I have the latest clockwork recovery installed on my vibrant. I tried to flash this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831906
coming from this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832532
I selected to install from sd card from the clockwork app, but when I boot into recovery I get this message
Code:
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate1
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate2
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate3
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate4
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate5
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate6
(Code -7)
--Install from package...
Finding update package...
I've tried getting using adb to get into recovery as well, but it takes me to the old recovery and when I do the reinstall packages to get to clockwork I get the same message. Can anyone help?
I had that same issue when I tried out the i9000 voodoo for froyo. I had to use Odin. Just start up Odin, power down phone, pull battery, plug cable into computer, replace battery but dont power on, then hold volume up and volume down and plug in cable to phone. You should boot right into download mode, and assuming you have the correct Samsung USB drivers, Odin should detect your phone. Then just load in the stock JI6 eclair or stock JK2 froyo .pit and .tar files to their respective places and click start. Should work for you.
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bstromberg said:
I had that same issue when I tried out the i9000 voodoo for froyo. I had to use Odin. Just start up Odin, power down phone, pull battery, plug cable into computer, replace battery but dont power on, then hold volume up and volume down and plug in cable to phone. You should boot right into download mode, and assuming you have the correct Samsung USB drivers, Odin should detect your phone. Then just load in the stock JI6 eclair or stock JK2 froyo .pit and .tar files to their respective places and click start. Should work for you.
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why would you have to re-ODIN just to get recovery to work..
I too am having recovery issues. Can only flash to stock recovery with trying to reboot via ROM Manager
If you do decide to Odin...here are some "surefire" methods...let me know if it doesn't work for you.
Here is a couple of methods to get into download mode. Once you get to
download mode, follow the directions in the second part of my post...
First Method
1) Pull the battery, sim card, and sd card.
2) Reinsert battery but do not press any buttons.
3) Plug into usb that is connected to your computer. If something shows up
on the screen (charging logo) then you should be golden.
4) Hold the vol up, vol down, and power until the screen comes on,
immediately release the power button but not the other two. Hopefully it
will boot into download mode and than you can use Odin to get back to stock.
Second Method
1) Another method that seems to work for some people is to pull the battery,
sim, sd card.
2) Reinsert battery and hold both volume buttons but do not press power
button.
3) Then plug in usb. The phone should boot into download.
Third Method
1) You will need the samsung ADB drivers installed for your phone and ADB.
Samsung Drivers for 32 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...=SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
Samsung Drivers for 64 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...ung/vibrant/&file=usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
2) Remove sim card and sd-card. Remove the battery.
3) Hold buttons vol up, vol down, and power.
4) While holding down those 3 buttons put the battery back in and keep
holding all 3 buttons until the vibrant disappears and reappears. Once it
reappears, release all 3 buttons.
5) Now connect your phone to your pc via USB cable.
6) Open a cmd prompt and navigate to the folder with ADB and type "ADB
REBOOT DOWNLOAD" caps are not necessary.
7) Your phone will reboot into the download
How to get back to stock once in Download Mode:
Download the files in the linked thread and follow the directions there or
the ones in my post below.
Odin and Files Needed Available Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
1) Open Odin and verify that one of the Com ports shows a device connected.
If it doesn't try using a different usb port.
2) Load the .pit and pda files. It should be pretty obvious how to do that
once you are in Odin.
3) Make sure that the option to partition is unchecked. The other two
options should be checked.
4) Hit start and wait.
5) Your phone will restart when Odin is done and you will be good to go.
Thanks for the replies guys I will give Odin a shot
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i tried to flash 2.2 using odin but i cant select reboot or any other command on the list.. what do i do? or is my phone done?
Lavundra21 said:
i tried to flash 2.2 using odin but i cant select reboot or any other command on the list.. what do i do? or is my phone done?
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No sir, you should be just fine, try to reflash back to stock using odin, pull the battery remove the sim and sd card, and then go into downloader mode, and try again.
stock FW here, good luck.
Lavundra21 said:
i tried to flash 2.2 using odin but i cant select reboot or any other command on the list.. what do i do? or is my phone done?
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Read the froyo thread you need to adb reboot
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still cant get it to work... i dunno what im doing wrong. but it seems like all the files needed arent in the link from above.
