[Q] NOOB - Trying to Root - Epic 4G General

Hello all,
Been trying to root my epic for a few days, and can't seem to figure it out. EPIC has the 2.2.1 firmware version. Here are the steps I'm taking.
1. From computer (WIN XP)
2. Installed Samsung mobile usb drivers v1.3.800.0
3. Installed one.click.root.exploitv2.5.5 from firon.net/xda/one.click.root.exploitv2.5.5.zip
4. Phone
5. Changed usb debugging to enable
6. Connected phone to computer via usb cable, keeping phone active my moving around to various menu screens.
7. From computer
8. Double clicked run.bat file
9. It ran busybox by skeeterslint
10. Daemon started successfully
11. Phone is not connected
I’ve tried rebooting computer. Rebooting phone after step 5. uninstalled and re-installed USB drivers in step 2. I know the usb cable is good because I used it to copy all data on the sd card to computer before I started all of this.
Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.

Use a different USB cable. If it's the stock cable... I don't care what it does work for. Just don't use it.
Also, switch USB ports.

Watch thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTw7l0DugQ8 then watch the rest of the vids and don't forget to thank qbking. You can't go wrong with those vids.

k0nane said:
Use a different USB cable. If it's the stock cable... I don't care what it does work for. Just don't use it.
Also, switch USB ports.
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Yes, I hate the stock cable. I tried to get a screeny earlier today using the sdk tools, and I barely got the shot before it disconnected. So I grabbed my dads work motorola cord, worked fine all day.
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Reboot the phone and try it fresh from boot. Just had this problem rerooting my gf's phone which mysteriously lost root.

k0nane said:
Use a different USB cable. If it's the stock cable... I don't care what it does work for. Just don't use it.
Also, switch USB ports.
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This is why i have three different USB cables
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Also don't use CWM2.5.5, use the new Clockworkmod 3.0. It will speed up your phone quite a bit with the new EXT4 filesystem and allow you to flash custom ROMs without issue if you so choose.

epic4GEE said:
Watch thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTw7l0DugQ8 then watch the rest of the vids and don't forget to thank qbking. You can't go wrong with those vids.
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You are too kind
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063_XOBX said:
Also don't use CWM2.5.5, use the new Clockworkmod 3.0. It will speed up your phone quite a bit with the new EXT4 filesystem and allow you to flash custom ROMs without issue if you so choose.
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Just remember this is only an opinion and preference. Not your only option.
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squshy 7 said:
Just remember this is only an opinion and preference. Not your only option.
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I'd say it's significantly more than an opinion, EXT4 is the filesystem of choice for the Developers and the ONLY option with a several Roms.

063_XOBX said:
I'd say it's significantly more than an opinion, EXT4 is the filesystem of choice for the Developers and the ONLY option with a several Roms.
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Which I understand and agree completely. But the issue here is solving his phone usb disconnection problem. Cwm 3.0 is prbly not the answer to that.
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While true, I am recommending that he try to root with 3.0 instead, so that he doesn't have to do it later and possibly have to solve these issues all over again.

063_XOBX said:
While true, I am recommending that he try to root with 3.0 instead, so that he doesn't have to do it later and possibly have to solve these issues all over again.
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Hehe. Baby steps
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Also remember to turn off your antivirus. I almost forgot.

The Root said:
Also remember to turn off your antivirus. I almost forgot.
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Damn McAfee deleted Rageagainstthemachine twice on me yesterday!

kennyglass123 said:
Damn McAfee deleted Rageagainstthemachine twice on me yesterday!
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Lol...thats funny
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Also if you have one of the newfangled firewall programs like Comodo, you'll need to tell it the rooting executable files are safe before running. If you don't it will force you to confirm their safety to run many times over as you launch, and will stop root from happening because the timing has to be precise for it to run correctly (this was an early issue I had).

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Computer won't recognize my Hero as a flash drive..

