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After trying to partition the EXT feature within CLMR once my phone reset it came back up with the boot screen everything normal than nothin but a blank screen. I go back Reflash with Odin and Current Vibrant-Tmo image on here. Result was delayed audio for TMobile start up GIF and sound and no Screen response. Wen tback attempt #2 with Odin/T959UVJD flash phone resets and goes absolutely dead. Remove battery same thing. Anyone else have trouble with Clockwork Mod's partitioning?
I also noticed if you get the phone-!-pc error just running the 512pit file seems to fix it atleast it did for me.
If you had read up on here, you would know that Clockwork tries to partition the internal flash and breaks your phone. You need to Odin flash with the "re-partition" box checked. That should fix it. I have posted a ZIP you can flash that will parition the external card properly, you can edit the script and change the partition sizes if you like, it's set to create a 1GB partition for EXT4 with the remainder as FAT32.
It has been said several times in several places...
DO NOT PARTITION WITH CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY
I reflashed with Odin and checked Repartition and thats when it just died after reset, no power no nothin.
I also made the noob mistake of partitioning with clockworkmod . However, my device wasn't bricked. instead, it left absolutely zero memory left for third-party apps and the like. I'm not sure if I should reflash with ODIN since my issue isn't as serious as a brick. Any experienced members on this thread please help.
honoluluacx said:
I also made the noob mistake of partitioning with clockworkmod . However, my device wasn't bricked. instead, it left absolutely zero memory left for third-party apps and the like. I'm not sure if I should reflash with ODIN since my issue isn't as serious as a brick. Any experienced members on this thread please help.
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Follow this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745547
^ Since the links in that thread no longer work (Eugene left XDA), all you need to do is flash eugenes froyo that doesnt brick (sounds like you have it), pull the battery when done, then flash the stock ODIN pit/tar for JFD, Fixed.
True, that works even better
http://www.4shared.com/file/dJiyRz3v/EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA.html
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^ Since the links in that thread no longer work (Eugene left XDA), all you need to do is flash eugenes froyo that doesnt brick (sounds like you have it), pull the battery when done, then flash the stock ODIN pit/tar for JFD, Fixed.
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So do I need to reflash eugene's froyo rom or, since I already have it, skip the reflash and go straight to odin? Also, thanx in advance for all the helpful senior members.
HELP!!! I followed the instructions to the letter, but after about three attempts with ODIN, by vibrant still won't boot up. I can still get to download mode, but can't reboot.
power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper .pit and .pda file in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
honoluluacx said:
HELP!!! I followed the instructions to the letter, but after about three attempts with ODIN, by vibrant still won't boot up. I can still get to download mode, but can't reboot.
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Are you online?
I followed the guide. Unfortunately, the device hanged during the reboot. I didn't do anything during that time, so I threw in the towel and told T-Mobile I tried to update to 2.2 and sent it in. Thanks for the links though.
This thread has a similar issue to what im having, but ive branched off elsewhere...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883944&highlight=Rom+Manager+partition+recover
The story: Ive had a rooted vibrant for a while. Im no linux noob, either. I was having some issues so i decided to try Darky's Toxic rom...worked GREAT! I made a clockwork backup...now i felt it safe to start to play.
I was having media scanner issues...so i decided to repartition my storage spaces (and to get rid of the avatar movie)...but i used ROM manager...clearly by mistake. whoops.
So after MUCH trouble with boot looping...i was able to ODIN to Eugene's Froyo that doesnt brick. The STOCK rom wouldnt give me video...just hung after the Galaxy S boot seq. Im assuming thats a voodoo issue?
Anyway...able to get Eugene's on there...and i was smart and made a back up of both storage spots. I reloaded CWR, and tried to restore to the backup of Toxic i made with no luck. Matter of fact, i cant get any other ROM to load that ive tried.
Any suggestions to get my restore point back up and running? I thought about trying to go stock...but like i said, i couldnt get to stock through ODIN.
Couple of Ideas........ I am assuming you can get into download and recovery.
If you can get into recovery, clear cache, wipe dalvik then, pull battery and get into download, then try odin back to stock, remember to check repartition.
Or try Heimdall, sometimes it works when Odin does not. But if you can get into download then, there is a way (or some combo of ways) to get you back to stock. Just be patient and logical......... you will get it..........good luck
I CAN get into download and recovery...and was able to get CWR back on...thankfully.
I have tried every combo of wipes i can think of.
