yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Android Development] kugeln:
FYI, /dev/block/stl12 contains the modem.bin, and possibly movinand.bin as well. I haven't yet determined if the extracted modem.bin contains any information as to it's start and end points (or length), or if it's a set 12 MB, no matter what.

All of the modem.bins I've looked at so far start with 0x460E00EA6C694855, so that's where I started looking.
[Vibrant Android Development] toeshot:
do you know what to look for on the radio?

nevermind
[Vibrant Android Development] chaoscentral:
well I'm returning my Vibrant tomorrow and exchanging for a new one. and will definately be staying away from that prerelease lol
[Vibrant Android Development] rmind01:
Can we nuke that release...surprised its still up.
[Vibrant Android Development] toeshot:
ok dump results:

# dd if=/dev/block/bml0!c of=/sdcard/dump

1026048+0 records in

1026048+0 records out

525336576 bytes transferred in 99.366 secs (5286884 bytes/sec)

can grab from here
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
There's no need to do that. Some people can use it as a last resort until we can actually get a stable stock release.
[Vibrant Android Development] rmind01:
Toeshot, Link doesn't work...
[Vibrant Android Development] toeshot:
Sorry I forgot to change permissions. damn mac.

All good now
[Vibrant Android Development] YellowGTO:
Does teh Captivate have the same radio as the Vibrant?
[Vibrant Android Development] ElahC:
I'm planning on exchanging my phone tomorrow and won't flash anything until I know it's safe lol. I learned my lesson.
[Vibrant Android Development] rmind01:
..............
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
So, any progress on all this? I see alot of dumps. Have no clue what anything is :)

I think you guys need to sort what is what. too many things in one thread.

Should make a radio thread. base band thread. etc. and sort it. we are already up to 12 pages.

Just a suggestion.
[Vibrant Android Development] the3dman:
Where is the boot.img in this nandroid backup? Is there a way to pull the boot.img from the phone?
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
So coming from stock firmware and radio does this work? Just those that flashed the ms_guru odin file won't have data? Or has anybody with a stock phone even flashed this?
[Vibrant Android Development] wpbcubsfan:
It works just fine as long as you still have the stock radio.
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
They're still working on a proper img file for the stock rom, meanwhile you'll have to use clockwork recovery to do a nandroid restore. It works as long assuming you didn't use the pre-release rom which has a different baseband.
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
That's what we need, good luck.
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
So we could build a theme/rom of off this... Just to give the community something different to flash..
[Vibrant Android Development] chaoscentral:
well im back to a stock radio :) anyone who is still stuck, just backup whatever you need to and just swap it out since everyone is still within the 14 day return period. no charges or fees to swap it out just say it is a hardware defect and they will take it back no problem.
[Vibrant Android Development] ElahC:
So we need to take back just the phone right? or everything that came with it? cause I'm outside right now and only have my phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
Yup, bring everything back just to be on the safe side.
[Vibrant Android Development] the3dman:
Yeah I know. I am working on porting a rom and I need that and. I just didn't see that in this nandroid backup.
[Vibrant Android Development] ElahC:
Ok thanks for letting me know :)
[Vibrant Android Development] TGA_Gunnman:
Thanks again , tested and works great.
[Vibrant Android Development] pychobj2001:
I would do that normally but I am on ms guru stock and its fine till they get the base band in the new stock image...i can wait.
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
Yeah Im on Ms_gurus prestock or whatever... and my phone works fine.. I even get about 100 more point on quadrant.... hit a 980 last night...

only thing is anything i cook up i cant test.... so I have an excuse for being lazy and my gf doesnt mind the extra time away from the computer..
[Vibrant Android Development] tpreludesh:
i need some help, after flashing one of the nandroid backups to recover my phone, the camera wont load up anymore, it says camera failed every time. any ideas?
[Vibrant Android Development] kelmerp:
Yes, and your data isn't working. It's something to do with the baseband or radio or whatever. I think there's people working on it. Sit tight and hopefully someone will figure it out soon.
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
Which rom did you recover from? stock or pre-release?
[Vibrant Android Development] tpreludesh:
I believe it was the one that was supposed to be unrooted but still had root. I was gonna try the other one but I wasn't sure it would make a difference
[Vibrant Android Development] scepterr:
Fix for no data

http://www.scepterr.info/android/update-libsec.zip

Flash with Clockwork or push the libsec-ril.so file inside archive. Using the one from UVJE8 seems to solve the issue.

