yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] riz_o:
How to go back from CM9...

Hey there... was running Calks' FC07 and tried out CM9... now I want to go back.. but was not sure about the safe way of doing so.

Here's how I flashed CM9...

1.Mobile Odin'd EL26.

2.Rebooted to Recovery, wiped

3.Flashed CM9 and Gapps.

4.Rebooted and all is well.

Now I want to go back to Calk's FC07? How do I do it safely?

Do I Odin back Rouge's FC07 Recovery and do a Nandroid from there?

OR can I just Nandroid back to Calk's FC07 from CWM Recovery from CM9?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Specialksg1:
Do not use the cwm that comes with this rom. That means DO NOT USE THE CWM THAT COMES WITH THIS ROM! Odin to gb and follow whatever roms op instructions you want to go to is the safest way to go :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] riz_o:
Thanks for the reply? Do I need to go back to GB? Can I just Odin back to FC07?

Can i also Odin Rogue's FC07 Kernel and nandroid from there?

or is going back to GB the only way to get back from CM9?

I just want to make sure and not brick my phone...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] drdrewdown:
do NOT do anything from an ICS recovery..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jcar23424:
One problem i have noticed is the hardware button lights always seem to stay on even when i disable Keys backlight in Settings>Advanced. They will stay off until i turn the screen off and then they come back on and stay on. I havent seen any mention of this. Not sure if its just me but ive had this problem on earlier builds too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rooster85:
Incorrect. I was on caulkins ics build... flashed official cwm 5.0.2.7 from the rom manager website via the rogue recovery, did my data wipes and such and flashed the rom and ended up with a nice shiny brick! Had to have been the fact that I was on a ics kernel at the time of flashing

Sent from my IceCreamSammich Nexus S 4G
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Specialksg1:
Wasn't meaning to be yelling at ya, just want to emphasize to anyone reading the forum.IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE FROM THIS POST, DO NOT USE ANY CWM WITH ANY ICS KERNEL!! Again, not yelling at ya, but caps draw the eyes attention, and everyone needs to know this. It might have worked in the past for ya, but it might not when you try again. You don't need to go all the way to gb, just Odin the recovery kernel in the op and you should be good.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crazy8hero:
mms

I can not get mms to work I had it working then it goes out and can't get it back I've done everything op says have installed and reinstalled several times everything else is great works flawless but mms refuses to work I tried pushing the apn conf deleting telophony DB nothing works I've tried both versions of this rom same outcome no mms please help wanna run this as my daily but I send and receive lots of pics and need that I've noticed not many ppl are having this problem any help is more than appreciated
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cjwaggsrx8:
I've always installed cm9 the same way. Flash cm7 then boot into recovery. Flash cm9 then gapps. Wipe data factory reset. Good to go.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] b1g.p0ppa:
Correct. The kernel and the recovery are contained in the same file, the zImage. If you are running anything ICS and you have CWM, you should not flash ROMs or kernels from that recovery. Other .zip files are perfectly OK to flash from it, but if you are at all not confident that your .zip file does not contain a zImage file then you should just walk away and not flash it.

@Darchstar: what about not bundling zImage in at all? Like, be clear in the OP what kernel your kernel-less ROM requires to run best, and include instructions on how to install it, but raise the bar on the level of expertise it takes to run the ROM? Just until the community licks this brick issue?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
i think this rom is great, but people will continue not to read and get confused with the rogue recovery on this and continue to brick. still not sure why the recovery is still rogue when we cant use it and i believe its based on stock kernel. correct me if im wrong, are there any tweaks to the kernel?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] riz_o:
Hey thanks for the confirmation... All the CAPS really helped me understand what not to do. And that is CWM and Repacked ICS Kernel Recovery should not be mixed or flashed within each other...

So I just went into the CWM Recovery in CM9,

wiped data and cache,

then flashed a GB ROM (Calk's E4GT v2.9.2 that was on my SDcard).

Rebooted to system.

Then rebooted to Recovery and did a Nandroid...

Now I'm back to where I was...

