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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] spaz mk will:
First day with what I would call great battery life per my usage case (data off all day on my desk, 1 hour of media playback in the car, wifi at home and heavy texting) on UsualSuspects. I flashed 6 days ago when it dropped. Also the first day RILJ wasn't at the top of the list in better battery stats wake locks, and android os had its lowest wake time I remember since RC2_5.

My only complaint is the hardware buttons are lagging to wake up after screen unlock occasionally. Everything else is top notch. Chris is the man.

Chris41g CM9 8/23 UsualSuspects
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] t0mmyr:
2 requests:

1. Can you guys cook in any file manager at all, anything please (last week i flashed while driving on the freeway (on a 3hr commute) and found myself with 1x service, i couldnt download total commander to install my titanium backup and misc apps and i couldnt quite use terminal to figure out how launch an apk behind the drivers seat.

2. Can we add the option to allow lock screen to rotate (specifically 180 degrees) like in cm10 alpha?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
There is an app called app2zip where you can create a zip of whatever apk you want and flash it in recovery right after a rom.

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chris41g:
I don't add features to CM, it has to go through a process, when a feature is added, it has to be submitted to the gerrit server and approved/reviewed by other members of the CM team, before it is accepted into Upstream CyanogenMod..

I have added features before, but like i said, I don't just add features to our device, thats a good way to never be recognized as official. If you have request, they need to goto the CM upstream site..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
I don't even bother wasting the time to get it installed. just delete the apk from the rom before install then never have to see it again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bazirker:
Every time I go to open this thread and see that it is still titled as alpha 6, it pisses me off because it is a.) totally outdated and b.) totally doesn't give chris41g the credit he deserves.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chris41g:
its amazing what you can accomplish when you dont care who gets credit..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deaver_92:
I did that for a while but so many builds are coming out so close together that it's easier to filter the apps that aren't backed up with TB and uninstall all at the same time than go into every new build zip, find the apps I don't want, and delete them. Course that's my preferance. Probably takes the same amount of time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Sounds like the cyanogenmod team plans on adding a root file browser in cm10 soon anyways. As for removing apps i don't use. I just creates a cwm script that I flash right after I flash each update. Works great and saves me time. I always scrub out the extra apps and stuff I don't use in roms.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JOEOZUNA4U:
vroomvroom

i wonder if the new build (vroomvroom) its for internal use only like the previous one....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chris41g:
Should be fine
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gmfeny:
So chris if you dont mind me asking what else is needed before the e4gt can be official?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jkcarp94:
With several of the recent nightlies I am having an issue with a significant number of apps disappearing after flashing the nightly. When I first installed the 8/28 from the 8/22, I lost apps. So, I reinstalled the 8/28 but this time did so from a wipe. I then rebuilt my device from scratch. This morning, I flashed the 8/29 nightly after clearing the cache. Upon reboot, I am missing 35 apps according to Titanium. Another issue is that when I try to open Google Play it briefly flashes on the screen then comes back to the homescreen. This happened with the 8/28 from 8/22 as well. No FC message or anything though.

I then go into Titanium and select the "Restore mssing apps and data" option. The process starts but on the 1st app is tries to restore it sits at 0% and goes no further.

Is this just the price you pay for playing with nightlies, or is there something that I could change to fix this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grandpoobah:
just checking a theory. is your battery swollen? i've already ordered replacements for mine just in case.

I've done full wipe of everything, reformatted SD, wiped internal SD, short of going back to EL29. Still getting crazy random reboots while using the phone. as long as im' not using it, it won't reboot, but still huge battery drain, even though deep sleep shows 89-91%
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] syphex:
Might have already been answered but has anyone had any luck with tethering? Wifi tether used to work for me but now it lets me connect but it only half loads the first page and then just kinda times out and the built in app connects but never delivers a dhcp address.Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kryptonite16:
so is cyanogenmod just nightly builds now? no beta?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hermeticist:
would you mind posting that? I'd like to adapt it for my device.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thedarksavant:
I used to see that too until I was exposed to the "official" nightly upgrade guide for our devices: http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/cm9-install-guide.html

Either do a factory reset and wipe everything or wipe nothing when going to a more recent version. I have not had apps vanish since I stopped wiping.

