HELP! - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I finally got the guts to go forward with rooting, which I did, and seemed to go well. I have superuser and rom manager on the phone, and I also followed the steps in the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=798067
I can boot into CWM with no problems, and I have the Syndicate Frozen Rom as well as the Frankenstein Rom on my SD Card.
I chose to install the Syndicate ROM first, and it goes through the install process no problem, but when I select "reboot system" it either goes to the Samsung start screen and never boots, or, now, it is giving me an message that says
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
What did I do wrong???

Xiutehcuhtli said:
So I finally got the guts to go forward with rooting, which I did, and seemed to go well. I have superuser and rom manager on the phone, and I also followed the steps in the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=798067
I can boot into CWM with no problems, and I have the Syndicate Frozen Rom as well as the Frankenstein Rom on my SD Card.
I chose to install the Syndicate ROM first, and it goes through the install process no problem, but when I select "reboot system" it either goes to the Samsung start screen and never boots, or, now, it is giving me an message that says
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
What did I do wrong???
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flash a kernel

Are u rfs or ext4
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Esteway.619 said:
Are u rfs or ext4
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Sorry, I guess I don't know what this means.

watch qbking77 vids in general section( sticky) it will help you alot
do you know how to use odin?

ilostmypistons said:
watch qbking77 vids in general section( sticky) it will help you alot
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Absolutely right. qbking took what randyshear used to do to a whole other level. He has a video for everything you would possibly want to do.
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ok, I will check it out and see if he has what I need!

so thanks to qbking77 and Odin I was able to get my phone back to the stock epic, and now I am trying to flash SFR again.
The question now is how long does it usually take for a new ROM to boot once you have installed it?

Xiutehcuhtli said:
so thanks to qbking77 and Odin I was able to get my phone back to the stock epic, and now I am trying to flash SFR again.
The question now is how long does it usually take for a new ROM to boot once you have installed it?
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If you are hanging at Samsung screen I would try flashing the ROM, then a kernel like Genocide, then reboot. This helped a couple of other people recently. I believe some ROMs have root in the ROM and some in the kernel. I may be wrong here but when I suggested this to others, it worked.
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Did you download the version of SRF that's just the Rom and doesn't have Twilight attached to it? I think there's still 2 links in there.

ok, so I have to DL the SRF and the Twilight Kernel?
That's probably what I did wrong because I understood from the guide that the ROM has both the Kernel and the Shell in it.
So is flashing a Kernel essentially the same as flashing the ROM? I just choose "install from Zip"? And if so, which do I need to install first?

Yes just dwnload it from my signature
Xiutehcuhtli said:
ok, so I have to DL the SRF and the Twilight Kernel?
That's probably what I did wrong because I understood from the guide that the ROM has both the Kernel and the Shell in it.
So is flashing a Kernel essentially the same as flashing the ROM? I just choose "install from Zip"? And if so, which do I need to install first?
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Turns out it was the CWM version. Updated that, flashed the kernel and am now running SRF!
Thanks for all your help!
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Got it! Turns out it wouldn't work with CWM 2.x. Updated to the newer version and it worked right away.
From SFR Epic with love

Congrats glad you got it all figured out. Whats next EF02 roms? Im lovin them especially Marusants give it a shot

Xiutehcuhtli said:
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
What did I do wrong???
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This is the error you get when you are on the wrong version cwm and not converted to ext4.

tazfanatic said:
This is the error you get when you are on the wrong version cwm and not converted to ext4.
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Good to know. So from here I can flash ROMs so long as I flash the corresponding Kernel first?

