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[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Good guide just some issues. At step 4, trying to install the glitch kernel fails. I'll get the exact error in a bit.

EDIT: The error is:

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Phone does boot, just no network access.

Soooooo now what?

EDIT: Tried the latest beta version 14-B6 with the same results. Any help would be appreciated.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Try redownloading the glitch from the link above. If the signature failed might have been a botched download. Start there.
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Did that also got the newer version same issue. Apparently from reading around the issue is the crappy ClockworkMod Recovery, which when used on this device, doesn't install properly so the stock recovery is being used or something like that.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
And you used speedmod and came from stock gingerbread 2.3.3?
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Followed the guide to a T, even formatted the sdcard so the phone was stock out of the box.

EDIT: I do see a file on the first page voodoo.advanced.v666.2-20110111-21.53

Where does that file go in odin?

I put it in Phone, and it installed successfully. Still can't install ROM.

I have ICS on my Kindle Fire and I love it, I have tried getting on ICS before on this phone and I always end up bricking it and going back to stock. I'm determined this time to get it to work lol. Please help! <3
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Cannot recall but thought the voodoo 666 went in PDA.

Maybe start from scratch. Back to stock, back up EFS, etc. I will check the speedmod version I have. Maybe that's the issue.

What version do you have for speedmod?
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Okay I put it in PDA and now Glitch kernel is installed and I was able to boot into recovery and wiping data now. Thank you
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
No problem. Let me know how you make out.

What rom are you planning to load?
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Okay I can't mount sdcard! Also trying to mount USB storage give me an error:

E:Unable to write to ums lunfile (no such file or directory)USB storage mode set to mass_storage

I may need to start over ugh. Takes like an hour to get back to Gingerbread stock.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Use the glitch we have on box below not the directions - newer glitches you get that error.
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
What?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Autocorrect. The one linked in the directions - use that version of glitch.
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Okay I will, I'm just starting over, Gingerbread is being installed by kies right now.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Ergh, I've felt your pain before many a times my friend. You're lucky to have a guy like Jp showin' ya the ropes! ;) He's guided me through many a difficult time...

Keep it up and you'll get it!
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Okay I'm about to start. For starters I'm at this step:

2 flash via ODIN the speedmod kernel (gives you a custom recovery)

I've downloaded speedmod-kernel-k16-11-Odin.tar now where in Odin does this file go, Phone? Also do I have to put the phone in Download mode first?

Also I'm downloaded:

T959TLKG2_Kernel.tar

ICS_4.0.3_MR1-RC4.2_I9000.zip - ROM

I put both those files on the internal SD card, ready to be flashed in recovery.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
It will go into the pda slot and yeah you well need to be in download mode.
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Thank you for that, I had figured it out already though :)

Installing ROM now :) ICSSGS RC4.2

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Wow very nice boot animation :) but............it's just showing it over and over again. There it goes WOOT. I hope it doesn't take that long to boot everytime.

TY for all the help if this works out you'll definitely see some donations coming your way
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
First boot can take a while. Remember to restore your EFS folder. Flashing other ICS ROMS should be straight forward.

I'm partial to slim, Finn likes Weui, Buck likes... Well, flashing :) - and a few others are on a variety.

Let us know how you make out and if you have any questions.
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Yeah forgot the efs folder but everything seems to be working. I'll try slim later :)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I flashed Dark Knight last night just for kicks...jury's still out at this point though.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Your IMEI is likely screwed up (happens on ICSSGS) - and that will prevent you from upgrading through KIES should you need to. Check your phone information - if it starts with like 004... its screwed - copying over your EFS folder contents back will restore it.

The IMEI is the unique identifier of your phone - some folks have had issues when that was screwed up with wireless, the market, etc.
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Okay I restored my efs folder but just factory reset and installed Slim :p

EDIT: Slim is nice, smooth, tight. Love it so far.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Nice - still double check that IMEI number :)

You can tweak the kernel and modem as well. I like Semaphore on Slim so far (version 1.2.0s) and also, I'm partial to the TLJL3 modem on our phones.

Check out Perka's file stash and look for i9000 modems that are for both ICS and the 850 band - those are the best.
[Fascinate General] kagedtime:
I am liking Slim as well. So far I would say its my favourite. I'm using the newest version of Semaphore which seems to be doing a good job too.

Sent from my SGH-T959D
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Apparently the next version will have lightning launcher as the default. I use nova, but lightning is different and has a small footprint.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I'm gonna look forward to it then. Maybe try aokp after that

Sent from my SGH-T959D using XD
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Also just installed semaphore latest, 1.2 I think.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I gave lightning a whirl last night - you can do some neat things with it, but a little too odd for me - I'll likely stick with Nova Launcher (I replaced Zeam pretty quickly too).

