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[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Yeah I know. I can't do it anyway until I get my hands on a Windows Computer during the weekend. The videos just make me less worried about what I'm doing :p

Thanks again!
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Everybody say Woot!

I am Z.
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
Woot.com

Don't forget to follow the EpicCM team on Twitter!
[Epic 4G Android Development] darkierawr:
Rodderik! I missseeeddd you!

:D YES homo. Good release! I have definitely been waiting for this.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Dante of the Inferno:
Is there any chance we can get a rooted version of this tarball? It just saves the the obligatory steps of re-rooting just to get into Recovery (you know, if/when something screws up in MTD).
[Epic 4G Android Development] GuestK00145:
Give it time bro
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ultro:
Good news just keep coming. Wasn't too thrilled about having to odin to EC05 to get the EL30 modem. Thank you devs :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ceelos09:
Great to finally have an EL30 Tar ^_^

Also...Rodderik! Your ALIVE! :p

Hadn't seen u post in sometime.

Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
Ssstop it. Your being sssilly! Lol.

Great job on this. Been hoping someone would do this eventually. And you guys came through again. Thanks to everyone involved.
[Epic 4G Android Development] qbking77:
How to video will be made very soon :)

Modem how to and return to stock as well!
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
We now have an odinable cookie!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
Agreed. Samsung cables are a fail in my opinion. I took my gf's HTC evo shift cable the day we got our phones and gave her my Samsung one. Haven't had one problem with it. Hehehe :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] suffolk:
Success !!! Thanks guys !!!

<ID:0/033> cache.rfs

<ID:0/033> datafs.rfs

<ID:0/033> factoryfs.rfs

<ID:0/033> modem.bin

<ID:0/033> param.lfs

<ID:0/033> recovery.bin

<ID:0/033> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/033> zImage

<ID:0/033> Removed!!

<ID:0/033> Completed..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
Gr8!..........looks like you found yer Lucky Charm! .........now on to San Paddy's early afternoon celebrations.........;)

..........sent from today's android = 4.0.3!
[Epic 4G Android Development] saramon:
Will I be able to do an OTA update after my phone is provisioned with Sprint? Just want to check...
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Yes or just go a few threads away and grab the FC09 tar instead.
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Or even better... the fc19 leak!
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Its no different than FC09 lol.

~ E.R.A.
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Sure it is! It has a 1 in the name instead of a 0! Lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] T3kB0i:
I know this is an old thread, but development on this phone is active. A CM11 M2 nightly exists, and is looking hopeful for a stable release. As there is no easy way/guide to odin a recovery, I think it is important for someone to clean up this thread. In the OP, almost all the links are broken, and I tried to flash back to stock with that image and failed.

Please help.
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
this a complete guide about odin/heimdall

I didn't check the download links

http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/02/el30-factory-firmware-image.html?m=1
[Epic 4G Android Development] T3kB0i:
I hope the links there work. I've thus far downloaded three different images, and all of them fail during odin.
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
I think the files you've downloaded were fine

afaik, odin failed was known issue for epic4g caused by cable

I've got 2 samsung oem cables (from Callisto & ancora) only 1 works for epic4g while both works for odining sc-02b

there's some recommendation to use blackberry cable, hope this will help
[Epic 4G Android Development] T3kB0i:
Thanks for the head's up. Whilst I don't have any BlackBerry cables, I did try with different OEM cables, HTC, Samsung, ASUS, and Huawei, with no success. I'll keep trying and report later.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Psshh, we have EH17 :rolleyes:

I am Z.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Of course there will...lol. Mention the repartition option for returning from MTD ROMs (I am sure you were anyway).
[Epic 4G Android Development] qbking77:
Modem how to is being compiled and uploaded.. i'll get to the return to stock video tomorrow. And yes Kenny I'll be sure to go over checking repartition if on MTD ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] The Root:
I always have to go back to DG27. The OTA brings you to latest within a minute of drinking your Odin beer,
[Epic 4G Android Development] crazyc78:
Thank you so much for this!!! Finally a way to go back to stock that is not a real pain in the ass. If you haven't hit the thanks button for this then please hit it for them releasing it for us.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Eins7ein:
WootX9001

Greatest need I've seen in forever. Was getting sooooo tired of going to EC05 just to have a clean install.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sandman512:
Sweet, THANKS!
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
Lol people act like toad life never came out with a stock ripped tar, only difference is this has the modem.....

