yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mralib:
How did you get backing up to work?

Hi abadasstanker69

Can you tell me please how you do nandroiding. Using the recovery, every time I try to do a backup, it goes all the way to the end and when it is creating MD5, it reboots and never properly ends the back up.

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ricketkm:
That doesn't work for me when I press it, it freezes on the facebook logo.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tkgadgetman:
problems

JB Alpha 5 issues that I have found. Custom ringtone will disappear after reboot, Can not perform any kind of back up. Mybackup or titanium, and can not use roam control app. These three apps do not recognize "root" access. Signal seems to be less than Blazer 4.1 GB which is tough on battery life.

Anybody have suggestions to help me over these hurdles is appreiciated. Looking forward to alpha 6.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bmwguy:
In previous posts it has been said that this ROM has had issues with superuser and permissions sticking. People said to download supersu from the market and that fixes most issues
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Also update binaries if not upto date.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackhorses777:
I've tried dsp manager and a few other apps to increase the volume and dsp did somewhat but the sound quality is terrible. The low sound level is my only complaint with this rom. The other issues I can deal with
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] primo523:
Hey guys. Is it ok to flash things with this recovery? Zip files, backups, going back to ics roms? Not that I want to because this rom rocks. Should I just Odin back to gingerbread to be safe?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abadasstanker69:
Flash el26 repack with cwm. Reboot recovery. Back or restore. That's it

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Try pushing the custom ring tones in to the system folder where the default ringers are. Worked for me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] basketthis:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31117789

[JB:CM10:HYBRD] PARANOIDANDROID [1.992, True HybridMode][09/02/12]
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] theguz4l:
new test build up .. anyone know the changes?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abadasstanker69:
I don't think there's gonna be a change log since they're nightlies
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 09busa:
Does anyone else have a problem with the mic when on speaker phone during a call. When I am on a call and am using the speaker the mic for the person you are talking to is really low to the point they can hardly here you unless you turn it off and hold it to your head.

Any idea how to fix this problem so I can use the speaker phone option?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] theguz4l:
Haven't tried myself, but I heard that this is a bug also in the CM10 rom (same sbrissen kernel)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Gazzuk:
:D ty for update sbrissen
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hollywood084:
Not complaints, just issues.

Battery life is worse than my FF18 ROM, while usage, coverage, etc remains the same.

Speakerphone (while in speakerphone mode, not normal phone-to-ear calls) is too soft, caller can't hear me (stated earlier)

Something is wrong with the headphone output. I had to turn my stereo up all the way, to hear the music, and it was still fairly quiet. The device volume settings were all the way up as well.

Sometimes when I pull up an APP, or turn the screen on to use the phone, the phone will be unresponsive to home/menu/search/back button presses at the bottom. The lights won't even light up, it's as if I'm not touching them, or, they briefly light up, then turn off. They eventually become responsive.

SU permission issues (keeps spamming me with requests.) I also tried a zip posted in this thread, no luck.

Other than that, I'll be looking forward to future releases. Great ROM! Thanks!

Edit: I just experienced the "reboot during backup" in recovery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] isaac2k10:
damn new build up again, just downloaded -1
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kevin cracolici:
Right there with ya lol, my phone literally just rebooted from 9/4 -1 now 2 is up lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sbrissen:
#3 incoming lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kevin cracolici:
Nice, you rock Scott
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
Go into the super user app and update binaries. Go to the app store and download the free version of superSU. Binaries will update again automatically after install. That should solve your multiple permissions request issue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dmonger11b:
The volume is a known issue, you can download volume + from the market I've used it for about a year now and it'll help with the volume some. The captivate keys not responding could be a bad install. Did you wipe the devik and cache before you ran the zip? And the superuser issue was addressed in the post above mine
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hollywood084:
Yes, I made sure to wipe dalvik/cache.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robertm2011:
I'm using PowerAmp as my music app, no volume problems here.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hollywood084:
Same here, strange.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iahk:
The problem is that when you put it on something like max volume, it's not as loud as max volume in touchwiz. I use poweramp too, but I can confirm that it is still an issue in poweramp. The max volume in this rom may be fine for you, but as you notice here, it's not fine for everybody.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gbakakos:
Navagation never gets GPS lock

The only issue I'm having with this great ROM is that the GPS never seems to lock. It always says searching.

