CM9 alpha6 for Epic 4G Touch Released

After weeks of patches submitted upstream and device bug fixes from Team Epic, we're proud to finally present CM9 alpha6 for the Epic 4G. This will be our final alpha build before we're ready to go into our beta cycle. Even with that, expect a few kinks and issues, as this isn't a Release Candidate or Final version of our product. However, this alpha is based off of RC1 source. With that said, we as Team Epic feel this is monumental enough for a public release. Please, follow us on Google+ and Facebook, for the latest info regarding progress on CM9 for the Sprint Epic 4G Touch. Also, be sure to check the Issue Tracker to see if your issue has been posted.








Release Notes

• In alpha5, we decided to get rid of the ability to reboot into recovery. In alpha6, we have decided to add this feature back into the official release. Which brings me to my next point:
• As said earlier, this will be our final alpha release before we delve into our beta cycle. With the sure imminent release of ICS for the Epic 4G Touch, there will surely be an imminent release of kernel sources, too. With that, we can patch up the eMMC devastating bug in the kernel, granted it's not already patched up by Samsung.
• CM9 RC1 was recently released on a number of devices including the Team Epic maintained Epic 4G. The Epic 4G Touch has not yet reached official status since an official CM9 device must have a source-built kernel. Shortly after this happens, it can become official status, get.cm official nightly builds and stable releases.

Changelog

• New Cid bootanimation upon power on. Self explanatory.
• Kernel has been updated to FF18. Self explanatory.
• Reworking the RIL to better report actual signal strength. Self explanatory.
• Streamlined props. This helps keep our builds organized and prevent future problems with GPS, Wimax, 3G, etc.
• Based on Release Candidate 1 CM9 source. With that comes upstream bugfixes, patches, and overall smoother experience.
• CWM Recovery and the option to reboot into recovery from reboot menu are now back in alpha6 release.
• We now have a "safer" recovery thanks to the work of chris41g and Dees_Troy. They have implemented a number of safe measures into CWM recovery to work around the eMMC bricking such as the removal of commands known to cause bricking and the use of a safe gingerbread update-binary when flashing .zips.

Links

See the CM9 Status page for more details on the ROM, then head over to the CM9 Install Guide to install the ROM. Please check the Epic Touch CM Issue Tracker to see if your bug has been reported, before filing a new issue report.

CM9 alpha5 for Epic 4G Touch Released

After weeks of patches submitted upstream and device bug fixes from Team Epic, we're proud to finally present CM9 alpha5 for the Epic 4G. This build is most likely to be our final alpha build before we're ready to go into our beta cycle. Even with that, expect a few kinks and issues, as this isn't a Release Candidate or Final version of our product. Nonetheless, we as Team Epic feel this is monumental enough for a public release. Please, follow us on Google+ and Facebook, for the latest info regarding progress on CM9 for the Sprint Epic 4G Touch. Also, be sure to check in the Issue Tracker to see if your issue has been posted.


Release Notes

• In alpha5, we decided to get rid of the ability to reboot into recovery. Mind you, this is temporary. This decision was based on the user not being able to do anything in the recovery to begin with, with the eMMC bug in our devices' firmware, currently. This ability will be added back in the next public release of Cyanogenmod 9 for the Epic 4G Touch.
  
  Which brings me to my next point:
• As said earlier, this will be our final alpha release before we delve into our beta cycle. With the imminent release of ICS for the Epic 4G Touch, there will surely be an imminent release of kernel sources, too. With that, we can patch up the eMMC devastating bug in the kernel, granted it's not already patched up by Samsung. 

Changelog

• Lockscreen Weather Widget. CM9 users now have the ability to add a widget to the lockscreen to display weather information.
• Lockscreen Calendars Widget. CM9 users now are able to display their calendar on the lockscreen.
• Apollo Music Player. CM9 now has a completely revamped music player with improved aesthetics and added functionalities. Click the link for more information.
• Phantom Voicemail fix now merged in CM9
• Non-Sprint carrier users probably will want to enable Phone > Settings > Message Wait Indicator if they use non-visual voicemail.
• Calibration fixed in Device Settings. Prior, there was bad logic in the code for actually calibrating the gsensors. That has now been fixed.
• Capacitive Lights Settings fixed in Device Settings. Like calibration, the there was an issue in the code for the checkbox preference to actually work. This has been fixed. 
• How the checkbox is currently set to work is that when checked, the lights will be enabled; they will timeout after 6 seconds. With the checkbox unchecked, you completely turn off the touchkey lights altogether.
• Switch to AOSP Charger. Charging when the phone is turned off is now using AOSP code and icons.
• Kernel updated to FF02. Pretty self-explanatory.

