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[Fascinate Android Development] chatfouz:
why is it recommended to install the non-voodoo over the voodoo? I am guessing that it is related to a stability/likelyhood of bricking the phone?
[Fascinate Android Development] chatfouz:
ok So I see the that the installation was complete. So I reboot and now start following the rest of this guide? What step does this leave me at? I think I just finished step #5?
[Fascinate Android Development] chatfouz:
And thank you! All of you that held my hand through this

thank you!!!
[Fascinate Android Development] s44:
If you haven't Odined in a new modem (DL09 will work if you started out with that, but EB01 is for Froyo), you may want to do that. Otherwise, just use the phone or keep doing mods as the guide suggests. If you're going to install a new Voodoo kernel I'd highly suggest one of the EC10-based ones instead of the older stuff linked here.
[Fascinate Android Development] chatfouz:
What would you do/suggest?i can admit I am no expert on this stuff.i just want to get the most out of this phone without breaking it.
[Fascinate Android Development] s44:
Read up until you can decide that for yourself. Personally I'm on jt's new source-built kernel, but at this point it's your call. Definitely don't OC or UV too much before you read up.
[Fascinate Android Development] _atlien_:
Thanks. This CRITICAL detail should be included in the original guide. I had to read through 18 pages of comments to understand what I was doing wrong. Might save someone else a bit of time. Thank you!
[Fascinate Android Development] izanagi:
Hola all,

In post three using Odin.exe to push the cwm_froyo.tar file... is that the .tar file that is attached (cwm-recovery-ALL.tar (5.97 MB))?? The guide says to use the ..recovery-froyo.tar file in the cwm zip file, however no zip file is attached and the .tar file doesn't contain another .tar file... Perhaps this step needs to be updated?

Cheers
[Fascinate Android Development] axeman1957:
Little rusty

OK, so I had an HTC Hero that I did a lot of custom ROMs on but I eventually bricked it, so when I got my fascinate I tried to leave it alone as much as I could. Last week I finally got sick of waiting for 2.2 and rooted my phone, I have not gotten around to putting a new ROM on it yet though, so it is still stock, I just have super user permissions. Now today it looks like the official 2.2 is going to be released (per droid-life)

So, my question, I remember you can't get VZW updates when you flash a custom ROM, but can you still do it when you are rooted with the stock ROM? If not, what do I need to change in order to try out the official update?
[Fascinate Android Development] triddirt:
Did you try just checking for updates and letting the OTA fly. It was my understanding that root alone wouldn't affect the ability to get OTA. If you installed CWM you'll have to ODIN back to stock (DI01 or DL09) 1st.
[Fascinate Android Development] deafptl4ever:
So how do we root our Fascinates that are Froyo 2.2. I would imagine 2.2 would require having to set up new drivers?
[Fascinate Android Development] phonefiend:
What do drivers have to do with root?
[Fascinate Android Development] dfa7:
No hijack here, but I'm having probs with CWM (playing around in Root Explorer with bootanimations may have caused corruption). I believe my version is cwm-recovery-ALL-3-30-FIX.tar

Now I can't flash anything...stuck on "installing" and battery pull is necessary. How would I go about fix. Can I re-odin cwm-recovery-ALL-3-30-FIX.tar over top of existing?

Thx in advance
[Fascinate Android Development] Domush:
You can re-Odin CWM as many times as you like. No issue at all.
[Fascinate Android Development] bombarder:
Hi there!how can I downgrade CWM from 3.x.x.x to 2.x.x.x?, have a trouble with rom flashing
[Fascinate Android Development] fstbusa:
Just find the 2.x version and push in odin.
[Fascinate Android Development] akanightmare:
regarding "Upgrade to the EB01 Froyo ROM (from any other ROM)"... will I need to have the original apps on my phone first before doing this (because I erased the unused ones) or can I just go along with it?
[Fascinate Android Development] akanightmare:
where is the update.zip?
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
The battery icon in the notification bar now shows the percentage. The image is slightly different as well - I like it. When holding the power button, you now get more options. With this mod, the puzzle lock is used. There is a similar mod which will change the lock screen to the stock android slider.

The update modifies a few files in the /system directory. If you really want to know which files, unzip the .zip file and look in the /system folder path within the zip.
[Fascinate Android Development] NKT:
Excellent, thank you! Flashing now.

