So here is what happened. Running Nero 3 w/voodoo enabled. Disabled Voodoo and rebooted, got stuck at Vibrant screen for an hour, booted into recovery and confirmed voodoo was disabled. Rebooted and am stuck on the boot loop with a crazy voice saying something I can't understand.
So I am trying to use Odin 3 1.7 to reflash to stock. But Odin doesn't recognize my phone.
This is what I've done so far (after searching around for hours): After going into download mode, my computer only found a "gadget serial". I installed the SAMSUNG Android Composite ADB Interface driver and now my computer recognizes it. But it says "device cannot start".
Any help/ideas/thoughts would be much appreciated!
take the simplest approach, put nero v3 back on your internal and flash it.
the voice was LINDA (android voice) disabling voodoo, this can take up to 10 minutes (usually a little less).
What were you wanting to change to, from nero v3? (why did you disable voodoo, I assume you were going to flash something).
Just throwing this out there, because I almost made this mistake...
Are you sure you didn't jump the gun during the reboot? It can take a while to
complete and Linda chimes in a few times with stuff you can't hear unless it's quiet and your volume is up.
I would love to just go back to Nero 3 and wasn't trying to flash anything new, I just wanted to disable voodoo in case I forgot later on.
I would also love to be able to flash anything, but I can't get into recovery mode at all anymore. Any suggestions on that?
And I can't get Odin to see the device and the computer (Win 7) says the device can't start.
To connect to Odin is the phone off?
Shut off the phone and hold the volume +- then plug in the usb.
If that doesn't work take the battery out and plug in the usb. While holding volume +- put the battery in the phone.
Hopefully one of those gets it to connect to Odin. You will see a com port light up in Odin.
Yes, the phone is on. I have the download screen lit up. My problem is that in device manager, it appears that the computer is saying that the device won't start. I'm stumped. I am going to try a different computer. Maybe its Windows 7.
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Yes, the phone is on. I have the download screen lit up. My problem is that in device manager, it appears that the computer is saying that the device won't start. I'm stumped. I am going to try a different computer. Maybe its Windows 7.
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Open Odin before connecting the phone in download mode. The phone should be off when connecting to Odin.
Still no luck, off or on when connecting to Odin. Odd, b/c I've used Odin before. I am still thinking it is a driver issue.
If you used ODIN on that same pc, it is not a driver issue.
take the battery out.
put it back in.
open ODIN
plug USB into PC
hold both volume buttons (and keep them held)
plug usb cable into phone
download mode, right?
did ODIN show a COM# in yellow, yes right?
load the pit and tar files (I use the files in my noob guide alt method since it keeps root)
press start, nothing else, wait for it to reboot.
damn. even if you follow the instructions, sometimes something bad will happen.
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I am actually using a different PC at work. This is why I think it is the driver. I follow all the steps and still no yellow box in the COM. When I go into device manager, I see the device but the warning that it cannot start (code 10). So hopefully everything will work out on my computer (XP) at home where I used Odin before.
I will update once I do that
So here is an update. Got home and Odin recognizes the device. The problem I now have is that it stays stuck on SetupConnection. Do I just wait a number of hours or is there something else I've done wrong?
Do you have the right stock rom TAR file and PIT file? Did you check box repartition?
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Thanks to all and Further update:
I got it to start downloading but now Odin stalls at factoryfs.rfs
I'm running 512 PIT and JFD tar.
I've taken out the SIM/External SDs and have tried all the USB Ports. Any thoughts? It seems so close but yet so far away.
I am downloading the tar and pit files again and will reboot, etc. Hopefully that will get me over the edge.
Did you check the repartition box when you tried to odin? Place pit file with pit section obviously. Place tar file with pda section. Check the repartition box. Do you remember if the voice actually said "voodoo is now disabled"? If not it still might have been activated which will make it much more difficult.
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Solved (hopefully)!
What I did was download the all_in_one zip that had two .tars in it and used the "original" one. For some reason I can't find a link to that thread or I would certainly post it here and give my thanks etc. If someone has that handy, please post it.
I will check to make sure everything is working fine, but so far so good.
Overall lessons...this is a tough phone to brick and the excellent people here can help. Even just brainstorming leads to one finding a solution on their own.
The combo of different downloads of the .tar/.pit rebooting, different ports somehow worked.
Glad to hear it worked
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Ok heres the deal, I tried a bunch of custom roms eventually leading to hybridv3 then I tried flashing with the Stock vibrant rom and that didnt work so I went to Vibrant4, then stupidly renamed the Stock vibrant rom to update.zip and used android recovery to update packages. Now my phone goes through the boot up but I just get a black screen. Is there any hope for me?
