[en28so]

Yeah, well, welcome to the party. If you go back through the entire thread -- not a fun chore -- you'll see that many of us had the same thing happen.

Really? I already odin to a custom rom after this anyways. The rom i'm running right now does not fry your card like this one. I'm running powerwash from xda forums from build Deodexed EH09 Gingerbread 2.3.4

[randomcho18]

Hey all! I just installed this Gingerbread EC09 Firmware 2.3 to my fascinate. Is there a way to root this and still keep Gingerbread EC09 on my phone? I just want to be able to debloat it and want to be able to tether. I really don't want to to have to go to another ROM because I like this one. Please help? I am still new at this. Thanks!!!

[Mellen_hed]

Hey all! I just installed this Gingerbread EC09 Firmware 2.3 to my fascinate. Is there a way to root this and still keep Gingerbread EC09 on my phone? I just want to be able to debloat it and want to be able to tether. I really don't want to to have to go to another ROM because I like this one. Please help? I am still new at this. Thanks!!!

Unless you're already looking into buying a new SD card, i would recommend switching to ANY other gingerbread rom. this one has been known to eat sd cards at will, and it's only a matter of time before you become the latest victim.

If you're looking for basic touchwiz functionality, i'd probably go with geewiz

[frankb3]

I just flashed this ROM after backing up everything. At first my SD card had all my files, but a day later, my card said it was "corrupt" so I had to re-format it. Seems to be working fine now and I'm just using Dropbox to put things back on my phone.

One question -- i cant' seem to get root access to disable the bing search. I using ES File Explorer. I tried Root Explorer but it keeps crashing.

Thoughts? Hate the Bing....

Thanks.

[rsswga]

how do you root eco9 stock?

[frankb3]

I just flashed this ROM after backing up everything. At first my SD card had all my files, but a day later, my card said it was "corrupt" so I had to re-format it. Seems to be working fine now and I'm just using Dropbox to put things back on my phone.

One question -- i cant' seem to get root access to disable the bing search. I using ES File Explorer. I tried Root Explorer but it keeps crashing.

Thoughts? Hate the Bing....

Thanks.

Scratch that, reverse it. My SD Card is definitely hosed. It won't save any data to it. I guess I should have followed the step "remove your SD Card"!

Question: Will this ROM continue to corrupt the SD Card or was it just during the installation? I don't want to put in a new card and have that one corrupted too.

Thanks.

[AmanteNJ]

Scratch that, reverse it. My SD Card is definitely hosed. It won't save any data to it. I guess I should have followed the step "remove your SD Card"!

Question: Will this ROM continue to corrupt the SD Card or was it just during the installation? I don't want to put in a new card and have that one corrupted too.

Thanks.

yes it will

[WMarkFelt]

CLUELESS NEWB ALERT:

I tried searching and the results have me more lost than ever.

I bought a Verizon Galaxy S off of fleaBay and it showed up flashed to Cricket. *facepalm*

I can't get past the 'Activate your phone with Cricket' screen to get to the "2. Go to Settings > Applications > Developement > Enable Debugging" step.

I have the Samsung drivers downloaded and installed as well as Odin and I'm also downloading the CI500_VZW_EB01_FROYO_REL.tar.md5.tar as well as SCH-I500_VZW_EC09_GINGERBREAD_DEBUG_REL_tar.7z on the way as well (the mirrors are very slow).

Short version of the question, I need to get this back to at least stock Verizon form to get it activated, then I can start fooling around. Any advice or shortcuts that you guys would recommend?

I appreciate you help in advance and I will certainly contribute where I can (more tablet experience, but not a lot)

Thanks everyone!

WMF

[lokitious]

@WMArkFelt your wish, is our command:

Return to Stock (ED05 Froyo)
Here's how you can easily return to stock ED05 Froyo.

NOTE 1: You do NOT need to be rooted in order to return your phone to stock (but you probably wouldn't be doing this if you weren't rooted).

NOTE 2: Make sure that you have the Samsung drivers already loaded on your computer.

NOTE 3: This process will return your phone to an unrooted, fully bloated, completely stock out-of-the-box Samsung TouchWiz ED05 build. When finished, you will have the stock ROM, kernel, modem, system files, as well as stock recovery. All user data will be erased.

Downloads:
Download Odin

Download the stock DL09 (Eclair) package (place this file somewhere on your computer where you can easily locate it).

Download the EA28 "update.zip" file from (place this file somewhere on your computer where you can easily locate it; you'll need to move it to the root of your SD card later).

Instructions:
1. Open Odin on your PC. Put your phone into download mode. (Refer to this guide for instructions on how to use Odin.)

2. Click the PDA button in Odin (NOT the PHONE button) and navigate to the "CI500_VZW_DL09_ECLAIR.tar.md5" file you downloaded earlier.

3. Click START. When this process has finished, you'll be notified in Odin (succeeded 1 / failed 0) and your phone's screen will go blank.

4. Unplug your phone and re-insert the battery. Power the phone on and let it boot completely.

5. Connect the phone to your computer, enable USB connection, and copy the EA28 "update.zip" file to the root of your SD card (not in any folders). Power the phone off.

6. Press and hold BOTH volume buttons. While holding them, press the power button. Hold all three until the "SAMSUNG" logo appears, then let go of all of them. This will boot your phone into stock (blue) recovery.

7. Use the volume buttons to highlight "apply sdcard:update.zip" and select it using the HOME softkey. Let the process finish.

