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Flashing CM9 freezes mid install

So I have been trying to flash CM9 for the past couple of days, at first it worked just fine but I forgot google apps, so I went back to recovery and flashed gapps. After that it wouldn't leave the boot screen. I used odin to put a stock ICS rom on, then flashed clockwork and now every time I try to install cm9 It just stops on "installing." Did I miss something very simple and obvious or what?

How long are you letting it sit on "install"?

I've tried several time's usually only a few minutes, but at one point I left to the store and came back like an hour later and it was still on installing. Had to pull the battery every time, then I have to use odin because I can't get into recovery.

marksman34 said:
So I have been trying to flash CM9 for the past couple of days, at first it worked just fine but I forgot google apps, so I went back to recovery and flashed gapps. After that it wouldn't leave the boot screen. I used odin to put a stock ICS rom on, then flashed clockwork and now every time I try to install cm9 It just stops on "installing." Did I miss something very simple and obvious or what?
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You need to follow the instructions to the letter .... and when you get it flashed if it don't boot go back into stock recovery and wipe data and it should boot
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OK, I'm going through it again, but I did forget to mention one thing that might be important. After I odin CWM, my current rom does not boot though I can boot to cwm. Is that expected?

marksman34 said:
OK, I'm going through it again, but I did forget to mention one thing that might be important. After I odin CWM, my current rom does not boot though I can boot to cwm. Is that expected?
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The directions say go back and flash cm7 are you trying to go from ics to cm9 ? If so your risking a brick be safe
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Oh damn, there is a CM7? I can't find that one at all. Any help on that would be appreciated. However I did just get past the install so maybe it will work(hopefully without creating a brick).
EDIT: It booted seems to be working well. I would like a cm7 link if any one has it though, just in case

marksman34 said:
Oh damn, there is a CM7? I can't find that one at all. Any help on that would be appreciated. However I did just get past the install so maybe it will work(hopefully without creating a brick).
EDIT: It booted seems to be working well. I would like a cm7 link if any one has it though, just in case
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all cm7 links i can find right now are down or dead slow..

marksman34 said:
Oh damn, there is a CM7? I can't find that one at all. Any help on that would be appreciated. However I did just get past the install so maybe it will work(hopefully without creating a brick).
EDIT: It booted seems to be working well. I would like a cm7 link if any one has it though, just in case
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You can use miui 2.3 from tcp its the same kernel in cm7
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Am I doing it correctly

So I'm still pretty new on the E4GT forums, having recently come over from a Nexus one, which was quite a bit easier to mess with as far as ROM's are concerned, and much less easy to brick. About the only thing that could brick an N1 was flashing a radio, and new radio's didn't come out that often, so no big deal.
I'm currently running Calkulins EL29 mod with an FC14 modem on my E4GT, but I'm really wanting to mess with the testing builds of CM9, I really miss CM. All the steps seems to spread out across multiple threads, so I want to make sure I do it correctly so as not to brick.
1. nandroid backup, backup, backup
2. boot to download mode
3. load stock cwm el26 through odin
4. flash cm9 zip
5. mess around with it.
Where I'm a little confused is how to get back to where I was should I decide to wait some more. How do I get back to the EL29 CWM so that I can then restore the nandroid backup? Also, will I need to flash different modems again, or can I stick with the fc14 modem through all of this?
Please understand that I'm not a total n00b at all of this, been flashing all kinds of ROM's on my old Nexus one for two years, just don't have much experience with Sammy devices.

You just want too flash roms and themes?
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I would also like to know the answer to this.. I'm terrified to flash or odin any ics-based roms because I don't want to brick my phone like a lot of others have
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ScubaSteev said:
You just want too flash roms and themes?
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Themes, not really, but ROM's yes. It's just a bit confusing cause I see things like, you need this CWM for this, you need to flash this, or you need to Odin that, you need this specific CWM for this, or you need to get back to stock before you fan flash or Odin this or that.
But what I'm really wanting help with at this moments, is the testing build of CM9, and then how to get back if I don't like it at this time.

