yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
You can always google "how to install...." just about anything on the Samsung Epic and qbking77 has a video for it. Here is the one for CM7:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzT7ZjMdEw
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roller4tan:
Cyanogenmod 9 alpha 4

I'm having issues with hotspot and tethering not working on this rom. Alpha 3 gave me the same issue. EL30 modem. 2.6.35.7 kernel , 4.0.3 Android version. Looked in rom wiki did not see anyone else complaining.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LORDFIRE00:
try this app
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Did you try the native hotspot in CM9?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roller4tan:
yes i did ... it comes on then afte ra few seconds it shuts off. same for wired and wireless

Also tried Lordfire's app and my laptop will connect to it but no internet.

Edit...

rebooted phone after installing Lordfire's app... Native CM9 wifi hotspot now works. Wired tether stays on but computer will not connect. Samsung ADB and modem show up in device manager.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I was going to suggest a reboot. That happened to me the first time I tried it. It would connect then disconnect. Rebooted, tried again, it when on, off, then right back on and stayed. As for the wired tether, I thought I saw that you needed to switch kernels...but I barely remember reading that.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roller4tan:
kennyglass123,

The Kernel is "2.6.35.7-gc0c5f64-dirty shared@asgard #6" . I'm assuming that was put in my the CM9 flash.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
That is correct. Check Earthbound's CM9 kernel. That may work better with USB tethering for you.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themow:
Is there anyway to change lockscreen settings on clean gb112. I just flashed last night and have looked throich the phone many times bzut can't find anyth:ping. Do I need to flash touchwiz? Also looking to change the way I answer. As it is, its very easy to hangup
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roller4tan:
No luck with the new kernel.. also found out bluetooth won't locate my truck.

CM9 alpha4 MTD

** Alpha5 corrected bluetooth
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yes. Read the 1st post in CleanGB thread (always for any ROM you flash). Touchwiz lockscreen is there.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themow:
I saw that but I also saw in that thread that it was causing issues. So I would keep the current in lieu of causing issues. I'm more concerned about my 30% battery drain overnight. Looking into that now. Installed gps status but never turned gps on and didnt have location enabled
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Oh. I did not remember seeing that. You can pop your systemui and framework-res into UOT Kitchen and change your lockscreen if you like.

Are you using Betterbatterystats to see what is using your battery? How about cpuspy to see if your phone is going into deep sleep?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coreygator:
Allow unknown sources wont stay checked

Epic 4G with Random Rom Thunderhawk 3.5.

I can't seem to get the allow unknown sources check box to remain check. It keeps unchecking itself immediately after I leave that screen. Can any setting cause this? Any ideas besides to just do a clean install. I have tried simply reflashing. I cant update swype now. Any ideas would be appreciated.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
There is nothing I know of that can override that setting. Try a fresh download of the ROM and reflash it. If that don't help then you will have to have a clean start.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xbc4g:
i have been trying to use qik video or tango even though tango makes the call i can hear the other person but cant see them and cant see my front camm on so the other person cant see me either i was having this issue since alpha1 and havent read anything on how to fix it...if it been posted before i apoligies can someone help or is there a fix coming for it on alpha5
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venbab:
Overclocking with Clean GB

I am a newbie here and wanted to know whether overclocking is possible on Clean GB Rom and if possible how to do it?

Thanks in advance.

Edit.: I don't know if this is the right place to put this, if not request mods to move it to the correct thread.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamdelozier:
The 6th * on the 1st post of the Clean GB thread in development indicates it is able to be overclocked to 1316 MHz. You just need to use Voltage Control. Always be sure to thoroughly read the first post of any ROM.

Edit: and its always the kernel that would be overclockable...not the ROM. Good Luck!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamdelozier:
This happened to me once before a while ago on cm7 actually. I went into cwm and cleared cache and dalvik, then fixed permissions. When I rebooted it stuck.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spartacus916:
tegrak question

Hi, I just recently dled CM9, which is awesom by the way, but Im having trouble with random reboots and "sleep of death". I read a thread where I think this is due to undervolting while screen is off. Im trying to run setcpu and tegrak to fix this. I bough tegrak so I could control the voltage but when I try to go into optimization it says to load overclock module. I hit the load overclock module and it says:

Failed to run insmod!