Thanks nonetheless

:D

Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0 :sly:
[Epic 4G Android Development] jbadboy2007:
Has nothing to do with toads rom. Its the start of of all fresh installs especially with the modem included. Coming from an odin froyo just doesn't cut it
[Epic 4G Android Development] Tomcat5:
Thanks so much! Now I can stop reOTAing when I break my phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] :
Loves me some Rodderik!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] qbking77:
How to Install the EL30 Modem on the Samsung Epic 4G:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RV4g6ya62M
[Epic 4G Android Development] :
irrelevant
[Epic 4G Android Development] zman519:
What do you mean. Didn't you see my post? Every one hear does not *****

Sent from the Drivers Seat of my Suby txting and Driving doing 100MPH+ in a school zone! Ha.
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
For MTD, I thought we were suppose to check the re-partition box?

"Uncheck everything except 'Auto Reboot'.

If you are coming from an MTD build, please check Repartition."
[Epic 4G Android Development] rando991:
I'm stunned! Wow! Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Not for just the modem. Only to go back to BML while flashing a full tar.
[Epic 4G Android Development] the_dark_knighton:
Okay, I hate asking this because I feel like a noob, but what is the difference between this modem and the EL30 that was released earlier in the year? Was that one a leak?

Sent from my Cyanogenmodded Epic4g! Wanna fight about it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
They are the same but you can downgrade and go from leaks with this one.
[Epic 4G Android Development] the_dark_knighton:
Oh okay. So functionality hasn't changed at all, but we don't have to go back to ec05 to flash up? Thanks marcus

Sent from my Cyanogenmodded Epic4g! Wanna fight about it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
What? Toad life has a stock tar...not his ROM...the only thing it didn't contain was a modem.bin.......

Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0 :sly:
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
That's the thing. It can't be used to restore complete bricks to el30.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
I did press the thanks nor did I say anything insulting..I simply said that everyone acted as if toadlife had NEVER came out with his ripped stock el30.tar....

And this was the very first time they could have gone straight to el30..

Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0 :sly:
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
Okay I understand that but...that wasn't the point being said by people...

Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0 :sly:
[Epic 4G Android Development] The Root:
I also get the impression a perfect tarball with all parts is easier to dev with. I could be wrong but always seemed to be the case.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
I understand,

What I don't understand is how people took offense?

I thanked the OP, all I did was point out how people said "now" they didn't have to go all the way back ec05.

Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0 :sly:
[Epic 4G Android Development] pixlz:
Not people, one person made a comment. The community which is important, is not out to getcha.

we're all super thrilled for the tar. We'll be super duper thrilled for the eventual rooted tar. But woot! No more clockworking/ota-ing modems.

Now how come I feel as if sprint is itching to release another update to make this tar outdated? *suspiciously eyes sprint*
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
Well said Pix. And I'm sure Biggie neither meant offense, nor did Toad take offense. We are all a-twitter with excitement! Another great day in the life of the best Android device ever made. Thanks to Rodderik and everyone he sees fit deserving praise. At this rate, we might be the only Galaxy S series device to live to see JellyBean.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jbadboy2007:
Ill school you for a second and give you the other differences of why this is OFFICIAL .tar is a big deal.

1. This is OFFICIAL release meaning it came from a sprint employee or samsung employee. This being OFFICIAL means that its not a phone system dump like toads .tar (no offense to toad he still made a contribution) this means perfect bml installs of the whole phone files and partitions. Imo we have not had clean installs before this on gb even ota can have flaws like write files incomplete or miss files.

