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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
Tdunham has a script somewhere here that fixes permissions, it may require a bit of searching, but I believe it might be in kobridges thread. I'm sure someone can help point you in the right direction if I'm wrong. :beer:

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] micmars:
Could definitely use. I'm getting phantom key presses and other oddities that are not fun. Either that or I'll start from a fresh flash and use titanium backup to restore sms, call logs, etc.

Update...removed some apps, and did a wipe, which seemed to help a lot...

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] micmars:
Would a Variant of This Be the Right Direction...

Stryke: I'm making some progress (uninstalling apps that don't play nice), but still seeing unacceptable random behavior (phantom key presses prior to the uninstalling of apps), then random noises into my bluetooth as if I'm touching the screen (fixed by un-pairing/re-pairing). I'm either going to flush and reload, or try a last-ditch attempt the current setup in alignment. I love my current setup look-wise, but it is of no use if it doesn't behave.

I did find this script from crawj, but it is for the S4.

Let me know if this is the type of script you had in mind, and if you know of one that is compatible with our phone, and I'll give it a shot. Otherwise, I have no problem with starting with a fresh X2 wipe and install. Then, push themed apps the right way/Stryke way, in preload, not in system/apps.

Thanks again for everything! Hope class went well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
I'll look around for the script:beer:

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] micmars:
Thank you sir...

Thanks, Stryke! The script from Crawj that looked interesting is listed as "Kernel Cleaner Zip - Wipes Cache, Dalvik And Fixes Permissions."
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
Have u tried it yet?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I wouldn't. The one I see is for the S4.

I'll ask him nicely if he can set us up with one for the S2. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
Has anyone ever used the one built into Rom Toolbox Pro ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I don't trust apps to do that sort of stuff that aren't for our exact phone.

Ok, I went ahead and flashed the Kernel Cleaner script from Crawrj here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2277261

But I don't think it wiped cache and davlik. Normally whenever I wipe those manually in recovery, the system goes through the 'blah blah initializing apps' thing for over 200+ items and after this it went straight to the home screen.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mlock420:
I was wondering if someone could tell.me how I would know if comadose tweaks are working?...where should I look?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
Yea definitely when wiping dalvik it always goes through the blah blah of all your apps - did it fix your permissions though ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] micmars:
I Went Ahead and Started Over...

TD, Stryke, RH,

FWIW: I went in and started from scratch. I decided that the instability I created by not pushing to preload/symlink/system/app for about 6 or more apps was unacceptable. Thanks to all of you for getting my head straight enough to go about this properly. Will let you know how things go.

Everyone in this community is incredible. You guys and gals are nothing but awesome.

Thanks, a heck of a lot!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Using a root browser like the one built into Rom Toolbox, look for the text quoted here from his init.d script in the data folder:

# This script will tell you if init.d is indeed functioning on your device

# If you do not see "exit_only-initd" inside your /data partition then init.d is NOT working for your device.

---------- Post added at 10:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:56 PM ----------

You just want to use preload because it has more room?

I have a script somewhere that automatically writes symlinks for the entire preload to system/app so (I) don't have to.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mlock420:
Thank you man I appreciate it:thumbup:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Preload Symlink Creator

Here is a flashable that will automatically create symlinks for all files in preload/symlink/system/app folder into system/app.

Since most e4gt roms have very little usable system space it makes more sense to place extra stuff in preload.

If you want to test this, push (copy.. whatever) a text file or something to preload/symlink/system/app and then flash the script. Then go look in system/app for the new symlink. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
This is what I was talking about, thank you Td:beer:

What they had done was pushed themed apps to system that already existed in preload, without removing preload apks and there was some confusion on the permissions set in system. I explained that the permissions were the way they were because they were actually symlinked and not the apk themselves.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I've been watching.

You did a great job explaining everything too. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] micmars:
I Was Told...

TD: I was told that all modded system apps go in preload/symlink/system/app and not system/app.

Second, I have found that fixing permissions does NOT work on JV4-Test build using Garwynn/Agat 0.5 Repack (latest). Did it on a fresh install after X2 format all, and...bootloops.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
For #1:

Not necessarily. System apps really are 'supposed' to reside in system/app.

However, since Samsung released Jellybean for our phone, there just isn't room for everything in the System partition so they stashed a bunch of stuff on the Preload partition too and created symbolic links (symlinks) so that the system 'thinks' the files are really in system/app.

To be certain of where something you're messing with really resides without the confusion of what is and isn't a symlink (symlinks always are zero bytes and rwxrwxrwx permissions in root explorer, I'm sure you found that out by now). Open the original rom zip file and go looking around to see where the original file to be stored. This way, there is no question where the REAL file is stored in the rom you are using.