Ok....I download roms straight from xda app and then I go to recovery......do a full wipe....wipe data/wipe dalvic/wipe cache/wipe battery stats.........then I install .zip (rom) then reboot.....that's all I do,its pretty simple
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ScubaSteev said:
Ok....I download roms straight from xda app and then I go to recovery......do a full wipe....wipe data/wipe dalvic/wipe cache/wipe battery stats.........then I install .zip (rom) then reboot.....that's all I do,its pretty simple
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The problem is that CM9 is an ICS ROM, you can't just flash willy nilly as there are a lot of reports of people bricking their phones cause they didn't use the right recovery. How to flash CM9 on is not my problem, it's how to get back to EL29 if I don't like the current testing build of CM9.

Ohh yeah....I don't mess with that stuff lol,can't take a chance.......but everyone says don't.
And I love cm7 can't wait for cm9 to be stable
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Check out QBKing77 on YouTube. He has very simple videos about how to get back to stock after flashing ROMs, his guidance taught me everything. But don't let my noob-ness detour you, they are great videos.
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xerxax said:
Check out QBKing77 on YouTube. He has very simple videos about how to get back to stock after flashing ROMs, his guidance taught me everything. But don't let my noob-ness detour you, they are great videos.
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People, please read my OP, I'm already rooted and running a custom gingerbread rom and recovery. I'm wanting to run CM9, but it may not be stable enough for me, so I'm wanting to know what the steps are to get back to my custom gingerbread rom should I decide to go back.

garfnodie said:
People, please read my OP, I'm already rooted and running a custom gingerbread rom and recovery. I'm wanting to run CM9, but it may not be stable enough for me, so I'm wanting to know what the steps are to get back to my custom gingerbread rom should I decide to go back.
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The guy you just quoted... just told you where to find that information. :what:
This has been discussed ad nauseum all over the forums, and if you do a bit of research you will find the exact procedure. Since I'm on my phone, kinda a pain to type it all out. But he's right, the point is to get back to stock GB rom before restoring any GB nandroids. (specifically before wiping any partitions, but that's yet another long explanation.) This issue And procedure is the same for ICS leaks, for cm9, for AOKP.
Look for a sticky thread in general titled "how not to brick your phone" or something.
Or, god forbid, actually read one of the ICS/cm9/AOKP/leak threads. I swear, every third page you will see someone ask this and the process described.
And QBKING77s videos have a step by step explanation for this as well. Really the best way.
And yes, you can keep the modem, no matter what rom/kernel you run. Same thing as a "radio".
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kingdazy said:
The guy you just quoted... just told you where to find that information. :what:
This has been discussed ad nauseum all over the forums, and if you do a bit of research you will find the exact procedure. Since I'm on my phone, kinda a pain to type it all out. But he's right, the point is to get back to stock GB rom before restoring any GB nandroids. (specifically before wiping any partitions, but that's yet another long explanation.) This issue And procedure is the same for ICS leaks, for cm9, for AOKP.
Look for a sticky thread in general titled "how not to brick your phone" or something.
Or, god forbid, actually read one of the ICS/cm9/AOKP/leak threads. I swear, every third page you will see someone ask this and the process described.
And QBKING77s videos have a step by step explanation for this as well. Really the best way.
And yes, you can keep the modem, no matter what rom/kernel you run. Same thing as a "radio".
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I did some searching, and everything I found says to get back to stock, I didn't see where it said that you have to get back to stock first before you can then restore a nandroid.
This is not how it was done on the Nexus One, so it's new to me.

garfnodie said:
I did some searching, and everything I found says to get back to stock, I didn't see where it said that you have to get back to stock first before you can then restore a nandroid.
This is not how it was done on the Nexus One, so it's new to me.
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Ics kennels with cwm have been bricking phones ....some just by wiping data ...they corrupt your data partition making it impossible to write to ..jtag doesn't even work on it...so we have been Odin back to stock GB and go from there
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You may want to read this if you haven't already:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
Now that it has been stickied the OP went through and updated the first post to cover most of I believe you are trying to find out. Hope this helps!

Epix4G said:
Ics kennels with cwm have been bricking phones ....some just by wiping data ...they corrupt your data partition making it impossible to write to ..jtag doesn't even work on it...so we have been Odin back to stock GB and go from there
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That's what I've been seeing, which is why I want to make sure I do it right. I don't even know what jtag is, had to look it up. Some kind of debugging tool from I found.
garwynn said:
You may want to read this if you haven't already:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
Now that it has been stickied the OP went through and updated the first post to cover most of I believe you are trying to find out. Hope this helps!
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I'll definitely give it good read. Thanks.

