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[Vibrant General] dex1701:
To be honest, flashing via Odin is a lot more likely to soft-brick your phone than rooting is. Rooting is actually really safe...it's just that you can do some damage with root permissions if you screw around with things you don't know much about. :)

If that doesn't work you can do what I do:

- remove the SIM and SD cards

- pull the battery out

- plug into USB

- hold both vol buttons while popping the battery back in

That's the only way it works for me, but it works 100% of the time.
[Vibrant General] khrydus:
for a visual guide, head to youtube and search: Flashing Firmware with Odin on Samsung Vibrant.
[Vibrant General] ipugh:
I've downloaded Odin3 from the link provided a few posts up..

How do I start the flashing process? I see it's asking for PITA PDA PHONE CSS, etc., files, but have no idea where those are. I don't see them in the archives from the rom link provided earlier.

Thanks :)

Edit -

Nevermind, the user who said to view the youtube video was spot on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ

First two minutes explain it all. Flashing now.
[Vibrant General] parmijo11:
Hold volume + - rocker and then plug device in with ODIN already started. That works everytime.
[Vibrant General] demo23019:
Yea im sorry

i just noticed when you posted probably as i was posting :)
[Vibrant General] Sapient Prophet:
I downloaded the one from megaupload and extracted it using WinRAR and it took about 5 minutes to download and it took about 2 minutes to flash to the phone. It's looking good so far. It kept all my stuff, it did not wipe anything that I can tell. It did put all the bloatware back on and unrooted me. I haven't tested the GPS or anything else.

edit:

To get into download mode.

I usually turn the phone off, hold the volume up and down in and then plug it into the USB. Works every time.
[Vibrant General] SquareBare:
Soooooooooooo..... To flash the firmware without a Data plan you need to use Odin?

Do I have to be rooted as well?
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Anyone not able top delete bloatware using root explorer?
[Vibrant General] Zylograth:
no you can just check via wifi, but if you want it now, then you can use ODIN it was quite painless. all you need is the .tar file. no other files are needed.
[Vibrant General] wxaxgxs:
DITTO, except I tested GPS and I locked into 6 satellites (11 in view) in 2 minutes. Accuracy wasn't the greatest, but good enough for navigation and it may be that I'm inside a building. Now to uninstall bloatware...
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
@zylograth

I'm running a stock vibrant, do I need to do something else before I use the odin? I really don't know about things like this but I really want my phone to have the update.
[Vibrant General] Zylograth:
all you need are the update file and odin. I flashed mine using the instructions in this thread
[Vibrant General] parmijo11:
No data plan needed, root not required.

I'm flashing now and will use titanium backup to delete bloatware.
[Vibrant General] demo23019:
you sure you downloaded right one?

This was a problem with leaked JI6

The official doesn't have this problem

If you did download the right one use terminal from phone and

do a "mount -o rw,remount -t rfs /dev/block/stl9 /system"

first in order to remove the bloatware.
[Vibrant General] hitman818:
Can i get the update if i updated with a different number and put my sim card in the phone with no data plan?
[Vibrant General] rhcp011235:
If any of you guys cross post. Make sure I get the credit for finding the ENC file. Getting it decoded and put up. Samsungfirmware wanted to post this tommrow. I asked him to do it today for us. as a favor to me and US.

It sounds like people are just saying OH samsungfirmware popped it up. All they did was decrypt it for me.
[Vibrant General] demo23019:
Will do

OK so they got from you, you never said this. Thanks the rush on getting decrypted, and thanks for sharing...much appreciated :)
[Vibrant General] AgentFour20:
Thank you . Waiting suck .
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
P

Anyway to check the build date to make sure this isn't the leaked one?

Edit... In build prop it says 9/28...
[Vibrant General] d_bot:
haha no worries hahah just funny!
[Vibrant General] glensta:
Anyone tried or know if we can use Jac's 1.1 voodoo kernel?
[Vibrant General] FRuiTBoOT:
Can't get into download mode anymore, When I try using adb or Volume up volume down + Power it still just boots up into recovery mode.please wait 2 seconds for an uncompressed image, or press Ctrl+F5 for original quality page
[Vibrant General] pinaply:
Both my girlfriend and I got the OTA this morning and we did it. Both our phones got stuck on the Galaxy S screen and we waited for over an hour. Called T Mobile and they wanted to do a phone exchange because now the phone would no longer boot up. I said screw that and I used odin and installed Build Number ECLAIR.UVJI6, Baseband version T959UVJI6. I thought I was installing the out of the box stock rom but i was wrong. Now I do not know if I will even get any OTA updates now. Both our Phones were stock roms but we had our phones rooted thats it, nothing else, no lag fix nothing just rooted.

