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Hello all, I'll give my story chronologically.
1. Installed Clockwork Recovery.
2. Did a nandroid backup. Everything OKAY at this point.
3. Tell Clockwork to partition my SD card.
---- It does its thing, reboots phone into recovery to partition SD, then upon reboot, it will get past initial T-Mobile Spash and Galaxy S splash but will not proceed further (black screen when phone would normally load up).
Figuring I'm ****ed, I try p much everything. Even going back into recovery for some reason brought me back into stock recovery instead of clockwork.
Damn.
4. Installed Odin, flash back to stock, no problems or errors detected during odin-ing process.
5. Phone goes through start-up, same issue.
Whaaa? Please help, as this really sucks. The phone is obviously not bricked, but it might as well be because it's about as useful as... well, it's not very useful in the current state.
Thanks for any help that can you offered.
edit: All my datas are gone. D:
Also, I can get into download mode (obviously) and recovery mode. Here is what I see in recovery mode.
" -- Movi_check Start..!!
checksum confirmation need_checksum[1301305579]
MBR_ChkSum in header : 4.1
MBR checksum : EC0063A432AFDBA2B104C3F0DF52FE3D
MRB Checksum Error
Movinand Checksum Confirmation Fail
-- movi_checking done!...
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Appling Muti-CSC...
Installing Muti-CSC "
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You need to odin 'eugenes froyo that doesnt brick' first, search for that thread, then odin stock
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metalfan78 said:
You need to odin 'eugenes froyo that doesnt brick' first, search for that thread, then odin stock
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Yep, that's what you have to do and then make sure NOT to partition your sd card again. Bad things happen with that. As you have seen
Yea, never partition with clockwork. Just out of curiosity why did you partition in the first place
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metalfan78 said:
Yea, never partition with clockwork. Just out of curiosity why did you partition in the first place
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The clockwork app said there was some advantage or another. I can't quite recall anymore.
Anyways, working on following all of the advice now, guys. Thanks a bunch.
ok so here is what you have to do:
1. download odin, froyo that doesn't brick, and 2.1 true stock
2. go to download mode, flash the pit and tar file from the froyo that doesn't brick (DON'T RE-PARTITION!)
3. it will boot into recovery and error out, DONT PANIC, that is what is supposed to happen
4. remove battery (from phone) and usb from phone and computer
5. put battery back in, access odin and download mode
6. flash the pit and tar file from the true 2.1 stock (RE-PARTITION THIS TIME!)
7. if done successfully, your phone software will like when you just took it out of the box!
Thanks. Typing this from eugenes froyo now. I almost do not want t go back to 2.1 now. Haha
edit: does eugene have any fully-functioning 2.1 builds? i really love the stockyness of his froyo. reminds me of when i was playing with the i9000 in korea over the summer and doesn't have all of the disgusting gradients that the tmo builds have.
edit: I think I can deal with the switched volume, non-functioning 3.5mm jack, and no home button. This version of android is what i've always wanted. TMOBILE TAKE NOTE. Haha. Can't wait for this to be bug-free.
Edit again... ok i miss the home button
I have the same exact issue.
Only problem is that the steps explained here do not fix the problem.
Shouldnt this procedure wipe out your internal SD?
Mine is never wiped out. I get to Froyo/ no brick with no issues.
No errors in recovery once I "adb reboot"
Flash back to stock with repartition and back to the same checksum error.
Cant figure out why this wont erase and rebuild the NAND.
Anyone???? Maybe an ADB commant to manually repartition and erase the entire internal SD?????
sknobs said:
I have the same exact issue.
Only problem is that the steps explained here do not fix the problem.
Shouldnt this procedure wipe out your internal SD?
Mine is never wiped out. I get to Froyo/ no brick with no issues.
No errors in recovery once I "adb reboot"
Flash back to stock with repartition and back to the same checksum error.
Cant figure out why this wont erase and rebuild the NAND.
Anyone???? Maybe an ADB commant to manually repartition and erase the entire internal SD?????
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Did you download the correct "Eugenes Froyo That Does Not Brick"? Its titled exactly that.
Click here for the thread
cthach11 said:
Did you download the correct "Eugenes Froyo That Does Not Brick"? Its titled exactly that.
Click here for the thread
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Yep, thats the one.
It even saved some of my email settings. I was shocked!!!
I did the adb reboot
It booted and after boot.......ding, you have a new email. Had all my account settings and all.
I have done the odin flash over and over, never erased the nand once?????
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You need to odin 'eugenes froyo that doesnt brick' first, search for that thread, then odin stock
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Thank you so much for this info...I thought I was going to have a nice paper weight after only 8 days of owning my Vibrant!
Do exactly what this says.
First EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA.tar and s1_odin_20100512.pit
then when phone reboots, use
s1_odin_20100512.pit and Original.tar and and all is good
hi
Did you repair your phone？
where to download the 2.1 true stock
I searched but didnot find
thanks
The Tech Game said:
ok so here is what you have to do:
1. download odin, froyo that doesn't brick, and 2.1 true stock
2. go to download mode, flash the pit and tar file from the froyo that doesn't brick (DON'T RE-PARTITION!)
3. it will boot into recovery and error out, DONT PANIC, that is what is supposed to happen
4. remove battery (from phone) and usb from phone and computer
5. put battery back in, access odin and download mode
6. flash the pit and tar file from the true 2.1 stock (RE-PARTITION THIS TIME!)
7. if done successfully, your phone software will like when you just took it out of the box!
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said323 said:
where to download the 2.1 true stock
I searched but didnot find
thanks
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Having the same issue, ended up ODIN with eugene and had a somewhat working phone, just couldnt download anything. Once in Euegne froyo, should I load anything onto SD card (mounting it to computer) or adb push anything somewhere???
After reverting to a stock image Im back where I started
Have tried the following 2.1 tars: JI6 & JFD
I'm able to get back to stock but not sure if its the correct stock rom. I still get the mbr checksum error when rebooting into recovery. If I did the correct rom would the mbr checksum error be done with?
I can't seem to get this to work either.
Tried Eugene a thousand times.
Stock ROM- MBR error in recovery
Only 4 lights at bottom...
Have read about 20 hours of same problem on multiple forums with no avail.
Was it Voodoo Lagfix? How do I remove it or FIX MY INTERNAL PARTITION SIZES?
****THIS POST IS NOT FOR BEGINNERS*****READ COMPLETELY BEFORE PROCEEDING*********************************************************************
I had to do this because I had flashed wrong thing in ODIN, and I had NO other choice....I did not do this by choice but this REALLY WORKS and I THINK ITS GREAT I was taking a RISK and I understood the consequences....I Could have ended up with a BRICKED PHONE, but that was not to be. I am VERY VERY happy with the results.
I WANT TO SAY THAT ALOT OF THE MATERIAL IN THIS POST WAS USED FROM LINKS AND POSTS FROM XDA WEBSITE THEY ARE A GREAT FORUM AND ANYONE DOING THIS SHOULD BECOME A MEMBER OF "XDA" AND "MOD A DROID"....THANK YOU XDA AND ALL THE DEV'S FOR ALL YOUR WORK ALL THE MATERIAL IN THIS POST I WILL PUT LINKS TO PAGES AT THE BOTTOM FROM PAGES USED "BUT I HAVE CHANGED SOME OF THE STEPS SO FOLLOW THIS POSTS INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO THIS PROCEDURE"....TO FASCINATE YOUR MESMERIZE.
******************************READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING TO YOUR PHONE********************************************************
******************************READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING TO YOUR PHONE********************************************************
******************************READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING TO YOUR PHONE********************************************************
First -You NEED to download everything and have it on your PC ready to use !!! DO NOT START WITHOUT DOING THIS.
Second -You NEED to backup your contacts. DO NOT USE MY CONTACTS BACKUP !!! You will not have that app yet so there is no way to restore them. I used an app. called LOOKOUT from the market. You have to install on phone and sign-up on LOOKOUTS web sight and make sure you run a backup of contacts, as well you need to move any apps you want to your PC or SD card. I recommend the PC to leave space on SD Card....Have at least 1GB free on card to be plenty safe.
Ok heres the deal this may or may not be something you will want to do to your phone....DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK....This is what I did to turn my phone into a Fascinate even though I was a US Cellular Mesmerize. I WARN THIS WORKS BUT THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO DOING THIS. To date there is NO, I REPEAT NO WAY to date to go back from this procedure to a MESMERIZE. Someone may have a way but I have not seen or found it yet. I do believe it is only a matter of time before the DEV'S come up with a restore and then you could go back to stock. SUMMARY= THERE IS NO WAY TO DATE TO REVERSE THIS PROCEDURE !!! DO AT OWN RISK !!!
First thing you need to do is download ROM MANAGER from the market and put the App on the SD Card for later install. Next Download this file here>>>>
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Fascinate Files/update.zip ---- to the ROOT of your SD Card it is a file called "UPDATE.ZIP" "DO NOT RENAME" put that on there and do not remove it you need it do a restore to access Clockwork later. This is where you need to have this located on SD. ---- /sdcard/update.zip.
Second you need to download...DI01 update with root and busybox here>>>>http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S7IFCKX0
Important:"DO NOT RENAME" and DO NOT put this on the root of your sdcard as /sdcard/update.zip. That's where clockwork mod lives. PUT IN FOLDER you name what ever on SD Card. You will need to go here later in the post to install this in step#12
/sdcard/"FOLDER YOU NAME"/update.zip.
