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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carljr:
Right on ill have to look into those both. Im definitely hooked on modded mobiles. I have a G1 as well but I cant get that one to root yet.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mif425:
Im having some trouble flashing a rom on this vibrant of a co-workers. I am able to boot into clockwork recovery, i select choose zip from sdcard, and it is showing me the phone's internal storage, not the SD card.

I can't seem to get clockwork to mount the SD properly. Any ideas?

Also, every time I reboot to recovery, I keep getting the stock recovery screen. I hit reinstall packages once and it kicks into clockwork, but it doesn't stay. I have to do that every time.

EDIT: Herp Derp. If I read that the files need to be on the internal memory instead of the SD card like my Incredible I think it would work better. Sorry :-(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ haha, glad I saw your last line because I about responded without finishing your post. You all good now?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquidreign:
Rom Manager Backup Problem

Sorry I am still having Nandroid backup problems

when I make the backup it does not go to my SD card,

which is what all the tutorials say should happen,

instead it gets stored on the phone memory.

If I try to restore from phone memory Rom Manager finds it no problem,

but if I move the files to my SD card Rom Manager can't find it.

Thanks for any help
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
I thought we covered this.

BACKUPS GO IN THE FOLDER THEY ARE PLACED.

DO NOT MOVE THEM.

BACKUP AND DO NOTHING.

ps, where are you seeing this is NOT how it should be?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquidreign:
Sorry I have been reading a lot about roms and nadroids.

I was confusing a nadroid recovery with loading a custom rom

from the SD card. This video says that the clockwork mod recovery should be

on your SD Card so I guess I'm still kind of confused.

http://theunlockr.com/2010/08/02/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-samsung-captivate-vibrant/Thanks for your patience
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
in that video all they say is that when you flash CWR it is going to put an update.zip file in the sdcard folder (which is the INTERNAL MEMORY, NOT sdcard/sd which is the actual external sd card).

If you need clarification on something let me know. Just backup and dont worry where the file is.

I think you know how to flash a rom so I'll leave it at that.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faith5x5:
Great thread

First off, thanks for the work put into this. I have been toying around with rooting for awhile but thought flashing a ROM was well beyond me. I read your thread and watched your videos several times and finally took the step today. First I rooted, then I installed Froyo and am currently running Axura. Great ROM - really snappy.

Quick question, I got Axura from the link you provided - is that the most current, or Final version (I've seen it referred to as 2.2 in other threads)?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ I apologize but the link is to an older axura. Before you get too hot and heavy tweaking that,i would flash the newest build. I'm on nero v3 and can't say enough about it, if you want to try another rom out... Or the newest axura (i have not flashed it yet).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Latest axura:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=891657
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Odin does take you back to stock, BUT you go not need to! Just download it, move to internal riot sdcard/ and reboot into cwr, then install zip from sdcard, reboot.

No need too flash cwr again, just use the reboot into recovery. If you end up at stock, reinstall packages.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faith5x5:
Once again - worked great. These postings have been incredibly helpful. Initially I was looking for something to correct the problems I was having with 2.1 and add a little pep to the phone. I think mission accomplished, but I can see why people get hooked on this stuff. Thanks again.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faith5x5:
I read your criteria for selecting a ROM in your STICKY and I think my criteria is similar to yours. With that said, what do you like about nero v3? Being a noob, I am trying to get the best ROM for me, but if I'm not careful, I'm going to end up shopping ROMS and flashing every other day.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
It's simply the best froyo I've had. Lots of stuff flashable over it too, if wanted.

I'm going to backup and try Axura's latest soon to try it again since there have been a few updates recently.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faith5x5:
That brings up an interesting question (and I swear I'll lay off the questions soon) but, I know rooting and flashing custom ROMs can keep you from getting an OTA update. Samsung tweeted today that they want Galaxy S owners to have a reliable and stable version of 2.2 and they are still testing. When the official update is available,

1) will you update? and

2) If so, why? Will the official be better than or have anything to offer that the leaked version does not?

I supposed in the event of a pending official OTA, I'll have some reading to do on how to undue what I have done and, update and then redo.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
I'll defer any ota I ever receive because as soon as it's released, there will soon be a stock version with root that I can flash like any rom, or I may just keep my rom until a developer rushes stock froyo and makes it better. Heck no to stock and no root (though I feel very confident my root method will work for the ota update)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heatherirene:
Thank you so much this guide has been very helpful. But now I think I did something stupid.

I rooted and flashed to Eugene's 2.3 clone which was awesome, then wanted to get my apps and stuff that I made the backup out of and some reason thought that going to the clockwork menu and selecting my nandroid would do that, and now I think both roms are trying to run.

can i just do a wipe or do I have to get back to stock via ODIN and then reflash 2.3?

