So I've been trying to search around for this answer but couldn't find anything so I decided to start my own thread. I apologize if this has already been covered. Just wanted to let everyone know that I did try to search.
So I manually updated to EB13, rooted and removed a lot of the bloatware. I see a lot of people saying go back to Di18 and then update to EC05 but frankly, I don't want to have to go through that process.
Will there be an update.zip eventually for people like me who have rooted and removed bloatware? I know you can't get the OTA if you've done this because you need the sprint apps. Someone also posted a link that even if you do restore the bloatware, the OTA still may not install.
I went through the hassle of a fresh install to get to EB13 and I just don't want to have to go through all that again. I want to keep all my data intact but eventually get to EC05. I'm willing to wait but if it's not possible, then I'll have to spend a day, flash back to Di18 and update to EC05. In which case I may not even bother.
TIA.
I'm wondering the same thing. Did you have any luck going to EC05?
highwind81 said:
I'm wondering the same thing. Did you have any luck going to EC05?
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I did the no data loss version here:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/epi...o-ec05-prerooted-cwm-v2-5-1-0-rfs-odexed.html
If you aren't already registered, do so. You can then download everything you need to update to EC05 and keeping all your current data intact.
Followed the step by step instructions and didn't have any problems. Good luck.
In the developement section there is a guide to update to ec05. I used Odin and didn't lose any information or apps.
I just flashed the EC05 modem in CMW, I didn't even wipe the cache.
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what method is best "cwm", samsung, or OTA. anybody notice any differences between the 3? which one is best if there is a best one?
i am also wondering why my header for the thread dissapeared? well i guess someone else will probably ask the same soon.
For me its cwm since it comes out of devs.
the update.zip will leave your apps and settings, but requires you to be on stock di18 with stock recovery and still have the stock apps and so on.
the odin image wipes everything.
the pre-rooted cwm flashable update also requires di18, but not full stock and will leave your apps and settings as well as give you root.
The "best" way is up to you.
I used the odin method straight to eb13 because I was already using dk28 with ext4 and the genocide kernel. Worked like a charm. Now all I have to do is get ext4 working again.
I used the 200mb tool from samsung. Works best imo.
I was already running dk28, so I just used the Odin tar for the modem, and flashed the genocide kernel. Now just waiting for some devs to release eb13 based roms
I did the sammy method on my phone and it worked without a hitch compared to the ODIN pain in the lucky if you get it to work after 10 times method. my wife had the OTA method. both of our GPS worked really good before and now after it takes up to 10 minutes to get a lock. is this to be expected? is there a fix now that sprint ruined my wifes gps, mine is in violation of the warranty now and is the tester phone.
How is your phone in violation of the warranty? If you odin to stock your in warranty unless you dismantled your phone....? Just curious
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I did oden it back to stock but it never really seemed like it did before. I see that the sammy uninstalled cwm so I think its legit again, and ready to send back if the gps doesnt fix itself.
Hey All. I have been on a roller coaster with My Samsung Epic.
Recently I Finally from DK28 updated to Froyo for my Samsung Epic and flashed Viper trinity ROM on it. It was cool up until certain apps did not work well such as Tom the talking Cat and Hulu. Furthermore I rely heavily on my Sprint Navigator, which was Removed after the Viper ROM flash.
I tried to factory restore and reset but had no luck, my phone actually never was able to reset as from the Privacy reset through the Phones gui it would freeze, and if I did the -vol, camera, and power it still kept the viper ROM.
With out further reading I watched a youtube video and ended up using Odin 1.6 and reset it back to DG27. I tried to than only update to 2.2 Froyo without adding any fancy Roms but it failed to do so.
Thats when I read it could only be flashed forward if its DK28. Im suck now and cant get back to DK28. Ive tried Odin again with the SPH-D700-DK28-8Gb-Rel.Tar.MD5, and sometimes removing the .MD5 part.. but odin still gives me errors. ive been at this for the last 9 hours and could use some help, guidance and actual Links that are not broken or have a 404 error on them.
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Problem: Cannot use Odin to get back to DK28 and is stuck on DG27
Solution I want: To be able to take my crappy Samsung Epic and make it Epic with Froyo 2.2 so I can one click root it, installing Flash and Hulu.
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Thank you all!
You may want to Odin to DI18,and then going to EB13 either by an update.zip,or Samsungs tool,mini kies if I remeber right.Or you can try one of the current FROYO ROMs,EB13 based.
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should be able to ODIN right to EB13. look for that file and follow the steps. ODIN doesnt care about deltas etc... it writes to your phone regardless. then you can one click root and rock your custom ROM to get hulu going.