Keep trying
Try enter "downloading mode" with the sd card in the phone(after many attempts it worked for me), there is a thread in this forum about how to enter "downloading mode" and flash the phone.
still cant get out of the android system recovery mode.. ive tried holding buttons down while turning the phone on and off and theres nothng happening. still cant use the power button as the ok.
i got the same problem i cant use any button as ok
is there a way to get the ok button, or what i can do to get over this problem
thanks in advance
Let me know if these steps help:
Here is a couple of methods to get into download mode. Once you get to
download mode, follow the directions in second part of my post...
First Method
1) Pull the battery, sim card, and sd card.
2) Reinsert battery but do not press any buttons.
3) Plug into usb that is connected to your computer. If something shows up
on the screen (charging logo) then you should be golden.
4) Hold the vol up, vol down, and power until the screen comes on,
immediately release the power button but not the other two. Hopefully it
will boot into download mode and than you can use Odin to get back to stock.
Second Method
1) Another method that seems to work for some people is to pull the battery,
sim, sd card.
2) Reinsert battery and hold both volume buttons but do not press power
button.
3) Then plug in usb. The phone should boot into download.
Third Method
1) You will need the samsung ADB drivers installed for your phone and ADB.
Samsung Drivers for 32 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...=SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
Samsung Drivers for 64 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...ung/vibrant/&file=usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
2) Remove sim card and sd-card. Remove the battery.
3) Hold buttons vol up, vol down, and power.
4) While holding down those 3 buttons put the battery back in and keep
holding all 3 buttons until the vibrant disappears and reappears. Once it
reappears, release all 3 buttons.
5) Now connect your phone to your pc via USB cable.
6) Open a cmd prompt and navigate to the folder with ADB and type "ADB
REBOOT DOWNLOAD" caps are not necessary.
7) Your phone will reboot into the download
How to get back to stock once in Download Mode:
Download the files in the linked thread and follow the directions there or
the ones in my post below.
Odin and Files Needed Available Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
1) Open Odin and verify that one of the Com ports shows a device connected.
If it doesn't try using a different usb port.
2) Load the .pit and pda files. It should be pretty obvious how to do that
once you are in Odin.
3) Make sure that the option to partition is unchecked. The other two
options should be checked.
4) Hit start and wait.
5) Your phone will restart when Odin is done and you will be good to go.
Seems to be the same issue
I just tried upgrading to 2.2 using Odin and this seems to be the same problem. It seems that every solution starts with, "Enter Into Download Mode..." but no method seems to work.
I wouldn't say the phone is "bricked" as when it is plugged into a computer it will install the drivers and Odin sees it, but I can't get it into anything but recovery mode.
The buttons seem to be strangely mapped, the up and down buttons are reversed and the power button doesn't seem to be working as the "Ok" button. The menu toggles the recovery screen and the <!> graphic with the Android. Anyone figured out how to solve this? In the meantime I will continue attempting to get into download moad.
Hi, I have the same exact problem. Stuck in system recovery. Volume buttons reversed. Power button does nothing. Cannot get into download mode. Please Help
what happened?
I just got the same issue :S
the volumes buttons are wrong and the power (OK) button is not working on system recovery mode...
any help?
same problem - samsung galaxy vibrant
brianking21 said:
Hi, I have the same exact problem. Stuck in system recovery. Volume buttons reversed. Power button does nothing. Cannot get into download mode. Please Help
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can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(invalid argument)
e:copya_dbdata_media:can't mount SDCARD:
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions
copy default media content failed
Folks, any update regarding this problem. I got very same problem, and could not find a solution yet.
hints?
I have the same problem also. I got into the problem by following a thread down grading to 2e version from 3e version. I've tried lots of things including going back to stock--or what I think is stock. I now have the 3e version again but when I bring up recovery mode the up/down buttons are backwards and the ok (power) key doesn't work.
Suggestions? HELP?
We can get into root console and manually tweak files if that will help.
UPDATE----SOLUTION
I got this working by reloading the stock t-mobile kernel from http androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/. This link provided at that site is single file so just use the pda and pit boxes in odin. In desperation I selected re-partion and Phone bootloader update.
I was unable to get into the recovery console with hitting any keys but adb did the trick. Volumn-up and power gets into the flash download
Finally Fixed it
I finally was able to get the phone into download mode by holding down the volume up key, the search key and the power key.
