What I can do if I just root? - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

Planning to root my epic touch, but I'm wondering what I can do once I root it and what's the best modem to root?
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lee714 said:
Planning to root my epic touch, but I'm wondering what I can do once I root it and what's the best modem to root?
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There is no best modem. You will need to test and see which works best for you.

After typing "root" in the android market is the 4483 results
for example b. ... market, cwm, droidwall, mobile odin, set cpu, live logcat, screanshot

You can get Titanium Backup (paid version, trust me.. it's worth it) and freeze many useless battery draining apps that come with the phone.
As for modem, ek02 seems best out of the current ones. I've tried all of them.
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Pheno.menon said:
You can get Titanium Backup (paid version, trust me.. it's worth it) and freeze many useless battery draining apps that come with the phone.
As for modem, ek02 seems best out of the current ones. I've tried all of them.
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Agreed however the AnTek App is free and does the same thing thats my number one also oc/uv is a option i cant live without
Making bad decision's one at a time.

Pheno.menon said:
You can get Titanium Backup (paid version, trust me.. it's worth it) and freeze many useless battery draining apps that come with the phone.
As for modem, ek02 seems best out of the current ones. I've tried all of them.
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EK02 might be prone to LoS ... just saying.

slick4mitch said:
EK02 might be prone to LoS ... just saying.
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That's more dependent on kernel than modem, and I haven't had any LoS since the ek02 kernel, which was released a while ago.
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What about themeing?
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Any Reason To Root?

Can anyone give me some inspiration into rooting my new shinny GN i have rooted every other devive ive had i.e G1 Nexus One SGS I9000 xperia Play and HTC hero,
But i cant find a good enough reason to do it with this device, but everyday i feel that i need to i dont know if im just because im used to having something new to flash everyday?
What do you think guys?
garner said:
Can anyone give me some inspiration into rooting my new shinny GN i have rooted every other devive ive had i.e G1 Nexus One SGS I9000 xperia Play and HTC hero,
But i cant find a good enough reason to do it with this device, but everyday i feel that i need to i dont know if im just because im used to having something new to flash everyday?
What do you think guys?
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I feel the same way. The stock ICS seems to be a lot faster than the MCR's at the moment - not sure why.
The only reason to root is to get things such as Ad Free, Full Backups, Underclock CPU when screen off, Apply Paul's UI tweaks.
Obviously things will grow in the future. If you do it now, then you dont risk the chance of losing the ability to in the future (doubtful that will ever happen with a Nexus)
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Here's a much better question OP... Any reason to not root it?
The big ones for me are AdFree and Titanium Backup.
To improve battery life.
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This is the first Android OS where it seem so much useable and stable, that I see no use to root. This coming from a primarily IOS guy. I hope I don't have to root.
also, tethering on tmobile
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Arcadia310 said:
To improve battery life.
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by rooting?
Reason #1: to customize the device by playing with the system files
I will need to root my Galaxy Nexus (when I get one) so I can connect my PS3 controller up and play emulator games.
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Tone503773 said:
I will need to root my Galaxy Nexus (when I get one) so I can connect my PS3 controller up and play emulator games.
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Is it possible to connect a PS3 controller and play games with current devices today? If yes, could you point me to the application
I will only root if a kernel with ridiculous battery life surfaces. Otherwise this may be the first Android phone I really see no reason rooting. Strange thought.
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mohitrocks said:
Is it possible to connect a PS3 controller and play games with current devices today? If yes, could you point me to the application
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+1 I wanna know how lol
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spovat said:
also, tethering on tmobile
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No need to root for that.
garner said:
Can anyone give me some inspiration into rooting my new shinny GN i have rooted every other devive ive had i.e G1 Nexus One SGS I9000 xperia Play and HTC hero,
But i cant find a good enough reason to do it with this device, but everyday i feel that i need to i dont know if im just because im used to having something new to flash everyday?
What do you think guys?
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No reason. I couldn't even come up with a compelling reason to root my Nexus S.
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spovat said:
also, tethering on tmobile
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You dont need to root to tether with this phone
I would do it just for Google Wallet
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If you are here, you should root. Ad free and Titanium back up are worth it by themselves.
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If you are here, you should root. Ad free and Titanium back up are worth it by themselves.
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AdFree is pretty silly IMO. Blocking connections using the host file? Really? I guess the creators don't know what a firewall is or how to use iptables.

What is a modem?