If i flash to true stock 2.1...i get black screen with lit buttons.
If i flash to Eugene's...i can boot into a ROM build with no internal storage, therefore no way to install apps.
I just came across this and tried it...with no new results.
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. DONT panic! This is 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!
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I'll try your suggestion now...thanks!
Still no luck. Same thing...black screen, with lit buttons.
Did i officially brick this thing?! haha...i thought it barely possible with the vibrant.
I tried flashing the JI6 rom too....still no go.
Anything?
When you Odin to stock, what tar are you using? When you repartition, do you use the pit file?
I suggest that you use the JFD Odin image and repartition using 512.pit. I have also heard of some people having more success with Odin when they dont have an SD card or SIM card in the phone (this may be an old wives tale.) Good luck.
Same problem
I had this exact issue two days ago and after many attempts with Odin, like you, the only ROM I could load was Eugene's. Re-Partitioning with Odin had no affect, stock wouldn't work and wiping everything had no affect. With Eugene's it would show no space for apps and wouldn't hold any settings if the phone was rebooted. It seems that clockwork mod is actually removing the apps partition and no tool I could find would actually recreate it. I searched quite a bit and found several posts all with the same issue and in every case they had to replace the phone. Luckily I am still under warranty so T-Mobile is replacing it. I don't know if the Clockwork Mod developer has a thread on here, but that "feature" needs some work or it needs to be removed.
kadashti said:
When you Odin to stock, what tar are you using? When you repartition, do you use the pit file?
I suggest that you use the JFD Odin image and repartition using 512.pit. I have also heard of some people having more success with Odin when they dont have an SD card or SIM card in the phone (this may be an old wives tale.) Good luck.
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Yes, ive used both the vanilla JFD tmo tar, and the JI6 tar. Neither worked. Triend both the 512 and the 513 PIT file. 512 for the first HUNDRED times...then 513 for the hell of it, since at this point, i was getting nowhere.
And thanks pamulli, thats what im basically resigning to..i just needed to hear it from another person.
REMINDER: It is as easy as fat fingering the keyboard to totally screw your phone. Click carefully!
I figured I would put this out there for those who have flashed or are thinking of flashing CM7/MIUI/OMFGB/OMGB or any mtd rom for that matter. If you have flashed one of the aforementioned roms, then you will need to use odin if/when you choose to go to another non-mtd rom. But, you cannot simply use any odin file and there is a particular procedure that is needed to execute this correctly. *Note* This method will also work to unbrick your device from pretty much anything. ***PERFORM ALL OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS WITH THE BATTERY IN YOUR PHONE, DO NOT REMOVE BATTERY***
STEP 1. Open odin (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?73ta726ghelw381) and place the linked file below in the "PDA" section and WAIT. You will need 7zip or the like to extract the tar image from the zip file below. This particular type of odin file is the only kind that I know of that contains the proper bootloaders to re-partition your phone. ONLY THE PDA SECTION!!!!
Link removed. My dropbox account was suspended due to excessive traffic. I'll figure out another place to upload and then post the link.
STEP 2. Then, place this file in the "PIT" section in odin and WAIT.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20070269/atlas_v2.3.pit <---*Atlas_v2.3 Re-partitioning "PIT" file*
STEP 3. And place a check in the "Re-partition" box in odin.
STEP 4. At this point you need to power off your phone. Then, enter download mode by holding the volume down button and continuing to hold it while you plug the cable into your phone, you should then see a yellow "downloading" screen popup. If/when this happens, go to step 5.
STEP 5. When you have done the first 4 STEPS, THEN hit the "START" button in odin and wait about 5-10 minutes until you see the green "PASS" in odin and profit. ***You must allow the phone to boot fully one time after running this odin process so that it can wipe the phone and complete the the re-partitioning.*** However, when the phone boots, you will be on stock, binged, bloated, unrooted TouchWiz. So odin a recovery and remedy that situation quickly!!! And just in case there are any misconceptions, you do NOT need to be rooted to install a custom cwm recovery.tar file with odin. So unless you plan on staying stock, you don't need to root again because any rom you flash will already be rooted. So just odin a recovery and boot immediately into the recovery via the 3 finger method (holding both volume up and down buttons and the power button at the same time and continue to hold them until you see the samsung logo). YOU MUST DO IT THIS WAY BEFORE THE PHONES BOOTS UP NORMALLY OR YOU WILL LOSE THE RECOVERY THAT YOU JUST ODINED! Then, as good practice, follow the instructions of the next paragraph.
