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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Top Nurse:
Flashing the .tar file as noted above will wipe the slate clean. However, the process doesn't remove the CWM files from your SD card. You will need to delete those manually with a file manager like Astro or Root manager.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styles420:
Or, if this if so you can swap the phone at a Sprint store, just remove the sd card in advance - they swap then out anyway
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hey Thank you Top Nurse. I tried that as well before I posted here. The thing is my computer wont recognize when I try one click and in download mode odin wont recognize either. I have the drivers downloaded and everything, it used to work it just doesnt now, i think im stuck like this. I'm guessing maybe my port is broken? but the phone charges so idk!!??
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanhooah:
The last thing the command window says is "adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login."

I didn't notice any of the typical USB sounds from my computer either when I first plugged the phone in, or during the run.bat script.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjolnir677:
Ok, from there wait up to 7 minutes, you should be good if the drivers are installed and you're in a good port
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanhooah:
I've let it run for 15 minutes now, and no change. I'll go try a different port, I guess.

Edit: Before I did that, I turned off my phone out of curiosity. When I turned it back on, the script continued to run, and now my phone is properly rooted.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanhooah:
Alright, another question. Successfully rooted, but having problems with ClockWorkMod Recovery and ROM manager. I've tried numerous ways to install CWM, including ROM manager, which just tells me "An error occurred while downloading your recovery," which isn't very helpful. What do I need to do?

As a reminder, I've rooted, and have CWM 2.5.1.0 and Froyo DK28.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
You don't need to download the recovery again; you already have CWM 2.5.1.0 like you said.

If you want to boot into CWM, do it via the three finger grip method. That's safer anyway
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykps:
can't get zip file

I'm sorry if this isn't the right place for this, but I can't post to the android developers' forum for the epic. I'm trying to root my phone, but the one file I can't seem to download is OneClickRootCWM3-EB13.zip. Where can I get it, or what am I doing wrong?

Any help is welcome!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanhooah:
Sorry, I forgot to say that I'm trying to upgrade to a newer version for two reasons: I'm trying to use ROM manager to try out different ROMs but it can't flash CWM, and a ROM that I want to try (Nebula ROM) says it needs at least 2.5.1.2 (if I understand its website properly).
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dazednconfused:
Stuck in Odin

Deleted - fixed myself.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vvh:
Hello,

I've got an Sprint Epic on my hands that I need to get up to Froyo, since came on 2.1 Eclair.

I also want to root it, so, which way should I go about it first? Do I update it to Froyo then root, or root then Froyo?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomasskull666:
Read some guides in the development section on how to use Odin to get to EB13 (official froyo). Then, use the one click root and CWM3 posted by Dameon. This will get you on froyo, an then root.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanhooah:
The file linked in his post appears to be missing (actually the whole domain, efragtv.com is down). Does anyone have a mirror?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanhooah:
Since I can't yet post in the development section, I'll ask here: I installed the Twilight Zone kernal today, but quadrant is still giving me the same benchmark score of ~750, as opposed to the claimed 1150+. I do have setcpu installed, 1200 max/100 min with ondemand scaling.

Another thing I've noticed is that when it boots, I get a sideways (i.e. landscape) android logo flashing on top of the Sprint and Galaxy S logos, and boot seems to take considerably longer than normal (and often gets stuck on the www.samsungmobile.com screen).

Relevant info:

Epic 4g

Froyo.EB13

Twilight Zone v1.0.1 - Hisako

CWM 2.5.1.0.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vvh:
Thanks. I did it, a bit harder than working with a CDMA Hero, but I got it done.

Thanks again.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
I think I made a big mistake

I have a rooted Epic 4G. It was rooted with one click root CW2. I didn't realize there was a newer version and tried to flash a ROM from my SD card and it failed. Now I can't get out of the recovery screen. I have tried to restore about a dozen times now and it hangs up every time. I can't restore either.

I found CW3 one click root, downloaded it, extracted to a folder, ran the file, connected my phone, hit a key on my keyboard and my laptop won't recognize my phone. It powers on right into the recovery screen again.

I should have stopped @ rooting and manually removing the bloatware, but I tried to get cute and now it appears I'm screwed. Unless someone here knows how to fix this. :(

I hope there's someone here who can help me because I am losing my mind right now.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanhooah:
I think this is what happened to me. What I was able to do was use the instructions here to get my phone back to stock (Android 2.1) and then just forget about CWM 3 until someone reports back with more success than me.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
Thank you but I have one question about those instructions. It says to put your phone in "download" mode. I am stuck on the recovery screen so do you know how I would do that?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanhooah:
Whoops, forgot that thread assumed you knew how to get there. Pull out your battery and put it back in. While holding volume down, hold power. Keep holding both buttons until you see a bright yellow downloading screen.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
Thank you. I'll give it a try.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
It worked!!!!!

