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I was hit with the update before I knew better and it installed.
As soon as it restarted I can no longer access the top of the touch screen.
The notification bar, camera controls, web address bar, ect. there is basically a quarter inch dead spot at the top of my screen.
I tried factory and hard rests with no effect, the issue remains.
I did e mail HTC about this, but I'm not going to hold my breath on a reply, also the Sprint forums are down.
I installed the OTA last night.
My screen is not experiencing the issue you mentioned.
Might take it into a Sprint store for confirmation.
Good luck!
I am really enjoying mine.
I don't seem to be experiencing any issues since the OTA update either. It was the first thing I installed, even before my apps! I hope you get your problem worked out.
No problems here. I installed the OTA updates and have since rooted it as well. No problems.
3 Keyboards installed, Wifi-Tether(still working out the kinks) and its just moving along
no problem here either
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Can we say it's pretty much safe now to go ahead and install the updates without worrying not being able to root after? Also did this update fix the SD Card issue for you? I've experience a couple times now that my card not being able to read until I remove it then place it back in. Even try formatting on the computer with a card reader but still no luck.
Both unrevoked and Toast's method still work after the OTA update.
Can we say it's pretty much safe now to go ahead and install the updates without worrying not being able to root after? Also did this update fix the SD Card issue for you? I've experience a couple times now that my card not being able to read until I remove it then place it back in. Even try formatting on the computer with a card reader but still no luck.
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I don't know about being able to root after the update. But if you root before and do the update. You don't lose root. Well at least I didn't.
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Take it back to the Sprint store and get a free replacement.
TheBiles said:
Take it back to the Sprint store and get a free replacement.
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Save a trip. Make sure it's a service and repair site before you drive. Unlike other devices, sales only stores are not able to accept exchanges on the evo.
thecodemonk said:
Both unrevoked and Toast's method still work after the OTA update.
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You should probably clarify that a bit. With Unrevoked, you actually apply the OTA and then root that version. With Toast's method, you're actually writing a version of the old rom onto the phone, thereby overwriting any OTA update you may have had. Then when you apply Flipz rom to it, it wants to update but can't because it fails.
So if you want the OTA, you gotta do Unrevoked for now. Just wanted to clarify that for folks.
sph33r said:
You should probably clarify that a bit. With Unrevoked, you actually apply the OTA and then root that version. With Toast's method, you're actually writing a version of the old rom onto the phone, thereby overwriting any OTA update you may have had. Then when you apply Flipz rom to it, it wants to update but can't because it fails.
So if you want the OTA, you gotta do Unrevoked for now. Just wanted to clarify that for folks.
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Aha, thanks! I had just read that Toast's worked and hadn't looked much closer.
sph33r said:
With Unrevoked, you actually apply the OTA and then root that version. With Toast's method, you're actually writing a version of the old rom onto the phone, thereby overwriting any OTA update you may have had. Then when you apply Flipz rom to it, it wants to update but can't because it fails.
So if you want the OTA, you gotta do Unrevoked for now. Just wanted to clarify that for folks.
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sph, since you seem to know what you're talking about, can I bug you with a noob question? Can I follow the first few steps of toast's root process (these):
- Power off the phone
- Hold volume down while powering the phone on. continue to hold volume down until you see the WHITE bootloader screen.
- After a few seconds it will begin to checking for files, and find PC36IMG.zip. while its doing this it will show a blue progress bar while its checking. (this takes 30 - 60 seconds to finish)
- It will then list all the images in the zip and ask you if want to flash. SAY YES
- When its finished it will ask you if you would like to reboot. AGAIN... SAY YES
- At this point it will boot into a rooted rom.
- YOU ARE NOW ROOT!!!
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.....then just STOP and be able to run apps that require root access? Or, do I need to go through the whole process and load flipz ROM, which does not yet include the OTA update? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I'm still learning the ins and outs of Android.
Hey I'm having the same problem with the notification bar only, I can access anything else just fine, but I can slide down the task bar at all. I bought the phone and the radio shack guy basically installed the ota as he handed me the phone, although my friend didn't install his ota yet and his task bar rolls down just fine. He postponed his ota because of this. BTW only way I can access it is by home screen menu button.
Ok just realised something since I was writing this from my evo in landscape mode.. I can open the task bar only in landscape not in normal mode. There's a bug right there, guess it only affects random users.
