Step by Step guide to installing a Rom - Fascinate Android Development

After seeing the 20th question on "why am I getting a verification error", I thought a guide for new users would be helpful. So, here it is.
First, you need to be rooted. Instructions are in every forum. No offense, but if you can't do that, don't try to change your phone yet.
Next, install Clockwork. Instructions are here: Clockword mod installation. It takes awhile, so be patient.
IMPORTANT: When you are using Odin, DO NOT PUSH THE PHONE BUTTON! ONLY USE THE PDA BUTTON OR WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE!!!!!!!
Download the Rom you wish to use, I've been on this one for several days, and it is really smooth. jt1134's Superclean D01
Plug you phone in to your usb cable, attached to your PC. Mount the sd card, put the downloaded Rom on to the card, and unmount the sd card.
Boot in to recovery. You can either use Rom manager to boot directly in to Clockwork,(Download from the Market) or turn your phone off, hold the volume up and volume down buttons in, and press the power button until the Samsung logo appears. Use the volume buttons to move to the "apply sdcard:update.zip" line, and push the home button. That will get you in to Clockwork.
When in Clockwork, if you push the home button, the screen shuts off. Just push it again to turn it back on. Use the power button in Clockwork to select your choice.
Use the volume buttons to scroll to "install zip from sdcard". Press power.
Go to "choose zip from sdcard". Press power.
Scroll to the rom zip you just put on you sd card. Press power. Scroll to "yes" and press power again.
The rom will install, and you will go back to the short menu screen. Scroll to "go back". You will be at the main menu with "reboot now" highlighted. Press power, and wait for the phone to reboot. It takes awhile for the first boot as the new Rom installs.
Presto! You have a new Rom!
If you want to install a voodoo kernel, follow the same steps to install it, except the install takes longer, and the phone talks to you.
If you to change Roms and have a voodoo kernel installed, disable it,Instructions in the first post, flash a stock kernel,Stock kernel(Thanks adrynalyne!), flash your new Rom, then flash the voodoo kernel again.

is the stock kernel really a stock kernel though? I compared it with the "Odin Restore files to get you to stock" thread and the data doesn't match up.
Nonetheless, thanks for this excellent write-up!

It doesn't have voodoo, which is all we need.

This should be a sticky!!

Do you really need to flash a non-voodoo kernel to switch between ROMs? I haven't left jt's Super Clean, but I kinda feel like doing anything more than disabling tge lagfix is overkill. I could just be outright wrong, though.
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suppliesidejesus said:
Do you really need to flash a non-voodoo kernel to switch between ROMs? I haven't left jt's Super Clean, but I kinda feel like doing anything more than disabling tge lagfix is overkill. I could just be outright wrong, though.
Sent from my Fascinate using the XDA app
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So far I've flashed and re-flashed several different roms. I've never used a stock rom in between. Maybe I've just been lucky but, for the most part, I haven't had any serious problems. I'm interested to hear others' experiences.

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Problem flashing a rom for vibrant

