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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steelstiletto:
I was following the guide listed at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849028 to get a different rom installed on my phone, and now am unable to boot. First step was to root the phone using the update.zip, which worked fine. I then purchased and installed the ROM manager app, and got it installed and working. I backed up using it, and rebooted. I then cleared all user data (since the phone had been someone else's, and I didn't want all of their apps and stuff) and was still able to boot fine. I then used the function in MOD Manager to partition my SD card (since it was a new 32gb one I had purchased just for this phone) and it rebooted into the green-text mode, seemed to partition fine, but won't start now.

Holding down the power button can cause it to try to start, going through the pick T-Mobile info and then the rainbow Galaxy S stuff, but then it turns off. Holding down the volume buttons while booting can still get me into the stock downloader, but not the CWM green text one. I tried using the thread info on using ODIN to try to restore my phone, but none of the links work anymore. Doing searches all resulted in people using ODIN, or one thread where no one responded but the OP was saying that the ODIN site was down.

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant, and originally (and still does kind of) had Android 2.2 installed (never got the 2.3 update). I'm on T-Mobile, and like I mentioned, using a fresh MicroSD card.

Please help, I'm not sure what steps to take next. I understand that the phone probably isn't bricked, but I sure don't know what steps to do next to try and get it booting up again.

~edit~

As an update, I decided to try taking out the MicroSD card, and all of the lights on the bottom lit up (where the touch buttons are). The screen stayed blank though. Holding down the power button restarted it again and now it is all black again.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steelstiletto:
Also, I would be willing to use ODIN to try and restore it if anyone had an alternative download location, I've just been unable to find one yet.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex9090:
All the files you need including odin are here....

http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steelstiletto:
Okay, thank you for your response. I have now downloaded the files and gone through the steps listed in the guide you linked, and am still not able to finish booting my phone. Even after using Odin to restore, it gets to the rainbow S screen, stays there for about a minute, then goes black again. Does this mean that my phone actually is done for broken?

~additional edit~

My phone doesn't seem to be off when it gets the black screen. Sometimes, and I'm still not sure what circumstances cause this, the touch buttons light up, and when I unplugged my phone after rebooting from the Odin restore, my phone made the noise that it does when it notices a disconnect, implying to me that the phone was still in communication with my computer even though I couldn't see anything.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazy25000:
Hey, your phone is still good, try reflashing through Odin again and leave it for 15 minutes. Then reboot. If that doesn't work, than you can try flashing froyo through odin.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steelstiletto:
Here is the log that it gave me when I tried reflashing it again this time, but I accidently left the auto-reboot on, so it did the whole boot to a black screen thing again. I'll try it again in a bit with the leave it off for 15 minutes idea.

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/003> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> cache.rfs

<ID:0/003> modem.bin

<ID:0/003> factoryfs.rfs

<ID:0/003> dbdata.rfs

<ID:0/003> param.lfs

<ID:0/003> zImage

<ID:0/003> Removed!!

<ID:0/003> Completed..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steelstiletto:
How do I turn it off without rebooting it? I turned off the auto-reboot, but now it's sitting at the digging android screen with the full blue progress bar saying "Do not turn of Target!!!"
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex9090:
I just re-read your post and realized that you might have messed up partitioning the phone with rom manager. I have read multiple times that it doesn't work. Anyways follow this thread and you should be back on track...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=745547

Links on that page are dead though. You have stock jfd files already from the link i posted. You can get Eugene's froyo that doesn't brick from here...

http://www.4shared.com/file/dJiyRz3v/EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA.html

Good luck!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazy25000:
Allow it to reboot after flashing, leave it alone, but if you did repartition using rom manager as Alex stated, you will need to fix that first because it doesn't partition your external sd card, but the internal memory.

Edit....flash the eugene froyo package posted above, that was my next suggestion.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steelstiletto:
Okay, I've followed the steps now up to the point where I am supposed to use the "adb reboot" command. That's actually what took me so long, I'm on a pretty slow internet connection so installing all of the Android SDK took a while, but I knew I had to do that first when I saw that adb was included as a step. But when I run the command, I get an error:

error: device not found

So right now, my phone is sitting in recovery mode and I can navigate up and down using the volume buttons, but I can't select to reboot, and I can't force a reboot with adb. I saw in another thread that someone suggested pulling the battery once the Eugene rom was flashed, but I just wanted to make sure that would be the proper step here? I don't want to do that only to find out that I won't be able to power back into download mode again if the buttons were changed to something that I don't have anymore.

~edit~

bah, apparently, fourth time is a charm, and adb finally recognized the device. Moving on to the next step now...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steelstiletto:
Oh man, the phone works again now! Thanks for your help guys, this is much appreciated. A few questions before I go forward though.

