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[Epic 4G Android Development] zman519:
Well does OTA work on a phone thats NOT on sprint any more?

or that is out of the US Sprint range?

or that just is not active any longer?

My only point is there are scenarios where some one for some reason mite use this just to root & then back something up before moving on to EL30 etc..

I understand that you could load the OTA file to the sdcard & flash it with the stock recovery,
[Epic 4G Android Development] Beezer80:


If your not going the custom ROM route I'd think you'd at least want the latest factory build ROM for your phone. If you have internet you could always grab the latest tar then do your business.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattykinsx:
Make sure you install the appropriate Moto drivers, Usb debug is on and reboot the phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] lordcyrus:
Yeah it's all good. I'll try a reboot and see if it helps.
[Epic 4G Android Development] infamousjax:
I've got root, but whenever I delete something using root explorer, it doesn't stick. It deletes it but if I leave and then re-enter /system/app the .apk file returns. Why is that?
[Epic 4G Android Development] GrandMstrBud:
I went to open wireless tether again and somehow my root is gone. I have not done anything but reboot the phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Aridon:
Nand is not unlocked yet. To remove stuff you have to use adb in recovery until its fixed.
[Epic 4G Android Development] lordcyrus:
Did a reboot, and the first half of the root worked. It detected the phone, then threw the device offline again.
[Epic 4G Android Development] 2.0t03speed:
i used this earlier and it worked like a charm. Thanks!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] infamousjax:
Okay, so I'm in recovery but the computer doesnt recognize my phone and I have all the drivers installed. Now what?:P
[Epic 4G Android Development] GrandMstrBud:
Powered it off and back on and now I have root again, I hope there is a permanent root soon.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Eazail70x7:
Can someone help me? I ran the run.bat file but it came up saying that external and internal not recognized...
[Epic 4G Android Development] lawsofpower48:
Is it the app with the crossbone icon named superuser? I don't have any errors running it so does it mean I hve root? The titanium backup gives me a no root error...so I don't know if I really have it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] lordcyrus:
Still having the problem of getting the root method/ADB to identify my phone. I'm able to do mass storage access and everything, though.
[Epic 4G Android Development] lordcyrus:
There we go, got it working d'.'d
[Epic 4G Android Development] Eazail70x7:
Same problem for me as well :(

I posted a screenshot of what it says for me in the attachment below...

Please help someone??
[Epic 4G Android Development] Aridon:
Those of you having issues with the phone not being seen by the of try these drivers if you haven't already. I'd recommend uninstalling anything you have already tried first.

http://randomtechinfo.com/epic/Samsung_Mobile_Driver_V1.3.800_For_SPH-d700_Epic_4G.zip

These are supposed to be for the epic specifically and were posted later.

i'm not home right now so no pc access to help for a couple of hours.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Eazail70x7:
How did you get it to work? I was having the same issue you had...
[Epic 4G Android Development] lawsofpower48:
ive been trying this over and over..the titanium app still says my phone isnt rooted..... i dont know what is going on..i installed drivers, mounted sd, made sure the phone was in debug mode..... help anyone????
[Epic 4G Android Development] NYYFan325:
I'm still having issues with root explorer... it shows it deletes files but doesn't actually delete them
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjree:
You need to go to the marketplace and install "Superuser." Once you do that, run it and let it update "su" for you. Then try running Root Explorer or Titanium Back up. It should ask if you want to give the programs root access. Say yes and you should be good.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DevilDogVIKING:
I tried that, it told me there was a problem, and that the update was placed on my sdcard and I needed to flash it, when i went to recovery mode i didnt see anything
[Epic 4G Android Development] DevilDogVIKING:
I think I'll just wait a little longer for a more stable root
[Epic 4G Android Development] Wolverine_21:
So since this is similar one click root for other devices, is there a way to unroot quickly as well too? You know, in case you have to send in your phone for warranty issues and such
[Epic 4G Android Development] lawsofpower48:
finally got it done...dont ask me what i did...i dont know..lol...now titanium backup works too.... it couldve been from that superuser app..not sure....

