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[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
OK - this gets back to 'what is the external SD card'. In our phones there is a spot for you to manually insert an SD card - this is actually a 2nd external SD card - the spot where your camera saves pics, where music goes, etc., is the 13GB (or so) SD card that is also external, but really internal from a 'you cannot take it out of the phone POV' - that's why there is confusion.

So if you format system, wipe data, etc - yes, you will need to relogin into Google, you will lose your apps - but pictures, music and files for flashing are still there as long as you don't format SD. :)

Sometimes - yes - which is why I'll flash dirty when I can - but again, that local content is fine so long as you do not format your SD card - or even going through ODIN will COMPLETELY wipe your phone (if you repartition - actually not sure on that, been a while since I did it through Odin). So make back ups. :)
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Last question(s) hopefully... in the OP the instructions indicate:

What is the purpose of step 15 if you've already flashed the kernel in step 12? Or is step 12 just to get CWM installed? In which case does the version of Semaphore in step 12 need to match Step 15?

Thanks!

Eric
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Flash your kernel the first time to get CWM. Flash your ROM to well... have an OS on the phone. Flash your kernel again to overwrite whatever kernel came with the ROM you just flashed.

If you're satisfied with the kernel that came with the ROM you flash, you don't need to flash the kernel back.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Ok - so I'm in the process of attempting this, but not getting very far. I downloaded Slim 3.1 (as per recommendations) from http://slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/all/viewdownload/149-i9000/906-slim-i9000-3-1-0-official. I copied it to my SDcard. Flashed Sem 2.6.5.tar via Odin and rebooted into CWM. So far so good.

When I try to flash Slim-I9000 from sdcard I get:

E:Error in /sdcard/Slim-I9000-3.1.0-OFFICIAL.ZIP (status 0)

Installation aborted.

I've tried rebooting and reflashing several times (as per the OP), but each time same error. I've already wipe data/facotry reset and wiped the cache partition. Still not working. Did I get a corrupt zip? If so, am not sure how/why it would pass the verification stage during the flash process.

Secondly, is there a way to get the internal SD card recognized on the PC? I've tried to go into Mounts and Storage and then "mount USB storage", but the PC still does not see the SD card - I just see 2 removable disks listed that are non-existant ("Please insert a disk into Removable Disk (E:)"). Is there any way at this point, or do I need to use a removable micro SD card to transfer files onto the phone?

Thanks!

Eric
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
go into mounts and make sure everything /system /data /datadata, etc are all mounted. try again.

Failing that, flash an earlier version of semaphore's kernel and try again.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
/cache /datadata and /sdcard ar mounted. If i try to mount /data /system or /emmc I get Error mounting /data! (etc).

Is there any way to get another ROM on my internal SD to try out? In case I have a corrupt 3.1 for some reason? (I didn't validate the sha1 hash - maybe i should have....)

Tx,

Eric
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
flash an older kernel: http://www.semaphore.gr/kernels/Semaphore_JB_2.4.0s.tar

...and try again
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
I tried 2.4.0.tar but same result. I can only assume that my ROM zip is corrupted. Sadly I don't have another on my internal SD. Any idea if/how I can put another one on? Or do I have to use an external micro Sd?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I would personally try once more - use semaphore 2.1.0 though.

http://www.semaphore.gr/kernels/Semaphore_JB_2.1.0s.tar

I remember having this same problem - only 2.1.0 saved me :)

Ebz - where are you located?
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
lol.. I thought 2.4.0 was the magical kernel from before the file partition change. Apparently it's 2.1.0
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Definitely getting somewhere. Flashed 2.1.0 via Odin and that allowed me to multi-flash Slim 3.1 as indicated. Success. Flashed gapps and big-mem patch as well. All good.

Reboot the phone and check IMEI. Sure enough it got fried in the process. So I installed ES Explorer 1.6.2.5 from my apk, enabled all the root options and tried to copy my EFS folder back. Unfortunately though, I get EFS copy failed errors (fails on nv_data.bin). I decided to try and rename the original EFS folder, but as suspected, that failed as well.

