yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Android Development] Superjoe:
Hey guys, if you could help me out, I'd appreciate it. I'm trying to flash this on a friends phone and am getting stuck at a bootloop (the blue screen/ prgress bar that says TALON SH KERNEL with the honeycomb symbol on it)

I odin'd this thing back to stock as instructed, and upgraded the bootloader to a GB bootloader. All good. I can get into recovery and flash the light and the full versions, but it just keeps looping on that progress bar. Absolutely no idea what is going as I personally only work on HTC phones.

If anybody has any ideas it would be a big help, thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] thachosenone:
What i did was Odin to stock, then Odin sh3.8, which includes the gb bootloader, then flashed simply honey v6 beta, and applied my theme, which includes the browser bug fix. Running it smooth as butter now.
[Vibrant Android Development] Superjoe:
I don't quite understand how to Odin a zip. That's one of the instructions in the very first page that says to Odin the lite version in, before the GB version and I haven't figured out how to Odin a zip. But flashing it in CWR didn't help either. I will try it with 3.8

Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] thachosenone:
You have to extract the tar file from that zip and flash like you would jfd. Put the tar in the pda section of Odin
[Vibrant Android Development] aznhybrid:
do gapps work right after flashing? or do you have to install the gapps.zip separately after you install the ROM?
[Vibrant Android Development] thachosenone:
This is a Samsung based ROM. all gapps are already integrated.
[Vibrant Android Development] RaymondPJR:
Dude, my posts on what I went through to flash this are on the last few pages. Important stuff there.

EDIT: I bootlooped too. To get out of it I flashed V6 (after flashing the medium version- using Odin), bootlooped, Odin'ed bullet, then rebooted. Then I re-flashed to get Talon back. Had no status bar or pull down though. Just read how I solved it if it happens to you.
[Vibrant Android Development] gitanojr:
Help!!!!!

i think i bricked my's wife vibrant :O

After flashing this rom using the odin im stuck at the rainbow screen, with the voice thing saying something about partition, and i cant access recovery mode :(

Anyone can help me please !!!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
Search this forum for custom GB bootloader. Get that and boot download again, pull battery and hold both volume keys with phone plugged to PC the insert battery. Flash the GB bootloader. After you'll need to boot recovery by pressing volume down and power, when vibrant screen comes up release power. Once in recovery go to voodoo section and select disable. Reboot phone and enjoy. You can go back later and enable voodoo just a problem with initial boot.
[Vibrant Android Development] dseldown:
You dont ODIN a zip file you use a TAR file, zipped files are for CWM recovery execution!!
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
More to the point...extract the tar from the zip.
[Vibrant Android Development] thachosenone:
Neobuddy just released v7 of ics passion...any plans of building an ics ROM with touchwiz, maybe from the Samfirmware release of the ics tw4 ROM?

I'm not really a fan of aosp roms....but I'm very tempted because of ics.....

Thanks, eb!
[Vibrant Android Development] dseldown:
Getting ready to try neobuddies V7 this morning, been waiting on this since the 15th, I tried v5 and 6, but had a few issues, with things I needed as a daily driver.

Ill let ya know if I've found Niverna with V7

BTW Still Love EB's Honey recipes, I still consider them masterpieces of work!! But just never could get the GPS working right, except for his 1.0 honey to fully co-operate, And if EB ever gets a pure ICS ROM themed and working as awesome as he did with 5.0 with 0 defects in my priorities agenda. Then I'm all over it again, and the love is back on!!

I respect his work tremendously, but like I do for a living, "Its nothing personal, strictly business" and When I find the right ROM that has everything I need working with 0 defects, I'm a loyal MOFO!!
[Vibrant Android Development] RaymondPJR:
Same here, but gps and the availability of several kernels is tempting. Stock has always been so utilitarian. I need a little bit of spit and polish.
[Vibrant Android Development] thachosenone:
I'm on ics passion now...it's beautiful, don't get me wrong... There's some lag here and there...GPS does work, but so did shv6 with bullet....but i think I'm going back to the bloody honey....

