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[Vibrant General] johnny12times:
EDIT: To clarify, my problem was getting stuck as Cache.rfs and never going past that. I did try the previous steps listed in this article, as well as trying to reinstall all drivers and even using different Odin copies from other threads (even though they were all the same Odin 3). No .pit file seemed to work for me. Also, I'd like to point out that I have this issue with my netbook, but my work computer where I've done all my Odin flashing before did not have this issue, and I could use the .pit files perfectly fine.

First off, I'm not anyone special (I guess depends on the meaning of special), I don't dev... I play around. That's all. So take this all with a grain of salt.

I had the same issue, and have spent all night trying to fix it. Just now I didn't use the .pit file at all. Just the .tar in the PDA slot. Immediately went through and reflashed everything and I am fully up and running.

I can't guarantee that I don't have some kind of issues now but I am now back at my home screen and the phone seems to be operating fine.

The files I used are as follows:

Stock 2.1 firmware for the Vibrant: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=739091

Samsung studio 7 (seemed to get Odin to recognize the phone without having to disconnect and reconnect, thought it might have something to do with the issue, though not sure): http://www.4shared.com/file/117435710/3d286573/Samsung_PC_Studio_72249.html

And the Samsung USB Drivers: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728929

Now, if a real dev can tell us what happens when you don't use the .pit file, we can know if there is any longterm repercussion from this. Short term though, working like a dream. I hope this helps, because being stuck without a working Vibrant sucks!
[Vibrant General] ELFungi:
ODIN is a pain but I've found a way to get it work pretty consistently for me. Whenever you flash a ROM or back to stock, always make sure you enable USB debugging, and have adb working on your computer.

Open up your command console, plug in your device, open up ODIN, and type "adb reboot download". ODIN should recognize your phone when it restarts and a COM will light up.

From my experience, ODIN recognizes the devices better this way and hasn't hung for me so far (granted it's only 3 times). When I was booting into download manually and then plugging in the USB, it would hang at cache.rfs. If you don't have USB debugging enabled, then only thing you can do is keep retrying over and over. Took me like 15 tries once before it finally ran.
[Vibrant General] $iMoney:
Can't thank you guys enough. Phone is back to normal! As soon as I didn't use the pit file it worked like a charm.
[Vibrant General] tq745:
hey...i'm in the same situation as you...i can't get it to work...i'm trying to do just the tar file right now but it still hangs on cache.rfs how long did you have to wait?
[Vibrant General] tq745:
which firmware did you use? did you use the true stck 2.1 firmware?
[Vibrant General] ELFungi:
It should go right away. If it's hanging at cache.rfs, then it's not working. I really think its a drivers issue with ODIN. Just keep restarting your phone and ODIN and retrying.
[Vibrant General] $iMoney:
I used the tar file that is linked to from the second post on this thread. I didn't even download what you linked me to, I just didn't use the pit file, like you told me and it worked with the files I already had.
[Vibrant General] ahhduy:
My phone will absolutely not go into download mode. Is this a sign of some other problem or am i just out of luck?
[Vibrant General] skater4690:
how are you trying to get into download mode?
[Vibrant General] ahhduy:
Holding down + power when turning on, tried other varients like volume up instead of down, usb connected or usb not connected etc.
[Vibrant General] skater4690:
ok try this...

1)plug into a usb with power

2)wait for the battery to show up

3)hold power and both volume buttons

4)wait for the vibrant screen to flash twice it will go once then seem like it turns off but then pops up agian

5)after it turns off the second time release the power button but still hold the volume buttons and you should be in download mode now :D

REMEMBER TO HAVE THE USB PLUGGED INTO THE COMPUTER AND YOUR PHONE!!!
[Vibrant General] ahhduy:
that put it into recovery mode, are the two one in the same? if not i think i might just go to radioshack and try to get it exchanged..
[Vibrant General] skater4690:
no they are different but are you seeing the yellow triangle with the android guy digging? thats download mode. not saying your a noob just asking ;) but anyways try it again and see what happens after the second vibrant screen turns off let go of the power immediately and always hold the volume buttons. it worked for me every time
[Vibrant General] matthewpapa:
Captivate user here

Thanks for the advice. I was wetting my pants for a while
[Vibrant General] jordanjf86:
Odin is a picky program. Make sure you have the pit and tar loaded into Odin before you plug your phone into the usb port or you may get some strange errors.
[Vibrant General] jordanjf86:
Can you get adb to recognize your phone? If so type adb reboot download.
[Vibrant General] GHOSTYAIRO:
Ok so I had the same issue with a costumer's phone today and what I did to get it pass the cache thing was:

1. phone off

2. connect phone to usb

3. quickly press vol down + vol up

4. it will go right to download mode

5. open odin and wait for it to get the port (if it doenst reconect phone)

6.load the .tar and the .pit that was mentioned before

7. CHECK THE RE-PARTITION OPTION

8. click start.

after trying all the options mentioned that i just said was the only way to get it working.