Any ideas?

Montreal. Where are you?

Thanks,

Eric
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
We're getting there :). So that seems weird - maybe try first downloading ES from the market if you can and getting the latest up to date version - sometimes IMEI can screw up the market. Make sure you have the root options checked - you need root access AND the file has to be mounted as writable. If that still doesn't work - I'm at a bit of a loss. One guess - reboot to recovery and go into advanced and select 'fix permissions' that *might* do something for you.

That's what I'd try anyways. I'm on the east coast, so we have about a 1 hour difference time wise. Was seeing if there others ways to give you a hand, but the thread is best most of the time as you get help from everyone here.

Let us know how you make out.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Also, I reflashed Slim myself - this time formatting system, wiping cache and dalvik. Will see how that goes, had odd stuff happening yesterday.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Well a few really weirder things were happening too. My ES was the latest version from the ES site. So it isn't a version issue. And yes - I had all the root options enabled.

But above and beyond that, what I found odd was that I was unable to connect to my network via Wifi with Slim 3.1, Home button does not work (it gives me the buzz feedback when pushed, but does not go home), and Google Calender kept giving me a warning upon boot up that it crashed unexpectedly.

I booted into CWM and tried using the Adorama FM to copy the EFS folder, but upon reboot, I seemed to have lost my changes. This started to make me wonder if my EFS copy wasnt' corrupted. So I reflashed back to stock 2.3.3 using Karmatose's stock ROM and see that my IMEI is restored.

So now I'm looking for a different way to back up EFS but running into issues there too. *sigh*. Was hoping that an idiot-proof tool like EFS Pro would work, but apparently that is failing on me too.

Of course, I'm really curious how reflashing a stock rom would restore an IMEI if it is something that was overwritten by a newer ROM. I would have expected that once I flashed and killed the original IMEI, it would have been lost permanently....

Thanks,

Eric
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
That is wacky - glad your IMEI is back though. I would likely redownload a new ROM and go from there - maybe even try CM10 stable first, and then something else after that. I know I recently did that for my wife's phone (I did have to restore her EFS as well) and she's been using it with no issues what so ever.

Also, if you don't want to constantly flash, CM10 is wonderful stable build and then you can go to CM10.1 when that is ready - or just use CM 10 to prep your phone to flash other things.

If you have issues - PM me - might be able to set up a google chat or something to see if I can help you out some more.
[Fascinate General] Edgeman16:
I remember I had a hard time restoring my EFS folder because the partition kept running out of space somehow.

So the copy back would fail. I don't know how I resolved it though unfortunately, I think I flashed a different ROM...
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Did you go straight to CM10 from Stock? I've read through some ppl complaining that they had to flash to ICS first before going to JB. But CM10 is JB, so I'm not sure...
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Ok - success! I managed to get CM10 installed and running. Had to restore my EFS using ES as expected, but this time the copy succeeded, and everything seems to be working. At least my Sim is functional as well as 3G, etc. So so far, so good. Don't have wifi here to test against, but will see that later at home.

BTW - this may sound like a really newbie question, but how do you do a Nandroid backup?

Just downloading gapps to see if everything works properly and then will try to reflash Slim 3.1. If that works, then I'll move onto Slim 4.2.1RC2/Sem 2.9.9. (do you still need the bigmem fix with sem 2.9.9s?) Out of curiosity, do you know what some of the diffs between Slim and CM are?

Thanks again! About time that I got off bloody stock firmware!

Eric
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
You do nandroid backups in CWM. Recovery > Backup and restore > Backup. I don't bother with nandroid backups because the last couple I tried wouldn't restore right. I just run TitaniumBackup on my userapps.

As far as differences between CM and Slim, no idea. I've never really used CM for any prolonged period of time. Slim uses a different DPI than stock and seems to have a lot of non-aosp things baked in though.

And no, you don't need to do bigmem fix with Slim. It's already included. Just flash the latest Semaphore kernel.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yay!

