Hey guys. So, I've been rooting for quite a while now. My most recent is the Epic 4g Touch. I've had it for the past 2 months and just recently managed to stump myself. There is a new kernel out there called fluxxi ics kernel. Well, I flashed it after I flashed my AOKP ICS rom, and now my phone won't boot. Normally, I would just reflash the stock el26.tar file with odin. However, all of a sudden my computer won't recognize my phone. So I'm at a loss. I did some research on the usb jig, and I'm curious as to whether or not I should get it. Would it help in my computer finding my phone due to the reset, or do I needa JTAG? Thanks in advance guys. Hope for some answers soon.
You flashed a kernel that is for I-9100 it's Galaxy S2 yes but totally different phone. So it seem's like you are still able to get into download mode am I correct, but the computer no longer recognizes your phone? I don't think a jig will help if this is the case your best bet is sending out for JTAG repair. Hopefully you will get this straightened out and this will be a lesson learned not to flash any random kernel.
Did you not read that you were in the wrong section and about to flash an international kernel for a different phone?
Install/reinstall the usb drivers needed, including the international drivers if that helps, than just Odin one of sfhubs Odin one clicks.
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Thanks for the quick replies guys. The kernel isn't an international one. The forum said it was designed for all Galaxy S2's, including the Epic Touch 4G. And it does work, as long as you flash it before the ROM and not after. When I enter download mode, it still says I'm running the D710 with a custom binary and yada yada yada. The international drivers won't help me in this situation it seems.
Just to give yall some more info, I'm running AOKP Build 37. Everything I have found online so far has said they work well together. If there were a way I could either mount the external sd card to the phone (which when I try to do in recovery, it says it can't be found) or if I could mount the phone to my pc, I'd be set.
Do you have mobile Odin?
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I do, but the phone will not boot past the Galaxy logo.
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Thanks for the quick replies guys. The kernel isn't an international one. The forum said it was designed for all Galaxy S2's, including the Epic Touch 4G. And it does work, as long as you flash it before the ROM and not after. When I enter download mode, it still says I'm running the D710 with a custom binary and yada yada yada. The international drivers won't help me in this situation it seems.
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Could you please direct me to to this forum and to where it says that this was designed for all Galaxy S2, including the Epic Touch 4G only reference I seen on this kernel is that it is an I-9100. Might give us more reference and info also.
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Thanks for the quick replies guys. The kernel isn't an international one. The forum said it was designed for all Galaxy S2's, including the Epic Touch 4G. And it does work, as long as you flash it before the ROM and not after. When I enter download mode, it still says I'm running the D710 with a custom binary and yada yada yada. The international drivers won't help me in this situation it seems.
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Wouldn't the ROM overwrite the kernel anyways. Every ROM has a kernel baked into it unless you removed it first then flash. I'm never heard of a kernel that needs to be flashed before the ROM unless you need to use it's recovery like el26.
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Wouldn't the ROM overwrite the kernel anyways. Every ROM has a kernel baked into it unless you removed it first then flash. I'm never heard of a kernel that needs to be flashed before the ROM unless you need to use it's recovery like el26.
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Yes, ROM would overwrite.
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I think you may of missed read something my friend. Also for future reference I would only flash things from my section of whatever forum you are in. Something as critical to the survival of your phone as a kernel or a modem I would not flash on a whim from anywhere else outside of xda.... I hope you get your phone back up and running and hopefully this will make you and others more cautious in the future.
Question - did you post a thread in the area that you got the kernel?
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I'm not new to flashing ROMs on my Evo, however your forums here are a little more cryptic. My son rooted his phone and flashed CWM and a Cyan Rom. He would like to return to rooted stock. Can someone point me in the direction of the latest OTA Stock Rooted Rom for the Samsung Galaxy S Epic II 4G? He apparantlly followed some video tutorial yada yad yada. I realize ROMs are probably flashed thru the recovery console, is flashing similar to flashing on an Evo from that point? (Boot to recovery -> work your way to Flash from Zip ...)
Thanks in advance.
