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[Vibrant General] jfleegle:
Please forgive me if the answer to this issue has already been posted, but I've been having problems with my eyes, so reading 40 pages of the thread would be difficult.

I got the OTA update notice on my phone yesterday andtold the phone to apply it today. Now my phone is only booting to the "VIBRANT" screen. I made a backup through ROM Manager before applying the update, but when I restored that through Clockwork Recovery, it didn't fix anything. Is there a way to fix this?
[Vibrant General] ronin4740:
Just wanted to say thanks - downloaded the Official OTA JI6 and used ODIN to flash it. As I had a hardware locked phone I also had to download the Android SDK to get ADB so I could reboot the phone into download mode.

I should have followed the steps here before I used ODIN to update but I did follow them afterwards and no longer have a hardware locked into download or recovery phone:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=802763

Update was simple and did not brick my phone. I had removed the OCLF earlier in the week but had left Root and the Mobile AP mods in place.

Doing the flash yourself rather than waiting on the OTA is the path I'd recommend to anyone who hasn't gotten it yet. Worst case scenario is that you have all of the tools you'll need to fix a bad flash already downloaded!
[Vibrant General] fixmefixmyhead:
So since I have a mac I can't put this update on my phone
[Vibrant General] lqaddict:
As many others your phone has suffered a death by OTA. Your best option is flash stock JFD via ODIN, and either flash JI6 via ODIN 1.3 or try OTA again.

Read this guide in the dev section

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803492
[Vibrant General] lqaddict:
If you mean the ODIN update, you need to boot into Windows via Parallels or BootCamp (if you have these), otherwise you are SOL unless you want to put a custom ROM like Bionix - flashable via clockworkmod recovery.
[Vibrant General] tiebmbr:
No difference in GPS for me...

Updated the phone to JI6 through Odin, everything went smooth as could be...EXCEPT my GPS works no better than it did before. Clear sky outside, hit "my location" in Google Maps, and watch my location jump....and jump...and jump. Eventually, the blue circle around my location will lock down...but it places me in a backyard of a house down the block. I'm standing in the street in front of my own. I read an earlier post in which the user uninstalled the Maps app ( I would assume the "Updates" only, as the .apk cannot be uninstalled), and it makes no difference.

JI6 is a bust for me. :(
[Vibrant General] jayprime:
thanks for all your help especially with how busy you are with your wedding. Everything works great, and I made a donation.
[Vibrant General] g1g:
I have a question i flashed this true ota via odin and went perfect but i noticed the sims is the same collectors edit. though i was supposed to be anv. edit. no big deal just want to make sure i flashed the right one ?
[Vibrant General] tenjhotenge:
I have just finished reading all 41 pages. It is to my understanding that after flashing the J16 you can root, rom manager/clockwork, and reinstall Jac's xmod with voodoo and be okay according to one lonely post. That is my ending goal and I just want to confirm this before bricking my phone.

Also, if I'm currently on JFD rooted with Jac's xmod OC/UV with voodoo could I flash the J16 on top of that? Or would I have to flash back to a stock kernel?

Or if I receive the update OTA notification can I run it with the above?
[Vibrant General] cavinsays:
I just use my mom's Windows computer. But since not everyone has access to a Windows computer, wouldn't it be nice for some lovely devs to port Odin to Mac? I'd totally donate to that.
[Vibrant General] imcdona:
Update interval

I spoke with a T-Mobile rep and got some insight into the update process.

The update system checks every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for any IMEI's that have not received the update. If you don't receive the update tomorrow, your next possible windows would be Wednesday, and then of course Friday.
[Vibrant General] rhcp011235:
who cares. we have the update now due to me :)
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
people who doesn't have the courage to flash like me cares.. hahaha!! especially i have a hardware locked phone.
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
So, first, download both of these, then what do we do in ODIN?
[Vibrant General] tenjhotenge:
Could someone help me answer this question? :(
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
Can anyone WITH OFFICIAL T-mobile update confirm the battery drain issue with JI6 release ?
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
1. yes

2. no (need to disable voodoo)

3. no
[Vibrant General] tru_mastapiece:
i have the one click lag fix witch is also what i used to root, and i have the gps fix. can i do the OTA update? pls help
[Vibrant General] chtse53:
Sims 10th anniversary edition and Collector's edition the same?

