JGZinv
Newbie
I figured I'd go the root and Froyo route today.
Started out with this guide:
[WALKTHROUGHS 3/9/11] Rooting, Clockwork, Voodoo, Froyo and Custom ROMs, Battery, etc - xda-developers
Everything went fine until I got to the Clockwork for new users (post 3).
That whole section seems half baked, as 1st getting the phone into download mode is wrong, figured that out and managed to flash the linked Tar via Odin, that went fine.
Starting at step #7 I got confused as I had no update.zip included... ended up finding this page -> Clockworkmod installation how to for windows / *nix - xda-developers
Basically stating the update.zip was optional, so I went into ROM Manager and hit the "install clockwork mod" button, which completed. Then I went down to the Backup button and hit that. Phone rebooted and came up with a red lettered list (of steps it had planned to take) below that it said it was starting and that one log had been made into a different error log. Couldn't get it to do anything, so I rebooted the phone finally.
Got back into the regular OS, found an update.zip from here:
How to Escape the Force Close Loop of Hell - Android Forums which was suggested in the end of the original thread since the links are dead.
Stuck that in the root of the SD card, went back to Root Manager, hit backup again.... and now the phone will only display the Samsung logo indefinitely on boot.
In most cases have to remove the battery to get it to shut off.
I can get it to show the battery charging icon if the cable is plugged in, but that's about it.
Help?
I did all the backups I could before starting this, so I'm not concerned with data loss.
Started out with this guide:
[WALKTHROUGHS 3/9/11] Rooting, Clockwork, Voodoo, Froyo and Custom ROMs, Battery, etc - xda-developers
Everything went fine until I got to the Clockwork for new users (post 3).
That whole section seems half baked, as 1st getting the phone into download mode is wrong, figured that out and managed to flash the linked Tar via Odin, that went fine.
Starting at step #7 I got confused as I had no update.zip included... ended up finding this page -> Clockworkmod installation how to for windows / *nix - xda-developers
Basically stating the update.zip was optional, so I went into ROM Manager and hit the "install clockwork mod" button, which completed. Then I went down to the Backup button and hit that. Phone rebooted and came up with a red lettered list (of steps it had planned to take) below that it said it was starting and that one log had been made into a different error log. Couldn't get it to do anything, so I rebooted the phone finally.
Got back into the regular OS, found an update.zip from here:
How to Escape the Force Close Loop of Hell - Android Forums which was suggested in the end of the original thread since the links are dead.
Stuck that in the root of the SD card, went back to Root Manager, hit backup again.... and now the phone will only display the Samsung logo indefinitely on boot.
In most cases have to remove the battery to get it to shut off.
I can get it to show the battery charging icon if the cable is plugged in, but that's about it.
Help?
I did all the backups I could before starting this, so I'm not concerned with data loss.