yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Android Development] Neffstarr:
how long did it take ... i been hooked up to pc over 15 min
[Vibrant Android Development] pgallard:
take like 7 min, if you waiting for 15 min that means you have to do all over again.

Alot people who have to try more than once.

Good luck;)
[Vibrant Android Development] Marhault:
This thread has been a LIFESAVER since T-Mobile has passed out their most recent update. I've had to restore my own phone and that of a couple of friends. T-Mobile even acknowledges the problem and it takes them a week to fix. This takes 10 min.

/ROCKS!
[Vibrant Android Development] mikedfromaz:
I was able to download the all in one, was able to get ODIN, and the PIT file, but i have two that say there are .tar files, one of which is I believe the PDA file? I was able to extract the other ones so why not that one?
[Vibrant Android Development] bagayas:
JAC thanks for this thread. My son's vibrant was trashed by the OTA update. I was able to odin his phone back to life in a few minutes (to his dismay, he was hoping i'd go back to T-Mobile and get him a new phone). You guys are fantastic!
[Vibrant Android Development] Mage42384:
For the ODIN method...how patient are we talking? Because I was trying this, but nothing was happening even after an hour or so =/
[Vibrant Android Development] bagayas:
If it goes longer than 10-15 mins I'd say it froze. Start over. When I Odin'ed (is that even a word?) my son's Vibrant it took less than 10 mins to complete.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mage42384:
Yeah, trying this again since tmobile was supposed to have my phone to me yesterday, but it wasn't shipped yet, find out today that it's back ordered at the warehouse, so who knows when I'll actually get my replacement, lol.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mage42384:
Ok, got it to start going, but now it fails at factoryfs.rfs.... =(

Any advice?

Might this be something with my phone, or a bad image?
[Vibrant Android Development] 1quickturbosix:
So I get a green Pass sign in Odin, but when my phone reboots, it sits at the galaxy S screen, then just go's black. Am I missing something? I used the image from the very first post.
[Vibrant Android Development] tface:
followed the steps back to stock, however when I went to the google page it assumed I was in the uk.... Same with maps. Thought that was odd. Also, since using odin and going back to stock will I still receive the ota update? Or am I stuck at this firmware 2.1 update 1????
[Vibrant Android Development] Ste11a:
Late advice but if this happens to anyone try removing your SIM and microSD cards before you put the phone into download mode. Keep them off until the process is complete. Follow the instructions of the main thread. The phone will reboot. After rebooting, turn phone off and put the SIM and microSD cards back into your phone. This is the only thing that worked for me when I was stuck at factoryfs.rfs.
[Vibrant Android Development] Chaoshead:
I cant seem to find the drivers for win xp. All im finding is vista and such. anyone know where I can find the proper drivers?
[Vibrant Android Development] LadyDemise:
I am very new to all this so please bear with me...

I have rooted my vibrant and deleted some of the bloatware.

After I rooted but before I deleted things I made a backup with titanium backup.

More or less I am looking for the files that will get me back to stock with all their bloatware in tact so it will look like I never did anything to it in the case I ever need to use my warranty.

As of now, everything is fine but I guess I would like to have something I can always go back to because I would like to try out some of the different roms and stuff here.

I've looked through this thread and many others I am just not sure which files are the ones I am looking for (what is stable, what works).

So if someone could point me in the right less cluttered direction I would really appreciate it.

Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] new2thisgame:
Hard bricked my vibrant?
[Vibrant Android Development] smkr420:
Odin stuck at:

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..

<ID:0/007> File analysis..

<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/007> cache.rfs

Any ideas?
[Vibrant Android Development] andru_p:
i used this root and lost the gps update and cant seem to get it back
[Vibrant Android Development] bossman137:
not advised!

I had made a backup with clockwork before trying any of this, and due to the ease and familiarity used the second method and downloaded the rooted backup. Well i restored and rebooted, and it just sits at the vibrant bootup logo, and plays the tmo chime.... and sits... and sits.... i would love to be doing something wronte because i want a stock rom, but i followed everything to a t
[Vibrant Android Development] mystycs:
This is the stock firmware that came with the phone right?

