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So I just rooted my wife's phone and froze as many apps as I could without glitching the system out with TB. The phone was super laggy from the box but now it seems better but she said today that it froze on her a couple times. I come from a Droid X with GB 2.3 rooted and it's pretty fast for me. Even when it was stock it was quick. I'm not sure what else to do. Since it's my wife's I would rather leave it as close to stock as possible. Any suggestions.
Also is there a list of apps that can be froze in TB without causing other issues. It may be possible I froze one to many.
Thanks for your time.
Terry
Divey1130 said:
So I just rooted my wife's phone and froze as many apps as I could without glitching the system out with TB. The phone was super laggy from the box but now it seems better but she said today that it froze on her a couple times. I come from a Droid X with GB 2.3 rooted and it's pretty fast for me. Even when it was stock it was quick. I'm not sure what else to do. Since it's my wife's I would rather leave it as close to stock as possible. Any suggestions.
Also is there a list of apps that can be froze in TB without causing other issues. It may be possible I froze one to many.
Thanks for your time.
Terry
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I would suggest you follow this link here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048380
Download and flash one of the "DEBLOATED/DEODEXED"
These types of ROM's are completely stock just with all of the crap removed (bing and the VZW bloatware)
Shark has the thread updated to the 12th of June so they should be up-to-date.
Cheers
gkirby11 said:
I would suggest you follow this link here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048380
Download and flash one of the "DEBLOATED/DEODEXED"
These types of ROM's are completely stock just with all of the crap removed (bing and the VZW bloatware)
Shark has the thread updated to the 12th of June so they should be up-to-date.
Cheers
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I read over it all and my wife's phone is ED04 which is not in his list. I think this is exactly what I am looking for. I understand most of it except the modem stuff. There are so many numbers and versions to use. This is so different than my droid x. If I would have started with her phone first, I probably would have never attempted to mod it. Anyways what should I do now? Would it be better to flash a rom that's not stco but stable and fast. Just for giggles I did a quadrant test on hers and mine. She barely broke 900 while mine is over 1900. Seems like a huge difference being both are 1g processors.
Thanks for the help.
Terry
Barely breaking 900 is normal if you are not using a voodoo enabled kernel. The rfs partition is what is the biggest bottleneck. If you truly want a snappy rom, jump to comrom or evil fascinate. I use both equally and both will give you the speed you are wishing to match from your dx. As for modems, your wife's modem is compatible with either rom I mentioned.
For now I would suggest keeping her phone froyo based as gb is still being worked on by our awesome devs, but isn't for the faint at heart just yet IMHO
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Barely breaking 900 is normal if you are not using a voodoo enabled kernel. The rfs partition is what is the biggest bottleneck. If you truly want a snappy rom, jump to comrom or evil fascinate. I use both equally and both will give you the speed you are wishing to match from your dx. As for modems, your wife's modem is compatible with either rom I mentioned.
For now I would suggest keeping her phone froyo based as gb is still being worked on by our awesome devs, but isn't for the faint at heart just yet IMHO
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Perfect, exactly what's needed. So do I follow these steps even tho is says from ED01.
Install Instructions:
If you are coming from a stock ED01 non rooted build follow these instructions:
Download Evil Fascination and place it on your SD card
Download Odin: http://www.mediafire.com/?msnc375idu7xhqt
Download Recovery: http://www.mediafire.com/?pfuhk4ibn9uore3
Install Samsung Drivers for your pc: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=779238
Remove battery from the phone
Connect the phone up through USB and hold volume down during the connection
Your phone will be in download mode
Open up Odin and click on the pda button and select the recovery file
Click Start on Odin - phone will reset when flashed
Hold volume up and down and insert battery back into the phone and boot it up. Hold volume up and down while it boots up and it will boot into CWM recovery. If it has boot up to the startup animation you will need to start over and reflash recovery through odin
When you are in CWM recovery continue with the instructions below.
If so I'm ready to flash it.
Thanks
Terry
Yeah that looks good. Just use Odin (pda button) to flash your recovery. (Ensure you are using the PDA button. Cannot emphasize that enough)
Then follow the steps outlines. You're good to go.
Dalamar1320 said:
Yeah that looks good. Just use Odin (pda button) to flash your recovery. (Ensure you are using the PDA button. Cannot emphasize that enough)
Then follow the steps outlines. You're good to go.
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Thanks a million. Will update after flash.
Terry
Just to make sure since there are a million different downloads is this the right one to download. (highlighted in red is the one)
CR 2.0
These versions will wipe your data, so make sure you back it up
This version contains the EC01 modem/radio and imnut's 05/31 PBJ -50mv nonvoodoo kernel
This version contains no modem/radio and imnuts' 05/31 PBJ -50mv nonvoodoo kernel
So this one would be without the kernel which is the modem/radio.
