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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
As the title says this will be a one stop for ALL your questions related to Sprint Epic 4G Touch (SPH-D710). Please use this thread.

This thread is completely noob friendly. :angel: Please no trolling or flaming. Any posts insulting or trolling fellow members will be reported promptly. Use button. Don't abuse it. We don't want our moderators to waste time. Also no general chit chat please. We want this thread to be as helpful as possible so less clutter is better :)

Ask ANY question related to root, kernels, recovery, any roms, battery issues etc.

Don't think that if you post your question in this thread it won't get answered. If you feel an urge to start a "new" thread for each question thinking that people will answer that quickly or something like that then you are mistaken. Don't worry and ask away here!

No one person is responsible if your phone becomes a shiny black brick..Neither me nor anyone answering question.

Any one can answer questions and point users in the right direction.

Although it is encouraged to search and research before asking, I can understand that maybe you feel overwhelmed by your search results and just want to make sure before you do anything stupid or are just confused by all the answers you find :confused:

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Oh and about the search function. Some tips. There are different ways to do a search on Xda.

-Site wide search which is on the top right corner and looks like this - This search is useful for apps and such which are not necessarily device specific.

-Another search option is to search within the forum for example search in "Epic 4G Touch Q&A". This will search all threads created in this forum. It looks like this right above the threads.

-Third search option will show up where you see the option above when you are in a particular thread. It is the most useful when you are in a ROM thread an looking for some help specific to that rom.

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Goal here is to stop repeatedly asked questions in Q&A forums AND have all the questions in one place. Chances are high that the issue you are having was already experienced by someone else and the answer is somewhere in the forums.

Post 2 will have all the common questions/answers. New FAQs will be added as I come across something noteworthy.

Post 3 will have all the questions/answers that other members have asked. I will link to posts from within the thread here so you don't have to go looking for them.

Please let me know about any errors or recommend changes. I am all ears.

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Thanks to all whose threads I have linked below.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
User Questions

Q: I want CWM which will run with my current version of stock rom. I don't care about EL26 kernel w/cmw. Where do I get it?

A: First of all, I don't see why you would need a kernel with cwm if you are on a stock rom. There is no use as the kernel is not considered safe to perform most functions. But if you still want it.. You can get it here - [KERNELS][CWM][ODIN] Kernel Repository - Download Them All Here and flash it using mobile odin as described in post 2.

Q: I am running AOSP/AOKP/CM based rom and my data is slow. Also my 3g/4g is not working. Oh yeah and I never get a GPS lock. I don't want to go back to stock touchwiz! Please HELP!!!

A: Well you can't update profile and prl using AOSP/AOKP/CM based rom and it has to be done from touchwiz based roms. But there is some good news. You can temp boot to stock EL29 rom and do whatever you want to such as use dialcodes, update profile/prl etc. Temp boot means that you will be able to boot 1 time to EL29 and then next time you boot, you will be back on whatever rom you were on. Follow this simple video to do this.

[YOUTUBE]Rdx-kIxpitg[/YOUTUBE]​

Also you can try different modems which you can flash in CWM or ODIN. Get them here- [MODEMS][CWM][ODIN] Modem Repository - Download Them All Here

Q. How do I disable the annoying OTA update notifications? They always comeback even after clearing the notifications..

A. It is very easy. Thanks to an apk or a zip created by rocket321 you can disable them permanently. Here is the quote and the post..

[How-to] Disable OTA updates on Stock + Rooted ROMs

Q. There are so many modems and with the JellyBean leaked modems, things got real confusing. What modems can I use with which ROM?

A. Just remember one thing. With the leaked JB stock samsung builds and custom TouchWiz ROMs based off of these leaked builds, you can ONLY use the leaked JellyBean modems. These leaked JellyBean modems will NOT work with ANY previous GB and ICS builds or AOSP JellyBean ROMs.

Note:- You CANNOT flash any modem using the EL29 directboot kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
This **** needs to be stickied.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
Hey BluesRulez, you might want to add the descriptor for our phone describing for the newb what it is and is not. That the Epic 4G Touch

is Sprint USA's

version of the Samsung Galaxy SII (Model SPH-D710). What I mean is at least a couple of times a week we see someone who has flashed an international version of a ROM or kernel and borked their phone.

Thanks for the work and contributions. Hope more will come and contribute and more importantly read this too. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] driftinganomaly:
Current problem: My girlfriend woke up to realize that her alarm hadn't gone off and her phone was locked up tight and wouldn't respond to anything. After a battery pull, it would only boot to the splash screen.

Background: Her phone has only been flashed a couple of times. She was on Calk 2.8.1 and 2.9 almost forever. Odin one click for a fresh start before going to Recaulked 1.8. (w/ included Agat 5.4 kernel). Version 1.9 had just come out, but was based on a leak and had warnings about bootloops, so we went with 1.8. After a couple of weeks she started having problems when trying to do almost anything, it would try to open the clock. It would also freeze up. She removed clock and installed a 3rd party clock. She started having the problem again. She kept putting off my request to install alogcat.

