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I did the OTA update after doing a nandroid backup.
As luck would have it i'm stuck at the Vibrant Samsung logo.
I can get into System recovery (vol up + vol dwn + pwr) but can't find a way to restore my nandroid.
The phone is mostly stock with circular battery indicator and boot logo changed to galaxy stock (instead of tmobile) no custom roms or kernels.
Any help?
Thanks.
Azimuth0r said:
I did the OTA update after doing a nandroid backup.
As luck would have it i'm stuck at the Vibrant Samsung logo.
I can get into System recovery (vol up + vol dwn + pwr) but can't find a way to restore my nandroid.
The phone is mostly stock with circular battery indicator and boot logo changed to galaxy stock (instead of tmobile) no custom roms or kernels.
Any help?
Thanks.
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Reinstall packages. That should get you into clockwork recovery.
From clockwork you can find your backup and restore it.
Yeah, cw recovery is the key. Do you have it? I assume yes if you're trying to restore.
I'm having a heckuva time...
I've got the same problem, but am a little farther along.
I've tried restoring from my backup, and each time, it says:
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.4
Checking MD5 sums...
Restoring system...
Restoring data...
(runs through a whole bunch of files)
Restoring datadata...
(runs through a whole bunch of files)
.android_secure.img not found. Skipping restore of /sdcard/.android_secure.
Restoring cache...
sd-ext.img not found. Skipping restore of /sd-ext/.
Restore complete!
And yet, it still hangs at the vibrant intro screen. I know some things have been restored, because my annoying startup sound is back.
You sure it's just not taking a long time at boot?
You cant restore to a JI2 rom or recovery from the JI6 update . If you have a JI6 nandroid recover to that .
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you are quite right. I did use Clockwork Mod and Rom Manager to create the nandroid.
When I select reinstall packages I get the following:
Installing update...
Installation Aborted.
I suspect update.zip is not the right file (I don't know what I installed last but it wasn't CW recovery). Is there away to replace update.zip without booting into android?
I had the same problem. Your best bet is to ODIN and flash to the new JI6 through ODIN. Then go into clockwork recovery and do an "Advanced Restore" and only restore "data" that way you get your desktop config and apps restored, only thing missing would be root and any metamorph/update.zip's themes you've applied.
I have never done anything in Odin before. Can you point me to the best place to get started?
where do I find a JI6 image for Odin?
Thanks for all the help guys.
joshthewaster said:
Reinstall packages. That should get you into clockwork recovery.
From clockwork you can find your backup and restore it.
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I wish I knew this a couple weeks ago. Would have saved me from using ODIN. Oh well, at least I know how to use it now.
Azimuth0r said:
I have never done anything in Odin before. Can you point me to the best place to get started?
where do I find a JI6 image for Odin?
Thanks for all the help guys.
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Go to the bible under development section . You can find the JI6 tar and odin . You will also need the drivers for the phone .
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Here is what helped me. A very kind and generous person posted the following and it makes it quite easy if you follow the steps carefully.
First, download http://www.multiupload.com/NMPX3KMWRS
This contains Odin, the Samsung Drivers, stock odin rom, updated odin rom, pit file.
If you don't want to lose your settings, etc. you can skip to the second part. If your phone still doesn't work than start from the top.
-PART 1-
Step 1.) Make sure you have the appropriate drivers installed for your phone. If you are on 64bit then choose 64, if you are on 32 choose 32. You may already have the drivers installed and it will tell you after you try to install them.
Step 2.) Power your phone off
Step 3.) Open Odin.exe and plug a usb cable to your computer that will connect to your phone (do not plug it in to the phone yet, just the computer)
Step 4.) Hold down both volume buttons at the same time and while holding them down plug the usb into your phone. You should see a COM message show up in Odin.
Step 5.) To ensure your phone is back to stock, in odin you will want to check the repartition button. ONLY CHECK IT WHEN YOU ARE FLASHING BACK TO STOCK. Leave the other check boxes the way they are.
Step 6.) Click the PIT button and select the 512.pit file
Step 7.) Click the PDA button and select Original.tar and then click Start
It should go through a bunch of steps and then your phone will reboot. Below are the steps to update it to the latest release.
Close Odin and power your phone off.
-PART 2-
Step 1.) Open Odin.exe and plug a usb cable to your computer that will connect to your phone (do not plug it in to the phone yet, just the computer)
Step 2.) Hold down both volume buttons at the same time and while holding them down plug the usb into your phone. You should see a COM message show up in Odin.
Step 3.) Leave all check boxes the way they are. Do NOT check the repartition box.
Step 4.) Click the PIT button and select the 512.pit file
Step 5.) Click the PDA button and select T959UVJI6.tar and then click Start
It will go through a bunch of steps and then your phone will reboot. Congrats, you are on the latest update!
