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I suggest you pull the battery, put it back in, plug your USB into your PC, hold both up and down on the volume rocker and plug the micro USB into your phone t get back into Download mode and flash Odin the 512.pit and the JFD tarball.
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Get into download like this
Take out battery.
Connect USB now press the volume buttons then put battery in
Nero beta 3 + oclf
climhazzard1993 said:
not gonna work.
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well you obviously don't want help fixing it so go ahead and return it and pray you don't get dinged for flashing it.
Some guy in the marketplace here sells jigs for $15.
And ebay has them for $25 or something.
Whats a jig?
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Segnaro said:
Some guy in the marketplace here sells jigs for $15.
And ebay has them for $25 or something.
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He does not want to fix his phone, he has a replacement already but wants someone to look into the future to see if he will get busted for flashing firmware onto the phone.
Zylograth said:
He does not want to fix his phone, he has a replacement already but wants someone to look into the future to see if he will get busted for flashing firmware onto the phone.
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Yeah, I didn't read the edit.
Zylograth said:
He does not want to fix his phone, he has a replacement already but wants someone to look into the future to see if he will get busted for flashing firmware onto the phone.
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My thoughts exactly.
If he wont try. No point in helping
@OP, there's different ways of going into download mode. Not just 1. Try them or gtfo of this forum.
Nero beta 3 + oclf
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What ROM were you flashing when this happened? I doubt they will be able to see but it is possible they will see a custom ROM and charge you for the replacement.
I would at least try to get the original firmware back onto the phone before sending it back. Have you tried more than one USB cable to get into download mode?
climhazzard1993 said:
umm, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
lol? yeah um, not gonna argue with u. but ive tried all that, otherwise i wouldnt be here asking..
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I was working with someone the other night having the same issue getting into download mode, we did a video chat over skype and he showed me that all the steps were not working. the next day he bought a new USB cable and got into download mode on the first try.
hard to sat if they will catch you but I would at least do everything i could to avoid it LOL
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climhazzard1993 said:
i accidentally flashed a gt i9000 onto my vibrant. it worked but it wasnt reading my sim card. then i tried flashing the 2.1 stock, odin got stuck at cache.rfs for an hour so i pulled my phone out and thats how it bricked. and i doubt that will work cuz my idiot ass flashed the wrong firmware on my vibrant.
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you "should" be able to get back to stock, did you include the 512.PIT when you tried flashing 2.1? I usually do a 512.PIT with re-partition when I am going back to JFD
Maybe the OP should "read before posting". I've seen many threads like this, and its really up to the luck of the draw, if your unit happens to be inspected by Captain Flawless, he'll catch it, most likely they'll try to turn it on, see it doesn't boot into recovery and sent it through the refurbishing process. I've actually never seen or heard a story about someone having it come back to bite them in the ass other than anything physical like water damage.
in the OP you make it sound like a JIG is not an option.... may I ask why? THat would solve your issue.
That said, I dont think you have an issue.... send your phone in and quit worrying.
True I sent one one in with fusion on it cause the screen had some bad pixels they never said anything about it I didn't even think of taking the rom off probably cause I dont care but I never heard anything about it and never got any additional charges not saying you won't but the chances are good that they don't look or care either its not like they have 1 guy on a room setting all these phones back to the way they were
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Hi. I ruined my phone when trying to add a new kernel (overclock 1.2).
It stayed on Vibrant/Samsung screen.
I downloaded one click odin.. LIKE AN IDIOT I DIDNT SEE IT WAS FOR CAPTIVE (AT&T) ONLY!!
NOW I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.
PLEASE HELP and link me to wherever i need to download stuff.
Before others eat you alive and flame you, look around dude. Look at the stickies.
C-4Nati said:
Before others eat you alive and flame you, look around dude. Look at the stickies.
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I did, I couldnt find anything.
I don't think anyone has been a dumber noob than me..
ALSO it keeps just rebooting over and over and over.. I dont think it recognizes my battery idk..
MasterGGM said:
I did, I couldnt find anything.
