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i have the HTC EVO and have been running Flipz FreshROM since he first put out his custom EVO ROM and even used his HERO ROMs before that. my wife has an Epic now, which i rooted back in October. she's currently running the last official update from Samsung (DI18, i believe) and i wanted to update her to the latest release (DK28).
what are the best custom ROMs to use that are based off of the DK28 update?
is it best just to update to DK28, then root and not worry about a custom ROM?
in order to update to DK28, do i have to unroot first or is there an already unrooted DK28 ROM that i could flash?
thanks for the help.
Sturmie said:
i have the HTC EVO and have been running Flipz FreshROM since he first put out his custom EVO ROM and even used his HERO ROMs before that. my wife has an Epic now, which i rooted back in October. she's currently running the last official update from Samsung (DI18, i believe) and i wanted to update her to the latest release (DK28).
what are the best custom ROMs to use that are based off of the DK28 update?
is it best just to update to DK28, then root and not worry about a custom ROM?
in order to update to DK28, do i have to unroot first or is there an already unrooted DK28 ROM that i could flash?
thanks for the help.
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In my opinion, different people will have different opinions regarding which ROM is the "best". User experience can vary from person to person. What may not be an issue to one person may be a deal breaker for another.
I would recommend trying each until you find one that meets your needs. To update to DK28, I would recommend following this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
Couldnt be easier. If you find that you have issues with DK28, use ODIN to get back to 2.1 and then reroot. The process is simple and easy to find if you search. Personally, the second time I tired DK28, I used ODIN to go back to stock 2.1, then used the link above to go to DK28. I would also recommend giving your phone a few days to adjust to 2.2. This helped some of my issues work themselves out.
Use odin to flash the dk28 modem first. I can't post links yet but look in the ViperRom thread for a good zip of Odin with the dk28 modem and the correct Pit file. Unzip everything, untar the modem.tar. Turn off your phone. Boot while holding the 1 key down (you get a Yellow Icon in the middle of the screen). Run Odin, Place the modem.bin file in the PHONE slot in odin, put the .PIT file in the PIT slot in odin. Plug the phone into the computer. Odin will see your phone as a COM# port, any number is fine. Auto-Reboot and F.Reset Time should be the ONLY things checkmarked in options. Click start.
Its complicated but it works pretty good. The phone will restart and run with the DI18 and the DK28 modem. Get a GPS Lock in Navigation or Google Maps on the phone, make sure it locks! Skipping this step has led to some people not being able to get locks with the internal gps on epics with dk28.
Apply the oneclick root found in the forums (Android Developement).
Pick a rom, i think Bonsai 1.04 is very stable and pretty with its elegant font.. not so strongly masculine like some of the custom roms. Download the rom and put it on the sdcard, boot into clockwork (volume down, camera and the power button simultaneously) and wipe / factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache. Flash the rom...zip off the sdcard and then reboot.
Yes you can flash directly dk28 with modem using ODIN.. I tried the OTA zip on a stock DI18 and couldn't get that to work for me. But when I went direct to dk28 from di18 i lost gps.
Anyway, just my story, and what I did. I love my custom rom, but it took me hours to figure it out. I hope these instructions are complete and errorfree, but it would be a good idea to read forum threads about this stuff besides just what I have to say. ViperROM's thread was especially helpful with the odin use stuff. There is a wiki about it too, but im not allowed to post links, oops.
I don't know if it was just me but I immediately jumped on the DK28 band wagon, and yes it was cool but for me it was somewhat unstable. My Wifi was borked, sometimes it'd go on perfect, other times I'd hit the widget in the pulldown, and it'd sit there green and do nothing. i'd have to go into the Settings -> Wifi and it'd say "Error". So like I said I don't know if it was just me cause everyone else here loves it. Anyway just thought I'd let you know!
Good luck!
Sincerely,
D3luSi0n4L
thanks for the responses...i really appreciate the info.
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Apply the oneclick root found in the forums (Android Developement).
