So this phone has been sitting in my closet for over a month and want to try and find a way to get it back to working. I am pretty sure it happened flashing a euro ROM and it not recovering or I re-partitioned a 2.2 odin ROM (can't remember). I have tried every trick posted on this forum with no luck. Here is the way it boots the second I connect the USB to the phone and/or when trying to do the volume up/down and power button. I can access the phone view adb and tell it to reboot download, but just goes right back to recovery. I even tried pushing the update.zip but no luck as it can't mount e:/.....
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Now I remember a link to a Youtube video that actually fixed the vibrant I have now and for the life of me can't find the link. He did something different that the other 10002831 videos showing how to access download mode.
Anybody have advice or is this one truly BRICKED??
This is what un-bricked my Vibrant.
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
Just follow the steps and it should fix your phone.
MrDragomir said:
This is what un-bricked my Vibrant.
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
Just follow the steps and it should fix your phone.
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Problem is it won't go into download mode.... the second the USB is plugged into the phone it boots into recovery.... I see the battery symbol for maybe a split second and it goes right into recovery; doesn't require any buttons to be pushed.
adb reboot download = reboots into recovery...
Have you tried reinstall packages and then trying to get into download mode?
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RickCain said:
Problem is it won't go into download mode.... the second the USB is plugged into the phone it boots into recovery.... I see the battery symbol for maybe a split second and it goes right into recovery; doesn't require any buttons to be pushed.
adb reboot download = reboots into recovery...
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I had a similar problem once. Here's what worked for me:
Take your battery out
Plug in USB cable
Hold both volume buttons
Put battery back in (while still holding the volume buttons)
I'm pretty sure that was it, but if not try fiddling with those steps a bit. The gist is that you should be holding the volume buttons when the battery goes in, which gets the phone into download mode right away.
Had a similar problem and that seemed to clear it up.
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crazygamer1 said:
I had a similar problem once. Here's what worked for me:
Take your battery out
Plug in USB cable
Hold both volume buttons
Put battery back in (while still holding the volume buttons)
I'm pretty sure that was it, but if not try fiddling with those steps a bit. The gist is that you should be holding the volume buttons when the battery goes in, which gets the phone into download mode right away.
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I have tried for a good five hours combined over a two day period and have come to the conclusion the buttons don't do much. The only thing I do know is the up and down are no reversed...
The only thing I don't get is some instructions say to hold the vol down, home, and power. I assume that is only for the EU versions as the home button on the vibrant is a soft key.
gentw0 said:
Have you tried reinstall packages and then trying to get into download mode?
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can't reinstall packages when the phone doesn't see the sdcard.....
I just wish I could find that youtube video as they guy had a special way to getting into download mode that was different than any other one on the internet.
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can't reinstall packages when the phone doesn't see the sdcard.....
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with phone off, hold both vol +/- and plug in usb cable. that looks like a voodoo error where all ur data is on ext4 still...but yeah that will get u into download mode
jumaaneface said:
with phone off, hold both vol +/- and plug in usb cable. that looks like a voodoo error where all ur data is on ext4 still...but yeah that will get u into download mode
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Nada... just boots straight to recovery
The only way that i was able to get into download mode was to hold just volume down and power while the phone was off.
So pull battery.
Install battery.
Hold Volume down+Power button.
Then connect usb.
Or you can try to hold volume down+power button+plug in usb at the same time.
I tried every other way of getting into download mode but none worked.
Hope this some how helps you.
So, as long as the USB is plug in, the phone immediate enter recovery? Even when the phone was originally off, then the USB is plugged in later?
PaiPiePia said:
So, as long as the USB is plug in, the phone immediate enter recovery? Even when the phone was originally off, then the USB is plugged in later?
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Yes, the second the USB is connected it goes straight to that screen in the OP. I don't have the opportunity to hold the vol up/down as it boots instantly (and holding them prior to connecting the USB ends in the same recovery screen)....
I have since bought a new Vibrant but would like to get this one working so it can be sold....
