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[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
I am not sure where to go from here?? I can get things working just fine if I don't install semaphore 2.1.0 or 2.1.0s.zip after successful ROM install. As soon as I try for that it just locks on the powered by semaphore screen as posted before.

One more question for clarification:

12. Open Odin again. Put the .tar'd Semaphore kernel file you just downloaded in the PDA field, ensure Re-Partition is UNCHECKED. Put your phone in download mode, connect it to the PC and click start. In a bit more than 10 seconds, your phone should reboot itself. Pull the battery out and replace it

Step 12 indicates the phone should reboot itself...then pull the battery out. When I do this step it does not fully reboot....it gets stuck on powered by screen, but I can get into recovery from there and install the ROM and it all seems to work.

Is it supposed to reboot back to GB stock? Or is the reboot just to the semaphore splash screen???

I will get this...........
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
From here, go back to recovery and flash cm10 once more, it should again show error 7, if you flash it one more time, then it will reboot into the actual cm10 rom. Post a yippeekaye when it works

I will do the same as suggested to see if that fixes my network issues. Before I do that, here are some screenies

As you can see, no network...
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
haha....yippee it is!!!!

CM10 is running fine....but here is my issue.....if I install the sempaphore 2.1.0s kernal it will just freeze on that powered by screen and no matter what I seem to do it will not go past that??? I just end up going back to stock???

---------- Post added at 09:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:50 AM ----------

Where are you located? I am in AB and once I copy my efs folder and update the modem and reboot I am good to go......well except I have not successfully flashed the kernel from zip???
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
What modem are you using? I don't know much about kernels, but if your rom is working without it...then no need for it
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

We only use the 2.1 version of semaphore to load JB roms after that you don't need it. You can still out on a custom kernel but one will already loaded with your Rom.
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
http://karmatose.org/t959d/modems/ics_modems/850_enabled/Modem_UGKG3_ICS.CM.I9000.zip
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

dirty flashed slim 4.2.2 build 2 and latest semaphore last night. seems to work good. 3d performance is much better.
[Fascinate General] lastcall3:
I have things up and running pretty smooth so I might tackle an update in the future. Was fun messing around again and my phone seems to be working great.

I just wanted to say thanks for the great help and feedback (not to mention patience....)....APPRECIATED!!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

One up, smac?
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
Just got back from work.

DOWNgraded to froyo (yuck)

Things to do before bedtime:

-Make copy of efs folder(again!)

-flash gb

-Flash cm10 again

-Hopefully network issue is fixed when I replace efs folder with one I made copy of

E:Yes Yes yes! Will post a pic sometime tomorrow! Thanks to everyone who helped!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Any soft reboots with turning on usb storage?
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
None yet.
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
No soft reboots or anything. Infact I didn't even need to replace my efs folder. It worked perfectly and I think that is thanks to the modem link I got from the other guy trying to flash recently.

After flashing cm10. I went camera and I chose to reverse the camera to use front facing camera and now when I want to use camera, it shows an error that gallery has stopped working. How do I correct this message?
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I believe camera is a part of gallery app. go to app settings and clear app data for gallery and camera should work again.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Smac- you should still check your imei setting to make sure you didn't lose it.
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
How do I check the settings? All I checked was settings > about phone > status
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
You are in the right spot - you will see your IMEI there - I think the default (bad) IMEI starts with 004 or 0004 - something like that. In any event, just write down the number there, and then power down your phone - remove the battery cover and battery - and back there is your IMEI number for your phone. They should be the same.

I think - if memory serves - that CM10 reports an error if the IMEI is invalid, so if you didn't see that booting up, could be very well that your is fine (but worth checking regardless).

That's about it.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Downloaded latest slim and AIO - so might flash that here at some point. Right now running latest nightly for CM10.1, still pretty good, but haven't played with anything really.

Kinda interested in TRDS at this point - the white screens are burning my eyes out ;)
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
Yea, you're right it was showing the error message at startup; but since the phone was still able to call and receive texts I didn't think much of it. However I have gone ahead and switched the efs folder I copied before with the one on my phone and now the network signal seems a lot stronger than before and I don't get the error message anymore.

Know any fix for wifi? I am at school right now and trying to connect to the school network and after connecting to the guest network it is supposed to prompt me for credentials once I go to a browser, but it is not doing that; so I can't download the certificates to create a secure network with the school's network. This might not be a problem with the wifi, but just the browser but I was wondering if you anyone experienced this

E: No worries, was able to download google chrome (ftw)
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I think ssl doesn't really work with the stock browser at least that's my experience
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
DOOOOO IT!