Then I do this patch for 2.1
Com Rom (froyo) 2.1 (patch, must flash on top of 2.0, no need to wipe):
md5: 725f94fa1cad7e562a767cd61ecd590b
And then this theme.
[THEME] Crysis Revolution v4.0 *Community ROM 2.1!* *6.20.11*
Is this all correct and in the right order. I want to 100% sure before I do this. Man is it so much different than flashing my DX.
Thanks
Terry
Divey1130 said:
Just to make sure since there are a million different downloads is this the right one to download. (highlighted in red is the one)
CR 2.0
These versions will wipe your data, so make sure you back it up
This version contains the EC01 modem/radio and imnut's 05/31 PBJ -50mv nonvoodoo kernel
This version contains no modem/radio and imnuts' 05/31 PBJ -50mv nonvoodoo kernel
So this one would be without the kernel which is the modem/radio.
Then I do this patch for 2.1
Com Rom (froyo) 2.1 (patch, must flash on top of 2.0, no need to wipe):
md5: 725f94fa1cad7e562a767cd61ecd590b
And then this theme.
[THEME] Crysis Revolution v4.0 *Community ROM 2.1!* *6.20.11*
Is this all correct and in the right order. I want to 100% sure before I do this. Man is it so much different than flashing my DX.
Thanks
Terry
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this looks fine, no need to worry about the radio I believe it will use the one from whatever baseband you're at before you flash (ED04 I believe you said) or you can flash the one with ED01 radio... yes ComRom with imnuts' PBJ kernel is good, I would suggest the voodoo kernel one but its up to you, patch on top of that then theme after and you should be set
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As anoninja said. You should be good to go. Thing to keep in mind is that it is very difficult to brick your fascinate. Not impassible. But difficult. As long as you stay with fascinate files, never try captivate, vibrant, i9000, etc, stuff, then worse case scenario, you may have to odin back to stock and try again, but even that's unlikely. Good luck. Keep us posted with your progress
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Hey thanks guys, feels better knowing it's not so easy to screw my phone up. I read a little about voodoo before work and yes, I do want to have it. So the majic question is, which one.
Thanks
Terry
Well if you choose evil fascination with the kernel, I think out will automatically convert you to voodoo so no extra steps other then to wait for the conversion after it boots.
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After doing some more research I have decided to go with Com Rom 2.0 then patched to 2.1.
I am going to go with this one:
*Fixed* UKB 2.0 with -50 PBJ Voodoo Kernel ***6.4.11 (script fixed)
md5: 1092A4F02F668521D633670A80BA127C
My wife doesn't like the all black theme on the evil rom. Now I am still a little confused on the kernel thing. I have been reading for awhile now and will continue to do so. I'm not understanding if I have to flash the kernel first or rom first. I have been through the fascinate development thread over and over and while most put "how to's" in them, I still don't understand in which order things should go. There is so much to do just to flash a rom on this phone. But I know I will get it done even if I have to start over from fresh. So many roms, kernels, updates, 2.2.3.4.6._______, etc, etc...... What exactly is a kernel? I come from the droid x back ground where we root, cwr, then flash. That's it. Also to me Odin seems to be a 3rd party app that's needed to flash CWR. Other than that is there any other use for it. Sorry for all the ?'s but I like to do my homework before I do something like this. I am a pretty good self learner but the way things are worded for the phone is a little confusing at times. Maybe a step by step list if starting fresh.
EX- 1-root
2-odin
3-cwr
4-kernel or rom or both
Something like that would be easier to understand. Anyways I always appreciate any help I get.
Thanks
Terry
Divey1130 said:
After doing some more research I have decided to go with Com Rom 2.0 then patched to 2.1.
I am going to go with this one:
*Fixed* UKB 2.0 with -50 PBJ Voodoo Kernel ***6.4.11 (script fixed)
md5: 1092A4F02F668521D633670A80BA127C
My wife doesn't like the all black theme on the evil rom. Now I am still a little confused on the kernel thing. I have been reading for awhile now and will continue to do so. I'm not understanding if I have to flash the kernel first or rom first. I have been through the fascinate development thread over and over and while most put "how to's" in them, I still don't understand in which order things should go. There is so much to do just to flash a rom on this phone. But I know I will get it done even if I have to start over from fresh. So many roms, kernels, updates, 2.2.3.4.6._______, etc, etc...... What exactly is a kernel? I come from the droid x back ground where we root, cwr, then flash. That's it. Also to me Odin seems to be a 3rd party app that's needed to flash CWR. Other than that is there any other use for it. Sorry for all the ?'s but I like to do my homework before I do something like this. I am a pretty good self learner but the way things are worded for the phone is a little confusing at times. Maybe a step by step list if starting fresh.