What has been done so far: Two finger salute into recovery, tried to run a backup. It failed to mount system. I tried a recovery. It stuck at writing system. I had to battery pull. USB jig does put it into download mode. I have stopped there. It sounds like the system partition (or part of it) is borked. This phone has not had a flashhappy life.

Best way to proceed?: Should I find an unrooted stock to odin to and visit a sprint store? I know Vanberge bricked on the Agat 5.4 kernel and read most of that thread back a while. 1.8 was still current when it was flashed and it was the last thing that was flashed, so there hasn't been anything to call MMC_CAP_ERASE. Nothing had been flashed since the beginning of September.

As a recap, this phone has never had anything on it but stock, Calk, and ReCalk. All help will be appreciated.

Edit: I am not blaming anyone for anything. I am trying to decide how to go forward. If it was just bootlooped, I would have Odined and flashed to a newer version of the ROM. With the problems that our phones have had and the fact that it doesn't seem to want to mount "system", I decided to ask before moving forward. I know repartitioning is possible. If there is a way that a developer can learn more about the problem since it is still in pre-permabrick state, let me know.

I originally posted this this morning in the Re-Caulked thread. at:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33218365#post33218365

I just copied and pasted to here. I think that ReCalk 1.8 is based on FH13? but will have to double check.

If a mod would like to delete the other duplicate post, please do. I am not trying to spam the boards.

Thanks to any and all who help.

Followup: My girlfriend started to have the clock issue again with her new phone. Once again, it never happened when I was there. After asking her all sorts of questions, she mentioned vlingo. It ended up being her charger at work. There was a bent pin and it tried to put the phone into dock mode. Long term use must have shorted the usb port. Her phone was charging (with a good cable) when it was locked up. I don't know exactly how this caused it, but at least there is some explanation now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
If you can go to download mode then flash the el29 odin one click.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] driftinganomaly:
So, you don't think that the inability to mount /system will be an issue?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
You tried to run a backup in recovery and that's when you saw that error. Not sure what you exactly mean by that. Making a backup at this point is useless IMO.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] driftinganomaly:
I also tried to restore a backup. That is why I was concerned is that it wouldn't mount the system when I was trying to restore. I have seen people talk about custom pit files because of part of a partition being borked. From what I read, it seemed, further flashing could destroy more of the file system.

Edit: I tried to do a backup, because it had been a while since one was done, and if I could do a backup, I could look into possibly extracting anything important that my girlfriend needed. That part wasn't really important, I just included that I had attempted it for thoroughness.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
In that case I would recommend you read this thread. Has much more info there. Discussion thread for /data EMMC lockup/corruption bug
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] driftinganomaly:
Thanks, that is one of the threads that I was planning on reading into more post homework. I think that I only made it through 30 or so pages of that thread a couple of months ago. I haven't been able to stay current on all the info, so I asked hoping someone would be able to point me in the right direction. Have a good evening and thanks for the help.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] third son:
Bump!!!

This deserves a bump to the top...hopefully it will become a sticky soon....

Very nicely done BluesRulez!

PS.... Moble ODIN is the bomb!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Well I don't understand why people don't ask here?? If folks don't start using it, I might just ask mods to delete this.. there is no point to keep this...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] third son:
Don't do that bluez. I wish I had this info when I started out. Sometimes it takes awhile to generate traction. Did you pm the mods?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
No. Going to wait few days.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] third son:
OK Well don't be discouraged. You put a lot of thought and effort into this valuable thread. Please don't remove it. I will link to it anytime I can.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
lol good concept to have one thread but kinda pointless when there a whole section dedicated to q & a that is also noob friendly.. good try tho :).. agreed for the one guy that did post his issue.. just go into dl mode and flash el29 one click.. your phone clearly didnt get hit with the eMMc bug since you not hard bricked and you werent flashing something and the phone was just sitting
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Old age creeping up on me, I could've sworn that MiguelHogue posted here already about the battery spin test. LOL

We need a section for 'My battery life is horrible' please.

How to check your battery... is it the battery or the rom... is it an app or is it the battery (run stock for a while to be certain).

I always lead off with:

As our phones are getting older, I've been seeing a lot of battery failure issues. If your phone battery is over 10 months old, more than likely it is time for a new battery.

