Database Users

Bricked Vibrant, Assistance greatly appreciated

Hi all,
Sot of new to modding, think I screwed up and could use some help. Was doing this one click speed fix: forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7587405&postcount=417
It didn't appear to work the first time, as I received a message and exited the application, however the symbol was still in the notification bar. Re-ran it, and it seemed to have worked, mostly, as the phone was blazing fast. Went immediately to run quadrant and check the benchmark, but it force closed every time it hit the i/o section. tried to go to market, foreclose every time. Figured it may need a reboot, powered off, and that's was all she wrote.
I can get into the battery charging screen and have been able to get to recovery, but nothing else. I haven't used adb or ODIN at all yet, but any assistance is greatly appreciated.
The phone was already rooted, and i have titanium back up and nandroid backups, but don't really know how to get to them.

If you did a nandroid backup, just go in recovery screen and restore backup. If not, flash back to stock rom.

well maybe i dont know what im talking about then. I guess I thought i did a nandroid.
When i go into recovery i get four options: reboot system now, reinstall packages, clear all user data, clear cache data.
none of them work

Did you install clock work recovery via Rom manager?

well it has turned on now. removed sim and memory card and hit reinstall packages. ive got the standard twlauncher running but, it repeatedly gives me force close notifications that android.process.media has stopped and i cannot access the menu

s15274n said:
Did you install clock work recovery via Rom manager?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes, i did. i remember doing that precisely as shown in your tips and tricks thread

alright, so i got it into download mode, gonna reflash everything to stock and see where i went wrong as outlined here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
Will update with results, but would be nice to figure out where i went wrong so as not to repeat the error.

If you can get into recovery just wipe and reflash eugenes vibrant4.zip.

Alright, back to stock. unrooted also? gonna mess some more and see if i can get my clockword recovery to restore everything.

okay, so my theory is that the lag fix i used installed an update.zip that overwrote the clockword mod one. Now im just trying to restore using titanium backup, but it is telling me that it doesnt have root access. i know im rooted, as i just did it and reinstalled rom manager and drocap. hmmmmm.....
Thats not all thats funny. i cant find the superuser app anywhere on here. also, i cannot install one from the market.
and im having issues with root explorer.

Civil Disobedient said:
okay, so my theory is that the lag fix i used installed an update.zip that overwrote the clockword mod one. Now im just trying to restore using titanium backup, but it is telling me that it doesnt have root access. i know im rooted, as i just did it and reinstalled rom manager and drocap. hmmmmm.....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
DAKIDD236 said:
If you can get into recovery just wipe and reflash eugenes vibrant4.zip.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would re-root and then follow the flash the ROM mentioned above. There is a thread in the DEV forum.

Civil Disobedient said:
okay, so my theory is that the lag fix i used installed an update.zip that overwrote the clockword mod one. Now im just trying to restore using titanium backup, but it is telling me that it doesnt have root access. i know im rooted, as i just did it and reinstalled rom manager and drocap. hmmmmm.....
Thats not all thats funny. i cant find the superuser app anywhere on here. also, i cannot install one from the market.
and im having issues with root explorer.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You need to root again to get the superuser on your phone. As for the one click lag fix, I used to original method and it went pretty well. No problems so far. I also flashed Vibrant4 by Eugene before doing the lag fix. Hope it helps

same thing happened to me. I'm stuck on the galaxy S boot screen. i can get into the samsung recovery screen but not the clockwork recovery. I backed up my nandroid and Rom but don't know how to get into the menu to restore. I only have the update.zip for the lag fix on the internal sd so can't restore that way. Any ideas? Much appreciated.

kwbdc said:
same thing happened to me. I'm stuck on the galaxy S boot screen. i can get into the samsung recovery screen but not the clockwork recovery. I backed up my nandroid and Rom but don't know how to get into the menu to restore. I only have the update.zip for the lag fix on the internal sd so can't restore that way. Any ideas? Much appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There may be other ways around it, but I restored fully to stock, then re-rooted. I'm back up and running no problem now. Had some issues with titanium backup but got around that and its batch restoring as i type.

Civil Disobedient said:
There may be other ways around it, but I restored fully to stock, then re-rooted. I'm back up and running no problem now. Had some issues with titanium backup but got around that and its batch restoring as i type.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Would you mind saying how you did that?
I tried wiping and flashing the stock via renaming it update.zip, and I'm still getting FC city. Mostly media, but, calendar, everything. I'm going to post a link to this in that thread, since many, it seems, were left hanging in a boot loop.

