[Q] Having issues getting cm9 unflashed - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I have tried to flash, reflash, and flash again back to the stock froyo for samsung fascinate. I had cm7 on my phone for about 2 years and decided to go to cm10. Well I couldnt get gapps to work in cm10 so I thought that I would take it back to cm9. cm9 gave me the same issues so i decided to just go back to cm7. At this point I couldnt go into CWM and the phone would go straight to the cm9 alien guy and would proceed to do an infinite boot. I decided to try and reload CWM and it worked. The issue now is that I cannot reflash the phone. I have tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212239 which keeps giving me the 0 succeeded/0 failed message. I am assuming that it is refusing to reflash. I have also tried flashing from the CWM with a file on the sd card. How do i proceed? Also this is my first post, been reading for years. Thanks!
Edit: When I try and clear /cache it is giving me a failed to mount /cache

Not sure where you went wrong here, but use Droidstyle's guide to flash back to stock (btw it's stock GB not Froyo). CM10 is great but I'd recommend trying AOKP JB Sep. 20 with the Devil 1.5.2 Kernel. Smooth as hell.
Grab the proper working and latest Gapps from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version/Google_Apps

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Crawshayi said:
Not sure where you went wrong here, but use Droidstyle's guide to flash back to stock (btw it's stock GB not Froyo). CM10 is great but I'd recommend trying AOKP JB Sep. 20 with the Devil 1.5.2 Kernel. Smooth as hell.
Grab the proper working and latest Gapps from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version/Google_Apps
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Well it seems as though odin cannot see my phone. Heimdall sees it but odin does not. I think that may be the reason that I am getting 0 succeeded/ 0 failed.

There can be many reasons that happens, but usually it's a bad cable or usb port. Try different usb ports first, even on a different computer if you can, and also a different data cable if you have one lying around. Also, uninstall and reinstall the Samsung usb drivers. Sometimes that helps.

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[Q]Fascinate Paperweight?!?

Ok...I'm at a point where I had no other choice but to get another replacement. I looked just about everywhere my patience would take me, and decided to give up. I hope someone could/would have a solution for me or others like me.
I had EH03 deoxed rom and decided I wanted ICS build5. So I installed CM7, I whiped cache, DLVK, and system data. Then flashed ICSb5 and GAPPS, Rebooted and stuck on ICS splash screen.
At this point USB ports wouldn't recognize fascinate. Downloaded all Fascinate drivers from Samsung, drivers for Nexus S, ADB, Android SK. You name it I got it. Nothing worked for USB detection. I even followed YT videos on turning Vista/PC off and unplug. Nothing.
After messing with data cords,(numerous ones,trying another PC), PC ports, I happened to pull plug and battery out of Fascinate at the same time, not sure what version of CWM, it was blue, came on. Luckily I had two Nandroid backups on SD.
I flashed Nandroid back to CM7 successfully. Rebooted fine and hooked to USB but still not recognized. At this point I was able to get into recovery using ROM. So, I did something stupid...lol...I tried to flash earliest Nandroid which was performed when on EH03 deoxed. Once I did this, I wiped all needed data and rebooted. Now Fascinate shows Samsung logo. It doesnt reboot, just that the logo stays until I pull battery. Now if I have battery in wth phone off and plug in, the charging battery comes on but doesn't show battery level. Doesn't go away till I pull battery.
The funny thing is that I can get into Download mode but USB is still unrecognized/malfunction on PC/Vista. I only wish that I was able to link phone and PC just to use Odin with PIT file and stock EDO5 or EH03.
Any advice?
dssheeley1 said:
Ok...I'm at a point where I had no other choice but to get another replacement. I looked just about everywhere my patience would take me, and decided to give up. I hope someone could/would have a solution for me or others like me.
I had EH03 deoxed rom and decided I wanted ICS build5. So I installed CM7, I whiped cache, DLVK, and system data. Then flashed ICSb5 and GAPPS, Rebooted and stuck on ICS splash screen.
At this point USB ports wouldn't recognize fascinate. Downloaded all Fascinate drivers from Samsung, drivers for Nexus S, ADB, Android SK. You name it I got it. Nothing worked for USB detection. I even followed YT videos on turning Vista/PC off and unplug. Nothing.
After messing with data cords,(numerous ones,trying another PC), PC ports, I happened to pull plug and battery out of Fascinate at the same time, not sure what version of CWM, it was blue, came on. Luckily I had two Nandroid backups on SD.
