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Voodoo Advice

Voodoo bricked my phone twice. Fortunately I was able to fix it with Odin both times.
The first time I flashed a ROM and forgot to disable Voodoo. I was able to fix it in 15 minutes. Then last nite I was applying RYANZA's Voodoo and it fried my phone. I thought for sure I killed my Vibrant and after many ODIN attempts trying different approaches (including Eugene's Froyo that doesnt brick--which didnt work for me) I was able to resuscitate. I have the larger NAND chip.
For the noobs out there be very careful with Voodoo. Only use it if you are comfortable with ODIN and know what you're doing.
Also be very careful with RYANZA's Voodoo.
This is the Screenshot of RYANZA VOODOO!! Yes he has Voodoo (EXT4)

It sounds like you bricked your device, not voodoo

Tempestrs4 said:
It sounds like you bricked your device, not voodoo
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+1 on all lag fix say disable it b4 u do any thing. U cant blame it when u the 1 that mess it up and they event have a warning say they not reponsible if u brick ur fone. They do it for free
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Ryan has a voodoo?
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quest4fire said:
Voodoo bricked my phone twice. Fortunately I was able to fix it with Odin both times. Also be very careful with RYANZA's Voodoo.
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Voodoo is not made by RYANZA! There are other people capable of writing lagfixes you know! Voodoo is made by Supercurio. His website is here: http://project-voodoo.org/ in case you didn't know. He allows anyone to freely use his software until they make themselves into a liability. <---This means YOU!
quest4fire said:
For the noobs out there be very careful with Voodoo. Only use it if you are comfortable with ODIN and know what you're doing.
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I wouldn't call others noobs when you clearly appear to be one yourself.

kangxi said:
Ryan has a voodoo?
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Yes, its in his OCLF app. Download the latest version and you will see it. That's why I tried it because I love Ryan's work.

One should always take caution when messing with black magic.

this is what happens when you don't know what you are doing...
Flashed countless ROMS with Voodoo and NEVER once bricked.. Maybe I just follow the instructions very well =P

quest4fire said:
Yes, its in his OCLF app. Download the latest version and you will see it. That's why I tried it because I love Ryan's work.
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Well... what you're using it's clearly not voodoo.
I recommend you to read what epakrat75 posted and go to his website.

quest4fire said:
Yes, its in his OCLF app. Download the latest version and you will see it. That's why I tried it because I love Ryan's work.
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Yes. This is what I was hinting at. If you cannot tell the difference between the LagFixes you are doing, you don't need to be doing them.
VooDoo concerts /data to EXT4 and needs to be removed before you flash any new rom.
Ryan's OCLF creates a virtual EXT2 partition and it is safe to be flashed over and even backup.

kangxi said:
Yes. This is what I was hinting at. If you cannot tell the difference between the LagFixes you are doing, you don't need to be doing them.
VooDoo concerts /data to EXT4 and needs to be removed before you flash any new rom.
Ryan's OCLF creates a virtual EXT2 partition and it is safe to be flashed over and even backup.
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RYANZA has a new Lagfix that is EXT4 and it is Voodoo. You need to download his latest app and you will see it.

quest4fire said:
RYANZA has a new Lagfix that is EXT4 and it is Voodoo. You need to download his latest app and you will see it.
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[citation needed]
Only OCLF on the market is 2.0 which is a binding mount version of the old symlinnk version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784691
It works very well with the larger NAND, and I'm using it now since getting Voodoo Beta4 to work with a larger NAND requires a few hoops to jump through.

Theres nothing wrong with voodoo, its the users vault. From the beginning it was told to disable voodoo to flash anything, people dont listen so end up messing their phones. Some more then others. Like you sir
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Vibrant is not hack friendly. Alot of problems come from user error but hardware locks is horrible. This was the first phone I have ever bricked before. I started with smartphones with the Tmobile htc mda. I have every smartphone since that hit the market and I have never been so afraid to touch anything until I started with the Vibrant. And I have done some stupid things with my previous phones.
I understand the OP but I wouldnt put blame on the developers of the hacks/tweak etc and not all the blame on the user. Since joining forums like XDA I have never seen the term bricked used so much.