It seems the key mapping was just messed up.
After it entered download mode I followed the guide on androidspin /2010/08/09/ how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant (add the .com to androidspin, forum won't let me post links yet)
Hi How did you hold the search key. It does not light up till the vibrant shows on screen. Can you please explain how to managed to hold vol up, power and search together? thanks
Sivaavis its only a 3-button combo, not 4. Why u holding down search? Its up,down volume and power and then when the vibrant logo shows u let go of power.
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If you are in recovery mode just go into adb and type in:
adb reboot download
You should be in download mode
I had obsidian loaded up and it was working fine but I got greedy. I tried to run voodoo and that when everything wen bad. Tried to power cycle and now can start. I am getting error messages saying
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate1
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate2
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate3
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate4
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate5
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate6
(Code -7)
-- Install from package...
Finding update package...
I can not get into download mode so no oden. If I try to do a 3 button reset it just loops the first 2 screens and then when I release the button it goes to the error listed above.
I feel like I did a real number on this phone, but I know that there is a way to get it back. PLease help, as I am lost without my oxygen oops, i mean phone.... thanks so much in advance.
iff all else fails
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
here's mine
works like a charm everytime.
no need for button combos
Nonsense.
Okay, check this out.
1. With the phone unplugged.
2. hold all three buttons down
3. Let it cycle through vibrant, Blank, Vibrant, blank.
4. after the third or fourth time, plug in the USB (Keep in mind your hands are still on the 3 buttons, you haven't let go)
5. Now, when the little hourglass starts to spin, your hands are still on the 3 buttons.
6. as soon as the hourglass disappears, you want to let go of the POWER button ONLY.
7. This will likely get you back at the hourglass/battery screen.
8. That's okay, Back on the power button again. Let go of the power button as soon as the screen goes black again.
I promise you, you can get into download mode.
I've only owned my first android phone, for 1 month. Prior to this I had Blackberries for 4.5 years. But, I've gone through.
Stock, Bionix 1.8, Bionix 1.9, Back to stock, Eugene's Froyo, Back to Stock. Bionix 1.9, Fusion 1.0, Fusion 1.1, Fusion 1.2 *(I've flashed more than 20 times in the 29-30 days i've had this phone). I've got a lot to learn, but i'm confident that the method outlined above will get you to D/L Mode.
GL
Not to be mean but didn't the warning/instructions for Obsidian say NO lagfix? Please be more careful and read before flashing anything next time.
And please post in the right forum too.
Try this too: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/6998-howto-recover-from-a-soft-brick-on-your-vibrant/
a4 moda said:
Nonsense.
Okay, check this out.
1. With the phone unplugged.
2. hold all three buttons down
3. Let it cycle through vibrant, Blank, Vibrant, blank.
4. after the third or fourth time, plug in the USB (Keep in mind your hands are still on the 3 buttons, you haven't let go)
5. Now, when the little hourglass starts to spin, your hands are still on the 3 buttons.
6. as soon as the hourglass disappears, you want to let go of the POWER button ONLY.
7. This will likely get you back at the hourglass/battery screen.
8. That's okay, Back on the power button again. Let go of the power button as soon as the screen goes black again.
I promise you, you can get into download mode.
I've only owned my first android phone, for 1 month. Prior to this I had Blackberries for 4.5 years. But, I've gone through.
Stock, Bionix 1.8, Bionix 1.9, Back to stock, Eugene's Froyo, Back to Stock. Bionix 1.9, Fusion 1.0, Fusion 1.1, Fusion 1.2 *(I've flashed more than 20 times in the 29-30 days i've had this phone). I've got a lot to learn, but i'm confident that the method outlined above will get you to D/L Mode.
GL
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Ok, this seems to be new. If the OP will find that it worked in your case, please let everyone know.
ledbetter.james said:
I had obsidian loaded up and it was working fine but I got greedy. I tried to run voodoo and that when everything wen bad. Tried to power cycle and now can start. I am getting error messages saying
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate1
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate2
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate3
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate4
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate5
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate6
(Code -7)
-- Install from package...
Finding update package...