Touch recovery on Caulkin 4.0 ROM?

I recently flashed Caulkin's 4.0 Rom for the e4gt and was wondering if its possible to flash touch recovery with the Rom? I would normally play around to figure it out, but figured I'd ask first so I can maybe avoid a brick.
Thanks in advance!
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Stryke_the_Orc said:
I recently flashed Caulkin's 4.0 Rom for the e4gt and was wondering if its possible to flash touch recovery with the Rom? I would normally play around to figure it out, but figured I'd ask first so I can maybe avoid a brick.
Thanks in advance!
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Did you mean Calk's 1.4?
You shouldn't be using touch recovery with anything for risk of bricking your phone.
And if you're using ANY version of ICS, you also risk bricking your phone if you try to use any form of recovery.

tdunham said:
Did you mean Calk's 1.4?
You shouldn't be using touch recovery with anything for risk of bricking your phone.
And if you're using ANY version of ICS, you also risk bricking your phone if you try to use any form of recovery.
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I agree with the first part, stay away from CWM9 touch. Youre asking to get bricked. CWM5-7 recover rogue is fine to use between ICS roms. Always run Calkins format all. And never use cwm.recovery to do a nand back to GB. Flash SFHUBS stock EL29 first via Odin..along with calk's format all prior to.that then nandroid back to your previous set up.

tdunham said:
Did you mean Calk's 1.4?
You shouldn't be using touch recovery with anything for risk of bricking your phone.
And if you're using ANY version of ICS, you also risk bricking your phone if you try to use any form of recovery.
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Someone tell me why the F this hasn't been "fixed" yet? My last phone was an OG Droid and we didn't have to deal with the amount of 'you must wipe with this recovery, flash with this recovery, use ODIN to do this...' crap when we went from Eclair to FroYo and nothing ever got bricked... this is just ridiculous.

dandragonrage said:
Someone tell me why the F this hasn't been "fixed" yet? My last phone was an OG Droid and we didn't have to deal with the amount of 'you must wipe with this recovery, flash with this recovery, use ODIN to do this...' crap when we went from Eclair to FroYo and nothing ever got bricked... this is just ridiculous.
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cuz the ics source isnt out for our phones yet. And frankly im just happy the were able to port ics without the source in the first place

dandragonrage said:
Someone tell me why the F this hasn't been "fixed" yet? My last phone was an OG Droid and we didn't have to deal with the amount of 'you must wipe with this recovery, flash with this recovery, use ODIN to do this...' crap when we went from Eclair to FroYo and nothing ever got bricked... this is just ridiculous.
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You my friend sounds like a man who wants to fix it.... Can't complain(if your are complaining) about stuff that you yourself can not help on or fix.. If you don't like the procedure its not like you are being forced to do it... My bad I know I know I will shut up now
Edit: sorry OP I should of at least chimed in on your question.... If you want to use Touch recovery it tells me you have not read much in these forums so I would suggest you take a lil time and read the brick threads and stickys... Quite helpful

Thanks guys, you just saved me a huge headache lol. I only asked because i hate to lose a paid app, but better that than brick my phone.
Thanks again!
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dandragonrage said:
Someone tell me why the F this hasn't been "fixed" yet? My last phone was an OG Droid and we didn't have to deal with the amount of 'you must wipe with this recovery, flash with this recovery, use ODIN to do this...' crap when we went from Eclair to FroYo and nothing ever got bricked... this is just ridiculous.
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Build a solid ics kernel for us then. Or wait until we get the official release. There is no fix because nothing is broken. All ics roms for this phone are built on leaked kernels.
But I'm sure your post was just sarcasm and you knew that since it's been spoken about in just about every ics rom thread.
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Bricked once and dont want to do it again...

