[HOW-TO] Get back to a stable, fast, working ICS from any ROM (including JB ROMs)

[Domush]

Okay, so I've tried a ton of different JB ROMs and have come to the conclusion it's not meant for the Fascinate. Between slowdowns, memory issues, missed calls, bluetooth crashes and app incompatibilies it just isn't worth it on our phone.

So, this is how you can join me in moving back to a fully working and FAR more responsive ICS (Gummy ROM). Not only is my phone zippy fast again, all apps work as intended (including Samba Filesharing, Pandora, Snapchat and LBE Privacy Guard!). No more weird errors, no more 'such and such stopped responding', no more missed calls! It's just like a working phone.. because now it is!


I ended up:

- Doing an Odin of CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5 and atlas_v2.2.pit (re-partition option checked, battery installed)
- booted it
- back to odin again (battery in)
- odined cwm4_fixed_for_cm7-ODIN.tar
- booted into recovery directly (3 finger after battery pull)
- flashed teamhacksung-ota-eng.BUILD2.zip
- booted it
- rebooted to recovery via power menu
- flashed Gummy_fascinatemtd-Release-2012-06-15-03_38.zip
- booted it
- rebooted to recovery via power menu
- flashed gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip, Glitch-fascinatemtd-SkunkWorks-20120510.1733.zip and TitaniumBackup.zip
- booted
- restored my apps + data (not system data, just app data)
- profit!

If you don't have any of these files, the ones I haven't linked are likely linked elsewhere in this section, but if you want to find them faster, just search for the exact filenames in google. If anyone has links to the missing ones, please post them below and I'll update this.

DON'T SKIP ANY STEPS! THEY ARE ALL LISTED FOR A REASON. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND SKIPPED ANY STEPS, I WILL KNOW AND YOU WILL BE IGNORED.

Cheers, and welcome back a working phone!

 

[skepticmisfit]

Links to stuff

Here are some links for stuff:
TeamHacksung ICS Build 2: http://www.enderszone.com/ics/teamhacksung-ota-eng.BUILD2.zip
ClockWorkMod for CM7: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=669652&d=1311907538

you can find the other stuff at Droidstyle's excellent guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
scroll down to the section about ICS/JB ROMs.
also, i wanted to add some things to the guide.
1. if you don't have the samsung drivers and odin, go to Droidstyle's thread, or browse around the Fascinate subforums for info.
2. transfer the zip files to your phone before you odin stock firmware for convenience

 

[mldiroff]

Dude, you just saved my ass. I was effin' around with my GF old Fascinate, which I've used basically as a learning device for my kids, and I thought I'd flash a new 4.2.2 ROM (I was on another that I can't remember). Well, it didn't go well and of course I didn't have a nandroid. All of my nandroids were ICS and earlier and simply restoring wasn't gonna work. Thanks so much for this! Took me a while, but I got it done.

 

[Domush]

After using gummy rom for a while, I've found I've had some pretty irritating lag issues. I'm now running avatar ics rom and recommend flashing that instead of gummy. Also, avatar rom doesn't need a custom kernel as its plenty fast without the need to overclock.

Otherwise the flash directions are the same as gummy rom

Note, I'm speaking of avatar ics, not avatar jb. Cheers!