[Q] Looping at Vibrant screen & ODIN unable to detect - Possibilities? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey folks,
Sooo yeah, won't bore you with the sordid details of how incredibly careless I am, but all you really need to know is that the Vibrant and Diet Code are not what I would call simpatico. Yeah, so it was saturated in Diet Coke for what could have been as long as 20 or so minutes. FML.
So I did the typical hurriedly drying it off, popping out everything I could (SIM, SD Card, and Battery), drying all off best I could, and when I got a few hours later I let the phone and battery "soak" overnight in a bowl of uncooked rice.
Where we are now:
1. When off and plugged in via USB cord, the charging battery icon displays on screen.
2. When turned on, phone will display Vibrant screen for a few moments, then go dark, then loop back to Vibrant screen, rinse, repeat, etc...
3. I am able to get into Recovery mode, however it gives me an "Unable to mount sdcard" error msg when I select reinstall packages. (Hence have been thus unable to access my Nandroid backups.)
4. Phone loads into Download Mode just fine, but ODIN will not detect it. Have tried multiple combinations (plugged in with ODIN running, without ODIN running, unplugged and replugged with ODIN running, without, USB port on front and back, etc...). However, my computer itself DOES appear to recognize the Vibrant once plugged in as it does beep and says "Successfully installed SAMSUNG Composite Device", etc etc...
I have uninstalled and re-installed the Samsung drivers found in the forums here to no effect (running WinXP 32bit, made sure I had the right drivers). At this point I am WELL aware of the possibility that my beloved Vibrant is TOAST as no doubt Diet Coke is even worse than water, BUT the phone HAS made some slight improvements... before it would not even display the battery icon or Vibrant screen.
One thing I haven't tried yet is ADB (largely due to the fact that I do not know ADB commands/abilities well enough to know how and if it could even help in this case).
Unfortunately I had no need/want to use ODIN before the mishap, so I don't know if ODIN would have just picked it right up before...
Any thoughts or feedback would be welcome if you see some gross error or just something I haven't tried yet.
Thanks for reading!

What version of Odin are you using?

That would be Odin3 v1.00

themoebius said:
That would be Odin3 v1.00
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There is a stable release of ODIN in the bible under development section give it a try

Yeah unfortunately just tried it (ver 1.52 now). No joy.

I am having the same problem trying to play with custom ROMs. I was wondering if you got your phone back. Or is it gone for good ! :'( I thought SGS phones were unbrickable !

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[STICKY THIS] Solution to Fix Any Brick