It puts me at the starting point but blocks away from where I should be if at all. Has anyone else had issues similar to this using it on a

Sprint Samsung Epic 4G Touch and this [ALPHA5][ROM] AOSP JellyBean 4.1.1 [8/24/12

Any help or information would be appreciated.

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] primo523:
Yep..same issue here.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] isaac2k10:
I have to use google maps to get a lock all the time. Once i get a lock with maps, then I can use other apps and get a lock.

sent from Isaac's Jellied Out E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gbakakos:
reference to nightly updates/mods

I notice in this very long thread some reference to nightly mods it seems. where would I get those at? and how are they applied.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RMD3:
why is my phone getting so hot??
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] analyst28:
Has anyone had an issue with sms where it cuts out the area code when you select an contact for a new message? When I go to people and hit the message button next to the number everythuing is fine but when I try and create a new message through the messaging app I have the problem. Its not all contacts which I find odd but I can say my contacts haven't changed and used to work. I'm on test 9-4-3 but have seen this through the past few builds.

Having said that, this rom is excellent. Thanks to all who have been involved.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AtomicPlayboy:
Hey, did you happen to notice and/or fix the problem I mentioned, about the gyros/compass not tracking properly? Are there any logs I can provide that would help track it down, or would a full logcat dump do?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalek_Caan:
before this gets started again , there are no nightlies to AOSP rom there are test builds that the DEV puts up but has asked that the link not be published .. which BTW is also reference several times in the thread.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gbakakos:
So That Means

I'm guessing those test builds are invitation only? So we wait until APLHA6 comes out......

I can deal with that... Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AtomicPlayboy:
Not "invitation only," but bandwidth-related. The devs are hosting these builds on their own private servers which are rather limited in bandwidth, so giving a link here would bog it down. It's mostly courtesy out of respect for the devs and testers. There are people who know where to look, but again, trying not to just throw it out into the wild to avoid clogging the tubes.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] theguz4l:
Hopefully all of the test builds go well. Looking forward to Alpha 6 soon!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cephaus:
My battery life

Running 200-1000 with pegasusq and cfq
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AtomicPlayboy:
What kernel/tweaks are you using?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sbrissen:
I will look at it tomorrow, logs will only help if debugging is enabled. What app are you seeing the problem in.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cw00dw0rd:
I agree it works great if I use this method. It actually works better than it ever did on any stock ROM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] theguz4l:
Hey Sbrissen, thanks for your hard work... any progress on the battery issues and draining with cell standby we are experiencing?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AtomicPlayboy:
Note, this is from Alpha 5. The Compass does not point north, and spins the opposite direction it's supposed to. Using both Google Maps and GPS Status and Toolbox, it appears that the gyro axis are switched around, but it doesn't appear to affect portrait/landscape modes in any application.

Edit: Forgot to mention, no problems with GPS, and GPS directional tracking works fine, too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cw00dw0rd:
I was having the same issues and flashed back to GB and got lock then held power button booted into clockwork and flashed newest build and it works great now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cephaus:
Stock kernel that came with the rom. I was also running juicedefender.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dschachm:
What was your screen on time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kanekz:
Again, mentioned many times before buddy. Flash back to a GB build (EL26/EL29, or use the EL29 multi boot). Then get a GPS lock on Maps or any other GPS app. Might as well update prl and profile while you're at it. Then flash JB again. I get fast GPS locks now, where before on GB I wouldn't

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Scott, I can confirm that I had this issue as well. I tried everything to calibrate the compass but nothing worked. The compass is fine on other roms.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ColdCircuitCash:
These are the droids you're looking for...

http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/2012/08/temporary-stock-ff18-from-emmc.html

Temp boot EL29, update Profile, PRL Blah Blah

Read instructions and enjoy.