2. This includes the modem which you don't have to odin eco5 first. The modem being a .tar now means gb modem perfection which we haven't had yet.

3. Simply put this being an OFFICIAL release means perfection to gb that we haven't had since ec05
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
First, your not schooling me on anything... I know this stuff it was unintentional :P

Second we've burried this already let it go

Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0 :sly:
[Epic 4G Android Development] zman519:
Really:eek::p and why did you come in hear *****ing flaming

:cool:
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
OK now that the hissy fits are over, thank you Rodderik and your source for getting a complete official tar out to us with modem and thank you Toadlife for holding us over with your tar until now.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rodderik:
and this is the main reason you don't see me doing much on xda these days...less than 12 hours and half the thread is now garbage...but that seems normal now...thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
Good to see you on the threads again, TP! Now, about that update for Magnifier... ;)

Let's get into "Friday" mode! We'll all be up late this weekend I'm sure. Anyone try these ".tars" yet? What is the verdict?

Team Viper Lives!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rodderik:
SPH-D700-EL30-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 has been tested and verified before i released it on here
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
Thanks, Rodderik! I assumed you had. I was wondering if any of us wandering minstrels had given it a go. I'm stuck in upstate New York, doing a university tour with my daughter so I can't do anything until tonight.

Team Viper Lives!
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
Agreed ;)

Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0 :sly:
[Epic 4G Android Development] insanity213:
Yes, I (among a few others) tested this yesterday before it was posted. Flashed perfectly.

Only down side is my phone no longer has ICS...or root... or anything cool at all :(

...and stock is ugly....and the bootup sound makes me want to vomit...etc...

/me ignores work to re-molest his phone...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Shinydude100:
This is great! No longer will we need to suggest anyone odin to EC05 (unless they flat out prefer to, lol)

Makes much sense to just say "to hell with this buggy mess!"

Yourmessedupromhere--> Odin to EL30 Stock --> Clean Install of your preferred ROM --> ??? --> Profit!
[Epic 4G Android Development] willow_ve:
thanks for all the linky goodness. much appreciated.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pvtjoker42:
awesome.. I was hoping we'd see the official tar sooner or later. Haven't had to mess with odin or heimdall in a good while, but i've been tempted to go back to full stock to update the modem. This makes it that much easier. Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] boldphoenix:
getting invalid tar in odin, and missing firmware.xml in heidendall. but older roms work just fine, any ideas what might be happening? I have downloaded it from 3 different sources on this thread with the same results.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rodderik:
check the md5sum of the file you downloaded to make sure it is exactly the same...you can do so on windows with a program like http://www.winmd5.com/ and the md5 for the file is in the OP...if the md5 does not match then the file you downloaded is corrupted (hence an md5 check failure) so let me know if it's the same
[Epic 4G Android Development] Danny1st:
is there a specific reason the odin versionincluded with the pit is 1.6, thought the latest was 1.8? Do we need to use this version or can we use the most current?
[Epic 4G Android Development] socos25:
Perfection, unless you get a bad download......:p
[Epic 4G Android Development] zman519:
I use 1.85. I have not used it with this tar but i dont see any reason it would not work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
You can use whichever version, 1.6 was just what they had handy

I am Z.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rodderik:
that is exactly it...k0nane just happened to have that odin version and the pit on his webserver so i threw it in there....you can use any version and should be fine
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
1.8 probably does work best. Just follow the restore thread and use this instead of ec05.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
It is good to see you around Rod. Was really hoping for a Genocide for EL30 or better yet CM9. We miss you man!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Danny1st:
Yeah, looks like the pit is the same as in 1.8 as well. Just want to have my ducks in line if the need ever arises!
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
The .pit is the mapping for our partition sizes. Only way the pit will change is if Samsung changes our partition scheme.

