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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yogi2010:
welcome to the community. there are a number of setups that improve upon the stock experience, but right now most everyone is waiting for the official 2.2 update which starts rolling out in about 9 hours, lol.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Yup, wait for a rom/kernel based off of official I'd say :D
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunner1969:
Epic and Bakedsnack

Would anyone know if Bakedsnack will be updated after the froyo release. If not, could stock froyo be installed then bs 1.6 reinstalled.

Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
That rom will not be on XDA, as the user is banned as a GPL violator.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorv976:
word! this would be awesome for us newbs!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
What would be awesome? :confused:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dev997:
Please help.. urgent

hey guys ,

i've a rather unusual problem but quite big one.

today i updated my Epic 4g to official froyo EB13. everything seems fine but i cant get my ringer working while receiving a call. it seems like as i recieve a call , ringer automatically goes into SILENT mode.. i checked the sound settings ,they all are good. Please help .. i was facing same problem with DK28 to and feel like it has something to do with vibrate/silent notification button..

Help.. i'm flipping out .

thnx

dev
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Reflash the tom

Sent from a truly Epic phone and a transparent XDA app ;)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willow_ve:
just upgraded to EB13 Stock and the new messaging app is childish and cartoony compared to the old messaging app.

is there a way to go back to how Eclair messaging looked? or am i stuck with downloading a messaging app and customizing it?

also, the new messaging app seems to screw up with the order of the messages.

if i get a message and reply to it immediately it often puts my reply above the new message. this gets really confusing when you're scanning back through a long message conversation.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
Can EB13 be used with ext4/cwm3?

If so, (I'm not going to mess with it now), but could you just root the device to cwm3 /ext4 without having a ROM or anything at first? like a normal rooting process?

And something I'm curious about:

when rooting to cwm3, does it open up cwm3 automatically, change to ext4, and expect you to flash a ROM that works? Or does it boot up the phone, and you have to turn it off, and flash into cwm3 using the three finger death grip?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazednconfused:
I have a question. I have the EB13 on my phone with CWM 2.5 installed. I want to go to CWM 3.0 ext 4. I know I need the kernel, Im going to go with the genocide kernal from Team Viper. Do I just CWM3 over top of my 2.5, or do I need to Ddin and then install the 3.0, then flash the kernal form my sd card.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android_X1:
Flashing in Clockwork

Searched and couldn't find anything on my question.

When it says to flash in CWM, does that simply mean to install it in recovery mode? I want to run EXT4 on the stock EB13 release and CWM3 but when I flashed the EB13 EXT4 Kernel (or what I thought was a flash) it didn't work very good.

TIA!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PythonFanTN:
Question RE: Titanium Backup/system data location

Anyone that can chime in & help clear up something for me here, I'd appreciate it. I'm wanting to know exactly for certan where SMS/MMS texts, Contacts & Call History are stored. I'm pretty sure all are contaned in one of the 3 following items shown in green when doing a system data backup in TB, but I'd like to know/understand for sure where each of the above are stored within:

[CONTACTS/CALLS]Contacts Storage 2.2.1

[SMS/MMS/APN]Dialer Storage 2.2.1

[SMS/MMS PREFS]Messaging 2.2.1

What's shown for the bracketed parts vs. what is followed on the right of the brackets is what seems confusing. Based solely on what's listed to the right of the brackets I'd assume that Contacts are stored in the 1st item, Call history in the 2nd, & all texts in the 3rd, but the backeted portions seem to muddy the waters of clarity a bit. Anyone with insight on this, I'd apprecitate it. :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willow_ve:
i can say that this works. i'm actually running exactly what you're attempting. i had a stock, non rooted device. i updated through the samsung official update.

after updating i followed these directions (over at android central) [sorry, can't post a link because i'm still a noob] and i now have a rooted, ext4 file system, Epic 4G with the standard (non custom) version of EB13 Froyo on my device.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willow_ve:
to flash in CWM you need to do the following. power off your phone. when powering on your phone hold volume down, camera button, and power button until the Clockwork text appears.

once you're in the Clockwork menu you will use the volume rocker (volume up and down) to navigate up and down through the list of options. to select an option click the camera button.

as always make sure you follow every single direction that is listed in whatever guide you are following.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
I saw the directions, and they helped a lot!

One question though.

