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Epic 4g touch 4sale (bad esn)

xda my sister got scammed on craigslist!! some crook got her to buy a basically new epic touch 4g that had been reported lost. she failed to check the esn beforehand. I was hoping to sell it on here for her, to one of the devs so they can have a dummy phone to test things out on. I already rooted it and tried out the starburst rom on it. phone works great, comes with everything in the box. any suggestions on what i could do with the phone if it doesn't sell? besides using it as a wonderfully light paper weight...
i can be reach quickly at [email protected]

r2hudson said:
xda my sister got scammed on craigslist!! some crook got her to buy a basically new epic touch 4g that had been reported lost. she failed to check the esn beforehand. I was hoping to sell it on here for her, to one of the devs so they can have a dummy phone to test things out on. I already rooted it and tried out the starburst rom on it. phone works great, comes with everything in the box. any suggestions on what i could do with the phone if it doesn't sell? besides using it as a wonderfully light paper weight...
i can be reach quickly at [email protected]
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Not sure how but I think you can try to get boost or some other carrier to work with it if shes not stuck in a contract.
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The guy at flashedphones.com told me 2 weeks ago that he was looking for and epic 4g touch to play with to flash to boost mobile. He said he would do it for free, just for the experience. That offer might still be good. If he gets it working i bet the phone would go for 500 on ebay. ITs not easy to flash it to boost and get 3g data working right, but if anyone can figure it out, its the dudes over at flashed phones.
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U could always try cloning esns
Dont ask how
(not allowed here)
If any one asks i didnt say any thing
(google it)
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How Much you want? Pm me.

Pm me also with price.
Sent From My Evo Killer!!!

Read the Marketplace forum rules. No phones with bad ESN's allowed to be sold.

rooting diff between gs2 and epic 4g touch

ok so when i first got my spring galaxy s2 (epic 4g touch) i rooted it but i think i used the method for the galaxy s2 and not the method for Epic 4g touch. After i did that the phone didnt have any service. long story short i couldnt fix it so i got another phone (epic 4g touch) and i would like to root it but scared it might happen again. Did that problem happen cause i used the wrong method? Is there a diff when it comes to rooting a galaxy s2 and sprints version called epic 4g touch? Thanks

This is the right section! You need to slow down and do some research for a couple / few days... Go through the development section and read through the different posts. You'll get it. No one is going to hold your hand through the process.... The info is here for your taking. Welcome to our forums
Got boost?

What good are Q&A sections if when you ask a question someone ALWAYS replies with (use the search button, or do research), .....Trust me after what happened i did do a couple/ few days of reasearch and i wasnt asking for anyone to hold my hand OR how to do it. Read the post again and thanks for the welcome. cheers

Well the rooting method is the same...except you need to use files designed for the Epic Touch. Since both phones are so similar, and really only differ in the radio, that's why you didn't get any service, because you used the GSM Galaxy S2 files. Only flash what's in the developer forum for this specific phone and you're good to go.

Jcorteo5750 said:
What good are Q&A sections if when you ask a question someone ALWAYS replies with (use the search button, or do research), .....Trust me after what happened i did do a couple/ few days of reasearch and i wasnt asking for anyone to hold my hand OR how to do it. Read the post again and thanks for the welcome. cheers
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He's just trying to help you out. Maybe you should understand that. Anyone that flashes something that goes to another phone doesn't need to be flashing anything for a while till they research and read. Yes the original gs2 is GSM that'd probably why u lost signal. U need to only flash things in this development forum. I would flash the stock pulled kernel with cwm by chris41g and then flash su in cwm for root and add busybox. That's your best bet. Good luck.
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Thanks guys for the real help I do appreciate it.

I found a conventional root. Google "doomlord root" or http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-anything-try-doomlords-easy-rooting-toolkit/
It works perfectly for the epic touch. No flashing required. I used it because i wanted full control but loved stock.
Rob
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A new automated root method was just posted today for our phones specifically and I can confirm it works flawlessly, just did it on mine 30 minutes ago. It roots your current ROM and doesn't flash anything at all so if you had no problems with your phone before root, you won't have any after. DO IT.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728

