yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Android Development] Five0nIt:
Look for it. Its there.
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
Can someone pull all the GPS files and post them? I would like to flash them on a bit older ROM. Thanks. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] traicer:
so now that we know its not signed is it safe to flash or should we still hold out some time?
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
I flashed the SBL, works fine. ;) Still unlocked.
[Vibrant Android Development] enzomtrx:
Just flashed from stock and setup the way i like my roms, did the voodoo thing and its runnin like a champ. 12.75linpack. 1348quad. Lets see how the new modem works...
[Vibrant Android Development] lotherius:
Anyone know of any advantages/disadvantages yet to this new SBL? Could be a way to further prevent possible OTA bricks?
[Vibrant Android Development] exploit777:
Here you are http://hotfile.com/dl/97866278/9f80b02/modem_KA6.rar.html
[Vibrant Android Development] C-4Nati:
Is this cw flashable? Or odin.
[Vibrant Android Development] dgsmith90:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=868774

This modems thread has been updated with the new modem.
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
So what's new in this build?
[Vibrant Android Development] briaking:
Why? The ROM is good. No lag, even in the photo album. GPS works. It still roams around but not as much as the previous ROMs.
[Vibrant Android Development] Robyah18981:
fyguhsjkl;ghyikhdsdg

I just got Nero v5 setup the way I like it!!! _-_ Oh well, I needa stop naggin, I'm getting updates faster than an iOS device. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] dizzy21:
Voodoo

Which Build of Voodoo could we use on KA6? Thanks.... :D
[Vibrant Android Development] yvyv:
ALL about Testing

Loving it, simple and Fast and Guess what ????

This Segmented Battery Mod works great

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=880869

Thank you Sir..
[Vibrant Android Development] Whitehawkx:
I would not recommend flashing a battery mod made for Nero V4.1 (based on JL5) over KA6. You might think its working but I can almost guarantee something is broken somewhere...
[Vibrant Android Development] yvyv:
Working great for "ME" so far.

Warning by Whitehawkx..

Thank you for the advice,
[Vibrant Android Development] Zylograth:
So are we flashing with or without the SBL?
[Vibrant Android Development] geoffcorey:
If you're flashing with the link from this thread, it's with the sbl.

"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
[Vibrant Android Development] Zylograth:
Well the SBL is in the file from this link but with winrar I can open the .tar and delete it LOL
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
Some people are having issues with the phone "not registering".. confirmation?

What's improved on this from KA5?
[Vibrant Android Development] traicer:
Not registering how? On to the network?
[Vibrant Android Development] hitman818:
Is battery life better than ka5?
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
from another post about KA6 unless this is something different.

EDIT: I'm an idiot, they're updating through KIES... sorry.

Odin without any issues from KA5?
[Vibrant Android Development] NikolaiT:
That is not what it means. At all.
[Vibrant Android Development] M9x3mos:
Weird I flashed this over jfd and now I get no power or nothing no charge battery, recovery, download mode or anything. Exchange or something I can do?
[Vibrant Android Development] Zylograth:
flashed this over JFD with entire package, including the SBL. So far no problems, everything working.
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
Phone in download mode

Load Odin 1.7

Put modem file into phone slot

Start? Right?
[Vibrant Android Development] Zylograth:
That is exactly what I did after Odin back to JFD with pit. I always Odin to JFD with pit and then Kies to JI6 unless I am trying a custom ROM or leak. I like to start at a clean JFD for everything LOL
[Vibrant Android Development] M9x3mos:
I can't get into download mode. Literally can't get a screen.
[Vibrant Android Development] M9x3mos:
Think the phone is now a brick
[Vibrant Android Development] M9x3mos:
Wow anyone know any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Sent from HTC Dream rip Samsung vibrant :-(
[Vibrant Android Development] Zylograth:
Please provide more details
[Vibrant Android Development] tjsynkral:
Try the method here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7920441#post7920441
[Vibrant Android Development] msnuser111:
battery pull,plug in usb,hold both volume buttons and put the battery in,it should boot to download mode,when it does,you can let go of volume and flash something in odin. (literally pretty much anything bootable)
[Vibrant Android Development] Keslynn:
Is there a flashable version of KA6 that includes the updated sbl? Or maybe a CWM flashable sbl? Mac users need an updated sbl to use Heimdall and I don't have easy access to a pc.
[Vibrant Android Development] psz01:
Personal experience so far (after one day):

GPS works *MUCH* better than any ROM I've used (including the official OTA, which was the LAST one that actually found me at my house quickly).