also, sprint usually dont give a crap about if your phone is rooted or not when you have an issue...atleast i never did....i started hacking my phones since the HTC MOGUL..to TouchPro, TP2...
[Epic 4G Android Development] ericizzy1:
if i root this mathood, will all my apps and data be erased from the epic?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Aridon:
Those of you having issue with the device being recognized by the computer - SOLUTION!!

http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/208559;jsessionid=6D8EF3BE510053172C8AAB8666EAD827.app2jive1

I just got home and starting to root my Epic. It wouldn't connect for the life of me to my Windows 7 pc.

I was having issue with the drivers installing and device mounting the drive but it not showing up in my drive section nor was it showing up in ADB (Device not connected or some ****)

I was using my USB ports on the top of my PC, not the ones directly on the MB. Apparently there is an issue because plugging the epic in via the direct mother board USB slots instantly fixed the problem.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pvtdonuts:
It really depends on the MB you're using, on my computer (Asus P6T Dlx V2) the top USB ports work fine and i was able to successfully do this and its proven to be permanent, can't wait to see more support for the Epic, especially coming from a EVO
[Epic 4G Android Development] Aridon:
TO REMOVE APPLICATIONS

Root explorer and other such programs won't work until we get NAND unlocked.

Thus you need to use ADB. No need to enter recovery, with your phone in Android just do the following.

adb shell

su

mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system

***I had to wait about 10-20 seconds here before entering the directory for some reason otherwise I would get an error******

cd system

cd system/app

ls (this shows you a list of everything in the directory its "LS" but lowercase)

rm (this removes the file, its case sensitive so "rm Email.apk" removes the Email.apk file. Don't forget the .odex files.)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nearro:
Also of note, hadn't seen for certain if someone had mentioned it yet or not (not enough coffee this morning)...

If you are running 64-bit OS, it will (most likely) fail

64-bit is preventing the script from launching the children spawns for adb, which is causing the device to list as offline. To test this, after you run the script and it appears to come back with errors, run "adb devices". If it shows your device but the status is "offline", this is most likely the cause.

Simply copying this to a 32bit OS and running it from there will alleviate these issues.

Huge thanks to noobnl for the work on this. Great step forward, now to just get even more access to it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Shane112358:
OK, this just isn't true. I did it last night on Win 7 64 bit, and I barely had an idea of what I was doing. The Epic is my first Android phone, and the process was a lot different than rooting my previous phone, the Palm Pre.

The USB drivers that were installed never completely installed...well, the drivers did but there was one item that didn't....forgot what it was. So after about 20 minutes of it just sitting there I unplugged the phone, Win 7 says device was not installed successfully. I plugged it back in, and nothing happened. Then I ran the one click root, and when it got to the point where it said to restart adb on the desktop, I did just that, using the adb in that same folder (although it didn't seem to do much). I let everything sit for about 5 minutes, came back and my computer and was telling me to hit a button to restart the phone, so I did. I was then able to install superuser and Titanium, so I'm definitely rooted.
[Epic 4G Android Development] smark72:
Anyone think there will soon be an app you can run to root and unroot like on the Evo and hero? I loved that. It worked awesome with rom manager and titanium backup. It was definately a method of rooting for a noob like me.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DevilDogVIKING:
well, I don't know what happened, but I ran the one click root a few more times and it stopped giving me the error. It may be because I was actaully able to update su, I dont' know, but I do have root now. I'm able to use SetCPU and other root apps, but not titanium backup for some reason.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Joshonekenobi:
if it is a netbook.... 32bit
[Epic 4G Android Development] kgbcapthowdy:
mine just keeps saying

make it rw and move files

error device not found

error device not found

error device not found

error device not found

error device not found
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nearro:
I made sure I said on there that it will most likely fail. In some rare cases, it will work. Yours does seem to be one of those rare cases. Having unlocked many different android phones ever since the G1, I do have a fair understanding of what to do with these.

