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[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
It took a lot of narrowing down in my limited spare time... go figure it would be the last and simplest thing one could think of! I'm glad it finally works!

FC09 won't have the issue and will happily update your EL30 RandomROM.

Check your build.prop. If you're on "ThunderHawk IV Final EL30" or "ThunderHawk 4.0 EL30," it should update you in seconds without changing a thing about your setup :D. Of course, I always recommend having a recent nandroid backup!

Also, I'll be posting ThunderHawk IV Final soon, but if you've already flashed the fix I attached, then you're on Final.
[Epic 4G Android Development] VassagoX:
Mine also appears to be fixed. Moving from WIFI to 4g and back multiple times resulted in successful connections each time. Thanks for figuring it out and all of your hard work! :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] jeerkahn:
Working well for me too. Thanks for all the hard work. Surprisingly enough, I missed the battery life enough the nandroid back was a welcome change, even with the reboots. Amazing how spoiled I got with TH rom, keep up the good work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bchalker:
If you are on BML will this convert you on install?
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
Unfortunately, no. I plan to upload a separate converter, but as of right now, your best bet is to flash CM9 or some other converting rom first to convert you to MTD, and then flash this rom. Once you go MTD, you won't want to go back.

Especially if you want to test Miui or CM9, you can seamlessly flash back and forth with RandomROM.
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
I believe Toad's CleanGB 1.1.2 auto-converts you from BML to MTD. And really, I don't see any reason why anyone is still on BML anymore. All the new roms coming out are MTD, plus you can try out the AOSP roms (CM9, etc) and restore back with Nan at will.

MTD! To coin a phrase; "everyone is doing it!"
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
The People's ROM will convert you to MTD as well....shame Orlzzt...shame!
[Epic 4G Android Development] whitfield77:
Just had to say how thankful I am for all the know-how that everyone else shares on this forum. I had the 'system update available' message come back after flashing the latest fix. But, thanks to this forum, I knew exactly how to make it disappear. At least long enough to get me through until TH5 drops... ;)

Thanks all!
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
It exists! It's not vaporware anymore ;-). It's been distributed to a few people for testing for testing's sake.

IV Final will be posted shortly for the sake of closing this thread. :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] whitfield77:
Oh, I've seen enough teaser posts to know it exists. :)

Either way, since I know how to kill the system update reminders from he11, I can wait as long as it takes. I'm still amazed you've found any time for it anyway.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tmamayek:
GPS issue

r2
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
<self-flagellation>

I meant to say...TPR 2.2 will auto convert you...

:beer:
[Epic 4G Android Development] jeffro18:
I finally found some time to run down some install scenarios for thawk v. Check your pm's random, lots of info there...
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
Acknowledged.

Just as an announcement, I have been delving into ICS when I have some time over lunch. ThunderHawk V is just about where I want it, but I'll be updating the install page info prior to posting it. Just to make sure all goes well. I may even do a video.

As for ICS, I've been tearing through CM9's latest. I'm tweaking, and theming, and modifying where I feel necessary. Rebuilding it to the best of my ability to bring it in line with my own personal standards. That said, it's both primarily CM9 source and beta material. Neither of which I will endorse or be accused of "kanging."

As such, I will be creating a page for it on my own site at some later point for those interested. If I can bring it to a point that I'm happy with, I will package up the changes and post a flash-able zip here, but until then I will not endorse it on XDA.

Furthermore, it will not interact with ThunderHawk in any useful way, this is a stand-alone ICS rom. I'm relatively certain that there is no clean way to switch between Android versions.

Again, to sum up. RandomKing is working on an ICS rom. It will not be posted here. Stay tuned to his website for details.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
lurk ....

<scans for TH-V and RandomICS>
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
I can't wait to see RandomTV! You should do a live podcast show with QBKing, like Rootzwiki does with SassiBob, Azrienoch and Sam Kaplat
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
any idea on when we see random rom fc09?
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
1st rule of custom ROMs:

Never ask for ETAs.
[Epic 4G Android Development] lcovel:
We are like kids waiting for candy, we know it's gonna be "oh so good"! Lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] VassagoX:
I tried Beta1 of CM9. I loved it, but the few annoyances I had kept me from making it a daily driver. I had issues with flash videos in a browser, overall lag, texts not always sending when I sent them, once it happened days later. I never saw these issues with RandomRom. I'm back and waiting for IV.

Thanks for all you do! Good to hear the family is doing well.
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
Gingerbread, until Samsung decides to give us ICS (unlikely). I only build off of official builds. I may make a patch for CM9 if I find something I want to fix, but I won't be rebuilding/kanging it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
Thank you for your support!

I think I've gotten the bugs ironed out at last (you know, since I picked it up 2 days ago). A couple more things I want to adjust, but the rom appears 100% functional now.
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
Gracias, Senor Random! Let us know if you need El Testeros...