Is the phone back to it's completely factory default state? As in, the internal memory is partitioned correctly and doesn't need to be messed with?

Also, is the phone un-rooted and will need to be rooted again?

And, last question, since using Mod Manager to partition the SD card is a bad idea, is there anything special that I should do for a new SD card, or should it just be plug-and-play?

~Edit~

Oh, one more thing, should I have the SIM and SD cards that I plan on using already in the phone as I make the changes? I currently have my SIM card in my Nexus one so that I can tether internet. Otherwise I'm offline.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex9090:
Glad you got your phone back.

Yes, phone is back to stock state, partitioned and such.

Yes, it is unrooted and you'd have to root it again.

I never had to do anything special for micro sdcard to work. Plug and play.

Not sure having sim card in there would make any difference. My guess would be no.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steelstiletto:
Okay, so I finally have everything working! Thanks for all of the help, I now have Revolution 1.5 installed and running!
[EVO 4G General] miniaturepeddler:
This might be a silly question. But since I upgraded my evo 4g to the latest ova my home switcher no longer works and all I get is the standard sense interface rather than my launcher pro.

I've tried several of the home launcher setting Apps from the market, but they fc and won't let me reset my default launcher.

Is there an easy way to do this somewhere in settings?

I did a search and failed to find this question for the evo 4g.

Thanks

sent via my HTC evo 4g
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Go to settings > applications > find htc sense and click "clear defaults"

There is also an app in the market called "DefaultApp Reset" that makes the whole process easier for future reference.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
or, uninstall LPP, reboot, then reinstall it and you should get the pop up asking you which launcher you want to use
[EVO 4G General] joehunni:
... or buy ADW EX and after the installation you will be prompted to choose a new default lol.
[EVO 4G General] miniaturepeddler:
Mattyskin thanks that was what I was looking for.
[Milestone XT720 General] manutd1203:
Hi, I have some problems with my milestone. I tried to install android 2.2 on xt720. Now, it is freezing when it boot. Anybody can help me? I tried to reset it but nothing happen.
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
I have found with my experience that these issues are caused from the sdcard and how it is formatted and partitioned. You can backup your sdcard and reformat it and/or partition it if you want. reverendkjr has some good tutorials on youtube you can watch for help starting with this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvU1CptOe14&feature=related or go to his profile here and he has them listed I think
[Milestone XT720 General] Woody:
I agree, probably an sdcard issue. Do you have any partitions? Are they set up correctly, ie fat, then ext then swap? Try taking the card out and booting up. Does it work? If so, then would almost point directly to sdcard problem. Answer and try that and we'll go from there. Need more info.
[Milestone XT720 General] manutd1203:
I tried remove the sdcard then reboot but it still does not work :(
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
Maybe can you explain the process of what you have done to get to this point?
[Milestone XT720 General] manutd1203:
I do like the guide in the video "Tutorial - Installing Dexter's Froyo on Milestone XT720"

by reverendkjr on Youtube

However, I missed the last step. I mean Wipe data/Reset Factory. Now, When I boot the phone, it's just appear a screen with android logo then black then that logo, that's all. I tried to reset it but I can't :(
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
Pull the battery and replace, turn on. As it turns on keep hold the power button with volume up til it boots to open recovery. When in O.R. restore all the rom again then do data wipe/reset
[Milestone XT720 General] manutd1203:
thanks dude, it worked
[Desire HD General] kersal:
Hi,

i have a problem: everytime i put my DHD off from my pocket during a phone call i decline the call.

There is way to disable it ?

(DHD not Rooted)
[Desire HD General] tkolev:
Possible solutions:

1. Buy a pouch

2. Put your phone facing outwards (not recommended)

3. Put your phone upwards (that way you'll accept the calls)

4. Use a dialer that has sideways swipe for accepting/rejecting calls.
[Desire HD General] roboprint:
You should instal Lockscreen from Sense3.0

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=840040
[Desire HD General] raze599:
That would require him to be rooted and have CWM installed. He is not rooted.

To the OP, Just go to the market and search for dialers. They are phone applications and each should have a different type of lockscreen interface.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Dr.Alani:
Hi all,

I use a V10E stock ROM (2.2.2), rooted. I am running out of space, despite using Move2SD Enabler, and Froyo App2SD. So, I have been reading for a while now about DarkTremor App2SD and Link2SD.

Has anyone used DarkTremor a2sd on a stock ROM before?

How does it perform in comparison to Link2SD?

The problem with Link2SD is that it does not move the application data to the ext partition. I have about 170+ apps installed, so they have tons of app data.

