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I can't be the only one with this problem....

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.

Update
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.

Reporting a major bug

If you use the camera and then lock your phone without closing the camera app some very strange things can happen to your phone. I did this for the first time a week ago and my internal SD card got completely wiped to the point that the phone could not recognize it and I had to do a format of the card.
Then I did it again yesterday just by accident and it reset my apps. What I mean is my browser acted like it was a new install and had reset to the factory settings. My market place app did the same thing and now my Samsung Social Hub keeps crashing when I try to run it which sucks because it is tied into my email and messaging and those apps don't work anymore.

Doesn't happen with mine. replace your phone.

Also this is on a stock i9000 it has not been rooted.

It's a troll...

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It's a troll...
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I'm getting really bored of reading comments such as yours. Just because people are experiencing problems with their phones and are reporting them here, does not mean they are trolls. You have presented no f*cking proof this person is trolling.
To the OP, that's (obviously) not normal behaviour. You could try either restoring factory settings if you can access the boot menu (search here for "samsung vol home up" if you need instructions), or seeking out a replacement from where ever you purchased the phone...

Jeeze, settle down you two.
@OP Have you updated your firmware? Beeing rooted/non-rooted doesn't fix nor does it create bugs, rather, it's the firmware. You can update your firmware through Kies or download it from this site and flash with ODIN. You may as well root your device whilst your at it.

How is JL2 treating everyone?

Should I bite the bullet and try an upgrade? I'm still marinating on 2.1.

if you feel safe, and don't mind taking the phone back to the store for repair at any random day
then go ahead by all means.
PROS: you'll find out sooner, and get your phone warrantied before it expires, or your device might work perfectly and never dies.
CONS: you'll most likely be stuck without a phone for a few weeks

I've had JL2 for a couple of weeks and it's working well. I did have Darky's ROM on it for a couple of days but it was acting up so I put JL2 back on.
No lag, Great GPS, no issues at all.
Ian

I love JL2... But I have not had a single issue since the phone came out. I was the first person to buy the phone at the north Bell store in the Eaton Centre the day it came out on Aug 6th.
I flashed jk4 on dec 8th or so and had no issues and then moved to JL2 a few days ago. On 2.1 I always got a quick lock with GPS but did suffer from minor drifting. That drifting is now gone on 2.2 (both jk4 & jl2)
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And after reading the sd issue thread I would reccomend upgrading even more. If it bricks with sd failure it really sounds like Bell had stepped up with getting new phones and a credit out to people.
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been on jl2 since dec 24th, everything works fine for the most part. One issue though - i can't close the contacts, i have to press the home button and then when i check the task manager, it's still running in the background. This get's pretty annoying. Anyone else experiencing this?
EDIT:: also do you guys see 304 MB of ram that's accessible (through task manager->ram manager)? That's what i see (wasn't 2.1 also like this?)

asicman said:
Should I bite the bullet and try an upgrade? I'm still marinating on 2.1.
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Do it now so that if you have any problems, it'll happen sooner than later, and you'll still be covered by your warranty, which you are almost 5 months through.

If I were you, I'd install it as soon as possible. Worst case scenario is they ship you a new phone within 7 days if your phone breaks. My phone had a failed internal sd when I did a factory reset before I went to try the jl2 upgrade since I was told by bell it would fix the problem, but unforunately my phone broke before I even got the chance to do it so bell did a work order and sent me a new phone which I should receive within 7 days, all I have to do is ship them back my broken phone when I receive the new one.

asicman said:
Should I bite the bullet and try an upgrade? I'm still marinating on 2.1.
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My buddy's phone died after going to JL2. The good thing was that Bell is giving him a new phone within the next 5 business days AND he got $100 credit for all the trouble.

I flashed the jl2 modem today on a jpu based rom. A couple hours later and I'm now stuck in a boot loop. coincidence? Who knows.

I've been on JL2 since it came out on Kies. The day before while I was on JK4 my phone was starting to get some FCs and at one point I got the "Internal SD Unexpectedly Removed" error so I'm pretty sure my internal SD was on the brink of failing. I'm glad a new firmware came out. I immediately upgraded and did a factory reset and formatted the internal SD. It's been smooth sailing ever since and I do take a lot of pictures, video, etc. on my phone with no issues since JL2.
I love JL2 so far. It's fast (just as fast as JK4 was) and after some tweaking via instructions I found here GPS is good. I have had ONE force close since upgrading and I think that was just the Winamp app being stupid.
I haven't really seen anyone posting here about actually being bricked after JL2. Has anyone actually upgraded to JL2 and got the internal SD error?

