I have used Odin to load Tar File: JFD and Pit file. Or just used Vibrant AIO and Odin through their. Everything loads fine, but when it boots I just get a black screen. I touch the soft keys and they light up. Some say it is a kernel issue, but I just do not know. Any help on this is welcome.
I have tried different versions of Odin, but nothing seems to work.
I wanted to try this, but the link is not working for me. At least I cannot get to MultiUpload for some reason.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13071981&postcount=2
Thanks all!
Have you tried using bay_wolf's Vibrant Toolbox?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
I've used it myself to flash back to stock, and it worked perfectly for me.
Already tried that thanks.
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Does anyone have the Odin zip EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA.zip?
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Already tried that thanks.
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Does anyone have the Odin zip EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA.zip?
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You will find it for sure if you google it...that's the way that i found it but i'm on phone now and don't have the link...
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I have been looking for it, but all I find are 4shared links that are the same and invalid. So I am screwed at the moment. I am not sure what else that I could try.
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Does anyone have the Odin zip EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA.zip?
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I can't link it bc I am mobile but if you go to the Vibrant section on Rootzwiki, Br1ckd's ICZen thread bottom of OP or post #2, you can find Eugene's rom
Thanks. Their is another post on XDA, but it only on MultiUpload. Is Multiupload down? All I get is a white screen.
If anyone could mirror when they have a chance that would be great!
Multi went down shortly after Mega went down.
Go here and download it. Or here if you don't want to stray away from XDA.
Thanks my friend! I was able to get into a ROM! However I discovered that I did not need it. I will use the ROM for emergencies in case I do. I found out that I pushed the wrong Update.zip file. I installed the root_update.zip and not cwm_update.zip. I do not think the root Update works well with Eugene's ROM anyway. Once I did that I was able to get ICS back up.
However I still have the Froyo Bootloader, and would like to update to Gingerbread. I tried flashing the GB bootloader, but it errored out looking for the PIT file and had to re-flash to stock. I will try again later, but just happy to get the phone working.
With a JIG this phone I would say, like most of you agree with, is very difficult to truly brick!
Thanks again all.
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I can't post the link but it is on youtube.
If you youtube "bigshotz" and click on my user name, its the last video I uploaded
Long story short, I used the Odin program for the captivate on accdident, but I found the Odin program for the Vibrant and got it back to stock. But I still have the AT&T Start Screen, anyone know how to get rid of it? Thanks!
Look in the Captivate forums for how to remove the AT&T boot screen. It should just be a file you can delete.
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Wipe then reflash?
tried everything
anyone?
same thing happened on my phone when i installed a captivate firmware.. did you find any solutions?
same here. found this in the captivate forum, but no solution so far.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7678939
Hi, I too have been looking for a solution for this. If you search at&t in the forums you will find multiple posts involving this that have all gone unanswered. I have tried installing multiple different roms, internal phone resets, various odin configurations, and probably a few other things I am overlooking to no avail.
Can't seem to find a solution...
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You guys probably need to odin 'eugenes froyo that doesnt brick' then odin back to stock. It will completely wipe everything.
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same here. found this in the captivate forum, but no solution so far.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7678939
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Nice find! For those curious the file may be located in your /mnt/.Ifs directory. Its called logo_ATNT.jpg Also, the standard vibrant boot image is there named logo_T959.jpg
As that thread mentions, it seems any changes made to the file don't stick though. I have tried a few changes including permissions, rename, move, delete with no luck. ** EDIT ** From a little research, it seems that the /mnt folder represents android's current mouted systems. Kind of a 'virtual folder'. I am not a linux guru by any means so if I am mistaken here please let me know.
Fyi, the froyo that doesn't brick method has not worked for me in the past. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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my phones network is showing at&t even i'm not using an at&t sim card. i screwed my efs folder. any idea how to fix?
Try flashing a stock Vibrant kernel? Worked for me when I built a kernel using the CONFIG_KEPLER* options by accident.
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I can't post the link but it is on youtube.
If you youtube "bigshotz" and click on my user name, its the last video I uploaded
Long story short, I used the Odin program for the captivate on accdident, but I found the Odin program for the Vibrant and got it back to stock. But I still have the AT&T Start Screen, anyone know how to get rid of it? Thanks!
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I had exactly the same issue.
The problem is that you flashed the att captivate's sbl.bin which shows the first boot screen like "ATT world phone". So please find a vibrant sbl.bin and flash that through Odin.
