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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Sounds like you had 3G down in your area during Sprint's upgrade period. As for the Hotspot hack, did you flash any mods after it? Some mods will replace some of the files needed for the Hotspot. Did your icon change from Sprint Hoptspot to Wireless Hotspot?

I usually run Bonsai ROMs but currently trying out Hurricane 1.6 EH17 ROM. The main reason is there were problems with the market updating on Bonsai and the Devs are on a different project right now. Hurricane 1.6 has hotspot built in. Also if you check the thread in General we have been working on a cure for the random reboots using Tegrak ($2.31) and SetCPU.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyc78:
My icon didn't change from sprint hotspot to wireless hotspot. So that may be the reason I was having issues with it. I deleted it and downloaded barnacle from the market had a few hiccups at first but it works great. I was told that using that app could violate my contract but how would Sprint know I am using a wireless tethering app. So I'm kind of skiddish to use it but we shall see. I will look into the cures that you were working on and see what happens. Thx for the help man its much appreciated!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
No problem. The Hotspot Hack flashes thrugh clockwork copying some files to your system directory. Some of the flashables were not making the system area writeable first so the files did not copy although clockwork said they did. If you want it still PM me with the ROM you are using and I will try to get you a working flashable.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyc78:
Trying out the Hurricane Rom and so far its awesome!!!! No problems with mms over wifi or 3G and 4G works with everything. Hotspot works like a charm too. The only thing was there was no volume hack and I installed it from the market but it said that the kernel I was using didn't support it. Is this rom based off of Gingerbread? I looked in my settings and it said vrsion 2.3.4 for firmware version. Overall awesome rom and thx for the suggestion!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yes, it is EH17 Gingerbread leak. Still has some bugs in it. You may want to try also Odin'ing in the EH17 modem or just stick with EC05 modem.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyc78:
Do I have to use odin to flash the EC17 modem? Can you provide download links for the modem thx. I haven't used odin before and excuse the noobish question but does odin work the same way as clockwork? Thx
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Not exactly. In the top of Development in the stickies there are 2 threads, one is with all the modems and another is how to fix a sei-bricked Epic. Both deal with the use of Odin. You will be using download mode and a computer. In the top of General in the stickies there is a thread loaded with youtube videos made by qbking77 that may help you more than reading. Check it out and ask if you have any more questions. You can PM me as well.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blaborboy:
HELP bricked epic stuck in clockwork v2.5.1.0

my epic has been bricked many times and iv always just used odin to fix it but now i cannot get into download mode. my phone will not turn on unless i put it on the charger and when i do it automatically boots to clockwork. today i decided to run a key test and noticed the power button is not working. after a teardown of the phone and replacing the "button grid" (not realy sure what its called) the problem still remains i cant turn the phone on or boot into download mode the only place i can get to is clockwork the only thing i can think of is to find another way to boot to download mode anyone have any ideas? ps. cant format boot for some reason i

get a message saying "Error formatting BOOT:!" dont know if this means anything

also clockwork sais "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log" any help is appreciated as i dont have the money to purchase a new phone
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
OK, you're not bricked until you have absolutely no sign of life. Until then you are sponged..lol. Try with the battery out, with Odin up and running, USB cord in the slot where Odin usually works, connect the USB cord to the phone and then hold the 1 key on the keyboard and then press and hold power with the 1 key and it should put you into download mode. Then you can either Odin a stock tar or a prerooted tar to get you up and running again.

Here is the EC05plus Odin tar:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1061912&highlight=ec05plus

And more about Odin here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blaborboy:
tried to boot into download mode with battery out and odin open still a no go just a continuous loop where the battery thing comes up like its about to start charging then gos off and back to the battery thing is there any other way of booting to download mode?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Leave the battery out and unplugged for about 20 minutes. Then before plugging in hold the power button for about 30 seconds to clear any capacitive charge. Then when you plug in quickly press and hold the 1 key then add pressing and holding the power button until download mode shows up.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbx1:
Can't root my Epic with EH06 leaked update

Hi all, I updated using a EH06 leak (can't remember where i got it) and now I can't root (i tried one click root). Can anyone link me to instructions on rooting or am I just stuck? If you can't tell... I don't know jack about this stuff. Thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
There is no one click root for Gingerbread on the Epic. You have to Odin in a prerooted ROM or Heimdall in a custom recovery and flash the su.zip.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devtodi:
CM7

Need to get my ten posts in. Here's #1. I am running CM& and did not do the 10/15 update. Can someone tell me why the update is better than the original?

