[WALKTHROUGHS 3/9/11] Rooting, Clockwork, Voodoo, Froyo and Custom ROMs, Battery, etc

Here is a concise set of walkthroughs for multiple phone customizations.

Even a beginner should be able to follow these walkthroughs.

All walk-throughs are based on the EB01 Froyo (Android 2.2) ROM Series. If this is not your desired ROM series, please replace the EB01 zip files with the zip files for your applicable ROM series.

If something sounds vague or unclear, let me know and I'll make sure i clear it up in the associated walk-through. Thanks go to anyone who wrote these mods, wrote portions of these instructions and hosts these files. If anyone notices a ROM or mod without credit, please let me know so I can add credit to the mod creator, as I don't know who made some of the mods.

These walk-throughs are made as a general guide only.
AS ALWAYS, BACKUP BEFORE YOU FLASH ANYTHING.

Post 1 (this post): 'Must do' steps for everything listed below
Post 2: Rooting
Post 3: Installing ClockWork Mod (for new CWM users)
Post 4: Updating ClockWork Mod (for existing CWM users)
Post 5: Upgrade to a Froyo ROM (from any other ROM)
Post 6: Upgrade to a VooDoo kernel
Post 7: Add the AOSP and puzzle lock screen, power options and accurate battery
Post 8: Remove the time from the top bar

MUST DO STEPS FOR ALL FASCINATE CUSTOMIZING:

What this does:
- Enables your PC to connect to your phone, enabling you to customize your phone, as well as transfer files to/from it.

1. Download and Install Samsung Drivers
64bit:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root files/epic4g/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
or
32bit:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root files/epic4g/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe

2. Go to Settings > Applications > Development > Enable Debugging then plug in your phone



By following these guides, you agree to accept all responsibility, and liability, for anything which happens to your phone including, but not limited to, death, dismemberment, overload, explosion, lightning strike, planetary impact, nuclear meltdown and alien domination.

Rooting

What this does:
- Enables you to run apps which need access to advanced system features, such as data backups, wi-fi tethering and installation/removal of default apps.

Prerequisites:
Post 1

1. Extract downloaded FascinateRoot_v02.zip

2. Open the folder where you extracted the FascinateRoot_v02 files

3. Execute START_ROOT

4. Command window will appear
- Carefully read all directions
- Press any key when you are ready to continue

5. When the process is done it will say "Complete".
- Press CTRL+C to exit the rooting script
- Restart your phone.

6. Download titanium backup from Market (optional)
- Open Titanium Backup
- If it asks you for Superuser permission you have successfully rooted
- Give it permission

Done!

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Troubleshooting Tips

Most Common Solutions to errors:
1. Make sure you completed Post 1
2. Make sure your phone is connected using the original cable that came with the phone (e.g.: blackberry cables don't normally work)
3. Verify that debugging is enabled.
4. Try to run it again

adb push: Permission Denied
Your SD card is mounted to your PC.
- Use the drop down notification bar to turn off usb storage.
- Close out and start again

Prompt tells you that you do not have permissions
The process failed to grant you temporary root access.
- Close out and begin again.

After continuing from reboot the process freezes for a long time
This is normal. This process take a good 5 minutes, and it will appear frozen throughout this time. Don't freak out. Be patient.

Error Device not found
If this happens after continuing after first reboot, this means that the phone was not properly connected before continuing. After reboot unplug the phone, plug it back in, then continue.


Portions of this method credit DroidXCon @ Android Forums

Installing ClockWork Mod (for new CWM users)

What this does:
- Enables you to install new ROMs and Themes as well as modify your existing ROM.
- Provides a means to create a snapshot of your phone exactly as it is, enabling experimentation with very little risk.

Prerequisites:
Post 1

1: Enter manual download mode by..
- Powering off your phone
- Holding the vol down button while..
- Holding the power button until the Samsung logo appears
- Release both buttons
- You should see a yellow triangle. If you don't, power off and try again.

