[DroidXcon]

Post #1 = Index
Post #2 = FAQ & Preperation
Post #3 = How to Backup contacts and apps
Post #4 = Instructions to Install Gingerbread with Odin
Post #5 = Instructions to Install Gingerbread Odin w/visual aids
Post #6 = How to Restore contacts and apps
Post #7 = Trouble Shooting
Post #8 = Credits

Android Central, MyDroidWorld, p3droid, nor myself take any responsibility for any modification you make to your phone. This has the potential of bricking your phone if directions and care are not followed.

PULLOUT YOUR SDCARD BEFORE FLASHING

I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THIS AT ALL I AM SIMPLY REPOSTING WITH INSTRUCTIONS. ALL CREDIT GOES TO p3droid

Original content can be found here :

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FAQ

Q: What is this?

A: This is a leaked version of Gingerbread for the fascinate. Leaked was brought by p3droid over at . this is a leak so do not expect it to be perfect. It has everything needed from Modem to kernel

Q: What is working what is not?

A: Quoted from p3droid :"Tetris force closes
Google Maps is not installed (not sure if that is an issue or not)
Some market apps do not show as this is an unofficial release."

Q: Will this wipe my phone of all data?

A: Yes, this will wipe your phone completely and rewrite the partitions to a stock (the way you bought it) condition.

Q: Will this wipe my SD card?

A: Yes, usually Odin flashes do not but in this case it is possible. Please remove your SDcard before flashing

Q: Does this void my warranty?

A:No in fact if you had a software change that would have have voided your warranty before this will bring you to a state that they will have never known an alteration was made

Q: I am currently running the latest software update, will this return me to this state?

A: No this will bring you back to Gingerbread 2.3 Firmware build EC09. you will need to flash EB01 to return to stock

Q: Will i lose any apps or data during this process?

A: You absolutely will, this is a full wipe of your system. But please refer to Post #2 where we will give you steps to take to back up your apps and data. Post #6 after you are done with the wipe and restore will give you the steps to restore the apps and data.

Q: What is Odin?

A: A Flashing program to download Kernels, firmware to Samsung mobile phones. Also used in recovering failed flashes, bricked phones or doing full system wipes and restores.

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Preparations

1. Download and Install Samsung Drivers
64bit: Drivers
or
32bit: Drivers

2. Go to Settings > Applications > Developement > Enable Debugging, then connect your phone to your PC, allow 2-3 minutes to configure drivers


3.Download Odin Application

4.Download Gingerbread EC09 Stock Image

You will need 7zip to extract this file

In order to return to stock froyo you will need to flash EB01 file

5.Disable any running antivirus (causes an interupt durning process resulting in bad flash)

6.Make sure to plug USB cable in the back of the computer,for most reliable connection

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Backup Contacts

Backup to Gmail account (Recommended)
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch the menu button
Step 2. Touch settings
Step 3. Touch accounts & sync
Step 4. Touch the Gmail account of your choice under Manage accounts
Step 5. Touch Sync contacts

Export to SD card (Recommended)
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch contacts
Step 2. Touch menu
Step 3. Touch Import/Export
Step 4. Touch Export to SD card
Step 5. Touch ok to confirm export

Send namecard via
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch contacts
Step 2. Touch menu
Step 3. Touch Import/Export
Step 4. Touch send namecard via
Step 5. Touch Select all
Step 6. Touch send
Step 7. Touch destination of your choice

Verizon Backup Assistant
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch the menu button
Step 2. Touch settings
Step 3. Touch accounts & sync
Step 4. Follow the prompts to log in to your Backup Assistant account.

Apps and Data
There are many apps available on the market. But i will suggest My Backup Pro if you purchase you can use this without root. It can be found in the Android Market

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PLEASE REMOVE YOUR SD CARD BEFORE FLASHING

1.) If your phone is plugged into your computer, unplug it now.
2.) If your phone is not powered down, power it down now.
3.) Remove battery from phone.
4.) Launch ODIN on PC.
5.) Plug USB cable into phone.
6.) Plug your Fascinate into the PC via USB cable.
7.) Press and hold the volume-down key until you see a gigantic yellow triangle and your phone will be in download mode.(Please see 2nd picture in post #5)You can now release the volume key. At this point you will see a yellow com port in the upper left hand corner of the Odin applicate. .(Please see 3rd picture in post #5)

8.) Click on the PDA button in ODIN

Triple check that you pushed the PDA button. Do NOT click the Phone button prior to continuing to step 13. If you choose Phone, you will have bought your Fascinate a one-way ticket to hell.

9.) Choose the SCH-I500_VZW_EC09_GINGERBREAD_DEBUG_REL.tar.md5
file you downloaded in step 2 above & click the Start button.(this should take approx 3 to 6mins)
10.) Phone will power down when finished.
11.) Remove USB cable.
12.) Reinsert battery.
13.) Power phone and wait to boot approx 4mins

Congrats you are wiped clean and have Leaked Gingerbread.