Well I actually FIXED this phone!!!! I followed the below instructions in the past but failed to read it completely...... You must following step 4 to the tee and not press the re-install packages until you are constantly forcing the push from ADB. Needless to say it pushed the update file and then I removed the battery and instantly got into download mode and flashed back to stock.
DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
You need the Samsung USB driver and you can get it from Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
First Part
1. Download update.zip from the link below. This was post by another member.
The post is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
2. Place the update.zip in tools folder so you can push it into your phone by using adb command
3. Plug usb into the phone and your phone should be on the Android system recovery <2e>
4. Use your volume button to select reinstall package, don't press power button yet.
5. constant "adb push update.zip /sdcard" from computer , you will get permission denied.
6. While you are constantly pushing the adb command from computer. press the power button on the phone so it install update.zip from sdcard.
7. This is the part where it force adb push into sdcard without permission
8. once the update.zip install completed. unplug the usb cable from the phone and take the battery out.
9. put the battery back to the phone then press on both volume button.
10. While holding both volume button , plug in your usb cable and it will boot to download screen.
If you need use Odin to flash your phone to original stock rom. Go to the Second Part
5. constant "adb push update.zip /sdcard" from computer , you will get permission denied..... not sure what you mean by that thx
Try taking out the sim card while entering download mode, that's what did it for me, and don't make any odd facial expressions and keep a good posture. Gremlins...
Is your phone Loki? Use Odin. You'll be Thor!
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I've try many times but can't get it to boot to recovery or download mode.
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I am getting the exact same screen...cant get it to recovery or download mode.
its not bricked, I had this many times while pulling the usb or battery while in odin. Plug in the usb and press and hold vol up and down and power. When the screen goes black let go of power while continuing to hold vol up and down. Should bring you back to download mode
I was able to get it into download mode and flash the rom. Thanks
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jerseyboy said:
I was able to get it into download mode and flash the rom. Thanks
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How'd you get it to flash? I got that same screen but in ODIN it just sits at cache.rfs... nothing good happening after that. It is basically frozen.
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B
OMG I finally got it. I had to leave ODIN open after it stuck at file analysis. I then took out the battery of the phone and put it back into download mode. I click start in ODIN and thankfully... she's flashing back to stock 2.1. I had tried a million different ways... ODIN is not exceptionally stable. No bueno. I think I'm going to keep the stock Kernal cause this was scary... lol.
Regards,
B
I used odin too. Good to know your's working now
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tengtengvn said:
I've try many times but can't get it to boot to recovery or download mode.
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I had the same problem.
What you have to do is run Odin with the usb connected to the phone, then you unplug and plug the usb back in, hold the vol - and + with the power button at the same time, once the screen goes black, release the power button, but keep holding the vol - and + buttons and Odin will recognize your phone. then the phone will be at the downloading screen
That's how it worked for me.
What did you do to get your phone in this state? Try to root ??
vibrantFTW said:
OMG I finally got it. I had to leave ODIN open after it stuck at file analysis. I then took out the battery of the phone and put it back into download mode. I click start in ODIN and thankfully... she's flashing back to stock 2.1. I had tried a million different ways... ODIN is not exceptionally stable. No bueno. I think I'm going to keep the stock Kernal cause this was scary... lol.
Regards,
B
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Yup. The key part is to leave ODIN open.
Please help! I have the same issue. I have been trying for hours with no luck.
I cannot seem to get into download mode. I have tried everything you guys suggested.
Mr_creeper_98 said:
I had the same problem.
What you have to do is run Odin with the usb connected to the phone, then you unplug and plug the usb back in, hold the vol - and + with the power button at the same time, once the screen goes black, release the power button, but keep holding the vol - and + buttons and Odin will recognize your phone. then the phone will be at the downloading screen
That's how it worked for me.
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thank you so much for this. you saved me!
dsint said:
Please help! I have the same issue. I have been trying for hours with no luck.
I cannot seem to get into download mode. I have tried everything you guys suggested.
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Only suggestion I can give is to keep trying, that's how I got my phone out of that dreaded state in the OP's pic.
