[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d00kiejones:
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First off this seems to be needed so mod move to where ever it should be if not here. Please note I am not the smartest guy in the world but I do know how to answer my own questions with the search feature. Except for my wifi tether .....

WARNING If you follow this guide your warranty will be void and its not my fault. you assume all responsibility for any damages. If you cannot follow this guide you should find someone with the knowledge to help you. PERIOD.

All of this information is available on the forum in MANY posts.

Do a few searches or look at the epic wiki for the links you need. If you cant get the files on your own STOP NOW AND ASK A FRIEND WITH AT LEAST 6 BRAIN CELLS FOR HELP!

What you need

Odin with .pit

Samsung driver for your pc (if you dont know if your x86 or x64 STOP NOW)

DK28 .tar

One Click Root with your choice of ClockWorkMod

What ever rom you want if you want a rom make sure it needs DK28 and make sure you have the proper rom for your file system (RFS or EXT4)

Connectbot from market

Your msl

How to get msl follows.

1. Open connectbot use hardware keyboard for this part.

2. See the box that says ssh? Click it and make it say local.

3. Type something in the text box (says nickname) and hit enter.

4. Type getprop hit enter.

5. Scroll up until you see the line [ril.MSL]: [******] the number are your msl write it down. ( Yep tiny letters sorry )

6. Type exit press enter, hit yes to close session close connectbot.

7. If you are now in possession of your msl , CONGRATS your not a total moron. If not do the rest of the world a favor and PLEASE DO NOT BREED!!!!

8. If you are sure you did it all right and still dont have your msl and are VERY SURE YOUR NOT AN IDIOT or just cant read the tiny letters call *2 ask for tech support and ask them for your msl.

9. Go to step 1 of How to root with working gps on DK28.

How to root with working gps on DK28 follows.

1. Install Samsung driver.

2. Open Odin.

3. Place .pit in .pit section of Odin.

4. Place DK28 .tar in PDA section of Odin.

5. Power off phone.

6. Open keyboard and hold 1 (number one) key and power key for download mode.

7. Connect usb cable to pc and phone WAIT for driver installed successfully pop up.

8. Look at top left of Odin you should see a yellow bar with connected in it.

9. If all is well hit start and wait for Odin to do its thing and phone to reboot, If not unplug and replug usb. Still no good? STOP NOW AND GET A FRIEND TO HELP.

10. You should now be running stock DK28. From homescreen hit menu , settings, about phone, and look at baseband version if it says DK28 your good for next step. If not start at step 2 or STOP NOW AND ASK A FRIEND FOR HELP.

11. Unplug usb.

12. From homescreen hit menu, settings, applications, development, check usb debugging.

13. Plug usb, WAIT for driver installed successfully pop up.

14. Find your .zip file for the OneClickRoot you chose, right click it and extract to *** folder.

15. Open the new folder.

16. Find the file called run (windows batch file if you look at type tab) NOT RUN.SH, right click and run as admin.

17. Follow on screen instructions, letting the program do its thing and wait for phone to reboot. IN CASE YOU MISS IT ON SCREEN IF THIS STEP TAKES MORE THAN 5 MINUTES WITH NO ACTIVITY START AT STEP 16. If you have issues with this step try a few more times IT DOES NOT WORK EVERY TIME.

18. Your phone should reboot.

19. If you want to keep the stock DK28 your done download gps status and toolbox from market run it and hit menu, tools, and calibrate compass because your north south is probably backwards, also calibrate your pitch and roll.

20. Want to install a rom? Place the .zip of the rom you want on your sd card somewhere easy to find.

21. Power off phone.

22. If you picked CWM3 (ClockWorkMod 3) this step will take a few minutes. Do a 3 finger reboot ( In this order press and hold volume down, camera, power hold them all until samsung screen). If on CWM3 the phone will change file system to EXT4 before you can do anything else so let it do its thing.

23. Using volume keys for up and down and camera for enter go to install .zip from sd card, hit camera, go to choose .zip, hit camera, then find the .zip file for your rom and select it with camera. The .zip should be installing now let it do its thing.

24. If it did not reboot select reboot system now, NOT REBOOT RECOVERY.

25. You should now be running your rom of choice. Check by hitting menu, settings, about phone.

26. Go to market and get gps status and toolbox.

27. Open gps status and toolbox, hit menu, calibrate compass, and calibrate pitch and roll, and all should be good.

28. If you made it to this step pat yourself on the back because your not a total idiot. You have now successfully searched the forums, (remember this before you post or people will yell at you) , downloaded files, installed those files, and followed directions.

If you end up at STOP NOW.... you may pm me and I will try my best to answer your question, you will however be ignored if your question can be answered searching the forum because you are a TOTAL WASTE OF OXYGEN. Any questions posted in this thread about this thread will be ignored because you are a MORON.

If you feel that this is incomplete in any way pm me and I will add what is necessary.

PLEASE DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD WE ALL KNOW IDIOTS WILL NOT READ A THREAD WITH MORE THAN 2 PAGES THEY WILL JUST MAKE A NEW THREAD PM ME INSTEAD AND INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED TO THE OP!!!