yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ so you re-installed twice, got into cwr... went to select the rom from sd, selected the rom, it installed... then you rebooted... dalvik would have been wiped, AND if it was voodoo enabled rom that takes a long time to convert... first boot could take a long time, say 10+ minutes.

Been longer than that?

What ROM did you flash?

If you did something not exactly like what I posted to start this post, let me know....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
Yes I re-installed twice, yes got into cwr, yes selected rom and it installed, yes I rebooted. I'm not sure if it was a voodoo enabled rom because honestly I'm not sure what that is, but it is GingerTrigger. It was around 35 minutes before I just pulled the battery out and I'm positive that I didn't deviate from your guide because I'm too scared of bricking my phone not to, haha.

I've been struggling with rooting and things with my phone ever since I got it, most likely because I'm a noob and don't know what I'm doing. xP
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Awesome reply. I feel comfortable with what you have done.

I am not familiar with GingerTrigger. This sounds like a theme for the Trigger ROM, not a ROM. I could be wrong, I am not familiar with it. Can you provide a link to it?

In the meantime, you could just use ODIN to JFD again, stock recovery, reinstall twice, reboot... then you will have a rooted JFD phone. You could then find a ROM you like, move to internal, reboot into CWR (you will have to reinstall packages again) and flash it.

I feel like that was the issue, a theme, not a rom. A link would make it certain.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
Ahhh!! Thank you! You're absolutely right, it IS a theme. Link. I'll try again with the actual ROM and then work on getting GingerTrigger as the theme. Not sure how to do that yet :P

I'll let you know how it goes, thanks so much for your quick responses. And thank you for the PM (:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sarevok1:
My phone is currently completely bricked. When I boot it it just loops from the initial Samsung Galaxy S screen, to a back screen, and then back again.I'm trying to return my phone to stock but haven't been successful so far.

This is a Bell Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant. I'm not sure if it really is a Vibrant, since it has 3 buttons on the bottom including a physical home button, and doesn't say Vibrant at the starting starting screen (it just says Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000) or anywhere else on the phone. Bell calls it a Vibrant though.

Here's what I did:

First I rooted and unlocked it. This went fine.

I wanted to install Cyanogen mod 7, so I found a guide for this and got started. One of the first steps of the guide was to install the Overstock kernel. After I installed it, the phone worked fine except whenever I plugged in the USB cable (even just USB charger) the phone would instantly shut down and go into loop where it would show the grey charging icon and then black screen. I think this may be because the kernel wasn't meant for my phone (maybe meant for a real vibrant?).

I was getting frustrated at the time my only way of getting into download mode was through ADB since pushing vol+, vol-, and pwr didn't work, and now the ADB method didn't work because the phone would lock up as soon as I plugged in the USB cable. Eventually I figured out I could put it in download mode by pushing home, vol-, and pwr.

I wanted to return to the stock kernel and tried a few things I can't remember and then in my frustration I did something really stupid. I used Odin to flash just a pit file and nothing else. That got me where I'm at now. I'm guessing this wiped everything including the boot loader and kernel.

I've tried using this guide to return to stock but haven't been successful. I can get into download mode and flash with Odin. I've tried flashing the .tar PDA file and .pit files as describe in the guide and Odin appears to go through the process successfully and I see the blue bar going across on the phone, but it still won't boot.

Is my phone even fixable a this point? Can anyone help me?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
New problems!!

Okay so I did everything I did the first time, but when I reboot after installing Trigger it goes to the Vibrant screen, then goes black, then back to the Vibrant screen, then to stock recovery. I hit reboot system again but it just does the same thing, so I got back into cwr and re-installed Trigger. It does the same thing. Help!

EDIT: In hindsight I realized that Re-Partition was not automatically checked, and although I checked it myself the first time around this time I forgot to. If that means anything.

EDIT2: I went along and odin'd back to stock again, being sure to check repartition and continued along with the process, only to be met with the same problem :/
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laylovj:
@Sarevok1

The Bell Vibrant is not a T959 yo....totally diffrent phones....in fact the Bell Vibrant is more like the i9000...it's the i9000m. This is why your phone is soft bricked. :)

You can try this..it says you must come from CM, but I'm pretty sure it'll work with a soft brick...just get into download mode.

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/15707-how-to-restore-to-stock-on-your-gt-i9000m/

(Credit to CM forums)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
ODIN to JFD... phone boots up fine, correct?