Hope it helps someone.
[Vibrant General] webmastertroi:
I ended up being stuck at "DO NO TURN OFF TARGET!!" forever. So, I remember reading that if you're having trouble, you should remove the .pit file and just load the PDA (.tar) into Odin. I tried that, and voila! Success! *whew!*

Now, I see I am back at 2.1 (Eclair).

Issues: All my previously installed apps are gone (I kinda' expected that) and so are some of my contacts (which is weird).

The whole reason I went thru Odin was because I tried to download the OTA while rooted via OCLF (One Click Lag Fix). That totally bricked the phone. So, now that I'm pretty much back to "stock", how do I get the OTA update that I was suppose to initially receive..?

Lastly, after getting the new update, can I use OCLF again and root? I've heard there are rooting issues on the latest OTA.

Thanks! :)
[Vibrant General] junker02:
Be sure to remove your SIM card and SD card before flashing with ODIN.
[Vibrant General] webmastertroi:
I didn't, but everything is running fine!

.:|Sent from my Super AWESOME Vibrant using XDA App|:.
[Vibrant General] fcbarca17:
Contacts are gone bc for some reason the galaxy s automatically saves them to the phone instead of Google accounts. You have to switch it manually
[Vibrant General] diazplaceres:
It flashes, reboots, and still stuck at Vibrant Samsung screen! Help Please!!

I do exactly that, and at the end it says it was successful, then unplug the phone from the computer, it does its thing and wiped data and stuff it reads: apply multi-csc, then it restarts and at the Galaxy S screen.... it stops, stays there and the screen goes black again!

please I have been reading and trying different things for hours now...

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteelH:
Has anyone been able to fix the front camera mirroring issue?

If you don't know what I'm talking about, Google it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noonerealy:
What is the proper way to uninstall apps such as facebook, amazon on a rooted n1?

Any help would be appreciated. sorry for the n00b question.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wdfowty:
System -> Applications -> Manage -> All

Then select the app and click "Uninstall".

For apps like amazon mp3, you'll need to use adb shell and "rm" apps manually, or use a rom with these removed.

adb remount

adb shell <---(this should give you a prompt with a "#", not "$")

cd /system/apps (or something along those lines)

rm "specific app" (will be something along the lines of "com.something.android.apk")

That should do it. You just need to find out what the app names are that you want to delete. I'm not sure what all the proper names are, shouldn't be too hard to find.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noonerealy:
will this remove data from apps also?

thanx for the answer so fast man, I like things simple and clean.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noonerealy:
anyone now how to add the reboot option on stock rooted 2.2?

thanx in advance
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wdfowty:
I just realized that you can also use Root Explorer from the market.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slickromeo:
I located com.amazon.mp3.apk inside /system/app/ folder using Root Explorer

and when i try to delete the file it says "com.amazon.mp3.apk" cannot be deleted because the file system is read-only

okay, so how do i delete this app really?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyellx:
adb shell

su

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

or just use

adb remount
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NextExile:
I successfully used Root Manager app to remove the amazon mp3 apk. Very simple actually.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tech338:
When using Root Explorer, it automatically loads in a read-only (R/O) mode to protect you from accidentally deleting important files. To modify system files, click the gray button at the top left that says R/W (read-write). This will allow you to delete any file regardless of permissions. Be careful.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
Can ASTRO do this or does it have to be Root Explorer?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmcnz:
Remove the relevant entry from /data/data as well.

You should probably also update the package manager:

pm uninstall <package>
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyellx:
Astro can delete, but YOU need to remount.

ES File Explorer can remount at CM/HiAPK roms.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keagan.tl4l:
thanks. really helpful
[Droid Incredible General] DroidHam:
So, I just took my rooted 2.2 DINC into verizon because it took 10+ minutes to boot up, and the touchscreen wasn't working. When I goto into HBOOT it says

Touch Panel-FAIL

Soooo their "tech" asked me if I loaded any custom roms. I said no, not realizing he just pulled the battery and saw the new intro animation LOL. He was cool about it and ordered me a warranty replacement, although he tried to tell me the dead screen was a software issue =\

Anyways, is the one coming from their manufacturer going to be any different than my old one from launch? I heard about a new type of screen maybe?
[Droid Incredible General] krelvinaz:
My son got his Dinc last monday and there was no different between my pre-launch and his with regards to the screen.
[Droid Incredible General] ramcharger1979:
I just got a new one last week and they are the same.
[Droid Incredible General] Cole119:
I'm pretty sure you can change the boot animation without rooting or loading a custom ROM, so I don't think he could deny you a replacement anyway.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] designgears:
Hey guys, I had my hands on a canadian version, but didn't figure out how to dump the modem firmware in time. could someone in here dump it and post it up?

here is the command to do it, you can do it thru adb or mobile terminal, root is NOT required.

dd if=/dev/block/bml12 of=/sdcard/bml12

post up bml12 from your sdcard!

