Question for everyone who knows a hell of a lot more about root than me. When sprint finally releases an update regarding the LOS issues many of us have been facing. Can I do an OTA update if I'm running the stock ROM with zedomax's v.3 kernal?
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I'm thinking it will remove your root privileges, but I am not totally sure.
Why would u want too. Just wait till outlet developers root it then flash it in odin or cwm. Besides it probably wont flash since u don't have stock recovery.
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That's what I was hoping you would say.
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Is this flashable to the Epic?
http://project-voodoo.org/download
It has many fixes such as lagfix (which is ext4, and most users for the epic already have it), color optimization, and making the speakers louder.
http://project-voodoo.org/color
This is what I am really looking for and was just wondering if this was available to the epic yet.
Thanks
No and don't try. Give it time and the devs will port
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whats this lagfix?
Someone will port it over soon enough
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churro7 said:
whats this lagfix?
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Something we don't need. Seriously it's been mentioned in excess of 500 times and won't benefit us at all, it only has any results for the international Galaxy-S and Captivate.
ok we may not need this but what lag is spoken of? i used captivate and fascinate i notice no lag
Some captivates and vibrants had problems reading from the internal memory card which caused lag
I flashed voodoo to my epic.... don't do it!!!
So what now??!! Help! The (voodoo 5.5) kernel flashed alright and now the phone will not reboot. I can still get to cwm and when I try to reboot I get stuck in a boot loop. Phone is rooted with no other mods. I obviously got flash happy and did not read up first. F*#! Can anyone out there help me?
Enter Download Mode and Odin Back to DL18, EB13 or EC05
Thats probably the only way for you now if you can't get back to CWM. If you can, then just reflash a new ROM
Cbisk said:
So what now??!! Help! The (voodoo 5.5) kernel flashed alright and now the phone will not reboot. I can still get to cwm and when I try to reboot I get stuck in a boot loop. Phone is rooted with no other mods. I obviously got flash happy and did not read up first. F*#! Can anyone out there help me?
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Just flash a new kernel for the "EPIC"
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Thanks!
Thanks guys.... lucky I could get to cwm. flashed new rom. lesson learned.
My brother just got a sprint epic. He wants me to root it and flash a custom rom for him. I have been reading as much as I can and I have downloaded the oneclick root version 3. I have also downloaded the midnight rom 4.0 and 4.1 update. I have a quick question before I start. Does the epic modem need to be flashed with an update before flashing this rom?
Yes, either update it with Odin or the EB13 modem. Zip
What if the Epic I bought is already rooted and I want a different rom or stock? Same thing?
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judoka209 said:
What if the Epic I bought is already rooted and I want a different rom or stock? Same thing?
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Before you do this, You may want to learn the following terms from the Development area...
Odexed/Deodexed
RFS/EXT4
CWM 3/CWM 2.0.5/6
Reading about these will lead to to a lot of the answers you need to successfully flash a ROM to your brothers Epic.
what version firmware do you have....check in the about phone category on it.
i didnt use odin...i used the samsumg update which was very simple and worked well for me...had no problems updating my phone.
you need froyo to use the 1click root method with clockworkmod3 thats why im mentioning it.
the 1 click method was easy...just make sure you have the rom on your sd card so you can flash it....with that rom you get the kernel whic hyou need as well - it makes it easier since it does it in one step.
make sure you dont reboot the phone after you root but flash the rom first, otehrwise your phone iwl lget stuck and you will have to revert it.
I will wait to do anything until I get some details like what the phone currently has on it.
Here is the phone info:
FW 2.1-update 1
Baseband dk28
kernel 2.6.29
build number sph-d700 eclair di18
hw version d700.0.5
So it would be best to update to EB13 and then download the one click method for eb13 found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
Then flash the midnight rom?
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Before you do this, You may want to learn the following terms from the Development area...
Odexed/Deodexed
RFS/EXT4
CWM 3/CWM 2.0.5/6
Reading about these will lead to to a lot of the answers you need to successfully flash a ROM to your brothers Epic.
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You do know the person you replied to wasn't the OP, and may not even have a brother at all?
I know the rooting method on this phone seemed a bit unconventional to what I was accustomed to coming from a couple of HTC devices, so I'm wondering how OTA updates are going to be affected. Rooting was as simple as flashing to a rooted kernel, and flashing back to the stock kernel. Seemed super simple to gain root. Anyway, I read that there's a fix coming soon for our device that will address reception issues (LOS problems?) and if it's an OTA update, will we be able to simply download and install it? I don't mind if it causes us to lose root because then you could just re-root again--I just dont want it to brick my phone LOL Thanks for any feedback!
I was just wondering this today as well.....
The rule of thumb is never take an OTA when you're rooted. You never know what lies under the surface from what they tell you it covers. It's been my experience that a "safe for root" version is usually out within a half day.
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Right now I'm running the Starburst ROM.
What would be the process I'd have to go through to apply the OTA update if one became available. Would I simply have to flash a stock, non-rooted kernel and apply the update while the rest of the ROM is installed?
