[Q] It has been a while and want to root - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

It has been a while, but I am interesting in rooting my phone again and forgot how to do it. Please take it easy.
I am running Froyo EC05 and wondering what I need to do. Please post links to other thread already out there so I can refresh myself.
The things I am most interested in is to have wired and wireless tether and battery life, but at the very least wireless tether.
Thanks in advance.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076967
use this for instruction:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997

So basically I need to download clockwork in the link you provided. Root my phone via pc with clockwork and then move the file for the rom I want on my SD card and go into clockwork mode and then install from there?

Watch the video in the second post. It will walk you through beginning to end. I promise.

If ur not comfortable download odin and flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1221253
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thall302559 said:
If ur not comfortable download odin and flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1221253
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What is the difference between this and what was posted above?

mynewepic10 said:
What is the difference between this and what was posted above?
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The 2nd one uses a program called odin. I would just follow the first example.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.

Does anyone have any recomendations for a rom. I was looking at the newest syndicaterom. Even though it is in my signature I have been stock for a while since updating to ec05

It is all coming back now. Now once I do install the rom I need to wipe data first so any programs are anything I have will be removed correct?
Thanks.

mynewepic10 said:
It is all coming back now. Now once I do install the rom I need to wipe data first so any programs are anything I have will be removed correct?
Thanks.
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That's correct, wiping 3x. Also, if you're flashing Syndicate 1.2 you have to flash a custom kernel immediately afterwards, I reccomend Genocide.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.

zanderman112 said:
That's correct, wiping 3x. Also, if you're flashing Syndicate 1.2 you have to flash a custom kernel immediately afterwards, I reccomend Genocide.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
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Why do you have to flash right away and why do you recommend genocide? Do you have a link to it on the board?

mynewepic10 said:
Why do you have to flash right away and why do you recommend genocide? Do you have a link to it on the board?
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Because it doesn't flash a kernel by itself and doesn't boot without one. I reccomend Genocide bcause I've heard a lot of good about it, and no I don't have a link handy. Back in a sec with it.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215248
Go to the kernel section of the OP in this thread.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.

zanderman112 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215248
Go to the kernel section of the OP in this thread.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
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Found the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961614
I need to download the one that is in the second post 2.0 correct?
So this is the order
Root my phone
flash the rom first
flash the kernel
reboot?

mynewepic10 said:
Root my phone
Wipe data/cache/dalvik 3x each
flash the rom first
flash the kernel
reboot?
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I fixed that for ya, read the quote
And ya 2.0
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.

zanderman112 said:
I fixed that for ya, read the quote
And ya 2.0
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
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Yea I knew about the wipe, just did not put it on there.
I found a video as well for me to watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqHF79shE94

mynewepic10 said:
Yea I knew about the wipe, just did not put it on there.
I found a video as well for me to watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqHF79shE94
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I was just about to post that video for you. You should be good to go.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.

zanderman112 said:
I was just about to post that video for you. You should be good to go.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
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It shows that I need to do two different clockworks. Do I need to do that or I can just root with the one that was posted earlier?

mynewepic10 said:
It shows that I need to do two different clockworks. Do I need to do that or I can just root with the one that was posted earlier?
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I figured it out that video is old so the link provided at the beginning will go right to the purple one.

Watch Qb king 77 how to videos he great easy to follow & will help you out if you get stuck I just got into all this rooting & flashing roms 2 months ago also go with SRF 1.2 & genocide kernel 2.0 you won't be dispointed!
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DG17 to DI18

Ok, so Ive searched through the thousands of pages that just seem to contradict each other so I'll try and ask it here. What's the easiest way to go from a stock (rooted) DG17 Epic to a stock rooted DI18?
trn_psycho said:
Ok, so Ive searched through the thousands of pages that just seem to contradict each other so I'll try and ask it here. What's the easiest way to go from a stock (rooted) DG17 Epic to a stock rooted DI18?
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Odin back to DI18 then use the one click root
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How can I odin back to a level that's higher than I am now? DG17 is the original release of the Epic isn't it?
trn_psycho said:
How can I odin back to a level that's higher than I am now? DG17 is the original release of the Epic isn't it?
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Ur right lol sorry but u could do.that tho use odin and to upgrade to DI18
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Is there not an Update.zip out there to do this?
Never mind, Odin it was... Now running stock (rooted) DI18. Baby steps, now to find a good 2.2 rom.
trn_psycho said:
Is there not an Update.zip out there to do this?
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There were update.zips somewhere to do DG17->DG27->DI07->DI18, but they seem to have been buried due to lack of use. Odin is easy enough, though.