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[Q] ACS Updater, problem installing acs custom recovery 1.0.0.4

I have been trying to update to the ACS custom recovery 1.0.0.4 but every time i try this in the ACS updater application it starts to download zImage, then gets to 99% and reboots my phonne. It doesnt go into recovery from there and the same version of CWM i was using is still the recovery system.
This has happened across 3 different roms i was trying (acs srf 1.2, and ERA rom, and bamboozle 1.1)
I would like to know iof this is a known issue, how i can get this work work, and if there is a flashable zip that i can use to install the custom recovery myself.
Interesting. I have been testing the recovery for like 2 months. I just thought it was labeled wrong because I am on 1.0.0.3. Let me try to get some info
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Any info? It just downloads "zImage" to my sd card.
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ac16313 said:
Any info? It just downloads "zImage" to my sd card.
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The person I asked didn't get back to me. Let me try again. It seems like most of the team hasn't been on here lately so I will hit some people up on G-Talk
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JohnCorleone said:
The person I asked didn't get back to me. Let me try again. It seems like most of the team hasn't been on here lately so I will hit some people up on G-Talk
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Cool stuff thanks!
It appears I am having the same issue. Gets to 99%, reboots, and I still have cwm 3.1.0.1 on 3 finger and through acs app.
jeffro18 said:
It appears I am having the same issue. Gets to 99%, reboots, and I still have cwm 3.1.0.1 on 3 finger and through acs app.
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Same here gets to 99 % reboots & nothing what's up with a flashable
Zip?
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Hey guys, I'm looking into this issue now. Not sure what caused it to just stop working.... I'll get back to everyone when I have an answer.
As for the zImage file - that's the recovery. It downloads into to your sdcard, then uses bmlwrite to write it, and then reboots.
parabola949 said:
Hey guys, I'm looking into this issue now. Not sure what caused it to just stop working.... I'll get back to everyone when I have an answer.
As for the zImage file - that's the recovery. It downloads into to your sdcard, then uses bmlwrite to write it, and then reboots.
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Thanks for the response. This recovery is the only one that has never failed on me so I hope people get to take advantage of it ASAP. I have been testing it for 6+ weeks or so and its the first thing I put back on my phone after rooting.
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Fixed!
JohnCorleone said:
Thanks for the response. This recovery is the only one that has never failed on me so I hope people get to take advantage of it ASAP. I have been testing it for 6+ weeks or so and its the first thing I put back on my phone after rooting.
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Alright, great news everyone - got it fixed. Just uploaded to the market, give it time to reach you. Version is:
(Free) 1.5.0.3
(Donate) 1.5.1.3
I apologize for the issues... not sure how it went so wrong when it worked in testing.... I tested both versions though, all is good.
By the way -
I was able to do the following:
ODIN to stock
Root with One-Click
Here's the best part - even if your one-click does NOT install a custom recovery - you can still install it from the app. After I did ODIN / root, did not have to touch computer at all.... Installed recovery, then kernel, then rom, all from app.
Once again, I apologize for the issues.
parabola949 said:
Hey guys, I'm looking into this issue now. Not sure what caused it to just stop working.... I'll get back to everyone when I have an answer.
