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Here is a guide I have put together for the Samsung SCH-I500 Fascinate.
There is 9 sections:
1: How to Flash Froyo roms
2: How to flash EH03/EH09/EI20 TW gingerbread roms
3: How to flash MTD GB roms(cm7,miui,aosp)
4: How to Flash ICS, JellyBean, and KitKat 4.X Roms
5: Going back to stock Froyo or Gingerbread from any rom
6: Rooting stock Froyo/Gingerbread
7: Radios/Modems
8: Kernels
9: How to get out of a bootloop situation on Jelly Bean based roms(without ODIN!)
*I am not liable for what you do to your phone!
*I take no credit for any of the links posted in this thread!!!
*(Back up data/sd card First!!)
*Don't understand some of the terminology in this thread?? READ THIS:good:: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513143
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Section:1 How to flash a 2.2.1 froyo rom
*if you don't want voodoo lag-fix flash a novoodoo kernel in cwm such as stock ed05, just repeat step 11, but use this file.
http://www.mediafire.com/?6sm609gwt8j0yni
*If your coming from any other rom besides stock froyo, use section:5 first, then proceed with section:1
Step 1: Download these files pc,
Odin- http://www.mediafire.com/?5y0vkhz85w3j4cz
Samsung drivers- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
CWMALL 2.5- http://www.mediafire.com/?6x5utoca59et7o9
Step 2: Download power wash 1.2 rom(or any froyo rom you want to flash) and put it on the sd card of your phone
http://www.mediafire.com/?dbjb599rt1o8urz
Step 3: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 4: plug-in the factory usb cable and hold the volume down key, get into "download mode".
Step 5: open Odin, click PDA and select cwmall.tar you downloaded in step 1, hit start, should only take 10 sec, then say pass. Click reset.
Step 6: unplug usb cable and insert battery.
Step 7: with three fingers hold the power, and both vol. up/down until you see the samsung logo appear the second time and let off. you should be in red recovery 2.5.1.x.
Step 8: Wipe Data/Factory reset, then under the "advanced" menu wipe dalvik cache.
Step 9: use soft menu key on bottom left of phone and get back to main page in cwm. Find and select install zip from sd, then select chose zip and find the rom you pushed to your sd card in step 2. Select it and it will take you to a secondary menu, arrow down select yes.
Step 10: once the rom finishes installing, reboot system and enjoy your new rom!
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Section:2 How to flash a EH03/EH09/EI20 2.3.5 gingerbread roms
Step 1: Download these files to your pc,
Odin- http://www.mediafire.com/?5y0vkhz85w3j4cz
Samsung Driver- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
Atlas 2.2 pit file- http://www.mediafire.com/?r2mi80911vgjjjz
PowerWashed 2.3.4 eh09 rom- http://www.mediafire.com/?c37loxth85zn2ti
* You can also substitute Powerwashed for the stock eh03 rom and have the latest eh03 radio before upgrading to TSM Res. or Superclean3
http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/fascinate/odin/CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5
Step 2: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 3: open odin on your computer.
Step 4: plug in factory usb cable and hold the volume down button. Yellow
triangle should appear saying "download mode".
Step 5: click on PDA in odin and find the PowerWashed eh09.tar(rom) or eh03 STOCK rom you downloaded to your computer in step 1.
Step 6: click on PIT in Odin and select the atlas 2.2 pit you downladed to pc(make sure repartition is checked)
Step 7: click start and wait 5min, box in left hand corner of odin will say PASS, then click reset.
Step 8: unplug usb cable, put battery back in and boot phone.
*Now you are on rooted PowerWashed eh09 gingerbread by Ccompos or Stock EH03, depending on which odin package you used. If you want to flash TSM Resurrection or Superclean3, continue following directions below.
Step 9: Download these files to pc-
CWMALL 2.5- http://www.mediafire.com/?6x5utoca59et7o9
Step 10: Download TSM or Superclean3 to the root of your devices sd card
TSM Resurrection 2.2 (EH03 based): http://dev-host.org/ST2
Superclean3 milestone 2: http://dev-host.org/ih2m13vt442z/sc3_milestone2_full.zip
Step 11: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 12: plug-in the factory usb cable and hold the volume down key, get into "download mode".
Step 13: open Odin, click PDA and select cwmall.tar( you downloaded in step 9, hit start, should only take 10 sec, then say pass, Click reset.
Step 14: unplug usb cable and insert battery.
Step 15: with three fingers hold the power, and both vol. up/down until you see the samsung logo appear the second time and let off. you should be in red recovery 2.5.1.x.
Step 16: Wipe Data/Factory reset, then under the "advanced" menu wipe dalvik cache.
Step 17: use soft menu key on bottom left of phone and get back to main page in cwm. Find and select install zip from sd, then select chose zip and find the rom you pushed to your sd card in step 10. Select it and it will take you to a secondary menu, arrow down select yes.