Links

See the CM9 Status page for more details on the ROM, then head over to the CM9 Install Guide to install the ROM. Please check the Epic Touch CM Issue Tracker to see if your bug has been reported, before filing a new issue report.

CM9 alpha4 for Epic 4G Touch Release Notes

Team Epic is proud to present alpha4 for the Epic 4G Touch.  As always, follow us on Google+ and Facebook, for the latest info regarding progress on CM9 for the Sprint Epic 4G Touch. Mind you, this is still alpha, and not yet a release candidate, nor the final product we hope to present in the future. There will be a few bugs and kinks here and there, but it's still deemed stable for us to release an alpha build for the masses. Be sure to check in the Issue Tracker to see if your issue has been posted.

Changelog

• Theme Chooser. The ability to customize look and feel of CM9 to user choice using predefined themes or community driven user inspired ideas. Preview the theme before applying to make sure its exactly what your looking for in a theme before applying to the phone.
• Lockscreen Shortcuts. Allows you to choose lock screen shortcuts (1-5) anything from browser, Facebook, twitter and messaging, the choice is yours, with customizable icon's.
• Camera Save Location. We now have the option to save pictures to either internal or external storage. This previously defaulted to /emmc/.
• eMMC/SD Card Swap. /emmc/ is internal storage and /sd card/ is now the SD Card. 
• Updated kernel to FE16. This is pretty self explanatory.
• Notification Light Options. Advanced notification light settings with the ability to set per application.
• Improved Signal Bar Reporting. 

Release Notes

• For lockscreen shortcuts, you have the option to set the default icon rather than stock by clicking on the icon first before saving. 
• In addition to /emmc/ and /sd card/ being changed, there is a new option to default apps and media to internal rather than the SD Card: Settings > Storage > Menu Button > Storage Configuration.

News

CM9 for Epic Touch has joined forces to become a project of Team Epic.

• Team Epic currently has the goal to raise an additional $535 toward the purchase of two more E4GT's for developers.
• darchstar unfortunately no longer has an Epic Touch because he had recently parted ways with Sprint.  He is interested in continuing development, so the team is helping to collect donations for this purpose.
• noobnl's school semester just ended and he suddenly has 3 months of free time.  So this is the perfect opportunity to get him another Sprint phone to work on.
• Please help us by donating via the Paypal widget on the right, or see the Team Epic site for other methods of donating with lower transaction fees.

Links

See the CM9 Status page for more details on the ROM, then head over to the CM9 Install Guide to install the ROM. Please check the Epic Touch CM Issue Tracker to see if your bug has been reported, before filing a new issue report.

If you appreciate our work, please, consider supporting Team Epic. Thanks!

CM9 alpha3 now available for the Epic 4G Touch

After much bug squashing, feature fixes, and stability improvements, the Epic Touch CM Team feel we have a build worthy to be released as another alpha. As always, follow us on Google+ and Facebook, for the latest info regarding progress on CM9 for the Sprint Epic 4G Touch. Mind you, this is still alpha, and not yet a release candidate, nor the final product we hope to present in the future. There will be a few bugs and kinks here and there, but it's still deemed stable for us to release an alpha build for the masses. Be sure to check in the Issue Tracker to see if your issue has been posted.

