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[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
Installing Darky 9.2

I've gotten several PM's regarding getting Darky 9.2 working on the Telus Facinate (SGH-959D). So I figure it would be best to state everything in detail here.

These steps i've completed on a stock phone, so i *know* they work, if you have issues, it's up to you to solve them.

Main issue identified:

USB connectivity. When the ROM is running, you probably won't be able to copy files to the SD card. Current Work around, Boot into CWM and mount USB through there.

Controversy: Choice of modem. The modem included in this ROM *will* work with telus, there is no issue there. However some people believe that the stock modems, modems from 2.1 and even modems from other regions will offer better battery life. My personal choice was to revert to the Telus stock modem (Found on the first page) so that i would have 0 issues with connectivity of either 3g, voice calls or roaming.

Battery Life:

Battery life is dependant on how you use the device, condition of the battery, OS configurations, OS optimizations and so many other things. With so many subjective variables, I really can't say how it will work for you. Personally, I can make it through a day fine with moderate (In my opionion that is) use, now having said that, i could do the same with a stock OS.

9.2 won't install directly on the phone. So here is a step by step process to get it working.

If you have already installed the Stock kernel+voodoo from a different ROM, you can install Darky Rom configuration (market place) and skip to step 6

** IF you are unsure about how your phone is setup, REMOVE **ANY AND ALL** Lagfixs and go back to Stock **

From STOCK 2.2 (If you are not Stock, see first post in this thread on how to get back to stock).

1. Root your phone. I use "one click root", works great!

2. Grap the Voodoo+CWM kernel

http://dl.project-voodoo.org/stock+...+Voodoo-Froyo-T959D-TLJL3-unsigned-update.zip

Copy it to your SD card

3. Go to the market place and install SGS kernel Flasher and Darky Rom Configurator

4. Use SGS Kernel Flasher to install the VooDoo+CWM kernel (Back up your existing kernel first!)

5. The phone will reboot. (be patient, this will take a while)

6. Grab Darky 9.1

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6138417/Darky_s_Rom_9.1

Copy it to your SD card

7. Grab Darky 9.2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=814091

Copy it to your SD card

8. Use Darky with the following configurations:

wifi ad-hoc, install

The rest of the customizations are up to you

Menu: Save and reboot into Recovery

9. choose and install ZIP, Choose Darky 9.1 ROM, Let it install then reboot the phone into the ROM, this reboot can take some time

10. the home button may not work properly.. once in the OS, reboot again into CWM

11. Choose and install ZIP, Choose Darky 9.2 ROM, Let it install DO NOT reboot. Also choose and install the Stock+voodoo kernel. Now reboot.

Congratulations! your are now done.
[Fascinate Android Development] spydr11:
I rebooted before installing stock+voodoo, whats the difference?

Also, great post!
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
one less reboot :)
[Fascinate Android Development] cowvun:
Thanks for the step by step tutorial. Still not sure if it's worth the issues, but it's definitely useful.

Sent from my T959D with Bionix-v1.2 on the XDA App.
[Fascinate Android Development] a2000rick:
50ft accuracy is useless for navigation. Has anyone managed to get 3ft accuracy, with out AGPS?
[Fascinate Android Development] roccos_van:
I don't necessarily disagree; but its better then no GPS at all...
[Fascinate Android Development] roccos_van:
So tonight I upgraded to bionix v 1.2; used the no-wipe version, and it flashed perfectly. Had to reflash modem and kernel again, but otherwise no issues.

I've had a couple of pm's asking me about Darky's, I never flashed it so I can't help anyone with advice, I like Team Whiskey and am sticking to thier roms for now. Although I have broken GPS with it... :(
[Fascinate Android Development] spydr11:
I'm on Darky's 9.1 right one. Just did an outside test of gps for the first time. I was getting locks in 4-8 seconds of 10m accuracy!
[Fascinate Android Development] dpatel10:
Hey! I followed the steps for darks - still got to test the rom, got a question did you install the telus modem after for yours just wondering as your steps dont mention it.
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
Please re-read my post.
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
CM7 Installed!

I install CM7 on the SGH-959D today and it works!! Well, mostly. The limitations right now are too drastic to make the phone usable.

with the xxjpy modem installed, i'm able to make voice calls, however 3g won't connect (only picks up Rogers)

Home button is non-opperational, back only!