Man I'm in the same boat. I tried the key combination many times before this. I was flashed bionix 1.2 w/OC and was using ROM Manager to revert back to my previous ROM which was stock and when it was done it rebooted and would stay stuck with the Samsung Vibrant screen. I ended upsing ADB to get it into download mode and the other modes but I tried to use ODIN to restore after it was in download mode and it just seemed stuck. How long does it take to usually load the kernel? Well it was taking so long so I just pulled the USB plug. After I did this I got that cellphone and computer icon. I've tried many times to get it into download mode or restore mode many times with the volume button and power button and haven't had any luck at all. I'll keep trying. I hope this really works.
I have tried every combo mentioned and a few others along with every button combination, I read it has to do with what rom you were using before the phone -> computer icon. I came from bionix 1.3, I would love any help to get this thing fixed before my wife finds out...
This happened to me earlier today instead pull the battery out and usb then put the battery back in open odin attatch the usb to the computer and then hold down volume up and volume down while plugging the usb to the phone finally and it worked might take a few tries and if odin doesn't recognize the phone unplug the usb and plug it back in if it's already in dl mode
if ur device is hardware locked, ur as well as bricked at this point, i cant get mine out
An easier way to get to download mode that I have been using. Have Odin open. Turn off the phone. Hold volume up and plug in the USB. Goes straight into download mode for me every time. Not sure if this will work with the hardware locked phones (I don't have a hardware locked phone - got it on launch day).
vibrantFTW said:
ODIN is not exceptionally stable.
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Old thread, I know. Just my 2 cents. I only found this to be true of Odin v1.0 since v1.3 seems quite stable.
If your using odin and it hangs during flashing never pull the usb always pull the battery out first then the cable the phone will stay on when you pull the batterycuz the usb is giving it power but once the usb is pulled the phone is off and you won't be stuck with the dreaded phone ! Computer screen.
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Hey guys. Unfortunately, I am stuck on getting my Vibrant up and running. I've never had this issue until now. I am familiar with ODIN and all that is needed to restore back to stock. Everything has always gone smooth until this point. I was ODIN'ING back to stock, as usual, from a 2.2 ROM. I started the ODIN operation but then after 1 second or so, it showed that it failed. Then I unplugged it, like usual whenever it fails, and plugged it back in. And for some reason it couldn't read it. I've tried on two different computers already and it can't be read at all. Here's a picture that I found on a thread....BUT, instead of the phone and computer Icons being in the MIDDLE like normal, its on the TOP LEFT for some reason. I have no idea what is there to do now. Usually I am one to figure things out but I stumped right now. Please if there's any help I would really appreciate it! Am I gonna have to buy one of those JIGGS?
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And by the way, I already tried Re-Installing the Samsung Drivers!
did you change your bootloader?
just keep trying with odin
took me 2 hours of constant trying to get it to connect last time i soft bricked
Okay here is what you meed to do.
1. Take battery out of phone.
2. With battery still out, connect USB to CPU and put it in Vibrant
3. With battery still out, hold the two volume buttons.
4. With USB in amd fingers on both volume keys, put battery in.
5. Enjoy download mode.
Nope I wasn't messing with any bootloaders. I was just reverting back to stock.
Hmmm well my computers can't seem to read it at all :/. It doesn't seem like that will work....
ali1276 said:
Okay here is what you meed to do.
1. Take battery out of phone.
2. With battery still out, connect USB to CPU and put it in Vibrant
3. With battery still out, hold the two volume buttons.
4. With USB in amd fingers on both volume keys, put battery in.
5. Enjoy download mode.
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Yup I've tried that already and it still doesn't work. I am seriously stuck
MartinB6927 said:
Nope I wasn't messing with any bootloaders. I was just reverting back to stock.
Hmmm well my computers can't seem to read it at all :/. It doesn't seem like that will work....
Yup I've tried that already and it still doesn't work. I am seriously stuck
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Have you tried
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area
try it the other way, mine doesnt do it like the poster above said
open odin
plug usb into pc
hold volume buttons
plug usb in to the phone
nomadrider123 said:
Have you tried
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area
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@op Just so you know it will not show "download" on the phone. But odin will recognize it and you will be able to transfer to the phone as usual.
dbg17891 said:
@op Just so you know it will not show "download" on the phone. But odin will recognize it and you will be able to transfer to the phone as usual.
