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go ahead and do the update, or not?. My phone is unrooted, lagfix installed, GPS runs good and so is AP mobile. Everything works flawlessly. I heard/read and saw lots of people have problem with the OTA update. Do i miss anything if i don't do this update? I am thinking of waiting until the Froyo release. I know to do the update, I should remove lagfix, ext 2. My main concern is the availability of AP Mobile after update? Any advices. Thanks.
You may run into issues if you install it with the MobileAP mod.
There's a new version of MobileAP that supports JI6 just fine - you'll just have to reapply that new version from the MobileAP thread after the update. Be sure you undo the lag fix first or you'll be in a world of hurt.
The OTA may fail on your phone even so, but it's easy to flash the JI6 update via ODIN and get everything working again.
Thanks for the replies. The only thing I don't know how to flash using odin.
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nguyenmd said:
Thanks for the replies. The only thing I don't know how to flash using odin.
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You're in the right place.. here are a thread that can help you if you need to use Odin. Hopefully the OTA will work fine.. just remember to undo that lag fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803492
Do I also need to remove ext 2? Again thank you for your reply.
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Do I also need to remove ext 2? Again thank you for your reply.
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I used the OCLF, which was an easy one-button undo. I'm not sure about what needs to be done to undo any of the other lagfixes.. maybe those threads have the answers.
HELP Please...
mapinkerton said:
I used the OCLF, which was an easy one-button undo. I'm not sure about what needs to be done to undo any of the other lagfixes.. maybe those threads have the answers.
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OK. I removed OCLF and EXT2, then go ahead and do the update. However, during the update process, the % bar 0-100%, near the end when it reached 100%, I got a prompt "update failed, your fone will reboot". Now, looks like I am stuck at the boot screen (Vibrant and SAMSUNG screen). What should i do now?
One thing though, I was able to put the phone in the Download mode (volume up/down, pwr button). But when i select re-install packages, i got message "no update.zip file on sdcard". Is it ok if i put "update.zip" file on the SD card (root) and reinstall? Will this restore the phone? Thanks.
I ran into the same thingwhen I tried to install the ota update...ended up having to reflash...i just don't think its worth it to update....if it isn't broke don't fix it...lol
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There's a new version of MobileAP that supports JI6 just fine - you'll just have to reapply that new version from the MobileAP thread after the update. Be sure you undo the lag fix first or you'll be in a world of hurt.
The OTA may fail on your phone even so, but it's easy to flash the JI6 update via ODIN and get everything working again.
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wheres that mobileAP thread?
nguyenmd said:
OK. I removed OCLF and EXT2, then go ahead and do the update. However, during the update process, the % bar 0-100%, near the end when it reached 100%, I got a prompt "update failed, your fone will reboot". Now, looks like I am stuck at the boot screen (Vibrant and SAMSUNG screen). What should i do now?
One thing though, I was able to put the phone in the Download mode (volume up/down, pwr button). But when i select re-install packages, i got message "no update.zip file on sdcard". Is it ok if i put "update.zip" file on the SD card (root) and reinstall? Will this restore the phone? Thanks.
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Flash The JI6 OTA ROM with odin. Look around, everything you need to do this is on this site.
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wheres that mobileAP thread?
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Heres the file. Flash through clockwork.
http://www.mediafire.com/?9pnwe285khb0x3r
Heres the forum link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756804
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wheres that mobileAP thread?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756804
(first hit found when searching for mobileap)
Edit: I didn't go to page 2.. thanks JD for answering the same question before me
I just got the OTA update and I was rooted and OCLF lag fixed with clockwork installed and wireless tether installed.
After the update I was still rooted, lag fix still worked (quadrant about 2300~ or so) and wireless tether just worked.
To be honest I don't like the update becase of crap running in the background and the new task killer administers vacuum to genital organs of decayed donkeys...but it all went smooth.
I'm even tethered to the phone now
Hello everyone. I'm very sorry for the question, but I really have read lots of topics about Odin, KIES, Voodoo, Lag-fix, latest Nandroid Backup and everything and it's impossible to arrange such a large amount of info.
I received my Vibrant from the US and now I have it (unlocked - accepts any SIM card), but unrooted, with the 2.1 Eclair on it. It has everything set to defaults.
I really want to have it running Froyo. I'm an experienced user that comes from the HTC Polaris scene, but you know, each model is a whole world. I didn't ever had a Samsung Smartphone, so I'm not familiarized with the tools, methods, SPLs...
Please, guide me to the right way. I tried to follow some tutorials, but the appear to be outdated nowadays.
Thanks a lot for the ones that are reading this. I will try to be useful as soon as I get this working.
Open browser type google.com then ask away. Wrong section by the way.
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Hello everyone. I'm very sorry for the question, but I really have read lots of topics about Odin, KIES, Voodoo, Lag-fix, latest Nandroid Backup and everything and it's impossible to arrange such a large amount of info.
