The Epic 4G was left out when CyanogenMod 7 was pushing out stable releases for devices but is now supported with CM9 Alpha 0. CyanogenMod 9 is the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ROM developed by the most popular ROM developer for Android there is. This ROM also allows those using the Samsung Epic 4G to have a system that doesn’t have to deal with TouchWiz at all.
What doesn’t work on the Samsung Epic 4G CM9 Build:
- 4G wimax toggle missing from curtain (Waiting for upstream changes), use 4G toggle widget for now.
- Camera crashes when you change picture size.
- Video recording sometimes shows artifacts.
- Manual dialing causes Contacts to get stuck. Force kill it once and it seems to work after.
- Scrolling is broken in CWM v.5.5.0.4, so if you have too many folders/files you wont see which file is selected past the bottom of the screen. Until this is fixed, you might find it easier to create a folder named /sdcard/000FLASH and put stuff you want to flash in there.
If you don’t mind what isn’t working being on the build then head on over to CyanogenMod and download the current stable ROM for the Epic 4G. None of the broken pieces above really effect normal phone functionality so go ahead and give it a shot. As always let us know if you install it and what you think about it.