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[ROM] EA11 Mesmerize Pick-n-Pack 0.1

********This is only a ROM. You must have first flashed the EA11 LEAK first.********
********You must have the modified RED CWM recovery to flash this. If you don't already have that installed, go here to get it.*********
*********DO NOT FLASH THIS IF YOU ARE STILL ON 2.1************
As always, I am not responsible for what you do to your phone. Make a backup before you flash anything.
Download the ROM and the addons. (unzip the main addons zip) Decide what addons you want. Put everything on your sdcard and boot into recovery. Flash the ROM first. Flash any addon packs that you have put on your sdcard. Reboot.
I've tried to group the addons so there aren't too many of them. If you want, you can always reconfigure things using 7zip without having to unzip anything. If you don't know how to do this already, it's probably best to just flash each pack seperately.
EA11 Mesmerize Pick-n-Pack ROM
EA11 Mesmerize PnP Addons

Thank you sir very much
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Now for some voodoo?
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why do we need to flash the original Froyo leak first?
i dont understand this Mez thing about using Odin.
once you have a Rom flashed to your phone and Clockwork working there is never ever ever a need to use this odin program. i have never once used it and have flashed a few roms, one of them your very own pick-n-pak , just not the froyo one.
so can someone explain to me this crazy need to backdoor flash the phone?
the Froyo leak is just a rom, just like this and every other rom. its just a factory flash rom, not a rom you guys built....
so why not just build a rom from it because the odin stuff seems just to be massive unnecessary overkill.

v_lestat said:
why do we need to flash the original Froyo leak first?
i dont understand this Mez thing about using Odin.
once you have a Rom flashed to your phone and Clockwork working there is never ever ever a need to use this odin program. i have never once used it and have flashed a few roms, one of them your very own...[etc, etc]
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It doesn't seem like a bad idea to have a stock backup solution available.

v_lestat said:
why do we need to flash the original Froyo leak first?
i dont understand this Mez thing about using Odin.
once you have a Rom flashed to your phone and Clockwork working there is never ever ever a need to use this odin program. i have never once used it and have flashed a few roms, one of them your very own pick-n-pak , just not the froyo one.
so can someone explain to me this crazy need to backdoor flash the phone?
the Froyo leak is just a rom, just like this and every other rom. its just a factory flash rom, not a rom you guys built....
so why not just build a rom from it because the odin stuff seems just to be massive unnecessary overkill.
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This ROM doesn't have a kernel or a modem with it. If you don't have those files, your phone won't work.
The Froyo leak is NOT a ROM it is a recovery system just as the recovery system for 2.1. It has everything in it.
Odin is not overkill. It's just a different way of flashing things. As soon as we have everything in place for a fully flashable ROM including kernel and modem, that will be an option too. My original PnP ROM also did not include a kernel or modem, but you were already on 2.1 so you didn't need to get there. Had you have been on 1.6, you would have had to update.
Also, there is only two of us working on all of this. We can only do so much. We are trying to do what we can, with what we have. If you can help us out, hit us up on irc. We could use the help.

help?
i just flashed and got a boot loop anything?

mesmerbelly said:
i just flashed and got a boot loop anything?
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Hit the irc channel. I didn't have any problems, and neither did any of the others that flashed. We'll get you fixed up.

duhh
i just needed to wipe everything duhh belly think then ask

could you plz tell me where the bootanimation.zip goes in this...i miss my dancing droid...i got the music to work but no animation

