Can not restore my phone - Fascinate General

I want to preface this by saying I have spent 4 hours trying to recover my phone and I have tried all the things suggested in the treads, including what worked for me last time.
I installed a kernal for using the buttons backlighting for notifications which apparently works on the Fascinate. My phone never rebooted from that. I tried to install Clockwork and install an update.zip or an old restore file and it would not read off my SD properly/was not effective. I then tried using Odin to flash over the system, kernal, and recovery. Still no dice. I formatted my sd and tried to install clockwork again and everytime I try to access it through installing update.zip it says that signature verification failed and the installation is aborted and does not even reach clockwork.
I hope someone can help me. I have tried everything I can think of and have had zero luck.
PS: Currently my phone will show SAMSUNG but keep looping

Did you have voodoo on your phone before you flashed the kernel?
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ktez said:
Did you have voodoo on your phone before you flashed the kernel?
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No, I was running a deoxed .4 rom

Are you installing clockwork through Odin? I have had problems with getting clockwork to work if I installed it any other way. It should work through Odin tho - also was the kernel you flashed with the backlight notification the voodoo one or non-voodoo?
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Also did you try wiping data? Even if you can't get into clockwork you can do it from the Samsung recovery. I would try that and then do all the Odin recovery stuff again and see if that helps - but if you flashed the voodoo kernel you will have to go thru the post on completely removing voodoo.
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ktez said:
Are you installing clockwork through Odin? I have had problems with getting clockwork to work if I installed it any other way. It should work through Odin tho - also was the kernel you flashed with the backlight notification the voodoo one or non-voodoo?
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I am installing through Odin. I don't know any other way to do it. I installed the non-voodoo one.
I installed this one since I heard it worked on our phone as well...
forumDOTxda-developersDOTcom/showthreadDOTphp?t=772672
"i9000_BacklightNotification_v1.6.zip"

ktez said:
Also did you try wiping data? Even if you can't get into clockwork you can do it from the Samsung recovery. I would try that and then do all the Odin recovery stuff again and see if that helps - but if you flashed the voodoo kernel you will have to go thru the post on completely removing voodoo.
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I have wiped every data thing you can think of several times. And do you think it would hurt for me to try to remove voodoo even if I don't think I flashed that kernal

I'm hoping someone more experienced than me will take this one - I'm not sure if that backlight notification you flashed is compatible with the fascinate. That could be your problem. Can anybody else jump in here?
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You flashed a i9000 kernel onto your Fascinate. Ay caramba.
DON'T FLASH NON-FASCINATE ROMS ONTO YOUR FASCINATE
Anyway, I can't think of anything except trying to flash the Fascinate CWM kernel back onto your phone again with Odin.
edit -- FYI, the only BLN kernels any Fascinate owner should be flashing are the ones from jt1134, available only via ROM Manager

s44 said:
You flashed a i9000 kernel onto your Fascinate. Ay caramba.
DON'T FLASH NON-FASCINATE ROMS ONTO YOUR FASCINATE
Anyway, I can't think of anything except trying to flash the Fascinate CWM kernel back onto your phone again with Odin.
edit -- FYI, the only BLN kernels any Fascinate owner should be flashing are the ones from jt1134, available only via ROM Manager
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Figured as much... I read it worked and that is why I installed. Hopefully I can get a fix. Maybe I should do adb?