Thanks for the input everyone. I'm a little more confident now with upgrading. And it of course makes sense to do it now to find out problems whilst there is still warranty.
I'll give it a wack tonight. Btw, with an upgrade, do things like music and contacts get wiped out? Its my first android upgrade and I plan on using kies. Any caveats with kies?
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asicman said:
Thanks for the input everyone. I'm a little more confident now with upgrading. And it of course makes sense to do it now to find out problems whilst there is still warranty.
I'll give it a wack tonight. Btw, with an upgrade, do things like music and contacts get wiped out? Its my first android upgrade and I plan on using kies. Any caveats with kies?
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You should be ok with a straight upgrade, but I'll always recommend doing a factory reset - it clears out the crap that could cause problems.
As for your music and stuff, that depends where you store it. If you have it on your internal sd, and you do a factory reset, then yes. If its on your external sd, then no. Contacts are fine if you store them on your SIM or sync with Google.

andd64 said:
been on jl2 since dec 24th, everything works fine for the most part. One issue though - i can't close the contacts, i have to press the home button and then when i check the task manager, it's still running in the background. This get's pretty annoying. Anyone else experiencing this?
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I am and it's very irritating indeed. It's the same with the internet browser (always has been)
andd64 said:
EDIT:: also do you guys see 304 MB of ram that's accessible (through task manager->ram manager)? That's what i see (wasn't 2.1 also like this?)
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Yes

gtg2 said:
I flashed the jl2 modem today on a jpu based rom. A couple hours later and I'm now stuck in a boot loop. coincidence? Who knows.
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Is it really safe to combine different files from different ROMs? I would think mixing and matching can cause some problems.
Ian

I do have one complaint after going to JL2 -
In my Picasa albums in Gallery, the photos are no longer sorted by date as they were in 2.1. Also, sometimes the Gallery fails to load/display the full resolution image instead just displaying the pixelated preview while flipping through images.
Never had this problem in 2.1 (JH2) - I wonder if it's possible to revert the Gallery app to the previous version?

I got my phone in september and never had any trouble with it. I have rooted it, applied different lag fix and enen managed to stupidly brick it but it always survived.
I like JL2, but I had no problem with JK4 either. However, I don't find TouchWiz as smooth as it was with JH2. It lags a little when switching across apps or homescreens, so I use LauncherPro which is perfect.
BUT, my GPS doesn't work at all
It worked ok before installing JL2, but now its totally useless. I can see satellites but can't get a fix....any advice?

Smooth ride so far. Went from stock 2.1 (end-of-August purchase) to JL2. I did not do the JK4.

So far ok.............. I seem to get FC on the Samsung hub everytime I pull the battery out and I have to re-install the app. GPS locks but it takes awhile.

Just do it! My phone was bricked on Dec 25 for no reason. I updated to froyo 2.2 via Kies about a month ago. I called Bell and told them my issue, internal fried sd card! They gave me Bell's Data Support line. I'm getting a brand new Samsung Galaxy with the latest Dec 24. froyo 2.2.1 update installed. I'll be without a phone for about a week or so but there customer service is awsome. I also go a $100 credit to my account for the inconvience.
If you update and phone is bricked call this number 1.877.328.2123 and they will send you a new phone in 3-5 days.

[Q] I wish I were 18 again...

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.
Sent From My Evo Killer!

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).
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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!!!!
Sent From My Evo Killer!

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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Development section stickied
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

Rooted OTA available!!!

Incubus has posted a rooted version of the OTA in the Devolpment forums! That is all....
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but no 2.15.10.07.07 radio yet... i want it to get tested and found good...

mirrin said:
but no 2.15.10.07.07 radio yet... i want it to get tested and found good...
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The radios don't always mean better signal or faster 3G. They vary by location and phone... the leaked radio sucked for me and the 11.19 one seems best so far.
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And the leaked radio worked best for me, its gunna vary for everyone
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well i found 5.06 worked pretty well for me but i have been on most of them i only left it because people were saying it killed the wifi on their phones... as long as large numbers of reports of the same thing from 7.7 dont occur ill probably stay on that one...

Can someone who has flashed this try out the speech to text and see if it works properly?

Navigation or anything. Texting or anything. It some of the GB roms with the EVO framework and issues with speech to text.

Well this isn't the EVO GB Release. It's the actual Incredible release. But yes the speech to text does in fact work.

kjsmommy10 said:
Well this isn't the EVO GB Release. It's the actual Incredible release. But yes the speech to text does in fact work.
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I know. I'm currently on Joel's shooter rewind 3d and working voice search would be the only thing to tempt me off of it.

Sweet
First post on XDA here, I registered primarily to give props to Joel and Incubus.
I grabbed the rooted OTA Incubus posted and flashed it with Rom Manager. Took a lot of patience, but it went pretty smooth. Thanks to you both (and everyone else who had a hand in this).
My DInc is just about to go out of warranty, so I'm going to be trying some other ROMs pretty soon. I'm pretty much locked into the root/S-Off status now, and I'm happy with it that way. I think I'll be hanging on to this phone for some time.
So far I like this update, but I've had a few random reboots. One or two while I was re-installing some of my apps or moving them to the SD card, and at least one while it was just sitting there on the charger.
For the moment, I'm going on the assumption that this is just some early stuff working itself out. When flashing the ROM, I cleared the Dalvik cache, but didn't do a data wipe. Anyone have any idea if this is a problem?
Again, thanks a million guys!
( Oh, LOVE the noob video! )

