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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samep:
The Windows issue may be the USB Driver. When I updated Windows version, my old driver failed to COM link with my phone in ODIN while I was still able to read and write to USB as well as gain adb access. I searched and found another poster stating the latest driver from Samsung fixed it. Worked for me as well. Try the link below.

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...ng_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.14.0.exe

Disclaimer: Samsung, nor I, assume no responsibility; use at own risk... usual TOS.

Here, in case anyone has trouble finding the cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar (for ODIN) thanks to kennyglass123
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkXShadowX21:
Thank you for some insight on this. I have switched out my Windows XP for Windows 7 Ultimate ( I've actually read a few people who used this on a virtual machine and it worked perfectly for them ) . I turned on the automatic updates and everything was updated. Windows 7 is working perfectly. The problem is still occurring though. I have used every version of Odin from 1.83 to 3.09. I put my SPH-D700 into download mode and if I configure vmware to "ask" for what to use when I plug it in in the USB menu, I've managed to get as far as the window popping up to allow me to select windows. I made it pop up by booting into download mode without the battery in and putting in after I put it into download mode. With that being said, nothing shows up in Odin still. I have used several drivers for this device. Here's the list of drivers I used:

Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones 1.3.8

Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones v1.5.14.0

Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones v1.5.27.0

SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones ( No Version, default I believe )

Samsung Kies ( It downloads the default driver automatically )

I've also was trying to use this tar file:

SPH D700 FC09 8Gb REL.tar.md5

I have installed, uninstalled, and rebooted every time I did this to ensure that drivers would't conflict.

I even brought my phone to my neighbors house to use his XP machine. I brought the software with me to do this. I also had to update his USB drivers because of the yellow exclamation mark in the device manager menu. I did that and was able to fix his USB driver. It still didn't recognize my device. ( I believe it was his computer though because it's in really bad shape :/ )

I was told at one point that I could have a faulty secondary bootloader. If that's the case, is there a way to fix that myself? If that's not the case, I'm just not sure what to do at this point to root this phone. I've felt like I've exhausted all my options other than to find someone who has a decent windows machine and try with that.

I have a Mac OS X 10.8.4 and tried using Heimdall. That didn't work at all. From my understanding, Heimdall is used to root? Flash devices? Both? Regardless, it didn't work when I tried using it on Mac. Hence why I am using VMWare Fusion Pro ( The latest version before the newest 6 that just came out ) with Windows 7 Ultimate.

If there is anything that I am missing, anything at all that I could successfully root this phone with the methods I have been trying, some information on how to do this would be great! I've been trying to root this phone for quite awhile now with no success.

I would give the tar a try that you gave me but without Odin recognizing the device, I have no way of being able to do anything. That "COM" never shows up. Currently, I have the Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones v1.5.14.0 driver installed because that is the exact one from the Samsung website specifically for the SPH-D700.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkXShadowX21:
I haven't tried boot camp with windows yet. I used to have a dual boot set up that way but I have not set that back up yet. That is one avenue I have not tried thus far. I may actually give that a go just for kicks. As for as my previous post goes, I've been just working at it through VMWare Fusion Pro which is a virtual machine for Windows.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkXShadowX21:
Thank you for the link to this specific thread. I actually have not come across that one yet. I appreciate you linking me up with it! I'll be reviewing that thread tomorrow and see if I come across something useful in it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samep:
I wish I took better notes when solving this... I can't help the MAC Heimdall method but if you want to get Windows working, I'd stay with that USB driver and try installing Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 3.0 I'm also using ODIN3 v1.85. You didn't mention the PIT Victory file; it's needed if following the un-brick method with repartition enabled.

Funny thing about newer Windows versions, they're lighter and don't include needed packages to develop.

My recall is bad; I've rooted two different phones and setup to theme apk's again and downloaded several packages and depends and can't recall which package needed the depends for Windows... but looking at my Windows setup, I can at least tell you what I installed. The Visual Basic auto-installer works with Windows to tell you what version of Visual Basic you need for your applications when you attempt an install so follow the guidance it gives if it suggests another Visual Basic Version. I know I needed java for adb and Android SDK and I had to modify Environmental Variables to allow those applications to see each other but I don't think you need all that to root. Hope that helps some; maybe someone else more savvy with Windows or Heimdall can jump in and help.