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PLEASE REMOVE YOUR SD CARD BEFORE FLASHING

Once odin is downloaded open it, its an executable file so when you open it you will see the following : (File used in picture is just an example)



Once this is up, do the following
-Remove the battery from your Device
-Plug in the USB cord
-Hold down the Volume Down button until you see a big bright triangle on your screen , underneath it will say Downloading and beneath that it will say Do not turn off target



At this point you will see one of the boxes in the corner turn yellow, letting you know there is a connection, it will look like this


after you are connected you want to hit the PDA button, NEVER PHONE, phone will erase your modem and you will have trouble connecting after that at all.


when you click the PDA button a pop up will appear and you will need to select the file you would like to flash and then click open



now you will see the file appear in the PDA window ,, with connection made and the file in the PDA window, you may now hit Start



Once you hit start this process Should take approx. 5 mins if you are returning to stock . shouldnt take any less time than that and not much more. So dont start freaking out at min 2...(wait till min 7) lol

If you are flashing a Clockworkmod file it should take approx 7seconds.

once it is completed you should see the following window:




Once you have reached this screen it is safe to unplug , put your battery in and boot up..

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Restoring Contacts

Backup to Gmail account (Recommended)

Step 1. From the Home screen, touch the menu button
Step 2. Touch settings
Step 3. Touch accounts & sync
Step 4. Touch the Gmail account of your choice under Manage accounts
Step 5. Touch Sync contacts

Import From SD card (Recommended)
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch contacts
Step 2. Touch menu
Step 3. Touch Import/Export
Step 4. Touch Import From SD card

Verizon Backup Assistant
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch the menu button
Step 2. Touch settings
Step 3. Touch accounts & sync
Step 4. Follow the prompts to log in to your Backup Assistant account.

Apps and Data
There are many apps available on the market. But i will suggest My Backup Pro if you purchase you can use this without root. It can be found in the Android Market

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Trouble Shooting

Odin application displays one of the following in message box

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Resolution
90% of problems associated with Odin are due to communication between phone and computer , it is suggested to go over all the prepartion points in Post#2 of this thread. Other things to try would be.
Change USB ports in the back of the computer

• Make sure you did not forget to remove battery from phone
• make sure Odin is the only application running and antivirus is disabled
• If you are using a laptop make sure its plugged in also find the nearest desktop and try from there

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After failed flash with odin upon power up the following is depicted on the screen

SOFT BRICK


Resolution
First off DO NOT PANIC. there is a simple solution, just remove the battery , plug the phone into the computer, press and hold volume down and it will enter download mode. Please review all the steps oulined in this thread and try and flash again

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Credits

All credit for this leak goes to

[wyllic]

This is hotness!

[atomD21]

Well holy ****! I am shocked! Now the big question is... Do I or don't I? Hmmm... Time to download when I get home...

[wyllic]

I'm personally going to wait until we have a stable comrom version of this, but it's a great start!

[atomD21]

I'll probably put it on my phone just to see what it entails, maybe try the adb root posted by p3droid, and then redo my phone back to CR 2.0. Curiosity kills this cat regularly...

[JaeKar99]

I'll probably put it on my phone just to see what it entails, maybe try the adb root posted by p3droid, and then redo my phone back to CR 2.0. Curiosity kills this cat regularly...

I have read that you can root using Gingerbreak v1.2.. There is a link in my thread.

Edit Update: Here it is -

[atomD21]

I have read that you can root using Gingerbreak v1.2.. There is a link in my thread.

That would be considerably easier... Yeah, going to give this a shot later...

[curley]

Rumors maybe true. Official 2.3 may not be that far off.

[atomD21]

Even though I'm going to mess with this, I am stoked to see what TSM will do once they get ahold of the source!

[JaeKar99]

Even though I'm going to mess with this, I am stoked to see what TSM will do once they get ahold of the source!

The next CommROM version won't look like gingerbread - it will BE gingerbread.

[sfobrien]

The next CommROM version won't look like gingerbread - it will BE gingerbread.

That's what I'm waiting for! (even though the GB leak is tempting)

[hoodie#AC]

i'm surprised that there is even a gingerbread update for the fascinate (even though it's unofficial). Glad to see some updates! thanks and keep up the good work

[Landshark]

Someone posted over at XDA that the su 2.3.6.1 + busybox 1.19 zip file also works for rooting this GB EC09 ROM.

[ckrenek23]

downloading this bad boy now, already backed everything up lets see how this thing goes...either way cant wait for the first GB comrom...KBGB

Also, anyword on a debing method once rooted?

[atomD21]

Just a thought... Make sure to use CWM 2.5.x for rooting purposes, as this is not edify script.

[JaeKar99]

downloading this bad boy now, already backed everything up lets see how this thing goes...either way cant wait for the first GB comrom...KBGB

Also, anyword on a debing method once rooted?

In root explorer or other file manager navigate to: /system/app/I500_BingSearchAndroid_11122010.apk and rename it with the extension .old..

Simple - debinged.

[atomD21]

In root explorer or other file manager navigate to: /system/app/I500_BingSearchAndroid_11122010.apk and rename it with the extension .old..

Simple - debinged.

I can't remember, does that kill the soft key functionality?

[ckrenek23]

In root explorer or other file manager navigate to: /system/app/I500_BingSearchAndroid_11122010.apk and rename it with the extension .old..

Simple - debinged.

thanks, just finished the Download launching Odin now will see how it goes

also good look on the 2.5 cwm, thats why i make multiple backups just to give me plenty of ways to get back to a working phone just in case