Thanks for all your help....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cjwaggsrx8:
It not at all hard to read the op. That's all it takes to be brickless.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] b1g.p0ppa:
Completely agree, just tryin' ta look out for my fellow man. I'd liken it to posting road signs like 'slippery when wet' or 'deer crossing' or 'unexploded land mines'. Don't take much and you don't have to read about the carnage.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cjwaggsrx8:
On a side note of all this brick garbage. Damn man this new build is running good ...god damn aosp is beautiful!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] drdrewdown:
amen, preach on brother.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] C3jay:
One last question. If we have strickly stock ics recovery can you wipe data and be safe?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beserker15:
Define "strictly stock". If you mean the ones from the leaked roms that's purely stock with the android guy, and the only thing you can really do is wipe data...then yes :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] C3jay:
That's what I'm talking about. Those recovery work with cm9. If i want to wipe data i always mobile Odin the latest strickly stock ics recovery, wipe data reboot system and mobile odin back rouge recovery. Another question if i want to go back to gb rom is it safe to flash stock acs5-el26 recovery wipe everything and flash a rom like blazer 4.0¿
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bo5ibbs:
Mms is still borked for me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] C3jay:
Use go sms.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
That's what I have been doing. I haven't had any issues using the EL13 or EL26 stock repack w/ ACS Recovery to restore my Gingerbread nandroid or flash a GB ROM...This is after Odin flashing back to Gingerbread first. Now is not the time to try and take shortcuts that may have worked in the past. Take your time and enjoy the process.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HMMVVEE:
I'm on el29 stock by calk, can i flash through this, my clwm ver. is 4.0.1.5, or do i need to flash the el26? Wasn't sure:confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] srkmagnus:
Use EL26.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
I think you'd be fine as long as it's a gb kernel, but if you want to play it safe just odin to the preferred kernel/recovery link in the op
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HMMVVEE:
ok cool, thanks :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tiffany84:
Just flashed and my first impressions are, LOVING IT!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asafegous:
Hey, crazy. I got a theory. I'm having issues as well. Are you by any chance in, say, northern cal? Just a theory I have, but it might be tower related. On my way to out of state. Will report shortly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jaybizza:
I just did the same exact thing bro and I didn't have any probs..This must be hitting peoples phones at random... Sorry to hear bro.. :( I'm sure u will have a replacement before u know it!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cjwaggsrx8:
You can't be serious bro. This is a joint effort. Speaking of which I must smoke now goodnight I meditate and pray to the cm9 gods..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] boliviano3:
Hmmm you do realize that they're working together, right? No one yanked anything from anyone.

Anyways, is anyone else getting high battery drain while connected to wifi?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
I think the point is that if it is indeed a joint effort. Then why is there no mention of Scott anywhere in the OP.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] YoungAceAtlanta:
Wow I through I would never see darch after I left the Hero.. I loved the AOSP roms you made for the Hero. I'm flashing this now.

You gotta be kidding me. I don't know too much about Sbrissens but I know darch did perfect work porting AOSP roms and HTC Legend over to the Hero CDMA version. He's a trusted dev
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazyflipj:
Not sure if i can get one. I tried to add insurance via a text and sprint never got it so I don't have insurance and I bought my phone from Best Buy. Might be screwed out of an Epic Touch. I feel like a total noob. If I do get one, I will definitely flash cm9 again, no questions asked!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] boliviano3:
Since you guys for some reason need proof, here you go http://twitter.com/#!/sbrissen23/status/178160581851889664

Go do some homework before you go and make false accusations
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
Learn to read before you come at me. I said THE POINT IS THE OP HAS NOT MENTIONED SCOTT ANYWHERE IN THE OP. maybe you can see that now. I have no beefs with dude listing the ROM and yes I know they are working together on some level. I've been flashing sbrissen and TsM **** for a long as time. But if your gonna use someones work. Give credit and at least a thank you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iBustCh3rries:
If Scott isn't composing then way are all of these ducks quacking... guys seriously go get some friends and have a real conversation with a real person you're spending way to much time in front of a screen...