In Dameon's instructions for EXT4, he says:

So did you do this? Did you flash the de0dexed ROM before flashing the kernel? Or is it saying something else?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobulus:
Quick question:

(I'm waiting until the weekend, when I have some downtime to update my phone to EB13)

Does the newest update finally fix that 50% cell coverage 'fix with airplane every reboot' bug? Because I still had that with the leaked froyo roms.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willow_ve:
yes, i followed his instructions exactly. step 1 of the process to go from the RFS system to EXT4 is
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
Thank you, but in Dameon's instructions it says to REFLASH the ROM, so do I reflash it after the conversion?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monotune:
Wifi won't connect

after flashing back to Eclair, then updating to official 2.2

my phone will not connect to wifi

it stays on the status of: obtaining IP address from...

how can I resolve this?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klownin816:
[Q]Clockworkmod Recovery-Nandbackup

So I'm very new to the mod scene. Have been able to understand a few things. I really can't find any thing regarding CWM as far as tutorials go. I did a search but didn't really find what I was looking for. I understand it's for flashing without a need of a computer.

I did a full backup, I guess it's called a nandbackup. Since I updated to EB13, could I easily revert back to my D18 backup without any hitches? This is the part that is confusing me. Am I able to flash roms from different builds etc, or is there a step I am missing? Is there any tutorials that explain all of this? Thanks for your help! I appreciate it!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teachbeef68:
One Click Root 2.5.5 to Clockwork Mod 3.0.0.6

Newbie in need of help. Flashed with One Click Root & Recovery 2.5.5. I’m trying to get to Clockwork Mod v.3.0.0.6 to get Midnight 4.1. I’ve read that you need to flash a stock EB13 Deodex and DualFS kernel, but don’t know where exactly to find them. Basically I’m just trying to get from 2.5.5 to Clockwork mod correctly so I can flash Midnight 4.1.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erica8123:
best way to root and remove stock apps on stock EB13

I just got my Epic replaced after not being able to fix it when I flashed an EXT4 ROM instead of a RFS ROM (like an idiot). So I am completely stock EB13.

I decided I am not gunna flash new ROMS but I do wanna get rid of worthless Sprint apps and use a couple root apps I like. Is there something out here like Z4 or whatever on EB13? The Z4 zip I have wont download on my new phone. If not, what is the best way to root for me? I am a little paranoid, can you tell...Also after doing the one click root on my 1st Epic I was never able to connect my phone to any pc again so I am trying to avoid that too.

If I overlooked the answer to this I am really sorry. I try to research before asking stupid questions but I clearly am a noob.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjolnir677:
Go here h__p : / /w_w.multiupload.c_m/P0PVIP0W3R (fill in the blanks and remove the spaces) and download the rar file

use the PIT and TAR file in there along with Odin to flash your phone to EB13 Deodex and EXT4 with Clockwork 3.0 (when the phone is powered completely down, hold down the "1" and then hold the power button until the digging android shows up, then plug in your microUSB cable and Odin away)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjolnir677:
For flashing roms, CWM is good for that and your roms will need to match your build (they are usually geared that way tho some are cross platform) or you could get issues, force closes and the like. If you want to be able to revert your phone to stock/working condition (D18, D28, EB13), your best bet is using the computer and Odin to flash the actual "tar" files for those builds directly to your phone. From there use the one click root / CWM of your choice.

Odin was intimidating for me at first but after a few times its a breeze. PIT button for your PIT file. PDA button for you TAR file and then connect your phone in flash mode (with phone completely powered down, hold down "1" and the power key until u get the digging android, if it dont work the 1st time just keep trying) to your microUSB cable plugged into your computer. I had problems at first because i used the stock Samsung cable plugged into a USB port on the side of my PC.... apparently those ports aren't the same speed, always, as the main ports on the back of the computer where the board peripherals are so make sure to connect it there.

Read the dev forums they are chock full of detailed instructions for whatever you're trying to do, for the most part.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanhooah:
I'm trying to use One Click Root & Recovery v.2.5.5, but it always says the phone isn't connected, even though Windows Explorer (Windows 7) can see the external drive, and the phone is in USB debug mode. What am I doing wrong?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klownin816:
Thanks for the help mjolnir677!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouseglider:
My Epic 4G with stock EB13 with stock rom and kernel - only thing that has been done is rooted with Clockworkmod v2.5.5 works almost perfect which means that all works except the Camera/Recoder Bug (although there is a patch to fix it that I have not applied yet), rotation lag (fixed)

I may have found a new bug - searched all over and couldn't find a fix or answer why.

I have an app called Movie, when you open it, it says Flixster, I used to be able to play movie trailers, and now I can't - I have upgraded and downgraded the app have uninstalled and reinstalled with no success.

I also have my identical setup on my perfectly working backup Samsung Moment, and when I use the same app(s), it works fine.

My Epic also seems to somewhat break Docs2Go - by that I mean, there is a tab that says show starred files - when you go to that tab it doesn't show them and yet on my Samsung Moment backup phone it works.

Could the Flash that was in EB13 froyo 2.2.1 have been the cause of the not being able to play the trailers in the app Movie/Flixster?

