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[Fascinate General] DaleV:
I prefer what i think is a much simpler method. Just go to this link and follow Post 2. I don't believe I have ever had it so easy to root a phone:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=948722
[Fascinate General] chronster:
nice write up, thanks for posting. I hope I never have to use it :D
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
Got that once cause i didn't install the drivers in zadig. I installed it, didn't reboot PC, worked fine. If you had the CSC unchecked then you didnt install a cache or database, so no your phone wont work like that. Unless you ran into something new, follow this guide step by step, and it should work. I would also make sure you get the files from here, they are tested and known to be good. There are some incomplete, and bad files out there, these work.
[Fascinate General] thatoneguy1983:
Heimdall is officially the greatest piece of software ever created and DaleV is my hero!!! FINALLY have my phone up and running again! Was serious contemplating dropping around $300 for a new phone on Craigslist.
[Fascinate General] Oxirane:
Trying to root a Fascinate, and it showed up in ODIN once, then the flash failed. Now it's in download mode and not showing up in ODIN, any ideas?
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
after it failed did you unplug then replug and go back into download mode? also I updated the OP with a superuser.zip file it works better than the one in the market for showing you have root access, I have no idea why.

Also you might try a different usb port, sometimes that does the trick.
[Fascinate General] Oxirane:
I've unplugged and replugged and rebooted it a dozen times... it first goes to 2e recovery, then I reinstall packages and it reboots to the simplified download mode with just basic little icons. Doesn't get recognized by the computer though. :/

Wont boot into anything but 2e, and from there into oldschool download mode.
[Fascinate General] SUPERSUPER23:
honestly I have no idea it I bought it at a swap for really cheap.. long story short upon turning it on it was showing the connect to comp screen so i figured it just needed some software loaded to it which i did using odin but everything i tried has put me in the same spot cant get past boot logo I've tried to get into recovery I cant I can only get into download mode and i have flashed clock work recovery via odin no luck I usually google my way out of these situations but I dont Know abt this one

:confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Fascinate General] skepticmisfit:
So you can get into download mode?

Sounds like a hard brick to me. The connect to computer screen usually means hard brick. I got it once when flashing the EC09 modem, but it worked when I flashed it again.
[Fascinate General] SUPERSUPER23:
I got one of those dongles and it puts it into download mode
[Fascinate General] skepticmisfit:
ah.

So you've tried going into Odin and flashing a stock image through it?
[Fascinate General] SUPERSUPER23:
Yea none have worked for me I've Tried Almost all Of the Ones i could find DL09, ED05 e.t.c
[Fascinate General] skepticmisfit:
Even with the OEM cable, a different cable, drivers, etc?

If so, i'm sticking with the idea that it's hard-bricked
[Fascinate General] ibsk8:
Did you ensure to check the repartition and place the .pit file appropriately?

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If you have quick access to a linux distro you'd have better success with heimdall.
[Fascinate General] SUPERSUPER23:
yea even used the "atlas_v2.2.pit" appreciate you taking the time to respond by the way
[Fascinate General] ibsk8:
What does Odin do? Does it load and execute? Does it give a PASS or FAIL?
[Fascinate General] SUPERSUPER23:
it gives me a "PASS" hasn't failed once hence why im so confused
[Fascinate General] ibsk8:
Have you tried to use heimdall? It's much more reliable. You can use the gui frontend or terminal. Which ever you feel confident in using. If you can get to download mode it is likely NOT bricked and is fixable.

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Check your PM/email with links to known working packets . Please don't give out and blow up my db account.
[Fascinate General] DanielWEWO:
Odin isn't working for me and I'm attempting to use Heimdall, except all of the heimdall package links are down. :( I've tried searching but every link is broken :/
[Fascinate General] ibsk8:
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/

Working for me.
[Fascinate General] DanielWEWO:
I haven't had any issues downloading Heimdall. Its the packages for the Fascinate that seem to all be broken. I've found plenty of odin packages, but Odin doesn't work. :(

Also hey fellow DNA user!
[Fascinate General] hhp_211:
just uncompress (untar/unzip) the EH03 GB full odin package, its all right there
[Fascinate General] dbroer91884:
I'm jumping in here because I have a question that will hopefully be answered here. This is the situation. I copied and pasted it from another post.