That would be nice.. but EB13 and DI18 I cannot find.. I have been looking for them and have come up with nothing. I have searched and most of the links are the stupid Gator link with 404page error.. Also the Stock roms are just impossible to find.. Im a hammer stroke away from caliming my phone was dropped and just getting a new one. I hae tried Odin3+V1.61 with Victory PIT and SPH-D700-DK28-8Gb-REL.tar.MD5 and without the MD5 and continue to get an error....
Please, Links and tutorials will be greatly helpful.
NVM. I found it. Took forever to find the right TARs and what not.. now I have to find a way to go from DI18 to DK28.. OTA update doesnt seem to work.. and warning out there, ViperTrinity Rom is slow and laggy.. Trying to watch Hulu is unwatchable and also a simple app like Tom the Talking Cat does not work well.. Laggy as a mother!
Why dk28? You should just go to eb13 anyway, laggy buggy issues are at least somewhat if not entirely because of dk28, it was a very buggy leak. Now that eb13 is out go to that, throw on a custom kernel if nothing else and you should be in much better shape.
I believe ptfdmedic's newest midnight rom has flashable zips to restore whatever stock sprint apps you might want. Ill see if I can find you links to all you'd need.
Edit: you should be able to use this and odin strait to eb13 froyo stock pre-rooted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
Still looking to see where it was that I found the sprint apps flashable zip that could be used if you went to a custom rom but wanted nav back.
Edit2: ptfdmedic does have a sprint apps edify zip on his site http://lostandtired.com/ under the android development section which I assume these work with EB13 if you were to go to a custom rom with them removed.
The ROM that I was actually thinking of was ecooce's new frankenstein rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982415 He has zips with all the removed apps so you can add back what you need.
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I tried to downgrade from EH17 to EC05 stock through Odin. I used the official tar first and then tried the plus tar. Neither would complete in odin and just hung; no error or fail. My Epic display however did turn blue on 2 occasions. I used the 1.6 and 1.8 odins and neither worked.
I then tried to flash back to the EH17 stock with root and that didn't work until like the 3rd try. Anybody have issues with going back to EC05 and is it worth the effort? I'm just bored and didn't have any issues whatsoever on the GB builds so based off of that....am I missing anything?
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I tried to downgrade from EH17 to EC05 stock through Odin. I used the official tar first and then tried the plus tar. Neither would complete in odin and just hung; no error or fail. My Epic display however did turn blue on 2 occasions. I used the 1.6 and 1.8 odins and neither worked.
I then tried to flash back to the EH17 stock with root and that didn't work until like the 3rd try. Anybody have issues with going back to EC05 and is it worth the effort? I'm just bored and didn't have any issues whatsoever on the GB builds so based off of that....am I missing anything?
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Sounds like your cable is going bad. Time for a heavy duty cable. I am using the one from my Palm Pre and works perfect everytime.
I moved to GB and never looked back. EH17 rebooted at least 2 times a day after the 4th day so ended up going back to EG22. The only issues that has is stock browser won't download from dropbox links so got another browser and alarm wouldn't play in silent mode so got Extreme Alarm. Don't know what advantage going back to EC05 would give you. Many go back because of the reboot issue and can't get decent GPS to work. I can still get 5 out 10 locks so will do for now. If you use GPS constantly for directions then EC05 was way superior.
Odin is Version 1.81, have had no issues with since I have been flashing!
Link for Odin:
http://www.multiupload.com/I6GVRDL0VK
Link for ECO5:
Froyo EC05 (do not extract this file)
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Here is link for EC05 file. It is part way down in Green Square, if you cannot see you have to sign up to download. Become a Member.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ep...68-how-factory-restore-fix-bricked-phone.html
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If you still want to downgrade, you might have to go down to DI18 or EB13 then update to EC05.
That is another Way to do it.
Need Help, Repost we can get you links if you cannot find them.
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I tried to downgrade from EH17 to EC05 stock through Odin. I used the official tar first and then tried the plus tar. Neither would complete in odin and just hung; no error or fail. My Epic display however did turn blue on 2 occasions. I used the 1.6 and 1.8 odins and neither worked.
I then tried to flash back to the EH17 stock with root and that didn't work until like the 3rd try. Anybody have issues with going back to EC05 and is it worth the effort? I'm just bored and didn't have any issues whatsoever on the GB builds so based off of that....am I missing anything?
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Flashing the sfr zip right over your gb leak (and also a kernel) works just fine. Ive done it on several occasions. Only issue I had was restoring data from a nandroid. Doing so would lock my epic into an upside down landscape view, so I had to rebuild from a clean install and just used some titanium backup restores sparingly.