Great thread OP.
[Fascinate Android Development] jt1134:
Please remove the link to the voodoo kernel. It was only shared in irc for a reason, and may still have unknown issues. When it is clearly ready, it will go into its own thread here.

Also please credit original authors in your posts. Kinda lame to kang for a howto thread :/
[Fascinate Android Development] Domush:
Once I'm back at my PC I'll remove the voodoo kernel link and mark it as a future addition.

As for credit, I linked to the threads I found and the authors I knew were the authors (eg: I have no idea where the battery mods came from). Some people are pissy no matter what you do. This is a HELP thread, for crying out loud. One of which I wrote until 4am. How about letting a dude get some sleep before you haul out the pitchforks and torches?

UPDATE: I removed the link to VooDoo, instead pointing them to the IRC channel. Sorry for jumping the gun on releasing it.

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Fascinate Android Development] jt1134:
Sigh. Its a barely tested hack, that can easily soft brick if not used correctly, there is no thread to point back to for information, because it hasn't even been released yet.

That has no place in a newbie help thread.

Pissy? How many noobs do you feel like hearing whine because they broke their phone? When the hack comes with noob instructions, no background information and no author listed, who do you think gets blamed?
[Fascinate Android Development] justinc101011:
Why does it say to unzip the ROM .zip? I never unzipped them to flash them before
[Fascinate Android Development] Domush:
Good eye. I'll edit that to read "Do not unzip".

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Fascinate Android Development] justinc101011:
It also says to unzip the modem
[Fascinate Android Development] J Shed:
Glad I passed on that one. I'm patiently waiting for BLN + Voodoo/Voodoo sound... I forgot how crappy the stock sound configuration is on this thing.
[Fascinate Android Development] exzacklyright:
TMI :D

odin modem, odin cwm, put update.zip/busybox/superuser on sdcard, flash rom = done
[Fascinate Android Development] AuroEdge:
Does the Voodoo kernel support BLN?
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
Good Job. Many will find this thread very useful, myself included. :)

Many, Many more will ignore your disclaimers and brick, spawning innumerable "How do I fix this" posts and threads. :P
[Fascinate Android Development] Domush:
Thanks. I made this in the hopes people will at least have a fighting chance for things to go right. Plenty of people are skipping steps or flashing wrong versions simply out of lack of information. Some will brick no matter how much hand holding they have; It's the Darwin of things.
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
Lol. Very true. You should have one post with a link to a kernel for the Vibrant titled "Dont Flash This". :P
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
I'm glad I got it when I did. The Voodoo kernel I got from IRC didn't even have a Voodoo compatible CWM recovery.
[Fascinate Android Development] stayin100:
I grabbed the Voodoo kernel and flashed it, not knowing it was a leak.. Seems to be running great quadrant scores in the 1600's, not that that matters. Um, what should I not do with this thing? I haven't messed with any settings in the clockwork recovery yet.
[Fascinate Android Development] wideopn11:
Love the Darwin reference, and thanks for the how-to. Too many people getting ID 10 T errors on their phones.
[Fascinate Android Development] DarthCivicus:
Awesome froyo, with voodoo....the circle is now complete!

Posted from Super Clean, DL09 Fascinate with Voodoo 5 kernel.
[Fascinate Android Development] john122675:
Thanks for the post all worked good for me and running the voodoo kernel with no issues as of yet. Nice work so far jt and i totally understand your concernes nothing worse then trying to get work done while having to hear about crying done by people using something they should have never had in the first place i am familiar with fixing this phone having soft-bricked it oh say 293 times and counting.. lol going to head over to irc and keep up with the kernel and maybe offer some testing. thanks to all the hard working devs you guys are so fast every time i reboot my computer i am way behind y'all must never sleep... awesome work as always..
[Fascinate Android Development] Irish Cream:
1. did you flash the new modem in Odin

2. if you did, try just rebooting
[Fascinate Android Development] stayin100:
Did you dial *228 option one
[Fascinate Android Development] draco259:
Sorry I forgot to post in this thread. I got it working, I did another wipe, installed the modem and superclean and wiped again. This time it brought me to the setup wizard and I dialed *228 and ran option 1 and 2 and it works now. Thank for the help though :D
[Fascinate Android Development] achandler2:
Wow. Now that's some serious instructions. Good job. If anyone has any ofthose "how do I" questions after this then they are retarded.
[Fascinate Android Development] SeatownGST:
WOW now that is a write up, for all time. Very impressive.
[Fascinate Android Development] solido888:
Good post. Can we get this stuck?
[Fascinate Android Development] burningembers:
Wow man, that is seriously the most awesome post I've seen since the Froyo leak posts :)

