Hello everyone over at the Epic 4G area, I will be moving to this phone from the HTC Evo 4G I have a couple roms posted up over there. I know little about this phone and was kind of hoping you guys could introduce me into it such as how to root it, whats good for roms and what to be careful and anything else lol.
SaintZ93 said:
Hello everyone over at the Epic 4G area, I will be moving to this phone from the HTC Evo 4G I have a couple roms posted up over there. I know little about this phone and was kind of hoping you guys could introduce me into it such as how to root it, whats good for roms and what to be careful and anything else lol.
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There's a guide and even videos by qbking77 via youtube on rooting. Must use Odin to root. One-clicks died with Froyo for this device.
Each phone reacts differently to each rom, and Android version. Highly recommend you just try out whatever ones look good to you. (IE: my phone just can't handle JB. The limited RAM is a deal breaker for me. Everything is laggy, slow and unusable. I stick with ICS. Others have absolutely no issues running JB.)
Okay thank you, what's with the whole BML and MTD thing?
SaintZ93 said:
Okay thank you, what's with the whole BML and MTD thing?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20779060&postcount=3
Stock is BML.
Anything above Gingerbread is MTD. Some of the Gingerbread roms are MTD, and are noted as such.
CWM v5.0.2.7 is BML only, anything higher is MTD only.
So if I understand this correctly, if I flash any rom that is 2.3.7 and under is BML and ics and above is MTD?
SaintZ93 said:
So if I understand this correctly, if I flash any rom that is 2.3.7 and under is BML and ics and above is MTD?
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Correct, except for the few 2.3 Roms that are MTD
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Ahh okay thank you, I think I'm understanding it a little better. So if I want say CM on my phone, I'll have to convert to MTD and in order to go back to a ROM like stock or something similar I have to odin back to complete stock then re root?
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Ahh okay thank you, I think I'm understanding it a little better. So if I want say CM on my phone, I'll have to convert to MTD and in order to go back to a ROM like stock or something similar I have to odin back to complete stock then re root?
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All of our MTD-based roms automatically check BML/MTD partition state. If you're on BML, the install script will auto-convert you to MTD.
In order to go back to a BML rom, whether stock or not, you need to use Odin to reformat.
I don't think you would technically need to flash stock and re-root, but is always recommended to flash stock (Re-rooting isn't necessary). You would have to format using Odin and also flash CWM 5.0.2.7. Battery pull. Put battery back and 3-finger boot into recovery and flash away.
I see now sorry for the noob questions, just so use to HTC Evo and LTE Evo lol but how do I get my computer to read this phone. I installed the drivers and everything and it doesn't even want to show computer sync on the phone
SaintZ93 said:
I see now sorry for the noob questions, just so use to HTC Evo and LTE Evo lol but how do I get my computer to read this phone. I installed the drivers and everything and it doesn't even want to show computer sync on the phone
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Make sure you aren't plugged into a USB hub or emulated port. Plug the cord into a port directly on the motherboard.
Okay I finally got it connected, needed a different data cable. Now do you think you could explain to me how to root better, the video is old and a bit confusing. What do I have to choose for the FC09 the MTD or BML, could you or anyone give me like a small step by step please!
SaintZ93 said:
Okay I finally got it connected, needed a different data cable. Now do you think you could explain to me how to root better, the video is old and a bit confusing. What do I have to choose for the FC09 the MTD or BML, could you or anyone give me like a small step by step please!
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Root:
Power down device
Open keyboard, press and hold both the 1 key and power button. This places the phone into download mode.
Plug the device into your computer, and most likely drivers will install. Allow that to finish before proceeding.
Within Odin, wait until you see COM and a port number appear. That means your phone is recognized.
Next, uncheck all boxes on the left side, including auto-reboot.
Place the victory_8G_100528.pit file in the PIT box. Place CWM v5.0.2.7 .bin/.tar/.md5 file in the PDA box.
Click start and will complete relatively quickly.
Disconnect the phone from USB and pull the battery out.
Replace battery.
Press and hold Vol down, Camera and Power buttons until the capacitative lights light up, then release. This will place you in recovery mode.
From there you will boot into CWM, where you can flash whatever you want (custom rom or a compatible kernel for FC09 & SuperSU) off the SD card. So place those files prior to doing all the above.
Keep in mind, that if you want to remain on stock FC09, but rooted, you will need to flash a custom kernel. The stock kernel will replace CWM with stock recovery every time. That is why in the list above you must disable auto-reboot and battery pull.