Pick a rom, i think Bonsai 1.04 is very stable and pretty with its elegant font.. not so strongly masculine like some of the custom roms. Download the rom and put it on the sdcard, boot into clockwork (volume down, camera and the power button simultaneously) and wipe / factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache. Flash the rom...zip off the sdcard and then reboot.
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if i'm wiping everything and flashing a custom DK28-based ROM, do i need to unroot, flash the stock DK28, re-root and then flash? or could i just wipe the current state of her Epic and flash the Bonsai ROM? i know with my EVO that i have to update the baseband/radio separately from the ROM, but whenever i want to update my EVO, i just wipe and re-flash the new ROM.
D3luSi0n4L said:
I don't know if it was just me but I immediately jumped on the DK28 band wagon, and yes it was cool but for me it was somewhat unstable. My Wifi was borked, sometimes it'd go on perfect, other times I'd hit the widget in the pulldown, and it'd sit there green and do nothing. i'd have to go into the Settings -> Wifi and it'd say "Error". So like I said I don't know if it was just me cause everyone else here loves it. Anyway just thought I'd let you know!
Good luck!
Sincerely,
D3luSi0n4L
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I was having voice problems myself... lots of distortion at high volumes. Went back to 2.1 and the problem is gone.
Sturmie said:
i have the HTC EVO and have been running Flipz FreshROM since he first put out his custom EVO ROM and even used his HERO ROMs before that. my wife has an Epic now, which i rooted back in October. she's currently running the last official update from Samsung (DI18, i believe) and i wanted to update her to the latest release (DK28).
what are the best custom ROMs to use that are based off of the DK28 update?
is it best just to update to DK28, then root and not worry about a custom ROM?
in order to update to DK28, do i have to unroot first or is there an already unrooted DK28 ROM that i could flash?
thanks for the help.
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Check out Quantum rom,with EXT4..Just did my wifes epic,no issues at all....BTW i run fresh 3.5, good rom....
I have a question about roms and the (eventual) update to official froyo...will those of us on DK28 need to flash back to use custom roms or will we be able to simply odin a new modem and install a new rom? Or better yet, not have to odin anything and just be able to flash in CWM.
I just flashed Bonsai rom and I finally have froyo on my epic!
Although I had problem following instructions, I finally got it working.
I'd like share my experience of flashing froyo rom on stock phone in hope to help other people who haven't flashed a rom like me before. Please go easy on me, this was my first time flashing custom rom.
First, I copied Bonsai rom file to sdcard.
Then, I flashed stock DK28 rom using the Odin program. This was very easy to follow and was done very fast. Within minutes, I had stock froyo on my phone.
Next, I downloaded Clockwork MOD v3.0.0.x and follow the direction of installing samsung driver and activated the debugging mode on the phone.
After the computer recognized the phone (it took a while and I had to pull the USB from the phone and back again), I ran the run.bat and clockwork mod was installed.
Now, I had to boot in to recovery mode, which I had problem. I didn't know that I had to fully turn off the phone to boot into recovery mode. After the phone is fully turned off, press volume down, camera button and power button and hold all 3 buttons for while.
Once I was in the recovery mode, it automatically backed up data. This took a while. After that, I wiped data, cache and dalvik cache several times.
Then I installed Bonsai zip file while I was in the recover mode. It automatically installed and rebooted the phone.
But for me something went wrong. The phone had mixed up boot animation, and it booted to stock DK28 theme. Also when I touched the phone, it didn't respond and rebooted. I had to pull the battery and boot to recovery mode.
I then wiped data several times again and reinstalled the Bonsai rom. This time it rebooted correctly! I confirmed by checking the About in the phone.
So far its working good and Quadrant benchmark gives me 1800 range.
Also I am happy that after few tweaks, my stock earphone control is working!
Now I am a happy camper!!
Excellent. Check out the other ROMS when you get the chance.