(I realized after I wrote the above that it read kind of gross. I meant "testers")
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
WARNING: May not reach ETA of tonight. The rom is functional, but I apparently messed up the battery images. :D

Cosmetic, really, but I'll fix it depending on how much time I have tonight.

UPDATE: It's fixed, I believe it's ready to go. But I have to finish assembling it. Coming Soon!
[Epic 4G Android Development] TexasLTE:
THX 4 That Update :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
I SEE A DATE!!! Does that mean "this is it"???

Thanks, Random Dad!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bizz08:
Awesome! Link isn't working for me though, uploading?
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
It's coming, but Today is the day!

I'll add a post when it's up along with some extra info.

UPDATE: I'm taking it on a "Road Test" both as an incremental to ThunderHawk III Final (3.5), and as a clean install. If all goes well, and I foresee all going well, it will be up in a few hours (it is now 12:00 pm Eastern Time). Just the rom. The green theme and Sprint carrier fix will come later, and as of now, there is no EL30 lock-mod. Btw, you read correctly, this will only incrementally update the final version of TH III. Making sure all of the right files are loaded into all of the right places would be too much of a hassle. From here on, each rom will update the previous version.

Also, I believe the backup/restore feature for flashing over another rom is and has been broken on MTD. It's something I will look into, but for now I promise only RandomROM increments and clean installs.

Thank you everyone for your support!
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
LIVE!

happy friday the 13th!!​
[Epic 4G Android Development] nyce308:
im on thunderhawk III EI22 what should i do to get on this rom the best way possible??
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
If you have the latest version of ThunderHawk III, then just flash this like any update. It will update only what it needs and preserve everything else in 30 seconds (give or take...).

As always, backing up your apps/data is recommended.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Trident:
:(

Is it just me?

Ah. I found the link and doing the d/l thang. At about 20KB/s. This better be the right one.

BTW, I was on another thread and they guy was talking about free/discounted servers. This one came highly recommended. I can't say that I tried it, but they've gotten good reviews and you can't beat free. Just sayin'- because they can't be slower than minus.com.
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
It's still working for me. Maybe it's not working on your phone (I'm assuming you're downloading from your phone)?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Trident:
Not using phone. I figured it out. And minus.com seems to be speeding up (and slowing down) so that I've got 43MB so far.

See my above edited post for a suggestion for a different hosting option.

Freaking amazing so far.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Trident:
Do you use any of the "supercharger" tweaks?
[Epic 4G Android Development] whitfield77:
Downloaded and flashed! Happy day!
[Epic 4G Android Development] lilajrestnom:
I think he would answer you with a "no"... but I can't be sure.. but from my experience with his ROMs since EC05 I doubt he ever used it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zadok5150:
link isnt working for me from phone or comp? minus site says it does not exist :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] DaveWW00:
Right below where it says it does not exist click on the Thunderhawk IV and then it brought the file up to download.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
Minus is very slow

Minus normally is a very fast filesharing system; I'm finding it extremely slow downloading right now; IE says about 90 minutes to complete the download.

I am using a 802.11 N wifi card on my laptop so it isn't my hardware :), also the message that says the file is missing simply refers to an image that should be displayed above the download link that says Thunkerhawk IV (as pointed out previously) which is below it.

After I download it I'll put up a mirror and send that link to Random (as well as post it here)
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
No Worries.

New mirror going up shortly. :D

UPDATE: Alternate download link is working.
[Epic 4G Android Development] gikthechamp:
I'm getting FCs with google apps. What's the solution to this?
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
You're going to have to be more specific. I've tested this in various scenarios on multiple phones without encountering this.

1. How did you install, is it a clean install?

2. Generic solution, identify the app and clear data on it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] gikthechamp:
I tried to do an incremental install from thunderhawk EI22. I'm not sure it worked. But I've found that the solution is to install, uninstall, then install the app again to fix the force closes. So far the rom is looking good!
[Epic 4G Android Development] hahansen3:
I can't seem to d/l from either link. One says file does not exist and the other says d/l failed. Are there any other links?
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
I have it on my Google docs, try this link

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8DFupwiCOXyZXpJN053MGNEXzQ
[Epic 4G Android Development] hahansen3:
That did the trick. Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Fire n mage:
hey your dream came true! XD
[Epic 4G Android Development] Trident:
Absolutely loving this.

One thing I noticed- on this refurb EPIC that I've had for a few months, it seems to react better to the Samurai kernels, whereas my old one always did better with Shadow. I noticed I was having trouble keeping 4G on, so I flashed a Samurai kernel that I had on my sd card for the 3.0 Shadow that had always worked well for me. Voila- 4G all over the place.

