I was attempting to reflash my vibrant to the latest bionix v rom, but something went wrong and it all crashed.
I was able to restore it back to stock 2.2 using odin, as it was stuck on the samsung vibrant boot screen, but now it is telling me that there is no available space for applications.
I really would like to install rom manager and get bionix on it again, but i cant install anything from market, nor will most programs admit there is any space available on my sd card. It is obviously there and empty, reformatted, because my computer recognizes it when mounted and the web app is using it for cache.
Additionally, my internal sd card is only showing up as 2.4 GB, not the 16 something it should be. Even in disk utility and gparted in linux it is showing up as 2.4.
system recovery version is 2e and it is telling me "novinand checksum confirmation fail" -honestly I have no idea what this means.
My best guess is my sd card isnt partitioned right for the phone to see whats really there, but I cant exactly manually format it on my desktop, when its not showing up as the full disk size.
any ideas?
Not being able to install anything or flash to a custom rom seriously defeats the purpose of having a smartphone.
Thanks in advance
tabrindle said:
I was attempting to reflash my vibrant to the latest bionix v rom, but something went wrong and it all crashed.
I was able to restore it back to stock 2.2 using odin, as it was stuck on the samsung vibrant boot screen, but now it is telling me that there is no available space for applications.
I really would like to install rom manager and get bionix on it again, but i cant install anything from market, nor will most programs admit there is any space available on my sd card. It is obviously there and empty, reformatted, because my computer recognizes it when mounted and the web app is using it for cache.
Additionally, my internal sd card is only showing up as 2.4 GB, not the 16 something it should be. Even in disk utility and gparted in linux it is showing up as 2.4.
system recovery version is 2e and it is telling me "novinand checksum confirmation fail" -honestly I have no idea what this means.
My best guess is my sd card isnt partitioned right for the phone to see whats really there, but I cant exactly manually format it on my desktop, when its not showing up as the full disk size.
any ideas?
Not being able to install anything or flash to a custom rom seriously defeats the purpose of having a smartphone.
Thanks in advance
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Odin back to stock 2.1 with repartition checked, that should fix it. If it doesn't let us know, so other members with ideas can chime in.
Im pretty sure that's what I did first-
This is the guide I followed-
back to 2.1 using odin, however It never escaped the black screen abyss.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788238
Possibly screwed.
tabrindle said:
Im pretty sure that's what I did first-
This is the guide I followed-
back to 2.1 using odin, however It never escaped the black screen abyss.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788238
Possibly screwed.
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According to that guide you used Eugenes froyo that doesn't brick,which is 2.2 not 2.1. That also might be what caused your phone to do that. If you left repartition checked on that odin file then you might sol, but I hope not.
You should download the Vibrant All in One toolbox for the PC. It's a very handy tool and comes with the right files to odin back to 2.1 with repartition checked successfully .If you choose to download it, when you get it installed there will be a button that says flash to stock. That's the button you want to use.
I believe I deserve retard status- that wasnt the guide I used.
odin to 2.1 didnt boot-
eugenes 2.2 did-
perhaps I should add that it did the same thing ( 0.00B available) when i had bionix on it
I will try this toolbox you speak of-
Thanks
Got AIO vibrant toolbox- followed the directions it contained.
Flashed to stock with repartition enabled- however goes to black screen with softkeys illuminated after the stupid tmobile boot logo.
Pretty much does nothing after that.
Still stumped...Further ideas?
Thanks again
http://androidforums.com/vibrant-al...r-checksum-error-cant-return-stock-2-1-a.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=798669
I seem to be having the exact problem these guys had but the never posted a solution...
Update:
I did manage to get 2.1 flashed on my phone, and it will let me install applications again, however i cant seem to get CWM to stay...each time i try to reboot back to it, it goes back to the default 2e.
For the record- and if anyone else has this problem...I used AIO vibrant toolbox to attempt to flash to stock, and when that left me with a blank black screen, I flashed eugenes Rom that cant be bricked. Amazing. It didnt do much except let me flash 2.1 again, and praise the lord, it actually booted.
