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[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
I haven't tried slim yet...cm11 is out of beta and has official nightlies which I would suggest if you aren't a fan of betas
[Fascinate General] skepticmisfit:
dude you're not alone.. i have the vzw fascinate but i tried notta's Paranoid Android (pretty much bare-bones AOSP at the moment) and it was SLOWWWWW

i even added the low.ram config to build.prop and it was still slow as hell.. battery life sucked too

i went back to an ICS (4.0.4) ROM but odds are the one i'm using isn't gonna be available on your phone (i'm using some cm9 kang with the glitch kernel but everything's been hacked and improved, it's wicked fast even after a week of being installed and having a good variety of apps installed)
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
Uh ! I think I never tried ICS on my device... If I did it was for a pretty short time and I moved to jellybean...

That's interesting... I was about to start reading on kitkat 4.4.x and think about testing this on my phone !

I'll take a look again at ICS just out of curiosity... maybe it's worth trying that ICS more stable release than the really beta versions of kitkat !

Thanks for the tip !

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As I was replying, I saw that post http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...too-xperia-tipo-gets-an-unofficial-cm11-port/ that kitkat is running on a really low power device on the corner of my eye !

I guess it says it all... it seems well suited for our "cheap" galaxy s that never got any real goodies !
[Fascinate General] stephanepare:
I have a unique problem, for which i cannot find a solution elsewhere.

I followed nother guide first because somehow, i got stuck at flashing other roms than cyanogen using this thread, and i made the mistake of flashing to some 3.3.6 supposed stock, but i think it was for the french i9300. The result is that now I can't unmount /dbda and it's causing the phone to reboot after 10-30 seconds of being fully booted.

I can't take a picture, but I tried to reflash from your package using the pit, pda, phone and csc files you provided, but I still run into this issue. Once the flash is complete, the phone gets in recovery mode, and here's a retyped log of what happens on the phone.

-- copying media files...

E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't unmount /dbdata

The same happens for deleting files, updating filesystem, and wiping cache. Applying multi-csc section has no error message, ending with "successfully applied multi-CSC

Does anyone have a solution to my problem? I also tried just reformating using the pit alone at first, then inputting the others, no luck

Edit: i found a froyo factory restore with the same pit file, it works, this is solved now.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Good stuff. Flashing the wrong firmware can be bad so glad you got back to stock 2.2. Good luck updating!
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
Better...

I've made the move on to SlimKat ! It seems better but I do a few screen glitches... It is quite smooth and less sluggish but it does this each time I flash a new rom. At first it seems nice but a couple months later, it not running well at all so let's see with this one ! Can't wait for new releases !

I did not find where to display the memory availability when I go in the task manager (holding the home button), I used to have a memory bar in there... I am also not sure of the version of the kernel, I think KK is running on 1.8+ but my semaphore manager does not seem to display which version I have currently running...

I still have random reboots at time but I had that with the stock firmware too.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Anyone on cm 11 solve the problem with incoming call delays?
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
So far no...from what i have heard its an issue with any KK Rom and old phones like ours. Can't say that for sure since i have only tried CM11 so far
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah - there was a flashable fix I tried last night but didn't work. As well, Pawtip had some files you could push to system - but I kept getting fails when I tried that (Not sure why). The flashable was supposed to contain pawtip's files, but as noted, they didn't make anything better for me.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
I've just been living with it...its only a few second delay and so far it hasn't really caused any problems just more annoying then anything
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
delay ?

I have not notice any delay when picking up a call on slim...
[Fascinate General] QkSi1ver:
Need advice and access to Karma's Cloud

Hi

I wanted to update my wife's old SGS from Telus ... Its already rooted but with stock rom I think its Gingerbread... I wanted to update it to either ICS or JELLY ... can anyone recommend me what;'s a more stable version with everything working? the stock one crashes and reboots very often and the battery is horrible... im hoping for a more stable version

Also can anyone give me the password to access karma's files? I pm'ed him a while back but no reply...

http://t959d.karmatose.org ?

Thanks
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Cm 11 seems OK for KK
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Maybe last stable slim for JB
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Personally I would go with a kk ROM like cm11...I find kk runs better then jb did
[Fascinate General] QkSi1ver:
Thanks jmp for access...

I'll give the latest slim a go... itsa back up phone and i do not need the latest ...just a stable one :)
[Fascinate General] bwoodfield:
How do you know which is a valid modem file for your phone?