If your phone was bricked in any way, but still shows something on the screen when powered on or plugged in, try this.
1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off)
2. Don't turn it the phone on!
3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button!
4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen
IF the phone screen does show the battery charger or something else on the screen after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.
5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons.
6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black.
7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!
When done properly, this will always get you into Download mode. After that you should be able to use Odin to revert to stock, tar and instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
This fixed my 'odd' bricks. Over and over again.
I'd say it's impossible to truly brick this phone.
I have been researching this most of the day, due to some testing I was doing, and the one thing I have come to realize is that this phone recovers well from "brick" it's not a true brick it's just scary. One of the posts I read, here on xda, said that unless the blue progress bar started advancing while using Odin, you can unplug, pull battery fairly safely.
davbran said:
I have been researching this most of the day, due to some testing I was doing, and the one thing I have come to realize is that this phone recovers well from "brick" it's not a true brick it's just scary. One of the posts I read, here on xda, said that unless the blue progress bar started advancing while using Odin, you can unplug, pull battery fairly safely.
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Haha well that's exactly what happened to me. I flashed wrong with Odin and it failed halfway through, and I had no choice but to reboot the phone.
And when I did I got a truly odd screen. All I could see was a picture of a phone connected to an exclamation point connected to a laptop. That's it. Lol.
And I fixed it by doing this.
omg, i love you This totally fixed my problem XD
Everyone kept saying go to download mode, but no one ever said to "7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!"
super life saver... thanks alot
I actually did find someone else say to do that but it was out of luck as it was deeply buried. Don't remember where it was here lol
Its nice to have people who help us newbies
andershizzle said:
Haha well that's exactly what happened to me. I flashed wrong with Odin and it failed halfway through, and I had no choice but to reboot the phone.
And when I did I got a truly odd screen. All I could see was a picture of a phone connected to an exclamation point connected to a laptop. That's it. Lol.
And I fixed it by doing this.
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Yea, last night I was messing around with the latest lag fix, but it ending up causing a lot of FC's, so I had to revert to stock a few times. I tried to make it work using ext2 and ext3, but it still wasn't stable enough. I didn't enjoy the noticeable speed increase, but it wasn't worth it since launcher pro was one of the programs that was FCing.
Anyways, so after I gave up for the 3rd time, I flashed stock using ODIN and it got stuck. I left it there for awhile with no progress and the phone's screen actually just went completely black. I pulled the battery and got the weird cell phone pointing to computer icon. I almost crapped my pants at that point. Very scary moment since I had not seen that screen before.
A quick google search for "bricked Vibrant" led me to this thread and voila! My Vibrant is alive and well again.
Thanks a bunch.
PS: After reflashing stock that many times, I still find it strange that after a fresh flash, I still get a noticeable speed boost by wiping the phone through the privacy setting. Not sure if it's a placebo effect, but I swear it makes a noticeable difference every time.
Maverick777 said:
Yea, last night I was messing around with the latest lag fix, but it ending up causing a lot of FC's, so I had to revert to stock a few times. I tried to make it work using ext2 and ext3, but it still wasn't stable enough. I didn't enjoy the noticeable speed increase, but it wasn't worth it since launcher pro was one of the programs that was FCing.
Anyways, so after I gave up for the 3rd time, I flashed stock using ODIN and it got stuck. I left it there for awhile with no progress and the phone's screen actually just went completely black. I pulled the battery and got the weird cell phone pointing to computer icon. I almost crapped my pants at that point. Very scary moment since I had not seen that screen before.
A quick google search for "bricked Vibrant" led me to this thread and voila! My Vibrant is alive and well again.
Thanks a bunch.
PS: After reflashing stock that many times, I still find it strange that after a fresh flash, I still get a noticeable speed boost by wiping the phone through the privacy setting. Not sure if it's a placebo effect, but I swear it makes a noticeable difference every time.
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Glad I could help!
And that's intersting. I'll make sure to wipe the privacy settings. I actually haven't ever wiped them yet.
No go for me.
I used the stupid partition tool in rom manager. partitioned the internal memory not the sd card.
Saw a few others did this, and this worked for them, either right away or after flashing eugene's froyo rom then reverting back, but that rom just hangs on cache.fsd or something like that.
Trying to repartition through odin, with no download files selected right now. It does not appear to be doing anything, just set pit file, then do not turn off target in odin.
Will leave it for a bit, maybe try to flash this again, i think the issue might be deeper for me though. need kernel and everything else.
I did that but my phone locked up and now all I get is a picture of a yellow cation sign next to a little phone and pc pic.. anything I can do at this point or??
tried going into recovery and download mode but it wont let me past that screen.
Thank you so much for this, I received a replacement set 2 days ago and was playing around the the phone and I bricked it, it thought it was frozen so I pulled the batter and it bricked.
I followed your instructions and it works like a charm. What I did find though is that i can't seem you use odin on a mac even with a virtual machine. I had to use an actual PC.
tweezit said:
I did that but my phone locked up and now all I get is a picture of a yellow cation sign next to a little phone and pc pic.. anything I can do at this point or??
tried going into recovery and download mode but it wont let me past that screen.
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This is exactly the screen I had. Follow my instructions exactly and you'll get into download mode (at least i did)
This should be made a sticky.
thank you thank you thank you
Sticky this thread.
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Great find for all.
has anyone found a way to unbrick a flashed EU rom then the person flashed to US rom? and then the power wont come on? But the unit does get hot when plugged in?
Im trying to see if i need to jtag this thing. or if anyone had success?
Thanks
ok so my vibrant gave me the cell phone and computer screen i got it back in download mode. started odin to get it back to stock but no matter how long i let odin go nothing happens i got the files that i need for odin out of a thread on these forums and i have followed the directions to the letter and still nothing. any help some one can give would be great. thank you for your time.
How do I know if my phone is being picked up by Odin or being flashed?
did the same thing the clockwork partition wiped my internal memory
F**k!
woop guess im going to tmobile in the a.m. and playin the whole
idk what happened it wont turn on
thank god for the 14 day return policy!
I ran into "brick mode" myself 2 nights ago and could not get my phone into download mode. Any possible combo of volume key up/down and power had no effect. Just that phone exclamation point pc icon slowly blinking in the center of the screen. I did finally get it into download mode but it wasn't using any of the previously mentioned methods, so I'll add one more to the growing list to try. This one worked for me after almost 4 hours of experimenting.
BTW....my phone would never display the battery charging image when powered off and plugged in. Just this same annoying image.
Pull the battery. Put it back in. Hold the just the volume down button. Do not hold the power button. Plug in either a wall charger or USB cable. The cable will power up the phone and voila. I was in the download screen.
I also highly recommend the stock ROM from the thread
"[ROM] OFFICIAL T-Mo Vibrant JFD ODIN/Nandroid Backup Images 7/29/10 (Tested/Working)" In Vibrant > Vibrant Android Development
I tried another ROM found out on the internet and ended up with a shell that crashed and restarted every 60 seconds.
For those running into Odin stuck on a message about verifying the file system, I had no luck when the phone used COM3. I suggest moving your USB cable into different ports on your PC. Each new port will "install" a new instance of the phone using different COM ports. COM5 and COM6 both worked as I was reflashing the day away yesterday.

