Just to do some debugging I want to flash Vibrant firmware on my International Galaxy S. Can it be done? If so, how? Is it save?
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Probably doable with odin, but safe? Not unmodified... When the first i9000 froyo rom leaked a few vibrant people flashed it right away. It goes straight to recovery, which would be ok, but we couldnt select anything because the buttons are mapped differently. So they tried to flash back to stock, and fount the first and sofar only way to truly brick these devices.
The i9000 rom was modified by eugene 373 for safe use on our vibrants. So I assume someone could do the same in reverse.
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wildklymr said:
Probably doable with odin, but safe? Not unmodified... When the first i9000 froyo rom leaked a few vibrant people flashed it right away. It goes straight to recovery, which would be ok, but we couldnt select anything because the buttons are mapped differently. So they tried to flash back to stock, and fount the first and sofar only way to truly brick these devices.
The i9000 rom was modified by eugene 373 for safe use on our vibrants. So I assume someone could do the same in reverse.
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The different button configuration is indeed a big problem. Thanks for the info. Probably saved me a new phone
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Ok can someone answer a few questions for me I have a stock vibrant with a stock 2.6.29 kernel and would like to flash a new kernel so I can begin overclocking but I would also like to flash back to my original kernel just in case can anyone explain how to make a back up or do this any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
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so you have a stock Vibrant...you wanna overclock?
Are you rooted? Im pretty sure that too run a different kernel you need a diffrent rom other than the stock JFD.
You might get more answers if you posted in the right section.
Its the ji6 I think
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dont bother giving him crap just help the guy. mods can clean it up and move it later.
ok well 1st off - know that what your about to do can potentially brick or damage your device and that myself,xda,jesus, mary and the hly ghost, the hobo behind the walmart and your aunt frank have nothing to do with this so you can only blame yourself
i would get to know ODIN real well first off. make sure you are able to get into download mode. via the hardware method OR ADB
use the Vibrant bible to find info on that.
I apologize guys I'm assuming this belongs in q&a
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jmartiuk said:
Ok can someone answer a few questions for me I have a stock vibrant with a stock 2.6.29 kernel and would like to flash a new kernel so I can begin overclocking but I would also like to flash back to my original kernel just in case can anyone explain how to make a back up or do this any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
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Not trying to be a wiseguy but:
Read the "Vibrant directory ( Bible ) and search this forum. Look for the subjects you're interested in. All questions are answered you just need to study before you start.
Learn how to use odin - if you follow the links you will have everything you need to get back to stock in an emergency.
Read about and learn how to use one click root.
Read about and learn how to use Rom Manager to flash roms
Use Titanium backup to backup your apps
Good luck and have fun!
Ok real quick I have odin I have the stock vibrant rom from xda I am pretty good with this stuff just new to this phone I also have a few roms but kinda wanna wait for 2.2 but would like a new kernel I have rom manager and a back up of my rom but I am having a problem getting adb to work just been using the terminal apk but I need help.with this and thank you for your time
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And I do have titanium back with everything backed up
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im currently rolling TeamWhiskeys Obsidian V2
its a 2.2 Froyo based off the tmobile leak
everything works as it should and its fast and very stable.
OP you need to spend a couple hours reading and understanding several things. Most if not all you need is in the vibrant bible thread. If you can't get adb to work its almost always the driver. Must understand odin just in case something goes wrong. Its hard to truely brick this phone but not impossible.
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O I have been reading alot and its taking me several weeks to decide to do this cause I would, like to grab the ota once they release it
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ok well 1st off - know that what your about to do can potentially brick or damage your device and that myself,xda,jesus, mary and the hly ghost, the hobo behind the walmart and your aunt frank have nothing to do with this so you can only blame yourself
i would get to know ODIN real well first off. make sure you are able to get into download mode. via the hardware method OR ADB
use the Vibrant bible to find info on that.
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In other words, take 5 min to do a little research.
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Echo,echo...read the Bible. And also the Tips and Tricks thread. Basically all the ones that are Stickies. I came from a stock blackberry with no knowledge and I've successfuly flashed at several Roms and kernels and soft bricked a few times. The stickies saved me.
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If I make a back up of my rom using manager can I flash that and go back to my old kernel
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There ask I'm really worried about
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Echo,echo...read the Bible. And also the Tips and Tricks thread. Basically all the ones that are Stickies. I came from a stock blackberry with no knowledge and I've successfuly flashed at several Roms and kernels and soft bricked a few times. The stickies saved me.
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jmartiuk said:
If I make a back up of my rom using manager can I flash that and go back to my old
No, that only saves your data and apps. You need to save it or you can use the ones located in the vibrant library. You can always revert back to stock using odin but do so AT YOUR OWN RISK... Good luck
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The Bible is the greatest thing EVER.