EDIT: I do want to point out for users that are having the GPS issues, make sure you maintain GPS lock in GB before rebooting in order for it to work. (per instructions in link)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hollywood084:
I've never had battery life that great on any android phone/rom/kernel combo ever. Hell, on any smartphone ever. What tweaks are YOU using?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AtomicPlayboy:
That photo was cephaus' phone, not mine. That's why I was asking what settings he was using.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Crsdr37:
Hey Scott any huge changes from 8-30 to all the 9-4 I loaded 9-4-1 before work and noticed 2 and 3 when I got home? Dl 3 now just wondering if there is anything in particular I should be looking for change wise to see if it works or doesnt?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Loremonger:
MY Battery Life
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
I flashed this rom and for some reason i cant get my contacts to sync from facebook any ideas on how to fix.

Edit:i guess this isnt a issue thanks anyway
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
Turn your brightness down and lay off the angry birds? That's all I got. Sorry!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] igorb81:
Fantastic battery life!!!

My first impressions...

I just flashed 0830 test build over the weekend and I have been super IMPRESSED with this ROM I would like to thank everyone working on this flawless ROM it made my phone a super phone. It feels like a totally new phone.

I came from Blazer GB which I thought was OK but this Jelly Bean AOSP kills every ROM that I have ever used in every aspect from performance to battery life. I get phenomenal battery life after couple cycles. I get well over a day with heavy use over 3 hours screen time with my tiny 1500 mah battery!!! It's just unheard of. I have used it today all day with 3 hours of screen time and I still have 46% left. My battery is barely dying at all.

I always underclocked to 1ghz and undervolted to -25 with no lag or any expense to performance. I optimize all my settings to my needs. I always used autostarts and similar tweaks.

Everything works flawlessly! GPS strong lock in about 10 seconds before it took me 15 minutes to get any lock on GB. I thought my phone was defective. I also figured out how to get data on JB running on Page plus cellular which uses Verizon service. I had to flash data_fix.zip for alternate carriers that I have found somewhere for ICS. I can't remember but I found it somewhere a while back.

The only issue I have that I work around is android.media.process runs wild after each reboot so I have to freeze media storage for a few seconds and unfreeze it and after this procedure my phone runs fine but if I don't do this my CPU will be maxed out for possibly hours and my phone will get hot and battery will drain in couple hours. I am still trying to figure out if this is related to my media or ROM. I never had this issue on GB.

Any thoughts? I am extremely happy since this alpha ROM runs much much better than Blazer did for me. I am in love again :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bmwguy:
I don't think it has anything to do with screen brightness. Myself and i know several others have the same battery issues with screen showing over 50% usage. Hopefully alpha 6 will have a fix. Other than that it's been a great rom for me especially considering it's only an alpha. Now i just need to take the time to flash a temp rom and get a gps lock cuz so far my gps has been terrible. I know what to do to fix it, just need to make time and get it done
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] igorb81:
On normal use I would get 20 hours but I have been tinkering a lot lately with my phone setting stuff up etc... I am impressed. It's much better than GB for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bmwguy:
This is on the alpha 5 posted publicly on the first post on this thread?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cephaus:
It was about 2 and a half hours
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
I hear ya, and it was a lame attempt at humor. I apologize.