FYI, http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/customization-guide.html has some nice info on battery life and suggested apps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Danton1316:
1) Yes, it is the kernel that came packed with the rom

2) This is back to stock (just rooted)... you will have to format the SD cards under android settings. Here is the link: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21134991&postcount=1 Just follow the steps (It is literally one click once the phone connects)

3) This will install CWM on your phone. Just make sure USB Debug is ON under android settings and run this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342728 use Option C then EL29+CWM-Rogue

4) This is the Safe Kernal I used for the initial flash of CM9: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28981308&postcount=1

- Dan
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] CoolGui:
I've been running vroomvroom since last night and haven't had any major problems (that I've noticed at least)...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thedarksavant:
MD5

I had a hard time getting a clean download of VroomVroom. I wonder how many other problems are bad downloads?

Is everyone who has weird issues, FFC crashing, random reboots, etc... checking the MD5 hash?

I only noticed because my first flash wouldn't even boot. When chris41g said it should be fine, I checked the MD5 hash and it was bad. Now that I have a good download, it seems to be running fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eozdalga:
I been on the phone with Sprint trying to get my service to work better (all calls getting dropped). They are asking me to update PRL after resetting services on their side. Does this mean I have to leave CM since we can't do that?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NukeFish:
Some roms show a prl and profile update option but I doubt it works. You most likely will need to be on a stock rom to update those, then you can switch back. It's a pain but oh well. I've had issues with sprint's coverage in my area for months now, probably has to do with the new lte rollout that upgrades existing 3g towers. My 3g sucks but 4g wimax is awesome when I can find it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eozdalga:
Thanks. Yeah even the sprint rep said it likely has something to due with the pending upgrades, at least in regards to the slow data speeds. I live in Mountain View and supposedly we're getting the next waive of LTE upgrades in early 2013, but they're working on it now.

Also, the sprint rep also agreed that the worsened service (for me in last 6-9 months) likely has to do with the large increase in people on the sprint service since they got the iphone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] N4STYNATE:
Sprint is doing massive updates. A lot of time they dont let you know about them either, aside from a bill insert. My area just completed network vision (the name of the tower reconciliations and upgrades they are doing) and its a night and day difference from what it was before. Ping is always around 110ms where it used to be 300-400ms, download 1-3mbs where it used to be 200-500kbs, and upload 800-1500kbs. 4G is better too. Consistently 15mbs.

Anyways, just wanted to let you all know that yeah it sucks to deal with issues while sprint is doing this, its totally worth it. Gotta go through bad to get to the good.

Also you can check if they are doing network vision in your area. Its www.sprint.com/network
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NukeFish:
Yeah I've seen that and I have 3 pending upgrades in my area but it's so vague, "in the next 6 months"...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] calisro:
this is handy for that

http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/2012/05/temporary-stock-e4gt-from-emmc.html?m=0
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] marioc21:
Just for the record the sprint.com/network site does not track network vision upgrades. What you see there are band aid upgrades for areas that aren't getting network vision yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattneedshelp:
Anyone try out Shabby's 8/30 build?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dansidebottom:
What PRL are you on? I believe 60690 I'd the latest...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vinscuzzy:
Yes, I searched this thread, and I apologize if this was answered earlier, but recently I've noticed a bunch of apps in the market say they're not compatible with your device. Tablet talk, md5 checker, ski safari, etc. These are apps that definitely worked before. I figured it was my dpi setting being at 200, so I changed it back to 240 and it still didn't help. I also changed the model in build prop to GT-9100 just to see if it would help, and it doesn't. Any ideas on what has changed in recent builds that would have this effect?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] t0mmyr:
sweet, i hope i can create a zip of a bunch of apks i want instead of just 1, heres a link 4 the lazy https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=scd.app2zip&hl=en

Thank you sir. It'll probably be a few weeks until I can find the right place to submit my request so I kindly ask that if you happen to be in the right area of the interweb you ask for me if this sounds ideal to you? :) I would nominate Total Commander as a CM upstream app, its simple, awesome, root friendly, free, and add free!