v_lestat said:
why do we need to flash the original Froyo leak first?
i dont understand this Mez thing about using Odin.
once you have a Rom flashed to your phone and Clockwork working there is never ever ever a need to use this odin program. i have never once used it and have flashed a few roms, one of them your very own pick-n-pak , just not the froyo one.
so can someone explain to me this crazy need to backdoor flash the phone?
the Froyo leak is just a rom, just like this and every other rom. its just a factory flash rom, not a rom you guys built....
so why not just build a rom from it because the odin stuff seems just to be massive unnecessary overkill.
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Over 700 posts here and a thanks meter of 1.. <-- maybe you should just cool off a bit..
Two things:
Number one: Read my reply to your la]st rant. It explains a lot.
Number two: As far as I know, phidelt82 and I are the only ones who own a Samsung Mesmerize and are offering our time up to work on this stuff. Thank God our device is very similar to the other Galaxy S devices so we can dip into the community and share resources where appropriate. I promise you without the resources of the great XDA community, you would have none of this from us.
To answer your burning question I already answered once:
The reason we don't have this in an update.zip form yet is because I am a college student who spends most of his days studying. Every so often I get some *leisure* time to spend working on things I enjoy -- like helping out this community here. I am not as skilled as the prominent Fascinate devs but I am learning. So is phidelt. The refined packages will come.
The fact that you are so worked up about ODIN tells me there are reasons far beyond your understanding as to why we are using it. There is nothing wrong with odin. IT DOES THE SAME THING THAT YOUR RECOVERY PARTITION DOES/CAN DO.. just attached to the computer. I actually think it's more reliable (well at least Heimdall is) and easier to use.
If we were to release a froyo-update.zip and everyone tried it out, without ODIN, they would be potentially stuck in 2.2 land. That would be a big hassle donchathink -- especially because EA11 is not a final release, there ARE some bugs? The current solution for Fascinate users is to flash a froyo.zip from their phone, THEN USE ODIN to flash a <2e> recovery partition so that CWM will work properly. Why not do it all in Odin for the Mesmerize for the time being? Once there is a reliable solution that doesn't need ODIN/Heimdall, I promise you, it will be implemented.
Cool off. I've wasted enough time responding to your ignorance. I am being abrasive now because I already answered you once, and you find the need to ignore the contents of my reply and rant about the same old..
I had some time to put up a new package tonight, but, thanks(?) to you, that's not the case anymore.. =/

you tell him dcow....i like odin...its simple and reliable...cant complain about that
on topic : love this rom...used it on 2.1 and so exited its on froyo now...great work!!!

Yikes, what ever happened to the rule of "If you don't like it, do something about it." ?
For the record, dcow and phidelt, you guys are awesome and I very much greatly appreciate putting your extra time into this!

Amen!
BIG thanks to dcow and phidelt. Without your efforts, I'd still be on stock 2.1. Just wanted you both to know your time and effort is appreciated. Don't know how many of these phones USCC has sold, but it's got to be a small community in comparison to, for example, the Fascinate.
Glad the other devs have been kind enough to help you out where they can...big thanks to them as well.

BakedTator said:
could you plz tell me where the bootanimation.zip goes in this...i miss my dancing droid...i got the music to work but no animation
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as of right now till we get a custom kernel there is not much you can do. this one uses qmg files in the /system/media folder for the startup animation. you can delete or rename them so its black but i have yet to find any good working qmg. i have actually found one file and it is 4meg and the animation doesn't finish by the time the desktop apears. the stanard one on our phone is only like 2 to 2.5meg

so your telling me i (or someone with the skills) is going to have to learn how to convert the zips into qmg files? or is there a program we could use...imma google it but if you or anyone knows anything about this plz tell me...im willing to learn and try this out

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792953
We're going to have to do some research =/, or possibly need a MOD to the rom first.

You guys rock! Back to being bloat-free...and on 2.2

phidelt82 said:
This ROM doesn't have a kernel or a modem with it. If you don't have those files, your phone won't work.
The Froyo leak is NOT a ROM it is a recovery system just as the recovery system for 2.1. It has everything in it.
Odin is not overkill. It's just a different way of flashing things. As soon as we have everything in place for a fully flashable ROM including kernel and modem, that will be an option too. My original PnP ROM also did not include a kernel or modem, but you were already on 2.1 so you didn't need to get there. Had you have been on 1.6, you would have had to update.
Also, there is only two of us working on all of this. We can only do so much. We are trying to do what we can, with what we have. If you can help us out, hit us up on irc. We could use the help.
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ahhh i see, it is a rom but its a radio-less rom. - so wait.... if its a radioless rom then why are we flashing it with odin... i dont understand.
and yes odin seems nice, but to have to use this instead of just flashing via clockwork seems rather unconventional
On the EVO we had the official and leaked HTC flasher but to use it meant you lost root. the teams just made a flashable rooted rom
i know that isnt the case with the Mez. but it seemed silly to me that since you had the Samsung recovery, and you had your pick-n-pak... then why not just make a flashable rom.
am i mistaken here ? why not jsut make a rom since you have the stock recovery and the necessary files, just make a rom we can flash via recovery.
so i guess i am lost, if its radioless why are we using it and how is anything working if its not a rom, and missing said files.
p.s.
i sure with amon ra would become available for the Mez lol.

bdemartino said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792953
We're going to have to do some research =/, or possibly need a MOD to the rom first.
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i will do my best to help in this research (though im still rather new to all this) and help out in any way i can...maybe with the power of 2 (or more) Brains we can get this working too!

