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Hello, I was trying to flash my phone using ODIN and Eugene's 2.2 ROM. Things were going well, until I accidentally nudged my computer, which apparently has a very loose USB port. ODIN tells me that the phone disconnected. Plugging and unplugging the phone again would not work, so I was forced to do a battery pull. I am now stuck at the Phone /!\ PC screen, and the Volume Up, Down, Power button sequences do not work. Am I totally screwed?
Thanks.
ionstream said:
Hello, I was trying to flash my phone using ODIN and Eugene's 2.2 ROM. Things were going well, until I accidentally nudged my computer, which apparently has a very loose USB port. ODIN tells me that the phone disconnected. Plugging and unplugging the phone again would not work, so I was forced to do a battery pull. I am now stuck at the Phone /!\ PC screen, and the Volume Up, Down, Power button sequences do not work. Am I totally screwed?
Thanks.
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No, youre not screwed. Remember that the Vibrant is nearly impossible to kill. Reboot and hold both volume buttons + power at the same time and when you see "Vibrant" on your screen turn to black then let go of power and Download mode will pop up. Then do Odin.
My phone went to that screen as well. Didn't get there the same way but here's what got me to download mode...
Pull battery, sim card, and sd card. Put battery back in but do not turn on. Plug usb cable into computer and phone. Start Odin. Hopefully your phone shows the charging image, now hold both volume buttons and power button until the vibrant screen comes up. Immediately release the power button, keep holding other two buttons. It should boot into download mode.
Flash with Odin like normal and then replace sim card and sd card. I had to do this twice yesterday.
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Unfortunately when I plug in the USB cable after putting the battery in, it does not show the charging screen, but the Phone /!\ PC screen. Additionally, starting up the phone while holding the Volume Up, Down and Power buttons also brings me to the same screen. It seems like my phone is the kind that does not have the 3 button download mode option. Is there any other way to get out of this screen?
Well, I've never had that situation but I'm pretty sure it's fixable. The Vibrant is almost impossible to brick.
You'll gave to keep searching and wait for someone more knowledgeable than me...
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Well the help is much appreciated anyways! I hope I don't have to hack a microUSB cable with soldered resistors and such. Does anyone have any ideas?
ionstream said:
Well the help is much appreciated anyways! I hope I don't have to hack a microUSB cable with soldered resistors and such. Does anyone have any ideas?
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i just fixed my phone when it was like that, just plug the usb cable in, hold both vol buttons and the power button, it may take a minute or so, but you will see your screen go completely black, let go of the power button and keep holding the vol buttons, and you will get in download mode, trust me, i panicked just like you, just keep trying it, it took me about 30 minutes to get in download mode
Thanks for the advice! Should the battery be in while I'm doing this? If so, should I put the battery in before the usb cable?
ionstream said:
Thanks for the advice! Should the battery be in while I'm doing this? If so, should I put the battery in before the usb cable?
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yes put the battery in, and then plug in the usb cable
Heres whats happening right now: when I plug in the USB cable, hold down the Volume Up, Down, and Power buttons, a few seconds later the screen will go black, at which point I unpress the power button. But this does not bring me to the download mode, it just brings me back to the error screen. If I press all 3 buttons again, as before eventually the screen will turn to black, but it will always bring back the error screen. It also behaves the same whether the USB cable is plugged in or not. I suppose this is progress, but am I doing something wrong? Arent I just supposed to let go of the power button when its black?
I am having the same problem except I am only getting the Vibrant screen. I have been trying to fix this for hours, and am about ready to go swap the damn phone out. It is literally driving me crazy. NONE of the methods to get to download mode are working.
[A] I'm screwed, arent I. (Brick, Phone ! PC, no download mode)
From what I hear, 1 in 3 Vibrants won't go into download mode in this situation. Mine does it just fine, my buddy's phone - no dice. I bricked it, so I fixed it. The solution was the spare micro usb + solder + 301k resistor(s). It worked perfectly, the 1st time. I'm a skeptic turned believer! It cost about $8.00 for the cable & resistors at Fry's Electronics.
Sigh, I guess I'm going to have to build this thing then, which is great because the nearest radio shack is 5 miles from my place. Ah well, better than having no phone.