So new and interesting issue. I went through this process to recover my phone. It seems to be recovered, but I would like to mess around with the ROM idea again. I went through the process in section five to save the phone, but now, ODIN won't recognize that I have my phone plugged in. It is now all stock android, and I can get it into both recovery mode and download mode, but no phone shows up on ODIN. I am using the same USB cable I did before when it worked.

Any ideas what I need to do?

And a new detail. ODIN will find my phone when it is on. It is on COM 3 and is found. All the drivers have been installed, and the cable is stock cable. I've changed the USB port, and have installed Kies because I read that might help. Still not finding my phone when in download mode so I can't install CWM recovery, which is what I would like to do. Any help would be appreciated.

Also, when I try to use Heimdall, I can a message that says "The program can't start because MSVCR110.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix the problem." Any thoughts?
[Fascinate General] geosnipe:
NO USB detection on 2 of my PC's

None of my computers will recognize my GALAXY S connected via USB to my PC, although I do get the USB LVT (low voltage trickle). This am it did show up in ODIN by chance, but I did not flash because the battery was still in. I have tried drivers, sequences, different PC's XP and 7. I am loading ubuntu on to my old netbook in hopes of getting something. Anyone have any ideas? I know the phone is not bad as I just decomissioned it as my daily driver and want to return it to stock for full resale.
[Fascinate General] PoiSpin:
Not sure if this was mentioned in the comments, I really did not feel like going through them all and i apologize if im repeating someone but there is an alt. method to rooting the fascinate that doesn't require a computer. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY UNSEEN DAMAGE OR PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT ACCURE though there should not be any hiccups along this short road to root. This will allow you to root your fassy directly from your phone. Simply download Framaroot.apk, it can be found here on xda, I installed v1.6.1. Open the app and at the top choose the "install supersu" option, for some reason the "install superuser" option doesn't fully root your phone. Then click on the exploit below ( it is a lord of the rings character name) in a few seconds to a minute you should receive a "exploit successful! Supersu was successfully installed" message and viola! You now have a rooted samsung fascinate. For peace of mind download root checker from the playstore and get verification. I used this method to root the phone I am posting on right now as well as my mother in laws sch-i110 and three of my friends samsung phones and all have worked perfectly. From what I have seen almost all samsung phones are capable of a framaroot root, though my wife's htc evo 3d would not root. But since this is a fascinate thread you will have no problem at all.
[Fascinate General] JohnM_rit:
I could not get this to work

I worked for a week on this, including following this thread. I would get /cache/ mount and open errors. Heimdall couldn't upload the PIT. ODIN could upload the PIT, but then could not flash the CACHE portion. And yes, the PDA image contained a cache.rfs image.

[SOLVED]

THIS IS ONLY FOR THE FASCINATE/SHOWCASE/SCH-I500 or SCH-S950C.

THIS WILL NOT WORK IN THE I9000. In fact, flashing i9000 kernels (like Der Teufel / The Devil kernel, CAUSED THIS PROBLEM).

Fire up ODIN (I used ODIN 3.07 on Windows 10 (12/2015 patch level))

**Uncheck Auto-Reboot!! in ODIN before flashing.**

Use the PIT from EZbase (others might work)

and flash cwm4_fixed_for_cm7-ODIN.tar

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fk25duo59iyn33g/AADm6xkLJCOiprqe37e4TOMia?dl=0

I put them on dropbox. Although you can find them in other threads/places. I did not keep track of where I found the copies, but I found them on 12/2015, so you should be able to also.

Unplug the phone and remove the battery. It will turn off.

Remove the SDCARD and put in http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/jenkins/35557/cm-10.1-20130723-NIGHTLY-fascinatemtd.zip (the latest nightly CM10.1 Android 4.2.2x)

Boot up the phone by holding the Vol Up & the Vol Down key, and press Power until you see SAMSUNG, then release the Power button. It will boot up into a 4.0.1.0 recovery. YOU MAY STILL SEE A CACHE ERROR... IGNORE IT.

Choose the option to load a ZIP from the SDCARD.