Can anyone with either or both of those apps verify that the are glitched? Or is it just my Epic? Cause my Moment with eclair 2.1 and my Epic when it was on eclair 2.1 both rooted and non rooted worked!

Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjolnir677:
Sounds like you are missing either the Samsung drivers (found on their site or the dev threads) or don't have usb dev mode enabled on the phone. If that's still not working or you notice only 1 or 2 drivers for your device installing when you connect it, try plugging the usb cable into a diff port on the pc, preferably a rear usb port.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjolnir677:
Sounds like you are missing either the Samsung drivers (found on their site or the dev threads) or don't have usb dev mode enabled on the phone. If that's still not working or you notice only 1 or 2 drivers for your device installing when you connect it, try plugging the usb cable into a diff port on the pc, preferably a rear usb port.

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanhooah:
Thanks, trying a different port did it. Can't believe I forgot to do that!

Edit: although now the Windows command line is saying something about an adb server, which the directions didn't mention. What is that about?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raptorseye:
installing syndicate

hello everyone,

i was wondering if there was any type of installation guide, or if some one could tell me how to install "syndicate frozen fully loaded" in laymans terms.

i am a noob at this sort of thing, but this sounds very interesting and i would like to try it.

so if anyone could provide the instructions on how to apply this (or a link to some good instructions) that would be much appreciated.

thank you
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yogi2010:
what rom are you running now, are you on stock Eclair? have you checked out the new Syndicate thread for the rom?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=976194

installation instructions are in the second post. if that isn't enough given your experience level, we can point you to instructions on how to use Odin to get to stock EB13, and then how to root with Clockwork 3.0.0.6, in order to flash Syndicate Frozen.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjolnir677:
What's the exact error you are getting? The ADB shell is what's used to root the phone and install CWM. I know it will start the server and then wait, you should hear your PC kick out the USB disconnect tone as the server resets the phone connection to begin the root process. After that, just wait for it to reconnect, first few times i did it, I wasn't patient and thought it was failing. You should hear the PC play the USB reconnect sound and then you'll see the rest of the command line script complete.

Let me know your results and/or the error message.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aggro1:
I currently have clockwork 2.5 , rfs supernova with genocide kernal. I'm wanting to go to frozen.

Can I run 1click root 3.0 to convert to ext4, then flash frozen. Or do I need to return to stock eb13 first?

I know I could odin to eb13 with ext4, then flash frozen. But I'm new and still a bit nervous about odin, and that is more steps, which means more chance for me to screw something up.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abonet:
Download apps directly to PC (instead of phone)

Does anyone know how to download apps (.apk files?) directly to your PC?

With this big malware scare going on right now, I'm becoming more reluctant to just directly install apps on my phone. I want an option to download them to my PC first -- so I can pat them down and give them the once over.

I can't find a why to do this. market.android.com doesn't seem to support this, neither does AppBrain.

Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raptorseye:
for me everything is stock.

i installed samsungs latest official update a couple of days ago, so...

but i really want to try this, i am just a noob, lol

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=976194 <---- is the one i want to use, and i have already downloaded the "fully loaded version" of the zip file.

i just don't know how t install, lol
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yogi2010:
ok, did you use Odin to install the stock EB13? that is the best way to start. once on the official update, use this to root w/CWM3:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=897612

when that's done, your phone will reboot. then make sure you have the Syndicate fully loaded zip on your sd card. boot into recovery, and it will immeditely start doing stuff(converting your system to ext4). when that is done, stay in recovery and choose 'install zip from sd card', then 'choose zip from sd card', and select the Syndicate zip. then it will install Syndicate and your phone will boot up with Syndicate.

note: i have flashed Syndicate twice, and both times the first flash didn't boot up right, but flashing it again works. you will know it has worked when you see a round bootup animation of the Syndicate logo :)

good luck, and read or ask if anything is unclear.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styles420:
The SDK is just the toolkit (programs to compile and related functions) but it doesn't come with the source code for our phones - while an experienced programmer may be able to convert the gingerbread source from another device, that is more difficult than it might sound. So the short answer is, no, the only way to cook up a ROM for ANY phone is to have the source code (or a stable stock rom to use as a base, but no source means the changes will be mostly graphic alterations). We probably won't see gingerbread on the Epic for a long time... (Fingers crossed that I'm wrong, lol)

EDIT: Wow, this response was worded poorly, lol...

