yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ReignofEpic:
Thanks for the info.

I went ahead and tried sleeperrom now lol. Its pretty good, i like it. The only issue i have now is that after starting it up and installing some apps, file explorers freeze up. Tried clwaring data, reinstalling es file explorer, and reflashing the rom, but it still happens.

Turned out it was super keyboard causing it to freeze.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eisenbathb:
What is the best way to root my epic on v2.3.6 because I can't find anything that works recently... I was rooted until the most recent update and now I don't have root acess please help! Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Follow this video How to Root Epic 4g. Or i offer remote rooting services through teamivewer.... no payment necessary but i take donations when i can get them. :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] summercamp22000:
FC 09 prl update

Hey guys, I'm having some issues with this.

I am on the latest cm9 build

And anytime I apply it, it says this:

Boot /sdcard/multiboot/FC09/zImage

Create mount symlink.

Remount partitions read-only.

(Re)mount /sdcard read-only

Unpack kexec.

Load zImage and initramfs.

Sync.

Reboot into zImage.

Install from sdcard complete.

But every time I boot it goes right back into my ROM.

What is it that I'm doing wrong here!?!?!?

the file is in my download under sdcard/download/multiboot/fc09/fc09.zip
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MPTonyT:
Please go into a file manager and post a screen shot and show exactly where the files are located. They should mirror the picture below. This works fine for me.

Edit...

It looks like you did not put the multiboot folder on the root of your SDCard. Please do so and this should take care of your issue.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] summercamp22000:
PRL Update

Thanks for the help got it to work.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyledzep:
Awesome job with the YouTube video.....exact step by step instruction...worked beautifully. THANK YOU!!!:D
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninja_unmatched:
At the moment I'm currently using cm9 b3 and I saw a few threads mentioning touchwiz 5 or UX. Anyone trying to put a newer version of touchwiz on the epic 4g either on gingerbread or CM9? If anyone has asked this question I'm sorry but 113 pages is a lot to look through.

One thread on XDA there is a touchwiz from the S3 ported over to the Galaxy nexus saying the addon could be used on other ROMs too.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patsfast:
asleep in two seconds, banned in four

I'm a new member here, although I've spent weeks browsing for a remedy. My phone is my primary (only) internet access. Samsung Epic 4g, sphD700 2.3.6GINGERBREAD FC09 With root access via clockworkmod 5.0.2.7. Stock (fc09deoBML) ROM.

My trouble is, I don't have internet service other than the tethered hotspot via 4g mobile broadband. There are wifi networks nearby, all locked or out of range. Close enough for system apps the scan wifi at will in the middle of browsing. That causes 4g (wiMAX?) To disconnect, then my ip changes and i get banned from the servers that i use. Is there an app to block wifi and ping 4g to keep it from idling? A script to change timeout, or even disable it? I've got wifi buddy now, that says scans are disabled, but they're not. I bought ROM toolbox today, but it doesn't work properly on my phone with cwm recovery that I've got. I have android sdk tools on my pc, and odin3, but don't really have a clue...it seems like I'm the only one to ever make this complaint too.*

Hopefully I'm wrong and someone has been over this and can shed some light!

Thanks for reading.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomasskull666:
When you turn off wifi, it won't scan for available networks. But with this new Sprint Connection Optimizer thing (which is a pain in my ass), it will automatically turn on wifi whenever it thinks you need it, or so I suppose that's how it works. I deleted the apk for it in /system/app but don't remember what it's called. Maybe doing the same will help you as well. It's called like EasySetup.apk or something. Use a root explorer app such as Root Explorer or a terminal emulator to delete it and hopefully that helps.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
It's called easysmart.apk or go to settings>wireless and networks>mobile networks>automatic connections and turn it off.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomasskull666:
Ah yes that's it, and a much easier way to fix it :-)

Thanks kenny!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patsfast:
wifi scanning

Turning off the connections optimizer in the settings menu doesn't disable the foolish thing. Trust me. No logs (that I've found so far) actually record what process triggers the scan. Would bet it is 'sprint' related, so i don't hog their bandwidth. Understandable. I deleted that easysmart.apk, giving it a shot. The other half of the issue is 4g timing out. Even refreshing, backing up 10 pages, hitting links etc, won't wake it up so i have to turn it off and back on manually. New ip at that point. I've been finding that because the dns changes also, i can't have a static ip. Any tricks to force activity on 4g? Btw, so far so good between wifi buddy turning off and deleting easysmart. No wifi scanning. Ti meout is still an issue occasionally.