I keep reading about this modem thing but what exactly is it? And do I need it?
Its the radio firmware for the phone, and yes you will need it if you want your phone to function properly.
it's found between mode L and mode N
kidding aside, it's the actual part of the phone that makes it a phone.. without it, you have the sprint epic touch galaxy s 2 doorstop (well, android would still work, but no calls/texts... it'd basically bad a 4.5" tablet)
So why do people switch em?
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So why do people switch em?
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Various reasons..
-To try and fix issues
-To return to stock
-Because they just have to be on the latest (but not always best) revision
I would love to hear feedback about which modem people feel is giving the best performance. My signal seems the most consistent on EL13
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JohnCorleone said:
I would love to hear feedback about which modem people feel is giving the best performance. My signal seems the most consistent on EL13
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Same here.
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Craig7220 said:
Same here.
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Hey crew, I found this awesome video comparing Ek02 and EL13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWS2qr9GMMM

[Q] One week deep. LOS/Sleepy Radio software or radio based?

I like the hardware but this loss of service thing is annoying.
Has anyone determined if this is a software issue? Sprints network isnt great but my evo 3d fares much better.
Ive read around on the internet and I THOUGHT I read a post that mentioned a user reverting to EG30 which solved his/her problem. Only thing that isnt positive is whether the user reverted to software EG30 or baseband EG30.
Any insight into this issue, how to revert to an earlier software version? Ive tried various radios but not software. I appreciate your time.
I'm having same problem....my evo 3d had no problem with Los but my e4gt is terrible where I live.....I was told to try different modems but I tried FCO7 AND FC14 still the same.
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ScubaSteev said:
I'm having same problem....my evo 3d had no problem with Los but my e4gt is terrible where I live.....I was told to try different modems but I tried FCO7 AND FC14 still the same.
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I'm using eg30 at the moment...it's not horrible. I'm on the stock el29 software.
You flashed the FCxx radios? Which software are you on? Thanks.
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tailsthecat3 said:
I'm using eg30 at the moment...it's not horrible. I'm on the stock el29 software.
You flashed the FCxx radios? Which software are you on? Thanks.
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Flash el29 modem?
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Flash el29 modem?
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Yes I have. That's what the phone came with. Used el13 and el26 too. This is my first run with eg30
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tailsthecat3 said:
I like the hardware but this loss of service thing is annoying.
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Hmm, what do you mean by "loss of service"?
This is a term used specifically to describe losing service while the phone says it has service...
nabbed said:
Hmm, what do you mean by "loss of service"?
This is a term used specifically to describe losing service while the phone says it has service...
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Ok, maybe that is incorrect.
Just using it, for example sending a tweet or an email, one may send immediately. Then if I choose to refresh or send a second tweet/email right after, the transmission arrows dont light up for a while. Its like the radio is going to sleep way too fast and it takes even longer to wake up and complete the transaction. Enabling/disabling fast dormancy doesnt seem to make a difference.
Edit: under these conditions, I never get the "no signal" icon. Just seems the radio is sleepy
Well I asked around because my signal sucks but I called sprint and they said my area has really good service.....but people told me to try FCO4 and FC14 and FCO7 that might help so I did......nothing helped.
I just looked it says I'm using el29 on my kernal and FCO7 under baseband.......not sure if that helps,ill try to find out more and if it helps ill let you know
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ScubaSteev said:
Well I asked around because my signal sucks but I called sprint and they said my area has really good service.....but people told me to try FCO4 and FC14 and FCO7 that might help so I did......nothing helped.
I just looked it says I'm using el29 on my kernal and FCO7 under baseband.......not sure if that helps,ill try to find out more and if it helps ill let you know
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I've been using eg30 all night and so far, knock on wood, its been working pretty well.
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You just downloaded the eg30.zip then flashed it?
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If not then manually install a different PRL, so you can connect to closer towers in your area, and don't forget to update profile and prl in settings>about phone> system updates
ScubaSteev said:
You just downloaded the eg30.zip then flashed it?
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Yeah. I got it from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459529
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xST4T1K said:
If not then manually install a different PRL, so you can connect to closer towers in your area, and don't forget to update profile and prl in settings>about phone> system updates
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The only prl that I think would help is the corporate 11115 prl.
Any other suggestions?
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tailsthecat3 said:
The only prl that I think would help is the corporate 11115 prl.
Any other suggestions?
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Grab a bottle of whiskey, get your 30-30 and have some fun with your Korean paperweight lol jk
Keep trying different modems man, I used to get some ****ty service with EL29 on this phone but on FC18 I get some crazy speeds, with very little reception.
xST4T1K said:
Grab a bottle of whiskey, get your 30-30 and have some fun with your Korean paperweight lol jk
Keep trying different modems man, I used to get some ****ty service with EL29 on this phone but on FC18 I get some crazy speeds, with very little reception.
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Fc18, eh? Thanks.
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Where can I find FC18 at
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ScubaSteev said:
Where can I find FC18 at
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Try here. Not sure if they're flashable. Didn't read the thread. Be careful.
http://forums.acsyndicate.net/showt...-FC07-FC05-FB27-FB15-EL29-EL26-EL13-EG30-EK02
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Los on this phone is when you have a circle with line thru it the only thing that fixed that was reboot sometimes toggle airplane mode but they fixed that long ago . Now some ics had similar problems but had a lot to do with your signal strength...
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Yeah, thanks.
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From a ns4g to s2

