Hello,
Does anyone have any guides on how to root a Samsung Epic 4G Touch?
My wife and have ordered this phone and it is set to arrive this Monday.
I am trying to get a head start on the rooting process, so that I can get remove the Sprint bloat apps (Sprint Navigation, Sprint NASCAR, etc.) and also install the Mobile Hotspot hack. Currently, I have a rooted HTC Hero (Android OS 2.1) with the Wireless Tether app. The rooted HTC Hero has been a great phone. Due to its older Android OS and hardware, it cannot seem to handle the demand of current apps and the Wirless Tether app is pain slow. My previous Android phone was the Samsung Moment, which I thoroughly despised. I experienced nothing but problems with it. In face, I swore that I would never get another Samsung phone again. But alas, the features/specs of the Samsung Epic 4G Touch impressed my wife and I. I was eligible for a phone upgrade and we decide to take the plunge.
I would like to be as prepared as possible before the phone arrives.
As previously mentioned, I'd like to root the phone, remove Sprint bloat apps, and install the mobile hotspot app.
I also heard there is a wi-fi issue after rooting the phone. Is there any way to resolve this? I will be using wi-fi very often.
I do not have any previous flashing ROMs, other that the stock 2.1 ROM that was provided on the HTC site. I was able to root this 2.1 ROM with the Z4root app.
Thank you in advance for all your help.
Sfhubs auto root in dev sticky. Easy as pie. For a stock look rom with hotspot, try calkulins rom.
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qbking77 may be a great asset to you if you're also more of a visual learner. Here's his latest vid on how to root the E4GT (sfhub's method) on EL29 which your phone should be on when it arrives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7pWjmKCsoc&context=C338f6a4ADOEgsToPDskJ0g3dOP_OT1sAHisR0bfWM
Thank you for the quick reply.
I have read that the wireless tether app is problematic and the Sprint Mobile Hotspot hack is faster and more reliable. Which do you all recommend?
The Calkulin ROM looks great. The hacked Sprint Mobile Hotspot is already preloaded in the Calkulin ROM? Are the Sprint bloat apps already removed?
Since the phone will NOT be activated and straight out of the box, what would be the recommended steps to ensure the best rooting/flashing results.
I am trying to ensure the best possible result.
Thank you again in advance.
cynflux said:
Since the phone will NOT be activated and straight out of the box, what would be the recommended steps to ensure the best rooting/flashing results.
I am trying to ensure the best possible result.
Thank you again in advance.
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Since you have some time its quite simple go into development and read the OP of different roms and of course the stickies normally have the most reliable methods. This is what I normally do. Honestly its best to read for yourself which can always make trouble shooting in the future easier. Also don't Use Rom manager. Good luck and happy reading....
Just remember development has all your answers
Thank you for your help.
I am currently running Calkulins ROM via Mobile ODIN.
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Just in case anybody else see's this thread and wants to root easily.....Framaroot...done.
Confirmed!
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Hi all - I am currently using CyanogenMod based ROM's as I really dislike Sammy ROM. I currently tether a lot and wanted to find a tethering manager type app where I could see who was connected and perhaps if possible some more details.
Is there anything like this around? Can't find a decent app. Cheers
Hello all,
First post, although I've been a fan of XDA for several years and have never signed up for an account as I have typically googled to find all my answers. I signed up yesterday to ask a perplexing question to me today. I've installed custom ROM's on my last couple smart phones and loved them for all the reasons I know many people on this site do. Now I got a GalaxyNote 2, I rooted it and installed CM10 - thrilled I must say...kudos to Skip for the great GN2 toolkit!
Then I found out that the multi-view and S-Pen from my research don't work on AOSP ROM's. What then would be the benefit of a ROM on GN2? Or have I not done enough homework to find the missing links? I did find this thread for mult-view but I'm not comfortable proceeding with it. I understand Papyrus works for S-pen.
To me with a phablet this big. These 2 solutions would keep me from staying rooted and return to stock. Yet, I truly love the speed and simplicity of CM10. Without all the Vendor bloatware - but that just gives me an overgrown smartphone... what am I missing?
Thankful for any/all your insights and suggestions.
Jason
I would try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2170142
It's asethically based off AOSP but has all of the great TW features. It's, hands down, my favorite ROM out at the moment.
JRL70 said:
Hello all,
First post, although I've been a fan of XDA for several years and have never signed up for an account as I have typically googled to find all my answers. I signed up yesterday to ask a perplexing question to me today. I've installed custom ROM's on my last couple smart phones and loved them for all the reasons I know many people on this site do. Now I got a GalaxyNote 2, I rooted it and installed CM10 - thrilled I must say...kudos to Skip for the great GN2 toolkit!
