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[Epic 4G Android Development] serstylz2:
nandroid was what i was looking to confirm, didnt know if there was a way to do it without connecting to PC. thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] DaggettBeaver:
I guess there will be no FC09 CleanGB. Sad down twinkles.
[Epic 4G Android Development] slybarman:
Seems that way. I have been considering CM9, but it does not sound like everything quite works yet. I guess I am going to ride with CleanGB until I get a new LTE phone sometime toward the end of the summer. Thankfully I am in the first round of LTE cities.
[Epic 4G Android Development] uscpsycho:
I tried to install it a few times and every time it reports "not installed" after I click on the Install button.

Is something wrong with the file or am I doing something wrong?
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
You are just supposed to flash it and reboot. It is a system file.
[Epic 4G Android Development] willow_ve:
Much deserved thanks to Toadlife for creating this beautiful ROM. I felt like it gave new life to my Epic. And the longevity and stability of this ROM is evident just by the fact that it hasn't been updated since February and it's still on the front page of the forum.

That being said, lately I have been getting some odd issues. GPS randomly has begun to flake in and out over the past month. The same goes with my signal. I know Sprint is "working on upgrades" everywhere, but I have come to think that it's actually something wonky with my phone/ROM combination.

Any time I travel more than, say roughly, 100 miles in a car my phone will lose all connection and ability to get 3G signal until I power down and power back on. It's like the phone gets lost and can't find the local towers until it gets a nap. For reference my phone has ALWAYS done this on all ROMs (both stock and custom) so I figure it's just the quirk of my specific Epic 4G.

Not due for an upgrade until winter, so I'll either swing into The People's ROM (1,000 thanks to kennyglass123 for his tireless work) or dabble in CM9 if I'm feeling frisky.

This ROM has been brilliant and will continue to be the gold standard for stability and reliability.
[Epic 4G Android Development] slybarman:
My phone was getting laggy and having some issues. I error checked the sd card, cleared cache and dalvik, fixed permissions and reflashed clean GB. Phone is snappy once again. I can't say which one fixed it, but the whole thing didn't take very long in any case.
[Epic 4G Android Development] wolfen1086:
Methinks that both did it, cause I do the same thing when mine gets laggy
[Epic 4G Android Development] BillyBob3:
@willow, Kg did a great job on 2.2.x but imho its not as "clean" and not everything "just works" like cleangb. Tweaks needed on some phones (like mine). I came back. Maybe tpr v3 cause it has things like voodoo support that I want to enable the sound boost when wearing buds and hopefully other issues I had won't be there.

Can't comment on cm9. Never got that frisky myself, but following threads.

Like us all, we wish toadlife well and hope he returns for an encore performance soon.
[Epic 4G Android Development] wolfen1086:
I'm waiting to test TPR v3, I'm running 2.2.1 now with the V6 supercharger script installed ( just did it) and so far I'm faster and better, this phone is like the 6 million milivolt man now :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] JohnnyEpic:
I'm also a 'TPR 1%Freezer'. coined term © by JohnnyPre ;) Are any of you using GoLauncher by any chance?
[Epic 4G Android Development] uscpsycho:
First a non-CGB question for you all.

Today was the first time I ever tried using the front facing camera. The image was very cloudy and nearly impossible to see what the hell I was taking a picture of. Looking at the lens for the camera it looks like there's condensation on it. It's not condensation, it's always been this way and I just thought it was normal. Didn't even know that circle was the camera since there are four candidates a the top of the phone.

Anyway, is this normal? Is the camera really that bad? And is the lens supposed to look like there's condensation or some kind of film on the inside?

You mean flash with Odin and then reboot?