All files are in my devhost, in my signature. If not, then they expired and I can reupload them if notified.
From stock, if you want to flash a MTD rom you will encounter the following:
Partition will be converted to MTD
MTD compatible version of CWM (v5.5+) will be installed
Recovery will auto-reboot
You must manually flash the same rom again in the new CWM version.
Rom will install
You may need to reflash the rom in CWM if you run into a stuck boot or boot loop.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. I will be doing this later tonight and let you know how everything goes
Just letting you know I rooted successfully and running supernexus! Thank you so much for all your help, much appreciated!
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Is there a basic guide for rooting the epic?
I've rooted my droid a while ago, and loved the rom manager...
is there rom manager support?
Yea there is man. Go to the development thread and one of the stickies is for the wiki development page. That will have the basics and link you to the needed pages with directions. The rom manager we use on epic is clockwork recovery rom manager. Its simple to use and easy to install. Read up though first.
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Just look at my post. Works perfect
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If you go to the general forum, which is where you posted this, and click on:
Samsung Epic 4G Wiki - CLICK HERE AND USE THIS BEFORE POSTING
Its in there.
problem backing up my current ROM
everytime I use ROM Manager to backup my current ROM it goes to Recovery and then when I reboot the phone nothing shows up my Manage and Restore backups in ROM Manager.
Any thoughts?
Bj
Use backup and restore within cwm, not rom manager.
But you should be able to do this from ROM manager, right?
and what is cwm, i'm new at all this
Rom manager sucks for the epic. You need to use a custom kernel to use rom manager. It won't flash cwm for you on stock kernel.
Bj do you have cwm installed? Clockwork mod is a custom recovery mod. You use to NAND backup, flash, partition, clear battery stats and mire. You can only install it from a pc.
Maybe I'm slow
Maybe I'm slow here.... walk me through this.
I rooted my phone.
I have ROM Manager, which does include cwm. I purchased the paid app for ROM manager, but nothing seems to work, when i try to back up my phone boots to recovery and nothing is saved. when I search for new roms none show up.
I'm using a mac at home, but i rooted my phone on my work pc.
Please help me be able to install custom roms (froyo). please define terms and provide links if possible.
Bj
You rooted your phone good but rom manager will not flash clockwork for you. It says it dies but it won't. The only way to get cwm is to run the one click root plus clockwork. If yo turn your phone off and hold power, camera, and volume down what does the text look like. If you see blue writing and like 4 options that is the stock recovery. If it's green with a good bit of options that is what you want for flashing roms. But the new version of cwm3 is out and that is orange writing. For flashing all you do is put the rom on the root of the sd card, boot into cwm, wipe cache, data, and dalvik three times each. Then go to install zip from sd card, choose zip, and scroll till you find the rom on the sd card and hit the camera button to flash it.
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Maybe I'm slow here.... walk me through this.
I rooted my phone.
I have ROM Manager, which does include cwm. I purchased the paid app for ROM manager, but nothing seems to work, when i try to back up my phone boots to recovery and nothing is saved. when I search for new roms none show up.
I'm using a mac at home, but i rooted my phone on my work pc.
Please help me be able to install custom roms (froyo). please define terms and provide links if possible.
Bj
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musclehead84 said:
You rooted your phone good but rom manager will not flash clockwork for you. It says it dies but it won't. The only way to get cwm is to run the one click root plus clockwork. If yo turn your phone off and hold power, camera, and volume down what does the text look like. If you see blue writing and like 4 options that is the stock recovery. If it's green with a good bit of options that is what you want for flashing roms. But the new version of cwm3 is out and that is orange writing. For flashing all you do is put the rom on the root of the sd card, boot into cwm, wipe cache, data, and dalvik three times each. Then go to install zip from sd card, choose zip, and scroll till you find the rom on the sd card and hit the camera button to flash it.
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Basically, do what he said. But, to run most of the Froyo ROMS, you need a DK-28 modem. Now, I'm not the one to provide the information to what that is, but all I know if that you need it.
Directions taken from BThomas22x (the maker of VIPEROM which is what I use):
As for use of Odin, It's actually a lot easier than it seems. I'll give you a quick runthrough.
1. Download and extract Odin, as well as the Modem and PIT files. (You DO NOT flash the ROM through Odin, The ROM is flashed through Clockwork.)