Will this build still allow for OTA's or do i need to get T959UVJFD?
[Vibrant General] mistabeo:
hm i think i won't be getting another samsung phone... this is too much of a headache, it's not worth it.
[Vibrant General] jir591:
I installed this update via Odin and all went fine. I had to root my phone again but now superuser is not working. I get an error message that the app has stopped unexpectedly. Anyone else have this issue?
[Vibrant General] mr_hd:
this is weird its not taking me to the download mode, it just shows me the battery icon as charging. has this happen to anyone else?
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
Grrr. I'm hardware locked and can't get into download mode through the method in the video. I've tried plugging in with the battery out, holding vol rockers and then popping battery in... no luck. Any suggestions?
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
Which method is safer? flashing through odin or just wait for the OTA?
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Yea I had to flash jfd and then back to ji6 and restore titanium and re root...
[Vibrant General] jir591:
I was on JFD and went to JI6. All of my apps are still there after the update so why do I have to do a restore apps with Titanium?
[Vibrant General] WarezAppz:
I am. I just flashed the 'Kernel Back Support for New Builds' immediately after flashing the kernel and it works for me.

sent from XDA app
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
When I went back to jfd from ji6 it wiped my apps so when I went back to ji6 it had none if my apps needing a restore from titanium...
[Vibrant General] muleyman:
Was running j14 with the j16 modem. Flashed, (ODIN), back to factory then to j16. GPS works great. Initial lock to 30 seconds, after that it is almost instant. I made some test calls yesterday with the j16 modem that showed improved phone reception so i'll try and duplicate those test tonight. I did not repartition with ODIN but the flash to factory resets the phone, (doesn't erase data on SD cards). Couldn't wait my turn for the OTA...
[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
So far, everything is working smoothly. HD Camcorder is great. GPS gets a lock within a minute.

I flashed MobileAp through ROM Manager and it got me stuck on the Galaxy S logo for the longest time. I decided to plug the USB in while stuck and Logo screen booted right into the home screen. Checked MobileAP - working great.

Now off to try OCLF.

So far, so good....

Edit: until I found out that all the movies and pictures in my 16GB SDHC Card are gone :(
[Vibrant General] jir591:
I had to clear the data in Superuser. All ok now.
[Vibrant General] Sym_Link:
Can anyone tell me if MMS works with the OTA. Couldn't send a picture message with leaked JI6.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
Success!

I got download through adb and odin flashed. Just waiting for reboot now.
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
Anyone know how to delete the bloat ware, I'm using root explorer and they just keep coming back this has never happen before .
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
GPS works nicely now.

Interface does seem faster than before.

Task manager is nice.

Root was removed, but OCLF worked just fine.

Nice!
[Vibrant General] mr_hd:
seems like i'm locked out from using hardware buttons to access downloader/recovery. I cant go into recovery or download mode :(
[Vibrant General] krazie1:
Can i flash the JI6 Official over the leaked JI6? if not when i go back to JFD, should i put the pit file with the JI6 Official or just use the TAR JI6?
[Vibrant General] rogerchew:
updated using odin with this tar file. worked, but phone was extremely laggy on first boot up. it has since fixed itself, have yet to really see how it performs.

confirm phone was rooted again. used OCLF to unroot, did not apply lag fix.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Just the tar will work...
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
Gotta go the adb route I'm afraid.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
Wow, two things:

1) Phone is more responsive when its booting up and scanning for media. I don't get the notification anymore.

2) Phone is definitely snappier. Using launcher pro, and transitioning between homescreens and launching apps is way quicker. Yeah, apps are definitely just snapping open now. Don't know if I need a lagfix now.
[Vibrant General] dalepa:
Got the update at noon today.

Gps locks in 5-10 seconds now. Tracks like a hound dog. Finally!