As for the zImage file - that's the recovery. It downloads into to your sdcard, then uses bmlwrite to write it, and then reboots.
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Thanks for the heads up, and information!
So does this have any compatability issues?
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ac16313 said:
Thanks for the heads up, and information!
So does this have any compatability issues?
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After it installs, make a new nandroid backup. I found huge errors when restoring a 3.1.0.1 backup under the new recovery.
Testing now. Uhhh, I can't seem to 3 finger into recovery at all. And now it won't boot at all. Time for some special odin time....
Expect a how to video as well
I have 1.5.03 and still out failed
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mottipython said:
I have 1.5.03 and still out failed
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Same here.
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parabola949 said:
Alright, great news everyone - got it fixed. Just uploaded to the market, give it time to reach you. Version is:
(Free) 1.5.0.3
(Donate) 1.5.1.3
I apologize for the issues... not sure how it went so wrong when it worked in testing.... I tested both versions though, all is good.
By the way -
I was able to do the following:
ODIN to stock
Root with One-Click
Here's the best part - even if your one-click does NOT install a custom recovery - you can still install it from the app. After I did ODIN / root, did not have to touch computer at all.... Installed recovery, then kernel, then rom, all from app.
Once again, I apologize for the issues.
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I just saw this thread, but I have ACS Updater (Donate version 1.1) - I only use it for backup and restore and it works perfect - I don't understand this "stops at 99%" thing, but now you guys got me scared to update to the newest version.
One thing that is strange, I had to look up acs updater in the Market Place before I found you could update it - the Market Place never gave me a notification that there was an update until I saw this thread
mouseglider said:
I just saw this thread, but I have ACS Updater (Donate version 1.1) - I only use it for backup and restore and it works perfect - I don't understand this "stops at 99%" thing, but now you guys got me scared to update to the newest version.
One thing that is strange, I had to look up acs updater in the Market Place before I found you could update it - the Market Place never gave me a notification that there was an update until I saw this thread
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We are talking about trying to install the acs recovery inside the acs updater app.
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just to reiterate, this issue is not resolved...
The Root said:
After it installs, make a new nandroid backup. I found huge errors when restoring a 3.1.0.1 backup under the new recovery.
Testing now. Uhhh, I can't seem to 3 finger into recovery at all. And now it won't boot at all. Time for some special odin time....
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I didn't have this problem I installed ACS Recovery & restored a backup I made earlier with cwm a week ago & everything great! I like the blue in the recovery a little change from the purple which was also nice thanks ACS Team!! Oh my roommate has the evo I told him to instal this but he's scared that it will brick his phone I told him it won't just to make sure so he can see this is it ok for him to have this acs recovery? Thanks for any help I will give you a flower lol!hahaha
Super SRF 1.2/Genocide 2.0 OC 1.4GHZ/Honeycomb Fusion v 1.1
This issue has yet to be resolved. The acsupdater still reboots my phone at 99% . Still no flashble zip yet either.
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[Q] Recovery 2e for Captivate, Build number UCKB2