I don't think anyone has been a dumber noob than me..
ALSO it keeps just rebooting over and over and over.. I dont think it recognizes my battery idk..
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Put into download mode use odin to flash back to stock all the tools you need are in the sticky that says bible in it..........
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S4BRE2121 said:
Put into download mode use odin to flash back to stock all the tools you need are in the sticky that says bible in it..........
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Download mode doesnt work
It shows AT&T and keeps rebooting.. over and over. I have no idea if they will exchange it due to it being a t-mobile phone.
Maybe Try the jig
Not sure I know enough about the real issue other than you got the wrong rom. But, there is a jig you can make 301k resistor (or combo of a few to equal that number) soldered to a usb connector on # 4 & 5 pins look it up it will unbrick the phone and get you into the phone from there I not sure what you will need to do next but that would get you into the phone. Btw the resistors and usb cord less than 5 bucks good luck
Dude, you are being childish. I usually never flame but don't say you did because you didn't Enough. Slow down and take your time. If you are doing any kind of mods you should learn how to use Odin first, but unfortunately its always after the fact.
Learn how to use Odin, in the development bible I have a video there to show you how. Doesn't get any easier than that.
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jzero88 said:
Dude, you are being childish. I usually never flame but don't say you did because you didn't Enough. Slow down and take your time. If you are doing any kind of mods you should learn how to use Odin first, but unfortunately its always after the fact.
Learn how to use Odin, in the development bible I have a video there to show you how. Doesn't get any easier than that.
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You are completely right. I was "trigger happy" you may say and I did it by rushing through it and ruined my phone. Luckily I have not yet sold my 3Gs and could use that until I get tmobile to exchange it.
The jig would most likely work for my case but I would need a step by step guide which unfortunately didn't find with images or video.
If I could just kill the AT&T boot logo it'd be perfect but sadly I can't.
I got the phone two days ago..so I am really sure I can get away with an exchange.
If you return the phone and it is booting with the At&t logo they will now you where messing with it and charge you the full amount of the phone which is around $400.
What you have is a soft brick. You can fix it if you bothered reading. Just follow this:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...r-vibrant-and-return-to-stock-phone-pc-error/
Jamison904 said:
If you return the phone and it is booting with the At&t logo they will now you where messing with it and charge you the full amount of the phone which is around $400.
What you have is a soft brick. You can fix it if you bothered reading. Just follow this:
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I wish mine was a soft brick but it isn't. That thread was for "phone ! PC" mine is a tmo vibrant that boot loops as AT&T captive since I flashed the wrong stock kernel.
Remove battery, SIM card and the external SD card.
Connect USB cord
Hold down both volume keys and insert the battery.
I love how everyone gives the same reply. The phone WAS FULLY BRICKED.
I took it to T-Mobile and said I did an update and this is what happened and they gave me a brand spanking new one! =D
Thanks for all your help though.
MasterGGM said:
I love how everyone gives the same reply. The phone WAS FULLY BRICKED.
I took it to T-Mobile and said I did an update and this is what happened and they gave me a brand spanking new one! =D
Thanks for all your help though.
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Pathetic, take some responsibility. Thanks for supporting a future of locked phones.
I've seen a section on how to use the jig device but I don't think its going to work. Heres the thing, my phone is completely dead, no "Vibrant" screen, no download in anyway possible, no charging screen. Is there hope? Please help me :'(
This happened to me once, I could not get it to respond in anyway what so ever.... after being pissed and leaving it alone for about 20 minutes I came back and tried this...
1. Open your phone and take our your sim card, battery and external sd if you have one
2. Plug in your usb cord
3. Hold volume up and down, DO NOT HOLD POWER only volume buttons
4. Place battery back in phone and watch for the screen to respond
5. Release Volume up and down buttons
This method got me in to download mode even though I tried it like 100 times, it was only until after I let me phone sit for a little bit did it respond. Even if you have already tried this.... try it again. I went thru the same thing.