And as a good suggestion, if you want voodoo converted partitions (in others words, if you want to flash a voodoo kernel) after odin does it's thing, flash this package (courtesy of navenedrob) from cwm recovery 3x before flashing whatever rom in conjunction with a voodoo kernel you were wanting to flash after coming from CM7 MTD/GB MIUI. Here is the link, flash this if you want voodoo partitions (ext4): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20070269/ext4_formatter_all.zip . This will help to insure that you obtain a clean install of whatever rom/voodoo kernel you are flashing after coming from CM7 MTD/GB MIUI ***If you flash the Ext4 package, you must flash a voodoo kernel afterwards or you will have another brick.***
It is absolutely mandatory that you follow these steps exactly to properly get off of CM7 MTD/GB MIUI so that you can flash another rom. Attempting another method or not following these steps implicitly will result in eventual problems down the line and/or a bricked phone and you will have to follow this guide to fix it.
Thanks for the info.
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kidserious said:
I figured I would put this out there for those who have flashed CM7 MTD or GB MIUI. If you have flashed jt's new CM7 MTD or andmer's AOSP GB MIUI, then you will need to use odin if/when you choose to go to another rom. But, you cannot simply use any odin file and there is a particular procedure that is needed to execute this correctly:
Open odin (http://download1422.mediafire.com/ii578172dylg/429fcpdtpckkcea/Odin3+v1.83.exe) and place one of "ONLY" these two files in the "PDA" section: These are the only odin files that contain the proper bootloaders to re-partition your phone. ONLY THE PDA SECTION!!!!
http://adbdev.com/danknub/CI500_VZW_EB01_FROYO_REL.tar.md5
http://adrynalyne.us/files/stuff/CI500_VZW_DL09_ECLAIR.tar.md5
Then place this file in the "PIT" section in odin:
http://download248.mediafire.com/z5q4aw8ablig/26xbh796jmwvwqb/atlas_v2.2.pit
And place a check in the "Re-partition" box in odin.
When you have done all of these things, hit the "START" button in odin and wait about 10 minutes until you see the green "PASS" in odin and profit.
It is absolutely mandatory that you follow these steps exactly to properly get off of CM7 MTD/GB MIUI so that you can flash another rom. Attempting another method or not following these steps implicitly will result in a bricked phone and you will have to follow this guide to fix it.
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I will have to give this a try since I just chewed out Big Red for screwing up my phone with their ED04 OTA, wich I odin'd back to stock from JT's CM7 to get it.
I vote for a sticky
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Moved to the development section and temporarily stuck for now.
yep big +1
If you do all this and Odin hangs or something else fails to work, make sure you are using an OEM data/charge cord to do this. I did this exact beautiful brick a month ago was stuck believing for a good 8 hours that I had done it this time, because I was using a data/chord that was supposed to be an upgrade from the OEM chord. Fun times
kidserious said:
I figured I would put this out there for those who have flashed CM7 MTD or GB MIUI. If you have flashed jt's new CM7 MTD or andmer's AOSP GB MIUI, then you will need to use odin if/when you choose to go to another rom. But, you cannot simply use any odin file and there is a particular procedure that is needed to execute this correctly:
Open odin (http://download1422.mediafire.com/ii578172dylg/429fcpdtpckkcea/Odin3+v1.83.exe) and place one of "ONLY" these two files in the "PDA" section: These are the only odin files that contain the proper bootloaders to re-partition your phone. ONLY THE PDA SECTION!!!!
http://adbdev.com/danknub/CI500_VZW_EB01_FROYO_REL.tar.md5
http://adrynalyne.us/files/stuff/CI500_VZW_DL09_ECLAIR.tar.md5
Then place this file in the "PIT" section in odin:
http://download248.mediafire.com/z5q4aw8ablig/26xbh796jmwvwqb/atlas_v2.2.pit
And place a check in the "Re-partition" box in odin.
When you have done all of these things, hit the "START" button in odin and wait about 10 minutes until you see the green "PASS" in odin and profit.
It is absolutely mandatory that you follow these steps exactly to properly get off of CM7 MTD/GB MIUI so that you can flash another rom. Attempting another method or not following these steps implicitly will result in a bricked phone and you will have to follow this guide to fix it.
