[Fascinate General] mvmacd:
Hello. I bought a Fascinate on craigslist like a week ago. I plugged it into my Ubuntu laptop and nothing came up, nothing even on `lsusb`. So I figure I'd just go ahead and follow the steps. So heimdall complains it can't find any devices. Also note, I am using a generic MicroUSB cable bought on ebay. [And also, I have also tried a LG microusb cord, no luck with that either]. My generic cord works to connect my Droid X2 absoultely fine.

So then I checked my syslog, and I got USB error messages [cannot enumerate usb port, etc]. I tried it in Windows and it said "The usb device has malfunctioned and is not recognized." So I call Samsung, they say I have a warranty thru this month [December], and I say I want to send it in for repair and they say I cannot unless I have the OEM cord and then they will troubleshoot via the phone, and if it still fails, then they will arrange it so I can send it in for repair/evaluation. So I look on Amazon and I find I can get one for only $1.50, no big deal. So I ordered that on Tue. and was expecting it to come today and it hasn't. Probably will arrive Monday.

So anyway, I had found some white gunk/lint out of the Fascinate's usb port, and I was getting sick of waiting for my OEM cord to come in the mail, so I figured I might try taking a brush and gently try to clean it. I find a small dental brush and I clean the port, going in and out on both edges, in the middle, and I did that for 10-15 seconds.

The moment of truth! I plug it in, and it shows up! I was so happy. First thing I do is load up the Fascinate "full upgrade guide" on Cyanogenmod wiki. I download and untar cwm4-bml-i500.tar, then turn off my phone, plug it in holding the Vol Down button, and it goes into Download mode. `lsusb` shows a Samsung device, and so I type in heimdall flash --recovery recovery.bin. The blue bar on my device goes all the way up, and the heimdall on my terminal showed 100%, and then I think it rebooted. So I think "I have CWM installed now." So I downloaded CM 7.1 for my fascinate, transferred it to my sdcard, and try to figure out how to boot into CWM.

I failed a few times, and I looked it up and it says you have to hold both volume buttons.

So I hold both volume after turning my phone on [while plugged into my laptop, because for some odd reason it always shows an "empty battery" animation and will not boot if not plugged in] and it loads the recovery.

First I thought my CWM version was old, because I could not install a zip from the sdcard, it only let me use "update.zip". So I renamed the file on my sdcard, went back into [what I thought was CWM] and it says the signature failed, and it could not install. Then I realize I must be in the stock Recovery mode.

Next, here are the error messages:

Dec 10 15:12:53 dv6 kernel: [ 482.350279] usb 5-3: new full speed USB device using xhci_hcd and address 12
Dec 10 15:12:53 dv6 kernel: [ 482.350783] usb 5-3: Device not responding to set address.
Dec 10 15:12:54 dv6 kernel: [ 482.560668] usb 5-3: Device not responding to set address.
Dec 10 15:12:54 dv6 kernel: [ 482.770314] usb 5-3: device not accepting address 12, error -71
Dec 10 15:12:54 dv6 kernel: [ 482.770409] hub 5-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 3

That's my 3.0 USB, on my 2.0 USB it says

Dec 10 15:17:58 dv6 kernel: [ 786.540313] usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 32
Dec 10 15:17:58 dv6 kernel: [ 786.960277] usb 3-1: device not accepting address 32, error -62
Dec 10 15:17:58 dv6 kernel: [ 787.130185] usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 33
Dec 10 15:17:59 dv6 kernel: [ 787.550167] usb 3-1: device not accepting address 33, error -62
Dec 10 15:17:59 dv6 kernel: [ 787.550233] hub 3-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1

Alright, thanks for reading all that. Now, here are some questions I hope someone will be able to answer.

Is CWM installed? If I send it in, will Samsung say my warranty is void because I installed a custom recovery rom? Because I can't boot into CWM so I'm thinkin it didn't install.

Next, what is the cause of the error messages? 1/2 hour ago, after cleaning the port with a brush, it worked. I was able to upload cm7 to my sdcard. Then it just quit working. Any ideas?

One last thing, I tried z4root. I clicked "permanent root" and then it got to 'acquiring root shell' and then it just quits, not force close, it just closes and I'm dumped back into my app drawer. I thought 'hey maybe it worked' so I installed ROM Manager and then it says I'm not rooted.

So if I send it in, will Samsung say I've voided my warranty? And why didn't the CWM install work? Or is it installed, and I'm just doing something wrong? Thanks!

Matt