yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decalex:
I think what you're looking for is: Advanced Restore: Select "Data" only.

This should restore the /data folder ONLY from your backup, meaning, (basically) the apps you've installed and associated data. But I would probably wipe and reflash the ROM first, then boot up, the reboot into ClockworkMod, Advanced restore data.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adhouse12783:
Please Help

I downloaded the gingerbread theme to my samsung epic 4g, and I accidentally installed it twice. When I went to try to remove it from the phone, it kept forcing all of my apps close, and now my phone will turn on but I do not have anything on my screen. I was wondering is there any way I will be able to fix this problem so that I can use my phone again. You can hear the phone vibrating to run the program, but it's just not doing anything. Please HELP!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcorn619:
Wrong section

Sorrry wrong section for previouspost
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wjohnson1186:
Close!

To just restore you apps/background/messages/etc you were in the right place. You need to use the Advance Restore and select restore data. But be careful about restoring info from a 2.1 rom to a 2.2. My phone didn't exactly like it when I did that. I have just grown to get used to re-installing my apps/changes and losing my saved messages I have made to my phone. Good luck man.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m52 power!:
I'm helping a friend root and install a new rom on his epic 4g. I have done this on my droid incredible but it seems the epic is different.

We have successfully rooted using one click 2.5.5. I booted into clockwork mod to do a backup of his stock 2.1 but there is no option for backup, just 4 menu options. What could be causing this?

The menu options he has when we reboot into clockwork mod recovery are:

- reboot system now

- apply sdcard:update.zip

- wipe data/factory reset

- wipe cache partition

Also the colors and background are not what I am used to on my incredible. In addition to this when it first loads into clockwork mod recovery it tries loading a update but fails. I deleted "update.zip" on the root of his sd card (I don't even know how it got there) but still tries loading a update file? From where I don't know.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m52 power!:
This is what I get when I click "reboot into recovery" while in the OS. I expect clockwork mod but it is showing something different... :confused:

In the OS we have superuser. In the clockwork mod application it shows latest is installed.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wjohnson1186:
Close! Again!

In your second post with the picture, you are actually looking at the Stock Android Recovery. NOT the clockwork recovery. Retry the the root & recovery. Make sure you are pressing the volume down, camera, and power button at the same time when you power up. And I personally don't trust the clockwork redirector. I always turn my phone off and then hold down the keys to reboot my phone into the recovery.

Also make sure you are at the right topic. Here is the link to the forum: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=770388

Hope this helps.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
I use the web browser on my phone all the time, but starting today it is randomly exiting the web browser for no reason. No freezes, no fc's, and the only other thing running is launcherpro. When I open it I have to go to history to get back where I was. Anyone know what's happening? This is extremely annoying and unusual.

Edit: I've never been rooted and I'm stock DI-18 eclair.

Sent from my epic 4g.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] || Acer ||:
Which way did you install cwm and root it?

A z4root with a rom manager cwm installation?

That won't work. Right now, you're booted into normal recovery.

Try one of the One Click Roots with a Cwm redirector to root your phone (first, you'll have to unroot it right now)

That should do the trick.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Homefix:
I put this to you also since i now proudly own the epic

I have succsessfully setup ubuntu on my Evo with the everyday (ubuntu1.1) image. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=823370

I got Hamachi (networking) working with it, however it was never able to mount windows shares. It would mount linux however.

Anyway I was playing with rootstock https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RootfsFromScratch

to make my own maveric image

Its really much better ,faster and cheaper than the above mentioned.

Have hamachi networked to home computer reading and writing to windows 7 nicely.

Running many programs

Just one problem :[ the terminal I does not work. I have to use adb shell

my reaserch says if system cannot write to /dev/pts terminal wont work.

I get "Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)" when using apt-get(which i never had an issue with, with the old image)

Could this be of any help: "I have learned that some things, especially grub and update-initramfs, need to have more of a running system to operate than chroot can provide, including having a "real" /dev tree active.

SO before you chroot, you need to mount some things from your running system into the place you're going to chroot into. If your target system is mounted onto /mnt, here's what you do

Code:

$ sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev

$ sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc

$ sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys

NOW chroot into /mnt and hopefully you can successfully apply your updates

If you would like to help me the scripts are here if you care to look http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=823370
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman519:
How do I set the default number to use for text messaging? :confused:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Can you please make a whole q&a section, it would get alot of questions answered quicker and solve alot of confusion.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Do not rename backups to avoid Md5 mismatch. To know if it worked attempt a restore.