U cannot have a custom rom or kernel installed for an ota. U probably wont even get the notification on a custom rom. Tje ota uses the stock recovery and it makes sure all of the bloatware is still installed. If its not it will fail. Don't worry bout ota. After it is released there will be a stock tar to flash in odin. Ota is very simple with samsung phones. Just flash the odin tar and you will have the update.
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U cannot have a custom rom or kernel installed for an ota. U probably wont even get the notification on a custom rom. Tje ota uses the stock recovery and it makes sure all of the bloatware is still installed. If its not it will fail. Don't worry bout ota. After it is released there will be a stock tar to flash in odin. Ota is very simple with samsung phones. Just flash the odin tar and you will have the update.
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exactly what I was looking for! thanks!
magnumtripod said:
exactly what I was looking for! thanks!
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We're talking about Sprint and Samsung here...there will be very, very few OTA updates.
musclehead84 said:
U cannot have a custom rom or kernel installed for an ota. U probably wont even get the notification on a custom rom. Tje ota uses the stock recovery and it makes sure all of the bloatware is still installed. If its not it will fail. Don't worry bout ota. After it is released there will be a stock tar to flash in odin. Ota is very simple with samsung phones. Just flash the odin tar and you will have the update.
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Right but... I don't have a custom rom or kernel.... but I have root...?
So even if I'm on a custom rom I can just odin the update .tar file without messing up custom rom or erasing how I set my phone up?
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Right but... I don't have a custom rom or kernel.... but I have root...?
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As long as all the bloatware is installed and not deleted then it should work but u will lose root. Trust me ota will be better to flash through odin once the developers root it.
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So even if I'm on a custom rom I can just odin the update .tar file without messing up custom rom or erasing how I set my phone up?
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The stock tar that comes from Samsung erases data. Best thing to do would be if u didn't want data erased is wait for an update.zip and flash in cwm.
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The stock tar that comes from Samsung erases data. Best thing to do would be if u didn't want data erased is wait for an update.zip and flash in cwm.
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Update zip wont erase stuff and current settings?
bluefire808 said:
Update zip wont erase stuff and current settings?
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No. Unless u wipe it yourself.
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musclehead84 said:
No. Unless u wipe it yourself.
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Sick. I love samsung!
bluefire808 said:
Sick. I love samsung!
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That's why I wont buy HTC. Samsung is so easy to root and flash. If u get stuck u have odin to save u.
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That's why I wont buy HTC. Samsung is so easy to root and flash. If u get stuck u have odin to save u.
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True but with htc I wasn't tied to a PC
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R1ptide said:
True but with htc I wasn't tied to a PC
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Your not with this phone either. U needed a pc to root the HTC phones. Once rooted u don't need another computer unless u flash something that soft bricks the phone and u need to use odin. That's it.
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Hello guys, my first time posting here. I have an Epic 4G Touch, rooted and all so I understand how to use Odin, etc. So im down for spring break and my dad asked me to root his Epic 4G for him. I took a look in the dev section and you guys have a ton of stuff going on in there and I just dont know where to begin. I watched some of qbings vids but theyre all a bit outdated now. So my question would be, what is the fastest easiest way to obtain root and cwm so I can flash the cm9 beta0 on my dads phone? He is currently on firmware version 2.3.6, baseband EL30, build GB.EL30. Thanks in advance
rsalinas1 said:
Hello guys, my first time posting here. I have an Epic 4G Touch, rooted and all so I understand how to use Odin, etc. So im down for spring break and my dad asked me to root his Epic 4G for him. I took a look in the dev section and you guys have a ton of stuff going on in there and I just dont know where to begin. I watched some of qbings vids but theyre all a bit outdated now. So my question would be, what is the fastest easiest way to obtain root and cwm so I can flash the cm9 beta0 on my dads phone? He is currently on firmware version 2.3.6, baseband EL30, build GB.EL30. Thanks in advance
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Odin 1.85
EI22 kernel a.k.a GB3a.tar from mkasick search "epic 4g gb kernel source"
Clockworkmod 5 .tar
Put the phone the phone into download mode power and the 1 button uncheck auto reboot and f reset time nothing should be checked. Put the kernel in the pda section and hit start make sure odin coms and your not using a stock cable. Once down pop out the batter put it back into DLmode and put the clockworkmod.tar in the pda section and have just auto reboot checked. Hit start and once thats done you have clockwork mod. Just download the cm9 beta and the newest gapps 2012304 and place them on the sd card and flash it.
Ok when I odin the el22 kernel it still says I dont have root. To check, i dl'ed titanium backup and it said I dont have root permission?
edit: I went ahead and odined the shadow kernel which gave me root and cwm.
LOL you said you needed it to flash cm9? If you flash cm9 it would have given you root. Otherwise I would have given you an su.zip you never said you wanted to stay on stock
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So I have helped a friend with the tmobile gs2. I would like to know how then can root and gain cwm without switching kernels. I thought the recovery was baked it. All they do is odin cwm and then flash superuser. Am I missing something? Why can that not be done here?
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