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[Q] Help Root Epic 4G touch 4.1.2

I have a Sprint Epic 4G touch model SPH D710..I flashed the QB KIng 77 How To update 4.1.2 non rooted--Any advice on how to root? The how to all show while running ICS...Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated

btoddweber said:
I have a Sprint Epic 4G touch model SPH D710..I flashed the QB KIng 77 How To update 4.1.2 non rooted--Any advice on how to root? The how to all show while running ICS...Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated
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FL16 One Clicks are easiest. Try the Rooted Restore or Nodata (depending on if you're already on that version)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063904

So that will allow me to root?
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btoddweber said:
So that will allow me to root?
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Those are already rooted.
That's what he was telling you. :beer:
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So how do I get mine rooted? Again sorry for being so new... I've flashed that 4.1.2 from the qb king video but have found no help with how to on my epic 4g touch running 4.1.2. They all say ics? Is there a chance I did it already? What about those super one clicks? Again don't mean to be stupid just new and want to get it right. I thanks for all the help so far. I'll get it down.

btoddweber said:
So how do I get mine rooted? Again sorry for being so new... I've flashed that 4.1.2 from the qb king video but have found no help with how to on my epic 4g touch running 4.1.2. They all say ics? Is there a chance I did it already? What about those super one clicks? Again don't mean to be stupid just new and want to get it right. I thanks for all the help so far. I'll get it down.
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I am posting this despite how new you are.
I will outline exactly how this should work.
go here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
Download the attached apk.
Make sure that you have unknown sources enabled in setting/security
Install the apk
Run the app
scroll down to 'Root device' and tap it.
Let it do its thing and if it doesn't automatically reboot after I would say 8 to 10 minutes, reboot the phone.
You should be rooted.
Do not do anything else other than what I listed unless you read the entire thread i posted for you.

Not allowed to flash clockwork?
Thanks for the advice and now at the point to flash clockwork rom manager and it says device unsupported? Any ideas?

btoddweber said:
Thanks for the advice and now at the point to flash clockwork rom manager and it says device unsupported? Any ideas?
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You can't do it from ROM manager. Like I said, Don't do anything else.
Read the forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1761666
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495

DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER! There was that specific enough. It does NOT work with our device and well likely create an expensive paper weight for you.
Stop, read the stickies and how to s. Search is your friend.
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This thread should have been done after garwynn said to use the one-click listed... that is the answer to rooting this phone, especially for the new folks!! Once your rooted you can use mobile odin to flash a cwm kernel if you wanna go to a custom rom.
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Thanks
Thanks so much... Gonna try that now the step by step helped. Again sorry for being so green but I'll get it. And again... Thanks... By the way have any recommendations for roms for the epic 4g touch.???

btoddweber said:
Thanks so much... Gonna try that now the step by step helped. Again sorry for being so green but I'll get it. And again... Thanks... By the way have any recommendations for roms for the epic 4g touch.???
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Jellyverse
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graydiggy said:
I am posting this despite how new you are.
I will outline exactly how this should work.
go here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
Download the attached apk.
Make sure that you have unknown sources enabled in setting/security
Install the apk
Run the app
scroll down to 'Root device' and tap it.
Let it do its thing and if it doesn't automatically reboot after I would say 8 to 10 minutes, reboot the phone.
You should be rooted.
Do not do anything else other than what I listed unless you read the entire thread i posted for you.
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It's nice to see people actually help noobs out. It all seems so easy once you understand how it works but it can be overwhelming and a little verbose. Especially, the instructions for the Roms I started with and hoping inside that you don't brick your phone on the first try.

I do thank you all for the help. I did somewhat mess it up but recovered and flashed rooted ics and agat recovery. So thanks again. Can't wait to start flashing. By the way I was in recovery to create nan backup and it says sd-ext not found sd-ext skipped shows md5 then complete? Is that normal? Or should I be able to see it on sd? It seems as though it has taken up space but wanting to be sure? However.. Thanks so much
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btoddweber said:
I do thank you all for the help. I did somewhat mess it up but recovered and flashed rooted ics and agat recovery. So thanks again. Can't wait to start flashing. By the way I was in recovery to create nan backup and it says sd-ext not found sd-ext skipped shows md5 then complete? Is that normal? Or should I be able to see it on sd? It seems as though it has taken up space but wanting to be sure? However.. Thanks so much
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That's for if you have an a2sd partition on your sd card.
I like to break stuff!

