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  • i downloaded the cm7 but when install it i just get stuck in infinite boot load animation. any thoughts?

  • CACHE= CASH. PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT

    

  • how do u get the data to work

  • some links dont work

    

  • anyone try this on a at&t samsung infuse ?

  • will this work with any gingerbread phone?

  • I have samsung galaxy s 4g running 2.3.6 no root, i want to root with your concept but i wanna know what should i do  Thanks

  • Gingerbread Rom CM7 does show up as a zip file so how do i change it?

  • thank you sir it work well

  • Nice Video. Could you do one for ICS passion v12?

  • Did you ever make the video on how to install wifi tethering?

  • Thanks alot Eddie! it worked :)

  • everythin installed but my touchscreen doesnt work ]= help!

  • Thanks Eddie :) worked amazingly IF it's NOT working for you guys I recommend watching all 3 videos (like I had to do) and after that it should def. work.

  • Thanks for this great tutorial! I used the ICS Passion version 13.1 from the xda forums instead of 11. ;D

    Just one question: Is it normal for ICS to start up with a bunch of apps running in the background? Gallery and whatnot?

  • i have a sim unlocked phone.If i do all this stuff, should i have to unlock sim again?? and plzz post the link for face unlock

  • face ulock link plzz. its not working

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  • hi again i'm not able to download the Gingerbread rom CM7 from the above link. i've tried from the phone and computer. is there another link? i'm so close to getting this done, please help.

  • Also, thanks for the great video! Excellent job, my good sir!

  • so far i've gone back to stock eclair and rooted , just taking time to download gingerbread and ics. when i first tried to download, it said i didn't have permission. thanks for the videos......

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  • a need other link for face unlock :S plz men

  • unable 2 download face unlock. that link doesnt open can any1 plzz post the alternate link?

  • did mines and it works amazing. good video

  • you sound like Chris Brown :O

  • Thank you for these videos! Very easy to do, worked great, no problems here!

  • is there a way to access my contacts list? none of my numbers are coming up in the phonebook.

  • Bro, thank you so much! I love this man!!!! You are the man eddie!!!

  • I have a S 4g and I can't get into the recovery with the 3 button method but I got it to go in with adb but I don't have the reinstall packages option so I can't get to the clock mod. Any ideas

  • Thank you. With your video and the XDA Forums, I now have an up-to-date Vibrant that I'm in love with all over again. I did have boot loop issues when I installed CM7 and ICS Passion. Each time, I had to pull the battery and reinstall, but only once. Again, thank you; I appreciate your time and effort.

  • @F16Vaporhead I had to do the same.

  • Awesome man, thank you so much. Finally got ICS on my Vibrant. Much apresh for making the vid. Thank you.

  • Hi,

    i have Samsung Galaxy S 4g T959v from T-Mobil, and I tried to install the ice cream Sandwich On my devise several time, but i couldn't. Please give me the link you download from it.

  • I've done this multiple times but it keeps going into that infinite loop after the gingerbread install, any ideas?

  • does this work on other galaxy s models?

  • FYI, on the step where you flash CM7, if you get stuck in a boot loop (vibrant logo, then cm7 loading, then vibrant logo forever), just pull your battery, then go into recovery (hold both volume buttons and power, let go at Vibrant logo).  Then go back to install zip from sd card and reflash CM7. Works every time.

  • Thank You Eddie ! THis REally Works !

  • when i install the update-cm-7 it says "installation aborted"

    why?!

  • i would be thankful if you call me at my skype xxdarkxx777 some help would be great

  • @DPRB789 i did this with my android and succed.maybe your using a win

  • hum i mines got bricked and stuck on vibrant logo and i followed every step exactlly

  • @eddie1west how do you put the software "Nova" on the vibrant

  • "ahhight!"

    lol

    "ahight, booting firmware dataware, ahight, portin' homies ahight, desciptions ahight, gangsta ahight."

  • HI eddie just one more "post" could you explain where you got your "astro" sorry that sounds weired:) as the astro I have downloaded does not have "edit"?

  • Could I ask what is the place that you have these files?

    the holder,ect..... as mine does not have this "edit" what are you using?

    Thanx

  • Hi eddie.... I believe thats your name I have to say sorry as I didint know what im talking about and i'm watching your vid over and over to understand. "Odin", its on my computer now. Can I install this from my pc to my phone, as I dont have an external sd card? Also Im installing all this to a Galaxy s vibrant 19000m will this work?

    Thankyou for your understanding.

  • i followed all your instruction exactlly and yet it got either bricked or stuck on vibrant boot logo no matter what i do

    please help

  • @DPRB789 "ahight"

  • @Hiroshama - what were the steps. I see there is a seperate flash file .  Did you apply that as well?