[Q] [Solved] failed Kies flash, unchargeable flat battery

Hi, It's only been a day since I got my new i9100 and I've already managed to stuff it up and get out of my depth. I'd be grateful for any help or advice. I've done many searches and not found anyone with a similar problem.
Basically my problem is that my phone has corrupted firmware and whenever I connect the phone to power it goes into the mode with the little symbols showing a phone connected to a computer (I'll call that emergency mode). I know I can recover it from that mode with Kies, Odin, or Heimdall, but unfortunately it turns off whenever I disconnect it from power (apparently both my computers' USB power isn't enough to keep it on). I've left it connected to power overnight to charge (in emergency mode) but the same thing happens. I don't know of a way of connecting power without it entering emergency mode, in case that might help the battery to charge (assuming that's the problem). I am fairly sure the battery is flat, because if I put the contacts on my tongue I do not feel any tingling sensation as I usually do with a charged battery.
At this point my only idea is to splice 2 USB cables so that I can use mains power and connect it to a computer at the same time. I'd obviously prefer not to resort to that. Any Ideas?
What I did before, details:
I have an unbranded version of the i9100 sold by mobicity in Australia, no network locks or anything. First thing I did was to install Samsung Kies on my computer and check for firmware updates (It was originally running Android 2.3.3, I don't remember the build numbers). Kies told me that an update was available, so I told it do do its thing.
On the first attempt the phone rebooted into download mode and then Kies stopped responding at 0% and eventually said the update had failed. I eventually pulled the battery and when I put it back in the phone booted back into its stock firmware - no damage, but no update.
On the second attempt it booted into download mode got to 8% and stayed there for about half an hour. At this point I had to leave it, and when I got back the bar was on 12% and it said it had failed. After power cycling it was in emergency mode, which is as far as I got.
My previous phone is a Blade and I've flashed it to oblivion and recovered from all sorts of problems, but I've never had one like this before. Apologies if this information is already somewhere else, I did make an effort to find it.
What was your battery percentage before the flash, a full update usually takes about 5 to 6 minutes, if your battery is too low, it may not go through. Also you should get rid of Kies or at least make sure it is not running at all while you are using Odin, Odin should show a yellow block once it has detected your device in download mode, but Kies running at the same time can cause issues
Also, you should try to charge that battery if you are of the opinion that it is running low on juice, I don't have the expertise, but a simple test is to charge the device while it is powered off as I do not think the phone charges in Download mode, once it is charging, you should see a large battery icon with some dots above it that indicates it is charging, if you don't see that, it probably isn't charging, maybe because the firmware flash failed, I really don't have the expertise to say for sure, if the battery isn't charging, then you should buy an external charger, unless you believe yourself competent enough to do it by splicing wires.....
Also, you should read this thread HERE there is guide on flashing official firmwares among other things, have a read, charge your battery and all should be well
This thread HERE may also help
There was plenty to do the flash (about 50%). I managed to solve the problem by borrowing a charged battery from my rather amused friend who also has an s2 and following the instructions in that thread for recovering from a soft-brick (My battery was indeed flat). I guess now I won't have any illusions that using Kies is safer than anything else...
Thanks for your advice anyway.

