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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cardio11:
hey guys complete Noob here. Just rooted my phone for the first time, im running a 2.2 os with My vibrant, and I seem to be stuck on the CWR step!

I get a signiture error when attempteding to -re-install packages! someone recommended ODIN! but i have never used this program!

is there any other way to make 2.2 recongnize CWR so that i can flash a new rom?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ STOCK froyo came with a 3E stock recovery that prevents the zip from Rom Manager/Clockwork Recovery from working.

You either need to:

- Use the modified 3E, it's linked to in the guide

- Use ODIN, you could flash back to stock and root, or you could just flash a 2.2 rom that already has root and a recovery (The ALT METHOD in the guide), AND THEN flash your ROM.

- Use one of the tools on your PC, development section.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cardio11:
Thanks for the help! :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonzeropossibility:
I'm having a problem when flashing clockwork recovery onto the phone, the phone is already rooted. However, when I boot into recovery after flashing clockwork it won't let me "reinstall packages". The message I get is the following:

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed.

Installation aborted.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Sounds like the 3E stock recovery. See my previous post.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] attiffe:
im directed to this thread .. m noob .. cant figure out what to do ..

herz my prob

my phone reboots and jst stucks on lockscreen ..

it only shows the notification bar and it shows dialoge box [ complete

the action using .launcherpro or .twlauncher ] and it jst vibrates when i

choose and option .. i cant use buttons ... plz help

before last boot i installed launcerpro

help ... plz [ using 2.2 updated via kies OTA )

some body said i need to re-flash

is ne1 kind enuff to help me out with this prob !
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Has it always done this on stock froyo?

I would start fresh. You can follow the ALT METHOD (near the bottom of post one)

Once that boots up, you'll have a leaked froyo, root and recovery.

You could then flash a custom rom like Trigger, which in manys opinion is better than stock froyo.

If you want to stay stock, just use odin to flash the stock froyo.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] attiffe:
- sOunds confusing to me ...

can u plz be specific ? ( wt do i need to do )

and also kindly can u link me to triggers rom ( which u think is best )

my phone details

samsung vibrant ( updated to 2.2 stock via Kies OTA ) and rooted .
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyle51:
thanks for all the help s15274n :)

got my phone back fixed and put SimplyGalaxy back on, just think its got better battery from the 3 ive tried before it broke so guna stick with this for now :)

just a question, can any rom be put over any other without going back to stock ??

i dont really trust odin now after it froze a few times on me and caused my phone to break so i think id rather just put another over the top rather than going to stock every time :)

thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^^ I mentioned what to do, and the guide has the steps. I'll try to be more specific, if you tell me what you don't understand.

^ nice man, no, like I said in the guide, I never go back to stock.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyle51:
is there a chance with the battery reset thing it'll get worse or will it just stay the same or get better ?? :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
After a few cycles, not immediately it should be improved.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyle51:
to put another rom over the top with voodoo enabled does it need to be restarted after disabling then go back to recovery to install the rom or will it work by just disabling then installing without restarting

if that makes sense :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
If you have voodoo, and the new rom comes with voodoo enabled, no need to disable.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] medoo313:
Very Helpful. Thanx
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koko0123:
Quick question here. If you have a nandroid backup and have installed a new version of a ROM, would anything negative happen if you red recovery and go into the advanced menu to restore the data only from the backup in order to get the user apps and settings back from the previous ROM version? Been doing this method with every new update to the ROM I'm using and nothing bad has happened, but I just wonder if I am undoing the updates doing this or secretly messing something up that I have yet to encounter. Thanks in advance for any input you guys can give me.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Any reason for not using titanium backup? That's the apps purpose and it's in the guide. I'm not familiar with the method you're using. With Android there us always multiple ways of doing things so I won't say it's good/bad, but the guide was written to be safe and the common method.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicvx94:
Ok so I'm rooted now and have been trying to get CW recovery image installed but am having done difficulty.

I choose flash recovery from ROM manager, then reboot into recovery, stock 3e recovery so I reinstall packages, it comes back to the 3e image, reinstall packages again and now I have clockwork.

Now when I reboot the phone and then reboot to recovery again, I'm once again at the 3e recovery..if I reinstall packages again it will reboot me to clockwork, but it just won't stick.

I've done this multiple times now to no avail. Can anyone help me out here? Is it possible just to adb push the cw recovery image? I'm not a noob by any means, but this phone has been giving me a hell of a time, I would greatly appreciate any assistance here. Thanks in advance.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ not uncommon. You can flash a custom rom that removes the stock 3e.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicvx94:
So even tho I have flashed the modified 3e image and then flashed clockwork, in order to have clockwork permanently, I need to flash a custom rom? I've been scared to flash since I couldnt get the image to stick properly..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ it is normal with a stock rom to have to do that to get into CWR.