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I'm not new to flashing ROMs on my Evo, however your forums here are a little more cryptic. My son rooted his phone and flashed CWM and a Cyan Rom. He would like to return to rooted stock. Can someone point me in the direction of the latest OTA Stock Rooted Rom for the Samsung Galaxy S Epic II 4G? He apparantlly followed some video tutorial yada yad yada. I realize ROMs are probably flashed thru the recovery console, is flashing similar to flashing on an Evo from that point? (Boot to recovery -> work your way to Flash from Zip ...)
Thanks in advance.
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Here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Instructions are on that page, just make sure you use the full restore, and not the preserve data or you can brick. At the current point we don't have a kernel built from source yet, because of this, you must flash back to stock rooted EL29 via ODIN OC or you will brick. I highly suggest you read my thread in my signature because flashing anything ICS for this phone can be extremely dangerous and will brick your phone if you aren't sure what your doing.
Just to be sure you are looking at the right thread, please go to settings>about phone. Make sure model number is SPH-D710. I only say this cause I haven't heard of a Cyan ROM, and (not trying to be a jerk), most people refer to this phone as the epic 4g touch. You got something weird up there, and there are at least 20 different versions of this phone (galaxy s2).
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Could he have meant Cyanogen?
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Could he have meant Cyanogen?
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Yes, that is what I meant by Cyan.
Thanks for the links and tips guys, I will check it out tonight.
Short version is this is the Galaxy 2 from Sprint, the one with the long bastardized name. Took forever to find this forum cause I was looking for something closer in name.
Yes it is the bastardized sprint Samsung galaxy s2. Word to the wise stay on this forum. Any other galaxy s2 forum especially international will have a huge possibility of turning the phone into a nice little paper weight. I have to say thanks for taking the time to find out. We have had a bunch of people come through here with paper weights wondering what happened because they didn't bother to read
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Is there a flashable zip or whatever you guys use on the Epic somewhere that I can just copy to the sd card vs going thru ADB etc as in the link from above? The phone is already rooted, I don't want to lose root, just load a stock rooted rom on the phone.
Thanks.
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Is there a flashable zip or whatever you guys use on the Epic somewhere that I can just copy to the sd card vs going thru ADB etc as in the link from above? The phone is already rooted, I don't want to lose root, just load a stock rooted rom on the phone.
Thanks.
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You need this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Just read the entire OP twice. It's really simple. It will return you back to stock rooted gingerbread EL29
Edit: just realized its the same link. This is not adb. It's an odin one click package. Basically download the file and press a button and you're done
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tkemack said:
You need this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Just read the entire OP twice. It's really simple. It will return you back to stock rooted gingerbread EL29
Edit: just realized its the same link. This is not adb. It's an odin one click package. Basically download the file and press a button and you're done
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I would follow the posted thread as.. a.) It is the safest way since lots of people have been bricking their phone via flashes b.) This will return the phone to the stock ROM, but it will remain rooted.
Thanks guys(gals?) I'll be trying this tomorrow!
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Thanks guys(gals?) I'll be trying this tomorrow!
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Watch the qbking77 video and you'll be golden. It should be linked in the post. Really easy once you figure it out.
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Ok, reporting back.
First we tried the 'don't overwrite data' option, everything appeared to be ok until the phone rebooted. It sat on the 4G splash screen in a continual restarting state for about ten minutes. We tried flashing that twice. After that we tried flashing the factory restore with root option, that worked just fine.
Thanks again for the input.
Now he'll have to restore all of his desired apps, but that's his problem, since I told him not to root in the first place. LOL.
Cheers.
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I rooted my epic 4g touch ( sgs2 sprint) and it was successful, I did it rich the one click Oden, I have super user and I install ROM manage, then I flash the image (epic 4g touch) and I was going to make a backup because I want to install the fc18 or the fc22 stock ROM so I couldhave ICS on my phone, here's the problem, ROM manager doesn't want to make a back up, I put the roms into my sd card using developers debugging mode and I still can't flash them, I don't know what to do and i'm a noob to Android, I used to jailbreak IPhones but I realized with Android you have to bee much careful, anyone please help? Also what's team rogue? Is that a recovery and how could I get, I really appreciate the help...
