ok so i got some help from you guys on fixing my phone after the VooDoo crash. i flashed Eugene's froyo 2.2 and the phone is ALIVE!! one major problem i am seeing is i have no application storage now! i cannot download any apps, when i go to manage apps i have a ton of weird apps installed and i can't uninstall anything. how can i fix this??
Root explorer
V5 custom vibrant
root explorer? whats this?
An app from the market which gives you access to all the files on the phone and the abort ability top delete them
V5 custom vibrant
hmm, but i have zero storage, i cannot download any apps. i get a message saying i have no storage left
Go to the market and push downloads then delete some of the apps you have already maybe that will give you enough room
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i just fixed the phone and got it running, i have not downloaded any apps.
Did you repartition when you odined also the apps usually go off of your google account sign in to the market and your apps should come up from before what ever you had paid for should be available
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Anyway to post any pix of these strange apps your talking about?
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did not repartition, should i?
oh and no i don't know how to send a screen shot of the applications. but they are only in the manage apps section, i can't see the apps on the phone but they are there in the manage section
Dude have odined back to stock yet are you still on eugenes froyo ?you have go back to 2.1 its a pit file and jfd file you can find then on this site
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yeah i have tried to go back to stock after the froyo flash but i end up with the blank screen after the galaxy S logo. the phone only works with the froyo flash installed.
Did you extract the pit file?
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yeah both the 512 pit and jfd rar files are extracted, should i start over and reflash eugene's froyo? then flash the stock jfd file? if so when should i be repartitioning?
you dont extract the jfd file you were supposed to leave that how it was
ok my bad, the jfd file won't extract. i just realized this.
is it possible that the drivers are bad have you tried flashing another 2.2 rom then flashing back to stock?the only thing i can think of is try odin again click re partition and try to go to stock or try to flash another 2.2 rom then go back to stock if odin is set up correctly im not sure why its not working
another 2.2 rom? i had only heard about the eugene's fix for the voodoo brick that im experiencing. whatever i do i always get a blank screen after flashing unless i flass the froyo (rom?).
i'm going to try flashing eugene's froyo back in it without repartitioning then start odin back up and flash the old vj12 with partition selected and see what that does. i had a file called original from my last brick fix but am not sure what that was.
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So i have probably flashed my phone around twenty times, and each time something goes wrong or doesnt work, i have to use Odin and flash back to stock, do the JI6 update, install OCLF, root it, flash clockwork recovery, then try and flash another rom.
My concern is that it takes forever to do his process everytime. Is there an easier way to do this? Do you need to have JI6 before flashing a 2. 2 rom? Do you need root to install a custom rom? Or can you just copy over clockworm recovery to sd? Any info will help, thanks.
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I've flashed my phone with every rom I could find. I was using ClockworkMod Recovery to do my flashing and never had a problem. but if you flash a 2.2 rom.... you can't go back to 2.1
Unless you open Odin and have your phone set to Download mode.
Use these files and click START
PIT- s1_odin_20100512.pit
PDA- T959-PDA
PHONE- T959UVJFD
Then your phone will be rolled back to 2.1 update1 STOCK.
I had to use this 4 times. It works.
**If you have a Nandroid Backup of a rom running 2.1 You can't use that to roll back**
YOU WILL BRICK IT UP!
Annex1 said:
I've flashed my phone with every rom I could find. I was using ClockworkMod Recovery to do my flashing and never had a problem. but if you flash a 2.2 rom.... you can't go back to 2.1
Unless you open Odin and have your phone set to Download mode.
Use these files and click START
PIT- s1_odin_20100512.pit
PDA- T959-PDA
PHONE- T959UVJFD
Then your phone will be rolled back to 2.1 update1 STOCK.
I had to use this 4 times. It works.
**If you have a Nandroid Backup of a rom running 2.1 You can't use that to roll back**
YOU WILL BRICK IT UP!
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What if that rom includes a kernel?
Constantly Drinking
jzero88 said:
So i have probably flashed my phone around twenty times, and each time something goes wrong or doesnt work, i have to use Odin and flash back to stock, do the JI6 update, install OCLF, root it, flash clockwork recovery, then try and flash another rom.
My concern is that it takes forever to do his process everytime. Is there an easier way to do this? Do you need to have JI6 before flashing a 2. 2 rom? Do you need root to install a custom rom? Or can you just copy over clockworm recovery to sd? Any info will help, thanks.