[Q] CWM Wont work and other aggravating problems- What can i do?

Hello, boy do I have a mishap. Well, anyway to begin I will say that I decided I wanted to root my phone to debloat it. So what I did, is downloaded the EE4 update and did the VooDoo V4 Kernel that flashes CWM and EXT4 and other junk. Well that all went great. I got it rooted and such but then just tinkering around I went into Rom Manager and told it to back up. WELL, when I did this the phone got locked on the SAMSUNG boot screen for hours and continued to refuse to boot. SO, I attempted to fix it by installing altered beast just to get the os running again and went into clockwork and backed it up. Then I went to the rooted ed1 to bring it back up to EE4 rooted and with the voodoo kernel and such but it refuses to open clockwork! The voodoo kernel changes filesystems and roots it and such but clockwork wont load. When I try to flash it in rom manager it says its succesful and then i go to reboot in recovery. It takes me to the Samsung Recovery 3e, I try to the update.zip, (yes i took the cwm recovery-update.zip and renamed it and through it in the sd card root) but all that happens is that a progress bar shows up for a split second then the android guy with the triangle and ! shows up and it does nothing. Help? I really need to back it up, preferably in the rooted ed1 but in ee4 will work to. Any ideas would be appreciated. I used odin v1.3 by the way. Im willing to try anything to get clockwork to boot so i can back it up. What do I do?
EDIT: Also, now when I go into 3e recovery, it complains saying " cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 " or something like that.

Did you read anything on this forum beforehand? Or just go link by link downloading files and deciding what to try on your phone?
Just saying..

Yeah, I did. Ive searched everywhere. I cant find anything about my problem. Ive looked at things that are close, hoping a solution can be found but nothing and no I wasnt just downloading files and spoon feeding them to my phone.. I just wanted to be able to debloat it.

Go search about Rom Manager and let us know what you find out...

I dont see how thats going to get me one step closer to solving my problem. Ive done the searching, now im asking.

Start w/ this one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100384

I can't tell where you are currently on your phone from reading that as it's to much text in one paragraph and it isn't put together in a logical sense and seems to jump around. I would look at the instructions for going to rooted EE4 in the Dev forum as that should get you to where you want to be with voodoo/cwm/rom

Instead of being a Forum Snob. If you know the answer, why don't you just help him out?
There's an abundance of confusing information on here and everyone uses acronyms. I too searched for hours on how to solve a similar problem and ended up having it taken care of for me. People join communities like this one for help. Not to get flamed for asking a question. It may be elementary to YOU but not everyone.

Thanks, for the care. Sorry about that if its jumbled, im frustrated with this because ive flashed the rooted ed1 about a billion times now, trying everything to get it functioning. Id be glad to try to explain again if that could help? Ah, yes. Well, I returned to the forum about installing the voodoo kernel. I followed the process word for word. But it just doesnt seem to want to work. Right now I just flashed it again back to the rooted ed1. Would I be able to put CWM on there at that point?

Jessman123 said:
Thanks, for the care. Sorry about that if its jumbled, im frustrated with this because ive flashed the rooted ed1 about a billion times now, trying everything to get it functioning. Id be glad to try to explain again if that could help? Ah, yes. Well, I returned to the forum about installing the voodoo kernel. I followed the process word for word. But it just doesnt seem to want to work. Right now I just flashed it again back to the rooted ed1. Would I be able to put CWM on there at that point?
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Yes. But don't use rom manager. Use imnuts cwm recovery.
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Alright, thanks. Ill try and use imnuts's cwm recovery. But if someone may answer a question, is the samsung bootloader unlocked?? My brother said thats something to know.

Jessman123 said:
Alright, thanks. Ill try and use imnuts's cwm recovery. But if someone may answer a question, is the samsung bootloader unlocked?? My brother said thats something to know.
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Yes
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so it is unlocked?? What does the exclamation triangle mean, when i try to do the update.zip from the samsung bootloader?