I am Z.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Danny1st:
Wasn't sure how all that worked, thanks for the info and quick replies. The support for our phone just keeps getting better! Thanks to all our developers!
[Epic 4G Android Development] TexasLTE:
:confused: WHAT ?!?!? :confused: :p Rodderik is gonna release an EL30 GENOCIDE Colonel ?!?!? :p :D SWEEEEEET :D​
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
Overkill †

Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0 :sly:
[Epic 4G Android Development] XxLostSoulxX:
Dude your post is irrelevant you said it more than 3x GTFOH could'nt been said more nicely
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
It's time to let this matter drop and stop spamming the threads. Let's not make the mods do more work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Naddict:
Thought I saw an earlier post (before all of the harmless flaming) that there would be a mod rom to add root? maybe CWM built in?

Any insight? Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] andsamp:
+1

ooooo! Genocide el30! Sign me up ;-)
[Epic 4G Android Development] notsosmrtgeek:
thanks rod will be trying this later today hehehe.

edit: flashed with no problems used odin 1.85. worked 1st try.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mocsab:
Thanks

This is awesome - never know when I need to take my phone back to sprint and this will make it easier - thanks.

I have a question(granted, it might sound dumb - so bear with me) I converted to the EL30 Modum a while back using a kind of convoluted method and have had some minor issues with signal strength - I didn't know if doing a fresh install using ODIN would in any improve the way the modum works? (I told you it was probably a dumb question)

your thoughts are appreciated - and thanks again!
[Epic 4G Android Development] rando991:
Everybody says these files are called "SPH-D700-EL30-8Gb-REL.tar.md5" but everyone I've downloaded is called "SPH-D700-EL30-8Gb-REL.tar.tar". Will the file work with .tar.tar or do we have to rename it or anything?
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
It opens just fine as is in Windows Explorer as is, but I often remove the extra .tar. I have not tried this yet though.
[Epic 4G Android Development] AOD_Corwin:
Everylink I click fails to download
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Yeah, that'd be a connection issue you are having. Go to a Mcdonalds and download rofl

I am Z.
[Epic 4G Android Development] rompnit:
Me too.. No more EH17. Thanks for this!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
tar tar is the raw version :rolleyes:
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
LMAO!
[Epic 4G Android Development] notsosmrtgeek:
I used odin. With this and it worked fine. I started to root. I used the cwm 5.... tar and then 3 finger booted. flashed super user. I booted my phone up and started looking fo the install.recovery. and could not find it. I turned my phone on and off a few time then booted up in recovery mody and it was still cwm. So did sprint take that out on EL30? I feel lost.
[Epic 4G Android Development] warcraft2k2k:
bow down... not worthy. :eek:

this is awesome, much thanks! :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] Stringyquark:
Little bump, bit early to be at the bottom of the list.

I vote to sticky since this is (in my opinion) the best source to unbrick soft bricks and will be referenced in many post yet to come.
[Epic 4G Android Development] 1midniterider:
The timing of this release was right on time... For the first time in a very long time I soft-bricked my cell when installing a newer version of a custom kernel. This allowed for a very quick recovery with heimdal... Thank you again...
[Epic 4G Android Development] edufur:
any chance that this will eventually include CWM plus ROOT?
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Why? There already is an EL30 tar with root and cwm, only thing it lacks is the modem, which is available as a separate download here. Devs aren't here to spoon feed you, they're here to teach you how to root by yourself, sorta.

I am Z.
[Epic 4G Android Development] 1midniterider:
I restored to factory using heimdal and SPH-D700-EL30-8GB-REL stock rom... Substituted the kernel (kernel-GB-3a.tar.md5) and recovery image (cwm-5.0.27-epic4g.tar.md5) to quickly get ClockWorkMod installed... Then used cwm to perform nandroid restore... Or you can keep it stock and root it...
[Epic 4G Android Development] jbadboy2007:
There is no tar with root only cwm flashable so far.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Cartmanz:
Someone is grumpy.
[Epic 4G Android Development] edufur:
Could you show me the link for that?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Naddict:
Agree with others, where is the link to EL30, Root, with recovery????
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Older, made by toadlife I believe, but I could be wrong.