Step 18: once the rom finishes installing, reboot system and enjoy your new rom!
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Section:3 How to flash any MTD 2.3.7 GB rom such as cm7,miui,vgb etc...
Step 1: Download these files to your pc,
Odin- http://www.mediafire.com/?5y0vkhz85w3j4cz
Samsung driver- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
Download cwm4 fixed for cm7- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=669652&d=1311907538
EH03 rom- http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/fascinate/odin/CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5
Atlas_v2.2 pit- http://www.mediafire.com/?r2mi80911vgjjjz
Step 2: Download latest CM7.2 Nightly and Gapps the devices sd card.( MIUI does not need gapps)
CM7.2- http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=fascinatemtd
Gapps 12/14/11 for cm7- http://www.mediafire.com/?dm1qsm4rwapkeqx
Step 3: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 4: open odin on your computer.
Step 5: plug in factory usb cable and hold the volume down button. Yellow
triangle should appear saying "download mode".
Step 6: click on PDA in odin and find the stock EH03 rom you downloaded to your computer in step 1.
Step 7: click on PIT in Odin and select the atlas 2.2 pit you downloaded to your pc(make sure repartition is checked).
Step 8: click start and wait 5min, box in left hand corner of odin will say PASS, then click reset.
Step 9: unplug usb cable, put battery back in and boot phone.
Step 10: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 11: plug-in the factory usb cable and hold the volume down key, get into "download mode".
Step 12: open Odin, click PDA and select cwm4 fixed for cm7 you downloaded in step 1, hit start, should only take 10 sec, then say pass. Click reset.
Step 13: unplug usb cable and insert battery.
Step 14: with three fingers hold the power, and both vol. up/down until you see the samsung logo appear the second time and let off. you should be in blue recovery 4.
Step 15: Wipe Data/Factory reset, then under the "advanced" menu wipe dalvik cache.
Step 16: use soft menu key on bottom left of phone and get back to main page in cwm. Find and select install zip from sd, then select chose zip and find the rom you pushed to your sd card in step 2. Select it and it will take you to a secondary menu, arrow down select yes.
Step 17: once the rom finishes installing reboot.
Step 18: Long press power key, select reboot, select recovery, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, install gapps 12/14 zip from sd that you down loaded in step 2, Reboot!
If your getting "E cant mount sd card" or "sd card damaged" errors then I suggest replacing your sd card with a class 6 or higher
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Section:4 How to flash ICS, JellyBean, and Kit Kat 4.X roms
Step 1: Download these files to your pc:
Odin- http://www.mediafire.com/?5y0vkhz85w3j4cz
Samsung Driver- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
CWM4 fixed for cm7- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=669652&d=1311907538
Stock EH03 rom- http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/fascinate/odin/CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5
Atlas_v2.2 pit- http://www.mediafire.com/?r2mi80911vgjjjz
GB bootloaders- http://goo.gl/6aJ1N (this needs to be extracted with a program such as 7zip)
Step 2: Download one of the Custom ICS,JB, or KK roms below to the root of your sd card.
ICS 4.0.x
Official AOKP MS6- https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69414229/aokp_fascinatemtd_milestone-6.zip
AOKP MS6-Devil- http://encounterandroid.com/stevespear426/aokp/fascinate/aokp_fascinatemtd_Milestone-6-Devil.zip
THS b.14- https://www.dropbox.com/s/0nw3ilvvpwvzv83/cm_fascinatemtd-ota-eng.BUILD14.zip
JellyBean 4.1.x
CM10-http://rootzwiki.com/topic/30744-alpharom411-cyanogenmod-10-for-samsung-fascinate/
JellyBro CM10 Skang-http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/?rom=cm10&device=fascinatemtd
AOSP JellyBean- http://rootzwiki.com/topic/31084-alpharom-aosp-jellybean-411-73012/
AOKP JellyBean- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847225
Helly Bean- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1819946
Psycho cm10- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1940780
JellyBean 4.2-4.3
ParanoidAndroid JB- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874086
Baked Blackbean- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1885026
HellyBean- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2026139
AOKP- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2185502
Kit Kat 4.4.
Cyanogen Mod 11- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521427
Step 3: Download latest GAPPS package to root of sd card
Gapps- http://goo.im/gapps
Inverted JellyBean Gapps- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797292
Step 4: Power off phone and pull battery.
Step 5: Open odin on your computer.
Step 6: Plug in factory usb cable and hold the volume down button. Yellow
triangle should appear saying "download mode".
Step 7: Click on PDA in odin and find the stock EH03 rom you downloaded to your computer in step 1.
Step 8: Click on PIT in Odin and select the atlas 2.2 pit you downloaded in step 1(make sure repartition is checked).
Step 9: Click start and wait 5min, box in left hand corner of odin will say PASS, then click reset.
Step 10: Unplug usb cable, put battery back in and boot phone.
Step 11: Power off phone and pull battery.
