[Fascinate General] SlicedDrip:
I have debated if I would just wait for the official DL30 update. But I bit the bullet. I decided on the 4th. I was having issues getting the custom recovery to stick, so I ended up just combining both of them. It almost seemed like there was file consistancy checks upon the fascinate booting up. I have gathered my information and files from XDA-Developers. That is a great site for anything about smartphones.

All credit goes to nitsuj17, OMJ, Syn Ack, and punk.kaos this is just what I needed to do to get my phone rooted and flashed with punk.kaos's DL30 ROM.

Original Posts: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=913670 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=937499

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I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU DOING. THIS WILL VOID THE WARRANTY OF YOUR PHONE.

THIS IS JUST THE STEPS I DID TO GET MY PHONE TO FROYO.

THIS IS FOR VERIZON ONLY PLEASE DONT USE IF YOU ARE NOT ON VERZION

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Files Needed:

Samsung Drivers

Odin

CWMRecovery_DJ05_DL09.tar.md5

update.zip

su-2.3.6.1+busybox1.19.zip

DL30_leak.zip

new_cwm.zip

1.) Install the Samsung Drivers

2.) Place Odin3 v1.3.exe and CWMRecovery_DJ05_DL09.tar.md5 in the same folder on your pc

3.) Place the update.zip, su-2.3.6.1+busybox1.19.zip, DL30-leak.zip, and new_cwm.zip in the root of your sdcard (root means not in any folder just on the sdcard)

4.) Put your phone in download mode by taking out the battery. Then hold the volume down button while plugging it into the usb cable attached to your computer

5.) Open Odin

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THIS IS IMPORTANT > DO NOT TOUCH ANY SETTINGS IN ODIN, ONLY USE THE PDA BUTTON AND THE START BUTTON.

IF YOU TOUCH ANY OTHER BUTTONS IN ODIN YOU COULD BRICK YOUR PHONE.

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6.) So press the pda button then select CWMRecovery_DJ05_DL09.tar.md5

7.) Press start (Note this will reboot your phone when complete)

8.) Power the phone on while holding the entire volume button down. Let go of the power button when the Samsung logo shows but keep holding the whole volume button.

9.) This will boot you into the stock recovery. Use the volume rocker to move down to apply sdcard:update.zip then press the home key

10.) After it applies you will be in clockworkmod recovery

11.) Use the volume rocker to navigate to install zip from sdcard. This time though you will use the back key to select. (I know it is annoying that there are two different select keys but get used to it)

12.) Navigate down and select choose zip from sdcard

13.) Navigate to su-2.3.6.1+busybox1.19.zip press back to select it

14.) Navigate down and select Yes – Install su-2.3.6.1+busybox1.19.zip

15.) Once that is done press the search button to go back a menu

16.) Next, go back to the main menu and choose "Wipe Data/Factory Reset", do this twice for good measure. Then choose "Wipe Cache Partition", do it twice for good measure, it doesn't hurt anything.

17.) Once in Recovery, choose "Install zip from sdcard" > "Choose zip from sdcard" > Then locate your "DL30.zip" file that you downloaded earlier. Choose it and then hit YES. Once complete, takes less than a couple minutes usually.

18.) FINALLY, choose "Install zip from sdcard" > "Choose zip from sdcard" > Then locate your "new_cwm.zip" file you downloaded earlier. Choose it and hit YES. YOU ARE DONE!!!!

Reboot the phone and enjoy your rooted, bloated, official copy of Verizon Froyo.

For the record, this update ONLY works with DJ05 and DL09 radio. Meaning you must download and flash it to your phone if you do not have it or you won't get texts and probably won't be able to make calls.

I am working on my own hybrid ROM that is taken from punk.kaos’s and adrynalyne’s customer ROMs.

It will remove all the bing from the phone but will keep Samsung’s TouchWiz. I am also thinking about integrating the Hulu app.

Stay here and I will keep you updated.