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[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
I hear you. I'm due for an upgrade in July. But this phone just keeps trucking. Maybe I'll wait and find a cheap LTE SII (Skyrocket or HD LTE). I really don't need a super phone. That's what my Nexus 7 is for. My phone just needs to be a phone, send and recieve texts, tether and be emergency internet back up.

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I just did that for myself, no real need, other than I hadn't really wiped the phone clean in quite some time. I had all kinds of left over empty folders from apps that don't uninstall properly and stuff like that.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
I didn't full wipe and it's quite sluggish. I mean, it's not horrible but it's noticeable. Noticeable enough that I'm going to completely wipe and do it again.

I did delete caches and manually formatted /system though.
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
SB 4.2.1 was so sluggish on a dirty flash, I contemplated going back to SB 4.1.2. SB 4.2.2 for me is heads above what was happening with 4.2.1.

As always, YMMV

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I am also running very minimal apps. Pretty bare bones.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Did full wipe. Much better.

Also running very little. WhatsApp, SMS, Gmail and Play Music are all I really use. Sometimes Pinball Arcade.
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
Excellent. All I really run is Touchdown (for Exchange compatibility, long story, but it implements full Exchange, rather than the feature diminished Android, the biggest one being multiple calenders in my work email system), Gmail, SMS, and tethering. Everything else is on the Nexus 7.
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
24 hrs and seems rock solid stable on SB 4.2.2. Battery life seems to be about the same as before.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
hey - let me know if you suffer any soft reboots particularly if you are loading a lot of apps in the playstore (multiple udpates) or connecting your phone to your computer and enabling USB storage.

Both things cause me to have soft reboots in the previous version of Slim (RC1 version).
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
All of that seems to work flawlessly for me. (Multiple play store updates yesterday and threw some music on the music via USB this morning)
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
I'm having the opposite experience. Battery life is bad and I'm getting random reboots when trying to connect to the PC with USB.
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
Yea, I shouldn't have mentioned the battery yet. We all know it takes two or three days for things to settle down when installing a new ROM. I will continue to monitor. I still have not had any USB issues.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
methinks I'll stay with CM ... for now.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Sure... but I managed to only get 7hrs out of my 1650mAh battery this morning doing nothing out of the ordinary. It's never been that bad. Even on a fresh flash I can still manage 10hrs+ usually.

Anyway, I'll give a verdict in a few days. I might just go back to JB 4.1.x.
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
Battery life since yesterday: SB 4.2.2

GPS off, wireless on, sync on.

Battery: No name $5 Ebay special (Says its 2450 mAh in Engrish)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Holy Crap - that is crazy good. Curious - it shows data on in your pic, did you have wifi, data, and sync all on all the time?

Also, what services do you have - facebook, twitter, gmail, exchange, etc? And how much screen time is your battery showing?

I'm lucky to get a full day out of mine BUT I'm a heavy user with a lot of accounts (facebook, twitter, G+, linkedin, exchange, google, etc.). When I look at battery stats nothing really jumps out at me as eating my battery.
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
Yes, Data on as well.

Other services running:

Screen 15%

Touchdown 3% (and this is set to push emails and appts from work. I highly recommend this app if you use Exchange a lot, well worth the price)

Google+ 3%

Android System 3%

Facebook 2%

I generally find that my battery life is way better on WiFi than on Telus data.

All bets are off when I turn tethering on. Tethering will suck the life out in an hour or 2. I usually only tether while plugged in and charging.

And as a caveat, I do most of my stuff on my Nexus 7 while tethered.

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And..... I took the screen shot when I got to my office this morning, no WiFi (well, there is, but spotty at best). I generally have WiFi on regardless of signal. It is available in other parts of the building.

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And the link to the Ebay seller that I got the battery from. I figured $5 was a small sum to gamble.... Seems to work great. As always, other people may have different results....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2450mAh-Hig...049?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43b897d509
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Do you need an extended back with that Battery?
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
No, it is the same physical size as the stock battery. It was well worth the gamble. It may not be 2450 mAh as advertised, but I get at least an extra day of battery life.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
LOL - 5$ - I'll go without a Latte today. :o)
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
Haha. Yea, I figured it would either work, or it wouldn't. And $5 in the grand scheme of things is nothing. They ship via regular snail mail, so it takes 3 or 4 weeks to arrive. I actually ordered 4 of them, one for me and 3 others for the 2 Captivates and 1 Vibrant in the office. The other guys have had no issues with them either.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Can you post a link to the ad/vendor that you used? How long have you been using this battery? I've had mixed issues with China batteries in the past. They would work great out of the box, but would suffer terrible drains after a few months of use (maybe 6), whereas the OEM batteries would last 1-2 years before seeing siginificant performance degradation.