StefanB86 said:
Well... what you're using it's clearly not voodoo.
I recommend you to read what epakrat75 posted and go to his website.
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Ryanza OCLF doesnt have Voodoo? See the Pic!!

intruda119 said:
Vibrant is not hack friendly. Alot of problems come from user error but hardware locks is horrible. This was the first phone I have ever bricked before. I started with smartphones with the Tmobile htc mda. I have every smartphone since that hit the market and I have never been so afraid to touch anything until I started with the Vibrant. And I have done some stupid things with my previous phones.
I understand the OP but I wouldnt put blame on the developers of the hacks/tweak etc and not all the blame on the user. Since joining forums like XDA I have never seen the term bricked used so much.
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Im not blaming the Devs, Im just saying be careful, especially if you have the larger NAND chip which I have.
Your are right about the brick term. Its funny how people have short memories. I remember when the JI6 OTA came out recently and tons of people said they bricked their phones and it was because they forgot to disable Voodoo before applying OTA.

I like the z4mod much netter than voodoo. You have to be careful with that one as well.
Friends don't let friends flash drunk...

if you think that is what brick means, just curious. What do you call it when your phone is permanently inoperable?

intruda119 said:
Vibrant is not hack friendly. Alot of problems come from user error but hardware locks is horrible. This was the first phone I have ever bricked before. I started with smartphones with the Tmobile htc mda. I have every smartphone since that hit the market and I have never been so afraid to touch anything until I started with the Vibrant. And I have done some stupid things with my previous phones.
I understand the OP but I wouldnt put blame on the developers of the hacks/tweak etc and not all the blame on the user. Since joining forums like XDA I have never seen the term bricked used so much.
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the vibrant is totally hack friendly as long as you dont have a hardware locked phone, everyone seems to be able to get odin to recognize the phone eventually and get everything working normally...
how about the g1 days, forget already? super easy to brick them and just getting root required going through enough steps i'd rather get kicked in the balls as hard as i could.

turbosix said:
the vibrant is totally hack friendly as long as you dont have a hardware locked phone, everyone seems to be able to get odin to recognize the phone eventually and get everything working normally...
how about the g1 days, forget already? super easy to brick them and just getting root required going through enough steps i'd rather get kicked in the balls as hard as i could.
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The vibrant is totally hack friendly. Even for hardware locked phones (because that's fixable). As long as you have some remote idea of what you are doing, its pretty hard to screw up.

[GUIDE] Flash Darkyy's ROM on your Vibrant - INCLUDES PROBLEMS

DARKYY'S ROM FOR SGS VIBRANT​
Darky made his ROM flashable for ALL SGS series.
Don't just flash this like ANY OTHER ROM.
*WARNING IF YOU DON'T READ THIS WHOLE THREAD YOU WILL SOFT/HARD BRICK*
FIRSTLY, download this: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.darkyrom.darkyconfig
It's called the "DARKYROM CONFIGURATOR" its in the market.
In the App, make sure that these are the settings,
The Modem and Kernel, set them both to NO MODEM, and , SKIP KERNEL
Now download the ROM, and put it in your SD Card.
Go back into Darkyrom config. App.
Now click menu, then SELECT ZIP AND FLASH
It will ask for SuperUser allow it.
It will now boot into Recovery and start Flashing it, it will take a while its a 250MB file.
After flashing is done, it will take a longer-than-usual time to reboot.
It will open.
If you see your PREVIOUS ROM WALLPAPER, SETTINGS ETC...
boot into recovery by using power button, and wipe/factory reset.
Now it should be okay..
-NOTE-
you do NOT have to disable voodoo, well, i didn't and i'm having no problems because of that.
*PROBLEMS*
It Sometimes Randomly reboots, but gives a vibrate as a warning?
It randomly vibrates sometimes... but doesn't always reboot.
Some people may experience all the SD Card Wiped or their music/gallery/etc erased
I will upload some pictures in the second post, through the phone it self.
PRESS THE THANKS BUTTON IF YOU LIKED THIS