Solissfiend said:
This happened to me once, I could not get it to respond in anyway what so ever.... after being pissed and leaving it alone for about 20 minutes I came back and tried this...
1. Open your phone and take our your sim card, battery and external sd if you have one
2. Plug in your usb cord
3. Hold volume up and down, DO NOT HOLD POWER only volume buttons
4. Place battery back in phone and watch for the screen to respond
5. Release Volume up and down buttons
This method got me in to download mode even though I tried it like 100 times, it was only until after I let me phone sit for a little bit did it respond. Even if you have already tried this.... try it again. I went thru the same thing.
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I've tried that but I'll let the phone rest for awhile. It happened when I was updating to 2.2 from 2.1 using Kies, I wasn't rooted or anything and I had just formatted the phone prior to that.
Burner2K0 said:
I've tried that but I'll let the phone rest for awhile. It happened when I was updating to 2.2 from 2.1 using Kies, I wasn't rooted or anything and I had just formatted the phone prior to that.
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Same thing happened to me. Did everything as written above. Nothing seemed to work. Then....I put the battery in, left it overnight to charge. Tried it all over again and... IT WORKED!!!!
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Nthe jig woulda worked for all of you
Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.
Please post these in the right section...
This being said just hold the volume up button and plug in the usb cord this should force download mode.
How to make a jig
Or Buy One Here
toryheal said:
Please post these in the right section...
This being said just hold the volume up button and plug in the usb cord this should force download mode.
How to make a jig
Or Buy One Here
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Isn't this posted in the right section? I mean,it does regard flashing and using Odin...
toryheal said:
Please post these in the right section...
This being said just hold the volume up button and plug in the usb cord this should force download mode.
How to make a jig
Or Buy One Here
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And no, holding vol-up and plugging in usb does nothing.
Burner2K0 said:
Isn't this posted in the right section? I mean,it does regard flashing and using Odin...
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This is a question trying to be answered (so Q&A is proper place) this is a section for devs to post and support their work. this wasn't to flame rather to let one know
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Burner2K0 said:
And no, holding vol-up and plugging in usb does nothing.
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Well then i suggest trying the one where you pull out the battery and try it that way or get down and dirty and make a jig or purchase one from the link i sent you.
toryheal said:
This is a question trying to be answered (so Q&A is proper place) this is a section for devs to post and support their work. this wasn't to flame rather to let one know
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Well then i suggest trying the one where you pull out the battery and try it that way or get down and dirty and make a jig or purchase one from the link i sent you.
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None of the steps work. My best bet is to buy a jig, but if phone is fully bricked, will that even work at all?
Burner2K0 said:
None of the steps work. My best bet is to buy a jig, but if phone is fully bricked, will that even work at all?
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brother it is a game of chance either you take a ten dollar lose or you take a 130 dollar lose choice is yours but the have been a many of times where the jig has saved my ass...
toryheal said:
brother it is a game of chance either you take a ten dollar lose or you take a 130 dollar lose choice is yours but the have been a many of times where the jig has saved my ass...
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Lets just hope it works, first have to put money in my paypal account. Kind of ironic how I've flashing ROMs here and there for a good while and the day I decided to go from stock 2.1 to 2.2 using Kies, it bricks >_>
Burner2K0 said:
Lets just hope it works, first have to put money in my paypal account. Kind of ironic how I've flashing ROMs here and there for a good while and the day I decided to go from stock 2.1 to 2.2 using Kies, it bricks >_>
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Yeah i am guessing kies may be the issue. I would suggest giving it a try and if that doesnt work mobiletech jtags now
You can contact connexion2005 he is the best.
sadly.. for every 1 post I read about someone bricking a phone while flashing custom ROM, I read 4 or 5 of people bricking w/Kies..
did you ever have any 2.3.x roms on your phone? bootloaders?
"Kies ate my phone" is still an excellent way to get a new phone regardless of the current warranty.
G1toVibrant said:
sadly.. for every 1 post I read about someone bricking a phone while flashing custom ROM, I read 4 or 5 of people bricking w/Kies..
did you ever have any 2.3.x roms on your phone? bootloaders?
