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[Epic 4G Android Development] RodimusConvoy:
I'm stuck at 50MB free space, which means I can't even update the apps I already got. Anything I can do about this or is that the brakes considering its an Epic 4G?

Plus Google Play Services seems to get bigger and bigger...
[Epic 4G Android Development] samep:
Move applications to sdcard, add link2SD to link more. Also, the gapps thread I've linked in this thread will move the Google Play Services to system while getting rid of some bloat, unless another update greater than 6.1.74 has been pushed.

If that doesn't help, uninstall some applications that restore with titanium after you get some applications linked or moved to sdcard.

I'd throw you a link but I'm on vacation with slow data.
[Epic 4G Android Development] octantcomp:
Maybe you can see this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2756743 to resolve your problem.

And I want to say thank you very much for bbelos and anyone who make CM11 possible for epic 4G, I have moving out to faster phone (sprint S3 - CM11).
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
bbelos -

Something else that I noticed. When charging the phone while it is off, it used to display the battery percentage, but now it no longer does that. Any reason for this or did it just go unnoticed?

Thank you for all the recent fixes!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Unjustified Dev:
CyanogenMod removed it a while back.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Apparently removed back on July 7 https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_system_core/commit/54e72ea75e31eecee0589909e2bfe733b355baa8
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
How was the 10/16 building working out? The disconnect message bug resolved? Notice any other issues? If everything is working well enough, I'll go ahead and get things merged into the official builds.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
I think that is it working smoothly. I've been using it a lot the past couple of days, especially with Pandora. The only thing that I have noticed is that it drains the battery a bit more than usual. Fortunately I upgraded my phone battery to the one from the Epic II, so it lasts quite a bit longer.

Question - The fix that you implemented for the contacts before, so that there is no 500 limit when exporting to sd card - is that in the official builds yet or just in these unofficial ones?

Thanks for everything bbelos, you have been a lifesaver.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
Do not merge - DO NOT MERGE!

I noticed that SMS issues started up the other day, but did not think much of it. I've now realized that it is related to 4G being on. When sending an SMS while 4G is active, the circle will keep spinning as if it is sending, and it will - multiple times. However on the senders' end, it'll appear to still be trying to send. Everyone has got multiple texts from me, even someone got up to 12. There is also a big delay in receiving texts. When 4G is disabled, these problems do not continue and the texts go right through. The previous build before had no SMS issues - at least none that I noticed...
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Hmm OK, that's not very nice :p

Would you mind getting the wimax_service.jar from the last build and replacing your current one? Either adb push it from recovery (double check the permissions), or just drop it into the 10/16 zip and reflash it. I'd like to know if the SMS bug was actually present in the last build or not.

As for the contact export limit patches, I don't believe those have been merged into official so I'll try and see what the current feel is for them.

Also, as far as a wimax QS tile, one would have to be created. I can try to do that if I get some time, unless somebody wants to take a stab at it. I would think it'd be similar to the other tiles (wifi, bluetooth) in the sense that it either checks the box on a single press, or opens the settings screen on a long press. But I haven't looked at that code in a long time.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
Sure thing. I will do this either later today or tomorrow. I will drop it into the zip
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
BTW, which app are you using for messaging? I don't see any spinning circles in the stock messaging.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
I am using ChompSMS
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
Also, there is an issue with the draw-pattern lockscreen from a very long time ago. Is anyone else experiencing this or is it just me? When I activate it and try to wake my phone up, it hangs on a black screen and if I long-press the back button, it will sometimes wake back up and the homescreen image will be reset to a default one. In the end, I have no security on my phone due to this bug.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Mr_You:
I've never experienced this with any v4.4-based releases. Draw-pattern lockscreen has always worked fine. The only issues I ever experience seem to always be related to low RAM: processes being forced to close. Besides that I can't recall running into any (noticeable) bugs.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
1. Contact list export limit patches were merged the other day.

2. Wimax updates have been merged and is re-enabled for future official builds.

3. Vim was removed when I switched over to the mini builds a few weeks ago. If anyone has been missing it, it has been re-added.