Thnx
[Vibrant Android Development] mystycs:
Replace the pit file. Just delete it and extract it again.
[Vibrant Android Development] mjavi:
no driver on downloading mode

please help i have win 7 64bit and my computer says no driver found and in device manager it shows up as gadget serial:(
[Vibrant Android Development] thecapoots:
Ok, so this is my first time trying to restore with ODIN. I have it hooked up, the phone is in Download mode. The ID:COM box is yellow, and has 0:[COM5] in it. The large box at the top is empty, as is the status bar. I put the s1_ODIN_20100512.pit into the pit file box, and the T959UVJFD.tar file into the pda file box. I hit start, and the status bar says:

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

and it's stuck there. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
[Vibrant Android Development] Henchmin:
Link is down, anyone have a backup?
[Vibrant Android Development] geekgurly:
Thank you OP...the files and instructions in this post are a MUST for any Vibrant owner whether you are a new or advanced user. This solution can restore your device to stock.

Notes on my experience:

I could not get Odin and the device download mode to behave at first. Download mode did not function correctly for me using the volume down/power button combo.

My phone was previously rooted. To reach Download mode I ended up using the selection for same from the Power Down menu. It had been placed there as an available option after I rooted the phone.

Plugging in the USB cable after going into Download mode resulted in a fail for me. To resolve, I powered up the device first, plugged in the cable, hit the power button to reach the Power Down menu options, selected Download mode. Odin was already open and ready to go (PIT and tar files in place).

After the previous step COM appeared and device was detected. Hitting Start button in Odin resulted in successful download and restore process. Zero issues with data, camera, modem, etc.

The phone's internal SD card had to be unmounted and formatted to wipe my personal data. After doing this the device was completely restored to an "Out of the Box" state.

Hope this helps...and thanks again for an excellent thread!
[Vibrant Android Development] xculliber:
Unbrick The Vibrant

This is cool. Was able to redo my vibrant on first trial. Good work.

Hard time getting to download mode....I personally recommend ADB since that's a pure way to tell if your device is communicating with workstation you're using

**Had to brush up on my very rusty Windows skills though :eek: but worked flawlessly. Have to say...remove sim & sd card for a smooth fix**

Why in the world is there no Linux / OSX tool to do this?
[Vibrant Android Development] webrob:
Thought I would just throw in my experience here.

I spent several hours trying to roll back to the stock image on my vibrant. After numerous attempts with ODIN, I kept getting stuck on the cache.rfs part. I finally found a post with an updated ODIN (which I have attached) that finally helped me flash a stock image. Hope this helps out anyone who might be having similar issues of getting stuck on ODIN.
[Vibrant Android Development] ColorNapkin:
I have the same question. Do we need the update.zip to flash back to stock?

What would I do with the nandroid backup of the stock root I made when I first rooted?
[Vibrant Android Development] geekgurly:
+1

Odin would not flash to stock until I removed external sd and sim card
[Vibrant Android Development] enuro12:
Link is down for me as well. Can someone email them to me? I'll post them on a dump site.
[Vibrant Android Development] enuro12:
Well for anyone wondering about the missing 3 files, watch this video.

You don't have to have the 3 file pack. The 3 links above it are the same thing.
[Vibrant Android Development] dangdoi86:
plz can some one help me plz..i realy jack off my vibrant...i was trying to install froyo and it put keep put me in restore mode...said something about update thing..now im follow step above to be back normal but is odin it keep analyzing?... any suggestion?
[Vibrant Android Development] krntehknik303:
Are we supposed to unzip the odin file as well as the others or are they supposed to be on our phone?

Edit: I figured how to use it after re reading the instructions. Sorry for my stupidity hahaha, hopefully I will go back to stock and things will be okay from here on out! lol. Thanks for this helpful guide!!
[Vibrant Android Development] scrcol9:
i have a problem or maybe its not a problem once i downloaded everything and get the com and on my device the yellow screen i start the odin program but it get stuck on boot.bin for a while ... also in the device it turns off and i cant see the yellow screen anymore , can anyone help me or tell me where to go from here .. thanks in advance
[Vibrant Android Development] krntehknik303:
SWEET!! I got it to work.. damn this process literally only took five minutes or so! I'm surprised on how fast and effective this method is! I would like to thank the person for putting up this guide!! Now back to reflashing my phone with some awesome roms! :)
[Vibrant Android Development] perroh:
Okay guys, I really try not to post a question unless I really tried searching, reading, and trying things, but here where what I did and where I'm at:

- Rooted phone and installed Bionix Final 1.9 w/Jacs OC/UV w/VooDoo kernal 1.1

and have been running smooth for about a week...

then,

- ran and disabled VooDoo yesterday and did a complete backup....

then,

- with VooDoo still disabled (verified with Terminal 'mount'), downloaded Obsidian V2 and installed via Clockwork.. everything ran smooth.

then,

- wanting to start from scratch (stock rom) and try a different Froyo rom, I tried flashing a stock backup of mine, and eventually after installing, it got stuck at the "VIBRANT - SAMSUNG" screen...

...SO, I found the ODIN solution and it hasnt worked yet?! Here's what happened with ODIN:

- downloaded ODIN and put phone into "DOWNLOAD MODE", and at first didnt get past the "FILE ANALYSIS" part.. got that figured out.

then,

- ran ODIN again and loaded everything as directed and now wont get past "cache.rfs"... and I DID already disable the drivers signature at the F8 startup screen.

I know it says to be patient but some people have mentioned that it loaded and completed in like 5-10 minutes... its been 20 minutes already.

Whats going on?!? What direction should I take now?!?
[Vibrant Android Development] HotShotAzn:
I'm a little buzzed and jet lagged and just spent an hour researching and probably haven't found the right search strings.

I have a perfectly functional Vibrant on Obsidian V2 Froyo. However, I heard that I should Odin before every flash to give me a clean slate (like doing a Task 29 on a WM6 phone). Is that true? I don't want to waste my time trying to get Odin to work and then to recover if this is not needed

I use Clockwork to flash any rom to my phone. I heard that all flashes wipe the data. Could I potentially just boot into recovery, use the "delete cache" option (or whatever it is) and get the same effect?

Thanks guys! (Darn Rogue's Dead Guy got to me!)
[Vibrant Android Development] defianceofchaos:
Still doesnt work =[

Hey guys, i did everything in this thread but i am still having a problem, i have used odin several times, but after it saids it was a success, the only error i get is data wipe fail. After that odin saids that it was a success. When it resets it would go all the way to the Galaxy S and then goes black again after odin saids it passed. I have also done this with the sd card + sim card removed, still doesnt work. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] z3ck2212:
will this unbrick my phone? samsung tmobile vibrant

:confused:
[Vibrant Android Development] Reyland:
if you are able to getin to download mode you are not totally brick,and this will get you to stock firmware,good lock.
[Vibrant Android Development] gioffon:
Are you telling me that

DONT care if i have clockwork recovery

DONt care if im rooted or lagfixed

DONT care if im in XXXXX rom..

I just need to put my phone on DOWNLOAD mode and start the odin action ?

should i remove sim card or sd external card ?
[Vibrant Android Development] frankencat:
Well, here I am again. I have ODIN'd a bunch of times but now I am getting stuck at..

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/005> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

Anybody know a good way to get around this?

Edit: Got it! I used a combination of rebooted the computer, restarting the phone w download, different USB ports, eventually it worked. Praise the Lord. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] Gibsonusa:
Hi, well i tried to go back to stock via this method. while plugged in my gf unplugged my phone from the computer thinking it was off. now i have a cell phone with an exclamation and a computer. the ! is between the cell and the computer. wondering how to get this to go away and get back into dl mode. i tried to plug the usb back in and nothing.

nvm i didnt see the bible fix. must have looked over it. for those that get this problem that i just had. go there. it works and things will be happy again
[Vibrant Android Development] HarryMonkey:
So I'm having a problem with this where i can't get into download mode, it just freezes on the Vibrant Samsung screen.

I had just flashed the Vibrant_AOSPish_JK2_v1.1 froyo file. It was working well for a while, but when i went to flash the SD_Fix file, it went kapoot. Not sure what to do now
[Vibrant Android Development] gopheer:
If my phone was hardware locked before this, will it remain hardware locked after i flash this rom? Been wanting to send the phone back because of this issue, so just want to make sure it will remain.
[Vibrant Android Development] amandadam:
With phone off,hold both volume up and down(not just up or just down).