2: Plug in the USB cable from your PC to your phone

3: Download Odin 1.3 (attached below)
- Unzip it

4: Download ClockWork Mod (attached below - provided by jt1134)
- Unzip it

5: Execute Odin.exe

6: Press the "PDA" button
- IMPORTANT!! Do not press the "Phone" button!
- Select the cwm_froyo.tar file from the CWM zip file
- Press "Start"
- Wait for your phone to reboot
- Close Odin

7: When your phone boots..
- Enable USB file copying from the drop-down menu
- Copy the update.zip file from the CWM zip to the root of your SD card (the shared drive of your phone)

8: Install "ROM Manager" (optional, Post #2 required)
- Get ROM Manager from Market
- Open ROM Manager
- Do not allow it to upgrade to the latest Clockwork Recovery (v3.x), as most custom ROMs do not support the latest version as of yet.
- Press "Backup Current"
- Press "OK"
- The phone should reboot into Clockwork Mod and perform your first full ROM (aka 'Nandroid') backup.

Done!

Updating Clockwork Mod via .zip file (for existing CWM users)

What this does:
- Enables you to install new ROMs and Themes as well as modify your existing ROM.
- Provides a means to create a snapshot of your phone exactly as it is, enabling experimentation with very little risk.

Prerequisites:
Post 1
Post 3

1: Download ClockWork Mod (attached below - provided by jt1134)
- Do not unzip it

2: Plug in the USB cable from your PC to your phone

3: With your phone booted..
- Enable USB file copying from the drop-down menu
- Copy the update.zip file from the CWM zip to the root of your SD card (the shared drive of your phone)

4: Flash the new Clockwork Mod by.. (two methods)
Method A:
- Powering off your phone
- Holding the vol down and vol up buttons simultaneously while..
- Holding the power button until the Samsung logo appears
- Release all buttons
- You should see Samsung recovery mode
- Use the vol button to highlight "sdcard/update.zip"
- Press the home softkey
- Clockwork Mod should load. If it doesn't, power off and try again.
- Diagnosis: If Samsung recovery does not find the update.zip file, you do not have CWM recovery installed and must refer to Post 2 to install it.
- Use the vol button to highlight "Install zip from SD card"
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight "Choose zip from SD card"
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight the cwm_froyo.zip file you copied to your SD card earlier
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight the confirmation text
- Press the power button


Method B:
- Get ROM Manager from Market
- Open ROM Manager
- Do not allow it to upgrade to the latest Clockwork Recovery (v3.x), as most custom ROMs do not support the latest version as of yet.
- Press "Install ROM from SD Card"
- Select the cwm_froyo.zip you copied to your SD card
- Press "OK"
- The phone should reboot into Clockwork Mod and flash the new CWM recovery file as well as copy the updated update.zip file.
- Your phone should reboot as normal

Done!

Upgrade to the EB01 Froyo ROM (from any other ROM)

What this does:
- Upgrades your phone to the Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system.
- Adds or removes apps depending on the ROM chosen.
-- SuperClean ROM is recommended, as it removes a lot of extra apps and provides better versions of default apps. It also removes Bing as the default search engine, replacing it with Google.
-- If you are happy with the apps which come with your phone right now, you are advised to simply install the stock Froyo ROM, which provides the identical app selection as you are used to on Eclair (Android 2.1).

CAUTION: Following this post will wipe all of your data! Be sure to backup your apps and data prior to following these steps.

Prerequisites:
Post 1
Post 3 or 4

1: Enter manual download mode by..
- Powering off your phone
- Holding the vol down button while..
- Holding the power button until the Samsung logo appears
- Release both buttons
- You should see a yellow triangle. If you don't, power off and try again.

2: Plug in the USB cable from your PC to your phone

3: Download Odin 1.3 (attached in post #2)
- Unzip it

4: Download the EB01 Froyo modem
- If the file is a zip instead of a .tar, unzip it.

5: Execute Odin.exe

6: Press the "PDA" button
- IMPORTANT!! Do not press the "Phone" button!
- Select the eb01modem.tar file from the modem zip file
- Press "Start"
- Wait for your phone to reboot
- Close Odin

7: Download the EB01 Froyo ROM of your choice
- Example ROMS (choose one only):
a: Stock ROM (thread) (provided by Adrynalyne)
b: SuperClean non-VooDoo (recommended) or SuperClean VooDoo (thread) (provided by Adrynalyne)
- Do not unzip ROM files, they are ready to go as is.

