[Q] Fascinate White Screen - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

First off, I apologize if this is a duplicate post. I really and truly searched and found no posts with the same issue that I am having.
I started by rooting my Fascinate a few months ago with the intention of flashing 2.2 on it. Well, I never did. Now, the OTA update fails every time. So, I try to go back to stock by following the instructions here:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...axy-s-gt-i9000-to-android-2-2-froyo-download/
Well, everything seemed to go fine, Odin passed and so on. I only follow the instructions to return to stock 2.1. I figured the OTA update for 2.2 would be fine from there. And if not, I would continue with flashing a custom ROM. Well, when I tried to reboot the phone I get a black screen with white letters that read "GALAXY S" across the top, GT-I9000 uder that and "SAMSUNG" at the bottom.
I have tried following through all of the steps at the above link and get the same results. I have tried flashing EB01DB_DXC and I just get a blank screen. I can still get in to download mode so I don't think this is a complete loss. I am running out of things to try.
Thanks for your help.

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Well, you've just odined whole another world to your phone.
Fascinate is not i9000. i9000 is international version.
You can odin back to DI01.
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If you have links to download this \ I would appreciate them. Also, do I just need to flash this in the PDA part of Odin? Do I need to repartition? If someone could review the instructions in the link I provided and give me step by step instructions I would appreciate it. Also, as long as I am up to my elbows in this phone I think I may as well customize it. Any stable 2.2 ROMs you can recommend?

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A Newman said:
If you have links to download this \ I would appreciate them. Also, do I just need to flash this in the PDA part of Odin? Do I need to repartition? If someone could review the instructions in the link I provided and give me step by step instructions I would appreciate it. Also, as long as I am up to my elbows in this phone I think I may as well customize it. Any stable 2.2 ROMs you can recommend?
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Search the site...the links are at the top of development. If you cant help yourself, no one can help you.

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islandtime said:
Search the site...the links are at the top of development. If you cant help yourself, no one can help you.
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+1. But since you look new to here, let me helo you out a bit. Google "di01 full xda" and "atlas pit" download both of them. Now to fun part. Put di01 tar file in PDA(NEVER in phone) and put Atlas in Pit. Then flash it. Onc ev you are done, update to latest ED03 just for radio via OTA. Then you can root w/ SuperOneClick 1.9.1 > Flash CWM 3.0 by times infinity > flash romnkernel of your choice. (before flashing any rom, it is recommended to wipe data/dalvik/cache and just wipe dalvik/cache for kernel).
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Link: DI01 Full Package
Here
Atlas Pit
Here
SuperOneClick Root
Here
CWM 3.0
Here

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or just look at my "how to return to stock" thread that is stickied in this very same Q&A section.

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A Newman said:
If you have links to download this \ I would appreciate them. Also, do I just need to flash this in the PDA part of Odin? Do I need to repartition? If someone could review the instructions in the link I provided and give me step by step instructions I would appreciate it. Also, as long as I am up to my elbows in this phone I think I may as well customize it. Any stable 2.2 ROMs you can recommend?
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If you haven't found it already, I would say the "Unbrick your phone..." post by DaleV is tailor-made for your situation . Go fully-back to stock DI01 including the atlas pit file.
Good luck with it.

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Thank you for all of the replies and patience. I will have a chance to work with this today and let you all know how it turns out.

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xHoLyx said:
+1. But since you look new to here, let me helo you out a bit. Google "di01 full xda" and "atlas pit" download both of them. Now to fun part. Put di01 tar file in PDA(NEVER in phone) and put Atlas in Pit. Then flash it. Onc ev you are done, update to latest ED03 just for radio via OTA. Then you can root w/ SuperOneClick 1.9.1 > Flash CWM 3.0 by times infinity > flash romnkernel of your choice. (before flashing any rom, it is recommended to wipe data/dalvik/cache and just wipe dalvik/cache for kernel).
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Link: DI01 Full Package
Here
Atlas Pit
Here
SuperOneClick Root
Here
CWM 3.0
Here
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Well, I tried the first step (flashing the Atlas pit and the DI01)three times this morning and I get a "Fail" in Odin every time. I tried multiple USB ports with the same results. Here is a copy and paste of the Message box in Odin:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> Enter CS for MD5..
<ID:0/003> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<ID:0/003> Please wait..
<ID:0/003> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<ID:0/003> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> Sbl.bin
<ID:0/003> cache.rfs
<ID:0/003> factoryfs.rfs
<ID:0/003> movinand.bin
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