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I got my phone from the Sams Club (Radio Shack).
Called Sprint and they told me I am SOL as far as they are concerned, I have to deal with the place I got it from since it didn't ship from their warehouse (sounds like BS to me).
I can see why people are pissed at Sprint, they don't give a rats ass if my phone is having issues and will do nothing to help me get it replaced.
The guy at the Sams has been great the whole time and told me he will call as soon as they get one to replace it with, which since they are Radio Shack you have to figure that Sprint stores will be highest priority to get more phones so who knows how long it will take to get a replacement. I basically have a cool looking expensive battery eater.
I have had one e mail exchange with HTC and they told me to do a factory reset which I had already done twice before I resorted to "tech support". The reset does NOTHING to remove the OTA update. If this is in fact what caused this I can see nothing short of a wipe and reflash of the factory ROM to fix it. I am awaiting HTC's second reply.
I guess a rooted ROM may also be an answer, but since this phone is having issues already I don't know that rooting it would help my cause with getting it legitimately fixed.
A warning to all reading this, Sprint tech support will only tell you to remove the battery to try and remedy any issues you may have. They told me that is all they have been instructed to tell people with Evo issues.
chamelieon said:
Ok just realised something since I was writing this from my evo in landscape mode.. I can open the task bar only in landscape not in normal mode. There's a bug right there, guess it only affects random users.
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Same here for me with the web browser I can use the upper right and left corners in landscape, but nothing in portrait; I can also drag the notification bar down in g mail in landscape. I will update my ticket with HTC.
Please log this problem...
with both Sprint and HTC.....I have the same problem. I "believe" it started after the OTA.
i'm having the same problem. just got my htc evo with sprint today. the notification bar was working fine until i installed the OTA update. everything else works fine except the notification bar will not work. the only way to access the notification bar is from the home screen by tapping menu and selecting notifications.
my brother got the phone friday when it came out and applied the OTA update and his is working fine.
i emailed HTC i will post the reply as well if anything is different.
i've googled this and apparently there are a few open forums on other sites with plenty of other people having this same issue. nobody seems to have a fix yet.
just a heads up when i called sprint they acted like idiots and told me they couldn't help and to take it to the sprint store to have them troubleshoot it.
that kinda irks me because after ending my 7 year relationship with t-mobile i really thought that sprint would be a little bit better. oh well... you win some, you lose some.
I didn't apply the OTA, but ran into this issue this morning. Taskbar would not roll down...It would start to for a split second, then snap back up.
A soft reset seems to have cured the problem for now.
I want to send a HUGE thanks to all the developers and users on the site. I have had nothing but problems over the past week, with my EVO being stuck in some inbetween root and unroot world... I couldn't load the PC36IMG file to re-root, I couldn't get toasts part 2 running to run so i could get those files to run, couldn't get files to flash that needed flashing, etc.... I was stuck only able to use one or 2 different roms, which, while allowing me to have a phone, frustrated me to no end, knowing that it wasn't right. Through piecing bits of info I read in various different threads, i was finally able to do everything that I needed to do to get back to a good rooted state. I can now run any Rom, and have control over my phone again. I am starting to understand ADB a little better, and am no longer intimidated by it.
Only problem I still am having, is the 4g issue... I had a bad Mac address, which I was finally able to run the fix (I couldn't get in before because of the state of the phone), but I still get the (Turning on, scanning, connecting to sprint, turning off, repeat). I know it is only a matter of time till that gets fixed as well.
I decided to thank everyone in a single thread, because it was no one persons help or advice that helped me get through this. It was a collective effort by everyone. I don't want to even TRY to thank individuals, for fear of leaving someone out.
Thanks again....
I was having the 4g issue.. i just reverted back to the DC ROM 3.1.2.. works like a charm for me. I'll wait until the stable Froyo ROMs before i upgrade again.
can someone with a stock vibrant tell me if you were able to apply the update smoothly. either ota or odin.
and no rooting required please, there are lots of ways there but I can't see anyone posting for a stock phone and not rooted.
Yes, I was able to right now. (10:17pm PDT)
Stock, no root, no titanium backup, no roms. Worked perfect. From reading some of the threads reporting problems, 90% sounds like a specific combination of the above 3 things is what is causing issues.
Charged the battery to 100% before i did it.
OTA (was connected to home wifi when i clicked on the updated notification). Don't know if it used the wifi connection or switched over to 3g to download the update ...
