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[Q] Update Notification won't go away

I flashed my Epic to EC05 using the official google zip, downloaded from google. The system About Phone shows the following:
FIrmware Version - 2.21
Baseband Version S700.0.5S.EC05
Kernel version 2.6.32.9
Build Number FROYO.EC05
Hardware Version D700.0.5
So clearly the updated worked, yet I continually get the standard OTA update notification for EC05. When I click restart and restall it reboots into CWM and then the signature verification fails. Anyone know how to fix this?

I would try flashing using Odin and the tar for EC05.
Pretty good Odin tutorial here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW-PL7-T7_c&feature=feedf_more
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Ooops....looks like the tar is not available for stock EC05....in that case...odin back to eb13 and do OTA update to ec05.
EB13 stock tar can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700#Official_ROMs

EC05 tar and Odin instructions still good in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813

kennyglass123 said:
EC05 tar and Odin instructions still good in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
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Cool...didn't realize someone posted such a detailed thread on this. Definitely the one to use.

EK02 OTA Update failing..

Hey guys,
So I am on EG30 modem (stock), and I only installed crawlcj's odexed stock rooted ROM.
I got the OTA update notification today morning and I just pressed update and walked away for like 30 minutes, and when I came back there was a yellow triangle with the android figure on the screen and it seemed to be stuck.
So I just held down the power button to turn the phone back on and it seems that the phone is still working fine under EG30 but EK02 was nowhere to be found.
I'd like to get the EK02, do you know why it failed and what I need to do to get the OTA to install correctly?
Thanks in advance

it failed because you are rooted and dont have stock recovery anymore. so if you want to upgrade to EK02 you should just flash the update that is posted already for rooted phones its fast and easy to do.this is the link to get you right to the new modem. after you flash the modem upgrade just chose a rom that has also be upgraded too. now you have the new update its just that easy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352310

ewalk4866 said:
it failed because you are rooted and dont have stock recovery anymore. so if you want to upgrade to EK02 you should just flash the update that is posted already for rooted phones its fast and easy to do.this is the link to get you right to the new modem. after you flash the modem upgrade just chose a rom that has also be upgraded too. now you have the new update its just that easy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352310
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I'm going to jump onto this thread to because I'm having the same issue (and have searched this high and low for a solution). I have Crawrj's Stock EG30 Deodexed with Root 3.0/Busybox 1.18.4 on my phone. All I would like to do is to upgrade to EK02 and 2.3.6 (which I'm not sure if it's one and the same), remain stock but retain root. I don't have an SD card in my phone and I don't have clockworkmod (@ewalk4366 the video in your link assumes the upgrader has CWM). Since the OTA failed, I'm at a loss of how to proceed next. It seems I'm missing one thing or another when it comes to trying to upgrade. Any help would be appreciated.
P.S. Sorry for some noob butter but I still don't have all the terminology down correctly, so there may be times where I say modem but I mean rom and visa versa. For the sake of this thread, I think I'm saying what I mean.

just install the new EL13 modem using odin... i hope you are rooted

ewalk4866 said:
it failed because you are rooted and dont have stock recovery anymore. so if you want to upgrade to EK02 you should just flash the update that is posted already for rooted phones its fast and easy to do.this is the link to get you right to the new modem. after you flash the modem upgrade just chose a rom that has also be upgraded too. now you have the new update its just that easy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352310
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Thanks for your response but don't I still have the stock recovery? Crawlrj's odexed busybox rooted 3.0 rom didn't have any other recovery mods..
And I'd like to have the completely stock version of the EG30 ROM and the Modem.. So I should flash both? Wouldn't that erase my memory?

Skoksn,
I was using this thread and a few others to solve my problem which I think was similar to yours
[ACS][How to] EVERYTHING EK02 AND EG30 Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread
Step 1)
How to install ACSRecovery5 (EK02 Kernel):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjwB9mhn3Q
Step 2)
How to update to EK02 with Clockworkmod:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N80j39tk7fE
Step 3)
How to install the EK02 Modem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VDxEnO1tow
I did these 3 things in this order and I'm now on 2.3.6 and EK02 Modem. Hope this helps.

Need to upgrade modem, on original odin root

Running the orignal stock rom with odin method root from about october of 2011. Sprint update fails to load so I'll need to update my modem manually. Currently on EG30. Recently been finally getting the dreaded LOS everyone talked about for months.
Is there an easy way to do this without wiping? Im totally satisfied with my phone's performance, just need to upgrade this modem finally.
TIA!

OTA fails because it detects a rooted device. Head over to development section, modems are stickied (link at bottom). Flash with Odin. Will not wipe data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391732
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patrick_1 said:
OTA fails because it detects a rooted device. Head over to development section, modems are stickied (link at bottom). Flash with Odin. Will not wipe data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391732
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Ok, I found the sticky:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352310
Seems there are a ton of modems now. What is the one sprint is using now? That is, the one that sprint is nagging me to upgrade to?

