Hi Guys, I tried flashing Eugene's gingerclone rom and it soft bricked my phone. Anyhow, I flashed back to stock with Odin, but It's not removing the AT&T loader his ROM came with. So everytime I restart my phone it shows the ATT logo first the the vibrant black & white screen, then whatever bootloader the rom comes with. How can I remove this and get my phone back in full stock mode so I can flash a clean nero5. Does it make a difference what version of Odin i'm using? I used version 3.1
Im not sure why there was an ATT bootloader involved since I am guessing you are using a T-mobile Vibrant. But, I dont use Eugenes ROMS. Anyway, You should be able to flash back to TRUE stock JFD via Odin. Just look for it in the Bible in the Development forum under ODIN roms. This will take you all the way back to stock and remove root.
Hello, yes I was able to restore the phone to stock and remove the root but when I reboot or turn on the phone it still shows the att screen first, then the black and white vibrant screen them the pink letters bootloader for T-Mobile. I followed the video tut from the Bible thread and it's still there. What else could I do? I feel like something is not being fully deleted or something.
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Hello, yes I was able to restore the phone to stock and remove the root but when I reboot or turn on the phone it still shows the att screen first, then the black and white vibrant screen them the pink letters bootloader for T-Mobile. I followed the video tut from the Bible thread and it's still there. What else could I do? I feel like something is not being fully deleted or something.
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Very interesting, Did you select re-partition during the odin flash?
Yes I selected re-partition like the video said. What to do?
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Have you tried checking over at Eugenes forums http://eb-productions.proboards.com/ . I think I have seen a thread concerning this over there.
I just posted on hus q n a. I found some threads about deleting bootloader.zip or something. How would one do that? Do we SSH into the phone or something?
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try this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8544434&postcount=1
I figured it out. Thank you everyone for helping out!
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I tried to Odin to stock T-Mo but I cant get passed the Galaxy S boot screen. It just goes black and if I touch the buttons they light up but phone stays black. I tried a number of times also clicked on repartition in Odin. Odin tells me everything passed but when the phones boots ROM Manager screen comes up goes through a check list with one line in red that reads "Data wipe Failed"
Can someone please help me out. Ran Odin many times but I cant get the phone to go back to full stock. I click repartition but it seems Odin does not wipe the internal SD. I am so vexed. Someone help
I have never partitioned. Or whatever. That can cause a soft brick.
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I have before in it went well. The phone (my wifes) was bricked to begin with. It would not go past the white vibrant screen. So I Odined back to stock. It goes through the T Mo stick together screen then gets to the Galaxy S animation. But after the galaxy s logo he screen turns black and only if I touch the buttons to the buttons light up. I tried to reflash via Odin a number of times but I cant get the phone to fully boot.
What ROM you had before going back to stock?
Any lagfix? If yes disable it..
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You should do it again. No repartition. Wipe data. Dont touch it. Odin will boot up the phone when its fully done.
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Ive done this several times. Works everytime
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Try eugenes froyo that doesn't brick then reset odin and then go to stock firmware I mean it couldn't really hurt anything
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Try eugenes froyo that doesn't brick then reset odin and then go to stock firmware I mean it couldn't really hurt anything
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Okay it also accured to me to try Eugenes. So I did and it worked. But I can not install any programs. It tells me there is not enough space. Then when I look at settings/storage on the bottom it reads 0 space for apps.
Strange no? Any ideas
Thanks to everyone so far. I really appreciate it!
As I understand it as soon as you odin eugenes froyo you have to reset odin get the phone into dl mode again then use odin to put in the stock firmware
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What ROM you had before going back to stock?
Any lagfix? If yes disable it..
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he female voice came on, everything went well but when the phone went to reboot it got hung up on the white vibrant screen. So I tried to Odin to JDF stock. Then it would get passed the galaxy S animation and go black screen.
Eugenes froyo works but my app storage is at 0.
arrggg!
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As I understand it as soon as you odin eugenes froyo you have to reset odin get the phone into dl mode again then use odin to put in the stock firmware
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Damn. I tried but it doesnt want to flash back to stock. When I flash stock the I get the same results. Phone goes black after the galaxy s animation
Anyone? Any ideas? I have been at this for four hours
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What ROM you had before going back to stock?
Any lagfix? If yes disable it..
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I was unable to disable voodoo because it would not boot the first time. (and just to be clear. I was on stock eclair and used JOC kernel/uv/voodoo
stock eclair and used JOC kernel/uv/voodoo
Thats good stuff I rocked it for a while
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stock eclair and used JOC kernel/uv/voodoo
Thats good stuff I rocked it for a while
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Yeah. Tried it on this phone which is my wifes and it bricked for some reason.
