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[Vibrant General] nazjamvince:
CM& bootloops

Hi guys, I'm getting bootloops after trying to install cm7(as part of the process).

It wont get pass finish the cm7 installation.Yes it is said that for CWM mismatch so this is expected, but I was thinking how can I successfully get things done cm7 flashing.I mean how many times do I need to get boot loops before I can go and install Neobudds ICS? I have followed the whole process. so why does my T959 cant install cm7?i'm still stock with eclair i guess.thanks in advance who can solve my problem
[Vibrant General] Woody:
After the intial bootloop after flashing CM7 are you booting back into recovery and reflashing it over itself or are you just trying to reboot?

Try pulling your battery and the putting it back in and depending on which bootloader you have, boot back into recovery with whatever key combo is appropriate. The scroll down to Install from SD card and find your CM7 and "reinstall" it. It will go through process, you'll see CMdroid on a skateboard and then it will go back to recovery and finish installing itself and should reboot into CM7.

Let it settle once it does and then hit the power button softly and choose reboot. A menu will pop up and hit recovery. The follow instructions in OP.
[Vibrant General] lealgo:
Good guide! Now I've got two questions:

1. Can I go back to CM7 through CWM after flashing ICS?

2. Does flashing ICS replaces my current CWM?

Thanks in advance
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Not sure about that one. I would think that you could b/c in the install steps, you flash CM7 to reformat the partitions, so in theory, you should be able to go back to CM7.

Yes and no. It does replace the current CWM (that is why you get the CWM bootloop when flashing CM7 from Eclair). But I think that if you were to revert from ICS to CM7 it should still work. Any lower (i.e. Froyo build or MIUI-even though still 2.3.x) I would Odin to stock first, flash the base of whatever ROM you want the then once it reboots and settles down, boot back into recovery and restore your nandroid.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Posted Dropbox links in OP for Froyo, Gingerbread and Gingerbread with Android Splash in the OP.

Now there is essentially everything you need to install any ICS ROM.
[Vibrant General] Mostdef:
Woodrube...Will it be easier if I odin GBBOOT-T959UVJFD file? That already have GB bootloader in JFD.
[Vibrant General] yosup:
Woodrube,

Thanks for the dropbox links!! This is a great all-in-one thread for GB Bootloaders and getting back to stock JFD ... in addition to your intention of getting people over to ICS.

It's all starting to make sense now. I noticed the "PDA.tar" package in the AIO Toolbox did not include any bootloaders (ie. no boot.bin or sbl.bin), so I can see why it's safe to Odin back to that even with GB Bootloaders already installed. Whew!!

Btw, adyscorpius makes a reference to the param.lfs file in his thread's OP. I'm not able to quote it properly so I'll just paste what he mentions here:

JFD ODIN File - For use after installing Gingerbread Bootloaders

multipupload link (which is down) "Thanks to laylovj"

MD5: 977E2136996E7138945447A8245D6776

If you have Gingerbread Bootloaders installed and you end up ODINing to stock (JFD), you will notice it changes the bootsplash to I9000. You can either reflash a GB bootloader again, or simply use the ODIN package above to do so.​

What's the significance of the "param.lfs" file? Does it have something to do with the splash screen image while booting? Also, have you used his JFD file at all (wondering if there's any difference from the one included in your AIO Toolbox link)?

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Mostdef,

Do you have a link to that file? I think that's one I've been trying to d/l from adyscorpius' thread ... but his multiupload link has been down for a while. Thanks.
[Vibrant General] nazjamvince:
Heres what I did after the Initial bootloop

Again in need of help.That's what I did,(Scroll down to "Install from SD Card" and scroll down to your ICS folder. Find your CM7 file and hit it. Once it finishes, reboot. It will probably bootloop. This is normal. Pull your battery and boot into (red or green) recovery again, "Install from SD" and reflash CM7Since it can't go back to recovery(cwm)),but after that, the cm7 did not finish installing, it auto reboot, then shows vibrant logo on and off, with white lines on topscreen. I don't know why the GB bootloader not working(adyscorpius GB bootloaders), Only download mode is accessible.so I go back to flash stock. wish I could pass on installing cm7, so I could go to install ICS.the only rom working now with my T959 is Bionix-v 1.3.1-FishmanMod Final 2 - All the Butter You Need! - 02/13/12.that rom, my problem with this is the screen, I can,t unlock it after it lockscreen, only the LED lights from the menus below the screen are lighting,no screen lights, so I cant unlock it, is there also a way o solve that, so I can unlock my screen after it locks itself?.thanks in advance xda community
[Vibrant General] cjonesfan921:
I keep getting Random Offset....when installing the ICS Rom.