Fix for data and camera if on old kernel

http://www.scepterr.info/android/update-lib.zip

Just added libcamera.so from UVJE8.

I would suggest going back to stock kernel though.
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
Nice, one problem solved. Now for that camera issue. Thanks a lot.
[Vibrant Android Development] justanothercrowd:
I believe people have fixed the camera issue by reflashing the stock kernel since the nandroid backups dont replace that.

The stock kernel can be found in this thread

I also updated the OP with the fixes thx Scepterr for taking the time to hunt that one down.
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
Thanks for pointing that to my attention. Now do we flash the kernel using odin first then do the nandroid restore or the other way around? then flash your data fix?
[Vibrant Android Development] justanothercrowd:
Only do the one to correct the issue you are having. Do both if you are having both issues (no data and no camera)

One writes the kernel and one writes a library file.

Edit: sorry didnt address the nandroid restore.
[Vibrant Android Development] scepterr:
Data fix needs to be flashed after nandroid restore, kernel can be flashed at any point.
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
Cool, thanks for the info. Looks like i'm going back to stock Vibrant at last.
[Vibrant Android Development] justanothercrowd:
Lol...sorry didnt see the nandroid restore part in there. Need sleep.
[Vibrant Android Development] sxfx:
Could anyone post a link to the stock kernel, flashable download.

Thanks.
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
Right here, buddy.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=733792
[Vibrant Android Development] lmfaznboi:
Thank you very much, finally back to stock
[Vibrant Android Development] scepterr:
JFD Nandroid with working data

http://www.scepterr.info/android/2010-07-27.06.58.56.zip

MD5:f3da7bfa02402b9550732bf17b0dbb0e

Same as justanothercrowd's rooted nandroid just with updated libsec-ril.so. Make sure to update kernel for camera to work.
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
Very nice, thanks a lot.
[Vibrant Android Development] tpreludesh:
So now that i have the data and camera back and working, i am wondering if i flash the stock kernel, will it take root away so i am truly back to stock, and when flashing the stock kernel, what section on odin do i use
[Vibrant Android Development] scepterr:
Use PDA. But keep in mind now that you applied the camera fix applying the stock kernel will break it. Flash this to get camera working if you apply camera fix and then the stock kernel. Its the libcamera.so that goes with the stock kernel from JFD.
[Vibrant Android Development] tpreludesh:
ok thanks for the info. do you know if that will take root away? or if it will lock out my copy of avatar again?
[Vibrant Android Development] scepterr:
Root shouldn't be affected and I'm not familiar with any avatar issues.
[Vibrant Android Development] kelmerp:
I'm confused all over again. I went back to stock with the ms_guru stuff, flashed the radio/camera fix and everything was working okay, but I wanted to go back to stock T-Mobile of Vibrant so then I flashed the nandroid backup and like you said it work, it broke my camea again. I just flashed the above zip and that did not fix the camera. How do I fix it, please?
[Vibrant Android Development] scepterr:
You didn't flash the stock kernel, check the link in the 2nd post on the first page.
[Vibrant Android Development] pychobj2001:
amen ideed....thank you ms_guru, you saved me from brick, but this will be a breath of fresh air.. do I put the stock kernel in pda phone or csc and don't checkmark re-partition right? i don't wanna jack my phone up again..lol
[Vibrant Android Development] kelmerp:
Not sure what to do with that tar file. If you read what I wrote in that thread, improperly flashing it is what killed my connections (cell/edge/3g all dead).
[Vibrant Android Development] scepterr:
In PDA. I never repartition.
[Vibrant Android Development] pychobj2001:
Thanks...now to get all of this in the informative links for others in a easy to do step by step guide.....i need to become i mod, but i'm horrible at search strings and never find anything so then ask questions when i know i could find them if i look but suck at looking, but then want to go to the informative links and re-edit the first post....i'm insane..or saner then everyone else..one of the two...
[Vibrant Android Development] justanothercrowd:
OP has been updated with Nandroid backups for those with either Baseband. Also link to orig kernel.
[Vibrant Android Development] sxfx:
Ok so just to clarify.