So like the title states I'm having some difficulties flashing a rom. I just updated to froyo 2.2 with root and I'm trying to flash nero v5.0. The problem I'm having is when I boot into clockwork i keep getting an E:can't open /cache/update.zip. I've tried both method 1 and 2 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458
Did you make sure to take step 2 on the tutorial? "Flash clockwork recovery"?
If so, I would try it again to see if it helps. Another step is to uninstall ROM manager, then re-install it taking all the steps again. It sounds like you may have accidentally deleted the update.zip file that should be on the root of your SD card.
yea, i tried it. I flashed it. I even clear the data and uninstalled rom manager and reinstalled. I also never touched update.zip as well. This was the first time I've actually mounted my phone to my computer and opened up my internal/external sdcard.
OP, here is a thread I made for issues in the past.
Try this and let me know how it goes:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875890
still no luck, i boot into recovery and get the same message still
Well, Hmm... You could try the steps in the noob guide and use ODIN to install froyo+root. This is the ALT METHOD in the guide. This is what I personally use.
Not really certain what's going on man, but doing this can't hurt.
I recently followed your guide, I could try again it wouldn't hurt my phone right?
No, you are not going to hurt your phone...
lets troubleshoot.
List to me step by step what you have done... If need be I will ODIN to JFD tonight and we can go through it together. I'm certain it's something silly though. No reason it should not work. You have a a Vibrant on T-Mobile right?
yea i have a tmobile vibrant so this is what i just did right now.
1) Flashed froyo+root from your noob guide followed all the steps (i.e. wipe data etc)
2) downloaded rom manager and flashed clockwork recovery.
3) placed nero v5.0 into the root of the phones internal sdcard.
4) went to rom manager and roboot. E: Can't open /cache/update.zip
(Bad)
Installation Aborted
nvm i think i got it to work
Do i need to do anything special for the longer battery life for nero v5.0
^^ what was the issue?
^ nothing special... you may want to recalibrate your battery. Drain it down to it powers off on its own (or really close)... charge it full... leave it on maybe an hour longer after fully charged... you can bump charge it (DO NOT do this a lot)... all this means is once full, unplug and then plug back in... your "full" battery will accept more charge....
dont boot up, but go straight to CWR and then Advanced > Wipe Battery Stats
reboot with the power cord still connected. Once its booted unplug and use like normal.
I repeat, do not bump charge often, this will hurt your battery.
I just flashed froyo again and used the update zip on the fix thread
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How to you go straight to clockwork recovery?
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krazy2o6 said:
How to you go straight to clockwork recovery?
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long press the power button and a list of options will show up, select "Recovery"

[Q] Did I brick my phone while flashing Minimal Green Theme ?