Clicked on update. It said it was going to reboot phone, and rebooted.
Then it started download/install. Took about 5 minutes to download and install. It sat at 50% for a little bit longer than the other %'s. Also sat at 85% for a minute or so. Then it booted up. "Vibrant" screen displayed for about a minute. Then the GalaxyS screen displayed for about a minute or 2, then phone booted like normal.
Everything seems okay.
Stock vibrant (non rooted) should be fine. Its what the update was made for.
anthonys2r said:
Stock vibrant (non rooted) should be fine. Its what the update was made for.
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I read in the t-mobile forums that most of them are running stock phones, but they weren't able to update their phones.
what do you mean by 'weren't able'? a majority of the people still have not received the t-mobile notification (me included). is that what you meant?
no. sorry i guess i didn't put much details to what i have said. some of them already received the notification from t-mobile. but they weren't successful with the processing of the updates on their phone. and i read that they are running stock vibrants.
i tried to update via odin, but i can't go to download mode. seems that i just have to use a stock vibrant.
Let me preface by saying I'm not a newb, just a newb to the Galaxy S line.
I've rooted other Samsung android phones, no problem.
The day after buying my Epic, I tried to root to use wifi tether and remove bloatware. Not interested in modding right now, as well.... this thing is blazing fast as is. Only complaint so far is of course battery life.
So, following this thread, It bricked my phone.
It successfully rooted, and I even had ADB access to SU, and my android terminal program could get SU.
I then restarted the phone after the "one click" root, and it hangs after the splash screen.
I could still get to the Recovery that was flashed, and tried a wipe of all data/cache etc. No go. The bottom 4 lights stay on, as well as the red LED. Nothing happens. I couldn't get ADB to connect. I never even had the chance to do a Nand backup. The FIRST reboot after booting, "bricked" it. The sprint 4G logo came on, then the Galaxy S splash screen, then hangs.
Took it back to BestBuy (purchased the black tie warranty as well) and the first question he asked is "Did you try and root it." I've bought 3 phones from this guy, and a crap ton of accessories for friends and family, so I was honest and said yeah, I tried. He said no worries, and gave me a new one, but I wasn't the only one to bring in a bricked phone like mine after trying to root.
SO what gives?
After purchasing the phone, there was 2 system updates. The first one downloaded and installed, and about an hour or two after that another one. Is this a patch?
The z4 root option from the market still works (the temporary option, not permanent) and with temp root I can still get WiFi tether to work, so it's not that big of a deal.
However I'm noticing some quirky things that I think a custom ROM may fix.
One: the GPS will randomly activate with no active programs on, not get a fix because I'm inside, and DRAIN the battery. I went from 80% to 17% in about an hour.
Two: The battery percentage/capacity/stats seem to be VERY unstable. I've had the phone at 60%, rebooted, then it shows like 15%. Reboot again and its back up to 50%. Very odd.
Other than that, MY GOD THIS PHONE REALLY IS EPIC. I mean, un freakin' believable. Everything I've EVER wanted from a phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771590
Well you didn't actually brick it if the sprint and galaxy s things came on. Could've used odin to reset it to factory.
poor_red_neck said:
Let me preface by saying I'm not a newb, just a newb to the Galaxy S line.
I've rooted other Samsung android phones, no problem.
The day after buying my Epic, I tried to root to use wifi tether and remove bloatware. Not interested in modding right now, as well.... this thing is blazing fast as is. Only complaint so far is of course battery life.
So, following this thread, It bricked my phone.
It successfully rooted, and I even had ADB access to SU, and my android terminal program could get SU.
I then restarted the phone after the "one click" root, and it hangs after the splash screen.
I could still get to the Recovery that was flashed, and tried a wipe of all data/cache etc. No go. The bottom 4 lights stay on, as well as the red LED. Nothing happens. I couldn't get ADB to connect. I never even had the chance to do a Nand backup. The FIRST reboot after booting, "bricked" it. The sprint 4G logo came on, then the Galaxy S splash screen, then hangs.
Took it back to BestBuy (purchased the black tie warranty as well) and the first question he asked is "Did you try and root it." I've bought 3 phones from this guy, and a crap ton of accessories for friends and family, so I was honest and said yeah, I tried. He said no worries, and gave me a new one, but I wasn't the only one to bring in a bricked phone like mine after trying to root.