What do you mean by fixed permissions?
[Epic 4G Android Development] amw1972:
for a flashable el30 modem i would need the "modem delta ei22 to el30" zip file right? If i'm not correct can someone please point me in the right direction?

toad, love your work. latest vers is very zippy. wife is very happy with the results...which in turn makes ME a very happy camper! Any chance that you'd start developing for the E4GT as well??
[Epic 4G Android Development] stilesja:
Haven't noticed flake data but on el30 the GPS in stock is still a little boinked. I got an 8 meter lock sitting here in my bedroom then all of a sudden it zoomed out to 50 then 100 meters and started drifting around. I flashed the old GPS fix from eh17 that worked on ei22 as well and I have a solid 2 meter lock in doors. Anyone with a GPS problem should try that.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1321049
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
No way until samsung releases the tar for it...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Heffboom.Konijn:
im debating on switching from cleanGB BML to this new MTD i just have one question.

does this include CRT ON? i realy liked that about the other versions

edit: nvm. Stupidly did not check the channel log *derp* well MTD here i come
[Epic 4G Android Development] toadlife:
New release

CleanGB-MTD 1.1.2

Fixed USB tethering

Full Version: CleanGB-MTD 1.1.2 (144MB) (MD5: E60DDEC4723D505BBC1ECCDA800DE0C8)

Incremental Update: CleanGB 1.1 to CleanGB 1.1.2 Incremental Update (3.6MB) (MD5: DF40BBA1FF1C3D08EC669915310DFC3A)

Note: The incremental update will upgrade you to 1.1.2 from either 1.1 or 1.1.1
[Epic 4G Android Development] Heffboom.Konijn:
After flashing im very happy with how this rom turned out. Thank you so much Toad.

I gota ask tho. Is there any way to renable CRT ON? I realy loved that feature from this rom. One of the reasons i loved clean GB.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DurhamHusker:
Yes please. :-)
[Epic 4G Android Development] nyr35blue:
Awesome work Toad. In order to flash from 1.1. to 1.2 do i just wipe dalvik and install that incremental zip? Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Someone said the gps_fix.zip did not increase the amount of satellite locks. Toad are you working on a flashable? Everything else is awesome man! Great work!
[Epic 4G Android Development] 521:
I'm having a minor issue with gmail, and found that there is no uninstall link for it. Anyone else missing the uninstall?

I wanted to uninstall it and reinstall a new one from the market. I'm experiencing send failures with the one presently installed.

Thanks...

Sent from my supercharged MTD Epic 4G :-P
[Epic 4G Android Development] scott47:
I originally thought, and said that the gps_fix didn't fix the gps as it was still only locking on ~3 satellites.

After I saw that the gps_fix was helping other people I thought about it and realized that before flashing the gps_fix I had re-odex'd my phone and that might be a problem. I re-flashed a clean de-odex'd copy and flashed the gps_fix. At that point the gps worked great again. I went ahead and re-odex'd the phone and the gps continue to work well.

Long story short. If you haven't re-odex'd your phone (I'm not even really sure why I normally do) the gps_fix.zip should work just fine. (In all honesty, I don't know if the odex vs. de-odex caused the problem or if it was a bad flash but my gps is working very well now.)

Thanks Toad so much for spending so much time on this, my favorite ROM of them all!

Scott
[Epic 4G Android Development] gpeterson:
You'll need to use an app like Titanium Backup to remove system apps. Apps baked into the ROM don't have the "uninstall" option in the app manager, only user installed apps do.
[Epic 4G Android Development] labumm:
I migrated from 1.0.5 --> 1.1.1 last night. Was playing around w/ GPS this morning and noticed that GPS fix was not included. If GPS Satus and GPT Test or correct, the phone is only using 2 fo t he 8 satellites, although those 2 change. There are others which are indicated to have stronger signal.

I applied GPS fix and there was no change in this behavior.

So I am confused. CleanGB is deodexed (?). Not sure why I am not back to locking on nearly all the satellites.
[Epic 4G Android Development] 521:
Thank you, gpeterson.

Sent from my supercharged MTD Epic 4G :-P
[Epic 4G Android Development] scott47:
I was thinking about this again and I know that the first time I tried I did not wipe the cache or dalvik cache. The second time I know that I did.

When you flashed the GPS fix did you try wiping the cache and dalvik cache after it was done?

I don't know if that matters or not, but the first time I used the gps_fix I didn't see any difference as a result and would normally have ~3 satellites locked. The second time I used the gps_fix I normally have ~9 satellites locked. Something made a difference but I wish I could tell you with 100% certainty exactly what it was :)

--Scott
[Epic 4G Android Development] BeerChameleon:
Mr I love cm9 is here... what what what?!?!?!

