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[Vibrant Android Development] tenbeau:
I have flashed this Rom and I have found that it is much zippier and the 3g is much more consistent and more bars. The GPS now locks on 5-8 where before it would only get 1 or 2 if the moon was right. I have only had one fc so far.I have also applied the one click root and deleted some bloatware with no apparent issues. I have never flashed a rom before so please bear with me. I have the same question that has been asked in this thread previously, as I am a nobbie and I would really like to know if after flashing this Rom will I still get the OTA? If not what steps would I take to assure myself that I would receive update. Would I just try and flash the stock rom which I have backed up with Rom Manager? I have flashed clockworkmod recovery and am not real sure of the actual steps. I have read up on it but still have questions. Any help and or information on this would be greatly appreciated. I would like to extend my sincere Gratitude to the OP for the his kindness and work in putting together the file and the great instructions.
[Vibrant Android Development] p()()pypants:
does nandroid flash the kernel too????

Im not sure that nandroid contains the zimage necessary for that method of installation here...

If this could be packaged in an all out update.zip format then it could most definitely contain the zimage... dunno how to do it myself otherwise id offer to do so...
[Vibrant Android Development] sfrench5:
Bro Awesome tutorial.......> First experience with odin Successful THANK YOU
[Vibrant Android Development] jmz:
Yes I knew that going into it. But what I am saying is I had no issues whatsoever flashing using Odin. After the update I tried to do a nandroid restore of the completely bone stock rom. That is what bricked my phone, not Odin or this rom.

Nothing worked at all. When I did anything with the phone plugged in, it would go straight to the phone!computer screen automatically without me pushing the power button.
[Vibrant Android Development] The K-Zoo Kid:
I have asked this question like 5 times in numerous threads...

CAN THE TW LAUNCHER BE REMOVED FROM THIS ROM?
[Vibrant Android Development] lou0611:
Works Great, now I have my ESPN Radio back.
[Vibrant Android Development] widto08:
IMHO, if you enjoy having root on your phone, NEVER ACCEPT AN OTA UPDATE UNTIL IT HAS BEEN DEEMED TO BE OK TO DO SO BY THE GREAT DEV's WE HAVE HERE ON XDA!!!! This can not be stressed enough... Read the EVO forums if you are in doubt.

Sure, eventually you

might

be able to re-root your phone if the OTA removed it, but why take that chance. Wait for the DEV's to let you know that it's safe. They will, with almost certainty, have a rooted version of a root breaking OTA update within hours of its official release.

This is not just directed to you but to everyone who may be wondering.
[Vibrant Android Development] gothdroid:
The nandroid is not a good alternative to ODIN at least right now. I flashed both the nandroid and then to be safe the stock kernel that we had from the first build, and nothing, going back to r3 until there is an update.zip for this.
[Vibrant Android Development] rbcamping:
I don't know if this has been addressed but I was playing with the camera outside in the dark and the night portion doesn't seem to work anymore? I was trying to change some of the setting and I don't seem to have access to change them anymore.

can someone check this out as well.

I have also been doing allot of testing with the GPS and there seems to be a disconnect between it and the mapping program. I get the locks on the satellites and the accuracy is only about 20 ft at best but when traveling I have 7-9 birds locked and the accuracy is anywhere from 35-500 ft? it should be around 5-10 ft.
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
Nandroid is going to cause problems b/c of diff kernel etc..
[Vibrant Android Development] johnnyh64:
I too can not get into test mode anymore. Anyone know how?

I'm not convinced the GPS is fixed yet. It is much faster at locking, the GPS test shows locking to more satellites (8+) for me, BUT the accuracy seems worse! Anybody else notice the accuracy is worse than before?
[Vibrant Android Development] snowdogging:
Easiest way back into gps test mode is to download an app called "any cut" and use it to make a new shortcut to the activity lbstestmode. You can now click it from home just like any other app.
[Vibrant Android Development] avogl:
I did the shortcut/activities/LBSTestMode to create a shortcut to LBSTestMode with LauncherPro. The shortcut seems a good solution since the string doesn't work with the new rom.

