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Wtf samsung?

I'm having nothing but problems with this update. Feels like samsung just took dk28 and renamed it eb13. I went back to di18 from dk28 so that my phone can work properly thinking that eb13 would be worth the wait but nooooooooo now I'm back to frustration I felt using dk28. Damn samsung did y'all even try to test this or did y'all just rename and called it official?
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Would help if you would at least list said problems.
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mc-fine said:
Would help if you would at least list said problems.
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Here go. Bluetooth once again will not stay connected. Facebook sync force closing checker board web is back wifi is dropping 4g is not worth a damn. volume levels adjust for no reason sms app hangs when sending a text gps takes for ever to lock. I'm going play around with this some more and see what else happens
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I installed EB13 using the windows installer, which totally wipes the phone and I'm having none of those problems. Not knowing how you installed the update it's hard to know what happened but perhaps clearing the caches would help.

i used odin which does a full wipe and im having no issues. im loving this

I updated using the .exe file on the Samsung site and I'm not having any of the issues you listed. And after wiping my memory card it would appear my issues with my media files are gone as well...
Sounds like you should wipe, reinstall and see what happens.

I updated no problem...and ill be damned....I can play farmvile on my phone now...FML
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Tbtltdts said:
I updated no problem...and ill be damned....I can play farmvile on my phone now...FML
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Kinda makes one think Apple may have actually been on to something lol

poit said:
I installed EB13 using the windows installer, which totally wipes the phone and I'm having none of those problems. Not knowing how you installed the update it's hard to know what happened but perhaps clearing the caches would help.
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Just did that seem to run a lot better now
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The more I'm reading the more it sounds like the safest, cleanest way to go is the full flash/wipe. I guess I'll have to test how good my data backups are after all...

How do you do a full wipe!?
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slevenkelevra said:
How do you do a full wipe!?
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Basically the full Sammy installer through a PC *sounds* like it will do it. But the recovery boot menu also has an option for clearing the cache and I wonder if that is good to do also before that, just to be thorough.

DroidApprentice said:
The more I'm reading the more it sounds like the safest, cleanest way to go is the full flash/wipe. I guess I'll have to test how good my data backups are after all...
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I think that's true about the full wipe method. The update.zip method assumes that you've got a fully stock phone that you haven't messed around with. That assumption doesn't work all that well with the types who visit xda.
On the plus side, I was using a DK28 rom (quantum) and did a backup in clockwork. After I did the "full wipe" (.exe) method and then did the old 1-click to get root and clockwork back, I was able to go to "advanced" restore in clockword and restore just my data. It worked absolutely perfectly.

Please...please. I beg of you haha. Explain howexactly I would wipe my phone so that I would be able to get te update. I was fooling around and deleted the nascar app and because of this I'm not able to dowload it without and error messege.
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slevenkelevra said:
How do you do a full wipe!?
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sleven, you really should do some reading on the forums and you could easily figure it out: [GUIDE] How To Update Your Samsung Epic 4G to Official "EB13" Android 2.2.1 in the Epic 4G Android Development forum is a pretty damn good place to start. I'd use the Last Resort (Easiest) method if I were you, since you don't seem to be big on figuring things out. CAUTION!!! All three methods listed here will reset your phone to stock, though they will leave your SD card and it's contents alone.
If you want to "upgrade" rather than do a clean install so that you can save your settings & programs, follow this guide:
Download the update.zip file from http://www.multiupload.com/K1MHLS6SNX
Boot into recovery by
Power off your phone
Hold [Volume Down] + [Camera] + [Power] until you're in recovery
Clear cache 3x
Apply update.zip
DroidApprentice said:
Basically the full Sammy installer through a PC *sounds* like it will do it. But the recovery boot menu also has an option for clearing the cache and I wonder if that is good to do also before that, just to be thorough.
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Droid, from what I understand the "full Sammy installer" completely reformats the partitions and installs a fresh copy of EB13 on Epics. However, I know there's a number of people who recommend booting into recovery (stock or CWM) and clearing the caches 3x in a row. I haven't always done that, but it does seem to clear up a lot of issues that people are having, especially if they flash with Odin / Heimdall.

slevenkelevra said:
Please...please. I beg of you haha. Explain howexactly I would wipe my phone so that I would be able to get te update. I was fooling around and deleted the nascar app and because of this I'm not able to dowload it without and error messege.
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sleven, I guess I'm taking pity on you, cuz here's a guide to fix your little problem. Be advised, you'll need to have root privileges and a file manager that can navigate root, such as Root Explorer. If you need help getting rooted, see One Click Root & Recovery for the Epic 4G! v2.5.5 Now has ClockworkMod Redirector!
In the Wiki, check out All *.apks & Framework / Apps safe to remove
Download the Epic System Apps.rar file from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=20HJ9004
Unrar it with 7zip, Winrar, Winzip, etc.
Find the Nascar app you deleted and copy it to /system/app
As long as your /system/app folder is identical to the Epic System Apps folder from the .rar (it's ripped straight from a phone), you should be good to follow the guide I gave you in my previous post. Good luck!
Credit where credit is due: obviously I linked to many other people's guides, wikis, etc. Thanks a lot, cuz that's how I learned to do all this!

