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[Vibrant Android Development] svenskamerican:
Ok...so I'm trying to root my Vibrant, but I'm having a problem.

I've got all hidden files showing on my windows, but there is no "sdcard" folder in the drive. You guys are saying to put it in in e/sd, but my phone is saying that there is "no update.zip in e/sdcard/...

Maybe I'm being illogical, but should I just create a folder that titled "sdcard"?

Am I missing something?

Thanks!

EDIT: Figured this out by looking back a few pages. NOOBS - Don't rename the file "update.zip", rename it to "update". OP, maybe you should make a note of that in the original post? Maybe it's just me, but it's a bit misleading for all of us who aren't veterans/stupid.
[Vibrant Android Development] Boxcarracer01:
Can someone tell me if this will prevent me from getting the ota update? Would love to have root but still want the official update.
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
You will still get the update... You may have to root your device again.. And the process might change
[Vibrant Android Development] webmastertroi:
I hear you! I just got my Vibrant yesterday (prior phone was a G1) and I root Android phones all the time for others. Having said that, the old-school rooting took at LEAST 30 min (when done completely right). Based on testimonials here, this install definitely appears to be a Godsend!

I've found great pleasure and wisdom in reading this thread, mainly because most of the problems sound user-specific. As in, issues are not at all with the install file itself, but with the installer (user) lol.

Anywho, I've read enough and am convinced this is a smooth move, so without further ado, I am about to root my Vibrant! (crowd cheers uncontrollably)

I will post again in a bit to share the outcome.. Go Android! :cool:

*EDIT* From what I understand, it is not necessary to use ADB recovery to complete installation... almost every page in this thread confirms this.. ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] misteryibox:
not sure if this has been talked about... but i got up to the step where you power back up while holding the volume up and down... and i got a screen where it tells me something is downloading and to not turn off target... help??

EDIT:: nvm i found out =) thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] webmastertroi:
Rooted my Samsung Vibrant in LITERALLY 3 minutes! DUDE! OMG! lolz

It has NEVER been this easy.. EVER. I actually had to reread thru this thread to see if I missed something.. or at least a way to know it worked, cuz if you're a G1 user like myself, you went through a LOT to get superuser access. Like, wow.

So yea, just in case you're wondering, if you're not sure you did it correctly, just check your phone applications panel and look for a ninja-like icon named "Super Permission". Also, I had no issues downloading apps in the Market after reboot.

To all of you with that find this process confusing, I implore you: READ!

Thanks very much for all this OP!
[Vibrant Android Development] frankencat:
Is this correct? Previous rooting experiences seem to dictate that once rooted you no longer receive OTA updates. Can someone confirm?
[Vibrant Android Development] ShermCraig:
You have to do it again - make sure you are holding up and down together.
[Vibrant Android Development] frankencat:
Ok rooted! Thanks :)
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
How is someone going to confirm? You going to wait for the ota? We didn't take that part out.. Just added su, superuser.apk, and busybox...
[Vibrant Android Development] coolguy949:
To my knowledge the reason a lot of people don't receive OTA updates is because they flash custom ROMs that remove the feature all together. When I had the Evo on a stock ROM the OTA still came in even with root. Installing it would unroot the phone since HTC seemed to always patch the holes.
[Vibrant Android Development] t33p33:
wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre7

wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre7 is working on my vibrant, connecting , staying connected. it's under all downloads at the site.
[Vibrant Android Development] stoute:
can't open /sdcard/update.zip

I keep getting this error message every time. I have even tried multiple ways of placing the update.zip file.

I have had it on my both internal and external sd cards and still get the same error on both.

-- Install from sdcard...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip

(no such file or directory)

Installation aborted.

I then have to reboot system now rather than reinstall package and try the process of making sure it is spelled correctly and placed in the root dir or the internal sdcard.

any help is much appreciated.

Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] nbturbos:
Hey guys, I asked this in another thread but I have a feeling I'll have better luck here as I'm trying to root my phone before I go into work this afternoon.