I don't have that since I'm fine with the dual screens...
Thanks for the explanation on what file it comes from. I look into that. Never really been an issue for me either, more of an annoyance I guess.
Quick question/comment: why does the stock odin build for the vibrant not flash over this file? I guess it is not included in most builds?
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SOLVED!!!!
Thanks for the guidance neasoon. Here is what I did to fix this issue.
1) Nandroid / Titanium backup (just in case)
2) Downloaded the 'update.zip' from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
3) Apply update.zip using Clockwork Recovery
4) Reboot, and fixed!!!
A few comments on this method:
Apparently the sbl.bin / boot.bin are relatively rare files to come across and are not located in most firmware leaks/updates. Hence the reason restoring using ODIN back to stock is not solving this issue. These files were grabbed from the JI4 leak and have been put into a flashable update.zip provided by untermensch. These files also fix phones with hardware locks and I believe have been included in some of the recent OTA updates. (Cannot verify as I have not received one) So some that have installed the OTA may have magically seen their 'AT&T' screens disappear afterwards.
I applied the update successfully, and all is well. (NO MORE BRIGHT WHITE AT&T SPLASH SCREEN!). Please make sure you read the OP in the link above before you proceed with the update. Keep in mind it is written towards those with hardware locked phones, so it mentions instructions to get into recovery via adb. Assuming you don't have a hardware locked phone you can reboot to recovery using normal methods to apply this update.
Cheers!
yes finally figured it out too.. what i did was i loaded firmware with boot.bin for a vibrant. and now i dont have the att white world phone bootscreen anymore. yay!
i tried the odin method and it works! no more stupid att boot screen. thanks a ton!
Will the froyo 2.2 fix this? After flashing the captivate onto my galaxy s then loading the ji6 pit, I'm not ready for the emotional roller coaster that may ensue if I do this.
As long as the boot.bin is included it should fix it. Not sure which rom this is included in though.
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Will the froyo 2.2 fix this? After flashing the captivate onto my galaxy s then loading the ji6 pit, I'm not ready for the emotional roller coaster that may ensue if I do this.
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Ok, I decided to grow a pair and used clockwork to install the zip file. worked like a charm!! Many thanks--Al
Ok, I was restoring my phone to stock with odin following these stpes
Disable Voodoo
Odin to eugenes froyo that wont brick
sticks at vibrant screen
tried odining to JFD
odin completes but still hangs at the vibrant screen
I have tried with and with out repartition checked and I am able to enter and exit download mode freely, I have tried 3 differnt versions of odin and 2 different downloads of the pda and pits. Any help would be great.
EDIT, Odin is finishing at the pass stage when the phone attempts to boot Currently flashing the JI6 seeing if it works.
Still not getting anywhere, I have now tried to odin to eugenes froyo, JFD, JI6, all which end the same with out a boot screen, I can get download but no recovery.
From my understanding when you flash eugenes froyo that wont brick the boot animation should change to the international one, mine has not done that so I am starting to wonder if there is an issue with the flashes themself.
How long did you wait after flashing the stock firmware? The first boot usually takes a while after an Odin. Did Odin finish flashing everything to the point that it said restart in blue?
You can find instructions to revert to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
I've gotten myself out of some pretty bad "bricks" with JFD and ODIN... make sure you also use the stock .pit file and you can check repartition, use JFD and should fix you right up.
I have waited for 10-15 minutes after it says restart and then sometimes after it says pass, and I have done to jfd and stock pit.
left phone at boot fell asleep woke up hr or so later still at vibrant screen, still cannot access recovery but can access download mode.
To OP. What custom rom did you run before flashing back to stock? Have you recovered?
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To OP. What custom rom did you run before flashing back to stock? Have you recovered?
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I was on axura the newest one and did not like it that much tbh had tons of processes starting nonstop and was constantly down to 35m of memory while idle. No I have not recoverd, I have flashed every combo I can think of with ODIN but alas have had no luck.
Currently it is being warrantied out for a free replacement.
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I was on axura the newest one and did not like it that much tbh had tons of processes starting nonstop and was constantly down to 35m of memory while idle. No I have not recoverd, I have flashed every combo I can think of with ODIN but alas have had no luck.
Currently it is being warrantied out for a free replacement.
