Hello everyone again!
I've been browsing the web today all day and tried to find a way to bring my phone back, but still nothing.
I have Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant) on T-Mobile USA
Completely stock software.
Bought it around mid-September this year.
I've tried all methods with the vol+- and plugging it to my usb and such and such...
I've tried booting it from linux with AndroidSDK all it says is - device not recognized.
KIES doesn't work too.
ODIN doesn't as well, I've tried all methods with the keys combo and plugging the USB in different ways.
Phone is completely charged, when plugged to the outlet it doesn't show anything, also when pluggged to my laptop nothing comes up.
When trying to connect it with ODIN, nothing happens.
I believe I completely bricked it somehow installing the wrong ROM for it.
I've tried another battery from the same phone, but thats not the case too.
Before I did anything I backed up all my stuff to my SD card with the BACKITUP app on the Market. So I believe I would have everything on it, right?
Any help/ideas is appreciated!!!
If I can't do anything about it tonight, tomorrow I'm going to BestBuy where I bought it from, because I have a protection plan that would cover software and hardware failures. Now my question is, I have VERY personal information like , contacts, pictures and videos on my phone that I don't want anyone to get a hold of. Do you guys know if I exhange my phone tomorrow and when it gets sent out to Samsung will they have a way of getting ahold of that information?
Thank you all!!!
Take your battery out your phone
Plug in your usb to your pc
Plug the other end into your phone
Start up Odin
Hold down both volume buttons
Place your battery back in your phone
Then download mode should pop up, this worked for me when i bricked my Vibrant. I called this the resurrection technique, good luck!
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It sounds like you did everything possible to try and revive it.....personally it sounds like it's toast. (Happened to me not to long ago)
Samsung or tmobile, I believe all they do is a manual data wipe if they cannot turn the device on. Should clear everything in the data portion at least. Not sure about internal SD card though.
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Received an update a couple days ago. The day before that I reset my phone to factory settings. Pre JI6. I figured the update was the JI6 but after I dl it the phone doesn't even turn on. No Vibrant, no DL mode, nothing,
pulled the battery did all the tricks nothing.
Any other ways/links on how to atleast get the phone on?
If its really bricked (thanks tmobile) are there any physical advantages the nexus has over this vibrant. I tend to use my tv out often and don't really care about a front camera.
If you plug it in, after a while does it even show the battery charging screen?
Can you get to the downloading screen?
Take the battery out and put it back in. Hold both the volume up & down buttons. If you do get the downloading screen your ok.
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Try holding volume up and volume down, with the device off, and then plugging in the USB cable from your PC. It should boot to download mode. It if boots that way, it can be saved!
I personally think the Nexus S is a downgrade.
For starters, NO 4G!?!?!?! No SD Card support?!?!?! It is the same CPU and same basic hardware. The only difference being that it runs Gingerbread stock and has curved glass. IMHO, it is a waste of a device release by Google. They could have REALLY made this a nex-gen device, but opted for a fancy shell surrounding a current model device.
tried all of that nothing... from now on not going to dl any ota updates if I get another vibrant
Yea, I forgot the usb part when I was typing.
Woah. Sorry for your loss.
I had the dm connect for like an hour but nothing happened. It just wiped my google log in data. Everything else was the same.
But yea, Tmobile should be able to give you a replacement.
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why were you just now getting the JI6 update?
Did you install it manually before?
I was under the impression once T-Mo sends the OTA once, they don't resend it, future instals will have to be manual.
I reset the phone as if I had just purchased it. The phone was alot more responsive because I didn't have 100 apps on it. (all legit from market)
I noticed I was missing the JI6 update because I had no manager. The DM arrows came later that day and figured to be the JI6.
I tried to upgrade to froyo using the odin method from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853950. After everything was successfully done my phone shut off and now it won't turn on. I don't get a battery charge screen or anything. The phone's just blank.....
First, Get the Shipping rom (pit and tar files) so you can ODIN back to stock
Be sure you have the newest version of ODIN
Then remove the battery, plug the USB to the PC.
Now put the battery back.
Press both vol keys (up and down) and hold.
That should get you in Download Mode.
If it does not work, take battery out, unmplug USB.
Put battery back and try again to go into download mode.
Now you put the wrong version of froyo, if your keys maps are changed you may be screwed
If so, good luck! You are gonna need a lot of research to see if you can save it
i think i'm screwed.....nothing is working
If anyone else could help me with this, it would be great. I'm in between a rock and a wall right now with my phone.
you flashed the wrong rom. You didn't know that, did you?
