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[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
You can try a dirty flash, or just a cache wipe with a format system - worse that can happen is you'll need to reflash with a factory reset if something is amiss.
[Fascinate General] tweebs:
What version of Super1Click are you using to get root? I've tried a few different versions including 2.3.3 I had around from my SGS I9000 days but no luck. I'm on 2.2 Froyo and in USB debug mode.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I'd have to check as haven't done that in ages. Any reason why you would not follow the steps in post #2 to get to a rooted state on 2.3.3 if you wanted to stay on stock?

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[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
2.3.3 short fuse should work

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[Fascinate General] tweebs:
A friend was in need on a phone for Rogers, someone gave her a old Telus 959D. I'm just trying to unlock it for her without paying someone $30. I remember this phone was almost the same as my I9000 so I thought I'd use the same tools. I've unlocked many many 9000 using SGS unlock but it requires root (and stock) I can't seem to get superoneclick to work for me. I'll try another machine.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Sent you the user name / pass. Super one click is in there, but maybe just move to latest and follow the 2nd post.

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[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
I used to use 2.2-Shortfuse
[Fascinate General] tweebs:
Thanks. I just had to first upgrade to Gingerbread from Froyo for oneclick to work.

Thanks for your help.
[Fascinate General] canadagolfnut:
So its been a while since Ive posted in here, but are people recommending go to kitkat on our beloved t959d?

Ive been running 10.1.3 for months now, and phone currently has an uptime over 90 days, so I find it to be 'acceptable' (phone is 'slow', but it is what it is), would it be worthwhile to upgrade to a more recent kitkat? If so, which is recommended, and is it the same process as all the rest.. just flashing the rom zip and gapps zip in cwm?

Thanks.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Really it all depends on personal preference - I've read a lot of people going back to CM9 (ICS) on the I9000 as that is better. Kitkat is supposed to be better for low end machines, so you would think that would be ok.

I have CM11 running on two T959Ds. I would recommend getting:

Latest nightly for I9000 CM11

Gapps for CM11

Latest semaphore 's' kernel

Big Mem patch for KK (which is required for the 's' version)

Then using the semaphore app, I would select

Interactive as the governor

ROW as the scheduler

512 read ahead on SD

Big Mem option

With the above you can get between 396 and 408 of available memory. I also find picking a good launcher impacts speed.

Just my 2 cents - YRMV.
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
good bye I guess...

Well, it's been quite a ride with my T959D that I will spare you all the details...

I had an issue where my phone rebooted itself for many months, sometime weeks without issue and sometime multiple time a day and I thought I would have solve this by installing a custom rom but I still got the issue so it is an hardware issue I guess... the only thing good about the custom rom is the cleanliness of the OS which you can't almost go back once you tasted it !

So I had to fix this and I got myself a Galaxy S4 i337m. It's quite a shock compared to the T959D... I am also wondering why I did wait so much time and "stretch the sauce" for so long with the T959D.

Anyway, I wish to thank everybody on this post for all the help before, during and after applying my custom rom (CM and SlimRom) but specially to JP who gratiously helped me many hours over google talk to fix the issue had. He has been really patient !

Again, thanks everybody for all the great info found on this thread.

New journey with my i337m ! My finger are itching to install a custom rom on that thing but I don't want to ruin the warranty so I'll have to bear the stock rom. The only modification is the launcher I did install is Nova since it's the one I've been using with CM and Slim !

See ya guys and thanks again !
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Some tips of you want to stay stock, you could try art of you are on latest KK (in developer settings). Or if you root, download xposed, and try gravity box for a custom feel on stock rom and Kernel. :)

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[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
Art ?

hmmm... I did took a look in the dev settings but I did not see anything in regards of ART (in replacement of Dalvik if I am not mistaken ?).

I have not decided if I will root as it will also void the warranty...

It seems I cannot select ART in any of the dev settings... where is it ?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
What version of Android do you have?

See attached.