So far so good for me on a dirty flash. They found the speed I lost in the last update. No soft reboots on USB yet either.
[Fascinate General] skratty:
SGH-959D boots to black screen after flash to stock rom

Hi everyone,

This is my first post here because I am at a complete loss. I feel like I've done everything I can from this forum and others and am getting no where. Here's my problem and I hope someone can help.

For starters I have a galaxy s fascinate SGH-t959d from Telus. The phone has always been stock and I've never rooted or flashed another rom on it. I wasn't doing anything with my phone earlier today aside from sitting beside me on my desk. I noticed it just reset which I found weird and then it continued in a reset loop never getting past the colorful s stage. So I've been trying to get it working since. Did everything on the first page of this thread to get it to stock froyo (which to be honest was my first ever attempts flashing a phone and was quite the learning curve). After doing a flash with ovid the phone will automatically reset and goes to an android system recovery screen and gives this message in yellow and red:

"update media, please wait

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1

(No such file or directory)

E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:

your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.

copy default media content failed."

I have tried all the options on that screen such as reboot system, wipe data/factory, wipe cache partition, format internal sd-card and all end up with the phone booting to a blank screen after the colorful s logo with the menu buttons lit up. I've tried leaving it for over 30 min and it doesn't move. Tried flashing the GB rom instead from this forum and no success. Tried flashing a dbdata.rcf file that another forum suggested and get the same thing.

I'm all for trying to get it to boot from an external sd which I've partitioned with ext4 and fat32 partitions but have no idea how to get a rom on there and get the phone to boot to it.

So that's where I am right now and I apologize if this is anywhere and for the long post but I would love to get my phone in any sort of working state. Thanks all for your time.
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
It honestly sounds like your /sdcard is dead. If you have cwm on the phone try manually formatting /sdcard and mounting it. If that doesn't work, I don't know what to tell you.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Done! Had one issue, but resolved with a fix permissions. Will see how it runs - but so far digging it.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Hi - so you are using Odin and trying to get to Stock Froyo - sounds like that should be your first step - did you follow the instructions just to do that? I agree with Karma if you have CWM on it somehow try formatting that SD Card, but if it is dead, doesn't leave a whole lot of options.

Where are you located in Canada?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Turning on Mass Storage and ..... No Soft Reboot! That's never happened before. :)
[Fascinate General] skratty:
Yes, I have tried several times to get to stock Froyo but get the same result every time. It did stop the boot loop if that's a good sign. Unfortunately I don't have CWM on it right now, would there be a way to get it on there and be able to use it? Kind of sucks if there is nothing else I can do. It was supposed to last till the galaxy s4 came out. Didn't want to grab an s3 with the s4 being so close.

And I live in Calgary. Thanks for the replies guys.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

But you can get into download mode?
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
One thing I have faith on when it comes to phones is that you have to pretty much smash yours against a rock in order to truly say it is dead (unless yours is a Nokia). Can you explain exactly how you are trying to root? What steps are you taking?

IMO, in the long run, getting an s4 won't make much difference than getting an s3
[Fascinate General] yaaa4:
@jpmccarthy

Hi again!

I saw your SGS is on Slimbean build 2 (4.2.2). Is it worth the update vs slim 3.1.0 (4.1.2)?

I tried the beta of the 4.2.1 a couple of months ago and it was not stable. How is yours?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Hi - yes, decided to give Build 2 a spin based on Karma's recommendation. I trust Karma's opinion a lot, and he is big on stability and performance - he is liking the new build and also found the previous one not stable (as did I).

I've been running it less than 24 hours - so I cannot comment on much as of yet. I am digging the dark slim though - its fantastic and there should be an update to it soon to include the new gmail app which google released yesterday. So far no soft reboots, and I have not flashed anything other than the ROM and AIO. I'll probably have more thoughts by end of week but so far:

- TRDS is quite nice if you like a dark display.

- Lots of great tweaking options.

- Seems faster and more fluid than CM10.1 if I'm being honest.

- Came with latest semaphore - so I just use semaphore manager to tweak my kernel settings.

That's really about it - I had one issue with developer options not working, but I fixed permissions in recovery and that cleared all that up.

Pretty happy ATM
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
Good. It's probably the best I've used to date. Slim 4.1.2 (3.1.0 or whatever) being the last good ROM. I'm not entirely sold on TDRS yet. Giving it a fair shake though.
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
How do I get more performance from the cm10.1? When I am playing a game and try to run another program, the program just quits. cm10 had the performance option, but cm10.1 does not have that. Is there a way to fix this?