Next thing you need the samsung drivers for windows for this to work. Those can be found on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=779238 [this page has a good write up on how to down load and install.] or direct link BELOW>>>> Thank you DIRRK XDA member.
Download and Install Samsung Drivers to your WINDOWS PC this whole procedure was done on a WINDOWS 7 PC. WARNING: You need different drivers for mac/Linux and I do not know where to get them as I have only a WINDOWS PC.
64bit:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root files/epic4g/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
32bit:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root files/epic4g/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
*************************AFTER THIS POINT THERE IS NO WAY TO GO BACK PROCEED WITH CAUTION !!! ************************************************
For this next step THANK YOU FALLINGUP SENIOR MEMBER XDA....I have altered his orig. post to give more detail for people, using ODIN please follow my post to do this !!
****************************FROM HERE ON ONLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS POST TO DO THIS***************************************************
****************************FROM HERE ON ONLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS POST TO DO THIS***************************************************
****************************FROM HERE ON ONLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS POST TO DO THIS***************************************************
**************************GET ODIN AND ALL FILES NEEDED BEFORE PROCEEDING DOWNLOAD TO PC FOR USE*********************************************
LINKS ATTACHED TO FILES BELOW.
Next download ODIN and run. Make sure ODIN sees your phone by putting phone in DOWNLOAD MODE by pulling battery LEAVE OUT. Run ODIN. HOLD VOL DOWN AND PLUG INTO PC with cable that came with phone, a yellow rectangle with id# means ODIN sees it----once this is connected DO NOT UNPLUG UNTIL ODIN IS FINISHED. If you do you will see a PC connected to a phone by a triangle this means you prematurely unplugged and you will need to re-flash whichever step failed to flash. It is only OK to unplug once a step is finished and Odin says reset in blue, but you do not need to you can load the next file and go. But I've got steps below so if you are here you didn't read entire post. CAREFUL Now follow step 4.1
ONLY FLASH ONE OF THESE AT A TIME. START WITH THE /SYSTEM ODIN AND WORK YOUR WAY DOWN THE LIST.---You do not just flash the pit file it is used with the other files like system,kernel,and recovery. ****FILES BELOW STEPS****READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE USING ODIN AND KNOW THE RISKS*************************************
************************ONCE YOU FLASH ANYTHING YOU CAN NOT GO BACK YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE**********************************************
************************ONCE YOU FLASH ANYTHING YOU CAN NOT GO BACK YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE**********************************************
Steps:
1. Pull battery from device
2. Open Odin on desktop
3. Hold volume down button and plug device into computer-This will place the device into download mode
4. Verify device shows up in Odin ---This should be a yellow rectangle with id #----As well the phone will also say download mode with a yellow triangle on it
4.1: Select PIT button
4.2: Select PIT file downloaded from this post and load it into Odin. (I Never loaded the pit file when I did this in Odin and worked fine for me but from what I understand it is good practice to do so to Quote a post ---"You need to load the pit file into Odin---Missing these steps usually results in major FC hell issues." Thanks PHOENIXPATH senior member XDA
4.1: To Flash the "Stock-i500-VZW-System.tar.md5" file you,
5. Click "PDA" button in Odin ---MAKE SURE YOU ONLY USE PDA "DO NOT USE PHONE" YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!
6. Select "Stock-i500-VZW-System.tar.md5" from where you downloaded it
7. Click "Start" This will reboot your phone when complete. This flashes both the kernel and the recovery partition to enable you to flash update.zips signed with test keys. ---When done ODIN should say reset leave pit alone and load next file of the three needed to be flashed.(YOU MAY NEED TO UNPLUG and REDO STEPS 1-4 AGAIN)and jump/proceed to step#8 and continue on.
8. Flash "Stock-i500-VZW-Kernel.tar.md5" when done says reset move to next step.
8.1 Flash "Stock-i500-VZW-Recovery.tar.md5" when done says reset move to next step.
9. Flash "CWMrecovery.tar" ----THANK YOU JT1134 Senior member XDA
10. Replace the battery and Boot in to Recovery= HOLD VOL UP + VOL DOWN same time and PRESS POWER, all three need to be pushed to enter recovery.
11. In recovery navigate UP=vol. up/ DOWN=vol. down /ENTER=home key----You need to select "apply sdcard:UPDATE.ZIP" on ROOT of SD Card to enter the next recovery screen.
