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[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
and another one bites the dust ... sort of.

Hey guys - just letting you know I went the Nexus 4 route - hooked into another 2 years with Telus, but the Lite plan seemed up my alley.

Its not good bye though - I still have my T959D and will be using it - as well, my wife still has the one I bought her that I keep sort of up to date (she's quite happy with CM10 and JB 4.1.2 at the moment).

Anywho, I'll still respond to notes and help where ever I can.

Cheers!

Jeff.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Congrats JP

Were you able to get the LTE hack to work on the N4?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Still running stock right now - got the toolkit to unlock, root, recovery, etc. but haven't had the time to spend on it. Saw the LTE hack - but also saw it eats battery like no tomorrow - but still, gotta try it right ;)

A little uneasy at the moment, just because I'm SOOOOO used to our phone. Was the same with my tablet when I started messing with that.

EDIT: So that didn't last long - unlocked, rooted, TWRP - got the xposed framework installed for some custom effects.
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
Slim 4.3

Hey guys, just to let you know, if you are on slim with the T959D, DON'T update to the stable release of slim4.3.

The sound card in the phone is not working and it's a mess (way too complicated for me) to report an issue to the slimrom team...

So just don't do it. Keep slim 4.2.2. It was running fine and I should not have touch that...
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Hmmnnnn, didn't have that issue when I was on stable, but running latest weekly now.
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
That's weird... I rolled back to 4.2.2 and sound is back...

On 4.3, I have followed the slim procedures carefully and I even tried two time with always the same result, no audio at all.

No mp3, no video sound, no rigner... no sound at all on the slim 4.3 for me...
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Odd... I'm still on 4.2. Can't comment on 4.3 but grateful for the heads up. Desperately need new phone.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I'll double check my phone against latest weekly tonight.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Just checked my phone. Could not test a call obviously but sound worked from inside settings for notifications and ringer.

Tried an avi and mp3 using skifta and both played with sound.

Tried 8tracks and that worked as well.

Latest and greatest weekly.
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
yeah, me too... I am really streaching the limit of that phone... what makes me mad is that the T959D was 599$ and tagged as a high end phone... We have been let down by samsung on that one...

I tried the Galaxy ACE 2X and it's almost as sluggish to use than the T959D... I thought I would gain a little bit but nope, so don't try that one...

The Nexus are quite cheap straight from google at 199$ for the 8gb and 249$ for the 16gb but I hate the fact that we cannot have a micro sd card on those phones...

So I am waiting to get a good price/performance phone...

My T959D is up and running for a full day on 4.2.2 with no issues at this moment but audio did not work on 4.3 so I am glad you've been warned on that, don't do it...

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I couldn't even choose a rigner tone... when I select a different rigner tone, the phone freeze for 2 seconds with no sound and then come back to life...

Google play music is always displaying that it cannot play any of the mp3 files I tryed to play... MX player does not work either...
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Sounds like something went wrong or didn't flash properly - I was actually playing videos with MX Player (via Skifta), and mp3z worked fine. I updated my phone to latest weekly on the weekend (so still keeping it up to date).

RE PHONES

I was back and forth, and was going to wait for end of contract - but had a perfect storm of things happen, and opted to pull the trigger on the LITE plan with Telus and get my N4 for 0$ (although priced at 425$ for depreciation - so let them know I was not happy with that - but reality is I will use this phone for at least 2 years - heck the T959D lasted me just short of 3). So far not missing the SD but I'm not a big music listener where I think that comes into play. I actually synced with Box using TB and imported my call and MMS history to my N4 from the T959D. I will tell you - beautiful phone - and with the xposed framework, I don't even feel the need to put on a custom ROM - might do a kernel first but now pure stock although arguably not since I'm unlocked, rooted, and got xposed framework modifications :)

Anywho, off topic for this thread ... cheers guys!
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Any chance the Issue is kernel related...maybe try flashing a different kernel after flashing the rom
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
I did use semaphore 3.2 which is for 4.3+...