Edit: Forgot to mention that you should open a new ODIN session for each file pushed. Once ODIN is opened, hold power and 1 button on slide-out kb while plugging the USB cable in. You should see the COM added within seconds, not minutes. The battery can stay out while using USB with ODIN; the intent is to prevent a reboot after file install so you can unplug USB after it attempts to reboot (it cannot without a battery), close ODIN and re-open ODIN and enter download mode to install the cwm recovery tar. If you get that far, you don't actually have to boot that rooted tar; just install battery, three finger salute into recovery and flash a MTD custom ROM; all customs ROMs in forum should auto-convert from BML to MTD (or you can stay with the rooted stock or flash custom BML ROM... Important to remember there is no autoconvert from MTD back to BML; that's what ODIN with repartition and PIT file is for as well as recovering a semi-bricked phone). Good Luck.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
If Odin still does not recognize it borrow someone's thick BlackBerry cable.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samep:
Good one; forgot about that. My Samsung cable didn't work so the wife and I swapped cables long ago. I got her HTC USB cable and it has served me well except that the outer shell has frayed at and around the connectors.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkXShadowX21:
I downloaded and installed Visual Basic. I'm not quite sure what that was suppose to do honestly. It didn't seem like anything changed. I still don't have the "COM" showing up in Odin 1.85. You are right about me forgetting to mention the "PIT" file. I actually did have that. ( victory_8G_100528.pit )

I loaded that into Odin as well as the ( SPH D700 FC09 8Gb REL.tar.md5 ) into the "PDA" section of Odin. Even though the "COM" didn't show up, I tried to run in anyways, this was the message I got in the console.

Also, these are the USB cables I am using. One is a short one and the one the the "B" on it is a normal length. I don't know what the "B" stands for but I don't know if that's a Blackberry one or not.

Also, will Odin still recognize the device if the MicroSD card is in? I actually never tried without taking it out.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samep:
Gotta say I agree with Kenny on the cable.

When I tried to replace my frayed cable with a "data sync" mini USB cable, it did not support adb.

Go with what you know; borrow or invest in a thick BlackBerry mini USB cable.

Can't guarantee but I think the cable is your problem.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkXShadowX21:
Blackberry USB Cable

Do one of you perhaps have any good sources for where I could get a decent inexpensive Blackberry USB Cable? I've looked up quite a few but since I'm not certain that I would make the correct purchase, perhaps one of you could point me in the right direction. I would appreciate it. Thanks :)

Would this be a decent one to buy?

New OEM BlackBerry Micro USB 1m Data Cable Charge & Sync 9900 9930 9800 9810

I just went ahead and purchased it. With a 30 day return policy and the price only being $1.99, it's not really that big of a deal. Lol! I suppose we just wait and see what happens when I receive this cable. Let the waiting begin...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yes! That one will definitely work. I usually buy 5 when I need them.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkXShadowX21:
I just received the cable. It didn't work... :/

I'm uninstalling and reinstalling the Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones v1.5.14.0 driver. I'll try again to see what happens.

I suppose I need to diagnose this issue in order for this to work. I don't see how a Samsung Galaxy S1 Epic 4G SPH-D700 is drawing to much power in download mode though....

I even put my mac into safe mode so it would load a new set of kernals rather than the ones from the cache files. That still didn't work for 2 reasons.

1.) Heimdall Front-end doesn't recognize the device in download mode

2.) I'm not able to boot into windows with VMWare Fusion because that specific kernal isn't loaded into safe mode.

Only necessary kernals are being used in safe mode.... I'll keep updating as I go.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samep:
Update on my Windows 8 Pro USB driver issues.. but maybe old news.

