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[Fascinate General] elguapoloco:
final snafu...

First, thanks so much for an awesome intro tutorial for beginners. I used the one click mod you referenced from AC, and had no trouble flashing CWM.

I did not flash anything DJ05 or DL09, as I went directly to the froyo link you referenced http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=948722. I did get a scare when I went to update to froyo and flashed the eb01 modem (Odin hung for a half hour, and I had to disconnect and re-flash), but eventually got things worked out (whew!) and am running superclean 2.2.

My "final snafu" has to do with some of the follow up in the froyo step by step tutorial. I am attempting to update the ocean wall-paper/battery/lock using ROM Manager, but once I select "Install ROM from SD" it starts to unpack for a couple of seconds, then reboots to a Samsung recovery, and I am forced to simply reboot.

I have not done anything with kernels or voodoo. Before I dove in any further, I hoped to be chastised for my ignorance here while I have a working phone with froyo instead of messing anything up :) Thanks in advance for any insight!

My phone shows:

Firmware: 2.2.1

Baseband: S:i500.04 V.EB01

Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9

Build number: SCH-1500.EB01

ROM Manager shows ColckworkMod 2.5.0.4
[Fascinate General] Bawb3:
Looks like you got an old version of clockwork. There's a newer (red one) Made by JT. Flash this with Odin like you did with the radio. (remember only use the PDA section! :) )

http://db.tt/6dZUc7d

That should get your clockwork running correctly.

PS if you end up in the samsung recovery - just select apply update.zip; that will bring you to clockwork recovery.
[Fascinate General] elguapoloco:
Much thanks! I had surmised as much earlier today, and flashed a new CWM, so now it reflects version 3.0.0.8. When I attempted to install the downloaded ROM from my SD, I rebooted into a red recovery (yay!).....which then told me there was a scripting error in the ROM. Selecting update.zip brought me to clockwork mod recovery, where I tried to install again only to get the same message, lol. Don't know if I got a corrupted file, but I found the ocean wave theme (which is what I was really after) on the market, so I wasn't worried about it. Now, I just have to find something worthwhile to flash to test out my new clockwork :) Thanks again!
[Fascinate General] Gondeep11:
I must say this is the best tutorial I have ever come across, I am new to rooting and have held off since my first Droid due to the fact it just seemed too complicated.

If your a noob like myself and watch the reviews and tutorials most of them make you feel like they are speaking a foreign language, kernel this, rom that, I could go on and on... Your guide is AWESOME and I really appreciate you taking the time to post it.

Hopefully, I don't brick my phone but I'm going to try to root right now...

Thanks again for a great post!
[Fascinate General] b33zu:
Interesting and thanks
[Fascinate General] tdog0500:
This has been a very helpful and informative post! Thanks!

In regards to using Clockwork Mod, does the updated zip file on your original post “cwm-recovery-ALL zip” act like the original update.zip when cold booting? Since having originally flashed the outdated CWMrecovery.tar file and ROM Manager seemingly a little flaky I want to know I can do a cold boot if I need to recover. Currently I'm not able to do a cold reboot and have to depend on ROM Manager.

Thanks!

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okay, found my own answer here....great post and just in time too!

[HOW-TO] New Clockwork Manager - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=960118

For more details of my path thus far:

I am running the DL09 updated from OTA

Rooted using One Click method

Used Odin to install the old CWMrecovery tar (following the original instruction)

Used ROM Manager (3.0.0.8) to Flash ClockworkMod Recovery for the “fascinate”

Did not / could not get the Update.zip since it was no longer available

Currently ROM Manager gives me Force Close error

Read this thread’s OP

Used Titanium Backup to backup all apps and system data

Used Odin to flash the new / updated cwm-recovery-ALL.tar

Performed a Flash ClockworkMod Recovery, Samsung Fascinate

Rebooted into recovery using ROM Manager

Performed a backup in “red” cwm

So far so good…don’t have Bluetooth working, but should once I install the modem and new ROM…
[Fascinate General] ScoleBro:
so when I download the fascinate root zip . Microsoft security essentials on my comp goes ape **** with a malware detection
[Fascinate General] Geospat:
Noob Rooted and Ready to Rock

Finally decided to jump in had my SF for just over two weeks before the tinker bug took hold. Just wanted to say thanks to all that put these guide together you guys rock.
[Fascinate General] Bawb3:
Pretty sure theres nothing wrong with it, hundreds other people have downloaded that with no issues as far as I know
[Fascinate General] evanmcollier:
Stuck on Step 1: Samsung Drivers

