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Can someone lead me to the files I need to flash my Fascinate back to 2.1 from the Froyo update. I'm not sure what files or Odin i need to do this. I'm having an issue with my 3G disappearing and dropping since going to the OTA froyo and never had problems with it on 2.1 so i'm trying to go back to stock 2.1, maybe even try to goto Froyo again [maybe something got corrupted or something]. Before i got about getting a new one, i'd like to see if I can flash back to 2.1 and get it working again.
There's a stock package that you can use to Odin back to DL09 (eclair) here. That same thread gives an easy way to get back to froyo if you want to try again.
Alternatively, if you're just having connectivity issues, you could simply try another radio. Some people have a better time with DL09 modem, at least compared to EB01 and EC01 (not sure whether anyone finds it better than the current one), and you can Odin just the modem here. You might want to try this first and see if it does the trick. DL09 modem works fine with leaked froyo releases, so it should be okay with the official one.
blandj said:
There's a stock package that you can use to Odin back to DL09 (eclair) here. That same thread gives an easy way to get back to froyo if you want to try again.
Alternatively, if you're just having connectivity issues, you could simply try another radio. Some people have a better time with DL09 modem, at least compared to EB01 and EC01 (not sure whether anyone finds it better than the current one), and you can Odin just the modem here. You might want to try this first and see if it does the trick. DL09 modem works fine with leaked froyo releases, so it should be okay with the official one.
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I just flashed it back to 2.1 and im still having an issue with the 3G disappearing and dropping, you say try different radios? Which should I try, im kinda new to this, so far its lookin like i'm going to have to get a new phone. It makes me angry cuz it worked perfectly fine on 2.1 then when i updated, now the 3G just disappears randomly
qwiktune said:
I just flashed it back to 2.1 and im still having an issue with the 3G disappearing and dropping, you say try different radios? Which should I try, im kinda new to this, so far its lookin like i'm going to have to get a new phone. It makes me angry cuz it worked perfectly fine on 2.1 then when i updated, now the 3G just disappears randomly
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Here is an all together Rom, Theme, Radio, one stop shopping for you courtest of nitsuj17, cause he is that nice. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013312
And a link to fix everything, instructions, files, programs, another one stop shop, but for fixing tour oops during the learning process, courtesy of me, I am helpful but i don't think anyone ever accused me of being nice. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746
Have fun, learn away, and don't be scared of it. Trust me, I have only heard of one person not having success recovering their phone, that was today so it is still undetermined if they were successful or not. Don't you wish a car had that kind of success rate.
DaleV said:
Here is an all together Rom, Theme, Radio, one stop shopping for you courtest of nitsuj17, cause he is that nice. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013312
And a link to fix everything, instructions, files, programs, another one stop shop, but for fixing tour oops during the learning process, courtesy of me, I am helpful but i don't think anyone ever accused me of being nice. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746
Have fun, learn away, and don't be scared of it. Trust me, I have only heard of one person not having success recovering their phone, that was today so it is still undetermined if they were successful or not. Don't you wish a car had that kind of success rate.
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Do you think changing the radio version or whatever will fix my problem here. I mean in my search to find out if anyone else has been having their 3G randomly disappear i havent see to much report. I just dont get how it was working fine with 2.1, once i installed froyo it started this problem, now im flashed back on 2.1 and it seems still "broken." Even the Verizon techs had no idea what was going on with it when i took it in. I mean can software screw up the hardware?
I was told by a Verizon rep that they knew that this OTA update would cause this problem in a certain percentage of devices and they just sent me a new one. The second in 2 weeks. When I went in and complained they just went straight to the computer and ordered me a new 1 both times, no ?'s asked really. Just hope you're still under warranty.
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I was told by a Verizon rep that they knew that this OTA update would cause this problem in a certain percentage of devices and they just sent me a new one. The second in 2 weeks. When I went in and complained they just went straight to the computer and ordered me a new 1 both times, no ?'s asked really. Just hope you're still under warranty.
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Hmmm, Time to go to stock and head in the store so people don't have to watch me ***** anymore. Hopefully 3rd time will be a charm.
good day.
xdaddylongstrokex. said:
I was told by a Verizon rep that they knew that this OTA update would cause this problem in a certain percentage of devices and they just sent me a new one. The second in 2 weeks. When I went in and complained they just went straight to the computer and ordered me a new 1 both times, no ?'s asked really. Just hope you're still under warranty.
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nope, i got mine from a friend, so my only option here, buy a new one off someone else, sell mine on craigslist for the same price doin an even swap, stay on 2.1 on the new one i get lol
For those of you who haven't gotten a new phone yet or found this, here is the fix for this headache of a problem
http://mobiletech.knguyentu.com/2011/04/samsung-fascinate-random-3g-disconnect.html
Hi.