And did anyone else notice that the thread for ics passion is just gone? From both here and rootzwiki.....i don't like being on unsupported roms. So no "Bloody Passion" anytime soon....

i have my fingers crossed that we get some sort of hackery from EB or Simone with TouchWiz-infused ICS. one can dream :D

UPDATE: I'm back on simply honey...just Odined 3.8, then restored with sh talon. I love backups.
[Vibrant Android Development] azzzz:
Can one of you nice soul give me the link for the bullet kernel? Or uploaded here. I need GPS to work and talon is killing me here. Haha. Please. thx much in advance.
[Vibrant Android Development] RaymondPJR:
Simply Honey

Here you go. Read the OP carefully.:)

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/639-kernelbullet-gb-voodoo-goodies-edt6242011/
[Vibrant Android Development] azzzz:
I'm either blind or illiterate cuz I've scan through the OP so many time and still don't see it. Haha. Anyway, Thx for the link. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] RaymondPJR:
Simply Honey

LOL, I meant read the OP of Rootz Wiki carefully, not Simply Honey.:)
[Vibrant Android Development] azzzz:
Oh. haha. i see. I barely visit rootzwiki. LOL. thanks again.
[Vibrant Android Development] jonjacobmoon:
I screwed up! Please help. Have a rainbow, not sure what to do.

I clearly misunderstand what I needed to do to get this ROM, but now that I have attempted it, I am stuck.

I flashed it and have the rainbow, and see that I need to get a customer bootloader, but how can I get this to work if I can't get into download mode? ADB does not recognize the device and I have no idea what to do from here.

This is not my first custom ROM, but in this case I feel like a total NOOB.

Ugh! Please help.
[Vibrant Android Development] JediDru:
you need to Odin in the bootloader. volume up and down with Odin running then insert usb cable into phone from computer. but if you can't get into download mode I am afraid I am at a loss
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
Try the above method and if you still cant get into DL mode then...pull the battery, plug the phone to computer, hold both volume up and down and don't release, put battery in. Works everytime. The you can flash the custom bootloader.

Good Luck.
[Vibrant Android Development] jonjacobmoon:
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I had it in download at one point, but the damned machine wouldn't recognize the phone. Then I decided to try it again.... and had a hell of a time getting back into download mode until I read your post. AND, Odin recognized it.

As we speak it is flashing the bootloader (or at least I hope so). It is stopped, but I am hoping that it is working. I know Odin can be touchy, but that was ridiculous.
[Vibrant Android Development] jonjacobmoon:
Well, now I am back to where I was.... sort of.

I used ODIN to put the bootloader on, but when it reset it started cycling with the "partition" message but this time had a very cute looking bumble bee from honeycomb. BUT, I can't use the same method to get in download mode.

Any other ideas? I sure am frustrated at this point. I tried ADB... no devices recognized. Am I f'ed?
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
Now you'll only need to boot into recovery by holding power and volume down until the vibrant logo shows then release the power. Once in recovery go to voodoo and select disable. You can enable later.
[Vibrant Android Development] jonjacobmoon:
Thanks again.... got it into recovery, but when I select anything (including voodoo) past the first menu all I get is a hat with a circle around it (the ROM Manager logo, I think). What's up with that? I can't even get it to reboot from there.
[Vibrant Android Development] jonjacobmoon:
Not sure how I did it, but I got and turned Voodoo off and got into but all I am getting is the very strange picture show that seems endless.... ran it for about 20 minutes before I pulled the battery.

Did I miss some instruction somewhere about how to get past this picture show thing?
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
Go here and try flashing the 1.42 Bullet kernel http://rootzwiki.com/topic/639-kernelbullet-gb-voodoo-goodies-edt6242011/ It is Odin flashable. To get back into DL mode now that you have GB bootloaders is easy just press volume up and power with phone plugged in. Should relieve any further headaches.
[Vibrant Android Development] jonjacobmoon:
Well, I did that, but still not up and running. The bullet logo shows, flashed off... got a little bit of sound and then went black with the buttons at the button on. Nothing after that. Odin passed, but did not reboot the phone as expect so I pulled the battery and did it that way.
[Vibrant Android Development] jonjacobmoon:
thanks for the help, but I threw in the towel... sort of. I went back to stock and started over. Finally got it up and running. Seems very fast.
[Vibrant Android Development] Siesta410:
I followed your odin instructions and I got a garbled screen that stated it was converting data partition.

