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Traded Epic for Evo; Custom ROM not allowing activation on Epic?

Hi everyone. Yesterday I traded my Epic for an Evo (for my own personal reasons - regardless of how FUBAR they may be to you). I love the Evo and everything is going well... UNTIL the guy I traded makes me aware of a small little problem: Sprint says I can't activate the phone with a custom ROM on it.
I guess I must have forgot to tell him to not let Sprint in on the phone cracking, but too late. Now he is saying he needs me to help him put the phone back to stock. It currently has Quantum ROM 1.3 on it and clockwork mod and all that stuff.
Do any of you believe that the phone won't activate with this ROM? If so, do you have any recommendations of how to get this guy up and running - remotely? He lives 40 miles from me and it was a hassle for us to meet up yesterday.

Flash the modem stickied at the top of the Dev page using ODIN and you're golden. Why don't you just call sprint and activate the phone. You don't have to bring the phone into a store.

We did call Sprint and they put it in the system and everything and said it was done. However, the phone never activated

BTW, I am at that page and looking for the stock ROM. I see a couple of 2.1 ROM's, but neither of them seem to be the stock official 2.1

The stock tar is stickied at the top of the development thread, just follow the directions.
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I took a chance at the method at this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786266 and it worked perfectly. His new Epic works great and is back to Android 2.1.
Thanks for all your help everyone!

You need to run a sense Rom, sounds like your on an aosp... I ran into the issue with my hero
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REDFOCZ said:
You need to run a sense Rom, sounds like your on an aosp... I ran into the issue with my hero
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Last time I checked, the Epic ran TouchWiz - not Sense.
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By the way, the Evo is faaaarrrr superior to the Epic in my opinion.
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kasl33 said:
By the way, the Evo is faaaarrrr superior to the Epic in my opinion.
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Yes, at sucking, the EVO is faaaarrrr superior I agree..lol
But realistically if your gonna make those kind of statements at least claim why you feel that way >.>

Last time I checked my evo was slow as piss and everything lagged, including the Notification area, App Drawer and the whole 9 yards. On top of that it liked to eat battery like a starving child. Htc needs to learn how to make graphics drivers. XV6800, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2. The cycle never ends, well besides the G2 of course.

kasl33 said:
By the way, the Evo is faaaarrrr superior to the Epic in my opinion.
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How's that real keyboard that you can type on without looking at the phone working out for ya?

digiblur said:
How's that real keyboard that you can type on without looking at the phone working out for ya?
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Lmao
But am I the only weird one that types on the touchscreen keyboard without having to look at it? Lol..
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Eugene has 4G running on the original Vibrant!

Just though you might want to know http://twitter.com/#!/Eugene_373

Wheres his release - be happy to stop working on it!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!! I wonder if we can get true 4G speeds or if its a Hardware thing?

ahronzombi said:
Just though you might want to know http://twitter.com/#!/Eugene_373
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whoa!! everyday this phone gets more impressive..

You may want to clarify the OP--Eugene is running a Vibrant 4G rom, the KAB leak. Krylon, Jellette, and others have been tinkering with it today and Eugene/Barak have joined in on the fun. It looks like they may have a working ROM ready soon.
(personally, I'm not too optimistic since all of the kernels from these ports drain battery like crazy)

What's with the 4g icon in the notification bar then?

If that is actually 4g speeds and not just them using the 4g icon (like people do with the H icon), then this damn phone will never be stopped! Haha

Sucks cuz I dont think any of them have the FFC mod to tell us if this helps out with the banding.

ipeench said:
Sucks cuz I dont think any of them have the FFC mod to tell us if this helps out with the banding.
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eugene has the ffc mod.....

scrizz said:
eugene has the ffc mod.....
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oh... i thought when he said he was done with it he ment he was not only done with trying to fix the issue but also done with the camera.

XPLANE9 said:
What's with the 4g icon in the notification bar then?
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Because it's a Vibrant 4G ROM? We can also flash ROMs that show either "H" or "3G"--the icon doesn't mean anything if the hardware or driver support isn't actually there.

I would be a lot more skeptical if it was anyone other than Eugene...
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Whats new?
2.2.1?
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Awesome, excited to see Eugene working on the Vibrant again!
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jdanisevich said:
Awesome, excited to see Eugene working on the Vibrant again!
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My thoughts exactly!! Glad his laptop is up and running again
sent from the other side of my galaxy.

on twitter i asked him if it was actually 4g speeds (which would be nuts) or just the icon to show he got that rom working. i'm sure we'll find out soon. these devs are insanely smart.

He also posted Quadrant and Linpack scores from the KAB running and unfortunately, they don't look as good as hoped. If it is indeed 2.2.1, if will offer no performance increases over our 2.2
Why?
Linpack 13.75
Quadrant 1090 without a lagfix.
If this is really 2.2.1, the Hummingbird JIT optimizations are not working. I hope it's just 2.2 then
The FFC support and possibly increased speeds DO look impressive though

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Just though you might want to know http://twitter.com/#!/Eugene_373
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You should fix your title ;-) He has the rom working, not 4G.
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richiehd said:
on twitter i asked him if it was actually 4g speeds (which would be nuts) or just the icon to show he got that rom working. i'm sure we'll find out soon. these devs are insanely smart.
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To the best of my knowledge our devices don't have the proper hardware to receive full "4G" speeds, but they will be able tap into HSPA+ with faster speeds than 3G. T-Mo even said the original Vibrant would be the fastest non-4G device on the network.
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I saw his twitter post. Exciting news.
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Launcher 7,it no longer runs in background...