I currently have CM10 installed but getting invalid IMEI.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
You can use any ICS modem...did you back up your esf folder before flashing?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Use an ICS MODEM out of the 850 enabled folder.
[Fascinate General] bwoodfield:
Yes I did

Ok, thank you.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
So all good?
[Fascinate General] bwoodfield:
So I tried again and I still can't get any signal to Telus. I'm going to post my steps and someone please tell me if I'm going it wrong.

1) Flashed to 2.3.3 using the stock files; after flashing back to stock everything works, I've done this probably 6 times already

2) Put phone in download mode and Flash in SpeedMod (speedmod-kernel-k16-11-Odin) and Root though the SpeedMod advanced menu options, Simple with BusyBox

3) Put phone in download mode and flash in Semaphore_JB_2.1.0s, reboot

4) Start into CWM Recovery, wipe user and factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik

5) Flash in CM10 (cm-10.0.0-galaxysmtd); three times

6) Flash in gapps (gapps-jb-20121011-signed)

7) Flash in modem (Modem_BVJJPG_ICS.CM.I9000)

8) Flash in BigMem (JB_BigMem_26-aug-12)

9) Reboot and run through set-up; During set-up I get a warning that my IMEI is invalid

10) DL and install ES Explorer from play store

11) In ES enable root explorer and set root (/), and system read/write

12) Copy over my EFS folder that I backed up

13) Reboot.

No radio. :crying:

I checked the IMEI under my phone settings and everything is filled in, including my phone number and IMEI. I go to Wireless and Networks->Mobile Networks-> Network Operators and I see three options; "302220", "302610", "CAN Rogers Wireless Inc". No Telus. Click on Search Networks, no change.

Anyone explain what I'm doing wrong?

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Also have now tried modem files "Modem_TLJL3_ICS.CM.I9000" and "Modem_UGJK3_ICS.CM.I9000", still no luck

---------- Post added at 03:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:12 AM ----------

Well I've flashed back to Telus stock files again. I'll try again tomorrow.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I think 302220 is Telus.
[Fascinate General] bwoodfield:
Last night after reflashing back to stock, and my phone re-setup and working, I rechecked my IMEI and found that it had changed. I then rooted it and copied out my efs folder, again. Last time when I copied it out I used 'Root Explorer' instead of 'ES Explorer'. Maybe the difference in Apps has an effect and some files were missed.

Before I try again tonight, other than the efs folder, should I copy anything out of my current (working) set-up?
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
your efs folder is all you should need to get you IMEI back if you loose it
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
... and your IMEI should be the same number as what is on your phone (located just behind the battery I think).

Try this as a modem as well (although the ones you listed should be fine) http://t959d.karmatose.org/index.ph...dems/850_enabled/Modem_UGKG3_ICS.CM.I9000.zip
[Fascinate General] bwoodfield:
So the order and what I've been doing should be correct then?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Looks OK to me
[Fascinate General] bwoodfield:
Well I finally have CM10 installed and running. Must have been a bad copy of the efs folder by Root Explorer.

Now to work on getting CM11 installed ;)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Nice. Should be pretty straight forward going to 11. Also be sure to get cyandelta from the play store. You can queue up zips for a simple flash and it only downloads the Delta, so easier. That's how I got my wife's set up.
[Fascinate General] bwoodfield:
I don't suppose it would do the install from 10 to 11... :P

So should there be any catches when flashing in 11? I've read some posts about you have to let it throw a bunch of error, reboot into recovery and flash it in again.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
I don't remember there being any errors going to CM11...although i do remember reading that you should go from 10.2 and make sure you are using the CM kernel instead of another one like Semaphore...not sure if that has changed now though
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I'm using Semaphore with 11. Maybe upgrade to 10.2, then to 11, and then flash the nightlies with Cyandelta and adding in gapps, semaphore and bigmem fix - that's what I'm doing anyways - have like 408 MB of RAM that way (with 720p video broken).
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Sorry...wasn't clear on that...for flashing initial CM11 i had read you needed stock CM kernel and then once you have CM11 loaded you can go to which ever one you'd like...i was running semaphore too on CM11 until i decided to give SlimKat a try
[Fascinate General] bwoodfield:
So I downloaded the Zip version of Semaphore KK 3.4 to my phone. Before I start I want to confirm:

Boot to recovery, install Kernel, install CM11, install gapps, install modem.

sound right?
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Flash ROM (ROM will over write semaphore with stock CM kernel), GAPPS, Modem then boot once fully booted and setup go back into recovery and flash semaphore
[Fascinate General] bwoodfield:
Ok, so skip the new kernel flash...