I flashed Nandroid back to CM7 successfully. Rebooted fine and hooked to USB but still not recognized. At this point I was able to get into recovery using ROM. So, I did something stupid...lol...I tried to flash earliest Nandroid which was performed when on EH03 deoxed. Once I did this, I wiped all needed data and rebooted. Now Fascinate shows Samsung logo. It doesnt reboot, just that the logo stays until I pull battery. Now if I have battery in wth phone off and plug in, the charging battery comes on but doesn't show battery level. Doesn't go away till I pull battery.
The funny thing is that I can get into Download mode but USB is still unrecognized/malfunction on PC/Vista. I only wish that I was able to link phone and PC just to use Odin with PIT file and stock EDO5 or EH03.
Any advice?
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In the op of ics and also droidstyles guide you have to flash build 1 before you can flash build 5
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I've never flashed version 1 before flashing.build 5. In fact I've had the least amount of problems going back to stock (ED05) then flashing ICS.
I bootlooped when i went from stock EH03 to Build 5 so i did 3 first then 5.
But this doesn't help our poster here.
OP:
you get into DL mode but odin wont see your phone?
What i suggest is to try: Move the usb cable to a different port. see if your pc can see it then. Second thing try a totally different computer. Chances are your PC is trying to use borked up drivers.
Once you get odin going flash a stock image [i recommend eh03] then cwm then build 3 and now the new build 6. good luck!
if you need any links or a more detailed guide I STRONGLY suggest Droidstyles guild, it is by far the best and most up to date for the fassy!
OhioYJ said:
I've never flashed version 1 before flashing.build 5. In fact I've had the least amount of problems going back to stock (ED05) then flashing ICS.
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Consider yourself lucky....going from stock to build 6 causes me problems and many others. Going from stock, to build 1, then build 6 works flawless.
MOD please close thread due to lapsed timeline and no longer support of this model.Ty
Sent from my SGH-i717/GT-N7005 w/phMOD_beta2
dssheeley1 said:
MOD please close thread due to lapsed timeline and no longer support of this model.Ty
Sent from my SGH-i717/GT-N7005 w/phMOD_beta2
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You realised you just bring a a old thread back yourself and no longer support of this model wtf you realise people.still use this phone everyday Right?
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Can't install any application on my Vibrant

Hello, at the start i wanted to install some new ICS rom for my Vibrant..i try to root it with one click and i couldn't do that coz i had froyo(2.2update)..so i read some forums and found solution in odin...i used that to turn back to stock eclair where i rooted the phone ...but the problem is that now i can't install any application on the device(i need ROM manager)..i get to android market and ,click on application but nothing is happening, no download at all...than i try to use android injection with apks that i found on the net , but nothing, i always get INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK...so now i am stuck i have: fimware version-2.1 update 1,baseband T959UVJFD, kernel 2.6.29 can you tall me should i do?? thx
Read the guide in my signature on how to install ICS ROMs. It has an update.zip that you can use for CWR.
ROM manager no longer supports 2.1 (Eclair), so that is why you can't see it in the market.
Download the clockwork mod recovery file (update.zip) and save it to the internal storage on the phone. Then reboot into recovery and install packages. Might have to do it twice. Then you'll be in CWM recovery. Install from from there.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA
The AIO Vibrant toolbox might be something you need to look at. you can find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
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i followed your guide...flashed CM7, than i try to flash Euphoria RM2.1(ICS) and flashing is starting all ok , than after 30 secs i see message 'Random offset 0x302' and it's not going forward with flashing,i pulled out battery and try 2 more times,and there is always the same problem, i'm on CM7 now(and i don't have google play what should i do? can you recoommand me some good and stable gingerbread ROM for Vibrant(if i goona be unable to install ICS Rom) thx
Woodrube said:
Read the guide in my signature on how to install ICS ROMs. It has an update.zip that you can use for CWR.
ROM manager no longer supports 2.1 (Eclair), so that is why you can't see it in the market.
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FWIW, and this is not a knock on Team Passion (they do excellent work but few updates), but Euphoria is somewhat outdated. There are plenty of ICS ROMs out there that are more up-to-date and when ICS went from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 there were significant code changes that were done. I suggest ICZen, or Slim or CM9.
