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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daltendo:
I think I bricked my phone

First of all, thanks for the request thread. So I basically just bricked my phone (I hope I didn't actually brick it). So I used odin and downloaded a few files from a youtube video. It seemed to work for people so I tried it. My galaxy epic 4G isn't loading. Here's what happened: I opened odin and put in a file titled "recovery" in the "Phone" slot. I then put my phone in download mode, and pressed start. It did everything but it stayed on the last step not saying it failed, but still loading. I waited for about 10 minutes with nothing, and it had said I had to wait 2 minutes. It didn't show any download in progress for my phone either. I can provide the link for the youtube video if you like, but I don't know what to do because all my phone shows when I turn it on is what looks like an interrupted connection between the phone and computer. I can't get on the phone at all. I screwed up pretty bad I guess. What I'm looking for is a way to solve this. I would also like to know, if there is a solution, if I can keep my information because it wasn't backed up. Will I have to reset to factory settings? I know quite a bit about computers but almost nothing about rooting. Thank you for reading very much and I hope I can recover my phone and that it isn't fully bricked. If you need more details or anything from me just say. Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chzeckmate:
Take a deep breath and let it out slowly...everything is going to be fine. You're going to find everything you need in the link below. To get your device to turn back on just take the battery out of your device and plug your micro USB cable into the computer and the device (this is tricky if you have small hands) now hold down the 1 key and the power button with one hand and put the battery in the device with the other...the device will power up into download mode. Don't power on your device until you download and install all the files in the link below and then restart your computer. If you need any further assistance just let me know and I'll walk you through it. dyehya has been maintaining that thread and those files and I think a big thanks is owed there. Here is the link to dyehya's thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1052813

regards,

chzeckmate
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daltendo:
thanks

it looks like this is gonna work. Thanks. I thanked him too. I have one more question, if you could provide me with a link (one that works unlike the last one I tried) to rooting? Thanks mate
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chzeckmate:
I'm glad I could help...I'm familiar with the sensation you were feeling and I always get a warm feeling when I can put that at ease. Rodderik has a thread on rooting. This method for rooting the Epic 4g has seen a great deal of success and I believe there's a video on this method too. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1076967 ...If there's anything you need just lemme know. Regards
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bill720:
q

Couple more quick questions on the AOKP Rom...

1. Is there any way to get the "enter" button to stop sending messages in the SMS application?

2. Is there any way to prevent the "mount your USB storage!" popup from coming up every time the device is connected to a computer?

3. Back on the samsung based roms, I was able to to type ##debug## to get to a menu where I could force 1xrtt mode for extremely low signal situations. In the new rom, I found you can get to that same menu by typing in *#*#debug#*#*, but any screen prompting for the msl code is now impassable. I know my msl code, but it gives me a "modem error" no matter what I type and asks "modem exception occurs", to which the only option is "yes" (clicking it just closes the application).

Any way to get around this?

Thanks

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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandnu:
what is there to screw up when /rooting/flashing except forgetting to uncheck the auto reboot ? what human error could possibly transpire in this process???

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lol of course your not your not kobe.....never said i was a pro dude jus that i follow direction pretty well.

what is there to screw up when /rooting/flashing except forgetting to uncheck the auto reboot ? what human error could possibly transpire in this process???

please elaborate when you say systematically and logically find and solve problems, what specific method should i use that you successfully used?

mine was goin strong until late, havent made any extra tweaks jus flashed

apparently i have gone back, at sum point in time you have to odin....so yea been on stock rooted but again what specifics to look for other than the obvious batt icon

yea i was jus thkin of gettin one maybe thats the issue.

what is there to screw up when /rooting/flashing except forgetting to uncheck the auto reboot ? what human error could possibly transpire in this process???
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcruz767:
Can anybody tell me how to get a recovery log in CWM? Thanks in advanced!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
With adb

Sent from my GS3 with a kernel you wish you had! :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcruz767:
Thanks I searched the forums and found what you're talking about "abd pull/temp/recovery.log" One last question just to be sure do I have to mount anything like cache or system.?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Shouldn't have to, but if it's any it would probably be system

Sent from my GS3 with a kernel you wish you had! :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tyrannokh:
I just installed 4.2.2 Slim Bean-Epic 4G Build v6.0, its great, but anytime I use the browser or things like sign in page on apps the screen flickers a bunch until its loaded or until the keyboard is on the screen. Anyone have any idea how to fix this? The disable HW overlay option didn't do anything.

Edit, I figured out it only happened on max brightness, so just turned it down a bit.

