Help - Fascinate General

I did a factory reset..had clockwork installed had the backup file there..when I start up the phone I get all kinds of fcs. Nothing is in my recovery.
Did I brick my phone? I was planning on sending the damn phone back now I think I screwed myself.
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Assuming your talking about a Fascinate, there is an Odin recovery pacakage and directions in the dev forum. Follow those and youll be back to stock in no time. I already had to earlier when I bricked mine toying with things. Its pretty easy
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Bless your heart for answering but how am I gonna do that when I can't get into the phone?
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Like I told you before. Follow the directions on the page. You use Odin. The directions are all there, you boot the phone into download mode and flash files one at a time. Just follow the directions and you will be fine. It takes five minutes.
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Noobie, rooted need odin

how do i get odin, whats the steps to install cwm on phone to flash roms etc. ive read forums etc its all stereo instructions to me
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This should help get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788099
Be sure to read everything FIRST. Also that guide is only for the verizon fascinate.
thnx i will read and attempt and let u know how it worked. do i need to uninstall one click lagfix? do i have to use rom manager donate or free?
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Rom manager free works fine for me, as for the lag fix I am unsure, as I never used it. I would feel safer removing it before starting anything.
ok will do that and see how it works, thnx
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Everyone I've ever talked to said its absolutely necessary to remove oclf before flashing voodoo so yes, do that first. Good luck!
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What if something goes haywire?

Ok, so Im getting ready to root and was wanting if there was some sort of contingency plan or "If It All Goes Wrong" guide or things to try if something goes wrong? I realize of course asking the forums and such, but anything to do or NOT do in case of problems? Thank everyone
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What not to do? Never flash using the phone button in odin. I learned that the hard way.
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Get the software that your running on your phone right now....if all fails flash in odon using PDa not phone
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I do everything via phone...seriously. Odin, kernals, roms everything is downloaded on here and transfered to a comp that has no net. So when my phone goes down...I'm flying blind. Do what I did years ago...read, read and when you think you got it...read others problems and solutions.

Need some help restoring device to stock for update.

I performed the webtop mod but did not root device, as the webtop mod was pretty simple and I have no use for root.
With the new announcment that an update is coming the 29th I would like to revert back to stock so I can obtain this update.
Problem is there are really no clear instructions on doing this.
I am somewhat technically advanced (I rooted and put a custom rom on a g1, but used step by step guides to do so).
I have found many different instructions on rooting and the instructions for returning webtop to stock are layed out for the more advanced users.
Can anyone dumb it down a little and help the novice users like me revert to stock so we can get the update.
Im sure there are a lot of people out there who are in the same boat as myself.
Thanks!
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Follow these instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991072
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Sorry posted this in wrong section. Should have been development section. Can a mod move as I am unable to.
Thanks, and hopefully I get some help!
I would love to learn more abt this phone so I van help out here
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Ya saw that but still not sure how to root.
Still need a bit more dumbed down guide. As I don't undersatand some of that guide.
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I'm in the same boat! I definitely want to be able to receive the OTA update when 4g is enabled.
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Did you guys find download and install RSD 5.0
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Don't even know what that is.
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Go to link I posted download sbf 1.2.6 then download rsd 5.0 if you've connected your phone to your computer and your computer has recgonized the phone then you don't need to worry about the drivers. Once you've installed rsd and downloaded 1.2.6 follow instructions they're super clear and step by step
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Please read the thread
Instructions are in the dev section on how to roll back to stock firmware. Closing thread. Please post any questions you have in that thread for further assistance.

Was it a mistake in buying a xoom wifi

Did I make a mistake getting the xoom 32gb wifi only??? There's no android market place app!!!
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I have the same xoom and I have a market?
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How do I get it... I did a factory reset and still no market app
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Don't know how that's possible. Perhaps you can find an APK of the market through the web browser and it will install...
Yes it was a mistake.
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I knew it was a mistake
But I would like to keep it... it also won't download... I bought it used... do you guys think it was rooted once with an unlock bootloader?... would this happen if someone try to get it back stock to resell??? I don't know...
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Is it the stock rom? Check under the about tablet. If it has root then You might need to download the g apps zip from here then install that through CWM. If not you can just search for the APK and get it online somewhere.
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Install the apk.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166152
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No mistake. It's a great tab. If used, read up and return it to stock condition. Or load a ROM from the dev section. You'll get the market back.
Thanks... that's what I was planning.. get a custom rom, I for sure know this will fix it... I'm confuse on how to set up my laptop with sdk.... I seen instructions that are pretty straight forward... but afraid I might mess up my laptop or the tablet
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I hardly think it's a mistake just because you have to do a little work. Just means you'll like it more later on.
I don't think the tab is rooted... there's no superuser... plus the recovery has these options only... reboot, update from USB, factory reset, clear cache... something like that... just confuse on my after factory reset in recovery I still don't have market... ill upload a picture of all the app that's preinstall after factory reset in recovery...
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http://db.tt/t46MAl12 I could upload pic so its in the link
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I think the first thing you should do is a factory reset. If that doesn't get your Market back then flash the stock images from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049485
After you get the stock images on there then you can think about rooting and custom ROMs if you want to but if stock does what you want then just stick there at the moment.
Thanks, I'm not familiar with sdk adb and all the command thing in second post in the link you provide burd... but give me 24hrs to figure this... I might need help later...
I am attempting to set up my computer... will post my update soon
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Here is a guide I used when I wanted to flash the US images on my UK Xoom. The guide will also get you to root but you don't have to go that far if you don't want to.
Now, the commands will all be the same but the guide may be a bit out of date with image names and such as it's from February. Make sure you read everything and if you are planning to root/flash custom ROMs DO NOT relock your bootloader.
Edit: changed guide URL to newer one provided by okantomi
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1249798
burden010 said:
Here is a guide I used when I wanted to flash the US images on my UK Xoom. The guide will also get you to root but you don't have to go that far if you don't want to.
Now, the commands will all be the same but the guide may be a bit out of date with image names and such as it's from February. Make sure you read everything and if you are planning to root/flash custom ROMs DO NOT relock your bootloader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14237506&postcount=7
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I would recommend using this guide, it's much newer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798
okantomi said:
I would recommend using this guide, it's much newer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798
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Even better
I don't think it's a mistake as long as you got a good deal on it.
$280.... got it off of Craigslist... they were old nice people that speak little english... he said he let his friend factory reset it... I bet my tablet was unlock and rooted once or he had someone with little knowledge to attempt the procedure to get it back stock so he can resell it... oh well its my problem now... I will fix it... I hope
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Not sure what's wrong...