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Here's #2: I noticed when using a headset during a call, that the volume rockers were disabled thus I was unable to turn down the sound of the caller during a phone call. Anyone have that problem?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyjedi:
- Fixed torch overlay

- Fixed MMS overlay

- Synced with CM sources as of 10/14

- Fixed incoming call routing

as stated in the CM7 selfkang OP here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18345172&postcount=1

Also broke wifi hard. fixable with a flash of the 10-11 kernel here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18449791&postcount=714
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhreshGunz:
Questions

Ive complied all my questions in my video.

I Forgot one more question which is how to change your BOOT ANIMATION?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd7e38JdW7o
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I'll see your video and raise you 67 videos:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1009997

As for boot animations, if you are talking about a froyo ROM you need one that supports custom boot ani's then just change the bootanimation.zip, which I believe is in system\media. Search with root explorer.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhreshGunz:
Okay. Is Syndicate 1.2 Considered A Froyo ROM?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yes it is.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhreshGunz:
Thanks Just Did One & It Came Out Sucessfully!

Gonna Go Ahead & Try More Boot Ani's.

It Seems As If The Phone Takes Longer To Start Though.

Why Is That?

Also, How Can I Change My Background To A Picture With Th Exact Size Of The Screen? Same Thing For My Lockscreen. When I Try & Change My Wallpaper That Square Box Pops Up & It Makes My Pic So Wide I Don't See The FULL Picture.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
The first boot with a new animation takes longer because it is probably rebuilding the Dalvik Cache. Another possibility is another boot ani may have a setting to run longer, not sure how that is done, more of a question in the themes sub-forum.

Some Launchers have a scroll wallpaper option so will accept wallpaper wider than the start screen so it will scroll with the homescreens. You can probably lock the background in the launcher settings and then size your wallpaper appropriately for just the one screen. I am sure there is a pixel size for the full screen you can set it to with a photo editor. I just edit the size once or twice myself until it is where I want it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhreshGunz:
Good Question

Is it possible to flash ROM's & Kernel's through ODIN?

If So, How Can I Do It ?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
There are ROMs already packaged to be Odin'd. Look for them in Devlopment with [ODIN] in the title. You would need to package a flashable ROM into a tar file for Odin. I have never done it but It probably can be done with 7zip.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhreshGunz:
So what your telling me is that for instance ''syndicate frozen 1.2''. If i can change that zip to a .tar file, then i can be flashable through ODIN?

And would that method apply for Kernels?

Primarly im asking this because neither syndicate nor any kernels will load through clockwork for me.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I would use Heimdall to try this. But if the kernel is compiled as zimage and can be pulled out of the flashable zip and then put it in the zimage slot on Heimdall.

The components of a full tar consist of the primary boot, boot.bin. The secondary boot loader, sbl.bin. data and cache files, modem.bin. The kernel mentioned above and the ROM, factory.rfs and the recovery file. Flashables are not set up like that. They are set to directly replace files in the system and data directories.

So it is not as cut and dried as I first suggested.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
What you can do is Odin one of these prerooted tars and try to see if that allows you to flash what you want here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1021305

Or like I mentioned for just the kernel you can Heimdall the zimage in pulled out of the flashable zip for a kernel change.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themow:
Are there any keyboards that auto correct? I use my wifes iphone keyboard and its great. Also when following links using any browser, they come up with webpage not available but i believe it may have to do with it rerouting through doubliclick.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I thought all of them do. Go into settings and go to the Locale and Text and then the settings for the keyoard and/or Swype and change it to correct or suggest.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themow:
thanks i got smart keyboard. Any idea about following redirect links? android browsers dont like them?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Are you talking about a GB leak? EH17 stock browser has no problem but only with a full EH17 ROM. Otherwise just grab another browser like Dolphin, Miren or Skyfire.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themow:
sorry for being vague. Im running srf 1.2 and using dolphin browser but when i use the stock browser same thing happens. If you go to the link below and click the first link on the thread for the toaster i get webpage not available. says it may be down which its not. This has always been an issue for me no matter what browser. Is there an issue with redirects?

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3456818
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
There IS something wrong with the toaster link. I clicked the 2nd link on the list and it went fine. There is something weird about tha toaster redirect.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themow:
but if you follow that link from firefox or chrome it works fine
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Or IE8 too. It may be some security setting. I went through the settings and couldn't find one to make it work. If firefox works then try skyfire. It is a version for Android.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EchoSide512:
I dunno where else to post this.