Thanks in advance for helping us de-cripple the captivate.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Croak:
There's a new UGJG8 up on samsung-firmwares.com, slightly older version of the Bell Vibrant firmware. Can get your modem from there.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhcp011235:
By chance are you trying to locate the unlocking sequence for the network lock?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] designgears:
no, att has disabled hsupa, we are trying to enable it without breaking other stuff.

calls are broken, you only hear static on the other end.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhcp011235:
ah ok. I am looking into the unlocking situation. If anyone cares to help :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirtrini:
I just ran the command... but its too large to post here (12megs)... let me know how you want me to get it across to you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhcp011235:
Here you go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3zu7244mz5vqf9v/vibrant_radio.tar.bz2
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparks.calvin:
What exactly does this do does it tell the firmware to look for different bands and if so can we install on say a ATT captivate to get 3g on TMO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schlongs:
I have not heard anyone with this issue, so hopefully someone can help me out with a setting I'm missing. I've only had this problem since rooting and flashing the CyanogenMod ROM, btw.

In stock browser, as well as Dolphin HD, I cannot get the text to auto-fit the screen! :mad:

I've tried the settings within both browsers ("Auto-fit Pages"), but the setting has absolutely no effect on the way the text is displayed. So the problem is: when I zoom into text, I have to keep scrolling right and left to read articles. I had no problem with text displaying correctly before I got rooted. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions are much appreciated!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Home, menu, settings, Cyanogenmod Settings, User Interface, Reflow after pinch in. Problem solved. :D

--Swyped from my EVO using XDA App.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schlongs:
Ahhh, thanks for the reply! Also, after messing with the browsers a bit more, I noticed that sometimes you need to double-tap the text in order to auto-fit.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chivalryyyy:
OKies... bought a HD2 not long ago but found myself missing Android so (had a Hero b4 the HD2) much i bought a Desire on ebay :)

As far as i can tell its a standard T mobile uk phone... so i assume locked and branded to T mobile

I dont need it unlocking to other networks as im hapy with t mobile.. but would like to maybe upgrade to a new or modded rom...

Do i need to Root it b4 i can use the modded roms? i had a quick look at the bootloader page ( i think thats it) and it was showing 0.75

So im after the most painless way to get a good rom upgrade :)

new at all this so the easier and simpler the better.... flashing my phones scare the living crap outta me..!! lol

thanks for any help :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesmcuk:
Dont be scared its not bad at all! :-)

I had a similar question 2 days ago and am now running froyo (thanks to my own help really though)

Here is my thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=748105
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] BackfireNL:
This thread is for the discussion about the bounty and how to fix the poor IO performance

--> Bounty thread <--
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] receptorB:
A shellscript that do

-mount partition

-make a tarball of all data from this partion

-copy this tarball to /sdcard

-umount partion und format to new fs

-mount partion with new fs

-untar the tarball from /sdcard

for all relevant partion should be simple to write. After this the init.rc must modified to mount the new fs and not the old rfs. If the file is the same for all eclair firmwares, only this one has to change. The shellscript move the init.rc to init.rc.bak and copy the modified version.

This script can be started from an update.zip(I dont know if this possible). Or modify a recovery image, to start the script by a menu selection(this is possible).

I think this can be provide a simple solution for endusers. Unclear for me is why samsung use the rfs. :confused: This filesystem is optimized for flashdisks. It sounds like the internal nand has no wearleveling and a not flash optimized filesystem can damage the internal nand by rapid use to quickly.:mad:

I plan to test out how an external sdcard can provide the full os, not only partial like the speedhack. The init.rc file must modified to switch directly after start to the init.rc file on external sdcard. The init.rc from external sdcard start the the system from external sdcard. This variant reduce the modification on the phone and if the flashdisk is dead, the SGS is not a brick. :D

gr, Steffen from Germany
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DCKing:
What types of file systems does the stock kernel support? Can it boot from ext2 as it can from this rfs?