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[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
Nope !

4.4.2 but I do not have that option !!!
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
Not there !

The option is missing between the two options you show me ! It's not there on my dev settings ! Samsung took great care that we do not activate that thing !
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
That kinda sucks. Well, without rooting you are kinda limited to launcher and keyboard changes. Read up on xposed, it's pretty cool. I ran stock ROM, custom kernel with xposed for awhile.

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[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
Oh ok ! I'll take a look at that !
[Fascinate General] canadagolfnut:
I can remember doing the big mem patch before I think, but cant find an exact link, is it an actual patch or is it just enabling it in the semaphore app?

Thanks, looking at doing all this today. :)

edit: Im an idiot i guess, the JB43_BigMem_7-aug-13.zip in the first post, that also works for KK?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Couple of things. Some ROMs are patched (slim) and in that case you should just need the setting in semaphore.

CM is not patched, so needs the Flashable zip, then the s version of semaphore, and you can then turn on big mem. There is a KK version of that zip. I'll see if I can find it.

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[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
http://rootaxbox.no-ip.org/kasper_h/kernels/KK/bigmem/
[Fascinate General] canadagolfnut:
Thanks, seems to work, and about phone showing 408 free. Any other tipster ideas? People still recommend greenify or anything else?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Greenify is good. Then just turning off what you don't need (BT, GPS, data, wifi, sync).

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[Fascinate General] skepticmisfit:
uhh.. you sure greenify actually does something? in my experience it's been a complete placebo effect.. turning off stuff doesn't necessarily improve performance but it does save a bit of battery (and annoying notifications)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah, all of that will help with battery (including greenify) but YRMV

I should have qualified that - just general tips - those ones were battery tips, and that is where I find greenify works (i.e. hibernating facebook, etc.). Depends on what you need/want.

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[Fascinate General] skepticmisfit:
yeah personally I've never found greenify to be a huge help. basically turning off any automatic features in apps does exactly the same thing without breaking the apps in question. just my 2 cents

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
To each their own - I find it a huge help with facebook, G+, etc., but its a personal choice to be sure. Lots of great articles on it on lifehacker.com should anyone want to read up.
[Fascinate General] skepticmisfit:
see that's the problem i don't use those apps :p hell i barely have anything installed on my phone, my only games are old console emulators (specifically the -oid series) and i keep the google apps to a minimum. makes it easier to restore everything when crack flashing.
[Fascinate General] wildblack:
Link to karmatose don't work.

Hi !

The link don't work anymore :(

http://t959d.karmatose.org/index.ph...d/Shared/stock_roms/T959TLKG2_Gingerbread.zip

Need this file

T959TLKG2_Gingerbread.zip
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Odd. [MENTION=1370138]karmatose[/MENTION] see anything odd? I can log in and see the file, but download is just a few kilobytes.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
I'll look into it.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Tried this today. Working again. :)
[Fascinate General] wildblack:
Thx Alot :) I PM the admin i wait the username / Pass :)
[Fascinate General] DaiZengar:
I'm trying to unlock my phone, so I need the password for the OwnCloud stock files. Just a heads up, a 4G LTE sim card will work on this phone, I'll just be getting 3G speeds, right?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Should work but not sure (my N4 worked that way). Easy enough to test though.
[Fascinate General] bindoksala:
Enable ART?

Hello,

Did anyone here enabled ART on CM11.

Seems its not supported by CM.

After enabling what how was the performance or what is the drawback?

Regards

BS
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I've been staying on Dalvik on all devices - TF101, T959D, N4, N5. My experience is some stuff speeds up, facebook becomes unresponsive - so if you use FB I wouldn't try it.

To be fair, I have NOT tried it on my older devices including the T959D.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Hey guys - I'm still using semaphore 3.4.3s with CM11 and getting 408 MB RAM free. That seems to be the only kernel that works for me, that I don't need to script kitty to get working.

