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[Fascinate Android Development] taypotts:
So will a recovery remove this if I need it to? I'm weary of kernels and the fiasco I had removing voodoo. Thanks!
[Fascinate Android Development] syaoran12:
Restoring with cwm does not change your kernel
[Fascinate Android Development] saps:
Thanks. Hmmm a black/blank screen and all soft keys lit, that might give me PTSD from my soft brick experience :p
[Fascinate Android Development] itstee:
have it running righ tnow.. looks good. and i like the backlights ..
[Fascinate Android Development] illtema:
can we use custom boot animations?
[Fascinate Android Development] illtema:
btw i love teh backlight!
[Fascinate Android Development] bomber889:
no i don't think this kernel supports them
[Fascinate Android Development] adiliyo:
is anyone else's wifi not turning off?
[Fascinate Android Development] jason1332:
Yep... getting a "unable to turn off wifi " error.
[Fascinate Android Development] keith.mcintyre26:
Birdman is fixing this now. I guess try turning it off and rebooting.
[Fascinate Android Development] syaoran12:
Mine turns off but the icon stays green in the notification bar.
[Fascinate Android Development] jason1332:
Cool... not worried about it.
[Fascinate Android Development] CPierce:
I compared mine with stock fascinate and the stock looks a bit brighter.
[Fascinate Android Development] dnoyeb:
just at my first phone call since installing this and I'm noticing that same buzzing that other people are talking about.
[Fascinate Android Development] namebrandon:
lmao.. :D

I hear ya... i "soft" bricked on day 2 of release, which without any of the tools we have now, translated into a hard brick and a visit to VZW. Still shiver thinking about that night I spent trying to fix it.
[Fascinate Android Development] dlongb13:
Been running this since release and its great but j am still getting the battery not connected error. So today I flashed the cwmkernel and now noticed I am getting 3g with cwm where I was getting 1x with birdman kernel. Just letting ya know. Looking forward to the update.
[Fascinate Android Development] starscream84:
Anyone try charging their phones after they tried turning wifi off?

I saw a couple people reporting the "battery not connected" error yesterday...

I flashed this kernel yesterday at work (no wifi here) and everything was fine all day, went home and turned on wifi, still running fine, went to leave to work this morning and I turned off wifi and got the "can't turn off wifi error",

In the car, plugged it into the charger for the drive, and got the "battery isn't connected" error. Could these be connected?

Also, rebooting didn't change anything just FYI, luckly, I had a .zip of the stock kernel, just flashed that and everything went back to normal, wifi turns on and off fine and phone charges again. :)
[Fascinate Android Development] stevonyc35:
i installed disabled voodoo using zenmasters app and rebooted.

i dl this kernel and rebooted and now getting a ton of FC's.

trying to restore backups but cwm is not restoring it properly. when i reboot i still get a lot of FC's.
[Fascinate Android Development] RacerXFD:
Same story for me.
[Fascinate Android Development] dlongb13:
wifi turns off, the indicator just stays on
[Fascinate Android Development] starscream84:
Did you check in your settings, I thought the same thing but from the settings menu when you uncheck wifi, it hangs for a second, then says "unable to turn wifi off" and then it will turn back on in a minute or 2.
[Fascinate Android Development] je2345:
Ive tried 4 different chargers and usb cables and I haven't got the battery not connected error others are reporting. Quadrant score sucks but phone feels smoother and faster than with voodoo installed. I do have the wifi error others are reporting with the wifi toggle in notification bar staying on and stating unable to turn off wifi in wireless& network settings.
[Fascinate Android Development] nitewalker033:
Lmao I know what you mean took me a day to recover from voodoo

And the 0.00 internal memory problem
[Fascinate Android Development] ibebyi:
now if we got a BLN + OC/UV + ext4 Lagfix + Color I'd be one HAPPY camper. XD
[Fascinate Android Development] illtema:
just my 2 cents, i dont really notice a speed difference between this and jt's voodoo 1k
[Fascinate Android Development] bomber889:
my wifi also does not turn off
[Fascinate Android Development] RacerXFD:
Not sure if I like the lag fix...
[Fascinate Android Development] ktez:
Took the plunge.....

