so i bricked my phone. fortunately though i was able to recover it. the question i have is, there was not a rom for my carrier i.e. cellsouth but there was one for another network(verizon), so i used that. btw my phone is a samsung showcase which is almost identical to the fascinate so i have no problems with it except seeing verizon as the network when i boot up or lock the screen. also when i check to see which carrier i'm on by dialing 611, i get cellsouth. i just dont want to incur any fees i dont know about,so im asking if there are any dangers using a rom from a different network???
No I do not believe that there is between cell south and verizon. I had a hero that ran on a sprint rom then my last phone was a milestone that I was using roms that where for the moto droid from verizon. But can I ask how you bricked your phone and what you did to fix it? I got a galaxy showcase and was trying to install a different kernel to help on the battery life and through odin I messed it up but was able to fix it by install eb11_voodoo.zip and Showcase_eb11_PnP_0.3. Well today I was going down the road and plugged my phone in the car charger and a few minutes later it just rebooted by itself. After that it did not have any service. I went under settings, about phone and it said unknown under several of the options. I took it to cell south after I tried several things and all they did was make it not even boot up. Now if I try to flash a rom from or kernel or anything at all from CWM v3.2.0.0.otb it says, Amen scripting was necessary to remove it when upgrading to the ClockworkMod 3.0 Gingerbread based recovery. Please switch to Edify scripting (updater-script and update-binary) to create working update zip packages. Installation aborted. Can somebody HELP me get back my phone???
to unbrick it
to unbrick samsung showcase.you need samsung drivers, search forums or google ,easy find.
READ COMPLETELY AND DOWNLOAD FILES FIRST BEFORE STARTING.btw follow guide at your own risk. take no responsibility for you bricking your phone.which you already did, i mean for other people lol. it will work if you do it right so dont panic...i think...well, i hope
1) remove battery
2)plug usb cable to computer
3)start odin-
3)connect usb to phone and press volume down same time to activate download mode-that is yellow triangle thing-you should see "added" in odin
4) then make sure repartition auto reboot,reset time are checked-all three
5)then for pit file choose http://www.mediafire.com/?26xbh796jmwvwqb
6)for pda, go to here and download from the link that has "ECLAIR".its suppose to be about 419.5 mb.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124391
btw a guy named adrenalyn i believe uploaded these files so thanks to him.
hope this guide helps in you figuring it out.basically summarizing all you need cause i was confused a little bit when i began and realized i messed my phone up.
let me know if this works for yah.half asleep while doing this
I think your actual question was kinda missed here so I will explain it to you. First the rom that you choose to use is not carrier based, but is device based, never flash a rom that is not for your brand and model of phone. The thing that matters for the carrier is the modem, that gives you phone, data, and messaging. The only way your phone will not be on your carriers network is if you go through the involved process of switching it over yourself. Usually if you put the wrong modem on your phone it just won't work, requiring you to find the proper odin program to flash, including repartitioning the phone to get it right again. Hope this answers your questions.
Yea Dale...that answers my question ty
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Btw if anyone is curious..Samsung fascinate and showcase are both SCH-I500 (model) so I suppose they use the same roms
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Roms yes, basically, modems NO.
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Yea I realized that after flashing fascinate modem to my showcase nd now my internet dont work
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O.K. So my baby (HTC Dinc) was lost in a bunch of snow. I was running android 2.2 with scence UI 2.0 and never had any trouble finding new and exciting roms that were just a lot of fun to play with. So after doing little homwork and having the Verizon guy talk up this Samsung I made my next $200 plunge into my new favorite hobby. However I was not aware that this phones hacking community was so... confusing. So heres where im sitting I ran FascinateRoot_v02 which is a 1 click root and boom i get Superuser. Completely psyched to get a rom on that isn't plagued by Verizon advertisements and Bing Bull$#!t, alas i am stuck. rom manager went in and installed ClockworkMod 3.0.0.8 as its recovery. I download the SuperDark1.1-D101 and go to install it through ROM manager and nothing happens. then i realized that i must not have the right recovery. I am lost and hating the frustrations that are fallowing the events that led to me getting this phone. I know the hardware is good and all but Big Red and Bing (WTF is this doing on a google OS Phone) have turned the wonderful SuperAMOLED screen into an eyesore.