I can not get into download mode so no oden. If I try to do a 3 button reset it just loops the first 2 screens and then when I release the button it goes to the error listed above.
I feel like I did a real number on this phone, but I know that there is a way to get it back. PLease help, as I am lost without my oxygen oops, i mean phone.... thanks so much in advance.
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Wow. Did you really have to start a new thread on this? Try searching the forum before posting. There are multiple threads covering this already.
Try reading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741027&highlight=bricked+download+mode
a4 moda said:
Nonsense.
Okay, check this out.
1. With the phone unplugged.
2. hold all three buttons down
3. Let it cycle through vibrant, Blank, Vibrant, blank.
4. after the third or fourth time, plug in the USB (Keep in mind your hands are still on the 3 buttons, you haven't let go)
5. Now, when the little hourglass starts to spin, your hands are still on the 3 buttons.
6. as soon as the hourglass disappears, you want to let go of the POWER button ONLY.
7. This will likely get you back at the hourglass/battery screen.
8. That's okay, Back on the power button again. Let go of the power button as soon as the screen goes black again.
I promise you, you can get into download mode.
I've only owned my first android phone, for 1 month. Prior to this I had Blackberries for 4.5 years. But, I've gone through.
Stock, Bionix 1.8, Bionix 1.9, Back to stock, Eugene's Froyo, Back to Stock. Bionix 1.9, Fusion 1.0, Fusion 1.1, Fusion 1.2 *(I've flashed more than 20 times in the 29-30 days i've had this phone). I've got a lot to learn, but i'm confident that the method outlined above will get you to D/L Mode.
GL
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MilkPudding said:
Not to be mean but didn't the warning/instructions for Obsidian say NO lagfix? Please be more careful and read before flashing anything next time.
And please post in the right forum too.
Try this too: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/6998-howto-recover-from-a-soft-brick-on-your-vibrant/
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Both you guys make it seem harder to get into download mode than it is.
Here do this.
Have the latest Odin open on your PC. I have Odin3 v1.7 which can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821625
Load the correct PIT and PDA files
Then take the battery out your phone
Plug in the usb cable into the PC
Then plug in your phone to the usb cable
hold volume up and down buttons/DO NOT HOLD DOWN THE POWER BUTTON
then insert your battery while still holding down both volume buttons
You should get into download mode right away.
If that doesn't work then do this:
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 know this 2nd method is pretty much what a4 moda said but you don't have to wait the couple times. Just when it goes black the first time after the Vibrant screen you can let go of power and it will go into download mode.
Wasn't it already posted NOT to try to use Voodoo on 2.2 roms.
Well do this, go into a T-mobile store, tell them that you voided your warranty by rooting your phone, flashing a leaked rom, then tried to flash a kernel and now your phone won't boot up. After you tell them all that; ask if they can exchange it for a new one
power the phone off
plug the usb cable in
wait till the battery icon appears
press and hold both vol and power button
when the screen flashes, release the power button
continue to hold both vol buttons
that works every single time for me.
how has no one suggested doing it through ADB?
"adb reboot download"
if you have ADB/SDK and proper Samsung drivers installed, this command will get you right into download mode
ledbetter.james said:
I had obsidian loaded up and it was working fine but I got greedy. I tried to run voodoo and that when everything wen bad. Tried to power cycle and now can start. I am getting error messages saying
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate1
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate2
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate3
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate4
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate5
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate6
(Code -7)
-- Install from package...
Finding update package...
I can not get into download mode so no oden. If I try to do a 3 button reset it just loops the first 2 screens and then when I release the button it goes to the error listed above.
I feel like I did a real number on this phone, but I know that there is a way to get it back. PLease help, as I am lost without my oxygen oops, i mean phone.... thanks so much in advance.
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I'm on the same boat. I was on AOSP 1.1 and went back to my AOSP 1.0 backup. CWR does not start. I was stuck on the same screen for a while but after an hour or so, I figured it out. I can get you restarted but recovery doesn't work for me as well.
Plug your phone in (charger or comp, it doesn't matter).
Remove battery.
The screen is going to remain on for 10 sec or so, wait til it black outs.
Reinsert battery.
You'll be looking for the battery icon with the green status bar.
As soon as you see that, power the phone back on. It should restart.
