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Cm9 alpha 4 question

I'm defiantly new to this type of rom and was curious if I could get some help on how to flash things. I flashed the el26 cwm booted into it flashed a kernel that is compatible and my phone went into a boot loop. I know there is no recovery that stays but did I do something improperly? Thanks
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That El26 CWM tar you flashed is working fine. It is a recovery ONLY. You can only boot into recovery with it (Vol Up + Power, hold until recovery shows up).
You have to have a ROM on your SD Card to flash from that recovery to get things to work from there.

EL26CWM IS a kernel. You need to go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728 and read and learn before you brick your phone. EL26 is for GB roms but the el26cwm kernel is the last kernel built from source with cwm. That's why we use it to flash roms. You said you flashed a kernel in it. You should make sure the kernel is compatible with the rom you are using before doing that. Hope you were able to figure out the issue.

get the cm9 rom. get gapps, and the el26 cwm, and whatever mods you want to add.
i usually start at el29 and wait for it to boot then i put the el26cwm in odin do its thing. then when it reboots go into cwm wipe data, cache, and dalvik. (do it a couple of times) then i use calks format all, just to make sure everything is gone and starting new. flash cm9 then i wipe everything again (its what i do dont know about you guys) then flash gapps, then wipe and flash mods, kernels, modems. but i dont do the mods kernels and modems part cuz i feel cm9 is wonderful without. Hope you can get it out of the boot loop. good luck to you sir

i just download the el26cwm kernel, cm9 fe21 kernel, and whatever mods you want to flash.. mobile odin to el26cwm recovery, flash cm9 kernel, flash mods, and reboot.. keeps you from having to reflash the whole rom every time.. if you want you could always wipe cache/dalvik through el26 recovery during this also i just never do lol
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I appreciate all the input. now Cm9 is running great for me. Thank you all.
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GPS doesnt work without wifi
ok im new to all this. but for some reason i cant use my gps without having a wifi signal. i went through i made sure that is was sent to use the internal gps but still no luck. is there a mod, kernal or something to get around all that. if u can help that would be great.

Daytime88, some people have had issues, see here on fixes:
http://code.google.com/p/epictouchcm/issues/detail?id=33
I know for a fact that alpha4, FE16 (and FE22 looks like) have amazing GPS signal. I can get a signal lock in a parking garage, around tall buildings, and inside my car away from windows, and inside my house, all within 10 seconds. The GPS in this phone is amazing when properly set up.

DAYtime88 said:
ok im new to all this. but for some reason i cant use my gps without having a wifi signal. i went through i made sure that is was sent to use the internal gps but still no luck. is there a mod, kernal or something to get around all that. if u can help that would be great.
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Might want to try different modems also. My 4g and GPS sucks with fe16/21/22 but is great with fe10.
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Thank you
Thank you both ideas worked great

GPS After ICS Upgrade

After upgrading from gingerbread on my phone, GPS doesn't work at all. I didn't know at the time that I had to leave the GPS locked in GB before the flash to get it to work. My question is, since flashing back to the "StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5" makes the phone not boot, I can't just go back into GB, get lock, then go out. Does anyone know what I else I can flash to get a bootable phone that I can get GPS lock on?
By the way, I had family here this weekend and two of them also have E4GT, so I did an experiment. I upgraded those two phones to ICS with GPS locked ahead of time, and both worked fine. However, there's definitely a difference in these phones that were purchased at the same time. One of them got lock within 10 second when I sat inside at the kitchen table. The other one could never lock here. Both locked outside though.I repeated this experiment several times, and it was consistent.

The safe thing would be to Odin back to EL29 and start over. I'm using stock FE22 and there is no problems with anything.

Most ROMs require you to ODIN back to Stock-Rooted-EL29 -> Get the GPS lock -> ODIN to Stock-CWM-EL26 -> Hold the volume up key while booting to get into CWM -> Clear data, wipe cache & Dalvik -> Flash your ICS ROM of choice (and Google Apps, for Maps) -> Go into Maps and see if you get a lock.
Make sure you flash back to Stock-Rooted-EL29. This is essential because it restores all of the stock settings before modification.

rueben68 said:
The safe thing would be to Odin back to EL29 and start over. I'm using stock FE22 and there is no problems with anything.
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Yea,I would just one click el29 and get your lock then flash whatever ICS you wanna go to.
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CyberpodS2 said:
Yea,I would just one click el29 and get your lock then flash whatever ICS you wanna go to.
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So it isn't necessary to ODIN to el26+CWM if I ODIN el29+CWM?