Lol

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[Epic 4G Android Development] BeerChameleon:
Yes please!! Thanks!! Other then that this rom is the ****!!!!!

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[Epic 4G Android Development] labumm:
Just cleared davlik cache. no change.

Fortunately I'm not lost... :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Restola:
Agree with the previous posters about requesting a GPS fix flash.

It's like night and day for me, with no fix I might get 3-4 sats in view in my car after a minute or two, which feels so damn slow. It's definitely worth the extra battery to have a fast/solid GPS lock when I'm in my car and the phone is plugged into a charger anyways.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Luthiensdad:
+1 to the request for a GPS fix flashable zip
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
The front facing camera is much lower resolution than the back, about a Megapixel. But should not be cloudy and super blurry of close up pix.

Flash in CWM.

In CWM there is also a "fix permissions" option.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mynameistory:
My first epic had the same problem, exactly as you describe it. I never really used the front camera so it wasn't a big issue for me. After it tanked trying to OTA the first official gingerbread, they gave me a new one. No issues in the year that I've owned it, so I'm pretty sure it's a factory problem, not a "your pocket is too moist" problem.
[Epic 4G Android Development] wolfen1086:
Tanked cause of an OTA huh?

that would be why I root every Epic me or my oldest gets BEFORE the first battery charge.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
It is cool all of us TW people float between all the TW ROM threads helping out.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mynameistory:
I believe the reason it died was because it WAS rooted. It was rooted stock to get rid of the bloat. Aaaaand, I was too noob to realize I couldn't OTA. The Sprint rep didn't seem to realize or care, and just gave me a brand new phone. No complaints here! I like to think I'm a little more careful now.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JohnnyEpic:
Dust inside of the camera. Common issue in the Epic. Flawed in hardware design somewhere. I remember reading way back on how to clean it. I took mine to Sprint and the tech guy did it for me.
[Epic 4G Android Development] wolfen1086:
My Epic was rooted stock at first and I never had any problems at all, but I went to TPR and CGB simply because the rom is way better and more stable than the stock rom, plus you can still update the prl on either rom
[Epic 4G Android Development] uscpsycho:
So the last couple of days my battery is being sucked dry as fast as the phone can suck it dry.

When I check BetterBatteryStats it often shows 99.9% awake :mad: The culprit seems to be dhd_wake_lock_link_dw_event which is very high. I tried googling that and couldn't find any helpful info. Any idea what is going on here?

Also, my phone is regularly going silent. It just stops making any sounds at all until I reboot. I noticed that there is another kernal wakelock with high frequency called AudioOutLock and I suspect this is causing my phone to go silent.

Any clues as to what the heck is going on here?

I love being able to tweak things and geek out on my phone. But even more than that I love my phone to be stable and work. These things do not seem to be possible with a Samsung Epic 4G no matter what you do. It works for a while and then inevitably goes to hell and you have to start from scratch to get it running smoothly. Then repeat. Am I wrong?
[Epic 4G Android Development] xeks:
Not sure what's wrong with yours but I've never had any issues with cgb; Even over clocked and undervolted never gave me any issues. I suggest if you are tired with tinkering with your phone, go back to stock. All roms and kernels are different on all phones so maybe try out something else and maybe it'll be more stable... did you run v6?
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Rather than drive yourself crazy. Odin stock, root, flash CleanGB, do not restore data. Download a few apps at a time keeping an eye for that wakelock to show up. Then delete the offending app.
[Epic 4G Android Development] wolfen1086:
And if you find which app has wakelock PLEASE post the name of the app so the rest of us don;t download it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
I remember Jettmartinez had the same wakelock. Never could figure that out but he said if he did a full shut down (not reboot) then powered back on it would go away. Maybe try a different governor/scheduler combo.
[Epic 4G Android Development] labumm:
I post this question here becasue I am on CGB.

Is there any reason I would get better signal with the FC09 modem?

