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[Q] Rooted Vibrant + T-Mobile Update = Brick?

I just recieved the T-Mobile update an hour and my phone is stuck on the vibrant screen. It was rooted and practically deleted almost every stock app that came with the phone. Is the update still installing or is my phone bricked for good?

VictorHD said:
I just recieved the T-Mobile update an hour and my phone is stuck on the vibrant screen. It was rooted and practically deleted almost every stock app that came with the phone. Is the update still installing or is my phone bricked for good?
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There's 1 sticky post in this forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458
EASY WAY TO GET THE JI6 UPDATE
It leads to the following post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803492
Barring that if you're leery to use Odin, call TMO.

Will any of those methods restore my phone without losing any information on it?

rubberwheels said:
Will any of those methods restore my phone without losing any information on it?
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You could try making a Nandroid and then restoring only the data portion.
It all depends on what the OTA update did to your phone.

Well I'm stuck on the Vibrant Logo screen. Can you tell me how to do that? just restore the data portion?

rubberwheels said:
Will any of those methods restore my phone without losing any information on it?
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I had the same problem. I had OCLF on my phone and I had un-lag-fixed and unrooted with it in anticipation of the JI6 update. When I ran the OTA, it bricked my phone anyway. I had to use Odin to get back to stock and that sounds like what you need to do too.
When I Odin'd back to stock, I still had all my videos, photos, and a bunch of files and stuff for apps, but I still needed to reinstall all the apps and redo all the settings/configurations.

oh man cause I used AK Notepad and basically my life is on that. Will those be erased too? and texts?

trunkstar1 said:
When I Odin'd back to stock, I still had all my videos, photos, and a bunch of files and stuff for apps, but I still needed to reinstall all the apps and redo all the settings/configurations.
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Odin from stock wipes out the existing applications (and replaces all the bloatware too), so they needed to be reinstalled. Once reinstalled from Market, and reinstalling Titanium Backup, I was able to restore from the /sdcard the backups I had made previously.
There was some work involved with getting the system back to what I had, but I didn't lose any data.

d01100100 said:
Odin from stock wipes out the existing applications (and replaces all the bloatware too), so they needed to be reinstalled. Once reinstalled from Market, and reinstalling Titanium Backup, I was able to restore from the /sdcard the backups I had made previously.
There was some work involved with getting the system back to what I had, but I didn't lose any data.
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This is the same as me running a nanoid restore from clockwork.

if i were you i would back the notes up to you sd card, and when the time comes to up date your phone or do anything just remove your sd card and you will be fine. or you can even transfer the pictures and notes to your pc

Vannagan said:
if i were you i would back the notes up to you sd card, and when the time comes to up date your phone or do anything just remove your sd card and you will be fine. or you can even transfer the pictures and notes to your pc
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Where are the AKNotepad notes kept? so i can use adb pull to grab them.

I'm back to stock and it didn't erase any if my pictures, music, files, etc. but since I received the update already back when I was rooted, does that mean I won't be getting the update at all anymore? Or do I have to wait again for another roll-out?
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VictorHD said:
I'm back to stock and it didn't erase any if my pictures, music, files, etc. but since I received the update already back when I was rooted, does that mean I won't be getting the update at all anymore? Or do I have to wait again for another roll-out?
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How you get back to stock? without losing all those data?

Are you guys just really impatient or something with the update. Mine stayed on the Vibrant screen for a while, but I just let it go and it worked out just fine. Mine was rooted and with the Ryan Lag fix.
I guess there is always the possibility that individual experiences can differ.

GenTsoChkn said:
Are you guys just really impatient or something with the update. Mine stayed on the Vibrant screen for a while, but I just let it go and it worked out just fine. Mine was rooted and with the Ryan Lag fix.
I guess there is always the possibility that individual experiences can differ.
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How long did you leave it on the vibrant screen?

rubberwheels said:
How you get back to stock? without losing all those data?
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I followed the instructions on another website. I tried the one they gave me here but it didn't work for me.
Type the following on the Google search bar:
Cyanogenmod how to recover soft brick
It should be the first link there and should look something like this:
[HOWTO] Recover from a"soft brick" on your Vibrant
I can't post link because I'm new here. Hope it helps.
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rubberwheels said:
How long did you leave it on the vibrant screen?
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Keep in mind that I didn't have AK Notepad so I don't know if they get deleted. If I were you I'd back up all the notes; e-mail them to yourself or something.
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Hey, I used odin and the ji6 tar file. Phone works and no data was erased! I think I have the latest ota update.
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For those get soft brick, Go to recovery mode, "clear user data", then "reinstall package". This method works for me
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t-mobile update = brick
I got the update earlier tonight, update installed and phone rebooted stayed at Vibrant screen. left it alone for an hour stayed the same. called TMO now i wai for replacement.

[Q] I Need Epic 4G Backup Help

I was just wondering if there is a a way to back up my phones current launcher settings so when I do a full wipe to a new ROM I can EASILY get my phone back to normal without having to reinstall all apps. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Im running on rooted Epic Experience 1.2.04, mixup kernal(not newest update), and Emotionless Beast theme.