But if you want to stay on Euphoria (AOKP based), this is from my guide:
If you get the RANDOM OFFSET error.
Don't freak out. This is an ICS security feature (as posted in Passion's FAQ post). All you have to do is pull your battery and boot back into recovery and reflash ICS over itself (just like you did with the initial CM7 bootloop) and it should push through. You may need to do this multiple times. I have read of people having to do it up to 5x. YMMV though.
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***----> I am having all kinds of trouble with my browser today at work, so if I don't respond right quick, that is why. But I'll get back to you or some others out there can help.
stack
man, now i am completly stack, i try to flash slim ics, found the file for vibrant, but it culdn't flash , in the middle it just stoped..and phone is just rebooting it self when i enter cw mod i can't install any other ROM from internal sd, it says no files found ffs now i can't even use phone, i need help emergently
Woodrube said:
FWIW, and this is not a knock on Team Passion (they do excellent work but few updates), but Euphoria is somewhat outdated. There are plenty of ICS ROMs out there that are more up-to-date and when ICS went from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 there were significant code changes that were done. I suggest ICZen, or Slim or CM9.
But if you want to stay on Euphoria (AOKP based), this is from my guide:
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***----> I am having all kinds of trouble with my browser today at work, so if I don't respond right quick, that is why. But I'll get back to you or some others out there can help.
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I suggest you Odin immediately. I fear that the next screen you will see is the Encryption Unsuccessful screen. Make sure you hit repartition in Odin though since you reformatted your system from RFS/Ext4 to MTD when you went to CM7.
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ok i get into odin , marked repartiton but is sais fail ??? what should i do now?
Woodrube said:
I suggest you Odin immediately. I fear that the next screen you will see is the Encryption Unsuccessful screen. Make sure you hit repartition in Odin though since you reformatted your system from RFS/Ext4 to MTD when you went to CM7.
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If you do get past all of these, but this is unlikely for a normal flash, get either Iczen or chimera.
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accidental captivate flash

this is what i get for oding late at night but i managed to do something very very stupid I odined my phone with a one click package for my captivate
I've been able to get the phone back in mostly working order now though.. but i feel in my gut something still may not be right.
here is where i got the package
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
This below is what version i accidently installed.
I897UCKI2 Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread
With Bootloaders - Link to thread - Second Post [With CWM Injected Kernel from Boog]
so after i made this mistake.. (noticed my phone had a at&t bootscreen an wouldn't load) I went forth an flashed stock firmware avail for aiotools for the vibrant an then installed the stock froyo bootloader
I'm hoping everything is right in its place well except once i get cm9 flashed it boots up an shows a EU error so i freak yank the battery an odin this phone back into the stoneage an well... surprisingly.... my internal memory is 100% there O.O
anyways current issue is not being able to get cm7 to install though i'm probably missing something due to being tired anyways..
help sugestions banter calling me a noob I just want to make sure i did possibly everything to fix this mistake.
pintek said:
I'm hoping everything is right in its place well except once i get cm9 flashed it boots up an shows a EU error so i freak yank the battery an odin this phone back into the stoneage an well... surprisingly.... my internal memory is 100% there O.O
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You,my friend, dodged a bullet here.
pintek said:
anyways current issue is not being able to get cm7 to install though i'm probably missing something due to being tired anyways..
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Well, when you say you are not able to get CM7 to install, what exactly is it doing?
Are you getting thrown into a bootloop (caused by CWR mismatch and pretty common)? If so, pull battery and boot into recovery and re-flash CM7 over itself again. No wipe. Then reboot.
You may have to flash a different kernel, like glitch or something like that. But try the above first. Should work for you. Does it still say ATT when you boot up?
Lucky for you, everything is good, but if you want to flash a GB or higher ROM, i would suggest you flash the bootloaders in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990
After that just flash CM9, and you *should* be good, if not, try flashing it again with wiping data, cache, and dalvik cache. I guarantee that will work.
I ended up having to format both SD cards an retrying install custom rom via aio tool an with luck was able to get cm7 installed then cm10 an i dno't have the ime error everyone else seams to have . I did before this flash the gb bootloader over this cause it was the only thing that managed to remove the at&t splash screen before the kernal.
Lesson I learned....
remember that the vibrant you use aio tool not a premade pack >.<
an ya i do own both phones so this does complicate things now an then <,<
I also have both devices. Set up two different folders on your pc, one marked i897 and the other t959. I also add i897 or t959 to any files that could possibly get mixed up in Odin.
