yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] land2634:
I believe you can just re-flash the rom to accomplish this. As far as I know, this will effectively accomplish flashing the kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] luisrodg:
Where do I get the FD10 modem tar to flash through ODIN?

I have just installed CM9 alpha3 but im still rocking EL29 modem. I want to ODIN just the FD10 modem, not the kernel.

Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheGman125:
Hey is anyone have problems with the recovery disappearing after you installing the rom?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mightypenguin:
Alpha3 Experience

So far so good.

The only weird behavior I've seen in the whole 30mins I've been running it is that my WPA/PSK2 Wifi keeps popping on and off.

I'm on FD10 modem as well.

GPS is noticeably better for me, way more sats, and locks pretty quick.

4G shows a way better signal and seems to work better at this location.

Wifi reconnecting all the time is a pain, but if I have 4G I don't mind too much.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] luisrodg:
CM9 puts the stock recovery. So yeah, you lose the CWM recovery. If you want to do anything, you ODIN the EL26 CWM recovery...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] qfnol31:
Has anyone had any trouble with random restarts and shutdowns? I've had four. I reinstalled and am still having problems.

My next step will be a wipe if I keep having problems.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Also can confirm that rebooting to download mode now works. Flashing fd10 modem right now. Going to give it a try today.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vandizzam:
can anyone confirm if DSP manager is working?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] justlovejoy:
worked on a2 no?

yes it is! just reset your options and listen to your ANDROID!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hermeticist:
Alpha 3 runs great. (I upgraded from alpha 2 per instructions).

Sound bug is still here. When I get a notification, the volume still dims.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gpgorbosjr:
WTH.....I'm losing my mind over here.

I installed the FD10 kernel on Alpha2 and couldn't connect my phone to a computer.....

so I just re-installed Alpha2 to get back to the old kernel and my phone still wouldn't connect to the computer...

so I restored stock rooted EL29 and it still won't connect.

I'm over here trying different USB cables, restarts and uninstalling/installing drivers and can't get it to work. It charges/debugging works but it fails to recognize the device after that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kasper19:
CPU speeds in the performance section of setup do not persist after a reboot.

EDIT: They are aware of it, it's listed in the release notes. shame on me for not reading them before posting. =p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
Try a different USB port or better yet another computer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] javan966:
yea u are right mines doesnt hold either after reboot want to run my phone at 1000 or even 800 to see if i can get better battery life without noticing a performance hit
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
Does CM9 charge to 100%?

Nvm it took forever but it does.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] satur9ine:
Pro Tip: You can now customize LED colors and patterns by application in Settings > Display > Notification light. Our phone only has blue and red LEDs so you can only use those colors and any mixes inbetween.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tomei:
How's the battery life? better than Alpha 2? Also, is the notification light still pink sometimes?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agentfazexx:
Dude it was just released today. Can't judge battery life after only a few hours.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NORCALkID:
Just got 24 hours of continuous use also was streaming data and the battery only dropped 2%!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agentfazexx:
3 hours on battery and mine was down to 65%.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rickyq12:
Joking right?

Sent from my Epic4GTouch with CM9 Goodness
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] qbking77:
a quick review of Alpha 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W04vlW60xu0
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jayjay7411:
Fd10 kernel broke that on alpha2 just flash alpha 3
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gpgorbosjr:
Um.....couldn't get Alpha3 on my card without USB working......

but Kies fixed it. I don't know why the straight driver package for this phone didn't work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] land2634:
An idea you might try is using ODIN to get back to EL26. While booted into recovery, mount as USB storage. Transfer alpha 3 that way, then proceed to flash.