Ok get back to a GB rom either by sfhub odin or odin el26 kernel and restore an old GB rom get a lock and leave gps on then restore or install an ICS rom...

Had same problem with cm9. Downloaded agps from market, cleared GPS from the tools menu, let it run until it got a bunch of locks, then uninstalled it and my GPS has been spot on ever since
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Can I use the method in the link below to get a GPS lock, then revert back to my running ROM (AOKP)?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683481

flashing problems

ok I've rooted and installed clockwork recovery as per the instructions in the how to. Still each time I go to flash a rom I get nothing but the galaxy sII logo and it hangs there indefinitely. Did I miss a step in these instructions ? I'm on EL29 baseband if that helps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7pWjmKCsoc
those are the instructions I used. and I don't think I've missed a step. I've reverted back to stock and re rooted my phone and installed clockwork. How do I get roms to actually flash?

Depends, what are you trying to flash?
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I see the link in your video is just for rooting, but you can get into CWM? did you try the auto root EL29+CWM? Also, if you are following to Devs instructions on how to flash the ROM you should be good to go. have you tried wiping everything first or just installing it over the previous ROM? i suggest downloading Calkulin's Format All zip. flash it before you flash a ROM.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527041 its at the bottom of the 1st post.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
is this what you used for CWM?

yeah those are the things I used actually to get clockwork. It'll let me use clockwork, wipe everything install whatever but when I go to reboot to start it up it hangs at the galaxy s2 screen. I let it go for 2 hours last night. Any rom honestly would be fine at this point. I'm pretty familure with twrp,cwm,and 4ext from the evo 3d but nothing works with this phone.

Would the steps for flashing a rom say blazer for example be
Wipe data, dalvik, and chache.
flash zip from sd reboot? like normal or am I missing a step with another kernel or something?

it would be the same. but I use the Calkulin's Format All zip to do it for me. I know you do get a longer boot then normal because its building delvik cache but not two hours. have you tried downloading the ROM to your computer and then transfering it over to your phone? I had an issue a few days ago because of a bad download(good thing I had my nandriod). What CWM do you have? 5.0.2.7?

yeah thats the only way I do it actually. D/l from the laptop and copy it to sd. then use calkulins to wipe everything and it still just sits.

I just googled "flash ROM boot loop" it came up with something. What is your default launcher? Some people have had problems if they use for say go launcher or another launcher and not have one set as default. On calkulins ROM.
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I am still on the stock rom. only thing I can do is root it with odin and and add clockwork mod with e4gtauto prog. I still have no idea whats going on.

So your on stock TW launcher?
Try flashing a different kernel. Like rogue, that is another recovery based off of CWM. That's what I use, well I use both and haven't had a problem. Another thing is get an MD5 checksum program for your laptop and check the file sum for integrity. Sorry it took me awhile to respond, finally have a day off.
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I actually tried flashing one wth mobile odin that I found on the cyanogenmod page. It booted to the android text logo and that was it. so thats a step in the right direction. Should I just flash it through clockwork after I flash the rom like normal?

That's your problem. If your flashing a GB ROM you need a GB kernel. If your flashing an ICS ROM you need preferably EL26 kernel then use CWM to flash the ROM and kernel. flash the rogue kernel in the kernel repository then try flashing a GB ROM. After that then you should be good to go.
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I appreciate the help so much dude. so When I get home I should flash the kernel through odin then boot into recovery n flash the rom n I should be good? or do I just boot into recovery n flash the rom then the kernel? sorry about so many q's.

No problem. That's what the forum is for. let me know how it works out for ya.
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And yes flash it through Odin and boot into recovery and flash your ROM. you can also flash the ROM in CWM and then flash the kernel right after you flash the ROM. It seems to be easier in CWM then Odin.
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I must be an idiot or my phone doesn't wanna do it. Tried flashing the kernel and aokp a few times now and got nothing. I must be using the wrong stuff for the Job.

