yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrkart99:
Ok well, I finally did it. Broke my brick cherry. Screen goes black after galaxy S logo pops up. Was running bionix 1.3 w/ KK. Voodoo does not run on my phone. Went back to stock rom to undo tayutama's lag fix. undid it. Rebooted, got a black screen. Went into recobvery and tried to put in Bionix w/ KK, does a half install reboots gets to galaxy s screen and thats it.

I am a bit of a noob, I've flashed a couple of roms gone back and forth with no problems. I am not adb savvy, just figuring out how to get into it and start it up.

Any help appreciated,... will absolutely paypal you for a case of beer for your time and patience. I am cool calm and collected about this, I know it happens, so I should be pretty easy to work with. will definitely take this as a learning experience.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billydroid:
Have you tried using odin to go back to stock. Also you are going to get flamed for posting this in the dev section.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrkart99:
what is odin, how do I get it and get it cranking
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevenr3792:
Did you wipe/factory reset? From what I've been told, if you can get to recovery, you are not bricked... so I'd try getting into recovery, and wiping everything clean.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gravis86:
When you reverted to stock did you use Odin or Clockwork recovery?

EDIT: Never mind
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrkart99:
delete user data and cache?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrkart99:
i used clockwork
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3r0k:
You could also try to flash the file from Eugene's froyo that wont brick. Read the instructions sombionix posted in his original 1.3 post
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grennis:
That's not a brick. Learn what brink means FCOL

P.S. WRONG FORUM
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billydroid:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=739091

Read through this post it will explain odin and its fickity nature.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gravis86:
Download this. It contains everything you need to get back up and running.

1. Make sure phone is off and not plugged into anything.

2. Open Odin

3. Select PIT file

4. Select PDA file

5. Click "Re-Partition" box in Odin

6. Hold volume UP and volume Down while plugging into the computer.

7. Phone will now be in Download mode

8. Odin should show your phone on a COM port (in yellow). If it does not, unplug the phone and plug it back in.

9. Click "Start"
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrkart99:
Guys, thank you for your patience and tolerance. I realize wrong forum, torch me. 3.5 seconds of your time to point me in the right direction is worth the hell i'll get. Any other suggestions are welcome, and i promise to post in a more diligent manner next time. Like I said, you guys do great work, I am interested in learning this stuff but its a pretty stiff learning curve.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billydroid:
It is a brick. Although he should have said "soft" brick.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flipper2006:
Just wondering, what is the difference of brick and door stop?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waffle Slayer:
The post directly above yours tells you step by step what to do. Your phone is fine you just gotta ODIN back to stock.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gravis86:
They are the same thing. Both are intended to mean that the device is dead, absolutely useless, completely broken, might as well throw it in the garbage, etc.

Unfortunately people have mis-used the term "brick" to describe "won't boot", "almost bricked", and "I'm an idiot" so often that it makes me want to punch babies. Luckily there are no babies present.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dfspot:
had the same issue but fixed it... used odin with the stock but it didn't work... tryin every restore in the book... except the Froyo version... low and behold Eugenes Froyo did the trick... it allowed me to install it and then go back to the rom of my choice... in recovery I repeatly got the error with trying to wipe data... after boot the phone would get stuck on a blank screen with the soft key lit... but (ROM) Froyo ~~~That does not Brick! Downgrading Is Fine --eugene373 did the trick... I'm not a noob but I almost called tmo, to do an exchange... Bionix 1.3 is the only rom I have ever had this problem with... It happened when I attempted to change roms via clockwork...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrkart99:
see i'm already learning. One less possible stupid-ass noob post from me. Learned odin, and the difference between brick, soft brick, and a baby punching brick.

Edit: I realize that, hydro, but the sheer volume of genius here, including yours i'm sure, is a lot to sort through. I want to learn, but just looking at all this info there is no good place to start, that I can decipher. Maybe a thread somewhere and how to get started, a learning section that spells it out for idiots like me. Using Odin, adb, etc etc etc. Keeps the noobs off the dev section. Years from now I hope I can been more of a contributor than a leech. Again, very sorry to put you out.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] likingandroid:
Your file system has become corrupt. Using Odin, Flash Eugene's 2.2 froyo build then flash back to the stock build. This was the only thing that worked for me.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hydrogenman:
did you even bother checking out the thread with "bible" in it at the top of the forum?

Also, you say you realize this isn't Q&A section.....you realize people would have helped you there without wasting other people's time right?

Posts like this also serve to clutter things up and make it even harder to find stuff as well

come on man, you knew better but you did it anyways

That being said, I'm not a total ****...hope you get it fixed
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gravis86:
So is everything back to normal? It shouldn't have taken more than 5 minutes to get back to stock and booting...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrkart99:
On my work comp, leaving here in 5 minutes. Will be home in 20, will get back to u in 25.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudeguy:
that's how we roll around here. We'll help you, but cuss you out for posting in the wrong forum.

