How to Root Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S!
I just got the phone couple hours earlier and was able to root the Samsung Vibrant and install free wifi tethering app that turns your Samsung Vibrant into a mobile hotspot.
What does rooting do for your Samsung Vibrant?
Rooting your Samsung Vibrant gives you superuser “root” access to your Vibrant’s system. This can be great for installing 3rd party apps like the wifi tethering app and custom ROMs. Sometimes you can get updates quicker through custom ROMs.
How to Root Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S!
The rooting method shown here will work on all Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphones including the T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant, AT&T Samsung Captivate, Verizon Samsung Fascinate, and Sprint Epic 4G.
1. Mount the SD card of your Vibrant after connecting it to your computer via micro USB cable.
2. Download this update.zip file below and put it in the root folder of your internal memory card. (not SD!) You will see two drives connect when you connect your Samsung Vibrant to your computer. Put it in the root folder of the one that has the folder “DCIM”.
Download file update.zip
3. Unmount the SD card, then unplug your USB cable.
4. Go to Settings->Applications->Development and make sure “USB Debugging” is checked.
5. Plug the USB cable.
*Note – For Windows operating systems, you need to download this Samsung USB Driver Program:
Download Samsung Vibrant/Galaxy S USB Drivers
and run the Setup to install drivers.
For Mac/Linux you shouldn’t need to install any drivers, lucky you.
6. Download and Install Android SDK. Put the unzipped Android SDK into a directory like c:\sdk for easiness.
7. Run the SDK update program and update it. (Make sure you have Java installed!)
8. Open a command prompt (terminal) and browse to your sdk\tools directory:
For Windows, it’s something like cd \sdk\tools and for Mac/Linux, it’s cd /sdk/tools.
9. Type adb reboot recovery to reboot your Samsung Vibrant into recovery mode.
10. You should see a “blue” menu come up. Using your Volume Keys, select “Reinstall packages”.
11. Your phone should find the update.zip file, install it, and reboot.
12. Once your Samsung Vibrant has rebooted, check for “Superuser Permissions” app under Applications. If you see that then, you’ve successfully rooted your Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S Android smartphone!
Pat yourself on the back, go brew some coffee and next let’s install the Android Wifi Tethering app so you can start tethering free on T-Mobile’s data network.
Video of me rooting my new Samsung Vibrant
I’ve also documented the whole process while I was rooting my new Samsung Vibrant, there’s some mistakes I made but in the end I got through it.
You should watch the video if this is the first time you are rooting an Android phone, it will help clear a lot of the stuff you will need to do.
Errors?
If you get an error, you probably put the update.zip file on the SD card, not the internal memory. Try putting it on the internal memory and try again.
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July 15th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Many thanks to success!
Cant wait for a ROM!
July 16th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Thanks for the nice article, I’m eagerly awaiting my Samsung Captivate from T-Mobile as soon as they technically confirm that they’re carrying it. I was in my nearby shop today and experienced a hold of their dummy device. It looks and feels significantly better than I imagined. This is actually going to be the phone to have. Never mind the iPhone 4g, the Galaxy S is where it’s at. As for me, I’m upgrading from a Samsung Pixon after an 18 month contract and am pleased to have ultimately settled on the Galaxy S. The decision process was fraught with many, many hours of investigation on the internet. I was close to an HTC Desire and even closer to an Xperia X10 but then, from out of nowhere, I came across the GSMArena.com review of the Galaxy S and it just does everything so well.
July 16th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
For those of you using a MAC, the comman in terminal is a bit different. “./adb reboot recovery”
But worked great…
Thanks
July 17th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
can you please provide the link to download the samsung USB drivers for all mobile phone? thanks
July 17th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
I’m a existing Omnia (910) user on Verizon who was incredibly disappointed with Windows Mobile 6.1 and Samsung’s shell. Wound up purchasing SPB Mobile Shell to have a usable interface and had to abandon Exchange email because of security restrictions. Generally anytime you tried to location or acquire a call, you needed to enter your PIN and I was missing calls like a result. Lastly made a decision to abandon smartphones to the time getting (economic factors) and wait for a superb Android unit. The Galaxy S (Facinate) ought to fit the bill. Disappointed to hear from the GPS difficulties. Let me add that Verizon’s 3G assistance was exceptional through and I ultimately stopped employing WiFi because V3G was plenty rapidly enough for me.Interestingly, I’m using the Omnia like a wireless unit close to the house for checking e mail, Twitter, Facebook and easy browsing. But not being a cell phone!