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Yes I have, I had GB bootloaders on the phone but never switched them back to Froyos BL even when I flashed 2.2 ROMS, could that have been the problem?
Burner2K0 said:
Yes I have, I had GB bootloaders on the phone but never switched them back to Froyos BL even when I flashed 2.2 ROMS, could that have been the problem?
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I know that you said you tried odin.... have you tried the One Click unbrick by Adam O and company? Sorry... that is heimdall to most... you can set it to load boot loaders for you, maybe this can help?
Hard Brick with Kies
Just wanted to say i did the same thing when i got my vibrant, i had busy box which i think was the reason kies failed on me.... but i called Samsung and they didn't even think twice about claiming warranty. They re flashed 2.2, and i bough the phone used of eBay, give them a shot.
cmzeunges said:
I know that you said you tried odin.... have you tried the One Click unbrick by Adam O and company? Sorry... that is heimdall to most... you can set it to load boot loaders for you, maybe this can help?
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Judging by the thread, I doubt its going to work. It needs to atleast boot, which is what my phone isn't doing. Basically it acts as if there is no battery in, doesnt boot, no download mode, no charging screen. Computer wont pick it up either.
Please help! i rooted my phone and everything was fine. then i used odin to put on a rom. i followed the instructions which said to choose the re-partition option and place files for the pit, pda and phone sections, here is the rom i was using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1207466
there was a failed message and my phone was locked in download mode. i shut it down by holding the power button and now it is in a hard bricked state. everything is black and nothing is recognised. when i plug in the charger nothing happens same with usb. ive tried all the button presses i could find volume up+home+power, volume down+home+power, volume down+home with no battery and then place battery... etc.
really nothing is working.
if there is anything i can try can you please let me know! also if there is nothing i can do and i have to take it in to my service provider then will they know what i have done?
thank you.
Go post in Q&A thread. Developement is reserved for developement. I'll help you when you will have asked for a move or rewrited in Q&A
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You flashed a I9000 ROM on an I9100 device?!
Kiss your phone goodbye unless you jtag it or send it to the service center.
You have flashed a rom for a different phone. The rom you flashed is for Galaxy S not Galaxy S II..
I have read a thread similar like this before but
for what I can remember his phone is permanently bricked. You might want to search
in the Q&A thread. This thread is for Android Development.
donalgodon said:
You flashed a I9000 ROM on an I9100 device?!
Kiss your phone goodbye unless you jtag it or send it to the service center.
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i don't know how i missed that. could you tell me what jtag is? is it the same as a jig?
thanks.
Yes it is totally bricked. Unless you have chance and want to try something. The USB jig to put i9000 and i9100 phone in download is the same ( Both use 151k oHms). If you try to use a jig on your phone you might be able to put it back on download mode. However, i would doubt that it work. Since you don't have the good Bootloader on your phone, i'm more like 97% sure it wont work. The black screen only is also a good sign of death. Sry to ear that. JTag is not the same thing than the jig btw. JTag is how they put the first information, at factory, on your phone. It can be used to put back the good bootloader on your phone. But if i remember well, only phone compagnie ( On this case Samsung) and a few person have what it take to make a JTag.
katiezoppo said:
Please help! i rooted my phone and everything was fine. then i used odin to put on a rom. i followed the instructions which said to choose the re-partition option and place files for the pit, pda and phone sections, here is the rom i was using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1207466
there was a failed message and my phone was locked in download mode. i shut it down by holding the power button and now it is in a hard bricked state. everything is black and nothing is recognised. when i plug in the charger nothing happens same with usb. ive tried all the button presses i could find volume up+home+power, volume down+home+power, volume down+home with no battery and then place battery... etc.
really nothing is working.
if there is anything i can try can you please let me know! also if there is nothing i can do and i have to take it in to my service provider then will they know what i have done?
thank you.
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flypubec said:
That's correct. Original GB bootloaders are provided within the package.