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OK, I'm going to go the odin route. But just for my enlightenment, Is there a way to put update.zip files on the internal SD card when you can't boot to android?
I'd also like to get a copy of my backups off the internal SD before I Odin over everything.
Azimuth0r said:
OK, I'm going to go the odin route. But just for my enlightenment, Is there a way to put update.zip files on the internal SD card when you can't boot to android?
I'd also like to get a copy of my backups off the internal SD before I Odin over everything.
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Just use the tar file in odin and all your data will still be there .
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Thanks everyone. I used the procedure in an article entitled "Walkthrough: How to Manually Flash JI6 Firmware for Samsung Vibrant" i'd post a link but I'm a Newb and not allowed to.
Stuck at "Vibrant." Trying this now...and hoping...
tenbeau said:
Here is what helped me. A very kind and generous person posted the following and it makes it quite easy if you follow the steps carefully.
First, download http://www.multiupload.com/NMPX3KMWRS
This contains Odin, the Samsung Drivers, stock odin rom, updated odin rom, pit file.
If you don't want to lose your settings, etc. you can skip to the second part. If your phone still doesn't work than start from the top.
-PART 1-
Step 1.) Make sure you have the appropriate drivers installed for your phone. If you are on 64bit then choose 64, if you are on 32 choose 32. You may already have the drivers installed and it will tell you after you try to install them.
Step 2.) Power your phone off
Step 3.) Open Odin.exe and plug a usb cable to your computer that will connect to your phone (do not plug it in to the phone yet, just the computer)
Step 4.) Hold down both volume buttons at the same time and while holding them down plug the usb into your phone. You should see a COM message show up in Odin.
Step 5.) To ensure your phone is back to stock, in odin you will want to check the repartition button. ONLY CHECK IT WHEN YOU ARE FLASHING BACK TO STOCK. Leave the other check boxes the way they are.
Step 6.) Click the PIT button and select the 512.pit file
Step 7.) Click the PDA button and select Original.tar and then click Start
It should go through a bunch of steps and then your phone will reboot. Below are the steps to update it to the latest release.
Close Odin and power your phone off.
-PART 2-
Step 1.) Open Odin.exe and plug a usb cable to your computer that will connect to your phone (do not plug it in to the phone yet, just the computer)
Step 2.) Hold down both volume buttons at the same time and while holding them down plug the usb into your phone. You should see a COM message show up in Odin.
Step 3.) Leave all check boxes the way they are. Do NOT check the repartition box.
Step 4.) Click the PIT button and select the 512.pit file
Step 5.) Click the PDA button and select T959UVJI6.tar and then click Start
It will go through a bunch of steps and then your phone will reboot. Congrats, you are on the latest update!
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I was all set to go the ODIN route, but can't seem to get the drivers to recognize the phone; I've installed on two different machines (One 64 bit Windows 7, one 32 bit Windows XP) to no avail. ODIN doesn't notice when I plug it in as described above.
Any ideas??
Timodious said:
I was all set to go the ODIN route, but can't seem to get the drivers to recognize the phone; I've installed on two different machines (One 64 bit Windows 7, one 32 bit Windows XP) to no avail. ODIN doesn't notice when I plug it in as described above.
Any ideas??
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Are you in download mode and did you run odin as administrator
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i actually wiped my cache and reinstalled the package to get back into the device. then did a clockworkmod recovery.
you need to turn your phone on before plugging it in, otherwise the phone doesnt communicate over usb, it enters charging mode
So, I decided to root my phone and put J16ROM Bionix 1.7 OCUV Voodoo J16. I back up my old ROM just in case. After successfully flashing the new rom, I was really happy with how fast my vibrant became w/o lag. However, I forgot to write down contact info and my password from password safe. So, I was kinda glad that I backed up old ROM. I tried to recover my old rom from ROM manager and thats where my phone gave up on me. It was recovering just fine until it hit data session. It has been there since yesterday and has not moved. I turned it off this morning and it automatically turned back on and went into recovery mode.
So, as of right now, I have access to phone recovery boot menu and clockwork recovery menu. I tried doing the same recovery method but it froze on me at the same exact spot. Did I mess up my phone???
Did you disable Voodoo before you tried to go back to stock?
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i would say no, thankfully if you can get to recovery your phone is far from dead, but you should prob flash a stock rom through odin, READ Bionix fix for flashing without disabling voodoo, let me know if you need more info. but you should be alright, remember that your stuff (contacts, etc) are backed up to gmail.
You didn't disable Voodoo before trying to do the restore... did you.
This is the only way to save it now, good luck.
Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? 2 Fixes to Help You Out. So you forgot to disable the voodoo lagfix before you flashed a new rom and now you're getting an erro you'll be good as rain...or something like that Fix 1 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. DO s what's supposed to happen 8. Now, pull your battery. 9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware 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! BAM Fix 2: (use only if you know how to use adb commands) 1. Place the 'disable-lagfix' file in your sdk>tools directory 2. Get into clockwork recovery like you normally would 3. Follow these adb commands to push the 'disable-lagfix' file to you sdcard>voodoo adb push disable-lagfix /sdcard/voodoo 4. File should now be on your sdcard in your voodoo folder. 5. Reboot phone and with luck, you should hear Linda the robot telling you your file system is being con rfs 6. Because your system directory has already been wiped, you'll still get a black screen when you reboot system is back to rfs. Just pull the battery, and reflash whatever rom you want. Then reboot again.
Yea I did not disable Voodoo. I thought I would not need to do that since I am going back to original stock. Can you explain it to me how to get back to stock version and how to disable voodoo from recovery mode? Thanks!
read the first page of Bionix thread, it explains everything.
OP this is posted in the wrong section . Belongs in in Q&A .
sorry.. I was panicing and did not know where to post it obviously. One last question, how to get my phone to download mode.
turn phone off, insert usb , wait for battery to start charging, hold down both volume up and down, press power button until screen goes black, then let go of power button but keep holding vol up and down, you'll then see the yellow digger.
kiladubz said:
turn phone off, insert usb , wait for battery to start charging, hold down both volume up and down, press power button until screen goes black, then let go of power button but keep holding vol up and down, you'll then see the yellow digger.
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Man.. I feel bad to keep asking questions. My computer won't recognize the phone even though my phone is in download mode.
disconnect usb, open Odin, load .pit and .tar, then reconnect usb, com should appear.
I mean Odin won't recognize my phone even though I was following the step
are you using odin 1.0 or 1.3? 1.0 i remember had issues recognizing the device, 1.3 works flawlessly. also, do you have the usb drivers installed? everything can be found in the Vibrant "Bible".
kiladubz said:
are you using odin 1.0 or 1.3? 1.0 i remember had issues recognizing the device, 1.3 works flawlessly. also, do you have the usb drivers installed? everything can be found in the Vibrant "Bible".
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Thanks I am trying it right now with odin 1.3.
i had to install drivers to get odin 1.3 to recognize the phone, sounds like you need to do the same
Yes, install the samsung drivers, then do odin
Seems like 1.3 is doing the trick for me.. Its going!!!
Man.. I can't seem to download truestock 2.1 firmware for vibrant.. Anyone can upload it for me? Thanks.
yeah i noticed a few days ago that the links were dead, i have it in my downloads.......ok, uploading it now, will provide link when done.
Flash Eugene's Froyo that won't Brick... it will repartition your phone and get rid of everything, including bad kernels... then flash back down to JFD...
Or send your phone to me... $20 bucks since it's a brick...
I have a samsung vibrant flashed with axura 2.0 rom but have encountered some problems with the phone. How can I flash back to the stock image without odin? Is their a rom that can do that?
Pretty sure Odin is the only way....
Well thinking about it, flash a 2.1rom then flash a the stock JFD, then JI6 if you had to go that way? But why avoid ODIN?
Don't mean to try and revive a dead thread, but none of the guides to use ODIN have made sense to me, they all seem really complicated. I want to go from Axura to stock rooted elcair. I'd then use TiBU to restore my apps and Launcher pro settings and what not. But I just haven't been able to figure out ODIN.
Its simple once you do it 1 time.
You need ODIN, JFD.tar file, 512.pit file, and JI6.tar file
I open ODIN on my PC
Power off my phone
I plug the USB into the PC and the other end into the phone
Hold down the Volume Buttons + Power Button
Let the charging icon flash 2 times and let go of the power button
Should be in Download Mode now and ODIN should have a yellow COM box in it
Click on the PIT button and browse to the 512.pit file hit open
Click on the PDA button and browse to the JFD.tar file hit open
Hit START
Thats it
jmcghee1973 said:
Its simple once you do it 1 time.
You need ODIN, JFD.tar file, 512.pit file, and JI6.tar file
I open ODIN on my PC
Power off my phone
I plug the USB into the PC and the other end into the phone
Hold down the Volume Buttons + Power Button
Let the charging icon flash 2 times and let go of the power button
Should be in Download Mode now and ODIN should have a yellow COM box in it
Click on the PIT button and browse to the 512.pit file hit open
Click on the PDA button and browse to the JFD.tar file hit open
Hit START
Thats it
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I yank the battery, plug in the USB, hold down both volume buttons and put the battery back in.
Now, you're in download mode.