12.In this recovery "CLOCKWORK RECOVERY" navigation is different UP/DOWN=SAME but ENTER=power key---you need to navigate to the "ADVANCED" and then apply "WIPE DALVIK CACHE" when done select "REBOOT RECOVERY" (brings you to stock recovery) navigate to "WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET" once done go to "APPLY SDCARD UPDATE.ZIP" then "INSTALL ZIP FROM SD CARD" once there select "CHOOSE ZIP FROM SD CARD" navigate to the folder "YOU GAVE A NAME TO" and inside is the 2nd "UPDATE.ZIP" you put there and select it...wait until it is finnished...once done.."GO BACK"and"GO BACK AGAIN" then select "REBOOT SYSTEM NOW"
13. Enjoy your stock Fascinate phone with DI01 update and root and busybox . You still will have phone call ability but a couple of apps like contacts backup and vcast are "Verizon" and we at US Cellular can not use. But once you install custom ROMS in Rom Manager you will be able to get roms with them removed or get apps to shut down/freeze them and sub. them out.
Alot of the ROMS have apps taken from the MESMERIZE so this is not really an issue at least not to me.
INSTALL ROM MANAGER FROM SD CARD OR LOAD TO PHONE FROM PC AND INSTALL ON PHONE......
NOW GO INTO ROM MANAGER AND "BACKUP CURRENT ROM" so any changes made from here you can get back to this point.....once done you can NOW LOAD CUSTOM ROMS,KERNELS AND ENJOY THE HELL OUT OF YOUR "FASCINATED-MESMERIZE"
Buy the latest PRO version of ROM MANAGER and use to upgrade kernels thru clockwork or load roms in rom manager......
These are the files to put in ODIN PDA Flashing one at a time with the PIT file. ONLY USE PIT AND PDA......You have been warned again. PS-NEVER DUMP IN ODIN,and do not check anything but PDA AND PIT...there are things checked in ODIN when it loads leave them alone.
Download: "To PC for use in ODIN before you begin"
Odin: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Odin3 v1.3.exe -This is program to use to flash.
Odin Restore file for system: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-System.tar.md5 -----THIS IS FIRST.
Odin Restore file for kernel: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-Kernel.tar.md5 -----THIS IS SECOND.
Odin Restore file for recovery: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-Recovery.tar.md5 ----THIS IS THIRD.---this is just to be safe
Odin Clockwork recovery file: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/CWMrecovery.tar ------THIS IS FOURTH ONE I FLASHED.
PIT file for use in Odin Restores: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-pit.pit ----THIS IS PIT TO USE "WITH" ABOVE FILES.
*************************THANK YOU TO XDA WITHOUT YOU THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE**********************************************************
LINKS REFERENCED FROM XDA's WEBSITE THANK YOU AGAIN XDA MEMBERS !!! YOU GUYS ROCK !!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=721
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790085
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=779238
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789868
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788099
IF YOU LIKE THIS LEAVE ME SOME FEED BACK PLEASE.....................THANKS AND ENJOY........ANDROIDMAN
EXTRA NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE SCH I-500 MESMERIZE......AS IT HAS ONLY BEEN DONE ON THAT MODEL..........
FLASHING ANY OTHER GALAXY S VARIANTS ODIN FILES WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE !!!!!!!!!
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
Sent from my SCH-I500
lowkee said:
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
Sent from my SCH-I500
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Because There is no way mainstream to use clockwork or rom manager. Hense you can only root, thats it without this.
lowkee said:
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
Sent from my SCH-I500
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My thoughts exactly?! I thought people that had a fascinate were wishing it wasn't so fascinatish?
Whatever floats your boat I guess.
JT
danrosinski said:
Because There is no way mainstream to use clockwork or rom manager. Hense you can only root, thats it without this.
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Correct, No Way of FLashing ROM MANAGER so you can apply the first update.zip
You Can Flash but when you apply the update to a MESMERIZE you get E:signature verify fail -hence No Clockwork, NO Roms. No Way to Customize
jtsharps said:
My thoughts exactly?! I thought people that had a fascinate were wishing it wasn't so fascinatish?
Whatever floats your boat I guess.
JT
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When I orig. did this I had No Choice, This is something that I had to do...and Thankfully Worked just thought I would Share because now I can Use CLOCKWORKMOD and ROM MANAGER and customize my phone as if it were a Fasinate.
lowkee said:
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
Sent from my SCH-I500
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Did you read the entire post I had NO choice as stated in the beginning....Thank You.
Can't link it now but doesn't Koush have a post on compiling Clockwork for new phones?
Sent from my Voodoo-powered Fascinate with XDA
s44 said:
Can't link it now but doesn't Koush have a post on compiling Clockwork for new phones?
Sent from my Voodoo-powered Fascinate with XDA
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If he dose I havent seen it can you throw that up for everyone?
androidman78 said:
If he dose I havent seen it can you throw that up for everyone?
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Now I'm home, so here's the post.
Awesome job. Glad you got it working. Now all we need its a way to reverse these steps so us fascinate users can go to 'stock' mesmerize.
(...or better yet, stock android...)
Sent from my stupidfast blackish hole...