Welcome to the internet where judgement is swift and punishment is brutal
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSneakerWhore:
Did the SAME thing--used Odin over and over for hours but to no avail. GL with it!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gthmcty1:
LMFAO.....but so, so, true!!!!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrkart99:
Working on it right now. will edit in a second.

Edit: Went right through it, except i forgot to re-partition in my hasty return from work. Yes, I am back up and running. should i go back and repartition?

edit 2: in odin if i were to flash eugene's, where would I put that file to push it over PIT?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gthmcty1:
Cool I am sure you will get it back working
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flipper2006:
The thing that know one understands, until it happens to you (them) is you panic and dont think correctly when your in 'brick' mode. When I bricked (and it was a real brick because i had one of the phones that wouldnt go into download mode after odin failed, i quickly posted here, thinking, some of the most intelligent people are in this forum and would be able to help me. It turned out I had to get an exchange from Tmobile, but the new one allows me into download mode with no issues, but i dont need to get into that now.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrkart99:
Got it. Guys, a million times thank you. i feel real dumb going about it this way, but i definitely learned something. Both about the xda forum and how to use the phone and dev software. Sorry, if i put anyone out.

Hydro, thank you too. The harder you flame, the more it presses me to learn this. if i ever come up with anything of value to contribute, extra props go to you brother.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paging Dr B:
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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djquick:
Yeah, it's pretty hard to brick the Vibrant. Odin would probably be your best bet. Very simple once you do it for the first time. I'm in Chicago too, so any questions pm me.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex530:
How is it the wrong forum? Learn what forums means. This is a section. Xda is a forum smart one......

After this post, The XDA app probably forced closed from my froyo lacking Vibrant:D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grennis:
When are you going to paypal me the case of beer you promised?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudeguy:
Good. Now go Google "search before posting"
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrkart99:
grennis, pm'd you. i totally owe you and i'll hold up my end on that.

"Hold my 'stones',..."
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grennis:
You know I was just joking right? I did not help you at all. I just yelled at you for posting wrong place.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alcangel64:
Hello ok the same thing hapend to me this is what you have to do to get it up and runing.

E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

(File exists)

Error mounting /data/!

Skipping format...

Copying files...

E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

(File exists)

E: Can't mount DATA:

E: Failure at line 372:

copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:

Installation aborted.

1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.

2. Extract the files.

3. Open Odin,pres vol up and vol down at the same time and plug in your phone,

that will put you into download mode.

4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.

5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.

6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.

7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.

8. Now, pull your battery.

9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.

10. Extract the files.

11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.

12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.

13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.

14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine! BAM
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1h5ta3:
they realy need to change some of the boot images to say

ID-10T ERROR

that way its easyer to explane it to people...;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudeguy:
I think an Inspector Gadget-esq bomb would be better. Once the wick burns all the way down, your phone automatically flashes back to stock and locks out the recovery.

You tried and failed. No root for you!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonepersonality:
Says the guy who misspelled "easier" and "explain" in the same sentence.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demo23019:
..........:D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudeguy:
welp...we won't be seeing that guy around any more.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Klyentel:
why not just buy everyone a case a beer while you're at it...lol, i feel as if i contributed just for reading this crap:rolleyes:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jroid:
today I've literally spent all day trying to restore my phone. what a nightmare. I knew all along I wasn't bricked, but just everything was so screwey. I Was on froyo_r1, accidentally flashed some file that had a robot lady talking to me about voodoo and ext4 (when i've never installed voodoo lagfix) then tried restoring via odin 20 times. was able to get back to JE8, but with no data. then I got into clockwork and restored my froyo, that didn't really restore after I realized upon boot.(was still eclair) Even booted on a froyo kernel :eek: anyways, Got froyo to flash again, with no data. then flashed back to stock and had some weird kernel_param message in the top corner and couldn't flash outta JE8. couldn't access stock recovery for awhile for some reason and finally flashed JFD and data was working. flashed froyo_r1 and data worked. Now i'm back, but not sure which file system i'm on.. I can't click to install a rom or zip from within rom manager cuz it'll bring me to stock recovery instead of clockwork. I have to reboot into clockwork manually and install from there. Had to be a total of more than 10 hrs doing this nonsense.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrkart99:
screw it, i'll just throw a rage at my place to celebrate the revival of my vibrant: couple kegs, strippers, dj inside, live band outside, slip-n-slide, jello wrestling, beer pong table. is an ice luge too much?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giganticprune:
i had a similar experience. was running a eugene hybrid rom. decided to try out bionix 1.3, tried flashing back to the eungene hybrid, and it soft bricked.

i spent all day learning how to deal with ODIN and trying to flash the stock rom on. eugenes 2.2 port was the only rom that would load. i couldnt get any farther than that.

i had to make a few phone calls to get a replacement in the mail.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Klyentel:
too much? Get outta here...of course not!:DLMAO
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Acid_Wir3:
yea i think you can use odin for that its worth the try. Just look for it here at the forums.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giganticprune:
So like I previously said I had issues getting the stock rom back on. So I wanted to make sure the origoonal vibrant I was sending back was going to show up bricked instead of showing up with Eugene's 2.2 . I ran Odin again and realized my mistake was not clicking the re-partition box.