I am trying to install the Fasty ROM and I need to revert to Recovery 2e, I saw the other forum for it, but my build number is UCKB2 and I can't seem to find the right way to do it, can anyone help? By the way I tried to post to the recovery 2e discussion and I couldn't post there, to nooby! Thanks in advance!
Same problem
I've rooted and downloaded rom manager but everytime I try to reboot into recovery I keep getting the E:failed to verify whole-file signature
I too have uckb2 build and am not sure which CT root or whatever to download. Yes I'm a complete noon but I've had two friends with rooted and Tom flashed phones who can't figure it out either. [email protected]
Noob*-rom*
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Look in the Captivate developers section. There is a very good guide on how to get around that.
Headed there now. Thanks for the help.
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I think I found the one you were talking about and yes, it is VERY detailed and informative. Thanks a bunch. Now I just need to get to my PC to do it LOL.
Edit: Well that didn't go as planned. Couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. Want to flash kb1 kernel but not sure where to find the thread for that. Maybe I should give up.
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I was able to do the modded 3e recovery on the KB2 build, just use trusselo's .bat file, worked like a charm! When you go to load CWM, it might not work the first time, you will have to clear the cache first and then re-install packages and it will work!
outdoorsman14 said:
I was able to do the modded 3e recovery on the KB2 build, just use trusselo's .bat file, worked like a charm! When you go to load CWM, it might not work the first time, you will have to clear the cache first and then re-install packages and it will work!
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With CWM, you almost always have to resinstall packages twice.
So I just downloaded sgs kernel flasher and flashed speedmod kernel and that was that. It was that simple. Thanks.
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Timpdottm said:
So I just downloaded sgs kernel flasher and flashed speedmod kernel and that was that. It was that simple. Thanks.
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Dang, I haven't seen a speedmod kernel in forever.

phone wont flash roms...