2. Open Odin. At this point, you have to put your phone in download mode. To do so, simply hold the number 1 on the keyboard, and the power button at the same time. Once in download mode, plug the USB cable into the phone. Only plug the phone in AFTER Odin is up and running or Odin won't pick up the phone.
3. Navigate to where you downloaded the modem and pit files and place the PIT file where it says "PIT" and the modem.bin file where it says "phone".
4. On the left side there is an options box. Make sure that "reboot" is the ONLY thing that's checked.
5. Now you're ready to flash the new modem. (Remember, the modem does NOT need to be downloaded, it's just a bonus feature) Hit start and allow it to run through it's process. When finished, the block above the port that your USB is showing will turn either green or red for pass or fail. At this point I haven't heard of anyone failing.
When Odin is done doing it's thing, it will automatically reboot the phone for you. Then you're setup with the new modem!
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Head over to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864445 if you need more help/the download links don't work.
Now, that's the DK-28 modem. YOU NOW MUST USE ROMS WITH THE DK-28 MODEM! I'm pretty sure most of the 2.2 (Froyo) ROMs use DK-28, but someone might want to double check me. It's good to learn how to use Odin anyway since it's your way out if you brick your phone.
I think I was going to include something else, but I'm too tired to remember... lol. Just send me a PM if you need any more help and I'll get back to you later tomorrow or just keep posting here.
Odin gave me a pass.
Now where do I go to get my ROM, can I still use ROM manager or should I go another route?
THanks!
the_bj said:
Odin gave me a pass.
Now where do I go to get my ROM, can I still use ROM manager or should I go another route?
THanks!
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And also what is the best way to back up my current ROM now?
Forget ROM manager.
Get your roms from the dev forum.
Put them on your sdcard where you can find them.
Flash them with clockwork.
The best way to back up your current rom is to select "backup" from within clockworkmod. It will not, however, backup your kernel. The easiest way to restore a backup is to reflash the original rom, then advanced restore->restore data in cwm.
The only way to get cwm is to run the one click root plus clockwork.
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That isn't the only way, but it is definitely the easiest if you aren't comfortable fiddling around with a command line on your phone.
DiGi760 said:
Forget ROM manager.
Get your roms from the dev forum.
Put them on your sdcard where you can find them.
Flash them with clockwork.
The best way to back up your current rom is to select "backup" from within clockworkmod. It will not, however, backup your kernel. The easiest way to restore a backup is to reflash the original rom, then advanced restore->restore data in cwm.
That isn't the only way, but it is definitely the easiest if you aren't comfortable fiddling around with a command line on your phone.
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If i've already rooted can I still use one click root plus CWM and do you have a link for where I can get it?
Yes the one click will still work. It will check if you have root and skip the exploit when it isn't needed. It will then proceed to install busybox, the reidirector, and clockworkmod.
You can find the one-click version 2.5.5 in the dev forum. It is one of the stickies at the top of that forum.
DiGi760 said:
Forget ROM manager.
The best way to back up your current rom is to select "backup" from within clockworkmod. It will not, however, backup your kernel. The easiest way to restore a backup is to reflash the original rom, then advanced restore->restore data in cwm.
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Wow. So this is why my data restores never work...? lol I always get f/cs after I restore something. Thanks for this!
Hey guys I have a quick question. My buddy has the Samsung Epic 4g and was running from store stock DK18 build. He recently updated to DK28 using the leaked update.zip method. So far his phone is working fine with the exception of the gps not working. I dont own a samsung and after reading through all this info im super glad cause I see nothing but problems from what I am reading. Things are so much easier with my OG moto droid haahhahahah. He wants to root his phone and install a custom rom.
But most of the roms I look at say you need the dk28 modem installed first. Was the DK28 modem installed with the DK28 2.2 update zip? Or it wasnt included with that? How can I tell on his phone if he has the DK28 modem? Is the only way to get the DK28 modem on his phone by flashing it using odin? I find it hard to believe that there is no update.zip for it by now. If anyone can help me out with this or point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Would much rather just find the update zip for the dk28 modem so I dont have to mess around with odin since I dont own a samsung.
There are way to many threads on here regarding this issue so its kinda hard to sort through them all. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Go to Settings=>About Phone. This will tell you you're baseband version. If it says DK28 at the end you're set...otherwise read on.
I just flashed Bonsai 2.0 and the modem was not included. I used the signed modem update afterwards from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861341
Without the DK28 modem you won't be able to get a signal through the cell radio. Wifi worked but the device was switching airplane mode on and off every half second. Flashed the modem AFTER the rom...I don't recommend this... and all is well.
