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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thenimboo:
Thanks for helping me understand, I have a much better picture of it now. A couple questions though. I did a few things before seeing your response, and would like some clarification.

I just booted into recovery straight from CM9 Alpha 6. Then I formatted sdcard, then formatted emmc. Then I factory reset/ wiped data/cache/dalvik. I'm a little bit confused about this though - my phone still boots into CM9 Alpha 6. How do I completely wipe the phone to replace even the CM9 rom?

Now, when you reference the el26 gingerbread kernel, does that include the OS? I was always under the impression that kernels handled more background stuff (power management, etc) while Roms actually contained the OS. So if I wanted to get my phone back to stock, would I need to actually flash a gingerbread rom? I still have a nandroid saved that I made right after rooting this phone when it had gingerbread. I could go to this, upgrade prl, etc?

I want to make sure there isn't anything left from the previous rom. It had tons of issues.

Ok, so baseband has nothing to do with the rom. Got it. But flashing a certain Rom will put a certain baseband on your phone, correct? CM9 Alpha 6, for example, brings ek02, right? Basebands seem to be the main way people use to reference roms and stuff.

I couldn't find the direct-boot kernel...would you mind linking to it? Or is it the same one I already have? The el26 I have I flash with mobile odin as a kernel, and it disables my ability to get into cm9. Does this mean it wiped cm9 out? Is CWM contained in the kernel? Or is cm9 just hidden, but still there? How do I completely wipe cm9 or any rom off my device if I want to? So I can start fresh?

Ok going to bed, will appreciate any help. I'm going to start downloading one of Chris's builds tonight.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aleph23:
The letter/number scheme refers to builds. A build from Samsung will be labeled as, first letter = year, second letter = month, numbers = day.

So el02 would be fifth year, twelfth month, second day. That's why this year we're in the "f" year.

When Samsung releases a new build, it will have several parts, including kernel, modem (also known as base band), and "rom." All of these components can be referred to as "el02" or whatever that build is. So it can get confusing, you just need to ask. If we're talking overall phone stuff, people are probably referring to the rom. If we're talking about sprint connectivity issues, we're probably referring to the base band. Both of which could rightfully be called "el02" or "fc20" etc.

Make sense?

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sjsharksfan420:
This was my point here.. if something is "broke" then you need to go back to stock to "fix" what "broke"

And dude.. I'm a dude..

sj

Sent with my Epic 4G Touch on CM9-8/16 ImRichBitch @ 128 dpi using Tap@Talk Pro v2.2.6

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Has anyone tested arewethereyet? I just tested and got a boot freeze on the old el26/cwr boot logo, not cm9

I'm thinking bad download, but curious if anyone had issues with that one..

sj

Sent with my Epic 4G Touch on CM9-8/16 ImRichBitch @ 128 dpi using Tap@Talk Pro v2.2.6
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] guirae:
I had this problem for the whole day. Flashed a bunch of things. Nandroided, new ROMs, etc. Long story short, I EL26 odin'ed, cleared everything, and flashed the newest "are we there yet". Good to go :) I can find my music files on Apollo and my pictures are in the gallery. I can also go to the camera settings and have photos be sent to my SD card (could not do this before).

Prior to this, I could navigate to my SD card music files and pictures via root explorer but those files would not show up on the system apps (I.e. gallery and Apollo).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jefbal99:
Is that the "arewethereyet" build?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Yeah that's I think he is talking about. Its working pretty good for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Silentknyght:
Quick confirmation requested, please. In an effort to resolve my Google Maps Navigation issues, I'm wiping everything & starting over.

Step 1: Used "SPH-D710.FF18_CL663858_ROOTED-OneClick" to revert to stock FF18 root.

Step 2: ??? Can I just go straight to "arewethereyet", or is the above not a safe recovery? Do I need to use directboot via "EG4T-EL29-directbootCWM-v3.tar.md5" first?

Thanks.

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Unfortunately, I never have 4G turned on, because I don't get any reception at my house. Curious how to download / cache the map data, though... I'll play around with that. I'll also try out "GPS Test." Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gg_99:
Looks like we can start the day with Folgers.

