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Getting my Epic tomorrow need help choosing rom!

Im getting my epic tomorrow and i need help, which roms do you guys think are the best for the epic 4g touch? or kernels or any other mods please leave your suggestions and opinions.

While there has been progress in the new ek02 rom's, including the android 2.3.6 update, I would suggest phantomhackers blazer rom, its fast and stable and very good on battery. Good start while the new 2.3.6 rom's get updated
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sleshepic said:
While there has been progress in the new ek02 rom's, including the android 2.3.6 update, I would suggest phantomhackers blazer rom, its fast and stable and very good on battery. Good start while the new 2.3.6 rom's get updated
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lol i already have that rom downloaded ill try it as soon as i can root and install clockwork mod

I agree. Ive been on blaze since it came out and have had zero problems. Definitely start there
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I am getting mine Tuesday and I really have to do some reading on this device coming from the EVO I was a flash demon but I have no idea what the hell is ek, modems and all that is I have been on HTC devices for like ever so time to go do some reading
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second that
auau465121 said:
I am getting mine Tuesday and I really have to do some reading on this device coming from the EVO I was a flash demon but I have no idea what the hell is ek, modems and all that is I have been on HTC devices for like ever so time to go do some reading
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Just got mine on tuesday, and have lots to read up on. I am also coming from an Evo. This new stuff is way different from htc, any help or links would be greatly appericated. Thank in advance

I just got my e4gt last week and am running caulkins rom and its been really great. Everything working. Excellent battery life. Ics themes developed for it. I love it. Just my two cents though.
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I really like Calkulin's ROM. It's close to stock, which to me is an advantage, but includes some sensible additions. The latest version is based on the most recent leaked update and includes a modified kernal with a ClockWorkMod-based recovery.
I'd recommend new users check out qbking77's videos in this thread. They were a great help to me when getting started.
Enjoy your new phones!

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I really like Calkulin's ROM. It's close to stock, which to me is an advantage, but includes some sensible additions. The latest version is based on the most recent leaked update and includes a modified kernal with a ClockWorkMod-based recovery.
I'd recommend new users check out qbking77's videos in this thread. They were a great help to me when getting started.
Enjoy your new phones!
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Qbking has a video for everything you want or need to learn
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Just out of curiosity have any custom roms been able to fix the android os bug that drains battery?

satur9ine said:
Just out of curiosity have any custom roms been able to fix the android os bug that drains battery?
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The "AOS bug" is not ROM related. Read the forums here for an answer to what it is and how to "fix" it.
As far as the "best" ROM it's all subjective but I would go for Calk's 2.0. The man knows what he is doing.

I have always used stock kernel and stock rooted ROM for this phone. This had been the best user experience I have had in an Android. I am so happy with battery life I don't want to change.

[Q] New Epic User w/ a few questions...

Hey guys I got my hands on a Epic 4G from a friend for doing some computer work and I have a Evo 4G as well. I really like the Epic 4G but it is so much different in terms of rooting and flashing, I have my phone rooted with the latest version of Gingerbread and with ACS Recovery based on CWM5. I am planning on running CM7 but I am looking for the best kernel to use and the best way to install them.
Also are there any scripts that are similar to Dark Tremors Apps 2 SD? Thanks for you time!

nolimit06 said:
Hey guys I got my hands on a Epic 4G from a friend for doing some computer work and I have a Evo 4G as well. I really like the Epic 4G but it is so much different in terms of rooting and flashing, I have my phone rooted with the latest version of Gingerbread and with ACS Recovery based on CWM5. I am planning on running CM7 but I am looking for the best kernel to use and the best way to install them.
Also are there any scripts that are similar to Dark Tremors Apps 2 SD? Thanks for you time!
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well if u wanna get updated to CM7. inside the thread is a video by qbking77 that shows u everything u will need and he will walk u through it all. but if u have any experience with flashing there is nothing diff just have to flash 2 files instead of one is the only difference

phatryan69 said:
well if u wanna get updated to CM7. inside the thread is a video by qbking77 that shows u everything u will need and he will walk u through it all. but if u have any experience with flashing there is nothing diff just have to flash 2 files instead of one is the only difference
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What are some good kernels to try that have good performance and wireless n capabilities?