As far as I've seen, restoring data from a backup causes a lot of force close problems. The only exception (which I haven't tested myself) is app data for downloaded apps - I have read that Titanium Backup can restore just the data without subsequent problems... but we're talking about things like game progress (Angry Birds was the app discussed in the thread I saw), and as far as I know, restoring anything else (including system data) will cause problems

Custom kernel work can't really even begin until we have the source code, which usually drops shortly after the official OTA release... which raises the question, has this recent OTA update started coming to the rest of us yet? (I won't see the notification as I'm already on DK28)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leatherneck6017:
Great question. I was actually planning on flashing back to DI18 after the 5 day test period that someone with "insider information" mentioned on the original (now deleted) OTA leak post. Since the unofficial OTA came out on the 3rd I'm going to flash to DI18 on the 8th or 9th to see if the official OTA is available. That is, unless someone reports it sooner.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ragnarokx:
On DI18 my Macbook Pro was able to mount my phone/sd card no problem, but with DK28 I always get an error that it could not be mounted and OSX asks me if I want to ignore it or eject the device. Has anyone mounted to OSX on DK28 successfully?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squshy 7:
noob here, so 2 questions

so i read this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=782300&highlight=clockworkmod+unrooted

and watched this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H723FzC8E_o

(just read his description)

this might sound stupid but....

can i do this basically as a way to just create a backup of my system pre-rooted, pre-anything? (Got my phone 3 days ago)...because as far as I can tell, this allows me to effectively boot into clockwork (without having root access), and instead of flashing, do the backup option so I can take a picture of my unrooted virgin phone ;) and then reboot and still be stock?

and second (If I'm right about the first one)if I ever recovered to that backup, would my phone also be stock recovery (not clockwork)..

obviously this is all for if I decide to flash to stock for an OTA without losing anything, return the phone, etc..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayzn210:
can someone help me in flashing back to stock DI18?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styles420:
There is a thorough guide on this forum, and I believe it is stickied - without a more specific question, that's the best answer anyone can give you... What part are you having difficulty with?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kgs385:
hello i have the stock build samsung ECLAIR.dg17 i tried updating to 2.2 and it would not work i tried everything then i read that you need DI18 for the update to work so i tried that and it would not update to DI18 either any thoughts
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styles420:
First thought - what steps did you do? (Don't leave out ANY details - you're giving us directions to get where you are, leave out one turn and there's no telling where we'll end up, but it won't be where you are)

How did you attempt to update to DI18? Also, what method did you use to try to go straight to 2.2? (I'm guessing an update.zip method, as the full Odin methods completely overwrite the system, so it wouldn't matter if you had DOS and a picture of a monkey on your phone before the flash...)

Remember, there are several methods to accomplish the same task - we can't say which step you might have messed up on until we know which steps you actually took.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtuansdiamm:
uhm how do i overclock my epic
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
hey i need a little help. my phone samsung epic is rooted, but i need to take it back to sprint because its having problems. and one of them is that my computer wont recognize it and the phone wont charge well. and since my computer wont find it i cant flash back with one click or odin. can someone tell me a way to unroot it using the phone only? or what the procedure is? id greatly appreciate it. thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeroMeng:
Is there any way I can flash a custom splash screen? The black and white samsung logo seriously sucks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Top Nurse:
First of all you need a kernel that is capable of OC. If you check the WIKI at the top of this thread you will see links. Check the thread's first few posts for details. Some kernels will go up to about 1.6 Ghz, but you will also need an app that can make the appropriate changes for you. I use SetCPU (from the market) but there are others. Obviously you are going to have to root your phone. :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Top Nurse:
You are going to need ODIN and the appropriate .tar file. If you hold down the hard keyboard 1 key and push the power key you should see a yellow bot digging in a pile of rubble (no ****). This is the very basic boot loader mode. If you can get this to pop up on the screen then you can flash back to stock. Just do a search for ODIN or visit this thread for particulars.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Etrnlwanderer:
Thanks, I was asking this info on another thread. Glad to see you've answered it here Top Nurse. Just one additional query to what you've already said. I've used the one click root method and so I have the Clockwork recovery mode instead of the Default Recovery that originally came on the phone. If I flash back to DI18 ( I was on Eclair DI18 prior to rooting) using Odin, will the Clockwork Recovery also get set back to the original kind ( which is what I want) and I presume the rooting also will get undone?

I rooted the phone just out of curiosity, and now that I know how its done, I would like to go back to the original Sprint ROM and being unrooted, so I want to know how I can get back to that original setting completely as when I took my Epic fresh out of the box :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styles420:
Odin flashing a complete tar file (as opposed to a modem or kernel) will completely rewrite the data on your phone, so it will be set back to stock - you will lose both root and custom recovery. There are also root uninstallers, but I have not seen any other method to remove the custom recovery (and I can't say whether the root uninstall restores everything that was altered in order to root). I Odin flashed my first Epic when the 4G radio died (hardware failure), and it no one at the Sprint store was any the wiser (although, at this store, I probably could have gone in with it running DOS and they wouldn't have known the difference, lol)