yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
For sure it is. I tried installing it and it failed. Then I see it in the Control Panel, so I've tried removing it from there, but the uninstall process fails as well. I've tried installing and/or uninstalling the USB drivers in safe mode and that too fails.

Am getting really annoyed. They couldn't have just made a normal driver that I could have loaded through the device manager? I have to use their bloody installler?!

Grrrr.
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Do you have usb debugging turned on still? I know when I connect mine to my computer with that enabled I tend to have some connectivity issues.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Matt! Good to see you ... and yes, it is turned on ... turned it off to see if that makes a difference. :) Cheers mate!
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I'm baaaack lol. Figured I'd come back to my trusty android, the iPhone was starting to turn into my left arm, and once Apple gets a hold of you, you're pretty much done hah.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
I managed to unlock mine using Galaxy S Unlock. Didn't work at first, but eventually I upgraded to Sem 2.9.10s and reran it. Don't know if that made the difference (would be doubtful), but it worked. Tested against a Fido voice-only SIM yesterday and it worked fine on Fido. I have no reason to suspect that data won't work.

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I've tried with it both turned on and off (I think). I don't remember anymore and not in front of that PC for another couple of days. But I wanted to get connection to it via ADB, and I need debugging enabled for that to work (from my limited knowledge). Right now, I'm getting frustrated that I cannot seem to remove the SAMSUNG USB Drivers for Mobile Devices from my PC (refuses to uninstall), and when i try to reinstall, it fails before it completes. I think I will need to try to clean the registry by hand (yeecch) and see if I can reinstall successfully at that point.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
So tried that, but still getting soft reboots. Getting them on playstore and one of my apps keeps mysteriously uninstalling. To be fair - did not factory reset and I'm running a preview version of Slim. Think I'm going to wipe factory / reset and go back to CM10.1 (using the preview version which is 4.2.2).

Might be interesting.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

That's so strange. I've not had one single soft reboot or hard lockup since I flashed.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Likely jinxing things but I too have found this to be much mite stable so far than stock gb. Although I did have one phantom dial out yesterday. Just put the phone down on the counter and it randomly decided to dial voice mail. Thought it might have been triggered by my bt headset but my headset wasn't even turned on.

battery life so far is questionable. I'll post a screen shot later off 24 cycle after a calibration.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Screenshot of battery life for first 24 hours following calibration. I figure the Wi-Fi is sync related but I've always had sync on and never had that much attributed to Wi-Fi.

Any way I can reduce the drain to Wi-Fi?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah, a few times in play store as well as everytime I hook up to a computer to transfer files. Kinda weird, so bailed again.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Really strange occurrence I started noticing. I don't know off it is SB related or a problem with Telus but I started getting text messages in duplicates, triplicates and even 5 or 6 times in a row. Not sure if this is a Rom problem or something else.

Has anyone else had issues with this?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Happened to me as well.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Just on SB or did you notice it on anything else as well? Is this a Rom issue/bug?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
LOL - thought the same thing, I was using the S version - and then reflashed to 1.0.0 straight up - problem solved.

</not an iPad>
[Fascinate General] cash2387:
I wouldnt mind trying a few things wth the Build.Prop. For some reason when I go to install Sprit FM Free my device is seen as a Telus Unknown GT-I9000 and wont let me install...issues oh issues with ICS :p
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah, there's a few items recommended in the thread. I'd like a stock build.prop to compare to

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
You don't happen to have a link to that do you? This is really a PITA...
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Should be under advanced in cwm

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Hey buck, how did you go about installing weui? I think I'm gonna do that today and see what the fuss is all about.

Sent from my Telus Fascinate running OneCosmics ICS!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I think if you are coming from ICS you just flash through CWM... Right there with you matt :)

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
And that's it! :D
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
All I have to say...... I wish I did this sooner. This is an awesome ROM, incredible installer, and it looks sweet. This is pretty much everything that isn't in onecosmics. Its still ICS, but with much, much, more options. I give it an 11 out of 10 :D
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Damn it. Now I have to switch :)

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Lol, only issue I'm having is some of my contacts in messaging does not display their name, only their phone number even though they have a contact card. Anyone know what's going on here?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Guys - what kernel and such did you pick on install?

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
I choose icy glitch, looks cool on startup, not really sure what advantages there are as opposed to the semaphore which we've all used.