hi,
I have a rooted eris with the tazz v28 rom installed and followed the 1 click guide [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=742228] to root my phone a few months back [this uses adb, I belive].
Today, I was following the instructions on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913839 to install the minimal green theme on my eris.
I downloaded the minimal-green-updated.zip file theme [posted in the OP of the minimal green theme thread], put it in my sd card's root folder, rebooted my eris into recovery, then flashed that zip in recovery and rebooted.
[In retrospect, I didn't do a full wipe or davlik cache wipe, because I thought it wasn't necessary because this was a theme, not a rom].
Upon rebooting, my phone comes to a screen with the HTC logo and the little guy dancing around [no skateboard]. This dancing sequence continually repeats itself.
I'm really hoping I did not brick my eris. How can I revert back to my nand backup that I made yesterday or fix this situation ?
skorasaurus said:
hi,
I have a rooted eris with the tazz v28 rom installed and followed the 1 click guide [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=742228] to root my phone a few months back [this uses adb, I belive].
Today, I was following the instructions on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913839 to install the minimal green theme on my eris.
I downloaded the minimal-green-updated.zip file theme [posted in the OP of the minimal green theme thread], put it in my sd card's root folder, rebooted my eris into recovery, then flashed that zip in recovery and rebooted.
[In retrospect, I didn't do a full wipe or davlik cache wipe, because I thought it wasn't necessary because this was a theme, not a rom].
Upon rebooting, my phone comes to a screen with the HTC logo and the little guy dancing around [no skateboard]. This dancing sequence continually repeats itself.
I'm really hoping I did not brick my eris. How can I revert back to my nand backup that I made yesterday or fix this situation ?
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how to go back to your nand.
1. pull battery
2. place battery back in
3. hold vol down
4. while holding vol down, press and hold power button
5. should see white screen
6. press vol up for recovery
7. should see recovery menu
8. go to the restore option on the menu
9. restore from your nand (i believe the exact menu selections from this point vary based on which recovery you have)
this should get you back to where you were prior to flash. good job with the nandroid prior to flash. other should be able to help with where the flash went wrong. if it doesnt work, post back here.
edit: was the theme designed for froyo? does the md5sum of your file match the original file posted? either could lead to a bad flash. although it may have to do with not wiping. not really my specialty though. oh yeah that's right, i don't have any specialty...lol. hope it helps.
mjb413 said:
how to go back to your nand.
1. pull battery
2. place battery back in
3. hold vol down
4. while holding vol down, press and hold power button
5. should see white screen
6. press vol up for recovery
7. should see recovery menu
8. go to the restore option on the menu
9. restore from your nand (i believe the exact menu selections from this point vary based on which recovery you have)
this should get you back to where you were prior to flash. good job with the nandroid prior to flash. other should be able to help with where the flash went wrong. if it doesnt work, post back here.
edit: was the theme designed for froyo? does the md5sum of your file match the original file posted? either could lead to a bad flash. although it may have to do with not wiping. not really my specialty though. oh yeah that's right, i don't have any specialty...lol. hope it helps.
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Thanks for the quick help !
I'm relatively sure the theme was designed for froyo. After reading the replies in that thread, [after I flashed the theme] I think I may have needed to first use another application to make the .zip flashable.
I followed your instructions and when I tried to restore the nand backup, I received the following:
Code:
error: run 'nandroid mobile.sh restore' via adb!
Also, my battery was relatively low [20%] when I flashed the theme... is it ok if I charge it right now ?
yes. you need to turn charge it now. note: it will not charge while in recovery, but should charge when powered off. this is why it is a good habit to only flash on a full charge. let me know right away if the charge light does not come on when it is powered off.
edit: do you still have the flashable tazz v28 on your sd card. if so, you can wipe data and cache and reflash it. if it is not on your card, you should be able to mount your card via usb in recovery and add the tazz v28 to the root of the sd and then flash from there.
mjb413 said:
yes. you need to turn charge it now. note: it will not charge while in recovery, but should charge when powered off. this is why it is a good habit to only flash on a full charge.
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done and done =)
I'm hoping the recovery will work, as I just did a quick search and someone else reported that they were able to recover using nand once their battery was charged more.
skorasaurus said:
done and done =)
I'm hoping the recovery will work, as I just did a quick search and someone else reported that they were able to recover using nand once their battery was charged more.
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i believe the minimum for some things such as running an ruu is 30%. it might be the same for nandroid, but it is best to do on a full charge, that way if something more serious does happen, you have some time to try to fix it. there are some ways to "jumper" your battery if it dies during a flash, but they arent fun.
just making sure, the charge light is on now correct? also, are you using amon ra recovery or clockwork? if you don't know, don't turn on you phone to check, i am just checking because once your phone is back up and running, you may want to get amon if you have clockwork, it does a better job of checking the integrity before flashing.
mjb413 said:
just making sure, the charge light is on now correct? also, are you using amon ra recovery or clockwork? if you don't know, don't turn on you phone to check, i am just checking because once your phone is back up and running, you may want to get amon if you have clockwork, it does a better job of checking the integrity before flashing.
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Charge light is on and I'm 99% sure it's amon_ra . I specifically recall that, before rooting my phone reading that one of those two recoveries was buggy with eris and I purposefully avoided using that one.
skorasaurus said:
Charge light is on and I'm 99% sure it's amon_ra . I specifically recall that, before rooting my phone reading that one of those two recoveries was buggy with eris and I purposefully avoided using that one.
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alright, good stuff. when your phone charges, go back into recovery, go to backup restore, nand restore and see if you can. if not, if you have the tazz rom on your phone, go to the main menu, wipe, wipe data and dalvik, back to main menu, flash zip from sd card, flash it. if it is not on your card, plug phone into your computer, from main menu of recovery select usb-ms toggle, this will allow you to access your sd from your computer, place the flashable zip on the sd, then follow the above instructions. just post back if you end up needing any more help.
I just tried to restore my nand backup and it worked. Looks like it's all smooth sailing here. =)
Thank you for the help, mjb413
skorasaurus said:
I just tried to restore my nand backup and it worked. Looks like it's all smooth sailing here. =)
Thank you for the help, mjb413
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not a problem. we all have our little speedbumps...lol