---------- Post added at 04:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:25 PM ----------

You and qbking77 helped me access this device the other day.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatemz:
Cyanogenmod 9 Camera Autofocus Bug

I have been running CM9 since alpha. Since then, my Charles Schwab banking application with mobile deposit has been unable to process checks that have been image captured by the camera. The reason for this (in comparison to the stock FC09 ROM) is that the camera in CM9 is unable to autofocus so the banking app denies the images for further processing. Is there a camera firmware update that I can run to solve this error? Or is the CM9 ROM too new to the beta to have this solution?

Thanks in advanced,

A. Tate Barber
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Are you on beta 4 now? I thought someone said autofocus is working now.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
I use the USAA banking app which has a similar problem. Does your phone actually take the picture or does it just give you the autofocus failed increase lighting bs? The later is what happens to me and what solves it is I just keep hitting the shutter button. Without fail the fourth attempt it takes the picture and everything is kosher.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eisenbathb:
Y isn't the xda app allowing me to put a profile picture it says I can't edit my profile!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaguars34:
Hey, I have a rooted epic with miui v4 on it, but want to switch to AOKP. When I try to put the from on the root of my SD, it keeps telling me I don't have enough memory? I've tried deleting everything that I possibly can. Please help..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
Might have to delete your trash as well. You could have dejected but it really just moved it to the trash folder so it is still taking up space. If you did delete everything just reformat the sd card. That will ensure it really is blank. You can do that in settings. Unmount it then it will let you reformat.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
Curious, is this thread still useful any more?

Per the OP's content: These days we don't need to complain about Froyo and hardly no one looks at the Wiki, let alone updates it.

99.9% of the people here usually just make a thread for their question.

;)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I still monitor it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RNZart:
hi guys, gotta be honest i'm not quite sure where to post this question..i apologize if it's not in the right forum :o

ok, I'm a bit lost when it comes to advance (at least for me..) mods. I mean, what's the rule of flashing kernels into epic? off course I have to use GB kernels for GB ROMs, CM for CM and so on..but can I just flash one kernel over another to change kernels?

I'm on CM9 Beta3+ShadowKernel 0.6.3.3...I feel like trying the Shuriken kernel..simply wipe n flash??

noticed CM9 beta4 is out, are those (above mentioned) kernels fits the Beta4?

thanks b4 :o
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Exactly. Simply wipe cache and dalvik and flash. Of course you also have to make sure that it is meant for your Beta as well. Verify with the OP of the kernel thread whether it is compatible with Beta 4.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labumm:
Wireless Emergency Alerts/CMAS compatability

Sprint does not list the Epic 4G as a WEA/CMAS compatable phone.

Is this really true?

Isn't the alert just a text message?

I can't imagine it is a hardware issue. Should this be part of the modem?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
No they are not. They are geographically based messages sent to phones in the affected area so the phone has to be capable of always broadcasting it's location to WEA so it knows whether you should get the alert or not.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RNZart:
whow! lucky I haven't flashed it yet..thanks mate :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labumm:
That seems like a complicated way to do it.

Don't they already know where we are based on the tower(s) we are connected to? I cannot imaging the warning need to be more local that that.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
No they do not until you use your phone. The phones that are capable do. That is why not all phones are capable. Google it and you will find a 4 page pdf file explaining all. Sprint is trying to make all future phones capable so I suggest you upgrade to one on the list.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labumm:
Thanks. That makes sense. If you could post the link to that doc, or the google search terms, I'd apreciate it. I would like to read it. My searching is not pulling up the technical details on the phone-tower connection. Only the behavior of IPAWS and its components.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/cmas.shtm

The pdf at Sprint is down for some reason but shows up in a google for WEA CMAS capable phones.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBeard86:
hi all. i am on a rooted epic 4g running on el22 with an ACS ICS rom and samurai kernel (old stuff).

what would be the best way to update to FC09? can i simply download the rooted FC09 and odin it? do i have to revert back to stock and then odin? i forgot how it works. should i update CWM?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billamin:
Help needed

Dont know if it is the wierdest condition or not. I am using epic 4g on reliance cdms(india). Initially data was working but suddenly one day it stopped working, and i face the same condition till now. However even more strange is the fact that skype is able to use data!!!and not a single other app is able to do it!! developers and gurus, please help me out!! Atleast is anyone able to figure out how is skype doing it??
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Flash CWM 5.0.2.7 then flash the FC09 ROM of choice. Backup 2 ways before doing so or flashing anything!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Or use cm9 which is android 4.0
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkierawr:
Or do the smart thing and just go back to Eclair. Which is Android 2.1

It's all the rage with hipsters nowadays.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I don't know why you keep pushing an AOSP ROM on people who have not upgraded their phone in awhile. Obviously they don't like messing with their phone so for them to hunt down equivalent apps, fix their voicemail, read through the bugs and fixes is ludicrous. Especially when they specifically ask how to get on the latest released firmware.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thelastlokean:
Question on OC

Overall I have been loving the CM9 release...

