashing a script. The script tells the phone to boot the rom on the SD card. So you will boot into EL30, which is the rom on the SD card. You can do whatever you want to accomplish within EL30, and when you are done you simply reboot your phone. Your phone will boot normally into whatever rom it was running before you did anything, because the only way to boot into the EL30 rom on your SD card is by flashing the script in CWM.

So basically, its a rom that sits on your SD card and is never ever used unless you flash the "boot_EL30.zip" script in CWM, and even then it only boots into it once. As soon as you reboot you are back into CM7 or whatever other rom you are running.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
With epic-scale gratitude to you for this wtogami!

Only last week had ODIN'd back to stock just simply to Update Profile............this Rocks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] XtaC318:
I'm asking this purely out of being curious, but reading the information over on CM7 it says not to mount the SD Card.

Theoretically what would happen if you were to mount the SD Card while running this?
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
Well, since the entire rom and kernel are read from your SD card, and the SD is automatically unmounted from the phone in order to mount as USB storage... remember the warning about apps on the phone being unable to access the sd card while it is usb-mounted? It would be like suddenly disconnecting the hdd containing your windows installation while the computer is on (maybe not exactly the same, but hopefully you see the conflict that would arise?)
[Epic 4G Android Development] JBakey:
Just out of curiosity, the download page says 171 MB, but the download itself is only 164 MB. Maybe a typo? Or uncompressed size?
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
This most likely not work on cm10 because of the different partition sizes from cm9 to cm10
[Epic 4G Android Development] moporoco:
Is there an alternative to Odining to stock? I'm having a problem with rotation and want to calibrate my screen. I am currently on cm-10-20120926-NIGHTLY with the FC09 modem.
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Yes there is... find any cm9 kernel (any mtd kernel may work) flash cm9 kernel in cwm, reboot recovery (DON'T REBOOT THE PHONE HERE ON ACCIDENT). Now you should be able to use the temp boot... once done boot back to cwm and reflash cm10 (or just the kernel for your rom) and now you can boot the phone back up... hope that helps....
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
More specifically:
[Epic 4G Android Development] moporoco:
Thanks for the tip, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. I tried ShadowKernel-CM9-v0.6.3.3 and ShadowKernel-FC09-v1.0.1. Can you recommend a specific kernel that might work?
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
I just tested it successfully with ShadowKernel v0.6.3.3.

Same steps as above, using Shadow in Step 3. Everything worked, including the Advanced boot restore to get back my CM10 kernel.

What step gives you a problem?
[Epic 4G Android Development] moporoco:
I'm a big dummy and was skipping the reboot-recovery between flashing the kernel and flashing the multiboot. Worked like a champ once I followed the directions properly.

Thank you guys so much for what you do! You're awesome!
[Epic 4G Android Development] roguejam:
Anybody try flashing a temporary ICS boot kernel, like from Marsucant's Nyan Kernel.

Links from thread are dead,so here's a direct link to the boot kernel: http://marcusant.com/nyankernel/epic/Nyan5-test1.zip

Edit: No dice, stuck at the Sammy screen
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
***Updated version posted to work from CM10***

See blog post (link in OP) for instructions and new files. :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Milkman00:
I am using the latest CM10 nightly on my Samsung Epic, and cannot get this to work.

I have extracted my directory from the file. I now have the structure:

/sdcard/multiboot/FC09/*

I boot into CWM6, and I flash the files in the FC09 directory. It seems to work fine, and it says to "Reboot into zImage." but doesn't reboot. I reboot, and it just reboots into my normal phone. Not sure what else to do.

---------- Post added at 06:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:37 PM ----------

EDIT - The first time I did this, I copied the files over while actually in CWM (mounted USB). This time I deleted the directory on the SDCard and copied it over while actually booted in the phone. Reflashed, and the phone seemed to do what it was supposed to.

Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] oyiemeke:
Would you kindly walk me through how you did this, i am having the same issue. It installs but will not restart. Did you put the multiboot folder on your external SDCard or did you just copy it to your internal SDcard after connecting your phone to your computer and enabling USB?
[Epic 4G Android Development] jeffreyjicha:
If I remember correctly, the multiboot folder needs to be on the root of the SDcard. Also make sure you have the Epic 4G (with the keyboard) not the Epic 4G Touch
[Epic 4G Android Development] oyiemeke:
Thank you. I do have the Epic 4g touch. So this will not work with the Epic 4g touch i assume?
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Epic4g Touch has their own version.
[Epic 4G Android Development] oyiemeke:
I have tried that version. After i flash from the multiboot it does not reboot like it should and if i reboot manually it goes into Recovery or back to my current ROM which is CM10. I have the multiboot folder under the following file structure /sdcard/multiboot is this correct?