I'm currently running Machete and am pretty happy with it. GPS does work but takes a long time to get a lock (my understanding is that the process for going back to GB to get a lock wouldn't help me w/ this issue, but please correct me if I'm wrong). Otherwise I'm really happy with the first CM9 build I've tried. That said, any compelling reason to try to keep up with the new builds (there have been 3 since Machete, I believe)? I'm not sure there's any good way to tell what's changed, unless I'm missing a changelog somewhere.

Thanks for your work, chris41g and to everyone else sharing their results.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jefbal99:
Appears storage has changed again in "arewethereyet," I had to uncheck use internal storage to make all my apps happy as I have no microsd
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chris41g:
yes somehow it was backwards, should be fixed in this mornings build.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xpanmanx:
So just to sum it up one more time because I'm damn confused....

With CM9 or 10, is my removable SD card supposed to be "sdcard", or "external_sd"?

(Samsung ROMs call it "external_sd".)

Can/does this change with different kernels?

¡THANKS!

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AREWETHEREYET....running like a champ and very stable. Stock kernel, EL29. Barely anything installed thus far.

Yet battery drain still climbs to ~100ma/minute after reboot. Even in airplane mode. That's not so good. Can't figure out it out....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
Just flashed the latest build, Folgers. This is how it is for me right now.

Internal shows as sdcard

External shows as external_SD

The option to use internal storage for apps is not checked.

Apps are saving data to sdcard.

Hope this helps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kyleinkc:
Chris - you're doing an awesome job! Still after doing what has been suggested - cache wipe, installing stock via one-click, etc, applications like apollo and google music cannot detect media that exists on my external sd card. I have tried both checked and unchecked options found under storage config, but still no luck. This has been an issue for me since updating from backthatassup which could detect media found on my ext sd card. I believe with the backthat build the storage was labled differently though - perhaps sdcard/sdcard1. Regardless, I'm happy with the folger build. Poweramp can detect external media because I can tell it where to look. So that's what I'm using right now. Thanks, Chris
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jefbal99:
Huh, I'm lost again because this seems backwards to the explanation given earlier this week. I just went from "arewethereyet" to "folgers" I have use internal storage unchecked and no microsd. When I go into my gallery, my folders seem a little funky. When I open the Camera folder, some pictures from yesterday are missing. I went into the camera and set it to internal storage. taking a picture it saved it to the same folder all my other pictures are in, but not I have two camera albums in gallery. The old camera gallery only has one thumbnail and the rest are just black.

Also, if I check use internal storage, gallery and camera go wonky
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gg_99:
So I'm running Machete as my first CM9 build. I cleared my internal and external SD cards beforehand, so I had a pretty clean start. My internal SD card right now only has a "LOST.DIR" folder and is otherwise empty. On my external SD card I have some media I copied back (which is working fine with built-in media players, incl. Apollo and Gallery), but I've also got an "Android" folder that appears to have application data in it. With what you're seeing with Folgers, will/should this Android folder/data be on sdcard instead of external_sd? Ideally what I'm looking for is all applications and data stored on the internal sdcard and all of my media, photos, etc. stored on the external sdcard.

I know this has been discussed a lot, and I'm sorry to be asking a similar question.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Silentknyght:
GPS issues persist.

Edit: See later posts for correct steps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] te45a:
Had a same issue, suggest you try this http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/2012/05/temporary-stock-e4gt-from-emmc.html

it will let you do temporary stock and get a gps lock using GPS status app, while you are in that app and have a gps lock press power button and reboot, than just flash cm9 and you should be good.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] coiledwire:
Between (4) and (5), boot into the temp emmc el29 rom and update prl, profile, and open maps to get gps lock. Then turn phone off, boot into recovery, flash folgers and gapps, then reboot.

Search for the emmc temp el29 rom; I don't have the link with me. There's a thread in the e4gt forums here and I think it's also in the cm9 blog (in the tools section).

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gg_99:
Have you done the temp boot back to GB to get your GPS lock? I'm having GPS issues as well (Machete build) but mine's more about being slow to lock than not locking at all.

