I flashed a rom without voodo lagfix disabled so it messed everything so I reflashed the rom and it worked fine at first, everytime it turned off i had to re-flash a rom, so I decided to odin so it would work nomal and after the odin the phone boots then ges to black screen and only the touch buttons light up. I cant even get into recovery mode, only download. The phone just plays a little circle when trying to boot now. Also before I odined I formated the internal memory through setting-sd.. does that make a difference? Someone please help im terrified its a gonner..
Next time, these types of threads belong in Q&A.
Here's the fix I found in the BIonix thread. You were close by trying to use Odin, but you may want to try it in this order
"Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? 2 Fixes to Help You Out.
So you forgot to disable the voodoo lagfix before you flashed a new rom and now you're getting an error, similar to the one posted below. Even Odin won't allow you to flash back to stock. Well, pay close attention and with some luck, you'll be good as rain...or something like that.
Fix 1:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine! BAM!
Fix 2: (use only if you know how to use adb commands)
1. Place the 'disable-lagfix' file in your sdk>tools directory
2. Get into clockwork recovery like you normally would
3. Follow these adb commands to push the 'disable-lagfix' file to you sdcard>voodoo
adb push disable-lagfix /sdcard/voodoo
4. File should now be on your sdcard in your voodoo folder.
5. Reboot phone and with luck, you should hear Linda the robot telling you your file system is being converted back to rfs.
6. Because your system directory has already been wiped, you'll still get a black screen when you reboot, but your file system is back to rfs. Just pull the battery, and reflash whatever rom you want. Then reboot again."
Any of the above files can be found in the Vibrant bible thread.
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111
Uhhh
I did the steps to step 14 and during the proccess the phone turned off and no buttons or anything will work?? ...what do I do?
beckhamsoccerman said:
I did the steps to step 14 and during the proccess the phone turned off and no buttons or anything will work?? ...what do I do?
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try this
cross your toes cuz this takes almost all your fingers to do!
start odin
plug in your usb
take the sim+ battery + storage out of your phone
with battery out plug in the usb while holding both volume keys
with the volume keys held down put the battery back in should put you back into DL mode hopefully.
backward0 said:
try this
start odin
plug in your usb
take the sim+ battery + storage out of your phone
with battery out plug in the usb while holding both volume keys
with the volume keys held down put the battery back in should put you back into DL mode hopefully.
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Does it work's ?
My Vibrant is still beside Samsung ... but I aspect, that they will refuse to repair a Vibrant out of US.... >> no words about this one -- international company and they refuse to fix a broken Mobile, because is not from the local market >> IT'S A MOBILE!!! If I received it broken back ( but must pay for nothing , I need to reached the DL Mode. This is the only one, what I haven't try... (Recovery Mode not reachable) DL-Mode - no luck till now
All you need to do is odin stock and if you get the black screen install the last kernel you were running, this happened to me back when I first got my phone using voodoo ocv4, you didn't brick so no worries.
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xavyi said:
All you need to do is odin stock and if you get the black screen install the last kernel you were running, this happened to me back when I first got my phone using voodoo ocv4, you didn't brick so no
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He's not talking about a soft brick if I understand correctly.
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Please post questions in the Q&A sub-forum instead of the development sub-forum. This thread has been moved.
Thank you
P.S. I hope you get the issues worked out.
Try the following: Get an odin version of voodoo*** (if you can't find one, it's not too hard to create one, let me know if you need help figuring out how to make one), then flash it. Hopefully from there you can get to the recovery, then adb push the disable lagfix file, then reboot the phone with the disable lagfix file in it until it tells you it's completed, then reodin to a working ROM.
***It's important that you odin in a working VOODOO kernel.
Ok i now Odined True 2.1 stock and it works however every time the phone turns off a little circle just keeps spinning there. and i cant do anything i try putting it into recovery but it goes straight to Download mode.
And it also says usb connected when it's not connected to anything..