I have these unzipped--how do I install them? And how do I know which ones?
[Fascinate General] Bawb3:
Just unzip and run setup.exe, it does the rest for you :)
[Fascinate General] mastac741:
Nice. Thanks!
[Fascinate General] cuebask:
Heavy DX user. Got this one for the wife. Should be on the porch today. This guide will certainly make things easy to bring her up to speed. Thanks for the work.
[Fascinate General] dbf4n:
Trend Micro and ESET doing the same thing

So why is this? Any others experience this? Any comments?
[Fascinate General] sohead:
Great thread! REALLY helpful for us noobs trying to get up to speed on all this stuff!

So if I'm understanding it correctly, there are basically three main core pieces that must all be compatible with each other and be present on the phone - radio, kernel, and the rom? How are they usually packaged? like are the kernels and radio packages usually tar files loaded via odin, and then a rom is a zip file loaded through cwm? or????
[Fascinate General] Bawb3:
Yep, Radios are always going to be flashed via Odin.

Roms / Kernels via Clockwork.

The EB01 based Froyo Roms from adrynalyne (Superclean) also include a kernel, some do, some dont.

Anyways, yes, you need a rom and a compatible kernel, and a radio to go with those.

As of now the only radio you have to worry about is Eb01 radio for 2.2(froyo) and the dl09 radio for 2.1(eclair).
[Fascinate General] acarter316:
This helped me alot especially with the lingo thanks! but i cannot get my clockwork to run properly i have flashed several and none of them seem to ever work, i have seen the red only like twice then it will revert to standard, any ideas of how to fix this?
[Fascinate General] sohead:
One of the more experienced people could probably be more help, but I had trouble with this at first too (getting the red CWM to stick,, and not just revert right back to blue upon next boot). I read that the verizon rom basically rewrites the stock blue CWM back every time it boots up.. So for me, it went something like this - I'd load a new kernel with ODIN, then I'd reboot the phone. on that first bootup, I'd be able to get to the red CWM, but only that FIRST TIME booting after the ODIN load.. otherwise if I rebooted the phone for any reason it would just revert right back to the stock blue cwm.. And I'd have to redo the ODIN kernel load again to get the red CWM to come up again.. So you have to be ready to load a new ROM right when you get that first chance at the red cwm (right after an ODIN kernel laod). That way you can get a new ROM loaded on there before the dang stock verizon rom overwites your red new cwm with the stock blue one again. And after that I was good to go, the red cwm stayed and I am on the new rom.
[Fascinate General] lucylking:
Error.

Followed directions, stuck on Samsung screen.

Up/Down/Power on, goes into recovery:

E: Can't mount /dev/block/stl11

(Invalid argument)

#Can't mount ?dev/block/mmcblk0p1

(Invalid argument)

#manual mode#

E: Can't mount /dev/block/stl11

(Invalid argument)

E: Can't mount /dev/block/stl11

(Invalid argument)

Help? Yes, I'm a noob, but I followed the directions.

Also, if I attempt to factory reset, I get the same "block" error messages.
[Fascinate General] lucylking:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=867648

Just starting from scratch, assuming it works. Fingers crossed that I can get it to work from factory default. I expect that the 2.1 update probably had something to do with not getting it to work right.
[Fascinate General] 2pn:
thx for your guide :)
[Fascinate General] Splendad:
I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've tried the op's methods, then the Rom manager method and I can't get my fascinate up to 2.2. Just stays on 2.1, update 1. I'll list the levels:

hw 1500.04

fw 2.1-update1

baseband S:i500.04 V.EB01

kernel 2.6.29

build sch-i500.ea28

I did the whole flash-from-sd method, the rom manager load-and-restart method, and finally went and tried the one-file method from android central that uses the command-prompt method. No errors ever indicated; always messages of succesful updates, but my fw will not upgrade. Any ideas? I've spent 10 hours now reading these boards and going through updates... bout to collapse here.
[Fascinate General] dauerfeuer:
guide works for my.thanks
[Fascinate General] Splendad:
Ignore my post; I'm using a method from androidadvices.com which will work for me; no help needed.
[Fascinate General] orateam:
just curious, i've been out of the loop for a few weeks, is an OFFICIAL froyo out yet? I've been on froyo JT clean for as long as i can remember.
[Fascinate General] briguyy:
The Official OTA Froyo is out now!
[Fascinate General] bichigo:
Sweeeeeeeeet thanks!
[Fascinate General] Ianxcom:
I am unable to obtain the update.zip and I just rooted my 2.2 fascinate. In order to flash a rom do i have to go through Odin then into recovery each time?