I'll try it out tonight when I get home after work.
[Fascinate General] nereis:
I've moved from Semaphore to Gear Kernel, pretty much everything Semaphore has to offer but better performance, and the latest 1.1.2 version fixed the data corruption issue that plagued the past few builds.
[Fascinate General] bwoodfield:
Not sure what is included in CM11, but after getting my phone to CM10 it's showing the kernel as 3.0.31-gdabec1a blinky-ghost@cyanogenmod #1
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Is that a straight flash or any tweaking? Is there a settings app?
[Fascinate General] nereis:
It includes Gear Tools, which is just a modified/rebadged nstools, I am using 120 live oc from 480-1200mhz, leaving 200mhz lowest freq, sioplus scheduler, interactive with 960mhz hispeed freq, target load 85.

Semaphore manager can work alongside to provide SAI, just make sure voltages are not touched.
[Fascinate General] bwoodfield:
Upgraded to cm11 nightly.. :D and I have connection
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Wow. Latest nightly for CM really flies
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Doing owncloud updates today. Site might be unavailable for a while.

Also moved site to a new server recently. Let me know if there's any issues.

Edit: Updated. Give it a whirl and see what you think.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
THANK YOU!

Looks good - nice and speedy. Still getting the odd request for access - so Karma - THANK YOU!!! Makes keeping these old devices up to snuff really easy.

Still have two of these babies at home - my wife's, and now one I'm re-purposing for one of my daughters. Still my FAVOURITE device to work with and flash.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
No problem. I'll keep everything up for the foreseeable future but I may trim back some stuff to clean up on disk space. Like the 900mhz GB modems. I'm pretty sure no one has downloaded that stuff in a looooong time.
[Fascinate General] chris19000:
Hey good luck with the repurposing. The one I did for my daughter is working great. In the end I left it as stock ROM with CWM recovery and Holo Launcher, installed TB and removed everything that I didn't want on there, then used Applock to hide and/or lock all apps and settings I wanted to keep on but not give her unsupervised access to. As she gets older - and as long as it keeps running well - can unlock more and even upgrade to CM11. All in all she loves it and I think should for a while.
[Fascinate General] Nazarbaz:
No Signal

Hi,

I rooted and unlocked my t959d (which was running 2.3.3 out of box) which went absolutely fine. Then I flashed slim 4.3 with which I had no signal. So I flashed CM 10.0 with which I had no signal either. Then I used deodexed xxjvt and the same story. Stock XWJW8 and xwjw6 gave me the same result!

Can anyone please help me to get my phone working again?
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Did you make a copy of your ESF folder? chances are you lost your IMEI number check in settings=>about phone=>status to see if its still there. If you have a copy of your ESF folder just copy it back and reboot and you should be good.
[Fascinate General] Nazarbaz:
Intermittent signal

Thanks for the response. I compare the IMEI that is shown under settings with the one behind battery and they are the same. Also I just noticed that the phone works when I get it outside but not in house which is bizarre cause 4 other cellphones and the same phone before I flashed it were working fine in there!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
What modem are you using? Did you flash an 850 ICS compatible modem?
[Fascinate General] Nazarbaz:
Intermittent signal

Thank for the response.

The last modem I tried was called MODEM_I9000XWJW1_CL1126195.tar How can I know if which frequency is the modem build for? I think I need a 900 GB compatible modem.

I have retired this for myself and am trying to set it up for my mom so she can VOIP me.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Use the recommended ones in the OP. But you need ICS on 4.x not GB.
[Fascinate General] Nazarbaz:
Which other post? Shouldn't it be easier to get it working on an stock ROM? I had more problems with ICS!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Are you trying to follow the steps in the 1st and 2 nd posts?

Maybe need to back up - what is your goal? Just to load GB stock?
[Fascinate General] Nazarbaz:
My goal is to be able to once more make and receive calls with this phone.

Initially I wanted to read and write Persian with it and it was the reason for trying Slim and CM.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
OK, so follow the steps in the second post to restore your T959D.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23487635&postcount=2
[Fascinate General] sselesnes:
Hi T959D users!)

