Hi, everyone please dont flame me if this answer is somewhere else but i tried searching and using keywords to find an answer but no dice! feel free to move this to the where ever it needs to be!
ok ive been having tons of fun with my epic and this site has been a god send ever since i found it! great community guys! but now to the prob...
i never had a problem with rooting my epic and adding roms, themes, dk28, etc. but last night i decided to flash a hulu zip but i was careless and realized it wasnt "edify" and flashed it, yea i know epic fail :/...ever since then my epic hasnt been the same. i tried going back to dk27 and from playing with it for 10mins it seemed stable and fine. so i decided to odin to dk28 and it seemed alright but maybe its because im used to the faster roms ive been using for the past months. now the real problem is when im running on dk28 and try to flash midnight rom or bonsai (the only 2 i tested so far) it never works..after i run cwm3 and flash midnight i try to reboot and i get stuck at the samsung screen. so i pull the battery out and try again...now when it boots up, it does the reg sprint start up but the word "android" is flashing in the middle of the screen at the same time!? and doesnt perforom right if i touch any of the dock buttons it just restarts. so as of right now im just running a stock epic and it works fine but i really wanna root my epic again and have fun!
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That flashing android sign may have just been some sort of file corruption...possibly in the odin flash, possibly from pulling the battery.
You said you went back to dk27 first...did you mean dG 27? Just for clarification.
I would try odining to di18 and THEN going to dk28 and then to a ROM (if you haven't already tried that going from di18)
And retrying until successful isn't such a bad idea...did you purchase a better USB cable, or are you using the stock one? the stock one has been known to cause problems when flashing
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hey, thnx for the reply. yea i mean dg27 sorry. hmm yea ive been having a lot of problems with this cable, my cpu recognizes it about 50% of the time i always have to keep trying diff ports...ill try to find another cable around the house. will any mini usb cable do? oh yea and u said the "flashing android" could be from odin, so could it be the pit or the tar file?
btw is di18 still floating around on the forums? ill try to look..thanks again bro
Flash it again when your getting that android symbol in the middle of sprints boot screen. Right over it. Works for me and I get that problem every once in a while
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thnx coke32 ill keep trying to flash it..keeping my fingers crossed
I would use Odin and the DI18 release then use the update.zip for DK28. Then use the Clockworkmod 3.0 root. Then use one of those Roms you like so much. I use midNIGHT and love it. There are some great walk throughs in the Development Section.
If you run into problems just start over. Only takes about 20 minutes. The cable is a biggie though. Any USB mini works...as long as it "works". I never use the stock cable unless I'm charging only.
vpka007 said:
Any USB mini works...as long as it "works".
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Micro. Mini won't fit our phones.
Ah true.
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I am trying to Odin back to stock ECO5 using the links/downloads provided. Everything appears fine until it gets to factoryfs.rfs At that point it stops and will not go past.
I have tried 3 times. Any ideas?
On one attempt the entire screen turned pink, not sure if that helps describe the problem.
I have had this problem before it was corrected by re downloading the tar and pit file.
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And use a non-stock cable.
Thanks I will try that, already tried downloading the EB13 tar, and that didn't work. Guess I will try it with a different pit.
Not too sure said:
Thanks I will try that, already tried downloading the EB13 tar, and that didn't work. Guess I will try it with a different pit.
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victory8g- is the one you want. Use it with Odin 1.61.
http://k0nane.info/rom/odin-pit.zip
Tried that. Same result. I'm going to get a different cable tomorrow and see how that works. It stops in the same place every time, and the factory fs
I think at this point I would just like to take it somewhere and have it fixed. Any suggestions? Should I just take it to Sprint and confess my sins, or try a shop somewhere?
its the cable or the usb port..
Not too sure said:
I am trying to Odin back to stock ECO5 using the links/downloads provided. Everything appears fine until it gets to factoryfs.rfs At that point it stops and will not go past.
I have tried 3 times. Any ideas?
On one attempt the entire screen turned pink, not sure if that helps describe the problem.