Its peanut butter jelly(bean) time...

[Q] Can't go back to jellybean

Ok so I was using AOKP jellybean 4.2 and wanted to try going back to ICS to compare battery life and ram usage.
After I flashed ICS Milestone 1 and played around with it I was not satisfied so naturally I wanted to go back to jellybean. CWM reverted back to and older version so I assumed when I flashed the JB rom again it would put the 6.2. something CWM back on. It did, but now when I try to use factory reset CWM reboots real quick and doesn't do anything. I can try to flash the rom again but it fails and gives a Status 0 error and doesn't flash. I used Odin to go back to cwm4_fixed_for_cm7-ODIN then installed the ICS build 2 to get the ICS stuff working. All this worked fine and after the build 2 booted up I went back into recovery and flashed milestone 1 again. Now I am stuck on ICS. I can't get JB to flash or else it will get back to the 6.2. something one and I have to repeate the whole process again to get the phone back up and running.
Please help me out here.
gigamchz said:
Ok so I was using AOKP jellybean 4.2 and wanted to try going back to ICS to compare battery life and ram usage.
After I flashed ICS Milestone 1 and played around with it I was not satisfied so naturally I wanted to go back to jellybean. CWM reverted back to and older version so I assumed when I flashed the JB rom again it would put the 6.2. something CWM back on. It did, but now when I try to use factory reset CWM reboots real quick and doesn't do anything. I can try to flash the rom again but it fails and gives a Status 0 error and doesn't flash. I used Odin to go back to cwm4_fixed_for_cm7-ODIN then installed the ICS build 2 to get the ICS stuff working. All this worked fine and after the build 2 booted up I went back into recovery and flashed milestone 1 again. Now I am stuck on ICS. I can't get JB to flash or else it will get back to the 6.2. something one and I have to repeate the whole process again to get the phone back up and running.
Please help me out here.
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Just flash to stock and go straight to jb ICS is just a mess of errors and mess ups here's a lesson to learn don't flash ICS lol
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That's possible? I thought you had to install ICS to ready the device for JB first or something. So If I go back to stock GB I can just install JB?
gigamchz said:
That's possible? I thought you had to install ICS to ready the device for JB first or something. So If I go back to stock GB I can just install JB?
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Yes. The current fascinatemtd cm10.1-based ROMs have the smarts to modify the partition table when coming directly from stock. The lingering instruction to first flash an old team hacksung build is outdated.
If I recall, the mtd partition layout on the fascinate changed during the time of the early JB builds... Space had to be rearranged to make room for the added bulk of jellybean, and this is why it's complicated to go back and forth between earlier and current mtd- based ROMs.
It seems there is a mechanism to deal with such a partition changes (warning that all data will be wiped, and instructing to reflash the room to confirm), but I'm hazy on where the code is and when this occurs.
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Well I'm trying to get back to stock but Odin keeps getting stuck at firmware.xml and Heimdall just gives me a libusb error. I have no samsung drivers to delete befor you suggest that.
gigamchz said:
Well I'm trying to get back to stock but Odin keeps getting stuck at firmware.xml and Heimdall just gives me a libusb error. I have no samsung drivers to delete befor you suggest that.
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Couple of things you could try- use a different usb cable (are you using the original one or not?), use different usb port on the computer, use an older version of Odin, use a different OS
What do you mean by 'I have no samsung drivers to delete'?
gigamchz said:
Well I'm trying to get back to stock but Odin keeps getting stuck at firmware.xml and Heimdall just gives me a libusb error. I have no samsung drivers to delete befor you suggest that.
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try restarting your computer. also, don't use the same usb port for heimdall/odin.
I got it to work now. I had downloaded the most current version of Heimdall and apparently it has some compatibility issues. I just downloaded the 1.3.1 version and used the driver installer with that. Thanks for all the help. Now can someone direct me to a JB rom I can go to from GB that works well?
gigamchz said:
I got it to work now. I had downloaded the most current version of Heimdall and apparently it has some compatibility issues. I just downloaded the 1.3.1 version and used the driver installer with that. Thanks for all the help. Now can someone direct me to a JB rom I can go to from GB that works well?