The dev has fixed a majority of the battery drain by fixing this issue of the launcher always running in the background,now it is at 0% cpu and 7-8mb of RAM being used...
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Thanks for the heads up. I really like playing with this launcher. I was actually able to convince a coworker I managed to hack the samsung focus wp7 rom onto my epic on april 1st. It worked right up until he saw the android market icon

Thanks for that man, i didnt know
ecooce said:
The dev has fixed a majority of the battery drain by fixing this issue of the launcher always running in the background,now it is at 0% cpu and 7-8mb of RAM being used...
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I've got some real nice HQ tiles,Ill post this weekend...
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That'd be nice. I found out he hasn't updated the free one in a while, even though the paid one is supposed to be donate only. Oh well, its still nice
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Oh,I didn't even notice that,that's a shame,I've been on the donate version since day one ,but I flash so much now I rarely use it atm.I really like the look of the tiles,I know android UI's are better in most aspects,but I like simple and clean...
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ecooce said:
Oh,I didn't even notice that,that's a shame,I've been on the donate version since day one ,but I flash so much now I rarely use it atm.I really like the look of the tiles,I know android UI's are better in most aspects,but I like simple and clean...
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Ya, I don't want a wp7, but I keep coming back to launcher7.
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zanderman112 said:
Ya, I don't want a wp7, but I keep coming back to launcher7.
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I played w/ it for a little bit and felt that it wasn't very customizable and if THATS how WP7 is, boy is microsoft in for some pain.. hell, the iPhone is more customizable than WP7 appears to be (if this launcher closely mimics the customizability of WP7 very well)
just sayin'

For all those that are unrootable.

So, since you guys cannot root at this moment, I thought, why not make a thread about what exactly you are going to flash the instant you get root? So here it is. Be specific, down to the last mhz and themes...
I know once I get root, I'll flash CM7 with the Synergy theme on the market and the Tiamat kernel...
Have Fun

Art2Fly said:
So, since you guys cannot root at this moment, why not make a thread about what exactly you are going to flash the instant you get root? Be specific, down to the last mhz and themes...
Have Fun
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Lol... This makes sense!?!
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Yes..................

I would delete this thread before you get banned.

I dunno why he would get banned , its **** like this that makes people talk poorly about xda.
I just got my evo,(upgraded from htc hero) and as soon as we get root I'm going to flash miui. I had cm7 on my hero and loved it, but I want to try a few different roms out on this much faster device !
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Cm7, miui and synergy to test em all. Wife's evo had mikg, so i know that is a good ROM.
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MikG. I'm also gonna try some of the new kernels that just surfaced as well. Not much into themes, I like the stock look just fine.
Yes Marty, I built a time machine out of a DeLorean.

iwin2000 said:
I would delete this thread before you get banned.
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Homie posted this in the general area and it's a legitimate discussion. At least he didn't create a new thread complaining about not having root. Ya feel?
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Patience fellas that's all it takes is patience, soon there will be root for 2.3.3.

I will jump in...
As soon as it happened.. I have 3 guys at work that bug me 2x a day for me to root their phones.
I will start with one and work my way around the store.

I want my kingdom Rom back so bad its been like 2 months from the time I had root and that Rom was just getin good so I know it has to be perfict now

Kush Deck, whatever the latest release is (I don't torture myself keeping up with the thread right now), and the Tiamat 3.3.7 SBC kernel.
Then I will breathe a heady sigh of relief, make a nandroid backup to use as a daily driver, and start looking for the latest and greatest of everything and start my old flashing ways again.

Synergy will be my first choice. I liked all the betas,but then started having heat related reboots, went into sprint and the rest is history including my ability to root...

I was using VR Kingdom so I would definitely try synergy and Kings shooter port.....urghhh I hate not being rooted!
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I'm going synergy, kings, miui, and cm7
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olemarc said:
Synergy will be my first choice. I liked all the betas,but then started having heat related reboots, went into sprint and the rest is history including my ability to root...
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So you kept rebooting after the phone got hot and then you couldnt boot until you bat. pulled? Yeah, same problem here...

sharkboy0901 said:
I'm going synergy, kings, miui, and cm7
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MIUI ftw!
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My question is....is anyone working on a root???
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I'm going to put CM7 on my evo. Then I will call Sprint tech support from a pay phone and yell I HAVE ROOT B*****ES!!!!!

zachakin said:
I'm going to put CM7 on my evo. Then I will call Sprint tech support from a pay phone and yell I HAVE ROOT B*****ES!!!!!
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Call HTC and say that, not Sprint.

[Q] Epic or Evo Shift?