[MENTION=2444972]DarkXShadowX21[/MENTION],

I posted earlier that I had to install Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs3. I found the note in my logs were referenced to a problem I was having with the HTC USB driver, AFIAK, I came upon a post somewhere in xda stating I needed it (exact reason or problem I had at that time not noted). So when I ran the installer, I got a pop-up stating I must first install Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 Running that installer, I got another pop-up stating I needed Microsoft.NET Framework 3.0, instead. Both programs installed without error. Dependencies were determined by programs already installed in my system. Anyway, my PC now sees both phones correctly now. But looking at my update history, I'm getting security updates for Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5 and 4.5 (both versions).

Looking at my Windows Control Panel/Programs and Features, I have Microsoft Visual c++ 2005 Redistributable and Microsoft Visual c++ 2008 Redistributable x86 9.0.30729.4148 these show as being installed the next day but all I had in my notes following that was some developing programs I installed. The 30729 looks to be part of the Android-SDK bundle for Windows. I also have java installed for developing. IIRC, these are not requirements for ODIN; I had minimal effort getting ODIN to work on my wife's Windows7 laptop but at least for the HTC phone and drivers, Windows 8 Pro was lacking some tools. After getting the HTC USB drivers functional and rooting that phone, I only had to get the right Samsung USB driver to get ODIN COM to work. But since I did the HTC first, not sure if any of the above was needed for ODIN to see the Epic.

Good luck.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkXShadowX21:
For Windows 7,

I went ahead and downloaded this

Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (Standalone Installer). I actually downloaded on top of the download you provided me with. I'm pretty sure this is ok because this is the most updated version of .NET Framework for Windows 7. After the installation, nothing happened by the way. I didn't get a pop up asking to update anything further. I have 3.0 installed and the version for Windows 7 that I provided.

As far as setting up all the additional programs for the HTC drivers, I don't really need to do that since this is a Samsung device obviously. I understand you are stating that to explain that you were able to get your Samsung device seen after installing drivers for the HTC and finding the correct driver.

As far as finding the correct driver, I suppose I need to figure out EXACTLY which driver it is that is going to allow Odin to recognize the SPH-D700 in "Download Mode".

I used the Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones v1.5.14.0 only because I found a source from Samsung directly that this is the correct driver for this device.

I've also read that Samsung Kies was able to install the default Samsung drivers for most Samsung devices and that also have worked for them. It didn't work for me.

After the installation of .NET Framework I went ahead and tried to plug in my device to see if Odin would recognize it.

COM Never showed up.

I left the USB cable in, removed the battery, put the battery back to to show this pop up.

Ever after I click windows. Nothing showed up in Odin....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kenc72:
I followed tutorial for d710 to boost. Can't get internet to work. Calls no problem. Done several before with no issues. Any suggestions or answer greatly appreciated being i have many hours on this and tried all i could think of. Still no data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AndyYan:
Wrong forum (oh not again :( )...

Epic 4G = SPH-D700

Epic 4G Touch = SPH-D710

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM10.2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jdsingle76:
What modem are you using? That might be your problem
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superorb:
I'm on a rooted ROM for my phone and the capacitive buttons turn off after only 5 seconds of no use, but I'd like them to stay on if the screen is on. What files do I need to edit to adjust the timeout? I've noticed 4.0.3 ROMs stay it with the screen but 4.2.2 ROMs stay lit for only 5 seconds. How do I change the timeout?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkkhedawat:
My daily install are increasing daily but total install are frozen for more than 5 days .Don't know why ? anybody here got an answer ?