You gotta find a way to disable voodoo. Theres a way to disable it by putting something directly into the Voodoo folder but I cant find it =/
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Yeah. Tried it on this phone which is my wifes and it bricked for some reason.
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Jacs kernel always gave me bricks for some reason. Do what they said again. Flash to eugenes froyo that doesnt brick with repartition checked. Then RIGHT AWAY make sure you have the jfd rom for odin and flash that using odin with repartition unchecked. Dont try to flash a clockwork recovery rom from eugenes froyo that doesnt brick because you arent done fixing it at that point.
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once this is fixed if you want voodoo, upgrade to a 2.2 rom and use supercurios own modified kernels. Never had a problem with them.
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You gotta find a way to disable voodoo. Theres a way to disable it by putting something directly into the Voodoo folder but I cant find it =/
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I cant get to the voodoo folder. I tried every firmware there is and only Eugenes froyo will fully boot. But I cant install any apps so I can get to me system folders so i can see whats going on.
Im so stressed and tired it aint funny.
When I flash a T Mo rom and the phone reboots and goes through a series of line checks (yellow text) I get red text that reads "data wipe failed". Then the phone boots, t mo jingle, then galaxy s screen, then black.
Anyone??? Devs? PLease?
Do you have root explorer?
OK....check this out...imma noob and i forgot to turn on debugging mode. I also flashed a Super I/O kernel into the internal memory and not into the sd card(a couple days after flashing Nero v3 rom from TW). Now im stuck on the Vibrant screen loop. Can anyone PLEASE help me get back to the recovery screen?!
Can you enter recovery or download mode?
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i can only get into download mode
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i can only get into download mode
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Use odin to flash back to stock...your phone is fine
but ask someone else if u need eugenes froyo that doesnt brick first
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Use odin to flash back to stock...your phone is fine
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even when debugging mode is off?
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even when debugging mode is off?
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Even if its off but its rooted and you can enter download mode then you should be good
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Just odin to stock and you will be good.
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Just odin to stock and you will be good.
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dude...i had the same problem...thanx for helping out...
Everyone keeps saying use odin to fix my boot loop and to flash back to stock but it doesnt work and just keeps looping the vibrant screen. I can only get into download mode which i keep hearing thats good my phone will be fine if thats possible yet i cant get my phone back to stock.
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Everyone keeps saying use odin to fix my boot loop and to flash back to stock but it doesnt work and just keeps looping the vibrant screen. I can only get into download mode which i keep hearing thats good my phone will be fine if thats possible yet i cant get my phone back to stock.
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Did you flash the stock tar and pit files?
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Yes i did from 2 different people on 2 different computers( Home and work)
I even watched some youtube videos on how to do it so i couldnt possibly mess up the written directions
Try to flash a 2.2 voodoo kernel with odin. If the flash is successful, use three button method to get into recovery.
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where would i get the 2.2 from and how do i use odin to do it.
I know it sounds like a stupid question but i really want to make sure i dont mess up.
Thank you very much for your help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870480
Get into download mode and make sure odin sees your device. If it does, take one of the 2.2 odin kernel files found in that link above, and place it in the pda slot in odin. Flash and hope for the best.
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none of the links work it just keeps taking me to a blank page or the general xda forums
Sweet they work now for some reason or another..
and now instead of looping it just stays at the vibrant screen
So j was trying to get it to where it had gingerbread and lockscreen mods on it now its on eclair and has 2 bootloaders on it , its on 2.1 update 1 baseband t959uvjfd and kernal 2.6.29 this was awhile ago now and I remember I was trying to install gingerbread and I got an error on startup that said something like creating system partition , not enough space for partition , and the background was bullets or something ... I REALLY NEED SOMEONE WHOSE HAD THIS PHONE FOR AWHILD TO HELP WITH DIRECTIONS TO FIX MY GIRLS PHONE its on eclair now anc runs like **** , it freezes and just runs bad , I think im experienced with odin and flashing , ive made themes for my old epic 4g and my new galaxy 2 but when I picked up her phone and looked around I was lost ... I hope someone can help me
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So j was trying to get it to where it had gingerbread and lockscreen mods on it now its on eclair and has 2 bootloaders on it , its on 2.1 update 1 baseband t959uvjfd and kernal 2.6.29 this was awhile ago now and I remember I was trying to install gingerbread and I got an error on startup that said something like creating system partition , not enough space for partition , and the background was bullets or something ... I REALLY NEED SOMEONE WHOSE HAD THIS PHONE FOR AWHILD TO HELP WITH DIRECTIONS TO FIX MY GIRLS PHONE its on eclair now anc runs like **** , it freezes and just runs bad , I think im experienced with odin and flashing , ive made themes for my old epic 4g and my new galaxy 2 but when I picked up her phone and looked around I was lost ... I hope someone can help me
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I assume thet the phone is rooted. You should flash a 2.2 Rom from the vibrant forum first. Bionix, Trigger etc. Once you flash a 2.2 froyo rom, it should be smooth. I like Zendroid located here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079517
If you can get into CWM you should be golden ..good luck
Haha Lapdog hit the Thanks instead of the Quote.
