Please help a brotha out! I bricked my Fascinate trying to root with a damaged cord.

[Phearless]

Again I ask, can someone help me get the files I need to restore this phone? I find a lot of dead links and mismatched files. I'd really appreciate any help.

 

[vabs99]

Will tey to upload and sent the links to u by tomm

Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk

 

[Phearless]

You probably got busy or forgot but, anyway to shoot me those links? much appreciated!

 

[arkansawdave74]

Sorry bro. Looks like not many have this phone anymore or something. I just got one but know nothing about it yet. As soon as I find something I'll send it your way. You can still reach download mode, right?

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Actually, man, I just took a look around and I see lots of ROMs, even Lollipop on top. Wow!! Lollipop!! Have you not tried flashing a ROM yet? What have you tried that has failed? After the failed root I mean.....

 

[Phearless]

I've loaded everything I found available but it never boots past the splash screen. anything you can find that works would help greatly.

 

[alaneddy]

I've loaded everything I found available but it never boots past the splash screen. anything you can find that works would help greatly.

You are in luck

I have everything you could want for this phone. It was one of my all-time favorites. Still have 2 of em.

Will post a guide and all new links to files.

 

[alaneddy]

Samsung Fascinate SCH-I500

1) Download samsung usb drivers.
usb drivers: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=961840155545569337

2) Download ODIN
Odin: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298959011

3) Download PIT file
pitt: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634773523

4) Download Stock VZW Gingerbread 2.3 EH03
ROM: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120736221

5) Download Stock VZW Froyo 2.2 ED05
ROM: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298960178

6) Download CWM Custom Recovery
cwm: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=961840155545569331

7) Download SU-ROOT 2.3.6.1
root: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889764386195903539


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Pre-Install
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1 - Install USB Drivers and reboot computer just to be sure.
2 - Make sure phone is at least 50% charged.
3 - Have a GOOD usb cable and plug into a GOOD usb port.
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Download Mode achieved by pulling battery, press and KEEP HOLDING VOL-DOWN and POWER
and THEN plug in USB cable. Phone should go into DOWNLOAD mode. Plug in battery
AFTER phone is in download mode.

2nd method of Download mode is by going on amazon and buying a Download Dongle. It plugs into phone and automatically puts phone into download mode while battery is plugged in.
amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Dongle-Downl...8&qid=1496282799&sr=8-2&keywords=download+jig

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Install
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[WARNING: Proceeding from here will wipe ALL partitions and re-format them to factory original]

Load odin.
Plug in phone.
Above the ID:COM should be an ACTIVE com port now ( ie: 0:[COM5] or similar) .
ONLY boxes checked should be AUTO REBOOT and F. RESET TIME.
Click the PIT button and load the PIT FILE .
Click the PDA button and load the EH03 Stock ROM.

Once the MD5 is verified and phone is READY (see below).
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<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
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Press the START button and wait for ROM to flash to phone. Once flashed you should get a PASS message where COMport was, and the phone will auto reboot.
When phone reboots it will take a while to load new caches and get ready. It will boot to the ACTIVATION Screen if phone is NOT activated. To bypass this use the following method:
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1 - From the Activation Screen select Emergency call.
2 - Enter the following *#83786633 ( *#TESTMODE ) which will disappear when you press the last 3.
3 - A toast with the text Softkey is enabled will appear.
4 - Then press the home button.
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Your phone is now ready to install Custom Recovery and ROOT!
Insert a microSD card (up to 32gig) with the su-2.3.6.1.x.zip on it.

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Custom Recovery and Root
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1 - Reboot phone to DOWNLOAD mode.
2 - Load Odin.
3 - Press the PDA button and load the cwm4-bml-i500.tar file.
4 - Press START.

phone will reboot when done. to get into custom recovery press and hold VOL-UP and VOL-DOWN and then POWER. Hold all 3 buttons til the samsung logo appears, then immediately release ALL buttons. You will boot into NEW clockworkmod recovery.

