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[Epic 4G General] ksmullins88:
I bought mine when i first got a job because i switched to sprint on my parents line and they got me a ****ty flip phone...

I picked it over the Evo because of the samoled screen and because of the keyboard.

i was iffy about it because the updates were slowwww. but i dont regret it at all and if i had the same choice to make, id make the same choice.

<3 this phone.
[Epic 4G General] adelmundo:
Keyboard, SAMOLED 4" screen, 4G, best mobile CPU. Came from a BB on Sprint and a Nokia "dumb phone" on AT&T, and wanted to consolidate to using only 1 phone, and Sprint has the best price plans for my needs.
[Epic 4G General] xboxfanj:
Btw, we have sgx540

And I moved to epic from verizon so I could get a smartphone while keeping an arm and a leg. I had an lg env touch which was a decent feature phone with an awful resistive touchscreen, but decent keyboard. And before that I had the verizon coupe flip phone complete with a 911 button and several in case of emergency buttons. I think it was meant as a "last phone" for the elderly, but I got it as my first phone.

Picked the epic because of the keyboard, super amoled, and hummingbird processor and great gpu powervr sgx540.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
I was coming from the Rant and it was like a big fancy version of it.
[Epic 4G General] xjayman:
I had the hero as well . I was upgrade eligible but the only choices were evo & epic so I was just gonna wait it out. That was until best buy had the Epic free for a week so I jumped on it. I was actually a sense guy at that point and was leaning more toward the evo.... Glad that sale changed my mind..love this phone!
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
I came from the rumor touch 2... and I picked it over the evo because the wife had an evo and I hated it! Don't regret for one second the decision I made... I love this phone!
[Epic 4G General] GRK4G63:
For me, it was a no-brainer. I came to Sprint from Verizon Wireless and I had the Samsung "Rogue" multimedia 3G phone. I loved the slide out keyboard and the AMOLED display. The Epic is basically the Rogue on steroids. It's nearly a year since I bought it, my first smartphone ever. I'm still happy with it, thanks in no small part to all the awesome people here on XDA and everything everyone contributed. There's no way I would've been able to enjoy this phone and its full potential without all the awesome apps, themes, kernels, and ROMS and the knowledge and understanding to use them. I'm lucky that my first smartphone experience has been such a positive one so far.
[Epic 4G General] digiblur:
Only android Sprint had at the time that had a keyboard. A smartphone without a real keyboard just makes me feel like I have to tie my hands behind my back and use my toes. No thanks.
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
Keyboard.

Came from touchpro to touchpro2. There was no htc slider available at the time.

I was holding out for the htc arrive (windows phone). I'm glad I went for android before that thing came out...
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
WindowsMobile died. Coming from the TP2 and every KB phone before it, it was a no-brainer for me.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
I was an OG Touch Pro user and with all its flaws I knew a smartphone with keyboard and touchscreen (it was one of the first, resistive natch) was the stuff to continue to have. But Android was clearly for me too--OG WinMo was hell. So combined with the awesome hardware and 4G it was the clear choice. The screen also still dazzles. Any time I see people *****ing about the Epic all I have to do is think back to 2008 and LOL.
[Epic 4G General] txtmikhail:
Came from palm pre which was a letdown to me.. waited on palm pre 2 but specs was a letdown also.. So went to get an Evo 4g cuz Everyone was talking about it.. When i seen the epic 4g my mouth dropped on how sexy it looked compare to the Evo 4g.. It's camera/screen blow my mind away.. and the keyboard was a bonus.. still happy with it today.. None of my friends phones are better than mine's cuz of all the roms/themes/etc i know for my phone.. Glad we got XDA Developers..
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Keyboard and 4G.
[Epic 4G General] :
My reason too
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
HA! I had both Rant and Palm Pre.
[Epic 4G General] propjockey:
I had the moment from launch day. Unfortunately it just wasn't reliable or very inspiring. I got sprint to advance my upgrade due to the constant bootloops, and the epic was a great option that best buy had for free. The epic and my nook color brought me here. There are so many options from devs here.
[Epic 4G General] tinslwc:
Keyboard & Android. Came from a Samsung Blackjack II (WinMo) on ATT. Originally rooted to fix the KB and have fallen in love with XDA. If (when) I leave the Epic, I will look here first to see what to get.
[Epic 4G General] Decad3nce:
It didn't have a CM maintainer.
[Epic 4G General] SadieNibblesworth:
After owning a HTC Touch Pro 2 that had numerous touchscreen failures, I realized I needed a phone with a physical keyboard.
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
The TP2 had a physical KB, maybe that was the problem?
[Epic 4G General] xopher.hunter:
Same here, however then I had a samsung jack and then a samsung moment

finally landed on the epic. For me this phone felt like the first "premium" smartphone I have ever owned.