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[Q] Latest GPS FIX

Can some one please tell me witch gps fix is the latest one and witch one in your opinion actually works. I see that a popular fix is the Dj05 radio fix and there is even a hardware fix out for the vibriant that bends the gps antenna contact. So witch one should I try first? witch actually works and witch are known not to work?
I searched and came up with a lot of different threads and I think we should consolidate all those threads and list all the fixes and make a poll asking witch fix worked better for the users. This is a very common problem and I am surprised there are no stickies threads been update regularly with the latest info. The biggest problem is that there are MANY threads about it and some are very old, not sure if there are better fixes now.
So please help me list and consolidate all those threads, I will update this post showing all your input. I also have 3 fascinates that all are a little different when it comes to gps and would love to try the fixes and post my results on all three.
Edit: I would also like to write the proper way to test your gps, I see some threads have this buried in between the gps fix steps and I would like to make it more obvious so if you know how to properly test the gps, let me know. I know there are some apps like gps test and status that show you lots of info, would be great to see a list results with a working gps and a faulty one.
thanks.
Dj05 solved my GPS woes.. insta-lock now..
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When I was running stock, and rooted dI01 I laterally could not acquire a signal. I tried leaving it on, outside in the open, for over an hour, and nothing.
Going to dj05 I can lock within 10 seconds or less.
I am so impressed with the difference.
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When I was running stock, and rooted dI01 I laterally could not acquire a signal. I tried leaving it on, outside in the open, for over an hour, and nothing.
Going to dj05 I can lock within 10 seconds or less.
I am so impressed with the difference.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869990&highlight=dj05
I tried following the guide on this link, successfully installed the radio via odin, tried installing the rom and kernel through clockwork but I do not have an option to choose zip file from sd card. the only option i get is to apply sdcard: update.zip. I changed the name of the rom zip file to update.zip and tried to flash it but it told me it failed to verify whole-file signature. What should I do now?
the guide does not explain much so I need some help.
Did you flash clockworkmod recovery through odin, then flash clockwork from rom manager? If so you should have an update.zip on your sd card that when applied takes you to clockwork then you can choose which zip to flash from there...
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jiggaman508 said:
Did you flash clockworkmod recovery through odin, then flash clockwork from rom manager? If so you should have an update.zip on your sd card that when applied takes you to clockwork then you can choose which zip to flash from there...
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I do not think I flashed clockwork with odin, what I did is installed the dj05 Radio with odin by checking pda and finding the file, then pressing start. after that, the phone rebooted and I installed rom manager. Once in rom manager I installed the latest clockworkmod recovery 2.5.1.0. I do not have an update.zip file there on the root of my sdcard. what did I do wrong? How do I fix it? THanks
in about phone I can see that baseband version is s:i500 V.DJ05
The fascinate is different from other phones you need to flash clockwork through odin then in rom manager here is a link on how to flash through odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788099
Flash that, then delete any update.zips on your sd card, then in rom manager flash clockwork and it will download an update.zip that when applied from stock recovery will take you into clockwork... Once all that is done if you already have the modem installed boot into clockwork and select install zip and find the DJ05 rom you downloaded, flash that and you should be all set...
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jiggaman508 said:
The fascinate is different from other phones you need to flash clockwork through odin then in rom manager here is a link on how to flash through odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788099
Flash that, then delete any update.zips on your sd card, then in rom manager flash clockwork and it will download an update.zip that when applied from stock recovery will take you into clockwork... Once all that is done if you already have the modem installed boot into clockwork and select install zip and find the DJ05 rom you downloaded, flash that and you should be all set...
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Thank you, I was just about to post that same link here and ask you if this was the correct guide to follow. I just booted into the familiar clockwork and now I am flashing all the good stuff. will update later.
well something went bad, I rebooted and I can see the samsung logo but the there is no splash screen after that only sound. the screen is completely black after that. NOW WHAT??
jonagpa said:
Thank you, I was just about to post that same link here and ask you if this was the correct guide to follow. I just booted into the familiar clockwork and now I am flashing all the good stuff. will update later.
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No problem ill check back to make sure all went well
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No problem ill check back to make sure all went well
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that is really weird, same thing happen but I tried unlocking the phone event though the screen was completely black and it did unlock. Have you heard of this happening?
What did you flash?
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jonagpa said:
that is really weird, same thing happen but I tried unlocking the phone event though the screen was completely black and it did unlock. Have you heard of this happening?
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No that's different so it's working now though?
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What did you flash?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869990&highlight=dj05
go near the bottom of this guide, youll see system/rom and also kernel links. thats what I flashed.
jonagpa said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869990&highlight=dj05
go near the bottom of this guide, youll see system/rom and also kernel links. thats what I flashed.
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You flashed both system and kernel? And did you wipe data/cache?
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No that's different so it's working now though?
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yeah, seems to be working fine, I am afraid to reboot the phone and have it completely die on me. did I flash the correct kernel and rom?
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You flashed both system and kernel? And did you wipe data/cache?
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yes flashed both in order that they are listed.
I did factory reset, I though cache was included in that reset, wrong?
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yes flashed both in order that they are listed.
I did factory reset, I though cache was included in that reset, wrong?
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No you should be ok, and if you flashed the rom/kernel from that thread you are good...
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No you should be ok, and if you flashed the rom/kernel from that thread you are good...
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I rebooted and it does the same, no splash screen. I waited a few seconds to make sure it booted all the way and the screen turn on by it self. seems like somehow I messed up the splash screen. I am going to try and go back to stock then try this again. I tested the gps on all 3 of my phones. white one is still doing the best, OG one (stock) is still doing same as before and the new one with dj05 is using more sats that the OG(6/8), but the OG has more sats in view (5/9). Is that weird?
That djo5 kernel from thread does not support boot animations. It's normal for that kernel.
good day.