Have you installed anything like better battery stats or gsam battery monitor to see what's really going on? App Sucker in gsam is pretty thorough, and so is better battery stats, but isn't as user friendly. Just a suggestion.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bmwguy:
I did install gsam. Here are some screens. Any thoughts?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agentcelsius:
I did so I just went and edited my contact and changed the format 1 (234) 567-8900 to 2345678900
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tkgadgetman:
Back-up

Is this rooted? How do we back-up? mybackup pro and Titanium do not get recognized. And no Roam control which I need in my area. Anybody else having these issues? Thank-you!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] igorb81:
I believe most ROMs if not all are rooted. Yes this ROM is rooted. MyBackup Pro has been buggy for me for some time and I stopped using it. I used to like the app. Go Backup works like magic for my. I was able to restore all my apps and a lot of data (mms, sms, call logs and some critical app data for a few apps) It worked like magic and it was very quick as well. I also use Nandroid for safety backups from time to time to go back if need be. I never used Roam control and not sure what it does.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rehpot1:
Loving the A5 build. Anyone figured out how to store pictures on the SD card?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] igorb81:
No I have never flashed alpha 5. I jumped right into 0830 test build and it's been fantastic for me. My phone is deep sleeping like a baby.

Well my battery stats are at 16 hours now with (5 hours of sleep) my phone is at 22% and over 3.5 hours of screen time with my tiny 1500 mah battery. I can't complain about battery life at all. I bet I could get 4 hours of screen time! I also use automatic brightness which is a little buggy from my experience. It does not seem to be as sensitive as it was in GB but still functional for me.

I did read about media bug all over the other forums online with JB. Maybe it's a known issue? Does anyone else experience it? I have to freeze it and unfreeze it shortly after reboot of a phone after it scans the media and the little icon disappears. If I don't do it it will run wild and my phone will be super hot and CPU maxed out nearly at 100% for a very long time. I do have several thousand mp3 files on my SD card.

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I didn't even noticed this until you mentioned. I tried ICS Camera and it works just fine. It looks just like AOSP camera but maybe with a few more options. Maybe I will use it. IDK. I would imagine any 3rd party camera app would work just fine. Seems to work fine for me.

I am more concerned about shutter sound and how to turn it off! I can't stand the darn thing. It's the dumbest invention. I know why they did it but it's annoying as hell. I will have to research on this. There has to be a fix. Every ROM I used it was silent even though I think it may be illegal in US. I really don't care it's just annoying.

Also I need to figure out how to connect to my corporate WIFI it was working fine on GB but now it's doing the infamous "Authenticating, connecting, obtaining IP address... blah blah blah. I used to get this crap with some other phones and ROMs in the past. I tried using static IP but it would not fix it. I don't know what to do right now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackhorses777:
Agreed. I use power amp as well. The volume problem use to exist with the leaked ics builds and cm9 and was eventually fixed. Hopefully we will find a solution soon
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] igorb81:
Apparently my experience is totally unique. Maybe I shouldn't touch my phone in flashing anything. I couldn't get GPS lock in GB so I said heck with it and just flashed this ROM and my GPS locks almost immediately every time. It would take half hour in GB to have a weak GPS lock now in JB in less than 15 seconds with 11 satellites in view 9 used and 7 foot accuracy! My GPS never worked so good on any of my previous phones before and I have excellent battery life with nearly 20 hours now and nearly 4 hours of screen time with 1500 mah battery. I just got my first low battery alert with 14% left. I don't know maybe I am really lucky???

BTW... I am using some ancient modem that was on my phone EL26! That was the only one I found in ZIP format before and it wasn't working that good for me on GB I tried almost all of them and they all sucked for me so I thought I had a bad phone. I am so happy now :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ricketkm:
I know it's the least of this rom problems but has anyone gotten Emojis to work I enable it but its not working????????
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bmwguy:
Is the 0830 build public somewhere?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Only if you know where to find it :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
can someone please tell me how to fix su i have no root after flashing this
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] igorb81:
Install SuperSU app and update binaries. If you did everything right you should have root.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
this is what i get
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] igorb81:
Ok here we go... before anyone doubts my world record! lol... how about this? All on one charge with 3G/WiFi and some GPS, text, calls, browsing, tinkering... etc along with 5 hours of sleep with airplane mode on. My phone always sleep with airplane mode on just like me. This is what I got with test build 0830. I know there are a few other ones from yesterday but I am not in the rush until I find out what are the fixes or improvements. I am really happy with this ROM! I don't think I can get it any better. Thank you so much!!!