I received my Vibrant from the US and now I have it unlocked, but unrooted, with the 2.1 Eclair on it. It's everything default, but unlocked.
I really want to have it running Froyo. I'm an experienced user that comes from the HTC Polaris scene, but you know, each model is a whole world. I didn't ever had a Samsung Smartphone, so I'm not familiarized with the tools, methods, SPLs...
Please, guide me to the right way. I tried to follow some tutorials, but the appear to be outdated nowadays.
Thanks a lot for the ones that are reading this. I will try to be useful as soon as I get this working.
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You can learn absolutely anything about this phone from these forums. I am living proof of that. Some info is outdated, but for the most part everything will still work.
Just start reading. Anything you want to do has already been posted on here, I guarantee it.
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Yea this is wrong section for sure, you want Q and A, but instead of being a jackass like the guy above ill answer what I can. Odin is used for flashing roms or returning your phone back to its pretty stock rooted self, KIES is just some program samsung has to manage your phone and your internal and external cards on it, Voodoo seems to be fading away in light of the new OCLF one click lag fix.
A good rom to start on is something bionix, fusion does not have the samsung touchwiz and final does. You will want to download ROMmanager from market, use it to install clockwork, copy your rom to your internal sd card, then using rom manager pick the reboot option, you will be taken to the default recovery the first time, using the volume button go down and select reinstall packages and it will take you to clockwork, navigate through it to find the rom you copied to your sd card, flash away. Once you are done with that the roms posts have steps to set up the one click lag fix which will make your phone fly like a damn hellbat compared to samsung bottlenecked factory one.
As far as froyo goes, just be patient is my motto, the ones that they have finally have gps working but still have some issues that are not quite ironed out, hopefully we should be seeing a real asop froyo by the end of this month, if you just want it for the flash you can find flash for 2.1 scattered around the interwebs. Good luck have fun, dont brick.
ionic7 said:
Yea this is wrong section for sure, you want Q and A, but instead of being a jackass like the guy above ill answer what I can. Odin is used for flashing roms or returning your phone back to its pretty stock rooted self, KIES is just some program samsung has to manage your phone and your internal and external cards on it, Voodoo seems to be fading away in light of the new OCLF one click lag fix.
A good rom to start on is something bionix, fusion does not have the samsung touchwiz and final does. You will want to download ROMmanager from market, use it to install clockwork, copy your rom to your internal sd card, then using rom manager pick the reboot option, you will be taken to the default recovery the first time, using the volume button go down and select reinstall packages and it will take you to clockwork, navigate through it to find the rom you copied to your sd card, flash away. Once you are done with that the roms posts have steps to set up the one click lag fix which will make your phone fly like a damn hellbat compared to samsung bottlenecked factory one.
As far as froyo goes, just be patient is my motto, the ones that they have finally have gps working but still have some issues that are not quite ironed out, hopefully we should be seeing a real asop froyo by the end of this month, if you just want it for the flash you can find flash for 2.1 scattered around the interwebs. Good luck have fun, dont brick.
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Please don't follow the guide above.
Yes this is the wrong section AND WE ALL GET IT. Enough said, there shouldn't be more people saying this lol..
The froyos have GPS and everything now.
Seriously though
1.) Root your phone. There are a few good ways to do this, I recommend THIS way.
2.) Install "Rom Manager" from the market. Once installed, click the first button at the top and select Vibrant. (When it asks for permission, allow it.)
3.) Select your ROM of choice.
Eugene373's Froyo (Macnut)
My Axura Froyo (I am going to include all the fixes later this week, right now it is not recommended.)
TeamWhiskeys Obsidian Froyo
AnderDroid's AOSPish Froyo
4.) Download the ROM and put it on your internal card. (Don't rename or anything, leave it in it's .zip file)
5.) Go into Rom Manager, Select install ROM, select the .zip that you downloaded.
6.) It will install, and you will have a fully running amazingly custom ROM! < That didn't come out right
Start with the stickies at the top of the forums
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Master™ said:
Yes this is the wrong section AND WE ALL GET IT. Enough said, there shouldn't be more people saying this lol
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FINALLY....i thought i was the only one.....seriously people, wannabe moderators are wayyyy more annoying and unproductive than people who dont search or post in the wrong section
stefan.buddle said:
Start with the stickies at the top of the forums
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Yea this is wrong section for sure, you want Q and A,
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bauerlucas said:
Open browser type google.com then ask away. Wrong section by the way.
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Thanks, thanks everybody. I assume I did wrong posting it to the dev section. I hope you forgive me. As a reward, I promise to help when I'm experienced enough with the Vibrant.
I will read all your replies to learn. Thanks again, especially to ionic7 and Master™.
Master™ said:
Please don't follow the guide above.