EX- 1-root
2-odin
3-cwr
4-kernel or rom or both
Something like that would be easier to understand. Anyways I always appreciate any help I get.
Thanks
Terry
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yes odin is a 3rd party program used to push installs, and most roms nowadays will root you and install kernel (most come with it built in unless otherwise specified) when you flash them so no worries about rooting or kernels... a little about voodoo here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043673&highlight=voodoo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039897&highlight=voodoo
and you can read about what all these 'roms', 'radios' and 'kernels' are here (i wouldn't get any downloads from here as this is old):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/...XcM268FoIzk/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKqWypcP&pli=1
I'll try and make it simple, this is how I did it and had no problems:
1. obvious step, have all the driver, programs and packages you need ready to go: samsung drivers and odin on your pc, both ComRom 2.0 and 2.1 patch on sd card
2. assuming you're already on EB01 froyo baseband or higher, you wanna use odin to install CWR
3. from CWR make any backups you want then wipe data/cache/dalvik
4. flash .zip of rom you want (ComRom 2.0), select reboot phone once to ensure it took. Since you're flashing a voodoo kernel on first boot you should hear a robot lady saying she's formatting partitions, this may take a while but its normal
5. once it started up power phone off and boot again into CWR (or use power button menu to boot straight there with 'recovery' option)
6. flash .zip of ComRom patch, no wiping needed and select reboot phone
7. congrats you're rooted, voodoo'd and running ComRom 2.1
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anoninja118 said:
yes odin is a 3rd party program used to push installs, and most roms nowadays will root you and install kernel (most come with it built in unless otherwise specified) when you flash them so no worries about rooting or kernels... a little about voodoo here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043673&highlight=voodoo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039897&highlight=voodoo
and you can read about what all these 'roms', 'radios' and 'kernels' are here (i wouldn't get any downloads from here as this is old):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/...XcM268FoIzk/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKqWypcP&pli=1
I'll try and make it simple, this is how I did it and had no problems:
1. obvious step, have all the driver, programs and packages you need ready to go: samsung drivers and odin on your pc, both ComRom 2.0 and 2.1 patch on sd card
2. assuming you're already on EB01 froyo baseband or higher, you wanna use odin to install CWR
3. from CWR make any backups you want then wipe data/cache/dalvik
4. flash .zip of rom you want (ComRom 2.0), select reboot phone once to ensure it took. Since you're flashing a voodoo kernel on first boot you should hear a robot lady saying she's formatting partitions, this may take a while but its normal
5. once it started up power phone off and boot again into CWR (or use power button menu to boot straight there with 'recovery' option)
6. flash .zip of ComRom patch, no wiping needed and select reboot phone
7. congrats you're rooted, voodoo'd and running ComRom 2.1
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You are the shiz nik. Perfectly worded and the timing couldn't have been better. Phone has both files ready to go. I found some more literature on kernels and now understand what it does. Pretty much controls performance of the phone. And I see roms with and without kernels. For my first time with this phone I will go with a kernel/rom. The radio is stock ED04 which I will leave stock. Will update after I finish all of this. My wife will be stoked now that her phone will run smoothly. Thanks for the detailed explanation for me.
Terry
Divey1130 said:
You are the shiz nik. Perfectly worded and the timing couldn't have been better. Phone has both files ready to go. I found some more literature on kernels and now understand what it does. Pretty much controls performance of the phone. And I see roms with and without kernels. For my first time with this phone I will go with a kernel/rom. The radio is stock ED04 which I will leave stock. Will update after I finish all of this. My wife will be stoked now that her phone will run smoothly. Thanks for the detailed explanation for me.
Terry
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no problem, good luck
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I just wanted to thank all of you that helped me here. Running Com Rom 2.0 w/2.1 patch. It's nite and day compared to how the phone was. So much smoother and no lags as of yet. My wife couldn't be happier now with the phone working like it should be. I did encounter one issue tho. I could not create a backup. It would read an error message. (forgot what it said) Anyways thanks a million for the help. The crt animation is awesome and I love the functions when powering off. Rebooting instead of powering off then on and especially booting into recovery without pushing the volume rocker. Well I am going to add a theme for her so richen it up and go from there.
Just got it to backup as I was typing this. After reading thread after thread it seemed like you either had to flash a kernel other than stock or flash a rom before it would back up. I even tried red, blue, and purple with no luck. Oh well at least now it's backed up.