I can't thank you enough

Edit: gave u 5 thanks lol

Sent from my CM7.2 OG Epic
[Epic 4G General] darkierawr:
It was the first phone that captivated me. I knew I wanted an Android device, and this one did the trick. Top of the line with a keyboard and 4G? Come on! Plus it's sexy.
[Epic 4G General] Nolonolon:
Lg Lotus or Samsung Epic ? You tell me ? Well I know I was skeptical about a phone that didn't flip. But it did have a slide out keyboard so that I thought was a plus and it was for one game Win Loose or Draw ? Something similar. Prior to my LG my previous two phones were older Samsung models and I was pleased with those unlike my atrocious LG which although had potential it just lacked it. But it was built well for it's time though lagged, and Sprint had the brilliant carousel which I immediately removed. But yea that's it. Epic has been an adventure and today I'm at a restaurant with my laptop and I'm happy to have an Epic because it doesn't take up the whole table to watch Netflix :)

Oh and of course the AMOLED screen which I have since also upgraded my old crt 32 inch tv to a AMOLED.
[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
I joined sprint the summer of 2010

The first phone I got was the touch pro it was free lol it was also trash

Luckily the box it came in was missing a chanrgerr

So sprint agreed to give me an advance replacement to the touch pro 2

Liked it at first then thought it wasn't as good as an android phone

Cuz b4 sprint I had the mytouch 3g slide with t mobile and I lovedd it

So I wanted an android phone so I got the samsung moment

I liked it but wanted better

So I got the intercept

Still wasn't good enough

The epic came out, and a lil later the transform

I got the transform first cuz I didn't wanna add $10 on the bill for 4g

I didn't like the transform then thought my only way out of this phone switching system was to get something I was sure I would like

So I found $500 on the ground outside of a radioshack and walked in and bought the epic lol (not really "found" $500 lol i wish tho) but the phone was worth the money especailly after I learned to root it and flash stuff now I can always feel like I have a new phone everytime I flash a new rom or theme but I still always have the same screen and keyboard that I love =) lol
[Epic 4G General] Fire n mage:
I had the samsung moment :P needed another keyboard phone, n I loved rooting n flashing. :P
[Epic 4G General] Jayavarman:
Sexual arousal.
[Epic 4G General] MikeEx:
Specs beat the EVO. GPU was best in existence and can keep up with Tegra2. Keyboard. The screen.

Didn't know about the Wolfson DAC until voodoo sound. Realized I had the best audio device in existence.

Development continues to grow over time.

living with this phone until jellybean phones become dirt cheap will be very easy.
[Epic 4G General] dohturdima:
My previous phone was a BB Tour. I missed KB and touchscreen integration circa Treo. AMOLED, 4G and ability to have the phone on SERO sealed it.
[Epic 4G General] xTmDarren:
Sero plan to stay with Sprint- Plus the Evo sucked compared :p
[Epic 4G General] Sherrillface:
I was coming from the samsung intinct wich I got conned into buying cause I was new to smartphones . Was not what I was looking for I had seen gs commercials and was amazed plus a guy at work had the epic and flossed it like it was the best so I got my w2s and headed to radio shack . This phone hasent left my side ever since ... best money I ever spent by far.
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
Same here!
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
Was on the OG Instinct for 2 1/2 years and wanted to make the jump to Android. Originally planned on getting an EVO until the Epic was announced and figured it would be worth the wait with the better screen, specs and the fact it had a keyboard. The Instinct made me loathe the idea of getting another phone with only a touchscreen keypad, although I survived as long as I did using the stylus that came with it.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I got it because I wanted the keyboard. And I was a blossoming noob then, so I was just learning what specs meant.

I was excited when I saw sprint was getting the EVO, but then the Epic came out, and I figured it was the same+keyboard. Man, did it turn out to be so much more.