I am also still getting the MBR checksum fail message when i boot into recovery...which means to me that this problem still isnt solved
I still would really like some input on this.
thanks!
Maybe ? -
Reinstall Clockwork app from the market, then from the app select "Flash Clockwork Recovery"
From the 2E recovery Ive have to hit "reinstall packages" twice for it to come up.
Moped_Ryder said:
Maybe ? -
Reinstall Clockwork app from the market, then from the app select "Flash Clockwork Recovery"
From the 2E recovery Ive have to hit "reinstall packages" twice for it to come up.
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Yes normally when you go into recovery you will have to select reinstall packages 2 times to actually get into the clockwork recovery. If that isn't working then try to flash clockwork through rom manager.
Did you ever get it working properly ?
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So a buddy at my wrok got a new vibrant. I have a mts and a g1 and am familiar with rooting and all that. So of course seeing what I can do with my phone he wanted to root his and learn about android. So we rooted his phone and he was runing bionix 1.4 oc uv. He told me his phone died because his batery ran low. He then preceded to try and turn his phone on to make a quick call. Well it would only boot into recovery so he asked me to help. Him fix it. I took a look at his phone and I tried to turn it on and it goes strait from the vibrant screen to the standar blue recovery. He thot the phone mite not be reading the sd in recovery mode and only read the internal memory ,because he would push install update.zip like he would before to get into clockwork and it would just give an error. Well I eliminated the sd not readin question because in the error message ot says reading sdcard/update.zip. and since he has no update.zip its not loading anything. So can I just rename a rom zip from here name it update.zip and will it fix the problem,or do I need to put the clockwork update.zip on there. Or is there a nother way to fix it. Stock image?
lol yeah that would be me. i saw that one method to fix something like this was to use odin but everytime i try to download odin, ubuntu tells me that the archive type is not supported. i was using the link from the vibrant "bible". i dont really care if i have to go back to stock as long as i have a working phone.
**new knowledge... no odin for linux so far as i can find so if anyone has ideas using ubuntu then that would be great.
Lol this is who I'm helping^ hey we never tried just putting a rom on ur sd and renaming it to update.zip. take the latest bionix and rename it update.zip put it on ur sd and flash it
No voodoo lagfix? Cuz that complicates things
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Ya I believe I installe jacs kernel with his lag fix. Can I just use odin to put his phone to stock and re root
careful
if you ran into the problem with the lagfix enabled flashing a rom over the ext4 partition might soft brick it. I ran into a similar problem the other day and was able to get my phone going again with the instructions from the bionix thread its titled Fix 1 in the last part of the OP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782027
this will get his phone back to stock for sure. but yeah you need ODIN
k amac10 used odin and now it will boot to the galaxy s screen then go black and stay that way but the buttons at the bottom of the screen will light up. but it still stays black. any body know a solution using linux since my windows vista part of my laptop crashed after an update and i'm fighting with windows on how to fix it. i've been trying to see if there was any software for ubuntu to do the same thing as odin. but no luck so far.
Using a windows machine w/ ODIN:
Flash "eugene's froyo that doesn't brick"
Then "JACs stock rom"
From there you should be back to out of the box status. All links & resources can be found in the "ROM bible" thread
All~G1 said:
Using a windows machine w/ ODIN:
Flash "eugene's froyo that doesn't brick"
Then "JACs stock rom"
From there you should be back to out of the box status. All links & resources can be found in the "ROM bible" thread
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+1 for this advice. This is my standard method now for backing myself out of a dumb corner I've stuck myself in with this phone. Can do it in my sleep now!
masterotaku said:
+1 for this advice. This is my standard method now for backing myself out of a dumb corner I've stuck myself in with this phone. Can do it in my sleep now!
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Haha... Well put! My usual flash process:
-DL new ROMs @ night over wifi
-Wake up, read the early adaptors reviews
-flash ROM, brush teeth
-flash other goodies....