July 18th, 2010 at 4:19 am
Worked perfectly on my new Samsung Vibrant, great instructions got it rooted with no mistakes. Thanks a ton!
July 18th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Can’t get it rooted. SDK Setup says that I have USB Driver Package, Rev 3 installed but Windows 7 Device Manager still can’t seem to find the driver. It will recognize the Vibrant’s internal and external memory as USB mass storage so I was able to copy the update.zip file, but the device isn’t recognized when I try the “reboot recovery” command. Sort of like in the video but without the available drivers. Advice?
July 19th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Grudgingly switched to a Mac and was able to root it without problem. On to tethering!
July 20th, 2010 at 11:59 am
I’m having the same problem as VaHi. I’ve tried it many ways with no luck. Please help!! I’m running XP sp3.
July 24th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Same problem here with windows
July 24th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
VaHi, did you turn on USB debugging?
July 27th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Can you do a tutorial on how to remove the crapware after your Vibrant has been rooted
July 27th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
after rooted it i have the app in the menu but CMD can’t access to the shell it say denied
and do anyone know how can i restore the whole system to 2.1 without the updated
as like what when the phone come by!! please help
after rooted the Sims 3 can’t play always says out of memory……
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:06 am
Can I ask what the point of rooting is?..Can you get paid apps for free or something?
August 4th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
i cant root my samsung when i go to the comand prompt it said that cant find the path and i install the sdk thing what i have to do can you explain me how to intalls the android sdk and how can i make it work please thank you
August 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
It took me less than five minutes to root my Samsung Vibrant using the following method:
1. Download update.zip directly to your phone.
2. Touch the Home key.
3. Open the Applications menu.
4. Open the Files application.
5. Open the download folder.
6. Touch update.zip until the edit menu appears.
7. Choose either Copy or Move.
8. Choose Paste here, to copy the file directly to your internal storage.
9. Wait for the Media Scanner to complete.
10. Turn off your phone.
11. Hold down both the Volume Up and Volume Down keys, and Press the Power key. (Make sure you hold all three keys down.)
12. When the phone starts up and you see the Samsung Vibrant screen, release all the buttons to enter recovery mode.
13. Use the Volume keys to scroll to “reinstall packages”.
14. Press the Power key to select it and install update.zip.
15. Your phone will now reboot and you will be rooted.
Make sure you post if this works OK for you.
August 12th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
I get an “error in update.zip” message and “status 7″.
It doesn’t work for me.
August 14th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Jason your method worked perfectly
It was awesome thanks a lot!
August 14th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Does anyone know how to actually remove the apps once rooting is finished?
none of the bloatware that i want to get rid of come out under titanium
is there another program i can use? i tried andexplorer and android mate
but i cant see any of the apps i want to remove
im desperate!
thanks
August 16th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
That is very sublime stuff. Never new that beliefs could be this varied. Thanks for all the enthusiasm to extend such helpful information at this site.
August 16th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
quiero saber que es root y para q sirve soy un nuevo usuario para q esel wifi thtering
August 20th, 2010 at 5:46 am
How to unroot it back to it original??
August 24th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
if you root, will you still get the ota updates?
August 24th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
I got a strange problem,
I got to the point where I have to press the power button to select
“reinstall packages”
but it is not working! I can not select it !
i can go up and down with the vol. buttons, long press on the power resterts the device(showing that it is working),
put a single press doesn’t start any thing.
please help……
(I searched and searched, with no results
August 25th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Thanks Jason, It worked great for me as well.