Step 12: Plug-in the factory usb cable and hold the volume down key, get into "download mode".
Step 13: Open Odin, click PDA and select cwm4 fixed for cm7 you downloaded in step 1, hit start, should only take 10 sec, then say pass. Click reset.
Step 14: Close and open odin to reset connection. click on the PDA function and find the GB bootloaders.tar that you downloaded in step 1 and hit start.
Step 15: Unplug usb cable and insert battery.
Step 16: With three fingers hold the power, and both vol. up/down until you see the samsung logo appear the second time and let off. you should be in CWM blue recovery 4.
Step 17: Wipe Data/Factory reset, then under the "advanced" menu wipe dalvik cache
Step 17: Use soft menu key on bottom left of phone and get back to main page in cwm. Find and select install zip from sd, then select chose zip and find the rom you pushed to your sd card in step 2. Select it and it will take you to a secondary menu, arrow down select yes.
Step 18: Once the rom finishes installing reboot.
Step 19: Reboot recovery via the power menu.
Step 22: Wipe cache and Install gapps zip from sd that you downloaded in step 3, then reboot.
*For those currently on a ICS rom and want to upgrade to a Jellybean rom or vise versa. Just download the rom of choice to sd, boot into recovery, wipe data/factory reset, then flash rom...should be no need to go all the way back to stock unless your having alot of issues with force closes and what not.
*If your getting "E cant mount sd card" or "sd card damaged" errors then I suggest replacing your sd card with a class 6 or higher
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Section:5 How to get back to stock Froyo or Gingerbread after flashing any rom, follow these steps:
Step 1: Download these files to pc,
ODIN- http://www.mediafire.com/?5y0vkhz85w3j4cz
Samsung Drivers- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
Stock ED05 Froyo rom(you will need to unzip with 7zip or winrar.) or stock EH03 Gingerbread.
ED05 Froyo:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21819472/CI500_VZW_ED05_FROYO_REL.tar.md5
EH03 Gingerbread: http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/fascinate/odin/CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5
Atlas 2.2 pit file to pc :http://www.mediafire.com/?r2mi80911vgjjjz
Step 2: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 3: open odin on your computer.
Step 4: plug in factory usb cable and hold the volume down button. Yellow triangle should appear saying "download mode".
Step 5: click on PDA in odin and find the ED05 Froyo rom or Stock EH03 GB rom you downloaded to your computer in step 1.
Step 6: click on PIT in Odin and select the atlas 2.2 pit(make sure repartition is checked).
Step 7: click start and wait 5min, box in left hand corner of odin will say PASS, then click reset.
Step 8: unplug usb cable, put battery back in and boot phone.
You are now back to stock ed05 Froyo or Stock EH03 Gingerbread!(Verizons latest Froyo & Gingerbread release for the fascinate)
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Section 6: How to root stock froyo or gingerbread(This is not needed if your flashing a custom rom)
Downloads these files to PC,
Samsung drivers- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
Odin (computer program)- http://www.mediafire.com/?429fcpdtpckkcea
CWMALL 2.5 (place this file somewhere on your computer where you can easily locate it)- http://www.mediafire.com/?6x5utoca59et7o9
"su-2.3.6.1.x.zip" file (place this file on the root of your sdcard...not within any folders)- http://www.mediafire.com/?38vozx7n37u02a5
Modified stock Froyo kernel (place this file somewhere on your computer where you can easily locate it). This file is only necessary if you're rooting Froyo. It's not necessary for Gingerbread- http://goo.gl/QCYxT
Instructions:
1. Install Samsung drivers on your computer.
2. Open Odin on your computer. (You may need to disable antivirus programs on your computer and/or phone for this to work properly.)
3. Power off your phone and remove the battery.
4. Plug the stock USB cord that came with your phone into a powered USB port on your computer (usually on the back of the computer).
5. Press and hold the "volume down" button on your phone, and continue to hold it while plugging the USB cord into your phone. This will put your phone into download mode. You'll see a large yellow triangle on the screen of your phone. (Let go of the volume button at this point.) You will also see one of the small boxes in Odin turn yellow, as well as "Added" appearing in the message box.
6. Click the PDA button in Odin (NOT the PHONE button) and navigate to the "CWM2.5_Voodoo.tar.md5" file you downloaded earlier. This file does not include a voodoo kernel and will not perform the voodoo lagfix conversion. It's only named as such to note that it is compatible with voodoo kernels.(make sure auto reboot is unchecked, although it should be by default)
7. Click START. When this process has finished, you'll be notified in Odin (succeeded 1 / failed 0) and your phone's screen will go blank.
*** Step 8 is only for rooting Froyo. If you're rooting Gingerbread, skip Step 8 and proceed to Step 9. ***
8. Unplug your phone and click RESET in Odin. Repeat Step 5 to get the phone back into download mode and recognized by Odin. Using the PDA button, navigate to the "stock_kernel.tar.md5" file you downloaded earlier, select it, and press START. You'll again be notified in Odin once this process has completed (succeeded 1 / failed 0).
