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[Nexus S Accessories] ScratchC:
know this thread is old but this is good info..

plasti dip when cured properly does not peel easily at all

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[Nexus S Accessories] Sean35:
Just popping in, don't mind the bump. I bought a Nexus S 4G to screw around with on FreedomPop (very little luck getting it usable after 2 days, but I think I just now found the right combo of ROM/Kernel/mods to make it run smoothly), and decided to do this this morning out of boredom. I figured I was the first person to get the idea, then Googled "plastidip battery cover" and saw tons of links for this, seemingly only done on the Nexus S. The phone is nice for its age, but the battery cover is definitely too smooth for secure use.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] alda.audisho:
I have a sony erricsson xperia x10a and I am having a problem with it. It is loading up but then shutting up and trying to load again, pretty much looping at the boot stage. someone suggested I reinstall update 2.1, how can i update it again or is there any other way to do it.

Thank you.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jimbo77:
Here you can reflash to 2.1 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=825675
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Tony_C:
Take battery out hold back key put battery in, leave usb cable attached. This will put it back in flash mode, then you can update
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] -PiLoT-:
This forum is for development. please keep it clean
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Updated to include 2.2.1

#####IF YOU HAVE VOODOO ENABLED, DISABLE LAGFIX BEFORE YOU USE ODIN#####

If you are unfamiliar with how to use Odin pay attention to what you are doing. Flashing the wrong file or flashing to the wrong place can potentially be a nightmare.

*********ONLY FLASH MESMERIZE FILES TO YOUR MESMERIZE*****

*********ONLY FLASH MESMERIZE FILES TO YOUR MESMERIZE*****

First download both files if you don't already have Odin. Unzip the Mesmerize DI14 zip file or EC10 zip file. You will notice that there is a .pit file and a .tar.md5 file. You will flash both at the same time if you want to go COMPLETELY back to stock. This process will wipe all data from your phone except your phone number and anything on your sdcard.

1. Pull your phone battery

2. Start Odin

3. Click PIT and select the .pit file from the download

4. Check the PDA box, Click PDA and select the .tar.md5 file from the download

5. Plug your phone into the USB port and hold volume down

-your phone should go into download mode

6.Verify that Odin sees your phone.

-if not, try another USB port

7. Click Start

It will look similar to this.

Mesmerize Files located here:

Mesmerize 2.2.1: EE19 Full Froyo Restore Package

Mesmerize 2.2.1: EC10 Full Froyo Restore Package

Mesmerize 2.1: Full Eclair Restore Package

Odin3 v1.3 located here: Odin3

This is a stock kernel that is in a flashable zip. If you are just wanting or needing to go back to a stock kernel for some reason and do not want to flash everything back to stock, this is what you want. If you are using a voodoo kernel, make sure you disable lagfix before flashing the stock kernel.

Mesmerize EE19 kernel only: Stock EE19 kernel only

Mesmerize EC10 kernel only: Stock EC10 kernel only

Mesmerize DI14 kernel only: Stock DI14 kernel only
[Samsung Mesmerize] chidesd:
Will this unroot or take voodoo off your mesmerize? kind of want a fresh start.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Yes to both. Just make sure you disable voodoo lagfix before you do anything.
[Samsung Mesmerize] chidesd:
for some reason I cant disable it in the boot menu
[Samsung Mesmerize] droidroidz:
nice thank you, been looking for these in case of emergency ;)
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Just add a file to the voodoo folder on your sdcard called disable_lagfix and reboot. It should talk through the disable just like the enable.
[Samsung Mesmerize] n7mesis:
I'm guessing i have to be running windows to do this? :( I wanted to have a windows free machine. But I guess when getting into this kind of thing thats impossible.
[Samsung Mesmerize] the_scotsman:
G'day :)

