1 Click Lag Fix for Samsung Fascinate(Credits: Dirrk)
Requirements:
BUSYBOX 1.17.1+
Rooted Samsung Fascinate
Installing latest BusyBox:
If your not sure of your version you can check by typing
busybox
into either shell or a terminal emulator
To replace your old busybox with the new one just follow these basic steps.
adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
adb shell
su
cat /sdcard/busybox > /system/xbin/busybox
If you put busybox in bin you must replace it there too
Plug your phone up and Go to settings > applications > developement > enable debugging
Download the RyanZAEXT2LagFix.zip
Unzip the file
Double click on lagfixme.bat
Now follow the onscreen steps.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Rooting Process Step 3: Setting up and rooting Samsung Fascinate
Rooting Process Step 3: Setting up and rooting Samsung Fascinate(Credits: mrdroid)
In order to use ADB commands and properly setup the drivers and utilize all the built in links we need to change/validate 3 settings on the Fascinate.
Go to the Home screen and hit the menu button.
Go to Settings
Go to Applications
Make sure 'Unkown sources' is checked.
Go to Development
Make sure 'USB debugging' is checked.
Make sure 'Allow mock locations' is checked.
You can exit back to the home screen once you've verified those 3 settings are checked.
-Driver issue
If you ran into an issue installing the drivers in the previous step, after you've checked the above 3 settings open a command window.
Go to Start > Run (XP) or Start > Search (W7) and type cmd.exe and hit enter.
At the prompt type:
If you get
Then you're good to go.
If nothing is listed under "List of devices attached" you should be able to just unplug the Fascinate, wait about 10 seconds and then plug it back in. You should now get a message saying several drivers/features were installed successfully.
Re-run the "adb devices" and your device should now show up.
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Now the fun part....
Ok. First lets gather our files and get organized.
On your Fascinate go to the Android Market and search for Terminal
Install the App named Android Terminal Emulator by Jack Palevich
Back on your PC
Download root.zip
Create a new folder on your C:\ drive named rootfiles
Extract the contents of the root.zip file into C:\rootfiles
Make sure there is no folder inside C:\rootfiles
Inside C:\rootfiles you should see:
Rooting:
Section 1.
Reboot your phone and give it a couple minutes to load everything up.
Now open a command prompt.
Start > Run (XP) Start > Search (W7) and type cmd.exe
Validate your phone is still connected by typing
You should see your device
Change your current directory to C:\rootfiles
If you are not currently on your C:\ drive then type
Type the following commands exactly. If you want to copy and paste then copy each line one at a time and paste each in the command window by right-clicking and clicking paste. Ctrl-V will not work.
Section 2.
You should get a response that looks like the following
Next type
You should now be at a prompt with a $
Now type
Section 3.
This step is important. After you type the next command there will be a pause and you will have to wait until you are kicked out of adb shell. It is important you do not touch your phone or type anything in the command window. If you do don't worry, nothing bad will happen you will most likely have to pull your battery and try to run the command again. If your phone doesn't lock up you can probably unplug it and plug it back in and start back at "adb shell"
After you execute that command you should see something like this:
After several seconds the $ prompt will come back
After another 20 seconds or so you will be kicked back to the C:\rootfiles prompt.
Type
You should now be at a # prompt
This mean you have obtained temporary root on the device.
Section 4.
Type
You should now be at the C:\rootfiles prompt
Type the following commands:
You should be back at the C:\rootfiles prompt
Section 5.
Type
Reboot the device and you should now have permanent root.
I should add, on the last step to install Superuser.apk it seems to hang after the install
After you see Success you do a Ctrl-C
and then reboot the device.
In order to use ADB commands and properly setup the drivers and utilize all the built in links we need to change/validate 3 settings on the Fascinate.
Go to the Home screen and hit the menu button.
Go to Settings
Go to Applications
Make sure 'Unkown sources' is checked.
Go to Development
Make sure 'USB debugging' is checked.
Make sure 'Allow mock locations' is checked.
You can exit back to the home screen once you've verified those 3 settings are checked.
-Driver issue
If you ran into an issue installing the drivers in the previous step, after you've checked the above 3 settings open a command window.
Go to Start > Run (XP) or Start > Search (W7) and type cmd.exe and hit enter.
At the prompt type:
Code:
adb devices
Code:
List of devices attached I500.... device
If nothing is listed under "List of devices attached" you should be able to just unplug the Fascinate, wait about 10 seconds and then plug it back in. You should now get a message saying several drivers/features were installed successfully.