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They all work well, just try them all. The most popular one I guess is probably CM10.1 but really any of the other current JB roms are quite good, it's just a matter of taste. I personally started running Helly Bean because it's just like CM10.1 but with Devil so it gives me better tweaks to make it run smoother.

[Q] What ROM would YOU recommend?

My friend and I both have Fascinates. I got mine first, and just rooted the Gingerbread that came with it. I use it for medical purposes, and really needed something stable and reliable.
When my friend got hers, we decided to go for a more recent ROM, and chose GeeWiz 4.4.2 (Jellybean). It was real easy to install and didn't require anything special. It worked great for a little while, but as she added apps to it, it got real laggy and hard-crashed a fair amount.
Yesterday, all hell broke loose with it. Suddenly, every Google app was crashing, including the Play Store. I researched the issue and found many other people with similar problems on various phones. I tried literally 16 different fixes, none of which worked. So I had to hard reset it.
Since it's a blank canvas, and her experience with GeeWiz wasn't all that great, I figure it's a good time to try something else.
What do YOU recommend?
Here's her priorities:
1. Must be super stable.
2. Everything must work. Speakerphone, bluetooth, camera, video, microSD, you name it.
3. Not laggy.
4. Good battery life.
She really likes the Jellybean notifications, so she would prefer Jellybean or later.
I'm very interested in what the community recommends. :highfive:
the newest cm10.1 nightly was rock solid for me. helly bean 4.2.2 was good too. don't go beyond 4.2 if you want good stability, i don't think some basic things work in the cm11 builds yet (GPS and MMS are flaky)
oh also don't feel bad for running stock GB. i'm actually running it right now (rooted, lean kernel, and i gutted out the majority of samsung things)
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also, for future reference, any thread you post of similar connotation to this will probably get locked by a moderator and he'll say "oh try roms out for yourself blah blah blah"
so if that happens, don't say i jinxed it. also, i've had my fassy for around 6 months and i've tried literally everything under the sun for it.
I agree with sceptic on these ROM selections
rockpaperlizard said:
Yesterday, all hell broke loose with it. Suddenly, every Google app was crashing, including the Play Store. I researched the issue and found many other people with similar problems on various phones. I tried literally 16 different fixes, none of which worked. So I had to hard reset it.
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I thought Geewiz was only made for the Fascinate? I have been trying the Geewiz rom, and so far the only time it became laggy was when I set the cpu Govenor to a power saving option. Otherwise it has actually been much faster booting up than the kitkat roms.
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Okay, trying to get Hellybean working... but am stuck!
Thank you to everyone providing a reply so far. Please keep the suggestions coming. :highfive:
I am trying to install the recommended Hellybean 4.2, and am stuck.
The phone was stock Gingerbread, and then I installed the GeeWiz 4.4 ROM on it. Had some lagging and crashing, so now I'm trying to get Hellybean 4.2 on it, per recommendations of others.
So I downloaded the latest Hellybean 4.2 from the hellybean website. I then booted into recovery, and selected Update from Zip and and tried to install the Hellybean zip. I get a Status 7 error. Some sites said to try it 3 times. I tried it 5 times. No dice.
I can't find a Hellybean 4.2 Fascinate thread on XDA, so details are sparse. Am I blind?
Am I correct in understanding that Hellybean 4.2 includes the devil kernel? Or do I need to ODIN a different kernel first?
I installed ROM Manager to get the latest CWM Recovery, but it says the Fascinate is an "unknown device". There is no CWM Recovery installation file for the Fascinate listed on the Clockworkmod website. UGH! :crying:
Can anyone help? I can follow step by step instructions real well. :good:
Progress Update
I noticed the link in hhp_221's signature, and followed it. I installed his devil kernel for Jellybean 4.2.2. Works a treat. :good:
Then I tried to install the Hellybean 4.2 zip file in the resultant CWM Recovery, and now I get a Status 0 error. Tried it 5 times. Same thing each time.
Help!
rockpaperlizard said:
I noticed the link in hhp_221's signature, and followed it. I installed his devil kernel for Jellybean 4.2.2. Works a treat. :good:
Then I tried to install the Hellybean 4.2 zip file in the resultant CWM Recovery, and now I get a Status 0 error. Tried it 5 times. Same thing each time.
Help!