I have a bunch of apps and saved games on my phone, will I lose any of that when I root it? Plus settings and things like that. I know contacts are sync'd with gmail and nothing on my external SD card will be lost. That's the only thing holding me back from rooting it right now.

Thanks.
[Vibrant Android Development] vgz01:
That is correct, you will keep your apps/setup/etc., there will be no changes made or anything deleted, with the exception of now having root access.
[Vibrant Android Development] SugarMouth:
Remove .zip from your file and try again.

Samsung Vibrant / Nexus One Cyanogen 6.0
[Vibrant Android Development] TomorrowSpace:
I think the download file has gone bad. When I download it's only 47k instead of the 632k that it's supposed to be.

Working Link Click Here
[Vibrant Android Development] Excelsius:
Question about rooting

I have been reading this forum for some weeks now and wanted to thank you all for the great info here. I got my first Android phone (Vibrant) a few weeks ago.

I found out about rooting just 30 minutes ago. I won't have a lot of time to spend on troubleshooting, but I really like that there are supposed to be some major performance gains after rooting. My questions is:

Will rooting my phone be overall worth it? Will I have to troubleshoot it a lot?

How will the updates work in the future? For example, I won't have to worry about Android 2.2 because it will be included in Cyanogen?

This one is important: are there any instructions that tell me how to backup my current phone so that I can restore it to the original condition in case something happens?

Will all my applications become uninstalled? I read some conflicting into on this

And finally, is there a thread/list where all the most important/useful applications that should be installed after rooting are listed? I know titanium backup is one. I couldn't understand what BusyBox does. So a list with explanations would be great.

I haven't liked the battery life of this phone and I am hoping that after removing all the bloatware from it that issue might be fixed as well.

Thanks for all the help.
[Vibrant Android Development] shadow300z:
Help!

I used to have superuser/root running fine on my phone, busybox, titanium backup, everything worked.

I went to install RyanZA's lag fix (specifically the update.zip pack with a new superuser app, different busybox, etc someone else made) and started having troubles. The superuser requests were not working.

Now, I tried to go back to the original update.zip on this thread. I have the original Ninja superuser icon, etc. Now, when programs request SU, I can click allow or deny, the program hangs, and then I get:

"Sorry!

The appication Superuser Permissions (process com.noshufou.android.su) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."

And my root access is denied.

Question: How can I erase all the root crap I have on my phone and start over fresh? I can't even terminal "SU" to enable superuser.
[Vibrant Android Development] blackerwater:
Super user has been updated to 2.3.1 just an fyi . Maybe you could update your zip..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=682828

Sent using xda app...
[Vibrant Android Development] Tdino:
Tryed this

I did all that was said to do but i keep getting a reply at the bottom that says:

E:can't open /sdcard/update.zip

(no such file or directory)

installation aborted.

I dnt know what is wrong this is my first android phone. help plz
[Vibrant Android Development] iwillkillyou:
is there any tutorial for tooting manually? by commands alone? the rooting process is just to easy, some of us like a challenge.
[Vibrant Android Development] Docavelli:
Looks like you put the update.zip on your SD instead of the internal storage. Move the file and try again.
[Vibrant Android Development] Tdino:
I was able to get it to work after takeing .zip out of the file name and removing my external sd card

TY for all the help
[Vibrant Android Development] pinoiryder:
yes please.. how do you do that.. like removing software/program i don't use..

thank you very much for the help....
[Vibrant Android Development] kboater:
i still have yet to root, but this seems like by far the easiest way. am i right?

blackerwater said that superuser needs to be updated, does that affect rooting in anyway, or is it somthing i can download/update after root?
[Vibrant Android Development] lp1527:
Any luck implementing one of the lag-killing measures?
[Vibrant Android Development] justadude:
The methods that Paul published over at Modaco will work, there's a thread titled 'Got the 'stalling' problem? Rooted? Try this...' in the i9000 section which will work. I'd link to it but I don't think I can yet.

There are two basic lag fixes, one which moves the entire app cache to the faster NAND, and a second script which only moves native Android and Samsung apps to the faster NAND so larger third party apps won't use up the entire cache.

