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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
To be clear, that was in reference to flashing through recovery on the ICS kernel. It wasn't a "counter" per se, rather just pointing out the same operation can work fine but eventually cause a brick even if you do nothing different. *If* there was a problem with the wear-level code in the EMMC firmware that could explain such behavior as the wear-level code might not get triggered all the time.

The bootloader and ODIN DL mode appears to be behaving more like GB-based kernels in that respect, avoiding the suspect functions, so while I don't believe it has any effect on reseting anything, it also doesn't use the function that trigger the issue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tooke:
Maybe dumb

Hope this doesn't sound too dumb. Can I just ODIN this on a stock, unrooted ET4G to achieve a rooted stock rom? Or do I have to root the phone first? A friend is getting this phone and I was going to root it for him. I have been rooted since flashing all of these, I just wanted to make sure it works without root initially.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Yep it seems too easy doesn't it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tooke:
It really does, thank you for confirming!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darren.wlsn1:
actually that was a great question and wish it was posted as a sticky for new peeps on how good/easy op's methods are.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jfharden:
Yep, works for a bit then FC, and never works again. I'm using Exchange ActiveSync on Office 365. I have flashed both full ROM and NODATA, does the same thing on both. Went back to FE10, and no issues at all.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sponge66:
I just have pop and imap but no FC here.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tooke:
Thank you, I'm always looking for ways to give back to the forum. Is making it a sticky something I can do?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
Not to hijack the thread but there were multiple requests for ICS theme for this rom.

I put together small flashable zip files for ICS look.

Same look I use in my roms.

There are 2 versions of it. Odexed and Deodexed.

Download, place on sd card and flash in any unlocked recovery.

Deodexed FE16 ICS theme

Odexed FE16 ICS theme

Enjoy.

Edit: I did repack FE16 kernel with ACS recovery. I would assume all problems we had with CWM recovery are still present but if you wanna try it here is the thread link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660138
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xfortrenox:
Yup, email is fc'ing. Tried removing the account and adding it back. Didn't really help. Added a gmail account in addition to the exchange account, seemed to help for a few hours. Cleared the Dalvik Cache. I will try a full data flash and let you know if that fixes it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kebetz:
I'm telling you... place 1 copy of the .apk in the preload folder, another in system apps, reboot and enjoy. If the preload isn't triggered by the reboot, clear dalvik and reboot again. I got RuJelus inverted apps to install right over system apps without issue, FCs fixed, and even his talk is working..(that's supposed to take 2 flashes...)

Edit: Although the preinstaller is a solution to some FCs and and makes your must have apps survive factory resets,

I just attempted to sync to exchange unsuccessfully. Sorry
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robpet2:
So far it seems like the wifi scan while screen off is an issue. Mine shows never turn off wifi while screen off, but it is some how. Phone was charging and is doing slow charge along side with full bars of service, but I just woke up and phone was crazy warm. Kind of like deep sleep kills wifi and radio for data. I get no signal in my house and usually if the phone is constantly roaming or searching for signal, I get the warm phone and super slow charge, but my airwaves is connected so I am showing full signal, and that shouldn't happen to where it's searching.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xfortrenox:
Are you talking about the GMAIL app or the EMAIL app. We are talking about the email application which already has a dark theme to it and can handle exchange, pop and imap email accounts. I looked at Rujelus' page and saw only an inverted Gmail app, not the built in Email app.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kebetz:
I was talking about the email app... I'm not dumb, just stupid; I was getting on now to edit last, I hadnt yet setup exchange, only had my yahoo mail going to it.

I hang on the server settings check. No fc per se... but it doesn't work correctly.

Sorry.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xfortrenox:
Not saying you were dumb :) Just making sure since I wasn't seeing an inverted app that you were referring to!

I can set up my exchange account and it will work for a couple forced refreshes. But then I will go to refresh and just when I think it is about to load the messages...boom blank screen.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kebetz:
Well our Email problems may be different then. Maybe if I left it longer it would've connected... idk.

I can tell you that trying my suggestion can't hurt anything ;)

You'll end up using it for a lot more... The preinstall can handle up to 300M. I need someone to show me how to integrate a small amount of data onto these .apks.

And I know you weren't calling me dumb, I just shot a little prematurely and that's always embarrassing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] waxfondlr:
getting dl 'interrupted' issues on all mirrors at about 153mb, assuming it is still loading to the server? just thought i would put that out there..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xfortrenox:
Luckily there are pills and exercises you can do to lessen that issue! So do you have that link for the .apk? Also, forgive me for being dumb here, but where is this preinstall folder that you speak of?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sohr:
Can anyone advise whether the NoData package would be safe to flash over the Stock/Rooted FC22 build that was posted here about a month ago? I'd prefer to keep all my apps/data/etc...