When I was a novice, it was stuff like the above that took me hours of pouring through forums and googling to nail down by myself. I'm sure this will help tons of people!
[Fascinate Android Development] DarthCivicus:
Now I just gotta wait for voodoo...... phooey!
[Fascinate Android Development] Irish Cream:
its out there in the wild... check the super clean thread... there is a voodoo version
[Fascinate Android Development] CGriffiths86:
My phone was rooted before and I decided to go back to stock. I followed your instructions to re-root via Odin and I can not get into clockwork at all. The update.zip always fails and I've tried a few different ones. Any ideas?
[Fascinate Android Development] Domush:
yes, reread post #2. rooting has nothing to do with Odin

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Fascinate Android Development] khartma8:
Thank you very much for putting everything in one concise thread!
[Fascinate Android Development] sfinkel4:
Let me start with saying that was a extremely impressive write up, but unfortunately I had some issues.

Previously rooted with CWM and just recently did the Verizon update. Re-rooted using step 1 & 2.

Tried to boot into download mode and it takes me to samsung recovery instead. So, I went to step 4 of just updating CWM, when installing the update.zip it errors with a !.

I cannot back up my current rom using rom manager but titanium shows me rooted. Any suggestions for next steps?
[Fascinate Android Development] Kaze105:
Remove battery, hold the volume down button, and plug the usb cord into phone. That should take you to download mode.
[Fascinate Android Development] sfinkel4:
Thanks so much, installed CWM. Still can't back up my current rom in Rom Manager. Getting a error in Android System Recovery saying failed signature verification.

I put the update.zip from the "update CWM" post on my sd card, could that be the issue?
[Fascinate Android Development] mrjake1970:
thanks for this write up. excellent easy to follow instructions. worked like a charm! smooth as butter.
[Fascinate Android Development] avhokie:
This may be the best write up I have seen on these topics! Kudos, OP!
[Fascinate Android Development] sfinkel4:
Numerous tries of re-loading clockwork and trying to back up using rom manager, same error keeps coming up regarding the signatures

Found a solution for my problem although not a fix as I got stuck trying to put the battery mod on my phone again, got Froyo though!!

after flashing clockworkmod file via odin you need to put in your battery and immediately boot into recovery and start the process,if you boot the phone up without following this step you will need to flash with odin again
[Fascinate Android Development] syborg:
Thank-you for the detailed write-up.

I do have a Heimdall question. Do I flash the modem in PDA or Modem in Heimdall?

[EDIT]

I found the answer here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11269546&postcount=82

Untar modem.tar and flash modem.bin from Modem in Heimdall.
[Fascinate Android Development] Domush:
I've had that issue once before. I solved it by flashing a fresh re- download of clockwork and reflash it using Odin. Also, do not copy the update.zip yourself. Odin will put it there for you. I would recommend deleting the existing one for good measure.

So, to summarize, redo step 3.

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Fascinate Android Development] Azaurath:
You extract out the modem.bin file and flash that in Heimdall.
[Fascinate Android Development] caal920:
What you guys have done is amazing!

Everything is working great until I try and boot to CWR, I get the 2e system recovery followed by this:

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

E: signature verifcation failed

installation aborted

Anything I do gives me this same result, backup, install update, even partition the SD card.

Any ideas?

Update: Found solution here http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...ll-about-rooting-faqs-how-tos.html#post537336
[Fascinate Android Development] Xxw0lfxX:
Ok, I've been working on this for hours. I had my phone rooted at one time, but I had some problems. So i went back to DL09 unrooted, and re-rooted. When i get to post three and load cwm_froyo.tar with odin, my phone reboots into blue recovery. Even if I try to apply update.zip from sd it either reboots into recovery, or gives me a big ! on the screen. I'm not getting anywhere, what am i doing wrong
[Fascinate Android Development] lane32x:
FYI. I tried rebooting and rebooting and rebooting some more over the past 40 minutes. Evidently there is something odd with my Fascinate where you actually have to go back into the settings -> applications, disable USB debugging, then re-enable it before the Fascinate will recognize that it is supposed to be making a debugging connection.

