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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
Hmmm so people are not happy we have ICS on this device? I don't know but to be honest I rather have an AOKP build than the **** Sprint gives us....and they care less about everyone's *****ing and complaining. The only way to get a voice heard is to boycott the S3 but their marketing did the job. ;) sold the devices to tons of people, and now they can give a ****less about the s2 owners so just be happy we actually have an ICS build because they could have scrapped it months ago and with over 40 builds (12 or 13 which I leaked out to everyone ) you know their engineers worked hard maybe not thru some people's eyes. So to anyone complaining just flash your damn device root it take out the bloat ware and smile :) because sprint and Samsung have moved on to bigger better things much like many of us here.

That's just me....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
IMO they did a decent job up until the last 4.0.3 leak, then after switching to 4.0.4 there were some regressions and they never got back to the last 4.0.3 level. It seemed like they kind of ran out of time at the end with the sequencing of the GS3 release.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scoobmd:
I was all excited about the offical update showing up on my phone this morning until I came here.

Thanks to you guys I'm holding off on the OTA update.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ablinjin:
When can we expect a patch to address some of these issues? If they are even going to assign the old team to do this. Maybe they are done working with the epic touch? I'm scared to update now. :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
Tomorrow
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ravaged Pheonix:
Seriously? My wife's phone still hasn't got an update notification and she is pure stock. I could care less about an update on my device now that we have source. I kinda doubt a patch will be released before roll out is complete. But this is sex tape were are talking about here.

Sent searching for the source of the Blu Kubans
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
Next logical question if you can tell - is this one that they've been sitting on?

Or perhaps it's an urgent fix requested by Sprint due to complaints?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
I'm going to guess they are going to have to finish rolling out the primary OTA first, so some time after 6/20/2012
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
I think sextape is being facetious. They haven't finished the first update yet. I doubt they would start a patch update in the middle of it. Remember, roll out is from 6/12-6/20
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
Maybe what Sextape's means by tomorrow is, they are in the works of a patch and and it's under good progress, and that she's going to have a leak for us tomorrow. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
I think that's more wishful thinking than anything. Sextape has already said that they are no longer providing support for this device.

EDIT: And that you believe sextape is female kinda proves my "wishful thinking" point, LOL!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
I just got from work and IM just going to say that Samsung screwed us up badly with our phones.

I was playing with a Co workers Samsung galaxy sky rocket and I told him about the ics update that he should have so he installed it this past weekend, so I started playing with his phone for a bit and their ics 4.0.4 is way much better then ours way smoother I couldn't find no bugs at all every thing was running great with ics stock even the scrolling was better then ours their version of ics doesn't have that super speed scrolling crap it's GB buttery smooth and I was so jello and pissed that Samsung screwed our ics version up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wmlddg23:
Is anyone having any wifi issues worth ff18? It just seems like I'm not getting data at the same speed from the same spot as before.

From my bed upstairs I used to be at the far end of the need and comfortably get max download speeds, now its less than half that. And my upload speeds are at a crawl now lil 4 to 10kbps usually I can get 3 to 4 mbps

Sent with a gingerbread ice cream sandwich, with jelly Belly's on top
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sunnyfly:
i was all hyped up for official ICS on our device and when i finally was able to update i was very dissapointed, Samsung and Sprint have done a horrible job at making us wait this long for a no good ICS update. even though my data speeds increased tremendously from EL29 my battery life was horrible and of course those other known bugs. i have odined back to stock EG30 since i get better data speeds with that build and hoping something gets done FAST! overall ICS rating a BIG FAIL!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joe.stay:
How do I disable the swipe to right for call and swipe to left for text in the messaging section?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ebuc:
:/ update could've been better.

Hopefully our phone isn't yet eol, and we can get some bug fixes to it.

lol it would be funny if the update was made this way on purpose to get rid of wimax 4g phones while increasing sgs3 sales, with an sgs2 for sgs3 buyback program if there is one.

