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[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
This sucks. I tried updating Slim to 4.1.1 and it bootlooped. I couldn't get into recovery for some reason. Tried everything.

Went back to stock, and now I can't upgrade to CM9 or CM10 sources because it always goes into the bootloop, which is apparently expected, but I can't get into recovery to finish the flashing process.

This sucks. I tried replicating the process I used to get to Slim in the first place but it doesn't work.
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
Finally got SlimBean on there, but there are a ton of bugs with it, so I'll go back to 4.0.4 or whatever the latest stable ICS version was. I'll post how I did it later.

Just spent 8 hours straight at this. Damn.

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Still can't get it to work. I flashed exactly like Slim said I should, and it just boots into CWM all the time. Frick.
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
Yeah, I can't get it to work. I followed the steps exactly like Slim or any other ROM author says, and all it does is apply all the updates and flashing correctly, and then boots into CWM every single time.

I went like this.

-Stock 2.2

-Upgraded to DarkyROM 10.2.2 which I used for years and stable.

-Upgrade went fine, works great.

-Decided to go with Slim, who says you have to flash CM9 kernel or CM9 ROM(nightly). I flash CM9 kernal, works great. Reboot into recovery from CWM menu, and it does....apply slim update like he says, everything works great but on reboot it just boots into CWM.

I format everything, and try the same thing with different ROMs, same thing.

Only thing I haven't done is go to 2.3.3 or Darky, and flash CM9 nightlies. And that is because it naturally bootloops, and I can't get into recovery because the key combo is messed up, and even if I fix the layout with the .zip file, it still doesn't work properly.

I guess I'll stick with DarkyROM until CM figures out how to apply updates with the bootloop issue.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Try it like this:

-Stock 2.2

-Upgrade to stock 2.3.3 via kies instead of DarkyROM 10.2.2. Or, if you want to go from Darky 10.2.2, flash Semaphore or an appropriate t959d kernel for GB. The i9000 kernel included with DarkyROM 10.2.2 won't let you into CWM or download mode via button presses. You could probably pull of all you need to do with the Speedmod kernel for 2.3.3 in the OP.

-flash the glitch kernel from the op or from my webspace.

-wipe data / cache / davlik

-flash SlimICS 4.2 or CM9/10 without boot loops.
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
So flashing the normal t959d kernal while I'm still on Darky will let me go into download/recovery mode using the button combo? Isn't that overwritten when I flash the glitch kernel from the OP?

I'll outline the steps here as I understand them.

I'm on DarkyROM 10.2.2 right now so I might as well start from there.

-Flash speedmod kernel that you posted on first page through Odin.

-reboot and make sure it works right?

-go into CWM and flash the glitch kernel you posted in OP as well.

-Reboot into recovery??? (Slim says to do this too)

-wipe data, cache partition, davlik

-format /system in mounts and storage(Slim says to do this)

-flash i9000 4.2, and Slim common.zip

-reboot.
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Any screenshots? I'm curious myself now!

Sent from my Telus Fascinate running OneCosmics ICS!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Search YouTube Matt... There's a few videos.

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Yeah that definitely looks cool, I especially like the install screen. Kinda reminds me of a windows install lol.

Sent from my Telus Fascinate running OneCosmics ICS!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah the install is awesome and Miui is still my favorite rom.

I guess Onecosmic will have rc5 out soon.

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] bucknetbucky:
All I can say is so far this from has more coolness then other ics so I have no reason to change. I don't use the phone for much anymore now that I have the tab.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Ok I've gotta say that so far I love this WEUI rom. Only issue I've encountered so far (not long) has been not being able to wake from deep idle so I just unchecked that option in Semaphore. As usual, time will tell...
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Where is the DIDLE toggle in semaphore? I'm running 0.9.1 but don't see it in the Gui... What am I missing?

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] bucknetbucky:
DIDLE has never worked for me and always caused SOD. I think this is one of the things that make us different from the actual i9000
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Crappy :) but not worth worrying about.

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
It's an option under the kernel features tab on 0.9.5. One other curioustiy I've noticed is that for some reason I've never successfully used nstools for OC. I always get bootloops or a funky frozen screen (think Poltergeist) on startup. Happened to me this time as well, had to put a freeze on it.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
yeah, I abandoned seamphore 0.95 and have not install 0.97

0.95 was not stable for me and time zone kept switching to West Argentina - but only impacted the lock screen clock for whatever reason. I only notice it cause I'm on AST and not EST.

How you liking it so far Finn? Good for everyday use? I'm a heavy user so I need really good battery just to get at least 12 hours solid out of my phone.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Poll

Added a ROM poll for interest sake in the thread :)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
So far so good, never really had any battery issues with any of the Semaphore kernels, moderate user and usually end a 14hr day somewhere around 60%ish I'd say. First time on 0.9.7 so we'll see in a few days, never had any timezone issues though.