@AluminumHaste - ensure you have the version of semaphore for slim roms - should be 1.2.0s :)
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Yes I made sure that I installed the version for slim. Btw can you send me the link for the modem you are using?
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Just go to the play store and download perka's file stash. All the modems you need are in there under i9000. You can select the ics modems and just flash them in cwm. Simple
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
I downloaded the same modem as you but cwm aborted install saying amend script no longer supported since android 1.5
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
OK - go here - you need to get ICS modems.

http://perka.zapto.org/

And then use the right nav to go to ...

/Samsung/ICS_CM_Modems/850_Modems_CM

Ensure you are getting ICS modems :)
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
You're absolutely right I was using the wrong modem. I downloaded the correct one trying to install now.

EDIT: yup that works thanks
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Great - download a few. I heard KG3 is great, I used to use KC1 - partial to the TLJ3 at the moment. Depends on when you go into rural areas - that's the real test on how right the modem is for you (I picked up my daughter in the middle of no where last weekend on a camping trip, and I had full bars and 3G+ :) )
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
SlimICS 3.8 just got uploaded an hour ago, go get it!

http://code.google.com/p/slimics38/downloads/list

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LOL okay I tried flashing this rom package and now can't boot past the semaphore kernel logo screen, even waited 15 minutes.

Tried wiping and installing this update 3 times now, no luck, trying to restore back to yesterday when I made a nand backup. Hopefully I can still boot once it's done restoring.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Did you only flash the ROM, or did you flash the essentials as well? There's an essentials package for each release that you need to flash along with the base.
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Of course flashed both, base 3.8 first, then wiped cache\dalvik, then flashed essentials, then wiped cache\dalvik then rebooted. Won't boot.

Tried the restore back to yesterday in CWM, and it aborted on \data saying it couldn't read \data. :mad:

God this is so annoying.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
That's weird - the change log does recommend a data wipe for this one, but did for 3.7 as well which I did not do. I might give it a go, but I'll do a nandroid first :)
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
I did the restore 1 more time and it completed without any errors this time. Trying to boot it now, I'll give it about 15 minutes, it's on the flashy animated boot screen now, first time I did this it took forever.

Update: sweet it booted.

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Okay trying 3.8 again lol

Facepalm, I'm such an idiot, I had downloaded i9100 essentials
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
You can do all this from the update me application in the ASS settings - download both, have the MD5 autochecked for you - quite nice actually (its OTA in ASS).
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Hey look it ****ing booted, all I had to do was install the right package, can someone please reach through the Internets and punch me in the face? :rolleyes:
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Ha! There's no one here that has NOT been through all what you've been through before. As Finn noted, I've helped him with some stuff, I spent about 4 hours on Gtalk with Buck and him hlping me out (immensely) trying to get some things working, etc. etc. etc.

S'all good :)

Going to update later - I'm suspicious that themes may not work without doing a data wipe, but I'm a bit tired of data wipes lately (between the phone and my transformer).

Did you only clear cache and dalvik? I'm guessing yes by your posts :)
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
No I also did a data\factory reset each time as per the author's suggestion.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Damn :)

I might try just the cache and dalvik tonight :)
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Thanks for all your help jp, btw I stole your signature because it's awesome
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
No problem - its a pretty simple signature.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
HEY! What happened to "not an iphone"? :D
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
LOL and this one used to say not an iPad. Just got tired of changing the signature on every flash.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Recharging my phone - downloaded my slim files and a few extras. Gonna do the complete flash today or tomorrow. I just did it to my TF101 here and got everything back quickly including my home screens as my data was saved on my Nova Launcher backup.

I guess people are hating Lightning - I can see why, it's very different - would take some major getting used to BUT you could make some stylish home screens with it.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Lightning has potential. I could do cool things. But I don't like it. I'm going back to apex.

I did a full wipe btw. I want to get my notifications fixed.

Also, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1665742

This is apparently a fix for the low storage issue. Anybody use this? I'm trying it out tonight.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I tried Lightning few months back but didn't really like it that much but to each their own.

On the other hand, I just flashed Andy Thomson's MIUI V4 couple hours ago and man is this a nice one. We'll see how I feel down the road :D...
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Let us know how the battery is. I've always liked the look of miui
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
So opted for a dirty - dalvik, cache, and batt stats only. Worked OK - Phone dies which is a known issue and easily solved by downloading the phone APK from update me, and clearing data - tested all good.

