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[Vibrant Android Development] justadude:
Not sure exactly, though you could easily delete the super user APK, that's the only real visible sign that this is installed. Doubt they'd check much further. The Samdroid forum post may have info on reverting to stock.

If anyone wants to take this and modify, it should work on the Captivate/Fascinate/Epic with a simple modification, add the model name for each device to this part of updater-script in the zip file:

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I5800" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "GT-I5800" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I9000" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "GT-I9000" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-T959" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-T959"
);

I'll leave that to someone else, I personally feel that if folks are in this 'development' section then they should be capable of installing and getting ADB running before they do something that could possibly harm their phone if they screw it up.

Honestly, no idea on this. I'm not willing to risk my Vibrant to this, I'll let someone else be a guinea pig. But I am interested to hear if the wireless hotspot feature can be added back, this is the only item I miss from the Vibrant.
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
I'm glad it's that easy, now what about wireless tether? It's something that I and others root for almost exclusively.
[Vibrant Android Development] lp1527:
Has anyone successfully tried this yet?
[Vibrant Android Development] BigWorldJust:
Considering that the phone doesn't release until Thursday, I highly doubt it.
[Vibrant Android Development] lp1527:
Considering I have one sitting here in my hands, some people have access so a valid question
[Vibrant Android Development] al74:
So. Care to share the results with the people? How about some more info on speed, lag, firmware etc.
[Vibrant Android Development] justadude:
Lag is still there, it's the reason I went for root in the first place, had to perform Paul's lag fix w/ the shipped software. With the lag fix and Launcher Pro this device is quite a joy.

Ship ROM is T959UVJFD.
[Vibrant Android Development] disturkis4u:
once i installed the galaxy s drivers, it was REALLY painless and easy. i did it just for the wireless tethering.. and whatever other goodies I can find for this so far... really excited! :D
[Vibrant Android Development] lp1527:
Can you elaborate? Do you still have the original shipped OS (Touchwiz and all pre-loaded apps, etc.)? Also, any kind of step-by-step you could provide?

Much appreciated and THANK you!
[Vibrant Android Development] marsupial99:
The wireless tethering is my main reason for rooting so I am very interested which tethering application you are using and which version. Also, where did you get the proper drivers for adb connection? The directions in the first post assume that everybody knows how to use adb which sadly is not the case with me. Any additional information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
[Vibrant Android Development] shivers316:
It would probably need some tweaking since the hardware is a bit different. (ei. the button layout)
[Vibrant Android Development] BigWorldJust:
Lmao, that's why I said highly unlikely, NOT impossible. SMH.
[Vibrant Android Development] disturkis4u:
I searched for "galaxy s usb driver" in xda and the first link was USB Driver for Galaxy S and Misc Info - xda-developers. There's a rapidshare and multiupload link for download also in that thread. (3rd post or something).

once you extract the usb drivers folders, go to the extracted folder, double click on "setup" and it will install the drivers for you. when you enable usb debugging on your vibrant and plug it in, windows should successfully install the usb drivers. then, go to command, and follow the instructions in the first post

edit: i'm using the app called Wireless Tether version 2.0.1 website is http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com
[Vibrant Android Development] Pneumatic:
I just used "Barnacle" and successfully went to google.com on my iPad using the Vibrant's internet connection. I haven't used it for any extended period of time but it does work.
[Vibrant Android Development] brie987:
I agree, the app turns on but non of my computers can detect the phone, I am using Wifi for root and in the logs it says that adhoc failed.
[Vibrant Android Development] brie987:
I also tried Barnacle and it works and connects for all of 5 seconds then it says "unexpected error occurred please check log", I dont know where to find the log so I cant check it. Is there something in the root that I missed that is not allowing me to do this. I did the non pc root.
[Vibrant Android Development] ISprayCandy:
I get the same exact

thing plus I'm having a hard time getting my drivers for windows loaded.
[Vibrant Android Development] Pneumatic:
I did the non PC root as well (installed "update.zip" and restarted the phone by holding volume up and down at the same time while starting the phone then navigating the options with the volume rocker).

I played with Barnacle a little more and connected my laptop (Windows 7), iPad, and iTouch all at the same time. I am only on Edge inside of my house but I was able to open websites on all three at the same time and it never disconnected. I will play with it on 3G tomorrow while I am out.