What are the other possible applications for this?
PhoenixPath said:
Awesome job. Glad you got it working. Now all we need its a way to reverse these steps so us fascinate users can go to 'stock' mesmerize.
(...or better yet, stock android...)
Sent from my stupidfast blackish hole...
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Yea, was worried origionally that I was screwed but its a draw/Im happy its only a matter of time before the Fasinate users will be able to go stock mesmerize because this SHOULD?see no reason why not, go both ways.
I know that Sprint is doing an I-500 can we go there too, at least for apps and features. I wonder? And what about the 4G...USC and VZW are 3G would switching/Moding give any advantages I think NOT but still wonder how much of that speed is controled by phone software. I really think its all the network but not 100% sure.
Post above looks interesting the one for Koush's site am checking it out now....Thanks
Sent from my Stupid Fast Blackhole of a Fasinated-Mesmerize
Just need the odin files for the mesmerize.
Sent from my stupidfast blackish hole...
PhoenixPath said:
Just need the odin files for the mesmerize.
Sent from my stupidfast blackish hole...
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Got any open space to host?
It's called dropbox.
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It's called dropbox.
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3 hours to upload that small of a file... Dropbox blows for something like that. We'll see.
So i have clockwork working on my mesmerize and running jts super clean but does this allow you to use all facinate roms and kernels on the mesmerize? if so i wanna try this
so if i did this and i used clockwork to perform a backup before i did this could i possibly just restore that backup and have it be a mesmerize again?
and it was said there are pros and cons of doing this? the pros are great but what are the cons besides not being able to go back to stock mesmerize????
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and it was said there are pros and cons of doing this? the pros are great but what are the cons besides not being able to go back to stock mesmerize????
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I can't get mms working....
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This makes about 100 times more sense.
http://androidforums.com/behold-2-all-things-root/54424-creating-custom-roms-backups-odin.html
I partitioned my SD card using ROM Manager, turned the phone off and got a black screen with lit keys. So, I read around and was told to use ODIN to reflash the stock TMO build, so I did. Now, Im getting the TMO logo and Galaxy S screen, but I get a black screen still.
I cannot get into download mode. I vol - and power and I get the Vibrant logo, then it goes back off. Even when plugged it, I get the batt charging animation, then back to the Vibrant screen.
I tried to push the update.zip to the SD card through ADB, but I get a permission denied message, meaning the root was killed.
So, is this phone pretty much screwed? I cant think of any other way to get it going outside of moving the update.zip to the sd card by a 3rd party measure i.e card reader/another phone
dude that's not even close to a brick as the phone is still responsive somehow..
do this:
1. pull out battery wait 5-10secs
2. connect USB to computer and phone
3. hold down the vol +/- buttons
4. plug in battery
5. you should be in download mode now
6. do what you gotta do with ODIN
good luck
Dont use that method to get to DL mode . Do it this way . First turn off your phone , then plug the usb cable into your computer ONLY . Next hold both volume buttons and plug the micro usb into your phone . Also use odin v1.3 and flash the rom of your preference .
Edit : xtone beat me to the punch
trill12 said:
I partitioned my SD card using ROM Manager, turned the phone off and got a black screen with lit keys. So, I read around and was told to use ODIN to reflash the stock TMO build, so I did. Now, Im getting the TMO logo and Galaxy S screen, but I get a black screen still.
I cannot get into download mode. I vol - and power and I get the Vibrant logo, then it goes back off. Even when plugged it, I get the batt charging animation, then back to the Vibrant screen.
I tried to push the update.zip to the SD card through ADB, but I get a permission denied message, meaning the root was killed.
So, is this phone pretty much screwed? I cant think of any other way to get it going outside of moving the update.zip to the sd card by a 3rd party measure i.e card reader/another phone
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Yes using ROM Manager to repartition your phone will create the "soft-brick" you are experiencing. But as one person has already noted, this can pretty much be recovered using ODIN.
Definitely follow the advice given in Posts 2 and 3 of this thread to get into Download mode. If you're not getting the desired results using ODIN, what settings are you using? For example, what are the names of the .pit and .tar files you are using? Did you check or leave unchecked the "re-partition" option?
Sorry for the noobery. Im usually good at this.
Well, I was able to get into download mode and get ODIN to run, but im getting a MBD checksum error when I boot into recovery.
And I cannot install CWM through the market because my Application Storage is at 0.00B for some reason.
trill12 said:
Sorry for the noobery. Im usually good at this.
Well, I was able to get into download mode and get ODIN to run, but im getting a MBD checksum error when I boot into recovery.
And I cannot install CWM through the market because my Application Storage is at 0.00B for some reason.
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What ROM did you flash. You might want to perform a factory reset and then flash the stock JFD ROM and see if that fixes your problem.
Good luck.
Oh this is a nightmare.... exactly what happened to me.