Yes this is the wrong section AND WE ALL GET IT. Enough said, there shouldn't be more people saying this lol..
The froyos have GPS and everything now.
Seriously though
1.) Root your phone. There are a few good ways to do this, I recommend THIS way.
2.) Install "Rom Manager" from the market. Once installed, click the first button at the top and select Vibrant. (When it asks for permission, allow it.)
3.) Select your ROM of choice.
Eugene373's Froyo (Macnut)
My Axura Froyo (I am going to include all the fixes later this week, right now it is not recommended.)
TeamWhiskeys Obsidian Froyo
AnderDroid's AOSPish Froyo
4.) Download the ROM and put it on your internal card. (Don't rename or anything, leave it in it's .zip file)
5.) Go into Rom Manager, Select install ROM, select the .zip that you downloaded.
6.) It will install, and you will have a fully running amazingly custom ROM! < That didn't come out right
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THAT IS A GUIDE. Concise and simple. I have just rooted my phone and now I'm flashing it with the Bionix ROM. With a few lines, this guy made my day. Thanks a lot!!
SuperJMN said:
THAT IS A GUIDE. Concise and simple. I have just rooted my phone and now I'm flashing it with the Bionix ROM. With a few lines, this guy made my day. Thanks a lot!!
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Grats! man enjoy it now, be sure to use the OCLF it will make a giant difference
ionic7 said:
Grats! man enjoy it now, be sure to use the OCLF it will make a giant difference
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OK! I have an application titled "OCLF". With it, I installed the ext2 tools, but the "lag fixes" are all unavailable because and the reason it says is that "I might have it enabled already" since /system/bin/playlogos1 is less than 5 KB. Does the Bionix 1.2 build have the lag fix included? :S I didn't applied any fix after flashing it.
Thanks in advance!
bauerlucas said:
Open browser type google.com then ask away. Wrong section by the way.
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Stuff like this is just unneeded. If you just want to be a **** cuz you think its funny... say it to your self cuz I can guarantee no one read this and thought "OMG THIS DUDES SO FUNNY AND SMART LOLOLOLLOLOLLL HE SHOULD DO STAND UP!"
bauerlucas said:
Open browser type google.com then ask away. Wrong section by the way.
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yawn 10 char
Please can someone with more knowledge help answer superjmn's last question on the issue of lagfix? I am really interested in this thread as I will be flashing my phone too same way this weekend and I've been looking for a thread like this where one is taken step by step through how to flash. Superjmn, this your thread is serving more people than you know. Thanks for taking the lead in asking. Once you able to do it, I'm sure I will be able to do it too successfully. My vibrant is presently running the ji6 update and unrooted. Waiting to read more here. Thanks
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Hello everyone. I'm very sorry for the question, but I really have read lots of topics about Odin, KIES, Voodoo, Lag-fix, latest Nandroid Backup and everything and it's impossible to arrange such a large amount of info.
I received my Vibrant from the US and now I have it unlocked, but unrooted, with the 2.1 Eclair on it. It's everything default, but unlocked.
I really want to have it running Froyo. I'm an experienced user that comes from the HTC Polaris scene, but you know, each model is a whole world. I didn't ever had a Samsung Smartphone, so I'm not familiarized with the tools, methods, SPLs...
Please, guide me to the right way. I tried to follow some tutorials, but the appear to be outdated nowadays.
Thanks a lot for the ones that are reading this. I will try to be useful as soon as I get this working.
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Just keep lurking bro. BTW I suggest Team Whiskey releases. And flashing .zip files through recovery.
Please superjmn, if You get away around enabling the ext2 lagfix to run on your bionic rom, kindly let me know how you went about it here in this thread
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belushi7 said:
Please superjmn, if You get away around enabling the ext2 lagfix to run on your bionic rom, kindly let me know how you went about it here in this thread
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Hi belishi7! I have managed to install the lag fix using OCLF (from the Market).
Install ext2 tools
Restore Boot Animation
Apply OneClickLagFix V2.2+ (it takes more than 2 minutes)
Done! I will reboot and it's all running
CAUTION: I did this without any other fix (I've heard something about a Voodoo kernel, but I kept away from it...).
I was using Rom ToolBox. I attempted to change the theme of my rooted but stock rom Vibrant. When RTB(Rom ToolBox) rebooted the phone it would only boot to T-mobile boot screen then go to a black screen. The 4 buttons on the bottom of the phone still light up when touched. I can get into recovery and have reset data as well as formatted SD card.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated as I need this phone for my job that starts on wensday.
After recovering from what I posted above, I then soft bricked my phone a second time, this time it would only load to the Vibrant/Samsung boot screen.
"You should be able to get to download mode.
Pull the battery, put it back in.
Make sure the phone is still off.
Hold volume up + down while inserting the usb cable.
See if that works." credit goes to theexel for getting me out of this second soft brick.
