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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tom1l21:
I've been using HTC devices for the last 2 year and this is my first time using a Samsung. I am currently running Alpha 4 of CM9 but I have no ClockworkMod, its called "Android System Recovery <3e>. I can't flash anything here or make nandroids.

Anyways, I installed CM9 before I ever activated this device, and I need to be on a stock ROM in order to activate the device with Sprint. The only method I have seen that allows you to install ClockworkMod is the e4gauto batch installer that you use to install CWM + an updated stock ROM while you are already on a stock ROM.

Does anyone know how I can get back to stock without ClockworkMod? I have heard some people mention Odin, but for the life of me, I can't figure out exactly what that is and what it does (I don't think HTC had anything like it). Thanks guys.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rde34:
Are you able to see emmc in your file explorer? That is your external sd. I guess that's how it is in CyanogenMod.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] info[]box1:
I forgot about that. Lol. I just over looked it and slightly panicked.

Thanks hit
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agentfazexx:
Dude, wiping battery stats doesn't do a damn thing. Google debunked that a while ago.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] info[]box1:
My attempt to help failed. No problem, carry on. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] info[]box1:
Ransom speed test results is pretty good. (On the upload side) lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agentfazexx:
My question stands, why did rebooting kill 30% of the battery?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crevis24:
I have had this before on some ics ROMs.......... Not sure the culprit but when I have had rouge recovery, I could go in and clear cache, davlik, and wipe battery stats and it would come back to normal....... Not sure what you could do on cm9...... Sorry that I don't have a better answer but did want to let you know I had it happen before
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
The battery dropping significantly on reboot is not specific to CM9.

Has happened to me on all AOSP ROMs as well as Touchwiz.

(Although I do believe its worse on AOSP)

I don't think I've ever read a reasonable explanation
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] info[]box1:
Part of my original answer still stands also. Its something kernel based. My reason is from experience on other devices (NS4G & G2x) running with and w/o CM9. Its called "funky battery reading" and it always kernel based. From what read from developers and advanced forum members.

-Sent from my @lmighty Epic 4G Touch powered by CM9 Alpha 1 using xda premium
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cjwaggsrx8:
The battery drain on wifi is more than 4g holy **** mane.. its a sleep issue. Fully charged went to bed (on wifi) woke up to 17% batt. Damn son.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knives of ice:
my goodness this is sooooo frustrating. so my phone completely freezes up and won't do anything. i pull the battery and now it will not connect to wifi or 3g. when i try to start wifi i get the following message

WIFI Direct Start Wi Fi Direct operation. This will turn off wifi/client/hotspot features

cancel ok

except there is no way i can see to start this.

what the heck is going on? i did nothing other than reboot my phone.

any ideas?

edit - ok now i got wifi to finally turn on. it says connected but does not have any connection the wifi icon is still grayed out just like the 3g icons when wifi is off. i have a signal but nothing turns blue. i've rebooted 5-6 times now with no changes
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
You have to go to wifi advanced settings and change it so wifi only stays on during sleep when connected to the charger. By default it always stays on if enabled, which prevents the phone from going to deep sleep.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Specialksg1:
As far as I can tell it's not specific to anything ... not even to phones. I've had several different phones as well as laptops do this to me. Only thing I can think of is that rebooting makes the device get a fresh read on the battery and it's not always that accurate (possibly due to battery temperature?) A lot of times I've seen my battery % actually go up after getting that sudden drop if I just turn off the screen and put it in my pocket for a little while. This is all just speculation and educated (somewhat educated anyway lol) guess work on my part. I could be, and often am, wrong ;)

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Any chance wi-fi direct got turned on under wireless & network settings?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knives of ice:
if its turned on there is no blue check mark beside it. in fact it won't even let me turn it on if i want to.

if i turn wifi off 3g shows up but will not connect as well remains grayed out never turns blue.

completely stumped
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Specialksg1:
What does your baseband version read under about phone?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knives of ice:
EL29

i've been using this with no problem at all though i don't get it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Sigh...

Grey doesn't mean u have no signal it means your not syncing data with Google's servers. If its blue your phone is syncing with Google's servers.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hellot1M:
Kinda curious about something.. how come this is only in alpha stage with every official ics source from Samsung when other phones nearly have a complete build of cm9 without zero ics source. Not trying to troll just curious. This seems to have more issues than cm9 on my photon and Motorola has yet to release anything. Devs had to build from ground up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knives of ice:
well it must also mean that i'm not online because i can't get on the internet, check email, etc.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Specialksg1:
Just wanted to make sure it didn't say unknown ... sometimes basebands get messed up and has some strange effects ... I'm out of ideas, anybody else? Broox is right though, you're getting signal, just not syncing with google. That's the diff between the grey and blue.

