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[Vibrant Android Development] bonkasnucca:
i am in desperate need of help i tried giving my pops a hand with his vibrant since he sees all the stuff i do to my nexus..i flashed the stock firmware from jac and the phone will not boot...well actually i get the tmobile splash...the vibrant splash..and the s animtion..problem is after that i guess the phone just hangs...the screen nvr turns on..i press the capacitive buttons and they light up but nothing on th screen and i cant get it to turn on...now i dont believe its bricked cause i can get into recovery and into download mode..i tried flashing through odin about three times...everything goes through..the phone resets..goes through the boot screens but after that nothing comes up...backtracking for a min...the whole reason i tried to flash the stock jac firmware was because i went into rom manager and tried to partition the sdcard..when i hit partition the phone rebooted and nothing would come up..i am assuming that it reformatted the internal card..needless to say thats when i tried flashing the stock and this is where im stuck at...i would really appreciate some help..and hopefully this will stop anyone else from running into this issue...do not try to partition the sdcard from rom manager..i hope i have described this in enough detail...thanks

edit: i kind of think it has to be a problem with partitions..also another thing i noticed is when the phone reboots and goes into recovery in red letters data wipe says fail..i have also tried both pit files 512 and 513..evrything thing works gets past boot screens but the screen doesnt come on
[Vibrant Android Development] setzer715:
Well, I seem to be stuck too. I tried to flash but it wouldn't go past cache.fs point so I pulled the battery and started over. Tried a dozen times and same thing over and over. Win7 64-bit OS so I then tried my work computer WinXP Pro SP3. I had slightly different resaults with work computer, it would get to cache.fs and about a minute later the display on my phone goes blank. Its not off because I have to pull the battery for it to react again.

So, I'm stuck with little picture of computer, phone and small triangle. Read everything I could search for and tried it all. Any advice?
[Vibrant Android Development] bildo:
Try this. It worked for me

1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off)

2. Don't turn it the phone on!

3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button!

4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen (powers on its own when plugged in)

IF the phone screen does 'turn on' after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.

5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons.

6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black.

7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!

This *should* get you into Download mode. After that yo

u should be able to use Odin to revert to stock, tar and instructions here:
[Vibrant Android Development] setzer715:
Thanks, I actually found this in another post and I used it to get into download mode but that is not my problem. My problem is I cannot get past cache.fs stage during the flash process in Odin. Odin locks on cache.rfs and the screen, after about a minute, goes black on my phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] Cranck:
Is it possible to use the system.img in the emulator from the SDK?
[Vibrant Android Development] hoey2011:
Update: Got it!

I was able to get back into download mode by reading the instructions posted above in the thread about plugging it in, checking power, vol+pwr buttons combo, etc.

What I wasn't getting was that AS SOON AS THE SCREEN TURNS BLACK from the Phone->Triangle->Computer screen, LET GO OF THE POWER BUTTON BUT KEEP HOLDING THE VOLUME KEYS. I immediately got download mode. The trick is the timing, you have about a second or two before it reboots to that same screen again.

Now, to get ODIN working to get my damn phone operational again :(
[Vibrant Android Development] Blue_Alien:
I am also getting stuck at cache.fs. It happened on my 64 bit windows 7 and also on my xp 32 bit computer. Can anyone help me with this?

EDIT: Finally worked after trying every port on the computer.
[Vibrant Android Development] setzer715:
OK, I finally got it to work. I did it differently this time. When you get the cache.rfs and it hanges for a few DO NOT shut down Odin. Unplug your phone, pull the battery. Put the battery back in and plug your phone back in and do the steps to put it back in download mode. Then, after you hear the confirmation from your computer that it see's the device, click START again. This worked for me. It may have been a fluke, and sorry I'm not willing to test again, but it worked for me.
[Vibrant Android Development] flamingblue8z:
I just wanted to point out that this isn't a true stock in that there is one partition not being partitioned.