8. Use the volume buttons to highlight "reboot system now" and select it using the HOME softkey. Let the phone boot completely. Your phone will now be running stock EA28 (Eclair). From this point on, you will need to perform OTA updates to get to a current Froyo build.

9. Tap the MENU softkey and then Settings > About phone > System updates > Check New.

10. You will see a screen showing that a new software update is available. Tap 'OK' to continue. Then tap 'OK' again to proceed with the download and install.

11. The phone will automatically reboot after the install has completed. You will see a confirmation that the install was successful. Tap 'OK' to continue. Your phone will now be on build ED04 (Froyo).

12. You will again see a screen showing that a new software update is available. Tap 'OK' to continue. Then tap 'OK' again to proceed with the download and install.

13. The phone will once again automatically reboot after the install has completed. You will see a confirmation that the install was successful. Tap 'OK' to continue.

[lokitious]

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[brasmonkey3377]

I know you say to click the PDA button and "DONT CLICK THE PHONE BUTTON" on odin, but I got to this forum way too late and i made the mistake of flashing a file under the odin "PHONE" button.. Is there any way you can post a fix for this? Or at least a file I could flash to it? Any help would be much appreciated.

[johnsma22]

I know you say to click the PDA button and "DONT CLICK THE PHONE BUTTON" on odin, but I got to this forum way too late and i made the mistake of flashing a file under the odin "PHONE" button.. Is there any way you can post a fix for this? Or at least a file I could flash to it? Any help would be much appreciated.

I've never done it myself, but I've read that flashing something to your fascinate using the phone button in odin is one of the only ways to permanently brick it!

Is your phone bricked? If so, you may be out of luck, unless someone has figured out a way to recover from that mistake.

[brasmonkey3377]

Fixed it using the Heimdall Restore

[nymchamp]

The 64 bit samsung driver link seems to be dead, thanks.

[killahax]

So what is the deal with this update? i can not get odin to regonise my phone at all. and i have win7 64 bit. and i get a pop up saying drivers where not installed correctly and used the driver from samsung also etc. and then i tried with run as admin and still nothing. and also tried on my buddys windows xp and did the same and nothing as well.. will odin does not see my facsinate... what is the deal and what is going on? please help.. thanks.

i have EHO3 VERSION installed on phone
firmware 2.3.5

do i need to start from scratch from all the system updates?

[JGOelfke]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't EH03 a more up-to-date version of Gingerbread? EC09 updates the firmware to 2.3.3...EH03 is 2.3.7.

[johnsma22]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't EH03 a more up-to-date version of Gingerbread? EC09 updates the firmware to 2.3.3...EH03 is 2.3.7.

Yes, you are correct. EH03 is the official, Verizon release of Gingerbread for the Fascinate. No need to even consider EC09 anymore. EH03 doesn't bork your sd card like EC09 can either!

[joebob2000]

Yes, you are correct. EH03 is the official, Verizon release of Gingerbread for the Fascinate. No need to even consider EC09 anymore. EH03 doesn't bork your sd card like EC09 can either!

Actually he is "close", EH03 is 2.3.5 and not 2.3.7 (which is the latest from Google) and I am seconding the notion of "WTF is an EC09 thread?". Why is this thread still stickied? It should have been put out to pasture a long long LONG time ago, like, around the time that everyone who tried EC09 totally toasted their SDcards... This thread should be replaced with one line: "RIP EC09, don't even think about trying it or you will be sorry" and there ought to be a thread covering EC03.

[sushiguy732]

...and I am seconding the notion of "WTF is an EC09 thread?". Why is this thread still stickied? It should have been put out to pasture a long long LONG time ago, like, around the time that everyone who tried EC09 totally toasted their SDcards... This thread should be replaced with one line: "RIP EC09, don't even think about trying it or you will be sorry" and there ought to be a thread covering EC03.

I third that notion! Not just because my SD card got toasted but this is so obsolete it no longer belongs as as sticky.

PLEASE TAKE THIS DOWN!!

[mitchewr]

I just read through all 37 pages of this thread hoping to find a link or info regarding 2.3.5 (which is what i currently have installed) files so that I can try rooting my phone for the first time. Am I doomed to go back to Froyo just so that I can root? :/

[bababooey]

I installed the ROM properly and it worked fine for a couple weeks. A few days ago, I started having problems with the sd card not being read properly. A reboot would fix this. Yesterday, the card finally went kaput. I know that there was a possibility of it being fried upon installation of the ROM. So, I installed the ROM without it. Is my card being ruined a product of the new ROM or is this just a coincidence? If it is a ROM problem, is there a fix in the works? Just want to know so I can wait for a new ROM to buy an sd card. Don't want my new one getting fried.

[bababooey]

I installed the ROM properly and it worked fine for a couple weeks. A few days ago, I started having problems with the sd card not being read properly. A reboot would fix this. Yesterday, the card finally went kaput. I know that there was a possibility of it being fried upon installation of the ROM. So, I installed the ROM without it. Is my card being ruined a product of the new ROM or is this just a coincidence? If it is a ROM problem, is there a fix in the works? Just want to know so I can wait for a new ROM to buy an sd card. Don't want my new one getting fried.

Nevermind! I just read the posts above mine. I am running EC09. Does this ROM no longer use EC09? If so, I'm reformatting right this instant.

[94SupraT]

Thanks so much for this. I bricked my fassy and was able to restore it to GB with this!