Can anyone who got the update OTA confirm that Sims 10th aniversary edition and the Collectior's edition are the same?
[Vibrant General] Vanilla gorilla:
Got ji6 I actually like it alot, it its very fast no notable lag whatsoever.not sure if that was the intention. I got it through odin. Its the same as ota from what I have heard. And the process was much easier than any ota I have ever done.
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
So all you do is download "T959UVJI6.rar (168.73 MB) http://www.multiupload.com/GYZT0YH5DZ

" then flash that with Odin?
[Vibrant General] muleyman:
Okay, I finally got to make some calls in the canyons where I'd lost reception prior to the j16 modem flash and before I reset to factory and flashed the full j16. Results? Well, I did drop a call in the second canyon but had reception again in about 5 seconds after the drop so it's still much better than stock. The call in the first canyon had no issues. I'm still seeing issues with the gallery opening slowly from time to time. I've got about 50 pics and 30 videos in there plus a couple downloads and two movies... not sure if that has anything to do with it or not. Everything else on the phone works great. I had an issue with Keis not letting me restore my contacts after I flashed with J16. Anyone that updated OTA using Kies to restore contacts?
[Vibrant General] robo21:
Or you can use Kies now.
[Vibrant General] guyverunit:
mine did exactly the same thing. gave me the update msg, i said yes. said it would take 10 mins, it rebooted and nothing. still the same, no update applied. in fact it just went straight to reboot and didn't really seem to do anything at all. i'm just rotted, nothing else.

went to a tmo store by work the guy in there said that he hadn't gotten his update yet. but he was rooted too, and referred me to this site to see if anyone else was having an issue!!! LOL he said samsung was responsible for sending out the update, just over Tmo's network.
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
I apologize, this is probably a really dumb question, but what's JFD?
[Vibrant General] robo21:
Not dumb at all. JFD is the original stock firmware. JI6 is the new firmware with GPS fix etc.
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
Got it, thank you. I always thought of the stock firmware simply as Eclair or stock android.
[Vibrant General] robo21:
"Eclair" and "Froyo" are the nicknames for the Android OS v2.1 and v2.2 respectively. JFD and JI6 are Samsung firmware versions for the phone.
[Vibrant General] bert269:
Has anyone managed to find an UPDATE.zip for this OTA Ji6 yet?

I'm so tired of flashing with ODIN, Can't someone de-odexed the OTA JI6 rom please and create an update.zip file?

sorry if I did miss it somewhere on this forum, send me to the thread then, please.

Thanks
[Vibrant General] muleyman:
oh... a big 'thank you' to rhpc!
[Vibrant General] robo21:
A "thank you" is wonderful... I did that and sent him a couple bucks via paypal. ;)

His paypal info is part of his sig.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
Hey, I was in the same boat, but Odin is really easy to use, as is adb. The JI6 update is definitely worth it IMO, GPS is fixed and no lag whatsoever. My phone just flies now.