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killer-49 said:
I rooted my epic 4g touch ( sgs2 sprint) and it was successful, I did it rich the one click Oden, I have super user and I install ROM manage, then I flash the image (epic 4g touch) and I was going to make a backup because I want to install the fc18 or the fc22 stock ROM so I couldhave ICS on my phone, here's the problem, ROM manager doesn't want to make a back up, I put the roms into my sd card using developers debugging mode and I still can't flash them, I don't know what to do and i'm a noob to Android, I used to jailbreak IPhones but I realized with Android you have to bee much careful, anyone please help? Also what's team rogue? Is that a recovery and how could I get, I really appreciate the help...
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OK here is some help. Read the posts here. Lots of them. Over and over, and all the way through. Start at the begining of the 'development' thread and read the stickies.
I would also suggest checking out Qbking77's videos. He's got a crap load of very well thought out and produced 'how to's'.
There are SO MANY threads that warn to NOT USE ROM Manager with this phone it silly. It will brick your phone. Or if you are lucky only require a factory reset and then the Odin re-installation of a stock rooted ROM. Many new to this phone will try and use it because they believe that it is 'just an app' that can be installed and take all the 'work' out of learning how to do the right thing. It can't. A rooted Android phone is NOT like an iPhone. You have so much more chance of mucking things up, and conversly of making this thing freaking awesome.
Check out sfhub's post for stock rooted ROMs EL29 - the go to, save you life, restore for me, and the FC24 (ICS). Team Rogue are the recovery kernal guys (Steady Hawkin knows his stuff), their CWM kernal repacks and enhancements make modifying this phone a breeze - if you follow the directions! If you don't know what and how clockworkmod works; spend some time and read and watch some videos too. This alone will probably save your ass. I am an image freak on all my technology and make nandroids (CWM images) almost daily and copy them to my PCs incase I need to do a restore and there is a problem with my SD card. [side note: I image all my other machines regularly too; Mac, Linux and Windows]
I understand your excitement to get 'flashin' but spend some time - maybe a week at least(not kidding) learning about how Android and the Epic 4GT work and how to properly modify/enhance the device(s). If you do you will be amazed at what you can do.
Good luck.
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killer-49 said:
I rooted my epic 4g touch ( sgs2 sprint) and it was successful, I did it rich the one click Oden, I have super user and I install ROM manage, then I flash the image (epic 4g touch) and I was going to make a backup because I want to install the fc18 or the fc22 stock ROM so I couldhave ICS on my phone, here's the problem, ROM manager doesn't want to make a back up, I put the roms into my sd card using developers debugging mode and I still can't flash them, I don't know what to do and i'm a noob to Android, I used to jailbreak IPhones but I realized with Android you have to bee much careful, anyone please help? Also what's team rogue? Is that a recovery and how could I get, I really appreciate the help...
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I seriously don't mean to flame u ....before you do anything with flashing or anything you had better read read read and understand because you are about to brick your phone ..... get rid of rom manager and learn to use recovery the right way and read read read .... you have not done enough if you even tried using rom manager ....
Read this entire thread and understand you have a 500 dollar phone u can screw up by not knowing what you are doing ...http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...
How Not To Brick Your E4GT (UPDATED 3/28/12)
A lot of people bricking have a lot more knowledge about android than you ...please learn before just jumping in and asking a bunch of stupid questions on here ... this is not meant to make u feel bad , but you seriously need more info before you flash this .... this would be like flashing entire roms on iOS which they don't do
I mean you didn't even post in the correct phone in the first place you post in the sensation forum....
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killer-49 said:
killer-49 said:
I rooted my epic 4g touch ( sgs2 sprint) and it was successful, I did it rich the one click Oden, I have super user and I install ROM manage, then I flash the image (epic 4g touch) and I was going to make a backup because I want to install the fc18 or the fc22 stock ROM so I couldhave ICS on my phone, here's the problem, ROM manager doesn't want to make a back up, I put the roms into my sd card using developers debugging mode and I still can't flash them, I don't know what to do and i'm a noob to Android, I used to jailbreak IPhones but I realized with Android you have to bee much careful, anyone please help? Also what's team rogue? Is that a recovery and how could I get, I really appreciate the help...
