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[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
You can delete the system updater.apk in the system/app directory. This will prevent your phone from downloading and prompting you to update.
[Epic 4G General] ansong:
Weird, I used the update.zip method of updating my rooted epic from stock and have only had small annoying problems that were today outweighed by the single fact that the gps now locks instantly to within ten feet...indoors.
[Epic 4G General] BlondHorse:
Color me lucky?

Used Samsung method after returning to stock. Battery, GPS et al rock solid on EB13. Enjoyed Bonsai, but am now "in the groove" - custom ROM had some nice details, but gaps as well. EB13 is a hi function 4G smarter phone for me!:D
[Epic 4G General] DeeODoubleD:
I did. After the latest issue of losing 4G for 2 days straight I reinstalled eb13 and nothing. I went back to DI18 and 4G came right up, what a shocker.

EDIT: I'm running on midnight ROM eb13 4.0 and with the new wired tether apk posted in the themes and apps area, my phone is running flawlessly! I just had to correct this post.
[Epic 4G General] BWFBezerk:
I went back. I record videos all the time and that's what killed it for me. Even in still-camera mode the pictures look almost pastel, hate it.
[Epic 4G General] k5_:
I'll be going back to Eclair. I really didn't like anything froyo had to offer besides the updated youtube app (if I can't get that on 2.1) and flash support.

I just got froyo this morning OTA, went to class, came home and flashed it again hoping to fix my main problems. Didn't work. I just got done wiping my phone, flashing DI18, reboot, flashing EB13, and still it's still messed up.

I really don't care about the camcorder deal because I don't use it often but the laggy sleep/wake and no auto correct are really annoying for me. I only use my epic for browsing here and there and mainly texting/music. Now the audio sounds bad and on top of that my dictionary vanished. I don't even know if anyone else is having this problem because no one seems to say anything about it. Not to mention they changed the call log (the little phone button) and you can't toggle through ringtone volume>vibrate>silent any more with the volume buttons.

Gonna go back to DI18, root, remove system updater(thanks for that tip^), fix the yamaha calibutil thing, and sit happily while I wait for a stable(r) release. What a pain.
[Epic 4G General] DeeODoubleD:
Yup! Sick of it.
[Epic 4G General] OregonLAN:
Well, I'm done messing with this phone. It has been in a desk drawer for 2 months waiting for an upgrade. Now that it officially has Froyo, I can advertise it as such and sell it on eBay. It's back to the EVO for me until my contract renewal comes up. From there, who knows. I loved the screen but hate the bugs!
[Epic 4G General] BigBrotherMotown:
I used that method too and I get gps locks in about 3 SECONDS now.....before I couldnt even get the nav to work...(Turn by turn voice directions were completely gone)

However EB13 is kinda buggy....nothing major yet just a lot of scrolling glitches and such.

im gonna wait for some eb13 roms before abandoning ship
[Epic 4G General] nicholishen:
aaaahhhhhhahahaha!

Sorry, someone had to say it.

In all seriousness, does anyone know how I can get the froyo gmail and that cool call notification bar option onto di18?
[Epic 4G General] dieselg5:
Buy another phone.....preferably one not made by Samsung.
[Epic 4G General] Daddy43205:
eb13 was anything but rushed lol
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
This is pretty sad. All of the people in this forum griped and moaned and yelled about not having froyo, now that they got it they dont want it. Bunch of kids

Now I dont profess to be an expert, but the low light thing is there, it is a bug and im sure they will fix it. is it a deal breaker? OMG no it isnt.
[Epic 4G General] nerdtaco:
Sounds to me like you should try Odin before writing it off.

I did the update.zip method and it was crap, so I used Odin to flash back to stock DI18, then used odin again to flash stock EB13. Then I installed CWM 3 and flashed dual kernel/stock deodexed and it's been great since. My battery life has improved by about 30% or so and my TWS is down to around 2%. GPS locks in about 3 or 4 seconds, but the accuracy is still crap. I say give it another try before you start saying its ****. I know that I am not the only person who has had luck with EB13.
[Epic 4G General] Eazail70x7:
Sigh...