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you flashed the wrong rom. You didn't know that, did you?
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No I didn't know that sadly. Is there anyway I can save my phone?
Hehehehe...I bricked mine yesterday. I disabled voodoo via Voodoo Toggle and waited for Linda to convert. I loaded up Odin and put in my pit & tar for JFD, which I always use, and hit start. I was on Nero v3 going to flash Nero v4 when it came out. I got a Fail part of the way through. The phone won't power on at all.....A popup says Windows can't recognize the device plugged into usb...
I think people are confusing things here and there...if your phone won't power on at all, you can't get help...you can't get into download mode to odin or recover it.
Like mine, for instance, there is no amount of times taking the battery out or doing this or that is gonna fix it..We need to read the post before we try to offer help...IF IT WON'T POWER ON how can people post ways to ODIN or RECOVER...
I'm just sayin....
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Hehehehe...I bricked mine yesterday. I disabled voodoo via Voodoo Toggle and waited for Linda to convert. I loaded up Odin and put in my pit & tar for JFD, which I always use, and hit start. I was on Nero v3 going to flash Nero v4 when it came out. I got a Fail part of the way through. The phone won't power on at all.....A popup says Windows can't recognize the device plugged into usb...
I think people are confusing things here and there...if your phone won't power on at all, you can't get help...you can't get into download mode to odin or recover it.
Like mine, for instance, there is no amount of times taking the battery out or doing this or that is gonna fix it..We need to read the post before we try to offer help...IF IT WON'T POWER ON how can people post ways to ODIN or RECOVER...
I'm just sayin....
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Well right now I'm simply trying to get the phone to turn on which it won't, I was not asking for help to odin or recover. I was trying to ask if anyone else had this problem and if my phone is totally killed or if there's a possibility that i can save it. But thanks for your 2 cents.
Me too
I had ordered Samsung Vibrant Unlocked from T-Mobile USA around a month back. I am well past the 30 day replacement now.
I Rooted it updated to Axura 2.2.5.9
After all the procedure got completed, I rebooted the phone and now it just won't start at all.
My piece is Hardware Locked wherein I can't get into the Recovery Mode, but can get into the Download Mode. But I am not even able to get into the Download mode now.
It just won't freaking turn on.
If I send it over for repair, as the phone is a rooted one, will I void the warranty ?
Please reply quickly. I am starting to freak out.
OK... I want to be the first to eat my words here!!!!!
I tried one last time...just now
I took everything out and only held the volume keys. I plugged in the USB cable to the PC and then to the phone & put the battery in and BAM!!!!! it came on in Download mode
This way has NEVER worked for me without holding the power button. This phone was in all senses of the word "DEAD". I figured I would give it a try with just the volume keys.
jmcghee1973 said:
OK... I want to be the first to eat my words here!!!!!
I tried one last time...just now
I took everything out and only held the volume keys. I plugged in the USB cable to the PC and then to the phone & put the battery in and BAM!!!!! it came on in Download mode
This way has NEVER worked for me without holding the power button. This phone was in all senses of the word "DEAD". I figured I would give it a try with just the volume keys.
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lol you must be very happy after that, good to great that.
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jmcghee1973 said:
OK... I want to be the first to eat my words here!!!!!
I tried one last time...just now
I took everything out and only held the volume keys. I plugged in the USB cable to the PC and then to the phone & put the battery in and BAM!!!!! it came on in Download mode
This way has NEVER worked for me without holding the power button. This phone was in all senses of the word "DEAD". I figured I would give it a try with just the volume keys.
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I got the same issue and this isn't working for me.
are there any other ideas?
it is completely dead. I am using a new battery and a known good usb cable to the computer.
I have tried holding all three buttons...just the vol up and down...vol up and power...etc... and nothing.
I even created that little JTAG thingy that I found on YouTube...that did nothing also
Different Situation
I have a similar problem with my Vibrant.
I reset my battery stats and also disabled VooDoo lagfix, and after i tried to reboot the phone, it froze on the vibrant screen.
I tried using soome of the methods that you guys posted before me, but then after i turn it on it shows an icon that there is a connection problem between the phone and PC.
I CAN turn on the phone, is there a way to just like reset everything? and if so how?
Thanks!
IClassStriker said:
I have a similar problem with my Vibrant.
I reset my battery stats and also disabled VooDoo lagfix, and after i tried to reboot the phone, it froze on the vibrant screen.
I tried using soome of the methods that you guys posted before me, but then after i turn it on it shows an icon that there is a connection problem between the phone and PC.