After bricking my first phone and just getting a new one yesterday, I had resolved not to mess with it and install things, and just patiently wait for Froyo. But I couldn't resist this kernel and just flashed it. :D So far so good..... I wanted to do it before Voodoo was added to it - from my experience Voodoo is EVIL!
[Fascinate Android Development] adiliyo:
i'm assuming if we want to go back to stock we can use the odin kernel image to do so?
[Fascinate Android Development] bomber889:
or by flashing the stock kernel
[Fascinate Android Development] CPierce:
I had no issues with voodoo but from what I can tell, contrary to what quadrant says, I can't tell the difference between lagfix to this
[Fascinate Android Development] mlmiller240:
Mine has a lot of lag now, but thats ok because it is a lot more stable than Voodoo. We just need an OC kernel and everything will be fine.
[Fascinate Android Development] ckochinsky125:
I agree with you i installed voodoo on my first phone and then tried to remove it and it completely screwed my phone luckily they sent me a new one and now im staying away from voodoo. I want froyo lol
[Fascinate Android Development] mexiken:
Now you guys are scaring me. I really want to try this ROM JUST for the notification lights, but I'm running Voodoo. What has worked when you uninstall Voodoo and get stuck with fc's or it doesn't boot anymore after you uninstall ???? Stock odin + stock odin kernel ????
[Fascinate Android Development] mlmiller240:
Just disable it, don't uninstall it. Worked fine for me. Notification backlight is very nice.
[Fascinate Android Development] adiliyo:
is there a link to an zip of it? i haven't seen one...

whoops, found it. :)
[Fascinate Android Development] adrynalyne:
No offense, but thats ridiculous.
[Fascinate Android Development] mexiken:
Did that using the toggle, now Launcher Pro is in FC hell. How do you get into boot loader menu again ???? Isn't it volume key down while powering on ????
[Fascinate Android Development] bleeeeeeek:
agreed.. how are you guys "bricking" your phones to where you cant just wipe and reload with the "back to stock" thread??
[Fascinate Android Development] ckochinsky125:
Because with voodoo it isnt that easy voodoo is a pain so thats why im staying away from it. No need for it in my opinion.
[Fascinate Android Development] adrynalyne:
I'll concede that its not for everyone, especially the inexperienced, but Verizon shouldn't have had to pick up the tab in something quite fixable.
[Fascinate Android Development] adiliyo:
i agree, voodoo cannot actually brick your phone.

if you can't figure out how to fix it, it's not their responsibility to replace it for you.

everyone is inexperienced at things at some point, it just takes some effort and research.
[Fascinate Android Development] ckochinsky125:
well then maybe for those who have issues with voodoo you should fix their phones for them since you seem to make it seem like it is so easy. For me i would just rather not go through all the hassle i can wait its no big deal but for people who had a serious lag issue and wanted something to fix it dont ridicule them
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
Lazy ignorant people playing with things they don't take the time to learn is exactly why manufacturers work to lock us out to begin with. Every device returned because of user error potentially hurts future development. Either learn what youre doing, and listen to the people who bother to help, or gtfo.

Imho.
[Fascinate Android Development] Mean Bro Greene:
This. This right here. Everyone should take a lesson from this man. I've never once screwed up my device and not been able to fix it by following simple directions. If you're messing around with this stuff and don't already know how to fix it if something goes wrong, I suggest some reading.
[Fascinate Android Development] RacerXFD:
I don't agree with the wording but I do agree with what he's saying. If Samsung deals with returned phones with configuration other than OEM, they don't want to spend resources to provide unneeded customer support. So how does one do that? By locking the phones down like the Droid X. Plus it gives Verizon more justification to lock their equipment down further. AT&T went a step further and blocked 3rd party apps on the Captivate.
[Fascinate Android Development] CPierce:
Never thought of it that way. Yes it is a shame there are so many returns. I don't see how there are so many issues. I have flashed everything out here with zero problems. Maybe its because I study these forums like a bible but who wouldn't with this incredibly expensive hardware.
[Fascinate Android Development] tats_06:
Because people don't read...and they jump straight to flashing! It is truly devastating...see how many "Help, I bricked" "What do I do" "FC mess" and etc threads? :(
[Fascinate Android Development] mexiken:
I followed all the steps. I ASKED before I uninstalled Lag fix, and it just tanked my phone. Its pretty much unrecoverable. Had to go back to the nandroid before I installed lag fix to get it working.