Oh and sorry if Im not getting this. Are you saying use a application that imnuts made? If so, could you be so nice to link it? Or a method he used? I looked for stuff but I didnt find anything other then what looks like a stock rom/kernel ed1 from him

I know how it is to be frustrated, but like they all said all of your questions have already been answered.
Here's my attempt to help:
Your problem lies in trying to flash CWR through ROM Manager, it currently doesn't play well with our phones. Word is that Koush (the creator) needs to update something for it to work with our phones. The bootloader is unlocked.
To flash imnuts' version of CWR, you'll need to use Samsung's leaked software called Odin - it's PC only. The alternative is Heimdall which is supposed to be cross-platform compatible, but the latest version is command-line only.
You have to find out if you've converted your system to EXT4 or if it's still RFS. That depends on if you have the Voodoo lagfix enabled or not. Check out the dev section and look for the titles that say [RECOVERY], [ODIN], [ROM], and/or something like "Get yourself to EE4 successfully".
A few links:
[HOW-TO] Get a rooted version of EE4
[RECOVERY][6-11-11]Clockwork Mod Recovery
[KERNEL][06-02-11] PeanutButta Jelly Time

Well, currently right now its rfs. Its the stock file system. What I was going to do, or did before, was to put it in download mode and flash the VoodooV4 Kernel. It roots the phone, and all that good stuff and is suppose to put the Voodoo recovery/cwm on there.
EDIT: Heres the proccess I followed before.
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-t...and-clockworkmod-recovery-installation-guide/

Jessman123 said:
Well, currently right now its rfs. Its the stock file system. What I was going to do, or did before, was to put it in download mode and flash the VoodooV4 Kernel. It roots the phone, and all that good stuff and is suppose to put the Voodoo recovery/cwm on there.
EDIT: Heres the proccess I followed before.
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-t...and-clockworkmod-recovery-installation-guide/
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The recovery is a separate flash, both in odin. First the kernel, then Recovery.

Just follow here from the beginning, it should work for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657

Well I have good news. I would like to announce that I have successfully installed CWM. I guess my phone just didnt like the other one or something. But following this link,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
I was able to get it installed. Now my only question is, I want this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092114 for my phone. But its not in a zip. Am I out of luck? Or do I not have to use CWM to install the kernel? Can I use odin and still be okay?

Jessman123 said:
Well I have good news. I would like to announce that I have successfully installed CWM. I guess my phone just didnt like the other one or something. But following this link,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
I was able to get it installed. Now my only question is, I want this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092114 for my phone. But its not in a zip. Am I out of luck? Or do I not have to use CWM to install the kernel? Can I use odin and still be okay?
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You do need Odin to load that, but i'm wondering why you want to? Did you install the PBJ kernel following the instructions from the other link?
If you want to go down this route, be sure to apply the SD Card fix as well - you'll find posts about it.

[Q] Verification Prior To Custom ROM

OK, so I should have done it before I flashed the wrong firmware.
That's beside the point. After doing some research, I found someone with a similar situation that was able to flash their SGS with Heinz 57 and recover their mess up.
I am currently operational with USCC's 2.2.1 Froyo, but with no internal phone storage available.
I plan to flash with Heinz 57.
I did the CWM already. Will likely do it again for verification when I start this.
I will flash my Kernel with:
Touchwiz Froyo
imnuts
PeanutButta Jelly Time (Release 0531 with voodoo, no undervolt)
I will then flash with:
ROM Heinz 57 v1.2 with PBJT
I will likely flash a custom theme after that.
...but that is later and not as important.
Both the Kernel and Custom ROM are .zip files that Odin3 doesn't see, do I change their file extension to a .tar or extract them and re-compress them as a .tar?
Just extract them and use them that way?
Should the Odin3 re-partition box be checked?
Will I need a .pit file as well?
Where should I place the specific files prior to flashing? PDA/Phone/CSC?
I will likely do the flashing later this week when I have more time. My first attempt, I ran out of time and caused myself extra stress.
Thanks for the verification and info! Appreciate the time everyone puts into helping others!

