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[HELP] AT&T Logo on Facinate booting

Hello guys,
I have problem with my friends facinate.
I don't know what he did but when I tried to boot this phone, I see those logo.
I can't get into recovery mode or odin mode.
Please help me guys~!

brozroy said:
Hello guys,
I have problem with my friends facinate.
I don't know what he did but when I tried to boot this phone, I see those logo.
I can't get into recovery mode or odin mode.
Please help me guys~!
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looks like he tried booting captivate firmware on his fascinate

nitsuj17 said:
looks like he tried booting captivate firmware on his fascinate
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How can I get into odin3

Make sure you have the fascinate drivers.
Pull the battery.
Connect phone via USB to your computer.
Hold volume down button then press power.
That should boot it into download (Odin) mode
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K40 said:
Make sure you have the fascinate drivers.
Pull the battery.
Connect phone via USB to your computer.
Hold volume down button then press power.
That should boot it into download (Odin) mode
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It works on my phone. But not on this phone. Is there any other way?
Thanks

Only other way, that I am aware of, is to boot holding the volume down button with the battery in then connect to USB after the downloader launches.
Did your friend possibly install CWM? If so try holding both volume buttons down and going through Clock Work Mod.
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Also if you can boot using the second method but don't have CWM installed you can possibly add another ROM named update.zip to the root of the sdcard and use the standard recovery launcher.
This information may be innacurate I come more from Palm Pre tweaking, but I believe that's what I read.
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I have never seen a Galaxy S phone not be able to get to download mode.. but I think I've only seen one other person dumb enough to flash a Capitvate rom / kernel onto a Fascinate..
That being said, if removing the battery (don't put it back in), plugging in USB and holding volume-down doesn't bring up download mode, you're screwed. The phone obviously needs to be made inoperable before returning. An easy way to do that would be to disconnect the cable to the screen. Alternatively, and much more dangerously, you could microwave if for a few seconds at a time until it dies.

namebrandon said:
Alternatively, and much more dangerously, you could microwave if for a few seconds at a time until it dies.
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Are you serious?

Inoperable would be a last ditch effort in my opinion. Mistakes happen. These are the kind of mistakes that not only the OP and his friend learn from but also the community as a whole. If we can get him through this we also learn how to help others that make similar mistakes.
Modding / hacking whatever you wish to call it comes down to learning. We learn what works and what doesn't and we try to help others not make those mistakes. I prefer to try everything before nuking a phone that can be recovered.
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K40 said:
Inoperable would be a last ditch effort in my opinion. Mistakes happen. These are the kind of mistakes that not only the OP and his friend learn from but also the community as a whole. If we can get him through this we also learn how to help others that make similar mistakes.
Modding / hacking whatever you wish to call it comes down to learning. We learn what works and what doesn't and we try to help others not make those mistakes. I prefer to try everything before nuking a phone that can be recovered.
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Thanks. I hope there is other way to flash it.

Keep trying holding both volume buttons down while powering up. If you can get into the default recovery or the download interface this can be corrected.
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namebrandon said:
I have never seen a Galaxy S phone not be able to get to download mode.. but I think I've only seen one other person dumb enough to flash a Capitvate rom / kernel onto a Fascinate..
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Yeah. I know. He is very young kids. I think he didn't even read title of thread.

Sorry am at work, any progress on getting the downloader to launch?
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I would gather he is at the vzw store signing into the kiosk right now and waiting for his name to be called.
good day.

Was just trying to take the small amount of information I have acquired and help the person out.
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K40 said:
Sorry am at work, any progress on getting the downloader to launch?
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Still stuck in att boot logo

brozroy said:
Still stuck in att boot logo
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To be honest, you cant fix it.
You can get it to boot once again if you can ever get it back into DL mode, but the phone wont work again. Not until we get a leak for a complete odin package, and that isnt gonna happen anytime soon.
I posted on my odin thread and pretty much any other thread i have done that you should not flash any other galaxy s device's firmware to the fascinate, they are not interchangeable like that. I hope he has insurance on his phone.

fallingup said:
To be honest, you cant fix it.
You can get it to boot once again if you can ever get it back into DL mode, but the phone wont work again. Not until we get a leak for a complete odin package, and that isnt gonna happen anytime soon.
I posted on my odin thread and pretty much any other thread i have done that you should not flash any other galaxy s device's firmware to the fascinate, they are not interchangeable like that. I hope he has insurance on his phone.
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Thank you guys. I'll just tell him. Good night
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Issues installing SBF

I am having issues installing the SBF for 2.2. I am getting an error message about not being able to find initialization value. Did anybody run into this error and find out how to fix it.

zax10 said:
I am having issues installing the SBF for 2.2. I am getting an error message about not being able to find initialization value. Did anybody run into this error and find out how to fix it.
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a) make sure your sbf is good.
b) what version of RSD lite are you using on what OS?