Flash cm-10.1-20130723-NIGHTLY-fascinatemtd.zip

It will reboot into the newer recovery, then continue with the update.

You should be done now.

No more /cache/ mount errors, no more stl11 errors.

I found a quote at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1190668

"All Samsung Roms run on top of BML/RFS, CyanogenMod 7 does NOT.

It runs on MTD/yaffs2 (like Nexus One) which means you'll not able to flash just any kernel or run just any other filesystem you want. Use it as it is if possible, otherwise confirm with the kernel developer that you are trying to install whether it would work with CM. We do not support other kernels and know nothing about their capabilities or compatibility. Only the data partition, which is on movinand, is ext4 like on speedmod or voodoo ("lagfix"). No "lagfix" is necessary because this does not use any Samsung proprietary file systems."

IT RUNS ON MTD/yaffs2... etc etc, it's clear that this repartitions/reformats the device. A lot of the struggle I had for days, a week, was trying to set the PIT over with Heimdall or ODIN, and restoring to stock. Unfortunately once one of these i9000 type kernels or ROMs 'touch' your Fascinate, you can't go back to the stock, at least not from being stuck with the /cache/ mount errors. You *might* be able to go bac
[Fascinate General] Simanole:
Does anyone have a link to the heimdall packages? The links are down and ODIN method is not working.

Added error with Odin...
[Fascinate General] Phearless:
HELP Please! I can't find Samsung Fascinate recovery files anywhere.

Does anybody have any of these methods downloads bailable. I've searched for days. I have a bricked Fascinate and need to recover it back to factory defaults. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
if it goes into 2e will it boot by highlighting reboot and pressing the home key, the home key is enter on 2e. If that fails select wipe data factory reset from blue 2e screen and hit home key. a message pops up and you get a choice up volume key for one down volume key for other, basically one is yes wipe/reset the other is no don't, select the wipe/reset. Keep the usb plugged in, when it finishes and reboots if the usb drivers for the phone have gotten wonky it will re install the right one that comes with phone.
[Fascinate General] xHoLyx:
Good, but too long.
[Fascinate General] SOTK:
Great guide, very thorough. I'm sure this will come in handy for many! :)
[Fascinate General] SpringRush:
saved my phone

Thanks for the write up....saved my phone.
[Fascinate General] everlost454:
Thank You... Thought it was done! Had to use Odin 2 times to work it got stuck on setup connetion 1st time and thats what bricked it with CWM stuck on that too. I am on telus so I use Telus JL3 stock files and it is BACK; YES!! :D
[Fascinate General] dfa7:
Really nice work DaleV !!!

Thx
[Fascinate General] sdavis28:
no yellow bar or port code in odin

i can't get odin to give me the yellow block or port number once the phone is in download mode. 1st time doing this so not sure what im doing wrong. Any help would be great. As always thanks to everyone!!!!!!! always help me fix my f ups!!!!!!:D
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
Have you installed the drivers to be able to connect to your phone?
[Fascinate General] sdavis28:
now that i looked the answer to that is no. been looking all over for them ssince you said it. Any clue where to find them? Thanks imnuts
[Fascinate General] Eugers22:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SCH-I500RKAVZW

Go to software, then download the usb driver
[Fascinate General] cegallo:
thanx

good guide
[Fascinate General] syn87:
I flashed the pit and the dl09 file but when i boot up, i only get to the samsung recovery menu. I wanna unroot so that i can return the phone to verizon because of some hardware issues, so i need to get everything back. what am i doing wrong? i clicked all the right boxes and checked the hashes.
[Fascinate General] tetrismonkey:
zadig 0 divers

i have tryied to odin my phone many times after a fail to odin the new ED01 froyo and every time it stops at some point

i have tried lots different Roms and all of them fail

i can not get past download mode no matter what i do

please help

so i am tring the Heimdall method however when i open zadig it says no drivers foud

i have the phone in download mode right now im stuck
[Fascinate General] kampan:
this is exactly what i need. should make it sticky!
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
please help

so i am tring the Heimdall method however when i open zadig it says no drivers foud

i have the phone in download mode right now im stuck

If you still cant get it after the PM i sent try these drivers, it says 64 but it has 32 bit and 64 bit drivers in it.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6uol6mb2pcwiuxc
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
It Is...Sticky is in the general section
[Fascinate General] rockhound82:
Finally some links that are active and work! Ive been bricking my phone all day using google. Thanks for the post, now I can commence to some more bricking!