I to think the accuracy is no better (maybe worse) than before even though I now typically have 10 locked sats where before I usually had 0-2. Overall, a definite improvement except for the accuracy.
[Vibrant Android Development] dbm0361:
I did this update and to say the least its great I got signal now were the phone was not getting nothing gps works great and seems fast with no lag fix so
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
Just because you didn't have any bars doesn't mean you didn't have a signal. My reception hasn't changed, just the bars and reception is just as good as it was before.
[Vibrant Android Development] asatnik11:
I'm sorry to hear you are still stuck. We're treading on thin-ice using ODIN on a locked vibrant. I've ODIN flashed 4 times now without issue but will not tempt fate again. Taking someone's advice I tried to flash back to the stock rom that MS_GURU posted in order to fix the locked hardware buttons issue. No dice. Then I tried flashing to eugene373's stock firmware. Buttons still locked. Now I'm back on this pre-release and just happy to not have a brick.

I figured out last night that the reason that ADB worked for me was that the ROM must have been booting to a point where ADB functioned. I never saw the spashscreen so I assumed the ROM hadn't started loading yet. Fortunately I never saw the phone ! computer screen. I'm going to call to exchange my vibrant for a new one that hopefully doesn't have this issue (14-day return period).
[Vibrant Android Development] d_bot:
Been using this for a day or so, gps/compass are still broken, compass is better, but still not right. here is a map from mytracks I did this morning http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=114057714521982327260.000490390fb76f05ab24a

As far as everything else, its pretty quick, i think i got like a 950-something on quadrant. Some have complained about taking more swype to unlock the phone, i personally havent noticed it, but i might be a big swyper. all in all i think i would have rather stayed on eugenes vibrant9.....cause I only switched to hopefully fix my gps/compass problem. maybe someday i will have a $500 dollar phone that the gps actually works hahahaha
[Vibrant Android Development] keoaloha:
Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us!!

This rom seems very fast and stable~~~I really like it so far.
[Vibrant Android Development] MrGibbage:
Awesome! Thanks for the excellent how-to.

I think though, that I made it harder than it needed to be. After I flashed, I and entered my google account information, I reinstalled all of my apps. All 100+ of them. Fortunately, Appbrain keeps track of what apps I have, but it still meant a lot of time re-installing them. I wonder though, could I have used titanium, my backup pro, or nandroid to re-install my apps? No worry about overwriting the fresh flash???

Even if manual re-installation is the only way, I'm still glad to have this new firmware.

Cheers!

Skip
[Vibrant Android Development] murse:
I used TB (paid version) and I was able to restore just about everything including individual app settings. I also used it to fix Market links. I was able to restore contacts, SMS, call logs, and wifi settings with no noticeable problems. It also avoids the problem of paid apps not showing up in the market. I didn't restore every system setting, but those that I did seem fine. This is my first android phone and this was my first ROM update and so far, so good. I wouldn't have wanted to do it without Titanium.
[Vibrant Android Development] dmolition:
I agree titanium backup is the best app for rooted phones, not going to lie, it makes everything so smooth and easy.
[Vibrant Android Development] player4lifeov:
is there a way that this can be flashed through Clockwork Recovery?
[Vibrant Android Development] dmolition:
They are the same, I dont think anyone has found the diffence between this and the stock ROM GPS settings.
[Vibrant Android Development] MrGibbage:
Funny thing is, I had a titanium backup, but I was afraid it would overwrite the new flash. I thought TB backed up EVERYTHING. I'll keep that in mind next time.

Is it just me, or does the wake-up swipe seem like it needs to be bigger/longer/more deliberate?
[Vibrant Android Development] youneek:
I've never made an update.zip before, but I'll give it a shot today and see if I can figure it out so people don't need to use ODIN.
[Vibrant Android Development] The K-Zoo Kid:
that would be most appreciated.
[Vibrant Android Development] youneek:
I made a version that flashes everything but it's not booting up... It might be because it's missing the dbdata. I'll keep investigating until I figure it out. If there's anyone out there that wants to take a look at what I've done so far and get it fixed, let me know. I think I'm writing things to the wrong place...