While in recovery, press VOL-Down button til it stops on "install zip from sdcard" then press the power button to select. Navigate to the su-2.3.6.1.x.zip file and hit power again to select it. It will run and BOOM! You now have root! Reboot phone when done and PROFIT!
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For Custom ROMS, this is the JACKPOT site!

Link: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=4298
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Hope I've been a help, and good luck. I also have the STOCK 2.1 Eclair and STOCK 2.2 Froyo Verizon ROMS. Let me know if ever they might be needed for ha-ha's..

 

[alaneddy]

Verizon CDMA phones (Fascinate for one)

Pulled from May 31st, 2017 headline posted by AndroidCentral in my RSS Feed. So even for us diehard Fassy users, the end is coming for connectivity, at least through verizon.
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Verizon's upcoming CDMA sunset

Verizon doesn't want to use its CDMA network anymore. It has confirmed that it hopes to effectively shut down the old network by the end of 2019. Once it does so, the remaining spectrum and towers currently in use for CDMA (which have been dramatically scaled back in recent years already) can be repurposed for other uses as Verizon turns LTE into its baseline network and moves on to 5G deployment.
For most people using Verizon today, CDMA might as well not exist. Its LTE network covers 98% of the country. As of Q1 2016, 92% of its network traffic was traveling over LTE — and remember that includes some legacy devices that only use CDMA. So there's a dramatically small (and decreasing) number of places without LTE coverage, and surprisingly close to 100% of network traffic by LTE-capable devices is running on the modern network.
Even if your phone has a CDMA radio, chances are you don't actually use it anymore. When your phone has an LTE connection available, it will use it for both data and calls across Verizon's network — other times, you may be using Wi-Fi calling. In 2017, CDMA offers a suboptimal experience — only to be relied upon when there is no other option. Yes those places where CDMA is the only option do still exist, but Verizon clearly doesn't think they'll be around much longer.

Reason says that it won't be long, then, before Verizon itself stops selling smartphones that have CDMA radios in them. Including the old technology for a network that won't exist in the reasonable lifespan of the phone (roughly two years from sale) doesn't make sense from multiple perspectives. Having a CDMA radio requires extra licenses and technology (read: money spent) in smartphones, and just continues to sustain a user base of people who will have a device capable of using a network that will soon no longer be available.

 

[Crossvxm]

Pulled from May 31st, 2017 headline posted by AndroidCentral in my RSS Feed. So even for us diehard Fassy users, the end is coming for connectivity, at least through verizon.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verizon's upcoming CDMA sunset

Verizon doesn't want to use its CDMA network anymore. It has confirmed that it hopes to effectively shut down the old network by the end of 2019. Once it does so, the remaining spectrum and towers currently in use for CDMA (which have been dramatically scaled back in recent years already) can be repurposed for other uses as Verizon turns LTE into its baseline network and moves on to 5G deployment.
For most people using Verizon today, CDMA might as well not exist. Its LTE network covers 98% of the country. As of Q1 2016, 92% of its network traffic was traveling over LTE — and remember that includes some legacy devices that only use CDMA. So there's a dramatically small (and decreasing) number of places without LTE coverage, and surprisingly close to 100% of network traffic by LTE-capable devices is running on the modern network.
Even if your phone has a CDMA radio, chances are you don't actually use it anymore. When your phone has an LTE connection available, it will use it for both data and calls across Verizon's network — other times, you may be using Wi-Fi calling. In 2017, CDMA offers a suboptimal experience — only to be relied upon when there is no other option. Yes those places where CDMA is the only option do still exist, but Verizon clearly doesn't think they'll be around much longer.

Reason says that it won't be long, then, before Verizon itself stops selling smartphones that have CDMA radios in them. Including the old technology for a network that won't exist in the reasonable lifespan of the phone (roughly two years from sale) doesn't make sense from multiple perspectives. Having a CDMA radio requires extra licenses and technology (read: money spent) in smartphones, and just continues to sustain a user base of people who will have a device capable of using a network that will soon no longer be available.

Uh, relevance?