If you have had either of these 2 problems this thread should have some answers for you, or will point you in the right direction to getting ur problem fixed.
I cant say thanks enough to everyone that helped or tried to help me with these 2 problems.
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I was using Rom ToolBox. I attempted to change the theme of my rooted but stock rom Vibrant. When RTB(Rom ToolBox) rebooted the phone it would only boot to T-mobile boot screen then go to a black screen. The 4 buttons on the bottom of the phone still light up when touched. I can get into recovery and have reset data as well as formatted SD card.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated as I need this phone for my job that starts on wensday.
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If your phone is stock rom but rooted.. just use odin, you can lose some info, or not, but the phone will work perfectly again (suggestion: try jelly bean, better battery, and it's working great)
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If your phone is stock rom but rooted.. just use odin, you can lose some info, or not, but the phone will work perfectly again (suggestion: try jelly bean, better battery, and it's working great)
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That should be if you have this phone period, and there's signs of life on it, which there is on yours.
Look through this Q&A section for a tutorial on how to ODIN back to stock, you should be fine.
theexel said:
That should be if you have this phone period, and there's signs of life on it, which there is on yours.
Look through this Q&A section for a tutorial on how to ODIN back to stock, you should be fine.
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Bad news for me, now its soft bricked I believe(phone--!--cpu) screen. Also looks like the usb port is bad. Talk about crappy luck. Any ideas on this development is also appreciated.
You can still ODIN when you see phone--!--cpu.
As long as you see a COM in ODIN, you're good to go.
If it's not working, try different computer ports, cables, etc.
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You can still ODIN when you see phone--!--cpu.
As long as you see a COM in ODIN, you're good to go.
If it's not working, try different computer ports, cables, etc.
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how long does odin take generally? this is my first android so im a real noobie to all of this.
ShadowFoxRedux said:
how long does odin take generally? this is my first android so im a real noobie to all of this.
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I think the longest part of using ODIN is having to download the files initially.
It only takes, no more than 10-15 minutes to have your phone up and running again once you have all the files and run ODIN.
theexel said:
I think the longest part of using ODIN is having to download the files initially.
It only takes, no more than 10-15 minutes to have your phone up and running again once you have all the files and run ODIN.
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Success!! phone is back up and running again. Bonus is its back to 2.1 so i can reroot+flas to jelly bean! Also which rom would you suggest I use for my vibrant? :good:
ShadowFoxRedux said:
Success!! phone is back up and running again. Bonus is its back to 2.1 so i can reroot+flas to jelly bean! Also which rom would you suggest I use for my vibrant? :good:
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I'm not the one your asking, but I like Helly Bean so far.
FC3SRedSuns said:
I'm not the one your asking, but I like Helly Bean so far.
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No worries, ill take any advice I can get.
I prefer official stuff from big teams, so I use CM10, I like it, its fast and stable.
Currently dowgraded to Froyo though, ah, I've missed my GPS.
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I prefer official stuff from big teams, so I use CM10, I like it, its fast and stable.
Currently dowgraded to Froyo though, ah, I've missed my GPS.
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I bricked it good this time, got cocky and flashed droid-vibrant rom. Didnt like it so I went to go back to my original stock rom, used clockwork recovery but something went wrong. When I rebooted the phone im now stuck at the vibrant/samsung screen. Cant get into recovery or download modes now. Everything I try just keeps cycling the vibrant/samsung boot screen. Is this a hard brick or is there a way to save it?
You should be able to get to download mode.
Pull the battery, put it back in.
Make sure the phone is still off.
Hold volume up + down while inserting the usb cable.
See if that works.
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theexel said:
You should be able to get to download mode.
Pull the battery, put it back in.
Make sure the phone is still off.
Hold volume up + down while inserting the usb cable.
See if that works.
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You sir are a life saver. Ok now before I do anything else. What should be my first move from here?
Well, that depends on what you want to do.
What ROM you want to install, etc.
Well, what do you want to run on your phone?
Froyo - been out for a long time so it is optimized to the eyeballs. Working GPS, long battery life, quick and snappy.
Gingerbread - Since we had no "official" build, there are problems with battery, GPS and small memory leaks here and there. Plus you will have to install Gingerbread bootloaders (If you screw this up, it is the one sure fire way to hardbrick this device-so tread lightly). Almost all GB ROM do NOT have e911/911. There is CM7/7.2, Simply Honey, MIUI
ICS - Make sure you choose anything 4.0.4 based, as it has updated code from Google. ICZen is my home ICS ROM, but there is Slim, CM9 and a few others. (Install guide is in my signature) GPS sucks for the most part too and maybe/maybe not e911/911.
JellyBean - All are experimental and still glitchy if you don't know what you are doing. HellyBean and SlimBean are the two front runners.