9. Unplug your phone and re-insert the battery.
10. Press and hold BOTH volume buttons. While holding them, press the power button. Hold all three simultaneously until you see "SAMSUNG" appear TWICE. This will boot your phone into CWM 2.5 red recovery. If your phone boots up normally here and not into recovery, just wait for it to boot up and then power it down and try again. It may take a couple tries for you to get it right.
11. Using the volume rocker, navigate down to "Install zip from sdcard." Highlight it and press the power button to select.
12. Navigate to "choose zip from sdcard" and select with the power button.
13. Navigate to the "su-2.3.6.1.x.zip" file that you downloaded earlier and select it. Scroll to "Yes," and use power button to select.
14. When you're advised of completion, press the MENU softkey to go back to the previous CWM Recovery screen, then highlight and select "reboot system now."
*Thanks to Bhfd64 @ galaxy forums for this write up!!
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Section 7: Radio/Modems- Here is a list of imo the best radios for the fascinate...now this does not mean another radio wont work better for you, this topic is very subjective. These radios are compatible with any fascinate rom.
[EC09]- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=631016&d=1308583586 This gingerbread radio gives me really good data speed w/ the least amount of 1x swtiching
[EH03]-http://www.mediafire.com/?uuvxtuwonl2e629 This latest gingerbread radio gives good data speed, but It spends alot of time in 1x
[ED05]-http://www.mediafire.com/?c7h1wl5wne51duf This is probably the best froyo radio, but I get better data speeds with the gingerbread radios. Although this radio has less 1x switching than eh03 imo
Step 1: Downlaod odin and samsung drivers from one of the previous sections to pc
Step 2: Download one of the radios from above to pc
Step 3: Power off phone, pull battery, and plug in usb cable from phone to pc
Step 4: Hold volume down until yellow triangle appears (download mode)
Step 5: Open odin and put the file you downloaded from step 2 in the pda function of odin and hit start
Step 6: After odin says successful, click reset, uplug usb cable, insert battery and reboot
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Section 8: Kernels-In this section I will list the latest kernels for the fascinate and proper instructions for flashing
TW Kernels for eh03/eh09/ei20 based roms:
KGB 1/16 Kernel by Comradesven- http://www.mediafire.com/?ja3onlh1au3rdjf
Lean Kernel by Imoseyon- http://www.box.com/s/4otys70j1np02dfavhtt
Geewiz 2.5 kernel by djp952- http://www.mediafire.com/file/s38nq6jaqwp5c5f/geewiz-2.5-kernel-01222012.zip
Kernel for CM7 or MIUI 2.3.x GB:
Glitch v13.1 by Team Glitch- http://androtransfer.com/tk-glitch/CM7kernels/Glitch%2013.1/CM7Fascinate-Glitch-V13_1-REL.zip
Kernels for ALL ICS 4.0.x builds:
Devil3 Kernel_0.76: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1130270&d=1339707886
Glitch Skunkworks: http://efpophis.glitchteam.com/SkunkWorks/
Step 1: Download one of these kernels(That applies to the current rom your running) to the root of your sd card
Step 2: reboot into clockwork recovery by long pressing the power key, select reboot, select recovery
Step 3: Wipe Cache & Dalvik
Step 4: Select Install zip from sd, then select choose zip, Find the kernel zip you downloaded and select it.
Step 5: profit
*For more information on these kernels see the op in the dev section. There is plenty of information there explaining how to setup these kernels. Im not going to list all that here
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Section 9: How to get out of a bootloop situation on Jelly Bean roms without using odin!!
-Power device off, pull sd card, and push a cm7 based rom(see section 3 for link) to the sd card via your PC, then reinstall the sd card on your device
-three finger into recovery
-wipe data
-flash cm7 and and it will bootloop back into recovery
-flash cm7 again, then let it boot
-boot into recovery via power menu
-wipe data
-flash ics build 2 and let it boot
-boot into recovery again via power menu
-wipe data
-flash ICS rom of choice and gapps, reboot
-profit!
droidstyle ...thanks a lot
Is this powerwash 1.2 the stock with touchwiz and will I have data problems
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dc iz 2 legit said:
Is this powerwash 1.2 the stock with touchwiz and will I have data problems
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Yes the rom link I provided is powerwashed 1.2 ed05 w/ otb fusion kernal by ccompos.
droidstyle said:
Why is he not banned?
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You will all now see that the troll has been banned, so move on please. (trolls like this will always be banned (@xHoLyx), if people cant contribute dont post!)
Thanks.
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Just wanted to say thanks for making the process noob-friendly.
Came from a OGDroid and Continuum so Odin was fairly new to me. Love the Rom you provided and look forward to trying new ones in the future.
really well explained, and easy to follow.
Thanks for the kind words sir!!