Your Fired! Lol..jk
I would use odin to reload the stock firmware.
I can't seem to get my Vibrant to show up on a com port, I have the pit and the tar files but my vibrant wont show up in odin.
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Your Fired! Lol..jk
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I did something similar a while back. You may need to flask the stock rom via odin. The link to the thread for it is in the bible sticky in this section. Set up odin before you connect the phone to the computer. Also if you use windows vista or 7 you need to open odin by right clicking and run as administrator. For it to work you need to get the phone to download mode. Pull the battery, put it back in. dont touch the power button. Hold the up and down volume buttons and plug the usb into the phone when the other end is already plugged into the computer. It should be in dl mode. Good luck
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trying now...
Odin is doing it's thing right now, Thank you so much!!
Just to recap since the correct information has never been added to an OP:
You must install ODIN and the correct USB drivers from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7657252#post7657252 .
Get the phone into download mode. Several different instructions have been posted meaning either different versions of the same phone get into DLM different ways or everyone else is posting the wrong instructions.
What works on mine: Have phone off, ODIN open, and correct USB drivers already installed. HOLD vol up+vol down and plug in the USB, and do not touch the power button.
so i was wanting to load the bionix rom, so i did a nandroid on my last rom. bionix was "okay" so i decided i wanted to go back to my eugene rom.
so i use rom manager to load the old image, and while doing so it gives me some error that i should report to rom manager. i cant exactly say what it was. so i told it to reboot, but now im back on bionix, and all my apps are crashing. i cant get into the launcher or anything. so getting to rom manager was out of the question.
so i call my friend who says i probably need to load a stock image, which thats fine whatever. so i do some googlin' and i come across this method forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475 (new user..cant post links)
i try to follow the directions best i could. ive never used odin before. so for the "pit" i select the "samsung galaxy s firmware flasher" (which was the only file my computer let me pick) and for the pda part i selected t959uvjd.tar file they also had listed. also the instructions said i didnt need to select the other boxes (phone, csc, etc)
so i put it in recovery, hit start, after a few minutes my screen just shows the little android guy and a caution sign. odin still says "file analysis" and its been like this for about 20 minutes...
so....where do i go now? please be as descriptive as possible..apparently im still a lil green at all this
How did you get into recovery mode? Are you sure it wasn't download mode? Did you use the hardware way with vol up +dwn and power or did you use adb
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=did+i+brick+my+vibrant
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How did you get into recovery mode? Are you sure it wasn't download mode? Did you use the hardware way with vol up +dwn and power or did you use adb
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i used adb to get into recovery. i figured out its not bricked. i restarted it and its doing the same thing. by that i mean it boots up, but all my apps are crashing still..so i guess i gotta figure out how to actually use odin to mount the stock image.
before you use odin, make sure you are hardware unlocked. I bricked one that was hardware locked using odin. Read, read, read.
The android guy and the caution sign is download mode, what you need to flash odin. Odin can be finicky. Once your in dl mode on your phone, unplug it from the usb cable, then launch odin and load the files. Reconnect your pc and you should see a com port light up in odin. If it doesn't light up, disconnect and reconnect again, or relaunch odin, reload the files and then reconnect the usb. Sometimes it takes some playing with it to find the right combo to make it work. After that its happy flashing time, you should see the progress under the selected com port in odin, kick back and wait for the reboot.
Be sure you have the GalaxyS drivers loaded on your pc too, your comp will never see your phone in dl mode without the drivers
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The android guy and the caution sign is download mode, what you need to flash odin. Odin can be finicky. Once your in dl mode on your phone, unplug it from the usb cable, then launch odin and load the files. Reconnect your pc and you should see a com port light up in odin. If it doesn't light up, disconnect and reconnect again, or relaunch odin, reload the files and then reconnect the usb. Sometimes it takes some playing with it to find the right combo to make it work. After that its happy flashing time, you should see the progress under the selected com port in odin, kick back and wait for the reboot.
Be sure you have the GalaxyS drivers loaded on your pc too, your comp will never see your phone in dl mode without the drivers
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Download mode for me is an android guy is IN a triangular caution sign & says "downloading..."
Stock recovery with the MENU button pressed shows me an android standing next to a caution sign. Think the op should clarify.
All~G1 said:
Download mode for me is an android guy is IN a triangular caution sign & says "downloading..."
