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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomasskull666:
Samsung + GPS = doesn't work like it should lol

First question is did your gps ever do this on any other ROM/Kernel? If so, could be a defective gps chip.

If not, modem flashes can sometimes mess up the GPS sensitivity in my experience, so maybe try flashing the modem again. As a person who, like you, has had many issues with gps I understand your frustration.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeikuRyu:
Now that I think about it, I did have a mostly working GPS (would lose me every now and then, but would find me after a minute or two) back with 1.0.

So... should I just re odin my phone?

I'm not too frustrated about the gps, I had an iPhone3g before this and their GPS was :/
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vektor67:
I have a question about partitions, I'm suffering the Force Close bug atm and I recently read a thread were a guy said he restored a backup of his data partition and that it helped. This got me thinking about whether I should manage my Epics SD(Drive) like I manage my PC's Drive. On my PC I keep things neat tidy and compartmentalized so if my OS goes haywire after one of my fit's of meddling I can restore/reinstall the OS without losing my vital data. I haven't done this manually on the epic. I'm currently running Bonsai 3 ROM (my first Rom ever) I've been content simply rooting until recently my phone became sluggish and unstable so I thought I'd EXT4 and ROM and see what kind of difference it would make. So, my question;

Are people partitioning their SD Cards manually? i.e. not simply a default process of this or that ROM or RooT. thereby enabling them to better manage backups/restores and not losing stuff? I still have yet to recover my phone contacts after moving to Froyo perhaps if I'd partitioned I wouldn't have that problem. Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robyn25:
EXT4 with no journaling question

I have a question about EXT4 and no journaling. I can't post yet in the syndicateRom thread so I had to post here I guess. I am running SRF 1.0.2 and I read that you might have data corruption with no journaling if your phone freezes and you have to pull battery, and I have seen IMPALER say "just restore data" but couldn't find exactly what that meant. I am new to this so please excuse if it should be obvious.

But what exactly backup would be used for this? I have my backup root and clockwork mod obviously...so is it in one of these? Just want to make sure I'm covered in case it happens and I "just need to restore my data."
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingmorton:
Custom roms/skins/themes etc

is there anywhere i can just like get a list (hopefully w/ descrip's and/or screenshots) of custom rom's etc for the Epic?

also does anyone know of a rom or etc tht "mimics" HTC SENSE?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tpronewbie:
Custom roms/skins/themes etc

The ROMs are easy to see at Samsung Epic 4G > Epic 4G Android Development. Just look for [ROM] at the beginning of the thread title.

Spend some time hunting around there. You might find a Sence clone there. I just flashed ACS SyndicateROM Frozen 1.0.2 with Twilight Zone Kernel (EB13), my 2nd ROM from Supernova (DK28) and went from better to WAY better.:D
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
There is no port of Sense YET, however, it is currently in development.

Here is some proof:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=970325

Give this ROM time. The developer makes multiple ROMS, so please do not bug him as to when the ROM will be released. As it seems, it may not be for another few months.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UNCHAINED25:
4g service for rooted epic

Today my samsung epic 4g service started to not work. Please help.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neverstockepic:
looking for some themes

First like to say thanks for all the work done. Need some help I am Looking for a theme that works well with SyndicateROM Frozen 1.0.2 (Malanga). Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yallrgdmf:
Disable lock screen?

delete this
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djgallis:
http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700

main page show you the ROMS - KERNELS - ODIN - STOCK N NON STOCK .. EVERYTHING EPIC 4G
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djgallis:
IM AM NOT AN EXPERT .. JUST TRYN TO HELP " DO NOT BLAME ME IF YOUR GETS WORST, I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITIES "

did u use the correct TAR file ... http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700 it list the tar file to use to go back correctly also shows you how to ODIN your phone .. or go to YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pleE_tzmiMo and randy will show you EXACTLY what to do ............ HOPE THIS HELPS .......
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C-quel:
OTA update not working on rooted epic

*Long time reader 1st time poster.. lol

1)My Epic was rooted with one.click.root.exploitv2.2.4.zip via SDK & command prompt “run.bat”. I only added wifi tether

2) l Received OTA Froyo update last night and it did not work. My phone entered recovery mode and tried to install the update. The following occured

Verifying current system assert failed: apply_patch_check ("/system/bin/playlogo", "6a......)