I got the sbf from the one attached to the thread. I am using rsdlite 4.5. It is the only one that would read that the bravo was connected. I am on windows 7 starter on netbook.
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zax10 said:
I got the sbf from the one attached to the thread. I am using rsdlite 4.5. It is the only one that would read that the bravo was connected. I am on windows 7 starter on netbook.
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You might could try RSD 5.0
Although, I had problems with RSD on my WIN7 Vaio also that I could never get around so I just used an XP to do the job.

I gave up with win7 netbook. Used my XP desktop and it started and finished perfectly.
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I flashed the linked version via rsd and have no launcher. It started briefly then went to black. Everything works just can't initiate anything. It said it was ready to dl an update after flash so I clicked yes thinking this might be motoblur...BUT, it's waiting for offpeak hours because I cannot turn on wifi. Any thoughts on the next step?
Also, does anyone have a link to the stock 2.1 sbf just in case? I'm kinda in need of my phone right now. thx

ctcost said:
I flashed the linked version via rsd and have no launcher. It started briefly then went to black. Everything works just can't initiate anything. It said it was ready to dl an update after flash so I clicked yes thinking this might be motoblur...BUT, it's waiting for offpeak hours because I cannot turn on wifi. Any thoughts on the next step?
Also, does anyone have a link to the stock 2.1 sbf just in case? I'm kinda in need of my phone right now. thx
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re-download the sbf in the other thread and re-flash it. it probably flashed wrong in some minor way that is messing something up.

Nahh still black. Thanks for the thought though. At least I can receive incoming calls and everything else for now. Then use the recent calls list to dial back after calling the bravo. :/

ctcost said:
Nahh still black. Thanks for the thought though. At least I can receive incoming calls and everything else for now. Then use the recent calls list to dial back after calling the bravo. :/
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There is no 2.1 .sbf so if the 2.2 .sbf isn't working then something is wrong. If you can, do a factory data reset and reboot and then try to flash the 2.2 .sbf. see if that works.

Thanks Mcfarmfresh. Didn't want to go that route but didn't lose anything but some texts. It got me back to factory. Will try the flash again in the am.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to announce the birth of a brand new baby FroYo. Thx again Mcfarmfresh for pushing me in that direction. With Motoblur, all I lost were apps...no biggie.

ctcost said:
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to announce the birth of a brand new baby FroYo. Thx again Mcfarmfresh for pushing me in that direction. With Motoblur, all I lost were apps...no biggie.
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Awesome! Good to hear. Glad I could help.

ctcost said:
Thanks Mcfarmfresh. Didn't want to go that route but didn't lose anything but some texts. It got me back to factory. Will try the flash again in the am.
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HELP! I meet the same problem! How can you resolve it? Please help me!

OK I had CM7 working and then I did something stupid and bricked my phone. When I do the SBF, it goes through and then upon reboot it boot-loops. I used the SBF from the other post and am using RSD 5.0, but am not sure what else could be going wrong. I wish I could have wiped things, but when it bricked it wouldn't get to the point for me to get into recovery. I hope I didn't brick it too bad...
edit: I found a post on how to get to the recovery mode to wipe the data. If you need to wipe data after installing an sbf, press the down volume button and hold then press the power button until you see the moto symbol. after you see the exclamation point, press BOTH the up and down volume buttons together to get to the options. The last post I found was a little confusing because some people say you have to touch the bottom right of the screen, which doesn't work.

dontbejeff said:
OK I had CM7 working and then I did something stupid and bricked my phone. When I do the SBF, it goes through and then upon reboot it boot-loops. I used the SBF from the other post and am using RSD 5.0, but am not sure what else could be going wrong. I wish I could have wiped things, but when it bricked it wouldn't get to the point for me to get into recovery. I hope I didn't brick it too bad...
edit: I found a post on how to get to the recovery mode to wipe the data. If you need to wipe data after installing an sbf, press the down volume button and hold then press the power button until you see the moto symbol. after you see the exclamation point, press BOTH the up and down volume buttons together to get to the options. The last post I found was a little confusing because some people say you have to touch the bottom right of the screen, which doesn't work.
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Did this end up working for you?