Great work phidelt82 :D

I've stickied this thread as it will come in handy for a lot of people I'm sure :)
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Thank you sir!
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Just run a virtualbox. Six months ago I thought it was great that I got away from Windows at home when I got a MacBook Pro. I thought it was perfect. Then, like you found that I still needed Windows, plus Linux... lol Sometimes you can't win for losing. So now I have a work laptop that has Windows with a Linux virtuabox and a MBP at home running a Windows and Linux virtualbox. The sad thing is, the only work I do on the MBP now, is graphics.
[Samsung Mesmerize] androidjosh:
Worked perfectly! thanks for the files and step by steps.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
That's what I'm here for.
[Samsung Mesmerize] droidroidz:
Remember im noob so be nice! Couple questions, I assume your phone number and MEID stay the same? Where are these stored? Does this replace the current kernel?
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Very good question, and I try to be nice even when I think an answer is obvious. This one isn't so obvious and I wondered the same thing when I first flashed it.

Yes your phone number and MEID stay the same and they stay in on the phone. Where they are stored is a question that I haven't really looked in to. I think they may be stored in the radio portion of the phone, but again, I don't know for sure. What you are flashing is the PDA portion and the kernel, so yes it does replace the current kernel. Also, in case you have flashed a voodoo kernel, make sure you disable lagfix before you use Odin. If not, you may end up with a mess trying to fix the problems it will create.
[Samsung Mesmerize] elijahblake:
any chance we can get the files to go back stock to cellular south on here?

don't really plan on it unless we have to in order to upgrade WHENEVER that will be.. but you never know
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Make friends with the in store technicians if you have them. That's the only thing I can recommend for now.
[Samsung Mesmerize] androidman78:
hemdall for linux...

Linux has a odin like program called hemdall it is a very powerful program and is not for the timid as you can really mess up you phone if you dont know what to do...it can be nonforgiving...hemdall is a good program and will do everything you need to do to flash...Installing Heimdall (Open Source Odin)....................Odin is a leaked Samsung program never meant for public consumption and runs only in Windows. It won't run in Linux under Wine, but will run through VirtualBox with some modifications to see the USB.... Odin on GNU/Linux If your not familiar with VirtualBox, it does not emulate Windows. It runs an actual copy of Windows inside Linux. You have to have a licensed copy of Windows available for this.

There is an open source alternative that works on Linux and Mac's as well. It's called Heimdall, and has been in testing at XDA for several months now. Read about it more and download the latest version herehttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=755265: Heimdall – Glass Echidna. I used this to flash the DJ05 modem, so can confirm it works on the Fascinate.

https://launchpad.net/~modycz/+archive/modycz-heimdall

Instructions to get this for Ubuntu are here: https://launchpad.net/~modycz/+archive/modycz-heimdall

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:modycz/modycz-heimdall

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install heimdall

heimdall help

[Note: The version at launchpad is out-of-date and the newer version is much easier to use. Until this is updated, check Heimdall – Glass Echidna for latest version to install.]

THIS IS A POWERFUL PROGRAM, PROCEED WITH CAUTION ....I hope this has been helpful....;)
[Samsung Mesmerize] 1greek4u:
I see you linked Odin 1.3.... does it matter if I'm using a newer version? I have 1.6 thanks.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Probably not. 1.3 is what I have and what I know works. I'll have to check out 1.6.
[Samsung Mesmerize] n7mesis:
Ok, thank you. That is good news. I wasn't sure if i could do something like this through virtualbox because i didn't know if the usb support was good enough. I didn't want to brick my phone. So If i set up my virtualbox guest to see my phone.....I should be able to just follow these instructions? Is there any additional configuration i need?
[Samsung Mesmerize] BoredOOMM:
The launchpad page is no longer found....
[Samsung Mesmerize] n7mesis:
The deb on this page is only for 64bit systems. :/
[Samsung Mesmerize] rmorton0573:
Thanks for This :)
[Samsung Mesmerize] BoredOOMM:
There is thread of discussion on Heimdall Found here:D
[Samsung Mesmerize] cloudstrife7:
If the phone needs to be returned for warantee just flash these and should be good to send it in, correct?
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Yup. Once you flash these files, the phone is right back to stock state.
[Samsung Mesmerize] sreister:
OK, so newb here to android roms and flashing..

