Install Android 2.3 Gingerbread Clone ROM On Samsung Vibrant

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1. After flashing the rom my phone (vibrant) freezes on the start screen right after bootloading. Have tried several roms including this one and all with the same result. What am I doing wrong?

2. i dont get any other option but blue ones in recovery to reboot clear cache reformat sd reinstall packages.. been messing with it for hours now and finally going to throw phone out the window

3. hello I currently have a samsung vibrant running on FROYO 2.2 firmware. my question is after this update would I be able to update to the original firmwares that will come?

4. I successfully flashed this ROM on my Vibrant in recovery mode.

   But it’s originally Froyo with Gingerbread clone.

   No use of flashing this ROM on your Froyo vibrant

   Froyo looks good & is Fast.

   Wait for the official Gingerbread update for the vibrant.

   I’ve flashed back to my stock Vibrant froyo.

   • Great !

     Original is original.

5. Raja u the man thank you very much bro

6. i did everything right but when the step to reinstall packages comes up it keeps saying failed. i’ve spent 8 hours doing it over and over and researching what to do and what i did wrong. Please if you can instruct me with some knowledge im desperate samsung_vibrant looking for mod android 2.3 buy eugene_373

   • In recovery mode Reinstall packages is only possible on rooted phones.

     First you need to root your samsung vibrant.

     Please google search how to root Samsung vibrant.

7. WORKS

8. is there a video somewhere this is the most reliable cite but i cant find a video anywhere

9. how can i get this to work on MAC OS

10. so I am trying to use Rom manager but every time I flash clockworkmod recovery and then reboot into recovery it isn’t installing correctly. I keep getting errors saying

    E:failed to verify whole-file signature
    E:signature verification failed
    Installation aborted

    ive tried multiple times and I keep getting the same thing. now i am trying to use fastboot but I cant find a recovery image for the vibrant. is there anything else I can do? BTW my phone has been rooted with Superoneclick. I have done all the prep work needed to flash the 2.3 Gingerbread this is the only step I’m having trouble with.

    • you must flash a different kernel, if your running froyo, you have recovery 3e. clockworkmod will not flash correctly with 3e. use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870480 using a kernel from this forum installed voodoo + clockwork in 5 seconds.

11. Sorry but I am confused, is this for the samsung facinate or the vibrant?

    • Sorry, I don’t know what I was thinking when I started off with Vibrant and went all Fascinate throughout the remaining guide. It is for Vibrant. Thanks for asking or I might have not noticed.

12. Nope it doesn’t lock the phone, and yes it works on the T-Mobile SGH 959

    • so I am trying to use Rom manager but every time I flash clockworkmod recovery and then reboot into recovery on my vibrant it isn’t installing correctly. I keep getting errors saying
      E:failed to verify whole-file signature
      E:signature verification failed
      Installation aborted
      ive tried multiple times and I keep getting the same thing. now i am trying to use fastboot but I cant find a recovery image for the vibrant. is there anything else I can do? BTW my phone has been rooted with Superoneclick. I have done all the prep work needed to flash the 2.3 Gingerbread this is the only step I’m having trouble with.

13. i was wondering does this make the phone.. get locked again. cause my phone is unlocked right now
    and does it work on the vibrant t mobile sgh t959

14. oh yeah how could i forget…also a dj05 modem. geez….lol

    • For all the answers to your questions, visit the forum thread and ask the developers of the ROM. We are just featuring it here based on the information that we have on it and whether it will be compatible with your radio, kernel and modem etc. can be more reliably answered by the developer.

15. ok, before i go flashing anything, i need to know if this rom will be stable with me using a rooted fascinate, dj05 radio, voodoo v5 lagfix kernel. if so, ill install this muthaf***er right now lol…if not….i already bricked this thing once with an incorrect voodoo kernel installation…what a nightmare that was…4 hours and odin….flashing a stock tar file…….holy crap. so yay or nay my bruda. also, is this just a theme, or is this a gingerbread rom?
    thx for the fast reply!!

16. When I tired to do this, the phone said bad zip file? I tired multiple times

    • Well, I don’t know what could cause that. This ROM and method has worked for the rest.
      Please visit this forum thread to contact the developer, perhaps they can help:
      http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=samsungsgs&action=display&thread=144

17. I got it right… thanks…

18. I followed step by step but when I get to the part to choose to install rom from SD it says that the rom is not on the SD… and I copied 3 times to 3 diferent SD’s and nothing… Can some help me?

    • You might need to copy it to the internal SD card rather than the removable one.

19. Thanks so much, works awesome! Love the update!

    • Pleasure 🙂

20. work on vibrant, but no phone call 🙁 + wifi

    • I don’t know what might cause that because calling is functional in this ROM and so is WiFi. Are you referring to WiFi calling? Or do you mean calling and WiFi don’t work at the same time?

21. Can you still run an overclock on this rom?

    • Not sure of that.

22. The link to download the rom is dead.

    • Download link updated; should be working now.

23. I don’t think i did it correctly because my vibrant did not flash anything !
    I need tutorials for Vibrant !

    • Well the method is pretty straight forward. You can also check out a comprehensive tutorial on flashing that we just wrote: https://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-a-rom-or-app-from-zip-file-to-android-device-from-recovery/

    • Help! Tried Flashing ROM to Samsung Vibrant T-Mobile. Flashing keeps freezing and won’t finish installing.

      ClockworkMOD Rec v2.5.1.2
      –installing sdcard:ginger_clone_final_r2.zip
      Finding update package…
      opening update package…
      installing update…

24. no signal, also load screen says vibrant

    • Well no one else seems to have the no signal problem. Try flashing again, making sure to wipe all data, cache and dalvik cache before and if you still can’t get it going, restore your nandroid backup to get back to your previous ROM. You might also wanna head over to the developer’s thread (link given in the article) and contact him for help.

    • does this rom have mobile ap? and how about supporting a front facing camera?