Ok, I know there are countless topics about this but non of them are working for me. Ok so trying to get into download mode so I can use Odin to put the official froyo leaked Rom on my Vibrant. Using Unofficial T-Mobile Froyo Rom. It came rooted and busybox installed already along with startup Samsung S logo gone. Android logo instead. I want to put on the plain Jane Leaked Froyo Rom.so I need to get into the Download Mode to use Odin to install the update.but I can't get into Download Mode at all. Tried everything.pulling the battery holding up and down volume keys.plugging the USB cable in.just goes to the dam battery charging menu. Tried like 10 different way of that.and still no luck.even watched YouTube videos on how to do it.but still no luck. WTF.why wont it go into download mode. Wish there was a stock froyo zip file so I could just flash it using Rom Manager.but all the ones I found have been changed in some way or another. Please help me out here.thanks a million!
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what does this mean? thanks
darkside79 said:
what does this mean? thanks
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It means you don't need to be screwing with your phone.
It's a command that will reboot your phone into download mode. It works ever time. You just have to make sure you have the android SDK installed.
Will Odin work if I use Rom manager to get into recovery mode? Thanks
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Will Odin work if I use Rom manager to get into recovery mode? Thanks
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nope. That's recovery mode, odin uses download mode.
Im having the same issue as this gentleman I believe. I can get it into recovery mode and download mode through ADB only but when I get it into dl mode my PC doesnt see the device anymore and Odin doesnt see it either as no port is assigned.
Is there a way to recover phone from recovery mode. Obviously i tried reinstall packages but i cant access the drives to place the upgrade.zip in there.
Dam installing SDK seems like a pain in the @ss. all that just to get into the Download mode? don't understand why it wont go into Download Mode in the first place any other way of getting into Download Mode? already got SDK installed on my Windows 7 pc. but seems like a real pain to me! thanks a million!
PS- Any zip. file version of the Stock Froyo Vibrant Rom? instead of the T959UVJK6.tar file? so I can just flash it using Rom Manager!
Found here:
http://www.samfirmware.com/apps/blog/entries/show/5483734-froyo-for-t959-vibrant-
Yeah there's a flashable jk6 posted by sombionix
That said, I wouldn't mess with your phone unless you know how to get into download mode and use it. I messed up my first Vibrant doing that. All I had to do was read a little more.
rbirg said:
Yeah there's a flashable jk6 posted by sombionix
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I think that's the same one I am using right now. Has Root installed and Samsung S logo removed and replaced with Android Logo but I just want Plain Jane Froyo Rom like the one found here:
http://www.samfirmware.com/apps/blog/entries/show/5483734-froyo-for-t959-vibrant-
Yea that's the same one I already have installed!
Includes:
- Root
- Busybox
- Su
- Rom Manager
Removed:
- Annoying T-Mobile Startup sound
- Annoying T-Mobile Pink Bootanimation
But Just want completely Stock Froyo
darkside79 said:
I think that's the same one I am using right now. Has Root installed and Samsung S logo removed and replaced with Android Logo but I just want Plain Jane Froyo Rom like the one found here:
http://www.samfirmware.com/apps/blog/entries/show/5483734-froyo-for-t959-vibrant-
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I wouldn't recommend switching to another one. The one you have already has 2e recovery. The regular one has 3e which will not let you into Clockwork
If you still want it, there's a deodexed JK6 floating around somewhere, just look in the dev forums for a couple pages for them, you'll find one.
Guess I will just keep this one until the OTA Froyo comes Out. How hard is it to go back to 2.1 stock so I can get the OTA update when it comes out? If it will even be worth all the trouble! I like this Rom I have but for some reason Launcher Pro Plus keeps Force Closing after Reboot! and unistalled and reinstalled but still happens every time. I'm SOL I guess!
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Dam installing SDK seems like a pain in the @ss. all that just to get into the Download mode? don't understand why it wont go into Download Mode in the first place any other way of getting into Download Mode? already got SDK installed on my Windows 7 pc. but seems like a real pain to me! thanks a million!
PS- Any zip. file version of the Stock Froyo Vibrant Rom? instead of the T959UVJK6.tar file? so I can just flash it using Rom Manager!
