I have a sprint epic that is on a different service. My problem is its running 2.1. I would like to get it up to 2.2 if possible. or is it safe to one click root?
I do not wanna screw up my service.
(Not sure if i can mention the service its on because some forums don't allow it)
Roms generally don't affect service, unless you flash the wrong modem. 2 things: look at syndicate rom frozen 1.1.0 in the development section and learn how odin works then you will be a much happier epic user. Whatever you do GET OFF 2.1 !!!!
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so i can pretty much do the one click root and just dont mess with the modem by flashing anything different and it should be safe to flash those rom?
Mines on boost... you can change the modem np.. and the rom, they don't affect most service settings except mms settings. For tha I recommend apn back up and restore from the market
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Great cause I am using boost also thankd alot for the answers
You're allowed to speak of other carriers on xda. You're fine.
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my question might be off-topic but am currently with sprint and they are ripping me off so am trying to switch to boost but boost said they don't do the epic on their network and i love my epic and i see a lot of ppl on the internet saying they have boost on their epic so help me plz
Sahtoot said:
my question might be off-topic but am currently with sprint and they are ripping me off so trying to switch to boost but boost said they don't do the epic on their network and i love my epic and i see a lot of ppl on the internet saying they have boost on their epic so help me plz
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unfortunately, that is a subject that cannot be discussed on XDA
i kno this may be a dumb question, but will the roms from the Samsung Galaxy S II forum work with my epic 4g touch?
G1-8701 said:
i kno this may be a dumb question, but will the roms from the Samsung Galaxy S II forum work with my epic 4g touch?
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No. Don't flash anything from the original GS2 or the other US versions. That's a good way to mess your phone up and others that have done it are having a hard time fixing issues caused by doing it....drivers no longer work etc.
The original had a hardware button in between two touch buttons on the bottom and it's roms and drivers are designed for that setup.
Tmobiles version uses a totally different CPU and AT&T's phone has a GSM radio.
Don't flash any roms or kernels that aren't specifically for the Sprint Epic 4g Touch.
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Yes what he said.
Only use roms and mods for the epic touch 4g
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Hey Guys!
Just upgraded my EVO today to the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4g touch. I was wanting to know is rooting this phone just like the EVO? Where do you find the "unrevoked" rooting files for the Epic 4g?
Thanks for the help and any links you can provide.
Search the dev section....all your questions have been answered.....and this phone is different in rooting etc.. .
Remember....search is your friend....save you from getting flamed....ppl are on a roll today lol
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Look under "stickies" in the general forum.....there is the root how toos....roms kernels etc...
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TPADriod said:
Hey Guys!
Just upgraded my EVO today to the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4g touch. I was wanting to know is rooting this phone just like the EVO? Where do you find the "unrevoked" rooting files for the Epic 4g?
Thanks for the help and any links you can provide.
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Congrats man on the new phone. No the rooting process I'd going to be different on the epic. Sfhub has created a one touch root method that is definitely the most user friendly, and is highly recommended.
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Congrats man on the new phone. No the rooting process is going to be different on the epic. Sfhub has created a one touch root method that is definitely the most user friendly, and is highly recommended. I would head in that direction.
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Here is a link to sfhub's auto root. Def the best method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
Welcome to the tribe....... Sfhub's one touch root method definitely way to go.
Great choice man on a phone but forget the way you thought with the Evo in some cases and do hardcore reading up on your new phone prior to doing anything since it will save the million and one questions you may ask. Check out the wiki section as well for some great tips. Enjoy and welcome aboard - just do me a favor and read read and then read some more
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Great choice man on a phone but forget the way you thought with the Evo in some cases and do hardcore reading up on your new phone prior to doing anything since it will save the million and one questions you may ask. Check out the wiki section as well for some great tips. Enjoy and welcome aboard - just do me a favor and read read and then read some more
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Thank you....I do like the thinness of the phone compared to my evo.....it is pretty large though!
I am VERY familar with rooting and restoring roms on my evo, I think I did it about 100+ times.
It was pretty simple, download Unrevoked and bam! I am looking at Odin and Sfhub's one touch root method.....so...One of them should be fine.
I dont understand what the modems are used for. Do most ROMS come with them? I understand that they are used to communicate with Carrier towers...but is the higher version always better? What are they compared to on an Evo, if at all.
Thanks!
qbking77 videos show you how to root and everything you need. He's a great guy.
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Thank you....I do like the thinness of the phone compared to my evo.....it is pretty large though!
I am VERY familar with rooting and restoring roms on my evo, I think I did it about 100+ times.
It was pretty simple, download Unrevoked and bam! I am looking at Odin and Sfhub's one touch root method.....so...One of them should be fine.
I dont understand what the modems are used for. Do most ROMS come with them? I understand that they are used to communicate with Carrier towers...but is the higher version always better? What are they compared to on an Evo, if at all.