If we can just use this to flash back to the original stock rom, then why do we need to do our own backup? Just to save your pictures and whatnot?
[Samsung Mesmerize] skitzo_inc:
Most people download apps, games, widgets, etc. It saves all of that information in the backup.

Currently I'm using a pick-n-pack rom, so my backup saves all my current applications, settings, text messages, etc. Pictures are saved on the sd card.
[Samsung Mesmerize] sreister:
OK, so it's as I figured. Another question; what program did you use to backup? It seems to me, after reading through most of the threads found here, that everyone seems to have a different way to do it. Any suggestions?
[Samsung Mesmerize] skitzo_inc:
I use Rom Manager to back up everything, but that doesn't backup game scores, etc. from what I've heard.

Rom Manager has worked just fine for me, I've had to use Recovery twice now so I didn't have to set everything back up.
[Samsung Mesmerize] chidesd:
site wont let me download the mesmerize stock rom says file is overloaded or something is there a external link?
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
I can't get it compressed enough to upload to mediafire. That's why I use ge.tt for my big files, that and you can download stuff while it's still being uploaded. I'll see if I can find another place to host it too.

---EDIT--

I split it into 3 rar files that I am uploading to mediafire. I'll have the links posted on the OP as soon as they finish.
[Samsung Mesmerize] chidesd:
Thanks look forward to it. notced my phones been having radom glitches so I really wont to revert to stock and reinstall voodoo 5
[Samsung Mesmerize] Iguana775:
so how do I use those 3 files?
[Samsung Mesmerize] jmy72:
when you go to use those files, it says that they are broken. therefore unusable. But thanks for the effort. if you have the whole file in one, just put it up on Hotfile or something, obviously with permission of the original poster.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
You should download all three files, select them all, and extract them at the same time. This should give you the two separate files that you need for Odin.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
I'm not doubting you, just trying to get background info. I am the OP so, permission granted. lol... Are you selecting all three files and then extracting them at the same time? If you try to extract them one by one, it won't work.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Iguana775:
Yea, I figured that out after messing around for a few minutes. lol.
[Samsung Mesmerize] jmy72:
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! May the Saints bless you and keep ya. You sir, are a lifesaver.

I rooted my phone, and was going to put a different rom on that gives better battery life. Well This sure aint Windows Mobile, lol. I tried to install clockworkmod, and something horrible happend from there. I aint sure what. But, You ever just go into panic mode and EVERYTHING goes wrong? Some how only half of cwm installed. then I tried to go back into the SDK manager, and it has gone dead. Cant get a command screen or anything to come up, just wants me to install a package. tried restoring some things, and then my camera disappeared. no, the icon wasnt deleted, i mean, the camera was gone. nothing in system, nothing in apps, then the same thing happend to my sms, and email. I was ready to smash my phone against a wall. Then I remembered this post and figured, well I cant screw this phone up anyworse! 5 minutes later, my phone is back to its original factory set. I guess this means I will have to deal with less than preferred battery till Froyo comes out, but at least my phone works!!! thank you so much.
[Samsung Mesmerize] skitzo_inc:
If you need any help with it, we're all more than happy to help.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
They do come in handy. I think I've flashed back to stock 25 plus times. But there's no need to wait for Froyo if you want to flash to other stuff. There's plenty of us here to help you out if you want to try again.
[Samsung Mesmerize] afritchen:
Thanks for posting this - super easy, only takes a couple minutes to get your phone back to stock.
[Samsung Mesmerize] rj_22:
ok, this will probably be the most stupid question in this thread. But whatever. lol. Where do I download odin?
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
In the original post, the ge.tt link will take you to a page that has the Odin file and the Mesmerize stock files. The 3 links to mediafire are just a second host for the Mesmerize stock files.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Iguana775:
So this makes my phone just as I got it from USCC? so if I take it in, it will look like I didnt root it or do anything?
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
As long as you follow the instructions, you could hand the phone to me and even I wouldn't be able to know that it was ever rooted.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Iguana775:
yea, I did it exactly how you wrote it up. thanks. :)
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
No prob. Now go get yourself a new phone. :)
[Samsung Mesmerize] Iguana775:
that can double as a light strobe....
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
I have updated the OP with the megaupload links. I finally got them put there with all of my other files.
[Samsung Mesmerize] droidroidz:
Just curious, is the process any different if you have voodoo lag fix enabled other than to just disable it before this?
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Nope, just disable lagfix. Reboot. Then start this process.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Noyes86:
Why couldn't you just use recovery mode to install this ROM as an update? Rename it to update.zip and run it through recovery mode?
[Samsung Mesmerize] obliviator33:
nvm, figured it out
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
There are two ways. Either boot into recovery and go to the voodoo option, disable lagfix and reboot, or you can just put an empty file named disable-lagfix (no suffix) and reboot. Listen for the voodoo chick to tell you she's disabling lagfix. Once you are booted back up, you are good to go back to stock.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Because this isn't a ROM. It's the stock recovery files. There's a difference. ROMs are usually just parts of the /system files (for our phone, anyway). This is an entire stock os.
[Samsung Mesmerize] obliviator33:
Once you are in the voodoo recovery screen how do you enable the "go back" option so you can select "reboot system now"