Only problem is, I can't get into recovery so I can reflash another ROM or Clockwork. (Sadly, I'm on a Mac). You should be able to ODIN and etc...
Let me know if it works...
I don't think they have ADB in the ghetto
http://qtadb.wordpress.com/download/
use this to get in download mod
is a gui interface control for adb
djquick said:
I don't think they have ADB in the ghetto
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+1..........
how about im getting a screen thats not vibrant or download mode or recovery..its a black screen there are 2 small icons in the middle of it one loooks like a flip phone and one looks like a mini computer wiht a dotted like going to it and one of ! in the middle no matter what i do it stays on that screen...
Fixed
All better thanks to all those that were helpful, and to those that are rude hope you feel better.
ColbyRyptos said:
how about im getting a screen thats not vibrant or download mode or recovery..its a black screen there are 2 small icons in the middle of it one loooks like a flip phone and one looks like a mini computer wiht a dotted like going to it and one of ! in the middle no matter what i do it stays on that screen...
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Just follow the 2nd thing I posted earlier.
ledbetter.james said:
All better thanks to all those that were helpful, and to those that are rude hope you feel better.
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Glad I can be of assistance
a4 moda said:
Nonsense.
Okay, check this out.
1. With the phone unplugged.
2. hold all three buttons down
3. Let it cycle through vibrant, Blank, Vibrant, blank.
4. after the third or fourth time, plug in the USB (Keep in mind your hands are still on the 3 buttons, you haven't let go)
5. Now, when the little hourglass starts to spin, your hands are still on the 3 buttons.
6. as soon as the hourglass disappears, you want to let go of the POWER button ONLY.
7. This will likely get you back at the hourglass/battery screen.
8. That's okay, Back on the power button again. Let go of the power button as soon as the screen goes black again.
I promise you, you can get into download mode.
I've only owned my first android phone, for 1 month. Prior to this I had Blackberries for 4.5 years. But, I've gone through.
Stock, Bionix 1.8, Bionix 1.9, Back to stock, Eugene's Froyo, Back to Stock. Bionix 1.9, Fusion 1.0, Fusion 1.1, Fusion 1.2 *(I've flashed more than 20 times in the 29-30 days i've had this phone). I've got a lot to learn, but i'm confident that the method outlined above will get you to D/L Mode.
GL
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Works great man...thanks....
Im on stock FROYO and installed RyanZA lagfix....
Wanna get to donwload mode but seem the normal way of getting to the download mode doesnt work...
Followed your instruction and works like charm...
Here do this.
Have the latest Odin open on your PC. I have Odin3 v1.7 which can be found here <Link>
Load the correct PIT and PDA files
Then take the battery out your phone
Plug in the usb cable into the PC
Then plug in your phone to the usb cable
hold volume up and down buttons/DO NOT HOLD DOWN THE POWER BUTTON
then insert your battery while still holding down both volume buttons
You should get into download mode right away.
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This worked for me when nothing else would. Thanks!!!!
Okay so I went from onyx 4.2 to a nandroid backup of bionix findal. Then since the backup was a 2.1 rom I flashed a 21 kernel then I rebooted and its stays at the vibrant screen and keeps going into recovery when I hit reinstal packages it takes me back to stock recovery not Cwm. So what do I do from here
Hit refresh packages again. Sometimes it takes more than one time.
Same thing happened to me, I ended up using odin....again. Thank god for odin
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nick1217 said:
Okay so I went from onyx 4.2 to a nandroid backup of bionix findal. Then since the backup was a 2.1 rom I flashed a 21 kernel then I rebooted and its stays at the vibrant screen and keeps going into recovery when I hit reinstal packages it takes me back to stock recovery not Cwm. So what do I do from here
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If you cannot get into CWM recovery, than most likely you will have to Odin. If you know how to use adb, then adb the CWM update.zip onto /sdcard and select re-install packages from the normal recovery. If you don't know how to use adb, then you can either learn or follow the directions in this post on how to use Odin. You might want to learn Odin anyways as it is extremely useful if you softbrick without access to recovery.
Here is a couple of methods to get into download mode. Once you get to download mode, follow the directions at the end of my post...
First Method
1) Pull the battery, sim card, and sd card.
2) Reinsert battery but do not press any buttons.
3) Plug into usb that is connected to your computer. If something shows up on the screen (charging logo) then you should be golden.