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My suggestion to you is for you to runu some Froyos to get you comfortable with the flashing, nandroiding, tweaking,...processes and then move on to something else. Above all read and search. This phone is 2 years old, so chances are you won't have done anything that someone else already has. Nearly all the issues are solved, so you should be able to use the search and find something out about said problem, as opposed to opening a thread about it.
Woodrube said:
Well, what do you want to run on your phone?
Froyo - been out for a long time so it is optimized to the eyeballs. Working GPS, long battery life, quick and snappy.
Gingerbread - Since we had no "official" build, there are problems with battery, GPS and small memory leaks here and there. Plus you will have to install Gingerbread bootloaders (If you screw this up, it is the one sure fire way to hardbrick this device-so tread lightly). Almost all GB ROM do NOT have e911/911. There is CM7/7.2, Simply Honey, MIUI
ICS - Make sure you choose anything 4.0.4 based, as it has updated code from Google. ICZen is my home ICS ROM, but there is Slim, CM9 and a few others. (Install guide is in my signature) GPS sucks for the most part too and maybe/maybe not e911/911.
JellyBean - All are experimental and still glitchy if you don't know what you are doing. HellyBean and SlimBean are the two front runners.
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My suggestion to you is for you to runu some Froyos to get you comfortable with the flashing, nandroiding, tweaking,...processes and then move on to something else. Above all read and search. This phone is 2 years old, so chances are you won't have done anything that someone else already has. Nearly all the issues are solved, so you should be able to use the search and find something out about said problem, as opposed to opening a thread about it.
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I think i will stay far far away from GB. I guess I would want to stay on froyo, I just dont know which froyo rom would be the best. What im looking for is fast/good battery life/working GPS. I would need 911 to work as I drive for my work and use it quite abit to call in accidents/problems on the roads that I see.
Yea I searched and read and read, once I got to the phone--!--computer I knew what was wrong. This last time I found alot of people who had the same problems, the ones that got solved I tried the methods that they used and none worked.
I would go with Bionix-V FishmanMod Rom / Bionix-V FishmanMod Odin Images. It is proven to be really great at all the things that you listed. Also it has an Odin image, so you can just flash it through Odin and go about your day like normal (See the OP). You can theme it with the themes list in Slim_Ryder's post #4 (this is a great 2.2 ROM also btw).
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
Woodrube said:
I would go with Bionix-V FishmanMod Rom / Bionix-V FishmanMod Odin Images. It is proven to be really great at all the things that you listed. Also it has an Odin image, so you can just flash it through Odin and go about your day like normal (See the OP). You can theme it with the themes list in Slim_Ryder's post #4 (this is a great 2.2 ROM also btw).
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
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I went with the rom that you suggested. So far I am loving it. Much thanks for all of your help as well as others that helped as well.
Sweet!!! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Also might want to take a look at my Battery Guide stickied in the Q&A section. It has tips, trick, apps and some really good info you might need.
One last thing: Can you go into your OP and click Edit>Go Advanced and then put [Solved] in your title.
Anybody that thinks they are one of the best if not the TOP troubleshooting helper around, Please let me know if you are available after 5 today. I dont have a lock screen anymore and when I hold the power button down, the device shuts off instead of having the options to reboot, power down, screen shot, whatever else available. I am rooted, but I did try going back to stock and had no luck with the lock screen. Also, I cound a backup on a different MicroSD card and tried to restore that. It worked fine, but never gave me the lock screen or power down options again. Weather you want to talk on the phone, chat, or email. Please reply here or email me at [email protected] Thank You!
Sorry but we don't have a ranking system here. You get what you get . . .
The power off menu is in the framework of the OS. Have you flashed anything with CWM/TWRP that could have changed the framework? Almost any mod could be a possible cause.
Did you use a theme-setting app? These apps change the framework and that includes the lock screen too.
Have you restored a backup recently?
Post your rom version and apps you installed recently.
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Sorry but we don't have a ranking system here. You get what you get . . .
The power off menu is in the framework of the OS. Have you flashed anything with CWM/TWRP that could have changed the framework? Almost any mod could be a possible cause.
Did you use a theme-setting app? These apps change the framework and that includes the lock screen too.
Have you restored a backup recently?
Post your rom version and apps you installed recently.
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I'm sorry you felt the need to take what i said the way you did. I was simply stating what i said the way i did because nobody could ever help me with this. I am currently rooted on stock ics. I didn't even have a lock screen after i flashed back to stock on Odin, then used kies to get the latest ics. It doesn't make sense. Do Tippy have any idea how i could put this back to normal? It's a pain having to rely on go locker and go launcher. Also, when i hold the power button down, the phone just shuts down, with no options like normal. It's crazy. I appreciate your help either way. It won't let me flash a different ROM right now. Gives some error. I just want to be fully stock with a lock screen and power menu options them go from there.