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So tired.... I am in the same boat. But I get to flash Eugenes froyo but i have 0 room in app storage. Then When I try to Odin to stock JFD and stock .pit it all goes well untill I get to recovery and it tells me in red text "data wipe failed"
The phone reboots and goes black after the galaxy s animation.
You think samsung will fix it for me? I go the phone in July 2010.
To OP.
have you tried flashing eugenes froyo that doesn't brick? I can't understand why a lot of these bricks are happening right now. Especially when you do flash your phone back to stock.
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To OP.
have you tried flashing eugenes froyo that doesn't brick? I can't understand why a lot of these bricks are happening right now. Especially when you do flash your phone back to stock.
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Yes read the first post it says what i have flashed.
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So tired.... I am in the same boat. But I get to flash Eugenes froyo but i have 0 room in app storage. Then When I try to Odin to stock JFD and stock .pit it all goes well untill I get to recovery and it tells me in red text "data wipe failed"
The phone reboots and goes black after the galaxy s animation.
You think samsung will fix it for me? I go the phone in July 2010.
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How would I know if samsung will fix it.. I called tmobile said it got bricked while doing JI6 boom problem solved. Their support is not that great though he was having me try to access root by calling it a secert master menu, then asked if i tethered my comp to it but his definition of tether was syncing files I was just playing dumb and letting him ask me his questions
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How would I know if samsung will fix it.. I called tmobile said it got bricked while doing JI6 boom problem solved. Their support is not that great though he was having me try to access root by calling it a secert master menu, then asked if i tethered my comp to it but his definition of tether was syncing files I was just playing dumb and letting him ask me his questions
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Rooting your device and flashing custom roms onto it voids your warranty from t-mobile. You are wasting your time trying to see if they will help, This is NOT in their job description. They might laugh at you.
@OP Try flashing to a TRUE stock firmware, I personally would not flash from a custom rom to another custom rom, does that make sense? You should go back to t-mobiles legit 2.1. There is a link in the Bible here under the Dev forum. But, The link is broken. So Ive uploaded it here http://www.mediafire.com/?8kw71bx06an0vwg
Don't give up on odin yet, try things like changing your usb ports on the computer, this has worked for me. I also have a video tutorial using odin, it might be of some help to you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10207377&postcount=1
Good luck!
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Yes read the first post it says what i have flashed.
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try that again.
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Im having the same issue with, "Data Wipe Failed" and have 0.00 space in Application storage but my phone reboots into eugenes 2.2 perfectly fine and works, but the application storage seems to be empty still...very frustrating.
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Rooting your device and flashing custom roms onto it voids your warranty from t-mobile. You are wasting your time trying to see if they will help, This is NOT in their job description. They might laugh at you.
@OP Try flashing to a TRUE stock firmware, I personally would not flash from a custom rom to another custom rom, does that make sense? You should go back to t-mobiles legit 2.1. There is a link in the Bible here under the Dev forum. But, The link is broken. So Ive uploaded it here http://www.mediafire.com/?8kw71bx06an0vwg
Don't give up on odin yet, try things like changing your usb ports on the computer, this has worked for me. I also have a video tutorial using odin, it might be of some help to you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10207377&postcount=1
Good luck!
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have changed usb cord, port, computer, have flashed jfd ji6 froyo that wont brick, 512 pit,513 pit,and they have not laughed at me in anyway they are sending my new phone now and a g2 to try out soo either way I have something soon. I also was going from axura to stock to a custom rom not from one to the other and I do know how to use odin, I know what I am doing just need help figuring this one out has to be something im missing or its just not gonna work. 50 odins and nothing kinda says it all.
I am in the same boat.. tried ODIN + stock ROM from various sources, nothing seems to work.. am I out of luck ??
so im trying to help my cousin out he wanted me to return his phone to stock because he was having issues with mms and gps. it was on one of the bionix roms i cant remember which version thou. so i was reading all this morning trying to figure out the best way to unroot and odin seemed to be the easiest. i followed this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475) and everything went perfect and when the phone began to boot it showed the 3 boot screens (samsung vibrant, pink stick together, then the blue one with the lil jingle that says galaxy s) and then the screen just goes black and nothing happens.. i have to take the battery out and i can still get into download mode and the android system recovery but idk what to do. ive tried redoing odin back to stock but always the same outcome. for the past 2 hours ive been non stop searching but cant find anything that will help if someone could shed some light on what i need to do that would be awesome. ty
I'll grab the link in a minute and post it for ya. You should try flashing eugene's froyo that doesnt brick via odin, let it reboot to recovery. Pull the battery, boot back to dl mode, then flash the stock jfd via odin selecting repartition the last flash. Be sure you can get to dl mode with the volume button- plug in usb method before flashing the froyo that doesnt brick, you'll need to boot back to dl mode that way after the battery pull.