[Q] to those on boost mobile

hey folks i put my og epic on boost mobile about 10 months ago and well today it broke but it gives me a perfect excuse to come to the epic touch so im going to buy one tonight , but after doing a good amount of reading today i gotta say im a little bit nervous about it , i have heard of all sorts of problems like data and apn settings not sticking and going back to their originals every time you restart the phone to a thread i read that said someone rooted their phone and was no longer able to send mms , ive been through it all with the og epic and if its really just the same process as the old one then i should be fine but i am trying to find out some people who have there epic touch on boost who are active in the forums who i can ask for assistance if i need it , what im basically going for is rooted and deodexed with maddoggins lockscreens (love that guy) and if i can get to that point i can start putting themes together
anyways thanks and any responses would be appriciated

well i got the phone :-D its already rooted so hopefully thats a good thing its running 2.3.6 el29 looks like stock kernel , i was really hoping for feedback but here goes ...
oh yeah i will be following these directions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419488&highlight=boost
CORRECTION ... i am experiencing shenanigans since the sanyo 6760 usb drivers will not install on a 64 bit OS and all 3 computers here are 64 bit ... i guess i will have to do this tomorrow so i would still like to say that before i get started any experience from anyone thats done this would be greatly appriciated !!!

I don't think your being ignored just havent seen boost stuff around these parts for a while, although I think I saw a how to a while back for boost users may just do a search and hope for the best gl!
Edit: derp the link you posted is the only thing I have seen sorry
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so i went and used a friends computer and now im kinda burnt ... this is whats happening
as of now im getting 3g very speroadically and when i try to make a call i get " your
account could not be validated " and it wont let me send or recive mms messages im really kinda stressed out because i have a really cool phone that until i get this done right is basically broke , im stuck using my donor phone during the day and it just sucks any help would be really appriciated

i really wish i wasnt talking to myself here ... ugh anyways after looking around a bit i realised that EL is a later build so im going to odin back to eg30 and try again ... update soon

not many people trying to do this with the epic touch so you may have to try to look at some other avenues to get this going. Best of luck to you

Digglez said:
i really wish i wasnt talking to myself here ... ugh anyways after looking around a bit i realised that EL is a later build so im going to odin back to eg30 and try again ... update soon
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sorry it been awhile since I been on but try this,this was for the og epic,steps should be the same since samsung is manufacturer

I did the og epic method with no success I ended up having to pay someone to get the flash to stick ... Grrrr
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Cunny that you say that you used the og epic method to flash cause i did the same n it works.... U can also pull the files from you od epic n use them on your epic touch using cdmaworkshop n qpst

[Q] cdma workshop HELP PLEASE

Hi guys I 1st joined the forum when I had my oG EVO. I liked that everyone here was like a big family if it wasn't for this site I wouldn't know half the things I know today. But 2 days ago I purchased a epic touch 4g but the problem is I was flashed to boost on my EVO so its just sitting in my draw I did how ever rooted it and played around with it, but the reason I'm making this tread is because I can't install cdma work shop 2.7 on my pc I paid for my EVO to get flashed but I do have my donor can someone please help me i'd really appreciate it guys thanks

[Q] 4G Authentication Failed

I haven't been able to connect to 4G at home since I got this phone. I haven't tested it outside of my household area but I know 4G service is here because the rest of my family has GS4 and GS2 phones and they get 4G service in the house. Every time I try to connect I get "initializing..." then "connecting" then "disconnected" with a "Authentication Failed" popup afterwards. I've updated the PRL and profile but still a no-go.
My current setup is:
ROM: Stock FC09 Odex BML (Rooted)
Kernel: ShadowKernel BML v1.01
Modem: DK28 (I tried all 16 modems available here and none gave me 4G service)
Recovery: CWM 5.0.2.7
Anyone have any ideas as to what is wrong?

Your problem is the piss poor radio in the Epic. That coupled with the horrendous building penatration of Wimax make for a bad indoor 4g experience.
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frostedunit said:
Your problem is the piss poor radio in the Epic. That coupled with the horrendous building penatration of Wimax make for a bad indoor 4g experience.
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Well isn't this just lovely lol. The only thing thats gonna keep me to this phone I guess is the physical keyboard XD

-x]Trunks[x- said:
Well isn't this just lovely lol. The only thing thats gonna keep me to this phone I guess is the physical keyboard XD
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Don't mistake my criticism for dislike. For all of it's faults, the OG Epic is probably the best thing to hit smartphones since the original Blackberry.
Go check out some of the other 2+ year old devices and see how many of them still have new ROMs being put out and the number of former owners who drop by the forums to help out the noobs.
You have much more than a physical keyboard to be thankful for, my friend.
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