Here's what I need.
1.) someone to post what the OTA update did to my phone. (USB not recognized by PC)
2.) Someone to explain in very small words how to ROM this phone with the latest info.
3.) Someone to explain What VOODOO and NoN-VOODOO Kernels are and the benefits of both
4.)How to install the kernels
5.) Anything that i can do to help with 2.2 because running with limited/no flash makes me feel like im playing with an iphone original with a shiny new screen.
I'm very sorry for making a new thread that i am sure has questions that have been asked before on it, but for two days i have been lost on this. Please help a guy out!!!
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O.K. So my baby (HTC Dinc) was lost in a bunch of snow. I was running android 2.2 with scence UI 2.0 and never had any trouble finding new and exciting roms that were just a lot of fun to play with. So after doing little homwork and having the Verizon guy talk up this Samsung I made my next $200 plunge into my new favorite hobby. However I was not aware that this phones hacking community was so... confusing. So heres where im sitting I ran FascinateRoot_v02 which is a 1 click root and boom i get Superuser. Completely psyched to get a rom on that isn't plagued by Verizon advertisements and Bing Bull$#!t, alas i am stuck. rom manager went in and installed ClockworkMod 3.0.0.8 as its recovery. I download the SuperDark1.1-D101 and go to install it through ROM manager and nothing happens. then i realized that i must not have the right recovery. I am lost and hating the frustrations that are fallowing the events that led to me getting this phone. I know the hardware is good and all but Big Red and Bing (WTF is this doing on a google OS Phone) have turned the wonderful SuperAMOLED screen into an eyesore.
Here's what I need.
1.) someone to post what the OTA update did to my phone. (USB not recognized by PC)
2.) Someone to explain in very small words how to ROM this phone with the latest info.
3.) Someone to explain What VOODOO and NoN-VOODOO Kernels are and the benefits of both
4.)How to install the kernels
5.) Anything that i can do to help with 2.2 because running with limited/no flash makes me feel like im playing with an iphone original with a shiny new screen.
I'm very sorry for making a new thread that i am sure has questions that have been asked before on it, but for two days i have been lost on this. Please help a guy out!!!
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Your mistake was a simple one, you simply used the wrong Clockwork Recovery, the ORANGE. Most of our ROMS are not compatible with that. You need the RED Clockwork Recovery 2.x.x, if you do some searching it is all over here. Your OTA update I have no clue about because you didn't even mention it in the original post except to ask what it did. If USB isn't recognizing, reinstall the Samsung drivers, and try toggling USB debugging. You are now NON-Voodoo, your file system is stock RFS, which is slow. What Voodoo does is change your filing system to EXT4, which is must faster. This does not mean your phone will be blazing through everything. It simply means that your phone will be much faster at writing data, I have not seen one person disappointed per se in it yet, I personally use it. Overall, it will increase the performance of your phone. Kernels, you flash using the RED Clockwork Recovery, which you will find downloads of and instructions for all over this forum, it is very easy. Once you get the correct Clockwork Recovery this will be easy man, so go get that, and flash a ROM like you normally would. Have any more questions, you can reply, or IM me. EDIT: Also, get a program called Odin, which is all over this forum as well. As you read more and more, and do more things, you will see why it is very useful.
Thanks! 1 problem... I cant set it back using rom manager. How else can you fix/downgrade to 2.x.x. Also the OTA update has my phone hidden on my pc through USB conectivity and I have never used Odin. I really do appreciate the help! I hate trying to learn new setups in 2 days
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Droidneedzsence said:
Thanks! 1 problem... I cant set it back using rom manager. How else can you fix/downgrade to 2.x.x. Also the OTA update has my phone hidden on my pc through USB conectivity and I have never used Odin. I really do appreciate the help! I hate trying to learn new setups in 2 days
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Okay, here is Odin, attached at the bottom of my post. I am also including Clockwork Recovery, the one you need, as well as the update.zip. First you need to place Update.zip on your SDCARD. Since your pc won't recognize your phone, you can use the Dropbox program to do this. Update.zip HAS to be on the root of your SDCARD. Now, Odin is the program you want to use to Flash the cwm.tar, okay? And ONLY that .tar. Open Odin and mess with NONE of the settings, NONE. Click the PDA Button, choose cwm.tar and then click on START. Note: In the upper left hand corner, if Odin detects your phone, it will be yellow. And make sure USB debugging is enabled. So, flash cwm.tar to your phone, boot into recovery by holding BOTH of the volume keys while powering up, then in Clockwork Recovery select "Install Update.zip", it will install and you will have the RED Clockwork Recovery. THEN you go flash your ROMS and such, as for your USB problems, could be very simple, just do some Googling. Oh, and in terms of ROMS? I HIGHLY recommend Adrynalyne's SuperClean.