Also should i just have gone back to market and reinstalled titanium backup to get the app back and restore my apps? I was a little fuzzy on that step.

Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ I would go to CWR, factory wipe, wipe data/cache... then immediately flash the rom again and reboot...

that should get you back to ginger clone with no issues.

THEN, yes, you would download Titanium Backup and restore your apps. Do not restore system data.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heatherirene:
thanks! donation coming for all your hard work. this was very very very useful:)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kobesabi:
Thank you for the useful noobie guide.

I bought Titanium Backup Pro (TBP), ROM Manager (RM), and did backup on both. I flashed the Vibrant to Nero v3 from rooted stock Eclair with JI6. I later used TBP to restore (Restore missing apps with data), but the old apps in Eclair did not carry over to Froyo (Nero 3). Can I do this? Or I have to reinstall all the apps again? I had 19 pages of installed apps in stock Eclair, but its backup usually takes a few seconds. The restoration I did via TBP reported successful in Nero3 and also took only a few seconds yet none of the old apps got restored. Is that normal? Did I do something wrong? Or TBP backup only work on same android version and NOT between different version (i.e. android 2.1 to 2.2)? I dreaded reinstalling and reconfiguring everything...

Before doing ROM flash, I did test delete a few app and see if my TBP backup of everying (Batch, Backup all users apps + system data) can recover it, but it wasn't able to. It still had missing apps and setting even to same rooted stock eclair ROM. Is that normal? The ROM Manager, however, was able to restore everything. If TBP can't restore file, what good is it if it can't restore anything so far? Or is it that my TBP installation is bad somehow and needed a reinstalltion?

Thanks in advance.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ Ti Backup easily backups and restores any app + data with no issue, been using it a LOT myself with no issues at all.

I would restore my nandroid backup so you can see all of your apps, then go to TBP.

Menu > Batch > Backup all Apps + Data

I wouild also menu > batch > backup all system data BUT DESELECT ALL of them, and ONLY SELECT the wifi passwords, bookmarks (green).

Then I would go to CWR (make sure you have it flashed), then factory wipe, wipe data/cache and then flash Nero v3 again.

Once you follow Nero's install guide I would then reboot... after the reboot I would go to TBP, menu > Batch > restore missing apps + data... after that, restore the 2 system items you backed up.

Then reboot.

Should be golden. And No, restoring your apps with TBP should take several minutes depending on the # of apps.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hangman_:
So I have been searching for a week now regarding some programs mentioned in the mass amount of posts on the XDA forums.

First, I want to thank you for this guide. It has saved a LOT of time searching for information on my new Vibrant S. I am coming from the ancient world of WinMo 5.0 and this is a HUGE leap forward for me. I have never had a phone I could so easily modify and change to ... anything.

With that said, I have been searching for this mysterious program called ODIN. Everyone is posting about its usage, but no one has explained what it does and where to get it. I've searched the web and found several different types of ODIN so I don't know which is what and where to stick it.

I am thankful swehes has posted this remark as this link he provided has helped me tremendously;

There is also a listed category of the ROM's, the Kernals, the Mods; explanations of each and the link to item(s). This alone has given me a good picture of what all is going on with the modifications of these phones and what all the techno-chatter is about. I never realized there were THREE things to be done to use a ROM, not just one.

I agree - as a complete noobe trying to find some legitimate information so I can make an informed decision on rooting and upgrading my phone - swehes commented link should be in the guide.

I also thought at one point the 'clockworx' was another program I needed to purchase or download to do this rooting and rom work. I just recently discovered (not yet positive) by putting one posted comment together with a completely different posted comment that appearently clockwork is a root program already in the phone.?

Now all I need to find is information on this 'nandroid' backup.? What is nandroid, where do I get the download for this, and what is it going to do for me?

So, I guess I answered your request for "what else to put in this guide". More descriptive information is an absolute, and if it were only feasible, the link(s) to the latest and greatest so we are not searching for a week.

On a side note, I really appreciate the folks here at XDA, but one of the most frustrating parts of being a noobe here is the comment "just do a little searching for it". These guys that are saying this obviously haven't tried searching for awhile. When we don't know what we are searching for, and are still lost as to what is what and where to stick it, the results from our 'search' is overwhelming to say the least. I think there would be a lot less posts and the information would be easier to find if those who have the answer would just have a little compassion, patience, and heart, and just post the answer instead of just giving the weak response, "do a little searching".

Sorry for the rant. I've wasted an enormous amount of time trying to find the answers to some (I think) fairly simple questions and I'm still searching.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ from the first post:

Here is the latest version of ODIN, that has never caused an install issue for me:

ODIN 3 V1.7

You get Clockwork Recovery from the app Rom Manager (this was also in the first post)

There are not THREE things that you need to flash for a rom.... the roms have the kernel/modem in them. I tried to make my guide as simple as possible.

