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[Vibrant General] samlot:
2 questions please

I have read the complete tip thread and i still have 2 questions i can't seem to get answered but i've read posts that danced around my questions.

I upgraded from Moto Cliq to Vibrant, Is there no LED notification on this phone. I read a post explaining the 3 dots on the top left of the phone...for trans/receiving/sensor..Just need verification if it has an LED notification or not.

2nd.

I also saw a post on how to change the 4 apps on the bottom but i noticed the phone on the example is not the vibrant, looks similar but its not completely the same and edit only changes the screen order on this vibrant

I'm rooted if that makes any difference
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^

There is NOT an LED notification. In the themes/app section there are 2 recommendations to make notifications though. NoLED I think is the name? It is a perfect black screen that can have customized blinking dots for notifications. Black does not use power... I have not tried it.

The picture you referenced is MY Vibrant. I am running LauncherPro. If you want TouchWiz, I did include how to change the docks in the sticky... you can only change the middle two though with TW. Here is the exert from the sticky, that you may have missed:

CHANGE THE DOCK BUTTONS ON TOUCHWIZ!

Open the app drawer, menu, edit, change to customizable. With the app drawer open now, press menu and edit again. You can now replace the two app docks in the middle (dialer and app drawer can't be replaced).
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
HUGE thank you to our moderator, mikechannon, for cleaning up the first few posts!!! I now have room to add a LOT more information!!! THANK YOU!!!

That said... I need YOUR suggestions on how to improve and PARTICULARLY how you want the posts to be formatted?

I was thinking Post 1 for Non-Root, and Post 2 for Root... I really would hate to do it this way though as there could be overlap (more work) and I think if you are on XDA and you have this phone you SHOULD BE ROOTED.

Please leave input... I'll try and act on it.
[Vibrant General] joshthewaster:
First thanks to you and mikechannon. This thread has been VERY helpful so far and I'm sure that will only continue as time goes on.

I don't think you should split it into root and non root. To much work and confusion. Perhaps a color coding? Anything in a certain color requires root?

Also moving the changelog at the top would be nice, that is what I look at when I see things have been updated.

Edit: I'd add Tasker in the apps section. Amazing customization options-no root required.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ Perfect. I do not use Tasker but have heard really good things. I may buy it and try and learn it.. in the meantime, any chance you could write up a review and maybe a few script ideas?

I really like the idea about the color coding/changelog.

Thanks man.

^^ What? Those instructions are for TW.... I thought your question was answered, if not... could you be more specific?
[Vibrant General] MilkPudding:
May be you want to include this under applying new fonts:-

If you have used the one-click lagfix by RyanZA from the market, you need to use the app to change fonts too. The default one under system setting won't work because (I believe) the lagfix has moved the font section to the newly partitioned file.

Please correct me if I was wrong.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ ahh, good to know.. I am a little anti-lag fix at the moment so I would need others to chime in, but I will try and make a note about it. Thanks.
[Vibrant General] joshthewaster:
This app is kinda pricey (about $6) but you can get a 14 day trial from his site. Even though it's more than some apps it can replace many apps. Plus it doesn't need root.

From here: http://tasker.dinglisch.net/

"Tasker is an application for Android which performs Tasks (sets of Actions) based on Contexts (application, time, date, location, event, gesture) in user-defined Profiles, or in clickable or timer home screen widgets.

This simple concept profoundly extends your control of your Android device and it's capabilities, without the need for 'root' or a special home screen.

Tasker came 3rd in the Productivity category in the Android Developer Challenge 2."

So *some* of the things you can do

Create profiles for places or times e.g. your phone will be on silent at work, your gps will turn on in your car, wifi will turn on when you are home etc.

You can create profile to replace juicedefender - this is a bit complex but doable and you can save that money.

You can create custom widgets that will execute tasks or bring up menus.

You can make send your phone a SMS and it will send you back your phones latitude and longitude via SMS.

Auto change backgrounds (or anything really) every day.

You can set things to open (music app) when you plug in headphones.

You can make your gps turn on when you open Maps.

It is compatible with locale plugins (I've never used locale but I know some love it.)