You flash the rom and kernel in custom recovery or cwm. Odin is really only for going all the way back to stock. I haven't seen to many roms made available to be flashed in odin. As for the repartition. When flashing back to stock.I alwayd use that trick. Now the main thing to remember is to uncheck it when flashing the cwm package. Hope this helps.
Tap-a-Talked from my Mesmerize
Running CM7 @1.2ghz w/ Tk-Glitch ML Kernel.
Much love to all the Dev's working to advance the Mesmerize and Fascinate. You guys Rock!

I would suggest reading the second sticky in this forum (newbies guide...) and really spend some time with it before you do anything more. Flashing roms and kernels is not same as recovery.
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never, never, never ever use anything in odin besides pit and pda section! I would suggest you read the stickies as started above, it will help you. then read them again, then read a few more threads in the fascinate section and their stickies, then you'll
have misty oh the answers you seek. before flashing you should be sure of what youre doing,.and if you aren't sure, do not do it. you need to read more because if it breaks nobody can fix it BUT YOU.
not trying to sound preachy but I've been in this boat and thank god people told me I needed more information, it saved me cuz I knew how to fix my error.. good luck
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[Q] Serious question/ need help

Hello fellow SGS4G owners, i have been trying to root/flash my phone for about 3 days now...with no luck of course...i was trying something new today and i think i may have bricked my phone...looking for verifications or answers...when i power up the phone the only thing that comes up is a phone icon...3 yellow dots...yellow triangle...3 yellow dots...and a computer...
has anyone ever seen this before and if so, is it fixable or is it dead.???

That's happened to me before. I treated it as an alternative to the download mode screen. It worked just fine.

ok so i should just keep doing what i was doing...?

Use the guide in the second link of my signature then when finished look at the guide in the first link of my signature.

ok thank you to both of you...you have help me out in a big way...apparently i just need to flash a modem to get it working again...i will use your guide for dummies ( since i feel like one...hahaha ) and post any further progress...
once again thank you, both of you
Lumin30, when updating kies it is showing as an unregistered device and is not allowing me to update kies...any suggestions?

Flash a modem?

A modem is not going to help you recover your phone. Bhundven's Heimdall One-Click will recover your phone. I do not mention modems in either of my guides so you have me confused.

i know, i was using Juls317's step by step flashing a kernal and modem...
apparently im running kj6 now...but still on froyo and not gb

twisted03 said:
i know, i was using Juls317's step by step flashing a kernal and modem...
apparently im running kj6 now...but still on froyo and not gb
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Woah! lol just flash one of these...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
and you'll be on gingerbread kj6 with either stock kernel or if you choose a modded kernel
Just be sure to backup everything beforehand.

Lol...i got everything working yesterday morning around 4am...it was a pain but i got it..running Raver's Valhalla Black Edition...
Ever since that post i have been in contact with Juls...he has helped me through the stuggle....lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215748&page=16

Root Help

Hey everyone.
Im generally pretty savvy with androids. I rooted and S-offed my HTC Desire, I had a nexus S for a bit until it got ran over... Now im stuck with this Galaxy S 4G, which has been nothing but headaches because for some reason... this thing is impossible to root to me. Ive tried Hemidall, Super1clicks, Odin etc..
Can someone please just point me in the direction of rooting this POS? Im hoping that once its rooted and running stock, I wont hate this thing as much... because so far, Its a horrible purchase.
I just need someone to post a link to where I need to be. Ive searched.. and im absolutely lost. Even the Rootz wiki was useless to me.
Thanks.
Model Number - SGH-T959W
Android Version 2.3.6

You might not have any luck this is the T-959V and your phone might not be supported
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28566711&postcount=15
Read that then understand what bhundven means by DONT FLASH BOOTLOADERS!!
You can use the heimdall one clicks he created to get root access and then flash any rom that DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS INCLUDED. That means do not use gremlin remover period. Once you get rooted make a backup and keep it stored in as many places as possible. If you flash the ics variants you will have to use the stock kj6 HOC and then need to flash the HOC for antonx kernel to get root back. At that point you can flash your nandroid or whatever rom you want. AGAIN AS LONG AS IT DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS included.

eollie said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28566711&postcount=15
Read that then understand what bhundven means by DONT FLASH BOOTLOADERS!!
You can use the heimdall one clicks he created to get root access and then flash any rom that DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS INCLUDED. That means do not use gremlin remover period. Once you get rooted make a backup and keep it stored in as many places as possible. If you flash the ics variants you will have to use the stock kj6 HOC and then need to flash the HOC for antonx kernel to get root back. At that point you can flash your nandroid or whatever rom you want. AGAIN AS LONG AS IT DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS included.
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I have no idea what youre talking about. Sorry
I used the Hemidall, and only got an unrooted Tmobile rom.. Im not sure where exactly i get root from this