I second the request for your cwm script, I'd like see how it was written and how I could use it for myself :) Also, would you mind letting us know how to load the script in CWM? I've never done so... (fyi I always use the safe cwm stock el26 for any major flashing)

Confident words from my most current favorite chef (wm slang for developer lol). I trust my phone will be fine :p TY!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eozdalga:
My PRL says "61087"

Update on my service: After I called Sprint today, they reset something on their side. They asked me to update my PRL but since I couldn't I just say I did. However, ever since, my phone has been MUCH BETTER!!! I went from 9 of 10 calls dropped to so far none today. Also, data is more consistent and much faster!

If you are having problems with dropped calls or slower unreliable data that wasn't there before, try calling Sprint Tech support.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Ya you can make multiple apks into a single zip. I suggest only using the zip for files that don't need the "data" with it. Like flashlight or whatever. It just uses the apk not the data.

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] calisro:
possible to get cifs and possibly fuse support added?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grandpoobah:
so just to update. random reboots was caused by my swollen battery. took my wife's epic 4g battery and i was on it for a good hour at 30ish%, without a single reboot. android OS is at the lowest i have ever seen it anywhere between 2%-20%, i haven't seen that ever on CM9, at least for me.

btw best buy insurance on phones sucks, suggest staying with sprint's protection plan if you have sprint. they were going to give me an OEM battery at the store, but i had moved to BB. BB you have to call in and order it, and it's a non OEM replacement.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tonyec7:
hope no one gets mad..

Is this rom ever going to go beta? i know theres nightlys from shappypenguin, and chris41g but like no actual development that is stable. Is this ever going to get official support from cyanogenmod? I am seeing more development from the CM10 rom. Id like to donate when it at least goes beta. Keep up the good work,
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] muzicman82:
Can anyone suggest which modem is working out the best for this ROM? I am on FH13 right now. It seems OK for the most part, except data connections go idle sometimes and don't wake up. I have to disable/enable data or 4G. I notice it more on USB tethering.

I may flash FH23 modem and see how that goes.

---------- Post added at 11:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:27 AM ----------

Guys, FH23 seems solid so far. I just broke 6MB on just 2 bars of 4G signal. FH13 was only getting me 5MB.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mightypenguin:
Yeah I just pulled my battery out and it looks swollen so I ordered a Mugen 1950ma replacement and we'll see if that fixes my no-warning power offs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shabbypenguin:
because cm9 is almost done, its a matter of keeping up with teh upstream changes (which the nighties i build are for) and/or any development with chris41g's work (his builds) plans are once kernel is solid as a rock to shed teh alpha tag and then submit for official, hope that covers what you are looking for ;)

cm10 required a bunch of things to be redone, hence the lot of work and progress happening there.

anyways in case anyone hasnt noticed there was a name change on the repos, as such goo is now looking for d710 instead of epic4gtouch so if you are on a build older than the 28th you are gunna have to go manually locate it and download it since goo thinks you have a different phone than what that rom is for :P

for the sake of convience im adding a link to the latest nightly http://goo.im/devs/Shabbypenguin/E4GT-Nightlies/08-30-CM-E4GT-KANG.zip flashing this will put you on the new system and bring back update notifications ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] uriel1971:
When you change back to 240 still need to clear market data, doing so will restore the apps play store says aren't compatable.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mightypenguin:
Probably no one cares but just in case...