Data seems faster in Actual Use (browsing the web, downloads, etc) than KA5, but comes up as very very erratic using SpeedTest.

Battery seems on par with pretty much all the Stock Leaks.
[Vibrant Android Development] M9x3mos:
Still nothing no screen response at all. Just like is off

Sent from HTC Dream rip Samsung vibrant :-(
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
Is the gallery issue fixed? Where when you delete images it pretty much scews up your phone?

Also I had an issue where after the gallery was killed the phone wouldn't turn back on/the screen would stay off but the buttons would light up and stay light. I'd have to pull the battery..
[Vibrant Android Development] Demiurgic:
- pull battery for 15-20 mins

- remove sim & sdcard

- hold vol+/vol- plug in usb hold down for at least 1min

- note: (if you hold down vol+ then plug in and get 5 red lines or when plugged in you can feel your phone warming up slightly then your not bricked completely)

- try vol+/vol- & home then plug in or while plugged in but hold down buttons for 1min to give it time to respond

- also try without battery holding buttons plug in see if anything happens & then put in battery and wait a min

Also, what did you do exactly? remove files from zip? select re-partition in odin? what version of odin did you use?

good luck :)
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
every ****ing time I do this something goes wrong. It failed halfway through the KA6 install. Now I'm bricked and have to go JFD->KA6.. FML over and over... I should know by now..
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
won't install KA6

keep getting

Complete(Write) operation failed.
[Vibrant Android Development] VeryCoolAlan:
You said that chainfire said what yœu quoted about chainfire
[Vibrant Android Development] Ms_Vibrant:
not sure of the best way to solve that, but why dont you try flashing jfd then flash ka5 then ka6??

not sure if that would work..
[Vibrant Android Development] traicer:
Quick question, what would happen if I were to go back to a 2.1 build now that I have the new sbl? Will everything work fine?
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
MS_Vibrant, that's what I did before. I was on KA5 and Flashed to KA6. It stopped and said :ERROR: and then I flashed to JFD, then to KA6 and it did the same thing

anyone help with the error I get? I have the drivers installed and everything.

I'm sitting at JFD right now..working gps though :P
[Vibrant Android Development] es7241:
File may be corrupt redownload KA6
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
Press and hold vol dn, then power. You should get red text. Then do the download mode combo : vol dn + vol up + power, what for reboot and release only the power. Good luck :-)
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
Redownloading and will try.. I already started installing apps again lol.
[Vibrant Android Development] M9x3mos:
I had a custom rom

Flashed ji6 official via odin hit re partition by accident

Flashed back to jfd

Booted ok

Flashed ka6

Then now phone is not working in anyway.

Only sign I get out of it is when plugged in is warm but no matter what I have tried so far I get no output in the screen at all

Sent from HTC Dream rip Samsung vibrant :-(
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
did you try? :) I DOUBT it's dead... ;) Unless of course you powered off or rebooted the phone during sbl flash :o
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
idk if I want to go to KA6 anymore lol. Can you flash back to JFD if need be after KA6?
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
You shouldn't have an issue, as long as the old SBL is in that package, which I believe it is. If that didn't flash, it would cause some issues I am sure.
[Vibrant Android Development] TheArtiszan:
I used odin 1.7

I just let it run and didn't interfere like I did in the past said complete in odin and even displayed pass

phone rebooted from its download mode screen to a black screen and that was all she wrote.

I see nothing at all on the screen no matter what I have tried

Normally hold vol up and plug in and would get download mode

tried vol up + down + power

the link and other method posted and just stays on a black screen
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
This frightens me.