Anyone else having luck with other kernels and if so, have tweaking advice?
[Fascinate General] snapper48:
need username and pasword for file

Please note that the links below provided by Karma will work BUT you will need a username and password to download the files. Karma or myself can make the login and password available to you.

1. Download the KG2 package from here -

I need the user name and password to download this file. Could not find this file anywhere else. My phone is dead without it.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
On this day three years ago I got my T959D. No more contract!

That said, no options for a device upgrade from Telus without paying a whole lot more for a whole lot less service. Ooooh well. I'll use this T989D for another few months and see what happens with the Nexus program or maybe OnePlus will actually start selling phones.

How's everyone else making out?

And to everyone I may have missed PM's from (because admittedly I don't do as much xda as I used to)... Send me an email or something. I generally get those as soon as they come in.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Hey Karma. I'm using a stock nexus 5 now (company phone). I still mood my Nexus 4 which is running madhi rom with semaphore kernel.

My daughter has one of my t959D using it as an iPod, while my wife still uses the other as her phone but she's due for an upgrade. Both are running Cyanogenmod with semaphore.

On vacation right now, so more time on that than anything else :)
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Still on my t959 as we'll. although I have to say it is getting old and slow. Still running JB on it but have the feeling I should upgrade it to kitkat. Just don't want to bother with reflashing and reinstalling etc. Have looked several times for something to replace it , but everything is too bloody expensive and not worth it. Now that Samsung has announced their Alpha, going to wait and see what that brings. Also going to see what is happening with the Nexus program.

My USB port has long since died on me so I swap batteries every night. A bit of a pain to be honest, but I can't justify spending any $$ on fixing the phone. It was a good phone 3yrs ago, but it has not aged so gracefully.

I wish there was a good replacement option that didn't cost an arm and a leg....

Eric
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Has anyone tried Lollipop on the T959D? If so, how does it respond? Which ROM / Kernel did you use?

Thanks!

Eric
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Had to double check but there aren't any Lollipop ROMs in the i9000 thread. Given that only images have been released in preview for the various nexus devices it will be awhile before anything shows up as they likely need source.

Not even sure if there will be a port given the age of the device - I'm about to sell one of my T959Ds actually, but still have one in use as media device.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Yeah - my mistake. A quick search yesterday popped up a Lollipop ROM for a T959, but wasn't the T959D (i9000), but rather a newer one.

Really??? There is actually a market for something like a T959D? As a media device or other? How much can you possibly get for it?

As sad as it sounds, I'm actually still using mine as my primary device, but desperate to change it. :) Am leaning towards a Z3, but not sure I want a Sony. Nor do I even know if it is a worthwhile device to future flash.

Thanks,

Eric
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
FWIW the HTC One M8 is awesome (my wife has it)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I had 2 bites on mine and sold it last night (I still have 1 T959D though). I sold the phone, a rubber case, extra batt back, plug and USB cord for just 25$. I was looking on kijiji - there were a couple of Galaxy S phones for 40-50, I opted for 25$ based on the price of S2 and S3s. Might have gotten a bit more. I think the guy plans on using it as a phone. My daughter uses one for minecraft and youtube.

Still thinking of selling some of my other devices - my TF101 and Nexus 4 - but might just move those down to one of my daughters as well. I have a hard time letting go of the devices :)
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Not bad! I didn't actually think you could get that much for it even. After 4 yrs, the phone is so slow and unresponsive that it is truly become a dinosaur. As awesome as it was when it came out, newer apps/graphics/etc just require so much extra juice that the 1G single core proc just can't put out.

I'm just so torn these days as to what to get... I originally was holding out for the S5, but it has come and gone without really interesting me too much. Then I was very hopeful with the Alpha, but the reviews on color accuracy (camera and other) are pretty lacking. Plus the lack of the SD slot is a bit upsetting as well.

So then I was looking at the MotoX and the Z3. I like the Z3 being IP65 and all, but it's still a Sony. Which to me is a kind of weird product to have as a phone. I was hoping the cost would be dulled a little given that it is an "unknown" phone maker, but they're still retailed at 700$! The damned price of an iPhone.