I went through all that hassel because I didn't check one box. So by trying to break it again..I fixed it :unamused:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragoth12:
I could kiss you right on the lips right now. I was having the exact issue as others in this post, trying to flash back to stock from a soft brick, always getting an error when it rebooted and tried to wipe data. Followed these instructions, and booted right back into stock. (After a short hang at the Galaxy S screen, although I have found the Vibrant doing this every time I flash anything on the first boot up).

I love you XDA. This place gets me into some trouble, but always gets me back out. :) Back to flashing some different roms again! muahaha
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undrwater:
I'd like to remap the camera button to launch the voice recorder when suspended, but available as shutter button when in the camera app. Can this button be context sensitive like this?

I found a key mapping in the /system directory, and saw a keycode with the word CAMERA next to it. Is it just a matter of replacing CAMERA with the appropriate voice recorder binary?

Thanks!
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kertong:
I don't believe there is any context sensitivity - however, you can map the camera half-press to the shutter, and a full-press to a voice recorder?

I had to remap my half-press camera button to the "BACK" action when my capacitive "back" button broke on my streak. You'll have to get root, and afterwards you can modify /system/usr/keylayouts/{qwerty,surf}.kl I believe.

Key 52 is the halfpress I think.. 52, or 59. Dig around the .kl files and search for "FOCUS" and "CAMERA" to see which key IDs map that button. :)

btw, i grew up near/in cerritos from 1986-98. :) I miss that area very much, esp. during those times. :) /me waves
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undrwater:
Thanks! Am I right that I would replace that action with the binary name of the voice recorder? Or is it the apk name?

Wife said we "had"to move to Cerritos, so we did.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrTechie:
I have done this same thing.

It is very easy to do with the Tasker application.

I have set mine so that when im in the car (with my own car mode set on) that the camera button brings up a choice of the dialer, call log or contacts. yet it still functions perfectly when in the camera app.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wyx:
Please describe step-by-step what you did! My ROM is 2.1 (o2), 8105 build.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wyx:
I tried tasker but I dont see how to remap the Camera (FOCUS) button.

I changed an event (hardware - CAMERA Button) and added an action (load App) then applied.

The notification says, no profie activated? Why?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RussellAlan:
Hey Kertong, needing to do same thing. Replaced my screen and keypad now only performs menu. I am in shell trying to find the right action. Can you describe what you edited the .kl to?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techvir:
Option 1

2 apps combined together can remap camera

button remapper - remap camera to search fn

launcher key to set search to any app u want

Option 2

Use tasker
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RussellAlan:
Tried Tasker, great program just couldn't get it to work right, but will be a great application when I get it all setup.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RussellAlan:
My resolution.

Instead of using applications...

I did 'adb shell'

went to /system/usr/keylayout

did 'vi surf_keypad.kl'

And edited key 212 which is Camera, with Back.

Although now the softpad doesn't function as Menu only. Atleast I can go back now.!
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mid_life_crisis:
Seconded. Share!
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Radimus:
http://forum.pocketables.net/showthread.php?t=9680
[Galaxy S I9000 General] StNickZA:
Hey guys,

This is my first post in the i9000 forums. I just got my phone today, coming off a year stint with my HTC Hero.

With the Hero, I am used to only "My Contacts" being synced back to my phone automatically. I prefer it this way as I don't get all the cr*p, like contacts that I've replied to via Gmail two years ago.

However, on the i9000, I get ALL my contacts. Is there some way to get the phone to only pull My Contacts and forget the rest?

Thanks for any advice. So far, I am simply blown away by the speed of this thing!
[Epic 4G General] <3me:
15:07:23 : m: hi

15:07:38 : Sam N: Please provide me with the details of your question.

15:08:08 : m: when will android 2.2 be available for the samsung epic

15:09:08 : Sam N: I understand that you want to know the launch date of Android 2.2 update .

15:09:16 : m: yes

15:10:18 : Sam N: Please allow me a few moments while I check this for you.

15:10:27 : m: thankyou

15:14:13 : Sam N: Thank you for your patience.