A custom rom will remove the stock recovery, and you will go straight to CWR or the red voodoo CWR.

NO issues here.

I would encourage a custom ROM simply because it's a better experience than stock in my opinion. You can always make a nandroid backup of stock if you decide the custom rom is not your cup of tea. The flashing process in incredibly easy. The steps in this guide should get you going. Be sure to backup everything. You should not lose anything, but backup to your pc first if you are worried.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicvx94:
I will certainly be flashing a new rom tonight, I'm not afraid of flashing or bugs or anything like that. I was just scared I could brick the device if I didnt have full write permissions (since clockwork didn't stick I was very confused). I just got this Vibrant the other day and have never had a chance to mess with a SGS before and wasnt aware of some of the possible problems. I've only used HTC devices for a couple years now and I've never ran into a similar issue with recovery like this.

Thanks again for the clearification sir!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Coming from two HTC devices, having ODIN with samsung is a very nice benefit for the oopsie moments. Proceed with caution and you'll never need it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S.S.Gohan:
Quick question i just updated my phone from KA6 to KB5, i was rooted but after updated i wasnt anymore, now do i follow the same proccess to root my phone as KA6 or is there something else i have to do now?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abu-7abash:
Yes, you do. You've only upgraded the modem.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ray_saul:
thanks for this advice!!! is it good to let my phone charging all night long??? every single day?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ after the phone reboots you unplug. Suppose I should have stated that, it's what I meant by use phone like normal.

I do not leave my phone charging overnight. I'm certain Android regulates the charge, but I just use my phone til near low and then fully charge. I do not suggest doing bump charging too much, as stated.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ray_saul:
Thanks i will have that in mind
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 30000:
thanks man!!!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barribow:
one question: I used Odin and went to Stock Froyo with your Alt. Method. Now I don't have ROM manager anymore, i assume I should install it from market and then install the custom ROM correct?

Thanks in advance
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Exactly man.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barribow:
Thanks for the prompt reply and again thanks for this valuable post. I wanted to suggest that you can add some missing sections to this.

It's related to after flashing the ROM. Specially when we want to restore the stuff. It should be trivial, but just to be complete.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
PM me what you think should be added.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buttonsmalone:
I have a samsung t959 galaxy s vibrant. I am Kind of new to rooting and installing roms, and with the help of oneclick rooting software, I was able to root my phone and get superuser access, now I am trying to install a new rom onto my phone. With the help of theunlockr.com, I was able to learn how to install a new rom, but whenever I get to the reboot screen I click to reinstall packages and it keeps repeating until I eventually just reboot and goes back to stock rom. any suggestions or help on why this might be.

I have installed froyo using Kies, was able to disable the 3e recovery with the program provided and used rom manager to flash recovery. also tried using rom manager to install from sd card and select the rom, still wont work.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ sounds like you are at the 3E stock recovery. This will not allow you to flash a zip not signed. You will need the modified 3E, or you will need to ODIN back to 2.1, OR use the ALT METHOD.

Any 1 of these 3 methods will work.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buttonsmalone:
how would I modify the 3e recovery
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ taken from the guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9099545#post9099545

This is not the method I would choose personally, I would just go back to JFD with ODIN and do a fresh install.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buttonsmalone:
That is what I did, thank you, I guess I will try odin and start over.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ try going back to stock using that guide in my signature, I have the update.zip file in that guide which roots JFD (much easier process).

Then just download Rom Manager, flash CWR

And the flash your new ROM.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Destron56853:
Hi, tried following your guide and I seem to have a problem...

I have a SGH-T959 and its still on Eclair JFD, so it has the 2E recovery.

I installed the updated.zip and it rooted my phone just fine, but now I can not get it to boot in to CWR. No matter what I do I get the default 2E recovery, I have tried reinstalling the packages like 15 times, and I have re flashed CWR a couple times, but no go.

I got in to CWR 1 time and did a nandroid backup, but since then I can't get back to it.

I tried installing the ROM from rom manager and I chose to wipe the data and cache, it booted in to CWR then, but froze on the wiping part for a long time (well over an hour), then rebooted itself, but I was still on the stock rom but missing half my apps, including the market and titanium backup.

So I used ODIN to flash back to stock, and now I am sitting on a stock ROM with a rooted phone, but can't get in to CWR AT ALL, just won't do it.

