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[Fascinate Android Development] s44:
Because you folks don't have true custom kernels (and really, all you need is one dev -- you really should beg somebody from the i9000 forums or something ;) ), one or more of you should help supercurio test his "Voodoo sound without a special kernel" app. Message him on twitter, and make sure to mention you have the Telus GSM Fascinate, not the Verizon (for which he's had many testers already).

GPS issues on the US ROMs may be because of country-specific ntp/supl servers. The Fasterfix app (free on the Market) may be an easy fix for that -- worth a try, anyway.
[Fascinate Android Development] koocheese:
i was just reading through the voodoo sound thread today, but its impossible to catch up on a 300+pg thread and i gave up.

if supercurio manages to cook up an app that can get voodoo sound w/o a custom kernel would be awesome.

undervolt would be a dream too ;)

no twitter account here!
[Fascinate Android Development] ncotton:
Bell modem?

Does anyone have any alternate modems that will work for the telus phone? I've got serious power drain issues on multiple ROMs with both the voodoo kernal and stock - but it goes away completely when I disable the radio for an hour or so.

In the meantime I'm using juicedefender to turn data on and off but when the screen is on and the data radio starts going again the drain comes back.

I think I saw somewhere that we might be able to use a radio from the Bell i9000, but there was conflicting information.

Right now I'm running darky's 9.3 and getting 2x battery then I had before, but it still less than 24 hours on standby.
[Fascinate Android Development] nosaj97:
Just install the new darky's 9.5 and pick the voodoo and install the modem too(its the gb modem) and enjoy... i am very happy with this... just get button remapper and change ur search key to home( long press menu is search in most cases anyway) do yourself a favour and install 9.5 with the recommended kernel and modem through configurator
[Fascinate Android Development] nosaj97:
I'd just say stick with the darky froyo line until cyanogen has ironed out the issues with battery life. I really dont think you are missing much in gbread other than bugs..
[Fascinate Android Development] daoom:
Dude, we can't even get a dedicated forum for our phone :(
[Fascinate Android Development] dpatel10:
Has anyone tried the Simply Galaxy V2.7 XE SweetHoney and the speedmod/damian kernel for our phone? I am little confused on switching kernels. I am using 9.5 darkys.

I dont mind his rom but I do hate the task bar with green icons, I tried flashing a theme last time - I think I screwed up something.

If anyone has the flashed any themes using darky's rom let me know how to do it.

Thanks.
[Fascinate Android Development] Grondinm:
Thank you for this guide. I was a little hesitant to flash but with this guide nothing went wrong and I am now using SimplyHoney. Did not use simple one click to root as I was already rooted before hand using a Linux way but the rest of the guide was great. Thank you again.
[Fascinate Android Development] ccrows:
Wish we get one soon, because trying to find this phone in this forum is a PITA IMHO... :(
[Fascinate Android Development] :
Hi,

I posted this in the Q&A forum with no replies, but now that I am up to 10 posts I'm posting here to hopefully get some guidance.

I have a Telus Fascinate (T959D) that I've flashed with Darky's 10.0 "Final".

I've read countless threads that tell me NOT to flash bootloaders to this phone, but we were adventurous (I don't own the device, a friend does) and wanted to try the latest Darky on it since it was working beautifully on my GT-I9000M.

Sadly, Darky's ROM requires a different bootloader, and it comes from an I9000.

After following the guide to install Darky, it effectively puts an I9000 bootloader, kernel, and ROM on the phone. (Shame on me, I know).

OK, so the problems are:

1.) No way to get into download mode or recovery mode without booting completely and issuing a 'reboot download' or 'reboot recovery' from a su terminal (or adb)

2.) The home and search softkeys act like left and right instead

There are other Darky related bugs, but not important to this discussion.

My question is: What is the safest/most reliable way to go back to stock Fascinate, bootloader and all? At this point since we don't have access to download mode without the phone booting properly, we don't want to flash anything else unless it's going to give us download mode back.

I've read the guides on going back to stock, but they all say you needed to have flashed a certain Telus ROM before going custom, and I don't know what exactly this phone had on it for sure. My friend says it was whatever was the latest update from Telus, but he hasn't plugged it into Kies in a while so I couldn't confirm for sure.

