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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Maury000:
Thanks for the tip about ROM Manager: I've already had some narrow scrapes there! With you confirmation about it now, I'll keep away from it.

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Thanks for the needed extra information. I'm excited to finally getting close to actually doing all this. (Only thing is, I have to go away for a week.) I want to successfully update the SuperSU binary, and Perhaps try to flash 4.4.2 or 4.4.4, if it is better, then wait for when Lollipop will be available for E4GT. I've read that it will be very sweet.:fingers-crossed: I've had TWRP for about a year now and never got into it, because I couldn't get it to work. I'm so glad I've finally learned a little about how to get around this incredibly helpful and friendly site. Thank You and everyone else for making it possible! :good::good: BTW, rwilco12 is amazing!!! I'll check back a week from now. . .

OK, I'm back, and I was thinking that instead of trying to update the binary at SuperSU, couldn't I just find the newest, best ROM that is out there for the E4GTVMUB? So I have 2 questions:

1. Do I have to update the binary before anything else? (It's rooted, and it works that way.) If so, I still need to understand how to install a recovery. I know they are at Rwilco12's Android Repository, but the actual process of doing it is not clear in my mind.

2.. What is currently the best ROM I can flash on the E4GTvmub, and how can I flash it?

SPH-D710VMUB OI24 v4.1.2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phonebroken:
need to root, guess it's not rooted which is weird since i have 4.1 on the smartphone because i thought i rooted it? maybe something happened along the way

which one of these guides are better?

http://androidforums.com/threads/root-guide-start-to-finish-fi27-fl24-gb27-recovery-how-to.680915/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2139759

both are a complete mess and needs to be revised & updated

for example, what is best to dl?

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=SuperSU&c=apps&price=1&rating=1

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=MIUI+Security&c=apps&price=1&rating=1

they both have low ratings, and low ratings apps have ALWAYS been shown to be unhelpful

if it doesnt matter, then PICK ONE, the BEST ONE, and that's it

also both of those are WAY TOO COMPLICATED, it's not even worth it, dont even know why i care to root it

see http://xdaforums.com/epic-4g-touch/help/guide-upgrade-android-os-6-15-t3122259

for more enlightenment
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Droidriven:
OK, you aren't making sense. What is your issue or what exactly are you trying to do?

What have you done so far?

Rooting this device is easy, all you need is one of the pre rooted stock ROMs from rwilco12's repository and flash it through Odin, you will also need one of the custom recoveries from the repository.

Flash the rooted stock ROM via Odin and then the recovery via Odin as well and you're done, then you can install custom ROMs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phonebroken:
the whole thing makes sense

i have 4.1 and i thought it needs to be rooted to install a new droid os version

i guess you dont

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need experienced ppl: the questions i gave still aren't answered
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Droidriven:
Root is needed to flash a custom ROM, what I said to flash was a stock ROM via Odin that has root and custom recovery built in.

If you have the Sprint d710 epic 4g touch then that guide is the correct guide, you just don't understand what it says.

You flash the recovery .tar via Odin, when you flash the recovery, make sure auto reboot is UNCHECKED, then flash, after it flashes, disconnect the device, pull battery, insert battery, boot to recovery with button combo, flash the superSU.zip(must be the .zip, not the app) in recovery and you're rooted, its a very simple process. I'll link the files you need below.

Agat recovery kernel

SuperSU.zip

Flash the Agat recovery via Odin, boot to recovery, flash SuperSU.zip, reboot, done.

If that doesn't work then flash this stock rooted ROM via Odin.

This resets data when flashed

Stock rooted reset user data

This one keeps your user data

Stock rooted keep user data

Whichever one of these rooting methods you use, if you intend on flashing custom ROMs then you need to flash a better recovery(CWM or TWRP) for sph-d710 in .zip format(you don't want an .img or a .tar, only .zip). Boot to recovery and flash the CWM/TWRP then find the option in recovery that says "reboot recovery" and select it, this will boot you into the recovery you just flashed, then find the "backup/restore" option and make a nandroid backup(this acts as a restore point like in windows). The backup can be used to restore the device if something goes wrong.