I installed the CM and it booted just fine on the first go round. However, after 2 attempts of ICS, it just stops completely and says Random Offset.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
See here about half way down.
[Vibrant General] cjonesfan921:
Thanks, will read through.

IDK if I messed anything about. I battery pulled both times. Now I can't get into CWM and it boots but is stuck on the ICS boot up animation. :mad:
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Did you format /system before you flashed CM7? Maybe try that. Otherwise I would say to start completely over from Odin 2.1 and remembering to format /system before you flash CM7.

Another thing might be if you Wiped caches and factory reset. Make sure you do this between 2.1 and CM7 but only wipe cache and dalvik between CM7 and ICS (otherwise it will most likely throw you into a bootloop when installing ICS).

I understand your frustration. Took me 2-3 times to get it going the first time. And that random offset kind of freaked me out a bit. Think what I did was pulled the battery and booted back into Recovery (don't forget that if you falsh GB bootloaders, your key combo is now Vol Down+Power) reflashed the ICS.zip again
[Vibrant General] cjonesfan921:
I did all that prior to CM7, however just installed ICS over CM7.

Thanks for all your help, how can I get back into Recovery? It is not working.

I had a HTC Sensation and it crapped out on me last night, so going back to my Vibrant. It's been awhile!

EDIT: Back into Recovery. I will wipe everytihng and flash CM7 again.

EDIT: Now it won't install CM7. Keep getting an error. I used to know how, how can I get odin to recognize while in Recovery mode?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Pull your battery and open Odin. Plug your USB into the computer and hold Vol Up+pwr (if on GB bootloaders), now plug in your USB to phone and insert your battery while still holding those 2 buttons. It doesn't have to show Download Mode on your screen. Just need the Yellow COM box in Odin to light up. Once that happens you are good to go.

Think there is also an option in Recovery to reboot into download mode. Advanced and at the bottom maybe.

What error is CM7 throwing?
[Vibrant General] cjonesfan921:
I figured out the problem! I didn't have the drivers installed. I'm back from bricked. Must re-do all over again!

Thanks so much for your help though.

Just to make sure, if I get random offset, do I leave it be, or do I battery pull and try again?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Leave it be for a few (3-5mins) and it should push through. Shouldn't take that long though. If not the reboot into recovery and reflash it over itself.
[Vibrant General] cjonesfan921:
Got it to work.

NOW ONE more question, lol.

I keep getting two things,

android.process.media and android.process.clock has stopped etc.

What should I do? Anything to do?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Boot back into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache, the advanced->fix permissions. Should do it. If not the check the thread. Search for that process and it should come up.
[Vibrant General] cjonesfan921:
Thanks so much man. You've been a great help. I had to do a full wipe, and now everything fine. Really appreciate the help!
[Vibrant General] Mostdef:
Mostdef,

Do you have a link to that file? I think that's one I've been trying to d/l from adyscorpius' thread ... but his multiupload link has been down for a while. Thanks.[/QUOTE]

I have the file with me before Fed shut down the site. If you want the file I can sent to you but I dont know where or how to sent you the file if you tell me how that be GREAT!
[Vibrant General] Woody:
I put them in Dropbox links on the OP of this thread. Fortunatly I was able to download them before it went down.
[Vibrant General] Mostdef:
Woodrube

I have just PM you
[Vibrant General] yosup:
I see a lot of mediafire links lately, but I'm not familiar with the setup though. I see you have a PM out to Woodrube, so I'll wait & see what comes of it. Thanks.