Great post - easy to follow. I'm ready to try flashing my first custom ROM. You say that I can use any Froyo rom. Does that mean no Gingerbread? I was thinking of trying CM7 first.
[UPDATE] Just saw your directions for a gingerbread rom at the bottom of the post. Just a suggestion - you might want to put a note in the first paragraph that gingerbread directions are on the bottom. Thanks!
Anyway, I went ahead and flashed the powerwashed rom. Works perfect!
martyxng said:
Great post - easy to follow. I'm ready to try flashing my first custom ROM. You say that I can use any Froyo rom. Does that mean no Gingerbread? I was thinking of trying CM7 first.
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Thanks! If you want to install cm7, click on the installing a mtd rom link and follow that guide.
Oh most sublime of XDA members, may I please buy you a tasty beverage of your choice in massive quantities?
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Oh most sublime of XDA members, may I please buy you a tasty beverage of your choice in massive quantities?
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sure, I love me some sweet ice tea or bud light when the work is done
Update...Included guides for eh09/ei20 gingerbread and mtd roms(cm7,miui,aosp)
I must say , AWESOME job my friend ! This is EXACTLY what people are looking for when they come to sites like XDA. Site just needs more people like you.
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Awesome thread, this is exactly what I needed. A quick question though, if I went back to stock using DL09 and want to get MIUI back on my phone, is it alright that im on ED05 now? Can I just flash the recovery and use ED05 for MIUI?
wabbitinspace said:
Awesome thread, this is exactly what I needed. A quick question though, if I went back to stock using DL09 and want to get MIUI back on my phone, is it alright that im on ED05 now? Can I just flash the recovery and use ED05 for MIUI?
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yes, I just put dl09 up there because a few members including myself had troubles getting on mtd roms from ed05. Go ahead and try with ed05 first, you can always odin dl09 if you have trouble. GL!!
Ok.. I have to first off state that I am a NOOB.. sorry i just finished watching that lovely video and had to quote it..
I have never done anything like this before.. I purchased a second hand Fascinate and the owner advised me that it had been rooted..
I did massive searching and came across your Guide.. * which rocked by the way *
I followed the steps to flash the system back to a factory phone.. I am about to call them and have it activated to my line on which i had a Fascinate but it found the underside of a tire doing 110 down the interstate.. * belt clip broke *
I only am worried that the phone will not activate or that the big red V will know it had been rooted and will not allow me to use the phone on their service.. Is this at all possible? Was I an UBER NOOB for flashing it back to stock? * sorry had to ask that *
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Ok.. I have to first off state that I am a NOOB.. sorry i just finished watching that lovely video and had to quote it..
I have never done anything like this before.. I purchased a second hand Fascinate and the owner advised me that it had been rooted..
I did massive searching and came across your Guide.. * which rocked by the way *
I followed the steps to flash the system back to a factory phone.. I am about to call them and have it activated to my line on which i had a Fascinate but it found the underside of a tire doing 110 down the interstate.. * belt clip broke *
I only am worried that the phone will not activate or that the big red V will know it had been rooted and will not allow me to use the phone on their service.. Is this at all possible? Was I an UBER NOOB for flashing it back to stock? * sorry had to ask that *
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no worries, once you flash back to stock ed05 vzw will never know what was previously done to the phone!
Thanks.. I followed the provided steps at the beginning of this thread and it worked flawlessly.. And looks like my stock phone did when before it met its demise..
Hi, I have this ROM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQvrEH74dgI, my question is how to install the google apps (2nd link). Thanks.
Boot into recovery (power on holding the Power and Volume Down button) and in the recovery screen, select "install zip from sd".
Select internal or external storage/sd and browse to the file, select it with the power button. It'll do its thing and after, I would clean the dalvik cache and reboot.
I assume you've got a custom recovery already installed, since you've got the custom rom already installed.
I did this
Before proceeding, please keep in mind that your handset will be wiped clean of all data so make a backup of your data. Also, the steps below require your handset to be rooted with a custom recovery installed. If your handset is not rooted, I’d recommend you not to flash this ROM since its not meant for amateurs.
Step 1: Download CM9 Alpha 4 for Epic 4G from here or here. Also download the supplementary Google Apps package from here.
Step 2: Boot into CWM Recovery, and select the ‘Wipe data/Factory Reset’ option. Then navigate to Mounts and Storage and select the ‘format /system’ option.
Step 3: After you have formatted all the partitions on your Epic 4G, select the ‘install zip from SD card’ option, and then select the CM9 Alpha 4 zip file. Once the CM9 file has been flashed, again select the ‘install zip from SD card’ option, and this time select the Google Apps zip file package.
When the flashing process is complete, simply reboot your phone and wait for it to boot into CM9. Keep in mind that the first boot might take sometime, so please be patient.
Do NOT restore your app data backup. Doing so can lead to instabilities, and other issues. Also, please don't complain about feature X or Y not working. The ROM is in Alpha for a particular reason.
