The latest update for the Epic Touch is launching today(12/7). Some people are already getting the OTA.
The first member who gets the update please post it
Thanks
That's the best news I've heard since earlier....(facepalm)
The bummer is we already have it so until there's a .tar we will still have the modem issue
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I think jmejiaa from the other thread has received the update. I have already asked him to post the update.
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So if you are on a custom ROM, will the update push / prompt? Or do you have to go back to stock?
Does it matter if the custom ROM is EG30 or EK02 based?
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I think jmejiaa from the other thread has received the update. I have already asked him to post the update.
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Oh no, I don't have it. Sorry if it seemed like I did.
I'd be glad to grab the update if I am pointed towards some instructions on how to do that. My phone is not rooted it that matters.
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So if you are on a custom ROM, will the update push / prompt? Or do you have to go back to stock?
Does it matter if the custom ROM is EG30 or EK02 based?
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You won't get an OTA on a custom ROM
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Question: I'm rooted and on Calkulin's Rom. Should I accept OTA update when I receive it?
Does this Unroot or brick my phone?
Will I still get the update even if I did the qbking manual update? 100% stock not rooted.
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I think the bottom line is, if you have anything but stock EG30 on your phone (ROM, kernel and modem) the update will download but the install will fail. I doubt it will brick your phone as the update probably does version checks before it starts the install process.
Same goes for people with the EG31 modem. You folks will have to wait for a TAR leak.
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Same goes for people with the EG31 modem. You folks will have to wait for a TAR leak.
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theres no proof of that eg31 was provided by a sprint tester so that would mean his phone wouldnt take the ota either? we will just have to wait and see! but you do have to be on a stock not rooted phone and currently the only way to get back to completely stocl is with the eg31 tar
So im guessing a factory restore odin of eg30 is in order.
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toprock23 said:
So im guessing a factory restore odin of eg30 is in order.
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there isn't a Odin of eg30 tar
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toprock23 said:
So im guessing a factory restore odin of eg30 is in order.
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not necessarily it will be posted as soon as it hits so no need really unless your going to stay stock or something!
toprock23 said:
So im guessing a factory restore odin of eg30 is in order.
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Not possible
maddoggin said:
not necessarily it will be posted as soon as it hits so no need really unless your going to stay stock or something!
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Oh oh, I don't mind waiting then. I was going to odin my phone with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
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Oh oh, I don't mind waiting then. I was going to odin my phone with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
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unfortunately that wont work to get update, its not original sam-firmware tar
If anyone is on stock EG31, gets the update pushed to them and it works - please let us know
just went to stock eg31, flashed the odin tar, no luck!
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just went to stock eg31, flashed the odin tar, no luck!
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Yea we'll just have to wait it out then and stick w/ stock kernels for now. So far i haven't gotten a single LOS since flashing it. It's def a bummer tho, I wanna go back to those fancy kernels.
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My understanding is that recovery stays in a separate partition and whatever you do to it does not affect getting an OTA, is that right?
Also, what if my phone is rooted using the Zerg exploit or whatever method, can I still get an OTA?
So basically I think my questions is, what ultimately decides whether my phone can get an OTA, or not?
if you are on stock ROM, you will get it just fine
but you might loose ROOT after it finish the upgrade
if you are on Custom ROM, you wont get OTA
You can get the ota even on a custom ROM. As long as you have the stock recovery.
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You can get the ota even on a custom ROM. As long as you have the stock recovery.
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How would you have a custom ROM with stock recovery? I've never rooted a Samsung phone since this is my first and I'm waiting to root it, so unless Samsung is different I don't see how.
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You can flash stock recovery using odin
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How would you have a custom ROM with stock recovery? I've never rooted a Samsung phone since this is my first and I'm waiting to root it, so unless Samsung is different I don't see how.
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I'm sure within a couple days there will be a custom rom with the new features. that's an assumption but its always been like that on other phones I have had. Hopefully that's the case with this phone also.
I have stock rooted ROM with CWM recovery, is that okay? Or do I have to have a stock recovery?
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I have stock rooted ROM with CWM recovery, is that okay? Or do I have to have a stock recovery?
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you will get the notification for the ota, your phone will download it but when it boots into recovery to flash it and its not the stock recovery, it will just give an error and you will probably have to pull the battery to reboot. i did this on the nexus s. if i remember right i never got the ota notififcation again either after it failed.
I know there are methods out there that can flash the entire phone back to stock (kernel, ROM, recovery) but that involves wiping everything. Is there a way to flash back the stock recovery only since I'm already on stock ROM and kernel?
Big thanks...
I wonder where it puts the update after it downloads it. Would be nice to grab it and maybe install without reverting to stock...
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jasontx said:
I wonder where it puts the update after it downloads it. Would be nice to grab it and maybe install without reverting to stock...
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It goes to data/cache if I remember right. And there will be rooted roms posted within hours of the ota so its really nothing to even worry about
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513263337 said:
I know there are methods out there that can flash the entire phone back to stock (kernel, ROM, recovery) but that involves wiping everything. Is there a way to flash back the stock recovery only since I'm already on stock ROM and kernel?
