[HOW TO] Root Froyo or Gingerbread on Your Fascinate

[bhfd64]

Below you'll find the steps to attain root access on your Samsung Fascinate, but keep in mind that along with risking damage to your phone, you'll be voiding your warranty. This guide assumes you've taken the most recent OTA update and are running official Gingerbread. The responsibility for any damage incurred by following this guide is yours and yours alone.


NOTE 1: These instructions are for PC only. They will not work for Mac users.

NOTE 2: These instructions should work for any stock Gingerbread build on the Fascinate.


Downloads:
Download Samsung drivers from HERE.

Download Odin (computer program) from HERE.

Download ClockworkMod Recovery from HERE (place this file somewhere on your computer where you can easily locate it).

Download "su-2.3.6.1.x.zip" file from HERE (place this file on the root of your sdcard...not within any folders).



Instructions:
1. Install Samsung drivers on your computer.

2. Open Odin on your computer. (You may need to disable antivirus programs on your computer and/or phone for this to work properly.)

3. Power off your phone and remove the battery.

4. Plug the stock USB cord that came with your phone into a powered USB port on your computer (usually on the back of the computer).

5. Press and hold the "volume down" button on your phone, and continue to hold it while plugging the USB cord into your phone. This will put your phone into download mode. You'll see a large yellow triangle on the screen of your phone. (Let go of the volume button at this point.) You will also see one of the small boxes in Odin turn yellow, as well as "Added" appearing in the message box.

6. Click the PDA button in Odin (NOT the PHONE button) and navigate to the "CWM3_Voodoo.tar.md5" file you downloaded earlier. This file does not include a voodoo kernel and will not perform the voodoo lagfix conversion. It's only named as such to note that it is compatible with voodoo kernels.

7. Click START. When this process has finished, you'll be notified in Odin (succeeded 1 / failed 0) and your phone's screen will go blank.

8. Unplug your phone and re-insert the battery.

9. Press and hold BOTH volume buttons. While holding them, press the power button. Hold all three simultaneously until you see "SAMSUNG" appear. This will boot your phone into ClockworkMod Recovery. If your phone boots up normally here and not into recovery, just wait for it to boot up and then power it down and try again. It may take a couple tries for you to get it right.

10. Using the volume rocker, navigate down to "Install zip from sdcard." Highlight it and press the power button to select.

11. Navigate to "choose zip from sdcard" and select with the power button.

12. Navigate to the "su-2.3.6.1.x.zip" file that you downloaded earlier and select it. Scroll to "Yes," and use power button to select.

13. When you're advised of completion, press the MENU softkey to go back to the previous CWM Recovery screen, then highlight and select "reboot system now."


At this point your phone will reboot and you'll be rooted. Open up your app drawer. You should see an app called "Superuser." If it's there, you're done! Now you can think about possibly moving on to a custom ROM and/or kernel. Instructions for flashing a custom ROM can be found here.

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[aehachiroku20v]

Many thanks! you are the man. Few things I had to do extra...
1. Disable antivirus before I could open Odin.
2. I had to press the "menu" softkey after completion to select reboot now.

Other than that the procedure worked flawless. Many Thanks again. Much appreciated.

[bhfd64]

Many thanks! you are the man. Few things I had to do extra...
1. Disable antivirus before I could open Odin.
2. I had to press the "menu" softkey after completion to select reboot now.

Other than that the procedure worked flawless. Many Thanks again. Much appreciated.

Updated with your feedback. Glad it worked for you.

[fitti6]

So you've won the waiting game and finally received your OTA update of Froyo. Now you want to root. Below you'll find the steps, but keep in mind that along with risking damage to your phone, you'll be voiding your warranty. The responsibility for any damage incurred by following this guide is yours and yours alone.


NOTE: These instructions are for PC only. They will not work for Mac users.


Downloads:
Download Samsung drivers from HERE.

Download Odin (computer program) from HERE.

Download ClockworkMod Recovery from HERE (place this file somewhere on your computer where you can easily locate it).

Download "update.zip" file from HERE (place this file on the root of your sdcard...not within any folders).