Anyway, I kinda have another problem, installing slim bean installed a new recovery, I used ROM manager to set back to Clockworkmod, but im not sure which option to pick when it asks for for Samsung epic4g or epicmtd, im not sure which to pick but I picked epic4g, I used clockwork and was going to try and wipe and restore a backup of my previous ROM. But CWM had gave can't open errors.

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

I rebooted and its back into slim bean though, and team win recovery seems to work still, at least for backing up. My question is before I try anything else would "epic4g" have been the wrong option? Should I have chosen epicmtd? would that have caused the E: can't open error? I'd kinda like to go back my previous rom but I really don't want to risk messing things up anymore.

Is there anyway I can use a cwm backup for TWR? Or could I simply wipe and install my old rom through it like I would with CWM?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DynamicN:
That's the workaround for the screen flicker on max brightness is to turn screen brightness down until it's fixed upstream. I would have picked epicmtd but I doubt that's causing your problems. You can not use a cwm backup for twrp and vice versa because cwm backups were made based off cwm and twrp backups were made based off twrp so they are not interchangable.

Is there anything else other then the screen flicker issue holding you back from staying on Slim Bean?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tyrannokh:
I'm not sure really, I'm gonna try it a bit I guess. I was just worried if something was screwed up, but if my only problem is cwm not being able to work I guess its fine if twrp does. Never used anything but cwm though.

With the brightness down a little bit and no flicker everything else seems ok for now. I came from thunderhawk v5 I think, android 2.x, so I figured I should get used to Android 4+.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DynamicN:
Give it a spin for a week or two and see how you like it. I personally prefer twrp over cwm
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tyrannokh:
I'm pretty happy with it so far so I will keep it I think.

But another issue has come to my attention, I think. My Google account which I use for the phone has been signed in on gmail chat, with a busy android icon.

I can't seem to find out whats causing it, i've checked details and signed out other locations and revoked access, nothing changes it to go offline even with my phone powered off.

All I can think is to sign into whichever app caused it if it was one and sign out from there maybe. Is this a known issue maybe? I'm not sure which app could have caused i've tried removing the Google acc and stuff.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DynamicN:
First I've ever heard of that issue on Slim. Do you have the app Gtalk installed?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bill720:
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Has anyone had problems playing video after installing CyanogenMod based roms? I cannot play any videos of any kind through any media player or YouTube or even YouTube's HTML5 player on its mobile website.

Any ideas?

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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DynamicN:
Do you have a strong data connection when this happens?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bill720:
stumper

Oh yes - any connection, slow or fast, will render the same problem in any video player including YouTube's HTML5 player in the browser. The one and only exception is using the desktop version of websites with the flash player - those do play to some degree. Even video recording through the cell phone camera craps out in almost the same way.

Any ideas?

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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DynamicN:
Sounds like maybe low memory. Have you tried flashing Didhy's Jellybean Bigmem patch?

If not, here it is http://goo.im/devs/didhiy/sph-d700_cm-10.1/JB_BigMem_26-aug-12.zip
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bill720:
victory

Good guess! I almost forgot that I'd forgotten to install that this time around, but it's working fine now :victory:.

+1

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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlutoISaPlanet:
I just purchased an Epic 4G from a friend's brother after I took my 4G Touch in the ocean with me. I had a Captivate on AT&T before switching over to Sprint so I feel fairly familiar w/ how all this works. The Epic, however, doesn't seem to have any internal storage. Is that normal? I can't mount the internal sdcard to push a ROM to it because it doesn't seem to exist. I'm unsure if the internal storage on this phone is bad or it just plain doesn't have one.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman519:
+1 i 2nd that
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datboychuck:
I been trying to install a custom rom but everytime I try to install it when it finish it gets stuck at the samsung mobile screen and stops
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rileyy-:
I recently tried to flash my epic using the Quantum ROM but I forgot ETX4 part . Now when I try to boot my phone it stays at the samsung loading screen . I was told to use odin to flash it back to the stock DI18 . So I'm trying to do that but now when I put it in download mode my computer it says USB Device Not Recognized . But I was able to root my phone with ease . Can someone help .
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman519:
Have you tried other USB ports? (Motherboard ones on the back) and or a difernt pc/laptop? Samsung phone drivers can be flakey at times

Sent from my ComBadge
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syntax42:
Is there a custom ROM that is generally accepted as being best for gaming? I would prefer to avoid overclocking because the phone gets hot enough as it is. I don't want to cook my processor and/or shorten the life of the phone.