I just randomly started futzing with the volume rocker and the button randomly appeared so I got it working, but I am not really sure what I pushed.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
The home key is back and the power is select.
[Samsung Mesmerize] dcow90:
On mine I've found the menu button to function more like 'back' =/ I'd try both if the home button is acting funky.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
True. Menu is back. I was suffering from lack of sleep.
[Samsung Mesmerize] akellar:
A couple noob questions:

1. When (if) Froyo comes in March I assume I will need to flash back to stock in order to get it. I don't have any custom ROMs just the voodoo kernel. Will I need to go back to a fresh stock as directed in this thread or will just flashing back to my pre-voodoo backup be sufficient?

2. If I do have to flash back to clean stock, do I have to go about completely re-rooting and doing the voodoo setup as though I had never done it before?

Thanks and I greatly appreciate all the information and assistance these forums provide!
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Once 2.2 is available, you will have a couple of options. One will be to flash back to stock and upgrade. You will not be able to just use your backup. If you upgrade to stock 2.2, you will be able to root, but there will not be any ROMs or kernels available right away. That will take a couple of hours to days depending on the changes that need to be made. Another option would be to wait for a custom 2.2 ROM and kernel to be built and flash those straight from what you currently have. Either way, once it is out, there will be information letting you know your options rather quickly.
[Samsung Mesmerize] akellar:
Ok so Voodoo won't work once updated to Froyo? If that's the case, what would you suggest for easiness? I got rooted and voodoo added but I won't claim it was the easiest process. Just out of curiosity, what changes with the backup that won't allow me to upgrade from it? Shouldn't it be the same as if I hadn't rooted? Or am I misunderstanding the backup thing? Trying to learn as I go here so I'll be the annoying guy that asks a bunch of questions.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Voodoo will work, but the kernel itself will need to be updated. The kernel that you are one won't work with 2.2.

Your backup isn't the problem. You could, normally, restore to your backup and unroot. You've changed your kernel, though. This is where your problem comes in. Unless you have a copy of the stock kernel to flash back first, then you can't just flash your backup and update. You would need to flash the stock kernel, flash your backup, unroot and then update. By this time, you could have just disabled lagfix, rebooted, flashed back to stock and upgraded and had time to spare. Plus I can't guarantee that the first option would work for sure, but the second will.

The easiest option is waiting for us to come out with new ROMs and kernels. This shouldn't take more than a couple of days. I know as soon as I'm able to get the update, I will be working on everything that I can. I will also get updated files to jt or update my files for kernels, whatever he wants.
[Samsung Mesmerize] akellar:
Great. Thanks for the advice and information. I am very impressed by everyone's patience and willingness to deal with those of us who are new to rooting and have a lot of questions.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
I feel it's only fair. Others were willing to help me. I was new to all of the just a couple of months ago, so it's not like I've been around for years. I'm still learning myself.
[Samsung Mesmerize] elijahblake:
So there's no way a person with a STOCK Showcase could get us these files? This is what's keeping me from flashing any ROMs..
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
No, unfortunately the files would have to come from a friendly service tech or someone who got hold of them from the company. You can flash ROMs and not have a problem. You can get back from a ROM just flashing a backup and unrooting. It's the kernels that you will have a problem getting back from. That requires being able to flash a stock kernel. You can use a program called Tuxility from the market to make a backup of a stock kernel and transfer it to your phone, but I've never tried this before so I can't say for sure that it would work.
[Samsung Mesmerize] elijahblake:
oh if it's just the stock kernel i believe i have that... I think Geekmouse hooked me up with that...