<0x7f050002>

err1 code=2

<0x7f050003>

err1 code=2

Uh... what does this mean? Is there any other way to control voltage so I can try to fix sleep of death? Any help would be appreciated, and as always a BIG Thank you to everyone who was involved in CM9!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I don't think Tegrak has been updated for ICS yet. So the kernel it loads is incompatible. Voltage Control allows you to manage voltages. My suggestion is to remove setCPU and Tegrak and reflash CM9 to reset voltages back to stock to stop this. Your phone might not be able to handle uv'ing.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spartacus916:
Ah thats what it meant by insmod and CM9 is ics huh. Got it. Actually all the voltages are stock right now, I havent changed anything. But I thought to fix that sleep of death thing you needed to UV the 100mhz and 200mhz or maybe it was over volting. I have the other thread with the recommended voltages but they used Tegrak. If I use Voltage Control and setCPU simultaneously for the screen off profile will it fix the Sleep of Death do you think?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
It certainly may. Have you tried a redownload and reflash yet? It is possible it is a bad flash/download.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Also you can go to settings>performance>processor>minimum frequency and change it to 200Mhz.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spartacus916:
The min is at 200 max 1000, screen off profile is now 400/400 cuz I just changed it to see if it works better. I also just bought Voltage Control Extreme from the market and it doesnt even give me the option to change voltage lol. This is on CM9 stock. I think Ill back everything up and try to reflash like you said. If that doesnt work Ill go back to CM7 and test out Voltage and setcpu together see if they work.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spartacus916:
Oh, I just realized... if I make a backup for CM9 through cwm will I be able to restore it later? Or will I have to go back to stock and do the whole process of installation over again?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
To answer both your questions, Voltage Control needs kernel support. It may not be in the stock kernel so you may need to flash shadowkernel. As for backup and restore with a nandroid (CWM) it works fine as long as you haven't flashed a theme.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themow:
I'm looking for a way to track down my battery drain. I have CPU spy and I am getting into deep sleep for the majority of the tike time but the battery is lasting half a day at best. I also have better bat stats but really dont know how to figure anything out from it. Is there a thread with adetailed guide?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Here is the Author's thread of the app:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809.

Turn Airplane mode on for a few hours and see if the drain stops. Then you know it is something trying to sync data that is killing your battery. Large wakelocks either partial or kernel are generally the cause as well.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldesalty70:
Im using alpha 5 with kernel 2.6.35.7-shadow-cm9, i have no problems tethering or bluetooth

---------- Post added at 11:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:00 PM ----------

Has any one had a problem installing FB15 on cm9 alpha 5 with shadow kernel. I followed qbking77s video & link for installing to no avail. I currently have el30. It goes threw the process and hangs every time about a 3rd of the way threw. I re downloaded file checked the sum and tried different modems such as ee03, ec05 and el30 and have no problem with them. Heres a copy of the file. SPH-D700-FB15-8Gb-REL.TAR. Thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Dude, that is the whole leaked firmware. If you just want the modem it is:

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

and on the ACS page go here and click the Tar Flashable modem link:

FB15 modem:

Modem.bin

(Phone slot of odin)

Tar Flashable Modem

It is a wonder you didn't semi-brick it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
Now that CM9 is out of alpha I would like to flash it and upgrade from CM7. I was planning on making a nandroid backup of CM7 just incase things go wrong but I was wondering what the fastest way to reinstall all of my apps is. In the past I have just used the Astro app backup and then individually installed each app one by one as there is no way to do a mass install. Is there a faster way in existence?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
In the install instructions for CM9 it mentions a Antek App Manager. It backs up your app links to a file and redownloads them. The paid version of Titanium Backup allows batch restores without having to OK each one.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
Thanks. Skipped over the CM9 install since I already had CM7. Figured there wouldn't be much difference.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
So as I am going through titanium backup and the install guide I have come across another question before I flash CM9. There are 5 different restore options

Restore missing apps with data

Restore all system data

Restore missing apps + all system data

Restore newer versions of user apps

Restore all apps with data

Now I know from the guide that I do not want to restore backup data of system apps. I am guessing the first option is what I will want to run when I get into CM9 for the first time but I just want to make sure. I don't want that option to restore data to the system apps (things like calendar or phone).
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
You can try restore missing apps with data but it is recommended not to restore data to apps unless you absolutely need it, like a game save data or colornote memos.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REY_0222:
How to fix mms on metro help pleasee...

CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME I HAVE MY EPIC ON METRO IT HAS EVERYTHING WORKING BUT NO PICTURE MESSAGE THANKS IN ADVANCE :confused:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I found this with Google:

In the Wifi Advanced settings you need to enter the Metro Proxy settings wap.metropcs.net and 3128 as your port. I know strange place to put it but that proxy setting is used for more then just wifi.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTO2221:
epic 4g sd mounting issue

my epic cant not read my sd cards.I dont think the sd is damaged my comp reads them just fine. I also tryed connecting the usb and looking for the files to show up and nothing. I right clicked the disk drive and went to props and it siad 0 bytes available???? I cant acces data because im using the greenk45 app for the internet. no pics or vids can be taking and i cant install new apps!!!!!:mad:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Sounds like your slot is damaged. Take it to a Sprint store.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serstylz2:
So i've been searching thru this thread and am still a little confused, i'm rooted and have CWM but i am getting the latest popup that an OTA update is available which of course i cannot obtain since i am rooted. The only other way i've been able to do OTA updates is by ODIN all the way back to stock and losing everything, which i am in no mood to do tonite; is there a way for me to remove root access so that the update will go through? Or am i doomed since i have rooted apps and have removed some apps with SuperUser as well?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
What is your end goal? If you are rooted and want a custom ROM there are several El30 ROMs you can flash to resolve this. Another option is to Odin the EL30 stock ROM here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1052813