Plug micro usb end of cable into phone,without having the other end plugged into pc.Make sure you don't release the buttons as your plugging in the cable to phone.That should bring you to the droid shoveling guy known as Download.
[Vibrant Android Development] aboalwaleed:
I have the same problem. Anyone can help! I tried the method for 2 days, but it didn't work. It kept failing.
[Vibrant Android Development] avolodch:
I soft bricked my vibrant in a similar way. I did get it into dowload mode, and it seem like the odin is doing something. I have the following in the message box

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> cache.rfs

does that look normal? its been about the 10 minutes and the phone screen went black. any ideas what im doing wrong?

Thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] lawalty:
Make sure you have the latest Odin. You can download Odin3 v1.70 here.

Click here for Odin instructions and stock JFD files to solve all your Vibrant problems.

If you can't get into downloading mode and think you could be hardware locked, click here.
[Vibrant Android Development] SamsungVibrant:
how would you backup the stuff in bold above?
[Vibrant Android Development] gknoll:
Bricked Phone?

Ok, I know this thread is old but I just tried to restore a backup using the ROM Manager Clockwork and now my phone come on but stays at the SAMSUNG VIBRANT screen and goes no further. I am not able to get into recovery mode by holding the volume up and down and power on, and I have never been able to get it into the so called "download mode" by holding volume down and power.

The backup was created using the ROM Manager when using it to load the Axrua mod.

So, did I brick my phone or is there away out of this?:(

Any help would be great.
[Vibrant Android Development] gknoll:
OK, Just tried something. I plugged in the USB cable with it plugged into the pc.

I removed the battery and put it back in. While the charging screen was up I held down the volume up and down and powered on. I got the Droid with the shovel screen.

I had the ODIN software running at the time and I started the download.

IT WORKED!!! I Didn't brick my phone after all. What a relief! :):D
[Vibrant Android Development] serendipityguy:
Thanks for this tip Ste11a, I will have to attempt this restore next week and I will save this tip. ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] serendipityguy:
To resolve, I powered up the device first, plugged in the cable, hit the power button to reach the Power Down menu options, selected Download mode. Odin was already open and ready to go (PIT and tar files in place).

Thank god for this post, another tip to keep!
[Vibrant Android Development] serendipityguy:
Was brave enough to take the jump. :eek:

Was brave enough to take the jump. :eek:

It worked, everything here did just as posted. :cool:

No hitches what so ever, none. :D

1. Tips to succeed, Read every post in this thread.

2. Make a copy of the \data_tmo\games\ea directories and the "The Sims 3.apk" before you flash. :p before you flash Odin.

3. re-install the Samsung drivers after you flash to view the directories afterwards.

Thanks to all of those who made this experience manageable. :rolleyes:
[Vibrant Android Development] gioffon:
Any know where i can fin the sims 3 apk ? i forgot backing up =S
[Vibrant Android Development] NotUrAvrg:
Is this rom supposed to be serious?!?!

It has definitely worked (with a few bugs) fine on my phone.

However, the first time I try to reboot into recovery, I'm stuck at the Vibrant screen!

I've tried and read all these posts, but it just brings me back to the vibrant screen again!!!!!! Any OTHER suggestions??
[Vibrant Android Development] gioffon:
I just CANT find the sims 3 apk, cannot find data_tmo.. =S
[Vibrant Android Development] swaugh:
My phone is not bricked but it is unable to recognize any network not even T-Mobile. This happened when I was trying to unlock it. I think the nv_data.bin in efs is corrupted and I do not have the original. Would the reflashing to original official ROM described here solve this problem?

