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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AestenD:
Considering how close this ICS is to release quality (IMO) then saying it'll be after SGS3 is a good thing! Means SGS3 is really close :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 88cavalierz24:
Thought vzw was suppose to get the sgs3 first for a bit before it comes to any other carrier.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Not according to a lot of people ;) They want to get it out before the S3 comes, and I for one cannot wait for source :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
All of you discussing this are forgetting one thing. What they were testing was not FE21/22, but FE28/29. All with access to insiders have said to stay far away from FE21/22. All the silence may be the sound of a mason laying bricks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
FE21 is no more or less capable of bricking than the previous ICS releases.

They just got wind of the EMMC lockup/brick problem which we've known about on XDA for many months and have been discussing in more detail in the last few weeks.

According to the recent posts, the fix for the EMMC lockup/brick issue is not in FE21/22 so they are saying stay away from it, but really, we've been living with the same danger of EMMC lockup/brick since the first ICS leak for our phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
I must have misunderstood the posts from others then. I thought they were discussing FE28/29 as having that issue, but FE21/22 being reported as a phone killer.

My apologies.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] satur9ine:
Yep.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
So disregard this post?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shemunit:
No prob so far gere with fe21. Its actually a lot better then fe16
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kc_exactly:
I am waiting.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BrandoKC:
According to the Mayans your phone will brick and melt in December.

Anyone attest to the Exchange bug being fixed on FE21?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] madocs:
Testing exchange right now, I'll post sumthin.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pdaddy:
I've been on FE21 for a few days with massive battery drain. Fully charged at 6:00 PM. Down to 47% at 9:50 PM. Just normal activities.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Umm, considering FE21 only came out today what are you talking about? haha, and what do you consider "normal activities"?

Also, a few means 3, so you're saying you had FE21 on the 20th? :eek:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
Thanks for saying what I was thinking lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wraith404:
3 hours of "iPhone Pr0n".
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fatboypup:
yikes
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pdaddy:
Oops... Meant FE16. Had a few drinks tonight. Sorry for the misleading information.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fatboypup:
drunkard :eek:

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and ive dropped another 6% in the last half hour weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this things a turd
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wraith404:
I was averaging about 6% an hour on FE16, or about 13-15 hours of life. Not great, but par for the course for me even on GB EL29. It needs to shake out and reset battery stats, full discharge, full recharge, before you can get accurate depletion. Also, make sure you aren't using additional sync resources, like syncing Drive, Google Photos, Google+ etc where maybe you were not previously. I have 3 accounts attached to my phone, and if I don't disable all the syncs that I don't need, it depletes twice as fast... For me, sync is the number one drain.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fatboypup:
Dead....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ascertion:
lmao Facebook is half of the drain, compared to screen time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fatboypup:
I can haz Facebook?!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Majin101:
Lol I gave up on the fb app I just use browser
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fatboypup:
5h 3m 26s beat that!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ascertion:
Just flashed FE21 and I haven't had my phone get this hot after flashing and ICS in awhile.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fatboypup:
FE16 made mine warm the other day ill pulled the battery and put it in the freezer for a minute
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] madocs:
Exch seems good so far. Doesnt FC, syncing just fine as well.

- sent from a thingy
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
In all honest rumors are still rumors until Sprint says otherwise. We have been guessing at release days since the beginning of development and never get it right.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Lol I'm glad to see people having fun with the fe21 build :P

Wow look what I just hit on my laptop tethering with my epic 4g touch on 3G with FE21 modem :eek:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lsmosdef:
is that a k series i see in ur icon? anyways lol damn such a tease, atleast i can see the build is all fb21 not a mix n match
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SuperSwagSauce:
CALK YOU TEASING BASTARD.

Sent from my Super Sexy Epic touch.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] locoboi187:
God damn calk. Good stuff :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Yay! Any eta?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
**** eta's. Does it actually fix anything is what I'd rather know.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dec3ption:
.......lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Sprint changed how they handle software updates, and they also switched repair software.

I'm in the loop and tiny bit, but no where near what I use to be. 3 of my sources either got fired or quit their job. I have one left but they are the quiet type.

I do have a top of the line Samsung source though that works on all the development material for their devices. The problem is he is strict to their rules, and he will inform me about the devices and software.

Maybe... I was had a suspicious they were watching me. I got 2 phone calls from Sprint upper management before about certain things that I was slapped on the wrist about
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
I heard it doesn't. I read that from iSaint response about it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bloooctober:
Maybe Sprint isn't a fan of the Gators... ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kc_exactly:
Thanks Calkulin for the heads up. I declare today XDA Dev Calkulin Day.