Sent from something with a Ｋモ尺れモㄥ.
[Epic 4G General] Fantastic.Ergo:
Screen 4G and keyboard
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
I went from an HTC touch to tp2 to the epic, I got it launch day and been happy with it as it has the best hardware with everything I wanted:

Best processor

Nice screen

Keyboard

Flash on camera

Nice camera

Front facing ( exclusive on the galaxy s series)

4g (bonus as I don't have much in my area)

The things sprint ruined for us:

Tv out

Slow updates

Galaxy nexus will be my next phone it has all of the above except the hardware keyboard, but it won't be crippled with updates or tv out

Epic is going to gf and will keep it til another awesome spec phone that has all of the above comes out

I love my epic! Best phone with the best specs even after a year and a half !
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
screen quality + qwerty kb
[Epic 4G General] tazfanatic:
screen + keyboard = win coming from a BB
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
Like a lot of other people, I had planned on getting the EVO. Thank goodness that didn't happen, that is crap compared to what our devs made this phone into.

I originally got it because it had a keyboard, but I hardly ever use it anymore, just got used to the screen keyboard. I was coming from a BB as well, and this was my first Android phone. LOVE IT. Now that I know about rooting, ROMing, etc. there is a 0% chance I'll go to anything 'stock' again when it comes to a phone. This is why the GNex on Sprint could be my next phone. Haven't decided yet though, I've been eligible for an upgrade for almost a year now...
[Epic 4G General] BenBarker:
Geez..... I stuck with the not so "epic" Instinct HD.... Ugh...my gf and I went into Sprint to combine our plans to save $, and played with the Epic. It was love at first sight for us. The AMOLED screen,Android OS, and keyboard sinched it for me. It's like having a mini me computer that fits in my pocket... I'm sticking with it until it dies.

Viva La Epic4G!!

Sent from my CM7 Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
I got my Epic on launch day. I wanted it because it was the only Galaxy S phone Sprint offered. I didn't like/need the keyboard and there is no 4G in my home neighborhood, but like I said, it was the only Galaxy S device Sprint offered.
[Epic 4G General] superherorockstar:
I originaly had a blackberry 8900 on t-moblie but I moved and in my new apartment t-mobile had horrible reception. I literally had to lay on one spot on my bed in order to make calls lol. I had a couple of friends with sprint, att and verizon. And my friends with sprint phones had the best reception with att coming in a close second. Like many I also was intending on purchising an evo with the iphone 4 coming in a close second. I then saw the funny little video on youtube pitting all of the best features of the evo against the iphone swaying my opinion more towards the evo. I even convinced one of my best friends to get one. Then I read some about a little phone called the Galaxy S! Found out that it would be coming to all us carriers and even better the sprint version would be equiped with a hardware qwerty just like my blackberry. Did a little research and found out what the hummingbird was and what it actually did in terms of power, gamming, battery life ect... and how it was the best out at the time and the iphone actually used a dumbed down version of it (800mhz vs 1ghz and power vr 535 vs power vr 540). I had finally found my new phone. As soon as my pre order came in I was instantly amazed buy the beautiful SAMOLED display. Its funny caused I used to switch phones 2 or 3 times a year. And hear I am now with the same old Epic from day 1. Althought thanks to all the wonderful devs here at xda it hardley the same phone at 1.4ghz nubernal kernel, custome ics framework from gitusum and xbtx's rooted stock. To be honest I'm kinda sad my contract will be ending this year. I love my phone!
[Epic 4G General] matrixzone5:
Cortex A8 Humming bird processor was my biggest factor i dont care for the (liquid smooth)power vr based gpu but the keyboard a bit the luscious display not to mention the fact that its samsung ..... oops guess its out im a samsung freak :p
[Epic 4G General] jbless:
I loved my TP2 (had it duel booting to get familiar with Android) and it worked most of the time in WM mode. The Epic screen won me over and a great price too!
[Epic 4G General] dkcfdf90:
I originally bought this for my wife because she wanted to get away from CrackBerry and this one had the keyboard. The AMOLED screen was a larger factor too. I took it over when my wife got her upgrade and took on a nexus s4g. This is a great phone with ultimate customization options.
[Epic 4G General] jasper3:
Like many others, I bought my Epic for the physical keyboard. Also I wanted to try Sprint after many years with Verizon, and Sprint provided an Airave femtocell for my dead-zone home office.

I wasn't interested in "4G" WiMAX and certainly not in the $10 enhanced data fee, especially since WiMAX wasn't then - and isn't now - available in my city. I know they charge that fee for other smartphones too, but they'd be more honest calling it an unlimited data fee.