Meh, forget it... im selling this phone. There is no convincing me to ever buy anything from Sammy again unless its a Nexus line.
HTC or Nexus forever.
Thanks guys

Reading is hard

"Can I get step by step directions please?"
Sure, here you are!
"What?! Your not going to remotely root my phone for me? F this place"
Good luck sir, you have the patience of a saint and the drive of a tiger!

OK let's be honest you gave up kinda quick.......
The forum that eollie linked you to was a forum talking about the phone that you bought, which is an apparent offshoot of the t-959v and according to what Masonite found out, "our" roms work on the t-959w but you cannot flash the bootloaders.
Here is the one click link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498 just boot into download mode and use this but absolutely don't flash bootloaders and it should be OK, no promises.
Eollie was right for linking you there, all the info you needed about your model phone was on that forum, that one click is in the dev sticky which everybody should read.
There has been a flood of people not researching a little bit first before posting and that's why people flamed you but you should not give up, its a good phone and our devs are dedicated and have put in a lot of time on this model, you should be happy your phone can even support all the great roms that are available.
I'm not being mean but seriously, come on, all the info is there, no need to get mad.
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using xda premium
Edit: or Google search how to use heimdall if your confused, I learn off a damn YouTube video..........
Our devs didn't create heimdall and don't support it but it is a great program and the dev has to build the individual one click for the phone, we should be happy to have it that easily available.

Reading the whole thread you got linked to is really hard. Phone-bricking hard

FBis251 said:
Reading the whole thread you got linked to is really hard. Phone-bricking hard
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Hahaha I know but but I believe in you lmao
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You'll need to flash one of the back to stock files that you got linked to in that thread which will put you on stock GB with no root. DO NOT FLASH THE BOOTLOADERS. You'll very likely brick if you do.
After this download the AntonX kernel from bhundven's one click thread and flash that. That will give you a custom kernel with CWM built in and root.
Needless to say, this is all for the SGH-T959V which theoretically should work on the SGH-T959W. As you'll read any disclaimer on this forum, you're resposible for anything you flash and the damage that may occur to your device.

Thanks for that fb I forgot a few steps if he wants to be on mtd roms, I assumed he could read from that point............ but your right for knowing better
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Thank you very much, and I'm sorry for getting angry. I've had this phone for almost 4 months now, and haven't been able to do anything with it. Quite frustrating.
So, I currently have the Tmobile ROM on my phone, so I'm halfway there it appears!
I'm going to download the other ROM as soon as I get home.
Thanks so much! Next up.. Learning to flash with Odin, and not ROM manager.

It seemed like everything I tried wasn't working with 2.3.6. Superoneclick etc.
I was waiting for a new exploit, but it never came. I tried YouTube tutorials, text directions.. Everything would fail, or give me "read only" errors. I feared bricking, so I stopped.. But I searched the forum and came across the thread he linked me to, but it said no bootloaders, and all the ones I saw had bootloaders. Wasn't until tonight that I noticed it's a 2 part flash process, with the second being the bootloaders.
I think I started this thread at 3am.
Lesson learned.

In heimdall, you can click a little box that says "flash bootloaders" to toggle flashing them on and off! .... or maybe it was odin? I can't remember... been a while since I used them!

After being away for the weekend, I came home, and BAM... fully rooted. Amazing! and FINALLY!!!
Thanks everyone for your help...
I just have another issue.
I wanna flash this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305145
It says its CWM.. but there is a huge disclaimer that we shouldn't use ROM Manager on the development page, which is a bit confusing. Since this ROM isnt Odin flashable... what do i do?
Thanks again.

So I was confused about this when I first started. I'm not at my computer but I can help. In order to flash Roms via cmw you have to turn off your phone hold both volume rockers on the phone then hold the power button and hold till you get into cwm recovery. That will get you into cmw recovery mode. Then wipe data factory rest, from there go back to the main menu and select the install zip from sd card and find the zip file you want to flash and select it and install. Should be good to go.
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Nevermind... im a complete goon. I got it, lol.
Thanks