If I have MS_Guru with old firmware and kernel.

Restore the original nandroid posted by JAC at this point I have no 3g or cam.

So now I want to use ODIN to flash new kernel.
[Vibrant Android Development] scsi_2k:
I think JAC meant T959UVJFD and not T959EVJFD.

T959UVJFD baseband is what I have.
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
Weird, after flashing stock kernel i'm stuck at the samsung vibrant screen.
[Vibrant Android Development] scepterr:
Try doing a wipe
[Vibrant Android Development] Greenarcher707:
can't seem to get it in recovery mode.. holding down volume up and down while powering up just ends up rebooting it. screw it, re-flashing pre-release rom and starting over. so when i get back to flashing stock kernel what are the odin options for it? do i leave everything unchecked?

Update: What a pain in the you know what lol. I finally got everything to work. Hell yes, it's good to be back.
[Vibrant Android Development] sxfx:
Ok so I restored the rooted nandroid, and flashed the original kernel. This is all coming from MS_Guru.

And this is my phone information now.

Kernel 2.6.29

baseband T959UVJE8

Everything seems to be running pretty smooth except sims wont start it gets a Parse Error. But avatar and all other apps run just fine.

I don't really care much for sims but just an FYI :)...
[Vibrant Android Development] scepterr:
I believe thats because Sims3 is located in /data_tmo which is not backed up or restored by nandroid.
[Vibrant Android Development] tigereye313:
Thanks alot for everyone's hard work! Back to stock now!
[Vibrant Android Development] sxfx:
Should I still be on the UVJE8 baseband after flashing the stock kernel and everything? And yes I am coming from the MS_Guru prerelease stuff.
[Vibrant Android Development] scepterr:
Yes, we currently do not have a UVJFD modem.bin to get that back.
[Vibrant Android Development] HoOnZ:
Thanks to the OP I was able to flash back to the original T-Mobile ROM. I needed to test out something and it worked great! restored back to what I had earlier and everything was restored. You gotta love the Android community! :)
[Vibrant Android Development] aloxotls:
Does anyone know if I can flash just the modem.bin to get the right baseband back on my phone?

Did you notice that it says: "If you come from America don't flash!" on the website? Where else are you going to get a Vibrant?
[Vibrant Android Development] wpbcubsfan:
I tried just flashing the modem.bin and it stalled. I actually thought I had a hard brick for a couple of minutes but after holding volume-up and power for 30 seconds it ran some weird test codes and then I was able to get back into download mode.
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
Confirmed true working firmware for vibrant. retstores your radio and baseband.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=739091
[Vibrant Android Development] justanothercrowd:
OP updated to reflect both the NANDroid and ODIN restore methods.
[Vibrant Android Development] rmind01:
wrong info in update. There are no PDA CSC PHONE files.
[Vibrant Android Development] scepterr:
Hey, I'de remove the UVJE8 stuff, nobody should be on that anymore with the JFD ODIN out.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] sottyc:
Anyone else got this app? I got it today first ever paid app lol..

Works great over wi-fi had so much fun!

Just a few questions...it is meant to work over 3g but mine just says searching and nothing ever loads..if I click on my pc it just freezes! Whats going on?
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] sottyc:
Its working now lol THANK GOD I didnt just uninstall it...best app by miles! Works so well its shocking just like running a full copy of windows 7! I think the servers just went down at the wrong time...imagine how much money they lost because people thought it just does not work for them:rolleyes:
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] Crodley:
I just paid for it too. It IS amazing. Now I can fix all my family's computers from work! ...oh wait, is that a good thing? What have I done!!!! :)
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] dkwelton:
what does this app do
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] Crodley:
You install a small program on your PC and then download the app to your phone. Then, even through 3g, you can connect and use your PC from your phone as if you were right there. You can even see through any webcam you have setup on the PC at home.