So all in all, just more confusion.
[Fascinate General] VVolfman:
Looking for UN/PW for t959d,karmatose,org files

Looking for the username/password for the t959d,karmatose,org files. Anyone? Plz? Thanks.
[Fascinate General] VVolfman:
Flashing the SGH-T959D to Jelly Bean?

Any advice to the first time 'flasher' of a SGH-T959D?

I've already rooted the phone with SuperOneClick2.3.3 shortfuse on gingerbread LKG2. I've got Odin3 1.7 with pit512, the Samsung drivers, but I'm unsure of what kernel to use and what ROM to get for Jelly Bean.

Also will the Modem_UGKG3_ICS.CM.I9000 work on Jelly Bean?

Hopefully, one of you experts can help me out and cut down the 300+ posts I'm trying to get through. Just looking for the most up to date info as possible. I'm looking for the shortest distance between where my phone is and a new OS.

Many

thanks in advance.

Any other comments/suggestions/opinions are welcome!

~Wolf
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Its been a while since I've done much with my phone. My daughter uses it as an ipod essentially. I have CM11 running on it (snapshot) - using the built in kernel. I used to use semaphore kernel but it is no longer updated. Someone made some additions to it, tried it once, didn't work very well.

I think most of the front page is still pretty accurate steps wise, and yes, I believe that modem will work but defer to anyone else using t959d as a phone.
[Fascinate General] VVolfman:
Ok, so correct me if I'm wrong but is CM11 essentially a mod of 4.4.4 kitkat? If so, does the OS run well or as well as some of the previous OS' (ie: JellyBean)? If JB would run smoother, how can I tell the firmware version is JB 4.3?

Cyanogenmod has a new installer for the mod but it's not supported on the T959D, and I can't seem to find the version of the mod for the T959D? Am I still looking for an i9000 compatible ROM or should I use the galaxysmtd, which doesn't have a stable version since CM10.2.1? ( download. cyanogenmod. org/ get/ jenkins/ 57359/ cm-10.2.1-galaxysmtd.zip).

Do I need a custom kernel? As for using Odin, do I only need to put a kernel in it (like speedmod?) without filling out all the inputs (pit, bootloader, pda, phone and CSC)?

Am I understanding this correctly or am I totally lost? (I'm basing all this off of your post - #2 - in this forum)

Thanks, please bear with me.

~Wolf
[Fascinate General] nereis:
Galaxymtd and i9000 roms are compatible with t959d, kernel that comes with roms are fine, but if you are into the latest kernels there is a newly compiled linaro build on the semaphore kernel thread. I am currently on the latest slimkat weekly with mackay kernel. If you are looking for a flash it and forget it I'd suggest a ICS rom if you want best speed, or 4.1.2 jb also tend to be an alternative. kasperh still maintains a modified / updated cm9 based ics build that gets praise, and if you want the bleeding esge I think people on the omni thread appear to be the last ones tinkering. Kitkat works fine for the most part on t959d, except that all roms are plagued by screen not lighting up on incoming call. You can still take the call by awiping on the black screen but no caller id. I think kk works quite well though, feels better than bloated 4.2.2 jb if zram is used.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
FYI: Karmatose.org is going to be going away soon.

My current server arrangement is coming to an end at some point soon and I'm not really in a position to get a similar hosting package so I'll be moving to something with a lot less storage, traffic, etc. As a result, I will not be able to host the t959d stuff anymore. I don't know when my current hosting account will stop functioning, but I'd imagine it'd be soon. I will for sure be moving to a new host by 2015.

I'd suggest if anyone wants t959d stuff from my website, grabbing it now. I don't own this device anymore so I'm really just hosting it as a favour to the dwindling community. If anyone does have some server space they'd be willing to share, I'd gladly upload my collection from the server before my account gets shutdown.