You can also open a terminal on the phone and type:
su {ENTER}
reboot download {ENTER}
Load up Odin on the PC, set the PIT file and choose your stock ROM in the PDA section, click START and you're good to go.
Takes less than 5 minutes start to finish & really doesn't get any easier.
There are youtube videos if we're not making it clear just how easy this is.
There used to be a jfd flashable but I think it's down now..
If someone finds it please let me know also.
Re: JFD tar file -- This thread is working for me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
Since link in this thread aren't working for me, let me repost the links I found.
512 PIT file
T-Mobile Vibrant JFD Image
USB Drivers from the Samsung Galaxy S – 32 Bit Windows Download \ 64 Bit Windows Download
That may have to do with this thread being from December 2010, but thank you for reviving it. Nothing helps people find answers more than filling the front page with dead threads filled with dead links.
Hey guys, I posted this in the regular Q&A folder but got no replies.. hopefully someone here can help!
I've recently acquired a shiny new S II and am looking to root it.
Thing is, I'm slightly scared of bricking my phone because of the kernel not closely matching ones I can find.. so I just wanted to post my plan of attack here, to make sure it made sense to you knowledgeable gentlemen
1) Install Kies from Samsungs's website and install it on my PC - done!
2) Grabbthe OZS_KG2 zip from this post (my kernel ends BUKG2) - done!
3) Download Odin v1.83 - done!
4) Use the instructions in this post. (I've already downloaded s2root)
5) After rooting, update the kernel one more time (using odin) to a proper one from here - probably the XXKG3 one to be safe - to get rid of the yellow triangle thing.
Does this sound ok? I've not missed anything obvious out, have I?
I've backed up contacts/APN etc to be safe, but am I correct in assuming that rooting shouldn't wipe any data?
You can't brick your phone this way. Just go ahead and try what works best.
Ah ok, that's reassuring. Will have to just take the plunge and see what happens!
My first stop after rooting will be clockwork recovery, the cyanogen mod.. fingers crossed!
Well to answer my own thread (and to help others in future!) this is how I did it...
1. Download a close enough kernel from Chainfire's epic good thread.
2. Install Kies
3. Set phone to use USB debugging (Settings > Apps > Development)
4. Download and run Odin
5. Reboot phone into download mode (while holding vol down + home button, press power)
6. Check in Odin for yellow connection at top left
7. In Odin, click PDA, select the .tar file downloaded in step 1
8. Click Start
And done!
I'm not bothered about removing the warning triangle (not really that bothered) but my phone is now perm-rooted and has superuser/etc
I've just made a backup using CWMR (hold vol up + home when powering on to access the CWMR menu) and am ready to go experimenting!
Hi guys!
Yesterday, i flashed TheMyth basic. Everything was right until the phone began to reboot when i connected wi-fi.
My question is: how can i flash a stock ROM without any risk for my phone?
Thanks in advanced!
jorsparrow said:
Hi guys!
Yesterday, i flashed TheMyth basic. Everything was right until the phone began to reboot when i connected wi-fi.
My question is: how can i flash a stock ROM without any risk for my phone?
Thanks in advanced!
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This link answers all your question.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
ketanmatrix said:
GO TO shipped-roms.com
HIT THE THANKS BUTTON.... I NEED IT
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This link doesn't have our SGA listed. It has ROM's for HTC flavors only.
getsaravanan said:
This link answers all your question.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
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ok!! so
1) I download the stock rom from sammobile
2) and i download the cooper.ops archive from the link that you give me
3) flash via odin
that's it?
ODIN tuturial
1st - Download Odin 4.38 (http://www.4shared.com/rar/UqBhp5Qd/..._v438_www.html)
2nd - Download Cooper.ops
3rd - Go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ and search firmware for your s5830
Then choose the rom that suits you best (download one from your country if possible)
After the above steps are done open odin
At "option" select - "One Package, Auto-Reboot And Protect OPS"
At "select OPS" - choose "Cooper.ops" (The file you´ve downloaded)
At bottom is "One Package" - In here put the file of the room you´ve dowloaded
Finaly put phone in download mode (Vol. Down + Power Button) and connect it to your PC.
Wait for odin to recognize your phone, a yellow sign will light up, ( you need samsung kies in your computer so odin recognize your phone)
And then hit "Start"
Wait about five minutes at the end your phone should reboot by itself
And that should be it
If your phone reboots but stuck ate samsung boot animation.
Remove Battery
Put it back again
Turn your phone into recovery mode ( Center Button + Power Button ) and do a Full Wipe!
One more thing kies cannot be runing wile you are flashing! shutdown all odin processes before flashing!
ODIN Flashing Process Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xae93GfDCjw
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if i helped hit thanks