Terry
Divey1130 said:
I just wanted to thank all of you that helped me here. Running Com Rom 2.0 w/2.1 patch. It's nite and day compared to how the phone was. So much smoother and no lags as of yet. My wife couldn't be happier now with the phone working like it should be. I did encounter one issue tho. I could not create a backup. It would read an error message. (forgot what it said) Anyways thanks a million for the help. The crt animation is awesome and I love the functions when powering off. Rebooting instead of powering off then on and especially booting into recovery without pushing the volume rocker. Well I am going to add a theme for her so richen it up and go from there.
Just got it to backup as I was typing this. After reading thread after thread it seemed like you either had to flash a kernel other than stock or flash a rom before it would back up. I even tried red, blue, and purple with no luck. Oh well at least now it's backed up.
Terry
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sucks about the backup, the voodoo lagfix CWR versions are known to have problems with this and unfortunately I forgot to mention this, I tend to not do nandroid backups since I don't keep much on my phone in terms of data and apps, being the flashaholic that I am lol anyway good that you got it up and running, its good stuff and a million times better than stock
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I am currently running comrom 2.1 with OTB 1.6 kernel. Looking to go with the flow on updates lol. Wanting to get everyones opinion. Should I switch? If so, how about should I do that? Don't want to mess anything up on my phone
powerstroke said:
I am currently running comrom 2.1 with OTB 1.6 kernel. Looking to go with the flow on updates lol. Wanting to get everyones opinion. Should I switch? If so, how about should I do that? Don't want to mess anything up on my phone
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Well the first thing you should do is read, read, and read again on the CM7 test build thread along with the waiting room in the general thread. For every handful of success stories there are even more horrible failures.
Another question you should ask yourself is why are you considering switching? Because you know, understand, and like CM7 features? Or because you have seen endless posts on here about how it is now working?
Believe me I love CM7. I ran it for my daily driver for a few months back when 60% of it didn't function. Now that it is in TEST build 10 (still not full release like Ultimate Kang bang 2.1 that you are running) people are flashing it like it is a full RC. They are also having terribly problems and soft bricked phones more than an Touchwiz based ROM at the moment.
If you really like CM7 features, understand the process for flashing an MTD/BML ROM, and feel prepared for the worst then go for it. If it is successful for you it will change your whole perception of the Fascinate. Add on the new Glitch V11.1 kernel and you will never run anything else!!
...If you are just flashing it because it is the flavor of the week... I'd wait till it is in nightlies before flashing. Just reduces the chances of an oh-s#%t-moment happening.
powerstroke said:
I am currently running comrom 2.1 with OTB 1.6 kernel. Looking to go with the flow on updates lol. Wanting to get everyones opinion. Should I switch? If so, how about should I do that? Don't want to mess anything up on my phone
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I was exactly where you are 24 hours ago myself. I took the plunge and I'm glad I did. CM7 is the best thing that has ever been on my phone. I had zero installation problems. I haven't even tried the new 1.7ghz kernel yet. Got nems 1.6 though doing nicely. While I echo the precautions of the prior post I whole heartedly endorse the switch
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gkirby11 said:
Well the first thing you should do is read, read, and read again on the CM7 test build thread along with the waiting room in the general thread. For every handful of success stories there are even more horrible failures.
Another question you should ask yourself is why are you considering switching? Because you know, understand, and like CM7 features? Or because you have seen endless posts on here about how it is now working?
Believe me I love CM7. I ran it for my daily driver for a few months back when 60% of it didn't function. Now that it is in TEST build 10 (still not full release like Ultimate Kang bang 2.1 that you are running) people are flashing it like it is a full RC. They are also having terribly problems and soft bricked phones more than an Touchwiz based ROM at the moment.
If you really like CM7 features, understand the process for flashing an MTD/BML ROM, and feel prepared for the worst then go for it. If it is successful for you it will change your whole perception of the Fascinate. Add on the new Glitch V11.1 kernel and you will never run anything else!!
...If you are just flashing it because it is the flavor of the week... I'd wait till it is in nightlies before flashing. Just reduces the chances of an oh-s#%t-moment happening.
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Great answer!
powerstroke, like he said; read, read, and read some more. that's what i did. and i ended up going for it, and so far i am not looking back. Just prepare yourself with backup plans in case something goes wrong.
From my point of view, I'm enjoying CM7 as least as much more than CommRom as I enjoyed CommRom more than Stock. I'd say that it's CM7 from here on out for me, except that's what I said about CommRom not too long ago. Who knows what the Devs will come up with next?
I liked CM7 but the low in call volume and the sucky AOSP camera made me go back to CommRom 2.1 with EC09 radio.
i agree, just read up like crazy so you don't mess anything up but take the plunge if your prepared. i went from just stock, debloated ed01 to the latest cm7 and i've had no problems. look up omfgb though because i'm waiting for that one to be more functional and i'm probably gonna switch to it
Give miui a shot to. It's pretty.