If I missed a question, give me a short version so it's easier to respond if you dont mind.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kobesabi:
Thanks for the quick response. I'm at Froyo now, do I need to do ODIN first? Or I do not have to since I already have a full ROM backup of previous Eclair.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
You mentioned you had a nandroid backup.... is it eclair or froyo?

if eclair, you can not restore it because you will end up stuck at the vibrant screen (nandroid does not restore the kernel... and you would be going from froyo kernel to eclair kernel).

I believe you could flash a stock 2.1 kernel, then go in and restore immendiately afterwards and be fine (not positive). This would allow you to restore your eclair with all of your apps.

Then, you could use TBP to backup all of your apps/data.

Then, flash your froyo build and restore your apps following the guide I posted above.

OR... you could just say F it and download the apps you really are going to use and start fresh. With that many apps I find it hard to believe you use them all. Fresh may be a good thing. maybe.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hangman_:
I appologize, I think I misspoke, I found the definition given earlier (I've combed over the guide several times), but I have not been able to find the link to it so, thank you.

Yes, it is in the first post as follows:

Now put yourself into a noobe's position, not knowing what Flash Clockwork recovery is nor Rom Manager and read it again. Do you see it from my standpoint?

Coming from WinMo 5, I don't yet know what Rom Manager is, and I have never rebooted into some other application before. To me, this is confusing but I do understand and see the necessity of a video. Again thank you for your efforts.

Ahhh, I missed that as well then.

Will do. Thank you again for your help and for pointing these out to me.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
I can easily see that, but thats why it also says in parentheses (details of each step follow below).... I think I make it pretty clear when you read the detailed steps. That said, clearly I did not, so I will try and revise it. If you can help with that it would be greatly appreciated. It is hard to keep reading my same post over and over and over and catch what is missing/needs improving.

EDIT: here is the "detailed steps to follow" part for Rom Manager/CWR in post 1

3

Now that you have your apps, system data & home settings saved, go to the Market to download Rom Manager (there is a paid and a free version, either will work, but I always suggest supporting developers if you can). We are going to use Rom Manager to install an alternate recovery, called Clockwork Recovery. This is what allows you to make a backup of your entire system (called a nandroid backup).

Once you download and install Rom Manager, open it, give it Root Access (Check to always remember if it's not already selected). At the top, click "Flash Clockwork Recovery" and after it has finished click to Reboot Into Recovery.

If this is your first time, you are very likely at the stock vibrant recovery (purple text)... click on Re-install packages. Your phone will reboot and should come back to the Clockwork Recovery (green text).

If at stock, click reinstall packages again (likely worked the first time).

Great, now you have a custom recovery. Scroll down (by using the volume buttons) and select (by using the power button) to backup your system. This will take about 5 minutes to complete. Once done, you have a complete snapshot of your phone that you should always be able to come back to.

I strongly encourage reading Koush's thread, you can find it here.

His installation instructions have more detail:

Installation instructions:

1.Download ROM Manager from the Market.

2.Flash Recovery.

3.Choose Vibrant as your phone.

4.Accept the Superuser prompt.

5.On the very FIRST boot of Clockwork, you may need to manually select "reinstall packages" if Clockwork does not start. You should only ever have to do this once. It will be automatic from then on.

6.Watch the backup go!

One thing that needs to be made very clear, this will NOT restore your kernel (as Koush stated in his thread). What does this mean? Lets say you have a stock nandroid backup of your system from Day 1 when you rooted.... lets say you then flashed a Froyo rom. Well... if you tried to restore your Eclair backup, you would get stuck at the Vibrant bootup screen... why? Because you are restoring Eclair with a Froyo kernel!

What to do then? Easy... flash the stock kernel (can be found easily, and it's in my sticky) OR just flash an eclair custom ROM that includes the kernel (ie almost any Team Whiskey rom which is based on Eclair).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hangman_:
I understand and I would love to help. What better way to get to know my own phone. You'll have to give me a day or two though, I've been hashing through all this sh...tuff for so long, I've been neglecting my duties. I'm going to be getting in a lot of trouble if I don't control myself. ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
ha, perfectly understand. thanks for any help you can offer!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kobesabi:
I will test this later. If brick, can I unbrick by ODIN method later on?

You know what, I just test the TBP in Froyo (nero3) and it took about 3-5 min...and showed me a list of stuff it backed up. It did not took few seconds and showed nothing in the list window ... like it did in Eclair. Now that I see the difference, I think my Tit backup was screwed up somehow and just needed a reinstallation under Eclair. So I'm going to read up more about restoring kernel 2.1 then try restore ROM backup I had under Eclair like you suggested. Thnx.