Rom manager wont flash a recovery and rebooting into recovery takes me to the blue recovery and searches for the update.zip
[Fascinate General] MattRussNC:
Out of curiosity why would one not simply from stock out of the box, odin cwm, then flash a rooted rom with kern.

1. Odin cmw

2. flash rooted rom with included kern

3. enjoy

Or if one preferred the stock experience but still wants root (hey takes all kinds)

1. Odin rooted stock .tar

2. enjoy

Maybe even replace Odin with heimdall to remove the possibility of hitting phone making it even easier.

Ive just always wandered why the extra steps in beginner guides, am i missing something ?
[Fascinate General] djblu:
After my build # I have EA28. Why is mine different?
[Fascinate General] aalabsi:
no 3g after rooting

so i rooted my fasciante, and now i have no 3g access. i downloaded the radio to try and flash it but when i go into recoverymode its not an option for me to choose from. it is in the SD card.
[Fascinate General] blandj:
You shouldn't have the radio on your SD card. Radios are Odin'd, using the PDA button. But also, you should know the radios in that doc are rather old - some people find that they work better than the newest one, but you should at least make sure you've tried the newest one first.

Is your baseband/build ED01, or something older (like DL09 or EA28)? If it's older, you should go to this awesome thread to get to ED01. The DL09 stock package does wipe data, so if you have any apps/text messages that you need to save, be sure to back them up. You'll also have to re-root afterwards, but that shouldn't be a big deal.

Finally, if you're on ED01, or you're not and you still get no 3g at all afterwards, you've probably just started suffering from a rather common issue that is not caused by root. (I should know; for almost 24 hours during my incident while I tried to get it fixed/waited for opportunities to do so, my phone was unrooted.) There are a few very recent threads titled "3g problems", "3g data loss", etc. regarding the issue and solutions people have found. It looks like asking for an ESN swap through tech support is the easiest solution.
[Fascinate General] frogdod:
SO i rooted,

i have odin

what do i flash with it? it seems like everything is changing now and i cant keep up.

i downloaded

cwm-recovery-ALL

but the only thing inside this .tar is RECOVERY.

i've been wandering these forums but since the 2.2 update i cant seem to figure out which ones to follow and which are out of date.

if anyone can help, just one person send me to a good post i will love you

good vibes and positive energy coming your way.
[Fascinate General] BaBo_FiSH:
Jut got my GF onto a Verizon Fascinate used the one click root method from:

hxxp://rootzwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Samsung_Fascinate

Not sure what to do now, I have only rooted my phone before (Droid Incredible). I Installed Rom Manager and then flashed ClockWorkMod Recovery 3.0.0.8. I then tried to backup her current ROM so if things went sour we could restore but when it reboots it enters the Android system recovery and says:

--Install from package...

Finding update package...

Opening Update Package...

Verifying Update Package...

E:Failed to verify whole-file signature

E:Signature verification faild

Installation aborted.

I saw some information posted about the Blue / Red ClockWorkMod but i have no idea what that means and since i used a root method from a different source I really don't know what to do now.

any help would be grand.

Thanks!
[Fascinate General] scottzirra:
I just went though the entire process with my phone. There is alot of info out there but a lot if it is fragmented.

you have to use a program called ODIN to flash a particular version of Clockwork to the phone, and I know there is a post by JT with a file titled "cwm-recovery-ALL.tar" That is used to get CWM onto the phone. After that you should be able to backup things normally and follow guides for whichever Rom you are trying to flash to it.

I have recently been checking out the gingerbread CM7 releases by JT and Kaos, which requires CMW 3. My standard process when I softbrick at this point is to install JT's CWM-all, which I believe is 2.5.xxx and it allows you to flash Froyo roms to the Fascinate. From there I update via zip from sd card while in CWM to CWM3, reboot to recovery and start flashing GB roms.

I currently do not have enough posts to include links, but I will work on putting a comprehensive guide complete with links for all the files together that starts from a rooted, but otherwise stock fascinate through to a working custom ROM.