UPDTATE: Tried CWR 2.5.1.1 instead, and I got into CWR, and tried installing Trigger 3.0.1, it just says "Finding update package..." and freezes there... so I did a wipe, then tried to flash Trigger again, it starts but then it aborts with this error:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Download Rom Manager

Open it and select the first option, to flash CWR

select the Vibrant

once successfully flashed, reboot into CWR (2nd option)

you will need to reinstall packages twice

if you want to flash a rom, go ahead and put it on your internal sdcard/ before rebooting into CWR so you can flash it. Most roms remove the stock recovery so you wont have that issue later.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Destron56853:
I have already done all that. The problem is that I get multiple errors trying to flash a rom.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawika:
This link takes you to here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728809

I realize that thread has the link in it in junkdrugglers' second post under "How do I root?" just unsure if you meant to point people there or directly to here:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723479
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawika:
Looks good dood! Very thorough, and it explains everything exactly how it should be. People should have NO problems if they follow the instructions as described. Thanks again!:)

LOL, there is SOO much information how could there possibly be more. With this sort of thing too much info is better than not enough.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawika:
- 1st) How did you take that screen shot?

- 2nd) How come you dont have "advanced" option?

***every flash i do is done in red recovery not blue or green***

if you chose "apply sdcard:update.zip" does that give you "advanced" option?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13229051#post13229051
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikies72:
I have tried every thing to root. No luck, is there a recent version that will root 3e with just a download directly to phone? (yes, im a noob)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Destron56853:
I took the screenshot with the SDK. In your android SDK folder look in the tools folder for ddms.bat - plug your phone in to your PC and double click that. Make sure your phone is listed in the devices section, then go to Devices>Screen Capture.

You need to have the Samsung abd drivers installed as well.

I am not new to rooting android devices, just the Vibrant and this is the only one that has ever given me an issue... the advanced option is on a previous menu, that was a sub menu
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawika:
That's awesome dood thanx! Ima check that out.

- Only reason I ask bout the advanced option is because usually after I select "apply sdcard:update.zip" I then select "advanced" then "reboot recovery" this gives me red recovery which is where all flashing should occur. Not blue or green recovery. Thanx again and good luck!=)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Destron, very odd man. Haven't seen that.

I assume you verified the md5? Been on vacation, I'll be back on tonight when I get home. Have you tried flashing another rom or another download. I feel like you said this happened several times.

Do you mind using my signature to return to stock and root?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
If the modified 3e is not working, I suggest going back to stock jfd, root that (easiest), then flash the rom you want.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jman531:
CWR not working as expected

I was able to install and flash the CM7 ROM on my My Touch 4G just fine, so decided to do my wife's samsung vibrant as well. I rooted the phone just fine, but after downloading ROM manager (v4.2.2.2) and running flash clockworkmod recovery, it shows the current and latest recovery to be 2.5.1.2, and on my mytouch4g it shows 3.0.2.4. Should they both be on the latest version? My issue is I copied the Auxoria ROM and successfully selected install from SD card, but when it reboots into recovery, CWR doesn't have the same menu items to install zip from SD, etc...and the only options are:

reboot system now

reinstall packages

delete all user data

delete cache data

format internal SD card

I have been reading where I may have to reinstall packages so I do that, but get a signature verification error. I read something about updating from 3e to 2e, but wanted to ask if my CWR should be a more current flash than it is to make this work better? On the mytouch, i had an install from sd card option so I figured I would point to the auxoria zip file and go with it, but I don't seem to be able to do that.

I have searched the forums all over for cwr version questions and haven't found them, and since I did to this correctly on my mytouch, I wanted to see if the vibrant has other issues I am not able to find on my own. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated...thank you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Destron56853:
Followed the guide in your signature and returned to stock, then tried again and it worked out OK all good to go now. I had never seen anything like that either and I have rooted more than a few devices.

Must have been some oddity, did the gf's vibrant and it went smooth as silk. So I dunno lol.

Running Trigger now and so far I love it, might try CM soon since it's what I have always used on my other phones

4.2.2.2 is the Rom Manager version, 2.5.1.2 is the Clockwork Recovery version, to different programs. Rom Manager is just an app that installs Clockwork Recovery for you. There are different versions of CWR for different devices so comparing the version that runs on a Sammy device against a version that runs on an HTC device won't work.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barribow:
I have another suggestion:

At section "Rooted, Got backup, now let the fun begin"

You have suggested Trigger as your favorite 2.2 ROM. I thought it would be good to add your favorites for newer versions (2.2.1, 2.3, 2.3.3) as time progresses and new ROMs are being introduced.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ad3qz:
Hi, guys.

sorry for posting this noob question. i'm newbie with this.

i had a t-mobile vibrant with t959uvkb1 baseband, bionix 1.3.1 rom, and overstock kernel. last night i accidentally flashed cwm v3.0.2.8 kernel, and my vibrant went in bootloop. couldn't even flash it back to bionix or overstock.

then i found kb1.tar and 512.pit files and i used those files with odin. now my vibrant stuck in stock recovery (Android system recovery <3e>) with blue color fonts.

what should i do to get out from recovery mode?

any help will be appreciated.

thanks.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
You could odin to jfd, then flash a new rom.