Get yourself back to stock with cwm. Pick a ROM and follow the directions in the op for that specific ROM. If anything seems unclear watch one of qbking77's videos on how to install that ROM. Qb has NEVER steered me wrong.
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Ravaged Pheonix said:
Get yourself back to stock with cwm. Pick a ROM and follow the directions in the op for that specific ROM. If anything seems unclear watch one of qbking77's videos on how to install that ROM. Qb has NEVER steered me wrong.
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That's what I've been telling him. Do you have anything else that maybe I'm forgetting? Maybe EL26 direct boot?
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thats kinda what I've been doing. I got cyanogen to boot with the rogue et recovery fb27 and cm9 but market won't actually work. so I went back to stock. I actually used qbking's videos to start with and followed them and it still just hangs. This is the process I'm using.
flash kernel/recovery through odin.
calkulins wipe all
flash rom
flash gapps if needed for said rom
reboot.
I've also tried without the 1st step.
I've tried flashing the el26 kernel that everyone seems to say is safe through odin and that boots me into the recovery and I try to wipe then flash and it still does nothing. am I just flashing the wrong intitial kernel to begin with? I can't figure out why Im having this problem now since I've had multiple rooted phones in the past with no issues.

But now I'm back on stock gingerbread again completely just rooted and then the did the e4gtauto to get a recovery.

Help with sister's E4GT

I rooted my sister's E4GT last year and she's still running Calkulin's E4GT ROM v2.6 and her current kernel is 2.6.35.7-SPH-D710.EL13-CL806482
She's still on Gingerbread, and I want her to enjoy the ICS experience or JB if there's any stable JB ROMs.
My phone is an EVO so I am not comfortable/familiar with the Samsung pitfalls. I don't want to brick my sister's phone.
On my phone I'd download the zip, and in recovery factory reset, wipe data, cache, dalvik, system, and then flash the ROM, but I've read that could lead to a brick on the E4GT.
What's the safest way for me to flash some ICS/JB ROMs for her to try out?
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Easily answered by reading a couple posts. Use search.
Odin safe el26 with cwm, calkulin format all x2, flash rom.
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Bannjio said:
Easily answered by reading a couple posts. Use search.
Odin safe el26 with cwm, calkulin format all x2, flash rom.
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Just look at ICS roms and first few post to see how they perform. Flash away.

The safest recovery to use is el 26 cwm
http://chris41g.devphone.org/EpicTouch/Stock Repack/EL26/StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5 For Odin or Mobile Odin if you have that.
You can just flash just about anything once you are in that recovery. The only major difference for you to know is that once you flash the rom, the kernel that is packed into the rom will also change the recovery. Also I do not really think there is a need to use a wipe all zip just unnecessary and usually causes error's when installing certain roms.
Most of the newer rom's do come with a safe recovery, but if you are unsure and have not read much and verified that the included recovery in the rom is safe I would recommend using el26cwm.
You can also use this recovery, this one will boot straight to recovery
http://shabbypenguin.com/k0/ecm/E4GT-EL29-directbootCWM-v3.tar.md5

im0rtalz said:
The safest recovery to use is el 26 cwm
http://chris41g.devphone.org/EpicTouch/Stock Repack/EL26/StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5 For Odin or Mobile Odin if you have that.
You can just flash just about anything once you are in that recovery. The only major difference for you to know is that once you flash the rom, the kernel that is packed into the rom will also change the recovery. Also I do not really think there is a need to use a wipe all zip just unnecessary and usually causes error's when installing certain roms.
Most of the newer rom's do come with a safe recovery, but if you are unsure and have not read much and verified that the included recovery in the rom is safe I would recommend using el26cwm.
You can also use this recovery, this one will boot straight to recovery
http://shabbypenguin.com/k0/ecm/E4GT-EL29-directbootCWM-v3.tar.md5
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Thank you, Was trying to find the recovery to direct that way first but couldn't find the link ( plus at work so little destracted)

im0rtalz said:
Also I do not really think there is a need to use a wipe all zip just unnecessary and usually causes error's when installing certain roms.
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Most of the roms I have flashed say to use format all. I always use it and haven't come acrossed any errors. Doesn't mean it is absolutely necessary or will not cause errors though.
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Thanks everyone for responding. I'm good to go!
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[ROM][ZIP][TAR]Stock Rooted Deodexed/Odexed GB27 with SuperSU/Busybox 1.20.2