SO what gives?
After purchasing the phone, there was 2 system updates. The first one downloaded and installed, and about an hour or two after that another one. Is this a patch?
The z4 root option from the market still works (the temporary option, not permanent) and with temp root I can still get WiFi tether to work, so it's not that big of a deal.
However I'm noticing some quirky things that I think a custom ROM may fix.
One: the GPS will randomly activate with no active programs on, not get a fix because I'm inside, and DRAIN the battery. I went from 80% to 17% in about an hour.
Two: The battery percentage/capacity/stats seem to be VERY unstable. I've had the phone at 60%, rebooted, then it shows like 15%. Reboot again and its back up to 50%. Very odd.
Other than that, MY GOD THIS PHONE REALLY IS EPIC. I mean, un freakin' believable. Everything I've EVER wanted from a phone.
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black screen of death. reflash stock .tar with odin. happened less than an hour after i bought mine.
LucJoe said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771590
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Wow, that was helpful. Thanks.
If the vbulleting search feature didn't blow donkey balls so hard, then maybe I could find an answer. Instead all I find are generic results that happen to have the word root or brick in them, none of which applied to my scenario.
If this belongs in General, then my apologies. In the hero forum we didn't discuss rooting, or ROMs in General section. It was all in Development.
So should I just try again, or is there something I'm doing wrong? I mean how hard is it to screw up a one click root???
I'd actually be more comfortable doing it through ADB...
Try again. Make sure you use a good usb cable and you connect through the back of your computer. Restart phone and computer to be safe.
If you "brick" it again just use Odin to flash the stock tar.. you were never truly bricked!
poor_red_neck said:
Let me preface by saying I'm not a newb, just a newb to the Galaxy S line.
I've rooted other Samsung android phones, no problem.
The day after buying my Epic, I tried to root to use wifi tether and remove bloatware. Not interested in modding right now, as well.... this thing is blazing fast as is. Only complaint so far is of course battery life.
So, following this thread, It bricked my phone.
It successfully rooted, and I even had ADB access to SU, and my android terminal program could get SU.
I then restarted the phone after the "one click" root, and it hangs after the splash screen.
I could still get to the Recovery that was flashed, and tried a wipe of all data/cache etc. No go. The bottom 4 lights stay on, as well as the red LED. Nothing happens. I couldn't get ADB to connect. I never even had the chance to do a Nand backup. The FIRST reboot after booting, "bricked" it. The sprint 4G logo came on, then the Galaxy S splash screen, then hangs.
Took it back to BestBuy (purchased the black tie warranty as well) and the first question he asked is "Did you try and root it." I've bought 3 phones from this guy, and a crap ton of accessories for friends and family, so I was honest and said yeah, I tried. He said no worries, and gave me a new one, but I wasn't the only one to bring in a bricked phone like mine after trying to root.
SO what gives?
After purchasing the phone, there was 2 system updates. The first one downloaded and installed, and about an hour or two after that another one. Is this a patch?
The z4 root option from the market still works (the temporary option, not permanent) and with temp root I can still get WiFi tether to work, so it's not that big of a deal.
However I'm noticing some quirky things that I think a custom ROM may fix.
One: the GPS will randomly activate with no active programs on, not get a fix because I'm inside, and DRAIN the battery. I went from 80% to 17% in about an hour.
Two: The battery percentage/capacity/stats seem to be VERY unstable. I've had the phone at 60%, rebooted, then it shows like 15%. Reboot again and its back up to 50%. Very odd.
Other than that, MY GOD THIS PHONE REALLY IS EPIC. I mean, un freakin' believable. Everything I've EVER wanted from a phone.
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Lol. Agree. I screamed and yelled at htc ppcs cuz they lack 3d gpu power.and cripple features on their hsndsets. Now im a samsung costumer for life. Even faster than iphone 4. Love it!
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Try the drockstar all in one root v2.01, worked like a charm for me rerooting the other day. Had some issues with the one click the first time awhile ago.
You didn't really brick your phone. Hold 1 when you power up to enter download mode. Make sure you firewall and antivirus are disabled, odin wouldn't work with my Norton AV. Then you can always flash the stock D18 through Odin.
You should root asap. Like they said you can allways flash to stock if something happens instead of returning the phone. I remember I used to use my phone all day connected to a power supply. Now I don't have to do it with the syndicate rom and my phone is even faster.