Edit: It seems you may have already found a solution. If so, disregard this post. I'm a little slow today.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] CruzECO13:
Same thing happened to me. I used the AirDroid app to transfer the files to my sdcard and went from there.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] infamous_black:
This rom is great!

hello everyone, i am a sprint technician, also been rooting phones for the past couple of years,for some people having issues with the battery, you might have a swollen battery from over charging it,(to find out if ur battery is swollen just put it on a flat smooth surface and spin it, if its spins rapidly then you have a swollen battery, if it barely spins or not at all then you got a good battery)it happens all the time and usually a new battery fixes the battery dying fast, i have customers all the time coming in with this issue, but i also recommend a FULL WIPE every time you flash a rom, it fixes most of your issues people are having, stop being lazy, its not that hard to set everything back up again. i loved alpha2 but the battery would drain so fast, but not on this one, its LASTING! ive been using my 4g and streaming music for the past 6 hours and im barely at 48 percent. i also got like full 4g signal and almost full bars when im at work but im close to a tower so yea i have to wait to i get home.

im not having any issues at all with this rom,its running really smooth,and also like if im listing to music and get a text or email, the music doesnt dim, it stays loud, im not having any reboots at all, my gps works fine and locks alot faster, honestly if darchstar said this was an RC i would believe it, thats how good its working right now. thank you darchstar! this is my daily for sure.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] squshy 7:
Well alpha 3 running smooth so far...

One annoyance that I'd like somebody to confirm, is the touch sounds are different now...as in, when you interact with things like shortcuts on your homescreen , the "click" (or "pop") the phone makes...and I really don't like the change.

I know it's just my personal preference, but was this a change made upstream, or by our own cm team? Just wanna know if I have to prepare to change the sound for all future builds (easy enough with root explorer)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dhyneland:
Not sure what they sounded like before or what they sound like now. I always change them after every rom I install. I like the default touchwiz keypress and keyboard sounds.

Change out these files with root explorer or similar.

/system/media/audio/ui/Effect_Tick.ogg

/system/media/audio/ui/KeypressDelete.ogg

/system/media/audio/ui/KeypressReturn.ogg

/system/media/audio/ui/KeypressSpacebar.ogg

/system/media/audio/ui/KeypressStandard.ogg
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] itlbok333:
Ok, upgrade from Alpha 2 ?

I have read and read, but I do not want to brick this thing.

Install guide says Install is same as Alpha 2 except you dont have to wipe anything.

So I am guessing I need to get back to a gingerbread state?

Anyone have some quick helpful info on how to do this?

Thank You, Alpha 3 or Die
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackroseMD1:
If you're on Alpha 2, all you need to do is flash the EL26CWM tar through odin. When your phone starts to reboot, pull the battery, put it back in, and boot into recovery. All I do from this point is flash the rom and Gapps and then reboot.

EL26 CWM tar is here: http://db.tt/rIxjBIk8. Thanks to flashback7 for the link.

Edit: This will trigger the yellow triangle on the boot screen, by the way.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Frederick_1:
Loving this rom. Only issues is that the new keyboard and touch screen sounds have changed for the worse and still no HDMI out. Other than that everything's practically flawless. Thank you Darchstar. You're awesome! Sure this isn't an RC?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
RC? Sure it is stable all things considered, but have you gotten a notification while listening to audio? Have you tried to update profile/prl? I think you misunderstand what a release candidate is...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ryanmv213:
Anyone else having speed issues on 4G? Right before I flashed this I was getting 12mb down here in my office about 12 times in the row. I flashed this and now I can't get above 5mb down in the same location and the same server. Other than this everything seems to be running extremely smooth.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EeZeEpEe:
I noticed the touch sounds were different too. Not a big deal but looks like you'll have to change them for future builds.

On another note, the Chrome beta release today is still freezing up. Can't wait for a working version.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bruce Inman:
Has anyone attempted to update their Profile or PRL in About Phone/Sprint System Updates/?

On mine, it is calling Sprint. If you try to access the dialer it closes the program. :confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
It is a known bug.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] itlbok333:
Awesome!

BlackroseMD1,

Thanks very much, all up and running Alpha3.

Was very easy with your help!