[Q] Black Screen Brick Vibrant

Hello,
Don't know if this has been asked but I have been looking for it for a while. Cant seem to fine a solution.
I flashed my phone wrong with hemdall now my phone wont turn on. Screen completely black i reboot pulled out the battery everything I can think of can you give me a suggestion. I was thinking about buying a USB Jig.
I'm in the same boat and I bought the Jig. However I think Josh just acts as a middle man on this one and shipping is actually from overseas. But you can find it here. http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-download-mode-jig/ I suggest a little extra shipping cost.
However the other suggestion if that is not working (I think I killed my phone) is to have Josh do a Jtag on the phone. You can find that at http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant-jtag-brick-repair/
Can you get into download mode? Remove battery, plug usb, press up+down vol buttons and insert battery.
hey i having same problem but i could see the vibrant samsung screen but my phone won't pass that and like you say about the usb cable and then plugging the battery i can do that as well but how can i get my phone back and running another rom!!!
Monster809 said:
hey i having same problem but i could see the vibrant samsung screen but my phone won't pass that and like you say about the usb cable and then plugging the battery i can do that as well but how can i get my phone back and running another rom!!!
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If you can see the Vibrant Samsung screen just use Odin to flash back to stock
Kabiigon said:
Hello,
Don't know if this has been asked but I have been looking for it for a while. Cant seem to fine a solution.
I flashed my phone wrong with heimdall now my phone wont turn on. Screen completely black i reboot pulled out the battery everything I can think of can you give me a suggestion. I was thinking about buying a USB Jig.
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The real solution here i doing a JTAG to your phone or make the Unbrickable MOD (It's very dangerous, a person with Welding and electronic skills must do this).
Another thing you can do is buy a broken Screen phone from Ebay (it more cheaply) and change the motherboard!!
My suggestion would be to continue to try to get into Download mode on the phone. My phone was DEAD no life at all plugged into the wall or PC. I kept trying to get it into download mode and magically after hours of failures, ODIN recognized the device! The phone was still DEAD no life at all on the screen but ODIN had recognized that my device WAS indeed connected. So I continued to flash back to stock and as always with a little patience ODIN was there to save me. The phone automatically rebooted after ODIN was done and BOOM! Good2Go
Goodluck!
^^I'm gonna try that and hopefully with some patience it will work. Otherwise I'm also gonna be ordering a jig, they're not that expensive. My problem is the same as the OP's. My vibrant will just not give any signs of life. I was trying to odin to stock from one cosmics ics RC3.1. Wanted to start on a fresh install for AOKP build 25. But then odin decided to fail on modem.bin. then it just hung and phone turned off, haven't been able to turn it on since. I've spent the last two hours trying to put in different combinations and keys and usb attachments to bring any hints of life, but so far nothing. Bootloader update was not checked on odin so I'm pretty confident that its not due to bootloader mismatch but someone correct me if I'm wrong. Sending it back to samsung or tmobile is very far of an option since I've modified the phone to add FFC. If anyone has any advice or hints it would be greatly appreciated. I'm kind of hating myself and flashing now since I was very happy with the rom that I had and how everything was setup. I just wanted to try something new for fun and this went and blew everything up.
^^I literally held down the buttons > plugged in the cord > put in the battery > and counted in my head the amount of seconds it took the phone to "normally" boot to where I would "normally" let go of the power button to get into Download mode, lol I know it sounds ridiculous but that's how I did it. It helped that I had my sisters working Vibrant right there, I used her phone to get into download mode and timed the process and used that as a baseline for the timing of trying to get the "DEAD" Vibrant into download mode.
If all else fails a JTAG as mentioned should fix your problem fosho!
Goodluck!
Ye I fixed it. One day I did what I had been doing the whole time and it just decided to work. Got into download mode then went back to stock. Our phone is so freaking weird yet I love the damn thing. It really is unbrickable. To anyone in this situation just never give up.
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"Bricked" Vibrant -- Stuck in "Download" Mode but Not Being Recognized by ODIN