I commend you in your efforts! Once you get out of this you'll be truly unbrickable. GL!
I was discouraged by the fact that I was far from a Radio Shack, but I looked online and it turns out you can actually create a resistor by drawing a line in pencil on a piece of paper. I have a multitester and stripped phone wire, and was able to duct tape the wire on specific points to get 302Kohms! Unfortunately thats where the project stopped, because I don't have a spare microUSB cable to butcher haha. And a friend offered to drive me to radio shack so I don't have to be the poorest electrician ever.
I might still try that method though! Just for kicks.
Try this
Ok, so I see some ppl offered advice on how to get into download mode. That is great, but I found their methods to be very different from mine. So give this a go and see if it works before you go into MacGyver mode.
Please note: DO NOT PRESS THE POWER BUTTON EVER DURING THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
1. Take back cover off phone
2. Remove the battery
3. Plug the USB into your computer, and then the other end into your phone.
4. Hold down both volume buttons (do not press the power button!) and while holding them both down put your battery back in.
5. Hold in place for approximately 2 seconds.
You should now be in download mode. Keep in mind, you said that your usb on your computer is "loose." Be extra careful not to bump it or anything b/c if the phone isn't being recognized as plugged into a computer download mode will not work. Hope this helps!
I got back to stock via odin. I tried to re root and it will not let me. When I do adb reboot recovery I click on reinstall packages and it takes me to cwm recovery. I then click instal from sd card and click on update.zip says it installed but didn't after reboot.
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Hi, I had that problem before, here is what I did to fix my vibrant. take sim, microSD, and battery out of the phone. Connect the microusb and turn on odin. hold down volume+, volume-, and power down. while holding them down put in the battery and it should get to download mode once boot. also odin should detect it.
Hope that work.
I have returned! Unfortunately none of the many volume up/down button techniques were able to get me into download mode, as I must have a hardware locked phone. Fortunately though, I was able to get a ride to Radio Shack, where I spent 27 dollars on a microUSB adapter, a pack of resistors and solder. The adapter and solder I didnt even use. I twisted together 3 100kohm resistors and 1 10kohm resistor (my multitester read 305kohm total, I guess thats the 5% tolerance). I never ended up using the microUSB adapter because when I cracked it open, I couldnt find pins 4 and 5, so I cracked open the samsung USB cable that came with the phone. Plugged it in, tapped the two ends of the resistors awkwardly to what I beleived to be 4 and 5, and it worked! First thing I did was get Eugene on there, put the casing back on the USB cable (which still works!) and then marked that USB port to never be used again. The phone works great now! Thanks to however discovered that 301Kohm trick, you are a life saver.
Thanks all!
Volume Down + Home + Power.
Works for me everytime Best of luck man
I was using my phone last night, when all of a sudden it shut down and started boot looping. The only way I can get it to stop looping is to pull the battery. As soon as I put the battery in, it starts boot looping again. This has made it impossible to get in to either download or recovery mode.
It stays in the Vibrant screen for 4 seconds, then stays on the "OverStock - Smaller, Lighter, Faster" for another 2 seconds.
I've ordered a USB jig in hopes that it will allow me to get into Download mode.
Any tips?
my phone did that but started straight back up when i pulled battery and put it back in, it was well random
got it out of my pocket and my girlfriend pull it out of my hand then it went to vibrant then overstock then vibrant
maybe your power button got stuck so turns straight on when battery goes back in ??
have you tried leaving battery out for awhile then trying again ??
I left the battery out over night. Whenever I put it in, it immediately jumps into the boot loop.
That's a good thought about the power button being stuck. It would certainly behave this way if that was the case. It appears to be fine though. It's still clicking perfectly when I depress it.
You could always try
odin back to stock
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.
Or try that same method without holding the power button, just the volume rocker (up and down) when plugging into usb that works for some ppl
nomadrider123 said:
You could always try
odin back to stock
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.