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You know what's weird I had some issues going from EH17 to EC05 also... but I traced it down(hopefully) to a bad .tar (even though I succesfully odin'd at least 5 times with that same tar with all 5 previously being successful.
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If you wanted to do a clean install and you were already on EC05, would a factory reset (settings/Factory reset) be just as good or would you want to reinstall either the EC05 or original stock DI07 file and do OTAs? What's the advantage of one over the other?
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If you wanted to do a clean install and you were already on EC05, would a factory reset (settings/Factory reset) be just as good or would you want to reinstall either the EC05 or original stock DI07 file and do OTAs? What's the advantage of one over the other?
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You know, there are two different schools of thought on this. Some always go back and use the OTA updates and some never do. I used to go back to EB13 and take the OTA but now I just go straight to what I want. A custom ROM is going to replace everything anyway
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Yeah, I have been using the Factory Data reset a lot more. Then restore only apps, no data except what you must have. Phone always seems faster and smoother for awhile.
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Yeah, I have been using the Factory Data reset a lot more. Then restore only apps, no data except what you must have. Phone always seems faster and smoother for awhile.
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Thanks, another question, Factory Reset won't remove root or CWM will it?
Ive never had a problem going from EH17 or any other GB leak to EC05 but i have occasionally had issues with a bad USB cord or bad tar. Also going straight to whatever build you want might be better that OTA updates. As i recall there can be issues with OTA updates which can cause problems down the road. Of course thats just my personal opinion
Well my cable was bad but that did not help with flashing ROMS. I have been dloading from the device though so I will get fresh dloads from the PC.
On a side note, I used the SW tool and flashed back to EB13 then took the upgrade prompt back too EC05. Been rollin' stock just for kicks and I noticed that the stock ROM runs faster then it use to but the graphics in the GUI get a little stuttery here and there. The scrolling and gallery interface are where it is most noticable.
I can't wait till they start letting employees get the Epic touch.....
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Well my cable was bad but that did not help with flashing ROMS. I have been dloading from the device though so I will get fresh dloads from the PC.
On a side note, I used the SW tool and flashed back to EB13 then took the upgrade prompt back too EC05. Been rollin' stock just for kicks and I noticed that the stock ROM runs faster then it use to but the graphics in the GUI get a little stuttery here and there. The scrolling and gallery interface are where it is most noticable.
I can't wait till they start letting employees get the Epic touch.....
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Did you do Data&Dalvik wipe three times prior to going into EC05?
Ok so I got a new epic touch. 2nd day I had it I rooted it. Fine... everything seemd to be ok, however I kept getting Loss of signal circle with cross through it and would have to keep removing the battery and restarting my phone to get a signal again. It would work for an hour or so but kept getting worse. So since this is the first time I rooted a phone I didnt know what to do... I thought maybe I should go back to stock, well fine... I thought if I do a factory reset it will go back to stock. Obviously I am an idiot and didnt know that I would have to remove the root. However, I set it to do a factory reset not backing up my data, and it seemed to be stuck so I took it to a sprint store and they did a factory reset. After that they asked me if the phone was rooted and I told them yes, and they said they cant do anything with the phone until I remove the root. Anyways, I still have superuser on my phone but since the factory reset I dont see the clockworkmod on the phone. When I go into that boot screen it doesnt show I have clockworkmod. How do I get clockworkmod back on the phone. I upgraded the modem from EG30 to EG31 and so far havent had LOS yet but we will see by the end of today, if I have to reset this phone from LOS again I am gonna go nuts. So I dont have any theme on the phone, Initially I had an Iphone theme and loved it but I thought that was the cause of LOS . Obviously the reset removed it... quite frankly I hate the sprint screens, I hate bloatware, and I like to have control of my phone, is there a way I can have my company name appear on the screen when it first boots up and no sprint B.S.?
Odin is your friend.
What do u mean?
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You confused me.
You headed in a totally different direction than expected. Is this a question asking how to remove root or how to remove the Sprint splash screen?
By the way, a factory reset doesn't remove root.
Sent from the future.
One more thing...
You should've updated your modem to EK02 rather than EG31. You can't update to EK02 if you're not on the EG30 modem.
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SocialReject said:
One more thing...
You should've updated your modem to EK02 rather than EG31. You can't update to EK02 if you're not on the EG30 modem.
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what does the EK02 have thats different from the EK31?
also how can I install clockworkmod?
and finally how do I find out if Carrier IQ is running on my phone?
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what does the EK02 have thats different from the EK31?
also how can I install clockworkmod?
and finally how do I find out if Carrier IQ is running on my phone?
