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T-mobile update for Vibrant Officially Available

i am upgrading this way and my phone has installed just waiting for the reboot. it has been rebooting for a good 30 mins and buzzing every 2 mins or so. is this normal? do i still wait for it to turn on or should i turn it on myslef?
 
okay did i brick my phone? i turned it on and it starts up but after the galaxy s screen it turns itself back off.....
 
Welcome to my joy. I did not find a fix other than to do the 3 fingered boot menu and purge user data, then it booted right up. Hope you made a backup.
 
i lost everything.... but i did back it up :) however when i loaded my back up to my phone it only loaded half of my contacts. it wasnt until i was nearly done inputting all my missing contacts that my coworker advised me to check the file in excel and see if it is all there. doh@!
 
Tom23824 said:
The experince with froyo is not good.
> TOS mobile freezes at login prompt. and very slow response to BACK button.
> access to marketplace has slowed down quite a bit. This has been on and off problem.

Overall not satisfied with froyo!

may go back to the old OS(I think Eclair) if possible?

(Vibrant for TMobile)
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I guess it is different for everyone. My phone was a useless piece of crap (extreeeeeemely slow, and constant freeze-ups) until I installed froyo. Now I have the amazing Vibrant that everyone else has been talking about for months. It improved my Vibrant 100%!
 
damewolf13 said:
I guess it is different for everyone. My phone was a useless piece of crap (extreeeeeemely slow, and constant freeze-ups) until I installed froyo. Now I have the amazing Vibrant that everyone else has been talking about for months. It improved my Vibrant 100%!
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I love seeing reports like that.

One thing that Android and smartphones in general seem to have in common is big differences in user experience with the same phone others have when it comes to software updates. I even saw this in the old Samsung Instinct forums, not to mention just about every Blackberry model.
 
How did you all upgrade? I installed Mini Kies, ran it the first time (after the suggested reboot), and now when I plug in my Vibrant Mini Kies either sits there wanting the phone to connect (it is, I can see it in Computer) or it crashes. Neither of these have been very useful.
 
damewolf13 said:
I guess it is different for everyone. My phone was a useless piece of crap (extreeeeeemely slow, and constant freeze-ups) until I installed froyo. Now I have the amazing Vibrant that everyone else has been talking about for months. It improved my Vibrant 100%!
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Agreed. ;)
 
damewolf13 said:
I guess it is different for everyone. My phone was a useless piece of crap (extreeeeeemely slow, and constant freeze-ups) until I installed froyo. Now I have the amazing Vibrant that everyone else has been talking about for months. It improved my Vibrant 100%!
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Glad it worked for you. from freezing to completely normal phone.
 
MrEntropy said:
How did you all upgrade? I installed Mini Kies, ran it the first time (after the suggested reboot), and now when I plug in my Vibrant Mini Kies either sits there wanting the phone to connect (it is, I can see it in Computer) or it crashes. Neither of these have been very useful.
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I used Mini Kies. The installation was a breeze (used the link posted in the first post).
But overall satisfaction so far with froyo is 2 stars out of 5.
 
i agree with damewolf. mine is now everything i expected it to be from the beginning. sucks it took this long as i bought mine day after it came out but i am VERY happy now
 
Tom23824 said:
The experince with froyo is not good.
> Thinkorswim mobile freezes at login prompt. and very slow response to BACK button.
> access to marketplace has slowed down quite a bit. This has been on and off problem.

Overall not satisfied with froyo!

may go back to the old OS(I think Eclair) if possible?

(Vibrant for TMobile)
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The Gingerbread keyboard is the problem for my thinkorswim app "login prompt" freeze.
I changed the keyboard to Samsung and now this apps works perfectly(just like it was before upgrading to Froyo).
 
I've tried using mini Kies, but it never even recognizes my phone. I used tips I've read in the forum such as always turn off my launcher and go back to Touchwiz, set USB to ask on connection and have enabled USB development, disabled USB development--but none of it fixes my problem.

I have the correct drivers installed because I can connect to my computer and use android sdk, capture screen shots using my computer, transfer files, etc.

But Kies simply will not recognize my phone... Any other way to get 2.2 besides rooting?
 
I figured I would try once more after reading this thread and a couple others and implement all the tips I found. IT FINALLY WORKED!

Maybe this will help anyone else having trouble with Mini Kies.

1. I am using Win 7 32 bit.

2. I read on another thread someone recommending uninstalling IE9 beta, so I uninstalled that.

3. Install Kies and do a reboot.

4. Before connecting your phone, disable any launchers (ie ADW, Prolauncher, Go Launcher, etc). Make sure the phone is running Touchwiz.

5. For the USB settings: disable development setting, and enable "ask on connect."

6. Start Kies, let it get any updates it needs.

7. Plug your original USB cable into a rear USB slot on your computer, then plug the other end into your phone.

This time it worked and I got updated to 2.2, took all of 5 minutes.
 
I am so glad that you were able to assemble all of those pieces of the puzzle together, and it worked, finally! I had trouble for about 20 minutes until I changed some of the vibrants' settings and I was getting frustated at that!
Thanks for taking the time to post this for the people who haven't been able to upgrade yet. I sure hope this post helps them.:)
After you have lived with froyo for awhile, let us know how you like it.
 
I installed Mini Kies on a different computer (custom) and it worked fine. I guess Samsung has a thing against Dells. I didn't have to do anything with the phone or my computer (which is running Windows 7 64-bit).

Overall, though, not a good first experience with Samsung and when it comes time to upgrade I'll probably be looking towards HTC.

As far as Froyo on my Vibrant, it works well. I'm not noticing any differences from before the upgrade.
 
MrEntropy said:
I installed Mini Kies on a different computer (custom) and it worked fine. I guess Samsung has a thing against Dells. I didn't have to do anything with the phone or my computer (which is running Windows 7 64-bit).

Overall, though, not a good first experience with Samsung and when it comes time to upgrade I'll probably be looking towards HTC.

As far as Froyo on my Vibrant, it works well. I'm not noticing any differences from before the upgrade.
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More likely it's an issue with Dell. I've had numerous issues in the past with Dell computers and their proprietary architecture. Even with Windows upgrades! :(
 
robo21 said:
More likely it's an issue with Dell. I've had numerous issues in the past with Dell computers and their proprietary architecture. Even with Windows upgrades! :(
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I work in QA for a software company and we make sure that our software works with what people have, otherwise we lock out a huge segment of potential customers.

I'm not saying that it's definitely a Dell<->Samsung issue, but I would be curious to know what other people are using when MK crashes when they connect their phone. If other people are using Dells and this occurs then that would lead me to believe that Samsung doesn't QA their software on Dells, and that's definitely a Samsung issue. As it is, I've worked for Dell and a couple of other companies that are Dell-centric and I've never encountered an issue with hooking up something on the USB port.

As it is, that was just kind of an offhand remark but the bad taste it left is something that will stick with me for quite some time.
 
robo21 said:
Yep, I know all about "bad taste being left!" That's why I will never purchase another Dell PC.
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Good for you? Does this have anything to do with upgrading a phone? Or was it just some compulsion to let it be known that you don't like Dell computers?

For what it's worth, I've never bought a Dell computer either nor do I plan on buying one.
 
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