Back to actually discussing the ROM anyone else's phone get hot and drain battery at an extreme rate when 4G is on but disconnected?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tiffany84:
I have never had the opportunity to use 4g but I'd say the battery drain with 4g being on and not connected is pretty normal. It's just constantly searching for a signal. As far as being warm I have no clue but the battery drain I would think is completely normal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cjwaggsrx8:
On a development note.. holy sheeet did the op put a 3g speed tweak in the last update? My 3g speeds are pushing 3x previous releases. Run some tests and see for yourselves..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oiad:
I am not having this problem. I leave my 4g on 24/7 and still get great battery life. Haven't noticed any heating either.

On a side note the 311 build is running great for me. I flashed it over the last build with no wiping. Took all of 3 minutes to update. I've been running quadrant standard on all of the builds and this one improved quite a bit. On the prior build I was getting a 2400 something but on this build I'm back up to 3500. With blazer 4.0 I got a 3800 but I'm not sure yet if I can trust quad scores between CGI and ics.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jaybizza:
You have a year to add the Black Tie protection on your phone with Best Buy.. I know this cause I have a good friend that takes care of me there.. Their Insurance is "THE BEST"... I HAVE NEVER HAD 1 PROBLEM!!! HONESTLY....They are awesome when it comes to insurance!! Tell them that you want Black Tie on your phone and they should definitely give it to you!!! Let me know if you have any problems!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mr_Milenko:
darchstar isn't ripping off anyone really, and as he stated his roms are a community effort. Notice he said community? A community involves many people, sbrissen included.. I'm pretty sure darch didn't rip anyone off considering the conversations I've seen in the ICS Dev channel on freenode.. Oh and the fact that its darch and a lot of the other users in the channel attacking bugs as they are found. Trust and believe if sbrissen had any issues I'm pretty sure he would speak up, so instead of 'defending' someone mindyabidness and stop jumping to conclusions.

As for the guy about black tie protection for the phones, agreed.

The guy asking about insurance, add it to your bill via MySprint?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jxb25:
OK the OP says flash the stock CWM EL26 kernel before flashing cm9 via Odin now can I use the mobile Odin to do this since I won't be near a computer for a while and I'm coming for calks rom
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mr_Milenko:
Exact same setup I had, and I bricked. I do NOT recommend it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jxb25:
So basically I need to use Odin from my computer
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mr_Milenko:
Thats the recommended way, I'm just speaking from experience there could have been other factors but from what I've discussed with others.. all bad..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jxb25:
Crap and I wanted to use this from while I was at work
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beserker15:
I used mobile Odin for EL26 CWM and was fine. Just make sure after you flash, don't do anything with the recovery found on this rom since it'll override EL26.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jxb25:
OK ill try that one
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] imakul8:
I tried flashing the EL26 CWM with Mobile Odin. My phone did not reboot..my screen was dimly lit a light blue(not the led). It was the most terrifying recent moments of my life. I let it sit for 5 minutes just to be sure Mobile Odin wasn't doing it's thing, then I pulled the battery. My phone seemed like it didn't want to go into recovery, but I kept holding the buttons and it finally did. I also wiped and restored back to Blazer Rom from the CM9 recovery. I guess I was lucky..2 things I won't gamble with again. So..you have to ask yourself, "Do I feel lucky?"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vip3rV333:
Well this would be a first for me in my long history of flashing... I bricked it. SO angry at myself right now. I just read the first few pages of this thread and jumped into this. Tried to wipe (with the ICS recovery) before restoring my back up, and boom, it freezes. And now I only get a blue led.