Now we need a lag fix!
[Vibrant General] mr_hd:
:\ thanks, do you know if there is a thread on that ive been looking but no luck.
[Vibrant General] clietz:
if you are rooted just open a terminal on the phone and do the following-

su

reboot download

alternately you can do it via adb from the connected machine

adb reboot download
[Vibrant General] krazie1:
So can i flash this over the Leaked JI6?
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
I'm sure there's one around, but I remember using it first when I rooted (I'm hardware locked so no recovery mode either). There are Youtube videos detailing this, btw.

First thing is to make sure you have the right usb drivers for your phone. Link is probably in Tips and Tricks thread.

Second, get the Android SDK, also linked in Tips and Tricks. IIRC, you may need to update your .NET framework (not sure about that).

Once that's set up and you have the adb.exe (part of the sdk download) in an easy to find directory, set up Odin, turn on USB debugging on your phone, and fire up CMD terminal. Go to the directory with adb.exe, and type in "adb reboot download". Your phone will go into download and then you go to Odin and follow those instructions.

Again, I'm just a newbie flying by the seat of my pants, so I highly suggest you do some studying on this before playing around.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Yes........

Definitely don't need a lag fix so far anyways...
[Vibrant General] krazie1:
Thanks A Lot for Telling Me.
[Vibrant General] mr_hd:
humm makes sense, Thanks for your help going to see what I can do :)
[Vibrant General] bimmerboii:
just updated mine and cant access the usual *#1472365# gps settings..

since I played with the gps settings before updating, did the JI6 bring it back to default?
[Vibrant General] Bernardos70:
First time downloading/using Odin. Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ was extremely useful. It's as simple as it looks. It sat, I would say, for about 5 minutes at the Galaxy S splash screen, but thankfully I read that that's expected, didn't even fret it. It's done, looks mighty fine and smooth. Lost root, but I'm working on that right now.
[Vibrant General] tomykat:
Downloaded and updated my pgone using odin. Everything worked great. Pgone seems faster.
[Vibrant General] Sapient Prophet:
The compass is still jacked. Also, I tried to apply my circular battery indicator mod and I get nothing but force closes when the phone starts, I haven't a clue why. Re-flashed the update and everything is fine. I got a good lock on 11 satellites. I'm having a lot of issues getting into recovery mode now and I had to root my phone again after the update.

Edit: having problems getting into Clockwork Recovery by holding down the vol up&down.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
I've heard this might be an issue from the Captivate OTA. If you're using ADW or Launcher Pro, you can create a shortcut to LBS settings

/edit

In Launcher Pro, long press on the homescreen > Shortcut > Activity > LBSTestMode
[Vibrant General] rhcp011235:
So, the end result of me spending half my day to get these files for you guys.

Ends, that tmo still has not given us a valid update? and samsung messed up again?

And, we should just stay on frank-twiz or bionix.

From reading the thread i made here. This is what it seems. Correct me if im wrong.

Thanks!
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
No, dude, thank you for your efforts. I updated via Odin and my phone is flying. Some people are definitely having issues, but I'm wondering if that's just the future of updates for Android. People do so many different things to their phones that the fragmentation in setups is crazy. I wonder if carriers and manufacturers like Tmo and Samsung just can't deal with the incredible number of permutations in people's setups.

When the Captivate OTA dropped and started bricking phones, I did a little survey and found that not one person who got a successful OTA had ever flashed a ROM or kernel. Accordingly, I've held off from some of the custom ROMs, as tempting as they sound. Not sure if that's the key, but I do think that keeping as close to stock as possible is the best way to ensure a successful update.
[Vibrant General] bimmerboii:
Thanks for the tip. Im using launcher pro but I get an error saying "could not launch the requested activity" whenever I tap on the created shortcut
[Vibrant General] bimmerboii:
found it on another thread
[Vibrant General] AgentFour20:
Thank you rhcp0112345 . I just got home from work and flashed the JI6 update and everything went smooth .
[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
Don't know if it's just me. I do hope nobody else lost pictures or movies in their device after this update... Anybody care to check their pics and movie files?
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
All my media files and photos are still there. The update didn't touch my files at all apart from removing root.
[Vibrant General] mmilestone:
Thanks! I must have done something wrong on the way to Rome...
[Vibrant General] rhcp011235:
Compared to franklin triz and bionix. Is it worth the update to go to stock ji6?
[Vibrant General] rhcp011235:
Also can someone link this to the dev forum and have my credits and donate link. So people can start to base roms off this. Id do it but I'm mobile.