Ok then. Here us what you can do. Hit my signature and download CWR. Open the folder and put the Update.zip on her internal SD. Go here and download this ROM (Derange9). Put it on her internal SDcard.
Boot into recovery (either volume up AND down and power OR volume up + power [depending on whatever bootloader you have]). It will show up Blue.
Tab down to Reinstall Packages and hit it. It will cycle through and come back to the blue screen. Hit Reinstall Packages again and the recovery will go from blue (stock) to green (CWR).
Scroll down to Wipe cache, factory reset/data and advanced->wipe Dalvik. Then scroll to Install from SD and find the above ROM and flash it.
Once done Reboot and profit, you are on Deranged9. If you want to flash a different ROM, just replace D9 with whatever one you want. After it boots up and she is no longer pissed at you, you should get some kisses. Tell er' Wood sent you.
really she wants it to just be stock , it was ten times smoother when i got it then after i tried to put the lockscreens on it , is there any way i can get rid of the 2 bootloaders and just have one and have it be all stock
Try Odin if u want it back dtock
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If you just want to Odin to the latest stock, it appears to be KB5:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sky=mrdr&q=t959uvkb5&oq=t959uvk&aq=1&aqi=s1g4&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=2935l15089l0l18525l11l10l0l1l1l0l531l1319l0.6.5-1l9l0&mvs=0
That doesnt solve my dual bootloader problem though
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I don't know what you mean by dual bootloader. You might want to Odin back to the froyo bootloader before installing a stock rom.
i mean when it first turns on you see it go through 2 bootloaders the froyo one and the gingerbread one First is Galaxy S i9000 logo , then Vibrant logo, finally is T-mobile bootscreen.
i would like to get it back to how it was where it only says the vibrant logo when loading then i would like to odin it to the most rexent stock version
like if i hook it up to samsung kies for vibrant that will fix it right ?
At least two of the recent hard-brickings I've read about recently have involved Kies. I wouldn't touch it. Odin or Heimdall for me.
Info about kb5:
http://duckduckgo.com/?q=t959uvkb5
I'm a little concerned about your initial "i9000". If there is any possibility you changed the SBL, you might want to Odin back to a stock Froyo SBL before loading kb5. Do it in the same session: uncheck "reboot" in Odin before loading the SBL, then after it loads, load kb5. Probably the initial "i9000" just means you somehow got an i9000 kernel.
I think you need to go back to odin3 flash the stock jfd to stock then go in phone dailer press *2767*3855# to format the system to wipe out the old folder then go back to odin3 again and flash the VIBRANT STOCK (FROYO) BOOTLOADER. I hope that help. I did have 2 bootloader like seeing i9000 and the Vibrant logo before
bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990
Sbl and jdf , no comprendas , I get most of what your saying just not those terms , and whats odin3 I know what odin is just never heard of odin3 unless thats the version
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Dude quit asking redundant questions about the help and just read a guide on Odin, know How to use it and fix the phone.
You shouldnt be flashing if you can't get back to stock.
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ok im assuming sbl is samsung boot loader but like i said in the beginning i dont have a vibrant , i was just trying to help my girl deck out her phone , you can catch me in the og epic or the epic touch threads and im pretty much on the ball there and im pretty well versed in using odin to get MY phone back to stock . as for redundant questions ... i dont really see where i asked any ? i just know last time i started messing with my girls phone it went all bad so i guess i was just trying to make sure i understood what people were talking about ... also i guess i could have just googled odin3 (which i just did and im pretty sure i got the idea of it) but i was on the go and had really horrible service , its the Q&A section so i guess dont read it if you dont wanna hear people asking question
Use the AIO Vibrant toolbox 2.5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
Kies won't fix anything. If you don't have much experience, use Heimdall One-Click. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278683
It will flash the stock bootloaders and the stock Vibrant ROM. It will be back to the way it was when you (or she) first got it.
Note: It won't let you flash bootloaders until you've flashed it once, so just reflash it with bootloaders checked. If it fails, just keep doing it. It will flash it eventually. I used this when I bricked my Vibrant.
Hey, I got a friend that has the vibrant, he tried to root it I guess and it stayed stuck on the boot screen... won't do anything else. Any idea on what to do about this ?