Yes it did. I am back using CM7 on my Bravo
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The posts relating to pushing the corner of the screen relate to Eclair, 2.1, recovery menu. Froyo, 2.2 ^ is pushing both Vol ^ and v.

After Flashing my SGS2 100's of times, it's now a paperweight

ok, maybe not 100's of times but my bootloader showed 52 last time i flashed. Not sure what happened, but something went wrong. My phone only shows a picture of a phone, with a yellow triangle, and a picture of a computer. Under that it says firmware failed, and under that it says try recovery mode. Download mode, and recovery mode shows the the same screen described as above, and odin does not see phone. I left the battery out over night, and this morning, the same screen, and odin still don't see the phone. I know all the key combos to get into recovery or download mode, and neither works.

You have a bricked phone now. Use JIG USB to save it!

I had similar problem and resolved mine by removing the battery, reinserting it and holding down volume down and home keys while powering on (download mode). Then I connected phone to pc via usb and used odin to flash kernel. Hope that works for you.

Or you could try this
One-Click UnBrick

it seems this is the job for a USB jig (I think)
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Have you tried recovery firmware option via KIES?

Bah, just take out battery and put it back in and go to download mode and flash the firmware with Odin.

Thanks God i've got my Jig..

is it related with the limitation write of the NAND flash? quite worry about it..any idea?

You only need a jig if you can't get into download mode. Though from what I've read on here might be good to have to reset the flash counter.
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hansonator said:
You only need a jig if you can't get into download mode. Though from what I've read on here might be good to have to reset the flash counter.
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and pretty sure the OP said he can't get into download mode...hence the need for a jig...
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Does the number of times flashed has anything to do with the failure? Is there a limit after which the hardware gets weaker?

Believe me. Most rom chefs or developers in here flash at least 500+ times (if they tested their product) and I don't think they have issue. (I flash my X1 at least a 1000+ times when I was a rom chef and it's still working great now)
Flash memory does have a life span on number or Read/write. But I doubt anyone here can reach that limit with 3+ yrs (by that time, you will probably get another phone).

Agreed its unlikely that 50 odd our even a few hundred rom flashes should damage your nand memory. Unless it was faulty in the first place
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This problem..
..Was notorious on the Captivate. We lovingly referred to it "Phone ! Computer" screen.
The good news.. If you see this screen the level 1 boot loader is fine and you are only soft bricked.
If you ever plug in the phone to a power source with it turned off and you see nothing then you're screwed.
Same scenario as when you plug in a JiG and nothing happens.

budco2000 said:
My phone only shows a picture of a phone, with a yellow triangle, and a picture of a computer.
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Hold and do not release the key combo for DLM, your phone will reboot about 3 times it should then enter DLM.

I did try this before your reply and no go, I tried again today, got the same screen, however Odin and kies, both saw the phone, went back to stock then back to cognition 1.31. My captivate, inspire, and infuse ive flashed over and over and over and never bricked a phone until my S2. It's back up and going strong now. Now im afraid to flash it again. This is best phone ever and im keeping it until the S3 comes out, so im trying to not render my S2 useless yet lol
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You've developed flashphobia?

Intratech said:
You've developed flashphobia?
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For days, odin and kies didn't see phone no matter what I did. I'm not a developer, but I'm nowhere close to a rookie either. What ever happen was a hoax, because clockwork and download mode works as it should again. Next update for cognition i'll flash, i doubt anything will happen.

budco2000 said:
For days, odin and kies didn't see phone no matter what I did. I'm not a developer, but I'm nowhere close to a rookie either. What ever happen was a hoax, because clockwork and download mode works as it should again. Next update for cognition i'll flash, i doubt anything will happen.
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**** happens. Flashes go right 99.9% of the time when you do everything right. You just hit that 0.1% where something went wrong during the flash.

Help Me please!!! Atrix wont boot!!!!!