Hey all. I've been looking to buy a new phone for a few weeks now, and have been leaning towards the Evo Shift. But my choice was the Epic months ago. So my question is; which would all of you prefer? Epic of Shift?
I've done much research, but I'd like to hear insight from some actual Epic users. I know the Epic offers Samsung's Super AMOLED display, and the shift doesn't. The Epic also has a bigger screen. But I believe the Shift has a faster processor? I've also heard that the sliding mechanism on the Epic can become loose fairly quickly with heavy use? Is this even true? I also know how the Epic doesn't have a fully functional Gingerbread build build yet. The Shift does, but there's only temp root at this time. I really do like Sense, but I've never tried Samsung's TouchWiz UI. Also, I know this is also a bigger phone, but is like, a brick? I definitely wouldn't want a phone to be pulling my pants down when it's in my pocket haha.
I'd really like to outweigh all the pros and cons before I go through with any purchase. Thanks!

Omg the epic wins on ALL fronts. CPU is faster, gpu is faster, keyboard is better, bigger screen, amoled over lcd (spliech!), its thinner, the cameras better, the speaker phone is louder and not tinny. The shift has absolutely nothing on the epic.
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My roommates boyfriend has one sonics had plenty of time to play with one. Not blowing smoke just in case. Also I forgot to mention, the Evo shift doesn't have gorilla glass
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Epic has superior hardware in every way, but shift has aosp, sense 3.0, stable miui and stable cm7, whereas we don't. So Shift has more ROMs and dev support + they have stock gb too.

Overall = EPIC ; Developement = Shift ....... personally , I think EPIC is WAY Better

Epic is end of life now so why even get it?
Be cool and get evo 3d or photon. If you don't have the top of the line flagship then you aren't crap and should be asshamed of yourself and move to a remote island with no cell service.
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moto_google said:
Epic is end of life now so why even get it?
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The shift is too

moto_google said:
Epic is end of life now so why even get it?
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Because I can't really deal with an all touch screen phone, so I want a full keyboard. That's why my choices are the Epic or Evo Shift.

masaidjet said:
The shift is too
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When people see my end of life epic I get laughed at and told no self respecting cellphone user would be caught dead with an end of life flagship phone. They say you ain't crap unless you have evo 3d or photon.
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moto_google said:
When people see my end of life epic I get laughed at and told no self respecting cellphone user would be caught dead with an end of life flagship phone. They say you ain't crap unless you have evo 3d or photon.
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I could care less what people would say about me because of what phone I have. A phone is a phone, and everyone has different opinions. I don't need a brand new, top of the line phone to make me happy. I just want somethin that works, and gets the job done with what I need it for

I have an Epic... and love it! It's fast as hell (running RandomROM EG22 "HAWK"), and I use it for work so it takes plenty of abuse. My wife has a shift stuck on 2.3.3, and it's a dog. Even she complains about how slow it is, but hopefully (someday) permanent root will be found and I can flash a different ROM to speed it up.

rompnit said:
I have an Epic... and love it! It's fast as hell (running RandomROM EG22 "HAWK"), and I use it for work so it takes plenty of abuse. My wife has a shift stuck on 2.3.3, and it's a dog. Even she complains about how slow it is, but hopefully (someday) permanent root will be found and I can flash a different ROM to speed it up.
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Yeah was gonna add no root for shift right now.

xjayman said:
Yeah was gonna add no root for shift right now.
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What do you mean? They have custom roms.

xboxfanj said:
What do you mean? They have custom roms.
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Yeah they do. They have the. Newest Miui and CM7. You should check out qbking's videos. He has both phones in his growing arsenal and has videos on both. I had to stop the Shift Miui 1.8.19 (maybe wrong #) video before he started showing the features...I was getting pissed! Lol EDIT...Shift has Miui 1.9.2...my mistake!
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Syst3m Deadlock said:
I could care less what people would say about me because of what phone I have. A phone is a phone, and everyone has different opinions. I don't need a brand new, top of the line phone to make me happy. I just want somethin that works, and gets the job done with what I need it for
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If a phone is a phone then you should be happy not getting the promotion and the raise and the not new trophy wife.
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xboxfanj said:
What do you mean? They have custom roms.
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I mean a new shift with
2.3 update, only temp root right now
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Get the Epic hands down over shift yea they have more devs but we got Great devs are self the epic got better everything cpu gpu humming bird processor super amoled etc. etc. the evo camp got more devs there like the army but the Epic like the marines!! Support the troops USA!!
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I have an epic, and my brother has the shift.
My epic surpasses it in everyway. Better screen, battery life, and keyboard.
Plus, you might end up with a non rootable shift because most of them in stock are aleady on 2.3.
Epic hands down
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Avelnan said:
Phones are going to come to life someday. Take note: LG Optimus line. ASUS Transformer. And now the Nexus Prime.
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My Epic runs circles around the Shift regardless of what rom it's running
Forget dev support, no matter how far you push it a Shift will never be an Epic, so I'd say the Epic.
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Zeinzu said:
My Epic runs circles around the Shift regardless of what rom it's running
Forget dev support, no matter how far you push it a Shift will never be an Epic, so I'd say the Epic.
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That's what I have been told as well.
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