Just seriously use how to use Odin. If you can learn how to get into download mode consistently and connect to odin successfully you will be fine. Then learn how to use recocery, which is very easy on the vibrant. you just install ROM manager from the market and flash clockwork mod recovery. learn how to backup and restore and you can flash things through recovery. Zips are for recovery, and Tar files are for Odin. If you want to OC i recommend "Corev2" by team whiskey (since JAC has dissapeared) which works with most ROMs and should work well with stock rooted. There is Odin files and zip files for stock kernels, jfd and ji6, which you could just flash over if you dont like it. Nandroid backups dont backup kernels, so make sure you have the right kernel on when you restore something. You can find everything in the BIBLE like everyone has told you to try. One word of the wise, if you load a Froyo 2.2 on your phone and then revert back to 2.1, make sure you flash a 2.1 kernel first before you restore. So many people think they brick after they do that.
And usually if you are waiting for official firmware, it appears here on XDA ready to flash (i flashed official ji6 before it was availible OTA) at some point. I would recommend you use a rooted ji6 ROM with Corev2 (and possibly the ji2 modem to save battery life but i like the ji6 modem) this will let you OC and UV without setcpu. this is kind of a scattered response but im just trying to help. I am running AOSP jk2 1.1 by Anderdroid and i LOVE IT.
It looks like you have everything ready on your phone.
Just learn Odin, you don't really need ADB. Make sure your phone can go into the download mode via the vol up and vol down key and connect USB cable for download mode. Its a Triangle Icon with android robot with shovel.
There you should load the Pit file and Tar file to flash back to Stock in case you brick you phone. As far as flashing ROM goes, remember this!!
If you flash a 2.1 Kernel + ROM like Fusion 1.2, and create a Nandroid backup through ClockWork. Then decided to go to a Froyo 2.2 kernel + ROM like Obsidian or MacnutR11 to try out. Do not restore Nandroid backup to 2.1, it will brick your phone requring u to ODin back to stock.
Bottom line 2.1 ROM will not work with 2.2 kernel and 2.1 kernel will not work with 2.2 ROM. Don't mix them up.
Basically if you are running a 2.1 kernel + rom, then switch to 2.2 kernel and rom. For some reason you don't like it, make sure you flash back to 2.1 kernel + rom instead of doing a nandroid restore.
I own a tmobile vibrant and for some reason or another through a flash gone wrong a strange thing happens! When I firt boot up my vibrant the first screen I see is
G-I9000 with Samgung on the bottom (white lettering)
Then it quickly switches to "VIBRANT" then boots normal onto Nero V3
Anyone have a clue what I did
Thanks in advance
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I had that also when I needed to use eugenes froy that doesn't brick. If you tried that rom there may be a little peice still on there. It's most likely nothing. Just a bonus boot animation.
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if there are no problems other than an extra animation I wouldn't worry about it
You seem to have flashed a rom that was with the ported i9000 kernel. It won't cause any problems, but any newly released roms don't have this anymore, I'm curious what rom you flashed.
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You get that when you flash a rom built with an I9000 kernel, probably one of Eugene's.
Thanks for all the replies telling me I wont cause problems. I guess it just bug me more then anything.
I can't recall what ROM I flashed to, I was trying different thing to get my Vibrant unlocked and found one suggestion to try the I9000 ROM
I rooted my vibrant, installed CWM,update voodoo on stock froyo, but couldn't get the voodoo lagfix work(can't mount, file existing errors). So I disabled lagfix and flash a stock 2.1, upgrade to 2.2, and then flash in the voodoo 5.5 with Odin.
It works now but somehow in between the process, it messes up my volume buttons. Up is now Down and Down is now Up, I remember this behavior in CWM too but I thought that's how it works in CWM. So I guess it's not OS's problem. However, I'm not really familiar with linux so I really need your help. I'd appreciate any input.
Are u sure u didnt flash a i9000 rom and/or kernel?
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I rooted my vibrant, installed CWM,update voodoo on stock froyo, but couldn't get the voodoo lagfix work(can't mount, file existing errors). So I disabled lagfix and flash a stock 2.1, upgrade to 2.2, and then flash in the voodoo 5.5 with Odin.
It works now but somehow in between the process, it messes up my volume buttons. Up is now Down and Down is now Up, I remember this behavior in CWM too but I thought that's how it works in CWM. So I guess it's not OS's problem. However, I'm not really familiar with linux so I really need your help. I'd appreciate any input.
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Are u sure u didnt flash a i9000 rom and/or kernel?
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Ummm, I think I flashed in the i9000 kernel. I thought it would work....So, since I don't see a froyo kernel for vibrant, there is no way to fix this?
If so, i'll flash back a stock JFD and just wait.
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Ummm, I think I flashed in the i9000 kernel. I thought it would work....So, since I don't see a froyo kernel for vibrant, there is no way to fix this?