When you run the "run.bat" file and then it outputs that, check by running "adb devices". If it shows your phone still connected, but the status for it is "offline", then it's very similar to the problem that can happen with 64bit.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nearro:
Check if it is getting an error about BusyBox. First install of Titanium Backup should need BusyBox installed as well. Load up Titanium, button at the bottom "Problems ?" and have it download and install. About a 1.5m download if memory serves me right.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mrcamposd:
Noob I need an answer b4 trying this

I have the Epic 4G Android 2.1 duhh!!! This is the one click root right so why do I get this message? (see picture) Do I need another file aka update.zip... can anyone reword that into english into what i need or if that means i am finally rooted (???)

thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] WhiteWidows:
Some reason my adb is inconsistently connecting to my phone :( connect one time then fails the next so running the batch is not going to work for me.

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
ADB server didn't ACK
* failed to start daemon *
error:

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
ADB server didn't ACK
* failed to start daemon *
error:

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>cd tools
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
D70040d71a35 device

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
D70040d71a35 device

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
ADB server didn't ACK
* failed to start daemon *
error:
[Epic 4G Android Development] utbriancl:
This is great! The one thing that I would recommend is for people who are just installing this is to mske sure that they plug the epic into the USB in debugging mode and let the computer install the drivers. Otherwise, you get the no device found messages.

Thanks noobnl!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Gipionocheiyort:
I was having the same issues. I ran the .bat file 3 times...on the third time it worked perfectly. YMMV obviously but it worked for me...eventually.
[Epic 4G Android Development] UniqueNate:
I've been reading all through this and it seems like this one click root is not all that. I didn't even attempt after I read the directions. I know all root methods are a little different for each phone but it didn't even sound right to me reading it. Nothing added up or as to how it was supposed to know what. Just seemed like something was missing.

I'll wait for a better root and for a visual one. Some people assume the root method used on all the other galaxy s phones work. haven't tried and I won't until it is confirmed. It would be nice if somebody would find out if the famous 'lag fix' works as well. that way we all can be 2000+ on the quadrant charts.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robrob:
I'm using Win 7 x64 and had problems, but plugging my Epic into a motherboard USB slot and mounting the SD card (by pulling down the "notifications" at the very top of the screen) finally allowed the root to run completely. Thanks for developing this for us.

Rob
[Epic 4G Android Development] Firon:
This root works fine. I did it yesterday.

The main problem is that some USB ports don't like this phone, so adb can't connect (or drivers won't install). Try the ports on the back of the mobo and you'll have a much better success rate.
[Epic 4G Android Development] kgbcapthowdy:
nevermind, mounted the card and it did it great, no prob.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nearro:
Will confirm as well that this is root access to the phone. So far, it does appear to be only one root method. This is a simplified method of rooting the Epic. For visuals, just open the run.bat in Notepad and see what it is doing.

Personally, I wouldn't fault this root method at all for the issues people have had. A lot of it seems to be driver or adb related.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ippikiokami:
Can for the life of me for adb to connect to my epic :( it keeps just showing up as usb mass storage device.. on another pc i rooted my evo fine
[Epic 4G Android Development] DevilDogVIKING:
try downloading the most recent AndroidSDK
[Epic 4G Android Development] SoulLi:
Thanks for the great work!