From here I'm usually good to go by the time I hop out the shower if all is well. If not:
-get eugenes froyo loaded, shower
-flash JACs stock nand, fix breakfast
-push /sdcard back in, eat
-go back to previous ROM, leave for work... Lol
I think that most ppl "freak" at first cause the initial setup is *****! GL to the OP, that should work though
Ok so I was flashing the Axura 2.0.5 rom and I didnt see anything happening, so I got anxious and did something incredibly stupid, I pulled the battery. Now in the process i believe that i pulled the battery at the time the internal sd was being rewritten. At this point my phone will boot but will get stuck at the vibrant screen. I can get into download mode but I am unable to get into clockwork recovery (if I could then i'd just flash my nandroid backup). I've tried using odin v 1.0 and 1.30 to no avail. I'm using the 512 pit file and the t959uvjfd.tar files to try and reinstall and go back to stock. However when I do this my screen displays Applying Muti-csc, instaling muti csc. When I try to use odin I am able to see my phone in com9 but am unable to do anything with it aside from get into download mode. I would greatly appreciate any help anyone could give me. I have also tried to use the command propt and ADB to try and get this to work but I get the error of no device found.
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Ok so i was flashing the Axura 2.0.5 rom and i didnt see anything happening, so i got anxious and did something incredibly stupid, i pulled the battery. Now in the process i believe that i pulled the battery at the time the internal sd was being rewritten. At this point my phone will boot but will get stuck at the vibrant screen. i can get into download mode but i am unable to get into clockwork recovery (if i could then i'd just flash my nandroid backup). I've tried using odin v 1.0 and 1.30 to no avail. im using the 512 pit file and the t959uvjfd.tar files to try and reinstall and go back to stock. how ever when i do this my screen displays Applying Muti-csc, instaling muti csc. When i try to use odin i am able to see my phone in com9 but am unable to do anything with it aside from get into download mode. I would greatly appreciate any help anyone could give me. i have also tried to use the command propt and ADB to try and get this to work but i get the error of no device found.
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What happens when you try to get into recovery? If you've borked a rom Install you can *usually* recover from it as nothing is really permanent in the phones memory.
When I try and get into recovery (I assume you mean clockworkmod) I select reinstall packages and I get the following error " E; cant open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) installation aborted.
I am only able to access stock recovery.
shreddintyres said:
When I try and get into recovery (I assume you mean clockworkmod) I select reinstall packages and I get the following error " E; cant open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) installation aborted.
I am only able to access stock recovery.
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Okay well you aren't completely out of luck, Ive had that before on my Fascinate, try to redownload the update.zip file for CWM and try again. Sometimes that fixes it for me *for some odd reason*
The problem is that I can't get into CWM recovery, only stock recovery, also how would I push update.zip if I cant get any where with odin?
shreddintyres said:
The problem is that I can't get into CWM recovery, only stock recovery, also how would I push update.zip if I cant get any where with odin?
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If you have a card reader of some sort then you can mount your Micro SD card on your PC and do it like that, or if you have another Android phone then you can use it to mount the Micro SD card, just swap em. download the update.zip and drop it on the root of the card then in the stock recovery try and flash it.
My problem is i dont know how to access the root files right now, i am unable to do anything on the phone aside from access stock recovery
I am currently attempting this method "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817186" but nothing is happening with odin i am only seeing that odin has recognized the device but is stuck at "setupconnection" using odin v1.30
does anyone have a copy of the update.zip file to use to unpack clockwork?
I thought the update.zip had to be on the internal SD to work.
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i think this is it
also I think I have to get it on the internal SD card but I'm not sure how to go about doing that seeing as how I have no access to anything but the recovery menu and odin which fails to make a connection. I get the yellow port but nothing happens beyond that.
Yeah you've got a true problem there I'm not sure what to do about that sorry man
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
out of curiousity is it possible to remove the internal sd card and mount inside a card reader to add or edit files?