How could 2.1 perform so much better and more stable than 2.2 on the Epic?? Why can't they keep the same smooth performance that we had on 2.1 along with getting the added benefits of having Froyo!? Now we have to choose between speed/peformance/stabilaty (2.1) and added features/benefits of Froyo...

I'm torn, i miss the rock solid speed and performance I had on 2.1 and the superb multitasking/backgrounding abilities as well. On 2.2 dk28 (now I'm too scared to jump to eb13), I am having lag, unstabilities, crashes, lack of true multitasking, and choppiness of OS all around :(

I hope our voices reach the major tech sites like engadget so that pressure comes to sprint/samsung to fix what they messed up. I mean even little things like smoothness of pulling down/up the notification bar are messed up on 2.2 now, please tell me I'm not the only one that notices that its WAY smoother on 2.1 when pulling it down? Heck, even my Samsung Moment is now smoother (and faster) than my dk28 Epic when pulling down the notification bar.

I had to get this off my chest.
[Epic 4G General] Pvt WhoOkid:
You guys complained when there was no update and now that there's an update you still cry about it. If the phone is so horrible then get a different one. Or better yet stop complaining on here, no one can magically make you happy.

Damn if you do, damn if you don't. People got to stop crying about small ****. I already 1000's threads complaining about the same crap....
[Epic 4G General] sleebus.jones:
Pastel, eh? Took this picture of my new dishwasher last night (auto wash FTW!) and I don't see any evidence of what you describe.

Ok, so you're using a leaked version with problems and you don't want to go to the official release? Mmmmmk. EB13 runs much faster and smoother than DK28 IMNSHO. Do it. Do it now. You'll be much happer than DK28, I know I am. :cool:
[Epic 4G General] socos25:
I haven't done the update yet because the Neubla Rom is working well for me, I don't want to ruin a good thing, but I really don't understand how you get many people saying its perfect, and many others saying it is so buggy?

I'm guessing it's operator error, or some are just lucky... Whichever it is I'll be waiting for my custom rom. DK28 has some screen lag, but I am going to try the fix posted on here to see if it helps. I have to do the airplane toggle everytime I switch batteries which is annoying when I forget, but other then that DK28 is good. Not sure how something that took an additional three months would be worse.

I feel sad for those people that get so emotional over a phone.. Oh well, not my issue.;):rolleyes:
[Epic 4G General] OregonLAN:
Seriously, STFU! Yeah, some people complained excessively, but those that didn't, had every right to. It took Samsung ~8 months to release a minor OS update for a FLAGSHIP smartphone. At the time, Epic was the BEST phone Sprint had to offer, yet it lacked a minor update that made it inferior to some budget smartphones. People are pissed because it took Samsung WAY too long to release an update for a FLAGSHIP product. Also, when the update was finally released, it is riddled with the same bugs that were present from the beginning.

I agree, everyone that's unhappy should sell their Epics on eBay or Craigs and buy another phone. However, most are locked into a 2 year contract. Furthermore, the Epic routinely sells for LESS (off contract) than an EVO; hmm, I wonder why???
[Epic 4G General] DeeODoubleD:
You're the one whining son, we're just answering in this thread and telling the truth. Losing my 4G and being unable to use my phone's wired tethering ability is important to me and I pay for them both. So get over yourself.
[Epic 4G General] OregonLAN:
Why not give it a try? Backup your settings using CWM and flash the phone. See for yourself if the release is buggy or not; it's easy to go back if you choose to. Having tested the release myself, I know that most of the "reported/confirmed" bugs are real. If the bugs don't bother you, or if you don't use those features of the phone, then eb13 will likely be acceptable.
[Epic 4G General] DeeODoubleD:
I never complained about not having froyo. Check my history. Get off your soapbox and do your homework before you start accusing people. But I was hopeful with the long wait that a couple of the dk28 issues would be resolved. My only hope in the new build working for me is in a custom rom now, but none of the devs are concerned about wired tethering which is apparently only important to me. Oh well... DI18 isn't bad at all
[Epic 4G General] yogi2010:
I have tried to add a lot of different Gmails to DI18, with no success so far. however, I haven't tried downloading on my computer first, just done it all on my phone. also, I haven't deleted the previous Gmail, which could possibly be necessary before installing a new one. not sure if it's possble, but I would love to have Froyo Gmail on DI18.
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
Not sure why everyone is having all these issues, but try as I might, the only one I was able to reproduce is the camera issue, and that only occurs in low light.