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it might sohw download, mine has before from that screen
nomadrider123 said:
Have you tried
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area
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Hmmm Ok I will give this a go when I get home in like 2 hours. Hopefully it works. If not I don't know what will . Everyone thanks for the help! Really appreciate it.
Just open odin, turn on your vibrant, and plug in the usB..Odin should recognize and you can odin back to stock.
I just tried it and it didn't work guys :/. I seriously think ODIN won't fix this... :/
MartinB6927 said:
I just tried it and it didn't work guys :/. I seriously think ODIN won't fix this... :/
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I had this problem before. What you need to do is, set Odin up with the 512 pit and JDF tar files. After that plug the usb cord into the computer but not the phone. Then pull the battery on the phone and wait about 10 to 15 seconds then,put it back in and push the power button. Hold the power button in until the phone to PC symbol pops up for the second time. As soon as it does plug the USB into the phone. A yellow com port should show up at this point. Your phone will still show the phone to PC symbol. This is normal. You can Odin back to stock,from that screen. Good luck. This always works for me.
Just had exactly the same problem with the Phone -> PC symbol in the top left screen. This happened after a segmentation fault in Heimdall during a bootloader flash, after which I removed the USB cable whilst in Download Mode. This was necessitated since Heimdall maintained that "Failed to detect compatible device".
I then pulled out my WinXP netbook in desperation to try Odin, but no joy, no device found.
I have a GB bootloader with Download mode remapped to VolumeTop + Power; so this is what got me into the good ol' yellow Download mode:
1) Plug OUT the USB
2) Turn on the device/ Possibly hold in until Phone -> PC pops up for a second time
3) Hold VolumeTop+Power in for 7+ seconds
4) Good Download mode should pop up
5) Attach USB cable, then the device should be seen.
Since you seem to have a Froyo Bootloader, you should do the VolumeTop+VolumeBottom+USB attach move.
It seems that if you persist and try different combinations of cable connects/restarts/button holds that it's going to budge eventually.
Let us know how it goes.
rivenward said:
Just had exactly the same problem with the Phone -> PC symbol in the top left screen. This happened after a segmentation fault in Heimdall during a bootloader flash, after which I removed the USB cable whilst in Download Mode. This was necessitated since Heimdall maintained that "Failed to detect compatible device".
I then pulled out my WinXP netbook in desperation to try Odin, but no joy, no device found.
I have a GB bootloader with Download mode remapped to VolumeTop + Power; so this is what got me into the good ol' yellow Download mode:
1) Plug OUT the USB
2) Turn on the device/ Possibly hold in until Phone -> PC pops up for a second time
3) Hold VolumeTop+Power in for 7+ seconds
4) Good Download mode should pop up
5) Attach USB cable, then the device should be seen.
Since you seem to have a Froyo Bootloader, you should do the VolumeTop+VolumeBottom+USB attach move.
It seems that if you persist and try different combinations of cable connects/restarts/button holds that it's going to budge eventually.
Let us know how it goes.
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HOLY JESUS DUDE!!! IT WORKED!!! . Sorry for the Smile spam lol. Damn thanks so much! It really worked. For some reason it went into Download mode with the GB Re-mapping method. Maybe cus I've been on GB before. It took me several trys to get it to ODIN successfully but it worked! Phones up and running again. To everyone else, thanks. I really appreciate it for trying to help me out. Yay
My Vibrant keeps restarting over and over. The Vibrant screen appears and then a flying android in the background appears with this text
CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.2
Waiting for SD Card to mount (20s)
SD Card Mounted
Verifying SD Card Marker
SD Card marker not found
Checking Internal SD Card
--Installing:
Finding Update Package...
E:unknown volume for path []
E:Can't mount
Installation aborted.
then it reboots. over and over constantly... I would love just to go back to stock software even.... Just have no idea what to do!
I used the AIO Vibrant Toolbox and used the rom file for Version 10.