Is there anyone else having same problem or just me having hard luck.
[General Questions and Answers] gusduenas:
Does anyone knows where I can find a cwm recovery for the onda v971t dual amlogic a9 1.5GHZ 9.7" uisng Jellybean 4.1.1...I will love to start trying roms but so far I can't if I don't have the recovery from CWM...help:confused:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jodady23:
ok so ive been able to play subway surfers for a long time on many roms that ive had on my s3 include some roms that ran 4.2.2 but some of idk if its something in the recent roms or what but the new 4.2.2 roms and 4.3 ones all i get when i run the game is a black screen no error just straight black screen. Can anyone confirm that this isnt just me or is it just a compatibility issue
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TheKucho:
I think it's been reported before, try the fix I posted in this link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43699545

Lemme know how it goes for you!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] welshtom:
hi all,

am new to all things pocket pc so have been having lots of fun over the past few weeks with my new orange SPV M500. Have been trying out lots of diferent apps etc and generally playing around! anyway my 1 gig sd card finally arrived today so i decided to hard reset m device and start over.

however i did the soft reset after the hard reset method to stop all the orange software from loading. However i have noticed that some of the orange software is actually quite usefull! so my question is can i somehow select what software get automatically loaded instead of putting it all back on? also can it be downloaded to the sd card instead of the internal memory? finally can i install all my programms like spb pocket plus, tom tom and wisbar advance to my sd card now?

many thanks,

Tom
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] latts:
Since this sounds like when you don't load the external ROMs (at least that's what it is on my QTEK) once you have soft reset you should have a directory (under windows) on your pocket PC.

This directory will have the CAB files that would have been installed had you not reset. All you have to do is go through and figure out which are which are run those (by clicking on them).

I did this before as I needed the MMS client and phonepad but not the called id.

Hope that helps,

M.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] latts:
Oh yeah the directory is called "External ROMs"
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] gazzrenn:
tomtom yes thats fine on the SD card... but Pocket Plus and Wisbar i would leave on the phone main memory.
[General Questions and Answers] gusduenas:
I have an onda v971t using Jellybean 4.1.1 and I'd love to have a recovery working for it...like CWM recovery, but there is no recovery for that, only the one in stock, so there is a way to learn how to do, that...is there a guide? help me out someone please.

Gus

P.s:

Another question? is there a way to flash roms using mac on chinese tablets?
[Verizon Droid Charge] dwitherell:
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DOWNLOAD LINKS - CWM

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Tweaked Lite 1.0 ROM only

md5: 2A352436A8505ED9EC09A555618B90EC

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EXTRAS

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FP8A Deodexed System Apps

NOTE: This is NOT CWM flashable!

NOTE2: You can also use the tweaktools script to obtain a number of these...

md5: F5451D81795EB77EC869F5F484B5BA78

Empty CWM file

NOTE: This is to flash system apps from the above file ONLY - simply take whatever apps you want to flash from the above .zip and put them in the app folder that can be found in the system folder in the empty cwm file .zip. Also, if you select an app that is already on your phone, it WILL overwrite it. What does that matter? If it was modded or themed... well, it won't be any more. It'll be stock. You've been warned.

NOTE2: Again - the tweaktools script can handle this for you. Check it out!

md5: C82269938192B795EAEEE6198F0B9CED

Stock FP8A Files

NOTE: This thread contains a number of useful stock FP8A links :)

See

here

and

here

for earlier iterations of Tweaked, and

here

for even earlier iterations of TweakStock.

Please let me know if there are any problems/issues.

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Here's the screenshot I used before... images all the way back to TweakStock LOL!!!
[Verizon Droid Charge] jheide44:
Thank you!

Thank you for taking the time to put this together. Your efforts are much appreciated!

Also, thanks for putting up with all my questions and helping me learn about Android...

EDIT:

End of Support notice posted to my WIFI Only FP8 Beta Project Thread, HERE.

I also left some Tweaked Lite 1.x TweakTools enable WIFI Only Option breadcrumbs!

If you want, feel free to continue to run WIFI Only Media Player Q/A over there... or not. :)

...that is all...
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
agreed, nice work. thanks!

I can confirm that everything is in great working order (even installed the wifi only tweak thanks to Jheide).

just to share my process with others:

was on tweaked 3.2 FP5 (with the FP8 modem updaterizer provided by dwith).

backed up everything via TiBu

rebooted to recovery

mounted system

wiped cache/dalvik

wiped data/factory reset

installed tweakedliteFP8

rebooted

reinstalled apps via play market

installed wifi only tweak via terminal emulator (system did not reboot, but a reboot is necessary, so be sure to do so after exiting TE)

restored data via TiBu

a couple of observations:

- I don't get that screeching noise on video playback on videos taken with this phone - YAY!!!!