Hey, like the little Android I found?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SuperSwagSauce:
This is sweet. Where does one find these little gems?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lsmosdef:
hahaha love it 1st time ive ever seen a puertorican android lmao
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
If that's the case not even worth my time. I like the builds but to me it's not ready for everyday use. But it's pretty much alpha so I expected that part. No harm
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SuperSwagSauce:
Supposedly It's more polished, but still has most of the issues from FB17.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] adma84:
I heard it will make you stronger. And rich.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Specialksg1:
Adds inches to your e-peen ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SuperSwagSauce:
Stronger AND rich? No wonder nobody put it out yet, they want it for themselves ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Specialksg1:
Calk, you should just slide that over to Steady and the two of you should hold it til you get recovery working. You know that will be the first thing brought up when it does drop! ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Calkulin:
Sent as soon as I got the build ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hayabusa1300cc:
ohhh so he been holdin out too huh

we gonna hafta ruff him up a bit.. ;]
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamtheug:
ok, so. a bout two days ago i posted an issue reguarding my capacitive buttons not responding for a bit after waking up on fe16 nodata. last night i read that i aught to flash fe16 wipedata and see if that fixes it, but that they doubted it and it might be a hardware problem. thus, i flashed fe16 wipe data. let it run for a day, and yeah, its still doing it. i'm going to go ahead and flash the fe21 and see what that does. as with fe16 i'm going to give it a full day to see if it comes back. if it does, i'm going clear back to ek02 and ota-ing back to el29. if THAT doesnt fix it, then i'm wiping everything from my phone and contacting sprint. i HATE the thought of that, but what ya going to do? if it fixes it, i'll post. if it doesnt, i'll post. lol. here's to hoping it fixes it. btw, the fe16 wipedata and fe21 have both been flashed from odin on my laptop with no errors.

edit: leaderbuilder was the gentleman who helped me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thirdcoastraised:
Yes, do enjoy fe21 and sfhub was absolutely correct, everyone is concerned about the Emmc issue now because of the recent attention when the reality is from the very first leaked build that issue was present. Also take into consideration that the actual build you are flashing has been tweaked etc. by one of our wonderful developers. Waiting for Sprint to announce dates for OTA, but I can report this much, Samsung is reviewing all the final reports, which honestly look beautiful, and could force Sprints hand by releasing source no later than Monday keeping in mind again, the first pre ordered "unlocked" gs3's ship today with expected delivery dates of 5/29 & 5/30. Look at it this way, we're gonna have official ICS with amazing custom ROMs, while OG EVO NEVER WILL, and the other HTC devices aren't even scheduled to begin getting ICS until late q3, then Sammy is gonna slap em across the face again with gs3 arriving just about exactly same time after EVO LTE as the OG EPIC 4G did and once again knock HTC back down to iPhone levels

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamtheug:
Alright. Capacitive keys still buggy. Fe21. Thought I'd update everyone. Not sure why. Glad I have ins.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Imaginos:
What's a lot better about it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mmark27:
+1 to this in FE16 and FE21.

Also the bluetooth pairing request bug has returned in FE21. Everytime you connect to bluetooth device it'll ask to re - pair to it and it also asks to redownload the phone book every single time.

The roaming data notification bug is still present. It notifies you every time you roam even of you've allowed it to roam without guard.

I flashed the reset data version through odin.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thirdcoastraised:
Now you have an unofficial fe22 to play with, having looked at this build it is a developer version that's been modded and tweaked. Still you should see the difference in smoothness, response, EXCHANGE, and over all quality. Your OTA...just keep watching and be ready to revert to STOCK GB, and developers...what you've all been waiting for, you should be able to smell now, nothing official yet, but the buzz is loud, the smiles are big and plenty and Sammy and Sprint are in near constant contact this morning

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wraith404:
I doubt many people here are going to take the OTA and lose root, better to wait for a TAR ;)

But that's great news on FE22, Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fatboypup:
I can haz fe22¿
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mmark27:
Ha, and then wait up to 2 weeks to get pushed the OTA. Thank jebus for XDA and the good developers here to get it out quickly.

I sure hope they fixed all these little annoying bugs like notification light, bluetooth pairing requests, and roaming notifications. And the big ones like EMMC corruption.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
I will, but that's because I want to see what experience Samsung/Sprint intended for us to have on top of Google's ICS and see if I even need to root. I root to make backups and remove bloatware. If I can do those things without root, I probably will. As nice as it is to run custom and themed ROMs and launchers, it isn't a necessity for me. On the other hand, if I can't tweak the settings enough to get battery life up to my standards or get the phone to generally, "do what I want it to do," I will be coming here for solutions. One of the things that has greatly impressed me about this version of ICS is it's flexibility. What other smartphone OS allows you to essentially strip away all of the vendor installed software? Google, Samsung and Sprint are great and all, but if I don't use your software, I don't want it constantly running in the background. That's right, I'm looking at you, "Sprint ID," "Google+," "AP Mobile," and "Yahoo Financial!"