Janis said:
Would you mind saying how you did that?
I tried wiping and flashing the stock via renaming it update.zip, and I'm still getting FC city. Mostly media, but, calendar, everything. I'm going to post a link to this in that thread, since many, it seems, were left hanging in a boot loop.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just follow what I did through the thread.
I did this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475 to get back to complete stock, then i had to root it twice. Once did the one click, then the good root here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7150299&postcount=1
back up and running. had to research about titanium backup to get it up and running. I want to do the lag fix still, but im nervous from before.

Your nervous? I really would like to do this but i'm scared (cuss)less.
I've read what needs to be done and think that I've figured it out.
(pretty new to droid)... but, have also read the horror stories here
about bricking your phone...which nowadays can happen to any
phone you have....don't get me started on the apple pie!
But, really when it gets a simple as installing an .APK I'll be happy.

Damitu said:
Your nervous? I really would like to do this but i'm scared .......
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The galaxy s seems pretty hard to brick. I'd say just go for the lag fix. Worse thing that happens is you have to take like 15min to download and use odin to reflash to stock. The lag fix seems pretty safe as long as you stay rooted
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Vibrant Recovery Mode HowTo
THIS GUIDE WORKED ON USA T-MOBILE SAMSUNG VIBRANT BUT MAY VERY WELL WORK ON ALL SAMSUNG GALAXYS PHONES
After reading many XDA-Developers Forum Posts to try and figure out how to get into the Recovery Mode / Download Mode without any success, I gave T-Mobile Support a call.
After the usual noop run-down, "did you take the battery out" questions, I simply asked them how to get the Samsung Vibrant into recovery mode.
Unline the many tutorials that claim to require the Up or Down button pressed, along with the Home button then the Power, the true process is as follows:
1. Press the Up and the Down button at the same time (yes both). I too thought that button was a Toggle which only did either Up or Down, but found that in fact it does do both.
2. At the same time, press the power button.
3. As soon as the Samsung / Vibrant logo comes up on the screen, release the power button.
4. Release the Up and Down buttons.
5. PRESTO

Lost Super User again.............

Well with my memory issues and working to solve that I fouled up my CDMA Hero Running Damage Control's last rom. I restored my Nandroid back up and the phone came back but I lost SU again. I have ChainsDD SU and it works really well but once in awhile in the past this has happened and I would go to the Market, uninstall it and install it again and it would work fine again. So this time I went to the market and on my list of apps it wasn't there. Then I went to my Settings>Applications and found the Super User program but there was no provision to uninstall it there. So I went back to the market and tried to install it again but I get an error that the "package was not signed correctly" or something like that. So I try to install another SU program and it won't install as there are compatibility problems. So I'm stuck............. This is the first time this has happened. I even Nandroided way back and still SU doesn't work. With out SU my cache cleaners won't work and with my rapidly dissolving memory I'm going to have a paper weight in a week. The sad thing is with out SU I can't get to Titanium where my back ups live and I'm basically lost. Any ideas short of going to Sprint and buying a newer phone? When this phone is working I love it but when it goes down like this it's just a nightmare to get it working again. I guess I can keep Nandroiding back to this point as it still works. I certainly can get rid of titanium back up and Root Explorer and the Cache Cleaner and My Backup Pro now so I'll gain some memory back from those. Maybe this is not such a bad thing. But it's so sad that these wonderful little devices, when they work are a dream can become such and expensive and gross time consuming nightmare........
Any answers or comments. I'm totally afraid to install a different Rom on this phone now as who knows what nightmares that will bring...........
Thanks for your help...... If there is an answer.

Maybe try to re-root using one of the 1 click methods, this should install a new super user.

First of all, don't fear installing a new ROM. If you liked the DamageControl roms, then you would probably like the current .7 Stock rom by nfinitefx45 that's available in the Development forum. I think you'll find that rom to be just as good as the older damagecontrol with almost all the same stuff, but will be a lot smoother and even more stable. It's basically the Sprint stock rom with some optimizations done to it. I doubt you'll encounter any "nightmares" you seem to be worrying about.
As for your SuperUser problems, search around the forum here for the Superuser.apk, then just 'push' it via adb to /system/app. It's basically the same as installing it, but with adb push you are force installing and overwriting if it already exists, so its basically guaranteed to work.