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I'm sorry you felt the need to take what i said the way you did. I was simply stating what i said the way i did because nobody could ever help me with this. I am currently rooted on stock ics. I didn't even have a lock screen after i flashed back to stock on Odin, then used kies to get the latest ics. It doesn't make sense. Do Tippy have any idea how i could put this back to normal? It's a pain having to rely on go locker and go launcher. Also, when i hold the power button down, the phone just shuts down, with no options like normal. It's crazy. I appreciate your help either way. It won't let me flash a different ROM right now. Gives some error. I just want to be fully stock with a lock screen and power menu options them go from there.
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If you push the power button in and it reboots, can't you just hold the middle of the volume rocker in at the same time to get into recovery?
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If you push the power button in and it reboots, can't you just hold the middle of the volume rocker in at the same time to get into recovery?
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Well yeah but what does that have to do with anything? It doesn't help at all. That doesn't fix any of my problems. This problem is much more complex. The issue is that my phone is not as it normally should be..with options after holding down the power button, and with no lock screen...even after successfully going back to stock, these things were missing...
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Well yeah but what does that have to do with anything? It doesn't help at all. That doesn't fix any of my problems. This problem is much more complex. The issue is that my phone is not as it normally should be..with options after holding down the power button, and with no lock screen...even after successfully going back to stock, these things were missing...
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Since you can't go back to stock,
Flash a rom, it should install those missing things.
Or mess it up worse and take it back for a new one.
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Since you can't go back to stock,
Flash a rom, it should install those missing things.
Or mess it up worse and take it back for a new one.
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It won't let me flash another ROM. Gives me Assn error and doesn't go through. If i try returning the device with the flash counter where it's at, won't that be an issue? I can't go without the device. I use it for too much. Maybe i could figure out how to reset flash counter? Idk..i just need this fixed bad
This maybe a dumb thought but can you use kies and install the original ICS again? I know you mentioned backups didn't work so reinstalling original ICS probably won't worj either. Just a thought.
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This maybe a dumb thought but can you use kies and install the original ICS again? I know you mentioned backups didn't work so reinstalling original ICS probably won't worj either. Just a thought.
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I thought I already mentioned this but I already tried that. It does not work. It sucks man. Nothing seems to work. I wonder if there is somebody who could walk me through the troubleshooting of the whole system or soemthing. I know if I try to contact AT&T about it they will laugh at me and not be able to help me. If anybody knows the ins and outs of the framework or anybody could even show me where to look and what needs to be there that isnt..even terminal emulator...anything...I appreciate everybody trying to help me so far but nothing has helped yet Thank you though and thank you to anybody who from here on out tries to help me. I know I will tell you again too.
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I thought I already mentioned this but I already tried that. It does not work. It sucks man. Nothing seems to work. I wonder if there is somebody who could walk me through the troubleshooting of the whole system or soemthing. I know if I try to contact AT&T about it they will laugh at me and not be able to help me. If anybody knows the ins and outs of the framework or anybody could even show me where to look and what needs to be there that isnt..even terminal emulator...anything...I appreciate everybody trying to help me so far but nothing has helped yet Thank you though and thank you to anybody who from here on out tries to help me. I know I will tell you again too.
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Are you going back to stock ICS or gingerbread? I would Odin back to gingerbread and start brand new. This will solve any major issue for sure. But only do it if you have the things you need to get back to where you are, like the GB root, cwm or twrp, and your roms. Let me know if that helps
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Are you going back to stock ICS or gingerbread? I would Odin back to gingerbread and start brand new. This will solve any major issue for sure. But only do it if you have the things you need to get back to where you are, like the GB root, cwm or twrp, and your roms. Let me know if that helps
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I can let you know up front this did not work. I did this in the beginning. Went back to stock GB then had to use Kies to get to ICS. This did not help my issue/problem at all. Still no lock screen. It sucks. I am almost lost for help here it seems. Is there any way to completely reset the device from the beginning? Or again, any way to get help with everything in the actual framework of the whole device? Anything anybody could do to help me with would be amazing. Thank you for everything again!
Try this, not sureb if it fits your issue 100%.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1870561
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I can let you know up front this did not work. I did this in the beginning. Went back to stock GB then had to use Kies to get to ICS. This did not help my issue/problem at all. Still no lock screen. It sucks. I am almost lost for help here it seems. Is there any way to completely reset the device from the beginning? Or again, any way to get help with everything in the actual framework of the whole device? Anything anybody could do to help me with would be amazing. Thank you for everything again!
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Idk but I did warranty claim with one of my notes and Samsung didn't say anything about the flash counter after. But they also sent me the new phone first then I sent mine back, but like I said they didn't say anything after.
but now that I think about it, the lock screen is not a device issue. it comes different in every ROM in the framework res.apk! I don't see how that's even possible? The entire frameworks flash and the device can't on its own decide not to install that especially not on stock GB. For you to Odin back to GB and not have a lock screen on GB is just crazy. Nothing out there I'm aware of can do that and not brick the device. You have to bring that device back foreal. That's screwed and if you do fix that pm me and tell me how!