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Thats from the creator of the i9000 ROM you just flashed.
Your phone is 100% bricked, just wondering why did you flash an i9000 ROM on a i9100 ROM, thats not only the wrong phone, but you also added a PIT files with Odin which also is not good for the i9100, and this ROM contains bootloaders.
its 100% bricked, however there is light at the end of the tunnel. A good friend of mine at Mobile Tech Videos can fix your phone 100%
hes the only guy that can do this around the world, only does it for 50 dollars, and he can guarantee fix your phone.
Just dont do this again, maybe next time flash DlevROM
Dlev7 said:
Thats from the creator of the i9000 ROM you just flashed.
Your phone is 100% bricked, just wondering why did you flash an i9000 ROM on a i9100 ROM, thats not only the wrong phone, but you also added a PIT files with Odin which also is not good for the i9100, and this ROM contains bootloaders.
its 100% bricked, however there is light at the end of the tunnel. A good friend of mine at Mobile Tech Videos can fix your phone 100%
hes the only guy that can do this around the world, only does it for 50 dollars, and he can guarantee fix your phone.
Just dont do this again, maybe next time flash DlevROM
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i am very embarrassed about it. im new to this and i didnt notice that it was the wrong ROM. but why would i send it to your friend and not back to samsung? im sorry but im a little iffy about sending out my phone when there are 5 reviews, all with 5 stars and i have been searching and i havent found someone else with a hard bricked samsung galaxy s2.
thanks
katiezoppo said:
i am very embarrassed about it. im new to this and i didnt notice that it was the wrong ROM. but why would i send it to your friend and not back to samsung? im sorry but im a little iffy about sending out my phone when there are 5 reviews, all with 5 stars and i have been searching and i havent found someone else with a hard bricked samsung galaxy s2.
thanks
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I mean this guy is 100% trusted, and email him if you have questions.
hes the best bet for getting it back fast, and working.
Samsung will most likely play games, take longer, and ask you how this happened.
its your choice, but hes 100% legit, you dont have to use him Im just saying this is the best bet for saving you
Maybe if is better to send it to Samsung and let them figure it out.
If they ask what happened, just tell them that you left it on charger snd a few hours after it was dead. After all i doubt that theg can get info from inside the phone.
They will make a clean flash plus bootloaders.
That is what would i have done.
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mariosraptor said:
Maybe if is better to send it to Samsung and let them figure it out.
If they ask what happened, just tell them that you left it on charger snd a few hours after it was dead. After all i doubt that theg can get info from inside the phone.
They will make a clean flash plus bootloaders.
That is what would i have done.
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They can access everything on your phone if they have it in their hand. The only thing is : Do they really give a f**k about what you really did. It's longuer to ask question than to only repair.
Just send your phone to get repaired. then next time please read properly and more carefully before you start playing with rooting and flashing
wow
i want my 3 mins back reading this thread...
this is unbelievable
ok im sorry i understand that you feel like you want to critisize people when they make mistakes but there is no reason to try to make me feel any stupider right now, if there is nothing productive you can say then please dont say anything at all.
thank you
katiezoppo said:
ok im sorry i understand that you feel like you want to critisize people when they make mistakes but there is no reason to try to make me feel any stupider right now, if there is nothing productive you can say then please dont say anything at all.
thank you
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the reason why you should send it to dlev's friends shop to get it fixed instead of samsung is if samsung finds out what you did to the phone, they will probably charge you an arm and a leg for it...
the site looks legit to me...was that productive enough for you?
Send it to sammy. If they wsnt to charge you alot then take it to the other site.
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thanksgiving60 said:
the reason why you should send it to dlev's friends shop to get it fixed instead of samsung is if samsung finds out what you did to the phone, they will probably charge you an arm and a leg for it...
the site looks legit to me...was that productive enough for you?