Any type of power off or shutdown/boot into recovery will cause the phone to outright reboot.

The ROM however looks Fantastic!! I think this might be a great choice in the near future if some of the compatibility problems are sorted out.
[Fascinate Android Development] nosaj97:
Brave! This is great news though.. I am very excited to know that this will work for us as soon as they get their issues figured out. I am missing CM since upgrading from the g1.
[Fascinate Android Development] roccos_van:
Did you manually try to enter your apn settings? Menu>Settings>Wireless and Networks>Mobile Network>APN
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
Patiences pays off... 3G DOES work, just took a while for it to take effect (worse reception then what i'm used to).

I'm going to mess around with the modems for a little while and see how it goes.

GPS remains untested.
[Fascinate Android Development] dpatel10:
darkys rom is great and gps works - still not awesome but better then not having it work at all. I have been reading about oclf - how is that comparable to voodoo? I see that quadrant scores are higher with oclf but does it really make a difference overall. Are we able to use oclf if we have voodoo lagfix enabled?
[Fascinate Android Development] Matridom:
OCLF uses EXT2 instead of EXT4 file system. It's technically faster, but less "Smooth" and elegant in my opinion. the nexus S uses EXT4, so i would stick with the Voodoo lag fix.

And no, you can't combine them.
[Fascinate Android Development] koocheese:
i just downloaded bionix 1.2.1 and theres no sbl.bin or boot.bin.

no lines containing any references to those 2 files in the update-script either.

did they remove it from the rom?

searched the 266pg thread and didnt find a clear cut answer.

**edit**

found my own answer, pg 79.

its not included in this rom.

what ver. bionix were you flashing rocco?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illavbill:
So I've upgraded to an android phone (Samsung Galaxy S Captivate) but my buddy brought me his HD2 which is having a weird problem. The touch screen works just fine until it locks. Once you're at the lock screen with the little slide to unlock part it is completely unresponsive! Because I've been flashing / hacking roms on WM since 5.0. I've put the newest hardspl on the device and now i'm getting ready to flash a new ROM to it hoping it is a software bug. Any advice for me? I've searched but didn't really find what I was looking for.

Any help or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illavbill:
More to add... Man this phone is fast! Crap. Umm the touch screen seems to work most of the time except for the lock screen. By the time I post this I bet the dumb phone will be done installing the new ROM and everything will be peachy (I'm not holding my breath) I broke so many of these windows mobile phones over my years (physical breakage never bricked) :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illavbill:
OK so I just put the new ROM on there and everything touch-related works EXCEPT for the lock screen! ARGGGGGG.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NhocCuteGirls:
More to add... Man this phone is fast! Crap. Umm the touch screen seems to work most of the time except for the lock screen. By the time I post this I bet the dumb phone will be done installing the new ROM and everything will be peachy (I'm not holding my breath) I broke so many of these windows mobile phones over my years (physical breakage never bricked)

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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illavbill:
halp? plz :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illavbill:
The touch screen doesn't work at all now. This sucks. urggg
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr.Move:
yo might want to use search, this has been posted before ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illavbill:
I couldn't find anything. It seems like the digitizer is just screwed. I don't know tho. Got a link?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dragmark:
EDIT: Please delete this thread.
[XPERIA X8 General] epi pongi:
hello..i'm newbie here.

just bought x8 3 days ago n still trying to update my x8 from android 1.6 to 2.1..

the probs is i can't update it.PC companion said at preparation level,"installation error,unable to install or start phone software update components"

can anybody tell me,how to resolve this probs?really need help from others.