I need someone who knows the partitions better. I'll work on it more tomorrow later. I got this info from the galaxy s forum so I'm not sure if it's different for the vibrant.

zImage /dev/block/bml7

cache.rfs /dev/block/bml11

factoryfs.rfs /dev/block/bml9

modem.bin /dev/block/bml12

Once I get it all figured out we will have a flashable rom! :O)
[Vibrant Android Development] CompConfig:
So far the GPS is working better. Much better and faster lock and the directions have been spot on. This is a major improvement over what I had before. I just hope it is consistent.
[Vibrant Android Development] lqaddict:
It will be awesome, I do not have a working winblues PC to run ODIN.

We might as well be a week away from the official release, so who knows...
[Vibrant Android Development] youneek:
I created a new thread to try and get someone to help troubleshoot the update. I'll keep poking at it but I can't figure out why it's not working...
[Vibrant Android Development] nsavani:
I installed this rom and it works great, but does anyone know if one click lag fix works for this rom
[Vibrant Android Development] youneek:
Yes it does.
[Vibrant Android Development] DesignDawg:
Fixed my home button

I just installed this (couldn't be easier, thanks for the instructions), and I noticed it completely fixed my home button issues, further proving to me that this was a soft/firmware issue rather than a hardware one. That's the best fix of all, IMO. Can't wait for the official release so we can see what's different about it.

Ricky
[Vibrant Android Development] rakeshchn:
Question about OTA update for this firmware - I would assume the OTA will be like a patch to the existing ROM rather than a whole new ROM right? Because most people wont know how to back up and restore their apps, data and stuff like that. So those who now have heavily modded vibrants like root, mobileAP, custom boot/shutdown animations & sounds etc how smooth the OTA will go? Any guesses?
[Vibrant Android Development] player4lifeov:
Thank you sooooo much. Many of us will be greatfull
[Vibrant Android Development] N8ter:
A task manager is fine. A task manager that runs in the background killing stuff (when the os does it automatically when low on resources) is not.

No decent os should be without a basic task manager...
[Vibrant Android Development] rbcamping:
After using my gps for two days now. Its getting buggier, I noticed today that when I went over a mountain and lost the antenna signal for the phone the GPS lost all data and couldn't locate me. I'm going to try the GPS without the sim card. I think somethings fishy in Korea. Me thinks the GPS is not working correctly but they created a work around using more then just the birds. Its still not as accurate as my G1.
[Vibrant Android Development] zender2k:
Yup,the GPS is still flaky.Although it locks on to more birds faster,it's not accurate at all.I used google maps with sat view on and it showed me 50 feet away from where I was standing.My old G1 pinpointed my exact location in ten seconds.I don't think the GPS will ever get better.They would have fixed it by now.
[Vibrant Android Development] MrGibbage:
I've read most of this thread, but I may have missed a page or two, but I did not see this mentioned. Anyway, I just noticed that this also fixes the calendar so that you can select your own ringtone for notifications.

If this has been pointed out already, I do apologize.
[Vibrant Android Development] youneek:
After testing a few things on my phone, this is the only rom that will run on it. I'm not sure what they changed but the stock rom auto reboots.
[Vibrant Android Development] d_bot:
to compare eugene's vibrant9 and this leaked firmware gps functionality i did a few mytracks

Vibrant9-1:http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=114057714521982327260.00049052e6f9a0d53357b

Vibrant9-2:http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=114057714521982327260.00049052d3eb58f23ccae

Leaked:http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=114057714521982327260.000490390fb76f05ab24a

and for kicks and gigs a mytracks from my mt3g in November 2009

MT3G:http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=114057714521982327260.000477f945f2ab1275ce2

I would say that (for me anyways) the leaked firmware DOES improve the gps, but it's not anywhere close to what the MT3G was doing. But at least its an improvement.
[Vibrant Android Development] Troy1:
Just my two cents, I was getting about 35-40 feet for accuracy since applying this update. Today I did the captivate camera mod, checked it to make sure everything worked, went and tested my gps and now I get within 10 feet for accuracy.
[Vibrant Android Development] the3dman:
Works great for me. Faster than stock, and the gps is working great... Locks on quick and accurate to 15ft. Thanks to the OP for the all in one zip!
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
There is a bug with the aGPS.

It won't work over WiFi.

Solution - disable WiFi if you're not getting a fix.