Fascinatemtd MIUI 1.7.15 - Glitch v11.1
Ok awesome guys appreciate all the info. I think I'm going to give it a whirl. Main question I have now is, what is the easiest and safest way to switch over to that rom from where I am now? Just do the factory reset, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache? Then flash the CM7 rom through recovery? or something else? Just want to make sure I do it right lol
^^^
That's why everyone said read.....
Ha...No **** lol. I understood that part but for people that might have already switched between those roms might have other suggestions. No need to be a smartass
Well since your being a smartass, lol, want to find me a forum that specifically shows how to switch from a froyo rom to cm7????
powerstroke said:
Well since your being a smartass, lol, want to find me a forum that specifically shows how to switch from a froyo rom to cm7????
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Easy, try the thread for the CM7 ROM in the development section. jt covers it in the op, and there are several more specific walkthroughs in the the thread.
provided by Land Shark:
(coming from stock DL09)
1. Power down phone, pull battery
2. ODIN EC09 modem, pull usb cord, close ODIN
3. Reopen ODIN, connect USB, flash fixed CWM 4 from OP of CWM7 thread (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14554015&postcount=1)
3. Close ODIN, pull usb cord, put battery back in phone, hold volume up, volume down, and power buttons but release all three as soon as you see samsung logo flash for the second time
4. Flash CM7 07/13 build and GAPPs (Google Apps) from OP
5. Reboot phone, wait for ROM to fully boot and load, finish setting up phone with contacts, apps, etc., profit.
ok..followed your instructions. now im in a loop when its trying to flash. "waiting for sd card to mount" over and over. counting down in seconds? what should i do?
If you are serious about diving into cm7 read all u can I red for 3 days. Nearly 2500 posts and its knowledge I'll need should anything not go smooth you may have one glitch that u try and fix mess that up and its steam rolls into a long process but if u follow word for word and know exact orders of Odin and flashes and how to get to the proper cwm its beautiful just make sure ur beyond prepared before the first click that's about the best advice I can give 2cents are now in the pot
JOrtenzi said:
provided by Land Shark:
(coming from stock DL09)
1. Power down phone, pull battery
2. ODIN EC09 modem, pull usb cord, close ODIN
3. Reopen ODIN, connect USB, flash fixed CWM 4 from OP of CWM7 thread (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14554015&postcount=1)
3. Close ODIN, pull usb cord, put battery back in phone, hold volume up, volume down, and power buttons but release all three as soon as you see samsung logo flash for the second time
4. Flash CM7 07/13 build and GAPPs (Google Apps) from OP
5. Reboot phone, wait for ROM to fully boot and load, finish setting up phone with contacts, apps, etc., profit.
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well this is what i did and still have problem!!!!!!!!! T.T
1) odin ebo1 with atlas pit 2.2
2) cwr blue on CM7(jt site)
3) installed cm7 latest one 7/17
4) now stuck on cm7 logo and just stuck there... nothing happens ........... any HELP????????!!!!!!
izzjkjoe said:
well this is what i did and still have problem!!!!!!!!! T.T
1) odin ebo1 with atlas pit 2.2
2) cwr blue on CM7(jt site)
3) installed cm7 latest one 7/17
4) now stuck on cm7 logo and just stuck there... nothing happens ........... any HELP????????!!!!!!
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This works for me, but in step 2. I odin cwr 3-30 fix all. immediately Boot into it and wipe everything, then flash the 7/4 build, from there use cm7 recovery from power button to flash newest build w/o wiping...worked multiple times for me.
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I was on com rom with ed04 radio, i just did the 3 wipes and install miui zip, takes less than 5mins.
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getting to be far too familiar a scenario lately....
lately EVERY time i reboot my phone (running ics build 2, 3 and 4, stock kernel) it gets stuck on samsung logo.. somehow my phone will only boot into the frigging cm7 recovery which as im sure youre all aware is rather useless to fix any problems im having in ics and leaves me unable to flash, backup, or restore anything. it's quite frustrating and i have no idea how to fix it but by going back to bml, re-partitioning, then odin ei20 modem, cm7 fixed recovery, then flash back to ics but doin this every reboot it getting very tedious..
ive read about recovery loops, but the fix doesnt work for me as i cant mount the ICS /system partition in cm7 recovery...and ive been all over trying a zillion things to get it to work and havent pulled dmesg or logcat but if someone thinks it would be useful ..i wish i knew why EVERYTHING is great, then BANG, reboot and it's FML city.
i should add this phone is a replacement via insurance and that the entire time ive had it, i've been having this problem to varying degrees of intensity,.sometimes if i rebooted enough the ics boot animation would finally come up and freeze part way through, and in the first week with this phone is seemed fine. the first few times i rebooted and battery pulled until it started but this is the fourth time in two weeks ive found myself going back to repartition from odin and then back to ics.. the phone is only mine for a month,.
