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[Fascinate Android Development] tlogank:
Question (I don't want to search all the pages), if coming from ComRom 2.1, do I need to use either of the CWM recoveries in the first post?

JT used so many acronyms that I don't know (BML ROM, ie: touchwiz based ROM or earlier, non-MTD CMx ROM) in the first post when describing who needs to use the recovery, that I have no idea if mine falls in that list. Thanks for the help.
[Fascinate Android Development] jt1134:
I derped on the recoveries. Should be fixed now.
[Fascinate Android Development] drnihili:
Yes, you need the new recovery. Also, it's worth reading the instructions in the OP and a few of the step by steps in the thread. There are important differences in how this is flashed vs. CommRom
[Fascinate Android Development] adambobbyburgers:
Yes you need to use the recovery posted in the OP if you are coming from ComRom. In a nutshell,

BML

= TouchWiz roms and

MTD

= AOSP roms

edit: damn beat me to it ^^ :p
[Fascinate Android Development] tlogank:
Thanks anyway!

Thanks for the advice. Seems like a normal ROM install to me? Flash recovery, wipe the 3, flash ROM, reboot, profit. Unless I'm missing something?
[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
Don't forget to boot back into recovery and flash gapps once the rom boots

Tap-a-Talked from my CM7 Mesmerize.
[Fascinate Android Development] adambobbyburgers:
Yep. Except after flashing the ROM, flash the Google Apps (in the OP).

edit: wtf man! ^^ :p
[Fascinate Android Development] neyenlives:
Always willing to help a fellow device tard.

http://db.tt/GkwWNRk
[Fascinate Android Development] neyenlives:
Obviously I was speaking from the viewpoint of someone who doesn't have access to a PC. Obviously the mediafire link only works well for those on a PC. This is a mobile device topic. I'm thinking the distribution method should be mobile friendly. Just my take on it.
[Fascinate Android Development] :
Does samsung video editor apk work on here and does the flashlight work?
[Fascinate Android Development] tlogank:
Just your luck all night...but your intentions were in the right spot. :p
[Fascinate Android Development] mmuk223:
MMS shows download button but stays on downloading when clicked. Auto receive doesnt help either. Any thoughts?
[Fascinate Android Development] bqq100:
Lovin the 7/13 build, and can't wait to get up to the 7/17 build tomorrow. Just wondering what I'm getting myself into tho, does BLN work in the 7/17 build? (or does it work in the 7/13 build and I'm just retarded?)

Also anyone else having phantom vibrates? They are short vibrates, usually in pairs within about 10 seconds of each other. Happens randomly once an hour or so. It's not the same as the phantom button presses since keyboard doesn't pop up and i turned vibrate for soft key presses off.

Also is it worth updating the radio to EC09? Not really having any problems with phone calls (other than the known low volume issue), but I can't help but want to flash the latest and greatest :D
[Fascinate Android Development] happynoodleboyx:
Turn off your wifi.

This ROM bumped my quadrant score up to 3015, and finally increased the volume of the speaker phone and in call. I'm just sitting in a quiet room though, so I will have to test it out when I go out for a drink later this week. Has anyone else's audio improved?

You da bomb jt. SHABOOM!!
[Fascinate Android Development] anoninja118:
BLN worked in 7/13 build, for me anyway and I believe random vibrates are a bug (a reboot might fix it). As for ec09 radio on CM7 I honestly didn't notice a huge difference besides maybe a little faster up/download time, but this varies from phone to phone and you won't know until you try it.
[Fascinate Android Development] Eris _2.1_2010:
I need install instructions asap t.i.a
[Fascinate Android Development] bqq100:
Thanks, i'll try and hold off on ec09 as long as I can contain my itchy trigger finger.

The random vibrates persist between reboots and battery pulls, hopefully a fresh flash/clear cache/clear dalvik will clear them up and get BLN working...
[Fascinate Android Development] RegnierD:
No, you don't need instructions, you just want someone to post them for you so you don't have to look.

What do common-sense and force of habit tell you to do?

Blanket First Step for Flashing All Roms -> READ THE OP... ALL OF IT!

From Non-MTD:

Flash CWR from OP.

Wipe the usual things.

Install rom.

Install G-Apps.

Boom

That was easy, wasn't it?

From MTD:

Wipe the usual things.

