KitKat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

[rseiler]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

I thought 3rd-party ROMs like CM, which is what you must be using on this phone (right?), already have that SDFix mod in place. Maybe you're talking a different phone or (somehow) stock KitKat?

Re the CM 4.4.4 version, two things have me puzzled. The new menu button most of all, since there really isn't one. It just brings up the same screen that you see when long-pressing a blank area of the home screen. That can't be right.

The other question is the dock (strip of icons at the bottom). CM 4.3 offered the ability to have more than one, so you could swipe horizontally to see the others. That feature now seems to be missing.

 

[Rodney Bull]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

how do root the stock 4.1.2 epich touch ? I can find it?

 

[mxman420]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

Ok, new here and custom ROMS. My SPH-D710vmu put back to ICS FI27. After downloading EL26 CWM, it starts to reboot with Galaxy S2 screen and yellow exclamation point. I can get into recovery but once there, the power button won't select anything. Tried folling the steps in order. But no luck. Any ideas?

 

[rseiler]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

Yes, you have to do the up-down-up-down-etc trick. Hard to explain, but essentially you use the volume buttons to travel back and forth between the top of the menu and the bottom. Do that several times and the power button will unlock.

 

[mxman420]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

Thanks, that worked great. I got CM10.2 installed and running. Then I got greedy and tried to install the CM11 4.4.1 from the link on this thread. It gives me an error, E: Can't open /storage/sdcard1/VILLUMINATI-12072013-d710.zip
(bad)
installation aborted

 

[rseiler]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

I think your main issue is the version of CWM. In order to flash CM11, CWM has to be a recent version (6.0.4.x and higher), and I bet yours isn't that. So, put CM10.2 back on (if necessary--not sure if the CM11 install ever really started) and then update CWM (Mobile Odin would be one way, but there are tutorials around to update it however you do it).

Once you have that, then get the current version of Villuminati, which works quite well, not the very old one you mention:
[ROM][D710/R760] CyanogenMod 11.0 - VILLUMIN… | Epic 4G Touch | XDA Forum

 

[mxman420]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

Great I'll try that. Tried going back to 10.2 with the EL26, then JB,all then CM10.2 but that aborted now, with (status 7) at the end. I knew I shouldn't have messed around with my skill level.

 

[rseiler]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

Here's what you could do:
Get to FL24 (2nd link has live download links of one-click installers):

[LINK][ROM][ODIN][TAR][ICS] SPH-D710 FL24 (F… | Epic 4G Touch | XDA Forum

Rwilco12's Android Repository - Downloads

Don't be on anything later than that before going to CM, since CM requires an ICS modem (FL24 is the last version of ICS) and not the later JB.

Once you're on FL24, then update your CWM to the current build using Mobile Odin.

Once you've done that, then use the earlier xda link and follow the instructions to get to the latest Villuminati (along with Gapps) using your updated CWM.

 

[mxman420]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

Isn't FL26 still ics? And thanks, I'll try this. Can the S2 really handle running 4.4.4.?

 

[rseiler]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

Yes, surprisingly Google lowered the requirements for KitKat. They boast that it can run on 512MB devices. It remains to be seen if that's true for 5.0 coming late in the year.

 

[mxman420]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

Alright been trying this since last night. Trying to just get back 10.2. Following instructions and tips has got me status 7 error. assert failed when trying to flash 10.2. Tried the FL24 link, but that brings it back to Sprint. Don't know if it's different for Virgin Mobile. Tried SPH-D710VMUB_FJ12_CL1135978_Stock_Nodata to brink it back to VM stock. It then updates to FL26. I am so frustrated now.

 

[rseiler]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

You mean you're trying to get back on 10.2 to stay? Because you don't need to be on it at all to get to 11, which is why I mentioned FL24.

The latest 10.2 is here. Maybe it will do if you intend to stay on it.
[ROM][SPH-D710][JB][4.3.1] CyanogenMod 10.2 … | Epic 4G Touch | XDA Forum

Should have mentioned: CM updates your CWM automatically. I don't recall if the latest CM 10.2 build gives you a CWM new enough to flash CM11, but just check it once you put on the latest 10.2 (I think it is new enough, but it's been a while). 6.0.4.x and up, you're good.

 

[mxman420]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

Ah, okay. I have been trying to start at the stock VM settings, and go 10.2 so I could get to CM11. I didn't realize I just go from the stock. Now as far as having flash the EL26_Stock_CWM5 and JB.Format_All_X2, is that still required to go to CM11?

 

[rseiler]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

Since you've already done it, retrace your steps for how you first got on to 10.2. Instead of the 10.2 you used originally though, use cm-10.2-20140330-NIGHTLY-d710.zip from the last link, since as mentioned I think that will give you a CWM sufficient to later install CM11.

 

[mxman420]

Re: Kit-Kat 4.4.2 Running Great on the Epic 4G Touch --- Yes, it's true!

Yeah, I've been trying, but keep getting installation aborted with that status 7 error no matter which 10.2 I try. That's what's driving me nuts.

 

[rseiler]

I've seen that error when using a CWM that's too old (it's in fact the one you get if trying to go to CM11 with a CWM that's too old). See if you can come up with something later than the CWM5 that you're apparently using, though it worked for you in the first place, so that's strange.

Are you sure you used cm-10.2-20140330-NIGHTLY-d710.zip when you first did it? Maybe you grabbed an older one.

 

[mxman420]

I did grab the older one. It ends with 202. So I was able to get 10.2 on with CWM 6.0.4.5. Not sure if I should try to update anymore or just install gapps.So if I do try to go to CM11 from here do I still need to go back to that FL24 or just go straight to CM11 4.4.4.4 latest?

 

[rseiler]

OK, so I think you're saying that for whatever reason, cm-10.2-20140202-NIGHTLY-d710.zip installs using your (previously) old CWM, but the latest one didn't. If so, good; there had to be a logical reason why it worked for you originally.

No need to go on stock ROMs any longer.

Now you're on a modern CWM. It's your choice as to whether to choose a 10.2-appropriate Gapps and stay on 10.2 (even updating to the latest 10.2), or get the latest 11 (and its appropriate Gapps) and move up (be sure to reset to defaults as instructed in the post). Might as well move up at this point. Just keep the 10.2 zip on the phone in case you have to go back.

In 10.2, if you go to Settings/About Phone, what baseband version do you show? If it's FI27, FL24 (or the FL26 you mentioned, which I hadn't heard of before), something like that, you're fine. It can't be a later one, since CM on this phone has problems with JB modems.

 

[mxman420]

Basband version: S.D710.10 S.FL26
Now, will GApps allow me to get google play store back?

 

[rseiler]

Good.

Yes, that's one of the ones included. Note that you'll have a lot of updating to do via Google Play (including to itself) of Google-related services after your first boot.