Found here:
http://www.samfirmware.com/apps/blog/entries/show/5483734-froyo-for-t959-vibrant-
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I modified an app from the market called quick boot to reboot into download mode
put it on the sdcard and install using the samsung files app. (needs root)
Oh wow thanks. Now where do I get the Samsung files app? Can i install it like a normal apk. file and do I start it up like a normal app?.thanks a million
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OMG that app works for getting into Download Mode. Your freaking awesome! Now would it be safe for me to Odin the new Froyo Rom over my current Froyo Rom? Without any issues? Anything else I should do before doing this? Thanks a million!
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So is it safe to use Odin now? Or do I need to erase everything off of my current Froyo Rom. Don't want to run into any issues trying to flash using Odin.any help would be great. Thanks a million
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OK....check this out...imma noob and i forgot to turn on debugging mode. I also flashed a Super I/O kernel into the internal memory and not into the sd card(a couple days after flashing Nero v3 rom from TW). Now im stuck on the Vibrant screen loop. Can anyone PLEASE help me get back to the recovery screen?!
Can you enter recovery or download mode?
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i can only get into download mode
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i can only get into download mode
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Use odin to flash back to stock...your phone is fine
but ask someone else if u need eugenes froyo that doesnt brick first
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Use odin to flash back to stock...your phone is fine
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even when debugging mode is off?
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even when debugging mode is off?
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Even if its off but its rooted and you can enter download mode then you should be good
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Just odin to stock and you will be good.
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Just odin to stock and you will be good.
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dude...i had the same problem...thanx for helping out...
Everyone keeps saying use odin to fix my boot loop and to flash back to stock but it doesnt work and just keeps looping the vibrant screen. I can only get into download mode which i keep hearing thats good my phone will be fine if thats possible yet i cant get my phone back to stock.
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Everyone keeps saying use odin to fix my boot loop and to flash back to stock but it doesnt work and just keeps looping the vibrant screen. I can only get into download mode which i keep hearing thats good my phone will be fine if thats possible yet i cant get my phone back to stock.
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Did you flash the stock tar and pit files?
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Yes i did from 2 different people on 2 different computers( Home and work)
I even watched some youtube videos on how to do it so i couldnt possibly mess up the written directions
Try to flash a 2.2 voodoo kernel with odin. If the flash is successful, use three button method to get into recovery.
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where would i get the 2.2 from and how do i use odin to do it.
I know it sounds like a stupid question but i really want to make sure i dont mess up.
Thank you very much for your help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870480
Get into download mode and make sure odin sees your device. If it does, take one of the 2.2 odin kernel files found in that link above, and place it in the pda slot in odin. Flash and hope for the best.
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none of the links work it just keeps taking me to a blank page or the general xda forums
Sweet they work now for some reason or another..
and now instead of looping it just stays at the vibrant screen
Ok im coming from an iphone which had them for years. Always had them jail broke & knew my way around them pretty well. Im def enjoying my Vibrant but its like learning to riding a bike all over again lol
I just cant flash any roms what soever. Ive tried quite a few from this site & they just wont install on my phone.
Running 2.2/rooted w/ super one click. I mount the phone, copy rom to sd card. Once I boot into recovery & select the zip file I want to flash, I either get file not found or it will it actually start to install for a moment & then just stop & it puts me back to the recovery menu.
I've searched all over & have tried numerous things but no good results. Any help I would def appreciate it thnx.
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Do you have clockworkmod recovery installed?
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Do you have clockworkmod recovery installed?
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Yes, I do, still no luck.
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If you are on a pc, click the noob guide link in my signature and follow the steps for the alt method.
Once you have that and followed all steps, grab the rom you want and flash it.
I blame the 2.2 mini kies update for a lot of issues.
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Ok im coming from an iphone which had them for years. Always had them jail broke & knew my way around them pretty well. Im def enjoying my Vibrant but its like learning to riding a bike all over again lol
I just cant flash any roms what soever. Ive tried quite a few from this site & they just wont install on my phone.
Running 2.2/rooted w/ super one click. I mount the phone, copy rom to sd card. Once I boot into recovery & select the zip file I want to flash, I either get file not found or it will it actually start to install for a moment & then just stop & it puts me back to the recovery menu.
I've searched all over & have tried numerous things but no good results. Any help I would def appreciate it thnx.
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have you triede the toolbox
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
Im coming from 2.3.2 - XWJV1 [Gingerbread on Vibrant], after ODIN, and when i wanted to flash the latest Bionix i got an error
E: Can't symlink /system/bin/su
E: Failure at line 16:
symlink /system/xbin/su SYSTEM.bin/su
Installation Aborted.
every time i get this, i have to do another ODIN because it just does a loop in the android system recovery and will not get out, so i had to ODIN 3 times.
now when i try to flash a ROM it just keeps replacing stock recovery with clockwork mod recovery, i do the usual steps to install a ROM and it just does a loop. i tried different clockwork flash versions and either it wont let me install the older ones or the only 2 versions that work have loop problems.