Please keep in mind this is with 1500 mah battery! I use Juice Defender, underclocked to 1ghz, undervolted to -25, CPU Sleeper installed, Droidwall, sync email every hour and weather, automatic brightness. I use GoLauncher. Everything is buttery smooth as well. I hope this helps for anyone that wants to achieve these results. I am just amazed...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bcparker:
Hey, i think I'm gonna make the jelly bean plunge pretty soon. Especially with the great feedback about this ROM reaching daily driver status. For those of you who used the test builds, do you think the improvements vs Alpha5 (still confused on why this isn't considered AT LEAST a beta at this point...) are significant enough to just wait for a public release? i don't wanna bog down any servers
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stank656:
Download camera jb+..... It cost like a dollar and change but it's worth it..... As so many added options like store on sd card and you can also silence the camera.. Which I know everybody would love to do
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] neodorian:
It's definitely worth playing with but at least on my end, battery has been the main issue. I flashed 8/24 and set everything up and it worked well for a few days (10-12 hours on a charge) but now for some reason it's dying in like 5-6 hours from being taken off the charger. Still trying to track down what is killing the battery since I haven't installed anything new since the initial setup.

Anyway, yeah...that's one reason why I'd still call it alpha. The level sbrissen has gotten to within just a month is incredible but if you use it as a DD, be aware that you may run into some surprise bugs or mystery battery drain while the kinks are all ironed out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stank656:
Download camera jb + from play store.. You can turn off shutter sound and it's better then the stock jb camera app..... Hemse the" +"... Added features
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Masterface7:
Thanks for the hard work, now that i haven't gotten any los since 8/30 this is easily a dd for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bcparker:
can anyone comment on if they like the latest 9/04 test build better than the 8/30 one?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tweeker404:
I also do. This is the only bug keeping me from using this as a daily driver. Otherwise I just love it. Great work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] theguz4l:
I want to try the test builds, but Alpha 6 has to be near... patiently waiting for it :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] igorb81:
What is the problem with volume? I don't have any issues with volume for anything I use or do. It's a solid daily driver for me. No going back to anything different from this buttery smooth ROM for me. I never had LOS or SOD like I did with other ROMs. I used to get SOD with AOKP a lot and I had to abandon it. I am personally can't be any happier with this ROM. The only issues that bother me slightly is the android.media.process media storage going nuts after reboot.

I am using Verizon service on my phone and everything works including MMS and data. I just got my first MMS and it worked just fine. I don't do much MMS but it's nice to know that everything works.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] matt8107t:
I currently use that app with no negative effect on battery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
does mms work on this rom
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
how do i get it to work it stays at sending for me. Sms does work but no mms
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gbakakos:
Thanks. I will give that a try....

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I do have say the battery life i'm getting on the Alpha 5 build is outstanding. I'm a fairly heavy user and had to charge my battery at least 3 times a day for an hour at least just to get through the day. Now It's been unplugged since 6:00am this morning and it just now at 54%. Loving it...

Thanks much and I'm looking forward to Build 6 when it comes out...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] itlbok333:
Modem?

So I haven't seen any answers to issues with MMS. A few have the same problem. When I try to send them they hang on sending and never send.Might it have something to do with the modem? I am on FE16 I think.

Is there a better modem?

Thank you...!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] igorb81:
I haven't sent any since I rarely ever do but I received 2 today without any issues over Verizon network.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nickknaack:
Besides the volume issues, I'm happy except for one thing... why is my sd card not being recognized?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
can the font be changed on this rom if so how