Who created, "Darkyys rom works!"?
This guy
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Alanrocks15 said:
Who created, "Darkyys rom works!"?
This guy
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your thread has no instructions what-so-ever.
your thread is in q/a section
and all you posted was...
In his thread it says that its compatible with all SGS variants!
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Unlike YOU, i went out, flashed it, experienced some problems, reported them, etc.
, but thank you for that thread anyways without it, i wouldn't have thought about flashing this or talking to darkyy about this either.

xriderx66 said:
your thread has no instructions what-so-ever.
your thread is in q/a section
and all you posted was...
Unlike YOU, i went out, flashed it, experienced some problems, reported them, etc.
, but thank you for that thread anyways without it, i wouldn't have thought about flashing this or talking to darkyy about this either.
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Lol I was kidding
But you sir thank you
Im flashing right now
Got a random reboot

hmm so other than random reboot everyrhing else is working? Like no wifi or battery drain problem? Is it snappy?
bionix 1.2.1 with adw launcher ex

Alanrocks15 said:
Lol I was kidding
But you sir thank you
Im flashing right now
Got a random reboot
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there's no way around it guys... you're going to get soft reboots when your signal hits about -80dbm

Yeah theres no other problems besides that. I've asked Darkyy to try and help us out, he's probably sleeping right now, so i'll let you guys know.

Keep in mind this is a i9000 ROM
Its a miracle it works universally.
He pmed me he's working on improving it for other variants and keep in mind this is a BETA !
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wait why do we have to wipe?
only email force closes?

Wow Thanks, xriderx66 it did work.......... I probably just play with it tonight, but whoever thought Darky's rom on a Vibrant......

Beast !!!!!
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How does the Vibrant flash a 250mb rom? I thought it was a phone limitation (as it was a problem with the leaked 2.2.1 Vibrant 4g rom?)

Alanrocks15 said:
wait why do we have to wipe?
only email force closes?
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Wiping solves some problems ull face. Trust me.

Nice of you to start a topic.
The RESTART/Vibrate bug you are refering to is the SAME bug that Jellette/Heathen was experiencing when he was trying to port an i9000 ROM in Ragnarok. He tracked the issue to be caused by the signal. Yes, the SIGNAL strength of the network causes the reboot. It happens when this signal reaches a certain value. Then phone goes crazy and reboots. That's about it. There is still no known solutions to this.
HOWEVER, Eugene beleives he found the file and settings which are causing it. I have PMed Darkyy and he will be looking into the issue when he's back from vacation (currently hes heading out for a few days). I believe jellette/Heathen may also be working on the issue once he gets his replacement phone.
I hope this helps. And yes. Darkyy' ROM is FAMOUS. I don't need to say more about it haha. When/if it works, it will be AMAZING.
If other devs want to jump on this to try and fix it, it would be very very appreciated. This ROM is just too good to pass up
Not to mention, ALL themes from the I9000 forums WILL work with this after it is working on our Vibrants. Go take a look at the I9000 forum, there are literally TENS upon TENS of amazing themes for it.

For the email FCs, it was enough to wipe its data in TitaniumBackup. however, I had issues receiving calls till I wiped/factory reset my phone. Very satisfied so far.

xriderx66 said:
After flashing is done, it will take a longer-than-usual time to reboot.
It will open.
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how long is the longer than usual? i tried it last night and i guess it got stuck on a bootloop and kept vibrating too in the bootanimation "darky's rom" for about half and hour

I tried 9.2 extreme edition when it first came out. Super fast, I really liked the presentation, pulled out all the stops with animations and transparent elements sprinkled around. Couldn't get over the nagging bugs though, like the capacitive buttons being mapped all wack, didn't have an effective home button, both home and back functioned like the back button. Also the volume was reversed, and I didn't have sound in certain apps. Also had to flash a US modem, you should mention that in your post, I know it say's choose no modem, but you should mention later to flash one that works.
Used it for a few days like that actually, because it was still super slick and useable...even without the home button lol. But I didn't see it randomly reboot even once.

pacotort said:
how long is the longer than usual? i tried it last night and i guess it got stuck on a bootloop and kept vibrating too in the bootanimation "darky's rom" for about half and hour
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Mine took about 5 minutes.
Lol

xriderx66 said:
Mine took about 5 minutes.
Lol
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yea i got it to work and it took 5 min too lol
but i had to flash another rom as the reboots drove me crazy it was nice while i got to play with it tho hopefully the devs around here can get the fix for the signal