Honestly if ur gonna run cm7 with the stoc kernal I would try that for the time being or follow the nightlies. But a couple of other ppl have kernals for cm7 but try stock first then go from there. I'm on nightly 15 and haven't found ay probs with it yet
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Everything good is in the top 10 in Development. You can't ask what is the best because each phone reacts differently to the kernels. Also move to CWM 5.027 since it is officially supported for our phone now. Once you move to CM7 you will be on MTD and either stick with MTD ROMs or Odin back and repartition your phone to try BML ROMs. Read through the development ROMs and kernels to follow the bugs and fixes some users experience.
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Thanks for your help guys, guess I am a little spoiled with my Evo and was surprised there was far less available for the Epic.

So I am un and running on CM7 with no problems but by wireless speeds are horrible, the link speed are wireless b speeds (19-30Mbps) will this kernel solve this problem? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342047 I thought this phone was b/g/n like the Evo.

nolimit06 said:
So I am un and running on CM7 with no problems but by wireless speeds are horrible, the link speed are wireless b speeds (19-30Mbps) will this kernel solve this problem? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342047 I thought this phone was b/g/n like the Evo.
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I connect to g and n
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i find myself using shadow kernel. seems to work very well with my phone with cm7. never had good results with samuri. plus the voodoo color is awesome and uv/oc is a must for me. but in the end you just have to try out them all and find which one works best for you

blong82 said:
i find myself using shadow kernel. seems to work very well with my phone with cm7. never had good results with samuri. plus the voodoo color is awesome and uv/oc is a must for me. but in the end you just have to try out them all and find which one works best for you
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Do you have a link sir?

yer sir....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379841
just make sure which one goes with your rom...

nolimit06 said:
Thanks for your help guys, guess I am a little spoiled with my Evo and was surprised there was far less available for the Epic.
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I ran an evo for a week. It was interesting.
There is less going on with the epic as far as rom choices, but what we lack in quantity we make up for in quality. CM7 is very good and stable. With it you don't really need apps2sd because there is a bunch of space available. As far as a good kernel, stock is fine, but I have been using KernelSanders. It's stable, can overclock, and great battery life. I'd check it out
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Unless you like the ACS recovery better, I would recommend upgrading your recovery to CWM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuLWzeJ1lT4&feature=relmfu
Here's a tutorial video for installing CM7 on the Epic (Don't forget it's MTD): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzT7ZjMdEw

Are there any ROMs that actually work

Are there any stable e4gt roms that are better than stock ek02 with everything working cuz battery life is a poor trade off for working features in my opinion. Example if wimax is not working or tether to get more battery life whats the point
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..is this a serious question?
If so.. Just check out the devolpment section. Try out using calkulins ROM, his battery script works well.
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Seriously sorry i flashed half of em no disrespect to the dv hard work but im disappointed cuz the roms seem lacking
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Like they say if you cant take the heat get out da kitchen
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Dwayneiztheshyt said:
..is this a serious question?
If so.. Just check out the devolpment section. Try out using calkulins ROM, his battery script works well.
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I am also not sure how to approach this. There are only a few roms that don't support wimax.. I suggest calkulins. It's my go to rom. I've heard starburst is pretty good too.. But in the future, please try to read a bit. maybe look at the roms that have a lot of view and/or comments. The OP of each thread will tell you just about everything you need to know.

IMO, there is no more stable custom ROM right now then UnNamed. If I wasn't so flash happy, I would stay with that but I'm changing ROMs every 2-3 days now...
But anyway, yeah UnNamed is the best ROM as far as stability is concerned.
Oh and I got over a day of moderate use from it. Don't believe me though, try it out!

Have not tried unamed yet
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+1 for Calkulin's roms. Good battery life, stable, so far I have not encountered any issues.

I've been extremely pleased with Calkulin's ROM. I have tried unnamed (which I also like) but I prefer the 5 icon dock and 5x5 app drawer and undervolt/underclock scripts in Calkulin's.

No, none of them actually work...stay on stock...

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Have not tried unamed yet
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MJHawaii is right.. UnNamed is a hell of a rom especially with a few tweaks added in. I am quite sure you will not find anyone unhappy with it. Also like mentioned before there is a whole development section of great roms. Just make sure when you try them all you do not restore data and flash all of them cleanly and not on top of each other.
For battery life on this phone may I recommend 200-800 since your phone can clearly handle it...

no offence, but either dont flash and stay on stock or there is always the good ol flip phones!
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All the ROMS that are built on TW source are complete - this excludes CM7 and MIUI which are AOSP. REALLY.
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Got to agree with the previous poster that suggested you just stay on stock. I'd prefer not having to see posts/threads like this in the future....
For the record however, I've been happy with Calk's, Unnamed AND for quite a bit of time now (a whole month or so!) Blend is my current Daily and it is brilliant.
But you.... you stay on stock....

