Root Failed - Help Please - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I just got a Epic 4g from sprint. I went to root it via this method:
androidauthority.com/epic-4g-sph-d700-root-odin-92294/
Should have used something else, upon reboot the phone is stuck on samsung screen.
What are my options. I can still access DL and Rec modes. I just need root access for some apps, I was going to be lazy and wait for ICS to be pushed out, but if this is going to take as much effort anyway, I would consider pushing 4.0 on it.
Help Please

Google How to root samsung Epic on FC09 youtube video by qbking77....has links to all the files you need.
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That did it, thanks.

make sure you are not using the stock cable, and be using a good data cable. like a blackberry one or something.

You have to root to run 4.0
It isn't ever being pushed officially.
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The epic is not going to get the official 4.0 push
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LORDFIRE00 said:
The epic is not going to get the official 4.0 push
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Yes, thank you for repeating me parrot.
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Zeinzu said:
Yes, thank you for repeating me parrot.
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Did you hear we are never getting official 4.0?
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Official 4.0 never gonna happn

MДЯCЦSДИT said:
Did you hear we are never getting official 4.0?
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No I haven't, but I just found out we're not getting official 4.0 :-(
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Zeinzu said:
Yes, thank you for repeating me parrot.
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Lol jack ass XD
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Challenge Accepted.
I just called Sprint, they said there are no plans of doing an ETA of 4.0 for the Epic 4G, I argued that I'm on CM9 with 4.04 and they said "well.. Well.. Well" they were speechless and I clicked on them, happiness achieved.
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Related

Please bear with me while I work on root.

Please be patient while root is being worked on by myself.
The mount points need to be adapted from the process I have in mind and it might take a while.
In the mean time, I would encourage everybody to join the freenode irc we have going and join the cause.
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=epic-touch4g
Checklist.
[] Obtain root with a certain method on a stock Epic Touch.
[] Pull stock zImage.
[] Pull initramfs.
[] Build kernel with root.
Good luck ....bubby!!
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Good luck!
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I shall be back soon. Meeting with somebody. Ill be on irc most all night.
good luck!!!
Go bubby!!
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Let's do this!
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Please bear with me while I get ****faced watching A&M. Carry on.
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Lmao @ sdc
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Looking like this device will get as much attention as my EVO did. Thank you devs.
Just picked up my phone ill be patient. Thankyou.
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EJayMz said:
Looking like this device will get as much attention as my EVO did. Thank you devs.
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As a former Epic 4G user, I hope you are correct. Our dev section was and is a bit of a wasteland. We had very few ROM updates from Sprint and were it not for Samfirmware, we still would not have Gingerbread.
Hittman4life said:
As a former Epic 4G user, I hope you are correct. Our dev section was and is a bit of a wasteland. We had very few ROM updates from Sprint and were it not for Samfirmware, we still would not have Gingerbread.
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I hope so too
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deano0714 said:
I hope so too
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Same here. I can only imagine how much good stuff we will have to flash in a few months. I think this phone will stay relevant for a long time. I mean, what can't we do on this beast?
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JohnCorleone said:
Same here. I can only imagine how much good stuff we will have to flash in a few months. I think this phone will stay relevant for a long time. I mean, what can't we do on this beast?
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Yeah... This thing will most likey take on the first quadcores lol..
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I was just told that ShabbyPenguin was able to get it done. It is about to be posted on the ACS site...AC Syndicate
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Yes shabby and I got a working Odin image for root. Now we need to pull thezImage for custom kernels. Shortly here, ill work on clockwork and a stock rom.
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bubby323 said:
Yes shabby and I got a working Odin image for root. Now we need to pull thezImage for custom kernels. Shortly here, ill work on clockwork and a stock rom.
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Amazing! Thanks for your hard work!
bubby323 said:
Yes shabby and I got a working Odin image for root. Now we need to pull thezImage for custom kernels. Shortly here, ill work on clockwork and a stock rom.
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Nice.. Also in the futer will you be working on miui or cm7 or just sense? Just wondering lol.
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It all depends on if I get the phone.
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sense rom on epic?