Please suggest. Many thanks.
[Vibrant Android Development] yongwoot:
can you please explain what PIT extract is..?
[Vibrant Android Development] gioffon:
what u mean ? extract the pit file from that zip, thats all
[Vibrant Android Development] ronf1011:
and for the captivate

will this work on the captivate?
[Vibrant Android Development] mag1kate8all:
thank you so much this saved my @ss last night
[Vibrant Android Development] lexic0n:
I tried to restore earlier today and my phone stuck on the white Vibrant screen. unable to get into recovery, downloader is the only place i can go. i followed the instructions on page 1, and after i hit start in the message box i get

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

can someone please help me with what i am doing wrong? thank you in advance for helping save my phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] shehrammajid:
First look in the vibrant bible to make sure you are using the latest odin...if you are, restart your computer. Then flash eugenes unbrickable froyo (which can also be found in the bible) and then flash the stock JFD firmware through odin (not the one found in this thread). All this stuff can be found in the bible. If, for whatever reason odin is still not working, make sure you have the proper drivers on your computer for you phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] lexic0n:
thank you, heading home now and will try with fingers crossed. i must say, i turned 30 yesterday and my 1 month old tv fried its mother board today, my dishwasher burned out it's motor and now my phone.........i don't like the 30's lol
[Vibrant Android Development] madguitarist63:
stuck on installing packages

Hey,

I'm new at this but my phone has been on installing packages for about 2 hours now. I know you said be patient but how long does this normally take? Do I need to restart the process?

Thank you
[Vibrant Android Development] HeadOfMax:
you saved my butt. Thank you very much.
[Vibrant Android Development] Nivek91:
ODIN doesnt recognize my vibrant. I've installed drivers already. I open ODIN, put my phone in dowload mode, then plug it in and ODIN doesnt see it and no COM pops up in the box. I've unplugged it then re plugged it and nothing still. What am i doing wrong?
[Vibrant Android Development] willsnews:
I'm not sure The drivers might be bad also try to use a different cord or usb port

egc-r2+voodoo jl4+jl4 modem
[Vibrant Android Development] Nivek91:
Where can i download new drivers?
[Vibrant Android Development] epik277:
First open odin b4 plugin in ur phone. Works for me that way.
[Vibrant Android Development] AndroidOS.FTW:
I'm getting ready to take the rooting/flashing plunge. My patience for awaiting the official 2.2 release so I can have access to the mobile AP functionality on my phone, has finally reached an end. But, I'm big enough to admit, I'm nervous. I've spent weeks reading and re-reading posts from months ago to present and I still feel uncertain that I have a clear picture of what is involved, what really needs to be done and precisely how to do it.

But, my greatest concern is I have yet to find a restore image/file for the JI6 build that I currently run. Is there a way to capture a backup/snapshot of my current build? I've read up on nandroid but no one is very clear on what exactly is captured by that, in what format it's created or if that file should be used in place of one of these other restore files in a ODIN recovery operation.

It seems the more reading one does, the more unclear and convoluted the information becomes.
[Vibrant Android Development] mrtarvis2000:
Thank you guys , you saved me !!!! odin back up worked , and in the mean time i found and awesome way to get into download mode flawlessly everytime.

1.open the phone and pull out the battery

2. Connect usb to pc and not the phone

3. hold both volume buttons down while inserting battery

4.plug usb into phone itself

5. DOWNLOAD mode activated , works every time.

thank you again.
[Vibrant Android Development] stonedninja420:
hey guys im new to this site so sorry if this has been answered already my only problem is that i cant load the .pit file or the pda into odin. I also used the one click odin version but didnt realize till after it was for the captiate now i get the blinking at&t screen how can i fix this?
[Vibrant Android Development] kcvikander:
Don't mean to bump this, but just wanted to give a huge thanks to everybody here. Bricked a Vibrant, and within 10 minutes with this thread it was back up again. Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] AlexAndroid:
Hi, after flashing the ROM Nero 3 and applying the voodoo, my phone will not turn over, even in recovery mode ....

Try flashing with ODIN but stayed in cache.rfs, disconnect the phone and when I tried to switch it on again in this way appeared to me download:

probe and arrest him several times in Download mode and not turn, help please ... greetings
[Vibrant Android Development] petieboy:
Get it back into download mode and try, try & try again with ODIN using a different USB port until you get a successful flash.
[Vibrant Android Development] Duce HD2:
ZS

It's not a big deal what you're in, you have to just get back into D/L mode. (same happened too me today)

Pull battery out>plug usb in phone +PC > hold down vol up and vol down simultaneously> insert battery> should go into DL mode.