Thank you so much!!!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike Primo:
new epic user looking for rom help

I just picked up my new epic this past weekend but I have been reading these forums for the last few weeks and just have a few questions before I dive in the deep end.

I did root my phone with one step root and recovery 2.5.5 so I am ready to go to the rom step.

the phone is currently at 2.1 DI18.

1) can I install a rom with CWM 2.5.5 or do I need to be at CWM 3.0

2) can I just install a rom, i.e. syndicate rom frozen to DI18 or do I need to use odin to get it to EB13 first then install rom

3) if I wanted to try a different rom, do I install right over the previous or do I need to use other steps to remove the previous first.

sorry for all the questions but I want to make sure I don't screw up the phone.

thanks in advance for any help or advise
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iSaint:
Most Roms now are running on EXT4 so i would recommend rooting with the cwm3 (orange one)

you need to Odin to EB13 first before you do anything but remember have patience with Odin and make sure you have drivers installed on your computer FIRST

ODIN EB13----> Root with Cwm3------->Flash any ROM that is Based on EB13

after you have flashed a ROM and want to switch to another you should be able to boot into recovery and wipe Data, Dalvik, Cache 3x each

then flash another ROM without anything else but i would recommend you use

Odin when switching ROMS because it minimizes the chances of something going wrong and ensures best performance.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBeard86:
hey all im new here. i wondering whats the difference between eclair and froyo? my phone is currently eclair. should i upgrade? what are the pros/cons.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike Primo:
isaint,

thank you for the quick reply and help
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iSaint:
Froyo adds Flash support and a bunch of other things so Yes you should upgrade to froyo you wont regret it also a custom ROM such as ACS frozen wont dissapoint you at all
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iSaint:
No prob bro
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBeard86:
hey bros. im having some trouble; i just rooted my phone (1click method) and and having trouble getting cwm2 (on the eclair). when i go into rom manager to crete a backup, it prompts me ot installs cwm recovery, and then an error message comes up saying it commnot be downloaded, an error occured.

i followed insturction on android central, which did not have an all in one root method with cwm and all that stuff.

what do i do now? i do have titanium bacup and backed up my contacts which i all i really see and important.

help would be appreciated, thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iSaint:
Right now are you on EB13 or still on DI18 ?

If you are on DI18 then install driver to your computer and Odin EB13...Heres the thread for Odin.....http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773032

then you should root EB13 with this...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=897612

After boot into recovery power off then hold (camera+power+Vol. down)

It'll convert after wipe Data, Dalvik, Cache 3x each and flash a EB13 Rom

I Recommend this one......http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=976194

REMEMBER to place ROM on your SD card Before you boot into Recovery.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBeard86:
im on dI18. so the instructions you provided me with will wipe out everything from my phone? even the thigns save on titanium backup?

i wish to remain on dI18 until the next official version comes out.

honestly, im really confused about waht im doing in that i dont understand what im doing, just following instructions (which are confusing in itself to me).

btw, the link for the odin dl doesnt work, do you have another? i got all the other files
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iSaint:
ok im sorry lets take it one step at a time...

This on your computer....

http://firon.net/xda/Samsung_Mobile_Driver_V1.3.800_For_SPH-d700_Epic_4G.zip

after its installed Restart computer and then plug in you phone let it install.

tell me when you are done with that
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBeard86:
ok done.....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iSaint:
Choose one of these methods and do it bro.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=963652
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBeard86:
thanks man....so this will update my phone from eclair di18 to froyo? after that, i can just follow the one-click root methods on this site for froyo? do i have to save my contacts...wil it be erased?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iSaint:
Yes that will upgrade you to froyo when its booted just root it

Your contacts should be synced with your google account so i doubt they will be deleted
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
So I just flashed midNIGHT ROM and then the update over it. I have no market app. How do I get it? Also stock text & email apps are gone.

In my app drawer I have:

calendar

camera

contacts

phone

quick boot

settings

sprint hotspot

superuser

task manager

When I click on browser I get the following message: The application LauncherPro (process android.process.acore) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again (force close)

What did I do wrong?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBeard86:
i instaled the one click root for froyo with cwm3....after it was done i brough the phone into clockwork and it finished doing what it had to do there....\
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
The midNIGHT ROM was beyond this newb's abilities so I went with the SyndicateROM Frozen and it seems to be working wonderfully. It's just what I want...something with only the Sprint bloatware wiped out!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=976194
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
Any way to go back to the LauncherPro app drawer icon? It's not listed as an option in the LauncherPro icons for some strange reason. I changed my wallpaper and the custom icon I'm using doesn't look as nice as it did with my old wallpaper.