I had the same issue with Voodoo, I fixed it flashing Eugenes Froyo that doesn't brick then back to Stock 2.1, Worked wonderfully. Its usually the fix for people that Soft Brick from Voodoo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558
Do those steps then flash back to Stock 2.1 afterwards with Odin. Hope this helps.
Thanks ill try when I get home. Ive done the froyo to true 2.1 steps and I still can't restart or it screws everything up and I have to re-odin
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Thanks ill try when I get home. Ive done the froyo to true 2.1 steps and I still can't restart or it screws everything up and I have to re-odin
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Hey so that trick did bring your phone alive again? did i understand the OP correctly? the phone was completely dead, no power no nothing right? im not sure about why the usb port would be doing that.
backward0 said:
Hey so that trick did bring your phone alive again? did i understand the OP correctly? the phone was completely dead, no power no nothing right? im not sure about why the usb port would be doing that.
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Yeah for a little it was completely broke. I held volume buttons for like 2 minutes straight and it finally went into download mode. I've just got a rom flashed right now and im too scared to turn it off to see if it will work. Every time I do it, i get the little circle thing like its plugged in but it does nothing. Ill just leave it on till I find a solution.. No matter what thing I odin it doesnt fix the circle of death
Hmm. That's strange. Did you check repartition after flashing back from froyo?
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Yea I did. No results. It's my buddies vibrant it's not even mine
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I googled how to reset my phone back to factory settings and they gave me this link
"[STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader"
(cant link links)
i misread that it was for the captivate, and i went through with all the directions.
now my phone keeps flashing an AT&T bootscreen and i cant get it in recovery mode..
help?
same here... that odin thing isn't working. Im just stuck at the vibrant boot screen. I know how to get into download mode but my pc or ODin doesnt recognize that i have my phone in. it's suppose to light up yellow or something. the tar files and all of that stuff is so confusing.
nevermind, i found the Odin program for the samsung vibrant and re did it.. but i still have BOTH at&t boot screen at the tmobile vibrant boot screen.. anyone know how to get rid of that? it would be much appreciated thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741027
where did u find it.. please share..
Edit: NVM..
stepinmyworld said:
same here... that odin thing isn't working. Im just stuck at the vibrant boot screen. I know how to get into download mode but my pc or ODin doesnt recognize that i have my phone in. it's suppose to light up yellow or something. the tar files and all of that stuff is so confusing.
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You may have tried this but these are the steps that eventually worked for me.
1. Put your phone in download mode by plugging it in and then holding Vol Up+Down and Power. As SOON as the screen goes black release power but NOT Vol Up+Down.
2. Launch Odin
3. Unplug your phone.
4. Load the pit and pda files into odin.
5. Plug your phone back in. You should now see one of the small blocks turn yellow and show you the com port. If not, something is wrong with your drivers.
6. Click start. If it flashes, great. If it hangs at File analasys then repeat 1-5.
6a. If Odin hangs at cache.rfs then move on to 6b.
6b. Unplug your phone (Odin will say it was removed) and remove the battery. DO NOT SHUT DOWN ODIN!!!!!!
6c. Put the battery back in and plug it back into your computer and put it back into download mode using step 1.
6d. Press start on Odin and it should now flash.
Again, this worked for me, it may have been a fluke and I'm not willing to try it again. Good luck!!!
Does not boot!
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
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You may have tried this but these are the steps that eventually worked for me.
1. Put your phone in download mode by plugging it in and then holding Vol Up+Down and Power. As SOON as the screen goes black release power but NOT Vol Up+Down.
2. Launch Odin
3. Unplug your phone.
4. Load the pit and pda files into odin.
5. Plug your phone back in. You should now see one of the small blocks turn yellow and show you the com port. If not, something is wrong with your drivers.
6. Click start. If it flashes, great. If it hangs at File analasys then repeat 1-5.
6a. If Odin hangs at cache.rfs then move on to 6b.
6b. Unplug your phone (Odin will say it was removed) and remove the battery. DO NOT SHUT DOWN ODIN!!!!!!