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Or simply don't use rom manager. Period. It is not necessary for anything you will need to do with your epic.
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Hey what they said.... you obviously don't lime your phone if your flashing without reading. R.I.F.
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I purchased this phone yesterday after a great year with my Evo and two with a Hero before that. Even though I haven't posted alot I've been rooting and customizing my phones for years. I was even to the point with the file system and stuff that I would add and remove things from roms before I flashed them so I feel like I know what I'm doing with an Android phone.
This thing is a whole other animal though as far as I'm concerned. I've searched, I've read and I still don't understand half the lingo used here. I don't even know how to ask the questions I want to ask honestly. I hate having to jump through hoops just to flash a ROM.
I am rooted. Baseband is el29, kernel is 2.6.35.14-rogue_ET-1.4.1+ and build is Calkulin 3.0. I installed Rom Manager from the market and got the official Clockwork Mod Recovery because I didn't like the recovery that was put on my phone when I rooted.
So from here with the setup I explained what roms can I just place on my sd card and flash through recovery after a wipe? I don't want downgrade to a previous anything or change a modem or use Odin because I don't know what any of that stuff means and there is no where I can find that it's explained very well.
I appreciate any help that is offered and I know I come off as negative but so far this phone is extremely intimidating to do anything with and I don't want to brick it. I never worried about bricking my Evo cause I'm not sure that's even possible anymore
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I worked on a friends EVO once and didn't understand half of what you guys had to do to root and flash so the feeling is mutual, lol. First off if you're going to switch to ICS start on the EL26 kernel with CWM. Anything else and you risk a hard brick. Odin is actually the easiest to flash with. Sfhub has Odin one-click that makes it easy as hell.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23478866&postcount=869
And here's a really good how-to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391732
And download mobile Odin, DON'T use ROM Manager. That will almost certainly brick your phone. Just delete it to be safe.
one of the things you're going to have to get used to with this phone, is that the kernels and recoveries are tied together. Its not like any other android phone i ever used that you could swap out kernels and use whichever recovery you wanted.
You have a Samsung phone now. You are in the promised land. Samsung phones are a lot easier to work with than HTC phones.
Basically any ROM here can be flashed using Clockwork Mod Recovery unless it says otherwise. I'd like to point you over to QBKing77's youtube channel. He has a ton of "how to's" and reviews for a lot of ROMs on the E4GT.
http://www.youtube.com/user/qbking77
I'm sure you'd appreciate that. My family uses HTC phones and whenever they want something done to their phone, I tear up and hope that QBKing77 got an EVO since the last time I needed him.
Also the great thing about Samsung is that if you do happen to brick your phone, Odin will save your life.
If you have any question feel free to PM me or something
You cannot use a GB kernel with an ICS ROM and you cannot use an ICS kernel with a GB ROM.
Coming from stock EL29 you can use the Oneclicks to upgrade to the newer FD ROMs or just flash most through CWM unless they state otherwise.
If you do decide to go ICS(FD24 FD26 etc) and want to go back to GB ROMs, you need to flash the EL26+CWM through Odin(which isn't as complicated as you think) and go right to recovery as the phone tries to reboot, then flash the GB rom.
Seriously check out qbking though, he is the biggest help and his videos are phenomenal. Hope that helps a little.
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You cannot use a GB kernel with an ICS ROM and you cannot use an ICS kernel with a GB ROM.
Coming from stock EL29 you can use the Oneclicks to upgrade to the newer FD ROMs or just flash most through CWM unless they state otherwise.
If you do decide to go ICS(FD24 FD26 etc) and want to go back to GB ROMs, you need to flash the EL26+CWM through Odin(which isn't as complicated as you think) and go right to recovery as the phone tries to reboot, then flash the GB rom.
Seriously check out qbking though, he is the biggest help and his videos are phenomenal. Hope that helps a little.
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Sorry to thread jack. im a new sammy owner from the htc evo line. I know how to flash htc's with my eyes closed, but with sammy im all concerned.
So i have to be connected to PC to Odin flash EL26+cwm then flash the roms/kernels?