I'll be honest, I tried and tried and tried all sorts of stuff and somehow I got it back reading again.
I would ODIN to Eugenes Froyo that doesn't brick and see where that gets you. Thread is in developers section and I am pretty sure that's what got me back working but follow ALL the instructions. With no application room I couldn't push, unistall, install ect...
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Oh this is a nightmare.... exactly what happened to me.
I'll be honest, I tried and tried and tried all sorts of stuff and somehow I got it back reading again.
I would ODIN to Eugenes Froyo that doesn't brick and see where that gets you. Thread is in developers section and I am pretty sure that's what got me back working but follow ALL the instructions. With no application room I couldn't push, unistall, install ect...
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That's only needed if he flashed a rom with the wrong kernel or if he flashed a rom without disabling voodoo .
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Just get to DL mode as xtone and I stated in post 2 & 3 . Then flashed to JFD with odin v1.3 and click the repartition box in odin and you'll be fine .
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
I had this problem for the last two days, but I found a way to fix it thanks to a user (whom I don't know the name of)
I did this to go back to stock firmware (JFD), make sure you have that downloaded.
Look for Eugene's Galaxy S Froyo PDA, for the i9000, not the Vibrant. Flash it through Odin with the 512 pit file. It's not going to boot up but take you to recovery mode instead, and it's going to remap your Volume buttons, but you can still get into DL mode (up is now down, and vice versa but whatever)
Now Odin back to stock, using the same 512 pit and there you go! Should boot up with no problem. Now you can redo everything, but remember to never partition through ROM Manager ever again!
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Is there a link you could provide him?
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That's only needed if he flashed a rom with the wrong kernel or if he flashed a rom without disabling voodoo .
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His exact symptoms happened to me when the noob in me decided to repartition in Rom Manager awhile back. I am just suggesting he uses this tool as an option. It's definitely a good tool to use regardless of how he got where he got.
something like this happened to a buddy of mine, i'm trying to fix it, but the guy was completely stock so it makes no sense... I've tried everything, and i cant seem to find eugenes files...
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something like this happened to a buddy of mine, i'm trying to fix it, but the guy was completely stock so it makes no sense... I've tried everything, and i cant seem to find eugenes files...
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Eugenes rom are on his new site www.eb-production.proboards.com
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OK, I got it fixed. Heres how.
I was finally able to get into ODIN and flash Eugenes Froyo.
So, from there, I was getting an MD5 checksum error when Id try to get into recovery, and I couldnt install the ROM Manager from the Market
Well, upon inspection of a the Nero V3 build I had downloaded, there was a ROMManager.apk there. So I pushed it onto my phone, reflashed to CWR (had to do it about 3 times) and reinstalled Nero V3.
After installing the build, I was able to re-enable voodoo and its theres no more MD5 craziness when I access the Recovery
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OK, I got it fixed. Heres how.
I was finally able to get into ODIN and flash Eugenes Froyo.
So, from there, I was getting an MD5 checksum error when Id try to get into recovery, and I couldnt install the ROM Manager from the Market
Well, upon inspection of a the Nero V3 build I had downloaded, there was a ROMManager.apk there. So I pushed it onto my phone, reflashed to CWR (had to do it about 3 times) and reinstalled Nero V3.
After installing the build, I was able to re-enable voodoo and its theres no more MD5 craziness when I access the Recovery
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So voodoo was the culprit . lmao
I dont remember you ever mentioning that . Any way glad you figured it out and have your phone back .
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So voodoo was the culprit . lmao
I dont remember you ever mentioning that . Any way glad you figured it out and have your phone back .
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Apparently. Completely forgot I attempted to enable it. I was freaked all the way out trying to repair the damn thing.
high im new to the vibrant flashing. ive been here for awhile started with g1 then to nexus one now vibrant. ok i rooted n flashed rom and phone was running great. i was running axura 2.2.7.1 and i came acrossed this vodoo kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870480. And i flashed it from the sgs flash kernal app and when it rebooted it said some bout no rom on partion and wouldnt boot. so i went to recovery to nandroid and my intire internal sd was wiped clean. so i data reset and tried flashing a rom and get this....
Formatting system...
formatting cache....
formatting datadata...
formating data....
E:can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(file exists)
error mounting /data/!
skiping format...
deleting files....
deleting files...
deleting files...
E:can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(file exists)
copying files...
copying files...
E:can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(file exists)
E:can't mount data:
E: failure at line 13:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
installation abort
and when i boot the phone it gets stuck on the vibrant boot and i think it says convert system partion.
ive never fully bricked a phone before is this what a full brick is??? can some one please help me who knows this stuff better and if you can fix it i will donate very generiously if someone will take the time to help thank you for your time.