Dear Mr. Chromiumleaf,
Good suggestion but I'm not that good with the adb. I had it connected to my phone and couldn't maneuver through it. All that would come up is the list of commands. My phone is just stuck in the state it's in now. It works I just don't have SU any more so with out root access I don't need Titanium, My Backup Pro, Cache Cleaner or even Root explorer. I'll free up memory with those gone and my current strategy is when the phone clogs up with no memory I'll just nandroid back to where it was still working. Not a very smooth fix but it's a work around 'till I can upgrade and throw this phone away.
Every time I play with the darn thing I mess it up and loose something else. I got to this place as I was trying to do apps2sd and never accomplished that and lost SU in the process. So when ever I try something it cost me another function on the phone. I have cut three legs off this dog now and it's still walking I can't afford to get the last one.............
Thanks again for your suggestion. I do appreciate your time answering..........
Sincerely,
Lisa

I think you ought to at least give nfinitefx45's stock rom a try before you completely give up. Link is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=703267 Wipe the phone and flash it just like you would a damagecontrol rom from recovery.
Just get the ODEX version (better on memory) and don't worry about JIT, apps2sd, OC kernel or anything else that's listed there. If you aren't happy with that and it doesn't seem to be a huge improvement, then hey--you still have your nandroid right? I promise this phone is better than what you're experiencing with it right now Please feel free to PM me with any further questions/concerns.

Dear Chromiumleaf,
Thank you for the support. Between you and Donb from the Android Root Forum have put so much into me not giving up I am going to start over and do what ever I have to do to reroot and get a new and supported Rom. I'm at work now but ill figure out you to get my email address to you and ill get the job done.
thank you for your support. I have nothing to loose and all the world to gain...
sincerely...
Lisa

[Q] "Sorry, there's not enough space to install this item." - HELP!

Nevermind. I found a fix. please delete this? I don't know how.

How did you fix it? I am assuming you flashed over voo doo just like I did. I have tried to uninstall voo doo and restore to stock through Odin several times go into force close loops ect finally got back to stock, but still get the "sorry not enough space to download" mess. How did you do it?

Instead of saying "nevermind" after asking for help... It'd be more beneficial to the community if you explained how you fixed it ya know?
Give/Take
Thanks...

Read adrynalyne's sticky on completely removing voodoo. You need to rewrite the original master boot record because voodoo writes a new one for a different partition map. Just check out the stickies in this subforum. Should be the second one.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

So...
Was this ever resolved? I'm having this issue with my Fascinate, which I just updated to 2.2 via the below instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948722
It seems that my phone does not have enough storage in the built in memory, which is why the issue persists. However, I do not think I have actually run out of memory, since I just did a clean install. Also, whenever I restart my phone, it wipes all of the synced information, removes the market completely, and makes it so that I must add my Google account information again. Oh, and it will not actually accept the Google account that I add, saying, "Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server".
Thoughts? I'm totally lost.
Edit: Used this to fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
Just built up from there.

[Q] Root Noob needs help!

because i have no shame, i'll admit it. this is my second root ever. first was on my droid 2 r2d2 to remove the crap that wasnt necessary.
using this tutorial, just google samsung continuum froyo, and its on addictive tips. I followed the directions properly.
Basically, I used odin3 with a custom froyo rom, i did everything correctly, and i began to use titanium backup to remove some bloatware. what i removed was the GO Launcher stuff and now my homescreen is just a black screen. I've tried using recovery mode and restored that way. i've done that 10+ times. i cant get to any apps, only pressing the bottom ticker to access my text messages and notifications slide down bar. thats it. no apps. at all. can someone tell me how to revert back to the original software? then i will re-root again and this time NOT remove anything. or someone can show me properly how to remove it.
thanks. itll help a lot!

Go launcher (in most roms for the continuum) the ONLY launcher installed so when you got rid of it with TiB you screwed the whole UI. Try booting into Recovery wipe data fact reset wipe cache. then reboot. pull battery reflash on odin, make sure repartition is unchecked. let it reboot. should be back to normal.

can you explain that in a different way. i tried wiping in recovery mode it didnt work

Are you using <2e> recovery (samsung stock) or CwM?