Lately, I've also been seeing a ton of power button failures too btw. All those users holding their power buttons down to boot into recovery I bet. Lately, I've been getting into the habit of only using the software solution to boot into recovery since most extended toggles include it on custom roms. If I'm running without extended toggles, I always download the app 'Quickboot'. It saves from having to press and hold our aging power and volume buttons down while waiting for the recovery screen to pop up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Lol there is that battery thread I took over in general section too. Smart people figure out the problems and people with issues don't act smart and don't use resources available.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] simply dave:
All fixed and up and running. Thanks again everyone. :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] javery1019:
Turning off Capacitive Button Lights

How do you do this ? I'm using the onscreen buttons because of that stupid "Phantom" button problem...im just getting tired of the light turning on and wasting my battery when its not needed.

I'm using a AOKP CM10 JB Rom and I've checked and tried the display technique where you set the "Button" column to "0" but that didn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mac of York:
Glad to hear it, Dave. It sucks being without your phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moogie522:
I ordered the usb jig...in case of the yellow triangle. Do I really need to wait for it to do anything?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] simply dave:
Thanks. Especially for power users. This forum continues to be amazing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Did you plug it in?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jakeyablosky:
So I am having a huge problem trying to get CWM recovery on a Galaxy S2 Epic 4g touch (Sprint FI27). I wondering if something could help me with this. I just rooted it today.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moogie522:
H

Was hoping you would help me....Thank you. I don't have it yet but anxious to get my phone rooted/install the rom. Is there anything else I can do? I flashed my Huawei mercury but this one has me stumped.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Can you tell me why you needed jig again? Sorry if you already posted.

Wait did you order that just because you have yellow triangle?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moogie522:
I tried to Root a few weeks back and got the yellow triangle...not knowing what it meant I took it back to the store to get the triangle off. I posted it on another thread what happened and was told that I needed the jig.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
So the phone boots up and works ok? Sounds like it does..

Just use the triangle away app to get rid of that! Get it here - TriangleAway v2.36 OR [root] Triangle Away
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moogie522:
B

Yes it works since then but it's still not rooted.

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The market app says it's incompatible with my device.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
You can flash the rooted Odin one click to root your phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] guitarman16:
Awesome thread. Im not completely new to flagging but it's been awhile so I figure I better ask. Im running the Universe rom sooooo im on ics. Im wanting to try MIUI 10 jellybean. I know it's not as simple a just flashing. What's the best way to go about it? I believe I have to flash a different kernel first, and then an older version of MIUI. So what's the best way to go about it? Can I do it using just my phone with mobile odin? Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moogie522:
Boot into any AGAT RECOVERY or boot into EL26 CWM recovery(via Odin)....this is what the rom I want tells me to do.

The one click root is EL29....where do I go from here? Thank you again!! Want to make sure I do this right.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
You can follow the steps in post 2. Flash el26 kernel with cwm and then boot to recovery to flash the rom.

Are you rooted and on gb el29?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moogie522:
Yes ma'am..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Logic33:
Hey everyone, i just want to make sure that I have this in the right order before I do anything!

I just downgraded from GB27 to FI27 because I want to get a 4.2.2 ROM, and according to everyone, something about 4.1.2's modem or whatever prevents 4.2.2 ROMs from being usable. Anyway, that all worked out just fine, I'm on 4.0.4 right now and I just flashed "SPH-D710_FI27_CL1127689_Rooted_NoData.exe" (already did a factory reset so that's why it's the nodata version) and the device is rooted, tested su with terminal emulator.

From here, I would like to download and install a custom recovery since it's recommended to, and I would like to get this ROM: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2238252 What's the highest recommended recovery? And when I've got that, am I A-OK to factory reset, flash the ROM and get going?

Thanks a ton! I'm coming from HTC and I am already ****ing ASTONISHED at how much easier rooting is haha. Getting used to this ODIN stuff and such is just a little weird for me!

Edit: Just found AGAT recovery because of this video, is this good? Thanks again, just trying to spare myself the potential of screwing up, I've been there before and it's no fun :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Xproject187:
I'm glad I found a forum with a thread dedicated to helping Noobs & I thank you guys for your replies, however I didn't realize a "Google-Account Backup" included Vidz, Pix, Music, Music Videos, Apps & Personal Files". Correct me if I'm wrong, but thats a complete backup of ones storage. For instance, after my Hard Reset & with no MSD Card inserted, I can see all thee aforementioned files on My E4GT(5GB worth).

So the obvious question is how did it happen & how can I set it Not to restore all those Pix & Music ?

Because I did Not select any options other than the few outlined in the Hard Reset Walkthrough.

Thanks again for any insight or direction you can provide with this issue.

