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[Epic 4G Android Development] MaxRukov:
My apologies in advance for my possibly retarded question, I couldn't find the answer anywhere so now I submit myself to public ridicule for the sake of quenching my stupidity... why is it that on quadrant, under information, it shows the speed as being 400mhz, when if Im not mistaken it's a 1ghz device? (my guess is that it's the reported speed in that immediate moment the info is collected, which could be, under some throttling system, running at 400mhz idle, and then would ramp up to its full potential when under load) please oh please don't flame me too much if it's something previously answered, or something common knowledge, Im trying to expand my understanding so that I may some day be helpful to the community.

regards

Sent from a brilliant rom designed by a deadly snake.
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
not true ...it works for 2.1, i'm converting it to 2.2

as for everyone else, my apologies for not answering you right away, i was trying to clean up the OP so it's a little easier to use... give me a little time and i'll get to everyone that has issues accordingly :) thanks everyone!
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
make sure debugging is checked under applications/development, then open your sdk/tools folder through cmd and type "ddms" ...it will bring up a small box, plug your phone in and it will show up inside another box and at the top it says "device", click on the device that pops up saying "online" and then click "device" at the top of the screen and it will pop up with "capture screen" or something like that ...it's how i do it :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
Hey BT,

I re-booted my phone a few times, and once a window poped up and said:

System UIDs Inconsistant

UIDs on the system are

inconsistant, you need to wipe

your data partition or your device

will be unstable.

(and then under that a "key" that it wants me to press says:)

Im feeling lucky

Well we all know that im ALWAYS feelin lucky, I had to press it!! MY PHONE JUST BLEW UP INTO HUNDREDS OF PIECES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
yeah ...it's a 1GHz processor, but it's constantly changing... at that exact moment, it will show you exactly what it's running. Mine normally runs around 6-800MHz. If you open quadrant, and go to "system info" or something like that, it will bring up exactly what it's running at that moment. Do it a couple times and you'll find the average :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
Lmao ...i have NEVER seen that before ...did you press it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Paiyne:
Does anyone know if there is a youtube vid showing how to use Odin to flash the modem on an epic? If there isn't, could someone please consider making one? Would be a great help to android noob's like myself.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ipaq3115:
Yeah getting 14s now like I was before. Must have been running the media scanner or something when I did those 12s. Do you know why ours are so much slower than other froyo phones though?

Sent from my superphone using the XDA App
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
These are only beta with no custom kernels yet... I'm sure well see great increase in the next few months

Sent from my VIPERrom [ArtifiCIAL] DK17 2.5
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rodderik:
Odin is easy

1. turn the phone on holding 1 on the keyboard and the power key to get into download mode

2. open Odin on your pc

3. put the .pit file into PIT and modem.bin in PHONE

4. Auto Reboot, F. Reset Time, and PHONE are the only boxes that should be checked.

5. Plug in your phone and after a few seconds the first box that is labeled ID:COM should turn yellow and give a 0:COM4 or something similar

6. Hit start and wait for the phone to reboot itself

Issues: some ppl have issues with it freezing up at file analysis or flashing...if it takes more than a minute something went wrong and you should get odin v1.3 that i posted a couple days ago
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
Actually only auto "re-boot" should be checked!! Also, Odin can be a bit "picky" at times, if you dont succeed the 1st time, try again, and again. at some point it "should" work... But dont overkill and do it 10 to 20 times, oly a few times should do it... You arent supposed to have "f.reset" checked.. Noobnl himself (whom created Odin, I think) told me thats a no-no.. The ONLY box to the left that should be checked is "auto-reboot", and if you have the older ver.3, you should check "debug"....
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
YOU KNOW IT!! If there's a button that can be pressed, imma press it!! Especially if I dont know what it does, lmao.... It prolly happened cuz I installed all my "must have" apps, then went into "root explorer" and copied the apps I installed, and moved them to "system/apps".. But I found that you cant do that with all apps, like "shoot me", and "google search", and "quadrant", and "linpack", so I moved those few back to my sdcard and everythings fine and dandy on my side of the coin, lol...
[Epic 4G Android Development] JungleJiujitsu:
Thanks dude I really appreciate you posting the steps. Went in through 7zip on PC before flashing!

