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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bullitnutz:
Okay, I'm starting to worry that there's simply something wrong with this Epic as well.

It seems that with every single kernel/ROM combo I find, I run into the same issue:

On a regular basis my phone will go to sleep and not wake up without a battery pull and subsequent boot.

Now, I'm finding that it doesn't freeze under any kind of usage. I'm also finding that it doesn't do this for a little while after a wipe/flash. I have my suspicions that it's due to some dickery with the CPU voltages/stepping, but it seemingly happens even with kernels that do not undervolt the CPU or otherwise mess with it.

So, this leads in to my dilemma I face now: I downloaded the Simply AOSP ROM, it worked rather nicely for a few days with DRockstar's Clean Kernel 1.2, and after flashing an updated version of that kernel, this problem has returned with a vengeance.

Of course, I can only assume your first thought is to revert back to the 1.2 version of that kernel. I have. The problem persists.

So, I am asking here, what kernel/ROM should I be using if I want my Epic to work properly? I have done my level best to try setting profiles up in SetCPU to attempt to FORCE the system to keep the clockspeed up when the screen is off, to no avail. I've currently got a minimum speed of 400MHz, but I still see dips to 100MHz, with a good 25% of the time being spent at 100MHz, defying the settings I have selected.

So, has anyone else experienced this EXACT issue and if so, how did you remedy it? Going back to stock is a ridiculous option for the reason of simple utility. Buying an Evo is a ridiculous option because I wouldn't be posting in the Epic questions thread if I wanted someone to recommend an Evo, though I am considering just dropping the $400 to have a phone that works as expected.

So far, I have had this issue with the following:

CM7 (alpha 3 and 4)

SRF 1.1.0 with the included Kernel, with the Vision Kernel, and with another Twilight Zone Kernel as reommended in the thread.

SimplyAOSP with the included kernel, DRockstar's Clean Kernel 1.2, DRockstar's Clean Kernel 1.3.

EC05 Stock Plus

All of the ROMs have been installed doing the following:

wipe, wipe, wipe (that's data, cache, and dalvik, 3x each)

flash

There is no difference between whether I restore my apps and data or start over. I repeat, it does not seem to be caused by an app I have downloaded because it will happen without me restoring ANY data whatsoever.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Clear data in SetCPU and then uninstall. Try Genocide kernel and Voltage Control making sure to follow the Voltage Control instructions to pick your steps and make sure 100Mhz is not selected. Do not use any undervolting. If that doesn't fix it something imbedded the 100Mhz step in your phone somewhere and you should Odin back to a stock ROM and start again. Do not restore data or a nand as that will bring back your problem. I hope this helps.

If you are going to Odin fresh, maybe you want to throw on the new Gingerbread with everything working from ACS in development.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bullitnutz:
Thanks. I've flashed the Genocide kernel and have been running it for a most of the day now, so far so good. I got rid of SetCPU and an currently just managing the steps with VC, making sure everything it set to 0. So far, so good. Preliminary thanks for your help! :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
No problem. Sometimes SetCPU is stubborn and still hits that 100 Mhz step. My phone can't do 100 Mhz either.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brand_x:
A couple of questions, is there a walk-thru of the procedure your outlining you could point me to?

I still have a clockwork folder on my SDcard, should I delete that first? Its left over from loading 2.5 from the one-click run.bat

When I odin in the EB13 prerooted EXT4 tar; I check "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" but do I need to "Re-partion" as well?

I could guess that I should, since your method will change the fs from riserfs to ext4 but since you say the formatting happens when I boot into clockwork, I could guess that I shouldn't...

After the tar is flashed with odin, I boot into clockwork via 3-finger and the fs conversion just happens automatically? <noobpanic>I don't need to do anything? Will I see anything happen? How will I know when its done? </noobpanic>

You say flash a ROM before rebooting. I presume because the EC05 I have now will have been nuked when the partitions were reformatted to EXT4?

Is there an index of ROMs or does one just wade through the various threads looking for something that piques their interest?

Sorry for all the questions, but I'm trying to understand the process, not just follow a list of instructions.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Whew..OK, only check the auto reboot box in Odin. The only thing in the clockworkmod folder is backups so don't worry about it. You boot into Clockwork, remembering to have your next ROM on your SD card and the formatting will start with lots of messages on the screen. When it is all done it will be back to the orange lettered clockwork screen. There you will choose to add file from zip, then select choose zip file from sd card, scroll with volume button and select with camera button, pick the file again, the flashing will start again with messages on the screen. Some ROMs may reboot when finished, others will again bring you back to the CWM screen. Pick reboot system from menu if that happens.

There used to be lists of ROMs on Android Central but don't know if it is current. ACS has a Gingerbread release, Midnight, the SRF ACS ROM, are the most popular. If you are interested in Bonsai you have to go to their website. Click Bonsai Home below.