my phone wont flash curtain roms i can install cm7, cleangb,asop,and stock thats it... if i try urban and all that i cant why is that? i tryed ext4 and rfs and all of them and nothing
Timothy08 said:
my phone wont flash curtain roms i can install cm7, cleangb,asop,and stock thats it... if i try urban and all that i cant why is that? i tryed ext4 and rfs and all of them and nothing
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Did you try hitting your phone with a rolled up newspaper...bad phone, bad phone!
Seriously, what recovery are you using? If it is Bonsai recovery then that is your problem. It is not working well with EI22 ROMs. Install either CWM 3.1.0.1 or the official 5.0.2.7 which is now supported by ROM Manager (in the market). Flash the zip file found in the 5.0.2.7 thread in development, download ROM Manager and click install clockwork and select Samsung Epic 4G and you should be fine.
kennyglass123 said:
Did you try hitting your phone with a rolled up newspaper...bad phone, bad phone!
Seriously, what recovery are you using? If it is Bonsai recovery then that is your problem. It is not working well with EI22 ROMs. Install either CWM 3.1.0.1 or the official 5.0.2.7 which is now supported by ROM Manager (in the market). Flash the zip file found in the 5.0.2.7 thread in development, download ROM Manager and click install clockwork and select Samsung Epic 4G and you should be fine.
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im usen acs5 1.0.0.0
Timothy08 said:
im usen acs5 1.0.0.0
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What happens when you try to flash one of these stubborn ROMs? You should switch to CWM 5.0.2.7 anyway.
kennyglass123 said:
What happens when you try to flash one of these stubborn ROMs? You should switch to CWM 5.0.2.7 anyway.
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stubborn? what is that?
EDIT: flashed back to stock rooted with cwm 5.0.2.7
Timothy08 said:
stubborn? what is that?
EDIT: flashed back to stock rooted with cwm 5.0.2.7
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The ROMs you said wouldn't flash.
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Timothy08 said:
my phone wont flash curtain roms i can install cm7, cleangb,asop,and stock thats it... if i try urban and all that i cant why is that? i tryed ext4 and rfs and all of them and nothing
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I have encountered this problem before. Deffinately the recovery in this case.. I reccomend getting the CWM recovery for your phone, and following the standard recovery flashing procedure from adb shell. This alway fixes the error when there is not another underlying cause
simonsimons34 said:
I have encountered this problem before. Deffinately the recovery in this case.. I reccomend getting the CWM recovery for your phone, and following the standard recovery flashing procedure from adb shell. This alway fixes the error when there is not another underlying cause
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can you link me the process to doing this?? with adb shell?????
kennyglass123 said:
The ROMs you said wouldn't flash.
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i tryed all of them i think the only ones that worked were cm7 miui asop and cleangb.... and stock
Timothy08 said:
can you link me the process to doing this?? with adb shell?????
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He is talking about one-click root for EC05 with CWM 3.1.0.1. It is stickied in the top of Development.
Since you installed CWM 5.0.2.7 did you try to flash one of those ROMs? What happens when it doesn't work? Boot loop?
kennyglass123 said:
He is talking about one-click root for EC05 with CWM 3.1.0.1. It is stickied in the top of Development.
Since you installed CWM 5.0.2.7 did you try to flash one of those ROMs? What happens when it doesn't work? Boot loop?
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just stay on samsung logo nothing for like 3 mins then i just restore my old sett up like stock android.
EDIT: I odin cwm 5.0.2.7 if that helps
Do a factory data reset before flashing. It may take up to 5 minutes on SAMSUNG.
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kennyglass123 said:
Do a factory data reset before flashing. It may take up to 5 minutes on SAMSUNG.
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nothing still stuck on samsung logo
Did you go into CWM and do a factory data reset first?
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kennyglass123 said:
Did you go into CWM and do a factory data reset first?
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yes i did i went back to ec05 and cwm 3.1.0.1 and gonna try flashing
Timothy08 said:
yes i did i went back to ec05 and cwm 3.1.0.1 and gonna try flashing
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Try Legendary
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kennyglass123 said:
Try Legendary
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nothing worked :/
Timothy08 said:
nothing worked :/
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At this point please explain your procedure stsep by step. Which selections you are making in CWM and which files you are using. Thanks.
kennyglass123 said:
At this point please explain your procedure stsep by step. Which selections you are making in CWM and which files you are using. Thanks.
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im thinking it my sd card i reformated it and gonna see if that works
EDIT: it was my sd card got it
Timothy08 said:
im thinking it my sd card i reformated it and gonna see if that works
EDIT: it was my sd card got it
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Damn Tim, this was a tough one. Glad you got it working.
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[Q] Rooting Help