I am about to unroot and go back to otb stock. I am wondering if anyone knows for sure when the random reboots that I, and several others encounter, first started because I need to know whether to do the OTA after I go back to stock.
From my memory....... :
Wasn't there 2 OTA's?
And the random reboots started after installing the 2nd one?
So should I just install the first one.......orrrr......does it automatically only give one OTA direct to the 2nd one released?
Or should I not install any OTA's at all and patiently wait for Gingerbread........
Thanks!
We have MR1, MR2, and MR2.5 but I think only MR1 was an official OTA (dont quote me on it tho since I have been rooted since I got the phone and have never received an OTA). I think the reboot issue has been a problem for a lot of people for the entire time and isnt a new thing. IIRC MR1 caused quite a few reboot issues but not for everyone. I personally ran w/o any reboots until I got to 2.5 and even then I have only ever had 1. Its just what works best for you.
You will be waiting patiently for quite a while for official GB from what I have heard on the boards but you can always try out some of the GB ROMs that we have already.
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We have MR1, MR2, and MR2.5 but I think only MR1 was an official OTA (dont quote me on it tho since I have been rooted since I got the phone and have never received an OTA). I think the reboot issue has been a problem for a lot of people for the entire time and isnt a new thing. IIRC MR1 caused quite a few reboot issues but not for everyone. I personally ran w/o any reboots until I got to 2.5 and even then I have only ever had 1. Its just what works best for you.
You will be waiting patiently for quite a while for official GB from what I have heard on the boards but you can always try out some of the GB ROMs that we have already.
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You are correct Beast there has only been one official OTA. My wife is not rooted but I am
Well I went back to stock because I was gonna try to go to Verizon today and swap it out.....
I find it funny this exactly what I was going to ask today myself. I'm also running bamf remix 1.8, have tried all the radios and even installed bamf 2.0 for GB with the Mr 2.0/2.5 radios. Still got reboots. Now I want to go back to stock and unroot so I can go back to the store and swap it
Just wonder if its worth it, maybe if they let me swap SD cards
I just un-rooted my phone about two days ago. After, I did the OTA update. I hadn't seen any problems until today. I live in a 4G area and work in a (up until Monday) 3G area. Since Monday they have been testing out a 4G tower. I have had 4G until this morning, I just figured that they were still testing it out and had switched it off. Well, about an hour ago I got my first Reboot. When the phone came back up I noticed that the 4G had just came back on. I'm pretty sure that's what triggered my reboot. So in short, as long as they keep the 4G going I don't have any issues.
Just curious is the update worth doing? And if i do it do i go ahead and install the GB bamf rom and radio? or just go back to my current 1.8 remix?
im curious what you guys have your phones overclocked at? I am rooted on the RC3 bamf 3.0 and the only time I have seen reboots is when i had my phone overclocked to high. now that im at 1.42 on the bamf cpu (I disabled my setCPU) and it has been solid.
I have been waiting for the 2012/2/17 .14 firmware to arrive GTA Canada. Has anyone in Canada got their .14 OTA yet?
I am now in .11 after the last Asus OTA upgrade. However, interestingly, I just realized that mine has a IML74K.WW_epad-9.4.2.11-20120117 Build. No wonder it did not get the .13 upgrade. I bought mine at NCIX, should it be a US instead of a WW model? I am thinking to change it to the US Build using the dd method mentioned in this forum. Has anyone tried this?
Any more advice?
If you search thru the post made my Gary Key (Asus Tech manager), .14 should be released by Tuesday to WW after it passes Google Certification. WW users will not get the .13 and go straight from .11 to .14.
So wait till tuesday or do it yourself now. Your call.
How do you do it by your self...
there is no Firmware posted for WW of the .14 version on the ASUS website
I'm in no rush for this, everything is working perfect on my device.
wifesabitch said:
I'm in no rush for this, everything is working perfect on my device.
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I've heard it forces you to update after three notifications. I did the OTA from honeycomb to ICS (.11) and everything is awesome, so I'm hesitant to update given the trouble people seem to have had.
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m3t4lw01f said:
I've heard it forces you to update after three notifications. I did the OTA from honeycomb to ICS (.11) and everything is awesome, so I'm hesitant to update given the trouble people seem to have had.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk
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Mine is working fine except for GPS. I'll wait until tuesday. I really wanted the GPS feature
I guess I will wait and see then...my .11 has minimal issue other then constant wait freeze issue on my ICS+ browser.