Even after realizing this, and getting it to stop spitting errors about the device not being found, I'm getting this:

----------------- end command prompt output------------------

*** Successfully exploited, installing permanent root files and deleting temp files

*

/data/local/tmp/com.sh: cannot create /system/xbin/su: directory nonexistent

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

*

* Restarting your phone now.

*

* Complete

----------------- end command prompt output------------------

And my phone is not rooted. (Titanium backup confirms this)
[Fascinate Android Development] Azaurath:
Are you pressing the home soft-key after you highlight update.zip?
[Fascinate Android Development] Xxw0lfxX:
Yeah, and I keep getting the error in Android System Recovery saying failed signature verification
[Fascinate Android Development] marc11284:
I'm getting the same error as the poster above me. I've successfully rooted, but when i try to flash cwm i just get that error. I've tried as many different combinations of things as I can think of but with no success.

In case it helps, I am on the newest Verizon update, i think its EA28? would that make a difference?

OH, and one time i was able to boot into red recovery, where i created a backup of my stock, rooted rom. now i can't get back to that recovery screen! what's going on? i feel so lost on the Fascinate, on the Droid i was the root/rom flashing king haha.
[Fascinate Android Development] vapermonkey:
Pimp ****! Great job. Now wait for VOODOO
[Fascinate Android Development] onemotodroid:
GREAT JOB this is the best summary that I have seem on XDA
[Fascinate Android Development] GoBruins:
why is this thread getting 3 stars? The OP took a lot of time to do this...
[Fascinate Android Development] lane32x:
Absolutely love the guide, and the fact that somebody decided to be helpful and write a n00b how-to for once. I'm still having crazy issues. I had my Fascinate rooted previously, but of course lost root after gaining DL09 OTA. The methods described here are not working to re-root my phone, and my old method ( found at forum . sdx-developers . com/epic-development/joeykrim-sdx-permanent-root-for-epic-(and-verizon-fascinate)-confirmed/?PHPSESSID=ndj0245ehv7d4s23iu3imie9u3

Is not working either. Any suggestions for how to get stock DL09 re-rooted?

This is ridiculous. It worked fine *before*

*EDIT*

Ended up using the thread over here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=913470

With the side note that if you are a fellow n00b and have not yet used alternate kernels, you need to skip step 10.

or if you DO step 10, you will have to put your phone back into Download mode, re-apply CWM, and then proceed directly to step 11.

(Verizon causes the Fascinate to erase CWM upon reboot).
[Fascinate Android Development] SirKronan:
LOVE this thread. Worked like a charm on my wife's Fascinate. It's brand new, just purchased today, too. Rated 5 stars for sure!!

Wish it would've worked that well on mine... I'm in FC hell right now. I had a voodoo kernel on mine before. I thought I disabled it beforehand. And at first Froyo was working, but I decided to follow the part of your walkthrough to change from the green CWM to the red one. Now the phone FC's A LOT. I've tried everything I can do. Even when I go back to stock everything using Odin, I still get FC's. I think I really screwed it up ... Any ideas??

Oh, and in addition, it's in a loop of initial setup. Every time I boot the phone, everything is forgotten and it wants me to proceed with a new device and account setup. ARRGGG!!
[Fascinate Android Development] Domush:
I've not used voodoo yet, so I'm not the one to ask about voodoo issues. I'll try to make that my next walk through.. removing voodoo.

As for recovering from bad voodoo ;), you may have to look at some threads related specifically to that issue.

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Fascinate Android Development] SirKronan:
Well, so far following this thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804784

... got rid of one of my error messages. I think it should work better now ... hopefully. Rebooting to try again.

Edit: Yep. Looks like I'm good to go. Whew!
[Fascinate Android Development] yuhang:
Hi, I would love to follow this thread if someone can just tell me which posts I need to follow... I am running Voodoo V.2 DH12 (the one before DIo1) Can someone point to which steps I should take on this thread? Thank you very much.
[Fascinate Android Development] Xxw0lfxX:
Ok, call me stupid, thats fine. Lol but I still have little to no clue on what I'm doing here.

I flashed the froyo odin file using odin, the phone rebooted like normal for the first time. I went into Rom Manager to backup the existing rom, phone restarted and brought me to the blue recovery.