Rooted my phone last night on win7 64bit

Put the phone on debug and mounted the sd card and ran the .bat

Phone restarted and I was rooted :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Debello64:
I am constantly getting "device offline" errors, so I decided to try and do it manually. I found that my epic is only staying "online for a few seconds at best, I was able to manually copy the files over but had to unplug, plug the phone back in and spam the command to get the files to copy. As for the adb shell the phone does not stay online long enough to complete it, most i can get is the "adb shell" entered. I have this issue on both my desktop with x64 and net-top with x68 windows 7.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Jsimon9633:
been trying on windows 7 x64 and no dice. no devices found
[Epic 4G Android Development] lithid-cm:
I am running windows 7 64 bit. ADB works fine. While yes, I had the same issues as everyone else at first, I came to a solution. Download and install the latest sdk. If you already have it installed remove the usb drivers, and reinstall. All this needs done while the phone is not plugged in. After I installed the usb drivers, I went and downloaded the Epic 4g drivers from samsung here >>

samsung.com/us/consumer/mobile/mobile-phones/sprint-phones/SPH-D700ZKASPR/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=support

<< Go down to the part where it says downloads, there will be a manual and software option. Click on the software part and the only download will be the official drivers. Though I couldn't download in Chrome I was able to in explorer. Never tried firefox. Once those were installed adb worked just fine. Let me know if there are anymore questions about this.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Debello64:
I had to uninstall the drivers then delete the samsung folders in C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86). I reinstalled the x64 drivers and gave it another reboot just for luck. The one click root worked, had to download busybox and Titanium back up to verify.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Jsimon9633:
you rebooted the computer or the phone?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Debello64:
Both, the computer after I unistalled and deleted and also after I installed. Rebooted the phone before attempting the one button root.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MacrossActual:
The super PITA of this process is the winders driver install. Before plugging the phone in, run the samsung installer package, reboot the pc. plug the phone in once, let it go through the new hardware contortions. when it stops, unplug the phone, wait a minute, plug the phone back in and let it go through another 5 or 10 minutes of whatever mysterious things winders does.

When all that nonsense is done, you should see all the various components of the phone show up without errors in the hardware manager of winders. Then you can blissfully proceed with your one click rooting.

Tested and succeeded after some trial and error using a winders xp sp3 powered laptop. cracked open a shell following Epic reboot and SU'd with no problem.

So.... who's got the bootloader? ;D

-MCX
[Epic 4G Android Development] Jsimon9633:
ill try again since i was trying with those other drivers people were linking,

def a PITA
[Epic 4G Android Development] Jsimon9633:
finally worked! i just used a different usb port. man so simple yet so frustrating :) i am now rooted!
[Epic 4G Android Development] NeeceeBabe:
Hehehe Rooted Epic on SEP 1st! Purchased Aug 31! hehehe

Worked like a charm for me! Yay! Thanksssss :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] NeonMonster:
YES!

One click worked flawlessly.

Installed Superuser, updated everything, and instantly was able to block ads, and kill most of the Sprint bloatware! LOVING IT! :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] neckface:
So...is it supposed to hang at the "copy and run the exploit <may take two minutes>" part of the process for like, 15 minutes, or what? O_o

Edit: Rebooting my pc fixed the problem. Sweet as, I'm rooted.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
will this work if we apply the update on the phone? i've been avoiding the update because I want to root.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Fixter:
Is there a way to unroot the phone back to Original?
[Epic 4G Android Development] lithid-cm:
If for any reason something goes wrong with the phone just make sure you backup any apps you have removed.

Restore those apps if you need to restore default, push all the removed apks from phone back onto the phone.

Remove Su

rm /sdx/su

Remove the superuser.apk. Remove any busybox installation and your phone shouldn't show any signs of root at that point.
[Epic 4G Android Development] verks:
Still can't get the drivers to install correctly. I have tried the linked driver, also I have tried the drivers from Samsungs support site. No luck. I have a 64 bit HP. The CDC Abstract Control Model is the driver that will not install. Any ideas?

Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] lithid-cm:
Ok finally took the leap after thinking I was going to wait a while before rooting to see the resaults. Every works great actually. I installed superuser.apk and busybox from the market. Both installed and now running commands from terminal feels amazing on this screen and keyboard! now on to find out what I can and cannot remove... wish me luck.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robrob:
The CDC Abstract Control Model didn't install on my Win 7 x64 system either but I was still able to root (finally) by connecting my Epic to a motherboard based USB slot (back of the computer) and mounting the phone's SD card before running the "run.bat" as an administrator (right click "run.bat" and select "run as administrator"). Before I moved the phone from a remote (front mount) USB slot I was getting disconnect errors during the root process.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Shane112358:
I have Win 7-64 and the CDC ACM never installed for me, but I was able to get it to root anyways.
[Epic 4G Android Development] 2kmy477:
After I rooted my phone,if I hard reset my phone,do I need to run the one click root again?
[Epic 4G Android Development] lithid-cm:
Download terminal. type su... should go from $ to #. also get busybox and superuser from the market they will let you know as well.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
what about the update, will this work if I accept the update that keeps popping up?
[Epic 4G Android Development] noobnl:
updated! /10char
[Epic 4G Android Development] noobnl:
updated! fixes permission issue
[Epic 4G Android Development] lithid-cm:
Why add busybox when there is an app now that does busybox for us and keeps it updated. Also, I never lost splash when I rooted fyi. Thanks for the update though!
[Epic 4G Android Development] noobnl:
fixed to 2.2.2
[Epic 4G Android Development] 1NfE5T:
Awesome!!! I did this today.....rooted with TB installed and removed that trial game, nascar app, and that sprint football app! Lovely stuff.....now I need to see if I can tether :-)
[Epic 4G Android Development] noobnl:
fixed boot ani! file was corrupt

2.2.4 is here!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Darrien13:
Can someone please do a video tutorial?
[Epic 4G Android Development] rjmjr69:
Yeah I got to keep the splash and I installed busy myself? hhmmm

Used whatever version was posted late last night

Whats the remount script?
[Epic 4G Android Development] bigray327:
This won't-stay-connected thing is super annoying.

Edit: whatever changed in 2.2.4 fixed my connection issues. Thanks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
took two seconds, worked perfect, rooted and have titanium backup installed.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DanteDrac:
Can I rerun this new updated one if I already used a previous version one?
[EVO 4G General] imex99:
I reboot my phone multiple times a day to swap batteries....

Every time I reboot the phone, I have to change inputs to get swype working again. I've tried unistalling swype and the installer, downloaded it again from my swype beta account and same things happens.

I'm running damage control also, anyone else have this problem or a fix?
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
I didn't even know you could get swype on the Evo. lol Time to use that search button......
[EVO 4G General] afreed1:
Same issue here lately.not sure what change caused it. Seems to be related to android 2.2 Vs 2.1
[EVO 4G General] imex99:
Just found this here on the swype forums... Seems to be a common problem: http://swype.uservoice.com/forums/5...senseui-devices-multi-touch-stops-working-aft
[EVO 4G General] imex99:
yep, worked great until we started getting this... not huge deal, only affects me on reboot!!!
[EVO 4G General] Bielinsk:
Been using this one for a while for me.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=752582
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
Thank you, sir. I'm at work and my searches kept getting interrupted. I am now looking for reasons to text so I can Swype, and I've only had it for 20 minutes....lol. I like it............I like it A LOT.
[EVO 4G General] martyzidek:
I have been rebooting a lot lately and have swype selected as keyboard. I'm running cm6 and never had to do input to put back on...
[EVO 4G General] omegasun18:
i had this issue in 2.1 as well. though not nearly as often. its kind of a pain if you reboot a lot etc like i do flashing roms kernels themes etc etc etc) i have just learned to put it into my process now lol. factory reset wipe flash boot fix swype
[EVO 4G General] ILYCyAnOgEn:
switch to your other keyboard then switch back to swype, does the trick for my everytime
[EVO 4G General] Franteeko:
Not sure if anyone has said this but I know that with dc 3.5, there is an issue with swype after reboot. You can fix it by switching keyboard back to stock and then back to swype.