I got the phone on sunday, rooted it with one click with EL29 +cwm. can i use that instead of el26?
super confused also...
nzaw4 said:
Sorry to thread jack. im a new sammy owner from the htc evo line. I know how to flash htc's with my eyes closed, but with sammy im all concerned.
So i have to be connected to PC to Odin flash EL26+cwm then flash the roms/kernels?
I got the phone on sunday, rooted it with one click with EL29 +cwm. can i use that instead of el26?
super confused also...
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You need to used Odin to flash EL26+cwm.tar. However, you do not need a computer, I use mobile odin android app religously. It is definitely worth the 5 bucks. For mobile odin just keep the EL26+cwm.tar on your phone, when you want to leave a rom open mobile odin app, point it to that .tar and flash. Then you will have the best copy of cwm on your phone and can start wiping/flashing any roms, kernals, or modems.
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You need to used Odin to flash EL26+cwm.tar. However, you do not need a computer, I use mobile odin android app religously. It is definitely worth the 5 bucks. For mobile odin just keep the EL26+cwm.tar on your phone, when you want to leave a rom open mobile odin app, point it to that .tar and flash. Then you will have the best copy of cwm on your phone and can start wiping/flashing any roms, kernals, or modems.
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Thanks !!!!
Last noob question.... I cant find the tar, i only see .exe files and zips to have it flashed in CWM......
Edit: Found it!, but i have 2 files one i found that was StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5 which is like 8megs, but i did d/l SPH-D710.EL26_CL839620_ROM_ROOTED-sfx.exe, and extracted it via 7zip, then found the 400 meg .tar... which one should i use?
Btw, thanks for your help!
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I worked on a friends EVO once and didn't understand half of what you guys had to do to root and flash so the feeling is mutual, lol. First off if you're going to switch to ICS start on the EL26 kernel with CWM. Anything else and you risk a hard brick. Odin is actually the easiest to flash with. Sfhub has Odin one-click that makes it easy as hell.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23478866&postcount=869
And here's a really good how-to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391732
And download mobile Odin, DON'T use ROM Manager. That will almost certainly brick your phone. Just delete it to be safe.
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SORRY JUST WANT TO REPEAT SOME GREAT WORDS... DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER... that is all
So say I wanted go from Calk's gb to his ICS, if I make a nandroid of the gb rom then install the ICS one and don't like it for some reason I can't just nandroid back?
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So say I wanted go from Calk's gb to his ICS, if I make a nandroid of the gb rom then install the ICS one and don't like it for some reason I can't just nandroid back?
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You can nandroid right back! You will have to have a kernel that will let you use CWM such as FD02 or EL26 to get to recovery for the nandroid.
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Thanks for all the helpful tips and links. I too am switching from the OG EVO to the Galaxy S2 tomorrow and was concerned about flashing. I feel better now.
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Thanks for all the helpful tips and links. I too am switching from the OG EVO to the Galaxy S2 tomorrow and was concerned about flashing. I feel better now.
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Any additional questions, feel free to PM me.
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Thanks for all the help but I'm strongly considering returning this phone. I've read till my head hurts and the most common words I see here is brick. I don't want to take that chance. How anyone could think dealing with an Evo is worse than this I don't understand. With the Evo you put the rom on the sd card, wipe, and flash. No worrying if you have the right modem/kernel/cwm combination. It's a nice phone, but I really regret buying it now. 3g is also slooooooow.
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I purchased this phone yesterday after a great year with my Evo and two with a Hero before that. Even though I haven't posted alot I've been rooting and customizing my phones for years. I was even to the point with the file system and stuff that I would add and remove things from roms before I flashed them so I feel like I know what I'm doing with an Android phone.
This thing is a whole other animal though as far as I'm concerned. I've searched, I've read and I still don't understand half the lingo used here. I don't even know how to ask the questions I want to ask honestly. I hate having to jump through hoops just to flash a ROM.
I am rooted. Baseband is el29, kernel is 2.6.35.14-rogue_ET-1.4.1+ and build is Calkulin 3.0. I installed Rom Manager from the market and got the official Clockwork Mod Recovery because I didn't like the recovery that was put on my phone when I rooted.
