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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
Cant say I have honestly found one as of yet. Its a you keep hoping it gets better type of thing for me. Some say one is better than the other but hey as long as it works I am not really complaining.

Test out how smooth your system runs

Test out lag

Check BT and for FC's on games

Those are just a couple things I look out for when I try new kernels
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rey_1178:
i tried venum's latest rom. real nice but i had to come running back to CM9 :o

i tried to restore my backup but i don't understand why i always have a MD5 mismatch :-(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eljefe27:
Because your backup is corrupt
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rooster85:
AOSP FTW!!! Touchwiz, sense, motoblur can suck it

Sent from my awesomely EPIC Phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I don't know what is going on lately but I will take it. Using Dark Ice theme..edit..FE22 everything

Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
CM9 is so sexy at 160 dpi lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] keebler021:
Indeed it is! Digging the wallpaper too ;-)

Went through three different TW based ROMs today before I came back to CM9. Just can't beat the stability and cohesiveness of AOSP.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mazostyle:
where you get the 6/05 build? also where can i get themes...darn it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
now the 6/5 build I am not sure exactly what you mean or if you misread the post you quoted but where can you get themes... hmmm did you try google, did you try the market, did you try the themes and apps section of this forum as well as Android General. Jus Sayin' this is CM9 and its quite popular, finding stuff for it is quite easy :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
wouldn't 160 dpi be really small? my eyes are starting to go though, lol!

Also, I asked this early, but I'm wondering what you all use as underclock/overclock along with what governer you use. Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ntsp00:
Just checking to see if anyone else has had a similar issue, I can't get any of my system sounds to work. Keypresses, keyboard, lock/unlock, they're all silent. :confused:

I'm on alpha 4 fe22 kernel, I've tried different alpha's & kernel's, did a complete wipe of everything and started fresh...not sure what to try next?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oiad:
Here is speeds in my area. Pre5, FF02, EL29.

Downtown I get 7-8 consistently
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] keebler021:
Where the heck is that?! o_O
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dawarrior_vex:
Same problem sort of..

I am having a similar issue, except that I cannot get into download mode or recovery. Any ideas?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
Don't tell me you were watching youtube during a speed test and then complaining about speed!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rooster85:
Same here....

Sent from my awesomely EPIC Phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Febby:
What application is that???? :-0 the pip one lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bruce Inman:
Did you try powering off the phone, turning it back on while holding Vol-down+Power until it goes to download mode?

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Check your volume toggles. There's a know issues with volume resets as well as sounds not sticking after you set them. You may also want to create a folder for them on internal storage in case its an emmc/sd card issue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
Same here I can't stand touchwiz roms anymore lol. AnAm85 made the wallpaper. You can find his thread in themes&apps section

Its a secret ;) and themes are in themes&apps section

160 dpi is perfect for me lol and not sure, don't over/under clock
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] interhawk1:
Just found a bug on latest alpha 4...after I hang up on a phone call... My capacitive buttons don't function.. I have to touch the screen first and then they work normal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ntsp00:
Toggles are all good, copied the ui folder that contains all the system sounds and put it under /sdcard & /emmc.....gonna try going back a couple alpha's to try and find exactly where they stopped working.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Same thing happens to me on occasion as well. Not just after making a phone call.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] b0tes:
What kernels are you two running?

I just wiped and went back to FE21 kernel and FE16 modem with A4 and capacitive works just swell.

Could be a rogue app/setting as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Has happened on several of the lasts builds with several kernels.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Buda76:
I'm running into trouble on putting CM9 Alpha 4 on my phone and ran into a problem.

This is my first time using this phone and rooting it (came from Nexus S 4G) and have seen the process is quite different.

Here's what I've done so far:

Odin - EL29 Full Restore Rooted

Auto Root - EL29+CWM-Rogue

Everything went fine that far and I ran for 1 day with root and all was good (except that I need my CM9 ICS goodness back).

This is where I'm at:

Installed USB Drivers

In Download mode on phone and have Yellow box with com port in Odin.