One thing to note since you have been having problems, and because I didn't see it mentioned above.
For odin to work (for odin to see your phone) you need to have it (your phone) in download mode.
This is made possible by pulling the battery, plugging in the phone to your PC via the STOCK usb cable (I have read non OEM cables can cause problems), and holding down the "down" button on the volume rocker while holding the power button. You should boot into download mode. Yellow Triangle as some call it...because of the giant yellow triangle on-screen....
I had a hell of a time figuring this out through the guides but once you figure it out you will have no problems.
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One thing to note since you have been having problems, and because I didn't see it mentioned above.
For odin to work (for odin to see your phone) you need to have it (your phone) in download mode.
This is made possible by pulling the battery, plugging in the phone to your PC via the STOCK usb cable (I have read non OEM cables can cause problems), and holding down the "down" button on the volume rocker while holding the power button. You should boot into download mode. Yellow Triangle as some call it...because of the giant yellow triangle on-screen....
I had a hell of a time figuring this out through the guides but once you figure it out you will have no problems.
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I KNEW I forgot something, thank you for adding that. I have so much going on but did not want to leave the guy hanging I rushed through the explanation.
There were some issues with the "stock" versions of CWM, and our devs have touched it up to work with our phones better. The latest "Orange" version you installed from Rom Manager uses a new method for installing updates/ROMs (Edify script). Almost all of the things available on these forums are still set up for the old method of installing updates/ROMs (Amend script). As a general rule of thumb, we don't update CWM through Rom Manager, and just use versions posted here. There were some compatibility improvements, but they also added Voodoo support and options.
Also, because of not using Rom Manager to update CWM, the "Install from SD Card" option in Rom Manager doesn't work. There's some kind of "*update.zip" in the clockwork folder on your SD card. If you copy the update.zip from the root of your SD card into the correct folder and rename it, the "Install from SD Card" might work. Sorry, I don't use Rom Manager anymore, so I don't have the exact names or folders.
The way a lot of people handle ROM installs is to reboot into recovery (hold volume up and volume down and power while starting up, and release only the power button when "Samsung" appears). Once you install the cwm.tar that Dread This Day posted, this method will take you straight into Clockwork Recovery. You can download ROMs from Rom Manager or directly from these forums.
Just a word of caution on Voodoo. There are some serious problems you can get yourself into if you don't know what you're doing with it. I strongly suggest you thoroughly research exactly what it does, the impacts of installing/using it, and how to properly remove it before you decide to use it.
Thanks for the info and the walkthrough. Gotta love expediant info. Ill be playing with it after I get off work. I have been using the micro usb from my Dinc so ill swap it out and see if it works.
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all i get from that is samsung recovery utils. lookin over the net and tried the whole emulator trick. this phone is aggravating I know its probably just me. So im going to run some tests to find out if i can get into the download mode via an cmd prompt or some such program.
In other news I FOUND MY Dinc! after a weekend of being in the snow a co-worker spoted a lighter and went to get it, at which point he found the phone under it. great news is that my case and screen protector saved it. no water damage, not even a red seal!
Edit:
The program is called terminal emulator not cmd prompt. sorry for the platform crossover.
In emulator
type in #su
agree to superuser
type in #reboot download
and done. i knew that computer class would pay off. lol next step is getting phone recognized by odin. more fun awaits...
abondon ship. htc thunderbolt is out in the next 3 weeks and im gonna be all over it. as my name infers deoid needs sense and samsung... well it has none and oit of the 5 phones ive rooted and romed this is by far the most anoying. ota updates that make a phone unrecognizable via pc and the need to run multiple programs just to get a phone to except root. no froyo in sight and... bing... they ruined a great phone by pretty much leaving it up to our devs to make it worth something. i shall miss my superamoled but not enough to birn an upgrade. thanks for the help, you guys are great, hope to see ya in the htc scene soon.