Hopefully this is not a stupid question......but how come there is no sense on roms on our epics????
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Because it's been worked on and never really got anywhere. Besides MIUI, cm7, cm9 > Sense.
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Zeinzu said:
Because it's been worked on and never really got anywhere. Besides MIUI, cm7, cm9 > Sense.
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Ohhh its just i really loved sense and was wondering if we would ever get a complete rom working......
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In the market there is a sense go launcher theme by I believe droidman. It is $1.00 or you can just find the apk. Somewhere. Anyway, then go to youtube and find a video showing you how to set it up (it can get pretty tricky) and then you can use CM7 and find the sense theme. Also, using widgetlocker you can get the old/new sense lockscreen. This is the closest you can get to a sense "ROM" on your phone. Hope this helped!
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mcluvin1065 said:
Ohhh its just i really loved sense and was wondering if we would ever get a complete rom working......
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Xboxfanj said he may start development on a sense rom for the epic again... it was a couple weeks back when he said that and he has been pretty busy with miuiv4 lately so I don't know that I would expect it to be completed anytime soon if ever...
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flastnoles11 said:
Xboxfanj said he may start development on a sense rom for the epic again... it was a couple weeks back when he said that and he has been pretty busy with miuiv4 lately so I don't know that I would expect it to be completed anytime soon if ever...
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Yep. Sorry. Been busy with high school. When I get time, I'll work on it. I think I kinda know what to do.
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xboxfanj said:
Yep. Sorry. Been busy with high school. When I get time, I'll work on it. I think I kinda know what to do.
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No need to be sorry... real life comes first!
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I will make progress today. Talking to the nexus s 4g sense guy about what he did and he's gonna give me his most recent build
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xboxfanj said:
I will make progress today. Talking to the nexus s 4g sense guy about what he did and he's gonna give me his most recent build
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Awesome... excited to see what comes of this...
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GTalk me if you want to be a tester: [email protected]
May not be builds immediately, but hopefully within the next couple weeks.
Id love to be a tester... sent you a chat invitation on gtalk... names is [email protected]
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xboxfanj said:
GTalk me if you want to be a tester: [email protected]
May not be builds immediately, but hopefully within the next couple weeks.
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I wanna be a tester but no clue what gtalk is...any other way to contact you??
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mcluvin1065 said:
I wanna be a tester but no clue what gtalk is...any other way to contact you??
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Gtalk is Google talk. It is a feature of Gmail and an app that comes with the phone.
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marcusant said:
Gtalk is Google talk. It is a feature of Gmail and an app that comes with the phone.
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Why thank you kind sir.
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sent a invite to gtalk
Porting from Nexus S 4G hasnt worked. I'm gonna try porting from Galaxy S
xboxfanj said:
Porting from Nexus S 4G hasnt worked. I'm gonna try porting from Galaxy S
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sweeettt!!!! Im excited
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In search of a good ROM based on the new ota