Where do i start with this device????

Iv'e come across the samsung epic 4g, I HAVE NO IDEA on where to start with rooting it or recovery's or anything of it's nature, I come from the land of the HTC EVO so everything pertaining to the Epic 4G is like alien language to me, So basically can someone point me to a noob guide or something like that lol? thank in advance.
Under our Android Development, you should find everything you need stickied.
You'll want:
Odin and if I were you, I'd start of with an EC05 Stock Rom, odexed, RFS, but with root, cwm 3.1, and that sort of goody.
Once flashed, you'll want to nandroid backup, and then start seeing what you want, and how you'll go about achieving that.
Stickied at the top of this forum. 67 videos by qbking77 tells all including needed links.
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desert54 said:
Iv'e come across the samsung epic 4g, I HAVE NO IDEA on where to start with rooting it or recovery's or anything of it's nature, I come from the land of the HTC EVO so everything pertaining to the Epic 4G is like alien language to me, So basically can someone point me to a noob guide or something like that lol? thank in advance.
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start here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076967
Then here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115999
then DO A BACKUP!!!!
basically everything you do on this phone is through clockworkmod. forget about rom manager. after you do a backup and you want to flash a new rom, you'll want to do full wipe 3x every time you want to flash a rom.
the links and instructions and the "what is that?" for odin as well as rooting instructions are in the first link... the second link will upgrade you to our current CWM (purple)
Edit: I would stick to EC05 stuff at first... it's our current stable 2.2 build. all of our 2.3 stuff is leaks and most of them behave naughty. So my advice is definitely stick to EC05 until you find your footing
Wizard Knight said:
start here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076967
Then here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115999
then DO A BACKUP!!!!
basically everything you do on this phone is through clockworkmod. forget about rom manager. after you do a backup and you want to flash a new rom, you'll want to do full wipe 3x every time you want to flash a rom.
the links and instructions and the "what is that?" for odin as well as rooting instructions are in the first link... the second link will upgrade you to our current CWM (purple)
Edit: I would stick to EC05 stuff at first... it's our current stable 2.2 build. all of our 2.3 stuff is leaks and most of them behave naughty. So my advice is definitely stick to EC05 until you find your footing
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Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the first link include CWM 3.1.0.1 purple?
spartasr said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the first link include CWM 3.1.0.1 purple?
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If might. It's been so long since I rooted that I'm not sure, lol. I was just trying to help. If it does, woot!
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Wizard Knight said:
If might. It's been so long since I rooted that I'm not sure, lol. I was just trying to help. If it does, woot!
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No worries, I just wanted to make sure I didn't need to do another CWM upgrade

[Q] Rom Manager

ok so i just rooted my et4g and i installed rom manager, im trying to flash the recovery and it has four options to flash.
none in which say et4g
only
samsung at&t GalaxyS2
samsung GalaxyS i9000
samsung GalaxyS i9000 (MTD)
samsung GalaxyS2
which one is my best bet?
if any of them i think the bottom one is but i was worried that one is for the euro s2?
any help would be greatly appreciated
None of the above.
so what do i do??
i want to flash a rom already! haah
Odin a rooted kernel with clockwork mod (chris41g's lost kernel is what I used), and follow the ROM install instructions from the development section.
and lets just say if i used this vs using that method lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000
Yeah koush has the phone but i think they are waiting on samsung to fix the issues...
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damn so i just have to chill then? no other way of flashing recovery?
If you are worried about customization issues or just want to remain stock, I would flash this. It is completely stock with cwm. You can than flash a prerooted rom or su.zip and you are rooted and ready to go.
crawrj said:
If you are worried about customization issues or just want to remain stock, I would flash this. It is completely stock with cwm. You can than flash a prerooted rom or su.zip and you are rooted and ready to go.
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is there a link u meant to post? lol
CoolWheelChair said:
is there a link u meant to post? lol
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LOL my bad. Long day already. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305099
CoolWheelChair said:
and lets just say if i used this vs using that method lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000
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did this not work for you?
i have a pc so i used odin but this looks similar.
crawrj said:
LOL my bad. Long day already. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305099
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I Odin the above mentioned tar and nandroid back up pure stock and running monkey blue theme.
By the way if lose root when doing this just flash the su zip file.
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What the ****? The AT&T version gets Cyanogen and official Clockwork before us? Really? Thats messed up.
WhiteZero said:
What the ****? The AT&T version gets Cyanogen and official Clockwork before us? Really? Thats messed up.
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Yeah... no, not really. GSM models will ALWAYS get CM before CDMA models. Fact of life.
k0nane said:
Yeah... no, not really. GSM models will ALWAYS get CM before CDMA models. Fact of life.
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Oh, i see...
lafester said:
did this not work for you?
i have a pc so i used odin but this looks similar.
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haven't had time to try it yet, has anyone else tried?
CoolWheelChair said:
haven't had time to try it yet, has anyone else tried?
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Yes. Almost all of us. It works great.
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Do not use ROM manager on this device.
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[Q] Help getting back to stock