Then I found out that the multi-view and S-Pen from my research don't work on AOSP ROM's. What then would be the benefit of a ROM on GN2? Or have I not done enough homework to find the missing links? I did find this thread for mult-view but I'm not comfortable proceeding with it. I understand Papyrus works for S-pen.
To me with a phablet this big. These 2 solutions would keep me from staying rooted and return to stock. Yet, I truly love the speed and simplicity of CM10. Without all the Vendor bloatware - but that just gives me an overgrown smartphone... what am I missing?
Thankful for any/all your insights and suggestions.
Jason
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JRL70 said:
Hello all,
First post, although I've been a fan of XDA for several years and have never signed up for an account as I have typically googled to find all my answers. I signed up yesterday to ask a perplexing question to me today. I've installed custom ROM's on my last couple smart phones and loved them for all the reasons I know many people on this site do. Now I got a GalaxyNote 2, I rooted it and installed CM10 - thrilled I must say...kudos to Skip for the great GN2 toolkit!
Then I found out that the multi-view and S-Pen from my research don't work on AOSP ROM's. What then would be the benefit of a ROM on GN2? Or have I not done enough homework to find the missing links? I did find this thread for mult-view but I'm not comfortable proceeding with it. I understand Papyrus works for S-pen.
To me with a phablet this big. These 2 solutions would keep me from staying rooted and return to stock. Yet, I truly love the speed and simplicity of CM10. Without all the Vendor bloatware - but that just gives me an overgrown smartphone... what am I missing?
Thankful for any/all your insights and suggestions.
Jason
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Thank you!! I feel the same way, I love this phone's functions and don't want to lose any but I have been using cyanogenmod since the g1 days. Guess I will be waiting until they get a fully functional version going
I would try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2170142
It's asethically based off AOSP but has all of the great TW features. It's, hands down, my favorite ROM out at the moment.
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Can you update apps? There was a comment that one app couldn't be updated or it would cause issue??
Thanks for the quick posts... I found this... http://droidviews.com/2013/best-custom-roms-for-sprint-galaxy-note-2-sph-l900/
MIUI seems to be a decent ROM and has S-Pen and multi-view built in... Now I have a couple options!
I feel a bit better...
I'm downloading that AOSP Touch Wiz ROM right now to give it a go. Could be a better solution to my stock rooted MA7 with Apex Launcher Jelly Bean theme.
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JRL70 said:
... I rooted it and installed CM10 ... I found out that the multi-view and S-Pen from my research don't work on AOSP ROM's. What then would be the benefit of a ROM on GN2? Or have I not done enough homework ...These 2 solutions would keep me from staying rooted and return to stock. ... what am I missing? ...
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First, yes, you didn't do enough research. No biggie.
You have to remember, CM is still in beta and has a few things that do not work yet. If memory serves me well, they're listed in the first post for CM.
The multiwindow aspect of the GN2/GS3 is built into the framework for touchwiz and android. So, it's not likely something we'll see very soon in CM. I think they may be waiting for Google to implement into Android.
I don't know about the Spen. That may be more specific to the phone more than touchwiz, and that may be just something the devs are waiting for Samsung to release details on, or some dev to more reverse engineer.
Lastly, you don't have to unroot to be stock. A lot of people, such as myself, are rooted, but run stock roms. I run deoxidized versions to I can use the mutliwindow and have the 4-1 reboot. I like having root for some important apps, for me, require it, such as Titanium Bakcup, WiFi tether, and Busybox. It's not that hard to get rid of bloat when you're rooted. Just make a nandroid incase you delete something you shouldn't have.
lovekeiiy said:
First, yes, you didn't do enough research. No biggie.
You have to remember, CM is still in beta and has a few things that do not work yet. If memory serves me well, they're listed in the first post for CM.
The multiwindow aspect of the GN2/GS3 is built into the framework for touchwiz and android. So, it's not likely something we'll see very soon in CM. I think they may be waiting for Google to implement into Android.
I don't know about the Spen. That may be more specific to the phone more than touchwiz, and that may be just something the devs are waiting for Samsung to release details on, or some dev to more reverse engineer.
Lastly, you don't have to unroot to be stock. A lot of people, such as myself, are rooted, but run stock roms. I run deoxidized versions to I can use the mutliwindow and have the 4-1 reboot. I like having root for some important apps, for me, require it, such as Titanium Bakcup, WiFi tether, and Busybox. It's not that hard to get rid of bloat when you're rooted. Just make a nandroid incase you delete something you shouldn't have.