On a side note, everyone suggests wiping all data/cache/dalvik from CWM anytime you change roms.

before doing anything with custom ROMS, I would HEAVILY suggest purchasing Titanium Backup. It is one of the best and most essential apps for rooted users, and even more so for frequent flashers.
[Fascinate General] scottzirra:
Here is a decent compilation of information:

Good

I say decent. What i mean is, mostly complete.

Even Better
[Fascinate General] FuzzyFone:
This is the exact thing I'm going thru after rooting my Fascinate as well. :(

I so really want to flash with the custom Evil Fascination Rom. SO bad!!
[Fascinate General] dbcalo:
thanks for the guide!
[Fascinate General] IINachtmahrII:
Great guide! Thanks a bunch!
[Fascinate General] Bad Bimr:
Great job!!!!
[Fascinate General] mwestendorf:
great job!

(5)
[Fascinate General] yungandunlucky1:
can someone help a noob out I've been trying to root my samsung fascinate for the past two days sill no progress
[Fascinate General] dwitherell:
For those looking for a heavily detailed (and hopefully noob-friendly) guide to obtaining ComRom (a customized ROM that includes root) check out this thread on Android Central (will need an account to see all the links). This follows much of the guide found here, but has a lot of links to other resources that should aid newcomers (a group that I am still a part of) in better understanding things relevant to tweaking their phone. I got my feet wet there so-to-speak and feel much less lost when poking around xda! I hope this helps!
[Fascinate General] Polopimp6415:
gunnermike rocks@@
[Fascinate General] JOrtenzi:
thanks for this post
[Fascinate General] InsightGoalie:
Is there a new version if this guide somewhere? In all my searching I keep finding deprecated stuff. I've rooted a G1, N1, Hero, Incredible, and Nook but this phone is hard to find a starting point. I can't seem to find much info on rooting a 2.2 device, it always leads back to this thread and it is marked deprecated. Any help or points to a guide will be much appreciated.
[Fascinate General] kakroch99:
-thank you.
[Fascinate General] Elvis_Marmaduke:
Is there a reason the download doesn't download? I just get interrupted everytime I try to grab it :/
[Fascinate General] evan30:
thank you!
[Fascinate General] cyonsinn:
good post thanks
[Fascinate General] Hiflyer29:
Thanks for the great guide. Just got a new Fascinate and the root when well!
[Fascinate General] Bangout82:
if your using the samsung fascinate (which i'm assuming you are if your in this section of XDA's forums) you should try super one click...not trying to advertise here, but it saved alot of my day from messing around with that other file (FascinateRoot_v02.zip ) which seemed to give me problems...and i'm sure some of you will too...Super 1 Click seems to be the most recent and hassle free for rooting your phone..good luck all
[Fascinate General] stalls:
Sorry I jus havta post a few more times to be able to post in the dev section....

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My bad guys
[Fascinate General] cmoi_ca:
goood joob
[Fascinate General] jadams161:
Thanks to all Dev for the work on the Fassy

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Just recently rooted and was on PWGB. Just switched to Superclean.
[Fascinate General] theizzardking:
i'm an idiot
[Fascinate General] vincentchan:
"Hack.Lotoor.g.v" trojan reported by jinshan duba http://www.ijinshan.com/duba/index.shtml
[Fascinate General] leggomycreggo:
Thanks!

Great beginner guide! Love the Fascinate, and it has great potential with the various ROMs available to it!

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was well worth it IMO!
[Fascinate General] andymetoo28:
great info, thanks. this kind of stuff really helps us noobs out a lot.
[Fascinate General] LSdaWeathermann:
Thanks n hope to be more active in herebnow

iPodBoBthaRooter
[Fascinate General] SikkWitIt:
Sorry but I couldnt disagree with this anymore, if your interested in the subject get hands on so you actually know a thing or two, youll end up saving yourself alot of trouble if and when you run into a bug and youll save yourself the embarrassment of asking a retarded question because you just wanted the end result without putting and work in, and dont really have a clue what your doing.
[Fascinate General] bigmike35:
since i dont have 10 post yet and cant post in dev i was wondering if anyone is running GeeWiz 2.7 recovery/rom/kernal. how do you like it. also with this recovery can i flash other roms or its this just a specfic recovery. i have a droid but broke so im trying to figure out this stuff lil different then droid but i get the basic and overall. thx
[Fascinate General] dvrocknrolll:
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[Fascinate General] bbrad:
Do you still need a answer I seen that this post was almost a year old lol ?
[Fascinate General] Mudiver:
Rooted the wrong phone, maybe, The Story, The ?