My situation is that I used to have a stable 2-3 bars inside my house, and another bar or so outside. But in the last 6-8 weeks sometimes I have zero bars standing outside in my nieghborhood. (no highrises or giant metal structures). In fact sometimes I cannot get Pandora to start--no data signal.

On the other hand, last weekend I tried to update my profile using the temporary FC09 ROM. It failed repeatedly as I only has 2 to zero bars standing outside in hopes of better signal. (You know it ALWAYS drops to zero bars when you try to update the profile or PRL.) I drove to another area of town where I had 4 bars and the profile update worked OK. I was doing the profile update in hopes of improving my signal. No difference in signal afterwards in the temp ROM or CGB.

So I think I answered my own question--and it is not the EL modem in CGB. But others are more knowledgeable and I hope for some insight.

I called Sprint. They did not fess up to any prblems in my area. They want me to bring them my phone to do updates and to check the hardware. Maybe they can fix my broken space key. I guess I will be doing a return to stock....
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
We don't have an FC06 modem. FC09, FC19 and FB15 are the F series.
[Epic 4G Android Development] SadieNibblesworth:
Dear KennyGlass,

Please stop being professional and start lying to people.

I WANT THAT FC06 MODEM! LOL!

Hoppingfully yours,

Your friendly, neighborhood Lagomorph,

--SN
[Epic 4G Android Development] labumm:
True, that. Presumably the versions are numbered sequentially. We only see the one that left the nest or were leaked...
[Epic 4G Android Development] wolfen1086:
I bet ya if we tell the govt they will give us an FC06 modem LOL
[Epic 4G Android Development] labumm:
I bet you could find it at area 52. ...oops, I meant area 51.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Probably why it is giving him problems...it is 03 short...lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] themow:
Can anyone tell me if there is a wifi fix? I remember reading about it but can not find it for the life of me. My phone needs to be next to the router to get decent signal. Any fix?

Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
I never had WiFi problems using this ROM on my Epic.

Posted by Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.
[Epic 4G Android Development] SadieNibblesworth:
I've used CleanGB with two phones and I steal wireless from my next door neighbor. She lives two concrete walls away from me and even with a crappy, easy to guess password and an ugly cat, I still manage to get great reception and high transfer speeds.

Have you tried kicking your router? What about a voodoo hex? Did you accidentally set up a Faraday cage in your house? Please don't tell me you're a paranoid person who blocks-out his windows with aluminum foil, because that can kill your wireless reception in some circumstances.

If you have tried all of those troubleshooting tips, perhaps I can interest you in the services of Sadie Lovington Nibblesworth. She is my house rabbit and will come over your house, bite your router's power cable, and then urinate on your shoes. She'll even tear your favourite fleece throw for free!

Think about it and get back to me.

Hoppingfully yours,

--SN
[Epic 4G Android Development] uscpsycho:
I don't even know what v6 is. Only ROM I've ever installed in CleanGB. I just wanted something as stable as possible and my due diligence led me to CGB.

I went stock to GB fairly recently when Sprint replaced my phone because of a problem with the slider. Now this one has a problem with the rear facing camera so who know if they'll give me another.

The problem with the wakelock I described is not new. I've had periods of several days at a time where my phone hates any charged battery and sucks it dead as fast as it can. The whole time my phone is running hot. Then the issue goes away and my phone is back to normal. No matter how many times I reboot, clear cache, etc. it doesn't help. It just disappears as mysteriously as it starts.

I suspect it may have something to do with my router having issues but I can't be sure. I can test that theory the next time this happens.

Can you explain what you mean by a different governor/scheduler combo?

Never heard of a wifi fix. Perhaps you are thinking of the GPS Fix?
[Epic 4G Android Development] darkierawr:
He's talking about the V6 SuperCharger by zeppelinrox. Try it out. Very easy to use, and it offers a nice speed boost.

i would try another ROM. Experiment just a little. After all, that is half the fun of having the phone. I'd stick with GB for top ramen battery life. CM7 is nice. But you could also try one of the few remaining TW based ROM's. Mine and The People's ROMs have been updated very recently, and are very stable.