I recently modded my phone,(not a noob at it so don't start assuming im too retarded to know how to do it), and I put CM7 on my Epic... I followed every instruction to a T and now my phone is on an infinite loop on the CM7 boot screen just after the Samsung boot screen.

Can anyone help me with this?

nevermind, i re-applied the .zip and it started working perfectly.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I have seen "flashing twice" recommended more and more these days. Glad you got it working.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zombie Food:
[Q] Phone stuck on battery charging screen

Hey Guys,

I wanted to post this in the How-to fix a semi bricked epic thread, but I'm a noob and not allowed in there with my small # of posts. I was poking around, but couldn't find an answer to my question.

I was running stock froyo rooted with no other alterations. It'd been a while since I tinkered with anything, so I decided to finally install clockwork recovery, in order to try out the gingerbread EH17 hurricane rom. After the change to ext4, my epic froze up at the samsung screen, and wouldn't progress. At this point when I reset the phone I could still get into recovery mode, and I know that clockwork makes a "before ext4 backup", so I tried to load that into recovery. Same results, could still get into clockwork recovery, but not past the samsung logo.

I left my phone off the charger by accident afterwards, and when I woke up this morning it was dead. I'm trying to charge it now, but it doesn't appear to be charging.. The battery image pops up, but it's showing me empty with an unmoving wait blossom in the middle. The red LED isn't turning on either. Originally, i was going to just Odin back to stock, but now that I can't get past this screen to either recovery OR download mode, I'm dead in the water. Help?

The only similar thread I could find is here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1187418), but not for the same phone or under the same circumstances. However, the symptoms are the same - only I've had my phone on the charger for about half an hour at this point. The only thing I can think to do is just leave it on the charger..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
1st post in the "how to fix a semi-bricked epic" explains to Odin without battery or sd card. Your computer powers the phone for download mode. Go through the OP of that thread thoroughly and you should get it going again. It is also possible your cable is bad. Get a heavy duty Blackberry or Palm Pre cable.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoSpam4u:
Only hour shows in status bar

Thanks in advance for your help. I installed SRF 1.2 yesterday and everything has been working fine except for the time in the taskbar. Only the first digit and part of the second are visible. Is there anyway to fix this?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Sounds like your font got messed up. What kernel did you choose? Theme? A reflash of ROM and kernel may fix it or try and find a font changer. There are several in the market.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoSpam4u:
Thanks kennyglass123, I'm using genocide 2.0 kernel and no theme. I will try a font changer and see if it helps. Thanks again!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
No problem. Yours is the first I have seen of this since the incident where the date was cut off in May. I have used metamorph in the past but there are some other ones listed in the market. It is a case where it looks like the font on your status bar is too big right?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themow:
@zombie food....the thread on how to fix a semi bricked epic has all the info.

Is it ok to wipe cache partition and dalvik cache and then reboot the phone? Something just started sucking the battery away this morning and a power down remove battery hasnt helped. 30% in one hr and i havent used the phone/
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Sure but that won't help your battery drain. You got an errant app or bad sync somewhere. You should check running services for something that shouldn't be running and freeze it or remove the app.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
You are not running the batch file from with the same directory that you decompressed all the files in. It is not recognizing the command file path. Ping is a Windows command file and also not in your path. Try running in a command box and change directory to wherever you decompressed your files in. If you still have problems run SET from the command line and let me know what it says for PATH.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devtodi:
journaling

What is journaling and why does it matter? On? Off? please explain.

Also, when I flash a rom, and want to flash a kernel, do I clear the caches again or just go for it if I am still in recovery mode and have not rebooted.

Thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
A 2 second google:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/epic-4g-rooting-roms-hacks/72424-what-journaling.html

There are dozens of posts about this on XDA as well.

Some flashes will clear Dalvik and Cache for you. Read the OP of the kernel and follow author's instructions.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkeb74:
So I finally got my GB OTA notification and wanted to try it out. I Odin'd back to stock only to find when I go for Android update in settings "I'm currently up to date" Do I have to wait for the device to prompt me to update again?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BTJustice:
[Q] Setting Up For Boost Mobile With Samsung Factor Donor Phone

I signed up for Boost Mobile yesterday. I was with Sprint and have the Samsung Epic 4G. I went with the Samsung Factor for Boost Mobile.