In Odin 1.85 to install E4GT-EL29-directbootCWM.tar.md5 (selected on PDA)

When I press start I get the following errors:

<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid

<OSM> E4GT-EL29-directbootCWM.tar.md5 is invalid.

I downloaded the file a second time (from CM9 Install instructions blogspot page) and no luck. Both downloads were from my computer (Win7 x64 pro). I quadruple checked the instructions and I searched the thread for the file name to see if anyone else mentioned the problem but no dice. Any ideas?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
Well what you can try now is just odin the el26 cwm kernel using pda option again (make sure only auto reboot is checked in top left settings). Upon reboot, boot into recovery (volume up + power button). Wipe data/factory restore, wipe cache&dalvik. Flash alpha 5 pre-1 which can be found here http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/ Then just flash latest gapps and reboot.

edit: try this directboot CWM if you'd like.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Buda76:
Thanks!

Just some quick clarifications as there is a lot of information that I've read through on wiping/flashing and about not doing it as it can brick the phone.

I'm assuming the EL26 kernel is what allows me to safely wipe and flash my phone without bricking it, correct? Is the direct boot CWM5 still needed or is EL26 Kernel enough (I'm assuming CWM Rouge will still be installed from when I did the autoroot on EL29)?

Edit: Nevermind :) I just saw the link for the newer version of the direct boot file you posted on your edit and that worked!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
el26 cwm recovery is completely safe to flash in. However, when you flash the latest cm9, you will lose recovery. So if you want to change you would have to re-odin the el26 cwm kernel and flash whatever you want from there.

You can either use el26 cwm kernel or the directboot CWM, either one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] charlesvw9:
Where is everyone getting these 06-04 and 06-05 builds?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xxtavarxx:
How do I get themes for this rom?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mlewin1:
From the play store just search for CM9 themes
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] interhawk1:
type "cm9 themes" in the play store.....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sai5o4:
I'm not sure where you're seeing those builds, but the latest CM9 prealpha5 can be found here: http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
As well as the play store please use your search button since there are threads with themes as well. Its all out there for you...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xxtavarxx:
Browser starts playing vid when its almost done it just shows black in the player till its half way done
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
do you have kobridge tweaks installed? If so, I bet its version 3.3. Upgrade to v3.3.1 and that should fix it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xxtavarxx:
I have no idea what kind of tweaks I have installed.. and how can I find this update?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] meatwadathf:
O, well nevermind. If you don't know what kobridge tweaks are you don't have them installed. That is not the issue causing the video problems.

What cm9 version are you on and what browser are you using? CM9prea5 and dolphin hd worked fine for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xxtavarxx:
Cm9 4
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Sorry if this had already been said but Google chrome appears to be working now with the latest play store update.

And must I say, FINALLY! :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
Psssst... word on the street is

Alpha 5 is dropping tonight

;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darchstar:
Epic Touch CM Blog: CM9 alpha5 for Epic 4G Touch Released
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Excellent. I can't wait for that source kernel (for battery reasons)! Great work boys
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AMunozXS:
downloading!!

I was on A5pre1 and my battery life was about 6-7 hours on moderate use. A4 gives me at least 13. Do you think it has to do with the kernels?

Will be flashing Alpha5 in about 2 minutes :D

Thank you!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
Oh snap its out, i was waiting for some kind of build.

Mirror 5 is mine for those of you familiar with my servers speed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
and now the million dollar question is..

how's batter life on alpha 5?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KingKong86:
I use natesmods red green blue and such
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KingKong86:
Cm9 all the way every time a new one comes out I get it thank u guys so much for keeping this phone new and awesome u guys rule !!!!!!!:thumbup:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Double post
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Of course it will be the same until we get that source kernel....