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In my opinion ROM Manager blows goats your better off downloading from xda and flashing in the orange clockwork
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In my opinion ROM Manager blows goats your better off downloading from xda and flashing in the orange clockwork
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Most of the ROMs for the Fascinate won't work with orange clockworks. You will need the red version.
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Sense really blows dude, I would cut my hand off before going back to buggy htc, 2.2 fascinate is way better, but to each his own...
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I tried to flash a kernel to my samsung showcase, but it didn't work. it wouldn't even go to boot logo. i have gotten it to boot now but everything keeps crashing every few seconds and it says verizon, but i have ntelos. I cant get any 3g or data. I have ClockWorkMod installed on it. PLEASE HELP.
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I tried to flash a kernel to my samsung showcase, but it didn't work. it wouldn't even go to boot logo. i have gotten it to boot now but everything keeps crashing every few seconds and it says verizon, but i have ntelos. I cant get any 3g or data. I have ClockWorkMod installed on it. PLEASE HELP.
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If you have clockworkmod installed on it, boot into cwm and wipe data/cache/dalvik and flash a different showcase kernel that you know works. Do you have a functioning showcase kernel already on your sd card?
You flashed a Verizon Fascinate kernel onto a Telus Showcase. Good job.
Dude I did the same thing my advice and what worked for me is flash the cell south showcase rom. Root your phone get rid of all cell south Apps make it look stock take it back get a new one that's if your in your 60 or 90 days i forget what it is as far as I know there's no roms For are showcase yet. If they give u **** just say u talked to customer service and samsung and u told them your phone seemed really slow and u noticed a few apps always running that shouldn't be even after you killed them like screen capture service and a few others and they told u it's probably a phone defect and should take it back and pick the rep that's looks like they want to go home they only want sells and will get you out as quick as possible. I hope all works out well for you I know how it is I'm on frog and payed 450..... but it should
Got my cell south Rom from some dudes in a irc chat room #samsung-mesmerize they helped me out a lot and if your willing to dump your Rom when u get a new phone they will make you a Rom for your phone
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You flashed a Verizon Fascinate kernel onto a Telus Showcase. Good job.
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Telus doesn't use the Showcase. They use a GSM version of the Fascinate. The Showcase is a CDMA phone that is like a twin to the Verizon Fascinate and the US Cellular Mesmerize.
Another Fascinating post by my XDA app...
big_c said:
Dude I did the same thing my advice and what worked for me is flash the cell south showcase rom. Root your phone get rid of all cell south Apps make it look stock take it back get a new one that's if your in your 60 or 90 days i forget what it is as far as I know there's no roms For are showcase yet. If they give u **** just say u talked to customer service and samsung and u told them your phone seemed really slow and u noticed a few apps always running that shouldn't be even after you killed them like screen capture service and a few others and they told u it's probably a phone defect and should take it back and pick the rep that's looks like they want to go home they only want sells and will get you out as quick as possible. I hope all works out well for you I know how it is I'm on frog and payed 450..... but it should
Got my cell south Rom from some dudes in a irc chat room #samsung-mesmerize they helped me out a lot and if your willing to dump your Rom when u get a new phone they will make you a Rom for your phone
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how do i flash cell south rom? I cant even boot into my phone now and if i mount my sd card from cwm it doesnt show up on pc. The only things i can go into are cwm, download mode, and recovery mode.
Use Odin in download mode go to the irc chat I told u adout and ask for the rom that's were I got mine the helped every step of the way ask for bakedtator I told him about you these are good guys they saved my ass http://webchat.freenode.net/ just make a nickname by putting it in the box like u already have one the channel is #samsung-mesmerize just like that put the #
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Telus doesn't use the Showcase. They use a GSM version of the Fascinate. The Showcase is a CDMA phone that is like a twin to the Verizon Fascinate and the US Cellular Mesmerize.