Re-run the "adb devices" and your device should now show up.
----------------------------
Now the fun part....
Ok. First lets gather our files and get organized.
On your Fascinate go to the Android Market and search for Terminal
Install the App named Android Terminal Emulator by Jack Palevich
Back on your PC
Download root.zip
Create a new folder on your C:\ drive named rootfiles
Extract the contents of the root.zip file into C:\rootfiles
Make sure there is no folder inside C:\rootfiles
Inside C:\rootfiles you should see:
Code:
busybox rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin su Superuser.apk
Section 1.
Reboot your phone and give it a couple minutes to load everything up.
Now open a command prompt.
Start > Run (XP) Start > Search (W7) and type cmd.exe
Validate your phone is still connected by typing
Code:
adb devices
Code:
C:\Users\Matt>adb devices List of devices attached I500x0xx000x device
Code:
cd C:\rootfiles
Code:
C:\ cd C:\rootfiles
Section 2.
Code:
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
Code:
146 KB/s (5392 bytes in 0.036s)
Code:
adb shell
Now type
Code:
cd /data/local/tmp chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
This step is important. After you type the next command there will be a pause and you will have to wait until you are kicked out of adb shell. It is important you do not touch your phone or type anything in the command window. If you do don't worry, nothing bad will happen you will most likely have to pull your battery and try to run the command again. If your phone doesn't lock up you can probably unplug it and plug it back in and start back at "adb shell"
Code:
./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
Code:
$ ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin[*] CVE-2010-EASY Android local root exploit (C) 2010 by 743C[*] checking NPROC limit ... [+] RLIMIT_NPROC={3712, 3712}[*] Searching for adb ... [+] Found adb as PID 2198[*] Spawning children. Dont type anything and wait for reset![*][*] If you like what we are doing you can send us PayPal money to[*] 7-4-3-C@web.de so we can compensate time, effort and HW costs.[*] If you are a company and feel like you profit from our work,[*] we also accept donations > 1000 USD![*][*] adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login. After another 20 seconds or so you will be kicked back to the C:\rootfiles prompt.
Type
Code:
adb shell
This mean you have obtained temporary root on the device.
Section 4.
Type
Code:
exit
Type the following commands:
Code:
adb push su /sdcard/su adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox adb shell mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system cd /system/xbin cat /sdcard/su > ./su cat /sdcard/busybox > ./busybox chmod 4755 su chmod 4755 busybox exit
Section 5.
Type
Code:
adb install Superuser.apk
I should add, on the last step to install Superuser.apk it seems to hang after the install
Code:
C:\rootfiles>adb install Superuser.apk 1305 KB/s (196521 bytes in 0.147s) pkg: /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk Success
and then reboot the device.
Rooting Process Step 2: Installing Drivers
Rooting Process Step 2: Installing Drivers(Credits: mrdroid)
Download the appropriate driver:
Windows x64
Windows x86
For the x64 version double-click the setup.exe in usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64\USB Drivers
For the x86 version just double-click the file downloaded.
Just click next throught the install (change the install path if you want).
When the install is finished plug your Fascinate into an available USB port.
It's always best to plug your phone into a port directly connected to your computer's motherboard. To make sure you have done this you can use one of the ports on the back panel of your computer.
After you plug in your phone you should get a message saying the drivers were successfully installed.
Download the appropriate driver:
Windows x64
Windows x86
For the x64 version double-click the setup.exe in usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64\USB Drivers
For the x86 version just double-click the file downloaded.
Just click next throught the install (change the install path if you want).
When the install is finished plug your Fascinate into an available USB port.
It's always best to plug your phone into a port directly connected to your computer's motherboard. To make sure you have done this you can use one of the ports on the back panel of your computer.
After you plug in your phone you should get a message saying the drivers were successfully installed.
Rooting Process Step 1: Setup ADB
Rooting Process Step 1: Setup ADB(Credits: mrdroid)
First download the sdk zip file from here: Android SDK | Android Developers
The file you want to download will be named something like 'android-sdk_r07-windows.zip'.
Extract the zip file to your C:\ drive.
You should end up with a folder named 'android-sdk-windows'.
Open that folder and open the 'tools' folder inside of 'android-sdk-windows'. You should now be in:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
This is where the adb executable is located.
At this point ADB is installed and ready to go but won't be easy to use. To make it easy to use copy; we'll copy the path into the environment variables.
Find your My Computer or Computer icon and right-click and go to Properties.
In Windows 7 you want to click the 'Advanced system settings' on the left under 'Control Panel Home'.