yeah, here it is: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17161099/Stock%20Showcase%20Kernel/stock_kernel.zip
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Then you are set. All you would have to do to get back to near stock is disable voodoo lagfix, flash the stock kernel, flash your stock backup and remove redbend_ua from /system/xbin and unroot. It's not as good as a full Odin restore, but it's as good as you can get right now. Hopefully some Odin files will surface.
[Samsung Mesmerize] elijahblake:
so this would allow me to send in my phone and they couldn't tell i had rooted?

That's all i'm really worried about
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
Your initial backup should only contain the superuser binaries for root and redbend_ua for CWM. Other than that, it should all be stock. Removing them should remove the traces of being rooted, if I'm not mistaken. It's what's in the other ROMs and kernels that would give you away. That and your sdcard, of course. You would want to make a backup of it and wipe it out if you were going to send it in with the phone.
[Samsung Mesmerize] elijahblake:
cool sounds good!
[Samsung Mesmerize] halfpint77:
Hope my questions aren't too much of newb ones but I know this is the best place to get answers so here goes. I'm wondering what the difference is between flashing this and just unrooting with z4root like I did to root with. Wouldn't unrooting with z4root take you back to stock? Sorry, really wanna wrap my head around this and so far you've been great, man! And I have voodoo so maybe I'm missin the obvious...probably am
[Samsung Mesmerize] skitzo_inc:
This will set the phone back to how you got it from Us Cellular. Rooting/unrooting wouldn't make much of a difference, if you've installed a kernal or a rom.
[Samsung Mesmerize] sanjaboy:
Thanks for this!!
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
No prob. Hopefully I'll be able to get new ones also.
[Samsung Mesmerize] jrusch:
For this to work for me, I had to add a step between 4 and 5:

I needed to install the USB driver for my phone. I did this my going to Samsung's web site and downloading "Samsung_Mobile_USB_Driver_V1.3.550.0_SCH-i500_Fascinate.msi".

Without this installed, I would get a new hardware found wizard looking for drivers for Gadget Serial and not finding them.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
I figured most people had already gotten the drivers installed on their computers if they had gotten to this point. The drivers are also on the disk that comes with your phone, but I suppose now that the phone is more than a couple of months old they are also being sold used, too.
[Samsung Mesmerize] jrusch:
That's some pretty good figuring. I bought mine used and it was already rooted. So I had no need to install the USB drivers up until now. I did get the box and CD with the phone, but I didn't have the CD with me.
[Samsung Mesmerize] droidroidz:
hilarious :)
[Samsung Mesmerize] ehoba:
From what I've gathered flashing both files will return me back to a stock phone. But can I disable voodoo and just reflash the kernal only because I'm running the stock rom? Then remove the redbend file and cw to be back a stock rooted phone? If so which file is the kernal file?
[Samsung Mesmerize] skitzo_inc:
Follow the directions and it will take it back to stock, completely. You won't have to do anything else.
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
We don't have the separate file for just the kernel. If you have a copy of the stock kernel you can just flash it, after disabling lagfix of course. No need for Odin files. If not, then it's all or nothing.
[Samsung Mesmerize] ehoba:
Damn. I was hoping to find just the stock kernal. Thanks for the input. Now if I do a backup before reflashing then restore from my back up all my apps will be back correct?
[Samsung Mesmerize] phidelt82:
If you are talking about a backup using Titanium Backup, then yes, but only after you root, and add TB back in. If you try to do a nandroid backup while you have the kernel installed and the flash back to stock, then get CWM working again and flash your nandroid backup, that is a bad idea.