Try installing Voltage Control. At the top you will see "Governor" and "I/O Scheduler" at the top. He means try changing those settings. I recommend SIO for scheduler and ondemand or wheatley for governor.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
In Voltage Control (download the app) there are a list of governors and I/o schedulers to choose from. Some like performance keep your CPU at higher speeds longer and others like ondemand drop down to conserve battery. As far as the schedulers I never played with any and use either sio or noop.
[Epic 4G Android Development] darkierawr:
I answered that...

But you answered it better...

Profit?
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Ahhh..yours was more to the point.
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
I didn't see any direct response to this, and I see something that should be clarified (I'm sure others have had the same misunderstanding - I had to double check it myself, before posting) - the FC09 temp boot still uses whatever modem you have installed in the main rom. The only way it could use the FC09 modem is if that is what you use normally. If the temp boot redirected *everything* then it would be worthless, because the prl that it updated would only be read when loading the temp-boot.. make sense? So instead, it only redirects the bare minimum to boot a different rom - the modem and the internal storage where the PRL is located are not among the redirected partitions because they can be used by any Epic rom without modification.

I don't know much about CleanGB, but I thought it was using a TW base (I could very well be wrong here) - I'm not sure what caused the disparity in signal strength, because that is usually seen when someone is temp-booting to update PRL for AOSP based roms (CM7/9, MIUI and similar). What I can say for certain, however, is that you saw that stronger signal with the same modem you use every day... so if you're still looking for a solution to the problem, at least you can eliminate one possibility from the list ;)

The version numbers are only sequential because dates are sequential - the numbering is a code based on the build date. I can't recall the exact details, but I think F indicates the year, so all F modems are from '12. If I haven't mixed that part up, then C indicates the month of March, and I think the 09 at the end is a straight-forward day of the month. So FC09 is from March 9th of 2012...

It isn't important, but I like to be as well informed as possible - I'm sharing my knowledge for the benefit of others who feel the same way :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
This is true. Samsung labelled there firmware and modems with the same date code even though they are independent of each other. As for signal strength, the Epic is ridiculously sensitive and Sprint signal strength is spotty. I can move ovrr 2 couch cushions and change 2 bars. So unless you have not moved an inch or changed the way you held the phone or atmospheric conditions don't put much into unless you have used it for a few days.
[Epic 4G Android Development] wolfen1086:
This is true . my epic does the same signal thing even on TPR, with the FC09 modem, I have tried all the other modems too and same same, so I stay with TPR and FC09 with whatever modem or signal booster apps that actually work, so far though I haven't found any that really work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] labumm:
Multiple thanks for the clear answers. We will see what happens after I return to stock and then to the Sprint store. I have a feeling there will be no difference.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Frostacious:
What's happening to this thread since I've been gone?
[Epic 4G Android Development] wolfen1086:
Simple since TPR works so good and nobody is having any problems so far we are hijacking the thread and talking about football, baseball, cars, dogs, and zombies. Zombies being the thread favorite :)

Me....I'm patiently waitin to text the next version of TPR as soon as I can :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
I had emailed Toad who thought he might make it back to update in July but life must have got in the way still. He has not responded to my most recent email. In the meantime we have been answering questions to help keep this ROM alive. Sadie has been awesome as the head of the CleanGB fan club and she really knows her stuff!
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
Sadie is awesome, but her Avatar has some of the TPR folks experiencing a sort of PTSD. ;) my therapist is helping me through it, as well as the writings of Deepak Chopra and Eckhart Tolle.

Sadie, thank you for your wisdom! And thanks to all for keeping this thread going. Godspeed to Toad, who is missed more than he knows. If I see a "goodbye" thread from him (laced with the usual Gnex versus SGS3 hyperbole), my therapist can finally make the down-payment on the house in Metro West happen...
[Epic 4G Android Development] XXCoder:
I do hope toad will make new cleangb version, but really current version works so well. Only 2 issues I have ever noticed was gps issues and lock refusing to turn back on sometimes after its turned off via status buttons.

Rolf
[Epic 4G Android Development] Frostacious:
Got to admit love the zombies talk. I'm big on the Walking Dead!!!! Simply the best tv sitcom. I have a link to the Web Page where they keep every episode and thank some from popular shows. I'll post the link up soon.