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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mdtolic:
Found this on YouTube before he posted here. Damn good tutorial vids. My vibrant is running like a dream on Nero v3 with Voodoo now. If you are coming here looking for questions about ROMs and ODIN, watch these vids. Then watch them again and follow along while you flash your own device. Seriously, I was as nervous as anyone else, but this did the trick for me.

No offense to all of the other folks here who have provided so much information before this. That was all great and I should thank you all. It's just that this was so straightforward, I watched it once and then got to work. Great job man. Thanks, again.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
I think we're all here to help. I know for a fact there is a very professional series of videos coming soon. This is great in it's absence, well done. Certainly better than the videos I made for the noob guide.

Op, cool if I link to the stickies since this is not one, yet
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mdtolic:
There you go. You're one of the people I was talking about s15274n. I read your Noob Guide a dozen times before I got to this vid. Folks here are so helpful.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cvibe88:
So glad to hear it! I was quite leery of odin the first time I soft bricked my phone, I figured I was SOL. But once you have gone from odin and back again, It's hard to forget.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cvibe88:
Hey Mdtolic, welcome to XDA! I really think simple stupid is the way to go sometimes. Someone can explain the whole rigmarole and you're still left scratching your head. I really appreciate your comments and happy you were able to successfully root and flash your phone with a custom ROM. It's such an awesome feeling once you get your ROM on and tweak it just right. A stark difference compared to stock. And to think, I just randomly decided to make this one day :), I didn't think it would actually help anyone lol.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cvibe88:
Much obliged, Sticky would be delightful.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Alright, added this to both stickies man. If you add more, please update your OP as that is what I have linked to, not your videos (just in case you update).

Thanks again, I'm certain this will help a lot of people.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cvibe88:
Sounds great, Thank you sir! I will make sure to do that if I update anything.

Cheers!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samhsu:
Always goes to the blue stock recovery

I followed the steps repeatly, but rom mgr always goes to the blue recovery mode, any suggestions? what do I do next?, thanks guys.

OK, I found the problem, after I repeated about 10-15 times, I had to go to the bottom of rom manager and do ALL ClcokworkMod Recoveries to flash older verions then it worked. For those of you who run into this problem. Weird your video didn't have to do that.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] purple1:
how do i flash a rom with odin?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emm_stra:
Hello

is it possible to use odin to flash or root my htc desire?

If it is not, is there any other software like odin??
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear676:
Glad the op was made into a sticky! I used this video to gain additional knowledge prior to flashing my first rom. Great job.

If your taking requests I would love to see a video from start to finish on how to flash a ginger rom which included flashing the ginger kernal through odin! :-)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear676:
If im not mistaken odin is for samsung phones, not the HTC please correct me if im wrong!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konigswagger:
That was my impression as well, that ODIN is for samsung phones...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emm_stra:
Ok

But is there anything else like odin for htc? The functionality that it has is great
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawika:
With all other android devices ur gonna have to ADB. ODIN is only for samsung. Unlocked bootloaderz woot!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emm_stra:
What is ADB?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emm_stra:
Hello!!

Is anybody here?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mdtolic:
ADB is a tool developers use to work on their phones from their computers.

You might get faster responses in the Desire forum too.
[Nook Color General] Thibor69:
I was wondering if anyone knew of an app for the nook that could view comic books like the PSP does. I know of one for the nook called Comix (Comixology) but they dont have a lot of comics. Marvel has one for the iPad and iPod but not for Android.

Any ideas ?? I know of all the static comic readers like ACV, but I like the readers that jump from cell to cell ...

Thanks
[Nook Color General] desolateone1:
Perhaps Comics would interest you.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/comics/com.iconology.comics
[Desire HD General] snukems:
Hi all so I love my camera on this phone but I don't know if anyone else has noticed that before you even use zoom it is already way to close and as a result I keep getting photos that I'm not happy with I was wondering if anyone knows if there is an app or something to zoom out further than it is to begin with
[Desire HD General] junta_mpb:
You can disable widescreen. Widescreen tends to zoom to create the image.

Sent from my Desire HD
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
This is intended to be consolidated information on how to have your faulty i9000M repaired or replaced. This only applies to the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant sold through Bell Mobility in Canada.

There's a lot of great info buried in several quasi-related threads. Unless you follow each of those threads, it can be tough to find the phone numbers or latest news. If you have anything to add or correct, please post it here and I'll update this first post.

Phone numbers:

Bell Mobility Customer Support: 1-877-328-2123

Samsung Service: 1-888-751-4078

Samsung Mobile Canada: 1-800-726-7864 (unconfirmed - it's been suggested this is a direct line?)