So its ok? That means it is on my sd? Just trying to be sure since the backup isn't obvious by name. Maybe it is but I haven't seen it. Or maybe I've overlooked it? Any advice on what it would be labeled as?
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btoddweber said:
So its ok? That means it is on my sd? Just trying to be sure since the backup isn't obvious by name. Maybe it is but I haven't seen it. Or maybe I've overlooked it? Any advice on what it would be labeled as?
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No it skipped the sd-ext partition during backup since it doesnt exist. Your backup location depends on if you chose backup to internal or external
I like to break stuff!

It doesn't let me choose external and also now I cannot move aps to my sd card? Says unable to move ap? Is that due to flashing the new recovery? I followed the steps and it rebooted correctly however now it saves nandroid to my internal only and won't allow apps to be moved to sd? Any advice? I've looked all over and am somewhat confused.
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Oh, and when I search "my files". I come across a backup ext sd? Shows nandroid and stuff etc..inside but never was optioned to put on ex sd. However still can't move apps to sd
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btoddweber said:
Oh, and when I search "my files". I come across a backup ext sd? Shows nandroid and stuff etc..inside but never was optioned to put on ex sd. However still can't move apps to sd
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Depending on the cwm version It does it automatically if you just choose backup but it should give you option in backup menu below to backup to internal sd card. On my phone it's always been on extSd/clockworkmod/backup.
If you Mobile Odin agats New FL16 repack, it gives you option for sure
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Online nandroid screwed me. Or did it? Help.

So I made a backup of my Aokp rom with a long times worth of tweaks and settings, with online nandroid. I flashed another rom and hated it, so I went to go restore my backup and it was nowhere to be found in CWM. Does anyone have any idea where it went? I couldn't find it in the backup folder and onandroid didn't make a folder in my SD
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randyhutton21 said:
So I made a backup of my Aokp rom with a long times worth of tweaks and settings, with online nandroid. I flashed another rom and hated it, so I went to go restore my backup and it was nowhere to be found in CWM. Does anyone have any idea where it went? I couldn't find it in the backup folder and onandroid didn't make a folder in my SD
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check the blobs folder

Don't seem to have one. I ran a search in my file manager and it didn't find anything. Would it be a sub folder in one of the other ones on the root of the SD?
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randyhutton21 said:
Don't seem to have one. I ran a search in my file manager and it didn't find anything. Would it be a sub folder in one of the other ones on the root of the SD?
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i stopped using cwm a while bac,k use twrp now much better imho. it should be in the internal sd card under cwm-backup-blobs.

Can you post the log file at /data/local/tmp/onandroid.log

Did you save the backup to the internal SD and accidentally wipe it while flashing the new ROM you didn't "care" for? Hate is such a strong word especially here..it comes down to user preference..no ROM.is a bad ROM really..its just what you want to get out of it.

One more reason for me to not use the online nandroids. Never liked the sound of if when it came out. Too many things can go wrong.
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[Q] urgent quistion regarding wicked rom please help

].I'm sorry if any of these are dumb question but I'm kinda new to this but if you could please help me it would be greatly appreciated.. so I have wicked rom downloaded to my phone and I believe it is dl to the internal sd. So when I do the wiping that is required to do before flashing... the rom will still be on the internal sd after wipe correct? Also I have the t999 sgs3 but it is unlocked for att. It will still be unlocked right? And when I flash the rom I still put T-Mobile in the set up? Also one more thing how do I know if my phone is ics. Or jb cause I have the v8 jb downloaded I'm sry for all the question I just wanna be 100% before I do this

I'll try to answer a few of them which i can
*wiping won't delete rom files from internal sd
*it'll still be unlocked
*check android version in settings - about 4.0.4 = ics 4.1.x/4.2.x=jb
AFAIK

nikufellow said:
I'll try to answer a few of them which i can
*wiping won't delete rom files from internal sd
*it'll still be unlocked
*check android version in settings - about 4.0.4 = ics 4.1.x/4.2.x=jb
AFAIK
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Thanks alot bro and mines a 4.1.1

Wait and one more thing so sry. My backup is also saved to the internal sd it'll still be there to right? Using cwm

DJAK5150 said:
Wait and one more thing so sry. My backup is also saved to the internal sd it'll still be there to right? Using cwm
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Performing a factory reset formats everything but the /data/media/ directory, which contains your internal storage.
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LuigiBull23 said:
Performing a factory reset formats everything but the /data/media/ directory, which contains your internal storage.
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Ty.. I hope I don't mess this up

DJAK5150 said:
Ty.. I hope I don't mess this up
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If you're worried about losing any if your important content, including your nandroid backups, I recommend either transferring your content to a flash drive or to your pc that way you'll always have it and know where to look for it in case anything were to go wrong on your phone. You can also upload your content to a cloud but that can take a bit more time. If this helped please hit thanks as it really does help my status here on XDA.
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LuigiBull23 said:
If you're worried about losing any if your important content, including your nandroid backups, I recommend either transferring your content to a flash drive or to your pc that way you'll always have it and know where to look for it in case anything were to go wrong on your phone. You can also upload your content to a cloud but that can take a bit more time. If this helped please hit thanks as it really does help my status here on XDA.
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How do I tranafer it to my comp? With sgs3 toolbox?