Given the incredable battery life, along with what has been a rock solid performance, I am totally going to stay with EB13 over DK28. No way I will go back to 2.1 as it just lacked to much for what I want out of my phone, and DK28 had a major amount of issues for me.
[Epic 4G General] socos25:
Not sure why anyone would use their cell phone for low light photo's or video. I get so much better quality the my DSLr.. I think that is like me complaining the call quality on my camera is no good
[Epic 4G General] abduljaffar:
it worked before, why shouldnt it work now?
[Epic 4G General] dwallersv:
After listening to all this, I'm gonna stay on DK28 Bonsai 2... Everything about Froyo that I care about -- BT voice dial, working accurate GPS, flash, improved text editing, and a few other things, is working flawlessly.

Sent from my mind using telepathitalk
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
I have to agree. This device was marketed as a media monster, and on Eclair it was, but now with the bad camera drivers and 3D video drivers, not so much.
[Epic 4G General] NiceFnPants:
After using EB13 for 2 days I have gone back to DI18. Froyo features were nice but not worth the extra bugs.

My contacts wouldn't sync with my bluetooth car stereo using EB13. Although this might have to do with my stereo, the point is that it was flawless with DI18. The bluetooth connection would also drop periodically while on EB13.

I didn't have this issue even with DK28.

I've also had to reset my phone to fix the issue of music/system sounds coming out of the ear piece instead of the speaker (same issue as DK28).

BTW the update was done using odin.
[Epic 4G General] BlueDrgBlade:
I used samsungs way to just see how it would do and its great other then the screen comes back on every once and a while after i click power after using the phone and the web browser stuff...otherwise i haven't seen any issues...so for the most part its been really nice i like it more then DI18 even with these two glitches...lol
[Epic 4G General] yogi2010:
I'm still rocking Epic Experience and Mixup kernel, lol... haven't switched to anything yet. I have no problem being on Eclair...... BUT, I would love it if there was a way to get a Froyo Gmail app on Eclair, just for the font-size increase option. does anyone know if it's possible? I've tried several Gmail apks, just downloading them right on my phone, but I haven't gotten them to install....
[Epic 4G General] MikeEx:
Browser and camera aside; I don't want to risk messing up the compass with no way to calibrate it on DI18 (The yamaha tool alone didn't fix it completely). I'll stick with with EB13 and wait for some ROMs.

I don't use default browser and already accepted the camera problems with DK28 roms.
[Epic 4G General] atriad:
I haven't even attempted to use my camera after the 2.2 upgrade.....BUT...I don't like the new threaded SMS/MMS Screen...if your going to try to do iPhone, please do it right, these blue and yellow bubbles are UGLY!!!! Also I hate that in my call list I see SMS/MMS...I looked in the options, I wish there was an option for PHONE ONLY, not Missed Calls, or Received Calls, or Outgoing Calls...just CALLS IN GENERAL...

Ok, I'm done *****in'....

thx fer listening...

Paul
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
I suggest getting Handcent or some other sms app that you can customize to the way you want it. By default Handcent has the bubble style as well (which I hate too) but it's pretty easy to get it looking like the eclair stock messaging app. That and the added features like popups will never have me using the stock one again.
[Epic 4G General] jeffyv2:
There are ways to get rid of that....