See Karma's response above on the big mem fix. I recently ran CM10.1 and here are my thoughts:

DPI. CM runs stock, Slim much finer

You can adjust DPI in CM, but then need to reboot, flash a multi DPI playstore, etc.

Slim is CM+ - has the best features of Slim plus a few more (although you likely wouldn't use a lot)

Both are very well supported

CM is a bit more stable - I get soft reboots (in playstore, hooking up USB) with slim, never had those with CM10.1 (even the nightlies)

That's just off the top of my head - both a VERY good and VERY similar ROMs.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
I just put on 4.2.1-RC2 with 2.9.9s. So far, am excited about it. Many options to look at / configure, esp compared to the measly set that come with Stock GB. :)

Agree the DPI is a lot smaller. Not sure if I'll be able to get used to it or not. I did see that there is the option of changing it in one of the setup menus.

Ok - call me dense, but I can't seem to find the option in SB where to display battery percentage.... Have you found it somewhere?

Tx,

Eric
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
RE: DPI. Trust me, it will grow on you and you'll have a hard time going back.

Battery percentage: System Settings > Interface > Status Bar > Battery Icon and bar style
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Like i said... being dense. Found it thanks. Must have missed those menu options.

So, now comes the million dollar question. Once this phone is rooted/flashed/etc, has anyone carrier unlocked it successfully? Does it get relocked everytime a new firmware is flashed, or is it a one-time thing?

Tx,

Eric
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
If you IMEI unlock (AKA with a code from a vendor), you're unlocked for good. I've unlocked with SGS Unlock Pro and to be honest, I can't remember if it stays unlocked or not.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
First impressions on 4.2.1-RC2.

- Font is small. I like the concept. Don't know if I'll be able to deal with the extra eye strain. And I'm used to a 15" UXGA montior, so that is saying a lot! TBD

- I think I like the stock dialer a little better. The keypad does not look as nicely skinned. I suppose I can go find another skin somewhere, but not sure how to reskin the dialer only.

- Had a really strange battery hiccup. Battery showed 54%. Rebooted phone. Suddenly down to 4%. Not sure exactly what that was about, but will have to keep my eyes on it.

- Disappointed with the voice dialer. Still terrible. Choices are either to use the Voice Dialer (which did a terrible job in GB), or something with a Google Voice Dialer, but that seems to be eternally slow to contact Google servers and get a response. Crazy that my flip phone 13 years ago did a better voice dialing job.

- cannot seem to connect via adb anymore. I have enabled USB debugging (Developer Options->Andorid debugging) but adb tells me that the device is not found.

Will report back as I get some more real world experience with this ROM. Now that I see how simple it can be to flash/reflash, might be more encouraged to do it more often.

One thing I find disappointing is that there is no built-in tracking/find-me app. There are 3rd party ones like Lookout, etc, but it would have been nice to see it integrated into the OS.

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Yeah - I tried calling Telus for the code. They want 35$ for it! On a phone that is long since out of contract and out of warranty! And when I asked them for justification on the cost, they couldn't justify it. Unbelievable.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah - I like the smaller DPI as we get more on our little screens. My wife leaves hers at 240 - likes big icons and buttons.

Try exDailer in the market - you'll like that one.

Odd but not unheard of. I generally only flash at 100% and also, battery calibration app on the market might help. Battery is odd, and lots of myths surrounding it, I still do it but I like routines ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waacof2saZw
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Great. So I just managed to mess things up and not know how to fix it. I opened the camera, took a couple of pics and then decided to hit the 'swap camera button. I got adv error that gallery crashed, but every time I try to open camera now, it crashes.

Any idea if/how I can reset the app/settings?
[Fascinate General] bbrad:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Go to settings-apps-gallery-clear data
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
*smack* I was looking for camera not gallery in the apps settings.

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

*SUPER XL FACEPALM* the gallery is the camera it has all the camera setting why do you think it said gallery fc *SMACK
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Thought it was a typo :)
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Decided to take a middle ground. Set mine to 200DPI. So far, so good. Less stressful on eyes and still gives extra real estate space.