I looked at the SD card in a card reader and i see no ROM File at all... so i copied
ICS_NBv10.zip to the root of the SD Card and renamed it ROM.ZIP... and that didnt do anything. also tried VIBRANT_ICS_Passion_boot.zip but to no avail. I admit that im a stupid noob.....
Please help this dumb noob.
Pull the battery and use the three button combo to go to recovery, should be fine.
Ok I pulled the battery and held down volume down, power and the home key, does pretty much same thing, ive tried it many times and once and awhile id get a spinning wheel icon? which would come up, then go to a black screen then come up, basically in a loop, if i let go of the keys, it ends up going to the error message i posted and ends up in that loop again
I suggest you ODIN back to stock and start over.
Download ODIN (below). It does not work on Macs. You will need Heimdall and can be found HERE << LINK.
HERE IS ODIN << DOWNLOAD THIS
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MD5: E012B512C1579C3AF7A38A27FD905B86
TWO FILES ARE NEEDED TO LOAD IN ODIN FOR GOING BACK TO STOCK JFD (2.1 Eclair)
The PIT FILE << DOWNLOAD THIS
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MD5: 1D927B36D2FA807A22E64FC86B445130
The TAR FILE << DOWNLOAD THIS
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MD5: 632730F6B637F53E5B10E5CBC8B966A7
Move all files to Desktop.
- Mount your phone and move the rom to the internal (sdcard/ ) & the update.zip file (if needed)
- Power down the phone, or pull the battery.
3 - DOWNLOAD MODE
*NOTE - IMPORTANT*
On my PC, ODIN will NOT work when my camcorder is plugged in.
If you notice ODIN not working, you may pull the battery if it has not started/hung (again, at YOUR risk, not my fault/responsibility). Remove any USB devices just in case if you are worried about it, I have to.
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1- Open ODIN on your PC. (DO NOT PRESS/SELECT ANYTHING IN ODIN!)
2- Plug in the USB Cable to PC
(preferably the one that came with your phone *My N1 cable doesn't work??*)
3- Power down Phone if you had not already.
4- Remove the battery.
5- Plug USB into Phone.
6- Hold down BOTH volume buttons and while holding both, insert the battery.
7- Two to three seconds later your phone will be in Download Mode.
Be mindful to not remove connection while ODIN is running.
** ALT METHOD
You can also just power down the phone, open ODIN, load the pit and tar, connect USB to pc, hold both volume buttons and connect USB to phone. This is how I do it. Some are not able to do this so the above instructions were used just in case. **
4 - ODIN
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Go back to ODIN on your PC. Should be a yellow box under ID COM, Something like COM 5. If not, likely a problem with your drivers, see this THREAD FOR DRIVERS that I created. Should help. If you were on Cyanogen or MIUI you may need the Nexus S Drivers, Google them.
Click the PIT button, Select the PIT file from desktop
Click the PDA button, select the TAR file
** Re-partition is checked now in ODIN - THIS IS APPROPRIATE!! **
Click Start. Unless ODIN hangs, you should see a progress bar start soon after. The process takes a few minutes and you told ODIN to reboot once done.... so... when your phone boots up, you are on stock JFD.
IF ODIN HANGS ON YOU:
- Are you using my files (all 3 of them?)
- Did you check the MD5 using Hashtab (LINK)?
- Are you using the cable that came with your phone?
- Have you tried other USB ports on you PC?
no good, as i try to put it into recovery mode, it keeps rebooting, I even hear the USB connecting and disconnecting as it goes threw its boot loop, odin doesn't even detect it since it reboots so fast.
l33thax3d said:
no good, as i try to put it into recovery mode, it keeps rebooting, I even hear the USB connecting and disconnecting as it goes threw its boot loop, odin doesn't even detect it since it reboots so fast.
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No, you need to put it in download mode, not recovery mode.
1. Pull the battery.
2. Connect USB Cable.
3. Hold Volume Up & Down.
4. Put battery back in.
5. Download mode.
hold volume up and down as i put the battery in? or hold them then put the battery in?
Put the battery in, hold both volume buttons, then insert USB cable.
