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[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
sure, go to this page http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html and install the sdk for windows, follow the steps, once you are done, you will end up with a folder in your c:\program files called android, inside, will be a folder called android-sdk, inside a folder called platform tools, which contains a program called adb, right click in computer, click properties, click on advanced system settings, click the environment variables button, below system variables scroll down to find path, select it and click edit, click to the end of the line, put a semicolon ; and put the path to the platform tools folder, something like C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools, note I have x86 because I have a 64bit windows , if you dont have a 64bit windows, then it will be C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools.

once you do this, go to your phone settings, and enable debuggin in settings, applications, developement, connect your phone and open a command prompt (click start, and type CMD, press enter, then type adb, if you see adb responding with help, then you are good to go, press adb shell rebot recovery this will reboot your phone into recovery.
[Verizon Droid Charge] addictedhacks:
i just diabled voodoo and installed gummy charge 1.5 (since i was on gummy charge 1.0 already) and then installed most current cwm is that right?? i believe im on ee4 because the build prop says ee4...Am i all wrong?
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
yeah, you are, some people reported issues when installing EE4 without downgrading first, I just did it this way and it worked perfectly because I installed the update straight from verizon.
[Verizon Droid Charge] avid.aria:
i have the new CWM ,

the only thing is everytime that i try to flash VooDoo, I get the yellow CWM nad I press restart and it doesn't install VooDoo !

Any suggestion ?
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
Look in the voodoo folder and see if you have.the.disable lagfix file if you do delete it
[Verizon Droid Charge] avid.aria:
that's it I guess but even though I have flashed Kejar31 sdcard patch my sdcard seems to be read only !

Working on it, will report back !
[Verizon Droid Charge] ryaaanftw:
In Settings> About Phone, Baseband Version should be i510.V6 V.EE4, if not, you don't have the full EE4 update.
[Verizon Droid Charge] avid.aria:
Just wanted to thank you, everything seems to be working fine...

just the market is not showing some of the apps and the fix is not working for me !
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
What rom did tou install?
[Verizon Droid Charge] avid.aria:
GummyCharged 1.5

the market fix worked after 5 tries !

Everything seems to be working fine now, Thanks jorge3687...
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
I did everything step by step bit when i reported i didn't get the chics voice? can i just go into recovery and turn on voodoo
[Verizon Droid Charge] elucid:
These 2 steps are incorrect. You NEED to have a file called disable lag fix. You can do this manually or through CWM. Then you need to reboot the phone and let it convert from EXT4 back to RFS. Confirm through low quadrant score that it is indeed converted then move to step three.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
Actually you are right. On step two im wrong, if you already have vodoo when you start the process you should disable vodoo through Cwm, and continue with step 3. You will erase disable lagfix file in vodoo folder after you install your kernel and rom if you dont hear the chics voice
[Verizon Droid Charge] letsgophillyingeneral:
My phone is soft bricked.. Odin failed at the very end of flashing EE4dxvodo and now I can't get anything to flash.

I've used a laptop, desktop, multiple USB ports and cables, rebooted several times. I have no idea what the problem is. Why isn't the stockrootedED1 md5 flashing through Odin now? It just keeps saying no PIT partition. I've been able to reflash stuff using Odin after getting a soft brick, what is going on now?

Need help fast.
[Verizon Droid Charge] letsgophillyingeneral:
Was I supposed to reboot after flashing CWR through Odin? I didn't. I just flashed CWR,which was successful, then unplugged/replugged and flashed EE4dxvodo. It looked like EE4dxvodo was flashing perfectly fine until the very end. Seriously, there was like a milimeter left on the green status bar in Odin. What the heck happened?
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
Try redownloading the file, it may be corrupted
[Verizon Droid Charge] letsgophillyingeneral:
Nah, nothing is working.