When I show people my phone and they see my Windows 7 desktop on the screen, they are amazed.

Logmein does one similar but it's way too expensive at 29.99 This one is only 9.99 (at least while it's still in beta) so I bought it for cheap while I could.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] lufc:
I use logmein must say very good but i do not think their is much to chose between them, What amazes me is the size of the streaks screen using this program, the streak was built for programs like this :)
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] jaenizzo:
Can someone help

Hey I was perfectly fine with the phone my pc app when I was on window XP and now that I upgraded to windows 7 I can't access it at all,I wanted to know do I got to change setting or any on the PC thks.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] Radimus:
probably firewall setting on your PC
[Vibrant General] boodies:
Hi guys, my 328i has a built in Aux input. And it works great with my Vibrants 3.5 output jack. The only issue I have is, the volume is just not as loud as It is listening from the mp3 CD. The volume for both the phone and car is at full volume.

When I usually listen to mp3 cds, the sound goes up way louder. Is there a way to hack the phone to output louder through the 3.5 jack? Or if any of you have the 328, is there some option to do that?
[Vibrant General] ram100987:
I don't know about mp3 cds but as for official cds bought from the store, they are definitely a lot louder that the phone through aux jack. Same deal with my g1 before I got the vibrant.I'm sure once the rooting and custom recovery is all sorted out and we start getting some custom roms, the devs will include volume hacks just like they did for the g1.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I'm quite satisfied with the volume. If you need to blow your ears off boost up the EQ.
[Vibrant General] nick_karstedt:
Actually, it's really weird. Through headphones I can equalize my Vibrant and iPod to sound the same, but through AUX, the vibrant is quieter (Same volume settings). Really makes no sense to me. It has to be something with the equalizer...

Edit: But it is in no way quiet. I have to turn up my car stereo by like 4.
[Vibrant General] DKYang:
Try a different cable or a higher quality audio file.

I play songs between 192kbps to 328kbps and have no problems. The volume is at the same level since I used my mp3 cd.
[Vibrant General] boodies:
appreciate the inputs, i'll look for the equalizer on the phone.
[Vibrant General] humblehyper:
Have you guys tried sending the audio thru bluetooth audio enable car radio? Pretty cool :) no cables needed :)

I can even listen to pandora and send the audio to my stereo :)
[Vibrant General] boodies:
whoa, i'm going to have to try this out. any advice?
[Vibrant General] humblehyper:
I have the Pioneer Z110BT Navigation and it has bluetooth audio. Just pair your Vibrant to the Pioneer then play any song on your vibrant using the music player. Click options then "Via bluetooth".

Then go to your stereo and click on bluetooth audio. Voila! Streaming music from your Vibrant to car stereo. The sound is also great!! :)
[Vibrant General] fociz:
Not to hijack this thread but my one complaint of the phone is how low call volume and audio volume are.

Everythings turned up to max and this phone is roughly half as loud as my MT3G is set at 50%.
[Vibrant General] speoples20:
I have a Sony xplode and play through Bluetooth, I get great sound.

I have no issues with call sound or ring levels. I actually have to turn it down sometimes because its to loud.
[Vibrant General] raduque:
I built a custom cable to connect the headphone jack to my Pioneer's IPBUS connector - it works great, and is very loud. I keep both the head unit and phone's volume on half way, and depending on the song I may have to turn it down, too.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmetek:
Let say i'm on wifi and have skype, can i use it somehow to call for virtually free other skype contacs?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wickedpenguin:
Yes, thats how Skype works. I have tested this on the Skype Beta App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boas:
I tested Skype Beta too, but it actually called up a number for me... :(

So no free calls yet (for me at least)...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarspace01:
as far as i know there is only skype lite beta available and you can't use voip.

they removed the normal skype app because of some verizon cooperation:

blogs.skype.com/en/2010/03/skype_mobile_out_now.html

They also removed the Windows mobile version:

blogs.skype.com/en/2010/02/changes_to_our_mobile_lineup.html

sry, i cant post links here :/
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matisamd:
ware can i download any verion of skype for android ? i couldnt find any drove me fruit loopy looking ty :) afics your links are no good they just link to skype who ask you tp put ya phone number in then send you a link to the mobile version of the site that then tells me theres no version of skype for my phone ami missing somthing ? which i already spent hours going round and round in circles with i truly hate skype. because i have credit friends and family on it, personally hope skype burns so people change.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jabbafat23:
No Skype version available until Skype makes it available. There used to be fring but they are having issues with Skype at the moment and the only people with true Skype for Android are Verizon customers.