Edit: Just reinstalled weui, changed to semaphore, looks like you get more free memory with this than icy glitch, so I'm sticking with this one.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Went with semaphore as well.. First flash didn't take - was like part ICSSGS and part WEUI - flashed a second time and ran a kernel cleaning script first - that was perfect.

Just the base on it - and cannot decide on a launcher (TW4 looks great and Apex gives more of an ICS feel) - and haven't even looked at MIUI themes yet.

Have to see on battery life and such and slowly add apps back in.... Think I'll stay awhile.

Thanks Matt, and Finn and Buck for cutting teeth (man that install was sick it was so Good!)

</not an iPad>
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Anyone have trouble loading GAPPS Update? I don't seem to have PLAY installed LOL

Have to read through the WEUI Thread later - visuals are outstanding though.

</not an iPad>
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Yeah I downloaded and flashed the update in recovery, but it still comes up I have an update. Wierd.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Hey guys, I'm new here but I guess this the right spot to ask.

I'm using ICSGSS and I no longer have video playback what-so-ever. Is that a ROM issue or did I screw up flashing?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
What kernel are you Running?

</not an iPad>
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Matt - same for me.. FLASHED the update, still comes up as needing the same update. No play for me though.

</not an iPad>
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Just upgraded to Semaphore 1.1.1s today. Glad to see you guys give this one a whirl. I haven't been posting much lately because for the most part because everything works really nice and I've been super happy with this rom.

I also had some signing issues with the gapps update but flashed from recovery and all's been well since.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I thought it was a telus thing but honestly cannot remember but I think it was slim bean only.I'm back on CM now so I'll make note if it happens again.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Just noticed that slim 4.2.1 has official stable release. Will try to upgrade to that and see if it makes a difference.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Let us know your thoughts. Latest cm is very stable and battery seems great. Haven't adjusted dpi yet.

Google voice is very quick on 4.2.2.
[Fascinate General] kagedtime:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

My phone was restarting into recovery mode several times a day. With SB RC 1 and 2 so i jumped over to remICS 4.2.1. Little annoying when you use the phone as an alarm clock. Seemed to do it with no pattern. One time it was charging another time I was using the browser. In other news remICS seems nice.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
I'm still having zero issues with SB 4.2.1. On the stable since Saturday at launch.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
back on CM 10.1 for me - battery life is fantastic much better than what I was having on Slim RC2 and as a bonus I'm on 4.2.2 :)
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Decided to give CM10.1 a shot...so far so good

Anyone know if cm has the "hold back to kill" feature?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yep - in the developer options. Not seeing the developer options? Going into phone details and keep clicking the build information - it will appear.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Thanks JP....found it

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Just curious do i use the "s" version of semaphore or the regular for cm10.1
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I use the S version plus the big memory fix for it.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Whats the big mem fix do?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Fixes video recording
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Thanks...will try both versions and see which works better
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Had my first random reboot into recovery mode today while on the phone, so was quite annoyed. Took 2 or 3 mins before it rebooted. Haven't had a chance to reflash 4.2.1 release yet, so will do that today.

Is the CM10.1 or the remICS in-call dialer the same as SB4.2.1? I'm somewhat annoyed at the layout. The end button is too large and too close to all the other phone options (ie: show dialpad, speaker phone, etc), and too often gets pressed accidetnally when trying to press another button. I haven't found anything in the market to replace the in-call dialer screen yet though.
[Fascinate General] kagedtime:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I don't remember what the dialer looked like in slim but here is a screenshot from remICS which should be just a themed cm 10.1
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Looks pretty similar. Not a significant improvement/change. Fat fingers will still hit the hang up button... here are screen shots from SB.2.1.

Great - can't upload images from xda app-developers app anymore for some reason. Had to edit post via web interface. And just hit my first soft reboot with 4.2.1 stable. Already not liking this.. :)

Although am now able to send files via BT which I was unable to do in 4.2.1-RC2. So that is a plus.
[Fascinate General] Edgeman16:
I have a question, and this may be the wrong place for it, but how hard would it be to make a fork/build/whatever based on the galaxysmtd CyanogenMod ROM but adjusted for our phone specifically?

ie. remove the references to a front camera, adjust the keymap file to make the search button work, a different modem, voila?