since i'm newbie,is it any other way that i can update my android rather than use pc companion which i tried so many times,but it keeps failed.I read all the thread in this forums and there are so many things that i can't understand.about rooting,JIT,and so on..
[XPERIA X8 General] ivan4o5:
I'm also newbie(maybe a stupid suggestion) , but do you have phone drivers on your computer ?
[XPERIA X8 General] mddelala:
Pc Companion should just work. Did you try it on a different computer?
[XPERIA X8 General] badboybiky:
Why don't you try simple update application instead of pc companion.you can download that from http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/download/1/110/61/1294043165/Update_Service_Setup-2.11.1.9.exe .hope this will solve your problem.
[XPERIA X8 General] epi pongi:
yeah,i already downloaded it last night,but do i have to copy n paste all the item into my SDcard?this are the items(amd64 folder,i386 folder,sa101usb,sa101usb86,sa101usb64 is the item driver for x8?)
[XPERIA X8 General] epi pongi:
owh,nice one.thx 4 the info.hope i wille help..by the way,what is rooting eh?is it the thing we need 2 do before we install unsigned software?
[XPERIA X8 General] epi pongi:
yeah,finally i've done the updates.thank u guys:)
[XPERIA X8 General] badboybiky:
rooting means different from installing unsigned application. rooting just uncap the protected hardware and full access to user about all the feature and system file.if you want instruction just follow this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=920236
[XPERIA X8 General] hugerth:
If you don't know what is root - you don't need it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dragmark:
Hi,

just tried my first android build on my HD2 (Darkstone superRAM). How can I link my own contact with my facebook account? I've got it managed with my friends contacts but. The thing is, I want to link my picture from the facebook account for the SMS application...

So can anyone help?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] StephanV:
Don't think that's possible, try adding an image 'to you' on Google contacts. I was gonna try that myself but haven't really gotten around it yet. Please keep me posted.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dragmark:
tnx for reply... I will do that ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
This was discussed in a thread previously, where I explained the current situation.

Apparently, Google are aware that this has been requested, so we may see it in either an app or OS update. Fingers crossed!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=910352
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanHacker:
?

This is a really old post... if you are reading this... you are irrelevant. :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d1g1talphyre:
edit the XML's in the framework-res
[Vibrant Android Development] drhonk:
This is for those of you who are currently using Voodoo based 2.2 ROM. You don't have to disable voodoo to flash this ROM.

This ROM is basically the same deodexed KA7 ROM by Whitehawkx with added supercurio's KA7+Voodoo kernel. I didn't change anything to the ROM other than kernel so all features remain the same. I made it available to make it easier for all Voodoo user to upgrade.

* Stock

* Bloat

* Root

* Busybox 1.19.0.git

* Modded 3e Recovery

* KA7 Kernel + Voodoo

* KA7 Modem

DOWNLOAD

Credits:

Krylon360 and Chainfire : for the original files

Whitehawkx : for the deodexed ROM

Supercurio : for Voodoo kernel
[Vibrant Android Development] hitman818:
This is great.
[Vibrant Android Development] Quiketaz:
Man, I need to wait at leat 10 minutes to download all the stuff jeje, I have dowloaded the Whitehawkx file. Thanks again.
[Vibrant Android Development] Quiketaz:
Could you share only the Kernel KA7 + voodo?
[Vibrant Android Development] Whitehawkx:
Found in the OP of Supercurio's thread here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=870480
[Vibrant Android Development] nnk61209:
do i have to have voodoo already? i just flashed the leaded ka7 build that wasnt not rooted and for some reason wont let me root. so i was goin to odin back to stock then cmw this.
[Vibrant Android Development] drhonk:
Should work ... this ROM should convert your filesystem to ext4 on the first boot which should take about 10 - 15 minutes roughly.
[Vibrant Android Development] Quiketaz:
GREAT.. I love this community for things like this :D :)
[Vibrant Android Development] dusty-:
Hmm I'm currently on nero v5 with voodoo and tried flashing this rom via rom manager and got installation aborted (bad file)

What did I do wrong?
[Vibrant Android Development] drhonk:
Just like what it says .. you probably has a bad file, corrupt during download. Make sure you can open that zip file prior to flashing it and do it from CWM recovery mode.
[Vibrant Android Development] mejo123:
Works Fine Thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] raduque:
Does it wipe?
[Vibrant Android Development] nnk61209:
Ok I flashed and I cant send mms. Wut can I do?
[Vibrant Android Development] drhonk:
The original deodexed ROM will wipe but please wipe anyways before flashing this ROM.
[Vibrant Android Development] drhonk:
I've seen some people are having the same issue with MMS as well but some work just fine.

