[Q] Did something stupid, need help. - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

So I ran treve's carrier IQ removal tool found here on my rooted stock phone, and now it won't boot. It just hangs on the splash screen every time. Is there any way to recover my phone WITHOUT losing everything? Like if I use odin to flash a kernel with CWM and then just reflash a stock ROM? Could I pull that off without having to wipe?

Got it booting again.

Glad to see you got it worked out. I love Odin. Very powerful tool. I'd rather Odin than cwm flash. I came from the original Motorola Droid (2 yrs in that rom scene) and for me Odin is light years ahead of sbf, a flashing app used with the Droid.
I got my E4GT on 10-1-11 and didn't make it 2 weeks before I rooted it. Don't know when you rooted but since you've now moved on to custom roms, may I suggest Calkulins 1.5a rom. Its been dead solid perfect for myself and most others running it. The nice thing is, a sprint tech in a thread over in the dev forums posted a tar direct from sprint used to Odin back to stock / no root. so there's no fear of bricking or when rom hopping. I run Calkulins rom with stock kernel (no need to o'c) and have had no los since using it. It's got a stock feel with TouchWiz in tact, and the TouchWiz launcher displays 5 dock icons (instead of 4 stock) & a 5x5 app drawer.
All the current roms out there now are good though. I've run them all but StrongSteve's that you mentioned. Gonna go check it out shortly. I'm looking forward to some ICS goodness soon and for some Miui lovin' dev to get a stable build of that going on the E4GT.

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what method is best "cwm", samsung, or OTA. anybody notice any differences between the 3? which one is best if there is a best one?
i am also wondering why my header for the thread dissapeared? well i guess someone else will probably ask the same soon.
For me its cwm since it comes out of devs.
the update.zip will leave your apps and settings, but requires you to be on stock di18 with stock recovery and still have the stock apps and so on.
the odin image wipes everything.
the pre-rooted cwm flashable update also requires di18, but not full stock and will leave your apps and settings as well as give you root.
The "best" way is up to you.
I used the odin method straight to eb13 because I was already using dk28 with ext4 and the genocide kernel. Worked like a charm. Now all I have to do is get ext4 working again.
I used the 200mb tool from samsung. Works best imo.
I was already running dk28, so I just used the Odin tar for the modem, and flashed the genocide kernel. Now just waiting for some devs to release eb13 based roms
I did the sammy method on my phone and it worked without a hitch compared to the ODIN pain in the lucky if you get it to work after 10 times method. my wife had the OTA method. both of our GPS worked really good before and now after it takes up to 10 minutes to get a lock. is this to be expected? is there a fix now that sprint ruined my wifes gps, mine is in violation of the warranty now and is the tester phone.
How is your phone in violation of the warranty? If you odin to stock your in warranty unless you dismantled your phone....? Just curious
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I did oden it back to stock but it never really seemed like it did before. I see that the sammy uninstalled cwm so I think its legit again, and ready to send back if the gps doesnt fix itself.

Brand new SGS S II. Where do i start?