For example, I had tried out Eugene's FroYo build. Very nice, fast, enjoyable. Found out it wiped out my internal SD (ouch, btw, because I had my nandroid backups and every picture from my MT3G's memory card, as well as some videos I made on the Vibrant of my chihuahua playing, all on the internal SD). But also, it took out the /data_tmo partition (/dev/block/mmcblk0p3), and upon using this firmware to try and restore, that partition was not created nor was The Sims 3 APK (located on that partition) included.

So, try tapping The Sims 3 after flashing this. Usually it works fine because that partition isn't touched as long as u didn't wipe out the entire old partition layout. But flash the FroYo build and you'll see that it's gone. Sure, for most that's no big deal. But I'm a HUGE fan of The Sims, since the first one in Feb 2000. I was having a great time playing TS3 on my Vibrant, as there's more to this version than the one on my iPod touch.

SO, I hate to say it but this does NOT include TS3 and it's really bummed me out. So i called tech support, complained that I reset the phone and TS3 stopped working, and my replacement Vibrant is on its way here, via UPS next-day air. Ah... so no more Odin playing around. Meanwhile, would someone bring this issue up to Koush about CWM not backing up the /data_tmo partition? I sent him an @reply on Twitter but I'm not holding my breath. Also, ALWAYS remember to keep a copy of your internal SD on your computer just in case. You can't just say you aren't using it, as Android considers that the primary SD and every app you install forwards its SD cache data to the internal card first. Which includes downloads (we won't go there about how much I lost from there).
[Vibrant Android Development] setzer715:
Good to know bro for future flashes. Thankfully I was just trying to wipe out a bunch of personal hack's so I still have SIMS.
[Vibrant Android Development] justanothercrowd:
yeah data_tmo isnt included but thats the only thing missing.
[Vibrant Android Development] flamingblue8z:
Well that's good it's the only thing missing, and yea TS3 is the only thing in there, but how in the world am I supposed to re-create the partition? I luckily found my MyBackup Pro backups were on my SD card, so I was able to pull it from there, but it'd be much easier to have it in its spot on the phone to install it. I use MyBackup to backup just the data, not APK+Data due to space eaten up, luckily i had left the APK+Data during scheduled backups accidentally checked. Any suggestions on how to add the partition? The stub looks for /data_tmo/games/ea/The Sims 3.apk to install.
[Vibrant Android Development] PyroBrit86:
I have been doing a lot of reading on the forums, and I am looking to clarify this to make sure I understand it correctly...

I rooted my Vibrant using justadude's update.zip, everything works great. (Thanks to everyone involved in that!!!)

I have been using Autostarts to manage start up items; And I have started to remove some of the Bloatware by moving the app files to a backup folder I created on my microSD.

Now what I want to check here is; If I use the new ClockworkMod Recovery release for the Vibrant, I believe its just loading in the RAM and then rebooting and starting the Recovery from there... And at this point I can run the stock Rooted or UnRooted Nandroid backups from the OP, and assuming I use the unrooted one my phone would be back to factory and T-Mobile would never know I rooted...

Is this correct or is the only option for that to use the ODIN method???
[Vibrant Android Development] setzer715:
I don't think your missing a whole partition are you? Its just the folder and contents missing right? have you tried to see if the folder exists? If so, then use this to add push pull and "aquire" the files, create the directory and push the file back.
[Vibrant Android Development] b0ricuaguerrero:
worked like a champ. thanx a million
[Vibrant Android Development] allareconnected:
Odin says "Pass" after phone restarts but screen still blank????

:confused::confused:

I've ran Odin and it went through it processes just fine... After Odin rebooted the phone it stayed on a blank screen (phone) for about a minute. After which odin says "pass" but the screen (phone) is blank after the Odin restart. Any suggestions??? Thanks in advance!

Here are is what Odin says:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> cache.rfs

<ID:0/004> modem.bin

<ID:0/004> factoryfs.rfs

<ID:0/004> dbdata.rfs

<ID:0/004> param.lfs

<ID:0/004> zImage

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> Completed..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
[Vibrant Android Development] Legaleye3000:
Do you need to first install the usb driveres for the Vibrant before doing this? In odin, I click start and I get a message that says, "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" Thanks.