If so, i'll flash back a stock JFD and just wait.
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If you head over to the vibrant android development forum there is actually an array of different roms you can try with different kernels. I would however suggest odin back to stock first and see if that fixes your mapping problem, just to make sure it's software and not hardware related.
Theirs ur problem their is 2 kernels for vibrant(i think) flash one of those and u will b good....last resort odin back to stock
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Ummm, I think I flashed in the i9000 kernel. I thought it would work....So, since I don't see a froyo kernel for vibrant, there is no way to fix this?
If so, i'll flash back a stock JFD and just wait.
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Thanks for all the replies.
I'm going to flash a vibrant kernel and hope that fixes the problem.
edit: with new kernel, now it works flawlessly
Hey guys,asking for help since I need it!.i have a samsung galaxy s4(tmobile vibrant) froyo 2.2.1 kernel 2.6.32.9 build number--Froyo VUVKD1..I remember upgrading to that build in early may through kies software.Now I have stock 3e which you know wont let me run clockwork..im aware of trying the modified 3e,but apart from that is there a custom kernel to put via odin..since the build is so new im afraid theres itsn"t one yet for that build.also I never use odin before maybe I can be sent to a link for detailed tutorial.btw yes Im rooted deteleted a bunch of bloatware and running voodoo control plus.thanks in advance guys!
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You need to check but in Odin I think the pit file you will need is the 831.pit one NOT the 512.pit
Other than that, Odin will work just fine I do not know if there are any tutorials that are really out there. It flashes basically the same as the vibrant you just need the correct rom or software.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but you don't have a vibrant, you have an sgs 4g. And they *JUST* recently got a working cwm for the 4g. And none of the kernels or roms in this section will work on your phone. Head on over to the sgs 4g section to get stuff that actually for your.phone.
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Ohh yeah I didnt know there was a section for that update of the vibrant..since basically they are the same phone.thanks.
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Heres the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436854
Im currently running Turkbey hellraised on my Sgh-I777. I wanted to try this rom out, but when i did the usual steps for hellraising and rebooted i got stuck on the boot screen, not a boot loop but the actual start up screen that reads "Samsung Galaxy s2 Gt -I9100".
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hellraiser package is designed for GB roms. That is an 4.0 base and we do not have a fully functional kernel for our phone yet.
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hellraiser package is designed for GB roms. That is an 4.0 base and we do not have a fully functional kernel for our phone yet.
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Doh (homer voice). Thank you!!! Too bad because this one of the best Ics rom ive seen
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Jivy you are so nice! :thumbup:
(I was expecting other responses)
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Here I'll help you out since you were expecting it. READ THE COMPLETE OP before trying something like this. It states what the mod is compatible with. LOL I'm only half serious. I feel your pain too I want to use ics so Bad. Just so ya know I've flashed the ics for the i9100 on our phone and it doesn't brick it or anything just the back and search buttons don't work.
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Phalanx7621 said:
Here I'll help you out since you were expecting it. READ THE COMPLETE OP before trying something like this. It states what the mod is compatible with. LOL I'm only half serious. I feel your pain too I want to use ics so Bad. Just so ya know I've flashed the ics for the i9100 on our phone and it doesn't brick it or anything just the back and search buttons don't work.
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..and the call audio
But it's fun to play with
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Phalanx7621 said:
Here I'll help you out since you were expecting it. READ THE COMPLETE OP before trying something like this. It states what the mod is compatible with. LOL I'm only half serious. I feel your pain too I want to use ics so Bad. Just so ya know I've flashed the ics for the i9100 on our phone and it doesn't brick it or anything just the back and search buttons don't work.
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Be careful - some of the ICS installs have a PIT file and are flashed in Odin.
DO NOT FLASH THESE.
As of today, the ONLY reason to EVER flash the I777 using a PIT file is to recover from a situation where you screwed it up by flashing something with a PIT file.
Nothing good can come out of flashing using a PIT file on the I777 at this point, nothing! So DO NOT FLASH anything that includes one!
Things might change when we get official ICS, but right now - DON'T DO IT.
I flashed the first i9100 leak using odin on my i777, and it workt just fine, only played with it for like 5min since ril is busted =/, tho he can flash i9100 cm9 just fine(after taking out the ro.productdevice=i9100 string out of the updater-script) and play with ics a bit, tho like we all know no mic on calls/no back/search keys(tho it can be fixed with gb /usr and a kernel edit) =/
Entropy512 said:
Be careful - some of the ICS installs have a PIT file and are flashed in Odin.
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Things might change when we get official ICS, but right now - DON'T DO IT.
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I think, once we start getting ICS for the i777, the device will have to be repartitioned. In HC (and ICS), /data and /sdcard (/mnt/sdcard) are no longer seperate partitions. If I understand ODIN properly (and I don't), that would imply a PIT file, correct?
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