I too was worried about the hardware lock, but if you go to the Dev forum, there's a flashable fix. That means you only need to use adb once and then your phone is good to go. I just did the fix yesterday and it was super easy.
[Vibrant General] tenjhotenge:
With Jac's OC/UV with voodoo kernel I just need to disable voodoo and flash via Odin? Or do I need to flash back to a stock kernel as opposed to just disabling voodoo and keeping Jac's kernel?
[Vibrant General] nomadrider123:
help phone, yellow triangle and computer pic

I was putting the new update on and Odin was doing its thing. it went black now I got the stupid screen of a phone pic a yellow triangle and a computer. I know my phone is hardware locked what can I do? I rooted it with the one click root but no rom was installed.
[Vibrant General] YPhoto:
Superuser Force close

I have run into this issue this evening, and haven't seen an answer anywhere, so I figured I would give what I found out. Everythng requesting Superuser was force closing the superuser app. I went into Settings > Applications and found the superuser app and cleared the data. After doing this I was good to go. I hope this helps you too.
[Vibrant General] dieselxboi:
Hey guys before i had JI6 i used the gps files from JI2. In my system apps lbstestmode.apk is there. After getting JI6 is that apk still supposed to be there?
[Vibrant General] dbm0361:
Hey guys I have asked before but did not see a reply since I did the ota my 5.1 sound don't work on movies but does music any help would be great
[Vibrant General] gaore:
Thanks. will download
[Vibrant General] muleyman:
using update via ODIN and dolby 5.1 works on both music and movies.
[Vibrant General] titanx0313:
to get fandango back

to get fandango back on your phone after update. Upload Appbrains app then search.
[Vibrant General] neocoo:
Bricked my phone

I rooted my phone, no custom ROM installed. I got the update, the phone rebooted and my phone locked up at the boot screen for over an hour. I finally used Odin to install a stock ROM to get my phone working again... I'm going to wait for CM 6.1 to do any updating or custom ROMS.
[Vibrant General] formuk:
Help!

I was rooted but in lieu of getting the new froyo update I applied the 1 click unroot on the same stock rom. I woke up this morning to find the update on my phone. I applied and now I'm stuck at the 'Vibrant' text screen... it won't go past that.

Could somebody please help me get to the right place? I don't know how to use or what Odin is. I'm a new Vibrant owner coming from a Nexus One so I can pick it up pretty fast if someone would just guide me in the right direction
[Vibrant General] Khegobier:
WCDMA1900 no longer working with JI6?

Sorry if it's been asked, tried searching but nothing came up. Is anyone else using their Vibrant on AT&T that updated to JI6? Prior to updating, I enabled WCDMA on all the bands and was able to connect on the 1900MHz band with AT&T on 3g. Since updating and verifying the bands were all "enabled", I haven't been able to hit 3g even once.

Mind you, my 1900MHz coverage is poor where I am (I'm at the edge of town, so it's hit or miss), but even going into town where coverage should be better, I haven't been able to connect. There's even been a couple times I've noticed I'm connected to a tower on GSM1900 with 3 or 4 bars, but simply can't get 3g anymore.

Anyone?
[Vibrant General] mistabeo:
i know some peopel have complained of this before, but i don't really want to dig through 45+ pages of posts.. but does anyone know if there's a fix for the bad battery life with the update? i did it OTA fyi. it seems i always have at least 7 or so apps running in the background, after repeatedly turning them off with advanced task killer (more apps are running than before). last night my phone was about 90% when i went to bed. now it's at about 25%. i slept maybe 8 hours.

now after the update, i also can't get the computer to recognize the phone.. can't even mount the stupid thing! it's been nothing but headaches since i got this stupid samsung phone.. i'm seriously tired of having to fix everything, or having things be unfixable.

i wonder if things could be different if i flashed using odin? or maybe i can flash it back to pre-update. wait, my computer can't even recognize the phone anymore.. so i'm not sure where to even start.
[Vibrant General] AgentFour20:
Check usb debugging
[Vibrant General] mulcahyd:
I used kies mini last night and updated to jI6. No problems at all.
[Vibrant General] mistabeo:
did that already.. it's still not working very well. will have take a look again later. battery life is still pretty bad due to the apps turning on and running out of control. also the gps doesn't even work!
[Vibrant General] Janis:
Mine got hosed, too. I think it may have had something to do with the Tmo towers, signal, location, or something or other. If you and your GF both had the problem, location-related factors seem even more likely to me. So far I've only flashed stock & rooted, but now that I have another one coming in the mail, I'm going to see what I can do to brick this one. I wouda left it, but I was able to pull what was on the internal SD after flashing, and I have free licese with a "disposable" phone. Makin' lemonade, yet again.

