CyanogenMod7 (2.3.3) On Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant (SGH T959) WITH INSTRUCTIONS

PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY AND I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR IF YOU BRICK YOU DEVICE.

1. First thing I did was move ALL of my personal FILES that were already on my phone (both the internal/external) to my pc so I had a backup of them.

2. I then went to Menu - SD CARD AND PHONE STORAGE and I unmounted/formatted BOTH the internal and external.

3. I then used ODIN to get back to stock JFD (if you are stock anything, that's fine, I wasnt so I added this step for those who want to go back to stock).

4. Once it has finished and rebooted, I mounted my phone to my pc. I then moved the following files (all were listed above, minus the .tar, more on that later... leave it on your PC) from my PC to my INTERNAL memory:
- The update.zip file to root my phone
- The OverStock kernel (option to enter download mode, not required though, see above)
- The vibrant-efsbackup.zip
- The cm7-vibrant-initial-20110304.zip
- The CM7 most recent NIGHTLY .zip (updated CM7)
- The latest CM7 kernel from theexel (my preference here, not needed)
- The gapps (google apps) zip.

5. Hold in BOTH volume buttons and POWER (release when you see the Vibrant logo) to reboot into recovery (phone can be on or off). Select Reinstall Packages.

6. Your phone will reboot and you will have root.

7. Go to the market and download ROM MANAGER. Open it, select to flash CWR (top option) and once it's done (you got the Success popup), reboot into clockwork recovery (2nd option).

8. Go to install zip from sd card, choose zip from sdcard, select the overstock kernel zip if you are going to flash it. If so, once done, reboot the phone...then go BACK to CWR using the 3 button combo (should be a red recovery now)

9. Go to install zip from sd card, choose zip from sdcard, select the efsbackup.zip. Once it finishes you need to get into download mode. If you used the overstock kernel, there is an option.. maybe under advanced. If you kept the normal CWR via Rom Manager, you can pull your battery and go ahead and load ODIN/Download Mode.

10. Load ODIN on your PC (I prefer THIS version of ODIN, older versions tend to hang up more)

UNCHECK reboot phone
UNCHECK Re-Partition
Load the cm7-vibrant-initial-kernel.tar (PDA Spot)
Press Start
About 10 seconds later, it should be done.... you need to get back to recovery... no need to turn off the phone or anything, FROM DOWNLOAD MODE, SIMPLY HOLD IN BOTH VOLUME BUTTONS AND POWER UNTIL YOU SEE THE VIBRANT LOGO.

11. Now, in CWR, go down to "mounts and storage" and format the following: System, data, and cache.

12. Still in CWR, go to install zip from sd card, choose zip from sdcard, select the cm7-vibrant-initial-20110304.zip. Once this has finished do a Factory Wipe and

13. Reboot and please give the phone atleast 15mins for the ROM to go stable.

14. Then again go to CWR and flash the latest gapps and this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982148 (Optional)

DOWNLOAD LINKS:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/teamhacksung/files/vibrant/vibrant-efsbackup....

http://sourceforge.net/projects/teamhacksung/files/vibrant/cm7-vibrant-initia...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/teamhacksung/files/vibrant/cm7-vibrant-initia...

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Samsung
• Vibrant
• Galaxy
• t959
• gingerbread
• android
• 2.3.3
• cyanogenmod7
• tmobile
• black
• nexus
• super
• amoled
• WITH
• INSTRUCTIONS

[tigernight99]

thanks for this useful video man , just wanna know what are the steps in installing the google apps ? because I did flashed this file several times but did`t see any of the apps even the market !!

[TheRaafi]

@tigernight99 well as i mentioned in the instructions, download gapps and then flash it via cwm

[kidjames22]

which on is efs file??

[TheRaafi]

@kidjames22 i think the file is called efs when u download it

[danlhall1963]

Wow, what do you think. I really need my GPS to work. I would like to get the revolving icons like the gingerbread 2.3 but if the GPS don't work I don't want to do the full update. Do you know if there is a good 2.2 android update. Right now I have a Samsung Galaxy S 4g running the Froyo.Vuvkb5 Firmware 2.2.1. If you can give me some advice on the installation. I wish you would have did a step by step on your video. Anyway keep in touch man let me know what's going on.

[TheRaafi]

i think the latest update fixes the GPS issues, and sorry bro i cudnt do a instruction video tutorial. next time :)

[drama1er1]

He's gay

[EliteComputerBuilds]

This is a great video brother. Keep up the good work. I have this phone and love it. Its never let me down and the screen is amazing. 5 stars, thumbs up!!

[alowishus180]

Also....whn I get to the recovery screen, at the top it says CWM-based recovery v.5.0.2.7. What does this mean?

[alowishus180]

Pleese chk out my first upload and tell me what u think about my problem nd wht i cn do to fix it...

[1030553109]

this work with vibrant 3gsm and 4gsm???

[Mykal890]

@tigernight99 how do u uninstall this? its messed up my phone and it wont let me turn it back on and idk how to restard this phone

[gatecomingdown]

you should post the procedure

[smokeduppeon]

this guy is a fucking tool the file is missing

[RobetPaulG]

Those links take you nowhere. The files do not exist.

[ukisoldier96]

does it have to be unlocked?

[imranbiz]

@TheRaafi I also faced this issue but i found the Eclair version on net. do let me know if you need it, I was still trying to get the orignal SGH-T959 orignal Tmobile room.