I too just recently decided to root/new rom my epic. It was extremely easy and not nearly as complicated as I thought it might be. Went with Bonsai also because the instructions were so simple and I wanted a simple functional rom. So much faster and better! Few little nuances, (call log having sms messages which i fixed) and the speakerphone toggle on calls but other then that it is awesome. Anyone on the fence...take the jump.
I think I will take the jump this weekend for the first time. I have wanted to install froyo and try out the many custom roms for a long time now. I guess I'm just a little nervous but I'm sure there is not much to worry about.
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i tried a few of the dk28 roms (frankenstein, bonsai, nebula, quantum) over the past week or so, and kept running into hiccups that didn't really entirely kill the enjoyment of having froyo on my epic, but it really soured the deal. i appreciate what the devs have done with the dk29 leak. i'm sure it leaves much to be desired, but i'm looking for a smoother experience so just today i flashed back to syndicate. have to say i'm very pleased with that decision
The reverse is the case for me. No DK28 ROM has been worth it to me in any case (it's not complete/'tis a leak anyway). Got tired of the stop gap performance and went back to DI18 a while ago and it is a breath of fresh air. Like night and day performance/battery wise.
Until official Froyo is out, i'm not interested anymore.
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The reverse is the case for me. No DK28 ROM has been worth it to me in any case (it's not complete/'tis a leak anyway). Got tired of the stop gap performance and went back to DI18 a while ago and it is a breath of fresh air. Like night and day performance/battery wise.
Until official Froyo is out, i'm not interested anymore.
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Im in the same situation as you. Ive tried all of the Dk28 roms and always came back to my DI18 set up. Most Dk28 roms worked well overall. However I personally couldnt get over the lag, no matter how small. With my current DI18 rom and kernel set up, everything flies. The devs have done a great job tho on all of the 2.2 roms.
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hello just got my new epic 4g about 3 hours ago i just came from the samsung mesmerize and before that i was on captivate so far i am loving the epic (because of the keyboard) well i was looking at roms and things seem really different compared to the mesmerize... the rom i was looking at was the Frankenstein FROYO rom and i am looking forward to pick up and test out that rom but the thing is i am a little confuse on some of the things it wants me to do like the whole DK28 modem thing and the convert to ext4 system..... what is this stuff about? and also the whole No Journaling thing? so far i am rooted and thats about it on my phone where should i start lol
Welcome! I also use Frankenstein ROM.
Ok. The dk28 is our froyo leak that we have. If you go into settings and about phone and look at the baseband version that tells you your modem version. If you update to dk28 then the baseband version should say dk28. If you update to dk28 using Odin to flash the rom it will automatically update your modem. The ext4 thing is changing our filesystem from stock Rfs to ext4 which is a lot faster. When you update to dk28 use the one click root with clockwork mod version 3 and once finished boot into cwm by using power down,camera and power button and the cwm3 will automatically convert your filesystem to ext4. The no journaling mod speeds up the phone by about 15%. Having journaling is enabled to protect your data. If you bare in the middle of something and your battery dies it is there to protect it. Now when you disable it you just gave to be careful to Jake sure your battery doesn't die while your doing something cause it could corrupt your data. I've been using it for almost a month and I haven't gad any trouble. Good luck. Anymore questions just ask.
Midnight+midnight theme ftw
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Welcome! Glad to hear you are enjoying the Epic so far. I use MeatROM. It works really well, especially with ext4.
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Musclehead hit everything spot on, though I'm not sure exactly how much no journaling speeds up your processing capability. I'm on Viperrom Frozen, which uses EXT4 and flashes through CWM3. I think it's terrific. Tried Bonsai but it was too stock for my taste. It's a barebones, clean deal with Bonsai. I go more for the theme and baked in stuff personally.
so im a little lost here i am following this guide to upgrade to 2.2 http://briefmobile.com/how-to-update-sprint-epic-4g-to-android-2-2?cp=5
when i try the first way it says update verification failed
and the 2nd way in odin says SPH-D700-DK8-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 is invaild and then end sooo im a little stuck here and when i use the one click root with CWM3 it wont boot into the CWM it still stays in the standered manger
now i am stuck even more i got CWM3 to install and right after it it turned my phone into a ext4 system it wont boot and stays on the samsung screen =/ and i have the update.zip on my sd card but it is still giving me a error saying error 7
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now i am stuck even more i got CWM3 to install and right after it it turned my phone into a ext4 system it wont boot and stays on the samsung screen =/ and i have the update.zip on my sd card but it is still giving me a error saying error 7
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If you run CWM3/Ext4 on your 2.1 install it will bork and get stuck on the Samsung screen. CWM3/Ext4 only works with DK28.