Thank you all who contributed to all this updated info!
[Fascinate General] tetrismonkey:
windows xp will not run the install.exe am i doing something wrong
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
Did you unzip the file? that is the only thing i can think of that would be uncooperative about xp

I also threw the original Samsung drivers for the fascinate on the thread
[Fascinate General] chargerfn909:
says cannot connect to device (in heimdall). I know my drivers work because I have used odin a ton...

When I goto zadig it doesn't populate any drivers in the drop down, but when I goto options--->list all drivers I see the Samsung driver, i click install and it says successful... no idea whats up man, sucks.

EDIT: re booted comp and it worked! HELL yes! Thank you SO much man, Heimdall saved my butt!
[Fascinate General] 3dsign:
Sorry for the noob Q, but where are these files (factoryfs.rfs,zimage etc.) that need to be populated into FactoryFS, Kernel etc. ? Are they archived in the Dl09.tar.md5 file? If so, how do I extract them? I tried 7zip, jzip on Win7 x64, but they cannot extract the tar.md5 file. Am I missing something here. Please help. :(
[Fascinate General] MattRussNC:
Can somebody verify md5 checksum on CI500_VZW_EB01_FROYO_REL.tar.md5.tar

Always been paranoid since issues from a corrupt tar

I am getting D04733CE540AB1AF291CFA44D42C768E

Crapola just grabbed that from here for a quick back to stock for a reflash without noticing it included a modem. Darn now its back to eclair so i can get that ed01 radio again. ohwell guess it pays to pay attention before using odin.
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
This Prosess is ONLY USED IN heimdall, for odin use the .md5.tar file as a whole.

So this is how I do it. I so to Start button->all programs->winrar->Winrar(the Little Stack of Books)-> wizard->unpack an archive->next->browse->click the folder the file is in->make sure (save as type) all files is selected from drop down->find and select DI01 or what ever md5 or tar file i need then click ok->click browse again to select file destination so you can find it again->I always right click in the main window here, make and name a new file to keep it organized->click ok. Now just close winrar and go to the file you created and all the files you meed are there. keep the file so you only have to do this once for each .md5.tar file you DL.

Hpoe that clears it up for you, I don't really know the procrss for the other zip programs, I don't use them.
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
:mad:

MY PET PEEVE RANT

= I don't know if everyone will agree with me or not but I HATE it when someone posts "Sorry for the noob question". The reason is simple if you have put the time and energy into researching it but don't understand something, it is clearly established on XDA and just about every other site I go to, the more expierenced should help the new or noob. This is not only simple courtesy but it frees up more time for the dev's to work their magic instead of ansewring a bunch of questions that those of us expierenced in Android and Samsung should and probably already do know. Finally it is easier to answer a question and update an OP if necessary than to PM back and forth with someone trying to figure out what went wrong and help them revive their brick. Yeah i know a little preachy but I really beleive it is easier to explain what some will think is a dumb question, although i guarentee you are not the only one with that question, than it is to spend hourd or days trying to help fix a stupid mistake. Absolutely yes, if you don't know and don't ask than when you go and try it and mess it worse than it was. Congrats, put on a dunce cap so we can all point and laugh at your retarded actions before we start helping save you phone from you.

:rolleyes:

SHORT VERSION

= Always better to ask, how and know! Than to have to ask HELP i didn't know what I was doing and i screwed everything up and now i can't fix it on my own. PLEASE ASK FIRST!!:
[Fascinate General] decaydance99:
great guide! thanks guys
[Fascinate General] biga505:
Need a little help

I have tried using Odin but when it gets to movinand.bin it fails. Next I loaded up everything in heimdall and when I hit start it says "Failed to retrieve config descriptor". I have the Samsung drivers installed but I cant seem to get anything going!!

Please let me know if anyone has experienced this or how to get by it!