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Idk but I did warranty claim with one of my notes and Samsung didn't say anything about the flash counter after. But they also sent me the new phone first then I sent mine back, but like I said they didn't say anything after.
but now that I think about it, the lock screen is not a device issue. it comes different in every ROM in the framework res.apk! I don't see how that's even possible? The entire frameworks flash and the device can't on its own decide not to install that especially not on stock GB. For you to Odin back to GB and not have a lock screen on GB is just crazy. Nothing out there I'm aware of can do that and not brick the device. You have to bring that device back foreal. That's screwed and if you do fix that pm me and tell me how!
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Will do. You see why it's crazy now!? It's ridiculous! Never heard of or seen this problem ever..I'm not new to Android or Android troubleshooting atall. Just this blows my mind!
There is no warranty issue here.
I asked several questions about what you have done, but you didn't inform us.
You never said what recovery you have. The simplest solution is to reboot into recovery, wipe all caches, factory reset, then flash a stock rom.
If you can't do that I would use Odin to flash a stock rom.
Those are your options.
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There is no warranty issue here.
I asked several questions about what you have done, but you didn't inform us.
You never said what recovery you have. The simplest solution is to reboot into recovery, wipe all caches, factory reset, then flash a stock rom.
If you can't do that I would use Odin to flash a stock rom.
Those are your options.
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I have tried to answer every single question to the best of my ability. Sorry I did not answer your question properly. I was on CWM recovery but Just now again I flashed back to STOCK using Odin. Meaning I have stock recovery. I still DO NOT HAVE a lock screen or any options when shutting the phone down. Those "options" you gave me are no longer available. I did all that. I am about to try to go to a friends house to flash to ICS using Kies...which still will give me no lock screen or options when holding down the power button. There is obviously a deeper problem here. I hope somebody could help me solve this issue. Please I am begging here It is horrible!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506330
This is what I just did. Also, I have been looking at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504218 wondering if I should try this next. Either way, I am not getting a lock screen or options when I hold down the power button. Please help Anybody!
Why isn't flashing a stock rom using Odin not an option? Odin is the pc software Samsung created and uses for their work.
Kies didn't work -- try Odin3 1.85
rangercaptain said:
Why isn't flashing a stock rom using Odin not an option? Odin is the pc software Samsung created and uses for their work.
Kies didn't work -- try Odin3 1.85
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Again, I feel like a broken record by repeating this SEVERAL times but Flashing Back To Stock Using ODIN Does Not Work! I just said that I did this in my post before last. I finally have managed to get cm10 nightly to flash on my device. When I flashed this, it gave me the lock screen back along with options when I hold down the power button. Thank you all for your help anyways. I guess this is as good as it will get.
When you flash a rom with Odin, it reformats your phone, like a clean slate, then installs the new system.
When you say you flashed back to stock, did you use a .pit file, a .tar file, and a .bin file? If not, you are not flashing back to stock -- you're just adding up a mess in your phone.
If you use Kies, then use the emergency firmware recovery, it will supposedly do the same thing as a correct Odin flash -- reformat then install a clean stock rom.
I've seen mixed messages about this so I figured I'd ask to be safe. If I root my S4 and put TWRP recovery on it, I can flash a stock ROM in Odin and everything will be back to stock and official status for warranty, correct? Thanks.
Dark_Spark said:
I've seen mixed messages about this so I figured I'd ask to be safe. If I root my S4 and put TWRP recovery on it, I can flash a stock ROM in Odin and everything will be back to stock and official status for warranty, correct? Thanks.
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This is completely off topic and I am very sorry for this I am just very desperate. But I mistakenly deleted a system file I shouldnt have without backing up and now the play store, youtube etc will not let me login. Can you make a backup of all the system files or even make a rom? Thanks. If you can it would be greatly appreciated. my email is [email protected].
Dark... you can do that but you would then have to lose root. My suggestion to you is you use the unroot method in superuser if your superuser has the option or get universal unroot from the play store. you would restore your backup of the stock rom and then remove all that you can like recovery and then use 1 of the methods i mentioned to break root.
The point being is you can go back to complete stock rom but if you are still rooted and they see then "no warranty for you!" (heh warranty nazi)
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Dark... you can do that but you would then have to lose root. My suggestion to you is you use the unroot method in superuser if your superuser has the option or get universal unroot from the play store. you would restore your backup of the stock rom and then remove all that you can like recovery and then use 1 of the methods i mentioned to break root.
The point being is you can go back to complete stock rom but if you are still rooted and they see then "no warranty for you!" (heh warranty nazi)
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So, if I used Odin to flash the stock ROM, my status would still show "custom"?? I thought if you flashed stock, it unrooted and put it back to official?