When I tried to update my Profile or PRL it shows the checking connection screen for a bit and then gives me an error message of (CODE: 601) Connection Error

4G on,

With 4G off it immediately errors: (Code: 8) Unknown Error

And I confirmed that 3G is working for data transfer.

FH23 modem, vroomvroom

Wow this thread has over 1M views!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JOEOZUNA4U:
weird

everytime i send a text on VroomVroom or 08-30-CM-E4GT-KANG i get an error "message not sent" but messages go through. i have done multiple full wipes and it doesnt help.. i dnt have this problem on Bombsquad....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mad82109:
Awesome rom. Running 8-29 nightly here are my data speeds on sprints 4g network.

Edit: guess the pic won't show. I'm getting 13.2 up 1.4 down
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] muzicman82:
The FH23 modem has been solid so far. I was using USB tethering with 4G on and only 2 bars of signal. The connection stayed up for hours with no problems, and speeds seem faster than ever.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] havoknight:
Still rockin' UsualSuspects, as it seems like the most solid CM9 update I've used thus far. :) Any luck with the newer releases?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Aganar:
Searched the thread but I still haven't found a clear answer on what exactly separates the experimental builds from the nightlies. Someone want to elaborate for me? Is one building off the other?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garfnodie:
Since Android is Linux, you could technically change the mount names to whatever you want, but every time you update the ROM, it'll reset back to /mnt/emmc. If you want to do it, you'd need to either write your own script to do it, or you could do it manually from within Terminal Emulator.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] devinrovell:
Absoutely amazing!!!

people wanting to sync facebook contacts i found and sync work around.

HaxSync works like a charm 99 cents on android market. was worth it to me

and for the triangle haters...

triangleaway v1.25 works on alpha2 Tested by myself!

thats all for now!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] illinois08:
Love the ROM so far. I have looked through alot the pages thus far and haven't seen anything on this yet. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. MTP isn't working for me. Nor is regular USB drive. Any ideas? I have done everything I can think of.. lol. That is my only issue. Keep it up!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wtogami:
Epic Touch CM Team Blog: Customization Guide Update

Confirmed: Turn off LED blinking if you want to maximize battery life. Unfortunately, the LED blinking is driven by CPU, so your phone cannot deep sleep if your LED is blinking for notifications. While it may seem inconvenient to turn off LED blinking, most Android phones lack LED notifications, so think of it as a more "pure" Android experience? =)

Please submit your tips to help improve our Customization Guide!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jhgti:
Do NOT use SetCPU with this ROM. It is known to cause the "Sleep of Death" issue.

The first 1 run with this rom is two hours of pandora, one hour of Netflix. Cannot complain about battery life at all

SE4GT = IPhone killer
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] qubanaso:
which app are u using
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sjsharksfan420:
Also.. I have another quick question too.. if I run through the process of using Odin to flash the stock EL26/cwm5 kernel tar, can I use that same Odin session to flash the FC24 modem at the same time as the EL26/cwm5 tar kernel?

sj

Sent from my sgs2e4gt on CM9a2 FC24 AOS 4.0.4 using Tap@Talk 2 Beta 4
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jhgti:
Hold power button select screen shot

SE4GT = IPhone killer
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Hold down the power button then select screenshot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRitz:
Why not just hold pwr and volume down for a sec and there you go
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] guirae:
"Facebook contact Sync" is also money. free and flawless in syncing your FB contacts to your ICS "People" contacts list.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iBustCh3rries:
I have heating problems with all pics roms I've tried... doesn't stop me from rocking out with them.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sjsharksfan420:
Which kernel is included in this build? If I want to nandroid, I should flash the EL26/cwm5 kernel, but when I want to put the kernel back, should I flash the stock FC24 kernel? Or is there a kernel specifically for this build?

sj

Sent from my sgs2e4gt on CM9a2 FC24 AOS 4.0.4 using Tap@Talk 2 Beta 4
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRitz:
It comes with fc24 baked in but youll want to flash a modem then rom then gapps or youll be on the modem unless your just doing el26 straight from ics, which is dangerous.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beserker15:
It's proven to be a lost cause bro. Every aosp rom thread is like this now. Can't go one page without someone asking how to flash, where is the external sdcard, and something related to themes...