4) Hold the vol up, vol down, and power until the screen comes on, immediately release the power button but not the other two. Hopefully it will boot into download mode and than you can use Odin to get back to stock.
Second Method
1) Another method that seems to work for some people is to pull the battery, sim, sd card.
2) Reinsert battery and hold both volume buttons but do not press power button.
3) Then plug in usb. The phone should boot into download.
Third Method
1) You will need the samsung ADB drivers installed for your phone and ADB.
Samsung Drivers for 32 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...=SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
Samsung Drivers for 64 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...ung/vibrant/&file=usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
2) Remove sim card and sd-card. Remove the battery.
3) Hold buttons vol up, vol down, and power.
4) While holding down those 3 buttons put the battery back in and keep holding all 3 buttons until the vibrant disappears and reappears. Once it reappears, release all 3 buttons.
5) Now connect your phone to your pc via USB cable.
6) Open a cmd prompt and navigate to the folder with ADB and type "ADB REBOOT DOWNLOAD" caps are not necessary.
7) Your phone will reboot into the download
Download the files in the linked thread and follow the directions there or the ones in my post below.
Odin and Files Needed Available Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
1) Open Odin and verify that one of the Com ports shows a device connected. If it doesn't try using a different usb port.
2) Load the .pit and pda files. It should be pretty obvious how to do that once you are in Odin.
3) Make sure that the option to partition is unchecked. The other two options should be checked.
4) Hit start and wait.
5) Your phone will restart when Odin is done and you will be good to go.
hockeyrcks you arE the man, thanks so much. worked great
nick1217 said:
hockeyrcks you arE the man, thanks so much. worked great
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Glad I could help you out. Just make sure you keep all the files on your computer in case you have to do it again. I had never had to use Odin until recently. Then I had to use it three times in one day.
As the title has stated, I have flashed my Samsung Vibrant with Team Whiskey's Obsidian V4.2 - Android 2.2 w/ Universal LagFix Kernel
It works fine except for one thing...When I try to install an application from the Market, It says there is not any available space on the phone. When I look at my SD card under Settings, I have 13.03 GB of space but under Application Storage, the available space is 0.00B!
I do not know how to fix this and I have the 2GB SD with Avatar on it but I do not know how to fix the problem of installing applications on my Samsung Vibrant!!
PLEASE HELP!!!
This is a fairly common problem with this rom. If your familiar with odin you can use it to flash back to stock, then you can reflash obsidian.
So you think it's the ROM itself and not the flashing process? This was my first time flashing my device or any device for that matter.
How exactly do I flash back to the old ROM?
Where do I find the file to the old ROM?
Where can I get ODIN?
What version, if any, do I need for the Vibrant?
Check the android dev section, there is a stickie called the vibrant bible. There are instructions in there for using odin. It seems daunting at first, but take your time and read, read, read. Also look up a fellow user named moonfire, he has all the info in his signature.
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just reboot ur phone
Here is a couple of methods to get into download mode. Once you get to download mode, follow the directions later in my post...
First Method
1) Pull the battery, sim card, and sd card.
2) Reinsert battery but do not press any buttons.
3) Plug into usb that is connected to your computer. If something shows up on the screen (charging logo) then you should be golden.
4) Hold the vol up, vol down, and power until the screen comes on, immediately release the power button but not the other two. You should be in dl mode.
Second Method
1) Another method that seems to work for some people is to pull the battery, sim, sd card.
2) Reinsert battery and hold both volume buttons but do not press power button.
3) Then plug in usb. The phone should boot into download.
Third Method
1) You will need the samsung ADB drivers installed for your phone and ADB.
Samsung Drivers for 32 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...=SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
Samsung Drivers for 64 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...ung/vibrant/&file=usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
2) Remove sim card and sd-card. Remove the battery.
3) Hold buttons vol up, vol down, and power.
4) While holding down those 3 buttons put the battery back in and keep holding all 3 buttons until the vibrant disappears and reappears. Once it reappears, release all 3 buttons.
5) Now connect your phone to your pc via USB cable.
6) Open a cmd prompt and navigate to the folder with ADB and type "ADB REBOOT DOWNLOAD" caps are not necessary.
7) Your phone will reboot into the download mode.