Xproject187.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jdsingle76:
Flash EL26 cwm or EL29 direct boot for our device(Google it). Then boot into recovery, wipe everything, flash Revolt, reboot, profit. I would then flash into recovery and flash the latest ics modem(fl24) or do it after flashing the rom, but that's just me. Good luck, and enjoy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Logic33:
Just decided to go ahead and do it, and it worked just fine! Got AGAT and ReVolt running 100%. This ROM is so great, and the magic of 1GB of RAM, coming from 512MB on my previous phone, it really doesn't get taken advantage of until JB. So sleek. I love this phone :laugh:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jdsingle76:
My advice, do a reset, and uncheck everything google related during setup except the gps stuff(and don't sync anything yet) Then when you're done you'll just have your email and play store. If you want a clean internal hard drive, save anything you want from it to your computer, then go into settings/storage, and format your internal. It'll wipe it clean
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adreaver:
I'd go one further and skip the Google sign in altogether until you can get into the settings menu to manage accounts. That way you won't have any auto backups or restores unless you initiate them.

Sent from my T999L on PACman
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Logic33:
Well I wish I had seen that sooner. The next time I flash something new, I'll be sure to do that, even though it wasnt directed at me I could sure benefit from more SD space. Especially since a lot of the crap my mom had on this phone before it was hand-me-down'd is still on here, lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] alexteel:
Proper tarball flash order

Hi, I preemptively apologize if I have subpar searching/scouring skills and this has been answered previously:

Is the order in this thead

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38166110&postcount=3

for ICS (FL24), from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2154762&nocache=1

correct?

I would only doubt rwilco12 because I tried modifying my factoryfs.img and flashing my own tarball except that when I near-bricked my device I noticed his one-click exe seemed to load the images/bins in a different order.

To give a full background on what I did I first installed stock FL24 (downloaded from rwilco12) and installed using odin3 v1.85. This was successful. I then modified the factoryfs.img from that ROM using this method:

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

Everything seemed to have repacked correctly (although I still fully believe this is likely where I went wrong). I then packed my tarball in rwilco12's order and flashed using odin3 1.85. Everything went well until I reached factoryfs.img. At that point my phone was near brick and all I could actually access was odin mode (fortunately). I used rwilco12's FL24 one-click (as opposed to the odin3 v1.85) and I see the order

<ID:0/003> zImage

<ID:0/003> factoryfs.img

<ID:0/003> hidden.img

<ID:0/003> modem.bin

So there factoryfs.img goes before hidden.img whereas the post I followed lists factoryfs.img after hidden.img.

I would greatly appreciate any clarification on the correct order.

Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Logic33:
I had to use ODIN to root GB27, then restore myself back to FI27, then root FI27, and in every single one of those, it was in that order you wrote out, zImage/factoryfs/hidden/modem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Flash the fl24 one click Odin and use the order in which that flashes.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jr.mayo73:
Stuck in Android recovery 3e with no rom installed.

OK peoples short and simple. Flashed FI22 stock kernal on my D710bst which took root away and CWM. Now I was trying out different roms to see which one I liked better. In that process I flashed a rom that made my phone report the wrong hardware ID. Instead of d710bst It just says D710 in Odin mode, But here is the catch my pc nor any other pc reconizes my phone now. So can't odin my phone now. I only have Android recovery 3e. My thought is in order to fix this I need to update It from recovery to get a rom back on it and restart from there. Nandroid backup got earased by kids on accident. Now before you ask I went back to FI22 because I was trying to just put a rooted stock rom on there because once I flashed the rom that changed the Hardware ID it also made my phone charge really slow. to the point were it seemed like it was charging in reverse. I am not new to flashing roms, but I do learn as I go sometimes. So anyways my question is. Is there a way to get a stock signed rom or OTA that I can flash from Android recovery 3e and rename it update.zip or Am I screwed? If there is a thread for this I apologize but been searching for days in forums now and I can't find the answer anywheres.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Pyropanda:
How do I disable AOKP toggles?

As of now if I have a notification and I swipe down to get the notification panel I see a list of notifications and above that some small toggles and a brightness slider (powerwidget). I like that. However if I don't have a notification I am presented with a 3x3 grid of toggles which I don't want. If I have no notifications I just want to see the powerwidget with the brightness slider (that's what its called in dirt settings).

I've tried unchecking all the toggles in ROM control (which doesn't work, it just reverts to defaults) under toggle setup but I can't figure out how to disable them entirely.

I am running the latest version of dirty unicorns

tl;dr

I don't like AOKP toggles and I want to make them go away.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigj231:
Try the E4GT drivers and force ODIN a boost ROM? I have no clue if it will work, but it sounds like you're out of options anyway. You could also try heimdall. It's the only way I know of to flash ROMS on Linux/MAC, and they also have a Windows port. I've never had an issue. You'll have to come up with a PIT file. On Linux, no drivers are needed. Not sure if that's the same on Windows or not.

Your best bet (if heimdall works) is to flash a safe recovery and then the ROM of your choice.

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Those aren't the AOKP toggles. Those are the 4.2 settings tiles. To stop it from opening them when you don't have a notification, uncheck "quick pulldown" or whatever it is in the settings. I actually miss those tiles on the TW ROMS.