DJAK5150 said:
How do I tranafer it to my comp? With sgs3 toolbox?
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micro usb? most common and basic way to transfer content.
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Better yet how do I get into my external sd card so I can delete stuff to make room to save a nandroid to it

DJAK5150 said:
Better yet how do I get into my external sd card so I can delete stuff to make room to save a nandroid to it
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/mnt/extSdCard/
pretty straightforward
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What's that mean

DJAK5150 said:
What's that mean
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Open up any root browser and navigate to mnt > extSdCard
As it shows, that is your external sd card
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LuigiBull23 said:
Open up any root browser and navigate to mnt > extSdCard
As it shows, that is your external sd card
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So it shows that I have a back up I made with twrp so would I beagle to use that back up even if I'm using cwm

DJAK5150 said:
So it shows that I have a back up I made with twrp so would I beagle to use that back up even if I'm using cwm
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No. Nandroids are recovery dependant. You would need to revert back to TWRP in oder to restore that backup and vice versa if a backup was made in CWM. Install GooManager from the Play Store, hit menu, then select "Install Openscriptrecovery" to flash the latest TWRP.
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DJAK5150 said:
Better yet how do I get into my external sd card so I can delete stuff to make room to save a nandroid to it
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You can either delete them from a file explorer from storage/extSdCard or just pop your SD card into a micro SD adapter if you have one and delete files from your computer
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re: Samsung android training
serio22 said:
You can either delete them from a file explorer from storage/extSdCard or just pop your SD card into a micro SD adapter if you have one and delete files from your computer
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How much are you getting paid for all this? LOL

LuigiBull23 said:
No. Nandroids are recovery dependant. You would need to revert back to TWRP in oder to restore that backup and vice versa if a backup was made in CWM. Install GooManager from the Play Store, hit menu, then select "Install Openscriptrecovery" to flash the latest TWRP.
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But don't I have to use cwm to flash wicked?

DJAK5150 said:
But don't I have to use cwm to flash wicked?
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You can use CWM or TWRP. What he's saying is you cannot recover a TWRP backup through CWM or vice versa.
So if you plan to use CWM, make a backup with CWM so you can recover in case something goes wrong. Your TWRP backup will not work with CWM.
Wicked is a great rom, it's what I use everyday.
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[Q] TWRP issues

I have searched around and cant find a answer for this. Its probably something simple that Im overlooking.
When I DL a rom,theme, or whatever when I go into my recovey 2.5.5.0. its not there. NONE of my internal memory folders show up. The SD card memory is there.
Now I use FX file Exploerer....so to flash anything I must move the zip to the "O" folder and put it in downloads. Why isnt my internal memory not showing up? Its a real pain to have to keep moving files when the internal memory has them and it should show in recovery.
Am I missing something here?

Ummm...no suggestions?
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alloycowboy said:
Ummm...no suggestions?
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Does it work with CWM?

re: sdcard/external sdcard
alloycowboy said:
I have searched around and cant find a answer for this. Its probably something simple that Im overlooking.
When I DL a rom,theme, or whatever when I go into my recovey 2.5.5.0. its not there. NONE of my internal memory folders show up. The SD card memory is there.
Now I use FX file Exploerer....so to flash anything I must move the zip to the "O" folder and put it in downloads. Why isnt my internal memory not showing up? Its a real pain to have to keep moving files when the internal memory has them and it should show in recovery.
Am I missing something here?
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The 0 folder is the virtual sdcard (internal sdcard) and there is no need to use it at all, it has the exact same contents as /sdcard.
But don't think of it as a "duplicate" of some kind, it's a virtual partition so you really do not have any duplicate files or folders.
With your file manager navigate to the / root of the phone and there you will see /sdcard which is the default/normal internal sdcard,
If you want to check the external sdcard you would navigate to /storage/extsdcard .
The reason for this is that starting from v4.1.2 of the Jellybean firmware all future Jellybean firmwares are
mulit-user capable just like when you log into windows 7/8 which has the ability to handle more than one user
with security in mind.