Im not sure there is an actual removable chip as much as its a part of the phones memory
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
it was worth a shot, how would yall go about talking to t-mobile so that they would provide a new phone with out me having to pay 600ish for a new phone
Well there is an external SD card in the phone but as for the Internal memory that is NOT on an SD card, its a packaged chip not a removable media
any other thoughts about how i might use odin or the sdk to access my files on the root folders? so that i could insert the zip file?
shreddintyres said:
it was worth a shot, how would yall go about talking to t-mobile so that they would provide a new phone with out me having to pay 600ish for a new phone
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I'm not sure about that I mean you voided the warranty I guess you could tell them its messed up and hope they don't figure out what you did but its on you, I think you might just have to bite down and take the heat
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
is there really any way for them to tell that i've rooted the phone and what happened, normally dont they just check to see if the phone has physical damage and water damage?
They refurbish phones there is no way they give out new phones on replacements I mean hell you could end up with one I had three months ago lol but maybe they won't check who knows but either way its a gamble
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
After installing a ROM and rebooting the phone everything seemed to work fine. The only problem is that it I can not install any programs because it thinks that I have no space available.
Now I did not backup my system... I do have an older backup on my laptop... but I can not install clockwork because there is no space.
please help!
Thanks in Advance!
it might be a problem with the ROM.
ODIN back to stock, then flash that same rom again, if its still there, contact the DEV and tell him, because its their fault.
If it gets fixed with re-flash something went wrong while flashing and that happened.
What ROM did you install? Was it ODEX or DEODEX?
I agree with the above post, if an ODIN doesn't solve the problem, it sounds like a problem with the rom, but a little more info on your situation wouldn't hurt.
Thanks for the input... I hope to resolve this before tomorrow! The ROM was Bionix Fusion
I am new to this and probably should have researched a little more. lol
Ok I have downloaded the ODIN3 v1.00
How do I ODIN back to stock?
I have the Samsung Vibrant,
Having the same issue when running Odin with Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo ...I ran Odin to fix a brick and didn't know the history of the phone. This is the only tar that will boot the phone all the way up, but I get the 0.00 available space error too. I tried stock and almost get a full boot up, but then goes black before going to main screen... I've tried many different combos including T959UVJFD.tar + s1_odin_20100512 pit , 512 pit + T959UVJI6, T959JL5, etc...
suggestions?
The ROM itself seems nice... I like the changes I've seen. For some reason it does not recognize the space that is available on the SD card as space for Applications. I've read a post somewhere about repartitioning the SD card in ODIN. ROM manager is s pretty much useless without clockwork recovery installed.... can not install it without space available. I tried repartitioning in ODIN but would not do it... is this something that could work? Maybe I am doing something else wrong,... or any other suggestions?
At this point I will be happy to go back to factory settings then start over...
Jayson Simmons said:
The ROM itself seems nice... I like the changes I've seen. For some reason it does not recognize the space that is available on the SD card as space for Applications. I've read a post somewhere about repartitioning the SD card in ODIN. ROM manager is s pretty much useless without clockwork recovery installed.... can not install it without space available. I tried repartitioning in ODIN but would not do it... is this something that could work? Maybe I am doing something else wrong,... or any other suggestions?
At this point I will be happy to go back to factory settings then start over...
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I agree... This thread would probably get more attention in the development section, but I may be wrong. I will keep trying things and let you know if I come up with something...
Actually now I am having the same problem... Went back to the original using ODIN now when the phone boots up it goes to a blank screen and will not go any further!
Jayson Simmons said:
Actually now I am having the same problem... Went back to the original using ODIN now when the phone boots up it goes to a blank screen and will not go any further!
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What files did u use to odin back
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s1_odin_20100512.pit
T959UVJFD
Okay... YAY!!! I got it working! Here's how!
I want to note that every time I would Flash the phone with ODIN when the phone would reboot it would fail to wipe the data! This was not a fix that I found on purpose but it did work for me:
I flashed the file EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA
Now that file is for the Vibrant i9000. Not mine
So after that I re-tried the original one that I stated above,.... then it worked! I did notice that it did NOT fail to wipe the data!
So relieved!
Jayson Simmons said:
Okay... YAY!!! I got it working! Here's how!