Big thanks...
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There is a stock recovery posted in the dev section you can flash in Odin
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Found that and it works. Thanks!
you can keep your phone more up to date by flashing roms as opposed to waiting for an OTA. galaxy s4g is still stuck on froyo. Epic 4g just got gingerbread.
Has has anyone received the update?
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jasontx said:
Has has anyone received the update?
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Not yet. I went back to stock last night just in case so I hope its today like Tmobile said
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T-Mobile said today now? Where did they say this?
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T-Mobile said today now? Where did they say this?
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They tweeted it a while back. Today our phone and the amaze are suppose to get an update
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Last I heard it was the 13th, oh well who knows lol
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What is the update supposed to do or fix?
If I unrooted my phone... Will I receive the new Ota on my epic 4gntouch???
It depends, what's your exact configuration? You have to be 100% stock EG30, zimage and all (meaning no CWM) to get the OTA and have it work. If you're on EG30 rooted with CWM, then just flash this in CWM. You HAVE to have EG30, though. If you're just rooted with EG30 (not EG31), however, the OTA should work.
Even rooted and custom-rom'd you will get the OTA update.
Im rooted and running ViperROM, with EK02 modem and I get the OTA notification constantly.
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Yeah, I can confirm that ahl395 is right. I have no idea why that other guy is over-complicating things.
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hijewpositive said:
Yeah, I can confirm that ahl395 is right. I have no idea why that other guy is over-complicating things.
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Ummm, probably because he is right?
Sure you will get the OTA update downloaded to your phone with constant notifications, but if you are not fully stock (can't even have CWM), it will not install properly and you will lose the update. Talking from personal experience when I tried to update via OTA but forgot I had CWM installed... didn't work.
Thank you.
Does this install the ek02 modem as well?
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I am on eg30 rooted stock with lost kernel. One click stock fails, and the updat above fails in cwm with an error 7
Any advice?
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If you are interested in getting the OTA for EG30 you should check out qbking77's youtube channel. He released a video like a day or two ago on how to revert back to EG30 if you are on EG31. He is very very reliable and knows what he is talking about. I always use his videos for my phone. I haven't had any problems because I follow his videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdVfbwAJzPU
I believe he recently released a new video on how to unroot/bring back to stock completely to EG30 so you can accept the OTA.
http://youtu.be/h9rmJGlRKik
We really need a single stock flash that pre-roots with CWM and the latest modem. Anyone know if this is being worked?... or if it ever will?
Doubt it its not hard to odin el30 and root it. Just more steps but elimnates what 2-3minutes top...
I'd do it myself but have no idea how to xD
Not sure a file dump would be sufficient
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Can't happen at the moment (well the modem anways). They have not released a full tar for the modem yet... which is why we only have delta flashable modems...
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flastnotes, what do you consider el30 deodexed?
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flastnotes, what do you consider el30 deodexed?
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It doesn't flash a modem... only a rom... the only way to get the el30 modem is to flash it in cwm... and to answer you fully, I consider it a rom... it doesn't contain a modem... odin the ec05 modem and then odin that rom... guess what, you're still on the ec05 modem... that's what I consider it...
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edufur said:
We really need a single stock flash that pre-roots with CWM and the latest modem. Anyone know if this is being worked?... or if it ever will?
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EL30 Odin package sans modem. Should be good enough for now. You just need to Odin the EC05 modem, found here. Then flash this delta to update to EL30 modem, found here.
3 steps isn't that bad to get to current stock, given the fact we don't have that official .tar file.
You are in the wrong place. You should post this on Samsung's website. You can have this after Samsung relases a tar. All the money in the world won't get it here.
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You are in the wrong place. You should post this on Samsung's website. You can have this after Samsung relases a tar. All the money in the world won't get it here.
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I got the impression from the OP that what he/she wants is a pre-rooted stock ODIN tar. Can that be done without the modem?
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I got the impression from the OP that what he/she wants is a pre-rooted stock ODIN tar. Can that be done without the modem?
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Yes without the modem, not a problem. Toadlife already gave us a stock tar without the modem. It would probably be easy for him to make a prerooted version.
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I got the impression from the OP that what he/she wants is a pre-rooted stock ODIN tar. Can that be done without the modem?
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Kenny beat me to it
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Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of prerooted EL30 (with modem) + cwm + root. But a 2 step wouldnt be bad... if all one had to do is flash the delta right after odining the rooted EL30 with CWM.
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Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of prerooted EL30 (with modem) + cwm + root. But a 2 step wouldnt be bad... if all one had to do is flash the delta right after odining the rooted EL30 with CWM.
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Hit up Toadlife to throw a recovery and superuser into the tar he made then put a link to the modems thread in the OP with it.