4. M12 builds come next week (usually friday). L source comes soon and we'll see if the epic can manage another update. No promises.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
Sorry that I did not get around to testing out the SMS issue, but it appears it was temporary and possibly related to a ChompSMS update that coincided with that build that you released. Everything so far is running smooth. Thanks for the merge and for your continued work on this. Fingers crossed for Lollipop!
[Epic 4G Android Development] RodimusConvoy:
Well I guess this is it. Had to get a functioning android (well something with more than 50MB of memory available to the user) for my job, so I got the ZTE Sonata 4G. I don't plan on keeping it forever, but I sure don't plan to come back to the Epic 4G (still got my eye on a Relay 4G). Thanks for all the help in the past, folks. :highfive:
[Epic 4G Android Development] ZenInsight:
Greetings,

I still have my Epic 4G and want to give it to my son. I pulled it out to check the functionality and I noticed that not only did the Wifi Hotspot not work, but the

a. 4G AND wifi speeds are HORRENDOUS!

b. short codes (and may be MMS ) are not working in texts

I looked up the version and it is:

CyanogenMod- 10.1-20130217-experimental.EpicMTD

I assume this is older than any current versions, but the questions are...

1. What is the absolute latest working Cyanogen for the Epic that is stable

2. Is there any particular version that is known to have fully working wifi speeds and 4G?

3. Wifi hotspot works

I have seen this Epic 4G do 8mb up and down in a 4G area and I have had the wifi hotspot working perfectly. But I don't think it was a Cyanogen Mod that I did this on.

Can anyone help me with which ROM I need and which minimum version TWRP I should be on to install it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Dante of the Inferno:
1. The M12 release (which is the closest that any CM ROM gets to "stable" these days) should be this weekend.

2 - 3. M12 has full 3G and 4G functionality (enjoy your WiMax for another 12 months, I guess).

Couldn't say about a working TWRP, as I still run CWM on the Epic 4G.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ZenInsight:
Thanks (yep...I clicked the thx button as well).

I accidentally grabbed the latest nightly to check it out, when I meant to get M11. Installed it. WOW..what a mess. ROM was super fast with NO cellular antenna, couldn't add a Google account, and when I went to open hangouts, a message came into the phone saying that I was using an unsupported ROM and that Google framework would not install on it.

I used the "small" CM11 Gaaps from here:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Gapps#Downloads

And the front camera did not work. Did I do something really wrong or is that just the way the nightlies act?

Anyway, I am grabbing M11 to check and see if it is any better before I get M12. May be I should just look into a different basic ROM. Although I love the built in SeLinux encryption and Privacy Guard app.

With a Maleware Bytes (just in case) and AF+ Firewall running (and logging attempts to chat) I feel like I actually can control what my phones are doing once I lock the apps down with Privacy Guard.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Dante of the Inferno:
Well, it should especially not do that, since the Milestone releases are based on the Nightlies. Here's what I typically do when upgrading the phone's OS:

1. Backup all apps and data in Titanium Backup

2. Create a Nandroid backup in ClockWorkMod (on the SD card)

3. Odin the phone back to stock (FC09)

4. Odin CWM 5.0.2.7

5. Flash the latest Milestone

6. Boot phone

7. Restart phone in CWM Recovery (6.x)

8. Flash gapps and Titanium Backup (the app, not any sort of backup)

9. Restart phone

10. Use Titanium Backup to restore user apps + data only (restoring system apps and data can break stuff)

11. Restart phone and verify everything works.

12. Restart phone in CWM Recovery and create Nandroid Backup.

Obviously, that's an incredibly long and tedious process that most flashers either have automated or don't need to do, but this will ensure that unintentional software glitches are removed and that the process can be reliably repeated.

Hope this helps!
[Epic 4G Android Development] ZenInsight:
Wow. Thank man.

Listen to my stupidity here of what I think I did, due to not flashing enough lately to remember the proper steps.