if nobody has any ideas ill be getting it replaced tomorrow in store. i have the no fee insurance replacement plan, but i would prefer not to have to use another as it's not under warranty and this would be my second replacement and this mes has to last me until the gnex hits uscc in hopefully april if it ever does because i'd rather switch to vzw than take any of usccs other offerings currently.. if they dont get the gnex it'll be time for me to move on...
anyway please advise.. thanks
http://exzacklyright.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-flash-ics-on-verizon-samsung.html
exzacklyright said:
http://exzacklyright.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-flash-ics-on-verizon-samsung.html
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Thanks for the response. Sounds like a good guide for newbs but in my case information is redundant. I have no problems with the install, unless recovery switches to cm7 recovery during reboot and cannot manage to boot/flash/nandroid until I Odin stock ei20 with repartition and wipe out every bit of data I had. The posts about howto fix CWM bootloop for cm9 do not seem to work for me, as the post says.. Please reread the OP, ya got me excited thinking there was a solution ;-/ thanks anyway, maybe it will help another user.
wizayne said:
Thanks for the response. Sounds like a good guide for newbs but in my case information is redundant. I have no problems with the install, unless recovery switches to cm7 recovery during reboot and cannot manage to boot/flash/nandroid until I Odin stock ei20 with repartitions and wipe out every bit of data in had. The posts about howto fix cwm bootloop for cm9 do not seem to work for me, as the post says.. Please reread the OPEN, ya got me excited thinking there was a solution ;-/ thanks anyway, maybe it will help another user.
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have you tried flashing glitch kernel to the phone. imo it sounds like a kernel issue and not so much a phone issue.
mkuehl06 said:
have you tried flashing glitch kernel to the phone. imo it sounds like a kernel issue and not so much a phone issue.
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The problem started after using ics from alphalulz v1 on around build 3 team hacksung IMMEDIATELY AFTER flashing glitch kernel v14 build 4...I have since kept away from glitch on ics, and the problem remains.
Lately it hasn't been as bad though and it seems by hitting random buttons during boot that it will eventually start but reading tells me glitch v14 build 5 is still recovery bootloop ridden and I haven't seen a word about it in the OP for ANY ics components be it team hacksung roms or glitch kernel, and an issue like this which from reading is seemingly widespread *should* be mentioned.
Any suggestions?
In your op you said e120, what phone are you using. E120 isn't a fascinate build.
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Ei20 is the latest and greatest version of gb/radio from uscc for the mesmerize, not that it'll change the outcome afaik to go to anything else... unfortunately ;-/
But it is a full flash package if ya open the tar up complete with movinand, sbl, radio, rfs, etc.. I think it is a 10 or 11 file package and I've used it a hundred times with making the switch from mtd to bml
wizayne said:
Ei20 is the latest and greatest version of gb/radio from uscc for the mesmerize, not that it'll change the outcome afaik to go to anything else... unfortunately ;-/
But it is a full flash package if ya open the tar up complete with movinand, sbl, radio, rfs, etc.. I think it is a 10 or 11 file package and I've used it a hundred times with making the switch from mtd to bml
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That makes more sense to me now I know what phone your on. Try rootzwiki they have a mesmorize section, they can help ya out more than I can. I have fassy so idk much about mes
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I was prepared to put up with all sorts of new release issues. But there's something going on with the radios that's just gobbling up my battery (and I have the Big Kahuna 2.8 amp).
The phone stays over 110F, and it discharges on USB power unless I put it into airplane mode. It's simply no good for me, perhaps due to the patchy 4g coverage in my area. This is a serious problem.
Unfortunately, I don't know any of the release numbers prior to ICS 605. Can anyone direct me to stock images that could at least get me on an OTA path back to the current official released build? I have decent AmonRa nandroids of my last GB config, but I'll need to lay down the old kernel and perhaps some of the boot layers before I can restore them.
I sure hope there's a way out of this.
the best you can do that i know is flash a custom GB ROM with kernel after, and then flash scott's gb fix that will give you back your sd card. I would read up on the cleanrom 4.0 thread.
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I installed it 3 days ago. Relocked full stock. Used new included removal tool to take out alot of BLOAT. Connects to 3G/4G faster than Gingerbread.
Some new menus. Fewer choices in Power Settings, and differences in other
places, all good. When you say OK to something, the OK defaults to the right
side of the screen in most all permissions. Does not run hot. Battery life
just about the same. Seems like a great new upgrade of the Zound with some very useful and appreciated customization features running bone stock. Fast fast fast too.
p.s. it ran funny after the first flash of new PGXX.zip. Had to flash it twice and watch it tick thru each item. It di not go fully thru that list first time by the way: could account for some folk's radio and heat problems (?)