In Windows XP you want to click on the 'Advanced' tab in the 'System Properties' window.
Click the 'Environment Variables' button.
In the bottom section named 'System Variables' scroll down until you find the Variable named 'Path'. Highlight Path and click 'Edit...'.
The Variable value: field should be highlighted. Click in the box to un-highlight the text and go to the end of that line.
Paste the following text at the end of the line. Make sure there are no spaces.
The entire Variable value: will look something like this. No spaces!
Click Ok on all the open windows.
Now go to Start > Run (XP) or Start > Search (W7) and type cmd.exe and hit enter.
Type adb
You should get a bunch of command options. If your screen displays a bunch of commands, you are good to go.
First download the sdk zip file from here: Android SDK | Android Developers
The file you want to download will be named something like 'android-sdk_r07-windows.zip'.
Extract the zip file to your C:\ drive.
You should end up with a folder named 'android-sdk-windows'.
Open that folder and open the 'tools' folder inside of 'android-sdk-windows'. You should now be in:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
This is where the adb executable is located.
At this point ADB is installed and ready to go but won't be easy to use. To make it easy to use copy; we'll copy the path into the environment variables.
Find your My Computer or Computer icon and right-click and go to Properties.
In Windows 7 you want to click the 'Advanced system settings' on the left under 'Control Panel Home'.
In Windows XP you want to click on the 'Advanced' tab in the 'System Properties' window.
Click the 'Environment Variables' button.
In the bottom section named 'System Variables' scroll down until you find the Variable named 'Path'. Highlight Path and click 'Edit...'.
The Variable value: field should be highlighted. Click in the box to un-highlight the text and go to the end of that line.
Paste the following text at the end of the line. Make sure there are no spaces.
;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\
The entire Variable value: will look something like this. No spaces!
c:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\
Click Ok on all the open windows.
Now go to Start > Run (XP) or Start > Search (W7) and type cmd.exe and hit enter.
Type adb
You should get a bunch of command options. If your screen displays a bunch of commands, you are good to go.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Samsung Fascinate 1 Click Root
Credits: Dirrk
Make sure you have setup ADB
Download and install the required Samsung Drivers:
64bit version:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root%20files/epic4g/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
or
32bit version:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root%20files/epic4g/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
Download FascinateRoot.zip and extract the files to C:\fascinate\ folder on your computer.
Procedure:
1. On your phone, Go to settings > applications > developement > enable debugging
2. Restart Your phone
3. Unlock the phone but do not touch anything else!
4. Run Part1.bat from C:/Fascinate/ folder and follow the instructions. Do not run any other file.
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Make sure you have setup ADB
Download and install the required Samsung Drivers:
64bit version:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root%20files/epic4g/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
or
32bit version:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root%20files/epic4g/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
Download FascinateRoot.zip and extract the files to C:\fascinate\ folder on your computer.
Procedure:
1. On your phone, Go to settings > applications > developement > enable debugging
2. Restart Your phone
3. Unlock the phone but do not touch anything else!
4. Run Part1.bat from C:/Fascinate/ folder and follow the instructions. Do not run any other file.
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Samsung Fascinate Source Code Released
Samsung Fascinate Source Code Released
Developers can download the latest source code of Samsung Fascinate from
http://opensource.samsung.com/
Mirror:
http://zennmaster.com/mirror/SCH-I500_OpenSource.zip
Developers can download the latest source code of Samsung Fascinate from
http://opensource.samsung.com/
Mirror:
http://zennmaster.com/mirror/SCH-I500_OpenSource.zip
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Samsung Fascinate Known Issues Document
Some of the Known Issues of Samsung Fascinate from Verizon Wireless internal document.
- Alert Notifications: There is no option to change the Calendar alert notification. Short term work around: There is no short term work around for this issue.
- Blank Screen: If you are on a call and a second call comes in, you get the correct Caller ID information. If you answer the second call, the caller ID screen goes blank and does not show any caller information. Short term work around: There is no short term work around for this issue
- Email Sync: In some cases exchange e-mail and yahoo mail can stop syncing Short term work around: The user can manually sync Planned Resolution: A fix for this issue will be included in the MR 1 release for this device.
- Exchange ActiveSync Security Lock: The EAS security lock may be invoked earlier then the timer is set for.
- Google and Bing Maps Latency: It has been reported that it takes longer then other devices to get GPS location information when using Google and Bing maps. Short term work around: There is no short term work around for this issue
- Call Disconnect: If you are on a call or in the process of receiving an incoming call and you press the search button the call may be disconnected.