Edit: http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=samsungsgs&action=display&thread=8
Hope it helps
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When the phone is rebooting how long does the screen stay black, after the first boot of changing a kernel or any system files the dalvik cache needs to be rebuilt and can take some time (upto 5 minutes) on the first boot. My suggestion is to make sure and use jfd tar file and 512 pit file and then just let the phone sit for about 15 minutes after odin says pass. Once you get a pass from odin the phone is going to work unless something in the tar or pit files was damaged. Just let the phone sit and all should be well.
thanks for the quick replys im going to try both suggestions now and ill get back to u when i find out if they work
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I'll grab the link in a minute and post it for ya. You should try flashing eugene's froyo that doesnt brick via odin, let it reboot to recovery. Pull the battery, boot back to dl mode, then flash the stock jfd via odin selecting repartition the last flash. Be sure you can get to dl mode with the volume button- plug in usb method before flashing the froyo that doesnt brick, you'll need to boot back to dl mode that way after the battery pull.
Edit: http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=samsungsgs&action=display&thread=8
Hope it helps
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+1 this is the sure way to solve this problem
well thanks for both replys Br1ck'd ur method worked his phone is now back on stock! just one last thing how should i go about updating it to the latest stock rom. when i hit software update it says nothing is available. i know there is a newer eclair update but since i dont have a vibrant im not to sure what the latest is. i see there is a froyo update out there but has tmobile released an official that i can load on there for him? and how will i go about getting it?
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well thanks for both replys Br1ck'd ur method worked his phone is now back on stock! just one last thing how should i go about updating it to the latest stock rom. when i hit software update it says nothing is available. i know there is a newer eclair update but since i dont have a vibrant im not to sure what the latest is. i see there is a froyo update out there but has tmobile released an official that i can load on there for him? and how will i go about getting it?
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The only official 2.2 we have for the vibrant wasnt released as an ota. You can snag it through Kies or KiesMini, but it was my understanding that it messed up some peoples sd cards. If youre looking for 2.2, and you want it as stock as possible, your best bet is to dl and flash one of Whitehawkx Ka6, KA7, or KB1 roms in the developement forum. My Loki build is 2.2, but far from stock, and we have a bunch of roms out here that are going to run better than any ota update.
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Br1cK'd said:
The only official 2.2 we have for the vibrant wasnt released as an ota. You can snag it through Kies or KiesMini, but it was my understanding that it messed up some peoples sd cards. If youre looking for 2.2, and you want it as stock as possible, your best bet is to dl and flash one of Whitehawkx Ka6, KA7, or KB1 roms in the developement forum. My Loki build is 2.2, but far from stock, and we have a bunch of roms out here that are going to run better than any ota update.
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+1 Loki Rules
So, kernal push screwed up today, now I'm stuck at the blue rcovery screen. I had been at the red recovery w/ voodoo, tried to update with the .zip backup from SGS and nogo. Can't reinstall packages, booting will pass the Samsung splash screen, then goes blank, stays that way. I gave it 15 minutes and nogo.
I have had a lot of help from Smartassassin (he is extremely helpful), and he had me download Odin3 v1.7.rar, with I uncompressed and can open. At that point I have no idea what to do. I really need this prone up asap.
Anyone have thoughts or ideas? Also, can anyone tell me what to do once Odin3 v1.7 is downloaded? I am stuck there...
Help?
First off, you are on the wrong forum.
Secondly, get the pit and tar files. They are available all over the these forums.
Third, get your phone into download mode. Then open odin.
Odin back to stock and make sure you format sd card when you use odin
Plenty of helpful walk throughs on youtube.
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Charpie said:
First off, you are on the wrong forum.
Secondly, get the pit and tar files. They are available all over the these forums.
Third, get your phone into download mode. Then open odin.
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Sorry about the forum.
What are those files? Drivers?
I can do this as soon as I know how to get to that point...
Thanks
Read the Vibrant Bible located in this forum. It will tell you everything you need to know. Above 4 topics above your thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
this thread has step by step options to ODIN back to stock.
chad658eku said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
this thread has step by step options to ODIN back to stock.
