[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
i have seen a number of 3e and cwm questions and they are reasonable questions and and the community support is good but what many people don't seem to realize is that the whole 3e recovery mod and rom manager method is only one way to get to cwm. and there are other variations on 3e such as truselos batch script for 3e that he wrote for the captivate but i wont get into that because i will explain how to bypass the 3e and rom manager steps altogether.

our goal here is to get cwm recovery as it is the preferred way to flash many things. because voodoo kernels have cwm baked in and many have scripts that root the phone we can flash a voodoo kernel from methods other than cwm.

BEFORE YOU START decide if you want to do the voodoo lagfix conversion[takes a long time], you can put a empty file or folder named "disable-lagfix" in a folder labeled Voodoo(capital V is important) on the sdcard before you start if you don't want to use the lagfix now. the path should look like /sdcard/Voodoo/disable-lagfix

or from windows <insert drive letter here>:\Voodoo\disable-lagfix

option 1

flash a kernel built off of gtg's community kernel sources via odin/heimdall. gtg's kernel and his sources have root built in. no root is required. just install superuser app from the market after the flash if you dont plan to flash a rom or just flash the rooted rom of your choice in red cwm. gtg's kernel can be found here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119598

to do this you will need a computer with odin or heimdall (heimdall on mac/linux doesnt require drivers) and drivers(installed with samsung kies). you can get odin with the unbrick packages from gtg, it is in the .zip these are good to have ready if you do something stupid.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1116251 (original firmware)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1112555 (ota updated firmware, rooted)

heimdall for all platforms including windows can be found here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=758296

kies can be downloaded from samsungs oversees sites as well as random places on the internet, the captivate drivers for kies mini may work as well, that is in the support downloads section of the samsung us website

1 once kies and therefore the drivers are installed make sure it is not running in the system tray.

2 open the odin .exe as administrator and place the voodoo enabled kernel file of your choice(should be .tar or .tar.md5 format) in the pda slot. [for heimdall extract the zimage from the .tar and put it in the kernel slot]

3 put phone in download mode and connect it to the computer [hold vol up+vol dn +plug in the data cable]

4 hit start

it takes about 3 seconds then the phone reboots and voodoo conversion starts(unless you disabled it) and may take 20 minutes, you will here voices :)

if you have driver trouble that you cant pin down [ugh windows :( ] with odin this might not be the option for you as i don't plan on remotely diagnosing everyones windows problems in this thread, there are other members that might so ask but don't expect too much from me, good thing there is another option.

option 2

root phone then flash via sgs kernel flasher or other root app with kernel flashing capabilities (galaxy tuner also works, there may be others) i recommend sgs kernel flasher for its backup capability

you will need drivers[windows only-install kies] and a computer with superoneclick or lost1's scripts

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1082247

super one click root is cross platform but depends on other 3rd party software to run on certain os's so i recomend lost1's shell scripts for linux/mac users. his batch script works great for windows as well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1081072

1. [windows users]install drivers if applicable

2. root phone, refer to the thread that contains your root method. [all methods are insanely easy]

3. install sgs kernel flasher from the market. it is free

4. download voodoo kernel of your choice to the phone (can even be in cwm flashable format, infact it can extract the kernel out of the rom .zip you will flash later, only one download is needed if you do this. the app is pretty smart)

5. backup the stock kernel in sgs kernel flasher[optional] then select "choose kernel" and navigate to the location of the download.

keep auto rebooot selected

6. choose "flash kernel" the phone will reboot and start the voodoo conversion(unless you disabled it). it will talk to you during the conversion, you are not crazy. the process takes up to 20 minutes.

i know my instructions are redundant. some people only need the explanation, some get the step by step, i find a few people learn better if they get both. if the wordiness is a distraction for you, i never said i was a writer :-P