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You didnt brick your phone. I have had that screen hang for 6-7 minutes many of times after rooting or flashing. Because that is when your kernel and files get rebuilt at that splash screen so it is really slow and feels like forever but it will boot. If not battery pull and try to boot again or use odin.
poor_red_neck said:
Let me preface by saying I'm not a newb, just a newb to the Galaxy S line.
I've rooted other Samsung android phones, no problem.
The day after buying my Epic, I tried to root to use wifi tether and remove bloatware. Not interested in modding right now, as well.... this thing is blazing fast as is. Only complaint so far is of course battery life.
So, following this thread, It bricked my phone.
It successfully rooted, and I even had ADB access to SU, and my android terminal program could get SU.
I then restarted the phone after the "one click" root, and it hangs after the splash screen.
I could still get to the Recovery that was flashed, and tried a wipe of all data/cache etc. No go. The bottom 4 lights stay on, as well as the red LED. Nothing happens. I couldn't get ADB to connect. I never even had the chance to do a Nand backup. The FIRST reboot after booting, "bricked" it. The sprint 4G logo came on, then the Galaxy S splash screen, then hangs.
Took it back to BestBuy (purchased the black tie warranty as well) and the first question he asked is "Did you try and root it." I've bought 3 phones from this guy, and a crap ton of accessories for friends and family, so I was honest and said yeah, I tried. He said no worries, and gave me a new one, but I wasn't the only one to bring in a bricked phone like mine after trying to root.
SO what gives?
After purchasing the phone, there was 2 system updates. The first one downloaded and installed, and about an hour or two after that another one. Is this a patch?
The z4 root option from the market still works (the temporary option, not permanent) and with temp root I can still get WiFi tether to work, so it's not that big of a deal.
However I'm noticing some quirky things that I think a custom ROM may fix.
One: the GPS will randomly activate with no active programs on, not get a fix because I'm inside, and DRAIN the battery. I went from 80% to 17% in about an hour.
Two: The battery percentage/capacity/stats seem to be VERY unstable. I've had the phone at 60%, rebooted, then it shows like 15%. Reboot again and its back up to 50%. Very odd.
Other than that, MY GOD THIS PHONE REALLY IS EPIC. I mean, un freakin' believable. Everything I've EVER wanted from a phone.
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Well 1st things 1st. Your phone WAS NOT BRICKED!!! All you had to do was use Odin to flash your phone back to stock! If you would have done your homework, you woulda known that! But you didnt! Cuz your too freakin LAZY to READ!!!! A EPIC CONNOT BE BRICKED UNLESS YOUR A IDIOT!!!!
@OP
Hey man, did you try this procedure?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032&highlight=revert+stock
Good luck and don't give up on it!
It is fully possible to Brick an Epic... a fair amount of idiocy is involved though.
Epic Experience 1.2.0.9/Phoenix 1.49s/Elegant Steel .21
Damn, I always rush into these topics thinking someone bricked their phone, but turns out most of the time it's just someone else misusing that word
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Well 1st things 1st. Your phone WAS NOT BRICKED!!! All you had to do was use Odin to flash your phone back to stock! If you would have done your homework, you woulda known that! But you didnt! Cuz your too freakin LAZY to READ!!!! A EPIC CONNOT BE BRICKED UNLESS YOUR A IDIOT!!!!
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Should I release the angry grand wizard kkk silverback gorilla on him? Lol.
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Tomorrow is my 46th birthday, and I have tried to stay on top of technological advancements as best possible given my busy schedule. What I have noticed is that my ability to digest the latest techno trends and techniques does have a limit, especially when it interferes with the approaching martini hour at afternoon's end!
I don't know if this is a question or a mid-life existential moment. I bought the Samsung Epic 4G last fall because it was supposed to be cutting edge in terms of hardware for Android, and I as many of you have expressed, I made the decision to buy the Epic because of the promised firmware update that was imminent.
Fast forward half a year, and I now have the 2.2.1 EB13 firmware, which is rooted. I received the SMS yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon from Sprint about Sprint ID coming, but no update. Since I am rooted on EB13 I have no idea whether or not I will ever get the OTA and the last time I tried ODIN I had to take a tranquilizer, so I have no desire to go back to 2.1 to get the OTA.