Whenever I try to put my phone into mass storage mode, my computer won't recognize and it does nothing. Btw, I'm running win7 and my phone is running aospMOD.
You may need to download a driver for windows 7, the one included with the phone might not be right. Just google something like "cdma hero device driver windows 7"
jake044 said:
Whenever I try to put my phone into mass storage mode, my computer won't recognize and it does nothing. Btw, I'm running win7 and my phone is running aospMOD.
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I would try to reinstall this...
PCSCII.apk
I'm not on my Laptop or I'd upload it for you, but when I get home I'll try to Find it for you!
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how did this work out? mine will read sometimes and sometimes not. i thought that maybe it was a cable issue. but i am very interested to hear if either of these suggestions worked.
PCSCII.apk
ngholson said:
how did this work out? mine will read sometimes and sometimes not. i thought that maybe it was a cable issue. but i am very interested to hear if either of these suggestions worked.
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Nothing's Definite, But my Friend had this Exact Issue and asked me if I could Fix it for him and I Sent him the PCSCII.apk!
He Installed it and was Giving me More Praise then I Probably Deserved... Seeing I kind of just took a Educated Guess!
But either way, I really Don't Think it could Hurt... Give it a Try!
Hopefully I'll look like I know what I'm talking about again, Lmao!!
Good Luck!
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PMGRANDS said:
Nothing's Definite, But my Friend had this Exact Issue and asked me if I could Fix it for him and I Sent him the PCSCII.apk!
He Installed it and was Giving me More Praise then I Probably Deserved... Seeing I kind of just took a Educated Guess!
But either way, I really Don't Think it could Hurt... Give it a Try!
Hopefully I'll look like I know what I'm talking about again, Lmao!!
Good Luck!
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lol, well thanks for the info i will try this later tonight.
PMGRANDS said:
I would try to reinstall this...
PCSCII.apk
I'm not on my Laptop or I'd upload it for you, but when I get home I'll try to Find it for you!
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I'll have to d/l this using the XDA app later. Thanks!
U need to Google HTC hero drivers then it should be one of the first links that pops up if u have 64bit check that then download once there downloaded go to devices and printers right click on android phone then find were it says update drivers make sure the drivers are on your desktop then when u update the drivers press search windows for drivers not the automatic one then click on the desktop after that it should automatically install them
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I have this exact same problem but only with the Froyo/GB roms. When I installed a sense rom the USB mode worked just fine. I'll try installing this apk and update in a few since I'm currently running the GB rom.
Its works fine for me on cm6.1 and asop after u update your drivers and once u plug it in make sure u press mount USB on the phone
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[Q] xoom sync to PC

I want to drag drop files, better yet, use SyncToy to keep the files on my PC current with files on the xoom. Since the xoom comes up as a "Portable Device" when plugged in via USB rather than a "Removable Disk", I am unable to use SyncToy. When I try and drag-drop files, it tells me the file may not work and asks me if I want to continue. I can select yes, but some files will not drag over.
Is there a way to make the xoom a "usb disk" like my droid x when using the USB between the it and my PC? My xoom is rooted, and is there any other options?
Thanks in advance!
Anybody?
This is annoying and a deal breaker for me on the Xoom, like the tablet but thinking about returning and going back to using Gtablet...atleast it could read my USB thumb.
No, honeycomb uses a different protocol so it doesn't need to unmount the sdcard partition everytime you transfer files. For music and video you can use windows media player or any number of programs to sync, for regular files you need to drag and drop I'm afraid.
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Thanks for the reply!
That’s what I was afraid of. It stinks...I really like the tablet, but it’s not going to do what I need it to do.
I read that it would read a USB thumb drive if rooted (with the an extension cable) is this correct? If it would do that...I would be in good shape.
dbarniak said:
Thanks for the reply!
That’s what I was afraid of. It stinks...I really like the tablet, but it’s not going to do what I need it to do.
I read that it would read a USB thumb drive if rooted (with the an extension cable) is this correct? If it would do that...I would be in good shape.
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Yes, there is an older thread in the developers section about that.
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Wifi Explorer is a good way to access and transfer files to and fro.
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cam30era said:
Yes, there is an older thread in the developers section about that.
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I went and looked in the developers section and believe I found the thread, seem involved and may be out of my league to attempt.
marctronixx said:
Wifi Explorer is a good way to access and transfer files to and fro.
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Thanks...I will check out Wifi Explorer and see if it will get the job done.
Can I ask, will this be the same for all honeycomb devices or just Xoom.....not being able to Sync is a HUGE deal breaker for me.