Oops, looks like coiledwire beat me to it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Silentknyght:
Thanks (and thanks to te45a). I'll give this a shot & report back. I assume this is mandatory because the Sprint Updates item within the Settings menu is broken? I did try that (already), and it kept FC'ing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gg_99:
Yep, for now it's FCing by design until chris41g is done testing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jimbobtexas:
Been running Chris' Folgers build most of the day. No complaints. Seems like a solid build, but I'll let it settle a bit.

GPS locks quickly, Bluetooth is working well. Slacker radio while sitting in my office works perfectly. In the car, there's still a tendency to see some buffering, so it makes me wonder about moving in and out of 4G coverage, and whether that impacts streaming music, be it Slacker, Pandora, whatever.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] coiledwire:
Here is logs of losing 3G data connectivity and failing to automatically reestablish the connection.

Setup:

FH13 modem (updated profile/prl after modem install)

Folgers build

No additional installs

dmesg:

http://pastebin.com/cksQZ59D

logcat:

(too large for pastebin; zipped txt file attached below)

These are just log dumps using terminal emulator.

If there's a better way to capture logs, or narrow it down, please let me know. Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deaver_92:
To do a complete wipe format system/ as well (mounts & storage>format system). I've had issues with the first boot after doing this though. If you have issues go back to recovery and do a factory reset and then flash the rom again. That should clear up any issues.

There are three flashable components to this phone: rom, kernel, and modem. Typically a rom is packaged with a kernel unless otherwise specified. Kernels can be flashed independently though. You are correct (at least from my understanding) about kernel vs rom. The rom contains the OS while the kernel is more power management, etc.

The modem (baseband) is almost never packaged with kernel or rom except in the case of Sprint OTA updates. You can change the modem at any time to whichever one you want without any effect on phone functionality (except, as I explained earlier, signal strength, etc).

From your description, yes you have the direct-boot kernel. CWM is the recovery (ClockWorkMod). The directboot kernel, by design, simply puts the phone in a sort of bootloop so that it will only boot to recovery. An ICS rom cannot operate with a Gingerbread kernel (and vise-versa), but you can flash any kernel over any rom to get the recovery, as long as you don't try booting into the rom. To get the kernel compatible with your rom just reflash your current rom.

For what you want to do, use mobile Odin to flash the direct boot kernel (should boot to recovery automatically), format system, data, cache, dalvik (I would format a couple times each), flash your desired rom, flash gapps, reboot.

You can restore the nandroid, get a GPS lock, then do the above steps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mightypenguin:
Same Story

Same thing for me. I started on imrich and it rebooted like 5 times before it settled down. I did forget to clear dalvik cache though...

That was coming from A6. It's settled down nicely now. Battery life isn't what I want but it's early yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Silentknyght:
GPS Issues Fixed, thanks

Fortunately,

GPS issues seem to be fixed

! Thanks for everyone for their help. I've edited & republished my steps, in the hopes that someone else can benefit:

Formatted/wiped internal sdcard partition and external sd card. Put the necessary files (see following steps! Read before continuing!) on external sd card.

Used odin one-click via the PC to return to stock. File: SPH-D710.FF18_CL663858_ROOTED-OneClick.exe Link:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1721229

Used mobile odin to flash the CWM5 directboot. File:EG4T-EL29-directbootCWM.tar.md5 Link:http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/tools.html

Wiped data, wiped cache, wiped data again, wiped dalvik.

Flashed the "temp" EL29 boot. File:e4gt-el29-emmc-utility-v1.tar.xz Link:http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/2012/05/temporary-stock-e4gt-from-emmc.html

Updated Profile. Updated PRL. Installed & ran "GPS Status & Tools" apk (installed from the sdcard) to get a lock. Link:http://application-free.blogspot.com/2011/07/gps-status-toolbox-donate-apk-v38-for.html Then ran Google Maps to confirm GPS lock. Also tested Navigation for the heck of it.

Powered off. Powered On. CWM loaded automatically (as it should).

Did

not

wipe anything.