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Who's the stupid person who told you to flash JI6 first to go to 2.2?
jzero88 said:
So i have probably flashed my phone around twenty times, and each time something goes wrong or doesnt work, i have to use Odin and flash back to stock, do the JI6 update, install OCLF, root it, flash clockwork recovery, then try and flash another rom.
My concern is that it takes forever to do his process everytime. Is there an easier way to do this? Do you need to have JI6 before flashing a 2. 2 rom? Do you need root to install a custom rom? Or can you just copy over clockworm recovery to sd? Any info will help, thanks.
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yeah ...
I have no clue how you could be having this much trouble... are you following the guides?
First off you don't need to wait for the ji6 / flash the ji6 update to get to froyo. 2nd, why are you bothering with the lag fix before getting on the rom you want to run daily? Try to keep your flashes clean. By this I mean once you're odin'd back to stock, just flash 2.2, so there's no weird mods messing things up for you. If you're finding things wrong every time you have to eliminate as many variables as you can that could potentially cause something to go wrong. If you flash straight from stock, you're only variables will be within the 2.2 ROM you're flashing. Hope this helps. It's definitely worth it to get on one of the froyo roms in these forums, I recommend Axura, no problems at all and there's an even newer release than I'm running so it might be even better.
I did a backup with 2.1 update1 stock. Then flashed to 2.2 Obsidian V4.
That's my first flash and I only got the phone for two weeks. So apparently
I was still in learning mode. I did not backup my contacts as I thought
I could easily go back to 2.1 just as if having a dual bootable linux box.
However, after restoring to 2.1, the phone did not boot. It appears that I
have to use ODIN to bring it back. But my concern is I will lose my contacts
once 2.1 is back. So my questions are:
1. if I use odin, will I lose my contacts?
2. is there any other way to let the phone boot?
3. Not sure if my case falls into the category that flash to 2.2 then cannot
go back to 2.1 unless odin is used.
Sorry for asking so many questions.
Many thanks in advance.
Annex1 said:
I've flashed my phone with every rom I could find. I was using ClockworkMod Recovery to do my flashing and never had a problem. but if you flash a 2.2 rom.... you can't go back to 2.1
Unless you open Odin and have your phone set to Download mode.
Use these files and click START
PIT- s1_odin_20100512.pit
PDA- T959-PDA
PHONE- T959UVJFD
Then your phone will be rolled back to 2.1 update1 STOCK.
I had to use this 4 times. It works.
**If you have a Nandroid Backup of a rom running 2.1 You can't use that to roll back**
YOU WILL BRICK IT UP!
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Ok i'm confused on how you will lose contacts.
When you add contacts to your phone are you choosing "google" as the place to add it? If you choose "phone" then you will lose contacts as data is wiped.
But always choose "google", then all of your contacts will be synced and stored to googles servers. Then once you add your google account after you flash your rom all of your contacts will be synced right back to your phone..... this is what I do and I always have my contacts no matter what
install check list
OCLF (Root only)
Rom Manager (clockwork recovery + Rom Installer)
thats all you need really for quick installs.
I did my first rom install about a week ago, since then i've flashed 4 different ones, havent had any issues. i tend to stick to installs that can be installed via clock work, Used odin 1 time that was because OTA JI6 broke me.
Obsidian V4 is unstable and was pulled from the public download page for revisions try V3 or Onyx R3.1
as for contacts, you don't have them synced Via gmail or atleast backed up on your sim?
Just so everyone knows there is a stock 2.2 for use with ODIN. No need to go back to stock 2.1 then up to 2.2 again. The 2.2 for ODIN is pre-rooted. I have done this twice now with no problems. Haven't needed One Click Root/Unroot since we got 2.2
It might be a little late to know this. But to be honest, I do not really buy into
the concept of putting everything in google's hand. That's why I chose to
save in the phone other than google.
I thought that by backing up the current ROM (2.1 update1 in my case),
I should be able to restore back to it whenever I want to.
Am I doomed? Really hate to shoot everybody an email asking for their
numbers. And worse, some of them don't have email since they are old
eminembdg said:
Ok i'm confused on how you will lose contacts.
When you add contacts to your phone are you choosing "google" as the place to add it? If you choose "phone" then you will lose contacts as data is wiped.
But always choose "google", then all of your contacts will be synced and stored to googles servers. Then once you add your google account after you flash your rom all of your contacts will be synced right back to your phone..... this is what I do and I always have my contacts no matter what
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so far obsidian v4 has not given me any trouble, but I will give V3 a try later
to make sure I have at least one stable version.