I'd recommend the script version which only moves the native/samsung apps as it's pretty easy to run out of space.
[Vibrant Android Development] disturkis4u:
I haven't because I just got the phone recently. I'll try that modaco method later when I'm home. Seems ineed adb access to do that.
[Vibrant Android Development] lp1527:
Awesome, thanks so much for the help!!! Not to be redundant, but this should work on our US Vibrant variant? I'm just nervous about bricking as so few have the device yet (me being one of them...)
[Vibrant Android Development] marsupial99:
Thank you for this explanation. Sounds simple enough. I will try it when I get Vibrant on Thursday.

One more question. Does shutting down your phone, and then starting it up by pressing and holding VolumeUP+Home+Power buttons gets you into recovery mode on the Vibrant just like it does with Galaxy S? If so, then you should be able to flash the update.zip fromt the first post from recovery without the need to issue the adb reboot recovery command from your pc. You would just need to place the update.zip in the root of your sd card and off you go. Clean and simple without the need to fudge with the usb drivers which apparently seem to be a bit of a pain to get to work with Windows 7 64-bit. Just wondering.

Also, good to hear that the wireless tether app works fine without the need to flash a custom built kernel with customized iptables.:)
[Vibrant Android Development] marsupial99:
I was just reading that there is now a third fix for the lag. This one requires an ext3 partition on your external sd card and it moves the entire cache to that ext3 partition instead of the nand memory. This allows you to create a large partition (I've read that somebody was using 1GB for this purpose) to avoid nand flash space limitations and it is apparently much faster than the memory Samsung put cache on so it does fix the lag issue as well.

It's a PITA that we finally get a devicei with enough space to put some serios number of applications on but we still have to hack it and create secondary linux partition on the sd card in order to bypass/fix a different limitation.

I have an ext3 partition on my G1 so that I can install more than 15 apps on it, and now I'll have an ext3 partition on my Vibrant so that my applications actually load in respectable amount of time. As I said, PITA...

Someday, some manufacturer will actually get it all right but alas not yet...
[Vibrant Android Development] justadude:
Yes, I'll update my first post to make it clear, but I'm using a T-Mobile Vibrant, branded hardware, software and all :) These methods will work with this device.

I'm not so sure about flashing generic ROMs however, someone else will have to go down this path.
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
can someone with root upload a system dump for me?
[Vibrant Android Development] lp1527:
Thanks, much appreciated... and agreed-- why can't it just be simple?? :) Anyways, I'm about to root and then want to apply the best recommended lag fix but i'm a bit of a noob- I'm very used to HTC processes combined with the incredible ease of use of Amon_RA's recovery, therefore the only way I know to partition my SD card is via Amon_RA's recover... I think I can specify partition sizes... would you mind providing a simple step-by-step recommendation for applying the lag fix? What recommended sizes for each partition, etc.? I looked but Modaco's forum on this is a but crowded and advanced (for me anyways :)

Thanks much in advance!
[Vibrant Android Development] nick_karstedt:
Hey, just a note, I'd keep yourself safe by stating that you aren't responsible for any harm it might do to your phone.

I'll give this a shot when I get mine Thursday.
[Vibrant Android Development] justadude:
Good point Nick, added big bad scary language :)
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
I will be trying this tommrow :)

How about recovery and stuff?
[Vibrant Android Development] lp1527:
Successfully rooted Vibrant-- THANKS!!

Again, bit of a noob here... badly trying to make sense of the best lag-killing process over at Modaco and the few posts here in this thread but am very unclear as to best recommended process, then how to go about...

Any step-by-step help would be GREATLY appreciated!!! Thanks in advance
[Vibrant Android Development] stupidpig07:
Sorry for newbies question.... Will rooting the phone prevent it getting the official 2.2 update later (when that happened)?
[Vibrant Android Development] IDtheTarget:
Guys,

I'm a technical guy, I'm a software engineer and network engineer, but I'm new to Android. Hell, I don't even have my first phone yet, I'm getting my Vibrant on Thursday.