Flashed this yestursay along with the WP7 THEME-gotta say I am pretty impressed with both
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EB13 Does Not Have Any Bugs

If you have any bugs then you messed up the update somehow. Most people reporting issues used the samsung tool or update.zip eb13 runs flawlessly. My tws is 0% with no airplane toggling. I have no fc's of any kind rotation lag there is a fix for, browser and mms work perfectly along as well as the camcorder stop BLAMING SAMSUNG.
Epic 4g

So did you update ota?
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So the OTA update is the best way to go?
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jbadboy2007 said:
If you have any bugs then you messed up the update somehow. Most people reporting issues used the samsung tool or update.zip eb13 runs flawlessly. My tws is 0% with no airplane toggling. I have no fc's of any kind rotation lag there is a fix for, browser and mms work perfectly along as well as the camcorder stop BLAMING SAMSUNG.
Epic 4g
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How exactly can one mess up the update USING SAMSUNG'S OWN TOOL?

I'm sitting here trying to find threads on ODIN'ing an Epic back to stock so I can install a custom rom on it (fixing somebody else's phone).
This phone was fine before the update, they ran the OTA, and now it's practically unusable. Gallery broken, Settings force closes, etc etc etc the list goes on and on.
While it may not have problems for everyone there is no doubt that some users of the OTA update are having major problems.
These people paid Sprint and Samsung for the device so they have every right to complain if they want to.

Just sayin most people having issues used that tool. I have none of those reported issues so either the person messed it up the tool messed it up or they just got a bad phone. But froyo is perfect if INSTALLED USING ODIN.
Epic 4g

I flashed mine using the Samsung tool and official download and my gps is intermittent. So go screw your self with your flawed information. People like you are such idiots claiming to know everything and infact you do not really know anything.
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jbadboy2007 said:
Just sayin most people having issues used that tool. I have none of those reported issues so either the person messed it up the tool messed it up or they just got a bad phone. But froyo is perfect if INSTALLED USING ODIN.
Epic 4g
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I installed the update via the Sprint Tool and have had NO issues. I love it! I was running Bonsai before and enjoyed that but was having slight issues with things because of the DK28 modem. Since I've updated those problems have disappeared and I'm very pleased with my phone.
Only thing I did was Odin'd back to stock and then did the update so I had a clean install. I didn't care that I lost my apps, they were easy enough to reinstall with the new online Android Market. All the apps that I had loaded were on the list and I pushed them to the phone from the internet. Was up and running in less than a half hour.

Not to throw fuel to the fire.
I ext4'd with CW3 to EB13 and have not run into a single bug either. However, I wiped all caches and factory reset starting new. I used Samsungs Odin tool, but had to flash a different kernel to support Ext4. I also removed all Sprint Bloatware.
So far I cannot replicate and bugs that are in the "Organizing a list of bugs" thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=965906.

MadDucker said:
Not to throw fuel to the fire.
I ext4'd with CW3 to EB13 and have not run into a single bug either. However, I wiped all caches and factory reset starting new. I used Samsungs Odin tool, but had to flash a different kernel to support Ext4. I also removed all Sprint Bloatware.
So far I cannot replicate and bugs that are in the "Organizing a list of bugs" thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=965906.
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Honestly, that's great for you. I'm not experiencing a lot of what people are experiencing but that doesn't mean they DON'T EXIST.
That's like saying there are no homeless people in the United States. Just because you live in a wealthy neighborhood doesn't mean there aren't homeless people out there...

I waited for the OTA and got it this morning. I'm not having checker board issue, no fcs, no battery drain, and no other issues. It's looking better then dk28 for me as well.
Sent from my Shoe.... I mean my Samsung Epic

updated ota and so far no issues except my own ignorance.

There are definitely bugs in this release. I've been able to recreate many of them, and some of the devs here have also seen them. Many of them carried over from the beta builds. The method you use to update means nothing, as long as you follow instructions. Odin and the Samsung updater are the same thing. One is just more user friendly. They both flash the same tar file.

The camera lag is def there no mtter how many times u factor rest , wip data/cache , or what mehtod u use to install. They changed it and now its crappier. That is all.