Install rom.

Install G-Apps.

Boom.

Also, real easy.

Feel free to toss in Nandroids if your Recovery will do them. I can't get Recovery to back up a rom, and haven't since I got this phone a month ago. Luckily, if you read (*cough cough*) and don't engage in idiocy with your phone, you're usually safe.
[Fascinate Android Development] Eris _2.1_2010:
Thnx for clarifying, and theres hundreds of pages, search is down so yeah I looked for help through this thread.
[Fascinate Android Development] drnihili:
You're missing that you'll actually be dealing with probably three versions of CWM only one of which can be accessed via the three button method. Also, you should flash back to DL09 first and at least for the 7/13 version you needed to flash two versions of the ROM. I don't know if that still holds for the current version. And after you get done with the ROM, you'll need to flash gapps.

The basics are the same of course, but there are some extra details if you want to avoid issues.
[Fascinate Android Development] Epell:
I want to try this procedure, but I do not have 0704 build. jt removed the link from first post.

Can anybody provide a link to 0704 build?
[Fascinate Android Development] nobnoobody:
Those steps aren't necessary with the newest builds. You no longer need to flash 0704 before flashing the newer ones. You won't get any benefit from doing so.
[Fascinate Android Development] drnihili:
jt says he's fixed the installation issues, so you're probably good without using the 7/04 step now. At least that's how I'm reading his comment and removal.
[Fascinate Android Development] Eris _2.1_2010:
Were about to find out Im doing an install over the phone lol. Thats why I wanted instructions.

Edit: Cant get into recovery after odin of jt's newest recovery, or do i install from red revovery (3.x) first?
[Fascinate Android Development] Aali1011:
So i was wondering if it were at all possible to get some of the features or apps from COMROM(Froyo) to CM7? Specifically MMS, I am not a huge fan of the looks of it on CM7 and wanted to know if there is a themed version somewhere out there or a way to get MMS from COMROM(Froyo) working on CM7? Same thing for the clock. The CM7 version doesn't have all the same ringers so is there a fix or something reccommended for that? Also are the apps not the same due to differences between Gingerbread and Froyo. Reason i ask is because Titanium Backup didn't restore some of the things i backed up. Thanks for any help guys.
[Fascinate Android Development] danielkx:
Flashing this tomorrow. Can anyone comment on whether or not there have been improvements to the volume levels during phone calls, and whether or not when using speaker during phone calls, if there other person still hears an echo?

Thanks,
[Fascinate Android Development] tlogank:
2 questions:

Is there a good way to get the Samsung camera app on here?

Anyone else using Go Launcher getting a lot of force closes?

Other than that, it works, smooth so far. Thanks jt.
[Fascinate Android Development] caesus:
I am using Go Launcher with no FC issues.

In call volume is still very low compared to stock, but I haven't been having any issues with echo.

Is there any hope for improving the responsiveness of the accelerometer? Games like Doodle Jump are unplayable right now due to the lag from the sensor.
[Fascinate Android Development] NoHolidaysForAHooker:
i was wondering this too because i got really confused when i was bump charging to get the phone and battery to calibrate to the real 100% charge. from hunting through the settings for 20 minutes there doesn't seem to be a way to have the phone off and charging. it always just powers itself back on.
[Fascinate Android Development] hesh.monster:
The answer I got when asking this was that it is a "feature" of cyanogen roms. I just use an external charger because if I leave mine on to charge it acts pretty flaky after unplugging.

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[Fascinate Android Development] NoHolidaysForAHooker:
that's retarded if it's supposed to be a feature. did they mention what benefit it was supposed to bring? should've just been a toggle option instead of automatically built in.
[Fascinate Android Development] numberoneoppa:
It's a bug. Pretty sure it's only common to the Galaxy S phones but I could be wrong. Anyways, it's not a big deal. If you feel like you need to turn your phone off every once in a while, just do so. There's no difference to your phone whether it's been off for 2 seconds or 2 hours.
[Fascinate Android Development] diggz976:
A mediocre work-around for bump charging seems to be rebooting to recovery. Found it out accidentally but when I leave it charging in recovery after i've achieved "full charge" I get 100% that stays 100% for 30 minutes or so rather than dropping to 98% instantly like the standard powered on charge. Not something I want to do for the daily bump but works well for calibration.
[Fascinate Android Development] Piercing Heavens:
Is this normal battery usage from cm7 builds? My phone has yet to come close to 4 hours screen turned on time of which I had long ago. Back in the days of 2.1 Hell.

