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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] enettrek:
First off, hey guys, coming off of a HTC phone. I'm semi new to the samsung way of life. The only samsung phone I ever worked on was a epic 4g (dinosaur I know lol).

I need to root 2 samsung epic 4g touch phones with current ota update, FL24.

For my girl friends phone I need to stay as close to stock as I can but give her enough tweaks to help battery, hotspot, etc. As she is in another state for work and can't bring me the phone for monthly updates for bugs, tweaks, etc. (don't think there should be many bugs as long as the phone has been out.)

My phone on the other hand I like to have a stable rom with better battery life but I'm able to update more regular, I also due to my taxi company need to record calls so I can keep driving and listen to the addresses again if I need to without bugging customers for it again. I did have a custom kernel with 2 way record patch and call recorder on my EVO 4G (yes first one, not LTE) . I heard this can be done now with samsung galaxy 2 phones but only in GB and custom ics kernel/roms. If this is confirmed as working in the JB leaked roms I'd be greatful for the info.

I have odin and some of the files needed to root but just wanted someone's input before going in the phones. I was reading

earlier that someone wanted it explained like they were 10 y/o... lmao most 10 year olds I know can jailbreak/root anything that moves, including game consoles lol.. I just want to be cautious, there's a difference between thinking you know and knowing for sure lmao..

Humble taxi driver,

Josh

Additional info; The app I was using is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skvalex.callrecorder

It says the kernel has to have 2 way call recording patch installed for it to work. It even worked on bluetooth on my HTC EVO.

Not sure if it will work on bluetooth with samsung or not, nice if it does.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gamepro602:
Theres a one click to root the epic touch on FL24

How to root the epic 4g touch on FL24

As for your girlfriends phone...this Rom is mainly stock JB. It's pure AOSP:)

Evervolv

As for you...if you want constant updates, I think this one is good

Cyanogenmod 10.1 Wild For The Night

As for battery life....find out for your self;)

Just tell me if you have any questions . PM me if you want:)

Sent from my Jelly Flavored Epic Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gamepro602:
You could of used mobile Odin to flash the kernel. I'm surprised that you didn't get the yellow triangle:p

Sent from my Jelly Flavored Epic Touch

---------- Post added at 10:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 PM ----------

BTW, Are you trying to flash a Rom?

Sent from my Jelly Flavored Epic Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] enettrek:
Can you confirm?

Does this one leave the ability to do profile updates (or go into dialpad config commands) like any normal touch wiz stock?

Or do I have to use a temporary GB flash to do those?

I like cyanogenmod but not sure if that one has confirmed full featured (bluetooth, uplink/downlink) call recording. I noticed one of the smaller market share roms was including a addon for call recording but not wasn't sure if that one was working with bluetooth... can't remember now which one.. have to go through history to find the page.. Ever in Wilmington NC and need a cab it's on the house. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] enettrek:
reply

I just did the one click stock with root from that post and then odin'd the custom recovery/kernel

yes I have the little yellow triangle but I have a fix for it to use, but I was not gonna use it til I had it finished to my liking.

I was planning on staying with stock root/custom recovery for my girl's phone in case I had to walk her through changing her prl or

profile update as she's not technical minded and would send it back to me from Idaho to fix it. If you think that rom would be better suited I'll certainly give it a shot. just keep in mind she's not down the street to get tech support for it from me lmao.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gamepro602:
AOSP Roms are the best in my opinion They give the most stock feel, the downside is that you need to temp-boot into GB to Update the PLR and Profile

TW based Roms on the other hand,you can update PLR and Profile.

Though not really the best stock experience and you need to flash a JB modem unless you like a phone with no cell or data connection

As for anything else well... No Rom developer supports this phone (the official ones)NO ONE...though there are alot of unsupported Roms for this phone that are excellent:) there constantly being updated and such. So don't expect the Rom to be perfect or have lots of features. The unsupported developers can only do so much you know:)

Sent from my Jelly Flavored Epic Touch
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leijonasisu:
So after updating to Android JB 4.2 I can no longer write to the ' SdCard/Android/Obb ' directory.