I didn't wipe and I have no problems at all. All I did was install and run gps status and now I get instant lock even in my house. It think it is going to take awhile for everyone to get use to the setting.

DroidApprentice said:
The more I'm reading the more it sounds like the safest, cleanest way to go is the full flash/wipe. I guess I'll have to test how good my data backups are after all...
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With some people around here you might need to clarify that you mean to wipe the phone, not wipe with the phone....

Everything has been better than 2.1 for me (GPS, browser, etc), except bluetooth. Bluetooth still can't connect in my car.
If bluetooth would work, this ROM would be perfect.
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at first my GPS seemed to be much faster and more accurate (locked into 2 meters!) but now this morning I can't seem to get a lock at all...wtf???
I used samsungs pc installer by the way. Maybe I'll try using Odin instead today...
other than that, which is a huge other, the ROM is running great. I did have to root and run the manual sensor calibration utility though to fix the screen lag
edit: Just did a battery-pull reboot and all seems to be well in epic FROYO land.

[Zip] Flashable wipe zip for new ROM install

I have seen people say before that you should wipe partitions a few times to ensure they are clean, so I made this zip for myself to make things quick and easy. This zip wipes boot, system, data and cache 5 times each. Whether there is truly a benefit to this I don't really know but I would rather just use it anyway as it is extremely quick.

I can use this.. Thanks
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Will this wipe delvik?

yes it wipes everything. It's suited for a fresh clean rom install. If you flash this zip you must flash your new rom or your phone won't boot.
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NicholasQ said:
yes it wipes everything. It's suited for a fresh clean rom install. If you flash this zip you must flash your new rom or your phone won't boot.
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Awesome! Thanks.

NicholasQ said:
I have seen people say before that you should wipe partitions a few times to ensure they are clean, so I made this zip for myself to make things quick and easy. This zip wipes boot, system, data and cache 5 times each. Whether there is truly a benefit to this I don't really know but I would rather just use it anyway as it is extremely quick.
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Should this script work satisfactorily with Galaxy Note N7000?
Thanks,
Phil.

Thanks this is really helpful
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NicholasQ said:
I have seen people say before that you should wipe partitions a few times to ensure they are clean, so I made this zip for myself to make things quick and easy. This zip wipes boot, system, data and cache 5 times each. Whether there is truly a benefit to this I don't really know but I would rather just use it anyway as it is extremely quick.
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That is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot.

Hi guys
I am a noob to flashing rom's, I am running paranoidandroid 1.99. I followed the guide wiped everything (once) and installed Zip and Gapps,
I am running Matr1x Kernal on ONDEMAND, But i am lucky to get 4 hours out of the battery with normal useage and today alone it has restarted and rebooted several times.
Gonna try this wipe zip and hope that solves my problems.
Cheers:cyclops:

Completely stuck, definitely need help at this point

Ok, so I've looked through various threads today and cant seem to get a fix.
First, heres the symptoms- N4 (4.2.1) has massive battery loss/ something running in the background killing it (battery page says Android OS). I killed all the background apps and everything else it would let me kill and it still will not charge (tried different plugs, cables, outlets, etc). I've had it plugged in for the past 6 hours and I'm finally up to 9%.
The phone has been rooted, and I'm trying to flash it and return it to stock, but thats when I ran into problem 2. It won't recognize that it is plugged into a computer (running on a Mac, but tried XP machine, Win7 machine, and again different cords).
From here, I don't know where to go. I'm new to this Android ball game so I don't have a ton of background here, so hopefully I missed something simple.
PS by massive battery loss- I fully charged the phone last night, then went to class today with wifi/blue/gps off and always have 5 bars of AT&T here and after 1 Hr, I had 35% battery left with Android OS consuming almost all of it.

definitely pickup gsam battery monitor and better battery stats to monitor the battery usage. gsam might be able to tell you what app is causing the battery drain. bbs is more technical but might tell you more about what is going on. Make sure your maps app is not reporting your location.

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definitely pickup gsam battery monitor and better battery stats to monitor the battery usage. gsam might be able to tell you what app is causing the battery drain. bbs is more technical but might tell you more about what is going on. Make sure your maps app is not reporting your location.
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Thanks for the response. Downloaded it and the usage is 1%, so now I think its something more than that. Either hardware or some weird glitch??