If you have images, pics, backups, etc... move the intenal/external sd to your pc.. so you have a backup.

go to menu settings, sd/card storage, unmount and format both the internal and external

move the update.zip from post 1 to your internal

power down

boot into stock recovey

reinstall packages (this is what roots your phone) then reboot

you now have a rooted jfd with nothing on your phone

move the trigger rom (or zen, or bionix, whatever stable 2.2 rom you want) to your internal (sdcard/ ) NOT in a folder

go to market, download rom manager, flash cwr, reboot into cwr, reinstall packages twice

now you are in cwr... all good to this point?

okay, go to install from sd, select from sd, select the rom (should be at the bottom of the list)

flash it.. succesful flash? Go back, then select to reboot

should take a good 15 minutes to boot up if you have a voodoo enabled rom. Best to do nothing to your phone for 20+ minutes.

Let me know how it goes....

then its just a matter of moving folders back to your phone of stuff you wanted. Be sure to put them where they belong :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
Correct!

Btw I honestly love you. You are so nice.

EDIT: Here I go! Crossing my fingers it works.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
If it does not, there is something else going on here.. the way you are flashing the rom, or a bad download of the rom maybe. Have you checked the MD5 to make sure the .zip is a good download? If not, you can get a nice little program for the pc (check my tips/tricks thread in my signature).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
I don't know what the MD5 is...But I downloaded the latest version from the thread soo I'm assuming it's a good one?

Just finished copying everything to PC.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
cool, got a link to the thread (wanted to see what you were flashing).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
Did eeeeverything, then same thing happened. UGH.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laylovj:
Are you flashing Trigger 3.3 by any chance?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
Trigger_3_3_beta2_nowipe.zip

Copy/pasted minus the link. That's what I'm downloading.

I'm assuming yes it's 3.3 because it says Trigger 3_3. Ugh I'm so stupid xP
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laylovj:
Aha..flash Trigger 3.3 after flashing 3.2 or a Froyo(2.2) rom as 3.3 doesn't flash a kernel or a modem. :) That should work. :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
Okay, flashing 3.2 first. You're a life(phone) saver!

EDIT:: My phone just scared the **** out of me...It's talking!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laylovj:
That's linda. You're system''s getting converted.

So..did it work?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
Oh I've heard of her. Haha.

Yes, it worked. It's at the Google sign up screen thingy. Can I do it or should I reboot or something first?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laylovj:
I guess it's recommended to let your phone sit for 10 minutes or so....then reboot...then do whatever.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
I already answered a text...I hope that's not bad. Rebooting now. Thanks so much for your help, I really appreciate it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
haha, makes me recall the first time I heard Linda... glad you are up and running!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
Haha thanks (: any recommended root apps for my newly restored phone?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sarevok1:
Thanks, that worked. Thought I had a perma-bricked phone there.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Check my other guide in my signature (tips/tricks) as I put some good apps for root users in there... heck, you may learn some other cool things in the process reading that guide.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shauna_cc:
Thanks! I have indeed learned a lot from you (:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badboy68:
i tried this restore, from odin and then the phone reboots,after the glowing s, everything goes black, and when i hit the power button, the buttom touch keys, jus light up, help needed please
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N00B_IN_N33D:
Quick question, using the above method will remove CWR correct? I need it removed because I need to replace my phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
ODIN will only take your phone back to stock.. you will still have the update.zip from rooting on your internal and the clockwork folder will be there with its .zip.

You could move everything to your PC, format both internal/external and reboot. Thats extreme but a good way to make sure nothing is on your phone before sending it back.

CUrious, why are you sending it back if ODIN worked fine?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polandkid14:
did all steps and stuck

ok let me start off by saying i had a original problem which was everytime i was everytime i turned my vibrant on it was stuck on boot logo and wouldnt go change like right after the samsung vibrant logo i had a rom and it said bali as the logo with yellow palm tree

let me get to the point i did all the steps to try to get back on track by downloading the pit and the tar files with latest odin and i uploaded everything and it went threw i think cause on doin after applyign everything it said "pass" with a green box on the top and on my phone it rebooted and got to yellow writing like recovery mode which went to movi check start and it says

"MBR checksum error

moviand checksum confirmation fail"

and then reboots phone again and it loads up to the point were the galaxy s logo blinks and disappears and then nothing happends its just a black screen.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
That sounds odd. Download hashtab and check the md5, just google it, install, then right click on birg the pit/tar, check the file hash tab, does the md5 match that of what is in my op?

COULD be a bad download.. Pm if needed.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srdjav:
Hey,

I did everything by the book and there was no problem. So, thanks man for everything.

Can you tell me and point me in the right direction for stock 2.2.1? I know that not many ppl like stock rom but i do :) I did install stock 2.2 that I found on this forum but I can't find 2.2.1. If you know where can I find it it would be great :)

I did find this two list v ... Can you tell me are those fmw ok? I have Vibrant but I'm from Europe.. So, do I have to install US firmware because it's Vibrant and not Galaxy S? And, in the end of the list there are "Provider Firmwares".. Are those stock firmwares?

samsunggalaxysforums .com/showthread.php/3190-Official-firmwares-for-Samsung-Galaxy-S-I9000-Download

samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9000.htm
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyle51:
i9000 will mess button mapping up

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1050665&highlight=stock

that what you want ???
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
To my knowledge there are no 2.2.1's.

