yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jigwashere:
I've been on battery 5h 41m and have 77% remaining. That's not bad given that I've actually used the phone during that time. It often gets worse at the office (again, poor 3G service and phone reception). Looking at Betterbatterystats, I start out with Other/Since unpugged: Deep Sleep = 5h 46s (not too bad). Kernel Wakelock/Since unplugged shows "PowerManagerService" 5m 41s, "sec-battery-moniter" 2m 56s, etc. Partial Wakelocks/Since uplugged shows Download Manager 3m 55s, ReadItLater Syncing 3m 39s. Alarms/Since unplugged shows com.google.android.apps.maps Wakeups: 68, com.google.android.gsf Wakeups: 45.

Any ideas?

Thanks for suggesting Placebo scripts. I'm trying to get up the nerve to plunge into that VERY long thread and see what happens. :)

I also like the idea of running a custom ROM, but haven't gone that route yet. I've stuck with stock-rooted for a while. I'm actually interested in Cyanogenmod (I have CM7.2 on my Nook Color). I'm also tempted to go for a recooked Caulk ROM.

Thanks for your willingness to work with me on this! I really appreciate it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] locovagra:
So any ol' rooting method should be fine?

what Roms are "solid" and have the least bugs right now while ridding the phone of bloatware?

What kernal is currently recommended? currently I have FH13

What PRL? recommended PRL??

I see some various modem options? whats currently the best setup?

by the way I am on a Sprint D710 Galaxy S2 flashed to Boost Mobile
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Long press home button and swype apps away to get rid of that. That is the best way to free memory.

bbs looks fine. If signal at office sucks that bad, see if turning off data is an option. That will save ton of battery. Like it almost won't use any battery at all.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rlanza1054:
Wow, I can't believe I've been using the wrong forum all this time. This is the correct one for me. Maybe now, I can get better answers for my Samsung galaxy S 2 Epic 4G Touch

Rob
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Lol welcome to the right forums!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rlanza1054:
Hi,

So since I probably have been asking questions on the wrong forums let me start by asking the following:

I am having trouble upgrading to FI27.

I'm on FH13 now (see status screenshot)

I had used FH13 rooted with SuperSU not Superuser.

File: SPH-D710_FH13_deodexed_SuperSU.zip

I tried to upgrade to FI27, using:

SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_NoData.exe

For some reason all my data was missing after the upgrade.

I thought the NODATA options meant no data was being erased?

I restored back to FH13 using a saved copy of a CWM backup (I guess its called a NANDROID backup).

Anyway, I am having trouble finding the author of my FH13 version, unless he did not yet publish the new FI27 version just yet?

I'm looking for a rooted version of FI27 the contains CWM.

And I assume its best to use the DEODEXED flavors over the ODEXED.

Oh one more thing, I don't care if it is a One-Click (which makes it easier and safer for me) or the Mobile-ODIN method.

Thanks.

Rob

PS After running around trying to make sense of what I'm reading, please confirm my conclusion:

It looks like what I want and have been looking for just its yet ready for us?

I actual came to this conclusion by going through all the files available and located on 'rwilco12's' website:

http://rwilco12.androidfilehost.com/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Are you looking for this? [ROM][ZIP][TAR]Stock Rooted Deodexed/Odexed FI27 with SuperSU/Busybox 1.20

Other is this [LINK][ROM][ODIN][TAR]SPH-D710 FI27 (FI27 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Root/Stock)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rtfire1:
Help with el27

I rooted my phone from fh13 to rooted fh13 this morning It upgraded to fl27 and un did root long story short I got back to fh13 unrooted. when I went to fl27 I lost 4g should I gp back to fh13 rooted or is there an fl27 root that I should us. I am new to rooting andoid cell phones, Any help would be great I can hack psps or ps2s easy still learning about andoid.:confused:

Edit found dbldowns post and used that fl27 rooted one
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Yeah accepting OTA will make your phone lose root. There is FI27 rooted one-click for that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Added couple questions to Post 3. More coming.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Hi Bluez, I just did an XDA search for 'FI-27 rooted one-click' and it came up on the first page even though it is a link to Sextape's forum (just an FYI for the user). Maybe it would help some if you could post a brief 'How to use Search function on XDA' on the OP. I know it took me a while to figure it out when I first got here. I saw you made a couple notes about using the search, but not how to use it where it is available (Global or within this Thread searches). You know, nothing indepth, just a quick 'it's here and here, and this is what it does'.