Put phone into DL Mode

Load Odin

Plug phone in

Load into PHONE slot the md5 KA6 file

Hit start
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
JFD doesn't include the old SBL..., you have a newer version that probably works with Froyo only. I flashed the new SBL too. Just don't flash anything older than Froyo.
[Vibrant Android Development] traicer:
mmm the jfd tar file i have doesnt have sbl file in it? do any of them have it?
[Vibrant Android Development] TheArtiszan:
also is it supposed to be a .md5 file or should that be deleted and be .tar like before?

and I didn't have the SS_DL.dll file in the same directory but that i didn't think was needed either.
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
Just rm the Sbl.bin from the tar and then flash it, no worries then :)
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
just unzip the file and move the MD5 file into the same dir as ODIN?

this is in my JFD zip..idk how to tell if the SBL is there>
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
No, just flash the whole file md5 file in Odin or Heimdall. You can have the file anywhere... ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] traicer:
so i went looking through all my tar files, and found eugenes jk2 tar file is the only one that includes a sbl image, maybe this could be a way to revert back to the old sbl?
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
I would have to unpack the images to verify..., but it doesn't appear to.
[Vibrant Android Development] Whitehawkx:
I really don't understand what all the noise surround the secondary bootloader is... The JK2 Odin file has a boot.bin and the sbl.bin and I don't recall anyone saying anything about it. So why all of a sudden?
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
I think users are having issues flashing back to eclair with this sbl... 2 reported bricks so far when trying to flash back to JFD
[Vibrant Android Development] felixparley:
If you are looking for a sbl.bin and/or a boot.bin, you can find one in the thread on fixing the Hardware locked vibrants. I don't have the link handy but I still have the files I used to fix my phone as it was originally hardware locked.

I believe that the sbl.bin was used in the ota but when I updated in kies I never got it. That led me to updating my phone myself, so it should work.

Edit: The link is:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804305
[Vibrant Android Development] Whitehawkx:
Assuming the bootloader is the issue; everyone could just odin JK2 to put the original sbl.bin on their phone. That would solve the problem.
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
Agreed, shouldn't be a big issue. Or they could extract and flash the Sbl.bin from that package and flash it. Maybe chainfire should change the initial post to flashing the older Sbl if you are going to flash back to Eclair.
[Vibrant Android Development] traicer:
would be nice to get a post going with the old sbl in tar format ready to odin?
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
Narf...Late night retard post rm'd...
[Vibrant Android Development] untermensch:
here is the thread for the 3-button fix, it will flash the sbl.bin from

the JI6 OTA, if people are getting bricked when flashing older

firmware then the sbl.bin in this tar may only load a signed kernel.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804305

EDIT:

I just tested flashing the JI6 SBL, after ODINing the JA6.tar without problems
[Vibrant Android Development] traicer:
why do people always flash back to jfd when there's a problem? what does the jfd tar file contain that others dont? couldnt we just starting using another build as a starting point when theres problems, like a 2.2 one?
[Vibrant Android Development] Whitehawkx:
Like JK2. ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
I have flashed the KA6 Voodoo kernel with this sbl without issues.
[Vibrant Android Development] traicer:
yea i was looking at the jk2 tar, it has more files than jfd
[Vibrant Android Development] untermensch:
then this is just noob fear mongering:)
[Vibrant Android Development] Xtazy305:
cant send picture messages, i have try 2 different rom the KA5 and KA6 and nothing plus i have bad signal....i think ill give up till HTC SENSE rom or official froyo for vibrant :(
[Vibrant Android Development] Whitehawkx:
I think you might be spot on. XD
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
Hehe, probably. I have posted them directions on how to get back up, whether they listen or not, is a different story. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
Sounds like someone should stop pulling the plug when Download Mode is running... ie, other users that think they are bricking their phones.
[Vibrant Android Development] Chortles:
I'm wondering this one, BUT I can say that I'm one of those who keeps flashing back to JFD simply because for some reason it seems to be one of the ONLY ones that's even near-guaranteed to work successfully in ODIN... I get errors when, for example, trying to flash "s1_20100512.pit" for the PIT and "stock KA6 without secondary bootloader.tar" (exactly what it sounds like -- it has cache.rfs, factoryfs.rfs, modem.bin, and zImage, but not sbl.bin) for the PDA... am I doing it wrong?

Incidentally, on my most recent JFD flash I used a .pit file named "s1_odin_20100803.pit"... would this allow me to flash the modified "true stock" JL4, JL5, KA5, KA6 kernels/ROMs?
[Vibrant Android Development] krylon360:
Pits don't matter. I don't even use them any more. What version of Odin are you using. 1.3 seems to be the most stable
[Vibrant Android Development] Chortles:
Odin 1.7...