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You are putting the tar file in the pda slot instead of phone right? I made that mistake with flashing dk28 and it did the same thing. Lmk.
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Not too sure said:
I think at this point I would just like to take it somewhere and have it fixed. Any suggestions? Should I just take it to Sprint and confess my sins, or try a shop somewhere?
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Get a cable first. $1.50 max on Amazon.
And NEVER tell Sprint a darned thing. About anything. Never even hand a rep your phone without fully stocking it.
You might want to try the di18 tar. My phone was having the same problem with odining to eb13. After your on di18 you could just let the phone update itself.
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Ok, I feel like a total idiot now. New cable worked perfectly. Actually not a new one, it was the one from the POS Samsung Intrepid that my job provides me.
Sorry to waste everyone's time. I assumed (never assume) that when people were talking about problems with the cable, that I would get some sort of error, not just a freeze in the download.
Thanks to all who replied and attempted to help.
I love this forum!! I have used other forums in the past....they do not compare! Usually filled with a bunch of people more wanting to be smart-A$$es than helping.
Yeah, the xda forums are a step above. I can confirm cable issues and usb port issues cropping up for me from time to time...it is very strange.
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Hi guys,
I'm new to the Samsung Epic 4g and looking for the most stable ROM that's available. Here's why:
This phone does not belong to me. I dated this girl for a few months and before I broke up with her, I told her she should let me root her phone. She did (we put on the ACS Frozen ROM) and she loved it, until a few weeks later it started giving her "Google Services Frameworks" Force closing errors.
Problem was, we had broken up. Because she doesn't know anyone else that knows how to root phones and put on ROMs, she has very awkwardly called me up every few weeks and asked me to fix her phone—because her phone is my responsibility now!
What I'm looking for is the ROM that won't have any FC's and that I won't have to touch for at least another six months. Her stock ROM was no good either (which is why she wanted me to root the phone), fwiw.
I have a Mac and tried the Heimdall method but that didn't seem to work. Basically, I want to be done messing with her phone so I don't have to hang see her again! It was a bad breakup.
Any advice greatly appreciated! I need to flash by tonight.
Re flash and turn journaling on. Should keep her away for a while
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Honestly if you broke up and don't want to deal with it just go to stock. Otherwise you are on the hook forever. When gb goes ota guess who she calls. Just put it back to stock.
.OmEgA said:
Re flash and turn journaling on. Should keep her away for a while
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This^^^^^^^^ and go to settings>applications>manage applications>all and scroll to Google Services Framework, click it and hit clear data. Show this to her and tell her any app that FCs can be fixed this way and walk away. Unless you want to also teach her how to do a nand backup and restore to really be able to walk away.
put ec05 plus on that **** and call it a day...
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put ec05 plus on that **** and call it a day...
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Lol...good stuff. I forgot that link was back up.
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chris41g said:
put ec05 plus on that **** and call it a day...
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+1
10 char
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Thanks guys. I actually ended up bricking the phone with Heimdall-the USB port on my IMac couldn't recognize the phone and all hell broke loose after that-so she and I are splitting the cost of a Nexus S.
At least I have her off my back now. Thanks again for the advice.
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Thanks guys. I actually ended up bricking the phone with Heimdall-the USB port on my IMac couldn't recognize the phone and all hell broke loose after that-so she and I are splitting the cost of a Nexus S.
At least I have her off my back now. Thanks again for the advice.
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ouchies 10 char
I am 50/50 between Urban Regeneration with Bionix Black theme and SRF 1.2 with Honeycomb Fusion Explosion. I have a nandroid of each to switch back and forth. Both have been very stable,great battery, and fast. Any errors I have had were my own fault from adding/deleting things.
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So I have issues with my GPS.
Not that this is surprising, but I am trying to plan my next step.
I am running Calk's EL29 ROM, and have pretty much gone though every fix I can find in the ET4G section, all to no avail.