Stock recovery with the MENU button pressed shows me an android standing next to a caution sign. Think the op should clarify.
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I do remember the little andriod guy and the caution sign from the one and only time i got stuck in stock recovery. I can't boot to it with any button combo, but the first time I tried to make an update.zip myself, well, yeah i got rebooted to stock recovery. My mind went to dl mode when I read the op, as thats what I have the most experience using, and luckily can boot to that way easily on my phone. I think you are correct G1, op may be booting to recovery mode and attempting to flash, when dl mode is whats necessary.
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The android guy and the caution sign is download mode, what you need to flash odin. Odin can be finicky. Once your in dl mode on your phone, unplug it from the usb cable, then launch odin and load the files. Reconnect your pc and you should see a com port light up in odin. If it doesn't light up, disconnect and reconnect again, or relaunch odin, reload the files and then reconnect the usb. Sometimes it takes some playing with it to find the right combo to make it work. After that its happy flashing time, you should see the progress under the selected com port in odin, kick back and wait for the reboot.
Be sure you have the GalaxyS drivers loaded on your pc too, your comp will never see your phone in dl mode without the drivers
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well origionally i was not in download mode, i only saw the screen i was talking about once, but i ended up actually getting it into download mode and using odin tried flashing the stock roms. it would hang everytime. the only rom i was able to get working was eugenes froyo port. its incredibly buggy and a whole lot of things dont work correctly on my phone. i tried the unlocking method to see if that helps, but my phone is really fighting everything i do right now.
but i do have a replacement coming, so im just gonna deal with a phone that wigs out whenever i try to do stuff for a few days.
Hi, I recently bought a used Vibrant from someone... Worked great.
So I decide to update it and hope maybe get the GPS fixed, but Kies wouldnt work, I tried on 5 different computers with different windows, no luck, crashed on windows 7, and said the OS on the phone is a modified version and so it cant update on Windows XP,
So I decide to try Odin... but Odin only detects the phone in USB Debugging mode, and thats wasnt very helpful... For some reason, whenever I try to put the phone in Download mode, Windows XP AND 7 say that an unrecognized device has been attached... I tried USB drivers, 10 different times on each comp, different combos, different techniques from all over the forum and the internet... Odin wouldnt show the device in Download mode.
So I install clockwork and download the rom to restore the device to its factory state, I have it reboot into clockwork recovery and restore it using the files I downloaded to the phone... Now the phone doesnt boot, it stays stuck on the "Samsung" logo, I hear the T-Mobile jingle, but thats just it, the Samsung logo stays on and nothing happens.
I cant access the phone from the computer at all now, since it could never detect the phone in Download mode anyways, and when I put the phone in recovery mode, it shows two hard drives that I cant open... I have a micro sd card that I tried to load another restore onto and try to use that in recovery, but the recovery mode wont let me browse the sd card....
I hit a brick wall now... I don't think I have a use for yet another paperweight.
Ive all but given up, so if you could please help me, I would reaaaally appreciate it.
Edit: I tried using Ubuntu, but same thing, nothing happens in Download mode, and it only shows two drives that I cant access in recovery mode.
What ROM did you flash?
Yes, I installed the drivers over 10 times over on 10 different comps using 10 different versions of the drivers.
Kies, Kies Mini, drivers I found on these forums, drivers I found in other forums... nothing
Rom... Ummmm I used this file wwwmediafirecom/?kqaulorzx5f6dyq
UPDATE: I formatted the sdcard now, cleared cache and personal data using the recovery console... Now im even more screwed up because I cant access the other options
"E:Cant open /sdcard/update.zim (so such file or directory) installation aborted"
Ok, I put the phone in recovery mode and opened Odin, it was detected... I know its supposed to be download mode, but Im really desperate and am going to try anything since it only detects my phone in recovery mode... I pressed start in Odin and it hasn't moved in 30 minutes
"<ID:0/026> Added!!
<ID:0/026> Removed!!
<ID:0/026> Added!!
<ID:0/026> Odin v.3 engine (ID:26)..
<ID:0/026> File analysis..
<ID:0/026> SetupConnection.."
Any suggestions?
Odin will not work in Recovery mode, you have to be in Download mode, use the key combinations for download mode, mine is turn off the phone, unplug the USB and hold down the volume key and turn the phone on, while holding the volume down, and make sure you have the pit file, do a reasearch and you will find the pit file for vibrant. You have to have the pit file attached when you use Odin. But make sure you are in download mode not in recovery.