As bonuses, I got the great screen, pretty good performance, and the ability to upgrade and modify, thanks to some great help on this forum. I'd like worldmode capabilities with UMTS/GSM radios for Europe, but may have to go back to a MOT phone for that.
[Epic 4G General] ICStevenC.:
I got it because it was simply the best choice at the time. And with the CM dev team, it's still a very high-end quality smartphone.
[Epic 4G General] amdultra:
the best value for money in spec no other handset can rival spec and feature this mighty epic have on 100$ price level in my country
[Epic 4G General] styles420:
I used to see smart phones as unneeded toys that I could do without in order to save money - then the cost of dumb phone plans rose... (it's the same tactic that Quest used to get their dial up customers to switch to DSL - "You can't afford DSL? Well... now dial up is the same price, so stick with it if you like, no longer makes a difference to us").

So we ditched Verizon for Sprint (if we're going to pay for data, may as well go for the unlimited data so we can use the hell out of it, right?), and I knew I wouldn't be satisfied with just dipping my toes into the smart phone pool - I needed to get something good, or I'd spend much more in early (full-cost) upgrades. I almost got the Evo, but our old contract didn't end until a week before the Epic came out... so I went without any cell for a week, and it was worth it :)
[Epic 4G General] csmasn:
Qwerty keyboard. S-AMOLED Screen. And its looks better than EVO.

Now my nephew has one EVO and the development for Epic is way better.

The best choice that i made...

Sent from my Epic 4G with CleanGB-MTD 1.0.5
[Epic 4G General] travmofosho:
Orignally I never wanted the epic. I previously had the samsung moment and because that phone was a pos I decided I was never going to buy a samsung phone again. I wanted the HTC Evo but my friend conviced me to give samsung one more chance so I did and I'm thankful I did! My Epic has been the best phone and thanks to XDA it has never let me down! I almost switched to the Epic touch when my 12 month employee contract ended but I decided to wait in hopes that a newer samsung phone comes soon! :)
[Epic 4G General] Magic Oreo:
It was the best phone of fall 2010, would like it more without keyboard.
[Epic 4G General] Fire n mage:
I thought the Samsung moment was awesome, played roms n streamed music, never let me down even after I dropped it in the toilet twice XD, wanted another keyboard android phone n here I am, :P
[Epic 4G General] rocket321:
Because it was up against the Evo and Epic has much faster/newer SoC. Wanted something that would feel fast for the 2-yr contract. My next phone won't have a physical keyboard however.
[Epic 4G General] adjmcloon:
Came from a Palm Pre, had to have the real keyboard. I hope we get a galaxy S 2 or 3 replacment with a real keyboard!
[Epic 4G General] wscott9903:
Came from having a blackberry. I liked having the option of having a digital keyboard and physical keyboard. The reviews on the epic 4g's keyboard was very high... and screen quality was better than evo 4g. 4G was a plus.

All these updates, and my 1GHZ hummingbird still humming... I'm well into my second year of my contract very comfortable and not even ready for an upgrade.
[Epic 4G General] jworley02:
At the time the only two high spec phones were this and the Evo. Keyboard and screen quality got me over the Evo.
[Epic 4G General] WBaumgartner:
I originally wanted the evo 4g, until I saw the display on the Epic.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Same here but thought this one was way better :D

Sent From My Thugnificent SPH-D700 because its more than Magnificent
[Epic 4G General] lrn2swim:
My pre- died so I had to move on. :'( . Love the phone but I never use the keyboard. Next phone will probably be without. Galaxy note for sprint perhaps?? Hope that happens. Oh, and samoled all the way!
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Almost got the EVO but the Best Buy salesman said wait another week, a better 4G phone with a keyboard is coming out...whew..close call!
[Epic 4G General] tkeyes:
i wanted flash, and the evo was out of stock. and tired of my hero...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shtk:
hey guys, i recently got my android and as far as i know, it seems like i cannot wipe data/factory reset after i made recovery

CWM-based recovery v5.0.2.7

-- wiping data...

formatting /data...

formatting /cache...

formatting /sd-ext...

formatting sdcard/.android_secure...

error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!

skipping format...

data wipe complete.