I am not sure about the problems you guys are having but I rated it 5 stars.
[Vibrant Android Development] brie987:
I dont know either but this is the error Im getting. "NAT exited: Message too long" "Process stopped unexpectedly" Dont know what this means perhaps someone does.
[Vibrant Android Development] t1h5ta3:
wow, that was easy!

whats realy cool is in setcpu, i now complete the long benchmark faster than my oc'd g1 did on the short test!
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
Nice. I will try setcpu :)
[Vibrant Android Development] rel500:
ok so im coming from a g1. i downloaded the file to the internal memory (NOT THE ONE WITH AVATAR) and it gives me this message when i try to flash in recovery E:Cant open /sdcard/update.zip.... need some help =(
[Vibrant Android Development] valmerc:
How can I do that?
[Vibrant Android Development] WilliamStern:
Sweet, I just rooted my very first phone ever! That was just too easy. Noob question now.

Now what? Now that my phone is rooted what can I do, and what should I do?
[Vibrant Android Development] Docavelli:
There are all sorts of cool things you can do with root. You can use custom ROMs, over/underclock your CPU, apply custom themes. Lots of stuff. But... since this just came out there has been little developement done. But stay tuned.

For right now I suggest you go through some of the other forums, like G1 and Nexus, and read alot. That will give you an idea of the kinds of things that can be done with a rooted phone.

Oh... and get to know ADB. I swore I would when I had my G1, but having the physical KB made me lazy. Now that I have the vibrant w/o a KB, I have to get my ADB game in order.
[Vibrant Android Development] ISprayCandy:
Couple of things make sure you put it in /sdcard not /sdcard/download. Then make sure you rename it to update.
[Vibrant Android Development] ISprayCandy:
Okay if I force my phone to use 2G networks only then Barnacle works fine. If I go to 3G (which btw seems much faster than the same settings on my G1) I get about 20 seconds before it disconnects. I use the wifi tether almost daily so I hope this can get figured out.
[Vibrant Android Development] iBustCh3rries:
Wow, This root process seems a helluva alot easier then it was for my G1 and Nexus I can't wait to get the phone now... 2 more days XD
[Vibrant Android Development] nemanjapavlovic:
I am an amateur, I have followed the instructions to root Samsung Vibrant though because I couldnt stand the pre-loaded apps.

Gained superuser access, downloaded Android Mate from Android Market and erased all pre-loaded apps that anoyed me in the phone.

However, now I cannot download anything from Android market anymore or receive any updates for the phone.

I dont even know how to fix this.

And yes, I didnt even back up the phone either before playing with this "big boy" stuff.

After you all laugh your ass off, can you please help me to circumvent this updating problem as well as downloading apps form market.
[Vibrant Android Development] ultra spikey:
I havnt rooted mine yet, but have been following this thread...I heard this might work...open up the "talk" app and log into your google account. Then try the market.
[Vibrant Android Development] skater4690:
this has to be the easiest root i have ever done lol thankyou for figuring this out only had my new phone for a couple hours and already rooted:D
[Vibrant Android Development] mx4life921:
for some reason im having trouble..actually rooting the g1 was easier for me..which file do i copy this into? Im just copying it into drive g which is the 14gb memory..when i go to flash it im getting an error message E:Cant open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory)
[Vibrant Android Development] infinityv:
Thank you for making my life simpler! I just moved over to the SGH-959 from my launch day G1 and I'm loving it. Really appreciate the ease of rooting this phone over many of the more locked down systems that have been coming our as of late. Good work developers and thank you Samsung and T-Mobile!
[Vibrant Android Development] nemanjapavlovic:
I cannot log into g-talk either. It just idles at "logging" and never really logs in.

Also tried with backing up market through astro, then uninstalled updates through settings-manage apps and installed market again and still nothing.

Any more ideas?
[Vibrant Android Development] ryanolson7:
i think all you have to do is adb pull /system .
[Vibrant Android Development] sil3ncer7:
How did you get the update.zip to the root of the phone? On the phone I go to put the update in the "/" but its "Read Only" I try to connect it up to the Mac, but it only mounts the External SD...

