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[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Thanks Finn. I'm fine with the way things are going, and folks coming here for help with the phone - makes checking the forum easier.

I would like the OPs to be as a concise as possible so people aren't looking through the pages for stuff that is buried (i.e. I think the build.prop changes are sound now so I made those appear in the OP so they are easier to find).

Not sure I came across much else I would put there - but again if anyone has suggestions love to hear them. :) I know myself I've used the OPs several times recently for flashing stuff.

Off topic, but slim 3.9 along with semaphore 1.2.2 is out today - likely going to flash all that at some point - but first is my daughter's birthday :o)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Congrats on birthday one!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
It's actually #8 :) that's my oldest while my other daughter is 5.

A lot of estrogen in my house ;)
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Ops are quite helpful. Maybe links to slim and MIUI and starting to suggest a rom that isn't icsgss. That one is the only rom I known that corrupts efs. slim is better anyways.
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
My only suggestion would be to make some changes to the step by step guide to make it more noob friendly. Whenever you use the word "just" remember that most people coming here have no experience with this stuff, and saying "just do this" which involves several steps gets us lost.

The authors of this post are incredibly helpful though, but most of my questions could have been avoided if the guide was a little more explicit with it's details on what to do.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Thanks guys - and some great stuff. When I started this, I think I honestly thought I knew all the folks that would be using it (buck, finn, Matt, and a few others LOL) - so I'm glad to see new folks eager to flash and try things.

You guys have been into it and are more fresh than me - if you want to post an update - just do it right here in the thread - I'll copy and paste and give credit (Finn supplied a zip I posted in the OP, Matt hte carrier fix for ICSSGS, etc.).

Other than that, I'll try and revisit it and see where I see holes (like ticks, etc.). Still have to update my phone, my tablet ROM released a new version as well, but I got that done ...

Let me know if y'all have anything but until then ... Cheers!
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
For MIUI, definitely do a full wipe when you flash an update. Other roms you can get away with clearing the cache. Not MIUI...
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Well I don't know what happened, updated to 3.9 + essentials and the 1.2.2s kernel, everything was working fine then everything started just stopped working. I could open gmail app, but when pressing on an email the application just closed, no error. Everything started doing that.

After rebooting everything started FCing. I rebooted into recovery, wiped caches and did fix permissions, no change.

I wiped cache, factory reset and reinstalled 3.9+essentials+1.2.2s+modem same thing.

So finally got it working, tried restoring missing apps+data with titanium but it kept pausing at random places and wouldn't complete.

So I backed up stuff I needed and formatted everything, datadata, system etc. When I mounted USB there was nothing there. Copied over the necessary files and installing 3.9 etc again. Lets see what happens. BTW Lightning Launcher is by far the WORST launcher in the history of launchers.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Did you read the, change log or thread? You need to flash 3 files now - slim gapps. That is what you are missing I believe.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I'm on 3.9 with semaphore 1.2.2 and even everything is going fine. Just need to modify the build.prop.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Hmmmnn.... RBC not coming up in play. I messed something up.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Can anyone see the RBC application running slim 3.9 or the Western Digital apps (search wd)?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Cancel that. Now stuff appearing again :)
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
interesting...updated to 3.9 this morning and everything was looking good and phone said that from version was 3.9...just redid my build.prop rebooted and now its saying I am back on 3.8
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Did you manually make changes or copy over a previous build.prop?
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Copy over the previous one...same with the GPS change
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Checked the build.prop (didn't look for rom references stupid me) and changed the 3.8 references to 3.9...see if that solves things
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah, that would be it. Mine is fine. But made the changes manually
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
For Finn ;)

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[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Huh? What's that? Are we talking about build props for me? I'm using the crap outta that buildprop you posted for sure :D.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
LOL no I updated my signature ;)

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[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Hahahaha, still early on the left coast:D.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
It seemed funnier this morning too! :)

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[Fascinate General] kagedtime:
Is there a way to get the stock apps on miui? I managed to get the stock clock by copying the "deskclockgoogle.apk" into the system apps. Has anyone tried any of the others?

Sent from my SGH-T959D
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Which ones are you trying to get?
[Fascinate General] kagedtime:
I really like the SMS and contacts. I didn't copy them when I tried weui so I didn't get a chance to test it.