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No CM9 is out of alpha ... none. All CM9s are where they are because the people that decided to dev for it on that device have gotten it to that point. Just depends on what people where able to do with the resources available to them.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
I just notice that 4G HOTSPOT hack is not included. It's only 3G that is working.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abusedcloth:
You have to flash CWM EL26 again to get back to recovery. The kernal that comes with this ROM is not compatable with CWM.

Also just look for the one click EL29 Odin to go back to stock.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abusedcloth:
That CM9 Kernal does not contain CWM after flashing, you have to Odin back to EL26 CWM to get recovery back.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abusedcloth:
Source is needed I believe.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] corys00:
Noticed in Alpha 4 Homerun Battle 2 does not work for me. Here's the logcat from the crash
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sleshepic:
Odin is your friend on these devices. Check this out for some basic info. Basically once your computer is simply setup you can use a program, odin, to flash kernels, roms, modems etc safely. If your phone can at least be put into download mode(vol down + power buttons from "off" state) you can generally use odin to flash/recover the device. Sfhub has posted some super easy one click stock roms. Has em for most leaks going all the way back, has odin all setup for you in the package and all you do is press start :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1274337

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tom1l21:
Since EL29 rather large and slow to download, I'll ask these questions now:

Are all the odin XX## files basically stock roms that are an odin file that you then open up to flash to the device?

Also, Since it looks like Alpha 4 uses a FE16 kernel, does that mean that CWM will not work on it? What recovery would work and how would I flash it? I have the e4gtauto batch program, but it only goes up to FE10 (also has FE10-Plus and FE10-Unlocked... what are these).

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jtsv:
setup wizard stopped

Ok I have installed this the same way ending up with the same result of setup wizaed stopped, I can access the app's, settings etc.... through the pull down notification bar and even get it to add my google account only to stop working.

To get myself through the day I re installed alpha 3, what I just found was installing alpha 4 but throughout my excitement kept installing a wrong gapps, numbers the same except I didn't notice GB or ICS (duh....) once I installed the correct gapps-ics everything worked. The animation on gapps-gb is pretty cool but I would rather have this rom rocking the way is was created!

Always too much excitement can lead to human error.....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] charlie81:
i dont know what going on i flashed the rom a couple days ago but my battery is **** i get max 9hrs with screen time of 2hrs aokp gave me 22hrs with 3hrs under the same use im going to give it another couple days anyone else have bad battery life
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
My applications move to internal just fine. Just tried once again.

Mounts working at emmc and sdcard as well..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jbrawley1:
Is this normal?? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling

I can't flash anything... I hate using regular Odin cause of the yellow triangle

Not letting me upload photo but mobile Odin says could not detect device model... any ideas
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abusedcloth:
Yes most ODIN files are stock ROMS.

Second, I just don't think that CWM plays well with Sammy ICS kernels yet. I think were waiting for source.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
lol bro if you dont know what your doing please dont mess up your phone.. odin can flash many things not just whole roms but individual components as well like a kernel or a modem.. sfhubs one clicks are tye easiest to use since you just put your phone in download mode and plug it into the computer and press start.. any kernel can be repacked with cwm. cwm is a recovery not the stock recovery. right now we cant flash roms through ics kernel stock recovery. unlocked or repacked ics kerneles like fe10, fe16 can only flash regular .zips. its always best to use odin to go back to el26 or el29 cwm kernel and flash through this recovery since it is safe to use.. each thread/rom you want to use will have exact instructions of what to do. follow the instructions and you'll have no issues.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
In my case (snake4812; dandnj71; abusedcloth reported the issue too), I tried with EL29, FE10, FE14 and FE16 all with same result. In Puerto Rico there's no 4G so can't check that out but no 3G renders my phone unusable, so, back to my trusty EL29 for the time been.

Don't had that issue on Alpha 2 and 3. :confused:

On side note: other issue I have: can not open some files from SD Card using ES File Explorer ie:.jpeg .png have to use Gallery for those.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Death2494:
Yea I'm definitely getting some bad battery life all of a sudden. It's seems like the radio is sucking up alot of battery life.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jayjay7411:
When in storage settings press the menu key then hit storage config then check mark that box
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
Due to problems with data connection on modems EL29, FE10, FE14 and FE16 don't have the time to test battery life, but last time checked before going back was I believe about 7.5 hrs moderate use at 17%. :confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tom1l21:
Is it possible to go from stock to CM9 alpha 4 and visa versa without the use of a computer?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] charlie81:
so what is the root of the bad battery life i do normal stuff and my battery dies really fast
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob4828:
Yes. Use mobile odin to flash el26 kernel cwm and follow instructions to flash cm9a4.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob4828:
You may have an app running in the background, keep screen low, and keep pulse notification off.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob4828:
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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dlgltal:
tom1l21,

Try using this, It's the One Click Odin EL29.

http://tinyurl.com/8y6gsmb
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheGman125:
That doesn't work at all. I just tried it.