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I have been waiting for the 2012/2/17 .14 firmware to arrive GTA Canada. Has anyone in Canada got their .14 OTA yet?
I am now in .11 after the last Asus OTA upgrade. However, interestingly, I just realized that mine has a IML74K.WW_epad-9.4.2.11-20120117 Build. No wonder it did not get the .13 upgrade. I bought mine at NCIX, should it be a US instead of a WW model? I am thinking to change it to the US Build using the dd method mentioned in this forum. Has anyone tried this?
Any more advice?
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To answer you specifically, yes, you could and would be fine.
I have not changed my SKU, but I've reverted to nearly every US update and have seen no ill effects, upgrading with it should be no different. You still get OTA's after, and if you go back you can freeze your DMClient (if you're rooted with Titanium Backup or something else that does similar) and not be bothered with further updates.
In my personal experience, update .11 is the holy grail of performance and battery-life, so I'd personally recommend staying there unless you're having issues.
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To answer you specifically, yes, you could and would be fine.
I have not changed my SKU, but I've reverted to nearly every US update and have seen no ill effects, upgrading with it should be no different. You still get OTA's after, and if you go back you can freeze your DMClient (if you're rooted with Titanium Backup or something else that does similar) and not be bothered with further updates.
In my personal experience, update .11 is the holy grail of performance and battery-life, so I'd personally recommend staying there unless you're having issues.
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clockwork58 said:
If you search thru the post made my Gary Key (Asus Tech manager), .14 should be released by Tuesday to WW after it passes Google Certification. WW users will not get the .13 and go straight from .11 to .14.
So wait till tuesday or do it yourself now. Your call.
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Thank you for these good advice. Yes, the .11 works fine for me and I can surely wait till Tuesday to screw up my Prime...if ever it does that...
Haranzo said:
I guess I will wait and see then...my .11 has minimal issue other then constant wait freeze issue on my ICS+ browser.
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Try chrome. Works much better for me.
rony05 said:
Try chrome. Works much better for me.
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I used chrome for a few days and i found it to be fast but unstable. I went back to stock browser. Works well enough for me, at least until chrome is out of beta status.
rmsingh said:
I used chrome for a few days and i found it to be fast but unstable ...
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Lol, just like on the computer!
I personally use Opera Mobile, just so I have the same interface from phone to tablet and it's always been a good browser on Android (personally didn't care for it back when I tried it and Maxthon on PC's).
Dolphin HD of course.
I have the same "wait" issue with stock browser, but it doesn't really bother me. Prolly just put ICS + or whatever it's called.
I just recently got the RAZR MAXX (opinion still forming to rate the maxx) and am giving my son my old Fascinate so he can play games and listen to music. The Fascinate was rooted but going to just go back to stock to wipe it clean and let him start from scratch. My question is, earlier driodstyle recommended staying with eh03 because he felt it was the fastest at the time. But 4ish months ago verizon pushed another software update and was wondering if that was working better than eh03 or if I should just stick with eh03..... Any responses would be helpful... Thanks...
I'm rather new to the fascinate only had mine for about a month, however the first thing i did when i got it was allow it to ota to the newest release which was eh03. I haven't heard of anything newer than eh03.
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I just recently got the RAZR MAXX (opinion still forming to rate the maxx) and am giving my son my old Fascinate so he can play games and listen to music. The Fascinate was rooted but going to just go back to stock to wipe it clean and let him start from scratch. My question is, earlier driodstyle recommended staying with eh03 because he felt it was the fastest at the time. But 4ish months ago verizon pushed another software update and was wondering if that was working better than eh03 or if I should just stick with eh03..... Any responses would be helpful... Thanks...
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That OTA was just the official OTA to EH03, rather than the leak that came out a few weeks prior. There was a leak for FA16, but nothing official ever came from it, and no one did anything with it as far as custom Roms or anything, so it must not have been worth it.
to the op, your thinking about ed05 froyo...eh03 is the latest ota update from verizon.
I received the VS98816A update over the weekend and it doesn't seem to have fixed any of the slowness that the VS98815A update brought.
Anyone experiencing any new problems with the VS98816A update?
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I received the VS98816A update over the weekend and it doesn't seem to have fixed any of the slowness that the VS98815A update brought.
Anyone experiencing any new problems with the VS98816A update?
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YES! Some of my apps aren't working properly, I can't connect to networks that I could previously connect to, and my battery is being drained a lot quicker than before I got this upgrade.
I haven't had any issues or notices any differences with 16A.
i still havent recieved VS98816A...I even tried the PC upgrade method and it says its updated to the latest version but not VS98816A...Idk why i get my update slowes than other verizon phones