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But my phone is still stucked at its starting window for more than 20 minutes :?
My phone got stucked ! It stucks at the staring window, and doesnt want to load
define "starting window"
Like this, but instead of all the things it says, mine says just "Unlocked" in the upper left corner. I have tryed this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQvrEH74dgI (rom + gapps), and this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423 + this for the apps http://knowmydroid.com/blog/install-android-4-ice-cream-sandwich-cm9-on-samsung-epic-4g.
This guide shows you how to root and install a ROM.
I am NOT responsible for bricked devices or dead sd cards etc.
Hi,
Today i'm going to show you how to root and update your Galaxy S.
In this guide we flash custom kernel and rom.
But first, remember the drivers http://www.filefactory.com/file/3nhyqmo40111/n/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.zip
Now the rooting part.
1.Download Semaphore kernel http://semaphore.gr/downloads Choose the first one. (Semaphore_2.7.4.tar)
2. It may look like a zip file but it is not. So do not extract the tar file.
3. Open Odin (if you don't have it download it from http://ul.to/o2xcp01n )
4. Switch off the phone and wait for vibration. When it vibrates it is completely off
5. Make sure you have drivers.
6. Put your phone to download download mode. To do that press vol down + home + power.
7. Now your phone should be in download mode. Plug it to computer (make sure odin is still open)
8. Click PDA tab and choose Semaphore_2.7.4.tar.
9. Click start
10. Wait
11. Wait more and then there should read Success! in odin
12. Now you can disconnect the phone.
13. Finish!
Now we are ready to install a custom ROM!
First you need to download a ROM. I recommend Cyanogenmod because it is popular, it has many features and it is stable. Here's the link http://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/49867/cm-10.2.0-galaxysmtd.zip
1. Download the ROM.
2. Put it to your phone's internal sd-card
3. Download gapps http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
4. Put it to your phone's sd-card
5. Reboot to recovery (vol up + home + power)
6. Wipe data/factory reset
7. Wipe cache
8. Advanced > wipe dalvik cache
9. Install zip from sd-card
10. Choose zip from sd-card
11. Select cm-10.2.0-galaxysmtd.zip
12. Confirm
13. Wait
14. Wait more
15. Wait even more
16. Go back
17. Don't reboot
18. Install zip from sd-card
19. Choose zip from sd-card
20. Choose gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
21. Confirm
22. Wait
23. Reboot
Now it's ready! You made it! You rooted and updated your phone. Be proud!
This is not correct guide.
Why?
monkeywithbanana said:
This guide shows you how to root and install a ROM.
I am NOT responsible for bricked devices or dead sd cards etc.
Hi,
Today i'm going to show you how to root and update your Galaxy S.
In this guide we flash custom kernel and rom.
First you need to be sure that you have 2.3.6 XXJW4.
You can check it by going to settings > about phone > and there's baseband version.
If you have JW4 you can skip to rooting part.
If you don't have JW4, you need to flash it.
Installing JW4
1. You need the drivers. For 32 bit(x86) Windows http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x86.shtml and for 64 bit(x64) Windows
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x64.shtml
2.Download the firmware http://www.hotfile.com/dl/150483619/708026d/I9000XXJW4_I9000OXAJW4_XEU.zip.html
3. Then you need extract the downloaded file I9000XXJW4_I9000OXAJW4_XEU.zip (from step 2) to any folder, you will get these 2 files:
JW4_JW4_JW4.tar
SS_DL.dll (ignore this file)
4. Download Odin which we will be using to flash XXJW4 on the phone. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?06v1nznuk3ng7gw
5. Disconnect your phone if it’s connected to PC. Then switch it off. Wait 5-6 seconds for vibration to confirm complete switch off.
6. Boot into recovery. To do this, press and hold the Volume_UP + Home + Power till the screen turns on, then let them go. You will boot into recovery soon enough.
7. Then, use the volume keys to navigate and the home/power key to select options, select wipe data/factory reset, then select Yes on next screen to confirm. After the data wipe is complete, remove and re-insert the battery, but don’t power it back on.
8. Put the Galaxy S in Download Mode. To do that press and hold these keys together: Volume down + Home + Power until a screen saying Download Mode comes up.
9. Open Odin (downloaded in step 4) — Odin3 v1.7.exe.
10. Connect your phone to PC now. You should get the message “Added!!” under Odin’s message box in the bottom left. If you don’t get this message, then probably there is a problem with drivers. Make sure you’ve proper drivers installed.
11. Now, in Odin, click the PDA Tab, and select the file JW4_JW4_JW4.tar
12. Important! Do not touch any other button or make any other changes in Odin except selecting the required file as given in step 11.
13. Now, hit the START button to begin the flashing process. When it finishes, your phone will automatically reboot, upon which you can unplug the cable. Plus, you’ll get a PASS (with green background) message in the left-most box at the very top of the Odin.
