[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CWalkop:
First off, I wanted to say that the XDA developers "Video for Noobs" was absolutely hillarious and informative at the same time. Great idea. NOW, on to the source of my infinite frustration.

I decided today that I wanted to root my Galaxy Vibrant that I got yesterday, and install a ICS ROM on it. I had no clue how to do anything as regards this, but I'm fluent with computers and I have a very good knowledge of Android in general. I don't know details on the coding side, but I have a good base of background knowledge. So, I started work around 3:00EST today. I've been working constantly SINCE THAT TIME (now 9:30 EST) trying to get root and install ClockWork Mod. But it will

not

work.

So, the details. I'm running Windows 8, 64-bit by the way. The first thing I tried, after looking up many guides and tutorials, was to install the Samsung USB Drivers and to get root and ROM manager. After some trial and error using SuperOneClick (2.3.3.0), I achieved root access, but I didn't have SU so I installed the app from the Play store. Then, I tried installing ClockWork Recovery from the ROM Manager, and I tried rebooting into CWR through the ROM manager. No dice, I got the standard "Android System Recovery" software. e3 variant (I've read up a bit on the different types, but I'm not too fluent in them yet). I tried the "Reinstall Packages" option so I could flash CWR, but that led to a certification error. No clue how to get around it.

I then figured out that I needed to have the DDM (Dalvik Debug Monitor) running to get proper root access. So I did that, and tried EVERYTHING again. I have wiped my phone about 5 times by this time. I went through a bunch of crap and eventually got it so that I CWR would TRY to flash once I got into the recovery screen. Basically, when I hit the "Reinstall Packages" button it goes through a few steps, a progress bar appears, and it says something along the lines of "Replacing stock recovery manager with ClockWork recovery". After just over a second of this, the phone restarts into the plain old recovery screen with no progress whatsoever.

I have ClockWorkMod 2.5.1.2 downloaded through ROM manager.

I have left it alone at this point.

I've tried using ADB, but there are no real guides that are up-to-date with the latest software and manually flashing an image from ClockWork Mod doesn't seem to work as they don't have image files anymore, just .zips with a bunch of single files and folders. I have no clue about Odin.

The ROM I'm trying to flash is Ice Cream Zenwich, which looks to be pretty promising. But I haven't even been able to get any kind of recovery manager working, so that doesn't help much.

Link: (add www) rootzwiki.com/topic/21742-romimm76i-iczen-rc18-the-hammer-of-buddha-5-26-12-deficient-development

I have tried manually flashing, but I haven't really made any progress in that area. I've tried ABD, I've tried CWR, and nothing I've been able to think of seems to work. SO I NEED HELP!

Just to state my system specs and software:

PC:

Windows 8 Consumer Preview, 64-bit

Android SDK and tools

Java JDK 6u29 ]______will this cause problems? Version 6 and 7 Java?

JRE Version 7 ]

Ice Cream Zenwich ROM (RC 1.8)

Phone:

Samsung Galaxy Vibrant, running Android 2.2

ROM Manager, ClockWork Mod Recovery 2.5.1.2 Downloaded

SuperUser

Titanium Backup

Root Tester

Absolutely ANY help would be insanely appreciated, I just can't work at this anymore.

Thanks in advance!