Thanks
[Vibrant General] Babyface1249:
Does flashing this through ODIN wipe data?
[Vibrant General] versedout:
Used Odin for the first time, because I didn't want to wait and it worked perfectly. Thanks to everyone and their support.
[Vibrant General] MurdockBaracus:
Im a noob at this so...

this is what I got from ODIN for 20 minutes...

Download Start...

<0> Create File...

<1> StartThread Detected : 1

<2> StartThread Detected : 0

<3> StartThread Detected : 0

<4> StartThread Detected : 0

<5> StartThread Detected : 0

<6> StartThread Detected : 0

<7> StartThread Detected : 0

<8> StartThread Detected : 0

<1> Begin Thread..

<1> Engine RUN!!!

<1> setup connection...

Phone rebooted fine when I pulled the battery but I couldnt get it to load the firmware. My phone is a complete virgin btw. help please...
[Vibrant General] ram130:
Some "info" thread this is, It would be nice if you can put in the original post the exact changes j16 has or includes..that way your title wouldn't be missing leading...I have to be googling like hell just to find out whats new in this update and how does it differ from the leak one.
[Vibrant General] backslide311:
The odin flash doesn't wipe data.
[Vibrant General] vtmike:
fandango

I read earlier in the thread that people with the leaked ji6 could not find fandango in the market and after getting the ota could find it. I flashed the new ji6 through odin and can't find the app when searching the market. Anyone else experiencing this who flashed the new firmware through odin.
[Vibrant General] biigreen:
Interesting New Behavior

I just flashed this to take it for a test drive before I flash the Bionix 1.7 and noticed something. I have Titanium Backup and other apks on the root of my external SD. When I opened up the applications I noticed they were already in there. I used to have to go to the file explorer and install them. It seemed that it did that for me. Not for nuttin' but still interesting.

GPS was sick!!!! inside the house... was locking on 10/12 birds with 5 meter accuracy..
[Vibrant General] bromat80:
I think that the update through odin acts like an ota update and that's why it keeps your apps. Same thing happened to me.

I could be wrong though.
[Vibrant General] tornado76:
I flashed the official JI6 from the Dev forums and still cannot see Fandango. I also cannot see PayPal. It seems to be an issue of not being able to see protected apps that go into the app-private folder.
[Vibrant General] vtmike:
so there appears to be a difference between flashing the odin update and getting the ota.
[Vibrant General] rhcp011235:
If you root it. Just fix the build.prop to show JFD instead of JI6 and download 1-2 apps. and they will re-appear.

T-mobile prob did not roll out the market changes for JI6 and it doesnt know what it is.

So for a temp fix just edit the file to say JFD
[Vibrant General] biigreen:
Everytime I've flashed with odin, I have had to use Titanium Backup to restore apps. I've done it a few dozen times and never saw this before. I've always flashed back to stock before I flash a new ROM.

EDIT: just flashed back to JFD and they weren't there. So it is something new
[Vibrant General] tornado76:
Awesome! I will give that a try.

Thanks!
[Vibrant General] velocd:
Nothing is new. Flashing JI6 doesn't require a pit file just the .tar which keeps your apps intact.
[Vibrant General] tenbeau:
Just flashed the official ji6 tar with Odin over stock and all went well. Data was intact as well as apps.Rooted with update.zip root and used Titanium backup to reinstall apps that had been missing since I re flashed to stock prior to ji6. i had been on ji5 and there does not seem like a whole lot of difference between the two except that ji6 does seem zippier and the GPS seems a little better. I locked on 5 of 12 in about 20s seconds which is a little better than with ji5 I certainly appreciate all the hard work and generosity of all the members who worked to give us the .tar of the official update. As I grow in experience and knowledge I hope to contribute as well. I am a noobie but am trying each day to learn more and more.
[Vibrant General] :
this may be a complete noob question and i apologize in advance if it's been answered somewhere previously. but does this update touch the kernel?
[Vibrant General] popsi26:
It doesn't appear as an Pda TAR file, weird..
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
All good, I just sent a picture message.
[Vibrant General] tornado76:
One more question about the update that rhcp0112345 posted. I read somewhere that the OTA had The Sims 3 10th Anniversary Edition. After flashing the update posted here when I launch The Sims 3 the splash screen still says collectors edition. Should it be reading Anniversary Edition?
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
I had rooted and deleted Sims 3 before the update... and I still don't have Sims 3 after the update. I'm guessing the update didn't touch Sims 3.
[Vibrant General] epakrat75:
Glad to see that we finally the update while I slept. :D
[Vibrant General] vibrantdaryl:
hi, if i didn't mod the phone at all but i unlocked it to be used on any carrier, do i have anything to worry about if i update? can i just dl the ji6 update and update? sorry, total noob here..
[Vibrant General] bgmike:
I have 2 Vibrants and am batting .000 with getting the OTA to work. My first attempt was yesterday on my phone. I un-did RyanZA's OCLF and then accepted the update. It downloaded to 50% and said "Download Failed" and then rebooted. The phone rebooted fine and nothing changed with the software. Still said I had the JFD when I looked at my phone details. No brick no harm no foul.