E: Error in /cache/5f372cb40834.update-sph-d700_Di18T.Ec05.zip (status 7) installation

3)Help! Goal is to get froyo & keep phone rooted for wifi tether. Thanks in advance.. stuck between noobi & Knowing enough to brick my phone
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runngwlf:
Uhh.. we need a lot more information than it just won't work. What ROM are you on, stock, custom? What modem are you using? Did you recently make any changes to your phone? Have you tried clearing your cache's and rebooting?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UNCHAINED25:
my bad.

i have

Firmware Version 2.2.1

Kernel Version 2.6.32.9

build number Froyo.EC05

I Rooted my device about a month back and a couple of days ago when i posted my comment, the 4G service just stopped working. I can touch that option but it just says "turning on" but it doesn't. I hope this helps. LMK if you need a little more info.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbradford84:
modem stuck at dg17

I had been waiting for froyo for a while, but had come to find out my phone was stuck on dg17 build. I managed to update to di18 thru clockwork recovery, and managed to get the OTA ec05 but...it hangs on update modem when it runs the ec05 update, then it aborts. Is there a way to update the modem the same way? I want to try not to use odin.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cassious:
Still no update..:(

Hey all, I was runnin the epic experience, but i wanted to see what this new update was gonna be about, so i went back to the stock 2.1. and a couple days later, i still have no OTA update for the 2.2. Oddly enough, when i went back and went to manually do the update. There was something already going and it said it was updating firmware, media. etc, etc. and now my STILL NOTHIN, so i called sprint to see whats up, and the rep told me that, if i havent gotten it by now, i would have to go to the store and have them update it for me....not really what i wanna do....anyway, is there a WORKING manual update? Ive tried the update from google thing, and i keep getting "Error in /sdcard/update.zip, Status 7, installation aborted"...and when i check the firmware / update android it says everything is up to date...any help would be greatly appreciated!

Model # SPH-D700

Firmware Version : 2.1 -update1 (thats what it says)

Kernal Version : 2.6.29

Build # SPH-D700 Eclair.DI07

Hardware Version : D700.0.5
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k0nane:
Odin to stock DI18 and check for updates.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerbeck24:
Yeah, you need to be on DI18 (not DI07). That's the problem...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PfcKirk:
SNS issues with Viper SYNERGY

Anybody else having problems adding their sns accounts to the contacts (facebook, twitter, etc)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RjsShadows:
please help

I have my Epic running SyndicateRom 1.02 (sorry if I say it wrong) Can anyone tell me if its a normal problem of the rom to mess up my mic? People to say I sound faraway or like I'm whispering and in reality I'm almost yelling. I need to know if its my rom or if I should switch out the phone for a new one I've only had it a week and have 30 days to switch to a newer one or should I just get an Evo?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C-quel:
Uhh Can some one help.. please

Can someone please helpl
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inottoni:
Stock Email Mod?

Hello, I have had my Epic since it came out and just decided to root it, got EC05 and d/l the latest syndicateROM frozen. Everything is running fabulous now! Now, I would like to know if anyone has a mod or something that will make html emails automatically show the photos without having to hit menu/show pictures every time?? I apologize if this has been asked/answered before. I have been searching and searching but haven't seen anything.

Thanks in advance!

Toni
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thejaffe:
Odin is your friend.

You're not bricked. Can you get into download mode? Or CM?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thejaffe:
Hrm

I doubt it's the rom. The only way to know is to wipe 3x and reflash it, and see if same occurs. Better yet, try another rom, and see if same occurs, preferably a stock rom. NANDROID backup first, so you can go back easily and save some work.

If still bad, could be hardware.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thejaffe:
If OTA doesn't work, then odin likely is all you have left. Just uncheck everything except auto reboot, put the tar in the PHONE field, and hit start. It's not as painful as doing a whole rom.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sc00ty:
So I just got an OTA update for EC05 and I am on EB13, my question is:

I am rooted (with http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=897612 OneClickRoot for EB13) and I wanted to know if it was safe to OTA update to EC05.

Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] since1984:
Hello there, please help

I have a problem. My phone is stuck on the Samsung welcome screen.

here is the history of events in chronological order.

I was running Nebula 1.0.7 and the flashed (sd card) to Bonsai 4.0. I was running this ROM for a couple of days.

Then I flashed Frankenstein_FROYOVD25xxx.zip and now my phone gets stuck at the Samsung welcome screen.

I know my phone is EXT4 formatted and running modem DK28 because of Nebula 1.0.7. :confused:

What can I do now to fix this?

Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C-quel:
Thanks... yes I can.. I wanted to double check that i need to odin then to flash back to stock mode... then get the update.. or odin strait to froyo then root... thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inottoni:
Hi again. I haven't posted enough to put this in development section.