Woodrube ... Mostdef apparently has an Odin GBBOOT-T959UVJFD file that includes the GB bootloaders. I'm assuming this was downloaded from adyscoripus' thread - ie. his Odin JFD file that corrects the "I9000" bootsplash with the appropriate "Vibrant" one. This was the only link in his thread that didn't have a mediafire mirror, and his sole multiupload link has been down.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Mostdef sent me the jfd and once I download it, I will put link up but I really think that it is a non-issue. Once you are Odin'd to stock it would really be no effort to install the Gingerbread bootloader itself as its own singular package. I have gone to and from ICS many times and not had an issue at all. In fact I usually get the I9000 boot screen and once it boots up I move on to the next thing I want to flash.

If you want it, I will upload it but as I said, I think it is a non-issue.
[Vibrant General] yosup:
That's very good to know. If you've got the time to upload the link, it would be much appreciated. Just for convenience sake, sounds like a nice all-in-one stock JFD file to have. :D
[Vibrant General] Mostdef:
Woodrube Let me know if you got the file from my dropbox. Just want to make sure i did it right on the dropbox file sharing. Never use one of those dropbox before. Just the FTP that I have experince with.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Got it just fine. Upload it tomorrow in the thread when I get a chance.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Here you go. I'm not going to put it in the OP for now.
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
Can anyone try the new ICS Euphoria and give me the review on battery life?
[Vibrant General] tduermeier:
So yesterday I tested euphoria and wasn't quite as enamoured with it as passion. As such I decided to go back to passion with a "clean" install. I largely followed the same steps in your guide independently, however when it came to flashing I went straight from eclair to ICS. I did not flash CM7, and thus far I don't seem to be feeling any ill effects. Woodrube, what purpose does flashing cm7 as an intermediary serve?

Thanks in advance.

Sent from my SGH-T959
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
Flash CM7 so you can get GB bootloader. Flashing from eclair to ics without Gb bootloader could technically brick your phone.
[Vibrant General] yosup:
I was under the impression bootloaders were not flashable via CWM Recovery. Plus, I don't recall CM7 zip's including boot.bin and/or sbl.bin ... am I mistaken?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Flashing CM7 repartitions your External_sd into the new EMMC file that ICS uses for external memory. EMMC has always been part of CM7 but since ICS is/was so new, there was/is a need to repartition it this way. If it worked for you great, but keep an eye on it as you may encounter problems down the way with mounting issues or randomly losing files stored on it. Maybe not though.

Wrong. You can flash ICS with Froyo bootloaders as the Rainbow issue has been cleared up. Gingerbread bootloaders are BACKWARDs compatible so you can use them on Froyo, GB ROMs like CM7 or MIUI and ICS ROMs. Froyo Bootloaders are not FORWARD compatible, therefore you will need GB's when you want to move on.

The only way to really hardbrick this phone is screw up the Bootloaders. Say you are in the middle of flashing your bl's and your battery pops out or your USB comes unplugged. You are screwed then. Bootloaders are 2 parts. 1 to power up the device and 2 to power up the OS. Miss one of those and there is no way to get your phone working again w/o a JTAG. Can't get into download mode b/c the bootloader powers up the device. Can't get into CWR bc the booloader powers up the device. See a pattern here.

They aren't and you are not mistaken. You need something that gets a little deeper into the phone like ODIN and not CWR. Keep doing what you are doing.

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Keep asking questions as that is the only way to learn but make sure you are getting the right answers too.
[Vibrant General] lealgo:
I think I'm gonna try flashing ics with froyo bl and see if I get the rainbows issue, then only if I do I'll flash the gb ones. Is there any risk in trying with froyo bl first?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Just some colors in the CWR screen. Maybe write down the options first so that you can do them by the number of clicks up or down to the option that you need.

Although I really think that it should be a non-issue as of now. Happens to some but not all on Froyo bl's.