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Hmmm let me think Dlev mate or samsung were she would be still under warranty...hard choice i guess
katiezoppo said:
ok im sorry i understand that you feel like you want to critisize people when they make mistakes but there is no reason to try to make me feel any stupider right now, if there is nothing productive you can say then please dont say anything at all.
thank you
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Unlucky my friend....on a brighter note....maybe you could get the rights on the word "Stupider"? is this realy a word? sounds cool though
Matriak31 said:
Hmmm let me think Dlev mate or samsung were she would be still under warranty...hard choice i guess
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if OP does end up sending it to samsung, then i hope samsung doesnt find out or just simply doesnt care
thanksgiving60 said:
if OP does end up sending it to samsung, then i hope samsung doesnt find out or just simply doesnt care
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well she should because one they WONT charge her and two i know who i out of the two i would trust to send my phone to. and the OP when she sends it should just mention something wrong happened hence why the phone is the way it is now...Either way its her(sorry just going by the Katie bit) to do what she wants..Either way i hope the OP get's the phone fixed and next time reads before she does flashing or roots....
Hey I know this may be the wrong section but im sure we'll get the answer quick here. Was running MIUI 11-4-11 (newest update), decided to upgrade my boot-loader to GB newest, successfully updated, thought CM7 and MIUI were good with GB bootloaders now. Now that I was updated thought I could flash back to froyo roms ok. MISTAKE Decided to odin to KA7 instead of just JFD or whatever. Forgot KA7 had some kind of bootloader file sbl.bin
Phone odined, finished, and shut off completely and nothing works. No lights, no download mode, no computer triangle problem. Im going to order a jig from Team Whiskey but if anyone has ANY HELP OR SUGGESTIONS please reply and let me know lets get this figured out. I've had the vibrant a long time and been around xda forever im not a noob just was stupid.
THANKS!
Ive had a couple soft bricks too that Ive never had problems with. First hardbrick like this happened with a friends vibrant a year ago and we just sold it. Hoping I dont have a complete HARD BRICK and a paper weight now. Any info is good
Remove Battery.
Hold Both Volume Rockers (Up and Down). Keep Holding.
Place in battery and press power button while holding rockers.
You should get in Download Mode.
If this don't help, your bootloader is corrupted.... you need someone to JTAG.... JIG won't help.
EDIT: If above steps don't work..... After You Remove Battery... Also place in USB cord. And follow same steps
Yea ive tried this a bunch. Whats the info on a jtag? Cant afford a 180 dollar jtag. Youre saying the jig wont boost me into download mode.? Thought maybe it could since my phone may still work, just the bootloaders made it not recognize hardware buttons. Thank you for the reply
PowSniffer0110 said:
Yea ive tried this a bunch. Whats the info on a jtag? Cant afford a 180 dollar jtag. Youre saying the jig wont boost me into download mode.? Thought maybe it could since my phone may still work, just the bootloaders made it not recognize hardware buttons. Thank you for the reply
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I bricked my phone recently.. completely hard bricked.. it will behave just as no battery in it....
I did lot of reading, and found that JIG may not help with corrupted bootloader.
A last thing for you to do is charge your phone overnight and try combo buttons to enter in recovery mode. This helped few people here, somehow, magically.
EDIT: For US people, I saw JTAG happens for below 50$
Cool thank you. Will try the charge and combos and check back here later. So assume its hardbricked and nothing works, best option is to send the phone by mail to someone with a jtag that will fix it for aboput $40 and send it back? Whats the likely hood of the jtag user fixing my either single bootloader corruption, or if I corrupted the secondary bootloader as well.
As long as you are on a GB bootloader you should try Volume down +Power button to get into download mode. I'm not sure but you should try
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No need for a jtag. If you are comfortable taking your phone apart and have some electronics skills, you can do the unbrickable mod.
gregc2009 said:
No need for a jtag. If you are comfortable taking your phone apart and have some electronics skills, you can do the unbrickable mod.
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Kinda nervous to dive into this. Is it worth the risk? I'd be down to go ahead and try it but my soldering skills arent up to key in the last two years
PowSniffer0110 said:
Kinda nervous to dive into this. Is it worth the risk? I'd be down to go ahead and try it but my soldering skills arent up to key in the last two years
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Ahah, then you should go for the safer method, man. Better to be safe.