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Agreed on the big thanks to the devs here, but I don't get the big fuss over the notification light while charging thing. I guess because I'm away from an outlet 90% of my waking day, it doesn't catch my attention, but the first thing I do when I wake up and take my phone off of the charger is check the screen to see if I missed anything. I don't think I've ever really relied on the notification light. if you don't check the screen and remove the phone from the charger, does the notification light start to respond then?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
I think he's referring to the notification light no longer blinking to alert for messages, missed calls, etc but I could be wrong.

My notification light goes solid blue whenever there's a facebook notification but I get nothing for texts, emails or missed calls, other than the alert sound but my notification light works the way it should when my phone is on the charger.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wraith404:
That's a perfectly reasonable position, just keep in mind that their will in all likelihood be a stock TAR of the final OTA. Meaning of course no differences except root, so the experience will be identical. It will probably be available shortly after the first OTAs start dropping, and a week before most people get their OTA.

Backups are one of the primary reasons I crave being rooted for, not being able to backup user data natively is crushing. Titanium Backup rocks. There are a couple other tweaks I like having root for, but that one takes the cake.. and unfortunately ICS does not provide any solution.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
Agreed, and I didn't delve into it during any of my "testing" of ICS leaks, but I did see an option in development to password protect desktop backups. Like I said, I didn't really mess with that aspect, but are you sure that your statement is entirely accurate?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] madocs:
Hmm, I dont seem to have that issue. I get a red blink on missed calls and unread exchange email/gmail. Still fresh on FE21, perhaps if/when I dont let the call completion transition occur I will experience the same. I believe that was what caused the issue in prior builds. Quick, somebody call me so I can test...:p

- sent from a thingy
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
The bluetooth thing isnt really a bug, on every phone after a flash I've always had to delete phone and pair it again to my car stereo and give car permission to access the phonebook. Its just another step I include when flashing. Pair phone with car, obd2, tomtom etc.. again
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] reddragon72:
As I said in an earlier post FE21 was rubbish and FE22 was really good and nearly complete.

Talked to my guy this morning and he is done with testing. Stated that tomorrow, possibly, should be a new build that will be the OTA build, but also said talk of Monday being possible. So forget FE21 and wait for FE22, as I said before, or just wait till this weekend is we get FE25 as it will be the final defacto.

Remember all info is based on a tester and me chit chatting with him, but he is on the inside.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
That's what I thought you said... sort of... I thought FE21/22 were the same build just unresolved release date.

EDIT: On an off topic side note, I call shenanigans on this site. In the profile area, it asks which country I'm from and doesn't list Texas as a selectable option. FOR SHAME! LOL!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tmeader:
Not having any major issues with FE21 at the moment (basically just like FE16), but if FE22 is THAT much better... do you think there's a chance for a leak before the weekend (heading out of town and won't be able to flash)?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kamrondroid:
I haven't found any major issues (or bugs) with FE21 so far. I am surprised at some of the changes samsung has made from gingerbread to some of the apps. Some of the changes seem counterintuitive. For example, in Gingerbread, the stock e-mail app, when downloading from an exchange server, places the "view entire e-mail" button on the first screen. In ICS you have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the e-mail. So, the gingerbread e-mail app works better for me than the ICS e-mail app. Similarly (although this may be a google thing), the stock clock app (when docked) in Gingerbread is better for SAMOLED+ screens than the ICS app, because when it "sleeps" the background is "black/off" instead of blue. Scrolling still isn't as smooth for me in these ICS builds as it is in EL29. And while battery life/GPS/wifi all seem to gradually be getting better, none of them are still as good as EL29 for me. All of these things (and probably a few others that I haven't thought of off the top of my head) make me hope that we really aren't that close to an official OTA release because I would like them improved. Oh well...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mmark27:
No, it continually asks to re-pair with a previously paired device

everytime

you get in the car (even after you've been on the same build awhile). This has popped up on certain builds. The phonebook thing is just because it thinks the connection is new again, so it isn't something different.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
Don't forget, EL29 was an update. Gingerbread had it's fair share of issues when first released. ICS won't be perfect, but they'll patch it and get it up to our impossibly high standards. Just be patient.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mmark27:
That was my understanding of reddragon's information as well.