Agreed - much prefer it. However, once the call connects, it "reverts" back to the stock dialer look. Would love to have something to override that as well.

Any recommended one? They seem to be a dime a dozen on the market.

Thanks,

Eric
[Fascinate General] x51_forever:
I just flashed from GB to CM10 per page 1 successfully. Also GB was a recent flash from the stock Froyo again per page 1, but some apps were having problems and refusing to work without being uninstalled and reinstalled. Some I uninstalled, but Google Play Store, I somehow killed. No matter, GB still had the Marketplace and it still worked for installing apps.

However after flashing CM10 the play store was not recreated, and there is no marketplace, just a very lean mean os without a play store. I searched and found that there is a 3.10.10 apk for download, and not wanting the very latest, I installed 3.9.17 but even though it installed fine, it pops open then immediately closes, even though the icon remains open on the top bar it won't work.

Downloaded from here:

androidpolice.com/2012/12/13/download-latest-google-play-store-3-10-10/

Since I wanted to live dangerously like you all, I plan on jumping to Slimbean RC2 immediately anyway. Will that fix the market place issue?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Did you flash gapps?
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
http://goo.im/gapps !!!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
so I don't think you flashed gapps - which you need for CM10. Karma's link above select gapps and get the RIGHT version for your version of CM10 (its different gapps for cm10.1).

In terms of SlimBean - same rules apply, On their website they have gapps, add ons, and an all in one (AIO) package. So depending on your needs you pick (I use AIO as I need exchange integration on my phone).
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Not to be redundant with karmatose and jp, but I ran into exactly the same situation yesterday. It sounds like you didn't flash gapps (google apps). You can find the link for the right gapps package for CM10 at http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Gapps. Reboot into CWM and install zip from sdcard. Then reboot. You should see the Play store, and the other google apps (ie: talk, gmail, etc..)

Even when you go to Slim 4.2.1, you will need to download the slim gapps addon as well from http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/all/viewcategory/91-addons-full-packages.

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Ok - about 24 hours into Slim 4.2.1-RC2/Sem 2.9.10s and my impressions so far. Overall, I love it. Great being on JB after being on GB for so long. So far, very stable and no FC, except for the gallery when I tried to switch cameras (I would think/expect that the option not be available if only 1 camera exists, or graceful exit on error).

Other comments:

- I find it is darker overall than GB. Am not sure what gives me that impression - maybe the smaller icons due to the lower DPI.

- Disappointed that JB doesn't include a better way to move your cursor when editing text. When I compare to iOS, Android is signficantly lacking. When you press and hold in iOS, you get a magnifying glass (zoom) that allows you to very carefully place your cursor exactly where you want it. Here, you have a slider that you have to guess a little with. Was hoping that had improved since GB, but it seems not.

- Similarly for selecting text/multiple lines. iOS interface much easier to draw a rectangle around the text you want to cut and paste.

- BLN is a cool feature, but no way to set the actual time limits (all you get is very short, short, medium, etc..). Don't know what that translates to in minutes, and so far very short seems to be the same as short (bug?)

- Similarly, BLN would be even cooler if you could specify a particular button per app (ie: menu button BLN for missed call, home button for email, etc..). Right now it's all or none.

- Battery life so far is a little disappointing. Not sure why. When I checked battery stats this morning after a full charge last night, I see Screen 51% (expected), Cell standby 20%, Wifi 9%. Both standby and wifi are very high. Not sure why.

- Google Search bar on launcher is crazy slow to open. Very disappointing.

Any ideas where/how to provide feedback/feature requests/etc to Slim developers? Couldn't seem to find a place on the Slimroms.net site anywhere.

More observations to follow as I play around some more.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Remember - this is an I9000 ROM that has a front facing camera.

Get BLN Control from the market for control, get the paid version for even more control :)

I find battery a bit worse than CM - sync and data will eat your battery. Plus usually take a few full charges for things to settle.

Not experiencing that.