I recently upgraded to 2.3.5 and would like to root my phone to remove crap apps. Is there a simple, one click method to make this happen?
Thanks in advance
alarmmec said:
I recently upgraded to 2.3.5 and would like to root my phone to remove crap apps. Is there a simple, one click method to make this happen?
Thanks in advance
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Nope. One clicks don't work on 2.3.5. You need to use Odin to install CWM 5.027, then pull the battery before it boots, power up into CWM first then flash a custom GB ROM.
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Why not just have him install the gb3.tar kernel instead of "pull the battery before it boots" much easy and less fearfull.
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alarmmec said:
I recently upgraded to 2.3.5 and would like to root my phone to remove crap apps. Is there a simple, one click method to make this happen?
Thanks in advance
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For this journy qbking videos are your compass now go go onto the land of Root.
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Biggoron said:
Why not just have him install the gb3.tar kernel instead of "pull the battery before it boots" much easy and less fearfull.
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Does that have clockwork in it too? Usually I say uncheck reboot in Odin but then you still gotta pull the battery and pop it back in then boot to CWM. Didn't mean to be scary..lol!
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kennyglass123 said:
Does that have clockwork in it too? Usually I say uncheck reboot in Odin but then you still gotta pull the battery and pop it back in then boot to CWM. Didn't mean to be scary..lol!
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No but it qbkings tutorial he says to flash the kernel first.... then flash Cwm just saying it would be less chance of error. Something in the stock kernel has a script that searches for cwm and causes it to delet after the first boot anyways.....
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kennyglass123 said:
Nope. One clicks don't work on 2.3.5. You need to use Odin to install CWM 5.027, then pull the battery before it boots, power up into CWM first then flash a custom GB ROM.
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Exactly! And no worries about it overwriting recovery as long as you flash a custom gb rom (there is a mostly stock one if trying to stay stock) as the kernel will be included with the rom... don't let biggorn scare you... its not scary to pull the battery after odin ;-)
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Sounds pretty spooky. Thanks for your reply's but I need a step by step. No technical dummy but this is a first.
alarmmec said:
Sounds pretty spooky. Thanks for your reply's but I need a step by step. No technical dummy but this is a first.
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There are videos in the General subforum. Search for qbking77's videos in the stickies in the top and there is also a thread with videos on How to root the OTA EI22 or Google update.
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Just odin the kernel 3gb and go from there. U don't really need to pull battery, unless ur phone or odin hangs for awhile
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Success
The Odin kernel trick worked like a charm. Thanks so much for the help, my Epic is now rooted and has superuser access. The primary intent of this project was to remove all of the crap-ware and now that that is accomplished I have to ask...now what? What other things should I look at to make it faster and better?
Thanks again.
alarmmec said:
The Odin kernel trick worked like a charm. Thanks so much for the help, my Epic is now rooted and has superuser access. The primary intent of this project was to remove all of the crap-ware and now that that is accomplished I have to ask...now what? What other things should I look at to make it faster and better?
Thanks again.
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Flashing a custom rom.... and a custom kernel.
Suggestions: legendary 2.2 and the samurai or shadow kernel
MarcusantRom revival v2..... just go through the android development forums to see which rom you'd like to use. Just be careful what your trying to download thought. If your Rom is BML or MTD then you have to download that type of kernel.
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kennyglass123 said:
Nope. One clicks don't work on 2.3.5. You need to use Odin to install CWM 5.027, then pull the battery before it boots, power up into CWM first then flash a custom GB ROM.
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U don't even have to pull out the battery is instantly boots up into cwm that's what happened to me when I got my replacement that was already on ei22 I just connected to odin and flashed the latest cwm and had a rom already on my sd card so I just flashed the rom when it opened cwm for me
Its very easy and no worries and if it doesn't open cwm its not like your phone will brick or anything u just need to try again. To flash a kernel would be easy too
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lilajrestnom said:
U don't even have to pull out the battery is instantly boots up into cwm that's what happened to me when I got my replacement that was already on ei22 I just connected to odin and flashed the latest cwm and had a rom already on my sd card so I just flashed the rom when it opened cwm for me
Its very easy and no worries and if it doesn't open cwm its not like your phone will brick or anything u just need to try again. To flash a kernel would be easy too
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Read everything before you post we've established this already... and he's all good to go... no need to bash other people over their instructions if they work.
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Some phones didn't boot into clockwork. They hung at the black screen. Remember every phone is different so those of us post answers that try to cover every possibility. Great for you that yours booted into CWM...go play the lottery now...LOL.
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qbking77 has a 2 part video on it that is very step by step. just follow it and you will be fine. from what i remember just 1 extra fie to odin and you need a file on your sdcard. it was pretty gravy. have fun and mistakes are a short odin back to the beginning
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haha forgot there was a second page..... use remember you can go from bml to bml, or bml to mtd, mtd to mtd type roms. YOU CAN NOT JUST FLASH FROM MTD TO BML!!! you must odin back to ec05 and make sure repartition is checked and use the victory pit. happy playing
just remember though... after reading the information on these forums, and you are still unsure or whatever... ask questions, ask questions , ask questions...
Well everything is running great but now Sprint is trying to upgrade my firmware to EL30. Will this do away with my new found rooting and can it be re-rooted if it does?
alarmmec said:
Well everything is running great but now Sprint is trying to upgrade my firmware to EL30. Will this do away with my new found rooting and can it be re-rooted if it does?
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It will fail to update since your rooted you have to go completely stock to upgrade and once upgraded its the same root process with the exception of using a different kernel.
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You can root EL30 the same way you root EI22.
Here is a link to qbking's tutorial videos on rooting EI22/EL30
Pre-root (allows custom recoveries to stick): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFRzzIqouE&feature=relmfu
Root: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWOLEXqAeCc
Upgrade to CWM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuLWzeJ1lT4&feature=relmfu
For whatever reason, Unroot and return to BML: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFazLOVXPns

[ROM][CM9][AOKP] Temporary Stock E4GT from emmc

Epic Touch Blog: Temporary Stock E4GT from emmc
Utility for CM9 Epic Touch
This is a temporary ROM that boots Samsung's Gingerbread EL29 firmware entirely from emmc without making any changes to the ROM currently installed on your phone. When you reboot, you return to recovery where you can re-flash the ROM to return to CM9. This temporary ROM is useful for several purposes.
Update Profile.
Update PRL.
Sprint Activation.
Dial codes and diagnostic mode.
This should be helpful to users of any AOSP-based ROM including CM9, AOKP, etc.
Thanks to noobnl and mkasick for making this possible!
Really nice thanks a lot.
Awesome can't wait to test it out
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. This will come in hand
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wilderckw said:
. This will come in hand
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Its a great tool and easy to use. Was testing earlier today.
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Would this work to flash .zip updates (such as kobridge) or updated ROMs (such as alpha5)?
This definitely will come in handy, can I suggest seeing if you can get a video made of how it works. I can honestly say It seems to help out quite a bit in this forum for a lot of people and does cut down on the crazy questions.
Great job though!
bobjase said:
Would this work to flash .zip updates (such as kobridge) or updated ROMs (such as alpha5)?
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You can use the directbootCWM file to update CM9 yes. Not sure about using it for Kobridge tweaks.
playya said:
This definitely will come in handy, can I suggest seeing if you can get a video made of how it works. I can honestly say It seems to help out quite a bit in this forum for a lot of people and does cut down on the crazy questions.
Great job though!
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Maybe qbking can make one for those who need it.
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I'm sorry but what does this do?
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m0j09987 said:
I'm sorry but what does this do?
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Its for AOSP roms. You currently can't update PRL/Profile, activate your device, or use dialer codes on them so this temporarily allows you to boot stock el29 off the SD card without changing your current rom. You can do what i said from there. Saves you time from doing backups, restoring, etc.
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I'm hoping that someone can help me out as I am unable to boot into the temporary ROM. Here are the steps I followed:
1. I have everything extracted to emmc as directed.
2. I flashed directboot CWM utilizing mobile odin which correctly booted me into CWM version 5.0.2.7
3. I flashed boot_EL29.zip at location /emmc/multiboot/EL29 and received the following messages that appear to be correct.
Finding Update Package...​Opening Update Package...​Installing Update...​Boot /emmc/multiboot/EL29/zImage​Create mount symlink.​Remount partitions read-only.​(Re)mount /emmc read-only.​Unpack kexec.​Load zImage and initramfs.​Sync.​Reboot into zImage.​Install from sdcard complete.​4. At this point I expected the phone to reboot into the temporary rom; however, it just shows the standard recovery menu. No reboot occured.
5. Because no automatic reboot occured, I selected "reboot system now" from CWM. Unfortunately this just brings me back into directboot CWM.
Thanks in advance for any help provided.
I am having the same problem I thought it could have been the downloading or unpacking so I downloaded it again and unpacked it and still have the same problem.
smmlee said:
I'm hoping that someone can help me out as I am unable to boot into the temporary ROM. Here are the steps I followed:
1. I have everything extracted to emmc as directed.
2. I flashed directboot CWM utilizing mobile odin which correctly booted me into CWM version 5.0.2.7
3. I flashed boot_EL29.zip at location /emmc/multiboot/EL29 and received the following messages that appear to be correct.
Finding Update Package...​Opening Update Package...​Installing Update...​Boot /emmc/multiboot/EL29/zImage​Create mount symlink.​Remount partitions read-only.​(Re)mount /emmc read-only.​Unpack kexec.​Load zImage and initramfs.​Sync.​Reboot into zImage.​Install from sdcard complete.​4. At this point I expected the phone to reboot into the temporary rom; however, it just shows the standard recovery menu. No reboot occured.
5. Because no automatic reboot occured, I selected "reboot system now" from CWM. Unfortunately this just brings me back into directboot CWM.
Thanks in advance for any help provided.
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I what having this same issue. There is a different version of direct boot, v3 that you have to use for this.
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All I see is v1 up on the e4gtcm site. Where did you obtain v3 from?
Worked with V3 direct boot Thanks
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just click on the direct boot link and it will bring you to the V3
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All I see is v1 up on the e4gtcm site. Where did you obtain v3 from?
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Nevermind. I found the v3 update. Thanks all!
Anymore questions don't be afraid to ask.
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This sounds pretty cool and I would like to test it... what I don't understand is when I'm done with the temp rom, how do I get back to AOKP? Do I need to reflash the whole AOKP rom? Just the kernel?
epdp14 said:
This sounds pretty cool and I would like to test it... what I don't understand is when I'm done with the temp rom, how do I get back to AOKP? Do I need to reflash the whole AOKP rom? Just the kernel?
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When done updating prl/profile, etc. Just reboot your phone and it will take you back to cwm recovery. From there you can either just reflash the rom or just a compatible kernel so it boots.
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excellent. this could also help people do the gb GPS fix.. sweet man.

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