As for battery drain while tethering - is that via BlueTooth or via Wifi hotspot? My tests have shown that bluetooth tethering drains significantly less than wifi hotspotting...

Tx,

Eric
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
And the link to the Ebay seller that I got the battery from. I figured $5 was a small sum to gamble.... Seems to work great. As always, other people may have different results....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2450mAh-Hig...049?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43b897d509

I have been using it for about 7 months now. If it quits, I'll just order another.....

I almost exclusively tether on WiFi. Bluetooth has been spotty for me....(ie, sometimes it connects automatically, sometimes I have to repair. At least with WiFi, it just connects)
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Holy cow - that explains it. 2450mAh compared to stock 1500mAh. You're getting almost double the life. That's fantastic. Any issues with fit in the T959D, or is the battery compartment exactly the same as the i9000? What about early recharge/memory issues? (Have had these issues with China Li-ion batts in the past...

I agree - wifi completely drains it. To the point where if I am wifi tethered and plugged in, it doesn't actually charge - it just doesn't drain.
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
No issues with fitment or recharge/memory issues. It came partially charged and I let it discharge to warning before putting a full charge to it. I also have 2 guys with Captivates and 1 guy with a Vibrant in the office running these batteries as well. So they fit the entire i9000 range. We ran into ONE small issue on one of the Captivates where the pins seemed not to connect. I gave him my battery and took his and there were no issues after that. And like I said, for $5 I wasn't really concerned if it worked or not......

Yea, WiFi hotspot is a kicker for battery use. I generally only run the tethering when I'm at my desk and plugged into my computer or in the car where it is plugged into the charger. I have mounted my Nexus 7 in the car for sound and navigation......
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

A few days now on SB 4.2.2. Zero issues. None, nada. Waiting for the other shoe to drop.......
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Aye... Other than the one reboot when mounting USB drives it's been roses here. Battery... Still average. Not better or worse than 4.2.1. I do stream music though.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Does anyone else use the SIP dialer built into the OS? I can't seem to get my SIP provider to register any more with SlimBean 4.2.2.
[Fascinate General] Heoxoma:
Similar stuff to me.

I briefly tried RemICS (nothing special, but I tried for sake of 720 video) and then switched to SB 4.2.2.

Battery life worse, reboots on USB connection, couple FC.

So I am back on CM 10.1 it's still better feeling for me more stable in short. :cool:

I also enabled dev. options to play with animation scale but can't see any difference.

BTW did somebody try to use CM kernel instead of Semaphore or it is not compatible with our T959Ds?
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I used the cm kernel for about a day before going to Semaphore... No reason really just hadn't had a chance to do the switch
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
+1 works fine, in fact semaphore is based on pawtip's kernel. I just like semaphore - and strats provides incredible support to Q&A.
[Fascinate General] Heoxoma:
Thanks for prompt reply.

One more question: Are somebody using Pimp my ROM tweaks, in particular entropy generator. Did you notice any difference?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Haven't played with that much, but there is a new kernel (Cyankernel or something) out there - lots of versions in a few days so still in flux, but based on sema, and has entropy enabled by default as he felt that was missing (he also makes a very slim gaming ROM for those that use the phone for gaming).
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
Flashing voodoo kernel along with going back to stock

The title is exactly my question. I would like to go back to stock on my telus t959d, but at the same time, I would like to flash the voodoo kernel via odin; and if possible root at the same time (if possible). Where do I put the voodoo kernel file in odin?

E: what is the point of backing up efs folder? How is it useful after a a clean wipe? I have backed up my efs folder and now that I have flashed back to stock, what do I do with that folder? Do I just replace it with the one on my phone currently or do I have to only replace specific files?
[Fascinate General] fawzisaeed:
thanksssssssssssssssss
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Hi so, so - when you say 'back to stock' what do you mean? Back to froyo or back to Gingerbread 2.3.3 - I cannot recall if there is a voodoo kernel for gingerbread, so you'll need to let us know what kernel you are using (link please) to provide any help there. If froyo, just let us know the details of what you are trying to do.

In terms of an EFS folder - I find when moving from GB to ICS or JB, more often than not, you lose your EFS folder which contains your IMEI - this is the unique identifier for your phone - your phone's SIN if you will - and you need to simply copy it back. If you check your phone and your IMEI matches the one written on your phone located just behind the battery - then you do not need to restore it.