It's so close
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xxtavarxx:
I have alpha 4 can I just reboot in recovery full wipe everything and flash the new rom or do I have to.Odin back to gingerbread?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] reinaldistic:
Still doesn't have flash on desktop view though
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] reinaldistic:
Nope... tried it didn't work... didn't break my phone either which was suprising
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vandizzam:
Is anyone else's auto brightness not working in dark areas on alpha 5?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gatesmarch123:
Is this the same as pre-alpha 5?. Don't wanna do Needless flashing.

Real men don't bodybuild...they power lift.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] te45a:
I am also trying to install alpha 5 over alpha 4, I read trough install instructions and booted into recovery, I guess i can only boot into standard android recovery, and when im in there I only see option to update from external storage, I tried using that and all I get is red triangle in poor andy's stomach :(

(im new to Epic Touch so do I need to Odin back to GB or what) thanks guys
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bykim5:
one difference.. Cant reboot into recovery.. I dont use that though
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazy_smokezalot:
STOP!!!!!! WAT U ARE DOING!!!!! You are going to eventually brick your device!!!!!

READ THE OP!!!! READ!!!!

if you dont know PLEASE READ FRIRST ASK QUESTIONS SECOND!!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ascertion:
Mounting SD card/ emmc is smoother o this and it also has ff02 kernel included. No reason not to update. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] te45a:
Saved my a$$!!! how many times can i hit your thanks button? lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazy_smokezalot:
its all good but its just my advice to you!! lol but it is your epic 4g touch!!! you bought it do as you like with it!!! lol

http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/cm9-install-guide.html

"Note: You are strongly advised to

read the CM9 Status

, guides on this site and these instructions carefully before proceeding. CM for Epic Touch is provided with no warranty. You are installing this software at your own risk. This site and Cyanogenmod is not affiliated with Sprint or Samsung. You may be violating your warranty."

and your welcome ill also be happy to help with anything i can!!!:p:D

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also if your more of a visual learner!! cheack out QBKing77 channel over at youtube!!! he has a lots of good reviews and how to videos
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] te45a:
i watched 10 of his videos already yesterday, but and I also read a full post of that how NOT to brick your phone too yesterday but I was a bit confused by CM post on how to upgrade from one version of CM to next, never mentions you have to go back to GB recovery... so its my fault and thank you again.

I guess big (NOTE: YOU MUST BE ON A GINGERBREAD BASED ROM FOR THIS TO WORK) on top of CM9 instructions wasnt big enough for idiot like me o_O
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ascertion:
My phone doesn't auto-rotate at all on this new Alpha 5. I went into Advanced settings and turned on Gyro Sensor and calibrated it, but none of my apps will rotate like they used to on Alpha 4. If I'm doing something wrong, let me know!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Nice. I'll have to install this after I get off work tonight. Thanks darchstar and everyone else involved.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jefbal99:
Do you have rotation enabled on the display settings?

I updated from A5 Pre1 and my settings stayed, my rotation is fine
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ascertion:
That was the problem. Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] keebler021:
Of course this comes out hours after I flashed back to Alpha 4. Ah, the life of a serial ROM flasher ;-)

So just to confirm, I can do a backup of Alpha 4, flash Alpha 5, and then do an advanced restore of data, right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] glmooreky:
Did the Facebook not syncing with contacts get addressed in this release. I love CM9 and want to install alpha5 but don't wanna use the 3rd party programs to sync my social contacts with phone book.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jnhelman:
If you have Alpha 4, you can just flash this right over it. No need to wipe anything.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] glmooreky:
Lol. I'm with you on this. I flashed 3 different ROMs yesterday.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bb4arson:
I had the same out come as you on both roms pre alpha 5 was a battery hog.

I'll give alpha 5 a go and let's see how it goes
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kc_hubbard:
This isn't a CM9 issue. Facebook refuses to code their app to Google's standards. Because of this, syncing contacts from FB has been disabled by Google (at least this is the way I understand it). Haxsync or Friendcaster will allow you to sync tho. They're both on the play store.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
That guy was me, and you are correct that I didn't get formally banned, but I will not longer be posting in that thread. I agree with you about the way support should be handled and was so disgusted by the responses I received from kobridge that I just wanted to say my final words and be gone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
delete.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dubez:
after searching I cant find a answer for my problem.