I am on ec05, rooted, 3x wiped, formatted sd, flashed syndicate rom frozen fully loaded. Started having lots of battery drain (went from 98% to 70% in 10 mins and was at 20% before noon) so I wiped battery stats and now I am getting fc's on messaging, email, calendar storage and twlauncher. Any advice for a total newbie? Not by a computer this second but will be in about an hour. :-(

Toni :'(
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k0nane:
Wipe, reflash, then turn the phone off, charge it all the way, and wipe battery stats in CWM.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crawrj:
Doesn't Bonsai 4 update the modem to EC05? I am not up on the rom game but I am pretty sure it does. And if Frankenstein requires the DK28 modem than you would need to reload it with Odin.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmamayek:
looking for app similar to microsoft's myphone

Guys,

I'm in desperate need of a better program for maintaining my contacts and text messages and such. I LOVED microsofts myphone feature and think that it was by far the best solution for this. I'm really shocked that Google doesn't get its act together and offer something similar to this. I loved that it saved all of my text messages for me, I could archive old contacts/messages so that if i needed them in the future, it wouldn't be an issue.

Does anyone know if Google or anyone else has anything similar to this? The only thing I've found so far is myfunambol which works fairly well, it just doesnt allow to archive or remove duplicates from the website on my desktop computer like the myphone application does.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unorthatrox:
intermittent issue of touch not responding. ive had this ever since using odin and trying my first rom. Now I've tested several roms from truely epic to cm7 and it never goes away. touch works long enough to unlock and start typing. Then a few letters wont respond , or sometimes almost everything won't respond. if im calling out, the timer on a call will start but the call will never initiate. And sometimes everything works just fine. I can usually work around by hitting power and unlocking the screen again. i know its not a sensitivity issue since our screens are capacitive type. anyone have suggestions? I figure flashing in odin is my best shot... but what should i flash? I have DK28 with ext right now but i use cm7 alpha 1 as my daily driver.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wealthcreate:
Hi,

Can anybody please let me know how to set the apps to be installed default on the sd card, instead of the phone memory. How to do that on epic 4g. I have froyo EC05 on it.

Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thejaffe:
Something went wrong judging by drain alone.

If you have a recent backup. Then wipe again and reflash.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thejaffe:
If that problem follows through many roms and u are doing full wipes or Odin, might be actual hardware issue. Did it do it on stock?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thejaffe:
Google syncs/stores your contacts when linked to your gmail account
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbradford84:
ok guys and gals, I have been trying to get froyo on my epic for some time now. I decided to give odin a try to flash it to stock DI18, but I am running into yet another problem. While installing drivers, the installation hangs on the 'android usb modem' or something to that effect. it just stalls. I am running windows xp pro on an older dell laptop. is there a way to install that particular driver manually? I have tried it with the phone in usb debug mode and debug mode turned off. and ideas?

I also want to thank u guys for all the work and contributing to the forums.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yogi2010:
when you plug in the phone, does it pop up in Odin? reason I ask is my laptop is constantly 'failing' to install the device drivers, but still I can often get the computer to recognize the phone. there is something up with the Samsung device drivers, I believe, haha. it's given a lot of people fits.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unorthatrox:
Ive been meaning to run odin with EB13 but im on vacation right now, janky wifi at this hotel and laptop has froze up twice tonight. I reflashed DK28 with ODIN and spend 3 minutes constantly trying to duplicate my issue and it hasnt come up yet. Im installing clockwork now and going to test on CM7 before I go to bed. Im hoping it was just a bug in the odin flash. And no, never did it before i started flashing the phone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbradford84:
It will pop up in yellow in Odin (i don't know if that's significant) when the phone is on, but if it is in download mode Odin will not see it and windows gives an error message saying it doesn't recognize the hardware (phone). But usually the computer will see the phone when the phone is on.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yogi2010:
damn, that's strange.... I've never seen it where it will recognize the phone when it's on, but not when it's in download mode.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unorthatrox:
Update. My problem has reserfaced after rooting. Next time I get some wifi ill try to flash an EB13 with clockwork slipsteamed.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbradford84:
You're telling me. I heard that sometimes it may be the cable that comes with the phone sometimes won't work right and a different one needs to be purchased. I may give it a shot when I have some extra cash
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbradford84:
UPDATE

Well, after fiddling with my Epic and drivers, I found the problem driver. I managed to get the drivers added manually and somehow managed to get the "samsung android usb modem" driver installed. I did it manually and it froze up, like always, but after a few minutes I unplugged the phone and it managed to complete the installation. After that, Odin picked up my phone and it was gravy. I now have an Epic that runs...EC05 Froyo...I'm so friggin excited! Thanks for those who tried to help me. I hope this helps others in the future
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaz69:
Where do you download Odin from?

It appears I screwed up my Epic 4g. I cannot get past the Samsung screen. I need to get back to stock.

I have the tar file but, I cannot seem to find where to download odin.

I have searched but, not having much luck. Can someone point me in the right direction? I tried a few links that went to a 404 page.

Thanks!

I found it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smwinn7:
Try wiping dalvik and cache it fixed an issue I had the other day
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamidre13:
Hi all

I am new with epic!

I accidently remove lancher.apk from my system file and now I can not do anything with my phone!!!