I don't know if you could apply a zip via CWM3 (while installed on 2.1) or not, I would wager you couldn't... but since the DK28 update should apply all the changes as you would by flashing I'm not sure.
The proper process is DK28, then CWM3/Ext4, then rom.
If your DK28 tar file is giving an error in Odin before you even try to apply it, download it again and retry; something got messed up in your download most likely.
ok got my phone to go back to stock 2.1 with the odin way soo gonna try and download the dk28 file again and see where that takes me
icebear8 said:
ok got my phone to go back to stock 2.1 with the odin way soo gonna try and download the dk28 file again and see where that takes me
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Yeah give that a go if the new file checks OK, odin it to get to 2.2 (or you could download the update.zip if it is still floating around out there and install it via the samsung recovery). Boot it up and get your gmail configured etc, then go to debugging mode and run CW3 again.
Reboot into CWM3 and let it finish, then it should boot right up to the phone again. The pick a rom (if you want one) and apply it in CWM3. Just make sure the rom is compatible with ext4 and CWM3. Some are compatible with neither, some with ext4 but not CWM3. It usually says in the thread title which it is.
ok redownloaded it and installed my settings says i have 2.2 and the baseband says DK28 and did the CWM3/ext4 and now im stuck at the same samsung screen again
icebear8 said:
ok redownloaded it and installed my settings says i have 2.2 and the baseband says DK28 and did the CWM3/ext4 and now im stuck at the same samsung screen again
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After you ran the CWM3 batch file, did you reboot into CWM3 to let it finish the installation (down volume, camera, power button at same time to turn the phone on)?
If yes, did it complete without errors?
this is what i am doing right after i installed the DK28 file i started my phone and used the oneclickCWM3 root it went thru fine and started up fine so i reset it and did the whole cam,power,volume down stuff and then it went into CWM and was updating my file system to EXt4 and then after it said complete it restarted and then just hangs in the samsung logo
At the CWM3 menu, you have to install a ROM from zip file.
ok everything is good just need to know if my undervolt took in dont know how i find out about that
So you got past the cwm3 conversion? Yeah you needed to flash a rom or it would get stuck. What undervolt mod are you talking about? What rom did you flash?
Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
I did the franken rom it said that it had the undervolt option in it so I downloaded that and threw it in with the rom
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I just Odin'd straight from DK28 to EB13 with no problems what so ever thus far, I thought everyone was saying it's not a possibility?
Not a possibility to update via flashable .zip not with ODIN
Seanc13 said:
I just Odin'd straight from DK28 to EB13 with no problems what so ever thus far, I thought everyone was saying it's not a possibility?
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I think they were referring to receiving the OTA or updating with the zip file
Ah, ok I see, I've been wonderin all day while I was at school haha.
Oh, and am I the only one who still can't get a gps lock?
Edit: I got a lock accurate to 100 meters, better than the usual 2800 meters, but still not great
I still cant get a lock anywhere better than 2800 meters, running EB13, what can i do to fix it?
Seanc13 said:
I still cant get a lock anywhere better than 2800 meters, running EB13, what can i do to fix it?
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It's actually possible (correct me if I'm wrong) that whatever you flashed through ODIN didn't have the modem for EB13. Going back to DI18 and then using the update.zip to get to EB13 is a sure-fire way to get the new modem...