Don't let flashing Bootloader scare you off. It really isn't that bad, but emphasis needs to be put on them for the danger that could happen. Just make sure kids and dogs/cats are in the other room, plugs are secured, battery cover is on,...and it only takes max 30secs to flash them. Easy-peezy. I was nervous my first time too, but like everything else, it gets easier the more you do these things.
[Vibrant General] tduermeier:
I did already have the Gb bootloaders installed, so that wasn't an issue. Looking in my /mnt folder I do see the emmc folder and within I see the files on my external sd. Do you think there is still cause for concern regarding data loss?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
It is always a possibility since a step was skipped but at this point no harm-no foul. Just keep an eye on any erratic data loss and make sure to back up your card to your PC, just in case.

Hope you like the ICS. If/when you want to go back and try something else, you may run into problems with mounting issues if going to 2.1 or 2.2, but I would think that as long as you are not losing anything now, it should be ok to go to a 2.3.x-4.0.x without any worries.

***Note to all: Per the instructions from the Dev's OPs, these are their steps and should be folowed. As we all know, all Vibrants are NOT created equal, so what may work for one, may not work for all. In this case though, it worked to skip CM7 altogether.
[Vibrant General] lealgo:
I actually already flashed to my current froyo sbl without even knowing how risky it was to flash an sbl alone. But my phone had the locked bl so I fixed it following: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804305. I used the CWM method and thanks god it worked like a charm. So I guess my current sbl is that of JI6 OTA as that thread states. Maybe there is some way of knowing exactly which froyo bls are affected by the rainbows issue.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Wow. I had known that there were hardware locked phones out there but had never seen a post about one. Great that you got it working though.
[Vibrant General] lealgo:
So in the case I get rainbows, then I won't be able to see or work with cwm but still the phone will boot the rom properly and also allow me to flash through Odin, right?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
You'll be able to work with CWR but just wont be able to see what the heck you are doing. There was a picture floating around here with what a Rainbow looked like but I can't find it for the life of me. I really wouldn't sweat it though. Like I said earlier, it seems to have resolved itself (but always a possibility, you know).
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
Thanks for correcting me. Quick question: if I'm on ics and want to get back to bionix 1.31, I can odin back to stock first right?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Yes. Odin to stock and reflash your original ROM zip and then restore your back up.
[Vibrant General] Kaddis:
I apologize if I'm simply overlooking it but where is this AIO toolbox link I'm seeing folks mention in the thread? I read your posts up and down and I cannot find any links to the AIO toolbox.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
It is stickied in the Dev section. Links might be down. If they are just let me know and I will PM you a working link (once my Dropbox accout starts working again). Or you can Google Odin3 and download that.
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
Thanks. I'm flashing it right now.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
From the OP

Keep trying to get into recovery. Don't forget to release the power button once the Vibrant screen comes on but keep holding the Volume key combo (whatever your bootloader's may be).
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
Thanks Woodrube. I'm at the flashing ICS screen right now.

It says:

Installing. Please wait.

Random offset: 0x3f9

And the blue progress bar is more than half way for like 5 minutes. Is this normal?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Yes. It is an ICS security feature. Just pull your battery and reflash ICS over itself (like you did with CM7) and it should push through.

Happens to some people but not all. Think I will put that in the OP since this is the 3rd time today it has happened for someone. I have only had it happen once for me and the other times I flashed it, it went right through.
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
I flashed the ICS three times but it couldn't pass that security thing. Out of frustration, I let it boot into the rom instead of recovery. Now it is stuck at the Team Passion boot up screen. I just wait for 5-10 mins see what happens.
[Vibrant General] yosup:
Woodrube ... which ICS flavor are you running right now? Appears to be some serious momentum happening with all the different releases out there. Out of curiosity, have you tried Br1ck'd's Zenwich at all?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Just keep trying. It'll break through. Maybe try wiping Cache and Dalvik and see if that works. Don't get frustrated or freaked out. You can do it rah! rah1 rah1. First time I flashed it, I probably watched that video 5 times and realized it was missing quite a bit of info, hence this guide.

Right now I am running Euphoria and working on pinpointing the GPS issue in Passion and Euphoria. I have tried the Zenwich (Br1ck'd does excellent work btw. His ZenDroid 2.2 was clean and well maintained as is his ICS) in the first few days out but then I had some family things going on and had to cool it with the experimentals/troubleshooting for the time being. See he is on Beta5, so I might check it out. Euphoria right now, for me at least, is ROM of choice. I am going out of town this weekend and will be needing GPS, so I have a vested interest in getting that worked out.
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
I can't pass the security thing. I've tried to flash it 5-6 times already. :(
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Did you wipe cache and dalvik? Maybe try factory reset and see if that will get it though.