The idea here is to go back to stock then flash a custom kernel and possible a different modem to help with battery life and signal problems, and possibly some custom roms that don't require changing the bootloader.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated. If any additional info is needed, I'll gladly provide it.
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
I think your best bet right now is to odin back to stock.

Grab the files files needed from the first post, put them into the appropriate fields in Odin. Set the phone into download mode, then with Odin open, connect the USB (Odin should respond that it found the device), then flash away. I would recommend though that you tick off "Repartition" as a lot of the custom kernels will apply the "lag fix" or any of the 2.3 roms, repartition the whole device. (i've always had issues with odin, it would take me 3-5 tries to make sure the flash goes through.. if at first you don't succeed, try try again). You can't make things much worse as you have a non-working phone.

I've not followed the Telus fascinate much in the past few months, having moved over to the Nexus S, but will hazard a guess as to what's going on:

2.3 has been released for the i9000 series phones which probably uses a new bootloader and for sure a new partition system, the loader, not being 100% designed for your phone, screwed things up, you have invalid partitions and as such are in a rukus. Most rom developers want the latest, so i would suspect that Darky's has moved to this (I'm too lazy right now to research that to see if it's correct)

Once you are back to stock, I would advise to "Hold the line" and stay stock. Samsung, through Kies should be releasing 2.3 for the Fascinate soon, giving you many improvements. If you must, install CWM and stock+voodoo as per instructions in the first post to get the lagfix and leave the rest alone.

I've found the 959D to be a very unsupported phone by the developers and the "issues" i kept having where no longer worth the effort, so near the end, i just went back to stock+voodoo. Now that i've moved over to the Nexus, I'm fully stock other then rooting. I tend to leave recovery as stock and use fastboot to boot to CWM when needed. After 2.3.4 hits I'll probably move to a custom kernel to support voodoo sound/color.
[Fascinate Android Development] :
Hi Matridom,

Actually, the phone works with the exception of the home and search softkeys acting like left and right. We were just getting adventurous to see how Darky would work on it, not thinking we'd lose access to download/recovery (Except from issuing commands from a su terminal to reboot into those modes).

I've downloaded the file in first post, and I'm set to flash them using Odin, I just want to confirm for sure that these include the stock bootloader as well. If they don't, I'm pretty sure I'll turn this phone into a $500 paper weight, which would be undesirable to say the least.

Cheers!
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
I'm not 100% sure, I'm 95% sure. all my recent modding is with the nexus so i don't know if the same tools will work I tend to now use fastboot to flash custom recoveries and bootloader (When needed) and i can't say for sure if these tools will work on the fascinate. I CAN get you a bootloader img file obtained from CWM and/or a full nandroid backup of a stock phone if you want.
[Fascinate Android Development] :
Well the 'T959TLJL3-REV03-ALL-low-CL763100.tar.md5' inside the package has boot.bin and sbl.bin which would seem to me that would indicate a bootloader is there.

I think I'll take a calculated risk here and go for it.

I know for sure the phone has Voodoo lagfix enabled right now. Would you think it wise to disable that first? I think I will just to be safe, even with repartition.
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
what android version are you on? cause 2.3 does not need a lagfix, it uses a different partition system. When going back to stock, you DO need to check the "repartition" i had to do this when moving away from CM7.

if it's 2.2 with a lagfix, disable it first, no need to repartition
[Fascinate Android Development] :
It's GB 2.3.3 (Darky's 10 "Final")

The voodoo lagfix gets enabled during the first boot after installing the base rom required to continue flashing to Darky 10, and I didn't touch it from that.

Thanks for the info. Once my friend returns from lunch with his phone we're going to give it a go to get back to stock and then just do a stock+voodoo and possibly a new modem to solve some of the reception issues he was having (Unless going back to stock fixes them due to some other reason).

Cheers!
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
I'm surprised there is a lag fix in the ROM, 2.3 does not need it as it's built into the ROM. ext4 is used by default instead of RFS, all the 2.2 lag fixes convert in one manner or another RFS into ext4.

I suspect the "lagfix" was repartitioning the SD card to be compatible with 2.3 rom.

Don't bother disabling it, just set it to "repartition".