You removed the launcher, this is why. You probably deleted a file called TouchWiz30Launcher.apk
You have a few options now, do you have CWM installed? If so go download another rom, put it on your sdcard some how then install it. It will save you much time and you don’t have to remove the bloat as it’s already removed.
If you aren’t familiar with CWM(clock work recovery) I would suggest researching it s you will be dealing a lot with it.
I would recommend reflashing via odin so that you have all files again. If you want to get rid of bloat, install nuckin or eco07-clean they both are good basic roms. I am currently working on a rom which is called miunia it is as minimalistic as I can make it. It is still in beta forms but it can be installed through odin. If you want the launcher I suggest flashing one of mine for the time being..
Thttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/11160512/launcher.zip
Thread link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311414

pattielipp said:
You removed the launcher, this is why. You probably deleted a file called TouchWiz30Launcher.apk
You have a few options now, do you have CWM installed?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yea i have clockwork mod, and i did remove that. i dont know what to do honestly im rerooting to see if that will work.

thanks everyone, i think i fixed it. never thought to reroot it, i really appreciate it, xda is a great place to go for help and to learn.

coreybrah said:
thanks everyone, i think i fixed it. never thought to reroot it, i really appreciate it, xda is a great place to go for help and to learn.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
if you deleted the actual file, just rebooting the phone won't fix the issue. you will have to replace the launcher or factory reset.

For future reference, another option is to get on android market from your computer and download a launcher. It will send it to your phone and install automatically. Then, when you hit the home button, it should run the launcher.
sent from my gutted and modded continuum, courtesy of adrynalyne, imnuts, and trailblazer

Need help with my GS4!

Hey guys,
I'm new to this site and actually sort of new to androids so sorry if I mess something up here. I had my gs4 rooted and had titanium backup pro installed, I was removing bloatware and trying to dodge what I thought were system files and just get the widgets and uneeded stuff out. Apparently I messed something up to where my gallery stopped working. After reading I tried everything to get it to work and figured since it was a new phone i would just do a factory reset. I did this in both ways under settings and hard reset. Both times during the phones setup process I got errors saying that the text-to-speech, gallery, and setting all stopped working so I get all the way to the last step in setup process and it gives me the settings error and takes me back a step to where I can't even use my phone now. I've tried installing cwm manually to try and flash a new rom but Im not sure if im doing it right. Any help would greatly be appreciated..

Brandon8223 said:
Hey guys,
I'm new to this site and actually sort of new to androids so sorry if I mess something up here. I had my gs4 rooted and had titanium backup pro installed, I was removing bloatware and trying to dodge what I thought were system files and just get the widgets and uneeded stuff out. Apparently I messed something up to where my gallery stopped working. After reading I tried everything to get it to work and figured since it was a new phone i would just do a factory reset. I did this in both ways under settings and hard reset. Both times during the phones setup process I got errors saying that the text-to-speech, gallery, and setting all stopped working so I get all the way to the last step in setup process and it gives me the settings error and takes me back a step to where I can't even use my phone now. I've tried installing cwm manually to try and flash a new rom but Im not sure if im doing it right. Any help would greatly be appreciated..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Flash stock rom again
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

what's the easiest way to do that? sorry, i'm a noob I had iphones from 3g-5 so Im completely new to this.

Brandon8223 said:
Hey guys,
I'm new to this site and actually sort of new to androids so sorry if I mess something up here. I had my gs4 rooted and had titanium backup pro installed, I was removing bloatware and trying to dodge what I thought were system files and just get the widgets and uneeded stuff out. Apparently I messed something up to where my gallery stopped working. After reading I tried everything to get it to work and figured since it was a new phone i would just do a factory reset. I did this in both ways under settings and hard reset. Both times during the phones setup process I got errors saying that the text-to-speech, gallery, and setting all stopped working so I get all the way to the last step in setup process and it gives me the settings error and takes me back a step to where I can't even use my phone now. I've tried installing cwm manually to try and flash a new rom but Im not sure if im doing it right. Any help would greatly be appreciated..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use Odin to flash back to stock and when you root again use freeze instead of deleting stuff so you can defrost incase you freeze something you actually need.
sent from xda app

Using the search function would get you the answers you need. Not only will it help you figure things out, but it is also the rules.
Because you are new, I will point you in the right direction. Go to the Development section and read the "Factory Stock" ODIN thread. It will have all the information and downloads you need to get back to stock. If you read the thread, you shouldn't have any more questions. Make sure you do a factory reset after you ODIN to stock so it clears any remaining rogue data. When you are done, I suggest you do as much reading as you can before you do anything else to your phone. Read for weeks if you need to. If you have any more questions, try the search function to try to find the answers before you post. Good luck.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
If you'e not AT&T look on sammobile for your firmware... anyways... you may be able to get it rooted and unfreeze everything, then reset, and not have to flash back to stock....

People, people people....ALWAYS FREEZE first, then if you know what your doing delete. leads to nothing but f/c if you make a mistake, but its easy to un-freeze, than having to odin back to stock.