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okay here's some instructions (assuming the phone is on stock. if it isn't just go into odin and reflash it again because you're probably bricked)
1. let it boot up after odining EH03 (might want to throw cm10.1, helly, and google apps on the sd card at this point)
2. after it boots, flash GBBootloaders.tar and cwm 4 fixed for cm7. those files can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
3. go into recovery by pressing and holding volume up, down, and power until the samsung logo flashes and reapppears
4. wipe data and cache
5. flash the newest cm10.1 (gapps too if you want to stay on cm, if you want helly don't bother flashing gapps)
6. reboot
7. if you're flashing helly, reboot into recovery from cm and flash helly from CWM. and gapps. wipe data too just to be safe.
if any of my guide didn't help, just follow the thread i linked in step 2. it's a good comprehensive guide.
also never flash anything with ROM Manager, it's useless for this phone because the version of CWM on ROM Manager is really old. i've bricked my phone when trying it.
Getting closer!
skepticmisfit said:
okay here's some instructions (assuming the phone is on stock. if it isn't just go into odin and reflash it again because you're probably bricked)
1. let it boot up after odining EH03 (might want to throw cm10.1, helly, and google apps on the sd card at this point)
2. after it boots, flash GBBootloaders.tar and cwm 4 fixed for cm7. those files can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
3. go into recovery by pressing and holding volume up, down, and power until the samsung logo flashes and reapppears
4. wipe data and cache
5. flash the newest cm10.1 (gapps too if you want to stay on cm, if you want helly don't bother flashing gapps)
6. reboot
7. if you're flashing helly, reboot into recovery from cm and flash helly from CWM. and gapps. wipe data too just to be safe.
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Thank you for all the tips. Using your tips, I successfully got CM 10.1 onto her phone. But I read her the description of HellyBean, and she would prefer that (of course :cyclops.
So once CM 10.1 is on, I booted into it, and then immediately turned it off. I then booted into CWM recovery, and tried to install the Hellybean ROM. I get the Status 7 error each time. You mentioned wiping data after installing helly, but I think you meant before (let me know if I'm mistaken).
I researched Status 7 errors, and some people say they are because the ROM is expecting a different existing version to be installed over. I took a look at the build.prop file in Hellybean, and it references the Gingerbread 2.3.5 EI20 ROM, whereas all I could find was the stock Gingerbread 2.3.5 EH03 ROM. I tried editing the build.prop file to reflect EH03, but I an aborted error when trying to install that.
The radio and all other items on the phone should be stock. Not sure if that helps or hurts in getting Hellybean installed.
Anyways, any and all help in getting from CM 10.1 to Hellybean 4.2.2 would be most appreciated. Or I can put stock Gingerbread 2.3.5 EH03 back on and start from there. :good:
rockpaperlizard said:
Thank you for all the tips. Using your tips, I successfully got CM 10.1 onto her phone. But I read her the description of HellyBean, and she would prefer that (of course :cyclops.
So once CM 10.1 is on, I booted into it, and then immediately turned it off. I then booted into CWM recovery, and tried to install the Hellybean ROM. I get the Status 7 error each time. You mentioned wiping data after installing helly, but I think you meant before (let me know if I'm mistaken).
I researched Status 7 errors, and some people say they are because the ROM is expecting a different existing version to be installed over. I took a look at the build.prop file in Hellybean, and it references the Gingerbread 2.3.5 EI20 ROM, whereas all I could find was the stock Gingerbread 2.3.5 EH03 ROM. I tried editing the build.prop file to reflect EH03, but I an aborted error when trying to install that.
The radio and all other items on the phone should be stock. Not sure if that helps or hurts in getting Hellybean installed.
Anyways, any and all help in getting from CM 10.1 to Hellybean 4.2.2 would be most appreciated. Or I can put stock Gingerbread 2.3.5 EH03 back on and start from there. :good:
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wipe data before installing helly. also i've never bothered with build.prop in Hellybean. it only references to EI20 for Voodoo Sound drivers. EI20 is the stock build for.. i believe the US Cellular Mezmerize (aka not the Verizon Fascinate). so don't screw with it
yes stock radio is good. EH03 is a good radio but if you want you can flash EC09, based off of a leak of GB. some people have good luck with it, i used to but i like EH03.
so.. i'm not sure if you can boot the phone into helly bean. it sounds like you were getting a lot of "status 7" errors, which i didn't ever get while trying to use helly. this may or may not be caused by the sd card. try a different card if possible. if you're bricked at this point just start over from EH03.
also be sure you're using the 2013-7-23 build of helly, that's the last one based off of 4.2.2, the rest are broken 4.3 builds.