There are also a bunch of videos here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brand_x:
I appriciate the hand holding. After my bad experience I'm a little skittish. So thank you again for attention/effort.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Most of us are glad to help :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raptorseye:
can you flash the twilight or vision kernels on top of the swiss cheese gingerbread leak, or is that like a big no no... i am dumb for even asking type of thing?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
You are not dumb for asking, I was thinking the same thing. I think they are set up for EC05 so probably won't work, but backup and try. I was gonna try it with Genocide.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ninjanarchy:
Hey guys, I'm new here... sort of. Long time-reader, first time poster. I have my Epic 4g flashed with the latest "standard" SyndicateROM Frozen and I had a couple questions.

1) Is it possible for me to install the stock Program Monitor widget? If so, how?

2) Is it possible for me to move/edit files on the phone itself with a program other than Root Explorer?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epic4GEE:
1) I'm not positive, but I think all you can get is the taskmanager app. Its the same thing as the program monitor widget, but without the widget.

2) Yes, I use es file explorer. All you have to do is go to options in the app and scroll to the bottom go into root options and enable the root explorer,(enable it for hiapk rom) then enable mount file system. You can now push, edit, and pretty much do whatever you want. Only thing I've not had success with was rezipping an unzipped zip file, for flashing purposes.

Note; I've only tested it on froyo and if you mount /system, /data as writeable and your files are all messed up, like you have empty folders or things like that. Just unmount(it always gives a failed to unmount error when trying to unmount), reboot and try again. Also I always unmount and take away root privileges when I'm done and then reboot.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yes, Just push this to system\app with ES File Explorer.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epic4GEE:
Ahh, cool man!! I lost mine flashing one of these roms, I think I'll take it....thanks.

Edit; no worky for me:(
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ninjanarchy:
Yeah, I managed to figure out that Adao File Manager comes pre-installed on SyndicateROM standard, but I pushed the boot/shutdown screens with Root Explorer that I refunded after I was done :rolleyes:. Is there a way to manually add the Adao File Manager to SuperUser's permission list? And much thanks for the file Kenny.

Did you make sure it was mounted to Read/Write mode instead of Read Only? And that the file manager app had sufficient permissions?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Thought you were on Bonsai 4.1.1? Works fine for me. Did you enable root and read/write in settings of es file manager?

Do you BONSAI?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ninjanarchy:
Okay, nut'd up and paid for Root Explorer, pushed the file you (kenny) gave me to system/app/, and I still can't use the widget :\
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
When I get home tonight I will upload a samsung widgets flashable for you.

Do you BONSAI?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Here are the Samsung Widgets since I can't find a link to them anymore. Flash them with CWM3, had to remove the weather clock so I could upload it here (8MB limit).
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epic4GEE:
Yeah still on bonsai 4.1.1b30, with the vision 1.1 kernel.

I did everything right as far as I know, just no widget shows up. Maybe its because I use LP and not TW?

And to ninja, you should've gave es file explorer a try, its free and I myself prefer the UI over any other root/file explorer.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Try the flashable.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epic4GEE:
Ight will report back in a few minutes.

Edit; all the items show up in my /system/app folder, but there's no option in the widgets for them. I'm pretty sure this is because I use launcher pro. No biggie, here's a thanks for trying kenny. Also the task manager app works just fine for me anyhow.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Ha...you are right my friend. They only show up with a version of Touchwiz launcher. They disappear with Zeam and ADW.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skywalker6705:
I have kind of a generic android question I was curious about: Is there any way to force the native dialer to launch directly to the favorites tab? I ask because I'm almost always dialing from my favorites list unless I'm returning a missed call. So opening the dialer and then always tapping over to the favorites tab seems like an unnecessary step to me. Is there any shortcut link for the tab, or some way to redirect to it when the dialer launches?

edit: actually I guess since I'm on a Epic 4g, it's not actually the native dialer, but the touchwiz dialer in this instance.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EpicSaga:
How long does it take to root a phone?

how long would it take to root a phone. I want a dependable Rom.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
It should take about 5 minutes or so. Videos are in the thread at the top of General in the Stickies.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZiggSVO:
Yea "on demand" is a jerk sometimes lol. For some reason it will always dip below your min setting. but if you set it to conservative it will not drop below your min :p
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I think Sprint can transfer the contacts with their machine as long as the phone will turn on even though you can't see it. But give them a call to verify. They had told me before that it at least has to turn on.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unodish:
I'm somewhat newbie, I have rooted and flashed a ROM, do I have to follow these steps every time I want to flash another ROM?