And you know what, I bet I spend more time using the search feature here doing research than I do posting. :eek:

BTW, glad you stuck with it. It looks like they're keeping you busy here.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] byrdcfmma:
is go sms the preferred way to get pics sent by messaging? It seems CNA Joyride is not sending my pics through the reg messaging app anymore.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Or I prefer handcent. Don't know about go SMS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] byrdcfmma:
I will check out handcent, go sms is a little too flashy, IMO. Thanks!!

BTW, I just did a clean install over lunch, so I will see if that helps any. It is a shame Google Voice doesnt send pics too. If it did you would only need one app for VM & Messaging.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joe.stay:
I'm have agat v6.8 kernel on fi27. I'm going to do the one click odin to update to FL24. Is it safe to go to FL24 while on agat v6.8?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rwilco12:
Yes. The one-click is unaffected by the kernel you are running.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Donkey_Kong:
One-Click.exe (GB EL29) "Stuck" ~ 97%

Oh boy. I had a stock phone running GB EG30 and was going to root for Jellybean. I thought I was being "safe" and I stupidly installed a safeInstallKit from another source. My phone wouldn't boot and I when I installed the Jellybean ROM the phone hung on the splash screen. I decided it best to start over with a full restore and have followed the One-Click.EXE instructions to get my phone back to original stock from Sprint/Samsung.

I download and ran (running) the Odin and all seemed to be fine. However it's virtually complete but is now stuck for over and hour on the data.img as the process is about 98% complete. The phone is in ODIN mode and still "downloading....." in ODIN and on the PC it is nearly complete. Hasn't moved in since it reached this point.

What to do??
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Flashing a modem while on CM10.1 is not going to help at all. Also you can use any modem except for a jellybean modem. I recommend the video in post 3 to get your issue fixed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zipcrypto:
Bricked my phone

Well guess I met the bug, my phone just boots to splash screen. I tried to flash el26_stockCWM via odin. Not sure what i did wrong. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1525495

I was running CM10 but restored back to when my phone was just rooted.

Followed this link to get CM10 installed in the first place.

http://epic4gtouchroot.com/epic-4g-...-safe-kernelrecovery-on-rooted-epic-4g-touch/

Maybe this put me on a wacky kernel in the first place.

anyway I need some help or at least someone to help me find the 4x4 button so i can dig my self out.

If you have been here or think you can help it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys

Zip
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
If you boot to splash screen, fortunately it is likely a soft brick. Go into download mode and flash a FULL STOCK rooted/unrooted GB/ICS touchwiz build.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zipcrypto:
I want to get to CM 10 or another good JB rom, do you have any suggestions on how to get their from here?

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Surj138:
Check post #2 in this very thread.

I personally use Mobile Odin religiously to safely flash from TouchWiz to AOSP (using the el26/cwm tar... just kernel and recovery), but you'll need a rooted (and booting!) ROM to go that route.

Trolling from my Cricket-flashed Galaxy S2 E4GT using Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KooladeKC:
Whenever I turn my phone off, the red LED light is constantly on, and I always might be draining my battery, because my battery percentage drops significantly after some time of being off(maybe an hour or two). Standby time should drop this much, because on airplane mode, i only drop around 3% an hour. Anyone know how to turn off the LED while my phone is off? I'm on FK23. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Donkey_Kong:
Well to a answer my own question/issue...

After waiting not-so-patiently for close 2 hours I figured the process was hung and pulled the plug (literally) from the phone. On my PC This came back with ODIN screen FAILing. Maybe it wasn't hung just taking it's abnormally long time?