Lots more found here: http://tasker.wikidot.com/profile-index

Anyway so far I have set up custom docks based on the phone being plugged in. I have a notification for missed messages (vibrates once every 5min 5 times). I set up SMS tracking. I have a menu that opens when I plug in headphones, brings up a couple music app choices. And I have lots more I'm planning on doing or trying. This app would make my personal top 5 apps pretty easy.
[Vibrant General] almyz125:
Kudos, very nice thread, added to the directory :)
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^^ right on, will try and add it soon.

^ thanks man.

THANK YOU TO THREE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THE DROPBOX REFERRAL~ I HOPE OTHERS WILL TRY IT OUT!!

I will be updating this thread soon.... Got a LOT going on in the real world at the moment.
[Vibrant General] ags29:
Noob question

I'm trying to do the REPLACE THE TW CALENDAR WITH STOCK ANDROID CALENDAR part..

I simply wanted to know how you "backup TW calendar and provider apk & odex"? I found them in Astro but it doesn't give me an option to back them up and then Titanium Backup only gives me the option to backup "Calendar 1.0". Would it be the same thing?
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
I use Root Explorer for my file manager. Go to system/app and long press on the file, copy it, go to sdcard/sd and paste it so you have a copy (this is my preference)... Go back and delete the original... The rest is in the guide.
[Vibrant General] ags29:
Thank you! That's all I wanted to know - that basically backing up the files is copying and pasting. I thought there was more to it. Thanks again.
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
Long press the home button, it will launch a little.window with your most recent apps(6)
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ that and all of the other LP buttons are already in the guide, thanks though!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
kizer emailed me how to reboot without using an app. That is now in the guide.

I went ahead and made the guide into two posts so I could actually add stuff (I was very literally not even able to add a period prior to this due to space). mikechannon was a huge help!

Still working out on how to format this... It's going to be a pain to highlight everything that needs to be for root-users only. Still working on that.

As always, please send in suggestions on how to improve. Hope everyone has an awesome weekend! :)
[Vibrant General] joshthewaster:
I bet it is a pain, you have a LOT of info on there, thanks for going through the trouble though. I think it will be a good addition. I also think the quick link to the changelog is great. People new to the thread see what they want and the rest of us can easily see what we want.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ cool, thanks man.
[Vibrant General] kizer:
Could I ask that you make sure glad13 gets the credit for the reboot trick? I mearly asked the question and well passed on the info to you. I feel kinda like a heal for taking the credit. :D

I'd gladly take the credit for telling you. LOL
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
done.

101010
[Vibrant General] roguespy0:
Awesome,alot of good info and it is all in one place, thank you.
[Vibrant General] erickrios:
When in the gallery, long press on a thumbnail to bring up the multi-select screen.
[Vibrant General] superevo89:
I've did so much searching and can't get autostart to work. I enabled the USB debugging, and I don't see where I can open the application I can't do it from the android market there nothing in the drawer, I tried to restart my phone as well how do I use this app :mad:.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Did you actually pay for & download the app? Do you see it under downloads in the market?
[Vibrant General] superevo89:
paid for no it came up as free, and yes I went to downloads to see if I can open it from there but the open button is greyed out.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Then you did not download autostarts by michael elsdodef (can't recall spelling of last name. It costs approximately a dollar if I remember correctly.
[Vibrant General] superevo89:
I downloaded it guess didnt realize I downloaded the wrong one lol
[Vibrant General] hkfan:
Got this from other thread (Thanks to Prankey ) ..i think it should be here

Use the network info code *#0011#, you reach the below menu:

MAIN MENU

[1] DEBUG SCREEN

[1] BASIC INFORMATION

UMTS : HOME(CS+PS)

RRC State: IDLE

WCDMA 2100 Band 1

Reg PLMN 240-2, IsPCS? 0

FREQ DL:10737

FREQ UL:9787

CELL_ID:0xhhhhhh <- Disappears when 3G is not available

LAC: 0xhhhh

PSC:hhh

RSCP:-94, ECIO:-5 <- Changing

Now just hit the menu button, back (twice) and voila! you are at the ServiceMode home page! hope this helps.
[Vibrant General] demize!:
First, thank you for this great sticky. Id like add that if you want busybox to work for other things, Titanium doesn't install it for other functions. I wasnt able to take screen shots without it installed. Go to data/data/com.kalemedas/ files busybox. Copy it. Paste it in system/xbin. Should be good. Anyone have any input on this please add it.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ how did you root? Busboy was by default in system/xbin like it should be for me, and I do not have the folder path you describe.