Waiting on a reboot now with semaphore flashed, as well as my build.prop rehacked.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I did a wipe all. Everything worked great. Got notifications back the way they should be as well. ^_^

I'm just looking for some good scripts and tweaks to get.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Mine seems good. I had to add back in gallery but that was about it. There's a package of apps a few pages back on the slim thread - not sure what they do to be honest.

You could try the supercharge script, but I find my phone is just fine so I don't tweak that at all and is pretty snappy - but as always, please report back :)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I'll definitely get back to you about this...been playing with a quite a bit last night and this morning. So far this rom is sooo polished and nice. Move over WeUI...I got's maself a new favorite!
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Keep us posted. Quick question. Do any of you guys have a clock app similar to the one touch wizard had? like, with a timer and stop watch and alarm? The one slim has is bland.

Oh and what do you guys use as an mp3 app? I'm using apollo atm.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Hmm don't know about your timer issue but for music I was using Poweramp pro version or whatever they call it. It worked pretty well but the built-in app on the miui rom I just flashed seems to be so nicely integrated I thought it a shame to not use it. I'd say it's pretty comparable, little more user friendly. This is all purely based on last night and today so far...so take that forever it's worth at this point. :D
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah, the clock is lacking. I use alarm clock plus and download a stopwatch separately.

Music, I stream mostly using grooveshark, tiny shark, and 8 tracks.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Finn - is that 2.5.25 off miuiandroid.com?
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
I currently use DicePlayer or MXPlayer.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Thanks for the input. Hopefully I find one i like. And then I'll start putting music on my phone
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
No it's still 2.5.19 as I've spent most of my day trying to catch up on a 123 page forum. I figure by the time I get around to the latest release, most folks will have come to a good consensus as to how it is. :D

On a different subject though...have you guys installed dsp manager and or beats audio? Just did so about an hour ago and man, what a change in audio! Blows the doors of my ipod schlock a million times over...
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Apple products have horrible audio quality. iPad 2, iPod (2007 Gen), iPhone 4s, they all sound the same. Turn them up anywhere past 85% volume and you get horrible distortion.

By comparison my Sony MP3 Walkman I can turn up to 100% and it's still perfectly clear.

I hate apple products, the only thing they have is a beautifully responsive interface.

And those IPS screens <3
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Voodo. But I have dsp as well. I just heard good things about Voodo.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
When picking a modem how do you know what they do? I'm completely lost in this. And also, perkas fails me on flashing things. It gives me an error
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
In Perkas go> Samsung> ICS_CM_Modems> 850_Modems and that's where you should be looking.

To install, go to recovery then choose to install zip file, navigate to Perkas locations then pick your modem and install it, reboot then go get some cookies. :D

Try a few to see what works for you. I'm on JV5 right now but used KG3 for a long while...some just work better than others so try one for a few days and if you're not happy, try another...Jp swears by JL3.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I get an error saying the kernel is meant for Cwm 1.5. Maybe it's the modem. I'll check another one out. Is there any ones that are good for people who are in basements a lot?

Edit: I'm a noob, was in the wrong section. Found all the ones you mentioned. Downloaded them all
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Installed beats audio but getting FC on sound now yet it still works... Any one hit this?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
No, you've tried clearing affected apps data/cache?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Just sound. It's odd. Cleared dalvik before flashing.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Found the fix, had to delete HtcSoundSetDownloadManager.apk from the /system/app directory - no more failures.

Some say bluetooth gets fracked, I'll have to test that - just started using BT in our car.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Finn - what's the thread for andys rom?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Here ya go:http://www.miuiandroid.com/community/threads/miui-v4-for-i9000.15461/
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
Can someone link me to the Beats Audio please and thanks? :)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Not sure, it was an addon included in my rom.

Just found this for ya: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
I never thought to check in the Android Software Dev section. Thanks! Trying it now. :)
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
In miui, it has the ability to disable data? I don't have a data plan. And it's 3 bucks a meg.

I read in the community thread that somebody was having issues with that. So I'm avoiding it. even though I really like the aesthetics.

Oh, and is it close to slim or aokp in features? Like the notification toggles and lockscreen customization.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Miui is close to miui. It's really distinctive. I would say that miui and cm are the most polished ROMs.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Is that a hint for me to download and try it myself? It's just the data part that makes me nervous now. Once I figure that out I'll get miui and the wp7 theme. Those icons are so nice.

I agree miui has a ton of polish. I like slim more than cm though.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
You can disable data in fact I don't know of any rom that you couldn't.

As for features, it's got way more bells and whistles than anything else I've tried by far...I can't imagine being disappointed.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I guess it's safe to assume that one guy experienced a glitch. Imma get it. Just don't feel like wiping my phone again...