For whatever reason, gapps will not flash in my recovery, i keep getting an error.

cm9 a5 flashes fine from what i see so far. I havent gone anywhere in the rom because gapps would not flash.

Im running cwm 5.0.2.7 i believe it is.

Is there a solution to this problem? thanks in advance

edit: oh I forgot to add. im suppose to remove the .md5 extension at the end of the .zip file correct??? it shouldnt look like .zip.md5????
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
you would get better help if you told us what error you were getting. that's like calling your dealer and asking them "i hear a strange noise, whats wrong with my car?" little does the dealer know that the strange noise was from the tied up prostitute kicking the trunk. this post is starting to not make sense, but i'm gonna continue feeding my dog leftover table scraps and licking my plates cuz i dont have any more dishwashing detergent.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dubez:
Edit: Thanks for your help!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gatesmarch123:
Why do prostitutes always kick when their put in the trunk? I mean, don't they realize when they create such distractions they're going to get a heavy dose of my pimp hand?!

Real men don't bodybuild...they power lift.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MJHawaii:
Thanks for the New update Darchstar!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rickyq12:
The new feature with the calendar and weather widget in the LOCKSCREEN is pretty sweet...

Just flashed Alpha5...

Read the release notes and didn't see a fix...but

How can I change the weather widget on the lockscreen to read in Fahrenheit???
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] glmooreky:
I can confirm that syncing of Facebook works without 3rd party app. Big thumbs up. Installed this while in a hospital waiting room and am loving it so far. Would show a screenshot of the syncing....but don't know how to lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nibrwr:
Uncheck use metric in lockscreen>weather settings
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jefbal99:
Uncheck use metric in Settings/Lock Screen/Weather

I'm hoping to see that improved to have a selection of weather sources. I prefer Accuweather, but am happy to have the widget on my lockscreen
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rickyq12:
Thanks guys, I played with the settings a little more and got it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mightypenguin:
Happy Dance

Alpha 5 is kicken awesome.

Without full kernel source is there a way to control how often apps can sync in the background when the screen is off?

Being able to force this to be at least 5/10/15min intervals could save a ton of battery life.

Are people just using built in underclocking or apps?

I know SetCPU at least used to crash.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thac23:
Quick, possibly dumb question. Why do we have to be on a GB ROM if it's a 4.0.4 ROM?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wp7chris:
Thanks guys you are what makes this phone worth having
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chaos2137:
good works so far

I have been running this alpha 5 all morning and it's pretty smooth, no complaints, my battery was never worth sh** anyways so i'm not even complaining about that, i am a heavy user so it's to be expected. i am pleased with the progress made, keep up the good work guys.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nitro_c4:
You don't. Just odin the EL26 kernel, wipe data, cache and dalvik and flash.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rabscutle:
Running Alpha 5, and after a reboot, just ran Antutu... broke 6k for the first time ever on this phone. I have no overclocking setup, just the ROM.

Well done gentlemen. Well done.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KingKong86:
Yes or to ff02 o-c and then use Odin 1.85 flash cwm and flash cm9 5 than gapps 429
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KingKong86:
Not source yet kenal will case brick
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rooster85:
Wahh? :confused:

Sent from my awesomely EPIC Phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vandizzam:
Reflashing fixed the problem
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vandizzam:
Any else prefer the old music app to apollo? The album art in Apollo is all jacked up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
Give it a couple. Once it loads up its fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Wonder how this will be once aokp 38 comes out that will be built from source.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] glmooreky:
I always use Power Amp since I paid for it :p. Also Google Music is a nice app also, but doesn't have a widget.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vandizzam:
Still sporadic changing of the album art. It doesn't use some album art that other apps were able to use
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] glmooreky:
IMO AOKP has too many options, along side with the low overall volume of the ROM which requires third party apps to make it louder (which is one of the things that drew me to CM9). This may be cool for some people, but others like a minimalistic approach to things. And I'm sure once the devs get a hold of the source kernel, they'll do some things to incorporate it into this ROM as well. Only time will tell.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mikelav456:
I use the Google Music widget all the time...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] glmooreky:
Whenever I go to widgets and see the icon..i try to click and drag it but it just opens up the app and places nothing on the screen.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
I feel the same. AOKP is a great rom but I just couldn't run it for more than a few days. Have been on CM9 nonstop.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thac23:
So if I'm on FF02, I can just ODIN CWM and flash from there? Awesome.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] glmooreky:
Oh I forgot to ask. Does anyone know if we can overclock the CPU on this ROM? Like with Tegrak for example. Or is there a better app to use?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
No source no overclock its simple.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] glmooreky:
Oh cool. And TY. Still a noob when it comes to android stuff :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
Odin the el26 cwm kernel and you can flash Alpha 5+gapps if needed from there.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AMunozXS:
How is Alpha5 battery wise?

I didn't get a chance to flash. I had just flashed back to Alpha 4 couple hours prior to the release of Alpha5 and I want to enjoy a full day without having to charge my phone at mid-day :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Agreed and some of the theme chooser themes out there are just incredible.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vandizzam:
Ok I solved the problem. Pulled the music apk from alpha 4 and put it in the system\app folder and now I even get music controls on the lockscreen. I'm impressed with my solution. :cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
It's too bad that CM9 Reloaded has stopped/been abandoned. Really loved that mod! Unfortunately it causes bootloops on all new versions of CM9.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] duce415:
Was running calkulin's gb rom for a few days but had an instant erge to come back to ics which I choose cm9... I'm still on the first day charge but I loaded this up with ko's 3.3a tweaks and this is my battery life so far.... hopefully it gets better when source is released.... I'm on v4 and don't think I'm going to upgrade to v5 ...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rickyq12:
Battery?

This build just came out earlier this morning...lets give it a day or 2 to judge the battery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
exactly. Usually the rule of thumb is to give it 3 days before making a judgment on battery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
Could someone post up the music apk from alpha 4? please and thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ntsp00:
I've been disabling Apollo and using the old Music.apk ever since they changed it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bruce Inman:
10 Char
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Custodian:
Maybe KO will bless us with his tweaks.

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rooster85:
No he won't. He said so in his thread. IMHO though we don't need the tweaks.

Sent from my awesomely EPIC Phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bruce Inman:
I had to pay him but he is still supporting CM9. :D

3.3.1 works on CM9 Alpha 5, there was no need for KO to tweak it for this version, and it does improve the speed at the very least.

This ROM is great and KO tweaks just compliment it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
Thanks Bruce.

Would we be able to flash the EL29 Directboot CWM kernel to back up our CM9 and also restore? Say to fix GPS, backup CM9 with the GB kernel. Then flash EL29 get GPS, then restore CM9?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SantinoInc:
Did anyone get a bootloop after downloading and flashing with the link #2? I'm guessing I just had a bad d/l. I flashed it this morning before work and was stuck in a bootloop. No phone for the whole day. Just did a SFHUB EL29 restore and restoring my CM9 A4. Hopefully my next flash goes better
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bruce Inman:
I don't remember which link (pretty sure it was #2), but I did not get any bootloops.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vandizzam:
Does flash work in the stock browser with the tweaks. I tried it on pre alpha and it broke flash. It also slowed down the system considerably
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] m0j09987:
GPS isn't working. Ughhh we have to go back to gb rom?

Can someone gimme the steps needed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] keebler021:
Sorry, I used the #1 download. No bootloops here though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
Whats what i was asking earlier like 5 post ago.

The Proper steps are.

Go to a GB rom (EL29)

then get a GPS lock.

Then ODIN the Direct CWM kernel

Wipe Data and Dalvik

Flash CM9 & optional gapps.

Would we be able to flash the EL29 Directboot CWM kernel to back up our CM9 and also restore?