Sent From NS4G, E4GT, and Mopho all running CM9
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheGman125:
Once I flash that I have to flash the Rom over because the phone want come back on.

Sent From NS4G, E4GT, and Mopho all running CM9
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
exactly.. reflashing rom your reflashing the kernel in the rom.. you can get the kernel seperate and just flash kernel instead of whole rom every time
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LilRico:
I have my storage config set to use internal storage, but apps like Swiftkey are still saving language packs to the external SDCard. Why aren't apps temp files being stored in the internal storage with the rest of its installation?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cephaus:
thought id throw this in here, My modem and kernel are both FE16. running alpha 4.

Just let CM9 settle in. im not even using an OEM battery on this charge. also juicedefender works wonders imo
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
I am loving this build so far. I mean the main thing for me is all thats been added in since 3. Standby life so far has been superb, all my usual apps installed. Normal usage day prior but today was my day off and I am about to get some sleep I expect to see 24 hours of standby and some usage on top of that.

No real issues to report at this point that have not been brought up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] guirae:
47% battery left. 16.5 hours. Just woke up from a 6 hour nap but still. Was using slightly above moderate usage. amazing work guys.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Custodian:
6hr nap? Thats like....a hibernating nap
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] godofwar762:
That's a nap I sleep for about 10-12 hours lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wilderckw:
How else can we update the prl? after flashing any ROM my download speeds suck till I do.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
If you have the PRL - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1267893

Though you should be on the latest sprint PRL anyways last i checked.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheGman125:
How did u get ur battery life that?

Sent From NS4G, E4GT, and Mopho all running CM9
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheGman125:
So is there away to main CM9 and the can to have recovery?

Sent From NS4G, E4GT, and Mopho all running CM9
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j_shelton1988:
By not using their phone?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rbtrucking:
First off I wanna start out by saying this rom is Awesome! Just a quick question though to flash updates for this I am assuming we need to flash EL26 kernal to avoid bricking, am I correct? Also how do I sync my facebook contacts? On gingerbread when you install facebook it automatically asks if you want to with ICS I cant figure out how to do it I have gone through all the facebook settings and still nothing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigpeng:
Yes EL26 if flashing any updates and as for FB, sync isn't available for asop/aokp roms due to some issues i believe. Might have to use another app like haxsync?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] snake4812:
Themes in market

I saw this asked earlier but never resolved.

I cannot download any of the themes from the market, it is saying they are not compatible with my device.

I never changed the LCD density but I double checked to make sure it was at 240 and cleared data for the Play app- anything else I can try?

Is there somewhere to download the APK?

edit: OK looking at it more I guess just depends on which theme it is
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] huskerpat:
Use haxsync. Google and facebook are fighting.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
If you're asking whether or not you can have a custom recovery on cm9 the simple answer is no.

If you wanna take a risk with your device and repack your kernel with a recovery yourself you're welcome to. However, in efforts to save devices, this is currently not an option.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tom1l21:
Okay, so then after following the instructions to install CM9 here, you are saying that it is not possible to have a recovery with this ROM?

After I flashed following the instructions above, I cannot boot into CWM. If this is true, how are you supposed to make nandroid backups etc (maybe fastboot boot recovery.img???)? Again, I'm new to Samsung devices so I'm not used to having these issues (wheras HTC phones didn't).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 12MaNy:
You have to Odin back to stock EL26 kernel repacked with CWM. Then make a nandroid.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] euphoria:
There is an app called Facebook contact sync:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsInJvLndlZWRuZXQuY29udGFjdHNzeW5jIl0.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tom1l21:
Thanks Many, I think I'm getting this. When I Odin back to that though, will my CM9 ROM boot since its now flashed with a different kernel? So say I Odin that kernel to get CWM so I can make a Android, what's the next step to get back into my CM9 ROM?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 12MaNy:
Use this kernel: http://www.mediafire.com/?u0hs65d1utb3fe4

You'll have to Odin the kernel (I prefer mobile odin) then when it starts to reboot, you hold volume up + power until you boot into recovery. Then make your nandroid backup. After backup is complete, wipe cache + dalvik and reflash CM9.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nandowong:
Is there a way to turns off the capacitive lights off? i've tried the advance settings /sensor tab and turned them off, but they come back on within a couple of seconds.

This has happened since alpha2. Search through thread and did not find a solution.

thanks :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tvar2005:
Themes

Does anyone know how to download themes using the theme manager or is there another way to do it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazyflipj:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1643406
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
You could always spoof your phone as a galaxy nexus to download themes from the market. There are plenty of guides on here on how to edit your build.prop to show as a different phone.