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Doing it now. Thanks everyone!
Wow, 184 posts and you're still posting in the wrong forums, smh.
djquick said:
Wow, 184 posts and you're still posting in the wrong forums, smh.
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:slap: It happens... And those have been all over the place for all sorts of issues. On top of that, I'm on 20+ different boards, and they all do it differently, so I apologize for the mistake. My bad...
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:slap: It happens... And those have been all over the place for all sorts of issues. On top of that, I'm on 20+ different boards, and they all do it differently, so I apologize for the mistake. My bad...
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No worries, just giving you a hard time
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So, kernal push screwed up today, now I'm stuck at the blue rcovery screen. I had been at the red recovery w/ voodoo, tried to update with the .zip backup from SGS and nogo. Can't reinstall packages, booting will pass the Samsung splash screen, then goes blank, stays that way. I gave it 15 minutes and nogo.
I have had a lot of help from Smartassassin (he is extremely helpful), and he had me download Odin3 v1.7.rar, with I uncompressed and can open. At that point I have no idea what to do. I really need this prone up asap.
Anyone have thoughts or ideas? Also, can anyone tell me what to do once Odin3 v1.7 is downloaded? I am stuck there...
Help?
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did you get everything working?
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VisualOddity said:
So, kernal push screwed up today, now I'm stuck at the blue rcovery screen. I had been at the red recovery w/ voodoo, tried to update with the .zip backup from SGS and nogo. Can't reinstall packages, booting will pass the Samsung splash screen, then goes blank, stays that way. I gave it 15 minutes and nogo.
I have had a lot of help from Smartassassin (he is extremely helpful), and he had me download Odin3 v1.7.rar, with I uncompressed and can open. At that point I have no idea what to do. I really need this prone up asap.
Anyone have thoughts or ideas? Also, can anyone tell me what to do once Odin3 v1.7 is downloaded? I am stuck there...
Help?
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this should help
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyAIUOYufrU
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33I-aNCypVM
I have tried v1.0 and v1.85 of Odin to fix my boot loop. Both said they were successful but in fact it just changed the boot loop's process. Now all that loops is black screen then the Vibrant screen (which I had never seen before). I also tried one click un-brick but the program will not stay open.
I can not enter recovery mode but can still enter DL mode.
This is all a result of trying to install the cyanogenmod using their wiki site (can't post links yet). I had completed installing Clockworkmod recovery as directed by the wiki site. It started when rebooting after installing Cmenard's Overstock Kernel.
Anyone who experienced this and was successful in fixing please do help.
Which file did you used when you used odin?
I used 2. The T959UVJFD.TAR and the 512.rar. I used winzip to extract them for Odin.
I did pretty much exactly what the link says. I tried checking repartition on the 4th try or so as well, sorry I can't post links yet....
http ://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/ how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
Ummm usually reverting back to stock jfd through odin always works..
Many of us have been in bootloops before this one is different simply because CM7 is typically an easy flash. You may want to get different files they may not have downloaded to your computer correctly and then try to flash them using Odin. That's the only thing I can assume is the issue at this point.
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yup, try a different file. You might want to try odin 1.3 too. Never failed for me.
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yup, try a different file. You might want to try odin 1.3 too. Never failed for me.
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Not really sure what other files to use. Every search I do for restoring to factory settings finds the ones I used. I will try them with odin 1.3 until I find new files.
Wondering if my samsung driver isn't installed properly. Will Odin even read it if it's not?
OK so, I screwed up. I have a sgs4g, DOH. Gona make a thread in the sgs4g section but help is still appreciated if anyone has some.
Exact same issue.
I had the same issue. Actually got it to boot and everything but everything past the Modem step was scrubbed everytime in Odin because the wrong partition was applied. You get this issue if you use the PIT from a Galaxy Vibrant on a Galaxy S 4G.
I was under the impression that the phone I was modding was a Vibrant. Took me a few hours but I eventually got to the bottom of it after reading every Vibrant thread from beginning to end. Here is a link to the post that saved my night.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12806682&postcount=15
The proper PIT file for the Galaxy S 4G. So everyone with this issue just continue as normal and install a current ROM with this PIT.
On a side note.... all these damn Galaxy phones are confusing. No wonder I never wanted one. I am just fine with Motorola devices... The Optimus series is at least a bit better with the letter branding for each carrier. Galaxy series are all just galaxy...