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ok, for some reason i'd always been under the impression that the battery needed to be out for download mode, so i've always done it with the battery out. this morning, i tried the wall charger trick (getting it into dl mode via the wall charger, then popping in the battery and plugging it into...

what do you mean? doesn't the battery have to be out to put it in download mode anyway?

alright. i'll keep trying... thanks.

ok. i tried with the nexus cable, newly installed samsung drivers, and a usb port in the back. same thing. i get the downloading screen on the phone, but windows registers it as an unknown device and says it didn't install properly

yeah, i actually tried a new cable this last time. i was using the stock cable from the fascinate, but just tried the cable that came with my nexus, too. same thing. uninstalling the samsung drivers now and reinstalling ones directly from samsung. worth a shot.

yeah, i have the yellow android triangle "downloading.... do not turn off target!!!!" screen

the samsung drivers? yup. i downloaded the schi500 drivers and was generally following the steps posted here How To Recover Your Fascinate From Any Brick, And Rooting Methods - xda-developers now that i noticed the box never turning yellow, that must be what was happening on my laptop, too. not...

alright, tried odin on the desktop, but the ID:COM box never even turns yellow...

yeah, i can try it on a desktop. will take me a bit but i'll let ya know what happens..

let me give you a quick rundown... i'm trying to get my old fascinate back to stock. i recently got the newest galaxy nexus, so i don't need the fascinate anymore, but was thinking about selling it or giving it away, but wanted to go back to stock first. i was running AOKP milestone 6 (i think...