You will also need an ICS modem if you want to use kit kat custom ROMs linked below, flash it in recovery then you're ready for ROMs, you will need to find a custom 4.3 ROM for d710 and flash it before you go to kit kat, then you can flash any 4.4 and up ROM that you want, don't forget to make sure you use a gapps package that matches your ROMs android version(4.4/4.4, 4.3/4.3, etc..)

Scroll to the bottom of the list and download the FL24.zip and flash it through recovery and you're ready for ROMs.

ICS modem

Good luck.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] datona:
Im running kitkat on my D710 but I get high battery drain. I cant fix it anyone know a fix?:?: I have tryed all kind of aps no go tryed settings I cant find a fix I dont want to go back to JB. Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Droidriven:
OK, yeah, this is the best thread for you to post in. You should get some good answers here.

Or you can try this thread, its not for D710 specifically but there's little difference between the S2 variants.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1648351
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Str3ssTest:
Hello all,

When I first purchased my Samsung Galaxy S2, it was through boost but about a year after owning it I received a link via KIES I believe that said I could upgrade my OS so without really checking it out I went for it and followed the instructions to flash my phone to the new flavor. The problem is that when I look at the phone's info it now says this phone is a Virgin Galaxy S2, in other words SPH-D710VMUB OI24 v4.1.2, instead of the original Boost Galaxy SPH-D710BST.

So I'd like to set this back to my original Boost Galaxy OS and root it and then possibly upgrade it to Kit Kat down the road, but I'm unsure as to which Rwilco12 instructions to follow since this phone was originally the Boost Galaxy and not the Virgin Galaxy that it is today. Does it matter which of the instructions to follow in this case or am I forced to treat it like a Virgin Galaxy now since that's its current state?

Please advise,

Str3ssTest
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Droidriven:
It would be best to restore the Boost firmware and use Boost instructions, just in case their are different specifics between the two that might cause issues. Find the stock boost firmware and flash it with Odin, find the Boost equivalent of the android version you have or newer if it exists then flash it via Odin. If you do a Google search for "How to return to stock Boost Galaxy S2" then follow the instructions, I'm sure you'll find several guides and threads about it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phonebroken:
let's just start with basics

i have 4.1, im assumming this is a custom rom

you said you need to be rooted to upgrade?

the phone does not seem to be rooted, im pretty sure, i try to do something that needed root and an app said the phone needs to be rooted

so what's going on?

this is the beginnign of the thread -- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64488472&nocache=1#post64488472
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Droidriven:
I said you needed to be rooted to flash custom ROMs, it also requires a custom recovery(the Agat recovery I linked or any CWM/TWRP for SPH-D710).

If you rooted the device and you want to be sure then use the root checker app from Playstore.

Do you have a custom recovery?

What ROM are you trying to flash, post a link so I can see it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phonebroken:
"If you rooted the device and you want to be sure then use the root checker app from Playstore. " --

phone not rooted

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all i care about is how to upgrade --

http://xdaforums.com/epic-4g-touch/help/guide-upgrade-android-os-6-15-t3122259

im pretty sure that was the orginial topic and question

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i dont understand anything else you're saying --

"said you needed to be rooted to flash custom ROMs, it also requires a custom recovery(the Agat recovery I linked or any CWM/TWRP for SPH-D710).

Do you have a custom recovery?

What ROM are you trying to flash, post a link so I can see it."
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Droidriven:
If you want to upgrade to 4.4.4, you've got a lot of steps to go through, if you want lollipop or Marshmallow you've got even more steps to do. I'm not doing all that work finding and linking everything for you, I'll give you a link to get rooted then I'll list the things you need to do after that but you'll have to do the searching to find what I'm talking about instead of wanting someone to find all of your pieces for you.

Follow the link below to root your device, you want the last file linked in the first post, flash that in Odin.

http://www.rwilco12.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=43

Then do a google search for:

"Custom recovery for sph d710"

You'll find Agat's recovery or Philz Touch recovery, you need the recovery to be in .tar format to flash in Odin like you did the file above.