when i researched someone vaguely said to odin the stock ROM. does that mean i need to check PDA for "N7000XXLA4_N7000OXALA4_N7000XXLA4_HOME.tar.md5" - the stock ROM?

i tried this several times and tried "N7000XXKJ4_N7000OXAKJ4_N7000XXKJ4_HOME.tar.md5" but it does not work.

please help me fixing this.

thank you guys in advance
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richy99:
do you have an sd card in the device?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Balbaroth:
i have the same problem , after checking it out it seem i cant mount /sdcard

its all on the internal sd card too i have no ext sdcard

because of that i cant even recover to my old rom , and i stay on the splash screen galaxy note gt-n7000

at least its not dead ( i hope )

anyone have some advice on this situation ?

should i format my internal sd card ?

Edit : i cant even format my internal sd drive , do i have to assume my internal sdcard is dead or have issues ? i can still navigate in CWM and go thru my internal card seeing files and my roms but cant mount it

Any help would be appreciated it , i have the phone since 2 days :(
[HTC Sensation] P1X3:
I was doing a restart on my sensation with ICS 4.0.3 rom.

I tough it would do full restart so I had to hold down volume down buttom to get into bootmng.

Instead phone restarted with safe mode sign on bottom left corner.

What is that? Has anyone seen it? Couldn't find any info about it...

Just restart phone while holding volume down buttom...

:confused:

II uploaded a video on youtube, CTYANwtP818

Sorry can't paste links
[HTC Sensation] josephnero:
havent heard about it
[HTC Sensation] Sashtheflash:
Haven't seen this before either http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTYANwtP818&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[HTC Sensation] shirreer:
Safe mode has been there since day 1. Read your manuals people.
[HTC Sensation] josephnero:
thanks for the info.but i throw my manuals out just as i open the package.lol.just kidding:D
[HTC Sensation] GuySmiles:
What's it for? Is that in case I don't have any other protection? Those sexy android phones are always getting people in trouble.
[HTC Sensation] shirreer:
Loads ROM in a "clean state", nothing but system apps and standard configs...in case a rogue app or faulty configs.

Give it a try....will wipe your app caches & data too :D

Cheers
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 SGH-i957 Android Development] utkanos:
Hello,

I have ported the latest clockworkmod recovery to the galaxy 8.9 LTE i957 tablet.

This is a recovery and not a kernel, thus you can run whatever you wish.

Instructions:

0) MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN I957, do not flash this otherwise.

1) Flash this file via ODIN: CWMR5x_i957_recovery.tar.md5

2) Attempt a backup (there appears to be a bug in 5.5.0.4 that long names can possibly cause it to hang during a backup.) If it works or fails, reboot and mount your tablet in your OS. If you get hung, adb shell into your device and reboot it.

3) After your tab is mounted, go into the clockworkmod folder and create an EMPTY FILE with NO EXTENSION called .hidenandroidprogress

Note the period and lack of extension. This prevents the backup routine from enumerating the file list which I suspect is causing the hang during backup.

This is considered an ALPHA release with only two users thus far. No loss of data or damage was caused in the testing of this file. Please try it and report any issues you have with it. I am hoping this opens up the development for this device. I personally dont have it nor did I have access to one when I ported this so I need the community's help to track down issues/bugs. This was a pretty big challenge to get everything working right.

The full device tree I built for this can be found here:

android_device_samsung_SGHI957

Feel free to use this however you wish, though please give credit if it helps you devs.

Thanks to orlandoxpolice and jaywheelz for patiently testing this thus far.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 SGH-i957 Android Development] utkanos:
OP updated with alpha build
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 SGH-i957 Android Development] orlandoxpolice:
Thanks for all your hard work
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 SGH-i957 Android Development] JayWheelz:
Thanks utkanos all the work is much appreciated.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 SGH-i957 Android Development] modestone:
This is amazing utkanos!

I'm gonna send ya another donation for all your hard work!

wahoooo!

Oh and hey I helped too, sacrificed one tab to the samsung gods!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 SGH-i957 Android Development] orlandoxpolice:
I have tested everything with this recovery except for sd card re partitioning, wipe data / factory reset, and restore (nandroid).

Known Issues:

If you enter key test, you cant back out.

nandroid backup may hang for some users, the .hidenandroidprogress may have fixed this.

mounting and unmounting data is finicky sometimes.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 SGH-i957 Android Development] JayWheelz:
Orlando is this the same file we had last night? Or it's it slightly changed since then?