What do you guys recommend?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] makona:
I have a follow up question :D

what's the difference between the two?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
Neither does dt's a2sd. If you are really running out of space with those, the only option left is ungaze's data2sd which moves entire /data partition. It is quite experimental and the author is MIA at the moment.

Maybe you should just download something like CacheMate first and clean up the cruft? I have 200+ apps and 100+MB left on internal storage.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] jan.petras:
I don't think use DT A2SD on a stock ROM.

I'm using Link2SD (not stock ROM) and so far it's going pretty well. I have well over 50 apps installed and the internal memory stayed the same, at 153 MB free.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Dr.Alani:
Thank you guys for the prompt reply.

I use cachemate on daily basis. And still the same.

I had a GT540 before and I used something called autorootapp2sd by joe.stone. It gave me the choice of which folders to move to the ext partition (dalvik-cache, apps, apps/data,..etc). But this used to work on 2.1, so it can mess up with 2.2.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mihir287:
DT a2sd doesnt work on stock roms. Link2sd works fine.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Dr.Alani:
Thank you. This answers my question.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] crashff:
Link2SD does do this, but not by default. You can select which apps for Link2SD to affect. The reason why is that some apps and widgets you DONT want moved to the SD or they stop functioning properly.

I'm running Link2SD on stock LGP509T (optimus T) with Froyo 2.2
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dneking:
My i9000's rom is SuperAosp 8.6-AW.I have a question about the rom. when my phone receive a message, the phone can not be awaked.

that is to say, the display screen is black. I have to press the "home" to lighten screen,and read message.

Who can tell me the solution of the problem? thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
SuperAOSP doesn't really get supported by it's dev here. You would be better off PMing the dev, superatmel, directly with your issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dneking:
Thanks for your help. I very like the rom, although it still has many shortcomings.

I will ask the developer for the question directly as your proposal.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zohaib0001:
hy developers as we all know arc does not have the zoom function in 8MP picture capturing and in HD video recording

and its not pause the video while recording i mean there was no pause video option while recording

please can you modify the arc camera settings for these two things for 2.3.3

thanks for your time
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zohaib0001:
please developers say something on this topic

can you make this possible
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhisheak.bansal:
i think zoom cant be added...........even if the digital zoom is added it will not make any sense.........digital zoom is crap
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShaunD103:
Agreed, much better too take a shot then zoom in afterwards, less chance of blur etc
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikemilos:
you are not right nokia n8 has a perfect digital zoom at video recording !!!! no blur!! very clear image!!!!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtacy!:
@mikemilos

Nothing can compare to optical zoom. Another point to note is that the N8 has a larger sensor and better optics. That's still the top dog when it comes to phone cameras.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyjin:
The new Update sony ericsson is releasing for Xperia arc introduces Camera Zoom/Photo Zoom up to 2.62x i think. Check http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1199597 for more information
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harfot:
Zoom funtion is working on new 4.0.A.2.368 but as stated above it is really blurred (and don't work in video mode).
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BluechipJ:
Digital zoom is crap.

It's just taking the pixels in the middle (the zoomed area) and blowing them up.

You can't beat physics.

Video/picture samples on the new 4.0.A.2.368 build:

[YOUTUBE]_ekQUnrigfQ&hd=1[/YOUTUBE]
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dolphinwigs:
alright well now that i have both this and the sensation i figure i'd post this. i arranged with a tmo rep to exchange the my g2x for the sensation around 4 weeks ago. after 3 or so follow up calls from the rep the last time (after already having arranged an exchange) I was told that I would get the sensation rush delivered, free, and at no cost (nicest thing tmo has done for me in years :D ). BUT, I was also informed during that call that I would not have to return my g2x to them but would be able to keep it (swwweeeeetness!!!). Totally surprised me.

so the reason im posting this is to pose a question. Why would they not want my phone back when they are supposedly out of stock due to back order and also raised the price? mine has no screen bleed and is the best ive seen so far (ive had 5 total, this is the only one that doesnt have it). so would they actually be dropping the G2x or maybe changing something on it?

I don't think they would myself. its a good phone. actually its better than my sensation which is chilling off in the box due to locked bootloader and also the g2x has nvidia chip and all the games i want that the sensation won't play (at least not all of them) yet.

just seems weird that they wouldnt want the phone back, if not just to make up for revenue for giving me the phone free. i'm not complaining or anything, im very happy. it was a pain in the ass to return the phone so many times and deal with annoyed reps for a month. they messed up many times in a row including the previous phone i was supposed to receive before i hard heard of the g2x (SGS4G). anyways it just caught me off guard as sweet as it is.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
You must not have read my part regarding this very same scenario. They did the same thing for me. I don't know how you purchased your G2X but I purchased mine at full retail so T mobile not only sent me a Sensation and let me keep my G2X, they also let me remain out of contact. T mobile rep told me there is nothing they can do with the G2X since LG won't take them back after 30 days.