I don't imagine those pieces of the operating system change much (based on the commits to https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_galaxysmtd )

What unknown problems/issues would happen if I tried to go down this rabbit hole, not knowing much/anything about this sort of thing?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Most custom ROMs use T9 dailers, so not a lot of changes unless themed. I know we talked about exdailer - but there are others on the market - find the one you want and if you have TB you can put it in system and make it a system app and make it the default for calling (and if brave uninstall the other system via TB as well). Not for hte faint of heart, but if you are trying to make things perfect ... :)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Speaking of making things perfect ... once upon a time, glitch made a custom t959d kernel, but we pretty much use i9000. Now, my development days are LONG behind me (anyone need a powerbuilder app ... didn't think so) but that's how most ROMs end up - ports of other devices. My TF101 ROM right now is a port from the Nexus 7 for example - so there are gotchyas here and there, but you never know until you dive in to make changes.

If all you wanted was a working search key, likely could make a flashable file. I was going to try this but honestly, I just go in and edit the file.

So all I can say is good luck, and we can try and help out where we can :)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Just noticed - 200 thanks - think I'll buy myself a cake :)
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I just realized that the search key didn't work. Where/what do I edit in which file too make it work?

Thx

Eric
[Fascinate General] Heoxoma:
Here is link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37298697&highlight=search+gps#post37298697

in this thread earlier we discussed the same thing.

You can flash the file from attachment or look inside and you will see what you should change in your cypress-touchkey.kl.
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
uhm...

I've been reading for quite a bit since I've got my first android phone back in march 2011 on XDA.

I don't want to bother anyone with all this but this very thread is 221 page long... What I mean is that there is so much information, new revisions of roms, kernels, baseband, launchers and mix/match combination that work or don't work... so the more I read, the more it gets confusing and hell to search proper information and the best combination.

For example, I read posts where people are excited of the results they get and then couple post later, one is saying the search/home/menu/back key is not working or the camera is not working or the wifi has issues or the gps got issue.

I absolutely do not want to bash the incradible work some of you guys have put on this thread. It is really impressive with step by step procedures. But like I am saying, I am quite new at this so for some of you, it might be a piece of cake to handle all these rom procedures but for some other, like me, it's getting fuzzy...

I've got a weird issue with my phone where it reboot by itself and reboot constantly in loop. The first time it happend was 13 days after warranty experied (I had still 380$ to pay on my phone).

I did fight a bit with Samsung and they agreed fix it anyway (300$ repair motherboard replacement) but even since they return my phone, the phone still reboot by itself. It does not get stuck on the reboot loop anymore but it reset completely just sitting there in my pocket or on the table... I hear the startup music and I know my phone just reset itself.

I am at this point because it did happend again today... My phone reset itself again. I have read a lot (and watch on youtube) since my phone break the first time and many people saying that ICS/JB works way better than Gingerbread. And buy the way, I never understood, why a bunch of geniuses like you guys (I say this in a good way) are able to make this work but Samsung says "nope, impossible to make this work on these older devices". Anyway...

I have NEVER attempted to do anything on my phone yet. I run stock 2.3.3 T959D and lock to Telus even when it crashed a year ago. I have seen Slim ICS on youtube and it looked impressive (was not a T959D but pretty similar)... This is where I am more and more tempted to try this...

So, do you guys have a way so I can find the latest/best combination for everyday use in these 221 pages ?

I "think" that this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23487635&postcount=2 seems to be quite up to date. Any other pointers ?

And my very last question, is there a way to know what languages are supported with the release ?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Most threads that are long in the tooth like this one, best to read the OP (opening posts) and then the last pages backwards. As you point out many versions of ROMs are out there, so the oldest posts are typically outdated.

Everyone starts somewhere - I ran my phone stock froyo for a long time before I rooted it - and even then, I only rooted it. Then I got rooted 2.3.3 working after that (with some pain). It wasn't until later I started trying custom ROMs (DarkyROM was the first I put on) and that was with a LOT of reading and support from others.

This happened to me a lot on 2.3.3 as well. Just random reboots and I would hear that Samsung music.

LOL - yeah, well, from a Samsung POV this is a non-supported device - so no sammy ROMs past 2.3.3 but I'm running 4.2.2 with no issues (granted I don't run Google Now as that is a bit slow and sucks the life out of battery. I'm no genius, but I can hack my way through things.

So read the OPs here and I do recommend ordering a USB jig - that can get you into download mode if something goes wrong. They are cheap from ebay. Its saved me for sure - there are other tricks, but all depends on how comfortable you are once you start the process.