Then you'll need to flash an ICS modem, you can find the ICS modems for d710 at Rwilco's android repository(google search Rwilco repository). Click the downloads tab there, then select from the drop down list until you find the Sprint S2, then select the tab for modems from the list, then select ICS folder, download the most recently dated file, flash that in recovery the same as you would a ROM.

Then you need to flash a 4.3 custom ROM to update the devices partitions

Then you need to flash a 4.4+ custom ROM to further update the devices partitions.

If you want newer than 4.4.4 then you'll have to search for Lanchon's Repit for d710, you need to use that to repartition the internal storage to make enough room to flash a newer ROM and Gapps.

Then after the repit, you need to flash ISO-rec recovery for d710.

Then you're ready to flash a newer ROM.

I can tell you aren't familiar with rooting and flashing, I don't have time to help you through all of those steps(I know you'll need it), find others here to help you with each of those steps.

Those are the steps you'll need, search, read, read, read and read again as you go through each step until you understand, everything I listed is here at XDA somewhere so you shouldn't have a problem finding anything as long as you use your head.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Droidriven:
By the way, the stuff I posted for you to upgrade is your only option if you want to upgrade because there are no other stock versions for S2, 4.1.2 was the last update the device got. Beyond that a custom ROM is the only upgrade you can do, there are no stock updates you can use.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] root4304:
What recovery to flash for SPH-D710?

What recovery do I flash, so that I can install Cyanogenmod 11? TWRP doesn't support SPH-D710 so I can't use TWRP. I tried using Rom Manager to install Clockwork Mod and it worked but when I booted into the recovery I couldn't select things using the volume buttons. The volume buttons did not move anything up or down. And since it's not a touch based ROM I couldn't do anything. I searched and found PhilZ, but the site that hosted the files is down (goo.im). Presumably forever. I tried flashing Cyanogenmod 11 using the Agat Recovery, but it didn't work, so I can't use that either. What are my options? PhilZ seemed to be the only recovery that supported SPH-D710. Is there a mirror for the files? .tar files to be specific (for Odin) because I don't know how to flash the .img files considering that Flashify freezes and Flashfire isn't supported on this phone. Thanks for reading!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rwilco12:
My friend, you now have in your possession one of the awesomest devices of all time. Unfortunately it is also one of the easiest devices to brick of all time. In your post you mention at least three things that you tried that could have perma-bricked it. I would recommend reading up on several of the posts linked to here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2821134
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vanontom:
Hey, I was just doing this for an old D710. Wanted latest CM. Success! Hope this helps.

Info

Device: Samsung Galaxy S II "Epic 4G Touch" (SPH-D710) (Sprint USA)

Android: 4.1.2 (JellyBean) (latest OTA update)

Software: jzo54k.sph-d710.oi23 (OI23)

Kernel: 3.0.31-1014481

Root

Run Framaroot. Here.

- Select Aragorn. Restart. Magical. Donate to alephzain.

Recovery & Kernel

Run Mobile Odin Pro. Donate to chainfire.

Install Firmware (TAR): EL26 Stock Safe (includes CWM 5.0). Donate to rwilco12.

- Beware auto-reboot! Reboot into recovery (hold buttons)!

Install ZIP: PhilZ Touch (includes CWM 6.0). Here (thank lvpre). Donate to phil3759.

- Reboot into recovery!

ROM

Backup. Wipe data.

Install ZIP: CyanogenMod (11.0 official nightly) (includes CWM 6.0). Donate to cm.

Install ZIP: Modem (FL24 ICS). Or don't. Donate to rwilco12.

Install ZIP: OpenGApps (4.4 Pico). Donate to opengapps.

Install ZIP: SuperSU (2.79 SR4). Or don't (CM includes superuser.) Donate to chainfire.

- Reboot into CyanogenMod and enjoy!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Droidriven:
Actually, there is CM12.1 for I9100 that can be adapted for D710, look in the I9100 forum or the D710 forum and you'll find a thread that has what you need to adapt it to D710. I can't remember where it is exactly
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] riffraff75:
Where did you get the Framaroot file from? All the searches I've followed have led me to empty files (in XDA) or in google - fake sites.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Droidriven:
If you're trying to root a d710, there's a rooted stock ROM at Rwilco's Repository linked below, flash that file in Odin and you'll have Jelly Bean 4.1.2 with root, if you want a custom recovery, those are available also to flash in Odin.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frankj22:
Error compiling cm 12.0 rom?