Glad everything worked out for you and like you said, we just got to wait for HTC to unlock this sucker and see what it can really do. I have noticed that some games like Angry Birds and Home Run Battle 3D run smoother in the Sensation but other games like Fruit Slice run better on the G2X. I think its mainly sure to not being optimized for the 3rd gen Snapdragon and the higher resolution. I have found that most of my apps load faster and interact faster on the Sensation like Google Maps for instance. It loads almost twice as fast than it does on my G2X. I also have a hard time looking at the G2X after looking at the Sensation for a week. Now all words and icons look blurry as **** on the G2X which is something I never noticed before. Good luck.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] fcisco13:
Why ask why? Just keep the damn phone, it probably costs them a penny, besides they know you will go back to the g2x, so they want to save you the shame of you calling them back begging for the g2x.

G2X
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
Probably cost them about $300.

PS.. I never went back to the G2X for my daily driver. Now I just use it to test out Roms on which will probably cease once the Sensation boot loader gets unlocked.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] unique77:
No way it costs them that much.... I think they're running new g2x's. I've had them take back phones I've had for a year... I'm going to ask for a new g2x when they come out again... not a sensation... seeing as this phone is a beast in comparison
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Bronk93:
What department did you speak to? I've been with tmo for 8 years and have gone through 2 exchanges with my G2x. I purchased mine on a new 2 year contract.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
Well I was guessing the cost as I saw how much they pay for the Sensation which is $339. You do realize that carriers don't make much on the phone and most of there profit comes from selling talk, text and data plans. By the way the G2X is no beast over the Sensation. The only thing out does better is play some games smoother and the UI is a little quicker. Once the Sensation drops sense it will be just as fast in the UI. I know this because I use both devices everyday. I still play Tegra games on my G2X like Riptide GP but I rarely user out for anything else. Most apps load quicker on my Sensation (Google Maps loads in half the time) and after looking at QHD, everything else looks fuzzy. So there you have it. The only 2 categories the G2X wind its UI speed and optimized gaming.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
When you call 611, wait for the computer voice to ask you what your problem is and say "cancel my account". She will transfer you to customer retention. Get your story ready before you call.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dolphinwigs:
Actually just their Customer Service Department. I finally got a great Rep. but I have success usually with their Loyalty Department (but you have to be very convincing that youre ready to pay the cancellation fee and bounce). Just kept a level head and was calm and nice and reminded them that I had taken time off work to return the 4 previous faulty devices and that they had messed up my previous shipment (and that i was paying for 3g on my vibrant for 8 months before i discovered i was only getting 2g because of their sim card. that they should have told all their customers with a network wide text message to come in and get a new one in my opinion) which was a service I had been paying for and had not been receiving at no fault of mine.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] randyp007:
T-mobile wouldnt let this happen

I called retention and loyalty and they would not let me exchange this and i have been a customer for 11 years. Please help me do this
[T-Mobile LG G2x] c19932:
hey dolphinwigs,

I got my g2x with a new 2 year contract in april, and it's way past the exchange date for me. is there any way still for me to exchange for a sensation? thanks
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dolphinwigs:
id just call them. i had some past history with them messing up so im sure that is what helped. that and i did get a very understanding customer service rep. there isnt really a trick its just up to them. i only posted because i felt it was interesting they didn't want the g2x back, and because at the time there were a lot of posts speculating lg and tmobile discontinuing the g2x. figured maybe that could perhaps have been an indication of that. anyways im just sharing the info. also i had 4 g2x phones that had major issues before the last which only had a few. so they were just being cool im sure.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] unique77:
You're comparing the g2x having froyo to gb on the sensation. Not realistic. Once gb is on the g2x, I think it'll blow it away. Make a comparison then and we'll see... ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] julcha:
Hi guys

... I mean... IDT runs. After inserting password I can get the CONFIG SCREEN but... ANYTHINGELSE HAPPENS!

Using the browse I get the ROM fil (.bin) but nothing happens. I´ve been trying in windows7 and windowsXP with the same NO RESULTS

Does anybody know what´s wrong?

I´m trying to flash an spanish ROM cos the dealer sent me the phone in chinese and, obviously is like a brick!

The phone is: G8 Wildfire (Dula Sim HTC clon)

Thanks a lot for your assistant
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] marek1:
Please could you someone answer on my question ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1132014
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] FlowerPotmen:
They have answered your question. Why are you now posting it here?

FPM