Also, michaelgg13, if you can tell me which file you are missing, I can try to get it and send it to you if that will help?
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So, if I used Odin to flash the stock ROM, my status would still show "custom"?? I thought if you flashed stock, it unrooted and put it back to official?
Also, michaelgg13, if you can tell me which file you are missing, I can try to get it and send it to you if that will help?
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Thats the thing I am not exactly sure which file it is. Im kind of stuck. it must be some sort of google service. Is there anyway to backup all of the stock files? I am new to android so I am trying to figure this out haha. Thank you for answering though.
no the su binaries will stay which gives superuser the write permissions to the root of the device such as /system
Flashing the rom back just puts all the files back as they were, plus you backed it up with the su binaries intact so it will still be there after the restore of stock rom
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Thats the thing I am not exactly sure which file it is. Im kind of stuck. it must be some sort of google service. Is there anyway to backup all of the stock files? I am new to android so I am trying to figure this out haha. Thank you for answering though.
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Ah, I see. Well, I've added a couple different things into my system files so I don't think you'll want all of that. However, if you have your files and contacts backed up, there was a thread somewhere either here or on another forum that had the stock ROM that you could flash with Odin. I could try and find that for you if you want it.
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Ah, I see. Well, I've added a couple different things into my system files so I don't think you'll want all of that. However, if you have your files and contacts backed up, there was a thread somewhere either here or on another forum that had the stock ROM that you could flash with Odin. I could try and find that for you if you want it.
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Yeah all thats backed up, if you could find that rom I would be ecstatic.
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Eric214 said:
no the su binaries will stay which gives superuser the write permissions to the root of the device such as /system
Flashing the rom back just puts all the files back as they were, plus you backed it up with the su binaries intact so it will still be there after the restore of stock rom
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Ooh...I think you might have me mistaken. I'm asking if I flash a completely stock ROM with Odin. NOT a Nandroid backup or any other form of backup. Just a stock ROM with Odin. Would that reset everything back to official status?
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Ah, I see. Well, I've added a couple different things into my system files so I don't think you'll want all of that. However, if you have your files and contacts backed up, there was a thread somewhere either here or on another forum that had the stock ROM that you could flash with Odin. I could try and find that for you if you want it.
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I found one on here but unfortunately the link to download it is down. did you happen to see another one? thanks
This is the one i found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
Yep
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I found one on here but unfortunately the link to download it is down. did you happen to see another one? thanks
This is the one i found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
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Yeah, I did find it. It's on another forum though, so I have to get up to 10 posts first lol. Almost there. Just a sec!
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Yeah, I did find it. It's on another forum though, so I have to get up to 10 posts first lol. Almost there. Just a sec!
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haha thanks so freaking much.
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Yeah all thats backed up, if you could find that rom I would be ecstatic.
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Finally 10 posts! lol
Here you go: http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=237
On that forum is the stock TAR file that I believe you can flash through Odin. The instructions are on there. :victory:
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Finally 10 posts! lol
Here you go: http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=237
On that forum is the stock TAR file that I believe you can flash through Odin. The instructions are on there. :victory:
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haha I have bad news though. Thats where the link i posted points to. and unfortunatley all of those links are broken thank you soooooo much for trying though.
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haha I have bad news though. Thats where the link i posted points to. and unfortunatley all of those links are broken thank you soooooo much for trying though.
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Dang! Well, I have the file downloaded already from when it did work, I can upload it for you in parts if you want to wait lol.
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Dang! Well, I have the file downloaded already from when it did work, I can upload it for you in parts if you want to wait lol.
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I have spent the last 5 hours trying to get this fixed so a couple more wont kill me. Im sure the files are large. I would be so thankful.
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michaelgg13 said:
I have spent the last 5 hours trying to get this fixed so a couple more wont kill me. Im sure the files are large. I would be so thankful.
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Alright, well, I just figured out that I don't think I can. my speed is really slow for uploading.. I'm sorry bro. If you keep trying that link, it may come back soon. I'm sorry I couldn't help much.
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Alright, well, I just figured out that I don't think I can. my speed is really slow for uploading.. I'm sorry bro. If you keep trying that link, it may come back soon. I'm sorry I couldn't help much.
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Hey well thanks a bunch for trying!!!
EDIT: just tried the link again, it is actually taking me to the download page but the download doesnt work. so close i can almost taste it!
EDIT 2: after reading their facebook page they said they are having dns issues, so they should be back shortly!
ahhh maybe you will break root then. If i remember right from my Bionic if i FXZ'd with House of bionic it redoes EVERYTHING wipes the system.img.. just everything boot.img all of it.
I'm not exactly sure how that would work to be honest cause flashing the rom back may still leave those binaries in... this is something I'm not totally sure on but i still do not think it will break root.