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I installed it 3 days ago. Relocked full stock. Used new included removal tool to take out alot of BLOAT. Connects to 3G/4G faster than Gingerbread.
Some new menus. Fewer choices in Power Settings, and differences in other
places, all good. When you say OK to something, the OK defaults to the right
side of the screen in most all permissions. Does not run hot. Battery life
just about the same. Seems like a great new upgrade of the Zound with some very useful and appreciated customization features running bone stock. Fast fast fast too.
p.s. it ran funny after the first flash of new PGXX.zip. Had to flash it twice and watch it tick thru each item. It di not go fully thru that list first time by the way: could account for some folk's radio and heat problems (?)
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it's normal to flash twice.. it's not actually flashing it twice, only once..
but it reboots after flashing a few things, then reboots back to bootloader, and u have to press power and wait for it to read again
michaelbsheldon said:
I installed it 3 days ago. Relocked full stock. Used new included removal tool to take out alot of BLOAT. Connects to 3G/4G faster than Gingerbread.
Some new menus. Fewer choices in Power Settings, and differences in other
places, all good. When you say OK to something, the OK defaults to the right
side of the screen in most all permissions. Does not run hot. Battery life
just about the same. Seems like a great new upgrade of the Zound with some very useful and appreciated customization features running bone stock. Fast fast fast too.
p.s. it ran funny after the first flash of new PGXX.zip. Had to flash it twice and watch it tick thru each item. It di not go fully thru that list first time by the way: could account for some folk's radio and heat problems (?)
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I'm not trying to debate whether it works for you. It's just not working for me, and not just in one of those minor inconvenience ways -- these temps are unsustainable. Is there any path that gets me to where I can restore a previous nandroid of the current OTA release? I'm thinking I'm going to need the official GB kernel, and maybe some boot stuff. And I don't know the first thing about mainver.
If you are on CleanROM, you don't need to worry about the mainver issue.
Restore the nandroid from your GB setup. If you don't have the kernel, just download the rom that you had, or any GB rom for that matter, and look for the PH98IMG.zip.
You can do it one of two ways, put that zip on the root of your SD card or get the boot.img out of it and flash that in fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
cpurick said:
I'm not trying to debate whether it works for you. It's just not working for me, and not just in one of those minor inconvenience ways -- these temps are unsustainable. Is there any path that gets me to where I can restore a previous nandroid of the current OTA release? I'm thinking I'm going to need the official GB kernel, and maybe some boot stuff. And I don't know the first thing about mainver.
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Remember though, you are stuck on the new radios. You will also need to flash the gingerbread patch. You also won't receive much support from devs trying to run gb on ics firmware.
EmerikL said:
If you are on CleanROM, you don't need to worry about the mainver issue.
Restore the nandroid from your GB setup. If you don't have the kernel, just download the rom that you had, or any GB rom for that matter, and look for the PH98IMG.zip.
You can do it one of two ways, put that zip on the root of your SD card or get the boot.img out of it and flash that in fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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This sounds perfect. Do you know where I can find a GB kernel? I didn't think to note the version, and I really didn't expect to be going back.
Any of the GB Roms have it. It is the stock kernel.
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Remember though, you are stuck on the new radios. You will also need to flash the gingerbread patch. You also won't receive much support from devs trying to run gb on ics firmware.
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Thanks.
Do I just search for Rezound Gingerbread Patch?
Do you think this will make things worse? Do you have any recommendations for a phone that runs hot on ICS? It's definitely cooler in airplane mode.
Without airplane mode, idle screen off temps are 105-110. If I turn the screen on for any time, they approach 120.
Set the CPU govenor to conservative. That will help. The patch for GB is in the CleanRom 4.0 thread.
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Set the CPU govenor to conservative. That will help. The patch for GB is in the CleanRom 4.0 thread.
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I am having the same issue as Cpurick. Forgive my ignorance, how do I set the CPU governor to conservative?
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So on topic
What's the consensus for full restoral to gingerbread?
I was stock.
Flashed leaked ics
Want to go back to gbread.
Unlock w HTC tool
Flash a recovery image
Flash a gingerbread rom and kernel
Flash gingerbread ruu?
Sounds simple enough or did I miss a step
You cant flash the GB RUU, the Hboot was upgraded. Flash ROM, Kernel, and the SD card fix and you will have it working.
EmerikL said:
You cant flash the GB RUU, the Hboot was upgraded. Flash ROM, Kernel, and the SD card fix and you will have it working.