New Epic; having a hard time rooting

Just got it replaced yesterday due to my old one not charging anymore. I'm having a hard time rooting my phone for some reason tho. Tried both methods too :/ I just wanna uninstall all the crapware already
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You got USB debugging selected?
Also - make sure the drivers are recognizing your phone. If necessary, try to Odin EC05 over again and then retry.
Not sure how anyone's going to help you with zero details as to what's happening.
You also want to make sure you have a good USB cable, the one that came with the phone is C R A P.
Every time i'd try to use ADB or odin, things would just fail.
Overstew said:
You got USB debugging selected?
Also - make sure the drivers are recognizing your phone. If necessary, try to Odin EC05 over again and then retry.
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usb debugging is selected. ill try to odin to ec05 again
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ydoucare said:
Not sure how anyone's going to help you with zero details as to what's happening.
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i extract the files correctly and everything but when i double click run.bat it doesnt start doing its thing
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Lord-Anubis said:
You also want to make sure you have a good USB cable, the one that came with the phone is C R A P.
Every time i'd try to use ADB or odin, things would just fail.
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ive been using an htc cable and western digital
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ksweat2292 said:
i extract the files correctly and everything but when i double click run.bat it doesnt start doing its thing
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When you say "doesn't start doing its thing" do you mean it cannot find the phone when disconnecting and connecting it or do you mean nothing happens? If nothing happens redownload the Clockwork Mod 2.5.x from the stickies.
Maybe try turning the computer off and the phone off and then both back on. On my last piece of **** epic it wasnt the cords that i was using it was the micro-usb port on the phone that was not working. that may be something to look into.
Make sure you have Antivirus bg scanning and firewalls off. I had 2 which definitely tripped up the process.

Funny yet sad

I just think my situation with my phone if quite funny first off my storage doesn't work anymore but charge still does, so if I make any mistakes I have about 2 minutes to odin anything and that's if my phone decides to read on my computer, I've tried many things to fix it nothing worked lol. I'm just grateful we have a awesome dev like jt and nemesis + others won I can't recall but I'm sure they know who they are...yup talking about you big guy up stairs...you keep me up all night and give me time to be on my phone on xda to make a meaningless post such as this with all your noise, lol jk. But yes thanks devs of the fascinate and all who contribute, and swype for putting up with my bad spelling
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I would try to reinstall the phone drivers to try and get data going again
A) If you are using a Touchwiz based ROM (COMROM, Evil Fascinate) you will need the Samsung Fascinate driver.
B) If you are using a MTD based ROM (CM7, MIUI, OMFGB) you will need to use the Nexus S drivers.
Failing that a complete uninstall/reinstall of the windows USB stack can sometimes help. m Additionally, judging by your wording it sounds like Odin working is intermittent. That could be the sign of a failing USB cable.
Haven't tried nexus drivers I an on mtd miui
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Yup if you are on an mtd rom you need the nexus drivers.
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bobloblaw1 said:
Yup if you are on an mtd rom you need the nexus drivers.
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Never updated my drivers. Never had problems connecting my phone to USB. I used USB Mass Storage, ODIN, USB Mass Storage in CWM, etc. Still just using the standard Samsung development drivers that I've always used for Windows 7 for my fascinate.
Thats wonderful for you.
so i installed the nexus drivers and now my usb works thanks alot, but im still a lil confused on how my problem started in com rom 2.1 though lol i guess i will never know

Blank screen through HDMI.Help needed.

I have an Atrix 4G, AT&T branded, but i use it in Europe (unlocked). I have a HD dock. When I'm trying to connect the phone over HDMI (with ot without the dock) blank screen appears on the tv. I'm using the right input, i tried with an LG P990. The phone askes me if i want to use the Entertainment Center or (occasionally) the Webtop. Have you got any idea how to fix this?
System version: 4.5.141.MB860.ATT.en.Us
Webtop version: N_01.77.37.P
It is an unrooted and unmodified phone. What could be the problem? How can i fix it? Thanks for your replies.
Did you use the same cable with the LG P990? Also, have you tried bypassing the dock by plugging straight from the phone to the TV.
i have tried with the LG's cable and the motorola's cable as well. Also i have tried to connect the phone directly to the tv. Same appears on the screen (blank, nothing).
If it never worked, I would guess it's a hardware issue. The only other thing I can think of is do a "clear data" on the webtop app, but I've never done that so do it at your own risk. Anyone else have any ideas?
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If you froze extdispservice with an app that prolly killed external HDMI display check that
or you can flash WebtopMOD v1 or fruitcake
sk8trix said:
If you froze extdispservice with an app that prolly killed external HDMI display check that
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He's not even rooted though.
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toastAndJam said:
He's not even rooted though.
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oh well just a suggestion idk then man have been rooted so log i dont even remember what its like to be stock im sorry lol
Thanks for the suggestions, i'll give them a try when i have time. Maybe at friday or the weekend. I'll keep you guys posted.
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i cannot ever root my phone but i'll be keep tryin'. got a working, not too comlicated idea perhaps?

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