Will the EC05 OTA be appearing given rooting on EB13? EB13 is giving me problems. I loved moving many (most) apps over to SD (I have a 32 gig card). But WiFi is not good, and I lose the ability to play movies, audio files, visual voicemail, or even hear my phone ringer (all seem connected in terms of the error -- I get an "unable to play message" or "unable to open file" error). I have to turn the phone off completely, then back on, wait for the media scan, etc. for it to go back to normal, then the errors will come back. I was hoping that EC05 would fix this. Maybe not. In perusing and searching I see nobody else has reported these problems which did not exist on DI18 (although I do see reports of WiFi connectivity problems that appear similar).
Does anyone have a bag phone from 1988 they want to trade for my Epic? As I recall, it worked without any hassles or firmware updates. Although it didn't have Angry Birds...
UPDATE: Life is grand at 46 (almost!). I posted later the following URL:
hxxp://forum.androidcentral.com/epic-4g-rooting-roms-hacks/71389-odin-ec05-froyo-ec05-prerooted-cwm-v2-5-1-0-rfs-odexed.html#post761525
When I got home I did as instructed using ODIN, and now I have EC05, with root, no data erasure, all is well! I still see so much consternation going on in the other threads. If you go to this URL and follow the directions, it works without any issues. I noticed immediately my WiFi issues are issues of the past. You can either wait for Sprint/Google to OTA you, under certain limited conditions, or do this, and be whole. Your choice. JJP
There should be an ota coming for those on eb13. As long as you didn't remove any bloatware you should be able to install the update. Besides there might Even be an update.zip on here that you can use before you get the ota. And Odin isn't that bad. I know you worry that it might brick your phone but I've used it about 10 times so far and no problems here. As far as technology goes its developing extremely fast these days. Its hard to keep up with it. Good luck and if you have anymore questions or decide to Odin and need something don't hesitate to ask or even pm me. I answer really quick cause I have it send be an email when.I get a pm.
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Thank you, what a nice response. Hopefully an update.zip will appear for EB13. Stranger things have happened.
drplaud said:
Does anyone have a bag phone from 1988 they want to trade for my Epic? As I recall, it worked without any hassles or firmware updates. Although it didn't have Angry Birds...
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Unfortunately, all the AMPS and Digital TDMA networks have long since been shut down, so it would do you no good
But I do have a bag phone haha
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I wish I was 18 again, but for other reasons.
Yeah it is hard to keep up with tech these days,it changes by the hour now. And Ill have to say that Android is fragmented,this makes it harder; Look at what 2 updates to 2.2.1 and a 2.2.1 leak has done to this Epic forum,it has become a mess,I just hope now that we have CM7 and probably the last update for atleast 6 months,we should start to see some serious progress.
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Odin is only a pain the first time around. Now that you have the proper drivers installed its just a matter of selecting the file and clicking the start button. The only thing you have to watch out for is finding the correct usb port that the driver was installed on. As long as you're plugged into the correct one you're golden.
I do not think I will receive the OTA as I used one click to root after installing EB13. Perhaps this is the time to go Bonsai as I understand it now has EC 05 built in. I apologize, but is there a primer on how specifically to go to Bonsai? I have never flashed before (as I thought I might be arrested). Thanks.
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You mentioned you're rooted. Do you know if you have CWM3 installed?
Its all a little trial and error but once everything is properly installed flashing roms is a cinch. I'm a big fan of the ACS roms. Bonsai worked well on my phone but there were a handful of idiosyncracies present that I could not put up with. Of course YMMV but don't hesitate to try different roms until you find one that your phone works well with.
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You mentioned you're rooted. Do you know if you have CWM3 installed?
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I believe so. I used one click root (update.bat).
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drplaud said:
I believe so. I used one click root (update.bat).
Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G
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Cool. If you want to give EC05 a shot, go to this thread and download the modem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1003447
Insert the modem into the Phone section of odin and hit start
Put aside some time before proceeding. If you have the correct CWM installed it won't take more than ten minutes but play it safe.
Download a rom of your choice, plug your phone into your computer and place it in the root of your SD card. You can download multiple roms if you want to see which works best for you. You will lose all your data the first time installing any new rom as it is not really recommended that you transfer settings of apps between different roms. Once you find a rom your're happy with you can simply update it it with the newest version without having to wipe your data however. Its really not as bad as it sounds and the ACS rom comes with an excellent app recovery program called MyBackup Pro Root that you can backup your apps and data with. You can use it to transfer apps between different roms and even some data but data from different roms can sometimes give you problems and is not really recommended. I have transferred data with some apps without any problems however. Its really just data that is tied to the system itself that will probably give you problems.