sent from my Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] atriad:
Awesome, thanks for the suggestion guys, ill try handcent right away...anyway to change the list view for calls, so i don't see sms/mms in my calls list?
[Epic 4G General] burgerpimp07:
Works fine besides camera lag, downloading handset though because the stock MMS sucks.
[Epic 4G General] itsmebryan:
I will not go back. After rebooting and clearing cache my texting, sync, and camera problems have cleared up. I the eb13 is great. The new browser just flies.
[Epic 4G General] wytecaztle:
Ok I was rooted on Bonsai then Odined with the dI18 tar and victory pit. I wiped data again then flashed the update.zip and phone has been flawless since running 16 hours battery life with LWP running and screen up to fullest...at least wipe the phone one good time and flash to DI18 with the victory pit file...just my experience with it...I have also flashed 2 coworkers phone with same method....and all is well. No issues at all.
[Epic 4G General] poit:
I used the Samsung EXE to update from rooted Eclair to EB13. It seemed ok for about a day, but I started getting the occasional mystery OC on background apps that I didn't open. Plus, the video camera bug really made video unusable. Overall their weren't enough improvements to make it worth the bugs so I odin'd back to Stock Eclair. I'll hold out for EB20, or whatever the version gets released next.
[Epic 4G General] hoffman1984:
EB13 is stable...

I must say... I just ran the Samsung updater for EB13 about 2 hours ago and have been playing with EVERYTHING. I installed it (then rooted) over MidNight's latest ROM (which i love), and am finding it to be much more stable than the original EB13 that everyone's basing their latest ROMs on... will definitely give an update in a few days, but so far the only complaint I have it that stupid bubble MMS... Come on, really?

edit: I may be retarded... But i know they took the update off the market (briefly)... Not sure if the kernel changed at all, so sorry for saying any ROM\kernel was "based on" the early release... I don't build linux kernels... I'm a web guy. lol

Speaking of... If any of the dev's on XDA need a web guy to update (maybe improve on a graphical level), let me know. Will do the work for some possible beta testing privi's? Let me know. I love picking apart even the factory stuff. I send samsung\google\sprint improvement ideas all the time. =)

I'm also willing to learn a possible new language to improve on the productivity of my device.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
I can use my car speakers at a speaker phone on froyo. I use my phone a lot in my car and eb13 supports that so I will never go back to something below froyo.
[Epic 4G General] mouseglider:
Where did you get the updated EB13 or am I mis-reading it - I only know of the original EB13

Thanks!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bighulk666:
Having problems partitioning my SD card with clockworkmod. Whenever I update my Fuax123 kernel, i try and wipe my Dalvik Cache, and get a mount mmcblk1p2 error. From searching around, I know I need to partition my SD card with clockwork, to stop this error. So, I format my SD card in android, and open CWM. I set swap 32MB, ext 512, and reboot. It says that my SD card has been mounted, just says it's partitioning, but just hangs there.

I'm using CWM 2.5.1.5 recovery, as per Fuax123 for his kernel. Rest of my phone info is in my sig.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kronnos2001:
I installed 3G widget to control when I want to use or not the 3G network, and I installed the WiFi widget to turn on/off the WIFI... :(

I get WIFI error sometimes and I have to reboot the phone for it to work.. (attached screen capture)

does anyone know if there is anything to do with the widgets? or should I take it back for repair? :confused:

Thanks for your help. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lagghshield:
I don't use that widget. I get that error at times by just turning wifi on and off. I use wifi in some locations, and I turn it off when I'm out. When I come back to a wifi location, I turn on wifi but sometimes I get that same error message.

When I pull down the notifications, wifi shows "On" but isn't green. In the settings I get that "Error" as well. Sometimes I can fix it by tapping it to turn it on in the settings, but it doesn't always work. In any case I would reboot.

Never had this problem on my old i9000m. My replacement now with jl2 has this problem.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman519:
Just Odined EB13 and i noticed that the brightness swiping over the notification bar does not seem to be there any more:(

Has any one noticed that?

I just Odined my phone 3 times trying to get this working. Yor HAVE TO REBOOT your phone after doing what pyroswithoutfire said:rolleyes:

O well thank God for TB:o
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
Switch from Automatic Brightness to manual
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman519:
Tried it both ways. still No change in Brightness :confused:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raylusk:
It works for me.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman519:
Hummm well i'l odin it again.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman519:
Ok its booted up from odining and it still does not work? :mad:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
Mine only has two settings when i do this now. Lowest, and brightest. Used to be incremental.