I hit the thanks button too!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bruce Inman:
Thanks,

I haven't seen it mentioned in this thread or the tracker, but that's not to say its not there. Its in the tracker now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knives of ice:
can anyone tell me the easiest way to flash going from alpha 2 to alpha 3 since we still don't have our own recovery? i just don't understand the process since its different than every other rom and i've never used ODIN.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackroseMD1:
Glad you got it working man!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
Please reference the install guide: http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/cm9-install-guide.html

To use ODIN: Load up the CWM5 el26 kernel in the PDA slot in ODIN. Make sure auto reboot and nothing else is checked. Flash it. Once the phone starts to reboot hold volume up and power to force recovery. Once in recovery continue the instructions.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knives of ice:
thanks.

so basically el26 gets the recovery on our phone then we can just flash as normal from what i'm reading
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
That would be correct.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vandam500:
Its not Chrome...its the ROM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knives of ice:
do you happen to know the process you would use to flash this in Mobile Odin? i won't be able to get to a computer for awhile and i'd like to flash this. just want to make certain i do it correctly
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sjsharksfan420:
I almost dropped my phone! LOL

sj

Sent from my sgs2e4gt on AoKPb32 FD10 aOS 4.0.4 using Tap@Talk 2 Beta 5
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] coldblooded79:
Just use mobile Odin to flash el26 with cwm. Then hold volume up and power till the splash screen to boot into clockwork and flash:-)

sent from my Epic Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] info[]box1:
I must have gotten a bad download. Try to flash 2x and it aborted both times. I just redownloaded rom and going to retry. Install guide said use "update zip" im guessing just flash zip from sd card as usual. Right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SantinoInc:
Open Mobile Odin. Find KERNEL(kernel and CWM are interrelated.) It will ask internal/external storage. Go to wherever you have the CWM EL26 kernel/recovery. Select FLASH.

After a very short while you will be at the white Galaxy SII screen. Continue holding down VOLUME UP and POWER. It will eventually catch and you will be in CWM.

Once in CWM you probably know what to do.

On a side note: I have noticed that if you go in CWM to just clear the dalvik and cache and attempt to restart the phone it will not work. I was forced to reflash the entire rom in order to boot back up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chasew83:
trebuchet constantly crashes and phone becomes basically unusable when changing performance to powersave.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SantinoInc:
"Update Zip" within CWM is what you are saying? Nah, you don't do that. You just select INSTALL FROM SDCARD and navigate to what you want to flash as usual.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BryanTheLion:
Yes, you have to Odin the stock cwm. I just use mobile odin and have not encountered any errors as long as I pull out the battery out right before it boots and then go into recovery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] info[]box1:
That's what i thought. After the zip aborted I said let me read the blog site install guide and that's where saw "update zip blah bla"

Thanks bro I know wasn't going crazy.lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hermeticist:
With an update from 2 to 3:

No problems accept notification still dims volume.

With fresh install:

Every time I reboot, all system settings go back to default. Weird.

Thank the gods for nandroid backups.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Aganar:
So this has happened twice to me now on alpha 2. I plug the phone in, screen off, and once plugged in it freezes. No light shows, the screen remains off, and holding the power button does nothing. I had to yank the battery to bring it back.

Suggestions? I also noticed my battery drop like five percentage points been the time I turned the screen off to put it on charger and the time it finished rebooting.

EDIT: Balls. Happened again. This time it was in my pocket. My pocket suddenly felt hot. Battery is again like 10% under. I think something is causing it to overheat.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knives of ice:
partition could not be found in the file

this is what it says in mobile odin when I tried to load modem

any idea what could be wrong?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
What would happen if I flash el26 kernal through mobile Odin while on ics
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knives of ice:
If flashing EL26 in mobile odin should it be loaded under modem or kernel?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] batting1000:
The phone won't boot, but you can still get to CWM by holding down the proper buttons. This is how people typically update their ICS roms.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackroseMD1:
kernel. You could also just click "open file" and select the tar, and it will put it in the right slot for you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wonsteroca1:
Battery