keyslapper said:
First post on XDA here, I registered primarily to give props to Joel and Incubus.
I grabbed the rooted OTA Incubus posted and flashed it with Rom Manager. Took a lot of patience, but it went pretty smooth. Thanks to you both (and everyone else who had a hand in this).
My DInc is just about to go out of warranty, so I'm going to be trying some other ROMs pretty soon. I'm pretty much locked into the root/S-Off status now, and I'm happy with it that way. I think I'll be hanging on to this phone for some time.
So far I like this update, but I've had a few random reboots. One or two while I was re-installing some of my apps or moving them to the SD card, and at least one while it was just sitting there on the charger.
For the moment, I'm going on the assumption that this is just some early stuff working itself out. When flashing the ROM, I cleared the Dalvik cache, but didn't do a data wipe. Anyone have any idea if this is a problem?
Again, thanks a million guys!
( Oh, LOVE the noob video! )
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Well first off, welcome! And yes. You should ALWAYS wipe data, cache, and dalvik at the minimum. It ensures that you have a better experience without lag, freezing, FC's, etc.. You have to do the setup every time, but it's worht it and you get used to it. And most devs don't recommend using Rom manager since it's known to have some issues, you're best bet is to go install through your CWM recovery.

kjsmommy10 said:
Well this isn't the EVO GB Release. It's the actual Incredible release. But yes the speech to text does in fact work.
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I flashed it. Got in my car, sped up to 35 and tried a Voice Search. Like with the GB leak, google voice search throws up its hands and can't understand you.

AJGO23 said:
Well first off, welcome! And yes. You should ALWAYS wipe data, cache, and dalvik at the minimum. It ensures that you have a better experience without lag, freezing, FC's, etc.. You have to do the setup every time, but it's worht it and you get used to it. And most devs don't recommend using Rom manager since it's known to have some issues, you're best bet is to go install through your CWM recovery.
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Wow, seriously, ALL data? That means having to set up multiple mail accounts (GMail, private, work) and re-installing all my apps - well, Titanium at least.
Initially, I took over a month to get my phone just the way I liked it, and still wound up tweaking the hell out of the look and feel on a regular basis. Can application data backed up with Titanium be restored to get most of that back? Seems like it would take hours to get it back either way. I never found a thread on this, so I apologize if it is answered somewhere - I'd love to get a link to that thread if it is out there.
Now I think about it, this has been the biggest hurdle to my trying different ROMs. Screw the suits whining about how I use the services and devices I pay for, I just don't have the time to be messing with it that much.
Again, thanks for the info!
Cheers!

What did I do wrong? I DL'd the file in the thread, put it onto my SD card, then turned my phone off.
I rebooted into recovery (power and volume down button), chose update from .zip on SD card. Picked the file and let it update...
Now my phone will boot up and just stay stuck on the "Droid" screen. Any help?
was I supposed to rename the file or anything? Please help, my phone is stuck right now...

Install zip from sdcard not update... And u should of wiped data cache all that junk if u didn't do that
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BMWPower06 said:
What did I do wrong? I DL'd the file in the thread, put it onto my SD card, then turned my phone off.
I rebooted into recovery (power and volume down button), chose update from .zip on SD card. Picked the file and let it update...
Now my phone will boot up and just stay stuck on the "Droid" screen. Any help?
was I supposed to rename the file or anything? Please help, my phone is stuck right now...
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Did you wipe anything? You should do a full wipe (data/system/cache/dalvik/etc.) before flashing a new ROM.

Cant wait for a 2.3.4/3.0 sense Rom.

keyslapper said:
Wow, seriously, ALL data? That means having to set up multiple mail accounts (GMail, private, work) and re-installing all my apps - well, Titanium at least.
Initially, I took over a month to get my phone just the way I liked it, and still wound up tweaking the hell out of the look and feel on a regular basis. Can application data backed up with Titanium be restored to get most of that back? Seems like it would take hours to get it back either way. I never found a thread on this, so I apologize if it is answered somewhere - I'd love to get a link to that thread if it is out there.
Now I think about it, this has been the biggest hurdle to my trying different ROMs. Screw the suits whining about how I use the services and devices I pay for, I just don't have the time to be messing with it that much.
Again, thanks for the info!
Cheers!
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You can back up app data, but it is strongly recommended that you don't back up system data. And yes it means starting all over, and I too was skeptical to start over when I first started flashing ROMs, but now it takes me about 15-20 minutes to setup everything again. But then again I only reinstall about 45 apps.
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BMWPower06 said:
What did I do wrong? I DL'd the file in the thread, put it onto my SD card, then turned my phone off.
I rebooted into recovery (power and volume down button), chose update from .zip on SD card. Picked the file and let it update...
Now my phone will boot up and just stay stuck on the "Droid" screen. Any help?
was I supposed to rename the file or anything? Please help, my phone is stuck right now...
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Boot into recovery and wipe everything 3x. Next choose install zip, then after that DO NOT CLICK ON update.zip, select choose zip from SD, then find your downloaded file (wherever you put it) and select that.

Has anyone tried any Bluetooth devices? Keyboards or such to see if we did in fact get the full bt stack?
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