Here is guide to flash Slim-galaxysmtd-4.2.2.build.8-OFFICIAL:

- Odin Stock T959TLJL3 (with pit + repartition) (Link - goo.gl/zzyRgs )

- Normal boot

- Enable ADB

- Root with SuperOneClick

- Reboot

- Backup EFS

- Odin Semaphore_JB_2.1.0s.tar (see 2nd post of this thread)

- Enter Recovery

- Install from zip Slim-galaxysmtd-4.2.2.build.8-OFFICIAL - error 7

- Install from zip Slim-galaxysmtd-4.2.2.build.8-OFFICIAL - 2-5% reboot

- Install from zip Slim-galaxysmtd-4.2.2.build.8-OFFICIAL - full normal install

- Normal boot (to see there is no network)

- Enter Recovery

- Install from zip KB5-ICS_modem.zip (Look here in the bottom of list - goo.gl/2kkAqJ )

- Normal boot

- Restore EFS files (also may need to remove nv_data.bin.md5 file. see nv.log)

- Reboot

- Normal boot (to see network ok)

- Enter Recovery

- Install from zip Slim_Gapps.4.2.2.build.8.zip

- Normal boot

- Done

Thanx jpmccarthy and comunity for help!

PS: By the way you may need "Samsung USB Jig".
[Fascinate General] Nazarbaz:
Access

Could you please give me the username and pass to download the stock files?
[Fascinate General] sselesnes:
T959TLJL3(stockfiles) - goo.gl/zzyRgs
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I would follow the steps in the 2nd post. Speaker here is fine.
[Fascinate General] sselesnes:
Thanx jpmccarthy. I forgot to try semaphore 2.1.0 - now all works with KB5 fine.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
What is that modem? Do you have a link to it? We have been using I9000 modems.
[Fascinate General] sselesnes:
I know about i9000) Started with this phone as T959 (without "D"). There is thread on 4pda where people highly praised this modem. All work fine but when i connect phone to pc via usb get reboot within 5 sec. So when I finally learned that 959 and 959D not the same phones I find this topic and started from the beginning. I tried some modems from i9000 but without luck. As last hope flashed 959KB5 and it works) Look here in the bottom of list - goo.gl/2kkAqJ (KB5_ICS_modem).
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah - Definitely not the same phone (the T959 is the virbrant) and while this is called a fascinate, it is not that phone either. Its much closer to an I9000 but still not 100%. That being said, I9000 ROMs work great - I'm currently running CM11 on two of them. I may try the new modem but my wife isn't having any issues (and my other T959D does not have a sim card in it) but I would like to give that other modem a go. Curious if it behaves better - but that will be up to my wife LOL
[Fascinate General] sselesnes:
Wifes do not like our experiments)) By the way, what modem do you using?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I actually forget, I think its KG3 for the I9000.
[Fascinate General] sselesnes:
jpmccarthy Ok. Will try it if something goes wrong. Thanx.

Updated guide Slim-4.2.2.build.8-OFFICIAL see post 3085
[Fascinate General] Nazarbaz:
Thanks for the link. My internet speed was problematic and I have to try downloading in mid night. Do you have a link to other modems by any chance so that I can try them in the mean time.
[Fascinate General] sselesnes:
30 day links:

959D-Modem_UGKG3_ICS.CM.I9000 - goo.gl/M7tSoS

959D-TLJL3.modem - goo.gl/JiA55C

959(VIBRANT)-KB5-ICS_modem - goo.gl/TIL3OP

Don't forget to backup EFS!

For other modems/files please read 1st and 2nd post for links.
[Fascinate General] Ipse_Tase:
Help

In my infinite stupidity, I thought I can flash SlimKat (galaxymtd) onto this phone, now relegated to MP3 player and GPS. Dunno what I was thinking, as I managed to soft-brick it.

I did take a Nandroid backup, Titanium, etc, so I have what I need to get back to JB IF I can get to recovery.

Looks like the problem is I had Semaphore Recovery and when I tried to wipe/flash SlimKat, I got an error (related to settings/permissions).

Upon some (unfortunately cursory) reading, I concluded the problem was CWM so I flashed galaxymtd 2.5.0.2 (most current).

It started (Semaphore CWM was blue font, this one amber) so I know it loaded...but a reboot bricked the phone.