And thanks for pointing us to the link of a working AOSP lock mod DL, i also went in before flashing to add AndroDena's .png's for the lock screen, debugging icon and wifi signal icon
[Epic 4G Android Development] NeeceeBabe:
Is there any reason why the download is taking forever for the rom.

Sent 4rm Kw!K S@nD sinking Epic!
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
If a lot of people are downloading it (and of course i hope they are lol) it's going to go slow due to the amount of traffic... eventually people will start finishing and it will start going a little faster...

UPDATE... I'm making a custom AOSP lockscreen, will be up in a little. I'll show shots of it first so you know what you're getting :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] LakersEB:
So I really liked the Zeam launcher when you had it, so I tried downloading it but when it goes to install it freezes, screen goes black and when it comes back on it's locked and there is an icon indicating no service at the top. It then appears to get my bars back, but never connects to data.

Not sure if this happens with other apps, but happened twice with Zeam, I tried full wiping & reflashing, and it happened again.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JudasD:
Anything for a BJJ brother. Forca y Honra!

JD
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
Good Stuff man *Insert thumbs up here* lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
Hey BT,

Can you include the icons from the previous page, like the wifi notification, I mean, i like yours too, so if you cant, no worries. It'll save me from having to re-install v2.5, and me goin in to do it. I'm gettin lazy at my age, lol...
[Epic 4G Android Development] LakersEB:
So it's not just Zeam launcher, its any app that I try to install from the market, any clue?
[Epic 4G Android Development] littlepr:
Rudderick,

What did you use to capture these pics?
[Epic 4G Android Development] JungleJiujitsu:
Nice!!! Started rollin' last yr but injured shoulder a few months back and I've been dying to get back since!...Hey do you know how/where to add an animation? I might try to add the one from 2.4 to 2.5 if its possibility.
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
where do i get said wifi notifications? lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] LakersEB:
Figured it out, I flashed the Hulu zip you posted immediately after flashing the rom and that is when I had issues installing apps from the market. This time I flashed just the rom and the market is working fine.

Is there something special I need to do to install Hulu?
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
try goin to menu>settings>app management>then hit menu> filter>hit all..., look for download manager, clear data, then scroll down to where you see "market", and clear cache. then go try downloading from the market again, it should work...
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
Just wanted to do ya'll a solid for being such great peoples... here you go :)

Click here to download the Avatar Movie app for your phone :)

(Don't worry, it's only 16.6KB)

If you try to install it and it doesn't let you, either push it with ADB to your system/app folder or use root explorer to do said action :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
Nah, but i'm not sure why it did that ...i'm gonna look into it
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
Page 147, post #1469....
[Epic 4G Android Development] siphuyoda:
Sorry for not answering sooner, I've been at work all day. I'm running Windows 7 x64. I have Samsung drivers installed and I've rebooted both my computer and my phone multiple times. No dice.

I've tried it on every computer in my house (all Windows 7 x64 machines unfortunately) so I'm starting to think it has something to do with Win7 x64. I'll see if I can get a hold of an XP machine or something
[Epic 4G Android Development] JudasD:
I haven't messed with any animations. They usually don't bother me, it is only the sounds that i don't care for. Here are the locations for the animation files:

bootup animation screens:

\System\Media\bootsamsung.qmg

\System\Media\bootsamsungloop.qmg

shutdown screens:

\System\Media\Video\Shutdown\*.png

\System\Media\Video\Shutdown\*.cfg

Hope this helps,

JD
[Epic 4G Android Development] JungleJiujitsu:
I ripped them from the JPA version of this theme, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=770507 , located about 3/4 of the way down its OP. Feel free to PM if I can help out in anyway bro.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rodderik:
ShootMe from the market
[Epic 4G Android Development] siphuyoda:
holy crap. I uninstalled and reinstalled the Samsung drivers on my laptop and tried it again and it worked! Awesome! Will be flashing 2.5 once it finishes downloading =)