#2 - Don't know about fixing permissions as I rarely use it and it's a last resort thing anyway as far as I'm concerned. I prefer to flash everything as I find the manual method takes too long. All the small stuff I do is on computer, then goes into dropbox, then I download and flash it on the phone from there (big stuff, I tether the phone). It's easier for me to edit stuff on the pc. When I'm working on something, sometimes it has to be flashed 30+ times until I get it right.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] micmars:
OK, You Just Rock...

Thanks, TD. I don't think the fixing permissions matters that much either (deduction from the ROM/kernel I like can't handle it). The stuff in JV4 test is sufficient for me to enjoy a fresh install and mod as you've mentioned. As I've noted before, I know little.

You rock. Thanks, man!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
I agree - and that expains why I kept seing all boxes checked in permissions on my phonesky.apk too - thank you for the great explanation TD -
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] micmars:
Stryke, your answers were quite good; above, my brevity may have implied otherwise. I'm up and running properly because of you. The cheap/long way I did it last night was to look and see if the same file resided in both places prior to pushing (why does that seem filthy?). With the play store, a push/reset/reboot to preload did the trick. For google services, had to uninstall updates first. For a working inverted maps, deleting both, rebooting and sideloading did the trick. I had to look. And yes, I'm aware that the one at a time method is slow/stupid, but also appears to be reliable. You da man!

Sent from my SPH-D710 using inverted blue xda app-developers app
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
oh no - I hope I didn't imply that at all - I certainly wasn't meaning too - just the explanation TD gave about why permissions were different with synlinked apps explained why I kept seeing what I was seeing - I hope I didn't offend anyone - cuz' believe me I wasn't meaning too - I'd be lost without the help of the many many talented and awesome people here -

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] micmars:
Noob thread fun

RH, I was referring to my brief answer to TD's question. Stryke's advice was spot on. This experience has been quite educational. Thanks for your help, bro.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
LOL no offense taken guys, I know I have a tendency to be a little confusing at times. I sometimes take for granted that a lot of this knowledge isn't common knowledge and am thankful that people like TD can explain things a little more concise than I can.

In any event, I'm glad you guys got things worked out and now have a better understanding of your devices and android as a whole:D:thumbup::beer:

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mlock420:
Hey guys I was wondering if I can use comadose with crossbreeder even tho im using recalked rom v1.3..with all its tweaks?...just asking
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Yes you can.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mlock420:
Thanks dude I'm new so let me know if I'm bugging to much with the questions....:thumbup::thumbup:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!! I am getting so flustered with this - my WiFi keeps disconnecting for no reason - and when i go into wifi settings and try to connect i get "failed to connect to network" - all my other WiFi devices don't disconnect - only my phone - I'm running jd's deodexed ROM and the only mod I have rite now is the bootanimation4u mod - I have tried absolutely everything - forgetting the connection - changing channels on my router - renaming my network ssid so it rebuilds - the only thing that works when it does this is to reboot my phone - and its so intermittent - sometimes it will work for a day, sometimes for 10 minutes, sometimes for an hour or two - can anyone please please please help me with this -
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
Forget the network, and reboot. Then try again

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
I will give it a shot and see how it goes - thank you -
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
If you are still having issues:

1. Factory reset the router. Every router is different. Usually there is a reset access hole in the back of the router that requires you to insert something small and hold it for 30 seconds until all the lights flash indicating a reset. Don't do this if you have special settings in the router unless you know how to set up port forwarding and such.

2. Try a different encryption method. Some devices don't play well together with certain wifi encryptions.

3. Install stock rom that is stripped of tweaks. Many tweaks affect wifi scanning intervals and other hardware level stuff.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
well it worked last nite till I powered off for the nite - booted up this morning and it was fine for about an hour - then "failed to connect to network" I tried resetting my router - and I changed the security from wep to WPA or whatever ( I only have 2 options on my router) and still no luck - I have Frontier DSL and rite now its an older router - it only has b/g connectivity - no n - they are sending me their newest router which is b/g/n - could the older router without "n" be causing issues ? either way I'm gonna re flash the one click stock rooted gb28 and see if that helps this issue - but as far as I know JD only deodexed his ROM - I don't believe he added any tweaks or anything - but if the stock/rooted ROM doesn't fix this, I may have something going on with the innards of my phone eh ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Lol what makes you think I am a ma'am..