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Slow down there buddy I'm on a showcase sch i500 cdma right now n-telos does have it they started selling it around may 1st its not gsm n-telos is cdma a little different then the cell south found out the hard way
Same problem here. Found directions to install Cyanogen 7.1 on a Samsung Showcase as it listed it to be compatible. Downloaded ClockworkMod Recovery and installed it using Heimdall Suite 1.1.1. Used CWM to then install the Cyanogen 7.1 rom and Google apps rom as well. All seemed good except for when it booted it listed my carrier as Cellular South. My carrier is actually Ntelos.
Needless to say the only thing that initially worked were voice calls and the web for some reason. Text messaging was broken(a big one with me).
I tried to *228 to see if that would maybe program the phone for the proper settings but it did not work.
So I thought that because I had backed up my phone with CWM I could just revert back to my old image and all would be well. The restore function did not work. Rebooting into CWM from the ROM manager I was able to initiate the restore. All seemed well and it notified me it had restored. When I rebooted my phone however it was frozen at the Samsung logo. I rebooted into CWM and cleared my cache and did the factory reset only to find that after a reboot it just loads straight to CWM.
Now I basically have a useless phone. I can reinstall Cyanogen but I no longer have signal for service. It also seems hit or miss as to if it installs with no problems. Sometimes it will install and the default widgets will show errors loading. The google apps will not install sometimes even though they show confirmed through CWM. I can reboot the phone from ROM manager into CWM and it will perform the restore just the same as the first time without any problems but the phone will not boot back up to the stock ROM. If I try to boot straight to CWM using Volume+Home+Power it will not perform the restore. It goes through small part
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Restoring system...
Error mounting /system
That's as far as I get.
I'm basically stuck in this vicious cycle with no end in site. I've tried researching til my eyes hurt to find a solution to my problem. I can't find a stock ROM anywhere. Obviously the combination of a small carrier and a small audience for this model phone yields little along the lines of widespread support. So I've came here to the XDA Developers board in hopes that someone will be able to help me.
Some background on my phone first. I thought that I bricked it a few weeks ago when I flashed a kernel for it that went to a fascinate. I thought that the showcase was and is a twin to it. But my phone would not boot up. Did some more research and ended up flashing CWM 3.0 and then PnP 3.0 and eb11 build and had a phone again. Well had no problems till yesterday when my phone just did a reboot by itself and then I had no service and under about phone several of the categories said unknown. I took it to cellsouth and left with a phone that would not even boot up! All I can do is boot in CWM but if I try flashing a anything it says either error with restoring boot image or something about updating sript and binary files. Can somebody help me out?
Check out this thread, second post after original op, it has files and process to odin the Showcase. This is most likely your best option. GO HERE
just found a link with the showcase stock file..im downloading now and will let you know if it works. had the same problem as you. now im using fascinate bases and cant get my 3g
Well I got it to where I can at least talk on it!... I flashed it back to a stock DL09 with odin. Which it now looks and acts just like a Verizon phone. So I can talk and text but has NO data of any kind unless I connect to wifi. I think that I need to flash a DJ20 or EB11 radio to it but not sure, Maybe somebody could lend there knowledge again. Thanks so far.
i was just like you...had to use that verizon rom. however i did find a c.south stock rom and got to normal.YES!! but still working on getting 3g back up. i think it messed up when i flashed another modem or somthing. i'll post link in a sec.
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Well I got it to where I can at least talk on it!... I flashed it back to a stock DL09 with odin. Which it now looks and acts just like a Verizon phone. So I can talk and text but has NO data of any kind unless I connect to wifi. I think that I need to flash a DJ20 or EB11 radio to it but not sure, Maybe somebody could lend there knowledge again. Thanks so far.
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here is the link. first post has instruction and downloadhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1121576.html
Hello,
I was running CM7 rom with gapps installed. it was draining my battery like crazy and i read online that it happens because the phone doesnt go into "deep sleep" mode. i decided to use another ROM instead and tried flashing my phone to stock 2.1 eclair before doing that. odin gave me an error during the process. so i goggled some more and on one of the xda forums it said that its recommended to follow this process - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124391
i performed the option number 1 - *EB01 FROYO *Unofficial leak* full odin tar*
later when this process failed on me on odin, i realized that i am on the forum for samsung fascinate. my phone turns on with a samsung screen but gets stuck on a verizon wireless welcome message.
i have tried going back to stock 2.1 eclair but it gets stuck on modem.bin on odin.
what should i do?
there's a dongle that plugs into the USB port and can almost always reset your phone. Google it. Samsung vibrant USB dongle should find it and there are videos on YouTube.
alternately you can use the instructions on how to go to any other ROM from cm7/muiu. It involves a pit file, clicking repartition box and flashing with a complete stock room for you're phone (ROM and kernel at least and might as well do radio too).