So from here with the setup I explained what roms can I just place on my sd card and flash through recovery after a wipe? I don't want downgrade to a previous anything or change a modem or use Odin because I don't know what any of that stuff means and there is no where I can find that it's explained very well.
I appreciate any help that is offered and I know I come off as negative but so far this phone is extremely intimidating to do anything with and I don't want to brick it. I never worried about bricking my Evo cause I'm not sure that's even possible anymore
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I came from the Hero myself...and my first post in this forum looked much like yours. I even went and installed ROM manager thinking I was doing the right thing...lol
Take your time and read up before you do anything...Odin/mobile Odin is actually very easy to use and the safest, even without the one click files. As with others on here if you need some help feel free to PM.
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Thanks for all the help but I'm strongly considering returning this phone. I've read till my head hurts and the most common words I see here is brick. I don't want to take that chance. How anyone could think dealing with an Evo is worse than this I don't understand. With the Evo you put the rom on the sd card, wipe, and flash. No worrying if you have the right modem/kernel/cwm combination. It's a nice phone, but I really regret buying it now. 3g is also slooooooow.
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I also recently moved to this phone from the evo. The epic touch blows the evo away in every way possible! There is definitely some studying to be done but its worth it! Once you get the hang of things its a breeze.
Same here. I've had the phone since latter part of December and have not rooted it yet ...mostly because my laptop has the screen of death.But noticed the slight difference in the method in flashing roms on the E4GT. But after seeing some video on that AOKP rom I'm getting antsy and need to get my computer fixed!!
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Why would you buy a wimax phone if sprint is changing to lte? I would ha even gotten galaxy nexus or waited for another phone just my two cents
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I'm someone, like others I've saw, that are coming over here from the EVO 3d after having to go through asurion.
As a good XDA member, I read through the stickies.
I wanted to confirm what I've learned.
ICS for you guys is rather different. I'm seeing many versions of ICS, I'm guessing leaks at different stages (haven't seen many leaks on phones in a while).
I also saw that wipe in custom recoveries is a REALLY bad idea.
In fact it said not to use custom recoveries with ICS stuff.
So why does Calkulin's E4GT rom say you MUST use a custom recovery?
I thought I saw something crazy that said it depends what version you are on for the method you root. But I can't find that again. It seems weird, but please tell me that's wrong and there's only one way to really root.
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I'm someone, like others I've saw, that are coming over here from the EVO 3d after having to go through asurion.
As a good XDA member, I read through the stickies.
I wanted to confirm what I've learned.
ICS for you guys is rather different. I'm seeing many versions of ICS, I'm guessing leaks at different stages (haven't seen many leaks on phones in a while).
I also saw that wipe in custom recoveries is a REALLY bad idea.
In fact it said not to use custom recoveries with ICS stuff.
So why does Calkulin's E4GT rom say you MUST use a custom recovery?
I thought I saw something crazy that said it depends what version you are on for the method you root. But I can't find that again. It seems weird, but please tell me that's wrong and there's only one way to really root.
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You have to use a specific recovery to flash stuff, called the EL26/29 recovery. It's based on 5.0.2.7 (?) of ClockWorkMod recovery. This is generally accepted as the safest way to flash. Flashing from an ICS based recovery has been known to brick devices.
Samsung devices have Odin, much like HTC devices have Fastboot. We're able to put the device in Odin (download) mode and flash just about anything. There's even an app version called Mobile Odin that allows you to Odin flash directly from the phone without having to plug in.
Correct me if wrong but i think there is only an issue with ics recovery when wiping due to the emmc bug (partition corruption). Thats whats causing the bricks. There are plenty workarounds though. I use ics recovery to flash things, i just make sure to never wipe anything using the recovery. I use calk's format all zip and modified format zip whenever i need to wipe.
puff601 said:
Correct me if wrong but i think there is only an issue with ics recovery when wiping due to the emmc bug (partition corruption). Thats whats causing the bricks. There are plenty workarounds though. I use ics recovery to flash things, i just make sure to never wipe anything using the recovery. I use calk's format all zip and modified format zip whenever i need to wipe.