I'm going to try MS-Based mode out for a while because it locks on instantly over standalone. Otherwise MY GPS is working great.
[Vibrant Android Development] youneek:
I think this rom is faster than the stock rom but would love to see someone make a hybrid. Voodoo would be awesome with this rom. Maybe we could build a "best of" rom?

I would love to see the new 2.2 i9000 rom ported too.
[Vibrant Android Development] bigtom624:
i've been trying to do this for a few days now and i can't get my phone into download mode. I did just like the instructions said. I wiped my sd card and formatted both of them. I'm pretty sure i did everything correctly like installling adb and the Samsung drivers form the link in this thread but i still can't get my phone to do it, or get odin to see it. Any suggestions? Thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] shaboogy2255:
i tried to flash this using odin and i always get stuck at "factoryfs" i dont know what to do please help. windows xp service pack 2 x32bit.
[Vibrant Android Development] cdw9800:
cant get pass file analysis i flashed via odin before i dont know whats wrong....any help?

edit: i dont want to risk it any word on a .zip update?

edit2: ok i got it to work by opening odin before i put my phone in download mode
[Vibrant Android Development] lotherius:
Not going to repeat a lot of what others have said (about GPS, speed of the menus, etc)... But .. the biggest for me:

3... effin... G... I have it now. On the original firmware I could only get 3G in my apartment if I held the phone up to the window by the top edge. Even outdoors 3G was flaky. I live right in the center of 3 towers all very close (http://www.t-mobiletowers.com/towersearch.aspx?tabid=0&zip=77706 - I live smack dab between the 3 clustered towers in the center). No matter where I was at, 3G was not going to happen. I had a G1 before on TMO at this same location and 3G was much better.

Now with this version - 3G rules again. It WORKS. And I don't know about speed, you see, before I could never get those mythical speeds people were reporting. If I could get a 3G signal (by holding my phone carefully avoiding the deathgrip), it would give me about 500k (.5MB) down. Now I can get 1.4MB - way below what others are reporting as their "reduced" speeds with this radio. EDGE was so pathetic on the old radio that I couldn't even surf - it would just lag out trying to load pages.

So it is MUCH better now. Amazingly better. I can actually USE the internet without wifi now.

However, I did have a glitch editing the build.prop - as others. Apparently Root Explorer doesn't seem to "notice" that the phone has root, and never gets root permissions. So you can't edit build.prop. I had to load adb shell and remount the /system as root before I could do the market fix.
[Vibrant Android Development] lotherius:
Update. Finally had a chance to test the GPS on this version. Got an INSTANT lock on 5 satellites with 10 visible and 20 feet accuracy. Much better than even when I was running the fix on the older rom. Very nice. I can wait for Froyo now.
[Vibrant Android Development] avgjoegeek:
Its the leaked Samsung Rom 2.1 Eclair Fix - supposedly fixes the GPS issue and a few other bugs people have been complaining about.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr. Moe:
So far I like this ROM with the exception of one problem. I use latitude alot for when my wife and I want to meet up for lunch, etc... My job has me all over the place and always in a meeting here or there and this way she can find me if I can't call her. Well Latitude SUCKS right now and Maps is even worse.

While driving it takes about 3 minutes or so to find me and then track me, but when I am stationary it 90% of the time can't find me at all. Example

5 hours ago it found me traveling on the freeway to work, but when I opened up maps, it still showed me on the freeway, so I did a find my location.It took about an hour to locate me and so I tried it again 20 minutes later and here's what I got.

As you can see the GPS is trying to locate me.. About 1 minute later I get this:

.

So I wait. It has now been 38 minutes since it was last able to locate me
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
Sounds pretty awful. Are you inside of a big building?
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr. Moe:
Yeah, but I am sitting at my desk next to a window. (5' tall window)
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
One thing to note here is that if the SNR on any given bird is below 17 it will not lock. So under poor GPS conditions Samsung will not let the GPS lock and it will not report weak sats (effectively showing as 0SNR under GPSTest).

You will notice this behavior as sats that showed as 0 before start to pick up at 18 SNR or drop down to zero again when it dips below 17, take note of the fact that you never EVER see a lock on a weak sat too.