Monday, September 13, 2010
WakeVoice: New Original Alarm Clock
WakeVoice: New Original Alarm Clock for Samsung Fascinate
WakeVoice will quickly become your best friend when awakening. In fact, your alarm clock will never be as before. The fun, the joy and the pleasure will seem natural now in early morning. To obtain that, you can rely on many features including the innovative and particularly significant voice features. Indeed, via speech synthesis (tts), your alarm clock will speak to you. It will announce customize message, weather forecast and latest news. Furthermore, due to the enability of voice recognition, you will be able to stop the alarm clock directly from your bed without touching your phone and only by your voice. For instance, saying "STOP" when alarm is ringing will easily stop it. Adding services currently available (weather, news) and many more to come (horoscope, ephemeris, MP3 playlists, radio, calendar, night mode, and others) WakeVoice truly becomes the complete and ultimate alarm clock you lacked. A major addition will remain the high level of customization possible. Whether the number of alarms (unlimited), days of programming, chime, buzzer, the maximum number of snooze and much more, everything is fully customizable by your care! And little more is embodied by the skins and other unlockable bonus in the application via "Easter Egg" or specific actions.
QR Codes:
Lite(Trial)
Full:
For more information, visit
http://wakevoice.adnfxmobile.com/en/
WakeVoice will quickly become your best friend when awakening. In fact, your alarm clock will never be as before. The fun, the joy and the pleasure will seem natural now in early morning. To obtain that, you can rely on many features including the innovative and particularly significant voice features. Indeed, via speech synthesis (tts), your alarm clock will speak to you. It will announce customize message, weather forecast and latest news. Furthermore, due to the enability of voice recognition, you will be able to stop the alarm clock directly from your bed without touching your phone and only by your voice. For instance, saying "STOP" when alarm is ringing will easily stop it. Adding services currently available (weather, news) and many more to come (horoscope, ephemeris, MP3 playlists, radio, calendar, night mode, and others) WakeVoice truly becomes the complete and ultimate alarm clock you lacked. A major addition will remain the high level of customization possible. Whether the number of alarms (unlimited), days of programming, chime, buzzer, the maximum number of snooze and much more, everything is fully customizable by your care! And little more is embodied by the skins and other unlockable bonus in the application via "Easter Egg" or specific actions.
QR Codes:
Lite(Trial)
Full:
For more information, visit
http://wakevoice.adnfxmobile.com/en/
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Google Search Instead of Bing Fix
Google Search Instead of Bing Fix
Steps:
1. Download http://www.launcherpro.com/apk/LauncherPro-0.7.8.0.apk and install.
2. Download EnhancedGoogleSearchProvider.apk and transfer it to your memory card and install it using your favorite file browser.
3. Now in LauncherPro, drag the Google Search Widget to your homescreen.
Steps:
1. Download http://www.launcherpro.com/apk/LauncherPro-0.7.8.0.apk and install.
2. Download EnhancedGoogleSearchProvider.apk and transfer it to your memory card and install it using your favorite file browser.
3. Now in LauncherPro, drag the Google Search Widget to your homescreen.
Adobe Flash Player 10.1
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for Samsung Fascinate
Flash Player 10.1 is the first runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables uncompromised Web browsing of expressive applications, content and video across devices.
Download:
http://xdroidx.googlecode.com/files/AdobeFlashPlayer10.1.apk
Flash Player 10.1 is the first runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables uncompromised Web browsing of expressive applications, content and video across devices.
Download:
http://xdroidx.googlecode.com/files/AdobeFlashPlayer10.1.apk
Tiny Flashlight + LED App
Tiny Flashlight + LED App
Download:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.devuni.flashlight
Download:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.devuni.flashlight
Samsung Fascinate Landscape and Nature Wallpapers Pack
Download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/186633753/landscape_nature_and_city.zip
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Samsung Fascinate Specifications
General
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Size
Dimensions 125 x 64 x 10.5 mm
Weight 116 g
Display
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size: 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches
TouchWiz 3.0 UI
Multi-touch input method
Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
Touch-sensitive controls
Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Swype text input
Sound
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 2 GB user available storage
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 16 GB included
Data
GPRS No
EDGE No
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA
Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP
microUSB v2.0
Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection
Video Yes, 720p@30fps
Secondary Yes, VGA
Features
OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2
CPU ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser HTML
Radio FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black and Grey
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, VZ Navigator
Java Via third party application
- Social networking integration
- Digital compass
- MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- TV-out
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Flash Lite v3.1
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- T9
Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh
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