I was also coming from DI18 and stock rom with a modified kernel.
zetterwing said:
Go to Settings=>About Phone. This will tell you you're baseband version. If it says DK28 at the end you're set...otherwise read on.
I just flashed Bonsai 2.0 and the modem was not included. I used the signed modem update afterwards from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861341
Without the DK28 modem you won't be able to get a signal through the cell radio. Wifi worked but the device was switching airplane mode on and off every half second. Flashed the modem AFTER the rom...I don't recommend this... and all is well.
I was also coming from DI18 and stock rom with a modified kernel.
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Ok ok awesome I was thinking that about the baseband version but wasnt sure so figured I would ask. So he does have the dk28 at the end. Thats good. One less step he has to take. How do you like Bonsai? I was actually looking at that one for him. That will probably be the first one he will try.
One more question. How did you root the phone? Did you use the z4root app and then download rom manager and flash clockwork that way? Or did you use one of these one click root programs that I see in this forum? What do you think the easiest way is for him to get root and clockwork recovery on his phone?
Thanks for all your help Zetter I appreciate it.
The best way to root is to use the one-click. It will give you root, recovery, and the recovery redirect.
Rom Manager will not flash clockwork without a custom kernel and z4 doesn't install recovery or the redirect.
DiGi760 said:
The best way to root is to use the one-click. It will give you root, recovery, and the recovery redirect.
Rom Manager will not flash clockwork without a custom kernel and z4 doesn't install recovery or the redirect.
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Ok awesome thanks for the info Digi. What is the redirect I am seeing that alot but dont really see a quick explanation of what it is/does?
skylordusa1 said:
Ok awesome thanks for the info Digi. What is the redirect I am seeing that alot but dont really see a quick explanation of what it is/does?
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For one, it allowed the use of multiple recoveries. For example, for a short period, many of us were running cwm 2.5.1.0 AND 2.5.1.2 since one only supports rfs and the other only supports ext4. Booting into recovery via the death-grip brought you to 2.5.1.0 and the redirect allowed you to reboot into 2.5.1.2.
I believe the redirect is also what allows programs like quickboot to reboot to recovery mode without using the death-grip.
DiGi760 said:
For one, it allowed the use of multiple recoveries. For example, for a short period, many of us were running cwm 2.5.1.0 AND 2.5.1.2 since one only supports rfs and the other only supports ext4. Booting into recovery via the death-grip brought you to 2.5.1.0 and the redirect allowed you to reboot into 2.5.1.2.
I believe the redirect is also what allows programs like quickboot to reboot to recovery mode without using the death-grip.
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Awesome thank you for the info Digi. We used the one click root method and now we have root and when holding the volume , camera and power button we go into clockwork recovery 2.5.1.0. Is there a special button or combo you need to hit for the redirector to work? Or it reboots you into the correct clockworkmod automatically depending on what filesystem RFS/EXT4 you are currently using? Sorry to be such a pain. This stuff is kinda new to me since I dont own a samsung. I really appreciate your help though.
Ok I after reading the bonsai rom thread I found the new oneclickroot with clockwork3. So I tried that one now and was able to reboot into clockwork 3.x.x.x
and install the bonzai rom. Had a problem after the install completed. The phone wouldnt boot up just got hung on the black samsung screen. I know in the Bonzai thread it said not to wipe but after the phone hung I booted into recovery and and did a wipe then installed the bonzai zip again and the phone booted up. GPS still doesnt work so that kinda sucks. But I guess its all trial an error. I will keep reading. Thanks for the help.
Is there a way to check on his phone if he has the ext4 filesystem or the rfs. I am guessing since he has cw3 and was able to boot into the new ext4 bonzai rom he converted to the ext4 FS but would like to know if there is a way to check.
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Is there a way to check on his phone if he has the ext4 filesystem or the rfs. I am guessing since he has cw3 and was able to boot into the new ext4 bonzai rom he converted to the ext4 FS but would like to know if there is a way to check.
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Like you said, by installing CWM3 you have automatically converted to EXT4...BUT if you really want to check: from adb you can type 'adb shell mount' without the quotes. Or you can type 'su' (enter) then 'mount' from terminal emulator. You should see EXT4 as the fs type for /system, /data, and /cache.