Flashed chris41g's latest ("folgers") build. Flashed gapps. File:gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip. Link: http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip

Rebooted phone. Did usual first-boot setups. Went outside into the parking lot. Confirmed GPS lock with "GPS Status & Tools" and with Google Maps. Everything seems ok.

Thanks, again, to everyone who helped along the way.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vinscuzzy:
Im running the 8-12 nightly and was wondering if someone knew where I could find the kernel that was included with this build? It says:

3.0.15-g887ff89

shabbypenguin@snabbypenguin-minty #1

SMP PREEMPT Sun Aug 12 19:19:31 EDT 2012

I wanna do a nandroid backup via mobileodin el26, and reflash this kernel afterward. I tried some other CM9 kernels and experienced some LOS issues. I know it says the included kernel/recovery is safe for flashing/nandroids, but I feel more comfortable doing it through EL26.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sjsharksfan420:
If you don't have the kernel by itself, just restore your nandroid, and simply reflash the 8/12 rom & gApps without a factory wipe, clear cache and dalvik only and you should be good to go, I have done this many many times.. but I suggest flashing the Folgers build.. ;)

Update: also as the next poster mentions, its safe to just use the included recovery, and if you want to stay away from the blob folder format, you can backup in .tar format as well.. ;)

sj

Sent with my Epic 4G Touch on CM9-8/17 Folgers @ 128 dpi using Tap@Talk Pro v2.2.6
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
Why Odin back to el29 just to make a backup. The included recovery is safe
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deaver_92:
I've been meaning to ask about this. What is the blob folder/files for? And what's with the "freeing space" thing?

Edit: Never mind. I looked it up on the creator's forum. Apparently this recovery is supposed to be super fast. It's not. In fact it is super slow. It takes me 20 minutes to get through a backup. Would that have anything to do with the read/write speed of the cards?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
I did it to internal and it took near an hour the first time.... I think that subsequent backups go faster as it does incremental backups from there on out? I said eff it and went back to twrp and never tried again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Toonlinkmaster25:
Chris, are you planning on picking back up AOKP anytime soon with both TCP and Times' halting on development?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deaver_92:
Makes sense. I realized my last two backups were to internal, which didn't have any backups. Apparently it skips files that are already backed up so there aren't duplicates of the same file.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeremiah.rs:
Come on dude, let the man deal with one thing at a time lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Big Boy Laroux:
Still having an issue where photos will not delete from SD card when deleting in the gallery.

Did a wipe data/cache/davlik and reinstalled Folgers.

Internal SD card is labeled "sdcard". External SD card is labeled "external_sd".

All photos are on the external SD card. Gallery pulls up all photos just fine. But when I delete a photo in the gallery, it does not actually delete it from the SD card.

Logcat attached (hopefully I did it the right way)

Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vandizzam:
I noticed the folgers build isn't on goo any more. Is it because it is not as stable as the rest?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Darkendes:
Exactly right. But be careful, since all of the backups restore from the same pool of files, if anything gets corrupted, ALL of your backups are rendered useless.

This happened to me once and I immediately switched back to .tar format. I lost 4 backups and was having trouble with my setup at the time so I had to start completely fresh. Luckily I had just made a backup of my apps with Titanium so it wasn't too bad.

In my opinion, the blobs method is unreliable.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vinscuzzy:
Yeah, just playing it extra safe ;) I hard bricked my last ET4G, using a safe kernel. Had to go without a phone for a few days, and that sucked. Plus my nandroids I already have are from el26. Uh..... blob folder format? Back up in .tar format? Intrigued.....

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Do you recommend Folgers? Or autoprime??
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aleph23:
I did a full wipe - calkulins wipe script x two - before coming to Folgers this morning and everything's been working great for me. First reliable gps lock in a while too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Does autoprime contain autoprime's diagnostic mode fixes? Would be sweet if it did. :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigJPNut:
Autoprime Rocks!

Finally everything is right with mounts and sdcard naming!