/conspiracies.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HolaMix:
so after reading that this update sucks i do not want to do it but my phone keeps telling me there's an update every 5 mins, is there no way to get around this damn message ???
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] t4d73:
I doubt it. They were advertising this device on Sprint's Facebook page today. By one get one lol. It's still going for a 100 bucks too lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] t4d73:
I don't think it sucks that bad man. Especially after I went back to gingerbread. This has way more features imo. Give it a try. U can always go back.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HolaMix:
i just have my exactly how i want it, i have a feeling ima lose all this **** i've done to it would rather just not even deal with it, i live by the motto, "if it's not broke dont fix it"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
My auto brightness keeps getting enabled automatically and I keep having to turn It off -. - this a bug, or my phone? Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yellowman82:
Meh the features itself wouldn't have me going back to a buggy not 100% stable ics. GB to me is still better even if it lacks all the cool features.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] worn_chaos789:
Honestly I'm not expecting Sprint and Samsung to continue working on it anymore. Then again they may have released it with the bugs just to shut people up, then continue working on other builds. I'm not having hardly any issues. Battery is awesome, just a few graphical bugs. I think it would be best to wait for the devs here on xda to work on the build themselves. They all do a great job and I have 100% faith that they'll be able to polish it up and make it as if it were never buggy in the first place. Now we play the waiting game.....again lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HolaMix:
and i dont feel like reloading my phone to this crap, then going back to GB, just a waist of my time, it's already how i want it, i dont really care about being the cool guy with ics
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tensux:
wtf? im on calks 3.0 gb, i dont want ics, tried most of the roms out there, and i just got update notice, i thought all the custom roms blocked updates
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
This came up when people were testing the leaks. Often the issue is they didn't realize that Browser has its own Auto Brightness settings independent of the System ones and if you have that setting different than your normal setting you will get strange Auto Brightness behavior and think something is wrong.

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Read this post in its entirety:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1774282

There is an update.zip you run in CWM that should stop the update.

There are also instructions on getting rid of the update message if your phone has already downloaded the update.

Those are two separate processes going on so they get disabled in different ways.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Damn on the Bart I was just sitting next to someone who had the pebble blue gs3. God that made my phone look like crap.

But its okay because after he got up and another person sat down had the iPhone and it was a chew toy for the E4GT.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
You feel like pebble blue puts classic black to shame? You're trying to make a fashion statement with your phone to begin with? When a screen and a ram update is all that stands between you and the phone next to you, feel pretty evenly matched.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Come on guys at least try ics. You can always switch back. I have gone back to gb several times in the past few months and at this point I don't see any reason to go back. Stock is fun but when you get bored with the stock version there are tons of roms to try.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EggosEvo:
I was on stock FF18 rooted for maybe two days. I got sick of the bugs, so i decided to flash AOKP as my first rom flash ever on my E4GT. I love it and don't plan on going back.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] WheresTrent:
Man, I remember when I was really hopeful for the official update. Not necessarily for source, but just to have it OFFICIAL - like that meant something. Of course, now we see the FF18 leak is the same as what Sprint and Samsung plopped out, and there's trouble everywhere with it. I flashed Blu Kuban last night and generally it's great (I'll ask my questions about it elsewhere). I'm a little surprised I sat on a stock ROM for so long.

This being my first post, I want to thank to everyone in this thread for the various droppings of wisdom, links, etc. since I've been lurking it the past couple of months. I learned a lot and got the information I needed to safely flash.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mute1:
I have gone back to gb several times....

So IS it possible for me to roll back to GB from ICS OTA without losing my data? I don't want to stay with ICS as it doesn't allow USB Mass Storage like GB did and I cannot find a patch/work around. Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MoHoGalore:
There are work arounds for it.. if that's the only reason you want to go back to gb..

Did you try usb switcher?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gharlane00:
Mijja's Goodness rom has GB style USB Mass Storage you can flash it on top of stock ICS without deleting data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mute1:
USB Switcher - Miijja's Goodness

I'll take a look. Last time I tried that it didn't work so great. As to it being the only reason, I'm not sure, I've been experiencing a lot of App lock ups and I'm not certain if simply re-installing them will correct the trouble. Though I have read about the slower 4G performance and this concerns me as well.

Link?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
You can't roll back from ICS to GB and KEEP your data. You'll just get a bunch of force closes. However, you can rollback from ICS to GB then reinstall apps and/or restore your data, or you can restore a nandroid backup of your GB setup.

If what you want is USB mass storage, Auto Root Option E will allow you to get USB mass storage back. Also usb switcher as mentioned above will do it too.

Auto Root can be found here:

http://tinyurl.com/75w32jg

You can get a link for USB Switcher and a more detailed explanation here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24010029&postcount=889

It is also under the FAQ section of the FF18 ODIN OneClick.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] omegatek:
Is there a way for me to decline the update to ICS or make it stop asking me to update? I want to stay on GB a little while longer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
See this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1774282