Can anyone confirm if they are having this problem too? Is it due to this stupid and annoying feature that google has now implemented that they wish to check all .apk files before they are able to be installed? I turned this off in settings but it seems that it turns itself back on again after every reboot?

I cannot write to the directory from my PC via USB cable or even through a root app despite the phone telling me that I have -Rw access to the folder and all of it's subfolders etc.

I even tried writing via Linux but it doesn't work either... even if I try and force a write.. plus I cannot access the internal memory when the phone is booted down...

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] st3chn0:
Think you need to have root Explorer to write to obb
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leijonasisu:
Before upgrading I could write to the directory from either my PC or Root Explorer or Solid Explorer. Now I can't seem to write to it at all. So it's not that unfortunately...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killbubble:
R: [Q] Can no longer write to Android/Obb in JB 4.2?

As far as i can remember u can edit the obb directory even without root....but i'm an android kinda novice.

Try another file browser from the phone (the one from rhythm software is very good).

Might also be that problem with directory permissions that get mixed up to which clockwork mod always refers to (they have an option to fix directory problems).

Android, i have noticed, can get corrupted easily, have you done some serious modding to your cel phone or just root and small patching?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
Let's leave the moderating to us please and thanks. If you see something that doesn't belong, hit the Report button. Otherwise you could takenit too far and you could be the one breaking the rules. Best to report and move on.

Thread Cleaned. Let's try this again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killbubble:
R: [Q] Can no longer write to Android/Obb in JB 4.2?

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leijonasisu:
I've been trying a string of different things for a couple of days...

I've tried root explorer pro, when I press copy it finishes instantly but nothing is happening.

R/w is on..

I tried solid explorer pro, it instantly says "the file(s) could not be copied"

Tried "Fix Permissions" from CWM...

Tried copying from Windows. It copies up to 99% then says: "The directory is no longer available, it may have been removed"

The connection is fine, and I can copy to all other folders no matter where. EXCEPT for this folder..

I am 99.9% sure that it's due to this annoying new Android Guard thing in the settings that asks to scan everything. Even if I turn it off, I bet that it still has some sort of affect. It's probably just denying all writes from outside an accepted source..

This really angers me. I don't want my phone to have ANY directories that I cannot write to. Especially seeing as I have to often copy files back and forth from this folder when I make updates to the 2 games I am developing..

There was no problem before updating to 4.2 and this Android Guard thing.

I'm willing to try all suggestions.. Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DSA:
are you using the leaked 4.2.1 rom from samsung? or a 4.2.1 aosp rom?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leijonasisu:
I'm using Android HD Revolution. It's apparently an 'official leaked' one with just the 'improvements' that Mike etc. do.

Thanks also for your reply. I'm trying to keep my device current so I can stay on top of releasing updates, but I really can't do that if I can't fix this issue. I've put it off for awhile now but it's really stalled the development process /tear
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ali4796:
If you mean using ARHD 30.* that is not official, that is the leaked version of 4.2.1, that mike has tweaked

Before flashing ROMs, read changelists carefully please:good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leijonasisu:
Ok well then I missed the play on words, it's not 'official' but it's a leaked version. Mike, or whoever updates the thread doesn't usually provide a very verbose changelog.

So I take it that absolutely no one here on XDA has any idea as to why I cannot write to this 'specific' area in my partition?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Priidik:
I have the same problem with Galaxy S4. I rooted the device but this didn't help.

I have tried loading files to obb in Windows 7, ES File Explorer, AntTek Explorer - but no results.

Edit://

I solved my problem using AntTek Explorer (root) and the path is next:

Device root/storage/sdcard0/android/obb - then I had permissions to copy files there.

I hope it help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] George_uk:
Thankyou very much my friend!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leijonasisu:
I forgot to write back. I solved my problem by just wiping my device and flashing a new rom. It ended up being a rom issue. No problems now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dark3yes:
hello there,

wondering if there is anyways to copy obb files on galaxy s4 without root? :(

or even make the app read obb file from where else ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
buy the app
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] everjollyfellow:
OBB Folder

Hi guys... i have bought new galaxy s4 having 4.2.2 jellybean.... well i want to know how to write/copy files to Android/Obb folder.... i can't copy anything to this folder....... is there any restriction on this folder.... plz help me ... i can't copy games data to this folder......!