I CAN turn on the phone, is there a way to just like reset everything? and if so how?
Thanks!
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If your phone powers on at all, you should be able to get into DL mode. Follow the instructions on how to revert to stock via ODIN.
In reply to the OP, if you tried the download mode method:
connect phone to usb
pull out battery
hold both volume sticks
put in batttery
and the phone still does not turn on even after multiple tries , well you're a bit screwed. But, Samsung cannot detect if the phone has been rooted if it cannot even turn on. Just tell them the Kies Mini update bricked the phone.
omg leave ur phone on charger for 10 min, pull battery out when hooked up to charger put battery back in , let sit for few min pull battery out hook up phone to computer hold vol up vol down pop battery in , helped ? np this has been answered gazilion times in other threads
btw it takes few try this way to get it back up running so dont stop on first , hey .
If you have the phone!pc problem..connect to odin & see if your showing a COM port .... just flash pit & tar if you do. Without download mode
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my phone shut off and now it won't turn on. I don't get a battery charge screen or anything. The phone's just blank.....
If you have the phone!pc problem..connect to odin & see if your showing a COM port .... just flash pit & tar if you do. Without download mode
yes u do that it makes sense lol
gmoney007 said:
I got the same issue and this isn't working for me.
are there any other ideas?
it is completely dead. I am using a new battery and a known good usb cable to the computer.
I have tried holding all three buttons...just the vol up and down...vol up and power...etc... and nothing.
I even created that little JTAG thingy that I found on YouTube...that did nothing also
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You're talking about a DIY Jig. A JTAG is completely different. They cost $150-300. You can pay to have a local repair shop jtag it for around $50 or send it to Samsung to repair/replace. I'm still trying to find out how much Samsung would charge for the repair if it's deemed out of warranty.
If your phone refuses to turn on no matter what you do and it gets warm or hot if you leave the battery in it, read on:
I hope my suggestion is not too late. I was in the situation before. I tried everything everyone said here and somewhere else. None of them works.
The reason that those methods don't work because you cannot get to download or recovery mode or even the pc-phone screen since your phone won't turn on. The reason that your phone doesn't turn on because the bootloader has been messed up. A jig will work only if your phone can be turned on somehow.
Three possible solutions:
1. Repair or replace it with T-mobile, or
2. Get someone to repair it with a riff box or other similar tool, or
3. Get the box and fix it yourself (not recommended if you are not familiar with electronic stuff.)
This is the link for the same problem you have; this guy bought the box and has his phone fixed himself. If you live in US, he may do it for you if you have no place to go. It does hurt to ask.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974862&page=6
Hello,
Don't know if this has been asked but I have been looking for it for a while. Cant seem to fine a solution.
I flashed my phone wrong with hemdall now my phone wont turn on. Screen completely black i reboot pulled out the battery everything I can think of can you give me a suggestion. I was thinking about buying a USB Jig.
I'm in the same boat and I bought the Jig. However I think Josh just acts as a middle man on this one and shipping is actually from overseas. But you can find it here. http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-download-mode-jig/ I suggest a little extra shipping cost.
However the other suggestion if that is not working (I think I killed my phone) is to have Josh do a Jtag on the phone. You can find that at http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant-jtag-brick-repair/
Can you get into download mode? Remove battery, plug usb, press up+down vol buttons and insert battery.
hey i having same problem but i could see the vibrant samsung screen but my phone won't pass that and like you say about the usb cable and then plugging the battery i can do that as well but how can i get my phone back and running another rom!!!
Monster809 said:
hey i having same problem but i could see the vibrant samsung screen but my phone won't pass that and like you say about the usb cable and then plugging the battery i can do that as well but how can i get my phone back and running another rom!!!
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If you can see the Vibrant Samsung screen just use Odin to flash back to stock
Kabiigon said:
Hello,
Don't know if this has been asked but I have been looking for it for a while. Cant seem to fine a solution.
I flashed my phone wrong with heimdall now my phone wont turn on. Screen completely black i reboot pulled out the battery everything I can think of can you give me a suggestion. I was thinking about buying a USB Jig.
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The real solution here i doing a JTAG to your phone or make the Unbrickable MOD (It's very dangerous, a person with Welding and electronic skills must do this).
Another thing you can do is buy a broken Screen phone from Ebay (it more cheaply) and change the motherboard!!