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theexel said:
Ahah, then you should go for the safer method, man. Better to be safe.
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Meaning jig? Who here has experience with a jig personally? Im wondering if itll force into download mode. I dont wanna pay $10 for a jig then have to pay another 50 to send it in for jtag repair. Thanks for the pointers and suggestions guys
I had something similar happen to me. I used mobiletechvideos service (http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant-unbrickable-mod/) for 30 dollars it worthy and it includes the return shipping. Takes around 7 to 10 day. Then I installed Ubuntu along side Windows (Ubuntu CD has that option) and perform the resurrection myself. You can also pay them 10 more to resurrect your Vibrant. After that it will be unbrickable, you can flash away and repair the phone no matter what.
PowSniffer0110 said:
Meaning jig? Who here has experience with a jig personally? Im wondering if itll force into download mode. I dont wanna pay $10 for a jig then have to pay another 50 to send it in for jtag repair. Thanks for the pointers and suggestions guys
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I bought a JIG I've had bootloader issues in the past and I was able to work with it. Worst case you have to send the JIG back. I actually found it on Amazon. Its been a life saver since.
I bought my jig from teamwhiskey.com but u can probably find one around these forums and I don't know how some kind of jig magic but it works everytime.
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I feel as though there is not enough douchiness against the OP... i think its pretty nasty when someone decides hes gonna take the android dev section for a question because question is more important rthan those in the appropriate section
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Download mod
PowSniffer0110 said:
Hey I know this may be the wrong section but im sure we'll get the answer quick here. Was running MIUI 11-4-11 (newest update), decided to upgrade my boot-loader to GB newest, successfully updated, thought CM7 and MIUI were good with GB bootloaders now. Now that I was updated thought I could flash back to froyo roms ok. MISTAKE Decided to odin to KA7 instead of just JFD or whatever. Forgot KA7 had some kind of bootloader file sbl.bin
Phone odined, finished, and shut off completely and nothing works. No lights, no download mode, no computer triangle problem. Im going to order a jig from Team Whiskey but if anyone has ANY HELP OR SUGGESTIONS please reply and let me know lets get this figured out. I've had the vibrant a long time and been around xda forever im not a noob just was stupid.
THANKS!
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Download Mod:
1: Remove battery
2: connect usb Phone and Pc
3: Hold UP volume (Only Up ok)
4: Put battery back
Now u r on download mod
I am from India. I was gifted Samsung Vibrant from my friend from US. I was using it with miui 2.3.7 update with bootloaders. But unfortunately I made downgrade to stoc 2.2 froyo with odin3 (without wiping data and caches). As The downgrade process completed with passing in odin, my phone switched off and it never again witched on. No buttons working, no display on screen. I am really frustated. Pl. help me solving it in India.
You've hard bricked your phone. Do a search for a JIG for the vibrant its the only way to resurrect a hard bricked vibrant like that.
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o0stryxs0o said:
You've hard bricked your phone. Do a search for a JIG for the vibrant its the only way to resurrect a hard bricked vibrant like that.
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actually jtag is probably what he needs.
You can get someone to JTAG it for you, Mumbai Manish market has some people to do it. Search on this forum, has been mentioned before.
EDIT Here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878949
dipjyot_001 said:
I am from India. I was gifted Samsung Vibrant from my friend from US. I was using it with miui 2.3.7 update with bootloaders. But unfortunately I made downgrade to stoc 2.2 froyo with odin3 (without wiping data and caches). As The downgrade process completed with passing in odin, my phone switched off and it never again witched on. No buttons working, no display on screen. I am really frustated. Pl. help me solving it in India.
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You don't need jig or jtag. Just watch this video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxearzXrVY
Enjoy your popcorn and soda lolz
As you can see the steps are very simple:
1. Remove the battery
2. Hold Vol up & Down
3. Slide in the battery
4. Plug in USB
From the way it sounds he won't be able to get into download mode. He ODIN'd a rom with a conflicting boot loader that's what causes this issue typically. Its the only way to hard brick a vibrant. He's gonna need a JTAG not Jig like I said before.