Need help with "new" version of CWM for Fascinate

There's a new version of CWM in this link for the Froyo leak of Fascinate: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937499
I got Froyo just fine, but I just noticed as I'm trying to install a Froyo theme for Fascinate. I'm having trouble getting the new CWM Recovery to "take". Now when I go through ROM Manager to Reboot Into Recovery, it takes me to the stock recovery, but going to "Update.zip" makes a loading bar load about 1/4 of the bar, then it reboots, shows Samsung logo, and is back at stock recovery. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, any help? Is there any .TAR of the new CWM, so I can maybe use Odin to force it on? Thanks.
Get rid of the theme. That's probably the problem. And this should be posted under general or in the thread of whatever ROM you're using.
http://www.xda-developers.com/announcements/a-reminder-from-the-xda-moderator-team/
I'm not using a ROM, I'm trying to. I can't get into the new CWM recovery
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This is the new recovery that you should be using now...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942021
If you can't get to clockwork use the odin file
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Oh good, I love Odin and I was hoping for such a file. I'll try this when I get home, thanks!
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Posted this in another thread but this is how I did it.
Download the first file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942021 and rename it recovery-update.zip put it in the clockworkmod folder on sd card, replacing the old recovery-update.zip.
Download the following file and place it at the root of your sd card, make sure its named update.zip.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17566514/update.zip use it to get into cwm.
Then boot to recovery, (apply update if you get blue writing, choose apply sdcard:update.zip). Once in green cwm choose to "install zip from sd card,"
navigate to your clockworkmod folder then choose the recovery-update.zip file.
Lastly go back to the main options and choose "apply sdcard:update.zip." you should be good to go now!
CWM should be red for now on, and should say voodoo lagfix.
Enjoy! I hope that clears things up!
I can't get past the blue I think when I get home I am odining everything back to normal
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Taka, I don't have or want voodoo, does that make a difference?
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Cwm red was optimized for voodoo, but this version works without it
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minmongoblin said:
Taka, I don't have or want voodoo, does that make a difference?
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This version says Voodoo but isn't, the programmer was to lazy to change that (or a voodoo update for froyo will be here soon). Also the bitmap error happens to everyone so don't worry about it.
minmongoblin said:
I'm not using a ROM, I'm trying to. I can't get into the new CWM recovery
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Well you have Froyo, you must be using a ROM even if it is stock. Did you follow the directions closely when installing Froyo? And there are no custom kernels for DL30 so no worries about accidentally putting on voodoo.
Ahhhh!
I am having problems with CWM to the point where I can't install any roms nor can I reboot into CWM recovery. I just flashed DL09 and I am trying to flash froyo but I kinda need CWM to work in order to do that... I have an odin package for the version of CWM I supposedly need but it doesn't work, so should I go back to an older one?
Cant get to Green anymore
I updated to Froyo last week and everything is working fine except my battery life sucks...
Im going to upgrade to EB01 and try Super Clean
Ive installed the new CWM but I cant get to Green Recovery anymore.
Everytime I run update.zip, it simply brings up the Blue Recovery.
Try Taka's post on the first page. It worked for me, I'm now rocking the red CWM and running Incognito.
minmongoblin said:
Try Taka's post on the first page. It worked for me, I'm now rocking the red CWM and running Incognito.
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But isnt RED if you have Voodoo? I dont have Voodoo. Im trying to get Green
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But isnt RED if you have Voodoo? I dont have Voodoo. Im trying to get Green
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If you are trying to run a Froyo ROM, even without voodoo, then in this situation you will be using a RED CWM.
Specifically, the one that was posted earlier or can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942021
Even though it is red, even though you don't want voodoo, this really is the correct cwm for Froyo at this time.