Or use fotakill
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ebuc:
I'll just say guys, the ota update really isn't that bad lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] omegatek:
Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
+1 My wife is running it on her phone with no complaints. I prefer root privileges, so after a long while of being on the Goodness Blend, I've restored back to FF18+root with Agat's source kernel. If I hadn't bought so many apps that need root and didn't like the security of having a nandroid, I'd probably be completely stock.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ProStreetCamaro:
It is horrible if you ask me. Here it is 4:30 in the afternoon and I have 35% battery left. I would normally have 60%+ at this time. I have not even made a call today and the screen on time has been about 39 minutes and thats it. I hate the way it scrolls, There is a slight hesitation on everything and my signal is showing much weaker than before. So you tell me what is good about ICS on this phone? :confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joshuadub:
I felt the same way about ota ics until I did a factory reset and it got a lot better but I only ran ff18 for one day and went back to custom roms I'm currently on blazer ics and I'm getting same battery usage as I would get on gb I found that setcpu to 1000 and ff11 modem works best for me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EggosEvo:
Instead of a factory reset, I just went straight to AOKP. I'm getting the same battery life as I did on stock EL29 without any added tweaks. Maybe I'll try setcpu and see if that makes things even better.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chello43:
What do you mean, ICS "doesn't allow USB Mass Storage"? What exactly happens to the USB M.S.? ICS doesn't allow me to store in my storage? Won't read it? Won't transfer from my SD card?!

(I haven't gotten my ICS invitation from Sprint yet) :-)

No, really, thats the reason I got an E4GT, for all that room. I sure don't want all my giddiness for ICS take away my gigabytes! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
By default, ICS enables MTP mode rather than USB Mass Storage. Also they got rid of the UI to manually enable USB Mass Storage mode (where it shows up as a drive on your PC). Also turning on USB Debugging no longer enables USB Mass Storage, like it did on GB.

You can still enable USB Mass Storage instead of MTP mode, but now you need to do it through non-standard avenues.

This post gives more details:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24010029&postcount=889

Some people are ok with MTP mode, but others can't even see their phone anymore because their OS doesn't have MTP drivers. Also appears to be slower for file transfers.

EL29 defaulted to MTP mode also, but there were multiple standard ways to turn on USB mass storage mode. Turning on USB debugging is how most people got USB Mass Storage mode w/o realizing it wasn't the default.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jt_hatch:
There's also the "USB mode switch for SGS1 on CM" app on the market/Google Play (just search "USB Switcher"). Agat has included it in his ICS leak ROMs going quite a few leaks back, and I've used it with great success... Sometimes I like the quick convenience of MTP mode, other times I want the solid/fast transfers in mass storage mode. (Note I believe it does require root.)

Edit: lol I just read sfhub's post that he linked to in full and saw he included a link to the app I mentioned; it really is very handy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] optimummind:
I skipped the ota ff18 & went straight to the latest Blu Kuban & agat's latest kernel. Coming from calkulin's v3.0 gb, i didnt like it too much. Yes it was pretty & neat but the phone felt slower and more laggy. Also, it wasnt very stable. Lots of crashes, like the rom updater, google market, xda, and a couple more. It didnt happen very frequently but still got annoying after a while. Biggest app offender was kakaotalk. The moment i started to go in a chatroom, the app would black out, followed by a crash. Now i'm back on calkulin & i'm loving my phone very much again. I think i'll pass on ics until more refinement, polishing, speed increase, stability, & reliability are baked in.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ebuc:
weird, do i have low standards or are people just overreacting? the update wasn't terrible lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
I'm on stock OTA FF18 all fine except for known bugs and battery drain but nothing to worry about. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Febby:
I'm on calkukins 1.6 ICS ROM with an agat kernel I yanked from a 7/17 ROM ;)... it works like heaven with little to no issues to me now...!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] richcracker:
hoping that was sarcasm...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
LMAO Yeah that was sarcasm...;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] richcracker:
I've frozen a lot of the bloatware w/ Titanium and I've noticed better battery life since. I was seeing about 7-9% drain/hour before, now I'm down to about 4-5% an hour.

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I assumed as much, just making sure :lol:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joshuadub:
I flashed calks bare rom converter on stock ff18 and everything is working perfect
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
There's more you can freeze with TB, safely, or just disable in system that will give you even better, but it may be stuff you actually use, like gapps. I don't know what you've already done or what you use regularly to really make suggestions. Sfhub said he was able to get 1% an hour by going bare bones here and also makes some great suggestions on how to get decent battery. So good battery life is POSSIBLE, just may not be very user friendly, LOL!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thirdcoastraised:
One day they'll learn, you can't beat the Kuban, especially since its backed by THE VeNuM!

Sent from my TeAm VeNuM fangs using that Kubanized TapaTalk2 app spreading that epiCdemic!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wolfkorn:
After update when i dial a number from dial pad the contact doesn't show up, like when i start to Giorgio that name, any way to enable that?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Nightebreed:
I haven't received an update yet. For 2 days the system.update was running (48 hours) but now that it is gone, no update still. I know I can manually update it to FF18 but wanted to get the OTA. I was on Blazer Rom for the longest time then OC to EL29 and removed root so I could get the update.