Starting back at school this week- so we'll see how the transition from 4G to WiFi goes this week. Lots of it while on the campus.
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
PLEASE BE AWARE

Not all screenshots, information, install instructions, etc. are accurate at this time.

This rom still features lite and full installations, as well as alternate configurations for the power menu and pulldown menu toggles.

It also DOES NOT feature maddoggin's lock-mod, as it has not been updated to EL30.

Future iterations of RandomROM may include a separation of Gapps as this has several merits to it. Opinions?
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Seperating gapps is a move that I believe isn't wise... it will only build up more useless posts in the thread about how gmail isn't there and the market isn't there... if people would read even just the OP this would be great... but too many flash happy, lazy people that just refuse to read before they flash... but as always it is your work so you do it the way you feel is best/easiest on you... at least I will be one of the ones who knows why the market isn't there after flashing! Lol... thanks for everything random... loving your work
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bizz08:
Thank you for all your work Random! I've been a fan since day 1! I've never donated to anyone on xda but I feel your work is definitely deserving of at least a coke! :D Donation sent! :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] v8bait:
Great job on version 4, it's definitely more attractive than I remembered. More responsive than ICS too. I did have issue with bluetooth turning on this afternoon, hopefully it was a fluke! Congrats on the first month with your son!
[Epic 4G Android Development] drakkahn:
Hey There! Great work as always!

Unfortunately my friend that I recently updated from 3 to 4 is getting google services framework fc's.

Installed on top of EI22 through CWM. Did not wipe anything.

She said it is happening mostly in gmail, but has also happened in the normal settings menu as well.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Use Titanium Backup to wipe data in both Google Services Framework and Gmail.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DaveWW00:
I had used a previous version of this rom but switched because i was having issues with maintaining an internet connection when it would switch from wifi to 3g/4g and vice versa. I gave this new version a try and love it- unbelievably good battery life. However, like the old version i am still having the issue where the internet connection doesnt work when i switch connections. any suggestions or a fix for this problem would be great. i've tried a bunch of other roms and this one if by far the best but its very annoying having to restart the phone constantly to use it. thanks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] turkaloo:
Anyone having phantom bluetooth pairings popping up? I haven't seen this before and have been on random roms for months. They started right after the update from thunder hawk III.
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
If you had bluetooth issues previously with EI22, they may carry over with your incremental update. You can try clearing your settings data, but worst case scenario is to backup your apps and perform a clean install. My wife's phone needed a clean install for several reasons, and her bluetooth turns on almost instantly now. GPS is much faster now too!

What Kenny said:

I'm going to assume this means it was a clean install. But if it wasn't perhaps clear your Settings or try a clean install. Aside from that, I'm not sure what to say, it shouldn't be an issue, but I do not have a 4G signal to test. I don't even have 3G where I work, I operate off of Wifi and Roaming! :confused:

This one is odd. Again with the settings clearing or clean install as a best solution, buttttt.... are you absolutely positive there's not actually some device in range? I'm no bluetooth expert, just me and my headset for driving (ONLY for driving :p).

ALSO: I fixed the primary download link. Not sure why it expired.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DaveWW00:
it was a clean install. i just cleared the settings and the problem persists. i havent had this issue with any other rom. i think a few pages back someone else also was having similar issues. if there is something i can do to test it for you let me know. this rom is leaps and bounds better than the rest I have tried and would like to fix this issue so i can use without having to restart everytime i switch connections. thanks for your hard work.

edit: i was playing around switching connections using a wireless hotspot. connected to the wifi and checked internet and it works fine, turned off hotspot and phone switched to 4g, checked and could not browse internet, turned wifi hostpot back on, phone reconnected and internet works fine. i know nothing about programming or how this all works but it seems from this that it still thinks its connected to the original connection. maybe nothing but maybe it will help you figure out whats going on.

me again- one more thing: downloaded app called Network Info II. did the same test described above. when it switches to the cell connection the app shows error for external IP and hostname. shows external ip and hostname when on wifi.

also tried the opposite test. restarted. connected to 4g first then switched on wifi hotspot. everything works fine. maintains internet and gets external IPs even after switching back and forth. problem seems to only occur when first connection after turning phone on or restarting is a wifi connection.
[Epic 4G Android Development] siirus09:
Just a quick drop in to say excellent work with Thunderhawk IV. Switched over since III with no problems, and now I just updated to IV without a hitch so far
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
Glad you like it! I have to reassemble the green theme, it's been my favorite recently. And then... maybe... make a red theme.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Tirregius:
Random, thanks for this one.... was on CM9 since beta 0 but the battery life and little things were getting to me. This seems ROCK solid and battery life is great. My 2800mah yoobao is overkill on this ROM. None of the little glitches that were bugging me on CM9. Don't really see an upside to ICS with ROMs like this out.