I have also tried the multiboot from my SDCard and it still does not work
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
I don't have the Touch, I just know about the utility. I would check with the Touch forums if you have problems.
[Epic 4G Android Development] RodimusConvoy:
EDIT: Nevermind, figured it out.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Eins7ein:
Does anybody have a mirror for this utility? The link on epiccm blog doesn't seem to work anymore.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
The links seem to work fine for me, but if you still can't download then I can upload somewhere else.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dps33:
I was able to download but can not unzip. Header error?? tried winzip as well as 7zip and both gives me same error.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MeetFace:
Did you check the MD5 to make sure it was a good download?
[Epic 4G Android Development] slimpyman:
so the errors the people are having with the fc09 bootable isnt with the file itself or folder. it seems to only work in cwm and not twrp. so far from what i see.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mcc23:
Is there a utility like this available for the Galaxy S3 for Sprint?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Kenshinhimora:
Is this not working for CM11 yet?

When I am in CWM and install it from the multiboot folder and reboot, it just loads into CM11 normally... Am I doing something wrong?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Voltaire302:
I just used it on CM11 perfectly. You don't flash and reboot, you flash the .zip and it should take your right into EL30. Check your md5 sum and make sure it's right.
[Epic 4G Android Development] BillyBob3:
Worked for me too
[Epic 4G Android Development] Snoshrk:
I am on the latest cm11 nightly, with didhiy's notest-kk44 kernel from 1/20. CWM 6.0.4.6....

I have downloaded this on my win7 pc unzipped with 7zip (twice) to get the /multiboot/FC09\*files*

Tried download on phone and unzip on phone....

Every time I've flashed the fc_09.zip I get the dreaded "Install from SDcard complete" instead of rebooting automatically into FC09.

From rereading this thread, kexec support in the kernel is necessary, how do I check this? or what kernel are you using?

Could the CWM version be breaking this?

Thanks

Sno

****EDIT: just noticed the file structure is = \storage\sdcard0\multiboot\FC09\boot_FC09.zip ....could it be the \storage that is causing issues?
[Epic 4G Android Development] BillyBob3:
From what I remember, the zip itself goes into the multiboot/fc09 directory. You dont extract it and put the files there.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Snoshrk:
Yep, result is a boot_FC09.zip and others in the FC09 folder

EDIT: Just found out from Kernel dev that it does not have kexec support....so that is why this isn't working...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Darkangels6sic6:
Well crap. I mistook this for being able to manually change prl since I cannot use my computer to do so.

I'm on people's rom right now and profile prl update just fine. The only problem is that the prl update only gives me 320321 "straight talk".

And actually for me on the rom profile/prl update fail.

Downloaded and unzipped on my Note 2 and wifi transfered over es file. Nice patch of work here.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
That is windows rounding sizes up.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ugothakd:
Untar'ing on the device takes foorrrevverr....lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] dddeskt0p:
yea, unpacked to ~982.9MB. worth the wait though.
[Epic 4G Android Development] XxLostSoulxX:
A Gb for a EL30 Huh i though Roms were around 100-200Mb's not 1Gb haha?
[Epic 4G Android Development] seoulseek80:
Fixed........
[Epic 4G Android Development] omair2005:
Will having a class 10 sd card make a difference?
[Epic 4G Android Development] xopher.hunter:
I was hoping this but mine was dreadfully slow (booted slow ui was slow). I have a pny class 10 16gb. Its still awesome though.

Sent from my CM7.2 OG Epic
[Epic 4G Android Development] XxLostSoulxX:
Fixed what????
[Epic 4G Android Development] Beezer80:
So I unpacked the images on my PC then copied them over to my SD Card. Booted into CWM and "flashed" the el30.zip. Rebooted my phone and it went straight into CM7. What did I do wrong?
[Epic 4G Android Development] rsage:
From the link in the OP:

How To Procedure

1 Download the tarball.

2 Unpack it in sdcard, leave the directory structure intact.

3 Boot into CWM.

4 "Flash" multiboot/EL30/boot_EL30.zip

5 It will boot EL30.

6 You may find it useful to also upgrade your modem.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ugothakd:
Bottleneck isn't the sd card, its the phone ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] lilajrestnom:
How long is foreverr lol?? I wanna do it but I'm scared ill be unpatient

And what app r u using? Would androzip work?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Beezer80:
I didn't put it in the root of the SD Card.