  • How can i put swype back on the phone?

  • Thanks for the video. Running ISC Passion v13 RC1 on my Vibrant and works great.

  • will this brick my phone?

  • Can this work for the 4g version of this phone?

  • Thanks for the tutorial! Exactly what I needed as I am a "noob" and have absolutely had it with this awesome phone running craptastic 2.2 from Kies. I did this with no problems other than the boot loop both times and pulling the battery did the trick. Smooth as butter now and this phone is FINALLY awesome! Thanks again, much apreciated. What did we ever do before YT? before Android?

  • Hey Eddie - Can I request you do a video on the upkeep of Passion? Also, is v13 giving you any problems, or should we wait until v14?

    Thanks in advance...

  • @SuperByrnie Im using passion for 3 days now, no issues at all man, go for it

  • If it keeps bootloping in CM7 just take out the battery and turn on the phone. It should be installed. Then you won't get the orange recovery it would be blue but it's the same. Just follow the steps again!

  • eddie you are the fucking best dude, I just got passion v13 in my vibrant using your tutorial, thanks a lot

  • Eddie - by following your 2 videos EXACTLY not only was I able to get my phone back to stock Eclair but able to get to ICS Passions version 11. Thanks so much! I only wish I would have done this sooner and not relied on stock OS for so long (almost 4 years (along with my G1)).

    Great videos again! Does updating to Passion v13 etc wip the apps in the phone again, or can I keep the phone up to date without resetting it?

  • NVM got it to work

  • y do i get continuesboot on my vibrant after i click install cymod 7. it rebbots to vib screen then to vy screen  then it jumps to recovery it scrolls real quick and it reboots. and it keeps doin it avor and over again.

  • Thanks for the video! Had problems at first. I removed the SD card and followed your instructions and it worked perfectly. Thanks alot!

  • if you already rooted your phone what files do you have to download??

  • this is so tempting but man dont want to screw up my phone if it doesn't work

  • Thanks Eddie. It worked GREAT! I rooted two older Vibrants and installed ICS on both.

    Had a little problem on the 2nd one, iI forgot to remove the external Sd card. Once i did it worked perfectly. Thanks again. Can't wait till I can do my Galaxy S2.

  • DOSENT WORK PHONES IN A ICS BOOTLOOP AND CANT GET OUT. THANKS EDDIE.

  • if you that have 2.2 and come across the "..failed to verify whole-file signature...blah blah", here is a fix for that so you can complete the install.

    // android.dkszone.net/bypass-e-s­ignature-verification-fail-iss­ue-on-samsung-vibrant-android-­2.2

  • ty you the bast :-)

  • Thanks for uploading. Works perfect!

  • i was wondering if i could install this on the Samsung Transform ultra , from Boost Mobil.

  • Does it work with a Samsung galaxy s 4g? (a vibrant with 4g?)

  • I have a Samsung S vibriant 19000m

  • sorry friend but nothing your talking about or showing is on my phone and I'm doing everything your asking "us" to do.

    I have astro but no 'edit"???

    Sorry again but its not going the way your explaining???

  • Thank you for posting this. ! god bless you!

  • ICS really eats up the battery. I find that I am needing to recharge half way thru the day even with light usage. When I check battery usage, the screen used to take the most battery but now the OS itself is. Any ideas?

  • k through my process of doing this i messed up some where but now when my phone turns on its stuck on the vibrant samsung screen and i can not go to the reboot thing what should i do

  • @hersh1330 you need to go to download mode and use Odin to reload the pit and pda files back to stock.

  • @hersh1330 I'm in the same boat. I tried to restore one my backup because I couldn't find my contacts on the sd card, but I got an error both times trying it. Then I tried to reboot and it got stuck at the Vibrant screen. Please help!

  • will this process work with the galaxy note?

  • Finished from installing ICS v11 & it's very wonderful :)) Thank you guys >> Whit2423, Esskay2752 for your advice. The problem was from the external sd card as u mentioned :)) Thank you again and Good Luck.

  • everytime i try to install the capps.zip file, it goes to set up which crashes and prevents me from using the phone. what's the proper method to use that file or is it even necessary?

  • thats absolutely correct..just take out the external sd card if its bootlooping at CM7 step..it will imm reboot n u can continue further..i resolved my problem..thanx for d suggestion amongst the group..

  • Make sure to remove your external sd card from the phone or you will get a boot loop at the cm7 step

  • Well done! Followed this to flash my girlfriends Vibrant to ICS. I flashed my Fascinate last week to ICS. v13 of the passion seems better then the ICS version on my fascinate.