Sent from my SGH-T959D
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I think I have the stock contacts app. The date says 5/14 and I got miui about a week ago. I upload this to like drobpox or something right?
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
http://db.tt/DRW9WKK8 if this is it let me know. I don't want to test it as I like this contacts app. It's very polished.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
anyone using Beats Audio with there phone?
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
I was but I had a ton of issues installing it. I may try it again.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
What ROM/kernel are you using?
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
At the time it was SlimICS 3.8 and Semaphore 1.2.0s. The Beats Audio in the Update Me app installed correctly for me so you could try that. Just be sure to make a backup first in case you don't like it. :)
[Fascinate General] xaueious:
Futureshop is selling refurbished T959s for $160 all in

I will be getting a Telus Fascinate for my relatives. I will be looking a flash an ICS ROM on it right away, since it seems like there is a great community behind it.

SlimICS seems to be the one to install as a daily driver.

Any reason why I should stick to stock Gingerbread over a custom ICS ROM?
[Fascinate General] kagedtime:
Well I'm still using slim at the moment so I won't be able to test it either. I did download it though so if I try weui/some other rom I will see what happens. There is a mms.apk in the system apps what's the chance that its what I need too?

Sent from my SGH-T959D
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Stability but the ICS ROMS are much better now. Really comes down to preference.

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[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Is it the T959D or T959P?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I see the T959D for 179$ pre-paid, so looks like that. If not, then keep in mind that the P and D are different hardware so ROMS that work for the T959D may not for the P.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
GPS Tweak in OPS updated

updated link for a more complete tweak. I am running it since yesterday.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
More updates to OPS to hopefully make them a bit more new user friendly.

Again, any specific text anyone would like to see - let me know - as you are doing these steps - lately I just upgrade versions of Slim :)
[Fascinate General] Kewjoe:
Fascinate dead?

Hey everyone,

Have an issue with my friends Telus Fascinate (I'm personally a Bell i9000 user). I've been reading for the past 3-4 days. Did lots of searching. I apologize ahead of time if I'm asking a question that was answered 1000 times.

He was on stock 2.3.3, does not mod or anything. It just rebooted on him and soft bricked. When I went into recovery there were several errors:

update media, please wait

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1

(No such file or directory)

E:copy_dbdata_meda:Can't mount SDCARD:

your storage not prepared yet, please use UI me nu for formal and reboot actions.

copy default media content failed

I've tried flashing Froyo stock as mention in OP. I've tried different kernels, CWM, etc. and nothing. Does not boot up. Just soft bricked with lights on. I can get into download mode and 3e recovery.

If i try to "Wipe data/factory reset" or "wipe cache partition" it appears to complete fine. If i try to "format internal sd-card" I get the same red errors mentioned above.

Is the phone done for? or is there hope of getting it working again?

Thanks in advanced!
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Hmm, good luck. Have you tried this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26360846&highlight=mmcblk0p1#post26360846 ?
[Fascinate General] Kewjoe:
Have not, will try it. Thanks!
[Fascinate General] 7210:
Quick question, as FS is selling this on prepaid i was thinking of picking this up as a backup. So is there still the issue for ICS roms that the home button and search button doesn't work? I don't really mind the search button but if the home button isnt working, its a deal breaker for me.

BTW im using a Galaxy Nexus so running on GB isn't really an option for me.

Thanks again!
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I haven't had any issues with key assignments and I've flashed approximately 10 different ICS roms to date. The only issues I've encountered regarding this matter were on darkyrom which was a gb based rom and there was an easy fix for that.
[Fascinate General] 7210:
Awesome! thanks for the quick response! i'll be monitoring this thread closely once i pick it up!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Let me know if this works and I will update the OP.

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[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
my build.prop is showing

ro.product.model=GT-I9000

Should this be changed to SGH-T959D?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Please look at the build.prop mods listed in the OPS. Everything you need is there.

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[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Thanks that worked :)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
De rien :)

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[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Merci beaucoup :D

PS my french sucks
[Fascinate General] bungaboy:
But, you try. That is the main thing. You make an effort.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Ma francais est tres mauvaise :)

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[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Hey Jp, here's a good link for the flashaholics, just take your pick: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1586084
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Dang, that's a ton of roms. And then like 5 kernels :p

There was I think 3 miui versions. The and myics has an app drawer:D

I might try a different
[Fascinate General] xaueious:
I have to give mine away. So I wanted to flash something stable but needed Chinese since I was giving it away. Looking at the ICS threads, I needed a stable ICS ROM with Chinese support. I would have flashed SlimICS, but I am reading about some issues that make it not a daily driver for the person who I intend to give this to. I am going to look at ICS ROMs for a bit longer, but I don't have the time to experiment atm... Not having ICS is not a deal breaker for me. Not completely comfortable with the state of the ICS kernels atm...

Specifically, there is speakerphone echo in some ROMs I read?

The refurbished device shipped with stock Gingerbread 2.3.3 from Telus

I did the following:

1) root with superoneclick

2) backup efs (you can probably also use Galaxy S Unlocker). busybox is required.