???
[Vibrant Android Development] ISprayCandy:
Lol I literally just got off the phone trying to help someone else do this. It gets installed to the internal /sdcard not the / or root directory. The easiest way to do this if you cant see both drives on a computer is to:

(1)Power down your phone

(2)Remove sd card

(3)Reboot

(4)Open Astro

(5)Go to /sdcard/download select and copy the update file

(6)Go to /sdcard and paste the file there (make sure it is named update)

(7)Power down

(8)Boot into recovery, after it updates it will automatically reboot

(9) cry over bricked phone (just kidding but I wanted to make sure you were reading :D)

(10)check to see if you have superuser privledges

(11) Power down & reinstall sd card, then reboot & that's it

The whole scenario takes about 2-3 minutes literally. Hope this helps...
[Vibrant Android Development] sil3ncer7:
So what your saying is the update DOES go to "/sdcard" ? Like the G1 and all the other ROMS?
[Vibrant Android Development] ISprayCandy:
Yep... That's where it goes, if you can tell which /sdcard is which on Astro you can leave the sdcard in but it will probably take longer to figure that out if your unsure than it would take to just remove it. Once you do it you won't believe how friggin easy it is.
[Vibrant Android Development] sil3ncer7:
I believe I just got it. Now time to figure out how to uninstall the bloatware. Thanks for the help!!
[Vibrant Android Development] brie987:
Be careful, I have never removed bloatware on my own I only installed custom ROMs that did it for me but reading this threads there are a couple people that ran into trouble and now they cannot sign on to Google/GoogleTalk which means Market, just a heads up. Also in a post in this thread there is someone who posted a link to someone who did remove the bloat and actually made a list of the items you should not remove and those which are safe to remove. Good luck.
[Vibrant Android Development] sil3ncer7:
I was JUST reading into peoples issues. Ill take a gander up the thread and see what I can come up with. Thanks for the heads up tho
[Vibrant Android Development] jblade1000:
that'd be this thread right over yonder. I posted a non-pc method (it takes it bit longer but it works fine). Im a fan of the "do everything from the phone approach" :D
[Vibrant Android Development] brie987:
Thank you so much, bought Root Manager and removed a couple of the obvious entertainment apk. Wow. Thanks again.
[Vibrant Android Development] kaigow:
Well just rooted my first Android. Thanks!

Market works fine. Downloading works well.

However, lol, I can't buy anything. Wonder if it's the fact the account is less than a week old (was trying to charge Setcpu to my tmo account).
[Vibrant Android Development] jblade1000:
no prob, i love this community and I will help whenever possible:D
[Vibrant Android Development] brnagndan:
For some reason I can't get this to work. I'm putting update.zip into the sd folder that's hidden away on the internal storage. I've tried renaming that folder to sdcard, renaming the file itself to update, and still nothing works. Help?
[Vibrant Android Development] MileHighPilot:
does anyone have trouble getting their computer to recognize their phone now? like for some reason my computers wont recognize the phone or media storages.

and i ran terminal, tried to do fix_permissions... and get fix_permissions: not found.

anyone got an idea? i do have SU privs and have adfree working.
[Vibrant Android Development] nick_karstedt:
Do you have debug mode on USB enabled. If so, disable it. I can't get mass storage working with Debug enabled. Really weird..
[Vibrant Android Development] MileHighPilot:
yea some how my drivers got corrupted. and now they work after redoing root. still cant use terminal, each one says process not found
[Vibrant Android Development] s3gfault:
ShermCraig, i had to read the whole thread too to see if that had been addressed. From what i can tell the method here does these things:

1) replace /system/bin/su and /system/xbin/su with a different version of that program

2) installs /system/xbin/busybox

3) installs /system/app/Superuser.apk

4) runs some binary code.