Changelog

• Faster GPS triangulation. In previous builds, you may have noticed yourself unable to locate more than 2 satellites. this bug has been squashed, and now more satellites should be available to get a signal from. That, and also, with improved gps binaries, getting a GPS lock shall be much quicker.
• Phantom voicemail fixed (seriously)! In alpha 2, we didn't compile the Phone.apk with the proper flag for the fix. We didn't forget this time! :)
• Manual CPU frequency settings. We patched the Settings app so it sees our frequency table, thus aptly allowing us to manually adjust this. Be aware that any mods done in the performance section can be a bit dangerous. Be smart when adjusting your frequency maxes and mins.
• Improved battery life. Tweaks in the frameworks xmls to optimize it for our phones have led us to have much improved battery life.
• Fixed Roaming Menu. Previously, there was a bug where making a change in the system select menu for roaming didn't persist through reboot. We've fixed that, as well as making it possible to select more roaming options as featured in Touchwiz. 
• Updated kernel to FD10. This is pretty self explanatory.
• Pinch to zoom in camera. This feature was brought into our builds from upstream. 
• Expandable sound menu. This patch was also brought from upstream. You can now make it so that when you change volume with your rocker, you can make that more expandable, to edit other sound volumes, eg media or alarms.

Release Notes

• For the phantom voicemail fix, we made it so it disabled incoming voicemail notifications coming directly to the phone; you should still be able to get voicemail notifications from your Sprint VVM or Google Voice account. If you're on a carrier which supports handling voicemails through the phone, you can check the checkbox in Phone>Settings>Voicemail Notifications..
• This is posted in the CM Status page, but we figured we should post it here as well: if you're having difficulties with MMS, it is almost assured it's an issue with a bad telephony.db file in /data/data/*telephony*/databases/ which google may have restored during the initial setup. Just delete that file, reboot, and resend your MMS; it should work from then, on. 
• There's a bug in CPU Settings in Performance Settings, where the changes don't persist on a reboot. We're aware of it.

News

The Epic Touch CM Team has still been working hard on getting working kernel sources. Darchstar has been making some very good progress. He's taken teamhacksung's repo, made changes to it, and compiled a kernel which is quite functional. Besides the underlying factor that makes it our phone a phone, the cdma radio, it works quite well. Be sure to be on the lookout for more progress. We may actually beat Samsung to the punch here! If you're interested in helping out, kernel sources can be found on darchstar's github

Links

See the CM9 Status page for more details on the ROM, then head over to the CM9 Install Guide to install the ROM. Please check the Epic Touch CM Issue Tracker to see if your bug has been reported, before filing a new issue report.

If you appreciate our work, please, consider supporting the Epic Touch CM Team. Thanks

CM9 alpha2 for the Epic 4G Touch now released!

Once again, the Epic 4G Touch team is proud to present our second alpha release of CyanogenMod for your Sprint Epic 4G Touch. Please, follow us on Google+ and Facebook for the latest news. Even for being an alpha, with it as stable as it is, be wary of bugs and other kinks for the matter, as they are still being worked on.

Changelog

• Android version has been updated to 4.0.4. This brings along with it all the bug fixes upstream that it introduces. Big thanks to the Andoird Open Source Project.
• Video recording has been fixed. A big thanks to the guys at teamhacksung for the patch.
• The issue regarding Netflix and other similar video players has been fixed. Thanks to our Sbrissen for the fix.
• The phantom voicemail issue has now been fixed. If the problem seems to persist, even after flashing alpha2, try pushing this apk to /system/app.
• Capactive lights now turn on by last action. This was a request by the users, for a convenience, especially in nighttime, so the lights don't bother them.
• Dock settings has been introduced into the ROM.

Release Notes

• With Android 4.0.4, testing has shown the following:
• Smoother overall experience
• Camera autoflash works properly now
• Better overall battery life
• One tester noted that sync with Exchange, which was broken for him in 4.0.3, now works with 4.0.4
• We have removed Sprint VVM from the base package, for the sake of legalities. See the customization guide, for how to get it back.
• Stock android recovery is still being used in the ROM. This is for your protection, so you don't brick your phone due to all the people whom having flashed an ICS kernel, bricking when flashing a rom, wiping, etc. If you would like to backup or restore, or do any flashing, please go back to an ELXX gingerbread kernel, and do it from there.
• Dock audio confirmed working BUT users must select 'Use Dock USB Audio' from Settings->Dock BEFORE connecting device to dock (setting locked when docked). Default is UNCHECKED.
• Do NOT use SetCPU with this ROM.  It is known to cause the "Sleep of Death" issue.

Links

See the CM9 Status page for more details concerning the ROM, then head over to the CM9 Install Guide to install the ROM. Please, check the Epic Touch CM Issue Tracker, to see if your bug has been posted already, before filing a bug report.