I think when I put the latest on I did not update the modem properly. Apparently I have to do hat through Odin? I read in another thread that the Nexus Modem is the best to use and I think there are like 3 steps to install it. But, while I was not realizing this, I thought I was supposed to "re-provision" it. Finally after calling Sprint and getting my MSL code, I realized the "Modem error" reply from entering the code was not a standard one just because I entered the code wrong (in previous attempts I was entering the wrong code and then running "getprop ril.MSL" in terminal Em to find the code, but it never found anything".

So, now I am super confused. I guess I should follow your steps back to stock using Odin, but then I want t make sure that I have the Nexus modem (as the Epic one isn't too good), and that the phone is running properly. Part of this is I think I screwed something up on the file system because the new file systems are MTD and the old are not? So unless you realize something else I did wrong from reading this, I will:

A. Follow your steps first to get back to stock.

a. Figure out how to get MTD back??

B. Flash the M11 Cyanogen Snapshot

C. Flash Nexus modem.

D. Flash 4.4.4 Gaaps.

E. Profit?

You must be bored to be helping me, or just a very nice person. Thanks either way.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Dante of the Inferno:
Running Odin to return your phone back to stock (you need the image and the Victory pit file) will revert the phone's file system back to the original one. After you use Odin to install ClockworkMod 5.0.2.7, then you can simply flash the (now released!) M12 zip file. The file is self-contained, with an MTD converter and CWM 6.X, so you can skip step 1.a. I can't say whether or not the Nexus modem will still work, as I've never tried it on my device (Sprint's speeds aren't enough to stream with, so I've seen little point in "faster" downloads).

Anyone here able to confirm/deny if the Nexus modem is still functional on the latest CM milestone/nightly?

Here is the most recent "slim" gapps file that we have access to for the Epic 4G, specifically. It tries to minimize the number of system apps, so you'll need to manually download Calendar, etc.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Mr_You:
First off this is the wrong thread to be discussing this, but you want to flash CM v11 M12, then gapps-small (from CyanogenMod wiki) or gapps-slim (in this forum). After which you can go to the link below and download a hacked FC09 ROM (requires SD card) that will allow you to temporarily boot into from recovery to activate the phone, update the PRL, Profile, calibrate the sensors, etc.

http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/01/boot-el30-stock-from-sdcard.html

EDIT: Use Link2SD to move apps to your SD card.

To keep things on topic. So far with only a few hours into it, M12 is the best build yet!! Everything is running great and RAM usage/management seems to be improved over M11. I don't know if using gapps-slim this time around has anything to do with it. Will try WiMax later tonight. Good job! :highfive:
[Epic 4G Android Development] ZenInsight:
Sorry. I didn't realize troubleshooting a bad Cyanogen rom install needed to be in another thread. Considering how quiet it was in here, I figured that if any old timers wanted to not run into mistakes I did, that they could read my errors and avoid them.

Thanks for the FC09 multiboot idea. I did indeed download that before reading this as a side plan. Now may be I will just use it as a main plan. And why would I need to use Link2sd when I can just move apps to the SD card? I do however use Link2Sd on my Motorola Photon Q LTE due to their usage of the internal SD card for the O/S storage (annoying but necessary I suppose?).

EDIT: Installing M12 worked just fine. Slim-Gaaps.....no problem.

Still have no cell antenna and can NOT get the phone to boot into FC09 from the multiboot. It just goes back into M12. Baseband version is unknown. All the status stuff for network and radio is all unknown and off, disconnected etc.

Clearly it looks like I still don't have a modem installed. :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] Dante of the Inferno:
The benefit of using my procedure is that it allows us to very precisely determine what is causing the issue. Referring to my list of steps from above, where can you confirm the modem works and does not work? Answer this assuming that you're not going to use the Nexus modem, because we're trying to get the phone's radios to work at all.
[Epic 4G Android Development] chzeckmate:
If it helps I'm running the latest from here and everything is smooth and buttery running 4.4.4. I haven't tried Hotspot because I got my warning letter from Sprint awhile back. Apparently using 30+Gb a month will get you noticed :rolleyes: As for TWRP, I can't say because I used CWM 5.0.2.7
[Epic 4G Android Development] astonmartin214:
Okay I'm looking for some help I have the fascinatemtd phone & I want to port a ROM but the vibrant folks said can't not the same network bands so they said come over here & see if I can get some help with this issue
[Epic 4G Android Development] Darkangels6sic6:
Wow that device does look great. I have not heard of it. I love Amoled haha

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Can't wait to try this out! I'm currently enjoying the people's rom. Apparently you have been hard at work. It's amazing that you even got the wimax going.