I'm getting about 12 hours max with the battery fully charged and calibrated. battery drain is constant even when the phone is in deep sleep. Are my settings off in cm settings or something?

http://twitter.com/#!/PiercingHeavens

Day 1, Overnight: http://yfrog.com/kjlettp

Day 2: http://yfrog.com/kkj68yp

Day 3: http://yfrog.com/kj78btp

Just saw the Glitch V11.1 final -1.7GHz OC/UV-Voodoo-Smooth and fast so I will try that out. maybe I will get better battery life.
[Fascinate Android Development] baron4406:
Battery behavior is very bizarre on build 10 , when I charge it and it shows full charge if I reboot it jumps down to 94% and it falls like a rock. I'm used the phone to update Swiftkey this morning and when I turned wifi off it was down to 79% even though I only had wifi on for about 5 minutes. Strange and calibrating the battery did nothing. It seems when the battery level gets to around 70% it stops dropping like a rock and goes alot slower.
[Fascinate Android Development] Kbesaw:
I'm having problems getting data. I was on EB04. Flashed EC09, flashed CWM4-fixed. Flashed ROM, flashed gapps... everything else works fine.
[Fascinate Android Development] ChrisDDD:
CM7 on my Nook Color does the exact same thing - boots as soon as it's plugged in. Hopefully it's just a bug common to these two devices and not an intentional part of CM (can't for the life of me think of a single reason it's useful).

Can anyone who's used build 11 confirm whether or not the camcorder/video recording bug is still there? I was getting horrible stuttering and skipping in any video I tried to take. With a 2 year old son, I just can't afford to miss those impromptu moments, so I've regrettably downgraded back to ED01 where the camera/camcorder works perfectly. On the plus side, ED01 isn't really that bad at all, visually, I actually kinda like it.
[Fascinate Android Development] sarkozy:
It's a bug. Neither my D1 or Eris did that. (which brings up an interesting point about nightlies, because the Eris was merged into CM7 late last year, and still has yet to show up in the "official" nightly build list. hopefully we aren't left waiting this long)

No issues here. What kernel are you using? I recorded a karaoke session Saturday night in 720p with no problem. Infact I don't think I've had a camera issues on any of the recent builds.
[Fascinate Android Development] seanm75:
Appears it is a known issue. (I can't post links yet so sorry for the trouble)

code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=3264
[Fascinate Android Development] ChrisDDD:
Stock kernel that came with CM7. Video looks like it records fine, but the display is in slow motion. Playback is ok speed-wise, but there's large skips and repeats where the video will flick back 1/2 a second or so repeatedly.

I thought it might be my SD card (it was replaced last year after the stock one died), but I never had an issue on any stock rom. After downgrading to ED01, I can confirm the skipping is in the actual video I recorded on CM7, it's not just a playback issue.
[Fascinate Android Development] lane32x:
CWM4 in OP broke?

I wanted to try out MIUI and did a backup of CM7 and tried MIUI for a day or two, backed up MIUI and restored back to CM7. I take it we're still having problems with backups and restores? :confused: I got some really weird stuff that was going on.

Anyways, that's not the point of this post.

Ok, so I had to reinstall the rom. I went back to stock EB01 with a repartition (that worked fine). Then I tried flashing the ODIN of "cwm4_fixed_for_cm7-ODIN.tar" and as soon as I would do that, my Fascinate would not boot at all. As far as I could tell, it would not even begin to power up.

I ended up having to flash the old CWM RED "cwm3_fixed_for_cm7-ODIN.tar" And then Installing Zip From SD Card and installing the new 7/14.

But I'm wondering if that failed CWM is the reason for so many people having trouble installing this rom.

Clarification: Why does CM4 soft-brick my fascinate?
[Fascinate Android Development] lane32x:
*edit* Double posted.
[Fascinate Android Development] hesh.monster:
CWM red is only for the initial install of cm7 if you are coming from a touch wiz based rom (comrom or evil fascination etc) DO NOT USE IT once you are on cm7. Only boot to recovery through the power menu (long press power, select reboot, select recovery) and you will end up in a blue CWM recovery.