HELP! Superclean 2.6

HELP!
ok so i flashed this this morning. i was coming from superclean 2.4
wgen i flashed it i went into recovery the selected update.zip
i looked for superclean 2.6 and preoceeded to flashing the rom
as soon as it was dont flashing i rebooted the phone and got stuck at the samsung logo.
i did a battery pull and now it just goes into recovery and i get
E:cant mount /dev/block/st1ll
(invalid argument)
E:cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(invalid argument)
and now it wont let me flash anything
what did i do wrong?
THANKS!!
How long did you let it sit at the samsung logo? And was this voodoo or nonvoodoo?
tbeas said:
How long did you let it sit at the samsung logo? And was this voodoo or nonvoodoo?
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I let it sit there for about 15 mins.
and it was the Voodoo for both 2.4 and 2.6
My understanding is that you were suppose to disable the lagfix before flashing any new rom voodoo or not when coming from a voodoo rom
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My understanding is that you were suppose to disable the lagfix before flashing any new rom voodoo or not when coming from a voodoo rom
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yes correct, and mine was disabled.
thats what i dont get what i did wrong
did you wipe beforehand?
tbeas said:
did you wipe beforehand?
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yes i did the system wipe and the cache wipe
After you disabled, did you do a reboot?
ExNight said:
My understanding is that you were suppose to disable the lagfix before flashing any new rom voodoo or not when coming from a voodoo rom
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I never disable lagfix and it works everytime. My understanding is that you don't have to disable lagfix if you are flashing voodoo rom over voodoo. If you are reverting back to non-voodoo, then yes you have to disable the lagfix.
Sorry to hear that mine worked fine. My one question is with the battery stats wipe which is included in this rom. Should I do it through cwm or the old way with terminal emulator or is it automatically wiped? Tried to post in development section but I was not allowed.
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What do you mean you chose the update.zip option? You should have chosen the zip from sdcard option, if you did choose the update.zip option that may be the problem. Someone with more experience could shed some light but you may need to flash the cwm again.
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ExNight said:
My understanding is that you were suppose to disable the lagfix before flashing any new rom voodoo or not when coming from a voodoo rom
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No, it is perfectly fine to flash a voodoo kernel over a voodoo kernel without disabling first.
Hello
Are you able to get into clockwork recovery? Do you have the cwr update.zip on your sdcard?
If not pull the card and load the recovery update.zip on it. Reflash. If it works then:
Then wipe data and cache. Then system, boot, data, datadb, and sd-ext. Then dalvik. Wipe data/cache once more and flash sc2.6.
If it doesnt work youll need to use that complete odin package and begin again.
Good luck
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I did that too on my gf's phone. Completely stuck at Samsung logo.
I found an odin file to completely go back to DI01 unrooted, and another to go all the way to EB01 deodexed rooted superclean's rom. It was amazing.
I can't seem to find it right now, but I'll update this post if I do.
Odin fix all file:
http://androidforums.com/fascinate-all-things-root/238460-di01-odin-fix-all.html
Odin file to get froyo:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...ged-roms-w-root-clockwork-updated-2-25-a.html
Both are forum threads. The latter will give you options as well as to which rom you want installed, and how clean it is. Adrenalyn even threw in red clockwork. But it'll only take you as far as superclean v2. But at that point you should have a fully functional phone that you can try to flash another rom over.
pcpark87 said:
I never disable lagfix and it works everytime. My understanding is that you don't have to disable lagfix if you are flashing voodoo rom over voodoo. If you are reverting back to non-voodoo, then yes you have to disable the lagfix.
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Same here, I always leave it enabled, never had a problem.
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Did I say kernal? Pretty sure I said rom... And all voodoo tutorials say, even if it works for you without doing so, that you should disable lagfix before flashing ANYTHING in recovery.
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Disabling lagfix is the safer way because there is always a possibility that the new rom you are flashing was mislabeled and is not actually voodoo, or you may accidently choose the wrong zip to flash and flash non-voodoo. If you've disabled, this is a minor oops. If not, it could be major.
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SupraLance said:
Disabling lagfix is the safer way because there is always a possibility that the new rom you are flashing was mislabeled and is not actually voodoo, or you may accidently choose the wrong zip to flash and flash non-voodoo. If you've disabled, this is a minor oops. If not, it could be major.
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ever sense the red recovery that came with voodoo 5. You do not need to disable lagfix unless your flashing a non voodoo KERNEL.. So if your cwm is red disabling is not necessary unless the rom includes a non voodoo KERNEL..
Rocking dj05 and jt's voodoo 5
adamantypants said:
I did that too on my gf's phone. Completely stuck at Samsung logo.
I found an odin file to completely go back to DI01 unrooted, and another to go all the way to EB01 deodexed rooted superclean's rom. It was amazing.
I can't seem to find it right now, but I'll update this post if I do.
Odin fix all file:
http://androidforums.com/fascinate-all-things-root/238460-di01-odin-fix-all.html
Odin file to get froyo:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...ged-roms-w-root-clockwork-updated-2-25-a.html
Both are forum threads. The latter will give you options as well as to which rom you want installed, and how clean it is. Adrenalyn even threw in red clockwork. But it'll only take you as far as superclean v2. But at that point you should have a fully functional phone that you can try to flash another rom over.
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THANKS A LOT!! That worked!!!
You need to install the red clockworkmod and clear dalvich cache and do a full wipe. You probably have the wrong clockworkmod. Check the threads for the red one and reinstall the rom.