I've been around for a bit from the tmo dash to the touch pro to the evo and soon to the epic touch. I have a few questions which i hope some of.you can help me with. Does this have the same weak radios and horrible battery of the ns4g? And what's with all these build numbers fh this and that? What would changing the modem do? Is cwm still the most popular recovery? And finally, it has ics on it so will I be able to root?
I have been trying to read but I'm getting confused. I was able to only update the radios, rom and kernel now there are all these options.
Thanks in advance for any useful info
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aman1127 said:
I've been around for a bit from the tmo dash to the touch pro to the evo and soon to the epic touch. I have a few questions which i hope some of.you can help me with. Does this have the same weak radios and horrible battery of the ns4g? And what's with all these build numbers fh this and that? What would changing the modem do? Is cwm still the most popular recovery? And finally, it has ics on it so will I be able to root?
I have been trying to read but I'm getting confused. I was able to only update the radios, rom and kernel now there are all these options.
Thanks in advance for any useful info
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Yes to all of them the radios do suck. But u can root it and its easier than the evo
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sasquatchotragavaca said:
Yes to all of them the radios do suck. But u can root it and its easier than the evo
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I had to root the evo through adb shell. I was too impatient to wait for a one click solutuon. That was a pain and a process. I've read that the et4g is one click root so I'm happy
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aman1127 said:
I had to root the evo through adb shell. I was too impatient to wait for a one click solutuon. That was a pain and a process. I've read that the et4g is one click root so I'm happy
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Yes its odin one-click way better than evo
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I found my older evo 4g easier to root than my e4gt personally
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dmonger11b said:
I found my older evo 4g easier to root than my e4gt personally
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Yeah i think the older boot loaders r the same as e4gt but if u have latest bootloader on evo its alot more complicated
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Thanks for the replies. From reading I'm gathering that a modem is the same as a radio? And do I have to look at anything before I can just flash away (I mean in terms of being compatible). I hear these are easy to brick also...
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aman1127 said:
Thanks for the replies. From reading I'm gathering that a modem is the same as a radio? And do I have to look at anything before I can just flash away (I mean in terms of being compatible). I hear these are easy to brick also...
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Just look for the newest one download the .zip and flash through recovery. It all depends were u live radios r different for every phone a new modem might not work as good as a old one so just download a couple and which works better.
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I got this from a friend who is getting an iPhone. He just had his S2 replaced like a month ago so I get a new phone for cheap. Im holding out my upgrade for a quadcore phone. I refuse to go with the LG only because I dont think the developer or factory support will be there. This should make my wait more bearable with my huge leap from NS4g.
I have jelly bean right now with everything working ok (except the massive battery drain) on my NS4G. Anything close to that on this phone? How is the developer support? Im coming from a phone with ok support and maybe like 3 choices that are updated consistantly.
Yes all modems are compatible with any rom and we have cm10 and aokp versions of jellybean. The brick issues are much much less now that we developers have identified the problem and made safe recoveries. Don't flash anything in stock recovery.

Having problems with a few apps

I was wondering if anyone has had any problems with Facebook and trying to post something on there page. I was able to comment on someone else post but now I can not I have tried to uninstalling Facebook and reinstalling it but its still the say. I am also having problems with my GPS,and with my screen getting stuck with the image being real lite and faded then I would have to take out battery to restart it. Also my battery has been getting real hot sometimes that I will have to take it out let it cool down for a few mins then restart it this happen a few times a day.. Model number SPH-D710 Android version 4.0.3 Kernel version 3.0.15-SPH-D710,FC06-CL210242
Get off that version. Fc06 was never officially released and had many many problems. If you want ics get fi27 odin one click.
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Get off that version. Fc06 was never officially released and had many many problems. If you want ics get fi27 odin one click.
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What do you think I should use I just would like to get the best performance out of this phone and run this app called wifi tether without any problems.
I havent used wifi tether. But it should work on a rooted fi27 one click
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bigboy96 said:
What do you think I should use I just would like to get the best performance out of this phone and run this app called wifi tether without any problems.
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I would just go with fi27 its the latest release...ics...
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bluedevils2003 said:
I would just go with fi27 its the latest release...ics...
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Agreed.. Use Odin's FI27, works flawless.
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