I have a guide to going back to stock in my signature.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bateman26:
big thank you for this thread. it saved my phone. was dreading how my wife was taking it if i bricked the phone the day after i bougt it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Haha, good stuff. Let me know if I can help.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
It's hard to read over your own post and identify things that need to be changed.

Please let me know if something needs to be updated.

Thanks/
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyle51:
hi again :)

just opened odin because im thinking about flashing simply galaxy rc3.3 sometime in the next few days and re-partition is checked but thats suppose to be unchecked ??

maybe thats why if froze on me before ??
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
That should not cause a hang. I would make sure you have the latest ODIN, no other USB devices connected, and the cable that came with the phone.

Did you add the pit and tar files? That would cause the Re-Partition to be checked.... if you just opened ODIN and did nothing, it should not be checked.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyle51:
1.7 ive got

thats why it did it then :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwero:
I was using rom manager to flash clockwork recovery. Flashed just fine but when rebooting into recovery for the first time I got blue and yellow text and when I click reinstall packages I get the following error:

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted

What am I doing wrong and what can I do to fix it?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Sounds like you have the 3E stock recovery. That won't let you flash CWR. Read about modified 3e or ODIN to jfd.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esdwa:
Replacing rooted/Nero3 phone with new stock TM phone

OK, I am about to receive new Vibrant from TM to replace my old one where GPS does not work. The one I have has been rooted long time ago, flashed with Nero 3 ROM and it has Titanium Backup and lots of apps paid apps.

What I need to do is to make my new phone as old one and old one with old stock ROM. I have read this thread and started to do some preliminary work with the old phone according to your recipe. But it seems that because it is crafted mostly for the folks who use the phones just for modding, ROM changes, etc. I have a doubt it will actually do all the things that needs to be done and I might loose some app or data in the process.

Couple of examples:

1. I started to make a backup using Titanium backup. But how should I force this app to store its backup on external SD? By default it does it on internal SD, which will be erased after backup is done.

2. Author says about SMS backup app, but which "SMS Backup" app is that? There are dozen of SMS backup apps on the market, most of them has a bad reviews that something does not work, like restore for example which is terrible

3. Knowing that new Vibrant might be locked with hardware lock, how I am supposed to rely on Titanium Backup which needs root rights and therefore cannot be used on unrooted new phone? Or am I missing something here?

4. Would total manual copy of internal SD card to hard disk of my computer would help to manually restore things that might be lost during backup/restore, like purchased apps and their settings?

Your feedback is mostly appreciated. :confused:

What wold be the
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barribow:
2. I am using SMS backup+ and it looks pretty good, you can backup/restore your call logs as well. But I think if you want to move from Froyo to Gingerbread call logs don't restore. Not 100% sure though.

3. Why should it be HW lock?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Backup everything.... move it all to your pc, internal and external... take the old phone back to stock using my guide (if needed, it's in my signature)...

with the new phone, I guess you werent gonig to root or something?

I use SMS Backup+ - it has NEVER let me down, and creates SMS label in you gmail for you.

Titanium Backup needs root, so not sure I follow your plan if you were not going to root the new phone.

Actually, I will try this way:

1. I started to make a backup using Titanium backup. But how should I force this app to store its backup on external SD? By default it does it on internal SD, which will be erased after backup is done.

Move to pc, or used a file manager app to copy it to your external

2. Author says about SMS backup app, but which "SMS Backup" app is that? There are dozen of SMS backup apps on the market, most of them has a bad reviews that something does not work, like restore for example which is terrible

See above

3. Knowing that new Vibrant might be locked with hardware lock, how I am supposed to rely on Titanium Backup which needs root rights and therefore cannot be used on unrooted new phone? Or am I missing something here?

no clue what you are saying, sorry.

4. Would total manual copy of internal SD card to hard disk of my computer would help to manually restore things that might be lost during backup/restore, like purchased apps and their settings?

I always backup to my pc, after I backup (nandroid, titanium, etc)