My suggestion would be to continue to try to get into Download mode on the phone. My phone was DEAD no life at all plugged into the wall or PC. I kept trying to get it into download mode and magically after hours of failures, ODIN recognized the device! The phone was still DEAD no life at all on the screen but ODIN had recognized that my device WAS indeed connected. So I continued to flash back to stock and as always with a little patience ODIN was there to save me. The phone automatically rebooted after ODIN was done and BOOM! Good2Go
Goodluck!
^^I'm gonna try that and hopefully with some patience it will work. Otherwise I'm also gonna be ordering a jig, they're not that expensive. My problem is the same as the OP's. My vibrant will just not give any signs of life. I was trying to odin to stock from one cosmics ics RC3.1. Wanted to start on a fresh install for AOKP build 25. But then odin decided to fail on modem.bin. then it just hung and phone turned off, haven't been able to turn it on since. I've spent the last two hours trying to put in different combinations and keys and usb attachments to bring any hints of life, but so far nothing. Bootloader update was not checked on odin so I'm pretty confident that its not due to bootloader mismatch but someone correct me if I'm wrong. Sending it back to samsung or tmobile is very far of an option since I've modified the phone to add FFC. If anyone has any advice or hints it would be greatly appreciated. I'm kind of hating myself and flashing now since I was very happy with the rom that I had and how everything was setup. I just wanted to try something new for fun and this went and blew everything up.
^^I literally held down the buttons > plugged in the cord > put in the battery > and counted in my head the amount of seconds it took the phone to "normally" boot to where I would "normally" let go of the power button to get into Download mode, lol I know it sounds ridiculous but that's how I did it. It helped that I had my sisters working Vibrant right there, I used her phone to get into download mode and timed the process and used that as a baseline for the timing of trying to get the "DEAD" Vibrant into download mode.
If all else fails a JTAG as mentioned should fix your problem fosho!
Goodluck!
Ye I fixed it. One day I did what I had been doing the whole time and it just decided to work. Got into download mode then went back to stock. Our phone is so freaking weird yet I love the damn thing. It really is unbrickable. To anyone in this situation just never give up.
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I have read similar threads but want to make sure I did not miss anything...
My Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-I777 device seems to be totally dead:
Pressing and holding power button does nothing
Pressing power and Volume Up and Volume down buttons do not get into download mode
Removing the battery and holding power button for a minute to do s oft reset and drain power did not help
Putting the unit in a freezer bag and into the freezer for an hour did not help
Leaving it charging overnight did not help
Using USB Jig method did not work
Here is the sequence of events, as best as I can recall, that led me to this state:
Device was rooted with CWM recovery installed and Android 3.2.4
I then installed FoxHound PsychoMantis 2 custom ROM so I could try ICS (bad idea for a noob)
I ran into the problem "Unfortunately, Samsung keypad has stopped" and device making it really slowwwwwww!!!
I then tried to go back to the stock version using Heimdall 1.3.2 and heimdall-frontend (build from source for my Ubuntu 11.04) and the XXJVU_heimdall.tar.gz heimdall firmware package. At this point the device was fully charged and I was still able to get into recovery mode but was getting "ERROR: Setting up interface failed!" from heimdall-frontend when flashing.
At some point after this I must have turned power off to get out of download mode and then could never turn the device on after.
I ordered a USB jig from Amazon and tried the USB jig method but that did not make any difference to the problem
Is there any thing else for me to try? If not, is Mobile Tech Videos JTAG service my best bet?
Thank for your help and patience with a noob.
What instructions did u follow to do this operation? I think its interesting people think they'll get more help if they put Noob on the page somewhere. "I'm a noob." I'm gonna try that with the IRS next tax year. "Sorry but I can't file this year.". " why not sir?". "Oh. I'm noob at it.". "Oh **** really?! Nmind then its all good. No need to file."
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Make sure your phone not missing its motherboard.
One thing I see wrong is jvu, that's not a firmware for this phone
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USB Jig not working is never a good sign....
Looks like you flashed some i9000 firmware. Depending on how far the flash went, you may be bricked to the point of needing a JTAG repair. I suggest MobileTechVideos, they've had good reviews.
[Solved] Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-I777 wont turn on
I finally decided to take the device back to AT&T as it was under warranty. It turns out the problem was a dead battery! It was a shocker to find out that this device will not turn on if the batter is dead (or not installed) even if the power is plugged in. Can any one explain how this is possible and why Samsung chose such a questionable design? It seems to means that to troubleshoot a dead phone one must have a working spare batter!
farrukhnajmi said:
I finally decided to take the device back to AT&T as it was under warranty. It turns out the problem was a dead battery! It was a shocker to find out that this device will not turn on if the batter is dead (or not installed) even if the power is plugged in. Can any one explain how this is possible and why Samsung chose such a questionable design? It seems to means that to troubleshoot a dead phone one must have a working spare batter!
