[Q] whats the best rom!!! - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hello forum, well i just bought a new epic 4g for my sister the phone is rooted, but the rom that this guy flash aint working as suppose "Alpha Hawk w/EG22+" thats the name of the rom, so whats other rom u guys think is better, oh n pls tell me if i can just flash it over that rom!!! thanks alot guys

I don't want to sound like a **** but please search. You are our 30th customer for this question this month. They are all good. If it is for someone else put on ReRFS or EC05plus and walk away.
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Most say syndicate rom frozen 1.2, no you can't flash it right over that rom but there's a video showing you how to flash it in the thread. You should teach her how to do some of these things herself so she won't run to you and blame you for any problems.

I don't think there's one best rom out there, since most of it was custom-made, and it really depends on your phone too.. (and i guess different phone gives different result)
but if you want an EC05, I would say the ACS Frozen ROM is probably the most stable EC05 ROM out there..
GB-leak custom ROM is not as stable as Froyo, IMHO..

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Utterly Confused on how to Get EC05

Ok All I am getting really confused.
I want to update to the latest froyo and keep my root.
I would also like the latest radio, this all seems pretty damn easy however I read all these different ways but only if you have this version rom or radio, etc.
Do I need to use Odin to flash one of the many files I have found.
Do I use clockwork?
What about the radio, I have an old DK17 one.
This is my setup now:
Unlocked Epic
Froyo 2.2.1 - Epic Experience
radio - DK17
Hardware revision is 5
At this point I am willing to donate to get an answer,
Thx,
Force
Best bet is to post in the general section or Q&A next time, posting in development is a nono and will really only serve to get you flamed.
All custom ROMs available right now are based on EC05 so just flash one of them.
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I am having a hard time finding a good custom rom that is based on this. I have a new custom rom loaded now and its not.
Also this still leaves the radio and how to update it.
Sorry about posting here, I didn't think this was a general topic as it deals with flashing & roms. But move it if necessary
Thx,
Force
forcelite said:
I am having a hard time finding a good custom rom that is based on this. I have a new custom rom loaded now and its not.
Also this still leaves the radio and how to update it.
Thx,
Force
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Syndicate ROM Frozen by ACS is always a good decision. As for the modem update, it is either included in the ROM or you can find a flashable zip for it. I'm on the phone so I can't grab
a link for you, but I know it's around.
EDIT: found it, flash this with Odin and it will update your modem only.
http://k0nane.info/rom/acs-ec05-modem.tar
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Hmmm...today i recieved EC05 on EB13 it came thru while I was on 4G.

[Q] help for a newbie? :)

i have an evo that i bought when the op sys was still at 2.1. i rooted with unrevoked...no problems. i have recently decided to upgrade to a newer version of froyo, however i am not sure how to proceed.
last night, i installed unrevoked-forever, and now i need instructions on what rom to upgrade to and still keep root. i've browsed the forums, but it's all greek to me. i know how to flash a rom, and am fairly comfortable with doing that part of the procedure. i just want to upgrade the op sys to be able to take advantage of some of the new features that aren't present in 2.1, and NOT LOSE ROOT, as i use my tether often.
can anyone please guide a sistah on the right path?
If this doesnt help you I don't know what will lol
http://noobgui.de/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
If you're looking to stay stock rooted try flashing the sprint lovers rom 2.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153
Download the "odexed" version of the rom from here. You will have the latest Froyo version as well as maintain root.
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if i were you, i'd try a custom rom. not just a rooted stock one. try myn's warm twopointtwo if you want a nice, smooth, fast, themed, stock-like experiance.
Try a sense rom like koni elite series 3 with a netarchy kernel then when ur used to.custom rom try a aosp I suggest destroyer v2 rom.or end of days
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ICS back to GB Question