Read this post, and see if you can get a copy of mms from nero.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10800607&postcount=75
[Vibrant Android Development] bmwdoc2002:
Damn wish I woulda seen this first! Im too quick to flash! Oh well lets do it again
[Vibrant Android Development] nnk61209:
How would I find the nero mms apk and switch em. I was runnin nero v3 before I flashed to ka7
[Vibrant Android Development] jhepoy:
after i flashed this ROM, i keep on getting the green Recovery Menu first.. i need to install update.zip twice before i could get to the red menu with Voodoo.. odd.. it doesn't do this when i have Nero 4 or 5... i'll try flashing the kernel again with voodoo..

EDIT: NM.. Quickboot works fine though..
[Vibrant Android Development] drhonk:
I had that same issue with nero but intermittently.
[Vibrant Android Development] jnp1974:
I would try the search button! If you are looking for the Nero MMS.apk, I would suggest you search in the Nero thread, If you click on the paperclip next to that threads listing, it will show you all the files attached to that thread.
[Vibrant Android Development] rancidm:
can some body post a guide cause i cant load it and can somebody fix mms ?

clock work rec keeps saying somthing about failed cant verify signature,,

trying to load opver updated vibrant kias 2.2

should i odin to stock root cwrecover then load this its only 6 megs..?

randy
[Vibrant Android Development] mikeku:
battery and bugs

comming from nero v5,

battery on this built is not so great dies after 4 hour of ligth use... Facebook Account does not sync contacts as they don't show in contact list feels laggy even with voodo kernel Quadrant score is 1300 with nero i get around 1600 ..

modem is great , next thing to try nero v5 with modem ka7...

just my personal op.
[Vibrant Android Development] nnk61209:
U have to go to ur contacts then press the settinin button and pick the ones u want to sync
[Vibrant Android Development] domtru:
This is what I got..just flashed it. Wifi speeds are around 9k for both, gps is six second lock 8 birds 35 feet avg accuracy. Bat temp hot, maybe from charging phone at moment.....ka7 drained battery super fast....let me know your thoughts...I'm learning!
[Vibrant Android Development] hitman818:
I think your battery is draining because of the dow kernel you flashed. And why the phone is so hot.
[Vibrant Android Development] domtru:
Unplugged, battery temp back down, lost 7 points on battery in 20 minutes...i know, overclocked kernel
[Vibrant Android Development] unikhmer:
Hrmmm I dunno about you guys but I'm getting GREAT battery life! Been unplugged for 13h 36m 25s and only at 57% with heavy usage. Youtube, Facebook, Web, etc. Would take a screenshot but I'm lazy at the moment. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] rayvil30:
Well was this rom worth switching from what ever rom you came from. And what were you on?
[Vibrant Android Development] drhonk:
Switch to stock KA7 voodoo kernel .. it'll give you a much better battery life. Download the kernel from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=870480
[Vibrant Android Development] bmwdoc2002:
I like this so far,but I miss my TW boot screen. Battery life is good and every thing works for me! Now if I could only pick up AT&T 3g in this city!
[Fascinate General] dw77x:
Just wanted to drop a quick note and say thank you! I have been reading on XDA for about a month but have not made a post till now. I am new to the Android community and am amazed what can all be done with these devices. Not having much experience in this area I was quite nervous about tampering with my phone. I searched read and searched again and now I am very happy with my phone. I am now rooted, DJ05, Voodoo, and JT's superclean. Just last night I even figured out ADB and put the clockpackage.apk back into the rom (for some reason I like the stock one). I am not bragging by any means, I'm sure most of you can do this while you eat your breakfast. I am just pointing out the great help you have been.

I am still very much a noob but I love to figure things out! Thanks again!!
[Fascinate General] mknollman:
I will echo this thanks - I have been a lurker and very sporadic poster for a few years now and this site along with a few others have kept me from going crazy. THANKS ALL
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superchilpil:
Anyone heard when it will be released for our phones?

And anyone know which of our developers are using the new update scripts that are required for cwm3

Sent from my infected incredible
[Folio 100 Android Development] wolfx:
This is a port of the ClockworkMod Recovery V3.0.0.5 for Folio100.

Almost everything is functional except some minors issues.

Known issues :

boot part is not backup when using Backup / Restore.