IMPORTANT Note: If ODIN gets stuck at some stage and doesn’t seem to be doing anything, do this — disconnect the phone from the PC, close ODIN, remove battery, re-insert it, turn phone on in Download mode again, and do the procedure again from Step 9. Same if you get a FAIL message in Odin.
14. Finish!
Now the rooting part.
1.Download CF-Root http://download.chainfire.eu/155/CF-Root/SGS/CF-Root-XX_OXA_JW4-v4.4-CWM3RFS.zip
2. Unzip the file and you get a tar file. It may look like a zip file but it is not. So do not extract the tar file.
3. Open Odin (if you don't have it download it from section 4 in installing part)
4. Switch off the phone and wait for vibration. When it vibrates it is completely off
5. Make sure you have drivers (JW4 installing section 1)
6. Put your phone to download download mode. To do that press vol down + home + power.
7. Now your phone should be in download mode. Plug it to computer (make sure odin is still open)
8. Click PDA tab and choose CF-Root-XX_OXA_JW4-v4.4-CWM3RFS.tar.
9. Click start
10. Wait
11. Wait more and then there should read Success! in odin
12. Now you can disconnect the phone.
13. Finish!
Now we are ready to install a custom ROM!
First you need to download a ROM. I recommend Cyanogenmod because it is popular, it has many features and it is stable. Here is link http://get.cm/get/3qH
1. Download the ROM.
2. Put it to your phone's internal sd-card
3. Download gapps http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
4. Put it to your phone's sd-card
5. Reboot to recovery (vol up + home + power)
6. Wipe data/factory reset
7. Wipe cache
8. Advanced > wipe dalvik cache
9. Install zip from sd-card
10. Choose zip from sd-card
11. Select cm-9.0.0-galaxysmtd.zip
12. Confirm
13. Wait
14. Wait more
15. Wait even more
16. Go back
17. Don't reboot
18. Install zip from sd-card
19. Choose zip from sd-card
20. Choose gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
21. Confirm
22. Wait
23. Reboot
Now it's ready! You made it! You rooted and updated your phone. Be proud!
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here are the reason:
1. While installing jw4 in step 6 you have ask to boot in recovery and recovery only available when you have flashed a kernel which supports it.
2. If i already have recovery them why i should flash jw4 again and then again root it and flash the ics.
3. You have asked to put rom in internal sdcard and gapps in sdacrd... they should both be in same card else a new user might get confuse.
4. You haven't mention if user ends in bootloop what should he do?
I think this guide is just fine , go make your one if there's a problem^. Good job OP.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
I meant to write internal sd card for gapps and my sgs had stock recovery without root.
Have you ever heard about android stock recovery 3e?
And i forgot to write what to do if bootloop And fortunately nobody asked what to do if bootloop and if someone asks, i'll reply and explain what to do.
monkeywithbanana said:
I meant to write internal sd card for gapps and my sgs had stock recovery without root
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Is it... i haven't heard like this ever.
bakcup /efs
I didn't acutally read the whole thing so I don't know wether it's corret or not, but I think you should definitly advise the user to backup the /efs folder to prevent issues with IMEI/baseband.
(searched your guide for /efs and didn't find it anywhere)
Greets.
AlwaysDroid said:
I think this guide is just fine , go make your one if there's a problem^. Good job OP.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
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I can create my own guide however did not want to have one more thread on the thing which is already there a lots of time rather than I will spread the already present guides.
boot loop
Hi,
I followed the entire guide and after getting and "Encryption Unsuccessful" -> Reset to Factory, I got a boot loop.
Any ideas on how I could fix this?
Thanks for the guide
Nash
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UPDATE: Fixed the boot loop but still don't know why it happened. Can you shed a light? Still on 2.3
Thanks!
Nash
Were you flashing the Rom or gapps before getting the encryption error? It's possible that the zip files are corrupted or they have some errors. Try to redownload the files.
Thanks for your reply, but i want to know if that works with my phones stock rom
CF-Root is is available for almost every Samsung SGS stock rom(maybe for every stock rom) so you just need to tell me your baseband and i'll give instructions to do that for your ROM.
What if I still have Froyo installed? Where can I find instructions to upgrade to Gingerbread?
See the ''installing JW4'' section
monkeywithbanana said:
And i forgot to write what to do if bootloop And fortunately nobody asked what to do if bootloop and if someone asks, i'll reply and explain what to do.
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I have this exact problem...I have followed the instructions to the T, Now my phone is just "bootlooping". Please can you tell me what to do?
Thanks in advance
Factory reset and try flashing again.
Uhh why don't you just suggest an odin flash of Darky's rom, then a CWM flash of CM9 then CM10. That would be a lot quicker and easier to read and explain.
it's a good guide, thanks
Hiieeexx...
I am a newbie here...