TIA!

http://twitpic.com/47az1q
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Animas1020:
You can actually save backups of LauncherPro. You have to go to Preferences and then near the bottom is a place to make a backup. That would save your dock and dock icons/shortcuts plus all your home screens (minus non-LauncherPro widgets). But you just long press the shortcut to make changes to it. Choose LauncherPro icons to get the default ones.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
The problem is all the default icons are listed in LauncherPro *except* the one for the app drawer. I have no idea why they wouldn't put it in there...but they didn't. :-(
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Animas1020:
I see what you're saying, my phone doesn't have them either lol. Weird... I use custom icon images for my dock, so never noticed till now. Not sure how to get the default one back however.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mk223:
So after installing the stock 2.2 update, a week after my touch screen is having issues. It works for the most part when the keyboard is stowed, but when i use the phone in landscape mode with the keyboard out, the touch screen is dead.

I rooted and installed the Bonzai Rom, thinking that it might clear up the issue, but it hasnt. The phone runs faster, but I am having the same touchscreen issues.

I guess I will have to wait until sprint pushes a patch, but are any of you guys having a similar touchscreen issue.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtrezpasor:
Has anyone gotten Sprint TV and Sprint Football to work on a custom ROM after you installed it?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtrezpasor:
I see your running the same rom i am - do you have any problems with Sprint TV or the NFL app or do you not run them?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christpuncher:
if i were to lose my contacts and not have them backed up to google, and then i were to flash the eb13 odin file, would the sprint store still be able to send over my contacts from my old phone? and would they even notice/care that it wasnt 'stock?'
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechSr06:
Extra Sounds/Notifications

I came over to the Epic from the Moment. I had a custom rom that included extra notifcation type sounds etc i think that came from an HTC phone. Any idea where I can get something like this for the Epic? The woodblock sound was great for texts at the office because it was original and quiet.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike Primo:
please help with odin steps and cwm3

I am really new to this but reading as much info as I can over the last few weeks. Could someone please look over the following steps and let me know if this looks correct

I am currently rooted with CWM 2.5 and I am at DI18

1) open Odin and put the victory pit in the pit section and the SPH-D700-EB13-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 in the PDA section. (do any options need to be checked?)

2) put phone in download (hold "1" and power button)

3) connect phone to PC USB and hit start. wait for Odin to complete and let it re-boot phone etc...

4) put rom of choice on SD card

5) open CWM 3.0 file and click run to install new CWM 3.0 and wait to complete

6) boot into CWM 3.0 by holding buttons. at this point it is converting to EXT4 correct??

7) do all wipes and choose rom from SD card and install from here

can i also run stock after step 6 if i want to wait for other rom updates

thanks for any help
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rando991:
anybody having a problem with running services: "snsservice restarting" continously? What is this? I've googled and everyone that has attempted an answer says something different... is this REALLY necessary and why do you think it is?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Animas1020:
Before step 5, enable USB Debugging in Menu ---> Applications ---> Development.

You are correct about step 6. If CWM 3.0 installs correctly, it will convert automatically first time you boot into recovery.

Once converted to EXT4 wipe data (factory reset), cache, and Dalvik cache (under advanced) three times then you install the ROM.

I'm pretty sure you can run stock deodexed after step 6, but I've never tried so not sure exactly. I don't like stock whatsoever lol, so I would just flash a new ROM ;)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkness252:
Twilight Zone Kernel v1.0 - Hisako Wifi Tether Reboot problem

I have Twilight Zone Kernel v1.0 - Hisako build on my epic and i love EVERYTHING that the rom provides. though my computer at home's sole source of internet is my phone. there has been an issue with the wifi tether,

The old version does not even load, force closes everything Immediately.

New one that comes with the rom works but then seems to at some point within at least a few mins reboot and possible culprit of it erasing a couple of things.