Steps 2 and 3 can be reversed by just deleting those files. Step 1 can be reversed if you can find a copy of the original 'su' program. i have no idea what step 4 does, you would have to ask OP.
[Vibrant Android Development] my fear:
man i must be doing something wrong Ive downloaded the zip renamed it and put it on the root of the phone memory and every time i try reinstall packages it keeps giving me cant open update no such file or directory. so i went back and put it on the sdcard the 2gb and still no such file or directory. is there something im doing wrong? im not a total noob at rooting been rooting and modding my g1 for about a year and this has me stumped.
[Vibrant Android Development] ShermCraig:
Try putting it in the 12 GB sized SD card directory. That's your problem. The 2GB is the actual SD/removable card. The 12 GB SD card is actually your devices hard drive....
[Vibrant Android Development] my fear:
ok when i mount the phone the sdcard pops up and the 13 gb directory pops up so i put it in the 13 gb and still nothin.
[Vibrant Android Development] ShermCraig:
Sorry bud - I got nothin! :D
[Vibrant Android Development] my fear:
well thanks for trying, this is weird because its so easy yet not working for me lol.
[Vibrant Android Development] brnagndan:
I'm in the same boat as you. It's so straight forward, yet it just doesn't want to recognize any file is there.

EDIT: Success!!
[Vibrant Android Development] brnagndan:
What worked for me is renaming it to just "update" and dropping it onto the root of the internal memory.
[Vibrant Android Development] my fear:
success!!! finally, lol something so simple as taking .zip off the file. thanks!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] ejamin73:
Hey guys

There's to many replies to this thread for my lazy @$$ to read all of them :p

Is the wifi tethering be activated once is rooted?
[Vibrant Android Development] my fear:
nope gotta wait till a custom kernel is available.
[Vibrant Android Development] Broken:
Well, looks like this is a similar Root that the EVO first got. Can not r/w to system from within android. Using Root Explorer I can not uninstall apps from system/apps.

Anyone working on a full root option?
[Vibrant Android Development] Br00k1yn:
just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, for some reason when I reinstall from recovery mode, it fails every time.
[Vibrant Android Development] bubonik:
Yes you can. mount -o remount,rw yaffs2 /system
[Vibrant Android Development] da0ne:
Worked for me thanks guys
[Vibrant Android Development] whodatfever:
I rooted last night and have tried to get Barnacle to work but I get the following message: "failed to start supplicant: no such file or directory"

How do I fix this please:(
[Vibrant Android Development] MrGibbage:
Well, I got rid of that error by going into Barnacle options and disabling "Skip wpa-supplicant".

But that still won't get the tethering up and running. The next error you will get then will be about NAT restarting: Message too long. I don't think anyone here has gotten past that yet. Funny thing is you will be able to see your Barnacle SSID on your computer and *connect* to it, but you won't be passing any data.
[Vibrant Android Development] Broken:
Ok, so can with Terminal app then. Hopefully Root Explorer will be updated for correct r/w permissions.
[Vibrant Android Development] candre23:
Got my Vibrant today. Rooted as per instructions and everything is working great. Many thanks to the devs who worked on this.
[Vibrant Android Development] s0niqu3:
Long time G1 user her, just upgraded to the Vibrant, and of course, had to root it day one.

Anyway, the process was easy enough, verified I have my new superuser app, and can get root access in terminal emulator and adb shell.

For some reason though, I can't get adb remount to work. I know its not that big of a deal, but it limits my ability to adb push apk's to the system dir. Yes, I know I can adb shell, su, and then cp files to the system dir, but its a more time consuming process.

So, my question, do we need to wait for a new recovery image, signed with test keys to enable adb root access by default?

I forget the exact error, but a lot of the adb commands give me an error to the effect of 'not supported on production builds' which is why I'm wondering about needing a new recovery image.

Anyway, thanks for the fast work in rooting this phone, and I can't wait for CM6!
[Vibrant Android Development] ISprayCandy:
Actually check the entire thread, Barnacle works fine in 2g and for a limited time in 3g. Tonight I am out of town and the 3g here is much slower than at home and I've been connected for 10+ minutes and Barnacle has renewed me once. I don't know if it's due to the new update or not but Barnacle does work. I do have a new error which is shown in the pic and it may explain the speed but this is promising.
[Vibrant Android Development] Pneumatic:
Did you see this method posted in the other thread? I was able to start Barnacle (for the first time since the update) but I haven't tested it with a 3G connection. It seems to work for some people.
[Vibrant Android Development] sultan.of.swing:
I didnt read through the whole thread but If root is this easy I am so getting rid of my slide. I had root on my slide but had to return it because it was falling apart(WTF?) and cant get root on the new one. Vibrant here i come!
[Vibrant Android Development] d0nat0:
vibrant rooted with provided file with no issues so far. thank you.
[Vibrant Android Development] Oskiee:
Thank you sir... been trying to find out what the hell i was doing wrong for the last hour.

