[Fascinate General] droidstyle:
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://xdaforums.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://xdaforums.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://xdaforums.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://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1847225

Helly Bean

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1819946

Psycho cm10

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1940780

JellyBean 4.2-4.3

ParanoidAndroid JB

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1874086

Baked Blackbean

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1885026

HellyBean

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2026139

AOKP

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2185502

Kit Kat 4.4.

Cyanogen Mod 11

- http://xdaforums.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://xdaforums.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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