Thanks to all who gave suggestions!
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
NAA, its not that. 1st, try a different usb port, if that doesnt seem to work, listen, when you first hook up your phone to your pc, you hook it up without usb dubuging checked, and when it finishes loading the drivers, unplug the phone, check usb debuging, and plug it back in. It should try to load about 5 drivers, but only 3 of them are atually needed for your pc to be able to recognize your phone. Usually driver numbers #3 and #5 ( looking at the window that pops up when your loading your drivers initially) take forever to load, and those are the two you dont need. the ones you need are as followed:

1. android composit adb interface

2.android usb modem

3.android usb composit device

Make sure you have everything installed correctly. And, MAKE sure you have the RIGHT drivers installed. Here you go, uninstall all your other drivers for your phone, and make sure you have NO OTHER drivers installed on your pc for another model of a samsung phone (perhaps you had a phone prior to your Epic) and follow the steps above, then report back, please...http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x64.shtml
[Epic 4G Android Development] JungleJiujitsu:
Awesome! Will give it a whirl lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] ficjay:
Do I need to re do modem on Odin if I wipe data? Sorry if that's a stupid question. I just don't know what the modem is or deep the wipe goes.
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
Flash this if you want this super cool lockscreen lol

And here's the DL link...

Black Lockscreen
[Epic 4G Android Development] taminrob:
Hey, can someone tell me where to find the background in a ROM, I explored the ROM and cant find the image...I like the one in 2.2 and would like to change it out for the one in 2.5.

I know someone asked this earlier, but I cant find where it was answered...

Thanks

And BT...Awsome ROM! Runs great.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Fidelio_o:
Can we get your theme in a flashable zip? if possible. Im always modifying everything to my liking, but Im only good at copying and pasting lol, not creating. TIA.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
Hey BT,

Where did I see somewhere in your thread that someone, or perhaps you, posted some instructions on how to capture a screenshot thru adb????
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
Lol why not just change the wallpaper via the wallpaper picker?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rodderik:
in 2.4 i found the wallpaper in system/framework/framework-res.apk (open in 7zip and goto /res/drawable-hdpi/default_wallpaper.jpg)

hope that helps
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
No, the only time you need to re-flash the modem(in Odin) is when you flash your phone with Odin. When you flash thru clockworkmod, that doesnt mess woth your baseband, aka radio...
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
yeah ...make sure your USB Debugging is turned ON and your phone is unplugged. Open your command prompt and get into your sdk/tools folder. then type "ddms" ...after about 5 to 10 seconds, a box will pop up. Plug your phone in and it will regester in that box and show you it's online. click where it says "online" and it will start following that phone. Then go to the top where it says "device" on the toolbar, and click that. Then click "screen capture" and viola!
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
*in his Chris Farley Billy Madison Voice*

That ...is correct :p
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
Good lookin'.. I'll post some screen shots of my set-up, atm...
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
ok ...does anyone know how to open a chat? ...it would be so much easier that way lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] taminrob:
Doesnt have your wallpaper...I dig the blue eye...

Thanks! Thats exactly the info i was looking for...
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
That's Lola ...she's your artificial intelligence ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] littlepr:
BThomas,

This might work:

http://webchat.freenode.net/#viper
[Epic 4G Android Development] tbee2k9:
...........
[Epic 4G Android Development] toypaj:
is it one of these wallpapers?
[Epic 4G Android Development] JungleJiujitsu:
Yea when I flashed the hulu update it gave me nothing but force close when trying to use the Twiz Launcher...has there been any progress on this by any chance? hope Im not imposing but would really like to run Hulu on your ROM, TIA!
[Epic 4G Android Development] taminrob:
Yep...the first one...thanks guys...