EDIT: I just installed the drivers and Windows now doesn't fail to install drivers. However, I'm in downloader mode and Odin still doesn't seem to be doing anything. Please help. Thanks.
[Vibrant Android Development] setzer715:
With Odin launched, unplug your phone and plug it back in.
[Vibrant Android Development] Legaleye3000:
^ Thanks! Its doing its thing right now... When its done, will the phone auto-reboot and everything should be fine?
[Vibrant Android Development] brownievtec:
Well I bricked my new Vibrant by accident i hit the partition sd on rom manager not paying attention soooo i tried odin and i put the captive on by accident and it did a loop of att then found the rite vibrant one now it turns on to att then to vibrant then black screen ... I need help bad ive been reading everywhare and can not find the solution
[Vibrant Android Development] MTC44:
Sorry for the n00b question, but which file is the "PDA?" Can't get anything to work. TIA
[Vibrant Android Development] brownievtec:
T959UVJFD that is the PDA
[Vibrant Android Development] MTC44:
That's what I was afraid of. Okay, so I put in the 512 PIT and the PDA, hit start, and I get

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

Thoughts?
[Vibrant Android Development] brownievtec:
Also how do u remove the att brand so i can take it to the store and play stupid or Call customer care
[Vibrant Android Development] MTC44:
Disregard....re-read like 4 posts above mine. Unplug/replug and I'm good to go. Thanks all.
[Vibrant Android Development] brownievtec:
I dont know man .....I in a Bad spot rite now i think i bricked it bad the internal mem got formated
[Vibrant Android Development] MTC44:
Started Odin, been stuck at

<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

for about 7 minutes. Should I be concerned?
[Vibrant Android Development] MTC44:
....still waiting....getting nervous....
[Vibrant Android Development] donovanbrock:
I just figured it out... If you are having issues getting stuck on the "File Analysis"...

1. Unplug and pull battery.

2. REMOVE your SIM card

3. Boot back to Download mode

4. Restart Flash Process...

:) I love french forums and google translate...

DB
[Vibrant Android Development] creator2456:
FINALLY got passed the File Analysis stage in Odin. Just wondering how long the entire process takes, as I now think it is hanging at the cache.rfs part. :rolleyes:

***EDIT***

After several more tries I have FINALLY FINALLY got it to work...on my Windows XP machine but not Windows 7 64-bit machine. At least I now can flash back to stock if needed.

Thanks everyone for little tips posted throughout this thread.
[Vibrant Android Development] lvl1nerd:
You're the man - I'll buy you a cow, but that's useless. Just want to say thank you :)

Edit: after I typed all of these, the phone decided to work again... it's just need a look over the shoulder...
[Vibrant Android Development] jlaval:
I'm having the exact same problem as you are. Did you solve it? Please?
[Vibrant Android Development] boodies:
am I missing something here? why don't you guys just download the nandroid backup and restore that from clockwork???
[Vibrant Android Development] jlaval:
well, now all I get is a black screen. All I can do is put the phone in download mode but after flashing it goes back the stupid black screen. What happened is that I pressed the partition SD card in the Rom Manager but that wipes your internal memory... please help

ok, took me hours but here is the solution:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=745547
[Vibrant Android Development] Lunatixz:
I believe it is because nandroid doesn't write to all partitions...

To completely remove and replace you need to use odin.
[Vibrant Android Development] flamingblue8z:
I did try doing that, the /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 partition doesn't even exist for that to be done. It was completely gone, though the free space was available for it. I'm not sure how to create partitions in Android or I would have tried to fix it myself. My fix was having them send me a new Vibrant and I will never touch the OS again, unless I have a guarantee that the OS will not touch the partition setup.

Even using ODIN isn't 100% replacement of original. I'm guessing for Copyright and technical reasons, the ODIN tarball doesn't include TS3's partition.
[Vibrant Android Development] tq745:
i tried this method, however when i plug my phone back in, all the buttons in odin is grayed out which is not allowing me to hit the start button again...any ideas?
[Vibrant Android Development] tq745:
ok, nevermind...i don't know wtf i did, but after over 2 hours of trying to get odin to work...for some reason it just decided to work for me again...

no lag fix for me this time around...
[Vibrant Android Development] diaa08:
any idea what fixed it? having same problem exactly... i've done it like 10 times with no success. i can get into download mode and odin to recognize but keeps crashing at cache bit...