Regards...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
read the thread before posting
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dingowoman:
Youtube Video

Search youtube for-How to move OBB file to Android/obb! Android 4.2 Phone! ..

Hope that helps..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BHARGAV33:
reading changelogs doesn't help the problem..

and [MENTION=4280921]leijonasisu[/MENTION] probably it would've been bad flash.. but before i say that you should change rom and check once again.. you gotta see if there was any write protection to the specific folder.. so try using an FTP client, if you still cant get access, then you gotta change the rom and try again
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mianol:
i got it to work without rooting on my S4

-placed the file's obb folder into /obb of the phone from pc

-used astro file manager instead of the stock file manager and moved the files from /obb to /android/obb

i dont know why the stock file manager or just copy and paste from pc wont allow but astro apparently ignores whatever permissions and pasted it there
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] victorykt:
I was looking for answer to this problem, Astro does the works moving files to /obb folder. I guess it's a new security feature in 4.2.2 to prevent unauthorize moving/copying of files to some folder ! :( Anyone can verity this ? :confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sriram231092:
i'm on 4.2.1 as well. i can write to obb folder as my phone is rooted. i got this working in "ES FILE EXPLORER"

in ESF, go to menu> tools> root explorer> enable all options to readable and writable( check all options on the right side )

this worked for me, hope it works for you too. good luck :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YouDontKnowMyName:
THIS WORKS. MANY THANKS! :victory:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychopython:
Awsome !!

this works just fine !!!

i9300 4.2.2 Stock [leaked firmware]

:good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcor1080:
help

i´m on galaxy s4 jb 4.2.2, rooted, cwm reecovery, i can copy files to obb folder and delete (copy/paste) but when i try to use link2sd i can´t move any file from sdcard/Android/obb to extsdcard/Android/obb so i can´t link my folder please help or when i want to move any file to obb folder i have an error message please help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorgexda91:
I'm having the same problem, please help the noobs!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Link2sd doesn't work with obb anyway does it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echenze:
I encountered the same problems but I was able to get over them using three file managers that allowed me to write to sdcard/android/obb: Solid Explorer, Antek file explorer and Astro file manager. However all I wanted to do was transfer some game data to my S4. I was not able to successfully launch the game after transferring the files with Antek and later with Astro. When I tried with Solid Explorer, it worked just fine.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manish Ahlawat:
obb folder issue

use astro... it will work. worked for me too:cowboy:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trevourlance27:
i had this problem both in gs3 and gs4

just to be able to copy

i did the following steps

1. close all apps and reboot

2. go to android/obb after reboot and create a folder there

3. delete the folder

4. put the file you want to move in obb to ANY OTHER FOLDERS FIRST . . (extSD recommended)

5. now using the stock folder (my files) transfer the file from extSD to android/obb/(obb folder name)

it worked for my cousin's s3 and my s4

please correct me if im wrong but i think ONE OF THE UPDATES CAUSED THIS OBB LOCK
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaducuAnd:
Astro is very usefull ! Works on my s4 , 4.3 ! just copy the folder that you want to move into any other folder then by astro move it to /obb
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manemzjum:
im having this problem on a tab2

copying to obb isnt the problem

the problem is ive tried 10 different file managers and none of them actually move the files

They just copy them to new location and delete them from initial location

Having restricted space on 8gb tab2 makes it impossible for larger files
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thanvot:
Thank you man. You're awsome!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superkrypton:
Hi

I know what talking about. All you have to do is copy the OBB cache to any folder so long. either your phone or SD card. then after that with your normal file explorer or any ES or anyone you COPY not move but Copy that file to the OBB folder. it will copy :) worked for me.