Or try that same method without holding the power button, just the volume rocker (up and down) when plugging into usb that works for some ppl
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I'm unable to get into download mode. Since the phone powers on immediately after inserting the battery, I've tried holding down the volume buttons as I'm inserting the battery, but it just enters the boot loop. I've tried pretty much everything at this point. I'm hoping the jig fixes it.
ok try this
pull out battery
hold volume up and down (if you are using gingerbread bootloaders volume up only)
DONT PUT BATTERy BACK IN INSTEAD PLUG USB
then you should be able to get into download mode
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zinite said:
I'm unable to get into download mode. Since the phone powers on immediately after inserting the battery, I've tried holding down the volume buttons as I'm inserting the battery, but it just enters the boot loop. I've tried pretty much everything at this point. I'm hoping the jig fixes it.
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Did you have odin up and running?
I was able to get it into download mode. The problem is that it's restarting 3 seconds after it enters DL mode.
I have ODIN up, I'm holding down the Vol+ button and the power button. I insert the battery in the back, the phone boots in to DL but immediately restarts again.
I think I might have to send it in to be JTAG flashed.
i can't stop thinking that button is stuck
In case someone still faces a similar issue. Reboot loop happened to me today. I have a vibrant. I use for work and it was off for about 3 weeks and it entered reboot loop when I tried to charge it and could not get into recovery either. It has cm7. It seems like with cm7 the phone does not enter charge mode until it boots the OS and battery did not have enough charge to boot forcing the loop. Luckily, I have an Epic 4G as my personal phone. Swapped batteries and was able to boot the vibrant. Charged the vibrant battery using the epic and then swapped them again. Don't know if this is your case, but sometimes battery statistics are messed up and phone reports battery has enough charge, but it is almost dry.
Hope this might be of help to somebody.
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Recently I decided to try fixing my Vibrant, the problem was the power button was no longer responsive. I ordered a replacement ribbon and was in the process of removing the old ribbon and I accidentally tore one of the solder pads off. I've spent the better part of the night searching here at XDA, other android forums and google for a way to get the phone turned on without using the power button. Ive come up with nothing, all I can do is get into download mode by holding up/down and plugging in USB.
Is there a way to turn the phone on via PC/software? Or does anyone know of a spot on the motherboard I can bridge to get it to turn on?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as my Galaxy S2 is broken(cracked screen and waiting on replacement), and I'm stuck using a "dumb" phone.
-Cixdk
Well here I am posting from my vibrant. Out of an act if despiration, I used the tip of my volt meter to scrape away small layers of the board underneath the spot where the soldering pad had been torn off. Eventually I got to some metal looking stuff and turned the volt meter on. Then used the positive and negative points to touch the remaining pad and the metal looking stuff. To my surprise the phone booted up.
When reassembling my phone I had to cut a piece of the plastic board cover(between sim card and battery) so that I could snap it back into place without having to remove the battery and sim card. I also used a small screwdriver to gently bend the rest of it around any areas it was getting caught up.
I need to get a better solder tip before I can make this fix perm. It will work for now, and until then I just plug into usb then unplug to get screen to light up. Additionally I have read there may be a few apps.available to allow use of volume up/down to light up screen thus eliminating the need for the power button.
I will take and post some pictures when I do the perm fix just in case anyone else ever encounters the same situation.
-Cixdk
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cixdk said:
Recently I decided to try fixing my Vibrant, the problem was the power button was no longer responsive. I ordered a replacement ribbon and was in the process of removing the old ribbon and I accidentally tore one of the solder pads off. I've spent the better part of the night searching here at XDA, other android forums and google for a way to get the phone turned on without using the power button. Ive come up with nothing, all I can do is get into download mode by holding up/down and plugging in USB.
Is there a way to turn the phone on via PC/software? Or does anyone know of a spot on the motherboard I can bridge to get it to turn on?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as my Galaxy S2 is broken(cracked screen and waiting on replacement), and I'm stuck using a "dumb" phone.
-Cixdk
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Flash a rom with ODIN...go to stock or any other rom....and check the AUTO REBOOT button in options in ODIN
The power button is nothing but a switch; if you bridge the two sides of the switch it should have the same function.. or sometimes the switch may be always bridged and pressing it unbridges it, in which case just unbridge it.
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Bought Elephone P9000 for her indoors, when she switched the phone on initially there was a test screen which baffled her so she switched the phone of and left it for me. Now the phone will show that it is charging and the battery image will show on the screen. However the phone will not power on. I have tried the power button and starting via the Hard Reset buttons and nothing is appearing on the screen. Any suggestions as to how to rectify this problem?