A bug I've noticed, and it's probably not surprising considering video recording just started working, but if I use another app to record videos (in my case camera ics because it has more options than the stock camera app) it'll crash the phone and I'd have to do a reboot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stargaterules:
Neither one of these work well for me. I miss touchwiz option of linking contacts. I hate how I've got the same contact show 4 times, but I can't link it together. What gives?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NinjaMan691:
Pretty sure you can. I did it on Codename and all Codename is, is AOSP w/ added tweaks. I still have the stock ICS contacts. If you click edit, I think there is an option to fuse alike contacts.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EeZeEpEe:
Just tried it out. Got no mirroring, no videos, and no pictures. Interestingly it locked my Apex Launcher to landscape.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] clshores:
I just loaded the Apex launcher and after making it the default and rebooting my phone it is losing.g the default launcher and after a reboot always asks which launcher to.use.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SantinoInc:
All I can say is that GPS locks in just as well as it did with my previous rom (stock rooted EL29) browser works just as well as it did on previous rom, Google Music I don't care about and don't use so I won't comment and battery is pretty much on par with other roms I have tried.

Overall I'm really glad I made the transition to CM9. I'm liking it a lot so far...I'm yet to run into any major issues.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] attrapp:
For the most part they are built from the same source. Shabby just has his auto-build every night and Chris sometimes builds 4 or 5 day to try out new stuff.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffrey567:
Why is 8-31 shabby build only 14mb?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
Newest Chris build (sabbath) will not boot even with a clean install. Just a warning to those that might give it a try and notice that it's not working. Going back to the old build.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] syphex:
I can also confirm this as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
Yeah I couldn't even get an old build to install had to drop in the newest JB build. I'll mess with it later pretty sure I know the issue and how to fix it just to late right now to do it and I've got a final in the morning.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] third son:
alpha 6

I have just started using the alpha6 and have to say this is one sweet ROM! So well thought out and totally functional....pretty awesome! I have been using cm7 on my Nook Color for quite a while now...another awesome build!

Thanks CM team!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kenny987654321:
You really need to get away from A6. The new experimental builds are amazing and plus the are not as outdated. Upgrade to vroomvroom and you won't be disappointed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NukeFish:
Using fh23 on usual suspects right now because people seem to be happy with it.. I'm not going into deep sleep which is probably hurting my battery life. What can I do to find the problem and fix it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sjsharksfan420:
FH23 modem? Also, no deep sleep if the phone is charging.. not sure if that's what you're running into, just mentioning just in case.

sj

Sent from my E4GT on CM10a5.2-JB 4.1.1 using Tap@Talk Pro 2.2.8
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thedarksavant:
http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/customization-guide.html has some really good hints on improving battery and diagnosing issues. I use Better Battery Stats. I learned from that page that if you allow the LED to blink, your phone won't deep sleep.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheInvsbleMan:
Hey devs just a heads up. I use an app called Voodoo Louder to increase the output to my speakers. On the latest night lies, 8-30 and 8-31 it started telling me my device was not supported. I contacted the dev and he said the custom ROM us not reporting my device correctly. I'll be reverting back to 8-14 for now. But wanted to let you guys know.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Thank you^ oh and 9000 post

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheInvsbleMan:
Awesome 9000 ftw :) also I just realized this incorrect reporting of the device runs deeper I can't revert back to anything before 8-30 gives me a build.prop error in CWM. Tried restoring from my nandroid backup but it didn't work. I've actually never successfully restored from a nandroid backup it always fails when trying to restore /system.