I'm quite positive that the epic and other S1 variants can run L. Heck they had the G1 HTC Dream "aka first Android released" running JB.....which kind of surprises me "at least last I checked" that there was not kitkat.

But that also depends on how easy the porting is and how much time people like you have to work with if you so chose. These great kitkat builds are awesome though.

Has anyone tested this with the SD Rom for updating profile and prl?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Darkangels6sic6:
Well now I see that the SD rom has issues with the rom. Especially if you want to try the notestkernel.

In all honesty with there being over a months difference do I want to use the m12 or 12/30 nightly?

I'm guessing the nightly won't have some of the cooked in goodies like 4G so I'll stick to the m12.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
4G is built into the latest nightly - I highly recommend grabbing the latest one over the M12.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Darkangels6sic6:
Wow. That's pretty awesome. So far this runs pretty good. Only thing I had issues with so far ius text plus. Yikes. But they have constantly made the app a hog with decreasing quality.
[Epic 4G Android Development] rjmohit:
Any idea if we're getting CM12 or not?
[Epic 4G Android Development] nathan951:
Hope so
[Epic 4G Android Development] Darkangels6sic6:
It's possible but would probably be a while. I wish we could actually get a very basic entirely trimmed to bone 4.4 TouchWiz port on older galaxies haha

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So I'm guessing it's an issue with the 1,11,15 nightly that the send text button is greed out?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Elixis:
Is anyone else having issues with bluetooth? Mine keeps turning off/on...
[Epic 4G Android Development] nathan951:
How can i overclock?
[Epic 4G Android Development] epicboy:
You have to install a custom kernel. Notest is the KitKat one I believe. Then in performance settings you can oc to 1.2 ghz.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nubecoder:
Holy crap! Are people still using this device?

That's... Amazing.

I have a couple collecting dust around the house, I think I may end up tossing the latest nightly on one to see how it runs.

Kudos bbelos for keeping this going.

ps - I may try to find some time to hit up irc and check in on you guys, it's been a long time...

=]
[Epic 4G Android Development] inameiname:
Latest Nightly causes Advanced Reboot to fail

I am having a problem on the latest Nightly Build: cm-11-20150125-NIGHTLY-epicmtd.zip.

It seems the advanced reboot option that I like and keep as an option in the power menu no longer allows me to go to recovery menu. It did in the cm-11-20150118-NIGHTLY-epicmtd.zip build. I have to actually turn the device off first, and then do the key combo to boot into the recovery menu. Instead of working as it should and directing me to the recovery menu, it seems to take a long while to think, an sd card icon pops up on the top bar, and then the phone just shuts down.

My guess is it is due to the change from the latest nightly to the previous one in regards to the booting into recovery. I believe the changelog mentioned:

Perhaps they just forgot to have the advanced reboot menu shortcut direct correctly?
[Epic 4G Android Development] epicboy:
Guys, I've been thinking about building either slim or omni rom to this device. Does anyone know where there's a "guide" for this device because I need the device specific repositories to get a successful build.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Jshugzda:
Here is what i found,

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_epicmtd

I was given an epic recently and would love to see it get cm12, good luck
[Epic 4G Android Development] epicboy:
That doesn't give me any of the epic sources though, only general steps to build cm for devices. It's the same for all devices on the cm wiki. Thanks for your help though.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
https://github.com/cyanogenmod/android_device_samsung_epicmtd
[Epic 4G Android Development] epicboy:
Is epic dependent on Aries common and use Aries kernel?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Sterist:
there are duplicate ringtones and notification sounds too; some using different names in the UI as well as identical.