Basically when there's an error, I end up with the red box, but when I try again, Odin seems to just "hang" at the 'SetupConnection' prompt...

(This is why I'm staying away from the KA6 leak with the secondary boot loader, since I seem to have software-bricked my phone multiple times this past Wednesday alone...)
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
I'm sitting on JFD for now, when I get home I think I might go back to KA5... but I hate the issue with the Gallery. :(

I love the fact that GPS locks in within a few seconds and accurate within 20Ft on JFD :P
[Vibrant Android Development] Haxel:
Went from KA5 to KA6, I may need to re-do my battery stats... but the battery has gone to crap. 10-13%(from 5%-9%) an hour with no changes to my apps and no messengers running.
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
See I had awesome battery life with KA5. I was able to get 30-40hrs on a single charge with normal usage -GPS testing, text, calls, email and twitter/fb.
[Vibrant Android Development] bigtom624:
I noticed that also. The battery life seems to be really ****ty on this ROM
[Vibrant Android Development] kcp877:
What gallery issue? I said this in another thread, if you use system panel and check the gallery, it's actually not running. Spare parts gives you the illusion of it running because it is comparing sensor use. I have been watching it on KA5 and KA6, it's not draining my battery at all. If you're going to use spare parts don't use the sensor menu, use the other option which shows everything and you'll see gallery is barely registering if at all.
[Vibrant Android Development] presence06:
When you try and delete something in the gallery, say 2 files. It will say "deleting" but sit there and not do anything. The Gallery still responds to movement but won't do anything else. IF you kill it in the Task Manager it, maybe coincident, the phones starts to bog down afterwards and clears up after a reboot.
[Vibrant Android Development] pepperbreath:
Is it possible to just remove the bootloader from the file and still flash with Odin?
[Vibrant Android Development] kcp877:
I don't think anyones been on this rom long enough to be commenting on battery life without going a few full charges. You can reboot your phone while its connected to a charger and the % left will change, you need to let it go for awhile. Give it a few days first.

And for the ODIN issues. I used a JFD package I downloaded from the bible I believe, first time ever using it. V1.0 with the JFD tar and pit file. ODIN fixed the phone and got me on JFD in 10 minutes. If you're having issues try V1.0, I know nothing about ODIN, but it worked first shot once I realized I had to get the phone into DL mode first and open ODIN before plugging in the USB.
[Vibrant Android Development] exploit777:
Yes it is

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=919687

just remove sbl.bin file from this archive.
[Vibrant Android Development] kcp877:
I dont have any of those issues. Just grab another gallery apk and push it to system apps. Sorry, I thought you were talking about the sensor thing.

If you have any roms saved just grab one out of it, easy to do on your pc or you can search and download one. There's flashable fixes for the nero, just get the download and pull the apk out, don't flash it. Actually, you might want to try the fix for the dup pictures, maybe your db files are messed up for the thumbnails. The fix is to delete two files in root. I've done it, pretty easy. After you deleve the files, reboot your system before you open gallery again.

With root explorer delete:

- /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.media/externalXXX.db

- /sdcard/Android/data/com.cooliris.media
[Vibrant Android Development] Zylograth:
I like to go back to JFD with the 512 pit and repartition inbetween ROMs, I like JFD because it has the dbdata.rfs which i don't see in the others and I feel it gives me a nice clean base to flash on to. This could just be placebo though :)

been running KA6 for about 2 days now and I am liking it a lot. I have not encountered any unknown issues
[Vibrant Android Development] Haxel:
My habits are fairly consistant. I flashed the night of release so I've had basically two days of use now.

1.) Come home at bout 6 and throw the phone on the charger

(sometimes take it off if i have to go somewhere)

2.) Wake up at 6ish and pull phone off charger (100% by then obviously)

3.) Pray I make it through the day with a charge, start to panic at 15% sometimes @ 3pm and find a spare usb port on a system

4.) Take home and repeat

I typically use the stock charger. I have an Iphone car charger I've used on occassion, its a basic USB port with a controller chip designed to make it think its a computer the iphone/android is connected to.

Getting a new battery from tmo next week, we'll see how it goes. I have had the phone since the days where it cooked the battery on first release. Was great for making bacon. Maybe my battery never really recovered from that. KA6 though for whatever reason IS draining faster.