I'm new to this epic 4g looking for a good stable rom based on the new ota would love some Suggestion ,any one have any ideas?
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El30 is old news now. Just grab the modem and flash cm9.
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chaserzz said:
I'm new to this epic 4g looking for a good stable rom based on the new ota would love some Suggestion ,any one have any ideas?
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Search through development
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b16flybye said:
El30 is old news now. Just grab the modem and flash cm9.
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Wow really my buddy just told his phone is telling to update to e130..but I'm a check out Cm9
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flastnoles11 said:
Search through development
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Will do just wanted toget An idea where to start
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chaserzz said:
Will do just wanted toget An idea where to start
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All ROMs are in Development. The title tells you what firmware they are. All of Epic ROMs are great. Pick one.
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Cm9 > EL30
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marcusant said:
Cm9 > EL30
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For once I agree that cm is better than anything... cm9 is amazing!!! Try it out!
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marcusant said:
Cm9 > EL30
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Thanks will try it out
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You can't go wrong with CM7 or CM9
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chaserzz said:
Wow really my buddy just told his phone is telling to update to e130..but I'm a check out Cm9
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His phone will keep telling him to update until he actually runs the update, or at least tries to (it obviously wont work if you are running a custom ROM). Just because his phone is telling him to update, doesn't necessarily mean it's better. I'm going to go ahead and agree with everyone else on here and say CM9 is amazing. The only reason I haven't gotten the EL30 modem and flashed CM9 (I have tried it and its awesome) is because i use the hotspot hack on my other ROM and 4g wifi tethering doesn't work on CM9 yet. Most people don't care about that issue so I'd definitely say forget looking for a EL30 ROM and go straight for CM9.
There are not many roms based on el30 yet, and to be honest, its not that great of an update. Cm9 is now available, but still had some bugs to get worked out. For now I would strongly advise starskyrom mtd v2.0, or marcusant v3. Its all about personal taste, and roms perform differently for every device.
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Backing up rom and flashing rom on Galaxy s2.

Hello in having a hard time backing up my rom on clockword and flashing a rom as well. My phone provider is sprint. Any way to fix this? Thanks.:thumbup:
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This is the Galaxy S 1 Epic 4G sph-d700 with a physical keyboard. You are in the wrong section.
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OK I have Gs2. Where should I go?
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marcusant said:
This is the Galaxy S 1 Epic 4G sph-d700 with a physical keyboard. You are in the wrong section.
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Why is this happening all of sudden it never happened before in-till last week?
Mcvay25 said:
OK I have Gs2. Where should I go?
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Epic Touch forum. Scan a little further on the phone list. It says SPH-710 also I believe.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
Why is this happening all of sudden it never happened before in-till last week?
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Where have you been? I see it happening all the time. I just ignore it.
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Zeinzu said:
Where have you been? I see it happening all the time. I just ignore it.
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seems more than ever I don't ever remember it happening till recently.

PRL and profile update dialer codes for ICS

Nub question here. I used to know this as an ex epic owner but I forgot. Need it for a friend trying to activate his epic running ICS
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Can't. Needs to be on touchwiz. Sorry.
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Or flash the FC09 ROM kexec boot from sd card.
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Yes, you can. As I've done this myself countess times on the epic. These are the prl and profile dialer codes for ICE CREAM SANDWICH. Its *82525 or something like that.
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RushAOZ said:
Yes, you can. As I've done this myself countess times on the epic. These are the prl and profile dialer codes for ICE CREAM SANDWICH. Its *82525 or something like that.
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The Epic or the Epic Touch?
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Regular epic 4g. I may be confusing my experience with the nexus s. But there's gotta be some way to do it either ways right?
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RushAOZ said:
Regular epic 4g. I may be confusing my experience with the nexus s. But there's gotta be some way to do it either ways right?
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Nope. The options that were told to you are your options. Flash a TW rom or boot the temp rom from sd.
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Actually someone said the dialer codes are recognized by adding a * before the # but it does not allow any changes on the Epic. Only the 2 options mentioned will allow you to make changes.
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Only available on nexus s until like a couple days from now
MДЯCЦSДИT said:
Only available on nexus s until like a couple days from now
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What do you mean Marcusant? Btw loved your dev work when I had my epic.
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kennyglass123 said:
Or flash the FC09 ROM kexec boot from sd card.
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This is the link to what Kenny is talking about:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464791
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What do you mean Marcusant? Btw loved your dev work when I had my epic.
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Nexus S modem is being ported
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Ive had success using ## for debug mode type in ##debug# then its 777468. More or less it gives you info but if u want the msl and all of that fun stuff you will have to get terminal emulater and type in su. The getprop rsl.msl then do the ## 3282#. Sorry if this was answered already. New to the app and did not look threw the old post
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