Awesome job on this!
[Epic 4G Android Development] ugothakd:
Terminal emulator, "tar -xjf filename"
[Epic 4G Android Development] lilajrestnom:
So I used androzip

And it extracted a tar file with the same name and is about 750mb

I think somethings wrong right..?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Marvlet:
Yeah, it takes a while to unpack using androzip! That's what I used took about an hour and it was 950+ mb.
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
The download is an archive within an archive. You extracted the inner archive (a tar archive) from within the outer bz2 (bzip) archive. You could extract the contents of the inner archive to get the files needed, but my phone seemed to have trouble even seeing most of the files, let alone extracting them. I highly recommend unpacking the archive on your computer to avoid this - some computer programs will even recognize the double-wrapped archiving, taking care of two steps in one :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] wtogami:
3G/4G Data Broken?

After a few complaints, I tested for myself, and it seems 3G and 4G data do not work with EL30 when booted in this manner. logcat shows the ROM complaining about the sdcard, as we expect there would be issues due to the ugly hack I used to boot EL30 from files on the sdcard.

Does 3G or 4G work for anyone in kexec EL30 sdcard?

In any case, it seems Profile and PRL update do work here. The next version of this tarball will be much smaller with most apps ripped out. It will contain mainly what is necessary to update PRL and Profile.
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
I also lacked any sort of data connection, although I didn't test wifi as there was no specific need for it. But I was able to accomplish my goal of a profile update (the PRL function worked without errors, but my PRL was already current - I don't expect any errors when a newer version becomes available, but you never know)

Thanks for bringing this awesome, time-saving convenience to the community :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] InfDaMarvel:
This is really great. The community certainly appreciates you posting this.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
So from a previous post I read, this should be done on the computer to be done correctly? I used androzip to extract tarball a got the 950 MB tar file then unpacked that to get the mutiboot/el30 folders that had 4 files in it. Then created the el30 zip and flashed in cwm and got installation aborted message. Can anyone help please and thanks?
[Epic 4G Android Development] dddeskt0p:
you do not need to create a zip. just unpack the tarball as you did.

the unpacked "multiboot" folder should be transfered to your sd card.

the "boot_EL30.zip" that you flash can be found here:

multiboot/EL30/boot_EL30.zip
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
Thanks for the help. Apparently it didn't unpack right the first time cause the zip wasn't there, tried it again and all went well. Thanks Warren, this was a brilliant discovery!
[Epic 4G Android Development] troyolson92:
Worked like a charm, easy!! Thank you!!, modem seems no different for me than ei22
[Epic 4G Android Development] thomasskull666:
Worked like a champ, was able to update my PRL and check out EL30 for the first time. Only thing I noticed was I wasn't able to get 3G, but no big deal as it isn't really needed for a kexec'd ROM like this. Thank you!

EDIT: And for those who didn't know, busybox includes the tar binary so you can extract this to your sdcard without using a computer.

tar -xvf nameoffile.tar.bz2
[Epic 4G Android Development] samsungepicgeek:
I fully don't understand this, how do you unpack this tar.bz2... and when you do, how do you put it on your sd card if it is not mounted?!:confused::confused::confused:
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
Here is what I did.

1. Download androzip from the market.

2. Download the tarball in the op

3. Extract to the root of your SD card.

( this step will take an hour if you do this step with your phone)(computer recommended)

4. Unpack the tar once step 3 is complete.

5. Make sure you have the multi boot folder in the root of you SD.

6. Boot into CWM and install zip from SD, choose zip from SD, muliboot, EL30, EL30.zip.

7. Flash EL30.zip
[Epic 4G Android Development] samsungepicgeek:
Thanks! But when you said ( this step will take an hour.....) are you referring to step 3 or 4? Thank you again.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
The extraction process takes roughly an hour on your phone. That's why using your computer may be a better route.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
AWESOME!!

This is pretty slick stuff, I just tried it out to see if a new PRL was available in my area.

I downloaded the file to my PC, the used 7 zip to unzip it.