I am using the recently leaked version of 2.2.1. I tried playing Dungeon Defenders but it got very choppy at times. I watched my friend play it on his 2.1 Epic and it seemed to run smoother. That led me to the conclusion that I am ready to move on with my phone's OS if the real 2.2.1 doesn't perform better. I realize that it is not a complete build but a ROM that is optimized for gaming should perform better than anything the phone manufacturer makes.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glen_e:
This is most certainly an issue with the USB cable. The cable that was provided with my phone worked a few times for mass storage, then suddenly crapped out. I worked to uninstall/reinstall drivers, install different drivers, using different USB ports, etc. to no avail. Then I picked up a 3 foot USB cable from a computer store and the phone was immediately recognized by the computer.

The cable which Samsung provides for the phone is junk. It earned a permanent place on the charge plug.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leviuqse:
I have 4 different original samsung cables ( i have a captivate, 2 epics, and an extra cable I got for work), never had a problem with any of them.

may be you got a defective one???
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leviuqse:
imo, i would say any "aosp" rom would be acceptable for best overall performance if you dont want to overclock, I havent see a ROM on any phone that is "optimized" for just gaming..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drslippyfist:
Recovery issues with Superoneclick

Ok so a friend of mine has tried to root his epic 4g with Superoneclick v1.5.5 found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682&highlight=recovery I have a evo and rooted it with unrevoked. I know just enough to get by just fine flashing my roms and stuff. But it looks like he has superuser but no recovery program. I am trying to install clockworkmod through rom manager and alought rom manager is saying that clockworkmod is installed when I put the phone into recovery it is just the stock recovery program. Also when I try to run a nand it aborts the process with an error on the stock recovery screen. I want to tell him to unroot it and try a different method or just try and flash clockwork manually but I do not know enough about his phone or the root method to know if it is safe for him to do. If anyone has any advice I would love to hear it. Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xm1337:
Completely new to android (Palm pre owner) and just got my new Epic for xmas, and i love it. I have my epic rooted and i have the Mammon's Bonsai4all custom rom installed (theme-less).

The problem i don't know how to fix is that when in the messaging application it doesn't display peoples facebook pictures. It only shows the name from the google account contacts. When i go to the contact options and hit edit it tells me that i cannot edit SNS stuff. It seems as if it has the facebook contacts saved under my contacts, but doesn't seem to use them.

Edit: managed to get it to work by using the "broken" facebook app on the epic. It stopped giving me errors by turning off the calendar sync (which i don't even use). It feels like such a "ghetto" fix to run 2 facebook syncs to get everything working so if theres a better way to go about it please let me know
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esco_three:
Froyo

So I was previously running the official (leaked beta) version of 2.2 and really enjoyed it. I have since then put 2.1 back on my Epic in hopes of recieving the true official version on the 26th which we all know never happened. I am starting to get a little impatient with Sprint/Samsung on this release and looking to go back to 2.2 unofficially.

My question tho is...Which is the better (more current & stable) package out there for 2.2? I have researched most of the ROMs that are available in the WIKI section and most of those packages are nice but also seem to alter the cosmetics which im not too much into. Im looking mainly for something like the leaked beta version but with a few of the newer leaks and features?

Sorry this is kinda lengthy just trying to give as much info as possible for the best answers in return, Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tpma4life:
Esco wish I could help you, I'm a newb myself at Samsung galaxy device roms and kernels. I had a question of my own: If I do the root that's on the first page, does that automatically add clockword mod and everything?

Every rom here requires clockword mod and I'm not sure if that's what I have to do. I want to try out cyanogen.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syntax42:
Mammon's leafless ROM looks exactly like a stock Epic. I just installed it yesterday. Look for the leafless version in the download links.

From this page
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Louie2011:
Is there any way you can help me out on how to root my samsung epic 4gM
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syntax42:
The sticky at the top of the forum has instructions on how to root the Epic.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikieFurrz:
NOOB HERE!

So i was up until the wee hours of the morning reading the wiki about all the things i want to do to my epic. so far i have successfully rooted my phone using both noobnl's recovery method and koush's method. now i get to the flashing or Roms part ::excited face:: i read that different Roms require a certain ROM first or something around those lines. so my question is, what ROM would you suggest i flash first on my phone? preferably one that doesn't require that i flash another one first.

TIA!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
can someone please help me with this problem!?

i created a thread about it in the epic 4g general section.

its too lengthy to put here. but here is the link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=895396

thank you in advance.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syntax42:
I can't post outside links yet or I would make this easier. Look for the video titled "SAMSUNG EPIC 4G HOW TO ROOT AND ADD CUSTOM 2.2 FROYO ROM" on youtube. Hopefully that explains what to do next. It sounds like you need the modem and pit files and need to flash them using Odin.

