Couple noob questions

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I just got an epic. I am used to HTC phones so had a few questions.

1. Can you change the shortcuts on the drop down menu (wifi, 4g etc) to something else?

2. I saw CNN and a few other apps on my screen when I got the phone. I removed them off the screen but don't see them in my app drawer.

3. Gonna root it today, can I put 2.2 if I am rooted.

I really like this phone. Like the screens and menus much better than HTC.

Originally Posted by Heelfan71

I just got an epic. I am used to HTC phones so had a few questions.

1. Can you change the shortcuts on the drop down menu (wifi, 4g etc) to something else?

2. I saw CNN and a few other apps on my screen when I got the phone. I removed them off the screen but don't see them in my app drawer.

3. Gonna root it today, can I put 2.2 if I am rooted.

I really like this phone. Like the screens and menus much better than HTC.

1. I haven't seen anyone change it so im not sure about that.

2. Cnn and espn were just bookmarks that the phone placed on your homescreen; they weren't actual apps.

3. You don't need to be rooted to apply 2.2. In fact, if you look around the forum, im sure you will find out that you can download the zipped leak, change the name to update.zip, and just apply the update in normal recovery mode. Id give you a link, but I should warn you, it will be a pain to revert to the official froyo update since you'll have to use odin to go back to stock 2.1, then apply the update.

Hope this answered some of your questions!


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Originally Posted by Heelfan71

I just got an epic. I am used to HTC phones so had a few questions.

1. Can you change the shortcuts on the drop down menu (wifi, 4g etc) to something else?

2. I saw CNN and a few other apps on my screen when I got the phone. I removed them off the screen but don't see them in my app drawer.

3. Gonna root it today, can I put 2.2 if I am rooted.

I really like this phone. Like the screens and menus much better than HTC.

1. No

2. Not sure about CNN (could have just been a shortcut for the internet browser), but any app that was pre-installed *should* be shown in the app drawer. Do you see stuff like the NFL app and Buddies Now?

3. The cleanest way to go to 2.2 is to install it through a program called Odin. I'd recommend reading some of the getting started threads and the wiki.

Originally Posted by acer1096xxx

1. I haven't seen anyone change it so im not sure about that.

2. Cnn and espn were just bookmarks that the phone placed on your homescreen; they weren't actual apps.

3. You don't need to be rooted to apply 2.2. In fact, if you look around the forum, im sure you will find out that you can download the zipped leak, change the name to update.zip, and just apply the update in normal recovery mode. Id give you a link, but I should warn you, it will be a pain to revert to the official froyo update since you'll have to use odin to go back to stock 2.1, then apply the update.

Hope this answered some of your questions!


Sent from my Epic 4G

Thanks for the info. I was going nuts wondering where CNN went. I'll read into the 2.2 update. I am going to root anyways.

okay I am rooted. What is DK28 and RFS ? And how do I know what I have?

Originally Posted by Heelfan71

okay I am rooted. What is DK28 and RFS ? And how do I know what I have?

DK28 is the most recent leaked version of froyo where all the roms aare based on. I don't know what rfs is completely but I do know you are on rfs. The only other thing you can be on is EXT4, which is whats on the nexus s, and makes the phone a lot faster. Im on rfs because I've seen things saying that ext4 is not necessarily stable. Im not sure on that, however, I try not to get involved with those things. But to clarify, you are on rfs.


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Originally Posted by acer1096xxx

DK28 is the most recent leaked version of froyo where all the roms aare based on. I don't know what rfs is completely but I do know you are on rfs. The only other thing you can be on is EXT4, which is whats on the nexus s, and makes the phone a lot faster. Im on rfs because I've seen things saying that ext4 is not necessarily stable. Im not sure on that, however, I try not to get involved with those things. But to clarify, you are on rfs.


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Thank you.

Rfs is an antiquated file system that 2.1 and older android phones ran/run. It basically files your information inefficiently so it takes longer to find information compared to ext4. Ext4 is the file system that the Nexus S runs (as mentioned earlier) and newer Linux systems. The danger, which is minimal with ext4 is the possibiliy of data loss in the event of a catastrophy. Like your battery pops out while transferring a file

You could also odin the "dk28 extended" rom which gives you unofficial froyo, root, & clockwork through a single flash but you'll lose any saved data because odin does a complete wipe excluding only the SD card.

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Originally Posted by running_the_dream

Rfs is an antiquated file system that 2.1 and older android phones ran/run. It basically files your information inefficiently so it takes longer to find information compared to ext4. Ext4 is the file system that the Nexus S runs (as mentioned earlier) and newer Linux systems. The danger, which is minimal with ext4 is the possibiliy of data loss in the event of a catastrophy. Like your battery pops out while transferring a file

Actually, the part about data loss is untrue, since EXT4 uses journaling by default.

There have been claims that using EXT4 might lower the effective lifespan of the Epic's internal NAND memory, but a fair bit of evidence has been produced to indicate that this is not the case.