Also, from what I understand CWM is no longer recommended for ICS... if that's the case, what's the recommended way to perform a nandroid backup?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] corwin2k:
going to flash back to FE14, it was working great before
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rokair:
Additional Follow-up on experiences with FE16.

I do think that WiFi seems more stable once connected but it "seems" a bit slower to actually connect especially if you have just recently been connected to another network. (OH...while typing this the phone just dropped the WiFi connection...still waiting for the reconnect, so maybe that isn't better either.)

Battery life certainly seems a good bit worse than FE10 (I didn't really have FE14 installed long enough to comment much on it)...generally on FE10 and the GB ROMs before I would listen to about an hour or so of Pandora in the morning over my WiFi connection and consume about 3-5 % of the battery during this time. This morning the same used 12%...but then I did just install the ROM yesterday of course.

Also, listening to Pandora in the car (over 3G) and running Google Navigation while charging my phone would previously hover around 98-105 degrees. I caught it this morning at 125 degrees. ;( So, I quickly turning the vent fan on and brought it down but this was never a concern with this phone on previous ROMs.

---------- Post added at 09:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:00 AM ----------

Hmmm. I don't have time right now but I might be going back to FE10 later today. I would really rather wait for the next version but battery drain and WiFi drop/reconnect is really getting to be too much this morning.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darren.wlsn1:
i have flashed one over the other and i use EL26 to nandroid.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kebetz:
Found this in themes&apps section, don't know if it'll help or not...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22812076

And to answer, the preloader is the app that initially installs most of Sprint's apps (except Zone and network stuff) when the phone first boots or when they are deleted.

The folder "/Preload" holds what it loads. So on a fresh flash I replace Sprints apps with around 100mb of my must have apks and factory reset. Next boot, no more sprint apps and all of my apps are installed instead.

It's also a failsafe in the sense that if you bootloop and have to factory reset from recovery you won't have to reinstall everything.

I can't imagine why it would have a dedicated 300mb of space unless someone is supposed to use it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Which file? Once the links say Mirror# with no qualifications they are done uploading. When the Mirror2 syncs are done the md5sums are checked, so those should be complete also.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
This is a great idea! So you can basically make a different preload folder for each ROM you like to flash especially if you have themed apps that match that particular ROM. I can't wait to get home from work and explore this! I suppose I can put together a folder of all of the inverted apps I use as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
Had this happen to me yesterday when I was downloading from Rain's mirror (the full package). But I noticed the 4G drop in the middle as the reason - downloaded again and it was fine the second time. (Same mirror)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
Would be an issue on the phone/sprints end. They were all uploaded by around 6 am on the 17th. As sfhub says the files are all md5 checked on my end automatically. He pulls his downloads and checks them as well and would be notified if I could not get a good copy from the primary mirror. My mirror downloads and then moves the files so there should never be an incomplete file for more than a few seconds at worst.

Yeah I used to have no luck downloading while on the go. I downloaded CM9 A4 while at work yesterday and the next time I looked at my phone it was done, Im like are you sure....! But get good speeds out there usually (8 to 15 Mbps) and AOSP is small of course.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NCRoadster:
Thanks for the new rom, it's awesome.

I cannot move apps to the internal sd card. Is that normal? I get a not enough space error message.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamsavedme30:
Thanks shub for the rom. I did see that Google Play was added to play movies.. last time I tried playunf a movie from the market it said it wouldn't play due to the fact that I was rooted.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Depending on how they are determining you are rooted, you might be able to rename su or move it out of the way to get past that. I don't know for sure if this will work around that, just giving you something to try.

Also you can try installing the non-rooted ROM from the 2nd post or use Auto Root to unroot your device.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] niv3d:
Anyone know what rom sfhub runs? lol just curious. I'm assuming every leak as a daily? haha, but seriously, what is your daily bro?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
My guess is JL31 - from the future.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
There cant be any such thing as a daily for him. I mean except for when we have no leaks for a week i bet he gets 2 days out of a single build. But he has to be flashing the phone 10 times a day on average at a minimum, and thats just one build.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wraith404:
Try "Voodoo RTA Rootkeeper" in the market. It can rename root as a temporary 'unroot'.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abusedcloth:
My phone took a few hours and reboots before accepting this build, but since then runs really well, even GPS lock is fast.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wraith404:
You mean to shake it out I hope, not to get it loaded? That should be expected as normal if so, just to get everything into dalvik and let cleanup routines finish.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abusedcloth:
Ya just took some time to settle after the flash... The flash just took a few minutes.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dchibro:
Well my bluetooth media audio issues persist with this build, although I wasnt expecting a fix. Its likely a good old fashioned compatibility issue that may not get fixed until the update goes mass market and complaints come in, assuming the issue is widespread enough. I hope is anyways or I'll forced to keep using the headphone jack and a cable to the Aux input.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
If you can point to the link where it was previously described or just cut and paste onto this thread so I can add the issue to the third post and make things easier to find for the folks from Sprint/Samsung that look in these threads.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vrundmc:
Anyone have an email.apk with no exchange security settings? I tried one in another thread and it didn't work. Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] metayoshi:
I actually had a screen glitch happen once on FE10, though it was obviously a very low frequency issue as we turn the screen on and off multiple times a day.