I don't really know which one to use beside the semaphore ones where they have been quite stable with my phone...

Now rolled back to semaphore 3.0 with slim 4.2.2. Everything work ok again... weird...
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
So you flashed rom, gapps and then kernal and rebooted or did you flash rom, gapps reboot and then once it had loaded to android once reboot and flash the semaphore 3.2? its been awhile since i have flashed a seperate kernel when flashing a new rom but i think you have to wait to flash the kernel until after you have booted once.

maybe try using Slim's default kernel (think its semaphore 3.1 anyway) and see if that helps
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
FWITW I was using stock semaphore in slimbean (they enable SE Linux - I don't know what that gives me, but Strats doesn't turn it on in his version).
[Fascinate General] skepticmisfit:
[MENTION=3491512]jpmccarthy[/MENTION] how do you like your new Nexus 4? what ROM do you use on it?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I love it so far - and I'm running stock! Well, rooted stock, touch recovery and with the xposed framework running on it, so I have halo effects (trying them out) and a lot of other custom ROM like things through those mods that are so dead simple to apply.

No real urge to try another ROM yet, I do have semaphore downloaded (1.7.1) though in case I opt for custom kernel.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Are you running the LTE hack?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Not yet.
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
Here is exactly what I did

1. Format system.

2. Wipe cache

3. Wipe dalvik

4. Flash ROM (Slim-galaxysmtd-4.3.build.1.4-WEEKLY-1157)

5. Flash gapps (Slim_minimal_gapps.4.3.build.1)

6. Flash Kernel (Semaphore_JB_3.2.0s)

7. Flash some mods (search and GPS fix, JB_BigMem_26-aug-12 fix)

8. Reboot

Result: no sound

Re-read the instruction and noticed that on top of format, we need to do a wipe data factory reset... so I tryed again...

1. Wipe data factory reset

2. Format system.

3. Wipe cache

4. Wipe dalvik

5. Flash ROM (Slim-galaxysmtd-4.3.build.1.4-WEEKLY-1157)

6. Flash gapps (Slim_minimal_gapps.4.3.build.1)

7. Flash Kernel (Semaphore_JB_3.2.0s)

8. Flash some mods (search and GPS fix, JB_BigMem_26-aug-12 fix)

9. Reboot

Result: no sound...

Rolled back to semaphore 3.0 with slim 4.2.2, sound restored...

I am quite hesitent to try it again...
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Try one more time but just do this

1. Wipe data factory reset

2. Format system.

3. Wipe cache

4. Wipe dalvik

5. Flash ROM (Slim-galaxysmtd-4.3.build.1.4-WEEKLY-1157)

6. Flash gapps (Slim_minimal_gapps.4.3.build.1)

7. REboot

I'd also be curious if you have this issue with any other 4.3 based ROMS...have you tried flashing CM10.2?
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
But don't I need semaphore 3.1 plus in order to use a 4.3 based rom ?

It says on semaphore :

This is a kernel based on the pawitp's one and it works for Android JB ROMs.

Semaphore <= 2.6.6 for 4.1.2

Semaphore >= 2.8.0 for 4.2

Semaphore >= 3.1.0 for 4.3

Just so I understand your procedures...
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Yes Semaphore 3.1.0 is for 4.3 ROMS...Slims stock is Semaphore 3.1.0 i believe and you are trying to flash Semaphore 3.2 right after flashing the gapps right?

CM10.2 uses CM's own stock 4.3 kernel so i'd be interested to see how that would work for you
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Per Moose, don't flash the kernel.

Also that memory mod is NOT for 4.3, so not sure what that would do, or if that is your problem.

While 4.1.2, 4.2.2, and 4.3 are all jelly beans, they are very different under the covers it would seem.
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
ah, I did not know that semaphore 3.1.0 was stock with the rom... I thought I absolutely need to flash the kernel...

and yes, I had flash the kernel AFTER flashing gapps. Was that an issue ?