Checkerboarding is happening in the browser for sure. Pinch-to-zoom and see what happens.

slybarman said:
How exactly can one mess up the update USING SAMSUNG'S OWN TOOL?
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look at my gsensor calibration thread. That's one way to mess up the flash.

i only get camera lag on low light and checker board on browser when i pinch other than that froyo is great.

mattallica76 said:
There are definitely bugs in this release. I've been able to recreate many of them, and some of the devs here have also seen them. Many of them carried over from the beta builds. The method you use to update means nothing, as long as you follow instructions. Odin and the Samsung updater are the same thing. One is just more user friendly. They both flash the same tar file.
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I would have agreed with you before this update...but I believe there is a difference between the Samsung tool and Odin. The S tool fail for me on multuple occasions, freezing at a Cyan, grey or magenta screen on my phone. It only worked after I tried using Odin (pheww..was really worried b4 Odin saved the day).
Here's what worked for at least 2 coworkers and myself who had a lot of the problems listed as bugs. It may be overkill but has worked everytime so far.
1. Backup sd
2. Format sd
3. Odin back to stock D18
4. Boot phone one time and shutdown.
5. Odin to EB13
6. Enjoy a fully functional scoop of Froyo
Only in one case (mine) did someone have to apply the Gsensor lag fix (yamaha calibutil). But other than that no issues with gps, browser, tws or gallery.
Hope this helps someone.

i have to agree with the OP. flashed with via Samsung's tool the night before the ota, and its been perfect. slight checkerboarding in the browser but went to dolphin hd and it rocks now. Not seeing any of the other issues.

A lot of the people who have issues use software like Titanium backup or flash kernels or restore a nandroid backup and then wonder why they are seeing so many bugs. The only way to claim that there are bugs are to use the samsung tool to flash the rom and then WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING ELSE, repeat the bug.
There ARE bugs in this ROM like the checkerboarding, but a majority of the bugs being reported are people who messed up their own install.

Sprint Reps say DON'T update to 2.2! lol

So I went to the sprint store today cuz my battery took a ****. The repair guy was telling everyone not to run the OTA update to 2.2, apparently it's bricking phones and breaking camera. He said Sprint will have their own update in a couple weeks. I lol'd as I walked out with my deodexed rooted EB13...

well that would probably explain why my wife hasnt received the update.. oh well.. I already updated with the zip files as well.

Go figure and they keep rolling it out.
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xTmDarren said:
well that would probably explain why my wife hasnt received the update.. oh well.. I already updated with the zip files as well.
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My wife just got hers a couple of hours ago.
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Damn it booiii...more dissapointment...and after such a long and druamatic wait for the release...smh, will the corrected version be another rolled out OTA or will they release it on the samsung website?

Loving the official 2.2. 12hrs unplugged so far and 60% battery left. Usually my exchange email kills it during the day since the tower is overloaded downtown with awesome 20-60 kilobit speeds. So my 3g radio gets a work out constantly trying to communicate.

Good job sprint smh
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I updated my buddies phone to official 2.2 last night and his phone turned into a brick. Nothing would power it on. No boot, no recovery, no download mode, no nothin... I was using odin and the tar file though and not the update.zip
I did the same procedure twice to my epic and it worked great.
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Calling B.S. unless otherwise proven.

I'm skeptical that they are still rolling it out in force... My mom and sister have yet to get it. I'm just sitting on dk28 for a bot myself so I'm not sure how eb13 is actually performing... The forum posts don't make me particularly optimistic

i can believe it, it was a ***** for me to update my phone using odin and the eb13 tar, it just would not work, my phones screen kept turning a different color like purple or green then odin would just freeze. Tried another computer and was able to do it using the samsung .exe file and it wiped everything and i thought i was good, running real quick and snappy, but i opened the camera and went to record a video with it and as soon as i hit the button to switch to video i got an error saying the camera has crashed and it kicked me out :/ I thought, according to sprint, that we waited this long so they could iron out the bugs and make sure there was a release that was worth of releasing!