You could also just download busybox from the market...

^^ Not familiar with the service menu.. can you help me out with it so I can link to your post. Make it for the ultimate noob if you do not mind.
[Vibrant General] demize!:
I used Ryans method. It was not present in xbin. I dl'd it from Titanium but it only installed to Titanium. Is this wierd?
[Vibrant General] demize!:
Sorry for double posting, I tried the mkt. Dl of busybox but it was unsuccesful for some reason. Im having trouble using Cachecleaner which requires it, so maybe somethings off, Im also lagfixed.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
I'm anti lag fix. Too many issues reported. Could be coincidental and I truly respect those helping with development, but I'm waiting patiently.
[Vibrant General] demize!:
I understand completely, I would prefer it as stock as possible, but market and certain apps where driving me to distraction.
[Vibrant General] marksht:
Great thread and thank you to all contributors. Pity i found this only after spending a lot of time around
[Vibrant General] vstancell:
Adjusting the duration of the time out on the capacitive keys

I've been all over this forum several times. I found my answer somewhere but I can't seem to find it again..

I want to adjust the length of time the capacitive keys stay on. Can you make that part of your sticky? I know there is a way to do it as it has something to do with the screen time out as well.

Thanks

and this information is PRICELESS!
[Vibrant General] chichu_9:
s15274n Thanks for taking the time to out this guide, specially, the nandroid Backup. Saved my phone the other day

Using rom manager, hit the wipe data by mistake and luckily I had a nandroid backup from less than 10 minutes ago this happened.

Was able to completely restore all my phone, apps & settings.

Thanks once again ;)
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Awesome man!
[Vibrant General] joshthewaster:
Replace bootanimation

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=779718

It can be done just has a delay.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ yeah, I'm going to let more develop with that.... as it is, not sure it's something I should promote. I think the international boot/shutdown already included is pretty amazing compared to stock. It is already included. Thanks for the link, will continue to monitor it. Having it posted here, I'm sure some will play with it too.

PLEASE SEND ME IDEAS. I NEED TO UPDATE THIS THREAD WITH ANY NEW MATERIAL.
[Vibrant General] dangeruss_oo7:
locked galaxy

have found a tmo galaxy s for sale cheap. but...the screen comes on and ask for passcode and pin. can this be bypasses by flashing ROM ?
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Is it stolen?

Sent from my Vibrant
[Vibrant General] dangeruss_oo7:
dont know, on sale on craigslist
[Vibrant General] keithrich1990:
Thank you for this thread it make it so much easier. this thought me how to root and so many other things:D
[Vibrant General] jblade1000:
just read through everything and I'd like to add under the "Quickly reboot your phone" section that if you have Root Manager installed, it comes with a reboot widget. you can reboot the phone as normal (albeit instantaneously), reboot into recovery mode (which I've confirmed is the same as the volume + power button mode to flash update.zip), or reboot bootloader ( I assume is for ROMS, but haven't tried because i don't have any other ROM to boot into so I dont want to mess with it).

My other question is, what is the difference between taking a Nandroid backup with the ROM Manager app vs. using Titanium Backup? Is Nandroid a full image of your phone in ROM format that you flash like any other ROM vs Titanium Backup going through a restore process? Any additional advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
[Vibrant General] joshthewaster:
Restoring a Nandroid will bring your phone back to the state it was in when you made the Nandroid. Titanium Backup is useful when you flash a new Rom as it saves just your apps and their data. So you get to the new Rom and it will have NOTHING but the Rom and the apps the dev wanted it to have. You can then dl Titanium from the market and restore your apps+data (one by one if you don't get the donate version, it allows you to just install everything at once.) If you don't plan on flashing Roms Titanium backup will be mostly unnecessary but just in case you delete something you shouldn't have it's nice to have.
[Vibrant General] pavvy:
I noticed that while Search looks at apps, contacts, etc. for matches (provided the names

start

with the string of letters you type -- it won't find them if the letters fall in the middle of a file name), I don't seem to be able to search the file names of docs that I've downloaded (PDFs, video files, etc.). Is that just a general Android limitation -- can't search doc file names?
[Vibrant General] jblade1000:
I think i got it then:

Nandroid = image of phone

Titanium = apps/data backup and restore

Thanks!
[Vibrant General] MrGibbage:
How about some tips on what to do if you "brick" your phone? We see the posts every day: "HELP I BRICKED MY PHONE WTF AM I SUPPSED TO DO!!!???". Since we have seen that this phone is as close to being unbrickable any any out there, exactly what are the steps when you think you've done something bad?
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ agreed on many levels. I absolutely "hate" the BRICK threads, especially since I know they are not actually bricked... I guess I'm just so frustrated by it, I've avoided it...
[Vibrant General] chronos7:
I love this forum because it's got sooooooo much info.:D
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Agreed.

You guys let me know if you think something should be added. Thanks 7
[Vibrant General] sparks.calvin:
Hello,

I just wanted to share my experience and possibly prevent other people from going through it.

I recently received my first Vibrant and it happen to be one of the defective units unable to enter recovery via HW. Of course at the time I did not realize this was a problem and was new to the phone and android in general.

I rooted the phone and removed 5 or 6 bloatware apps (Telenav, Audio Postcard, etc... Nothing important) So im installing and uninstalling apps you know how it goes and I think you know I just kinda want to clear everything out and remove all the user data. I understand the bloatware I removed will not come back but thats better for me so I wont have to remove it again. So I use ADB reboot into recovery and select Erase User Data.

It formats and I reboot. Right away nothing works and I get a constant force close loop of just about every app trying to open including TouchWiz which I didnt remove so it should be fine. Well I think this sucks at least you can always flash to stock. DING thats when it hit me and I realized I now had no way to get into recovery or download mode to even attempt running a recovery. SO I had to have my phone replaced. The replacement phone Is not defective and I can access everything via HW buttons. I wanted to see if i could duplicate my issue. So I do a backup of stock right away. Then I proceed to remove bloatware etc...

I factory reset and again force closes

I nandroid back to the stock reference I made and boots fine No defect in the phone No Problem this time correcting it. I do a factory reset at that point and works fine.

Point I guess is after all this is if you have a HW Locked defective phone and have removed bloatware NEVER RUN A FACTORY RESET unless you have put the bloat back on... Would have saved me from having to get a replacement though I guess that was better cuz now I have a phone that works properly.
[Vibrant General] pavvy:
How do you get a replacement phone in that scenario -- "I rooted my phone, now it's all f'd up, I need a new one please?" Just curious.
[Vibrant General] oklahomatulsa:
Excellent post!!! Many thanks!!:D
[Vibrant General] reksp13:
This has been one of the most informative post I have read about this phone Thanks
[Vibrant General] sparks.calvin:
No they replaced because of the defect of not being able to enter recovery via HW. I just said its force close looping and when we couldn't reset ban replacement.
[Vibrant General] chronos7:
A lot of great info...thanks
[Vibrant General] wraith88:
So much good information. Thanks so much!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Appreciate the feedback guys. I've been on a long float trip in Alaska, avoiding XDA. Any new things that need to be added?
[Vibrant General] nomadrider123:
I read all of this thread before rooting my phone It took like 15 min tops to root it. On the my touch slide it was like 4 hours lol. I have 3 words to say. Saweet :D ... Thank You :cool:
[Vibrant General] db3:
launcher2 help

First, this thread has been incredibly helpful. This is my first Android phone so I've learned lot from this one thread. Thanks.

Now there's one thing that's driving me crazy. How do I move launcher2.apk to /system/app? i've tried adb, i've tried astro, i've tried OI file manager, nothing seems to work. i'm clearly doing something wrong, but i can figure out what it is.

i run ubuntu at home and installed adb using a short tutorial i found linked on xda. i was able to pull easily, but not push (permission denied). i read somewhere else that its easier to use astro, but i can't seem to move the file to /system/app.

any advice? thanks.
[Vibrant General] demize!:
Use root explorer.