So here is what happened. I made a backup of a stock atrix firmware and copied the backup to my atrix on deodexed 2.3.4. I tried to install the backup but it stops somewhere along the line and says error formatting data.
now the phone wont connect to the computer. when i opened rsdlite however it shows that the device is connected.the phone bootloops and I cant copy anything to the phone cause i cant connect to the phone except through rsd sorry if i posted in the wrong section cause this is the only one i can post in. and i searched for solutions but no one has this same problem. PLEASE HELP

then if you CAN use rsd lite place phone in rds lite mode then use "stock sdk from motorola and flash it back i went all the way ro 1.26 then over rhe air updated to 1.83
but i also continued on to unlocked bootloader and flashed gigerbread build (alien ) after installing cwm
im also on usa at&t fyi

ltdanno360 said:
then if you CAN use rsd lite place phone in rds lite mode then use "stock sdk from motorola and flash it back i went all the way ro 1.26 then over rhe air updated to 1.83
but i also continued on to unlocked bootloader and flashed gigerbread build (alien ) after installing cwm
im also on usa at&t fyi
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I tried to flash the official 2.3.4 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181932 but now i just have a locked bl. and it still bootloops. Can you give me little more detailed instructions on what you did. I'm not too experienced.

Morpheaous said:
I tried to flash the official 2.3.4 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181932 but now i just have a locked bl. and it still bootloops. Can you give me little more detailed instructions on what you did. I'm not too experienced.
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Did u do factory reset after the flash
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My atrix wont even boot to the RSD etc selection screen
So i had my phone rooted and wanted to unlock the bootloader so i followed the steps from pudding but it did not work. everyone has a NS version of the phone in RSD Lite but mine was SE not sure why. So i tried a few times to flash the new image and clear everything out to no avail. now i don't even get to the menu that gives me 5 seconds to select what method i want to use to fix it.
all i get is a flash of this on the screen before it goes black again
SVF:105:1:2
Failed to boot 0x1000
(stays for a second)
Entering NWFlash Recovery Mode
(Flashes under the other text but really fast before the screen goes blank)
windows wont even recognize that its plugged in. but what else is odd is that while plugged in it seems to be charging as the green notification light stays on.
any help would be great. thank you

voidlogik said:
Failed to boot 0x1000
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isnt that a hard brick? it's over.

sanriver12 said:
isnt that a hard brick? it's over.
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really?? no way to unbrick it?

Morpheaous said:
I tried to flash the official 2.3.4 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181932 but now i just have a locked bl. and it still bootloops. Can you give me little more detailed instructions on what you did. I'm not too experienced.
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Bootloops means soft bricks which is not really a problem. When your phone Boots up, press the down key along worth the power button. Then keep pressing down button until you see Android Recovery. Do a factory reset or flash another room once in there.
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voidlogik said:
really?? no way to unbrick it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1165154

voidlogik said:
really?? no way to unbrick it?
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Sounds like a hard brick indeed. At this moment in time hard bricks are incurable but some people said that taking their battery out and putting it back into their phones solved their problem. You might want to give it a shot.
A guy also claimed thay its possible to unhardbrick your phone using the jtag technique. You might want to read up on it.
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aIf it says failed to boot x1 its real bad but i got a failed to boot x2 and got it fixed but x1 tragic
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ltdanno360 said:
aIf it says failed to boot x1 its real bad but i got a failed to boot x2 and got it fixed but x1 tragic
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English plz.
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me too
There's soo many forums and different avenues to go down! after about 9 hours trying various things to make my atrix (running normal 2.3.4 rooted with no other cm7 or rom or any other mod) i am left with my atrix at the boot screen OR if i leave it to boot it just makes the logging on noises then shows the white screen, then nothing.
I stupidly followed the list to freeze using bloatfreezer. Not the updated list where it reads next to HOME (make sure you have another launcher) so i have frozen 'home' and i am stuck.
i cannot do a recovery because it has that fail message x2 everytime i do the power volume - and + on the android recov.
I am completely lost. i do not understand what hard/soft/adw/ push email/ or other jargon means. If you have any solutions i'd be more than grateful.
I hope i haven't bricked my phone, cos a 2year contract and no new phone is gonna push me near that ledge lol

atrixuk said:
There's soo many forums and different avenues to go down! after about 9 hours trying various things to make my atrix (running normal 2.3.4 rooted with no other cm7 or rom or any other mod) i am left with my atrix at the boot screen OR if i leave it to boot it just makes the logging on noises then shows the white screen, then nothing.
I stupidly followed the list to freeze using bloatfreezer. Not the updated list where it reads next to HOME (make sure you have another launcher) so i have frozen 'home' and i am stuck.
i cannot do a recovery because it has that fail message x2 everytime i do the power volume - and + on the android recov.
I am completely lost. i do not understand what hard/soft/adw/ push email/ or other jargon means. If you have any solutions i'd be more than grateful.
I hope i haven't bricked my phone, cos a 2year contract and no new phone is gonna push me near that ledge lol
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I'd recommend starting a new thread w/ your issue. It's more likely to be seen and answered by someone who could help.