Sent from CM9 EpicMTD.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ceelos09:
Is this what your referring to?
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Maybe...gut I'm not sure it was toad life. I swear I remember seeing a rooted deodexed el30 tar lol.

Idk, maybe I forged the memory. Its happened before.

I am Z.
[Epic 4G Android Development] TexasLTE:
maybe THIS ???
[Epic 4G Android Development] edufur:
No.. not that... clearly he was mistaken. I am surprised he spoke before researching given the number of posts he has had. There is NO ODIN with Root + EL30 + CWM.. so, unfortunately, it is still going to be a multi step difficult process to get from stock to a nice MTD rom. If someone figured out a fast route, please enlighten me.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
I swear I remembered seeing one, but as you pointed out, I'm on here ALOT so its easy to forget. I don't research anyways lol

I am Z.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I swear I saw one too
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Wasn't it Noobnl's or was that EI22?

Edit: yeah, EI22 and Noobnl:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1340385&highlight=+odin+ei22
[Epic 4G Android Development] edufur:
Ok, so how would that help. If you flash this for the modem, then flash that, you would overwrite the modem with EC05. Not to mention it is an old CWM that isnt in use anymore.

We need an ODIN repack which would include the following:

EL30 Stock + EL30 Modem + Root + Current CWM

Anything less amounts to a lot of work...
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Not saying that was the answer, just seeing if that is what everyone remembers. It would be nice to have a prerooted EL30 to Odin to. I still use an EC05 prerooted to return to stock in order to reflash so this would save a few steps.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Naddict:
Cannot agree with Kenny more !!!! PLEASE !!!??? :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rodderik:
ok guys i've been reading and watching to see if any one wanted to step up and make a pre-rooted tar...it's pretty easy so if some one who has a little experience compiling kernels and has a vm or linux box handy i will help since there is such a demand...just find me on irc...please i don't want to tell some one every single step so if you feel you can do it make sure you are comfortable with dd, repacking the kernel, and know a little linux. (i'm not able to do it myself for a while or i would)
[Epic 4G Android Development] rocket321:
That is an awesome offer of you Rodderik, I think there was also a guide on here some time ago walking through odin/tar development. I'm hoping someone has time to jump in and do this.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pvtjoker42:
I have the time and resources (multiple linux pc's, and VM's) just get lost on the repacking kernel part.. otherwise i'd be all over helping out. Been wanting to go back to stock (still on EI22 modem) and the EL30 package has been tempting me, but having to then root etc to get back to CM7 or CM9 seems like a hassle. If someone has a guide/step by step, i could feasibly get something going.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ceelos09:
Jump on IRC one of these days and hopefully u catch Rodderik on there. He said he'd help someone put this together, and you seem to meet his set "qualifications", you should give it a shot.

Edit: Also, Chris41g had a guide somewhere on how to create a pre-rooted ODIN tar...just need to look for that link. I know I have it bookmarked somewhere...
[Epic 4G Android Development] mocsab:
No, I also absolutely remember there being a Tar package put together for EL30 with ROOT and CWM- the only thing it didn't have was pit file so it couldn't be used to repartition from MTD to BML. I know it was there because I downloaded it - here it is- SPH-D700_ripped_stock_EL30.tar.md5 I went back through my download files and found this file - I downloaded this on January 23rd or something like that and I am 95% sure it has everything included - but I am not quite sure how to look at the file itself to see if CWM is included - maybe someone with bigger brains than I can confirm that - I am pretty sure it is - but not 100%.

Hope this is helpful
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Using the wonderful XDA search engine I could not find any other Odinable EL30 besides Toadlife's non-rooted one. Do you remember the name of the thread or who put that out? Also PIT file comes with Odin and can always be used to repartition.

Edit: just checked, that is Toadlife's unrooted stock EL30 tar. No root or CWM included.