As the title states today i got my sgs s II. impressed with it so far but i want to start flashing new roms. Came from the sgs 4g i am familiar with cwm, odin and superoneclick but looking at roms here i see that there are ICS roms that have special requirements as to flashing (read the megamix install instructions) and i don't want to brick or otherwise mess this phone up. if anyone can guide in the right direction where to start and the differences in the roms on this forum id really appreciate it.
The ICS ROM's are not completely stable yet, they are based off the Skyrocket ICS leak. But it's the same as your old phone, Odin CWM then flash a rom. No need to root if you're going to flash a custom rom, they are already rooted. The only requirement for ICS is flashing the super wipe zip from the dev section before flashing the rom. Just make sure you follow instructions in the OP word for word, and you will be fine. But READ READ READ 3x before jumping in.
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ihateDISCO said:
As the title states today i got my sgs s II. impressed with it so far but i want to start flashing new roms. Came from the sgs 4g i am familiar with cwm, odin and superoneclick but looking at roms here i see that there are ICS roms that have special requirements as to flashing (read the megamix install instructions) and i don't want to brick or otherwise mess this phone up. if anyone can guide in the right direction where to start and the differences in the roms on this forum id really appreciate it.
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It's hard to brick. Use Odin, flash something with root, and use CWM beyond that. Generally, ROM features are listed in the threads where they're posted. You might start out by reading through some threads.
thx for the info i was a little confused about the ics was looking thru and the tuesday rom looks very nice. again thank you for the info and for putting up with a noob.
I agree with what everyone has said.
For what it's worth:
Eugene's Macnut is my daily driver. I try them all, and I am always going back to it. Fantastic battery life, great performance, and everything just works. The custom driver is fantastic--already highly undervolted.
If you don't care about wi-fi calling, his CM7 is fantastic.
If you want ICS, they are all basically the same right now, with a few tweaks / mods / themeing here or there.
Yaldak's vanilla update will be the next ICS that I try (none are quite stable enough for me yet...and no wifi calling) whenever he releases it.
Also--if you haven't already, just CWM via Odin, and you can be done. I never even booted into the stock version when I got the phone.
any working links for the cwm? looking thru posts cant find one that will open.
ihateDISCO said:
any working links for the cwm? looking thru posts cant find one that will open.
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this is a zip i put together. it has:
Odin 1.85
CWM recovery.tar.md5
ADB / USB Drivers for the t989
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/622730/t989.zip
Enjoy!
I recently rooted and started flashing my GS2 as well as my GF's G2x. For the GS2, I've tried Tuesday's BluRay. It's really nice..very fast and smooth, great looking themes for it too, but I found it was a bit too limited, and eventually had to load another launcher and reconfigure some of the sounds. I also really missed the time on the status bar (M&S has since put out a patch that added the clock to one of the themes, unfortunately it wasn't the theme I preferred). I ran with that for a couple days and have since flashed Foxstar. I really like Foxstar's included utilities and tools, but it was a bit laggy coming out of the lockscreen and scrolling through pages. I've read that loading faux's kernel over the included synergy helps a lot. Will probably do that in a bit and run with foxstar for a few days to test out performance and battery life. But I'm getting itchy fingers and might try one of the CM7 ROMs or Juggernaut soon. I'm making Nandroids of each install I've done (as well as the stock), and eventually I'll pick one to run as a daily driver.
I recommend Eugene's next CM7 update the R3. I've been running with it since R1 and it's superb.
With the massive customizations it's hard to go back to GB or the alpha like ICS's out there. Although the latter have great qualities.
does the cm7 have the tv out function via the mhl cable?
Since you're new here. The few times a gs2 was bricked is because of:
1. flash a rom different galaxy s2 rom as in the international, the att, sprint, old vibrant. We can flash the skyrocket roms though.
2. Using odin to flash a stock rom incorrectly. i.e. using a pit file, battery falls out etc
3. the Phone just DIES OUT. Believe it or not, some people's phone just shuts off and won't turn on again.
But other than that, our phone is pretty hard to brick if you're not stupid.
T989 is a beast and is very hard to brick if you have a lil bit of root knowledge...everything ive learned has been thru google , trial and error and the bad ass devs here at xda..if u search for it you will find the answers to all your questions
ihateDISCO said:
As the title states today i got my sgs s II. impressed with it so far but i want to start flashing new roms. Came from the sgs 4g i am familiar with cwm, odin and superoneclick but looking at roms here i see that there are ICS roms that have special requirements as to flashing (read the megamix install instructions) and i don't want to brick or otherwise mess this phone up. if anyone can guide in the right direction where to start and the differences in the roms on this forum id really appreciate it.
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Sell it and get a phone with better development. This ones is horrific imho, but you know what they say about opinions. 8)

Please help on flashing roms.

I am vary new at epic 4g touch my original android phone was the evo 3d and i was able to hack the **** out of it. Now i am exploring my epic 4g touch wich was alot easier to root with ff18 and i was also able to install the super galaxy rom. I then tried to install the mIjjz ics rom i downloaded Calkulins format then the mijjz rom. I then flashed them in that order and nothing happened the phone was stuck on the boot animation taht said android. I then tried installing Modified calkuns format then tried installing mijjz ics rom, and again it got stuck on samsung galaxy s2 logo. I then took out the battery and traid to install my stock backup rom but for some reason it was lost. The only other backup i had was the super galaxy rom. Now i want to know how do u flash the roms and if i could get directed to the stock ff18 rom. I did download the deodex stock from datajosh but i cant flash it i keep getting error please help i will hit the thanx botton.:good::good:
Grab sfhub's one-click FF18 Stock+Root 'Reset Data' [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229 ]and you can get your system back.
Boot to download mode and then plug your phone in and run this.
Then use sfhub's Autoroot Package [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728 ] to add CWM+Agat_Safe kernel.
You'll then have a working phone with a 'safe' recovery. Which you could then use to install other ROMs (as a side note; most ROMs here come packed with their own kernel. And all are pretty great and 'safe' from the eMMC brick bug.]
This phone is very different than the HTCs.
Spend a little time reading through the stickies and all the way through the entire posts: you will learn loads and save yourself from creating a very nice shinny fishing lure.
Believe me you can only get loads more enjoyment (and safety) reading through the posts.
Check out the OPs And the follow-ups to see what issues people are having and how they solved them.
The devs in the section are really freaking awesome. As are the ROMs. With a little time and patience you can give many of them a go with safety. I have been giving all the latest a try again this week and have been hard pressed to find faults with most of them. But I would recommend just checking out what ever ROM you choose for at least one full battery cycle and a couple of days to let things settle in. Find something that works for you.
Welcome to the E4GT and good luck.
Tahnx i got it goot thing i also used titanium backup now my phone is restored with all my apps now i just need to save my bookmarks.:laugh:

[Q] A rooting question?