Unplug your phone from your computer and long press the Power Button, select Reboot, and then quickly hold down the Power, Volume Down and Camera Buttons.
Now press and hold down the Power, Camera, and volume down buttons. It should boot to the samsung logo and then to a black screen with orange text on it.
Use the volume keys to navigate and the power button to make selections. Choose Wipe Data/Factory Reset and wipe it 3x, then do the same for the Cache Partition and Dalvik Cache which can be found in the advanced options.
Select Go Back and navigate to Install Zip from SD card. Choose the rom you downloaded to it and you're good to go.
If after you do the three finger boot and you're not brought to a black screen with orange text you will need to install the correct CWM. If its black with green you have an old version and if you get a different screen than that this means that you do not have CWM at all. If this is so, just navigate to reboot and press the Home key to select it.
Something to think about
Thank you for the very helpful responses. I will ponder what the best option is, but it may indeed be time to explore custom ROMS, and your responses have given me the courage to do so. Many thanks! Joe
If he doesn't have cwm3 then he's gonna have to run the one click root with cwm3 for eb13 to be able.to flash bonsai. If I were to guess he has cwm 2.5.1.0 installed. On another note HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
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I would Odin to EC05 first and see if it fixes anything for you. If not, reboot your phone into CWM and if you have the correct (orange and black) version, just reboot load the ACS rom onto to your phone and give it a try. If you're not happy with it or even if you are make a backup with Mybackup Root and explore other roms until you find one that works for you.
If you make a backup I would advise making separate backups of your apks, data for your apks, and photos as it makes it much faster to get back to where you were originally. Another tip for my backup is after making one go to View and double check that it actually made one as sometimes it will not.
I would have thrown this phone away by now if it weren't for the ACS rom btw. Its much smoother, has better battery life, doesn't skip keys even without the patch that they will be implementing soon and doesn't have all the god awful bloatware.
musclehead84 said:
If he doesn't have cwm3 then he's gonna have to run the one click root with cwm3 for eb13 to be able.to flash bonsai. If I were to guess he has cwm 2.5.1.0 installed. On another note HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Sent From My Evo Killer!
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Where do I obtain one click root with cwm3? Thanks.
musclehead84 said:
There should be an ota coming for those on eb13. As long as you didn't remove any bloatware you should be able to install the update. Besides there might Even be an update.zip on here that you can use before you get the ota. And Odin isn't that bad. I know you worry that it might brick your phone but I've used it about 10 times so far and no problems here. As far as technology goes its developing extremely fast these days. Its hard to keep up with it. Good luck and if you have anymore questions or decide to Odin and need something don't hesitate to ask or even pm me. I answer really quick cause I have it send be an email when.I get a pm.
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stir fry a lot said:
Odin is only a pain the first time around. Now that you have the proper drivers installed its just a matter of selecting the file and clicking the start button. The only thing you have to watch out for is finding the correct usb port that the driver was installed on. As long as you're plugged into the correct one you're golden.
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I agree with all of these except that odin never gave me trouble even the first time i used it..
Odin is cake just read the simple directions and everything should be fine, people dont use there heads when they get that android dude and the computer on there epic, the most ive been through is acore of force closes but its so easy to fix,
people just dont read the instructions all the way through,
Yesterday i was scared to update the prl manually but i read step by step instructions had to play around and find what i needed to do which wasnt on the instructions, and it was cake, almost just as easy as clicking the system updates/update prl button in the settings
but 98% of the time the instructions are flawless and work as long as you read carefully and do step by step.
drplaud said:
Where do I obtain one click root with cwm3? Thanks.
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Called One Click Clockwork 3.0.0.6
Oh yes happy birthday as well, have a great one!!
IMO, if you are on EB13, and want to update to EC05, the EASIEST way to do it, if you can wait a bit, is to use the stock SWUpdate for EB13, which will convert your phone back to a clean fresh stock install of EB13, then once/when it is released, install the EB13 to EC05 update via the over the air process, then reroot and move forward.
that all depends on samsung/sprint releasing a EB13 to EC05 OTA update, and your ability to wait for it though