E: Also is it ok to upgrade to semaphore 2.9.15 because I am now running cm10.1?

E2: Nvm found it :D tricky

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35620085&postcount=2
[Fascinate General] yaaa4:
Thanks for your quick answer

I look forward to your comments.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I don't game so not much help on this. There is a kernel out there based on semaphore for gaming though.
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
What is the name of this kernel you speak of?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Cyancore but I've never used it.
[Fascinate General] Smac89:
Thanks, will check it out
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Here's the link - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2184578 - he also has a gaming ROM, but strips out a LOT of other features (makes it a gaming phone).

As I said, I don't game - so not much help there.
[Fascinate General] dgerryts:
Day 2 on SB 4.2.2 Build 2. Smooth running so far.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Seems slow to load SMS and Phone for me - waiting a while for those apps.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Installed super launcher which helped.
[Fascinate General] rfquerin:
SB 4.2.2 Build2 seems to be running smoothly for me. The phone takes about 2sec to come up and the messaging app in about half that time on first launch after reboot and things have settled.

I've been using Action Launcher for a little while now and quite like it. Not sure if it's the lightest/fastest thing, but it sure works nicely.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
phone and message was taking about 3-5 secs for me, and then a few more to be functional.
[Fascinate General] nereis:
Looks good, IMO KSM can be quite useful for our phones, anything that squeezes out more RAM really.

Wheatley Governor might be interesting to try too, this one is supposedly a bit more battery friendly than Ondemand?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Should also note, have received a couple of texts but no doubles - me and someone else was experiencing that on Slim before.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
For those on Slim Build 2 - there may be good stuff as early as this weekend. In addition to the new gmail (which is pretty good), this might help some of the small performance issues I'm seeing as well as battery drain - from teh website:

Fixes

App force close problems

Fix unsupported tiles regression

LatinIME TRDS fixes

Gmail jiberish toast message

Contacts share FC

Email widget FC

Performance and battery drain issues
[Fascinate General] karmatose:
I noticed this too, but I have messages dating back to 2009 (from my Windows Mobile phones) on my current handset. I thought it was just laggy on launch because of the sheer number of messages I have archived.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah - I'm not getting google place at all - did you get that in a GAPPS Update? FLASHED the latest package a few times now.

</not an iPad>
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Reflashed the ROM and used an older GAPPS - got Play working with my account. Now updating the updated file (that keeps telling me I need an update).

How's 1.1.1 Finn? Still got video Playback?

</not an iPad>
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
So far, so good. No problems with video or anything else I've noticed, will post up if I notice anything.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Semaphore I9000 kernal. Version 1.1 I believe. Its either that or 1.1 I've been cycling between the 2 to see if it was a semaphore issue.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
That's the only thing I can think of that would break video. Didn't work for me on the s or bm versions of semaphore.

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Yeah, that could be it. Semaphore has a ton of builds though. Which one should I use?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
I was last using 1.0.0 on icssgs and that was great. The straight version, not the s, bm, or sbm

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Weui. Anyone else getting update errors on maps. Seems like the Gapps update didn't take. Any way to confirm?

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I asked the same question somewhere else and was told to cross reference version number of Play, Maps etc. I didn't bother as I no longer get update notifications for it and at the end of the day...don't really care if they updated or not. :D
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yeah, I'm still getting update notifications.

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Drag, did you clear cache and app data etc. That's how I recall fixing my issue eventually, then flashing gapps from recovery.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Cleared cache and dalvik - anything else I should do there?

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
I just went into the apps tab, cleared the maps and play data, then Reflashed the update. It seems to have took because I didn't get the update message on reboot!
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Sweet matt. I ill give that a whirl. Factory reset did nothing other than clear my apps :)

What launcher are you guys opting for?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Hmmnnnnnn I'm back to play not being there. Crazy.

</not an iPad>
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Reflashing. Back to square one

</not an iPad>
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
How did you upgrade to 1.1.1 Finn? I've tried with onecosmics, and weui, and neither want to play nice with it. It gets as far as the semaphore kernel screen, it dims, and it won't go any further. I just had to reinstall weui just to get back to 1.0.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Ok, I'll try to see if I downloaded the wrong one by mistake.