[Q] How to flash the OverStock v1.3

hey guys,
I have problems about flashing the Kernel like OverStock v1.3, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967861
I am using Bionix -1.3.1 now, I just reboot into the clockwork recovery, it said that I need the Red Recovery, so if it is red words clockwork recovery, so it will work?
I just put the Kernel file into the sdcard and install like a rom?
Should I disable the Voodoo? If I need to disable the voodoo, after install the new Kernel should I enable the Voodoo again?
Thanks guys!
pxc668 said:
hey guys,
I have problems about flashing the Kernel like OverStock v1.3, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967861
I am using Bionix -1.3.1 now, I just reboot into the clockwork recovery, it said that I need the Red Recovery, so if it is red words clockwork recovery, so it will work?
I just put the Kernel file into the sdcard and install like a rom?
Should I disable the Voodoo? If I need to disable the voodoo, after install the new Kernel should I enable the Voodoo again?
Thanks guys!
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Yes, you need red recovery for OverStock. You don't need to disable Voodoo to flash OS, but it won't hurt to either. Reboot into Red Recovery from your modified power menu (long press pwr button), select Install zip from sdcard, then choose Select zip, then navigate to the OS zip (which must be at the root of your internal sdcard, not in a downloads our other folder, nor on the external_sd), then choose Yes. It shouldn't take more than a minute or two, and then it will say the file had been installed successfully, then you choose Go Back, and then Reboot Phone Now.
This is all recalled from my swiss cheese brain, so if the selections don't match verbatim, choose the one most likely to have been what I meant.
As always, there's potential for things to go horribly wrong, and you can end up with a shiney paper weight flashing stuff, so please thank me now before you brick your phone and change your mind.
Sent from my rough sketch of a Vibrant on a brick I like to pretend is running Trigger 2.7 on OverStock 1.3...
Droidificator said:
Yes, you need red recovery for OverStock. You don't need to disable Voodoo to flash OS, but it won't hurt to either. Reboot into Red Recovery from your modified power menu (long press pwr button), select Install zip from sdcard, then choose Select zip, then navigate to the OS zip (which must be at the root of your internal sdcard, not in a downloads our other folder, nor on the external_sd), then choose Yes. It shouldn't take more than a minute or two, and then it will say the file had been installed successfully, then you choose Go Back, and then Reboot Phone Now.
This is all recalled from my swiss cheese brain, so if the selections don't match verbatim, choose the one most likely to have been what I meant.
As always, there's potential for things to go horribly wrong, and you can end up with a shiney paper weight flashing stuff, so please thank me now before you brick your phone and change your mind.
Sent from my rough sketch of a Vibrant on a brick I like to pretend is running Trigger 2.7 on OverStock 1.3...
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I would only add I would disable voodoo, you don't have to but it does lower risk of potential problems.
oka1 said:
I would only add I would disable voodoo, you don't have to but it does lower risk of potential problems.
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I'm kind of reckless with other people's stuff, so I wouldn't suggest that at all.
Seriously though, I have heard that not disabling VooDoo, even when it says you don't have to, does increase your chances of trouble. But on the flip side, it speeds the process up so freakin much I'm convinced that I can flash, brick, Odin, and flash again in the time it takes to disable voodoo, flash, re-enable voodoo. (j/k)
Droidificator said:
I'm kind of reckless with other people's stuff, so I wouldn't suggest that at all.
Seriously though, I have heard that not disabling VooDoo, even when it says you don't have to, does increase your chances of trouble. But on the flip side, it speeds the process up so freakin much I'm convinced that I can flash, brick, Odin, and flash again in the time it takes to disable voodoo, flash, re-enable voodoo. (j/k)
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Lol that is so true about the amount of time it takes to enable/disable voodoo!!
I personally flash between overstock and kb1+voodoo on a regular basis and never disable voodoo and have not had a problem yet,but then again i dont have hardly any of the problem most seem to get with flashing and if i do.....i oden. I cant say weather its becuz i pay attention to details or if i get more luck than others
Bionix-V 1.3 w/a Splash of Color

[Q] How do i boot into recovery?

