[Epic 4G General] YourLordAndMaster:
Ill start this saying, yes, im a noob. I rarely post or visit unless i have problems.

But i do have experience rooting this specific phone before. But this time around its giving me a LOT of problems...

Ill start with:

Samsung Epic 4g (D700.0.5)

FM 2.3.6 (GB)

BB EL30

K 2.6.35.7

Now i will attempt to explain all the problems as well as what i have done to try to fix them and i will give as many links to the pages that i used for guidance as i can.

As i said, i have experience rooting this specific phone in the past. I ran a stock rooted ROM and everything was fine other then some glitches that i just learned to live with. But about 3 months ago i got a few more problems that have been driving me crazy so i desired to reroot.

When i power down the device, it will not turn back on just by pressing/holding the power button. Removing the battery, reinserting it, and holding the power also dose not work. I finally figured out that i have to remove the battery, replace the battery, then quickly (before the on-screen battery disappears) insert a charging cable thats connected to a power source. Then when the battery turns green (even with minimal power or full power) i can then power it on, but only when the on screen battery shows green. If i wait too long and it disappears it will not work and i have to start over from the beginning. (Removing Battery...) That was the 1st problem.

Soon after this happened (maybe 1-2 weeks) my phone started doing random shutdowns and not powering back on (i assume because it didnt have a power source connected). This would happen at anytime of the day or night, even when it was connected to a charger and actively charging. Yesterday i finally had the last of it and started researching this problem. I found that apparently some/all of the epics have this problem in time. From what i read the micro(or mini im not sure) USB port dosnt fit 100% snugly. So it causes heat. This heat causes corrosion and eventually leads to this problem. (I have never got this phone wet in the 1.5 years i have had it, i take very good care of my electronics.) Around the time this started my phone also would drain its self in about 2-3 hours, this was due to it constantly thinking i was plugging and unplugging it from a computer and requesting that i choose from the 3 options of mass storage.... Eventually the whole screen turning black with the android and the 3 buttons went away but the pop up on the notification bar continued, and as already said, it will drain the battery quickly.

NOW on to the rooting problems.

I dont remember what rom i was running originally, but following a few videos from QBKing77.

I odin'd back to EC05. This went fine no problems. (Useing odin 1.85)

I then tried to use the e4gtauto.zip file and running the "RUNFIRST.bat"

Used option A (install Root not EL13/newer)

Everything went though like it was suppose to. No errors or problems. Phone rebooted into recovery rather then to the lock screen.

Not remembering how to use recovery, i did some research, apparently the camera button is SUPPOSED to be the select button, but this did not work for me at all. After several manual reboots (pulling battery) this was the only thing i could get to (not even download mode to try to flash back to EC05 again). I did some research and found a post that said the "home" button on the front of the screen was his selector for some strange reason. This worked for me. I selected "reboot now" or something like that (the 1st option) and it rebooted into what i was thinking was a rooted rom, checked and there was no SU, or BusyBox (as said would happen in the e4gtauto).

I downloaded an su.zip and figured i would flash it with CWM (last time i installed CWM it was "purple" or 3.1.0.1)

Well it seems that my CWM is gone... i did the ever famous "3 finger salute" of Vol Down + Camera + Power and nothing except that i had to select "reboot phone" again from what i believe is stock recovery. Which booted me back into EC05.

By this time it was late at nite (2am or so) so i went to bed, over night apparently it updated and is now EL30. Thinking this was a good thing (and deff proving im not rooted) so today i tried rooting it as EL30.

Still do not have CWM seemingly.

Also would like to note, inorder for me to get to download mode, i have to take out my SD card, take out my battery, plug in the phone, and hold 1+power when the green power indicator comes on as stated above. This is the only way i can get into DownloadMode (if that helps at all)

If i could get any information on how to root from EL30 i would appreciate it greatly!!!

I will answer any questions as fast as possible, and i will provide as much information as you request when as soon as possible.

Thank you all in advance.

LATE:

Im not able to post links... so i cant give all the steps ive followed so far, I have attempted to take out all infomration already stated related to a link or video... Sorry.