Good advice!
skepticmisfit said:
also be sure you're using the 2013-7-23 build of helly, that's the last one based off of 4.2.2, the rest are broken 4.3 builds.
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Thanks for the heads up on the helly build! I got one from the Hellybean website, and it's labeled 20131024. I tried and tried to find the 2013-7-23 but no luck , could you guide me to a source for it? Thanks!
rockpaperlizard said:
Hey, it's the girlfriend here. BF is out, so I was trying to get the right files gathered. Thanks for the heads up on the helly build! I got one from the Hellybean website, and it's labeled 20131024. I tried and tried to find the 2013-7-23 but no luck , could you guide me to a source for it? Thanks!
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here you go: http://andromirror.com/file/1386
good luck!
Sooooo close...
Thank you for the helly link!
Followed instructions, and successfully got it to helly!:good:
But... been trying to flash the gapps, and no go. It says it's successfully installed, but then nothing happens. Also noticed it can't mount the cache. And noticed that the zip says it's signed but if signature verification is enabled, cwm says the signature is not valid.
Any thoughts/ideas/solutions? Thanks!
rockpaperlizard said:
Thank you for the helly link!
Followed instructions, and successfully got it to helly!:good:
But... been trying to flash the gapps, and no go. It says it's successfully installed, but then nothing happens. Also noticed it can't mount the cache. And noticed that the zip says it's signed but if signature verification is enabled, cwm says the signature is not valid.
Any thoughts/ideas/solutions? Thanks!
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give us what the recovery version number is.
Is it the red touch recovery (that is what is included with hellybean)
gapps...
bad download maybe, it does happen...
get and verify the md5 yourself with an app
for windows
or an android one
like this one
are you using this gapps version? http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip
its what you need to start with,, and then after you sign in to your account,, it will check to see what needs to be updated.
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I tried the cm10 mentioned here. It does seem very nice. It appears to have more features than Geewiz also, along with a lot more ringtones.
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give us what the recovery version number is.
Is it the red touch recovery (that is what is included with hellybean)
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Thank you for the avenues to explore. The recovery that comes up is CWM Recovery v4.0.1.0. Does that mean helly didn't really install successfully? When it boots, it does give the Devil kernel graphic, which I understand is part of helly?
hhp_211 said:
gapps...
bad download maybe, it does happen...
get and verify the md5 yourself with an app
are you using this gapps version? http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip
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I looked at the gapps. It is the gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip and the md5 checks out.
It's the blue CWM, forgot to mention that...
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Hi, GF here again. I'm new to all this, thank you for the avenues to explore. The recovery that comes up is CWM Recovery v4.0.1.0. Does that mean helly didn't really install successfully? When it boots, it does give the Devil kernel graphic, which I understand is part of helly?
I looked at the gapps. It is the gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip and the md5 checks out.
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whoa you're not supposed to have blue recovery after flashing a 4.x ROM (or MTD as we call it).
go to step 4 in this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
you're going to have to reflash EH03 in Odin before doing anything because your recovery is borked.
Got it!!
Finally got helly onto a phone! Ended up starting all over, and then just flashing to helly since had the right file and hadn't tried going directly (skipping CM). And it worked! But the 3-finger salute got us back into blue CWM. So I started all over again, and once helly was on, I thought I'd do a reboot just to make things happier, which is when we noticed the 'reboot to recovery' and remembered that we had read somewhere that you sometimes have to use that instead of the 3-finger. So we did and everything has been golden since then. I love, love this ROM! :laugh:
Big thanks to you guys for helping us through the process! We couldn't have done it without you!!
rockpaperlizard said:
GF here. We finally got helly onto the my phone! We ended up starting all over, and then just flashing to helly since we had the right file and hadn't tried going directly (skipping CM). And it worked! But the 3-finger salute got us back into blue CWM. So I started all over again, and once helly was on, I thought I'd do a reboot just to make things happier, which is when we noticed the 'reboot to recovery' and remembered that we had read somewhere that you sometimes have to use that instead of the 3-finger. So we did and everything has been golden since then. I love, love this ROM! :laugh:
Big thanks to you guys for helping us through the process! We couldn't have done it without you!!
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that's weird that 3-finger into recovery is broken for you.. it wasn't for me. but whatever, as long as it works

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