De Story,

I bought a Samsung Amazon Facinate from Amazon 9/12/13, after OTA from Pageplus a MVNO using Verizon network the just never worked well. So I decided to root it in hopes of applying Verizon upgrades, yet as a Pageplus subscriber Verizon will not support this.

Now I have discovered I did not buy a Verizon Fascinate I bought a

Samsung Mesmerize

. I have learned that the model number is that of a Samsung Mesmerize™ i500 (U.S. Cellular) Android

The model number of this phone is (SCHi500 RKV) not a Verizon model using (kernel 2.6.32.9 likely V2.2 "Froyo") Software i500.04V.EB01

SCH i500.EB01 whose software I don't know.

My Phones window has the Verizon logo on it, yet it carrries a US Cellura model number , So maybe its a rebuilt Mesmerize I am dealing with. I can say this, my home screen is that of the Mezerize and the Battery in my phone is a larger battery which was shipped with the Mesmerize Your opinion is most kind, Thanks,

My Question is: How should I proceed, my attempt to root the phone v Fascinate xda instructions failed, not sure why. Should I try rooting it as a Fascinate or move to mesmerize and send it back to Amazon. I have to restore it somehow, prefer to keep it but not as Froyo. This was my fist post : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45712888&postcount=1026

This dog wont bark so its going back to the seller, I got a Samsung Galaxy Stellar today, but I have to flash it to work without 4 G what ever that is?:rolleyes:
[Fascinate General] skepticmisfit:
1. I have never seen that before. A Verizon logo on a Mez?

2. Touchwiz 3 looks the same on most devices. The Verizon EH03 ROM comes with a pond lwp I think, but if it used the grid lwp as default, that's also weird. Maybe this seller put Mez firmware on a fascinate but this is such an odd case that I can't even tell.

3. You can use Fascinate root methods and ROMs on any variant including the Showcase and the Mez. If you use fascinatemtd ROMs on those devices, MMS and data probably won't work unless you put in the proper APNs.

I'd say stick with your Stellar on this one as your actual phone.
[Fascinate General] hhp_211:
Eb01is a fascinate cdma radio version from froyo

Looked like to me rkz is Verizon too.

Either way pageplus or Verizon shouldn't matter, even it it was by chance a mesmerize.

Odin the eh03 by steps in droidstyles guide,, use section 4 if you want to go to a jellybean rom
[Fascinate General] Mudiver:
Mesmerize or Fascinate

I don't think it's a matter of Pageplus or Verizon, it's a matter of internal frequencies. If there were a program to change the frequencies in a phone, I want to know about it.

I am not making a guess as to the model of the phone, Samsung Tech support looked up the serial number and model number and they are the ones that said it was a Mesmerize made for US Cellular, the phone was treated as a Fascinate and now these instructions don't seem to work but I may or may not give it one more go. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=931169 it says the Mesmerize is pre rooted but I can not load anything to the phone, Oden cannot find the phone now or so far it hasn't. When I plug the phone into the USB port with the battery out and the volumn down the phone does not go into any mode. I don't think my USB ports are putting out enought voltage to make it go into a mode. In its condition Amazon will take it back, no questions asked, so I think I was fed up with this situation. I don't know, you would not believe the hours I have worked on this. The front of the phone is says Verizon, but the Serial number was registered with Samsung, it was sold to me as a brand new phone and that being a Fascination, it was a used phone, and someone screwed with it and I don't know what they did to it or what the hell it is. I can say this the Mesmerize sells for way less then the Fascination, so as all problems go, fist look at the cause its

always always always

the MONEY
[Fascinate General] hhp_211:
Humm if frequencies are the issue

I guess there was no reason for ReidandKat to have created this tool then :::

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32390-tool-romkonverter-konverts-all-fascinateshowcasemesmerize-roms-21213/

its mostly an apn issue,,, i'm still unclear as to what provider you are/were trying to set up this phone with, you have gone around so many issues that you feel the phone has rather than attacking with the help of people before you to guide you in the right direction.

.
[Fascinate General] Mudiver:
I got totally burned out on the thing, I put so many hours into it you would not believe. I printed out the instructions went line by line. I think part of the problem was also the PC. Thanks

I was trying to activate it on the Pageplus network, but my time to renew is almost here. So I don't know where to go for the new phone.Verizon Samsung Galaxy Stellar i200