1) You MUST ODIN to EC05 FIRST

2) You will then need to ODIN the EE03 Modem

3) Then OneClickRoot CW3.0.2.5

or can I proceed to flash another ROM after clearing everything 3X without performing the above 3 steps?

Thanks in advance
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Just follow the instructions posted with the ROM you want to use. Some need you to be on EC05 modem, some will wipe, save and restore for you, some ROMs you have to wipe beforehand, some require you to be on EXT4 file system, some are RFS and will not work on EXT4 file system.

Always backup 2 ways at least (Nand backup in CWM and Titanium or Mybackup) before, keep Odin and a good cable ready just in case and have fun.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chicagoepicuser:
Change Boot Animation?

Hey all, I have a dumb question. I'd like to flash a new boot animation. I'm on SRF 1.1.1, CWM3 obviously. Is it as simple as flashing the zip via CWM? Do I have to worry about compatibility issues (i.e., does the animation need to be specific to the Epic or EXT4?)? Or will any old Android boot animation .zip work?

Thanks in advance, sorry for the noobness.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Most will work. Make a backup of your bootanimation.zip in the system\media directory.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chicagoepicuser:
Thanks - does this mean I just need to rename the custom animation as 'bootanimation.zip' and overwrite the existing?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Exactly, but make a backup of the working one or rename it .old just in case the new one doesn't work. I had a few that wouldn't work on my phone, just black screen.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyleyinSTL:
Flashing Genocide EC05 Kernel v1.0 - did it work?

Good afternoon,

First post here at xda, be gentle. I read the entirety of the Genocide EC05 Kernel v1.0 thread but didn't see this mentioned and I can't post there due to my noob-ness.

I'm running SyndicateROM Frozen 1.1.1 and was looking for a bit better battery life. The Genocide EC05 Kernel was suggested as something that "might" help that. I flashed it without issue so far as I can tell but when I hit up about phone the Kernel is showing as 2.6.32.9....I was assuming that it should be saying something like Genocide EC05 Kernel v1.0, yes?

My previous kernel was the one bundled in SyndicateROM Frozen 1.1.1.

Thanks all
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Not everyone personalizes the kernel signature. That is correct for Genocide. You may want to top out your CPU settings with Voltage Control to 800Mhz if you are looking only to increase battery life.

Do you BONSAI?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyleyinSTL:
Thanks for the speedy reply! Glad to know I got it right. I'm defiantly going to try the CPU settings.

I have been reading up on Bonsai this afternoon. Sounds like something I should try but I was getting error messages when trying to connect to the download page this morning.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Battery life on Bonsai 4.1.1 is amazing! You already got your link in the email? It still may be overloaded server traffic. Let me know if you still have trouble downloading. PM me. I am a mod there.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyleyinSTL:
Working now....must have been server overload.

I come from webOS and the likes of Preware....very simple and very awesome. What I like about Bonsai from the Android noob perspective is that things seem simple and easy, kind of like Preware is. Not that SRF was hard but you need to be a more technical person to understand what is going on.

Thanks again!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RyleyinSTL:
^^installed without a hitch....and wow, fast.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Excellent. I am sure the team appreciates your kind words.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcellence:
need help rooting.

I'm trying to root my epic using this forum: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=770388

I downloaded the right drivers and I'm in USB Debugging. When I plug my phone in, the driver software that doesn't get installed is S3C6410 Android ADB, and CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM). It either fails, or will never stop saying "installing driver software". I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, rebooting my phone and computer, and it still does it. Can someone please help me? Thank you so much.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Milly7:
I am a noob to root. I have a rooted evo, but want to know which is easier to root and flash roms on, the epic or nexus s? I am considering getting one of these devices....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Took my laptop like 30 minutes to find and install that driver.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
From what I have read Nexus S has a simple command to get root access and Epic has to go through Clockwork or some other thrid party rooting tool. There are a bunch of ways to get the Epic rooted, so if you prefer the slide out keyboard then grab the Epic, if you want quicker updates (Nexus already on Android 2.3 Gingerbread) get the Nexus S pure google phone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il buono:
I would go with the Nexus S if the slideout keyboard isn't a big thing you want. I currently have the Epic 4G and have rooted it lots of times using OneClickRoot CW3.0.2.5. It is really easy and I have yet to brick my phone...knock-on-wood
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il buono:
If I were you I would try downloading the drivers from a different page to see if that is the issue. I put the link below to the XDA page with the drivers. Additionally, make sure you're downloading the right driver for your computer whether it is 32 bit or 64 bit. Also, I put a link to qbking77's video showing how to root the Epic using the same XDA page you referred to. It should help if anything is confusing. He is a great help to us Epic 4G owners so be sure to thank him if any of his videos help you.

Drivers:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728929

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTw7l0DugQ8
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
MMS not working

Hello, I'm having a problem sending & receiving MMS.