Anyone have any battery stats.... so far...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
I've been on alpha3 since it dropped and jus had my first reboot. Was listening to music and it froze, phone rebboted but noticed my battery level dropped from 55 to 6 percent?? Besides that, its great.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Oh really cool thanks! I'm on nocturnal venum rom and downloaded all the files onto my phone for alpha 3 and at school so no computer lol should be safe doing this. Lkl
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hduenas1989:
Loving this ROM so far, very smooth, stable, FAST. No complaints so far I've been running it for about 2 hours now I followed the tips on the CM9 page to improve battery life and so far it has been incredible I've been putting it through some very heavy use nonstop since it booted. Looking forward to seeing how far it goes after a full charge.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RichTJ99:
If I am running Alpha 2, can I just go into recovery & flash Alpha 3 & it will keep all my settings, or do I need to odin back to EL26 & do a fresh install?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oddlou:
Since Alpha 2 doesn't have CWM built in, you'd have to flash a kernel using Odin/Mobile Odin with CWM, then flash A3. Doesn't require any wipes and your current settings should remain. EL26CWM would be the safest way to flash Alpha 3.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RichTJ99:
Where could I find a EL26CWM kernel? So I flash that, then boot into recovery, the flash the alpha 3 zip without wiping? That sounds pretty good to me.

Is the SD card fixed in this build?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] huskerpat:
Check the install guide linked in the first post.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oddlou:
check your pm. I'm not sure what you're referring to with the SD card question.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Beejis:
People should be careful with their wording. Don't FLASH a KERNEL to update from Alpha 2, ODIN the el26 TAR. If you don't say it right someone will brick I guarantee it.

It burns when I Tapatalk...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rickyq12:
Agree,

And people should read the cm9 status and install guide before trying to flash anything.

Get familiar with the flashing process.

Sent from my Epic4GTouch with CM9 Goodness
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] snakedoc34:
My ringtones for individual contacts won't stick... The default ringtone is the only one that works... This just started happening with alpha 3.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] CruzECO13:
I don't really get time to use my phone at the motorpool and this is pretty much my usage daily while at work. But this is a huge improvement for me personally on battery life. On A2 with the same amount of usage, it would be at about 5-10% right now, if not already dead. Awesome GPS and Battery life for me so far on A3. Fantastic work =D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SantinoInc:
I'm sorry, I said to find MODEM in Mobile Odin, I meant to say find KERNEL

(the kernel and the recovery are interrelated)

---------- Post added at 08:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:13 PM ----------

If some crazy stuff like that is going on you may want to start the whole thing over totally fresh. When I say fresh I mean SFHUB's stock rooted EL29 and from there flash CM9 again. Looks like you have too many issues to simply try to just patch up. Also, upgrade to Alpha 3...has been solid for me thus far.

---------- Post added at 08:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:17 PM ----------

Maybe you can clear the data and cache(SETTINGS>APPS>etc.) for whatever app you use for your contacts? That may work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wiskid15:
So, you can flash EL26 kernel, do a backup, then install A3 over the top of A2?

Flashing the EL26 won't wipe my current A2 install?

Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
The only thing flashing a kernel does is overwrite your kernel. You can backup with el26 but be sure to have a kernel to flash to boot that backup should you ever want to restore it and get it booting.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wiskid15:
Thanks for the info. So, since they don't include a custom recovery, is there even a way to restore these backups? Would I have to use Calks kernel, for instance?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
You would flash to el26. Restore. Then flash a cm9 compatible kernel to get it to boot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wiskid15:
Awesome, thanks. Currently running a3. So far, so good...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wiskid15:
One more thing. Is there a way to configure the default camera app to save to the sd card instead of internal memory??
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bjg020683:
Haysync not working for me. When I try to add the account it doesn't work. Anyone having this trouble?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cjohnsonthe2nd:
Try Facebook contact sync. That works fine for me and it syncs hi Res pics.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] luisrodg:
Been using this as my daily driver since alpha2 and donated back then. Will be sending my next donation now. It's small but I hope it buys them a much deserved beer and I will make it a custom to donate in every release. It only makes sense since I'm using their work for free...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LilRico:
Agreed!!!!