I'm a noob to the S3 development. It is configed for me a lot now. I dont want to have to reset my phone and have to do everything all over again. I have stock 4.1.2. All I want is to be able to have wifi tether and keep the stock rom. Will rooting it erase everything, and I will have to start back fresh, because when I had an HTC it did. Last question, when Sprint comes out with more stock roms as in updates, I know I would have to flash instead of doing them OTA which I know you can't do, will it restart/erase the phone when I flash those new stock roms on in the future?
mystical80 said:
I'm a noob to the S3 development. It is configed for me a lot now. I dont want to have to reset my phone and have to do everything all over again. I have stock 4.1.2. All I want is to be able to have wifi tether and keep the stock rom. Will rooting it erase everything, and I will have to start back fresh, because when I had an HTC it did. Last question, when Sprint comes out with more stock roms as in updates, I know I would have to flash instead of doing them OTA which I know you can't do, will it restart/erase the phone when I flash those new stock roms on in the future?
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Let's tackle this question one piece at a time:
Rooting: "Getting Root" will not reset anything on your phone. You can go ahead and Root it and when you turn it back on most everything will be exactly the same as you had it before. You'll have a custom recovery (CWM or the recommended TWRP) and root access, but it won't format anything off your phone (apps, settings, etc.)
Wifi Tether: As far as I'm aware, you'll have to flash a custom ROM in order to get wifi tether working. I haven't flashed a TW ROM in a while (been sticking with AOSP 4.2.2 Roms for a bit), but I know that Freeza typically puts together a really nice ROM that is really close to stock. I don't think the one I linked has Wifi tether on it. There's also Kennyglass123, who put together The People's ROM (TPR), which I really liked and includes wifi tether. Also, with TPR, you can easily use Morphology to do all your customization.
The only thing about using custom ROMs is that the best procedure is to do a "full wipe" (factory reset, cache, dalvik) before flashing the ROM. The good news is that there are many programs available to help you get your programs/settings back up and running. I personally use Titanium Backup, but ROM Toolbox Pro also has this capability as well as a lot of other cool customization features. My only warning is that trying to restore system apps (the RED ones in Titanium Backup) can mess things up for your phone if you're switching between TW and AOSP or between versions of Android.
OTA Updates: Once you're rooted, you won't be able to flash OTA updates without going completely back to unrooted stock. The good news is that this process is relatively easy, just some Odin commands. The better news is that with the XDA community, you only have to wait a couple of days before they've come up with updated ROMs that include the OTA updates. Freeza is particularly speedy when it comes to that.
Last Note: I know flashing ROMs and "starting over" with your phone can be a daunting experience, but I've found that custom ROMs are the way to go. Nowadays, they're extremely stable, get amazing battery life, and include customizations that can really make the phone "your own." When I first got into flashing ROMs, I stayed really close to stock, but now I'm really enjoying AOSP ROMs such as Slim Bean, Liquid Smooth, and my current ROM, Carbon.
Hope I've answered your questions!
Thank You very much!!!
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To add on to the above, theres the TreveMod Wifi tether app that you can use on any rom, its specifically modded to work with the Galaxy S3
And yes, like he said, it can be overwhelming, we've all been there...but once you get started, there are some really cool roms out there, you just gotta find what it is you look for and what features you want
But trust me, you picked an awesome device to get started with
Good luck!
Oh and one last thing, do NOT flash roms/mods made for the international versions, or for other carriers. Chances are that you will either bork some functionality or brick your phone
CNexus said:
To add on to the above, theres the TreveMod Wifi tether app that you can use on any rom, its specifically modded to work with the Galaxy S3
And yes, like he said, it can be overwhelming, we've all been there...but once you get started, there are some really cool roms out there, you just gotta find what it is you look for and what features you want
But trust me, you picked an awesome device to get started with
Good luck!
Oh and one last thing, do NOT flash roms/mods made for the international versions, or for other carriers. Chances are that you will either bork some functionality or brick your phone
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Here is the link to TrevE's wifi app over in the Verizon SG3 Section. The late November version has been verified to be working on Sprint Stock (but rooted) MA6 roms. I haven't personally used it (don't have 4G in my area and the 3G is too slow to tether with), but others have and said that it works. It's also the app/mod that all the TW ROMs (with tethering baked in) are based off of.
Hope this helps!
-Topher

[Q] Haven't done custom ROM/Kernal in a while, lost touch and need advice.