Ok so here's my story. I bricked about a week and a half ago and I reeeally dont want to do it again. I got sloppy. I have done a LOT more reading with the aokp roms and such and think I have a pretty good understanding on how to avoid another brick. So my question is... Im on venum's hydra rom right now and I want to flash the el26.cmw kernel via mobile odin just to make a back up. I just want to know if its safe to do?? Can I flash the kernel via mobile odin, get into recovery as soon as it starts too boot up, make the back up, then flash back to an aosp kernel and be ok?? and If I want to go back to Gingerbread Do I just make the back up, flash the el29 one click odin restore, and Im good? Then to go back to my back up I made of the hydra rom, I would flash the el26.cmw, flash the hydra rom, gapps, and then flash the el26.cmw again and make my restore? Its a multiple question I know... I just want to know if im gonna brick another phone. I really like this one Its the white version!!

My suggestion.. More reading on your part. Anything that has Sfhub's name on it will set ya strait.
spoon feeding is not one of my strong points... Sorry.

RussellEstridge25 said:
Ok so here's my story. I bricked about a week and a half ago and I reeeally dont want to do it again. I got sloppy. I have done a LOT more reading with the aokp roms and such and think I have a pretty good understanding on how to avoid another brick. So my question is... Im on venum's hydra rom right now and I want to flash the el26.cmw kernel via mobile odin just to make a back up. I just want to know if its safe to do?? Can I flash the kernel via mobile odin, get into recovery as soon as it starts too boot up, make the back up, then flash back to an aosp kernel and be ok?? and If I want to go back to Gingerbread Do I just make the back up, flash the el29 one click odin restore, and Im good? Then to go back to my back up I made of the hydra rom, I would flash the el26.cmw, flash the hydra rom, gapps, and then flash the el26.cmw again and make my restore? Its a multiple question I know... I just want to know if im gonna brick another phone. I really like this one Its the white version!!
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1.Yes safe to do
2. Yessir
3. Yup
4. flash el26 cwm kernel, calks format all, restore backup, wipe cache/dalvik, flash compatible kernel and reboot
5. Profit?????
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Coming off a recent ICS related Brick myself (it cost me $100 to get a new phone due to insurance).
If I might offer you the advice that I had to learn the hard way... don't get impatient. If your phone looks like it's not doing anything, but hasn't told you that it's all clear DO NOT TOUCH IT. Wait for a reboot, or for your computer to tell you it's safe to pull the plug or reboot.

The reason why u bricked the first time is due to kernel incompatibility. U need gb kernel for gb and ics kernel for ics. Otherwise it won't boot up.
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slick_rick said:
1.Yes safe to do
2. Yessir
3. Yup
4. flash el26 cwm kernel, calks format all, restore backup, wipe cache/dalvik, flash compatible kernel and reboot
5. Profit?????
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Haha thanks man. And profit???

skylenorman said:
Coming off a recent ICS related Brick myself (it cost me $100 to get a new phone due to insurance).
If I might offer you the advice that I had to learn the hard way... don't get impatient. If your phone looks like it's not doing anything, but hasn't told you that it's all clear DO NOT TOUCH IT. Wait for a reboot, or for your computer to tell you it's safe to pull the plug or reboot.
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I only had to pay 35 with out insurance. Were you still under warranty?

RussellEstridge25 said:
I only had to pay 35 with out insurance. Were you still under warranty?
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Nah. And the Sprint Customer Care guy somehow found a tiny droplet of water damage in my phone forcing me to file a claim instead of getting it fixed for free. He tried to point it out to me, but I couldn't see it, nor could the store manager.

skylenorman said:
Nah. And the Sprint Customer Care guy somehow found a tiny droplet of water damage in my phone forcing me to file a claim instead of getting it fixed for free. He tried to point it out to me, but I couldn't see it, nor could the store manager.
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Prick.

Dumbest Question Ever!!

Hello all,
I have had a couple of smartphones and I've asked a couple of questions on xda about various things regarding those phones. I just recently upgraded my work phone to the ET4G and I love the phone but hate the battery life and hotspot restrictions. I have no clue how to flash roms but I'm not totally clueless, I can follow directions. Can someone tell me or point me in the right direction as to how I install a custom rom on my phone. I want to install Calk N Venums Stock Rom but I manually installed ICS 4.0.4 because Sprint took forever to roll out the update. Not sure if the process was similar to me going into bootloader and unziping the file, etc. Long story short, I need to know what I need to have preinstalled on the phone so that I don't brick it (Clockwork Recovery, etc.). The devs have done a great jump with these roms and I am very interested in trying some out given I know the proper steps. Thanks for any and all advice.
One Dumb Guy!