atrixuk said:
There's soo many forums and different avenues to go down! after about 9 hours trying various things to make my atrix (running normal 2.3.4 rooted with no other cm7 or rom or any other mod) i am left with my atrix at the boot screen OR if i leave it to boot it just makes the logging on noises then shows the white screen, then nothing.
I stupidly followed the list to freeze using bloatfreezer. Not the updated list where it reads next to HOME (make sure you have another launcher) so i have frozen 'home' and i am stuck.
i cannot do a recovery because it has that fail message x2 everytime i do the power volume - and + on the android recov.
I am completely lost. i do not understand what hard/soft/adw/ push email/ or other jargon means. If you have any solutions i'd be more than grateful.
I hope i haven't bricked my phone, cos a 2year contract and no new phone is gonna push me near that ledge lol
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If you're on AT&T - get RSD lite and find the proper sbf file and flash it. If you were using Gingerbread, make SURE you have a GINGERBREAD sbf file - or else you'll permanently brick your phone. If you're on Bell - you'll need the appropriate file for Bell to flash, same rules apply - If your on gingerbread, make SURE its a gingerbread file you're flashing.

atrixuk said:
There's soo many forums and different avenues to go down! after about 9 hours trying various things to make my atrix (running normal 2.3.4 rooted with no other cm7 or rom or any other mod) i am left with my atrix at the boot screen OR if i leave it to boot it just makes the logging on noises then shows the white screen, then nothing.
I stupidly followed the list to freeze using bloatfreezer. Not the updated list where it reads next to HOME (make sure you have another launcher) so i have frozen 'home' and i am stuck.
i cannot do a recovery because it has that fail message x2 everytime i do the power volume - and + on the android recov.
I am completely lost. i do not understand what hard/soft/adw/ push email/ or other jargon means. If you have any solutions i'd be more than grateful.
I hope i haven't bricked my phone, cos a 2year contract and no new phone is gonna push me near that ledge lol
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you need to have an unlocked bootloader to flash Any custom rom PM me ill show ya how its not too hard
a pc a atrix and a few files and you will
be up n running in no time at all
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[Video] How To Root & Install Ice Cream Sandwich Passion Rom On You Vibrant (EASY)

[Video] How To Root & Install Ice Cream Sandwich Passion Rom On You Vibrant (EASY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do6mTvgfH8Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player
this is a step by step on video on how to root and install ice cream sandwich on your phone in less then 20 min no computer needed.

Good work bro.
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So, there's no need to flash a GB Bootloader??

You need to flash GB bootloader if your using ics passion, or your gonna get rainbows.

voohoo said:
You need to flash GB bootloader if your using ics passion, or your gonna get rainbows.
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Isnt that why they installed CM7 first?

ipeench said:
Isnt that why they installed CM7 first?
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that was my understanding as well...
I've only flash 3 Roms since January... but the process isn't very complex. Must be time to try something new

Thank you! Was looking for a way to flash ics without having to flashing bootloader. I don't mind the extra steps, and your video looks very easy to follow! Can not wait to try it all out, hopefully I can find time tomorrow after work.
Quick question on the no bootloader, do you see rainbows on reboot etc?
Thank you again for the video
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Big thanks for video

ZachLL88 said:
Thank you! Was looking for a way to flash ics without having to flashing bootloader. I don't mind the extra steps, and your video looks very easy to follow! Can not wait to try it all out, hopefully I can find time tomorrow after work.
Quick question on the no bootloader, do you see rainbows on reboot etc?
Thank you again for the video
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Nope, no rainbows at all! followed all the steps shown and the phone is running flawlessly and smooth!!! Fell in love with my vibrant again