Barnicle works longer but even after a few hours of that it does the same thing,

Is there any help for this as this is an app that I use every single day.......
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikieFurrz:
HELP!!!

i odined my phone back to stock but now i have no service/airplane mode keeps coming on by itself!!!

not sure if it matters but when i used odin it took like 10 seconds.....which is shorter than its ever taken so im not sure what it did. please help me =(
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrjpoohscell:
is there a way to disable the epic 4g notiifcations for text messaging on the main texting program, so i can use another program like go sms!?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike Primo:
widget stuck behind dock

I had a calandar widget on my home screen that i wanted to discard. I held the icon and dragged it to the trash can. but i noticed that the widget never really was deleted. it remained active but it is behind my dock. if i attempt to hold it down it thinks i want to make changes to the dock. i removed the calendar app but now it read problem loading widget message behind the dock. anyone know how to remove this

thanks in advance
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
Yes. Go into settings and uncheck notifications
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrjpoohscell:
did that, they are still showing up on the actual icon...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
Are you using LauncherPro? I believe that is a setting in LauncherPro.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrjpoohscell:
this phone is going to be the death of me.. i just switched to laucherex i think now..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
I hope that resolves the issue for you.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djcovarrubias:
rooting

I'm trying to root my epic 4G using a win7 64-bit notebook. I'm following the steps on this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=770388&highlight=windows7

specifically,

"1. you need samsung galaxy s drivers

32-bit drivers: http://firon.net/xda/Samsung_Mobile_...00_Epic_4G.zip

64-bit drivers: http://firon.net/xda/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip

2. push MENU, select Applications > Development, then enable USB debugging.

3. extract and run run.bat

4. enjoy!"

I've downloaded the files and installed the driver through the setup wizard on the USB64 folder. I've turned on USB debugging on the phone. When I connect it windows7 proceeds to install device software and hangs on 2 components:

CDC Abstract control Model (ACM)

S3C6410 Android ADB

Any ideas on what went wrong here/workarounds? Also, I can't find run.bat among the files extracted either with the 64-bit or the 32-bit files on the link.

I apologize for posting this here, but I don't have privileges to post on the developers page where the referred material is at. Forgive my ignorance and any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J666Diablo:
@NikieFurrz

I hope your phone is fixed by now but if not then. Put your phone in service recovery mode. to do that, with the phone off, hold the number 1 key on the physical keyboard down and hit the power button. then with odin open and the stock rom in place connect the phone and it should get picked up. reflash the phone (should take several minutes) and you should be back up and running.

@djcovarrubias

I've had the same issues when rooting my phone and others with win7. you can try changing usb ports and it may work. try to use a motherboards usb port and not one thats on the front of the case. It got to be a annoying headache for me so I ended up using on old xp install i had available and everything works perfect the first try then.

now my question :)

I'm not sure if this is my rom yet or not but all incoming text messages are +1 hour thanks to last nights dst change. my clock updated correctly and the sent time stamp appears correct. I tried searching online and the forums and i've not found much yet (might be too early in the day still).

UPDATE: nevermind... i do this for a living and forgot rule #1. Did a hard reboot of the phone and all is well now.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
I prefer the look of the stock email client so I'm hoping to continue using it but am having an issue that's driving me crazy!

I am getting the same email two and sometimes three times and I don't understand why.

Does this have anything to do with IMAP? If I disable IMAP on my account (via the web) and still enable POP would that solve the issue? Would I still get my emails or would disabling IMAP prevent them from showing up on my phone?

I really can't figure this one out and I know I can resolve it by simply using gmail on my phone, but I really do have a liking for the look of the stock email app so I'm hoping for a solution.

Any ideas, suggestions, etc are much appreciated!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 56789:
My Windows7 system hung on CDC Abstract control Model (ACM) and S3C6410 Android ADB install as well but I was still able to root using one click (2.5.5). As far as the run.bat goes, it is not with the drivers; you have to download one of the one click roots (2.5.5 or 3.x.x.x[if you want to use ext4 filesystem]...)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JurKZ:
Sending file over bluetooth.

Does anyone know if there is a limit on the file size when transferring via bluetooth? I tried sending a file to a G2 yesterday but it would just fail. I was paired and everything. I don't know if it is an issue with my ROM, SFR 1.0.1, or just a limitation on android or just a limitation of bluetooth. The file was 10MB. Any help or insight would be much appreciated.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeikuRyu:
Hey guys, have a little problem with the GPS. I've done some research and most of the problems I've read have been cache related. Go get GPS status to reset the cache and you'll have a lock on in seconds (outside).

My problem is after driving around for ~10 minutes, the GPS will lose me. Sometimes the turn by turn apps won't even say it lost signal. If I restart the GPS while the app is running it'll come back and work for another minute or two. Lost signal stays like that until I've reached my destination 20 minutes later.

Last night I decided to drive around with GPS status on, looking at the satellites and thinking maybe I just drive through a lot of bad spots. I put the phone right under the windshield, can't think of a better place to put a GPS system in my car. After driving around for 10 minutes, information from GPS Status would lock up. The time would freeze, but GPS Status would say I'm connected to a bunch of satellites, usually 7-10. Reseting the cache doesn't fix my gps :(

Is this a known issue I just skipped over or am I having a real problem? I'm using Syndicate Rom 1.0.1