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Bro, just a thought...But for people who follow these steps and STILL get issues, like force closes, the phone not saving your contacts or settings, etc. Then go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090127&highlight=ext4+formatter. Most of us, I think, use ext4, but RFS is the default for Samsung phones. Ext4 is what VooDoo converts your file systems to. Download the file system .zip of your choice, flash it in CWM, then re-flash your ROM, kernel, theme, etc. and it should fix your issues. I had many issues, this killed them all.
I am pretty sure the atlas file is not required if you are using the dl09 package. At least I was able to revert just fine without it.
solido888 said:
I am pretty sure the atlas file is not required if you are using the dl09 package. At least I was able to revert just fine without it.
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you are correct, if you odin dl09 with the atlas 2.2 pit, it will only boot to recovery.
Copperhed said:
you are correct, if you odin dl09 with the atlas 2.2 pit, it will only boot to recovery.
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This isn't true. I have odined with DL09 and 2.2 pit file and repartition checked many times and it causes the phone to boot normally to stock. I have actually done it with both files many times. They both work just as I wrote it, at least for me and everyone else that I know.
kidserious said:
This isn't true. I have odined with DL09 and 2.2 pit file and repartition checked many times and it causes the phone to boot normally to stock. I have actually done it with both files many times. They both work just as I wrote it, at least for me and everyone else that I know.
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TRUE !!
even i have positive experience of using both these files .. either one works with the 2.2 pit file and i didnt loose root either !
Copperhed said:
you are correct, if you odin dl09 with the atlas 2.2 pit, it will only boot to recovery.
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You HAVE to let it boot into stock recovery once after flashing the full Odin. Stock recovery needs to do an automatic data wipe before it boots into the OS. Which is why if you were to flash cwm right after flashing the full Odin, you'd get the datadata/dbdata issues.
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krispuniq said:
TRUE !!
even i have positive experience of using both these files .. either one works with the 2.2 pit file and i didnt loose root either !
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Wow, I don't know how you didn't lose root seeing as how neither one of those Odin packages are rooted and it does a complete data wipe.
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Good advice! regarding that ext4 formatting...
kidserious said:
I figured I would put this out there for those who have flashed or are thinking of flashing CM7 MTD or GB MIUI...
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And as a good suggestion, after odin does it's thing, flash one of these two packages (courtesy of navenedrob) from cwm recovery 3x before flashing whatever rom you were wanting to flash after coming from CM7 MTD/GB MIUI. Flash this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=614756&d=1307095153 if you want voodoo partitions (ext4) or this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=614757&d=1307095153 if you want nonvoodoo partitions (rfs).This will help to insure that you obtain a clean install of whatever rom you are flashing after coming from CM7 MTD/GB MIUI ***If you flash the Ext4 package, you must flash a voodoo kernel afterwards or you will have another brick.***
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This was essentially the process I followed a few days ago when I reluctantly reverted back to touchwiz framework for reliable call operation (CM7 MTD is getting so close).
After letting the DL09 image boot for the first time, I odined Times_Infinity's CM3 and booted straight into it with the intention of running navenedrob's ext4 formatter utility. I immediately heard the familiar scary voodoo lady reporting the lagfix conversion operation, backing up & restoring DL09 system and data files that I had no interest in keeping around, etc. Once it finished and I had TI's CWM on screen, I flashed navenedrob's ext4 utility to reformat.
So, to save some time and an unnecessary format cycle, here's a reminder to create a "/sdcard/voodoo/disable lagfix" file before starting this process .
FWIW, the latest imnuts PBJ kernel has a modified CWM (in yellow) that reportedly incorporates navenedrob's ext4 formatting enhancements, but I've had other issues with that kernel and there's no version to apply via Odin...
kidserious said:
This isn't true. I have odined with DL09 and 2.2 pit file and repartition checked many times and it causes the phone to boot normally to stock. I have actually done it with both files many times. They both work just as I wrote it, at least for me and everyone else that I know.
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While it may work with those 2 files, the atlas file is not required if using the dl09 tar. I am not a coder, but I believe it may be redundant to use that file with the dl09 tar. Either way, my phone has been fully functional on comrom for the past 3 days now, and I did not use the 2.2 pit file to revert from the 6.09 CM7 build.
solido888 said:
While it may work with those 2 files, the atlas file is not required if using the dl09 tar. I am not a coder, but I believe it may be redundant to use that file with the dl09 tar. Either way, my phone has been fully functional on comrom for the past 3 days now, and I did not use the 2.2 pit file to revert from the 6.09 CM7 build.