What's your got to kernel then Jp?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Semaphore is my GO TO lately - the GB version I was running with DarkyROM, and running 0.9.1 on my ICSSGS. I think its very superior. I used to love glitch because they have t959d version and for that alone I'll likely try it again, but semaphore lately is the one for me. Dying to try 0.9.7 but see a lot of people (including me) reverted back to 0.9.1 although I did it from the 0.9.5 beta.

I have to say - and its hard - I mean what is a 'light', 'moderate' and 'heavy' user - but I rarely see your battery level unless I'm at the light end of the stick - after about 10 hours I'll be down in low 60s. Although, just checked - sitting at 74% after 8.5 hours - with low to moderate usage (lots of emails, XDA, some scrabble, some messaging). Likely we're all seeing about the same and its just the characterization of usage that differs.
[Fascinate General] chubster7383:
WeUI looks so sweet and I loved MIUI. Very tempted to try... Maybe this weekend :)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
So I'd like to reflash WEUI from a formatted sd, superclean like. Can anyone tell me the shortest basic route. For example, can I flash from rooted, stock Froyo and install with cwm or do I have to do it from an ICS rom. Obviously it would be much faster and easier to do this from Froyo than ICS.
[Fascinate General] bucknetbucky:
You need to flash ics first. Follow the flash method to go from froyo to gb then ics.

To make it super clean, remove the external SD card and format the internal when you get to gb. After that copy the files to get to ics and weui and flash ics then full wipe and flash weui.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Posts for both in the first few posts here - ICS ROM and look for starting fresh

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Thanks, that's what I thought, I was just hoping for a shorter method...
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Flashed semaphore 0.9.7 and turned on DIDLE. Will see how it goes.

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Yep, you got it. Just added a few comments to your steps.

-Flash speedmod kernel that you posted on first page through Odin.

-reboot and make sure it works right? < it won't work. it will just bootloop, but this doesn't matter. you're only using it to flash the CM9 kernel and get the newer version of CWM. Just go directly to the next step.

-go into CWM and flash the glitch kernel you posted in OP as well.

-Reboot into recovery??? (Slim says to do this too) < Recovery = CWM.

-wipe data, cache partition, davlik

-format /system in mounts and storage(Slim says to do this)

-flash i9000 4.2, and Slim common.zip

-reboot.
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
What about the key layout? I'm on Darky 10.2.2 right now and I updated the key layout so my home key works. If I flash the speedmod kernel, and it bootloops, will the volume up + home + power boot me into recovery? Because that is what I had a problem with. Or is it volume up + volume down + power = recovery? I tried all kinds of different combinations but couldn't get to recovery. It was a bit confused though because I have fascinate hardware, but running i9000 software, and some people say the volume up + home + power = recovery, while others say volume up + down + power = recovery.

Lets assume I get into recovery and I flash the glitch kernel, do I reboot into recovery FROM the CWM screen, or do I flash, reboot....let bootloop, pull battery, and trigger recovery again with the key combo? I tried flashing the glitch kernel, and then said reboot into recovery from the CWM screen and it began bootlooping into CWM everytime after that regardless of what ROM I flashed.

I'm being fussy here because I have a feeling I'm missing a small important detail which is causing my problems.

Thanks for the help btw!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
So the key layout issue only fixes home and back while working IN the ROM - has nothing to do with recovery.

When you flash speedmod à la Odin, it WILL bootloop, but if you pull the battery and reboot it should go into CWM from there. THEN you can flash glitch. It will also bootloop, but again, pulling the battery and just rebooting should put you directly into recovery.

Been a while, but that's my recollection. :)
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
I flashed the speedmod kernel, rebooted and it booted up fine. Under phone information it say the kernel had been changed.

I rebooted into recovery via the power menu on Darky, and flashed the glitch kernel and now it just bootloops without going into recovery.

I tried all the key combos I know but nothing works.

I'm going back to stock 2.2 to see if I can make it work. I would update to 2.3.3 via Kies, but it says my phone can't be updated. I'm running the latest version of Kies and everything.

Any chance someone has the file to flash via Odin?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop

Did you pull the battery when boot looping?