Okay guys, im kinda new to this forum.... And ive been trying to find a way to get back to FULL stock ek02, i rooted and my wifi doesnt work.. So i want to flash stock again.. Or if you can give me a kernel that has working wifi that would be great too!
Sorry ive been trying to find one but i cant really
xkillswitchx23 said:
Okay guys, im kinda new to this forum.... And ive been trying to find a way to get back to FULL stock ek02, i rooted and my wifi doesnt work.. So i want to flash stock again.. Or if you can give me a kernel that has working wifi that would be great too!
Sorry ive been trying to find one but i cant really
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The answers are all in Development... all kernels have working wifi you may have another issue or just flash another kernel you have quite a few choices... May I ask what did you do to find one because I can see quite a few in Development
Just trying to understand
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playya said:
The answers are all in Development... all kernels have working wifi you may have another issue or just flash another kernel you have quite a few choices... May I ask what did you do to find one because I can see quite a few in Development
Just trying to understand
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What i did was *It might not be the smartest thing* but i went to the samsung epic 4g touch forum page. And just searched the forum for flashing stock ek09 and got this http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=596949, and since im coming from the transform im not used to all the complicated names like [ACS][Mod][EK02][EL13][Deodex][Odex]AIO Mod Updated 20 Dec 11
xkillswitchx23 said:
What i did was *It might not be the smartest thing* but i went to the samsung epic 4g touch forum page. And just searched the forum for flashing stock ek09 and got this http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=596949, and since im coming from the transform im not used to all the complicated names like [ACS][Mod][EK02][EL13][Deodex][Odex]AIO Mod Updated 20 Dec 11
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Honestly I came from an Evo and was not used to the labeling myself so I took a week to figure **** out before doing anything. But there is a thread that says full restore for Ek02 and EL13..
Edit: fyi- that's two separate threads.... you make your choice plus if you looked at the stickies or search the wiki it would give you everything with links
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playya said:
Honestly I came from an Evo and was not used to the labeling myself so I took a week to figure **** out before doing anything. But there is a thread that says full restore for Ek02 and EL13..
Edit: fyi- that's two separate threads.... you make your choice plus if you looked at the stickies or search the wiki it would give you everything with links
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Alright well thanks! Sorry for being noobish, I cant be the only one lol.
playya said:
Honestly I came from an Evo and was not used to the labeling myself so I took a week to figure **** out before doing anything. But there is a thread that says full restore for Ek02 and EL13..
Edit: fyi- that's two separate threads.... you make your choice plus if you looked at the stickies or search the wiki it would give you everything with links
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367971 Is that the thread i would want?
xkillswitchx23 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367971 Is that the thread i would want?
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Like the thread says its stock rooted... If you want a stock rooted rom then that's for you..... or are you trying to go back to full stock no root
My friend this was under a sticky in development.... I would read this stuff before doing anything else http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_Touch/ROMs
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playya said:
Like the thread says its stock rooted... If you want a stock rooted rom then that's for you..... or are you trying to go back to full stock no root
My friend this was under a sticky in development.... I would read this stuff before doing anything else http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_Touch/ROMs
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I was planing on going stock and rooting again so i could overclock and flash a rom sooner or later. So i guess that would be the best way with that link
That thread will give you ek02 kernel and ek02 rom, but not the modem.
Flash the modem separately if you want it.
Alternatively if you want to start from scratch, odin the eg30 factory restore from my signature, then immediately apply the ek02 ota update.
xkillswitchx23 said:
I was planing on going stock and rooting again so i could overclock and flash a rom sooner or later. So i guess that would be the best way with that link
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Hope it worked out for you but there is no need to go back to stock unrooted to achieve your goal unless thats what you want to do
sfhub 's methods work awesome
Is there an easy way to go back to 100% stock no matter what modem and everything else you have? This one mentions if you are on a certain version of something you won't be able to flash.
boe said:
Is there an easy way to go back to 100% stock no matter what modem and everything else you have? This one mentions if you are on a certain version of something you won't be able to flash.
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This one takes you back to box stock EG30 everything
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383678