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Or a charger nearby...
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I've had some issues if my phone dies I just can't get it back on yet either...
I've found that if I pull the batt plug in the usb put in the batt and go into the 'forced upload mode' (as long as I'm able to still get it that far I can bring it back)
the problem I have is that sometimes it seems like it goes into this mode, and then restarts... after a while i'm able to get it to stay in this mode, and then i believe it is able to charge the battery;
I don't know what the deal is, I tohuhgt that charging while device off was now enabled (I believe before if the device was so dead it couldn't load a kernel it couldn't charge or something like that)
anyway; i thought that was in the kernels maybe it's not maybe i need to use something else, maybe our problems are unrelated -- my best advice ... try to get it into downloader (I have a kindle Fire charger that is 5v 1.8a or so, more than the phone needs but I stick it on there and then fight it off and on for sometimes 2 days...) it's *#$(# annoying I can tell you that -- but it ain't quite bricked ... Good luck broseph.
Hi,
Any help would be appreciated. My Wife's Nexus 4 has died, an unfortunately she switched off the auto sync of photos. There's a lot of memories stuck on here.
Thought it was the red light of death due to complete battery drain. I've tried hard reset via power + volume down, plugging in charger with while holding power + vol down, leaving it on charge (for several days), disconnect/reconnect battery internally, wireless charging (bought new to fix this), & new battery. None of these has worked.
I've read that the memory is integrated onto the board, so there's no (easy) way to reconnect it.
As none of these has worked. I guess that means I'm ****ed. :'(
My next option was to buy a second hand nexus fully charge the battery, and swap it over, but as the new battery didn't work, I'm not sure if I'll have any luck. I guess it could have been fully discharged when I got it.
Any ideas anyone? My last hope is that I can somehow get onto the card via the PC. When I connect it I get "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3)" in the connected devices. However, I can't access it. Is there anyway to get onto it?
The phone is not rooted, and running vanilla android, 4.4.3 i think.
kashimc said:
Hi,
Any help would be appreciated. My Wife's Nexus 4 has died, an unfortunately she switched off the auto sync of photos. There's a lot of memories stuck on here.
Thought it was the red light of death due to complete battery drain. I've tried hard reset via power + volume down, plugging in charger with while holding power + vol down, leaving it on charge (for several days), disconnect/reconnect battery internally, wireless charging (bought new to fix this), & new battery. None of these has worked.
I've read that the memory is integrated onto the board, so there's no (easy) way to reconnect it.
As none of these has worked. I guess that means I'm ****ed. :'(
My next option was to buy a second hand nexus fully charge the battery, and swap it over, but as the new battery didn't work, I'm not sure if I'll have any luck. I guess it could have been fully discharged when I got it.
Any ideas anyone? My last hope is that I can somehow get onto the card via the PC. When I connect it I get "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3)" in the connected devices. However, I can't access it. Is there anyway to get onto it?
The phone is not rooted, and running vanilla android, 4.4.3 i think.
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So you have what's considered a hard brick. Even if you could get it running again, there wouldn't be any hope of retrieving your info as the attempt would wipe the phone, if the EMMC is even still intact and not wiped out already.
You can try and see if anything here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/wip-unbricking-nexus-4-using-qpst-t2208289 might help or see if you can get it into Download Mode and restore with the LG tool, but either way, if it does work, it will get it booting, but everything should be wiped clean including internal storage.
es0tericcha0s said:
So you have what's considered a hard brick. Even if you could get it running again, there wouldn't be any hope of retrieving your info as the attempt would wipe the phone, if the EMMC is even still intact and not wiped out already.
You can try and see if anything here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/wip-unbricking-nexus-4-using-qpst-t2208289 might help or see if you can get it into Download Mode and restore with the LG tool, but either way, if it does work, it will get it booting, but everything should be wiped clean including internal storage.
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Thanks for the info. Useful to know that if I tried that I'd wipe the data!
Its still under google warranty, so I don't need to get it working. They're willing to send out a replacement, but it's the data that I need, or at least attempt to recover. Although I'll probably end up voiding the warranty (have done so already with the battery swap!)
Has anyone came across JTAG connection to read the phone? It requires getting to the hardware... Anyone know of anyone in the UK that can offer this service?
Thanks
Has anyone any experience with fonefunshop?
They will attempt the process of a JTAG connection to read the data for £25....