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I did what you guys told me to, and it just keeps doing the loop. I had ODIN opened without changing any settings, plugged in the usb to the phone, then I went and held volume up and volume down and inserted the battery and kept helding them, I get a pinwheel that comes up for 1 sec, doesnt spin, then another one for another second which also spin, then screen goes black and then I get the CWM based screen that makes the phone reboot, which it does, and then the Vibrant screen appears, goes black, then the Vibrant screen appears, goes black again then the CWM Based screen comes up, then we are back to the Vibrant screen, its a endless loop. I held the Vol + and - the whole time.
Do you have Gingerbread bootloaders?
I dont think so... so no
Any Ideas?
l33thax3d said:
I did what you guys told me to, and it just keeps doing the loop. I had ODIN opened without changing any settings, plugged in the usb to the phone, then I went and held volume up and volume down and inserted the battery and kept helding them, I get a pinwheel that comes up for 1 sec, doesnt spin, then another one for another second which also spin, then screen goes black and then I get the CWM based screen that makes the phone reboot, which it does, and then the Vibrant screen appears, goes black, then the Vibrant screen appears, goes black again then the CWM Based screen comes up, then we are back to the Vibrant screen, its a endless loop. I held the Vol + and - the whole time.
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That doesn't sound like download mode...
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=/watch?v=rqxearzXrVY&v=rqxearzXrVY&gl=US
Try that link for entering download mode.
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Mod's please delete this thread, I ended up purchasing a new motherboard for the phone.
I can't access download mode and fastboot doesn't work either after screwing up something while upgrading to lollipop and installing twrp. This is what I get when holding the up and pluging the usb in. Use to go to the update screen...
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I'm stuck at the moment, but the phone does boot up but coping files to the internal memory won't work. Any ideas or help will be deeply appreciated.
Try this first:
1) Remove battery and disconnect USB Cable
2) Press and hold Volume Up
3) Insert battery while Still pressing volume up
4) Insert USB Cable while Still pressing volume up
5) With a little luck you're in download mode and able to flash KDZ with LG flash tool
If not, it seems like fastboot should be working from that screen. I remember going through that on my G2. Make sure your drivers are working. Reinstall them, reboot computer. If you can get your computer to recognize it in fastboot you should be able to flash the partitions manually. Sounds like just laf is needed, at least to get you to download mode so you can KDZ.
Edit- hmm you upgraded to lollipop, I believe I read that Verizon removed fastboot. Maybe some more ideas will come.
hawkswind1 said:
Try this first:
1) Remove battery and disconnect USB Cable
2) Press and hold Volume Up
3) Insert battery while Still pressing volume up
4) Insert USB Cable while Still pressing volume up
5) With a little luck you're in download mode and able to flash KDZ with LG flash tool
If not, it seems like fastboot should be working from that screen. I remember going through that on my G2. Make sure your drivers are working. Reinstall them, reboot computer. If you can get your computer to recognize it in fastboot you should be able to flash the partitions manually. Sounds like just laf is needed, at least to get you to download mode so you can KDZ.
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Thanks for the reply,
I tried all those mentioned, the fastboot looks like it working but when i shoot over the file it just hangs there then gives an error to the lines of "to many lines" I can't recall exactly.
UPDATE: Now I can't boot into the system all, it goes straight to Fastboot now
Lazereth said:
Thanks for the reply,
I tried all those mentioned, the fastboot looks like it working but when i shoot over the file it just hangs there then gives an error to the lines of "to many lines" I can't recall exactly.
UPDATE: Now I can't boot into the system all, it goes straight to Fastboot now
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doubt i can be of assistance, but this is a verizon device?
if you cant get download mode to come up, your laf partition is jacked. im not sure how you would fix that from recovery though, as adb is disabled, or was for me anyway.
bweN diorD said:
doubt i can be of assistance, but this is a verizon device?
if you cant get download mode to come up, your laf partition is jacked. im not sure how you would fix that from recovery though, as adb is disabled, or was for me anyway.
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I found an article using Ubuntu going to give that a try an see what happens. I'll report back if it works or don't.. wish me luck!
Lazereth said:
I found an article using Ubuntu going to give that a try an see what happens. I'll report back if it works or don't.. wish me luck!