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Correct they have come up with ways to use ICS recovery to update and flash certain things. Honestly since the OP is new to Epic Touch I would stick with the very simply odin of el26 recovery and flashing anything you need while in ICS.
agat's threads have great info if you are a stock software guy with ways to flash and upgrade while on ICS. Honestly GB is pretty damn polished and there are some awfully nice roms for it as well and you have no worries at all with how you flash. sfhub has quite a few threads with his odin one click methods which have been a god sent for a lot of us here.
First decide what you want to do then any one of the OP's will direct you in the right direction. Also if you can read up on the How not to brick your phone threads/stickies in general I believe
Would be a better idea to use the cm9 direct boot Odin file. Much easier than pulling the battery 10 times. Read all the release notes on the cm9 wiki and you'll have safe flashing.
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Rooster-just curious, why would you need to pull the battery? I've flashed plenty of roms and haven't had to pull the battery once...
Karate-the easiest easy to just gain root access is to use sfhub's one click rooted el29-just boot into download mode (vol up + power), plug into the computer and click start...easy peasy
And as playya said, the OP's of any of the rom threads all have great info and directions to keep you flashing safely. Good luck and happy flashing!
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Sunsparc said:
You have to use a specific recovery to flash stuff, called the EL26/29 recovery. It's based on 5.0.2.7 (?) of ClockWorkMod recovery. This is generally accepted as the safest way to flash. Flashing from an ICS based recovery has been known to brick devices.
Samsung devices have Odin, much like HTC devices have Fastboot. We're able to put the device in Odin (download) mode and flash just about anything. There's even an app version called Mobile Odin that allows you to Odin flash directly from the phone without having to plug in.
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Can you a link to el2? Recovery
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416477
Check this thread out, make sure to read all the directions and you should be able to find the auto root package where you can add cwm recovery to the kernel
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karate134 said:
I'm someone, like others I've saw, that are coming over here from the EVO 3d after having to go through asurion.
As a good XDA member, I read through the stickies.
I wanted to confirm what I've learned.
ICS for you guys is rather different. I'm seeing many versions of ICS, I'm guessing leaks at different stages (haven't seen many leaks on phones in a while).
I also saw that wipe in custom recoveries is a REALLY bad idea.
In fact it said not to use custom recoveries with ICS stuff.
So why does Calkulin's E4GT rom say you MUST use a custom recovery?
I thought I saw something crazy that said it depends what version you are on for the method you root. But I can't find that again. It seems weird, but please tell me that's wrong and there's only one way to really root.
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Im one of those that went through insurance too and ended up with this today and i gotta say I love it!
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im also coming over from the evo4g and evo3d not because of insurance wanted something different and im loving the phone so far..i will say i was lost at first with odin and el29 its a different way of doin stuff but not hard at all
Welcome, I recently made the switch as well. The screen is incredible after looking at the E3D for so long. Seriously, I stop to look at how pretty it is at least once every day.
SkuzFoz said:
Welcome, I recently made the switch as well. The screen is incredible after looking at the E3D for so long. Seriously, I stop to look at how pretty it is at least once every day.
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Yup! It truly is amazing!
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Sadly, my first post on XDA is a major problem with my SPH-L710. I found a ROM built specifically for the Sprint variant of the Galaxy S III, and it was a vanilla AOSP Android ROM, built from source by the developer. I read that it was all custom built and freshly made, except for a few things, including the kernel (which was I believe borrowed from CM 10) to get the ROM to actually work. So I flashed it after doing a factory wipe/reset in CWM Recovery, and set it up, and MY GOSH this ROM was A Nexus and a half! It was gorgeous! So I thought, hey, why not try to get a kernel to overclock and make this gorgeous ROM run faster and smoother. I found a kernel on XDA called matrix or matr1x kernel, and flashed the 3.4.y version. What I noted on the kernel's page was that there was a 3.0.y and a 3.4.y, which are NOT interchangeable, and I have a feeling that I made the wrong choice. I used CWM Recovery to install the kernel (also probably wrong, I should've used mobile odin...) and rebooted the phone. It died there. Black, unresponsive screen. Buttons do nothing. Had some help before now, and learned that the phone is trying to boot, but crashing ten seconds or so in. If anyone has any ideas or solutions, please don't hesitate to share.