The Slim thread, but read the OP - I don't think they take feature requests - and if you have bugs, they will want a logcat (else they cannot diagnose).
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Ahhh - thought the i9000 was rear facing only.

Speaking of which - why do we flash i9000 when there is a kernel and a rom for the T959 vibrant? Is the T959 Vibrant not the same hardware as the T959D? (damn that's confusing).

Checked it out, but it doesn't have per button notification either. Maybe a hardware limitation...

Unfortunately, once you remove sync and data, you basically have a music player + phone. Will give it a few full charges to see what happens.

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Discovered one more thing:

- Wifi hotspot works perfectly

- Bluetooth tethering does not seem to work properly with my MacBook. The connection is established, but there does not seem to be a DHCP address supplied to my MacBook. Instead I get a generic 169.254.x.x address with no Router specified. Maybe I missed a configuration settings somewhere; all I did was enable Bluetooth tethering in "Tethering and portable hotspot" and paired/connected it to my macbook.

Has anyone been able to successfully use Bluetooth tethering?
[Fascinate General] x51_forever:
As per your instructions, I installed gapps, reinstalled CM10 3 times, reinstalled it again, and now the phone wants to have my google account. Put it in, and let it go.

Not right away, but eventually the market place appears, Google Drive, and a few other things, but surprisingly Gmail doesn't. It downloaded a few of my apps that were installed before (Skype, ebay auction bidder etc...) but failed to install a bunch of other apps. (about 20) The lack of Gmail is wierd though??? Should I be concerned?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I cannot remember if gmail is there or not to be honest - but one thing, I think you have things in reverse. I would do the following just to be sure:

1. Wipe Cache / Wipe Dalvik

2. Format /system

3. Install CM 10 (just once now - the need for 3 is moot now that you have cm 10 running).

4. Install Gapps for CM 10

Reboot - that should be it.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Considering I just went through this yesterday, you'd think I would remember. I do remember not having any google apps until I installed gapps. I don't remember if gmail was missing or not. I do find it a little odd that it is missing. As recommended by JP, I would do a clean install (as per his list) and see if it shows up. If not, you can always install it via Play store. I do remember something indicating that it wasn't the latest version of gmail that was included, which would lead me to believe that it was there, but I really can't remember offhand.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yep - Different hardware. At one point in time they worked, but users have only hit issues since ICS.

I don't tether - sorry - but I was finding more issues with slim than CM for things like USB (got soft reboots). I think CM 10.1 is likely more stable.
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Thanks to RivalComp. Need to install Semaphore Manager and enable TUN. Once that option is turned on, am able to bluetooth tether without problems. Woohoo! No more need for wifi hotspot (and significant battery drain vs bluetooth).

As a separate question, does anyone know where I can find the GT-I9000 driver for Win7? I tried reinstalling Kies (latest version) hoping that it would be there, but not surprisingly, the driver is still missing in my device manager.

Any ideas?
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
http://karmatose.org/t959d/usb_drivers/ < Grab the x64 and x86 drivers from there.
[Fascinate General] x51_forever:
Yes, I"ll do that. I will wait until I am back in Canda with a Telus sim in it before I muck around further. With this AT&T Gophone sim set for $2/day, we don't want to use much data since its at 1 cent per kb. It cost me $7 for the initial phone startup before I could turn data off and wifi on. Still its good to know data works if you really need it.

I will be using this now-unlocked t959d for travel. Its a nice use for a still good phone. I just received my Nexus 4 so I was willing to take some risks with this one.

With Western and Eastern European travel planned this summer, what modem should I load into it? KG3 or something else?

Thanks so much for guiding me through this.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Can you share your steps for unlocking?
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Strangely enough, it is still not recognized. Still shows up in device manager with a beautiful yellow triangle next to the GT-I9000. Will have to reboot clean and see if it makes a difference; just been difficult finding a few minutes to reboot today.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Strange. x86 version works for me here at my office (xp) and the x64 version (win7) works at home. Gotta be on your end, man.