Damn, I am so lost.
I am assuming I have lost my root, can someone please quickly get me back on track.
Getting to Cyanogen 7 is actually quite simple. Just follow the instructions in jt1134's thread here:
[NIGHTLY] [ROM][GRJ90] CyanogenMod 7 for Samsung Fascinate (fascinatemtd) - xda-developers
Except don't use the gapps (Google Apps) from that thread, use these:
gapps_update-2.3.5-gb-20110725-signed.zip
You will need to have a rooted device before you flash CM7, so follow the steps in post #5 of DroidXcon's thread here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...-please-read-post-1-before-posting-forum.html
After you root, boot up the phone and confirm the root took. If you don't already have it, download Android Terminal Emulator from the market. Open terminal emulator and you will see a cursor in the upper left corner next to a $, type su and hit the enter key. If root took you will see a pop up asking for superusuer permission, click OK. That confirms you are rooted. Shut down the phone, ODIN the CWM from jt1134's thread, close ODIN, pull USB cord, put battery back in phone, use the three button method to boot directly to CWM, flash the CM7 zip file, then the gapps zip file. Your phone may reboot on it's own after flashing the CM7 file. Don't worry about that. Just go through the set up, the long press the power menu, choose reboot, choose recovery, and flash the gapps package from CWM. Done.