This should be added to the ops post.
[Vibrant Android Development] gravis86:
Not really... Windows (by default) hides file extensions, so the ".zip" is still there whether you see it or not. You THINK you're renaming it to "update" but you're really renaming it to "update.zip" since the extension is hidden.

I thought this was common knowledge among PC users.
[Vibrant Android Development] ejamin73:
I just found this site. They say it's possible to activate the HOTSPOT feature once you root & have super user access. What you guys think?

Tried to post the link but since I'm a new member it says I'm not allowed :confused:

Go to samsungvibrant.org & scroll down. You'll find "Samsung Vibrant Hacks – How to Root your Samsung Vibrant!" & "How to Install Samsung Vibrant WiFi Tether!"

EDIT. tHEY UPDATED THE INFO "UPDATE: It seems that Android WiFi Tether is not supported (yet) because we need a re-compile the kernel with support for iptables, working on it, please check back! "

SORRY:(
[Vibrant Android Development] jhost:
wow, think it may have been under 60 sec to root hahaha, what a big diff from the G1 back in November 08 hahaha
[Vibrant Android Development] cayano:
Hi,

I have been trying to root my phone several times but when i reinstall package a get this error message:

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

(no such file or directory)

I transferred zip file from mac. I am following procedures but it does not work. can some one tell me what is wrong why i can't root phone.

Thanks,
[Vibrant Android Development] Oskiee:
It is. However its also an easily overlooked thing.
[Vibrant Android Development] miraj112:
This just bricked my phone.

Now I only get a phone, a yellow triangle with an exclamation point in the middle and a cpu whenever the phone boots.

It wont even let me go to recovery mode to wipe everything again.

Don't know what to do.
[Vibrant Android Development] gravis86:
Umm, I hate to break it to you, but your phone isn't bricked. Bricked means literally dead, paper-weight style. I'm sure someone will be along shortly to help you out.
[Vibrant Android Development] miraj112:
Hopefully you're right. I've searched everywhere to fix this and I couldn't find anything.
[Vibrant Android Development] gravis86:
I don't really know how to fix it, but maybe I can help you figure out what you did wrong... Did you maybe rename the file to update.zip.zip on accident? Apparently a lot of people don't realize that the ".zip" portion is hidden in Windows by default so they add it (since they don't see it) and now there's two ".zip" portions.

That's the only thing I can think of since it's really straightforward otherwise.
[Vibrant Android Development] antonio91282:
when you root your vibrant for the first time will you have to wipe? i want to root but i dont want to have to set up all my apps again.
[Vibrant Android Development] NoDataFound:
I udgraded from a rooted G1 to the Vibrant. I think am going to continue to use that G1 as my device to provide tether until we (vibrant owners ) get 2.2.
[Vibrant Android Development] SuperMiguel:
is the wifi-tether(http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/) working on this device?
[Vibrant Android Development] daropedia:
no that wifi tether is not working yet, need a new kernal, there is another tether working don't remember name, havn't installed it on mine. You can do a search for it.
[Vibrant Android Development] SuperMiguel:
Well there is there is this one: Barnacle Wifi Tether http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731963

i guess only choice :s
[Vibrant Android Development] gravis86:
No, all rooting does is give you superuser permissions. It does not remove apps, add apps, or let your phone make coffee.
[Vibrant Android Development] daropedia:
Where can I download the app to let it make coffee? I really need that one this morning... and do I have to be rooted for Coffee?
[Vibrant Android Development] :
More importantly: will rooting allow us to remove the bloatware?
[Vibrant Android Development] kizer:
I know its sad, but I fought of the temptation for at least 4days, but now its rooted. LOL

Thanks to the Op for posting this up and making it so easy. I'm sure like you mentioned there was others that helped, but thanks just the same.
[Vibrant Android Development] kizer:
Yes, now you have access to the system files.
[Vibrant Android Development] :
Yup, took a bit of poking and I had buy an app (totally worth it), but it's been handled.