Maybe that might work.
It's really hard to hard brick an Android especially the samsungs.
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the phone actually turned on as a verizon wireless samsung fascinate and im able to do everything but make calls. so i went ahead and used superclickoneroot thing and rooted my phone. i downloaded rom manger to install clockworkmod recovery and now im gnna try and install a custom rom for vibrant and hope that works.
If you can get to dl mode, go find my GingerZen thread in the dev section, and follow the FTDNB steps in the second post. That will get you fixed up.
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i downloaded the pit/pda to flash with odin and also checked off repartition, its stuck on modem.bin - is that normal?
No, pull the battery and try it again.
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well i think im at an even worse stage now. the phone does not turn on anymore. no samsung/galaxys or verizon wireless homescreen like before. but my computer does recognize it i think because i am able to go into download mode. im only able to go into download mode without my battery. with the battery in, the phone is useless and dead.
just so i know i have it right my first step is this right? - Download this first, and flash through Odin with your standard 512 pit file and then it redirects me to the EB productions website. (i am not allowed to post an outside link for being new and all)
Both links go to the eb productions site, both Odin packages were created by eugene373. If you can get to dl mode, you can still flash. I wouldn't give up, take a deep breath and try it again.
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i am not giving up. i have tried atleast 15 times but same thing. it gets suck on modem.bin. i feel like its getting stuck there because its formatted as a fascinate now and im trying to put vibrant softwares but then again what do i know lol
It doesnt let you flash modem.bin because of the bootloader, flash a vibrant bootloader and re-flash stock jfd with re-partition enable with pit file.
You should be good.
Is there a guide that helps me with the steps on flashing a vibrant bootloader?
As demetris_I stated, it does sound like you need to repartition off the bat. Don't repartition witht he FTDNB initial file, go striaght to either stock JFD of the JK2 in my post I referred you to, and select the repartition check box in Odin. That should tell Odin to set your mount points and flash all the files to their correct lo9cation.
For bootloaders if you want to try them, search for the GB bootloaders thread in the dev section, it also contains the froyo bootloaders, all flashable through Odin. I personally would try flashing a full Odin rom (such as the JK2 of stock JFD files) first with repartition, as those files will reset your bootloaders during the flash.
fascinate verizon Is not a gsm phone so when you flash the rom you also flash the bootloaders from it.It doesnt have a modem.bin partition and odin doesnt know where or cant put the modem.bin thats why is stuck there.
Go to dev section find froyo bootloader follow guide and re enter download mode and flash stock JFD with pit file and repartition checked, as i said You should be ok.
run odin under administrator or try heimdall instead
so, i just want to use t mobile vibrant on verizon
Is this an easy thing to do?
It's impossible. Vibrant uses GSM technology (sim card) and radio frequency called 1700/2100 in the USA. Fascinate uses CDMA (no sim card you call Verizon to activate your phone) and 1900 frequency.
Note: T-mobile vibrant can use AT&T 3G band (only one of them not both like AT&T captivate does).
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It's impossible. Vibrant uses GSM technology (sim card) and radio frequency called 1700/2100 in the USA. Fascinate uses CDMA (no sim card you call Verizon to activate your phone) and 1900 frequency.
Note: T-mobile vibrant can use AT&T 3G band (only one of them not both like AT&T captivate does).
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so it cant be used on verizon? what if i flash broadband or something like that? i have a verizon sim card...
Alright I need some help please. First off i need to re-partition my modem and i have no idea how to. Due to constant flashing it screwed something up and i can no longer receive data coverage. Now i looked and looked and i couldn't find anything. So i decided to start a new thread. I need a step by step walk through this will be my first time doing it. And i really don't want to say this cuz i am myself a noob (please no noob's on this one i cant afford another phone). i have had some help by some other people witch was good advice but i have exhausted my options here. I have tried everything from flashing new modems to flashing new ROMS to odin'ing back to stock A.T.T. I'm Stumped i have done absolutely everything i can think of to this phone and still no data. I have the correct apn settings i know that. I'm just completely stumped i dont know what to do.