3) speedmod kernel from Odin (download from OP), do not auto reboot (since it bootloops). Odin mode is vol- and plug in USB cable from device off state

4) Flash Glitch v13.1 kernel from CWM speedmod - enter recovery from device off by pressing vol+ and vol-, then press and hold power until you enter recover. navigate with vol and power keys.

5) Flash CM7.2 RC3 for i9000 (galaxysmtd)

6) Flash GAPPS, GB version

7) Flash Glitch v13.1 kernel again

8) Restore backup of efs

After that, it was pretty smooth from there...

From CM7.2 RC3 with latest GB GAPPS:

Delete modify permissions xml files - remove flash and front camera permissions

Integrate GAPPS with Titanium Backup
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Excellent - thanks Finn - I added that to the OPs.

Have to watch the update dates though, that will tell you how active that ROM is. Some haven't been updated since January - so I would say those are dead.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
What issues are you reading about that would make it a no go. I use this as my daily - for work even - and have since about version 3.5. Now I don't use everything (don't use music much) - but phone, browser, sms, mms, email (exchange and gmail) plus a ton of apps - I have had no issues. I would like to try something different to be honest but one everything is VERY stable, and the developer pretty much updates weekly - in fact version 4.0 is already in the queue - likely released this weekend.

I use speaker a lot as well as bluetooth - no echo in any of the ICS ROMs I tried.

Its funny - I rooted my phone explicitly to try CM and then NEVER tried it. How are you finding it? I have not done any integration with TB with GAPPS (only had one ROM with GAPPS though) - what is involved there and why are you doing that?

Also, not sure why you are modifying the permissions xml - can you share why? Perhaps that should be something always done (or always on CM)?
[Fascinate General] xaueious:
SlimICS doesn't have Chinese. I need to give it to someone in Hong Kong China. I don't know how to work backwards from framework-res to add the language back and can't be bothered to figure it out.

I read that: stock video player doesn't work, echo in speakerphone (I read reading about echo heard on the far-end, which means AEC failure. The AEC in the baseband is configured to match the default speaker settings. There may be differences in ICS that have made this worse than it was in GB). I'm also scared of deep sleep issues and other weird kernel stuff mainly. A lot of things can go wrong with ROMs. I am not maintaining the phone once I give it away, so...

CM7 feels fast enough. I wont be testing it extensively though, since I will give it away soon.

[YOUTUBE]9TsRP9W3bU4[/YOUTUBE]

I usually use Titanium Backup to integrate the most updated system apps and the associated dalvik into /system to save space in /data.

I change the permissions because it tells software that the phone has hardware it doesn't have. This should break some applications, and is a test item in the Android compatibility test suite for a reason.

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SlimICS doesn't have Chinese. I need to give it to someone in Hong Kong China. I don't know how to work backwards from framework-res to add the language back and can't be bothered to figure it out.

I might try ICS333 tonight though.

I read that: stock video player doesn't work, echo in speakerphone (not sure about this one).

CM7 feels fast enough. I wont be testing it extensively though, since I will give it away soon.

I usually use Titanium Backup to integrate the most updated system apps and the associated dalvik into /system to save space in /data.

I change the permissions because it tells software that the phone has hardware it doesn't have. This should break some applications, and is a test item (correct permissions) in the Android compatibility test suite for a reason.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Cool - not sure if Telus stock has Chinese, but if I wanted to wash my hands of the phone, I would put on 2.3.3 and let someone else mess with it :) but I see CM7 has chinese (as would Miui) so you may want to stick with those ROMs.

Have not had any of the issues you list - no complaints on phone quality or echo (and my wife has VERY little tolerance for crappy phone reception LOL). I do use an 850 band modem though and its one of the first things I change on ANY ROM for this phone in Canada.

I don't use stock video player either - use MX Player combined with Skifta for DLNA.

I get the /data (and /datadata) constraints, but haven't run into it. We do suspect that there are deep idle issues with some kernels (namely semaphore) IF you turn it on - I leave mine off, and CPU spy shows the Slim going to deep sleep. I have had no reboot issues.

In terms of the XML modifications, haven't run into any issues here on I9000 ROMS nor have I seen anything in the ROM threads. Since you are looking at camera specifically, are you modifying ROMs that have a front facing camera and flash? I see some oddities like that when folks port a nexus ROM for example, over to the I9000.
[Fascinate General] xaueious:
The permissions thing is more for third party apps and for Play Store app filtering I believe. Didn't want to mess with what Google defined that's all. Probably doesn't do jack.

