OTA GPS & Lag Fix for Vibrant (Firmware JI6) FINALLY Arrived!

**Boy_Pinoy** · 10-08-2010, 02:58 PM

Got mine this morning at approximately 10 am PST. Some sort of DM icon showed on top, checked it out, it said its downloading something. The download completed, a pop up came saying I have a software upgrade, install it. Vibrant rebooted, was unavailable for 10 minutes, and update was successful. Now I'm running baseband version T959UVJI6, build number ECLAIRUVJI6. The process reminds me of the AT&T Captivate update process.

The firmware upgrade locked my phone to T-Mobile again. No big deal, I pulled the unlocked code emailed by TMobile to me a month ago, and all is good again. So write down your unlock codes before installing the firmware update.

The command *#*#1472365#*#* to get into the GPS Fix mode has been disabled on this firmware revision.

Samsung Media Hub is working now.

GPS locking is noticeably faster and more sensitive also. GPS can be detected a couple of feet away from my window. Before the fix, this is not possible.

Samsung Fascinate Live WallPapers are working on the Vibrant now. Before the update, I couldn't get this wallpapers to work.

**Boy_Pinoy** · 10-08-2010, 03:04 PM

I also noticed that when you press and hold the home key, there's a link for Task Manager inside the notification box. Upon clicking it takes you an app that has 4 tabs on the top, namely Active Applications, Package, Summary and Help.

I'm hoping that we will get Froyo soon. Maybe this fix is a pre-requisite to the Froyo rollout/ Who knows?

**jami_says_poo** · 10-12-2010, 04:42 PM

To anyone who has rooted, removed bloatware, or any other type of mod, be cautious when doing the OTA update! make sure to do a backup first... previously, i only rooted my phone momentarily to remove a few of the preinstalled apps & when i did the OTA this morning, it bricked my phone. It was stuck on the Vibrant startup screen for an hour. I ended up having to reflash it using Odin & a Firmware JI6 update I found while browsing the tmobile thread about how it bricked phones (too bad i found that after it was too late). Luckily the flash went smoothly & my phone is back up & running.

My advice is to backup first or to revert to stock rom if you want the update (it really did help my gps too btw!) if you don't listen, don't say i didn't warn you ;P

**trailoftears** · 10-12-2010, 11:35 PM

I got the update this morning as well,and yep,I'm bricked. Called it in. Waiting for replacement. Then started reading and tried odin,but no luck. Just said reading files and went no further. I'll try again tomorrow,in meantime have the BB out and keep trying to touch the screen to do things<G>

**jami_says_poo** · 10-14-2010, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by trailoftears

I got the update this morning as well,and yep,I'm bricked. Called it in. Waiting for replacement. Then started reading and tried odin,but no luck. Just said reading files and went no further. I'll try again tomorrow,in meantime have the BB out and keep trying to touch the screen to do things<G>

i think i got the hang of the odin program & everything if you (or anyone else) needs any help with it. just send me a pm... i did a little reading & my phone was "all better" within about 30-40 mins

at first i was stuck because i forgot to install the samsung drivers for Windows. kept going through the steps then realizing i never installed lol >.< d'oh

**trailoftears** · 10-15-2010, 12:44 AM

Originally Posted by jami_says_poo

i think i got the hang of the odin program & everything if you (or anyone else) needs any help with it. just send me a pm... i did a little reading & my phone was "all better" within about 30-40 mins

at first i was stuck because i forgot to install the samsung drivers for Windows. kept going through the steps then realizing i never installed lol >.< d'oh

Thanks for the offer. My hardest part to figure was getting it to have the shoveling droid/load screen. But after seeing the youtube video,I had it unbricked and updated(mini kies) in no time. Good thing,as i just got a text today from tmobile that they just processed my exchange and it can take up to 7 days for thrm to ship a replacement. My BB was driving me crazy now that I am used to and accepting the droid os.

**stevedawg85** · 10-15-2010, 09:21 AM

I rooted the GF's phone but didnt do anything to it. Will it receive this OTA update?

**spyderveloce** · 10-15-2010, 07:45 PM

Rooted, updated, aaaaaaaaaannnd................ BRICK. All I did was root to use Barnacle WiFi. No other changes and now I'm stuck at the Vibrant screen. Replacement on the way. Any way to get files off the internal memory? I have family photos and videos I need to get off.

**jami_says_poo** · 10-16-2010, 07:27 PM

quoting a post from another forum I visit, after editing a few typos... but not sure if I can post the url >.< http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748074 (mods please edit if this is not allowed)
but i followed all these steps & my phone was all better and had the update (but the bloatware i removed was back ewww)

First, you need to download the Samsung drivers for your OS which can be found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929

Second, you need to make sure you download WinRAR (google it and you should be able to get it) otherwise if your pc doesn't have a program to recognize rar and tar files, you are out of luck.

then read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475

1. Now, Extract ODIN from its .rar and place the .exe on your desktop

2. Extract the .pit file from its .rar and place that on your desktop

3. Place the JFD .tar file on your desktop but DO NOT EXTRACT

Now you can use ODIN

4. Start ODIN Odin3. [Android + SLP], through ODIN select the .pit file

5. Hit "PDA" button, and through ODIN select the .tar file

6. Plug your TURNED OFF PHONE into the USB cable

7. Wait for the Battery/ charging indicator to start

8. HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN+ POWER, as soon as the screen goes black RELEASE POWER, and continue to HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN Until it enters download mode. Which should happen quickly and looks like a men at work highway sign.

i added this cause their method didn't work for me if you get stuck at # 8 & cannot get into download mode, what I did to enter was to have the battery out of the phone when I plugged it in to the USB cable & then held down the vol up/vol down simultaneously & while holding the keys down i put the battery in <_< wish i had 3 or 4 hands lol

9. If a COM port has turned Yellow in ODIN, then the device has been recognized. If it hasn't, unplug and plug your phone back in.

10. Don't select any options, other than what is set as default.

11. Hit start and be patient, takes me maybe 5 minutes to get back up and running.

NOTE: If you do not see a blue progress bar on the phone's screen after a minute;

11a. Turn your phone off by pulling the battery.
11b. CLOSE ODIN
11c. Start at step 4 again.

ODIN needs to be open and ready to flash before the phone is plugged in, in my experience. Its very picking about this, and not everyone has this issue, but I did and following all these steps helped me flash my phone more times than I can count the other day haha.

hope that helps someone

**playit1st** · 10-19-2010, 05:12 PM

I'm new to this. I bought a T-Mobile and unlocked it for Telus use. I took the Samsung kies, and XDA zip file that generated my unlock code.
Since I'm on Telus (canada) Am I going to get this update automatically since it's a T-Mobile phone?
If I don't get the automatic update cuz I'm with Telus, If I unlocked my phone with Samsung Kies, and that Generate code, there is a easy manual upgrade with Kies Mini for Vibrant from T-Mobile, will this work? and if so will this lock my phone again? And will I be able to unlock it again with the unlock code that the generate code gave me?

I know it is a lot of questions but I don't know much about it, and I'm assuming you know a lot more than me.

I Thank you for answering me!

**trailoftears** · 10-20-2010, 08:07 AM

Since you are using a telus service ,the update if it is even released by your service will send it. Otherwise the mini kies will update your phone if you want the update. Also save your unlock code as I did read someone updated their unlocked phone and when it updated it it was locked again to t-mobile. But your code will unlock it again by entering it.