Please Help

Sorry to bother everybody once again but i ran into a little problem.
i tried restoring my image file from cwm and it just froze into the samsung screen, i tried clearing all the data,cache and dalvik and still wont work.
so i tried to flash odin files dj20 system and kernel and it worked for a while but when i restarted the phone it keeps going to the recovery screen, i do not know what else i can do. i tried so many searches on this forum and google and i cant find a way that works for me, so i am stuck at the recovery screen. please help.
Did you try my Magical Fix? (in General)
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trailblazer101 said:
Did you try my Magical Fix? (in General)
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yup and it wouldnt work, it kept telling me it failed, other people are telling me i have to repartition my phone and that i need a pit file but when i asked where do i get it they just told me to look for, i have been and i been at this for 4 hours now.
Did you re flash the old original recovery? Because there wouldn't be a failed error in the original one....
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Oh, and I have the pit if you need it.... But eh, I don't think you'll need it..... XP
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Just in case: http://www.mediafire.com/?7k4d3830rr4hvcg
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well i tried everything and somehow i got it to boot up again, but....no wifi or 3g network works, so im guessing the radio file got deleted, is there a way to fix that or am i screwed
hardware version i400.0.6
model number SHC-I400
Firmware version 2.1-update1
baseband version S:i400.0.6v.DL17
kernel version 2.6.29
SHC-I400.DJ20
Yup, that's normal... re flash the cwm recovery through imnuts guide, and restore your backup
If you don't have one, then flash the DL17 clean rom...
Your radio is fine, btw xD
Oh, and also btw, be honest... After you followed the magical guide to the T, was that what you thought got it to work, or did you try something else in between? if you did something else, then I'll add it to the magical fix post xD thanks in advance
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trailblazer101 said:
Yup, that's normal... re flash the cwm recovery through imnuts guide, and restore your backup
If you don't have one, then flash the DL17 clean rom...
Your radio is fine, btw xD
Oh, and also btw, be honest... After you followed the magical guide to the T, was that what you thought got it to work, or did you try something else in between? if you did something else, then I'll add it to the magical fix post xD thanks in advance
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i dont think my radio is fine anymore, i was too impatient that i flashed the dl09 radio.
well i did alot, i cant really tell you what i did in exact order because there was too much at 4 in the morning after working on this for 6 hours but here we go:
odin cwm recovery
used new update.zip from cwm forum
tried flashing adryns rom and imnuts kernel
tried flashing dj20 system and kernel
fixed permissions
tried nandroid restore
used "magical fix"
had to reinstall my drivers for samsung because of magical fix
repartition device via odin
reflashed dj20 system and kernel via odin
radio file not working so i flashed dl09(because i was too impatient and panicking)
turned on, set up phone, turn off, download mode,
odin cwm recovery with former update.zip
cwm flashed adrynalynes rom and peanutbutterjelly kernel
rebooted, then rebooted back to recovery,
restored nandroid backup
phone works once again
i do not know if that helps, well thats all i did, and i believe it was it that order
You officially just tbagged your self now when it comes to updates xP
I told you nothing was wrong with the modem
Yes, a fascinate modem might work on our phone, but Now if we get an update, your not going to be able to flash it xP lol...
if this doesn't bother you, that's okay xD but if it does, there might be something you can do (aka... Pm me xP)
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I know! Ahhh! I read that right after I had already flashed the radio. It kind of does bother me so I, pm'd you
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You'll be able to flash an update via Clockwork when a ROM is created so I wouldn't worry too much.
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Not unless someone modifies the update xD all you would have to do though is delete the modem-delta file xD
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Not so random reboots