If you're a Bell customer:

- call the Customer Support # above and navigate the menu to get to phone/tablet support

- explain that you're having problems with your Samsung Vibrant phone

- they'll ask you to explain the problems

- once confirmed they'll explain that you'll receive a replacement in 3-5 business days and that you'll have to ship back to them your faulty phone and the original battery (supposedly this is to confirm that the damage was not due to water or other circumstances they wouldn't be responsible for)

- I was told that a $100 credit would be placed on my account without having to bring it up myself. If it isn't offered, make a point to highlight the inconvenience of being without the phone while still having to pay for your service.

Bought via Bell but not a Bell subscriber:

Someone in an another thread noted that Samsung has an agreement with Bell to accept all faulty phones. This appears confirmed although Bell is NOT honouring the $100 credit. We're also looking for reports of people from outside Canada who are able to get their phones replaced.

Virgin or Sasktel Customers:

- There's at least one report that Virgin is not following Bell's replacement policy. You'll have to follow the standard warranty repair process via Samsung

- There's at least one report that Sasktel is not following a similar replacement policy as Bell.

- Call Samsung directly for a shipping label to have your phone sent in for repair/replacement.

Other notes:

- The new phones are shipping with JH2. [UPDATE] I just received my new phone with JL2

- New phones are shipping with hardware dates of 10.12. [UPDATE] my new phone came with 10.11

- You can track your replacement phone by visiting http://www.bell.ca/warranty/ and clicking to "Track Your Repair". Simply enter your cell #.

- If your phone hasn't yet died, Bell/Samsung will NOT accept it for repair/replacement. No proactive replacements are occuring.

Unconfirmed

- Bell is only accepting phones that have failed due to a 2.2 upgrade

Some reference threads:

(New After JK4 Froyo) POLL:Bell I9000M Internal SD Failures

Bell i9000m Users: Submit a complaint with the CCTS!!

First complaints of new phones failing
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zshakespeare:
I sent my i9000m in on the 14th for repair. I called up Bell Technical support today and asked them to apply the $100 credit and ship me a replacement instead of repairing my phone and, to my surprise, they agreed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
added to the hot index http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=886158
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
Has anyone begun receiving their replacement phones via mail? If so, what turnaround times are you seeing vs where you live?

I called yesterday (dec 30) for a replacement and I'm in Ontario (near Toronto). Hoping to get it just after the weekend.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
Added additional Samsung #.

If anyone is calling Samsung directly (I assume this is because you're not a Bell subscriber?), can you add some clarity on the best approach? Or at least what worked for you?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mtzylplyk:
$100 only if bricked while updating to official froyo

I was told by more than one Bell rep that they would only be granting the $100 of you bricked your phone due to their Froyo update.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
Interesting. So rather than flash back stock 2.1 before sending it in, it might be a better idea to make sure that JK4 or JL2 is flashed to the phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
So far there have been 2 reports of the new phones failing.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894391

Looks like the new batch of phones is still shipping with JH2.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] samusman:
My phone died last week Manufacturing date 10.07. I bought the phone off kijiji for $430 brand new in box. Im not a bell customer. I called Samsung social hub number and told them that i have a bell I900M that died after the froyo update and told the guy about internal sd card failure issue. He gave me two options,

1) Go through Bell

2) Directly Samsung

obviously i chose samsung. he emailed me UPS shipping lables and I sent my phone thru UPS on dec 28
[Galaxy S I9000 General] canadianrider:
what the ****ing ****... I've been on the phone with 4 different people about the past week about the same thing. sent mine in on the 15th.

called on 29th 1st call tech service guy was a ****. didn't do anything.

called on 30th and 2nd guy was very supportive and understanding but i had called too late in the day (10 mins before they closed i know my fault) but he was on the phone with me for at least 30 mins trying to help in different ways. he gave me the $100 credit and basically told me to call back the next day and talk directly to a manager.

2 days later i called back and tried to talk directly to the manager but the 3rd guy gave me the run around (never transfered me to a manager) and told me that since i had a repair tag already opened (because i sent it in before the replacement program) that he would have to email the service company and find out if they were done and shipping my phone and if not to close that and bell would send a new one. that was supposed to hear back from him at the most 24 hours later. that was 3 days ago yesterday.

when I called back yet again yesterday I got a 4th person who again didn't let me talk to a manager and told me she would email the 3rd guy to call me back asap about the information he should have recieved back from the service company because the email would go directly to him and there's no point in her emailing them again.

i just want a freaking phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
Sorry to hear about your delays. Have you tried calling Bell's Customer Support line instead? I've read of at least one person who got Bell to ship them a new phone even though there's was out for repair.

I called Bell Customer Support on the afternoon of Dec 30 and just received my replacement this morning (Jan 4). Not bad at all.