And be sure to repartition when going back to 2.2
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
Yes I pulled the battery. Still didn't help. I'll try going to a CM9 nightly once more and see what happens.
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Try this to get into recovery, after the speedmod kernel is installed. Power off the phone, if it's just bootlooping pull the battery. Once it's off, hold your volume down + volume up and the power button. This is the only combination that works, you technically don't have a home button booting cuz they are touch buttons. You should see the gt i9000 screen then the kernel screen. Once you see that screen release the power button and keep holding the volume. You should get recovery. From there install the glitch, reboot and not to recovery. It will bootloop. Pull battery, get into recovery using above method, then flash the rom of your choice. Also, the reason your phone won't update in kies is because when you go back to stock, you need to factory reset your internal memory and select repartition in Odin. Correct me if I'm wrong guys!
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Next time I have to flash my phone, I'm going to make 2.3.3 stock Odin ROMs. I just can't be bothered to make them right now as my phone is working awesome.

No Problem.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
That would be awesome karma. You have more mad skillz than me!
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
Yeah it seems to be working pretty good. Any idea of why the IMEI would change? I don't get it.

I actually like my phone better now. Funny how if you're forced to restore, its even better when you're all done.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
ICS snookers Imei sometimes. You should just have to copy back your efs folder.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
2.2 is released, seems to be getting good reviews, also a gps fix for 2.2 here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31004303&postcount=1818

flashing soon...
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
It wiped my phone without warning me... I didn't have a backup ready.

Other than that.

Its so smooth. It's like the best version of JB I've seen. And Team Cyanogen helped a ton. I hope their quick SMS comes over as well.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
What modems work with JB?
[Fascinate General] AluminumHaste:
Running it now, wow smoooooooth.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
All ICS packaged ones. AKA Whatever you're running now.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Got 2.2 installed, all went well but I've got no imei. Replaced my efs with my backup rebooted but still nothing. Even went so far as to reflash, but still same result.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Grab it from a backup maybe?
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
I tried copying my backup over, no luck
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Check permissions.

should be rwxr-xr-x
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
it copied fine, just didnt do anything

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ah there we go, it turns out you have to flash a modem to get mobile data to work, :rolleyes: hah thanks for the help. my issues always seem to be bone headed things lol
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
OK. Rocking JellyBean now. Still playing. My battery is sucking but I'm using it lots and needs a few charge cycles.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Good deal! Keep me posted on battery life, etc. If it gets better and the rest of the OS is stable, I might make the jump next weekend.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Will do. And I'm not restoring from TB either. Trying to be as clean as possible, but essentially moved from Slimics to slim beans.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I wiped tb and started fresh as well. It was getting messy.

And I recommend wiping battery stats, my phone said I had 100% until it died 12 hours later.

Other than that, smoothest version yet. I've had no lag and no hiccups whatsoever. The amount of features is insane. Although CM10 is starting to build features I like.

I'm waiting for them to have the MMS with data turned off feature like miui. Its the only thing that draws me back.
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
So you're saying its worth screwing up my phone again to attempt to get JB on there?

:laugh:
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
after only using it for a day I can say that 2.2 is every bit as smooth and lag free as slimics 4.2. more time will give a better view on it but as far as I can tell its totally worth the switch.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Liking it so far. Very few drawbacks. Will write up more later.
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
I meant in terms of improvements. I have a great stable phone that is any bit as fast as the S2 on most days. My biggest issue is lack of reception but that is a carrier problem.

Not sure JB would change that much for me. Google Now is the biggest feature I would want.

Either way, I'm nearing the end of life for this phone anyways. So I'll keep it running ICS for the time being and once I have a new phone, I'll play around with putting JB on it.

At the end of the day, the hardware is what is I want improved. Camera, processor, screen size, etc, etc.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Any have any issues with losing the imei when upgrading to sb2.2?
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Can't say I've had any issues. Mine is going fine
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
There's a few posts here with issues but going from Slimics to slimbean was pretty seamless for me
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
I had read on the slim bean post about people losing going to 2.1...i lost mine (have the 0000 one) when i flashed slim ics...been waiting for a good version of sb before i go back to froyo and get my original imei back
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
So far this is pretty good. Only issues I gave are a few apps not showing up in the market but I have attempted any build.prop changes yet.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Missing apps? I haven't had that. Weird
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
What is the 0000 IMEI people are getting? Is it the same one? How does that work?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Search for grooveshark or tiny shark.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
It's a default one, if you lose your imei that's what it gets set to. Can lead to a host of issues, although some people say it has no impact.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
6 months of no real imei and no issues yet...knock on wood
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Groove shark was pulled. Tiny shark, I have no idea. But I see what you mean
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Pulled already? Just got back on this week.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/31/3282356/grooveshark-android-app-removal

Yeah, I went to get it and it was gone.

I still don't really know what it is. But apparently it's illegal.

I read in the comments that http://m.grooveshark.com will download it for you.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Well good, that explains that lol

Tiny shark might have gotten pulled too. I restored both TB just to have them. Only apps I did that for. Loving JB though.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Yeah, its unfortunate... glad I could be of help though. Usually its the other way around ;) and JB is so good.