So... before I go beat my head into the wall, does anyone know how to add insurance to my phone through Bestbuy (maybe Sprint)? I resigned my contract with them in December.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darchstar:
I honestly don't understand why people are still complaining about me stealing people's work, or not giving credit. you can see each commit i made for the past week, and i've been updating it on a continuous basis, since i started working on it. if i had stolen someone's work, wtf would be the purpose of starting with nothing working, than eventually getting it all working after 5 days or so? and if you think i'm not giving any credit, check the commit logs. i had sbrissen especially make pull requests on stuff that he added to my github, so that wouldn't be the case. stop being so immature, everybody, and get back on topic. I don't want to hear more about bricks, or people making silly accusations, or anything else of that off topic nature. it's seriously derailing any good use xda has for me.

btw, here are my commit logs my device tree: https://github.com/darchstar/android_device_samsung_epic4gtouch/commits/ics

frameworks: https://github.com/darchstar/android_frameworks_base/commits/ics
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abhaxus:
Well, for what its worth, I'm much happier with the performance of this build than I was with the earlier builds. Whether that is sbrissen's doing, or darchstar, both, or Samsung for getting the stock kernel to a better state, its pretty awesome that they are working together now. As users, why are people taking sides? Just enjoy that there is real development happening.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
24 hours with this rom, and I must say its fantastic!

Keep up the great work guys, and ignore the grade schoolers in here whining about stuff.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hoopsdavis:
darchstar, pay that no attention. You've been around long enough and you're a trusted Dev. I've used your roms as far back as the Evo. don't worry, we know you didn't steal the rom.

We have too many Tech Police around.

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Quick question, if you guys go to "Settings > Storage" do you get "Unfortunately, Setting has stopped"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lems111:
My steps to upgrade rom:

*Booted into rogue recovery, which is included with this rom, and made nandroid backup.

*Used mobile odin to flash el26 cwm kernel from OP

*I let it be for about 10 minutes. FYI, it seems to power off after it's done flashing.

*I booted into recovery and followed instructions for first time install.

***NOTE: After flashing EL26 cwm kernel, phone won't reboot into OS; so, don't panic. Just used hard key combination to boot into recovery

If you do some other fancy **** not mentioned in OP instructions or aren't sure how to flash, do not post help here; I agree with darchstar.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] snake4812:
No- that works fine for me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asafegous:
Search, I figured it out. Mms issue. San Francisco towers sent set up for ics transmission. Just tryed sending pic to my sis from twin city airport and ...yes go? Anyway, gonna try it again when I get back home. Can't wait for sprint to release the nexus. Love this phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lems111:
Just to keep it from being missed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hoopsdavis:
Thanks, I have to figure that out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dougiefresh36:
I couldn't send mms, I then rebooted, and now I could send over 3g and wifi :-D!

Edit: 3g does seem way faster!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dschachm:
Came back to this from aopk. This build is much smoother than the last time i was on it. Great work, and great developers.

Has anyone figure out how to get allshare to work? I know it is stupid but i have a couple led samsung TV's and it is a great feature of these phones.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rabscutle:
Loaded the last release Saturday night and wanted to share results:

For my daily needs, this thing is running like a champ. Found a few things...

Could not send MMS with stock SMS tool, will try some of the fixes mentioned.

I haven't seen the GPS issues, but that is more likely because I haven't needed to use GPS more than the initial half hour mentioned in the bug.

Only real usage bug (for me) I've found so far, and it is minor and already reported is no video at all on Netflix.

Can't wait for the theming and other shiny do-dads that come as this enters full release.

Well done.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MrDowntown12:
Two small bugs that I've had, and these are the only ones:

1. MMS is still very spotty. Some send some don't. The ones that do send take way longer than they should. But it is improved. On the first version people weren't even getting my texts but the 03-11 version seems to have fixed that.

2. The volume bug that has been mentioned. While listening to music (Google play music) if notification comes in volume goes way down and doesn't return without pressing the rocker.

Other than that everything works great including bluetooth, 4g, and GPS.

Thanks for your work darch. Glad to see you back on the dev scene. Don't mind the trolls. Unfortunately this particular forum is plagued with them. If people would just ignore them and their stupid comments, they would go away.

AOSP para siempre!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rabscutle:
Another note... I get no change in audio levels when using the DSP.

No sound difference with any option on any of the 3 sets (Bluetooth, Speaker, Headset) or any of the myriad of settings you can alter.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bbedward:
Lol, lrn2git guys.