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Okay, so I've searched and searched, but it's difficult to put into words my question:
I have a rooted Epic 4g touch running Calkulin's E4GT ICS rom v1.5 and Android Version 4.0.3. I don't use the root that much anymore, and the official Ice Cream Sandwich update is gonna be rolled out soon. Is it possible for me to update to the official Ice Cream Sandwich OTA update or do I have to unroot and do some other things before I can do that?
If worst comes to worst, I'll just stick with it being rooted. I just don't want to lose everything just to update to the official rom.
Thanks!
EL29 or no OTA update
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The simple answer is, don't take the OTA but rather wait a day or so until one of the Devs have it rooted and ready to flash.
Esoteric68 said:
The simple answer is, don't take the OTA but rather wait a day or so until one of the Devs have it rooted and ready to flash.
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Simpler answer IMO: Download sfhub's FF18 Odin OC and apply, unless you're waiting for a debloated version to be done. (I believe these are even already available...)
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The simple answer is, don't take the OTA but rather wait a day or so until one of the Devs have it rooted and ready to flash.
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That makes sense to do it that way. Just wondering though. Do you know what would happen if someone tried to do an OTA update in this kind of way? Where you are going from unofficial to official?
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That makes sense to do it that way. Just wondering though. Do you know what would happen if someone tried to do an OTA update in this kind of way? Where you are going from unofficial to official?
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I believe if you're on anything other than stock EL29 the OTA would simply failed when you tried to apply it. Nothing major just a minor inconvenience.
I'm running sfhub's rooted FF18. Is there any benefit to flashing back to EL29 and then taking the OTA or will it be identical?
chiefplt said:
I'm running sfhub's rooted FF18. Is there any benefit to flashing back to EL29 and then taking the OTA or will it be identical?
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No one knows for sure if there are any differences between the leaked FF18 and OTA. Just stay where you are and wait for people to get OTA so then you can decide if there are any changes you wanna odin back to El29 or not.
But can you still have EL29 stock but with root and still get the Stock FF18 update?
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But can you still have EL29 stock but with root and still get the Stock FF18 update?
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I believe so but you will lose root. Also if you have any stock apps removed, update will fail.
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I believe so but you will lose root. Also if you have any stock apps removed, update will fail.
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What if I uninstalled all the Sprint Bloatware, I think it will still work, won't it?
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Fc09 is the latest build for gingerbread, but i'm good on el29 is what I keep reading? Because my phone won't update at all. I just unrooted back to stock el29 as it says in qbking77's how to unroot//unbrick video.
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GiantJay said:
Fc09 is the latest build for gingerbread, but i'm good on el29 is what I keep reading? Because my phone won't update at all. I just unrooted back to stock el29 as it says in qbking77's how to unroot//unbrick video.
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yes EL29 is the latest GB, that update made my location services nearly useless. are you trying to update to ICS? if you are, it has not been released just yet.
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yes EL29 is the latest GB, that update made my location services nearly useless. are you trying to update to ICS? if you are, it has not been released just yet.
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Yes I unrooted to get the official update that supposedly comes out starting tomorrow. My GPS is horrible too if that's what you are talking about.
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What if I uninstalled all the Sprint Bloatware, I think it will still work, won't it?
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I had a nandroid backup of stock EL29 w/ root and rogue cwm. So I restored backup(all apps and widgets present just like I had)
And then..
I just removed customer recovery and root using Auto Root Package
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Fc09 is the latest build for gingerbread, but i'm good on el29 is what I keep reading?
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LOL FC09 is not a firmware for this phone. Thats the Epic 4G.
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LOL FC09 is not a firmware for this phone. Thats the Epic 4G.
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That's what I thought, some guy on the sprint Facebook page showed a link to all the updates and it said fc09 at the top. So either sprint misprinted or this guy had the wrong phone all together. The build below it was el29 though? I'm going to go look at it again.
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just to make sure, there should be no reason why i can't update with my rooted el29, correct?
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That's what I thought, some guy on the sprint Facebook page showed a link to all the updates and it said fc09 at the top. So either sprint misprinted or this guy had the wrong phone all together. The build below it was el29 though? I'm going to go look at it again.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592994 Thats FC09 for the Epic.
All builds leaked to XDA this year were ICS.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592994 Thats FC09 for the Epic.
All builds leaked to XDA this year were ICS.
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Yes I just went back and looked at it.
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Hey guys I installed FH23 on top of my FH13 using the one click. If there is an OTA will I be able to get it? Thanks
As long as your stock you will be able to receive OTAs down the road. but you'll lose root.
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I thought stock meant that it had to have been released officially from Sprint... Do the leaks count?
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I thought stock meant that it had to have been released officially from Sprint... Do the leaks count?
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No, doesnt have to be official. Leaks are just that stock Leaked versions. They just not released. You can still receive OTAs. And yes they do count.
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i just posted a similiar question, if i want to unroot, can i odin back to el26 and update to el29? or does it have to go to ff18?
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i just posted a similiar question, if i want to unroot, can i odin back to el26 and update to el29? or does it have to go to ff18?
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No you can stay on el29. And if you have SuperSU there is a permanent unroot option.
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Thanks so much man