You should definitely get DK28 and a ROM designed for DK28 if you want the latest features. You can see a list of community-made (aka custom) ROMs here. Click the arrows in the box next to "Base ROM" twice to sort them so DK28 comes up first.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikieFurrz:
THANK YOU!! Especially for saying it in a way I can completely comprehend!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bombillazo:
Hey there, EPIC 4G owner. Not that savvy on Android terminology. I installed the leaked DK28 update but ive noticed some laggish performance. Id like to know if the official 2.2 release is already available. If so, can I update OTA?? if not, How can I revert my Android version, or how do I get it to manually update? TIA!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyYan:
You're (damn) right, this phone differs fron other Galaxy S phones in that it (damn) doesn't have a (damn) builtin storage, DAMN Samsung. :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlutoISaPlanet:
well, that's better than it being broken. Thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bill720:
q

In the Messaging application, I've found that pressing ENTER on the keyboard now just seems to send a text message instead of inserting a new line like it's supposed to. I know you can press Fn+ENTER to achieve the same results, but I'd rather it just go back to the way it was before.

Any ideas?

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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotorBalls:
Flashed CM and having issues

Ok so I flashed CM10 and since then I'm having very poor 3G reception and experiencing latency and 4G wont even connect. 3g seems to work ok I suppose, but I can't get my wireless hotspot to work either. My computer will connect but not get out...probably all related. Seems I've missed a couple calls that haven't rang through to my phone as well since I got the VM but no call. I'm guessing I'm not the only one to have these issues but it's a little tough to search on 4g or the like since it's all over the place. Thanks in advance!

Also I installed and used CWM 6.0.3.3...should I still be on 5.0....whatever
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
I would re-download and check your md5. These sound like problems I have when my md5 doesn't match.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotorBalls:
I'm def a bit of a noob when it comes to phones but I'm a bit tech savvy. How do I go about checking the md5? I assume you mean I had a bad download or hash with the zip I downloaded? So basically re-download and reinstall from CWM again? Imma need my hand held as I guess I got lucky in the past with my last install that was about a year ago and had very little issues. All the jargon here can be overwhelming. :) Thanks again :good:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
You can check the md5 from your phone using es explorer. There are also some free apps like md5 checker in the play store that make it really easy. If you are using OSX or Linux you can download the file to your computer and use the terminal to check. Just navigate to the folder you downloaded to and type "md5" and then the file name. Windows I have no idea how to do it as I rarely use it. Then just compare the md5 you get to the one it is supposed to be which is always displayed on the download site. I actually have more md5 mismatches when I download straight to my phone for some reason. Hopefully that helps. :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotorBalls:
I verified the original zip's md5 matches the site's for cm-10.1-20130714-NIGHTLY-epicmtd.zip

232a8bc2e08eda1a83708626f8770426

232a8bc2e08eda1a83708626f8770426

After I noticed the issues, the next day I thought I'd try doing an in phone update to fix the issue since I unintentionally started with a random nightly update that I didn't really want. From what I can tell again the numbers match for the file found in cmupdater, "cm-10.1.2-epicmtd.zip," and on the get.cm website

33eaa09e7c99d5b25b6e6964badd913a

33eaa09e7c99d5b25b6e6964badd913a

The two times I've called my phone to test they've gone through ok. I'm not sure why I didn't get the other missed calls. Could just have been the network. I guess my biggest concern atm is getting the 4g and hotspot working. With 4g enabled it goes to initializing, scanning, disconnected, repeats and then stays disco'ed

Any other suggestions?

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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
Missed calls could very well be a network issue. My office has bad reception and I frequently have missed calls that never ring. Had one today actually. I wonder if the 4g issue is also network related. Hopefully someone else can chime in as well.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotorBalls:
Well I have confirmed that the 3g signal is very very poor now at my residence. The missed calls at my work might have been network or just the building. However, while was in the gym parking lot today and I was getting full 3g bars and my 4g connected for me. So for some reason my signal is just very very weak to where 3g to wont download very well and it must be so crappy that I can't use the wireless tether. I haven't been able to test my hotspot when the signal is strong but I almost want to say that it'll work without testing based on the things I'm seeing.

I still believe it's related to the new rom though because the problem began and has continued since I installed. I was hoping there was some tweak I was missing or maybe needed to install something different.

Hopefully my last and final issues is that the google voice services do not work on my phone either. I can't seem to input anything using my voice. I just get a quick flash of something that says google voice isn't responding or something. I cant make it out because it flashes and goes away too quick.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotorBalls:
The latest update of google voice that came out the other day fixed my issues with it crashing. Seems like my problems have pretty much all resolved themselves.

Just bought a bigger battery, hopefully I'll be able to make it through a day without my phone dying on me. :)

Thanks again for the help