Where did you find this kernel? Cause if it's not built specifically for the Sprint GS3 that's where you went wrong.
Try reflashing the rom if you can get into recovery.
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edfunkycold said:
Where did you find this kernel? Cause if it's not built specifically for the Sprint GS3 that's where you went wrong.
Try reflashing the rom if you can get into recovery.
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As Ed said (hey, that rhymes!), if you can't get into recovery or download mode, you're kind of screwed.
If you flashed a kernal made for the US GS3 (and not the international version, i9300), you're not hard-bricked, just soft-bricked. Those are much easier (and cheaper) to fix.
Let's first see if you can get into recovery mode.
First off, boot into recovery (power off phone, then power on phone while holding Up and the home button).
How to fix your phone if you can access Recovery Mode.
If that works, you can just restore your nandroid backup you made before trying out a new Rom/Kernal. You made a nandroid backup, right? Right?!?!?!
If you didn't, you're not completely screwed. You can re-flash the Rom you originally had installed (which should wipe out the custom kernal and replace it with the one from the Rom. I'd recommend, though, that you wipe system, data, cache and dalvik cache before flashing it. That'll make sure nothing is left behind from the kernal.
If that doesn't work, you can try getting into download mode
How to get into download mode.
Boot into recovery (power off phone, then power on phone while holding Down and the home button).
How to fix your phone if you can access Download Mode.
You're going to have to flash a stock tar file. I'd recommend Sextape's stock rooted md4 file from their forums, but there are other tar files floating around if you care to find them. Just follow the directions on their page and you'll have your phone back up and running again.
If you can't access Download or Recovery mode, then:
How to fix your hard-brick. (JTAG Repair)
Well, if you can't access either Recovery or Download mode, congratulations, you have officially hard-bricked your phone. The only way to get the phone back to working order it to get a JTAG repair. There are a number of sites that do this, and the typical cost is around $60. Just search google for "JTAG Repair galaxy S3" and you'll find them easily.
Hopefully this has helped.
Well he either bricked it, kicked it or is just simply lost.
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Source of the ROM!
I found the ROM I used, and will reflash when I get my phone back from the Sprint shop. I recommend this highly to anyone with a Sprint version of the Galaxy 3 III. Here's the thread, and maybe you'll understand the issue with a new kernel better and have a good time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216538
thenexusgeneration said:
I found the ROM I used, and will reflash when I get my phone back from the Sprint shop. I recommend this highly to anyone with a Sprint version of the Galaxy 3 III. Here's the thread, and maybe you'll understand the issue with a new kernel better and have a good time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216538
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You should also understand that you can't just flash any kernel made for the same android version. It had to be made for your phone as well or else it contains useless instructions.
I don't see any matrix kernel in our forums either.
CNexus said:
You should also understand that you can't just flash any kernel made for the same android version. It had to be made for your phone as well or else it contains useless instructions.
I don't see any matrix kernel in our forums either.
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Thank you Cnexus, I bite my tongue last night because the question posted to him was where did he find the Kernel not the rom. Since I couldn't find this kernel and obviously you couldn't either it's not a Sprint variant kernel. If he flashes that kernel again he will be taking another ride to Sprint.
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I still want to know if he was actually hard bricked! I was hoping it was only a soft brick. But I guess my thirst for knowledge will never be quenched.
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The Kernel!
So, I found the kernel on XDA, and it is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2134894 And I don't think any of us will ever know what I managed to do to my phone. I flashed the 3.4.y version, and I believe my ROM was a 3.0.y based one. Have fun guys.
topherk said:
I still want to know if he was actually hard bricked! I was hoping it was only a soft brick. But I guess my thirst for knowledge will never be quenched.
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Topherk if he did flash the BMS then he wasn't hard bricked at all. But in his OP he said he flashed Matrix Kernel how he got matrix from BMS is beyond me. He could have simply wiped all data reflash ed his rom and booted back up. So you where right no brick at all.
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