I come from a captivate and never experienced the garbled screen. Is this normal? I was on eclair 2.1, btw.
[Vibrant Android Development] jonjacobmoon:
Done with this ROM

Wow! What a disastrous waste of time this ROM is! I appreciate the attempts here to help, but it was one thing after another for the ROM.

First, the instructions where not nearly detailed enough. I didn't read carefully, so that much is my fault. But, when I did get it up and running it was a whole maze of configuration and bugs to fix. Incoming calls don't even work right!?!

I still want to be on GB, but it will be with a different ROM.
[Vibrant Android Development] thachosenone:
I'm running it just fine....for best results, Odin to jfd, factory reset, Odin sh 3.8, install sh v5.1 or v6.
[Vibrant Android Development] RaymondPJR:
Simply Honey

These ROMS can be difficult to flash because they are ports from i9000 source code. No official Gingerbread for the Vibrant and probably never will be. Also, if you had only read through the last 10 or so pages you would have come across my own experience flashing which was one of the latest. It was a pain, but I learned a lot and reported it all for everyone and anyone to read. The same can be said for the new ICS builds: lots of workarounds, preconditions to flashing, detailed procedures, etc. I'd get use to it as long as you have a Vibrant. BTW, my only problem now is an occasional fc of the Stock Browser. All else is smooth and stable.:)
[Vibrant Android Development] radicalgel:
Garbled recovery

I just flashed this ROM and everything is working fine but if I boot into recovery I can't see a thing cuz everything is garbled. Is there a way to fix this?
[Vibrant Android Development] thachosenone:
did you Odin sh3.8 before installing this ROM?
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
GB Custom bootloaders.
[Vibrant Android Development] RaymondPJR:
Simply Honey

You need the Gingerbread Bootloaders. That will enable you to see recovery.
[Vibrant Android Development] jangst123:
[BOOTLOADERS]CUSTOM Gingerbread Bootloaders for Vibrant - UPDATED [22/06/11]

For those with the XDA app and crap for search features

Note! Links below for SII not the Vibrant!
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
JW1 ICS themed Honey in 3rd post.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] azzzz:
Much Thanks. Flashing NOW! Happy New Year to you too! :D

Edit: Gonna try flashing without wipe. Hope it'll be stable enough without any FC's. Already did a nandroid so not worrying too much. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
First boot may loop or just hold once. If it doesn't show bootanimation after like 5 minutes at the most or loops more than once just hold power and try rebooting. I should go the second time provided you were on GB to begin with.
[Vibrant Android Development] azzzz:
Did a "no wipe" install. Coming from 5.1 final. First boot give me a black screen /w button LID after the SH Kernel screen but it went through after a 3-5 minute wait. ROM looks great!!!! My GO launcher FC but that's expected. Gonna go into recovery to fix permission and wipe cache to see if it helps. Looks promising so far. LOVE THE BATTERY charging icon. :D

Edit: Left it sit for about 5 minutes before going into recovery. (This might have done some good too.) Did fix permission, the wipe cache and dalvik thingy. Reboot and haven't seen any FC's yet. Gonna let this run throughout the day. THANKS AGAIN FOR THE CONTINUING EFFORT. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] Richcar:
some screen shots would be nice............
[Vibrant Android Development] azzzz:
Here goes. I suck at screen caps tho so it might not exactly be what you wanted to see. haha.
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
Wifi Calling for JW1 also in 3rd post!! Tested/Working

And some screenies.

Notice the last screenie, I've added info about the settings mods in the 3rd post with the rom info.
[Vibrant Android Development] ColbyRyptos:
battery

i have been running this rom for 4 days now and have had absolutely no problems and love it.

the only thing that is weird and i cant figure out is... how exactly to charge the phone...... i somehow got it to charge yesterday morning but i cant get it to today.... basically what happens is when i plug it into charger, rather it is a wall charger or usb through computer nothing will happen. then when i do a battery pull and put the battery back in and reconnect the charger it will automatically try and turn on the second i connect the charger.... and if i turn it off once its off it turns on automatically again but will not charge... any ideas?

edit: it jsut magically started to charge again after like 30 min of un plugging and re-plugging and battery pulls lol it just started...
[Vibrant Android Development] kyle51:
i had that when i tried my samsung jet charger, it wouldnt do anything

iv got 2 usb's aswell and my old usb from my jet didnt do anything either unless i messed about with it abit, even then it connected then disconnected then connected ......