I copied the multiboot folder to my SD card via USB (nearly 1G of data)

boot to recovery; selected install zip, went to multiboot/el30 and flashed the zip.

phone rebooted to EL30 stock.

too cool, thanks for putting this out
[Epic 4G Android Development] ecker2008:
I'm having trouble getting this to work.. I'm on CM9 with EL30 modem..

I have extracted everything on my sdcard as instructed..

When i go to flash the zip, everything seems to work fine.. the phone reboots and I see the "Samsung" boot logo.. Here is where something goes wrong.. before booting into EL30 stock rom like it should, the screen just flashes off and then reboots my CM9 rom..

I've verified the files are correct on my sdcard and in the right directory.. any idea what could be causing this to not work?

Thanks in advance!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
Here is what I did. Extract all to your desktop using 7zip. Should be 900+MB. Then unpack the tar using 7zip again. Then within what you unpacked you should find "mutiboot". Put that in the root of your SD card. Not in the downloads or any other folder. Then boot into cwm and flash mutliboot>EL30>boot EL30

That should work.

CM9 Samurai Tanto=Boss
[Epic 4G Android Development] ecker2008:
hmm.. I still can't seem to get this to work.. could it be something to do with a custom kernel (i'm on samurai's latest).. I even verified the checksum of the tarball and it is correct.. could someone give the checksum of the boot_EL30.zip?

just to clarify.. the step that says boot into CWM and flash.. that just means the "install from SD card" method right?
[Epic 4G Android Development] ecker2008:
I finally got this to work.. must have been a problem with file integrity.. i rezipped and recopied them to my phone for the third time and it booted into stock EL30 without a problem.. I was able to update my profile and PRL easily..

Thanks for this!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Gavisann:
I tried this out to see if I can improve my auto rotate speed on CM9. Like others have said, it is slow to boot and to load apps, but it worked enough for me to re-calibrate my phone. I tested auto rotate before I rebooted and it worked fine. Loaded up CM9 and now the phone will not rotate at all. GPS Status shows that the sensor is calibrated, but my screen will not rotate unless I pop out the keyboard, then it will stay in that orientation...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ragnar:
Try running a full tw rom and doing the calibration. Run the calibration several times on the flat test most level surface you can find. Then restore your cm9 nandroid and it should work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ugothakd:
Is auto rotation enabled?
[Epic 4G Android Development] czechpunk:
Many thanks for this! I am in your debt sirs!!!

Also, BUMP!!!!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] classic7876:
what do you mean when you say unpack to sd my sd isnt seeing the file
[Epic 4G Android Development] Speedin07si:
Soooo got this up and running . No 3g signal but was still able to update my prl. But when I try to updatw my profile it just hangs on "preparing your services". Sits there for about a minute and then disappears. Idk if my profile got updated or not.

Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
Yeah, same thing happened to me when I did this a couple days ago but my prl updated and that was the main thing I needed. Even running clean gb my profile did the same thing.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
This Boot EL30 Stock fr SD Card is pretty amazing for PRL updates, just did one yesterday: ran from both FB15modem as well as EL30modem w/ same results.......a successful PRL update!

Q: were you running clean gb *BML* when your Update Profile failed?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
Mtd. My prl updated fine but my profile still wont through this or directly from clean gb mtd. Am I supposed to be on bml? Also on fb15 modem.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
Performed Update Profile on my other device (CM6) last year + it did update to new profile, but only by going completely back to stock BML.................easy enough to do, then afterwards jumped right back to CM6;

........on CM9, the same thing happened to me using the temp EL30 stock fr SD Card: NO 3G, therefore no Profile Update using this fix...........good to know am not alone here ;) ...........now, am wondering if Update Profile has worked for others users?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Crwly:
When I try flashing this my phone just goes to the "power reset or unknown upload mode" screen. I'm on CM9, which I assume supports kexec since I was referred to this by the EpicCM website. Any ideas?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
Ooppppsss! Hit thanks by mistake. Well, this was made for cm7. Never tried it on cm9. Maybe that is why. Either that or maybe the tarball was was unpacked improporly.

---------- Post added at 05:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:37 AM ----------
[Epic 4G Android Development] Speedin07si:
It works for CM9 as well. I used it the other day when prl got updated.

Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
Agreed.........from CM9: this Boot EL30 stock successfully updates your PRL, however for some of us 3G is not active, therefore unable to Update Profile.

The question is whether it fails to Update Profile for everyone.

..........sent from today's android = 4.0.3!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Crwly:
So any ideas on why this isn't working or anything I could possibly try to make it work?