wase4711 said:
No, none of them actually work...stay on stock...
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+1
10 char

I've Tried Blazer and Calk's 2.8.1 IMO there are both amazing ROMS, and i would suggest giving them a try. I'm currently running calk's and i have not seen any issues after a couple days of heavy testing and use

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I've Tried Blazer and Calk's 2.8.1 IMO there are both amazing ROMS, and i would suggest giving them a try. I'm currently running calk's and i have not seen any issues after a couple days of heavy testing and use
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blazer is my daily driver.
i have not tried a single rom that has just flat out been unstable or unusable though; i steer clear of early/experimental builds, bust most of the roms in the dev section for this phone are pretty complete and comprehensive.
this is my first android device and initially i had trouble just rooting the thing, but thanks to xda's dev section my first flash was a piece of cake and i've had no issues or major complaints in 3 months of jumping rom to rom.

Just an observation. But your avatar shows you have at&t, shouldn't you be in a different section? This forum is for the Samsung epic 4g touch. Maybe thats why the roms aren't working. Unless you just havent updated your profile. (Im guilty of that as well)

[MOD][CM7] CM9 transitions

This brings full Ice Cream Animations to CM7 based ROMS.
Flash in Clockwork.
MAKE SURE TO NANDROID before in case something goes wrong.

Hey Man Glad You Made It To GSII Maybe You Should Continue The CM Roms There Kind Of Abandoned.

i second the guy above. my phones dying in the hospital clinging to a cm7 alpha build. somebody help. and no diss to other devs but i will always go with cm roms before anything else. just personal

nighthawk626 said:
i second the guy above. my phones dying in the hospital clinging to a cm7 alpha build. somebody help. and no diss to other devs but i will always go with cm roms before anything else. just personal
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Alienz is one of the best coming from the vibrant era...

has anyone tried this on rooted stock rom?
let me know please.
thanks in advance.

This will NOT work on stock-based roms. If you'd like, I can post one for them later today. No guarantee it will work though. I don't run stock.
And I don't know what you are talking about. I've been running CM7 since late December. I have no bugs, it is butter-smooth, everything works, and best of all...being CM7, it is themable anyway you wish. For example, CM7 with the Lucid theme found here https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sonny.theme.lucid&hl=en
is beautiful. Add some ICS themed widgets, and it looks like you are running something even prettier than ICS.
No problems with battery life either. Been getting 18 hours according to Battery Left with a 1.8Ghz OC. You keep saying CM7 is an Alpha but quite honestly, there aren't any bugs on it (provided you keep the GPS on).

I assume this works for 787 as well
CM7 SkyRocket

droid512 said:
I assume this works for 787 as well
CM7 SkyRocket
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Yes. In fact, I'm using an I787 CM7 build on my Tmo SGS2 currently.

}{Alienz}{ said:
Yes. In fact, I'm using an I787 CM7 build on my Tmo SGS2 currently.
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Do you happened to have Mr. X's cm7 kernel? The downloads links aren't working in his thread.
If so, could you pm it to me?

billydroid said:
Do you happened to have Mr. X's cm7 kernel? The downloads links aren't working in his thread.
If so, could you pm it to me?
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No. I don't use Mr. X's CM7 kernel because it is really really choppy (scrolling especially). I use Da_G's Skyrocket CM7 kernel. Imo its is a night and day difference. Everything works except auto-rotation.

}{Alienz}{ said:
No. I don't use Mr. X's CM7 kernel because it is really really choppy (scrolling especially). I use Da_G's Skyrocket CM7 kernel. Imo its is a night and day difference. Everything works except auto-rotation.
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Could you please post a link?
Thanks
Found it. Thanks anyways

Any examples? Flashed this but didn't really recognize any ics effects.
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Has anyone tried this with the Macnut ROM?

master_beta said:
Has anyone tried this with the Macnut ROM?
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If u do ure phone wont boot
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Love the idea but not a big fan of CM7. Any chance you can make this compatible with Juggernaut or Macnut?