- some apps such as Google Earth will NOT download b/c the app says my system is not supported (no worries though, as I can restore the app via TiBu)

- Google Hangouts works completely (even tested video chat, and got audio)
[Verizon Droid Charge] stranula:
Good to see people (dwitherell especially) are supposing the Charge. Haven't been using mine for anything more than a desk clock, but I know there are some people out there still using it and appreciating the work put into it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] runningman04072013:
A job well done by all of those involved and dwith.

I am extremely grateful for this. :good:
[Verizon Droid Charge] sshafranko:
Thank you very much sir. My 3 charges will receive this on sunday when im back from vacation if I can pull the phones away feom my kids long enough to do it. Damn Minecraft....anyway your awesome thanks again

Sent from my SCH-I605 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Verizon Droid Charge] swing4thefence:
what lockscreen style does this one actually have?

Not sure yet if I'll install this because I'm not sureif I want to go through the hassle of restoring my phone again but thanks for all your work.

Finally I'm intrigued by your "Empty ZIP" Could I concievable take apks from TiBu and place them in that folder to get a flashable zip?
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
Flash and restoration took less than 30 minutes.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dwitherell:
Conceivably yes, but in order to truly work it would need a little more (things in /data as opposed to /system primarily) - I would advice NOT using it for this purpose, though it could be a base to use that you could modify to do so with a little research (and trial and error... actually mostly trial and error, at least in my experience lol).

This has two lockscreens - the two I had to do nothing for to add into the rom (beyond allow the one to be accessed). Those would be the usual circle stock one and then sliding-tab AOSP one seen in the screenshot.
[Verizon Droid Charge] codelinx:
apps not working

Iinstalled everything as per directions but I cannot login through Gmail,any ideas?
[Verizon Droid Charge] dwitherell:
Need a bit more info... Is there an error or something that comes up? Do you have a data/wifi connection? What if you skip the setup after initial boot and try to add the account after - maybe even after a reboot? I don't have vzw service so I have to skip the initial account setup, then connect ro wfif and add the account after connected.
[Verizon Droid Charge] codelinx:
apps not working

Well I installed the tweaked. Lite Tom 1.0 , withkernel and radios, but do I need to manually install the systems Apps? I cannot access Gmail even with 4g and wifi it immediately states that my email and password do not match. I also have 2 step verification on,would that be the issue with this version of Gmail? The info is correct,ie password and login. Name.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dwitherell:
Ah, so you are ok to do things like go into playstore, yes? And the issue is just GMail? There may very well be sonething you need to do to make the 2 step verification stuff happy, but I am not aware of what it is unfortunately. Sorry for the troubles!
[Verizon Droid Charge] codelinx:
apps not working

No playstore, but I'm going to try and remove the 2 step verification.

---------- Post added at 12:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:54 AM ----------

On older androids With 2 step verification you need to generate a unique one time password under manage application specific passwords under >settings >security

Ending on a page labeled :

Authorized Access to your Google Account
[Verizon Droid Charge] LockheedX:
Thanks for the update

Hopefully this will keep running strong for a while. Typically in the past when the slow-down-over-time problem happened, reflashing ROM usually fixed it for a bit of time, right?

I've gone through some times where I wanted to toss this phone at the wall.
[Verizon Droid Charge] sshafranko:
I had the 2 step verification for a while also and it was more trouble than it was worth. I had the same issue as you and once I removed it everything was back to normal again. GL

Sent from my SCH-I605 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Verizon Droid Charge] dwitherell:
Yeah a reflash usually fixed it. There were a few things I did in the past that I sought to avoid this time around with the thought that they were related... only time will tell though :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] jlanik4:
My camera fails to capture photos upon pressing the shutter. Same with a third party camera app. Any ideas?

Btw, the new build is awesome. Tweaked Lite + Crossbreeder Mod =Awesomeness :D