In any case, is there any chance of including ASOP compatible bootanimation support ???? I used an app that worked just fine with dirk kernels, but doesn't seem to work here. Anyone have any success ????
[Fascinate Android Development] adiliyo:
no one is saying it works perfectly, but even when it messes up the phone, it doesn't brick it, as you can fix it without having to send it back.

as to your question, the kernel currently doesn't include the ability to have custom boot animations, i'm sure one of birdman's later builds will have it, but it is a test kernel and as such is incomplete.
[Fascinate Android Development] mexiken:
I never said it bricked it, but def didn't let me get back into that nandroid. And I cared because I use an app to track what time I clock out of work, and I need them come Sunday.

I edited my post. Thought it was a ROM and not a kernel, so obviously flashing another kernel wipes this one out. Thanks for the prompt response though, much appreciated
[Fascinate Android Development] dmaustin:
Before trying to remove voodoo you should backup your apps and data with titanium backup. I also got screwed when removing voodoo. Its not hard, just make a blank file. But it still failed for some reason. Then my nandroid from right before voodoo failed md5 check. Still only took me about 15 minutes to get back up and running. Had to start from scratch, but is that really such a big deal? This is way easier than my old touch pro 2! Anyway, the point is... Titanium Backup!!! Keeps your data from the app as well.

I love my Samsung Fascinate!
[Fascinate Android Development] ktez:
I'm holding out for Froyo too and I still don't know how I bricked my phone, it happened when I tried to disable voodoo. All I did was add the disable/lagfix file and when i rebooted it was all messed up. I followed all the posts and flashed the Odin recovery many times and no luck. I don't think its any slower without Voodoo, so this phone will not go near voodoo. I just hope when they come out with a Froyo ROM it doesn't have Voodoo!
[Fascinate Android Development] ktez:
I use Titanium backup too but after disabling Voodoo my market was gone, it wouldn't let me install apps saved on my SD card, and when I tried to run a nandroid backup, that's when I started to get all the FC issues. Somebody should make a YouTube video of uninstalling Voodoo - that would be really helpful.
[Fascinate Android Development] lkhafra:
People jump in without checking things out first voodoo got me twice end I recovered just fine. People aren't bricking phones they are giving up without trying. If you aren't willing to read and go through the trial and error of hacking your phone don't hack. You know the risk of messing with this phone in the first place.
[Fascinate Android Development] Sithben24:
Working good and just as fast as voodoo. I do have the wifi problem though. Status green instead of off completely. Worth it though.
[Fascinate Android Development] adiliyo:
all you needed to do was reformat/partition your mbr again through adb.
[Fascinate Android Development] durakbane:
+1 to the wifi not turning off. :)
[Fascinate Android Development] RacerXFD:
Also, after unplugging my phone from the charger, the mount/debugging notification does not go away.
[Fascinate Android Development] mykebass:
+2 to the wifi not turning off.
[Fascinate Android Development] pjmirano:
Is there instructions for removing this kernel or a way to go back to stock kernel or even voodoo lag fix?
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
Everyone keeps saying "brick". A true hard brick is completely unrecoverable, period. I haven't seen an instance of actual bricking since the G1. That was a failure to restore the correct spl between roms.

Lesson learned, and I picked up a new phone on Ebay for about $150. Because I ****ed it up. This is a constant learning process, and the amount of freely available knowledge and assistance here is incredible.

What gets to me is the amount of posts about problems that are already addressed two clicks away. I assume this is mostly due to the availability of the phone. The N1 is a true geek phone, mostly because of how it was marketed. You just don't see the flood of repetitive posts on those boards, and frankly they aren't tolerated, but usually closed to prevent the imminent nuclear flaming that SHOULD occur. Not being an ass, but read the main stickies, and get off your ass and search before you expect everyone else to spoon feed you.

I think if the devs around here didn't have the compassion to reiterate the same things to the apparently illiterate, we would probably have a Gingerbread port with sense up.