15:15:13 : Sam N: I have checked that there is no updates regarding the Android 2.2 launch date.

15:15:43 : m: any idea?

15:16:09 : m: can you tell me what features we will have with the update

15:16:43 : Sam N: I am sorry , we can not comment on this as there is no updates about the Android 2.2 version.

15:16:55 : m: thankyou

15:18:48 : Sam N: Is there anything else I may assist you with?
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Umm. Ok
[Epic 4G General] <3me:
frustrating
[Epic 4G General] infamousjax:
they said the same thing about the moment until up to the day it was released. those guys are from India and don't even speak English.. why would you think they know anything? Those mindless drones are just about as good as the automated telephone response systems.
[Epic 4G General] LordLugard:
I don't see the point of this thread.
[Epic 4G General] nismology:
coolstorybro.jpg
[Epic 4G General] shabbypenguin:
they told me i dont have 4g coverage....:rolleyes:
[Epic 4G General] entropism:
You have to understand that even if they DID know when Froyo will get released (and they don't), they'd be fired if they gave you a date that Sprint didn't officially announce. Hell, even when we had stock of EVOs and Epics, we weren't allowed to SPEAK about them until launch day, and the advocates weren't allowed to bring the demo units onto the sales floor, or risk losing their pretty new phone and their job.
[Epic 4G General] wcheek226:
Who cares i love this.phone froyo or not its a great phone we need to be patient and enjoy.what we do have
[Epic 4G General] DotMpeg:
That was an obvious bot. You can't expect info out of that.

Sent from my Epic 4G using the XDA App
[Epic 4G General] compuw22c:
Hey guys,

As someone who likes streaming lots of video even while moving, I have an issue with the 4g/3g handoff. Being a network guy I understand the changing of ip addresses will cut and 'restart' any network connections, but is there any remedy to this? I can't think of one that would work but then again, I'm not an awesome amazing developer. Just wondering if anyone had thought of any kind of a solution...
[Epic 4G General] TheMostToys:
This drives me crazy as well. The bottom line is that if you are moving, you should not use 4G. If you need a continuous connection (in the case of streaming) and you are moving, you should not use 4G, turn it off and use the crippled 3G. It sucks, but it is your only option, I've tried many times and never had sustained success while moving, even within in a strong 4G area.
[Epic 4G General] greengoldmello:
Yep. Unfortunately the 4g service isnt all its cracked up to be..at least at the moment it isnt.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sagi456:
Hi guys,

if anyone can help me I would REALLY appreciate it:

Just as the thread name suggests - If I make a call and change to speaker option, the screen switches back to the Today screen and I can't hang up on the call when pressing the hard "end" key (can't go back to the Phone screen either). My only option to hang up the call is to soft reset the device!

I'm currently using "Shamanix - Grass 2.2 WM6" but I had the same problem with a previous ROM too.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abe01:
Is it possible to show possibly 6 or 7 signal bars in the top bar for Virtuous 3.01 + Incredible Revolution theme? ... using the white theme with the white battery circle?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ojdipus:
Hello!

I have a problem with firmware.

When I have firmware from first provider with second providers sim card, GPS doesn't work (froya 2.2).

Then I go to the service and they told me that is because i have wrong firmware and they change it on second one provider's firmware.

I now get from vodafone 2.1 firmware and work GPS.

I had firmware I9000XXJPC and still doesn't work??

What is the point with this blocking?

And if I now change provider I need to change firmware again on service!!

And the last,...with I9000XXJPK I got black screen with a lot of vibrations why doesn't work?

Any suggestions?

Than you
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] criskelo:
You have to do a reset and wipe cache from recovery
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
And once again wrong forum.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirphunkee:
ojdipus, since this is a question it belongs in the Q&A section
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ojdipus:
You have to do a reset and wipe cache from recovery,...(where can I foud this?)

even if a put on it new version of fw?
[General Topics] JaDaKiZz:
Hey guys,

first of all.. sry bout my bad english.

im planning to buy a new phone with QWERTZ keyboard(physical)..

some devices have the symbian OS but I want WM6.5...

is it possible to change the OS without errors?

mfg JaDaKiZz
[General Topics] JaDaKiZz:
no one knows ?O.o
[General Topics] AndroHero:
its nearly impossible to port windows mobile to any other device apart from a windows mobile device, apart from the legalities of it all, unlike android and symbian windows mobile isnt open source, so no open source drivers ect exist
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hpsauce37:
I want to clear all my previous android market searches but can find how i do it.

Anyone know?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theonlyhero:
there is a program in the market called Market History :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hpsauce37:
thanks very much :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
Market History Manager

APK: http://www.appbrain.com/app/market-history-manager/jp.hamachi.android.mhm

cleans up the Android Market messy history