Get phone into download mode. The easiest way to do this is pull out battery from phone. Then plug phone into usb connected to computer it will have the battery sign. Hold volume keys and power button when the screen goes black let go of power button. You will be in download mode if Odin doesn't detect it unplug usb and replug it.
Also clockwork can not read your sdcard, it only reads your interal storage.
I tried that for Odin again, and it didnt work, I also tried a hundred different methods and steps, but they all have the same problem.
Im on Windows 7 64 bit, and I get a message after about 5 seconds of plugging my download-mode phone into the computer that says "USB Device not recognized - One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and windows does not recognize it, for assistance in solving this problem, click this message"
In device manager, I see one of the devices is called "unknown device" when I plug in the phone in download mode... I tried to manually install drivers from a list, but none seem to work so far...
What if I manage to somehow put a file in the internal memory, would I be able to use the recovery console to bring the phone back to life?
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What if I manage to somehow put a file in the internal memory, would I be able to use the recovery console to bring the phone back to life?
EDIT: Sorry for double post
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Correct. You can get into cwm recovery still correct? only if yes to first.....And when you are in cwm with phone plugged into pc if you type adb devices what comes up?
Wait... I must be confusing recovery mode with CWM... Sorry Im still new to android... How can I bring up CWM if the phone doesnt boot? Last time I brought up CWM I had to use the ROM manager when the phone was working........
OH CRAP! Now I get it, when you try to reboot into CWM, it reboots into recovery the first time, and then youll have to reboot again to get into CWM... Oh... So that means.... I tried to restore the file I downloaded using the recovery console, and thats why it crashed my phone....
Well.... Im gonna try to connect the phone to yet another computer in download mode, I doubt it will work, but I will try.
Meanwhile if you guys have any suggestions.... And sorry for my stupidity...
Oh, and as for ADB, I tried to install that on my computer, but when I go to CMD, it keeps giving me an error saying the device is offline... So Im guessing I have to turn it on somehow using the phone...?
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Wait... I must be confusing recovery mode with CWM... Sorry Im still new to android... How can I bring up CWM if the phone doesnt boot? Last time I brought up CWM I had to use the ROM manager when the phone was working........
OH CRAP! Now I get it, when you try to reboot into CWM, it reboots into recovery the first time, and then youll have to reboot again to get into CWM... Oh... So that means.... I tried to restore the file I downloaded using the recovery console, and thats why it crashed my phone....
Well.... Im gonna try to connect the phone to yet another computer in download mode, I doubt it will work, but I will try.
Meanwhile if you guys have any suggestions.... And sorry for my stupidity...
Oh, and as for ADB, I tried to install that on my computer, but when I go to CMD, it keeps giving me an error saying the device is offline... So Im guessing I have to turn it on somehow using the phone...?
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Thegreat has helped me narrow things down... Im using a blackberry mini USB data cable, and so that COULD be the problem.
If anyone reading this has a mini USB cable that was not specifically made for the vibrant, could you please try to connect your vibrant to your computer in download mode using the cable that wasnt made for the vibrant?
Does the computer detect it?
I would really appreciate any feedback, because I dont currently have the original cable, and it would take a long time to get one shipped from samsung, not to mention the hefty pricetag because its OEM.
Help would be appreciated
I have used a blackberry specific cable when booting into dl mode and flashing odin, and it works for me.
Try this method if you haven't already, or keep trying it, sometimes doesn't work the first time.
1. Open odin on your pc an have the pit and tar fies loaded.
2. Remove battery, sd, and sim cards.
3. Plug in usb cable from pc to phone.
4. Holding both volume up and volume down, pop the battery in.
That should boot you right into dl mode. If you get the green battery image, pull battery and try it again. I have found if you hold the phone face down in your left hand when holding the volue buttons, makes it a little easier to keep the buttons depressed whie popping the battery in. Hope this helps, good luck.
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McHeiSty said:
Thegreat has helped me narrow things down... Im using a blackberry mini USB data cable, and so that COULD be the problem.
If anyone reading this has a mini USB cable that was not specifically made for the vibrant, could you please try to connect your vibrant to your computer in download mode using the cable that wasnt made for the vibrant?
Does the computer detect it?
I would really appreciate any feedback, because I dont currently have the original cable, and it would take a long time to get one shipped from samsung, not to mention the hefty pricetag because its OEM.
Help would be appreciated
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shoot me an email at [email protected] helped another guy here fix his phone today. if you can hear the jingle when you boot it up, its either a kernel issue or a modem issue. not too difficult to fix.