Hello all, I've been trying to compile a cm rom for the d710 from source for days and I think I'm close but getting this error...

hardware/samsung/ril/libril/ril.cpp:3449:36: error: variable or field 'onCommandsSocketClosed' declared void
static void onCommandsSocketClosed(RIL_SOCKET_ID socket_id) {
^
hardware/samsung/ril/libril/ril.cpp:3449:36: error: 'RIL_SOCKET_ID' was not declared in this scope
hardware/samsung/ril/libril/ril.cpp:4839:1: error: expected '}' at end of input
} /* namespace android */

Can anyone please help? Any advice appreciated.

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frankj22:
clear the ccache?

Well I tried to do a make clean and rebuild and the ril.cpp file got many errors so I deleated every thing in system and bin and tried new repo sync but the files are coming back. how can i clear the ccache and start fresh?

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RoboMWM:
Am I correct in assuming there's no Android 5.0 ROM available for this device?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rwilco12:
It's been so long since I've looked but I imagine there's a custom ROM somewhere for 5.0. However, if you're looking for stock, Jellybean is as far as the E4GT got.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RoboMWM:
I have yet to find any in my browsing :/

Anyways, one of the apps I'd like to run requires at minimum Jellybean, and the phone is currently at ICS. I first tried using one-click to flash the stock JB rom (GB27) but that just lead to it being soft-bricked (Samsung Galaxy SII flashes up on boot and then goes to a blank screen until I turn it off). I then did a one-click back to ICS (FL24) and it now boots up as normal. Do I follow these instructions in the FAQ to install clockworkmod and use that to flash the stock ROM?

etc.

It's been years since I rooted and flashed a custom android ROM, and that was on the OG Droid.

Update: I was able to flash Jellybean via finding the one-click in archive.org. https://xdaforums.com/t/stock-roms-...-them-all-here-sph-d710.1903252/post-84916337
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Lol no I posted the battery spin test in steddora thread... It's a lot of users skeptical they have bad batteries... Idk what's so hard about doing that test :screwy:

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
can confirm mine spins lol. i was downloading a movie and using mhl adapter when phone shut off n voltage high popped up.. battery spins.. i have a brand new oem batt but i think its bad. it wont turn on. just blinks with a blue led.. how long you think a new batt needs to charge before it can turn on? then again it doesnt show the batt icon when on charger and phone is off
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
I'm not sure about that one.. I got an oem battery of amazon a few months back when my battery starting bulging and I just popped it in.. Was partially charged and charged fine when I put it on the charger :confused:

-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
yea.. i think mines just bad.. need to see if sprint can replace it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jayharper08:
Pfffftttt........PM's? I'm everywhere........ ;)

Stuck. Great job Blues.

---Jay--- Mobile moderating from the Nexus™
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Yeah Agat's kernel should support adb. You can pull files using adb. This thread explains it if you want to know. Not exactly sure if you could pull files in recovery. I don't see why not after you go to mounts and storage and mount the storage and then use adb pull. But since you can't boot to recovery anymore it is useless.

I see using a pit file and lose some gbs as a likely solution. But what I don't understand is how the phone got to this stage without even flashing anything in first place!?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] driftinganomaly:
You and me both. I had tried to be overly careful when flashing the phone almost two months ago. I odined to EL29 for a fresh start even though I was still on an EL29 build. I installed from there. Everything has been working since then. The only thing that has been flashed/wiped since then was her changing the modem, but that was within the first week of Sep. She probably wiped cache and dalvic during that process. That is the only flash or wipe since that phone has been on ICS.

I don't know what was corrupt that caused the clock to malfunction, but that is the only quirky thing that she had experienced with the phone. It was a problem that steadily got worse to the point that when she would try to go to messages or facebook or about anything it would try to open it with the clock. When she deleted the stock clock and installed an aftermarket one, it only gave her relief for a week or so before it started causing problems again. Setting her alarm with the clock was the last thing she did before going to bed. When we woke up (an hour and a half later than the alarm was set for, her phone was sitting on the splash screen.