I've been wondering and searching how to boot into recovery on the thunderbolt? Not from rom manager but when the phone is off. When i had my original moto droid all i had to do was turn it off then turn it on while holding x and i was in recovery how do i do that on the thunderbolt?
And if someone would be so kind as to explain what hboot is thanx!!
hboot is htc's bootloader, mainly used for flashing radio's and flashing stock ruu's. From what i know if u boot in to hboot, power + volume down button, then click recovery, it will boot into the recovery.
rickyotten said:
I've been wondering and searching how to boot into recovery on the thunderbolt? Not from rom manager but when the phone is off. When i had my original moto droid all i had to do was turn it off then turn it on while holding x and i was in recovery how do i do that on the thunderbolt?
And if someone would be so kind as to explain what hboot is thanx!!
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Let's see if I get this right:
hboot is the default bootloader. Press at the same time, and hold, power and volume down to get into the bootloader.
From within the bootloader you can choose to enter recovery.
the_happy_cannibal said:
Let's see if I get this right:
hboot is the default bootloader. Press at the same time, and hold, power and volume down to get into the bootloader.
From within the bootloader you can choose to enter recovery.
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Yup . Assuming you installed a custom recovery like CWR already tho.
i had to hold both volume up and down buttons
Beastclaw said:
Yup . Assuming you installed a custom recovery like CWR already tho.
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Is there are way to boot into the default recovery (is there are default recovery?)
Every time I attempt this, it defaults to hboot, looks for a radio zip, tells me there isn't one(because there's not one on the sdcard), and only gives me the option to reboot by pressing power. I briefly see the initial menu, with the options for recovery and such under hboot, but I cannot select them with the volume up or down buttons?
Bateluer said:
Every time I attempt this, it defaults to hboot, looks for a radio zip, tells me there isn't one(because there's not one on the sdcard), and only gives me the option to reboot by pressing power. I briefly see the initial menu, with the options for recovery and such under hboot, but I cannot select them with the volume up or down buttons?
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are u sure there is no PB...img on ur sd? That's the only reason this would happen.
Spencer_Moore said:
are u sure there is no PB...img on ur sd? That's the only reason this would happen.
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My mistake, there is. If that radio zip file is there, you cannot move up and down through the menu then? I got a botched ROM here, hangs on the boot animation, no ADB, and no way to read that sdcard outside the phone.
Edit - If I remove the sdcard, I can do a wipe cache&data factory reset, I think? But my ROM files are on the sdcard.
Can you still use cwr without a battery if its plugged in? I know I could on the OG Droid, so if this still works, you can just take the SD card out, go to hboot and select recovery, then put the SD card back in
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Can you still use cwr without a battery if its plugged in? I know I could on the OG Droid, so if this still works, you can just take the SD card out, go to hboot and select recovery, then put the SD card back in
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I just attempted this, without the battery, I cannot even get a pulse from the TB. With the battery in and no sdcard, I can get into CWR from hboot. Second I remove the battery from the phone, it powers off. Doing this with it plugged into the wall AC too.
Edit - This is where I'm at right now. If I remove the sdcard, wipe cash&data, I can boot into a mostly broken ROM. Specifically, the keyboard FCs immediately, I can skip past the HTC setup screens, the virtual keyboard will generate another FC. At the end of the setup screens, it'll go to a blank background with no icons and the status bar on top, showing 3G signal strength, time, etc. There's nothing on the screen but that. If I push and hold power, it brings up the Power menu, to shutdown, restart, etc. Any option thoroughly locks the phone and requires a battery pull. After that, it'll get stuck in a boot loop at the boot animation until I get into CWR again and wipe cache/data. And I've left it go for a good 20 minutes, more than enough time to rebuild the dalvik.
I should add that this was slightly, as in totally, self inflicted. :/ I was switching ROMs, rolled back from the GB leak radio to the froyo radio, and was wiping cash&data to move to a froyo ROM; got interrupted by another task, and forget where I was at. Basically, I wiped cache&data without flashing a ROM afterward.
Edit - Had to wait until I got home from work. Install the card in a sled, delete the zip, everything's good now.
Im just stuck at the Thunderbolt wallpaper. I tried removing the sd card, battery and all that crap but still stuck. Any way I can work around this?
Droid_Evo_8 said:
Im just stuck at the Thunderbolt wallpaper. I tried removing the sd card, battery and all that crap but still stuck. Any way I can work around this?
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Boot into hboot and then into recovery to flash a backup you hopefully made and if not just re-flash your ROM. Happened to me once when I rushed through a new ROM flash and didnt verify the MD5. If you dont have a ROM or a backup saved on your card then you can try to do what the guy above you did and put your card into a reader and put one on there that way.
Power and volume down
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Is rooting really this easy?