This is annyoing me, I hate being on DL09 Stock, I cant do anything! What do I need to do...
[Fascinate Android Development] vapermonkey:
Xxw0lfxX

you have step one move on to flashing rom i would use the deodexed one found here

also you will need the new cwm found on the third link here.

good luck
[Fascinate Android Development] reisb:
So I can't get the AOSP lock mod working. I flashed it and got the clock %, but still puzzle lock and no reboot add'l options. I am on stock EB01. Do I need SuperClean or Stock Deodexed (above)?
[Fascinate Android Development] Xxw0lfxX:
I've already loaded the cwm_froyo-odin....
[Fascinate Android Development] wideopn11:
I have the same issue, % on clock works but still puzzle lock. I tried twice, once without wipe check box and once with wipe check box in cwm. I'm wondering if the file I downloaded was pointing to the wrong link.
[Fascinate Android Development] reisb:
That's not the rom. That's the cwm that will get you to screen to flash rom.
[Fascinate Android Development] Xxw0lfxX:
Ok, so I loaded cwm from Odin, the phone restarted. I need to move the rom.zip onto the sdcard?
[Fascinate Android Development] reisb:
Sounds like you've only completed thru step 6 of post 3. Do step 7 (copy update.zip to SD card) and then onto post 5.
[Fascinate Android Development] Xxw0lfxX:
Thats what I dont understand. update.zip is in my root directory of the sd card, but when I apply the update.zip in blue recovery, it gives me signature errors
[Fascinate Android Development] reisb:
From post 3,

2: Plug in the USB cable from your PC to your phone

3: Download Odin 1.3

- Unzip it

4: Download ClockWork Mod (non-voodoo) (provided by jt1134)

- Unzip it

That unzip will give you your froyo tar file and a new update.zip. You odin the tar and place the new update.zip on sd card.
[Fascinate Android Development] Xxw0lfxX:
Omg, I'm about to give up. Now when I reboot my phone into downlaoding mode, Odin doesnt even see my phone anymore
[Fascinate Android Development] Azaurath:
You doing these steps?

I would close Odin, pull your batt, wait like a minute, then start at step 2 above.
[Fascinate Android Development] Xxw0lfxX:
Yeah, I'm doing all the steps. Weird it was working earlier, but now nothing.
[Fascinate Android Development] dgalanter:
How long should it take to flash the Froyo modem in Odin?
[Fascinate Android Development] Azaurath:
Around a minute or so.
[Fascinate Android Development] Mubassmastajoe:
Try switching usb ports. It worked for me.

Sent from my $600 occasional paperweight
[Fascinate Android Development] dgalanter:
Hmmm... it's not doing it. Or at least I get no status. Hangs on SetupConnection.
[Fascinate Android Development] Domush:
- Voodoo link updated

- SuperClean 2.1 Voodoo and Non-Voodoo added
[Fascinate Android Development] Terror_1:
ODIN Downloads not working

You can find the odin files you need below

http://ig33k.portzilla.com/2011/02/odin-1-3-download/

Please do not link directly to the file.
[Fascinate Android Development] lfrench0:
ok newb here, I saw that the upgrade to eb01 post said from "any other rom", but does that include from ea28? I'm assuming so, but I'd really hate to get so stoked about this and then find out I have to get to dl09 or dl30 first.
[Fascinate Android Development] Domush:
EA28 is indeed a ROM

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Fascinate Android Development] Domush:
Haha! I'm beginning to see why so many people link to threads instead of ROMs.. adrynalyn puts them out as fast as I can update this thread :)

Will update super clean ROM to 2.2 shortly

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Fascinate Android Development] lfrench0:
Could somebody please elaborate on what the AOSP lock screen, power options, and accurate battery mod does? I understand the lockscreen, but does the power options refer to the power menu(Such as adding reboot options?)

One more thing does the accurate battery add the percentage tag or does it just change the battery image to make it more accurate? Thanks
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
Yes, power options are the extra menu items when you hold the power button while the phone is powered on.

The accurate battery mod updates the battery images with percentages and a more granular color/level, so yes - it does both the things you mentioned.
[Fascinate Android Development] lfrench0:
Awesome, and thanks a lot.

is this the same thing then?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=938104

EDIT: It is, Sorry I didn't read the OP close enough. My link is to sbrissen's mod for lock screen, power options and battery etc.