My second attempt was this morning with my wife's phone. I decided to not only un-do the OCLF but also to completely remove the app. Did my normal backups with nandroid and titanium and did the update. This time it went all the way to 100% and said "Update is failed". Don't knock me on my grammar that is exactly what it said. The phone rebooted and I got the perpetual Samsung Vibrant screen that did not ever turn off (20 minutes of waiting on that screen). After several battery pulls and restarts I could not get past the black Vibrant screen. Brick city. Oh well, Odin back to stock and flash JI6 no biggie.

So...what do I have on these phones that is preventing the OTA to be successful?? (rhetorical) This is what is on BOTH of my phones:

rooted

OCLF

Rom Manager

Quadrant

Titanium

Stock Rom

Stock Kernel

Cache Cleaner

Blue Circle Battery Mod

Now, I did soft brick my phone yesterday after I flashed the JI6 and tried to install the Blue Circle Battery Mod. So, after an obvious 2+2=4 moment I can only conclude that the Battery Mod is affecting my phones' ability to get the OTA.

Anybody have the battery mod and also be successful with the update?
[Vibrant General] bananajama:
is odin the only option available? I've searched for a update.zip but have found nothing. I don't use windows (i use a random linux distro) so it would be cool to use a zip in clockwork recovery.

I'm using the stock rom with one click root and the mobile hotspot thing (mobile ap i think it's called) installed. will i have any issues with an OTA update?
[Vibrant General] rhcp011235:
Yes, for the 100th time. ODIN is the ONLY WAY.
[Vibrant General] rhcp011235:
If you guy dont want to ODIN. There is a rom in the dev forum.

Called Bionix it uses the Firmware i posted here. You can clockwork that.
[Vibrant General] jej428:
Hey guys. Just got this phone Tuesday. I wanted to thank everyone in this thread as well as all of the devs posts that I have surfed through. Last night I was successful at installing this update via odin, rooted my phone, and created a Nandroid backup via Clockwork Recovery. Thanks again.
[Vibrant General] rhcp011235:
Not a problem. I spent the whole day getting all of this. While running around getting wedding inviations mailed and doing stuff for my wedding on nov 19 :)

So, I guess I put you guys before me :)
[Vibrant General] Demonloki:
Unrooted, stock JFD, stock kernel, fresh from an ODIN flash... installed the JI6 OTA Update.

BRICK

The phone went to reboot and will not turn on AT ALL, it won't even start the boot sequence. Contacted TMobile and normal questions, 'rooted? unsupported OS? Voodoo Lagfix?" They've come to the conclusion some phones 'have this issue' and it needs to be replaced. 4-6 weeks without a phone... and taking it to the store it was purchased at 'might be an option' according to support. The funny thing is... this is 'Special Accounts' support who is normally super helpful and different than the normal customer service. See what I get for helping out the team? Haha
[Vibrant General] rorycs:
And just how does the future Mrs. rhcp0112345 feel about this? :D

Seriously though, thanks for the efforts and hard work to help us neophytes!!
[Vibrant General] rorycs:
Now for us neophytes, how do we do this?:confused:
[Vibrant General] perry215:
i tried flashing using odin and all i get is <OSM> All THreads Completed. (succeed / Faild 0)

whats up?