It won't charge and isn't recognized by any computer?
I'd call it a hardware fault to be honest.
Try to get a stock rom on the device, re flash it and RMA it.

Nuu~ said:
It won't charge and isn't recognized by any computer?
I'd call it a hardware fault to be honest.
Try to get a stock rom on the device, re flash it and RMA it.
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Yeah, thats what I was thinking.... still stuck on how to get a rom on it without it recognizing being plugged in though?

GunninZombiesdown said:
Yeah, thats what I was thinking.... still stuck on how to get a rom on it without it recognizing being plugged in though?
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Just let it die and RMA it anyways. They arent gonna bother to Charge it, then "look to see if you Rom'd it".

I'm gonna help ya out here...
1. download this app from the playstore and relock bootloader : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.segv11.bootunlocker
2. download the stock ROM & recovery from this thread straight to your phone : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006088
3. boot into recovery, full wipe, flash the ROM then the recovery. all done, back to stock:beer:
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lowrider262 said:
I'm gonna help ya out here...
1. download this app from the playstore and relock bootloader : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.segv11.bootunlocker
2. download the stock ROM & recovery from this thread straight to your phone : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006088
3. boot into recovery, full wipe, flash the ROM then the recovery. all done, back to stock:beer:
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Thanks man, really appreciate it! Man I hope this works, because I came from a i 4s and was about to slit my throat and buy an iPhone 5.

GunninZombiesdown said:
Thanks man, really appreciate it! Man I hope this works, because I came from a i 4s and was about to slit my throat and buy an iPhone 5.
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just remember when you go to flash the downloaded files theyll be located in the /download folder (just in case you didn't know) and also by "full wipe" I mean factory reset + wipe cache
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Well now it seems I've hit another brick wall. After entering into, or trying to enter into Recovery mode, it comes up with an error message saying No Command. I swear, I'm not usually this bad with these things. Any ideas?

For future reference MTP doesn't work with Win XP, and you need a separate app for it to work on a Mac. Should be recognized on the Win 7 PC though.

GunninZombiesdown said:
Well now it seems I've hit another brick wall. After entering into, or trying to enter into Recovery mode, it comes up with an error message saying No Command. I swear, I'm not usually this bad with these things. Any ideas?
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That means you currently have the stock recovery installed. First unlock the bootloader again with the Bootlock app. Then download Rom Manger from the play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager . open it up and select flash clockworkmod recovery. When its done re-lock your boot loader again with bootlock. Then boot back into recovery manually (or even easier,open rom manager again and push reboot into recovery) and proceed to flash the stock rom & recovery files. (Don't forget to wipe first)
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[RESOLVED] Booting goes to black screen!

Okay, so I was listening to a YouTube video via Popup Browser BETA. When the song finished, I tried closing the window, but it wouldn't let me interact with the window. Not sure why. I just figured since the app was in beta it was just confused, so I went to the settings->running applications->I force closed the app. But for some reason, the little window still wouldn't go away. So I decided to reboot my device. Bad idea, apparently...
Now whenever I boot up my phone it'll vibrate, display the Google logo for a few seconds, and then... it goes to a blank black screen. Not a clue why. I've tried:
- Leaving it to charge and rebooting
- Leaving it in the blank black screen
- Booting into recovery, then trying to reboot the device from there
- Clearing cache partition
Nothing works. I still can't boot up my phone again.
I'm running Slimbean 4.2.1 (not the latest version). There really isn't anything that might have triggered this. I can still charge my phone (the charging animation still occurs) and I can still go into CWM Recovery. I'd really rather not have to install a new ROM or anything... but if I have to, is there a way to extract the data I have on my phone now while in recovery or something?
Any suggestions?
EDIT: This has been FIXED. Moderators, if you see this, you can close this thread. If anyone else has this problem, try reflashing your current version of your ROM, that's how I fixed mine. I'm not responsible for damage to your device.

Why haven't you tried reflashing your rom without wiping data?
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mitchdickson said:
Why haven't you tried reflashing your rom without wiping data?
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I could try that.. but isn't there a chance it'll corrupt the data for certain apps or no? I'd just really rather not loose all of that.