Thanks!
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Modem is just radio firmware...like evo.... All phones are different el29 may work better for you or ek02 may be better.... Just try them and find out
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IMO the best method to root then install cwm is to.flash rooted el29 with the Odin method than use the one click to install cwm. Thats how I did it at least.
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IMO the best method to root then install cwm is to.flash rooted el29 with the Odin method than use the one click to install cwm. Thats how I did it at least.
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Yeah, I just got mine last night and this is what I plan on doing at work today. Mine is on el29 so as I understand it I would want to flash rooted el29 then install cwm in autoroot. Once I've had it for a few days I'll probably start testing out third party roms but I have a weird thing where I like to run stock(ish) for a little bit just so I get to know the phone and know what "baseline" performs like. Also, I already like this phone stock more than the Evo with Sense. Touchwiz seems much less intrusive and overly glossy. Only little annoyance I have is that when I did OTA update to el29 I lost scrolling wallpaper so I may jump to calkulins rom just to get that back.
TPADriod said:
Thank you....I do like the thinness of the phone compared to my evo.....it is pretty large though!
I am VERY familar with rooting and restoring roms on my evo, I think I did it about 100+ times.
It was pretty simple, download Unrevoked and bam! I am looking at Odin and Sfhub's one touch root method.....so...One of them should be fine.
I dont understand what the modems are used for. Do most ROMS come with them? I understand that they are used to communicate with Carrier towers...but is the higher version always better? What are they compared to on an Evo, if at all.
Thanks!
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please don't flash the international ics rom either..... *drops mic and walks away*
Ive had my Epic 4g Touch for a couple of days now. Im coming from the Evo 3D. Touchwiz sucks compared to sense but this phone feels more powerful and smooth. Evo 3D also has a bigger dev support here in xda. Hopefully this changes considering this is a relatively new phone. I love the big screen on this phone and how thin it is. Im keeping it untill HTC comes out with at 4.5+ inch phone. Go to youtube and looks for qbkimg77 videos on this phone. They are very helpful.
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banksmi09 said:
please don't flash the international ics rom either..... *drops mic and walks away*
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Yeah, did that.....
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First of all unrevoked is only for HTC devices in the Dev section you will find the Auto root its quite simple not as Unrevoked but quite helpful, then I would recomend you to run stock with root a couple of days and start with Calkulin's ROM, UnNamed, and other stockish roms with goodies and then flash everything you like as kernels(Rogue Hitman, LosKernel,etc) Modems(EG30, EK02, EL29, etc) of course rooted and other ROMs (CM7, CM9, etc) and always have a backup and Odin installed in your computed
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I flashed Blazer Rom my first day I had the phone haven't looked back since
Did anyone have problems installing cwm?
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Did anyone have problems installing cwm?
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How are you trying to install it?
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when i first got my epic, i came here being a noob i flash a samsung galaxy 2 rom i9100 cuz i didnt know that epic forum was in a different forum
i thought it was just the samsung galaxy 2 lol
i actually like the 3d galary the music player the browser etc
but then i keep getting a yellow triangle saying sg i9100 which i didnt know wat it was at that time..
the i oneclick odin to l29
im just asking its safe to flash i9100 rom into the epic
From what I read I wouldnt flash those roms. Its very likely you will brick your phone.
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i which some one would bring the 3d galery and the 5.0 touch music player
lol only epic touch roms can be flashed to the epic touch.. other roms can only be flashed to our phone if they are ported over by the devs..
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elliwigy said:
lol only epic touch roms can be flashed to the epic touch.. other roms can only be flashed to our phone if they are ported over by the devs..
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Its too bad we can't flash the roms across variants of the devices. Otherwise we'd have a jillion roms and development would just be super amazing for these devices. Blame it on the carriers.
im telling it was not ported i got the yellow triangle plus all the i9100 stuff
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im telling it was not ported i got the yellow triangle plus all the i9100 stuff
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Yeah we're not saying it was. Your best bet would be to install roms only on the development forum for the Epic 4G Touch, stay clear of any other board.
I have a virgin mobile SPH-D710 Galaxy S2 and I am looking for a stock rom. Or at least a way to remove Superuser. I noticed there is almost no development on this specific device.
I can't actually recall how I managed to put superuser on it, I did it a few months ago and it's my gf's device. Now she is having issues and is going to have to send it back. Would doing a factory reset work? I also noticed that titanium backup says that there isn't any root access so I am not sure if it's just broken or what.
Wrong device. This is the sph-d700!
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My bad, thought this was the touch forum. Mind locking this or moving it to the epic 4g touch forum?
This is confusing. When I google for epic 4g it gives me pictures of different phone.
rancur3p1c said:
This is confusing. When I google for epic 4g it gives me pictures of different phone.
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Epic 4G has keyboard, Epic 4G Touch doesn't.
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