dcscorpio76 said:
Hello all,
I have had a couple of smartphones and I've asked a couple of questions on xda about various things regarding those phones. I just recently upgraded my work phone to the ET4G and I love the phone but hate the battery life and hotspot restrictions. I have no clue how to flash roms but I'm not totally clueless, I can follow directions. Can someone tell me or point me in the right direction as to how I install a custom rom on my phone. I want to install Calk N Venums Stock Rom but I manually installed ICS 4.0.4 because Sprint took forever to roll out the update. Not sure if the process was similar to me going into bootloader and unziping the file, etc. Long story short, I need to know what I need to have preinstalled on the phone so that I don't brick it (Clockwork Recovery, etc.). The devs have done a great jump with these roms and I am very interested in trying some out given I know the proper steps. Thanks for any and all advice.
One Dumb Guy!
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Really not a dumb question...at least you are approaching this with caution and there is a ton of information out there so it can be very intimidating and discouraging.
I would start here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229

jonnoh said:
Really not a dumb question...at least you are approaching this with caution and there is a ton of information out there so it can be very intimidating and discouraging.
I would start here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
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Yes. I began to read with delight about all the features and benefits than the horror of actually installing all these things correctly began to set in. Thanks for your help. At least I have a starting point.

What is the rom you want to install isit this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815212

this will help as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28507701
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dz1 said:
What is the rom you want to install isit this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815212
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It is the exact one I'm taking about

dcscorpio76 said:
...I need to know what I need to have preinstalled on the phone so that I don't brick it ...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
Give that a read as well.
Look for stickies on the sections and be sure to read the thread of the rom that you're wanting to flash.. Then read it again.
Good luck!

cp320703 said:
this will help as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28507701
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Man, you guys are awesome with the quick responses. Thank you guys so very much. I'll revert back to this thread if I run into any hiccups.

This is the most helpfull video out there will teach you how to get to el26 and cwm
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=1Biu9Ros84M
Follow the video up to the point were he reboots in cwm
The rom you wants recommends el26 cwm there are different ways to get cwm but to mee this is the easies for noobs but please read don't brick
"preferably in stock el26 cwm if possible"
Then just follow the rom recomended instruction
Flashing instructions:
Full wipe recommended, that means....
Wipe cache
Wipe data
Wipe dalvik cache
Calks format all(you can find this in any of his actual threads)
Flash rom
Enjoy

Thank all you gents again. I'll look at the threads and the videos and I'll pay with this tonight. I'll reply back with my questions. Thanks peeps.
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Two more questions for you guys. I assume CWM well allow me to back up all my data so that once i flash a new rom, I can retain all my apps and contacts?
Secondly, can I go back to my stock ROM if I don't like the custom ROM like nothing ever happened? Or will my phone be deflowered and never the same again? Just wanna make sure before I try this.
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dcscorpio76 said:
Two more questions for you guys. I assume CWM well allow me to back up all my data so that once i flash a new rom, I can retain all my apps and contacts?
Secondly, can I go back to my stock ROM if I don't like the custom ROM like nothing ever happened? Or will my phone be deflowered and never the same again? Just wanna make sure before I try this.
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I find this to be helpful for explaining - What Is Nandroid And How To Use It - VeNuM or the original post [TUT] What Is Nandroid And How To Use It [Complete Guide] [VeNuM]
And hahah at deflowered.. Just use a one click if you don't like what you flash, or follow proper steps from going to rom to rom..

Update:
You guys at the best. I was able to stock root my phone with CWM and flash AOKP Milestone 6 to my phone and I've been tweaking ever since. Thank all of you for your help in getting me there. I'm becoming very familiar with Nandroid, wiping cache and installing mods via safe recovery. This is the most fun I've had with a mobile phone in a long time. Thanks again brethren! Good bless
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Once you get things going check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_Touch
Has a few things that might possibly interest you. I did a lot of browsing here

try this YouTube channel
You should take a look at the qbking77 channel on YouTube. he has 20,000 subscribers and has helped me with four different roms on the epic 4g touch. he will tell you how to root, install clockworkmod, and flash roms easily