[Fascinate General] Azure1203:
Alright, I think I got it working for real this time.

Went back to stock 2.2 from Telus using the Odin files you posted in the OP. Thanks for that!

Anyways, because of what you said about DarkyROM not allowed me to use the key combo to get into CWM, I decided to cheat a bit.

-Went to stock Telus 2.2 using the files you provided in OP.

-flashed the voodoo 2.2 kernel you gave in the OP to get CWM.

-rebooted phone, it started up fine. checked to make sure kernel has been applied. all good.

-powered off, used volume down + up + power to get into CWM. Hold up + down and then let power go, and it booted into CWM.

-flashed the glitch kernel from cwm. worked fine. reboot and it bootlooped.

-used the key combo mentioned above to get into CWM, and this time it worked.

-flashed slim the way he suggests and it works great.

I think flashing Darky screwed up my recovery combo and from there I couldn't get to CM9.

Either way I was up till 2 last night and spent about 4 hours on it today. Glad it works.

Interestingly enough, my IMEI changed from what it says on my phone. It used to be 345 something, and now its 0000 something. It seems to connect and register on the network I use though. I sent a couple messages to people though and it seems to work fine. Who the heck knows what happened. No, I didn't backup EFS. I thought I had a long time ago but couldn't find the files. Lucky me I guess.

The hilarious part in all of this is that I had a nandroid backup from 3 months ago and forgot to use it. When you go to SlimBean, and then back to SlimICS, it erases SD card content, so I lost everything including some pictures.

Oh well, the price you pay for not making backups.

Glad to have my phone working though.

Hopefully this helps some other guys out here too.

I would personally say you should upgrade the OP to include the steps I mentioned above. I don't think its necessary to go to 2.3.3 before you flash, especially if you have to use Kies.

If we could get the 2.3.3 files for Odin, then it would be a lot easier.

Thanks for the help. Saying I couldn't boot into CWM through Darky using the key combo kinda helped me see what I was doing wrong.

---------- Post added at 08:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:04 PM ----------

I'm pretty sure I did this. Kies is a pain in the ass to deal with, and I think it would be bloody awesome if someone found the 2.3.3 files and uploaded them on the site in the OP where you can download the other stuff from.

I think it would have worked if I had gone to 2.3.3 through Kies, and then kept going, but I went to Darky, and that screwed up my ability to boot into recovery because it thought the phone was a i9000, and the volume up + down + power combo wouldn't work.

Interestingly enough, when I boot up now, it boots up with the T959D screen and not the i9000 screen.

---------- Post added at 08:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:07 PM ----------

Yeah my IMEI on the back of my phone says 35438503052xxxx

And now in the phone under status it says 00499901064xxxx

But like I said I still seem to have connectivity. I'm not sure if first IMEI is actually the one the phone has been using for a while now.

I think I'll leave everything well enough alone after this. This phone is still a beast with SlimICS on it, and I really have no reason to even WANT to upgrade. I seriously doubt SlimBean would be able to make much of a difference.

I'm up for renewal in 6 months or so, and I'll probably get the S3. Would prefer not to use a flip phone as a replacement for bricking this one till then.