I used the search and couldn't find a clear answer to my question which is why I decided to ask. If the vibrant is updated to official 2.2 is it safe to just use odin to go back to official 2.1 or not? I am wondering this because I'm thinking of getting an extra vibrant of of ebay but most have already been updated to 2.2 which requires a different method to achieve root access and since I have all the necessary files for rooting and moding from 2.1 I just wanted to know.
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i dont see why not...
Yes, you can odin back to stock from any ver. That is actually what everyone does when they run into trouble in order to start over and fresh. Also, you can easily root 2.2 now, you don't have to waste 15-20 min.
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roumenjr said:
Yes, you can odin back to stock from any ver. That is actually what everyone does when they run into trouble in order to start over and fresh. Also, you can easily root 2.2 now, you don't have to waste 15-20 min.
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I've been searching threads for rooting 2.2 but haven't found one as simple as the update.zip file I used to root my vibrant and family members vibrants as well. Could you at least give me the name of the app or link to the thread you are referring to? That would be very much appreciated. But if I do get a used phone I think using Odin to get back to ji6 at least would be a good thing to do anyway since you never know what could have been done to the phone by prior users. I haven't searched for odin files for 2.2, but if they are available and rooting it is as simple as you say I guess that would be an option as well.
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Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Worked every time for me.
I used the same as posted above by roumenjr. Worked like a charm.
Cool , thanks for the info!
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aha don't forget to disable voodoo
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aha don't forget to disable voodoo
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Good point I'll have to check for that incase it's been installed.
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If it has been installed than the phone is most likely rooted already.
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If it has been installed than the phone is most likely rooted already.
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Hahaha really good point! Duh
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So, wanted to know if there is a leaked Froyo update/Rom for the North American Vibrants? Most of the Froyo updates I have found seem to be for the i9000 model and not the t959 model! I would like the offical update but God only knows when thats going to come out! Im running Rooted Stock Rom with JI6 update and OCLF too. Sorry if this question has been asked a million times before. Any help would be great.thanks a million!
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Trying to stay as close a to stock Rom as possible. Looking for a very basic froyo update/Rom as possible and would be easy to switch back to stock without to much trouble. Come to think of it.any One Click Froyo updates out there for the Vibrant T959 yet? Thanks again!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833024
Don't know how new or experienced you are with flashing ROMs. If you're new, you will want to check out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458
to help you come up to speed on your options and overall approaches.
Remember, if you flash from 2.2 back to 2.1 (which is really the only "official" stock available at the moment) you will need to flash an entire ROM or Kernal. Just performing a nandroid recovery won't work and will softbrick your phone (requiring you to use ODIN to fix it).
There are about 4 or 5 2.2-based ROMS in the Developers section. Check one or more of them out.
If you are cautious, then you might want to avoid the Overclocked, Undervolted, or Lagfix kernels for the time being.
And one last thought. Some of the ROMs will not work with OCLF. So, be sure to search their respective threads. Personally, I've tried Onyx and Axura and have found that both work great without a lagfix applied and have pretty good battery life. But YMMV, so read the thread and flash away!
Thanks for all your help guys
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Just want to give you this wiki as well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S_SGH-T959
Based on my experiences, im gonna reccomend watching some odin videos on youtube.
Ive found odin to be my favorite way to flash any rom, but rom manager can be nice as well
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danow11 said:
Based on my experiences, im gonna reccomend watching some odin videos on youtube.
Ive found odin to be my favorite way to flash any rom, but rom manager can be nice as well
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Watch the videos anyway because, god forbid, if anything goes wrong, you need odin to revert back to stock and try again.
Anyone have a direct download link to the unoffical tmobile froyo 2.2 leak update/Rom? And is there anyway to install it without a pc.my internet is down at the moment. Thanks
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there's a flashable version posted somewhere in the development section.
also if you flash that version.. u might need to install busybox available in market.
i couldn't go to recovery when i flashed it, at least in my case.