8: With your phone booted..
- Enable USB file copying from the drop-down menu
- Copy the Froyo ROM zip file to your SD card (the shared drive of your phone)

9: Flash the new Froyo ROM by.. (two methods)
Method A: (manual method)
- Power off your phone
- Holding the vol down and vol up buttons simultaneously while..
- Holding the power button until the Samsung logo appears
- Release all buttons
- You should see Samsung recovery mode
- Use the vol button to highlight "sdcard/update.zip"
- Press the home softkey
- Clockwork Mod should load. If it doesn't, power off and try again.
- Diagnosis: If Samsung recovery does not find the update.zip file, you do not have CWM recovery installed and must refer to Post 2 to install it.
- Use the vol button to highlight "Install zip from SD card"
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight "Choose zip from SD card"
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight the Froyo ROM you copied to your SD card earlier
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight the confirmation text
- Press the power button
- Your phone should reboot to your new Froyo ROM
- Note: The first boot will take up to 5 minutes. Be patient!

Method B: (automated method, recommended)
- Get ROM Manager from Market
- Open ROM Manager
- Do not allow it to upgrade to the latest Clockwork Recovery, as most custom ROMs do not support the latest version as of yet.
- Press "Install ROM from SD Card"
- Select the Froyo ROM you copied to your SD card
- Check the "Clear data/cache box"
- Optional, but recommended: Select the "backup current" check box
- Press "OK"
- The phone should reboot into Clockwork Mod and flash the new Froyo ROM as well as clear the data and cache.
- Your phone should reboot to your new Froyo ROM
- Note: The first boot will take up to 5 minutes. Be patient!

Done!

Upgrade to the EB01 VooDoo Kernel (using any EB01 Froyo ROM)

What this does:
- Uses a faster ext4 file system in place of the default Samsung RFS file system.

CAUTION: Following this post is dangerous and may result in complete data loss. Proceed with these steps carefully.

Important note: VooDoo is not required to run Froyo, so please skip this post if you are new to phone flashing and, at worst, phone de-bricking.

Prerequisites:
Post 1
Post 3 or 4
Post 5

UPDATE #2: EB01 VooDoo has been released! Link updated

1: Download the EB01 VooDoo Kernel (thread) (provided by jt1134)

2: Plug in the USB cable from your PC to your phone

3: With your phone booted..
- Enable USB file copying from the drop-down menu
- Copy the Froyo ROM zip file to your SD card (the shared drive of your phone)

4: Flash the new VooDoo Kernel by.. (two methods)
Method A: (manual method)
- Power off your phone
- Holding the vol down and vol up buttons simultaneously while..
- Holding the power button until the Samsung logo appears
- Release all buttons
- You should see Samsung recovery mode
- Use the vol button to highlight "sdcard/update.zip"
- Press the home softkey
- Clockwork Mod should load. If it doesn't, power off and try again.
- Diagnosis: If Samsung recovery does not find the update.zip file, you do not have CWM recovery installed and must refer to Post 2 to install it.
- Use the vol button to highlight "Install zip from SD card"
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight "Choose zip from SD card"
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight the Voodoo kernel you copied to your SD card earlier
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight the confirmation text
- Press the power button
- CWM recovery should now flash and enable the Voodoo kernel and copy a new update.zip to the root of your SD card
- Your phone should reboot using your new Voodoo kernel
- Note: The first boot will take up to 10 minutes. Be patient!

Method B: (automated method, recommended)
- Get ROM Manager from Market
- Open ROM Manager
- Do not allow it to upgrade to the latest Clockwork Recovery (v3.x), as most custom ROMs do not support the latest version as of yet.
- Press "Install ROM from SD Card"
- Select the Voodoo kernel you copied to your SD card
- Optional, but recommended: Select the "backup current" check box
- Press "OK"
- The phone should reboot into Clockwork Mod, flash and enable the Voodoo kernel and copy a new update.zip to the root of your SD card
- Your phone should reboot using your new Voodoo kernel
- Note: The first boot will take up to 10 minutes. Be patient!

Done!

Add the AOSP and puzzle lock screen, power options and accurate battery mod (using any EB01 Froyo ROM)

What this does:
- Option 1: The puzzle pieces are shown on the lock screen.
- Option 2: The stock Android slider is displayed on the lock screen.
- The battery icon in the notification bar shows the percent charge remaining in text form. The image is slightly different as well.
- When holding the power button, you now get more options, such as reboot, recovery, Odin download mode.