August 25th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
thanks jason for the easiest root method i have tried.took all of 5minutes and most of that was rebooting. now i need a rom.
August 26th, 2010 at 9:04 am
i make my rooted but can i still get carriers updates 2.2 froyo or not please help
August 26th, 2010 at 9:06 am
i make my phone samsung vibrant rooted but i can still get updates like 2.2 froyo or not
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September 1st, 2010 at 9:56 am
any updates, usb driver or wireless tethering for the epic?
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:31 pm
it says..
E:Can’t open /sdcard/update.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted.
when i tried to reinstall packages
please help.
September 3rd, 2010 at 6:16 pm
If you are using my method, make sure step 9 is complete before turning off your phone.
September 4th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
jason, your method worked perfect! thank you!
September 6th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Jason, I did what your post said, I verified the update.zip file is in the root directory, but when I try to reboot to recovery mode it just does a normal boot. I am holding the buttons exactly as you said but it just goes straight to welcome. Please help.
September 9th, 2010 at 6:33 am
Does this mean you have tethering via 3g as well? in stead of tethering via wifi..
September 9th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
I just rooted mine in less then about 5 mins or so using the unlockr instructions and video.. although… when i open the Superuser Permissions app… its just a blank screen, i am able to tether just fine and it was a successfull root… so what is the point of the Superuser app?
September 19th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Jason, your method worked perfectly, thanks!
September 20th, 2010 at 3:37 am
would this erase ant your save stuff on the phone
September 20th, 2010 at 3:37 am
would this erase any of your save stuff on the phone
September 21st, 2010 at 8:31 am
Mine gives me a process error now every time I reboot. Phone seems to be running slower and locking up.
September 21st, 2010 at 8:40 am
how i download the new android 2.2 to my samsung vibrant galaxy
September 23rd, 2010 at 7:48 am
Jason that was the quickest way to root in history thanks
September 23rd, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Great method. I did it and now my phone won’t boot past the “S”. Just a black screen. Love that I ruined my phone.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
If you want to root your vibrant, go to the app store and get the one click lag fix (OCLF) and its done just follow the directions, took me 2 min done..
October 12th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Jason I’m getting the same reaction E:cant open/sdcard/update.(zip no such file or directory) install aborted is there anything I can do to fix this prob. I did everything you said word for word
October 12th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
For anyone having trouble, Samsung has quietly updated newer Vibrants.
Please search Android Market for OCLF (One Click Lag Fix). It has multiple rooting options and you can donate too. This is absolutely the fastest and easiest way to root/upgrade.
October 13th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
JASON! THANK YOU!
I followed your initial instructions, and it worked perfectly. Phone was running very slow after first reboot.
Then, I read your comment about OCLF, wish I had read ALL comments bc installing OCLF.
Still rooted from the update.zip I installed OCLF.
Only installed the EXT2 Tools
Performance is back to normal or better, or just a coincedence of the phone running for a while.
Should I unroot (how?), then root using OCLF?
October 30th, 2010 at 4:13 am
You you should make changes to the page name How to Root Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S! | Samsung Vibrant Hacks! to more generic for your content you make. I liked the post all the same.
November 1st, 2010 at 5:57 pm
OK, did phone only root proceedure. Got error, “no update file in SD”!
So I put the update.zip file in both the root and in the SD directories. Bango.. Got
Superuser icon in apps. BUT… Quadrant hangs up on the I/O step, lost what little slow
GPS I had after thr OTA TMo update. There i only a black screen when I press thr
super user icon? My SGS is a type 2. WTF? I want some GPS. My HTC Incredible
On Verizon has 9 to 13 satellites in less than a minute. My rooted
SGS rooted on TMo dont got any, ever?
Cheers
Red
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:57 am
Followed directions for root / superuser instructions. Downloaded tether program. Took 10 mind. Works great!!!!
So far no issues…thanks!