"Bricked" Vibrant -- Stuck in "Download" Mode but Not Being Recognized by ODIN
Stock Vibrant, stuck in "download" mode. Pressing power on with the battery inserting goes to a black screen with green graphics saying "Downloading... Do not turn off Target!!!" The phone is not recognized by a PC with a known good cable able to connect without problem to another Vibrant.
Any suggestions?
u might have to reinstall the drivers.
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Tried that, and plus the other vibrant connects to ODIN in download mode fine, granted that the other Vibrant (the one that connects) is on a GB bootloader. Not sure what else to try.
kashah said:
Stock Vibrant, stuck in "download" mode. Pressing power on with the battery inserting goes to a black screen with green graphics saying "Downloading... Do not turn off Target!!!" The phone is not recognized by a PC with a known good cable able to connect without problem to another Vibrant.
Any suggestions?
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you problely done this already, but if its on a froyo bootloader, having the USB cable plugged in and connected to a computer makes it go into download mode when turned on. I was doing that be4 and I kept on going into download mode, when I was trying to get into recovery mode. just sharing my stupitidy .
Yeah, it will go into Download mode immediately when the power key is pressed, regardless of whether its connected to a USB cable or not. Effing thing won't charge the battery anymore either, as far as I can till. Feel like throwing the whole thing against the wall.
Try setting it up for reflashing with Odin running, connected to PC, but with battery out, then insert battery. Odin may recognize phone, you can then flash JFD and go from there. Or you might want to try flashing a bootloader first, see if that fixes it without wiping your phone.
Did you get water damage on it?
The most likely culprit is a bad USB port. Try these in order.
1) Try using a clean tooth brush and clean the port. Also try several cables, some of the male end are slightly thicker and will contact the female end better.
2) If that doesn't work, you'll need to open up the phone and clean the lines coming out of the back of the port - there are 7 silver colored wires distinctively coming out the back.. Look for any pieces of dirt stuck between the wires that's causing a short circuit.
3) If it looks pristine back there, then you'll need a multimeter to test the wires on the back from #2, test for power coming in (with the usb plugged in). If there is power, then the problem is deeper in - which mean you'll need to replace the motherboard (aka you're ****ed). If there is no power coming in, then the port itself is bad and need to be replaced (Don't try this yourself, go to a professional for repair)
I had a similar issue and kies fixed it for me. I uninstalled the vibrant drivers and installed kies(just for the drivers that it has) and it worked perfect for me after.
kxlling said:
I had a similar issue and kies fixed it for me. I uninstalled the vibrant drivers and installed kies(just for the drivers that it has) and it worked perfect for me after.
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This worked for me too. Just be very careful _not_ to actually use kies to install anything on your phone. As kxlling said, install it just for the drivers.
ascallop said:
This worked for me too. Just be very careful _not_ to actually use kies to install anything on your phone. As kxlling said, install it just for the drivers.
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Kies didn't work for me. But my phone is probably a little more damaged than yours. Mine was included in a load of laundry. I'm surprised after fully drying it that it was at least able to screen on, albeit stuck in "download" mode. Looking at the insides, I see a lot of residue on the board from the wash. I'm hopeful that some spring cleaning might be able to save it.
This Kies "fix" seems the most promising after almost giving up on this.
Thanks for the replies. Ended up that its still under warranty (for 2 more weeks!) so I sent it back to Samsung for repair. Hopefully, will get it back in one piece