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Did you use the correct update.zip from the noob guide ?
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Read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
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What ROM was your friend on? Are you sure it is a T959 (3g) and not a T959V (4g) ? Do you know what Odin is? How did you try to root - update.zip, Superoneclick? Need more info before a proper diagnosis.
I'm off for next few days but there are plenty here that can help and check my signature for direct downloads of file.
You already flash the boot.img that is located in the ROM zip?
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No idea I'm just trying to get an idea of what to do. He's going to bring me the phone tomorrow so I'll be able to give you more detail on what he did. But he was saying something about ODIN..
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When you do get it, check out this thread from yesterday. Very short and informative.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822895
i also don't know how to use
OK he said he did it this way : YouTube.com/watch?v=do6mTvgfH8Y
and well after he did it its stuck on the boot screen. I have the phone...what do I do?
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OK he said he did it this way : YouTube.com/watch?v=do6mTvgfH8Y
and well after he did it its stuck on the boot screen. I have the phone...what do I do?
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OK first I must ask does the phone have a front facing camera?
Also YouTube vids are OK to get a visual idea however don't just try and follow a vid. Make sure you read and get all info required.
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No the phone does not have a FFC... yeah the only problem is I didn't do it ... I'm just trying to fix it
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Yeah, I would say easiest would probably be to just Odin it back to stock, then, just because your an awesome friend (right?) you go ahead and hook him up with Helly Bean
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
This is a guide that has all the files you need to DL.
Basically it will guide you through downloading Odin (open disc in a nutshell) and the two files you need to flash the phone back to stock 2.1 eclair. It will tell you how to put phone in DL mode. Never disconnect a phone from PC while Odin is running.
After that, it will guide you through the rooting the phone and getting a custom recovery(clockwork mod).
CWM recovery is what is needed to install a custom rom.
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OK I'm going to try this right now see how it goes lol.
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Yeah, I would say easiest would probably be to just Odin it back to stock, then, just because your an awesome friend (right?) you go ahead and hook him up with Helly Bean
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Of course. I think that's what he was trying to do till it got stuck and couldnt fix it lol
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Yeah. Just follow all the steps and you should have no trouble. Took me all day, trying to go straight from Froyo to HB, but when I took my time and went the way we showed you, it worked like a charm.
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Yeah. Just follow all the steps and you should have no trouble. Took me all day, trying to go straight from Froyo to HB, but when I took my time and went the way we showed you, it worked like a charm.
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ok im confused on the rooting part. I cant seem to put it into recovery... the vibrant logo just keeps on restarting till i let go and the phone just starts up.
Are you on GB boot loader? Make sure your using correct button combo to get to recovery. Think its down and power at same time. Kind of a pain in the butt to do until you get the hang of it. Soon as you see Samsung let go and it should give yellow text scrolling, then recovery menu.
°thats not exactly rooting. The HB ROM has root though, so when all is finished you will be rooted.
Also make sure when HB is installed, when you first boot it let it sit and don't touch it for 10 min or so
If you get stuck pm me
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Are you on GB boot loader? Make sure your using correct button combo to get to recovery. Think its down and power at same time. Kind of a pain in the butt to do until you get the hang of it. Soon as you see Samsung let go and it should give yellow text scrolling, then recovery menu.
°thats not exactly rooting. The HB ROM has root though, so when all is finished you will be rooted.
Also make sure when HB is installed, when you first boot it let it sit and don't touch it for 10 min or so
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cool got it... i have to run the update.zip then get to the the HB part lol
Yeah. Don't skip anything either. Update.zip then wipe and everything install froyo then wipe, etc. Then cm nightly, etc. Don't skip, will likely just slow you down.
The last thing i wanted to do is make a n00b post like this but i want to make sure i have missed anything so far.
I have a white 9100m that a friend gave to me. It was upgraded to stock Bell ICS when it was released. The phone got really warm in his pocket then shut off. When he tried to power it on it would just sit at the SGSII splash screen forever.
Some things to note:
- Download mode works
- Cannot get into recovery
- Phone charges fine
Now i have tried Odin to flash stock Bell ICS both with the appropriate pit and without. I have tried flashing a ICS CF-root to try and get into a CWM recovery and it doesn't work. I cannot also get the phone to be recognized with ADB with the android SDK installed or after installing kies.
I am lost and am ready to just send it in but perhaps i am missing something that people 100x smarter me will know. Any thoughts?
Theres a thread by Phistachio so have a look there.
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Went through it all to no avail.
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Went through it all to no avail.
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Did you get any error while carrying out the instructions in that thread?
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No error at all. ODIN successfully flashed anything i threw at it. This is why i am thinking its hardware related.