I love this freaking ROM!

Donation Confirmation number: 2NA24649AA6383355!

Hope it helps the team!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick_rick:
I donated to support the E4GT CM Team, its the least I can do for their awesome work! Confirmation number: 02M11518P6977842D

Its not much, im a poor college student lol. Keep up the great work guys, thanks for everything!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] live2ride96:
Just curious, does anybody know if this new alpha contains support for avrcp 1.3 like the official nightlies for other phones? AVRCP 1.3 is the bluetooth profile that allows a car stereo to show the metadata when streaming music over bluetooth. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as this is a feature I'm absolutely dying to get in a rom (non-touchwiz).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jhgti:
Amen donation coming as soon as I find my wallet lol jk Thank you guys
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] snakedoc34:
thanks for the suggestion, but I use the default People app for my contacts, I didn't see where I could clear the data... would going into the cache/dalvik-cache folder work? I have tried a couple of things which I thought might work but no, I can't get the ringtones to stick... Is this a bug? Anyone else experiencing this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazyflipj:
Menu>manage apps>swipe to all>contacts
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] snakedoc34:
Thanks... I tried that but it didn't work... wonder what it could be
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
Is it good to use Force GPU Rendering in developer options?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garfnodie:
Can't hurt anything. Should speed up the UI a bit and make it more iOS smooth like.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RubenRybnik:
Will forcing GPU Rendering use more battery? Has anyone noticed a difference with this on performance wise?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Question. On alpha 3 has anyone noticed that when 4g is on it doesn't show on the status bar?! Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] coiledwire:
If you are referring to the icon above the signal bars, I see it say 4g.

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] amoricaorbust:
.zip vs .tar?

Is the a reason I can't flash StockCWM-EL26.zip through recovery instead of using Odin StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5?

Just curious. Of course I realized after typing the question that I'd have to Odin CWM-EL26 if I wanted to make any additional updates but thought I'd ask anyway.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
Thoughts on hardware acceleration..

There has been hardware acceleration long before this developer option in android.

In 3.0 it became more enhanced. Developers were able to force gpu rendering within their app manifests.

Now since 4.0 apps targeted for ice cream sandwich should have hardware acceleration enabled by default. The reason it is not enabled in ics across every single app is because some drawing wont play well, thus it is a developer option.

SO, essentially forcing hardware acceleration is gaining you nothing in apps that have been designed to utilize hardware acceleration already and in turn potentially breaking apps that don't play nice.

So in some apps that do play you might notice some improvements at a cost of more ram. However, ics itself is hardware accelerated already.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tiffany84:
Would anyone happen to have the FD10 kernel included in this rom? I would pull it out and make a zip myself but I don't have a pc right now. Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Yup mine doesn't say
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] C3jay:
Thats cuz your not connected. When ur connected.. 3g will turn to 4g
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musikalharmony:
Is there a built in task manager or we have to download one from the market?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
Menu - manage apps - running?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
havent really done it, but i just copy kernel from rom and make into zip right? if so then here ya go
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
https://www.box.com/shared/8e1e402df76f007b2a53
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
No offense but I'm not dumb lol

On all other roms when 4g is even asleep or idle it shows it on the status bar. And from the pic you can see it is turned on but doesn't appear on the status bar. Just wondering if this a feature in cm9
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] guirae:
Battery life is at par with Blazer ROMS( which had the best battery life for my phone). Great work dark.

Aside from having normal access to the SD card and fixing up updating the PRL, a perfect ROM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tiffany84:
Thanks for trying. I really appreciate it but there is more to it then just putting it in a zip. There's other stuff in the zip like an update binary and an updater script. There's stuff in the zip that basically tell the phone what to do and where to place the files. Thanks again though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
lol d'oh!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
You're welcome Tiffany :)