As for contacts, I did not take it too seriously when I flashed to 2.2.
But now I realize it's a lot hassle to get all numbers back if I can remember
who are on my list.
Is there any hope to save my a**?
boystuff said:
install check list
OCLF (Root only)
Rom Manager (clockwork recovery + Rom Installer)
thats all you need really for quick installs.
I did my first rom install about a week ago, since then i've flashed 4 different ones, havent had any issues. i tend to stick to installs that can be installed via clock work, Used odin 1 time that was because OTA JI6 broke me.
Obsidian V4 is unstable and was pulled from the public download page for revisions try V3 or Onyx R3.1
as for contacts, you don't have them synced Via gmail or atleast backed up on your sim?
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Thanks for all the replies but to be clear all my custom flashed roms flash successfully. Nothing wrong with flashing, just doing advanced stuff like testing eugenes kernels with other roms. If something goes wrong then i have to start over. I was just wondering if we can go from stock to 2. 2 which i know now we can. Do you need root to do this or can you just copy the update. Zip of the clockwork recovery to sd and get into it from stock recovery to flash the new rom
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Ive been using gmail as my contacts backup since 06 when it was beta invite only. Synced via active sync on my windows mobile 5,6 and 6.5 phones with ease its just always made more sense then outlook or sim cards since i could access it anywhere i had internet.
Give it a shot doesnt hurt to always have atleast 1 backup
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hello just got my new epic 4g about 3 hours ago i just came from the samsung mesmerize and before that i was on captivate so far i am loving the epic (because of the keyboard) well i was looking at roms and things seem really different compared to the mesmerize... the rom i was looking at was the Frankenstein FROYO rom and i am looking forward to pick up and test out that rom but the thing is i am a little confuse on some of the things it wants me to do like the whole DK28 modem thing and the convert to ext4 system..... what is this stuff about? and also the whole No Journaling thing? so far i am rooted and thats about it on my phone where should i start lol
Welcome! I also use Frankenstein ROM.
Ok. The dk28 is our froyo leak that we have. If you go into settings and about phone and look at the baseband version that tells you your modem version. If you update to dk28 then the baseband version should say dk28. If you update to dk28 using Odin to flash the rom it will automatically update your modem. The ext4 thing is changing our filesystem from stock Rfs to ext4 which is a lot faster. When you update to dk28 use the one click root with clockwork mod version 3 and once finished boot into cwm by using power down,camera and power button and the cwm3 will automatically convert your filesystem to ext4. The no journaling mod speeds up the phone by about 15%. Having journaling is enabled to protect your data. If you bare in the middle of something and your battery dies it is there to protect it. Now when you disable it you just gave to be careful to Jake sure your battery doesn't die while your doing something cause it could corrupt your data. I've been using it for almost a month and I haven't gad any trouble. Good luck. Anymore questions just ask.
Midnight+midnight theme ftw
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Welcome! Glad to hear you are enjoying the Epic so far. I use MeatROM. It works really well, especially with ext4.
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Musclehead hit everything spot on, though I'm not sure exactly how much no journaling speeds up your processing capability. I'm on Viperrom Frozen, which uses EXT4 and flashes through CWM3. I think it's terrific. Tried Bonsai but it was too stock for my taste. It's a barebones, clean deal with Bonsai. I go more for the theme and baked in stuff personally.
so im a little lost here i am following this guide to upgrade to 2.2 http://briefmobile.com/how-to-update-sprint-epic-4g-to-android-2-2?cp=5
when i try the first way it says update verification failed
and the 2nd way in odin says SPH-D700-DK8-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 is invaild and then end sooo im a little stuck here and when i use the one click root with CWM3 it wont boot into the CWM it still stays in the standered manger
now i am stuck even more i got CWM3 to install and right after it it turned my phone into a ext4 system it wont boot and stays on the samsung screen =/ and i have the update.zip on my sd card but it is still giving me a error saying error 7
icebear8 said:
now i am stuck even more i got CWM3 to install and right after it it turned my phone into a ext4 system it wont boot and stays on the samsung screen =/ and i have the update.zip on my sd card but it is still giving me a error saying error 7
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If you run CWM3/Ext4 on your 2.1 install it will bork and get stuck on the Samsung screen. CWM3/Ext4 only works with DK28.
I don't know if you could apply a zip via CWM3 (while installed on 2.1) or not, I would wager you couldn't... but since the DK28 update should apply all the changes as you would by flashing I'm not sure.
The proper process is DK28, then CWM3/Ext4, then rom.