Anyways.. Do you have custom recovery? If not follow steps in post 2 to install a new rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moogie522:
Lpl....sorry just going by the pic. Thank you much for your help.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vsfh:
Question - TriangleAway / CM10 / recovery

Hi everybody. I know this is quite noobish, however, I never got a full idea of what all I need to do to accomplish this.

Currently I'm on CM 10 beta 2, I have a few mods/tweaks or whatevers running (JusTunApps inverted, PimpMyRom was run, etc).

I know for TriangleAway I need ICS; I already purchased triangleaway for this.

My question (I did search. Promise.) - what are the steps to safely return me to ICS to run triangleaway, and then back to where I'm at?

I'm thinking...

1) Nandroid current setup

2) wipe cache & davlik

3) use the directboot el29 from mobileodin

4) FF18 one-click from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1903252

5) triangleaway

6) Boot back to recovery & nandroid

If I run ff18 one-click (should have root too), will it replace my recovery, or will it still be there?

I apologize for the noobishisms, I did search to look for this exact setup. Just hoping to not brick and get rid of this It900 message on my phone.

this makes sense to me; I'm not a total noob at this, but I am far from adept.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
I am pretty sure triangle away workd on GB. Why dont you just use the temp boot video in post 3? Boot to el29 and then use the app.

If the above fails, your steps are good but you will lose recovery after flashing one click. But then you are still rooted so follow steps in post 2 to get cwm and restore nandroid.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Throwing a monkey wrench into the works. :p

Unless something has changed, I think triangle away will only work on ICS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
aww.. lol

Well looks like he has to go the long route:p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vsfh:
eh. I watched the video. I followed the instructions in the post. Rebooted into recovery, installed the cm9 beta1 requested, rebooted recovery, loaded sd from zip, and I see...

installing . . . . blah blah

boot /sdcard/multiboot/FF18/zImage

create mount point

load

sync

reboot

install from sd card complete

appears as though this does not work the way it is listed in instructions... I've given it ~ 3 mins waiting. I will wait longer in case it is a timed base instance that reboots to the temp boot

Ah. Well, now cm9 is booting, but does not complete a boot. Guessing there is a kernel issue here. :/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Ff18 temp boot is known to cause issues. Try the el29 temp boot. But as td says triangleaway doesnt work on gb.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gfxmla:
Recommended kernel for CNA JoyRide

Hi List - Too new to post in the Dev threads so I'm trying here. Can anyone recomend a good kernel to use with CodeName Android Joyride http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1900357 ?

Obviously, it;s gonna be AOSP/AOKP, just not sure which one has been put through the wringer with that ROM. Also, has anyone used any of Agat's Kernels with it? I'd like to give one of his a try.

Thanks!

Edit:

By AOSP/AOKP I mean non-TW/Stock
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
You have to use built in kernel with CNA.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gfxmla:
Thanks for the info. Wasn't sure if there was a built in kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NipTuck170:
Hey guys. Does anyone know if I can use the stock recovery from "SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_Restore_v2.exe" to install this rom? I used this yesterday to root my phone. But i want a custom rom. I've been out of the game for a little because the stock gingerbread that came with my epic touch was beautiful. but ever since i did the ff18 ota and now the fi27 ota, my life has been hell, between crappy battery life and a million glitches. Also, do i need to worry about that "bug" that bricks your phone with the rooted rom that i just flashed? I've been reading through the threads but am a little confused.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
You cannot use stock recovery to install new roms. Follow steps in post 2 to install a *safe* recovery and then install any custom rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NipTuck170:
Thanks!...Do you also know if the rom I already flashed has the eMMC bug?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
eMMC bug is not in the rom. It is in the ICS kernel. Read up on the eMMC threads linked in post 2.

So any ICS rom with a stock kernel will have that bug.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NipTuck170:
I was wondering if maybe they got rid of it, because what i flashed yesterday had a rooted kernel. So now, i was wondering, after reading post #2, can i flash [Kernel]The Kuban Kernel 0.2.1 instead of the repacked EL29 Kernel using ODIN? Cause then i would like to flash the latest Kuban rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
The rom will install the latest kuban kernel. No need to install it before hand. It is said kuban kernel is safe to flash roms but I am just extra safe and use one of the 2 kernels in post 2 using mobile odin before flashing new roms.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NipTuck170:
I'm curious. I was just reading the instructions for Mobile Odin that I was redirected to from Post #2. Can I just use Mobile Odin to flash the Kuban rom immediately, or do I still have to go through the whole process of flashing one of the two kernels in that post to get CWM, and then use CWM to flash the .ZIP for the Kuban rom?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Mobile odin cannot flash zips. Flash kernel .tar and then use recovery to flash rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NipTuck170:
Damn, thought there was a short cut...haha. I'm just a little worred about having a non working phone. I like having my phone working after every step in case i have to run. But it will not be working after I flash the gingerbread kernel, correct? Since i have an ice cream sandwich rom right now? So i will have to immediately flash the Kuban rom to have a working phone?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
Correct, he only deodexed his ROM. It's far more likely that it's a router issue than your phone though.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
I hope so - im realy hoping that the new router eliminates this issue - it should be here the first part of next week -