Only issue I have is I haven't been able to run any OC software on it.

When I run Tegrak I get:

Failed to run insmod!

<0x7f050002>

err1 code=2

<0x7f050003>

err1 code=2

On the built in system settings there is the performance option but the max CPU frequency on the list is 1000 MHz... I miss running N64oid at 1.5 GHz but love the wii remote ability of the cyanogenmods...

I also had the same issue with CM7... Is there anyway to have tegrak working on a CyanogenMod? Is it working for anyone else?

Thanks for your time!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I don't believe Tegrak was ever updated for ICS. Just grab an alternate kernel with OC. There are several, Nyan, shadow and Samurai.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pigeon900:
India

Hey, my Epic 4g is flashed to Reliance mobile, India.

Is there anyway to get play store to show currency in rupees? Also all the numbers in my call log have "00" in front of them. I tried changing the language using morelocale2 to English(India) but that did not help.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labumm:
PRLs on Wiki?

Perhaps I am missing something obvious. Wouldn't it make sense to post the most recent PRL (and alternate PRLs) on the wiki? It already lists ROMs, Modems, and Themes. Even just listing "Latest PRL=60687 with the release date," would be helpful. Of course this is just one more thing to maintain, but it is a key one.

I just tried to confirm that I had the most recent PRL because my "reception" has been crap lately. Searching "PRL" is not so useful for a quick answer. Finding the key thread is not always easy.

I'm on 60687, which appears to be the most recent.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yes it is dificult to maintain constantly. Yes 60687 is the latest. And no PRL has nothing to do with reception. It is a list of towers you are allowed to roam on. Profile "might" be more likely to help but more than likely it is Sprint Maintenance being done all over to upgrade their network.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
So does the GPS only work if you have cell service? I went on a long bike ride today and fired up Google my tracks like I always do but this time I had the phone in airplane mode since I knew the battery wouldn't last. I finished and took a look at the phone to see how far I went and.......nothing. just said searching. I was pretty disappointed.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yes. It needs data to connect to Maps or Telenav.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
Seems like a waste of a gps. Unless you live on the East Coast how often do you have cell service when hiking or mountain biking?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yeah they didn't plan on it replacing personal GPS units for hikers and such.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labumm:
Kenny, That is not quit correct. I agree that the GPS appears to not work if there is no cell reception, but it can be made to work.

I was in Germany for a couple weeks last summer and used the Epig 4G to track hikes. I started from an apartment with wifi, so I could get the AGPS info. I used GPS status to make sure I had a lock. The began the hike. There were no maps of course once I had no wifi. So my map was just a dot at the end of a track. Back at the appartment w/ wifi I could view the map and my track.

I forget all the details of how I had it set up. I took a while to get the phone tweaked. I know I had GPS, bluetooth, and wifi operational. Obviously I turned wifi off when away from the apt. I think I was in airplane mode, or else I told it not to connect to any cell networks. I was on stock Froyo at the time.

Note that some of the Google map apps now allow you to cache the maps for a selected area.

---------- Post added at 06:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:40 AM ----------

What occured to me after I posted that quatestion is that the PRLs are service provider specific (I think)--so there are very few of them compared to the phones. If that is true, then there could be a master list or directory at the site. The wiki could pull from that. I'm not volunteering or complaining, just observing.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yes, you can even get your coordinates at any time with GPS Test but no map data as you specified. Digiblur keeps a database of PRLs and the changes. That could be linked in the wiki. With this, the G-Nex andmthe GS3 forums to moderate I really don't have the time to maintain the wiki. I will see if I can get that link added.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olgonzo:
Guidance

I rooted my Epic 4G a while back but never changed the rom , now i want to update to Gingerbread 2.3.6

I am currently on

CWM 5.0.2.7

2.35 EI22

do i just place the rom on the card and update or do i need to update other things before i flash ?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labumm:
Kenny, No problem. You are doing a lot here. And it is well apreciated. Hopefully there are others who are interested an knowledgable who can lend a hand.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Just download and flash.

Always backup before flashing anything.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
So do I need to do anything to get the gps to do this? I don't know if you have heard of the my tracks app from google. But all I acre about is distance travelled, speed, etc. I never look at maps while I'm biking I just follow a trail. When I was in air plane mode earlier in the week I couldn't get any kind of lock.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labumm:
[edit] see edits AND the thread referenced atthe end of this post.[/edit]

I just tried this experiment using GPS Status as the indicator of GPS function.

a) Initially on Wifi w/ full cell service.

b) Turn on GPS.

c) Start GPS Status.

d) Wait for 1st lock and for it to stabilize.

e) Put phone in airplane mode.

f) Walk around.