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Don't use DI01
Use the DL09 tar from here:
http://adrynalyne.us/files/stuff/
Use the atlas_v2.2.pit you downloaded earlier.
Make sure you have repartition checked.
Put tar in pda box, pit in pit box, connect phone in download mode, click start, cross fingers.
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Thanks, times_infinity. This got me to the recovery screen. But, I can go no further. I have the update.zip file on the SD card, but I cannot apply it:
E:failed to open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory)
E:signature verification failed
If I try to reboot I get the white "Samsung" and then right back to "blue" Android system recovery <2e> screen. I tried following the walk through here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948722
I flashed the cwm-recovery-ALL.zip and got another version installed, but I got the same results.

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A Newman said:
Thanks, times_infinity. This got me to the recovery screen. But, I can go no further. I have the update.zip file on the SD card, but I cannot apply it:
E:failed to open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory)
E:signature verification failed
If I try to reboot I get the white "Samsung" and then right back to "blue" Android system recovery <2e> screen. I tried following the walk through here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948722
I flashed the cwm-recovery-ALL.zip and got another version installed, but I got the same results.
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So what you're going to want to do is get up to ED03 via OTA. After that, boot into download mode and flash this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36791/CWM3_Voodoo.tar.md5
with odin.
Immediately after it completes, boot into recovery with the three button method, and then flash comm rom 1.3
If you don't flash a new kernel, the stock one will overwrite recovery giving you back the blue Samsung 2e recovery.

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I am not sure how I can get EDO3 version OTA when the phone won't boot. Can I flash it with Odin? At this point I would just like to get the phone working, but Super clean looks good.
I tried formatting the SD card and putting only the update.zip file on the card, but I still can't apply sdcard:update.zip when I get to recovery. When I flash the "red" clockwork and select the menu options by pressing the home button I get a black screen. If I press the home screen again it brings me back to the menu. I have tried all of the options and the same thing happens. I have followed the directions on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1053567
But, I get stuck on step 11, because I can't get it to apply sdcard:update.zip.

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You don't need to mess with update.zip. The instructions you're following will work, but it's a bit dated...
Like I said before, follow the "unbrick your phone..." thread op. Like times_infinity suggested, you could flash dl09 instead of di01, but it doesn't really matter since either will get overwritten by the ota update after your first boot...
Likewise, the ota process(es) will put an update.zip in place and use it to get you to ed03 .
You can do it, man, I know you can!
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bmeek said:
You don't need to mess with update.zip. The instructions you're following will work, but it's a bit dated...
Like I said before, follow the "unbrick your phone..." thread op. Like times_infinity suggested, you could flash dl09 instead of di01, but it doesn't really matter since either will get overwritten by the ota update after your first boot...
Likewise, the ota process(es) will put an update.zip in place and use it to get you to ed03 .
You can do it, man, I know you can!
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA Premium App
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I should mention that I transferred my service to another phone, since this one is out of commision. I won't be able to get OTA updates?

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A Newman said:
I should mention that I transferred my service to another phone, since this one is out of commision. I won't be able to get OTA updates?
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Well if that's the case, then just follow this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044474
make sure you're complete stock DL09 including stock recovery. make your way up to ED01 with the files provided there, and then flash CWM with ODIN and then flash rom of choice from recovery.

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I made it all the way through and thought I was home free, but after installing super clean the phone reboots to recovery. In fact, it always boots to recovery. Either stock recovery or the ROM that I flash. I have not been able to reboot the phone since I started this.