Read the apache license, darchstar is not in violation of any of it. He hasn't explicitly removed someones name from the code and replaced it with his.

Great work darchstar ;)

I have to tell you though, i think this throws an exception and needs to be caught.

boolean sprintParseMessage = Resources.getSystem().getBoolean(com.android.internal.R.bool.config_sprint_parses_message);

Can possibly throw a NotFoundException, always good to check for things like that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hoopsdavis:
I've noticed this also. But I have noticed this with every CM9 build I've tried.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Beejis:
Don't listen to the few turds darchstar, there are always going to be a couple of turds that don't flush all the way down. Obviously there are more people here satisfied and happy for your HUGE contribution to the community.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smoothone:
Did you reboot after install? Everyone make sure that you reboot after installing the rom. From experience I have seen issues get resolved from a simple reboot. That goes for any rom not just this one. I always reboot after I install any rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jxb25:
Can we restore with TB or no
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smoothone:
Flash is now working in the browsers.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
I did with no problems
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jaybizza:
You have up to a year to add Black Tie protection thru Best Buy but thats only if you purchased your phone thru them... Sprint on the other hand can be a little bit trickier.. Chances are Sprint won't allow protection after the fact but that I think depends on how long its been since your purchase.. I hope this helps!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nibrwr:
Installed 3.11 version fresh. Running great so far. GPS is still hit or miss, but I don't need it much. MMS works well so far.

When we get kernel source, will battery life improve? Looking at ~2.5% idle drain right now.

Thanks Darch and entire community. Great ROM
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Delvien:
great work darchstar, I cant wait till this develops more to make this my daily!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] magoo5289:
Other than the known CWM issues, this is an easy daily.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rsloan:
http://chris41g.devphone.org/EpicTouch/Stock Repack/EL26/StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5

Stock CMW EL26 link down.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] snake4812:
Works here- try another browser?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rsloan:
Just tried in both google chrome and Internet Explorer Link no worky. if anyone needs it, This http://chris41g.devphone.org/EpicTou...M-EL26.tar.md5 is the link to the recovery in OP needed to safely flash this Rom :rolleyes:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jxb25:
Which is the newest gapps that we are supposed to use for this rom
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rsloan:
7.1

http://tinyw.in/eMf7
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nibrwr:
The one with the newest date. 3.04.12
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rsloan:
Btw if anyone is interested This -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1531222 works on our device, Many Thanks to Rob43 :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gerald410:
Thx Darchstar, The rom is dope and oh yes keep slappin' da' Bass!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] drdrewdown:
wonder how many bricks we'll see after people try & flash this
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] C3jay:
How do you guys get GPS to work mines not working, It won't lock or anything.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] clamknuckle:
Just an fyi I've had no problems installing updates booting into cwm from rom manager. Its the same cwm as the el29 one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] drdrewdown:
it should work just fine. the only thing you might check is to set your GPS source to internal in the settings>location area.

aside from that, go outside & use GPS Status & Toolbox application from the Market.. it'll only show 2 satellites max, but your long/lat should appear & your error rate should show if gps is working.

Does your GPS icon come on at in the top left corner? If NOT, you probably need to do the GPS workaround of getting it to lock in touchwiz then rebooting into recovery & flashing this rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DaArtist401:
If anyone's having trouble with Odin and getting El26 CWM on their phone, I found the easiest solution to be the "Auto Root your existing stock rom" at the top of the E4GT forum. Don't know if it's been said before but I randomly checked this thread a couple times and seen getting EL26 through Odin to be a problem for some (including myself). When you click on the e4gtauto-sfx.exe, which installs CWM, first click option C. And then option I, and you will get you EL26 CWM. Worked perfect for me for installing this rom.

Thanks for the great Rom. Almost perfect for me :-D

Btw, I seen instructions a couple days ago of how to fix mms. Seems they have been edited out. The version of the rom I have is 3.09.12. So I take it the 3.11.12 version fixes the mms?

Thanks again!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] riassan:
was just thinking the same thing bro:D