YEEE -HAAAAWWW TEXAS. [not from there]
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
Hey, don't knock it! When we secede from the union, you'll wish you were on the correct side of the border. LOL! ;)

I've noticed that we here in Texas don't get Bluetooth bugs in our Samsung devices. Must be a Yankee thing, LOL!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] reddragon72:
FE21/22 where the same builds essentially, but FE22 has several fixes from the weekend testing that FE21 did not have. Basically they are from the two different testing branches but they both have the same major coding, just more fixes went into 22 and it shows.

I am waiting for tomorrows drop as I've been told it is nearly complete and only a few minor issues where unresolved.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mmark27:
ha ha. I really like Texas, I'll be there end of June for a conference in Houston.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wraith404:
Entirely? I'm rarely sure of that with such a broad statement ;) I think via Kies you can perform something similar to an iPhone 'full image backup'. That sort of thing is not useful if you want to back up app data (lets use progress in a game as an example, or the contents of your mProtect password database), and restore them to a new device at upgrade time. It might allow that restore from a GS2 to a GS3, but that's no better than being locked into an iPhone. I think the only thing new about ICS is being able to encrypt that block level image. There is no interface to facilitate backups. I wish they would bring back synchronization of app data to your Market account, that worked well in the early days of my Nexus One, but I think app data has outgrown viability. My Nexus quit doing it correctly, it would restore the apps but not data, and the feature doesn't even function on the GS2.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darkson73:
LOS FE21

I have noticed that if I am in a place with no coverage i.e. parking garage. When I surface, my phone does not reconnect to the towers without a reboot. I am running the new release of FE21. Im planning to downgrade the modem file in a few minutes to see if this behavior persist. If not then the modem for FE21 has issues :( all other functionality seems to be working as expected. I am monitoring battery usage today. It seems a be draining faster than normal (FE16). More to come.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Did you try switching airplane mode on and off?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mmark27:
define "you", does that mean that sfhub has FE22 in his possession???
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thirdcoastraised:
+1... emmc is not an issue and once OTA is pushed, I'm sure those who accept out, giving up root, will be pleased

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thirdcoastraised:
"you" refers to the xda community, I can't speak for what sfhub had or doesn't have

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darkson73:
Airplane Mode...

I did, but it did nothing to change the issue. On the a side note, I shouldn't have too :)> i just re-flashed my modem to EL29 to test my theory. This function should be automatic... and was in other Pre*beta*test*leaked* versions.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Censura_Umbra:
Does anyone else have an issue where the phone reboots when on 4G too long? I am on Caukins latest
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Overstew:
I'm running Rujelus22's FE10 ROM and it's amazing. Although I'll probably stick to it for awhile, I'm very excited for source to drop soon. This thread has gotten very big, too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
Phones rebooting in 4G is a known issue, has been for awhile I think.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darkson73:
Battery Drain!!!

Ok, something is seriously wrong with the battery management on this leak. At 54% of battery power my app is displaying 2 hours remaining. The battery app I use has always been extremely accurate. its simply called Battery. Simple enough. It is not signal strength since I am sitting near my Airvana all day. I may go back to FE16... I wont really have a choice, I going on a road trip and absolutely need my phone to be at least 80%.

But Im a techie, and love abuse so, Im willing to try FE22 :) I cant help it. I love this stuff!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tmeader:
Have you tried an app like SystemPanel to see what's using the battery so much? I've seen no power difference between FE16 and 21.

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FE22 (despite current thread title) is up :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671356
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kanekz:
FE22 just dropped! BAM!-Emeril style:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671356
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] magaloe:
Oh nice. Thanks!

I was just going to post my findings on FE21:

Overall, much smoother than FE16:

- Exchange bug fixed (whew!)

NOT Fixed:

- LED Notification bug (are they ever going to fix this? This is hugely annoying...needing to be able to get the status of things while my screen is off/charging is very important!)

- Google Talk Invisible bug that was mentioned yesterday is indeed an issue

- Capacitive buttons delay bug

- Mapservicesamsung FC when receiving a text message

- Data roaming bug
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darkson73:
SystemPanel / FE22

I grabbed SystemPanel while I am waiting for FE22 to download. Addiction is Bad... but OH so good!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Mine never does that but I have a Korean car so I figure the Hyundai engineers test with Samsung phones. Iphone users are always whining in the car forums though
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ArgyleDX:
Audio bug STILL present in FE22 :(

(but at least the Exchange bug seemed to be fixed in FE21 - I thought they weren't going to fix that...?)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jamesey:
Stop believing everything you read. Plenty of nuts thought we were getting 4.0.3 as the ota.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
This is meant as humor, so please, nobody get offended (especially if you really do know), but there is an old saying

Then there is the close cousin