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Like you said, by installing CWM3 you have automatically converted to EXT4...BUT if you really want to check: from adb you can type 'adb shell mount' without the quotes. Or you can type 'su' (enter) then 'mount' from terminal emulator. You should see EXT4 as the fs type for /system, /data, and /cache.
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Thanks alot leatherneck. I figured he had it but its always good to double check to make sure everything worked. I see the EXT4 in Term Em. Thanks again for the help. I appreciate it.
Hello, I've been using this website til this past december and I love it but stopped messing around with my phone because of graduate school. So the last thing I did was just update to stock dk28 modem without rooting it. Now I'm trying to catch up and need help to refresh lol.
Anyways, so yeah i'm on 2.2 (not rooted) currently and trying to update to the new syndicate rom. As the installation instruction says, I need to use odin to install the TAR and PIT and I know that is after rooting my epic. So is the rooting method the same as it was for 2.1?
Last question for now to get started, I really dont understand this part of the installation instructions in their thread properly "Then, use the CWM 3.0.0.6 One Click to install Clockwork and convert to EXT4.", so if anyone can please help me I will be more than grateful. to break down the questions, how do I install that new clockwork after updating to EB13? and how do I convert to EXT4? what is EXT4?
Sorry for all the questions andn using such a long thread just for help. Thanks.
y2bangali said:
Hello, I've been using this website til this past december and I love it but stopped messing around with my phone because of graduate school. So the last thing I did was just update to stock dk28 modem without rooting it. Now I'm trying to catch up and need help to refresh lol.
Anyways, so yeah i'm on 2.2 (not rooted) currently and trying to update to the new syndicate rom. As the installation instruction says, I need to use odin to install the TAR and PIT and I know that is after rooting my epic. So is the rooting method the same as it was for 2.1?
Last question for now to get started, I really dont understand this part of the installation instructions in their thread properly "Then, use the CWM 3.0.0.6 One Click to install Clockwork and convert to EXT4.", so if anyone can please help me I will be more than grateful. to break down the questions, how do I install that new clockwork after updating to EB13? and how do I convert to EXT4? what is EXT4?
Sorry for all the questions andn using such a long thread just for help. Thanks.
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1) odin to full eb13
2) run the cwm3.0.0.6 one click
3) reboot into recovery using 3 finger monkey grip. It well auto convert to ext4
4) flash the rom. (wipe data, cache, dalvik 3xs)
5) boot the phone (start up animation may look word)
6) boot into recovery again
7) flash the rom again (wipe data, cache 3xs)
8) your good to go
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CWM One Click is a multi-purpose package. It: a) roots your phone, b) installs a flashing/backup/recovery package and c) converts your filesystem to ext4.
Do a search on how to install CWM. It's a matter of hooking your phone to a PC in USB debugging mode and then running a "run.bat" script. Now your phone is rooted and reboots, but you won't notice much different at that point (other than the Superuser App). If all you want is root, you're done.
If you want to flash a ROM then you boot into the recovery software (using the 3-finger technique).
This is where the gotchas start: The first time you do this, your file system will be automatically converted to a new filesystem: ext4 (it takes about 5 to 10 minutes). At this point, you need to be prepared: once it's converted to ext4, make sure you have an ext4-compatible ROM on your SD card that you can flash right then and there. At that point, I don't know if you can even reboot back into your stock ROM (I've always flashed a new ROM immediately, so I don't know).
Learn about the backup and restore mechanism in CWM, it's your friend.
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At that point, I don't know if you can even reboot back into your stock ROM (I've always flashed a new ROM immediately, so I don't know).
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You can run on stock eb13 with ext4 but you must flash at the minimum a ext4 compatible kernel.
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THANKS ALOT for all the help guys.. even in it is a multipurpose package, i do have to root first before i can use odin correct?
y2bangali said:
THANKS ALOT for all the help guys.. even in it is a multipurpose package, i do have to root first before i can use odin correct?
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No
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sorry im new to samsung epic but i am knowledgeable with my evo. i just want to make sure before rooting my samsung can be rooted.
here are the specs
2.2.1 froyo
baseband s:d700.0.5.5s.ec05
hardware version d700.0.5
culua said:
sorry im new to samsung epic but i am knowledgeable with my evo. i just want to make sure before rooting my samsung can be rooted.
here are the specs
2.2.1 froyo
baseband s:d700.0.5.5s.ec05
hardware version d700.0.5
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Ummmm..yeah! That is what these forums are mostly about. For One Click Root for RFS file system look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388
And for converting to the faster EXT4 file system look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
kennyglass123 said:
Ummmm..yeah! That is what these forums are mostly about. For One Click Root for RFS file system look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388
And for converting to the faster EXT4 file system look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
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is this a problem while using cmd one click root said cannot install busybox not enough space. but i have superuser
Delete the asphalt5beta.