CWM 5.x backs up ROM, kernel, data. So if you restored a backup it will be the complete ROM you backed up. Note that CM9 is MTD so you cannot restore an old BML backup without Odin with repartition root and CWM. You must stick with MTD ROMs to avoid Odin.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] di14:
Thank you, one more thing. If I restore the backup to know if it worked, how will I know if it did and didn't work? What happens if it didn't, will it mess up my current rom if it's the same one as the one I'm restoring?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danipoak:
Whoops. I always rename my backups. I guess I should stop. Luckily I haven't had a problem yet.

Sent from your mom's place.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
You will get an error message and it won't restore. If it works then unless you got a text or call since the backup you probably won't notice. Move an icon on your homescreen and then you will know if it is moved back. And the sd-ext error Is normal.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Night AoX:
After I flashed the FC09-BML.zip to make the root stick, I Nandroid backed up that ROM & installed AOKP Milestone 6. After setting that up to my liking (restoring apps with Titanium, etc.), I Nandroid backed up that as well. I then wanted to restore the FC09-BML backup but, I kept getting a error message along the lies of, "Can't find MTD...". From what http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9eaCtiS0Bo suggests, I chose the BML version. I tried the MTD version but there was an issue withe screen so, I ultimately chose BML. Should I have used the MTD version? What am I doing wrong? I didn't rename the FC09-BML back-up btw...Oddly, the AOKP backup restores just fine with no problems.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
You cannot restore a BML backup while on MTD. You have to odin back to stock and include the pit file, root and then restore a BML backup.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soas:
Disabling (google?) web suggestions in browser

I have tried CM9 RC1 and RC2 and really like them, but I have not been able to figure out how to disable web suggestions in the browser.

By web suggestions, I mean, if I type 't' in the address bar, I get a suggestions from a search engine for things that start with 't' (not bookmarks or items from my history or etc).

I installled gapps and turned off suggestions via google search, but that only seemed to work on the google search app itself.

I also tried disabling every auto complete option I could find in the system menus and of course, I looked through all of the settings I could find in the browser itself.

I have tried both disabling and later removing GoogleQuickSearch.apk.

I have tried installing CM9 without gapps and manually pushing just the apks to get google play working and then trying to configure the options through QuickSearch.apk instead.. (also tried disabling and later removing this apk)

I realize I could use another browser, but I like the browser aside from this specific feature and I have not been as satisfied with other browsers.

Assuming this feature can't be disabled:

Does anyone know of a good rom that allows you to disable this? Does anyone know of a good browser alternative that is very similar in user interface to the one in CM?

I do like CM9 but I can't tolerate my every keystroke in an address bar being sent to a search engine.

Just as a funny example:

I can't post anything that contains a hyperlink, but when I type in http(colon slash slash)en.wi the top suggestion is en.wimipedia.org ... (I was going to wikipedia and didn't have a bookmark yet and just found it amusing)

I really did try searching around a lot before I posted.

I appreciate any help / suggestions anyone has.

Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmillz:
Where can i find TWRP Team Win Recovery Project?

What happened to TWRP? I've searched the internet and XDA forums but cant find the TWRP for the epic. not even on goo.im beta. I was on TWRP ever sense nyan 4.2 kernel for CM9. after trying many CM10 roms I had to odin and lost my TWRP. Any help would be appreciated so i can restore my TWRP backup and then switch back over to CWM recovery. Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1622947
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmillz:
when i choose install open recovery script from the goo beta app it says "no recoveries where found for your device" I tried as stock, and a whole bunch of other roms. currently just tried cm7.2 because thats what the guide said its known to work with. :( I am lost....

---------- Post added at 12:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:37 AM ----------

ok after searching the thread i found someone posted a zip and flashed it and it worked. :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jibberz:
Installing JB rom

I know this is the most basic question, but I tried my best to find the answer. The wiki was out-of-date and I couldn't find up-to-date answers.

I'd like to install this CM10 rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1741978

I'm currently on stock Gingerbread (2.3.6).

Could someone link me to each step I need to do to get there? I know I need to root, I'm just not sure what else I need to do beyond that unfortunately. E.g. do I install a kernel, a clockwork update, GAPPS and this zip? etc).