I would suggest Project V. It has the stock appearance with a lot of bells, whistles and speed boosts. I personally run it with the Trigger theme.

Birgertime and whitehawk are close to a great gingerbread.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srdjav:
@kylie51

Well, this is not stock... but thanks anyway for the pointers :)

@s15274n

Ok, I will try out Project V. Do I have to go back to stock 2.1 and then to Project V or I can go from stock 2.2 wich I found on this forum?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srdjav:
... and another question if I may.. :)

On the page for Project V (xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1105037) there is in second post TouchWiz 4 Package... How do I incorporate that in rom?

I'm really beginner in this stuff... I only did it once with your stock rom and then install stock 2.2.. But I dont know how to it when there is more files...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Odin to jfd

Root

Flash

Profit
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srdjav:
I don't know what "profit" means :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadJoe:
In this context: enjoy.

Sent from my rough sketch of a Vibrant on a brick.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cassdj:
Hello There

I'm sorry. I'm a noob. I was following your instructions, and then everything hung for a long time and now my phone has nothing more than a Phone symbol ! Computer Symbol. Do you have any clue how I can fix this?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Sounds like odin got hung up.

From that screen you can still use odin. Verify the files are good (md5) reboot your pc after removing other usb devices. I assume you're using the odin from my guide
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] q426669:
I am having some issues getting back to stock. I might have missed a post, or thread, so I hope you'll forgive me and point me in the right place if so.

Here's the issue - I was stupid and thought I could reformat my external SD card using ROMManager.

So after that idiot idea, I was boot looping. Not being 100% noob I grabbed a copy of ODIN and JAC's PIT/PDA file. I go into Download mode, ODIN detects the phone just fine, and I set up the pit/pda files and let it do it's thing.

It gets done with the install, and then reboots recovery where I get this message:

--Movi_check Start..!!

checksum confirmation need_checksum[1636849899]

MBR_ChkSum in header : id

MBR checksum : D2BC177FC1C6884D1CF7FED44940CDB7

MBR Checksum Error

Movinand Checksum Confirmation Fail

-- movie_checking done!..

update media, please wait

update media, finished

# MANUAL MODE #

-- Appling Muti-CSC...

Installing Muti-CSC

I have tried various suggestions, including having the "Re-Partition" box in ODIN checked and unchecked.

When I ODIN Eugene's Brickless Froyo I can boot all the way into the OS, however I am at 0.00B application storage so I can't install new apps/updates.

I'm about to attempt to just push an app via ADB, however I don't think it will work, not to mention my ADB skills are way lacking :/

If any of you guys have an idea I would be glad to try anything at this point hehee thanks :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Have you tried the files in my guide?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] q426669:
Yes, using the files provided from this thread, and following the instructions very carefully as well. I'm in download mode with a fresh set (even though they previously passed a md5 check) just for grins.

It just finished - no luck, same error. Now it's back to loading just past the galaxy S screen, then the screen just stays black. When I touch the capacitive buttons they do light up.

The phone seems unable to wipe the data partition, I think I might need to try and reformat it to however samsung had it set up, though I was hoping odin would do that automagically lol.

This comes up in clockwork if I try and reformat

E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

(File exists)

Error mounting /data/!

Skipping format...

Copying files...

E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

(File exists)

E: Can't mount DATA:

E: Failure at line 70:

copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:

Installation aborted.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
You may have tried this, but have you followed Eugenes Froyo that doesn't brick method? Essentially bricking your phone and then immediately flashing the files from this guide once you have flashed his. I've never seen someone not have their phone fixed from that method.

I've seen more and more people say that after ODIN the screen was all black. I am going to download and use ODIN tonight from my files and make sure nothing wonky has happened to them over time. I can't imagine there is an issue since the md5 matched, but I need to make certain for you guys.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] q426669:
Thanks for the help, and the timely replies man.

I don't think I am following you 100%, I have a froyo rom from him that boots, just with 0 application space, so I can't update/install anything. Is there one that purposefully bricks the phone? I did find one post that had links to two sets of ROMS, and I grabbed the first set. That set has let me use the phone as a phone.

EDIT: Haha, you posted the links on page 9 I think, found them :D

I'll try to find the second set of files, install them and then install the files from this page again. Will report back when I'm done.