Apparently the Samsung Factor cannot be hooked up to a computer. A Samsung USB cable will not work. I can add the phone via Bluetooth, but I cannot access it.

Is there an easy way to get the info off the Factor and edit my Epic so I can use the Epic on Boost Mobile? It would be awesome if all that was involved was simply changing the MEIDs. I can get some basic information from the Samsung Factor such as MSID, User ID, PRL, and SID.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yes...or grab the update file floating around, rename it to update.zip and flash in stock recovery.

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Yes..there are ways. If you Google it you should be able to find it. Phone cloning is against XDA rules so google is your friend. Once you do it though there are threads here that help with other stuff like 3G and MMS.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlo750:
Rooted Epic 4G on stock EC05

Hey guys, I'm trying to figure out the best way to update my wife's Epic 4G from her current stock EC05 (rooted so she can use WiFi Tether) to the new EI22 without loosing root. Do I need to flash it back to the unrooted EC05, apply the OTA, then re-root again, or is there any easier way to apply a pre-rooted EI22 ROM?

Thanks in advance!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Just flash a prerooted ROM. Always backup first. Flash Legendary 4.01. It has the Hotspot Hacked built in. Then if you want the nes modem you have to flash the modem updater that adds components to make your EC05 modem into the EI22 modem.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kgilby:
ACS ICS v4 question

I've had the ACS ICS v4 rom installed for a couple days and am liking it. I read in the Epic 4G Android Development forum: "All i did was wipe everything once, flash ics V4, flashed the ei22 modem, flashed the updated samurai kernel, flashed the battery circle mod..... ".

My question is - where do I find the e122 modem, updated samurai kernel, and the battery circle mod so I can update?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Where they have always been...in Development and Themes

Here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1123103

Here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342047

And here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342896

A simple 2 second search turns up each of these. Please search.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kgilby:
Thanks Kenny. I had done a search, but as a total noob, I'm not sure that the result I'm looking at is compatible with my existing mod. I appreciate your help
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Sometimes the search is screwy. Usually mods overwrite each other because most replace your framework-res.apk file. So you will most likely only end up with the features of the last mod you flash. For example if you have the fly in animations, the circle battery mod overwrites that. You can post a Request in the themes sub forum for all the features you want and sooner or later someone will do it for you. Those themers love a challenge.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatemz:
Epic 4g Modem

What is the best Android modem out there for the Epic 4g running Gingerbread 2.3.4?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
The one that works best for you. Simplest answer. Ask 100 users and you will get many different answers. just use the newest modem EI22.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DFWDraco76:
Epic 4G running SRF1.2. Updated modem to ei22, but want to keep everytelse the same for now.

Started getting the ei22 ota notice this weekend. Froze system updates with titanium, but prompts continue.

Does anybody know how we can block/stop/remove the nags and popups about installing the ei22 update?

Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
You can try freezing devicemanagement.apk or get an app called FOTAkill.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tydynrain:
Data2sd/Data2ext for Epic

OK, I wasn't certain whether to post this question here or in the general Q and A forum, so I defaulted to here because I figured it had less chance of breaking any forum rules. ;-)

I have been wracking my brain attempting to find a data2ext/data2sd script that is fully functional on the Epic. I have tried several with various ROM/kernel combos, mostly unsuccessfully. The only one that partially seems to work is the Data2SDInstallerv1.3_GB.zip that comes in the Data2SDv11.zip. With that one, after I install it, and boot back up, the internal memory reads 1.76GB. However, once I install any app from the market, upon the next reboot those apps disappear, settings/configuations reset to default, and there are often quite a lot of FCs. I did the install many times, testing variables, and I realized that it was not simply rebooting, signing into my google account, running pre-installed apps, openning the market, updating pre-installed apps, or uninstalling pre-installed apps. Once I installed a new app from the market everything was fine until I rebooted (only safe power off, no quick reboot). It seems as if the data partition just disappears on reboot/does not mount.

I have a 32GB class 10 SD card with a 2GB EXT4 partition, with the rest formatted in FAT32. I used GParted to partition and format.

Is there any data2ext/data2sd script that is fully functional on the Epic with the present EI22/Gingerbread ROMs and kernels? Any help would be ridiculously appreciated, as I've spent pretty much every free moment trying to solve this dilemma. I think I am going mad...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Have you tried Link2SD from the market?