EDIT: Wow, finally. Stocked1rooted is finally flashing properly... hopefully.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
I get into recovery and go into voodoo. ..it says that lagfix it disabled...i enable it and it says that is still disabled...and next boot..still disabled? did i miss a file?
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
Delete the disable-lagfix file in your voodoo folder and then reboot. If it doesn't convert go into cwm and enable.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
When i try to install any rom i get nothing but the Samsung screen
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
Did that...got.the chics voice. Booted into cwm. Same thing not letting disable lagfix?
[Verizon Droid Charge] breon:
Thanks for the awesome write up. I'm pretty new to Odin. In step 8, for flashing CWR, how do I do that? Is it the PDA button again? Do I have to put the phone in download mode again? Is there a sweet help site for Odin?
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
If you hear the chics voice that means that is enabling or disabling vodo. Run quadrant to see. If is about 1500 then vodoo is enable. Without vodoo hou grt about 900
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
A

Yes. Always pda button
[Verizon Droid Charge] breon:
Thanks. It failed when I tried

<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/007> Initialzation..
<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/007> recovery.bin
<ID:0/007>
<ID:0/007> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<ID:0/007> Removed!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

The phone booted with a weird icon, like a old cell phone connected to a pc with an /!\ in between. I had o go back to step 1 and flash ED1. I'm back on EE4, and want to try this again, but want to make sure I'm doing it correctly. Any advice?
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
What are you trying to flash?
[Verizon Droid Charge] breon:
I'm on Step 8, installing ClockworkMod. (the second 8. in the list)
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
Flash CWM. When successful. Disconect and connect the phone again to go to download mode and flash the rom package. Remember to always use pda
[Verizon Droid Charge] dspolen:
Im getting a high quadrant score...but in recovery it says i have lagfix disabled? It still says that it will be disabled on boot? And every time i try to flash gummycharged 1.5 it gets stuck at the Samsung screen on initial boot. It does the same when i flash a kernel? my recovery is yellow now. it was red.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ryaaanftw:
Make sure you have Auto Reboot unchecked in Odin.
[Verizon Droid Charge] haza12d:
Installed the patch to fix the SD Card issue... now when I plug in my phone via USB, the SD Card doesn't show up at all... Any thoughts?

Nevermind... rebooted and that fixed the issue. Thanks to the OP, this guide of your helped out tons! =)
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
Go to settings, usb settings, and choose ask on connection
[Verizon Droid Charge] romanTotale:
Thanks for posting these steps, very helpful for someone like me who has never had an android before but wants to mod it.

Could you specify what EE4Xvodo_DXC.TAR is exactly? I assume a kernel, but which one?

I currently have stock with the EE4 update (went from ED1 -> root via gingersnap -> EE4 over air, so root was not the useful)

Would like to end up with EE4 rooted / pbj kernel (for lag fix & more importantly, voodoo sound) / gummycharged 1.5

Do I follow the steps in this thread and then switch the kernel, or do I need to change a step?

Appreciate the help
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
EE4Xvodoo is a package that contains the vodoo kernel and the rooted update. Is all you need to get vodoo and rooted stock EE4. Since you already have EE4. Continue from step 7 on my instructions
[Verizon Droid Charge] romanTotale:
Does this version of EE4Xvodo_DXC contain voodoo sound? Thanks!
[Verizon Droid Charge] Blackhammer221:
Thank you

Just wanted to say Thanks.. I had to do the steps with CWM where I started the download from Odin, unchecked reboot, and put the battery back in. Then pull the battery out, disconnect, reboot still unchecked, install EE4 Update and put the battery back in during the update. If I did not put the battery back each time, it failed.

Final result: Rooted, Titanium works, EE4 Installed, Many Thanks to Jorge!!
[Verizon Droid Charge] tarheelmike:
I guess that I am just stupid, inept, or just unable to follow simple directions. I started with a brand new phone. After activation I performed OTA EE4 update. At that point I started with step 7 in directions. As soon as I tried to install CWM I got a soft brick and cannot install CWM without bricking. I for the life of me cannot figure out how you can use ODIN to istall EE4 dxvodo_DXC.tar.rar because the file type/extension is rar ODIN does not even see it. Please someone help me with my stupidity. I just want to gain root access on a STOCK EE4 with voodoo lagfix. Thanks on advance.
[Verizon Droid Charge] RichardZu:
i started the process and odin ed2 file and now phone is in aboot loop what ot do now? tried installing file again, no luck..
[Verizon Droid Charge] tarheelmike:
Sorry that you are having a hard time like me. Hopefully we can get some help to achieve what we are trying to do.
[Verizon Droid Charge] RichardZu:
Just remove the .rar from the end of the file
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
no, the only kernels w/ voodoo sound are imnuts. They are flashed in CWM.