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:02 pm
What if it says its unable to open SD Card/update.zip or whatever? My update.zip is located in DCIM just like you stated, but for some reason it says it can’t be found and won’t open….any help?
November 3rd, 2010 at 11:35 pm
I just figured it out.. you’re not supposed to add the update.zip file onto DCIM instead just paste it directly into the internal memory.. I think there was a mistake on that guide that you added.
December 4th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Thanks a lot for this tutorial, worked very smoothly on my Vibrant and took only 2 minutes. Great!
December 5th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
For newbis it is now possible to just use ZforRoot, or ZforMod which worked to root my MT4G to root the Vibrant with just OTA apps from the market. Follow up with the OCLF, one click lag fix after you have the superuser permission app. Install the various tools that are indicated as available. After this my Vibrant and my SGTablet both scored 2100 on the Quadrant speed test regularly and are really lag free. I’m still on 2.1 and waiting for 2.2 to arrive- maybe this year?
A note on after-root, I just discovered Titanium backup which functions like aTrackDog or appBrain but updates and backs up under root permission. It can actually get rid of the bloat&klep wear. Titanium also lets you “freeze” an app and test if it has drivers you might need. e.g. I’m testing the T-Mo “WiFi” app to see if it actually does anything to connect to WiFi or if it is just a robber application to report use of your own WiFi for the purpose of billing you minutes. Since my rooted and unlocked Vibrant will make all kind of WiFi connections of every type without a SIM card, my guess is, as an example, it is not.
Kinda drifted topic but it was about getting OTA root and using root on the phone to reduce the stock ROM top down with just the phone. For those that have chastised hackers for rooting and unlocking phones to use WiFi in contradiction to their agreement/contracts, I have two things to say, first, I have no contract as I paid full price. I didn’t even get a SIM for the Tab at all since the above root and oclf provide free access to my WiFI. And second, I’d like to point out that it is more dishonest to bloat in a klepto-app that charges me for my own WiFi with their billed minutes when I pay full price for the phone for it’s specs as advertised. They never heard of the anglo-saxon writ of merchantability! Shame on you T-Mobile!! But do give generously and pay these great guys where you can as I have done. They are are soldiers in this micro economy and the value is so great. Like listening to a GD recording, which they gave away by allowing in tape recorders at all of their concerts. I went straight out and bought the Dead’s album just to hear the difference since now that also had value. T-Mo may never get it, but the Google boys do.
Cheers, red2erni
December 6th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Works like a charm Jason. Thanks
December 9th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Follow instructions from Jason (posted Aug.12,2010) and able to roor and install/run Titanium Backup! Thanks! Now question is how to unroot as not to expose phone being running as super user?
December 10th, 2010 at 8:29 am
A couple of questions, forgive the ignorance:
1. Does this actually wipe the phone? (SMS, Settings, Apps, etc.)?
2. What about stock apps that I DO like? Is Swype still intact?
3. Can I receive OTA updates while rooted?
4. Is there an “unroot” that will allow me to get OTA updates?
5. If yes to questions 3 and 4, will re-rooting bring me back to 2.1?
Thanks in advance all.
December 26th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
what is the point of rooting ??
December 28th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I for got to mention that it works and I have superuser! Thank you all for our help.
January 1st, 2011 at 2:29 am
as per quick steps by Jason works!!!
January 2nd, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Hey Jason your method worked perfect thumbs up!! on the info thanks
January 6th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
I have a samsung galaxy S vibrant and when I boot the phone into recovery mode to apply the update.zip file its stars doing the update but then says this. E:signature verification failed. Installation aborted….. Why is it doing this and does any one know how to get around that our what to do?
January 11th, 2011 at 11:03 am
Jason’s method is Great! All hail Jason.
I used it on my Vibrant. Will it work on my Nexus S with 2.3?
red2erni
January 12th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Worked for me Jason. Thank you!
January 15th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
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January 18th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
how do you know witch is the internal memory to put it in ? i got the sd card error
January 19th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Ciekawy serwis, wpadnę tu jeszcze pewnie nie raz.