6c. Put the battery back in and plug it back into your computer and put it back into download mode using step 1.
6d. Press start on Odin and it should now flash.
Again, this worked for me, it may have been a fluke and I'm not willing to try it again. Good luck!!!
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i am completely lost when it comes to ODIN. I need to know the exact program to use. I have Odin Multi Downloader v4.03.. but it keeps giving me file path error and stuff. I have the right drivers i think because it does recognize my phone. im just so confused with this rar tar stuff. I would pay someone 20 dollars through paypal if they can walk me through this.
stepinmyworld said:
i am completely lost when it comes to ODIN. I need to know the exact program to use. I have Odin Multi Downloader v4.03.. but it keeps giving me file path error and stuff. I have the right drivers i think because it does recognize my phone. im just so confused with this rar tar stuff. I would pay someone 20 dollars through paypal if they can walk me through this.
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I don't want your money, but if you PM me I will try to type up a detailed how to.
mffu said:
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
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What have you done to put it in download mode? You should power off your phone, plug it into your computer. It should then enter the charge mode where you see a picture of your battery being charged (or if you were like me and screwed up somewhere you may see a little picture of a phone, computer and yellow triangle in between them). If you get either of those then press and hold all three VOL up, VOL down and power. AS SOON AS the screen goes black release ONLY Power and it should go into download mode.
If you plug your phone into your computer (powered off) and nothing happens then you just be bricked. Call TMO and play dumb and hopefully get a replacement.
Ok,
The_Chrome_Coyote really helped me!!!! Thank you so much and im back up and running. There was something missing from the original tutorial, not that we should be spoon fed but I didn't have the WinRAR program on my pc and didn't know I needed to extract anything. I was looking for exe. for it to be a program and just open it. It's a little more complicated than that. I added my additions in BOLD
The_Chrome_Coyote's Original post to me:
Odin isnt that hard, its just REALLY picky about working.
Firstly you need to download the Samsung drivers for your OS which can be found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
added:
Second you need to make sure you download WinRAR x86 (32 bit) 3.93 (google it and you should be able to get it) otherwise if your pc doesn't have a program to recognize rar and tar files, you are out of luck.
then read this thread from JAC:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
1. Now, Extract ODIN from its .rar and place the .exe on your desktop
2. Extract the .pit file from its.rar and place that on your desktop
3. Place the JFD .tar file on your desktop but DO NOT EXTRACT
Now you can use ODIN
4. Start ODIN Odin3. [Android + SLP], through ODIN select the .pit file
5. Hit "PDA" button, and through ODIN select the .tar file
6. Plug your TURNED OFF PHONE into the USB cable
7. Wait for the Battery/ charging indicator to start
8. HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN+ POWER, as soon as the screen goes black RELEASE POWER, and continue to HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN Until it enters download mode. Which should happen quickly and looks like a men at work highway sign.
9. If a COM port has turned Yellow in ODIN, then the device has been recognized. If it hasnt, unplug and plug your phone back in.
10. Dont select any options other than whats set at default.
11. Hit Start and be patient, takes me maybe 5 minutes to get back up and running.
NOTE: If you do not see a blue progress bar on the phone's screen after a minute;
11a. Turn your phone off by pulling the battery.
11b. CLOSE ODIN
11c. Start at step 4 again.
ODIN needs to be open and ready to flash before the phone is plugged in, in my experience. Its very picking about this, and not everyone has this issue, but I did and following all these steps helped me flash my phone more times than I can count the other day haha.
Hope this helped! and your $20, donate it to Wes, JAC, or Eugene to keep them making great stuff for our phone.
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Thank you thank you thank you
mffu said:
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
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Same thing happened to mine when i tried odin. Now all i get sometime when it come on. are 7 rows of text that seems to be a code on screen in amber. Ishipped back 2 samsung. Since t-mobile won't take it after 14 days.
ok I screwed up guys.