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[Fascinate Android Development] lane32x:
Ugh. That wasn't the point of my post at all.

Ok, let me rephrase. Why is there a "cwm4_fixed_for_cm7-ODIN.tar" that is flashable. It seems to do nothing. It soft-bricks my fascinate no matter what ROM I am using.
[Fascinate Android Development] neyenlives:
Its the one you have to use once you are running a CM7 rom. I was able to Odin it to my handset, prior to installing the 07/04 CM7 rom without issues. Loaded 07/04, rebooted into recovery and when I flashed 07/13 CM7 it updated CWR to 4.0.0.2 Blue. You are using Odin to flash the "cwm4_fixed_for_cm7-ODIN.tar" file correct? That file is not flashable in recovery.
[Fascinate Android Development] hesh.monster:
Nm, they got it first. I just noticed that you asked why the.tar was soft bricking.....
[Fascinate Android Development] joebob2000:
Huh? The "use this if coming from 2.2 touchwiz roms" was the blue CWM. I flashed CM7 just now (coming from CR 2.1) and it worked great... Did I do something wrong?
[Fascinate Android Development] gfosco:
AWESOME WORK!!!! This is perfect. Finally CM7 in smooth, stable, working fashion :) Donation incoming!
[Fascinate Android Development] mattstakilla:
I've read through every post and dont believe its been mentioned.

So all the new updates will be coming from CM website themselves. Not up yet but im guessing it will be soon. Items likein call volume and the camera recording and phantom buttons are fixed through these future fixes.

Do I come back to this page for the changelog as to when these things are fixed or does CM have their own?.....never used cm page before....
[Fascinate Android Development] Mystique:
Is this the loudest the speakerphone will get?

Is the 7/17 the best the speaker phone volume will be?

Or will CM7 nightly's somehow change that?
[Fascinate Android Development] vdelsan:
Jt...thanks for your hard work sad to see you go
[Fascinate Android Development] akellar:
Why does everyone think he's going somewhere? He's simply working directly with CM now. He will still be working on CM7 he just won't have to compile the rom and post it here. CM will do that work for us.
[Fascinate Android Development] sarkozy:
"Hopefully" it's up soon. Lol.

I've always just kept an eye on the CM changelog, and never really had a reason to flash nightlies unless there was a major code revision or addition specifically pertaining to the Fascinate:

http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#q,status:merged,n,z

Look for "fascinatemtd" here when they get around to updating the page:

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/
[Fascinate Android Development] lane32x:
Wow. Ok, so you are the first whom I've read did this. Let me get this straight:

You were on touchwiz-based rom

You flashed a CWM blue? (did you use Odin or did you use red CWM to get the blue one on there?)

And then you installed CM7?

On mine I had to use CWM red to start the install, and that took me to CWM blue to complete the install.

To answer your question, I think if you made it to CM7 without any hiccups, you did it just fine.
[Fascinate Android Development] boldfilter:
congrats jt on the official build
[Fascinate Android Development] neyenlives:
So a couple things I have noticed. The 3G/WiFi/Signal bars at the top seem to randomly change from the color grey to green all on their own. Doesn't seem to always happen when data is being transferred. Can't really figure out why. I've also been noticing some data inconsistencies, like the data connection has to wait for something to happen at times. You tell an app to do something that requires data and sometimes it takes way longer than it should but sometimes its fast.

Also I noticed there are still ads in this Rom. Was used to not seeing them in Comm Rom. It really slows down browsing. You load for instance, these forums in the stock browser, page loads but every few seconds the page "refreshes" without the user doing anything. I presume it is loading a cyclic advertisement banner. Would be nice if that was eliminated.
[Fascinate Android Development] djk21108:
What does the mtd in fascinatemtd stand for?
[Fascinate Android Development] djk21108:
Pull battery to solve the green/gray data connection issues. Download ad aware to remove all ads from your device.
[Fascinate Android Development] tripacer99:
Has anyone else been experiencing data handoff issues?

For example, sometimes if I'm sending a text, I'll get stuck in 1x mode until I make a call to fix it.

Other times, I'll simply lose data randomly (3G icon goes gray), even with full signal. Usually switching wifi on/off fixes it, but if i'm driving or nowhere near an AP, I have to reboot to get it back.