Chances are you actually did get the modem though if you used the link to the .tar that was posted here... in that case I'm not too sure
Yea I used the modem posted here and in my setting it says EB13
try downloading gps status and deleting agps data thru the app.
I'm on a dk28 ROM with eb13 kernel and modem. My gps lock is quick and within 10 meters tops.
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Good to hear. I was sick of idiots telling me I have to lose all my data and settings just to jump from DK28 to EB13 (froyo to froyo!).
nonzenze said:
Good to hear. I was sick of idiots telling me I have to lose all my data and settings just to jump from DK28 to EB13 (froyo to froyo!).
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The only two ways to do this, either using the Samsung tool or Odin, will both completely wipe your data and settings. If you want to save your data make sure you do a nandroid backup before updating and then do an advaned (/data) restore with clockwork after you've updated and restored your root/clockwork.
There are more than two ways.
*Samsung tool (or Odin)
*update.zip (for fully stock system)
*cwm flashable di18->eb13. If you are on dk28, then use the cwm flashable di18 w/ modem in the wiki, first.
You will probably lose data and settings when flashing the di18 zip, but as mentioned before, you can do a backup and then restore /data once you make it to eb13.
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The only two ways to do this, either using the Samsung tool or Odin, will both completely wipe your data and settings. If you want to save your data make sure you do a nandroid backup before updating and then do an advaned (/data) restore with clockwork after you've updated and restored your root/clockwork.
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What a pain. I have my phone set exactly the bloody way I like it.
I can live with DK28 for the time being, maybe I'll flash once CM7 or some other custom ROM actually supports the Epic properly.
nonzenze said:
What a pain. I have my phone set exactly the bloody way I like it.
I can live with DK28 for the time being, maybe I'll flash once CM7 or some other custom ROM actually supports the Epic properly.
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This is kind of where I'm leaning now. My phone works great, I have relatively few problems and introducing new ones just to get from DK28 to EB13 doesn't sound like a good idea at all.
Is the compass/accelerometer issue resolved in EB13? Will Google Sky Maps work properly? Does wifi turn on everytime, without error? If not, I have nothing to gain and everything to lose by even considering updating to EB13..
New Epic 4g - Rooted and Rommed
Hi, I just swapped out my Evo 4G to a Galaxy Epic 4G, I first was trying to figuring out how to updated to the latest mods but thanks to XDA developers i got it all working fast now. I first installed the Root one Click 3.0.0.5/6 and then i tried to install the Rom but it woulnt take it. So after reading much online, i figured i had to take it to Android 2.2 first to install one of the latest ROM's. si i did the Froyo 2.2 update and the I was able to Flash it using the One Click Root CWM3 Clockwork 3.0.0.6 and installed ViperROM Trinity 4.0.4 and now its running Fast and clean I also installed the Genocide 1.20Ghz EB13 Kernel V.0.2
I ran sum benchmark test and got:
16.561 mflops @ 5.06 sec Linpack
1773 on Quadrant
38.99 seconds on SQL
1315, 2948 on Smartbench
My Epic is Working great Thanks XDA-Dev.
nonzenze said:
What a pain. I have my phone set exactly the bloody way I like it.
I can live with DK28 for the time being, maybe I'll flash once CM7 or some other custom ROM actually supports the Epic properly.
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Why is this a pain? Barely different than flashing a new Rom/Kernel:
1) CWM, make backup
2) Odin combo EB13/Root/CW (ext or RFS)
3) CWM, Flash EB13 Rom/kernel (required for ext4, optional for RFS)
4) CWM, restore data
I used Midnight 4.0 and Genocide 0.2a kernel. My homescreen, settings, apps, etc. all restored perfectly.
danmax2010 said:
Hi, I just swapped out my Evo 4G to a Galaxy Epic 4G, I first was trying to figuring out how to updated to the latest mods but thanks to XDA developers i got it all working fast now. I first installed the Root one Click 3.0.0.5/6 and then i tried to install the Rom but it woulnt take it. So after reading much online, i figured i had to take it to Android 2.2 first to install one of the latest ROM's. si i did the Froyo 2.2 update and the I was able to Flash it using the One Click Root CWM3 Clockwork 3.0.0.6 and installed ViperROM Trinity 4.0.4 and now its running Fast and clean I also installed the Genocide 1.20Ghz EB13 Kernel V.0.2
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Well, that's one way to do it... as long as it works for you. I was thisclose to flashing ViperROM but it was delayed by a couple days... so I put on Nebula and two days later EB13 was confirmed. So I'm sitting here, waiting for the EB13 based Nebula (or CM6.2).