I was sick of having a stock phone, and after tons of flashing on WM, I decided to take a dive into rooting my new fascinate..
I found some good roms, but it seems as though Evil Fascination is the one I want.
Is this all I have to do? (my phone is completely stock, and 2 days brand new)
Download Odin onto my computer.
Download Recovery onto my computer.
Install Samsung Drivers for your pc onto my phone after enabling debugging.
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
Boot into CWM recovery
Select Wipe data/factory reset
Select Install zip from sdcard and select where you stored the rom
Screen will flash during install
Reboot phone after installation
Is that all? Do I just download odin / recovery onto my computer and go from there? And also. Once I have done this, if I want to flash a new rom, do I just repeat the entire process above but open the new rom I want from my SD card? Is there anything else I have to do once I've followed these steps on my phone? Just download / install a theme and I'm good to go!?
Also, this process is 100% reversible, correct?
sorry if this sounds so stupid, but I always thought flashing roms was crazy difficult, but it doesn't seem that bad at all. Most of the responses I see overcomplicate things and make it so that I can't understand, and this guide seems very straight forward so please let me know if I forgot anything or if I'm missing any steps since I'll be doing this on a mac. I just really don't want to mess anything up.
Thanks so much in advance!
Thatd basically it. Ibwould add one thing though, and thats to always use the PDA button in Odin, never anything else. Other than that, your all set.
Sent from my Fascinate with CM7 Gingerbread
worshipNtribute said:
I was sick of having a stock phone, and after tons of flashing on WM, I decided to take a dive into rooting my new fascinate..
I found some good roms, but it seems as though Evil Fascination is the one I want.
Is this all I have to do? (my phone is completely stock, and 2 days brand new)
Download Odin onto my computer.
Download Recovery onto my computer.
Install Samsung Drivers for your pc onto my phone after enabling debugging.
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
Boot into CWM recovery
Select Wipe data/factory reset
Select Install zip from sdcard and select where you stored the rom
Screen will flash during install
Reboot phone after installation
Is that all? Do I just download odin / recovery onto my computer and go from there? And also. Once I have done this, if I want to flash a new rom, do I just repeat the entire process above but open the new rom I want from my SD card? Is there anything else I have to do once I've followed these steps on my phone? Just download / install a theme and I'm good to go!?
Also, this process is 100% reversible, correct?
sorry if this sounds so stupid, but I always thought flashing roms was crazy difficult, but it doesn't seem that bad at all. Most of the responses I see overcomplicate things and make it so that I can't understand, and this guide seems very straight forward so please let me know if I forgot anything or if I'm missing any steps since I'll be doing this on a mac. I just really don't want to mess anything up.
Thanks so much in advance!
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Looks like you've got everything correct. Zip file on sd card, download ODIN and recovery to computer, open ODIN, flash recovery in PDA section. pull usb cord, put battery in, boot directly to CWM (you can take a few extra seconds to make sure you do this by holding volume up, volume down, and power button at the same time until samsung logo flashes for the second time then let go of all three buttons the instant you see samsung flash for the second time), install zip from sd card, choose zip from sd card, find zip file, install (volume buttons scroll in CWM, power button makes selections), reboot phone, done. Then when you want to flash new ROM or theme or patches or mods or kernels, boot to recovery, install from sd card. Most ROMs also include the long press power button menu, hold the power button for like two seconds and a long menu will appear with options for powering off, rebooting, and recovery.
thanks so much for the replies, I'm about to try this now!!!! Im excited.
A few last questions, If I want to change the theme, do I have to download the theme as though it is a rom, and redo all of my steps,
or can I just transfer the theme onto my SD and then install it from there?
ps; any programs you guys recommend aside from the usual? (pandora, google maps, backup assistant, facebook)