HOW DO I FIX THIS, IM SO STRESSED OUT, THIS IS UNNECESSARY!
after doing install rom from sd option, i was able to get out of the loop but i got
E: Can't symlink /system/bin/su
E: Failure at line 16:
symlink /system/xbin/su SYSTEM.bin/su
Installation Aborted.
i still cant flash anything and i already tried eugenes files.
got into clockwork but when i put install files from sd card > choose from sd then it when i choose update.zip it just goes back to the android system recovery.
then i put reinstall files from the android system recovery and it just sends me back to clockwork recovery...
Try a diff. tar for when you Odin, you may have a corrupt file. Have you try Eugen JK2 tar file, prerooted?
Are you clicking reinstall packages?
Are you going through clockwork or rom manager?
Did you install the root update zip to reroot?
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shovelhead83 said:
Are you clicking reinstall packages?
Are you going through clockwork or rom manager?
Did you install the root update zip to reroot?
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i did all that 4 times...
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Try a diff. tar for when you Odin, you may have a corrupt file. Have you try Eugen JK2 tar file, prerooted?
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No i havent, where can i find this?
NCn1 said:
i did all that 4 times...
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Make sure you have root. This happened to me recently also. Im doing my best to try to remember what I did so I can help you better.
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trust me, im rooted.
Try Ugenes no brick file when you odin. Has worked for me in the past.
Odin back to JFD (make sure to check repartition) then boot and let it go through loading, then root the phone, Then load CWM, then load your new rom and load from recovery NOT CWM, you will have no problems.
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Odin back to JFD (make sure to check repartition) then boot and let it go through loading, then root the phone, Then load CWM, then load your new rom and load from recovery NOT CWM, you will have no problems.
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What are the button combination in order to get into recovery?
nvm i got it
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Odin back to JFD (make sure to check repartition) then boot and let it go through loading, then root the phone, Then load CWM, then load your new rom and load from recovery NOT CWM, you will have no problems.
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I did that and it says Installation Aborted.
****ING ****, IM GOING BACK TO IPHONE
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What are the button combination in order to get into recovery?
nvm i got it
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Both Volume up And Volume Down & Power>>Release Power When Seeing Vibrant`s Boot Screen...Release Volumes Buttons When Enter To Recovery
Okk >>>nvm i got it
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i still cant flash anything and i already tried eugenes files.
got into clockwork but when i put install files from sd card > choose from sd then it when i choose update.zip it just goes back to the android system recovery.
then i put reinstall files from the android system recovery and it just sends me back to clockwork recovery...
Ok I just went through this less than a month ago with my captivate. I have a twenty page topic on this EXACT issue. I had all the major devs pming me and doing everything under the sun for probably a total of thirty hours. Result - NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO FIX THIS. This issue is not specific to our phones, there have been cases of this on almost every android phone. Your gonna get people telling you to do all this elementary trouble shooting...the problem is far too deep dont waste your time. You can flash back to stock with every tar and pit file this side of samsung...not gonna work. SOMETHING is not getting wiped. Save yourself the time and sell the phone to someone who will not use custom roms.
Also no rm/wipe command through abd is gonna help either! Sorry just telling you from someone who experienced this hell. Also every thread in existence on the internet on this subject has died out without an answer. If you read for enough hours you will find out the hard way! Good luck my friend!
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Custom recovery is never going to stick now. Every reboot now it is gonna be gone...dont know why but from my research, it is permanent.
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Are you able to re install the original rom? I and many others with this issue had that unique problem of being able to install ONLY the rom that was running before everything went to hell. There lies the key I believe to all of this. What makes only one work.
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holy ****ing ****, **** whitehawkx ! his ROM caused this.
what if i put voodoo recovery mod?
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i did all that 4 times...
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I did it many times as well with about 5 different images and Odin versions. I can get to :
Clockworkmod recovery
Stock recovery
Download mode
T-Mobile + Samsung splash screen
- That's it... then bottom touch controls lit up.
Ok, I did a little digging and I found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9390699
I hope this helps.
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NCn1 said:
holy ****ing ****, **** whitehawkx ! his ROM caused this.
what if i put voodoo recovery mod?