I'm just wondering if this is a fascinate-specific issue, or a bug in CM. I will post a logcat after work.

Also:

Have you tried glitch's kernel? It fixed all the problems I had with recording in 720p. No more gittery and failed recordings for me!
[Fascinate Android Development] jbarcus81:
I know it's been addressed and discussed.. but in call audio needs a serious boost here jt.. it's the only thing now that seems little but is very important.. It's just s shade too low and if you are near any background noise you can't hear the call.. Is there any way to give a slight boost?
[Fascinate Android Development] LakerFam0824:
Any specific one that you use?
[Fascinate Android Development] neyenlives:
Yeah. So am I supposed to pull my battery all day because it does it all day every day. I can install an app but I was just more wondering when the ad block feature was going to get hard coded into the rom..or perhaps more specifically thats a kernel request?

**Edit Just tried the battery pull fix, and it borked something, now phone is stuck at Glitch/GalaxyS logo screen
[Fascinate Android Development] hesh.monster:
It was mentioned somewhere probably a couple hundred pages back that the grey/green is connected to the google account sync. Green when synced, white or grey when not synced. never paid enough attention to it to see if that holds true.

As for as blocking try Ad free on the market works pretty well and gets updated fairly often

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[Fascinate Android Development] kent1146:
I am also having data issues.

WiFi works fine... but my 3G data connection drops and reconnects every 10 seconds or so. Does not drop down to 1X... the data connection just drops entirely.

I am running Cyanogen Mod 07.17, EC09 radio. I have tried *228, and have not had better luck.

Anyone else having an issue like this?
[Fascinate Android Development] neyenlives:
Just tried the battery pull fix, and it borked something, now phone is stuck at Glitch/GalaxyS logo screen
[Fascinate Android Development] vai1018:
I ran into the same issue, stuck screen at Glitch logo. To fix, I connected the phone to my PC while stuck on that screen and ran adb reboot recovery. Once in recovery, you may be able just to do a Reboot from there, but I took the extra steps of flashing the kernel cleaning script and reflashing the kernel.
[Fascinate Android Development] CBMC:
Anyone else having to toggle wifi on reboot?
[Fascinate Android Development] topdogg_1:
Had the same happen to me this morning and went through the same steps to fix: ADB recovery reboot, ran cleaning script, flashed kernel, and good to go.

Weird though, it happened after a battery pull.
[Fascinate Android Development] akellar:
Yes

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[Fascinate Android Development] harpdoc:
Jt, thanks for this great rom. Keeps improving and, based on only one test, calls are working better.

Two issues:

-Car dock still doesn't output audio. I know you've ordered a dock and will be working on fixing this. You may want to put this in the "Not Working" category in the first entry.

-The other caller reported a bad echo when she talked when speaker phone was enabled on my end.

Thanks again!
[Fascinate Android Development] kidserious:
Memory technology device
[Fascinate Android Development] OnlyStrife:
I hope I didn't hardbrick :(

Ok guys,

I tried reading through the more recent posts, but I honestly don't know what I did wrong. Here's what's happening:

I was coming to CM7 from Evil Fascination for the first time. I backed up with Titanium just to be safe then wiped everything. From there, I tried to follow JT's instructions, but something went awry.

I flashed over to cwm blue. When I loaded it up the first time, it gave me a bunch of error messages saying that it couldn't mount certain things, so I reflashed back to cwm red then back to blue again. Somewhere in that process, I lost the Samsung logo while booting, and since then, I can't get anywhere past Clockwork. I tried going back to DL09 with cwm red - still no logo and no luck. I tried going to CM7 with cwm red and with cwm blue at different times - same thing. Please help!

One other thought - I did try repartitioning with atlas v2.2.pit in the Pit section on Odin (though I used PDA for everything else I flashed), and I have a feeling that that Pit is what screwed everything up, though I'm not entirely sure.

I am open to all suggestions. I will try to give more info if needed. FYI, I have no experience with adb, so I wouldn't know what I'm doing there.

I really hope my phone is not toast. :'(

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE: This afternoon everything started working, magically. The only thing that seems out of place now is that it goes to Recovery every time it boots, regardless of how I tell it to reboot (it boots correctly if I tell it to reboot system in cwm though). I'm still a little confused, but I love CM7 so far. Thanks JT!