So, I was planning to wipe everything back to stock, see if worked, and when it didnt, take it in for repair/replacement
I have a jig to reset the ODIN count
I also have all I need to reset it back to EL29, but I wanted to know if anyone had a "best guess" as how much longer I would have to wait for the next OTA.
My GF loves her current setup, and has "agreed" to let me wipe and redo everything once the ICS OTA comes out, so I was was gonna try to time the wipe and submit for service around that time frame, but couldnt get a real idea of how much longer the wait will be. I really dont want to have to redo everything twice if I can avoid it. (once for the replacement, and again for the ICS OTA upgrade)
Any guesses? Weeks? Months?
If it is looking to be a matter of weeks, I might as well wait, if it is gonna be a matter of months, I will just go ahead and reset back to EL29 and take it in.
So, any advice from the the group???
Honestly, I don't think anyone here knows for sure and if they did it would of been posted already. Now you can get speculation but an exact date I don't think is happening. You can try and call Sprint or check every blog out there in hopes of finding some info.
If your phone is acting up just take it right in and try and replace it. I have heard of plenty of members bringing their phone into Sprint and exchanging it. Make a couple of customer service calls complaining and go for it
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So I have issues with my GPS.
Not that this is surprising, but I am trying to plan my next step.
I am running Calk's EL29 ROM, and have pretty much gone though every fix I can find in the ET4G section, all to no avail.
So, I was planning to wipe everything back to stock, see if worked, and when it didnt, take it in for repair/replacement
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Have you tried a full reset and reprogramming of the phone yet? This procedure is independent of the rom and flashing a new rom will not affect it. I just posted it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26131653&postcount=4244
It probably wouldn't hurt to one-click odin back on stock EL29 Gingerbread so you can't blame the rom or modem you're on at the moment too!
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Have you tried a full reset and reprogramming of the phone yet?
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I didnt try a full reset yet, but I did do a GPSCLR, thanks!
Perhaps I am just gonna have to bite the bullet, reset back to stock EL29, and go from there, again, though I just am leaning more and more towards hardware over software being the issue.
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I didnt try a full reset yet, but I did do a GPSCLR, thanks!
Perhaps I am just gonna have to bite the bullet, reset back to stock EL29, and go from there, again, though I just am leaning more and more towards hardware over software being the issue.
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It is possible but its such a hassle to swap out a phone too.
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I have problems on gingerbread, I tried ics for a week and got a 10 meter lock....I think gingerbread is the problem
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I didnt try a full reset yet, but I did do a GPSCLR, thanks!
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Hey, do you happen to have the ##GPSCLR# procedure? I did a brief search and can't seem to find it. I forgot all about it and want to add it to my notes. Thanks.
My first epic touch 4g had a problem with gps it barely locked went into a corporate sprint store they swapped my phone out now I can get gps locks inside building and usually accurate with in 10 meters out side. So I don't think it's ginger bread.. Ps I'm stock and not rooted
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Hey, do you happen to have the ##GPSCLR# procedure? I did a brief search and can't seem to find it. I forgot all about it and want to add it to my notes. Thanks.
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I believe it is:
open phone
dial: ##GPSCLRX#
enter you MSL
Though I couldn't find the thread I got it from...
DCRocks said:
I believe it is:
open phone
dial: ##GPSCLRX#
enter you MSL
Though I couldn't find the thread I got it from...
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That'll work! I wasn't sure if there was anything else to do. Adding it to my todo list. LOL
I was having GPS issues too, until a found a video on youtube called "How to get working GPS on any ICS Rom." by qbking77. U have to be on a GB-based Rom to start it, so I don't think it'll be a problem for u. It's a lil time-consuming, but it works & I'm on Blu Kuban ICS Rom! Good luck
Ok guys and gals, this is the deal, i rooted my Note 2 GT-N7100 via Odin around 2 weeks ago, no issue, good stuff, infact the only reason i rooted was for Avast firewall and anti-theft options that come with avast as this was very useful with my last pnone, nexus...
anyhow it seened in the mean-time i was the last to recieve android 4.1.2 here in the uk, now im not useully impatiant, but curiosity got me and so via odin installed 4.1.2, though this was fine onece done it started up with the three logo, the network my sim is on, but the pnone was stock to all networks, so i believe.