January 20th, 2011 at 2:59 am
JASON…it worked for me! Thanks..much easier!
January 30th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Has jason’s method worked on a Galaxy S?
February 3rd, 2011 at 3:54 pm
great way to root, i just wish we didnt have to use our PC’s to root it,,,,thanks anyways
February 8th, 2011 at 10:21 am
It has worked for me on 2.1. Has anyone tried it on 2.2
Thanks.
February 8th, 2011 at 10:31 am
Jason i am having the same problem i try ur method and it says
E: Can’t open /sdcard/update.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted
and i follow every step really good
February 9th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
hey im new on this! i have downloaded the sdk androind an everything! so when im on the command prompt and type \sdk\tools it does show anything! it jst show the system cant no find the phat specified help i cant continue on
February 15th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
how to i install it for the MAC?
February 27th, 2011 at 5:50 am
How do I install for mac??
February 27th, 2011 at 5:52 am
How do I install for mac. Someone pplease email me instruction kenlowe100@yahoo.com
March 2nd, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I went through the rooting process with my Galaxy S Vibrant with Android 2.2. I got the following messages
Install from SDcard
finding update package
opening update package
verifying update package
E:\failed to open /mnt/internal_sd/update.zip (No such file or directory)
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
As far as I can tell I followed the instructions exactly. Suggestions welcomed.
March 2nd, 2011 at 12:58 pm
I forgot the earlier messages on the install. these came up before the error messages.
update media. finished
# manual mode #
Appling Multi-CSC
Installing Multi-CSC
Install default apk-files, please wait
Install default apk-files, finished
Install from SDcard
finding update package
opening update package
verifying update package
E:\failed to open /mnt/internal_sd/update.zip (No such file or directory)
E:signature verification
that’s the complete message on the install.
March 6th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
I get an error message while rooting on Android 2.2 Froyo
March 12th, 2011 at 7:42 pm
i’ve got the same problem as eric….
with the command prompt i have a problem it says “adb” its not recognized as internal or external command
March 14th, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Jason,
I’m getting the same error message as a lot of the other guys. It reads:
E: Can’t open /sdcard/update.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted
after following all the steps diligently, including step 9!
And using the original method i keep first off can’t even download the driver update program, it won’t load the page up after I click the download link for the program.
It also gives me issues like Sam’s when I downloaded from softpedia and tried te command prompt “adb” thing. Same problem.
I hate not having this baby rooted!!!! What a drag…
March 15th, 2011 at 4:11 am
GOT IT!!!!
For people having this error message:
E: Can’t open /sdcard/update.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted
Don’t place the update.zip file in the downloads as mentioned in the instructions. Instead place the file (unzipped!) in the root sd directory. (where the folders for data, layar, media, DCIM, sounds and etc. are located).
This solves both aforementioned issues with rooting….
Thank goodness for it to!
March 15th, 2011 at 7:52 am
Got it the Superuser Permissions button on the apps list now. My question is, should there be anything under that screen? I clicked on it and it just shows a black screen. Otherwise everything seemed to work great.
March 15th, 2011 at 9:13 am
I’m recieving an error now that says E: signature verification failed installation aborted. Any ideas?
March 17th, 2011 at 10:52 am
After rebooting, I get to the “Installing Muti-CSC” and it just hangs. From the video it looks like this should be quick. I’ve let it sit there for over ten minutes. I can reboot it and everything is fine but absent the super user app. Any thoughts? What are my next steps?
March 17th, 2011 at 11:14 am
Ignore my previous response – or if you’re also stuck there, go to step 10 and select reinstall packages. It then went on to work just fine.
March 19th, 2011 at 9:51 am
Need help with my vibrant. I am trying to root it and everything goes fine until i get to the install packages part, i get an error that says:
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted
Any ideas on how to solve this issue i really need to get this thing solve cuz im going out of the country and i want to take my phone with me…
thanks HELPPP
March 19th, 2011 at 10:00 am
Use superoneclick
March 19th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
I finally got my Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant rooted. It worked using the following utility.