(shudder)
[Fascinate Android Development] pjmirano:
I agree on the above post. This is a big learning process...lots of trial and error.

When I first ported from the droid x everything was different. Had to relearn. Used google to my advantage and found ways to restore my phone to stock. Got fc's and found a fix for that as well.

Anyone know if I can just skip and use odin to install just the stock kernel ?

Now trying to remove this and go back to voodoo.
[Fascinate Android Development] adiliyo:
in the how to remove voodoo completely thread there is a zip of the stock kernel, that's what i used at least.
[Fascinate Android Development] pjmirano:
Thanks I will try that right now
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
Make sure you follow the instructions and wipe on both ends or you will get skidmarks. er... FC's rather.

I tried to skip like you mentioned, and um, no dice. That was with the lagfix voodoo though, not sure about this one. I didn't take the chance though. :P
[Fascinate Android Development] mykebass:
Just flash the stock kernal via CWM or Rom Manager. There is a link to the stock kernal in the post titled "[How to] Completely Remove Voodoo Lagfix"

I'd provide the link, but I's not allowed.
[Fascinate Android Development] pjmirano:
I just finished flashing the .zip file provided on the how to thread and im back to voodoo. I think that fc loop issue only happens when u use odin to completely revert back to stock.

Appreciate all the info guys.

For this kernel I think I'm just gonna wait till the final release.
[Fascinate Android Development] adiliyo:
the FC loop happens when a removal of voodoo isn't complete / successful, flashing from a non voodoo kernel to stock should be smooth
[Fascinate Android Development] mypantsaretorn:
I am getting both the "battery is not connected error" and the "cannot turn off wifi" error after flashing this.. i've dont it multiple times after using odin to go completely back to stock. Will have to use something else until this gets fixed.
[Fascinate Android Development] pjmirano:
The battery is not connected error.

I'm running voodoo and got the same error last night. Fixed it by changing the setcpu settings from on demand to conservative. After a reboot battery charging works fine for both pc and wall charging.

Just my 2cents. Don't even know if you have setcpu. But that's what happened to me.
[Fascinate Android Development] jt1134:
You're an idiot and people with your mindset are the reason hardware manufacturers are locking down these devices.

Thank you for continuing to make our community as a whole look stupid and making developers look like assholes for sharing their work.

Do yourself and the community a favor and get a jitterbug.
[Fascinate Android Development] adrynalyne:
Hey jt, don't be stealing my jitterbug lines!

:D
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
http://www.johnsphones.com/

The un-brickable alternative for the lazy.
[Fascinate Android Development] erasmogjr:
lol@ the getting mad at devs. I think the problem is that too many people who arent into hacking want to hack there phones to make them cooler. I think if you were never into computers or linux or puzzles then you really have no business rooting. When something messes up my phone I just keep trying to fix it until it is fixed of course by now I can pretty much just tell whats wrong by what the phone is doing. And yes I agree I haven't read anything about an actual brick since the G1, that Haykuro SPL got me too :( (now I read like crazy) Definetly wasnt a devs fault that I wanted to try it though. Now "bricks" are usually just people in a boot loop or who need to nandroid. At least stick to stable stuff until you are comfortable with ADB and fixing the phone yourself and no offense but if you dont know how to install stuff with out rom manager and root explorer then you really have no business flashing things that are test or beta.

Worked perfect for me btw love the backlight notifications
[Fascinate Android Development] lkhafra:
Lmao at that phone.
[Fascinate Android Development] s44:
It's possible to permanently ruin this phone, if you fail to read the warnings posted on the VERY FIRST MODDING STEP (don't flash to the wrong place with Odin!). I'm not sure what's worse, the number of illiterates who are making this mistake and posting about it, or the repeated advice to defraud Verizon by lying about how you screwed up the phone by making the world's stupidest error. As people have said, THIS is what's getting more and more new phones locked down.