I've mentioned it before, using odin is scary, 3/4 of the time, the flash for me does not take, and after the first failed attempt, you can *only* get into download mode. It's very scary the first few times and a pain to always re-set odin (i had to close/reopen odin after a failed attempt), reboot the phone into download mode (the only mode it would go into). I know that with the repartition, it must have taken me 6-7 tries before it "took".

Now i'll put in the disclaimer here, I do not take responsibility for any screw ups, all I'm saying is that i've done it successfully.

I was even more adventuresome, having 2 fascinates to play with. An everyday device and a strictly "try it out" device to muck with

On that note.. if you ever want a Fascinate, i have one slightly used for sale :D
[Fascinate Android Development] :
Haha. I have an I9000M from Sasktel. Unlike the Fascinate, I've had no trouble finding information on how to customize it.

But if we happen to brick my friend's Fascinate doing this I'll look you up. ;-)
[Fascinate Android Development] :
Yeap boot.bin and sbl.bin is the boot loader. The safest way to get back to froyo is just go to download mode with adb and than flash leaked froyo firmware through the odin. I also had same situation before. And it worked with it :)
[Fascinate Android Development] ayrokid:
Hey...

Hands down....amazing guide :)

I am just curious....does this work on Telus Fascinate 4G (SGH-T959P).....is radio and stuff same or different since it's 4G :S

Thanks for all the help !!
[Fascinate Android Development] :
Im not sure about the new fascinate 4g cuz i dont have that device to test it out. You have to try it out on your risk. Nothing will be done untill somebody tries out

Also. We use 3g rather than 4g so it might have diffrent data driver
[Fascinate Android Development] ayrokid:
Thanks harimgs.....

I will try it when I get another phone....this is the only useable phone I have right now :$
[Fascinate Android Development] Chimera76:
Thanks for this. I couldn't get CWM working just by downloading but the stock kernel with voodoo fixed me up really well. The thing is running AMAZING....I don't know if I even need to find a custom rom right now....but if I did, are there any good 2.3 ones for the telus fascinate?
[Fascinate Android Development] Chimera76:
I couldn't re-flash the modem with the method above using Darky 10.1, when I tried to install it it said it had depreciated code. I'm waiting on a jig to get me back up and running after a CWM backup restore bricked my phone :(
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
Are you able to get into download mode?

Sent from my Nexus S
[Fascinate Android Development] Chimera76:
I had to buy a jig...but I got it back up and running. I'm running the same as the original OP with only a minor hiccup here and there. I'm really happy with it :)

But...if anyone has fixed the issue with the phone rebooting when its plugged in....I'd love to know about it :)
[Fascinate Android Development] Chimera76:
I went back and re flashed the kernel and modem in the OP again and this solved all my issues. Thanks for the back to basics idea :)
[Fascinate Android Development] Gage_Hero:
Bare with me since I am new to Samsung, with the process root with super 1 click, apply voodoo lagfix with SGS kernel flash, does this give clockwork recovery and does the kernel change give better battery life and gps?
[Fascinate Android Development] drperry:
So now that I've got the shiny new rom installed... Kies doesn't recognize my phone, and can't reload my contacts... Any clue what to do?

I haven't been able to track down an SPB converter anywhere, and Kies doesn't let you export your contacts...
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
I never used kies. Take the time to move your contacts to gmail. You can easily export them from there in the future and they will survive ask the different roms

Sent from my Nexus S
[Fascinate Android Development] drperry:
I'm not a big fan of storing peoples phone numbers on the internet, lol...

I flashed back to a stock telus rom, hopefully titanium backup got the contacts this time around so I can restore them :)
[Fascinate Android Development] :
I dont think titanium backups the contacts. What i do for contact is that using mybackup for backing up contacts
[Fascinate Android Development] jcubdub:
Regarding the OP when using Odin to flash back to stock do you check Re-Partition, Auto Reboot, and F.Reset Time ?

Flashing back from a Voodoo install where i put the new ROM from this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1115090 on the external SD card instead of built in one.
[Fascinate Android Development] tase25:
Tweaky 4.1

Hey, I saw a pretty sweet ROM called Tweaky 4.1 on YouTube which runs 2.3 and a Galaxy S2 Touchwiz 4 theme.

Does anyone know if it is possible to run that ROM on the Telus Fascinate????