but the longer 1 i got with the phone charges as soon as i plug it in but it doesnt say on the phone screen or computer that its connected untill its been plugged in like 30+ min

im not on this rom btw but its done this since i got the phone, and still does
[Vibrant Android Development] ajrogers111:
If this is covered in a previous post, please point me in that direction... I can't get "search this thread" to work from the phone browser.... I flashed this ROM yesterday coming from the last bionix, and I must say that you've done some really nice work! The only issue I'm having is with Bluetooth. The first time I tried to use it last night it wouldn't pair to my speakerphone in my car, so I tried to pair with the BT gateway that I have hooked up to the stereo in my bedroom. That worked fine, but this morning I can't get Bluetooth to actually turn on at all... it says "turning on" but it just sits there for a while and eventually stops trying. I tried rebooting, with no success ... I can reflash if I have to, but I was hoping there was another option...

Thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] derrickps3:
Have a minor problem....when trying to move apps to the sd card it says no more space or sometimes I have to press twice for it to move to the sd card.....any solution....I trier all the app2sd apps on the market and it does the same thing :/
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
Are you on version 3.1? If so update to version 3.2 update 2 as the problem was fixed. If on 3.2 I suggest a re-flash which should solve.
[Vibrant Android Development] ajrogers111:
I'm on 3.2... I guess I'll reflash when I have time to restore my apps... also, are there any OC kernels that work with this ROM?

Thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] vamp6x6x6x:
Need help flashing update since I cant go into recovery.
[Vibrant Android Development] king-killjoy:
Use kernel flashing method in the op. Or the CWM app to see recovery.
[Vibrant Android Development] MilkPudding:
Waiting for a working GPS driver then I will flash this right away.

Thanks for the work
[Vibrant Android Development] drew2000:
Rocking Ginger now!! Thank you I will update my Signature to credit your work......

cheers

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[Vibrant Android Development] tomasitoc:
how do i get the cwm app?
[Vibrant Android Development] vamp6x6x6x:
Tried both CWM and SGS Kernel Flasher nothing works it just acts like it is working then the phone tried to go into recovery.
[Vibrant Android Development] originaljebus:
man this sucks ass i can even use my damn camera without it goin gay (rainbow) on me. other than stupid little bugs like that its great.
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
Reboot will fix but you have to give it a few minutes after boot to settle.
[Vibrant Android Development] king-killjoy:
So u SGS flashed like overstock or something did the 3 button combo n still no recovery¿? Did u come from stock or another rom? Idk if it matters or not ... ghosts maybe
[Vibrant Android Development] originaljebus:
not even that fixes it all i can do is make calls most apps foreclose, like what is the point of paying 600 bucks just so i can do the same exact thing as a crappy 20 dollar flip phone
[Vibrant Android Development] drew2000:
I also can verify this on my device I have tried everything and still can not get it to recovery. I will be able to flash another update to this ROM or another ROM if needed by using ROM Manager Pro ( I believe I can anyway) .
[Vibrant Android Development] king-killjoy:
Confirmed working on my phone. Had to try it ..so I flashed overstock 2.4.1. And it rebooted and switched between vibrant screen and overstock screen then hold power volume up and volume down when vibrant screen pops up release power (took me like 3times) but poof there's recovery I flashed my other kernel back on and here I am took about 5 min.
[Vibrant Android Development] drew2000:
I have the same kernel overstock 2.4.1 and I will try to use SGS kernel flasher to flash it right now and report back.

Now i can not get it to go past the overstock screen so it doesn't go in to recovery so I gues my device is bricked. I do not have a working usb poet on my device it only works for charging. I will be updating my device soon I gather.........no Odin for my device because the usb port doesn't work. Life is full of curves and we take our chances....