Sounds like a case of odin and restarting. Pretty easy think the odin stuff is a sticky in the general portion of vibrant section. It's almost impossible to f up this phone beyond fixing.
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Sounds like a case of odin and restarting. Pretty easy think the odin stuff is a sticky in the general portion of vibrant section. It's almost impossible to f up this phone beyond fixing.
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ok yeah when i came from the nexus one i saw the odin and vodoo stuff but stupid me didnt research it any figured everything was like nexus... wow was i wrong things little different on here ill look into the odin thing and if i can get it back to runinng i will donate to you if able. if i cant would you be willing to help me further. im not a noob just its lot different from the nexus one.
how do i get odin from herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737 i download the one that says odin but its just a rar file and dont do any thing. how do i put the files with it?
did you even try to extract the one that you download?
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did you even try to extract the one that you download?
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for some reason on the rar file its not letting me have an extcart option sorry if all this is a lil dumb not the biggest comp. person. screen shot attached
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for some reason on the rar file its not letting me have an extcart option sorry if all this is a lil dumb not the biggest comp. person. screen shot attached
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you need winrar in order to open rar files. not sure if 7zip can do it, but it's worth a try (seeing as it's free and all).
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you need winrar in order to open rar files. not sure if 7zip can do it, but it's worth a try (seeing as it's free and all).
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7zip worked fine and i put them in and click start and does nothing n i am in download screen on vibrant.
kamikazimonky said:
7zip worked fine and i put them in and click start and does nothing n i am in download screen on vibrant.
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not sure what is up but this might help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyAIUOYufrU
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33I-aNCypVM
Your gonna need ODIN and eugenes froyo that doesnt brick
You will also need 512.pit and JFD.tar file .. you can get these via the Bible sticky ..eugenes froyo is on his site..
Try to see if you can get into Download Mode:
Pull everything out ..battery, sim, scdard
Open ODIN and leave it on your PC
Plug the USB cable into the PC
Put the battery back in
Hold down on both of the volume buttons
Plug the usb into your phone...keep holding the buttons
It should go into D/L mode....we hope..
If it gets that far..make sure you see a yellow COM port in ODIN
Not sure with eugenes froyo but 512.pit goes in the PIT line
eugenes froyo.tar goes in the PDA line
I think you may need Repartition checked in your case to get the filesystem back but if his site says not to then dont.
Hit start
This is not a daily driver ROM...just to allow you to re ODIN
If it works...again we hope... You need to go back into D/L mode
check for COM port
add the 512.pit & this time the JFD.tar to PDA
uncheck repartition and hit start
and hopefully you will get back to stock 2.1
one question did you repartiton your internal sd with rom manager or just voodoo it ?
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Your gonna need ODIN and eugenes froyo that doesnt brick
You will also need 512.pit and JFD.tar file .. you can get these via the Bible sticky ..eugenes froyo is on his site..
Try to see if you can get into Download Mode:
Pull everything out ..battery, sim, scdard
Open ODIN and leave it on your PC
Plug the USB cable into the PC
Put the battery back in
Hold down on both of the volume buttons
Plug the usb into your phone...keep holding the buttons
It should go into D/L mode....we hope..
If it gets that far..make sure you see a yellow COM port in ODIN
Not sure with eugenes froyo but 512.pit goes in the PIT line
eugenes froyo.tar goes in the PDA line
I think you may need Repartition checked in your case to get the filesystem back but if his site says not to then dont.
Hit start
This is not a daily driver ROM...just to allow you to re ODIN
If it works...again we hope... You need to go back into D/L mode
check for COM port
add the 512.pit & this time the JFD.tar to PDA
uncheck repartition and hit start
and hopefully you will get back to stock 2.1
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im having trouble finding the eugenes froyo.tar file anywhere.
edit: i believe i found it at the right place will try it out http://eb-productions.net/vibrant/vibrant-unofficial-tmo-2-2.html
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one question did you repartiton your internal sd with rom manager or just voodoo it ?
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just vodooed it never mest with partitions with the card
Also not sure what version of odin you might be using. I used odin v1 and it wouldn't work for me after more looking around read that v1.7 was the one that would work. I think that one is in the q&a stickies says like root odin stuff like that. Also found that the pit that ended in 12 worked better than the one that ended in 13. Fact I also couldn't get 13 to work either.
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Also not sure what version of odin you might be using. I used odin v1 and it wouldn't work for me after more looking around read that v1.7 was the one that would work. I think that one is in the q&a stickies says like root odin stuff like that. Also found that the pit that ended in 12 worked better than the one that ended in 13. Fact I also couldn't get 13 to work either.
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well both 1.0 or 1.7 neither reconize my phone now for some reason and windows says im missing dirver s or some that hardware wasnt installed right. man this is getting so frustating and i love this phone
Ill get on computer in a minute and tey to peovide you some links
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Samsung drivers for your computer so it picks up the phone.(just read the things to click i had a ***** of a time finding it and thought that you had to buy the software but you dont im just not that great at looking at what i need to be clicking on.)