Details:

Firmware: came shipped with JL2 (odd since others are reporting there's came with JH2)

Date: 10.11 (odd since I was expecting one of the 10.12 phones)

The Phone: brand new with all the original protective stickers on it. I should have taken some 'unboxing' photos :)

Now to try restoring some apps.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jdrom:
Well it seems Virgin Mobile isn't following suit. Even though Bell basically owns them now...

CSR said it'll be 3 weeks (or more) for the warranty process. In the meantime I'll be receiving a loaner phone though. She didn't seem to be aware of any SGS problems either, so I'm guessing not many SGS's were sold through Virgin? I don't know. Either that or the user-base is too dumb to update the firmware.

This is my 2nd time having to replace/repair it. First time was just direct exchange since it was only 14 days old. This time though, I'm just slightly outside of the 30 day exchange window, so now I get stuck waiting.

At least the Virgin Mobile hold times have been rather short both times and the two people I've spoken with have been pretty friendly.

I supposed I could of been a **** and ranted and complained to her to try and get a direct replacement, but that's just not who I am. They're human too you know ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TorontoR:
LIke you, I just got my phone from Purolator about 10 minutes ago, called it in on 12/28 after the SD card had crapped out. The replacement is also a 10.11 phone (I was expecting 10.12 but does not look like those phones are that immune). My new phone also had JL2 preloaded. I am wary that Samsung has not owned upto the fact that the SD card itself is crap and indicating that JL2 will have fixed everything. I really do hope this phone lasts this time around.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
[UPDATE]

My new phone out of the box was damn laggy. Taking far too long to open windows, pull down the status bar, etc. I managed to get Titanium Backup installed and my first several attempts at restoring apps was painful - literally, nothing was happening. Finally on my 3rd or 4th attempt at restoring apps, it successfully installed ~60 apps with data in 9 minutes. After enabling LauncherPro, the lag

completely

disappeared. The phone was so fast that I didn't want to touch it with anything else :) So to summarize, I was able to restore all my apps (albeit a bit slowly) on a stock 2.2 firmware and restore great performance to the phone.

I'm now flashing a modified kernel for 2e & root and will probably try one of the custom ROMs later today.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zshakespeare:
did they send it canada post or UPS or what? Mine's been saying "Replacement Unit is being programmed and packed for shipment to Customer." since the 30th. They must be packing it VERY carefully.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
Purolator with the return slips included.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
i got UPS label from them

just print it, stick it to the box, and drop it at any UPS store or call up to schedule a UPS truck pick up at your doors
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ap27:
A friend of mine, along with myself had the Jk4 crash. We sent our phones in for repair through Bell, waited a month, and got replacement phones which were 'new units'.

The new units arrived with JK4 on them. I called Bell and told them straight out that my phone might just be another crash waiting to happen. He advised I update to JL2 via KIES.

Mine survived the update, friend's didnt. Hes heading out to tear up the local Bell store.

Make sure you check your replacement phones everyone. You dont want to end up having JK4 without realizing it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zshakespeare:
Did they give you a timeframe to have the replacement phone in by? I ask because I took mine into the store on the 14th to have it repaired, but when I heard later on that they were shipping replacements I called up technical solutions, told them what happened and asked if I could just get a replacement shipped too. The agent agreed and gave me the credit and ordered the replacement. I'm terrified that he wasn't supposed to do that because my original phone was already out for repair (even though I told him as much) and I'll get a $500 charge for not returning the old phone right away or some crap. For all I know it could be gone for another month.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
of the information i received from Samsung, there was no mention of a time frame

unless that is set by UPS, as the link that they email you take you straight to UPS
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
The letter I received with my replacement stated that I needed to get it back to them within 5 business days otherwise I'd be charged the full value of the device. If you're worried, call them as soon as you get your new phone and explain the situation.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zshakespeare:
When did they email a link? I never got anything. Perhaps when the phone actually leaves? They really need to get their asses in gear.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
interesting....

maybe that was the difference, i sent mine in for REPAIR, not as an Exchange

the guy on the phone did not mention anything about sending me a new phone, and send back the old one.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zshakespeare:
My guy didn't mention sending the phone back either, so maybe it will be taken care of on their end. I still have the battery and cover for the original sent out for repair though, and I will presumably have to return this Omnia II loaner to the store as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
I brought mine to a Bell store on the 20th. Repair status is only at "Phone is in transit to repair facility." and has been stuck there for about a week.

I'm thinking it's about time to do something, especially given that the policy has changed since the 20th? (the 20th seems like ages ago in this saga) I think I should be getting a replacement on it's way ASAP just like those who brought their units in later.

Should I go back to the store or call Bell support? I'd always rather deal with things in person but maybe the phone reps might be better equipped to sort this mess out?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zshakespeare:
I called technical solutions and they gave me a $100 credit and ordered a replacement be shipped.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
OK so you just called in and got a replacement shipped, sounds tempting.