Well I upgraded to eg31 without a hitch. Seems sprint is still nagging me for an update. Is there a way to stop this message? Also, is eg31 the modem that sprint's OTA update installs?

patrick_1 said:
OTA fails because it detects a rooted device.
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OTA is not failing because it detected a "rooted" device per-se (it doesn't look for that at all)
It fails because the root method that was chosen accomplished its goal by using a modified kernel and the OTA patch update for the kernel won't work with a modified kernel. If the root method left the original kernel in tact and did the work through the ROM (as is done with the Auto Root sticky), then OTA would have worked (assuming no other changes other than root)

sfhub said:
OTA is not failing because it detected a "rooted" device per-se (it doesn't look for that at all)
It fails because the root method that was chosen accomplished its goal by using a modified kernel and the OTA patch update for the kernel won't work with a modified kernel. If the root method left the original kernel in tact and did the work through the ROM (as is done with the Auto Root sticky), then OTA would have worked (assuming no other changes other than root)
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You're right, I phrased it improperly! Thanks for clarifying for the op and the rest of us properly.
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LxMxFxD said:
Well I upgraded to eg31 without a hitch. Seems sprint is still nagging me for an update. Is there a way to stop this message? Also, is eg31 the modem that sprint's OTA update installs?
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Correct me if i'm wrong anyone but EG31 was a leaked version, caused most of us to initially be unable to upgrade to EL26...could only from 30.
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sprint's current ota is ek02. although the el29 modem is rumored to be the next ota. I believe you can freeze(if you are rooted) the system updates apk. I use titanium backup for it. just remember you won't be able to upgrade prl or profile or anything like that. if I am wrong please someone correct me.
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patrick_1 said:
Correct me if i'm wrong anyone but EG31 was a leaked version, caused most of us to initially be unable to upgrade to EL26...could only from 30.
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well eg31 actually did come factory on some phones. eg12 was eg30 without the patch. we had that for a long while until eg30 was pulled successfully. ek02 came next. then el13, el26, then el29.

patrick_1 said:
Correct me if i'm wrong anyone but EG31 was a leaked version, caused most of us to initially be unable to upgrade to EL26...could only from 30.
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Correct in concept.
EG31 is a leak of what we thought was EG30, but actually was built a day later. Parts were still labeled as EG30 or EG30-Rev5 which led to some initial confusion. The components were slightly updated from EG30, meaning for the purposes of the EK02 OTA update, it wasn't the same as EG30.
The OTA update that depended on EG30 was EK02 (not EL26)

sfhub said:
Correct in concept.
EG31 is a leak of what we thought was EG30, but actually was built a day later. Parts were still labeled as EG30 or EG30-Rev5 which led to some initial confusion. The components were slightly updated from EG30, meaning for the purposes of the EK02 OTA update, it wasn't the same as EG30.
The OTA update that depended on EG30 was EK02 (not EL26)
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Lol That's right....we've had so many "updates/leaks" got lost in my numbers! Thank you for clarifying sfhub.
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[Q] I have ShadowKernel for EI22 and got the OTA Update for EL30

I have flashed to ShadowKernel for EI22 and just recently recieved the OTA update for EL30 its rebooted and crashed in the process.
I am just curious if I wanted to update to EL30 will I need to flash my phone back to stock or is there another process I can take in updating?
-alex

You will need to Odin the el30 tar.
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Thanks for the info, that help narrow my search down. Ill look for a writeup.

sh!ft said:
I have flashed to ShadowKernel for EI22 and just recently recieved the OTA update for EL30 its rebooted and crashed in the process.
I am just curious if I wanted to update to EL30 will I need to flash my phone back to stock or is there another process I can take in updating?
-alex
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no, you won't have to re-odin, there is a tar file for el30 by toadlife
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501424

Does it matter if I used CWM instead to flash ShadowKernel will I have to install Odin and do this instead.

sh!ft said:
Does it matter if I used CWM instead to flash ShadowKernel will I have to install Odin and do this instead.
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you have to use odin to flash the el30 tar file. then you can try flashing through cwm the shadowkernel

ICS Update

Hello All,
FYI: This is stock Not rooted.
I got the prompt this morning on my Sprint Galaxy S2 Epic Touch 4g for a system update to ICS It had a full charge I clicked to reboot it started counting down and all it did was reboot, it didn't update I checked the about section and the build and everything is the same and if I go to the system update area now it just says your phone is up to date. Any ideas on what happened?
Thanks in Advance.
Ryan B.l

Something probably went wrong and it didn't boot into recovery or if it did, it is possible the update had some issues.
There is probably a log file in the /cache directory somewhere.
If you really want FF18, IMO the simplest way is just download the pre-rooted FF18 ODIN OneClick here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229

sfhub said:
Something probably went wrong and it didn't boot into recovery or if it did, it is possible the update had some issues.
There is probably a log file in the /cache directory somewhere.
If you really want FF18, IMO the simplest way is just download the pre-rooted FF18 ODIN OneClick here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
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Thanks for the prompt reply, I appreciate it. I just booted into recovery and wiped the partition cache and rebooted to see if that would help at all. If not then I may just have to manually update as suggested.

I've been using one of Calkulin's ROMs - If I want to try out the stock ICS update, should I flash back to a stock GB ROM first or would I still get a notification to update?

If you are on a custom ROM, you might get the notification, but it won't pass the verification stage when it tries to install.
I would just use the pre-rooted FF18 ODIN OneClick (Full Version) available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229

sfhub said:
If you are on a custom ROM, you might get the notification, but it won't pass the verification stage when it tries to install.
I would just use the pre-rooted FF18 ODIN OneClick (Full Version) available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
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I found the firmware update at the link below and downloaded it and renamed it to update.zip and rebooted to recovery and ran the update from sd and it updated fine
http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/89419?start=105&tstart=0