Anyway it looked bleak as when I reboted my phone I got a picture of phone and computer with a cable- and an error message. I couldn't get to ODIN or Recovery Mode. ;-( using the Volume/Power/Home key combos. With no alternative I plugged in the micro USB cable to PC and reran the One-Click and this time it zipped through and completed. I thought for sure this would lead to nothing but a bricked phone, but shockingly the phone booted back to stock!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
It is something in the notification led settings. I don't remember exactly. Can you post screen shots of the settings menus?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KooladeKC:
Yep. Though, I don't see anything for when the phone is off :/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] F-o-p-p-a:
Noob here... Having an issue... Never updated my phone because of all the problems I heard people were getting. Finally decided to update, all the way to FI27. Then started getting random reboots and an overly sensitive power button and then sometimes would take a few presses to turn on the screen. I rooted and the reboots seemed to have gotten much more frequent. I'm now on CyanogenMod 10.1 and it's happening just as much.

This seems to be pretty common but did not see a sure solution. Is there one?

If there is, where do I go from here?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
If you uncheck all of them, does the light go out?

If your power button is broken, unroot, go back to stock and take the phone to sprint.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] F-o-p-p-a:
That's the thing, I don't think it's broken. It only started happening with updates. But either way the phone still randomly reboots if i'm not even touching it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shokod:
No connection to anything after flashing CM9.1

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me, though I am afraid I may be ^%$$

I have a Credo (Sprint EPIC 4g) Samsung Galaxy S-II that I just flashed with CM 9.1.0-galaxys2.zip I had to use ODIN because I couldn't get it to work with CWM or with Siyah.

I flashed it successfully and CM works EXCEPT that I cannot connect to anything. NO wi-fi. NO mobile data. even the USB doesn't connect! I've tried wiping data/cache/davlik and re-flashing CM and that does nothing. I've tried manually adding my provider (Credo)'s APN, and that still doesn't work. My computer doesn't have bluetooth so I'm not sure if that would connect. At this point, I have no other ROM on my SD card to try flashing and I obviously cannot transfer any new ROMs onto my phone as it won't recognize.

I don't know what the next step should be. PLEASE HELP! I would be most appreciative.

Specs:

Model number GT-I9100

CM version: 9.1.0-galaxys2

Kernel 3.0.32-CM-ge9cef6c

Android version: 4.0.4

CWM v6.0.1.2

ro.bootloader=unknown

ro.hardware=smdk4210

ro.revision=12

ro.emmc=0

init.svc.recovery=running

init.svc.adbd=stopping

service.adb.root=1
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] metalmancer85:
Formatted sd card in cwm

formatted external sd by mistake in cwm recovery after i had formatted everything else in preparation of installing a new rom. the ext sd is where the rom and my nandroid backup were stored. i can get pc to recognize ext sd by putting shone into recovery then mounting sdcard and transfer files to it but when i then try to install those zips through cwm (wether it be whatevertheoriginalfilenamewas.zip or update.zip) i get the error "error in file sdcard/filename.zip [status 7] installation aborted" or something like that. even with roms i previously installed and used successfully. i tried making sure system was not mounted. i cant get odin to recognize phone because i cant install drivers because i cant install kies because i dont have admin privileges on the computers here at the library (i wont have access to my own already ready to go pc for some time still) and because of that i also cant install the drivers manually. is there any way to get ANY rom (id even go back to unrooted stock if necessary) installed at this point? or am i simply sol without a pc with admin privileges? and even then will i be able to get my pc to recognize my device since i can only boot into recovery/download mode? any help is much appreciated.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Can you flash back to full unrooted stock EL29 and see how it goes? Not sure if you did that?

You used the wrong ROM and kernel. GT-I900 is NOT SPH-D710 even though both are galaxy s2 phones. Maybe a nandroid backup could have helped if you have one? Wihtout USB port working not sure what you can do. You can get an external SD card and follow this - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1865102 Have you tried to connect USB to PC while phone is in recovery and try ADB to see if PC will recognize the sdcard?