I have no problems with GPS when I'm out and about, locks quickly. Even in my house but it's 1 story and all.
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr. Moe:
Well I have to say that the stock Firmware (that came on phone out the box) had no problem with getting a fix on me inside or outside of my office no matter when I went into Latitude and request an update to my location.. So I am stumped.
[Vibrant Android Development] atrain69:
I flashed my Vibrant with Odin by running Odin first, holding the volume up and down buttons at the same time and then plugging in the usb cable. The first field went yellow, I pressed start and it worked great.

Now I'm trying to do the same thing with my wife's Vibrant and I can't get a COM field to light up yellow as it did with my phone. The battery charging screen comes on and stays there. Tried it numerous times, took out the battery, sim card and sd card and all I get is the battery charging screen. I am using the same process as before and as listed in the instructions. The instructions are simple enough, I don't understand why it worked on my phone and not on another I bought at the same time and place. Any ideas or other ways to flash this ROM?

By the way, this ROM works great! Lock on to 8 satellites in a minute although the accuracy seems worse as others have reported. 3g reception seems better but not by much. I also cannot get into the lbs test mode.

Any help would be appreciated.
[Vibrant Android Development] tenbeau:
I had somewhat the same situation and I had to go in and enable usb debugging.
[Vibrant Android Development] atrain69:
How do you get the captivate camera mod?
[Vibrant Android Development] Troy1:
It is in the vibrant/android development forum; search for captivate camera. I dont know how to include the link. noob:o
[Vibrant Android Development] t1n0m3n:
1231231230 delete me
[Vibrant Android Development] atrain69:
How does that help with the gps accuracy?

I saw your results and it look promising, just doesn't make sense, but if it works I will try it. Are you still getting 10ft accuracy and do you believe it is attributed to the captivate camera mod?
[Vibrant Android Development] Troy1:
To be honest I have no idea if it is related. I do know that prior to the mod I was getting accuracy of 30 feet,at best,immediately after the mod I was getting 10 feet on average and consistently. Just did the gps status app and accuracy was 8.92 feet. The only relationship that I could fathom is the link between putting the gps data on your photos.:o
[Vibrant Android Development] denny_1986:
so i previously flashed the leaked update (JI2) as per the instructions in the first post. The qs is...with the new official update now out in the market, is it ok to flash that over J12? :confused:
[Vibrant Android Development] oncl0wd9:
Stupid? Maybe. I just rooted my friends vibrant last night. He has the clockwork recovery. Could I still use the odin downloader the same way? Or do I have to revert back somehow and root using odin?

Thanks,

Laura
[Vibrant Android Development] j_j2:
How do I reflash to the original firmware? Do I need to download it from somewhere and run it on odin? Its for the bell i9000m. I tried the trick where you hold both volume buttons and plug it into your computer with odin open but it just charges the battery. Any help would be appreciated
[Vibrant Android Development] j56bp:
i did all above...but odin still running like 8-9 min

it says "file analysis" its ok or what

plz help asap

i did voodoo lag fis true rom maneger ( stock on vibrant black screen) won't reboot so i find ur odin fix, u think it would help me get back on phone?) or its phucked for good? i don't think usb debugging was enebled at the time i was applying lag fix!! that could be a problame?
[Vibrant Android Development] :
awesome news. thanks for posting zeph. i downloaded the ones on the samsung website under support for this phone. so...you might be right. i will start digging but it would be awesome if someone can hook me up with a link. :)

***update*** got em ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] 30Glock:
Thank you Thank you for the zip. Made it real easy.
[Vibrant Android Development] elsocplayer:
+1 on this, I have win7 ultimate x64 n I haven't had any issues getting my phone recognized for normal use or for Odin.

Sent from Vibrant XDA app
[Vibrant Android Development] Ashex1:
Echoing that Odin on Win 7 64-bit works.
[Vibrant Android Development] :
yeah, it was my silly arse trying to use the wrong drivers. btw, not sure who put the "bible" together but they rock!
[Vibrant Android Development] denny_1986:
thanks for the instructions. Just did my first ever android flash and everything seems to work fine.

~ running windows 7 64 bit
[Vibrant Android Development] boodies:
everything running great. thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] Rick Chase:
is this the update thats supposed to come out this month? with the gps/agps fixeD?
[Vibrant Android Development] denny_1986:
im so happy i flashed this. Everthing is so fast and snappy! It made a huge difference (could be due to the lack of apps ?)