I am sure you don't need GB27 but for the sake of continuity I am providing it.
First of all a huge thanks to Sextape for the GB27 release. Thanks to Calkulin for use of the install script. Thanks to Chainfire for SuperSU. Thanks to Mattix724 for the install instructions which I tweaked slightly.
Flash or Odin this to get Deodexed/Odexed stock GB27 with latest root (SuperSU), su binary and Busybox 1.20.2. These Do Not include a kernel. The Odin Tars include everything else.
There is a version for no data wipe and data wipe. Make sure you don't get them mixed up.
All of the zips wipe cache and dalvik for you so no need to do that separately.
I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. You do this at your own risk.
DO NOT FLASH THE DATA WIPE VERSIONS UNLESS YOU ARE USING A RECOVERY THAT SUCCESSFULLY WIPES DATA ON JELLY BEAN, LIKE GARWYNN'S
This is a Jelly Bean Rom. As I stated earlier it does not include a kernel. So if you are coming from a Rom that isn't Jelly Bean you need to first install a Touchwiz based safe kernel. Like Agat's source kernel. So copy the Jelly Bean kernel to your phone. Boot into your recovery. Flash the Jelly Bean kernel and then flash this Rom. Or if you are using Odin just Odin the Jelly Bean kernel and Rom back to back.
Looking for Kernels or Modems? Try the rwilco12 repositories.
Kernel Repository: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662295
Modem Repository: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764210
Downloads:
Download Odexed No Data Wipe Zip
MD5: a55797595686a5d6acfc2c037da14c34
Download Odexed No Data Wipe Tar
MD5: 2e7573db3e5219069bc9919a8e4351f1
Download Odexed With Data Wipe Zip
MD5: 313ae43761dc96877bd77d7f460c0db4
Download Odexed With Data Wipe Tar
MD5: da384b49fbdb9e5b4e31f6596ca33648
Download Deodexed No Data Wipe Zip
MD5: 6a824a7fcc9814a6d795a70877694192
Download Deodexed No Data Wipe Tar
MD5: Later
Download Deodexed With Data Wipe Zip
MD5: e4d3d67be3a40e35704cbf0108be251c
Download Deodexed With Data Wipe Tar
MD5: Later
Mirrors:
Dropbox has a limit so please only use those as a last resort.
http://beta.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=4147
http://d-h.st/users/crawrj/?fld_id=13409#files
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0t7wncjr3wzf8i6/UPvimtqReG
Installation Instructions:
CWM zip method.
*Menus may vary between recoveries. The instructions below apply to Agat's recovery but may be the same or similar as other recoveries..
1. Download the ROM zip to your phone.
2. Reboot to recovery, use a known safe recovery such as Agat's source built, or the CWM EL26 directboot.
3. Put your phone in recovery mode (Shut it off, wait for lights to all go out, then hold Vup+Power).
3. Select install zip from sdcard.
4. Select choose zip from sdcard if your zip file is on the external sdcard or select choose zip from internal sdcard if you downloaded the zip right to your phone.
5. Select the zip, If you downloaded directly to your phone it is in the Download folder. Otherwise, it is wherever you put it.
6. Select Yes.
7. Wait for a moment while it installs.
8. Reboot.
9. Profit.
Odin tar method.
1. Download the tar to your computer.
2. Put your phone in download mode (Shut it off, wait for lights to all go out, then hold Vdown+Power and follow the instructions).
3. Connect the phone to the computer (You should see Odin put a Com4 or something like that in the ID:COM box. The actual number is NOT important what is important is that something popped up there when you connected your device, meaning ODIN can see it).
4. Using a Windows based computer, open Odin.
5. Make sure that only Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time is selected.
6. Click PDA.
7. Select the tar file.
8. Click start.
9. Wait while the ROM is being flashed.
10. The device will reboot and you are now running the new ROM.
11. Profit.
12. If the phone locks up, give it plenty of time if you think you waited long enough wait longer, for any reason take the battery and sdcard out and let it sit for an hour. Put it back together and try again.
Mobile Odin method.
1. Download the tar.
2. Open Mobile Odin.
3. Select Open file...
4. Check the partitions, you should have a Kernel and a System.
4A. Mobile Odin Pro users, you can choose whether or not to inject SuperSU and Mobile Odin as well as enable EverRoot, this its already rooted so no need to EverRoot.
5. Select Flash firmware, follow the prompts.
6. Your device will reboot and begin flashing the ROM.
7. Profit.