Reception isn't what gets messed up when porting ROMs, because the RIL stack usually isn't messed with (it's all proprietary crap anyways). What ROM developers mess with is the audio stack, and that messes up things like AEC.

I don't like MIUI as much.

What's this 850 baseband?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Can't say I know a lot about how modems (baseband, radio, etc.) work but in Canada (and some US) operate at the 850 mhz so you need a modem capable of that. Lots of folks get crappy service and signals if they (1) do not have 850 enabled which you can set in the galaxy s settings buried in the phone - googling it will give you a ton of how tos and (2) an 850 capable modem.

Perka created an 850 folder for his GB and ICS modems at BuckNetBucky's request a while back - which is great for us.

I used KC1 for a very long time, been happy with TLJ3 a while now. Modem can impact data strength, phone calls, even battery life.
[Fascinate General] xaueious:
perka.zapto.org for i9000 right? I'll see if that necessary. HK doesn't need 850
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
yep - that is it. Might be good to have on the phone if the phone is configured for it (again, out of my league here). Be sure to ensure you are in the ICS directory too though.
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
I'm loving SlimICS and Semaphore so fast and fluid.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I agree it's pretty good. Also, any swiftkey users, get the beta for the new version... Pretty nice.

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[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Yeah using swiftkey here best keyboard
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Is that the Asus wallpaper?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Looks like it. What launcher is that? Also, are those a custom icon set?

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[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Nothing fancy but here's a few shots

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[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
This might be a dumb question but if i upgrade my ROM (went from 3.8 to 3.9) should that overwrite a modem that i flashed on the previous ROM version? The reason i ask is that i flashed the JL3 Modem after i installed Slim3.8 and after upgrading to 3.9 i still had the JL3 Modem installed...I would have thought the JL3 would have been replaced by the stock one in the ROM or essentials (not sure where it actually flashes from)
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
No, it's a wallpaper from interfacelift.com. The icon set is from Honeycomb LPP BW icon pack, free of course. I'm using Nova Launcher (Free) as it's awesome.

EDIT: Here http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/details/2032/enlightenment.html
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Flashing slim does flash a new modem. It happens during the essentials flash.

And darn you guys. Making me want slim back. I just started liking miui.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Actually slim has never replaced my modem. Must do some sort of check. Remember reading that a long time ago before I had even tried the rom.

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[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
... and Slim 4.0 is out now. Likely flash this weekend sometime as it seems like a solid upgrade.

I'm amazed at both the frequency and quality of SLIM updates - one of the reasons I'm still on it. Only thing keeping me from flashing the newest is my battery seems to have stabilized out and I'm getting crazy good battery life - the other day I had 80% left after about 10 hours :o) but yeah, I'll likely flash LOL
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
I would have thought it replaced the modem too which is why i asked...Anybody in the GTA using a modem other then the stock one in SLIM or the JL3 modem?

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I'd kill for 80% after 10hrs...i'm usually down to 80% after about 2-3hrs
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
Don't feel too bad about that. My battery rarely lasts more than 5 hours. The guy I bought my phone from must have overcharged it or something. I need a new one. Lmao.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Have you run better battery stats to see what is eating your battery? Are you running Exchange for mail?

Both Matt and I had our battery sucked dry by exchange - how we solved it is somewhere in the forum, but I cannot remember what it was (think I removed the account and then re-added it - fixed!)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
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[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
no exchange on mine...i do watch about 2+hrs of vid files (helps the train commute to work) but even then doing that seems to eat about 2x the amount of battery as on stock GB...screen (54%) and mediaserver (26%) are the 2 biggest hogs on mine...everything else is under 6%
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Still just running stock GB?

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[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Sorry no...running Slim3.9
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Just wanted to let you guys know who are having battery issues. I just purchased this: http://www.amazon.com/Batteries-Cap...GXR6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339183088&sr=8-1

With Juicedefender and new batteries my levels at the end of the day, say after 14hrs of average use is still around 70-80% whereas before I started to utilize these was more like 40-50%ish.

Great deal I think...adds a bit more life to our phones and if haven't tried JD, might be worth a shot.
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
No I haven't, I'll check it out now though and try that. :)
[Fascinate General] kagedtime:
What are you guys using to backup your text messages? Can titanium do that?
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I don't. I've had them miraculously return on me a few times. But I don't actually back them up. I'll go hunting and see where they are stored.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
cool but how did you get it working with nova? just tried but no luck.
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
You have to change each icon manually. Long press the icon select edit. Press the icon image then select icon pack. Choose Honeycomb. Then you will have a list of all the icons in the pack.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Great - worked eith ADW icons, but not LPP ones for me - changed a few over though after downloading some ADW packs.