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shoot me an email at [email protected] helped another guy here fix his phone today. if you can hear the jingle when you boot it up, its either a kernel issue or a modem issue. not too difficult to fix.
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Was there any resolution to this problem? I've been having the same problem for a while now. Worked around it using Wifi apps to log into my phone, as well as just using the external SD card for most media files.
Odin doesn't even recognize my phone and I've tried just about everything. I just get a USB Device not Recognized message when I plug it in and even then I don't always get that.
Thanks. I'd love to be able to odin the phone back to stock and see if the ROMs I've been using perform better after that.
I'm not sure where to go for help or what to do next, so I'm posting on here (I've read a lot of great stuff on here in the past and now!). So, here's the story:
Tmobile came out with their 2.2 update and I decided to get on the band wagon and update my phone. What I didn't know after I started was that the stupid Samsung program doesn't want to work with Win7 x64 for whatever reason. So after my phone is sitting at 2% for two hours, I decide enough is enough and I disconnect it and reset it.
Now it's got the phone...!...PC picture on it (or black screen o' death).
I've tried just about every combination of the 3-button push to get it into the "download" screen I've been able to find on this forum and others, but all I ever get is the black screen of death. I've got Odin installed and it sees it when I connect the phone via the USB cable, but I still never get onto the download screen. I thought "what the hell" and tried to flash it anyways with Odin. The phone went to a completely purple screen. Reset and back to the Black screen of death.
So, there you have it. Is there anything else I can try? Or is my phone dead dead? I've read about some kind of micro-usb-resister thing I can try, but I'm not positive of being able to reproduce that item. I've also read a lot of terms and procedures that I'm very unfamiliar with. I'm a compelte noob when it comes to flashing and rooting my phone in fears of this exact problem. Now I'm facing it and need some help.
Thanks in advance for your help!
All I can tell you is keep trying to get into dl mode. It can be a real pain in the ass getting the three button to work sometimes. Good luck.
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Pull everything out, battery, sim, microsd
Have ODIN open
Plug the usb into the PC
Plug usb into the Phone
Hold down ONLY the volume buttons
Put the battery in
Take your battery, sim, and everything out of your phone. Open odin. Connect usb cable to your computer only. Put your battery back in. Hold volume up + volume down. Connect usb to your phone. BOOM. You should be in download mode and recognized in odin.
Flash back to stock. If it's that messed up, you may have to use eugenes froyo that doesn't brick first. Search the stickies for that.
Hope this helps.
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Pull everything out, battery, sim, microsd
Have ODIN open
Plug the usb into the PC
Plug usb into the Phone
Hold down ONLY the volume buttons
Put the battery in
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Lol! You posted as I was typing it out.
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Take your battery, sim, and everything out of your phone. Open odin. Connect usb cable to your computer only. Put your battery back in. Hold volume up + volume down. Connect usb to your phone. BOOM. You should be in download mode and recognized in odin.
Flash back to stock. If it's that messed up, you may have to use eugenes froyo that doesn't brick first. Search the stickies for that.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for posting! So, I tried both methods that you two mentioned, but I'm still only getting the phone..!..PC image. SD card, SIM, and Battery removed; connected USB, held down volumen buttons, and put in battery. Odin does appear to see the device attached (shows up "0:[COM5]" highlighted in yellow), however. Any other thoughts or perhaps there is something I'm missing?
Thanks again for your help!
Addition: I'm using Windows 7 Pro x64 if it matter..
Try odin on different pc. Or try different version of odin. Did you make sure you had proper Samsung drivers installed? 64 bit drivers. After opening odin make sure you have micro usb plugged to pc. Hold only the volume up and volume down buttons at the same time. Now plug usb to cell and that should do it.
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Try it with the phone just powered off.
Pull the battery and unplug the USB from the phone.
Leave it plugged into the PC.
When you put the battery back in it should stay powered off.
Now with the battery back in, ODIN open, and your holding both of the volume buttons down, plug the phone in to the usb.
***Opps looks like rayvil already posted this method
It's working!!
So, when the xda forums went down last night and I didn't have much other guidance I decided "what's the worse that could happen if I keep on screwing with it?". Well, I could never get to the actual download screen no matter what buttons or combination of buttons I pressed. However, my computer would always recognize the device and so would Odin.
I downloaded a .PIT file, loaded it into Odin with the new 2.2 .TAR file. Then I hit "Start". To my amazement, the thing started to update the phone! Even while the phone was still on the "phone..!..PC" image. There was even the download/process bar showing up on the phone itself. 10-15 minutes later and the phone is up and running. The best part, though, was that all my settings and apps were still loaded and working! Odin must have taken over what samsung's piece-of-crap Kies program couldn't do and finished the upgrade process.