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x86.shtml
A nice little how to unfunk your vibrant and how to get it into dl mode
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
Odin 1.7 rar files
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8863820&postcount=138
(sorry if you have this stuff but these are the steps that i went threw when i had boned my phone pretty hard)
Eugene 2.2 stock odin thingy
dont use the odin that comes with this btw i know i didnt or i think i tried and it was dumb and wouldnt work.
http://www.mediafire.com/?cb8vpwob8hz6yxv
alright man so go step by step unpack the sammy drivers and open odin 1.7 then plug in your phone SHOULD find your phone after you get those drivers installed on your comp. any port will do when odin finds your phone.
put the 512 pit file in the pit spot (uncheck repartition if it is checked)
then put the tar file or what not in the tar spot and click start it SHOULD only take about 3-5 minutes depending think it took me less then two but everyone seems to have different times i guess.
When you are back to stock let it sit a minute or 5 reboot to work out whatever kinks it might have then find you a rom and flash. FOLLOW THE DEV INSTRUCTION ON WHATEVER ROM YOU PICK. hehe pm me if you still have problems, shouldnt though
So yesterday everything was going great, thanks to Frost being released, i downloaded it, went to CWM, i clicked install, and it was in the progress of flashing, but then i get this:
E: Cant symlink /system/bin/cat
E: Failure at line 16:
symlink toolbox SYSTEM:bin/cat
Installation aborted
Then i Odin to stock, and re-downloaded, same thing happened, I Odin'd to stock again and checked Re-Partition this time and still no luck, then i was like forget it. So i flashed Trigger26.zip...and i get THE SAME RESULTS! so i then Odin'd the third time and i was like ill just flash Bionix 1.3...i do it and the SAME thing happened, EXPCEPT it looked different, it said this:
E: Cant symlink /system/bin/su
E: Failure at line 16:
symlink /system/xbin/su SYSTEM:bin/su
Installation aborted
So instead of it saying bin/cat like in the Frost error
is said bin/su in the Bionix error...
I dont know what to do i cannot flash anything at all, i know i shouldnt be posting this here or whatever the haters wanna say, i jist need help..
Thanks for reading my desperate post and for trying...i hope help reaches soon!!
I don't know where you got your Odin and the files for stock but try downloading re-installing Odin and the files from here:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
These work great and I have heard of people having bad/damaged files before.
If not, try the CWM config:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
or:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734164
Good luck!
I had a similar issue once and was able to get it fixed by flashing (in Odin) Eugene's Froyo That Doesn't Brick, then going back to stock and starting fresh.
I looked for a download link but couldn't find one. Check out Google and if you can't find a download link, let me know and I'll upload it.
follow the above posts they are correct but here is the sequence for a reminder:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the JFD file for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine!
Good luck.......................... sheesh
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follow the above posts they are correct but here is the sequence for a reminder:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the JFD file for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine!
Good luck.......................... sheesh
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I tried this, except my phone didnt error out and i was on JK2 froyo, so then i just went back to download mode, checked re partition, put the pit and the JFD and when i did it, my phone was stuck on the vibrant screen! what do i do now? am i eternally bricked?
You are not bricked, just stuck in boot loop. Shouldn't have checked re-partiton, try running the process again, only with two checkboxes checked, no re-partition.
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OR run the same process again just remeber to put PIT file in to PIT place and click repartition ,if u wont put pit file dont check repartiton, but u have to check repartitoin now since u have done this without pit file and u checked repartition do it again with pit and repartiotn .
put pit in to pit field
put JFD.zip in to PDA field
check repartition
Thanks guys ill try it, and even though i am getting the "E:" error, i can still flash Axura but not bionix, frost, or trigger....
thats really weird ........
Are you wiping each time this happened to me a while back and a quick fix was to just wipe everything (data,cache,dalvick cache, battery stats, etc.) Just wipe.
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OR run the same process again just remeber to put PIT file in to PIT place and click repartition ,if u wont put pit file dont check repartiton, but u have to check repartitoin now since u have done this without pit file and u checked repartition do it again with pit and repartiotn .
put pit in to pit field
put JFD.zip in to PDA field
check repartition
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Worked me out of boot loop, but still getting the error
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Are you wiping each time this happened to me a while back and a quick fix was to just wipe everything (data,cache,dalvick cache, battery stats, etc.) Just wipe.
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Ill try that, but when you wiped, ddid you do it on stock Rom?
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Ill try that, but when you wiped, ddid you do it on stock Rom?
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No bionix v to bionix v 1.2 no wipe (I still had to wipe....)
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thank you
weissbach said:
thank you
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To who?
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