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Thanks for your insight. I appreciate it. Also in my research, I read information where Android told Cyanogen to stop incorporating Multi-view and S-pen into their ROM's so we will have to see if that happens and the features ever come to light. CM's always in Beta... yes their Beta for GN2 is new - I get it and will have to see what happens. in the interim.. I'm looking for help from the members to find a working rom. Perhaps you can suggest the rom that you are using... sounds interesting and I'd much rather flash something that the dev's on here have cleaned up than try to do it myself... and yes, I do support with donations
Personally, I'm just running a deoxidized stock rom with Perseus kernel. The rom did have the bloat. I just deleted stuff I didn't want with Titanium backup, after making sure to back it up; it's a CYA move. I have goofed and deleted something that cause Google Play not to function. You kind of figure out what you can't and can delete without issue.
Right now, the stock rom does what I need and most of what I want. I haven't found anything I couldn't do because of stock. It would be nice to have hybrid functionality, but it's not a deal breaker. I personally haven't seen anything on AOSP that is a must have. Being rooted, must have.
I do like CM and thought it was a lot better than the stock rom when I was still using my Evo4G. I'm just waiting for CM to have everything working, other than the Spen and mutliwindow, before trying it out.
I would love to have something like Boot Manager so I can have mutliple ROMs loaded. When I had it on my Evo, I usually had three--stock, CM, and some experimental alpha or early beta. I haven't really seen anyone do a bare minimum stock rom. Those are nice, than you can just add the other feature you like instead of trying to get rid of what you don't.
SPen and multi window are samsungs intellectual property, ie they are proprietary code that an after market firmware can't incorporate with violating copyrights. Google won't let CM use the multiview feature, yet, as it is being incorporated into AOSP so they will have it in a future release. Googles already pushed the MV commits upstream its just not activated yet. There are other options if you're saavy enough to merge code and compile a rom for yourself such as cornerstone by onskreen, their code has gone fully opensource now so you can clone their git into yours and merge it with an AOSP rom of your choice then do the necessary modifications to the code and compile it.
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So far I've only run into two apps that are unable to update or having problems after an update. If you update youtube, you won't be able to sign in, which sucks. The calendar app won't update, also. I've tried deleting it and installing it from the market, but that still doesn't work out. Other than those two, everything else is fine. Dev did a great job
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So far I've only run into two apps that are unable to update or having problems after an update. If you update youtube, you won't be able to sign in, which sucks. The calendar app won't update, also. I've tried deleting it and installing it from the market, but that still doesn't work out. Other than those two, everything else is fine. Dev did a great job
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I'm running the AOSPNoWiz 1.4 right now and you also can't use your Samsung account without getting FC for Scloud.sync. I disabled my Samsung account and it went away.
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I have a VZW S3 and love it. I'm in the Coast Guard and a new buddy of mine has the T-Mobile version with the unlimited plan with the 5 gig cap before it slows down. He is definately not a crack flasher, like I am, so I'd like to either keep him at stock and remove the restriction (if it is possible) or give him an EXTREMELY stable TW rom. If he decided to get addicted then thats on him.
So my questions are as follows:
1. It's as easy to root this one as mine? Download a toolbox for TMobile and plug her in?
2. Is there a date retriction removal modification?
3. If he wants to try a different ROM what is the most stable ROM for the Tmobile variant.
Oh and on a side note does TMO limit the speed of tethering with the native installation? IE would it be faster to root and use wifi tether, or another app, as opposed to the native tethering on the stock ROM?
I'm going to search in the meanwhile, but I know there are some more knowledgeable people here that can point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance.
I think the best way to tether is using a custom rom and as far as rooting,he need to get the odin file and use chain fire auto root through odin...it does everything for you...hope this help you out...
1. Odin is easiest and fastest way to root. Took me whole 23 seconds. Lol.
2. no idea since I never use it.
3. If your want stock looking clean simple and noob proved rom, go with infamous rom. If you want more customization, go with Darthstalker rom. Both are stable but you get more out of battery from infamous. There are also slimstock rom that stripped down version of stock with minimal apps and tweaks but had real good battery. Plenty more but you have to find what fit the device best. .hope this helps.
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The TMo version is easier to root than the VZW one. You have to unlock that one's bootloader first. Not with the TMo version
I personally recommend you don't root the phone at all - leave it stock. If and when he decides he wants more from it (probably will be your doing ), then we can get into rooting it. But if he doesn't really care, no reason to void warranty. You would permanent tech support. Probably not the best move, just imo.
Hi all, I'm on stock lg 4.1.2, no root or anything, is it possible for someone to develop a 4.2 stock messaging app for this phone? The one in the play store is from 4.1, and there isn't a quick reply or anything. I really love the look and feel of the stock messaging app, can anyone help me with this?
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Hi all, I'm on stock lg 4.1.2, no root or anything, is it possible for someone to develop a 4.2 stock messaging app for this phone? The one in the play store is from 4.1, and there isn't a quick reply or anything. I really love the look and feel of the stock messaging app, can anyone help me with this?
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I suggest using search first. Here is one I used in my LGOG. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2398767