Make sense?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
for? :)
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
I mean go back to stock froyo. Btw I followed the tut in the first page for flashing stock gb using the files provided and after that, my phone has been acting very strangely. The first time I got it on my phone, it took a solid 12 mins for it to go from the samsung logo to the initial welcome and settings page. Then after that, whenever I click an app or an app freezes up, it will simply turn off the display and no matter how many times I press the power button, it won't turn on or show any signs that it is on; then I have to long press power button to restart it. Some times it gets to the home screen, but when display turns off again and I manage to turn it on, the 'touch to slide' screen freezes in the middle of sliding, then just simply turns of display again and restart is needed.

What I decided to do is go back to stock...again, root and use kies to update to 2.3.3. Will post here if it works. Before I leave, is there a lag fix for this phone? I tried the voodoo lag fix which was apparently supposed to be for telus fascinate t959d but after flashing, my phone just sits at 'SGHT959D + samsung at bottom' stage for 45 mins until I decided it was either soft bricked or just trolling.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I'm not aware of a lagfix for GB 2.3.3 - you can root it following the instructions in the OP with the speedmod kernel (then replacing the kernel again).

Also, just to make sure - you have the 3G+ fasciniate and NOT the 4G one correct?
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
That is correct. I kinda jumped on the bandwagon when the samsung fascinates/captivates first came out. Ok, so no lag fix, however are there roms I can flash which are faster and actually work for Telus T959D? Also I used the superoneclickroot tool to root it now.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
OK - great. So not sure if there is a lag fix for GB - essentially, I went from (over the course of 3 years here) stock froyo, to rooted froyo with lag fix, to stock GB, to rooted stock GB and then to DarkyROM, MIUI, a few ICS before setting on SlimICS, then SlimBean, and now CM 10.1.

I would say the vast majority of the folks on this thread are on (1) CM10, (2) SlimBean, or (3) CM10.1.

That's just my impression - if you go back a few pages, you will see threads where one of the members here was trying to mod for the first time - comes down to what you want. I have 2 T959Ds - mine and my wife's - I like flashing, so I'm running CM10.1 via Cyandelta and flashing pretty near every day and loading extra stuff (search fix, gps fix, multi DPI play store, semaphore kernel, big mem fix) - my wife, I put on CM10 when I got it, semaphore kernel that was supported for it - that was it. She likes it and likes I don't play with it (that's what she said). :)

So yeah, there's lots of ROMs that work out there for this - we use the I9000 version of ROMs here as our phone is close to that.
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
Does the CM10 rom come with cwm recovery? Or do I have to do that seperately?

E: I'm thinking of going with slimbean. Is there any thing I have to do first before flashing that? I have backed up efs and my contacts and songs/pics are backed up on google. I don't have cwm recovery but the phone is rooted

E2: Do I go with the vibrant or I9000 version? I've looked at the galaxy I9000 and vibrant and the vibrant looks similar to my phone with the seperate home and back buttons instead of the large single home button in the front
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Use I9000 Roms. Flash SB from GB - might be a good idea to flash CM10 first (which has CWM in it) and the partition changes, so you'll need to flash 3 times (it will error twice - just keep at it). :)
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
Where can I get CM10 for telus fascinate? And do I put it in PDA when flashing with odin?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Follow the opportunity, you should not be using Odin to flash the Rom itself. Look for cm 10 in the i9000 forums our the link is here probably a half dozen pages back.
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
refresher

Good Evening,

I am currently running glitch kernel with the SURFACE ICS rom (6 months). Things have been working pretty well but I would like to try CM10.1 on my telus fascinate.

I have been reading for a while and am a little rusty as to the steps.

Can I just flash from SURFACE to CM10.1 (with existing glitch kernel) or is it best to go back to stock?

What about the semaphore kernel?

Thanks
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

You can probably flash from surface. Just back up EFS and you may need to flash a kernel with updated recovery. Likely also need to flash 3 times because of the updated partition change.
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
Thanks....I will give it a try.

Is there a "safer" method that you would suggest or just go for it?

Thanks again.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Honestly, go with SlimBean 3.1 (AKA 4.1.2). The 4.2.2 ROMs still need a bit more time in the oven.

Follow my guide. It's pretty spot on. If you get stuck, throw the phone in download mode and start fresh.
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
I originally used the guides on page 1 of this thread....is that the one you are referring to or is there an updated one?? Sorry....just making sure I have my crap together before I start down the path again.