Cheers,

-Karmatose.
[Fascinate General] VVolfman:
So I went through steps 1-9 (all good I might add :good: ), now at step 10 and trying to figure out what to do, it says use for the kernel semiphore 2.1.0s for a JB ROM, but other posts say you need 3.1.0 for JB 4.3... and above you say stick with the built in kernel? So, I don't have to install another kernel? Or that there is one possibly built into the ROM itself? I was thinking of installing the CM 10.2.1 (JB 4.3)

(http download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=galaxysmtd&type=stable)

Can I just put this on the sdcard and install the ROM by itself or do I need another kernel (besides the currently installed T959TLKG2_Kernel.tar)?

Still trying to figure this out... sorry. I just really don't want to brick my phone if possible. Thanks for all your help so far.

~Wolf
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Essentially, you need a specific kernel to actually flash the ROM. Some kernels would just fail. Honestly, its been a while since I did this but you could use the semaphore 2.1.0s .tar file in odin to get that updated recvoery on - that would allow you to flash CM 10.2.1 I believe. Once you flash CM, you will have the default kernel - now, for *that* version of CM, you could still use a custom kernel, which you could flash after you flash the ROM - for that specific JB version, I would use 3.4.3s - that should be fine.

IMO its VERY hard to brick the phone, as long as you can get in download mode, you can always reflash the gingerbread package and start again (did it many times myself). The biggest danger to flashing is flashing the wrong files for your device (flashing the verizon fascinate for example would be disastrous) but I9000/galaxysmtd files is perfectly fine.
[Fascinate General] VVolfman:
Thanks again for all your help.

I understand the semaphore 2.1.0.tar will allow me to install this ROM, but here's the only confusion I have at the moment. You recommended 3.4.3s for CM10.2.1, but isn't 3.4.3s for KitKat? Or are these kernels backwards compatible somehow? From what I can see on the Semaphore site is that, in the GT-i9000 JB/KK download area is that the last version for JB is 3.3.0s?

Also would I still need to flash the "big mem library patch"? It seems to have been fixed since the 2.2.0 version, or am I wrong?

Again, many thanks,

~Wolf
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
You're right. Misread the link, 3.3.0 is the one you want.

You don't have to flash the big mem unless you want to activate the extra memory.
[Fascinate General] VVolfman:
Activate extra internal memory? :)

...As of now it's all done except my IMEI is wrong. I did make a backup of the EFS dir with root access, but the link to the ES File Explorer APK is broken. Know where I might get the APK file?

(EDIT- Nevermind, I just followed the root of the link for the apk and downloaded it from the original website - EFS copied and it all seems to work!)

Now for TESTING EVERYTHING! ;)

Endless

thanks my friend, jpmccarthy!!!

~Wolf
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Get semaphore manager, from there you can set more memory as well as other settings
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[Fascinate General] Malechai:
Hi everyone,

I inherited this phone from a friend and I'm about to try this custom rom thing for the first time :)

I feel like I've read the same things over and over again now a bunch of times so I was hoping to run it by everyone here to make sure I have it right.

I've downloaded:

CM11 M12

semaphore KK 3.4.3.tar (to enable the flashing of the rom from my understanding?)

I would also like to have google apps on the phone. I found this awesome page to download the gapps: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942

My question to anyone is have you used any of these packages? Ideally I'd like to use the "google stock package" but will it fit? Whats the largest package anyone has managed to successfully use?

Do I need to be concerned with flashing modem files? Will the modem included in CM11 M12 work on this phone?

Also, just to be clear, it looks like the phone has 2.3.3 at the moment. I will be able to flash directly to CM11 M12 correct? And if so, will I need to flash it 3 times as outlined in the 2nd post of this thread?

Last question - if I want to use the stock CM kernel, I just don't flash the semaphore kernel after the CM rom correct?

Thanks in advance for any help!

edit.. OH and could I please have the user/pass for karmatose.org? thank you