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EK02 modem fixes Loss of Signal issues (or at least for me.)
Follow these steps to upgrade your system to 2.3.6 + Root + Clockwork.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368180
I think there is a carrier IQ application in the market that answers your last question.
You could always flash an EK02 ROM from the Dev section if you want to completely remove it.
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EK02 modem fixes Loss of Signal issues (or at least for me.)
Follow these steps to upgrade your system to 2.3.6 + Root + Clockwork.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368180
I think there is a carrier IQ application in the market that answers your last question.
You could always flash an EK02 ROM from the Dev section if you want to completely remove it.
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the link doesnt work for me... ???
jemdude77 said:
the link doesnt work for me... ???
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Works fine for me.
Just go to the development section and look up EK02 stock deodexed with CWM. It's posted by crawrj
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I have looked around and am still not sure which way would be best to un-root my Evo 4g. Can I just use ( wipe data/factory reset ) then update my contacts thru asurion ? and reload the apps i want from the market ? right now i am in ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.05 ( it was originally rooted with unrevoked ) not unrevoked forever. I thought i would like to try the latest official build for a while. ( not looking forward to the sprint bloatware ) or would the easiest thing be to try and update to the latest ClockworkMod or some other build. Thanks for any info you might have.
Best way to unroot is to grab the unrevoked s-on tool. Flash that and run a ruu or grab a stock non rooted rom.
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so i guess wipe data is really no good ?
Can I just use ( wipe data/factory reset ) then update my contacts thru asurion ?
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Not really sure what you are asking here. A factory reset will NOT unroot you, it will just reset whatever rom you are on. And updating contacts through Asurion? Asurion is your insurance provider, they have nothing to do with contacts....
I thought i would like to try the latest official build for a while.
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You don't have to unroot to do this, just flash a rooted stock rom. This way you stay rooted. If you unroot, and then update to the latest stock rom, it will be VERY difficult to re-root.
or would the easiest thing be to try and update to the latest ClockworkMod or some other build.
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I think you need to read a LOT more about rooting before you proceed to do any more, you don't really seem to know what's going on. ClockworkMod is your recovery, which has nothing to do with your rom. Updating Clockwork will not update your rom, or unroot you.
LOL I guess you are right. A LOT more reading in my future.. Thanks though.
I guess I will go ahead with the idea to update to the newest rom. I thought because ClockworkMod gave me the option to " wipe data/factory reset. " it would set it to factory default, which I thought might be un-rooted.
Side note: Asurion also syncs my phone contacts. I had to use it once when my phone was lost. to update / sync the new phone. It worked very well. Google sync stopped working long ago. I get an error message every time.
But thanks again. that post was very helpful to point me in the right direction. and make me feel a little foolish LOL BE WELL
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Google sync stopped working long ago. I get an error message every time.
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did you try setting up a new gmail account? or maybe jsut delete it on your phone and re-set it up.
not yet. but i will soon. ill let you know how it goes. I've read that it works for some and not for others. haven't found a lot of info directly from Google though. it seems they don't acknowledge the issue. but I am sure i'm not the only one experiencing the error message.
If you really like the new sprint os but hate the bloatware, why not use a rooted sprint rom that one of the devs has made, kind of exactly what sprint/htc gives you but minus the bloat!
Thanks I will. i'm very new to this, how do i go about getting the correct one ? as you can see from above. I have Alot more reading to do.
just did a search on the rom you are running. How do you like that one.
The Rom I am running is great! Just can't post the link to it in this forum due to forum rules. But the Rom I am running is similar to a stock rom, just not a stock rom of an evo 4g. It's ics os which stands for (ice cream sandwich) the new HTC os. Its the stock upgrade for most of their new phones such as the Samsung Galaxy SII. Evo 4g was left out, but due to the devs on this site and others the evo 4g will be just fine!
Edit: Well there is alot of reading and research involved. But for me the best kind of research is trial and error. I read up on certain roms that interest me that have key perks. Such as ICS (newer roms), or wimax enabled (4g enabled and typically on the older roms). Then I read up on peoples response to the roms, what issues they have had, how they have fixed them, how the developer has fixed them. And then after that I'll flash the roms and see how they run. Usually a day or two of use can tell you if you like it or not. Its like a car test drive!
That's Great. I will look around a little more. and get a new rom, I'll probably try the one you mentioned, ( found the link ) Hey, I really appreciate the info, I just need the time to screw around a little more. LOL. Be Well. I'll let ya know how it goes. It is pretty interesting.
Yes on the site you are currently on, there should be a few helpful tips on how to flash the roms and kernels properly. Good luck, also a bunch of great tips on the CM7 Wiki