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Hey JP,

if the memory mod will not work on 4.3, does that mean that I cannot use the "s" kernel if I want to update the kernel ?

look at you with your "Sent from my Nexus 4..." ;)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
No, you can use the 'S' version on slim as I believe that is already patched - the patch is only for non-patched ROMs like CM. Also, there is a 4.3 version of the patch in one of the OPs - but you shouldn't need it.

When you have issues - my approach would be to make it less complicated as Moose suggests and just flash the ROM (All ROMs will have a kernel with them - just might not be the best one - Slim comes with Semaphore).

... and yeah, I'm digging my N4 ... I'll probably have buyers remorse this month though when the 2014 version is release ;)
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
This is what I'm holding out for. That and I'm terribly clumsy and have a feeling that glass back on the n4 wouldn't last long.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah, for me it was a timing thing plus cost (0$) and I'm happy with the Telus Lite plan ... and you can always get a case :)
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
Yeah !

It works. I don't even need to flash the search fix as when I hit the magnifiying glass button, it already opens google search bar...

So I've updated successfully to 4.3 and everything seem fine... The only thing are the translation are not completely done in my language (french)... beside that, it seems pretty good !

Thanks guys for your help !!!
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Glad you were able to get it up and running
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
I have no clue what's wrong with my phone. I got bored and decided to flash to Gingerbread for a few minutes. Everything was fine. Now when I try flashing a rom it will give me the invalid partition layout, flash ZIP again to format or whatever it says, so I flash the zip again but after I finish flashing everything it just reboots to recovery. I've tried SlimICS, Slimbean 4.1.2, Slimbean 4.3, CM10.1 and CM10.2.

If I flash back to Gingerbread it will run fine but it won't accept any custom rom. Any ideas? lol
[Fascinate General] hhp_211:
because of the way the code is written, you will still need to flash one more time after it has booted into the recovery.

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[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
I've tried that multiple times but it didn't work. I'll try it again though. Thanks!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
That should do it - you have to flash a few times when coming from GB.
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
Thanks guys. I got to the latest weekly of Slimbean but now I'm having issues with modems. I've flashed KG3 but whenever I reboot I still get "Baseband version unknown" under About Phone and no signal. :/
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Are you using an ICS Modem? GB modems won't work. Sounds like the issue.
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
Pretty sure I am. I'm using Modem_UGKG3_ICS.CM.I9000.zip from: http://t959d.karmatose.org/index.php/apps/files?dir=/Shared/modems/ics_modems/850_enabled
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
you've replaced your efs folder, ya?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Good point Karma - check that and make sure your IMEI is correct.
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
None of that worked. I'm just gonna stay on stock Gingerbread for a bit. I don't use my phone too much anymore anyway.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Have you tried to manually choose your mobile network?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
New slim weekly is based on 4.3.1
[Fascinate General] bindoksala:
Camera app too sensitive

Hello,

The camera app seems to be too much sensitive, many a times when I switch to the recording mode it starts recording automatically without the record button being pressed and when on still camera the pics are taken automatically.

Any one has the same issue or am I missing some settings?

Regards

BS
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
Hey guys. I decided to try upgrading to SlimBean 4.3 again and managed to get it working perfectly. I have no clue how I managed to forget how to flash a custom rom from Gingerbread but thanks for the help! Greatly appreciate it! :)
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Glad you were able to get it working
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Well... It appears my T959D is finally dead. Ran it through the wash today while I was half asleep. Its sitting in a bowl of rice right now but I'm not hopeful that it will turn back on.

Anyway, it's been a fun trip and I'll still help out where I can. The file repo will stay up for the foreseeable future as well.

Edit: A few things... I'm using an LG Optimus 3D right now as a 'loaner phone' from a friend. It's amazing how **** Gingerbread is after spending so much time with ICS/JB. The LG skin on GB isn't helping it much. Anyway, got a Galaxy Nexus on the way to hold me over until contract renewal time in August. Hopefully that arrives this week.