Also: apparently the Nexus One uses the YAFFS2 file system for its root file system, which is made for use on NAND memory. Although it's probably easier to get kernel, tools and scripts to work for an ext2 based solution, we should probably look at getting a YAFFS2 fix eventually for best reliability.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] bub181:
I put up a quick guide over here which uses the playlogo hack. It's working perfectly for me and my phone is as smooth as butter!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7571976&postcount=161
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ostendk:
As far as i remember, it is possible to ajust the times to which the filesystem (ext2,3,4?) syncs... If you increase that time, i would mean less writings to the nand - which again makes it last longer.. :)

EDIT: spell correction.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] BackfireNL:
We need to decide on how to test it!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] RADLOUNI:
My experience with lag

Hi Guys

The lag can be observed in two places:

1- While moving between windows in system apps (e.g. settings) or 3rd party apps (games, utilities). This lag keeps fluctuating, so sometime you would get it and sometimes you would not, and I DONT KNOW WHY

The above is definitely due to inefficient coding by Samsung

2- Second type of lag is when you try to start an App and you need to wait for a couple of seconds between the time you click on the App icon till the time you actually get a response (the App loads)

The above is inefficient coding by either Samsung or 3rd party App programmers. I DONT KNOW WHO

I believe that the first one could be solved, but there is no way in solving the second one as apparently the Android market does not enforce rules on 3rd pary programmers to make sure their apps are up to standard

On the other hand, i noticed that the second type of lagging was non-existant in Apple Store even for large applications/games because they enforce certain coding standards (as compared to Asphalt5 which is a big game and lags like hell when you want to load it)

Does what i am saying make sense, or is it that improving or patching the Samsung OS itself will solve all lagging problems for both the firmware and 3rd party Apps ????????????????
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ml78:
Apple has codingstandards that eliminates loading time? Thats impressive...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gunnyman:
may I suggest contacting XDA user TKirton over on the Hero CDMA portal. He's written a fantastic implementation of Apps2sd which works across many platforms. He has great insight and knowledge of Android and linux filesystems and may be a good person to get on board with this.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
First this will be straight to the point this is for windows xp users only

download sdk from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html...then you will find this

windows android-sdk_r06-windows.zip

size 23293160 bytes

check sum 7c7fcec3c6b5c7c3df6ae654b27effb5

you will need a unzip program obviously , unzip the file "android-sdk-windows"

to the desktop or your c:\drive ,

so it should look like this in your address bar..

C:\android-sdk-windows

if you are using this way or if you use desktop its up to you, then after that click Start on your pc,

move your mouse up to My Computer and right click, you should see Properties click on it...

now you should see a tab that says "System Properties"....with 7 tabs click on "Advanced"...

then at the very bottom you should see a tab that says .."Environment Variables"...click on that

..now at the very bottom theres a window "System variables" ...scroll down till you see the line

"Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\Teleca Shared "

is what mines says yours might be different but it doesn't matter click on it and then click "Edit"...

"Edit System Variables" tab pops up if its highlighted great push delete if not delete it then put...

1) C:\android-sdk-windows\tools

...if thats where you stored it i know i added the tools folder to it do worry about it ...

or

...if you stored it on your desktop ,you need to go to that folder ,

then go to the tools folder, and then look in the address bar you should see something like

2) C:\Documents and Settings\****\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools

now you either have 1) or 2) now with out the "1) or 2) " lol

...copy and paste

those address in the "Edit System Variables" tab and click Ok

now you still need drivers.., people always say this will get you connected,

but it doesn't so here you go,

they are attach at the bottom just do what i did extract to that android-sdk-windows folder ,

and then when you connect and it ask for driver just point the wizard there

..i am on here daily so i am around to help

also to run a check to you have adb done correctly go Start click Run type in cmd,

and when command prompt opens , or just open command prompt

with your device connected type....

adb devices you should see some text saying

list of devices attached

000000000000 device

your connected
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Javadn:
i can`t find it !

i puted it in C:\
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
what do you mean you cant find it ..i need a little more detail to help you
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Javadn:
i mean the address you gave there ( ...scroll down till you see the line

"Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\Teleca Shared " )

i couldn`t find that !

and for information i have puted tin C:\android-sdk-windows!

what should i do ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Javadn:
and can you tell me the phone setting i must do before connecting device to pc ?

and other Q is which program should i open from C:\android-sdk-windows ?

edit : it only finds my phone as a removable memory ! i`m totaly confused !
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mattfmartin:
I was trying to set that up today on win 7 but couldn't get the drivers to get noticed. Gonna try your directions as most likely xp and 7 are pretty much the same
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
this isnt for xp but xp driver are around just google it i promise those are easier to find this may help: http://handheld.softpedia.com/progDownload/HTC-Hero-Drivers-Download-81097.html
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Javadn:
not gonna help me ? :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
first i have to ask do you know what adb is
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Javadn:
a program to debug android based devices ?

i have made it ok ! and it connects but when i command adb.exe install -s C:\J.apk it loads the file but says

what am i doing wrong ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Javadn:
ok ! i found the problem ! i must not use -s !

mission Accomplished !

thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
sorry its seem i have been missing you , timing is a little off but yes

you are correct i use this gudie from modmymobile.com heres the link

http://modmymobile.com/forums/3882010-post12.html

from a guy named the3dman...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] djdant:
I installed it but i still get : error device not found, but it still shows it connected as android phone
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
do you have usb debugging , checked in settings on your phone