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[Vibrant Android Development] thachosenone:
I saw that you posted fixed mms in the simply stock thread. Is it included in simply honeybread or should i grab it from the simply stock thread?
[Vibrant Android Development] bdubs4200:
In just about to flash this out of boredom (day off, errands done..) but OFF TOPIC, I was playing bf3 on ps3 and had a dude in my squad with the id "explodingboy" was that you boss??
[Vibrant Android Development] hurtz777:
EB thank God you gave fulfilled our Simply Honey craving. JW1 is definitely the fastest GB Touchwiz rom ever! It feel just as fast as CM7.1 to me but with better battery life. Now all we need is a decent JW1 kernel with Voodoo Color/Sound and working gps as well as Smartass V2 governor and we will be set! EB do you know any kernel devs that would step up to the plate for us Vibrant owners? Happy New Years EB!
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
I was trying to do both before work tonight but the one I did for this didn't seem to take and I wasn't able to test the other. I made the same exact change as before so I don't know what's up. I'll look again Monday.
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
Nope. Wish I had time for games.
[Vibrant Android Development] RaymondPJR:
Simply Honey

Thank God this is here, it will keep me from flashing that tempting Passion or Onecosmic ICS ROM. If only I had another Vibrant I could play with more ROMS!:p

EDIT: There is this awesome new app called 'Diagnosis' that gives a real time look at what Android processes are using; percentage of CPU, Mhz, Batttery, temp, Read/Write, Dl/Up, etc... Check it out.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20863652#post20863652
[Vibrant Android Development] thachosenone:
Yeah, I've tried the ics passion and i really miss the touchwiz tweaks. i haven't stayed with a ROM as long as simply honey. came in right around 3.8, and haven't looked back to froyo for anything.

The ics roms are nice, but i always seem to come back to simply honey. Sorry, no bloody passion theme anytime in the near future.
[Vibrant Android Development] azzzz:
I knew it was a long shot but I flashed the bullet kernel anyway onto jw1 to see if GPS will work with it. No such luck. Haha. GPS test still said "GPS is disabled".

Just thought I put it here in case anyone was thinking of trying this. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
Should work. Started with Simply Stock JW1 and made changes from there so all GPS files should be intact. Try renaming the angrygps and then reboot and back again trick.
[Vibrant Android Development] azzzz:
Ok. Will give it a try.
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
Actually tested and you are correct GPS is not coming up. I'll have to take a look on Monday. Just kind of strange really.
[Vibrant Android Development] azzzz:
Thanks for the heads up. At least I know not to try anything else that may damage the system even more.

Take your time. most ppl testing out these newer ROM should already know what to expect from GPS. Anyway, much thx for the great work and happy new year!
[Vibrant Android Development] afawzi:
Hi EB,

I think since your start point was simply stock and we were missing the libclientgps.so file from there it might be the same thing.

So we just need to extract the zip file and manually push into system/lib

This is what EB posted in his other thread. "This is NOT flashable. You must extract and push the included .so file to system/lib and reboot. GPS should work with Bullet kernel after."
[Vibrant Android Development] dinjo_jo:
How do I install simple honey coming from Miui 2.3.7? Do I need to go to stock and then do it? Since I tried installing from cwr and it came with install but was never installed.
[Vibrant Android Development] afawzi:
You need to go back to stock
[Vibrant Android Development] azzzz:
THIS WORKS!

Put this in and GPS status was able to run properly. Found 6 satellites, locked onto 4, 120+ ft accuracy but it usually get better. Much thx!

On another note, i wasn't able to create a shortcut to AngryGPS but I suspect that's on my part. I use titanium backup to delete the app (during testing) and manually put it back in later. Might have done something wrong.
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
LOL thought I made sure to add that but I guess not. Confirmed working again. Thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] dinjo_jo:
The Simply Odin file is a zip file and PDA expects a tar i tried re-naming never worked
[Vibrant Android Development] thachosenone:
Extract it from the zip first.
[Vibrant Android Development] dinjo_jo:
Instruction says use 512 where is this option ? I did via PDA now its hows disrupted screen

3. Flash via ODIN. USE 512PIT FILE.
[Vibrant Android Development] hurtz777:
Dinjo you need to flash gb bootloader.
[Vibrant Android Development] dinjo_jo:
How do i do that ? Only if this would have been updated in OP
[Vibrant Android Development] hurtz777:
There is a thread in these forums giving exact steps using Odin.
[Vibrant Android Development] dinjo_jo:
I did used the Simple Odin but the screen gets disrupted after startup but boots Simple Honey 3.1
[Vibrant Android Development] RaymondPJR:
Simply Honey

Just read the last 20 or so pages of this thread. It has been linked once or twice, once by myself in fact. When you find the Gingerbread bootloaders thread on Rootzwiki, read it carefully and watch the videos before you flash. Always the last 10-20 pages of any thread!:)