Again, Thank you :)

Final Edit: Bricked it with link two, reinstalled your files, problem solved. Amazing. Thank you very much.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Oh, then it was me that was not following... I don't know the solution for the 0 showing up for app space, but I have seen others post it on the Vibrant section before, so I will search.

If it was my phone.. I would move anything important (internal/external) to my PC.

go to settings, sd/phone storage and unmount/format both the internal and external

After that I would shut down and use ODIN to JFD (post 1 files).

After that, I would root and try a custom rom.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] q426669:
I'm reading into 2.2/2.3 ROMS right now, thanks to your thread here. ^_^

I wonder if I can pull wifi calling and use it in GB...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
This thread is interesting to your issue:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046220&highlight=0+application+space

Still looking. Makes me think more and more the formatting and using ODIN to JFD would help.

Worst case, this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=937072&highlight=black+screen+death

Here is the thing though... and maybe why I am confused by your post and the above guide....

you don't boot from eugenes froyo... you flash it... then pull the battery and immediately use ODIN to JFD... at least thats what others do... once you boot up in JFD everything should be hunky dory.

EDIT... wait, just posted all this and now see your above post says you are all good... so.. I digress. Happy to hear you are up and running man.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] q426669:
Wow, if I had found those threads I probably wouldn't have had to bother you :D But the brick ROM and reflash JFD worked. When the brick rom installed it seemed to do something to the partitions to make it so that the JFD rom could format it properly.

Edit: Yeah just as I finished editing I saw you had JUST posted lol :) Great timing either way, and the info will help the next one to decide to format their external SD card with ROMManager ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
tested all of my files in the OP again.. they worked perfectly.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowgood:
I'm not having any luck with this method. I am coming from a rooted 2.2 kb5. I have followed all of the directions mentioned and I get stuck at the zImage part of the update. I've tried to do this a few times but it keeps getting stuck on the same file. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^

Did you do all of the steps listed for issues with ODIN?

Did you check the MD5 of the files?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowgood:
I checked the MD5 of the pit and tar files the pit file was the same number as you listed but the tar file was completely different, although I used the file that you provided in this thread. I'm not really sure how the MD5 works. Anyways what should I do?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Md5 is a great way to check the integrity of a download.

Sound like idin is hanging because of a bad download (or my md5 is wrong, not likely).

Delete the bad one, download again, check md5, use odin again.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowgood:
Ok I am redownloading the tar file and I'll let you know of my progress. Thank you :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laylovj:
Does flashing back to stock reset bootloaders? I just had the scariest 10 seconds of my life and I don't really wanna go through it again. :p

And if I do decide to flash back, I just use the same files correct?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowgood:
So I downloaded the tar file again the md5 is still different. Should I re download it once again? or is it the wrong file?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowgood:
finally got the proper md5 tar file and went through odin and everything worked out. thanks for your help!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Glad everything worked out. Wonder why you had 2 bad downloads though. What kind of internet speed do you have?

Good lesson for everyone: CHECK THE MD5 WHEN USING ODIN / FLASHING ROMs!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laylovj:
http://www.multiupload.com/HRYJKFLKFQ

For people who use the GB Bootloader..this is the stock JFD..Odin as usual with the pit file. This stops the GT-i9000 splash from showing for a couple of seconds after flashing back to stock..thus not needing to reflash the bootloader to keep the Vibrant splash screen.

MD5: 977E2136996E7138945447A8245D6776
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hipmel:
Forgive my stupid question but... this is the way to get from gingerbread 2.3 back to 2.1 or 2.2 correct?

Wanted to make sure there isn't some other thing I'm supposed to flash in odin or anything.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Monst3rkdk:
For step 5 I cannot get into the clockwork recovery. I put the files in the right place, and it loads them when I press reinstall, but then it reboots. And when I go back in, it is back to stock recovery.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convotutor:
Hello all,

I'm having the same issue as Monsterdk. Once i reinstall pkg from the stock recovery program and go back in, it's the stock recovery. I cant get the red clockwork recovery program.

Please help

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Please email/tweet Koush... I warned him of this yesterday and he laughed me off (well, I think he thought it was user/phone error).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
I have updated the OP with this caution.

07/06/2011 -

Please do not ODIN to JFD if you plan to flash CWR. There seems to be an issue with it now. I will remove this caution once I know what is wrong. Here is a thread with more information..

If you are having the above issues, please post in that thread. May have a fix there. PLEASE PM/TWEET ME IF IT WORKS.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krbloom:
Sorry if this has been brought up already but I have not seen an answer yet. I am running Cyanogenmod and I cannot get into download mode to save my life. I want to flash to stock and start over with a new ROM but my phone just reboots with every method I have tried. I do have experience flashing my phone and this is the first time I have come across something that I have not been able to overcome. If I can just get into download mode I would be good from there. Thanks in advance