2am zombie mode, too lazy to dig up the link for you.
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Ok, so the unoffical tmobile froyo Rom seems to have been removed. Clicked on the link but not showing a download link now. If its still there what page is it on?
Read something about not being supported by xda devs anymore.whats up with that? Can someone please post a direct download link please! Thanks a million!
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No links or new info for me? Really want Froyo on my Vibrant!
Using my Vibrant to pee on apple products!
Links or new info please!
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OMG. Here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857686
Will that silence you for now?
Yeah i just checked all the links were removed. Eugene373 is not supporting xda no more so he dont have nothing of anything he does here anymore. There all custom Roms of the based on the Unofficial Froyo though. The froyos last letters are JK2. I'll tell you there is are roms called: Obsidian, Onyx, Axura, AOSPish Froyo and Macnut.
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Yeah i just checked all the links were removed. Eugene373 is not supporting xda no more so he dont have nothing of anything he does here anymore. There all custom Roms of the based on the Unofficial Froyo though. The froyos last letters are JK2. I'll tell you there is are roms called: Obsidian, Onyx, Axura, AOSPish Froyo and Macnut.
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Dam don't want a custom Rom just the TMobile Froyo one. Any one have it to upload or email it to me? Please thanks a million!
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I installed oclf on my rooted vibrant and I'm pretty sure my lag got worse I'm a complete noob to all of this but I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen any help would be appreciated
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mag1kate8all said:
I installed oclf on my rooted vibrant and I'm pretty sure my lag got worse I'm a complete noob to all of this but I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen any help would be appreciated
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go back to oclf app. hit undo. search how to flash a froyo rom. flash it. enjoy.
I forced 2.2 onto the phone with Kies Mini and ever since then battery life has been atrocious and bluetooth will no longer connect to my stereo. Tried every single route to flash a custom ROM on the phone and nothing will get it to work. I just want to go back to the way it was with 2.1 and unroot it. Can anyone point me in the right direction before this phone ends up in a million pieces? Odin? I thought uninstalling Kies Mini might do the trick but I dont see it in my app list
Download AIO : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
PDA: www.justanotherdev.slackdev.com/T959UVJFD.tar
PIT : www.justanotherdev.slackdev.com/s1_odin_20100512.rar
1. Connect your phone with debugging enabled
2. Open Flash to stock
3. Find Pit file
4. Find PDA file
5. Click start
then you're done! Goodluck
Video here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ
used them last night and all working.
Here, all in one place, files are confirmed working since I used them last week.
Go back to stock:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
Then you root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Enjoy!
So the official froyo update isn't worth it?
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No way, it's hell. Go custom 2.2, im with Trigger 2.6.2 and super happy.
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Oh ****. I can't even do the supposed easy task of installing the official version let alone a custom one. Im ****ed.
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Abu-7abash said:
Oh ****. I can't even do the supposed easy task of installing the official version let alone a custom one. Im ****ed.
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What's happening?
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Nothing its just that im a noob in this developing departement TBH, and so limiting an actual upgrade to a custom version means no upgrade at all in my case. Hence me being stuck with this oldie 2.1
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You should do it, it's not that bad. Find the Bible and use it...
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roumenjr said:
No way, it's hell. Go custom 2.2, im with Trigger 2.6.2 and super happy.
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These are my feelings precisely. When a customer comes in my location and asks for us to hook their phone up to Kies and update it I have to resist the urge to root their phone for them.
rjwisniewski said:
These are my feelings precisely. When a customer comes in my location and asks for us to hook their phone up to Kies and update it I have to resist the urge to root their phone for them.