  • Nicely done. I'm flashing tomorrow morning. This is a little n00b-ish for me, but still helps me to go from a Odined stock version right to ICS. Thanks, Man!

  • umm.. bro i dont have that option in my version of astro i got the latest version and not the first

  • I want to install this application, but should I rooted my phone before install this one? Like should I but my phone to CWM (ClockWorkMod)??

  • My vibrant is already rooted and I'm running a different Tom, but I want to know would I have to follow all of these steps since my phone is already rooted????

  • The Phone reboots into recovery every once and a while ? also it redials the phone number i just hung up from ? any sugestions ?

    Thanks

  • i got ics to work, but what do i do with the gapps.zip file?

  • I tried this seeing the video.. Till CM7 it went off fine..Thereafter it has gone into bootloop...It says... VIBRANT SAMSUNG,,,then GALAXY S CYANOGEN ...then flashes the rebooting for a secong.. and the cycle is continuing.. no response to get it back to recovery.. howevr download mode it is accepting..Request help in this regard..thanx

  • @esskay2752 same thing going on with me. i bricked my phone like 10 times cause of it. whats the solution, anybody??

  • @kshiau I had the same problem. All I did was wipe the cache again like what was demonstrated in the video and re-applied gingerbread a second time and it came up just fine.

  • Even though it shows to you the bricked screen "phone--!--computer" do not worry :))) So, after lifting the phone alone with the USB cable and in the same time make sure the Odin program is open and start running the program on your phone regardless of the "phone--!--computer" screen :))) After finishing downloading the phone will turned off and what should you do is plugging the battery again and your phone will be back to life :)))) Take it Seriously guys I am not kidding :))) My phone Back

  • Whats up guys, I had bricked my Galaxy S Vibrant three days ago and I tried a several ways to unbricked my phone. Also, I bought the Samsung jig and I just tried it and nothing happen for my phone........

    So guys hear this the new news that discovered today.....I took off my battery then plugged it again and after that I connected my phone by the USB cable to my Computer. Then I took off my Battery lifting my PHONE with the USB cable alone without the battery.

  • how do you fix the stock browser when requesting desktop it always redirects you to a tmobile hotspot tether page. worked for a few days. have tried reflashing from stock and doesn't work.

  • after a long hours of failure found external sd card was the problem...........finally worked.......tutorial is great and helpful.......no problem with camera,gps,and video recorder.

    others be sure to remove external sd card before trying this.......

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  • update.zip is not working in my phone. any other method?????????????

  • i have error of signature verification failed on re-install packages first time

    please help me???????????

  • I had 2 boot loops, just had to reinstall from zip sdcard and worked like a charm.

  • ALSO, am I the only one who cant get the multiupload link for ICS to work??

  • Does anyone know if this will work with a Exhibit 2 T-679?? dont see why it wouldnt....its on Gingerbread 2.3.5

  • Followed the directions to the "T". I'm loving the IceCreamSandwich interface. My phone is like a totally brand new phone. Thanks!

    By the way the first couple of times it didn't work because I was on 2.2 Foyo and used Kies.

    Had to reinstall stock 2.1 using Odin. Once I did that, followed all the steps and vola', ICS on my little vibrant.

  • Yes, I did ROOT my phone and BACK UP it. Also, I were on Froyo 2.2 but I done Odin 3 to get back to Froyo 2.1 (Stock) before I install ICS. But now, I see on my screen a Phone connected to Computer between them An Error sign?

  • @Dashti9 Did you ROOT the Phone first..? Did you BACK UP the phone..? If you didn't you just BRICK the phone. So you have Recover the phone by using the Odin 3. You have to make sure you were not on 2.2 Froyo. I install the ICS on my Vibrant and it WORKS GREAT..! BY THE WAY PEOPLE you have to check out all of the Videos First..!!!!! Before install ICS.

  • Now, and after I turn off the phone and took off the battery, I start to recovery the phone to a Stock face. I used the Odin and it work until the half-way I got a blue screen?? and it stops moving?? Is my phone dead :(( The last sign I got it is a Phone picture connected with a computer?? What is this?? Thank you very much..... The steps are clear but my phone it seems has a problem :((

  • Hi Eddie, I followed your steps carefully and after I reached to install the cm7 from the download file where is located in the zip file in the phone, my phone start to install and reboot and install and reboot and install and reboot......several times. And it gave me a blue screen with v.5.c5.2.1 and that is not Gingerbread? I tried to follow your steps by remove this version and install the ICS but it gave the same error for cm7??!! :-/

  • I'm also getting the "E: failed to verify whole-file signature. E: signature verification failed. Installation aborted." error... tried rebooting and it doesn;t help.