GPS fixes are were still updating. Positon changes appropriately. satellites come and go.

Unfortunately the GPS lock is easily broken. for example switching too another app will break the lock and the lock does not seem to be recoverable in airplane mode.

The GPS definitely works in airplane mode. I have not used MyTracks, so I cannot comment it that app can work under this circumstance. But the GPS subsystem definitely works.

I think the GPS will work w/o the initial connection, however the GPS won't be able to lock until it gets all the information it needs from the satellites. I leave it for others to comment on this aspect

You should also search "autonymous gps" to find a thread w/ additional detail. Things are not so simple.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nxp3:
Stop nagging update notification

I've installed CWM to get 1 options that I wanted on my Epic 4G touch. The sprint hotspot, and before anyone saying anything, I really use this sparingly and only when I'm nowhere near wifi from my android tablet. So when sprint try to push that EL29 bug fix I always cancel. Well I'm tired of seeing that message all the time. Is there a way to permanently disable that? I haven't install it because I don't know what it will do to my phone or if it will disable that. I haven't really kept up with the modding scene to remember what I have to do.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Wrong forum. This is not the Touch forum.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] di14:
When I do a nandroid backup I always get a error backing up .android_secure. And the backup stops there. What should I do? I can't delete it from the SD Card, it just gives me a can not be deleted error.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
What version of CWM are you using? Also looks like you may have an sd card problem. You should copy data you want from the card and reformat it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] di14:
I'm using the one that gets installed by CM9-RC1. And will copying and reformatting fix the problem?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
It may and it certainly couldn't hurt. Also try a reflash of CM9 to make sure it imstalls a fresh recovery and don't use ROM Manager unless you have set it up for manual flash override.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] di14:
Thanks it worked! Also, is it normal for it to skip backup of sd-ext if not found? And how can I know if the backup is corrupt or not? I once tried to restore a backup and it failed because of the MD5 mismatch error, and I tried to fix it but that didn't work, so I had to start over. I never once touched my backups.

EDIT: Also, if a backup is of a rom different from the one you're using, what happens if you restore it? Will it restore back to the rom of the backup? Will it simply not work? Will it brick me? If it won't work, does that mean in order to restore it I have to go back to the rom I used to make the backup for it to work? Thanks in advance
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeerChameleon:
When u check debugging it disables the mass storage option, phone as modem etc, from popping up.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wlwash:
How come when I uncheck the USB Debugging it still doesn't show up?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gersonian:
I have looked all over the place for the answer to my question and Clockwork's webpage is currently down.

Basically this has to do with me not really having a strong understanding of Clockwork.

If I have flashed to DK28 and have created a backup in clockwork. Then I odin back to DI18 to get the OTA. Then I install the OTA, and root/install clockwork again...

Will I be able to use the backup I created in clockwork when I was on DK28 to restore my data in DL11?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teccan9nja:
has anyone come across this when trying to flash to DK28

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid

<OSM> SPH-D700-DK28-8G-REL.tar.md5 is invalid.

<OSM> End..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LegendAssassin:
I've been looking around the site but I can't seem to find the answer. I wanted to know how to change the boot up sound for the Samsung EPIC and is there a way to change the boot up logo?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] happyware:
clockwork backup, viper rom, restore with apps only?

Well I find myself in a chicken and egg situation here. Skip ahead past the #### for my actual problem.

Process to get where I am:

I had previously rooted using the one click root, then using clock work, I made a nice backup of my system prior to loading the Viper 3.0.3 rom found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=864445

I think as recommended by a couple users actually went back to stock with odin3 and 2.1

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700#Odin_Stock_Flashing

then I upgraded to stock 2.2 (beta) and upgraded the modem as found here (post 2 of the viper topic:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9649457&postcount=2

Then finally installed the Viper Rom. WOW beautiful (donation will come).

#############################

I went to install my backup in hopes that it would just restore the apps and maybe some data but it ended up restoring a bunch of other things too like the startup/shutdown sounds which causes flickering and other stuff.

I did see a "advanced restore" option in clockwork but not knowing much about it I decided not to play.

Any assistance you can provide is helpful. I'm a technical guy (AKA I can follow your instructions easily) but I'm not anywhere at the level where I can contribute beyond cash and support.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] happyware:
Yes I did. Turned out I downloaded from a different "multiupload site" and it worked. rapidshare failed the hash check but megaupload did not (and was faster actually).
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decalex:
Boot Animations (DK28)

Here's a few in the Themes Section

CIA Boot Ani

Epic BIOS

Nexus S

Other...