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I did exactly what the OP did. I had Passion v8 or v9 with the a GB bootloader. I odined back to stock JFD without changing bootloaders and bricked my phone. I picked one up a jig from TW website and I'm rocking again.
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jayprime said:
I did exactly what the OP did. I had Passion v8 or v9 with the a GB bootloader. I odined back to stock JFD without changing bootloaders and bricked my phone. I picked one up a jig from TW website and I'm rocking again.
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Then you had a different issue not a bootloader mismatch. If you're primary and secondary bootloaders don't match you need jtag. A jig is a handy piece of equipment and it's worth a shot but he probably needs jtag. And btw i've odined to jfd dozens of times with gingerbread bootloaders and never had an issue.
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You can find a jig on amazon.com for less than 5 bucks.
I have flashed JFD stock many times while staying on GB Bootloader, you just have to make sure you don't have the Phone Bootloader Update checked and also make sure you are using odin 1.81 or later.
With all that aside, I have once gotten my phone to the point where it will not respond or have anything light up. I was able to fix it without a JIG.
I did what the jayprime above had stated but I will go into just a touch more detail, I would suggest trying it as it is worth a try.
1: First load Odin 1.81 on the computer and make sure you have a USB plugged in directly to the computer and without using a USB Hub.
2: Next Take Battery and SIM card out of phone.
3: Put the battery back in and while holding Volume up and Down plug the cable into the phone. (most likely you won't see a response on the phone it's self but should see COM light up in ODIN.)
4: Download the JFD bootloader .tar file and load it under PDA and make sure the box for updating Bootloader is still unchecked.
5: Now Click Start.
6: Repeat steps except this time load the 512pit file and the stock JFD image into the PDA slot.
Please note that if you have the you may still have the GB bootloader installed. If the above steps fail at Step 4. Try using the Up Arrow + Power button combo while the phone is already plugged into the the USB cable and with a fresh battery pull and insertion.
There is the UnBrickable mod you can do too. This requires some skillz, though.
Are you sure it didn't just reincarnate as a nexus?
I couldn't help myself.
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thanx frndz for great answers. I think it would be solved with JTAG. I have given my phone to a hardware expert and he is to solve this problem. When I will get it I will tell u how he did it. Anyway thanx again 2 all...
thanx
adityamunshi said:
You can get someone to JTAG it for you, Mumbai Manish market has some people to do it. Search on this forum, has been mentioned before.
EDIT Here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878949
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thanx.........
Omg. I got my phone returned with saying replacement of motherboard of my phone. But the motherboard or other parts are not available in india. I am scared.... What to do?????
dipjyot_001 said:
Omg. I got my phone returned with saying replacement of motherboard of my phone. But the motherboard or other parts are not available in india. I am scared.... What to do?????
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Your phone is dead.
You can buy a Broken Screen Vibrant, and change the Motherboard. as I did with the mine! (I buy one in Ebay US) (me happen some like you!!!)
i feel sad for those who spent money replacing D: it sucks its happened to me 4x my vibrant even said it was a I9000 at start up before it said vibrant LOL @ me for flashing the wrong ROM but to even get that far i had to get passed the damn BLACK SCREEN... A number of button combinations work and you will read on some posts that if your phone is/got/gets hot your fried it thats not true either just takes a bit of patience in my case about 6 hours of searching forums and in the end simple button combinations eventually worked i think it helps if the battery is dead because it seems as though it wont work otherwise
Where are you located? Did you contact the person in Mumbai for JTAG ?
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Omg. I got my phone returned with saying replacement of motherboard of my phone. But the motherboard or other parts are not available in india. I am scared.... What to do?????
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1. Remove the battery
2. Hold Vol up & Down
3. Slide in the battery
4. Plug in USB
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This method worked for me when I thought I had destroyed my Vibrant.