Does miui allow you to change dpi?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Not that I'm aware of, might be in there somewhere I've never needed it...
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I think I like slim more. I like the feel of it. I'll give miui a week.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
See what I mean though that Miui feels like Miui? :)
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Yes, yes I do. Now unless I can get an app drawer of sorts I'll switch back. I really like the amount of customizing. As well as how polished this is.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah, MIUI on Gingerbread was my favourite ROM for a very long time - you could pick and choose what parts of themes you want, etc.

Not sure if Andy incorporated his extended mods yet, but if he did there was a setting you could use to have a pull down app drawer there - Finn may know.

I'm still running Slim - cannot see me switching, but said the same thing about ICSSGS two ROMs ago LOL :)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I'm not 100% sure I understand the situation but I continue to use apex launcher which has the center button for an app drawer.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Right - that makes sense - so SK you can swap in your favourite launcher.

Finn, what is happening is if you want the 'true' MIUI experience and are using the MIUI launcher exclusively, the MIUI launcher does not have an app drawer (closer to Ios) but instead uses folders (like iOS). In the GB days, you could use Andy's extended mods - so extended shutdowns and some other tweaks as well as a pull down for a 'hidden' app drawer - worked ok.
[Fascinate General] Appetisaac:
RC5] Team Nyx [Android 4.0.4] (ICSSGS) released.Says on page to install from ANY rom via CWM.Would this include Alliance(Darky) i.e.not an ics rom?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Link to said release?

Found it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1677650

ps Nice find! :D
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
The drawer exists while in an app. but I want to get rid of home screen clutter while having a "vanilla" experience. I'm working on just hiding everything on a blank Page.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Like they say "install from ANY rom". Give it a shot, worst case scenario you have to flash back again. Or just do a nandroid backup...let us know how that works out for you. I think I'm a little flashed out, I'll take the wait and see road on this one.

I'd like to see some screens or video or this rom in action.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Hey finn, does bln work on your phone?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Looks like issues with RC5. Likely you Finn, I'll be waiting :)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Yup, if you're running the stock kernel though I'm pretty sure it doesn't support bln so you'll have to change... or at least look into it.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I'm using semaphore.

I'm gonna try the one given in update me. And if that fails. I'll reflash.

Having fun with the theming and such.

Also, I found this.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=JakedUp.AppDrawer

An app drawer app :p

I might use it. I might just use my folder method. Its been working pretty well. The lack of a master screen where all my apps are located is the only reason why I miss the drawer.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Works with semaphore. Make sure you've got it enabled in both the semaphore script manager as well as the bln config. You can test it in the bln config page.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
None of these say BLN -_- Whats TUN?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
My mistake...enable it in bln then go to the test section, hit that then the power button. You should get the notification.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Nope... -_- I have the worst luck with these things.

EDIT: Got it. I figured the LED notification things in options was useless so I shut it off. Turned it back on. And it works now
[Fascinate General] DaveJeep:
I had been running CM7 for a while on my wife's Telus Fascinate. About to weeks ago I put a nightly build of CM9 on he phone but it shuts down in the night when it's done charging. Anyone have a fix for this? Not sure which version of CM9 it is or if there is a common problem with this?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I have not run CM7 or CM9 but I have had that shut down issue with an early version of an ICS ROM. I think I reflashed to get rid of it, or tried an alternate kernel. If you are running the stock CM9 kernel (which I think is midnight?) maybe one that we use that works better with our phone *might* solve it - like semaphore or glitch?

Just an idea.

I'm assuming your wife knows and therefore likes CM now, so moving away from that to a different ROM is not an option :)
[Fascinate General] DaveJeep:
Ya she won't go back lol. Likes the new style
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Re flashing is always a good option imo. It's solved many of my problems. (although I have caused problems by flashing the wrong thing as well)
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Hi All

Been kind of reading along here and i'm kind of looking for confirmation that what i've got is right and i going to be doing it in the right order

I have Stock GB currently and its rooted...i've backed up my esf file too

1) put glitch kernal (v14 from original post) and rom Slim 3.8 on SD Card

2) flash speedmod kernal via odin

3) flash glitch from recovery

4) wipe data/cache (won't this delete ROM file from SD?)

5) flash ROM (Base 3.8 and 3.8 I9000 Essentials)

6) flash Modem file if needed

So is there any thing i am missing here?

thanks for the help
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
That sounds about right. And no, data wipe only wipes phone memory. So i recommend a backup if you have anything you want to keep.

Keep a copy of EFS on your PC at all times.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Also you may want an alternate kernel and do a nandroid back up first.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Thanks

Can you recommend a good one?