You are right it has too many apps installed so I'm taking a ROM bak of this and start anew with smaller restoration set of apps than all apps when I come back to it later.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thoetherguy:
so in step#3, i run clockwork, re install packages, but it does not run a back up of any kind, i return to recovery but still see the purple text , what am i doing wrong ???
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tu_mamita:
Thanks :) extremely appreciative ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Awesome! Thank you!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crematorio:
Thanks. It was the first time i did something like this and it worked with no major issues or frustration. You guys here are the reason why i still have my vibrant.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Glad it helped! Our developers are amazing and I'm certain that the rom's for our phone are only going to get better and better.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shlomibit:
hi

i downloaded this Newest Version: 2.0.6

Based On: Unofficial Froyo JK2/JK6 (Axura21VE) and i tried to instol it on my phone.

before, i had the Axura2259VE.

after i instoled the Axura21VE my phoen stocked on the open screan.

waht can i do to fix that?

can i fix that?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ If I am understanding correctly, you are getting Master's newest build (FYI, I don't know if that is public and he doesnt like when it's mentioned). Scratch that last sentence, forgot that he tweeted about it today.

It may be that you had voodoo enabled on 2.2.5.9... if you did not disable voodoo it might be the reason you are stuck at the Vibrant screen. Typically when going from voodoo to voodoo you do not need to disable though. I have not checked his site today to look at 2.2.6 yet.

IF that is the case, you would need to ODIN back to stock. Then flash the rom again. You can use the ALT METHOD in this guide to successfully boot back up (froyo + root)... be sure and follow the last step about wiping afterwards though.... then flash 2.2.6 and you should be just fine.

I have never lost any data using ODIN, so that SHOULDN'T be an issue (no guarantee).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edepsiz328:
s15274n, this guide is amazing, thank you so much for putting it together, it gives us noobs the courage to mess around with our phones.

So...I have followed your guide and rooted the phone, did the nandroid backup and the titanium backup. My next step will be to flash Auxora ROM and see how that goes. What I am confused about is going back to stock in between ROMs. Can't I go back to stock 2.1 Eclair JI6 with the Nandroid backup that I have AND loading up a 2.1 Kernel or does it have to be done via ODIN?

Many thanks.

-Ed
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ a few thoughts...

you likely do not need to go back to stock.

If changing to a new rom, do the following in CWR before you flash:

Factory wipe, wipe data and wipe dalvik cache (in the advanced menu).

After that, make sure you have voodoo disabled (if you are using it) and then flash the rom like normal.

I use the ALT METHOD to go back to stock. I believe you could flash a 2.1 kernel and then restore, but I personally have never done it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
HOLY BAT CAVE....

I made a LOT of edits. Please let me know if anything needs to be updated/chaned. I tried my best to make things more clear.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IronGut:
Got a map?

So maybe it's because the GPS is screwed in the Vibrant (:p) but I'm having a problem "Finding update package".

I've rooted, backed-up with Titanium Backup, flashed clockwork, and when I boot into recovery & try to install Axura 2.2.6.0, the screen sits at "Finding update package..." & doesn't do anything else. I've let it sit there for over an hour & nothing happens. I've searched the forum & evidently this isn't terribly uncommon, but the fixes (remove the battery & start over) hasn't worked for me, I've done it 1/2 dozen times & it still isn't working.

Any thoughts? Anybody got a map I can use to help this phone find this damn package? :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leechdweler:
Ok so I plugged in the usb cable and mounted the phone, Now I cannot seem to find the INTERNAL SD memory . Call me a super NooB lol.

I searched in every folder on my removable disk F and I can't find it ??:(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leechdweler:
It says to move the Update.zip file to your internal memory, NOT in a folder. what the hell is wrong here, how come i can't find my internal memory ?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leechdweler:
Another thing is that it says You should use a file manager (or your PC) so that it appears like this:

sdcard/update.zip

I can't get mine to apear like that.

Man I suck at this :mad: ......
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leechdweler:
I got it ! well all i did was download the file onto my lap top, renamed it update.zip, connected my phone and dragged the file from lap top to removable disk F,

Now I'm rooted :D

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ was it not already named update.zip?

Rom

Awesome though, glad you are set... Now try some apps and/or a custom rom.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Apologies, just seeing this....

When you connect your phone to your pc, for me at least my internal sd card (sdcard/) on the phone automatically opens... The external sd card (sdcard/sd) is a pop up asking what to do...

The internal memory also contains the folders like "android.secure"and"DCIM" and "download".... If you see that, touchdown.

Take the update.zip file and place it there, but NOT in a folder.

Proceed....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IronGut:
I give up. I've renamed it to update.zip, I've uninstalled/reinstalled Clockwork, I've done all I can find to try & I still get stuck at "Finding update package".

Reckon I'm stuck with stock unless anybody else has any suggestions.

BTW, I do want to say thank you to all the folks that put all these guides together. I know it's something I'm doing/not doing & not anything on ya'll. Keep up the good work.