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Oh something new.
Pp.:beer::thumbup: This is great!
Well done! :thumbup:
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Hey hey ...hes back ....thanks!!
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Yay! A GB27 with it's own OP. I didn't really like how the only stock deodexed was buried in kobridge's thread.
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Thanks for this work crawrj!

Is this based off of the leaked GA27, or the official release?
What is the difference between odexed and deodexed?

ar09876 said:
Is this based off of the leaked GA27, or the official release?
What is the difference between odexed and deodexed?
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Leaked and there is no difference.
Don't take offense but you can Google the answer to the other question.
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tdunham said:
Leaked and there is no difference.
Don't take offense but you can Google the answer to the other question.
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Yeah, i realized i could Google it, and did.
Also, There isn't any difference at all? I thought there were a few small differences.

Odexed starts up faster but with deodexed there are a ton more options for customization
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ar09876 said:
Is this based off of the leaked GA27, or the official release?
What is the difference between odexed and deodexed?
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tdunham said:
Leaked and there is no difference.
Don't take offense but you can Google the answer to the other question.
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TD already answered but I'll just link this anyways.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39929974
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Crawj: I'm a little unsure about the comment in the OP about not flashing the data wipe versions until we get a working kernel that allows factory reset. Right now I'm using SXTP-Agat's 0.3.1 kernel. Would that one be acceptable?
Thanks

Foulwx said:
Crawj: I'm a little unsure about the comment in the OP about not flashing the data wipe versions until we get a working kernel that allows factory reset. Right now I'm using SXTP-Agat's 0.3.1 kernel. Would that one be acceptable?
Thanks
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No. To my knowledge, there are no GB27 kernels that will allow data wipe, except for stock. So if you need to factory reset I would first do it from the stock kernel. Then install the custom kernel and proceed. I know Garwynn is actively and aggressively working on a solution.

Garwynn's newest kernels have fixed the data wipe issues. You can now use those zips if you like.

Links with the md5 "later" don't work
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juan91 said:
Links with the md5 "later" don't work
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Sorry, I haven't made it to the tar files yet. That's why it says later.
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Duuh! Haha ^_^ alright thank you
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Odexed Tars are up now.

As stupid as this sounds - Anyone have any issues with this ROM crashing and then becoming unbootable? I decided to go to stock root with this kernel a few weeks ago - middle of using it it froze, rebooted, and then got stuck on the Samsung GS2 Boot screen, never making it to the Sprint 4g boot animation. I thought it was something I did - so I reflashed and all was fine. This was with running agats recovery kernel. I also loaded this on a friends S2 and after about 2 weeks or so, same issue occurred. Was wondering if maybe I missed a step or if this was a known issue or something. I was pretty impressed with the speed, battery life, and stability of this rom except for this weird issue.

cdgtcc said:
As stupid as this sounds - Anyone have any issues with this ROM crashing and then becoming unbootable? I decided to go to stock root with this kernel a few weeks ago - middle of using it it froze, rebooted, and then got stuck on the Samsung GS2 Boot screen, never making it to the Sprint 4g boot animation. I thought it was something I did - so I reflashed and all was fine. This was with running agats recovery kernel. I also loaded this on a friends S2 and after about 2 weeks or so, same issue occurred. Was wondering if maybe I missed a step or if this was a known issue or something. I was pretty impressed with the speed, battery life, and stability of this rom except for this weird issue.
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When that happens go into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache. This should be your first go tio thing if something isn't running right or seems off, or if things are running slow. It works wonders if you do it every couple days. JB caches everything and doesn't always wipe caches when it should.