EDIT: phew, fixed it. ok so if you are having the problem above, what you have to do is:

1) do not close odin

2) unplug phone and remove battery

3) plug in phone and get to download mode

4) open new instance of odin (leave existing one open)

5) reload the pit and tar pda files and hit start

has to do with something related to driver recognition and by odin/windows... but the above worked for me. relieved as hell.
[Vibrant Android Development] atapio:
Hey guys, I was getting stuck at the cache.rfs part on my work PC. If you're on Vista or Win 7, reboot, press F8 during boot, select Disable Driver Signature Enforcement, then try again in Odin. Thanks to the OP and everyone who has helped in this thread!
[Vibrant Android Development] youneek:
I tried on several computers probably 50+ times and couldn't get it past cache.rfs and on my win32 screen the phone would reboot and sit on a black screen. I was using the bundled files. When I tried jacs seperate version it worked perfect on win7 64bit!
[Vibrant Android Development] PowSniffer0110:
Odin3 wont recognize my device.. I boot into download but windows cant find it. HELP?!
[Vibrant Android Development] atapio:
You have the Samsung drivers? Does Windows recognize your phone when you use it regularly?
[Vibrant Android Development] setzer715:
Almost like what I had to do, minus the new odin instance. I'm starting to think that its all a fluke. ODIN is GARBAGE at best. Common Samsung, cant you come up with something better than that? Now I know why everyone stays away from Samsung. Never gain, HTC all the way.

OK, done with my rant, sorry to waste everyone's time.
[Vibrant Android Development] setzer715:
After you launch Odin, try unplugging your phone and then plugging it back in WITH OUT shutting down Odin or taking your phone out of Download Mode.

Oh yeah, and like the other guy said, make sure you have samcrap drivers installed.
[Vibrant Android Development] ejamin73:
Hey guys

I can do this procedure if I ever need to send the phone to warranty?

I'm rooted BTW
[Vibrant Android Development] LTonthetrack_G1:
Soooo, with this....i can rename it to update.zip , go to Clockwork, flash and be back stock again!?!?!?!?
[Vibrant Android Development] CharonIDRONES:
This should be put in the OP, as I am also on Windows 7 Profession 32bit and attempted it on two separate computers in my office. Was about to try it through a virtualized XP install until I saw this. Worked beautifully and easily after disabling driver signature enforcement, tho' of course recommended to reboot after you're done with Odin. But none the less, this fix works amazingly.
[Vibrant Android Development] yvyv:
I try all tricks suggested here and No luck, still stock in cache.rfs, am also in win7, can you please provide link to " jacs seperate version " that worked for you..

Thank you in advance
[Vibrant Android Development] Relikk356:
Last night I ‘screwed up’ my phone and did my best to follow this flash procedure using Odin. I was having problems all night and after hours of frustration I finally figured it out. I promise, I hit every possible branch in the ‘wrong tree’ until I got it. Now I can do it in minutes; I wanted to go over this with everyone in hopes of saving some people time.

1. Get the proper drivers. The ones found on Samsungs site are not the right ones. Yes they will work in almost every mode, but they will not work in “Download” mode. So use this link to get the drivers. Thanks to TGA_gunnman

Win 64bit:

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x64.shtml

Win 32bit:

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x86.shtml

2.Get Odin, Pitt and PDA from page one in this thread. You must use these files as people have complained about issues with other sources.

3.Put your phone in Download mode. Download mode is different than Recovery mode! When you’re in download mode the phone will actually state “DOWNLOAD MODE” in big yellow letters. It will also have a picture of a droid with a shovel. The best directions I found to do this are in this thread posted by Bildo.

Start with your phone plugged into the PC via USB.

5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons.

6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black. (After the Samsung logo loads once then it goes black)

7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!

4. Now your phone should say “download mode”(verbatim, not sure if it’s download mode, but its download something).

5.Start Odin. Odin should show a yellow box with a com port listed. If it doesn’t simply unplug your USB cord and plug it back in.

6.Now that Odin shows the com port. Select the Pit, and PDA you downloaded from this page. Click start.