Hi.
Is it possible to boot recovery? Hold vol+ and power.
Greetings
Vsrookie
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no it wont do that
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no it wont do that
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Try flashing a stock ROM using SP Dlash Tools.
Stupid question, but have you disconnected from power before trying to turn on? It seems to show battery every time I try to turn on with power connected but turns on fine with a 3 second hold of the power button once charger is disconnected.
My phone won't power up, too. It is just showing the elephone logo. Is this the case for you, too?
I.have the same issue. Vol and.Power.buttons do not.do thing. if the charger is plugged in, a green egg timer appears.for a few.seconds, but the phone does not power up/ switch on.
Any ideas anyone?
soloution
Thanks guys!!! :good:http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p9000/how-to/how-to-guideline-install-mtk-drivers-t3344042 following the thread on here a going through in instructions step by step was a great help and help me sort out tis problem for anyone still having issues. phone works great now she loves it
Does anyone knows if the connector on power button is cut off (the flex cable for power and volumes buttons), the phone will not charge anymore?
The phone stop charging or power on, I opened the back cover carrefully and observe that this flex cable is broken.
Got my new Elephone S7 today. Had some charge in the battery from factory but that went fast and now dead.
Will not charge. Have tried all the obvious fixes ( cleaned port, diff charger, diff outlet).
Cant reboot cause it is dead. Any help please!!!
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Got my new Elephone S7 today. Had some charge in the battery from factory but that went fast and now dead.
Will not charge. Have tried all the obvious fixes ( cleaned port, diff charger, diff outlet).
Cant reboot cause it is dead. Any help please!!!
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this forum is for elephone p9000 not s7.. post questions in elephone forum website or the right xda device thread(if theres one..)
Connect it with a PC through a branded USB Cable and then press power or POwer+Vol button it will show you some messages on screen.
My Elephone S7 shows boot Mode and the cursor keep on scrolling from Top to Bottom.
I think you may have some problem like the same.
Hello ,
I have a problem with my Z2 and I'm almost go crazy.
I dropped my Z2 but it was really soft and there is no damage. But phone doesn't work.
I put to charge and open phone see Sony name and see total charge and charging then close.
I push open button and no answer. I push hard reset ( open button and volume ) no answer.
I tried red button and when It is not in charge this button not work but if it is in charge then phone vibrate , see Sony logo , charge and then close again.
I open phone to see if there is no seen damage .
I opened sony compaion and made recovery , it saw phone and made recovery but same problem.
I need some help about this situation.
Thank you.
Hi,
An energy related problem, or the display cable may be loose. When I changed the screen of the phone a year ago, I encountered such an error. I worked for 3 days; but in the end it worked. I don't remember exactly how I did it right now. I looked at many web sites related to the motherboard. It's pretty annoying and challenging.
Bye.
gokhaan said:
Hello ,
I have a problem with my Z2 and I'm almost go crazy.
I dropped my Z2 but it was really soft and there is no damage. But phone doesn't work.
I put to charge and open phone see Sony name and see total charge and charging then close.
I push open button and no answer. I push hard reset ( open button and volume ) no answer.
I tried red button and when It is not in charge this button not work but if it is in charge then phone vibrate , see Sony logo , charge and then close again.
I open phone to see if there is no seen damage .
I opened sony compaion and made recovery , it saw phone and made recovery but same problem.
I need some help about this situation.
Thank you.
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It seems the flat cable is broken that connects to power and volume buttons.
You can check it under the battery and see if it's cut at the edge of the frame.
darknessmc said:
It seems the flat cable is broken that connects to power and volume buttons.
You can check it under the battery and see if it's cut at the edge of the frame.
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ok but if only this cable broken , I should open phone with red button, right ?
But with red button, I only see sony logo in charge and then turn off again.
gokhaan said:
ok but if only this cable broken , I should open phone with red button, right ?
But with red button, I only see sony logo in charge and then turn off again.
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The red button is for force shutting down the phone. You only see sony logo then charging on screen only if you plug the charger. Try fastboot to turn on your device by writing this command:
fastboot reboot
I assumed you know how to enter fastboot.