Once in download mode
Download the files in the linked thread and follow the directions there or the ones below.
Odin and Files Needed Available Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
1) Open Odin and verify that one of the Com ports shows a device connected. If it doesn't try using a different usb port.
2) Load the .pit and pda files. It should be pretty obvious how to do that once you are in Odin.
3) Make sure that the option to partition is unchecked. The other two options should be checked.
4) Hit start and wait.
5) Your phone will restart when Odin is done and you will be good to go.
Also, you might have to build the usb jig. It is guaranteed to get you into download mode. Here is a link to that thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Also, if you would like I can use remote log in to your computer and do it for you. Send me a pm or email: [email protected]
They posted a fix for this
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and when people say flash to stock. they mean the JFD rom.
Can someone assist?
I was going from bionix V, and decided to Odin back to stock. I used pit 512 and a kernel here - the last one on the list (stock+froyo uvkb1) on this post - forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-870480.html
I flashed the kernel here as the pda in Odin. I thought this was the right way to go, but instead, I'm now stuck in an infinite recovery loop where I can't reboot and can't flash any thing else. I just boot into recovery over and over again. I've mounted the drive, deleted all the files, added back in backups, and tried to flash a ton of stuff, but I keep getting this error:
E: can't mount /dev/block/stl11 ( file exists)
E:cant mount CACHE: recovery/command
cant mount cache:recovery/log
cant open cache:recovery/log
re-partition, auto reboot, and f.reset time were all checked in odin, but nothing else.
Oh, and I can't just use odin to restore - I cannot get into download mode using either the three button method or the adb method.
Can anyone help? I seriously don't want to have to go buy another phone - mainly because I can't really afford that sort of thing.
EDIT: Appreciate people helping here - just to clarify, I don't need help with 3 button method or adb into download - those methods aren't working.
There are 4 ways to get into download that I know of and 3 are on the phone itself.
1. Power down. Insert USB. Hold down vol up / vol down, and hold power until phone starts to boot. Let go of power and hold down volume until download starts.
2. Using a command prompt and ADB, tell the device to reboot into download.
3. Reboot into download via the CWM recovery menu.
The 4th way is the homemade jig, which I don't have the tools to create at the moment. However, I may try it shortly here.
I've tried all 3 of the ways above, and I'm stuck in a boot loop. I'm also unable to disable voodoo.
Does anybody know anyway to do a full on clean reset of the phone with Odin, nandroid, etc? The issue is, all of these methods on the boards would work if I could get into download, BUT, the phone won't mount the proper files for whatever reason (error code in original post) and so I cannot get into download, the home screen, nothing but the cwm recovery menu.
You should get in to download mode and odin stock jdf, those files you flashed are froyo builds. I don't think it work's that way, you must flash jdf first.
I know I need to do that - problem is, I can't get into download mode. That's step one - I'm stuck in the cwm recovery menu, over and over, and can't get anywhere else. Any ideas?
Try this
how to put in download mode- sure fire way
1- phone off
2- open Odin
3- hold vol button and plug in USB.
I just posted a thread. My phone just keep going to DL when I switch battery.
Thanks, but no - that method isn't working. There are 4 ways to get into download that I know of and 3 are on the phone itself.
1. Power down. Insert USB. Hold down vol up / vol down, and hold power until phone starts to boot. Let go of power and hold down volume until download starts.
2. Using a command prompt and ADB, tell the device to reboot into download.
3. Reboot into download via the CWM recovery menu.
The 4th way is the homemade jig, which I don't have the tools to create at the moment. However, I may try it shortly here.
I've tried all 3 of the ways above, and I'm stuck in a boot loop. I'm also unable to disable voodoo.
Does anybody know anyway to do a full on clean reset of the phone with Odin, nandroid, etc? The issue is, all of these methods on the boards would work, BUT, the phone won't mount the proper files for whatever reason (error code in original post).
I really appreciate you trying to help, it's the right answer for a lot of issues, but just not this one.
power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper .pit and .pda file in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
What if you can get in dl mode but odin won't read your phone? I have the correct drivers intalled. It was working fine til I upgrated to cm7. Now my phone is stuck at vibrant screen and can't get in recovery. The phone boots in dl mode but its not recognized by my pc. Any ideas if I'm screwed?
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