I'd be very grateful for any help. Thank you.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hottbill:
Here you go:

[YOUTUBE]C9eaCtiS0Bo[/YOUTUBE]

Follow QBkings guide to get your phone rooted and put CWM (custom recovery) on there. After that put the CM10 rom on your phones SDcard, and flash it within CWM.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nalanotae:
aokp jb or somethin

When are we gonna get an aokp jb port or at least an aokp update?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Modoru:
As stated, QBKing outlines the steps pretty well in his guide. Please note that [and I'm not sure if it's this video], his root guide installs ACS Recovery. He has another video wherein he explains how to go from ACS to CWM Recovery, and then the steps to flash your ROM should follow.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
He has update videos on how to root FC09.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdanewbover9000:
off topic but can i get a link for odin, trying to go back to stock
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Everything you need I'd here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13245831
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybershawngates:
Error in /sdcard/multiboot/FC09/root FC09.zip (Status 0)

Error in /sdcard/multiboot/FC09/root FC09.zip (Status 0)

I get the above error when trying to install the temporary FC09 update described here : http s: / / plus. google. com / 114278817778674561147/posts/bKrKL7cMxcH

from sdcard on CM10. Is it just incompatible and if so is there any other way to update PRL or Profile on CM10?

Thanks in advance!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Because of the new recovery and the new partitions I don't believe it is compatible anymore... if you're on the nexus modem there is a way, with the epic modems, without odining stock, I don't think so...

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamJam:
need help

Need assistance, please. Flashed official CM10 0918.1 yesterday and lost stock fc09 modem 5 hour later. Have not been able to reinstall any modem since. Odined back to factory, victory.pit, fc09 8gb tar and still no joy. Any guidance?

Gingerbread.fc09

kernel 2.6.35.7

firmware 2.3.6.

hardware UNKNOWN

Baseband UNKNOWN
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I answered you in the other thread you posted in.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamJam:
Thank you twice.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Modoru:
I'm in a bind [at least for a few days], my phone's off and the power button's broken [it fell and I thought it was just turned off, my mistake]. Is there any way to turn the phone back on? ADB's not an option right now, and I don't think you can do that for Odin either. Is there anyway to get into the CWM recovery without the use of the power button? s:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I think a jig is the only way.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Modoru:
Sorry to ask, but jig?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Google is your friend......

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1402286

The thread is for the galaxy s2, but that thread will explain what a jig is and what it does....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
And can either be made or purchased on eBay.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Modoru:
I thought it was a dance or something.~ Well no, but I wasn't finding this kind of jig when I searched : p

Thank you so much~
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcboosted:
cm9.1.0 stuck at max cpu speed all the time

I was running cm9.0.0 rc1 since it was released. Recently things started to get sluggish so I took a backup and flashed cm9.1.0. After the flash, It seems that the cpu is stuck at max speed (1.2ghz) all the time according to cpu spy and voltage control lite. I wiped cache and dalvik cache just to try it, nothing changed. Restored to back up (now at 9.0.0 rc1 again) but I'm still stuck at max cpu. Messed with different frequency, governor etc but in the end, it'll stick to the max cpu and doesn't seem to go to deep sleep. Anyone have any ideas?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcboosted:
I found the offending app, Email.apk. After clearing it out, phone is back to normal. Hope this helps someone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdshoneybrown7:
CM 9.1.0 wifi tether issues

Hello, i hope this is in the right section. Love this ROM, only issue is Wifi Tether isnt working. I can connect to AdroidTether but it says limited connectivity and there is no internet connection. I tried Lordfire's wifi tether and even other suggested versions and all of them end in the same result. Is it possible to fix this without changing to another version of CM9 or 10?

Thanks

JD
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcsofop:
[ROM][ODIN][TAR]SPH-D710 FI03 (FI03 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Full Restore - Rooted)

I'm having an issue opening this file. I have tried it on 3 different computers and get same problem. can someone let me know if im not doing it correctly. i download and double click it and it ask where i want to archive it. I click it and then i get this (pic). i can open the FF18 file and run it just fine. any help would be appreciated. id like to move to this version from FF18... Im running win 7 64bit
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frostedunit:
My first guess would be that is an Epic Touch file, not an OG Epic one.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Yep... definitely a touchling in our midst again... you want the epic touch forum... this is the epic with the keyboard....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steveokinevo:
help plz!

first i just want to mention that i have an epic 4g flashed to metro fully working.............

anyway..... i upgraded to CM9, everything working but MMS. did all sorts of stuff and couldnt get it to work. web worked though. so now im back to clean GB with all working. can anyone help me with this. ive tried all sorts of stuff. plz. this clean GB kinda sucks. thx for any help
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frostedunit:
Try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25372455
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aqcon:
Aborted installation CM10 (status 7)