Anyone experienced something similar or is it just me since I want to wait for the OTA? :laugh:

My next phone will definitely be a pure google phone. I had a Samsung Moment phone prior to the Epic 4g Touch and any updates for that phone were virtually non-existent. I do wonder if it is Sprint or Samsung that don't update their phones. :confused:

Thanks all.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nhfi:
quick ? i hope .. did the update.zip and its working fine but its not rooted and i want to del/uninstall superuser how do i do this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ravaged Pheonix:
Anyone know if being on Wi-Fi all the time will block the update from downloading? My wife's phone still hasn't shown the update. I know when you update prl and profile it shuts off Wi-Fi. Wondering if OTA has to come on sprint data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MoHoGalore:
I haven't gotten the update push notice either. And i'm all over the networks on any given day..

I'm off Wicked at the moment and sporting pure stock el29. (been thinking about the 3 this week and don't want it to be an issue if I pull the trigger) Just fyi..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rocketbaby:
I got my update on the 9th somewhere after 0400 cst and now my Kendall is saying dirty kernel... How do you fix that? I had qbkings el29 prior to this with no portions.. Didn't get a chance to install CWM until after this update... I'm afraid to Odin another ics and if i go back to el29, what do i do to ensure i either don't mess it up or worse brick it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rocketbaby:
*problem and kernel sorry for the typos
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
You know you can edit the post?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rocketbaby:
I do now.. Thx!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rocketbaby:
Mine is always on wifi and hubby's off wifi and he has not got the update, his is unrooted stock gingerbread el29. He has even tried using update Android in settings.. Nada...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Even though two devices are in the same household and may have even been bought together that doesn't mean they will receive the update at the same time.

Click here for custom mods for your E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nhfi:
is there a stock unrooted OC or tar that i can flash so phone will be stock unrooted? could be GB or ICS as long as its not rooted
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
See answer here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29063639
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
Settings>update android will not start the update unless you have been prompted to receive the update and have postponed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rocketbaby:
I know.. Depends on which phase your number is in the rollout... Should be today some time because Sprint is supposed to be done with it by the 20th before rolling out any fixes on the 23rd/24th.. Was just letting him know that wifi doesn't necessarily mean no update.. Thx tho! :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rocketbaby:
Is it possible to update in your sleep? ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
I think so. Though I have not experienced this, it may go into auto mode if it times out and detects it's connected to a charger. Again, I have not experienced this, just saying that it's a possibility on a mandatory update.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rocketbaby:
back in business!

well... here's what i did.... (couldnt wait for someone to help...needed my phone asap--mom is in the hospital)

so in this order is what i did

1. unrooted via CWM. and deleted ROOT001 folder

2. oden'd with EL29 stock first. -->Here kernal still showing stock kernal... no dirt

3. initial reboot soft-bricked it, so I rebooted into stock recovery, deleted data and rebooted the 2nd time and it came up slowly.

4. saw that the previously rooted folder had been recreated with all the CWM stuff on it... so used CWM and refreshed the stock install for EL29

5. after 1st attempt at rebooting, it came up fine. Then installed the FF02 to FF18 CWM update, rebooted.

6. rebooted into odin mode for FF18 stock odin no data. rebooted. came up fine.

7. installed Ti and am recovering my backup now.

when i get a chance, I am going to check into the battery issue... heavy drain on it.. 40% in 6 hrs of idle time, only on wifi.

if anyone has a suggestion as to where/which thread i can find more info about the battery issue, let me know... running to the hospital now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
My thoughts are with you and your mom. Hope everything is okay.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Don't judge LG phone by the usage. Look at the hardware and display. All of their devices are amazing til you turn it on. The Nitro HD is a revolutionary phone with probably the most gorgeous display I've ever seen
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
From a hardware standpoint yes they have impressive hardware that I will give them. But when you want need a phone that should be usable I'll stay away from them. Now before they got into Android they had great phones I just don't think they have put in the time they have needed to but that's my opinion. My fiance had an LG Ally (granted it was a low end phone) but there were so many issues with that phone when she had it. She has a Droid charge now and while it's had a few quirks she loves it she will most likely be getting my E4GT when the GS3 comes to Sprint. she had a ton of time to play with mine and she loves it but shes still under contract with VZN right now and just riding it out. At the same time shes got a grandfathered unlimited plan so shes pretty happy with it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Think about an G2X or Nitro HD with stock Jelly Bean. Best device out. Google will be handling the hardware and software end if it is LG
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
Not even worried about JB right now honestly when barely any phones have ICS as it is (yes it's coming which is great) I guess we will just have to wait and see though. I do like the Nexus line of phones however but at the time I went to Sprint the E4GT was just a no brainer for me over the Nexus S 4G
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Well we're discussing the the next Nexus device for JB is relevant
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
True I guess we will have to wait and see however. Spec wise I would hope it's at least on par with what is out at the time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
It'll probably have an A9 quad or A15 dual.