7.It should only take a few minutes, around 3 to 5 at most. You will see a bar graph indicating the percentage of task completed on your phone and Odin will also state what process it’s on at the bottom left corner of your monitor.
[Vibrant Android Development] atapio:
I think he's talking about the separate files in the OP, instead of the zip with everything. Anyway, did you try using Disable Driver Signature Enforcement at boot?
[Vibrant Android Development] yvyv:
Disable Driver Signature Enforcement at boot. This did the trick for me..

Thank you..
[Vibrant Android Development] LTonthetrack_G1:
NEVER MIND!!!...i used the Nandroid method.....im back to stock! and it works fine!
[Vibrant Android Development] wbexpress:
Hey, a BIG thanks to you. I was having fits getting Odin to recognize the phone, by downloading the drivers you posted about you saved my butt in a big way. Thanks AGAIN...
[Vibrant Android Development] Arcadia310:
Can anyone explain to me what ODIN is?
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
Odin is a windows program that flashes firmware on to your phone...
[Vibrant Android Development] Arcadia310:
I kinda messed up my phone and want to restore it back to the stock firmware, how it was when the phone was brand new. Did some factory resets but it doesn't reset it to how the phone was when you first got it. I rooted, did the lagfix, and removed some bloatware with Titanium. Everything was good but something I removed caused the apps in the marketplace to not download, as well as emails not sending and the XDA app to stop working. I have no idea which app I deleted caused that. I made sure not to remove anything if I didn't know what it was.

Is there any way to get my phone back to the true stock OS?

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Sorry, read through the topic and my question got answered. However the original post does a bad job at giving step by step instructions to do this successfully; I'm almost certain I'd do something wrong if I followed that. Can anyone give me clear, newb language, step by step instructions on how to do this?
[Vibrant Android Development] pinche rio:
h t t p ://forum. xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728698#

(take out the spaces, my clearance wouldn't let me post a link.)

try this.

i did the same thing and I finally got the above version to work for me. I was up all hours of the night last night fixing mine. It's still pretty fresh in my memory how I did it so now would be the time to ask.
[Vibrant Android Development] Relikk356:
@ Arcaidia310
[Vibrant Android Development] nasman1993:
I'm trying to restore.. but ODIN just sits there with no progress, and the log says:

<ID:0/004> cache.rfs

UPDATE:

COM3 proved to be successful. I was using COM4 before.
[Vibrant Android Development] pinoiryder:
stuck on cache.rfs

phone also turned off..

anyone knows whats going on with this?
[Vibrant Android Development] tjsynkral:
I don't know if this has been discovered yet, but the OP has not been updated to reflect it. It might just be my Vibrant which is brand new off the line 8/7/2010:

Vol Down + Power does NOT work.

Vol Down + Vol Up + Power will NEVER open Download mode, only Recovery.

Vol Down + Vol Up and DON'T TOUCH THE POWER BUTTON - WHILE connected to USB with the proper drivers and ODIN already open = Download mode.

Repeating, DON'T TOUCH THE POWER BUTTON. Have the phone turned off, plug in the USB, open ODIN, and then touch ONLY Vol Down + Vol Up.

Took me 3 hours to get this thing into download mode, half the time was finding the proper drivers.
[Vibrant Android Development] lucent6408d:
guys, is there a way to get my galaxy s i9000 to get 3g on tmobile, im missing the 1700 band and im wondering if flashing the one from the vibrant could do that.
[Vibrant Android Development] kiladubz:
Can't....its not a matter of flashing, it wasn't built into the phone, this is common knowledge....
[Vibrant Android Development] djkdawg:
<ID:0/008> Added!!

<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..

<ID:0/008> File analysis..

how long does it sit saying this :?

edit: not very long, i decided after 10 minutes to pull the battery, unhook everything and try again and it worked fine, sorry for the post
[Vibrant Android Development] Arcadia310:
Wow, I just reflashed the stock rom via Odin on my phone and it was really, really easy. From the point I clicked start to when my phone rebooted it took maybe 90 seconds. It feels good having done something wrong with my phone so now I have experience on what not do to.:D