Thanks
[Fascinate Android Development] tase25:
Will MIUI ROM work?

Hey guys,

Apologize for the noob question. But does anyone know if I can flash this MIUI ROM onto my Telus Fascinate phone?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1123922
[Fascinate Android Development] ken204:
works great with telus radio, glitch v11 HL kernel home and back key got switch all you have to do is change the key layout.
[Fascinate Android Development] tase25:
Can't Flash supercurio's Stock+Voodoo kernel or Telus modem and wipe battery

Hi, just wanted to thank the OP for this guide. Nice to see some support for the Telus Fascinate.

I basically followed everything in order and was able to install the custom ROM. I used MIUI "ReVaMpEd" #8.1 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1099533

Then I tried to flash supercurio's Stock+Voodoo kernel again to fix the button layout. However I'm still experiencing the same problems, which is i) reversed volume buttons and ii) headphones show to be plugged in, although they're not.

I then tried Flashing the Telus modem from clockwork, but it gave me an error. It reads

"Amend scripting was deprecated by Gooogle in Android 1.5. It was necessary to remove it when upgrading to the ClockworkMod 3.0 Gingerbread based recover. Please switch to Edify scripting (updater--script and update-binary) to create working update zip packages.

Installation aborted."

Lastly, I also tried wiping the battery, but once I charge it to 100%, turn it off and plug the phone back in, the phone automatically turns back on so I can't see the battery indicator charging image.

Any suggestions???
[Fascinate Android Development] tase25:
Ok, next question. How do you change the key layout?
[Fascinate Android Development] ken204:
use any root file explorer, i used ES file explorer free from market and go to system\usr\keylayout\cypress-touchkey.kl and change the home and the back number save it and reboot the phone. Use the miui i9000 vibrant is better than the one in from your link. good luck.
[Fascinate Android Development] tase25:
I tried ES file explorer, opened the file via text and ES Edit Note, made the changes but it wouldn't let me Save the file.

Any other ideas?

Also, what makes the other Miui ROM better? Any links?
[Fascinate Android Development] ken204:
did you turn on mount file systems (writable) in ES file explorer? after you edit via text press menu to bring up the save option. once save reboot your phone.
[Fascinate Android Development] tase25:
No, it won't let me turn that feature on.
[Fascinate Android Development] ken204:
i'm assume that your phone has been root. did you allow root permission when you run ES file explorer the first time? try turn off root explorer in settings then turn it back on it should let you turn on mount file system.
[Fascinate Android Development] tase25:
Do I have to turn root Explorer on in the settings?
[Fascinate Android Development] ken204:
yes turn both on to be able to view and edit systems files.
[Fascinate Android Development] tase25:
Hey, after a few trial end error sessions it finally allowed Root access to the ES file explorer.

I reversed the 2 numbers for the home and back key, and viola! It works.

Thanks a bunch!
[Fascinate Android Development] ccrows:
Make sure USB Debugging is unchecked if you want Kies to recognize your phone properly... ;)
[Fascinate Android Development] tase25:
Going back to Stock

Hi, can someone guide me or send me a link on how to go back to stock?

After experimenting with this, I find my data can no longer connect to 3G any more...
[Fascinate Android Development] krarvind:
Use odin and flash froyo. google stock telus froyo to get the files you need.
[Fascinate Android Development] tase25:
Hey, I can't find the stock files anywhere. Any ideas?
[Fascinate Android Development] Rabid_Gypsy:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=868829

This is where you'll find stock Froyo. Use superoneclick for root.
[Fascinate Android Development] ccrows:
Are you using the right APN settings?

Also have you tried another modem?...
[Fascinate Android Development] deafptl4ever:
Gingerbread you Lucky Dogs!

Android 2.3 Gingerbread Available for the Telus Samsung Fascinate 3G+ - http://t.co/UrXxaRN #android:D
[Fascinate Android Development] phantom4ever2:
Is this post is still relevant if I want to flash my Fascinate? I would like a rom that is working perfectly(GPS, good battery autonomy, etc...)