Please help me what should I do?

thank u
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiftr182:
Reflash zip, or use odin or sw updater
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamidre13:
Sorry

Could u explain alittle bit more!

Haw can I replace the luncher with odin?

Or how should I zip it?

Thank so much
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khughes6:
alright so I flashed the syndicate rom, and I thought it would be much easier to answer the question over there but I am still a noobie and do not have the privilege. I believe because of the ad blocked built in, it is messing up my words with friends game... has anyone had this problem or is there something I can do to fix it?

once opening up the app after 1 second it takes me to some android page with a link and I click the link and it says web page cannot be found.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiftr182:
If you have removed the launcher from the phone, you need to reinstall the launcher. Either you can install a zip(ROM) with the launcher included, or you can factory reset by using odin, or sw updater.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leebo:
Just want root access of Epic

I have an HTC EVO and I have rooted it so that I could use Wifi tether and Titainium BU.

I want to do the same for my niece, who has an Epic.

After reading the Epic Wiki, it appears it is possible to root without flashing a rom. Is that correct?

I would also like to flash her phone to Froyo 2.2, since Sprint doesn't seem to be interested. The process appears to be a bit different than it is with the EVO. I just want to flash plain vanilla 2.2, can someone recommend a rom? She needs 4G and all the stock features to work, so I can't flash any rom's with known issues.

These appear to be the two most recent stock rom's:

ReRFS Format Stock ROM EC05

Stock odexed odin flashable (not really sure what the difference is)

Will flashing either of these rom's also root it, like with the EVO? Or do I flash one and then root afterwords?

Thanks for any replies.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccpena5:
Question on sprint navigation app

Hi all!

Im a noob, and just successfully upgraded my epic to Android 2.2 EC05 and rooted with oneclick root. I love the new changes, but Im missing my Sprint Navigation app. I like this better than the Google Nav. I use both, when the one is acting up. I was wondering how do I get the Sprint Navi back?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldartez:
BRICKED epic !!!!!! :(

Hello Everyone,

I tried flashing Cyanogen7 onto my rooted EPIC 4G using ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.2.4 and this immediately bricked my phone and kept it from booting up.

When I try to boot up my phone it gets stuck at the SAMSUNG boot up screen and the four capacitive buttons (menu,home,back,search) say lit up. When I try to boot into Recovery Mode I get the following screen:​

ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.2.4

- Reboot system now

- Apply update from sdcard

- Wipe data/factory reset

- Wipe cache partition

- Install zip from sdcard

- Backup and Restore

- Mounts and Storage

- Advaned

- Power Off

- *****Go Back*****

------------------------------------------------------------------

E:Missing bitmap icon_clockwork (Code -1)

ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.2.4

E:failed to open /etc/recovery.fstab (No such file or directory)

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/log]

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/last_log]

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]
​

When, for example, choose Wipe data/factory reset from the menu above it simply shows:​

-- Wiping data...

Formatting /data...

E:unknown volume "/data"

Formatting /cache...

E:unknown volume "/cache"

Formatting /sd-ext...

Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...

E:unknown volume "/sdcard/.android_secure"

Data wipe complete.

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/log]

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E:unknown volume for path [cache/recovery/last_log]

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]
​

I'm really not sure what to do here. Any help would be appreciated.​

Thanks guys...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yogi2010:
sounds like you were flashing from the latest Bonsai ROM? in any case, I believe the problem is with that new version of Clockwork. try re-rooting with Clockwork 3.0.0.6.... from there you should be able to flash Cyanogen.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UNCHAINED25:
jacked up 4g

Noob here letting whom ever that before the stock update my epic decided that it was not going to have 4g service anymore. Has anyone run into this problem? If so please share the knowledge.

This is what I'm working with.

Firmware

2.2.1

Baseband

S:D700.0.5S.EC05

Kernel

2.6.32.9

Build number

Froyo.EC05

Please help!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tempt:
Stock Headphone Button

Does anyone know what the button near the mic on the stock headphones are used for? I've never gotten it to do anything in 2.1 and now on Syndicate Frozen, same nothingness.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dansteinb:
Display Issue

When I turn the brightness up to max and launch the browser after it's been killed in the task manager (it seems anything that begins with a white background) I get these strange colors across the screen until the browser loads up. After that it seems to work fine until I kill it in the task manager again and the process repeats. This doesn't seem to happen if I have it on any other brightness setting.

I bought this phone off of Ebay and I just want to know if I'm going to run into any additional problems with the screen after this or not (I'm OK with not setting it to the max brightness).

I'm running Stock EC05 with HW rev D700.0.5.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grogck:
Nevermind. Found my answer
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnarcotics:
anyone know if its possible to switch out the latest clockwork recovery to amonra using rom manager and if it would have any unwanted effects?