Surpass said:
I could try that.. but isn't there a chance it'll corrupt the data for certain apps or no? I'd just really rather not loose all of that.
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It's not going to hurt anything. Make a CWM backup of your data if you want.
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Surpass said:
I could try that.. but isn't there a chance it'll corrupt the data for certain apps or no? I'd just really rather not loose all of that.
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No way of corrupting your data, as long as you don't select to wipe data partition or data is already corrupted. But this is strange that your phone gone crazy like this. Try to reflash your rom without wiping data and see if your phone will boot up
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It's not going to hurt anything. Make a CWM backup of your data if you want.
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I've not got enough free space on my phone I don't think (it's only 16GB, I got about 2GB free).
Unless I'm mistaken the backup will take more than that, yes? Considering I've got a few games apps that probably equate to about 4GB.

gallardo5 said:
No way of corrupting your data, as long as you don't select to wipe data partition or data is already corrupted. But this is strange that your phone gone crazy like this. Try to reflash your rom without wiping data and see if your phone will boot up
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Should I reflash with a newer version of the ROM or should I reflash the old one that I'm running?
EDIT: Woops sorry about double post.

Surpass said:
Should I reflash with a newer version of the ROM or should I reflash the old one that I'm running?
EDIT: Woops sorry about double post.
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Reflash the same version you were running before this accident, as the newest version requires clean flash. If you want to run the latest version and have your data back, reflash the same version you were running before, then backup your data, wipe phone, flash the latest version and restore your data
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gallardo5 said:
Reflash the same version you were running before this accident, as the newest version requires clean flash. If you want to run the latest version and have your data back, reflash the same version you were running before, then backup your data, wipe phone, flash the latest version and restore your data
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Okay I'll give that a go, thanks for the help and I'll report back my results. :good:
EDIT: Tried downloading the Zip from their site and now it's saying I've got to log in, but no place to register... grr. I might be a bit longer..

Surpass said:
Okay I'll give that a go, thanks for the help and I'll report back my results. :good:
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Good luck then and if you will have any problem, just write here and don't forget to quote my post so I will get an email notification
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gallardo5 said:
Good luck then and if you will have any problem, just write here and don't forget to quote my post so I will get an email notification
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WOO! Thanks a lot! Booted up perfectly, and no loss of data or anything like that. Only odd things is it seems to have changed my DPI... but I can change that easily so it's not really a bother. It also made me have to update the Virus Definitions on Avast!, not sure why either.
I shall now proceed to thank all of your posts.

Surpass said:
WOO! Thanks a lot! Booted up perfectly, and no loss of data or anything like that. Only odd things is it seems to have changed my DPI... but I can change that easily so it's not really a bother. It also made me have to update the Virus Definitions on Avast!, not sure why either.
I shall now proceed to thank all of your posts.
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Great to hear it worked for you now comes the best part, flashing the latest rom
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Great to hear it worked for you now comes the best part, flashing the latest rom
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Yes either that or perhaps switch to a new one, I've been with semi-stock Android for quite a while now I'm really liking the port of MIUI V5...

How to start fresh after trying lot of roms?

I tried so many roms and kernels and i have found my best pair which are psx rom v6 and franco kernel r183. But i think my internal storage is a mess.
I know the procedure to start clean but i just want to make sure before i **** things up.
I want to wipe the internal storage in my phone, is this the correct way?
1. Boot into recovery.
2. Wipe everything including internal storage.
3. In twrp there is an option to wipe usb otg, is it needed?
4. Sideload or push rom zip, gapps, kernel and superSU 1.65 zip files.
5. Reboot again in recovery and start the procedure.
Please assist me. Thanks.
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Yep, looks like everything is right. One thing though: you don't need to flash the supersu zip if the ROM is already rooted. (And the majority of custom ROMs are rooted)
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Chromium_ said:
Yep, looks like everything is right. One thing though: you don't need to flash the supersu zip if the ROM is already rooted. (And the majority of custom ROMs are rooted)
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Yes it stays rooted if you dont flash other custom kernel, but if you do, sometimes it breaks root and even twrp asking you to swipe to install root. At least it happened when i flash matr1x or even franco.
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Agree with your first post, should be no problem. Although in TWRP there is a big button that said Format DATA, that does a complete wipe including the internal storage, so you don't have to manually select each partition.
Also give Neo kernel a try.

eksasol said:
Agree with your first post, should be no problem. Although in TWRP there is a big button that said Format DATA, that does a complete wipe including the internal storage, so you don't have to manually select each partition.
Also give Neo kernel a try.
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I'll try neo first before doing this clean fresh system, but i dont think there is any other kernel that will make me jump ship. Performance and battery life is really balanced with franco's r183 nightly now.
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eksasol said:
Agree with your first post, should be no problem. Although in TWRP there is a big button that said Format DATA, that does a complete wipe including the internal storage, so you don't have to manually select each partition.
Also give Neo kernel a try.
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I think im sticking with franco, because neo gave me antutu result 20917 while franco gave me 21450.
Numbers not important but in opengl 2.0 test in antutu, neo gave me lower fps and i can see choppines while franco's is smooth. For real world usage, i feel tapatalk app is stuttering when swiping right to open the left bar while it's really smooth in franco. Thanks though.
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