This official release is flawless for me. I did get the orange screen thou with the samsung tool, I just reran it and its 100 % flawless. Recorded vids with no issue.

could this be the EVO curse we were dreading?
Btw. Everyone owes a oppology to noobl. Remember he warned us about the leak dk28 bricking some phones? And some in here claimed the epic is unbrickable? Uhhuuu... Everyone... Form a single line and appologize.

I don't know how to prove that the phone was bricked, but it definitely was. It got stuck at param.lfs (or whatever that file extension is) in odin, so I retried it a few times, next thing I knew it would not turn on. He should be swapping it at the sprint store tommorow I think.
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abduljaffar said:
could this be the EVO curse we were dreading?
Btw. Everyone owes a opt to noobl. Remember he weaned us about the leak dk28 bricking some phones? And done in here claimed the epic is unbrickable? Uhhuuu... Everyone... Form a single line and appologize.
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I was on DK28 and since I followed instructions correctly, my phone is still in working condition. HA!

That's misinformation from the store. Here's the deal with the update... Yes, it's still being pushed and all devices should have it by Friday. There have been some reports of issues with the camera and browser force closing but those are resolvable in most cases with a hard reset (sucks I know). I haven't seen any reports of a phone that was truly bricked, although custom roms will be more likely to have issues with the OTA update. I've personally updated 8 of these both OTA and with the Samsung installer and haven't had an issue with any of them after the update.
Currently looking for a custom rom though because I don't like some of the changes that were made. It does feel like the screen is a bit laggy after the update and I hate the new messaging app but overall no performance issues

Overstew said:
I was on DK28 and since I followed instructions correctly, my phone is still in working condition. HA!
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lol. Me too. I used the 200mb samsung tool. No old odin with modified eb13 deodexed junk. Follow instructions nerds!

I'm not buying it. I know there are isues out there (myself included) but I would think if it was a serious problem we would have people on the forums saying it happened to them by now.

I updated my phone via the Samsung .exe file which I knew would wipe my phone which wasn't a problem for me since I use gmail to keep records of my contacts, call logs / sms (using sms backp+) and etc. So no worries there. I did get a little miffed about losing the apps but that is expected for a phone wipe.
There are few quirks and some changes in the GUI I didn't like. Big issue is the stupid SMS client they had to change so will be looking for a altnative version for it. No big deal but why change something when it works in DI18??
Screen rotation lag is fixable via screen calibration (posted elsewhere in this forums).
Least now the Devs have the source code they should be coming out with some nice ROMs soon. Rumored for Sprint to come out with an update in a couple of weeks? Not worried about it, by then most of us will be on custom ROMs anyway.
Darkk

abduljaffar said:
could this be the EVO curse we were dreading?
Btw. Everyone owes a oppology to noobl. Remember he warned us about the leak dk28 bricking some phones? And some in here claimed the epic is unbrickable? Uhhuuu... Everyone... Form a single line and appologize.
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i still think its effing impossible.
rbjem said:
I don't know how to prove that the phone was bricked, but it definitely was. It got stuck at param.lfs (or whatever that file extension is) in odin, so I retried it a few times, next thing I knew it would not turn on. He should be swapping it at the sprint store tommorow I think.
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flashing kills the balls out of the battery. i have had a fully charged battery die in half an hour running odin multiple times trying things out. id bet almost anything that if you had an external charger to throw your battery in for a bit the phone would boot in to download mode with no problems.

EB13 Froyo - is that it for now?

I am just wondering if a newer official ROM looks like it might be released in March to address some of peoples' issues, or if I should just continue my research and preparation to flash what I assume is still available OTW although not OTA. Only thing really holding me back is the prep and the desire to hopefully not do anything riskier than necessary if something else is around the corner (I would do a total Samsung tool flash, by the way to hopefully start clean).