And then google How to root the Samsung Epic on EL30 and watch the video complete with links by qbking77.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serstylz2:
my end goal is just to do this OTA update so this popup goes away, then root again. I want to stay on the stock ROM like i currently am. I think the link you added will be the answer i need, thanks

Edit: That looks like it completely wipes my device.. trying to avoid that
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Backup evrything with Titanium Backup. And you can restore everything after you reroot. Are you on EI22 or EC05 ROM?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razorlove:
Cm9 beta amazon app store

hey guys need ur help on this. just installed cm9 beta and when i try to sign in to amazon app store it states invalid. forgive me if this has been asked before. but, i verified that i can sign in w/same credentials on my pc and also other ROMS but NOT cm9...can anyone assist?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serstylz2:
EI22. I was thinking a backup would restore my phone back to how it was pre-update, will give that a shot
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
If you are on EI22 simply flash one of the EL30 custom ROMs and you will be updated and then you can either flash the CWM file to update your modem or Odin it in without losing data. Always make backups before you do anything but these will work perfectly for you. I recommend Sleeper or CleanGB for a good EL30 ROM in Development section.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REY_0222:
I tried doing that but it still doesn't work.:(
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingnba6:
so i just got my hands on a epic 4g. the stats are

firmware: 2.3.5

kernel version 2.6.35.7

build number: gingerbread.EI22

currently rooted and running wifi tether.

what is the best rom to install on this? looking for a good all around rom. more performance than anything really.

im using it on sprint so i have unlimited everything

thanks for the help!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
If you want to stay on the Touchwiz interface that it comes with then CleanGB is your best bet. If you are adventurous and want to cut Samsung's apron strings then an AOSP ROM like CM9, AOKP, or CM7 might be more your taste. All are in the Development subforum. Read the first few posts on each to get an idea of what features they have. Also you can update your modem to the latest released EL30 with a flashable file here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1457981
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingnba6:
thanks i went with cm9. works smooth now. still on el22 tho. any benefit to get el30?

also i looked for a thread of like must have widgets/apps but couldnt find anything. what are you recommendtions? just stuff that makes life easier. like the flashlight app. task manager kill.

thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I have a tips thread in General with things like that. Links to a ported task manager and Tiny Flashlight is good.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1474205
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Epiclectic:
1st ever HARD BRICK. Please help.

Phone:

SPH-D700 Epic. 3rd Epic I've owned/rooted/flashed. Bought 4 days ago used, it came rooted, flashed to cricket, on EB13/ SRF1.1.0.

Background:

After transferring ESN to my cricket line, everything worked except apps would not download from market. I wanted to try the greenk45.apk to fix this, so I needed busybox. I then noticed that in connectbox I didn't have SU permission. I guess the *228 call to cricket unrooted my phone? So, since I now needed to root and get busy box, I decided to use the [One Click Root]ClockworkMod version 3.1.0.1] method listed by Rodderick.

1. I followed the guide for mac osx. Used terminal to run the shell, everything looked fine. Phone rebooted, I verified SU status. But my apps issue persisted. I decided to try doing a backup in CWM, and trouble shooting from there.

2. powered off phone. 3 fingered it back on, it froze on the samsung screen.

took battery out, tried again. tried powering on normally. only gives me the samsung screen. I'm thinking Odin time.

3. I bring up download mode (1 + power), go into my parallels program (Mac virtual pc running WinXP) and bring up Odin, connect the cable...and NOTHING. It doesn't recognize my phone at all.

4. I've tried Heimdall and Odin (wine-wrapped) on Mac, and Odin on VPC. Even tried QPST and CDMAws (no COM since the USB modem is set to PDA). I've removed and reinstalled the few samsung drivers I've found, trying for the right combo to make my pc recognize this $200 doorstop, and I'm sick to my stomach.

Prior to this my phone connected easily to QPST and CDMA, using OEM and BB cables. I've never used Odin or any recovery except CWM or Titanium Backup. I've been dabbling in android for about a year, and I follow instructions TO THE T. If I had any ****ing clue that my phone might not have the safety net of Odin to fallback on, I would not have risked this.

QUESTION: So WTF do I do now? Unless a guru from this forum can help, I guess I'm either searching for a samsung firmware developer who might fix it for <$100, or just chucking it in the fracking ocean. ANY serious help appreciated. Seriously.