Hope it helps
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leijonasisu:
To reiterate even though I posted the solution to this thread almost an entire year ago. If you cannot write to the obb folder it's probably an issue to do with the ROM being R/O and you should either edit the permissions.xml file like in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1458021

Or just flash a new ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nashy10:
Whats normal battery on this phone for you guys like? I really don't think mines normal. I've never gotten 10+ hours battery life on a custom ROM. never, and I flash like crazy, I've tried cm aokp aosp Jedi cm, ics tw ROMs, and Jb tw ROMs. Never over 10 and on tw jb I wouldn't even get over 5 hours, I'm not a heavy user, I check twitter sometimes and Facebook, a tiny bit of instagram.. not that much, with juice defender pro I can squeeze 7 hours from Jb touchwiz, and maybe 9 on an ICS ROM.. is my battery dicked? Stock koodo ROM gives me 14+ hours, so wtf? Maybe just a koodo t989d problem? My battery is physically in shape, I've monitored wake locks, checked chargers, virtually everything. WTF?

Sent from my Galaxy S II X
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darth:
You need gsam and CPU spy to see what's draining your battery and if phone is deep sleeping.

The apps you said you use are pretty much big battery drainers BTW! I finally got my wife using the mobile Facebook webpage instead of the app. It was killing her battery and using all kinds of data while she was at work not even using her phone.

But yeah....your battery life is horrendous. Something is going on.

Sent from my cell phone telephone....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nashy10:
I have both, my phone deep sleeps. I've even UNDERCLOCKED! Still **** battery life. I'm not so big on Facebook, I don't use it too much really. Twitter though I am on a lot.

Sent from my Galaxy S II X
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jyjieng11:
Im running the Unicef Rom v13.5 and I have been getting around 22 hours of use with around an hour and a half or two hours of screen time. I aslo just flashed it so I have to let it break in to get the full benefits. But yeah you should try checking out Anker Batteries and monitor what is using up your battery. Juice Defender I found is a big battery drainer and are you in an area with low reception?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nashy10:
Okay, uninstalled juice defender. I was thinking of getting the extended galaxy nexus battery, but will it really make a big difference?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mike-y:
Make sure you go into your apps like FB and twitter and turn off all notifications. notifications will kill your battery life.

Also, check apps that sync. you can go into your google accounts setting and turn off stuff you don't use or need to sync automatically, like google drive (just sync manually).

And turn off backups in the system settings.

lots of apps are configured to update automatically or configured to send error/usage reports, so make sure you go in to your apps and look for settings like that and turn them off.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nashy10:
THANK YOU

Thats probably one of the most helpful suggestions ive heard yet, thank you. I heard Quallcoms battery saving app does help with this, maybe ill give it a try?
[Motorola Atrix HD] tcf38012:
Hello,

Thanks to dhacker29, we have cm10.1 on locked boot loaders ;)

Download

GAPPS

Broken:

Audio while calling
Wifi Hotspot
Signal bar
Camera

Note: I'm not responsible for your bricks, SO DON'T BLAME ME!!!

Cheers and Enjoy!!!

UPDATE March 27 2013:

here is an update. This should fix data. I can't test this right now, because I'm in school. (I recieved my replacement yesterday, so I'm back in the game!!!)

Attached.

Flash with safestrap after the main rom and gapps.
[Motorola Atrix HD] deeje00:
So it bricks phones?

sent from my JokerMATRIX HD MAXX
[Motorola Atrix HD] Markyzz:
His phone was previously bricked.

I'll take the plunge and test this out when my lunch break is over

Sent from my phone.
[Motorola Atrix HD] deeje00:
Well let me know how it goes. I'm running cm 10 right now lol.

sent from my JokerMATRIX HD MAXX
[Motorola Atrix HD] popfan:
Yep, I am waiting also. I still have not flash a single rom yet, and I am wanting this to be my first
[Motorola Atrix HD] mr2sweet:
awesome rom so far!

I took the plunge. It boots up and is smooth. I can't figure out how to get data working. The wifi works out of the box though. Anyone know how to get data working? I haven't tested it much, these are just my first observations.
[Motorola Atrix HD] deeje00:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2165746

sent from my JokerMATRIX HD MAXX
[Motorola Atrix HD] Maybachiswhereitsat:
So hyped right now, but kind of pissed... I was about to publish touchwiz 5, now I kinda have to integrate 4.2... But whatever, great rom! Thanks man! Now we can get some to port ubuntu!
[Motorola Atrix HD] SirHoover2010:
Can not wait to get my replacement phone from AT&T now
[Motorola Atrix HD] Maybachiswhereitsat:
I got data working, want me to pm you a link?
[Motorola Atrix HD] Markyzz:
Why don't you just post it?