Hey, someone else from Orlando... cool.
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Why is this a pain? Barely different than flashing a new Rom/Kernel:
1) CWM, make backup
2) Odin combo EB13/Root/CW (ext or RFS)
3) CWM, Flash EB13 Rom/kernel (required for ext4, optional for RFS)
4) CWM, restore data
I used Midnight 4.0 and Genocide 0.2a kernel. My homescreen, settings, apps, etc. all restored perfectly.
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The fact that you put up with this nonsense is really astounding.
An upgrade should *never* destroy anything on the phone. The homescreen, settings, apps being as they were -- I take that as an absolute non-negotiable minimum, not some amazing contrivance.
There are a lot of threads I'm sure but I recently Odin dk28 and accepted ec05. I checked for ota and it never came thru so I found a site and dl the update. Simple rename and went to factory recovery and installed.
I was worried about a data wipe this way but it did not. It installed perfectly and is running great. No data loss. Took me 15 mins total.
After trying all gbread leaks and many countless roms this ota seems to be working very well on the old epic. Breathes life back into it.
Linpacks 18ish and quadrants 1700+ for me w 24 apps. Overall very very happy for a stock phone. The epic should have had this a long time ago
yepper, just dl'd and I am impressed. All around worth the wait update. Doubt we get anything else, but it'll keep me happy....till I update to a new phone.
Any chance you have the link for where to download it. Would like to do it for my girlfriends phone
link
Rene2.5RS said:
Any chance you have the link for where to download it. Would like to do it for my girlfriends phone
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I uploaded the zip I downloaded to update to 2.3.5
You need to apply this to a stock Froyo EC05 phone via stock recovery.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8DFupwiCOXyZGY2MzU4ZGUtNDlkNS00ODVhLTg3MTMtYjUyMzI1MGY4MGU1
It is in my google docs folder.
If google asks you to login; just use a different browser than IE. I have it set as public but it seems IE and google docs don't talk well.
Rename that zip to update.zip and copy it to the sd card, turn the phone off and boot into stock recovery. Then choose install from update.zip
Good luck
Thanks for the link, I got it. My only question is I don't remember the recovery boot up sequence, I have an EVO and if I remember correctly the Epic has a 3 button press to get there...
Sorry I know this is extremely noobish sounding, but I have never messed with her phone outside of loading DK28
Are there random reboots? That was the only thing holding me back from going to gb
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flashed the update zip and had ei22 b4 it came ota but being stock it runs pretty good i think. cant wait for devs to work on gettin roms all bugfree
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Thanks for the link, I got it. My only question is I don't remember the recovery boot up sequence, I have an EVO and if I remember correctly the Epic has a 3 button press to get there...
Sorry I know this is extremely noobish sounding, but I have never messed with her phone outside of loading DK28
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Turn phone off. Hold volume down, camera, then power button til the Samsung logo and bottom compactive keys light up. Bam! You're in recovery.
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Write-protected file?
When I try to move the file to my SD card it says the file is write protected. I have no idea what that means. Any clues anyone?
i am sooooo annoyed with this ota because my phone hasnt recieved it yet!!!! ive manualy update the firmware and android like five times a day since i herd it was released but still no luck i know that i can get the update from the forums but i just want to feel the satisfaction of getting it OTA after months of WAITINGGGG for this to be released i dont just want to cheat and get it the easy way... anybody else with me or should i just stop being stubbern and get the update files?
I got notice for ota update but I when I tried it, no update available.