If your DK28 tar file is giving an error in Odin before you even try to apply it, download it again and retry; something got messed up in your download most likely.
ok got my phone to go back to stock 2.1 with the odin way soo gonna try and download the dk28 file again and see where that takes me
icebear8 said:
ok got my phone to go back to stock 2.1 with the odin way soo gonna try and download the dk28 file again and see where that takes me
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Yeah give that a go if the new file checks OK, odin it to get to 2.2 (or you could download the update.zip if it is still floating around out there and install it via the samsung recovery). Boot it up and get your gmail configured etc, then go to debugging mode and run CW3 again.
Reboot into CWM3 and let it finish, then it should boot right up to the phone again. The pick a rom (if you want one) and apply it in CWM3. Just make sure the rom is compatible with ext4 and CWM3. Some are compatible with neither, some with ext4 but not CWM3. It usually says in the thread title which it is.
ok redownloaded it and installed my settings says i have 2.2 and the baseband says DK28 and did the CWM3/ext4 and now im stuck at the same samsung screen again
icebear8 said:
ok redownloaded it and installed my settings says i have 2.2 and the baseband says DK28 and did the CWM3/ext4 and now im stuck at the same samsung screen again
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After you ran the CWM3 batch file, did you reboot into CWM3 to let it finish the installation (down volume, camera, power button at same time to turn the phone on)?
If yes, did it complete without errors?
this is what i am doing right after i installed the DK28 file i started my phone and used the oneclickCWM3 root it went thru fine and started up fine so i reset it and did the whole cam,power,volume down stuff and then it went into CWM and was updating my file system to EXt4 and then after it said complete it restarted and then just hangs in the samsung logo
At the CWM3 menu, you have to install a ROM from zip file.
ok everything is good just need to know if my undervolt took in dont know how i find out about that
So you got past the cwm3 conversion? Yeah you needed to flash a rom or it would get stuck. What undervolt mod are you talking about? What rom did you flash?
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I did the franken rom it said that it had the undervolt option in it so I downloaded that and threw it in with the rom
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i installed the leaked Gingerbread rom and then upgraded it to criskelo's 2.3.2 Rom v15 but now want to move back to the official Samsung Froyo rom for India. Kindly help and would be good if anyone can provide me with steps to downgrade as I am a noob
Kailash
Just go into Download Mode and flash via Odin (pc) a Froyo stock firmware like JS7....or better JS5 3 files + pit 512 + repartition enabled!
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i was told that we have to first install the stock ecliar and then install froyo on it also that the rom should have 3 files modem, csc and pda is that correct?
You can simply download from samfirmware.com the 3 files version of froyo JS5 and flash it with pit 512 and repartition....
I did that many times and it has worked well (downgrading from ginger)....
So the 3 files are needed!
Good flashing! XD
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well dont know if i did it right or wrong but i had darky's rom on my internal sd. i flashed through odin speedmod kernel without auto reboot.
remove battery after flash
reboot to recovry using 3 buttons
install darky rom from recovery 9.3
All izz well
hope this is correct
Hi,
I also need help downgrading from 2.3.2.
I successfully downgraded to Froyo but now I can't restore my Contacts/SMS data with Titanium backup pro.
It restores but then I get a bunch of errors and FCs and I can no longer open my SMS/Contacts app.
Anyone else have this problem and know how to fix it?
Thanks
this is not possible
You can't restore your contacts/sms database from a gingerbread rom to a froyo rom and vice versa. They are not compatible and it will corrupt your system so you can't use contacts anymore.
You better use a synchronising app where you can sync your contacts and maybe sms to an external service.
specr1 said:
Hi,
I also need help downgrading from 2.3.2.
I successfully downgraded to Froyo but now I can't restore my Contacts/SMS data with Titanium backup pro.
It restores but then I get a bunch of errors and FCs and I can no longer open my SMS/Contacts app.
Anyone else have this problem and know how to fix it?
Thanks
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To save you the headache next time do this:
1) For SMS use SMS backup and restore from market.
2) Save you contacts to your SD card (external). The phone has that function built in contact-import/export-export to SD card.
As marcelser mentioned above, titanium is only good between same version firmwares for system files.
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I have garbled screen at boot and been looking for 3 file firmware at samimfirmware, but cannot find one - they all are 1 file rar?
Which 2.2 firmware should I flash to get bootloader fixed and where can i get it from?
Or should I extract modem, zimage and csc from that rar that i got from samifirmware and flash that?