SuperOneClickv1.6.5-ShortFuse. Superuser is there and Titanium Backup works.
March 19th, 2011 at 7:22 pm
hey man thanks for your help this actually worked (SuperOneClickv1.6.5-ShortFuse) great app it only took 1 min and it was already done
March 19th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
You are welcome… which exploit did you use?
I am having a problem using Rom Manager. I can’t backup my ROM neither install new ROMs. Any idea?
March 25th, 2011 at 10:25 am
I need help.
Purchased a Samsung Vibrant, Galaxy S, model SGH-T959.
Want instructions to root the phone and tether it to a new IPAD 2.
I am using a MAC running OSX 10.5.8 and SAFARI as browser.
Thank you for your reply.
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May 5th, 2011 at 3:31 am
It took me less than five minutes to root my Samsung Vibrant using the following method:
1. Download update.zip directly to your phone.
2. Touch the Home key.
3. Open the Applications menu.
4. Open the Files application.
5. Open the download folder.
6. Touch update.zip until the edit menu appears.
7. Choose either Copy or Move.
8. Choose Paste here, to copy the file directly to your internal storage.
9. Wait for the Media Scanner to complete.
10. Turn off your phone.
11. Hold down both the Volume Up and Volume Down keys, and Press the Power key. (Make sure you hold all three keys down.)
12. When the phone starts up and you see the Samsung Vibrant screen, release all the buttons to enter recovery mode.
13. Use the Volume keys to scroll to “reinstall packages”.
14. Press the Power key to select it and install update.zip.
15. Your phone will now reboot and you will be rooted.
Make sure you post if this works OK for you.
May 5th, 2011 at 6:30 pm
I have a Samsung Vibrant and when I type in adb reboot recovery in the command window I get a message saying ‘adb’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I have the update.zip saved to the phone internal memory and I downloaded the sdk to my computer. Was I supposed to download it some where specific or name it any thing else? I didn’t understand what you meant by Put the unzipped Android SDK into a directory like c:\sdk for easiness. Thanks.
May 30th, 2011 at 7:06 am
Just tried this a few different ways… Bottom line – I updated to 2.2 froyo last week, works great… NOW – as I try to root my phone – down to the last thing to do, it doesn’t work, and it all has been done correctly… Confusing now.
signature verification failed. Installation aborted…..
this is what is holding me up. It does find the update package but doesn’t install it because of the above error… I also noticed very few replies on here – very few helpful answers given back to anyone asking questions. Where can I also go to find an answer on how to fix this very fast??? Please…
Thanks, Al
May 31st, 2011 at 12:07 am
Hi Al,
The Andoid Polatsi have moved on from the Vibrant. But Gingerbread
is comming. So there may be a revival. If you cant find an answer,
you may need to use Odin. I used it once when it seemed I was ‘bricked’.
I also had to return my phone. I have a new phone fro TMobile. Im waiting
gingerbread. Then I will root it again.
Cheers
Erni
June 2nd, 2011 at 7:01 am
I own a Vibrant and want to root the SOB already.
Can someone tell me why the Download update.zip file link does not work? when pressed, it
only shows up as a blank page.
I need help on this please! Like I said that SoB needs to be rooted.
Someone talk to me,
Kr1sS
June 7th, 2011 at 6:01 am
i’m getting the same error as some of the ppl here
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted
August 23rd, 2011 at 5:36 am
To be honest this is my third time visiting How to Root Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S! | Samsung Vibrant Hacks! today and finally decided to leave a comment. Great info and I love the theme. Keep it up!
August 30th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
MINES WONT CUT ON DA USB CONNECTED SO WAT AM I SUPPOSE TO DO NOW
August 30th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
my phone is saying the application logs provider (process com.sec.android.provider.logsprovider) has stopped unexpectedly. please try again …it wont let me do anything it keep popin up what do i do?
October 6th, 2011 at 6:58 am
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