BBlunts456 said:
I was just wondering if there is a a way to back up my phones current launcher settings so when I do a full wipe to a new ROM I can EASILY get my phone back to normal without having to reinstall all apps. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Im running on rooted Epic Experience 1.2.04, mixup kernal(not newest update), and Emotionless Beast theme.
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Make a nandroid backup. Flash the new rom. Goto advance restore in CWM and flash data
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How do I make a nandroid backup?
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BBlunts456 said:
How do I make a nandroid backup?
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I believe they are talking about booting into CWM and there is an option to make a backup. So flash your rom and then restore with your backup.

yup, "nandroid" backup is the backup option within clockwork recovery, its a full backup of your phone. flash a new rom, then boot to clockwork and do backup and restore > advanced > select your backup > restore data. voila

Thanks for the replies. I wish I had realized this 2 months ago when I started flashing ROMS, I could've had an extra 20hrs to my life.lol I always backup thru clockwork, just never checked under advanced restore.
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Nandroid advanced restore

If I do an advanced nandroid restore, which option will restore text messages? Somehow, my TiBackup isn't restoring messages.

I think it would be user data try that out and se where it gets you but itwill restore all apps you had too and it could make you have tons of force closes if the rom your running doesn't like somethin
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Yeah thats why i usually dont even do full ti backup restores, bc of the FCs. Ill try and see what happens.
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Yeah tell me the outcome
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jirafabo said:
If I do an advanced nandroid restore, which option will restore text messages? Somehow, my TiBackup isn't restoring messages.
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hey jirafabo have you tried rebooting your phone after a titanium back up restore....it wont show you everything you restored until you reboot

KaL-EL3038 said:
hey jirafabo have you tried rebooting your phone after a titanium back up restore....it wont show you everything you restored until you reboot
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Haha when i read this i thought to myself "yeah thats not it, ive surely reboted a few times just in the process of having a new rom flashed and trying things out, but ill try anyway. "
And of course, that fixed it. Reboot did it. My girl says thanks, she now has the first text i ever sent her back on her phone. Awwwwww
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Wifi issue with roms

So I installed kaoscinate v5. I could not get wifi to work.it just said error. When wiped, wiped, wiped and then restored black hole 4.2 my wifi still not work so I tried loading black hole 4.21 on a fresh install.still no go I tried a new install of super clean 2.4. Finally I had to move back to stock everything, reroot, flash eb01 modem then load my restore file and it worked, any ideas? I want to continue to test kaoscinate but not if that's how I have to restore every time
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Legato525 said:
So I installed kaoscinate v5. I could not get wifi to work.it just said error. When wiped, wiped, wiped and then restored black hole 4.2 my wifi still not work so I tried loading black hole 4.21 on a fresh install.still no go I tried a new install of super clean 2.4. Finally I had to move back to stock everything, reroot, flash eb01 modem then load my restore file and it worked, any ideas? I want to continue to test kaoscinate but not if that's how I have to restore every time
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First off, Kaoscinate V5 is in a very early stage, and you should not expect everything to work. Wifi is one of those things. That is one of the things that is not yet supported, so I am not surprised that Wifi didnt work in it. I would go install Adrenalynes Fix All DI01, then the EB01 Modem, EB01 rom, etc...

I knew it would be buggy, I have never tested a newer rom before and did not realize the issues can move from rom to rom when restoring.
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Yeah, it kinda sucks, but just get you a good healthy backup, then a good titanium backup. Then worst case you can odin and be right back where you were in twenty minutes. Worth it for me to be able to try out all this cool new stuff.
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I will have to do that, I keep titanium up to date. I am going to play with just rom some more I will just have to have a process to recover faster if it happenes again. Thanks for the input.
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1.83 GingerBlur question

So I updated to GB3 a few days ago and excitedly checked *#*#4636#*#* to see if HSUPA was turned on in my area yet. Sadly it still had only HSDPA. Today my wife did the OTA and she is on HSPA here and I am not. So even though I am showing android 2.2.2 and on the 1.8.3 software I didn't get the radio change.
Should I SBF back, do the OTA then reinstall GB? Would I lose tenfars in an sbf reload?
Long time lurker, first time poster. Thank you to all the devs out there who put in the work for these silly little machines.
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Tried rebooting?
Do a couple speed tests and see where your at...

Xirta said:
So I updated to GB3 a few days ago and excitedly checked *#*#4636#*#* to see if HSUPA was turned on in my area yet. Sadly it still had only HSDPA. Today my wife did the OTA and she is on HSPA here and I am not. So even though I am showing android 2.2.2 and on the 1.8.3 software I didn't get the radio change.
Should I SBF back, do the OTA then reinstall GB? Would I lose tenfars in an sbf reload?
Long time lurker, first time poster. Thank you to all the devs out there who put in the work for these silly little machines.
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Flash 4.1.26 sbf, then update to 4.1.57 through Moto, then update to 4.1.83 OTA.
Root with Gingerbreak (will probably wipe your internal SDcard), Gladenable to enable sideloading, install CWM Recovery, flash kennethpenn's deodexed 4.1.83, root again with Gingerbreak (root lost when installing deodexed files).

Yea. I reboot a few times. Speeds are still low. I was also hoping to avoid the whole wipe/reload. Oh well.
Next question. My friend on Verizon has his apps synced to his gmail account, any time he has to reload his apps auto download. When I reload I always have to redownload everything. Any ideas on that?
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Xirta said:
Yea. I reboot a few times. Speeds are still low. I was also hoping to avoid the whole wipe/reload. Oh well.
Next question. My friend on Verizon has his apps synced to his gmail account, any time he has to reload his apps auto download. When I reload I always have to redownload everything. Any ideas on that?
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Your friend is probably rocking a cyanogen ROM. We can't use it with the Atrix so you're better off getting titanium backup pro and using it to back up your apps and data to your external SD card. Then you can batch restore all your apps and data.
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