The other thing... I have a bunch of T959D/i9000 accessories that are useless to me now. I have an Otterbox Commuter, a knock off Otterbox Defender, i9000 Xpal Powerskin, Stock 1500mAh and 1650mAh batteries (and a second 1650mAh battery that went through the wash, could still work...), and a stand alone battery charger. Free (or feel free to 'buy me a beer') to anyone who wants them, just pay shipping via EMT or paypal (preferably EMT).
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Hey Karma - I can take the battery and the charger if no one else spoke for it - I still have two of these phones.

I think the galaxy nexus will MORE than hold you over - very open phone, and still very speedy even on stock (and tons of support for it).

I'm running Carbon now on my phone with Semaphore - just did it today - so far, so good. Really wanted to give Halo a whirl - and this ROM packages that up.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Done. I'll send you all the batteries (1x1650mAh, 1x1500mAh, 1xChinaKnockOff '1950mAh' and the water damaged 1650mAH) plus the charger. I'll figure out what it costs to ship Monday at work. PM me your address.

I'm pretty excited for it. Capable enough for a few months anyway and enough RAM to do everything that I want it to do. Also, it was stupid cheap.
[Fascinate General] Sister Amethyst:
Rice won't do the trick if there's even a chance that any detergent made contact with the motherboard. The alcohol trick worked to restore my daughter's laundered phone long after we'd given it up for dead. That was over a year ago and it's still running strong!

Fascinated by unicorn flavored jellybeans
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Alcohol trick?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Did a quick search there was these - worth a shot if you think you are snookered anyways - worse case, its just as dead as it was, best case - working phone that can be an XMBC/Roku3 remote or something like that:

http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone

http://www.fiscalgeek.com/2009/06/ff_water_damaged_cellphone/
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Can't hurt... I'll give it a shot when I get home.

Edit: Just dumped a bottle of 99% alcohol on my T959D. Boy did that feel strange to do.

Edit 2: Officially given up. After a soak in alcohol, a few days and a good blast of high psi shop air, I'm declaring this thing dead. I'll scrounge up a box and get your shipping quote on the batteries tomorrow, JP.

In other news, I have no idea how I used the T959D for so long. It just seems so slow compared to the GNex I got (which I'm enjoying so far). Playing with basebands right now to see if I can find a good one. Trying out the last Bell/Telus radio they released as it seems like an obvious starting point but so far it seems like the radio I had on the phone from the stock 4.3 firmware was doing a better job of retaining signal in my apartment. Trial and error, i guess.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
No rush dude, and I know what you mean. Our phone was great, but once you get a new one you realize how lacking the RAM was. I still like the T959D and still am keeping mine up to date - plus my wife uses hers. My guess is she'll want to upgrade to something else given the chance.

Off topic, but I was trying out Aviate - kinda neat launcher. Its invite only, but I have a few invites (very very few) invites left if anyone wanted to try it.

Cheers!
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Hey JP

I'll take an invite if you have any left...always willing to try something new

Thanks
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
It does look pretty neat and I would like to try it, but I'm pretty stuck in my ways with Nova launcher. What are some pros and cons of this launcher?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I'm the same as you - stuck on Nova (and I own ADW, LPP, Apex, and Holo LOL) but keep coming back to it.

Search it on Youtube, its essentially google now as a launcher - kind of a combination of that with Smart Launcher (which is actually not a bad little launcher).
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Sales video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVDEq5ZKssM
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Looks great but I can't help but think wakelocks and massive battery drain. Don't worry think this one is for me.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Lol me either, but it's interesting to try. I'm giving it a whirl but I frequently get frustrated and go back to nova.
[Fascinate General] skepticmisfit:
you know, i used trebuchet for the longest time and i thought the entire OS was slow. then i tried nova again. haven't looked back, and i don't even have prime :p
[Fascinate General] ratman1000000:
thanks and info

Hello JP and Karma firstly thank you for all the info.

You too as well as the rest of the community here have been a great help with owning my t959.

i would also like a code to your file share their Karma.

Secondly i was hopping to know a link for a cheap new battery for the phone.

i need a new one or spare i think mine is starting to get weaker.

thanks
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
pm'ed you the creds.