  • At what point did you root the phone. I followed the directions and everything worked up until you got to the orange clockwork screen, my phone took me to the same blue one. Phone was rooted, then I Odin-ed back to stock and started following your video.

  • followed step by step and works great thanks......... did go back to 2.1 just to clean all mess on my phone and I am def lovin the new ICS..... THANKS AGAIN

  • Okay I clicked on the show more above and then watched the video. I have also odin'd my SGH-T959 back to stock. I also noticed that they linked to you off of XDA-Developers as a video to watch. Does that mean read the comments below and see how it didn't work for some or follow the video and you should be okay??????

  • FYI, you need Clockwork Mod to go into the recovery menus that are in the video. To install it, you'll need to root your phone, then go to the Android Market and search for ROM Manager. 

  • there are no APN's to connect to

  • i got everything to install but can pick up any network to connect to???? Also can you use it with simple mobile???

  • It won't let me backup. When I select reinstall packages, it says "E: failed to verify whole-file signature. E: signature verification failed. Installation aborted." does anyone know how to fix this?? I'm running 2.2 KB5 like @draygoomirem said to do. PLEASE HELP

  • THANK YOU SO MUCH DUDE IT WORKED!! i had a couple of boot loops but i just went into recovery and did it again and it worked :)) subscribed !!

  • it will work with samsung galaxy s ????????

  • thanks for this. I already have a Galaxy Nexus and a Nexus S 4g with ICS on them, but this guide was very helpful in getting ICS on my backup Vibrant. awesome!

  • If I download the ICS version 12 is it the same process?

  • fuckkk same here fucked up my phone thanks a lot dude.

  • @pimptasticbg

    try this

    search in google : androidspin + 2010/08/09 + how-to-restore-or-recover-your­-samsung-vibrant/

    select the first link.. you can bring to life your phone again...

  • SO CAN ANYONE CONFIRM THIS TO WORK ON 2.2 FROYO??? I'M ON THE KA6 (or something like that) VERSION.

  • @SoooDespicable

    yes.. that works... i installed cyanogen mod 7 like 5 months ago.. and this ice cream sandwich ROM in december and its really cool ;-) / same process like in the video.

    now they released the 13 version of the ics passion ROM and is RC ... its amazing

  • other thing... update your vibrant with KIES MINI first... there is the KB5 update from T Mobile...do it first .. then follow the video...

  • Can you dial 911 with this ROM? It was said that in the vibrant with CM9 you can't dial 911

  • Yup I fucked up my phone. Tried RESTORE but says boot image error.

  • @kcinholas i can help you fix it man.

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  • @pimptasticbg Thanks man but I managed already I used ODIN. It got bricked but then I used this trick to get it into download mode works everytime. Plug USB wait for any sign that might be charging even if it's frozen, then hold all 3 buttons and when it goes black, release the power button holding the volume ones and it should go into download mode. Once there use ODIN.

  • Dope. Easy and FAST (considering the fact mistakes take a ton of time to fix/learn to fix)

    Thanks for your time.

  • Question! What happens if my phone gets stuck on the BOOTLOOP screen During the cyanogenmod install? Pls get back @ me with some helpful tips. Thanks

  • @SupaErupt if it bootloops, just remove the cover and pull the battery. Pop the battery back in and boot into recovery and repeat the flashing steps (wipe cache/wipe data) and it should get you into cm7. You will run into this again when attemtping from cm7 to ics. When that happens follow the steps again.

  • @vietcong411 Thanks bro it worked just fine.

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  • @SupaErupt i had the exact same problem did you ever figure it out?

  • Nice video... How is v12 beta? Will it work with cmw 5.0.2.6? I suppose I need to go do the research but would like to give it a try soon. Thanks for any feedback

  • this is the 9000 NOT the 959 correct?

  • @kakureru no it is the t-mobile US 959

  • After you download the ice cream sandwhich can you restore it back to the original firmware and unroot it?

  • Perfect, This was my first time ever doing anything of this nature and everything went perfect. Take your time and follow these directions and you cant go wrong. Big Ups to you Eddie

  • is it for sure if i update it through samsung kies it wont work?

  • @PaulNaul you can go from 2.2 (kies) to ics by following this video.

  • do you need to have an external card to be able to do this?

  • @mudasr no

  • Outstanding and very accurate !!! thanks a lot.

  • my music player are stumm

  • thanks bro you r the best !!!!!

  • Did Odin fix and then got this done, thanks for sharing the knowledge.

  • Ice cream sandwich is too user friendly