UPDATE:

I tried removing battery/sd card , then DL mode with all my cables (3 BB, 2 LG, OEM samsung), which had worked pre-brick for QPST/CDMA in usb/modem mode, but won't recognize the phone now.

I even tried Odin 1.6 and 1.85, no dice.

I suspected an issue with my virtual PC's version of WinXP, so I tried connecting the bricked epic and 2 other working epics to my gf's macbook pro. NONE of the 3 epics are recognized by heimdall or odin (winewrap) on the MBP. I copied the drivers onto the mac, but they don't install since theyre .exe's.

My next step is to find a friend with a desktop PC and install the drivers and Odin and hope I get recognition.

Anyone else have trouble getting Macs to see the epic?

If I end up buying a cheap used PC to troubleshoot, does it matter if I get winxp or Win7 or ?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssako:
delete old back ups.

hello i was wondering if there was a way to delete old backups off of cwm. if so please help....thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Use any file manager and navigate to your clockworkmod\backup folder on your sd card and there you will see all the backups. Delete the ones you don't want.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drdeathly:
Faster Camera - stock or CM9

I want maximum camera performance... I was very impressed with the camera performance in the demo of ICS on the Nexus. Will ICS (CM9) improve my Epic's camera performance or is Stock as good as it gets?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
So far there are some complaints about camera performance on ICS ROMs here. They strive to improve with each new beta so that remains to be seen. So far Touchwiz ROMs offer the best camera and video recording.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drdeathly:
Thanks you just saved me a LOT of hassle figuring that out on my own! I'll just run it rooted with stock ROM and wait for Samsung's ICS update (if they ever release one), or for my own upgrade to a Galaxy S III or HTC One or maybe even iPhone 5 if it's camera is miles above the competition somehow. As the father of a toddler my phone camera get's a lot of use and if its slow that's really frustrating.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
There will be no Samsung ICS update for the Epic 4G. Sorry. There are a few good TW ROMs you can try that might give you a speed boost like The People's ROM v2.0 or CleanGB and a few others.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Modoru:
I'm sorry for asking a probably already answered question [many times over], but the connection I'm on barely allows me to explore right now. I am very interested in extensive theming for my Epic, but I've gone as far as my phone's regular android GB allows me to. I want to maybe start using a ROM, but I wanted to know if someone knowledgeable on the current selection would tell me which I could benefit from most. I see MIUI is very popular, but it doesn't seem to get a lot of support [and I can't provide any, other than moral]. Would anybody please guide me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
So you want to get away from Touchwiz and try AOSP ROMs? For support try either CM9 or AOKP. For best battery life try CM7.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boltz:
Can I use a sprint gs2 on t mobiles 4g network?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Modoru:
I never had the chance to thank you, so thanks! I'll look into these.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ItalianFurby:
New Update For Epic MR7 Update EL30 to FC09

So here's a question...

[forgive me]

It's 4:54 am EST here in the United States (Michigan) I just received the MR7 Update EL30 to FC09 update.

My problem is that my phone is rooted and it's running:

ROM: CleanGB-MTD-1.1.2

Kernel: 2.6.35.7-CleanGB-MTD-g6d33744

Baseband Version: S:D700.0.5S.EL30

Firmware Version: 2.3.6

I'm not sure what this update pertains to, but I'd really like to know, because simply, I just want my phone to work.

If I update, is it going to stir anything up on my phone? What's this update for?

Help?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
The update fixes some minor things and adds the Sprint Connections Optimizer. You can't get it on CleanGB. It will fail trying to install. If you want it to stop edit your build.prop and change all EL30 instances to FC09, save and reboot.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ReignofEpic:
Elo, i got a question about roms n stuff. I got around to rooting finally, now im looking into cm9, but i just wanted to make sure a couple things like,

is flashig roms easier then rooting?

If i got a backup from cwm, then go flash a rom, but it doesnt work or i want to go back to this, i just restore it? Was pretty worried with all the stuff about bricking and rooting.

Does it matter if im on EL30 and flash a rom for FC09?

It shouldnt matter if theres no service on this phone too right? Lol, i use it alot for wifi though.

Finally rooted then fc09 update keeps popping up, but id rather just flash a rom and disable it.

Thx >.<
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Ok, flashing is easy but restoring maybe not. If you are on just rooted stock then you are on Samsung's proprietary BML partition (think NTFS). If you flash CM9, any ICS ROM or a ROM specifically marked MTD, you will be on the open source partition MTD (think FAT32). You can go from BML to MTD with a flash. Most ROMs convert you. You cannot go back to BML or restore a nandroid backup of a BML ROM without using Odin with the included PIT file to repartition you back to BML. Feel free to PM me with more questions or ask here.