When I got it into recovery, I thought that all was well until it wouldn't mount system when I tried a backup, and then hung at system when I tried a restore. After 20+ minutes I pulled the battery. At that point the only other thing that I did was confirm that the usb jig would still bring it to download mode. (btw - The 20+ minutes mentioned here and the 30 minutes that it was hung at recovery in odin are not 5 minutes and impatience. ex. last night it was hung at recovery from 8:34 to 9:05 before I pulled the battery) The battery wasn't even back in the phone until last night.

So, does anyone have any suggestions for what to do next?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
If your phone is less than a year old, it is still under samsung's warranty.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
If it's not under warranty, you may have to Jtag it with MobileTechVideos $50.00 plus shipping.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] danerer:
I'm sorry if this has been answered SOMEWHERE already, but I have been looking for the past hour, and can't find a defnitive answer.

I was curious about updating GApps through recovery.

I just got my E4GT, and I'm not new to flashing roms or recoveries, but this phone is stumping me.

From everything I have read, I need to Odin the EL29 kernel in order to flash ROMs, but say I am on Paranoid Android at the moment, and want to update GApps.

Do I need to Odin the EL29 kernel again, flash PA again, and then flash the new GApps all in one go, or can I just go to the recovery that is with the PA kernel and just flash the GApps without going through the hassle of the EL29 kernel?

I feel like this is a dumb question, but I would rather know for sure whether or not it's alright. Don't want to deal with another brick.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] driftinganomaly:
I think that I might have to go that route, but after attempting to odin, it boots to the

"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."

screen. Will this cause a problem with warranty? This phone has always been a bit quirky. My girlfriend reminded me that the weird clock bug was happening on GB. That is what convinced her to try ICS at all. She has bad luck with phones.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Well now your phone is officially done. Try firmware recovery in kies if kies recognizes the phone. And if no luck Just tell them that you were upgrading to FI27 OTA through kies and this happened?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] driftinganomaly:
From everything that I can find, FH13 is the last firmware upgrade that I could confirm as available via KIES. Can you confirm FI27 is available on KIES instead of just OTA? Would I theoretically adjust to FH13 via KIES as an explanation instead?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
I think I read someone say fi27 is on kies. I am going to check myself in few hours too as my 3g ping is 400s recently so going to stock to ***** at sprint and check how it is on stock. Wait few hours? Unless someone else can confirm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MoHoGalore:
I went back the ek02 route a day or two ago, due to another thread, and Fi27 didn't push via Kies. I got up to FH13 on Kies then OTA gave me Fi27. Just so you know.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Yeah FI27 not on kies. Makes me think it won't be.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] driftinganomaly:
With my recent experience. I would say to play it safe and make a nandroid of your current setup. Odin back to EL26/EL29. From there, follow the directions in the PA OP. Wipe, then instead of installing the ROM, install your backup, then install current Gapps, wipe cache/dalvic, reboot.

Don't take my word for it though. Keep researching. I would feel relatively safe with that approach though. Good luck.

I hadn't seen you get answered, so I thought that I would give a shot at it. Listen to the other people here with more experience though. If they correct me, I am probably wrong......Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Woah how did I overlook that post? Sorry.

Flashing zips is generally considered safe from recovery included in rom. Flashing full roms is where the risk comes in.

That being said here is what I do...

There is no need to odin full el29 or el26 rom.

Flash EL26 stock kernel while on any jellybean rom.

Go to recovery. Wipe cache and dalvik cache.

Flash whatever I need to.

Reflash the full rom zip.

Done!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bongzilla:
Thanks for linking me here blues.

So before I decide to switch roms, I would like to backup my current stock fh13.

I would have to flash a safe tw kernel with cwm, then reboot recovery, backup. Correct?

I then reboot, use mobile Odin again to flash a safe recovery/kernel that works with say PA. Reboot recovery and flash as normal.

New to this device, I've had a heroc and shooter before this phone which was pretty cut and dry as far as flashing.

I'm pretty happy right now on stock rooted but I am going to want to start flashing custom roms in the near future, so just trying to get informed.

Thank you for the help!