Samsung sucks. I mean, no way to back out of a bad update? Come on.
[Vibrant General] AgentFour20:
I dont know why people come here and post comments only to ***** and complain . There has been a fix for weeks . If people would bother reading they might find that there is usefull info here . But its slowly but sure being buried by garbage like this .
[Vibrant General] Janis:
How many times have you flashed with Odin? There are only about 8 out for my phone. I'm really confused. Why don't you look into de-odexing, then you won't have to wait 2 or 3 days, maybe a week, to get exactly what you want for free. ??? Where's the gratitude for a fantastic community that spoon feeds those of us who wait?

I guess I would have just asked if there was a link to an update.zip. That way a link would get posted for everyone else to use, too, and youd be making a contribution as well as getting your own ends. Or were you actually sarcastically trying to sound spoiled and whiney? Sorry, it really sounded that way.
[Vibrant General] Janis:
Sorry, I didn't mean to just *****. I had to recover from a PC virus that I discovered when I tried to get on my PC to recover from the botched update. Nested tech trouble had me grumpy.

I didn't read the whole thread first (my bad), and I figured people would want to know how many phones are getting hosed by the update so they can do it when they can afford the time (and are at a PC with Odin up & running) to reflash.

I also should have been more specific: I was running stock, rooted, with the calendar app replaced, and most of the Samsung-specific apps removed that can be.

I should also add, the Tmo lady said that after I got the new one, that I shouldn't attempt the OTA update (nor would the new one be coming to me with the update). I have been speculating why she would say that (if I was being sent a JFD unrooted phone). Any ideas?

In any case, I'm relieved I don't have to worry one inch about hosing the phone myself.

(It's not a new ROM, but hopefully it has a byte or so of useful info in it regarding what people are actually talking about here.)
[Vibrant General] vibrant2010:
A Little Guidance

Here is a little guide to help you restore to pre-update firmware.

First and foremost make sure you have the samsung drivers installed. You also want to go ahead and do steps 1 & 2. To get to Download mode go ahead and plug your usb cable and phone to the computer. Then go ahead and first pull the battery out. Then unplug the usb cord from the phone. Then let everything sit for about 15 seconds. Once you have waited then go ahead and plug the phone back to the usb cord. After that you want to hold down Both volume up and volume down at the same time. While your still holding them go ahead and put the battery back in. By doing these steps you will now be in Download Mode which is where you will need to be to complete the following steps.

1) Download Odin v1.3 (http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=406324&d=1285213736)

2) Download this file file http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/samsungt959.htm ...The password for the RAR is: samsung-firmwares.com

3) When it finishes downloading, unrar the file (I use the program WinRAR) and you should have a 512 pit file and also a T959UVJFD.tar file

4) Now open Odin and click where it has "PIT" it will open a file explorer and locate the 512 pit file from the previous step.

5) Then once the pit file is open, you want to click on the slot that has "PDA". This time you want to find the T959UVJFD.tar and click open in the file explorer.

6) After both files are open make sure there is a yellow bar in the left corner under ID:COM that ensures that Odin recognizes that your phone is connected properly. If you do not see that repeat install of USB drivers

7) After you make sure that everything is correct go ahead and hit "Start" you should see a blue download bar on your phone.