Is there any other roms like icssgs?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Lots. :)

</not an iPad>
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I had problems flashing that kernel as well. What worked for me was to go into the Semaphore script tool and or NSTools and reset anything that tweaks your kernel back to default. Then, go to /etc/init.d and delete everything in that folder, run the kernel cleaning script then flash 1.1.1. Worked fine for me after all that.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Interesting...on CM10.1 nightlies and apparently the Gmail app is not compatible with my device according to the playstore

anyone else have this issue??
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I had the latest working on CM before I moved to slim
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
A few days on slim

so been running slim for a few days now. The things I like, I still like - along with all the customizations.

I have to say though, my performance is starting to creep to crawl - lots of reloading of email when I open the app, lots of waits. No force closes or anything, but in general finding it very laggy.

Just my 2 cents - although I see some others having similar issues on the slim forum (and others are not so your results may vary).
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
and USB soft re-boots - cm10.1 is coming back.
[Fascinate General] Heoxoma:
I had similar issue with Youtube on one of my recent changeovers Slim <-> CM.

Reflash will do the trick :fingers-crossed:
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Moose - just thought of this - have you changed your DPI in CM, and if so, did you download a multi DPI playstore?

If not, may be your issue.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Actually I did change it to 180...where can I get that version?

Would that effect all apps or just Google ones
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
LOL - that will affect everything. I'm guessing you'll have some updates :) Try this one - I use it, its latest playstore - just get the right JB version.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1839871
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Slim 2.5 is released now - maybe I should have waited but I lost patience today as it was EXTREMELY sluggish (2.0, not 2.5)
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

Thanks JP i'll give it a shot
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
that should fix you up.

D/Led Slim 2.5 and updated AIO - sigh, to flash or not to flash. Maybe if I'm bored on Sunday, going to stick to stock CM10.1 for now - not even adjusting DPI (but I did flash and tweak semaphore).
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
how was it ?

So it seems you are tempted by a slimrom ? I know you told me to stick with CM10. I think I've read that you tried the slimrom and it was sluggish if I understood you correctly ?

Just to follow up, I didn't plunge yet as I had some work previous days and I did not wanted to have a broken or buggy phone. Only my feet in the water, rooted successfully at the moment with superoneclic.

I have tried EFS backup pro and it crashed all the time so I did it manually. I read in the OP that you said be sure ALL files and folders are copied. I copied once and re-read OP and got suspicious. I went back in EFS, hit "properties" to compare both original efs and copied folder and they did not match at all. I needed to show hidden files, then it worked ok. Glad I had that suspition.

Speaking of rooted, does that unlock the phone (to other provider sim card) when rooted or it's only for file access ?

Oh and by the way, I never saw your PM prior last night ! sorry about that and thanks for your help as always.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Re: [TELUS T959D FASCINATE] One Stop Shop (updated Sept 2012)

I liked build 2 but it did get sluggish for me. Build 2.5 has performance and battery fixes, but I already went back to cyanogen mod. I think CM 10 is a good stable rom, so it's what I recommend to cut your teeth on :)

Just file access to system and ability to use apps that need root access.
[Fascinate General] Aleziss:
This is where I am at...

Are you always updating your nightly build to the latest one ? which one do you use ? If you do, does it wipes your phone everytime ?

I am planing to use the stable 10.0 but it's just out curiosity I ask this. Oh and if you give slim 2.5 another try, would be nice you give your opinion... I don't know why, I am "drawn" to that slimrom...

Ok, I'll try to find out what is needed to unlock it. I know I don't need this with CM or slim. Just in case I go back to GB, I'll probably switch to koodo they have awesome deals that telus won't match and koodo is using the telus network.

1) Root : Done. Took a while but made it thru.

2) Flash speedmod-kernel-k16-11 with Odin in PDA with no repartition : To do. I need to re-re-re-read as I have seen that it might lockup in boot loop and I want to be sure I understand what is going on before I push this. So many bad memories of that loop thing that crashed my phone previously gives me the creeps...

3) Flash Semaphone2.6.5s + stable CM10.0 (all from I9000) with recovery option : To do. I can see an option without the speedmod in my phone to install update from sdcard. Would that work too ? I also need to re-read and find the right procedure and steps orders to do this.

4) Fix speed keys : To do. I am not exactly sure how to do this. I think I need to go in recovery and flash the zip file for the fix.

5) Verify IMEI : To do. If IMEI not present/wrong, copy the original GB efs folder in root directory.

6) Flash Modem_TLJL3_ICS.CM.I9000 with recovery option (I did not found modem for JB)

7) Install gapps for CM10

8) Enjoy my "new" phone.

I've read so much and roam everywhere to get the right file ready... and I still have to read again !