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I hear you and that may be true, but it is just safer to post it the way I did.
solido888 said:
While it may work with those 2 files, the atlas file is not required if using the dl09 tar. I am not a coder, but I believe it may be redundant to use that file with the dl09 tar. Either way, my phone has been fully functional on comrom for the past 3 days now, and I did not use the 2.2 pit file to revert from the 6.09 CM7 build.
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The atlas_v2.2.pit is required for repartitioning. Which is mandatory for coming off of MTD.
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times_infinity said:
The atlas_v2.2.pit is required for repartitioning. Which is mandatory for coming off of MTD.
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What problems should I be anticipating since I didn't use it? I haven't had any problems yet.
Edit: I am under the impression the DL09 tar repartitioned for me.
kidserious said:
This isn't true. I have odined with DL09 and 2.2 pit file and repartition checked many times and it causes the phone to boot normally to stock. I have actually done it with both files many times. They both work just as I wrote it, at least for me and everyone else that I know.
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+++++++1. I have used the DL09 file plus the atlas 2.2 pit file many times. It's the best thing for a good, clean, fresh start to build from. If you aren't using the PIT file, you aren't restoring your partitions back to where they need to be.
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+++++++1. I have used the DL09 file plus the atlas 2.2 pit file many times. It's the best thing for a good, clean, fresh start to build from. If you aren't using the PIT file, you aren't restoring your partitions back to where they need to be.
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And I'll reiterate, what problems will I be experiencing? Since I haven't had any yet?
OMG, please help!
I was using the upgrade modem guide over in Development section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097355
I was odining the dl09 modem only file to my ComRom 2.0 with EC01 so I could upgrade through CWM to ED01.
However, Odin hung up for hours and did nothing, so I disconnected. Got the screen with picture of Phone - Exclamation Mark - Computer. And I can't get out of it! I've tried holding volume up and powering on with usb to computer plugged in, same screen. Tried volume down while powering on, same screen. Tried both bottoms, while powering on, same screen.
I understand that theres a link error, but, what the hell? I've been searching online with no luck.
Please help me fix my phone!!!
well
chk this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746
OR you can try these i aint no specialist but these are harmless things.
TRY REMOVING the battery and then booting
1.. remove battery > hold vol down and plug usb in
it should be in download mode ( u alreday know that
) and try flashing the dl09 modem again
( i am assuming your odin .exe is not crrupt and you are using PDA option )
2. otherwise odin the stock dl09 ROM
I am not a specialist but thought of helping
Try this...go here--->http://www.multiupload.com/I9HBT8MXN1 its the eb01 tar..use the atlas 2.2 pit with this and repartition checked and you push it with odin...i use odin v1.7 try that and then let it boot up.... you can always just flash the dl09 radio after if you really want that radio...for me the dl09 package wouldn't flash either but eb01 worked fine and will get your phone recovered, completely stock and un rooted, after that you can go about flashing whatever rom you want in the regular fashion...i hope this works and if not find dalev's method to recover any bricked fascinate...the link in the previous users post above mine
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Sounds simple enough, I followed the outdated sticky thread in the Q&A section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
in the hopes of getting passion on my replacement Vibrant.
I managed to find copies of odin 1.7 with the following files
s1_odin_20100512.pit
T959UVJFD.tar
and flashed my phone. Got green lights from odin, and my phone proceeded to start bootlooping. I can still get into download mode, so I can easily use different PIT/TAR files that you guys suggest.
I tried the AIO toolbox v2.5 using it's version of Odin and pit/tar files, so atm I'm waiting for your responses.
Any help is appreciated.
certwick said:
Sounds simple enough, I followed the outdated sticky thread in the Q&A section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
in the hopes of getting passion on my replacement Vibrant.
I managed to find copies of odin 1.7 with the following files
s1_odin_20100512.pit
T959UVJFD.tar
and flashed my phone. Got green lights from odin, and my phone proceeded to start bootlooping. I can still get into download mode, so I can easily use different PIT/TAR files that you guys suggest.
I tried the AIO toolbox v2.5 using it's version of Odin and pit/tar files, so atm I'm waiting for your responses.
Any help is appreciated.
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Are you checking re-partition by any chance?
Yes I've been doing that
certwick said:
Yes I've been doing that
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Run it again without re-partition checked using the files in the AIO.
there is actually 2 steps depending on which rom/kernel your coming from
this should help you out to the T your only missing one step my friend
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8698655&postcount=150