I am leary about telling you to go all the way back to the beginning but if it doesn't break through, maybe try reflashing CM7 and start again from there.
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
Thanks Woodrube. I cleared every thing as an attempt to reflash CM7. However, I couldn't flash CM7 after that. Desperately, I flashed ICS again and guess what? IT WENT THROUGH!

So far the rom is incredibly smooth. I now want to see how the battery life going.

Btw, any suggestion for Color tuning setting? It's not the same setting with Voodoo color so I couldn't google it. And how can I turn off the LED light for notification? I've been on froyo for a long time and forget all about the customization android offer!
[Vibrant General] Woody:
If you are on Passion it is

system settings > display > pulse notification light

Voodoo color is a personal preference. Search color in the thread and I think xriderx66 has his posted in there.
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
This ROM is so smooth. Few issues I have so far: Notification Volume is low, sometime I can't even notice the sound; the color tuning is not as good as voodoo color.

Woodrube, what kernel are you running right now? Can you please share your Voltage setting?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
You can get Volume+ in the market to up your Notification sounds.

Kissed 2.2 and stock voltage for me right now. (Euphoria)

Still messing around with other things and am about to go out of town for the weekend, so I need to make all the essentials stable b/c no access to computer till Monday.

Color tweaks will just take some time to iron out to your preference. While it doesn't support Voodoo Color, it does support Voodoo Sound. Wait which ROM are you on? Passion or Euphoria?
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
I'm on Euphoria right now. Have you tried Inverted Swype?

I push apk through Root explorer and Swype stops working.

http://jbthemes.com/djdarkknight/daswypethemes/
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Ok then I am still correct in the it doesn't support Voodoo color (Passion does).

Not a big Swipe fan. Never have been. Still using BetterKeyboard. It works good enough for me (too bad it doesn't work on my tablet though).

Btw you have to delete the old Swype.apk and its lib file and then install the new one. Not sure what the lib file is atm but search the Passion thread and it is in there.
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
I'm running into this issue:

After I succesfully flashed the ICS, I did an nandroid back up of it. And that is the ONLY backup I'm able to restore when I'm running into trouble. Other backups created LATER give me succesful restore but being stuck at the Boot screen Passion forever. Does this mean I have a bad CWM? I tried to use the CWM again from Market but it gives me the same problem.

Well, I don't even want to deal with those Invert app anymore, too buggy for me. What governor should I use in order to achieve the best battery life possible? I really want the Voodoo color. How is Passion compared to this one in term of performance, battery life and stability?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Passion is more stock-ish where Euphoria is more customizable.

Not sure about the back up issue but I did read in the passion thread that the backup hung at the data partition. I posted something in the Euphoria thread about it and no one has answered yet.

Since you have enough posts now, you can ask your questions in the Dev thread now.

Just a side note that if you want to go back to stock or 2.2 or 2.3.x then you will have to Odin to 2.1 and reinstall the original rom.zip and then restore your nandroid (if you have one).
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Bump as it seems some newer users are having a hard time installing ICS.
[Vibrant General] bobshute:
I'm bored with Ice Cream Sandwich. How do I install Jelly Bean...lol.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
You have to disable Voodoo first. ;);)
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
I'm on Euphoria with PaulForde kernel right now, feel so good with the voodoo color. I tried zen wich but it fc on me,I guess I need to start fresh with Odin.

So Woodrube, which ROM/kennel are you on now? ;-)

Sent from my ice cream sandwich
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Euphoria/Kissed right now bc I stabilized it for my purposes. Waiting for RC2/final. Not sure you have to Odin all the way back. Think you can go laterally from ICS to ICS. Check OP's though. Odin is always cleaner though.

Been away for awhile trying to fix a bug for my tablet, so my phone flashing/testing has slowed way down. Will pick back up soon once they release kernel source for the Transformer and I can clear up this issue.