I could very well spend hours and days going through all of the forums and glean all of the new information on the goodness awaiting me, but there's a problem. I don't have the time.

I'm a Signal Officer who's commanding a signal company that's preparing to deploy to Afghanistan. I don't have the time I'd normally spend enjoying the process of discovering every new quirk on the phone.

Is there a quick-start-guide for somebody like me? I don't know what adb is, or how to get to the terminal on the phone. I see the first post in this thread, and have the file. I also saw that I may not even need adb and USB drivers (I'm running dual-booted Win7 and Ubuntu Karmic, so I'm not even sure that the USB drivers will work...) if I reboot into recovery mode directly.

But that doesn't tell me, as a new guy to Android, what I'm going to need to know to get into this scene quickly.

Thanks for the help!
[Vibrant Android Development] here.david:
IDtheTarget ....I sent you a private message....Just in case you did not know about this...upper right hand of the screen is a link to private messages...if you left mouse click (for right handers) on the person name of the post it will take you to a place to email them....see attached picture...adb setup, counting download if you have a fast connection, is less than 10mins...all the power of it takes hours to learn...<grin>...
[Vibrant Android Development] qben88:
Quick note. If you hold down the two volume buttons and the power key with the phone turned off it will also boot into recovery.
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
Good one. I need to get mine early. My rep called me said i cant have it tommrow i need to wait till Thursday :(

Anyone in NYC area can hook me up?
[Vibrant Android Development] disturkis4u:
so i tried paul's method from modaco to get rid of stalling.....

i don't really notice the stalling on here like the youtube video of the galaxy s lag...BUT anything to make a fast phone even faster...

i didn't want to do the sd partition method now simply because the SD card come pre-loaded with avatar which i don't want to lost out just yet.. i'm hoping someone figures a way to move this onto the internal memory or copy this onto a bigger sd card...anyway

the second line of the code is cp -rp /data/data /dbdata

when i do this i get the error: 'cp: not found'

any ideas..? is it possible this method doesn't work for the vibrant?
[Vibrant Android Development] lp1527:
It works, I did it a little while ago and it DRAMATICALLY increases speed. Do you have busybox installed?
[Vibrant Android Development] jerbarr90:
thannkkkkk youuuuuu i had been messing with this crapp all day not literaly but for a long time couldnt figure it out! I read this tried it and workd perfect thank you. i was already thinking about going back to my nexus one after having so much trouble just to root this thing..
[Vibrant Android Development] PREZNANDO:
If this dont work for you DONT ROOT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U508p2jRtlg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Vibrant Android Development] BabyBoi.JN:
Im new to this... Just got my phone yesterday early for my birthday today. Spent a while getting my files transfered from my old phone to the Vibrant yesterday. But my question is... will everything be wiped from my phone if I root it? I'd really hate to lose what I just had transfered. :(
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
Rooting only adds files, doesn't remove anything...
[Vibrant Android Development] BabyBoi.JN:
Sweet Thanks :)
[Vibrant Android Development] Troy1:
ota updates

:D

Hello and Thank you to all of the great people and developers on this site. My question is , if rooting only added the superuser and busybox files than why is the option to check for updates missing? It used to be under "about phone" in the settings menu. Now it is gone. Running a samsung vibrant rooted with stock rom. thank You again. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
Mine is still there... But really if you open up the zip that's all that is there...
[Vibrant Android Development] Troy1:
odd, all that I have done as far as mods is the captivate camera and the mobile ap and I have Rom Manager installed, do you think any of these could have removed it?:confused:
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
MobikeAP has been known to screw with the settings...
[Vibrant Android Development] Troy1:
thank you for your help the mobile ap app is working well so I don't mind the loss of checking for the update to the firmware. I just hope that it does'nt affect the ota update.:rolleyes:
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
Even if it does you can manually update... Usually sooner than ota..
[Vibrant Android Development] Troy1:
true, hope it gets here soon. I want some Froyo!!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] justadude:
I'm super short on time so I don't have any time to do this, but if someone else throws together a new update.zip w/ the updated superuser apk I'll update the original post.