Right now our phone isn't listed as one of the supported devices but I bet that will be fixed soon.

Edit: Looks like we can download themes from the market now. Very nice.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
So, no one else is getting the "android is upgrading " message on every reboot? Very odd. Also. With all these reports of stellar battery life, I must report that mine is still horrendous... You guys do use your phones right? Something that turns off my radios is not an option, I use my phone for business and can't have that and miss important calls..

I'm still getting about six hours, usually less, with very little to moderate use. Going to wipe completely and reinstall a4 from scratch to see if that helps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EeZeEpEe:
Actually I leave mine unchecked and my app data stays on the internal. The only data that appears on my MicroSD is Tango. When checked it says "Using expanded internal storage for apps and media" so after a reboot the internal storage becomes the MicroSD. So checked is MicroSD and uncheck is built-in internal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
Or you can just reflash the kernel

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gc45hz5k1f3hv58

This zip auto reboots too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EeZeEpEe:
Problem for me is no matter what I set in Messaging settings it's always the system notification sound.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Also, since the test builds, sometime my notification drawer is completely blank when I pull it down. No power widgets, no notifications, etc. Anyone else?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EeZeEpEe:
Sorry. I haven't experienced either.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Maybe try a complete wipe and fresh install. As for your battery maybe time to get a new one? Or maybe an extended one?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
No issues with battery life. You might try a fresh install without apps. Maybe there is a wake lock there. You might also try a different modem/consider reception as that's a huge drainer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
I definitely have wake locks but can't narrow them down... Some if which are titled "deleted wakelocks", "power manager service", alarm, etc. Don't know how to narrow them down... If you are willing.. I will pm you some screen caps in drop box.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Battery is definitely fine. Works great on stock, which frustrates me to no end. I wish it was a junk battery then this all would make sense.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EeZeEpEe:
Some themes work while some don't. Can't wait to for our phone to be listed. I want to try the CM9 Cobalt theme and others. I'm getting "Insufficient space" or "Package invalid" for the ones that don't work.

Update:

Cleared up my cache (100+ Mb) and everything is installing now. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] charlie81:
my battery life is **** im frustrated i dont know why
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tapatos:
So if I'm running the tfd02 ics rom can I upgrade straight to cm9 or do I have to be on a gingerbread based from first.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rwright64:
Just flash the el26cwm kernel first and your good to go.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jhgti:
I have been using cm since it came to this phone. Between alphas I have never done a clean install, every time I flash a zip, example like a theme, I only wipe cache and dalky, no force closes and battery life its awesome, I have follow all the instructions on cm blog to save battery. If something goes wrong I make a backup and do it again. I fixed my GPS issue by Odin a different modern until I got maps to work, I leave maps open with a GPS lock the Odin back to my favorite mice. Thank you Developers for making keep my phone lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] huskerpat:
mine does that too. I just wait a few seconds and it resolves itself.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tapatos:
will do just a little concerned cause they said you HAVE to be on gingerbread lol thanks for clearing it up
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheGman125:
Can someone help me with this?

Sent From NS4G, E4GT, and Mopho all running CM9
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rickyq12:
Honestly, it's tough to understand your original question.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire118:
You guys ever think fast charge will be implemented into cm9?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HappyFillmore:
From doing searches on your posts. You had to have seen the answer. You lose recovery. You have asked many questions. This has no recovery other than stock. Be very careful with any recovery right now. Maybe you should not mess with ICS until you have a better understanding of odin and el26. Keep reading and using the search feature. All ICS kernels right now are dangerous to be using any of the recovery features. The ACS kernel is not fully tested on CM9.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
Your question has been answered. No, cm9 does not include a custom recovery atm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joshmoulton:
I've seemed to completely lost 3G capability since last night after flashing Alpha4, which isn't a huge deal since I have good 4G around me. Also the usual GPS issue, which is kind of annoying, but until there's an easier fix I'll live. battery life has been good
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Almost every single Page I in this thread has the same question and answer you are looking for...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kryptonite16:
Is there a way to turn off crt animation and change the toggles around?:confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rey_1178:
fantastic update! the issue i'm having is restoring apps from either titanium backup or appbackup. i have internal storage checked and the backups are there but neither app can find them. any suggestions would be really appreciated.thanks guys......
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] todivefor:
I kind of butchered this on my last post, so will try again:

Is anyone using Badass Battery Monitor and getting reboot in "app usage?" This occurs with me if I go into "app usage" and scroll thru apps. This occurs frequently, but not every time. This worked on both Calk's 3.0 and 1.5 (ICS) builds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Death2494:
My battery stats age android o s 46 percent so is the operating system of a problem I am running a theme. It say that the Android OS is keeping my phone awake.