I installed ROM manager from the market, flashed clockwork, it asked me if I wanted to partition and I said yes.
Now I just get a black screen at boot. I've managed to run odin and it says success. But I still just get a black screen after boot.
Little help?
I do have to say that if YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXTRACT A COMPRESSED FILE (RAR, ZIP,ETC) YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS FLASHING YOU'RE PHONE!! Odin or otherwise.
I am not being mean but at least stick to update.zip files flashed through recovery and make sure you read reviews of other users first, and understand the instructions completely.
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daddysays said:
I do have to say that if YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXTRACT A COMPRESSED FILE (RAR, ZIP,ETC) YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS FLASHING YOU'RE PHONE!! Odin or otherwise.
I am not being mean but at least stick to update.zip files flashed through recovery and make sure you read reviews of other users first, and understand the instructions completely.
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First: everyone was a noob at one time, so simmer down.
Second: Pleast post an update.zip that will make my phone work.
Cannot get past Galaxy S boot screen
I was using clockwork recovery installed through an update.zip file on my sd card. everything was working fine for about a day and then when i powered my phone off the next day and powered it back on it would not boot up past the Galaxy S screen. it goes to the Galaxy S screen and then goes blank but my hard keys stay lit up while my lcd is completely blank. I tried using the Odin method described in this thread and it seemed like it was going to work but i still cannot get past the boot screen. please help. willing to donate if needed
jmoney1017 said:
I was using clockwork recovery installed through an update.zip file on my sd card. everything was working fine for about a day and then when i powered my phone off the next day and powered it back on it would not boot up past the Galaxy S screen. it goes to the Galaxy S screen and then goes blank but my hard keys stay lit up while my lcd is completely blank. I tried using the Odin method described in this thread and it seemed like it was going to work but i still cannot get past the boot screen. please help. willing to donate if needed
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If you can see the samsung logo you are fine. Load up recovery and try a full wipe first. If that fails then you can odin back to stock and root again.
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1. If you have questions, there is a q and a forum for this device!!!!!!
2. THIS IS THE DEV PART OF THE FORUM. IE FOR DEVS POSTING STUFF FOR THE PHONE!!!!!
3. Learn how to Google. Not that hard. Example, you don't know what the *.rar extension is. GOOGLE IT!! Google knows everything.
4. If you don't have basic android or computer skills, don't try anything stupid. You do have a chance to brick your phone, even the pros like cyanogen have bricked their phones.
5. Don't offer cash for someone to fix your phone. Keep it in qna and some one will help you. Save your cash for the development that work hard on making these things work.
6. Can a mod please move this thread to qna.
7. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. USE THE SEARCH FINCTION BUILT ONTO THE FORUMS. IT WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND THEN YOU WILL NOT LOOK LIKE NOOBS THAT JUST GOT THIS PHONE BECAUSE IT HAD AVITAR IN THE BOX!!!!!
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cache.fs problem in odin
setzer715 said:
What have you done to put it in download mode? You should power off your phone, plug it into your computer. It should then enter the charge mode where you see a picture of your battery being charged (or if you were like me and screwed up somewhere you may see a little picture of a phone, computer and yellow triangle in between them). If you get either of those then press and hold all three VOL up, VOL down and power. AS SOON AS the screen goes black release ONLY Power and it should go into download mode.
If you plug your phone into your computer (powered off) and nothing happens then you just be bricked. Call TMO and play dumb and hopefully get a replacement.
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I FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE CACHE.RFS PROBLEM!!
http://www.fractionalphones.com/?p=121
is there anyway to recover from a black screen that only shows a phone, yellow triangle and a computer? i was on the froyo test 3 rom and tried to go back to stock.
Works every time for me ..
nebur562 said:
is there anyway to recover from a black screen that only shows a phone, yellow triangle and a computer? i was on the froyo test 3 rom and tried to go back to stock.