8) Once Odin has finished flashing stock firmware it will automatically reset your phone

After the phone resets you will be back to JFD firmware, like nothing ever happened. I have used Odin numerous times due to bad flashes or forgetting to disable Voodoo before flashing. I know a lot of people are scared of Odin but it has been a very big lifesaver for me and once you have used it a couple of times it will be a big help to you also. If you have any questions please feel free to P.M me and I will gladly help.
[Vibrant General] Duckblind:
Flashed Via Odin, Every things great thanks guys! I did notice thought i can't access Recovery Mode with the Volume Keys+ Power method. Gives me a Power reset error.. any ideas?
[Vibrant General] amandadam:
Without cable(micro/usb)plugged into phone,hold volume up/down then power and as soon as Vibrant shows on screen,release power button,but keep volume up/down pressed.That should get you to recovery.
[Vibrant General] spiz516:
So I attempted to flash this straight from the latest Bionix rom. Odin froze, so I closed Odin and pulled the battery to start over by flashing back to JFD. Now my phone's display has a phone and a computer with an orange triangle with an exclamation point between it. Any idea how to get to a point that I can restore with Odin from here?

Thanks!

Edit: Nevermind, found a thread to help. Back to normal.
[Vibrant General] chucky80:
Thanks a lot for this update. I also want to thank the person that posted the instructions to revert back to stock. Updated to J16 and rooted as well.
[Vibrant General] smeadow:
I'm running on att network with ji6 updated via Kies (not mini). I had the same problem with connecting to kies after ji6 updated and had to change connection settings on phone to usb connect, connect phone and mount sd card. Once completed, connection via kies mode work flawlessly.
[Vibrant General] lorendroll:
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Missed thread, sry
[Vibrant General] Big Dog KMc:
Hey, vibrant2010

The link for the firmware (line-2) is closed.. is there anywhere else to get this file??

I downloaded another but there is no 512 pit file in that one.
[Vibrant General] tonomon:
Will I lose any files apps data if I revert back?
[Vibrant General] Sonnislav:
Hi,

I flashed using Odin on default settings and with only the tar file. Got the ok message.

Afterward when I look at the 'About phone' in 'settings' I get:

Firmware version: 2.1 -update1

Baseband version: T959UVJI6

Kernel version: 2.6.29

Build number: ECLAIR.UVJI6

Is this correct?

thanks
[Vibrant General] robo21:
Yes. The JI6 is what you are looking for. Check the market and make sure you can see Fandango Movies. When I updated using the single file Odin update to JI6 I couldn't see that app.
[Vibrant General] Sonnislav:
ok thanks!
[Vibrant General] randomgerman:
Hi,

I would like to flash the update by deleting every thing else on my phone, since the official OTA update resulted in several bugs. Flashing normally did not resolve the problem.

How do I have to set up ODIN to do this?

Thanks!
[Vibrant General] quailallstar:
Hi everyone... Need some major help here :(

I think I might have bricked my Samsung Tmobile Vibrant.

I was rooted and has clockwork recovery.

Received the pushed msg from Tmobile about an update being available for my device. I went ahead and procceded with the update :( Says it failed and now when my phone reboots is stays stuck on the Vibrant SAMSUNG screen.

I was able to press power and up/down volume buttons and got into the Android Recovery Mode.

What do I do now? I would want to go back to the completely stock Tmobile ROM (one before the update) and then let the phone update on its own before I root her again.

What do I do????? :(
[Vibrant General] rel500:
flash back to stock using ODIN

follow the instructions here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=810130
[Vibrant General] gaore:
I rooted my Vibrant, flashed JI4 via Odin 1.0.

Now, I want to upgrade to JI6 via Samsung kies.

But, not allowed.

It showing ""This device's version cannot be updated."

Someone can upgrade Vibrant to JI6 via Kies mini.

I can not update via Kies(not mini version). Anyone know why?

Thanks a lot
[Vibrant General] gagb1967:
Use ODIN to reinstall shipping Rom, Look for the thread
[Vibrant General] krntehknik303:
If I already have a Rom flashed.. can I just flash JI6 through Odin without having to flash other things with it? So basically what I'm asking is can I flash JI6 by itself through Odin?
[Vibrant General] here.david:
As I understand it the Kies 1.x (regular) is only for overseas and the mini version is for USA