What's the fastest way to flash a working recovery? After all these years I don't even have Odin and all that stuff.

TIA

/EDIT Reading post #3085 now...let's see how far I get. I am SO pissed at myself...

Got Odin installed and Samsung drivers, I tried to flash a recovery from Oding and made it worse...now I get the dreaded PC->Phone icon when trying to get in Download mode.

In dire need of help: how do I flash a working recovery so I can get my backup restored?
[Fascinate General] sselesnes:
Ipse_Tase Try reach first "recovery" word in my guide)) If you can't get into download mode - there is working solution "Samsung USB Jig".
[Fascinate General] Ipse_Tase:
Shockingly enough for someone of my stupidity, I DO have a USB Jig...not sure why I forgot.

Put the phone in d/l mode, now what? Sorry, but I don't understand your recommendation - I don't see any step indicating a recovery flash.

/EDIT NVM, I remembered that flashing a kernel flashes a recovery, so went ahead and flashed the Kitkat semaphore I wanted...now I'm in recovery.

Booting SlimKat as I type this. Hope it was worth the scare :)

Lesson learned, don't rush. I guess I got cocky after flashing countless times on countless devices...just not this one in the last 2 years :)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Sorry - what post is that? What steps are you following?
[Fascinate General] sselesnes:
Middle of page 309. As newbie I couldn't post urls.

Ipse_Tase Glad you could do it)) Keep Calm $)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Got it. Although I would recommend going to GB instead of froyo unless that stock image is GB.
[Fascinate General] Nazarbaz:
Working again

Thanks, my phone is live again. There were 2 other files stock+Voodoo-Froyo-T959D-TLJL3 and stock+Voodoo-Froyo-T959D-TLJL3-unsigned-update what are these 2 for?
[Fascinate General] sselesnes:
Nazarbaz Patched kernels 2.3.x with Voodoo lagfix enabled (can be disabled from CWM). There was another solution to Fascinate with theese kernels - can't find it now. You can try it If you use stock firmware 2.2/2.3.3.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Responded to this already, but a word of caution. I think its best to follow the directions in the 2nd post - as that is geared towards getting your phone up to GB - and then flashing a new I9000 ROM (right now most of us would be on android 4.4.2 with KitKat - but you could flash ICS, or JB if you wanted.

The main reason for this is the bootloader - something weird happens - right now (if my memory is correct) you will see the phone loading (so T959D) and then your ROM - you don't see the kernel splash screen as something is amiss.

So recommended is those steps as they are geared at getting you back to latest stock (2.3.3) and then prepping your phone for an updated ROM from there. Just my 2 cents.

These are for 2.2 stock - and we're designed to reduce lag on usage (by creating EXT4 filesystem I think if memory serves) and of course voodoo colours and sounds - these files are only good if you want to run froyo - on GB there was never any good modifications for the phone, and the only way to root was through the speedmod kernel - but once you had that you could always get on a fresh new ROM.
[Fascinate General] bindoksala:
CM 11 Nightlies to Slimkat 4.4

Hello JP,

Currently I am on CM 11 Nightlies but want to migrate to latest stable Slimkat 4.4, what are the steps do I have to take.

When I migrated to CM 11 Nightlies from Slimbean I just flashed the CM 11 Nightlies zip and it worked.

Please find attached the screenshot of the About Phone.

Regards

BS
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
For a new ROM, I would download all the required files. Then boot to recovery. Do a full wipe, so factory reset, wipe both caches, format system partition (not data or your internal storage). Flash your ROM according to the ROM instructions and enjoy.
[Fascinate General] Nazarbaz:
lagfix

I copies stock+Voodoo-Froyo-T959D-TLJL3-unsigned-update.zip to sd card and changed name to update.zip, get to recovery and tried it but it said "Signature verification failed"!

---------- Post added at 08:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 PM ----------

Sure I would have preferred to get to the latest stock ROM. But I could not download files refereed to in post #2.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
What's the issue? I ave PMs regularly with folks who all can access it - is there anything we can do to help? I think I sent you the username password.

Unclear what problems you have.
[Fascinate General] bindoksala:
The stable Slimkat seems to be working fine but now would like to flash the weekly 3.4 build, so do I have to do a full wipe, factory reset and wipe both the caches?

Also my understanding is that for weekly build flashing gapps is not necessary since its not the new build.

Regards

BS