I tried sending a picture earlier this morning & it gave me an error. At first, it said, "the message could not be adapted to your terminal." Then I resent the message & it said "message sent" but the person never received it. I sent it multiple times after that, but no luck.

I recently flashed SyndicateROM Frozen 1.1.1 with the MattedBlues theme. I WIPED CACHE & DATA 3X, so I'm pretty sure how I installed it is not the problem. I'm not sure what may have caused this, as I haven't had any issues with this in the past. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
There is a known issue with Sprint and MMS going on. It may be a problem in your area that should clear up soon.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I wasn't aware of that. Well, I guess I'll wait a week or two & see what happens then. Thanks so much for your help! :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I found the solution. All I had to do was update the PRL on the About Phone menu. It reset the radio & now works perfectly. Maybe it was common sense, but I had to dig through a few forums for it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xinlitik:
I'm running SyndicateRom 1.1.1 and sending emails with attachments (even small ones ~100 kb) takes HORRENDOUSLY long, in both Gmail and Email. We're talking on the order of minutes for a 120 kb picture--on the same connection that I can watch youtube videos with no buffering. Anyone know what causes this?

Also, freakish bug: I have rotation turned off, but on the stock phone app, it rotates anyway. ONLY on that app! Any ideas?

Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adad64:
ButtonRemapper

I've been trying to switch the power button function out with another button and the only thing I've come across so far is ButtonRemapper. It does what I want fine as long as I use the galaxy S version, but it disables nearly the entire keyboard, making it all be the 'Down DPAD' function (except for the letter h for some odd reason). I've been tinkering and it does this whenever you apply settings, even if nothing was changed and the keyboard remains unusable unless you restore settings. Does anyone know of a way to use button remapper on an epic 4g without disabling the keyboard? Thanks in advance!

-Adad64
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anonymyz:
Front Facing Camera Issue

I currently flashed over to the Swiss Cheese Samsprint" EE03 Gingerbread Root for the Epic which i have to say is freaking awesome......except that for some reason the quality on the front facing camera has diminished and programs such as yahoo IM does recognize the front facing camera/ give you the option to use it. When you take a pic the front camera works but is abnormally pixalated. Is there a fix for those issues? tried to post this in the "correct place" but since ima noob it wont freakin let me
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Don't think so since there is no code available until the final release.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daledwell:
Has anyone figured out how to fully flash an Epic 4G to Metro pcs? If so please respond
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Like 2 threads down...here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=824224

They can direct you how to do it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veris:
MMS isn't sticking

Well, I just noticed this thread after I had already made mine.

If I could delete it, I would, but I can't.

But anyway, the problem is MMS isn't sticking after I restart

A full description of the problem:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1111830
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monotune:
why is my Epic rebooting every time it's powered off and I plug in my charger?

it just started doing this :|
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
Unknown Artists?

Alright, so this has been bothering me first some time now.

When I go to my music app, I've noticed a bunch of my songs being labeled under "Unknown Artists".

Now, it never use to do this so I don't really understand how it happened.

I checked my SD card and everything in Root Explorer to see if there was any data corruption, but everything looks normal.

Has anyone had this problem before? What would you guys recommend? Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monotune:
this COULD have something to do with the ID3v1 and/or ID3v2 of the song files
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
Well, what confuses me the most is these song files HAVE showed the correct artist in the past. What triggered them to start saying "Unknown Artists" I have no idea.

Edit:::: Is it possible EE03 caused this?!?!

I just tried deleting some songs and adding them back via comp and it didn't work.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badmoment:
My stock music player along with my market video player were both deleted of their content. They both show no media. What happened? And how can I reenable both?

Sent from a galaxy behind
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cds0699:
I have a question. I'm currently running SRF 1.1.1 with the Emotionless beast theme and clockworkmod 3.1.0.1. I really want the sweep glass lock screen. Is there any way to install that lock screen on my phone without wiping data/cache/dalvik and reflashing SRF 1.1.1?

I'd like to install it, but want to save myself of having to back everything up, reflash SRF, flash the lockscreen mod, then reflash the theme.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monotune:
you're using Gingerbread on your Epic?

that could very well be the issue

because when I installed the unofficial Froyo

it did that to A LOT of my songs

but I noticed it only did it to songs that I had converted to MP3 and renamed

remember, Gingerbread has NOT officially been released for the Epic
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monotune:
is your SD card properly mounted?

do me favor, place the SD card into the SD card adapter (that your Epic came with)

connect it to your computer and tell me if the files are still on it
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
Well its weird, it works on AnonymousROM v7 so meh

Sent from my Samsung Epic
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badmoment:
Ill be back with you.

Per your direction. Thanks

Sent from a galaxy behind