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Delete the asphalt5beta.
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This ^ or if you have that HD game demo.
EC05 stock takes up a lot of space. You can also move these apps to the SD card in Settings>applications>manage applications>all scroll down to Asphalt, press it, hit Move to SD card.
so i can still boot regular? after converting to exit4?
culua said:
so i can still boot regular? after converting to exit4?
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i don't think so. the stock roms are rfs only.
Be sure to put the syndicate rom or another ec05 rom on the phone's sd card before converting to ext4 with clockword mod recovery 3. if you already converted by accident use odin to odin back to ec05 with ext4 and and root precooked in. before you do this back up your data with clockwork or something else if you can still boot into android.
damnit i like the old stock version. i just wanted to root access so im trying to go back to stock.
culua said:
damnit i like the old stock version. i just wanted to root access so im trying to go back to stock.
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I you want to root and keep the stock rom you can use one of the pre-rooted odin files. This will wipe your phone and take it back to stock rooted EC05 with RFS.
Here are instructions and links to the pre-rooted ec05 odin
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Thanks to crawrj for answering a question in general that lead me to the source.
1) Download Odin
2) Download and Install Windows Drivers 32bit | 64 bit
3) Download the EC05_DXC.tar.rar
4) Extract the "EC05_DXC.tar.rar" file to a folder on your hard drive to get the necessary "EC05_DXC.tar.md5" file located inside.
5) Shut down your device
6) Boot into download mode (Hold number 1 on physical keyboard and press power)
7) Start Odin
8) Plug in device via USB cable to computer, (if it's done right you should see a yellow Com device light up in one of the rectangular boxes)
9) Place the "EC05_DXC.tar.md5" in the PDA slot on Odin
10) Check Auto Reboot ONLY
12) Click start and this should only take about 2-3 minutes to complete.
13) Wait for the green light in the Com device/rectangular box and the "Pass" to show.
When completed it should reboot into Froyo EC05, with a fresh system.
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culua said:
damnit i like the old stock version. i just wanted to root access so im trying to go back to stock.
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If you already put CWM3 on, boot into Clockwork with 3 finger salute and go to backup and restore, restore, and pick the before ext4 conversion file and it will bring you back so you can root with CWM 2.5.x.
thank you, at first i had a really bad headache trying to figure out what i just did and figuring out about Samsung epic and rooting. my evo is much easier when it comes to rooting and trouble shooting. but, thank you you guys make it soo easy to understand better with my epic. and o this isnt my phone is my gf phone she wanted me too root her phone and all the good stuff add.
culua said:
thank you, at first i had a really bad headache trying to figure out what i just did and figuring out about Samsung epic and rooting. my evo is much easier when it comes to rooting and trouble shooting. but, thank you you guys make it soo easy to understand better with my epic. and o this isnt my phone is my gf phone she wanted me too root her phone and all the good stuff add.
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WOW, good luck with that. I trashed my girl's phone twice and we had to redo the Homescreens. I am an expert at restoring them now. I can't change her launcher because of that. Got her purple messaging app and all. I leave her phone alone now..lol.
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If you already put CWM3 on, boot into Clockwork with 3 finger salute and go to backup and restore, restore, and pick the before ext4 conversion file and it will bring you back so you can root with CWM 2.5.x.
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restored it in cwm 3+. when done i reboot it and it vibrates and rebooted back to logo and black and vibrates over and over.
sorry for the repost cause of lagg
culua said:
restored it in cwm 3+. when done i reboot it and it vibrates and rebooted back to logo and black and vibrates over and over.
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OK, do you have a card reader? If so, pull the battery out of the phone, download the EC05 flashable ROM with root from the thread below. Copy it to your sd card. Put the card back in. Boot by holding camera, volume down, and power. Should be orange lettered screen. Scroll down to install zip from sd card, choose that, then choose zip from sd card, then choose the file you just put on and install it.