Tarheelmike- download winrar and use that to extract the .tar file from the .rar file
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
You need to give more information than that to help you. What was on your phone when you started? ROM, Kernel, Voodoo? What process were you doing and how far along were you? I looked at the OP and there is no mention of odin ED2 file so I'm not sure how to help you. What rom/ kernel (stock, debloated, gummycharged, etc.)your trying to get to might be helpful also.
[Verizon Droid Charge] RichardZu:
Sorry on ED2 trying to get to EE4. On ED2 right now EER Debloated. i was on the first step flash ED1. i had voodoo control app removed that but didnt restart so i hope voodoo was enabled. But i put my card in another computer and put the disable lag in the voodoo folder
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
You need to flach the voodoo kernel again and disable lagfix b4 you can successfully Flash ED1. The lady will talk to you and then you can continue.
[Verizon Droid Charge] RichardZu:
I cant get into cwm. i tried holding power+ vol up+home button no luck
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
You will have to use odin and flash either altered beast which is packaged w/ the voodoo kernel, or you could just try odin jt1134's voodoo kernel. With the disable lagfix file it should convert to RFS on first boot.
[Verizon Droid Charge] RichardZu:
how can i install a kernal they are all update files. this is a pain..
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
Just install the altered beast odin file. If it is in .rar format, use winrar to extract the .tar file and flash.
[Verizon Droid Charge] RichardZu:
ok trying that now
[Verizon Droid Charge] RichardZu:
ok that worked. should disable voodoo in cmw and add the folder as well..

Also it is asking me install update should i do that or go ED1 first
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
You can't install the update from AB, it will fail. Disable lagfix in CWMand reboot. Voodoo lady will tell you its converting. Then you can odin ED1 and continue with the update
[Verizon Droid Charge] RichardZu:
Everything went well.. that was a pain in the butt.. hopefully this update was worth it .
[Verizon Droid Charge] hogowner:
Just want to make sure....

I am getting my Charge tomorrow......I am sure it will have EE4 on it or I will update going with the OTA update...

If I follow the steps.....odin..flash voodoo..flash CWM...flash kernal....flash rom etc...

I will be rooted? I will have superuser permission?

I will be using my SD card from my Thunderbolt....will I be able to go to the market....download Titanium Backup would I be able to backup my apps from the SD card from my Thunderbolt to the Charge??

THANKS!!
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
Yes, that should work, though Voodoo is part of the kernel. Flash CWM, flash kernel (be sure you do this before you reboot after loading CWM), then flash ROM. The kernel will give you root and superuser.

Yes, you can use that SD Card. Restoring apps is always a little iffy. Theoretically, it should work (user apps only), but your results may be mixed.
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
Should work great!
[Verizon Droid Charge] addictedtocars:
SO I am new to this, if I follow the steps in the first post of this thread I will be stock rooted EE4. I want to then use Titanium to remove some of the bloat and then want to get back to stock so I can take future OTA updates, how do I then get back to no voodoo and I assume then I loose root.
[Verizon Droid Charge] hogowner:
WORKED GREAT!!!!

I am rooted....with kernal....clockwork and rom.....

The phone feels a bit "plastic" from the Thunderbolt...but I happen to like the feel,feels lighter....

I also have the extended battery....am going to charge overnight and compare how long it will last compared to the Thunderbolt....

just hope the developers start to add more updates...would like to take the clock at from the status bar as well as the location icon.....but for now3...this thing ROCKS!
[Verizon Droid Charge] johnowenstko:
WOW! That is a tense couple of minutes. Thanks for the help.
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
This was a bit confusing, as a lot of the things you're talking about are self-contradictory.

You can remove voodoo by putting a file or directory named disable-lagfix in the /voodoo directory on your SD Card. This does not remove root, however.

You can flash one of the stock ROMs in the Stock ROM thread if you want to get back to it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] wcaulfield:
Well I got the phone yesterday, did OTA EE4 and then I flashed CWM and it appeared to work, but when I try to boot into it, I think I am just booting into the regular recovery. There is no signs of CWM, just says Samsung recovery mode or something and of course there no installing from the sd card. What do you guys think I should do?
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
The stock kernel will reload the regular recovery. You need to get in to CWM and flash a custom kernel before the phone boots. See directions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
[Verizon Droid Charge] wcaulfield:
I've been using your guide already, actually. Right now I just flashed the CWM and got the green pass. Am I supposed to leave it plugged in in order to boot into CWM and install the custom kernal? Earlier, I unplugged it, put battery in, and then tried to boot into CWM.