Other than that no issues found.
[Vibrant Android Development] JasonCook:
I went back to KA5. Much less lag and much smoother in my opinion then KA6. GPS sucked for me on KA6 and I was having the same gallery issue as stated in previous posts.
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
Sounds like KA6 is the final release http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...msung-vibrant-to-start-arriving-january-21st/
[Vibrant Android Development] gehzumteufel:
Anyone that flashed including the SBL, try using Heimdall on a Mac yet?
[Vibrant Android Development] krylon360:
send me a mac and I will. Flashed fine in Ubuntu
[Vibrant Android Development] gehzumteufel:
LOL I guess I might be the guinea pig. I'll flash tonight when I get home and test it tomorrow at work.
[Vibrant Android Development] M9x3mos:
Since I messed up before and will be trying again

If I am on a custom rom can I flash jfd then flash ka6 with odin 1.7 no pit no repartition?

Or what would be the best way to flash this or what steps did ypu use.

Sent from HTC Dream rip Samsung vibrant :-(
[Vibrant Android Development] dasunsrule32:
Shouldn't need the pit anymore, but you will want to repartition if you had voodoo or any other lagfix.
[Vibrant Android Development] M9x3mos:
So I should flash JFD first then I can go right to KA6?

Wont need JI6 inbetween the two?
[Vibrant Android Development] mwestberg:
KA6 to JFD

Anybody successfully gone from the KA6 /w sbl to JFD via ODIN without issues?
[Vibrant Android Development] traicer:
That sounds too risky to try
[Vibrant Android Development] krylon360:
works just fine
[Vibrant Android Development] 1gr8papa:
Yes, you can Odin back to JFD if KA6 doesn't install correctly. Then from JFD all the way to KA6...just don't repartition everytime you install a new higher firmware.
[Vibrant Android Development] traicer:
I thought the new sbl was just for froyo roms? Good to know there won't be any problems when going back to jfd
[Vibrant Android Development] mwestberg:
Thanks for the confirmation

1gr8 i have a fully working install of KA6/w sbl, i just wanted to be sure there wouldnt be issues if i went back to jfd.

If Krylon says NP then that is gospel.

thanks again
[Vibrant Android Development] lexluthor:
Looks like KA6 is the OTA.

Is loading this via ODIN exactly the same as getting the OTA? Radio, bootloader, etc?
[Vibrant Android Development] gehzumteufel:
Well, I flashed the full KA6 rom last night, and here at work it appears that the SBL update does NOT fix the Vibrant to work with Heimdall on the Mac.
[Vibrant Android Development] cashyftw:
Ughh source source source!

-speed demon
[Vibrant Android Development] Dvalin21:
Thanks Chainfire

Just wanted to say thanks to chainfire for this rom. Its awesome other than the modem. I think i will be switching back to the JL5 Modem, but other than that its works great. And since I notice that KA7 is out, I may try it this weekend once I leave work. I hope the modem is better on it than on KA6. Also, I don't know if this maybe a rom problem or even a modem problem, but I have not been able to seen out MMS picture messages. I keep getting Error in server response. Any thoughts? thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] blaqr0d:
I need sum help
[Vibrant Android Development] gehzumteufel:
My car needs repairs. <--notice how vague that is? Sorry to jump on you, but don't come in here posting things so vague. You won't get help if you do.
[Vibrant Android Development] blaqr0d:
Ok yure rite my bad......but ya seee I flashed this rom.when it first came out...it worked fine...untill this morning I noticed my 3g had full bars but it was extremely slow when loading pages on the web browser youtube takes FOREVER to load...so I flashed back to ka5 still had the same problems...flashed to ka7 since its new...I still have the same problems so I restored my backup rom and well nothing has changed...idk what to do and im bout to lose my mind....ugggh I need help (how's that)
[Vibrant Android Development] gehzumteufel:
Much better. Although it sounds like you might have a faulty device. Try doing a reset and wipe the cache from recovery. See if this helps.
[Vibrant Android Development] blaqr0d:
So reboot onto recovery mode and wipe the data cache?
[Vibrant Android Development] gehzumteufel:
Yes. Also go into the Privacy settings and do a factory data reset. Hopefully the two of these things will fix it. If not, call T-Mobile and do what you can to get a replacement.