Heyo,
Sorry that I haven't responded lately, been one helluva a busy week. As for the Wifi tether, I tried to include the apk in the rom but it kept crashing when I ran it. That seems to be the problem with some stock apps, when there put on the rom without a kernel to edit. Either case here's the tether app you want:
wifi_tether_v3_0-pre12.apk - android-wifi-tether - WiFi Tether for Root Users 3.0-pre12 *** EXPERIMENTAL *** - Wireless Tether for Root Users - Google Project Hosting
Make sure you set your profile to Samsung Epic. Which is menu button > settings > Change Device Profile>Samsung Epic 4G.
I take no credit for it, you can find the post here:
http://androidforums.com/indulge-al...ropcs-samsung-galaxy-indulge-4g-sch-r910.html
This is why stuff like this needs to have a stickies so its easy to find. Hope that helps ya.
In regards to the phone not working, I never experienced that problem, and I've tested and installed my rom over 20 times. Before I even posted it here, I had about 5 people test it on the Indulge IRC. So, I would yes of course recommend a factory reset "prior" to installing the rom (meaning back all your stuff up first), and then even after you install the rom make sure to do another factory wipe. Yes the phone will crash, and have errors when its installing the rom, but that's normal.