Search eBay for battery and either I9000 or T959. Also search this thread as Karma gives some advice on the subject way back.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
There's a factory made 'extended' battery you can get. 1650mAh instead of 1500mAh for the stock battery. This battery is from the T959V but it works just fine in the T959D/i9000. The part number is EB575152LA. You can find them on ebay for cheap if you search for that part number.
[Fascinate General] ratman1000000:
thanks karma

I was reading the threads and saw that looks like a good oem choice.

i will order one today and see how it does.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
No problem.
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
Considering Slim

I have been running cyanogenmod 10.1.2 with Semaphore JB3.0.0s kernal and all has been fine until I lost phone audio a few days ago. If I reboot I can usually get one call in, but otherwise they can hear me, but I have no sound. I have tried to figure it out and have been reading forums, but not much help.

So I was thinking of trying out the latest slim.

Any comments or suggestions?
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
You should do it!

I can't speak for it on a T959D anymore, but Slim is fantastic. It's the only ROM I ran for any period of time because it has just the right amount of features without going overboard and it's very easy on RAM. Also, quick updates and developers who will answer your questions when you have them. Anyway, My opinion is if you're going to flash anyway, might as well give it a try! Worst case you go back to Cyanogenmod.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Latest stable slim is pretty darn good
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
Thanks....so going from cm I would

1. Wipe data factory reset

2. Format system.

3. Wipe cache

4. Wipe dalvik

5. Flash ROM (Slim-galaxysmtd)

6. Flash gapps

7. REboot
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Perfect. That is all you need, it comes bundled with semaphore so you are good to go.
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
Seems to be working fine so far. Will test it out. Thanks again.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
No problem. FYI, I think you need to turn on root access manually. Its in the developer settings.
[Fascinate General] bindoksala:
Hello JP,

Looking at your this post I am tempted to upgrade to the latest stable release before the slim team release the kitkat version.

regards

BS
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Will be interesting if there is a KK version for our phone - but the last stable is good (Mind you I don't have a working SIM in my phone anymore).

I'm also using Smart Launcher on that phone as it has a VERY low memory foot print.
[Fascinate General] bindoksala:
Ok will give a try to the Smart Launcher
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
It's simple, but quick.
[Fascinate General] bindoksala:
Hello JP,

The latest build is working excellent :)

I was having some issue with the camera app but now its resolved.

Regards

BS
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
8:30 and 8% - not too too unusual for a Thursday, but I would normally get a full 20-24 hour day on ICSSGS - getting about 13 hours on WeUI - same kernel settings, roughly same usage.

I'll kill it tonight and recharge from dead - go tomorrow - I may end up flashing SLIM which seems to be the other popular android ROM for I9000 at the moment - not a fan of Zeam, but I think I own every major launcher now (Nova, Apex, LPP, and ADW - GO is free lol)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Couldn't agree more, flashers best friend! :)
[Fascinate General] bucknetbucky:
Not been here in a while but I have to say I am getting well over 24 hours on WEUI so not sure what could be going on there jp.

On a new front I flashed the test kernel from glitch that includes twrp which is really cool. No more rocker buttons all touch recovery :). It also includes big mem so more memory as well. So far so good.
[Fascinate General] dkotoric:
hey guys i just picked up a fascinate for my wife and wanted to know if all these cm9 and cm7 roms work on the telus fascinate as well

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Buck! Missed ya Bud! I think it is just usage but used ICSSGS about the same.. Will see, I believe that you need a few full charges before completely dissing battery life :)
[Fascinate General] bucknetbucky:
Well my usage on weekends is more then usual for me. I usually play 3 to 4 rounds of disc golf with the tunes on all the time plus calls and SMS with the odd data session and still get way more then 24 hours. I do not have exchange though so I am thinking that may be causing some extra drain.

It may be something to run by on the ROM thread.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah, and you have sync off right?
[Fascinate General] bucknetbucky:
Yes I leave data and sync off. Use data only when I need it.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Just installed weui, this thing is cool. Definitely my fav rom so far