My issue looked like a vsync/resolution mismatch issue, similar to what it would look like if you try to hook up a PAL device to an NTSC TV or vice versa (if you know TV technologies). I don't know if this was the same issue that you saw, but it would fit the category of screen glitch.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daryelv:
There's a tool that will download the apk and do thework for you. Unfortunately it is only for deodexed roms.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tom1l21:
I'm on the CM9 Alpha 4 and I want to bring it back to stock so I can use the e4gauto utility to then flash CWM (my current recovery is the default Android system recovery). Is this the right tool to run, or do I need to be somewhere else? when I ran it, all it output was this...

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

I've been an HTC guy for the last two years and I just got my ET4G yesterday so I'm still new to how Samsung does things. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

EDIT: NVM I think I figured out my issues. thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Omar04:
New issue:

Sprint ID keep crashing/FC's after first use from time to time when using other apps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tom1l21:
I am running CM9 Alpha 4 (which uses the FE16 kernel) and when I put my ET4G into download mode and run this, this is what I see.

This is when I open up the FE16 Odin.

This is after I run it.

I know the drivers are installed properly since I can and have used adb earlier. Anyone know whats going on here?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1brainsurgeon:
Have you tried a different cable and or port? It's obviously not recognizing your device
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tom1l21:
Hmmm weird... I just ran it again and it recognized it. Strange!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
You need to start the OneClick before you plug in the phone, or if you start it afterwards, unplug and plug in the phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingofretros:
how come its not letting me get cwm plus on my fe16 ? i put the zimage into 000root than i clicked runfirst D, H, and still no cwm?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
Sfhubs plus kernel is not packed with cwm just unlocked stock recovery and other features. Agat has acs cwm neither is advised for flashing roms.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
Removed.

Xda app bein wonky
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevalB:
Yep, so to be the guinea pig, I did a full wipe and installed FE16, and now I get FCs every time I open my Exchange email.

I didn't have that when I was running the previous build, and I had installed FE16 over it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kcstier:
Errors

There are lots of errors and FC's on this ROM update! I'm flashing back to FE10 or previous build. Email FC everytime, and due to some code within the rom, it keeps apps open such as facebook causing the battery to drain out in a little over an hour, even when the screen is off.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] defiant_nx74205:
Calendar Sync issues

I haven't seen anything mentioned about calendar syncing issues, so I wanted to mention it.

I'm connecting to an Exchange 2010 server. E-mail works just fine, but the calendar fails to sync recurring appointments.

I verified that it's a 4.0.4 bug (FE07 and up).

Downgrading to FD26 fixes the issue for me.

-Defiant
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
No issues for me, but I but I don't use a lot of the stock apps. This may have been asked, but the stock battery percentage that is displayed is pretty tiny. I ended up disabling it. Is this correct for the stock roms?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kevmo1965:
I've been having a couple of issues.

The bluetooth software for the last couple of builds wont auto connect the phone to my hands free in my truck but it will auto connect the media profile. Even disabling the media profile in settings only holds until it disconnects.

Also the Android OS stat in the battery usage is constantly in the 50-60% of total battery drain. I thought that was fixed in 4.0.4? I've tried flashing back to GB, using calk's format all multiple times in a single CWM session, and using CWM to do a full wipe (both through the EL26 KERNEL).

Ant suggestions?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamsavedme30:
Phone has been running really warm.. even in wifi.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kthejoker20:
Fed up with the LOS and no reception.

Went back to EL29, where I will stay.

ICS, you just weren't meant to be for this phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SantinoInc:
Interesting...I thought LOS was only an issue on AOSP ICS roms.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
I have yet to get a single LOS.

Did run all of ICS leaks even ones that haven't been posted here.

Since first leak didn't go back to GB.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kthejoker20:
You thought wrong.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Thank you for your input and the opportunity.

Please come back again soon so we may provide further assistance in resolving your issues. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I don't think I have gone back since FC05 except to go the safe flashing route. We do have some great GB ROMs though! I always update Profile after every ROM or kernel flash though
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
The ONLY LOS I've ever experienced followed me from ROM to ROM. It went on for a couple of weeks.