I see you were in the same boat as I am, broken SGS shipped out and a loaner. I guess we'll turn all our crap in (loaner, battery/battery cover...accessories?...do new replacements come with those?) after we get the new units and hopefully they can figure it out at the store. Sure wouldn't mind keeping a spare battery though... ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
http://www.bell.ca/warranty/

Go here and click to "Track Your Repair". Enter your tracking number if you have it or just put in your cell #.

I received a new phone with all accessories - just got hem in a white cardboard box vs a new i9000m retail box. Yes, they made clear to me that they expect everything back. Who knows, maybe they won't notice the missing batter :) Spare batteries are super cheap on ebay with wall chargers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Madmax014:
So I spoke with bell tech support over the past three days (given some system issues apparently) and had to fight the sales rep and supervisor today to merely get the 100 dollar credit. They stated that because I shipped my phone on the 20th (before policy came in) that I was not covered under the policy. At the end of the day the supervisor said she would give me the 100 dollar credit because I suffered from the same issue (2.2 update) but that I was technically not under the policy. Hearing you guys simply get a replacement phone and 100 credit right off the bat is surprising. My phone is still in repair and has been under the status of "inspection/repair" for a good two weeks.

For anyone who received a replacement, did they cancel your repair ticket and issue a new one through tech support?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mistermoot:
I had no problem getting the $100 credit, but the system to process the repair/replacement has been down for at least the last 5 days. They gave me an additional $30 worth of free stuff yesterday but today I called and it's still down!

Oh well, I have my old I5700 running froyo and overclocked, it's not so bad for another week or two. I'm looking forward to having a Galaxy S that isn't a ticking time bomb.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jentech:
I phoned in on the 30th and they gave me the credit without asking. However, I tried to track my status today and it says 'transaction closed'. So, I phoned tech solutions and he said he couldn't find anything about shipping a new phone but did see the $100 credit. He mentioned the problems with the system over the past several days, that shipments were ordered but somehow disappeared out of the system. The kicker is that I have a Puralator ticket on my door that I missed a shipment this afternoon at 1:30. I'm assuming it's my phone, so I'm wondering if they don't have anything in their system, but I have a new phone, should I bother sending the other one back?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] contalyst:
Just opened up my replacement SGS that I called them about on the 24th.

When I first called, they gave me the $100 credit and they said it would be at my place in 3-5 days.

I called back monday to make sure that it would make it to my location on time (out of province for the holidays) and they then cancelled the order/repair ticket and told me to go in store to pick it up on Friday. I get back to Alberta, go into the corporate store where I could get it and they told me that they could do nothing so I called tech solutions again. They gave me another $100 credit and then put in a new repair ticket to send me out the phone via Purolator which I obviously got today.

Like gtg2 said, mine is also 10.11 build date with JL2. And really laggy. I tried to get some apps on there and the first 5 I tried to download disappeared somehow. So I had to redownload and install them before they were on my phone. And the first time I did watch them download and install before they vanished.

After that I went to sync my FB and google account to only run into 2 or 3 android.process.acore Force closes.

At this point, Im about to call Bell back and tell them the phone they sent me is crap, however I'd like to stress it to see if I can bring on a failure or anything for grounds to replace it. Any ideas on how to go about that or suggestions on what to do?

TL : DR

got my phone, laggy and trying to brick it. Oh and I got a double credit out of bell by pure luck.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
Double credit? Nice. Just don't tell that to the guys who are on a different network :)

I'm not saying that installing LauncherPro solved my lag problem (I have no clue how that could be the case unless TW was the culprit but as soon as that sucker was enabled, my phone turned into Speedy Gonzalez. Since then, I've flashed SpeedMod kernel to get 2e recovery and then flashed Doc's ROM. If this sucker doesn't die again (yeah right), I'll be a very happy SGS owner.

I understand that people are putting strain on their sd by filming multiple long video clips or copying a large quantity of files to their phone. I'm in the process of doing to to my wife's SGS to see if it fails.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] contalyst:
I'll start filming and looking into how to get LauncherPro on it. After I read up on what the 2e recovery vs the 3(?) as I havent gotten to reading up on it yet.

I was quite happy with the SGS until of course it died. Here's to hoping I can rely on it from here out.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jentech:
Just picked up my phone from Puralator. It's a 10.11 phone not a 10.12, but it came with JL2 installed. Called on the 30th, phone arrived on the 4th.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jdrom:
Oddly even though I'm with Virgin Mobile, I can track it via the Bell site...

I guess we'll wait and see what happens.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zshakespeare:
Bell and Virgin are the same company ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jdrom:
I'm well aware of that, only Virgin isn't offering any $100 credit or direct replacements...