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LMAO!!! I understand that your frustrated but there is no need to blame other members. There is always a risk flashing a rom. If you are not willing to accept the risk then you shouldn't be flashing roms at all. Whitehawkx has helped many people in the vibrant community and its not his fault if YOU decide to flash his rom and don't know what your doing. You wont get much help around here with that attitude. Good luck
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I have saved myself from many weird bricks.. but I have never Had anything like this happen. So I wanted to get darkys rom 10 on my phone so I opened it up and replaced some files with ones that I stole from the edt gingerbread rom, but then I remembered that I had to flash some i9k thing from Odin for the bootloaders
So I stupidly i did, and. The flash failed. so then I decided to Flash just the bootloaders (I'm useing heimdall so I could do that) and then I would flash a vibrant kernel and install darkys rom from recovery so. Flashed the bootloaders, and it rebooted showing the i9000 splash screen an didn't even who the vibrant one! And the weird part is that I can still boot into the on I was using before (edt gingerbread) and it works fine. BUT I cat get into download mode using 3 buttons only using reboot download command
So here Is my question, should I flash back to stock vibrant software useing reboot download command or should I leave it as it is and stop flashing (that would be sad) because if I brick my phone I can't get into download mode?
Thanks
UPDATE: I can reboot into recovery and I see it I dont need to use android screencast
Download mode is 2 buttons plus use cable.
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I have saved myself from many weird bricks.. but I have never Had anything like this happen. So I wanted to get darkys rom 10 on my phone so I opened it up and replaced some files with ones that I stole from the edt gingerbread rom, but then I remembered that I had to flash some i9k thing from Odin for the bootloaders
So I stupidly i did, and. The flash failed. so then I decided to Flash just the bootloaders (I'm useing heimdall so I could do that) and then I would flash a vibrant kernel and install darkys rom from recovery so. Flashed the bootloaders, and it rebooted showing the i9000 splash screen an didn't even who the vibrant one! And the weird part is that I can still boot into the on I was using before (edt gingerbread) and it works fine. BUT I cat get into download mode using 3 buttons only using reboot download command
So here Is my question, should I flash back to stock vibrant software useing reboot download command or should I leave it as it is and stop flashing (that would be sad) because if I brick my phone I can't get into download mode?
Thanks
UPDATE: I can reboot into recovery and I see it I dont need to use android screencast
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Odin back to stock and start over. Try using the toolbox
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
But If I g back to Eyck bandit fails am I screwed cuz I can't go inorganic download mode?
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Download mode: vol+ and vol- at the same time and then usb cable. There is no 3 button combo to get into download mode
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Ya that's what I did I meant 3 buttons for When you turn it off
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did you do the remove battery method? or no?
If you didn't, say you didn't, and i'll list instructions on how to do so.
If you can't get into Download mode, idk how you'll be able to get to stock, without flashing other roms or something?
Hey, I've had my Vibrant since the phone launched and have been using ODIN since that became a thing so I'm no noob to the whole process but today, I went back to stock and was not able to download CWM from the market like I usually do. "No problem, I'll just grab the .apk," I said. So I got the .apk from the official rom manager website and my vibrant refuses to install it. Any ideas why this is happening?
You have to be on 2.2 to download rom manager, dont ask me why.
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You have to be on 2.2 to download rom manager, dont ask me why.
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That's frustrating. I've never had a problem with this before and trying to run the .apk prompts "Parse Error: There is a problem parsing the package"
Go to the noob guide and use the update.zip method to install cwr
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Go to the noob guide and use the update.zip method to install cwr
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You know what? When I get to my PC in the morning, I am going to put that in my signature. Seems like a daily question. I think you and I have answered it more times that I'd like to believe.
For sure, I havent used odin in months,really only need it if your in the weeds. Very cool alans full wipe in the dev. section is all you really need to do for a new flash. My one year with rom manager is coming up and I dont really need it anymore.
Can also try going to 4shared and finding an older version of Rom Manager
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For sure, I havent used odin in months,really only need it if your in the weeds. Very cool alans full wipe in the dev. section is all you really need to do for a new flash. My one year with rom manager is coming up and I dont really need it anymore.
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So I can use "Very cool alan's full wipe" and go from ANY rom to ANY other rom without using a computer or odin? As long as rom is already on sd card and everything goes as it should?
Unless of course something really goes haywire. Then odin is the fail safe?
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