and some very very bazaar undesirable ones by anyone outside a loony farm
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
New build added to the OP. Not too much different from the stable 12/04 build i linked (couple posts back, and in post #2), except it's a fresh sync and rebuild (no boot.img swap). So far, so good here on my end along with dhacker's 11/19 gapps. It doesn't fit 100%, but nothing critical seems to get lost. Feel free to delete some sounds or whatever from the update zip if you want to.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
If there are duplicate sounds, then that's something that might be able to be patched and merged. As far as loony sounds, well, those are just there to be there :p I can recommend manually deleting them, but I doubt they will get removed upstream.
[Epic 4G Android Development] vzihome:
Has anyone tried this? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240652

xs gapps just the necesssities? Im jumping in and trying them

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I installed this last night and just left it charging overnight, woke up with no data and everything was reset to factory, will try "FIXED" update with same xs gapps, since i ran no issues with the gapps
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
Yeah, either the Fixed 12/04 in post #2 or the 12/05 build in the OP should give you much better results.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Unjustified Dev:
[MENTION=4000778]bbelos[/MENTION] have you tested this ? http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/55099/1/
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
I have, and it works. Those 3 related patches are in the 12/04 & 12/05 builds. Although it may soon be irrelevant because it seems google has already applied some of there own fixes in the new 4.4.1 source.
[Epic 4G Android Development] vzihome:
the fixed 12/04 never booted or installed, keep in mind i odin back to stock and then odin recovery and flash the rom, it rebooted recovery and that was as far as it went. I have done this with previous builds with no issues, will try the 12/05 build, what are the differences between fix and 05 build?

Edit: same thing with the 12/5 build but actually got it to install by rebooting recovery. Only issue can't grant super user access. Like es file explorer, it granted super user to built in cm file explorer but gave Mr error when deleting system apps
[Epic 4G Android Development] AndyYan:
Personal experience: remember to wipe /system when flashing from a BML ROM (e.g. stock) to new partition MTD ROMs (e.g. CM10, 10.1, 10.2, 11), else you'll be stuck in the recovery. In that case, pull the battery and put it back, boot into recovery and flash the ROM again.

And you can always try SuperSU. Remember to NOT select "respect CM root settings" if it doesn't work out of the box.

Sent from Samsung Galaxy Nexus @ CM11
[Epic 4G Android Development] dsmryder:
I've noticed the same thing on CM10.1.3

I think it's a new security measure. Maybe the su files need to be updated?
[Epic 4G Android Development] AndyYan:
[MENTION=4000778]bbelos[/MENTION], I don't know what have been reverted but KitKat's signature feature - statusbar (and navbar) transparency - is missing from the 12/05 build. They were there in the 11/17 build.

Some test drive also shows that Navbar behaviour has largely been reverted to that of CM10.x, which I am trying my best to keep away from. I know you guys don't use navbars at all, but still...

Sent from Samsung Galaxy Nexus @ CM11
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
Change this line in build.prop

ro.config.low_ram=true --> false
[Epic 4G Android Development] AndyYan:
:eek: From where do you know this trick!? Saved my day! (I've been trying all afternoon to remedy this...)

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
unofficial cm-11 for i9000 by pawitp (just now became nightly official)
[Epic 4G Android Development] AndyYan:
*sigh* official CM11 nightlies for GSM devices, again.

Good tip anyway. At least I don't have to put my E4G in my drawer for now.

Sent from Samsung Galaxy Nexus @ CM11
[Epic 4G Android Development] bbelos:
How do you guys feel about the performance difference? That flag is the new one introduced for 4.4 for so-called low ram devices. I've never been one to think the Epic was particularly underpowered (it does everything i ask of it), so if everything still cooperates nicely leaving ro.config.low_ram = false, then maybe we'll go with it for a while.
[Epic 4G Android Development] AndyYan:
Even with the low_ram configuration set to ON, I don't see any difference in performance and usable amount of RAM. I guess it's safe to do without it. Will test drive another weekend to verify.

Sent from Samsung Galaxy Nexus @ CM11
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
I always set it to false & agreed with you that our device still powerful enough :)

Never run with low ram enable, so I can compared between both options