Thanks to everyone's input and this forum! It's a lifesaver!
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It's working!!
So, when the xda forums went down last night and I didn't have much other guidance I decided "what's the worse that could happen if I keep on screwing with it?". Well, I could never get to the actual download screen no matter what buttons or combination of buttons I pressed. However, my computer would always recognize the device and so would Odin.
I downloaded a .PIT file, loaded it into Odin with the new 2.2 .TAR file. Then I hit "Start". To my amazement, the thing started to update the phone! Even while the phone was still on the "phone..!..PC" image. There was even the download/process bar showing up on the phone itself. 10-15 minutes later and the phone is up and running. The best part, though, was that all my settings and apps were still loaded and working! Odin must have taken over what samsung's piece-of-crap Kies program couldn't do and finished the upgrade process.
Thanks to everyone's input and this forum! It's a lifesaver!
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Great ! Congratulation !
BTW ODIN is made by Samsung also if you didn't know that !
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Today was I was watching the video on how to flash darky's resurrection.zip rom,
then zi tried flashing it to my wifes Vibrant , I folloeed the video step by step. I used odin I get the green light saying the phone passed then when it reboots it get stuck on the galaxyi900 screen and it doesnt boot up. Ive flashed the thing with odin at least 10 -15 times after and still no luck, it keeps getting stuck at the opening. My wife says if I dont fix it I have to buy her a new phone. Someone save me please!!!!!!
LMAO........... yeah my wife said the same thing...... sounds like you may have not disabled the voodoo lagfix before the flash.
you will probably need to flash back to stock. I am not sure what is stock on this phone I am going to assume it is the same Vibrant.
If you can get into recovery and you did have voodoo installed disable it. If not you can disable it on your phone and copy the folder and then load it into the internal sd card messed up phone and replace the old folder.
Then you may need to use Eugenes froyo that does not brick as a intermediary flash. if you can Odin that (use Odin 1.7) then when it you flash it do not check the repartition box. When it is beginning to reboot, do not let it fully reboot, pull the battery. Then Redo the Odin as described below:
Open Odin.exe and plug a usb cable to your computer that will connect to your phone (do not plug it in to the phone yet, just the computer)
Hold down both volume buttons at the same time and while holding them down plug the usb into your phone. You should see a COM message show up in Odin.
Leave all check boxes the way they are. Check the repartition box.
Click the PIT button and select the 512.pit file
Click the PDA button and select T959JFD.tar and then click Start
When it is done you will be back at stock. Then Root the phone and go from there.
still getting the loop! this phone is jacked up. I can enter download without pressing the power button, cause it turns on and off itself
My phone just keeps flashing the opening Samsung galaxy s gt-i9000
Oh good I don't know the pit or .tar files sorry
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Omar50 said:
still getting the loop! this phone is jacked up. I can enter download without pressing the power button, cause it turns on and off itself
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take the battery out, wait 30 seconds, plug the usb cable in, and then hold both the volume buttons and slide the battery in. Presto! Download mode.
This has saved me numerous times lol. Then just flash JDF like oka said
i dont have problem entering download mode. When I flash with odin I get a pass on it. but when the phone reboots it stays on the opening screen go on and off
i download the heimdall suite 1.1.1 and the necessary windows program to run it. when i plug my phone into download mode heimdall start button isn't accessable. am i missing something?
figured out hoew to get access to start button, dont use partition. now it gets error on recognizing the device. Im so frustrated right now I need a smoke!!!!!!!
Omar50 said:
figured out hoew to get access to start button, dont use partition. now it gets error on recognizing the device. Im so frustrated right now I need a smoke!!!!!!!
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Depends on what you smoke........
You may need the pit 513 file instead of the pit 512 file, these mapping files are a bit different and it may be a cause. Hard to know without seeing the phone
Also you could do a full wipe if you can get into recovery, wipe cache, phone reset and dalvik wipe (in advanced) then try That may work better for you.
It is recoverable.......... and also the best way to get your wife to calm down......... a romantic restaurant with candle light........ you go on Tuesday and she goes on Thursday........
Hope you get it fixed..........
thanks for the support but no luck I tried 513 pit nothing my phone still wont boot up I still get the opening screen then it shuts off and starts again.
im really having a bad day now i tried flashing the stock rom 2.2 with odin now the phone wont even power on! i guess its really a brick. i bought myself a paper weight