Wet Battery and Boot Loop

hi everyone,
i was camping last night and charged my cellphone in the tenent and two hours later i notice my cellphone and battery was a little wet due to dizzle rain.
Upon inserting my battery (without manual turning on), the cellphone immediately turn on with Vibrant logo and boot looped.
I plan to soak my cellphone in the uncooked rice bowl, but im not sure if its a hardware problem because the cellphone can be on.
1.any idea how can i recover my cellphone?
2. is this software or hardware problem?
As now, i can not manually do the download mode and im hesistant to plug my cellphone to PC via usb cable due short circuit.
Note: My vibrant had a rom version miui JB 4.1 by Jrong.
I would dry it as you said then try to just power it on or boot to recovery. From recovery reflash your ROM. If that don't work, try DL mode and use Odin.
My phone acts screwy from steam from the shower but a reboot usually solves it.
Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn.
I had the same experience with my phone it accidentally fell into the water once and had the same problem it gust boot looped I kept my phone in the sunlight for about 30mins with the case opened and the battery removed from the phone and after 30mins it worked fine hope your phone also works just give it a try and hope that this works
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thanks for the tips guys.
by the way, do i need to remove all the screw drivers and dry the internal circuit of the vibrant?
That would be up to you. One of my cousins dropped her phone in a bowl of milk a few weeks ago and it powered up just fine. It zapped her sim card reader and her touch screen was unresponsive, though.
Could take the battery out and put the whole phone and battery separated in a container with rice and after a day or so you may get all the moisture out, so long as no damage has been done already you'll probably be fine.
after 2 hours of soaking my vibrant from uncooked rice, i tried to perform the download mode, but instead of getting the download mode logo, i get a charging symbol ( small sun rays).
is my phone unrecoverable?
Yes it most likely is. It seems you didn't get DL mode thus just charging of PC. Have you tried to power it up?
Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn.
samsgun357 said:
Yes it most likely is. It seems you didn't get DL mode thus just charging of PC. Have you tried to power it up?
Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn.
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Thanks, im still soaking the vibrant in uncooked rice.
By the way,
1. if i odin the vibrant, will my internal memory pictures and files be deleted?
2. after odin, will i root again my vibrant ?
souleater11 said:
Thanks, im still soaking the vibrant in uncooked rice.
By the way,
1. if i odin the vibrant, will my internal memory pictures and files be deleted?
2. after odin, will i root again my vibrant ?
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If you Odin, no, your internal storage and all of your pics/video and such should be intact. Think of it as a separate area for storage.
After Odin yes, run update.zip and then flash the ROM of your choice.
hi thanks for the reply,
by the way, does anyone know why my vibrant automatically turn on (without pressing power button) upon inserting the battery?
This makes the manual download mode very frustrating to execute.
note: my vibrant and its battery was 1 hour rain soaked last sunday.
I don't have any informed answer to give to you. I know they can do some funny things upon being wet or exposed to liquids.
Maybe its something internal like mobo, or maybe something got zapped around the power button causing it to think its in the "power on" position, even if its not.
After you get done rice drying, we'll see where we can get with it. I'm not a hardware guy.
i got another questions.
Before executing the odin application, is it require to install again the samsung vibrant drivers?
souleater11 said:
i got another questions.
Before executing the odin application, is it require to install again the samsung vibrant drivers?
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Well, not if they have already been installed. As long as you know they are there and working you should be alright. Ultimately, if nothing else works after say.. a few hundred thousand tries, you could install fresh drivers and try different cables and such.
Since your phone starts automagically when you insert your battery, make sure your holding the combo buttons before ever inserting battery, and get that USB cable in there real quick like.
Oct 15, Mon: Soaked uncooked Rice for 2 hours. Still Upon insertion of battery, it automatically turns on and boot looped. I cant go to Download mode.
Oct 16, Tues: Soaked uncooked Rice for another 15 hours. Still Upon insertion of battery, it automatically turns on and boot looped. I cant go to Download mode.
Oct 17, Weds: I observed that when I quickly insert the battery. it doesnt trigger the automatic power on. So when I manually turn on, the boot loop stoped and I was back to my previous normal boot up.
Oct 18, Thurs: A. I noticed that the volume and powers buttons are very sensitive that when press randomly, it will trigger a restart and boot looped again.
B. I observed that when I wake my vibrant from sleep mode, it will take 3 to 5 seconds and i have to press the power button repeatedly to trigger it to wake up.
Oct 19: When I manually press the power button, it does not turn on, but I charged in laptop via USB cable, it shows the charging circular symbol, and I can enable the download mode.
My questions;
1. Since my the week's history of my device is very unstable, is it safe if I flash odin ?
2. however, im very hesistant to flash odin since I think that my device unstable issue is a hardware related. what do you guys think?
It's really up to you. It sounds like the damage has been done. If in the same boat, I'd back up my photos/videos/media and flash things if you want. As you say, I believe its all hardware related, but if it works well enough to use as a device to play with ROMs and test out features, go for it.
Personally I don't think your going to return it to a normal working state. Not without some replacement parts.
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