Download "su-2.3.6.1.x.zip" file from HERE (place this file on the root of your sdcard...not within any folders).


Instructions:
1. Install Samsung drivers on your computer.

2. Open Odin on your computer. (You may need to disable antivirus programs for this to work properly)

3. Power off your phone and remove the battery.

4. Plug the stock USB cord which came with your phone into a powered USB port on your computer (usually on the back of the CPU).

5. Press and hold the "volume down" button on your phone, and continue to hold it while plugging the USB cord into your phone. This will put your phone into download mode. You'll see a large yellow triangle on the screen of your phone. You will also see one of the small boxes in Odin turn yellow, as well as "Added" appearing in the message box.

6. Press the PDA button in Odin (NOT the PHONE button) and navigate to the cwr-all.tar file you downloaded earlier.

7. Press START. When this process has finished, you'll be notified in Odin (succeeded 1/failed 0) and your phone screen will go blank.

8. Unplug your phone and re-insert battery.

9. Press and hold BOTH volume buttons and the power button simultaneously. Hold all three until you see "SAMSUNG" appear. This will boot your phone into recovery. If your text is red, then you're already in ClockworkMod (CWM) Recovery and you can skip the rest of this step. If the recovery menu is blue, then you're in stock recovery. Use the volume rocker to navigate down to "apply sdcard:update.zip" and select using the "Home" softkey. This will take you to CWM Recovery (red text menu). If your phone does not boot into recovery here, just pull the battery or wait for it to boot up and then power it down and try this again. It may take a couple tries for you to get it right.

10. When you see the red text and "CwM Voodoo Lagfix Recovery 2.5.1x" at the top, use the volume rocker to navigate down to "Wipe data/factory reset." Press the power button to select, and then navigate to yes, and press the power button again to select. Do this 3 times.

11. Scroll down to "Wipe cache partition," use power button to select, and then highlight and select "Yes." Do this 3 times.

12. Scroll down to "advanced" and then select "Wipe dalvik cache." Scroll to "Yes," and use power button to select. Do this 3 times.

13. Press the "Menu" softkey to return to the previous menu in CWM Recovery.

14. Navigate down to "Install zip from sdcard." Highlight it and press the power button to select.

15. Navigate to "choose zip from sdcard" and select.

16. Navigate to the rooted "su-2.3.6.1.x.zip" file that you downloaded earlier, and select it. Scroll to "Yes," and use power button to select.

17. When you're advised of completion, press the "Menu" softkey to go back to the previous CWR screen, then highlight and select "reboot system now."


At this point your phone will reboot and you'll be rooted with fully bloated ED01 Froyo. Open up your app drawer. You should see an app called "SuperUser". If it's there, you're done! Now you can think about possibly moving on to a custom ROM and/or kernel.

so have you went to ED01 radio and Rom already? if so how do you like it and would you suggest it's worth the upgrade?

[bhfd64]

I don't really notice any significant difference over EC01.

Tappaty Talk'd

[Mark]

Is it even worth upgrading for EB01? not sure if I should even bother with upgrading.

[bw03]

10. When you see the red text and "CwM Voodoo Lagfix Recovery 2.5.1x" at the top, use the volume rocker to navigate down to "Wipe data/factory reset." Press the power button to select, and then navigate to yes, and press the power button again to select. Do this 3 times.

Does it really wipe all your data? Is there a way to root without wiping out your stuff like on 2.1?

[CR6]

Personally I think it'll be worth it just in the hope that it'll clear up some minor issues such as the occasional screen freeze, force close, etc. (& just to be official) But like the professional RS squad members have pointed out, it probably won't make that big a difference.
I have to think there are subtle adjustments that were made though, otherwise they wouldn't have changed it to ED 01.

Tapatalker!

[CR6]

Does it really wipe all your data? Is there a way to root without wiping out your stuff like on 2.1?

Yep....it REALLY wipes all your data.


Tapatalker!

[Mujibar]

Does it really wipe all your data? Is there a way to root without wiping out your stuff like on 2.1?

Yes, it will wipe your data. But this step is not needed here. It's a holdover from an older process. The walkthrough will be edited. Thanks for pointing it out.

Tapatalk'd