Sent from my phone.
[Motorola Atrix HD] deeje00:
Yeah what he said. Why be secretive lol.

sent from my JokerMATRIX HD MAXX
[Motorola Atrix HD] matt99017d:
If you don't want the world to know, you can pm me the link too! Or you can just post it.
[Motorola Atrix HD] SirHoover2010:
Had a few testers on Joker, one of which had data issues. I am wanting to see the fix on this also lol. Audio while calling is a pretty big issue also
[Motorola Atrix HD] deeje00:
Yea on 10 it's super quiet.

sent from my JokerMATRIX HD MAXX
[Motorola Atrix HD] SirHoover2010:
To be honest I was actually about to sell this phone but with the possibility of stable 10.1 a little closer I may have to hold onto it. Plus I am making changes to Joker to better suite myself.
[Motorola Atrix HD] Maybachiswhereitsat:
ROM devs are the key to lasting appeal. I can finaly try Ubuntu I'm trying to port it now.

Edit: needs unlock... ):
[Motorola Atrix HD] worlddominatiin:
niceee. been on the CM10 port since its been out. low audio in calling is a super big issue (gf calls alot)

progrockguy sent me a thread that could get LTE working and it works on the CM10 port so i wanna say it works on this too.

waiting for the audio part to be fixed before i flash.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2165746 to get data

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1684711&page=27 if you get data and no LTE
[Motorola Atrix HD] Markyzz:
Hey ckkiller, where's the Data fix?

I know all CM10.1 ROMs have GSM problems as of January 27th or something, I'm not sure if they have already implemented a fix.

Sent from my phone.
[Motorola Atrix HD] deeje00:
Yea dude where's the fix? You said you had it an hour ago and we hear nothing else? Wth man lol.

sent from my JokerMATRIX HD MAXX
[Motorola Atrix HD] EcHoFiiVe:
Epinters ROM has camera working I believe... And I think he has the audio bug fixed too, this is all at the top of my head though
[Motorola Atrix HD] deeje00:
Where can I get that one?

sent from my JokerMATRIX HD MAXX
[Motorola Atrix HD] worlddominatiin:
http://www.linuxmobile.org/razrhd/cm10-1
[Motorola Atrix HD] deeje00:
It says it needs an unlocked bootloader and no camera.

sent from my JokerMATRIX HD MAXX
[Motorola Atrix HD] Maybachiswhereitsat:
I just uploaded it, I dont know if it will work (tried to make an addon quickly...) if it doesn't work I'll just upload my full modified zip... Tell me.
[Motorola Atrix HD] worlddominatiin:
dang, didnt read that part. back to square 1. /nobueno
[Motorola Atrix HD] deeje00:
Got something to fix the audio and or camera?

sent from my JokerMATRIX HD MAXX
[Motorola Atrix HD] Maybachiswhereitsat:
No, I'm looking into camera now though, I don't know what specific libs are needed. anyone know how to fix the signal indicator? its starting to piss me off.
[Motorola Atrix HD] worlddominatiin:
do i wipe everything (system, data, cache, etc) or no?

coming from cm10 btw
[Motorola Atrix HD] Maybachiswhereitsat:
wipe everything you listed (including davlik cache!) install cm10.1 then flash my zip.
[Motorola Atrix HD] worlddominatiin:
it runs very choppy and somethings show up with little black lines on them.

im assuming its a bad download or something so im redownloading.
[Motorola Atrix HD] Maybachiswhereitsat:
No thats just what early ports are like.
[Motorola Atrix HD] worlddominatiin:
oh. well i dont want a laggy rom. lol staying on cm10 til it gets better.
[Motorola Atrix HD] Maybachiswhereitsat:
haha, I'm almost done fixing the lag and artifacts. Porting new cpu settings, also I'm modifying build.prop with improved performance etc. I'm gonna play around with this for a while but I'll post it when I'm done.
[Motorola Atrix HD] worlddominatiin:
ill try it when you post it. good thing i had a backup. :good:
[Motorola Atrix HD] Maybachiswhereitsat:
yeah did my datafix work??