Now, can I just go the easy route and put the extracted pic in my gallery and get the whole thing as a background without having to use the little crop tool...or do I need to exchange it for the file in 2.5?
[Epic 4G Android Development] toypaj:
just save it to your gallery like i have and apply it just like you would normaly
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
Ok guys ...go here to make this a little easier ...enter your sn and the channels is "#viper" without the " " lol

http://webchat.freenode.net/#viper
[Epic 4G Android Development] grumpySasquatch:
2.5 is badass brotha, loving the lagfix. i had to dip out of 2.4 cause i couldnt get all my apps on it. Almost perfect man, was wondering if you could include the desktop top dots dissapearing until you swipe in touchwiz, LOVEEE that feature. maybe an update zip?
[Epic 4G Android Development] taminrob:
Thank you, that is what I needed...Like BT said, that's "Lola", she matches the AI voice...
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
Ok no doubt, i'll see what i can do :p
[Epic 4G Android Development] joeyscar:
Hi from xtreme flashing noob...soo b4 I flashed for the first time I had asked if I need to do anything with the modem, or if I could just flash.I was told I can jst flash the rom..noww...anytme I try to flash one of the 2.4 or 2.5 roms, my phone won't get a data connection..it toggles airplne mode on/off and the meda card scanner takes like 10 mins to scan....any help would be awesome. Thanks in advance!
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
yeah ...with 2.3 and up, you HAVE to flash the modem... it's not compatible without it
[Epic 4G Android Development] randyshear:
Posted YouTube Video of 2.5 Thanks BThomas22x

I have uploaded a YouTube video of the Quadrant, Linpack scores using your ROM, and other features included in your ROM. I also gave thanks, and included the link to OP. So sick of YouTube vids showing older, slower phones with higher scores just bc they got the 2.2.. So I figured I'd even the score some. Hope nobody minds.. If so hit me up, and I'll remove it. I don't do many vids, so maybe someone else can post a better one?? Anyway thank you BThomas22x. Just search youtube for: Samsung Epic 4G 2.2.1
[Epic 4G Android Development] joeyscar:
Ok...gotta figure out how to do that. Can I do it directly from my epic?
[Epic 4G Android Development] randyshear:
VIPERrom 2.5 on my Epic..

Here are some screen shots from my epic. Love it!
[Epic 4G Android Development] randyshear:
The instructions for flashing are in the OP (1st page, 1st post of this thread). You must use Odin to flash the modem / PIT files. I had never done this before 3 days ago, now I'm a pro at it.. LOL..
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
Nah you need the comp for odin... download the odin, pit , and modem files in the op then read post 2 and I got a walkthrough ;)

Sent from my VIPERrom [ArtifiCIAL] DK17 2.5
[Epic 4G Android Development] VgForce:
gps fix, yay

so what i went through to get the gps working was, hope some one find this useful:

1) install stock DI18-8gb-REL along with modem.bin and .pit file using odin

2) check gps, lock

3) use 1 clock root: h**p://dl.dropbox.com/u/500010/epic.aio.v2.01.zip

5) check see if can boot into clockwork, yes

4) i check gps, no lock

5) i use 1 clock root above, enter the uninstall option

6) check if i can still boot into clockwork, yes

7) check for gps, lock

8) I run odin reinstall the modem .bin and .pit file

9) reboot, check gps, lock

10) boot to clockwork, wipe cache, wipe devin cache

11) install viperom, reboot, check gps, yes XD
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
Here's my set up. ATM...Big thanks to BThomas22x, for his bangin' ROM!! http://www.multiupload.com/Y1MVPBRPMW
[Epic 4G Android Development] randyshear:
@ sniperkill:

Looks great.. Cool icons!
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
Thanks a lot for the YouTube video man! Amazing analogy, and great representation. Thanks again!
[Epic 4G Android Development] taminrob:
BT, tried the avatar app...got it installed, but says file not found...any ideas?
[Epic 4G Android Development] myphoneisepic:
"EPIC EXT3 SUPER LAGFIX! 2300 Quadrant Score [Thanks noobnl! You are awesome!]"

that is DIRECTLY copied and pasted from dameon's OP for his rom Quantum(which is also the name of a new winmo7 phone...) . after all the sh*t talking he's done about quadrant
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
yeah, i'm looking into it ...if i can figure out how to convert these videos to really small files, i can actually upload tons of movies myself. It did the same thing for me, and i was told you have to put it on your sdcard, and move it to the system apps via astro or root manager. I'm trying to find all i can about it. sorry
[Epic 4G Android Development] taminrob:
No worries...just didnt know if I had done something wrong.
[Epic 4G Android Development] randyshear:
NP. Thank you for spending countless hours working on this ROM for us. I know the vid quality sucks, but if nobody does another one soon, I'll try using a better camera.
[Epic 4G Android Development] randyshear:
RL Benchmark SQLite results v 2.5!!!!