Sup dudes-

New-ish custom rom-mer here, experiencing a problem I can't get around. When trying to flash cm10 from cm9, I get aborted installations. Tried over and over, wiping/resetting, etc. No luck. Any help would be appreciated.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Bad download maybe.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steveokinevo:
so am i supposed to flash the virgin mobile AOKP build then mms fix? even though i have metro? thats the only one i see there
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frostedunit:
No. Follow the steps to flash the mms fix and then edit your build.prop with metro's settings.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steveokinevo:
and which is the newest stable ICS rom version i should use in combonation with the fix's?

maybe a link plz?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steveokinevo:
so i never did get mms working for ICS. so im back to cleanGb once again with all working :(
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWBucket:
CM10 Battery Drain

I'm on CM10 10-14 nightly, stock kernel and FC09 modem. I charge the phone in the evening, and it's off the charger all night. More often than not I see huge battery loss. Phone and RILJ seem to be the culprits. Any ideas?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frostedunit:
Haven't seen anyone here talking about that, but a google search will pull up several threads on other devices with some good info.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Did you install a theme with custom dialer or get one from Play? There were some dialers that caused the phone to stay awake. Wipe and reflash the ROM with no themes or apps and see how it behaves.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWBucket:
Stock dialer and theme. I may try wiping and reflashing the ROM with no apps as suggested. It's strange because it doesn't happen every night.

Thanks!

---------- Post added at 06:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:19 PM ----------

Thanks for the suggestion! I did that and have some things to try.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proalsren:
Wimax

Is it possible to edit the 4g MAC on this phone?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Yes, but I believe you have to be on a froyo build or earlier to do it....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proalsren:
Thank You ! it worked with ##33284# in Froyo
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecannon:
Hi, I pretty much royally screwed up here... my wife's phone is in semi-brick mode, and I accidentally wiped it... turns out many of her contacts were stored on the phone instead of in gmail and now she is freaking out. Is there someway to do file recovery on the phone storage? Can I mount it somehow to windows? Please help I might be killed.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Did you back it up at all? If you wiped data it is gone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeavenGate:
need help

My apps shell commands aren't working how do I fix this because some features in my apps force close
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Clear data in the app.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] env2epic4g:
[rom][jb] paranoidandroid 2.50

does 3g work on this rom?

[ROM][JB] PARANOIDANDROID 2.50 [23Oct2012]:confused:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yes. Be kind of dumb to have a ROM with no 3G.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] env2epic4g:
i need help to get 3g to work.. please. thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Are you on sprint? Did you flash another modem? If on sprint and you didn't touch the modem, it should work on its own... if not on sprint, you did some programming wrong, and if you flashed another modem, you did it wrong and should reread the instructions....

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] env2epic4g:
i have cricket
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Then you probably programmed something wrong... we have a how to flash the epic to cricket thread, read through it and see what you missed....

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
In Development, in the stickies, look at the roll up sticky for flashing to alternate carriers and find the one for Cricket.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdasuki:
Hellooooo

Dears,

How can I ask my question in this website? Am new user here :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
U can ask right here.... what's your question...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdasuki:
Now Am rooted (SG2-ICS 4.0.4) GT-I9100

Guys,

Am rooted now with SG2 GT-I9100 OCS 4.0.4, now how to flash a ROM step by step, then Kernel, then Modem? I did Nandroid & Titanium Backup and I want want to add a best ROM for my device.

Also can somebody tell me if I can install the paid app's for free like (Installous) in Iphone?

Am new in Android WORLD and am feeling that jailbreak is much easy then Android!

Let somebody to change this idea from my head.

Appreciate your quick reply.

Please reply as step by step and dont use too many abbrebiations :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
First of all, you're in the wrong thread... you want the epic touch forum... second, xda doesn't and will never support pirating apps (getting paid apps for free) kindly take that question to another site... there is no best rom anybody can recommend because every rom runs on every device differently because no 2 people use their phones exactly the same way... I know that wasn't much help, but that's about all you're gonna get over here... try asking in the epic touch forum, but leave out the part about getting paid apps for free....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
And that my friends is why he is an RC! Nicely said Flast!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Why thank you mr FNM!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghost701:
Hello all, I was wondering... in the [how to] save your phone from semi-brick, the odin 1.85 and pit links don't seem to work. I also looked at the epic 4g wiki, and the 1.85 odin link in there leads me to some bs hollywood site.

Would anyone happen to have working links for these 2 files? Samsung Epic 4g

Thanks in advance.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Here is odin http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20210101/ODIN3_v1.85.zip or here http://hotfile.com/dl/141079601/fb981ab/Odin3_v1.85.rar.html

Having some trouble finding my copy of the pit file but you should be able to find it with a google search victory pit epic 4g... if you can't, check back later cuz if I come across it I will post it here...