jedijos said:
Nope, no rainbows at all! followed all the steps shown and the phone is running flawlessly and smooth!!! Fell in love with my vibrant again
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That's great to hear! I will be flashing this after work and can not wait!
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This is great. I'm very tempted to try this, but I'm wondering is there something that shows how to go from ICS back to froyo? That's the one I'm nervous about. I've never used odin.
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roly17 said:
This is great. I'm very tempted to try this, but I'm wondering is there something that shows how to go from ICS back to froyo? That's the one I'm nervous about. I've never used odin.
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You have to odin back. Just follow all instructions when using odin and you will be fine. Its scary at first but so simple when you do it a few times.
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Can't Get Into Recovery
Hello,
I watched the video and was trying out as per instructions but I have run into a problem. I'll list down the steps
1. I successfully installed CM7 after backup as per instructions.
2. Backed up CM7 in recovery mode and wiped the cache as per instructions
3. Selected the ICS zip that I had downloaded into the SD card.
Now the phone is in a loop that just shows Samsung vibrant initial screen. I can't even get into the recovery mode when I press the volume up/down and the power button.
I thought I could used ODIN but the phone isn't even getting into the download mode when connected to USB.
Can you please help? I'm totally stuck
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idotdot said:
Hello,
I watched the video and was trying out as per instructions but I have run into a problem. I'll list down the steps
1. I successfully installed CM7 after backup as per instructions.
2. Backed up CM7 in recovery mode and wiped the cache as per instructions
3. Selected the ICS zip that I had downloaded into the SD card.
Now the phone is in a loop that just shows Samsung vibrant initial screen. I can't even get into the recovery mode when I press the volume up/down and the power button.
I thought I could used ODIN but the phone isn't even getting into the download mode when connected to USB.
Can you please help? I'm totally stuck
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Ok... Got into download mode finally and odined back to stock. Will retry when I recover form this shock
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Ok...I tried again and it didn't work again. After selecting the ICS zip the phone goes into a loop showing the vibrant start screeen but never logs into ICS. How long do I have to wait in this cycle? I see something getting executed but can't read it since it is so fast.

idotdot said:
Hello,
I watched the video and was trying out as per instructions but I have run into a problem. I'll list down the steps
1. I successfully installed CM7 after backup as per instructions.
2. Backed up CM7 in recovery mode and wiped the cache as per instructions
3. Selected the ICS zip that I had downloaded into the SD card.
Now the phone is in a loop that just shows Samsung vibrant initial screen. I can't even get into the recovery mode when I press the volume up/down and the power button.
I thought I could used ODIN but the phone isn't even getting into the download mode when connected to USB.
Can you please help? I'm totally stuck
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Ok... Got into download mode finally and odined back to stock. Will retry when I recover form this shock
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Ok...I tried again and it didn't work again. After selecting the ICS zip the phone goes into a loop showing the vibrant start screeen but never logs into ICS. How long do I have to wait in this cycle? I see something getting executed but can't read it since it is so fast.
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Pull the battery and use the three button combo to get into recovery and flash it again.
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Success!
Yess!! I did it.
Went to bed. Couldn't sleep. Had to have it.
Installed clockwork rom manager premium and tried from within that tool and it worked.
Some things I learned.
1. The procedure in the video did not work with stock Android 2.2. Had to go back to 2.1 using odin.
2. Invest in good tools like clockwork mod.
Have had this phone for 2 years. Hated it every day and was envious of iPhone users. Cursed Android. Came to this site many times and was scared away by the loads of text.
Then I saw this video that promised nirvana in 10 mins. Took me 5 hours but learned odin and all the good stuff to be able to flash the rom.
I feel great.
And you guys are amazing!

idotdot said:
Yess!! I did it.
Went to bed. Couldn't sleep. Had to have it.
Installed clockwork rom manager premium and tried from within that tool and it worked.
Some things I learned.
1. The procedure in the video did not work with stock Android 2.2. Had to go back to 2.1 using odin.
2. Invest in good tools like clockwork mod.
Have had this phone for 2 years. Hated it every day and was envious of iPhone users. Cursed Android. Came to this site many times and was scared away by the loads of text.
Then I saw this video that promised nirvana in 10 mins. Took me 5 hours but learned odin and all the good stuff to be able to flash the rom.
I feel great.
And you guys are amazing!
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Yeah, good luck with that. Once you learn flashing you might get addicted with it.

Have anyone tried doing a restore from the CM7 nandroid backup file after flashing ICS? is it safe?

There should be no problem in doing that as long as you do a full wipe and format /system ....
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py3zan said:
There should be no problem in doing that as long as you do a full wipe and format /system ....
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What about flashing the latest CM7 ROM, would it be safe too?