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gl!
you may want to have the boot img handy too, im skeptical that all your issues came from laf, just a guess though. jacked kernel may be kicking it back, and jacked laf is defaulting to fastboot thats not there.
bweN diorD said:
gl!
you may want to have the boot img handy too, im skeptical that all your issues came from laf, just a guess though. jacked kernel may be kicking it back, and jacked laf is defaulting to fastboot thats not there.
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Roger that, I have all files ready including boot.img, just waiting on Ubuntu to install. I'm about to get medieval on this bad boy...
Lazereth said:
Roger that, I have all files ready including boot.img, just waiting on Ubuntu to install. I'm about to get medieval on this bad boy...
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lol
No dice at all with linux... Hello paper weight...
anyone have any ideas please let me know... this is bad...
Can you get into twrp? if so I flashed the laf img from usb otg. I loaded everything on my usb and flashed from twrp. just have to mount usb storage.
mopartonyg said:
Can you get into twrp? if so I flashed the laf img from usb otg. I loaded everything on my usb and flashed from twrp. just have to mount usb storage.
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I can't, the screen shot in the first post is all I get no matter how I try to boot the phone, even plugging it in sends it right to that screen.
Have you tried pulling battery, volume down then power to get into system recovery screen? Then maybe factory reset, just thinking outloud here.
mopartonyg said:
Have you tried pulling battery, volume down then power to get into system recovery screen? Then maybe factory reset, just thinking outloud here.
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Tried that as well, nothing
Lazereth said:
Tried that as well, nothing
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Crap I will keep thinking, sorry
Lazereth said:
Tried that as well, nothing
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Maybe try to contact @nitroglycerine33 he had the usb yanked while flashing with lg tool (very bad) and fixed it. Maybe he can point you in the right direction.
I sent him a PM, this issue kept me up all night... I cant think of anything.
I fixed the exact same issue by removing the battery, then taking out the SIM card and my external SD. Once those were gone, I pressed and held Vol Down and Power, then put the battery back in while continuing to hold the two buttons. Shortly after the battery was put in, the phone vibrated and went to its traditional recovery menu. From there, I just selected Wipe Cache, and I was then taken to my original TWRP I had. Redoing the process for installation of Jasmine went flawlessly the second time around and am currently running it right now.
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I fixed the exact same issue by removing the battery, then taking out the SIM card and my external SD. Once those were gone, I pressed and held Vol Down and Power, then put the battery back in while continuing to hold the two buttons. Shortly after the battery was put in, the phone vibrated and went to its traditional recovery menu. From there, I just selected Wipe Cache, and I was then taken to my original TWRP I had. Redoing the process for installation of Jasmine went flawlessly the second time around and am currently running it right now.
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Thanks for replying, I tired that several times but it keeps taking me back to the fastboot. This is insane...
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Can you get into twrp? if so I flashed the laf img from usb otg. I loaded everything on my usb and flashed from twrp. just have to mount usb storage.
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will flashing the laf get fastboot or download mode back to restore from kdz? I currenty get a fastboot error, but have access to recovery. Can you walk me through it a little? Thanks!
similar issue
i have a similar issue here as well.
the message i get is "boot certification verify"
the screen then shuts off and the led flashes blue and red
Ive tried everything mentioned in the posts above..
How do you access fastboot?
Hello, i need help, i tried everything but nothing seems to work. I tried to crossflash a TM version but i believe that i did something wrong and deleted a partition. When i tried to go from EDL to download mode it simple became unresponsive, the screen doesn't show anything but it can be connected to 9008 and is detected by qfil. On qfil when i try to open the partition manager, it never opens, just says that is working. I cannot hard or soft reset it. and when i try to flash it wit lgup isnt detected and is telling that there is no handset connected
Please help, i dont know what to do now.
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I'll try to explain me better.
The phone doesn't turn on but is detected on QFIL.
Buttons doesn't seem to work,i mean, they work but i cannot turn it on or go to the recovery mode.
When im in QFIL and i try to use the partition manager the partition manager window never pop up.