So this is DEFINITELY where I'd start. also, it sounds like you are looking for stable, so I would get the i9000 version (NOT the T959) for CM10. You can find the thread in the i9000 forums along with the links, as well, I think if you search this thread for CM10 you will find a link from me there as well as some notes on it.

As you do it - get on this thread - ask questions. Everyone here is helpful - and that is kind of the point of the thread. We have an odd little phone, but a pretty good community.

I'm English only, so not much help here. CM has lots of supported languages though as I know I have some sounds that are chinese and the chinese characters show up for those ring tones/sounds.

Hope that helps a bit.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

:JP has kind of beat me to the punch, but I concur with just about everything he said. I started on 2.3.3 on this'd phone a couple of years ago and was frustrated for the longest time with it. Random reboots and lock ups, etc. Finally rooted it several months back but was always a little afraid to take the plunge in case I fried it. With 4 young kids,I couldn't afford to be without a phone. Finally,I found a spare in case something happened so u wouldn't be dead without it.

JP and Karmatose were awesome for guidance and help. I can definitely say my phone it's more useable now on 4.2.1, although don't expect it to be particularly faster. And so far, my battery life seems a little worse off than on GB. the biggest annoyance so far is that I sometimes get multiple text messages repeated anywhere from 1-5 times over a span of 0-5 mins. It gets difficult having a conversation sometimes our you get texted long after you are done. Don't know if the other ROMs are having the same issue.

as far as s stability goes, I'm running slim 4.2.1 and semaphore 2.9.10 (the i9000 builds), and it has been quite stable so far. I'm not as eager as the other guys to reflash regularly as I'm too last to reinstall/resync every time.

My biggest hurdle when I first flashed was that I misread Karmatose's awesome how-to in the original OP. You have to make sure you first flash 2.1.0 with Odin in order to load the newer firmware(ie cm10 or slim 3.1+). It is in one of the instructions-i just missed it.

But really the only way to learn is to muddle your way through it and ask when in doubt or you run into problems.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

4 kids! :)
[Fascinate General] aaronu1:
Hi there guys ive been looking forward to installing ICS on my t959d. Ive just been trying to find this file i need to revert back voodoo.advanced.v666.2-20110111-21.53.tar Or is it not important. Cause it said its a needed file.!! :S If someone willing to upload it be great. Ive googled it came up with dead links.
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Darky's was an awesome rom to start out on, loved the robotic voice on initial startup from the lag fix being applied. Almost made it sound alive! Lol

As the other guys said, if you have any issues we are here to help as we've all been through that "eager to try something new but afraid to brick my device" feeling and there isn't much that we haven't seen in terms of problems. We're here for ya man!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Where does it say it's needed?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I reenbabled those links. But you really don't need them, just file Karma's guide in the third post.
[Fascinate General] aa1401:
Thanks for the info man
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I think getting the files is a first good step. If you want, once you have them, just give a descrip but I think if you follow the install instructions from Karma in the OP and have the file you need for CM10 - that is a good first step (CM 10 is JB 4.1.2). I did it to my wife's phone pretty easily, and since you are already on 2.3.3 you can likely skip ahead to getting it rooted.

As a first time flasher I highly recommend making sure you know how to back up your EFS folder - its easy - but make sure you do that per the instructions as flashing to ICS or JB will invariably make you lose your IMEI (the unique identifier of your phone). Its easy to get back, you just need to make sure you back it up. :)

I would gather your files and proceed with the steps to get your phone working with root on 2.3.3 - once you do that, I think you'll have the confidence to move to the next step.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Just popping in to say.... You really can't permanently brick these phones. One particularly handy thing I've done in the past when I muck things up is with the phone off hold volume down and plug in a USB cable. Does the exact same thing as a USB jig would. If that for some reason doesn't work a USB jig most certainly will.

... And should you mess up the software on the phone, just jump on my website and grab the stock 2.3.3 image and restore to stock using the first few steps in my guide and try again. Or ask for some help. Chances are if you're having a problem, myself, JP or anyone else who checks this thread regularly has had that problem too and can chime in and help.

Long story short, we have an old but very well documented and hacker friendly hardware platform that's nearly impossible to screw up. Dive in, the water is fine!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
@Karma - see Pawtip is working on an ubuntu phone for i9000? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2162534

Very very very very early stages, but might be interesting.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Now that's interesting. I'll throw it on my i9000 today if I can get it to turn on. My makeshift power button seems to have killed the on/off circuitry.