I want to note that every time I would Flash the phone with ODIN when the phone would reboot it would fail to wipe the data! This was not a fix that I found on purpose but it did work for me:
I flashed the file EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA
Now that file is for the Vibrant i9000. Not mine
So after that I re-tried the original one that I stated above,.... then it worked! I did notice that it did NOT fail to wipe the data!
So relieved!
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Thanks for posting your resolution in the event this happens to someone else down the line. Glad you got it up and running.
Yup that is the true stock firmware... try this, it might help and it might not? when you boot your phone and it loads up, format your internal and external sdcard. (back up first) then reboot.... see if that helps. if not, odin the stock rom again. right now i'm shooting at flies with a BB gun so it is worth a try anyway...... and i'll try and research it for ya......
oops i didnt know you found a way....my bad. glad you got it working!!!!
So is that the way to fix it then? I just want to know if anyone else has tried it with no problem before i do it. Also, will you be able to flash back to stock?
I flashed the files that were included with the ODIN package and i now don't have any memory for applications also is the only way to fix this issue by using ODIN again or has someone found another method?
Did you use OCLF at any time previously?
Sdobron said:
Did you use OCLF at any time previously?
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I tried voodoo for the first time and couldn't get past the vibrant screen i then used the odin package the tmobile default files and got to the tmobil boot screen but the screen goes black and nothing happens my hard ware keys were on but that's it so then i used eugenes package based off the tmobile leak and that's where i'm at now it works but no application memory available.
so i want to see if i can just use ODIN with the file that is up a couple of posts to get my app memory back
How much available app space are we suppose to have?
So I know the phone has 2GB of app space, but when I totally wipe everything and go back to stock, it says only about 1.7GB.
go to settings, then sd card and phone storage
scroll all the way down to application storage
how much available space is it suppose to have under stock conditions?
Jayson Simmons said:
Okay... YAY!!! I got it working! Here's how!
I want to note that every time I would Flash the phone with ODIN when the phone would reboot it would fail to wipe the data! This was not a fix that I found on purpose but it did work for me:
I flashed the file EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA
Now that file is for the Vibrant i9000. Not mine
So after that I re-tried the original one that I stated above,.... then it worked! I did notice that it did NOT fail to wipe the data!
So relieved!
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Can you post the EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA file? I flashed Eugene_2E_JK2 Froyo, and then tried flashing the original JFD Stock Rom, but it gave me a black screen after the Galaxy S screen. Also, it didn't wipe the data for me.
has anyone fixed this? i have the same problem im stuck
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.
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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...
blizzard1017 said:
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 .
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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 .
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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
trill12 said:
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 .
AgentFour20 said:
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.
Hello,
I consider myself a fairly technical person, and I recently had my phone lock up while running Nero V3 for my Samsung Vibrant. When I tried to reboot (battery pull) my internal SD was corrupted, so i decided to return to stock. I was not running any lag fixes at this time. Upon flashing to stock with Odin, I was greeted with a black screen and 4 lights. I've been trying everything to fix this. I saw that many people with the same issue have had luck flashing Eugene's Froyo that Doesn't Brick, and then flashing the JFD stock rom. I tried this as well, and have had no luck.
I am stuck. I don't know what to do. I have managed to load CWM recovery, and i can adb into the device, but when I try to push an update.zip, I get an I/O error.
Any help would be appreciated. I'm just not suer where to go from here. I really believe if I could just format and re-partition the internal SD, I would be able to get it all back...
Thanks.
When you say you flashed "eugenes froyo that doesn't brick", how did it not work? Were you able to get into download mode and odin the proper files? Did it error out?
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cheesmo said:
Hello,
I consider myself a fairly technical person, and I recently had my phone lock up while running Nero V3 for my Samsung Vibrant. When I tried to reboot (battery pull) my internal SD was corrupted, so i decided to return to stock. I was not running any lag fixes at this time. Upon flashing to stock with Odin, I was greeted with a black screen and 4 lights. I've been trying everything to fix this. I saw that many people with the same issue have had luck flashing Eugene's Froyo that Doesn't Brick, and then flashing the JFD stock rom. I tried this as well, and have had no luck.