Will it update my bootloader if I do it that way?
Thx, sason
I just flashed bootloader only and kept my fingers crossed, so that connection does not fail when flashing
I got it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12545932&postcount=5609
You should flash the JPU 2.2.1 from Samfirmware.com because it has the froyo bootloader and is a 3-file repartition as well.
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Hey
What is the purpose of repartion asking as i see some say do it and others say dont. and also whats the difference between 1 file method and three file method.
Sorry if stupid Q
If i use reparation and pit file its to clear a broken rom .
jje
My brother and I both have a Vibrant. He broke his so I loaned him mine for a week. While he had mine (which I've upgraded to 2.2), he installed Android 2.1 Voodoo 4 on it. Little to say, after rebooting, the phone wasn't booting past the boot screen.
I've now followed some instructions from the forum, and have reflashed my phone with Eugene's non-bricking ROM through Odin. The phone boots up just fine now. However, I am trying to install ROM Manager on the phone, so I can reflash my recovery ROM (non Voodoo) - and the Android market tells me it can't install the app due to not having enough free space - though I have over 1GB.
I am guessing this is because the internal disk is still setup in the Voodoo file system, and just enough space was repartitioned for the OS to go back on.
Can anyone help me restore my phone?
EDIT: I've also tried flashing a different recovery ROM through ODIN (with repartition), which also wouldn't let me get past the bootup screen.
I'm taking a wild guess here, I seriously don't know, but did you click repartition in Odin? I think that's would work, but like I said, I'm not completely sure.
I didn't repartition for the Eugene rom fix (as per the instruction I read), but did when I tried to load another version ontop of that.
I was in the Voodoo chatroom, and was able to get some help. It sounds like I need to download a stock ROM and then reset my file partition to get rid of the EXT4 partition, and reset it all to the default.
I have Eugene's "non bricking" rom, but I don't think that's what I need. Can anyone point me in the right direction of what I need and how to do this?
Just search for the stock Odin images and flash back. They should be in a sticky. I would repartition as well.
I am trying to find a stock version I can ODIN flash. Do you know where I can get one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
I've gone through ODIN, done a reflash to the stock firmware, and repartitioned the phone as well.
Now, when I boot the phone up, I get the T-Mobile screen and the Galaxy S screen, and then the phone goes black (with no lights on) and doesn't go any further. My phone has been sitting on the desk like this for 20 minutes now.
I am wondering if this is like when moving to Voodoo, it takes a while to change the format to EXT4, is the phone having to go back to the default?
I 1am into the same problem with the old voodoo. What you'll need to do is flash back to stock via odin. Ur apps memory will be real low. Flash an old 2.1 voodoo. Let it do its thing once booted put a disable voodoo file into the folder and reboot. It will be ok after that. Hope that makes sense.
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this thread might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
fatboy547 said:
I 1am into the same problem with the old voodoo. What you'll need to do is flash back to stock via odin. Ur apps memory will be real low. Flash an old 2.1 voodoo. Let it do its thing once booted put a disable voodoo file into the folder and reboot. It will be ok after that. Hope that makes sense.
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Thanks fatboy, but I can't even flash back to stock. The phone won't boot up.
Does anyone have a stock based flashable rom so that I can get back to touchwiz?
All the ones I've tried dont have the right update scripts and I'm not that good with those yet.
Unfortunately you will have to ODIN back to stock JFD. You will need to select repartition in odin also.
Odin is your friend. I've done it half a dozen times now. it's the way to go
And of course you'll have to use Eugene's Froyo That doesn't brick odin first then odin JFD then you'll be good to go. Something with the file system in CM makes it so you have to do all these steps to get back to stock and to be able to use Voodoo again well I had to do it...
just odin back to stock but im not sure if u check off re-partition?? when going back to stock from cm7?
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And of course you'll have to use Eugene's Froyo That doesn't brick odin first then odin JFD then you'll be good to go. Something with the file system in CM makes it so you have to do all these steps to get back to stock and to be able to use Voodoo again well I had to do it...
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I really don't think that you need to do this. All I did was odin the jfd with repartitions checked plus the pit file.
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Anyone that reads this thread in the future, just check the going back to stock link in my signature.
The reference to Eugene's ftdb is only needed in special circumstances.
You should be fine just using ODIN to go back to JFD. You will want to select repartition as well when coming from CM7. You wouldnt need to use the Froyo that does not brick in this circumstance. That would be used say for example if you forgot to disable Voodoo and flashed a non Voodoo ROM over it.