I'm confused as to which rooting method to use with the new ota upgrade

A little confused as to which rooting method i need to use can someone please advise thanks
I've attached a pic of my system settings/build etc.
I'm getting diff answers frm diff pple
help
Thank you!
If you have access to Odin i'd recommend flashing over one of the pre-rooted packages.
You can use the ie22 GB rooting method according to Qbking77, and that way you won't need to ODIN or flash anything and lose your data.
Also next time post in Q & A so you don't get flamed
MajicManDroid said:
If you have access to Odin i'd recommend flashing over one of the pre-rooted packages.
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This is all I've been able to figure out. If you go to the one click root stickied post it links to a gingerbreak post that has a bunch of people posting that the gingerbreak method doesn't work for OTA upgrades.
MajicManDroid said:
If you have access to Odin i'd recommend flashing over one of the pre-rooted packages.
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can you plz link me to the right thread? The Odin method says it doesnt work on gingerbread & that's what i got
thanks in advance!
psixichka said:
can you plz link me to the right thread? The Odin method says it doesnt work on gingerbread & that's what i got
thanks in advance!
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The odin method does work... you have to odin a custom kernel to make cwm stick... then flash cwm with odin... then flash su.zip via cwm...
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Are u intending to stay rooted with the stock rom?
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yea, what flastnoles said
psixichka said:
can you plz link me to the right thread? The Odin method says it doesnt work on gingerbread & that's what i got
thanks in advance!
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Check out this video from QBKing. It's a two part video. It gives you links to all the files in the description. And I know it works because I did it last night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFRzzIqouE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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xgerryx said:
You can use the ie22 GB rooting method according to Qbking77, and that way you won't need to ODIN or flash anything and lose your data.
Also next time post in Q & A so you don't get flamed
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where can I find this?
figured only noobs hang out in q&a
psixichka said:
figured only noobs hang out in q&a
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Nope, devs and veterans hang out there too
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Honestly, since Rodderik responded to you in the one click root method thread, I would use the thread he linked you. You can't go wrong with anything he says, and Qbking's videos are always spot on as well. To be safe, I would do one of those. Back up all your apps and your homescreens and go from there.
xgerryx said:
Honestly, since Rodderik responded to you in the one click root method thread, I would use the thread he linked you. You can't go wrong with anything he says, and Qbking's videos are always spot on as well. To be safe, I would do one of those. Back up all your apps and your homescreens and go from there.
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But then someone else said it will not work in that same thread he linked me to so that confused me. This is my husband's phone i was asked to root so I dont want to mess it up.
Rodderik is one of the best Dev's we have. Ask for clarification or PM him if you want, but if it was me, that's what I would do.
psixichka said:
But then someone else said it will not work in that same thread he linked me to so that confused me. This is my husband's phone i was asked to root so I dont want to mess it up.
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Check out the videos. They will show you what to do if you are on stock un-rooted gingerbread
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFRzzIqouE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Thanks guys! QBKing's videos are extremely helpful that's how I rooted my E4gt!
I'll move it and be nice about it. This time
---Jay---
jayharper08 said:
I'll move it and be nice about it. This time
---Jay---
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lol thanks!
I downloaded everything will root once i'm home
xgerryx said:
You can use the ie22 GB rooting method according to Qbking77, and that way you won't need to ODIN or flash anything and lose your data.
Also next time post in Q & A so you don't get flamed
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The ei22 method is the same method for el30 and it most defenitely requires odin... but you don't lose any data...
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