Ok, so even if you throw out Quadrant, Linpack, and RL tell the same story: This is FAST!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] myphoneisepic:
another okie eh?
[Epic 4G Android Development] randyshear:
Yep.. Lol..

Sent from my Samsung Epic VIPERrom 2.5 using the XDA app
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
Hey BT, you still around?
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
So what is the pics exactly saying? I've never used those tests...
[Epic 4G Android Development] bnguyen1983:
Trying out the rom. Everything installed fast and easy. First impressions: rom is amazingly fast. I thought syndicate was fast but this one had a notable difference. second thing that stood out. I hate the icons. They feel so overly complicated. Any way for us to get the other ones?
[Epic 4G Android Development] BThomas22x:
Yeah i'm still around... just doing some late night working lol.

Just a heads up, i've removed the baked in version because my boy Dusty51 who actually created it told me it tricked quadrant as well. So i'm taking that one out, and will leave my apk up for people to use. Mine creates an ext2 partition and runs from that. It has not been proven wrong, and i will stick with that one.
[Epic 4G Android Development] randyshear:
The test determines within what time your device processes a number of SQL queries, then posts the results. The pic of the complete benchmark shows how many seconds it took RL to complete it's respective tests in the other pics, compared to other android devices. Hope that helps..
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
So you took down 2.5, right? And now your posting 2.6, without the lag fix? right? Thats too bad about the baked in lag fix... I was just fixen to do a fresh install of 2.5 dangit!! When will 2.6 be ready?
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
so how did the Epic score??
[Epic 4G Android Development] Dameon87:
It uses a ext2 filesystem over top of rfs. So its back at square one. Btw looping filesystems can severely degrade the lifespan of the storage unit. It puts excessive load on the filesysem. Possibly leading to data corruption. I personally say let's just5 get rid of the lagfixes

We cannot fully format data as ext2, ext3/4 are not in kernel.

Even so using ext2 is a bad idea on a phone that getting flash\modified a lot. Ext2 gets corrupted easily and demands the fs be checked.

So the result is simple. Screw the lagfixes and screw the benchmarks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] randyshear:
In this case, the lower the number (seconds it takes to complete the tasks) is the better score. My Epic scored 45.8 seconds.. The next best device was the Motorola Droid X on 2.2 which clocked in at 63.5 seconds. Not bad I say.
[Epic 4G Android Development] randyshear:
I'm confused here.. On your latest ROM 1.5 this is posted: " •EPIC EXT3 SUPER LAGFIX! 2300 Quadrant Score [Thanks noobnl! You are awesome!]"

If these lag fixes need left out, why does your latest ROM incorporate it? Not trying to be rude, just an honest question. Can you explain?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Dameon87:
My "lagfix" was mearly prove a point about the broken quadrant.

A tmpfs was assigned to the quadrant data directories to boost quadrant scores.

The point is that lagfixes will not help in performace. Other galaxy s phones need them. We do not.
[Epic 4G Android Development] randyshear:
Thank you. Understood.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sniperkill:
See, I knew you did that cuz BThomas22x had a lagfix that everyone was raving about... Sorry, quadrant rubbed you the wrong way... So, why would you put your users at risk of damage to their phones merley to prove a point? that doesnt make sence... Even without the so called "lagfix's", Viper ROM scores well in ALL tests, and from what I hear, so does yours..
[Epic 4G Android Development] Dameon87:
My users woudnt be at risk. Th fix literally just remounted two directories as tmpfs.

Also linux installs do tmpfs all the time [tmp directory for example]

What you are thinking of results from active filesystems being looped over top of eachother. (I.e ext2 over rfs)

It has been claimed to decrease the lifespan of the storage media as well as cause corruption. And even if we did fully format data as ext it would have bad side effects. Cwm would not able to clear data or possibly write to data, amongst other things.