A few days later still all is good, i was playing around with some apps such as Go launcher and others as Coldfustions android 3d ui tutorial had suggested on you tube, still no problems, just a little laggy, so i deleted caches as thought this my hep from the recent flash to 4.1.2 a week or so ago, well thats when things whent bad, very bad, cache deleted and pnone switched off and never came back on, just a red light next to the front facing camra, now, my pnone was clearly rooted with custom binary dowload @ 2, but strangly the system status kept switching to official to custom, looks bad right, what should i do...? many thanks ahead...:good:
Sds issue.
Can you tell the exact name of the file you flashed ?
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Sad to know that.... but have you try to boot it into recovery or download mode? Try to do it fast after you plug in your battery. It might work... Do let us know the update. Thanks
Update...
...Well i took it into the city to a local phone tech who will forward it to a samsung tech who doesn't mind a rooted phone, will cost £20 and said 100% fix:laugh: He suggested that it could be related to the s3 problems and had seen a rise in Feb in this strange activity will be around a week. I haven't tried the battery in/out as suggested, will consider in the future.
The file was from sammobile/hotfile (N7100XXDLL4_N7100H3GDLL2_N7100NEDLK1_HOME.tar.md5) will keep you all posted... thanks:good:
Kk you flashed a sds bugged rom .
You should have clarified if it could be booted or not.
Anyways I just wanted to clarify that this didn't happen due to rooting.
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...Once flashed to 4.1.2 it ran about a week, then when cleared caches it died? So to clarify it was a bugged rom or the actual flash/download that was the problem?... infact I remember in odin on pc the usb cable connection icon should be green for good to go, it was yellow as I could not find the solution as to why and still went ahead and flashed, ran like around a week and then died, maybe it was that, im still learning, a hard lessen to learn... im hoping ill get it back by the end of the week still in one piece...
Can you tell the whole name of the file you flashed?
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All the information I could get is on this page with all the w's ...sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-N7100&pcode=H3G#firmware[/url]) Its the 4.1.2 N7100XXDLL4_N7100H3GDLL2_H3G.zip im not to sure if thats what you want, if not could you point me in the right direction... many thanks...
Yeah it is 4.1.2 but does not contain sds patches.
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Ok, not to sure what that means entirely, but why not?
Ok so everyone says this is a great phone, but at the moment I really miss my S2 International
My S3 is constantly freezing up, toggling wifi, just all around slow. Like I can go make a pot of coffee half the time while im waiting for an app to load.
Some info on what im using. Phone was koodo and is now unlocked and running on fido. I got phone second hand and when booted into recovery it shows dead droid (phone is not rooted or anything to my knowledge, verified with root checker) my main apps of use are chrome youtube tasker utter bbm and facebook. So I am very frustrated as my S2 seems to have been twice the phone this is. Please help me fix this as it cant be right!
I suggest flashing a stock rooted ROM rather than trying to fix the existing ROM.
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I suggest flashing a stock rooted ROM rather than trying to fix the existing ROM.
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I don't have access to a computer right now. Or this thing would be running avatar rom, be fully rooted and full of awesomeness but without a comp. Im quite powerless to the little green man inside lol.
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I don't have access to a computer right now. Or this thing would be running avatar rom, be fully rooted and full of awesomeness but without a comp. Im quite powerless to the little green man inside lol.
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You don't know anyone who has a computer ?
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You don't know anyone who has a computer ?
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I live in a remote area and dont currently drive. And most people nowadays are quite skeptical of you downloading programs etc. On their computer. So I do know a couple of people with computers, but either will not let me install odin or I cant get there. been keeping eye out for one on kijiji and other classifieds. Mainly as I use many things like tasker etc that would work alot better with root, busy box, Xposed framework etc.