You want ics transitions. Go to uot kitchen. Upload what it asks. Go to the mod that says ics transitions and apply. Submit changes to the kitchen and wait until its cooked. Irll give you a flasha le zip if there were no.errors. Nandroid backup and flash. Walla!!!! Ics transitions. Ive done this before and seriously takes a max of an hour dependong on how many requests the kotchen is taking. Ive learbed to be resourceful and figure things out on my own. Also it doesnt hurt to check out the Android apps section in General. There are some good guides there for building base roms, theming and kitchen, building ziPS, extracting stuff. All those mods you guys ask the devs to incorporate are there and most are noob friendly.
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Love the idea but not a big fan of CM7. Any chance you can make this compatible with Juggernaut or Macnut?
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Here ya go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990829
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chib1panda said:
Here ya go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990829
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Thanks. I try to be resourceful as well but with my current job and other personal things in my life it's just not possible. I will look into it.
Do you know if this ICS transition is the same thing that Alien has uploaded?

}{Alienz}{ said:
Yes. In fact, I'm using an I787 CM7 build on my Tmo SGS2 currently.
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would you mind sharing which build you're using, and possibly a link?

Me too. Night cna job and toddler. I tried it once and it worked. Saw a ROM I liked and it went away. I may just have to create a thread on it ....
anomy13 said:
Thanks. I try to be resourceful as well but with my current job and other personal things in my life it's just not possible. I will look into it.
Do you know if this ICS transition is the same thing that Alien has uploaded?
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Best ROM for battery?

Can someone tell me which ROM gets the best battery life for my friend's epic?
Also even with the drivers installed, I cant get the phone to detect in Odin.
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Can I just get an answer...i cant search directly on this forum through the xda app. And I understand it's not in Q&A, big whoop.
Thank you
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Your answer:
Each phone hardware, app setup and battery longevity is different. Try them all out and see which fits your needs best.
You received that reply from Uber because this has been asked time and time again and it's the same answer. All it took was some time on your part to read through the general and q&a forums to find these threads a few pages back.
Good luck finding your ideal ROM and kernel.

nikon120 said:
Your answer:
Each phone hardware, app setup and battery longevity is different. Try them all out and see which fits your needs best.
You received that reply from Uber because this has been asked time and time again and it's the same answer. All it took was some time on your part to read through the general and q&a forums to find these threads a few pages back.
Good luck finding your ideal ROM and kernel.
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Okay but what's the most common ROM? I cant try out different roms, not my phone
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Cyanogenmod 7.2
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SleeperROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465628
I've tried quite a few of them. For me and my phone, this is by far the best in stability and battery life.

locoboi187 said:
Okay but what's the most common ROM? I cant try out different roms, not my phone
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Well I clicked thanks instead of quote, so ya got a free one. haha.
Gingerbread
EL30: CleanGB, SleeperROM, ERA's no name rom (you'll get the update nag on these for FC09 install of stock, install of it will fail.)
FC09: PeoplesROM
CM7
ICS
CM9 b2, AOKP b32, MIUI v4+
That's what you'll find in the dev forum. All depends what you are looking for.

nikon120 said:
Well I clicked thanks instead of quote, so ya got a free one. haha.
Gingerbread
EL30: CleanGB, SleeperROM, ERA's no name rom (you'll get the update nag on these for FC09 install of stock, install of it will fail.)
FC09: PeoplesROM
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CM7, CM9 b2, AOKP b32, MIUI v4+
That's what you'll find in the dev forum. All depends what you are looking for.
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Cm7 is not ics
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Cm7 is not ics
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Good catch, sorry at work and typed fast.

cm7 has video playback issues.. so go with peoplesROM 2.0 MTD then run v6 supercharger - balanced 512.

omair2005 said:
cm7 has video playback issues.. so go with peoplesROM 2.0 MTD then run v6 supercharger - balanced 512.
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I have no video issues.
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I have no video issues.
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When I was reading the CM7 thread, more than one person reported the same issue starting from post #191 of that thread..

checked the thread and it seems like video recording issue.

absolute best battery life? Go back to 2.1 with schizopunk's Epic ROM combined with the Pheonix kernel. That was some sick battery life. My best was over 3 days off the charger (no airplane mode shenannigans). Of course you'd have to be on crappy old eclair to get those, but all you asked for was best battery life

+1 Yep that's why I switched to People's Rom....With a 9 month old that will be walking soon.....video recorder and playback is critical
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checked the thread
and it seems like video recording issue.
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I love the peoples Rom but like it has already been said every phone is different video on mine was basically lagged to a dead stop so I use Clean GB now

set it down and magically you'll get a good battery life

Cleangb FTW
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gmorf33 said:
absolute best battery life? Go back to 2.1 with schizopunk's Epic ROM combined with the Pheonix kernel. That was some sick battery life. My best was over 3 days off the charger (no airplane mode shenannigans). Of course you'd have to be on crappy old eclair to get those, but all you asked for was best battery life
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I agree.....
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