Update 1 : Cache is mounted at start

Installation instructions :

Usage :

THANKS to:

Koush : the original creator of ClockworkMod

Dexter_nlb : for the great work he makes with the FolioMod

All the peoples who help me on cyanogenmod irc channel
[Folio 100 Android Development] nickwarn:
this will be so great, good joob and keep em comming. Next stop Gingerbread
[Folio 100 Android Development] nickwarn:
Installed it just aminute ago worked great. I played around a bit, i formated system, data, cache and dalvik cache. I also tryed format boot but that was a no go. In the first clockwork 3 releases there was also this problem with boot. i cant remember if it was the same error, but its fixed now so that it works correct. I also flashed FolioMod from clockwork iwth out any problems. Really nice work
[Folio 100 Android Development] boqonx:
Great Job!! Now we just need some AOSP/CM7 love :P
[Folio 100 Android Development] girello71:
Can I use it with stock rom too? Tnx
[Folio 100 Android Development] Yamba:
Great work thanks alot for taking the time to do this :)
[Folio 100 Android Development] wolfx:
I don't try backup / restore (nandroid) with stock rom maybe it work, but when i try to flash stock rom it skip the different part and don't write anything.

However, what could be interesting if backup / restore work is to make a backup of a fresh install stock rom with the last update include.
[Folio 100 Android Development] wolfx:
I currently work on the CM7, but be patient, it's more complicated than for recovery.
[Folio 100 Android Development] boqonx:
Of course dude, take your time and slowly churn that tasty gingerbread dough :P
[Folio 100 Android Development] nickwarn:
Finaly, one more rom builder. We need some options to choose from. Wish you the best of luck. And if you dont mind, maybe from time to time post progress on your work. If you need some beta testing, im there
[Folio 100 Android Development] Butchi:
Back to square 0

Hi,

Based on the positive response i started to install the ClockworkMod recovery. As i got the error message that there was no space on the device i did a factory reset (i have 1.3c). Now the installation of the ClockworkMod looked ok. But after i rebooted the device nothing happened (blank screen). Only the initial screen shows (with pressing the on/off-vol+ buttons) after this just a blank screen. Also if i press within the 3 sec the on/off and vol+ the screen goes blank. So i guess i have now a bricked folio and i will start to read up how to unbrick. :mad:

BTW i do not know if i did something wrong or there is/was some particularities with my configuartion or that the clockworkmod still needs some work..
[Folio 100 Android Development] nickwarn:
If you delete the update.zip for clockwork recovery you will have normal recovery. When installing clocwork you pu the zzip to root of exterenal sd card boot to recovery do system update, device reboots, now you have to do the system update again, your now in clockwork recovery
[Folio 100 Android Development] wolfx:
Not sure you bricked it, you can use the fastboot method to flash the recovery again, then you can use the recovery to flash a full rom.
[Folio 100 Android Development] boqonx:
Btw, where do we have fastboot access? I thought what we have is the tegra bootloader which is quite risky to enter? (heard of the story of ppl getting stuck in the bootloader with no way to get out)
[Folio 100 Android Development] wolfx:
you can access fastboot by pressing POWER x 3 ( attention : 3 times only not 4) then VOL UP when the folio start. I use it everyday to flash recovery.img or boot.img with no problems.

Usage :

place the recovery.img or boot.img in the same directory as fastboot then from a shell navigate to your fastboot directory and us the following command :

for recovery:

./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

for boot:

./fastboot flash linux boot.img

you can use the -w option to wipe data and cache

for reboot :

./fastboot reboot
[Folio 100 Android Development] nickwarn:
So if we flash recovery.img thru fastboot we should be able to boot in to clockwork recovery via rom manager?
[Folio 100 Android Development] Butchi:
Thanks for all the responses but i go step by step (hopefully "unbricking" my folio).

I was able to get to the display of the line "Starting Fastboot USB download protocol, please execute 'fastboot' command" (by pressing 3times the power button).

I connected the folio with USB to my PC (Win7) but the needed driver could not be found in the PC.

So i have a couple questions.

-Is the PC-driver part of the SDK? or how can i get the driver?

-I guess that with the PC i can copy via USB the recovery image to the fastboot directory. Is this correct? How else can i get the recovery image to the fastboot directory?

-Is the recovery image the "Folio stock image for full restore to stock rom" Dexters thread

Hope i can get some more help with restoring my system.