EDIT: I see that it says to disconnect it, but that was the only difference I could think of.
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
Unplug it, put the battery in, and make sure you hold down the three buttons right away (some times mine boots on its own when I put the battery in).
[Verizon Droid Charge] wcaulfield:
Ah, I guess I haven't been fast enough, I just got into the CWM. Thanks man!
[Verizon Droid Charge] AGSims:
Ok so I followed all of the instructions and flashed CWM, then installed the PBJT Voodoo kernel, no custom ROM at this point though. I also flashed the sd card fix. I'm getting Quadrant scores in the 1500s so everything installed correctly. However when I go into Titanium backup it tells me that I don't have root access. Also when I go into Root Explorer it won't let me mount as r/w, only r/o. What gives? Can I just reflash CWM, voodoo kernel and sd card fix? Or will that cause problems?
[Verizon Droid Charge] chadness:
You should be able to. It won't hurt anything, but may or may not help. I've heard of two people who fixed a similar problem - one by flashing the GummyCHARGED ROM, and one by doing a factory reset, then reflashing CWM and the PBJ kernel.
[Verizon Droid Charge] AGSims:
What's the best way for me to back everything up if I do a factory reset since Titanium won't let me back up my system w/o root? I may just wait until Kejar is back and fixes the bugs people have been having the new Gummy ROM since I don't have any problems with the phone, just would like root so I can use Ti Backup and make some other changes.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Coleman0610:
for future post on rooting... for the newbies to samsung like me.. please specify what odin is..
[Verizon Droid Charge] hogowner:
It is an install program...You can use it to install Clockwork...Very easy...Then you can boot into it.Install your rom and kernel..And your good to go!

Sent from my Verizon Charge!
[Verizon Droid Charge] haza12d:
Anyone else having problems when turning Mobile Data on/off. Ever since I performed the steps provided on the original post, sometimes my phone will display the 4G lte logo up top but I can't actually connect to anything such as marketplace or even use my browser. I would have to restart the phone and that fixes the problem. Would doing a factory reset fix or screw anything up? I don't really care about losing data, I just don't want to lose root/voodoo.
[Verizon Droid Charge] srothkin:
I'm planning on getting a Samsung Charge (currently I'm using a Motorola Droid 1 running CyanogenMod 7.0.3).

I have a few questions:

If I follow the process here, whenever there is a future OTA update from Samsung/Verizon, to get it will I need to undo the lagfix, install the OTA update, and then get a newer version of the lagfix targeted to that specific update? Or will I be able to just let OTA updates install?

How do I backup the stock ROM before making these changes (or as few of them as possible) so that I can restore it if I run into problems?

I read somewhere that CWM for the Charge has backup/restore disabled due to stability problems. Is that (still) true, or will I be able to do nandroid backups from CWM after I've followed the steps in this thread?
[Verizon Droid Charge] cafray:
Thanks Jorge, this worked like a charm. It saved me from a soft brick.
[Verizon Droid Charge] tdenton1138:
You will have to disable voodoo if you want to accept an ota update. I've not yet taken EE4, but it appears many (all?) people have been able to re-apply cwm, root and voodoo to EE4 without issue. I just haven't taken the time to do it yet. Waiting for DroidXcon to update Altered Beast first...

Until Rom Manager or cwm gets updated, you cannot make a full rom backup. There are 2 versions of cwm floating around. Red (old) and Yellow (new). The red version has an option to backup/restore your rom. Apparently this works fine. However, if you try to restore, you will soft brick your phone. NEVER try to restore a backup from cwm unless you very speficially know it has been updated and works. In fact, backup/restore was removed (in the yellow version, I believe, but I still have the red version) just to prevent people from trying.