Hello companies, there's a whole world other than America available.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarspace01:
anyone tried to get the apk file from a verizon phone yet?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinkade:
as fring has pulled skype integration your best bet is probably nimbuzz, some people swear by it but i never got on with it personally.

i use skype lite as even though it dials a local number i have unltd landline calls on tmo in the uk so it is the same as free for me
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnSteveDoe:
Umm.. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723759
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarspace01:
sorry but thats skype light, it doesn't use voip, it calls a number
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlehtola:
IM+ is going to have Skype support on their next version, currently beta is available (3.0.6), but Skype stays online only 5 minutes (beta limitation only)

So, until next IM+: Fring + Skype Lite + Nimbuzz
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigdrago:
I use Fring, you can find it on market. Fring supports msn, icq, skype, +++
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmetek:
i know but can you talk over skype?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigdrago:
Yes you can:)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlehtola:
Fring does not support Skype anymore...http://www.fring.com frontpage says it all, it's banned
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve228uk:
And Skype say they didn't ban Fring. Ho hum :-(

http://blogs.skype.com/en/2010/07/fring.html
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] st0kes:
Has anyone been able to get sipdroid to connect to the Skype network for voip calls?

I'm not really interested in skype chat, I just want the skype to skype calling.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buzzinhomer:
I changed to Nimbuzz.

It offers a constant Skype VOIP connection.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmetek:
so you can actually talk/phone?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlehtola:
IM+ 3.x has been released, Pro version ($4.95) seem to work well with Skype and MSN, free version is logging out Skype after 5 min inactivity.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmetek:
really skype calls work?

you mean this ?

IM+: Instant Messaging for Android OS

http://www.shapeservices.com/en/products/download.php?product=im&platform=android

any "free" version on sites? :p
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbej:
I use Nimbuzz for calling out via data, or another way, that I just tested today: A local number to skype whereafter I enter the destination e.g. +4512345678p+6112345678

for calling my friend in australia and paying only for calling local plus calling out with skype.

My alternative to this is calling with google voice callback and answeing with SIPdroid, an interface I like more, but the sound quality is not quite as good.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlehtola:
Yes, "IM+ Talk" is for Skype calls, "IM+" is just for chatting. Haven't tried IM+ Talk.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmetek:
found im+ ...need to find talk also hehe.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarspace01:
at the moment you can talk to skype via nimbuz
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve228uk:
Yeah, I'm using Nimbuzz too and it's pretty fly. Just a shame the app is so hefty!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajaffarali:
can you call skype to skype over a 3G connection using either nimbuzz or IM+ or is it restricted to WiFi?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rarspace01:
You can use it over 3g
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salimd:
I'm currently a Nimbuzz user but i find it very buggy. It is disconnecting all the time and can't reconnect automatically. Also my contacts won't show without check/uncheck "show offline contacts" option everytime i login.

So I'll try IM+ Talk if i can find it :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmetek:
yes im+ talk would be great.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve228uk:
Nimbuzz just KILLED my battery too. Shall be going back to eBuddy and giving up Skype for now.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmetek:
how can an app kill?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZibIeT:
So to sum up:

IM+ calls skype contacts over WIFI and 3G ?!

Nimbuzz Does the same ?!

Does any of you have any expirience with TruPhone? Im using it, but find it very buggy, while not being able to connect with skype. like it connect 1/100 times, so very unstable.
[Desire General] stewart30:
Seem to be having an issue where as every time I start the app I have to login.

Currently running PAYS Rom.

Any idea anyone.