I dont know if this helps but heres a lnk to check out.
http://teamw.in/androidmultiuser
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re: very interesting reading... thanks!
DocHoliday77 said:
I dont know if this helps but heres a lnk to check out.
http://teamw.in/androidmultiuser
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Perhaps this is the reason why so many people who have flashed a 4.2.2 CM/AOSP/AOKP rom and for one reason
or another wanted to go back to the Touchwiz 4.1.1/4.1.2 roms kept having all these "error 7's" in twrp and cwm.

Thanks fellas. I will look into this a little further
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Wasn't aware 2.5.5.0 was out...

Yes sir it is.
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Actually, its 2.5.0.0.
Just fyi.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Actually, its 2.5.0.0.
Just fyi.
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my point hidden... Cowboy, you figure it all out yet or you still all confuzzled?

(GUIDE)EFS/Emergency calls only/not registered with network- WHY, WHEN & HOW TO SOLVE

(GUIDE)EFS/Emergency calls only/not registered with network- WHY, WHEN & HOW TO SOLVE
HI Mates, there are already a lot of comments posted about efs. But I think a detail need to talk about. Here we are:
# suddenly you find that your phone is not getting the network. When you try to make a call it says: not registered with network. Problem remains even after restock.
WHY & WHEN
usually it happens while you flash(sometimes dirty) roms often and/or
Switching from AOSP to AOKP to SAMMY vice versa. .
HOW TO SOLVE
as you are flashing roms, naturally you are rooted and you have a root explorer. Roms from 4.1 and later ones automatically creats a efs back up while you flashing a new one. When you found the disturbances, with a root explorer search for the folder "efs_Backup".
The location varies from rom to rom. You may find it under sdcard, may find under /data/media or somewhere else. After you find the folder
Open it
You will find several zip files created in different dates. Those dates are your rom flashed dates.
Choose the right dated one remembering when your phone was fine.
Extract the zip.
Go to /efs
Delete entire contents of the folder.
Go to the efs zip extracted folder.
Selct all and move them to the /efs folder.
Your phone is back as normal!
CHEERS!
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Very helpfull sir. Thanks a lot for theae usefull informations and solution.
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sarefin said:
Very helpfull sir. Thanks a lot for theae usefull informations and solution.
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Did you face the problem? Solved now?
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nitol said:
Did you face the problem? Solved now?
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Yes sir, I've searched the entire section & your way solved just as you instructed. Can I save these efs backups in location of my choise?
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sarefin said:
Yes sir, I've searched the entire section & your way solved just as you instructed. Can I save these efs backups in location of my choise?
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Sure you can. You don't need to keep them all actually. Just keep any working date's one in any place you want. Use if needed. I HOPE NOT NEEDED
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nitol said:
Sure you can. You don't need to keep them all actually. Just keep any working date's one in any place you want. Use if needed. I HOPE NOT NEEDED
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Thanks again.
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Dear nitol. You saved my life. Thanks.

EFS Backup got deleted
nitol said:
HI Mates, there are already a lot of comments posted about efs. But I think a detail need to talk about. Here we are:
# suddenly you find that your phone is not getting the network. When you try to make a call it says: not registered with network. Problem remains even after restock.
WHY & WHEN
usually it happens while you flash(sometimes dirty) roms often and/or
Switching from AOSP to AOKP to SAMMY vice versa. .
HOW TO SOLVE
as you are flashing roms, naturally you are rooted and you have a root explorer. Roms from 4.1 and later ones automatically creats a efs back up while you flashing a new one. When you found the disturbances, with a root explorer search for the folder "efs_Backup".
The location varies from rom to rom. You may find it under sdcard, may find under /data/media or somewhere else. After you find the folder
Open it
You will find several zip files created in different dates. Those dates are your rom flashed dates.
Choose the right dated one remembering when your phone was fine.
Extract the zip.
Go to /efs
Delete entire contents of the folder.
Go to the efs zip extracted folder.
Selct all and move them to the /efs folder.
Your phone is back as normal!
CHEERS!
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Currently i'm on 4.2.1
Yesterday i flashed paranoid android and then today i flashed the Hawkish Extreme on my Note II
After flashing the network wasn't working
so i decided go and restore to my original using the backup file in cwm
after a successful flash the baseband tab was showing NO BASEBAND, basically no modem installed
Then i decided to go to the official stock 4.2.1 from 4.2.2 using odin i flashed but you need to wipe everything before downgrading
so now i dont have efs backup
Please help!!

EFS Restore
Hi,
You are gr8..After 2 days of efforts, finally my phone started working..