See above :)

I came from an OC'd OG D1 on CM 7.0.3 as well. Welcome to the Charge. You won't believe the difference in performance.
[Verizon Droid Charge] branshaw09:
hello. About 99% sure I'll be ordering my charge tomorrow now that vzw rolled out the tiered plans. Question... would these instructions differ on Linux? That is what I typically run since I have a Ubuntu partition on my imac.

Also, I can ota ee4 and then run this correct? I thought I saw somewhere that ee4 hadnt been rooted yet. Thanks for your help/time.
[Verizon Droid Charge] skjusto:
Thanks for the awesome rooting explanation. I've got a couple questions though with Voodoo since I don't exactly understand it. When I have CWM open and go to the voodoo options, I am unable to turn Lagfix on (with the kernel you provided in the initial post). Does this not contain Voodoo, and if the answer is no, how do I go about installing a kernel that does support the lagfix?
[Verizon Droid Charge] spugemaster:
OG to Charge

Same here. Got it 3 days ago and I just did root today. I'm amazed with the improvement especially now that the display isn't crazy m&m poop color.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blackhorse221:
Kernel installed, but phone not rooted?

Okay, I'm relatively new to rooting. Working on a Samsung Charge, SCH-I510, baseband i510.06 V.EE4.

I had the phone rooted (via Gingersnap) on ED1, but then an OTA update moved me up to EE4 and undid my root.

I've since flashed my kernel (via CWM and Odin) to 2.6.32.9 (PeanutButta Jelly Time) courtesy of imnuts, and it seems to be working great now. I'm clocking around 1490 on a Quadrant benchmark.

However, when I try to use Barnacle wifi tether, it says I'm not rooted "Barnacle requires 'su' to access the hardware! Please, make sure you have root access."

Titanium backup also shows that I'm not currently rooted.

Did I miss a step? Any suggestions?

Sorry for the noobage, let me know if you need further details.
[Verizon Droid Charge] outdooricon:
Does this have anything to do with why it seems that ROM Manager doesn't detect CWM and it tries to run run 3.1.0.1 which fails to boot?
[Verizon Droid Charge] foot.:
I have "installed" CWM several times now and every time I get out of recovery and try and go back to cwm it takes me to stock recovery mode. What am I doing wrong? How can I fix this? What further steps after flashing cwm with odin do I need to root?
[Verizon Droid Charge] psetnik:
ROM Manager

What's the story with ROM Manager? Before reading down here, I installed it, and it immediately installed CMW 4.0.0.8 - which seemed to work, but I knew something was up when it was white instead of yellow. In any case, I went back to Odin and put back CMW 4.0.0.1.

Does ROM Manager - including CMW 4.0.0.8 work with the charge, or still a bad idea?

Thanks and my apologies if this was covered previously in the thread (I didn't see it).

ps
[Verizon Droid Charge] hockeybpr25:
I really wish the first post had been updated with more information as this thread went along. I'm so new to smart phones and I want to root my phone to have more control and much better battery life and this guide is just soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not noob friendly at all
[Verizon Droid Charge] mipervert:
Check this thread out, it has been referred to before.

First of all I wanted to ensure I gave Kudos to user chadness. I have been reading for over a week as I am a droid newb. I mention this link only because it links back to everything relevant for rooting your Droid Charge, I just did mine today and all works. Neways here is the link that will simplify this all....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122657

I want to throw out a couple of things here. You will lose your access to My Verizon but let me tell you it's night and day when you remove all the bloatware! Again there are many others to thank but chadness seems to have compiled the most precise list of steps and referrers to roms and patches that have been released. Hope this helps out guys and again thank you all for all your tireless efforts it is very much appreciated!
[Verizon Droid Charge] Rythmyc:
Can't install apps, and current apps won't update

I can't install apps, and the current apps on the phone won't update ie: Market still has the original skin. How do I fix this problem? Phone seems to be rooted, as I have installed the debloated ROM and it removed the bloatware. I have installed the SD Card Patch as well. Thanks in advance. :confused:

Update: Apparently, the SD Card wasn't being recognized, however I still can't install Apps from Market nor install them from my computer. I have confirmed root through adb with a # instead of $. So root access is granted. When I go to install an app from the Market, it downloads, but never installs?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Stratboy71:
On my Charge, I am seeing this:

Baseband Version

i510.06 V.EE4

SCH-I510.EE1

What does this mean? Am I on EE1 or EE4?