I managed to root my device and want to experience Jellybean..can the following file(link for pacman nightly) be used with the steps below???
pac_edison-nightly-20131223.zip (m not allowed to post links, but it is from pacman basketbuild)
Steps:
1. Connect your device to PC using USB cable and then copy downloaded files to the SD card of your device. Important: Don’t extract any files.
2. Disconnect USB and then turn off your Motorola Atrix 2.
3. Now, boot into recovery mode. To do so, press and hold Volume Down & Power until you see the text "Fastboot" appear in the top left in corner of the screen. Then use the volume down button to scroll through all the options until you reach "Android Recovery". Pressing the volume up button will select the option. You should now see the famous Android Triangle Exclamation screen. Tap the bottom right hand corner of the screen, just above the search key and that should bring you into the main menu of the system recovery. In recovery use Volume buttons to navigate through options and Power button to select an option.
4. Perform a Nandroid backup of your existing ROM that you can restore later if this new ROM not work or you want to go back into your previous ROM. To perform a backup, select Backup and Restore, then on the next screen, select Backup again. Go back to main recovery menu after backup is complete.
5. Now, perform data wiping task. To do so, select wipe data/factory reset, then select Yes on next screen to confirm your action. Wait few minutes till the data wipe is complete. Now come back to CWM recovery main menu. Select wipe cache partition and after wiping process done, select Wipe Dalvik Cache under advance option to perform Dalvik cache wiping.
6. Select install zip from sdcard, then select choose zip from sdcard. Now, locate the pac_edison-nightly-20131109.zip file that you copied earlier in Step 1 and select it by pressing Power button. Confirm installation by selecting Yes – Install _____.zip on the next screen. The ROM installation will begin.
7. Once the ROM installation process end, repeat the step 6 but choose the gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip file instead of ROM zip to install the Google apps package.
8. When installation is completed, go back to the main recovery menu and select reboot system now to reboot your Motorola Atrix 2 and boot up into customized Android 4.3.1 Jelly Bean ROM PAC-man. The first boot will take time, so be patient!
9. Returning to Previous ROM: To go back to your previous ROM, boot into recovery, select backup and restore then restore your previous ROM by selecting it from the list.
And next thing i wanted to ask is that since it's a custom version, how they are different from original one, and does it allow updates from playstore?
please help....
Yes the installation of the nightly is the same as the description above if you are currently on a stock or other ROM.
Check out the ROM features in the Feature Development forum.
If you flash the full gapps package, all PlayStore features will work as normal
So i got the Not Registered on network problem on my GT-I9301I. I tried to use this guide(It's a guide for S3)(i can't post links yet):
XXUGMK6 Modem.zip (Click here)
XXUGMK6 Kernel.zip (Click here)
Download and copy the files in Phone’s internal storage. The files must be in .zip format.
Pr-requisites:
As usual, creating backup is the first priority:
Create backup of apps, music and other stuff.
Create backup of your text messages and contacts.
Enable USB debugging in Settings under the Developer Options.
Your device should be rooted and should have ClockworkMod (CWM) installed in it. (Click here, ignore the title. works with all Android versions.)
And lastly, check your battery, it should be almost 70% charged.
Steps to solve “not registered on network” issue on Galaxy S3 I9300:
Turn the device off and reboot in recovery mode. Press and hold volume up+power+menu button until device enters in recovery mode.
1)When in recovery mode, go straight to “install zip from sdcard” and select” chose zip from sdcard. Select XXUGMK6 Kernel.zip and confirm the installation. wait until installation completes.
2)Similarly, again go to ” select zip from sdcard” and chose XXUGMK6 Modem.zip already copied in internal storage and proceed with “Yes” to install it.
After both above patches have been installed, reboot the device in normal mode. As soon as device reboots, it will get registered to network and IMEI number will be restored. You are now good to go for making calls and sending text messages. If you have any queries, feel free to comment below, we will solve the issues.
When i got to these steps:
1)When in recovery mode, go straight to “install zip from sdcard” and select” chose zip from sdcard. Select XXUGMK6 Kernel.zip and confirm the installation. wait until installation completes.
2)Similarly, again go to ” select zip from sdcard” and chose XXUGMK6 Modem.zip already copied in internal storage and proceed with “Yes” to install it.
I got the status 7 error and I don't know what to do now.If anyone can help me i would be grateful.
Did u used zips from that i9300 thread ??
michal80 said:
Did u used zips from that i9300 thread ??
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I thought they wouldn't worked but i tried to use them anyway. They couldn't be installed anyway.
They only problem is i can't find the zips for S3 neo.
Do you tried reflashing rom using Odin?
michal80 said:
Do you tried reflashing rom using Odin?
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Yea, i reflashed 2-3 different custom roms with odin but still had this problem.
Did it happen itself?
I flashed a stock rom to my s3 and after 3 days this happened by itself
n3 neo not registred on network
hello
try to flash this zip it can reslovoe your problem it was the only modem working for my s3
hope it helps you.
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do not forget to post results.