[Q] I have several question without answer! - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi every body,
I have been searching about 2 weeks in these threads but i couldn't find my answers.
I have a T-mobile samsung vibrant phone and I am slightly amateur about changing my ROM.
1- Is there any differences between T-Mobile and Samsung vibrant except sim-Lock? Can I use the ROM which mentioned in sasung vibrant thread?
2- I have 2.1 stock- rooted without CWM recovery yet, can I flash 2.2 ? if yes how(I don't have high speed internet connection so I prefer to flash it on my phone)?
3- How can I use CM ROM? Is it required to have special bootloader or something els? what are the bugs of CM Roms?
4- Please help me,
Thank you thank you thank you

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molimo said:
Hi every body,
I have been searching about 2 weeks in these threads but i couldn't find my answers.
I have a T-mobile samsung vibrant phone and I am slightly amateur about changing my ROM.
1- Is there any differences between T-Mobile and Samsung vibrant except sim-Lock? Can I use the ROM which mentioned in sasung vibrant thread?
2- I have 2.1 stock- rooted without CWM recovery yet, can I flash 2.2 ? if yes how(I don't have high speed internet connection so I prefer to flash it on my phone)?
3- How can I use CM ROM? Is it required to have special bootloader or something els? what are the bugs of CM Roms?
4- Please help me,
Thank you thank you thank you
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1. The phone IS the Samsung Galaxy S
T-mobile Vibrant SGH-T959. It comes sim locked fro tmo but it can very easily be unlocked by an app from playstore, if youd like but isnt required to flash custom roms. So yes Samsung vibrant=T-mobile vibrant.
2. The official 2.2 from Samsung is installed through kies mini but dont do it! There probably is an official odin image floating around as well but again dont worry about that. You are at the best place to begin using custom roms. All you need is to flash cwm recovery and its go time. I will link some threads for you. **You may run into some issue not having HS internet connection as there are a lot of files that need downloaded.**
3.In order to use a CM rom, you must have a custom (CWM) recovery. As far as boots, there are froyo bootloaders and gingerbread bootloaders. Most roms are fine with froyo boots, some recommend GB boots, some require GB boots and all will work with GB boots so its best to install GB boots. Any known bugs on a custom rom are usually posted in op. Some bugs in alpha and beta builds might not have been reported yet. Thus far, cm7 7.1-2=stable, cm9=stable, cm10=stable, cm10.1=beta. I havent used it myself but check the thread for bugs.
Read this thread first! It is the vibrant bible from N00B, a must read.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33906780
What you don't know could fill a book.
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Here is a guide that has directions to get cwm recovery. Use option b.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
What you don't know could fill a book.
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Here is the thread for GB boots. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14588896 You will need odin on your pc to do this.
Hopefully I have helped, if so hit that button.....thanks.
What you don't know could fill a book.