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You won't be able to restore to 100% full stock. You'll be stuck like me. The new radio with gb is nice though
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Use Con's nandroid recovery helper and it will restore your nand and kernel. You will still need Scott's sd card patch though.
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I just wanted,to say thank you all for this,post...but this was a pain in my ass .I have it figured out now but it just is silly how much more there is to do without full s-off.
On the EVO, just flash away. Thunderbolt, radios, gbread, ics(alpha), this is just a little trickier.
I have had a Bad ESN Fascinate for a while that I was playing around with, trying to get it to work on Sprint... No go. Anyway, it was rooted with a stock GB ROM and I decided I wanted to try out some of the ICS or Jellybean offerings that XDA has in its forums.
To be honest, I am no noob, but I didn't do enough research to begin with. First I installed GeeWiz 2.9 Kernel, System, and 2.8 Recovery. I didn't like the 2.8 Recovery, so I tried to flash something else, but nothing would replace it. Then I tried to install Baked CM10 from the GeeWiz recovery, and it went downhill from there.
Long story short, I have ODIN'd back to stock EH03 and tried to update to a couple of CM10 ROMs using the guides I have found here and on a few other forums. I have a working install of Hacksungs CM9 build 5 as of right now, but I can't get any further.
After using ODIN to get to Stock EH03, I ODIN the CWM4 for CM7. 3-fingering brings me to CWM4 where I begin the install of CM9. When it examines the partition BML/MTD it reboots the recovery (took me a while to figure that out) in to CWM 5.5.0.4 where it finishes the CM9 install. When I soft reboot into recovery, I get CWM 5.5.0.4. According to the guides, this is where I would flash CM10. It runs the update, but when I go to reboot the system, it reboots into a recovery of CWM 6.0.1.4. Also, if I reboot the system from CWM5 without installing anything, it boots back into CM9 just fine.
I am pretty sure I installed CWM 6.0.1.4 sometime in the past, but to be honest I have no recollection of when.
My question is multi-part: How do I get rid of CWM6; why is it still there after all the repartitioning with ODIN (with and without PIT file), MTD partition formatting, etc; why can't I get CM10 to install?
While this is a fairly wordy post, I have to say, I do have a working Fascinate with CM9 that I am enjoying playing with. I just thought if nothing else, people might get a laugh out of my struggles with this phone, that is basically a web browser and toy.
FWIW I have seriously ODIN'd back to stock about 5 or 6 times today alone.
Thanks for any help or suggestions in advance.
Unlike Gingerbread and earlier, with ICS and JB kernels they include whatever version of recovery the developer wants to include.
Is there a reason you don't want the latest CWM?
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Its been awhile for me since I had to go back to stock, but unless something has changed the three finger reboot into cwm caused some problems when flashing. Try rebooting to recovery through power menu.
Some ROMs are requiring to be installed a second time to "stick" due to partition layout changes.
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Thanks for the info on the ICS and JB attached recoveries. I was unaware of that. Maybe that's where the CWM6 came from.
And it isn't that I don't want to most current, it just didn't seem to want to play nice with the ICS and JB Roms I was trying to installed.
Now my problem is that the phone won't boot when powered down from ICS. Glad this isn't my main phone.
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That's what I had read everywhere... NEVER 3-Finger into Recovery from ICS or JB. I still managed to do it a few l times when I wasn't thinking.
It definitely screws up the install. I can attest to that.
I just don't get why there are all three CWM versions present during the install, and if I am installing CWM4 fixed for CM7, and one of the other two is included with the ICS Rom, where did the 3rd one come from? Just a big, confusing mess
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From my limited knowledge,,,
I know the fixed cwm is what you need to get out of a 3 finger boot loop,,, I've had to do that...
Cwm 6 is what runs and works with cm10/jb roms,,,
Causes no errors that I'm aware of...
No more 3 finger,, always use power button/reboot
Once you have started an install of say cm10 ... Let it run its course , so to speak,,, if it comes up with cwm5 or cwm6 then that is the one the developer designed it to work with,,,
Let it come all the way up,, and then reboot through the power button method always,,,, you'll get used to that quick enough , as i remember the old gb froyo stuff didn't offer this method
I keep a copy of the fixed cwm just in case i happen to accidentally 3 finger ever again...
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That's what I had read everywhere... NEVER 3-Finger into Recovery from ICS or JB. I still managed to do it a few l times when I wasn't thinking.
It definitely screws up the install. I can attest to that.
I just don't get why there are all three CWM versions present during the install, and if I am installing CWM4 fixed for CM7, and one of the other two is included with the ICS Rom, where did the 3rd one come from? Just a big, confusing mess
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Not sure if you are still looking for advice but here is a little guide that has not failed me at all. If you follow this then you should come to the latest JB rom that you want.
Click here