Does the unlock to camera shortcut work for you? It doesn't for me
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Didn't for me but I just remapped it. Works fine now.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Ok, its a glitch. I'll fix it on my own. Thanks, oh last question. Does your search button work at all? Mine does nothing. It used to go to Google now but now it doesnt even do that
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
I haven't had any issues either. I guess I should be quiet about it though.

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Also, is the key layout normal again? I noticed that when I temporarily had JB on my phone.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah, you can fix camera in the lockscreen options.

Search is doing nothing for me either.
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
I must say slim bean is awesome. I can't wait till this becomes super stable like slim ics!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I have to say that I'm finding it better than ICS. More responsive, faster. Might buy Holo Launcher.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I'm liking the stock launcher for the first time ever. I haven't felt the need to switch. And we can't report that issue can we?

Shame we aren't officially supported
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Yeah it is a shame, but it's nice to be able to put new software on something that shouldn't have it. Down with Google! Lol
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
Its more like down with Samsung. Google would probably love it if Samsung put the latest updates on all their devices.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
When I was click on my search bar it brings up Google now, and then the search works fine from there
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
The bar or the button on the bottom (magnifying glass)?
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Oh, and I thought you were talking about the Bar on top, not the button on the bottom.

Yeah mine doesn't do anything either, never noticed as I don't ever use it
[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
I'm a bit worried about my IMEI being the factory default one. Everything works for now, and because my carrier is regional and doesn't have as many subscribers as bigger ones, it might not get blocked but I would prefer to fix it.

If I go to my SD card, there is a backup folder there, and inside there are 3 EFS folders. I have no idea how they were created because all my stuff was deleted when I went from JB back to ICS. Either way, inside are a ton of files, including a folder that is called 'imei.' How do I check if this is the folder that has my original IMEI, and how do I actually get EFS backup and restore to WORK? I installed it, and I'm stuck on the 'device not connected' screen.

I suspect that the EFS backup folders were created when I flashed a ROM/KERNEL. Don't some of them do it automatically? But I'm not sure if they are the right files.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Maybe start here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Thoughts on SlimBean 2.2

Hi Folks,

Still only a few days but thought I'd give some thoughts. I finally jumped on the SlimBean bandwagon (a little late) but can honestly say so far that is better than my installation of SlimICS. Here's some thoughts:

Installation

I did NOT go back to 2.2, GB, etc but simply upgraded from my current install of SlimICS. I wiped data, cache, dalvik, batt stats, and also formatted system. Then I flashed the I9000 device plus common 2.2. Later I flashed the voice rec and additional 4.1.1 services as well as the Extras (both from the update me application). I also flashed the GPS fix you can download from the website.

I had no issues, a lot of my system stuff remained (mostly additional ringtones) and also my modem.

I have NOT modded build.prop yet. I have not tweaked semaphore aside from low vibration.

General Use

I found that my apps were loading fast and less lag. The only exception was ES File Explorer which seems to lag a bit on start up - just to get root permissions. Not a show stopper by any means. The screens are very fluid and I am liking Holo Launcher and might purchase it. I think the Dev selected that as it is based on the JB launcher and has a small memory footprint.

As Spacekobra found out, the search button doesn't seem to work but you can search from the search bar, or long press on the menu. More annoying than anything else that there is a button that should work but does not. In terms of other things JB (along with CM AOKP cherry picks) gets you:

1) I like the animations - just a bit of polish.

2) I like the lockscreen - although could use some centering for the widgets (namely weather) but calendar works better.

3) The notifications are awesome with previews and counts.

4) Camera is worth the download - getting to the pictures is seamless - love it.

5) The voice search is quite nice - very siri like - and google now is neat but I'm only playing, not really using.

Only thing that seems worse is GPS which is documented. Even with the fix not quite as reliable as ICS IMO, but still very much works which is good enough for me.

Battery life seems to be about the same as ICS.

Should I Upgrade?

That is up to you. I'm a believer that if you do not need to flash and your phone is working perfectly, then do not flash. I felt that way with 4.2 SlimICS for a very long time (weeks!) but it was getting laggy and I was getting a lot of 'wait or close' prompts but that could totally be MY installation and not YOURS. That being said, I got the bug to flash after installing a new ROM on a friend's Galaxy ACE - and now I'm not looking back.

So for me, the upgrade makes total sense - was quick and painless coming from SlimICS but individual results may vary. I will update as I use it this week.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
What's your battery life like after a few days of use, jp?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I'll post updates today. Totally charged from dead last night so will be a decent test
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Minimal usage, sync and wifi on