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Lol, that's a good one, I don't think you're supposed to do that.... lol
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Abu-7abash said:
Nothing its just that im a noob in this developing departement TBH, and so limiting an actual upgrade to a custom version means no upgrade at all in my case. Hence me being stuck with this oldie 2.1
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I was scared as hell when doing my first rom flash also, but it is TOTALLY worth it. You'll have a completely different phone depending on what you flash. Just follow all the instructions and there's plenty of help along the way if something goes awry
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These are my feelings precisely. When a customer comes in my location and asks for us to hook their phone up to Kies and update it I have to resist the urge to root their phone for them.
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My buddy works for T-Mo and he refers customers with Vibrants to this website. The Vibrant with the stock firmware is junk.
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My buddy works for T-Mo and he refers customers with Vibrants to this website. The Vibrant with the stock firmware is junk.
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I refer everyone to this website even if all they have is a rough stretch of a smart phone on a brick. I haven't looked, but I'm sure there's even a forum for that here!
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Droidificator said:
I refer everyone to this website even if all they have is a rough stretch of a smart phone on a brick. I haven't looked, but I'm sure there's even a forum for that here!
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That post made my day. LOL.
I have already odined back to 2.1 Kies mini isn't working. I'm sure the files are somewhere in these forums :S
Any help would be awesome.
Look in the vibrant Bible it will give you all the answers you need. Good luck!
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Stay away from kies anyway as it causes more bricks than its worth.
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MikeJennni said:
I have already odined back to 2.1 Kies mini isn't working. I'm sure the files are somewhere in these forums :S
Any help would be awesome.
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I have a same question, I could not find out the stock rom in Vibrant Bible, the build name is T959UVKB5, anyone help me!
Yeah stay away from Kies, hard bricked me, had to riff box recover.
I was looking for stock 2.2 recently too, hard to find most links didn't work.
Is there any specific reason you need stock? Most 2.2 roms now are plenty stable.
Here ya go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036193
I was gonna flame but he's right I didn't see it in the Bible either.
Thx all. I found it in the bible.
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trailblazerz11 said:
Yeah stay away from Kies, hard bricked me, had to riff box recover.
I was looking for stock 2.2 recently too, hard to find most links didn't work.
Is there any specific reason you need stock? Most 2.2 roms now are plenty stable.
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I just came from trigger cm7 14. Didnt like the battery drain and missed my GPS and wifi calling.
I LOVE the blazers! I live in Vanc and work in Portland. You think Oden will do well? Either way im glad rudy is gone
Yeah im gonna wait until stable cm7 comes out before I try it again
Yeah barring a long lockout, next season very dependent on oden. If he plays decent I see blazers doing very well
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trailblazerz11 said:
Yeah im gonna wait until stable cm7 comes out before I try it again
Yeah barring a long lockout, next season very dependent on oden. If he plays decent I see blazers doing very well
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Arent we supposed to get an official 2.3.4 from samsung soon?
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i know sometime the threads can be a lil confuzing. ill be online for couple hours if anyone needs help. i have arooted samsung fascinate running a themed ics rom. with a themed market, gmail, calender, and mms. i take absolutely no credit for any of it. it was all done by others . i just downloaded it and flashed it. mad props to all those who do what they do. u know who u r. lol cheers.
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whats up need some help flashing rom. for wifes samsung fascinate ics is nice can you help? its already rooted what do i do know? thanks
neo728 said:
whats up need some help flashing rom. for wifes samsung fascinate ics is nice can you help? its already rooted what do i do know? thanks
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If he don't get back to you, use droidstyles guide in the general section
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I agree about droidstyles guide. I flashed TSM Resurrection and runnin smooth.i do have a small problem. I flashed cmall.tar and have red recovery. Rom manager wants me to flash cwm recovery and prompt me to choose my phone (epic 4g or s-i9000) do I choose one or do something else?
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A quote from Droidstyle....." RUN FAR AWAY FROM ROM MANAGER" ...
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icemanwbs said:
A quote from Droidstyle....." RUN FAR AWAY FROM ROM MANAGER" ...
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^^ what he said
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I dropped rom manager like its hot.
End of line.