I am stuck. I don't know what to do. I have managed to load CWM recovery, and i can adb into the device, but when I try to push an update.zip, I get an I/O error.
Any help would be appreciated. I'm just not suer where to go from here. I really believe if I could just format and re-partition the internal SD, I would be able to get it all back...
Thanks.
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If you are able to boot into clockwork recovery you can format your internal sdcard there. That should fix your corruption issue. After that I would boot into download mode and Odin stock JFD with re-partition clicked. Hopefully that gets you up and running. Then if you actually NEED any files from you internal sdcard (like pictures) there are programs out there that let you recover items off erased harddrives. Just be sure to do that before filling up your sdcard with new stuff. Hope this helps and good luck.
Eugene's Froyo that doesn't brick gave me an error, and I read that it was supposed to. So from there, I got into download mode and used Odin to install the JFD Stock Rom. Odin was always successful when it came to installing and rebooting my device.
Recovery "says" that it sucessfully formats my sd card, but the files remain, and I still cannot boot. When I use Odin to flash any other ROM, I get the same result. I either get a black screen with 4 lights, or it gets hung up on the Samsung Vibrant screen.
Also, I'm not concerned with any files on the internal SD.
If you can get into cwm recovery and download mode, you should be able to get out of this. Try to format sd from cwm as whitehawk suggested. Did jfd odin error out as well? Can you restore from cwm?
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cheesmo said:
Recovery "says" that it sucessfully formats my sd card, but the files remain, and I still cannot boot. When I use Odin to flash any other ROM, I get the same result. I either get a black screen with 4 lights, or it gets hung up on the Samsung Vibrant screen.
Also, I'm not concerned with any files on the internal SD.
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Didyou repartition in odin when you flashed back to stock or on eugene's froyo that doesnt brick?
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Yes, I re-partitioned in Odin. I've tried several times, and the last time, I repartitioned on the stock ROM.
Thanks, NightHawkx! I am giving that a try now. crossing fingers...
ODIN says:
"<ID:0/010> Completed..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)"
Phone reboots, blank screen. All 4 buttons lit up when I tapped home. Nothing more.
I wonder if it's something wrong with my device. It seems like it should be reparable. I would rather not take it to T-mobile. I don't know what they'd so since it's been rooted and had custom roms.
cheesmo said:
I wonder if it's something wrong with my device. It seems like it should be reparable. I would rather not take it to T-mobile. I don't know what they'd so since it's been rooted and had custom roms.
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You need to delete the jfd file and the 512 pit file from your computer and redownload them
I would be happy to try. Where should I get them from?
Also, is there a way to delete my Internal SD from my pc or adb?
Downloading now from Vibrant Bible Sticky post link.
Same result.
Try this fix and you should also take out your sim card and your external sd card
Same result.
I wonder if, since Nero is stuck on my phone, and the file system is unreachable, is there a way to load Nero on my phone? I can't from CMRecovery, I tried. Can I Odin a copy of that rom on there? Just long enough to remove the files and reflash?
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upon flashing to stock with odin, i was greeted with a black screen and 4 lights.
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there. Are. Four. Lights!!!
cheesmo said:
Same result.
I wonder if, since Nero is stuck on my phone, and the file system is unreachable, is there a way to load Nero on my phone? I can't from CMRecovery, I tried. Can I Odin a copy of that rom on there? Just long enough to remove the files and reflash?
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I believe the key is you need to find a voodoo kernel you can push via odin. I searched a little and found this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877800 If you scroll down in the OP you will find a section called "Downloads" the bold text in gold will link you to a voodoo .tar kernel.
Hope this helps
Hmm...maybe a dumb question...but did you wipe data in recovery before rebooting?
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You need to delete the jfd file and the 512 pit file from your computer and redownload them
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If the phone cannot get past the black screen, just delete the CWM zip and tell t-Mobile it just stopped working, they wont be able to get further than you and will give you a new phone.