Nice job chris...please dnt change it lol!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Darkendes:
I think so?

https://github.com/EpicCM/android_d...mmit/c6385b8ea8b167d8c330fc8e3ce7b9ef852750f9
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Darkendes:
My setup: autoprime, "Use internal" checked. Apps used: standard gallery & ES File Explorer

internal=/mnt/external_sd, external=/mnt/sdcard

Confirming the bug where deleting pics from gallery does not delete them from sd card is still there. They delete from internal memory (/mnt/external_sd/) just fine. They do not delete from /mnt/sdcard/.

Edit: Interestingly, if I try to use ES File Explorer to open an image from /sdcard it throws out the error "Could not find image /mnt/external_sd/DCIM/Camera/etcetcetc.jpg" (see attachment)

Pictures in /mnt/external_sd opened from inside ES Explorer with no problem.

Edit: If I uncheck "Use internal" and reboot, I am able to delete and view pictures from my external (/mnt/external_sd) but not from my internal (/mnt/sdcard) so it's something specific to the /sdcard mount.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Big Boy Laroux:
Thanks, Darkendes. I've seemed to have this picture-deleting issue on all builds after backthatassup. Backthatassup worked great - it actually had the "use internal storage" option removed completely, and I believe used the sdcard/sdcard1 naming convention.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Darkendes:
It's weird. If ES is looking for /mnt/external_sd when trying to view a picture in /mnt/sdcard, maybe Gallery is trying to delete the picture from /mnt/external_sd instead of /sdcard or something. Just a thought. If the picture is already in /mnt/external_sd, it always deletes.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deaver_92:
How do I change to .tar format?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Aganar:
Probably been asked a billion times over the course of the thread by now, but is it safe to flash the newest nightly directly over an existing Alpha6 install, or does it need to be wiped? What about the builds, as opposed to the nightlies?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Well if its been asked that many times why don't you search for it...

Coming from alpha 6 its probably a good idea to wipe. Make sure you do it safely.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DaKlown:
internal=/mnt/external_sd, external=/mnt/sdcard seems backwards to me. Shouldnt it be internal=/mnt/sdcard and external=/mnt/external_sd?

Thats why pictures arent being deleted.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigJPNut:
There is an option in recovery under back up and restore menu.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] clide whit:
For people still using the EL26 kernel for mobile odin, use the directboot EL29 on CM9's install guide instead, makes it so right after you flash it takes you straight to recovery instead of having to pull the battery out, as well as the ability to quickly boot to el29 to update profile/prl if you have the multiboot files in your SD card, much more convenient IMO.

http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/tools.html
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Darkendes:
That is how it's set up if you use your sd card to store app data and pictures, etc. However if you want your apps to store the information on your internal drive, you have to swap the mounts by toggling "Use internal storage for apps and media", which is how I prefer it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deaver_92:
Found it. Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KingRedHot:
My gallery and music players are not seeing my external sd card. Does anyone know a fix for this? I'm using QuickPic right now but I would like to solve the problem if I can fix it myself

Swyped from my Epic Touch™ using Tapatalk2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
You should try the toggle (settings>storage>menu>storage config>use internal storage). Depending on where your media was on your previous rom, the current rom might have your external and internal SD cards swapped.

Where is your media stored? What build are you on? What rom were you on before? Did you wipe data, cache, and/or dalvik? I assume you mean the stock gallery, but what music player?

Sent from my CM9'D E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mightypenguin:
Couldn't make phone calls

After charging overnight I couldn't make a phone call with my phone. Just said dialing and then sat there with no dial tone or ringing.

Probably should have tried to toggle airplane mode, but I just power cycled it and it was fine. During the reboot I was getting some kind of almost clicking sound in the speaker while it was going down.

Anyone else see that? (arewethereyet)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] todivefor:
I am having a problem copying lasrg files to sdcard (>4GB). Phone reboots in middle of copy. From logs, Chris41g tracked it down to phone overheating. He suggested turning off charging while USB mounted. Someone said there was a hidden menu to do this. I have not been able to find how to do this. Hope someone can help me? I switched from iMac to macbook pro. I suspect powered ports on iMac vs macbook pro maybe causing my problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kryptonite16:
Battery life sucks on the 8/18 build.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] methslushee:
where can I download these builds autoprime and folgers from?