Important note: This post is not required to run Froyo.

Prerequisites:
Post 1
Post 3 or 4
Post 5

1: Download either..
a: Puzzle Lock, Power and Battery mod (provided by sbrissen)
b: AOSP Lock, Power and Battery mod (provided by sbrissen)

2: Plug in the USB cable from your PC to your phone

3: With your phone booted..
- Enable USB file copying from the drop-down menu
- Copy the Puzzle Lock mod zip file to your SD card (the shared drive of your phone)

4: Flash the new Lock, Power and Battery mod by.. (two methods)
Method A: (manual method)
- Power off your phone
- Holding the vol down and vol up buttons simultaneously while..
- Holding the power button until the Samsung logo appears
- Release all buttons
- You should see Samsung recovery mode
- Use the vol button to highlight "sdcard/update.zip"
- Press the home softkey
- Clockwork Mod should load. If it doesn't, power off and try again.
- Diagnosis: If Samsung recovery does not find the update.zip file, you do not have CWM recovery installed and must refer to Post 2 to install it.
- Use the vol button to highlight "Install zip from SD card"
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight "Choose zip from SD card"
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight the Lock, Power and Battery mod you copied to your SD card earlier
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight the confirmation text
- Press the power button
- CWM recovery should now flash the Lock, Power and Battery mod
- Your phone should reboot as normal
- Note: The first boot will take up to 3 minutes. Be patient!

Method B: (automated method, recommended)
- Get ROM Manager from Market
- Open ROM Manager
- Do not allow it to upgrade to the latest Clockwork Recovery (v3.x), as most custom ROMs do not support the latest version as of yet.
- Press "Install ROM from SD Card"
- Select the Lock, Power and Battery mod you copied to your SD card
- Optional, but recommended: Select the "backup current" check box
- Press "OK"
- The phone should reboot into Clockwork Mod and flash the Lock, Power and Battery mod
- Your phone should reboot as normal
- Note: The first boot will take up to 3 minutes. Be patient!

Done!

Add the EB01 Clock Removal mod (using any EB01 Froyo ROM)

What this does:
- This removes the time from the top title bar.

Important note: Clock Removal is not required to run Froyo.

Prerequisites:
Post 1
Post 3 or 4
Post 5

1: Download the Clock Removal mod (provided by sbrissen)

2: Plug in the USB cable from your PC to your phone

3: With your phone booted..
- Enable USB file copying from the drop-down menu
- Copy the Clock Removal mod zip file to your SD card (the shared drive of your phone)

4: Flash the Clock Removal mod by.. (two methods)
Method A: (manual method)
- Power off your phone
- Holding the vol down and vol up buttons simultaneously while..
- Holding the power button until the Samsung logo appears
- Release all buttons
- You should see Samsung recovery mode
- Use the vol button to highlight "sdcard/update.zip"
- Press the home softkey
- Clockwork Mod should load. If it doesn't, power off and try again.
- Diagnosis: If Samsung recovery does not find the update.zip file, you do not have CWM recovery installed and must refer to Post 2 to install it.
- Use the vol button to highlight "Install zip from SD card"
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight "Choose zip from SD card"
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight the Clock Removal mod you copied to your SD card earlier
- Press the power button
- Use the vol button to highlight the confirmation text
- Press the power button
- CWM recovery should now flash the Clock Removal mod
- Your phone should reboot as normal
- Note: The first boot will take up to 2 minutes. Be patient!

Method B: (automated method, recommended)
- Get ROM Manager from Market
- Open ROM Manager
- Do not allow it to upgrade to the latest Clockwork Recovery (v3.x), as most custom ROMs do not support the latest version as of yet.
- Press "Install ROM from SD Card"
- Select the Clock Removal mod you copied to your SD card
- Optional, but recommended: Select the "backup current" check box
- Press "OK"
- The phone should reboot into Clockwork Mod and flash the Clock Removal mod
- Your phone should reboot as normal
- Note: The first boot will take up to 2 minutes. Be patient!

Done!

Reserved for possible future walkthrough