Very nice work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
yeah yeah yeah ... what I really want to know is where is the FC09 version??? :rolleyes: ;)

My wife is much happier with a thunderhawk rom, I had installed the sleeper el30 because i tired of answering - do i install the system update .... EVERYDAY :) .. then after that she was all; I liked the other one that was grey better. she is so technical!!

Hope all is good with baby!! thanks for this update
[Epic 4G Android Development] jeremyglass:
Ok so I just did a fresh wipe/install coming from TH III and I am STILL getting the update to EL30 notice?! I have already flased the EL30 modem and saying it under about phone?? Any help to get this damn message to go away! I did the install and pull the battery but it returns.

Thanks!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
TH III is EI22. You either should upgrade to IV or edit your build.prop to replace all EI22 with FC09 and all 2.3.5 with 2.3.6 then reboot.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jeremyglass:
I did upgrade to IV? I was coming from TH 3, but still flashed the EL30 modem when I was on it. So you are saying to upgrade everything to FC09?
[Epic 4G Android Development] naenyc:
Home Button Not Funtioning

Like others, thanks for the ROM, seems fantastic.

The Home key is inoperative, anybody have any ideas? Doesn't work in either

Go Launcher Ex

LauncherPro

TWLauncher

Had some issues flashing so from what I can remember these were the steps:

Thunderhawk IV installed but many apps failing.

SPH-D700-EL30-8Gb-REL.tar Reflashed

Thunderhawk III was necessary before Thunderhawk IV would install.

Restored apps with Titanium

Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] whitfield77:
Multiple Calendars

Is anyone else having an issue getting multiple calendars to show up? I have two calendar's associated to my google account, but I can only see my primary Google calendar, "My Calendar", and US Holidays calendar. Tried to go in to calendar settings, but I can't locate an option to 'add' a calendar.

Thunderhawk IV, clean install, works on CleanGB. If I get a chance, I'll flash 3.4.1 and see if it works.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
No. Modem doesn't matter. Sprint looks at your Build.prop for version. Is it possible you are now getting the FC09 update notice? If so then the build.prop edits recommended should work as well as rebooting after clearing Dalvik and Cache.
[Epic 4G Android Development] googy76:
I noticed this is an MTD version, I'm still on Thunderhawk III BML version. Will this auto convert or is a BML version coming? Thanks for all your work Random, your roms are great!
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
That's a good question. The answer is no on both counts. I will be posting a converter, but the quickest way is to flash CM9 as that will convert you to MTD. I recommend you backup all your apps and do a clean install.

I haven't seen any disadvantage to MTD, so it will be my driving setup. I may resurrect BML at some point, but I wouldn't recommend it, MTD is much more useful and allows you to seamlessly test CM9 and Miui at will.
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
I'm not being critical, but at this point in time I really don't understand why people A) are still on BML, or B) are hesitant to switch to MTD. Most MTD roms autoconvert you from BML (you only have to Odin to stock with repartition if you want to unroot) and there is no noticeable difference in performance. At least not that I can see.

Welcome back Random, and nice work as usual!
[Epic 4G Android Development] jdelano:
I love the fact that this rom handles the file systems it does; I really don't want to change my wifes Epic too much at one time (even though MTD really doesn't change the end user experience)

I think a little config .zip file (like that of the full install versus lite install) to tell the rom install to convert to MTD would be more than sufficient for those that want to jump to MTD.

Just say'n - if you need to me test again; just PM me. I'm happy to help out!
[Epic 4G Android Development] lcovel:
I've got to admit, I've been away from Random ROM for a few months testing a lot others. Just came back this week to hop on version 4. This one is far smoother, faster, and over all the best that has run on my Epic.

Keep up the great work!
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
But what about the people who can't run mtd roms (I'm sure my epic is the only one having this problem) ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
Out of curiosity, what is the issue for your phone?
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
I haven't a clue... started about a week ago... odined back to stock el30, rerooted and flashed cm9 and wouldn't go past the cyanogen splash screen... all mtd roms do the same to me now... don't understand cuz I've been using mtd since the first mtd roms came out and now NONE Of them will boot... tw mtd soft bricks my phone.... goes to the splash screen (sprint screen) and then shuts off and won't respond... only way to fix is to do the battery trick with odin and odin back...
[Epic 4G Android Development] orlzzt:
When you Odin back to stock EL30... what method are you using to acquire root?
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Well technically I'm not... odin in cwm without reboot checked and then boot into cwm and flash.... way I've always done it... I also tried rooting via the custom kernel to retain cwm and ten flashing su... booting and then booting back to cwm and flashing rom... same results both ways...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Naddict:
have you used samurai kernel ? shadow ? I bet if you try shadow you will find much joy and love....had similar issue and shadow kernel "solved" whatever it was that gave me fits...wish I knew specifically what or why...but it worked