You should wait to get access to a PC where you can odin a full stock rom but what ROMs have you tried to flash?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] metalmancer85:
before this, i had successfully installed and used each of the 4.2/4.2.1 roms in the e4gt>original development thread. since, ive tried only one, rootbox, which, again, did work before i formatted my external sd card.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
You need to try a non aosp rom. Use the lightweight 0.6 in development forums. All roms you have tried look for device model in system partition which you already wiped.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] metalmancer85:
and if i can do that successfully, will i then be able to reinstall mobile odin>flash el29 kernel and rom away as i was before? or will i then be stuck with that rom until i can get ahold of my precious pc again?

EDIT: this worked! Thank you so much! I'll come back and update this when i find out if i can now flash aosp roms again.

EDIT: not able to flash roms through recovery. Will try mobile Odin....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shokod:
"You used the wrong ROM and kernel. GT-I900 is NOT SPH-D710 even though both are galaxy s2 phones. Maybe a nandroid backup could have helped if you have one? Wihtout USB port working not sure what you can do. You can get an external SD card and follow this - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1865102 Have you tried to connect USB to PC while phone is in recovery and try ADB to see if PC will recognize the sdcard?"

Thanks for your quick reply. I think you are right about the ROM and I feel like a total idiot. I tried following the directions in the link you suggested, but my phone doesn't mount the external SD and ADB doesn't recognize my phone at all (regular, recovery, or download modes).

Any other suggestions before I tuck my tail between my legs and send it back?

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] club_lowlow:
Am I hard bricked or soft bricked?

Hello,

Last night I tried to install stock ICS on my Sprint Epic 4G Touch (SPH-D710). I did this with Odin. In hindsight I probably used an international version for the I9100 and not a Sprint-USA specific ROM. Anyway now when I start up my phone it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I cannot boot into recovery mode but I CAN boot into Odin/Download mode. However, my windows 7 PC no longer recognizes the phone when I plug in the USB at all. I've tried Samsung Kies, I've tried Sprint Epic 4G Touch drivers from Samsung's website, and I've rebooted a million times. Neither windows 7 nor Odin nor Samsung Kies can see the device. I've also tried my stock USB cable, my other USB cable, and every USB port I've got.

From what I understand if I were completely hard-bricked I would not be able to get into Odin/Download mode. So I'm still holding on to some hope. What should my next step be?

Any and all help is much appreciated.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] metalmancer85:
So that was a no go too. Any way to get other roms installed at this point? Will even using my PC fix this or am i stuck with this ROM forever?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Surj138:
What was mobile Odin doing? It won't work for me on certain TW kernels, where it will get "stuck" while initializing, lock up, and force a reboot.

Try the fi27 repack and flashing the el26 kernel/cwm tar through Mobile Odin (not el29).

Also, don't wipe /system, and don't run a Format-all zip either. I always just do a factory reset (if flashing an AOSP ROM) from el26 recovery, then flash ROM and Gapps afterwards.

Not sure if any of this will help but hey, it's worth a shot. Good luck.

Trolling from my Cricket-flashed Galaxy S2 E4GT using Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Sorry not quite sure what else you can try. Haven't encountered where someone flashed a non d710 ROM and it actually boots.

Your only hope is JTAG service by mobiletechvideos.com
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] club_lowlow:
Thanks

Ok thanks for the quick reply.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] metalmancer85:
Thank you surj138, but I have a new problem lol.

I was able to install the lightweight rom, then use mobile odin to flash a stock ics rom without losing root. So at this point I was back where I started minus all my media and customizations, apps, etc. My plan from there was to flash the bootable el29 CWM kernel and attempt to flash vailla rootbox. I wasnt thinking and I installed an OTA update just to see if I could (I was unable to before because I had removed some stock apps) and LOST ROOT! ♪ wa wa wa. So Im now stock FI27 without root. I also have mobile odin still but on launch i just get an error to allow root access. Im not saying FULL stock because Im hoping that what Ive read is true, that when you lose root due to an OTA update, you dont lose FULL root you just sort of... semi-lose it and can regain root easily.