New router came today - way faster then they said - very cool - wpa2 security - so far signal is much better - I will keep posted on how the connection is - man I hope this solves this issue - thanks for everyones help and input -
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
welp - no luck - its still doing it - I went in to WiFi settings and typed in my password and rite in front of me it connected - then like 2 seconds later it disconnected and then I kept getting the "failed to connect to network" I am so ready to give up - I just don't understand what's going on and no matter what I try I can't fix it - I thought for sure the new router was gonna take care of this - and why doesn't it happen to any of my other WiFi devices ? sorry everyone to keep complaining but idk what else to do or where else to go - I guess next step is contacting Samsung for warranty - :banghead::banghead::(:(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
Do warranty exchange with sprint if possible. Samsung warranty support is good, but expect 2-3 days shipping each way and 1-2 days turnaround on the repair/replacement. You could be without a phone for anywhere from 4-10 days if something goes bad.

Sent from my T999L on PACman
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
Well I use VM and I bought the phone through HSN - so I think my only option is going to be Samsung -
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
Oh. Yeah, definitely Samsung. In that case I'd just recommend setting up Google voice for your voicemail before you send it out. That way you can see missed calls and listen to voicemail without the phone.

Sent from my T999L on PACman
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
good idea - thanks - does it sound like a phone issue for sure though ? I mean I really have tried everything I can think of - I don't want to send it without making sure I've exhausted every option -
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
At this point, that's how it seems.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] remotehugger:
Yea I was afraid of that - ty all for helping me try and figure this out - time to get a hold of Samsung - what a bummer :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
Try a full Odin restore as a last ditch effort, just in case.

Sent from my T999L on PACman
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] alexteel:
Confirmation of flash order

I have confirmed the E4GT flash order to be

boot.bin

Sbl.bin

param.lfs

zImage

factoryfs.img

data.img

cache.img

hidden.img

recovery.bin

modem.bin

I tested this simply by unpacking the stock rom and repacking it in that order. Flashed no problem.

I then tried packing and unpacking the factoryfs without making any modifications. When I did this my flash did not work properly (phone boots into recovery). This means there is something wrong with my method.

I need clarification on what I am doing with this line:

"./mkuserimg.sh -s /some/directory/with/files ./factoryfs_custom.img ext4 ./temp 512M"

In the first post from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1081239

(Please note I have read every post in that thread so if the answer is in there it means I didn't understand the answer at the time)

I understand running the script with the -s option. I understand the /.factoryfs_custom.img is my new image file name. I understand I am setting the file system to be ext4. I think I understand the 512M to be the size of the sparse image, since the image does not inherently take up 512M of space. (Am I correct in thinking it MUST be 512M unless I repartition my phone using a .pit file?). I do NOT understand the /some/directory/with/files. Is that supposed to be whatever I want the new factoryfs to be? Does that have to be the tempdir I mounted previously (with any alterations I may have made? What is the ./temp? Should that be ./tempdir? I admit I haven't fully rooted around in the script and the codes it calls to see where everything goes because that is really beyond the scope of trying to understand and use someone else's code seeing as how I don't technically know c to read the dependencies. I would post this to that thread but since I have so few posts I am not allowed to post in the development forum. Hopefully someone who reads this thread knows the answer or can redirect my plight that way.

Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
If I'm not mistaken that line should be the directory containing your files to be repacked. I don't have a lot of experience with this however, so I'd double check with someone else.:beer:

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mlock420:
I hate to interrupt important talk..but I was wondering if a hot spot hack would still throttle data? I'm with boost.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
I think it would. Afaik, throttling is on the carrier end and you'd have to remove the code that allows them to do it. The hotspot hack is only removing the check for carrier authorization.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mlock420:
That's sounds a bit too much to do I'll leave that alone for now...it just sucks that they say unlimited everything but then slow my data speeds lol thanks tho:thumbup:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
I hear that! That's the only reason I'm still with sprint, though I may be leaving them now that I'm not roaming 90% of my day. Undecided as of yet.

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