Sent from my never been rooted, stock Froyo Epic.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman519:
Ya its kinda gay, You knew they would brake something. I really loved that and now its all halfassed
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholishen:
Oh no it still works and they finally did something right. Now, Press/hold the notification bar for a sec, then swipe left to right.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigdbag:
WOW the feature is actually now actually a feature, instead of a retarded frustration of notification bar brightness sliding
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kelmar13:
This is how it works on mine too.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman519:
Well I'm glad you like how it works now. I liked it better on DI18. Iam just happy the gps works now

Sent from my ComBadge..
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] abonto:
Hello, is anybody in XDA venturing into hacking this activation issue? maybe some kind of key-generator? I tried chatting no luck & I tried buying a code but didn't work too. I got fed-up, and finally just went back to Droid. But, I kind of miss using windows though. Anways, I appreciate any insights you can give. Thank you!:-)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dorkblade:
what do you mean chatting failed? they seemed pretty compliant with me when i called and asked for a activation code, try again i guess. oh, and once you get it, i suggest visiting here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=911579

hope this helps
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] robert5377:
yup

i called and got 6 activation codes it's easy i told them i bought 5 hd7

i told them the 3rd code didn't work so the gave me another one so I got 6 all together today took me 15 min
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] the_scotsman:
Discussion of/use of key generators of any kind are not permitted on xda.

If you need a code, call Microsoft.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] skunz35:
I am using the v2.2 nexusone gingerbread nand build and I can't get the wifi tether to work and I tried the apk and it didn't work either
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] casemandan:
Try one of these, i'm sure at least one of them will work for ya

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dream_kazt:
try searching for the.apk on google and use one that you find, i had the same problem but it works now probably from downloading a diffrent one
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsmacked4653:
My friend has a completely unrooted, stock Evo. I'm not sure about the hardware version, and I hope it doesn't matter.

They were texting and using navigation with the phone plugged into a car charger, when it turned itself off and now won't turn back on. After a battery pull, it'll boot to the splash screen, but then shuts off again. After that, it doesn't boot at all.

I've tried getting it into fastboot, but I'm not incredibly familiar with the Evo. So far, no luck.

I have a rooted Incredible, so I've tried all the little tricks I've used to fix my phone.

So, any ideas? Bad hardware, bad software? Get it replaced? :confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
My last Evo (I'm on my third one) was unrooted & would do something similar. At first it would just reboot itself, but then the screen would freeze & flicker and I would have to pull the battery then try to boot it up. Sometimes it would take 10 or so tries, but after it would boot up it would eventually do the same thing. At first doing a factory reset would fix it but then that stopped working.

If it's similar to my issue then it will have to be replaced. If your friend has insurance then they'll replace it for free since it isn't user damage. Until they get a replacement, try booting into fastboot & selecting reboot from there instead of just powering it on. That worked for me a few times.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsmacked4653:
I had tried the fastboot reboot, but it wouldn't even get that far.

Turns out, the navigation and texting had drained the battery faster than the car charger could charge it. After a full charge overnight, it's booting up fine. So it was fortunately a very simple problem.

Thanks for the reply, though.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rred:
I configured the reader with two fingers, and it worked fine. Spent a couple of hours messing around with the new phone, downloaded some market apps, ditched some of them, poked around some more...

Fingerprint reader went AWOL. Didn't say the prints were bad, just didn't respond at all.

Wouldn't reconfigure either. Two power reboots later...it allowed me to reconfigure it and it is working again. For now.

Anyone else seen problems with the reader? I'm guessing one of the apps stomped on it, but I'd have expected ANY security feature to be more robust than that.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdraconis:
A guy in the AT&T store mentioned that Motorola had said something about this. I haven't seen it myself. The solution was basically what you did, keep rebooting until it works again.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chbearsrock:
Same problem. Very annoying.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotleadsingerguy:
meh haven't had a single problem with it. It's incredibly accurate...not once have I had a problem with scanning my finger outside of flying my finger across it much too quickly or *trying* to get it to not work (seeing how accurate it was).