I am on the ICS Darkside Evolution Beta 1 Rom by TDJ and would like to go back to a GB rom. Is there a way to go back to GB without any issues?? Can i just flash a GB rom and be fine after that? And is the UVLC8 ICS radio compatible with GB roms?? Reason i ask is because im getting better reception with that radio so i would like to keep it but i don't want to brick my phone or anything if i flash back to GB. Any information would help and would be seriously appreciated it. And the reason i would like to go back to GB is because most of the APPs aren't ICS ready so i would just like to wait it out and GB roms are obviously more stable at this point in time.
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It's a shame you will prob get flamed for this thread, but I too was looking for the same information. I just spent 20min trying to sort through the 10+ pages of google results and I can say 8 out of 10 simply said "Search". The others where not very clear as to provide an understanding of what was changed when going to ICS, and what needs to be changed to go back to GB.
I am looking forward to an answer by someone with patience for people trying to learn. I dont know about the rest, but I am not looking for a n00b guide, just a better understanding of what needs to be done.
FYI: I have not flashed to ICS yet.
IllBill said:
I am on the ICS Darkside Evolution Beta 1 Rom by TDJ and would like to go back to a GB rom. Is there a way to go back to GB without any issues?? Can i just flash a GB rom and be fine after that? And is the UVLC8 ICS radio compatible with GB roms?? Reason i ask is because im getting better reception with that radio so i would like to keep it but i don't want to brick my phone or anything if i flash back to GB. Any information would help and would be seriously appreciated it. And the reason i would like to go back to GB is because most of the APPs aren't ICS ready so i would just like to wait it out and GB roms are obviously more stable at this point in time.
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Yes if your flashing its the same process darkside wipe. Install rom . Let it sit for 10 minutes reboot. You can just nandroid as well. Yes the newest radio is compatible with gingerbread roms. I'm using it right now on juggernaut.
Killbynature said:
Yes if your flashing its the same process darkside wipe. Install rom . Let it sit for 10 minutes reboot. You can just nandroid as well. Yes the newest radio is compatible with gingerbread roms. I'm using it right now on juggernaut.
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Thank you both for your replies really helpful..going to try and flash back to the Jug right now..loved it..
Killbynature said:
Yes if your flashing its the same process darkside wipe. Install rom . Let it sit for 10 minutes reboot. You can just nandroid as well. Yes the newest radio is compatible with gingerbread roms. I'm using it right now on juggernaut.
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So I guess the radio is compatible with CM7 too right?
CM7 is Gingerbread, so yeah!
How was the performance of the stock radio on GB versus what you have tried with the ICS ROMs? Is the signal strength consistent on the old and new radio and ROMs? Is the data faster on the old or new radio and ROMs?
I ask, because I have a HTC Amaze, and am considering moving to a Samsung Galaxy SII, and when moving to the T-Mobile ICS leak on the Amaze, the reception was far inferior for me, than the stock GB ROM and radio.

[Q] redruM and Jellybeans!

Hey Guys, I had upgraded to the official Jellybean and then yesterday finally rooted my phone. I wanted to flash the redruM ROM onto my phone...long story short after the Flash through Mobile ODIN my phone did what I can only assume is soft brick, but I found another thread with a stock rom and was able to restore the phone back to ICS now running the redruM rom. My question is can redruM work with JellyBean or at least a Jellybean ROM or do I have to pick one or the other? I saw another developer that listed like 5 different ROMS he had installed...can you have more than one rom? I searched and couldn't find and answer for these questions...any advice is welcom because I loved several features of JellyBean that I lost in reverting to ICS with redruM.
Thanks
Jeremy
redruM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1742293
Probably bc it's a sprint Rom.....
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you linked a sprint rom, you need to be a alot more careful flashing things. You can not have 5 different roms. This is the Redrum JB rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750270 and can not stress enough, read more.
mt3g said:
you linked a sprint rom, you need to be a alot more careful flashing things. You can not have 5 different roms. This is the Redrum JB rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750270 and can not stress enough, read more.
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Huh then I wonder if I just put the wrong link...because the ROM worked great once I recovered the phone back to stock with boot-stock-tmobile-sgh-t999 through desktop ODIN...when the phone rebooted...jellybean was gone and the redrum ROM was working just fine with the phone being moved back to ICS 4.0.4....
Regardless the crisis was averted and I've since moved over to Wicked Sensations JB and was even able to backup the "Awesome Beats" program from the redruM ROM and now have it running with wicked....so I'm happy!
Now if I could just get rid of the screen burn that was on the phone when I bought it that I didn't notice!
Thanks for your advice guys...
What you wrote makes no sense, but...
Why are you over on the Sprint forums flashing roms to your phone when you clearly have little knowledge on what you're doing, lol? If you have any questions PM me or someone who seems knowledgeable enough to help you. I fear your phones life.
mt3g said:
What you wrote makes no sense, but...
Why are you over on the Sprint forums flashing roms to your phone when you clearly have little knowledge on what you're doing, lol? If you have any questions PM me or someone who seems knowledgeable enough to help you. I fear your phones life.
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Not sure what didn't make sense to you...
I was able to get my soft bricked phone into download mode and was able to flash a stock rom from ODIN on my desktop and when the phone booted back up the build was 4.0.4 and was successfully running the redrum rom that originally caused the problem...
Like I said...I probably posted the wrong link to the Sprint ROM as I just did a search for the redrum rom and picked the first one that came up...so my bad I probably posted the wrong link...
Once jellybean was gone after the flash back to stock redrum worked fine...and based on what I'm gathering from you guys is a Sprint ROM won't work on t-mobile phone...well what I'm telling you is that it worked fine after Jellybean was gone...there was a problem with the redrum rom and Jellybean.
But none of that matters..my phone is fine and running a great ROM that I am thoroughly enjoying.
Hope that clears it up...