This should put a prerooted EC05 system on your phone.
well i used the other guy post using odin and the EC05_DXC.tar and works. but the my question here i bootup and install rom manager and flash cwm 2.5.1.0 can i still restore what i had previous backuped?
culua said:
well i used the other guy post using odin and the EC05_DXC.tar and works. but the my question here i bootup and install rom manager and flash cwm 2.5.1.0 can i still restore what i had previous backuped?
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Don't use ROM manager. It does not work properly on the Epic. Got this from developers here. You should be able to restore your backup if it was made when your system was known good.
well so your saying dont use rom manager to install the recovery?
culua said:
well so your saying dont use rom manager to install the recovery?
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I wouldn't...lots of problems with different versions of clockwork. But if that is where you made the backup....
You could try using the 3 finger salute to get to clockwork and see if your backup is there then restore it.
right now trying to restore back what i previously had. before my gf gets back from work and before she start yelling at me for deleting all of her apps she download... and i didnt backup any of them lol.
i got a new epic from assurion so it had nothing on it so i odined el30 flashed su odined acclaim and that was it then i put A rom on top of it ( the peoples rom ) and as usual it lags and doesn't open up things for up to a minute . i have always had problems with roms. what can i be doing wrong? are these the correct steps? are they incompatibility issues? or is el30 not stable yet. any help woiuld be appreciated. i really like using your masterpieces but i seem to have issues wit all of them, so clearly its me. thanks
If you don't like aosp but want stock rooted, Odin el30 ( victory pit in pit section, el30 .tar in PDA section, only have auto reboot checked), then OTA to fc09 then Odin cwm 5.x ( pit in pit section, cwm .tar in PDA section, leave everything unchecked), pull battery when Odin finishes, boot cwm, flash su.zip, boot fc09, use es file explorer(free in play store) launch es, navigate to settings> check use root explorer, grant su, check mount /system, delete /system/etc/ recovery-install.sh (or something like that to disable the script from reinstalling the stock recovery.) , Odin cwm again and your good.
Edit: or an easier way would be to Odin cwm once and flash this lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24419155
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Also download Spare Parts and set Window and Transition Animations to FAST. You would be surprised at the difference that makes. You will lose CRT off but with that speed, who cares...LOL.
ok this was a bit much for me. i dont need stock rom i dont care about anything. i just thought i had to odin to start fresh . all id like is whatever it takes to get peoples rom (for instance) to work on my phone. btw, i can not even get the screen to turn back on now without pulling the battery. i can follow the directions but i was hoping for something alittle more simple. if thats not possible i will try to figure out those directions
Unfortunately Samsung's Gingerbread update killed the one click root option so Odin is needed to at least put on a custom recovery and then install a prerooted ROM.
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ok i apologize i was half alseep when i read the first reply, so i opted for the second option and odined \cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.md5
i also have a cwm 3.1.0.1
should i have used that? i usually do the acclaim in odin but i just odined the cwm but when i went into recovery of course the deoxed fc09 didnt work because it wasnt rooted but the su.zip doesn't show up on my sd card in recovery. it always does when i odin acclaim. what am i doing wrong?
When you odin cwm 5, uncheck reboot. Odin will complete but your phone will still have the triangle showing. Disconnect the cable, pop battery out and in, 3 finger salute into cwm5 and flash The People's Rom. That will put you on MTD. Then if you don't like that you can flash the deodexed FC09 from there.
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Listen, I think most of the devs in this community work really hard to put out some great ROMS. The insight they have given me is much appreciated. But now that I've said that, here is my answer to your original question.
I have yet to use a ROM that is as reliable as stock ROMs. If you read the threads about each ROM you will see lots of comments like:
"Wow, this ROM is awesome. It's absolutely perfect.....also, sometimes my speaker doesn't work, and the system panel FCs all the time, but THIS ROM is PERFECT! Thanks".
See my point? People get religiously attached to their favorite ROMs and easily ignore the problems to avoid admitting that they aren't using the hot sh*t.
I've tried lots of ROMs, but I always end up going back to a lightly modified stock ROM because for me reliability is the number one item with me. I have yet to find one dev's ROM that doesn't have a fatal flaw, IMHO.
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ok i apologize i was half alseep when i read the first reply, so i opted for the second option and odined \cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.md5
i also have a cwm 3.1.0.1
should i have used that? i usually do the acclaim in odin but i just odined the cwm but when i went into recovery of course the deoxed fc09 didnt work because it wasnt rooted but the su.zip doesn't show up on my sd card in recovery. it always does when i odin acclaim. what am i doing wrong?
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this might help some ...look below