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1. Unplug USB
2. Pull battery
3. Open Odin
4. Plug in USB
5. Hold down both volume keys (do not let go)
6. While still holding both volume keys put battery in (this should put you in download mode), let go of vol keys
7. Unplug USB wait 5 seconds and Plug USB back in, Odin should then see it
8. Flash whatever you were trying to flash with Odin again
The above steps work for me every time, and I do have a hardware locked vibrant.
doesnt work
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doesnt work
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Odd, works for me everytime ..
I wish I had more help for you ....
Works great for me as well make sure you are doing it the way he told you make take a few tries
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This is the correct procedure but I cannot get anything I flash to take. I believe this is because the previous ROM had voodoo and I believe it needs to be disabled. What I can't do is find a way to disable it because I cannot access my internal sd card.
How do you access your internal sd card without a functional OS on your phone??
oo.shady.oo said:
This is the correct procedure but I cannot get anything I flash to take. I believe this is because the previous ROM had voodoo and I believe it needs to be disabled. What I can't do is find a way to disable it because I cannot access my internal sd card.
How do you access your internal sd card without a functional OS on your phone??
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Did you try these steps yet?
Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? 2 Fixes to Help You Out.
So you forgot to disable the voodoo lagfix before you flashed a new rom and now you're getting an error, similar to the one posted below. Even Odin won't allow you to flash back to stock. Well, pay close attention and with some luck, you'll be good as rain...or something like that.
Fix 1:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine! BAM!
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silow said:
Did you try these steps yet?
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Silow, THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!! I panicked for about 8 hours before I found this and 1st attempt, phone boots up perfectly! Thank you for sharing!!
I cant get into download loader mode from the directions from the second post! All I get is some battery icon can someone help me!
Icedorb217 said:
I cant get into download loader mode from the directions from the second post! All I get is some battery icon can someone help me!
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Remove the battery, select the down volume button while connecting the USB cable. this should get you into downloader mode, (Android with a shovel)
As sad as it is sometimes you just cant get into download nor will your computer see your phone. The only thing you can do is go through tmo tech support and get a replacement phone. This has happened to me a few other ppl
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749413
Doesn't work for me
pfcpt3 said:
Doesn't work for me
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Have you tried making the usb jig? It has helped a lot of ppl and doesn't cost much to make
watcher64 said:
1. Unplug USB
2. Pull battery
3. Open Odin
4. Plug in USB
5. Hold down both volume keys (do not let go)
6. While still holding both volume keys put battery in (this should put you in download mode), let go of vol keys
7. Unplug USB wait 5 seconds and Plug USB back in, Odin should then see it
8. Flash whatever you were trying to flash with Odin again
The above steps work for me every time, and I do have a hardware locked vibrant.
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i had the same problem, and these steps worked great for me!!!
So, I decided to root my phone and put J16ROM Bionix 1.7 OCUV Voodoo J16. I back up my old ROM just in case. After successfully flashing the new rom, I was really happy with how fast my vibrant became w/o lag. However, I forgot to write down contact info and my password from password safe. So, I was kinda glad that I backed up old ROM. I tried to recover my old rom from ROM manager and thats where my phone gave up on me. It was recovering just fine until it hit data session. It has been there since yesterday and has not moved. I turned it off this morning and it automatically turned back on and went into recovery mode.
So, as of right now, I have access to phone recovery boot menu and clockwork recovery menu. I tried doing the same recovery method but it froze on me at the same exact spot. Did I mess up my phone???
Did you disable Voodoo before you tried to go back to stock?
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i would say no, thankfully if you can get to recovery your phone is far from dead, but you should prob flash a stock rom through odin, READ Bionix fix for flashing without disabling voodoo, let me know if you need more info. but you should be alright, remember that your stuff (contacts, etc) are backed up to gmail.
You didn't disable Voodoo before trying to do the restore... did you.
This is the only way to save it now, good luck.
Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? 2 Fixes to Help You Out. So you forgot to disable the voodoo lagfix before you flashed a new rom and now you're getting an erro you'll be good as rain...or something like that Fix 1 1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file. 2. Extract the files. 3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode. 4. load the PIT file in appropriate area. 5. load the .tar file in the PDA area. 6. DO NOT check 're-partition' 7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DO s what's supposed to happen 8. Now, pull your battery. 9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'. 10. Extract the files. 11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode. 12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area. 13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box. 14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine! BAM Fix 2: (use only if you know how to use adb commands) 1. Place the 'disable-lagfix' file in your sdk>tools directory 2. Get into clockwork recovery like you normally would 3. Follow these adb commands to push the 'disable-lagfix' file to you sdcard>voodoo adb push disable-lagfix /sdcard/voodoo 4. File should now be on your sdcard in your voodoo folder. 5. Reboot phone and with luck, you should hear Linda the robot telling you your file system is being con rfs 6. Because your system directory has already been wiped, you'll still get a black screen when you reboot system is back to rfs. Just pull the battery, and reflash whatever rom you want. Then reboot again.
Yea I did not disable Voodoo. I thought I would not need to do that since I am going back to original stock. Can you explain it to me how to get back to stock version and how to disable voodoo from recovery mode? Thanks!
read the first page of Bionix thread, it explains everything.
OP this is posted in the wrong section . Belongs in in Q&A .
sorry.. I was panicing and did not know where to post it obviously. One last question, how to get my phone to download mode.
turn phone off, insert usb , wait for battery to start charging, hold down both volume up and down, press power button until screen goes black, then let go of power button but keep holding vol up and down, you'll then see the yellow digger.
kiladubz said:
turn phone off, insert usb , wait for battery to start charging, hold down both volume up and down, press power button until screen goes black, then let go of power button but keep holding vol up and down, you'll then see the yellow digger.
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Man.. I feel bad to keep asking questions. My computer won't recognize the phone even though my phone is in download mode.
disconnect usb, open Odin, load .pit and .tar, then reconnect usb, com should appear.
I mean Odin won't recognize my phone even though I was following the step
are you using odin 1.0 or 1.3? 1.0 i remember had issues recognizing the device, 1.3 works flawlessly. also, do you have the usb drivers installed? everything can be found in the Vibrant "Bible".
kiladubz said:
are you using odin 1.0 or 1.3? 1.0 i remember had issues recognizing the device, 1.3 works flawlessly. also, do you have the usb drivers installed? everything can be found in the Vibrant "Bible".
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Thanks I am trying it right now with odin 1.3.
i had to install drivers to get odin 1.3 to recognize the phone, sounds like you need to do the same
Yes, install the samsung drivers, then do odin
Seems like 1.3 is doing the trick for me.. Its going!!!
Man.. I can't seem to download truestock 2.1 firmware for vibrant.. Anyone can upload it for me? Thanks.
yeah i noticed a few days ago that the links were dead, i have it in my downloads.......ok, uploading it now, will provide link when done.
Flash Eugene's Froyo that won't Brick... it will repartition your phone and get rid of everything, including bad kernels... then flash back down to JFD...
Or send your phone to me... $20 bucks since it's a brick...
Today was I was watching the video on how to flash darky's resurrection.zip rom,
then zi tried flashing it to my wifes Vibrant , I folloeed the video step by step. I used odin I get the green light saying the phone passed then when it reboots it get stuck on the galaxyi900 screen and it doesnt boot up. Ive flashed the thing with odin at least 10 -15 times after and still no luck, it keeps getting stuck at the opening. My wife says if I dont fix it I have to buy her a new phone. Someone save me please!!!!!!
LMAO........... yeah my wife said the same thing...... sounds like you may have not disabled the voodoo lagfix before the flash.
you will probably need to flash back to stock. I am not sure what is stock on this phone I am going to assume it is the same Vibrant.
If you can get into recovery and you did have voodoo installed disable it. If not you can disable it on your phone and copy the folder and then load it into the internal sd card messed up phone and replace the old folder.