Again, I only have access to a win 7 pc with no admin rights and no ability to restart (yes ive looked into installing the drivers in safe mode already in addition to adding trusted drivers directories to the registry). So, any way to install the drivers without admin rights, bypass the need for the drivers at all, or regain root without the use of a pc?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Surj138:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35512626

Here's a link to Chainfire's exynos-exploit app thread. There's another app mentioned that chainfire has just for rooting, but I'm not familiar with either app. But I suggest you do some serious reading before doing anything else. People have reported camera issues and whatnot after going this route, but if all you really want root for is to flash Roms with Mobile Odin then i guess that's not a big deal.

And stop trying to OTA lol... :beer:

Trolling from my Cricket-flashed Galaxy S2 E4GT using Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] metalmancer85:
you did it! this worked! thank you so much! everyone said it couldnt be done but i KNEW they were all wrong HA! lol :sooverlyenthusiasticcheersourmugsbreak: :sorry:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Surj138:
Haha awesome, glad it worked for you :)

Trolling from my Cricket-flashed Galaxy S2 E4GT using Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] btoddweber:
Just a quick question. I am running stock rooted fk23 with ga10 modem. Can I just mobile odin the fl16 kernel without doing the entire rom? I know that version has a few new options but just was wondering if that would be ok. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Yeah FL16 is jellybean and so is FK23. Use the .tar.md5 file.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] F-o-p-p-a:
Tried that too and still have the same issue. Strangely though, it has only restarted on me twice in the last two days, down from about 10+ a day. They power button and restarting are definitely related though. If the power button isn't acting funny, it won't restart on it's own. If it does, i know it's going to restart.

Any suggestions?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] btoddweber:
Thanks for the help. Also...if I don't like it for whatever reason can I go backwards just as easy or do I have to pc odin back down? I only ask cause I know that FL16 is after FK23 wanted tto make sure you can go backwards???? Sorry if sounds dumb....but tthanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Yes, you can go back. While it is recommended to use the matching kernel, I have never had any issues running mismatched JB kernels with the leaked builds from FK23 and up. The only issues you will have are with the repacked JB kernels with custom recovery have a couple of bugs like not playing nice with pay apps (pay apps disappearing). A known issue that flashing back to a stock kernel will resolve. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] btoddweber:
Thanks again. I really appreciate the help.

---------- Post added at 08:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:40 AM ----------

One last question. I know a lot of ideas that are expressed are opinons...but I've had pretty good luck with FK23 and was wondering if there is anything I should know about FL16? I mean I in now a few have bugs..ie call waiting on ga10. Do you have an opinion on either of those 2? Again I know it's not a guarantee but wanted to ask..thanks again
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ktempleton:
hey guys i just got this phone as most of you know and im trying to update my prl and profile because im hooking it up through ting, looking at the you tube video in the op the guy mentions a file thats 700 mb which i dont see in the op its multi boot i think, is there anyway to get that link or is there an easier softer way lol lovin the phone so far even though it is a little more complicated to do things with than my other sammy phone thanks for any help and suggestions.. kt
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
They are in the description of video. http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/tools.html?m=1

http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/2012/05/temporary-stock-e4gt-from-emmc.html?m=1

Other than going to a touchwiz ROM this is the only way.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ktempleton:
im pretty sure since im changing to ting then i probably have to go touch wiz thanks

i take that back that is what i was looking for have no idea how i missed it lol thanks again

ok so i followed the directions to the t but it said install from sdcard complete it says on the site you didnt follow directions then it says wait im a little confused about this part.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigj231:
I was confused at that part too. I found it easiest to just flash FL24 with a one-click and then flash back when I was finished. It is kind of a pain though. Thankfully I only needed to update my PRL & profile after I installed the FL24 modem. I never saw much difference while updating them on stock.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ojp420:
could someone tell me what this odin counter is and what exactly it and the yellow triangle mean? i have always been pretty good with doing this kind of stuff but this is my first samsung and it has me a little over whelmed at how different it is from all my other phones. i really just need to know if i can root and maybe put cwm on my virgin mobile gs2 with screwing anything up, the guy at the store told me that if they see that you have root or changed the phone in any way that they can lock the phone in some way so now i am scared to do anything to it.