Sent from my Voodoo-powered Fascinate with XDA
[Fascinate Android Development] orion421:
First thank you jt ,dirrk and everyone else who has put time into this phone....

second i would just like to say that yes all these people who flash something without knowing a damn thing about their phone are idiots...with that said i am one of those people...I had five tabs open last night after i tried the disable lag fix app..I had the 0.0 memory **** going on.....my first instinct was to start a thread asking for help...i suppressed that urge and just read, hence the 5 tabs(and four hours later)...but had not people before me asked the questions i would have never figured my problem out...

so to make this short rather than be little the poster of a stupid question, point them in the right direction...that's how people like me find what the search doesnt always provide...

flame suit on :D

by the way i did an odin,cwm,root,disable lag fix then nandroid, about 4 times...before it was back to ormal
[Fascinate Android Development] durakbane:
@orion421: Ironically, I spent all night (E.g. 5 hours because I am stupid.) working my phone out of a soft brick because I tried to disable voodoo. Like you, I kept reading, reading, and reading. IMO, it's not that the question is asked, but rather that not everyone attempts to research their problem. Its even gotten a little annoying for me to read the same questions over and over again....and I'm a noob. :)
[Fascinate Android Development] orion421:
The first thing i always hit is the stickies...but it seems like all the info i need is not there and i can not understand this...i have been on forums since the start of forums...from cars to games to whatever...yes i am new to modding phones but it is the same principle as anything else..when we tinker with thing we are bound to mess some thing up...that is were the the forum comes in...no doubt there is someone out there that knows much more than any given person on a certain subject and has been threw and figured out how to fix that problem... imho i think the stickies should hold this info, as they do in almost every other forum i have been a part of....

now with all that said i greatly appreciate all the time and hard work that not only the devs but also the mods put into both the phone itself as well as the forum.
[Fascinate Android Development] DigitalDementia:
For starters I have SETCPU on conservative, and when I installed this kernel I now get the battery not connected error... I reflashed jt's kernel but still got that issue today... I also had the unable to turn off wifi issue when I had this kernel installed. Flashing Jr's fixed the wifi issue at least.
[Fascinate Android Development] illtema:
ok so i jinxed myself. as soon as i said i dont notice lag after replacing lagfix w/ this my phone started lagging terribly!!!
[Fascinate Android Development] ellisz:
Hell, I am a bit leary of disabling voodoo just because of the horror stories. Voodoo went on easy enough but seems like more issues arise when removing. I guess that is just because more post about it ;)
[Fascinate Android Development] orion421:
to do it over again...it would be much less time consuming...but the first time you disable it is a pain...also now that im back to a stock kernel the lag is very pronounced...if vodoo is working for you don't look back...
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
The app that places the file for you is easy as can be. Hit the button, and reboot. It's realy not that hard.
[Fascinate Android Development] ellisz:
I have the free app that was created a few days ago but I have not tried it yet. My phone is great most days. I have been having issues with Beautiful Widgets and Touchdown a little the last few days. I use NoLED so the notification part of this kernel is very enticing...
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
I wonder if the backlight notification is available as a standalone install?
[Fascinate Android Development] Njzkrish:
Hm.. this was working fine when installed. But i just realized my Wifi is stuck. It wont shut off lol. Anyone else having this problem?
[Fascinate Android Development] Sithben24:
Quite a few of us do
[Fascinate Android Development] cckeeler:
I

I would love to see the BLN stand alone, but for now I am going to wait until this is compatible with voodoo. Either way I an thrilled to see things like this being developed!
[Fascinate Android Development] dakoop:
Are there any updates in the works for this kernel
[Fascinate Android Development] jeaton313:
is the wifi fix on the way and any updates.
[Fascinate Android Development] dmaustin:
So... Ever since I installed this kernel, my phone had been randomly freezing, requiring a battery pull. I'm not sure if this has to do with the voltage at 1100mhz. My phone could never handle Dirrk's lv1200, but I ran his lv1100 fine for weeks. Then again I had trouble removing the voodoo lag fix and had to completely remove it with adrenalyn's instructions and start over. So, could I still be having issues from that? I guess I should just odin restore to stock and try again. Just wanted to see if anyone else notice this freezing.
[Fascinate Android Development] jeaton313:
I have had no problems with freezing with this kernel.
[Fascinate Android Development] CPierce:
This kernel was perfect for me beside the wifi issue.