Thanks in advance
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yep - Karma's guide is in the 2nd post. Credit to him at the top. Followed that for my last flash actually, and the one I put on my wife's.
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
That is what I thought....just making sure. Thanks again!
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
Ok I tried flashing cm10, but it did not flash. I tried about 10 times although I hear it usually takes at most 3 times to finally get it to flash. Can I get a link please as to where I can get the slimbean you speak of?
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
http://slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/all/viewcategory/149-i9000 < ROM

http://slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/all/viewcategory/159-addons-full-packages-4-1-2 < addons

Anyway, what "didn't work" about your CM10 experience?
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
The flashing part didn't work. Starting at step 9 on the second page of the guide; I have already made a copy of my efs folder and it is on dropbox. Then since cm10 is jellybean(?) I got the jb Semephore kernel (confusing because the link provided only contained the zip). I also got the KH3 modem although it stated on the guide he went with KG3, but since I couldn't find KG3 in the link, I went with the one closest to the name which I could find. I also got gapps from the cm website (yes I got the one for jellybean). I put all these files on my sd card. (Not the semaphore kernel) I then flashed the Semaphore kernel using odin in the PDA section. Phone rebooted and I found myself in the CWM recovery v6.something. I followed this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2039755 to install the cm10. After doing the nandroid backup, I tried to install cm10 and I just kept getting an error message. So yea, any fix or suggestions? In the mean time, I am on froyo (ughh) because having to flash back to stock is tiring.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Right.you need to use the 2.1 version of semaphore for it to work.
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
Where can I download the KG3 modem for cm10?

E: Is this a good one to get?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16528695&postcount=105

E2: Btw is cm10 jellybean or ics?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Quick answers before I hit the rink. Karma stores the modems and can be found here (ICS ones work on ics and jb)

http://karmatose.org/t959d/modems/ics_modems/850_enabled/

Cm10 is jb 4.2.1.

Cm10.1 is jb 4.2.2.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Getting father along now?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Lastly, no the modem from your link is for gb, So will not work. Use the ones from my link above.
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
Thanks for the prompt reply. Will go ahead and root and again

E: Rooted and flashed successfully...However I rebooted and it is still on the loading screen with the lime green android man and says "...powered by Semaphore" at the bottom. However I'm not about to loose patience and restart it again. Jm when you get back can you help me with this one if it doesn't sort itself out by then. Thanks again!

E2: Holy Jesus! It is showing the Cyanogenmod boot screen with the circling vortex!!!

E3: Ok so it installed fine but doesn't connect to telus network...any ideas?

It is also not showing any APN and when I go to settings>about phone > Status, there is no mobile network, no phone number showing, and IMEI is unknown

E4: Even more problems. When I turn off display, it restarts the phone...
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
I can't find the correct semaphore 2.1.0s tar file. I downloaded the zip just fine. Step 10 says to put the .tar'd semaphore kernel file you just downloaded.....but I don't have it.

I downloaded one from semaphore site....it loads fine, but on reboot it just sits at the semaphore logo forever???

Missing something small I am sure.....feel like an idiot....sorry
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
Contains both the tar and zip. Make sure you download the 2.1.0 tar/zip

http://www.semaphore.gr/downloads/gt-i9000-jb

Make sure you have the correct modem(Any of these work)

http://karmatose.org/t959d/modems/ics_modems/850_enabled/

CM10 from here

http://get.cm/?device=galaxysmtd&type=stable

gapps(google apps)

http://goo.im/gapps

All these files except for the semaphore.tar should be in your internal sd card.

gl and hope you don't meet the same fate I am facing above

Edit: If you have flashed already, then just pull the battery out and replace then start it again
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
Thanks....that is what I tried. Just did it again and it just sits on the "powered by" Semaphore intro screen....does a couple of blinks and that is it??
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Restore your efs
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
Is there any issue if I don't update the semaphore kernel zip?? Every time I do it just freezes on reboot?

I installed using .tar at beginning.
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
Have you tried pulling and replacing the battery then restarting normally (no recovery restart)? I experienced the same thing you are talking about if you read a couple posts up
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
That's exactly the thing to try - also try the 3 button combo to get back into recovery via step 13. A few things:

- smac - your IMEI is definitely gone, you need to copy back that backup you made and put it back where it is supposed to be (/EFS/). You need a root file explorer to do this. ES File Explorer will work but in the settings TURN ON root access (off by default) and make system writable (read only be default).

- smac/lastcall - I would start with flashing CM10 - don't change kernels, don't load other zips - let's get a simple CM10 working. Then you can install from there (slim recommends using CM as a base)

- smac - sounds like given your shut off problems, etc. you may have something else going on - I would reflash the ROM from the scratch as well.

Just some thoughts, but I'm really really tired :)
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
Are you using 2.1.0 or 2.1.0s. The guide indicates the s version your link is just 2.1.0.

Just confirming
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Either or should work