So today I decided to fire up my old continuum and it wouldn't boot. Naturally I went into cwm and tried to restore my old backup. Looks like it didn't want to after it said it was complete I rebooted system and the phone sits on the Samsung splash screen and vibrates.
I pulled the battery and then went back into cwm and wiped data, cache, and dalvik cache. Tried to boot again and it did the same thing.
So I just want to get the phone back up and running. I don't plan on activating it. I just need it to boot to run some apps daily.
I was thinking of ways to do this and I think if I flash the stock 2.2 rom in recovery it might work. Or should I Odin back?
I don't really remember how to use Odin since it's been so long. Nor do I have any of the files on my pc.
Any suggestions on what I should do to get it back up?
Thanks.
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Honestly I would just go back in and use Odin. I have deleted most of my old files. but they should all still be on the forum. Some of the links may be broken. I can always check for you and repost files if links are broken and I have still have them. (I can't remember if I wiped that hard drive or not, the laptop was misbehaving and I think I did a clean install). I will try and check tonight. You might want to try reinstalling the base file in CWM depending on which version you are running, I have had some backups go corrupt if I changed the wrong thing...
Jaggar345 said:
So today I decided to fire up my old continuum and it wouldn't boot. Naturally I went into cwm and tried to restore my old backup. Looks like it didn't want to after it said it was complete I rebooted system and the phone sits on the Samsung splash screen and vibrates.
I pulled the battery and then went back into cwm and wiped data, cache, and dalvik cache. Tried to boot again and it did the same thing.
So I just want to get the phone back up and running. I don't plan on activating it. I just need it to boot to run some apps daily.
I was thinking of ways to do this and I think if I flash the stock 2.2 rom in recovery it might work. Or should I Odin back?
I don't really remember how to use Odin since it's been so long. Nor do I have any of the files on my pc.
Any suggestions on what I should do to get it back up?
Thanks.
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jaycush said:
Honestly I would just go back in and use Odin. I have deleted most of my old files. but they should all still be on the forum. Some of the links may be broken. I can always check for you and repost files if links are broken and I have still have them. (I can't remember if I wiped that hard drive or not, the laptop was misbehaving and I think I did a clean install). I will try and check tonight. You might want to try reinstalling the base file in CWM depending on which version you are running, I have had some backups go corrupt if I changed the wrong thing...
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When I get around to it I will probably just Odin back I guess. We will see. Maybe tonight I will try to flash the eg04 deodex rom since last I can recall I was on 2.3.3
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Most links are broken however I was able to pull an image from my brothers stock continuum he didn't use root it and get my phone to boot, so I'm good now. I'm on 2.1 but that's all I need to run my app so I'm good. Thanks for your insight.
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Jaggar345 said:
Most links are broken however I was able to pull an image from my brothers stock continuum he didn't use root it and get my phone to boot, so I'm good now. I'm on 2.1 but that's all I need to run my app so I'm good. Thanks for your insight.
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WOW...Surprised to see some activity on this forum!! It's been a long time! I still mess with the old Continuum once in a while just to try stuff out. I have the EG04 files still if you need them. Still have some of TB101's mods too.
Nah I'm just running 2.1 I found some files and got it back. I'm not using it as a phone just a money making machine. Thanks though. I moved on to the droid dna like 8 months ago.
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Yeah, I went with the S3. My son uses the continuum as a wifi only device. I still jump on it once in awhile just to play around.
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What rom are you running on your s3?
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What rom are you running on your s3?
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Just stock, rooted. I actually use some of the TW features like multi Window. 4.3 should be rolling out to us soon, so I'm check it out and then decide if I want to go with a custom rom.
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I run Viper dna on mine. Sense 5 with Android 4.2.2.
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