Therefore, I came to the final conclusion that my problem was not a ROM. ;)

Reprovisioned & factory reset and all has been well ever since.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
I don't think it would be an overstatement if I say few thousand users running ICS roms. My rom alone has been downloaded hundreds of times and there are many more to choose from.

So the statement that ICS wasn't meant for this phone is wrong IMHO.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevalB:
I had LOS one time after flashing an ICS rom, I think it was one of the original FE builds, but it has been solid since then.

The only issue I found now is the email app FC'ing, which can be fixed by flashing FE10 DATA WIPE, flashing FE14 and FE16 DATA SAVE (NO DATA). After that, I set up my work exchange account and it worked fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] probowler2009:
I had LOS today restarted the phone and all seemed to be okay. Something I had to do before back in GB.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Adding the full report from defiant
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Someone earlier had persistent bluetooth auto connect issues and they found if they got rid of the bluetooth entry, reset their bluetooth device, and paired from scratch, it got rid of the problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
This has been reported before, I just wanted to list the details:

Bug: Automatic Brightness keeps re-enabling itself/Browser should reset brightness settings after exiting

Workaround: go into the Browser Menu->Brightness and disable Automatic Brightness.

Multiple folks have reported a bug where the phone gets reset to Automatic Brightness after some time of usage.

It turns out the reason this is happening because the Browser has its own brightness settings under Menu->Brightness and color

Many people do not realize this and will think Automatic Brightness got enabled seemingly randomly after they went and turned it off under Menu->Settings->Display->Brightness

The Browser should really reset the settings to what they were before it started upon exiting the app. Even though the Browser never really "exits", it can detect when it isn't the active app.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] buggerritt:
After uninstalling the Facebook app, my battery life increased tenfold.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wildzcardz:
Getting a few randon FCs, hadn't happened any other builds until this one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] I2izzo:
So far this has been good battery life and continues to run smoothly.. Only thing ive notices is i have my school exchange email on here and cant get it to pull up anymore with a not responding message.. Cpeared cache and tried to force stop the app but that option wasnt available.. Any other suggestions for a fix? Thank you
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
There is a workaround for exchange issues posted by DevalB. The link is in the 3rd post. Involves installing FE10, then upgrading to FE14 and FE16. You can try that to see if it resolves your issues.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tmeader:
Yeah, I've noticed this too. Using SystemPanel, I verified that the official Facebook app fairly regularly keeps your CPU up at a consistent 30% usage, even when it's in the "background". You can either uninstall or, my fix, just long press the Home button when you're done and swipe it away to kill it until next time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevalB:
I forgot to add, make sure you set up the exchange account in FE10 before installing the FE14/16 no data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BiggieD:
getting Roam data loss, about every 10 mins, have flashed nodata since fe07, anything I can do?

Typed on glass!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Try Update Profile.

If that doesn't work ##72786# reset from dialer.

If that doesn't work try flashing Full.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BiggieD:
I get enter msl ?

Typed on glass!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kebetz:
Won't ##72786# up-to-date prl and profile automatically?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tooke:
Battery Life

What are people's experience with battery life on FE16? I came from FE07 which I thought had exceptional battery life. Now, FE16 seems to drain about 25% faster. Still not horrible battery life by any means, but FE07 was better. Especially noticing that the last 10% drains crazy fast on FE16 as compared to FE07 where it seemed like the last 10% was the longest. Anybody else confirm or deny? What are your battery life experiences on FE16?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fatboypup:
All hail FE21
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] probowler2009:
Yes I was getting some crazy, you battery drain too of fe16. The kernel uses about 35%+ all the time. Now after a couple of days I have noticed it has gotten better. The other thing I have had is LOS. That hit me on Sunday. Had to reebot the phone a couple of times to get it going. I do see a fe21 xoming down the pipe zo we shall see if that makes it better.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wraith404:
Is using the Settings/Privacy/Factory Reset considered just as dangerous as kernel data wipe, in terms of brick risk?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
I wouldn't do it, just flash the rom again via the odin 1 click if something doesn't seem to be working
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wraith404:
Will do, Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darren.wlsn1:
had a sprint voicemail issue all day on custom roms so i went to this to see wth is going on and its still not working, i get calls but cant use vm?

EDIT: sprint fixed it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BiggieD:
Los, data roam loss, pops up says can't connect to Server (wireless), get bad user pass on email accounts pop as well as exchange, fe 16 all nodata from 07 skipped fe14 went from 10 to 16, did skipping 14 do any of this and can I do nodata back to fe10? It has been the most stable for me. Thanks in advance!

Typed on glass!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sprinkster:
been at data.img for over 6 minutes, is this normal any suggestions

?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Oh man...what EXACTLY did you do before flashing in Odin? Did you wipe partitions in ICS recovery?

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