I updated to EI22, stock w/OTA update. I then rooted and things were working great. Then about 1 week ago, I did a CWM backup and when I restarted the phone just kept automatically rebooting approx. every 3 -4 minutes. I could not stop it no matter what I did. Then I restored the backup and it worked fine. A few days later, I turned the power off to put in a my extra battery, and when I turned it on, the same thing happened. I had to restore twice fir it to stop this time. Then this morning, I did a reboot to see what would happen, and again it happened. Mind you it was working flawless before I restarted it. I have tried everything from removing programs, turning off the wifi, leaving the battery out for a half hour, but nothing. Sometimes after it reboots, I leave it alone for 15 minutes and then when I hit the power button, it just restarts.
Any ideas before I put back froyo??
Sounds like a bad flash. I would Odin all the way to Stock EC05 then root then flash a Gingerbread ROM. Your error is either in the kernel or recovery to happen immediately after boot. It could even be a flaky partition table.
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OK. Funny, I flashed backed to a stock EC05 and did the OTA update so as to possible avoid any problems like this.
mszach said:
OK. Funny, I flashed backed to a stock EC05 and did the OTA update so as to possible avoid any problems like this.
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I figured that but the problem may lie in the rooting which required you to flash a kernel or in your recovery module.
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mszach said:
Any ideas before I put back froyo??
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Your not alone on this issue. I am also considering going back to froyo
ADW was nice enough to bring up a crash report that I emailed myself. In the stack trace I see that android Package manager has died as a cause of the exception. I am not a java programmer so am at a loss here to what's happening.
See also this related post
So I flashed to the ACS ICS rom and so far no problems. What a great ROM!! Many thanks to Marcusant and ACS.
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don't use the OTA.
just root ec05, flash CWM 5, flash modem update ec05 to EI22, flash a rom of your choosing. it's that simple. i don't see why people go the OTA route. it just causes problems with the recovery.
EDIT: also if you want Rom manager, check the kernel(or rom) for compatibility.
Why use ROM MANAGER at all? All the same tasks can be done from Clockwork Mod directly?
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Why use ROM MANAGER at all? All the same tasks can be done from Clockwork Mod directly?
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I'm lazy sometimes and like to use a GUI...
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robmoney215 said:
Why use ROM MANAGER at all? All the same tasks can be done from Clockwork Mod directly?
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It was not supported for the Epic before but with the new CWM5 it is. It is much faster to boot into recovery from ROM Manager rather than powering down and 3 fingering into it. Plus ROM Manager supports renaming your backups when you are doing them. Also ROM Manager will continuously update your CWM if new versions come out. There is also OTA updates available if the developer supports it on their ROM.

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