Images :
https://imgur.com/a/sCnoBKa
https://imgur.com/a/2oEHQUZ
i managet to be able to open the partition manager, but i don't know what to do now ): i loaded the img of the files that i backed but still nothing
It seems as, if you not only deleted a partition, but possibly the entire flash. this has happened to a few here, because the corresponding command is placed in the wrong place in Partition Manager (when opening a single partition).
Which partiton should it have been that you supposedly deleted?
If that was really the case, then without an existing full backup you have a bigger problem...
you can restore full backup but you will have problem with imei its hard to fix
You should wait until your phone is complete discharged. Then try again to initialize the EDL-Mode and to get in Partition-Manager. If you don't become Partition-Infos, then you can be sure, your Partition-Table is defect (or deleted).
kingilein said:
It seems as, if you not only deleted a partition, but possibly the entire flash. this has happened to a few here, because the corresponding command is placed in the wrong place in Partition Manager (when opening a single partition).
Which partiton should it have been that you supposedly deleted?
If that was really the case, then without an existing full backup you have a bigger problem...
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i think it was the ftm that i deleted in the entire flash
kingilein said:
You should wait until your phone is complete discharged. Then try again to initialize the EDL-Mode and to get in Partition-Manager. If you don't become Partition-Infos, then you can be sure, your Partition-Table is defect (or deleted).
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i finally can enter into the partition manager after a lot of attempts
Have you extracted partitions from kdz by your Hand, to Flash them in Partition Manager?
Attention: Before you Flash partitions, make Backups from then (Read Data Partition)!
And, don't Flash FTM
That seems good, what i now see...
You should now try to reach Dl-Mode again
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
i cant get into edl, or at least it doesnt seem to work ):
You cant get into edl-mode or you cant get into DL-mode?
If you are in Partition Manager, then you are in edl-mode
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You cant get into edl-mode or you cant get into DL-mode?
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download mode, sorry
Ok, then you must try to flash some lun0 partitions from your kdz (except ftm).
Then retry to get in Download-Mode...
nothing
my phone still doesnt show any image on the screen
so i guide myself with the sound that makes windows when you connect a new device
i flashed the files and closed qfil,
after that i hold power and vol- until i hear the sound of windows telling me that the devices is disconnected.
after that i hold power and vol+ i hear the windows connecting to the device but it seems that doesnt enter into download mode, i check with lgup and there is no devices.
i check in qfil and is there
SnX11 said:
nothing
my phone still doesnt show any image on the screen
so i guide myself with the sound that makes windows when you connect a new device
i flashed the files and closed qfil,
after that i hold power and vol- until i hear the sound of windows telling me that the devices is disconnected.
after that i hold power and vol+ i hear the windows connecting to the device but it seems that doesnt enter into download mode, i check with lgup and there is no devices.
i check in qfil and is there
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when you hold power and volume- and heard the sound of disconection, the leave both buttons and hold then only power+ button. then you must connet the usb cable, if you not have
kingilein said:
when you hold power and volume- and heard the sound of disconection, the leave both buttons and hold then only power+ button. then you must connet the usb cable, if you not have
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tried both ways
i hold power and vol- , when i hear the sound of disconnection i stop and disconnect the usb, then immediately i press vol+ and connect again the usb and nothing happens.
I think we need some files from a full backup now.
Do you have a cloud somewhere where I could possibly store a few files?
**UPDATE**
For future references this is the status right now.
@kingilein Have been helping me all this time with my phone.
What we tried?
We tried flashing some boot partitions to try to make the phone able to enter download mode.
After the flash the phone disconnected from edl mode and died (no response) no edl mode, no boot, nothing is super bricked now.
The phone battery was almost full so now we are waiting to let it drain to try to enter edl mode again.
What i'm doing now?
Every hour or so i try to turn it on holding power button for a minute or so.
2 mins later i take the phone and hold power + vol- for a minute or so.
Sometimes i pick the phone and hold power + vol- while i fast tap vol+ for 5 minutes.
Every 3-4 hours i do the same with the phone connected to the pc.
i tried different ports, and different cables.
i don't know if the phone battery is drained atm.
but i tried putting it in a wireless charger and the wireless charger is showing that the phone is charging so it can be charged.