Thanks again!
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
Movinand.bin failed because it isn't on your device now, usually because the devs leave it out on custom or modded roms. You need to DL the pit file from this thread and check repartition if you want movinand.bin. If you are trying to flash back to stock, then you need all the files which require you to pit and repartition your device.

On heimdall, did you open zadig with your phone on and in DL mode and install composite drivers? only reason I can think of on why it wouldn't work.
[Fascinate General] biga505:
OMG THANK YOU!!! Its back up and running great!!!! I can now say that the fascinate takes water damage and still works!
[Fascinate General] turtle555:
I love you

Thank you so much for taking the time to put this here. I had given up until i found your post, and even then it took me a few hours. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL TO BE USING YOUR OEM USB CORD WHEN ATTEMPTING THESE METHODS. Using the wrong USB cord kept these methods from working for me until I used the phones original USB cord. I was scoping out all sorts of phones on Craigslists in between my failures, but your advice to just keep at it, if your phone would still go into down load mode, was key to helping me through this moment of mine. Again thank you :D
[Fascinate General] scottzirra:
Thanks for the handy reference!
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
@Turtle555, glad to help, and you are ABSOLUTELY correct about OEM cords, others won't transfer data properly.
[Fascinate General] whall85:
Thanks tremendously for this post... Worked like a charm.
[Fascinate General] loki9:
worked great, now my problem is that it can only go into download mode or stay stuck with the SAMSUNG logo on the screen thats it, wont boot or anything. Any ideas? Also if it helps during heimdall when it goes to upload modem it just hangs for a while then it just says 100% and my phone stays in download mode and doesnt seem like it actually completes but i restarted phone to see, and the result is it stays stuck with the logo on screen.
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
Since you can get DL mode, try Odin now, also make sure you got all programs and files from this thread, as I have tested them to be sure they are good. My best suggestion is to Odin back if you can use Odin and make sure to repartition, that should be flecked automatically when you put the pit file in its slot. Let Odin wipe everything and push a clean rom to your phone. If you do it from heimdall make sure you open The .tar file and load the .bin files inside it. I think at this point a clean full install is probably your best bet. Also if you had cwr, did you turn off or uninstall voodoo, I doesn't like stock roms. Last thought is making sure you use Odin 1.7 it works best for most if not search xda for Odin 1.3 some phones and machines like that one.
[Fascinate General] instinct152:
The fascinate i had was a verizon with bad esn and i bought it bricked for 50$ i used odin to fix it and worked in one try .. i bricked it later on trying to flash other roms and used odin which worked in one try.. Now i took it to metropcs store and i guess they HARD FLASHED it so it can work on their network i wanted to downgrade to 2.1 stosck so i put the rec files and it bricked the phone i tried Hemdail.. Odin and EVERY SINGLE solution they all failed. from 5pm to 6am the following day . Now i think its because the metropcs files are permanently flahsed on the phone and its clashing with the verizon files odin is putting back so it fails. Is there a fix to that? or is it a dead phone.. i think my phone is permanently bricked unless i get someones galaxy flashed to metropcs and some how flash it on mine.. sorta like dumping his files im not sure.. oh and btw can i flash stock Metropcs Samsung Galaxy indulge rom on their? nothing to lose any more :(
[Fascinate General] DaleV:
I dont remember when but a while back someone was having similar issues and found it was because of some of the settings from the metro pcs set up. The fix was easier than expected all that had to be done was to go into settings and set usb as mass storage or something like that, it turned out to be a usb connection setting, so check that out first, after that odin back to VZW was successful for them on first attempt. Before you do any of that, hopefully you haven't yet here are a few threads to help with getting fascinates to work with metro pcs, please read these first since many have had problems there is some really useful stuff in these I hope they help. Some research may be required on your part but with time, patience, and research if you can put it on an os and have it work, you can take it back off all you need to do is find out how. As far as the Samsung Galaxy Indulge rom the answer is most likely no as it is not everything in the sgs phones are universally compatible. Modification of the rom to make it work properly with the fascinate is probably going to be necessary, but i am not that familiar with the Indulge roms.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=850233

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14084355
[Fascinate General] jbaileysr:
Will superOneclick root work with Froyo 2.2