I can't speak for others, but flashing, and Odin, and roms and kernels use to scare the hell out of me. With that said, I used Odin and flashed a clean froyo, did the camera lag kernel fix and my phone is EXCELLENT now. Not a single thing wrong with it. Its fast, the GPS works, and now, I feel comfortable with ODIN.
Before, I was terrified to even start up odin, scared to even put my phone in download mode. Now, I've flashed to Froyo, messed that up, flashed back to Eclair, then flashed to Froyo again, and not a single hiccup along the way. For me, Froyo is worlds better than Eclair.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. Unfortunately the relationship of my Epic to my computer is like a woman's freaking menstrual cycle. I don't even know how I managed to root months ago and clockworkmod never even ended up on there and I have no idea why. So I have to really read, read read this place and do things very methodically before taking the leap. I just saw that there is supposedly yet another Froyo build on Sprint's site today but waiting for another may be pointless right now or close to it.

my last phone was a g1. i thought it was easy to load a custom rom on there, but the process for the epic is downright fool-proof.
you probably didn't get permanent root back on di18, but now they have a pre-rooted eb13 rom you can load through recovery after updating and using the same one click 2.5.5 method. nothing to fear!

v3rk said:
my last phone was a g1. i thought it was easy to load a custom rom on there, but the process for the epic is downright fool-proof.
you probably didn't get permanent root back on di18, but now they have a pre-rooted eb13 rom you can load through recovery after updating and using the same one click 2.5.5 method. nothing to fear!
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I rooted, and am very grateful for the many benefits of it. However this involves much more than rooting--it involves data backup and restore, flashing, etc. so even if it's easier on Android phones than say that old ugly Windows Mobile, it still requires some skill and smarts. XDA is a heck of a tech crew though!

It appears to me that those who wiped everything and started fresh don't have problems. Those that tried to preserve their things are having issues.

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It appears to me that those who wiped everything and started fresh don't have problems. Those that tried to preserve their things are having issues.
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What we have been trying to say is that ODIN or Heimdall is the way to go for changing OS's around. You can always get your contact data back through the OS. Your call data and SMS data is easy to get back with Backup to Gmail. Your programs are easily restored with Titanium Backup ($ version) or MyBackup Pro (just don't restore any system data).

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What we have been trying to say is that ODIN or Heimdall is the way to go for changing OS's around. You can always get your contact data back through the OS. Your call data and SMS data is easy to get back with Backup to Gmail. Your programs are easily restored with Titanium Backup ($ version) or MyBackup Pro (just don't restore any system data).
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Can you please precisely define "system data" and why it shouldn't be restored? I use MyBackup Root and they claim that everything it backs up can be restored pretty much trouble free, even across different ROMs. I'd also like to use CWM and Nandroid (so all eggs aren't in one basket) but have to manage to get the things working first.

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Thanks for the vote of confidence. Unfortunately the relationship of my Epic to my computer is like a woman's freaking menstrual cycle. I don't even know how I managed to root months ago and clockworkmod never even ended up on there and I have no idea why. So I have to really read, read read this place and do things very methodically before taking the leap. I just saw that there is supposedly yet another Froyo build on Sprint's site today but waiting for another may be pointless right now or close to it.
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"amen to that BROTHA!" lol
ehh things can be tricky at timkes, but they always seem to work out. unless you have a problem like this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvosH8UZrWw

a system app is anything that you didnt install yourself. its all the apps in /system/app folder. if you download something from the market it gets saved to /data/app. hope that helps. btw is eb13 considered our official froyo? did they finish pushing it ota?

So, maybe some of us are just tired of the burnout from waiting for the now-"discontinued" Froyo. But is there any word on a possible "ECxx"? I'm almost afraid to ask, heheh.

@dog316
I agree froyo is great but im just woundering if your browser dosnt get the checker box when your trying to pinch to zoom. That's the only problem I have with it, but I think it kinda a big problem
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castro08 said:
@dog316
I agree froyo is great but im just woundering if your browser dosnt get the checker box when your trying to pinch to zoom. That's the only problem I have with it, but I think it kinda a big problem
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Well I am glad that I am not the only one to run across that problem. I thought that was an 'upgrade'. I am looking at several different browsers right now as most of the time I can't read the tiny type.
George

Yeah that's the only/biggest problem I have
And well have you tried dolphin brower?
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Yes - that is the one I like the best right now
George
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What's the big deal with odin. I flashed two epics at ones to eb13 on my 4 year old sony vaio its my workhores laptop I flash everthing with my sony, subaru ecus, hondas, phones, any thing I'm moding with custom FW hacks.
The only time it did not work for me was a asus p4c800-e dx mobo's front usb ports
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