There seem to be a few differences in WM and Android, thanks again for the help and being so nice to a rookie
worshipNtribute said:
thanks so much for the replies, I'm about to try this now!!!! Im excited.
A few last questions, If I want to change the theme, do I have to download the theme as though it is a rom, and redo all of my steps,
or can I just transfer the theme onto my SD and then install it from there?
ps; any programs you guys recommend aside from the usual? (pandora, google maps, backup assistant, facebook)
There seem to be a few differences in WM and Android, thanks again for the help and being so nice to a rookie
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Just put the theme on sd card and flash through CWM.
Tapatalk is a good one. That's how you can check on the forums and post from your phone. That is if you want to be able to do that for more than one forum. XDA has a premium app that works just the same. I'm a big fan of Jorte calendar rather than the stock calendar. Jorte is formatted to look just like a day planner.
Just gonna throw out that K-9 mail is a nifty email program and a bit more useful than the stock
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ps; any programs you guys recommend aside from the usual? (pandora, google maps, backup assistant, facebook)
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The Gmail app isn't to be overlooked IMO. I suggest forwarding all mail to your Gmail. Everything ends up perfectly in-sync on your phone and on your computer. I used to deal with setting up all kinds of POP servers, but I haven't looked back.
Also for a file browser you should get Root Explorer. As for everything else it's really what you want to use your phone for. I like be minimalist, but there are so many useful apps on the market. Just do some looking around.
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As for apps there's a ton of them, I have about 100 or so on my phone but only use maybe a third of them regularly. It's all personal preference. Also you may want a different look for your home screens so a third party home screen app from the market like launcher pro or go launcher are pretty nice and very customizable. Main thing is to get it working and looking the way you want it while having fun with it at the same time
tapatalked from my rooted/debloated stock eb01 Fascinate
If all you are trying to do is root SuperOneClick v1.8 works great. ED03 just run it, if it fails, Happens sometimes, re run. It may ask if if you are running a 2.0+ OS, really easy Instructions, basically just follow what pops up on the screen asking, after it finishes, reboot your phone.
If anyone wants to try it or use it, here's a link
So, another newb question, what ask do hI have to do if all I want is to be de-binged and able to under clock cpu? Can I root with only a couple of changes and not a while new kernel? Thanks
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what ask do hI have to do... changes and not a while new kernel...
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Sorry, bad job of proof reading before posting. BTW, I am running ed04 now.
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I'll second launcher pro. Love it way more than t-wiz. And Audiogalaxy!! It shares all music from your pc to your phone anywhere you go. Only downside is you computer has to be on to use it (mine stay on anyway). I have 25000 songs on my phone. They are added as soon as I download them, I never have to transfer files or use up sd card space. Have burned a cd since I got my fassy.
And comrom is where its at. Until cm7 is finished.
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I'm honestly surprised no one has flamed the poor guy for asking a question in the general section lol...
could that actually be....wait a minute...YES! tolerance and patience on xda. Nice to see for once.
"Madness is only the first step to becoming what I am."
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Bonus points for best disguised flame for posting in wrong section.
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I personally would recomment ADW Ex over launcher pro. As launcher pro isn't really getting any updates nowadays and I find ADWEx to run more smothly and the theming engine to be better. Both are good launchers though and I've bought both.
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Bonus points for best disguised flame for posting in wrong section.
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Lmfao! Sweet, I love bonus points
No flame intended, just surprised.
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