Then you may need to use Eugenes froyo that does not brick as a intermediary flash. if you can Odin that (use Odin 1.7) then when it you flash it do not check the repartition box. When it is beginning to reboot, do not let it fully reboot, pull the battery. Then Redo the Odin as described below:
Open Odin.exe and plug a usb cable to your computer that will connect to your phone (do not plug it in to the phone yet, just the computer)
Hold down both volume buttons at the same time and while holding them down plug the usb into your phone. You should see a COM message show up in Odin.
Leave all check boxes the way they are. Check the repartition box.
Click the PIT button and select the 512.pit file
Click the PDA button and select T959JFD.tar and then click Start
When it is done you will be back at stock. Then Root the phone and go from there.
still getting the loop! this phone is jacked up. I can enter download without pressing the power button, cause it turns on and off itself
My phone just keeps flashing the opening Samsung galaxy s gt-i9000
Oh good I don't know the pit or .tar files sorry
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Omar50 said:
still getting the loop! this phone is jacked up. I can enter download without pressing the power button, cause it turns on and off itself
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take the battery out, wait 30 seconds, plug the usb cable in, and then hold both the volume buttons and slide the battery in. Presto! Download mode.
This has saved me numerous times lol. Then just flash JDF like oka said
i dont have problem entering download mode. When I flash with odin I get a pass on it. but when the phone reboots it stays on the opening screen go on and off
i download the heimdall suite 1.1.1 and the necessary windows program to run it. when i plug my phone into download mode heimdall start button isn't accessable. am i missing something?
figured out hoew to get access to start button, dont use partition. now it gets error on recognizing the device. Im so frustrated right now I need a smoke!!!!!!!
Omar50 said:
figured out hoew to get access to start button, dont use partition. now it gets error on recognizing the device. Im so frustrated right now I need a smoke!!!!!!!
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Depends on what you smoke........
You may need the pit 513 file instead of the pit 512 file, these mapping files are a bit different and it may be a cause. Hard to know without seeing the phone
Also you could do a full wipe if you can get into recovery, wipe cache, phone reset and dalvik wipe (in advanced) then try That may work better for you.
It is recoverable.......... and also the best way to get your wife to calm down......... a romantic restaurant with candle light........ you go on Tuesday and she goes on Thursday........
Hope you get it fixed..........
thanks for the support but no luck I tried 513 pit nothing my phone still wont boot up I still get the opening screen then it shuts off and starts again.
im really having a bad day now i tried flashing the stock rom 2.2 with odin now the phone wont even power on! i guess its really a brick. i bought myself a paper weight
I was able to put vib into recovery and use aio toolbox to flash back to stock but, after that everything is working except when the phone turns off after a minute or so of no touching is where it get crazy... I push in the power button to turn back on but no go... So what i did was to connect the vib back to usb and it comes on and i can slide the lock and i,m back to home screen and it does the same dam thing when plugged to the usb... After a minute of no touching it goes dark and i try to turn back on but nothing... I disconnect the usb and it turns on and back and forth... What can i do to fix this problem??? Someone said that i need to untethered the phone i don,t know if that,s true but, if you know whats going on please help...
Also thanks nomad for pointing me in the right direction... Jig worked... Got into download mode and got it flashed back to stock but none of my buttons are working to turn the phone back on once it goes off... Any ideal nomad???
You may have not done the complete Odin is all i can think of
If you have stock you can ignore the Eugene's froyo that does not brick, though i do it anyway as it seem to rid the phone of left over data ghosts
Here is the sequence:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Load the JFD rom for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine!
15. Then, root the phone and you can flash your new Rom.
doing this method will everything back to normal and the phone will work just like it did right out of the box
Thanks for reply oka1... First thing is where can i find eugene file...
Go here:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
they have working files, anyone I have sent there had success re-flashing to stock.
Good luck!
what if i loaded the j16 pda instead of the original stock one??? will this fix the hardware lock on vibrant???