Vibrant vibrating nicely now,Kthx!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
db3, I also use Root Explorer, no problems. I reverted to LauncherPro though. Did you get it all worked out?

Ideas for things to add?
[Vibrant General] db3:
s15274n , thanks, but i haven't tried Root Explorer yet. I will though. Been caught up with few other things (unbricking my wife's phone, for one :) ).

I am curious though: what's the difference between moving launcher2.apk to /system/app and installing it like any other apk?

Thanks again!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
With a system app like Launcher2, you dont install it. You simply put it in system/app. Press home afterwards and you will get a popup asking which you would like to use: Launcher2 (is displayed as "Launcher", TouchWiz or LauncherPro/ADW if you have those installed too.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Alright guys, I tried JACs kernel and loved it so I added it to the post. I've also been playing with the NFL and Swype with Voice Input apps and thought they were worth adding too.

Please send in suggestions for what you guys want.
[Vibrant General] kuhan:
I'm guessing you don't have JI6 (OTA or otherwise) but it may help to know that Long Press on the home button not only shows recently opened apps, but also has a button for the new Stock Task Manager. :D
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
That's awesome. Will add it when i'm near a pc. Thank you!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
I added how I updated to JI6 by linking some useful posts together. Love this community!
[Vibrant General] phntm:
excelent ji6 guide

great guide for ji6

flashed without any problems and very quickly.

did loose root but was easy to recover with the update.zip provided here.

didn't loose sim unlock or any apps or settings as far as i can see anyway.

lost hebrew fonts but the israelpack app reinstalled them after i recovered root.

gps sees a lot more birds now but still takes a lot of time to lock, does seem more accurate and stable though.

can anyone provide a mod for ji6's camera/video native apps ?

i want to flash to an alternative but want to have a way to quickly recover without nand.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ I may not follow the request, but why not just pull the.apk from system/app and make a copy of them to your sd card?
[Vibrant General] Camineet:
Would someone be kind enough to point out where in this post I can find a link to download Odin?

I have tried for a while now, but I can't seem to find the location of the link in this post.

Many Thanks,
[Vibrant General] kboater:
EDIT: Think i found correct odin file. downloading JI6 now. btw, rapidshare is taking forever to download.

Thanks

I have not received OTA and dont want to wait for OTA to soft brick my phone. I would like to use Odin for the first time to update my phone and do it without loosing data. The link I found in your OP to odin is for people who have soft bricked their phones already and includes odin, but also will wipe data.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803492

where can i just find Odin and what ever drivers i need so that I can follow the instructions in your OP to flash new JI6 without loosing any data? (as im not soft bricked)

Thanks
[Vibrant General] gancho:
Just wanted to say thank you for keeping this post updated. Great job!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^^ you do not lose data (unless you are not on the stock rom), thought I said that?

^ awesome, thanks for the words man.
[Vibrant General] Camineet:
Need a little help with installing the JI6 update please.

Upon successfully entering download mode, my Windows 7 64 bit system attempted to install some drivers, which failed.

I found that no COM message showed up in Odin.

I configured Odin according to the instructions and clicked Start.

The following message appeared in Odin message area:

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

Nothing changed on the phone. It remained in DL mode indefinitely.

So, I gave up and rebooted the phone using recovery mode.

After reading various posts, it sounds like I need to install the samsung 64 bit drivers. Unfortunately I can't find any posts with instructions on how to install these drivers.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Vibrant General] Camineet:
I've tried just clicking on the .dll files in the update package, but I only get a Windows message asking me which program I want to use to open the file.

Thanks
[Vibrant General] Camineet:
I've found a package that seems to the right one named GalaxyS_64.zip.

It's found in a post on how to root the Vibrant.

Hopefully this download will get me back on track.
[Vibrant General] cavinsays:
I was thinking the same thing as the dude you replied to... I thought you said it, but I your wording was a bit unclear. So I'm going to assume that not *all* Odin flashing erases data, which is new info to me. But then again, I just got my Vibrant like two weeks ago. Thanks. I'll do this tomorrow.