[Q] Another 'help a friend' thread

Hello all, I hope I won't get too much flak for creating this thread but I'm hoping to save some time and effort if some of you are willing to help me out here.
My buddy had asked me recently if I could help him use his phone as a hotspot when he goes on vacation, and I suggested that he install a custom rom to get that function since for some reason a Sprint rep told him he couldn't do it (not sure on the whole story with that...).
Anyway, I'm not really a newbie on rooting/flashing as I have an older Galaxy S1 device that I constantly work on, but on the other hand that's about the only device I have experience with.
My questions are:
1) Is rooting/installing a custom rom the best way for him to use his phone as a hotspot? It seems to be built into every rom that I've had on my device.
2) What are the most popular (and stable) roms available for this device? I'm asking because I won't see him enough to flash updates and he's not really the type to do that.
3) Are there any serious risks to rooting/flashing this device? I'm spoiled with my older Galaxy S1 phone that has no problem going from rom to rom like it was it's job. He'll probably be upgrading soon, but I still don't want to break it.
Thanks for any input. Oh and I don't know if this matters, but I'm almost positive he's on stock ICS right now.
1. The hotspot app won't work on stock because he needs the plan with sprint to use it. There are 3rd party apps out there that can use your phone as a hotspot. Most roms have the wifi hotspot check disabled so you can use the app the rom came with. Be warned if sprint catches you tethering too much data they could cut you off.
2. Maybe look into the blu kuban rom. It's very stable, awesome battery life, and looks awesome. It also has a built in updater in case there is an update.
3. If you read the instructions you should be fine. There's really no downside besides the emmc brick bug which can render your phone useless but most (if not all) kernels have this patched. Also remember that this phone has the recovery image packed with the kernel.
Hope this helps.
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If you install stock/rooted gb27 jb you can use the EmperorX 4g hot spot mod.
Look up Emperor X in apps and themes, its not too complex to get working.
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Use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38199950
It works very well.
Pp.:beer::thumbup:
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The blu kuban rom looks good, but I didn't see any JB roms that looked all that great (feel free to correct me) and I see that Cyanogenmod doesn't officially support this device for some reason. Are there any mostly stable 4.1 or 4.2 roms that you would recommend or is ICS the way to go?
edit: I wasn't looking in the 'original development' forum and just noticed there's a lot of good 4.2 roms that I'm used to like slim, AOKP, etc, now my question is if I wanted to flash a new rom is it the same as I do on my phone- wipe data/cache/davlik then flash rom/gapps and reboot? Is it that simple on this phone too?
Crawshayi said:
The blu kuban rom looks good, but I didn't see any JB roms that looked all that great (feel free to correct me) and I see that Cyanogenmod doesn't officially support this device for some reason. Are there any mostly stable 4.1 or 4.2 roms that you would recommend or is ICS the way to go?
edit: I wasn't looking in the 'original development' forum and just noticed there's a lot of good 4.2 roms that I'm used to like slim, AOKP, etc, now my question is if I wanted to flash a new rom is it the same as I do on my phone- wipe data/cache/davlik then flash rom/gapps and reboot? Is it that simple on this phone too?
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If you have CWM 5 (gb or cm9) or CWM 6 (AOSP-based jellybean) you can just flash rom and gapps in recovery
If you do not have CWM 5 or 6 (anything touchwiz ICS+), you should use Mobile Odin or (less conveniently) PC Odin to flash the EL26+cwm kernel, then boot to recovery by holding vol+ and power. You can flash anything in EL26 recovery without incident

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