Another poster asked if there's any issue with the version of superuser currently in the update.zip: no. It'll work just fine, you just won't have the latest/shiniest version of superuser.
[Vibrant Android Development] ram100987:
I just realized yesterday that superuser is in the market and can be kept up to date that way(obvious I know, but I've always gotten my superuser through roms or rooted update.zip and never needed to check the market for that particular app) but at the moment I keep getting errors on install from the market claiming improperly signed package, so I emailed the dev.
[Vibrant Android Development] nmarchany:
I keept having a response from the pone that the file is not on the sd card ,What could be wrong?
[Vibrant Android Development] kboater:
having a problem:

downloaded the file in op. and made sure to put it on internal storage.

even removed sd card.

when i try to reinstall packages in recovery, it says E: Cant open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) Installation aborted.

so i even renamed it just to update.zip (from what it was originally named) and I still get the same error...

EDIT:

thought i had changed the name with Windows. I went into Astro and it had update.zip.zip as the name. so I changed it to update.zip and rebooted into recovery and it worked fine.

thanks for the file :)
[Vibrant Android Development] T.E.S.T:
surprisingly, I am having a strange problem.....

I got to the point where I have to press the power button to select

"apply sdcard:update.zip"

but it is not working! I can not select it !

i can go up and down with the vol. buttons, long press on the power resterts the device(showing that it is working),

put a single press doesn't start any thing.

please help......

(I searched and searched, with no resultsw
[Vibrant Android Development] rakeshchn:
I am yet to get the vibrant...just going to order today. Is it possible that samsung or T-mobile know this trick and disable vol up + down + power button option in newer devices..that would be a bummer:(
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
Tmobile and sammy know about the recovery... Its put there for us to use... When my vibrant stopped powering on they told me to boot into recovery to factory reset...
[Vibrant Android Development] rakeshchn:
Thanks, I am sure they knew the key combination...but I was wondering they would not have thought of it being used to so easily root the device. Hope they dont disable anything that will make rooting difficult.
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
That's the way the phone flashes the ota... so if there's no recovery we wouldn't be able to get updates...

Even if they removed the button combo we could use adb...
[Vibrant Android Development] mr2t32:
I'd there any other thing I need to pay attention when trying to get to recovery? I am having no luck...

Update: I just went with the one click root. Works like a charm... Loving my new vibrant.
[Vibrant Android Development] badalchemist:
I'm unable to boot into recovery mode. What is this one click root you used?
[Vibrant Android Development] mr2t32:
i got it from theunlockr.com just do a search for samsung vibrant and you will see a section for rooting and unrooting with one click. you'll need to update your .net framework, install vibrant usb driver and run the batch file. it's pretty much the same as using adb to reboot into recovery except it's automated, so you just sit back and wait.
[Vibrant Android Development] ardchoille:
Yeah, I remember rooting my g1, this is ridiculously easy compare to that!
[Vibrant Android Development] benguthrie:
Worked

This worked for me the first time.

First order of business: delete the bloat ware.
[Vibrant Android Development] tjsynkral:
They would need to actually update the device in order to add any security to it.
[Vibrant Android Development] mr2t32:
anyone with a new vibrant that is having problem getting download mod? I got mine from t-mobile on 8/25 and I can not get into download mod using the hardware method. tried everything that i can find in the form and youtube. The only way i can get to it is through adb, but that is not going to help if a flash or update goes wrong and i'm stuck at the ! screen. Is it possbile that the new batch of vibrant have the hardware disabled?
[Vibrant Android Development] returnofsid:
I'm expecting my Vibrant in the mail, tomorrow!! I can hardly wait...lol. In the meantime, I've been doing a heck of a lot of reading. Has anyone tried the method of rooting, that does not require a computer? It seems that the app, for the One Click Root, has been uploaded to the app store. Here's a link to the Youtube "directions." This seems to be the same Root that most are doing, but without the need to use a computer. Any opinions?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U508p2jRtlg