I used to flash all my phones in the past...Moment, Epic, friends phones, custom baked a few of my own ROM's using 7zip, etc...but it's been a few years and I feel like I've fallen outta touch. Currently the only thing I've done is CF Auto Root - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956180 so that I can run TrevE Mod Wifi Tethering - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999156 and then Hot Audio Mod - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931970. I know these are minor, but I swear I've fallen outta touch on how to do bigger things, so even trying to flash a new modem and stock ROM via ODIN v1.85 hasn't seemed to help me get rid of root so that I can install 4.3.
At this point, I'm looking for guidance on how to COMPLETELY erase everything on the phone and start it from scratch. I wanna remove anything and everything I may have done w/ the phone over the past year or so and make it brand new as if it came fresh outta the box. I'm assuming I have to do all this from ODIN, but I'm going to be honest here...I'm hoping someone will hold my hand via accurate step-by-step, post links like I have done above, give Flashing for Dummies directions (some of these threads and their OP's are like reading German to me nowadays) and overall help me get to even a stock 4.1.2 so that I can run the 4.3 update either via OTA or ODIN flashing.
I've considered doing custom a custom ROM and Kernal, but this is the first Android I've had in years where I don't feel the need to run custom anything, overclocking, etc. About the ONLY thing I didn't like about CF Auto Root is I couldn't do things like using ROM Toolbox to change the boot screen, using SDX Removal Tool to remove useless stock apps I never used (I'm guessing mostly because it's a Android 2.X app vs using it on a 4.x phone), etc. All in all I've been completely content w/ my 4.1.2 the way it is, I just want a 100% clean slate when running 4.3, reroot to run a WiFi Tethering app, be able to delete stock apps finally and that's really it. So...anyone got 10 min to post some links, write me some instruction and help a brother out
m5james said:
I used to flash all my phones in the past...Moment, Epic, friends phones, custom baked a few of my own ROM's using 7zip, etc...but it's been a few years and I feel like I've fallen outta touch. Currently the only thing I've done is CF Auto Root - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956180 so that I can run TrevE Mod Wifi Tethering - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999156 and then Hot Audio Mod - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931970. I know these are minor, but I swear I've fallen outta touch on how to do bigger things, so even trying to flash a new modem and stock ROM via ODIN v1.85 hasn't seemed to help me get rid of root so that I can install 4.3.
At this point, I'm looking for guidance on how to COMPLETELY erase everything on the phone and start it from scratch. I wanna remove anything and everything I may have done w/ the phone over the past year or so and make it brand new as if it came fresh outta the box. I'm assuming I have to do all this from ODIN, but I'm going to be honest here...I'm hoping someone will hold my hand via accurate step-by-step, post links like I have done above, give Flashing for Dummies directions (some of these threads and their OP's are like reading German to me nowadays) and overall help me get to even a stock 4.1.2 so that I can run the 4.3 update either via OTA or ODIN flashing.
I've considered doing custom a custom ROM and Kernal, but this is the first Android I've had in years where I don't feel the need to run custom anything, overclocking, etc. About the ONLY thing I didn't like about CF Auto Root is I couldn't do things like using ROM Toolbox to change the boot screen, using SDX Removal Tool to remove useless stock apps I never used (I'm guessing mostly because it's a Android 2.X app vs using it on a 4.x phone), etc. All in all I've been completely content w/ my 4.1.2 the way it is, I just want a 100% clean slate when running 4.3, reroot to run a WiFi Tethering app, be able to delete stock apps finally and that's really it. So...anyone got 10 min to post some links, write me some instruction and help a brother out
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Welcome back! Use TWRP for total wipe. (Including system) Get a stock 4.1.2 ROM from SamMobile and flash it via ODIN. It would be (should be) unrooted and totally out of the box Note 2. Be careful about the ROM u download though. Make sure it's for your carrier. Do a normal OTA, (don't recommend it though, it has Knox), use CF-Auto Root. You'll end up with a tripped Note 2 rooted. (Warranty would be lost.) (Can't reset counter, can't downgrade)
Links:
TWRP: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2 (get latest for your phone and flash it via ODIN.)
SamMobile: http://www.sammobile.com/ (can't provided exact download link, you'll have to search for yourself.)
CF-Auto Root: there's a thread on XDA on it, I think it was on the Note 2 Original Android Development forums.
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