Phone: Att Samsung Galaxy Note SGH-I717
Android Version: 2.3.6
Okay brother ....I've been digging for gold, And to clarify your issue, you do not need to partition a modem.
You need to repair the device partitions.
Now, this doesn't mean that you should just start changing partitions using CWM or TWRP, or ODIN.
What it does mean, is you need to let Odin do it for you.
I won't take the time to go into PIT files and mapping, as we both would explode from boredom in 10 seconds.
But I will tell you that there are different levels of depth regarding roms and how they flash.
Odin stock roms go pretty deep, but sometimes not deep enough, and Odin will sometimes ignore the PIT remapping function during the flash if the file structure is already present on the device.
That being said, an Odin return to stock is not always successful when seeking a complete restructuring of the device partitions.
However, I have located a rom (factory ICS leak) that contains the entire device partition package, the PIT.IMG Package, baseband, and factory ICS image.
By using this one click Odin file, you will force the device back to factory status using ICS.
This will allow you to push the UCLE2 modem again once you root using CWM.
The ICS root method is slightly different than GB, so check the ICS root info in the super thread before rooting again. This will prevent errors or worse if done incorrectly.
The link below is the most complete package I can find, and includes files not found in the GB Odin.tar.
The file is good. And has been used many times to repair issues we see here.
Take your Time, and read read read....especially when rooting again.
Note: prior to pushing this Odin file, you "MUST" wipe all data and factory reset the device to ensure a "CLEAN" build of the file structure.
And once flashing is complete, follow the root method for ICS... And once rooted, flash the modem by using CWM.
You will need to manually add and save your new APN settings.
Once these steps are complete, you should have a working device with data..
If not, you may have device damage of some kind, which requires a repair of the device by an authorized service center.
I'm uncertain of the software having the ability to damage hardware, but I'm certain it is possible, and you may have this issue.
But if you are willing to try this rom, it will likely help.
Beyond my advice above, I've got nothing more to offer, other than moral support.
Of Course, standard disclaimers apply, and you do this at your own risk ...
Best of luck to you ....g
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/25980-sgh-i717ucle2-official-leak/
alright how do i flash in odin just like a normal .tar file????
nope didnt work
alright man i fill completely stupid 180% i put my girl friends att micro sim in my note it turns out my sim card is bad cuz i got her 4g as soon i i put her sim in but thank u at the same time as i apologize to you cuz i have learned alot from u and u have helped me alot through this issue of mine i fill so dumb right now i truly am sorry for the hassle i have put u through in the last couple of days
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Sk84all20 said:
alright man i fill completely stupid 180% i put my girl friends att micro sim in my note it turns out my sim card is bad cuz i got her 4g as soon i i put her sim in but thank u at the same time as i apologize to you cuz i have learned alot from u and u have helped me alot through this issue of mine i fill so dumb right now i truly am sorry for the hassle i have put u through in the last couple of days
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Dont feel stupid.
We all come here to learn about devices, and the problems that are associated with them.
If nothing else, you've learned many things about Odin, and the importance of taking your time with these things, and about proper setup of the device.
I'm pleased to hear that your device is not damaged, and you are up and running.....g
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Dont feel stupid.
We all come here to learn about devices, and the problems that are associated with them.
If nothing else, you've learned many things about Odin, and the importance of taking your time with these things, and about proper setup of the device.
I'm pleased to hear that your device is not damaged, and you are up and running.....g
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agreed, OP my last post wasn't intended to make you feel stupid, I do things exactly like this more than I'd care to admit and I facepalm a lot. I completely forgot to recommend trying different sim chip which is one of the things I always check. My brother gets tired of me stealing his sim card to test my phone haha.
Happy to hear your phone is working!
Thank u all for ur help greatly appreciate it
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda app-developers app
I717 Back from the Dead....AWESOME THANKS!!!
WoW I just about wrote off my I717 after a botched JellyBean upgrade. Came across this file and thought it was too good to be true...but is wasn't...GREAT THANKS!!!