The tutorial is pretty good, if there is the equivalent for gingerbread I would appreciate.
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
This phone is not well supported by the devs. If you want everything to "work" stay as close to stock as you can.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Fascinate Android Development] phantom4ever2:
But what are the advantage to install all these tools?
[Fascinate Android Development] Japots:
I haven't used stock since this guide was first created. My first custom rom was installing Darky's 9.2 on my t959d. Tried out cm7 and currently on darkys 10.2

Each custom rom has their own tweaks and quirks depending on what stock rom base they use. Most custom roms are probably 90% similar, with 10% personal flavor added (different theme, small tweaks, packaged bloatware, etc). And since they are maintained by a dedicated group of devs, they churn out bug fixes and new revisions faster than your manufacturer. Consider this, most people have been rocking stable 2.3.4 for a few months, and i think this telus update is only 2.3.3 ?

Regarding advantages, you can just check out any one of the rom threads and look at the list of features. For example, Touchwiz 4.0 (SGS II) looks sleeker than Touchwiz 3.0 and is included in some custom roms.

If you're not comfortable with toying around with your phone, though, I'd suggest sticking to stock
[Fascinate Android Development] phantom4ever2:
Thanks for the explanation! Be sure I'll give a try to these development
[Fascinate Android Development] Gage_Hero:
Hi Guys,

Anyone know how to just get SU on 2.3.4, its actually on the T959P but thought I'd ask......
[Fascinate Android Development] MysticDeth:
Ok right now I am flashing the telus 2.2 stock rom and I am stuck on the downloading screen but nothing is happening....for 5 minutes now...If I pull the battery, will I brick my phone? How long is the process supposed to take?

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> Enter CS for MD5..

<ID:0/004> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Enter CS for MD5..

<ID:0/004> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> zImage
[Fascinate Android Development] mattsolberg:
Don't interrupt it. 5 minutes isn't that bad. Wait a little while longer before pulling the plug. Better safe and patient than hastey and sorry.
[Fascinate Android Development] shane203:
Is there anyone with the files listed in the first post as the link no longer works. Im looking into changing to a custom rom and i would like to have them to go back to stock if i don't like what i have done. Thanks in advance
[Fascinate Android Development] mattsolberg:
I have them. PM me. I'll find a way to get them to you.
[Fascinate Android Development] thracky:
So I flashed the stock+Voodoo in the main post and now I get a constant boot loop, and of course I can't go back to stock since megaupload is gone. Any ideas?
[Fascinate Android Development] send2toonie:
Help please and thank you.

I am very close to a bricked fascinate. Was using odin and it froze. I've tried. To get back into download mode to no avail.

However, I have screen with phone to triangle to PC, and if I play with the buttons in a certain order I can get to the 3e recovery.

I need a update.zip file for telus fascinate and it needs to work with 3e stock recovery.

Canyon anyone help me?

Phone won't charge now and I don't have other options.
[Fascinate Android Development] send2toonie:
Fixed it. No update.zip found so I had to force odin.

Sharing what I did.

1. You need the jig to get to download mode. I used 3 100k and 1 1k ohm resistors. I attached in series and taped down. Used ends on microsd port and jumped it into download mode.

2. Files can be downloaded for Odin on 4shared.
[Fascinate Android Development] mattsolberg:
Hey guys. Here are the original files I'd mentioned. Sorry for the delay. I forgot about this thread. I'm attaching a torrent file, as I don't know how else to upload the 250mb zip file. Any suggestions? View attachment T959TLJL3.zip.torrent
[Fascinate Android Development] mattsolberg:
I found a hosting service that would let me upload the zip file. It contains all the original T959D pit, tar, md5 files as well as the ODIN executable that was included. If there is anything else you guys need from this thread that can't be found anymore, let me know. I'm sure I've got them somewhere.

http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/312772/T959TLJL3.zip
[Fascinate Android Development] infamouskid:
ok so did anyone get this working on any custom rom?

i just got a fascinate for my lil bro and i would like to put anything on it that is not stock. lol.
[Fascinate Android Development] Ragn:
Anyone happen to have the link for the USB drivers? The ones I got don't seem to work.
[Fascinate Android Development] qingz:
Where can I get the "Telus JL3 stock files" for Odin? All the link are dead now.

Thanks!
[Fascinate Android Development] Grondinm:
I have them somewhere. Will post them somewhere as soon as I find them.
[Fascinate Android Development] qingz:
Have you found it?

Thanks!